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the acton free press acton ontario thursday juki lh 1m4 plam pipits choir at spring coictrt tht annual sprld concert of pupilaof m1h join plckertnj ajl crr sj held friday ind saturday evening in tue town hilt with urge attendance of parents and friendi of the young folks who excelled themselves in music numbers on the program friday evening elmer h mc- cannell was chairman and satur day evening david d gray be tween numbers ian hcrae scot ish comedian assisted materially with his selections which were much enjoyed with mr fergusson as pianist as the program came to a con clusion a group of girls and two boys took their places on the pt form each girl representing a pro vince and the two boys each car tying a flag and the audience joined in singing o canada mrs dave armstrong and miss joan pickering took part at the com mencement and conclusion of the program in their two piano team numbers which were a highlight of the evenings entertainment the boys choir was under the direction of mrs armstrong and piano sel ections were given b miss marie land cviiventtmi delegate mr lome guild was a delegate to toronto in connection w ith pro vincial children aid convention for wellington county some 600 were present at the convention at the recent opeulng of the new cocacola plant in montreal mel vin h brtdgman ba former rockwood resident and the elder son of mr and mrs harvey bndgman rr 2 rockwood xs honored with a golhpin signifying 13 years of service he and mrs bndgman were guests at the head table during the banquet on the opening occasion mr bndgman last year purchased a new home in beacnnsfield que bay grocery store mr and mrs ted jestin and fam ily have moved to everton where the have purchased the grocer store of the late col wm head yps in charge sundaj evening the yss of united church held the service n the absence of re john dilts at tending hamilton conference mjs helen mccannell had charge of the service and mr stanlej harris gave the address mrs james neave in compnnj with mrs a j elliott and mrs george peal attended the wms meeting at ebenez church mrs neave wa guest speaker congratulations to mtss pat lin foot graduate at macdonald in stitute guelph m the one year homennkers course many friends of mrs herb gib bons regret her illness and recent operation in hospital in guelph las week rev c gordon harris and his father mr charles harris or man itoolin island were visitors in the village on sundaj during the ham ilton conference of the united church recent and week end visitors mas faith taylor of ladysmith b c with her uncle mr john tay lor and other relatives mrs j cottrell and family of peterborough with her parents mr and mrs jos duby miss bessie gardiner of no- wich wedding bells are ringing for a former rockwood girl miss leona shirle gibb this week end in lon don ont at huron college chapel osprinoe covpfw rufirufmu atow to nflnifflroij mr and mrs jack stewart and family have moved to their new home in hauanu park hamilton jack has bean employed by mccoll and frontenac in hamilton tor over a year and a month ago sold their house on peel street to mr and mrs william talbot and purchased a new home in the city both mr and mrs stewart will be greatly missed in acton mr stewart always keen on sports has played hockey and softball on the local teams ever since high school days mrs stewart was secretory of the friendly circle for three years and at their last meeting was presented with a gift from the circle mrs lloyd robinson also enter talned at a social evening of the neighbours on peel street and they presented mrs stewart with a tele vision tamp as a remembrance outuary hear sale annual reports at meeting mrs robert tivlor was nasties for the monthh meeting of the wo men s institute in the absence of thf president mrs ken stubbing ton vicepresident wa in charm and mrs v aw rej secretary treasurer reid the minute and corresponding mr d winler n ptrtod i ftnamii suects- in tht recent baking salt splendid reports of hu recent district annual wir gien b mr h r h w ir ind mrs kit stubbmgt it an imils ng ontft greitest numbtr at a mrtod jrticl in i sm 1 1 1 mi di b ix wis w m b 5hirlc gnmd mr giorgi young and mr dan winttr assist ed tht hostess in siring delicious nfnhments of lacal interest mr arn d sunter of niat ira falu spmt a few day last week with hi mutter and aunt mr g sunier and m e baldic mr archie mckemie wh i wa injured it iht cir ice denl wt weok at the sevnuh hn and enteen sideroad corner i a reid ent of this uimmun f h recentlv purchased th proixm on the tirsl lint at eenuen sidenwd from russell mcdonald mr and mrs hirmar russell and robert and mr leo deereux of detroit mich wert recent 1 1 itor- vvith mr and mn t h fine and mr and mr arnold bosses visiters during the week and ir sunday with mr ind mrs murd mccutcheon included mr and mn bhas hall and b v hillsburgh mr and mr gcokr mcmillan mr nd mrs mumi mcmillan toron to mr and mrs ro tinno er mrs l c mcmillan interred at acton mrs tockie c macmlilan the