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ut fj- v zht sixtyseventh ycrno 22 acton ontario thursday november 27th j04i eight homeprint pages five centt c council arrangetosetlie debt of tax collecting munldpal rmonb now in new vull gugj collection con- tiict let at 1100 milk dellv cry bylaw effective december ut heipontjbulty for law en forcement against slue ma efalnea dtaeuseed councillor a haion j m mcdon ald and f davlaon were present on usday evening when acton coun- dl met anil reeve j b chalmora pre sided the reove reported that brick left over from the vault at the public utilities office could be returned to the georgetown lumber co from whom they had been purchased it waa reported that the records of the corporation had all been transferred to the new vault in the utllftles of fice school board and cemetery board records remained in the vault in the y f c a section the finance committee report re commended payment of the following accounts the fyrfyter co es masks boots etc vm os w d talbot supplies ib 23 marrop poatace to j r lelshman re building vault 24 0 j b mackenzle son aup- piles 310 32 bell telephone co services s 60 tans aotom fac pataa prlnt- hng and advertising 21 06 wm cooper police cap and badge t so miss lucy edwards rebate of taxes 8 r4 430 is it waa decided by council to pur chase a barret of sweeping compound rather than secure this mntorlnl in mall iota the clerk was instructed to ar range with the county engineer to se cure the heavy grader ami have acton roads put in good condition be fore winter sets in the revised bylaw regulating the hours of delivery of milk in acton wsi read and passed the hours for delivery ware set fbrlh an oclock in the morning until five oclock in the afternoon this bylaw will be come effective on and nfter decem ber 1st penalties for tho vondor were set at from sb to 25 and for an employee from 1 to j10 for each offence each milk vendor was to receive a copy of this bylaw tenders for the collection of gar bage wore received nnd reviewed by the council jnmes morrison asked sj000 for the work l wnxmon sl im d wllfong jl010 and w shep- panl si 20 most tenders asked that the amount be paid monthly the contract of l waxmnn nt 1- 100 was approved by council the amount was to he paid monthly rather than in n yearly sum there were to he no chnngc in collection periods the first year had proven satisfactory the responblblllt for onforclng the law agnlnst the operators of slug and similar machines and operation of restnurants was discussed the cflork was instructed to write the at- tomoyoenernl to discover responsi bility for this lnw enforcement and if council should tnke steps a letter from the poppy dn fund of the canadian legion expressed np preclatlou of council in allowing use of the council chamber for popp day heatlqunrtors a letter from tlv hospital fund remains same as last week for the first week since tk fa press fund for the london england sick childrens hospital opened it re mains stationery with christmas coming along and other nppeal we know such mig b expected there is thorofore this week only the report of 151 40 which is a splohdld sum varied program nnd will bring help indeed to those at friendly circijb farm problems r discussed at sweeting opubolsrijteraf the dublin literary society held their regular meeting on friday ev ening with the president mr- burk- holder in charge mr whltelock gave n brief outline on the problems facing wnrtlme nrl- culture after which he introduced the spec inl speaker professor j f francis of the oac gumph who gave n very tducntlnnal demon stration on culling pullots doreen steele and eleanor row then gave n vocal number followed by rending by betty burkholder lunch was then served and the re mainder of the evening spent in danc ing splendid concert by-welfeh-singerft- hcre last sunday carrying on their work of mercy in old london acton bowlers score shut out in weeks game the mccutcheon bowling team bowled in great stylo last night as they defeated the optimists club by a 20 score in the third game the team bowled the best single game tenm score this season so far the team is now in second place one point from the top the score j morion 186 24h 362 692 n morton 20fl 221 208 727 m holmes 171 223 241 g37 w corry 100 178 108 b75 j adamson 16fl 204 271 g45 mccutchoons optimists 010 am 1071 806 1275 327g 788 2377 municipal affairs well discussed on friday night extra municipal audit and cen tralization or town office are chief topics dkeuwted following the nomination on fri day evening i ho usuntratepnyerfi mooting provided n splendid tliscup- slon of munlclpnl nffnlrs mr g a diiih wax chosen to preside over the gathering hoove chnlmcrh wns the first geukor his remarks wore brief he expressed nn intention of contesting the office ngitin this year and expres sed the hope thnt the council of 1012 would be ns good os the one of tho past yonr councillor a mnson drew attention or ratepayers to tho rather hectic yonr in municipal nffnirs that wns just closing with extra elections necessary nnd filling of vacancies caused b resignations nnd denths it had been