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paoi roxm the acton free press thursday april 23rd 1038 neighborhood news interesting items concerning other centres and communities in which any of our readers are interested crewsons corners mr sutherland of st thomas has ret to her home after amend ing ten days visiting ab the home or mr and mrs john bennett mr wm nichol who has been con lined to bed for the post week la some what unproved recent callers at the home of mr and mrs george mcbain were mr and mm harry sums and muriel of toronto mr and mrs weadge and kathleen of acton messrs jade and edward cornell who have been on the sick list are some better churchill joint meeting of the women as sociation and quarterly finance board was held on tuesday evening at the home of mr ana mrs ormff with good attendance mrs stephenson led in the opening prayer heparin were read and general business discussed and fees collected rcv mr stephenson then took charge of the general dis cussion it was decided to go on with the work of repairing the church shed and fence eocial time with lunch concluded the meeting the sacrament of the lords supper will be observed on sunday at the church and on monday night the quar terly board meeting of hp limehouse charge will be held at the church milton hillsburg miss margaret robertson nursein training at kitchener la holidaying at the home of her mother mm robertson mr and mrs wm chcyne eleanor and bui visited with friends at centre inn recently mlnmosa womens institute met at the home of mrs jackson on thurs day april 16th with an attendance of nearly thirty members and visitor present the roll call was responded to by gardening binta paper on poultry talk on curing meats current event question drawer and solo by mrs earl mbore which wad enjoyed by all present arter which social half hour was spent and lunch was served by the hostess the making of maple syrup li the order of the day fairly good run is reported school reopened monday and tho scholars are all back to their work again after the nice long iwllday clements who tlas been spend ing the winter in hortdar returned home on saturday mr and mrs barney fctur and son donald of pctcrboro spent the week end with their parents oewgo humeof the geological de partment ottawa spent the eiautr holi days with his parents mr and mrs wm hume martin street dr robertson one of the three men imprisoned in the moose river gold mine in kova scotia in brother of thv late donald robertson uf milton mr and mrs bell who havo been visiting relatives hi scotland for the past five months sailed for canada on oood friday and cxppct to arrive in milton next saturday or sunday on monday last segrt mao mac kenzie with his family left town to take over the duties of instructor at the mnania riding and driving club at niagara palls ontario mac who was very popular in milton will bo treatly mfcsed by large circle of friends ai will also his wife and family moo as much interested in the athletic association was good golfer and was real soldier at meeting of the provincial execu tive of the boy scouts assoclitlon hrld in toronto on tuesday geoic elliott of milton was appointed member of the provincial executive committee to nil the vacancy created by tho dath of jbittalee soruharnt oframptoix champion ballinafad master donald evans of acton spent last week at the home of hie uncle mcenery mr and mrs rao lindsay of delhi vktlted last week at the homo or tho formers father mr lindsay seventh line mr and mrs kcntncr and master buddy of shefcoume spent sunday at the home of the formers aunt mrs soper dublin the members or the literary society hathered at the school on wednesday evening of last week to enjoy bean fcirppcr hie school was decorated with tfreen and white for tho occasion there vjuf an attendance of about 100 who sat at tile very attractive tabled the xallouhitf was uie menu served tomato cocktail pickles jelly and salads beans coke pies tarts coffee and tea ohas cllttii who acted tu toastmaatr pro posed the toast to the klmr mrs george robertson proposed the toast to the winning side which was replied to by miss marnarel waldle short program was then mlai ruth and mr norman gibson delighted the audi ence with several vocal duetts mrs mainprise contributed some splendia readings little margaret and jean robertson sang duett folloued by very amusing scotch recitation by mr george robertson who also gave piano number while uie tables were being cleared all joined in community ringing dancing followed before brliiklng an otner pleaeint eveiibig to close musk as usual was generously supplied by tho mack and pranlc orchestra the dublin wontenta institute lield their annual meeting at tlia horns of mrs duncan mcdougali on tnurcdiy last wltll tile president mrs mcdouaall in uie chair slgna webater and dorotlvy wank were appointed dlleeates to the girls conference to be held in may letters of tlianks and words of appreciation were given for flowers and irult received by those who luul been 111 mi mcdougali gave uie meeting over to mrs storey and tlia election of officers