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tht jvtijim m ft seventyeighth year no 43 acton ontario thursday april 30th 1953 ten homo pilnt pncje six cenlt 193810 peanuts made up the peanut day float that appeared on town streets saturday under the auspices of acton rotary club that continued the event despite heavy fog and intermittent rain ro lanan president john goy and secretary ted hansen are shown looking over the official peanut count with peanut queen bette johnson who presided over the float during the day the proceeds jfhepeanuitswnhbfftftedby the rotary club for cotpmumtymoiecis w rotarians donate ix vehicles three 25 to majorettes i accdentssbturday acton hotirv club modi don ntion of to th fund jo irn idc uniformc w uuiiuxtlu 1 of alton cltunw bund it its nuttiiik tuesdm thi girls m making ihi uniforms but funds nn required u punhas tht in u rt ik treasurer w woodburn reported thnt hastir siftl fund win still commt in nnd the fund had passed last war nil ntunis b otr 100 pnnnt day r turns win not nil in but eslimnus of the ml io ixeds wcr over 400 whiih wo wnsidirvd satisfmtorv in v ti v ol the bad wtather i t omliiniition of thru ncctdt hta i wituidav laiilintl tttjout 3ot put i no 7 highwnv m tin mxlh inn nolvd si vlilitis itijuiui win plans near completion to call school tenders obituary peanut men dance skies weep agon rotarians raise over 400 in spite of skies that wept all day and cold spring winds that made any shelter better peanut day of acton roury club had the spirit o the show must go on and the funds must be raised ac ton citizens and those from the district who were in acton went into the spirit of sink or swim and while final results are not alt in it appears that planters peanut day in acton netted the club be tween moo and 500 acton citizens band started things off with a parade of the atreets and plaed some livelv marches in front of the post office between showers the planters company float with the peanut queen and dancing peanut men paraded and made headquarter- il mill and willow st evtn the pnxluct thi rotarran ottered in their tig da did n t puffer from the wet weitlur thanks to waterproof conta ners president johnnv gov and ft how rotarnn- carried on until neir v ix o clock and then is the wcithir became foggv thev called it i da winner of the force two plit- burner electric hotplate was pa patrick with a guess of 198 000 peanut on the floit correct num ber of peanuts making up tht d s plat was 193810 the funds raised by peanut day will be used in the rotary com munitv service work aiding crip pled children of acton and district walker lodge has ladies night ladies night at walker lodge a f and am provided a fine socnl gathering for masons and their ladies of acton and district it w is held in the parish hall on fn daj tvening there were card gimea with prizes for winners en tertainment was bv bob redfern ind cnwford douglas and iccord ion solos b j candler the rhvthm ramblers orches ra provided musicil number ind music for dincmg a dclightf il luni h n sen ed and the event provided i fine time for member f the craft and their wives ti m it socnllv dro s snow hcidi d thi cimmittee in chirgi music for dancing study group topic dances of different countrif were studied bv the acton music studv group meeting morula v e ening at the home of mrs frank heller mrs a buchanan was m charge mrs e f hards reported on current icnts in music and mrs j dills and mrs e bilton spoki on music for dancing mrs c heard and mrs f heller played llliist rations on the piano lunch was sirved at tht condus ion of the program rockwooo former minister rev bennie dies prisbvlium t hoili fiom imtl t 1mj md f llowini tm rthimuit in 1 h i urn to alton to 1m mr ritim wns birn in o il i shiels scollmd on auui1 li 1kk7 1u tidied m thi uiuirnim edinborfurgli and jstnigyw glaainiea a hi s nip fok towinik hi mud di vuig trrmhrroius a tn iv t iiai ti tm duvin bv udit vuknv f k it tnlph ns luivlliii l list hid imiiit out to mic n i in not u m in npi loiuhiiik r dilvn 1 ltol i utlink tu uh tin bus duxtr t 11 d iti lo niitn n eollinoi mi in ir iipl i mu hint bus tht m ill iv 1 sxv iv d i hi thtili urut ml id vl i iiimiik itool mk wotlli of diimnm tlv uir llu vihklr did 11 m t llhlt nn us following i llii ill iv u t lonuid drutj at ion ullh l lomho will wilul mil hi ss lltil on li it 4 alton toll ntur nrotfl th first mirionigrim