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tuj v ff -v- isss jijlw- fib ag8 took the acton pjeb press thursday september 80 1032 seighfeorhood njewst interesting itenw concerning other centreer and comniuiuties in which many ojf our readers ar interested j batlinafad mrs peter cole is visiting friends in toronto j mrs e j wright of toronto is visit ing at the home of her cousin mrs a soper mr deckert is at his home- to lin- wood miss nellie english mr and mrs robert english of toronto spent last week at the home of mr m campbell miss ida bennett of virden man has been spending the past week at the home of her cousin miss annie shortlll mr parry swjndlehurst of toronto spent sunday at nls fathers home mr and mrs cowan of listowel visit ed at the home of miss annie shortul eden mjucs bannockburn with intended for last week mr william harding visited friends at schomberg last sunday rev mr waddell spent the weekend visiting friends milton mr a r mcenery was successful in carrying off a number of first and second prizes at orangevllle and fergus fairs with- his flock of south down sheep miss isabel anderson of toronto visited at the home of her cousin mrs a soper on wednesday the womens institute met at mrs froods home with a fair attendance after the usual opening exercises mrs marshall gave a short report of the pusllnch school fair mrs m milne gave a reading on thanksgiv ing miss a argo gave a talk oh autumn gardening which was attended with discussion on means and ways of preparing for early spring growth on sunday evening mr h groat con ducted services in the united church on sunday mr and mrs j marshall mrs n anderson also mr and mrs n s marshall attended the centenary services in barrle hill church erarnosa miss marjory gandier has been engag- n miss wheelband of s s no 4 who has reared for a month on account of ill health churchill mr and mrs william foster mr tush foster and misses daisy and mildred foster visited with mr and mrs john mclean in sunday clarence johnson suffered a rathor painful accident on tuesday morning whll2 playing in the schoolyard he slip ped and cut his ear on a broken- corner of the school wall the injury required several stitches campbellvjelle rockwood nassagaweya mr bert nightingale of orangevllle and rev a b maodonald of toronto splent sunday with mr and mrs arthur nightingale knatcbbull mr t c nightingale of winnipeg man who has been spending some holt- days with his parents mr and mrs arthur nightingale has accepted a position in hamilton intendedtor east week mr and mrs r j king and mrs dunlop of toronto visited relatives and friends at knatchbull last sunday the rural school fair held at brook- vllle while not as large as some former fairs was quite a successful event and some ksen competition was given in a number of classes the quality of the exhibits was well maintained everton mr and mrs w head and son kit chener attended the golden wedding of mr cheads sister mr and mrs gordon york road mr thargrave from up north paid a short visit calling on friends sunday visitors at the home of mr usher and fam were mrs j reed and son jesse of orton mr and mrs elmer awtfey and sons of guelph mrs jackson york jroad spent some time at the home of mrs head recently mrs george loree and miss m sunter tetumed on tuesday from attending the funeral of their brother alex at sprlngeld mass much sympathy is ex tended to them considerable interest was maintained in the township sunday school conven tion last week at st johns church rev p a sawyer l th conducted the devotional exercises interesting ad dresses by kiev f h wase of st jamesgiad to know that shje has returned to erin hillsburg 9 a very enjoyable time was spent at a corn roast at mr earl moores on sat urday night everyone had his or her share and all returned home quite satis fied mr and mrs c waterworth spent sunday with friends in erarnosa mr and mrs fred oakes of eratnosa were sunday visitors with mr and mrs w cheyne annipprtmry aricesweroveey large l attended at the presbyterian church on sunday rev a c stewart of toronto delivered two very eloquent sermons rev h l richardson who has ween ministering in the disciples church of christ the past two or three years preached his farewell sermon to the con gregation on sunday 25th tast- mr and mrs h lanes of toronto spfent sunday with mr and mrs wm han erin township school fair was held last thursday at erin park there was a good exhibit in all classes and keen interest was taken in the event it was reported the largest and best childrens fair as yet mr and mrs clifford thompson and baby ellis spent sunday with mr and mrs l cheyne in eraraosar farmers are very busy at present fill ing silos and digging potatoes mrs j m deagle of massey ontario called on friends in cataract and erin last week mrs wm akitt and daughters have moved to hillsburg where they havi leased property mr roy nobleof cleveland and miss thelma smith of toronto have returned home after visiting with mr rbbt hunter misses mary and martha reld of acton called on friends here last week workmen have about finished their