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ht jvrtim m bttss sixtyninth year no 26 acton ontario thursday december wrd 1941 l lloraelrint pm five cents building bylaw receives final changes on tuesday mcdomu thnkcd by oomddon and officer for ibe grata ni fkinwm open air kb at school grows now balbff flooded hallway ciiailat sit itrccd for mui street at the meeting of acton council on tuesday evening councillor w jgl oakea a mason c klrknest ad f j davison were present and reeve j m mcdonald presided councillorelect j h boulton wm also present lo mlt in with council mr palmer waa present and pointed out that he had not operated his business during 1943 and should not be assessed for this year council agreed that thhi property waa incor rectly assessed for business tax and the correction waa made by motion accounts were passed for payment as follows norman mceachern supplied 62 24 norman mceachern care of are truck and supplies 3834 bell telephone co services 819 e o jennings wood 15300 cuelph sand a gravel ltd supplies 360 county of halton use of grader 8 00 acton welfare board reller 17 73 j b mackenzle a son sup plies 4h bo s319 bm it was decided to have the tax ar- rearii list at the next meeting and keep all accounts cleared up no action wan taken regarding the declaration of boxing day as a public holiday as no request had been made chief harrop reported that the col lector of garbage was willing to con tinue the duties during january relief matters nnd the canes of in digent patients were discussed by the council at some length and instruc tions issued for dealing with yhise matters a letter from the board of trans- port commissioners pointed out that no warning sign v an at the crossing on mill street of the c n it south of the crossing and asked that in the interests of safety a sign be erected an invest gat ion had been made of this crossing following the accident recently when a truck was hit by the train it was decided to write the department of highways requesting that a sign be erected here a letter from the ontario munici pal board suggested changes in the building bylaw the changes uet made as suggested and the clerk was instructed to have the bylaw ready for passing at the first meeting in the new year it was decided to have the llrwt meeting of council in 1044 on mondny january 3rd at 12 45 pm the regu lar meeting will be held on the second and third wednesdays of each month council discussed arrangements re garding the securing of addltlonnl municipal help and the arrangements with national selective service councillor klrkness reported on the outdoor rink there had been no success in making ice on the bower avenue site due to soil conditions and arrangements had been made to have the rink at the school grounds and use the old shed on the property for dressing rooms permission had been secured fronvthe school board for this purpose mking of ice had been started nnd it was hoped to have skating by christmas councillor mason on behalf of the councillor and other officials at the council table and who have been as sociated with councl work expressed appreciation nit behalf of these indi viduals on the work of ueeve mcdon ald during the er his conduct of meeting and his unblused nnd fntr decisions he presented on theh be half u box of cigars iteeve mcdonald in reply mild he felt he was not solely responsible for any success achieved this had been secured onl by the cooperation of all the council the offlcluls and the citizens in general everybody shared in any achievement nnd he in turn appreciated this cooperation which had been accorded him he expressed appreciation of the words and thought fulnes that accompanied the gift as an acknowledgment ol ervlce r london since war began great britain has spent j6660000000 in the united states on supplies of all kinds w h robinson reelected president of halton plowmen halton plowmen laid plans at their annual meeting recently held in mil ton to hold their 1944 annual match in nelsqft township it was also sug gested that the match be held at an earlier date and that a display of labor saving equipment be held in conjunction with the match the el ection of officers resulted as follows president w ii iloblnson 1st vicepresident j a elliott 2nd vicepresident w j itobcrt- son secretary-treasurer- j e white- lock directors eaqueslng township j c cunningham m t mcnabb and clebert mcdowell directors nassagaweya township hoy currle loo finney and i- w chisholm directors nelson township e m ileadhead it segsworth nnd w k shields directors trafalgar township j a dixon j marchment c marshall and harry picket county directors gordon chlsolm stanley hall victor hall claude pi cket and fred robinson honorary directors e h fillroy peter peddle w a robinson and j wilson samuel bmnnelle has enlisted in thercaf reeve and council eramosa township candidates tor 1944 detatbi