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4 seventysecond year no j acton ontario thursday july 18th im eight homeprint pagee wve cast big entry in races held here saturday afternoon fit be mt and spotta uny stee war ahagl by aetna btgia twenty flv ho wr brought to actaa on saturday to compete in in first rar meet for trot tin horsm a la arton park sine bfor in war th want was sponsorbd by ac ton branrb of th canadian legion 1 tact to many nor cam to part la i pat la th vi that th legion arranged an added want and filled th whole aft t moon with a program of rus that gave followers of th sttlby horaaa a food afternoon of their favortt port th crowd wu a bit disappointing for aurh a pretentious program per haps this could be arcouated for by th fact that th lap of euch events htd here had dulled enthusiasm for th sport it was a baautlful lumnwr day for an outing in fart so dry and warm that thr track was haavy with ttust which went in clouds as thr pounding hoofs churned it up thor oughly in th various at ants- purses of c300 aarh wr offered for th var ious avants- thar war betting privileg on th grounds and a re freshment booth results war atajol lows first race 2 38 or pace- all haats won by iroguols mckhlop owned and driven by harry ingle brighton ttmx3 u a rrmj3 n second rar 2 33 trot or par 1st division first hat nab chllcoot owned and driven by n ktrhy of walton 3 2flwj second heat nancy budlong owned and driven by h ferrtngion brant ford 3 23 h third haat cassi le owned and drlvan by a- psy boaeneath 3 1u tird race 3 33 trot or paceecand division first and second haats dan mcklhney owned and driven by alas williams beamsvllle q 19 ant 3 30w third haat kuth harvester owned and driven bv harry ingle brighton 3 21 s fourth race classified free for nil owned and driven h harry ingles first and second heat rat ton li urtghtnn 2 21 s snd 2 1s third haat christopher stout owned by lr t j mccharles 1 ucknow and dr n by o turvey 2 jo judges were o llihtnnn y i wright and it iowrle and ollle w 11 der was starter mr ie m aylas worth was secretary following the racei an exhibition hall game wan plaved between karls court team from toronto and arton intermediate it provided a ron 1 close gam until the final innings when the vltltors uent into the end to finish 14 0 ahead of the local bkiy x actnrt usad thr pitchers kdcr xnv der and norm morton in the even ng a fine crowd attend ad the dance held tn the pavilion in acton park when stewart flllott x orchestra provided the muttc brawl in royal cafe bring fin jtt arton court thr case war heard in polio court in acton on thursday of last wk arising out of a fight at th koyal caf on saturday july ih about fifteen ml nut after midnight albert cartr ag if years and 2 months charged with assault causing actual bodily harm to un le of the lvoal caf was placed on probation for sis months with th chief of po- tic and ordered to pay costs of ml on at th rat of woo pr week j gervala quarry aged 3t charged with causing a disturbance and fight ting inside and outside the itoyal afe was remanded one weak in custody fur sentence j both of the above cases were the joulcom of over indulgence in into llratlng beverage itoth of the men involved in the brawl reside in ac ton harvey llurreo charged with caus ing a disturbance and fighting tn the itoyal cafe was given the benefit of the doubt by the magistrate and the case was dismissed he was not in lohltwted the charges were laid by chief e 1 llarrop workonpaintinf united church has ilken xjmiijtki i the painting of the anterior of the united church has been completed and it presents a fine appearance the brickwork has been pointed and id bricks replaced where necessary i the whol face of the bricks has been painted the turrets on the front and the iron trim along the roof hav i been painted with shining aluminum th window sash and door and wood- wnrk are a nice shade of brown and i the stone foundation and stone trim have been painted with a special taint that makes it appear fresh and new the improvement is l he sub ert of much favnrabje comment oakville takes slugging fest in park last night jcjiurthill members honor puhtor who move to nrw