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4 fflne jvjttitttt sret fflregg sixtyninth year no i acton ontario thursday july 1st i04j eight homeprint pages five cents 77 respond to appeal for blood donations west off saaootaly m mm vh a wab of life gaiter at yjixla am wcatep- psata of pfaai so lint wart waaimfai have a chirr to hi the first red croat blood donora clinic in acton was held on wednes day moraine and was very suet a minimum of co donors were requir ed for the first dink and 77 men re sponded and cave blood donations the tlnlc opened at 30 in the m and shortly after noon tne red cross car drove away with the precious do nation of human blood 67 of the donors were able to give the full do nation of a pint and others were able to sdve partial donations only 63 were asked for in the first clinic and ausa jackson who was in charge said acton had every reason to be proud of this first clinic and splendid recep tion it received the following are the list of donors in this first clinic ii dennis gordon currie e francescato ritchie g s sargent t nelle j greer a wilson j harris ii thompson c flnlay ml smith r mcbachren d dryadale c spires a buchanan jr e marzo t jones c barr w e- dawklns r f bean f kentner j benton c cook c heard j e lambert roy lam bert j boulton nell gibbons e davidson t harris b mellon w frankum d orourke g holmes a hill f mellon e anderson j rofason i masales lloyd brown d priestley h perkins g avlson j bruce c sinclair j whltham j crelghton a moore a ryan g gib bons e jennings w halliday j heveran k beerman a e footitt s f snow w mclntyre a ralph c klrkness rev a w fosbury r wilson g r rognvaldson g c smith w j benson b d rachlln f c lous a w masters earl lam bert f r campbell g l kalbs- ftelsch ii thorarlnson d lelskau w mceachren g realty g benton r r parker mrs ii o boyes secretary was in choree of the clerical work and was assisted by miss moore mrs c f leatherland and mr h o boyes mrs g w benton was in charge of the nurses and those serving on wed nesday were mrs c v force miss a anderson miss walker mrs ii l ritchie mrs w g cullen mrs louis brownlow mrs hurley of hlllsburg mrs d gordon mrs van norman and mrs h smethurst dr w g cullen and dr w g c kenney were the doctors in charge of the clinic mrs w j beatty was in charse of the refreshment committee and her assistants were mrs m schoeder mrs f salt mrs j c matthews mrs r m mcdonald mrs tho bailey and mrs f s blow miss jackson nurse of the red cross staff and miss cameron were lb charge of the red cross unit visit ing acton the reception committee were mr continued on page five federation of agriculture unit for eramosa a meeting was held in the town hall at rockwood to discus tjte m ter of forming a township unit for eramosa of the wellington county federation of agriculture the meet ing was addressed by the following s b strothera agricultural represent tlve john fox past president of the wellington county federation of ag riculture mrs l d taylor presi dent of the wellington county fed ermtlon of agriculture and alex mc- klnnel jr brampton r r no 2 president of the ontario association following the discussion it was moved and carried that a township unit be organized and the following provisional officers were chosen roy leslie rockwood it it no 1 presi dent henry carter fergus r r no 4 vicepresident school section di rectors s s no 1 lome ella rockwood s s no 2 kenneth fair guelph s s no 3 gui currie rockwood s s no 4 hugh sam son rockwood s s no 5 leonard leslie rockwood s s no 6 mrs murray mckenxie rockwood s s no 7 mrs harold smith rockwood 5 s no 8 alex mcphedran rock wood s s no 9 chester plank rockwood s s no 10 fred oakea cuelph s s no 4 roy freure rockwood toronto friends honor bride op this month a very lovely evening was enjoyed on saturday june 19th nt the home of mr and mrs klrby williams 11 ilranstono road toronto when about twenty friends gathered to honor miss hazel bell of rockwood hrldctobe with a miscellaneous shower many pretty and useful rifts were received by miui bell dainty refreshments wore served nt the conclusion of the vetting hy the hostess friends were present from acton and burlington au uell as toronto during the even- ins miss bell in her own gracious mnnner thanked the friends for theh klndness june wedding in everton church last week a very pretty wedding was solemn- nixed in evert on church at three oclock when dorothy jean daughter of mrs mckenxie of ospringe and the late william mckenxie became the bride of