former catherine isobel burkhold er passed away on june 2 just four days after her wedding an diversarj and five days after her birthday mrs macmillan a former resident of acton died in groves memorial hospital fergus after an illness of a year and a half iher home was in garafraxa township mrs macmillan was born on may 38 1906 in stinnmdale township simcoe county the daughter of the late louts and mary burk holder she was educated there and later attended business college she was employed for a time in the office of the toledo glass co in detroit on maj 29 1937 she was mar ried m toronto to lockie c mac millan who survives her thive children james cameron and lois also remain a sister mrs arthur arbor lives in capec michigan and three brothers harry d burk holder in plymouth michigan norman burkholder in grand val ley and archie burkholder n stayner a short service was held at the home rr 3 fergus friday even ing conducted by rev ross ad ams the minister of st andrews presbjtenan church fergus for neighbors relatives and friends from michigan saturday june 5 a second scr vice was htid at the victor rumlej ind son funeral home in acton followed bj interment in furview ccmeter acton the officiating ministers were rev adams and ri h r idavies pallbearea were harrj burkholder norman burkholder archie burkholder leonard ridgeway ed bute and harold moore flower bearers were arthur arbor donald mac dougal john somerville and j g curne the many beautiful floral trib utes were received from mr and mrs archie burkholder mrs john buie and family mr and mrs ar thur arbor miss greta young and vi maccrea mr and mrs norman burkholder and girls the officers and members of walker lodge mr and mrs e macmillan and fam ily school section no 2 west garafraxa township mrs ed wig gins and famil mr and mrs charles luwson mr and mrs james bute and family mr and mrs leonard w ridgeway dear bom gospel tabernacle mr and mrs donald macdougal mr and mrs gordon macdougal students ind staff of fergus district high school mr and mrs fred king mr and mrs chester covctt m ind mrs harrj d burkholder messrs archie william and harold moore husband and family mr and mrs john fields ra nivilk jot patterson duncan m cort les culham and h culham john walker and joce and lincoln pndham friend and rohti t itu nding tin funeral included mr ind mrs l vt ridgowa detroit mr and mrs chester covetz mr and ms fred king dearborn mtchiga 1 mr and mr ham burkholder avoma michigan mr and mr ormin burkholder grand valle mr ind mrs archie burkholder mr and mr m sagi mr ind i mn john- black mr harold m ore mr will moon mr and mrs james bute mr ed butt m ar i ku bun mrs chirlotte bun mr j ellt n ibannerman and mr archie moore all of stamr miss greta i oung miss v maccre mr and mrs gordon macdougal mr dot ild macdougal toronto mr arch u eccles miss pearl scott mrs sarah mcclure mr eccle- mc clure georketfiiin miv clair ec ele conn ont mr william burkhowcr sr mr clifford burk holder quecnile mr and 1h rtnrt eccles mink ont mr ind mrv kccle macmiilm mr k n macmillan and mrs stanlt mic millan guelph mr jiimee eccles brampton mr and mr j g ctir ri mr and mr john somerille rockwood mr and mrs tti imas henderson mr and mrs n wil hanwon mr and mr william go- i rmli fergus talunamo hyif listrvctor k killed ir crash the deepest sympathy of this community goes out to mr and mrs covert and family in the death of their eldest son douglas flying instructor whose plane crashed in alberta douglas was well known around here he at tended high school in erin and played in ballinafad hockey team while attending high school he was in his 20th year service will be withdrawn here next sunday owing to anniversary services at melville church caie don where rev blair of milton will be guest speaker mn 8mw d the w i held their regular meet ing at the home of mrs snow last wednesday mrs wylie of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs cas- sidy mr and mrs arnold mcenery and david spent the weekend with mr and mrs cecil alger in ham ilton mr tom mack is ill with virus pneumonia we trust he may have a speedy recovery umbkxjse parties meetings visitors in news attend feemlsa mr and mrs wm gordon and mr and mrs wallace gordon and family attended the thornton houston reunion in the agricultur al hall milton on saturday birthday party nineteen children and a few of their mothers were guests at a birthdaj party on saturday for el eanor karn who was seven on may 31 and edgar karn four n june 5 represents hilton lox mr john fox counu master re presented halton lo l at the grand lodge convention at niagara falls on ma 18 19 and 20 couple wed congratulations to mr and mrs james stone who were married on saturdaj mrs stone w is fomnerlj audrey mitchell daughter of mr and mrs ichard mitchell rr 1 limehouse june visitors miss iv colltnson visited at rockwood on sunday dr and mrs alan crisp of to ronto with the glynn s a week ago mr and mrs ted morrow and elaine of toronto and mrs green of vancouver with mrs r lane with miss ivons and mrs newton on sundaj were