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paam foot thi acton fftsr c thubbday april imfc h61 jim ojf tmfrt to 6 tucttfeud w th colvmns should b tl- fchof ft 17 or wtit tath fr ivt offc mim lommlc held of guelph w horn during the wk mr and mis bob vjrker wtrt in toronto or the weeksail mr nnd mrs hnrtley hnrruan visited with acton friends durlntf the weekendr bob tfumley roy kirknrc nnd jim spictvorcl itprnt the woekond in brncebridtie mr nnd mrs ted force nnd family have returned from n tri to south carolina z mr and mr harry mainprise and mr bui mairiprlzt vultid in toronto on sunday viiiunc with mr and mm a rou last webkend were mr and mrs don ross of toronto mr and mrs amos mason who spent the winter in st petersburg florida returned home last satur- day home from toronto for the weekend was georfle elliott a student at the uniccrssty of tor onto mr and mrs fred hardinfl of limehouse who held an auction sale on april loih plan to live in acton ulss dorothy clayton of toronto tpent the weekend with her par ents mr and mrs v h clayton in acton mr r johnson of hepuirth has been spend in a a couple of weeks with his daughter mrs jack frank mr and mrs clarence brown of owen sound and mr and mrs a galbraith of tara visited last week with mr and mrs john m i yank the grand duchess olgo of campbellvillc visited with her friend lady nancy astor in to ronto last week the grand duch ess is the sister of the late czar of russia and lady astor a ionstime woman member of the british house of commons massaoawiya ss no 7 name mrs s coxe institute president mr elmer coxe entertained the biiiy bees instltuta for their an nual moot i n tf latt wednesday after noon plnntfwer mudi for a booth at mr j wilsons tmlo and a special mcctlna at mm prlntfles to arrange n prournm for the coming year the fleet inn of officers resulted as follows nnst prehldent mrs p mc lean president mvs s coxe 1st vice president mrs w kennedy nd vii president mrs ajprltmle secrelarytrensurer mrsv- a altnn district director mrs k dnvenport convenors if committees agricul ture and cn nnd inn industries mrs dnvenport citizenship nnd educa tion mrs h barlow historical re search mrs- a prlngle home fco- noiulcs and health mrs p mclean public relationship nnd com munity activities mrs r lindsay audtors mrs s robinson mrs d henderson a social half hour brought the meeting to a close preparatory service was held in nnsagawcya presbyterian church last friday night and eight new members were received into the church the sffcramont of the lords supper was conducted by the minister rev j sutherland on sunday a beautiful duet was ren dered by mrs robt early of cnmp- bcllvllle and mr ed dredge one sweetly solemn thought there uirn good attendance at these ser vices master george johnson enter tained his school chums at his birth day parly on saturday afternoon big clock tower speaks again in sound as well as in print many changes seen man rockwood moffat pair return spent winter in toronto mr and mrs gordon roxell hive returned to their firm here tfter spending the- winter in toronto mrs fred finkbelner of guelph visited with her sister mrs ern est dredfs- the many friends of johnny turnbull are ploased to know he is home from the hospital nd able to attend school again mrs sam bowers and daughtci of marden spent a few days with miss jessie dunkie mrs grant campbell is speni- ing the week in toronto mr clark donaven of st cath arines spent the weekend with his mother mrs c donaven mrs irene lamb has purchased the house formerly owned by mrs cartwricht of dundas 1imehouse school bus unable to buck bad roads the acton school bus has been unable to follow its usual route through the village on account of the condition of the sideroad owing to heavy rain and bad roads the wms meeting ws postponed until wednesday this week miss lois orr has been quite ill with measles her mother mrs ruby orr of toronto miss mary law re dee of georgetown and mr herb orr of auden visited her recently pupils of miss jen ruddell at s s no 0 whose marks qualify them for festival finals include donute curry philip coulter and anna spitzer mr sam gisby who has been confined to sunnybrook hospital for the past four weeks on account of arthritis underwent operations on both feet last week mrs s gisby attended the train ing school for garden project lead ers in milton on monday mr and mrs fred harding held an auction sale of implements and furniture on tuesday they plan to live in acton having ld their farm to mr and mrs lloyd mc- enery mrs geary sr visited in oshawa t week ago congratulations to mr and mrs wilfred brown formerly dorothy shelboume on the arrival of a little sister for billy on monday rev a calder conducted com munion services at limehouse- on sunday church mens club has last meeting for many years the present and the former editor- of the tree premv the late mr r moore wrote under the draw ing alongside thu item of ac ton reeollectloni the old man c win a familiar one to our readers occasionally- wo like to rem inisce a little but not th the ex tent of n colimm or mnvreach week recently jve wrote nltttle item nbout aetoiri time signals nnd theehnnges its been n delight to us to note the rivitorntinn uf the lwn clock striking nnd recall that our boy hod school mate cam lelshmnn shnres with us these recollections nnd arranged to have the clock restored to striking order it shows un how folks of like age httvvn much nkln our thanks for the restoration of one of actons time ilgnnls that we have found were per haps not necessary but mountain n link in tradition 6f older dapi when the ctock tower was such n fine