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vpftisk 9w4h vwwif rft rrr- paoob miopt acton free press thursday january lath 100 notle f birth mrrim beet n bumrud u jui caium wttfceot cham la mamwiaii mettlesa bm d wo par mt addldoaal for poetry toomn mscrjub at tftsfaridgo on bonday jan uary 14th 104o to wv and mm dun can umrm a daughter jen ua- both- j wartwctt to mr and mr rendall pete watson tn the lord dufferin hospital orangevlli on january dth 1940 a daughter graham at st josephs hospital guelph on saturday december mrd 1w0 to mr and ur john d graham of georgetown nee dna mapleeden v daughter carole anne premature tilkd marshall at at ulehuli hospital toronto on tuesday january 18th 1m0 richard shaw marshall late of llmehouse ontario husband of the late uargarvt lawson father of mr iskrl marshall and brother of mv marshall acton in his 8su1 year j in mfmokiam russxll in loving memory of my dear husband john russell wlio died january loth ims i mil the amlle of one i loved and did my best to aave beloved in life regretted still remembered in the grave happy hours we once enjoyed how sweet their memory still but death has left a loneliness the world can never all at opening session mrs elizabeth lamb following an limes of several weeks mr mljtabeth lamb well known and highly respected resident of nassaga- weya passed peacefully a ay in her 7srd year at the ouelph general hos pital the late mrs lamb was the widow of the late john lamb ana had spent nearly all her life in nassagaweya ser vices held in sodom church were con ducted by rev mr lawson and were lamely attended by relatives and friends she leaves to mourn her loss four soni and four daughters kdward of norquay sask james moffat george new york bert brookvule mrs v plnkbelner guelph mrs j brown toronto mrs b lemony brookvllle miss thelitis montreal her husband one son and one daushter predeoeased her the palbearers were three nephews john molean peter mclean and doug las mclean ernest dredge david hen derson end e simpson piwiwrmamlaviujh nf y w dhwcti warden jirwelllngton county for 1040 tho week has had plenty of sub- aero temperatures fourteen below was recorded again miss janet bennett the community was shocked to hear of the death of the late janet bennett in georgetown at the home of her sister mrs lowell last thursday miss bennett was bom in nassaga- weya 73 years ago and was the daughter i of the late mr and mrs bldwell ben- i l ln ni linlonn of tho eaflox into uie dressing room after tho game nett she resided in nassagaweya ttu 1 scottteh regiment private croll ob maybfl iuft bodycheck he received jul im tho l few yea i ancd ft y m m a ittte eftrucr to wlt m iiii t j tn mr fhi- ftpinink deliberations of tt private david croll mayor of wind eor and former mlnuter of welfare attended the openina of the ontario appointments at the first meeting of erin council taiuiets tie kitchener score heavy against gait continued from page one was right in on top of woods the game ended with first one aide attacking and then the other the lineup acton goal woods defence i maruo dawklru centre plpher wlngi mooney unwy subs b morton k morton terry moloxxle bayllxs nleholo kitchener goal blndernagel de fence olmon ledermon centre bauer reeve bdgar iruxlcy deputyreeve wings grau vrooman subs olender shir ftwii mn hauxe hubcr lorents fvthrenbaclt smith i road expcndltueeesiimaud nt 14000 for yenr towiwhlp solicitor appointed the personnel of the municipal coun cil of the township of erin for the year 1040 is as follows well h mcklnnon holstein breeders annual meeting largely attended referee johnny jones guelph rnom tiie balcony what happened wasn t there enough rwcatcrs to outfit a whole team there were just three different itylc of sweat en tluplayod by the acton team ernie nichols was dressed but only hot on tho ice about two minute not cnoush to really get the feel of the ice whrnjhe redded in toronto i nr preient aenijan muxt was o h wry c the hydro cooking forum next week will be a popular event for the ladles of acton and district if your fan pstas label doecn t read 1040k it requires attention prompt newols ore greatly appreciated i acton industries are not alone pro viding employment for those residents of acton but for a number from the adjoin ing countryside more than 300 chickens and a horse were burned to death ln a ore which destroyed the bam on the property ol deputyreove wilfred hall trafalgar township mr larry mallott ot the tar of the bonk of montreal has been trans ferred to the branch at owen sound ymca mends hod a little gettogether on monday evening and mode him a presentation friends here regretted to read last friday morning of the furnace explosion