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page rotra the acton free press thursday may 24th 1b81 6spwnoe sacred concert draws good crowd a vair wan chairman for the vucred concert held sunday even ittjf n uio local prcihylorlnn church when a good number were present an enjoyable program was prnentcd by the following talented artists mr and mrs tltt itockwood mr george wuley er- amosa mr fred shortlll balllna- fud mr byron bruce and mrs gordon ahken the elmtlng num ber a sacred drama the chal lenge of the cross brought much favoroblc- comment the playov included mr ward bruce mrs a- slnclalr mrs g htackson mrs d winter mrs c young mrs n wckrmte and miss d finet with musical anil vocal accompaniment by mm g sunter mn g altken and mrs b bruce heartint congratulations are ex tended to mr elgjn brown who graduates from the o a c with lint c1ki honors mr anct mm george d nobtrt non and joyce spent loit week end with their son and daughter in law mr nnd mn george l ttobertson ip hamilton dr sutherland moh and mus brown public htnlth nurse paid n visit to the locil school on fri day morning to administer toxoids nnd necinatlons in inst woiki nms items it was incorrectlv reported that mrs dan winter had received first place in the contest for pumpkin pie at the women s institute meeting this cghq4iaufl boon credited to mrs george d robertson we alncere- ly regret anv inconvenience this error has caused mr and mrs robert mccutch eon of erin were recent visitors with mr and mn james struthers mr and mrs carman griffin of erin spent sunday with mr and mrs thomas fines mr and mrs j douglas of georgetown visited on sunday with mr and mn alvin fisher mits vida abbott public health nurse of arthur visited on satur day with miss ado and mr errctt currie mn george d robertson spent a few davs this week ulth her son and daughter in law mr and mrs gordon robertson nnd jim at perth mr nnd mrs e wood and fnm- ll of st catharines istted on sundnv with friends in thls local itv mr nnd mn w smith of ever- ton spent sundnv with their dnughter nnd son in lnw mr and mrs fred baptlc mr nnd mrs bert crnlg and jonn of georgetown were week end isiton with messrs r and j hunter mr and mrs john mazur jack ie and arleen of hamilton were sundnv visitor with mr and mn word bruce and famllv l1mehouse rmc cadet goes to manitoba camp cadet r p bourne left or wednesday for camp shllo mrin hnw it how hi will he stationed for the summer months he has been home with hu parents for two weeks following completion of his year at rmc kingston tho w a met at the homo of miss tvenfl for their regular bus iness meeting on tuesday ovenmg mr harold brown was best itiiui at the wedding of mr john carmlchael nnd ml ho belle beatty ot forest ont on may 15 mrnkinslrtwatncjevert imi x and andy of halifax nre visiting his parents on the fifth line p mr and mrs art ford and fnmlly of acton vlilted the kami on sjindny mrs smcthurst spent sunday nt stoworttown mrs h b mcdowell of toronto visited mr ond mrs mills for a few dnys recently visitors with miss ivens and her sisters on sunday were mrs sharp mr duncan sharp miss collcenn sharp mn ptter mcdonald ond mrs arthur ivens of toronto nnd miss nlchol of rockwood mr wm grieg and mr and mn gordon grieg and daughter of brantford red cross society mines brought mr sam gisby home from sun- nvbrook hospital on saturday ond returned for him on monday af ternoon he has been hospitalized nine weeks mesdames smethurst h norton and e sanford attended the wm s sectional meeting in norvol presbyterian church last week we extend sympathy to mr ro bert mcvey whose sister passed away on monday morning in tor onto l mesdames smethurst james noble e sanford j ellerby s kirkpotrlck s wright and ftc brown attended the w i district annual on tuesday fietdosuu voted of aclonians visiting outoftown points and of visitors in acton homes mr john barr or london was home during the week end mr and mra richard leavens of welland visited