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lit and mr w jr duvnl viilled on sunday in kitchener mr and mm george brown of norval vullctd in acton on sunday mm annie cheyne of toronto vulted with friends in acton nev- tral days ihli week mlmhillhlesploluoaclolicinjl had her appendix out last friday in ouelpll general hospital mla mary slrrs of toronto vis ited in arlon over the woekoml with mr and mrs jim phi johnny macarlhur lii a patient in guelph general hospital lie had his appendix out on monday mrs norman nalrd of toronto npent the weekend in acton vlslt- ne with mr and mrs m schrocd- er mr anl mrs tloy ilrown of taronto spent the weekend in acton with mr and mrs david dills rev ami mrs c l poole spent the weekend in toronto wlthmr and mrs georttc r poole and nancy i mr and mr mel mccull6uh returned this week from a trip to the west coast and the united states mrs h mainprise mr bui main prise and mr jack mainprise spent the weekend at their cottage n bracebrtdgc- sux miss muriel van puttcn of bet mucin who attends the hamilton normal school spent the weclcend wilh miss dorothy wnme rev elmer sinclair of toronto guest speaker at the united church anniversary services was the guest of mr and mrs ivan harris orongcvllle visited during th weekend with mr and mrs jack holmes and mr tom watson mr and mrs robert tate linda jean and bruce of kfland north carolina have been visiting the past week wilh mr and mrs cliff ashley miss muriel hilts of balllnafad spent sunday with miss carol fet- terly of acton nnd attended the anniversary services of the united church mr and mrs a t brown visited acton friends last sunday and at tended anniversary services in the united church they were the guests of mr and mrs fred cleave r r 1bbb court of revision hears ten appeals alex near presided at the coun- ty c of r that met in the town h alla cto rt a he r w sessmont appeals on wednesday of this week assembling at shortly fter 10 am the court did not adjourn until 7 pm following the viewing of some properties nnd dealing with several contentious appeals total adjustment in assessment on the 10 appeals was 4050 the appeals wen boink heard on the mr nnd mrs grant mcdonald of 1051 assessment for levy of taxes in 1052 the assessment on john ayles residence at 217 mason blvd was upheld mr aylcs contested that with no improvements on the property his taxes had doubled assessment of the plastonics company was adjusted from 2500 to 1gs0 when it wns pointed out that the firm was now pnly oc cupying onethird the space that was assessed an appeal of mrs pearl ken nedy brock ave brought nn ad justment in assessment from 425 to 200 an error has been found and the appellant was assessed for 100 feet frontage rather than 50 feet i no adjustment was made on the property of fred krll 101 hill- mr jack mnlnprlze u home in crest despite the suggestion of the acton from pincher creek alberta assessor that because of its poor where he has been working for th gulf oil co after a holiday he expects to be transferred to ok lahoma mr and mrs c matthews mrs em black and nrs myrtle mc- murchie all of toronto visited acton friends tuesday nnd attend ed the opening of th school addition location it should be allowed a 30 per cent location obsolescence in stead of the present 15 per cent assessment was upheld at 2250 the house is at the end of the hlllcrcst st between the two rail way tracks and with no room for a enr to turn around j j stewart objected to an in public crease on the assessment of 30 acres of farm land which he felt hnd been improperly classified as sessment was adjusted from 1300 to5t150 an adjustment was made on an mpty lot owned by f toth sr mr and mrs hnrold wildgust of london formerly of acton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniv ersary on sunday november 2nd with a reception at their homo 12t j reduced from 425 wharnchffo road london lo th jt s trianrulor in mr nnd mrs morris jeffrey nnd shape and the frontage is greater barbara who are living with mr than the back measurement nnd mrs john brims rr 4 acton assessment was upheld on the arrived in acton a few weeks ago house of frank toth jr an ad- from wales mr morris is cm- jwtment was made for a triangul which piorti ar mr v hwu malt illiuli lo the garaju and mrs now hamburg friends on tues the opening of bruce omand of visited a o t o n lihy nnd attended the new publ incited the land wt reducem from 1225 to 925 which auto matically reduces