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m 7 77 jmitom r w lft ttjwairt owjh hi ftpty sboothow ifcwutlt the lost vacation fws what x think twtmid amy to ml dsbbsttlmt ott dear me wber ul ttr fa all the feet that went a- wpctlnc uj gaa wt and out and in llattntf and round ma awnplng witt today th mlm at play are the only eotims x hear wher an all the mue men whet each uuse udyt bttmti in the gwaet gram field somm in woodlands shady some afloat in painted boat ohda aim with aaiy motion 06ktteare buddh aandy towers y the mf bin otan war away shout at play are tha nly aoundt x hear yettow leaves an falling now cttantrtima t wbt thay win soon return to nt vwy little rover ditto and bay with pleasant noue mappf utus toless humming they will gather round my door utol they are coming liattthter sweet and hurrying feet are the merry sounds i hear twenty years ago free os baa i the fe ryess f jaly 11th ltlt new bam on the farm was successfully raised yesterday the old swtmmln holes both at fairy lake and at corporation pand arj ntoch eommkalon theae days the members or action 1- o i and visiting brethren to the number of sixty- five paraded to the baptist church on flnnday e although the weather on ssonday vrcnlns waa not ideal for lawn socials there waa a good attendance at the kp worth league eoelal at the home of lira alex brown third line jmffft hector mcdonald of the royal air porce visited acton frlenda during ever they were known u uncle and aunty yfe to the community and theae war the namea lnrarlably ued by the children vtt o t hu1 a neigh bor named one of her eons for them henry fyie hill ur vyfe died at a ripe old age leaving hie wife a lonely widow she survived a number of yean but was never without friend about the time of aunty fyfe decease oharkar too jr and emma mcoarvtn eldest daughter of dr n ucdarvln were married they bought the then vacant home improved it and their ex perience was love in a cottage really and truly charles was actons photo artist he did good work a aplendld trade and was popular with everybody xvery- rhlngwas neat and attractive about the home but charles had ambitions and his talents and business enterprise were worthy of a wider sphere after looking about he finally settled in monroe mich after mr and mra hill removed to monroe mr and mrs j e mooarvlu secured this property they had been living over the drug store where mr and i mm a t brown now reside they spent a number of years here then mov ed to kitchener and later to toronto from toronto mr mcoarvln went to mexico city mexico to try his fortunes and won financial success but its tome years since he passed away and bj interred in falrvtew after mr uoore had been there about ten years or so ha bought the tore of land from frederick street to the qtjl tracks and built the house now owned by the orr family hta friend and boy hoods companion john matthews and his family resided at- the maples for several years when john sharp retired from his farm on the second line over sixty years ago he bought this property mr moore was a great lover of trees and had the borders of the property pretty well plant ed with maples spruce and poplar and other shade trees mr sharp thought they made the house damp and proceed ed to thin out about twothird of the trees there was a general protest on the part of the neighbors but the old man waa abdurate and the trees went down as the years passed it was rather generaly admitted that mr sharp was right and that the place looked better with fewer trees and shrubs but the old man was ambitious and concluded to have a new bouse this was bunt on church street and is now occupied by mr and airs roland elliott james moore was the next owner of the property he bought it in 1879 and he and mrs acoore lived there very happily for ten years when they moved with their family to the fine brick resid ence now occupied by dr e j nelson and which was the home of dr and mrs the next family to occupy this homo clray for about twenty years sara w b intng and daughters rma and fielma or francis saskatchewan arrived last weak to spend the summer in the old home bokn sfflar at balunafad on thursday june 97th 1019 to mr and mm will flpeai a daughter died stsspasekqotv in acton on friday july wh 101a anthony stephenson in his ggth year wmuwukhm his residence booth avenue toronto on thursday july 4th 1919 william james ferryman in his tjrd year dibect llotost bouts fftom fttaibjks to facificj one of the most spectacular travel routes available to motorists in panada is that unking thr prairies with the pacific passing through the very heart i or the rockies this road traverses the great mountain playgroundi of banff and yobo national parks providing ac cess to such famous