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wjnntat ma jamcm lyophy voa best toont ft jvttim jrfct itoss winner award of merit third place fob best borronial paoe sixtysixth year no 20 acton ontario thursday novcmbcr 14th 1040 eight homeprint pages five cent 400 attend the schools here on parents night first such event shown keen interest by parents and friends in educational matters parent went at tho public school iait thursday provided a splendid op portunlty for parents and friend to visit tho school become acquainted with the teachers show a real interest in the progress of pupil and cooperato in the work no vital to children it 1- ihi year indications are that the ne with the unual remembrance estimated between 300 and 400 visitors attended the nchool on that evening in view or the interest being taken and tho number of visitors it won de elded that cvonlna to give all an oppor tunlty to visit the high school building and nee thr class roomn and facilities avallublo hero thin opportunity was also taken advantage of and enjoyed by all vultorg puplbi were alt annemblcd in their clara roomn from 7 00 to 0 00 pm and enjoyed an much an parentit having thi visit and showing their work in nchool desk and books were open for innpec tlon too and many a piece of work wiin proudly exhibited the walls of every room carried an exhibit of art and other work done by the children in the unual course of study principal makenxle informed uh that none of it had been done enpeclally for tho visit the advance in tho clasn of work from grade to grade wan noted by the visitor various types of prooram were carried on in the different trraden some were baking regular clann and in another a musical program was con ducted by the pupils it reminded us greatly of an improved method on the old christmas time visits to school that far some reason have not been evident for manv years the im provemont was in the fact that then wan no attempt to provide enle rtaln ment for parents and there wn no lln ng up around the walls of the ro im to hear the entertainment but tht time won pent much more profitably in learning of every day work in thi nthi 1 teeing the nchool buildings and i quip ment and meeting the tench r in d learning intimately or the child jr cress there was however a chrlntman flavor that we understand wan accounted for apparently by one who remembered thi christmas visits of other dayn each teaehcrn denk had a fine basket of oranges on it enquiry revealed that each pupil received one of them oranges that night further enquiry revealed that trustee j h boyd was responsible for thin treat to the scholars we have since wondered if he was reemlllng his boyhood dayn in thin same school when the parents carried off the treat and sometimes the children were a bit short when visiting afternoon wan over a reiflster was kept in the vmrloun anulea but the piawd was inch that not all the names were secured we an told by principal mctcensle that it in hoped to make parent night an annual event and possibly extend the visiting hours to an afternoon as well customs revenue at acton port- show big increase indicative of the upward trend or business in acton and amount passing through customs at the port here in nervine the many manufacturlnf estab- llnhmcntn in acum are the figures of the acton port in comparison with those of a year ago last years figures nhowed an inctoanc over the prevtous year too the april to june quarter of 1030 was 10 405 00 while that of this year is 23 770 23 tho second period for this yeir is 11000 above the correnpondlna period for last year the amounts are ua 5i1b24 for 1030 and 43 03140 for service of remembrance held in acton on monday general manager bank of montreal in acton last week cold driving rain interfercdjylll usual crowd attending rut representative parade held and brief service at the monument followed by service in the unit ed church splendid addrcan by rev h i bennic a cold driving rain nne of the most dlnagretable lnys of this fall interfered duhlin literary holds halloween masquerade period which ends in december will set ay b in acton on monday it wan a ni nil time high tor the acton port reflccled in the number that wen able blnce one month n figures thin quarter lo brave tho elements and bo out of total rtfl much as some complete three doors an nurh a day but there were the monthn ptriodn in other years goodly number of lalthful who remem be r i nit and in remembrance carried on rockaijng institute had lrgisijvtion program at meeting this service which has bet n a feature for twenty two yearn the parade form d at the town hall and was lunded by inimnnni and bug the rotkalong women s institute held urn from the lome scots band then tht lr november meeting ot the home of mrs c flnnk who occupied the chnlr fi r the bunlnenn session the roll coll won rmponded u by a new law it won carried by thf meet inn that met tlngn be held at 3 00 o clock standard time instead of 3 30 an followed the rcevt and council lorn