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the acton free press thursday august istb ims neighborhood news inttrcetln items concerning other centres and communities in which many of our readers are interest hillsburg mr and mra ella cheyne aocom panled by mr oeorge chcyae visited mr and mrs chaa booth on sunday last sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs ww cheyne were mr and mrs bill bell and miss margaret buck mr and mrs kelvin bell and jori darcy all of toronto rev and mrs oolln robertson of macomb i1l are spending some tltta with mrs robertson and son donald mr and mrs albert royco spent sunday with mr and mrs cheyne third une erin mr and mrs churcher returned home on sunday after spenttte week with relatives here mr and mrs bert huron spent sun day with the litters mother mrs win miller mr james tarawell and son of tars weu northern ontario have returned home after renewing acquaintances in this vicinity limehouse mr mrs mills and children are spending week at lake caurhlchlng mrs wm mlluere aetumed home on sunday after spending week in hamil ton threshing lias begun in the nelgh lhuud but uhv ylftlub mi teh beetbt promising helen meredith spent few days lajt week with mrs jas noble in acton sam roberts and his mother moved from olen williams to occupy the home in thecavlne raymond hill of toronto spent sun day witti his aunt and uncle mr and mrs art illll the august meeting of llraehouoc womens institute was held at the homo of mrs mills with the president in charge sixteen members being present mrs mcoowan gave reading and mm wright read the biouo the world it full of beaut and its days are filled with music owing to illness mrs oowdy was not present so mrs brown read her paper concerning music other than the usual business it was decided toaend an insltutc display of baking as veil as knitting and sewing to milton ftdr bannockburn institutes invitation to meet with them at mrs mcleans hjs been accepted community singing was followed by social half hour and lunch was served by the hostess mus beatrice lane and mr ted mor row enjoyed motor trip up north last week they were among the thousands to get glimpse of the dlonric quin tuplets crewsons corners mr and mrs charles gamble or buf falo are holidaying atl their summer home here at crewsons corners cadet brlghtwell has been in charge of the services in the community church here while lieutenant mundy has been on his holidays lie will be bock next sunday service in the church as usual milton rockwood services at the united church on sun day were held under the auspices of the women missionary society at th morning service mrs mann of kitch ener addressed the congregation and in the evening miss irene pealgavtrthe address mrs robert williamson con ducted the serviced holy communion was observed at st johns church on sunday morning rov brllunger the rector conducted ho aervlce in the absence of mr laird royal bank manager wlio with mra laird and son allan are away on holi days mr 1l wcldner or hanover is relieving manager and rcispondeice mr and mrs murray mr mrs brace of toronto kev chas harris underwood on tario mr and mrs casklnctte proton mr and mrs jolm tlumipson ouelpi visited with mr and mrs melvln burns vn sunday and also called on rev jolm ljttl and miss janet little mias hascl dennis public health nurse of jfallcyoury ontario is spending months holidays at the home of her iunts mr and urt wiuuh dennis mr and mrs thos mcjonnett nd son harold spent the weekend in detroit dr and mrs king and family are spending their vacation at jptenelon falls crown attorney and mrs dick and daughter miss bllue dick are spending months vacation at intchlln in hallburton county mrs dunn of toronto has turned from an extended visit with her son prank in california and is the guest of mrs middle ton dr mcdonald of kilbride was appointed medical healtih officer for nelson township at salary of 300 year on tuesday last mr and mrs ynta alton of nelson wish announce the engager ment of their daughter dorothy to 4r vernon steflcr wusonvlitb aqn of mt and mrs harlan stetler water down the wedding to take place quietly the latter part of august on friday last billy noble aged 13 years fell on his head on the cement floor 10feet below in stevensons new house under construction on martin street five stltchos being required to close the wound he also buffered three fractured ribs cigarette butts thrown in roadside wheat fields were blamed for two fires in tills district over the weekend fifty men worked luird for several hours to extinguish blaxo that destroyed ux acres of wheat on the farm of trio mi arthur kilbride while similar fire destroyed several acres of wheat on the farm of lindsay bros hornby cham plan georgetown miss haacl wattle and mlas margaret humberstopc are holidaying shady nook inn lo mercjer quebec mrs howard kentner and marjorte mrs prank colo and master donald mcmurchy are holiday at port dover wltfe no sports being held in oeorge town on civic holiday and acton and oakville celebration drawing large num bers the town was quiet place in which