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One of the largest congregations ever to attend, crowded the auditor, um of Trinity United Church, Beams- ville, on Sunday morning for the {specal service of. dedication for the mew memorial window commemorate ‘ing men of the congregation who lgavc their lives in the two Great Wars. MEMORIAL WINDOW DEDICATED kfstit' TRINITY CHURCH LARGE CONGREGATION PILLS CHURCH SUNDAY. H./MAJ. REV. S. B. EAST PREACHES AT SPECIAL SERVICE i H./Mai. Rev. Stewart B. East, 9L'B.E., M.C., BPaed., B.A., preach- (ed the sermon and joined with the minister, Rev. W. C Aimack, in the dedication ceremonies at the window, which was presented to the church by the Woman's Association and un- veiled by the president, Mrs. C. J. Freeman: George Shepherd accept- ied the gift on behalf of the trustees [of Trinity Church. Extra seats in all aisles were nec- essary.to accommodate the large con- gregahon, among whom were many service and eoc-servicemen and their families, Rev. w. Almack opened (the service and Major East read the }lcsson, taking his text from the second chapter of Philippians, verses 5-16. Special music was rendered by the large choir, the anthem being "Souls of the Righteous," (T. T. Noble). Mrs. H. Canning sang a solo, "There is No Death," by Geof- frey O'Hara. The music was under tht. girect'ign tri William F. Tufford, I Wearing Highland uniform and the ted patch of the lst Division, Major East took as his text "They humbly "tooped in their obedience, to die." lBrought up in a dissolute generation, the fallen men had held their faith in Cod to by supreme over all other considerations and in -the midst of battle that faith and obedience had carried them to a glorious death, he said. They were gryrd men, and their death provokes again the question in many minds, "Why must the good die?" The answer, Major East said, was that spiritual and moral progress can be made only through the sacri- fices of good men. Ltt.c. (Egg): Roll of Hon»: Printed on the special program were the names of 78 members of Trinity Church! who saw service in the two wars, Including the names of 17 who were killed. in action. Those' to whom the window was dedicated were C. Thompson, H. H. Elliott, C. W, Wilcox, George Knight, G. E. Read, Alex. Lawrie, P. S. Albright, E. J, Harshaw, R. R. Hobden, A. R. Hewitt, E. C. Blunden, J. D. Reid, R. L. Miln, A. L. Logan, J. B. Stanwood. O. J.. Thgrpe and T. H. Page. Aid, flowers were supplied by Mrs. J. B. Stanwood in memory of her son Sgt. John Stanwood. Theme of the beautiful stained lass window is 'The Crown of Life." fit,', symbolic significance of the sub- ject is seen by considering the river immediately above the inscription plate as the River of Jordan, from which the soldier, in armour is em- erging. As he sets his foot upon the d [and he IS met by Christ, Who can him the Crown of Life in ex- change for his Sword. In a letter from Col, C. L. Laurin, Director of Records in the Adiutant-Gerterays Depart- ment, dated April 11, Harold A. Stirling, Beamsville, has been notified that he has been award- ed a Mention in Despatches for gallant and distinguished services in the field. Mr. Stirling served Overseas four years with the Royal Canad- ian Engineers. During his ser- vice in Northwest Europe he was a member of 85 Bridge Coy., 1 Cdn. Army Troops. This comp- any was attached to the British 2nd Army for most of its work. Harold A. Stirling Mentioned in Despatchea “NIGHT OF FUN" He retisrnediu%d 1ast Aigust Mr. Stirling is married, with one son. BRILLIANT SUCCESS LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (ambit W 9 L, EX.SERViCEMEN AND WOMEN JOIN WITH MEMBERS OF WAR WORK COMMITTEES IN OUTSTANDING PARTY AT THE COMMUNITY HALL. Attended by upwards of 550, Boamsville and Clinton's entertain- ment for ex-servicemen and women was held Friday night in the Com- munity Hall and proved an outstand- ing success. Horace Lam) and his orchestra, Louise Burns and her dancers, Jack McLean, Mildred Moray and Rudy Hanson provided entertainment that held the attention of the audience