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s it jvrton mttt tytt stxryeictrth year no si r acton ontario thursday june 17th ims eight hoaaepriat rase five oeata school children guests at meeting of county council fortyfive school yctlcni in hl- ftan county ere wp by iattmhw girls and tjysrt the it mnrtlng of ftsfttra cirmrtr ssb4 la sflttan ut friday the chil dren were the guests of the county pftuikil and every effort was put car- ward by the county p to snake the day 000 of interest and en joyment to the children the incetlng opened by the lords prayer in unison followed by th vending of the minute- of the last ring the warden then welconv ad the visitors w feet aald the warden that you the youth of to day who are now growing up win eventually be called upon in some in stances to take the places occupy at the council table and so you have been invited here today in order that you may obtain first hand imowledge of county council pro cedure we hope you will all make notes to take home with you so that you in turn may give information to your fellow pupils who are unable to be here with you today the warden and members of the council were then introduced to the children by the county clerk after which mr roy smith county en gineer introduced the children to the council each pupil responding to the roll call by giving the name of the school or school section which he or the represented as council proceeded with its regu lar business the warden took time to explain the purpose of its various committee to the children unfor tunately all members of the council were not present the reives of georgetown nauacaueya and the deputy reeve of oakville being alt- sent lunch was arranged for council members at 12 o clock and for the children at 1 o clock at the milton inn while council was adjourned county officials addressed the young people briefly explaining the nature and purr rve of thtlr work thou speaking were mr a e whltclot k county agricultural representative mr w i wck crown attorney miw m maxtcd county treasurer mr roy smith road superintendent and mr w j l hampshire regktrar of surrogate court council resumed at 2 pm report of the standing committees were con sidered in committee of the whole with reeve may in the chair only two communications uere received both of which were filed one was from the navy league but since a generous grant had already been given this organization earlier in the year council was agreed that no more assistance could be given at present the other communication was from went worth county asking endoma- tlon of an appeal to the federal gov ernment to rescind a recent order re quiring farmers to obtain a permit before selling meat on an- open market this was considered as a hardship to farmers by wentwbrth county but halton council uas of the opinion thai the permit system ai inaugurated to prevent ulcera tions on a black market and uas in the interest of all concerned a report of the lat meeting of the children s aid society uas given by the county council representative reeves gilbert and campbell reeve blair reported on plans be- ingformulated for the addition or n alv mens ulng to the house or refuge in brampton the construc tion of whli h council agreed was absolutely necessary for the health and wellbeing of the inmates mr gilbert chairman of the good road committee outlined the roads program for the current year but which he said uas contingent upon the labor supply representatives were present from the three pall fair boards in the county appealing for their custom ary grants mr suackhamer acton asked that all fair boards be given equal consideration later it was moved by messrs smith and robert son that a grant of coo be given hal- tcontlnued on page eight 1 womens ctootg to be guests at wkeebsg schoot the officers and alrwctne of the womens division at no 4 wireless ttm guelph win be at hone to the women- organbmtiona of bramp ton georgetown and acton on wed nesday june 23rd from 3 until 330 o clock ftlo kay stsmhangfa in charge of the wjd at the wireless school will r guests win be s about the triw in groups thus being afford ed an excellent opportunity to ob serve the various types of work being done by airwomen the tour will also include the vjcjlf school of cook ery no 1 test kitchen no 1 nutri tional laboratory and headquarters squadron among these groups are expected members of the 1043e red cross womens institute and various church organizations and others in order that adequate preparation be made it is requested that tne different or ganizations should inform section of ficer phyllis thompson rcaf re cruiting centre 200 bay street tor onto as soon as possible as to the number from their group who will attend it is expected that a grey coach bus will