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tkurbdky march lltli 1037 the actop free press paoe fiv jrecnau mr henry arblc was homo from south porcupine during the week mr hugh fvaser was home from tho western university london for tho weekend mr and mrs james cowle and babe of whlttoy spent the weekend with mr and mrs oeorge cowio mr and mrs fred warren of tor onto visited his mother at the homo of mr and mrs john wood mr donald campbell of cheltenham and mrs armstrong of brampton visit ed at mr and mrs it smith mrs wm johnstone and mis doris johnstone returned to london after spending few days in acton tho past week mr dills is attending meet ing in ottawa today of tho lioard of directors of tho canadian weekly newspapers association mrs wm johnstone mr john stono mrs mclean and miss doris johnstone returned last week from liollduy trip to florida mr and mrs harold swuckhamer of hamilton vliltcd over the weekend at tho parental home with mr and mrs arthur swackhalncr mr stephen guest of calgary alta visited during tho week with mr and mrs thetford and renewed acquaint ances with other acton friends miss merita klrkncss of stitclicncr and mr ivan kirktiess of port sidney visited over tile weekend at the homo of mr and mxs chan klrlcncss george wallace clothes shop 123yongest toronto opposite ryriebirks let head examine your eyes and prescribe glasses style comfort and accuracy guaranteed 58 st georges squak guelph puzzle poem mil ijj the first of pufczlu poems to appear hi tire vkt putin the answer will given in next weeks issue tiiey are all local and composed by air coicji acton if you enjoy the contest itll us or tell mr coles and lie lias assured us that ho will compose others and we will continue to publish them remember the first person to give the correct answer at tins tste ists office will receive two adult admission tickets for the gregory theatre my ilrst is mast needed to make up the game where slmcoe will come to the end of her fame my next will bo found in the smart rcferefi and my third in the ice you always can see the fourth will abound in each spec tators eye be the outcome win loss or tie my fifth is apparent in each hockey round and tlio whole between goal posts can always be found be sure of your seed in another column in this paper will be found an advertisement by uia de partment of agriculture calling atten tion to the danger of carmen using seed without having germination tests made of it careful perusal of this adver tisement may be of very great value to many of our farmers we know that most farmers are particular about sow ing good betid free from weed seeds and with high germination test but some tittles thew matters are left off until it la too near sowing time to have these tests properly madtf and bo tills advertisement will just call their atten tion to the necessity of having this work done in good time before seeding begin gregory theatre friday mabcll 12ui adventure in manhattan the girl who took mr deeda to town joan arthur goes to work on new man jool mc orea curton village smithy snapshots no band icon navurra chapter of flash gordon saturday mafectf wilt everything is thunder dramatic thunderbolt star ring constance dennett com edy am having pun sport lea cutups cartoon lets ring doorbells vox news monday mahctt lkth anthony adverse pram tho world famous novel by ilervey alien starring frederic march and olivia do iavllland band jimmy lunceford kilbride club wins ostuicii dies of indigestion the digestion of nti ostrich ls equal co good deal but even the ostrich can sometimes take on rather too much as postmortem at the london zoo prov ed some time aco the dead bird it was discovered had suullauetl tln apener left behind by visitor and this had caused lli death among other things hlch thls os trich had picked up and eaten during tts career were two itaplen an american cent and keepers hat badge some snakes have luiblt of auallow ing slightly smaller member of their own kind as rule however no harm done if the keeper happens ulong before the lost bit or tall disappears he pull out the victim which is usually quite cheerful again in an hour or so iitu tli other snake is saved from the conse quences of ovcrcutlng not sum mlnliter on bicycle trip where li the other man who used to be hero as keeper oatekipeer lie dead air mlnuter ulth feeling dead poir fellow jolnihl the great majority ah gatekeeper oh uoitldnt like to sir he uas god rnoiiith man so fur as know notice to creditors the creditors of angus mceaclwrn late of the village of acton gentleman who died on or about the seventeenth day of january ad 1037 and all otlier parties having claims against