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ht juton jfrtt jfrtss sixtyeighth yer no 37 acton ontario thursday march llth iu43 ftfiht homeprint pages five cents garbage collection to go back to former schedule cmmea dim aucatloa to u- flahfcei woa m maria stw jhfcutt ou him tat boy hkni bhlns and uiw yl bmw cmb be appointed attont keport pbcmnted and copies orrtflcnd to be printed when acton council met last ev ening in fortnightly t council lor w j o oakea chas klrknes and a huon uere prevent and reeve j m mcdonald presided accounts were passed for payment as follows guelph sand nnd gravel co aand herman rody shovelling snow 1 05 c gardiner shovelling snow 1 os harry meleod altering fire hall door 151 j j merllhan tuning and re pairing piano 1600 acton welfare march acct 44 98 acton cemetery board for h fryer 7350 c w mason load of wood 4 00 acton public utilities commis sion services re street lights town hall pump etc 171 48 municipal world dog tags 6 29 h fryr cord or wood 3 00 sxlfl 6 council heard a report on the ar rears of taxes which had been chanc ed since the last meeting it was de cided to proceed with tax sale ar rangements some progress was be ing made in collection of arrears but council were determined to have n clean sheet the clerk read correspondence with the board of transport commis sioners regarding the repairs to the maria street bridge the clerk unk instructed to reply to the commission that the bridge had been repaired hut the railing and planking on the ap proaches had not been repaired nnd are in a dangerous condition the council approved of tin con struction made on the lint a of tho bell telephone ah on the plan fcuh- mltted council approve of one account from the guelph general hospital for an indigent and disputed the at in r ac count council received n letter giving n formal complaint regarding the col lection of garbage containers were only half emptied and in some cases were left unemptiod containers had been out so long that contents were frozen collection uu not made on the days specified mr wnxman and mr kerr uere present as re quested to discuss the matter it was decided to return to the four days collection ni originally planned and mr waxman agreed to insert n notice to this effect in tms fsss picas the clerk was instructed to ack nowledge the letter stntlng ttmt council was aware of had conditions this winter but tainting out that proper containers with overs must he uw d to put garbage in a letter was rend from the wat time wur housing corpoiatlon re garding the itmf on the nretiapoht- ing out that ertndt repair to tin- roof should be made in the lutotsth of material star d nml the mnintt u- nnee of the building tin curk w m tnktrilctcd to reph minting councils stand a letter from the acton oontlriu i- tlon school rogue sled a rebate of the tt for the town unit in iew of the fact that t lu proc eds were for chin ese relief count i ngrt ed to giant rebate if all proc ds wie used foi war purpose va letter rrom the d pnrtme lit of municipal affnlr gave a copy of the memorandum making the cost otlv ing applicable to municipal official consent was not gum ted by the pro vince two other memorandum wre recekthl and laid ov r foi fin tin r consideration a letter from the recently appoint ed committee fot the los timid polnled out that the s men s club were willing to umhitake thl vok the committee felt this dub tould do the work more iuccosfully nd in view of this the committee suggtsted that the y men he made this com mittee and messrs g a dill v i mason and dr f g oakps teiiviered their resignations the matter vvns left oer pending notice from thefub of their willingness to assume thhre- sponslblllty a letter from the county of halton gave notice of the attendance of an acton student at the hamilton tech continued on page eight erin council apoiiits officers at mondays meeting former acton boy appointed manages two new hotels the new york post and the new york sun carried items recently that are of interest to many friends here of john d gibbons formerly of acton benjamin winter has pur chased the dauphin hotel in new york at broadway j g7th street and also the marie antoinette hotel adjoining the newlyappointed man ager of these two hotels is john d gibbons mr gibbons was formerly manager of the sussex hotel and has also managed the new weston hotel the municipal council of the town ship of erin met at hulsburg on monday march 8th the wiv munmpal business was transacted f j 1m j bylaw no 7 appointing pence structure con alnlng 320 rooms twelve viewers pound keepers and sheep inspectors was passed council at the request of the can adian national institute for the blind will hold d tag day on saturday june 5th the