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mac mxm the acton fr6e press thursday august 30u 144 neighborhood news umtttfllm cnieoaw 0tw ctntiw jni cnimluai of oar biiiliw w fotatatt erin mm rex scott of saskatoon sask wu a recent visitor with mr g t scott and mr and mrs calvin wad- dell known aa the betsy and malcolm carmlchael fresh air camp a new children camp sthihiburg operat ed by the scott million toronto wu officially opened and dedicated on sundayatlernoorr mr w jf magill ha returned to hi dutle on the s s aragon on the great lake he wu accompanlevi by messrs bonar magill and douglas scott who will alto be employed on the aame boat two of central ontario oldest residents mr and mr james mont gomery r 2 east gararraxa town- hlp celebrated their lxtythlrd wed ding anniversary sunday autfuit 2nd when they were bumu of honor at n family reunion at the home of mr dougal reirt hllliburg advo cate georgetown jamel thoma rose died in tor onto august 8th 1042 and wai burled in greenwood cemetery tues day august 8th after a short ser vice in the georgetown united church conducted by rev r c todd i strains of organ music plnyod by miss helen blackburn greeted the guests as they found their seats in st georges anglican church george town saturday afternoon for the marriage of elninc florence collins and corporal george arthur blyth rcaf son of mr and mrs r blyth glen williams the active service league have now received their government char ter and they are recognized as a bonefide war charities association at their recent civic holiday celebra tions it is expected that when all ac counts are taken care of there will be a balance of well ovor 500 to alarf this new organization on its way herald nassagaweya s n07 the busy beci held their monthly ncctlns at the home of mrs e brit- tan with n rood attendance a quilt wai quilted before the meeting roll call was ffhsweted by a joke when the financial report wan riven u was found tharthe sum of 21 had been cleared from a dance held in the nehool house on july 29th including n quilt sold for 5 nnd bought by mr arthur davenport the top of this ullt was donated b mrs l tnlbot a quilt donated b four of the mom- twn was shown also n top pieced b mrs gordon sllcox of guelph nn- otherb n momlver nnd one donnui b two other members which gave quite n boost tovnrd suppuing the demand for quills mn alnx herd kiive n humorous rmdlng which nius- d much luukhtt r letters of t hunks and appret intion wen rend from three of our bow overseas more patches and plans for more quilts were distributed a dance in the hall was planned for this week orchestra chosen and convenor elected lor the dance next meeting is to be held at the home of mrs ljiwrenrc king the nwting closed with the singing of god save the king mrs jos frank gnvo a motion of thanks to the hostess for the use of her home nnd lovel lunch served evervone felt much had been planned and accomp lished during this meeting thursday of last week the bus bees quilted a quilt at the home of mrs d talbot a number or in fact most of the section joined others at brookville hall last tuesdav evening to do honor to pte norman and mm wal lace and wish them muth happiness on their recent marriage a beauti- oakvilte clarence kingston of bronte was ready to abandon ten acre of wheat which had been completely flattened by rain when mr g s atkins of mer- ton undertook to salvage it with his combine in magistrates court on friday crown attorney w i dick kc asked that the charge of reckless driving against gordon howard 16 be deferred until september 4th in order that medical evidence might be heard the reckless driving charge was laid following the death of miss florence wilson on julyi 25th re cordstar ospringe miss grace burrows who is em ployed in guelph was a weekend visitor at her home here mrs e sunter and miss e baldlc returned home on friday from a weeks holiday at niagara falls pte james scanlon of brampton was home on lenve over the week end several of the boys from this com munlty have received their call for the army alvin struthers has en listed and leaves torilght for lon don friends of mr and mrs e w an derson of acton formerly of this community regret to learn they have been advtsed that their son ted is missing since july 30th following raids over enemy territory all are hopeful for further better news of this esteemed young man mrs g g robertson of everton mr and mrs lloyd robertson and allan of guelph were sunday visitors with mr nnd mrs d g robertson mr and mrs r s mccutchcon mr and mrs thos mccutcheon and merle spent sunday with mr and mrs j mccollum nt preston after four weeks of holidays ser vice will be conducted in the local presbyterian church at 10 oclock on sunday morning congratulations to the editor and staff of tot fbspssss on their win ning various