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u itht imtm jtttt bttsz 0 seventieth year no 25 acton ontario thursday december 21st 1044 eight homeprint pages five omm asrtgltt hub ghfrtbtmafi to ewnjntt two wms life memberships are presented at meeting acton united church wmj3 mot at the home of mrs peter smith last thuteday the president mra caldwell presided after a short busi ness period the installation of the 1945 officers was conducted by rev mr fosbury a very fine friendship service interspersed with many christ inas hymns and carols sung as solos and choruses followed a very happy feature was the pres entation of a life membership certif icate to miss e hawthorne by mrs e 3 caldwell on behalf of the society and mrs fosbury presented the pin mrs jas symon presented mrs b veldhuls with a life membership cer tificate and the church chblr through mrs gardiner gave a life members pin grateful acknowledgement was voiced by the two new life members after this very helpful program mrs smith and miss pearl smith ser ved christmas refreshments a hearty vote of thanks was given the hostes ses mr fosbury closed the meeting with prayer following are the officers for the year 1945 past president mrs b mowat president mrs e j caldwell 1st vicepresident mra s j held 2nd vicepresident mrs h n wil son 3rd vicepresident mrs r j john son recording secretary mus e haw thorne corresponding secretary mra a t brown treasurer mrs g a dills mission band miss m z bennett christian stewardship and finance mrs a w fosbury community frlenshlp mrs f cleave associate helper mrs j gardiner affiliated cgjtt mrs rognvold- aon missionary monthly mrs t wat- eon mrs i agar life membership mrs t watson baby band mrs r mcarthur supplies mrs j moore pianist mrs r r arnold asst pianist mrs m bums pressmiss e hawthorne auditors mrs j symon mrs f cleave subsidy 4187079 received by the erin council other ium l december meetta of twramp council lantwedc employees of beardmore co give christmas party a band and santa claus draw big and little children at this season of the year like the pled piper in spite of strong and blustery weather the acton buys band prwdd smwttn claixs behind the team of mr evan jones from the beardmore a co bates on elgin street to the town hall all along the route the child ren tagged on i was the christmas party of the beardmore employees association for the children and the versatile reeve j u mcdonald was the jolly santa claua and the centre of the party while bobby anderson was the clown it was held on satur day afternoon needless to say the hall was packed it was a childrens party and the star performer was the funny man who led the singing and war general master of ceremonies a pro fessional artist with a group of train ed dogs also gave a performance of coure the highlight was the ar rival or santa claus who claimed the last mile was made on snowshoea owing to the heavy snow there was mountain of christmas gifts with a package for every child and a big christmas orange santa claus nnd his committee had a busy time dis tributing thorn but none were missed and all were happy pte m mcmillan invalided home at christmas time another acton soldier was among the fortunate and pte m 3 mcmillan arrived home on sunday evening tn time to spend christmas with his raot- hw mr mawiiwt mrmlllmti mra mi sister miss jean and brother bui at home on frederick street he has been o for over two years and a half and while training in england had the misfortune to be thrown from a motorcycle and sustained extensive injuries to his knee and he had been invalided home tn the army for three years he went overseas after six months training in canada not only the family but his many acton friends are glad to see him return and learn that his injuries are making satisfactory progress friendly circle christmas invasion at home of leader materials sent from red cross headquarters here materials forwarded from acton red cross headquarters this week in cluded the following 7 pair mitts 17 pair bed socks 4 sweaters 2 scarfs 15 pair gloves 10 pair socks 13 pair pyjamas 60 girls nightgowns 10 babys nightgowns 113 khaki handkerchiefs 44 white handkerchiefs t acton esusnasr baatrtca creamer grandaughter of mra c crsamst has joined the wjlcna and is now sfsllonod at ckbwglua njb the municipal council of erin township met at hlllsburg on friday inst all members were present and the reeve edgar huxley presided the following resolutions were made nnd passed that the treasurer be instructed to pay school rcquulons in three instal ments december 15th 1944 march 1st 1045 