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nrursdav febhuamy 8th 1444 j- the acton free press paq- qncnah mr and mm gordon mckay of tor- onto visited mr k h waasbrough mr howard edward ttaverton is visiting his unole mv george edward mrsvkirlcby wlllunur-of- wing ham u visiting with her brother and alitor hwe thin week mr and mm it j mophmaon and ml dorothy mcpherson visited in tor onto over the weekend mr richard ilawaon visited with her daughter mr a wardlaw in tor onto a few day loat wmlt mr and mr oharlea landsborough attended the funeral of mr jame landsborough in milton loat week pie w j cook a member of th 30th battery at ouelph vlilted lut week with mr and mr leonard atklnaon ml nora matwin and mr w h and mr gordon held or toronto spent sunday at the home of mr and mm w j held mr roy wiinstorough of toronto vlijtd hi mother lat week prior to leaving with mr wansbrough for a liallday trip in florida mnt charlea johnston from kdmon ton and mr john kasterbroak of tor onto visited with friends and relative in acton iot week mlra ie r burling of washington sister mr iddward 1 nmalntng at the home for a few day a card from x reeve harrison this week is from aboard a steamer en route to cuba where he will spend a week and then return to st petersburg florida mlis emma robinson has been vlslt- 1ns her parents in kenilworth this weak both mr and mrs robinson liave been cjulte ul but all will be pleased to learn they are improving lasse dorothy maoarthur helen mooolg and mkrjorle norton aooom- panted mr howard norton to new york where he will sail for hu new position in south america the friends of mr alexander mas donaki church street will be pleased to hear that lie i improving tn the ouelph general hospital following his operation lost saturday mr and mr wm landsborough miss vera landsborough and mr bill blanch attended the funeral of mr jo land borough mr landsborough father in milton on wednesday of lost week mr e w masters who sustained a uevnre injury to hi bock lost week is still in the hospital in ouelph but friend are a lad to loam he u making favorable progress all hope for him a yipeedy recovery mr howard norton left on sunday to auuime his new position with the im perial ou co in colombia south am erica he salted from new york on wednesday the lout lap of the journey will be by aeroplane and howard plan on pending two year in the position before rotumlnor home the boat wishes of many friend here follow him in hi new work in the far away field george wallace clothes shop l23yongest r toronto opposite rjrrtoblrfca trusses we make it tpeclalty of flttlnft tnuwi abdominal helta and baltic staek- injie private fitting- room type for every rupture albx stewart limited dupemlng cfaetttuta oucr ontabio a throeact play the oldfashioned mother town hall acton tues feb 13th 1tb1ipk a hrunau mar wmh all leeal charaetere aduiu 2be children 15e auepleee valtea gfcareh yemif p unleii wrestling at y m c a kitc1uneb v ve tobonto wrbt end thurs feb 8 at 8 30 featuring terry bvans british empire chomp wes wolfs local wrestler and oao star ouoman west end heavywelffht eby kit heavy admission 10c and 25c englands hitler wtlhelm bohte 3fl a native of york shire has been named by chancellor hitler to hood the nitz government of england if germany wins the war bohle is at present head of the auslans deutscher organisation oontrolunir ger mans who live otitskle the fatherland campbellville mlsn wllmo bell of toronto wan home for the week end mr w cowpor and joyce spent a few day with mrs loangrldge in pre ton as she l erloiily 111 mr alex mcphee ha returned to toronto mr d mo tn tyre of london called on friends in the village on monday the regular meeting or ula youhu peoples society or at davids presby terian church wa held on monday night und nev frank lmwson presided gladys baynton read the scripture lesson and robert snyder gave a prayer and jack snyder rendered a vocal solo at tlie conclusion of the program tame were enjoyed and a social half hour was spent several ladles from the village went to a alt to attend the prtubytertal held in knox church on wednesday mr and mrs m graham of toronto were visitors in the home of mr ft