new home in acton and they will be settled shortly the caledon electric companys staff has been busy lately building a large concrete reinforcing wan at the base of their dam at their power plant at cater actr is to overcome the gradual weakening in the rock at the base of the dam caused by the constant wear of the flow of water and frost action in winter bringing his light aeroplane to a landing o thp farm nt mn rmilti rtonrgo wheeler a mile and a half north of hillsburg sunday afternoon george wheeler of kitchener an experienced church guelph arid rov h o priest general superintendent or o r e c toronto were important items of the afternoon session at the evening session rev mr mcleod of everton conducted tlte devotionalpxercises further ad dresses by rev c a macdonald of fergus anil rev h c priest were listened towlh close attention in stallation of officers elected at thte after noon session took place with mr chas h harris as president and leamen thomson as becretarytreasurer harvest festival services were observ ed at st johns church friday evening when canon weaver addressed the con gregation members of st albans choir acton were present and assisted in the service the platform and altar were decorated with flowers and products of the garden on sunday the rector rev p a sawyer conducted the services which were much appreciated several from here attended the 100th anniversary services at barrie hill on sunday large congregations were pre sent at all services one of the particu lar points of interest was the picture of the first church erected bythe early set tlers anniversary services were largely at- tendsd at the presbyterian church here inspiring sermons were delivered by rev john elder of milverton the platform and pulpit were surrounded with flowers with artistic effect the evening service at the united church was withdrawn rev w j taylor and rev c g jones of nossagaweya presbyterian church as- t slated in the services special numbers by the choir were enjoyed by the con gregations soloists for the day were miss eileen bridger of guelph and mr thomas gray of brantford the rural school fair of erarnosa township was favored by ideal fall weather last friday a large number were present to see the products of the different schools numerous prizes were secured in all classes of exhibits one the rally day service which was fully carried out in st davnis sunday school on sunday and was well attended bf pupils find parents a chorus was given by atlsscs evelyn vanslckle myrtle early marion elliott and ruth bell mr john henderson superintendent of nassaga- weya sunday school gave a splendid ad dress on reverence which was well received the theme of reverence was cawed out in the church service when rev c g jones the pastor gave an inspiring address to an appreciative audience and mr robert elliott render ed a beautiful solo messrs crawford mahon of kitchener and david hubbert of toronto sptent the weekend at their respective homes here the friends of mrs w mclaren will be her home after ten days in the guelph general hospital and hope she may soon regain her health the wheelman family and miss ardis holmes spent the weekend in walker- ton mr and mrs j k mahon who have been living at crawfords lake all sum mer entertained a number of their friends on friday evening last it being their twentyfirst wtedding anniversary a huge bonflrt warmed the air so that everyone could sit outside in comfort during the community singing progres sive euchre was played during thte even ing after which a splendid lunch was served and the guests departed to their homes hoping that mr and mrs mahon may be spared to see many more anni versary occasions mr david mckenzle is visiting with friends at mountsberg mr and mrs alex mcfhee and some friends motored up from toronto and spent the wdekend at their summer home mr and mrs jack sharpe of fort burwell spent the weekend at the home of mr samuel sharpe mr bert etenris who has been an em ployee of the c p at guelph junction for a number of years has been transfer red to ingersoll georgetown mrs r b foulls received the sad news by cable on friday last of the death of her sister miss jean muir at her home in glasgqw scotland mr r c frith of ottawaafter at tending the fjorjsts convention jn toronto spent the weekend with his parents at the baptist parsonage lp georgetown mr and mrs w c reynolds of port arthur returned home last friday after spending two weeks wth mrs reynolds parents mr and mrs e mcwhirter mr ralph tripp manager of the dominion store in town has been con fined to his room for the past week with a broken blood vessel in his leg he is slowly improving owing to rain the ball gamfe between georgetown and bronte in the park last saturday afternoon had to be called off after each team had played three innings when the game stopped the score was 50 in favor of georgetown there was a large attendance at the mens meeting in the united church on sunday afternoon last when prof john line of toronto gave an address on the christians responsibility for social reconstruction herald ijmehouse