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pack oua the acton free press traruasntty wasr obth ims nassagaweya mothers day waa observed last sunday in ebenexer united church with the program being carried out there was a baptismal service con ducted by the pastor in connection with the mother day service mr and mrs wm diamond of guelph visited relatives and friends in nassagaweya over the weekend mr and mrs j j norrsh and miss graco norrlsh of guelph and cpl edith norrlsh of the cwjlc visited relatives and friends in nassagaweya over the weekend mr and mrs wm m near and family of kitchener visited with mrs w t near and miss mamie on sun day the annual nassagaweya sunday school convention is being held in st davids pronbyterlan church camp- bellvllle on wednesday evening may 19th quito u largf number of trees were delivered at bloomsbury school last thursday in the school swtl6n distri bution of forest trees of ims burlington at an emergency meeting of the lions executive held tuesday night it was decided that the burlington lions club would sponsor the pur chase of a suitable lifesaving boat n nd equipment the two youths drowned in the lake opposite xnglcwood lost wednesday proved to be two wellknown youths of the vicinity they were george crosiue and robert lees and they were out in the take testing a 10- foot sail which had been completed just prior to the unfortunate fatality the tag day held for the canadian national institute for the blind last saturday was a splendid success it was in chare of jmrtt everett shan- land and mrs a p cadcau of the iode a bevy of young girls were oh the streets all day and they col lected 23750 and together with pri vate donations of 53250 a grand total of 270 was realised expressing the opinion that reper cussions were bound to occur in the future years and pupils leaving school early to auslst on farms had no chance to catch up with the pupil who had a full term the high school board went on record as favoring a shortened curriculum and also that the term should be shortened so ail all pupils in senior forms would finish at the some time in order to permit them to go on farms about may 24th coxettc campbellville the mens club of the presbyterian church were indeed favored on mon day evening in having as guest speak- lj er mr c v charters of brampton mr charters as one of a tgroup of twelve inewapapennen ifrorn canada made a trip to ingland iby bomber plane and was accorded the oppor tunity to see the havoc wrought in england by the war he was also privileged to see operations of air- farce army and navy and unert 4 conversed with most of the iheads of government including hon winston churchill his intimate message that he brings bank to canada has been enjoyed by a number of groups and the mens club appreciated very much his visit to campbellvllle the speaker was introduced by mr g a imils of acton and mr w vanslckle moved 1 hearty vote of thanks to mr olmileri itr his address mr edward mahon was in charge and mr murray mcphall led in the singing of familiar num bers a lunch was served in conclud ing the meeting t 7 limehouse the girls lookout club held n euchre at the home of mr and mrs harvey norton on thursday evening when six tables of games were played mrs wilfred hording and mr wil fred burt held high scores colonel lindsay sutherland who is on active service with canadas forces on the west coast spent a few days last week with htu father or suth erland and mrs j it g sutherland mr and mrs ted morrow and elaine of toronto urn mr and mrs 1 ttlck packer and llndu gall of georgetown visited mrs lnhe on sunday mr and mrs a w benton and fumlly and mm p benton visited mr aitic mrs w greenwn tit milton on sunday mr alex wright visited mr and mrtf wm wright erin township during the week a mr and mm earl scott ana chil dren and mr hector wood visited at spruccdale over the weekend mrs cooper and son hurley of tor onto visited with mrs glsby and mm norrie over the weekend mm turnbull of vancouver visited mr and mm t m kohertson president mm j l ellerby 2nd vicepresident mm s hlrkpatrick und secretarytreasurer mrs a w benton were reelected at the annual meeting of the umehouse womens institute held at the home of mm a w benton on may 6th other of ficers were