in the home in toronto when miss euphemla lalng narrowly escaped fine mnett and kind duposltion and although 11 j for some time was patient and loving to the end the funeral took place saturday from mr harold hccturo tunetal howir interment took place ln naisagawey presbyterian cemetery the services were conducted by rev mr davlee of georgetown the pallbearers were messrs ken nedy georgetown messrs w dul lard a frank w bennett and w brit- ton nossagjaweya the bereaved ones have the sympathy of tho community chief mcphcrson refcignsuafter nlng tuesday night when they took a u3 win fiom gait atrfone entry in the intermediate b group the game oclonseu to the tanncra from the first x periodwnenalr 30- bus morton rapped- oeveilteen yearb home the first counter on a pass lrom i brother norm at 0 07 norm morton dot a pass trom terry for the second norm also got the third at 13 fill on an inmc raquwea un iucn punmase a ttom m lfl plpjlcr a new truck and pumper it was point i crtmim tho fonh rtun vm 1qu q ed out that the brigade had asked for oucr chbncm fc cuck this for some yean but no action had lh tftnnenj wcu dejlervctl uie mai wm mcicensle arthur bwackharner and dan a mcdougall councillors by law no l to determine the remun eration of council and najarles of officials was panned at the first meeting mem bers of council are to receive 13 00 per day while in session and 10c per mile one way assessor 18000 collector 200 00 treasurer 300 00 auditors ho 00 relief officer f 13b 00 olcrk moo oo by law no 3 appointed j e pearcn an township represents tlvo on the local board of health by law no 3 appointing officials was passed and appointed oeorgc drynn as sessor a j undany collector daniel aray treasurer robt s mccutcheon relief offlcor w w matheson weed inspector t h r brock auditor and jos mcklnnon clerk by law no 4 provided for borrowlnnr from tho royal bank of 130 000 interest to be computed at fi on amount bor rowed by law no 5 provided for the tiitlm ated expenditure on townnhlp roads for min ytnr 1040 of road construction 1 1300 stipcrlntendence wsdtwiilnlcn on uil way to kitchener a number of the players were in very poor health but after the game was over they had no alibis they dldn t even tesl tired and then there was the player whoj- thought acton hod won o 5 till he got nathaniel reed fergus mr nathaniel reed one of erin s most respected pioneer farmers ponced away at tho fergus hospital on january oai 1 mr reed had he lived to april 0th would have been 05 years of ago he was an uncle of mr j h reed acton his wife whose maiden name was nancy rntwintle predeceased him 10 years ago and since that time he han lived with his family and of into yeara with his brother john in fergus mr reed in hu younger days was a very successful farmer and managed about three hundred acres situated at mimosa the old homestead is still ln woe overcome by escaping gas as were 1 poueaslon of his grandson ement awrey two others redding in the home at 11q to mr and mrs reed wen born four balsam avenue and were revived by a of a tamily john of orton mrs j h doctor and firemen who were called i root of hamilton mrs leonard awrey i hulsburg mrs h marshall of stonoy a few of the many friends of mraj 0wk auo mlx etudchlltlron four teen groatgrandchlldren in religion mr and mrs reed wore of the old mcthodtbt faitli and on his going to rtnus he wab u faithful member or melville united church the bympathy been taken the advantages and need of uiis equipment was drawn to the at tentlon of the council it wns chttmatcd the cost would be trom 3 500 up according to the equip ment desired it was alao pointed out that the storage tor equlpmtnt the best gait got into the picture in the second period when acton slowed up at 0 00 anderson scored from sabastlan gait got through several times but their shooting was bad at 10 53 terry scored from bayllss a penalty was being not ecrved by anderson at the time love grovt from mcewcn wan oalt s second the need of a hydrant on main street at lfl 2q it ft njco ully north was also pointed out thh had mooney camc riaht bflck nnti n rattle swaekhamor assembled at her home last friday in honor of her birth day the evening was spent in various dames lunch was served by the ladles tho principal object of the lunch os the beautiful birthday cake which wa j u ti f of man goee to the family of th s placed in tin uiblc boon promised for a number or years by former counclln but no action had been talun to fulfil this promise council uurethl to give the matter serious consideration and give an answer the flrarontie month before the rate woh struck for the ytar the brigade txprcrscd appreciation of thx hearing klven pass from mareo for