mrmbi rs of the school board duke of d vonshlrt and lnkenldc chapters f the i o d e the acton womc n n innti tute the junior v glrln the wolf club pock pi rht acton boy scout troop membenj of acton branch of the can motor cars good subject of debate rloomsbury literary the rcvu ar meeting or the blooms bury literary society was held on november 8th the president clarence wilson won in charge the roll call wu answered by your pavorllc color row patterson acted as chairman for the following program reading mrs dennis instrumental ray stake read- in a h izabcth ar demon piano nolo jjra vonoooken t a very in teres una debatt wan held renolvcd that the motor car has done more good than harm the affirmative hide wan upheld by martin hansard and dirk vanooozen the negative side was upheld oy rohs gordon and canleron ramshaw mrs j little save the judges d clslon in favor of the negative side mv j little nai g a nolo and com munlty kinging wan conducted by mrs vangoozen the meeting cloned by thi mnulng of the national anthem lunch wan nerved and thi remainder of tin ccnlng was npent in play inn on friday evening the dublin liter nry held a masquerade ln the school which gave many a laugh to everyone the judges forthe evening were mr dnharfi miss young and miss robert sun war savings stamps were used an prices the prlkc winning costume ft were ns follows best disguised person mr chnrlen cuttn bent hard time contime mm walter on official business in connection with acton industries acton was honored ast week by a visit of mr jackson dodds ojje dcl acncral manager of the bank of montreal and mr h p skey manager of the main toronto office of the bank they also visited tile local branch of tire bank here who s who in canada nlvcs the unlram following information regarding mr i bent school olrl jean robcrtnon dodds who uan mode acncral mannn i bent school boy rao webster of the bank in 1030 ijciit ha lowp en continue lady h minn president the canadian bankers an molly clitts fioclatlon 1034 and 101b vilc presidi nt host halloween costume mans mrn canadian bankers annoclatl in since david joe 030 member advisory council of tht tht following program was then given canadian chamber of commcrco dtr iiu trumenuil by inn grant reading by ocuir the royal trust company the mrs burkholder piano nolo by mar- roymt trust realty company president gon t sonu rvilk number by nchool glr n provincial c unci bt y scouts annoclo niimbi r by nchool boys un inntrumenlal tlon province of manitoba 1025 20 j7 uv dorothy and dt ugla prank tht ia order of the silver wolf chairman meeting cloned with the national an finance committee and member of tin thr lunch wan fervid and n nodal executive committee of the canadian tlmc iwnt in dancing oeneral counc i boy scouts anoclatl hi cunndii vice prenldtnt canadian red i nitld church cniss society quebec to ohsreve sixteenth in the great war 1014 1010 went to anniversary sunday rrme september 1014 as a private tin ii morablc artillery company i euchre the prlztn went to njr and inmilldid ui eng and april 101b com exohanac of christmas gifts among the adlan leuion the volunteer civil ouard membern will be held un unuaf i and the local platoon of the lome mrn w black convener of letula soote by way of bower avenue and tlon took charge of he tbllbwing prft ia struts the dotdlers m morlov grnm therell always be an england was nuns mrs tiarrls gave a knitting dt monntrntlon on finishing a boca current events wnre given by mm on mill street was reached chief e llarrop ivas in charge of the parade wnathn were placed at the banc of the monumi nt on behalf of acton lost ringer when crushed in machine at beardmore plant mr attmrt lant uttored a palnrul injury while at work at the deardmore co plant lant thuralay whereby he lout the index falser of hln left hand suiait wan oneratlna a machine for cutting out tho leather half ioleit when the nnoer wair cnucht uenmth the machine and wi badly cruirred that annntatlon belrw tilt joint adjolnlnn tlw hand was necen nar iu1 wuh him a hncody recuveo and rearet uit mlahap shultl mrn ii maude aave a talk on women mmu nut o d the motto nenpeot the rluhu of i ode ulkealde i ox1 k aclon othon mrn block nave a talk on briinch of u canadian lenlon nrl lmruitotlon a quratlonolre won con aclo uu lmm bcm lhc vulllir of ducted by mr j dennl ml m ingle acum ond mnl j j cnm the itovl a report of the project hold in the i nmn lhe who dlod ovcra o a o am lph wtn a irom thc ond the meeting cloned with the nlnbulb of ulbuu by w a m secre natio anthem tary of the acton lenlon last pout marking the nlart of tht two mtnuub of hilencc was bounded by mr a lonon and rivcllle u maik its conclusion owing to tin weather the service here wan shortened and con eluding vlth the benediction by rv h l benmv chaplain of acton legion 1 he second part of tht ncrvtcc was held in tht united clrurch which with hockey building telephone items retail problems mm rons patterson among items discussed by the monthly meeting of acton itusinesfl