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ht jufoit ttt press sityninth year no 20 acton ontario thursday november llth ioo elfiht home print pin- five centa sf acton first in county to reach objective in fifth victory loan watt o on fhuy at time oclock 1112 appua- kmfm aetna sum dwiw bhtf hi total of 2s0 and set new hi reoarj county f1nra2jtmeipmct imbcmut haltou couuty hat again gome over the top two win hie acton and district vet new high record in the firth victory loan on friday at three oclock the bid bomb announced that this district had reached its minimum objective of s223000 tabulations received from headquarters in oakvllle yesterday show that the acton and district total now stands at 239900 nearly 13- o00 over the objective another very gratifying feature is that 1112 appli cations were made which is also a record for participation acton was the first district to reach its objective in halton county county figures are not complete but stand at 200000 at present a complete synopsis is anticipated be fore the next issue acton industries made an outstand ing job on friday morning the beardmore employees held a cere mony at the plant when the qpeclal threestar award pennant was pre sented and floats proudly from the flag pole at the companys plant the pennant was presented to messrs c hansen and alex orr representatives of the employees association by mr weldon county victory loan chair man the employees raised 3fl830 00 or 116 per cent of its quota and 97 of all the employees bought victory bonds to win this award 90 of the employees must participate the loan and subscribe 15 of six months payroll mr s g bennett addressed tho gathering of employee and com mended their fine effort and mr a mason local chairman also compli mented the beardmore employees friday evening it was reported to victory loan headquarters that tho wool combing corporation of can ada employees had also earned tho same award and pennant every other industry in the com munity made a splendid contribution and more than met their quotas the storey glove co wan the first to moot its objective its a grand story and one on which much more could be written it is typical of the response made to every appeal in the war effort here win ners of the war savings certificates were mrs l b llhfoot an employee of the wool combing corporation and mrs w f mooney an employee of the mason knitting company tho awards were presented by hoove j m- mcdonald at victory loan head quarters mr llnfoot received n 25 certificate and mrs mooney a 10 certificate more details on the fifth victor loan will be published next week whxdone acton and district osi hrhslf mt ttw aetata aasi pistil i ft ptttai vtetmt tnwiiaillsi aft tbe still gs- grysw assst ft tte it waalssrrs safttfria t receive swell hearty arftasi baa acalst sjosm over a- mahon frederick c wells fatally injured in jumping from truck frederick c wells aged 70 was fatally injured on saturday night when he jumped off a moving truck about a mite north of milton ac cording to police wolls was picked up by john handall milton wmlo on hla way homo about 1100 pm when the fatality occurred ho rushed thu injured man to tho milton hospital where ho died shortly uftor admit tance coroner dr o e syer and provlnclul constable john roavely conducted tho investigation officials stated that un inquest would not be bold mr wells v as born in eng land and wan unmarried and is sur vived by ono brother hurry wells milton and three sisters of london and toronto funorul wus held on tuesday from turners f uncial par lor with interment in evergreen cemetery rev j b moore officiated mrs h l bbnnie presided at guelph wj1s meet mrs h malnprue and mrs r m macdonald were in guelph on tues day november 9th attending a meet ing of the executive of guelph pres- byterial w m s held in st andrews presbyterian church mrs h l bennle of elmlra pres ided at both morning and afternoon sessions plans were made for thi annual meeting to be held in guelph hi janua miss frieda matthews field sec retary of the w mi a was present also members from elora fergus caropbeuvlue preston hespler el mlra gait and guelph from italys olive grovts and england the roys write home in the recent acknowledgements to the war service league we gleaned the following messages sent to the home folks heres the way they put it pte f tournour writes from italy those cigarettes are the first mail i have had in two months the weather is grand here and we nil