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5v the acfon fre press thursday november 29th 1956 obituary funeral cortege includes mps as halton representative interred staff photo wouldnt it be fun if you could ust move from one building to another without any work thats probably the thought running through the minds of blanche vaughan ariel mitchell and mrs o martin as they transfer land documents to the new registry office in milton f w j sybil bennett qc mj hal tonvt irst lady member of parlia ment who had represented the county at ottawa since 1953 was buried in greenwood cemetery georgetown following funeral ser vice in milton thursday november 15 the 100car funeral cortege in cluding many members of parlia ment and county political figures proceeded from st pauls united church in hilton by way of acton burial followed a service in the church conducted by rev morgan mcfarlane georgetown assisted by rev lome graham minister of the milton church and rev eric warren huttonville during the service in which mr mcfarlane paid tribute to miss bennett as a vital christian woman who had served well her community and her country eleanor schenk sang one of her favorite hymns the king of love and funeral attend ants another jintothe hills the church was filled with mourners paj nig respect to one of haltons best known residents whose death at 52 cut short an act ive political craeer and ended the law firm of dale and bennett mr dale died a week earlier active pallbearers were george e elliott qc bruce fitzgerald and dr carl martin of miltoln sand best georgetown allan s nicholson burlington and beck wilson meadowvale an impressive list of honorary pallbearers followed the casket from the church these included ratepayers name ives prexy cancel full monthly meetings arthur ives of the glcnlca sub division was acclaimed president of the acton ratepayers association it their monthly general meeting held thursday evening november 22 at the legion auditorium before 2 members elected to the post of vicepresident was cyril bishop and due to the difficulty of sccur ing nominations peter kemp took iver the duties of secretarytreas urer upon taking office mr ives tressed the importance of tht as socintion and deplored- the poor backing given it b members he issued an appeal for now members and for more active support from present members a motion was then introduced to discontinue the present general monthlv meeting to be replaced by monthly meeting of the execut ive fo the required three readings it was carried with an intendment that special general meetings can be called in case need of obituary former resident dies after heart attack a resident of tillsonburg for the past 20 years and of acton for sev oral jears previous mrs edith elizabeth fraser passed nwa on sunday october 14 in tillsonburg district memon 1 hospital follow ing a heart attack in her 6bth vear the deceased was the former edith fensom of montreal and for- htert resided at cton almer and chatham shi ms an ictii member of st pauls united ihurch and thi i o d e survivors an lier husbimd h ivan g fraser a former manager of the bank of montreal mhic son hugh of toronto one daughter lean at home ind one brother george h fensom of montreal umehouse the civic nomination for public offices scheduled for friday even ing november 23 was called to the attention of the membership and it was urged that members attend in force and support association can didate nominees the question of possible reassess ment was laised because of the recent resignation of the town as sessor it was explained that assess ment is necessarv once vearly bv law but that no immediate reas sessment is probable following the reading of the fin ancial report which indicated a bnlanci of 80 there was n suggest ion from the floor that a grant be madi to the local y m c a fund lampaign mter deliberation it was decided to leave the matter to tht executive for investigation mr ives suggested that more could be accomplished bj actively assisting in the drive rather than making a donation acton firefighters were com mended for their work in the commumtn but tbt hindering act ions of curious spectators at fires were criticized mr ives noted that the proper method to handle the mutter would be to report it to the police mr ives closed the meeting v ith a reiteration of his appeal for as sociation members to attend tht nomination meeting and vigoroush support association tandidntes reeve to represent township in conservation discussions the esquesing township council met in the council chamber stew- nrttown on november 19 all members were present and reeve walter linham presided walter linham was appointed by itsolution to represent the town ship of esquesing at a meeting to consider the formation of a con st rntion authority for the sixteen milt creek at trafalgar on dec ember 12 1956 1 he treasurt r was instructed to pi the following amounts for foxes destroed in esquesing al v n anderson hornby 1 fox 3 k g mcdonald georgetown 1 ix 3 the ti insurer was