g men ale on sunday card of tiiann mr gordon hayward hi- daughter mr charles oorliam miss helen nnd messrs gordon and herb cook apprccl nt sincerely the kindness and thought- fulness of friend expresukl in so mam ways at the time of their greot norrow thcv will alwav treasure thr memorv of these kindnesses card of thank mr h a maodonald and famil uie deep appreciative or the kludnens and helpfulness that wan shown in so mam ways when the beloved wife und mother was so suddenly called awav tlw ox presstons of sympathy floral tribute and ktndh aots will evrr bp cln rtrhed card of thankh mr geo bdwardii and lucy wlh u thank uie kind friends nuighbor patl- bearers and those who so kindly provided cars for their many acts af kindness expressions af sympathy and condolence and foe their beautiful floral remem- bronc04 t the time of their recent bs- i bremen t ja mickey hooney nd judy g rland ftitrr friday picture llrtwd on oiu of uu uitvt mticvexsful broadway musical hits of the fumou composerauthor team of uodgrrs and hart embellished by additional numbers by ome of hollywood i foremost musical writers babe in arms bring mickey flooney and judy garland to gether -s- a oos tar ring tm for the first time it is their first plrture to gether since the sensationally mixwsful lmr fhnd andy hardy babes in aniv is one of those stories tha falls naturally into the musical catemrv of screen entertainment it has abundant opportunity for mute song and danc ing logically fitted into a plot that is filled with pathos comedy and at time real drama this picture li the big feature at the gregory theatre jwd on vrlday night has tuk hauy doea your wife sull go to paris fo lr eowrm h burel 6h- may be put iter rtilh days but she still likes rtnch dressingr general insurance we srrciauzb in ufe rir health and aeeld ant aathbefcite win lei inn rtata olaae heller ruel- ur bond faraa inaoranee anualtlei and au oenerej llnae ef insarabee also ocean steamship tickela lkamno oomtanie8 fvicixknt faciijtieb f l wtigfil ofhoe cospsr block office ps rhonss rasld 10zj gregory theatre toiday ffhruarv dili babes in arms gay mullcal willi mlokey uoonrj and judy aarland oar toon naughty nut mice minia ture aah oan fieri lubmar ine and depth bombi chapter 11 dick tracy returns saturday february lolli am tflkl cowboy quarterback foctball comedy with bert wheeler rand jury secrets- pjeveauua with john howard fox new monbav fibbuary ljlh the women not a man in the picture and lt all about men with man crawford norma shearer and roeallnd ruisell march of time the batue fleete or kntland soon first love dbanna ddllbui burlington tlt cnr have oompteted tha ereo tion of a new wntrr tank at the pree man ntatlon r work on insulaung thr water tower at freeman in order to prevant it frceslng in the winter time has now biii completed some time during monday night thieves lifted the iron bell off the school hounr at mount nemo nnd made away with it douglas zmlinka wan thrown to the lec on saturday afternoon and nunvrod a fracture of the left collarbone when he collided with another boy while play ln hockey joy woodworth aged ft who is a grand niece of stanley grnse and lives with him wan knocked down at the pine cove service station by n car driven by c h keeling toronto at the annual meeting of the burling ton buslnms men association held at the victoria lunch on monday evening loflt floyd howell wo choson a the new president of the association mia jean bell entertained last wed nesday at a luncheon at the royal oonnnught hamilton in honor of mis mlrtam clinton mis mildred taylor and ml mary bamet threr burlington bride eltvt oasette england january lflth 1u40 dear arlof received the before curjstms dl ion of tiik fnrk pskhh tills week and was tickled to death to receive tltl wrtalnlyjilcqmunjvjienwlaoiso far away i haven t seen any of the other acton boys yet but thoy are in england loo i howl they wen ask ing about me so i will probably sec them very oon the weather here in lmply swful and everybody has a cold when jott go to the show at night you con hardly under stand the picture for the coughing we had a real canadian snow full to day but i don t suppose it will last i visited