elected as follows 1st vicepresident mm w mit chell district director mm a j smethurst branch directum and visiting com mittee mm s wright mm j jamelson mrs h norton press reporter mm a w benton pianists mrs gowdy and mm h norton auditorsmrs spltzer and mm smethurst convenor of red cross knitting mm e i milter convenor of w i knitting and sewing mrs s klrkpatrlck convenor of quilting mrs s wright convenors of standing committees agriculture and canadian indus tries mra r- lfcvsy djlatmhlp mm w gowdy hobos economic mrs s gisby historical research mrs sme thurst social wauars mm a w benton qsprevge spr alvln strulhcru of petawawn was home over the weekend rev a tx mclellan preached his farewell sermon on sunday at the local presbyterian church commun ion service was also fittingly observ ed friends of howard smith will be pleased to know he passed his -ent- tancc at eakter thus enabling nlm to help on his fathers farm the other two entrance pupils frances watson and kenneth robertson will write their examinations at the end of the term as they were not entitled to the steclal agriculture permit t little maurice coullng who resides wltn mr and mrs earl smith met with a nafcty accident at school one day hint week in the course of play he collided with another pupil inflict- lng a severe gosh over an eye which reoulred two stitches mm c g robertson everton- ntent mothers day with her son and family mr and mm 3d g robert son the many friends of miss annie klrkwood will be pleased to know she is somewhat improved after a bad pell buffered the latter part of last week mr alex tovell and bride of tor onto spent the weekend with his uncle and aunt mr and mm david stewart word has been received here of the marriage of miss vera tovell r n of fort eric to mr ted chase also of fort eric the wedding wni mlcmnlzcd april 22nd mr and mm donald dlckleson guelph and family visited on sunday with mr and mm robert fisher mm nell mcklnnon hlllkburg and mm annie klrkwood of guelph spent a few days recently with mr and mm f brydon and miss annie klrkwood the ladles of the community quilt ed two quilts on monday for the red cross mr and mrs duncan kingsbury visited recently with the formers parents mr and mm robert kings bury duncan is now in the army and stationed at toronto mr and mm r s mccutrheon erin were sunday visitors with mr and mm d b mcklnnon tlie may meeting of the womens institute was held on wednesday at the home of mm a fisher the president presided the finance and red cross report were given and were very gratifying several items of business were dis cussed among which it was decid ed to have a plain social lunch at our meetings for the coming year mm mcklnnon and mrs sunter were appointed delegates to uttend the dlstrurt annual at belwood mm a fisher took the chair for the election of officers which were as follows president mm d g robertson vicepresident miss d mckenxle sec treasurer mm e sunter asst-secretary- treasurer miss doris fines district director mm robertson pianist miss b mcklnnon directors mm brydon mm jack son mrs mcklnnon mm attken press reporter mm sunter program committee mm fisher mm mcklnnon mm brydon auditors mm kingsbury mrs fines a two minute speech on the motto grumbling is a bad trade and yields no profit but patience has a golden hand was given by lira mcklnnon rockwood last thursday evening quite a inumbor of people were present in the town hall in connection with the ifourth victory loan campulgn one interesting feature of the occasion was the qube contest in which fllcv j ward took ipart iby questioning groups of school children in the south wellington district semifinals on ithe victory loan qubc the con test proved tto ibe quite interesting to parents and friends of tbe young folks who took part at the iflnlsh of the iiuuc mary mcmillan of r ik mo 3 lerln was the wlnnnr and will later go to stratford tor the divis ion finals and following that the suc cessful winner will go to toronto to compete in the ontario champ-on- ahlp during the evening miss annie jol- ltffe conducted a number of musical numbers by way of short choruses later in the evening motion pictures uereiahown by a member of the na tional war finance committee one film being devoted to comedy on the wolf adolf hitler and