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winner al a tfsmce trophy vga best raont h jwiow jm ffitfts winneii award of merit tnnid piace fore ilicst eoitolual paqe sixtysixth yenr no 22 acton ontario thursday november 28tli 1040 eight homeprint pgcs five cent county council endorses forming of civil guard dkwention from oakvllle and nelson ta not explained county to iwhjc debenture for 5000 tor highway coiwtruc- tion and improvement mr moore of municipal affairs de partment to take up county equalization with the 194 1 coundl ha ton county council met in milton last tueoday although the meeting wtu called for 10 30 am council did not meet in regular session until a pm a mr r j moore from the department of municipal attain was meeting wllh the finance committee with regard to the proposed change in the equalized acesament of the county oorreepondenoe and minute of the last meeting were read in open ooun cu report of the standing committees were coneldered in committee of the whole with mr c nillmer in the chair reports were pawed aa nad colonel j a ballantlne commanding officer or the halton county civil guard addressed council with reference to a resolution to which he requested the endontatlori of the council thi ren plutlon had been aaload tar hr ch pre- vlnolal polloen the following letter addressed to the colonel i would be obliged if you would have your council pais the necessary resolution authorising tlie formation of the halton county civil ouard nequeat for endornitlan of thin re olutlon reaulted in keen discussion when th question wu raised as to why oak villa and neuon were against rooper atlnff with the ctvll ouord nn n county body col ballon tine i don t know why oakvllle and nelson are standing nut that ij something i haven t y t foui 1 out whether they objected to mv up polntment i doml know mr hlllmor personally col ballon tine i fro you arc the right man in the right plan bin i would llkt u know before voting for a resolution a highly stlccessrul high school event for the red cross puplb und touchers of acton contln uatlon school conducted a very success ful event last friday nlwht when a dance and social evening wurt cnj yed pro cceds were devoted to the acton and hpntrlct red cross society and th4 02 was turned over ua a result of thl event this has been riven to the red cross treasurer tlicre wns u splendid at tendance and hu is orchestra provided bplcndld music another in teres tine feature wtu the lucky prises for 2 00 in war savins stamp men a prise vu won by mr a mason president of the red crass who donated and auctioned the prlrt on and it was bought in by mr w j deatty the ladys prize jvob won by mtsa chimian rr 3 ouelph the general committee in charge was dora wood marjory nelson rena braid prances lamb erwln mekecin oordon beatty and kna mow booth committee was oeorge holltn ger und charlie ruahmere patrons in general supervision were principal m m lifttch mr a mason president or the red cross and dr a j buchanan chairman of the school board the red cross society are very anpreclatlvi or this action or the pupils earlysnow storm was the heaviest here in years fcaralder residents cai recall s heavier snowstorm for november than the one nominations in olhckjccnlrcs not far distant special service well attended at st josephs church sunday at st joxcrhs church large cnngregntlarui nt traded the high mom nominations lack quantity and council short one that descended on this district on tues- scleral acclnmlionb arc report i0 nnd tn dtvollons nt 300 pm will observe their cd in ncirhborinp centres acton resident appointed to stai p american publication day night starting in the late after noon a driving storm from the east raged all night and in the morning side walks had a good foot of snow and drifts of a foot and a half and two fret jvere quite common rather unprepared for such a vicious and heavy start of winter traffic u as badly demoralized cars were frequently stuck trying to navigate the highways and streets about town a highway plow wont through about noon and about that ll 1 v n h nrown a e crlpps acclamation time the community was pretty u ell shovelled out the storm had all the semblance of a february blizzard rather than the start of winter ond mony also vimied the church to kc tin stntlonn of the crorji to modi s 3 moore who is 11 vine with his invalid mother at the family name in acton this winter rather than as hit been the case for several years post at the roycroft inn at east aurora n y has recently been appointed can iidliui afrulrn editor for the american si nlry u new journal which is aimed il the prtncrvuilon of democra y in america the first issue of the maga alne carried an article new light on evenings entertainment joint dtfmci by edanrd moon writ u n frrnu i cunudlan standpi int n id riling thi inci ptlon nomi years btfort november meeting nassagaweya institute at mr u itrownlows the november meeting of the mas nogmweya women s institute wma held at the home of mrs louis brownlow with the president in the chair there i were ten visitors and fourteen members answered to the roll call by nam inn the i flint school house each attended