a score at 10 00 tho period ended 0 2 for acton at 3 40 plphor gave acton another tally and acton missed three or four lovely chances woods was lucky on one that hit him and bounced over the net scott scored for gait from a scramble 1 at 10 07 then tanners ucnt in to put once and repair 0 300 total estimated expenditure s14q0o ralph c bone icc was apjwlntcd township solicitor for 1040 iyeajrarct s bond for 16 000 was re newed with the canadian surety co premium 0000 erin township joined the ontario pooti roads association the collector was instructed to collect all outstanding taxes and return all rolls according to law governing name tho following amounts were ordered paid roads 01 1 80 relief 01 00 erin agricultural society 100 00 salvation army j5 00 miscellaneous 37 02 the auditors report for the year 1030 i wan received and ndoptrd council adjourned to mt hi hills burg on m mday rebroary 12th 1040 ol 10 00 a m short c ouhse groups visit farms plants jkr a bd finish and nearly fill tho score a icttir from tht bell telephone cwl board norm morton put- the greon ccntrt ol tin wlii laden tj belowro-wcather- failed uproveni llftoen young indies of tlu tuesdn evening class from enjoying all the thrills of a sleighing party in fact the cold added seat to the party by making arnold handle also his nephtu urner it necessary to hop on the sleighs and need and ktmitth quarrh wort the honored old gentleman who all through his lift was n splendid txnmplo of man hood and btlovwl by all uho knew him a privnu mr uas conducted oij thursdn last ut his brotlicra home thm to mdllle church wiilix u very imprcfiiilvt htrvict uns delivered by his pastor tin rc dr bishop of tor which the cortigi wended its way to the family plot tn ult mlniqiu cenuur di bishop conducted the service at the gravthh u assisted by ri v mr attun fuur of lus grandnona nnmelj natlionltl and jvtju reed ernest auro und aukod iwrmlsslon to replace poles ctrtuln street for extension of their services thlt matter wan paused over to reeve chalmers who has jurisdiction on this matter according to by law an account from the guelph general hospital for an tndlgont patient was left over for further investigation a motion wo passed authorizing the trtu urer to pay the salary of e ryder ut secretory of tlu anna as it bcconils due uithout cumin l before council it was lo be iipproied by two membirs of tin arena ct mmlttt i its usual an iico tint for raulntonuiicc of runnhig or walking behind altliough more uian one of the party on different occasions had to put on an oxtra efiart to oalch up when the horses decided to start trotting the party ended at the y willi hot dogs and hot coflee both of which proved very deuclou to ap petites whetted keen by the cold pallbeurcpi mr reed wn one of u famll of nine of whlli john is tlie only remaining member of this gmnd old famll he u in his 03rd year light under the 8 mark nt 13 31 and got another ono at 10 35 marso scored from mooney at 17 05 lindsay got the eleventh and final one at 10 21 and came ulthln one of using all the num bers on the score board i the llncup was i acton woods goal bayllss and mol ozrie defence mooney centre plpher right wing lindsay lert ulng terry n morton b morton kcntncr marzo and daw kins alternates quit batei toal mcmeckln ond mul llgun dl fence elinta centres mcewen rlj lit wing scott left wing armour andrews lomgnivt meyirs tlmmer- imui und sibostlun nlte mates referee homy klulu kitchener tlie annual meeting of the halton holstrln breviers club which was held at the palermo carrmulfltty hall on thursday january 11th brought out an attendance or approximately 13b breed ers at the business session held ln the morning a s mahon of campbellvlllr was appointed president for 1040 at he noonday luncheon which was catered for by the wives of south hal- ton breeders 103 members sat down to the tastefully served dinner at the dinner mr e m resdhead secretary of the halton agricultural society- pre tented on behalf of tlie halton county branches of the canadian nank of com merce their trophy to robinson bros of georgetown who had the winning herd ot the county show held at milton on october 3nd tlie royal dank trophy for tlie exhibitor winning the most points in live stock from nelson township at the county fair was presented by mr lucas manager of the burlington branch to mr w b somerset of beaufort form freeman special recognition was also given by president morley watson to halton hols te in breeders who ex h lb i ted cattle in the halton county herd at the c n e the breeders receiving this recognition were as follows t l leslie a sou john hunter robinson brofi nil if aiorgetown w s dick i iifloli son g leslie peer ac 