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tpw jvitton ttt fhftss slklyniotli yer no id acton ontario thursday november 4ih 1043 eight homeprint pages five cents victory loan still short when does bomb co w1u 0 tw d7 left nriy qwtff objective is still far amumt seaa to reportit am d on bay- mwuwlmwsmmpri oobmu the thermometer on the port office movti aggtavatlngiy alow last night it stood at 73 of acton and district quota with only a few more days to o a quarter of the mount looks like a big task but acton has never failed to come right through on any front and the local committee feel that surely this firth call with victory so close will not go unanswered last week two lucky bond holders won war savings certificates 35 worth in addition to participating in the fifth victory loan monday mr alfred fryer was presented with a 35 certificate and little donna an derson received a 910 certificate from k s force of the acton and district publicity committee they were extra happy nearly seven hundred estimates were made and had to be sorted before the winners were de- tided when the full quota is reached an other bomb will announce two more winners who they will be is any bodys guess but if actons quota la not reached nobody will win last year the quota was reached on monday only the estimates de posited in the boxes have a chance of winning one of the two prizes the green estimate sheets are the only ones that can be used acton has done every war job asked of it what will the answer be tc this one remembrance day services arranged by acton legion from ottawa we received yesterday afternoon the following wire telling of dominion progress victory loan sales tuesday were below average totalling 961576100 as compared with the 66616000 requir ed each day to put the loan over the top cumulative total at the close of business tuesday night was x97921h- 500 with four selling days loft in which to reach the 1mm000000 ob- jectlve national war finance commit tee headquarters urges canadians to buy another bond pointing out that sales to the general public are still lagging public relations section national war finance committee winners chosen at victory loan quiz in milton friday pupils representing the districts of acton burlington georgetown mil ton hnd oakvllte took part in the quiz contest to decide the winner to represent halton county at the con test in hamilton on wednesday nov ember 3rd at station croc the town hall milton was the scene of the contest last friday evening a goodly number were present and witnessed a stirring contest which finally resulted in bobby adams mil ton being declared champion and will go on to represent the county catherine swift of burlington came second in the intermediate class carl schenk of glenwiihams carried off first honors with carman cnnte- lon of hornby a very close second in the juniors marie tinning of bur lington came first with robert lucas of georgetown second a musical program followed in whhh miss marjory onmi accomp anied by miss margaret maxsted rendered beautifully two kola mr cllroy led the audience in community singing which was enjoyed by ever- one some interesting pictures of the r c a f in uctlon followed nml gave the audience some idea of how thor- owiy mrke i planned ha tliat nothing is left to chance mayor dawson welcome the con testant on behalf of milton ami spoke on the necessity of the fifth victory loan being a success mr i l skuce public school inspector for halton was chairman and conducted the con test which was done in a very cap able manner the judges were mrs biggs of builington mr gmroy mil ton and mr ross georgetown their task was rather a hard one owing to the correctness of the answers ot the contestants and their decisions were satisfactory and wejl received this quls program was held under the auspices of the fifth victory loan the children throughout our land were asked to help to advertise can adas loan and they have done a magnificent job they realise that the success of our fighting forces depend on us at home to provme them with the tools to do the job let us see to it that we live up to their ex pectations by buying all the bonds we possibly can wanton destruction of tombstones in dublin cemetery police- are investigating the damage in dublin cemetery where recently twenty of the head stones have been knocked over and some of them broken the damage was not re ported until thla week but police be lieve some of it was done a week ago just why anyone would go into a sacred spot like dublin cemetery where the earthly remains of many of the pioneers who cleared and set tled this district are buried and cause fcuch wanton