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fa j r racae two the ackjflji free pkesfc thtjbsday dbgembkr 27th ibm r v e- bte uttjr alton jffrtr prraa published eetr thursday at aetna ontario advance subscription ratesfa t jew to ueited state jec additional siagle conies fc bath old and in addressee should b circa whea chaaase of address is requested cancellations wc 6na that atort of oeax anb- acribcra prefer not to have their arabseriptioa intermpted la caaa the fill to remit before expiration while anb- ecnptioa will not be carried in arrears over an extended periodalyet unless we arc notified to cancel are neansae the aabneriber wishea the service contjnned xaaalttances ahonld be saade by registered letter aaoner order or cheque advxstisnigitates legal motiees lac per line for first insertion le per line for each subsequent inaertloo seeders roe per line for each insertion if in black face type se per line additional notices qualuriaa aa cora- rag attractions each as concerts entertainmenta church society or orean meetings 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remiss if we came to the close of 1934 and allowed the opportunity to passi without expressing our gratitikde to our friends- busi ness associates and everyone for the many kind nesses that have been scattered throughout its days and nights and made it such a pleasant year any unkindness we forgive as we hope to be forgiven but at the close of the year it is much more pleasant to recall only those things which make the sunshine of life as we recall these in minds review it is truly with a spirit of thankfulness that we prepare to close the year 1934 to enumerate those who have been contributory to this happy culmination would only allow the possibility of an omission so to one and all we here in the free press editor and staff say thank you all for your assistance in our cooperative effort to give acton a newspaper and printing plant worthy of the community iwe have enjoyed 1934 serving with you and can only hope that in 1935 and the years following that we may serve in the same happy relationships canadian wheat pools at its recent annual meetingttield in regina the saskatchewan wheat pool was able to present a statement showing substantial progress notwith standing poor crops in a considerable area of that province total grain handled by the pool during th year was slightly over 60000000 bushels ajid working capital increased from 3390854 in the previous year to 6017831 in 1929 the wheat pooh of the western provinces paid their members some 22000000 more than the grain brought when finally sold financing under the conditions arising from this over payment which are due to the sudden drop in grain prices in the 1929 crop year was made pos sible by support extended by the provincial govern- ad varices with the exception of approximately 1- 300000 which was written off by the government of manitoba the first payment of principal came due in the fall of 1933 and payment of principal and in terest was made by the three pool organizations principatand interest baye again been paid in j 934 the amount so paid by the various pools being manitoba 233741 saskatchewan 1132304 berta 453425 total 1189470 tub sunday school lesson fok sunday december soul tests op a christian oolden text whosoever believetb that jesus is the christ jsvbegotten of god and whosoever lovcth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten ot him 1 john 6 1 lesson text 1 john 5 112 study also john 15 1211 time about 65 a d place ephesus exposition i belief in jesus as the christ 13 this is the third virtual repetition of this truth in johns epistle cf chap 4 2 15 what is this believing cited in hath not lite this passage it is that which our lord i pcl 3 36 1 most any town a town that never has anything to do in a public way is on the way to the cemetery any citizen who will do nothing for his town is helping to dig the grave a man who curses the town furnishes the coffin the man who is so selfish as to have no time from his business to give to town affairs is making a shroud the man who will not advertise is driving the hearse the man who is always pulling back from any public enterprise throws bouquets on the grave the man who is sostingy as to be howling hard times preaches the sermon sings the dbxology and thus the town lies buried from all sorrow and care deseronto post thankfulness and optimism consideredasi municipality acton can come to the close of 1934 with every cause for thanksgiving taken in a municipal way its records accounts etc show every reason for thankfulness not only has the imrtncipality held during the depressed period but made definite advancement toward improved financial condition and a lowering of the debt nearly everyone of the industries located in acton have maintained during the year almost complete staffs of employees and this has been the leading factor in making for the success of the municipality and its undertakings it has kept the call for reltgf assist ance to a minimum and in consequence the morale of the residents has not been lowered now with every indication that 1935 will continue the upward trend slightly visible in 1934 the community as a whole can face the future with a good deal of optimism editorial notes a happy and prosperous 1935- to all the clean new calendars can be put in place next tuesday police courts and the true christmas spirit do not go together there was no session this afternoon of the weekly court in acton monday next is nomination day in many centres municipal offices in acton are all filled and officials ready to assume duty on january 7th and after the holiday season hockey skating curling and ajiew y m c a whojwas it said that life in a small town must be monotonous most everyone except the chap who bought christmas gifts onthe instalment plan is agreed that after all christmas is a wonderful time of year printers across canada up in arms the decision of the federal government to print a large proportion of the dominion voters lists at the kings printer department at ottawa instead of sending the work out to local printers in the con stituencies is the cause of plenty of criticism in the printing fraternity what object the government has in mind is difficult to say and if economy is in the background the department will find that little will be saved in the first place a considerable invest ment in machinery must be made before the kings printer could undertake such a huge task and apart from this side of the question much higher wages will be paid in the ottawa plant than