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pavob boum ithe apton rnmnaoay hbihmby mu iims neiciummthoodnews milton burlington during the night thieves broke into the east end school and carried away a small spartan radio mantle model and also opppera and silver in the red craa boulea which lual been left in zw u the school for donations mm g it mcnellly kings road c b turner who underwent an operation for appendicitis in the gait hospital returned home on satur day buiy gould left on saturday or toronto where be joined the rxxa-f- miss wuhed evans left last friday dor ottawa where she joined zjzuumimw rcaf snmcfter inharrmton has been notl fled of the recovery of her purse by the hamilton police the ration books were still in the purse the thief apparently throwing it away after removing the money several residents of nelson town ship were fined gluo and costs for falling to take oudog licenses in 1m3 by magistrate woodllffe in court here last friday two cases were dis missed as the dogs were not six months old when assessed constable hunt was the complainant and along with the assessor w e a peer gave evidence in all the cases the nelson township school board met at the township hall on tuesday afternoon when the mem bers continued further organization work and acquainted themselves with the various schools under their juris diction not all the school section book have been turned in as yet but it is expected that they will be celved hy the secretarytreasurer bo- for the week is out gazette alexander hume of eaquesing was elected president of the halton agri cultural society at the 91st annual meeting which was held here on fri day afternoon last on sunday evening last a very en joyable fireside gathering was held under the auspices of the young people of grace a church in the s hall in honor of mr hum phrey browne v a wellattended mneetlng of repre sentatives from various organizations in milton was held in the council chamber on the evening of january 6th with mayor dawson acting as chairman those present expressed their desire to assist boy scouting in milton the following group com mittees was chosen chairman geo e elliott secretary k w foster treasurer f h gllroy champion ibaulinalfaid pte bud snow was i home on i leave overt the weekend with mr andmrs j snow mrs gordon altkens of ospringe and i family are visiting with rev mr and mrs i foreman mr and mrs hugh scott and family of toronto spent the weekhpnd with mr and mrs w wright- mr arnold mcenery i stalngihls strength nicely now and all i hope i be will soon be home again the january meeting ofithew m s was held at the i home of mrs j klrkwood the attendance was small due to snowbound conditions of i the rocrwood the annual meeting of the uock- wood i church wan hold lust thursday evening with a fair representation of the church mom borshlp considering the numbor who wore able to be prokont following devotional wxorclses hy hev w j mclvor thchuulnewa part of the meeting watt proceeded with itev w j mclvor presided and mr i d gray was secretary a good report was presented by mr letcr sim treasurer which showed a sub stantial balance other department of church work were also well up in the past years activities during the meeting reference was made to the passing of members during the past ar mr wm torrance mrs rob ert harwood and mrs george lov erly messrs geo harwood and d d gray were appointed to the man aging board for three years and mr p sim was renppolnted treasurer following the meeting all adjourned to the basement where refreshments were served and a social time enjoyed hyall present as a result of the storm saturday night and sunday church services were considerably disrupted the sympathy or the community is extended to mrs leonard mcdougall and members of the family in the death of mr gordon mcdougall of fort wayne indiana at the mayo clinicrochester minn following an operation the late gordon mc dougall was an employee of general electric for a number of years he is survived by his wife and two sons kobert and ronald his mother and one sister mrs d cripps acton and six brothers stanley of gnelph charlie melvin leonard and clifford of eramosa and irwin of toronto sympathy is extended to mrs charles thatcher in the death of her mother mrs blakeley at guelph last week interment wan at johnstons cemetery eramosa also to mr and mrs arnold cante- lon in the death of their infant son nt guelph general hospital mrs elmer malnprlze nee doris bolton and son kehhloft lost weelc for montreal to join her husband pte e malnprlze who u stationed there the many friends