mens association acton business men s association meeting in reguor monthly session on tuesday night urged that o h a hockey be continued in acton this year feeling that if allowed to lapse there would be home difficulty to regain the place that hus been won through the post years it was also felt that promotion of a juvenile team should have attention problems of retailors also occupied much attention at this meeting headed by the newly formed tie tailors commit tee it was deemed advisable to hold a meeting of the retail branch only to discuss many phases of activity which wore mentioned thi report of the building committee was very encouraging and they were asked to carry on their work through the wlntrfmonths mr a mason was added as a member or this committee tin telephone committee which has been endeavoring to secure a telephone area for aofon at least half way to ad jacent communities reported that owing to war time conditions much of th s work had been dropped they were ak- id to continue their efforts in drawing tho attention of the company to thc in equality of thv radius far acton as at pnatnt constituted annual family nigtii ofacton womens institute the rcljular monthly meeting of lhe acton women n inntltutc won held lost thursday evening at lhe home of mrs r l davldbun tlie me ting opened with the roil call answered by your blruiday month mrs gamble gave n report of thc dint torn meeting at ullton the society roparted havinu nent twenty two christmas boxen to the aclon boys overcunn they also decided to make qulltn for lhe red croras aller lhi bunlnenn the mie log took the form of a nodal llmi win n th hubbandn and familiet joined in a pro tfreasue uchre thin being an annual event a large crowd attended the prize dinners were mm limn by and mr frtd mocutcheon mr t l wright very sixteenth anniversary servlctb will mark next sunday in the united church acton when rev prof a s orton fl i deputy annuitant director tm of emanuel oolkge toronto wll i j lervicen both divnlon 1010 hf the guent speaker special music ar m lt1 the occasion has been prepared by the cnn transports and premier choir ond other features will maxe thin vacuum express and belts a day marked in thc annals of the mlknionod royal army ordnance corpe ma 1015 or o dnance services returned to prance and belgium 1010 appointed annlstnnt director of ord nance services oth army corps with rank of litutenant colonel november 1010 retired on a major may 1010 mentioned four tlmen in despatcheh i freedom city or uindon 1010 decor i friends spend afd obe mil dw 1010 monn star social evenind 1014 jubilee medal i03i coronation with newlyweds medal 1037 water mains jrequcstcfl lo new mason subdivision matter must be taken up with council storm interfered with only two servlccfl the regular meeting jif acton public utilities oommlsaion was held on tues day evening commissioner m symon and jleevc j b chalmers were present with chairman c m hansen presiding a letter was read from thc ontario hydro commission stating ural the mis charge on the billing when the acton commission was credited with nine h p instead of billed for it the amount of power uned at the rail fair would be included in the next billing another hitler from the ontario hy iro commission wan presented this one notified acton commission that n credit was being glvrn the acton commission for t33 00 for trannmlttlng power for the rural hydro it wan moved by j 13 cha intern nnd seconded by m symon that the secre tary be empowered u pay tin following occo mtfl hydro depart ment h pa itard electric co ltd meters etc timio 11 oft church scrvlien will be held at 11 00 am and 7 00 pm dst lri weather prevailing was fortunate kindly entertained ulth colored pictures an it adjoins the site of tla monument of the home improvement plan th with dr b j nelson at the organ play lome school reunion and many othern tng the proewxkmal tne group asscmbed i which were much enjoyed in the church and the standards were i a dainty lunch was served and a placed before lhe pulpit reeve j b hearty vote of thanks was extended to chalmers in opening the service paid mr wright and to the host and hostess 3hrtr nmnc jetfretl for ticrntorr nun if acton soldlt r who gave their lives in the gnat war corp j l moort 4th battalion corp roy 1ivrd jdth battels broun ptb- 3rd r irving bat allon corr u g 6th p co c e ptk j i burt 15th battullon pte m kauy 31st battalion caw t a artikus chaplain chinese lobar battalion pte a anderson uethbattalbn pte f euclkgtov sth battalion itb r wiuls 4 th battalion ptc j fryer uth battalion kerct maj n stdckev 10th bat ul ion pte g mcleod 20 ui hattallon pte a w1ntcrburn 4th battalion ueut ii g king 13th northumberland pusuitn pte a gribbkn 42nd battalion pte r radford lb4th ba tal on sergt w lee 4th battalion pte f godfrey 108th battalion corf f masters g m s i 4ui battalion p fte j j kennld othbatu ion corf j x coovey t c u hulh battalion and p p c u i tribute to those who had gone on and draw attention to the