mr and mrs w i newton and margaret of bar ne mrs russell mr and mrs duncan sharp and miss colleena sharp all of toronto miss kate mckaj or silvcrcreck with mrs sinclair at the patter sons mrs pelling and dr and mrs sccieles of toronto with mr and mrs mills dr and mrs kcewl of detroit with their sister mrs camaroux mrs walter edwards has been visiting at fort fne mr and mrs e edwards and children return nrami strain rr 1 maton monuments markers cemetery lettering i quotations by appointment j phone milton 158r32 special this week western records 4 for 100 watsons music 90c ing with her for the wesknd congratulations to mr blung berg who was successful in his first year chetntoal engtntarfag course at the university of toronto messrs ffarold and russell karn motored with their father mr wuiism karn to his summer home near msdoc last weekend mrs a w morton spent the weekend in hamilton the w i met at the home of mrs ellerby on thursday evening we regret that mr thornton is ii in guelph general hospital where he was taken by ambulance on sat urday following a severe heart at tack mb w ivcns and mesdames mitchell smethurst a w norton h morton and sanford attended the sectional meeting of th w m s held at omagh presbyterian church last wednesday mrs emily mcdonald dolly varden celebrated her recent birthday when quite a number held a surprise party at her home on sunday ommt svfcicribar mows fo krfcnofmf tha oldest subacrlbar to the ac ton free press hr o h brown has moved from acton to kitchen er mr browns family subscribed o the newspaper whan it was founded in 1075 and he has read the news from these columns all his life mr brown always took keen interest in the community and in earlier years was a member of the band and the sunday school orch estra he was an employee of storey glovr co before retiring and worked at beardmore and co for many yean best wishes of the community accompany him in hbt move from town where he spent most of hli life average custom duty on goods entering canada was reduced from 104 per cent in 1937 to 75 per cent in 1951 bill ding says no 1 grade pine combination doors only 1875 complete with screen and glass screens aaade to order or material supplied copper screening 15c sq ft velon plastic screening 18c sq ft clearance of stock items at amazing reductions childrens cotton dresses 3 for 198 house frocks 2 98 sale 198 spuns and rayons sale 198 regular 5 98 silks and crepes sale 298 reg up to 10 00 children s coat sets ladies coats suits shorties all weather coats going at cost price look over our bargain countera variety of items to qo out at ridiculous prices thread knitting needles buttons hankies dress scarves mildred bell mill st across from the y acton m t mvcu m mrt ortt gait miss sarah mitchell r k newmarket and mr william smith everton m years m business w d talbot who recentlv sold his hardware store here to messrs john and thomas gordon comp leted a total of rears m business aat si as was tnadvertedly printed ib a notice and m storv m list wteka sma asphalt paving pti p iu and grading phone brampton 2051 j for free estimates almas hard drives oakv1lle mr r h elliott asabiflr has been appointed as kv representative khe agon and district for g w gotdstraw htiah real estate broker milton ofnce telephone 76 bower ave acton 6 halton poultry products poultry and eggs wanted poultry custom picked cleaned and cutup phone milton 1 tax notice 1954 municipality- ofactohu second instalment now due attention is drawn to the payment of 1954 taxes which are now payable m four instalments taxes are payable to the municipal treasurer at the acton public utilities office instalments are due as follows june 15th august 16th october- 15th second instalment third instalment fourth instalment according to the tax collection by law a penalty of h of 1 per cnt per month will bt ndded on the amount remaining un- piid liter llu firtunth di f junt this pen illy ippl s in tich instalment in a similar manner the attention of raupajer is directed to the penalties and other clauses ii printed on the reverse side of every tax notice and explained in detail on every tax bill make payment now and takf tovb tax notice with you when making payment j mcgeachie collector count your pennies count them one by one and see how you can save not only pennies but dollars by shopping at barrs special stock cleanup sale store open each friday and saturday only everything on sale everything must go at cost near cost below cost examples pablum or gerbers cereal pkg 19c infant fruits or vegetables tin 7c swifts infant meats tin 19c cream of the west flour 5 lb 29c aunt jemima pancake flour pkg 19c kelloggs variety cereal pkg 35c ogilmlb quick cooking oats bag 35c large 10c bag of popcorn bag 5c catllll macaroni or sphagetti pkg 15c lancia pure egg noodles pkg 15c creamette spaghetti pkg 9c white navy beans 5 lb 49c pard dog food 2 tins 21 puss in boots oat food 3 tins 25c treshies orange drink 6 pkg 25c lota mora hwnicom i for yowmm self serve free town delivery for ovo 11 rowi acmii q oratory