in purchase of community hall at everion passed other kerns at the statutory meeting the statutory meeting of the coun cil for the township of eramosa wns held at 1 30 in the town hall rock- wood on december 15th ueeve d d gray presided and councillors wm j plnkney e h benham roy i leslie and jo u rutherford were also present bylaw no 9 providing for the pur chase of the community hall evei- ton mas clvcn the required readings and passed the deed for the prop erty and relative resolutions of the church of the disciples of christ in conbrecntlon nnd the board of the the village of everton were inspected and accepted by council letters were ordered to be filed as follows from the department ol highways approving the purchase of the community hall from the lon don war memorial childrens hos pital from the canadian mothercraft society the following reports were accept ed by resolution the township aud itors report for the year up to oc tober 31st tne report of the school attendance officer the report of the auditor of the department of high way for the year 1942 and the cem etery report of the local board of health by resolution the treasurer was instructed to refund 51550 to three ratepmerswhqhad been overcharged in connection with union school section no 14 township of erin the refund was at the request 6f the council far the township of erin who also requested n similar timount be deducted from the amount to be paid to s s no 14 erin council confirmed the action of the ueeve in agreeing to a threevuny equal settlement of a hospital account thut had been in dispute wtwecn the townships of ntcol guelph and krit- mosn he clerk was instructed to nttend to insurance on the community hall nnd to subst rlhe for copies of the municipal world for 1944 the reeve and treasurer w ere authorized to dispose of 204x100 of victory bonds to meet the heavy un- foreeiexpcndlture near the close of the ear councu paused accounts for10- 922 26 and adjourned the clerk was invited to the chair for the usual valedictory speeches the reeve and each member of coun cil expressed his intention to be a candidate for his respective office for 1944 wooden soles london cp hugh dalton president of the board of trade ha decreed that in future soles of mens shoes will bo made of wood so more and better leather can be devoted to making childrens shoes riichrjttnas no liquor store for halton owing shortage ol spirits christmas concert and santa visit at knox s s b p m monday evening found knox sunday kchcml roam filled to capacity with proud parents and excited child ren the occasion was the annual christ mn pi tree entertainment the building echoed nnd reechoed as young and old alike joined their voices in singing of favorite carols evelyn dolmer and betty sinclair found the audience a very apprec iative one when they gave christmas recitations alleen mclsaac sang very kweetly a christmas hymn then she played the piano and everyone sang white christmas betty masters rendered a delightful piano solo and all enjoyed very much the rendition of away in n manger by the prim ary class ken mnnn nnd buddy kentner sang santa clous is coming totowicand led everybody in the singing of thvrhorus donnluxuvld son bui hut uonnle ryder frntikle splelvogel uonnle job and uonnle coleman presented n star diill col ored slldci of the christmas ttory were shown the accompanying script being rend by mr clarence coles tito climax of the evening eume after a few minutes of expectant waiting when simla claus a tat nnd jollv as ever hurst into the room with a henrty roar of laughter ees spar kled and excited laughter w heard as he proceeded to distribute fts prize and candy to everyone then as heads began to nod and little eye persisted in closing he took his farewell and the small ones were hastily bundled up and hustled off in to the night to home and bed uniquecards prom soldiers on battle fronts among the unique chrutmas cards from the armed forces are tthoe that come by airgraph this year and have some original sketches mr and mrs h o boyes received one from the east with palm trees and a typical eastern scene worked into the greet ing from sergt jim mcceachle the sketch was a canadian soldier looking at a chrutmas dinner and you said a mouthful merry christmas the latter card la on view in our window attempted to steal casoline now in jail at milton five young men caught on sun day morning- at the hlffhway garage an attempt to steal gasoline from the highway garage early sunday morning was frustrated and four of the culprits were landed in the coun ty jail charged with attempted theft and having in their possession a tool for housebreaking namely a pinch bar the four under arrest are vatrlck loccaho aged 25 joseph anthony ioccano ageo 1h wm burleigh ag ed 2fl and earl burleigh aged 24 years the fifth occupant of the tar n man in sold uniform escaped all are from london about 