following amounts were ord ered paid expenses in distribution uatlon cards relief roads misc laneous council adjourned to meet at huls burg on monday april sth 141 of five stores and is assessed at 51- 030 000 the mnhe antoinette hotel id an eightstorey structure and con tains 1g0 room nnd five stores it is asscssed at sfigsooo acton friends join with lis in extending congratula tions to mr ihpon- on his fine ap point nu lit and continued ndance- m nt 1140 30 28 48 25 the scout mothers assist chinese reijkf fund the march meeting of the scout mothers auxiliary was held nt the home of mrs d richardson with mrs h lloulton presiding the meet ing was opened by repeating they scout mothers promise the re port of the last meeting were read a donntlon was voted to the chinese lit lief fund after a few things were two interesting letters from aeton boys now overseas one write of viait in the holy land and one of a leae in england in this weeks hjajfogo the acton nnd vicinity war service league acknowledgement were received fkom lieut h w anderson oslvert riitman and a r ford there were two letters that we dtiiut interesting that we pass the muting was closed with the them on to our reader clifton eu- fe nodi t ion nnd n social timo was y r- nfter he has had n leave spent mrs rlchnrdson put on a visited spots in the holy land competition the prize being won by i he say mr ranney a light lunch was serv- i j montli tonlny unco i ed by the hostess nsslued by mrs i rcciveil your parcel bo i must write w eviim nfter which n kindly vole nk vou very much i wnw of tlmnks unk glvmn mrs richardson jtu going on leave when the parcel for the uu- of her home arrived so vou 11 have to try and e- cum mo for not writing sooner i always try and answer right back but in n case like this where leave comes so mldom i just couldnt kettle down to write then im sorry to say im hack now but i hml nvery enjoyable time while i wus in palestine it ih u real treat to lw in n country that is something like back home ngnin with green grnhs nnd trees nnd hills inttcnd of just flat desert i visited jerusalem bethleliem nazareth nnd in fact most of nil the placet of the holy land it is really too good a trip to niuii being on an when im over here there are some lovely trljw through the mountains nnd vnl- jeyk terusnlem in fairly cold nnd this year they had some know it didnt eem much to me but the people there seemed nil excited to mo know as it is very seldom they have it ftom jet uuilem i went out to the dead sen nnd the sea of galilee there iknt aclunllv- mut h to see there but i can say i wa there anyway the inst week of my leave i just kjtent in telalrv n senuiore town it is verv clean and something llke- llie tovins back home thcpeople at eourse aie all j w lull but the uicci mc renlw hiih very eiihy to git nu invitation out to dinner at tholi home a nhv night you like ornng township rate for eramosa is unchanged f orl943 council expressed appreciation for reduction of service on no 7 highway the council for the township of era mown met nt tw in the town hall uockwood priwent were reeve d gray in the chnlr councillors wm j pinkncy e ii benlinm uhd roy i leslie mtssn john llsier nnd ceorg gordon rockwood police village trusttck were present nnd it wa ngrvtd that tlie townuilp and the village umre equally in the cost of the tue of the town hall bv the st johns ambulance cliikses and the tecent dlktllbutlon of no j ration btk i ho licatainr pr rented the budget of htlmated retclpu uml cmim lurs for lolt with the township late of ij mills imi hanged from 112 the budget wm nrtepted on motloh of grapefruit nre very cheap in mi ssi k plnkti and 1 e uie wibje 1 to f if n ftll axit the countrv oil ilnor itvulnu t a later lute j p u them orf the trees jutt like tleik wn instructed to tendei we do npplek buck home there u a reminder during the past few weeks we have malted subscription ac counts lo those in arrears pr their fan we appre ciate the splendid r response and he fine position you have by your prompt renewals placed yobr home paper there are still a few who have not re sponded when you receive your copy with the pink ulp attached an nouncing lnst copy it means t hat we cannot send yu t he uttcr longer and yu have not given our previous request any attention paier rationing me ans that we have to uete sonu names from our lists and the namci taken off are tlioc not paid in advance we r gr t to lose nuiny old kuhvcrihcni but the reakon is simply paper in rationed tllkaro ktlkk ilthkh esciicsing farmer batlly maiilel hy ltull lust night iakt evening mr james douglos kuntnllieel kerloun lu juried w he n he was nt talked by the durham mull kept on the farm at lot ih flru con- itkklon fkcue wing towimhlp had