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flfltae jetton jfrtt fjrfcss sixtyninth year no 7 acton ontario thursday august 12th 1943 eight homeprint pages fne cenu no change in power charge to actonthis year new flupwinl wafcr ututn at the meeting of acton public utilities own i ill ail i mi brid ob monday x m x r macarthur with chairman c m ilmani presiding a letter wti rests from the he pjc of ontario notifytnc the local ci am il art mi that the price of power to acton would remain the same as last year namely s250 per a letter from the toronto utili ties enclosed an account of a con to be collected by the acton this account was filed so that if this consumer desire ser vice from acton the account will be collected a letter from the lundy fence acknowledced the order for the rence to he erected at the water tower superintendent chaa wilson re ported that 30 new water meters had been received and would be installed as soon as possible mr w a stewart of waterloo re plied to a letter of the acton com mission re the painting of the water tank requesting specifications of the work desired these were tobe for warded to him secretary b h speight reported that one agent had not notified the commission of a change of occupancy from double to single occupancy and consequently the bill had been rend ered for additional service this gent had deducted the service charge from the mil a resolution was passed notifying all responsible for bills that unless notified prior to jtlng he commission would charge for the number of tenants usually housed in that house if notification of additional tenants is not given and mote than are billed for are found to be in a house the full charge will be made back to the last notice superintendent wilson reported that the roof on the work shop was leaking he was instructed to obtain a supply of roof coating locally if possible if not to go to the manu facturer secretary b m speight and super intendent wilson were instructed to notify the owners of the houses where the new water meters were to ho placed that the consumer was re sponsible for the protection of the water meter from damage by frost etc all meters damaged are to bo charged to the consumer the secretary was instructed to pay the following accounts hydro department force electric products sup plies 5 sutherlandschultz electric ltd- repairs bfacdonald electric limited supplies london public utilities re pairs symon hardware supplies cnr transports express line a cable accessories ltd line material canadian general electric co- tape canada wire a cable co supplies sangamo co ltd transfor mer dept of national revenue sales tax hepc of ontario juno 709 410 5091 70 1079 165 12146 1050 2 58 70 36 115 99 power etc 3 604 66 bell telephone co june services 606 cnk a truwports july express 231 j c matthews iohtnto 12 00 s4ivil 17 waterworks ttepl hydro deut sprint power 43 86 hydro dept jul operation 145 51 canadian brass company supplies 30 u w h cunniniiltam and hill limited pipe cutler 81b sj27 87 when 700 attend first annual picnic of acton companies here saturday j 112 letters and cardstromoverseas all say i hank voir arfuiourli ul eamta to war ser vice coxae onr 170 get cfcpxruca each month pictures of the piru annual imnlc on saturday 01 the wool combine cororatlon of canada limited and the canadian wool co limited no 1 u a croup of ruunpany officials taken after the presentation of the lord uarnby trophy itil to right they are mr h o iloycs mr j ii lioulton mrs l ulkuln mr l matin mrs j m boulton mrs p walker mrs k markon mr k markon and mr p walker with the damhy trophy no 2 shows two or the gkrire winning itnhles mrs t janes with ruth and miss anne holmes and her nephew baby donnle holmes no 3 show tile winners of the lord hornby trophy just after pnuntallon by mr l blecln left lo right standing are elliott sigsworth park welck weatherston jr p walker ryder 1cinon wilson wiathenton sr kneeling front row mrllor j g palmer kentner robertson fowke lamb no 4 shows a partial view of the picnic supper crowd lined up in the marquees and u small part of the group at the tables in the foreground are mr biggin and mr uarkon as they discuss seme of the phases of the big event cokbection in the schedule of salvage teams last week 4 the following corrections should be made in the schedule of salvage team for the war service league which were published in full last week please clip these anil add to the schedule september 22 as beardmore co team of j uradsliaw etc worked on july 1 the team for this week will be s tennant d cole l roach ii allison w mckersie c rocker october g second team beardmore co n citibank w anderson g hansen miss e bralda mrs m belrnes c fryer october 13 second team beard- more co