another film dealing with battle scenes in russia the boys own mission bond of the united church met sunday afternoon in the church school room gordon harris president presided the usual routine of mission band activities was carried out one interesting feature of the afternoon was the cornet solos by master kenneth anderson of acton with his mother mrs wm an derson accompanying him on the piano mrs anderson was also pre sented by one of the mission band members with a handsome geranium at the conclusion of the meeting all gathered in a circle and sang the na tional anthem followed by the mbe- pah benediction mm anderson also spoke briefly to the member of the mission band as well as thanking the boys for their gift to her master kenneth andersons musical ability for one of his age is certainly proof of his talent for music in years to come mothers day was well observed in churches on sunday during the ser- vice at the presbyterian church rev w j mclvor conducted a baptismal ceremony for the infant of mr and mm clifford swanston also at the united church rev j ward conduct- ed a baptismal ceremony for the in fant daughter of mr and mrs wal lace hamilton and during the wnic mr eldon lambert sang mother of mine quite a number of rockwood people attended the old tyme fid dlers eonoert and dance in actoh lost week congratulations to mr and mm el wood bolton nee miss m lindsay on the occasion of their roocnt mar riage rev j ward officiated at the parsonage the sympathy of the community is extended to mr thomas wcathcrstone in the death of his brother mr john weatheraton of dauphin man other members of the family circle who re main are mr george weathcratone and mm jon hamilton erarnosa tlte funeral of the late mm james hamilton of toronto took place on monday from the home of her son-in- law and daughter mr and mm john milne eden mills rev e a brooks of acton and rev w 3 mc lvor of guelph took itart in the aer- vloes the sympathy of the commun ity is extended to members of tlte family including mr and mrs ben field of toronto as well as to mr fred hamilton and other members of the family the late mrs jos ham ilton was annie jago formerly of rockwood and was in her 77th year besides mrs j milne and mm f field two sons also survive earl of orlllla und harry of r ce of new market ont mr und mm harvey laverty of toronto missedith royce rn of tor onto mr and mm douglas patterson of torftnto allan gordon raj hamilton pt james milne camp borden mr and mrs tony mendel and baby ot guelph mr and mrs wallace hamilton and family of guelph members of the osburn family of 1 guelph mr and mm leslie duby and family of acton mr and mrs alf duby and babe of acton i mr leonard lambert of acton mr and mm ted pritclutrd and babe of everton mrs john mcdougall of everton mr and mm l nightingale visited mr and mrs glendennlng of everton friday little missbeverly clarke of eden mills u visiting with her grand mother mrs m clarke the many friends of mm wm g edwards will be pleased to learn that she was able to return home during the weekend mr harvey thatcher spent a few days at the london military camp mr roy day of- toronto was among those home for the weknd arbor day was observed at the school last friday in addition to cleaning up the grounds a number of by the hostess davidson okla cp clothing rationing doesnt scare m e gregory why he vnight his hunting coat in 1005 has worn it annually and ifs still in good shape the meeting was brought to ltax ijsain evergreen tree were planted and a very dainty lunch was edii qf t y plant uie side adjoining the highway series of religious instruction was commenced at the schools friday with revs w j mclvor of guelph rev e a brooks of acton and rev j w ward participating in senior 4tititmte and junior rooms respectively jtev ifoaher cftllaghan lookn after those of the catholic lalth announcements were given out last sunday for the spring meeting of the rockwood and everton branch of the bible society on sunday evening next ot the lpresbyterian church rev mr mcuavln a refugee- in canada is ex pected lo ibe present mr and mm wm j gordon spent sunday at mimosa with mr and mrs james torranoe v as a result of tuesdays heavy rain ithe river level is above mormal height the bowling green and a portion