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the georgetown herald seventyseventh year of publication wednesday august 22nd 1945 200 per annum 5c a copy welcome home lt keith barber one of four brothers who have serv- ad in the army in this war lt keith barber arrived in georgetown test friday night and was reunited with bis wife and daughter mary proprie tor of the barber floral oo when he enlisted in july 1940 lt- barber took a small arms course in ottawa and ma then on the staff of newmarket training centre he rejoined the liome boots when they went active in 1341 and proceeded overseas with the unit where he has dace served at various camps in england such as ho i netd 6th fide hq 2ml bmsian hq and latterly with no 1 ogru where he was an instructor id weapons and gas els brother lt pwul barber a pacific volunteer returned home a ttnr months ago and is now at barxie- xtald camp bur norman barber is in london england with an army brosdoest unit and s fourth brother our george barber was dlschmxwed sometime ago after serving with the roa lt barber crossed from england on the oameronlan after discharge he eip to return to university and complee an engineering oourae tog oourse lao herb bold a georgetown boy lao herbert beld returned home on the pasteur snd is spending 90 days leave with hto parents mr and mrs w h raid an sjrfbree mechanic with the roap hssb has been in england since april 1ml and joined the airfares in jane jshl prior to enlistment be was em- piped at national steel osx at mal- ton theres no vacation on the farm so he is helping out with the harvest- tag daring bis time at home after which he reports to toronto for du- halton federation 1 appoints fieldman wlien the halton oouruty federation of agriculture ftas organized by the thc editor farmers of the county at a pubuc the georgetown herald meeting held in the town hall mil- dear sil fte john graham a former employee of the amanco paper mill pte john d graham son of mrs james graham of acton eame home from overseas on the pss- tsur he enlisted with the lome scots in umx and later transferred to the saskatoon light infantry m january um he sustained injuries to his back nd aims while flouring in italy reco and was later tranef erred to the fighting front in prance and oer- many where he served until wars end his wife the former edna maples- den and famqy have been nstdtng a acton during us sbssnoa les clark and bride frying officer leslie clark and his wife formerly beatrice anderson walkexton ont who were mar ried in london england on june 30th f0 clark is a member of the rajf ferry command and ex pects to get a canadian posting shortly mrs dark is of the owao letter to editor georgetown ontario august nth 1946 a ton on feb 17th 1941 it was felt at that time by those elected directors i wlth that to carry on the wfork effectively a full time secretary and fleldman was necessary in the meantime all the work has been done voluntarily and often at considerable sacrifice by those elected to duties and responsibilities grloulture organization on numerous occasions this entailed rep- it is proposed in this letter to deal the lacs which have reids hardware business jl landmark changes ownership those nixon bells resenting the federation beef pro- fcortrtbtued drought the question of sewer lnstal- mosl every onc ln halton county atlon to the forefront hai e we or heard the wonder- lfrom the health standpoint gen- ful old sulng ot slelgn beu8t tnat end sanitary conditions have become when not ta use celebrating- some progressively worse and will continue j gljrlous coloration hung in chris to do so as the town grows in some nudn harness shop it haa taken thsricta over flow from cesspools is j nixon years to aasemble them and flowing along the streets and ln open t great ln tnmn once dltohes investigation has shown that uffcred 2500 for them but they still ducers hog producers etc at provin cial and general meetings ln toronto and elsewhere the expense of these trips ln almost every instance was born by those individuals appointed to represent halton at these important meetings not to mention the time tl while away from their own farms many ol these properties are so riddl ed with cesspools and filter beds that it is impossible to build any more the only recourse is to pump out the cess pool which some times will refill within a few weeks some housenol- germany unscathed but bis unfor tunate accident after vb day result ln a double fracture of the right leg which will take some time to heal he was in hospital in germany was then flown to england where it was necessary to break the leg and reset it he was taken to charley park mili tary hospital from the troop train but was able to come ont to the farm for a visit on sunday cpl bruce uarlsy among acton men returning home recently are several who are well- known ln this district pte gordon lorelt who went overseas with ths lome soots came home on the pas teur with his brother leonard he operated lovell brothers meat shop prior to enllsunent pte ohartte lohuckj tyler of the toronto scottish returned on the lie de prance an employee of beardmore be co he is a brother of- mrs tony stapleton srt norm marchment arriving at the home of bis parents mr and mrs dean rartey on sunday was opt bruce harley one of four brothers who have served overseas ln the war bruce enlisted with the 48th highlanders ln july 1040 transferred to the lome scots and went overseas with them ln june 