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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1940
Page
4
In loving memory Percy who passed in June 1983 and Pearl who died June 6 1916. The grave and memory remain dear with verses of faith and hope. Memorial note from Mother Father sisters and brothers Glen Williams.
Holy Communion times at St George s St Albans Episcopal and Baptist churches noted with confirmed events and prayer services. St George s holds Wednesday intercession 2 30 pm and June 13 bishop led confirmation. Knox United isomer with Toronto speaker Doughn Seaton. United Church mass at 10 am. Chalmers aid. Unit Church Guelph preacher Charles Cummings Norval in charge.
Col. Conover denounced endless resolutions and urged action in wartime. He opposed internment for naturalized Canadians unless guilty of aiding the enemy and warned that German aims would exploit Canada if conquered. He praised wartime sacrifice and urged collective effort to support the British Empire.
A Georgetown columnist replies to an earlier letter, detailing Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs from The Watchtower, asserting the group’s name and history, their message about God Jehovah, Jesus, and the Kingdom, and addressing accusations of being a sect or political label.
A wartime hymn was sung at St George's Anglican Church with Rev W G O Thompson adding the third verse. The text prays for protection of soldiers and sailors and for divine guidance for those in air and on seas during perilous times.
Robert D. Potter discusses death rays in The American Weekly via The Detroit Sunday Times June 9 issue. He outlines four energy groups that show laboratory promise but fail on the battlefield, cautioning how such power could reshape mankind’s future.
Mr. Norman Bally of Tordhto was home for the weekend. Miss K Lamb has returned from visiting her nephew at Aurora.
Weekend visitors in the village included families and individuals from Toronto Georgetown Brantford Stratford and Cheltenham with various companions. A birth announcement, a visitor illness update, a notice of a swindler in Benton’s store, and a club gathering with prizes and demonstrations were reported.
Miss Irene Leslie read from Ninamore Jamieson s Cattle in the Stall while Alma McEnery sang two solos with Mrs Gowdy at the piano. A dainty lunch followed. The club met at Mrs A W Benton s home Friday with fourteen girls present and decided to buy two dozen hymn books for the church pews.
About twenty four Ashgrove W I ladies toured Provincial Paper Mills Georgetown on May 21 with a guided detailed look at the process. Rev J O Totten led temperance talks in his absence, and J Q Totten attended Hamilton conference. June WMS meeting notes, base articles received, Howden reunion, and visits from Windsor residents are recorded. July 1 gala sports and Legion dance planned.
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