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pjuox row the acton fwe mess thursday january utk district news verio ium cemnli aeurttles u cbeauetlue hrtiy wkn many of oaar bore in inlemted everton u and urt t d uccutcfaaon wer rwcmat visitor with ur and kfra edt afowst elunlon ur n4 mrs fred murray guelpfc vtaiud on sunday wttib ur and mrs w head rvtcftda of mr tvrey ivavoy ar glad to blm out ajaln afur be- inf in gualph hospital mrs john tallcy and aon robert are on visit home from italy and are ttaylng with her motkar mrs ifunur mr and mr umr bolei and family wre recent visitors of mr and mrs a if hoi friend of mia kau rd are sorry to hear she has been alrtc all wish her a speedy recovery miss eva jeatin acton visited rarvntly with her mother mrs geo jetin ospringe member of the wannti a instt tut- held a quilting bee on tues day afternoon at the home of urt wilfred awrey mr and mrs murdo urojtrheon and muriel v ailed with mr and mrs ellas hall and family hllts- burgh on thursday mr and mrs robert vannorman art on called on friend in the vll lag on thursday mr do roneruon wai ron- flnad to hit horn for a fsw day last week dur to an injury to hi toe when a weight dropped on it friends of mr john sim are pleased to learn he wa able to leaf the cuetph general ilospll al folloulng an operation and is ntm convalescing at the home of mr and mrs james lallch mr flyron drure has obtained a position in a laboratory in aron the annual meeting of the i tcnl presbyterian church was held on friday evening with mr a valr artlng a chairman owing to the inclemeno of the weathnr the al ien dance was not very largr thu congregation only few in mem brrshlp is to be commended for the untiring effort and accom- pluhmenls for the year 1wd tnu year also marked the fifhh annk exar of the erection of the prr- nl building and ll stands a strur turr to be used for worship social an miles and tehngs of recrca tlon n thr citizens of the ur rounding community several plans merr made for thr coming jrir a lnel lunch wa serxrd b th iju1im nl thr rlom of the tnccttruz thr first meet inn of th- ear uas held bv thr ljdir aid at thr home of mm ward itrur hh n pimln numttrr of mrnivh prrnt mn c sunlrr look the i- mtional plans urrc mvle for n pmemm in the church b john ttockwood nrvi month vat on report were girn including send- inr of parrels to england comal- cvctrit cards and the financial re prt thl brine thr annual me-t- ing mrs j strut hers occupied the chair for the election of officer hlrh resulted as follous pres ident mr byron bruce vic- president mrs a harris vc trwui mrs g suruer card con vrnor mrs g grundy auditors mrs e fisher mrs g grundy program commltta mr george jackson mrs ward bruc mrs k fisher mrs j struther after a ote of thanks to ths retiring president mrs gordon laltkes and a u elcome to new officers th meeting adjourned following which the hostea served delicious refresh menu and a social time- spent mr ken robertson of toronto spent the weekend u in hi par ents mr and mrs d g robertson hue to bad weather the attend- ni at the euchre on frldat night at the wjuhii uas quite nmnll mr elgin drown and mr ci wood jacloon nvelol prize for high scores iunch w as aorwd at the ckwe mr and mr oa id strunrt visit ed the kennitk fnmlh at llamttnn on saturday kricnd here of mrs rennlck will he pleaded to learn slit is comalemtng at the nml hop tl following a serious optr tlon l parlt and floor price was the subject for length dl ussloi 1 at farm forum when thev me at the home of mr and mrs p j matthews one comment coild- errd that the questions for dl 1 cutsion could be more direct and to the point in theory w bme i that price support for agriculture will lead to inefficient farming but tn practice we find that w nd torn kind of support to insure our standard of uvkta u equal to those i of turban population a resolution ommlhee wu named messrs wilfred aurey gordon altken and ward bruc mrs gordon robert son was appointed leader for the next meeting to be held at mr and mrjgicce robertson home mrs w j jackson and mr j hunter to be recreational com mittee lunch wag served and a aocal time spent ltimqehouse visitors in the community are few parhaps due to the condition of the county road leading to the village from no 7 highway mr and mrs ales flenderson of ormngeville were with the run thompaons- the j a smethursts of toronto and the c a grants of stewart- town with mrs sirialhurst the sturwu of weston with the paul spltsers the dlnrwr planned by the w a for last friday evening in the hall was called off due to bad wrsther communion services will be held at urn house on january 22 rockwood annual merting rr coming to the fore at thr prrsmt timr the annual vestry meeting of 53t johns church wa held monday evening at thr home of mr and mrs j ii gibb rrv w c luston opened