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ht jvirton sttt bftss sityeighth yew no 52 acton ontario thursday june 2sth 1943 eight homeprint pages five cent civic holiday proclaimed by council for july 5th after afismih flnariim deab with variety flom i f iwkte a ymcji an to be clm owfcsj ta ah ora gfcros car rsnihw of new fmitada at the hasv councillors w j o davison c klrkness and a present last evening when acton council met and reeve j m mcdon ald presided the local coa dealers presented briefs regarding distribution of coal in acton as requested at the last neighbors comment on actons prize in community contest during a perusal of our newspaper exchanges we cleaned the following comments on che success uie victory loan slutx bomb contest had in win ning a dominion award for acton readers and citizens will appreciate them as we did the clerk was instructed to write ibe fuel controller for further infor mation and find out what wan desired of the council in the way of regulat ins distribution and submit the brief for his consideration council thanked the dealers for preparing the brief and promised ko deal with the question messrs e s force w 3 beatty and r- r parker were present as re of the ymca board to dlsnuss complaints regarding the cesspoou at the ymca they felt the construction was faulty in the first place and the board could not undertake a major reconstruction from thelr limited finances chief harrop reported of an investigation he had made on the properties where the complaint had originated it was felt that there were just two solutions one was to construct a new system and the other was to close the public toilets in the building the present system was not adequate to handle all the sewage there were also other difficulties in operating the public toilets as they were misused by the general public the board re commended that they be closed it was felt they could not bo operated without constant supervision another solution offered was to put n coin lock on the doors it was moved and passed that owing to the misuse of the- public toilets in the ymca building this conveni ence be closed to the public tenders for the truck and snow plow equipment were received by council tenders were received from a mclsaac w r norton and a e cripps mr norton was present to answer any questions council might want to ask the tender of w u norton was ac cepted after all the tenders and speci fications were reviewed this equip ment was a twoton truck complete with body hoist and snowplow and clearance lights mr norton agreed to make arrangements for local ser vice on the truck the price was s200 accounts were passed for payment aa follows ball telephone co services 954 w r- e blair re arena roof 18 80 dr hugh s austin dental work for ena vandergrlten is 00 acton fas passs advertising 585 supplies for public health nurse and equipment etc 139 00 18s 19 the reeve reported complaints were made regarding smoke nuisance at the armaco plant the clerk had written the company asking that they endeavor to correct the situation a petition from citizens regarding moke from the baxter laboratories was also received and had been brought to the attention of this indus- the reeve reported thut the equal ised assessment of the county hod been appealed by nussagaweya township a utter from the county council gave the amount of the county rate this year and the amount to be paid by acton the municipal ity had already made a prepayment and had 544 14 remaining to be paid the rate was a little lower than lost year a special meeting of county council was being held on monday ev ening to deal with the equalization another complaint was mode re gardlng water in cellars council had pointed out they had no responsibility for draining cellars the sidewalk on church street was to be repaired between elgin and frederick streets it was decided to hold council meetings on the last wednesday of july and august with only one meet ing in ech or these summer months a petition was presented from a group of acton business men request- ins that monday july 5th be pro claimed a civic holiday it was pointed out that a majority of the in dustries were desirous of closing on monday rather than domlnon day and had so arranged among them earvea it was pointed out that with a holiday on thursday the industries continued on page five the village of acton comes in for congratulations this week victory loan headquarters has announced that acton placed first in the com munity contest for communities under 3o00 population the winning of this high honor means that acton will have a bomber named after the village in recognition of this public ity event comeau que and outlook sask also won honorable mention in the contest the victory loan committee in the county are no doubt pleated that the award should come to hal ton county and the village of acton in particu lars krem the mutea qssnpl as acton has been awarded the prize on the community content for muni cipalities of 3o00 populat ion and under for the dominion in connection with the fourth victory loan in winning this award they will have the privilege of having a mosquito bomber named after the village from the fergus ktiss brewed before the last victory loan