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the georgetown herald sevwrtyseroitb year of publication wednesday may 17th 1944 200 per annum sc per copy ocal victory loan sub reach 417850 largest amountfcever subscribed in georgetown and district georgetown lions club celebrate monarch night old monarch nlgfit was fittingly celebrated by the lions club of georgetown on monday evening at their regular dinner meeting in the accglbbon house by the introduction of the monarchs with song and story jon ool jim ballanttne was the halrman lot this part of the meeting he was introduced each mo- e a suitable reply tw minutes silence fittingly paid tribute to our late monarchs lions w h long and w v grant and to charlie burnslde and harry- ballanuite then read the fol lowing during the past twenty months or so three of our charter members have been taken from us to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns these were bui grant the first president of the club bui long a past president and also a deputy district governor and charlie burnslde who though he held no office was a key member and a very enthusiastic worker especially on the christmas tree celebrations in our hearts we cherish the kindest nthnents- of- these three members and in our memories the recollection or foundation work and general copsmic tton unselfishly done that the qeorge town lions club might prosper and continue as a force for good in the community lol some we loved the loveliest and beat that time and fate of all their vintage have drunk their cup a round or two before and one by one crept silently to rest lion gordon mclmtock contributed the following beautiful sentiment with reference to those taken from us they are not dead who live in hearts they leave behind in those whom they have blessed they lire a life again and shall live through the years eternal life and grow each day more beautiful as time declares their good forgets the rest and proves their immortality hon harold mcclure acted as tall twister guests were present from hamilton jack hind buly mann archie mcdougall percy biggs james h qinmlngnam mr joseph gibbo georgetown was also a guest and s made some fitting remarks when called upon to speak the monarchs introduced and the paragraphs eoncernlng each one were as follows monarch art beaumontthe monarch on our alphabetical list arthur beaumont a charter member and one of the founders of the george town lions club he is apast presl dent of the dub and a lion whose services to the dub and community are reme with gratitude and fttneere appreciation the musical in traduction in this esse is a historical reference to an oasis in glen williams and has no application whatever tothe habtts or interests of lion art musi ca introduction there is a tavern in our town introduced by lion tom ssson sjbonarch bui bradley the second monarch on our honour list is bill bradley a lions club may be pared to a cathedral which is sup- from within by the arches and lumns which symbolize the more members there are however e buttresses which take the thrust uf the building from without without which supports the edifice would cram ble- and collapse bill has been a but tress to this club since its inception and whenever the storms and stress were the greatest we all felt the sup port and kindly interest of monarch bui the musical introduction is not a classic but is used for this lntroduc tlon in deference to bill s request for it at different tunes musical lntroduc tton tolly wotly doodle all the day introduced bj lion clarence benham monarch dave brill the third mo narch is dave brill charter member past president and one of the founders dave has always exemplified the lions code of ethics and has been careful his criticism and generous with praise we have always felt his in ce at the meetings and put a high value on bis sound buslnessjuagnient and his fine sense of fair play though a very busy man he has diverted much energy mto the work of the club and has never defaulted when given a dif floott assignment musical lntroduc 4son well never let the old flag fan introduced by uon dick ucata monarch jack kelly i am introduc es the charter members a and a past president uon jack has been deeply interested m that has to do with the ooottnusd on page eight the weather in the past two weeks the daily average temperature has risen from 64 to 645 or a total of ten and a half degrees and during this time we have had a half a doaen showery days with a total of an inch and a half rainfau this has brought about the most wonderful transformation in nature the trees and shrubs which were a winter brown have leaved out into a r green what a delightful peaceful country this is to live in following are the local weather re- cords for the pa date st wees h and l rain temp fall tues may 9 m 48 10 wed may 10 66 43 thurs may 11 tn 38 pri may 12 66 50 33 oat may 13 75 45 jm sun may 14 76 63 men may 15 72 63 nine new members accepted into rebekah lodtik at the regular meeting of verdun rebekah lodge held tuesday evening may 16th the rebekah degree was conferred by the local lodge on the following nine candidates mrs betty anderson mrs ethel mc lellan mrs evelyn rue mrs leilla yates miss dolene mcenery mrs alta mcnally mrs mary robinson miss gladys henney mrs gertrude hott djp of cen tre district number 2 toronto and other visitors were present at the con elusion of lodge lunch was served by groups one and two under the con venorshlp of mrs pearl lullco and former ashgrove resident dies in toronto the community noted with regret the passing of mrs peter m fisher a former well known resident of ash grove on tuesday may 9th at her home 700 mt pleasant road toron to mrs fisher who was formerly florence a dick had been in failing health for some time bom in oaledon she moved near ashgrove with her parents the late mr and mrs richard dick at an early age she married dr p m fisher and