3an of milton j l nelnnds si son hornby irwin shepherd and w d somerset of freeman following the luncheon byron jenvoy machinery weld- for w briefly reviewed ill progresa made by tho hols te in breeders during the past yoar mr jcnvey pointed out that dur ing the past two yearn there have been ov r 1 700 new members joins tho as- soclation and ot this number ovcrl iqq come from western ontario bidden tally mr jcnvey congratulated tho hal ton chib on having the largest paid up mombernhlp of any club lif ontario dur luu 1030 tlie new holsteln gate sign was on display at the meeting and a inrgt number of holateln rcedcrn availed thimsdmh of the opportunity of placing orders dr c d mcguvrny principal of the ontario vi terinary college who won in irodured by agricultural representative j e whltelock gave a progress report on tht control of unngs dlncuni and calf hood vaccina lion j thlii nddrenn uhlih ih o most timely one wns itstin ed to with kei n interest by the lame uudleme u una also tlie illustrated lec tun f mr hugh colnon editor of thi holsteln journal who took his audience by mmns of movlfa on a visit lo tin worlds ralr and a trip to visit hoi stein herds in western canada and tlie western united states othtr officers elected nt the annual iiu ding were an follows i 1st vice prcflldentj c bell nd vice president w h blggar secretary treosurcr v j lawrence directors eoqliislng wm robinson croll held nassaguwcya percy kltch w t patterson ro blmelmlut tn k bmlwiuou orthoptkl 118 wyndiiam st oueltu thanr iim oompluu kquppd ottutb bkw mnlur stor j k gardiner watch and clock repaihing issuer of motor vehicle permits licenses oplllcb next y m c a residence john st royal guelph comfortable theatre friday to monday bceto errol davis flynn in tklhnkolor itfietprivate laves of elizabeth and essex saturday continuous from 1 39 pju tuesday lo thursday garbo in nin0tchka idont rron ounce it iff it with mclvyn doujjliw inn claire mn liner ut 2 is tvenlni show at 7 and 1pm thii in ricoll it woj i dllferent crowd a differ game from the last unit we went in gait irtna when acton took the champion ahlpt j garacik operators arena the xfldget hockey league will begin four teams lmve been formed with twelve boys on each team which will permit a complete change of players at any time and prevent a shortage for any gome the teams had a good workout on held at mlltton tlie halton branch of the ontario garage operators association held their january meeting in the muton inn at milton on thursday evening january uth the branch president mr j l wednesday and will be on the ice again j mcklndlej of burlington presided on saturday at 2 30 p m most of the thore w as a large tumour of members timelya been spent in trjouu und tn and as this wns the first meeting of the cquuhiing the teams which should all year a large program ws presented to be completed by saturday complete the meeting for discussion a verj keen lineups will he in next weeks paper interest was shown by all the members along with the schedule i in the time spent in tht discussion of each ltim of business and in the man- thc evening of january 20th has been ner which ail items were handled set aside at the arena for exhibition u decided that tin regular meetings l l patients in ontario hospitals celvid a ci edit mu ulso recelved for this aceoini on rulluu tax distrlbu tion a letter from tlu ontario munlcl j assoclutlun abked council to co ojerote and join tin ontario good roods afihocintlant alfao asked council to be unit nilinbtit tin letters were order ed llled 1 anothi r letter from the sahutlun army uslced council to make a grant ten their rescue and receiving home at i hamilton the usual grant of 10 was mudc on motion by council i tlie matter of tax arrears was again pjj up for dutciismon and council issued ln structions to the clerk regarding the matter the matter of appointment of a medical officer of health wus before tlie council an application wus also received frorr dr e j nelson asxlngl consideration of council for the post 1 tion the clerk was instructed to write i dr nelson and dr cuuen asking what to night gill t at pari alar wa expected and have replhs ready for next monday evening tlie resignation of chief r j mc pherson as municipal officer was re luctanily accepted and council express ed appreciation of tho seventeen years of splendid service that hod been ghen to acton pouncil also expressed the hope that mr mcphcrson would soon be restored to good health the clerk una instructed to advertise for applications for the position of munuipal and police officer the duties were to be the same osthoae performed by mr mcpherson 1 tlie short oourseo in agriculture and home economics