r it parker w bcatty w wolfe c cook p salt k klan- fer mbdr agnew addressed meeting churchill ladies the womens association of churchill held their august meeting at the home of mrs h caldwell acton on wednesday afternoon roll call was answered by a favoivltjk scrip ture verse mrs a kerr read the scripture lesson the topic the christian stewardship of time was taken by mrs caldwell a duett was render ed by mrs caldwell and mrs a kerr mrs dr agnew gae a very inter acting talk on the service conditions of mission scjioou in- china where pr agnetvtfc still laboring lunch wu served and a social half hour spent need 800 for the overseas boxes for christmas yarn now on hand for knitters carnival brought in cker 400 for the league it mny kcvm early to think of christmas but if the boys ftom alton uud district who arc in the armed force are coin to rvcoke christmas purcols the wur service league ho o ptuii w v iht p ere to k uccejisful everyone will lnvi- an v- portunlt to chare in miiiu- thus yam for knitting has been ordered it coat 162 und u require knitter to trausfoim it into sot kb to ye into the parcels mr geo musselle reported that net proceeds from tin- tarnlvul lit the time of the firemens convention amounted to 401 82 und it wan the desire of the firemen ond the legion that this money go to purchase com forts for those in the armed forces overseas salvage returns for tho month were 87 97 faced with a need for approximate ly 800 to send boxes oversea at christmas the league decided to ask mr h h parker of the minstrel show group to attepd the next meet ing to enquire if a local event could be given in the fall in addition to the minstrel show of the late winter sea son accounts passed for payment were 3850 for expenses in connection with salvage collection 162 for yarn 45 20 to elliott bros for supplies for overseas boxes 27 00 for razor blades 76 for shaving cream and tooth paste and 30 for 150 fruit cakes for the overseas boxes it was arranged to have the next meeting on thursday august 10th in the committee room across the hall way from the council chamber over 700 attend picnic local companies saturday hcond 42 to win over wccc days lord itarnby trophy won in funt mw of 19 competition by wool combing nfcht shin prizes for all from rabies to old ladies program by lome scots hand and bounteous luncji by tor onto caterers the biggest and finest picnic ever held in acton park was the event inst saturday when the wool combing cororation of canada limited and the canadian wool company limited combined in an outing and social time between 700 and 800 attended em ployees members of their families and friends were joined in the big family croup that enjoyed the sports the lunch and the presentations and the social time arranged there was something for young and old and of course the middleaged were extra buty main interest how ever was featured around the trophy events in which one of the five de partment compel 1 tic were to hold the handsome lord tturnhy trophy for a year when tho next picnic would decide the winners the wool combing night shift were the wtn- nersihey won the horse shoe pit ching the softball cometltion nnd wen in the final- for tho tugofwnr i he iunl elnrnhy trophy is a big silver tup prewented for nnnunl com petition by lard bnmhy president of the wool combing corwriit ion of cmmriu in presenting the trophy mi biggin vicepresident of the company read u cablegram from lord tlurnhy in which he wlkhed the group every sutxetss nnd an enjoyable outing mr biggin also expressed the pleasure behad in participating in the plcnlcatelmed a welcome to all and lookvplrotward to this annual event next year there seemed to be no item forgot ten in this first picnic of the com panies lome soots band gave n musical program all afternoon and evening and the picnic supper left not a vacancy cole bros of tor onto had charge of the feeding of the 700 or 800 there were hot dogs with or without plenty of tasty sand wiches lemonade tea coffee milk cakes and ice cream three big mar quees at one end of tho park with rows upon rows of tables in front gave accommodation for serving everyone we can just imagine how the ladies appreciated such a picnic when the onus of the lunch was taken from their shoulders 1 in the horseshoe pitching wccc night won from cwc 40 to 34 wccc day won from wccc warehouse by 42 to it in the first round in the finals wccc night in the koftball competitions two diamonds were used und wccc nigtit won by 14 to 13 from wccc day iho other game raw the cwc team win by 4113 from the wccc warehouse team in the finals the wccc night nosed out the cwc team in the lust innlngn by the close score of 1514 the tugofwsfr ww wome close pulls between evenly matched team and after