1 30 on sunday morning mr alex mclsaac was awakened by the group attempting to break the lock on the gasoline pump ot his garage on main street the group were nwny when mr mclsaac came to in vestigate and started west on the hlghwav they however turned nnd fume back cost nnd mr mclsaac fol lowed them in his car in the mean time mrs mclsanc hnil notified pro vincial officer uay mason the car went down knox avenue and stopped while the soldier occup ant got out to put the cap on the gas tank hero they made one bad blun der officer mason came up from hit home along knox aenue and both ends of the street were blocked for their getaway the five were held at gunpoint by officer mason and mr mclsaac and mr h r force notified chief harrop the soldier while wait ing decided to take a chance to run for it and got away over back fences and through the old pioneers cem etery the other four were lodged in milton jail by officer mason and chief harrop the car driven was a 1939 bulck said to be recently purchased the four will come up for trial in milton and in the meantime police are in vestigating their records 10 turkeys sent in all directions at y christmas party games of cards carol singing nnd ii good soda time and dnnclng wer features inst friday night of the christmas party of acton yu menh club but of course the highlight of the evening was the draw for the ten turkeys to grace the christmas tables half of them went to acton residents nnd half of them to friends in points from london to toronto winners of the birds were w m itolfe 11 macdonald ave london agnes flear rockwood c ii harris on 62 high park blvd toronto hoddle force mary dennis wm wa- ter house uoht healey and ft mac- arthur all of acton vernon steph- ittum lfi melbourne ave toronto l h morrill kitchener christmas supper anii concert at baptist church the members of the uiiplist church nnd their rlonds gathered in th- church bnscmont tutiwlay evening december 4th for the annual chrut mas supper everyone did justice to the dellilaus supmr provided by the ladles following supper a short program was given in the auditorium with mrs s cripps as chairman carol staging was enjoyed with mrs ostrom at the piano mary reld and marlon grundy sang a duett and the reld family sang two numbers mr nnd mrs e w anderson and kenneth and elwln kentner gave several mus ical numbers during the evening ronnie cripps gave a recitation and the primary class under the direct- ion of mrs grundy sang several choruses at the conclusion of the program santa claus arrived and distributed the gifts from the tree candy and oranges were provided for the child ren and some of the older children santas visit brought to a close a very gay evening and everyone de parted tired but happy permission cranlcd lo construct rink at school grounds at a eial meeting of alton k4i100i hoard last thursday evening imtiiiisumi was granted to cmtslruct an mn air skating rink at the m hool grounds and the use uf the shed on the grounds for diesslug room ar- tungements weie uimi matte for the water nupply the couimii is to ar range projter protei llou for the m hool buildings and supei vision yemieud accounts were tassed for payment the equipment foi improvement of the heullng system ordered some months ugo hits been purtly delivered and will tie n hi idled un mmiii as mis- slhle the oiuteiisutlon pump u itow on bund other items to put the equipment in itettet comlltlnu iwere iiim ukhed hy the i build mid will ite ileal with inter hoard imnitter prcmnt wen- 1 trus tee v i itumley w ii clayton f s llhiw ami li f g oukes uud rimlniiaii g a i mils presided last meeting for 1943 ol esquehng council wednesday year knd hlninmm concluded and llyljiw iahhcd for kicrllonh for 1941 the hist regular kneeling of iwiiei- ing township count ii for 1041 was held 011 wednesday all memlmi of count ii were present lllid ueeve c ii may prenldtnl minutes of the luwt meeting wen read aud ndopttl atcolintti were passed foi puymeiit as follows at ion public utilities street lights simm u ii telephone co services iw munklpal world nlipplles 92 77 dept flame and kish- erles iktmhtts sj h3 georgetown herald u count 1012 wm cump- 1hii ut tending convention 4 ml c ri miration of oetrgettwn division couri costs j27rw i m ilennett re vising voters lists 31hm ii uolwrt- kon stamps 100 j kan ford relief account 12 00 ii c mcclure am bulance to hospltnl 10 00 dr ii t paul 21 00 i m ilennett account 20 00 3 sanford accotyit 18 b3 the following amounts to ueeve deputyueevo and councillors were paid for meetings milage and com mission c h may 143 20 g w murray 131 00 oeorge ii cleave 11900 george currle 114 20 wm a wilson 114 20 the council adjourned the morning session and resumed ut two oclock uellef accounts of 88 24 were paid and dale and bennett account in full of 209 80 was passed the cheque of logan and haines was returned uoad accounts of 7262 