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w h paoroun the acton free press thursday november 30th 1m1 neighborhood news r intonating ibma concerning other centres and communities in wwen many of out bwhuts are interested bevlehouse mn carnation of atton ha been with her sastet mrs john scott the ladles completed another quilt at fhe home of mn wm mitchell on wed- nesday all who can help will welcomed to helpwjth refugoeew lng dont leayeomucbora few the need l o great mr george groonlees of kilbride mr and mn wilfrid greenlee and children of ml hon visited mr and mrs a h benton on sunday the w m s mot at the home of mrs john newton thursday ovenlng mrs mitchell and mrs sanford were n toronto the end of the week the young peoples society of llmehousc presbyterian church hada good nnm ber of young folks of the community at a soda at the apployard home thursday evening all report a good time the ladles of the w i are holding a euchra this week to raise funds for war work the fourth class what is new in nutrition was held at the home of mrs h norton on monday evening gedarvale everton ml rota and phyhui smith of toronto spent sundny nt tholr homo hero mr jnmefl cox of guelph spent tlio weekend with hl parents mrwfa neuon of toronto spent sunday with bin brother tom mrs hamilton nnd babe returned home last week mrs gordon margaret and doris of toronto spent the weekend with friends here mr ken halt of guelph spent sun day at the home of mr and mrs ed smith mr and mrs carman griffin are unanhwk a few dnys with friends in cailarvnle mr herb keoler nnd mr alfred sanders returned home from their hunting trip with a fine deer each erin mrs e shepherdson has returned after visiting her daughters in und- aay and toronto mr and mrs boverloy hopburn acton spent sunday nt the borne of mr and mrs john alton mrsv robert patton and albert of alton also spent sunday nt the alton homo mr and mrs walter coullng visit ed on sunday at tho homo of mr nnd mrs john coullng sixth lino mr and mrs alf coullng spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs i hamilton the sunday school christmas con cert has been set for thfr fourth week of december mr and mr fred murray have moved to guelph where mr murray is working mr and mrs w webb nnd family of paisley bkclc visited on sunday with mrs black mr harry jhortop has returned from sj hunting trip up north he brought back a deer mr f martlnpnl of fergus called at sevoral places in tho village on sunday mrs e suntcr and son charles mrs i hepburn nnd daughter june visited mrs shepherdson on sundny mr joe benham and daughter wllla spent a day last week in guelph w ith mr and mrs w van norman mr and mrs a farley and family called nt the home of mr nnd mrs wnltcr coullng on sunday orton a gloom was cast over this com munity when it was learnedthat rob ert davis a long resident of this oommunlty had passed away from pneumonia last thursday morning the funeral on saturday afternoon was largely attended it was held from his late residence lot 5 con 11 east garafraxa rev a l atton conducted the service interment was in raes cemetery mimosa to tho widow and son robert nnd daughter edna the deepest sympnthy is ex tended in their loss of n lolng hus- hnnd nnd kind father mr and mrs jns nokcs toronto lslted on sundny with mr and mn harvey dcnrtnjrand family a large number of ortonlans en joyed the mimosa fowl supper last frlda night mrs bessie duncan and son robert of gait visited the formers aunt mrs thos denring last friday afternoon mr and mrs albert roszel mr and mrs r j robertson hlllsburg nnd mrs n a dcarlng attended the fun eral in acton on thursday of the into george roszell pte leonard armstrong of hon- telth spent a few days lcae at his home here mr and mrs draper d o kitchener were recent visitors with mrs jas nevllls rev a l atton mrs atton and morle motored to owen sound sa turday returning on sunday miss k c nevllls and daughter down lilted her parents in fergus for several days mr and mrs arnott wilson visited the inters parents at shelbourne over the weekend mrs davis and daughter catharine returned with them to visit a few days mr george hurd and friend miss helen mver of toronlp spent the weekend with mr and mrs john hurd and family mrs mooney and ethelyne