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o y ht gurtumfttt press y siityeigmjl you no 2ft rcctc d d gty ealertains at l acton ontario thursday january mth 194 four homeprint pages five cent 4jr offaeea ci for tor tba council or the tosmatilp of eramoaa met at u am in the town rail rorkwood reeve i d cray counclllora wm j plakney e- h bmham roy i lealle and joe r rutherford subscribed to the oath of officii for the fifth eoneecutlve year and took their aeata aa the council for ims reuaaous exercises were conducted by rev john ward who dealt with biblical authority and instruction con- eeralna civil government followed by prayers for the kins and country and the municipality council adjourned at noon to ac cept the invitation to dinner at the home of reeve and mra d d cray other ueata included rev john ward the clerk frank day and the aaaiaam percy r peavoy hearty thanks were extended by all to reeve and mia cray for their kind hospi tality and the council returned to the town hall to resume business bylaw no 1 appointing officials and flame salaries was passed with no change in salaries kenneth fair was appointed pound keeper at four corners n place of john mitchell who bad retired to guelph the name of dr k b waller was inserted in place of or s jackson aa moh- dr wal tar havlnr returned to rockwood after three years leave of abaci on active service john henderson was appointed relief officer for three months a unanimous resolution stat ins that in view of he absence of un- asnployment in the township the council intends to aba the pres ent system of relief on march 31st 1943 bylaw no 2 provided for school section and police village estimates and requisitions to be made known to council on or before march 1st 1943 on motion of messrs rutherford and leslie the reeve and clerk were instructed to make the usual applica tion for subsidy on 1943 road expen diture the treasurers bond and an insur ance policy against office or mes senger robbery were renewed on mo tion of messrs benham and plnkney the treasurer was instructed to rent a safety deposit box at the royal bank for further security of town ship documents council authorised payments of 993488 and adjourned to february 8th at 130 hajtoo aavkaatanl war service o appwdatea tfr farm labor jab done by acton ilendid response clothing appeal of the acton institute mrs r johnson was ho to the womena institute at the last meeting and mrs j f wilds presid ed the motto tum your ace to the sunshine and the shadows win fan behind you was read hy mra wlld- erspln current events were review ed by mrs r i- davidson roll call answered by a new years reso lution the president and committee re ported regarding the boxes for rus sian relief there had been a won derful response to the appeal and the institute made two good cloth quilts on were present at the regular meet one box had two quills and womens log of acton coundron tuesday ev- andxhudnrns clothing and the other enlng and reeve j mmcdonald pre- bok was all mens clothing the sided v branch sre making another quilt and delegation of cillsens headed by have a real good start on the third mr ceo fountain presented a brief box the branch are also making a urging council to give leadership in quilt for the red cross urging the ruml plan for payment of thanks was received from shut ins income lax or the pay as you earn at christmas mrs anderson gave i income tax plan following is the the remainder of her report of thehrief presented and details of the convention which was interesting and plan had tnanyvreal good suggestions council endorses ruml plan of income tax payments open air aunk arena is la signer lower lasmanct prcaa- ima la granted on arena councillors a mason w j o oak chax klrkness and j f davi- lakeside chapter will help with knitting donations the regular monthly meeting of the lakeside chapter i o d e was held on tuesday evening at the home of mitt jessie russel with the rec ent mra m m leltch in charge donations were voted to the fol lowing funds through the war ser vice league the service centre fund sailors and minesweepers fund and lord mayors fund plana were made to send a box of clothing to the russian keller jfund also to send a box of clothing to a needy northern school members volunteered to help with the much needed red cross knitting letters of appreciation were receiv ed from the adopted northern school toe the christmas parcel sent and from the navy league for the help in filling the ditty bags for sailors several calls and flowers sent to sick members were reported nominations were then taken for officers for the coming year the meeting closed with the sing ing of the national anthem varied program and carps feature bloomsbitry meeting the regular meeting of the blooms- bury literary society was held fri day evening in the school with mr rosa gordon the president presiding carry on carry on was sung aa after hearty vote of thanks to the hostess and all who took part the meeting closed with the national anthem a soda half hour was en joyed spelling match is feature meeting of junior farmers the acton junior farmers held their regular meeting on january 7th with the president leslie swack- hamer in the chair the following program was enjoyed by all vocal duett by blanche mcklnnon and dorothy mckensie reading by