with friends here on sunday mr and mn j h royston of sim cop visited frionda in town on tuesday mrs a sopor has returned home after vuitlng frends in kitchener nnd guclph mrs e j nelson of guclph wao n guest last weok at the homo of mr and mrs amos mason r mr and mrs gordon rawn of hamilton visited with mrs fred mcmillan during tho week mloa mary sirrs nurse in min ing at western hospital toronto was homo during lost week miss anno dunn spent the week end with dr nnd mn ntvllk hnrrop nnd family nt kingston mr and mrs harry norton david and nancy of tatars peru are visiting relatives jn acton and district mr and mrs norman scarrow nnd daughter of mount forest visit ed this week with mr and mrs ian mncdonald a k brown arc visiting messrs a t of hu and campbellville blair auxiliary girls group meet campbeuviue beauty of blossom is reaching peak the blossoms arc at their beaut now in thin district while seeding is moitlv finished mr nnd mrs stuart cramp and dr nnd mrs warr spent the wik end at the cramp cottage north of huntsville mrs frnnk wheelihan and jack and mrs t burbanks from loj angeles cnllfornin spent last week bdtlng relnthes in quebec mr nnd mn pirce metcalfe and morgan t of wnttrdown and mr and mm howson lush were sun- do gmt with mr find mrs geo inglis mr nnd mn gordon crow and sons of ab rfo ti un sunda guests ulth mr nnd mn a t moow mr hnrold spu rs built n nw boa i d it tn ting the ihildnn to bont rdts on cnmpbt ll ilk pond mr nnd mn wullnm rrtxrts and fnmtu wm sund n gu sts with mr intt mrs hnrrv hood smpath of this communis is exunixt to mn john earlv jxn th 1 s of h r moth r who wu bur td fmm then thu uwk mrs sutnjon nrrivod this wnk to sp nd tht summt r with her daughter mrs edgnr cairns conjrntil itmns to earl cairns on winning tht uitermtxilnu cham pttnhip nt fit id di in act in tht mnnv frlsvids of david mir tin will bt sorr ti hi ar he has a broken kg but is much improved mn rb elliot wns hostess to the blnlr evening auxiliary on ma 15th mrs robertson opened tht meeting and the 4gth psalm wns rend bv miss delia vanslcklc after the business period mrs douglns inglis read an article from the glad tidings samaritan to shut ins mn stuart cramp nnd the fint pnrt of chapter four of the study book from where w nre to whnt we ought to be mn roger mahon rend the sec ond pnrt it is claimed the stand- nrd of educntion is bolng improved nnd thnt education goes hand in hnnd with the preaching of the gispcl in india todny mrs wm mnhon thanked the hostess and nil who had taken part the host- i ss assisted by mn robertson strved a delicious lunch which all njoved mn a t moore and marilyn were hostesses to the st david i girl group on tuesday evening with the president anna hurren presiding the scripture lesson was rend by jane smith and the lord s prayer was repeated after the business period the leader mn moore gave a bible lesson basing her remnrks on port f the first chapter of mark at thi bt ginning of the meeting mi spi ers manual training teacher gavt an interesting demonstration in it ijior work the girls were shiwn how to mnke pun s this hnrj in rnft v ill no doubt prove vtr interesting the meeting was clos d with praver bv marilyn i moon nfterjvhich n tn nt was i rv si b hikn agniw nnd ud n htirrtn mr and mrs winnipeg man brothers homes r n brown dr nnd mrs wm somerville of haileybury visited during the week with the formers sisters and brother here mr and mrs herbert winn of new york have been visiting this week with the watkins nnd win f eld families muts edith hamilton and miss lillian watson of georgetown left malton airport sunday night for a holiday in new york mr george elliott and mrs creasy of comber are visiting at the homes of mr hilton and mr harold elliott jill hurst daughter of mr and mrs joe hurst is a patient at guclph general hospital following an appendectomy mr and mrs roy lambert and children of drayton visited ot the homo of his parent mr and mrs john lambert on sunday mr and