destruction i difficult to understand the general public will hope that those responsible for the destruction are apprehended and such an example mode that destruction of this kind will not occur again it is only the lowest type of mentality that will remembrance day services have been arranged by acton branch of the canadian legion and with neigh boring municipal councils for sun day in acton the service will commence at 10jso at the soldiers monument on mill street where a brief service will be held the parade of societies pat riotic organizations and public bodies will assemble at the town hall at 1030 and be led by tne guelph mus ical society band to the soldiers stoop to such depredations memorial the second part of the service will be heu in knox iresby- terian church rv john rlddcll of milton will deliver the address in nassagawcya the service at the soldiers memorial will be held at ipmon sundn the second part of the service will be held at nasaga- weya presbyterian church at 413 rev j c mac nell will deliver the address at this serive programs of these services have been prepared and will be available at the services plan to attend the ser vice in your community the united church ladies hold tea at home of mrr beatty the womens association of the united church held a very successful birthday party at the home of mrs w j beatty on thursday the home was beautifully decorat ed in pink and table centre of flowers the birthday cake was cut by mrs moore mrs a w fosbury assis ted mrs beatty receiving the guests ten was provided by mrs j sympn nnil mrs a t brown mrs n mc- nnlih mn d ii unriay and mrs w j beatty were in charge of the lunch arrangements mm w cowdy rendered two instrumental solos mm a t brown gave two humorous readings and mrt c lclshmnn sang very beautifully ulcus this iioum and when you come homo this lovely home has always a wel come for any church activity during luncheon the indies enjoyed a social time together a very hearty vote of thanks was jzlon mrs beatty for the use of her home and all who assisted in helping to make the afternoon a success routine matters dealt with at school board halloween damage has been re paired at some added expenditure trustees w g mason dr f g cakes and w ii clayton were pros ent on tuesday evening when acton school board hctdlmmr november meeting and chairman g a dills presided the secretary reported that in tjhhtor jennings would soon make hit visit to acton school tho public school fees for october had been paid in full the yearly submrlptloin to the sum league bulletins and the cn- yelojvedln wore endorsed utul the boil er insurance through the lumber mens lnutimce co with mrs mc donald as agent the dnmugc at the school done by halloween pruhkhtoi had iwen re paired uml tome evtr a luhor and mat h wo have to w paid trustee mtuoti made several sug gestion for lleld day which would tiutld up this annual event they tttw noted for uttcntlon before the nevl event accounts were passed for payment as follows t aton public utilities services 12 80 bell telephone co services 2 50 k mccutcheon cartage i ja e j hassnrd supplier 2 05 k b mceachern electric wiring 6 96 educational publications sup plies 1010 e d hunter vaulting pole 550 clark irwin supplies 2114 copp clarke co supplies 306 lonjfmans green supplies 929 mcmillan publishing supplies 410 j m dent supplies 366 ontario safety league sub scription 4 00 encyclopedia brlttanlca sub- scrtptlon xs0 acton machine shops boiler supplies 1027 baptist society has halloween party at andehson iiomf the members of the bypu and their friends enjoyed a halloween fi ollc t the home of mr and mrs e n anderson tuesday evening november 2nd mrs beta lincoln liad charge of the prograhn following m singsong led by mr anderson several items of business were discussed mr len atkinson led in prayer and mr w coles sang a fcolo miss olive hoot read the scripture lesson followed by a piano solo by miss jean mnlheson wilms west gave the topic for the wenlng a report of the bypu fall itally held in kitchener a hymn and a closing prayer led by mrs anderson concluded the program lunch was served h t he hostess and a social hour followed a vote of thanks was given mr and mrs anderson for tlielr kind hospltallt nnd all went home tlrvd but happy handing certificates with both hands mr e s force of the acton and district victory lonn com mittee ha mis out the prizes for the blitz bomb estimates a 25 certificate went to mr alfred fryer and a 10 certificate to little donna anderson at victory loan headquarters the other morning nowondcr thef whole party archapprcvcnrtatho hand outman if acton reaches the quota two more bond holders