mrs howard graff a spelling mutch was held with howard swtuers aide the winner being upheld by jack stewart lunch was served and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing assessors officials appointed by the esquesing council other itesns at the inaugural meeting hem on monday january 13th 1943 mr reeve and council of the village or acton we are a group of representative taxpayers of the village of acton and we are appearing before you to urge that you as the leaders svf our com munity support what is known aa the payasyoueam or ruml plan for income tax payments no doubt all of you are familiar with this plan which is outlined in detail in the attached memorandum but to state the case briefly we find that under the present plan wage earners and salary earners alike are always in debt to the government for eight months income tax under the payasyouco plan the eight months tax referred to would be cancelled and we would be paying our income tax out of the same in come to which it applied and we would always be up to date conse quently if man takes sick and nla income is reduced his tax is immed iately reduced also if his earnings are reduced through short time or for any other reason hs income tax will always correspond to his earn ings and he will not be faced with n debt which was incurred against past earnings the cause was stated in another way recently when it was pointed out that income tnx hurts you most when you are in trouble you can pay uhen you have the income the council elect for the township v income stops or la reduc- of esquesing for the year 1913 met cannot pay the tax calculated at 11 oclock op monday and having subscribed to the oath of office took their seats c howard may reeve g wesley murray deputyreeve george e cleave george currle and wm a wilson councillors after the communications had been read it was moved by currle second ed by murray that the following ac counts be paid the municipal world supplies and feto dog tags 91708 whllller a co assessors sup plies etc hepc brampton lights at council chamber bell telephone co services letter shop supply co min utes bylaws tc board of hydro commissioners georgetown street lights at glen williams sam mlleham cutting wood i lil bennett re old age pen ion ontario good roads assocla tlon membership fee the salvation army grant council adjourned and resumed at 3 pm moved by wilson seconded by murray that relief accounts be paid 39 40 carried moved by wilson seconded b currle that this council appoint florence jean standlsh to act as treasurer pro tern during the ab sence of n r thompson carried moved by currle seconded by cleae that the rate of pay for op erator of grader will be 55c per hour and for day labor 40c per hour car ried moved by wilson seconded by cleave that this council do hereby apply for subsidy on the amount of 15431 33 under the provisions of the highway improvement act carried a bylaw appointing j h bingham as a member of the board of health for 1943 was passed 47 69 4 44 501 7002 7150 150 18 00 500 10 00 on your previous higher earnings par ticularly when you htfve doctor and hospital bills to pay when the reduc ed earnings arise out of sickness the newspapers have reported wide support for the plan from all class of taxpayers and we believe it is in the interests of the taxpayers of acton for the council to give leadership in obtaining a signed petition in support of the plan and in forwarding such petition to our member of parliament with a request that he advocate the plan in parliament we would also suggest that our reeve who we hope will also bo warden of the county bring this mat ter up before the county council urg ing that the members of that body get the feeling of the citizens in their own municipalities with the object of lending further support to the adop tion of the ruml plan by parlia ment respectfully submitted by r ag- kiew w corry g fountain i harris j kingsbury r spmvogel pay ah yoit kabn- ikomr tax plan support for what is called thevpay- nsyouearn income tax plan has arisen ip many places in canada and we believe that it merits the serlaufl consideration of every person whpt hi called upon to pay income tax under our existing system the indi vidual taxpayer is always in debt to the government before the out break of war income tax rates for most people were not high enough to cause serious concern or difficulty to taxpayers because of this with the present high rates however it is n matter of the greatest concern mr beardsley ruml chairman 4f the new york reserve bank and treasurer of r h macy and com pany is the proposer and strong ad vocate of the pay-as- you go in come tax plan for the united states it is the general idea underlying his nlan which it is desired to adopt in another bylaw appointed william campbell as weed inspector and by canada where our system has al the theme song and the roll call was i bylaw cecil chtaholm was appointed ready kone part way in this regard answered with a new years reso- assessor for wards 1 2 and 3 and fov hose who are not familiar with lutlon arthur w benton assessor for wards whm meant by the pay-as-you- earn plan it might be explained as treasurer were follows the present system of paying in come tax with respect to wages and salary is to have deductions made from wages or