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irhobsday jawary 19th 19wj the acton free press acton ontario page rvm w h denny see state fam agent mtstfcral three w h denny 39 brocks phona 455 value of wood lot explained to meris club by zone forester rockwood united church mens club held their annual meeting in the sunday school hall wednesday january 11 with a good atten mr george dajawas in the chair and opening the- meeting with a hymn and prayer by rev j- dilts ross gordon gave the minutes of the last meeting and gordon harris presented the treasurerslstatement for the year 1855 the program for the meeting was in charge of robert tbingnam and frank stout mir c bl groves of the hespeler branch forestry de partment gave a very fine address on the subject of wood lots we have come to realize he said that wood lands should be properly har vested and replenished with new trees he pointed out the extra in- special hrstoarityhomestearr flannelette sheets only 595 with purchase of 100 or more other special prices in sheets pillow cases towels face cloths our clearance sale has started you must see these bargains mi id red bell ladies and childrens wear 41 mill st acres from the y phone 230 come which is available to owners of woodlots in the sale of logs mr groves showed a film which fur ther broug to the attention of the audience the need of planning in oh a junior d hockey acton arena thursday jan 19 woodlot enterprises mr garry whorton of guelph favored the audience with several fine selections on his piano accord ion- the guests were introduced by robert bingham and thanked by dave armstrong rev j dilts conducted the elect ion of officers which resulted as follows president gordon ostrand- e vic gordon harris secretary alvin root treasurer thomas diamond publicity g day refreshments were served and a a social time enjoyed chair offteers the united church choir held their annual meeting last thurs day with the following members in stalled president stanley harris vicepresident ross gordon secret ary mrs shirley harris treasurer jlmxs jeanhdsking move sa mr neil gordon who sold his residence on harris st to mr hef- fernan of guelph brother of mr charles heffernan of the red and white store has left witfc his wife and daughter for sarasota florida where they will reside mr and mrs frank fowke left laslweek for california where they willjceside former rector writes in the january issue of the niag ara anglican paper is a writeup by rev e a brooks of st andrews church grimsby who was a for mer rector of st albans church acton and st johns church rock- wood in connection with a recent crip to england he spent same time in exeter wells salisbury and winchester cathedrals also in lon don at westminster abbey st pauls cathedral and st martins- in-the-fields- mr brooks attended lectures at canterbury with students of st augustines college and other well known edifices such as ely cath edral kings college chapel cam bridge great st marys oxford st peter mancroft norwich places in suffolk and essex on one occas ion at st pauls cathedral mr brooks was nearby to the queen mother during an annual service of st pauls he was also present at annual services of the knights of st john of jerusalem in salis bury cathedral at bemerton where a person could be back in the 17th century wit george h at wiltoirhouse with sir philip syd ney shakespeare came there once to play as you like it sunday evening rev j diits ex changed pulpits with rev nr slinn jof ebenczor church annual church meetings are slat ed for next week including the un ited church st johns church and the presbyterian church 830 pm o admission b adults 40c children 10c acton vs hamilton mrs gisby hostess to wms ladles the wjis met at the home of mrs gisby on thursday evening mrs roughley vicepresident pre siding scripture was taken by miss ivens and prayer by mrs james noble mrs houghleyreaa an article on the life and work of a hymn writer james montgomery and miss ivens one on children of believing parents mrs a benton reviewed the life and work of dr albert schweitzer the treasurer read the annual re port which showed overreaching the allocation for the year by a few dollars the secretary reported sending a card of sympathy to mrs curr our autumn guest speaker who recently was bereaved and miss ivens was delegated to get a gift- for our president mrs m who has been in hospital the host ess served refreshments after the meeting congratulations to mr and mrs harold barber on the arrival of a little daughter on monday we are pleased that mrsw mit chell was able to return home from toronto general- hospitaloii9atur day after a month there which in- the kants attended a birthday party for mr william karri who is 79 at inglewood on friday evening happy birthday mr kami 0rton last friday morning at 11 ajn firemen ans a call to the home of w roberts main st north ukhere a xrease pail had taken fire considerable smoke filled the house no serious damage resulted you can win a brand tune in station cjoy every saturday night at 730you can win if your bal lot is called a new tv set get your ballots at root hardware phone 16 