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r vaob joun the acton free press thursday july 25th 101 notices of xurthil uajrrifl and jdmuui m bwteted in this ojunui without charse in umoham nouom fitto uo4 loo per line additional for poetiry horn lansincl at 110 lindsay avenue tor onto to mr nrul mm robert lan- alno n vera welu formerly of acton on june sflth 1jmo a diluen ts shirley margant maimied s buntfi3lllbp at everton on saturday july 20th 1p4q by jtov kenneth t norru mjtrlon mhbrl eld crt daughter of mr and mrs james hepburn to mr krrett william buntrr acton iiunstvickers at knox church maniw acton onaturday july 20th 1mo by ncv h l bennle beetle victoria daughter of mr and mrn lou in vlclcera of confleld to newton praneln younger non of mrs n v and the late mr n p jtunrt of acton mm ftiedtuch at grand rapid mich on wednesday july 4th 1040 mm august predrlch aged 05 yeur mother of mm j b chalmers acton majitzn at the home of hla son lenllc martin aurora ontario on friday july 10th 1040 thoman palmerston martin beloved hubnd of the late marlon hendenon in hi both year thurston suddenly at hts home 3fis john street cobourg early wednenday morning july 17th 1040 aiuon leroy thurmton beloved husband of ivy al fretta rou and loved brother of ada smith 76 ruaholmc road toronto havill at hla late residence agnce street acton on tuesday july 33rd 1040 oeorge havlll husband of am- broaena p hilt and father of prank e dominion bank west toronto aged 0 years the funeral won held thla afternoon with service at the home at 3 00 o clock and interment in palrvlew cemetery acton pbitudrq succeeds peaitkes ocfrs and ends civic holiday a week from monday its follow the crowds to acton on saturday night now tiik pnr1 pnrs office m now open saturday evening from 8 00 to 10 00 pm yea wc re having fine warm hum mer weather experience may be the best teacher but the t idom finds any npplen on her drak ruat on thr wheat 1 reported from the farming district but thr grain in well filled this morning a storm vtanqulu heavy but it gave rrllrf from the excessive heat of the past ft u days tin bathing beach at pulrj lake wo crowded cm sunday and it wun the tool ml spot in town one that dldn t net away fred d young returned from deer lake last wrk with u nix pound pickerel sauirduj night in ac un is mluht popular night and n line place u m t all your friends red cross rooms ut uir post ot flct in acton will be closed ixrcpl on saturday from 2 to 6pm until fur thrr nourt acton im reliant i iti i wnji o help j our wur ravings ot l your share of mjn bulli ut unci help win with irj ttttlltj llt ctllt pllcc plcturih of flvi acton uo oimnt ha be n forwarded through the cour tm of pit ibrtdlt jnmlhon tlu an n u in tut llirt piihiu window aium cllru who hut tx i runtptiiu t ltlm w od puis for th pant two weeks return lama u night mlim llddi 0imndir h ifiti f tlu ir ip 1ms bun in thin l v art udvthitl that ll is prouabli light w of k w hi ut mulluuu non for irk and wimitu at tlu lltardmort plant tims till rested ftt imdt rslnnd should fill m apt llcntlnu forms at tlu btartl tin rt t co oitlrt i britain niou send prisoners to canadian camps plan art bt tin itiudi by the canadian tnuniimiil ui oohmttnn with great brit iln to haw inmi aliens and air man pruuntrs nuned to cunuda prltm minlhttr icliu luis announced in thtrrj hi ilm of commons i hi wishes of tin british mirnment i n that cumidu should tukt nrt or nil imim nl it lis intomed in grtat rttoln teooiulh german prlsoncrn in the urltlsh lsl u und utlrdh that ctm- fj skit ration should tlun bt glviu the mat lur of ivucuated clrildnn tlu inttrnptmit oi rations hnuuhlo ottawa htu been pn purlin for come uniu to recetvt thest new aliens and german prlnoners tl i be intt ru ed li new camps and kept separate from nlienh already htld pruoners in canada it was also ducluned in the house thatttnumber ofnrwh school boyx will shortly arrive in canada to resume their eduofltlon an offer has been mode by uie canadian ooxemment to receue children from five to sixteen yean old and in some case under live no chil dren will be sent without che permis sion of their parents or guardians a large number of people in canada have already offered to extend hospitality to refugee children from oreat britain and c national organisation wiih provincial subsidiaries has been established to supervise and asslit in their reception j a mclachlan alton j a mclaehlan w former allon postmaster died nt his homo dn sunl- day a resident of that community for the greater part of his life mr mclnch ian was n former mall carrier on r r 1 alton he was also caretaker of the school there and n member of the orange order hi is biirvhed by hisaufe oil former laurn stevenson twpf turns arthur of minneapolis