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jvrttfw sttt tt soventyeiglilh yenrno 19 acton ontario thursday november 3lh 1952 eight homo print pages six cent remembrance day theme this week hit by car child at churches school meetings thrown eght fe the anglican baptist presbyter ian roman catholic and united chu rche the public school aeton rotary club walker lodge and the xode all marked remembrance ay to acton thi week on twm- iay november ft banks school nd government offices were closed and to factories and stores work waa stoppod temporarily as tho war dead were honored through out the town popples were sold on friday and saturday to tho many atrtonlans who do not for get lesion past president max stor ey and ttjv r h armstrong spoke to an assembly of about 250 in the raultl purpose room of the public school on monday mr storey told the school senior pupils the remaoti for a poppy fund how pop pies supply veterans with work and how the funds help disabled veterans and their families rev armstrong rave a memorial address hymns were sung and the last post and reveille heard on records elaine dcfnrcst recited in flan ders fields the student chairman for the is- aembly was james denny who welcomed ahd thanked the guests lesion members were guests school pupils contributed over s20 to the poppy fund this yenr miss wiila mckays class was in charge of fhe primary assembly on wednesday which also had a re membrance day theme no charges were laid by police at slalbnns anglican church fohowinn an accident on mill st sunday the sermon theme was on friday november 7 about 1 p sacrifice the best way to honor m w giorin nt fivc the dead of two wars rev n i struck by n car and thrown about prfee declared it to follow their ol by ihc imnact example of sacrifice to truly find i th kindergarten pupil on her lose i in w tn niiftcrrrt n tire you must to others flowers in the baptist sunday were placed by mr and mrs l bulmcr and mr and mrs r ingles in memory of peter ingl es who died about two years ago in sunny brook hospital clarenc reld sang a special nolo the love of god at the united and presbyterian churches rev e a currey and sprain to her right knee and bruis- church snc l tne daughter of mr and mrs herman rody of 135 guclph st the girl was standing at the side of mill st between frederick and wilbur sts with n group of child ren when she backed out off the curb facing away from the east- bound car the car driven by eldred lundy of r r 1 cn led on revrt ariwrtrong t 50 feet bcfor0 on armistice day themes a vision of peace was considered by rev currey i requiem high mass was sung by i rev father morgan at st josephs church in memory of the war dead his sermon was also on the thme of remembrance j a memorial service for lodge members who had passed on under worshipful brother w b buch anan was held at the meeting of walker lodge monday evening a ected group of veterans put on the mas ter masons degree on a veteran rev e a currey was guest speaker at the rotary club meeting tuesday evening telling of his re membrances of the war and at the lakeside chapter iode meeting the same evening the remem brance theme was carried out in a paper given by mrs e smith striking the child she was treated by armstrong dr presbyterial has acton president obituary john s moore buried at acton no child to spare plan ac safet week acton has not one child to spare next week is to be safety week in acton and the narrow escape of a primary pupil of acton public school last week has impressed the im portance of the first statement the public and high schools council and the police are cooperating to make every actonian safety conscious every parent or a public school child will be contacted by letter on friday tomorrow and at the school a varied program is being planned to impress the vital importance of safety on the streets to the young pupils 1 there will be safety talks to the children every day next week classes will be taken to the stree to practice the rides they have been taught films on safety will be shown and posters and art work will take safety week as their theme it is planned to have members of the provincial police visit the school and speak on the importance of avoiding accidents elmer the safety elephant a green flag will fly at the school when the pupils are accident free when one child has an accident due tn his or her neglect the flag must come down for 30 days since a school child was hit by a car last week the flag may not fly for three weeks yet the safety rules are simple principal g w mckenzie says but they must be impressed on ev ery youngster to avoid serious ac cidents the parents too must co- nperate he stated the letters which will be sent tn parents tomorrow friday will contain safety rules and an intro duction to safety week in acton a pledge which parents may sign and return to the school is alsa expected to be included inez mclellan of acton was cl- president of the guelnh presbyterial of tho presbyterian young peoples union at the fall rally held on monday evening at st davids presbyterian church in campbellville rev r h arm strong of acton inducted the new lyelected officers at the meeting and dedicated the presbytery ban ner which is awarded in compet ition between young peoples groups other local officers from the district are bill bell fellowship convenor and marj