glasgow on my leave and had a lovely time vultlng my birthplace vita it is a real nice place but i think i prefer canada i never saw the nun oner during the week i wtur there we hnvn pretty nice barracks here but have trouble keeping them warm therr is one fireplace- to heat the ruom for 11v men no central hratlng the meals arm t so hot but we manage tn nalvage a little from the cookhouse and have an evening snaolc leamt night we had a big roast of meat that tmnveone found in the cook howie also bread chrrsn ond tea rtc so we don t exactly nlnrve to death hope everything in going along smoothly in acton i cnipnonc the hoc key season will lie wel under way ly now hope the boys do as writ as they did lost year only tills year i would like to nee them do nnmethlng in ninlnr hdckfcy as well -zl- well arlof give my regards to the staff also to mrs dui11 and the family and i hope to be back and see every- 4dy in hie near future t sincerely j moakachie address pte j mcoeachle 1171037 a oomimuy 4ath highlanders c as f bane poat office canada oakville a well known tormer oakvllle gill piiaaod rtway in india lant wen in tile person of minn marjorle wh i taker daughter of the late william and mm wh i taker who died suddenly an a train while on her vocation amalgamation of the offloem of tax collector and asnensor for the town of oakvllle was suggested by jumen r black tax collector in a communlca tlon addimoind to the town couim 11 and read at monday evenings couiif ii mi el ing addressea on uie larger mljutlon of the church were given by rev qto wll hams and rev j r mutehmor nf toronto ttw national aervlco nf the church in time bf war wuv ixplulmd by the latter hieakt r record star iiuniifh ciiavrit mr to the ijecttits nf hatlun march nth in llu dati tlnnl for uio oliirrat iclttloim ourlng tin llvi yeiirn whlrh i hnvi tn rvi d you an u pederal mem bur i luivi tnk n a atmid on tin different national mil inn h nn th y ami ii for utu ntlnn in fiildllment of my pre eleetlnn proinlne und in tin admin intratlon of lhi bunliimh if hovtrnmcnt in the county imvi i ndi uvored tjy rare rttl aurntlnn ui detail tn hi t unit all nt llu c unity olfuiw uv t iflclent ntrvlre in pniuieeilnn with the cmmty nerylrnw tannorft trounce two to go to top position continued from page onp wllle row n penalty for holdlhg and then when short handed clltdner broke nnd left arton fln fooled to score at 1017 mftmlilrgw ttnennltytjiebflmb van 4 3 at the clone of the period and waterloo was better in this frame norm morton icored again in the third period at 1 4ft with marxo and lindsay in on the play plpber got an nthor on a lovely break with norm mor ton at 3 3d then waterloo ganged the tanner and woods rtopnod plenty of rubber mnrxo drew another penalty for nlashlng wood made a lovely ntop when ootey wan right in nnd voli slid ut ten roet to spot terry cbnnre for n goal ac ion ouukated waterloo in thin period kropp got the fourth goal for waterloo nt 11 00 when acton was in mined right in tholr own end terry kot tbo neventh and flnnl counter at 17 10 on a paw from marso the garrwt ended 7 4 for acton and put them in a lie with waterloo for thn top position v he line up acton wood goal marxo- and bay- iihh defence n morion centre plpher and j 1 indsay wing iirry krntnei dnwklun bun morum and mimiiv niter mi ten waterloo voll m id malchenke nnd wlllln defence olldner centre nreti kirl nnd lang wtngn krnpp ootey iimh prnst isolnman and acbmaltv itt rnutrvi refi ree dave johnston oall milton mr und mrs john mcmaster and mr and mrs w jamna hill all of olen williams mr and mrs j irwin king of brampton and mls5 norah mccalg of toronto wen the guest of mr and mrs f leonard wbltt on siuiday last charlea e oalloway a wi ii uiown cltlnn of milton relibnited nl both blrtlulay on jantinry 17 ui mrs oallo wiij is in her bbth year the aged roupte rune 13 sons and daughter 30 grand in lid ren und l ureal grand children mr and mrh houurd b co and futmlv motored to llilwburu on tuesday wh re lhe attended the funeral of mr coxa falter the late sidney cox aged 70 yearn a well known and resprctied citizen of erin townihlp tlie january meeting of the can ad inn club was held at the milton