anfltjoyd of alllston on well an thrte daughters mrs hall john ston of toronto mrs leonard lovell of actoh nnd miss ellrrn mclaehlan of toronto thomas palmerston martin prtend in thin community where he had spent the greater port of his life ere grieved to leum of the death last friday of thomas palmernton martin at the home or his son leslie in aurora b was in his eightieth year born in erin township he was h son of the late george martin until ten years ago he had always resided in acton or the nearby township of erin his wife who before marriage was marlon hen demon predeceased him eight years ago p martin won a man who was res pected by all who knew him he was member of the baptist church and enjoyed greatly the fellowship found there two sons john of ouelph leslie of aurora and one daughter anne of toronto remain to revere his memory two brothers nelson and jacob of british columbia and two sinters mrs leslie thurston schenectady n y and mrs augusts black of kelso also re main to all of these sympathy of many friends here goes out thtfrnicral wan held on sunday after noon with a service at the home in aurora and a service in the baptist church in acton interment was made in palrvlew cemetery beside the partner who had gone on before 1 anson thurston following a short illness the death occurred on wednesday july 17th at his home 353 john street coboum of anson leroy thurston mr thurston suftered a stroke in the latter part of tht previous week and failed to rally the funeral took place on priday after noon july 10th from mcclure funeral home to greenwood cemetery oeorge town a service was also held at the family residence in cobourg on tuesday born in georgetown in 18b7 mr thurston wan the only son of the lute professor h l thurston and elisabeth thurston and a grandson of rev leroy thurston who was a prominent met o dlst minister in days gone by he spent the early part of his life in acton and later lived in georgetown where he was a traveller for c b dnyfoot a co he was fond of music and was a member of georgetown and acton bands moving to cobourg six years ago he w as employed at edwards st edwards innm ry at the time of his death in lt col a e potts has been named brigadier of the second infantry brl garte of the first division oaj3f to succeed major oen o f pearkes who has been appointed commander of the first division that town he played in the cobourg kiltie band he is survived by his wife the former ivy alfretta ross and one sister mvs ada smith of toronto attending the funeral from outof town a ere mrs ada smith toronto mrs m andrew and two daughters toronto mrs jack boynton and mr and m jack boomer or toronto mr and mrs jack ronooe gait mr and mrs george stapleton guelph and mr and mrs s e ross walkervllle geoittctown herald 3jg5irsri chronicles oi ginger farm lj written spsejally for the acton free press cwfndol1ne p cijuucb i twenty years ago i- ram the issue at the free press of thursday july 20lh 10zt the wheat harvest has commenced in this soctlon contractor mackenzie has nbout com pleted the shoe factory it is now up to the council to see that it ib occupied with a live up to date business concern at the earliest possible dak mr w j patterson has disposed of his met business in georgetown to m sars robert era in and harry gold ham engineer redfern has assured the council that water will be available be fore winter sets in the council has awarded the contract for the rrsenotr and pump house in aoton and the pump house at the spring work is to be completed october 1st acton quits the hallon petti bus ball league for peace sake and will play home and home games with georgetown and brampton they are olso playing the carpet mills team of guelph miss minnie z bennett is uir lady teacher selected from halton county to accompany the government excursion through northern ontario next month youll enjoy going anywhere b motou coach attractive round trip fares toronto momtke l helhien acton and 171 iacra tvils sl 13 70 ottawa vii 1 du exmrmoni tlu ix low kates to othcr points all coach travel information al harold wiles phono 58 clearancesale womens white shoes pan of ltdils whiter shuts- ala n miln to thoosc from udc with ub in ind high heel- siln i to s m tht qc 149 129 ktiil ir made ktgular 1 ih 24 i p nr splxial prin to duir per pair missts hit shuts sits li to 1 1 7 u pair sptttnl privt in tu ir women s t nitn shots m in stits to th0sl lrom all sizes regular i s i pair spnul 0t oa prut to tlear jjlu7 bos tamp shots sizts 1 to ktkulur 1 bpetial prittptr puir mtn s strong work boots all sizts special prut per pair 98c 1798 pallants clothing s and footwear mux street acton opposite pqst office tills kind of uenther gets me com pletcly ilclerd and of course it n the humidity that dots