which opened nt nelson on january 2nd have continued to hold the interest of the 47 young men 1 and women who enrolled on the above date the young ladles under tho lead trsiilp of misses lulu row and blanchi m rminr are actively ened in their i t r1 eoru of udy permlnln lo clothln ttzjf c und poods during thi put week the ey joung men vlbiled the farms of p c wulmott sz son milton and vulkycrtst tarm oakvllle where they judged she p pud beef cuttle it the former and clydisdaks and aiunineys at thi latter on tuesday 1 itt the jounn mens class ri inforccd by a broup of older formers of nelson township totallltir approx lmulily e0 paid a visit to cunud 1 puck trs in rornnto w lie re they had tlu opportunity if followlnn tlie live iiukh through the nbultolr and liislcllng the drced curciystji nn the roll nnd they nlso inudi n brief vmt lo shnr dulii tarm near weston riie mcmlwm of toih clilwsch were taken to the ontario agrltulturil colltiit and mucdonuld in btltutc on thursday of this week where ithllmuiiatl standing goals op w l t rvr aeunji kitchener 4 3 0 1 33 17 1 iannis 4 3 0 1 18 13 7 waterloo 6 3 2 0 23 25 0 acton 4 1 1 2 23 10 4 prciiton 6 2 3 0 23 33 4 elora 6 2 3 0 25 18 4 is 2 paris 3 1 2 0 aalt 4 0 4 0 1 33 0 kiin1 v imhaitointm brow n my h hlst bu rind dow n murnliii white rimt s mir u ikhl brown hut u 1 il 1 but what ntiiki mad whil what s tin ir ible go by motor coach itonk i di m hi 1111 ixty mu s 11 ul1i trilllc hit not om 11 111 t ask if 1 was going u mares arf low count i c nimn 10i odcrich 17 ottawa 1115 lit hi ts anb imohmation vt harold wills phimo 58 mutual misunilhthtanning a cornnurrlil lrnviller put up for the night at u small cu intry inn li the they spent a most enjoyable day visiting 1 hnn llkt room tnt f nuirntng the vurlous deportments on tlie campus the young poople were entertained to lunch ot the college where they w re addressed by president o i christie we understand that plans are now underway to have their cloblng exercises take the form of u banquet which ull be held in the nvlson township hall on the evening of friday january 20th following the banquet at which mr j he was asked by the landlord how he hnd enjoyed the cornet playing in the next btdroom during the night enjoyed ltl was tho reply i hould think not indeed why i spent hvlf the night pounding on the wall to makt that cornet player stop im afraid there a been a misunder standing sold the landlord stiffly the cornet player told me that the games this wefk friday kitchener at acton elora at fergus preston at waterloo monday parljj nt acton preston at elora tuosdav ferus at kitchener e houck will be the special speaker the j person in the next room applauded him young people will conclude the evening ho heartily hint he played every piece with a short dance he knew live times over gray coach lines able material for future aoton hockoy f wry month teams in junior and intermediate sec- the president reviewed the work of tlons haft already appearodr come along the past year und left no doubt in the and watch them play this saturday at minds of the membors but that the 330 pm f l mr j h luuco of llllico beauty salon georgetown la attending mr romeo lagos a poetgraduate course in twwl iiu wav sv taqfrtyft qlllffgo branch had mode considerable progress in that time and much of tlie credit sheet of the receipts and expenditures for the council to strike the tax rate for the jeur 1m0 the clerk read a letter from tlie school board stating that tlie sclvools requirement for tlie year would be has won world wfde fame hi hair styl ing permanent waving cutting and shaping hair was due to tho committees and wljiuimoo members in uie splendid and liarmoiajsl otaulweu after midnight the council ous cooperation given hlmftthe worked over the estimates the work aldent also outlined some of the things wu practically completed but the actual he hoped the branc would accomplish striking of the rate was deferred until would be spawd to make the branch i of the figure and preparation of the still better fajlmo necessary bylaw attention i maxi money during uie pall and winter months by selling hardy canadian nursery-stock- bxcllh 0 territory for local salesman handsome free outfit euppii d largest list jj fxuh and orna- menta stock u jirown in can ada now it tlie time to order for spring planting write fob fattticulajls stone wellington yfce ou auuabu ronthill jmuwuuusts kiamuhda17 twfautf oasaria first caiuulianbuih itankrr iliirruant passos ttlb the first hawker hurricane built in canada success- tester flahtlng plane roared over the wtehead city with itpilot shnrty lluddon at the control a fully pasuar contract for th british t air ministry the trim stnglp