nhd june 1st 1045 that the treasurer nnd road sup erintendent be authorized to pny all accounts presented from date to tec 31 1044 that the road superintendent not ify nil patrolmen that nny snow fence not erected in ten dnys from now will be collected and erected in other noccfi- sary places in the township that the treasurer be authorized tojorwnrd to the county treasurer the sum of 5lbb5522 county tax that the treasurer be hereby au thorized to make adjustments of re ceipts nnd charges between the town ship and the police village of h ills- burg nnd orton also interest pay ments and interest receipts between the township anil the telephone company the treasurer reported receiving government subsidy cheque for 4- 18070 being two mills on the town- ihlp assessment that daniel cray treasurer be re funded 91473 error in deposit that the reeve be paid 910000 de puty reeve 58500 ancl the councillors 7500 each for their services as com missioners for the year that the collector and treasurer be remunerated for extra work on the tax arrears register for the post year and that each receive 50 00 for- their services the following accounts were pass ed and paid i r w hull prlntlnc account tlls- 50 hydro electric co for orton j street lights 334s3 fted cox room for special meeting si 50 municipal world s4 52 mrs wilson awrey hall for nominations 16 00 edgar hux ley extra expenses as reeve s1575 a j lindsay postage and exchange 6 92- wm ward cuttlniz grass and weeds 5320 dept health insulin s2 97 geo bryan clerk and six mon ths salary and expenses re 2nd nom ination 521325 r s mccutcheon relief officer six months salary and postage 535 50 daniel gray treasurer six months salarv 5150 00 a j lindsay collec tor salary for 1943 520000 sheep accounts sheen destroyed by dogs and inspecting 23 00 gordon jackson shooting two dogs caught kil ling sheep 10 00 i relief accounts to the amount of 12621 were paid road accounts to the amount of s234787 were passed and paid hlllsb police village road ac counu 37220 were passed and or dered paid by the polios village at a special meeting on november utli the treasurer was instructed to purchase a 500 bond in the seven- th victory loan for the corporation of the township of erin the friendly circle invaded the home of their teacher miss si z bennett lced by iols dawklna and alzelna priestly carrying a mlnature christmas tree the class marched down lake avenue and serenaded miss bennett on the porch after she recovered from the initial shock she invited the girls in the tree was lit and each girl placed a gift for miss bennett under it when the parcels had been opened amidst loud ohs ahd ahs miss bennett thanked the girls for the shower of gifts a santa claus hunt was then star ted the lucky under being alzelna priestly who was presented with a gift by the benevolent old gentle man after a nice quiet game of mur der the girls settled down and sang christmas carols till the jolly old welkin rang- doris wilson presided at the piano during this period a very satisfactory lunch of dough nuts and coffee christmas enke was served by stella adamson doris ken- tner edith jennings lois dawklns erma whderspln miss bennett and peg richardson after the sinning of for shes a jolly good fellow and auld jkmc i syne the comanny dlsperiunlliopsfck as noisily as they arrived christmas concert presented by united sun s a very fine christmas concert was presented by the pupils and teachers of acton united sunday school last wednesday evening and enjoyed by a large audience of parents and friends christmas hymns were of course a feature and superintendent a t brown and the minister rev a w fosbury were chairmen little diana balrd gave the scholars welcome and other features on the program were a play entitled 1ght in the window playette choosing a doll singing of old english carols cornet solo by ken anderson a little play fairies christmas party and the tableau the manger scene with the organ chimes playing that christmas hymn silent night of course the highlight was the visit of santa claus and the distribution from the christmas tree of gifts for young and some old ones too when santa came to town arrival of santa claus at the christmas tree and parade of the beardmore employees association at acton town hall last sat urday afternoon wolf killed in eramoa brings bounty of 65 with n township bounty in eia- mosa of 35 per head supplemented with a 25 provincial bounty wolves in this district are pretty profitable game for hunters on wednesday wellington and arthur stumphf bag ged a wolf on the farm of reeve d d gray of eramosa