they t lived at ashgrove for a number of years before moving to toronto mrs fisher was a talented musician and artist and her passing win be mou by a large circle of friends surviving are her husband and one son dr r s m fisher of boifrla maque quebec also one sister mrs o a kennedy hornby and four bro thers david and charles of cleveland ohio peter of brampton and clay ton of ashgrove the funeral was held from the cha pel of brown brothers funeral home on ml pleasant road thursday after noon may 11th the rev mustard took the service burial was in park lawn cemetery toronto 1 d d gjw of wellington visits credit lodge friday evening may 12th credit lodge was honoured by the official islt of rt wor bro lloyd blssell of elora dis deputy grand master of wellington district there was a large attendance of the local members and many visitors from acton milton campbellville guelph elora and to ronto the work of the evening was un der the direction of wor bro wilson and the fourth degree was enjoyed by everyone present council purchased 17500 in sixth victory loan bonds former minister here rev dr h dickie died last friday active in the ministry of the presby terian church and later the united church of canada for more than half a century rev dr henry dickie 81 died friday may 13th at his home 32 bernard ave he had been in ttt health for several months dr dickie had served pastorates in the maritime provinces and ontario and had devoted much time to theolo gleal study born in upper stewlacke n a he was a graduate of dalhousle university halifax and in 1886 gra duated from princeton theological se urinary n j he took postgraduate work in edinburgh scotland heldel berg germany and paris france in later years he interrupted pastoral charges to take special studies at cambridge eng and received bis de gree of doctor of divinity at the pros bytexian college montreal ordained a minister in the presby terian church in 1888 at summerslde fej be also served as pastor of the presbyterian cfanroh in windsor njs chalmers church woodstock first presbyterian fihaijmjn ont robers- son church edmonton united church georgetown although retiring in 1934 he con tlnued to preach and acted as sup ply in a number of ontario churches including erskine united toronto where for some months he was assist ant minister dr dickie had held important posts and was a past moderator of the sy nod of hamilton and london presby terian church a resident of toronto since his superannuation he celebrated the 5oth anniversary of his ordina tton november 1038 son edward gordon was killed during the first great war surviving are his widow helen gordon dickie two sons wilfred c detroit and oeorge pcnvr and a daughter margaret at home permission given for houttng of tag days and street dance number of war workers taking lunches etc that this request should first towu ww i town council met in special session last friday night to discuss the fea sfbulty of purchasing bonds in the sixth victory loan members present mayor harold cleave reeve k r macdonald and councillors s w orr g mogllvray thos lyons and w p thompson mr w f bradley and mr l e fleck joint chairmen of the george slxth victory loan addressed the council regarding the purchase of victory bonds after considerable dls euslon council decided that they had funds on hand sufficient to purchase bonds to the amount of 1750000 mr balsd who recently purchased the baking business from mr n h brown was present and asked council for their support in obtaining a larger quota of sugar for his business conn dl felt that as mr beards business was the only local bakery and due to be granted the clerk was instructed to prepare a letter to be sent to the wjtj which would be signed by the mayor and himself dr c v williams mch also ad dressed council in regard to increasing the salary of the public health nurse instructions were given to the com mlttee to adjust the salary hi line with the wishes of the other municipalities thew aof the lome soots wore given permission to hold a mlleof pennies drive on main st on june 3rd as was the iode on june 24th the girls pipe band were also given per mission to hold a dance on mul street on the evening of jury 1st commencing june 1st all cheques issued by the municipality will quire the signature of the mayor and treasurer in order to comply with section 240 1 of the municipal act and amendments council adjourned at 10 45 may meeting of iode mrs l j bell the regent was in the chai for the may meeting of the countess of strathmore chapter lo d j meeting in the legion wm on monday evening the secretary and treasurer gave their reports and mrs bell reported that the proceeds from the theatre night netted 834j0 which will be used for the chapters war work donations of 5 00 each were made to the iojxe endowment fund pri soners of war fund general cigar tie fund british women war ouests and 1000 to polish relief a bale of clothing is being packed thi week for the adopted school in northern ontario cigarettes and to bacco has been sent to the crew of the adopted minesweeper the chapter decided to hold an opportunity sale on june 3rd and a mlleof pennies on saturday june 24th with proceeds going to further their war effort the hostesses for the evening were mrs c v williams mrs k d barber and mrs wallace thompson bvr crew hjlc8 alba basfcan recently destroyed by enemy action has been reported missing no farther word has been l by hb family to date ajft millar has been in the navy three years he also took part m the sinking of the german battle ship scharnhorst delegates attend aeronautical convention georgetown was represented at the recent aeronautical convention held at the royal york hotel in toronto by two delegates mr s w orr repre sented the town council and mr a speight the georgetown board of trade over 300 delegates were present at the convention coming from as far west as british columbia and east