cam paign began a competition was an nounced with certain honors for those communities that staged the most or iginal stunts fergus overlooked this bet but if anything similar comes up at the next campaign it is likely that something will be done about it theres plenty of originality floating around this town m can be demon titrated whenever any attempt it made to harness it acton one of our neighbors not so far away won the contest for towns of 3000 and under as a result one of the big new bombers will be named acton y actons stunt was slmpra effective and inexpensive when hair the total quota had been reached a bomb uai exploded itt the town when the full allotment had been met nnothor bomb went off prizes were g4wi to those who had guessed most nearly the cor rect time in both the navy league tag day receipts abe neaauy280jw the acton committee of the kavy league of canada is pleased to re port the result of the tay day held last saturday and e their thankfulness for the following splen did oonations georgetown lumber co 10x0 mason knit 35d00 canadian wool co l zsjoo woo combing corporation 10joo beftrdmore a co 25j0o baxter laboratories sjoo sale of lags to general public 94 41 service league make donation lo creek relief from mr h l mwjinnk unit organiser mr lompard has just advised me that the village of acton has been awarded the prize on the community contest we are pleased and i would like to take this opportunity to con gratulate you the method used asked macphcrson what did tarns wife get the jail for for rocking tarn tae sleep re plied macpherson but they canna jail a wife for that ye should hae seen the rock new principal is engaged for the public school here mr el smith of redwood will aaaume position mi school beoprninfir at a special meeting on saturday afternoon of acton school board mr e smith now of rockwood was chosen to be principal of acton pub lic school mr smith has had ten years teach ing experience nine years in the alton school and one year at rock- wood as principal of these schools mr smith has special elementary certificates in music physical culture and manual training he will lo cate in acton as soon as he is able to obtain a suitable home mr smiths salary for the next year will be 1600 the board at this meeting personally interviewed eight male applicants for the posi tions all of them with fine qualifi cations and plenty of experience the board felt fortunate indeed that they were able to fill the vacancy so satisfactorily thlsjiow completes the staff of both the continuation and public schools for the term trustees v b burnley f blow w h clayton and dr g oakes were present and chairman g a dills pre sided svnts for salvage hoops musi re j to keep ahead of piles it may seem early to be thinking about christmas but actually that was one of he subjects discussed at the war service league meeting on a hot june evening you see sup plies for overseas boxes have to be secured in advance and the league want to put some honey in he christ mas boxes but mrs bracken reported that the chocolates and gum and chocolate bars and socks and other items were already for the summer boxes now going forward the supplies were gathered from many sources but fin ally all was ready the treasurer reported that the league had administered funds of 727691 since its organization receipts reported at this meeting were 24 from the duke of devon shire chapter of the iodk 16122 from the lakeside chapter loxe 4115 from scout mothers dublin and uannockburn institutes 23 from the nasfcagaweya busy bees 165 02 from the beardmore employees as sociation 25 from nasogaueya wo mens institute and 8655 returns from salvage disbursements showed 141 36 for monthly cigar yes for overseas 53 45 for randy for the boxesj 42 for gum anil 1253 for chocolate bars 615 for insurance and 3 49 for taxes on the salvage building a donation of 50 was made to the cnslc luuf fund at requested of all industries in acton representatives were present from ajax engineer wool combing corporation and the canadian wool company it was planned to draw up the schedule for workers in the salvage rooms this was however de ferred to a later night when all the industries would be present the three groups present however arranged for a team of 18 to 24 to make a general cleanup on thurs day evening june 24th it was felt if this were done the regular teams could then handle the work each night mrs g somervllle as representa tive of the dublin womens institute was welcomed to the meeting and mrs vangooxcn the former repre sentative was urged to continue at tending the meetings acton bomber lo be christened monday july sth fress fca1ssarm 4 tats k- avttssal est jaly best assi pate aa tats fast pawtasst iwt tlas s sup i jaaui p will aw we4wtd ear rraarre after tit nmwar chvlstg tm 4efesee gnl asaly a small rnap repreefs ho srasi awards will fee persttltted t visit taw plant stale caartrtsarlea maw to hon john bracken will visit in halton comity we understand that lion john bracken leader of the irogreslve conservative party of canada will spend july 1st and 2nd in i bit on county he will visit the various municipalities in the county on friday afternoon fie will visit in acton and spend some time here mr bracken