salary each payday but the collection for the income tax liability for the year 1942 only com mences september 1st 1942 and will end august 31st 194x this means that by august slat 1943 most wage the program consisted of the fol- 4 5 and ft jowing numbers solos by jane ber- the reeve and w 5 t m by alex authorized by the passing of another nesw vtoun solos by donald fersju- bylaw to borrow up to 130000 to on spewag match with mrs ken- meet current expenditure of the tedy aa leader and ah interview township siar mra rodccount of ffilft70 were pas- sil al1 nun be- ted for payment and the treasurer in eptau enjoyed by the members was authorised to pay helton county enchiw wag plaved and the prises we won by me a fulton and mr near the singing of the na tional aattifin closed the meeting ary 2nd at 200 pjm treasurer fifty per cent of hospital accounts for 1942982997 1 w jsuguax us itws most wage bating committee was appointed council will meet agalnon febru- and earaete will have paid up ft the closing exerojsta m social continued on page five friends honor mrs r reid and miss laura reid a very pleasant gathering was held recently at the home pf mrs ft ii reld yonge street when the mem bers and friends ot acton baptist church gathered together to bid fare well to her and her daughter laura before their removal to hamilton after an hour of happy fellowship an address was read by mrs ostrom referrina especially to their faithful church work here and their good in fluence in lhls community and ex pressing regret at their removal a beautiful hand painted picture to laura and a sum of money to mrs reld were then presented by mis margaret warden and both made suitable replies lunch was then served and a social hour spent to gether boxes to russia aid to funds by service league mora help needed to collect sal vage and to aatilat in the warehouse mr geo musselle president of acton branch or the canadian legion presented the acton and district war servicer league with a cheque for 74 at the meeting last thursday this amount was for the canadian aid to russia fund mrs pargeter on behalf of st albana w a gave a donation and the happy four turned in 915j25 from their lost dance this latter group will hold dances on january 16th and 30th and hope the returns will be increased lakeside chapter i o d e request ed that s be sent to the centre ser vice fund 35 to the sallom and mlne- rvkeepers fund and 10 to the london lord mayors fund three more nnmes were mlilcl to the overseas list of boys of acton and district who receive cigarettes regu larly and the overseas boxes a quarterly instalment of actons share uau paid to the fund to send clgnr- ettes to the lome scots mrs wilds reported that two boxes of good clothing had already been sent to the russian relief aid they contained sweaters coats dresses mens ciothlngvchlldrens apparel and articles made over a second box was now being collected and more and more good used clothing was needed all articles should be left at wilds home bakery for this work in thanking the league for the christmas remembrance made him mr r w lowrle said he would not consider himself a britisher unless ho did what work he found possible to da to aid the war effort ho could n unde how many men locnl- ly some of themwlth sons overseas being cared for by the service league could refuse to lend a hand even with the collection of salvage such men he said should be ashamed to call themselves britishers if they are not with us they are against us at the present time the warehouse was full nnd no more could bo handled until it uni cleared mr lowrle felt that many more could surely lend a hand with this work that made such a regular contribution to the leagues funds it was also pointed out that yarn was on hand and ready for all knit ters it was arranged to hold the next meeting on january 19th boar owners report increased breeding of sows the quarterly pig survey conducted by the local branch of lh mtarlo department of agriculture in coop eration with a number of halton boatr owners indicates a 10 to 13 per cent increase in the number of sows bred in halton for the period sep tember october and november of 1943 in comparison to the same per- j lod in 1941 states agricultural rep- jreaenlallve j e whit clock fifty per cent of those reporting definite ly show clear cut increases while the remainder report breedings much the same aa in the same period of 1941 in a few cases there would appear to be slight reductions ontarios objective for 1943 of n 2 per cent increase over 1942 defln llely necessitate immediate action if canadas quota of 675 million pounds or bacon to britain is to be filled w v watson of the ontario live stock branch points out two methods which can enable ontario to do ber hare the rlrst is to breed an addi tional sow on every ontario farm where pigs are now being raised pro viding the hecexxnry accommodation is available the second step is to curtail materially the mortality in winter and sprlm utters which is stated to range all ihe way from 25 to 35 iter cent j every extra pig saved means 120 pounds more bacon for britain certain authorities state that it takes five pigs in a utter for the sows keep and their own reed consequently profit commences with the sixth pig a new publication entitled save the litter which gives