The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

thursday april 6th ltt the acton free press rao aavm smuno im clad lfa salter time again ud spring it always makes me feel so gay whan bammtr near 1 jeel as if im free again and fevery- thjnga ao bright im not ao aorrs winter eon and hid den tait of tight im glad th bird ar hero onoe mora to aing in trees x low to walk along the road and foi the brfeeuj ita great to wander in the wood be neath the glorlou nun tv go back home and wishing that the day had jiut begun i m glad the warmer weather here and snow is gone the streams are flowing freely on and on it fun to watch the little children play ing in the stream i hardly realise its spring or u it just a dretm im glad ltd time again to seo the marbleji on the street and also little girl with skipping ropes around uieir feet all these are signs that winters bone and spring la here for aoon tlie summer days will come with all their clieer twenty years ago from the issue of the free prui of thursday april joth 1010 after uirec month consideration the council has at last secured a clerk and treasurer ilnrold nash parmer who succeed nt to uie legal business of uic late a j moklnnon in january received the appointment mr r m mcdonald wai appointed chief of ihc fire brigade and my alex ftean qnglnoor and mr james mills assistant engineer pte tlion double of umchousc pto melforl collier pte henry dobblc of kitchener pte olaronce matthews flap per arthur ii porton arrived home dur ing uie week pte and mrs frank day and children left on monday to spend the summer in england with his father and mother at uie gpworth league meeting last week the program waif in uie form or a board of trade banquet and re organiza tion into a chamber of commerce the theme of the adddrouas was the better ment of acton 33uvo shoe manufacturing concerns are enquiring if the new shoe factory building is available neighbors and friends of mr and mrs sl w grace and family spent a social time with thorn prior to their removal to their new home on the fifth line a mantle clock and silver butter dish wore presented to them born adsott at trenton on monday april 7th 1010 to mr and mrs fred ad- sett a daughter mcpimnsolo at hartney man on monday sjarch 31st 1010 to mr and mrs william mcphorson a daughter a community is a garden a community can be likened unto garden a garden jery willing to grow whatovcr 1b planted in it willing to grow wecels it neglected but what would you think of a man who wants something from tho garden which is our community yet who plants nothing in it imagine a farmer standing in a field willing to grow a lot for him yet who sows nothing in that field nor prepares it for sowing the field will grow some thing but nothing very good or valuable its potentialities are not drawn from it uke the inactive farmer tamo retailor stand in a ileld more than u tiling to give them what thoy want a crop or cumem- r ers but they quite fail to got all thecus- f tomera possible customers arc the fruit of plantings and cultivation tho retailer in a community who plants his mind and desires in uie garden which in a community will surely have the crop desired tlio seeder is the advertise ment columns of newspapers there may be ouier seeders but none so cheap an a newspaper none which scatters tho sd ao widely and swiftly in soil whioh is productive think it out fqr yourself how con any retailer get tho potentialities of the garden which is a community 11 hi plants little or nouilng in lt renfrew mercury lskintiajls for getting along with onlsfx and wltll others to be able to fact uie doslj itmitre jnents of life tui cquantmltj and a cunlldence uiut one 1b equal to uic dial ling of tho duj or at least capable of accepung defeat philosophically to be able to face realities not rim away from uiom through subterfuges to be able to take one s place in every day life without more than occasional friction in relationships uith ouier per sons v to be able to loolouth reasonable tol erancc upon the onnojanoes which am inevitable 4n every hfo to want to win but to be abli to lose grace full to chi rlsh no grudges to seek advancement but wluiout feverish graining for more wealth power fame or success uian one has cupacity to win or to use to be able to laugh at oneself perliaps greatest evidence of a uell controlled mind tb accord to otlurs a rlgbt to their own viewpoints and ideas i the other kidlr a job done welt never wants doing again did you ever try sliovcllhut snow from the sidewalk grandfather how broad and deep was uie fireplace old and thp great hearthstone how wide i there was always room for the old man s chair dy the cozy chimney side and all the children that cared to crowd at hu knee in the evening tide itoom for all dvthc homolcss ones who had nowhere else to go they might bask at ease in the grateful warmth anctsun in the cheerful glow por grandfathers heart was as wide and warm as uie old fireplace i know and he always round at hl well filled board just room ror another chair there wan always rest for another head on the pillow or his care there was always place ror another name in his trustful morning prayer and now a few more recollections or the old white church on church street i think i told you that acton was set opart rrom georgetown circuit and made the head of a new circuit during tho first term of the ministry of tfie late robert phillips this was at uic confer encc ol 1b7 07 years oga this june i hove just read in tho old minute book the first one used try tho new clr cult when w h storey won elected recording steword the minutes of the organization of the new charge they arc interesting and i think i wlj give them to you as they appear in this old book the record ta on follows acton july 6th 1073 minutes or moeung held in the wesleyon methodist church acton for