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page poor the agton free press thttrsday october 18th 1934 1neighborhgod news u interesting itms concerning other centres and communities in which many of our readers are interested terra cotta r a very quiet but pretty wedding took place in grace united church in bramp- ton on saturday october 6th when miss florence edria mcbrlde was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to mr norman icam both of this place miss margaret mcbrlde cousin of the bride acted as bridesmaid while the groon was supported by his brother mr leslie icam after a brief honeymoon mr and mrs icam have taken up their residence on main street mr and mrs j l craine entertained a number of our young people to pro gressive euchre on friday evening the following were the prize winners ladles miss annie puckering a china teapot margaret hayward gentlemen jas mc- lebd robt puckering after the games were finished a sumptuous tea was pro vided i miss emma lebridge of erin spent a few days with terra ootta friends a number from here took in erin fair and report an excellent time and a good fair nassagaweya rockwood the monthly meeting of the presby terian womens missionary society was held on thursday afternoon in the sunday school of the church the second vicepresident mrs j e fearen was in the chair the fortysixth psalm was read by mrs george laverty fol lowed by a thanksgiving prayer by mis a beard arrangements were made to have miss dorothy douglas give a talk on her work ik formosa at the thank offering meeting to be held the last sunday evening in october a repsrl of the sectional meeting held in eden mills was prepared by mrs d mcnabb and read by miss elva pear en a dis cussion then took place regarding a life membership and mrs brown closed the meeting with prayer on monday evening the executive committee of the rockwood and everton branch bible society met in the sunday school room of the presbyterian church mr george gordon the president who was in the chair called on rev john little to lead in prayer mr george h fearen secretarytreasurer read the report of the last meeting the usual routine business was gone through and collectors were appointed for their fall work there was a good number present and rev j p mcleod of everton closed the meeting with prayer the young peoples society of the united church held an interesting meet ing sunday evening following the even ing service it was missionary night and miss elsie gordon bad charge of the program featuring rev j c coch- ranes new book trails and tales of the northland mr arthur harrlg along with mr and mrs ben bking took part in a little drama relative to mission activities the monthly meeting of the w c t u was held last week at the home of the president mrs wni gordon with a good ateadabce a good pro gram was arranged by mesdames h dyer and george latrty instrumental selections solo readings were given by mesdames j ayles m burns miss d simmons f mc arthur and a watson and were much enjoyed mrs b howell read the bible lesson and mrs chos ti harris led in prayer owing to mr h g lowrie who spent the summer in mission work in the west being unable to take the services in the presbyterian church last sunday mr d p rowland of knox college very acceptably conducted the services and his ministry was much appreciated by the congregation holy communion was observed at st johns church last sunday mornings the regular monthly meeting of the rockwood womens institute is this thursday evening in the basement of the presbyterian church the eden mills institute are expected to be present and put on the program visitors during the weekend were mr and mrs everett e leviness of buffalo r mr and mrs robert croft toronto miss edna m fearen of dundas miss jean torrance of slmcoe dr fred hosking of hamilton mr and mrs w craig and son walter of toronto mr and mrs ed ward north of bran word mrs alex milne and miss lottie milne of guelph mr and mrs wm gllbertson miss wllda gllbertson and miss blanche milne of eden mills at mr and mrs max milnes miss margaret henderson is spending a few days at slmcoe with mr and mrs robf henderson mis wm dunbar returned home last week from a visit with friends near ottawa a few from rockwood and vicinity alt- tended the international flowing match last week near toronto mr thos weajiierston is busy in the erection of a garage on the property he bought last spring formerly owned by mr wm a mccullough the house has been leased to mr and mrs g h milne and family mr and mrs oeorge webster and son dennis of nelson b o are visiting mr and mrs frank day and family on their way home from england as result of the heavy frost sunday r morning patches of ice were noticed on tbxlwr the valley road there passed away at the general hospital guelph on tuesday evening october 9th mrs levi elsley of brook- vllle following an operation from which she neyerrecovered the funeral was held from her late residence at brook- ville on friday and was attended by a large circle of friends and relatives the service was conducted by her pastor rev r h somervllle of eden mills as sisted by rev m c candler of glen morris and rev c g jones of nas- sagaweya presbyterian churoh inter ment was made in ebenezer cemetery thebereaved husband and family have the deepest sympathy of the community in their sorrow again the grim reaper death has taken away- another resident of nas- sagaweya in the person of mr john h anderson of lot 23 concession 5 near knatchbull who passed suddenly away on tuesday evening october 16th from heart trouble deceased was the only son of the late joseph anderson and a lifelong resident of this community he was a bachelor and miss alice hume is his -housekeeperrthe-bereaved-ones-have- the sympathy of the community in their bereavement mr and mrs w f darby and son of- knatcbull visited relatives