to quebec much enthusiasm was evinced in postwar air travel and freight ship ments in sepaktag with mr speight it was his contention that the proposed plans of the aeronautical convention would not effect towns so close to an already established airport such as malton is to georgetown the proposed plan is to build runways and airports in outlying towns and operate feeder lines which woold connect with the trans canada air lines in the largest centres this would include both pas senger and freight pick ups mr speight felt georgetown would hardly be interested in such a plan at least for some time as each municipality would have to provide ite own airport or runways and the insurance that vould have to be carried would be a htg item as each town would be solely responsible tor the mamtonace of its with the largest amount ever subscribed in georg and district to date the sixth victory loan sales here totalled 417 850 returns are still lini in we are 47350 over our ob- ixm of 370000 and chairman of sales e v macconnaok expressed great satisfaction with the way the executive committee worked and the splendid way in which the loan was supported of the total amount subscribed georgetown bought bonds to the ex tend of 277860 and esquesmg georgetown district totalled m0- 000 following are the figures for the various tmrn oeorgkiowh george brown william deans freeman kersey the bank payroll savings 0 33jso 61850 6x000 87800 51500 total esqukstnq t e howson l e clegg w a- whson the banks payroll savings 377860 4 46460 30800 33 400 30300 500 total tnoiwo the above figures constitute a re cord of which the dthtens in this com munlty and the suroundlng district may be well be proud the whole vic tory loan executive of 40 membe headed by joint chairmen l e- fleck and w p bradley are to be congratu lated on a good job well done j butter ration cut canada s butter ration will be re duced temporarily in june to faeul- tate the building up of a reservo to meet requirements neat fall and win ter the prices board has announced the coupon which would nave be come valid june 1 will now beoomer valid on june 8 under the reduction the pound of butter bought with coupons 03 and 01 valid may 18 must last for three weeks until june 8 when coupons 04 and 69 wil become valid own airport acton sent two delegates to this contention and ouetpfa was also rr presented prime ministerjking in london nerval boys club hold first annual father and son banquet speaking before members of both bouses of parliament v london on thursday may 11th prune minister m king stated like the na tions of which it is n the bri tish comaxtoweattfa has wtttoin itself a spirit which is not exclusive but the opposite of exerusrre thereto bes us strength that spirit misissiil ttseli m ooerjeratfcm therein has the se cret of us umty cooperation is capable of rratotrnrts fisfnrlm tharatn hat the hope of the future above before the first tafta of the conference be tween commonwealth prime ministers began vincent maaey high commis sioner tor canada ste archibald sin clair british air ministry canadas prime minister and peter frmser prime minister of new zealand bold last thursday evening a very me morable event in the life of the young er boys of the norval union district took place when the boys club held their first father and son banquet nearly one hundred boys and their fathers and including a number of guests sat down to a delicious dinner- served in the parish hall by the ladles the arrangements for the banquet were in chargeof the president and director of the club rev leonard j self of nerval presbyterian church and rev s r colebrook or st paul s anglican church acted as tostmaster prior to the banquet moving pic tures were shown in the hall by mr wilfrid lejle and were more than en joyed by the boys harry singer mentor of the boys club took charge of the first part of the program and after the king had been toasted called on billy pome roj to propose a toast to our pa thers mr harry hunter replied a toast u our school was pro posed by billy cunningham and res ponded to bj mr c dudlej principal of norval public school the toast our church was pro posed by ray anderson and replied to by rev mr dunlop of norval united church community singing was led by rev self and a number of selections play ed by members of georgetown s newly organized boys band mr walter carpenter principal of georgetown high school was the guest speaker of the evening and gave a vary fitting address expounding the advantages of playing the game and the place the church should play in every bojra life rev self then briefly outlined the aims and purpose of the dub and stated that the boys had made fine pr since the inception of the club a year sd he said that fbey were endeav to farm a lacrosse team and asked the cooperation of an the fathers pnsenl in connection with the p la crosse team dr wtiii and mr km ingram of brampton were present and gave the boys some lacrosse data and a few pointers on the game the presentation of a aim to the team winning the most number of points during the winter months com petition was awarded to the algno- qulns and included bury pomeroy jim cleave lloyd stapleton jack haines bruce vanflelt bob leaue firstaid certificates were also pre sented to russell fendley billy pome roy douglas brown gordon graham harry blnger bob leslie jan cros- mr jos carter expressed the appre ciation of the boys band being pre sent and extended an invitation to any norval boys to join the band mr nelson robinson expressed the thanks of the fathers- to the leaders of the club and rev colebrook thanked the ladles for their part on the program abide with me brought a very hap py evening to a close on the air youll hear georgetown advertised on the air over station opjtb oo thursday night at 930 on the pro gram ontario panorama early copy please dm to ite tact tbtt wl iijihhij ut may mia h s hrimw to aran vu