the purpose ot organhung the circuit newly constituted by london conference of which rev robert hos been opnolhtrd n for the current year the official members who held office in uu quarterly board of the former circuit uho were present were bros john speight asa hall wm grant and ell snyder moved by bras r phillips second ed by bro william orant that bros henry cole edward moore and w h storey be hereby llected stewards or the circuit for the year carried moved by bro william grant seconded by bro john speight that nros w h storey edward moore and ell snyder be u committee to procure a suitable ploce for rev mr phillips to board during uie year carried moved by bro phillips seconded by sweet caporal tla u wlut la ltj broj john speight that totv w h storey be appointed recording steward fpr the year chrrfed moved by bro kll snyder seconded by bra william orant that the ser vices at acton church shall for ui present be as follows sunday mom lng at half past jen on uie first sabbaui or every month and ser vice as usual at half post six every sabbath evening carried moved and seconded that the lie cording steward bo empowered to secure suitable book for recording uwsreln the affairs of the circuit carrie slgped w ii storey recordlngstcwud at the next meeting of the quartcily board in november james moore was elected a member or uie board r- in march ib73 o very successful serial of protrncted meetings were held by rev mr phillips at which many new nlcm bcrs were received among uicse were charlie cook who afterword became one or uie lending preachers in the baptbt church for nbout thirty yiaro he hela high positions or uiidinu churches in uiu united states an interesting matter in connecuo i with the old rhurch won the purchase and introduction or the first organ thnt was between sixty and neventy five years ago it was i believe the first cablni organ brought to acton and won made by mclood a wood or gueph when william belt the i mnch r or the dell bell plnnn and organ company was on employee of the firm it was b uelu lura before we had an ornn ti jut rhurih jes nearly thirty years mton you know our rolks of the presbycr ion persunnlon lotn or them at least bad conscientious scruples against pealmiff owl with a klnt o whistles the c uld rtantl the riddle ontt the bag pipes in h homes or ot uic barn dan con four ir flc nights o week but they drew the line at brlnalng these ungodly thin into tle kirk it wns not until mr line h umc that our rolks bought on organ tar th- stmdoy school ond tor years fcr that it hod to be shoved out of sight when tht public services were in progress jlinml shaw or john hay or william gordon or archie mann were goodnough to lea i uic singing or uic psalms ond uic para phrases with the aid or the t ntng rork but now bless you how times have changed we ve a pipe organ in the church a piano in uic sunday school ond fiddles ond corners oiiu other in struments or music galore on occasions right in the church and noliody breathei a word ngolnst it but i rorgot to tell you they had v melodcon in the old mcuiodlst church berorc uiey got uie organ it stood dow in front of uie side pews i remembtr w h storey ploying on it at a tea moeung one time mr storey knew a few tunes and could sing pretty well too and uie folks liked to hear him i used to bo to all the tea meetings in those days but in this times hove changed toomoy nnd i used to go out u almost cveryuili i in the churches and enjoyed it too wt ryhvwnt to pruytr meeting in our jouniicr duyi but between uie rhcumalz nnd old age wi don t orten get out to onythlna ot nights now not even to prayer meeting but i dint believe th t lb a prayir meeting on wednesday nigh anj more in tiur church at least i never heur the minister announcing it when i am ut church tor the momuuj eervlce well the new organ came bu lo and behold it would never do to put it down where tho oiu melodcon stood the church folks got bu snyder to built a sort or pen at uie rear big enough for the choir and uie organ the floor was elevated about two feet and there the orgoitwas played and there uie choir song right over the people s heads i think mary thurtew won ti- irr organ 1st she was a good player 1 1 d brought out uie music from that little organ mary continued as organist until hei marriage with alcxand r brown about in soy i olten wondered abou tie pen erabity of the methodists with that organ the people or the countryside see nod to reel they had some clulm on it or else uiey were preparcel to go to ull lenatlis of presumption to get the use of it ut apeelul hcrvlces nnd ouier functions if uien was uny mm clul uuuuriiig in tiu teni trance hull tlu urgun ia borrow ed rhtn the meulodum churclu out side- smed to want it und tl alwuji wtnl it was tnktn up to swackliamer t hill for a teu mettlni tilt ume i uunlt the liut time it uiu out it was taken tc crewsoiut corntrb tor a tea nieethig uurt in cuming home it ttos in george ellluttb sltiith units old george i mean i should sn mr elliott for he was a beiitlemun ond us u joung fellow i nrwnjs likfotluni he was toms father jou know wtll in coining hunt thrumjh icfm for easter uno thakition hie origin of uie easter egg tradluon is ioit in antiquity but year alter year uie delightful pracuoe of adorning uie breakfast table wlui eggs on easter sun day morning conunue it matters not that uie first fresh eggs nolonner come wlui easter uie beginning of spring tlie modern model of uie luimble hen may and usually does produce her ex cellent product uie year round easter is still associated with eggs with the hen scratching in uie warming earth newly aware of her destiny egg in uie easter tradition are al ways boiled in uic shell for children of course they must be colored with one of an infinite variety of home or com merclal preparations no parents trea surlng childhood