hls estate are required to send to the undersign ed solicitor their full names uddressci and description full particulars of their claims and the nature of tlie securities if any held by thetti and this notice being given pursuant to section 51 of the trustees act it so 1037 chapter 160 notice is hereby given tliat on and after the fifth day of april 1037 the kxccutors will pro ceed to distribute tlie assets of the estate of the said deceased among the parties legally entitled thereto and they ulll not be responsible for any claims of vi hlch they have not then received notice dated this fourth day of march 1037 mary wtlhelmina mceaciiern and john allan executors by il parmer acton ontario their solilctor 3c3 wjlwr mowluits the late canon knox utile umrlnj in ireland bcan door cork mjtibjl vicar in regatta week begun wliat joy it to uve old cowcs tcd again lhop hciiion wltli something like growl begun we ifaukuig ohrutlans know diskeksion auction sale in esqtjesino pllti iiuxd and graftt short horn cattle oxford sikkef and yorkshire hogs tlie undersigned has received instruc tions from wallace kwackiiamer to sell by public auction at the farm irfit 3i concejlon erquejln ft toun hlp about ntuci north of acton thuusdav march irth 137 commencing at one oclock sharp the follow inic siiohtiiorn cattle undine dalny a537i calf nt foot match less lirsle 25218 due in april ciurel 0th 170731 calf at foot uoyal wimple 234277 due in may ijrae wimple 2ii958 due in may matchhv queen 310582 due in april matchleji ellu 2fi070l bred month undine queen 10 months old oradr cbw calf at foot rude cow due in march orade heifer bred month cedir lane fume 210130 herd bred by jon white st marji mntehliv hull month wimple hull mimlis onide calf months till li sin accredited herd the majority nl the cow have been hundmlltutl uiil are ft tod tvp of dual purpve cattle vouicsiiiue hoos uamberg view pit op 184005 an advanced ieftlitry hire bred by john straui uaruberg onuirlu york sowu due in april york sowa due in may younir sows oxford sheet 10 oxford ewes utvd in november ewe lambd hoc sire will uko be ioui un xxx ram holtse yarm horu yearti old weigh 1350 lb 1otatoes 133 uafis dooley lta tora rtt for need iotato from thu lot won rirt prifu ut ouelull winter vsiir terms caih knwltivtd rcmxtvm hv kov mindlkv aucluo phone lerii erin splendid talent and decided flair for dramatics was nhovn by tho various members taking part in tltc two plays presented at the high school milton when tlie milton and kilbride juniors competed for standing in tho halton junior dramatic scries doth plays were extremely well acted and cameron mathews of toronto who gave the final verdict stated that he was pleasingly surprised that two clubs wlu were at tempting this kind of work for tho first time should interpret so cleverly the character parts mr mathews gave tho contestants many helpful suggestions stressing particularly thotlghtlng effects tho final decision was in favor of the kilbride juniors who chose tho biahopa candlesticks mr matliows stated that the judged wer nnanlnioufl in their decision being of the opinion that the performance waii ouutundttig therc wa1 an oven tempo throughout tho entire performance which kept the interest of tlie uudlcttca nttd tnemberd of the cait portrayal tlulr diameter with sympathetic exactitude ho cspcclully commended iwbert beadle who pluyed the ikaro of the convict in mottt convincing manner mbm jean iitiyder who portruyed the bbihopi nbiter made most fuvorable lmprevlon on mr muthewjj who ktated that her performance showed hiudi ex perience along lhhi line ho also com mended lloyd mithirii interpretation of the bishop remarking that he hud most unusual quality of voice and man ner to play such part mbm howard and iloas ifarbottlc ul though they liad smaller roles gave very creditable per formance tlie prciuintatloii of tlio old bull by the milton players was very well re ceived special comment was hiude on tlie performance of william tolton who played the part of tlie farm foreman und ulu oordon cartwrlght alclng the role of the breezy son mlsd dorothv fulrchlld harold mark and charlci saycrs also gave splendid performances during the intennludan mujdcal numbers werc given by vernon mac arthur and emmet mcglbbon with mrs crawford acting an accompanist wm tolton gave moab amusing ac count of little albert the plays were directed by snyder and mlw uuth cartwrlght palermo juniors win drama series youngest peer invited only lo years old lord montagu of lleuillleu above li the youngest peer to be included on the invitation lut to tlio coronation of king georwe vi of england he succeeded iu father uio iucoiid