milton burlington miss d whittlesey is away on a two- weeks holiday trip to bermuda mr jack pirrle of mt dennis s spending the week with mr and mrs bert cromble burlington avenue mr and mrs f w tcmplln spent the weekend with their son at london mr and mrs w d flatt w flatt jr and mrs a c pettit spent the weekend with mr and mrs wallace e white at state college pcnnr- mrs jas whetham was called to sault ste marie on thursday last owing to the serious illness of her son andy who is critically ill with pneumonia buruhgton tops the list as a celery growing district according to a revised report of acreages planted in relery hav ing 400 acres planted in celery this year lambton county comes second with 325 acres the firemen responded to a call at the home of mr mark holton lakcshore road on sunday at 1230 when fire broke out in the porch leading to the house the firemen did splendid work and the loss only amounted to about 50 the cause of the fire is unknown at 3 oclock monday morning night inonhfo nmoni iibu n pilot misjudged his clearance of a fence and when he attempted to rise the engine stalled crashing trie aeroplane on the fence the machine turned ttirtle and was almost demolished but the pilot and his passenger carl wheeler era rnosa township a brother escaped almost unscathed carl suffered a shaklngrup and painful bruises but was otherwise none the worse advocate crewsokts corners conwtahlf rmnh dlsuivui a couple of burglars in the canteen water street but on his appearance they made a hasty retreat they departed in the direction of the lake bank taking different direc tions and31sappeared constable dun ham made a diligent search but failed to locate either of the intruders addressing a meeting of the south western ontario retail dealers associa tion mt windsor on friday last a s nicholso of toronto formerly of bur- tllngton told the gathering that the oa lumber trade to already feeling too benaflt of the economic conference aejlsbfcjtor overseas order had ilsj- weekend visitors at mr tylers were bishop swalam mrs swalam aid family and miss swalam from duntroon mr and mrs george sheffer from stayncr mrs dean and son from toronto mr and mrs robert airdrie are spend ing a few weeks with mr alrdries mot here mr chester plank is 111 and confined to bed mr and mrs hennoberry mr and mrs w lavlln and mr b spence of lansing mich and mrs n hammers- ley of gait visited at mr t j cneils the people of this community were pleased to hear that mrs john bennett was able to come home from the hos pital at kitchener and is getting along nicely after her operation miss annie airdrie of oakvllle and mjss myrtle of acton visited at the home of their mother last sunday nearly all the people of this community were at the acton fall fair and all were i pleaded with the exhibits especially the stock which was considered the best yet intended for last week miss duncan has returned home to elora after spending two weeks with her friend mrs c plank miss nora bridger was home from toronto for a lew days mrs holcovltch visited in hamilton mr tyler visited at stayner last weekr end mr and mrs hector mclean visited with mr and mrs chester flank mr john bennet vl f i mrs rollins has returned home after spending a few weeks with mrs cornell capt marshall capt bradley lieut harris and- lieut hook visited at mr tylers quite a large gathering spent a very enjoyable evening at a corn roast held at mr c planks on tuesday evening of last week items on the impromptu pro gramme included a very interesting talk from mr mclean a returned missionary from china also a duett by mr and mrs mclean in chinese quito a number attended the fair at acton some of he rural roads are being unproved with a coat of gravel feature otthe afternoon was theparade jhciency a bucket brigade of neighbors saved the home of lawrence brothers of the scholars with their teachers and lining up on the exhibition park grounds when principal o gonell put the young folks through their physical exercises followed by each school giving its school yell which won applause from the in terested spectators refreshments were served by the local womens institute towards the close or the lair a parade of the live stock was an interesting item on friday evening the mission band of the united church held their thank offering meeting when the young folks put on an interesting programme dur ing the evening miss edna m fearen showed some lantern slides on the life and customs of korea a number from rockwood availed themselves of the opportunity of heal ing the fraser brothers evangelists of scotland who have been conducting a three weeks mission in walkerton and were the guests of their former pastor rev w h mccracken and family the many friends of mr john suntpr sympathize with him in ftie news he received last week of the death of his brother mr alex sunter who was rnotoring from massachusetts to canada on his annual visit to his brothers and sisters here and at everton mr john r smith returned lost week from detroit mr leslie swanston of cobourg is home for a holiday mr johnston hwat of simcoe ii