wireless ssiko wt sent from cinada ti united kingdom in 1902 joe c0nnell speaker at fourth annual father son banquet joe connell secretarv of kitch bean chairman of the mc1 rner ymca brought a message board extended the welcome of tht that appealed to fathers and sons ymca when he was guest speaker last thursday at the fourth annuil rather tnd win banquet of acton v men i club from experience and travels he gave in ci dents that touched the hearts of evervone he found a common level of interest from the bovs and showed how fortunate thev were to be tn canada and how appre lat ive they should be of their dad he alao talked to the dads of the understanding needed bv the bo it has been our privilege to at tend most of the fvher and son banquets in ct n and no mci i in all the years was fintr thin jo connell last th irvliv n sh c hntrman for tht nifiht wi president john m greer ind r r introduction of the head table as bv jack creighton and the 0 town world tciaxl tn sons by w woifc and to the fathers by peter hurst a a 1t mng song was led by g l wilton of kitchener with crawford douk las at the piano and bob redfern provided entertainment with craw ford as his accompanist thank to the speaker was expressed bv gordon oder hydro men replace old transformer whilt on his rounds looking it ter church flirmcis mindtv mom ing ruhird harris not kid smoki issuing from one of thi hvdi i tnnlormi p ind c tiled li not guilph hdro offuc of thi troitbk nunitnr of hvdro niplomis wtn out htir t ilti nd tn th troubu during tht d iv i in trinsfornur i in phi f thi i extend sympath svmpithv us exundttl to mr rv 1 h l binnn mil fimilv in the pissing in of r v 11 l bnnit last week rev h l b ri nie while at knox chinh at a ton wis in chirgt of stivirti n the pryunan chunh hire it timts river hirhrr as i result of ht iv v rims ovu tht week end the nvir is shghtlv higher the old bowling grei n is agun under water in the pirk id joining the highwav stewart s royce ww on iver the week end slgna at spring as the result of fine dajs last week leaf buds on trees and shrubs about town are coming ahead mother nature is alwav getting new ippanl but in the same old style dublin with the di kru r master of art- ht n ptrsiiuied b his cousin tht intt professor h ijw of knox colli ri toronto to ninu to t inida ai u studmt misxiomrv ind ht nimiind u giaduiu from knox colli ge mr bennu w s ordained to thi i christian mnmtrv and induct d i into the pastoral chirne of grtflon ind vemonvill on april 27 191d txactlv m vears btfore thi dnv of his funeral hi lattr sirvid in ux bridge mitchell and halifax while in mitchell he was nndt the clerk of stratford prtbvterv ind in halifax he was the fir i minister of the newlv formed knox tongrtgation in may 1930 mr bennie was in ducted as the ninth minuter ol knox church acton ind her hi hi id his longi st pastoratt a ft i it iving at ton trthttv college tlit rtlulivtetunitipvtr apm see fashion show at friendly circle uit itnti i l 1 it i l set annexation hearing in june tl it mm nr hll1 lo ih north hnlton ulur nit ting in milton mondny luted that li in tin di tilth d olini mid ni t ilii utlonx s txptilid lluil tliiki would i nuily foi lint toiihi i nil 1 lo llvilio oiiiiiilhniun ikn whlkiil 111 i tout ol m mm nl f kl 1 1 in tin miiimii kii in ai ii at ml or ihm1 lerk j mieui hie a ion fur aimtd i nd engkhart hi will i n d by many htn and a vigorous prmhii ind a dtvotid pistor f inuh st iv in it th mliv fuiunl chipil vis held in kn ix dart bi rt mi mb i i uew ht r a of thi word following victor b rum ihi fumnl wi diunh and il fnrvuw cmettrv thi st r ict ww i inducti d bv tin modirator if gutlph prtsbvtir md iht fimih plstr rtv robtrt h armstront tht scrintur usson w is rt id b rtv h tindiv siniikon of elmin rv di fa thomson ihrk f the gtneril vsemblv ind i t it m frund of tht timilv delivtrtd in ipprecnti n of tht ministry of mr uii on wuintsd li m tht stindiy si hi tin uuited thtirrh thi iittsidmt lis kin harris w u m hut th r port of thi pit v ions nuitin w ii i cud bv ihi m i rt tirv mi s buntiv su wart mil iirauginit itls foi ihi spun tn wirt com pk led nnd nther btusmesa discussed mrs joan wilt y w as prt st ntcd wilh a gift from tht tin it is she is leaving acton tht trtiusunr mrs htlen pickttl iv t hir report thi mttting ww turlted nvir to gump 111 and a brief dtvotionil ptnod wis londucted a f ishion show w hich js sponsored