and friends in campbellville last sunday owing to anniversary services at eden mills united church there will be no service in the ebenezer united church next sunday eden miljls the womens institute met at mrs n s marshalls on thursday evening for business little marie gllbertson had the mis fortune a few days ago when oh her way home froni school- to fall off a democrat fracturing her l above the elbow she is doing fine on sunday a number of friends from toronto visited with mr and mrs john marshall ospringe the october meeting of the womens institute was held cm wednesday after noon at the home of mrs james duf- fleld town line with eighteen ladles present the president mrs d g robertson conducted the meeting in the absence of the secretary through illness the assistant secretary miss nellie aitken read the minutes num erous letters of thanks were read in appreciation of fruit and flowers receiv ed this department of work of the branch is very ably looked after by mrs george young and mrs r s mccutch- eon the roll call was well responded to by a remedy for colds cuts or poisons it was decided to hold a shower of fruit and vegetables for the childrens shelter guelph and all donations to be left at the store as soon as possible a beauti ful quilt was on display which had been made for a recent bride mrs e barber gave the current events and miss mary campbell read an especially interesting article on why be a parent the motto for the month the life that counts must helpful be the cares and needs of others see was the topic for a two minute speech very capably given by miss n aitken a splendid paper by mrs j dtiflield on relief proved quite interesting and told of the work being done by other branches along this line of work a couple of victrola selec tions enlivened the afternoons program at the close- of which an amusing name contest was conducted the winner being mrs george young a dainty lunch was served by the hostess and her assistants crewsons corners miss myrtle alrdrle was home from toronto on sunday mr and mrs burlingham arrived home from sault ste marie after spend ing a week visiting with relatives and friends mr tyler visited in toronto on sun day and attended at salvatjon army congress i mr william tuck has sold his farm and intends to move near fergus about january 1st service at the church as usual at 1100 sunday school at 1000 both services are in charge of the salvation army officers from georgetown ballinafad mr m campbell spent the weekend visiting with friends at klrkland lake anniversary services were held on sunday at melville church caledon quite a number from here attended there was no service in ballinafad united church rev mr waddell took the service here on sunday october 7th it being the sunday before his 77th birthday oc tober 12th at this service the congrega tion presented mr waddell with a church hymriary potato digging is the order of the day and they are a good crop georgetown miss marjorle mackenefe loft on monday to complete her course at king ston general hospital mr and mrs albert d tost george town announce the engagement of their daughter frances irene to harold cedric son- of mr and mrs john wheeler glenwllliams the marriage to take place saturday october 20th the jersey cow brampton viola radiator owned by d k mason george- townhas complete a record of 11169 lbs of milk 489 lbs of fat with an average test of 437 in 365 daysat 12 years of age judge mcllveen of the juvenile court was in town last thursday when fifteen boys appeared before him charged with trespassing breaking windows and doing other damage to property six others will appear today oh similar charges trinity college chapel toronto was the setting for a quiet wedding saturday afternoon last when ida daughter of mr and mrs christopher w wilkinson was united in marriage to harpin beau mont of glenwllliams son of mr jos beaumont of glenwilllams and the late mrs beaumont provost f h cosgrave officiated assisted by rev arthur smith herald burlington campbellville limehouse the last fair of the season was held in woodbridge on saturday last mr mark given attended with his span of high steppers and won first prize in three classes span and single high step per and the gentlemans turnout this makes a total of 16 first prizes besides seconds and thirds won this year mr john n newton is making pre parations to open his gravel pit again the township council will lnstal machinery in the near future and roads will again be gravelled from that pit mr r mulder has commenced the erection of a new house on his lot formerly known as adam darlings fire destroyed a good home on this place a few years ago and only a shack has been there since this is being torn down to make room for a nice frame cottage harvesting the root and apple crop is occupying the attention of a great many jthese fine days some excellent yields of potatoes and mangolds off less than two acres seems a big crop and 25 bags return and upwards of potatoes is also good good roads and excellent weather encourages plenty of motoring during weekends some of the visitors notic ed were mr and mrs geo tustln and family of toronto mr and mrs w t mills and family and mrs r b storey of toronto mr and mrs gowdy mr and mrs kennedy and miss nettle gowdy of guelph and mr and mrs d m gowdy andfamily of toronto mrs cooney and harold spent most of last week at the cottage cleaning up and putting things in shape for winter they returned home saturday mrs john meredith spent the week end with friends in toronto if the will and the time always went together how much we should be able to do robert hugh benson anniversary services were held in st davids church on sunday last rev mr thomson of toronto having charge of the service splendid music was rendered by st davids choir assisted by mrs rev c g jones who con tributed a solo at each service the