of mrs alex gray will regret to know that she is seriously 111 her son william a hurber on lower main st is confined to hts home through illness mrs meadows has returned home after b three weeks visit with relatives in guelph weekend and sunday visitors mr and mrs r j watklns of tor onto mr roy day of toronto pte george wlngate of stratford mr gordon moore of acton mr alex orr of acton mr and mrs himnrtl qburn of guelph mr and mrs frank kelso and daughter of guelph word was received this morning of the death of mr charles bernard at the hospital in m guelph he is the last surviving son of the late mr and mrs charles bernard on the home stead just west of rockwood the sympathy of the community is ex tended to his sisters miss edith at home and mrs john talor of rock- wood the vestry meeting of st johns church was held at the home of mr and mrs john lister last week ospringe oyax canbd raxvaoe london cp the king setting an example for the rest of the coun try has instructed his family to turn over to salvage christmas wd new years cards which reached them from every part of the world aflor n lingering i uncus there par sed nwny on sunday evening at the home of lu r won donnlri at hanover be ft i in lovcl beloved wife of the int- stanley lovell sincere- wvmpntliy is extended lo her ngd father josluh stuart and the other mombem of the family mr and mrs arnold sunter and gall of niagara foils spent the week end with mrs e sunter mr douglas robertson of acton was homo over the weekend mr alvln fisher mr and mrs d g robertson and kenneth attended a euchre n aid of the brisbane ked cross held on friday evening at the home of mr and mrs j hamilton guelph road miss isabelle scanlon of guelph was home over the weekend friends of mrs albert scanlon will be sorry to learn of the serious illness of her sister mrs sam jelly of bradford who has been visiting at the scanlon home for a number of weeks her son who resides at brad ford visited on saturday with his mother the monthly meeting of tho wo mens institute was held on wed nesday afternoon at the home of mrs- w j jackson in the village the president mrs d g robertson was in the chair and mrs e sunter read the minutes and a number of letters of thanks from the boys in the ser vices for christmas parcels it was decided to write a letter each month to the boys overseas mrs e sunter was appointed to write this month a splendid paper on the motto thls above all to thine own self be true and it must follow as the night the day thou canst not be true to any man was prepared by mrs gordon altken and read by mrs f brydon miss blanche mckinnon had nttemded a conference on nutrition lead hy miss helen mckercher and she gave nn interesting account of this up-to- theminute topic many tieu ideas were discussed on the preparation of foods and on keeping the family prop erly fed mrs d g robertson read n paper on rumor a destructive weapon a r port of the ear s work for the red cross was also given which was as follou cash donation wile of quilt 5 proceed from tickets old on quilt 2015 donation for lumpj sir knitting 13 pair service sock 12 pair si amahs socks 25 nero tops and helmets 14 pair mens glovei 24 v and turtle neck sweaters 10 pair 2- va and whole mitts 8 scanes 46 pair hoys stockings 20 childrens uueaturs 4 pair- womens sockees total of j4r knitted articles y sowing 7 quilts k lulls mciuaiid hoys pajamas 22 boys hlouses and shirts 8 boys 2 piece suits 3 boys coats 10 baby s diapers fi baby blank ets 8 bahyj night gouns 11 girls night gowns 5 ladles night gowns 10 ladies blouses 5 childs dresses 3 pair child s panties 10 towels 2 girls jumpers 5 ladies skirts 2 ladles slips 4 mens shirts 1 pneumonia jacket 2 guls coats a total of 122 sewn garments following this report a contest was enjoyed ulth miss blanche mckinnon and mrs f brydon as winners 7 it jdont uork bradfdrdonavon eng cp dterttf wer w sol- sweee 2sh wttin th ststlht k three jouths 82rtix lnto craln convicted of riding on the buffers they were tled gbout 5 gplece c by mrs f w shortlll i the i theme be ing the church in my commun ity she was assisted iby several members the topic was in charge of miss b i hilts and concerned ttbe church the city and work which trowed very interesting the roll call was answered iby paying mem bers i fees the watch tower was given iby mrs klrkwood and was written iby a clergyman in i bournemouth lengland we have been a i pleasure4ovlng people dishonoring gods day nicking and bathing inosv ith shores are barred no i picnics bathing we ihave preferred motor travel to churchgolngraow t there is a shortage of