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r thursday may 15th 197 theacton free press pace rxvk jv icdonald spent he weekend at miss dorothy and mr bill clayton of toronto were horn for the week end mr and mi a wuliams of georgn- town spent sunday with miss e haw thorne miss frances dills who is attend- injrvlciohacoheicfr-nvaji-ntifna-foth- weekend sir and mm oyer holt and merle were guests or mr and mrs john ston on sunday mr and mrs sidney harvey of tor onto visited with mr and mrs d a russell on sunday mrvclare prosser who is attending victoria colleger visited with acton friend on sunday mr and mrs frank drowning of toronto visited with mr and mrs g a dills on sunday mm caldwell returned with mr and mrs vanalter on sunday for a visit at fcnelon palls mrs caldwell had her children and grandchildren visit her and attend church on mothers day mrs wm small and mr and mrs wclr of kilbride vikued with mr and mrs g a dills on sunday miss helen mceachem nurse-in- t mining at womens college hospital spent the weekend at her home mrs n h wilson spent a few days inst week at the home of her parcntx- jtrbn mrs a b cheyne centre inn mr mnrtin hnssnrd of strathroy was home for he weekend and at tended the cadet inspection on mon day mr and mrs ewart goy and child ren of trenton visited during tho weekend with mr and mrs g hogn- vnldson rev and mrs j w hitching mr and mrs goldie sherrington of ham ilton called on friends in acton on sat urday mrs ednn jennings is progressing favorably after an appendix operation at the guelph general hospital last thursday friends nn glad to learn that mr e lamberts father is recoverlng- niccly from n serious operation in guelph hospital inttrb ftlpirrlf nf eanafra anton oaterw the friendly church kurv a walter fosbcrv bju m-d- mlowier parsonag bower avvnu sunday may 18lh 1047 lltoo am morning worship sermon subject the churchnnd edueat- ion- appeal for victoria univers ity campaign sth sckoot 700 pm evening worship sermon subject the ionelineaa of the half hearted disciple seek ye first the kingdom of cod and his righteousness and all these thin shall ly added unto you everybody welcome mr and mrs e iambert joyce betty may and marie attended re opening services at the stone church centre inn on sunday mrs it pfaff nnd jlmmie who ijrridttitrriatt tttptrti hi tfmurit knox church aotokt rev jt m attdtor bju mlo a ba sunday may 18th 1047 1100 am morning service 700 pm evening service they that wait upon the lord shall renew their ktrength tluvtwtlt tl t xlhau 1b aurtgr the sunday after ascension day sunday may 18th 1047 1100 am holy eucharist and ser- morn 1205 pjn church school 700 pjn evensong and sermon the rev canon d russell smith hajrtbrt blprrlr rev w ii wallack sunday may 18th 1047 daylight saving time 1100 am- morning service 1215 pm sunday school a welcome to all have been visiting wttli her jwirents 3-raru- m fjol to mount forest last friday miss margaret- macdonald of tor- lmtoandmr7tiector mcdonaidof chlcagospent the weekend at the home of mrs alex macdonatdr church street mr and mrs melvin burns and miss dorothy simmons- attended the re-op- enlng service of the stone church rmua on sunday when rev roy geiger was the guest preacher m a mrs jack wtndehr mr and mm jock sault mao nnd peggie were guests at the home of mrs d c run- sell and miss jessie on sunday gregory theatre tfaura and vrl may is and 10 two years before the mast alan ladd brian don levy speaking of animals lone- some stranger lulu ca rtoon scout with a gmit chapter l son of the guardsman saturday may 17 matinee at s apa trail lloyd nolan xttle i jo ann marlowe fo news monday may 19 diary of a chamber maid with paulette goddard and hurd hatfield stooge comedybird in the head canada carries on canadi world trader cartoon foxy flatfoot mn w kverdcll announces tho engagement of her granddaughter georgina bunny anderson to john hugh stewart son of mr and mis j j stewart acton the wedding to take itace at 3 oclock on saturday june 7th at united church acton mr and mrs john blacklock of campbellville wish to juinounee the the engagement of the elder daughter jean elizabeth to george bruce small campbelkille son of mr har old and the late mrs small the wed ding to lake place may 17th in st johns angican church nassagaweya womens asso to sendb0xes to british families hie regualr monthly meeting of the womans association of the united church was held at the horne of mi ivan harris on tuesday with mrs agar presiding the devotional per- kod was taken by mrs e t thetford the society wrote- to mrs aikens toronto aikmg her to send names of needy families in britain and several nam were sent it was decided to have a shower from the ladles on tuesday and the boxes would he packed and shipped right away toha names received mrs harris assisted by mn a fry and freda harris served b hupch and a social time was spent a j vfr hearty vote if thanks was given to mrs harris for her home and hos- pltality aln the lunch committee i sss service to the human ract twkui with prformance of our duties as