it not iwen for the prompt netion of the hired mnn joe raven mr iougins would hnve been gored to deuth the actldent occurrnl when mr douglas was taking the animal from the ktahle he fell on the slippery ground nnd was immediately uttnek- ed by the hull the animal has on one other occaklon proven dlffllult to handle mr douglas wni given med ical attention tau night nnd was to day removed to the hospital in guelph where the extent of his injuries tan he ascertained and treatment given all wish him a prompt recovery lauor savim equipment shown at halton seed fair arrangements are nownnder way i state agricultural itenresentatlve j k whltelock it liave an exhibll of i certain laborsaving devices on dlk- play at the unlturt sel fair in the milton- town hail onmarch 191li on i zqth a prize list for hallons annual seed sltow is now available upon rt guest at the local agricultural office president harrni and his fellow executive tnrmttrri have arranged an exre i lent prlxc 111 which includes three smclals offered by tlu t eaton co umltet inulrles for keetl grain clover and r s t w ed by tlie nmmltt in charge flee 1 show in an excellent place to either sell or buy keed offered for wile must im of the same quality and grade nu that exhibited red cross meeting was well attended last night chinese fund aieleel by donation from tlmmlniry over 1000 persons at performances ot victory minstrels iiwu receipt w of three nighbj were x19a0 pholocraphh appear in free irctm window ijimi thuikduy venlng saw the hall luukeel to eapjtelty for the concluding night of the victory mlnstrek many liime ba k 1i kecemd night to kee the tlie aid to china fund that last uiik r ae hed just nv r the 5kmi mark wnk gtvn another lift tblw week by a donation from an ev nt iteld at r very one of these amounts h lps te swell the itcdal uu- ulcl glv it to china now i will help the chinese elii to the jap anese what the itmshitii are now dic ing te the c rmans t hlnu heels fmml and inemlle ill sup- phi k t ite re is no eo untidy where a smull amount of menie y will do so much geewl uu in china your con- tklbutlem will help r vloukly acknowledged 5ltlivl lllminisbury literary kehly 10 ml sin oo of council to the mlnlktt r pie ntv i could and to riks a mekwlng tilp but 1 11 imv owen mosaics htfs joined the ac and u stationed at la chine que i the thank of hlglv 1 mj m 1 v fot the ir prompt nd ef- home f c live net ion in the r d tut ion of kamllng and know plow ing on no 7 hlirhwnv in the vielnltv of uockwood with the lesiiltant ktvlng of public i funcls and impiovd conditions on the hlghwav j mr archie mtnahli presnted the i auditors ripoit foi lu which was utptid on motion of m ssrs i idle land plnknev 11 tieastirer was in- ktruittd to register all unpaid 10ij tats against the pioihmtlt toiuirn- d tour ti ml tk w ri icc lvd for crushed grnvtl ranging from t5e to i hv per void the tender of alex smith of gult was uinptcd nt brcon motion of messrs plnkney and 1eslle on motion of mesum i eslle and j llenham the road superintendent was lnstiuete to hire a snow plow to open all township rnadu as soon as j possible i the clerk was instructed to tender the thanks of the council to mr c o plank and his helpers for their voluntary and efficient services in the distribution of no 2 ration book a letter from the county clerk to the reeve slated that 5 000 trees had been ordered nnd would be delivered to a central point for use of residents of the township the council decided to nsk the rockwood horticultural society to take charge of the distri bution of the trees accounts passed amounted to 283- 73 and council adjourn to april 12th at 1 3a tell von about m to wait until i get iceintludni on pitgt ktve social niglit at bloomsluiry benefits two funds a very pleasant evening wa spoilt in s s no 0 nnmuigaweya on tues day evening when the bloom ubury literary society hold n hoclal even ing a few musical numbers by the orchestra comivokeclof mcturk donald fergumin alou ntmr and mnnsell nelles with miss maliel mcgregor m nccampntilnt were enjoyed as was also n rending by mr alew near a very interesting debate on the subject rchnlvcd that the horse ik of more use to man than the automo bile w at heard the nif irmat iv e hide wan taken by meskrd rons pat terson nnd alex nenr and the nega tive by messrs ross gordon and cameron kltchlng in giving the judges dedklnn mi man sell nellok gave the eleclklnn to the affirmative hide mr c i vatigooon acted us auc- tloneer for the kedllng of the plcu and a nice sum was lonllod this mone will heqiiallv divided between the chlneke relief fund spotikored by lilt acton full psrss and the lon don dikltekk fund of tho guelph me itury euchre was played and the winners were mih r gordon and