lancecorporal albert le reverend only son of mr and mrs weeks of erin rev j p mcleod of everton officiated the bride was lovely in a sown of white net over taffeta with long veil and carried a bouquet of white roses and bovardla she wore the grooms gift three strands of pearls i mrs gordon alkens of osprinse played the organ softly throughout i the ceremony the bridesmaid miss t- blanche mekfnnon of ospringe wore a gown of pink net over satin and ap- uqtied in pink satin wearing a strand of pink pearls the gift of the groom and carried pink roses mr norman mckenxie brother of the bride was sjiooiusman during the signing of the register mrs james sanders of guelph sang because immediately following the cere mony a reception was held at the home of the brides mother who chose to wear a navy sheer dress and a corsage of white roses mrs weeks mother of nte groom- wore pale blue crepe and a corsage of pink roses about sixty guests were present tim happy couple left on their honeymoon to hamilton and points act he bride travelling in a light i twopiece dress with white ac- three actonians injured when bus crashed in depot accident occurred sunday even ing as young people waited in guelph three acton residents were injured on sunday evening when n grey coach bus crashed through the win dows and into the waiting room at the bus depot in guelph the acci dent occurred about 0 45 on sun day evening miss barbara king of woterdown who is employed in acton was the most seriously injured she is in the general hospital at guelph suf fering from a badly crushed knee and leg wound and shock miss marie clayton a in st josephs hospital guelph suffering from badly bruised teg injuries some gloss cuts and shock mr geo bowman also of acton was tatym to the general hos pital and treated for a wrist cut and other minor injuries a netherlands soldier joseph bam berger and n civilian girl were given first aid at the scene of the accident and proceeded to their homes the bus which figured in the mis hap had been parked further down the street it was driven up to the station and as the driver approached the depot he discovered the air brakes were metaoperating the ma chine out of control crossed the slde- ualk and crashed through the front of the bus depot taking windows and front right through miss king and miss clayton hod come off the ham ilton bus and were sitting on the win dow ledge waiting for the bus to come to acton both were carried right through the windows with the impact how they escaped more serious in juries is a miracle it was some little time before miss king could be rescued from beneath the bus after the accident strangely all of those from acton are members of the office staff at the beardmore co office here miss king had been at her home in water- down miss clayton had been visiting in hamilton- and mr bowman had been in guelph it was a strange coincidence that all three should have met in front of the station at the time of the accident representatives at acton bomber ceremony messrs e s force a mason and g a- dills of the acton and ballon war finance committee who will be the local representatives on monday july 5th at the ceremony and luncheon at the de unvlland air craft factory when one of the new canadianbuilt mosquito bombers will be named after acton this honor to acton comes as n result of the winning hy arfon of the community contest for the ixst plnn for centres under 3000 in promoting the kale of bonds in the fourth victory loan mr mason was chair man of halton and acton committees messrs e s force and g a dills were vlceoialrman of hie ioral committee and laid the groundwork for the plan that won the prize for acton mr dills was also county vlccchalrman on publicity anniversaries ark remembered when a y p it has meeting the weekly meeting of the b y i u was held at the home of mr and mrs fred west a lively singsong followed by prayer lead by mr os- trom cot the program under way the president wllma west welcom ed the suests on behalf of the hosts the roll call was answered with my favorite verse of scripture mr w coles sang a solo and miss bessie hold cave n reading ken anderson played a cornet solo ami ernest west read the scripture lesson mrs j e ostrom was speaker for the even ing and based iter remarks on i peter 29 site gave a most timely anil in teresting address urging n christian attitude to everyday tanks mnry held sang a solo and mm h kem closed the service with prayer following some muhlral games mr c o plank addressed