visited ulth mr and mrs alex young elora on sunday mr um sloat gait visited with his aunt mrs armstrong over sunday mr nnd mrs lloyd hillock of clevelnnd ohio are holidaying with friends here mr nnd mrs w j rocs of month park snsk nro guests of rev t j nnd mrs rcos at ten minutes to eleven on mon- dnymdrnlng tho students nnd tench- ers of erin public and continuation schools nsscmbled in tho hall for n short service of romombrnnce erin townships oldoflt citizen nmmn e raynolds beloved widow of jncob trnvlss died suddenly on mondny night november 10th in her 02nd yenr tho erin vlllngo red cross has sent chrlstmns pnrccls to our local boys who nro in active service over- sons tho contents of these boxes were purchased from tho proceeds of tho concort hold erin fnlr night in the town hall advocnto milton miss lorraine hearns of milton has been accepted for service in the womens auxiliary air force miss hearns was enlisted through the r c a f recruiting depot nt hamilton murray exard former toronto marlboro star who rated with the best forwards in senior hockey sign ed a contract with the hamilton club btidrb 1 stallonod inbronuord with conny smythos battery ho should be available for most of tho games headed by the mlltdn branch no 136 canadian legion members of tho cats red prpss dnughtors of the empire and representatives of the council firemen sons of england nnd both public nnd high schools rtinrch- ed to the princess thentre nnd ceno- tnph nt victoria park to place wreaths and conduct remembrance duty services last tuesday morning members xif tho local clergy took part hov john rlddell gave the address nnd wns assisted by hov john b moore and h f b browne judge w n munro was chairman cham pion rockwood congratulations to mr nnd mrs groves coulngrldgc neo joy e peal on the occasion of tholr mnr- rlage last saturday nt the home of the brides parents mr nnd mrs george w penl miss irene penl isterof the bride played the wed- dipg music and durltvg tho signing of tho register mrs frank forrls sister of the groom snug a solo rev j wnrd pastor of rockwood unltod church officiated tho wed ding which took plnce quietly wns at tended by guests from chicago ham ilton toronto durham nnd new hampshire mr and mrs g colllng- ridgc will reside in guelph masters nell nnd normnn lambert rujended the annunl fowl supper nnd concert of tho bethel presbyterinn church at prices corners inst week nnd also contributed several well rendered two part duetts during tho program also on thursday evening the twins wore guest artists at the annual supper and concert nt ash- grove mrs j ayles was accom panist for the twins rev j ward again gnve his lec ture in connection life before the mast at stone church mondoy ev ening and is also scheduled to speak in acton next week t a meeting of the sundny school teachers nnd officers of the united church was held last week nt the home of miss galdys hannah when plans were made for the annunl christmas concert the many friends nnd pupils of miss isobel robertson intermediate room toucher will regret to loarn of tho serlous illness of her mother who suffered a stroke a few days ago friends of mr and mrs tony men- dcll extended sympnthy in the death of the formers father at elori the many friends of mr kunall penrt will be pleased to know he i improving since his serious illness in guelph general hospital the many friends of mr fred ham ilton regret his serious illness as the result of a heart attack at hu home inst thursday evening ancf removal to guelph general hospital for trent- ment- the bojs and girls of the united church who are writing in connection with jhe national tempernnce study course in the sunday school must be prepared to hand their papers to mr george gordon superintendent not later than sunday nov 23 weekend and sunday visitors miss irene hamilton chicago miss ella hamilton of hamilton mr wesley harris of hamilton mr and mrs johnston mount of slmcoe mr and mrs edwin barber nnd babe of otprlnge rev mr scott from london dis trict conducted services at presbyter- ian church on sunrtnj john sample of the raf winni peg and mrs semple neo muriel wil liamson are on two weeks holidays at the home of the latters parents mr and mrs robert williamson ballinafad miss dollccno