by this group was tht highlight of the evening it was pnsenud by fustns clothing stor in iton ind thosi taking part wi n metnbtrs 1 thi frundly nnd somt of thi ir rhildrtn nl aijuntienu fn nnd agnihst- thi hnnoxwliim of the landa mill hi hiiirdbv mimbiri of tin munlupn itond it hit lo in id m ih di si 1 ith 1 evening came to a tfreshmtnts uid mis- thinked thi group mrs h mainprize attends conference mrs h malnprli of acton l number of tht boird of tht synod nil stulity of tonmto and king slon women s mlsslonarv socity of the prtsbyttrlan thurih is at li ruling the thrtt day confi renti of th soiii ty in sudbury from april 28 lo 30 mrs c v is presiding spieial spi i douglas nu mcdonald islingtc n i tht mnfiinii tin rs ire miss dorothy loiinry on furlough riv f t knox in f 1- mitth ws xi of ni family problems not increasing as population meeting told the sir t ilvi whil the pipulilinn f our c ninlv is ripidlj inert ising s p nth n ihi southern ind it w mid ipt ir thil to ditt our fimih prnbltms ire not increising ictordmglv superintendent g f thi nipson told the anninl meeting w is pn ichid fn in i of th1 hl county children s mi ins 4 13 14 two of hi fi l sociou ln st p s united tis fiom trinity collet cn milton on widnesdiy ev iv dr joseph wisson of f t week church toronto ind rev t gnhim of chalmers church m p w troiind nto attended the funeral ung coupls ih superintendent mmbftx from former congregat pimod out emph suing thtth mns from mitchell uxbridg y aim at k chld and wmterboume paid their ks n x opportunity respects is well as many other mrs w a weaver president in friends from a distance her report pomted out that the rtv bennie leaves to raium rp halton children s aid society pissing his wife two daughters 1 the onlv channel by which the mrs robert footitt of georgetown i communitv can indicate its interest and mrs robert adams of acton in the well being oflts childrtto and one son douglas who isliving in conclusion mrs weaver asked at home there are also tore nieces and nephews still british isles and four grandchild if c ure ill of this wi- pr ceded bv a turkev dinner which hjd all a bov s ippclitt could d rt iid nori than nw father h uld have undertiken ii includ 1d i umplete menu ind was st rv 1 tv ih j men s ladu- uxil halton debaters 0nt champions at junior farmer conference for the support of all organizations of the countv to nd in our work to hilp the neglected child of to di becomi i better citizen of to morrow fi itured on the progrim weri th bivs chnrofst judi s church oikville directed bv mr evans md iccompaniid bv mrs douglas ind th spt ik r if the evtnin ghl in director of prdiitiim th pr r de dim i p 11 th ltd fiv alton mr oilmd f robhins mr w i flimr smith rront mrs rich mi flliwin mis a h picknnl burlington mrs w a wt uir mrs ijims j li gtdtivti mr wm d ins mr john t arrastroni milton mrs m f nix n mr i w higglns oikville dr h v cnnrmri mr floyd henrv esqucsing township mrs m j brown nissagawivi township mr j murrav mahon nelson township mrs vilmi n orris tnfalgar lownship mr w g mackenne robinson county council jepresenlauvet mr robert marshall r r 4 mil ion mr charles r anderson milton mrs w a weaver burlmgto i was re appointed president wilh w g mackcnne robinson oak villi vice president mrs louis j iec burlington leecrtary ind wm denis georgetown treasurer mrs weivir introduced the soc rtv socnl workr mrs m rv e gilm ir mrs m j bnwn rx pr w d ih pi n i ition if the mw id fn lli mu istnhlixhlng thn s tllllll illl pohl 1 iikit xunenl nf th aim reticlmlitl n levy ilpt uu rd high iiinlled i only til older ih ile i it li id lklt oil of th rdlift ilgtlltlg 1 tlliiit 111 it ih if hi l f ill i d iule in tin oih i and hid if nd ihi at th she xprtiuwd a toll mid th mil rd wluli hi i of the thi sinliry w m timtrui ted li att aitm ninny md hlso advtrtla igdn tor th pnxttlnn which li still varinit on th milton staff a lettu fnim th gtorgctowi lublli si hool board pointed out thnt tht ii would he no iivailmb room in tht si hool for tlaanrtxiiiu for high hthotil purpiuos ii wu fill that an arrangrmint could bt worktd out for tome use of thi publlt k hiktl gymnasium ll was estimated by prlnclial uimbtrt that tin inrolmtnt at gwirgilown school in seplemb i ivould bt 20a the bnird was glvn a preview of th oil p hilling of principal mnrri llus which win preented to turn at ihi opn nikht on tuesday by dr w m irtm on