field milton win from aclon 74 in juvenile baseball final report f war service league tolals 1729519 otkvill hu two home ruiu arul thn iua hit to win by 9h sror over umu llnmh aa hum hun arton hanging- on lo tnirti ilar by half a tamr vans walked awa disaptmtlnted last night after viewing a seven inning f ivture in whl h at ton lost out to ukvllle by a 9h count live lakesitor leant weiv itvavy batters and b 10 uh oil tiomon the a ct uo hurler union made hit tlabut last night after being out of the ttauhall pldure for juit a few ear and with a lit of iattre ptxmles to b a flist uu hurler snyder relievnd tordon tn ttu fifth and allowe1 no hits for th r- mslnder of the gante at ttn langed 10 hits off mwan the lakeshui nioundsntsn tnjt wth a hit of tloppy imm- running nj llrt tttelr good t hance kakvlllr gut thrli big drive in the ikt nnlnb lrn they tan up fh i un wo of iiipm- bring honters um kel t mtkr and alter or don had little trouble finding the whrrealxiuts of home plate in this inning and tontilhuted a walk and hit rn with a pltchnt ball acton go one run in the second inning but it wasnt until the third that they really socked thai od lall mound getting 4 runs it was tn the third frame that mrtowan eemed tu disagree with has umpire mason on a dattslun on second after much he kllng root lit th runner was called safe and the takvlle player literally blew up finally after threats or being i hated out of the game the lakeshorea n sumed play on th umpires decision oakville added four more in tht fourth inning and acton tallied one to make the rount at the end of the fourth 0fi llrush hit a home run tn the fifth inning on a lonely wallop and again scored on kder i doubl in llx ukl half of thi seventh phis mmil ttt the gam nnd the final m m mrs h h kithknkk attn hlt u ii 4im o 9 10 lin iy 11 nkw hank sltlihintlinurznt band concert on sunday nhht for acton park acton ilos nand will present an other of their sunda evening con certs at eight n clock on sunday from th band stand at the park if you want to encourage this group that has developed a fine organization under th leadership of mr chaa mason we suggest your attendance at the con cert and if ou appreciate their num bers be liberal with vour applause a utile encouragement help a lot and acton has a band of boys of which n town ma well be proud welcome home h able seaman tom atkthwn arnv d home l thursday sflrr serv ing tor five ears tn the canadian navy he has received his discharge and plans to settle in acton before nllstlng as a boy seaman he was em ployed with beardmore and co he was on th s s warrior on of the nw plan carriers of the canadian navy while serving overseas h was married and h xdcu to b olnid anon in canada by his wlf two more acton servicemen wvr aboard th georgia which docked oa tueaday and they wilt be arriving horn this week thev are sgt h c 0rourit and pte j mellor friends join with famllls tn welcoming them back to canada and to acton again mrs douglas price n gwn xant otworuan cumbtrland england is expected to arrlv on th latltlaton friday with their baby daughter t months old hr husband arrived home in december after 5 years in the army kemaininfr kundm in custmlv tlirer truhtrew an vcuitto of lrsujur cfssnt a trr kuoful 1 1 v mbi it oj mttton of a ton mid l lntt ar simup league ha- lw- n losed and lite luntu nmalnlng in the trcnsur lm te n deltoslletl in the enre of three liuvlto appoint el at the final meeting of the usjur the only nrvlrt stilt being performed by thes funds is the obligation entrust d to make a prewntatlon of needed itrt ties to hrldes who come to acton frwm overseas in helping them get es tablished in the new homes rollowlng is thr final audkti d i statement which gives a summary of the work accomplished but perhai s the boy who were overseas best know the work accomplished and this might best be termed a fmanctnl summary htatkmknt ok rfxfclltm ami d1hh1 rhf1ufnth kfceipt jan 1 oct 1 to to june to june j2 salvage 1024 4m4 34 ixwvatlons j7l wtm itlngo k2s1 misc entertainments 1490 v 114 vs ltj0i4 imsbl itmmr nts nrn 575 00 htngo expenses xj 17 kntertalnment evpx 4 1 ogk a comforts v 9 uooooo sakage etenset m 6ft 1374 j mis expense 