the business tax from 1900 to 11100 assessment was upheld on the station hotel at 522000 a reduction was allowed in the tnitnt of the dominion hotel t from 25125 th 23150 errors had mrs d priestley of england and been found in the origlnil comp iler two daughters elizabeth and uaion of figures heather who have been visiting n error was corrected in ho for throe months with mrs priest- assessment of mrs e rachlins leys mother mrs j gibson her property of the manor building sisters and brother are returning assessment was reduced from to england on friday they are 1025 to 900 on the land which school addition mrs omand is the former jo mophnl a kindergarten teacher here for several years 1 bu chris lamb on friday morning the student council sponsored the assembly held in room five fred gordon was in charge nnd he read from the bible and conducted the open ing exercises sheila paul delight ed everyone with a violin solo with mr hansen accompanying her at the piano donnni mcmillan played for mar garet early and kathleen stanley who sang a duet then rod force talked about ar rangements for the trip to the rod feather tournament saturday night faye garner played a solo on her piano accordion mr robbina then took the floor and after arranglnc for the sale of tickets for the next rugby game at georgetown dismissed the assemb ly- students who went to toronto saturday night had a wonderful time the gnmes were between north toronto and scollnrd hall nnd etoblcoke and stamford north toronto nnd etoblcoke wore the victors of those two games and la ter north toronto was declared the champion team of the tourna ment at half time there was a colorful parade of cheer leaders mascots floats and of course a big red feather the weather wns perfect for the games but seats in the c ne grandstand are noted for their coolness the cheer leaders too must have been nearly frozen in their brief costumes the bus stopped at n restaurant on the way home and everyone hopped out to eat last thursday afternoon there was a rugby game at milton the mighty blue and white defeated us by a score of 3311 even tint tiny 11 is a big improvement over our noscore policy of last season des orourke and wayne arbic got our touchdowns and richard minn converted a small acton delegation wont to the georgeownmilton game in georgetown last mnoday it was a real battle but georgetown won the next game will be in georgetown on thursday when ac ton will be trying hard and hnpe winning aid turkey dinner financial success the monthly meeting of the knox ladies aid was held in xhe classroom of the church on tues day f tcrnoonmrsf j mccut cheon presided and following the cpenlng hymn the worship period was taken by mrs d mclellan nnd mrs r h armstrong mrs s mathews the treasurer gave the report of the turkey din ner with n good financial rewnrd for their efforts mrs r l david son lender of n group handed in 50 00 as their earnings from qulltlngs the work on the basement is o be continued with ns soon as the necessary material is available the manse committee were given instructions to take care ol any decorating or needs required there the business period concluded with all repeating the lords pray er a short program was presented a rending was given by mrs r l davidson when auntie visited the city and mus bella mae ros7ch rendered a solo a pocketbook survey was en joyed with the awards going to mrs w e smith ond mrs f j mccutcheon the usual friendly chatter over a cup of tea concluded the meeting and greetings to mr and mrs george lnntz on their fiftieth wedding anniversary wxi signed by all present meeting theme is grandmothers dublin womens institute held their regular meeting at the home of mrs wm mcphedran mrs mclntyre vicepresident was in charge of the meeting the roll call was answered by giving my grandmothers maiden name full reports of the area con vention at kitchener were given bv the delegates those who at tended were mrs w walk in- mrs c davidson mrs a near mrs l ferguson mrs j dennis mrs wm mclntvre mrs d morfat miss mildred wilson and mrs w frank a nilf inn fur kof w to be grade elghtofje of the typical classrooms grandmothers day at greenock wi the jqctober meeting of the greenock womens institute was held at the home of mrs chcston allan miss elva pearen president opened the meeting- mrs robert allan read the scripture nnd the roll call was answered by a re membrance of my grandmother dates were set for films to be giv en by mr