beauty spots as banff leake louise moraine take and the valley of the ten peaks emerald lke and the yoho valley this direct route from winnipeg to vancouver forma the western half pf the transcanada highway and is continu ous except for a portion of the road from oomen bc to revelstokc bc pend ing completion of this stretch known as the big bend highway motor tourists schoeder now winning laurels the laurels that we may have won are not as props on which to lean we must press on be never done to keep them fresh and evergreen its well to be not satisfied with the attainments of- the past but aim to make a forward stride so that our laurels long may last the law of life is growth we see and all the plants that dormant lie are found to fade and cease to be for aoon they shrivel up and die ambition la a force that drives and 1 of progress a good test by which man pushes on and strives to do his utmost or his best no laurels never are the props designed to lean upon for lol they fade in life of one who stops and does not some improvement show when at our best we must progress and onward upward seek to rise tls new achievements mean success along that way perfection lies john e smith thr editor iclu me that some of the other fellows about town are checking up on my recollrctiona and they are not correct in every respect im willing to admit many mistakes and im just writ ing thtse screeds from memory just hand the editor ft letter with the cor rections and ill be glad to make these changes in my column but now to get on to bower avenue again the first houses built on this avenue after it became a thoroughfare ere the cottage that was incorporated into the house in which mr and mrs was mr and mrs james cobban thl was another family which earned the esteem of nil the people mr and mrs cobban were splendid citizens they vwere both active workers in knox church and sunday school and their family was a comfort to them and a credit to the town mr cobban who was for many years an expert workman in the tannery died very suddenly mrs cob ban lived for a number of years after her husbands call home few families have been so diversely scattered mitchell the onry son graduated from tnx fsxz pans and has since occupied leading positions in the printing business in toronto ottawa and winnipeg he is now an honored citizen of the western metropolis mangle married dr a c elliott and i think they are now in ed monton nettle married john mcdcrmlt snd he ts now postmaster of george town and clara is the wife of mr jackson of calgary mr and mrs moore were prominent workers in the methodist church and when they got settled at the maples they gave the minister at that time rev j w xtockstader a home with them rev john c stevenson succeeded mr docks tnder and he also came to live with them after getting settled in his new charge rev mr stevenson went to ireland for the girl he left behind him and he and annie collier were joined in the bonds of holy wedlock in belfast when they reached acton they went to the maples and were there for a year or so the maples was consequently the methodist parsonage for two min isters when mr and mrs james moore mov ed into their new home they sold the old place to h p moore for fourteen years mr and mrs moore enjoyed life there from this domicile their only son went to the old school to high school at george town snd to the collegiate institute at another family of pioneers occupied hamilton hiey dispensed hospitality this cottage in the persons of mr and and the young people spent many a mrs robert brown when they left the pleasant hour there those who knew farm on the first line near crewaons h p best have full knowledge of his corners they made their home there love for trout fishing well ttie maples the old gentleman died there full of as admirably situated for him to ln- yeara and leaving the family a worthy dulge in this attractive pastime he heritage mrs brown survived for sev- could slide out of the back door across era years the road to the pond or up to smiths about twelve or fifteen years ago the creek and no one would be the wiser property was secured by mr frank and many a fine creel of speckled beau- holmes he transformed it into a mod- ties he brought home he was always em dwelling and it now resembles little so proud of his skill as a fisherman that of the former white cottage so well known his catch was invariably divided among to many of us i his frlnnda and being one of these i i think tile mapl4 was built a few tared sumptuously once in a while years before the snyder cottage tho in 189b mr moore built hie new home c moore one of the first to reside here moorecrofl on the site of his birthplace planted the big maple at the corner and nd that was thr