oldfashioned teumeeting which was held on monday evening was a decided success mr selby campbell of toronto spent sunday at the home of mr e d mahon miss florence elliot of puslinch was the guest of miss lillian mcphail for the weekend miss e carson of toronto spent the weekend at the home of mr t h snyder of guelph junction mr and mrs w vanslckle and mr and mrs jack elliot left on tuesday on a motor trip to ottawa mr and mrs jack robertson and family of moffat spent sunday at the hoine of mr c roberts mr and mrs bert lowroy of eden mills spent sunday at the home of mr alexander moore mr and mrs w boles and family of guelph visited at the home of mr c a elsley on sunday mrs mitchell and son billy are spending a few days at her sisters mrs c roberts mr bert emmons was the guest of his aunt mrs george agnew on sunday mr hugh ross and mr and mrs carl ross of puslinch spent sunday at the home of mr t moore mr james moore of eden mills is renewing old acquaintances in the village this week miss helen robertson was home from whitby ladies college for the thanks- fiving holidays mrs f w templin returned home on monday night from visiting friends at kingston ontario town clerk j j hobson who under went an operation at the hamilton general hospital last wednesday is progressing as well as can be expected mrs tracy freeman underwent an operation last friday at the hamilton general hospital and her friends will bo pleased to know that her condition is quite satisfactory earl connelly had the misfortune to have his hund crushed in a machine at the basket factory last friday and had to be taken to hospital for treatment after having the wounds treated he re turned home and is progressing nicely about nine oclock on saturduy morn ing last the firemen received a call to a fire which had broken out in a truck opposite the brant inn rev capt w c riddiford received notice on thursday mornirig from the assistant provincial secretary mr f v johns that pursuant to an order-in- council dated the 2nd instant the lieutenantgovernor by commislon had appointed him a justice of the peace for the district in which burlington is situated gazette the difference an old gentleman saw a group of small boys in the park and asked one of the number what game they were going to play youngster cricket were going to play a game of canada versus africa old gentleman are some of you going to black your faces then youngster oh nof some of us ore going to wash ihem purity is power men instinctively trust one whose life is clean and whom men trust they follow if you are right fully ambitious the first step is righte ousness getaway from tlmt languid tired feeling caused by a lary liver parkes liver tone quickly tones up a lazy liver and soon restores you to norma it is also a greit aid in stomach disorders a months treat- went for 100 a t brown druggist maxwell r stark r o optometrist will be at rachlins store acton on friday october 19th phone 145 for appointment toronto address suite 205 medical dental building 455 spadinaayenne kx 2232 milton on saturday last george brownridge omaghrleft a noxall potato at the champion office which weighed 2 lbs 2 ozs mr and mrs jas robinson and son william of london ont visited mr and mrs p e urcll over the weekend adam d sproat is miltons new tax collector mr sproat will receive 150 and a three per cent commission on back taxes mr and mrs w r hagyard of pitts- field mass who have been visiting his brother and sister stephen hagyard and mrs hodge stark esquesing township returned home yesterday mr and mrs robert t amos moffat announce the engagement of their second daughter- annie may to thomas ivan being told about 73 loads of mangolds richardson son of mr and mrs thomas richardson campbellville marriage to take place this month while driving up martin street on sunday night a car- driven by charles sayers hornby collided with that of jack thompson bronte the occupants of both cars were severely shaken but no one was hurt the ease of two motherles boys aged 10 and 0 being left in milton by their father william robinson was outlined to the town council by g f thompson superintendent of the oordon honjie for children it was learned by provincial constable cpokman of milton that mr robinson was in liverpool england and recently a letter was received from him asking that his possessions be sold and his children sent to him only 118 was realized from the sale and in order to send the flioys to their father wo require probably 40 more the boys must be clothed too mr thompson said council unanimously greed that mr thompson be allowed whatever sums would be required champion oakville as the result of an auto crash on the dundas highway half a mile east of palermo on september 26th in which four cars were involved f michaels tor onto was fined 1000 and 2600 costs for negligent driving in police court on friday morning oakville horsemen carried off several of the major prizes at the esquesing agricultural society 88th annual fall fair on saturday allan mackay finish ed first in the steeplechase and his two horses companion and grand prin cess finished second and third in the flat race which was won by g e mor- den oakville star george g coote m p of macleod alta is visiting his niece mrs d q wiggins a spectacular fire destroyed an old unoccupied stucco house on the lower middle road between the sixth and seventh lines of trafalgar sunday even ing a motion protesting against the grant ing of an authority to sell beer to the oakville house navy and colborne streets was passed by the board of education at tuesdays meeting jack miller and claire lalng placed second in the horseshoe pitching contest at the georgetown fair saturday and a morden won the mile open race bob burford 12yearold soribf mr and mrs r w burford maple avenue had a narrow escape when he slipped off the scow used on he dredging