cit- j izens bviaj colour kappins ii to tkote dork cornen wkk bh ejjtwu fiaisn u satootji msloti waivable pnist lovely pottel colours j 6 mackenzie son coal lumfcr and bulkhas supellm acton 18 gvyrixttqwn 33 halton school pupils guests of county council continued from page one ing on a plan to erect pens to house the pullets before they were turned loose he asked council for their co operation with this plan at the cloae of the jiunlhem newt i on w s hall chalrmnn of the flnanua committee announced 53 in prises would 1m awarded to the first 10 iwiys nmrtrtrlr- submitting the best essay on our vlult to county coun cil ho said the closing date would 1m may list council approvxl of a recommend ation that the caretaker of the county buildings salnry be increased from 150 a year to 400 retroactive from january 1047 accounts approved and ordered to im paid by the various committees were finance 320071 printing v 0gb3 hospitals 31450 education 000311 health services 3373 county buildings 47210 county roads 2104024 momlwira of the county roads com mittee stated n sum of 91733 was received from rental of equipment which would reduce the expenditures by that amount council adjourned to mocijune 10 at 1030 am photos taken during tho daywlll nppcnr in this week map of county reveals true centre of north hautor according to resolution presented i the hnllon county council the town of georgetown maintains- it 1j the most central urban municipality of northern hnlton county north of the mnsondlxon line the base line by looking at uie map of halton cotinty it is impossible to come to such a conclusion nassngnweya township is divided into seven lines or ronds while esqueslng has 11 tho eleventh being a town line by virtue of simple mathematics there arc eighteen lines from- the boundaries of considering the crosaroads froni tho base line to the northern limits there are 32 half of these is sixteen tho southern boundary of georgetown while speysule is on the fifteenth slde- rond but by taklhg a ruler and placing it like nn x from corner to corner sneysde is within n quarter garbage collection contract awarded for rock wood eratowwut council to attend meet- iiik tn erin iciardlnk hlh school district at the regular meetlpg of eratnosa township council held in rockwood bylaw noih peovidlngjqc lection of gnriage in rockwood was given the rchjulrtd number of readings and the con timet nwarded to cecil e jjnrrls nl 775 for one year tho rond superintendent- was instructed to advertlre for tenders for the sup plying of tooo yards ofgrrtvel for the township roads thin summer it was announced to council that a meeting would bo held in the erin town hall may 12 to discotji tho pro posed high school urens which will involve partn of erin and eramosn townships council endorsed the british flood relief campnlgn and requested tho whplchoartcdjsupport of every res ident contributions of clothing food and cash will ho received at the rockwood town hall on wednesday mny 14 from 10 am to 5 pm day light saving time mr rcld- township auditor was present to discuss with council the possibility of interim audits through- naisernoxr tthoyoar luwns-deddcd-tq-jmvc- intorlm statements prepared at the end of may october nnd december on motion of messrs rutherford and cox the auditors fee wnn raised to 275 jwrannum after mrreld stated previous fee of 225 s s royce nnd charles- thatcher interviewed council and requested a revision intho audit charges for the rockwood cemetery cnmmlsnlon nnd rockwood hydro commission it was explained thnt the cemetery was nv- nllnble tpr the use of nny township resident and on nccount of high wnges nnd material costs nnd lower invest ment returns the commission was experiencing some difficulty in oper ating on advice from the auditor tho revision was made as follows hydro- electric commission 20 cemetery commission nil township school board 75 wellington to peel counties and half of these would bo the second line no action was taken in regard to esqueslng township xoquest for revision of costs charged to speckled beauty caught near milton gee isnt it a henuty oxclnlirod philrroffey when he landed this oighleenlnch ihreepound spec k i od trout recently so re- marked his many friends who were shown the s phil hhrhtt1nhngth jt s iardtohelleye the sixteehmiie creek held such n ttoauty he stated photo by kbshpimren j r of a mile of the most central location in northern halton the arguments arose which prompt- led this measurement announcement by educational officials that spoyaide would be the most centrnl ar fd the location of the proposed ttew tiiph repnni whl ph vvotild gervp fiie- entire area north of milton true georgetown is situnted about the half waymark between the south ern and northern boundaries but it is within two miles of our eastern boundary peel county campbellville w i appoints members to committees the may meeting of the campbell ville womens institute was conduc- te n t of m w goi- rier last week the opening ode was sung and the institute creed repeated in unison roll call was