boron at the age of three lord montaguw mother now the hon mrs edwutd iimaydelt bouverle cameron mathews adjudicator for the halton county junior dramatic series heartily conkratulatcd the contestants in two playii presented for tlie high ntand lng of acting mr mathews stated that up to date he has judged i0 plays in the last few weeks and he considered tliat the win ning production brothers in arms presented by palermo juniors in friday evenings contest was tho best produc tion and showed most ambitious and commendable effort he particularly commended miss betty falrbrothcr who directed the play and took leading role mr mathews considered tliab miss eulrbrother gave aa essentially legiti mate performance which showed great prom lie an effectively furnished stage added to the production clarence kingston in the opinion of the adjudicator gave convincing performance the play owed great deal to the splendid inter pretation of the role of an aggrieved husband by george breckon he said the part of driver played by bruce pox was ulio well token the second play in may with june presented by the nerval juniors al though fairly light play was difficult to ac us had great deal of comedy the keynote of thbi play according to mr mathews was charm tliat magical intangible thing which all actors should try to achieve it was generally good production with good pitch und tempo miss alexliru sinclair the leading lady gave an easy performance but he thought her repeated rejections of the affections of crolg ueld the leading man were vociferous but not entirely convincing however miss sinclair has real talent mr mathews especially mentioned the jwrformance of idli jean king angus mcnabb handled the comedy relief very capably mlsses isabel wriggle worth jean fisher claude mclaughlin and lnrnc lundy also were jiralied instrumental selections were given by miss marion fox and miss ruth qliren wing solo accompanied by mls isabel wrlgfflesuorth ii ouroy represent ing milton juniors and mcllates re presenting kilbride juniors also acted as judges the final cries is be held in milton on march 23rd mrs samuel fisk mm samuel ftsk of acton was burl ed in walker ton cemetery on thursday afternoon mrs ihnk died in ouolph general iraspltal oj tlio result of fall in front of her home here month uno she was born hi brant township gu years ago she and mv flk lived in western canada for some years and later returned to walkerton where mr fisk was buslncni they moved in acton three years ago and mi flslt conducted meat shop until sold to lovcll bros surviving are her hus band an adopted daughter two sisters and two brolheri william ii carton former resident of nassagavcja township wlulnm carton died nt his heme hllldale cottage ouelph town ship on wednesday march 3rd he was in his 75th year before going to ouelph eighteen yeara ago mr carton farmed in nassngaweya township where he was widely known and held in the highest esteem while he never took an active part in public life he was ucll versed in all pertain ing to the welfare of tlie community he was active in the united church and was conservative in politics deaih followed an illness of only few days surviving are his widow one ulster mrs william cuslclc moffat nnd four brothers lcamon and joseph toronto matthew seattle and carton milton brother james of iiockwoou and sister mrs alex graham camp bellvllle predeceased him few years ago the funeral as held on friday at four oclock from his residence to wood lawn cemetery year of activity invalid factory firtory for making beggurs tn willdi hius been discovered at madrid by spanish journalist he is senur carrllm and in order to gain ilrsthand knowledge of spains famous beggars he lived for month on the streets of madrid as beggar an apparently onearmed ixggur introducedhlm to tnis factory of sypthetlc injuries uhtrh is run by man nicknamed the artlst who was formerly sculptor but now makes comfortable living by lltting healthy bggura with infirmities his work cmislil largely of creating the upiwaruuce of one arm or one leg but he canuua give hu clients bllndue the operations are crfectwl by various nietliodu of strapping back tlw icond arm or bg while uw lnertlon of plcetf of eubjijirll under the eyelid pro duced tiie apikarauce of bllndneas the annual report of the activities of the duke or devonshire chapter of the presented by the secretary mrs earr last ueek revealed year of splendid activity on the 100 objective for improvements 3237 had heen raised 2203 bottles of milk were supplied to children at the iubllc school during the year con tributions were made to the endowment fund christmas stocking childrens aid society the veterans