motor i fuel we ihave ignored ttbe ringing of church i bells calling us to worshlpraow ithe ibells cannot ring except i to warn us of i in vasion we left itbe churches i half empty when they should ihave ibeen fllledrnow they are in i ruins we would not listen to the ways of i peace now we are i forced i to listen i to i the ways of war the money we would not give to the i lords work r now u taken in taxes and hlglwr prices ftlw food for which we forgot to say thanks now is unobtainable the itervlces we refused to give god now are con scripted for the country liven wo refused to live under gpdrt control- now nro under the nations control nights we would not upend in watch ing unto prayer now nm spent in anxious air raid precautions the evilh of modernism we would pot fight how- me nee what germany the seat of tltlu teaching has produced he brews 2 11 therefore we ought to gro the more earnest heed to the things which we linve heard lest at any time we should let them slip 0a1kw1hjle the condition of mr jack tftwmni son who was seriously i burned when his cottage was slestroyatihy fflreii said to be improving i flight se observer johmwu sons i name is added i to t that of t the gallant i lads i from the oak vule i high school who i have given i their i lives tempers i dared atmondayscoencl meeting when oaunculoripaw cfaun- bres demanded an apology rfrom dames i jackson i town i foreman whom he stated called ihlm names r that the 1wouldnt stand rfrom anyone got i harold iryers who recently ar rived iln lengland writes tlo ihls par ents mr andmrs c ih ibyersithat be is enjoying lengland ifindsifood plentlfulrgot aigood steak in aires- taurant met ulbn idunani finds oakviue ipepple wherever ihe igoea recordstar ftverseab mail i letters ifrosri itsrc iloogl iboys secviitfr in tthc ctue of i freedom v ibkiln idr and mrs j m abbott l have i re ceived a cablegram tfrom i their son pte mac abbott stating l he arrived overseas without i mishap the ikrln juvenile i hockey team visited i the illlusburg uuvenlles at t the ihulsburg arena l last ifriilay evening wbenihlllsburgibaditheibest of a lllj ilo score c i villageandiburnji church officials have i been making arrangements ifor the i rebuilding of i the sbediat iburns presbyterian church whlch was de stroyed by i fire a plan ofitberstruc- luro u in it im miklng anil when i final details aiulithc tsjl of same is arrived i nt a public canvass wllllbe madetfor subscriptions i to i hep defray i the cost ilit fall i a overland tfeckled a few trows of i potatoes in ihls garden were not worth digging on account of rut on monday i he wanted potatoes apd decided to see wlintllio coulillfliu in the garden ihe rcntovel about three i feet of snow ami proceeded ilo dig potatoes without difficulty tito frst in the ground ami ttkcellent ito- tatoes advonle somewhere tin i england 1 january imth tl043 iearmr idtlls- i vwell sir i here 1 1 am again tin say hello i to you all back there and tto hopettnrflndithatyou all i had amercy cbrutmas and a i happy rnew wear we i had atpretiynlceitime over i here but i it was i not so nice aailf we were home but we all i hope ito i be ihome very soon wi1 sir i i guess the old i town t back there has changed allot atatoeiweileft and if guess i there are a ilatof inew faces there itoo ao ll iguess wlll lust i have i to walti until we comet home j itne weatheroveribereils nulte con and we tfcave ihad ia rfew i inches of snow i but i it i never stays wery i long as it i turns i into slush i but if i guess yom people back the re will be i in the mid die i of winter i now vw sure mist theigood old snow and ttbe icold weather at ithis time if vwould hike ilo say thanks tto the acton war service league ifortthelrllovelyiparcel which i i received rfrom ithm and lalao rfor the smokes tliget tfrom tthem if sure appreciate it vvery imuch and once moreif saytthanksiallot vwell sir ill must close nowt asilibave noimoroinewsijusttnow soil will say cheerio and igooil iluek i to you all in 1043 ipte ip a ibbuornr vueoibirks an h ibrltish w4f cul was out vrlth ibis mataarj when ihe was liuwcked down tsry oar ttheilad crawled out t f ram ibe- neathtthe can under i his own power tyotvre a vvery bnave iboy m driver most boys wouai ifttej crying i now scouts danft cry scarnfjally fit thought wuijtuledyou pa tin i the car 1 to whlfh tthe cnb rreplied 1ou cwtijdllvwoir cobs unless you over t their i heads iktay vooal ism said tthe cni dlled you aald i i irttn ffld iwamuk mmuattm lltiisinol often i that a railway opera i tor i becomes ian engineman i but lit ha4hnedllnithecaseor j imagj