mrs wilfrid mcdonald of toronto visited on sunday here with mr robert lowrle ond mr nnd mr wm mtdonntd and fnmlly oh the 4th line mrs george woods wns visiting wlthbelfnthermx3 h smollmrjn in hamilton and mrs d fletcher in london for n few days mt and mrs robert footitt and children hnve moved to george town where bob has secured i portion at the alliance paper mills ltd mr and mrs ii arbic mr nnd mn s brnidn mr nnd mn r j bnndn nnd misses rtnn nnd eve ken brnidn ittc nd d graduation i xt i cists it tht oac on tuej dnv among thost attending the wo mens institute dktriet annual from this district on tucsdny at trnfalgiir community hnll were from acton brnnch mrs r i dnvtdson mrs w h denny mrs m mcauley mrs earl lambert and mrs george laenby from dublin bnnch mrs duncan mof fat mrs a near mn charles thompson mn l ferguson mrs george r somerville mrs j c dennis and mrs george robertson and from bannockburn branch mn wullnm mcdonald fireworks display draws big crowd tht fifth anniversary fireworks duplav at thtv ball park in camp belhille attracted nearlv 300 cars and a large crowd of people the vemnk got off to a start with a battbau gnmi at h and at 9 30 the skits exploded into a fireworks displnv of bombs itar semi circle and loud noisis and prettv fire works that dnw ohs and ahs from the large crowd a street dance with music bv uiuar s rchestra w as staged aft r the dame and a large crowd stayed to enjt v it poets corner my kitchen window spring i liiu i httk window lb hi m kitchui sink v ht n 1 un wntih thi sun go down nil pius iwhik to think ot natures wondnm- beaut v the tun st it i wien is ui m 3 omit r woodhu with is soft dup lonti of gncn r ii i in ni in ipk trit is call ing to his matt u h sin nnd pre ns hi r ft athtr atop niv ganlen gate llu 4old fish in my hl pkj1 an glisuning in the sun th gailv swim nbtut all dav and dart fint hen tht n in nd through mv kitcht n w ihd iw onl miu r morn tnu v tame from out the woodlet i buck dt i r and a fawn of all cuds hxvtly cnatures so gijccful nd so free th 1 hkthi so brnvt and beautl ful b it siimrd afraid of mt thin art crotus in mv gardtn and ga d tphinium blue th n h a snowfall buth and lilac ind fliwin of every hue i tin s rippling flilds of grain itid clivtr hright uith bloom i u nildnt ind my windw or gold th it fills a room hy flranor coulson lou ville tuesday afternoon wns tho scene of a literary program sponsored b grade ten audrey wilkinson wns in charge mimi parry took the spotlight dressed as an old woman with very much emphasized eng lish accent she sang abndabn honeymoon and gained so much npplause that for her encore nctt d a short poem the next item on tin program wns n play tntitled a day in the lift or the editor of the acton flv pnd with barbarn jonn baxt i is the narrator ken mnnn as mr snodgrnss the editor and bill coon is tht copv bo tht edi or mnn it d to quit tl usht r out tht o fi bov who was alw a tilling a in w jokt that hi had htard mr sn kikrnss tumd m ti th pn gram h wns spins iring it w i i taknt sh iw wjth iittn v wtlk mson ns th nnnountir the fint t ik nt si out f ai dnw kins had bn light with lu r yvonm brum lie who s ink tht best things in lift au frit she wis irimpnnltd b shirl thorn psn it th pnno tht st nd til nt s u w ls isabtlk ritchli rtht broiikht with hi r mirtin t5ntnprt mirtin snnt it is no s cr t ind w is nceomp nnhd b crnwfonl doiiklns a thi plnno the third t ik nt scout wns dune in gibson who brought with him crnw ford d ntglns crnw ford plnved n piano s io fivt f ot two t s of blue all cont stints n reived due appliilsi whik the judg s mls gimmii mr hanstn and mr r bbins wi i diliterating on a winmr jovce fnrnii r snng mav tht ood ixrd bk ss and kop vou ind birbnn i turner read an amusing monologui wnni bnin ik was dcl ired thi winner and ihc w is pnstnltd with n b x of chocolatt s thls tal- nt sh iw hid b en n corded and wis pi iv rd huik to us ik i in thi r suits win quitt i oott tht whok script w is written and