place to note acton recollections just thinking thn in the twelve years since the clock tower article has been absent from these columns there have been a lot of changes actons population in those years was under 2000 white now its over 3000 pin cos that wore farm fields are now new housing subdivisions new factories have opened up with new pro- ducts being made a second world war has been fought und we stand on the brink of anoth er scotch block wi elects executive the mens club of the united church held their last monthly meeting of the season inst wednes day evening it was in the nature of a father and son affair and fairly well attended mr ross gor don presdent presided rev john oliver led in n brief sing song followed by prayer mr geo day read reports of inst meeting an interesting feature of the even ing was the showing of films de voted to motor boating under the film title thrills and spills which created some excitement among those present following tho films all adjourn ed to the sunday school room where refreshments were served by a committee who spared no pains to make the last meeting a success before ref rcshments were concluded mr thos gellatly con ducted o brief quiz contest sunday evening a sacred drama was given in the united church by a group of young people from elora dealing with closing hours of christs life during the crucifixion the scene was in the palace of caiaphas the high priest whose son joel was one of these included with the crucifixon members of the cast wore costumes in keeping with the drama previous to the drama rev j oliver conducted a brief service with a number of hymns the service throughout was quite impressive monday everting a sound film was given in the presbyterian church with mr martin baiterin charge who also showed two other films one dealing with scenery in the canadian northwest in the banff district the film following dealt with a religious nature en titled god of creation in con nection with erwin moody of chi cago bible institute along with re- suits of the big observatory show ing in detail stars and planets of the heavens as well ns living forms of life in the vegetable class and flowvrsshown through the power ful microscope previous to the films shown a hymn unto the hills was aunt by the congrega tion and a selection by the choir considering weather conditions there was a fair attendance miss gareth guild who has been toronto attending a school has finished her course and is now at home mr del hofsletter who bought th hardware store of mr charles thatcher and son lome about two years ago has sold out to mr car ney of georgetown and moved to kitchener campbellville couple surprised on 25 anniversary about forty friends and neigh bors completely surprised mr and mrs william pickett on the occas ion of their silver 25th wedding anniversary progressive euchre was enjoyed with prizes being awarded to gary twiss wilinm pickett joan watson and cathar ine currie at lunch time william bryant on behalf of all read an address and catharine currie presented them with a lovely mirror a number of friends surprised mr robert inglis on the occasion of his birthday progressive euchre was enjoyed and prizes were awarded to marjoric king and gordon mcphall molly elliot and george inglis far and mrs robert elliott wee sunday guests of mrs tlinmoj mcphall and family of burlington a play entitled raggedy nan prepared by the young adult group of st davids presbyterian church has been presented before ten audiences recently in palermo nelson carlisle kilbride brook- ville roclcwood lowville camp- bcllville limehouse and stewart- town directors were mrs lloyd crawford and mrs robert elliott players were bertnnd trudy walton margaret and jim wallace robert and billy elliott harold s peers stella roberts jean rarn- shaw i lois parker a number of friends surprised jtfrs ch r on the occas ion of her birthday she was showered with cards and gifts ospringe about 10000 enumerators win take the 1051 census the countrys ninth decennial census since 1871 occasional chair given mbs p schmidt former member of sodality an occasional chair was presented to mrs frank schmidt of walker- con by the members of the sodality of st josephs church at a shower held at the home of miss rena rniida queen st on thursday ev ening mm schmidt the former leon a zettler was a member of the sodality before moving to walker- ton several months ago she was married last monday in walker- ton after renewing their acquaint ance with mrs schmidt the young ladles enjoyed a lunch where theres- theres hospitality custommade venetian blinds steel aluminum wood prompt delivery frm eiiimttm acton home furnishings pfiorw 30j dtnt rottorr tiie jack kentner jr benefit dance tickets available from drivers roys taxi rilonk 128 acton muddy roads halt traffic deliveries the roads in this locality are very bad with mud holes very numerous the highway is im passible in many places and traffic has been at a standstill mall and bread deliveries have been impos sible from guelph and erin its been a rood many years since cars had to be pulled throurh mud holes on the highway nnd its hoped this road will soon receive proper at tention miss arleen fisher and mr peter edge of acton spent the weekend with the formers parents mr and mrs e fisher mrs gordon robertson and son jim of perth arc spending a few days holidays with mr and mi george d robertson miss marlon sinclair and mr hunter of guelph visited over the weekend with mr and un archie sinclair visitors during the week with mr and mrs d g robertson were mrs charles williamson mr and mrs douglas robertson all of guelph because