lolre iflorian seraphin idwifjon vwho has jiust i retired rfrom tthe t canadian national i ball ways afterm aecrleebe- gun v4 years iago iln itmb idaniau began ias ian operator mnd t relieving agent i hu t d rapped i the ucey i ip 1 1807 and went l into itbe roundhouse as ia lloeoj motive vstper ihei the v various stages i to ft jreman isusd i be came ia rfull i fledged driver iln march 11037 iand so continued i until ihls re cent t retirement wjjbkbblidtt stttmbflhtlttfuaf elvtlsjgsssrcir sunday sffbbrtmry imth ilau loyatfty suntjav ivjoo am wotsfaip yloyalty rfor twhtae timea 12115 1 pm church school 7j00 tpmaeveningerotshu sermon come iand vwotsalpti j bud welcome mnaxtmnmamdunn glbmagletown gtowtm intended fori last week tito january meeting of the busy bees was held at tho homo of mrs stan hoblnson the vicoipresjdeht mrs c e davenport was in i the chair a dance was to be held in ibrookvlllo hall anil the group planned a social evening with their families in ithe school house quilt making plans i took a few minutes members were to leave parcels of clothing for ihusslan relief with mrs davenport or at wiles bakery acton a donation of 52t was sent to the ihusslan i relief fund mrs wilfrid kennedy offered her home for tho next meeting the hostess served a lovely lunch and tthe meeting was closed by all singing god save tho king a flullt was quilted during tho day mrs c le davenport and mrs j frank held a quilting bee in their homes for the busy bees during the month the junior red cross held itheir third progressive euchre party in the school house friday evening al though not a large attendance n good time was hod by those there win ners of prizes were mrs w kennedy and mr john wilson and consolation to mr aullffc mr joseph frank was n guest speaker at the twentytflrst annual middlesex trustee and ratepayers convention hold in the auditorium of the central collegiate london on january 30th mr frank spoke for nn hour during the afternoon session about the school area of which he is the trustee from thj section and one of t hef tve on the noasagawoyn school area board mr frank spoke last year on this subject a arthur the radio farm forum was hold ol the home of mr and mrs w ken- ned mondny evening we are pleased to report that mr walter freeman who has been quit hi with the mumps u feeling much bettor mrs thou kennedy has been 111 ulth the flu and it is hoped she v 01 soon be well again no 7 school county koad was blocked with snow from tuesday yanuory 19th until friday january 29th some of the things that didnt happen because of the snow block ade were the busy bee dance at brookvllle hall on january 22 two radio farm forum meetings at the home of mr and mrs c e daven port and a number of citizens get ting out for weekly supplies also the mall man getting through with mall blockade or not the busv bees quilted a quilt at the home of mrs joseph frank tuesday of the storm and wednesday the next day after mrs c e davenport quilted n quilt for the busy bees this week herself mrs george job is 111 with the mumps h foeatfsetaale ir id ibaouiiln rvrton besm r at the meeting of tthe iljons club the following were appointed ito act as a committeettoifurlhorttlieiforma- tlon of n scout i troop in georgetown v ilkata j id l kelly w llong i ed mcwhlrter a number of i business men gathered nt itho ibank of montreal nt closing tlmeilast saturday january 30 ito say farewell tto ithe i manager and staff- the ibank officially closed ills doors to i further i business transactions nt thatttlnic ondihenceforth nllibanklng business done i in georgetown wlll i be i taken care of thy itho canadian ibank of commerce ttwo mills were token offilatt gears rate of 40 mills maklngithe ilatfttox rate of 38 i mil is tthe lowest jn ttnany years df not iln itho i towns i history council ifelt ilf itax arrears and cur rent i taxes came in as it hey are inow through tthe yenr a still tfurther de crease could i be expected inoxt year of ithe 11942 1 taxes only approximately 3300000 i remained lupoid itlornld ijmemotlse irov c c cochrane was chairman at the annual meeting of illmehouse presbyterian churchihold atithpihomo of mr and mrs a w i bon ton on evening of ifebruary 3rd ireports of ithe different organizations were very encouraging and showed- sub stantial balance on lhand tfar 1113 cakes and tea were served iby tthe ladles the regular meeting of tthe ilimo- houso w i at mrs norrles on ifrl- day decided tthat tthe aid ito russia fund will benefit from money raised this month the roll call was an swered by each handing in a valen tine sale of nil bringing 1 inter