will however only ad dress one meeting in halton county during his visit that meeting will lie at milton on july 1st he will ad dress n meeting in toronto on ho venlng of july 2nd that he visits in acton mrs- bracken will accomp any him on this halton tour soldier speaker at meeting of iiaptist young 1eopies lite regular meeting of the by w was held tuesday evening in the church the program oened with a singsong led by mr w anderson with miss jean matheson at the piano a brief business discussion fol lowed miss j graham read the scripture lesson and miss e caspar led in prayer pie charles lincoln of barrlefleld camp was speaker and gave a very interesting address on the gospel ot grace vs the gospel of works unpatriotic romance newport england cp a wo man who was alleged to have given what the police described as a love letter to an italian prisoner of war was sentenced to jail far six weeks with hattf labor wlngasulennls wedding saturday at rockwood home a very pretty wedding took place quietly on saturday afternoon at the borne of mrs george h dennis rock- wood when br daughter lillian was united in marriage to spr george frederick wingate ivtawawa son of mr and lint george wlngate ton- don england rev john ward of ficiated the bride was lovely in a floor leugth gown of pacific blue sheer and carried briarcuffe rosea her maid miss helen p pale pink net and carried rapture the groomsman was pte jack davie of prince george bjc immediately following the recep tion the couple left for a short trip to afuskofca commission plans for more power at local industries fence al kowrtolr property in have attention of council at the me ting of acton public utilities commission on monday even ing c m hansen and j it mac- arthur were present a nunibtr of quotations were re ceived on the erection of a fence at the pump house as thm cost of the fence was considerable it was de rided to leave the matter in the hands of the council as it is municipal prop erty which is to be fenced secretary b h speight was in structed to renew the insurance policy on the utilities truck superintendent c w wilson re ported that from the data secured from the he pc it would be pos sible to install the three 37- kva transformers now on hand at the wool combing corporation property cs they would tie in with the 100 kva transformers now installed this will take care of the added load which will be installed when the new addition is completed nt this plant superintendent wilson also report ed that he had asked the hepc to rent their oil filter for a time to filter the oil in these- transformers as thev had not been in service for consider able time and need to be cleaned be fore putting into use- superintendent wilson also report ed that the wool combing corpora tion wanted their transformers mov ed to another location to make way for the new addition this work was to be done the third week in july the secretary was instructed to pay the following accounts hydro dept bell telephone company ser vices 4 90 inspection bept meter inspec tion- is 00 force electric products sup plies 263 canadian general electric co supplies 10 31 c n it express 40 acton industry will add another building now hay crop needs help to gather register now present prospects slates agrlcul tural represesoative j el wblteloclc point to increasing food shortages this coming winter he pointed out tha less than so per cent of our 1942 acreages of oats and barley has bee sown this spring and with seeding sis weeks later than a year ago it is dif ficult to see much hope for anything like a normal crop even on the acreage sown hay on the other hand is almost without exception a heavy crop in order to save this feed italian farmers are going to need al most unlimited help with prospects for a short crop of grain in ontario and with the difficulty of getting grain from the west owing to trans portation difficulties and with the shortages of protein concentrates the hay crop must be saved if we are to have anyt lilng like enough milk for ur urban markets this coming winter this means that the help of every available man is required resi dents of this town who are prepared to give the odl day half day or even a few hours per week are requested to leave their name telphone num- iter and when available with e i wright phone 103 or 95 acton in addition the county agricul tural committee is hoping to secure some help from such larger centres as toronto and hamilton farmers requiring emergency labor are re quested to get in touch with the local contact official mentioned above and make their wants known if pos sible at least a couple of days in ad vance of when help is required in the event the local supply will not meet the demand requests will be forwarded to the agricultural office at milton where an effort will be mode to bring out commando labor from toronto and hamilton for this type of labor this year we under stand there will be a minimum charge of 25c mr hour men who are phys ically fit and experienced may expect up to 4c per hour if you are nn urban render and pr pared to do your hit in this important wareffort phone the local contact official at once dont delay eellow citizens under present con ditions the question of food supplies is no