resulted as fallows jlonorary president mrs mcdougali president mrs alex near 1st vice president mrs oeorge gomervllle 3nd vicepresident mm nelson anderson secretarytreasurer mrs wm brack en assistant secretarytreasurer mrs storey directors mrs robert ion mtaj somervllle mrs steele mrs urltton dutrict director mya wm urocken visiting committee mrs andean mrs robertson mrs wm mcauughlln mrs wm pranlc mrs madougall prnyrum commit tee mrs wnbnter mrs robertson mrs storey mrs wm prank social committee kdlth nrllls and mrs llarber auditors mrs vahgouzeii and mri mcliityre delegate to district annual mrs near mrs wm urocken mri mcotrgor mro itoniervllle work committee mrs megregor mrs mc dougali vote of tlianks was tendered to mr madougall for the use of her home the meeting eloed by singing the national anthem limehouse miss marshall ha returned to toronto for week or to mrs marshall is still visiting with friends milur blluomllluro returned homo on sunday to be prepared for school last saturday night by the couruy of mr mummery and mr ballard of toronto splendid moving plcturo show was given in the united church and everyone enjoyed befrtg taken on uie various ttlps to tho most interesting cities in old europe and south america the comedy pictures were extremely good and were vmjoyed by everyone es pecially the younger portion of tho audience betu wti the different reels the fol lowing program of music was given sols by shirley wright gwen hill lome norton refiglo ilassoll helen meredith norma stephenson and uie program cloed with the ringing of wud rose by the double trio or girls pgy smcthurst norma stephenson helen mcoowan helen meredith muriel and isabel stephenson hearty vote of thanks uas tendered to messrs dullard and mummery they replied by offering to return later in the season and give another delightful even ing which will bo looked foruard to wltli eager anticipation the final uchool term lias conmncl and boys and girls have seriously shoul dered their bocks and gone off to school once more ome glad and some sorry but all in tho gamo mr and mrn stringer and family of milton vlilted at the home of mr and mrs chati meredith on sunday las mr and mrs alex grant and family and mr and mrs stoue of toronto spent prlday at mr rants cottage gordon and stanley wright of tor onto visited with alex wright for coaple of days during the easter holl dajs bulldlhg has started in earnest ct prod packers to replace his house which was lost by are we regret very much to hear of the illness of mrs clifford mummery who bannockburn tho regular monthly meeting of the bannockburn womens institute was held on wednesday last at tho homo of miss laura millar there war large percentage of the members present and also number of visitors tho meeting was opened by singing tho institute ode followed by all repeating the lords prayer tho roll call was answered by say sing or pay after the minutes were read by the secretary and adopted other business matters were discussed arrangements were made for the com lng banquet after which miss cree the president gave report of tho directors meeting held at muton tmiss doris harding then sang solo red sails in the sunset this was followed by very interesting address by mr whlulock the district agricultural representative his subject was agriculture as vocation and proved very beneficial to all tores mt tills was followed by solo by miss wula price oh danny boy mrs clarrldge moved vote of thanks to mr whltelock for his splendid address the meeting cjosed with the singing of the national anthem lunch wassrrvedanda vcry enjoyable time spent oakville mr harold whluucer left recently on vacation cruise to lhe west indies miss whitaker left on wednesday evening for mussoorie india where oho will resume her duties at tho woodstock school and college ho rm idas oarches edmonton was convicted of stealing pair of rubber booto tije property of mr arthur smith bronte by magistrate jg mcllvecn in polk court on tuesday afternoon tlie death occurred very suddenly on thursday afternoon of another of oak vlllea old and highly respected residents christina mary alderson beloved wife of george maodonnld in her 6th year record the government boat orcnvllle from presoott called at this port at pm on saturday and placed markers in posi tion for the entrance by large boats tho oakville harbor mr and mrs lunau and daugh ter lois arrived home from their so journ in the sunny south on monday evening they spent their time at miami daytona beach and incidentally took sail over to cuba star has undergone an operation for appen dicitis in tho general hajpua toronto we wish her very spedy recovery on wednesday afternoon ten members or the women institute met at tho home or mrs wrlglr and succeeded in completing uie qulltlntr of quilt while some members were qulllng the riit took pen and paper ami in turn each wrote cheery letter tn former well lovod member mrs johruon who now lives at thornlae ontario this clialn letter uoaread and it was sur prising what an interacting parket tho uliole made full of humor and variety of inurosts on thursday