1 00 r0 71 ivnatlons 2s17 4 total 443 64 16s39 16 deficit on xears operations 107 69 balance on operations oct v 41 to june 23 46 47013 i cheque issued fo boartl ot trustees acton and vic in i uy war service league 470 33 balance as per books june 23 im6 i balance as per bank book june 33 1m 341 73 leas optstandlng cheque b d rachlln 34173 the above oustandtng cheque was cleared through th bank on july 3 1946 th acaount then closed out auditors certificate j have exam ined the records of th acton and vic inity war service league and hav found same to be in good order j h crelghton auditor july 12 1946 mnvu n lillli otlur stnrt wouli i i ntndi n dlffmit in hi mok nine ihklulh t wtnrt nt to nrt uminllv hn f itn in ur t on tn ur tn wmi do wi 1 imm s me of tht thi is ons t f uni ire were quefclioned h a ton fun i rrors 1 ill tontribut tt don t thi i hide nnd jack lhi i i iengtie standing p w l t oflkville 14 h 6 0 milton 11 fi 5 1 aclon u 5 6 1 ieorgelo wn 1j 7 0 m it on won last night in george towp 1 2 and oakville in acton 98 oama oaanhsg alton ptns at milton saturday and eorgelown goes to oakville on wednesday teorgelown plays at ac ton and milton pi ays at oakville canadian theme at july meeting acton institute lhe lul met ting of thi women institute was held i h ime nt mrs ij2enb with i attendance of member mrs act oo t the good h i phc roll call was largest recollict i pv ulmin pn xided answ ered bv v our ion of childhood llie convenor of the various com mil icti re ported somt thing of inter t m thilr own sh nl departments mrs weslev marchment read a poem on c nnnda and nil joined in singing hiaittlv o canada the motto of the month wns the maple leaf our i mhli m dear and was given by mrs f anderson the program w as in i charge of mrs hollow ay and the members of her side in the context the past ear an alphabetical show ier was much enjoyed with mrs wes xlasales winning the prize for the parest ihowrr svwraj co tast game of bingo were played with small awards to the winners a special feature of the meeting was a canadian welcome tender ed to mrs ceo lasenby jr and little daughter sarah following an addrets read by mrs hollo way a lovely bas ket of gifts was presented by mrs j lovu and mrs j as wilds after all the parcels were opened and th ad dress was signd by all present mrs luenby expressed her thanks a delicious lunch of strawberry short cake and ice cream was served by the committee mrs earl david son donated th gift for th penny draw and it was won by mrs f an derson a vote of thanks to the hos- on june tslh s pleasant evening was not at chun hill united church when the mintrrm adherents and keenly coillcmtvd tsgjbs 1st mlho ft lend met lo honor their pastor and his wlf the kev a o w foreman and mrs- rotemsn who are lvlng for a new field of work mr amimr swarkbanirr acted as chairman for the following program monday lua winning rua in lnat innings juvenile baseball was the feature atiraittin at milton on monday night when itw trtole a team from acton numtwik by mis llruie instrument als by mrs ordon aitken annie lltth llelty anne kerr nellie ray marie kerr ioieen rey solos by mr a keir mlu rowler and sher uh k aklns i tie rhalrman then rallel mr an 1 mj roreman foiward and an ad he as read by mit it kerr whli ptesmnl fu ei work in hurt hill and also p ulthoul a hwa n live other their i egret an1 wirrom at posting rounds coming from behind after a five run def it the local squad eke1 vtln from the art on tans by a 7f mure tte game was keenly con leaird throughout and the issue re mained tn douht until the seventh inning when the ounty town boys fortvd a run mer the plate oinpetltlon in this tilt was unuau- in under- ao oy mii t nr ii live aipretlatlon or the ieople wevy as mnton imly bad to elr faithful untiring kever rllnrh lite league leaul percy m howarth who has been appointed superintendent nf ontart i olvklon of the bank of montreal mi howarth started his banking carer in the atton branch of the bank of montreal with them mr harold i riff n then presented them with a ihjrse contain ing one hundred dollars at the same time marie krrr presented mrs fore man with a hathrt of flowrrs both mr and mrs r or em an