memories of bowls pt multl colored eggn on faster morning would dny n similar pleasure to uieir children for children pallet eggn if uiey are nalluhj will prove on added nttracuon their small nixe lending a yonuiful touch and having the further practical advant age of enabling junior to dispone of a gnater number there small eggn or cold under tlie designation of grade a pullet they weigh approximately on ounct and a half each grade a large i kin ueldh two ouncts or more fggn are no wrmltlve to heat in e hiking that it li easy to overcoik tin m or cook thtm poarh whin tiny are cooted in tin nlicll i prtcl mtthod s neceiary to rook thlm to the rllht dtgret use one jiiiit t t- water ror the tlrrt eng ond one cup of wntor for each ntldltlonnl kb drtuu the water to the bolllntl imlnt 11n ntinpe of the kettle should be surh that uie wntiriwlll cover the t gg place the tgg in tht wntor and cover the kettle rt move rrom the heat and keep the wntt r hot but not boiling for fl to 8 minutes depending upon lite degree of cooking desired for soft cooked or medium eggij for hard cooked eggn following uie direction for soft cooked allowing uic eggs to simmer 30 35 min utes cool eggs quickly by plunalng them into cold water or letting cold water run over fhem in order to prevent blackened surface or the jolk hord cooked eggs cop be used in n number ot ways to give vnrlety eat at appointments are you one or those folks who keep people waiting when you hove agreed to meet uicm ot a certain li ur and minute ir you appoint half u dozen people on u committee and they are notified to meet at 0 00 pm the chanoeu arc good that at leant one member or hl com mlttce will be 15 to 20 inutes bite if five people ore prompt ond one person jo minutes behind uiose people have been rorced to low 100 minutes in the ag kpcgate sonu iktiph hitm to feel that if n ci i tain gr u plan to meet ut 7 30 it in not txiecutl to get uicm there berore fl o cloek so that enc can bo o half hour late lthout doing any harm if people act that way about getung to ulclr work in the morning the boss may sov that if they can not get there on time l hey ho j better not cornc at all good enough an imprudent rllow met un irishman man in the street i was just thinking pot said in that you would make a fine monkey if jou had a tall sure its queer said pat i was juit uilnking meself that you would moke o fine monkey without any altera tlon at all n canada h fur farms according to the lateat statutfccs con tained in uie preliminary report just is sued on uie fur farms of canada uiere were t 170 fur farm in the dominion in 1037 an increase of 1 037 over the pre ceding year tlie various kinds of forma were 7 cos fox 1 425 mink 63 raccoon 2fl muskrat 10 fitch 11 beaver 5 marten 4 nutria 3 fisher and 3 badger the eianslficauon is made according to the kind of animal for which uie largest number is recorded on uie farm for example a farm with lo marten and 4 fisher would be classified as- a marten farm tlie number of fur bearing r on uie farms at uie ond of 1037 won 241 350 or which 153122 or m per cent of the total were silver fox mk numbered 71410 or 30- per cent ciiooumijtantlajl fcvidknce little lean mamma do dogs get married mouier certainly not dear leona then what makes old towser growl so ab bessie when they aro eaung their breakfast going tiif rounds jones good evening 1d chap thought id drop in and see about that overcoat you borrowed from me lost week brown i m sorry old man- but i lent it to a friend ot mine were you wanting it jones well not u r myself but uie el op i borrowed it rro i ays th owntr jt lints it nothing impossible a bandsman was returning home after a hilarious evening ffhax he got to th barrier he could not find hi uoket now then said uie ticket eolleotof whores your uoket ive losht it sold uie bondsman swaying on his feet nonsense feel in your pockets you can t have lost it can t i alccoughed uie reveller i hove lost the big drum tool no 1aick mrs henpecked sarcastically i nlippone you ve been to see a sick friend holding his hand all evening husbnnd absently if id been hold ing his hand i d hove made money n llmlfflmm the drifts mr elliotts long sleigh upset the horses ran away and the organ was dumped out in a snow drtrt it was ii uie battered and scratched but john speight glued and varnished and polished it up and it was in its place for the sunday services as good as ever and led uie choir as uiey sang ghymns and an thems out of the old church harmonist just as well as ever tlint wan the lost time uie organ was let go out of the church until it went into one or the class rooms in the n church in junt 1070 i wonder where uie dear little music box is now l 3a that a about ull i hoe roaniu lor this week and im not through jet iii to ond finish up uie old church next week but dear knows whire 111 get to when i toke to wundtrlng oier those old dam rfk9a its agin the law to use a gun the best way to hunt customers is to use the acton free press un to go it wouldnt do to take a out for customers hunting customers requirers a clever technique but some business men are blind in their search for more business they are blind to tlie fact that adver tising is good business the investment in space in the columns of the free press is an investment which will return quickly and many times over in an in creased sales volume form the habit ot keeping the news of your business before the public through the free press our readers are quick to take advantage of shopping op portunities your business will increase and more trading will be done at home by tlie shoppers it is more convenient to trade at home readers of the hometown paper patronize our advertisers you dont need a license to advertise just phone us well he glad to help vou solve your advertising problems a the acton free press telephone 171