christmas hampers and other charitable enter prises events sponsored by the chapter were musical recital the empire day con cert of the school puplls uith its prize awards for school work and the award to the pupil highest at the entrance eliminations in acton the order alio cooperated ulth the lakeside chapter in the ale of popples and joined in the remembrance day services and other patriotic and loal events thu mem bership at present is 30 tlie oiricers for 1037 are honorary regent mr cooper regent mrs ii low 1st vlci recent mrs pearen 2nd vjrehegent mr mcdon ald seerrtirj mrs hirr asslitant stcretirj mis fiaser trexsuier mis macrae assistant treosu rn mrv has nrd standard hearer mr matthews assistant standard hearer mr ii hlshop echoes and educational seen tar miss ltennett pies secretari mrs dills iionist mrs drjdeu avlstint flanlst mlvi smith not hi had pomiwnis individual noidijg as un uuthorlty on educatioa went into the local sjhool in england with the inten tion of putting the ufth grade tlirough their luceji in the giography of europe he began what is the capital of oi luild ill was tho running rejoinder from the luimrt boy of tlio claim acton beats paris simcoe takes first contlnurd rrom fiigo one third goal and the flghth for acum and to paris went out bi the llncup waa actorf orecr goal walurs and kentner defence terry centre marzo and llndsuy wlngi iricard mor toil mooney oibbeiui utul murzo alter iii tc iaris england goal jiae and fair defence jceinpthorne centre mcllut chcon and farmer wings kuhhruui england cuthbcrtan ilestwlck tuid walktr altcrnaus cefcre gordon mckay hamilton acixn loses fuist to slmcoe acton lost the ilrst gutnn hi their mcond round playoifs with slmcoe 43 and go to slmcoe tonight one goal down we dont like alibis buu wo do conumd thai the gtutie should luive end ed with acton with yood goal lead lafortuno in tho slmcoe goal was th one tiling that slopped that ending he played wonderful game and was cofllly the slur of the game acton had four thnej theclumcu that slmcoe had but failed to score and after all its goau that count und slmcoe got the mwt wrvt wn that one man goal jinx stuff beut the locals before and weve wen them beat it and know they can hut if they ever needed coaching and real on night its tonight theyre kolng to need it we sure wish we wcrt going to see tlie game but well be in ottawu but mighty anxious to hear tlu result heres the story as we saw it at the opening minutes alienee in honor of that great hockey player howie morenz was observed not sound vas heard in that arena that was later all noise and confusion and it was nice tribute sweaters of both teama were pretty much alike and would have been better if changed terry made the unit break but didnt score lindsay was close when he chct across the goal at 130 marzo got the flnt score en pass from terry and it looked iay for acton lindsay was cloe rin and terry and walters ditto lafartul made nkc save from terrv greer came out of his net and ilabcv mui missed the open net lafortune went down to save score from lind say eaard shot wide uhen he was right in greer went down to save on nobex morton drew penalty for tripping marzo was in but lafortune saved terry broke but failed to score essel tlne was in but greer beat hint lind say mlnsed on terrys pass and hit the side of the net on his next effort la fortune won the point when emird was in morton missed the open net lind say went in but didnt score and la fortune beat him on another attempt terry uns right in front of the slmcoe net but didnt score ilabcrmlll drew penalty for trlpplnc lindsay acton plastered plenty of rubber at lafortune but he sure covered the net tliat goalie was sure the standout for simcoc acton had only one goal but should have had six the period was for acton iccntner went right in but didnt score in the second lindsay was in but lafortune saved acton batted plenty at the goal but lafortune held them out he sure was stopping plenty and folng nice terry got the second coun ter nt 10 on an assist by kentner hot shot by kentner was right on acton put fhe up in an effort to score lafor tune saved nice one by terry and lindsay hnbermlll was right in but greer beat him lafortune beat terrys effort and was keeping them all out slmcoes first score was ut 1150 when habermtll made the counter on nn as sist by ilause and esseltinc it was nice play marzo was right in but didnt pass the puck greer was out to save score marzo was in again at 17 50 hauee tied up the score on es riltlnes assist slmcoe was going better in this last half of the period kentner missed when he was right in period ended with the score tied 22r llndsay