leave brampton at 130 p m georgetown at 155 pjn and acton at 215 pm proceed directly to the wireless school in cuelph and return by the same route arriving back iq brampton by approximately 330 p m however until the number of passengers 1 definitely ascertain ed arrangements for transportation cannot be made final the apuno- priate bus depots will be provided ulth the necessary information one day in advance of the scheduled trip fair program adjusted to meet wartime conditions creasing must be met in the prog year the use of the arena and cur ling rink tor wartime warefentastag of wool urns made tt neer ry to alter conditions these were met by the curectora in a meeting en tuesday evening there can be no ballexhlhtt this year the tables and equipment are sible the old exhibition faau would require major repair to put it in lrdw and while permission tuts been s it was telt these repairs were not hv keeping with the curtail ment of war time e the first night performance will of in front of the grartdstand this will make possible and necessary a new type of p but the directors are determined this event will not suffer in any way and win make it again one of the big features of the fair weather conditions will of course have to be faced in this ar- rangement plans are also under may to im prove the stock exhibit and the fea tures of the second day the lack of the hall wiu be made up in added event for saturday afternoon plans are now being made for a wartime fair that will meet the conditions and contribute to the success rf the event the fair dates for acton tl year are friday and saturday septeniuer 17th and 18th mr r w lowrie learns son is in inttritncit camp last tliurwdaj afternoon at thew oilock the pupils and teacher of the public bchuol ufccmlu at the ejit- rnnce to bid fureuell to principal mc- ktui uho hit joliul tho air creu mr h w laurie received word this of m loa canadian air force a uk that hi- urn mr stewart lourlo prorrum unic tomo the pur- li pupils teachers honor principal entering airforce gathering at acton school make praentauon on behalf of teacbrra anil pupib mrs- a near is president of the halton inslitate careless driving and liquor charges bring fines total to 55 k hufnagcl has enlisted tn the r c a p and la stationed at manning fool toronto u yungblutt has joined the rc vt and ti stationed in toronto 1 ikied among the canadian civil itmw in chant1 camp at singapore fttu information came to mr lowrie from the dcjiartmcnt of external af fairs at ottawa nnd the contact uas made through the international rod cross this 1 the first information mr lowrie hnu received regarding his son since january 1342 tho letter gave information regarding the method by which letters can be sent and how often no parcel or money may be foruanled no uord hoi been directly receives mr stewart laurie uas represen tative of the manufacturers life as surance co in singapore when the place uas captured by the japanese and has resided there for some years friends here are indeed pleased to le arn that he is safe and hope that the day wont be far away when he will be released and permitted to re turn home 4 tau of the occauan conkikteel of e- lectlons b the junior choir and prim ary class reading by fred eurlnger monte runney nnd ltlu1 hunter u kong uj three klrls of grade light alleen mclsoac joan coles nnd shlr- uy elliott and n sing song led by bill clayton mr mckcnxle uu then asked to nddreui the assembly which he did in his usual able and pleasing manner an he descended the steps he uas continued on page five c1tb pack is having difficulty getting equipment any former members of the first acton wolf cub tack having in their poesslon equipment belonging to the 1 pack namely su eaters and scarves are asked to turn them in at once to the cubmaster the rev e a brooks at the rectory these are now hard to get and are heeded to outfit the more volunteers needed to be blood donors many hate volunteered for thin home service but more are urgently needed i he retrultlng committer of the keel cvoss blood donor campaign consisting of messrs v b itumley w benson and g rognvatdson has ben active during the past tuo weeks and the list of volunteers is growing rapidly more donors are needed if this campaign is to be successful and any men willing to make a blood donation are asked to communicate with an member of this committee each industry in acton has been ap proached and the foremen in these plants also are acting as recruiters it is impossible to interview every man in town and no man need wait to be asked a telephone call to one of the committee will bring a regis tration card to you it is important to remember that the red cross will not send a collec tion unit to acton unless a stipulated number of donors are ready