dnvc groy ond a wall paper fiemonstratlon the program was plonned in the form of a grandmothers meeting mrs robert allan read the motto kindness is the oil that keeps th hinges of friendship from rusting mrs elliott patterson and mrs albert mckcown brought back splendid reports of the area con vention hold recently in kitchener mrs a mckcown gave an inter esting account on spices where grown and their many uses mrs ralph mckcown sang brighten tho- corner nnd the old rugged craw accompanied by mrs j e pearen at tho piano mrs pearen gave a short memo on styles and a poem my granny mrs wm hill conducted a few gomes of bingo with mrs john near mrs ralph mckcown and miss elva pearen recipients of the prizes mrs robert allan read a recipe from an old recipe book how to remove wrinkles thomceting closed and the members enjoyed lunch served by the hostess and her committee members and friends of thi greenock womens institute enjoy ed an evening on october 24 in greenock school with a showing of films by mr dave gray of rock- wood on his recent motor trip west covering the calgary stam pede banff lake louise hot springs old faithful and local scenes around rockwood eramosa and erin 300 acres of trees destroyed by fire a bush f ire believed to have been started by a careless nmoker has burned over300 acre of 6ung trees and brush near terra cotta desperate farm owners battled to keep the flames from spreading to valuable stands of pines and cednrs the fire first broke out on thanksgiving day it smouldered underground for 10 days and then fanned by a dry wind sprang up and began to spread first outbreak was on the clancy ranch in esquesing township it spread to wilfred leslies farm on the sixth concession road and to adjoining farmsx farm houses and buildings have not been threatened difficulty in re ting water hampered the 100 men who turned out this week to fight the flames because of the inncccssnbility of the district fire trucks can not be brought in volunteers are working feverishly to prevent the flames which have been burning over two weeks irom spreading hold services at halton manor plan halloween party the resident ministers of milton have commenced services at the hnlton centennial manor- each sunday nev grncn took the aer- vlces two weeks ago and rev os borne last sunday rev j l blair will be in charge of the service next sunday to be followed by the baptist minister the following sun day owing to church services being held from 130 to 2 30 pm visiting hours at the manor have been changed to 230 to 430 p m and 700 to 0 30 in the evening a halloween fcocinl evening fri day night is plannec e p head optometrist formerly of guelph ont now located at 45 arthur hl 8 elmira ont pliane 2r21 or writ halloween haunt costumes fill facet rubber matki hornt crepe paper wigs beards candles favors lanterns serviettes etc n halloween kisses 29clb halloween gum drops jelly beans goblin mixed our special shellout mixture 34c lb hintons 5c to 1 store fw sailing on the empress from montreal of france treacher now that youve seen whats wrong with my car how much will you charge to fix it mechanic well reverend 20 if ou stand watching 10 if vou get cut of hearing distance for sale haifweek service monday or thursday phone 128 acton automatically reduced the business tax from 1 iso to 1125 a total reduction of 125 was allowed on the rachlln store property land was reduced from 1000 to 1375 for business purposes and a 25 foot lot at the back of the store property retained for garden pur poses was assessed at 100 these changes reduced the business as sessment from 1775 to 1750 business tax of miss l wilfon was written off mrtce miss wilson discontinued business a mistake dicovered in the as- sessment of coon va revs propert n the eas mde of main fit r duced the land from 1200 to h75 and dmpjud the business tax from 2200 to 21041 on the property on the et side of main s lssesmnent ww reduced from sfioo to 475 on the land automat ically dropping the busmen tax from a25 to 500 this made a total reduction in oesmeiu f 175 on the virey property members of the court were alex near navagaweya col c o ilrown emiuemng john rlur iuirlmgton and h d fleming trafalgar stan hall mpp addresses rotary stanley hall member of the ont ario legislature for hal ton was guest at the meeting on tuesday of acton rnurvclub and briefly addressed the members and visit ors mr hall briefly touched on what he saul was his pet subject when he urged