words of con gratulations nnd itest wishes to mr mid mrs e w anderson mr nnd mm f west mid rev nnd mm os trom this being the occasion of their wedding anniversaries they were presented with remembrances and booklets in uhlch thou present in- strlhed their named several of the group wen celebrating blrthdayti anil greetings were also extended to them a wedding cake and blrthduy cake were presented to the celebrant m and these were cut with duo ceremony amid laughtor and showers of con fetti the guests of honor expressed their appreciation in wellchosen re marks a delicious lunch was served by the girls brought a very happy evening to n close 72475 purchased in war savings by public school pupils donaliom made to other war charities dtiriiut uie school tern at the close uf tile school year a summary of the activities during the term that pupils and teat hem at acton public school have promoted nnd curried out uive a record in which there u cause for some local pride it is i varied effort nnd through it pupllii must have tarried to the homes the thltieri that were euiithi for bringing victory closer war savings stumps were sold to the amount of s7r7r n xplemlld tuition in thrift and representing nn nvenijo suvlhg of over or pupil this year ther were over tioflft tmiiultioh collected for the armed forces i itso ihu of wrap metal brought in 1770 and c10 lhii of rut netted 17 hi four ditty luigt were donated to the navy league mtd a catli donation of lir5 wnu alko made to the acton branch the ttum of 1112 wan given to the upiier cntiuda tract and illhle society oher donnttonu to war charities from acton puhllc school included 5270 to acton war service league 10 to the junior bed cross 15 to the acton district ited cros4 1s to the chinese relief fund 1s to the rusnlan relief fund and fl 1 to the star fresh air fund a total lot of cash donations for the year of 16fl73 freddie cunningham lost his life in fairy lake accident on saturday when he pell from raft while dauuntf at the parkbody not recov ered for an hour after the mfe- hap was an only son of mr and mrs fred cunningham fairy lake claimed another little victim on saturday when freddie cunningham elovcnyearold win of mr and mm frederick cunningham was drowned while bathing on satur day afternoon the heat wave of the weekend at tracted hundreds to the bathing sec tion in tho pnrk freddie and his two companions peter kanls and rol- land elliot were playing on a small raft which is usually not far from shore for the use of nonswimmers such as these lads all happened to be in some way these three lads fell off the raft peter kanis and roltand elliott came to the surface at once and were promptly rescued by some of the older swimmers freddie cun ningham it is said did not reappear it was an hour later before the body was finally located and brought to the surface by andrew buchanan jr he was found lying in a bed of weeds lne was extinct when the body was recovered and an examina tion made by dr w g cullen chief harrop who had conducted the search contacted dr stevenson cor oner of milton who later examined the body it appears there was little water found in the lungs and death was believed due to other causes it has not been decided whether an in quest will be held as near as can be judged the ac cident occurred about 220 and u was continued on page five johnston families hold reunion at eramosa home a very happy and enjoyable family picnic was spent nt the home of mr nnd mm wm gamble eramosa june 26th the descendants of tho late mr nnd mrs robert johnston composed the gathering and represented three generations two daughters of tho johnston family mrs jas ii reed and mrs wm gamble celobrate their 50th ueddlng anniversary during this j ear and one daughter mm a d bridges from cranbrook b c was able to bo present making the family gathering a very pleasant occasion the eightytwo who picnicked at gamble home enjoyed the afternoon in various ways the men of the sec ond generation played ball while the children were entertained by rides on a shetland pony a table on tho lawn was spread with good things to eat and all en- joyedtlris part of the picnic recitations were given by some of the children and short speeches by the grooms of 50 years ago and by rev mr ward of rockwood who was present and took moving pic tures of the gathering milk raoducers hold meeting and picnic for families the acton milk producers asso ciation held their semiannual meet ing in the form of a plinjc and ban quet nt the