vvos right hi his effort li the third period walus and kentner were in but jftftwe shot was hton iters ijnn penalty 05 iiiut ol slmcoe nrd gcal on rebound flftien seconds later hiuse made it four for slmcoe on un assist from esse tine that penalty to waller was sure costly for acijii mooney miss ed pass in front of the goal lafor tune stopped nice one when acton was in slmcoe were checking nice and inter eptlng puvses and laifortune was fur from crucklug up slmcoe went on the defensive and made nice job of it tdo lafortune went down to save coie huberniille uis right in but did not ctjie lindsay was through but uifortune beit him morion was beat en by uilortune too morton was out liulccd uijiin in scramble hatise was in but greer saved the score acton iot the third goal at 15 uhen gibbeni cuied from teiry lafortune had plen to top but sure did it uncannily kentner blaed hot one at him and earil and kentner put pepper on oi etloi kentner shot ide hen rlirht in acton carried the play and slmcoe is busy habermlll was right in and ciuii out to save the score ia lhirtuuc went down to save tally acton turned it on hi the last five min utes but juit wouldnt get the counters tile linelip via acton oreer goal kentner und walters df fence terry centrw lind say ami warwi wlngn ezard mooney morton gibbons and sjurito alur nut woodjj nub goalie tiliiietw lafortune goal oattiiau 11 jucqued dwfntice eclthie ectttre hajjermillo if house wings davidson jnobcs odannell odonncl ifowscr uliernatcs gillmore aub goalie ileferef gordon mckay hamilton successful auction sale on of tlie beau sales held in thti diutrlct for years as held for john hamilton eramota on wednesday horsus uctit as high as 4225 grade cow with calf at foot at 03 hecp 15 oats 8lc buliol kerr of acton wielded the hammer duhlin literary society itie regular meeting of the dublin lltemry wan luld at the scliool ou friday evening with tho frcsldent lliihom in the cliulr after the open ing ceremonies the roil call was all svnred by my favorltu hobby tlio following program us then given piano duett by mbui young und mrs hobertson followed wltli rcudlnir by ilachel mullltl entitled spoakln of dhwks musical number was given by sheila and kevin ureen the main feature of tho evening was debate itesolvtd that boy with ft hiflh scliool education und 2000 should lake four year agricultural course hi preference to to farm for himself im ttledlately tlio affirmative was upheld by mbm sheila ureen and mr llrims and tho negative by mrt bracken and mr urltton both sides were well given but the judjres mm somorvillo miss youtltf and mr frank kave tlielr decision in favor of the negative aldp reading entitled friendship waa biv en by mm mcolaiuthllti followed with vocal duett by annie kelly and vcxna wuhster tlie methig closed by slntfing the national anthem lunch was serv ed and cocbil hour spent bray chicks for immediate delivery see our list of dauy specials the time is here to bet your chicks under the torooder if you are going to cosh in on early rollers or tourist de mand for roasting chickens or maximum egg production through the latter half of the year the six mot tits of highest average egg prices and lowest average production costs thofto arc uio montlis to make money out of 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all gauges grouped for rapid reading adjustable drivers seat rises as it slides for ward choice of colors and upholstery moijkrm amianxnch new streamline design slaht lng vtype windshield opens in all closed earn ilcad lamiy recessed into fender aprons moderntype hood is hinged at the back new radiator ornament serves as hood latch new grjeateit olflltatltng economy improved vfl engine gives its outstanding performance with unusually low gasoline consumtlon easyaction satoty nrakes entirely new brakhuj system gives quicker stralghttlne stops with fcather llght pressure on braking pedal the safety of steel from pedal to wheel allsteel ttody not an ounce of wood in allsteel body structure steel top floor panels and frame safety lass throughout at no extra coat norton motors phone 69 acton see it drive it youll like it holder promoted by parliament corporal philip kouowtil vc who shared with major gregg serutantatanns tlie distinction of being tlu only member of the parliamentary fcutt at ottaua to hold the covetfcd ndlltary award has brn promoted to doorman of iuunt sixteen tlie new commou room for all mttjtbciu of uu houw senate and tres gallery the hw room was dcliputl by wmlrr king to promote wider acquaintance and association amotlg all political groups in parliament corporal kotiowul vc pictured ut one of tlie dcks ui uie meeting room