valuable in formation on this subject as well as on laborsaving devices feeding etc is now available free of charge from your agricultural representative this is information which should be in the hands of all hogproducers even under normal conditions and certain ly in times like the present no stones should be left unturned to ensure maximum results with the labor and equipment available russians suffer sailors socks unknil as work piles up down al the acton red cross rooms there are n lot of supplies intended to help the russians and provide comfort for their wounded the materials are cut and ready to be made up but the russians will never get hem unless they are fir- ished by the women of the district these supplies for russia are for those who have lost their homes vic tims of bombing and the other hor rors of war out on the oceans the sailors who man the shins need stockings acton and district red crosx are 170 pairs down on their last quota their hew quota of 10o pair cannot be started ct although they should be away yes theres lots of yarn on hand but the knitters ore not making the socks and the sailors are minus this re- qulrt mml mighty colli weather to be out on the ocean in heed of dry socks and hot have an extra pair ttils is hot an apical to those who are helping now but an urgent appeal for more hew red cross workers if you havent been invited before here is your invitation right now the red cross rooms at the post office are open monday tuesday thursday and friday afternoons from l until 5 pm if you cannot get there dur ing these hours and want to help gel some one else to call for your mater ials russia heeds this supply and the sailors need those stockings its a call from the front lino to the wo men of acton and district mrs r p watson is hostess for meeting op the scout mothers many war efforts assisted by duke of devonshire chapter the duke of devonshire chapter imperla order daughters of the em- olre was entertained at the home of mrs j c matthews for the january meeting on tuesday evening the regent mrs w j beatty presided it was decided to send donations to the prisoners of war fund and to the hospital at naslk india it was also decided to purchase a war sav ings certificate donations of used clothing for russian relief were ask ed for and these are to be left at wild a bakery the chapter will un dertake the collection of osed bottle caps and a committee was appointed arrangements were made for a travelling party to be held soon two new members were welcomed the honorary regent mrs barr took the chair for the nominations and a nom inating the llrnt meeting of the new year of the scout mothers was held at the homo of mrs r p watson with the president mrs t master in charge lite meeting was opened by repeating the mothers promise the reports were read by mrs r richardson nnd mm it johnson how to make money for the fund also to carry on with layettes or do some knitting or sewing for the bombed people of britain were among the subjects discussed a social hour was spent mrs d richardson arranged a competition which was enjoyed by all a row se lections were played on tjjo piano by one of the scout mothers mrs w kvans kindly offered her home for the fehranry meeting lunch was served by the hostess and a vote of thnnks was tendered mrs watson for the use of her home time was enjoyed erin council hold first session ior the year 1943 official are appointed for the year and ftflawh are patised t the municipal council of the town- khlp of erin hold thalr initial session of the year 1941 at illllsburg on january 11th after signing the de claration of office the following busi ness was transacted bylaw no 1 fixed salaries at assessor gjoo treasurer s300 col lector s200 relief officer 65 audi tors 9140 clerk 400 members of council to receive s3 50 while in ses sion and 10c per mile one way bylaw no 2 appointed j e pearen member of the local board of health bylaw no 3 appointed the follow ing officials geo bryan assessor a j lindsay collector david gray treasurer robert s mccutcheon reler officer brock b davis aud- tor and jam mcklnnon clerk by law no 4 fixed township bor rowing fron the roya bank at 30 000 erin township joined the ontario municipal association harvey dealing was appointed school attendance officer for 1943 c l mcklnnon guelph was ap pointed township solicitor for 1943 the following amounts were ord ered paid relief 3626 printing partial payment 10000 tractor insurance n iaoo sheep destroyed 44 45 roads 54467 school attendance officer sal ary 1043 150 salvation army donation 1500 miscellaneous 3777 c no hansen is chairman of the utilities commission inaugural mtwtlnj held on mon day evening routine mai lers dealt with the ititiugurul meeting of acton public utilltlcat commission was held on monday v nlng commissionera c m hidiktm nnd j r mac arthur nnd re ve j m mcdonald woru prett cut upon motion of j m mcdonald ind j r mucarthur commissioner c m hansen was appointed chairman for the ensuing year with reeve j m mcdonald as vicechalrman a letter was read from tho ontario municipal electric association dating that the convention would be held in toronto in february as the acton commission does not belong to thu nhoclatlonr the letter was flic superintendent wilson was in structed to have a list of consume prepared