n heavy yonr mr mason s opposition to the apparont move of council to spread municipal offices about rather thnn centralize them drew n lot of questioning nnd explanations from formor councillors nnd reeve the extra account of the auditors was also a point in which hli stnnd wns apparently bncked b the ratepayers present in the dis cussion of who had authorized the auditors to proceed with this work reeve chalmers snid he had hut it there had been any mention of etra fees above the contract he would have discussed the mntter with coun cil before proceeding dominion awmi mr mason- fell hohndservod hls- meet1ng tuesday the united church friendly circle get tuesday evening at the home of rfl o johnston after the usual business plans were made for the christmas entertainment am it was decided to make a quilt for tho red cross afeelna gibson then led the group in a few games the most hilarious one being n hunt for a murdorer tho screams were most bloodcurdling a lovely lunch was served by al- xolna and her group mr- c mftt- thews moved a vote of thanks to mrs johnston for her hospitality rockwood club purchased pine ram lamb the rockwood shoep club recently purchased nn outstanding ram lnmb from mr john ithule of chosley this rum is of that big low set deep thick and stocky type so desirable to raise early maturing market lambs and in addition has n splendid fleece a lovely pink skin and nil tho type characteristics which mnko the ox ford down breed famous tho rockwood sheep club lonsldor they nre lucky to find such a splon- dld sire to maintain their name as good sheep breeders although it would tnke throe better thnn ordin ary ram lambs to pay for him they have nlso been making some good sales this fall and recently re ceived an order for nil their remain ing 300trr front the dominion lovernmcnt maple grove literary has varied program atopeningmeeting elation of fire chiefs outlined tho work that had been carried on nt the annual convention it wns re quested thnt acton enroll the fire chie as a m the fee was 7 00 no action was taken a letter trdm st josephs hospital asked council to accept rosponsiblllu for an indigent patient the council refused to accept llabllltj a letter from the department of municipal affairs drew attention of council to the act that required ho appointment onl af auditors who re licensed b the department the llwiurt asnua an terms were aaurd enclosed this letter seemed only to remind council that auditors appoint ment crtalnl would have attention next year a letter received from acton pub lic utilities commission enclosed a cop from the auditing department of the ontario commission this letter pointed out that the acton office must charge 223 for the 1040 work a balance from the year previous had 10 tuning on collection the amount due now was 235 00 the ontario commission in may bad issued per mission to acton office to charge 336 per cent of operation expense to the waterworks department and a flat rate of 225 for tax collodion council sanctioned payment of the account of 225 for 1940 the am- continued on pag eight joyce dessereault host for meeting knox girls guild the regulnr monthly meeting of the mnry r moore girls guild was held nt the home of joyce dosscr- cault isobel mqlend took the scripture nnd mnry ritchie led in prayer tho business part of the nieeting wnn conducted by jean bonnie mrs bonnie gnve the nddress a social time followed tho closing of the meeting tate of holdifrh wife romford englnnd cp sul clde while mind disturbed unh the verdict of coroners jury in the cast of a soldiers wife who gassed herself while worrying with 11 or 12 forms necossnrj for obtninlng the supple mentory allowance evidence of the mplrndld choral ef fects which can he gotten by n group of men who put enthusiasm into heir work under errpahle direction was given by the welsh choir of tor onto at a concert in the town hall on sunday evening following the church services tho groiir appear ed gratuitously as a matter of war service under the auspices of the acton and vicinity war service league nnd were enthusiastically re ceived by a crowd which filled the hall the program was opened hy the wftlsh lowlng number comrades in arms nn old male chorus standby showed xchehtlyparis finelyeul attacks nnd reloafn and some wellworked up crescendo which brought thrills nt their peaks xt bhowed also that tho thirty men of the chorus had worked together for a long time knew their numbers welt enough to sing without music mdieets hence could follow the conductor closely nnd again that they heartily enjoyed singing ns we know that webjh folk with few exceptions do their num bers ran tho gamut of male chorus work from an interesting arrange ment of sweet bye and hye through dearhcand of home set to the popular sibelius air finland sullivans lutt chord the storm nnd thnt old warhonut of mens choruses martyrs of the arena perhaps the lost chord was the best of their numbers from a har monic standpoint since it was done with n bit more smooth noes so that the wellbalanced ports brought out oie hnrmony like an organ tho fine old men of harlech used to open the