home for a few days mr and mrs ames and son donald of duluth minn are visiting the latters mother mrs e nlckell and also miss campbell mrs wllkie of fergus is visiting ml and mrs peter sims mrs robert h henderson of simcoe is a welcome visitor in our midst she assisted in the choir on sunday morning and in the programme at the presbyter- ian church on tuesday evening mrs robt croft of toronto was home for the weekend dr fred croft of kitchener spent sunday with his parents mr and mrs wm m croft missesedna m pcareij of dundas and m mllroy of brampton were homo for tho weekend the many friends of mr herbert 8 dyer rprc sbrry to hear of his death which took place early monday morning at the guelph general hospital he leaves to mourn his loss his wife two daughters misses edna and doris and one son lloyd also his aged parents mi and mrs john dj thr sisters mrs george bolton mrs harry bolton of rockwood mrs arch oray toronto and two brothers john jr of port arthur and ernest of ouelph the funeral was held on wednesday with brief service at his late home and public service at the united church at 230 p m interment took place at the rockwood cemetery mr emerson cripps who sustained injuries some time ago on the highway near guelph due to being hit by a car after he alighted from ills bicycle is able to get around again messrs fred day and fred hoaklng left this week to resume their studies at toronto university mr and mrs norman ruddy of new london conn called on old friends in town on saturday a large number of mlltonlans attended acton fall fair yesterday it was as usual a grand success miss vera w cairns milton has been successful in the examination in the normal course in class piano instruc tion which was held by the canadian bureau for the advancement of music at toronto in august working with oldtime zeal and ef everybody welcome to churchill an niversary on sunday and monday oc tober 2 and 3 he knows a trade prosecutor do you drink witness thats tny business i prosecutor any other mr w amos of guelph visited his sister mrs robert doughty who has been ill mr b law arid his mother visited this week at the home of jmrs hill anbthef picnic party of toionto people spent monday evening here stljl more city people are discovering the attrac tions of our village the gjrls lookout club of the pres byterian church held their monthly meeting on friday evening at the home of miss willa price congratulations to postmaster john son upon his winnings at acton fair one first and three seconds on their floral exhibit and second prize on the junior postmaster in the baby contest rally day was observed in both sun day schools on sunday with interesting services mr and mrs robert doughty wish- to express their thanks to the many friends who have helped so greatly by kindly ministries during mrs doughty illness on account of bhurohill anniversary sunday school in the united church will commence at 945 on sunday dsrnlng and the preaching service will be with drawn for the day seems obvious a redhaired boy applied for a job in a butcher shop how much will you give me three dollars a week but what can you do to make yourself useful around a butcher shop anything well can you dress a chicken not on 3 a weeki saidthe boy i n lj 2fcugt0u0rotfb- wotted oujurrl nf uanaa acton minister rev c l poole b d parsonage willow street 1100a m the minister subject humanizing our religion 1200 noon sunday school and blnlt class 700 p m the minister subject modern substitutes for religion everybody weloomb j reafaateriatt knox church acton rev h 1 bbnnie m a minister manse willow street sunday october 2nd 1932 1100 a m rally day service the school and congregation together theme reverence 70o p m the minister subject the untouchable note 1 sacrament of the lords supper october 9th- 2 anniversary services october 23rd rev r b david son of gait speaker always welcome brays new fall service bulletin tells you about housing feeding and marketing your poultry its fbee for the asking get our prices on pullets and cod liver oil bray chick hatchery 59 claybnra avenue st catharines ont from demolition after flames had des troyed their barn containing 500 bushels of grain and 40 tons of hay on the wright farm trafalgar on monday last the bronte firemen were called but ar rived just too late to assist while stanley eaard of milton was driving his motor truck westward on the base line on monday morning last his vehicle and another owned by the stock- hill transport company and driven by j v barker of erindale crashed near hornby both drivers escaped serious injury but ezards truck was wrecked the high school opened for the year 193233 on september 1 with the same staff as last year the registration stands at two hundred and fifteen almost the same as for the past year this attend ance is distributed as follows form 5 23 form 4 24 form 3 43 form 2 a 36 form 2b 30 form 1a 28 form ib 31 champion oakville evanston 111 e stone allan miss christine alrth is visiting mr and mrs street mr and mrs j d dick orlllla form erly of oakvllle are visiting friends in town mrs ross lusk