inn on prldny the mth of january the speaker was profensor stanley hart of momaster university and hi talk dealt with condition in rrent day russia man housewives in milton waited for some time on thursday morning last for their uiuol deluery itf harrop milk jim tail who drives the milk wagon w as unuvoiclabh detained for his wagon and its contents were spread over martin street on the outskirts of the town tlie wagon was struck by a car driven bj walter brade of milton who wi driving north on the itrret which 1 auo no 3ft h cham- plon ospringe tin annual meeting of the local presbyterian cnurch was held on thursday afternoon after the various reporu nnd fin uncial statements were given ami tlie usual busmen dealt with a norlul hour wan enjoyed mln amy anderson nuriu in train ing at tha ouolph aeneral hoipltal spent the week ind at her home here mr josiah suwar is visiting with his daughter and son in law mr and mrs stanley tovell and family kitchener mr and mrs george onindy and family visited on monday with the lnt utr n father mr coojier near forgu mr william brown in vlnltlng friend nt eloro and alma mr d stewart ha had u well drilled on hln upper farm mr wm mcki nzir inx been apixilnt- ed enumerator for the polling division in preparation for the coming el etlon geokgiyrovi ttittearvlvnlrrla1vnylrpn enl but 1 hnvr nlwnys tried lo hold the scaks level and hivt ki pi furonu t in my mind the i ill hint public nnrvlie is the first con uicrullun and party u wnrd sho n tt ui pttiiticli d tolhwnit thtn the in t that all mnji r npintmr ntn in the county u ri molt iippnlutnienlj made by tlu civil btrvlr coinmlrfllnn nfur ex iiinluiitl hih imvi hrtt if muti rial oahlnt anc in nmlnuilnhik lhi iinility of np polntmniln an i i nun u tin t fid of lhi term f r wlillh f witfi ilittkl i wo ltd ilk lo pulilli u i kprexn 1j llmnkn ut the pont off i ci htuff in tin county to the rural mull co li it r und tin cuxtonin ntnftn in the ciunty for tlu vi ry lu ipful way in wlilrn ttuy have n p uidc d to my mnnj n quints und for the very ilflrlent wuy in which thrv have rarrit d out lhi li dutlitt i would nlnn ut thin llmi like l txpriui my nlncn thunk tn nil uu mlier nf tin county fxccutlvi for llu ir iinnlnt unci anil udvlri to in hi urrylng n the liwliien t f govi rnniiiil in thin county i do nnl lhink liil public nl lurgi tully n illi thi imjmrtimt until bull in ui tin bunlnerui of kovernment which ln inluntarlly nmdt by iiil riding xocullviji in thi ir anliliuici u uie nit ting member it u u physlcul impoiuil i illly lu a county tile nlzo of hal tan for nn man to knnw tin hiciil needs in the dlftinnt rt of llu county and to knew whn should he appointed to oftlren which become vacant through diuth or other wibc during my term of uftlw i havi without exception madi it ri practice lo neek the ndvlci of the lccnl executlvis of tin piuty and if during uie jiut flvi yours your county biuines has iwcn well looked after mot of the credit lies tn die rnct that i hnvl hud good advice from llnso nupportirn the county in now well ncrvd with public building georgetown powl ollloe wan well under way nt the timi of the 1031 elections nnd was oened for buslnevw in 1010 fllnrt lhen new pont offlci building havi been built in burlington nnd in onkville i recclved some crltlctnm for thl eeon imiin which wiro practised nn to both of theie prujevtn but i believe that in tin mnln the electors it tillj that public mom v l their tnonty und that the nnme care nhnuld be e xt rcised in public expend i tuni iw ls shown in succuutfiil prlvnti hlimnem order bray chicks now and lie luiw whsrtegaprlc climb next fall sea me or phone me right away personal attention prompt dllvry gb0 c brown norval lb acton saturday afisrnsew an4 fvenlngs only small fields and tight places just notwfi ni fore tlie game urud both teams lined up nt tlielr hluii unrji and olwerved ii minutes lleni in honor to the mem try of pant prewldent alvln bchle ford tractor with hop the depression la over th e two win by the runners certainly ciioa rtl the lnx and tlu ii iiuuglne fergus putting a j i trimming down the flora rocks and rlghl nn the ir wn id puture ihul win gave fergtin thistle s u ininh i n deil