chester camp bellville second vice president rev j e sutherland of campbell ville church is the honorary pres ident representatives were present from gait guclph kitchener wa terloo baden and eden mills and members from these centres in the area filled the other executive positions dr hugh mcmillan of toronto on furlough from formosa spoke on formosa a symbol almost 100 were present during the program inez mc lellan read the scripture and bill bell t in chorus singing attending the rally from acton were rev armstrong shirley wil son isabel ritchie jacqueline watkins june wat kins inez mc lellan jim greer bill bell doug bennie and meb blow doug dav idson of toronto and joyce greer of guelph boh former member- of the acton voting peoples also attended jmany free press readers will learn with regret of the death of john speight moore on wednesdiy november 5th at his home in hon das ontario mr moore had been in poor hea for some time he was born lit actlill u uu of ttnr late james moore and attended acton schools he served his apprenticeship in the printing trade at the free press office and went to toronto where for many years he was sup erintendent of the printing depart ment of the united typewriter co for the past 30 yearn he has resid ed in dundas where he was as sociated with his brother charles in the dundas star office and for pome time after his brother retired from the publishing business he is survived by his wife the former lillian ross and one daugh ter angela claire- at home and one sis or mrs fred funk of st jos eph mich the funeral was held on satur day afternoon with service at the mitson funeral home dundas in terment was in fairview cemetery aeton with rev e a currey tak ing the graveside service partner swinging starts last friday no one would have believed a dance could start at the appointed hour but it hadnt gone two minut es past 030 when rino braida drew the horsehair over the cat gut and gents started to swing their partners at the first squar dance of the acton square dance club held on friday november 7 in st albans parish hall capable ernie packer callcl the figures demonstrating each new quuic dance with a willing four some he had no difficulty to get everybody on the floor laviog little time to spare between dances fiist ticket drawn by mr- henry jolcy for the door prize was that sold to cliff sutton his absence forced a second draw whlrth p-o- vidn ted hansen with a bininfill cup id saucer the spot prize was won by miss jean kirby and the fldtime waltz winners wtri mr nd ms fred kingsmiu meeting approves observe silence recall operation bylaw f in- x u bacntice ot acton ivien committee and the public utilities commission was held on tuesday evening previously a meeting had bee held at the disposal plant and a two minutes silence for acton soldiers sailors and airmen who have given their lives for peace was observed on tuesday at 11 am before the cepotaph on mill st flags of the color party and the union jack on n umb mro f i t b irur 1 it t p d ft n r a ii c n i 64 the flagstaffwcrclaucrcdastliciast postwas soundetlbynormnn braida to be raised in a few moments at the sound of reveille ranked before the cenotaph were members of the legion the ion each of these items were gone over and apportioned for cor rection i legion ladies auxiliary the womens institute actons two branches of a general policy of operation was laid down and agreed upon iode school children acton citizens band scouts and cubs who by the two bodies tho proposed j imarched from the legion hall bylaw of the town was read and after an addition was acceptable to the commission when this bylaw is passed by the council the puc will offic ially have charge of the operation and maintenance of the sewerage system for the town instal service for sprinkler system report plans form auxiliary business the y ladies auxiliary wlllcn- lei to the phalanx club dinner and ngh school rugby team dinner it was decided at the regular monthly meeting held on monday in the y mrs paul read a report of the auxiliary conference in midland which thnty of the members at tended it was suggested that hymn honks he purchased for uso at the meetings mrs c sutton and mrs f hunt er reported many items donated by acton merchants for the penny sale to he held this month ar rangements were made for a christmas party at the next meet ing draws highlight lakeside bazaar form bowling plans for district clubs mary haig japan missionary speaks at halt0n wms meeting at a meeting held recently ir brampton bob burne of mil tin was elected chairman of number i district of the provincial lavp i bowmg association of ontario harry riddols also of milton has agreed to act as district secret -iry- treasurer j there an 13 member clubs m the distric which includes acton n i the northeast oakville in the the sectional meeting of the woman missionary society of halon presbyterial which was held in the ashgrove united church november 6th was very well attended in spite of the poor weather mrs w nt brownndge vice- president opened the meeting with an appropriate call to wo ship after the opening hymn mrs sail body welcomed the visitor the ashgrove church miss hilt- replvmg to the word of welcome on behalf of all the ladies a yery thoughtful worship s-r- vuvfollowed and during the inis inov session messages 11 i t ret- ings from other w m s