have a good tan we were in sicily for a while and we are in italy now the going is good at present we are in a rest camp in an olive grove hut we will soon be on our way again pto h woods writes from eng land i received another parcel of cigarettes from you and want to con voy my utmost thanks to you all they are worth tholr weight in gold ov here andhls parcel came just in tin nick of time i was juki about out of smokes and that is a miserable sit uation to get into it sure will be a happy day when we art all together again in gaol old acton and it sure will be hltvs to meet all you old friends once again i have soon most of the acton boys over here and thoy are all raring to go and got a crack at jerry and to help clear up this mess once and for all cookie writes from england thanks a million for the umokoit which arrived- in the most oppor tune time have been buying smoked nt bsc for twenty vo you see how many we smoked shall never for got your kindness ever so far everything is going as scheduled with few hitches have been fortunate enough tp have a feed of venison re cently end it was a treat indeed pte margaret buchanan of cw ac says i would not have missed tho chance of coming over for the world it is now getting very cold over here but a different cold to canada it is much damper here the days are getting shorter and the blackout comes early we hove very nice barracks here and the people treat us well i have seen the king and princess royal and many more things of interest cpl- h w godfrey writes i am ut a loss for words to express my great thanks for this carton of smokes because ive had to do without for long time it really is a wonder ful gift and i fool i must try to amolco little less often in order to make this carton last a little longer harold kobson writes that ho waj talking to ted clifford and john drysdale and thoy both started talk ing about acton right away cards and letters of appreciation were ulso received from sgt j nleol slgnm g w williams arthur gam ble sftr n s lund lac rowley lac vunwyck lcpl f c french pte a e perrymnh pc f o tur ner set e bayton gnr a w sin clair pto j scrlvon gnr f kelly jamie lamb cpl p purdy and set l r jamloson mra ix richardson elbc1cd president of scout mothers group the scout mothers auxiliary held their november meeting at the borne of mrs p richard two new mothers were welcomed into th group among the business discussed was five dollars to be donated to the war service ieague mrs p watson officiated in the chair and tlte follow ing officers were elected for the forth coming year honorary president mrs e mas- tors president- mrs d richardson vcepwddent mrs c itanney secretary mm c detscreault trenvuror mrs w evans prefcs convenor mrs p watson mrs masters the retiring president thanked cvfryonfl for tholr inarty cooperation during tho past year at tlte close of the evening a light lunch was thon served by the liosleui a vote of thanks was tendered to mrs richardson for the use of her homo mrs ii boultnn kindly offer ed her homo for the december moot ing parents night at acton scihmii has big attendance parents night at acton schools tuu come to be a feature anticipated with keen interest by citizens here this was evidenced last night when hundreds of parents and friends visit ed the school saw the pupils in the class rooms viewed exhibits- of their school work and had the opportunity to get acquainted with the teaching staff roth the public and continuation school buildings were open but only pupils of tho public school wore at their doijts there were many tine exhibits in every room and leacher and pupils are indeed to bo onipll montod on tho uoms again of the parent night nt at ion school two remanded on serious charge in milton court in police court in milton last week charles ferrler and jack perkins both of nassagaweya were remanded one week with ball set at 5000 each they were charged with robbery with violence against edward cates noss agaweya mr cates is in the ham ilton general hospital in a serious 7ih after helng attacked wft an axe marshal hllson milton heights was fined 910 or 10 days on a vag rancy charge magistrate w r woodlufe presided i itiii 7h7 1013 lvio 27 0 ltf20 13404 nomination dates arranged tor year by acton council council hefoam to have any aatodutioa with kitchener coundl resolution at the meeting lat evening ol acton council councillors a mnhoo w j o oaken f duvimhi and c l klrknisii wore present in the uluonce of tho roove