opera tions in the harborsaturday afternoon record an old bones the millions of bones that are thrown away every year help to make a flourish ing industry their byproducts and uses are practically endless and there is no waste bones go through many stages first they are boiled until all the fat is extracted this is made into glycerine and certain types of lubricants shin and marrow bones are used for making handles the rest arc ground into fine powder in vast mills and have on infinite number of uses a certain amount of this powder is used to moke bonemanure and bonemeal for farm ers it is extremely valuable sugar salt and other refineries utilize bones in some of tlielr refuiingprocesses bones are also used for casehardening cast steel the worst part of old bones is their powerful arid penetrating odor which strange to say is not in the least harmful asthmatics and those suffer ing wlthilung trouble often find relief when working in such on atmosphere talent without energy la like a steam engine without steam and if you care not about it you will soon become- in capable of labor though filled with the wisdom of the ages sir ronald ross join our christmas club now we are featuring some splendid merchandise comprising smokers end tables coffeetables lamps shades cushions radiotables radio lamps pictures fancy tables card tables occasional chairs etc we invite you to join our christmas club yo may- purchase any articleby paying a small deposit we will hold any purchased goods until wanted for delivery before christmas make your choice now while the stock is fresh and new johnstone rumley home furnishings and funeral directors phone 30 acton ontario monarch paintenamel varnish regular price per quart 100 for the next 10 days special sale price 59c quart monarch house paint cream ivory light green buff white and ground monarch porch and floor enamel light and dark grey medium brown yellow monarch quickdrying enamel white ivory and nile green monarch alluse varnish james symon mill street acton ontario phone 49 strayed strayed to east half lot 27 conces- sion 4 nassagaweya 2 polled angus yearlings owner may recover by prov ing property and paying expenses chas darby ford averages 2175 miles per gallon in 10354 mile economy run five times around the maritimes 96 of it on gravel roads steep grades sharp curves day and night fog and rain official statement of new brunswick automobile association mileage during the ave laps around nova scotia and new brunswick a total mileage of 10354 miles was covered time a net running time of 290 hours 13 minutes was obtained with an average speed of 356 miles per hour gasoline during the run 476 gallons of gasoline were consumed or an average of 2175 per gallon oil nil over and above regular changes oil was changed every l0d0 miles walter only a total of 5 quarts of water were added to the radiator during the whole 10354 mile trip repairs and replacements excluding tires at retail cost 276 was spent on repairs during the entire trig norton motors phone 69 acton ontario watch the fords go by united ojhurrhnf oanada acton minister kt c i poole b d parsonage bower aveium 1200 noon sunday school and blblo class 1100 a m eev g p n atkinson b a of carlisle 700 p m service withdrawn on ac count of knox church anniversary tuesday 800 p m young peoples league citizenship meeting with mr george r poole in charge everybody welcome jpreabyterian knox chtjbch acton rev b l bennie h a minister manse willow street sunday october 21st 1934 anniversary sunday 1000 a m the sabbath school 1100 o m and 700 p m public worship rev g lloyd evans b d special music anniversary anthems always welcome saptiat uhurrlj acton g b easter pastor sunday october 21st 1934 sunday school 1000 a m 1100 a m public worship the stored soul third in series on twenty- third psalm no evening service unclassified small advertisements advertisements under this heading one cent per word minimum charge 2c per insertion five insertions for ioo if paid cash loc additional is charged where items have to be booked for sale dodge coupe apply j b mackenzte son notice norman deforest and david deforest have dissolved partnership david deforest for sale yorkshire sows with litters for sale apply r n brown phone 40rl2 acton wanted lady with phone to act as represen tative of guelph business firm earn liberal commission in spare time write box 37 free press for sale a number of feather pillows woollen blankets also a kitchen stove in good condition apply mrs mellon for rent house to rent no 17 the crescent apply geo mtlls 452 margueretta st toronto help wanted male or female for store work part time or full tune give references or state previous experience box 39 free press for rent modern house with garage to rent furnished or unfurnished possession immediately apply to a leishman box 522 acton card of thanks for the many kindly enquiries flowers and neighborly visits and helpfulness of all during my recent illness i am very appreciative jas e mcmillan for sale r s williams upright mahogany piano perfect condition price com plete with bench 5000 terms if desired apply margaret harrison bower avenue strayed ewe lamb strayed to the premises of the undersigned owner may have same by proving property and paying expenses d f west lot 7 first line erin phone rockwood 61r4 163 auuction sale an auction sale of household fur niture of the estate of the late mrs mary e nelson will toe held on satur day october 20th at two oclock at the residence main street acton terms cash 15 2 r j kerr auctioneer fox meat wanted will buy horses injured cattle or any thing suitable for fox meat at any time phone promptly as meat must be in good condition small power or heavy hand straw cutting box wanted must bet reasonable vannatter pox farm- 38tf phone b5r 31 oeoorcetowb guaranteed new j at 94jifc an kind f new asslll r a qijmj