member s were read the lulling of whi each society considered it be program brought out 1 great d 1 t f nterestnm information a paper on church worl 1- i vocation for young women d been leuiheid enls men ways learn western culture and wes learn western religion boy and and girls and older people are all anx- j tho a draw for a handmade quilt dishes a radio and a toboggan as well as individual table draws highlighted the annual bazaar ot the lakeside chapter io de hell last saturday in the ymca th quilt was won by mrs george bowman the set of dishes by miss eveleen braida the mantle radio by mrs goodsell trenton and he toboggan by mrs e ihnnagel the y gym was decorated in red white and blue with small lion jacks and bouquets of yel- loeand brone mums a steady stream of bazaar cus tomers circled the colorful tabl s buving aprons baking childrens utheast etnbicoke in the south- c candv kni est weston in the northwest remembrance day at acton rotary rev e a currey of the ttriitd church who was a chaplain with the canadian forces overseas in the last world war was the guest speaker at the remembrance day meeting of acton rotary club on tuesday in a very personal and informal way mr currey told of the impressions made on him from war experiences of the friendships formed and many intimate and in teresting details other veterans who were guests of rotarians that night were john henry wm middleton and j b the secretary reported at th public utilities commission meet ing last thursday evening that the tttuncil were willing to supply baxter laboratories ltd with a six inch water main for sprinkler service and fire protection the main is to be installed off river st baxter laboratories are to b chlrgto the total cost of installat ion and the work will proceed under the supervision of the puc workmen when the puc is using the well on main street north the well of anthony hufnagel at his barn dries up according to the agree ment with mr hufnagelf1000 gal lons of water is to be supplied daily in compensation for this in structions were issued to have the water service installed from the new pump house to the barn and the work will be proceeded with as soon as passible a report on the water consump tion at mnsales dairy was made to the commission the meter hod been removed and tested and it was registering satisfactorily the puc did not find where the amount of water was being used commission ruled that as the water was going through the meter wotr must be escaping on the premises i was felt this was a job for n i plumber to check on not the pu l lc instructlrtns were issued to instal new glass in the windows at the punfping station and also at the sewage plant which have been broken an order is tn be placed for ten new water meters as there are no spare ones on hand for installation in new buildings an electric heater has bocn ord ered for the well on main street charmers from the flags abov i north and will be installed as soon the head table a remembrance day as jt arrives the legion charge was given by lieut r m storey the names of servicemen who had passed on were read by sgtatarms j me hugh wreaths were placed at the foot of the memorial as follow pro vince of ontario mrs alex mann town of acton mayor b d rach- lui branch 107 canadian legion c lindsay legion ladies auxil iary mrs william fmlav duke of devonshire chapter i ode mrs a long lakeside chapter i ode mrs r bean acton wo men s institute mrs ft l david son wool combing union john stewart packinghouse union hugh orourke and by mrs john gibbons in memory of her son abide with me was sung and the benediction pronounced by hon capt rev e a currey each legionnaire passed singly before the cenotaph saluted in silence and laid his poppy at tho foot of the memorial with th wreaths there the parade marched then to knox presbyterian church for a service of remembrance the me morial address was given by rev ralph e price who hoped all would vow with gods help to be sure that the death of these men and women in war would not have been in vain he reminded the congregation that god alone can save us and the world every one can help but without god all is in vain a quartette was sung by j mc- hugh george mussel le hamilton- peal and william maddox the call to worship which open ed th service was given by rev r h armstrong with rv currey taking the invocation pastor dwight patterson read the respons ive reading and scripture reading prayers wctc bffcred by rev price rev armstrong pronounced the benediction in the first world war 21 a- ton soldiers were killed another 21 died during the second world wreath of poppies was hung bus iness discussions were held to a minimum at this meeting war from 1930 to 1043 those re- heating equipment was discussed i membered tuesday who had died for the sewage plant but as a joint since last remembrance day we meeting with the sewer commitr everton extend sympathy to smith family nil lawn bowling clubs boundaries thin ting n te table learn english which thi j are taught by means of the bible i after weeks of hearing the bib- i rwui interest ls aroused in chris i lanity and many ask if they my i go to the weekly church bllil- cilsscs the church in the civ of nagano has doubled its member ship 51 of the members are under a0 vtir nf age and half of them have joined the church sce th war ttie japanese- chrisians nd for