home of the family several of the others theme trees gave until his death just seven year ago the place lui pretty name the maples j mrs moore and the only son reside there i sallys sallies live and the maples may bridge the gap by shipping their n cozy home of mr and mrs james automobiles by rail as in the past few mcintosh at thr corner of frederick years a dally automobile transport ser- street the cottage was built by ell vice hi each direction between golden snyder nearly eighty years ago as a re- -i- j ior unuieir and family ell was an expert carpenter and when he was learning hl trudr he specialised on fine interior finish in those days they had motoring in the rocklps provides one u best of clear yellow pine for which of the unforgettable thrills of a vaca- liln ect1on was famuus and u good car and rcwelstoke will be provided by the canadian pacific railway during the 1098 season commencing june lath and ending september lath uon spent in canada and offers splen did opportunluee to become acquainted with nature in her most magnificent set ting motorists who visit the v national parks of the rockies for the first ume are agreeably surprised at the extent and excellence of the well graded standard highways all of which are kept in the penter could make a mlfihty fine piece of uork whllr mr uttd mrs snyder lived in this housr mrs snyders father and mother mr and mr philip ilcmstreet lived with litem for a year or two after a couple of yrura utere mr snyder oought thr farm an queen street at the best of condition during the touring third line and built a larger house there ww whct np lcft tni b avenue house he sold it to mr and mrs pyf dear 1st have been considered so as to ensure old couple who had lived previously at easy gradients safety and ouutandlng balunafad i think they lived there for views along the way with the excep- many years and enjoyed the esteem of uon of glacier national park on the summit of the selkirk range in south eastern british columbia reached only by rati all national parks are accessible by motor car in selecting the routes for high ways the needs of the tourist and motor picobac dimming lights probably 99 out of every loo autu mo bile drivers woukl approve the practice of dimming headlights when approaching a oar despite all the adjustments on lamps thr glare from headlights li still serious and tends to blind drivers yet registrar ooudwm condemns the practice and ho has a strung argu ment hr colls it dangerous to pedes trians since lor a brief space a driver cannot clearly act- the road ahead in dimming his lights a driver might well fail to see anyone walking along thr aide of the road or crossing the street the remedy would seem to be to deflect tights slightly to the right while still easting a beam on the road ahead some of the newer cars have this device it rottht be made compulsory boston peat pipe tobacco wlwmn sngb in hts bulh it shows thai he is happy- thai thf door wont lock and enjoy aetna with itw hum joy that h p moore toundln llfeums of tttu- ke in hit iuve town jtmm mefiitoth bought 111 mania when maorecrort received the moore femlly mv and mri jama momteeh are wry happy in their home there it always uenu to me they aet ai if their honeymoon hae never ended no place lke home seems to be their motto always lucemostother homesthey lost their two boys bothjof whom msde homes lor themselves esrly1nthelr career prsnk the elder still lives in the old town roy hss a splendid business in oshawa where he has lived for some years and thats the history ef the first twar houses built on bower- avenue a ing guide brfoiv you ortlrr dinner at a restaur ant you consult the hilloffarc before you take a long trip by motor car you pore over road maps before you start out on a shopping trip you should consult the advertisements in this paper for the same reasons the advertising columns are a buying guide to you in the purchase of everything you need including amuscments a guide that save your time and conserves vour energy that saves useless steps and guards against false ones that puts the stretcb in family budgets the advertisements in this paper are so interesting it is difficult to sec how any one could overlook them fail to profit by them just check with yourself and be sure that you are reading tin ad vertisements regularly the big ones and the little ones it is time well spent alwavs the acton free press is your buying guide avoid timewasting moneywast ing detours on the road to mer chandise value read the adver tising road maps muggs and skeeteit y wmote ptctoki tfi ftosies for rsmso otb ooukh motorist istopped for spsdlm whsl i know about drrrtnf would fjrj a book j nonstable yes sir and wbat youj dsavt know win as mine by wally bis