just north of rockwood in view of the fact that eramosa has paid this year over 1000 in claims for sheep killed the bounty on a wolf is pretty good business at 35 it is believed a number of the sheep killed were the prey of wolves concluding meeting esquesing council for the year 1944 reeve may thanked for courteous treatment and conduct of council proceedinsb the last regular meeting of etques- ing township council for the year was hold on friday deputyreeve g w murray councillors george e cleave george currie and wm a wilson were present and reeve c h may presided accounts passed for payment in cluded dept game and fisheries hunting licenses 250 corporation of georgetown division court costs nnd rent 1800 bell telephone co services 495 acton public utilities crescent lights 1500 w j camp bell weed inspector 1000 george town herald account 2469 cecil chlsholm attending court of appeals 56 us a w benton attending court 5 60 nnd ntnmp 1025 j sanrord relief account supplies etc 1965 g c brown insuronre renewal 3750 christmas patty ys mens club feature night one of the finest and largest aortal events at the ymca was the christ- mas party last friday evening ar ranged by the vs mens club thero was a splendid attendance one of the largest of any event in several year the program bristled with features card were enjoyed for an hour or so and the program proper opened with a demonstration by a group from tor onto on the parallel bars and the varl- lous holds in judo in this group which kindly came to acton were ingram jones physical director of the west end y david burgess instruc tor or judo and ken mccracken their demonstrations were most interesting nnd enjoyed big feature number too was the annual christmas turkey draw off the ys men a couple of live birds were before tho tree and with good old santa claus making the draw there was a real christmas flavor mr chas heard was in charge of this item ahd winners announced were h klaull acton irma watson acton frank toth acton miss m close i acton mrs irene marshall acton mr e crinps acton g kalhftelsh board of health accounts for meet i e ings and mileage wore paid j h i bingham 2670 dr r t paul p county councillauds work of warden ior 1944 committee appointed to investig ate health service for rural schools ajlowanceo made old age pensions secretary and to road enthjneer 4kher items at concluding session monday the final meeting of the 1044 coun ty council was held tn milton last monday the warden presided but two of the membersmr gilbert- nnd mr hiumer were absent business was brief and to the point communications and minutes were read and loports considered in com mlttee of the whole business arising from the same was i follows moved by c h heslop seconded by w j robertson that a grant of 150 be given to the road engineer on ac count of increase in gas and oil ex penses carried there was some discussion in re- gard to the advertising for the county booklet for overseas and in this connection it uo moved by mr craig seconded by j m mcdonald hat the interim report of the advertis ing committee he accepted and the following committee fees be paid n craig 860 j m mcdonald 8 40 n gilbert 7 60 carried moved by n craig seconded by j blair that wm deans as secretary of the old age pensions and mother allowance board be given a grant of 150 for efficient services rendered to the board carried moved by j blair seconded by n craig that the following accounts be passed and authorized for payment finance 304565 county building 49047 printing 12351- hospital accounts 33080 agriculture and ra forestratlon tttsjo total 30tm1v carried the question of a health service in the rural schools was again discussed and it was agreed that messrs j m mcdonald w j robertson and c hiumer be a committee to go to the department to investigate the setup of the school nurse plan routine business being completed the warden was asked to vacate the chair when mr j m mcdonald act ed as chairman it was moved by j blair and seconded by j m campbell that the thanks of this council be ten dered to our warden mr howard may for the courteous and efficient manner in which he presided over the deliberations of this council and the prompt attention given to the bus iness during the yean carried following the motion each memb er of the council present at mondays meeting expressed his or her per sona appreciation of the wardens courtesy and efficiency during his year of office mr wes murray dep uty reeve of esqueslng while quite in agreement with the good record shown by the warden said he did not expect anything less from a man