awards in the recent weekly- newspapercontests ballinafad mr sidney sykes and children pent the week at home of her mother mr e swlndlehurtt return ed to their home at dunvllle on sun day the many friends of mrs mcmen- amy will be pleased to know that she i able to be up mr albert dance while alighting from a car while in motion was thrown to the ground receiving sev eral cut and bruise about the head and face he is improving nicely and will be able to be on the job again mrs e swlndlehurst spent the week with friend at dunnvllle a very unfortunate fire occurred when mr campbell sterns barn and driving hed together with the sea sons crop of hay and wheat and some young cattle wero destroyed by fire on friday rrtght the origin of the fire was unknown miss edith waddell of the united states is holidaying with her father rev mr waddclland her sister mrs vnnnatter rockwood ful st t of enamelw are while trimmed with hlue were presented to them during the evening dublin institute also pivsctited norman with a pair of so and several small articles at thi time norman on behalf of his wife and himself thanked evtrvone for their kindness all sanu with lustl nes for thev im joll fel low dane ing was the t n j m merit of the evening for the large trow gathered nndwlihe anil water were ered for refreshment mrt no kumng heard this eommunltv was lndeei shock ed to hear of the ruilttentnl drown inn of little nine- earold kvle ken ned son of mr and mrs i e k n nistv of oimpbellville duilph komi on saturdav afternoon on the farm of mr and mrs wallace king a neighbor kvle was born tnthti sec tion and often vtitedwith hi -urand- parents mr and mrs- ken- ned who will miss these little visits great heartfelt svmpath is iv it for the parents i and three brothers norman mitchell and baby john who art left to mourn his loss a private funeral was held on monday with in terment in nassagaweya cemetery everton mr and mrs case mrs young saginaw mich mrs jas moore acton nnd miss m forester of pus linch were recent visitors nt the home of mrs jumes black mrs mary davidson of winnipeg mrs ernest mcdougall toronto mrs herron and daughter miss jean hur- ron of guelph visited nt the home ox mr and mrs john alton recentlv mrs norman mcleod nnd bnb w ho have spent six weeks at the home of rev j p mcleod left wednesday for everton to join her husbnnd mr nnd mrs elmer awrev and sons i von and wilbert of guelph spent sundnv with mrs w tnherwood mrs blacker and dnughter shirh v and son donald of onittuijiqlida i rig at the home of their aunt and uncle col nnd mrs will head mr malcolm mcleod rcaf of toronto spent the weekend at the manse the atfgust meeting of the everton women s institute w as held at the home of mrs c robertson it was decided to send to each boy overseas from the iommunlt three hundred cigarettes plans were made to hold n eommunltv picnic in everton late in the month those in charge of ar rangements are to be mrs p smith mrs cross miss a jackson mrs t stewart mr j alton and mr t a meculiheon mrs benham convenor took the hair for the following pro gram motto eat wiselv but not too well itin bv mrs w horlop nnd ng coul we recall mrs ctoss solo miss a jackson reading irishn juhlle mrs smith contest mrs stewart winning the prize of a war saving stamp datntv refreshments were served hj mrs robertson assist si h miss jennie tovell mrs thomas stewart wft- hostess at a miscellaneous shower on wed nesdav afternoon at her home guelph road in honor if miss dorothv chutsh misa church reteued munv beautiful an um f ul gifts lea was served bv mrs couling and miss a tac kson hiose attending inc tuded visa horothv church mrs f hill miss bet 1 ttui m m f iasmore mrj i oree mrs i mcphedran miss f mclhedrnn ml anderson mrs u hortop mrs b palframnn mrs coullng mrs kate reed mrs c rob ertson mr j hepburn miss june hepburn miss m miti hell mrs alton miss j tovell mrs r patten miss mahle mcleod mrs i sunter mrsl j bennom mrs hamilton mrs hnd mrs w robertson miss helen robertson mrs r c thompson mrs l thompson miss a jackson mrs j stewart mjs cross mrs stewart misses grace stewart glemta and marie parker v the- many friends in town of mr herbert h edmondson of hamilton a former resident here will regret to learn of his sudden death at his home last week the lnte mr bdmendson was n former employee of harris sr co v nnd resided here for a number of venrs the funeral took place last thursday from the truscott funeral home with interment in hamilton the sympathy of their numerous friends here is extended to mrs ed- mondson nnd family in then beronve- ment mr and mrs s r peart were present nt the funernl mr nnd mrsfrel hnmllton attend ed the funernl last friday of the late james v henham of eramosa in terment took place in belsyde ceme tery fergus a few from rockwood attended the funeral of the late john