chicago was the guest of her sister- inlaw mrsr- herbert ash- bury this week hot degs marshmallows corn good fellowship and a perfect night combined to make the corn roast of the ladles softball club held friday night a happy affair some time tuesday night thieves broke into the savoy cafe they tore the screen oil a back window to cftcet an entrance jpc ming the proprietor reports that they only secured five or six packages of cigarettes lylo c kerr inglehart avenue had a narrow escapo from a serious accident on wednesday nigh he was returning from taking friends home and a tire blew out when he was near bronte on tho palermo road his ear took to the ditch for about 260 feet record tho foyer of the gregory tneatro has been beautifully redecorated rev j h mcbaln and family have returned after a pleasant summer holiday at thqir summer cottoge on lake simcoe dr luko smith and misses jean and mildred smith of chatham woro out- oftown guests at tho stewarttcskey wedding tho trnderwrlters was in town yesterday the brigade was called to the station district and responded quick ly later the water pressure was tested near the river star the free press greeting cardj re presentative this year is mr ernest coles he will gladly show you samples straight up guest look here your advertisement said the room had a heavenly view manager thats right theres the skylight v specials ror the week- pastry flour it 24s for hlu c clover leaf salmon qo is for ooc kraft salad dressing oo for loc sweethpickles oq plain olives c for ldc 2 eagle brandmilk of tins for juc 6 3 comfort soap bars for palmolive soap cakes for 25c 23c 2 packets princess soap flakes for apples lis for cabbage each honey 5s for chai n red white 29c 35c i 5c 39c stores s j w jones phone 26 acton ont iiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiuaiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiii ninetyfourtlr churchill anniversary sunda y october 2nd special services at 1100 am and 730 p m in observance of the anniversary of churchill united church dr r g agnew clientgu union j university china j speaker at morning service j rev w i flddes phr of guelph j speaker at evening service j special music by the church choir and the y m c a z i maie quartette of kitchener church organ tuning and repairs organ blowing machinery emergency adjustments or year ly maintenance service at reason able cost leonard downey sos boyal bank building toronto ontario waverley 6281 established 1910 unclassified small advertisements fob sale 100 cords of hardwood for sale 4 00 up delivered p e holmes price acton hog prices for saturday 450 and grade or 475 flat we have trucks for service cattle shipped to stock yards 20c- per hundred p e holmes acton for sale clover honey eight cents and amber five cents per pound in your own con tainers apply staniiey plommer rockwood fodnd on stinday between seventh line and georgetown a tire and h htwiwi live and six oclock owner may have by proving property and paying expenses wilfred mattocks l o johnston r r no 1 acton clearing auction sale a sale of household effects horses player piano gasoline engine poultry farm equipment etc of the estate of the late mrs margaret ccartwright at bells school nelson township will be held on saturday o 1 at 1 p m r j kerr auctioneer 122 acton ontario tait optical co 110 wyndham street guelph clearing sale the executors of the estate of th late isacjvarmikgioj chickensiippen monday evening the anniversary occasion will be continued on monday october 3 and a chicken supper will be served by the ladies from six until eight oclock at the church special musical and iliterary pf ograiwme i will follow i adults 85c everybody welcome rev h caldwell chairman 1 siiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiintiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilliiiiiiiuiiiiuiimiiiiim will sell by public auction on tuesday october 11 at one oclock sharp the farm being the southeasterly half of lot number 1j in the second concession of the township of nassaga- weya containing by admeasurement 100 acres more or les also at the same time and place the horses cattle pigs fowl grain hay implements and household goods on the premises there are said to be erected a good steel barn54x60 brick house and kitchen windmill spring creek running through the farm half mile from school ttta miles to c p r station one mib to church hydro a alliiblc r for furtrr particulars apply to exe- outors j hn 3 krkck and james lowrle or ta tl i n icrslgncd sollcltor- w i dick soicitor a r linn milton auctioneer bated at milton this 26th day of sep tember 1932 132 mark lfvery grave i ilng is mbre lasting or more appropriate to commemorate the memory of loved ones who have gone before than beautiful granite well carved with our present equipment and facilities no plant is better prepar ed to ofter real values or a better j stock to choose from than can be s a o y u it to yourself to see our stock and get our quotations on monuments markers or corner stones before placing an order anywhere mbmnimrfta breetod anyw acton monument work