the merlins v ith prayer and also had charge of thr meeting report of the diffrrrnt department of church activities were heard and discussions indulged in at the conclusion of the meeting mrs gibb assisted by dsughter fran ce and leona loma ijnfoot mrs waller and joyce waller served delicious refreshrnents and a social time enjoyed by all somrtime saturday morning dur ing thr high windstorm a tall ev ergreen tree on the lawn at mrs fred hamiltons home it the brunt of the heavy wind and par- tlallv crashed into othrt tree he- ildr the garagr and at thr aame lime hraed up a portion of the cement walk at the front door follow in quick frerirup kat- ina i once more rnjoyrd by young folks of the village ml vera thatchrr of puillneh hool was homr fftr thr wrekend miss col ma nickrll of calgary alberta 1 homr on a v imt to her mother mm effle nickrll during the srrv icr at thr pres- bvlrrian church sundav morning the misses suanton patsy and shirley dyer gcrtlr and wilburt i freeman contributed a vocal num brr which was murh rnjovrd by j the congregation i acton lises first camr on tuemlay fcominued from po otte omwion all kinds or clrhomeu on thsf mountain tun orton mrs tlovd mill r u convslewing at her home after undc riming an opt ration in guclph gt ncrsl hos pital mr and mrs arnold watson r- om panted b mt clara iccion and ben morfitt kited in toronto oti kunda mrs glen ia idtnn slipped and fell on the ict fndar and was un fortunate in breaking two bones in her foot she was able to return to her home monday mr art turner detroit spent the week end with mrs turner and mrs george lush mimosa farm forum was held monday evening at the home of mr and mrs bert weeks under the leadership of bert weeks a general discussion took place than lunch was served after a few game of euchre were enjoy ed high scorers were mrs ballen- tine mr clavton bacon low mrs ed cox don mcarthur mr and mrs john jeffrey left for toronto on saturday after vliit- ing several weeks with their daugh ter and soninlaw mr and mrs harvev dee ring mrs dearing k recuperating nicely at her homr after a major operation in fergus hospital a few week ago mr and mrs stan coulson mil ton were recent liltors at the home of the latter ulster mr and mrs j hurd and family mrs k o nevllls lilted her mother mrs john mlcklejohn in fergtn hospital and reports she la progressing favoumbh after a serious operation mr and mr ken ballentine of brampton mr and mrs roas bal lentine and leslie ballentine visited their parental home sunday mr donald 0erland sprained the ligaments in hli foot while playing hockcv in huuburg and will be off his foot for awhile mr john wheeler fell also during the icy spell and fractured several ribs stoatje fulbs 1001001 department store salea for the first week in november were run ning above last year aocoordlng to the financial pott the average was up 6 per cent only declines fenm same period a year ago were in b c alberta juulsaskatchewan but fol- jhe year to date sale in western province have been running weluaboe 1048 csr load ings another buslneu barometer however have been running three to four per cent below a year ago campbellviliji no 6 farm forum mel at th home of mr and mrs edwin par- on with mr james robertson as discussion leadrr on the topic parity and floor prices it was unanimously decided that price supports would not lead to ineffic ient farming but rather spur s farmer on to greater efforts wt also agreed that a floor price was badly needed and a good one at thsl progressive euchre followed with prizes being awarded to mrs james deforest ijeonard stokea james stokes and andy querta mrs cheater service and mrs jaa deforest were lunch convenors no 1 school farm forum met in the school on monday evening with m present the president robert hurren had charge discussion group leaden were claude inglls donald small mrs henry rsm- haw mrs gordon mcphall and rach group was tn favor of price supports to encourage the farmer in agriculture also that floor and parity price were badly needed progressive rurhre w a rnjoyrd and prizes were awarded to mrs jack blacklock mrs claude ing lls mr wallace king and mr ro bert hurren lunrh convrnorsj were mrs edgar cairn and mrs gordon mcphall i al si david s presbytrrtan sun day school on sunday afternoon a number of diplomas were presented i to children with perfect attendance last ear tom elliot ranked first with four years of perfect at tendance also lat venr marianne and iois greenlee anita smith and june smith had ierfct at tendance thus having attended fortv sundas or more were presented with hook thev wire terry moon sjndra black glenn gold- vlrnw gloria purdx bui flllot nrian moon norrm brown iarrv mcphall joan black manlvn moore audrev hurren joan king those attending church t3 sun- da or mon nc t ed n gold pin n imtl iaa