this final trophy event many of the men wer glad to call it a day cwc won the first pulls rrom wccc warehouse ami wc cc day took the first round from wccc night in the final pull it was the cwc team that had the weight and the perseverance to pull the wccc team over the line in the girls softball gome a team captained by mrs s lnntz won from b cam by a score of 11 to 9 in the- trophy events ami ball team prizes were awarded each member of the winning team in addition to tho trophy keen interest centred in the baby show perhaps not wo much for the hahlen as for the grownups who all admire the babies mr ami mrs markon had a difficult time making a decision for the girls birth jones and mary hunter were first and uec- ond in the ivoys class fr idle gnilmm and dmmle hoi men won the first and second places of course there were races for the children and prizes for the winners competition wns plentiful und same events had us many us five heatw to decide the fleetest of foot her are the results iris fi and under shirley morton boys 6 und under itosit morton girls 6 to b jean palmer toys 6 to 8 juck davidson and chester kafka dead heat girls 8 to 12 doreen snow boys 8 to 12 wayne plewes girls 12 to 16 margaret ander son boys 12 to 16 douglas davidson girls 16 and over anne holmes married ladles mrs roderick ryder single ladles miss helen griffin married men roderick ryden single men frank fowke but for those who couldnt run there were other events in which prizes could be secured they took in most every activity and here are the results of these putting the shot 16 lbs corp hemslie 376 standing broad jump norman motion t iv bicycle race douglas davidson continued on page flve acton ttombek pictures availawse to frkb press readers a number of resident in acton nnd district and some former residents of this community have asked us for pictures of the acton bomber and ceremony nnd the parchment nwnrd made to acton the copies of ill fsidc phks with the pictures have been sold to meet t liege requests we have printed few copies of these pictures on u heavy quality of coated paper while the supply lasts we will in- glad to supply one copy of each to fsuc psksst render these cannot be supplied to children and must bo ap plied for by adultk if copied are to be mailed enclose five centk to cover the coat of mailing there is no charge for these copies to fmr prks readers but remember only one of each nnd no applications by children farm commandos from toronto render excellent assistance farm commandos from the city of toronto have in general done an ex cellent job in ntutlstlng llnlton far mers stated j e whltelock halt on agricultural representative in a re cent intorvlew according to mr whltelock 150 toronto commandos have up to date assisted upproxl- trmtelv 50 halton farmers he stated further that at le tut wv of the far mer employeis have been well pleas ed with the assistance secured as u matter of fact it wna pointed out to your editor that some halton far mer have had this help for at least j5 dnyu in the past four woeks and in some cases individual farmers have had two three and as high as four per day in general the men come out in the morning and arrive around 9 00 am and leave milton for home at 7 00 pm in the evening to date the necessary transportation has been supplied by the t eaton co limited the ratu of pay for this labor is a minimum charge of 25c per hour and if the commando is worth more then of course stated mr whltelock the farmer is expected to pay what he is worth a percentage of the com- mandos come out for a week and in some cases for two week periods as a matter of fact in the load of 17 which came out on monday morning last 10 fne staying out for the week but how does one get these men you ask contact the agricultural office milton phone milton 230 by noon the day previous to when the help is required and if there are suf ficient number ordered to warrant bringing out a truck from toronto youll ge your man or men as the case may be in short if you dont ask you wont get much help paul pair dates op events for this neighborhood following are the flutes of fall fairs in which fmkk pbes readers will be interested acton september 17 and 1h bramplon spt 4 und fergussept 10 und ii georgetown sept 10 nnd 11 orangevllle sept 14 and is gait sept 23 lo 25 grand valley sept 24 nnd 23 milton sept 24 nnd 23 shelburne sept 21 nnd 22 arthur sept 30 and oct 1 boltonsept 20 and 30 caledon oct 1 and 2 cooksvllle sept 2h and 29 murk ham sept 31 october 1 2 erin oct ujmd 1 streetsvlllc oct h ami 9 woodbrld oct 9 and 11 eramosa requests increase lor road expenditure 1943 will advertise for road main tainer and plowing equip ment the council for the township of erumosu met in the town hull