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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1941
Page
6
The White Gift service was observed and the Community Hall trustees held their annual meeting Wednesday evening. Lloyd McEnnery was elected in 1942 and left Thursday for Kitchener to begin four months of army training.
Glen Williams notes 148 Canadian women forming the first trades unit at the WAAFP Training Depot on Jarvis Street Toronto. Shay among them will proceed to the RC AF. AC1 John Hooper returns to Mountain View after two weeks furlough. Alfred Allen progresses at Guelph General Hospital and hopes to return home today. Eileen McQuarrie heads to Waldemar for a two week stay. Marjorie Wagstaffe, recently an appendix operation patient, goes home.
In Ashgrove on Monday evening the W.A. social drew a large audience. The Alka-Beltzer did I Say That? opened the program while six names including Mrs Sinclair Hornby and Miss Florence Laidlaw Norval were drawn for the quiz and could not answer the large sum question. A guitar duet by Murray Sinclair and Keith Merry plus vocal duets, humorous readings, and piano duets followed. A sale of aprons baking and candy occurred before a social lunch. The W.I. meeting at Mrs Clayton Wilson's home on Tuesday December 9 included pro tem secretary Francis Thompson, a Christmas verse, and carol singing led by Mrs A J.
The Stewarttown Women’s Auxiliary annual meeting at Mrs. Joseph Standish’s home reports 1941 had 10 members with 37 meetings and a $3.35 balance. New articles valued at $34 and 37 used clothing pieces were acquired. 386 articles have been mailed to Red Cross rooms in Georgetown. Junior W.A. reports 8 members and 31 meetings with a bale of layettes sent to the missionary centre. Officiers for 1942 listed. A.Y.P.A. social night held with Canadian anthem, photos from Vancouver to Carcross, and war victims’ collection. Georgetown stores feature Christmas gifts ahead of two weeks.
Mrs. Gerald Graham outlined the second day course on What is New in Nutrition. A Christmas pudding surprise released small gifts with verses as strings were pulled. Miss Joy Ruddell sang. Lunch was served by the hostess and lunch committee at the church basement.
Margaret Ann Miller wife of William A Lane died Saturday November 29 1941 in Limehouse. She was of Scottish and United Empire Loyalist descent taught Sunday school at Limehouse Presbyterian Church and married January 3 1900. Funeral services were held December 2 with pastor Rev Cochran at the home and interment in Greenwood Georgetown. The community sent floral tributes and Limehouse Women’s Institute reported war work and charity efforts during November including Red Cross deliveries and clothing drives.
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