will be happy when the bomb goes off items of historical interest feature institute meeting the dublin womens institute held their october meeting ut the home of mrs nelson anderson and the first vicepresident mrs barber presided ftoh call was answered by spelling your maiden name backwards tho next meeting will be a week earlier owing to the project meeting mrs storey was convener of his torical research mrs robertson gave the idory of a bridge in aberdeen scotland mrs diamond gave the history of no 8 school nassagnwoya airs storey had home picture that were taken in scotland and she gave the story of the authors life that wrote tho hymn ninetynine then we hail the teacher and pupllx from no s school and they sang two numbers mrs nour district president oi halton county gave an address on the challenge of the limes to the women of canada a draw wni on- ducted ami mrs barber won the prize- mrs vangoozen tendered n vote of thank to those who took part in the program and also to the hoste for the use of her home lunch was served nnd a social time spent meeting on tuesday of womens association of united church the regular monthly meeting of the womens association of the united church was held at the home of mrs ivan harris on tuesday afternoon mrs ivan harris pres ided and the devotional period was taken by mrs f cleave plans are being made for a baking sale in the near future after the business tcftom disposed of a very dainty lunch was served by mrs harris assist cdjbymrs fosbdry mrs evans and mrs jennings and it was enjoyed by all and a social time was spent a vote of thanks was given to mrs harris for her home and hospitality also lunch assistants milton student bobby adams wins for halton competing in hamilton last night in the district final of the victory loan contest bobby adams of mil ton won bobby will go on to the provincial flnnl to be held in toron to on saturday at tho robert simp son auditorium i council rescinds notion regarding hunting of deer eaqaeeins will levy special rate for use federation of agtiraltnre a special meeting of escjueslng council was railed tursday afternoon october 14th on account of the bush lire on lot 22 concession 3 keeve may leputylteeve murray and councillor cleave were present moved by cleave seconded by mur ray that john standlsh is hereby in structed to take such means as may be necessary to control the bush tire at present burning on lot 22 con cession 3 in lowmdilp of emjueslng and is hereby in employ at many men as necessary to control the fire carried moved by murray seconded by cleave that we do how adjourn carried esouenlng township count ii met in regular session monday aft moon i members nil present reeve may presided minutes of the last meet ing wen read and adopted a letter from the came nnd fish eries department in answer to the request for an open bcason for deer hunting asking that council give the matter their further consideration a letter from mr w 1 dick re the suppression of illegal 4dt mach ines in the county of halton was received malcolm mcnnhb and f d charles on imhnlf of the federation of agri culture presented a mtitlon asking for the iwkslng of n bylaw accounts pautcd for payment in cluded georgetown hydro commlt- klon clenwllllnmu tdreet lights 71 so brampton hydro commission lights at council chnmlier 3 72 bell tele phone co mrvlc4h wfo cecil clilsh- olm re voters list sl 5 a w ben ton re voters 114 rfl dr c k stevenron treiitnientt to juitlent 2ttm department of health insulin slid kme cosh attending mrs i ijuiii 11 r0 ceo c broun insur ance premium 7200 c h may cecil chlhhnlm a w benton nnd i m bennett s5w wh for selecting jurors h itolwrlunn stamps 400 i itellef accounts amounted to 9 20 nnd poht 120 of the canadian lejlon was given a grant of 13 00 for j poppy day road ticcountu of i 112278 were paid a bylaw provhllm for additional road expenditure vvuh paired by the council and another hylaw to levy j nnd collect annually n kpeclnl rate j for tho federation of agriculture in the township of efiiuotilng for the county of halton moved by currlo seconded by wil son that owing to the fact that only enqueuing and nassagaweya town ships have nbked for n deer hunting koason the council of emiueslng do now ntk to have their resolution re scinded and no deer hunting held in tho township of esq uehuig car ried moved by currle seconded by mur ray that we do now adjourn to meet december 15th at 10 oclock am or nt the call of the keeve carried 199 boxes went overseas from war service league residential property sold to he renovated to apartments mm annie m johnwon has sold the reitldentlal property fronting on mlll- fredirhk and bower