at this stage therefore an application has twofold value it not only indicates a willingness to give the blood that jnay save the life of one of our rnen overseas but it helps to insure the visit of the collection unit to acton ilalton county held their district on friday watfa a ifrs llerry waa la charge and gave the piejsdears adilwss tne branches to use tne central fund ata a clearing place for our patriotic rvmal afrs may of icormby wel comed tne delegates and mrs ejusb of csmpbeuville replied encouraging reports were present i front 16 branches lira t d cowan of gait tne ptovinclal direc tor gave many interesting items on ber impression of w l work s tnesnber jt the provincial board miss charlotte laccullough of ge outlined the girls pro ject work and gave thrilling ac count of ber trip to chicago to attend the 4u convention in that city this was her award presented by ilalton w l to the high girl in achievement work aliss lulu rowe from the depart ment discussed the cooperative pro gram and the district decided to take up the clothing project mrs gowdy of umehouse and mrs crawford of campbellville led tn community sing ing the ilornby school children de lighted the audience with a rhythm band and several choruses by their choir mrs t d cowan conducted the election of officers which resulted as follows president mrs a near dublin first vicepresident mrs crawford campbellville second vlce- preudent mrs mllligan burlington secretary treasurer mrs ii boulton palermo representative to federa tion mm merry and mrs cowan delegates to contention guelph mrs crawford and mm a near jam come nor mrs milligan burlington agriculture and canadian industries i mm gnyley milton citizenship mrs webster dublin historical reward mr wm gouely ijnu house home economies mrs a cowan palermo social u el fare mrs a benton lime iioum publicity mils koroi gilbert burlington uar work mrs l f clarke scotch block scrap hook editor mrs j e gamble acton wartime prices and trade board mrs j white lock milton mrs milligan wat again appointed ns jam comener she reported that h936 pounds h f jam had 1mh n sent by the county lakt year those attending from acton and district uere mrs lnzenby mrs jolmum and mrs gamble of acton branch mus e russell and mrs mo kachwn of bannockburn mrs an derson mrs vangoozen mrs barber mrs somervllle mrs steele mrs bracken mrs webster miss vcrrm webster of dublin bojs at presen in the pa lode presents prizes to pupils acton public school the annual awards to the pupils of acton public school uere made yes terday by the duke of devonshire chapter of the i ode 1 lie winners uere chosen for the effort on a se lected pkee of patriotic work in the various grades these subjects used took the form of art titers book i ts tays etc excellent prices of books were awarded nnd teat hers and pupiu tt- preclafe this interest shown in acton public school the presentations on behalf of the chapter were made by mrs w j beatty mrs j c mat thews mrs j m mcdonald and miss m z bennett following are the winners of the prizes grade 1 ena jennings age 7 years maureen kinread 7 years grade 2 buddy kentner age 9 ears russell arblc 8 years grade 3 ronald anderson age 10 jears annie luty age 11 years grade 4 joy romph age 10 years david richardson age 10 years grade 5 bobby howies age 11 years patsy duval age 11 years grade 6 pasty chew age 11 years jim dennis age 13 years grade 7 lorajne pallant age 11 years mauretta rowles age 13 years grade martha turkosx age 12 years irma kentner age 13 years holsteiii and jersey men hold field dy at guelpb jersey and holstoln breeders from the counties of ilalton and peel to t henumber of 700 attended therfleld day at the ontario agricultural col li ge guclph on saturday inst following tours to the expcrlmen tnl plots dairy barn ami the college greenhouse the group was t ntep tnlnesl to lunch by the college short utldre sse s u e re git en by dr g i chrutie preslelent ot the ontario ag ricultural collage and prof r c knox head of the animal husbandry deartment under the direction of prof geo e ralthby jas bremner secretary of the canadian jersey cattle club and a m bnrr llolsteln fleldman judging competitions were held the winners being as follows jersey club ladies mrs lome ella rock- wpod mrs glenn grice cooksville junior farmers glenn grice cooksville eccles mcclure george town john mcclure georgetown hunter arnott strcetsvllle tie j m bolson brampton and j w wig gins caledon itotsteui club ladles miss m alexander george town and mrs j m froser streets- ille s junior farmers tied for first- john lyons georgetown garnet laldlaw norval john mcclure brampton gordon held novol men w m reld norval t o dolson brampton and andrew mc donald cheltenham a sports program under the direc tion of president