rockwood monuments brampton monument works designs submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop 68 quaan st w brampton shop phone 1410j res 313 rep tom nicol phone brampton 603vv 3ntmor sttoratmg for expert color scheme suggestions superior workmanship and the latest sunworthy waterfas wallpapers cu bum e arm decorator rockwood 51 ring 5 name mrs l collins president of wa the january meeting of st johns wa was held at the home of mrs ernie hall on thursday evening with 15 present the president mrs leslie collins opened the meeting with the singing of a taymn- and prayerrthebibie reading was giv en by mrs culley followed by a short service of installation of of ficers by rev e culley officers for 1956 are as follows president mrs les collins first vicepresident mrs e hall second vicepresident mrs ken nevills secretary mrs wilfred till treas urer mrs e cheyne pianist mrs bert weeks flower and sick com mittee mrs ken nevills and mrs wilfred till parsonage committee mrs e cheyne and mrs e hall missionary treasurer mrs william nevills a short business period and plans for a pot luck supper were comp leted mrs culley as program con vener conducted a bible quiz from the book of genesis she then called on mr culley who gave a talk on the life and work of dr sur a the indians in-jam- aica which was thoroughly enjoy ed singing of edward machughs evening prayer and benediction brought the meeting to a close a delicious lunch was served by the hostess and a social half hour en joyed new wlrinr the hepc have been working in the village the past week putting up new wiring and other repairs dies at london sympathy is extended to the family ot die late miss susanne leeson who passed away at london this week funeral was held from the swackhamer funeral home hillsburgh on wednesday afternoon with interment at prices corners cemetery- mr and mrs ken nevills spent sunday with mr and mrs norman cook orangeville mrs cook who has been a patient in dufferin ar ea hospital the past two weeks was able to return home thursday we all wish her j complete and speedy recovery mr and mrs earl hooper and family spent sunday at colling- wood with mr and mrs mearl mc- gauley miss anne hall of the bell tel ephone staff guelph spent a couple of days this week at her home here a very successful euchre spon sored by the rifle club was held in the community hall friday ev ening with 16 tables playing the high scores went to mrs noah king and mr elwood nodwell mr and mrs holly fagin mona mills visited recently with mr and mrs ken nevills mr and mrs noah king spent sunday with mr nj m jark- sonlmarshall mceachern and robert skating is popular on many ponds throughout the district as well as in the scout cub p r coilecyion saturday morning january 21 fleabondle paper securely or pack it in cartons and placeat epoc of sidewalk j thank you scout and cub groups robt r hamilton fred a hoffman optometrists formerly e p head phone guelph 1944 5 st georoes square appointments made at inaugural meeting of nassaga wea cog nci i after members subscribed to the hreeve and mr norrish are to be del- usual declaration of office and egates to the ontario association of rural municipalities convention the reeve and clerk were author ized to su to the minister of highways the petition of the council showing that a sum of 3127539 had been expended on roads during 1955 and to request the statutory grant approval was confirmed of a transfer of land in concession six the clerk was instructed to sub scribe for the municipal world the road superintendents vouch er for 42329 was ordered paid and accounts amounting to 350 passed the tax collector returned his roll and was authorized to continue the collection of taxes ospringe heard an address by rev baulch nassagaweya council members got business underway for 1956 new nppi mm a f ea the inaugural meeting held in the coun cil chamber of- the township at brookviue on monday january 9 appointed to the nassagaweya township planning board were alex near for a three year term george iriglis for two years grant camp bell for one year and for the coun cil john a milne and the reeve archie service mr service was appointed to the milton rural fire area board and mrs thomson to the the grand valley conservation authority the handle wide rarige of business at esquesing council inaugural the inaugural meeting of esques ing townsh1p council was held in fewarttown last week- after sub scribing to the oath of fr th members took their seats as follows reeve walter linham deputy- reeve george currie councillors spencer wilson campbell sinclair and wilfrid bird minutes of the last two meetings were read and adopted and correspondence read a bylaw to appoint a represent ative to the grand valley conserv ation authority was passed a bylaw to borrow 100000 from the canadian bank of commerce at georgetown was also read and passed the following were appointed to esquesing community hall board for 1956 walter linham esquesing w bird esquesing mrs walter lawson stewarttown womens in stitute mrs francis thompson ashgrove womens institute d charles esquesing federation of agriculture earl wilson