to spend restful holiday number of streets in town have been given coat of oil to lay the dust there are still some streets that are constantly used by the motoring public which have not received their share yet hcral ballinaf ad mr bert rogers spent last week visit ing friends at barrie and waaaga bcaen mrs kirk and son oordon of tor onto are visiting friends in the district mr soper and mrs barbara soprr spent last thursday waiting mrs sopers sister mrs olassey in georgetown mr soper and mrs barbara soper left on saturday to spend couple of weeks at tlldoon lake mr and mrs robson of toronto were weekend visitors at mr wyllea nassaga wey rev mr clark of eden mills is hav lng his holidays at present and mr oeorge hosenfcldt of moffat preached in the ebenczer united church last sunday morning and eden mills united church in the evening the womens missionary society ins taking charge of the service at ebenexor united church next sunday morning mrs dancey of corwhln will be the special speaker mr oeorge stokes of campbeuvuis was kicked in the chest by one of his horses and had two ribs fractured recently he is improving as well as can be expected some of the farmers of this district have finished harvest the spring crops are very light the root crops are suf fering for wanb of rain as well as tho pastures oakville ospringe the in place of regular meeting womens institute held picnic on wednesday air tha lovely home of mr and mrs oeorge cooke second line members with their husbands and families numbering over ninety gathered to enjoy the program of races sports etc number of races under tho leadership of mrs barbetv were con ducted the prise winners were as fol lows children under audrey akitt girls and under joyce burrows boys and under kenneth robertson 12 and under emma lunsley boys 13 and under oeorge robcrtaon girls 15 and under lorena locker boys is and under george robertson single hull kdria cook married ladles ume roxi mrs albert mccutcheon women novelty race mrs underbill mrs win ters paper bag race mr and mrs alf winters oldest lady present mrs mclean oldest man present mr jackson youngest baby joyce robert son candy scramble was enjoyed by young and old alike very appethdng picnic lunch was served on the lawn by the lunch committee after which ail enjoyed lively softbajl game by ihs rlnky dinks and has beens with win for tlie rlnky dinks one mar some of th civlchoudsy vuit under ill 11 had the misfortune to full oil limb of tree and break her arm ut tlie wrlsb miss cooper of palmerstan spent several days with lier cousin mr burrows and family mus doris orey of laurel visited lost week with her sister and brother in law mr and mrw rayburn mr and mrs stewart and child ron ipent suivdsy at kbieurdine mr und mvs jolm appleyard anj family of hamilton visited on tuesday wluimr and mrrf webb mr and mrs nell mckjnnon huij mrs feirol sprowl and baby aon har vey krrol of acton also spent tlie week burg spcnusunduy with mr and mrj ud in the same iwme jm rsjs rovftnddhllgterimis doris and isdlul hi company with mr twugtavtttetstmertastveet on biiudai trli la tle maritlmes itf oiul mrs it mowlluuins re turned hoiiie on monday after briei haday tport albert lake huron and mrs mcmillan alio went with uient mis jean lowers returned home hut week from ouelph qiiutuj hospital where sh underwent un ope ration fvr appetidklus mr fred day lias rvtunwd home from attending the kummf course at the university of toronto mr richard harris wheeled to toronto last week and visited former reldcns tkf the milage mr and mrs mur ro also mr and mrs idwood oarratt he knade the trip down from the village to filoor viaduct over the humbcr irt nrydon mi5aoarvln of peraus liolldaylnif with her uncl and aunt mr and mvs too ygtfcoolte mr krrett currlc and mus ada cufrie attended the fuiural on saturday their uncle the late walter mcwlllioms at ouelph mukter ray aitken of hamilton is holldiobig at the liomc of hu urand futher mr jolm altken ur1 uarber mrs oeorge cooke and mm robertson und keunuji attended meeting of uw bel wood womens institute at the luwne of mr llroadfoot on tuiiduy afternoon number from here attended the bull game on tuesday evening at lock woo between fcvertan und lci mills mrs orundy is holidaylug wih reuitives at abiia mr und mrs schlek and mr and mrs kutterhoit of drayton spen uuu our hours and returned home friday day with mr and mrs ilunftr evening waving the end of bkwc street the womens institute ar making mr une about 700 pjn and arriving plani for ttheir lawn social to be held borne at 115 pjn the hear future mi ibaiuhl uiul brt tott burrell of charlottetown pit are spending months vacation hi town mr and mrs roy wass of windsor are visiting at the parental homes of mayor jacobs and mrs wm wass mr and mrs noble have sold their farm on the streetsville rood cw adamson farm and have moved to oakvlue mrs chapman miss ruby chap man miss may denis and mis marian chamberlain oakville are motoring through the maritime provinces william rylance of oakville working on the lilghwaywest of town met with severe accident on tuesday