mr a me plicrson doughnut h and csm jack aijcer wins award for efficiency comtany se rge antmajor jn k alger of acton who is with the can adian fore s overseas liuu ihh n awarded the first hisp to the can adian fffle lene y medal nc4ordltig it a prtku announcement this w show and thoroughly enjoyed it iast congiatulatlems are in order and we week we gave a complete dctarlptlon j um m aim r u ttilu in x- slmv that time time have imhh kv- i teadlng them on this lecoguitlon rul reiutkts to prekent the krform- j hak won mice in other mat by communities t he se ar now under consideration td i i stft by the group interekted and the vic- i i hp shool imisimi lory mlnutimds if iiegotlatloum are b v completed for these outoftown per- forma ntv the iwipular demand from many in tow it and country will imi accorded to mid another presentation p icijii- given hi the town hall here- the i criilllb issihtl elate will lie announced if mid when tiphornnnunwpm klndwrlwi cla u vjmca o ih iu wnilne mi co mnuni ua very fine ry kindly mini kniih plitofniili ivojtresirt ilurlnt hie wrfrmimth nml uder p lluu imv immii cnlaluwl nml uri- oil ailnn sihool llniirl in 111 ih ir vlru in tmi ftow ulmlow wm mnixli inn lliw rai krhlny v llli tieifl hint tlu fmu lilcmlwl w iviikltfii v ii itimiky w ii hinrmiklily wllh tho ulnir curlnlnu clnyl w fi miimiii nml k s lllow hint it in not mirnllilf to wprodun pnwiit miilclihlrmikig a dllla urges thai fewer canvass of that a nays pay be the red crona conlribouoti hooae to llouae cuvm wui follow after industries cossplrted roads pnscktt infficnuy in coamplrtlns rural canvass slarrh k red cross moatb them rtlbfiictorlly in tns fnkk pssks following the urformnnce a group of the ludleu arranged n delightful lunch which won served tho perform ers and all who had amilhted almtit fifty local folk there was opmr- reklele cl the reiulklllon of principal m m leitch for two now wall maps wuk approve d an well nu son let other small iuppllcm mr j ii reed truant officer wnk tunlty for exprobslug appreciation to j l to dutusw with tho board cor- vnrlous workers and n very pleasant tllin nspcetii of school attendance social timo j which have devoloed under wartime at n meeting of the group over thotwnilllloiis several under 111 years weekend a complete financial state- i ment was piokonted it bowed that continued on page five march meeting of acton branch of womens institute i the mauli meeting of acton wo- menf institute wu held ut the homo of mr i ne nhy in the a hue nee of the pieklihnt mru g ii lnntz a piislpreslde ut uih it t hnrge t ho motto re it ver so humble theroh ur pin like home wan given by m imih collier current events were coffee i u y mis u johukon nnd roll cnll acre kervel with the pk losed a veiv interesting i and thhi e nlng all oirr tho world nhkuired bv memories of gtnndma i i etter vtf tlmnks for sympathy ejirdw si nt were read and two mln- i iitoa of kllenco wnu observed for mm t ho marshall im mu r w holms been taken by death t ht re wnu nlho a nt to the family aid of sympathy s of mr- a moloi a let tot from tho navy iengue asked for mens clothing a sewing meeting nt mrs j f wild whs nr- tangod for tuesday jo get more thing ready for rusla and also the branch voted 10 00 to red cross and 10 00 to chinese relief last year through the central war charities fund the federated wo mens institutes of ontario contribut ed 1 000 00 in 1m2 towards a british children s war service fund to send trnlned children s workers from can ada to england to establish a t min ing school at birmingham for wo men who volunteer to care for chil dren in english nursery schools the secretary read a paper on the inter esting trip of the volunteer workers relief to fulfil this mission they travelled in cramped quarters on a ship lacking accommodation for the eight people and on arrival in eng land attended a reception given by hon and mrs vincent massey the letter was from miss eleanor ham ilton of burlington each member agreed to earn 50c for funds before the next meeting a dainty lunc was served by the hostess mrs laxerby and her committee and thanks ex pressed for the hospitality are seeking tcrmlts without valid rea son and granting those is causing n breakdown in kchool attendant e after thoroughly discussing the ques tion with mr iteed whom nil tho board felt hail always given splendid attention to his duties tho following resolution was passed that we instruct the truant of- flcr that it labour wish that tho de partment regulations regarding kchool attendance ranking it compul- uory for ihlldien to attend school undc r li y of nge im adhered to and peimltti grant e dimly in cases of dire note skity and only nt outline d in the hool ac t t he board by aiiothe r re