from start to finish and kept the' large hall resounding with laughs and) applause. A _ I George Shepherd, M.C. Master of Ceremonies for the ev- ening was George Shepherd, presi- dent of the Beamsville and Clinton War Services Committee. Reeve Roy A. Saunders, Beamsville, wel- comed the crowd to open the enter- tainment, and introduced Horace Dam). Reeve Montgomery, Clinton Township, spoke briefly and then Mr. Shepherd took over. After outlining briefly the work of the War Services Committee, he called for a mirtute's silence for the 27 local boys who paid the supreme sacrifice in World War II. ' Fine Floor Shaw Turning the microphone over to Horace Lapp, the first half of the! fine floor Show was presented“ Louise Burns and her dancers pre-l sented a smart military tap nuiyber,l after which Mildred Moray render- ed in her inimitable style, "Macna- mira's Band", with help from the audience. For an encore she sang "I Want To Make Music," after the style of Martha Raye. Luring Frank Thomson onto the stage, she used him as a willing stooge for a rendi- fron of "Oh Johnny," in which his necktie suffered not a little. Following the first half of the floor show, Horace Lam: and his band played several numbers for dancing and a large number of both Young and old took advantage of the fine music and the good floor. Assisted by a number of men, the ladies from the venous societies served an at- tractive lunch of sandwiches, cake and coffee under the convenership of Jiri. R. A. Saunders. Horace Lapp tok charge of the‘ second part of this floor show in which Rudy Hanson delighted the crowd with "Night and Day" and "Beru1y's From Heaven," and Jack McLean provided many clever im- personations of famous stars of screen and radio. Louise Burns was applauded for a solo number, “A. Little Bit of Scotch," and with her girls, in a novelty interpretation oil "The Blue Danube.? l Prize Draw Held George Shepherd and Frank Thom- son, assisted by the singer in the band, conducted the draw in which ten lucky ex-servicemen and womenl were awarded floor prizes. Seven! war brides were introduced to the audience from the stage. These were Mrs. Lloyd Southward, Mrs’. Norman McKee, Mrs. Jack Thompson, Mrs, Robert Gayman, Mrs. John Saunders, Mrs. Gordon Buchan and Mrs, Run Tessmer. Mrs. Cayman won a bask- ct of flowers. Mildred Moray came back to en- tertain the crowd with two numbers, 'Tm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No," from "Oklahoma," and the Gracie Fields song," Never Cried So Much in All My Life," closing the show. A great deal oi credit goes to the committee who organized this most successful winding up ol the Beams- ville and Clinton War Services Com- mittee. at is safe to say that no finer entertainment could have been pre- sented than the artists and numbers chosen and the function was one of \he best-organized that the Commun- ity Hall has ever seem 1 Reception Committee 1 Identification cards were presented' to the men and women on arrival and white carnations were given to next-oi-kim On the reception Cone mittee were Reeve R, A, Saunders, 1 Reeve George Montgomery, A. G, l Richmond, Mesdames, J. B. Stall- 3vood, C, W. Buck, and R. A. Saund- ers, Door Committee G. V. Cooke, Jas. Lay, R. o. Wilcox, H. W. Reid, James Plans, J. Burgess, H, Freure and Mrs. G. Shepherd. Decorating was in charge of G. V. Cooke, F. J, Thomson and A. U. Richmond. “Night of Fun" Cost sac» . Accounts were received ftor the "Night of Fun" celebratiprrlast)ri- diy night. Cost of the affair was $834.07, of which Beamsviile 'pays 40%, or $333.63, with Clinton assum. ing the remainder. . _ _ V Maj. Nornizm R. M. Southward was awarded the M.dhE. in the King's Birthday Honours List. An old :Bcamsville boy, Major Southward at- tended public and high school here and is now living in Montreal. Dur- ing the war he was on the ILO. staff of MD. 4,yon.trts.?1 as District Aux- or M.u. n, mama.» .. iliary Services Officer Presentations Made To "M" Vets M11 - " f a I On Friday night at a social evening! at Hugh Lounsbury's home, Alan Poole received a chromium