a t woodley f the halton holsteln club completed a most successful annual outing in police court la acton yesterday naorsdng tnosnus mttcneu of part credit was fined 5 mm charge of careless driving a aaateat of 962 lames andrews of georgetown an- ta a motor car eswia iluta town paid a fine of x30 aj total of s2xt3 police magistrate w oakvitje p at the aetna court and chief itarrop laid the charges oa wednesday evening chief ilar- rop picked ngt douglas huncn of r r 3 brealau who was intoxicated and in a motor car on bower avenue he spent the night la the cells nnd will answer charges in police court canadian navy needs the hacking of every citizen with tne placing at mil dnynaal by the royal navy of bur escort de stroyers to be used in our oostvoy as cortaerwice tn the north atlantic the royal canadian navy masons honor past bfasiek with jewel presentation mr j robert macarthiir was be ored at the meeting of walker lodge on monday evening when he was pre sented with the past listers jewel the presentation was made on behalf of the lodge by wor bra f j salt mr macarthur is the immediate past master of the lodge it was recalled at the meeting that mr w m cooper has been a mem ber of walker lodge for fortyfour years and is one of the oldest mem ber la point of lodge years lie has maintained an active interest all through the years and has been hon ored by grand lodge and his mother lodge will analyze the power faelor in local industries other hems at meeting monday of acton public utilities costuraksloci a meeting of acton public utilities commission was held on monday ev- nlng iteevet j m mcdonald com- mlhuomr j r macarthur were pres ent with chairman c m hansen presiding the insurance on the utility truck uas up for renewal and it was de cided to ask for prices on this insur ance as the amount semed unduly high mr c e smith of stew art town submitted a price on fencing the pumping fetation on main street sec retary b ii speight was instructed to write to various firms for prices on this item superintendent c wilson reported that during the time the truck was undergoing repairs john lambert had supplied his car for their use a grant of 200 was made for its use a quantity of new pipe was offer ed to the commission by a local resi dent at the same price as is procur able from the wholesales it was ordered to be purchased supe rlntendent wilson reported that a power analyzer would be here this week to check the power factor 111 some ofthe local factories as some of the transformers are carrying their i lit eel load at the present time after the check is made recommendations will be given to help out the situa tion secretary b ii speight was ln- htructed to pay the following ac counts hydro dept ii l pc of ontario peiwer tc 3 633 71 force electric products units 266 j u mackenzie a son coal and lumber 1323 remington rand ltd type writer service 1 year 800 sutherland schultz electric co repairs 1060 actom fssr pbkss printing 3737 canadian general electric co fuses 567 canadian mjne materials ltd street light repairs 9 21 cnr and transports ex press 211 e j hassard supplies 10 dept of national revenue sales tax 10600 london public utilities re pairs 165 ellis and howard limited supplies 77 j lambert use of car 200 acton bomber will be christened at malton as the hon- angus l ays we hav- lacre the stature of the royal canadlsn navy thirty- fonr times since the outbreak of war canadas fifteen ships have gros to five hundred and fifty ships navy pe has grown from tt74 to eojooa in 1912 the tncinssjii of warships and merchant ships built for our navies aggregated 1 jooqjooo -canada- says mr mardonsm us becoming a naval and naaritime he mays nopes to a some seventy more fighting ships to her navy one thought strikes us about these statements of the minister for naval services apart from the sense of pride we all have in this remarkable growth of the royal canadian navy and the growth in size of ships and personnel in canadas merchant navy too and that is this how can we practically express this pride t we can express it in this way read ers by seeing that we are able to be proud of the way the men of the royal canadian navy and merchant navy are rvlceov citizens generally will have a chance to back up this splendid navy of canada and particularly the rnen yho man the ships in the tag day being held here on saturday for the navy league they are doing their part and the navy league appeals to all on the home front to back them up donations acknowledges by the acton branch of the novy league are 515 from the busy bee of npua- gaweyn s s no 7 23 from the lakeside chapter of the iode and 550 from tlie acton and vicinity war ervjce ieague knox wjuls met at the home of mrk h m mcdonald die june meeting of the women it missionary