the food and he khrg sent there herct avmg na ies thanks for siiuiri hem mtssoniru through all the ear- ra thank- for pra er- oi mr burne ls formulating plans now- for next years activities m the district he hopes with the eooperation of the clubs concern ed to organize a league so that teams from each club will visit each of the othi r clubs in the dis- nct once during the season this woaid mean a regular weekly schedule which should do much to foster the good fellowship and fan which the game affords novelty articl 1 set up at one errrlf th where light refreshments w nxed winners of the individual table draws were doll sharon bradlev 1 pillow lips mrs j mcgeachie box of candy miss lucienne mar- cciun socks jon hiddoll braided rag mrs addle deserau hand- bag mrs annie ash worth tor onto crib quilt mrs violet metz- ger ktchener the bazaar reported 1 i nancial success wat- the at on of weeks of prepar different committees svmpathy is extended to the fanvl nf the late mr percy sm i t h who passed away early sundav morning sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs john alton wcr mr i and mrs albert alton mrs thompson mr and mrs leaman thompson mrs hewer and miis elsie hewer guelph mr and mrs dick grill and fam- ilv al list on spent the weekend at the home of mr and mrs chas fountain and family 1 misco elec co merch mr and mrs james cross and can gen elec merch david fergus were sunday vis- norwich union fire ins itors with mr and mrs adam sangamo co ltd merch weatherston and family i addressograph multlgraph miss mcdonald guelph- ls stay- j black ribbon was to be held on tuesday ev ening this matter was laid over until that time staff members reported there seemed to be a down draft in the chimney at the sewage plant ser vicing the heat exchanger the commission left this matter with the chairman to take up with billon and perry and have the con- diinn removed those present at the meeting were mayor b d rachlin com missioner c e wood and chair man j r macarthur presided the following accounts were passed for payment hydro accounts northern electric merch bell telephone rearrang ing plant for joint use j highway garagv gas i masco ei albert mills thomas salmon tom rohson w g moffat and andrew wilson iig for tnnif time at the alton nursing home mr and mrs t d mccutchenn sited on sunday with mr and mn edgar ellenton lowville grand toy ltd meter covers cm line mat ltd mcr town of acton re baxter laboratories he pc of ont water heaters he pc of ont hydro lamps h palmer office cleaning f terry stamps h e pc f ont hydro iniblinidion sept r t inspector new meter 1 ash ixjircv etc need most adults for survey success it only takes a minute its painless its free said g w mc kenzie telling lakeside chapter i ode members tuesday evening about the xray survey to be tak en in acton on december ib and 19 i he said that in 1051 the province- 1753 wide survey started the hope is in 10 years to cut tuberculosis in cidence in half in ontario in 1950 he stated a000 deaths were catiied by tuberculosis more than by any other communicable disease it ls expected about two cites of tb will be found for every 1000 people xrayed for the survey to be a tuccesv 90 per cent of acton adults at hast must bxraycd he declared as he asked chapter members to volunteer to canvass prior to ih survey a paper on remembrance day and current events was read by mrs elmer smtih it w 1- decided to send a repres entative tn a meeting considering coordinution of gifti to servicemen itcords for the kindergarten and flags for the public school and j high s hool are tn be purchased with fands giwii in thi chapter 15 51 8 20 20 40 437 00 500 30880 247 5600 1068 4a0g 510 00 30 04 1700 15c0 8431 13 t i 2 50 7 93 151258 uarniorleh accounts h cmninghim hill ltd merch 5 11 bixter lib merch 2 82 wallice tiernm ltd in dicator 3 03 toths garage gis grease 8 go acton woodcrafts merch 37 40 thompson motors gxs si merch floh cn brass co ld merch 220 b3 garner motors merch 4 00 bel telephone serv 3 35 hen kefre nit mr- hrnents it bean rnncluded he ided 11 -et- school filled as community honors mr mrs mel mccullough s29171 good investment after the r if mivs ui e conns bick terrle bomb found the were ov welcome than before the people want to know about democracy as wtr understand and are anxious to know western sandy mcpherson always object ed to paying hli income taxes un til he learned that 50 million a year was being jpent for research in guided mismles any mon shoudna object to a gooverment pending mnnee sa sensibly the expert who can nnd a way o get- ng that slice not o ma golf ball bounteous lunch dancing acton groups citizens honor war dead u worth a hundred million to the joyed to music nation makers bannnckburn school wa filled to capacity on monday evening when he mm m unity gath- red tn honor mr and mrs melvin mroulioufh tnee margaret brown on their refent marriage- mr and mrs mcculluugh were presented with a tr light ump cofft-4- table and table lamp on behalf of the com munity friends and neighbors mrs stan morrum read the ad dress exprisaing the beat wlshcs of he large crowd prejient and the presentation was made by lloyd mcenery ralph dnny and bert watson u l davitlum was the capable chairman of the evemnf winners of progressive euchre were mrs george somerviije and clayton wilson following a very a en- by the melody