greenlee gloria liird marianne greenh c i jrrv mcphail audror hurren ntarllyn moore joan black brian moore joan king billv elliot norma brown margaret mcphall rev mr forbes from moose creek who was preaching for a call pre sented the pin on behalf of ihe sundav school congratulation to mr and mrs gordon agnew on the birth of a son at milton private hospital mr and mrs charles hurren of guelph mr and mrs robert laking of campbell ville spent the weekend with mr and mrs oniil laking at port credit and mr and mrs george cod 1 in of woodbridge s mpathy of this community i extended to mr and mrs frank quinlsn during their recent be- rniment when mr quinlsn brother rev father g raid quin tan died suddcnlv at st augustine seminary in toronto surviving are his mothrr mrs alice quuslan two sisters mrs cyril filgiano hamil ton mrs m j dnkon of toronto and two brothers rev fatht r allen e of niagara falls and frank e of campbellville the january met ting of the ladies aid of st da ida church was held at the home of mrs s cairn the president mrs m moore opened the meeting w ith a short poem given her many years ago by the late rev dr blair prayer was offered bv mrs r ing lls annual reports were given by mrs w roberts secretary mrs a moore treasurer mrs menzlet cheer secretary mrs r inglis quilt convenor the officers for 1050 were in stalled by mrs r menxles with the following ladies being elected mrs geo inglis president mrs w roberts viceprealdettlmrs w qreenleea secretary mrs a moore treasurer mrs hc men- zies cheer secretary mrs s calms and mrs k mahon pianists the new president then took charge add tn her opening remarks made some suggestions aha would like to have carried out mrs how son loiah read the scripture leuon w ith a commentary and a prsyer mrs j k mshon on be- hslf of the society thanked the retiring president mrs m moore also mrs w roberts the retiring secretary miss e j mcphall gave a very interesting new year mes sage miss katherine mrphedran read a copy of the king message broadcast on christmas day sev eral item of business were dealt with the ladles aid had quite a successful year in 1m and 1 looking forward tn lboo the roll call was answered by thirty ladles paying their membership fees the meeting wa closed with the mlxpatt benediction the hostess assisted by a committee served dainty re freshments and a social period wa enjoyed the grace mission band had their january meeting at the home of joan cramp on saturday after noon marilyn moore offered prayer and anne parker read the scrip ture leasan the aecrrlary ruth robert presrntrd the annual re port and mrs menxles the treasur er report thee reports were quite interesting as they showed a lot of interest and activity during the tear mrs menxles installed the following officer for j 010 prt sidrnt marilvn moore vice- president anna hurren secretary audrey hurren assv secretary jane smith treasurer mrs w greenless pianist marisnna grern- lt sx assistant anna hurren cheer secretary ruth roberts member ship committee anne parker hel en agnew and audrey early mrs a t moore and mrs w greenlee an the nt w leaders mrs menxles his n signed aft r mi years with the mission band the nw officers took charge w ith marilyn moore as president piano solos were given bv audrey earlv and joan cramp the jun ior storv was rendv hv jane smith smdrn turner rendered a piano snhi a chapter catching up from the- study book was read by mrs greenles the roll call was an swered bv the girls paying their m mbership fees the birthday song was ming for joan early audrey earlv ruth roberts and donna mitchell thr nrw leader mrs moore gave some timely sug gestions for the new officers and for the mission band as a whole the meeting was closed with a hvmn and prayer by lois green- lees mrs cramp assisted by gloria purdy and audrey early sersed refreshments which were enjoyed by all the sheet in th final frame th period was euvad by ttasie bout touch off by kerwin hephau and a bolson both player seuhng up in penance for that th rfa let them go to it interfering only whan the time limit explrad the toss actons first against a win and a tie will probably b written off to lack of eondltlass it was an off night which the bast of teams often have for fergus it was their first win and first gam acton meets bridgeport m water- too tonight returning her on mon day to play host to elora rocks league standing pwltihs walkrrton 3 3 0 0 9 acton 3 1 1 i s bridgeport 3302 fergus 110 0 2 orangeville 3 0 3 11 elora 10 10 0 finr period fergus e botrnn a itolion 113t pens j krntner e rolsnn cose indonl el wood caruy secosuf period fergus mason 237 fergus mason i3t arton l marxo fcose lind say 14 39 pens raylies caruy 2l brown oxr elwood fuller f kentner a bolson lindsay third period no scoring penaa bolson mcphslk e bolton fergus p neath g dixon