28 were paid and sheep claims of 16 50 oth er items were geo c brown renew al bond tor jos sandford 3750 the bylaw to provide for holding municipal elections was read and pass ed by council moved by currle seconded by w1i son that the reeve do now vacate the chair and it be taken by the deputy- reeve carried moved by wilson seconded by cleave that the thank of this coun- 7hi are hurebylcnderod to reevecii may for the courteous and impartial manner in which he has presided over the meetings 4f this council during the past year carried moved by cleave seconded by wil son thnt we do now adjourn car ried onaidrmiioa ivutctbted ttoquewt after u war nutfcbcr of iwrajji read from lwal or- kmnlxatiooa and theo tiled councillora kxprvtw appreciat ion of hcrvlocst of warden j m mcdonald the iaal year lite final meeting uf halton county count ii was held in mi htm m tues day all members were ptesent with the exteptton of itewve lllllmer tt oakvllle ueeve llrown was otdlged iti leave early hut before going ew- prehsett his pleasure at his usnotiat- lon with the members of the count ii during the uist year mid regretted pressure tit business made it impos sible for him to run for ueeve a mm ttid year a group picture of the tiuiu ii was taken iwfore tlie sessltdi tmguil ctmiiinlttett reimrts weie us followm cttuiily buildings ietinilieiulatliiii ttf payment ut accounts iiinouiitlng um 477 0l htmipltal accounts rf 7 printing jh2ai flnnute ltt 41 lhlu aintiunt ttvert grants to the childrens am ttotltlv old age pen- sltins hoard houm of uttfuge uuifl ctiinmlttth fees for meiiilhrn of t he count ii agrltuhurul uttounts aui hhlul ctmiimiinltutlonii a letter from the iepurtment u1 nutltinal ite- venue slntthl that it is lmmsslhltf for custom office im tmnttl in the town ut oukville ut the present tlmtt llu t katon ctt ut ttironttt sent letter of thuuks in leiuru for ex pression of uppret i at ion from the county for their asslstuiice in helping the furmer4 of the dutrh t to harvest their traps the letter further stat- itl thut we stund ready at all time to tlo iir utmost to in uf service in stith matters a letter from the iuiior control uourd of cunattu read us follows muy we advise it is not the intention of t he uourd to open uny furl her llouor stores 1ur the dumtlon owing to the shortage of spirits after the war i am sure ir you bring this mat ter up before the hoard it wltl at that time have every consideration tuvro were many letters of protest from various local organizations ug- lilliwt the possible estahllshment of lltjuor store in milton all the letters were read in open tountll and then filed they were from tlie following organizations the afternoon auxil iary of the w m h of hi pauls un ited church the halton presbytery camphellvllle womens institute the book club of milton evening auxil iary of the united church milton palermo womens missionary society and a personal letter of protest from henry w cripps it it no s milton discussion as to the railway ser vice at campbellvllle was again be fore the council as reeves near and robertson were desirous of knowing whether it was the decision of the council to further prosecute the mat ter the warden assured the council that as far as getting any better ser vice from the railway that according to the latest ruling was definitely out whether any action should be taken as to a breach of contract was left over to the next meeting any action as to suggested protection at continued on page five 1 christinas treat and entertainment of united church the annual christmas entertain ment was a big highlight of the fes tive season for the children and grpwnups at the united church on wednesday evening of last week there were christmas carols a wel coming recitation by marilyn rogn- valdson a presentation by the church school entitled the dream of the months orchestral numbers by mr beans class reading by miss erm wllderspln quartette number by tho c g i t girl of course the arrival of sai claus was the big event for the child ren and a christmas treat was given to all the sunday school pupils mr a t brown superintendent was chairman for the entertainment back from overseas in time for the christmas holiday after two and a half years overseas with the canadian forces sergt w flndlay arrived home on wednesday morning just in time for the christ- mas of 1943 bui is well bronzed and appears to have stretched out more acton friends as well as mrs flndlay and kathleen are indeed glad to see him back home again and especially for christmas coming events announcmeml at mratisr cna cert or otbr evcals nof ibis lin with minimum chrs lor my new years eve dance in actosv town hall decembe 31st merry makers orchestra dance brookvllle hall december 39 h fishers orchesu e packer floor tnanager sponsored by busy bees dance in ortea community hall on friday evening december sm har vey fisher orchestra aoc lif