piece of steel broke from drill and severed an artery in his leg wullam and arthur brown toronto brothers were riding motorcycle arid collided with westbound car driven by clifford hawes of burlington half mile west of oakville on tuesday wm was thrown from the pillion scat and received compound fracture of the left leg arthur escaped with minor foot injuries record campbellville messrs murray and roger mohan and bert elsley spent sunday at waaaga beach mr and mrs cowper and joyce spent the weekend with relatives in preston the hunters held their family union on sunday lost at the home of mr walter ingles the friends of miss evelyn vanslckls will be sorry to hear that she was taken suddenly ul ha toronto where she went to visit but we all hope she will pon be well again mr bert ferris of port burwell spent the weekend at his home here miss anne sullivan of toronto is spending couple of weeks with ml is rita hubbert the ladles aid o4st davids held their regular meeting in the sunday school room on tuesday with good turnout of ladles miss lillian mcphall is home after visiting with friends in pusllnch few from here attended the induc tion ofthc hew minister at duffs church pusllnch ont eden mills the regular meeting of tlie women missionary society of the presbyurua church was held at the home of mrs gordon mcphaji the meeting opened with hymn followed by prayer by mrs lowrle the scripturt was read by mrs borthwick and the roll call was answered by what the olad ttdincs mean to me arrangements were mada for celebrating uie fortyfifth anniver sary of tlie society to be held on scd umber 3rd with miss mary anderootf as guest speaker plans were also made far the sectional meeting to be held la acton the members of the mary anderson group were present and pro vided the program consisting of read ings by misses wuma milne jean lowrle and blanche mllno solos by misses joan robertson and helen mc phall and duett by misses marlon klllote and wilda ailbertson the meet ing closed with hymn aiul the xorda prayer in unison social time was large number from the village at tended the open air service on sunday evening last at the home of mr alex mackenzie who has been an invalid for several years the service of sontf was led by the choir after which rev prank lawson delivered splendid address at the close of the service mr robt elliott sang solo in flanders fields in his usual good style which was enjoyed by all terf cotta misses wilms and norma hunter and mr hunter motored to oaraorv vllle mlch recently the boy scouts of acton under the able supervision of their genial leader mr mason who have been camp ing on mr ruuedgea grounds on the credit river plats have returned home they presented mrs rutledgo with beautiful table clock for the kind ness shown them during their short visit licre we understand that another contin gent of boy scouts are coming 4o ruucdges flats from milton shortly to camp here mr and mrs evans and family iinvo moved back to terra cotta mr mclcod has put new roof on his barn miss alma atkinson is making splendid progress towards recovery and is expected homo from the hospital soon miss frances and miss emma rutlodge ore spending few days with their aunt mrfl vangooscn of blue springs near acton mr and mrs edge wo understand intends moving to terra cotta shortly threshing is now the order of the day mr cutis of acton who spent few days with his daughter mrs rutledge has returned home our local quarries are all fairly busy at present mr thomas haywood of ouelph callei on term cotta friends last week mr and mvs oeorge wlnfleld have moved into mr easons house on tho 10th lino amoruj my minor prejudices la the word hither hi the title for book play lecture roagasine article or essay man leaves 1wwh miles sirvsdney jcwmanaustralias niil nti rw ly in adelaide at the age of 78 left the largest area of land held by any man in the british empire it covered 100000 square miles and on it were 300000 cattle and 250000 sheep he left home at 13 with 125 horse and set of harriers and during hbi life ho won and lost several fortunes at the time of tlie world war sir sidney gave fleet armored buwje aeroplanes to tho british forces to the patrons of this establishment during the month of august examinations on thursday friday and saturday only of each eek appointments will be made for these days if convenient lens orindlng and repair de partment operating as usual rull tdme savage savage bwg guelph flione 11w royal guelph now haying lionel barrymore in the ult the devil dolt mon tuks bing crosby and frances parmer in jrhythm on the cikjrl feat ttctnre next wed thtlks today simone secmon simon the new dwcorery girls dormitory with herbert marshall assisted by mrs milne and mrs ii ailbertson mr and mrs wllk wilson spent sun day at nlagura falls mvs marsliall and masters norman and donnle liave returned after threeweeks vacation at katrlna mr and mrs 1vwler and family and mrs shaw and infant son of toronla and mr oeorge sharp of norvol wero sunday visitors at the home of mr und mrs john rupuuiy mr ken wallace und mrs belle scol waro