mcehory of george town spent the weekend nt her home here the auction sale which wns hold on tuosdny evening of last week for the rod cross nnd british war vic tims fund wns n splendid success tlio proceeds amounted to between throe and four hundred dollars mrs swlndlohurst nnd fnmlly nre settled in her home which she pur chased recently from mrs jonnnn bonnie tho november mooting of tho mis sion circle was hold on wodnesdny evening nov 12th nt the home of mrs t allan acton with the presi dent margaret sinclair in the chnlr annie snow nnd edith wnrno hnd charge of the devotlonnl service marguerite kentner the study book nnd helen mccinln the watch tower at the closo mrs allan served re freshments nnd n soclnl tlmo wns en joyed mini rhodn bowles of brampton visited for n few dnys nt the mnnso tlio regular monthly meeting of tho womnns association wns held nt the homo of mrs a stnrrett on wodnesdny nfternoon november 12th with tho president mrs ferry man in the chnlr the scripture les son wns taken by lona perrymnn in the absence of miss given a th discussion of the routine business tlio rod cross ten was served and all en joyed n social time ospringe tho womoni institute held a ery successful homcmndc baking sale on the guelph market on sa turday mrs t altkon nnd mrs ken tawse were in charge fourteen indies met on tuesday nf ternoon in tho hnll nt mrs brydons where one quilt wns mnde and an other one put in the frames to bo quilted on thursday the indies are working untiringly to finish these warm quilts for the bombed victims of britain mr t g altkcn is spending a few days in the northjdecr hunting mr nnd mrs c a williamson guelph wore sunday visitors with mr nnd mrs d g robertson mr nnd mrs bentloy wilson of guelph nro visiting with friends in tho community mrs e suntcr is visiting in nlngara falls with her son nnd daughter-ln- law mr and mrs arnold suntcr misses blanche mcklnnon and dorothy mckcnzle contributed vocnl duetts nt a social on tuosdny night at bnlllnnfad the lndies aid held their monthly meetjng on wodnesdny night nt the home of mr nnd mrs ken tnwse with the gentlemen as guests mrs r s mccutcheon presided nnd miss blanche mcklnnon rend the minutes nnd correspondence mrs f brydon rend thtiscrlpturc and also conducted the questionnaire on tho scripture tho chapter in the study book pub lic henlth in india wns read by mrs d g robertson tho roll call wns answered with a bible verso begin ning with t the mooting thcpl closed with a hymn and prayer all then adjourned to the dining room where chinese checkers nnd lexicon were onjood a bountiful lunch wns served nnd a social time was spent friends were sorry to learn of the passlngnof mrs e mann and sincere smpnthy is extended to the berenved fnmlly marhine telegraphers carry heavy traffic chnnges in the mechanics of tele graphic traffic wr noted by donald ross montreal manager canadian national telegraphs during an edu cations talk to n large group of can adian national railways employees thirty ears ngo said mr ross nil telegraph communications were han dled b morse code over direct wires whereas today approximately r0 per cent of the entire fllo is handled over automatic telegraph circuits an clec- trlctlfled tpewrlter keyboard at the sending end inltlntes impulses which are printed on a similar device at the receiving t nd ready for f delivery to the customer mr e w colej3 who it was announced by the head office of the dominion life assurance compnhy hns been ap pointed special representative for hnlton county mr coles who prev- louslyrllvodlngoorretoufnlsjiow re- siding in acton dennvmceneby wedding on saturday at georgtbown a quiet wedding was solemnized at the united church parsonage george town on saturday november 8th when ethetbornlce daughter of mrs nnd the late i p mcenery became the bride of robert ralph son of mr and mrs everett denny acton rov mr todd officiated the bride worw a dress of soldier blur alpine crop with matching ac cessories nnd was attended by her sister mrs s morrison of acton who also wore blue alpine crepe the groom was supported by hls brother clarence following tho ceremony a reception was held nt tho brides home hie couple left on ft trip through western ontario nfter which they will reside in georgetown