second half of the program was of course done appreciatively by welshmen nnd showed a little more enroful interpretation thnn the others relief from the masculine features wnn given in soprano solos by miss audrey hughes who has a pleasing light voice with a hrllllant uppi r reg ister three of the mon of the chorus did solos one n smooth tenor with n high range like n male alto and a hhy smiling presence u hich mnde a hit with the audience two hnrl tones sang the inst one a slx- footflve airman in uniform with n deep resonnnt voire yes there were 7 he maple grove literary held its first meeting on ihursdny last mbis myrtle mntfde rend th minutes nnd cnlbd the roll mr w mcnabb presided for the program which was nrrnngml by tho executive it indtidtd a reading by mlus helen llayne on the life of sonja heine current invents by miss ruth mckay a wading by mias- fnld mcnabh a saxaphone selection by mr 13 ramsden a speech by mr c o plank and a quartette by robn mcnabb margaret shultls fred nightingale elmer maude the meeting was closed by sinning god save flio kihtf and the rest of tho evening was spent tn dancing allotting of rooms in oij53me hymn3- to ktcature a sunday evening service an oldtime hymn sing will be the main feature of tho service in the united church next sunday evening such hymns as buwdah land sweet bye and bye when peace like a river will be sung among others to the oldtime tunes stories will be told about the hymns and how they came to lie written lantern shdes will be used to illustrate some of the hymns the whole service will be aimed to present the spirit and music of earlier days andthftre will be ample opportunity for congrega tional singing rev mr fosburys brief address wlh be based on john wesleys rules for good hymnsinging lincolncripps wedding saturday at georgetown parsonage a quiet wedding was solemnized in the baptist pnrumngc fit georgetown on saturday november 15th when reta evelyn crlpps joungcet daugh ter of mr nnd mrs edwin crlpps be- camc the bride of charles arthur lincoln son of mr george lincoln of berkshire englnnd nnd the into mrs lincoln rev j e ostrom of georgetown officiated the hrldo chose an attractive dress of british navy blue alpaca effec tively trimmed with contrasting braid jhe wore an off theface fell tint of matching color the couple were un- nnmes on a typed pro bu this- jiuendcd tollowing the ceremony a wedding dinner wm held nt the homo of tho brides parents attended hy the im mediate family and n few friends mr nnd mrs i inroln will make tin lr home in toronto wns treated very freely nnd the nn- nouncer called thorn just tenor nnd hnritonefi so thnt no one of the audi ence anyway knew which vns which mr reei fuho ever henrd of n welsh eom rt without hughes and roes in tin personnel wns nn- nouni od as our elocutionist and gne two numbers in intense fnshlon which set mid to tnrry the nudience mr crecmo tin conductor was in jol mood ns nnnnunrcr nnd talked for five mlnutts between numbers thl mecljng of nov jl of the just before the progrnm closed about ij0rm utefcry society was held in war nlms nnd whnt the chorus wns thn whooihcrtee nnd took the form of aiming to do in its work mr amoc crokinole social many rounds af mnson president or the wnr service t ramo urro enjoyed and no doubt league who wns official chnirnyin wn n fevv ron tlnsrn to hut wlml left most or his duties to q t this however there were- those the conduetor explained the- argnnl- shoth uhirh indicated the- skill of yntlon of the- league nnd pled for cood mnrksmnnshlp county burltling is problem wttr savings report not roauy for another week final returns in acton war sav ings drive nre not yet complete an extension of time wns found we s snry and it is hoped nil he work will bo complete by monday and it wlh he known if the objective hnu iwhii reached or exceed the chart nt the post office still jtos a white spot on it with ten iwr rht toir not in so thnt the figure stands at the same amount several industries nre 100 per tvnt pledgee others ar making a real erfort tn attain thnt standing but haveht finlsheel the job a dozen retail stores display the nynrlt awards indicating that a very member of the stnf of that place is a regular contributor acton has donesplondldly up to within sight of the finish line some folks are carrying a hlg load perhaps you could do a little in helping carry more of your share will monday show acton holding- its part of the line kxtka mutton wk attthfkn prftoria cp farmers of thn prleskn nnd other districts of south africa contributed 2m sheep the s a air commando in appreciation of an nlr display the commnnelo gnve then crokinole social i was feature at lorne school tin tsfpport nnd rntliuhinum nf tho folk of tlw rnmmunlt in its nriouh hrnnrhis of iork hi told of thr snlvns work of tin unkofildi chap ter i o n n now included in the wnr when scores were totalled the con venor announced the winners mrs mccutfhion ladles first mr w watklns rints first lunch wns served nnd tills was followed by n s rvlii leiikue nnd urced nil to help short huhln si meetlne the next in ever wn possible with th work m is inte in d