oele ty of the presbyter ian church was hem at the home of mrs r m mcdonald on thursday the 10th with mrs fred blow pre siding the devotional period was con ducted by mrs w lasby mrs fred wright mrs geo lantx and mrs harry malnprlze mrs cordlner read a few verses of scripture cods precious promise the meeting closed with prayer by mrs forbes thomson mrs mcdonald assisted by miss stalker mrs w could and mrs blow served a dainty lunch and a social time was spent nobody wants japs london cp toughest job of the way say ministry of labor offic ials is finding work for is japanese released from internment as friend ly aliens nobody wants to hire them creamery burglars sentenced in court for aeton thett third man had lurched saaltat chewan bef or being ap at tne tone of going to week complete details of the ganlaer gave oaty the information tne class for towns under 3j000 population la which acton won first place new claagow n won the award for the class of suooo to 10000 and also the a for the best commun ity event in all classes new glas gow will have the name inscribed on of the first canadianmade lan- jsnbers winning communi ties in all other classes will have canadianmade aosquito bombers nameu after them winning communities in individual classes segregated by population were class a communities under 3- o00 population acton oat class b 3o0o to lojooa new glasgow ns class c 10000 to 30000 moose jaw sask class d 30000 to luujouu sas katoon sask class e more than 100000 vancouver b c the christening of the bombers will take place at the malton airport at a date to be announced later repre sentatives of the municipalities named will be guests on this occasion and take part in the ceremony there is little need to explain to uur readers he bills bomb contest which won the award for acton through our columns in previous is sues the residents of the town and district and all our readers were made eonve rsant with the plan and its win ners the winners t the- awards were mr cuo mew art and mr pe rcy evaim the first estimate was made by mitts i tela stuckey an invalid and mr stewart gave the prl to her mtnilwrs of the public relations committed in acton who arranged the plan were meurs w j o oakes r it arnold i i force g w mc- kenzie and g a dills tho actein executive of tho na tional war finance committee were honorary chairman iteeve j m mc donald and deputy reeve g w murray chairman mr a mason vicechalrman mr g a dills gen eral sales chairman mr if r force joint chairmen payroll sav ings section mr e s force and mr w c mason vabie1vprogram presented at meeting op the a y p it the b y p u met in the church tuesday evening with the president in charge following the business discussion mr w anderson led a sing song mrs w anderson read the scripture lesson and mr w coles sang sweet will of god mr len atkinson led in prayer mr stan crippe gave the topic elijahs prayer miss j graham sang id rather have jesus and mr ander son gave a reading a hymn and prayer by mrs reta lincoln closed the service wate dept hydro dept power and heating hydro dept may operations y383333 4353 19777 24130 arthur castle and leroy warren both of toronto were sentenced to a year in the reformatory in police court in milton yesterday they were charged wlihbreaklng entering and theft at attton creamery a few weeks ago both lads are just eigh teen years of age it was revealed that castle had three previous convictions for break ing entering and theft and warren four previous convictions on the same charges a third man edward raines has been apprehended at moosejsw sask he has confessed to the burglary in acton creamery and to similar burg laries at weyburn estrvan and moose jaw sask he is wanted in toronto for the theft of a motor car and in acton for the creamery burglary the fourth man implicated has not yet been identified but police are holding suspect for investigation chief harrop and traffic officer ray mason had tho cceperatioa of police across canada la bringing the thieves to trial bread dsuveb wttiioit pay budleigii england cp mrs beatrice mltford 63yearold wife of a retired army officer has become a bread driver without pay she volun teered for the job when the bakery where she was buying her bread lost their driver to the army coming events amnnuncmtm of mmii can coti or olfc evrat mmdt tbl hliii ar chared cmt itm with a hlalaiui cfcarg low ay wmhiaimmai of ac dance brookvlu hall doris hull orehaura jua 23rd 35c afternoon tv and sal of wng pariah hall june 19th from 130 dance wednesday at edsnrood pary al wataon in old and mod ern saturday nlfhu clbeonboya modern s3 the annual meeting of the acton blanch aim society will b held la tn pariah hall sunday vanlng at ms rev wmocahuy jbjl bj will give an hlarfrated talk emy one invited