it do you know tin wall paper in the dlnlnir room and in our bedroom is just standing up in blisters it is so damp it sounds as lt there mlirht be a little humidity floating around docsn t it urns nr the stupidest tlilnas a little whllt b8 i was out in uie heh house plckine up cbh ana tliere i found two net boxen with three hens on apiece rlpht beslrtr these crowded boxes which just nicely nccommodau one hen com fortably there were four or five empty nisi boxes idtntlcal in hizc and slmpe with the others of course the crazy birds were ifhtrlc eyed and panting with the heat and when i tried to separate them thry were packed in toficther so tight it kept me busy to act them out without breaking their necks or wlntfs thi- womns institutes and the red cross arc out on a jam mnldng cam palrn the jnm to be used for the troops for hospitals and for refuacen and eva ernes the idea la umt no surplus fruit dhall go to waste that is certainly a grand idea and one that wc hope will gain in favor i believe the fruit refer red to has been strawberries raspberries and cherries so far or the usual run of stun in the fruit season dut has there been any mention or uie wild fruit that may be found in almost any bush and along many of our farm fences dots the red cross know that bushels and bushels of this wild fruit will drop from the branches and go to waste unless people go out and pick lt luscious rd i rospberrlps iemptinff juicy blackcaps with more flavor than any fruit that is grown in a garden wait in the bushes nnd along hedgerown to be picked and taken hom to make jam whnt n splendid opportunity for thi junior bed cross members t but vuu they do lt7 i doubt it even thr boys and girls on the farm no longer go out and pick berries as they used to at om time it was all part of thi season n work it was the accepted tiring thi girls and boy of yestenluy junt mitur ally took tlu ir lunch palls and their berry palls and went picking in tin bush tor hours at a tlmi with their palls full tru y trudgrd norm at tin end of tht i day hoim to moth r iho canned the i fruit und madt the jam until the chll dren wire old nough it was of ti n mother who did tin picking and vi n dad would tuki a day off to hi ip out if tlu re wits a lil up in tin haydeld uut now thi number of people who go out picking is getting lens and lesn wi halt nuehed a higher standiird of living wi us only tht berries umt havi twin grown in our gurdm or what w ran buj a higher sliuidard of living 1 1 gods 1 lit closi r wt are to mi i urt the iminr ut art to guil and is tlun anywhere in this woild win re wt cn ret clottr to n itun or marcr to god than in a bush plrklng berrlis what diilil bt hlejitr thing til in 11101 yis us roiifh milng i admit rotih milne bt him wt 1m act ii tomed our miws to sniiw hi highway gruu 1 roads hardwood i mr wt h iv rhui gtil hniuktrs for high hi did shots our fi 1 1 ur if wi uttlk furtlur than fn in thi hoiim t ttu garage our hxocklngt would not lust mm nilimtt s among uu brambli s and our 1 ts and iitius w mild limk t rrlbl it wt should git thtm nil st ratcjtl up it botlitrs mi tirilblv whin i think of tilings ll c this i wondtr just hou far txiifnttlon chlllatlm and a h glit r suuhlurd of hmnt will take ii how far it will it id us from thi fundamtntul things of liri and whnt will happen be for we rtali4 it isn t in our lnurtt to j bt phin tint all thi unit vm likely ptoplt farm jkhji it m partituliir will jirott s umilnst that sptku fetl idni it is lit tit iiiough we hit on ttu firm lut du urn will nu and that lb trur i nuugli and we in v gtt ittvs from now on bit mist woi d murki ih an rlohetl t s main f o i pi klutts all 1 right what art wt uik to io ibo it ll what inn ui do wi can unnmbtr uurt is a war n wt uin ut dun on lns b lukitit fiwir pleisiire liiunta we can itt n ml whin t in nn is m is tim wi uiu rpjembt r tint t ti art niillims nrntiilons if it h of who s ild nlnitvt lut on whnt wt wiihle dut vt imi wastt ninthtiig ou sa i wish i inuid think it tin re la waste tolnt on i t n wlu n t vi r atw wustt of tlmi i m rev ind mutt rial hiturirt pund f r this w ir b niiijclne unstt a punivhiihlt crimi wt hou id rtintinbtr that iiimplith tl hvuu minus h ss wnsti rtnutier thtrt an wiur berritsln tht bush nnd tin rid croat li nsk int for jtm sunhurn got a mt ruing mild dr macktn ic it ilu uultliii ouiig intenil in tho loiuntln of tlit in pllil ai lie tntertd nt 100 um tint mondny nuinlnu any thing i1lu it wan i legend uf the ho pltnl thit lus ciol s wero act by the movement- of tlu rid headed dot tor thu lnttnie lntt lllgent looking mi ivw n d yen live orslx bad case of sunburn n blonde manniquin of a well known depurtmini i u re hjtnt sundny with her swctthtnrt ipln ihln round wnsbga iitnch oot a propert scorchdn