councillor f davium occuploo the choir accounts wore uiuhmi for lamciit litj fallows acton welfure board ac counts 5130 acton public utilities commu- sjon luivlcn roll telephone co service aoom fkcb paths printing t hurrlk intmir j korr labor 11 gordon labor ii wotlgo labor welfare accounts for sept em ber october and novem ber to be refundo by tho dominion covet nmonti j b mackenzie son sup- plios norton mot on on account 88fi6g a lotttr from mr r b kobwm ro tiuoklod that the lighting service bo recan nee led at the arena this had boon forwarded to the public ptllitle commluilon a ietter from tho department of municipal affairs requested informal inn regarding the recommendations in the auditors report a committee unit appointed to deal with thu matter councillor davison was appointed to discuss with fire chief gamble the question of attending tho fire prevention school in toronto for two days of the missions a letter from the council of kitch ener requested that council endorse resolution for more equitable distri bution of liquor council decided that thoy did hot want anything to do with luch a resolution or interference ulth mnttor under tho control of other logunive bodies accounts for indigent patients re lief aiul other problems took up much of councilu time in ducumlon imtl giving instruction for mi viirioiu cases it was decided to haw mr f l vrlulit to attend next council meet ing to explain the pollden and cov erage a bylaw was- pukwd setting the municipal nominations for friday novenibtr 26th ut 730 pm and tho election if necessary for monday december 6th from 9 a m until 6 pm polling subdivisions uero to be at the town hall and ym ca build ing deputy returning officers were appointed l atkinson f l wrlnht and w coles ilyjuljioush rkmkmitranck day skrvick on tuesday tho kiiemlmn f the ll y p u met in tho hurch tiiotulny evening foi n r memlrmi4- day servh- with mr v couni in liaiue part of the legion order of sirvlev wiw uwed and pro l lii4mt lnteretlni nlid liu- pniilve mr coleu relatel mveral ineldentti of world war i mr f l wright presented n lllm nlw wvernl color pictures tf ifmnl interest a vote of thnnkx wnu given mr wriulil und mr coleti for un interesting veil ing prnyor lol by mr c ijiuthi concludil the program remembrance day service and parade held on sunday curtph minkal socirty und lrf larade hctvke at the mmunacnt aad kmh chorli ttio annual llememhranre day service was held his year in knox presbyterian chum li those gnius taking iart in tlw hervire at tlre cen- otafih alwl iim iturrlt tarale were tho ijotn scots iim gwlph musical bo- hety jland tlw ijikosklo and iuko if iwvonoliiiv tflmer f the iodic mm a ion itrutit it f dm cjinndjnn legion imtl the kt acton ijoy kout fioop al the somlofh monument iho nalilem of those men who dhl in world win i wihi nvad by ftrgo miikmlle hun lei w uvanacli played the ijtit lnkt and reveille mid itev a w lokltuiy pionouiiee tin- ih-n- lullori wteathn ueiv l0i nt die monument on leinlf of the ivov- ime of ontario the mtltil y l acton the iviuulliui ijkioii duke of tvonwlilre tilid ijiuetule cluipters of tho iodi iiliil a ion womeni in- ntltlite rev w m milwy of toronto condu toil the cihih h servle nlid iho liion quartette of mosmrw w cotox g muhml wni hurton and ted iliiiiwn kiiiig god ihokm our native ijind liquor store and customs urged by county council all ol them have reason to smile a womav8 privmoqe atchison kas cp a wed ding with an unexpected ending pro bate judge phill schrack started reading the marriage ritual to a young couple and came to the place where he asked the girl do you take this man to be your lawful wed- ded husband much to his surprise she said i dont of course that halted the ceremony the girl declined to ex plain the judge invited her to come back if she changed her mind roevo j m mcdonald of tho general sales comtnttue of acton and district fifth victory lonn bands out two war savings certl- flcateii to lucky winners at victory loan headquarters mm l d llnfoot stundlng next to tho iteevo received a 25 certificate and mrs w f mooney a 910 award for their estlmnto in tho blitz bomb contest tho bomb went off at throe oclock exactly on friday after noon mrs lin foots estimate was throe oclock that day and mrs moonoyti estimate waif for five minutes after throe on friday halton juniors stage a itoine plowing competition hulton junior former in co operation with the htitton plowmens association kponsorod n junior farmers plowing