norval junior farmers john bird esr qucsing agricultural society the treasurer was instructed to pay the following amounts for fox es destroyed in the township har vey sprawl acton 1 3 william sheppard acton 27 harold de forest terra cotta 15 david les lie georgetown 12 edward rob ertson hornby s robert mcmas- ter glen williams 3 robert dredge milton 3 3 wilmer wat- kins acton 15 clarence defor est terra cotta 6 edward bai ley georgetown 2 3 the following were appointed as fire area no i wilfrid bird and spencer wilson milton fire area no 2 george currie acton fire area no 2 walter linham and campbell sinclair the treasurer was instructed to paythlf ollowing- accourrtsrhe pc lights in township bldg 1782 bell telephone 2020 r j lovell co ass 1323 at w benton stamps and registered letters 13 municipal world eight subscriptions 24 mrs viola mile- ham cleaning council chamber 5 georgetown herald acct 3378 road accounts as presented by the road superintendent and am ounting to 174145 were ordered paid council is to petition the depart ment of highways for subsidy on an approved expenditure of 71617- 54 appointed to the esquesing plan ning board for 1956 were col g o brown 3 years geo somerville 2 years edwinhorrop 1 year wal ter linham 1 year george currie 1 year council will petition the depart ment of highways for permission to purchase a sander from domin ion road machinery sales co for 991 it was noted the sander was on trial for two weeks and was found to work quite well on the new dump truck the treasurer was instructed to pay the following accounts j san- ford relief inspector 55 25- w h kentner and son relief 1325 treasurer co of halton esquesing share hospital account dec 1 158675 town of georgetown one fire 50 joseph mcdonald one years rent on garbage dump 100 optario good roads association membership 10 association of as sessing officers membership 10 wm a cook one ewe killed 18 a n stark valuator 4 representatives of the township on the various fireareas ksnnreingj cywnc tflln the road known as lot 1516 10th concession front armstrong ave to the credit river the clerk was instructed to pre pare a bylaw to amend the dog licensing bylaw 5kl33essaiiswvika acton milton reach 55 tie norval downs palermo juniors milton and acton played to a 55 tie in the junior farmer hockey match monday in milton arena in the other game of the evening nor val defeated palermo 12 to 6 the actonmilton game was tied at the end of the first period with j willmott and d johnson count ing miltons goal and b wheeler from mac sprowl getting actons milton monopolized the second frame with two more goals by d leriche from d pearson and c gillies and jt tasker from g gil lies the third period saw six more penalties included four major ones to k richardson and r cun ningham of norval b price and b cudmore of palermo palermo bob marshall bill mar shall g greer b cudmore b price b broughton d vivian k vivian l vivian p richardson g pelletterio h tasker d pellet- terio j norval f brigden h wilson g ferguson r cunningham j cun ningham b wilson k richardson d prestidge d smith f barnes c mcdonald k hearns d pomeroy goaltastcjon evedjp e cont i joh cunninghan e wilson while milton fought to stay ahead inciudlbg 16 pwltpapts 10 8 2 0 90 51 16 palermo 10 ff 3 1 80 62 13 acton 10 2 6 2 47 79 6 there were eight goals scored in the first period of the palermo- norval tilt with norval already taking the lead 5 to 3 palermo ad ded three in the second stanza to norvals four the trend continued in the last frame when norval reached its even dozen with four milton point getters for acton were b somerville from g wheeler b j wheeler from g scott g scott i norvai from b wheeler and b somerville j g wheeler from b wheeler mil tons goals were shot by jwillmott from g gillies and e mcdowell milton h tasker a howden c gillies b bawden g gillies j willmott d pearson d johnson e mcdowell d leriche j stark c mccann i tasker acton l thompson g scott b wheeler m sprowl r deblau g wheeler b somerville 10 2 7 1 52 77 scoring leaders ga g a pts jamie cunningham n 10 19 30 49 k richardson n 10 28 20 48 r cunningham- n 9 19 28 47 d vivian p 10 29 16 45 bill price p 10 24 10 34 graham gillies m 10 13 17 30 don mackenzie a 9 20 6 26 nptjotin willmott m 7 11 14 25 earl mcdowell m 10 12 10 21 penalties norval 126 minutes milton 85 minutes acton 82 minutes palermo 75 minutes more counters only two the night school ceramics class went to georgetown tuseday even- palermo counted j ing to see the firing process for i their articles campbellville m viljage fire extinguishers pails located at private homes store mike coxe plumbing heating eavetroughing pressure systems water softeners p 35 21 mason lvd acton milton fire brigades prompt ac tion saved the farm home of mr and mrs reginald austin on satur- i day afternoon when their son john took matches into a clothes closet j upstairs and started a fire the damage was minor but luckily- it wasnoworse anyone needing a village fire ex- moore were heard and were grati fying it was decided to send a food parcel to rev mr and mrs james sutherland in formosa rev gordon baulch spoke on ladies