of valley aoad are undet water milton will randal has been appointed chief of the milton- fixe ibrlgade mr and mm gordon mckenxle o- iturned home on thursday from a very pleasant trip to mexico which they greatly enjoyed falling in line with other towns and municipalities milton and dis trict opened the local salvage drive inst ifrlday under the driving power of the halton garage oiwratom mr and mm loonard moore of sherbrooke que npnnt the easter holidays at the home of mm moores lutrcnts mr and mm robert brush mm bush spent two weeks in sher brooke the radio minstrel put on by the cooksvllle business men and sponsor ed by the limestone patriotic society in the town hall here on wednes day of last week was well patron ized and the procoods a large sum was fan war work champion notice to creditors aswey 1 niao lair rf sawt wallace t all parties having claims against the estate of esther 33111 awrey late of the village of acton in the county of linlton widow who died on or about ihe twelfth day of april 1s43 are required to send particulars and proofs ihnoof to the unddrslgned be fore the thirtieth day of may 1m3 when the assets will he distributed among the parties legally entitled thereto having regard only to the claims which shall nave been filed as aforesaid pursuant to section sl chapter 165 rso 1937 dated t acton ontario this thirteenth day of may 1s43 c f leatherlamd executor 463 acton ontario ikcascbeirg fialb of uikd fo tax munwpallty jfcoiost daattty ms- sost svovitta of ositarse to wit by virtue of a warrant issued by the reeve under seal of the corpora tion of the village of acton to me directed having date the fifth day of january 1943 commanding me to levy upon and sell the lands mention ed in the following sict for arrears of taxes and costs due thereon x hereby give notice that unless such arrears of taxes and costs are sooner paid x shall proceed to sell by public auction the said lands or as much thereof as may be necessary for the payment of the said taxes and costs at the coun cil chambers in the town hall in tbe village of ah on on the eighth dav of july aj 1943 at the hour of two oclock in the afternoon acton ontario march 11th 1943 b h speight treasur parcel no 1 owner george wilds estate description of land and if patented lot 145 flan 227 main street patent od yearn in taxes costs total arrears 1939 to 3942 ine 24253 351c c779 4113 auction sale or iitfmthefmbu nhmu and bsx ehtatk the undersigned has received in structions from c f leatherland ex ecutor of the estate of the late efttheb austlct 1o sell the following real and personal effects at her lab home on church street arton on hattluav mav sfswl ims at two oclock sharp taylor safe 3pleoe chesterfield suite rug liout stx o- table elec tric lamp two chairs mirror six dining room chairs and round table sofa rocking chair china cabinet sonora radio silverware full set of dishes china linens armchair rug mcclary stove with pipes table four kitchen chairs cupboard wash boiler clothes basket lawn mower tub wringer electric toaster sealers chest of dra wem flour tablecloths two suitcases rocking chair kitchen chair cane bottom chair bed dresser table rug about t x 5 hat rack settee singer sewing machine two arm chairs sofa day bed chest washstand carpet cane chair linoleum rug about io x t white iron bed dresser washstand chair steel bed dresser wash- stand two chairs chest trunk blankets comforters chest of draw- em apex vacuum cleaner dust mops fruit a few tins of canned goods valuable seal coat ladys spring coat dresses wrist watch coat to be bagged by purchaser and sold by hundred weight terms cash at the same time tjicre wul be of fered for sale by puolic auction sub ject to reserve bid and conditions to be made known at time of sale the house and lot being lot 15 in block no 13 village of acton on which there is said to be a two storey seven roomed house with twopiece bathroom asphalt shingles and clare hecla pipeleas furnace k0v hdidijev anrtmmff phone isrfll erin f l whght clerk for further particulars apply to c f leatherland solicitor acton ont 132 erin hvif j a grant of ailon former ly of erin has accepted a call to the presbyterian church act 3ose boy nova scotia and has commenced his duties there mr chas smith has