bennett at acton on saturday afternoon the many friends of mr george harrison will be pleased to learn that he is improving since his gunmshap some time ago he is holldnylng with his sister in weston the w m s of the united church entertained the complete missionary groups at a wellattended picnic in the park a devotional period was held at the opening supper was served by the group ladles with scrambles for the children next sunday evening august 23rd the stone church eramosa are hav ing a sacred concert the proceeds being donated to the british distress tund the ypu of the united church are holding a business meeting to look after meetings during summer and fall months also to arrange for transportation to the ryerson sum mer school camp when delegates will leave next week to attend the special teaching course mrs j a little entertained last thursday a few friends in honor of rer mothers 84th hirthdny mrs trout a pleasant afternoon was enjoyed by those present mrs little poured ten for the guests miss margaret trout of bnsnnw alberta is spending some time with mr and mrs j a little rev e a brooks occupied his pulpit nt st john s church on sun dnv following his brief nhsence holy communion was observed during the si rv it e weekend and sundnv visitors w ere mr nnd mrs douglns patterson of 1 oronto miss flla hamilton of hnmllton mrand mn murdo munro npd daughter margaret of hamilton messrs- gerrie bros of hamilton mis jean a mclean of guelph mr and mrs e sunter and family of acton mrs jas hepburn of everton wehlev hnrrls rcaf nnd bride of toronto milton g greer rcaf spent the weekend with mrs greer nt mr nnd mrs frank dn s pte j crlspan of nlngara falls ont was home for a brief visit this week i ols martin of bnrrle hill is holi daying with mr nnd mrs oswald mtoodowrs ri- lbmqehouse x largecarton of quilt and good used clothing packed by the women institute a week or so ago was shin ned to salvation army headquarter on saturday it contained one hundt red and forty article as well a three quilt any garment which you do not need or which would make over for a poor family please leave with one of the w i ladles at llmehouse we will send it where it will be ap preciated the vims met at mr dale on thursday evening with a splendid at tendance lunch i over at women institute meeting until winter at least glen scott had his finger caught in a press at smith and stones where he is employed last thursday morn ing we hope it soon heals visitors in the neighborhood re cently included at mrs shelbournes on thursday were mrs foster and child mr and mrs bernard shelbourno and two children mr and mr locker and helen of toronto and mr and mr frank ewlng of kirklnnd lake the garnhama spent the weekend with her mrs alice milliard and miss gladys chaffee of bradford penn with mrs mummery messrs wm and gordon grieg qf brnntford wth mrs gale and miss ivcns misses king of hamilton nnd mrs cowley of london with mrs g a king at the maples mr and mrs r tarzwell and the hnincsifamlly with the scotts on sun day mrs qunte and baby with her par ents mr and mrs j p clark pte tom packer of camp borden mr nnd mrs bob lnnc and carol of georgetown with mr and mrs h norton mr and mrs steel of toronto with the halls this week mr and mrs denis hill nnd blake of hamilton mr and mrs brlstcr and family nnd mrs brister sr ol cobourg with mr and mrs a hill mr and mrs a w lnnc and daughters of toronto mr nnd mrs sam dobble of hamilton and mr and mrs wm dobble of cleveland with mrs r lane mr nnd mrs clarence follett nnd miss jnnct follett with mrs e fol lett for their holidays mr and mrs jas noble of chel tenham with the merediths pte jack davis of orlllia mr and mrs gordon freston and mrs s glaby of brompton with mr and mrs s norrie miss peggy smethurst was home from toronto her mother returned lo the city with her lac tom goring nnd lac harry gardner of clinton and the mllllorcs of georgetown with mr and mrs w milllere on sunday cfjnadian pilot clcttvnazi plane and wins wager many in this district will be inter ested in the success of pilot officer joe loree of guelph in downing a nasi plane in combat in the middle east a told of in a report received in guelph pilot officer loree i a brother of roy loree formerly of acton and a nophew of mr j c matthews acton a canadian pllotoffcerln the r af was 4 richer and the luft waffe one plane poorer as a result of a little sporting proposition the canuck airman made during he long sea voyage out from britain po j e loree of guelph ont spent hours during the trip discussing with two other canadian airmen and a pair of australian filers their an ticipations of what desert fighting would be like encli of the five was confident he would bo the first to down nnazi plane and nt loroos suggestion staked 1 each on thnt belief loree settled the argument and collected 1 