fine farm home of mr and mrs fred denny the distribu tor and their families were guests of the producers following are the prize winner boys nnd girls fl and under ralph harber barry stewart boys nnd girl 10 and under tlruce barlier betty allan sot race hugh mccuttlieon young mens race jack stewart howard swltcr married iulies race mrs j j stewart mm c dovluin married meuti race john allan c j vangooeu grandmothers and grandfathers tlmo race mm swityer cushion race u swlteru group clothes pin hunt mm john allan watermollon wan then enjoyed and the winners of euchre wore au fol lows indies mm j allan mm a j murray gent c j vnngooeu john allan lucky rkalr harry murray altout fifty ujit down to n sump tuous banquet after which n vote of thanks wan tendered the nsivoclntlon hy mr a j murray koconded by mr wesley masnhh on behalf of the dis tributors mr davidson moved a hearty vote of appreciation to the host and hontcuj for the use of their homo to which nil presents responded in the usual manner new equipment installed this week at acton creamery in keeping with his policy of hav ing modern equipment mr c ander sen has this week installed a new churn nt tho acton creamery this now machine has a capacity of 1050 lbs and is of the most modern vane type tho machine operates on two sots of bearings is solidly constructed and therefore requires less power to operate the output of acton creamory has been steadily increasing and this now churn will assist in taking care of the increased production critical vicar manchester cp i under stand said vicar f c baker of londons st stephen parish that women spend 7000000 31000000 on cosmetics to make themselves beautiful it seems a lot of money for such poor results reports of convention trips are item on dublin program the duhlln womens institute hold their june meeting at tho homo of mrs m steele and mrs vancoozen presided roll call was nnswered by favorite flower it was arranged to hold the next meeting at no 9 school a report of the district an nual was glvon hy mrs somervllte- mrs near gave first part of the re port of federated womens conven tion in toronto on june 2nd mm webster took the last part on sugar rationing problems and meat rationing ns they effect farmers the clothing project is to be held in our own branch as it is expected more members will benefit tho following items made a very interesting pro gram doreen steele prepared an ac count of her trip to county council and this was read by mollle cutts in strumental by verna webster read ing by mrs barber entitled over a neighbors gate a scrap book by mrs somcrvllle reading- by mrs webster entitled a farmers wife has lots of time for everything mrs somervllle tendered a vote of thanks to those who took part on the program and also to the hostess for the use of her home the meet ing closed with the national anthem fend lunch was served and a social time spent all pupils aeton school successful entrance exam scout mothers give picnic to scouts and the cub iack on monday evening the scout mothers were hosts to the scouts and cubs at their annual picnic owing to the inclement weatlier supper was served in the parish hall after wards the races were run in the school ground the fallowing were the winners in the different events age h and under lo d de forest k mcllugh f spellvogel age lo and 12 e anderson r klrkness l march mont age 12 and under uj dills j splelvogel e anderson age 14 and under 10- j dills j agar age 1g and over d dills v ollrien wheelbarrow race j agar a nlcol ci i awson k anderson threelegged race j dills and j splelvogel j agar and a nlcol mot iters time race mrs agar mm boulton frank splelvogel on behalf of the hoy thanked the scout mothers for their hospitality and this was i domed by three lusty cheers from the cubs promotion results at s a no- 2 in nassatiaweya following are the examination re sults and promotions nt s s no 2 nahsagnweyu irotnotfd to drode joan allison ilon ruth mccii- llvray sramotfid to crmde 1 irene small roy warmlngton olive brllllnger lrotitotd to tfrade a jean bruce jim bruce arleen wmmij lrotttoted to tfrtulfi five vera mcgllllvray hon bernlco johtihon barbara bl nek lock ruth small gordon warmlngton joan king fan trial ivcmioted to drade three jean nicholson helen atkinson nilllo rrllllnger johnnie brllllnger to 4rade two barbara brown hon mary small pat nicholson and joan wlngrovv equal george brown donalda mcphail teacher promotion list for pupils in acton public school puplb who wu1 take flaws