1941 he went to sicily with the 1st oanadlan corps was through the campaign ln italy up to raivena then was sen belgium and hoqand when the han troops moved out of italy opl lbartey kept up bis interest in track t- while he was overseas did some sjpnltar and competed in an athletic mesfcaaj olympic stadium me stagedbyhebth army running against paofustortals he placed seventh in a fleu of ib in the threemile run in holland be had the good fortune to do some training under a former olympic coach cpl harley returned to canada on the duchess of richmond which dock ed at quebec city he was an employ ee of smith stone prior to enlist ment two brothers are still overseas gnr brook and tpr ray both ln holland and pte gordon who was ln jured in an accident ln england has been home fo sometime pte bruce unmmer 8gt nor manjunent w turned to canada on the duchess of richmond arrived in toronto monday night at 915 and continued on to winnipeg where he will be re united with his wife and baby daugh ter son of mr and mrs len march ment of glen williams he enlisted ln the roaf in april 1941 trained at the university of toronto and clinton going overseas last november and went overseas ln january 192 a arriving in england pte bruce gummer arrived home on august 7th after crossing from england on the be de france a pacific volunteer he was an instruc tor at ko 23 oac b to prior to short- he suf- at the july meeting of the county board of directors r s heatberlng- ton was appointed full time fleldman lor halton county included in the du ties charged to him are the respon sibilities of organizing and carrying out the film project program plans are now under way to hare twenty centres in the county five in each township at which the films will be shown to the adults in the evening meetings and to the public school children in the afternoons once each month special films will be showrrto the children to fit in with their inter- eats and studies at the evening meet ings there will be a discussion period when questions of interest to the im mediate community may be dealt with the purpose behind the program is an endeavour to arrive at a common understanding of the workings and policies of organized agriculture and to keep the people of the county informed on all the actions and policies throu ghout the whole field of the feder ation of agriculture phe fleldman recently appointed has been contneoted with organised agri culture for over twentyfive years dur ing that time he has been important work on various in the provincial flett but c bis background both he and the di rectors feel that this is not a job any one man can do alone but can be suc cessful if the people lend their sup port and cooperation the board of dlreotors therefore solicit the cooperation of the dttsen of halton in assisting the fieldman to cany out his program successfully al so they wish to publicly acknowledge their appreciation for the encourage ment and promised support from the county press public school boards county inspector womens in- parmers young peoples societies ladies associations and many others war asset csrpolatlsa the federation of agriculture is cq- operating with the war assets oorpor- auon in an effort to make available articles suitable for farmers such as war houses trucks etc a sale of trucks wssneld recently at london ont at which anyone wishing to purchase a truck was re- ouired to present a certified order from their county federation of agri culture secretary certifying they ware bonallde farmers of his county in this vay the sale was definitely confined to farmers only this sale was also con fined to some four counties in the london area risnewplajwed to hnlh thr tnnr auch sales one ln the kemptvule dis trict one in the niagara peninsula and one in essex oounty w hen the exact location and dates are set your county federation will make the in formation public iy connected with storm s and others have allowed sewage to empty into neighbouring streams in some homes and stores sewage has been found to be trickling down stalrwayb and seeping through walls to eventu ally collect on cellar floors puddles of sewer material on lawns and back yards are common it is unnecessary to point out the menace to health of such conditions which are not isolat ed cases but altogether too common 2 fran the standpoint ff economies it is merttaue that a sewer rstem will be mstatvi iaw m the fu ture in the meantime lt is expected thit many new homes and factories trill be built in georgetown they wfu be forced to the expense of installing temporary septic tanks and cesspools which will be discarded when a sewer system is installed that money might better be spent on their share of a permanent system many home owners are now paying every year for temporary relief what would be their yearly tax in a perman ent system it is known that the programme of postwar reconstruction wul include particularly new public works it is expected that the federal and provin cial governments win encourage these works in a tangible manner those municipalities which have made ths necessary plans would be the first to receive conelderation many munici palities are not overlooking this tact from the aesthetic v the cleaning up of our coloured and malodorous streams with the consequ ent opportunity for developing park land swimming fwhng etc will be a definite asset to the town thank you again mr editor your courtesy yours truly remained in his they were out