smoker, similar to that which all the bays who saw service overseas received on their re- tum. Ed Prime another of our over- seas boys, has taken up residence in England. He was taken prisoner at Dieppe, suffering many hardships while in German prison camps. Through the efforts oi our Home Front Club he was able to receive) smokes every week and parcels as often as regulations permitted. In' fact, all our overseas boys received smokes, parcels of food, and knitted goods made by the ladies of the Club, in alternate months. The boys from The Thirty and Grtybb School local- ity who were overseas were; A. Yak- chuck, L. Melitzer, A. Quinn, L. Car- son, G. Meikle, A. Zubak, M. Tufford, E. Groff, A. Poole. All have return- ed safely. There were also fourteen whose services were confined to Canada as follows ..-.G. Burrows, R. Konkle, D, Philps, C. Konkle, E. Brubaker, R. Wilcox, I. Carson; W. Rouse, K. Hurst, Don Philip, L. Jones, J. Fearn, H. Penner, W. Wennman. These received initialled military brushes, and Seneth Merritt received an initialled leather writing case. All expressed pleasure at the happy con- clusion of this work, and greatly ap- preciate the efficiency and unliring effort on the part of the Executives of the Club. Hi4“ \Bishop Will. Dedicate PM? New Window At the ll an“. morning service next Sunday, March 9th, at St. Allsan's Anglican Church, Beamsville, the Rt. Rev. L, W. B, Brougham,- Dill, Bish- op of Niagara will dedicate a mem- orial window, the figure of St, Alban. This window was very kindly arrang- ml for and donated to the churcr, sometime before her death by thet late Mrs. W. D, Fairbrother oil Humming The inscription on the window will read as follows: "To the Glory of God and In Honour of the Volunteers from This Church Who Served Their Country 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945." -. Erected by Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Fairbrollier, St. Ahan Depicted (ht Church Window The national heritage of military service and religious devotion in the centuries was dwelt upon by the Right Rev. sf, W. B. Broughall, Bishop of the Diocese of Niagara, at St. A'lhau's Church on Sunday. At the morning service he dedicated a new stained glass window, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Fairbrother, in memory of those who went from the church to serve in the two Great Wars. . . . ~,L,.. Ans,” Appropriately, the window depicts St. Alban, alter whom the church is named. The Bishop pointed out that he too was a soldier, a member of the Roman occupation forces in Britain about 300 ND. When still a pagan he saved the life of a priest endang- ered in persecution by donning the; priest's clothing himself. Later her was converted to Christianity by thati priest, Amphibaius. As a Christian,' in 303 All, he refused to sacrifice to the gods, and was executed at Verulamium, now St. Alban's in Herb fordshire. In the window he is re- presented as a young soldier, wear- ing the priestly robe over his armour. the sword in Cult' hand. the (fuss m the other. The Bishop emphasized tlus you sacrifice made by all those who ser- crrd their country in tlie Great Wars, and called upon his hearers to re- member the debt owed to them. The theme of his discourse was based on "The noble army of martyrs praise Theo," a phrase in the ancient nynxn of the whole church, the TcDeum. He pointed out that service, and praise, and prayer are all one for the Christian, That great hymn declares he church's faith, expounds the Gos- pel, and shows the way in Christian life and hope. . Alan Taylor Fe: Awarded DFC - Along with thirty other R, C. A: f. personnel, Alan D. Taylor attended the Sarnia Investiunc on Wednes- day last when he was presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross by Viscount Alexander-of Tunis, Gov- ernor-General of Canada'. _ Alan Taylor servedioverscas 2% years an) won his decoration while in Italy. He is at present working in Hamilton. P Accompanying him to the inves- titurc were Mrs. Alan Taylor and Mrs, Charles w. Taylor, Beamsvile, the window. dcpicgs Pry]