answered by your favorite book and its author as mrs j k mahon would not ac cept the position of- vicepresident mrs frank quintan was named first vicepresident ai thomas whaley mm james dfure3t mrsu edward- parsons and mrs roy parker were appointed to the finance committee the three youngest grandmothers the school board for auditing a letter from the nudltor wns referred to the school bonrd- bylaw no 11 providing for chang es in the payment of taxes wajrgiven tho required number of readings tnxes will become due on november 30 a letter from the welfare de partment of the city or toronto wis inid over for further investigation accounts amounting to 316892 were presented for payment before council adjourned to meet again an june 2 for your dantcing mood dance i farm iani nj err the average value of occupied farm lands in canada for 1916 is re ported nt 32 per acre this repres ents nn increase of seven per cent over the average values indicated ui 1914 and 1915 nnd nn increase of 28 per cent over the 193539 average the upward trend in farm land values from prewar levels states the dom inion bureau ofstatlstics reflects at least in pjart the relotlve changes w h i ch have occu rred in the p rico t tarm products nnd prku of the 1 acton park pavilion tiood orchestra on a spacious floor every saturday night grand opening may 24th 900 pjn boh martinh orchestra admbwion 50c person wvct things which farmers huy the bur eaus index of farm prices of agricul tural products for 194fi wns 835 per cent above the 193539 level while for the same year the index prices of commodities and services used by farmers had advanced 454 per cent from thc193039 baseperiod level increase r fnn l valu m 1915 levels were reported in all prov inces with the exception of prince tmward island and newbrunswtek when slight decreases occurred bottle mouse trap of the wi mesdames j tehanney nelson howard and james deforest will plan the next meeting donations of food and money toth british flood victims are to be left at st davids proabyterian church st johns anglican church or crawford muc trf company office hall convenor mrs george inglls reported on the executive meeting it is hoped that as many as possible can a wend the district annual to be held n milton on may 15th and be in old- fashioned costume v mrs f wheelman and ronald lush sent thanks for fruit received while 111 mrs tehanney gave the motto oh forahook m a iribraynooltrtn doors or out miss- jean mcphall gave the topic a synopsis of the pled piper each of the standing commit tee gave a two minute report the meeting closed with the sinn ing of the national anthem after which the hostess and four members served a dainty lunch a devastating plague of mice in the mnlee district of victoria australia old idea of a mouse trap with an australian nnglo to it a piece of cheese for bait is plugged into the mouth of a beer bot tle which is fixed hoi izontallyjibove a kerosene can filled with water lending to the trap is a board up which the mouse climbs and runs along the bottle toward the cheese but slips on the well greased neck of the bottle the mouse falla into the water and is drowned one farmer says the australian news claims to have caught 2400 mice in- this way within 12 hours britain bkllds bktdoe foro crixcc inlted kingdom sappers have com pleted the railcy bridge across the corinth canal when u was oflclally opened this week by king paul thls further example of britains contri bution to the recoonatructlon of grt- ece was enthusiastically cheered by large and appreciative crowd this bridge which is 170 feet high and 100 yards lung is of vital importance as it will not only permit traffic once again to cross the canal hut it will also al low dredgers to pass beneath to clear the debris which has blocked the canal since the lthrratlon worlds first ahmintm moving bridge the first movingspan bridge in the i world to be constructed of aluminum alloys is to he built over the river weir in north england its weight will hv only 40- of an equivalent str- el bridge yst- it will be just as strong far hss susceptible tocorrosion and more eoonomicnljn power used by thii lifting mechanism the bridge will carry n railroad track of standard gauge as well as road traffic over a 90foot span of the river 1 a consignment of seven head of j canadian purwhrrcl registered siuth- down rams were recently shipped to new zealand on nrmval jhere the j rams were sold by auction tit an aver- i ane price of about 510 draperies just altluved an assortment of curtajns curtain nets chintz home spuns etc vf invite your in spection cretonnes nice range of patterns and iotors floral deafena 129 to 139 yd window shade curtain white cream green paper rqrtrenmiith 15c with rollen 59e cioui s115 all 36 wide iottfl and plain marquuettei krllltil and tailored 29 to ws0 hnusiiiis stneral i item n9r to 1 39yd chintz kloral pattern 5 to 59c yd i xlt i bssljl itiiiiz 1 ivpkr irapkriks heady to hanc smart patterns and colors j2i9 pair elliott bros phone- sh acton ont store uiij uk ciwki hatikiiav mav llk