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thursday december ii ims the acton free press acton ontario paok seven something different bind pradicala bvd nylon tricot shirt hell ap preciate your extra thought its comfortable for yearround wear perfect for travelling be cause it washes so easily dries so quickly never needs jo be ironed buy your christmas needs new pay next yaar at eisens clothing 1 1 mill st stoke acton acton milton tilt losers on monday palermo and norval were the wlnncn in the weekly junior farmers hockey earned played monday evening at milton arena with milton and acton the losing team palermo defeated acton by a wide s0 while norval with lx goals doubled mutona three in the- palermo acton tilt d vivian starred with four goals tu his credit two were credited to pegg and one each to tasker tyr- rel and marshall penalties were handed out to d vivian of palermo and bill somervllle of acton in the second game norvals si goals were shot home by currla from earl wilson cunningham wilson wilson currle from earl wilson and drown miltons three wer by course coulson and me- cann trips to the penalty box were taken by bruce bawdcn for milton and macdonald for norval ah rifvts you tkot tmaou now ilea ktinf ulh tall u what you need and like and wall serve it up pronto our stock is luintiute i fceeebsibati iga ripe nragged peaches 20 oz tin 24c iga ripe nragged fancy pineapple 20 oz tin 33c iga orange juice 20 oz 2 for 25c mixed nuts jnd whole walnuts 45c remand acton man in accident case following the death of 11yea old jan sloot near rock wood late last saturday afternoon charles albert shultu of main st acton has been charged with dangerous driving and failure to remain at the scene of an accident and the case remanded a week the lad was knocked from his bicycle and killed a few hundred yards from the entrance to his fathers farm on no 7 highway near the eden mills road lying by the twisted wreckage of hl bicycle he was found by passing motorists virgil flndlay of rock- wood reported to guelph city pol ice and the provincial police were notified a few hours later police arrested charles shultis charging him with dangerous driving and failure to remain at the scene of an ac cident the hitrun automobile was the property of edward thatcher of rockwood who reported to pol ice he had lent his damaged 37 chrysler to a man to go to guelph when it was returned the vehicle had a smashed right headlight and fog light and damage to the right side of the hood and grill at the spot where the young lad had died were found a cars head light reflector pieces of gloss and fog light constable gordon robertson of the opp observed that the bicycle had been tossed about 140 feet from the point of impact the boys father john sloot af r r 5 rockwood is a dutch im migrant who came to canada a little over three years ago the father had thought of giving the boy a ride home from forbes gar age r r 2 guelph where he had been exchanging comic books with a friend but decided not since he was not far from home surviving beside mrt and mrs sloo are thre siste and two brothers shultis was arreted on saturday night and released on bail he ap peared in court before magistrate watt mondav at the request of his counsel j kenneth blair the case was remanded for one week when crown attorney kearns qc voic ed no objection funeral mr ice v as held n wvdneda afternoon a the 11- irulds home inirnient w l in hi eku niti ci womens institute make donations mrs charles mason willow st won hostess for the christmas meeting of the aclon womens in stitute mrs r l davidson pre- sidedvand conducted the business a donation was voted towards the chrutlmtts gifts for hal ton centennial manor also to the ser vice group for soldiers parcels and to the chrbitmas seal campaign the namdt of aetonlans in san itariums and hospitals was checked for the chriitmas rernembrance the secretary was instructed to look after these members responded to the roll call by giving a cash donation to ward the christmas gift fund plans were made for a banquet the ladles are catering to for one of the local industries the various convenors had items of interest mrfi wllderepln for abriculturegaveostoryon the price of prize beef mrs fryer helpful hints in the kitchen and mrs lantz on the seven wonders of the world the beautiful christmas story of the other wise man was told by miss m z bennett who was the guest speaker for the meeting miss bella mao roszcll rendered a lovely christmas solo the motto of the month let your light so shine before all men that they may see your good works was presented by mrs f anderson a period of silent meditation wns observed in memory of mrs wnl lace lasby who was a former member and president of the ac ton institute the meeting closed by singing the carol o come all ve faith ful following a friendly social hour when refreshments were served mrs e w smith moved a vote of thanks to miss