avenue to b mackenzie nnd rons if rent control lw removed and mntirliiln nre avail able it is the intention of thltt firm to ucotiktruct it ititometfcontalned hent- ed apartments for which thlw slto u well situated historically this kite wau tho in- tatlon of the firt resident doctordr7 a shook kome ninety yenrs ago co i km cm i hy m can in and lowery duiing their print it e he itulldlng was iturncd with all content some seventy yfars ngo the pres ent hulldlng wnj built hy contractor ell snider for or mcgnrvin and ruccewling doctors occupied the mime dr uren or ault dr springer and dr mcdonald some thirtyfive enri ago the late mr wllllnm johnstone bought same and had it remodeiel as a private residence the sale was negotiated hy mr f i- wright realtor and it is worthy to note that he learned the hulldinr business with this firm having ser ved a full apprenticeship as a carp enter and builders clerk on his re turn from the first world wav red cross shipment from acton headquarters on monday included 10 sweaters 20 pairs gloves 10 helmets 10 scarves and 26 pairs of socks iode will present new flag for acton scimm1s at the monthly meeting of the duke of devonsulre chapter yode ield on tuesday evening at the home of mrs hugh austin the regent mrs i w jt beat i y presided i the report of the secretary wtf i prewnled by mrs e e barr of the i treasurer by mrs ii mainprise and llw war work convenor by mrs m i sichroeder members were urged to eed the urgent call of the tied cross imh ty for more volunteers to knit and sew arrangements were mnde to pre- int a new flag to acton school board tnt uu on the school grounds j wreath for the cenotaph tagging for poppy day and remembrance day chmtvance mm hamilton ww welcomed as n kew inrmlxr of the orhr into the chapter dr hdgh austin accomp anied by mis r ie arnold contrib uted everal tuilos mr jt ii boulton of the cunndlnr wool co ltd gave an address tell ing of the history and progress of this addition lo the industrial life of at ton explaining the proceums of urndlng sorting washing and tomb ing the wool the houfckscs for the evening mrs w coles mrs t bailey nwl mrs k j ilituuird korved lunch united church ygunf ieolijth iiou iiaujowekn iairrv if you hurd any u reaming tues- tiny evnltik in the united church it w nwnt anyone being murtleretl but the young peoplcu having fun at the halloween party everyone wam in coatunie the irit prle for the irsi costume wiih given to betty 01b- von nnd the fnnd prle to mr fom- hury a vote of tlumku wiim given to mr bean amy anderion ermn wlhlor- pln nnd doug priestly for tho grand entertainment lunch was served and the party t low wit h mr foithury leading in prayer annulment action heard in court and adjourned adjourning tlto matter of the appll cntlon by edna alice thomson ag- nlttkt wllinm tvaker thomson for a declaration of nullity of her marriage on the groundu that tho defendant was nlready married nt the time of hit marriage to her hlw lordship mr j hi t ice george a urfuhart has ruled that further evidence may he brought hefoie hint ut a klttlngs of the coint at milton on november lli if however no further wvldemo li avnllable or offered counsel will un- dctftand that thv action will have to he dlumiksed ilu linuhlp hai rulrl ebenezer anniversary and church supper heu this week the ehenexer united church annlv- erwiry vvns held lukt sunday and monday two very good congreg ations enjoyed the timely and inter esting sermons of rev j b moore of milton the guest speaker for tho day the ebenezer choir provided music in the morning nnd the lowvllle united church choir supplied music for the evening service the day was highly successful and tho fin ancial result wu excellent on monday november 1 the annual church supper was held there was a large gathering of members and friends and the thankofferlng secured a generous response ad dresses were given by rev c l poole of moffat and the pastor rev r w plckersgfll an interesting programme was given by local talent kitchener petition is filed by local utilities commission white appearance in water of syslem doea not affect the purity the acton public utilities commis sion held their regular meeting on monduy evening chairman c m hnnken presided with commltsloner j it mncarthur present a petition wnw presented to the acton commission from tho kitchen er hydro requesting that tho local commission endorse it this petition requested the ontario hydro electric power commission to see that a res erve of not more than 30t of the de pretlahle plant cot bo tarrlod as it reserve the rekt was to be used as a rebate the local commission ordered that the petition bo filed superintendent