who are having trouble with their water meter freezing so that the commission coui dal with the matter tho list of arrears was checked and instruction issued as to their disposal it was decided to hold the regular meetings of the commission on the first and third- mondays of each month thenext mooting will ite held on monday february 1st accouhtu w re passed for pnymttnt as follows hydro dept hepc of ontario power etc 1 771 c7 cnr and express freight wv e 3 hassard supplies 40 mrs smith elenntnir j25 elliott bros supplies 5j mymon hardware nupplles 903 wm evans docoratng and painting 69 00 hepc of ontario supplies 1 78 actom faks pskas advertise ments 4 50 wm dumarch gas 10 80 macdonald electric ltd supplies 34 79 dept of highways licenses 4 00 j c matthews postage 1000 waterworks dept hydro dept power and heating at spring hydro dept december op erations 3 840 24 50 95 284 63 annual venison dinner of aeton branch of legion fine addreaa of rev mr pickets- gill ddtghlfal dinner spleiidld enter- uitubent the annual venison dinner of acton branch of the canadian legion held last night at the legion hall had visitors not only from acton but the district around members ot all branches or the armed forces home on leave municipal officials and many friends as guests it was a delight ful evening or rood rood good me sages and entertainment and good comradeship there was so many fine things of the evening that it would be impos- mblc to pick n highlight hut the ad dress by rev mr plckersglll of nas- sagaweya was certainly an addreva which was thought provoking and logically reasoned on the task that must be played by all in making a better world after the war visitors were permitted to wltnens an impressive installation ceremony of the 1943 okitvrn by post president j m mcdonald and an impressive re ception service for a new memlx r the venison dinner was of course a gastronomies delight generous servings of prime roast venison mash ed turnips peas parsnips and pan- browned potatoes with rolls and but ter topped off with pie cheese and crackers and coffee made a meal and the way to any mans heart some way or other reeve j m mcdonald always makes sure of getting the venison and his selection and mnrk- manshlp have hover failed if it does theres a lot or folks who wlu miss their annual share of venison the refreshment committee got a deserv ed pat on the back from president george muuu lie with president musselle as toast- master the toast to the king was honored the toast to the legion wan proposed hy cqi cousins of georgetown nnd responded to by reeve j m mcdonnm v a tonut to the visitor was proposed by mr j h boullon nnd r hjwiniled to hy x- wnrden amos mason all of the bh akers stressed the need for not only the legion but citizens nil to work for a country after the war free of want and depression and the right for every man to work the guest speaker rev mr plck ersglll of nnksafeaweya was introduc ed by dr b d young mr plckers glll is a veteran of the last war and his address was entitled the facts or this war the speaker said this war is not a war of the democracies versus dictatorship we owe much of our salvation to russia and china and these countries are not demo cracies this is not a religious war because we are allied with russia which has no official religion and china which is not a christian na tion this war is the outcome of a system that has been in the world for tho past 60 or 70 years in looking for the cause of the war we must hot look to i ii tier but to what cauiied hitler and mr plckers glll felt it was the unemployment situation and the big industrialists uho had put hitler into power hitler had worked ti transformation in ger many industry had been put to work even if it was on war mater ials and the people saw economh salvation the system as he found it had given hitler ms opportunity the war will hot be won by shooting hit ler or mussolini because there are thousands of hitlers in germany in speaking of the period after the war mr plckersglll said we must see there is hot another depression if we hove millions for war now we ran have thousands for after war re construction we must see that mefi- have work we must see that a gov ernment does not slip out from these responsibilities cause of war u ex cessive international capitalism it is the duty of capital to see what use is put to the goods it sells if capital had done this we would not have had american and canadian material used by the japanese on the chinese ajnd against pearl harbor it was national sovereignty which continued op page eight school rate for 1w3 struck at special meeting at a special meeting of acton school board on tuesday evening the estimates for the year were consid ered for 1943 increased salaries and other added costs made it neces sary for a slight increase in the levy from the municipality over that of last year the requisition from the municipal treasurer this year waa for 11400 which hi 9309 more than re quired last year the secretary waa upon motion re quested to make requisition for this amount for ims coming events annnunrrnnu nf wtlsi om kvjij all hdtar r rharstd i cnti m in with a mlnlmnm chnvn lot any anaouncmnl of aic dane under auspice busy bam in brookvlll hall friday jan m ims admission 33c danc in town rail acton janu- 3s cnt