produced bv autlrt v wilktnstin who ilso tirought th tar n conl ir aw rd of apprtniitiin and a r turn of nppl his w is accorded in r bin nisi sht did i flni j ib i m sun wi nil nni thij th s wis thi hi st llttrnrv prgnm of ihr flvt put on this ar mrs steele hostess dublin wi meet the monthly meeting of dublin women s institute was held at tho home of mn m steele second line esfluesing on thursday last with a large attendance of mem bers visitors and children mrs l ferguson the new prcjj ident occupied the chair the roll call was answered by my first school and tt ncher s name the auditors report wxs given by mrs j dtnnls arrangements were made for sevt ral memben to at- l nd tho district annual nt traf ilknr community hall tickets were nvnllabte from the secretary for the 50th annivemrv w i luncheon nt milton nrenn the ex hibit for the nenrbv fnll fairs w is dmlt with nnd further plans will bt mndi at a later meeting a half dtmn members volunteered to nsslst with a local wedding in june the motto don t travel in inst venr s rut was ablv taken by mrs r l dfjijdsan a full re port of the convpnors conference nt the oac guelph wns given b mn c j vnngoo7en in which she especially stressed the vnlue of a tweedsmuir hlstorv being kept of this district a committee was formed that will endeavor to compile an interesting record of families who have lived in this d est net and events through th vt an a short talk on htlpful hints wns kiven by mn dennis and the muting was closed lattr mn stitk assisted bv mn flliott mrs mcphenon mn rognvaldson ind mn dolson served a lovely lunch and a socinl half hour was i nj nt d bv the indies discuss paving grant for centre continued front jpagi one enough for the required stovcn and installation of the who would be too costly they were intltkd to use the inwn hnll in ila present form permission was granted the girls softball association to use tho soft ball diamond in the park on mon day evenings during the summer repairs were asked on some side walk section broken ot the time of sewerage- installation town side walks were to be repaired lit the nejir future according to council the rood committee was in strucud tquurlsligatetheuicc jof bonrds left in sidewalks for drain nge purposes council felt broken and missing boards were a hazard to pedestrians as the town shore of 20 per cent taxes collected from beer outlets in the municipality tillt wns paid by the liquor control board council agreed to pay half the cost of repairing the winfiold fence fronting on acton pnrk at h cost to the town of 4 00 tho clerk reported that telephone poles on agnes st- would be moved the recent opening and widening of agnes st from willow to main st mnde the move necessary since they nre now in the centre of the wide ned rond peter federko submitted a bill for digging n lateral which was not the required depth at the property line it was turned over to tho sportan contracting co a letter from the library board thanked council for the increased grant and expressed a hope thnt they would be able to provide good books for acton councillors l wicck j greer c wood r thompson e taylor a fryer deputy reeve j j stewart and reeve j horgrave were pre sent at this regular meeting that odjburned ot tho remarkably early hour of ii pm mayor e tyler presided moffat bingo fans claim many fine prizes fconrlnuert from pag one x m s of bingo with tht ndmis ioa nnd i numb r of sptml winners- fin meial succi ss of the event i vv ill n t b availnbk until ill tirktt r turn an mndt but will b puh i hid is s nn ns possihk m it h of th succi ss of th event w is du to tht fnt t thnt j ihn wng r ind h s i ntin st iff w ith equipment c inn from toronto nnd managed tht wh ik affair these mt n ind womtn js mr wager pointed out in rrumb n of the cnnadnn it g- i n w has mo to is strvice and thi wire glad to mnk thls eon tribution for tht s rvict of crippled children mr wagt r has givtn nd- v irt utr m in witks help d st c urt pn md n tx