cember acclamations given in all acton municipal offices red cross appeals for medical supplies to he sent to russia 103 men overseas are cared for by service league 93 chrihlmas lotn kent many evemiu arranged to rake funds salvage bringn regular rmurtta the acton nnd vicinity wnr ser vice i ague met last evening in the couneil c hnmber to receive reports nnd plan further nctlvltles mr ii b burkholder wns present representlng the dublin community and was we u omtd into membership of the iengue citlrns nre nsked to tnke- special notice of some items of importance 1 from now until nfter christmas the comforts committee will be ul the own hall on fridays from 1 i pm and on saturdays from 710 910 pm 2 it ik very important that the nddre isi s of our men overs as be i kept correct it was reported that i some men had not receive nrtnln j comforts and it was shown thnt the reason for this was there had been mmo change in addresses friends land relatives nre requested to notify i the committee miss m ryder is the convener of any change this is the only way the list of men can be ke pt up to date i a nionthlydance will iw held in aid of jhe funds which will be ne fde d to carry on with the work nine tthree christmas parte- u wit dlspntrhud to our nun aw nuas and the accounts authorized to tx pafd eimounted to jjsfl i i hen or now 101 men overseas from thin district nnd ah mnth jm mcdonald succeeds j- b chalmers a reeve council haw two changes with coun cillors oakes and kitkneas school board and public utili ties return same members as last year period in council work but thnt his return would be to see thnt auditing nrrnngements were changed nnd n similar mistnkc would not be mnde he had examined tlui bookkeeping sstem and felt thai eod sstcm uni in onration mr j h crelghton a former coun cil explained win municipal work had been taken from the public utilities office council hnd been told hv their representative that the commission desired to be relieved in this icir- j cumstnnce the had engaged one of i the applicants who npplleel mr hnn- i mr- orelghtorrthatatrnighrin thtf towtt italidrew ilu no time had the commission made usual thirl or so rutepovers bui an such request what the meeting lacked in numbers mr c hansen gave n ver com- it made up in nominations and en plele report of the operating of t1u ihusjasn in mumnpnl affairs there hydro nnd waterworks under the was rortanl no dadwood in thi public utilities commission demands group on both these services hnd been in- when clerk c f lentherland de- creased tremendouslv during the past lund nommntlons i losd nt 8 30 p inr to meet this more oejuipment m tlu following had t n placed in had lwn nddekl nnd kept up with the nomination demajid waterworks revenue was inst frldu drew an emerge nr apical for 500 001 for tnrdx a and r lit f supplle s for s vi t kushla was launche d hy the canndmn red cross thu week the funds raised in this- appeal will b uw d to pure has medical sup plies and surgical equlpme nt which will be shipped direct to russia via britnln declnred dr f w routle county building not irge en- ouih for all officer rebqulred council approvm trial new truck for snow ploughing resolution to dominion covern- ment regarding parmens lvicesi in relation to industry haltnn county council met in mil ton last tuesday with the warden and nil member present ther was very11 1 ttfl business but plenty of discussion commlttemi reports were as fouowsi for public t iilihes com candidate i hnd until saturdn ening to fle t unit fie ntion for tlie nrious ofuees at thiit hour onl suffle lent had qualified or eat h hoard to fill thew b alelamation ttimttonol commissioner of the society with the exception of reeve for which i for ueevi j b t hulmers up oyer shoo on the year the hvdro m mtdoiulw w j 0 0 load had gone from 11w4 horsepower oil council- v j o in august 1040 to 1545 hoiepower in august of this ear mr hansen was in agreement with th plan to centralize all munl- clpal offices at the public utilities of fice at present this change would coat more but eventually he felt it continued on page eight oakes lvan jones fred davison j m mr donald john creighton a mason j h boulton b d kaiblln chos kirk news frred daw kins john mcol und clarence cook f0r school board dr frahk oakts g a dills and w h ci lon reeve j b chalmers nnd councillor j m mcdonald qualified since that time reeve chalmers has with drawn hlb name and there will be no j1lcuqii jilccaaao lhis ycar in conversation with mr chalmers he expressed the fee line that the rnte pnr had le t him for one term and accordtnl him an niilnraa hon on a second term ho felt in view of this in should step nside for i other councillors w ho d utmh to step yp or terms as rent j next venrs board will tht refurt tw cumpotehi as follows council j m mcddrtnld reev j a mnon f davison j q oakes nnd chas kirknt ss three m mlier of thu ears council and one a pre vious eouhcilior and one new mem ber school board f s blow b rumle w tj mason dr f g oakes g a dills and w h claton public util1 ties commission reeve j m mcdonald c hansen and m smon one of the things handicapping j russia