bennett miss ros zell and the hostess and her help ers acton team heads baptist bowlers at the conclusion of the fall schedule of the baptist young peoples bowling league tuesday evening in acton charles lands- borough announced that the acton senior team had topped the league georgetown came second and chel tenham third with hillsburgh seniors hillsburgh juniors and ac ton juniors following in that order lunch was served after the bowl ing bee at acton baptist church don graham of hillsburgh who had donated two chickens for high triple- girls and boys presented the awards to doug cole of george town and frances gray of hills burgh the group hopes to continue bowling early in january d patterson the pastor of the church pronounced the benediction obituary 1 lb cello bag tfxas radishes bunch 5c gieon giant peas 15 02 tin 2 for 37c 1 lb 33c fon jo 176 s doz tangerines 29c florida juice 250s doz oranges 23c bugs bunny 2 bags carrots 25c and i garden boy bag i parsnips 19c in reusable plastic bags 1 farm fresh lean pork shoulders margene margarine plum 59cjb radith cucumbers muthroom bh spanith oniont lifelong resident of acton area dies a rmdnt of ait all her ife jessu ioed wife of wall i poved peicifulk iv j r mdence guelph j lingering illnev m ears i besides m hki district anderson be- e a lasbv iv at rut late after a meaty pork butts swifts premium franks actons complete shipping centre fcfcfclhl road fienne illnev of o er three ears besides her husband he le ives to mourn her loss two son i charles w navsanawea and jos eph w a toronto one son pre deceased her so ears ail at the age of 10 months two grandson- g wallace joseph a and tw o great grandsons billie and bob- b e also remain 31 mr iisb bfing a staunch i pit bmenan was erv active in all church work and until her heath failed she w as a regular attend r she wa appointed sec retary of the firt organization of the iadies aid and in lyer years w as made a life member of the w m s of acton presbyterian ehureh she was alsu baptised in the old church mrs lasb s parents mr and mrs peter anderson came t nanvagaeya from glasgow scot land w ith their daughter marv and son william who died at the age of three years and was burled in the pioneer cemetery with his two uncles and aunt the funeral service was held from the victor b rumley funeral home rex r armstrong and rev fred williamson officiating inter ment was at fairvlew cemetery the many beautiful floral tritjui- es showed the esteem in which the late mrs lasbv w xi held the members of the ladies aid and w m s of acton came in a bod also the directors bf the hajton union fire insurance co the pallbearers were r n brown r l davidson g s ful ton w j lowne c b swack- hamer and h c lasbv the flower bearers were the dir ectors of the llalton i union farm ers fire insurance co and neigh bor christmas music skits highlights a beautifully decorated christ mas tree at the home of mrs ida ritchie provided a tally chrustm atmosphere when the daughters of knox met there for the decem ber meeting last week the meeting was conducted by the president ruth smith and wa- opened with the call to worship b irbara anderson reid the prav- its christmas carol were then mrig accompnnu d b lorraine mtillin it the pi mo th other wm m im wi- r id b oiie kill rhv md in trio of actons correspond british industry may result a trio of actonj have been ex changing correspondence recently and possibly more industry for acton ontario may result a s parkes the mayor of acton eng land and miss meryl g adams of acton california have been ex changing information with mayor b d rachlln of acton ontario mr rachlln in a letter to the mayor of englands acton stated it has been my fondest wish that an industry now located in aclon england will some day branch out with its counterpart in aclon ontario this will serve to even further cement the bonds of friend ship now existing between us the mayor of acton replied on his stationery headed with the cont of arms from whlchouni is jidnpted ond the wording bor ough orac6r mayors parlor town hall acton w3 i was interested to read your remarks about the scope for in dustrial development he said and i have asked our local chamber of commerce to pvu them on to their members i have also asked the local press to give some publicity to the matter and if at i hope i receive any enquir ies i will fitndly let you know when a large shipment of candy made in the english borough was sent to cannda a special casket of svecu was sent to mayor rachlln it was in the letter thanking mr pnrkes that he suggested acton england industry would find acton a good place for a branch the two actons have the same coat of arms and have corresponded in various ways while the canadian acton and english acton have been aware of each other for many years it was just several weeks ago that mayor rachlln jtxfi ce i ved inqulrtes from califortfkft miss meryl g adams sought information about this