epiesei ihrlr heartfelt thanks mlu rowler teacher of s s no in y tin was also honored lhe same night hie church choir and the hand arton needed this win to en sure a playoff berth and both team gavels battle royal arton were first hatters and rhey farvd marshall the hurler for milton with ttohlnaon receiving his pilches rhls was the big inning for the triple a team as they batted marshall all over the field running up a total of six runs milton go ln n second half started hankinc herk aimmmntkd suit of ontario division annountement is made this we k hv the hank of montreal of the ap mlntmrnt t perry m howarth as kuperlntendent of the ontario llvl ion with headquarters in toronto pat announce men t is of inteif nt throughout the province hut it has a local later rnany free press readers in r v m howarth 1 a son of lbc late htv ir snmoel lhwarth wh w tn a m nihil r of the llapllst chun h in acton for three nnd n half tni on aligukt idth 1111 he enteretl the llrnn h of ll ilnnk in acton under mr i- a mi i rnn whi wns thrn h ai l n mnnnii r mr homaith wholxnn nlishmnn i 1 irlh hns tnlneil his imnklnp ex m i im t rutin l in ontnrlo cxrci t f r a t rii f peri 1 n dm utant manag ir of tin tmnk mnln qui ber lt offlre nnd n nsxslnnt tierlntett1 m of the mnnttolvn and snskntrhew nn dixit lit llrfi re he ni npvlntei1 nsihtniit siirrlnt ndi nt of the onl nrlo d strict he held the post of as suinnt lo the gem rnl manncr of th ilnnk for two yenr the post of anststant superintend ent which mr howarth is vacating will le taken over by w c morley nultnnt mnnager of the bank king nnd once streets office man who will recall mr howarth will join ui in extending congratulat ions on this new appointment nt th first on an error to mak the k lo hrr for bar valuahl a f artof llnr in lh rlr an uo inlr x i platllr hantfbaf smith j tr read tle add re u and 1eslle swim i hamer presented the gift miss row ler feelingly replied saying she had not words to enpret her surprlxe and thanks a lunch with a social evening nn h as the f ik of chun hill know rwn lemalned scoreless entering into the seventh both teams were at i high pitch and largely due to th ef forts of marshall acton failed t count in their hair the last half of the seventh milton had a runner on thi evening wllh the kev mr mrs roreman and miss fowler and vexk to have wss the conclusion of l nadalln stepped to the plat clouting the ball it was fumbled and the winning run rrossed the plate further play was thus ruled out xceptlonally fine hurting by both pitrhers gave the game added flavor nnd with the except ion of two or three errors holh outfield and infield play ed welt eihal arguments were fw and these were nmlcahly settled after reference tu the rule ttook and t tmplre ay one double play was reg lered with milton taking thehon urs off for this as vaughn threw to hnv to put two acton runners out at 1st and jnd resjie tlvet mill on ilnched the league in this game and will wnll tn face either onkxllle ctorgetown or acton whi imvr vet two gnmex to play thurs dnv night mav decide the issue when a tun ntiits ieorgelown at acton series of motor accidents but none seriously hurl htihttan n dtatnrt san lotir smaxhm ah care ollidrd and arc lamiml mil iwhn ii hrk ok roofing material threatened line of freight cars when a barrel nf roofing material caught on fire last evening near the mavon knitting co plant the fire brtgadv received a call and were prompt 1 on the scene the blase threatened a string of box cars that were on the siding adjoining the plant but it was flnallv extinguished with out anv damage workmen wr putting on a con ting of roofing mat er al on the building when the mater lal on tht outside of the barrel took fire there was danger of explosion and flnmlng tar spreading the blaze pat have yes seen my coat any- ice are yes sur when ye took it off where t mlkn are yes sure ye had it on hen ve look it off dont hold your newspaper copy until deadline cooperation in sending in copy for the free press earl in the week en ables us to get ur home town pap er to renders ench week on time and juives nfedleii hours of i m overtime work to assure insertion of display ad vertising all copy either