aid activities a social half hour followed agriculture topic the january meting of the kirk linguishir would find one at charl- club of st davids and nassaga- weya presbyterian churches was held in the basementuf st davids n friday evening with mr edward dredge in the chair mr whit- ipck agricultural representative of milton was guest speaker es kings frank bill or george ingiis residences the village pails i arid ladders are stored at coulters store j mrs a t moore was hostess to he januarv meeting of the st davids ladies aid when mrs chose as his topic agriculture lloyd crawford presided after the j a father and ton banquet was call to worship the annual reports i planned for february of the secretary pbail treasurer lees quilt comhruttee mrs murray mc- mrs w green- mrs a t friends pt mri- samuel cairns are sorry to hear site is in milton private hospital no cases so jurors dismissed at guelph mrs byron bruce was among those called for jury duty at guelph during the week but as no case were to come before the court the- lurpni wrp r mr and mrs wilbert matthews of guelph visited on friday with mrs martha jackson mrs chapman sr returned home following a visit with friends in toronto mr and mrs duntiart kingsbury and catharine of brucedale visited on sunday wtih mr and mrs vern on stewart and family mr and mrs- george mcmillan of toronto spent the weekend with j0r ahd mrs murd mccutcheon and muriel visitors during the week and on sunday with mr and mrs david stewart included mr and mrs wil liam robertson townline miss jennie tovell everton and mr john sim toronto the woodshed at the school re cently advertised for sale has been pu by mr vernon stewart who moved it on saturday to his home mrandmrs gordon family visited on sunday with mrs aitkens father rev foreman who is in hospital at london eden mills has leg operation in hamilton hospital mr rob roy underwent an op eration for the removal of one leg in hamilton hospital his many friends hope for him a speedy rec overy mrs anna coulson visited on sunday in the home of her sister ahd hrothertinlaw mr and mrs fred rellly moorefield bradley who has been visiting in the same home- for some time returned home with her mr and mrs wilfred bridle of ayr were visitors in this commun ity last week mrs robert wright mrs will gilbertson mrs w mclean and mrs w lowrie attended the pres- byterial annual meeting held in st andrews church guelph and re port an interesting and helpful meeting we are preased to report that mrs vincent synnott and miss ruth wilson are both making a good recovery from operations also mr wynn dunbar is progressing well after his serious accident mrs aitk ens home opened for meeting the monthly meeting of osprlnge ladies aid was held on wednes day evening january 1 atmrs aitkehs home devotional was tok en by mrs r mcewan the theme being new years with the hymn o god our help in ages past the study book all peoples christian church in community centre was taken b jwrs byron bruce the roll call a new ideatolm- prove our meetings proved very interesting cards of thanks from sick and shutins were read by the secretary it was decided to hold the election of officers next month with mrs mcewan and mrs sunter acting as nominating com mittee a valentine social evening is being held in the basement of the church with the first line group in charge the motto new years 1956 prepared by mrs howard and read by mrs sunter gave some helpful suggestions emphasizing that we were to meditate on the past and plan for the future by renewing our covenant to god and laying up for ourselves treasures in heaven and not upon earth a reading christmas day in the morning was given by mrs ward bruce ami the scripture lesson was read in unison tho meeting closed with prayer by mrs aitken after which a love- ly lunch was served by the hostess and a social half- hour enjoyed silverwood readings of interest to wi members the january meeting of silver- wood wi was held at the home of mrs henderson sr on thursday last 13 member and seven child ren attending roll call brought forth many oldfashioned ways of entertaining a copy of the book pages of the past by gwendoline clarke is to be ordered for use in the stone school arrangements have been made to hold small euchre parties in the homes in the near future ment the funds the to ug- convener of the day mrs george burt was absent due to illness and the speaker mr blake of the conservation branchof the department of planning and de velopment at queens park was al so unable to be present excerpts from letters from a hud sons bay factors wife living in the arctic were read by mrs march- ngton current events- were given by mrs w r norton and mrs k c lmdsays reading was about early days in halton iaken from the his tory of boston church an inter esting paper on the province mani toba by mrs corbett complete the program a delightful tea was served by mrse l miller and mrs russell miller in conjunction with the hostess mrs henderson the clear bright days this week resulted in more pleasantly phrased conversations about the weather and also in better walking and driving conditions 1 a v- rbrwmsfs