agan last week as a feature ln the victory parade to the drumhead service at thc park this lime they were carried by mrs l bells little pony driven by fred thompson and assisted by bis two grandchildren roy and dorothy thompson the youngsters did enjoy seeing the htue pony get more jingle out of those bells than an big farm horse that ever wore them we wish our old friend chris nrson now in ills elbtyrfourth year could have seen the fun but tmavirtamatary he has been confined to bed for the past three months but bears up cheer fully he has donated the bells to the ontario agxlouttural oobsga where they may no doubt be used to welcome noted visitors such sa ths new governorgeneral when he tlslta the college business deal was completed last week whereby mr james goodlet pur chased the building and hardware business lormeffly operated by mr j relet mr goodlet is holding a clearance sale this week after which the store will be closed for remodell ing he was formerly proprietor of the budget groceteria which he sold some months ago and which is now operated by boh caldweb as cald- v ells food store the new store will be known as goodlefs hardware and will carry a full line of hardware an eladrtoal supplies the reld family have been promin ent in georgetown business life for upwards of eighty years when mr reids father the late dugald reld came here from glasgow soottand he was associated with james young and later purchased hds hardware business ln the old wheeler block where the dominion store is now lo cated in 1879 the present threestorey stone building was constructed on ths west side of main street mr rett died m 1903 and the business wag carried on by his son mr laird reul who died in 1925 at whfkch time ms brother j p reld took oer the own ership the firm established a repu tation for trading in quality hardwax goods and have served tow generation of customers catering to their hard- active service notes poot officer harry wlxnatns has been transferred from ohaztottetown pel to no 0 ottj at obmox bo lac vern rlrby who has been sta tioned with the roaf at aylmer was home last week end he expects to leave for toronto soon where he wut obtain his dboharge from the service sgt jim sargent who served over seas with the paratroops has received his discharge from the army jim has been doing a grand job of manag the boys hardball games at the park and is to be commended on his activi ty m helping to foster sport among georgetown boys renewing their subscription to the herald ltool and mrs d h o mason of toronto give us news of their two sons john is now a lieuten ant with the royal canadian navy and tony a flight lieutenant with the roaf ln burma the masons who txa sold their awn on the check line to c v williams moh georgetown ont umehouse of the original reld family of ftf boys and two girls there are four surf viving george and wqham in toron to mtb k woods ln wisconsin and jack in town praak laird and mr w j mcgregor jessie died several years ago mr and mrs held wjs continue to make their home ln town and lor the present will live in th apartment above the store balunafad mr and mrs w hilts and audrey of toronto are spending a few days at the home of mr and mrs hency hilts miss phyllis foreman of toronto spent the week end at her home here glad to report that mrs etwm ja improving after her recent illness the young people mefod monday evening last at the home of joanxw and floyd shortih the meeting mm conducted by the president ouflord ridler the programme being in mclaughhn when ool mason change of deknar french and joined the army hope to settle in the i kirkwood country again near georgetown the mission circle met on armand swscfchamer has re- evening last at the home of celved his discharge from the roap and with his wife and son james is visiting ln town at present he has been stationed for soma tbne at moon- he spent fifteen months in west at- fered a broken leg during training rica 8 months ln the hebrides and has with his wile the former audrey lately been in england as a radar woods he is vacationing this week at mechanic on september 15th last wasaga beach and reports back to the year he was married in glasgow scotland to the former nancy rus sell of toronto and winnipeg a member ot the owac she has since been discharged and returned to canada prior to enlistment sgt marchment was employed in town at provincial paper ltd he expects to receive his discharge from the service ln winnipeg and will be returning to this district afterwards army early next month mhjm jshn lahiyed ln a motorcycle accident m germany on may 36th msm john p alexander came back to canada on the hospital ship letlua and arrived ln toronto a week ago tuesday morn ing son of mr and mrs john alex ander rr 3 he worked with his fattier on tbe farm before enlisting in the roaso in june 1943 he brain ed at sarose alberta and terrace b o before going overseas ln jury ims m normandy on it day through the and the weather by h l hutt after a bttse shower at the beginn ing of last week we have had a whole week of ideal weather for harvesting not too warm during the day but cool enough at night to make one reach down and pull up another blan ket before morning we have not yet had the heat necessary to ripen the tomatoes and make ears of com that may come later following are the tempera re cords for the week date h and l rain- temp fall tues aug 14 63 os it wed aug 16 i 74 86 thurs aug 16 tb h prl aug 17 76 46 sat- aug 