in higher grades when fall terra opens following is the promotion lists for acton public school and principal mckonsle in the opening paragraphs gives an explanation of how promo- limb were made and other interesting items about the school year pupils who maintained a good standing during tho year were recom mended on tholr years work for those with a low standing final teats wore held on thursday and friday their years work and their mnrks obtained on final tests were used to determine whotherjthey should pass bo recommended or repeat their grade to receive honors a pupil had to make an average of 75 per cent oi more during the year to pass an av erage of 60 per cent on all subjects a pupil recommended is weak in a subject and must show satisfactory progress in the next grade or return to his former grade when a pupil falls he is weak in one or more of tbft4mportant sub jects and we feel itisln the interest of the child to have him repeat his grade in order to gain a better grounding in his work this year the average school days lost per pupil was 19 89 days which is more than double that of last year and his factor naturally lowered some pupils standing promoted to grade ii honors bralda mary brooks john coon billy fryer mae jen nings enni johnson vlrena kin- read maureen maddox mary papil- ion pauline ritchie rltchje sar gent patricia sinclair betty pass allen teddy barr betty ann brown shirley creasey john crlpps leslie dennis bobby footitt teddy gamble marion glover bruce hodge joan irvine teddy kerr dennis krlll julia concluded on page five hair of oaas of sevmtyeigfct pnpila honors splendid re cord of acton school is main tained even wrote e lm uoos and others qualified on years work below are given the results of tho entrance examinations results of those from acton school and thoe in the acton section as received from the high school entrance board through inspector l l skuce a splendid record has attended pupils from here and this year principal mc- kvtucles class of twentyeight pupils were all successful it is a record of which citizens as a whole congratu late the school and its staff on attain ing fourteen of the twentyeight pupils from acton secured honor standing the list is divided into two parts the first part are the pupils who pas sed on tho standing secured during the year and part ii is the list of those who wrote the examination last week ami passed on the written test pupils marked with an asterisk came from rural scliool la the acton district part i atkinson raymond hon barbek mluvin barr john r hon bauer hetty 1 bra1da dena chew frances e hon clayton william j coles joan m hon cripps doris m dunn june p n liott shirley j hon futouson john fryer marion j hon could leah verle kentner irma e hon kentner shirley hon mcisaac aileen hon mclellan helen hon mitchell georgina iohty walter robertson jean hon smith mary hon turkosz martha hon part t arwc lawrence francescato dena knight william ijockkil olca mrcotchkon merle mcmillan william spires reginald steele doreen wilson june hon mission band and united wmr hold picnic at church last thursday the wms and mis sion band of acton united church held a picnic on the church lawn a splendid time was enjoyed not only in the contests und races but the pic nic luncheon that was plentiful and as varied as wartime restrictions per- 1 mlt following are the results of the- races and other events under 5 years emerson baxter marlene purdy s and 6 years betty may lambert maureen klnread t and 8 years christie lamb la verne allan 9 and 10 yoart freda harris marie parker boys 11 and 12 yearsjames dills harold smith girls 11 and 12 years glenrua parker marie de forest over 12 years jlmmle dennis harvey ingles over 12 years girls shirley elliott bunny anderson wheelbarrow race jimmle den nis dannie de forest threelegged race girls bunny anderson shirley elliott threelegged race boys jimmle dennis harold smith crosscountry race glenna parker marie de forest ladles dropping clothes pins mrs o parker mrs c allen coming events announcements of umiids con rerta or tether events todr thu heading arc charged is cenia per line with s minimum hare for any announcement of 15c dance wednesday at edgewood park al watson in old and mod ern saturday nights gibsonboyd modern p 482 garden party at ospringe at mr a fishers on tuesday july 6th at 813 pnv ruts crelghton and his variety entertainers auspices of tho ladles aid of ospringe presbyterian church adults sic children 30c air imimmmmmtmmwssmariem