georgetown an impressive romombrnnce day service the 23rd such occnslon aln tho first gront war ended on novem ber 11th 1018 wns held nt the conn- taph on sundny morning nt 12 10 noon prior to her enlistment in the cnn- ndlnn womens auxlllnry air force mlns mnrgnrot long wns puost of honor nt n soclnl- evening held nt tho home of mrs mnurlco hilloi k nnd mrs h wright inst thursday among those from town who nt- tendod the christening of hmcs onkvlllo lnit wodnesdny wore coun cillor k r mncdonnld mr lo roy dnlo mr frnnk potch mr t l leslie nnd mr percy leslie mr nnd mrs jnck klngshott of acton nro moving to georgetown this week mr klngsholt is metro polian life iniurnnco co ngont in this district they will live on guelph street in tho home formerly occupied by cfl nnd mrs j a dobble herald chilean girl 20 now ferry pilot london cp mnrgot duhnldo of snnttngo is britains youngest girt ferry pilot tho 20yearold chilean girl who hnd 300 flying hours to hor credit before coming to england three months ago is completing hor train ing with the air transport auxiliary nnd soon will bo ferrying fighter nr- crfift from fnctorles to air bases smoked bacon extensive studies have been under taken by tho division of biology and agriculture in the national research laboratories ottawa on the rela tive perishability of smoked and un smoked bacon in tho storage stud ies unsmoked bacon was found to herancld after 42 days whereas the smoked product was usually satisfac tory after 70 days wiltshire bacon is usually mnturedor two or throe weeks before smoking nnd then con sumed immediately this procedure is believed to produce the moit de sirable flavor hitherto canadian wiltshire sides have been exported to britain in the green or urismoked condition hnd smoked there if smoking were em ployed as a method of preservation during transit the bacon would have to be smoked shortly after euro and then be carried through a relatively extended transport period before reaching the consumer these studies nre being continued and trial ship ments nre being made to britain good shoes for young and old correctly fitted b d rachun acton oakville a shipment of goo warm woollen blnnkets wns forwarded to tho ro- tarvclubrlondon england on monday by tlio onkvlllo rotnry club to bo used for tho comfort of bomb victims charged with abandoning two dogs nnd causing suffering michael pacclll trafalgar township wns convicted by magistrate woodllffc on friday afternoon nnd fined 10 and costs mnklng a total or 21 05 at mondays meeting tho town council unanimously ndoptod n reso lution moved by councillors lunnu nnd litchfield appropriating 300 00 to bo used for tho purchase of clg- nrottcs for thp boys overseas vcternns of the last war nnd friends gathered at tho russell fun- ernl homo on tuesdny to pny their inst respects to willlnm ricknrds who died in tho toronto western hospital snturday night following an accident nt tho onkvlllo bnskct factory on wednesday recordstar burlington cars driven by wilfred vansickle mnple ave nnd goo hamilton freomnn sideswlped in front of the dokon fnrm on brant street on thursday evening inst both cars were considerably damnged but no one was injured remembrance dny was observed at all three services inst sundny at cnlvnry bnptlst church a good con- gregntlon heard pastor roberts at the cvenlnfervlce when he spoke on the worlds only hope for pence thief cs broke into a c n r shed on brant nvenue qcr the weekend nnd cnrrlcd nwny two spike hammers ihfic heavy sledge hammers and three crowbars entrance wns gnln- ed to the building by brenklng tho padlack-on-thc- door while out hunting on tuesdny af ternoon dnvid king son of lee king brant street hnd tho good fortune to run ncross n rare owl in this sec tion of the country in pettits bush and mnklng no mlstnke with nlm bagged tho bird it wns nn arctic owl nnd a very large one gazette millixnissteaker for old britain middle west cowboys engaged in record roundup of cattle salt lake city cd rangi- rldlnr covlboys ore staging the brl est cattle roundup of recent yenrs in the united states mlddu west d the end of the year approximately 24 000000 cattle and cakei- close to the record of 26 211000 head sold in 1930 drought year roundup will have been prodded to market