town from acton california a small town in the mojave desert area it wns named by a railroad en gineer name unknown and it is said to be named after the acton in england same as your town of acton in ontario she wrote the early history is very elusive but i am working on gathering as much information obout it as pas siblc it li said that acton calif ornia was named in 1878 at the time the southern pacific railroad was put through acton was first established as trading centre for mining districts in this area gold mining was the reason for acton being a boom town in the past now the town is rather quiet although we say the population ls goo that includes an area of 10 miles in all directions we have only a post office gener al store gas station and real estate office in acton there are 1b0 students in the school and a fac ulty of seven teachers we have one church los angeles county maintains a department of chanties camp for old men about one mile from the post office and there are approx imately 3 patients and zh itaff emplovee there apples pears honey cider poultry and alfalfa are produced in this area there in a large lllnc nnd peony ranch and the flowers are raked for floruits in los ang- elej v aclon li located in a valley 10 miles long and five miles wide many people live here and work nt palmdale and lancaster two towns locnted in antelope valley on the mojave desert our valley is semidesert with mountains jun iper trees sage brush and juccas acton is co miles from los ang eles there is a range of mountains between us and the big city and at present the mountains arc covered with snow our elevation is 3000 feet some of the mountain peaks nro 7000 feet in elevation labs defeat burns 64 last sunday baxter labs hockey team is now tied for second place in the long renting road to the sheen ty tost trophy in last sunday afternoon game in georgetown the acton players defeated bums transport 04 to tie for second place in firat place is georgetown businessmen who havent lost a game so far in this years schedule goab were scored for bavtem by stewart from cunningham cunningham from stewart cun ningham from stewart allan from masters and stewart allan from zajac and stewart from cunning ham penalties were to tyler duval and zajac kecctttwrti mm miltl- m 1 chrtm is pintotvtime w a- pieled in miiiil f n h kuhi d il-iu- ind i orr on miillm atir d m t- t um ilrw j 1111 w ltkn li tl n mn i il di ilogue folio d l i ski tu i he night bifuii chrism in un- limnglv plived b manlwi s e- worth ind norm t wilds siit i clans u ls eli7ibeth jan afii r the gifl were given out a di liieoiin lunch w ls ser ed ant a soetil half hour enjowd cecil a carr optometrist guelph s douglas st tel 1091 christmas gifts exchanged enjoyed sent to new canadians mrs ilovd bulmer wis hosev for the christ mas part of the baptist mission circle held on frulav december a christmas gifts w huh wi re ei hanged and opened at the com iilmoii of the meeting were injowd and ulmi ed aid then will all be sent to mm kav font at watervord for work among the new canadians there mrs c landsto rough the prei- ident was in ch irge of the meeting which fell on the dav of the bup list womens world day of praver after christmas carols were sung mr landsborough explained the i purpose of the dav of praer and asked for special silent prayers then mrs j chapman concluded the devotioni wih praer taking part wort miss elda fryer mrs gordon wagner mrs h helwig and mrs e buttcnham mrs ii retd gave the highlights of a trip to the west coast and brought greetings from rev g r easter of victoria bc a former pastor mr patterson closed the meeting with prayer after the gifts w en exchanged j refreshments and a social period concluded the meeting y i pcpft tt ana picture l ton a fv inter a rr card wtu our jr kso war a total of 47 450 250 pounds of pache orttaros kadlnc fruit crop was purchased for proeestnk purpose bv ontario plant- last ear total value of thv fruit was 151j0b accordmk to th- proi inclal dtpartmenl of agriculture y0ull take pride in giving mens ties nice patterns a 1arg as sortment to choose from price 100 150 200 mens socks mens all wool or nylon socks sizes 10 to 12 price 100 to 195 a pair mens fine shirts in plain shades and stripes patterns sizes 14 to 17 prie 295 to 493 mens sport shirts a large assortment to choose from sizes s m and l pric 298 to 750 -r- mens pyjamas flanneltme or broadcloth stes 36 to 44 prico 395 to 450 ladies sweaters ladies cardigans and pull over sweaters nylon or wool made in the newest styles and colors price 395 up ladies slips made of nylon and crepe materials trimmed with wide lace sizes 32 to 48 price 179 to 495 ladies nylon hose first quality 51 qauge new- eit colors sizia 8 j j to 11 price 119 a pair we have many useful household gifts towels table cloths pillow sups sheets blankets bio spreads and comforters also indian blankets and wool motor ruos pallants i clothing store y