ennit in hire hysterical nt four thla inuming whnt did you do for her enquired thi doctor as tiny moved towards the t levator gave hi r a hypo n plied the in term six plcnnt lit eald to the nt tendntit and apraytd her with 2 per cent tannic shcs tnslcr now rhlro is a preiient dny crazl on the part of young men and women to acquire a rapid tun decausi of this a mid summer holiday may be spoiled the flrnt day a healthy tan may be secured nnd a painful sunburn escaped by mnklnrt tho first sunbnuib brief it takes nbout 10 days safely and properly to tan uie body of a child taken in proper doses n sunburn has n most beneficial effect on one a body the ultra violet rays of the sun activate the crgostcrol in tht akin and product vitamin d this vitamin has the a pee i flo action of retaining calcium nnd phoi phortih in tho body nnd of the building of bone sunltglrt is of the most value in tlit euily pirta of the day from dawn to mid day during june and july tho noonday sun should be avoided nnd tht first expomircn should be to tht limbs rhnnaing uio posture every 18 minutes during the bath itbolf begin ners should nlternnto bttwien shade nnd sunshine thq head nhould be pro tected application of a vegetable oil before sunbathing is useful the oil re jects the sunlight from the bkln the brown skinned tolerate nun best ind tho fair hnlred ard cdheaded worst of nil the effect of tnh is to increase the pigment in the nkln tire pigment oh sorbs the short wnven of the sun treatmtcnt the application of n saturated solution of the homely epsom halts is one of the most effective methods of relieving the pnin of a sunburn raking noda and water vaseline carbol- ized vast line or salt and vinegar glvt similar relief in treatment tht spray ing of the parts with 2 per n nt tannic acid is vt ry lfftruve vt rj few nu n wake up to tlnd thtm tit ivt s fain uh i hi y usually tin nn tht v art fiunoih tlun wakt up two ways to save sc on tvlry gnllon of hirh quality finsuhni mipons for war sivmrs slumps rulti willi ill nsh im crusts for blue slnr or gold star gnsolmt or hirii grndc motor oils hi orrrat quality prom its at moderate erne e blue star service station mill and younp streets ja k haiwitave prop our summer sale continues thin weekend concludes our summer sale for special hnrgninfl buy now floym canvmu shoea extrn heavy rubber talcs re in forced up- only pair oc meres itnthinp trunks values to t2 50 por 169 children a stub nroadeloth dresses blzi n 2 d ytari only to cltor at each 69c one lot childrcnh sheer dresses bimh j yearn reg vuhifft to 1 10 to clear 89c ladies pique skirts this week for 79c one lot ladli s blouses and sweaters candle stripes pastels tt hi nr c mens sport trousers harks ami plain 20 rvir i i men a sport shiro varlrty of c olorw sh rl sltt vt i j a thli wet k olru rnyon dresses iwvt fi 14 vuutn to ir t niy oc rthlr lines on dispiav at saije vmm es 10 discount a skclal dbeounl of hi n mi n n tuid uidlts wiur nnd dry ooods not specially priced elliott bros acton phone ih big night this saturday in acton i llnv tht trouds thin miki acton hat a hil troud iir sturdt n kt totnst thtrt trt aitriiltinns war savings stamp contest j rtrv siitiirtliic nikt thtrt art ii winners lekcd irum the bin hnrrel sk im i in coupons ut the stortv listtd htlow ynu art t itukd tn jjtm mi tvtr 2st tush puithuit or panitnt ot tash i ill in our namt and additss ind dtpusif tlitni in the to n tljt sin tuu tun mak a tdiiinhutmn tn tht silvtr bui k is iinpiii u m i stti it i f i i 1 i ir bond or yuox si in on t nt i tht rillws art simj it get oui coup ms sifn votii namt dtpisit cheni mil 1i t hut not kasi bt w attm situmn to answer t vnur n unt if it is drawn band concert and parade this utia thi lgini stois hand ihi mil l i u j i il homt iinuds will p ir ijl acini st uh iu chl oilmk a hiinj i iiikiit lll l iuj n thi inst oh in squ in n ill 5rrnt until 10 n clock aihi thin ihi irau u 11 ttl him ihim liattitcs iri ii trimmed thimik i nti hifim mm s sm i ititin where to get your coupons blmott llkos 1 tmjiot vttovrooten h1nt0ns uoikltown 1 l mhijt io cij i1ros ltnouns i item siouk i wakar nteu pkess okhtb i hue star stmic stiition woods mtothuy johnstone iii ml c nnrs oiss miiad oi- s iihi if t tin pnaint tlmi thr itinlnictors an producing nrtn ipin nitmt klx monthit nl end of ncheduu at the end of the calendar par there ts every tn- i dlratlnn that they v ill u an for ahead brthcynqrmally would rjainntaor- th the recontl year under their contract hon c d howe in the hoiuio of commons june 17th 1040 royi cvru um coopht wncnojlvki bakein t date edwards store a t brown miss k rorzem e j iiassard i d rathijn mon hardware m pallant harold wiles relorv thevntl lltank toth cton home bakery harry watekholse j w jones carrolls grocery