from each of his four shipmates soon after he arrived in egypt when he participated in n raid on two enemy airfields by r a f light bombers and fighter bombers escort ed by squadrons of fighters loree nt the controls of n fighter bomber was one of the first to attack i there were several enemy craft in the air nnd he dived after n junkers 88 the german bomber afire from loroos tracer bullets crashed in flames only ono member of its crew mnnnged to ball out in time milton mr and mrs alfred rogers for merly of milton now residents of brampton district celebrated theli golden wedding with a dinner on sun dny inst eighteen guests were pres- ont a posse of 1g provincial police at fleers along with members of the milton fire brigade searched the milton district for two prisoners who escaped from the milton jnit on frl- dnv afternoon mrs fred dewnr n highly apprec iated otioi4of the red cross so- cictv of milton 1ms knitted nn nv- rnge of one so k n dav for our sol diers since the war began n record to be proud of l cpl jnc k charlton a popular milton joung man who is n meember of the argvle nnd sutherland high landers of canada who has be doing dutv down in jamncla hn turned home to cnnndn for a short time mr and mrs jnmes houston who were spending their summer vncntlon nt wnsaga beach georgian bay have returned home after having had n pleasant outing although the nights were somewhat on the cool side champion miss grace macdonald celebrated her eightysixth birthday on monday afternoon friends and neighbors gathered nt the home of miss grace macdonnld lake avenue to extend their best wishes and con gratulations on her eightysixth birthday a tasty lunch was prepar ed and served by several of the neigh bors following which they wore en- tortalnorf by humorous predictions of the future ns revealed in their tea cups amidst much fun and laugh ter all joined hands for the singing of auld lang syne nfter which miss macdonnld thanked those present for such an enjoyable afternoon the group look forward to celebrating more birthdays with miss macdonnld in the years to come tub rlflhop bikes leicester englnnd cp slx- t yearold bishop of leicester dr vernon smith hnsbrought nblcycle because the gasoline shortnge pre vents hm visiting by car nnd be cause a bishops habit is not designed for cycling he wears ordinnry clothes when out on his bike canada esteems national weight of weekly press continued from pag one having a circulation of more than 2000 the prize were the mason trophy and david william cup other award included brampton ont conservator win ner of the amhentburg echo shield for the best front page for class 1 papers with a circulation of more than 2000 powell river ibcl news the charles clark cup for the best all- round paper with a circulation be tween 1000 and 2000 and the m a james memorial trophy for thvbest front page in class 2 fort erie ont ttmearevlew the malcolm macbeth memorial shield for the beat editorial page in class 2 acton ont fits pat the hugh savage shield for the best allround paper with a circulation- of 500 to 1000 and the spejctajprlze of the printer nnd publisher for the best front page crcstnn ibcl review the john w eddy memorlnl trophy for the best editorlnl page in class 3 whltchorse yukon star- the chnrters cup for the best allround weekly with a circulation under 500 pilot mound sentinel mnn the h15 rich trophy for the best edi torial page in class 4 nnd the special prize of the printer nnd publisher for the best front page the bnrrler examiner was praised for the outstanding way in which it hnd adjusted itself tdnews of camp borden military centre the wolf- vllle ns acadian and the dundnlk ont herald placed second and third for weeklies with a circulation be tween 100 oond 2000 the fort erie timesreview was termed by one of the judges nbout the best printed pnper in cnnnda the dundrilk hernldnnd the wlnr- ton ont echo were second and third for the best front pngo in the same division in clnss 1 the elorn ont ex press placed second nnd tire arrow fstx pscss third for the best editorial page while the gcraldton ont tlmcsstnr nnd the hespeler ont hernld were second nnd third in front panc placings honors for iikrors london cp ltcmdr ed ward mack ds c commander of h m s eclipse one of brltnlns ace destroyers has been awardni the trororkrcatcourngesklll and determination in action while escort ing i convoy two other officers were given the dsc six of the crew got the dsm and 10 others were mentioned in dispatches royal palace ghelphs leading theatres today til satintdav abbott and coalello in pardon my sarong burlington a short time a n recruitin drive mr and mrs blathencnile hove returnid to their home after n months visit in toronto t prize lists of roc kv ood horth ul i tural sen let fxhihlticyi nre out for j the societv s show august