evening members and friends of the irutltuto spent social evening at the home of mrs fref brown the following is tho easter report of no limehouse only the nimei of thou making g0 or over appear jr iv alex wright honor auon dolyn hill dorli mitchell helen bar rett toggle husisall harold brown inc scolt sr ill shlripy wright jr jim klrkdatrlck lome nor ton raymond hassutl if cutsas barbara coiuenri honora teddy brown sr bobby brown bruden bar reft pamela cousens senior lrlmer lorrahio i2asssll jber tha shelbourmt oeorge couiciu trrd hill audrey brmail oordon huj immcr mary kukpatrlck vincent barrutt dorothy shelboumo alen atbbs colin councils alen scott marlon norrle meryl orludell teuchr campbellville mrs carbert has returned after spending week with her daughter mrs bureaux in toronto the public school was closed for few days tills week owing to the ulncss of tho teoclicr mfcas mcmillan mm cowper and joyce visited in preston few days last week mr and mrs moore of toronto visited mr moore an tuesday tiic ladles aid or si davids church held quilting at tlie home of mrs nell martin on tuesday with good turnout of ladles afternoon tea warn served and octal hour spent mr and mm james lowry of rock wood visited his sister mvs john mahon on monday mrs mahon lias been quite poorely for some time but we are plead ed to know that she is feeling much better mts isabel campbell or milton spent the weekend with mlis lillian mcphall miss esther wlieellhan li vbtltlng uth friends in detroit miss anno fulton of eden mills was the guest of her ubtcr mrs norrteh on wednesday rev and mrs jones of grand valley were renewing old frlcndshlpij in the village on saturday on their way to the wedding of miss cora inglea and mr roy donavan tho womeni missionary society met at tlie home or mrw mcmillan on thursday large number of friends and relatives called on mrs elliott on sunday on the occasion of her birthday mr and mrs harold mopluxll and family of toronto visited around few days lost week georgetown mcuirrf mackenzie 5c mon have the contract for building an addition to the smith stone electrical plant in town this bprlng misses irene english of markdae and elllnor lyons of georgetown set sail on airll oth from new york on the gcorgle for bermuda and nassau mv sutherland who luu upent the past year taking special military course at nethcravan england visited with his father brsutherland at limehouse during the week mr and mrs clarence mceachern and son ronald of toronto mr and mrs albert webster and mr oneill of oakwood pent tho weekend at the home of mr and mrs if lllllco there was good attendance of membcra at the legion club roomd last thurday night when the oiflccr elect ed for tho ensuing year as puhlbhod in last ueeks herald were instilled by bud mcdonald of acton zone representative of zone 13 and harry bray jp pensions advocate herald nassagaweya reception was given or monday evening in honor of mr and mrs dun can moffat by the brides parents mr and mrs chas darby tlie guests in cluded the immediate relatives of tho bride and groom miss kllpatrtck of guelph vmtm in fl home of mv nnrt mmfi darby or knatclibull this week tlie blocmsbury literary society held their regular meeting on monday even ing with largo attendance the meet ing opened with singing tlie flnut verse of the maple leaf porever and the reading of tho minutes of uie prtvlom meeting the roll call being answered by nrovurb after short bushwuat session tho following program was given bong by the east sextette carry me back to old virginia dialogue yankee aunt selection beautiful isle or somewhere maple leaf quartette speech by mr vanooojten chorus school days by tho eastern star choir dialogue hooligan vi mistake selection its long way to no maple lent choir speech harold urldg man after which the national an them was sung this wojollowed by progressive euchre during tho lunch hour tho result of the contest was an nounced which iwau uo between uie east and ueu huicj there was also special treat of ice cream to bring tho meeting to happy close mr and mrs norman webber and fumlly of lakuvlow toronto vuiuhi with mr and mrs arthur nlghtlngule of knatcbbull on sunday the sacrament of the lords supper will be owrved by the ebenezer united church ntxt sunday morning meeting wa hrld in the township hall hrookvllle on tuesday evening of tin ivucheiu und triiitr und the agricultural iuprejetitutlv mv wlilu inck and mr dnyj inpctor of public schoobt to omuler any cluuiges in the school wlr prl krits burlington mr ken scott left wednesday morn ing for lakeland plorlda to drive mr emery who has been spending the winter there bock to burlington two carsono driven by local rej idcnt and the oilier driven by tor onto man collided at the corner of elizabeth and water streets on good wulay evening no person war hurt and tho cars wero only slightly in jured miss sylvia boothman was recent visitor with mr and mrs michael oreilly jr mus booth man is the arace hofpltal delegate to tlie michigan state nurses aiiooclatlon uhlch will coniene in traverse city michigan at meeting of tho welfare board