of the lack of trained teachers ajmost 200 oneroom rural schools in canada arc closed auction sale brooder houses small farm equipment and furniture the undersigned instructions from have received thomas bradley- to sell by public auction at his farm lot 2 con 5 township of es- quesing on saturday april 28 at 130 oclock the following furniture chesterfield and 2 chairs day bed wtcker setej and 2 wicker chairs cherry drop leaf kitchen table mahogany secretary oak chiffonier hall rack with mir- ror 2 ferneries cedar blanket chest oak wardrobe 2 pine blanket chests hand sleigh 3 steel beds complee with arrow spring filled mattresses pine wardrod uca victrola and records kindergarten table and chairs odd wash stands odd kitchen chairs 4 small tables 2 piano stools 2 pair velour drap es quebec heater card tables pictures picture framci tames odd dishes books curtain tretch- ers and other small household ef fects miscellaneous equipment brooder house 14x12 hropdr house 10x12 rain shelter i2xlt all on skids 2 brooder stove oz fountains etc chicken feeders x rolls show fence no of steel posts no of cedar posts cream rpnrntor stone txvat paper hangers table switches quantity of electric wire oil barrels quantity of loumax pig rait sockets bushel baskets cross cut saw chicken wre lawn mower screens 2 rooi wire fence quantity of coble odd chains feed box rollers english saddle hay car for wooden track rope and pulleys small ouiniity of red clover seed work henrh vise walking plow forks shovels bars and numerous other small articles terms gash settlement with- clerk day of sale no reserve as the proprietor has sold his farm and has piuvrnsed a home in town itlndley and elliott auctioneers phone 10r3 rockwood ir itfj milton george currie clerk h-4q- tht hiinual meetlnjf of the scotch llloek wi wu hold at the home of mum eva chuholm on april jaih thct prudent pjviiillntf it wo voltd to aritd a donation of m to the cancer rocmy mm h tnfk and mr lwg rvlug weiv nppnlntwl on deletfnten to attend the conference in guulph roll roll wd answered by pay ment of fein mr agnew look lhe char for the election of of fleers the following officers wer m erteil for the coming your honor ary president mrs r murray pivhldeut mrm i wills flmt vice- president miss kvn chuholm sec- mid vlreprohlriont mm v j roll secretarytreasurer mrs j el liott nshlstant aerrotnry treasur er mrs a mcolhhnn district dir ector mrs t chtshnlm branch directors mrs r murray mr d mcglbuon mm george anew auditors mrs d robertson and mrs q amies pianist mrs n lawson and miss e chtshnlm standing committee convenors agriculture nnd canadian indust ries mrs elnlay- joyce eltlxenihlp and education mrs k may eont mitnlty activities and public relat ions mrs- d irving historical re search and current events mrth stork ihome economics and health mrs dnftobertson rseolutlons mrs ij f clarke program mrs s murray finance mrs g mc- glbbon rfreahmrnt mr j irv ing flower mrs r dyedge after the election of officers mrs t chlshnlm gave the report of the district directors meeting the district annual is to be held may 22 ot relhel church mrs d mcglbbon offered her home for the may meeting and it was voted to hold all the meetings at two oclock throughout the year the natlonnl anthem brought art- other meeting to a clone after which lunch was served members enjoyed a special treat of ice cream and cake kidd baker radio cowboy show and dance milton town hall tuesday april 24th show stnrln nl b30 dtinclng slier tltow admlntlon s0 ont pacm ititlucu both thaw knd dant optometrim 7 douglas street guelph eyes examined glasses fitted notice re dag tax notice it hereby given thnl all owner of dogi in the town of acton mml procure togs for 1951 on or before thursday april 26th tag may bo procured upon payment of license fee to the treasurer at the public utilitios office j mcgeachie town clerk and treasurer the young peoples society of acton baptist church invite you to attend the evening service sunday april 22nd at 7 pm the christian business mens committee of toronto will be in charge everybody welcome yoox a oemosw ont the emblem of a qualified electrician we consider the business in which we are engag ed worthy of our best efforts to foster and maintain a spirit of goodwill to ward the public whom we serve believing that cour tesy is the first essentia requisite and to be at all times honest and fair in our relations with patrons membership of zone 3 acton mr c trie roy butler roys elec rr no 1 acton mr len nightingale rr no 1 acton mr earl van norman acton elmira mr ken w stickney sticlcney electric elmira elora mr james buchan buchan electrical service box 62 elora mr sam ford elora mr kenw stickney stickney electric elora mr graham southcote south- cote bros eora fergus i mr norrpan townsend townsend electric box 84 j fergus guelph and district mr gordon e behling gor- 1 don behling electric co j ltd 7377 surrey st- e j guelph mr robert drohan drohan electric 94 waterloo st e guelph mr george krouskie krous- kie electric co 433 york j rd guelph mr george mcky mackay electric 73 forest st guelph mr russell martin martins electrical service 63 st georges square guelph r mr doug h purves purves electric 74 ontario st guelph mr lloyd harlock sutherland schulrz electric co limited 9 nottingham st guelph i mr steve yuruc steves elec- i trical service 12 surrey st w guerph mr walter keeler w w keeler co erin mr ken crow crows elec tric morrtston mr jack hohenadel r r no 1 puslmch mr wilfred brownlow mof fat mr wilbert j guild w j guild and son rockwooa mr garnet a potter box 48 grand valley mr ken thuell rotor electric palmerston