quiotly mahhed at sttandrwt manse ouelph on saturday th many friends join in wishing them lia plnes and prosperity mlssm wild and marie auberuon ure vbiitlng relatives in ouelph lynmnitolutvubion and fainl of arkenisltedonaimdttyinruli6nre of mr and mrs oeorge wilson mui irene und master oeorge remained to vliiltwlthreluuves mr and mrs oeorce ruinsey ail family of klora were vbduirs in tlw home of tlie fanners parents recently mllseji annte land piorence mcalptne und isabel uiwrle of the oac ouelph ur spnlidlug tltelr holidays in tlulr homes lire mhtktirna rawson of acton hu turned hume fur her cousin mus helen scott mrs ashworth of toronto sang soli in the preibyterlun church on sunday evening which was much upprecbited woiiien must learn to stand criticism and disagreement without altering per sonal feeling ciiter uito utolr evalua tloiis of uuit critlcwn mrs franklin mrs smith continues her education you know mrj smith the little bride lev weeks before her taarriage she graduated from college with high honors but in one respect her education was faulty yesterday for instance she picked up the telephone and called the grocer she said would like to have some thijujs sent up bail of lour three packages of breakfast food one fciui of baking powder six bottles of ginger ale pound of coffee package of whats that oh oh why im sure dont know what brand just any kind guess small wonder the storekeeper interrupted her he gets few orders like that wise housewives buy things by name not merely groceries but kitchenware and piecegoods and household appliances shoes and shirts and garden seeds all the thousand and one things they need mrs smith will finally complete her educatidrfc she will learn to study the advertisements in hie weekly paper und to keep hciself informed as to qualities and prices site will tiuiejuaulfleealoijgsidetlmhsaidttof other womenasthc efficient pureliasing agent of her home 4vafttrenaciverti columns of th acton free regularly pr ess they are the index to safe buying snttra ailtttrri at duutate acton parsonage poiw sunday aodust lth ibm union sdrvlqoaat 1100 in bai ust church 131 sunday school and bibla claooco 700 vcnlnff srvlco withdrawn thursday 730 blhls study hour everybody wkloomk prtbhytrrian knox chdbob aotor eev bennik manfto willow street sunday august 16th 1030 daylight saving tune 1030 the sabbath school 1130 ajn rev kaye wlarton ontario ko evening service during august always wbloomb bev sturturt fflhurrh acton baxtes taster sunday august 16th 1038 1000 rn sunday school 1100 morning worship sub ject enochs walk welcome to all united ciiucu services on wtt uirarbmuir fflharg jl 8iepiienson sunday august 16th 19m limehouse 1100 btandard time churchil 300 standard tlma alen williams 7j0 speaker tho pastor rev stephenson unclassirieo small advertisements advrilanicnt tiodei ihla ooa cent put ord minimtim dttfxnv 4c per baiertiom tir inertloaa for iijm if ttald cash loc additiosal chxrecd where it era have to booltet jiog siujpikg sat0kav call 07r3 for prlcca foit kalk building suitable for garage or work shop apply jos ucotlu actoht cukamkky pluce acton creamery is payhig 36c for ko cream delivered 24c 2sc and 19o for eggd yittaveo to tho premurca of young tiros fourtn line turkey with red celluloid leg banls owner may claim by paying expense viml sax proin now until ttuuiksiving spring chickens at reasonable prices also new potatoes wioiik q8rl3 you majli cucumbers for sale order ahead for gherkins conie and bring your baakctfl criifts third line corner fott sale banner cook to vu quobec utylc in good condition also large living room heater apply acton post offlce for sale beatty porcelain enamel electric waidicr 30 lum been paid will cl for balance of payments act quick talbots ifaiuwaile auctioht sale mrs muilselle acton will iwld clear ing gala of household toftcts on satur day august 23 at flsfl pjil 72 itaj iosition wantiio good practical nurse bciit refcroumj will go to country qr in town or will work at house work by day or hour 73 box 215 much pftisa syitayed yearling ayrshire heifer mouy white some red on head please notify wwr saytns xi no3 milton lot concewilon eaqueamg solutt oi0t an advertiser last week ordered one if tlirw tpr tilhl nth for tumlmrtlja lie wrlus arter one liutertion dont repeat ad ax my stock of in al most gone and will not be uble to tuko more orders ivke puwta ads sell the goods ak thaw who use tliem aitfivlfftm tttfy tho kxycutors of the estate of tlj late jonus joluujon mllu north of campbellville on tlie ouelph itood will hold clearing solo of mtrni fitoc implements liny grain aocroditm cattle oil tuesday auguit 35u1 lso terms cash 73 it kkuro auctlontwr good kiuces valt vor horses hijurwj oattle or anything suitable for fox meat wiuj injured anhnabj pliono velty pitomltly and will pay the pliono charge as meat mutit be ttecured lunnedlatoly to be of ue horaei lositlvely iiever roaold under uuy condition vannattelt ox valtm 40tf piione ds ring oorgetowu pattebson bo hpclaum eb eye nisi ohbopua tyeasaawawj rrraka wya4aaaa sl nest to illl oublph phone 110 qaauty amnkt