toda he pointed out is the lnck of modern medicines surgical instruments and operating room sup i piles which are so vitally necessary to wnr conditions of such gigantic scale the appeal the commissioner said is being made at the request of the dominion government kver dollar raised ulll he spent in canada and shipped through the free freight facilities of the red crocs which means that when the supplies reach russia evurv dollar spent will mean thre dollars tn goods there will he no administration costs as the organi zation s collecting sitem will be ued the red croeu has glread sent a vast quantity of its own supplies to the soviet union dr rout lev said and a cable has been receivm stat ing that over one million articles of relief supplies have left britain for russia this includes important drugs and field comforts mn man in sent 100 clgnrettes additional comfuds of sweat r soiks etc will be shipped enrly in january the concert pres ntetby the wchli mole clioir on sunday ev ening was n complete lurrcu nnd we heur many favorable comments con cernlnc it and a return visit is hoped for the choir wns entertained nt the close by lakeside chapter io de mr c klrknets is arrnngfng to pre sent a play in the town hall early in 1942 the machinery was set in motion jrtlnn salr ip wiklnesday decjembr 17 represen tatives of the league will visit the countv organizations taking their cooperation the red cross society will cooperate with the league and the town and outlying districts will be thoroughly canvassed the league invites anyone and everyonetoconnect themselves with all its activities bingoin the town hall next wednesday the work of the salvage commit ter has ben ver effective making monthly returns th last month s report showed a net of iso iron ahd steel are urgmlly ndt fanners are urged to rail the salvage com mittee to clear up old implements lying in fence corners waste paper and rags fats and bone are a short age don t waste committee nirtommlttmrcem mended payments of the following ac counts childrens aid society for sept halton and peel 9 454 50 childrens aid soctftty for oct halton and peek 465 00 childrens aid hoeuty ham ilton sept 104 40 childrens aid society york county sept 34 00 childrens aid society york county oct 24 80 childrens aid society ham ilton oct 2 ft childrens aid sodely st catharines sept 23 23 childrens aid society st catharines oct 2350 training school for boys bowmsnvlllo spt st oct 70 50 training school for girls alt sept and oct wm house of refuge brampton 75000 township of nassagaweya 20j total y202fl 23 hospital accounts 1912 1w good roads committee ithls com mittee recommended discussion e letter re unemployment insurance also letter re four wheel drive tractor and that account from the steel com pany of canada be paid the county engineers mr iloy smith recommended that a four- whee drive tractor bo hired forus on county roads on terms outlined in the letter from the fourwheel drive auto co which said in part ns follows you operate th machine ns if it were your own and pay us 300 per month rent for four months commencing december 1 at the end of the seaspn should you deedre to purchase this equipment the rent would apply on the purchase price on the other hand if you desire to rent it for another season you would hnve the option of doing so on the some basis mr smith explained that while they pad been well satlsfled with the machinery that had been used it was retting old and repairs were hard to ge t and this tractor with its four- wlunl drive would clear the roads of snow much more quickly and make m ensler for the snowplows which would still have to be hlred from mr rlddejl dr heslop i think mr rlddells trucks are kept in better repair than any machinery around her why should we want anything better t mr hlllmer i would like to know what snow removal has cost over a pe ried of five years mr smltb supplied the figures w hie h when averaged amounted to 1 000 per year mr cleave it sounds like a lot of money und we get plenty of criticism for road expenditure but we get a lot more if the roads are not kept open nnei people cant get out it wns finally movd by mr cleave k4condd by mr craig that the road committer consult mr rkldell re trucks for snow plowing of four- whe 1 drive and if he cannot furnish sam that the- r committee rent the f w ft truck as recommended by mr smith carried at the morning seeulon mr hugh donald inspector of iegal offices ad- dreued the county buildings com mitten with reference to the asloea- tion of offices in the county buildings he told the committee quite definite continued on page five coining events anmunrmu oi uea lam or othrt cvmf uai tkis tif nt ekitg4 pr itnr wih i imimiji flar r nn usw of 4- y i the hephrd of the hills spon sored by lakeside chapter i o d e at regory theatre thursday and friday evenings nov 2728 tickeks for sale by members of the chapter a dance will be held tomorrow fridy night in acta ikswn halt under the auspice of afton brueii of h canadian la the gustosk- call the salvager bovd orchestra will supply the wirif 4 admission mc lucky door trta jmnsnat r t 31 assyewrji