caruy d mason r a bolson at bolson w alia brown landonl elwood ful ler acton nohann g bay lisa lind say d cose c l ma no ooy w alts rldusli mcphall j kentner f kentner stewart masters jor dan somervllle batl1nafad the annusl meeting of ballinafad united church was held on wed nesday night in the church mr gibb presiding rev mr smith of georgetown also attt nded all reports were found in good stand ing and a very splendid vear came to a close mr gibb a student minister is to be commended on the wa he and mrs fcihb are rarrs ing on the w ork of the church mission circle met in the church on sundav the pn sd nt dorothy warne presiding mrs jesse mc- fnerv had charge of the scripture studv and mrs robert mcenery the topic it being the trd chipter of the study book growing with the years the farm forum met at the home of mr and mrs frank smith mr smith acting as leader topic for discussion was parit and floor price there were two groups and llvelv discussions were held price support would be fine until things were adjusted and the sur plus got used up the general run of farmers would not be less effic ient- there are always some who abuse onv good thing a bit of en couragement might help to make a better farmer if we can keep the farmer on an even footing it will make for a better country all round we dont feel floor price would help a great deal some feel parity price might help or sub sidles next weeks discussions ar should tarrlff barriers be abolish ed- 1 baskrtlkih ami otlirr activities at acton y a vrrv enjoyable sports get to gether was enjoyed by 13 member of thr intermediate boys el as on their visit to west end y in toronto last saturday the locals were defeated in both basket hat i and floor hockey but the pleasure and eiperience gained was the real high light of the occasion follow ing the competitions the acton group was entertained in true y mca style with a pleasant swim lunrh and movies during which time many nrw acquaintances were made by all plans were discussed for another meeting at a later date arrangements are being made for the locals to visit otielph for a basketball tussle on 51a turd ay jan uary 21st u u to be another in formal competition and all inler- rasdisu boys ar tavlud garllsssr of itprtaoa another plsadng aeries of volley ball matches w played last thursday in th town tagiis fol lowing uhb ttsumlay mfctrhm th formal compauuv aehadul will b tnteaduesd aj rent welmg of team explain fcagua ljrturtwij were dlimasiij and a fclat of of ficers nommaud for approval this thursday a record total of s3 boy and girts visited th ouelpfc y for swimming last- week the- opportunity u on tuesday assat wednesday naxt for boy and girl respect a junior uen a party u beaog planned for this saturday for all junior member wndarn a4 square dancing iubcjs and a writs work demonstration by th jtsnlor boy will comprise th eogrn- the mussel mud of prince ed ward island u topgrad fertiliser canadas islands have a t line mileage of 34 s0 mil annual meeting halitm agricultural society will t kau in th court house milton thursday january 26th 1950 at 2 30 pm mmbnkip 1 00 lorna walker prencient mrt e m deadhead se treat inventory sale commencing friday january 20th at 9 am broken lines reiiueed from 25 to bo 25 pr curtains 8 chenille bediprcadi 2 comforter 6 card table coven ends of drape material 9 prs drapes 6 cushions 30 pictures 4 bedroom chairs 5 end tables 5 mirrors 6 vanity lamps 4 bathroom hampers i doll pram 4 magamc racks 4 plastic stair treads and many other lines com early and avoid disappointment see our window acton home furnishings phona 30j kitchener stock yards limited announces th opning of th new live stock market with a public auction sale thursday jan 26 at 1 pm anil kerv thursday thereafter the kitchener stock yard it a completely new butineu which will be of or benefit to wettem ontario livestock men finwn end butchen offering th finett fecllirlea for handling dairy cewt butchen feeclen slacken calvei hoga hone sheep poultry end oeneral farm produce this will be the maiket whem buyer and seuei meet biino voui livestock to western ontarios leading and most modern market with accommodation under one roof for 35 carloads thet yards will offer in the very near future e market where liveileck can be bought and laid over e tale with compe tent uleunen in charge 4 dave a week the moat efficient accounting ayejem b employed comfortable end heated wait ing and lunch roamt three sale ring ample parking space you are invited to brino your stock to this grand opening sale trans portation arranged for pickup or delivery location at junction of frederick end victoria s eatentlon on guelph highway no 7 one mil from khvcheever city limit owned and operated by the kitchener stock yards limited manager f j steftut buajneu phone 29471 rmmww hum 77716