wllkon roported on the convention which wan recently held in 1 on don of hydro district no 5 nt which he wan prekont tho agenda called for discussion on vurl- mix topic whuh were of vital inter est to all utllltieti commlkmonh suiwrlntcndent wilson ulno report ed on the cause of the white water in kome of tlie locid ronsumertt taps a union had kprung a leak at the kprlng ond o of the pumps was kucklng nir i his air had followed the linos right through the reservoir and show ed up while when wnter was drawn from some taps it in no way uffected the purity of the water secretary mlwi b ii speight was instructed to pay the following ac counts lljdra department sutherlnndschultz electric co ltd repairs etc 15 55 macdonald electric ltd sup plies 1718 grand st toy ltd supplies 391 frlgldatre products of can ada repairs 4 64 canndlnn general electric co ltd supplies 20 72 cnr and transports express and freight 777 ferrantl electric ltd repairs 3113 j c matthews postage 1300 waterworks department canadian brass company lttl service clamp lie roys f roan acton and district will know that hoes foils are anx- lotai to keep chrsstntas even thoozh the oceans separate iheaa froaa the family cather ines perhaps you noticed tike bevy of packers at tle council chamber on monday night workers for the war service league packing your christ- mu boxes for 109 boys of acton and district now serving overseas heres what went into those oxes one pound chrlxtmo cake half pound of cheese uttr of socks live packages of gum a bar of soap a tulte of having cream a tube of toots paste nnd a packet of toilet paper in ad dition ach or the 199 on the local list will receive direct from the wm nellson cimahy box of twenty- four oksorted chocolate bars paid for by the service league but which could only he forwarded in this way and of course each month the hud- get of cigarettes goes to each one overseas its tho folks hat k home gelling their merry chrlxtmnh across the ocean may all of them be kpured ami return to the home fire sides before another christ mnw when even a iwtter one ran iw enjoyed in the real canadian style 20000 fire destroys mill of georgetown company after a fourhour struggle george town firemen brought under control n 2o0flo lire which threatened the main huslnevs section yesterday hie uiwmill of the georgetown lumber co was destroyed nearby lumlr nnd supplies were damaged a strong west wind nrrled tho nhnwerx of ember up the credit val ley and away from adjoining ttmlnctt buildings on the main utreet tho ntlro town was lit up by the glow of the flames nnd plln of tuiwduut ftd the lire for hours the mill im located opposite the pnkt office near the main intersil tlon t georgetown cnuur of the flro is not known georgetown firemen piny d several linen of hose on the hurnlng hulldlng hut intense heat made it impossible to trtiter after tho lire was discovered at a a by night constable c j fordlce the plaining mill and sawmill nnd nil the machinery they contained are a- total loss said w iikntner manager the mot serious aspect is that all the machinery is practically irreplaceable now because of the war v douht if well be able to rebuild for romo time we have another mill at milton but the destruction of our georgetown plant will severely crip ple lumber production for this dis trict there is a lot of building in progress here whlrh may have to slow down because now we will be able to provide lumber only at a slower rate the building destroyed was n two- storey structure about 3fl by 70 feet in extent firemen prevented the blaze from reaching valuable stocks of pre pa rod lumber piled nearby dublin literary elects the officers at halloween social the kecond meeting ot the dublin literary society was held in the school on friday evening october othj at a previous meeting tho- group had fcwon organized and tho following officers elected president verna webster vice- president butty brltton secretary margaret konutvillu treasurer lome mulllnr executlve-commhtde- mrs jordan mm t in ham and mr steele plnniji irs g robertson assistants margaret robertson and margaret somervllle prices for halloween costumes were given to molly cutts for the best ladys costume and russell miller for the best school boys costume after the business for the evening was discussed lunch was served and the remainder of the evening spent in playing cards coming events anttnuncvmcnta ot mctl cru or ottr evcnfa niter this hcadfnr ar rharscd i cnla p una with a minimum char for anr nnauncemtnl ol c dance at hornby orange hall on friday november 12 auspices of the avpa fishers orchestra cigar ette fund for local boys admission 40c single 79c per couple