their ba hilf tht punting is by mtto ior olhy stoh 1 nsnlriit of the dist rlct th wink is admired by ihi boaid tmd thi irtut pr iis d mi mrttllos in spiiklng briefly 1 tht hfunl txprissd his npprc i in n it ih hoi or it hid f it fit h id hop d to ui t lii frori if ihi 1 hut u lit tht wr ink- th iskt i tin glad to hotrd foi i mi is wn m it whnh x pi mud thi silvtr iwird of im p r vi ii md th smith ind mon bursnrit s which hid ih i n mid ivnlihlt fir stud nts if georgi t mi hl slhkl aci mints p issi d for april am miiti d to j13 121 b7 and w aric liorifyl for payment c adi t insjiection wis announced for g orgi town sthool on may 211 ind the bmrd was invited mi nix rs present at the meeting held in milton on monday night ire trust s martin milne biehn brown dills cook car brt ind ri id and chairman n pickett presided acton six entered in hamilton race ar n wh ppet club n tries in th ao ind a half m e junior rond race t be run at hamilton n mi 9 ir c u mchi gh dave ok bill hclh kh bil shilling boh hi liv nd wavnr arbw fimur idem of i mr i mr ring ffiirrs i ci nt f st n championship dbatbts in the junior farmer organization for the province of ontario are eleanor mckepwn acton and earl snow milton the hatton juniors successfully upheld the negative side of the resolution that rural depopulation threatens the pros parity and welfare of ontario the halton juniors defeated the lambton county entry at the junior farmer conference at the o a c on monday of this week i f itmg iimbt insd ir hkev u v tht fin refrred t nl 1 tun dpspit- ia th inj jvbs th dcbiti wv res n h inl iepopubt m hr i n tht ptn v ail w ifir f ont in i h him h utit ve s d halton reirewntv tht in rea- of p ppulitun die tasis m v out trni timers m v ing i industrv had inpi ased thi encv to mire mechaniied farming the opposing team referred t isolated cases where the population had left the land and conservation was verv necessarv halton debaters on the road to the malv eliminated wentworth haldimand south simcoe hastings and finallv lambton county repres- eotativw many of the debates were won on materia backed b authoritative sources one official commented hatton count junior farmers choir led the music at the sundav evening church service and after ward at the fellowship hour representing halton at the con terence were two from milton and brookvitle three from palermo and acton and one from norval during monday s opening session hit h i the retiring presdmt ket hi th pr ign ss it juni r farm r rt anin ions d ring he pas 40 rear and reviewed the a complnhmpnt of the provincial association which w as formed miv nine v ears ag our program has been one n edu at on and leadership which will provide a strong background for farming and farm onraniiaition m the future he pointed out tales ttntypes the new free rwm mawrtcaj fwttare makes ita tint afpeaiance this week aa page eight early acun pleuruily prevented is the them f the festv amade pnlme by the phtrrmfcs mt acti pele and places by a t i al the trn w the center nates are written by o a dills hadi w od swei it s n ind th drun m t 1 i r k r iighlan n his idiis srd the niji tanr if in nt v ntt ribm he p nted it thai candi die ii n penol e cr m j a h ind anv ma lia 1 in he ihj is hi h nri i figures doub th v dv 1e the swak ii t ned in ontar i in 1w2 er 19si sent to prison 1 1m 40 k were lmpnm mr coughlan pointed nt thai he an increase tn poi ulaticn p rapita t prisonme nt had ln 30 years in england commit tals uicrp reduced bv two thirts following the nau guration of leg islatmn placing one probation of ficrr in each court he emphas led mr coughlan polntd out that in canada to per cent of those sent enced become repeaters while in england where probation to more extensive 75 per cent of the ftrt offenders are reclaimed or did not repeal prison terms the punishment should fit the character of the offender no less than the character of the crime the director concluded e mahon presented the report of the nominating committee which was accepted appointing the foi lowing directors graham roger a member of the young scottish farmers and one of the delegates visiting ontario is welcomed by county past presi dent mac sprowl with whom he stayed while seeing halton county from the county of fife where with two brothers and his father he operates a 1200 acre farm graham reports halton land in the north is very simlar to the scottish country