the president gave a brief report ol the nutrition conference held in georgetown and it was decided ito hold n werles of meetings ito further study this subject first one will be held at mrs kirkpntricktf on feb 10 at 8 10 all ladles of the community are invited boxes arc to be sent local overseas i men and more khaki yarn is toibe ob- j talned foi further knitting mrs j smethurst had current events mrs e miller the motto the world is taking your iplctute look pleasant please and mrs s wright a paper on community activi ties in which she stressed neighborly ness following the national anthem cake and tea was served by mrs gisby and mrs norrle lac lome norton of kingston was home for the weekend mr alex wright was home from j toronto pte jack davis of kingston and i miss dorothy phtllpps of toronto visited the norrles last week mrs a w norton is suiting her i daughter mrs il campbell at nor- manhurst mr and mrs v mecauum at- 1 tended the wedding of their son mr i ssmiulnhoswpsrto hi ilmi inosr aswjlag an etsnseisliwsftiesstlnssl pal3lstinsillseslllliy ilsktntfcmmfjwfcp mnssiqiyasjihepssst aowiuimfe togao haisludao john mccallum and miss beatrice mr and mrs harlan wilson were woods of acton tn guelph on tehurs- the guests of mr and mrs joseph day frank on sunday miss minnie and church services were withdrawn jlmmle returned home with tthem sunday at itbe illmehouse i after spending a few days as tthelr ian church as all roads are fftlled iln guests j again j ills 7440 in obcs vancouver studios and crroducer ihelen argue is about tto raise iher iflnger tto give ithe- cue tthat will bring ilein ipommers and ihls original piano styllngs tto ith illsteners of can ada leon ipommers is tthe ibrlllinnt young ipoliah pianist whose musical life began in warsaw under impressive auspices ihe has been in canada fleas ithan a yenr and already he thus created an en thusiastic ifolloulng with his coastttocoast dally piano features helen argue a motive of saskatoon came tto tthe gbc in toronto as staff pianist in j03s lkor several years she was in charge of artist audition becoming assistant to john adoskin llast summer she was appointed one of ithe few women radio producers in canada when ahe joined tthe staff of sbr vancouver she is a musician of considerable understanding and ability and as such is iresponalhle rfor a number of west coast musical originations rmansewiuow street sunday ipkjlhimry imth 1um uu00ojn morang vwoxshjb 2j80ipjn bunday school iand j bible class n joo i pun f evening vworshjp always vwblcome afsdn sunday ihbuiiuary luth llou hudoiaiinworship service fthe minister ililfi l pirn sunday sehaol fthutsday evening flar p im ilfrayeriroeetlngiatttheichurch i all above secylceff immmfuv lliook iifiknowlvdu uii vol unity ilx- eollent condltjonluiirgiiln ujoxltp ac71nlfltur llrhlbs aw anbeimb01inc womav little aitvertlsements ijn i these col umns savoimllajof t travel iand i hours of time iln i bringing i buyer iand seller ttogellter alio icost tin smau- hiurjngonttopofcolumn lelthrr rone itwo tor tthrwr i hundred ucresifortrentiil on sharuibasls ipre- fferitoirentttorformtrvwhovwould stock the l farm with sheep iand igtve jas rental a share of itho i increase adply waltitbk rr ievanh 312 vorgetown uhone 1183 vwdrnfftbd ikonofflwwirk ollligh school tgifl oryaungilaitytnftiprevjousiexperienco oribuslnestjetlucatlon irefiulred apply national sbllkainvt hhitvircie luf main street north f ii romp ton ontario nfjliitwrlockeffia ittfttltelestate of ithe wlllage of county of lualtott eesvsea osegaayll anton lut i all itmjrsons i having claims against tho estate of tthe said lltaehol gregory who djedon or about ithe jilst day at idetwrnbertlftia tare inquired ito send tto tthe i undersigned solicitor con ortbe- ffore tthe list nay of march ua13 rfull particulars afttholr claims andiany se curities i they rniay ihold t therefore and take notice tthat altar tthe list day of march llu43 tthe executrix will proceed tto distribute tthe sold es tate ihavlng iregard only tto tthe claims of which she shall tthen ihave ihad mo di vc idafped tthls 115th day of junuary kill iliicy lltawlxncs lexecutrlx hy ikenmefdh m ilanodon r 3 her solicitor m you ve goods to seo yoa have news to tefl wfrafhe9itist lpilalln in firr itifflamlialhaai catnplitoly ieauidpadqlllabaiaajav maher 8hfieatosa aaaany car arcbasjsi ii mvic made artantotnjjrta i with ustcr gleaners off guelph ito igive m xarnplnte cleaning jtervue for ullmbea oathes heft nn imy atote the i ifirat of ithe aak dllfbe mo- i ttutmed ito acton 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