tfecelved word of the death of his nephew mr ross hawes son of mrs hawes and the late mr hawes at his home veregin soak mrs e- hurron has returned to hei home after spending the winter with her daughters mrs earl mcgowan and mrs arnold sunter who spent the week with her erin village still tops the list of the communities in south wellington in the percentage xalaed thus ifat on the fourth victory loan at last re port there had been 3fe000 raised- g66 of the quota the quota for erin twp is 20300a and at last re port the percentage xalsed was 9 advocate rtosooesaor kicuofwlmam mem- mjwtbft i mope osmvs ftemonase fficauer avenue sunday way oath 11003 fftwrp eouffih n3nha3 aiioo aanmarning wmshlp tthe marks of a tcrue suluhtr h2j5 pnohurch school 77ioo pm evening worship v a 0 tin tchacge quest sp jttr fflon iqamtt theme fqor christian heritage come and worspaqsr3mo4r welcome ypu variety show acton united church monday may 17th at s00 pan admission zs cetts ch11dhen 15 i tractor drivers wanted men are urgently needed to asitt on the farms in rven- irififi saturdays or other hours that can he spared at the pres ent time there is a reat need for thotu who can drive tractors the rate of pay for these worlters will be 50c per hour all who can assist areauced to register at once with the local secretary of the emergency farm labor committee f l wright acton jhwtcqjwfmt mansewillow street buniaax may aoth iwn 3000 aan sunday school 3300 am mornlnfi worship 7k pm young peoples srioe irov 3 j wllkle rtf elora wtl tian- 1 duct both mtrvloes un rthr evening rthe address vlll the tillustratodhy liio- turcs taken in formosa aiavays wbloomf mptmmmi sumtiay may loth 3sw3 hioo nm morning worship mbc- caum ihp how again 121s pjn sunday khiool tuday may ttth the fellowship hjnur nt km pm i welcome to these kekvices small advertisemeflts ativarlmtviid umlvf tin iittns wi ch itli ofiwr up tit t odi adlitonal uriu lr irf tofd ii eh dona not kccimnhkny dr- tthnivtit mitiiwtiim chjr c and ir lr wimti diitilrtlki 4ch bunj sot mlddleagrd prtferrwd all coo- xenienc light duties apply to box s acton jree ress royal palace ciramrs lcaduuc theatbes nwur in tuniuiu walt disneys sjuuuos amicok- 1 thtoloolor addod fmturt eric poriqiafl in qijauhon le1deb xt mokimv vo wemibnuav francis dee in 1 walked with a zombwt addm fatur lupc vdat bed head fkom manuattav imh in nu4 don amechi in sometoixt to shout about with jack oukif janet blair movuav uu nixuii bing crosby in the stahmiker- addhl hit guorce halt henry fonda in siautc of the kobth honsoft xjjhtr reward to tjtdr mr w ckttiof v mill iltrwft arton- tav honv iaun mofc sharnd apply cimekw stkeet 4sj pnotw litlsr til to on vour rirndi ljw pajtw clrkflthii betamin bcocoi tabkt onfv a dav tor addd vp brouns drug store to back the attack worn kaxe putvbred jtuy co youa da to trtkon mav 23rd hvcri okofrke sicj wuid gtll uantod tor start tun orlc either hiorniiii or atlmuwu ms w- r1 ap bt oniv to acton ckeamerv xm mis- a numbr oi irchroa mar- ooud uork hoiw chali aoph a1jjekt nokiue sth latw trra cotta- tua uu watilntf marhinf fond haul in food svjiair kincl iwhj ttrarty drtf- ajlily miss a thomison ki si acton cur tur wood tratk draw rupv ftllnc and iully in cood condition altio quantity of hay auniy aktijub swackhameh phoim- r4 t mcclary cook stow in tab khapr mjf cliai tor 1xx handy for far mer with numnur ititctun or auinnirr cooklm kov ahnott victoria aw arton oni vobtuue akuarajrua rooim mary wahlncfjn itutt prmf on year old i29lj00i r2 00 2 yr old 7sjoo its kl now i u time to plant a bed of aanaracua- coata liufe laats a lifrtlm henry kanfs it r rockwood 445 at cfwwaona corsi courtcay of vancoettwr 1vovlbot notice to creditors cmmmhf mt i a1i netaon havlnx claim ala the enate of the aald thomaa mar tial who died on the 12th day of march 1941 at the city of toraato in ihe county of voric an rettujd to land to the uaderalcaed eaoeuton on or before the 30th day of jiuw 1943 full partirulara of their dtutaa and any aecuruiea they may bold therefore f and take notice that after the aoth it- of juaa 1943 the aald paerutora arlll prorad to diatribute the aald aa- au havtac reaard to tbe dauna of arkich they ahall then baw notloa dated at tanato thb utb day of may ia t c mabtlhaij zjjajsmiis ifei-