many of the cattle will go to great britain her armies and her allies but most of idem will bo required to meet in creasing meat consumption in the u s atthe guelph theatres palage vkiday til monday nov 31 ti si weekend in havana in trhnl color carmen miranda auce fay john payne cear romero roy art j friday 111 twksday nov s12k william ptfweli and myrna loy shadow of the thin man tuksdav til thursday nov 28 28 27 all that money can buy with edward arnold simone simon wednesday to friday nov tttn melvyn douglas ruth hussev ellen drew our wife chtttchtefri uttrb brutrrrf of banafta acton ontario the friendly cnurch rev a walter fosbubt ea bjj minister parsonage bower avenue thursday nov 20th 7 30 p m mis sion band thankoffering meeting everybody welcome sunday november 23rd 1941 11 00 a m hov coorge dorey b a d d associate secretary board of home missions 12 15 p m church school 7 00 p m the parables of jesus v- the parable of hearing ears wed nov 23rd 8 00 p m lec ture llcv john ward of rockwood subject shipwrecked on a wind- jammer with n shanghaied crew in 1807 all are welcome ilrratrgtrrfan knox church acton rev ii i- bennie 1m a minister manse willow street sunday november 23rd 1041 11 00 and 700 p m public worship 210 pm tho sabbath school always welcome hapttat urjurrrj acton rev xoiin ostrom ujl bth- minuter sunday november 23rd 1041 1100 am the minister 1215 p m sundny school monday 8 00 p m b y p u wednesday 730 pm prayer meeting 8 10 p m choir practice a welcome to all board rooms wanted houvholdnra who hmv roomi for rent or who eta meeommo- dt board rs plfu leave njunfl and full prtleulj of the ac commodation available with the nndenlgnede w have a number of enquiries and weald appveelat being ahl to prepare a lut of what is available for thm inquiries beardmore co small advertisements advertisement uniler tliu heading 3r caih with order up to 3 wordh adlitlonal worda le per word li cah loei mt ai company the ailver llirment minimum cllarse jje and ic per w rd additional or each word over a for hale an electric range cheap apply to j a ross acton for ralk a number of grade hero ford stockcr cattle 700 lbs w mark milton box 578 welsh singers choir acton town hall sunday evg november 23 at rj0 i dat this famous choir will five this concert in aid of the acton and vicmity war service league admission 25c tickets noit on 4sj for saijk a sand colored pram in good con dition for 10 cash apply to box 179 acton ont farm wanted to rent with hydro and pasture state rent nnd particulars apply box 10 free press office iioijsr wantlbd llnuite wanted to rent rood tenant apply box 1 post office repairs to stoves furnaces plumblnc repairs stove firiltoues rcllned with pltutlc firebrick used stoves nnd henten at dnrcnln prices gurney stovei john v savage acton for sale elm wood i ft jfi 00 per t ord and government praded shropshire ram lambs apply to percy peavov lot 15 con 7 erumosn telephone rockwood 01 r 3 203 sheep for hale it ri rlstered suffolk owns all nucs also 10 ewe lambs all brod j to a son of our importod ram real good slock and priced rlrht apply to a l hutchinson belwood or phone fltruh 111 r 21 cape breton highlands nut park nova scotia canada park entrance building and information bureau auction sale fi carnwiuailt will hold nn auction snip of hoiuie- hold efly ti nt the uulmlnj at th- nnr nt th post offlrc on willow strort acton on mattrday november 22nd comnumlnk nt two o clock ds t rov iiindlev aurlloiwwr phone 15 r6 erin tkndkuh wanted for trba collection londen will be received by tho un- di rsluned until ruindny november st h at toopm ds1 for the col lection of unrbajze nnd uaate material in the vlllace of acton collection u to be mnde twite weekly and tho tenderer must carry public liability iiuurnme on vehicles nnd look after the municipal dumping uround par ticulars an to other requirements and draft contra ctmnytnr obtntned upon application to the clerk i he loweat or any tender not nocettsarily accept ed c f leatheuund clerk acton november lttth 1311 eggs for britain te he sure that utay are cat far oventm shlpnwht and sutv ply lbs mtjuau4aaaujaat utatal with on aptamwd bislrlftlt out egg gtraadlallf rstauianal lit acton is ut mill stmt opposite gffnry acton egg gjtamng btafton