the constant watch fulness of vuir rntuh traditions lest socialism and communism creep in upon us without i our knowledge he praised the work of service ehibs which hi h were unrig much to maintain citizenship mid our democratic way of life a brief summarization of the fun fui iveeipuws given by treasur er walter woodbum who expl n- ed that f ures ere oilv ippruv- imue un all returns were not com plete vinitors present at the meet- in were c a 7 matthews toron to ray mmi form an liwrirro aut h1nn perr of acon yimmi club and jim dills of the milton club dr paul beer holstein completes yearly record performance undertaken the schools were to be contacted and each pupil asked i to give a pencil and exercise bnk for the korean children a rnm- i mittee was appointed to look afte the booth at mclntyres sale a euchre and dance at stewarttown was arranged mrs t storey was in charge for the grandmothers program which included a reading the patchwork quilt by mrs william mclntyre reading ode to aut umn by mrs marlowe high lights of trip to eastern provinces and united states by mrs c van gooen reading a letter written from a man in the city to a man on holidays by mrs t storey lunch wxs served by the con j mittee and a social hour enjoei nov 3 special ldi slacks or stridtonly 49c please call before 11 am i 1 i i iii m1iiuiu engagements mr 11 st denis wishes to an nounce the engagement of his eld est daughter verna to mr lo paquette son of mr and mrs j paquette sudbury ont wedding lo lake place december 1 at st jean brebouf roman catholic church two films shown to acton ys men buy several items for church kitchen the womans association of ac- tnn unird church mot at the hnm of mrs i harris on tuesday after noon with the president mrs h burns presiding the meeting oi- o tho od the devotional period was taken bv mrs c l poole the roll rail an by th- word giving three new members were received plans were completed for annual event which takes place next week cards were reported sent to sick and shutins also ev- eral to those who had been be- reaved since the last meeing i several items are being bought for use in the church kitchen sv i eral quilts have been compliuitl and there are several still to be done i lunch was served bv mrs har- ris assisted by mrs j rod mr wilderspin mrs k lambert mrs h mccutcheon and a social tim was spent together at the close of the meeting a vote of thanks was given to mrs harris for her home and also the lunch committee j the ys mens annual halloween party parade ramfs prizes for costumes tpfat for rhlinpfm stunts entertainment vince mountford co will present a funpacked program costumes firit and second prizot group 1 kp and pre school group 2 grades 1 and 2 group 3 grades 3 and 4 group 4- grades 5 and 6 group 5 grades 7 and 8 group 6 acton high school group 7 adults group 8 grand prize a bigfree night for everyone acton arena friday october 31st a pure bred itolmcin owned b dr p nil tlecr georgetown has completed a early record of per formance te of r10 lbs fat from lm2ii ilxs milk average vt i ril per cxm butt erf at she is hunt- shaven supreme pahst and her record was made as a five-year- old on twiceaday milking thls animal has a previous rec ord as a senior threeyearold in if on twireadav milking of 710 lbs fat from 20j51 lbs milk thls record was amongst the top five in canada in 1051 two film- were shown acton vn men at their regular meeting on thursdav october 23 by two representatives of canadian johns maunille co h vrooman and c plummer one of thee films kihien of kreedon dealt with th- gro th of the company bowing the nunc etc the second con cerned iranmo pipe and its uscn it vus announced that the yj mens district conference would be held m acton in april wi h mem- be- of mx eluks attending k allen halloween party chair- 1 nai reported oil the event it wa- i decided that the ys mens parv m december would include the ladies auxiliary i klmer he safety flephant w be sponsored m acton by the group members decided i a report of the proposed budget for the year was given mil gibson one of the auction- eers at the community auction sale i was presented wilh a wallet on be- half of the club he was unable to be present at an earlier presenta tion to the other auctioneers ado meat market 81 mill street telep h0 n e 54 1- outstanding values -c- small link or country styie choice pork sausage lb 39c bologna lb 29c sun brite margarine lb 29c there are 750000 arms in canada d