cornet it urn which attracted tlfteen entries tho plow ing vtntt done on the home faim and wni judged this pnt week by robt wat son veteran plowman of york county jock marchmont of hornby won the jj k whllelork special for tho best entry in the competition other awards were an folnwtt walking pious jclass 1 jack mnrcliment hornby norman vivian freeman jack ham ilton freeman charlie thompson ll me ho use class uward brownrldge george town tractor pious ctas 4 lome darling milton jack taylor freeman class 5 irwin shepherd freeman gordon mcdonald georgetown elide may hornby murray may hornby wm brain norvol ford wickson bronte scots build ships far from the sea london cp piofohricatfld es cort nhlpw for tlio royal navy are being built at hriwill factories in the heart of the scottish countryside hulls tdemif sliloplntou and engine lunrern nro being built on a sectional plan by hrms which previously manu factured nothing but civilian goods thoy were converted to khlphullding nt tho height of tho rattle of the at iniit if w hon more owcort vessels wore needed to protect convoys const rut ion method were broken down to ennhle tho highest proportion of unskilled nnd semiskilled labor to he used mon and women wore train ed for specialized work success of profnhrlcation mot hods in building oscoi4 ships led mifpbullding experts to predict thoy will be used to build tho great fleet of merchants ships britain will need after the war delitge of articles no plate on earth we believe is so much propaganda received as in a nowspaier office every crackpot with a universal panacea for the worlds ills deluges us with articles on his pet theories we wish they would attend to emptying the waste- paper baskets cariboo british columbia games ani social ftmr fkatitrr acton inkimrre mkktini timi november meeting of the acton womens instil uo was in tlte form of a social ami mrs iovell and mrs gibbons entertained in their home on frederick street the motto was taken by mrs hunter and current oventu wort reviewed by mrs it l davidson roll all was answered bv imitating a farmyard fowl or animal after general iiusiiiokm the comp any enjoyed m vera i games of illngn iiimi nil tho program llie so lal committee k4rvel u leal lllto llini ll it was iii i luiine of mrs v aiuhrsoti mm llnigruves and mm cndller after him h i up reading was very unit it in oiili r a hourly vote ihmilfs wit given mrii ltvoll and mrx gimmiiii and ttie inoetlng closed by hliilng for i hey are jolly good fellows 104 blood donors at red cross clinic here on tuesday i urgent clinic to ikato town and dlhlrlci maliv fine iccnptinme to appeal artoilu third blmxl donor clinic on tiieuiny wuu the- lurgekt und most wucceiitiful yet one hundred und four uuplo volunteered to tho coll which tops iho limt clinic when k7 resmtiided there wiin u splendid rewiwuike from iiiom in tho illntrht iidjiicont to tho town uu well uu thou hiding in town and khio of the riottorx resptiiidtil for tho thlrtl time following tiro iho ihju of donors those from the dlsitiit und xlntil outsido of a ton ralph mckiown l o johnston jowoph iuuulottuut 11 word wtiftk wlllliiiii ritchie w j ritchie w d mcltityro george incoy walter huxley douglaw nod- widl wuloy lleutly churleit futt dun hlndloy doniiui griiliiitn donald miithomon john k gratuitti c j vnncooen hownrl grarf roun iium- ley william gibson romi gordon leonard nlghtlngnlo joseph jvitnlugu a ii diamond dnuglim rolwrtkon w l forgujion ion borlwrlch cecil aklnu chnrlou fjishy otto hill don ald pcrguiinn john a milne hnrold ferguson george roltortuon malcolm moffat krnest fatt wllbort smith duncan moffat rudolph krnus clar ence wilson rolmtrt somorvlllo cal vin mclntyro ivnn rlchnrdson it m blncklock ellas ensterhrook james allison dr b d young roy john ston wllllum allison r mulder wil fred brownlow alex near e fisher john black joseph poachoy j s sargent fred stewart wlllard brlt- ton cameron kltchlng the donors from acton wcroa ralph orrlo lamb douglas mcench- crn stanley collett g a sinclair ii thorarlnson j creasy a ryan arthur rolwon m c smith t t nollo e s force clifford ronaud g musulox herb ritchie wallaco frnnkum harry dennis sam t nant norman mcenchorn william benson john bruce gordon rog- novlclsnn george ronton cltiude cook william mlddleton ben rach- iln george glblkins gordon hanuen uoyd masnleu thomas jones fred kentner t harris charles kirknoss fred iwig grant kalbflulsch ll mason wesley wolfe cliurleu spires wesley allen glenn