toehold in the ruci i hey slipped hark umtlii u i cur holutin lilt nlkht whin pirln lu it i er ik i ivthtmhiatl htannino ooau op w i i ivr agt pu kill i mr u n it l 7 8 17 acun 11 4 74 i wuteriik ii ii 4 u i prenton 11 ii fi f ih 1ft i j neirn ii i f i 4 purls 4 0 ii 7 jo 1 ergus i i 4 ii t iii in oiir k n jo o in ferguson system rnc rortwtu irr gulur firldn anil ganlt n ftlnis inrun niktlnrifj in tlim nininit unit yoo get into placet even imrhi h t nnt work tin re or o many ail- vantugen wilh thr new rord trai tiur anil i rriinuui y tcm you slioulil hi i il in opi ration fur uirr i ii hn glael lo urruiil a ill uion- ntration fnr ym cm your farm norton motor phone 69- acton 4 omino amfs i i morrow wtiterlc at a i n till ii kltchinir n rv in i pirli niru ul prijitun mnnduy kltchinir ul llnr i preston ul purls trgus ut wat rlo luiiuluy klti inner it oult weilnendny ac urn at preston whiillim imrihmints juror arrrtrd in munlrr prolw as the cokiucotcn and so said the magistrate this i is uie fifth person youve knocked down this year pardon me sakl the girl motorist with dignity the fourth one of them was the 4am e person tw4fc oeorgetuwii curling club art huvlug u vt ry succefistul neuson almost aiiy night you will find the rtnk filled wtqi iiuhusliutln qenth unit suddenly on saturday afternoon lost junuary 27th to william w mcmillan well known and highly esteemed bustnejuiman of thi commun- itj mr mcmillan had sultered a paralytic stroke while attending the local theatre on friday evening and had to be removed to hu home on emery street and from which attack he never gained consciousness a headon collision between enrn t driven by amn apderxon h and ijojd ptsher fifth une biijuealng took place near the railway crossing on the seventh line about midnight on tues- j day although the can were badly damaged no one was injured both driver said they did not ee the other coming j on hi way to toronto to mslt his daughter than westcott of ptrst street tondon ontario died of a hearj attack on a oray ooach bus near hers on thursday evening last mr west cott was s3 years nf age and had had a very bad heart condition a passenger on the bus reported to driver p steven son at acton that an elderly mam seem ed ul when the coach reached george town the driver questioned the man and when ive received rto reply sum moned d b paul of georgetown chief or police w a marshall stated herald at ottawi i have indinwired to give tin county active re prrsiitatl in in the houie of commons lhceimmitlei work ond in the different depurtnunt i do not for a moment hope that vou have all agreed with tlie stand which i have taken nn tho differ cut mnttern dealt with but i think that even mj opponent will admit that i have not been afraid of work nnd that vou haw hnd aggrcsslve representation as to departmental problem which constantly arise with different industrlrn in tlu county i have used liberal and conservatives alike and one very plesa sunt feature of mv work has been the gratitude which ha been expressed by indumri ifi the riding on many occa sions for attention to their problems i am asking for your support in the comimi election and if elected believr that ns a result of the tvperlence gained i hi the last five ear i can give you perhniw n little better service than t f hav in the past not that i could tr an nnrdtr but slmplv ai a result of experience during thi next evi weeks tn this column i will endeavor to place before i you my views on the different e ectlnn i issues nnd the record of the aovernment since the outbreak of wtr i wave held no political meetings of any nature nor have i done any political work the electlbns are to be held so soon that it will be impossible for me to meet many of the ejector tf you approve of what i have tried to do t ask fpr your sup port yours sincerely iroomes clkavkr a member jf the coroners jun which ins- ted ihe bodies of mr nnd mrs arnold wellmsn who ere found shot to death in their harold ontario farm home fred tha n a rciglimor ol ih wellmsn was arrested in connection win the brutal couple nlajlng of the elderly coupl thaln is shown here being escorted bj constable david otjatw aftsr ha was p ncd in custodv hi a j