hnlf of thi rot irv club pntident gto mnson thanked him and all his friends fir their contribution to the work coffi i and sandwiches win serv rd bv the lndirs of the rotirv club mt mbrrs to tht v isiton from tor ont bt f on thi v left for the eltv th n win sorru door prizi s w h ch win not cliimtd on friday night ind mnv bt secund bv con tncting prt sident georgt mnson tick t i 002 his i t i kittle nw nt iik ind for uekt nt s 11 and flo tw i ii ixm of f incv blscults in r ith if tht st irticlcs an not t latin tl u fin the community nu l hi sil of th ys mini club th v will i kivn to ihn t vt nt so 1 v tu know of anyone having tht s i stubs tell tht m to hurry ind il itm the prlzt s township ladies regular meeting the nassagnwcya ladies instit ute met for their regular meeting at the home of mrs h price af tt r the business meeting the con vtnois mrs page and mn and enon gnve some pnpon on hort iculture the roll cnll was answ- ertd with exchange of seeds bulbs or pirennlnls there was a good attendance mr nnd mrs llod campbell spent sundav at the home of mr and mrs h mccarthy of west ftnmboro deepest svmpnthy is extended to mr j dunnett and fnmlly in the loss of a dear wife nnd mother mr nnd mrs cliff densmorennd son of sheffield spent the week end nt thl home of the litters mother mrs c donnven engagements mr u nd mrs bi rt dungelo of brampton wih to announce ute tngagoment of their daughter sa die to martin pulrfck eld oat son mf-mr-tnid-mrs- patrick mccrkt- nll acton marriage to take place in brampton june lqth 1031 average life of a milk bottle is 34 dellverit dance to tex beneke and his orchestra wednesday june 6th brmttoh memorial aram hhbt ism tickets ou ule sr fl m it clilulu rholo cfcolro queen st w rima1ndbb at 1125 t 1wail orders write co grampton arena eavestroughing now is the time to replace those leaky eavetrough we have on hand ot prosent a good supply of materials but first come will bo first served estimates gladly furnishod yrompt efficient attention c macarthur phone 384r2 milton ont orders left at talbots hardware- phone 76 attea will be given prompt attention nmmummmhnahmmhmmmhmmhnmhnmmmiim m m thompsons canadian approved chicks 75 children to take part in parents night at ymca program activity crowded pirinls nlrht it the y 1 the bir ttnction for mothers and fuhi rs ind frit nds this thursday ind fridiy from the midcct urls ti ihi junior boys the pro rnm is crowded with club swing inn wind drill boxing wrestling biskttbill tumbling and skits lunch is to be providd by tht trip t club ond the junior kirl uih do thr serving approx- inntth children will bt taking pirt to i pt rson standing on themoorr tht t srth would appear to shine ss th moon shines to eirth inhab it ints rr no 3 georgetown ont mixed chicks april 25th to may 15th new hampshire light sussex new hampshire and barred rock light sussex and new hampshire white leghorn 2yearold hen mating 15 00 rhode island red and white leghorn 14 50 black minorca and white leghorn i may 16th to end of season pullet 95 guaranteed 15 00 25 00 31 00 28 00 barred rocks light sussex new hampshire and barred rock light sussex and new hampshirje white leghorn white leghorn and barred rock i rhode island red and white leghorn i black minorca and white leghorn i 14 50 ulttim in 21 00 14 00 27 00 quantity discounts for over 300 chicks started pullets available from 17 week to week old prices on request thompsons poultry farm and hatchery georgetown phone 48rlj bsaa lumber the acton woodcraft jhhouhcea the installation of new and modern equipment at their new location formerly occupied by the georgetown lumber co in addit on to our new equipment additional personnel and our reputation of be ng able to supply the very finest in sash doors cupboards frames screens etc we now carry a complete line of build rnatenals wl hope to be iblt fp servo you satisfactorily the staff acton woodcraft e varey proprietor wo are accepting orders now for delivery toon of cement