kotutlon sanctioned tho appointment of luik- tee w g mason hm representative of the boatd on tho public health nurse committee t ho secre tary prekctnte d informa tion ho had secured as requested re garding the payment to the teaching staff of a cost of living bonuw action on this matter was held over until the next meeting the chairman nnd secretary were authorised to sign nn application for insurance to the gore insurance co the secretnry reported that public tho fees were collected to date nnd had he en deposited by him a letter from mr e s force president of the ymca expressed the appreciation of the ymca with the boards cooperation in establish ing a kindergarten class at the y there were about thirtynine chil dren attending and the whole pro gram had developed splendidly this letter also brought out an informal discussion regarding a kindergarten class at the school the financial account was passed as follows stamps for secretary f 1000 public utilities comm ser vices 12 00 bell telephone co services 250 h spires snow shovelling 6 0s symon hardware supplies 1 71 c anderson co supplies 124 50 j b mackenzie supplies 4 44 blue ribbon inks supplies 250 elliott bros supplies 89 w r e blair repairs 1 05 actow fan pacta auppues 1 id v 516894 ii h- crowd that attended the reef cross meeting last night in lee tinea hull in the fae of the most dlsugre able weather indicate lliat tlie red cietkk tins a local interest that will sure 1 kee it through in acton anil dis trict meeting their ejuota of s3 jo0 in the pree nt umalgii with more prison rs of wur mre sic k and woillldeil to ih 141111 for and more neeel generally ti l ml re nt of the ser vices that only the rod cross can render the campaign should guwell ove r the utu thlsyeur u- pre side lit atnos musem wees in charge and thei se hool ctdldre 11v eholr under mrs c heard gave sev- eitil tine nuinle rs robins prophecv 1 11 liji jane and swing iow major watson of tlie red cross -te- e lety had a real message telling of the activities and the ealls to which the 4h le ty was romiiclng ho told of the work carried on on all fronts not only umong the fighting forcex bu among the civilians who have ihiii drawn into tho suffering that war firings to supplement his informational nddre ss mujetr watson showed mov ing pictures entitled inside fighting china preiuiratton for war against la pan nnd this is lilltz a picture- that had been taken by the ceimnnk and infer secured by the british in the se pictures the audience was given an inuight into tho horrors through which these wartot n countries have bee n piikklng canadians ovcryw hi re may well lie grateful that they have ttoin spate d the horrors of air raids arid invasion and that their war suc- i if lee tan ho given in terms of help ing others with voluntary gifts a days toy that is being given in many industries in other centre seems small indeed when compared with thv privileges we enjoy speaking of the days pay as a hashf of n rch cross contribution if this were followed out tn acton with its many industries the objective would soon her reached iocally the canvass will first bo conducted in the indus tries by titer industries themselves a cure ful tabulation will in- made of all the contributions made in the plants and then the house to house can- vnsscrs will cnll on all who have not made a contribution in this way t here is n place for everyone some can make u large contribution and the children not quite so large but lot it im- in keeping with your ability if you nre earning 3 a day make your contribution at least eoual tor that amount nnd be thankful that you live under conditions that permit you to work every day nnd earn a good living remember wars prisoners and wounded look to you for this help you cannot forsake them iocai kowmsrs lose another came to master cleaners the mrcutcheon bowling team lost hint week s2 to the master chamr team in n regular scheduled match of the guelph city major league 1 ho score a miofflcld 231 174 m att o krull 17b 218 145 519 1 ariamkon 1k8 127 1s 4n1 w carry 2w 250 191 b37 n mnrftin 147 291 204 64j mrcutclmon 925 1041 839 ja11 miutcr cleaner 912 1087 0422921 coming events an nnrrmnl nf urcija on cl or olhr event under th hrdilin r rhrt 10 rnl per line with a minimum rhrrft rtr ir rrmrnk t rjr the regular mrrtlng of acton junior farmer will be held at lorn school on thunday march 18th program lunch and dance euchre party on friday march 19 in the community hall in balllna- ad all are aiked to brine lunch tea will be nerved but thoee wins wear please brn their own the duke of devonshire chapter i o d e will hold a euchre and brlds at the acton y m c a on friday march 19th at 8 uu pro ceeds tor the war service league admission 23c