instructed to pa to the inspictors under the bructllosis contnl act the follow- ing amounts martin divenport 18 20 owen m irshall 22 40 a n stark 42 len cox 33 claude mclaughlin 33 willard j britton 1 40 george somcrville i 12 20 ilojd mcencr 17 80 george burt 9 60 trios gibson 25 40 the follow ing amount for select ing jurors were also approved for pnmint walter linham 5 a w benton 5 k c lindsay 5 the treasurer was instructed to pa mrs m law son typing 42 65 a w benton stamps etc 7 54 h e p c re norval street lights 90 88 arthur scott motors ltd 27 03 was authorized to be charged to esquesing fire area no a b law to license trailers which are used for living accom modation in the township of es quesing was introduced and given n first and second reading i a by law to regulate the location or buildings and structures on land diacent to township roads was 1 given three readings and passed ttegina cp an inch long green caterpillar is attacking scat tered points in southern saskat chew an h e mckenzie provinc nl plant industry branch director said spnj mg v ith insecticide would kill the webworm from georgetown mayor jack armstrong leslie m clark can adian legion zone commander and vicepresident of the p c assoc iation george c hewson dr r t paul harding price stan hall mpjp mrs gordon graydon judge archibald cochrane hon thomas l kennedy m pp john palletl mj for peel miss marg aret perney qc toronto judge w n robinson thomas w law- son qc g h cooper oakville mr charles palmer crown attor- nel lloyd dingle burlington may or edward tyler acton andrew frank campbcllville capt scott misencr port colbornc and hon william macdonald q c solicitor general who represented the fed eral government among other federal mps at tending the service were robert mcgregor york east frank len nard wentworth lewis cardiff huron north mrs ellen fair dough hamilton west hon earl rowe dufferin simcoe george hees toronto broadview gordon fraser peterborough west j macdonnell toronto greenwood john hamilton york west and james mcbain st thomas also present was mrs john diefcnbak er wife of the member for prince albert sask the halton county law assoc lation attended in n body increases in loans savings at b of m reflecting substani in loans and personal savings the bank of montreals annual state- ment for the year ended october 31 just issued provides graphic evidence of the large part which this 139 year old institution plays in the financial life of thccountry according to the b of m s local manager at the same time he said that the b of m s shareholders funds had been substantially enlarged by the addition of 8500000 to the rest account or reserve fund earnings likewise increased moderately total resources however are at a slightly lower figure 2783 mil lion compared with 2796 million n 1955 qutckly available resources at 1427 million represent 54 per cent of all public liabilities to meet the heavv demand for loans the bank made a substantial reduction in its investment portfol 10 government and other public securities not exceeding market value stand at 916 million a con traction of 298 million from the 1955 level vancouver cp the aver age middle class north american family cin afford 500 to 1 000 for its annual vacation the b c hot els association was told bv tom cox assistant manager of the vancouvei tourist association this christmastime delight any number of people on your gift list with a tasty box of candy a- a i moir n chocolates rownw sized priced to suit your needs pag a shaw remember too for the man in the house a flat fifty or two of his favorite cigarettes is a swell gift there are other smokers supplies too km that special gift see our camera display camera supplies and accessories watsons z phone 14 mill si want ad page where old friends meet pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving takphon 204b 62 water st north gait h s holden optometrist eyes examined glasses fitted 7 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air- 1 nvai of another little girl last fri day i mr walter hedwing who has made his honu in the village all siftnmer left for his home in ger man on wednesda after being in canada over two ears he hopes to return in the spring i attend the lakeside chapter iode cooking school learn all the short cuts to better meals the preferred fuel the choice of better cooks everywhere will be used at this cooking school iga royal gold cheese slices 8oz pfcg 25 na meats 35 swifts premium veal front ib rolls sliced side bacon j 73c burns shamrock ik pure pork sausage rolls 37 sliced beef liver ib 29c maple leaf chopped suet ib 23c acton legion hall 815 monday dec 3 tuesday dec 4 door phizes admission 50c wins 34 with a ten- per cent- coupon drawn mrs george margrave won m in vouchers at the weekly ap preciation day draw saturdav at th post office runnerup for the regular s award wastrs h ot- terhein next weeks total jackpot is up to 360 unitfpc more leisure time is yours every day with gas the fast 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