from esqueslng township the warden thanked the members for their words of commendation and goodwill and also expressed his ap preciation of the good work done by all county council officials without whose cooperation his year of office would have been a lot more difficult he expressed regret that more work had not been accomplished during his tenure of office but hoped that an those interested would realise short age of labor and materials made pro gress along some lines almost im possible he particularly regretted the bridge at glen williams had not been constructed while he was in of fice no other business being brought be fore the council the meeting adjourn ed with the singing off the national anthem closing another buslneai year for the county of flatten 2520 c h may 2880 i m ben nett 2400 dept of health insulin 40c j sanford 1352 members of couhcll received the following amounts for meetings mile- ante and commissioner c h may 160 80 g w murray 15000 g e cleave 132 50 geo currie 134 40 wm a wilson 13440 at the afternoon session of council the bylaw providing for the holding of municipal nominations audi elec tions was read and passed road ac counts of 400520 were passed for payment legal fees of pale ac ben nett of 15000 were paid and re lief accounts of 1475 sheep claims included amounts to stanley may 1100 spencer hughes valuator 200 wm a wilson 6500 f w shortlll valuator 200 mr k c lindsay was paid 2500 for services rendered regarding the county book at the conclusion of the meeting the reeve vacated the chair and the deputyreeve g w murray put the following motion moved by wilson seconded by cleave that the thanks of this cbun dl are hereby tendered to reeve c h may for the courteous and impar tial manner in which he has presided over the meetings of this council dur ing the past year carried a burrows guelph it was announced that night and re peated now that winners should cell tonight thursday after seven thirty at the home of mr heard fredertek and agnes streets for their birds we understand theyre all ready for them the lunch provided by the ladles was another big feature perhaps the word elaborate might be used in des cribing this part as well as big cold meats salads bread and butter cake and coffee eating together and singing togeth er are said to be two of the finest attributes to good sociability and so a feature that followed the lunch was rousing singing of the good old christmas carols with chas klrkness as leader there was both volume and harmony nnd pretty fine enjoy ment in this part of the program for the young people the closing feature was dancing on the fine gym nasium floor it proved a grand christmas parry- mr w j beatty was chairman and during the evening briefly addressed the audience instead of trying so hard as sosae of us do to be happy as if x would if i were a boy again try still harder to deserve happlnsss j t fields cases heard jn court in milton this week in police court in milton yesterday afternoon arthur cluhlne pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving and was fined 25 and costs the case arose from a collision of a truck owned by gordon snow and driven by arthur clublne and a car driven by thomas epstein of toronto the accident occurred on december 2nd on the first i4ne of esqueslng evidence showed that at the time of the mishap the windshield of the truck was nearly all frosted the truck struck the front of the car damaging the front fender and run ning board amounting to 114 there was no damage to the truck pro vincial constable e r lemon investi gated on monday at a special sitting of court before judge munro thomas burmum of hamilton appeared on a charge of stealing a car and tires he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year in the reformatory on each charge the terms to run coswurrent- coming events announcmtit ol mlln crat rrt or olhtr eve1 and ihu hiins r rhrsl cni pff lln with m minimum chr fo sr nnounrmni at qc dance at orange hall brampton i friday december 22nd stawalt elliots orchestra dance oddfelloxs hall milton on december 22nd pioomsbury orches tra admission inc dublin school concert friday de cember 32nd at 813 pjo sdowss by dance admission adults 39c come to the christmas concert at ss no 7 nassaiaweya on friday december 22nd at 800 pm- ladles please provide admission 30o flfa dance in brooktllle hall on wvr nesday december 27th auspices kssv sasaweya womens institute ma elliots orchestra admission 0e fa new year frolic actoa town ha- january umtamtlmn jpfjjr ailmlaslisji mte daaejaja ujsui irjr osuncu for tat of ttw 1 h c iaiiihrjj8m