is paid in small community plants it is doubtful if the government follows out this policy whether they will save any thing we are confident that the centralization of the work is detrimental to its correctness and also to the hundreds of near idle printersacross canada the returning officers and others concerned are going to have a sweet time sending copy through to ottawa having proofs sent back then corrections sent back to ottawa again and finally returned for final proof reading we just wonder whether the election will be next year or the year after if its next year the government will nave to think up a different plan with regard toprinting voters lists guelph has won two league hockey games with out the assistance of the disputed players pretty soon the royal city will vie with the queen city for the title of hog town and all those beautiful christmas wrappings are now in the wastepaper baskets or burned up but the thoughtfulness and care that shaped the wrapping is a beautiful memory war and rumors of wars continue in spite of all the peace regulations and conferences- can the demand be traced to the kindred interests who demand freer sale of beer on and after tuesday next persons in possession of unregistered revolvers or pistols are liable to a 50 fine or imprisonment or both the place to reg ister possession of these is with the local police the forests of canada cover 1150000 square miles or about one third of the total land area of the country the stand of merchandise timber is estimated at 165880000000 cubic feet valued at j 1689000000 bowmanville statesman it canadas domestic exports during october 1934 were valued at 67749000 and show a gain of 7259000 compared with exports valued at 60489- 1000 jnoctober 1933 silver producers in canada reported an output of 1333597 ounces in september as compared with 1725673 ounces in august and 1258432 ounces in september of last year production during the first nine months of 1934 totaled 12008278 ounces or 52 per cent above the output in the corresponding period of 1933 an absurd situation developed in the recent election in fort erie where two property owners could not qualify because their taxes were not paid in full but several people who were receiving town relief could qualify since they owned no property and therefore could owe no taxes it is an anom- ally that such should be the case the only persons who should be qualified to sit on the council are property owners and they should have their taxes paid hanover post exhorted his disciples to exercise and which they in turn enjoined upon all who proteased to name the name ol their common lord and master it 1s that to which salvation is everywhere appended ta the word of ood it is moreover the duty ol all men jesus christ is worthy ol the confidence ot all believers and it therelore is their bounden duty to confide in him at the same time this faith wherever it exists is in every case without excep tion the gilt ot ood and the work ot the holy spirit he has wrought all our works in us and our faith too one might ask must not a man repent as well as believe the reply is no man ever believed in jesus but what he repented at the same time faith and repentance go together 11 i trust christ to save me from sin i am at the same time repenting ot sin and my mind is changed in relation to sin and every thing else that has to do with it all fruih meet tor repentance are contained in faith itself faltri in jesus christ as the son ol god and the saviour of man kind what flows out ot this love we must love if we- are begotten of cmd all those who also are born ot gdd efet a man loves ood and then he loves all those whom ood has be gotten despite the errors and infirmi ties he may see in them being himself abjencompassed about with infirmities the common faith which is indicated by the common faith in trie great redeemer is to bind as one to another ii overcoming the world 411 the christians life is a lengthened contest with the worlduness that sur rounds hun none can avoid this con test and the forms in which this war fare must be maintained aie many and dangerous and can be withstood only by determined resistance yet whatso ever is born of god overcometh the world and it is faith which secures for the christian believer his victory his mind becomes occupied with the lofty themes relating to the person and work of christ h in comparison with these all ocuer things tail into insignifi cance in his esteem by such contem plation he is encouraged by considering his masters example and those who have conformed to him they conquer ed and so may he moreover his faith carries into close and intimate inter course with eternity thereby brlnginga mighty talluoncc to bear on him which alienates his attachments to the allure ments and socalled pleasures of this present world this is the victory which overcometh the world even our faith itt the possession of the lord jesuo 12 he that hath the son hath life ths ls the keyword of this passage it is the supreme as it is the indispensable test of a christian it is gods mark upon a living soul whatever else we cannot see in a man if a simple trust in jesus is discernible he can be re ceived as a bother beloved the pos session of the lord jesus becomes a clear evidence of life because he is the source the fountain the nourishment of life while the branch is vitally in the stem of a tree if the tree be alive it will have life and every christian believer knows that christ ls alive once and for evermore in another aspect of this great and glorious truth haying the son is not only a source of life but the result of life when a man receives jesus into his soul bis faith is a sure indicator of a spiritual and mysterious force within hum in the power of which he is able to receive the lord which ls the highest possess on possible to man but note that this means something very much more than to possess an intellectual knowledge of him it ls something more than to admire his character and to glory in his atoning work it is to possess his disposition to have his spirit and this possession involves the highest life eternal life in thjs connection docs not mean eternal existence merely but eternal goodness and eternal goodnes is the parade of the soul to possiao christ is to attain a life of supremacy it means to be in the highest sense a king it means moresver to be pos sessed by selfoblivious devotion not my wu but thine be done it should be observed hee that no man is named specifically in this great passage- he that bath the son hath life god al mighty when he speaks from the