18 77 61 sun aug 19 81 u uon acs 30 tt m lions club night at huttonville park it was gwgetown lions club night at the huttonville park community singsong last sunday a large crowd was on hand to see a program provided by georgetown talent which featured the georgetown girls pipe band and solo numbers by dolores herrington and piper eleanor smith tap dancers ken harrison pianist and opl piper grace beerman guitar ist accompanist alf sutton also song a solo the wheels are roulng again the program ws under the direction of clarence benham prest dent of the georgetown club and gordon vrrtsn manager of the park was mastercfhoere proceeds of 94173 from a suvsr col lection were donated to the oiub and it is interesting to note that this is the largest collection yet taken at a singsong this year capt and mrs j maxwell of to ronto visited the jamiesons and mo vers a week ago v 1st tors with mrs gale and uat xvcns included mr wfa grelg of branttord mr and mrs barnes and mua boulah bruce of toronto mr and mrs w bagrielle of de troit visited the nobles last week bernioe myrne and olive hamil ton of westover are holidaying with the hamilton children tbls week and mrs ken hamilton and children attended golden wedding cele bration of his parents at kilbride re cently mr and mrs jack smethurst and jacqueline of sudbury visited mrs smethurst this week mrs r lane spent a few days in georgetown last week mr and mrs geo kay of- brace- bridge visited mr and mrs garnet kay last week end flying officer david crtchton who has been stationed for some time at the roaf station in summerslde p- ej received us discharge from the service last week it was a big day ror f0 orichton as on the same day he became the father of a sturdy sn for which congratulations are in order in the air force since june 1940 fo orichton went to england the following year and was later transferred to the far east he es caped from singapore to batavla in the jap invasion then by boat to ceylon and served there until his ra the time of the jap successes there was a period of almost a year when letters to his wife and parents did not get through and it was eared that he ww missing fsgt george walker left yester day for dartmouth ns where he will report back for duty with the roaf he has been home on leave since returning from overseas several weeks ago ferryman joanna shortlll was in charge of the devotional exercises and betty bidler gave a very interesting topte thn wntncns ajgptfr met card of thanks lao albert h whitney would nk to thank the lome scots wa and branch 130 oanadlan legion for cig arettes received during bis overseas and shies coming tuesday evening at the home of mts f w shortlll the devotional exsjr- olses were given by mrs w mobosry mm a starret read a wry interest ing story concerning aim women and joanna shoruu rendered a solo miss margaret smith of ottawa to spending a few days at the boms ot mr and mrs john cole and mrs p oole r miss shirley euerby of weston spent the week end with miss betty ridler mrs p btnxrie of gnelph spent sunday with mt joanna shortlll g h s upper school results the following students are to oon- giatulated on their standing in the upper school results at oeorgeown high school alexander craig oal- eog- oomp 3 eng lit 3 alg 2 oeom 3 trig 3 phys 1 chem 3 fr auth s ft comp c bradley margaret mod hist 3 ft auth c fr oomp c farmer john eng oomp c main joan eng oomp s mod hist 3 fr auth c wcoxiure mary oxv eng oomp 2 eng lit 2 alg i trig v phya 1 chem 2 fr auth 2- fr comp 3 lat auth l lau oomp 1 pbtoh ross eng oomp 3 eng lit c alg 1 geom 1 trig l phys c chem c fr auth c fr oomp j- tapp shirley eng oomp o eng lit c geom 3 trig 3 phya chem c fr auth 3 fr oomp 1 germ auth c germ oomp o bay whjtmek home from england residents in the old country since the springof 1039 mr and mrs ray whltmee have returned to george town to make their home and are at present staying with his parents mr and mrs walter whltmee retain ing with them was their fiveyearold daughter susan who was horn london england the family first lived at stafford m the mkflands later at croydon where they saw plenty of buss bombs but fortunately their home s damage mr whltmee tells of a coal- burner attachment on bis oar which worked quite well he was employed as a shop inspector foxlotus and delta and a did a good deal of travelling la england and scotland they came home on a ananeargo vessel the arignani and bad a mos 10 day trip en the water both are glad to see canada again sod plan to nuke their home bars permsnenuy der of the day around here the summer meeting of the baby band was held at the home of hilts on friday afternoon swlndlehurst led ln a short irogram after which the hfld- ited their mite boxes otmss were played on the lawn and then 1st gathered together and lunch was served rev and mra a o w leaving this week on their bxsusyn and there will be no service here nssjfe sunday miss beatrice oromar of toronto to visiting with mrs jessie mcenery mrs r donald of toronto is t visitor at the home of mra d isjs- kechnie 1s45 winners in acton fall fair crop the prise winners for the field orop competition ln oats are s for acton agricultural society prof j laughland of the oao at omlbb was the judge and baa forwarded ttm following standing to ponrgury 0 it o sprawl ra 4 acton hugh reld rr- 3 aoton miller bros rr j epearen ilr 3 aotocf j j stewart ra i aoton f denny rr i aoton m c w swwahsmet rjt 3 aoton ktt rjk 1 qaasjssjsjsx- m m mtt