sjgnlncanor of remembrance day hymns on the program included such very appropriate ones as 0 valiant hearts they trusted god and rise up o men of god in which a choir from all the churches led in the singing the act of confession was led by rev k a brooks of si alban s who also led in prayer and the responsive reading of the seventy ninth piolm the scriptural reading was from the fourth chapter of phulpplans and lhe fourth chapter was read by rev g c o iff ord who also closed the service with the bcnodlcuan rev h l bennle who gave a splen did address based his discourse on the eighth verse in the scriptural readlnu flna ly brethren whatsoever things are true whatsoever things are honest what soever things are just whatsoever things are pure whatsoever things are lovely whatsoever things are of good report ir there be any virtue and if there be anv pralne think on these things when we think of paul as he comes to lhe end or the journey and he recall the comrades of ouier days u is only natural uiat hi should write to them in this way it is perhaps just a bit- strange unit hi that purt of the world where paul a rule uie t uncn uiat lt to day again very lldl before us the gt tng vas hard then with paul an it u hard 1u us today perilous there fort e need a message too of ho and cour age paul urged thought on the things mentioned in tht text because these are the things that are eternal and others are not that is hou ue keep god what i a year we have had since the remem tire meeting cloned by singing tor they arc jolly oood pellows which express ed thr feeling o all attending league leaders defeat force bowlers tuesday the force bowling team lost to the leatrue leading splar bros team 5 2 on tuesday night in the ouelph commer clal dow ing league the brat game was a hard one to lone the force team losing by a scant four point mr r coles addressed knox young peoples the young people n ouild of knox church lnld their regul ir meeting on monday night november 11th with uie pre ldenl mr clarence colcn in charge after lhe e penlug t xercinen lhe chair was laken by mis wllma hansen con vener of use service committee who in lrtxluced chapter ii of the study book followed by the scripture reading which was taken by miss incs mclellan an i aptiroprlate solo the rone of no man s land was rendered by mihh bella ron sell and a reading entitled drake drums wan given by miss jean bennle thc truest npeaker of the evening was mr fred coles who after leading a sing song of hymns gave a very interest ing address on remembrance he also bduff an enjoyable solo an interesting foature of lhe meeting was the writing of a round robin letter in reply to one received by the a very enjoyable evening was npent at tho home of mr and mm e lambert t n monday night when mr and mm campbell who were recently married were surprised by a number of friends wlur n noclal evening and shower the kcort m roote isa 102 337 h otwrblen 210 17 173 010 r imxxulord 130 210 hi 451 w carry 243 358 373 774 is orlichow 103 103 370 11 crawford 100 153 343 porcc esoctrlc wu 1010 001 3000 splar bro mu 031 1100 2001 in a ularit of rememranc acrvlcefc ucn hold monday in nauagaweya the drluna rain of lhe rnomlnn vu intcn dinou in the afternoon but tho crvtcca went on the ftervlce at tlie soldier monument an brief the reading of the names by mr w a mldalaton last auhd from their former prddent anr t rvlll by mr amo mown bert patrick of the l43rd battery stationed at present at camp suucx n b 1941 motor markers went on sale here on tuesday monday service of remembrance in nassagaweya address given by rev f lawgon nt nahhnjfnwcyn presbyterian church uie went on sale in acton on tuesday and mv j k gardiner local issuer reports an increased first ncoson rush perhaps the reason lien in the fact that the pro sent licenses expire at the end of the calendar year instead of in marc as ast yar the new plates are green lettcrn on a wrm background and the first numben allotted lo acton are 105ei to 214e0 mid 2il to byo0 thin however lll not nearly meet lhe needs here and u hul tlie nt xt toiihignment of platen u ill be is not now known tin pbek prcsa uan again on hand lo secure the jlrst ptauis thin year and these are now on view in tin fbcx press window local council ruys snow rencc and und district motorists find lhe acton paiuusd accounts for the i a great convenience and indications the two minutes of hence and benediction by rev h l bennle at tho service in nassagaweya presby terlan church rev mr bennle led in the reciting of the act of confession ttov h ilkippcn led in lhe responsive reading and the lesson from 1 kings 8 57hi9 rev e a brooks led in the prayer of intercession and thank giv ingn rev p lawson gave a spendld re membrance day address hymns used 1041 car licenses and driving permits i the service were those that have been erin nomination arranged to be held this monlli bronce da or 103j said mj bennle how these utlngs we hod thought r had done with in anolher ar come up to mock us how can r