throne of revelation speaks to all mankind he does not b his word lay hold on the local the conventional the chronological the transitory 1n man mark the decisive grandeur of this for it intimates a connection between our nature now and our condition hereafter possession of christ now fa possession for ever every stone which is now laid to the spiritual fabric la to form part of an ascending structure which is to rise higher and higher towards per fection through the everlasting ages the possession of christ moreover con notes three marvellous conditions thirl unfathomable mystery ot heaven the infinite mercy of earth and the miracle of all eternity beyond all sustainable argument the test of a christian ls the possession of christ he the believer has but one centre one circumference jesus in the beginning in the middle and without end but the final word of this twelfth verse must not be over looked he that hath not the son hath not life this eternally true yet as some say oldfashioned theol ogy with its stern phraseology has fallen largely into disuse by reason of the fact that those whose business it is to direct attention to it are sadly remiss in their duty nevertheless the grim distinc tion must be retained and there is great need for a renewed emphasis being laid upon it he that hath not the son and as john in his oos- he that believeth not the son shall not see life but the wrath of god abldeth on him as the year closes may we solemnly recognize that in this passage the entire gospel is con tained greeting bow swiftly the wheels of time speed us past lifes milestones already we are hearing the boundary line of an- etheryear it seems but yesterday that the summer zephyrs sighed through the trees and stirred their foliage laden branches yethow the falling of the confetti of the skies the snow bespeaks the departure of the old year and the advent of a new as together dear friends we begin our journey along the unknown and un- travelled pathway of 1935 let us take with us a full measure of that expec tancy and happiness and that equip ment of couage and faith which is alone the christians how fitting that sweet christmas should come to console the old tear m i his dying moment i at this happy gift season of the year may we meditate long in the most sacred chambers of the heart over that wonderful gif tchiist may gratitude overwhelm us beehive golden corn syrup a great energy food when dining oct blast of us in the course of the simple menus provided by home cooking find few awkward problems of eating etl- i quette to bother us writes a lletltlan but in everyones life comes an occa sional party and sure enough a dish appears that presents a problem how should it be tackled in spite of your curiosity- abou the strange dish you find yourself refusing it for fear of com mitting some grievous social error let us take some typical problems aspara gus for instance ls often served with small tongs for lifting when no tongs are provided it ls taken one stick at a time between finger and thumb the green head ls dipped into whatever sauce is served and the soft part only is eaten aspaiagus is very tender when cooked and you can easily pull off the head daintily with lips and teeth raw celery is not cut with a knife the right way to eat it ls the obvious way simply pick it upj and bite for melon take a spoon and fork us ing the fork for holding and eating from the spoon the brown powder sometimes intimacy of the family circle but only- one of which can be counted correct- at a formal party soup should be taken from the aide of the spoon a little towards the poms dont have your spoon brimming full and when you are finishing do not tttt the plate dont try to cut crisp rolls with m knife it can be positively dangerous i brealc your roll into small pieces an use the knife only for buttering at a formal party large fruit uke oranges apples or pears should not be peeled or handled with the fingers tjaa your silver fruit knife and fork both for peeling and eating never remove fish bones from the mouth with your flnger3 should one find its way into your mouth remove ft mm inconspicuously as possible with the aid of your fork take out as many as pos sible while the fish ls stl1 on your plate sauces and condiments are added to food with the point of the knife not by dipping the food into them except bx the case of asparagus and celery con diments by the way should be placed crossing the rubicon close together on the righthand side ot served with melon is ground ginger you j down your knife and fok when they are not actually in use dont keep them poised in the air lay them at a narrow angle until you have artnafly finished then put them close together and flnary when drinking water or any other beverage keep your elbow dose to your side as you lift your glass the rubicon was the old name of a stream which separates cisalpine gaul hand and italy proper caesar by crossing lemon it in 49 b c virtually declared war against the republic for this reason the expression carries the idea of taking an irrevocable step need not take it unless you i wish caviare is generally served with fingers of dry toast holding a piece of toast with the fingers use a fish knife to put a little of caviare which by the way is simply sturgeons roe on the end of the toast and bite off just as much toast as you have covered oysters on the halfshell are eaten with a fork only the shell being held lightly with the fingertips of the other oysters are served with slices of which should be held in the knew what he wanted fingeis and squeezed over them even with more familiar foods there are often two ways of eating them either of which would be permissible in the grandpa why dae ye want toe be policeman when ye grow up donam donald sos i can see fltba matches for nap thing an stand in front o the crowd a happy desr customtr many thanks or your iplcndid support thioush- oul the old year and may l merit continuance of it tkroutjhout the new one carroir limited holiday dinners ginger ale 15 contents of urge bottle table figs fancy ib package 17 mixed nuts 17c in shell lb kraft custard mincemeat wax beans corn cut from fresh loaves lb harry homes powder 17 choice irfpedfents lachine golden 2 no 2 tins aylmer golden bantam dressing 23v 233 25 19 19 blue ribbon real good tea 39 i aylmer pumpkin 9 choice candy various kinds plum pudding wagstafles 15orlgaztb 35 shortcake biscuits educator dundee 2 35c oualitr frst2 i economy always fresh firm fruit lemons 25c dozen free delivery phone 158 seedless 3 f 01 17c grapefruit mill street phone u acton ontaiftc av 3