heldon thursday evening last it was decided that all relief for single men would be cut off on april 18th and after may 1st reduction would be made for all those on relief to corres pond with tho recent cut made by the dominion government at tho annual meeting of tlie held at toronto on good friday summers was elected member of tho executive for the erwulng year mv jack worthy of hamilton and coach of the local team last year was also elected to the executive dr smith and mr summers were tho delegates from the local club gazette eden mjus tho sacrament of tho lords supper was observed in tho presbyterian church on sunday with preparatory service tho thursday evening previous both ser vice were conducted by the rev bcnnle of action mr and mrs bridle havo settled in their new home in tho village their many frlendo join in wishing them long and happy wedded life tbe mary anderson young womens auxiliary of the presbyterian churcn held their easter thank ottering mcctr ing at tho homo of miss helen mcphall to which the senior auxiliary were in vited to attend after hymn and prayer miss beth barden read the ncrlpturc paper entitled easter and its meaning was given by mlas jean lowrio and reading entitled easter then and now by miss blanche milne both these papers were very helpful and instructive solos were given by misses helen scott alid joan robertson which were very much enjoyed by all thi meeting closed with hymn and tlie lords prayer in unisons lunch ai served and social half hour was spent mr george sharp of nerval and mr jama sharp and daughter of chln guacousy spent sunday in tho home of mr and mvs jolui ramsey mr and mrs pred alward of tor onto are visiting in the homo of her parents mr and mrs john glcnden nlng tlie many friends of mr clarence ramsey are pleased to know he is im proving in jicolth although still confined to tlie hopltait on wednesday evening tho ladles of uie womens insututc held their regu lar meeting ut the home of mrs alex mitchell wiul good attendance it wan decided to have euchre and danre the town hall in uie near future report of uio district meeting was given by mrsw burrows recitation childs pirst grief by mrs tolton current event by mvs moore and very interesting paper on homr econ omics given by mrs mitchell followed the two aprons which havo been passed among uie members and friends to raise money reallxed very nice sum an excliangc of glfta mode from flour sacks brought very enjoyable evening to elce after which refreshmenti were jorved by tho luutcus dr prcd croft of kitchener spont sunday in the home of his parents mr and mrs croft mrs cameron scott visited for few days in the homes of her sbterc mns henderson and mrs rawson acton mr hugh wharton has gone to mon treal where lie hopes to secure posi tion mr charles black hao returned to his home in kitchener after upending few days in the home or mr and mrs john ranuey mlsscj doris and wllma mllno have returned to rockwood after spending uie holidays with relatives in this vlcln ity erin additional neighborhood new en pa eight terra gotta vcp fnrrnr nf nrangnvuio pjnt easter ului mr and mrs pred lybm of tho flfui line we are sorry to learn umt mv kvely is on the sick list at present mr and mrs kldd and family or ingle wood spent sister sunday with mrs icam number from here took in uia concert at union church on thursday evening and report rood time uus wuma hunter or toronto spent her eutter holidays at her home here mrs fern stringer soloist or tor onto spent few days with friends hero mr vincent bottom of roronto is spending few days at ills formed homo here our local quarries are all busy at prawnt mr cralne attended uie funeral or liii brother uie late robert craine at mint michigan recently miss emma ledgwldo of erin spent her easter holidays uith tvrra cotta friends mr oeorge edge of toronto uas caller in our liamlet uut wcik mr walter haywurd of guelph spent euiter wlui terra cotta friends we are torry to learn uiat mvs cole hi with umsllitu at drwiit mr cruitiit happened with what might have hem ierlous acckltnt one day last uk ah in was coming down tlu hill near his home ho kt control of the truck lie was driving with gred prvaunce uf mind lui pulled it into uio bank the truck woj badly dumard mr towns nd imd one of lib cjd badly injured one day rxiiuy uhijv cleaning brick lille chopped green mini ajdcu lo the fruit cocldau impcovc ike uv occoiduig lo louise lsbirirf kjcco acuca one minut pulpit in the way of righteousness life and in the pathway there there is no death proverbs 12 2i mr mcklnnon left on tuesday morning to inspect several horses reccnuy lmprrted to ontario mlsses prfccilla and anne cook are homo for the easter holidays from their respective schools mr roes mcrncr of new hamburg mrs maclachlan and two sons jlmmlc and bobble of st calliarlnes spentthoeastervaoamflhlwlth their parents rcv and mrs mcrncr mr hlllyard of alton was taken suddenly ill on sunday and was removed to the lord dultfrln hospital where lie underwent an operation for append let la atjaatr report he was re covering nicely mr earl hutchinson of