uockuood ut 710 pm on monday present wee reeve d d gray in the chnlr councillors wm j pink- ney k ii benhum roy i leslie and jos h rutherford ulso in at tendance were frank day clork- treuiiur i und collector percy h peavoy road superintendent asses sor and sanitary inspector john hen derson relm officer and william hamilton weed inspector bylaw no 6 was passed on motion of messrs benham and plnkney ask ing for an increase of 2000 00 in the amount approved by the department of highways for road expenditure in 1941 the increase was requested on account of increased cost of road maintenance on motion of messrs benham and leslie acton fall fair was granted 10 00 and fergus fall fair 15 moved by messrs benham and plnkney and carried that the road superintendent be instructed to ad vertise in the commercial news cal ling for tenders on good used main tainors suitably equipped for plowing snow and road maintenance tenders to be in by noon on september 13th on motion of messrs rutherford and leslie accounts amounting to 442 47 were passed for payment and council adjourned to september 13th at 7 jo pm we havw before u 112 letters post cards air mail and airgraph messages from those from acton arid vicinity who are in the armed forces and have acknowledged rvrelpt of cigarettes and parrels sent by the act mi and vicinity war service iracu- in the past month or so perhaps everyone is nt aarv that all soldiers from art on and vulnity overseas receive each month a pack age of soo cigarettes r sufficient for lo canadian cigarettes a duy w are fold by mrs malnpri4- wlu lutv- charge of this branch that nr 170 are now on this overseas list wt find also that the commit tee nexer hears from some of i he mn nnd often wonders if they gtt th articles forwarded and if the addrsi is cor rect so if any of the hoy oxarceas read this and havent been getting tho parcels and cigarettes writ mrs h mainprise acton ont and uciv your present correct address and the mat ter can be adjusted the ap plies to relatives here wlu mn hear of complaint of not receiving parcels fij tht war erice league ttu letters of appreciation ar enjoyed but most of all the fjeague wants to know that the parcels and igarettes sent and paid for are reaching the proper hands report chani of ad dress promptly to mrs h mainprise well heres the overseas mail to the war service league dude lindsay says i want lo way thank you very much please umtend my kind regards to all my friends m j mcmillan i received your 300 clifs once again and was sure glad to get them as i was jut going on leave geo bayllss they suri came in nice time us i was just out of smokes you dont know how murh i apprec iate it when i get your regular ship ment jim dohle received yiur kind gift yesterday thank you very much then there are rdn from chap lains ymca supervisor- etc who have had turned over to them parcels sent to nitilrokses who could not 1m- located the cigarettes cannot he- sent hack to canada so they are dis tributed to those who are not so for tunate as to have the homo folks re- memlwr them regularly wo could go on ther are 112 of these thank you notes ami interesting let torn all we can do la give the names of the balance j drytulale h robson g lambert r cms f french a gamble j lamb n ken- ney j doble h godfrey g brit ton e clifford f near w cassldy j moore w caldwell b cook g brown r vance c douglas w ingles m mcmillan g williams o jones j small man d price g don is j scrlven a mills e lands- borough i bragg l crlpps g stroyan o irwin c lindsay c mc donald j mciiugh p elliott p kenny a martin n nlcolak r an derson j joeque n mcnuhb r johnson f vahwyck r mcvey g burn k wood j wallace j nlcol m mclollan g pnrgeter r heutley f jones g mckeown f tournour ii mclntyre nt gibson m bauer a martin s james f holmes h mc- callum f finney c stringer d mcdonald d buchanan official figures for halton county in ontario election officii flguroi in the ontario elec tion for hull on county give hall 4- 389 blakelock 1 5 wilkinson 3304 and foster 11 these fiifurea do not include the soldier vote from the army camps it gives the progres sive conservative tandldat a major ity or 794 over the liberal candidate mere is the vote as recorded in towns and townships of halton county acton- hall 306 blakelock 230 wilkinson 295 and foster 10 burlingtonhall 593 blakelock 356 wilkinson 675 and foster 12 georgetown hall 389 blakelock 342 wilkinson 237 foster 15 miltonhall 303 blakelock 257 wilkinson 187 foster 11 oakvllle hall 667 bfakelock 599 wilkinson 356 foster 23 esqueslnghall 530 blakelock 546 wilkinson 292 foster 8 nassagaweya hall 161 blakelock 197 wilkinson 304 foster 9 nelson hall 657 blakelock 403 wilkinson 551 foster 6 trafalgar hall 783 blakelock 665 wilkinson 407 foster 17 s