ryder william wllllumk max pnllunt sam snow georgo holmes frank robertson tho dnctorx in charge were dr w g c kenney acton dr waller rockwood and dr w g cullon acton the nurses were in chnrgo of mrs g w benton and tho following stuff mrs huxley miss walker miss f moffat mrs d gordon mrs l brownlow mrs martin mrs thomas miss a e anderson mrs anno blai k mrs e vnnnormon mrs flnlny mrs vnl force mrs smot- hurst mrs h o boyes was in charge of the secretarial duties and was assist ed by mrs heeley mrs terry mrs adam son miss boyle and mrs lenth- erland mrs w j beatty was convenor of the lunch committee and the ladles of thowomens institute assisted the reception committee were mr a mason mrs w h clayton mrs a b mclean the acton ys mens club had the responsibility of arranging the build ing ami equipment and organizing the clinic dhd securing the donors mcsaber fram oakville reta that halton la rcinjr ncclecud lite county council rndorara reao- luuon uistfagr opening of m liquor stora in milton and a custonts office in oakwu not in favor of a fttoer lluntlnar season an evening session of ilalt4n coun ty ouncll was held in milton lost thursday with nil members present with tho exception of reeve ilrown geornelwii and iputyreivo smith of nimii mr w m ill holt toronto ad- dretw4h the meeting und urgeil that the iufily council siiiim riho gener ously to tho present vli lry fonii llie matter wan inter dl uhmhi in ohii iliiill lilul while all member were ngrel that the pur htixo of vl tory rondm would im n wound in vestment they ll utloiietl whether tliey had tto ntithorily to thus uso the publics money kald the warden if to yveie to buy vl tory bonds with money tideu from the taxpayers then wo lire putting n load on tho hojit wlili h i dont think we art entitled in do reeve llhilr hiilriniin of iho fin ance commltle watt of tho opinion hut slnio tho county of halton brut ho surplum thoy therefore had fund with which to lnv d the following reimdutlon was tasuod movtsl by j blair seconded by n craig ihuii this county coiimll tlmln it huri- nlble to sulmorllm to i in premnt vic tory ioan duo to tin fait that ther is no sinking fund or surplus money on hand a uuosflon regarding tin oten sea- kon for door hunting in halton county wam raised acixirdlng to several f tho momlxtu mtuiy complulnts had iwem rcelv4l rohitlvo to the flimuifo and domtrtu hon iwrlng ttmmui by deer particularly in tho northern part of the mnty one ttixpiiyer hud com plained hint hlu turnlph and orn hml mon completely destroyed another mild ho had seen mm iniiny as six and seven dimtr in his cuhlage patrh ut one time but tho iiueutlon wum rau- d um to whether the request for an oiton season wnu more delred by huntoru than by fur mew a resolution wum tlmilly paused to the effort hint council was not in favor of doer hunting in halton county at the present time a bylaw was panned approving ti bylaw passed by trafalgar council to close purt of tho ninth lino traf algar in concession four south of dundnm street deputyreeve ilillmer of oakvllle said it was tho opinion of many in the kouth end of tho county that a grave injustice hnd boon done to oakvllle by the government at ottawa by clos ing the customs office in that town thereby causing great inconvenience to industries located in that district continued on page eight frieni4 make lrehentat10n to two acton young ladies on friday evening a few friends gathered at the home of mr and mrs w j mcleod to spend a social evening with misses isabel mcleod nnd margaret smith before they leave for ottawa where they have secured positions with the civil ser vice tho evening was spent in games nnd during the evening miss rena bmldn read an address and misses dorothy clayton and been early pres ented tho girls ench with a leather writing case thoy both thanked everyone afterwards mrs mcleod mrs rltchlo and audrey macarthur served a dulnty lunch we nil join in wishing these girls ttio best of luck in their now ad venture coming events ft or oih ernu nd ihl hxlin rhffifu frn p lino with minimum chr liww any nnaunccmnl uf a old tyme concert at acton united church november 16 8 pm admts ion 25c dont mlu it dance brookvllle ilttll sporuored by buiy bee club november j8 fwi- er orcheatra ernie packer floor manager admission 35c lakealde chapter i o d e chrlt- maa pair and blnso saturday nov- cmbcr2alh3toiaprn dance georgetown arena friday evening nov 10th a wataona or cheatra proceed for soldlerf over parcela admuulon sot