new or changes for regular advertising must reach our office before 5 pm on tu esday of each week the deadline for small advertise ments snd news cop is wednesday at 3 pm bat ptaaa don t hold your advertising and news until the deadline tunes ach week if th vnnt happens early ln the week send it in early writ your advertising copy early and send it tn we cant handle all th items after the deadlines if takes a whole week to get your paper ready for f tt syne brought this happy meeting to a close mrs r u davidson invited the members to her home for the aug ust meeting lo be the annus picnic earlier th better it will result in a better paper and you will not bedls- gppplnted when your advertisement or article is held over for a week lixtiti t hnd p i nlv i loos in moloi isrt during thi nd but forttinntely no imi was i louslv injured in nn u tlnt about 1141 am on saturday t ean of crown m mink r rod lllnck b it i brnmp- attorneys w i dick ton nnd irnnk ivnnelt age tl of john st llnniplon apnsvngr were bndlv shnkt n ui when the nr driven hv lllmk wint out of control w hen i founding a turvi wtnt into a ditch t st rmk a it lephone ole and after hnnklng off lhe pde the car rolled i ovir lum k nnil lonnell w re both inki n to brimplon horpltal by ambu lame nnd wrre badly shaken up provtmta constable kay mason in vtstigntnl the accident on sunday s car ownet b fred mrtlll of m0 mllverton blvd toron to w i o vm aciompanied hv mrs mt 111 was going east on no 7 when near the sixth line the stopped to give a lift to two girls who were hitch hihh k ait hue h m add ox of j7rt boston illvd detroit mich ran inlo the rrar of the mrtlll car isuxing cnnstilrrahle damage to his own car he had to remain in ac lon until monday until repalis were nmde to enable htm to continue his journev provincial constable mas on investigated the accident fortun ately none of the occupants of e thi r i inr were injured j kub ctark gave a very nterestlng about h 10 on salurdav clarence reading on african christ an mis hnmmon it it 3 camphellvllle was i si ons written by jean klnsjon m- drivlng on no s highway a car 1 henle the meeting rloeed with drivm h harold klllen b h t i prayer b the president mtlion came from no 10 sideroad on- to the hlghws and with the mammon side so one was injured but both v rvfl s7tf ll cars were badly damaged provincial i l1lw w constable msion investigated fllll wattm sllliiiiv two cars were in collision on no i wu r uppi t highway a four miles we of j acton on monday evening kdwini te tayingtnhewvaarrpalns al- 1 short hi of georgetown w traveulng on sfrnr slr n j i j least on the wrong side of the roal lh own b munlejal when he met a car driven by bob p h completed and on tu- hunter avenue road toronto west- v t un izjh bound mrs hunter and their child nlni upptytns thos house were passenger in th car in an rf- whlf h u n w nkc fort to avoid a collision hunter turn- tn a ed hhcartothe othr side of th i jl road aril th shortlll car hit th w f lh right side and rar- fender of th 1 5 i t k st hunter car th hunter car colhdl 1 mx12 bs ssuk untej wen rail and wss damaged on both aid jii rt t k ctk ts nutd th digging slow th sean in3dllsss find thwo jtra wfre th nck h 0 to drt w lt amasttehasbeenmtplagkl towed to- acton for repairs mw m on of j starts llrd kml mr w i jjirk on saturday com menced his forty third year as crown attorney the long time dean of 1 1 town attorney and on of th itovlnces longest practising lawyers has grown rosea and practised law tn milton inrejanuary 1wm ten years later he was named halton county crown attorney and has hld that post continuously since knox w m s kegitljvr meeting hem ist thdrhdav knox presbyterian church w m s held the r meeting in the sunday school room on thursday july 11th the devotional period was conduct ed by mrs e j hassard who real the prayer card and miss margaret mrivmalrt read the scripture leeaott prayer was offered by miss mamie mainprise miss bella boaxell kindly favored the society with a solo mix i w m niaion u parts f acton tar on the right four torn of bauxite make on ton of aluminum corporation limits have access tn th fin municipal supply and adequate protection ln case of fir