brampton has purchased tho farm lot 14 conces sion west calcdon from uio ontario loan board and lias taken bosscoolon mr kenneth mcquarrle miss eua mcquorrie of toronto miss mary mc quarrle of caprcol visited with their parents mr and mrs mcquarrle ms sutherland and son awrcy and daughter jackelcn of edson alberta mrs ella merritt of grims by were sunday visitors with their aunis uio mlsse warden nnd brother robert armstrong advocate aidawalker shoes for mek and women pbr real comfort and appear anoo try pair or aldttwalker shocsj they lead in all walks sized for women 34 to ii widths aaaaa to ee sucs in mens slioes to 13 wldtlw aaa to eee hattttt eljurrlj of sanoda attfon ruutm tw mja pp pazaonago sower aveon sunday mtol 2sth 1038 standard ttile 1100 the minister buhjkot the meaning of tho second muo 1215 pmeundayjschoo2anrlblble classes v00 the minister aatamt what came of one mans curiosity tuesday 00 young fecvlela league wednesday 900 unity meaa club at ymca thureday 7jo bible study hour everybody welcome jjrmhytrrlan knox chdrca aotom bsv bennib mlnw manse wuloir btreet sunday apk1l 20th 1930 gtandaid time 00 wllat makea us en dure 00 the school 700 heal joy abqve services standard tune tuesday young peoples guild pare ye well closing meeting always welcome sapttat fflfjurri aotom eev baxter plaster sunday april 28th 1038 dayuoirr savina time 10 30 sunday school 130 servlco of worshln pilates question im pallantl miuo stkekt acton reports chicks all and more than we claim from way down east in prince edward irjand catiux utls statement by satis fled buyer or bray chicks have been securing my chicks from you for tho last years and find them all and more than you claim for them last week quoted what quebec customer wrote ua after receiving shipment of 700 bray chicks tho best looking lot of chicks have ever received from any shipper in ontario the week before that wo told you about an ontario purchaser uho was no pleased with his bray hock that ha said uiat uiey were better blrdsi uian you advertis ed luit it chicks of uiat stamp that you want under your brooder uils spring get copy of our lscj catalogue look into tho breeding and liatchery methods which produce such chicks and chock up on uio prlcv youll find them very rea sonable quality considered dont delay itll be may first thing you know fredwbraylimited chick hatchery geo brown afienl mouvajl on issmmmiammmsimmmmsfmfmcimm jobs open farm help is urgently needed in ontario unemployed men register with the employment service ci tell your needb lo the nearest employ 31 lliers nicnt olfice relief administrator or agricultural representative or write dirett to the uiiderhiiiud david crou mltdstea of lalmm arluhwil buudlnau 1jrwio unclassified small advertisements advertisement under this ob cent pef wrd ulnlmuot cara jcr lnftioa pjwe lawttioaa iijtm if pia cash toe hddltloaal chrej wher items hy to booked young mos joil sale young pigs for solo apply autinue xi no acton votl sale banner seed oats apply warne phone 0sr3 no acton foe rent garage in good condition and central location for rent available now apply johnstone as rtjmlev phono 30 acton fo sale sand and gravel of good quality de livered arequired apply browt 433 phono 0rl3 acton hog sihlring satdrday 10 and grade hog trucking frae hogs delivered by farmera 30 wo will buy your reactors ship them or truck uiem itrank holmes house to it sale nice bungalow or sale nearly new rooms till covenlences bound to well sltuauon uie best someone is going to get bargain ask icerr he knows for sale or rent six rocmed comfortable brick house at uie corner of uie campbcllvlllo and eden mills roadti good outbuildings large garden henhouse just oft no highway apply jamb3 hawkins 423 no rockwood good prices paid for horses injured catue or anytlilmr ultable for fox meat with injured animals plione very prompily and we will pay uie phono cliarges as meat mutt be becured immediately to or use vannatter pox farm 40tf plione 05 ring 31 georgetown tested daiuv cows purijbreds and grades bred for typa and production sixty dollars and up prw delivery on ttick loads com perkoiuon caruflcates accepted aa ool lateral co day reuab guaranteect mtjrco varm3 llndaay ontario telephone 1353 luidsay out stls amateub talent wanted an amateur contest will bo hold at uie capitol tliaatre urampton on monday eve may ltth under uio au pces or peel and dutferin regt band slvr cups will be awarded uia win ners audience to be the judge aiv pllcauons must in not latir than may 4ui age limit to be 13 years and over address all appltoauorw to pijrrott secrbtary tel no 4uw brampton odt tendkits wanted tvndcrj will bo received by uia undirvlgiod for uie oouwtiuetloii of cement structure covering uie citttk channel between uio aldowolk and road way on main street acton until sou oji monday april 37th 1030 detail may be ocuivd from it mopheraun mocutchcoii or purmer tho iowtit or any under not necessarily accepud it astmhr clerk patterson ro speeiaum ta eye kaauaaaessm orlbepcle treatmens til ilihi im wyadhaeasi neat to hani ouklph phonk jim qwittt aswaraer swrtae