j9th in the i own hall the hlgtnwn service bept went through rockwood tuesdnv with their outfit painting i he centre of the rwtwnj for the benefit of the motor inn puhlu i h i own hall is much improved w ith a coat of paint meurs r hew at m milne and fred meadow di i the painting mb and mrs rutherford hewat off toronto are holldavlng with mr iahl hewat mrs ma milne is tpendtnt a few dav in toronto mr and mrs r b uh hardnon and fnmilv mr an mrs r abiihan of- vineland mrs tas illllls and mr and mrs carl richardson of guelph spent sundnv with mr j r rlihardson who celehratrd his 77th birthday miss loena richardson is spending some time kt vineland miss barbara plank is vlsltfnsr mr f and mrs c o plonk for a few days w an tnunched for the reserve army in some cities nnd towns it went ery ii hot m burlington the response was verv disappointing considering the numbt of eligible nun in the town an 1 surnicnidingi ditru t m i kon of i- rettmitn c hat ged avsnulting minnie slaboskle ham 11 ton vr lulv tth with intent to do bodilv harm was remanded again for i week nt milton last ednesdav ih woman s condition in itlll critical iun was the month of marriaei in burlington m cording to vital sta tistic s relt ajced for the first hi month of this enr i here were js marriages nnd fourteen of them were in jube six in mnv five in april nnd one eac u during the first thre month there were four births nnd 14 deaths during the first xw months ttf the enr oazette wkdnrhdav to fkiday are husbanixs necessarv u ilh ray millond ltett field sattrnai to u finksia august eagle squadron with robert stack diana lurrymore 9ma ottttutt nt qtawttt aetaav oassaita th friendly church ucv a watmo wotmamt wla d mtaaaase parson bower avenue sunday august 23rd 1043 ii 00 a m worship service sermon the inspiration of new beglnnlnc 12 18 p m ichureh school 100 pm evening worship sermon the christ for all coma and worship everybody welcome knox cinmcn acton rev forms thomson bjl ml nlatai manse willow street sunday august 23rd 1942 10 00 a m sunday school j 1100 am morning worship rev n stevenson of toronto no evening service always welcome satrtw ghjurrti acton rkv john ostrom ba rth minuter sunday august 21rd 1942 11 00 n m church service 12 15 p m sunday school wednesday 7 45 p m prayor mcetinr 8 4 p m choir practice a welcome to all ttnolajuhus small advertisements atl vert i cm rats under thla heading s cath with order up lo as words additional word ic per word ii caah doe not attumpaav the advtr tiarmrnt minimum char are 35c and ic pfr word additional or each won over j 1 tor hale upright plnnn for sale a bargain apply mrs j dryden bower avi kr sale 1 ushi furnace several li inch gal- nnlzei pipes nnd registers mrs collier brock st for rent sevenroomed house and garage apply after 6 pm to emerson cripps crcwsons corners for hale brlckcottngc 21x32 allconiplete nt dolly vnrdrn lime plant building must be moved from present site apply wm gowdy k2 llmehouse for nam circulating ilenler s1b00 quebec cook stove 1100 vburner perfec tion oil stnvn hi no all in first class coml uicin slow flepnl rs john v savage acton for rent fim looms furnished wlf t nnlnin- d in farm home nonr aclnn own nrivnlo entrnwe monthly tennnry inml optional hfply in first inst ant tn ivc 1 fhvf press il i lets wanted want i tn purttinha pullt ts nil hi s iiii hri nt i loot swi any be- rm ntiitfnk imr pnvlng prlt e ap- pl ramiilf cuirk iiaiciifhies 7 ii mmiikd fergus ontario good shoes for youno and old cametly fllud- b drachun acton willoughby farm agency inspects new go ernment site a v illiiunhhi realtor head ox the w illouhh harm agentv and director of the toronto ktal fstutc hoard recent iv spun some davs k over the new dovcrnment cxpropna hon site of 1 7 sixv acres ut mcuford on icorrian bin and in ttryicwinn the farmers whose properties were raken trwrik to interest them in ijalton count harms rakmkits ok iiaiton county who want chick ution ni a cash saiji contact j a willoughby m2 ketbnillir toronto cmi tom jiewson wiiougtiby farm ajtenry rcprctieauuve at aconrtiown an attractive rice appeals female ii ei j wanted 1 e i in n lunc h huiniui and irohr tmndllnn of fno1 kiprri- fnci unitrepttwary will corwlltt nipluntiona from nk 18 to hi lalnt uniform furnlxhttl ootl uiiurt witli honuk while lnrninu i hrti mi nit mt ilay kovirnment rikulnte d hours wnndi rful opmrtunlty to pro- urejcjc cith rapiil udvnhcemtiiij and rxtrn conipttuuitlon lo thow who thov vnthuttaitlc ability apply to loml mamsavr nouirn uvtn umtttd llmnilltait mtwk- or llvttd offuw 7 kins sl ra tukonto dancing edge wood park kdkn mhjs kvkky tuesday night al watsofto orchcatra old time and modern iadiks v gents 50c uedsmmtajr nim uaawa i sum i ml w t panerson ro mpaeaalhh la era 1 im wtnoitah rr autxrn lit comnleuly equipped obeaa balaw mahar shot atora fw