longer the farmers problem or job it is your job and mine lets go s33 24 a number of persons in arrears were to have their servlco dlscon tinued unless settlement was made at highlander pipe the victorious 8th army into gabes i ojxe chapters have picnic and contests in park the duke of devonshire chapter of the iode held a picnic in acton park on friday june 18th at 30 p m when members of the lakeside chapter were also guests everyone had a wonderful time and after the bountiful supper the following con tests were run off time race miss emma cole mrs j adamson orange race mrs stanley mat thews mrs george somervllle mrs c a dills kicking shoe contest mrs i har ris mrs george somervllle skipping contest mrs gordon currle mrs stanley matthews mrs w j beatty clothes pin contest miss nt kelly tied mrs stanley matthews and mrs or cullen work will commence next week on another new aaitin to the plant of the wool combing corporation in acton the new section will be two storeys with 7500 square feet on each floor a total additions 15000 square feet of space talking to mr marfcon yesterday tn pass passs was informed the new section will be used for storage pur poses partly as a machine shop and will also have a section for a nipg room for the ue of the employees since this plant operates continuously day and night and many of the em ployees come from the district sur rounding this last named feature will indeed be a great convenience the new building will be brick con struction and will fill in a space be tween jlhe new section built two years ago and the present sorting rooms and office quarters the contract has been awarded to the georgetown lumber co and it is anticipated the new section will be completed about october 1st it is not quite three years since the wool combing corporation ac quired the building in acton and started to- prepare it for their plant here the plant has only been in op eration about two years and a half and has shown continued growth dur ing that period a new addition was built in 1941 and the railway siding was extended to the plant that year at commencement of operations here it was estimated that loo em ployees would be on the staff and the number is now closer to double that figure day and night shifts keep the plant in twenty four hour pro duction p1cure shows men of the famous slit highland division piping the 8th army into gabes tunisia after general montgomerys successful outflanking movement had broken down the deep mareth line defences and driven the axis armies northwards gabes fell to the 8th army on march 39th 1043 more blood donors needed it aeton is to mefil call red cross unit will be here next wednesday if more citi- zea volunteer there la a trait possibility that the campaign in acton to collect blood for the- had cross will fall unless more volunteers are forthcoming the red cross will not send a col lecting unt here unless a minimum of slxtyftve donors is available more than fifty have volunteered to date but their offers will be of no value if there ars no other volunteers the unit will be in acton on wed nesday morning june 30th if a few more of the citizens will volunteer will yqsj make this possible tele phone w benson or g rognvaldson at 63 or any other member of the committee today and say you are willing to be a donor you may save a ufa and will help to show the rest of the country that an acton cam paign is always successful the bible society has annual meeting hear addresses th annual micllng of hi acton brunch bible society was hold in the parish hall sunday evening with itov e a brooks pretldln- tne sec- rotary reportod j712 collection for last yeai uov r f thomson was iledod as president and a t brown as secretarytreasurer for this year rev mr brooks then introduced the speaker retf w mccleary who cave an interesting illustrated ad dress on london showing west minster abbey and other historic buildings before the war and then later photos showing tha results of the bombing one of the slide showed the result of a bomb which struck tha bible society headquar ters the society is still carrying on sending the bible all over the world excepting europe which is a blackout as far as bible worknir concerned south america and china especially are asking for copies of the bible they shipped 18000 parcels over the burma road before it was closed just now is an opportunity to spread the cospel as there is a growing re quest for the bible collectors will start next monday and it is hoped there will be a good response as we must not let the bible society down ten pupils writing the entrance exams at acton school entrance examinations are being written today and tomorrow at acton school ten pupils are writing these examinations at which prin cipal m m leltch of the continua tion school is presiding seven of the pupils writing are from acton school and three are from schools in the adjoining town ships there was an entrance class of thirtytwo pupils a acton school this year hops in dutch csoaats stockholm cp netherlands cigar manufacturers now are allowed to mix lo per cent of hops in cigars de telegraaf reporta coming events slsstlsss co use with s nlnlnun charts for nj udouiktam of 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