think of these good things when there is so much of evil around us but he urged lo get be hind the things ood has given us the generation do not flinch ood asks us fall in line too tlls remembrance daj or 1040 calls from the dead that e in our day and generauon d not flinch god as s us to keep faith with the eternal realities because they are ahe things that resj j a4 true and all prevail above all else we must trust ood and keep thlrrklrg con- stanuy of these thlngi let b dy a d mind be loyal to him who led us from tlie beginning the tinging of the national anthem and benediction closed this jremembranc day service of 4040 month the municipal council of lhe town ship of ei in met at hulnbunx on ncvm oer 14 ui when the fallowing bucinett was transacted b law no 10 appointing a place to iod the nomlnauon veeung and ap pointing returning officers poll clcrka and pal ing booths was passed komln atlon is to be held at the town hall htllsburg on november 22nd and f an election is necessary voting to take place in the various polling booths in the township an monday december 2nd thirty ro is of snowfence was ordered purchased counrll authorized ue tveasurer to pa fchoo money in three instalments december 10th 1040 march ut and the foutrwlng amounts were paid jf relief 2 76 far shep 11 fco monthly bank interest 73 20 roads 89290 mia ellaneous n 14 council adjourned to meet at hjusbuig on monday december lth are that many more pates will be issued lure this ear than last coming events announcement tot meeting con crl or other event tinder this 1 ling sre cl srgeit to cent per litre wiih minimum cl ig for mny nnoui lement ol ac acton continuation school dance friday november 23nd at b 45 pm pmeeeds for red cross o 2 st alban vy a sale of work bak ing december 7ut paruh hall ta please note correction in date mammoth christmas tree monday december 23rd town hall auspices of actdn branch of llglon te s of baking saturday nov iflth 310 pm in united church school room by young ladles friendly circle found bo appropriate iuoh as o vali ant hearts who to your olory came they trunted god kipling reees slanal rise up o men of god and of course concluding with the kauonal anuiem the hospitality of mr and mm a padbury in providing warm drinks and food for the veterans who had been attending the three services in the dls trict that day was this year even more appreciated than ever symon hardware supplies force electric products unit ocvi mocdona d st co n ipplien jon n held wire etc milliard lusby labor 1 00 4 27 2 04 3ft 11 33 jo 7d waterworks department hydro department power at the spring 34 50 canadian brass upplles 10 00 hydro department october oper allonn 193 17 170 01 mr a mason won xenent requesting woter services to his new houses on alice street tlie comminnlon advised mr mason that he would have to go to the council an uit comminnlon had no authority lo lay new water mains the commission agreed to have the prices of different nixes of pipe and all other information it could secure to help mr mason and tho council t the secretary was instructed to writ bcardmore st co ltd itatlng that one of urelr tenants was in arrears of water and that the light had been shut off the list of arrears was checked and inslrucuons issued as to their disposal superintendent wilson was notified to shut on the water at the anna until instructed to turn it on by the council superintendent wilson reported that two services had been interrupted in the high wind on monday night nne al the h mocutcheon house on main street and the other at w bauer s on mill street both were the result of falling trees plant superintendent has arrived safely in canadian port officials of the wool combing cor- poratlon here have received word that the plant superintendent mr b yea and mrs ooyes and the josslitunt man ager mr walker and mrs w a liter haw arrived safely at a canadian port this week and will be in acton on monday to take charge of the plant and the installation of machinery they come- here from bradford tngland naturally the company officials have been quite anxious since the former manager was drowned when the city of benares was sunk thlirir jfamc ctfartlj for betmart karnes of naiuauawrya township soldlere who gave their lives in the oreat war pte stanlfy r adamhon 81st battalion pte arthur hadlev 9th bstullon v pte edward habjuson 10th battalion apt char u carbert mc aotii arc pte ohv1lle jletchir mth battalion ptf edward iiamman sui battalion pte wilijam tremblett 35th battalion pte james milne mth battalion pte clarence carton 74ui battalion pte william pollock 3rd battalion dvr hark malntvre n v a pte l 1 klnobbury 14u battalion pte narvev elliot lmut battalion pte wesley roberts lsttli battalion pte ii c elsley loth o k mc pte fred iiilso imth battalion 1 er pte auaneeadjno i liwi baualttst pte joseph fryer lt ballauon corp john ii blair p p eu l pte wiujam graiiame 7tli battalion pte howard o robinsor- 150th battalion ste william roberts mmut battalion pte mklvin bonab