and where it was located i after the business was attended to mrs rhlnchort took the chair for her part of the meeting the ladles rrom ouelph were introduced and mrs drum mond started off with a sing song mrs dullard was presented with a lovely cup and saucer in appreciation of her six years as secretary treasurer she re piled very appropriate mrs drum mond then favored the meetlna with n i very interesting address on the origin of music and musical instruments and i also delighted her audience with three lovely solos mrs pender very ably ac mmpanlcd iter on the piano the meet ing cloned by singing the national an them and mrs brownlarw and her as slstants nerved a delightful lunch and u nodal time was spent riftynintii weihin tnle on th miltirlnb ot our divine lord i ann1vfrsary saturday to nik lor ftlinnr pt ire for those ftho hit tied in the r to comlort mil riftj nlni ymrs of lllr sptnt hnnpily ihosc lm hnvt sultered throu 11 and ln r all be observed on balurdny u ik oihi s pr union for the empire by mr ind mrs wm mcoloimhlln n und the v rld at 1 1 00 mass the pastor l no 4 ourlplr it wifi in 1881 at appruhd to the eun on the ouelph that william xfeolalishlln and ilnnllltnnce of uie day bnyhw in part manjaret wallace were married another cull and one more irmlstartt tlie bridesmaid at that weddlnn as than any before har none forth from mlfci nellie mcolauzhlln slsur of the vatican city for a world wide prayer trroom and best man was the late john ful effort in behalf of peace today frank both mr and mrs mcglauah in two to be electod b jtitentk i member th our beloved ponllb pope i township n rv h hh i iiii p xi1 to petition the throne mr mcolouuhlln mian of the late itii n i r ti t i anfc mi i in piinrth lliii nrifl mri ur a ryan j b kelly acclamation rnlloali an tne nominal ions in cintrrs of the district and in whhh renders of tnz run puzsa will be much interested gforoftown mayor joseph olbbons acclamation reeve harold cleave acclamdtlon c unci ilx to be ilictrd ward f ward 2 two to be elected j costegan r 1 cave clifford bradley ward 3 spruceijeigh pictures i at imtbi in mterary why oakvllle is objccllnv t eo operatlnit ihi war of tin idi a and tin kuds quint with the county as a whole rht n must d vi nprm nu which led to the appoint be some rrasou so mew hi re mint of thi joint mutual defence com col ballantlui l don t know the mission thitable of conti nts hiuivvj reason unless it is tin luid ideas other that mr moore is associated hk contrl than those i have laid down ur the 1m butor with mich nanus ns w j cnmer mediate future on of thi rnrd motor compnnv william mr byora trvhon our hnmi ouard hard noted inu rnationol corrtspondent wm formed it was with thi expectation i william oreep hi ad of the american that if and when our servlcea wort re federation of labor wmdill wulkli quired we should be notified by the senator james m mead and senator provincial police in milton ruth d holt mr moore gained his col ballantlne perhaps oat villi first knowledge of newspaper and maga and nelson s reluctance to cooperate klne work us a ind an tnz pure paean may be because the gut away to a flying staff and ntlll liken to drop in ats the start and thus feel that priority of ser vice should be considered personally i hold oakvllle and prison guards in the greatest esteem and nope they will eventually join us mr cleuve who culled for the organization of civil guards lit tin first place col ballantlne the provincial police with the ideu tlnit the home ouard would act us an auxiliary pullet force should the bi needed mr robertson nelson we have gone to a lot of trouble in organlzlnu our home ouard und i would like to know why our company objicts tt a county civil ouard before supporting such a motion finally it was moved b mr cleuvi seconded by mr chalmers that this council pass a resolution asking author ization for the formation of a ilnlton count volunteer civil guard as asked for by ool ballantlne and that a cop or this resolution be forardid to mv ii fl mccready deputy commissioner of ontario provincial police the resolution carried but tlrree mem bers refrained from voting the following reaolutlon wu also passed moved by mr bvers seconded by mr blair that this council express our appreciation of the advice to our finance committee bv the department re mi mo i assessment of our respective munkstpstr- 1um and that the clerk be hereby in atructed to convey our thanks to mr moore a hi department mr cleave i was sorry not to have heard mr moore i thought he would be addimiing the council warden mr moore thought it would be better if h watted until next year because some of the members next year might be new men in any case he felt it waa too lata thi year to do any thing practical movad by mr byera seconded by mr illlmer that the following accounts be mijfjounty building m7 bl evintlhg sj06 agtvulkire ms3 rlnuiec 1409 23 j a tiylaw was introduced and given two readings to authorise borrowing of sjkmtupon debentures for construction and highway improvement in eon- concluded on page four l other numbers of the uocut nltlct occasionally as every old printer dors tn smell the ink on rrtday enlnn ihi d ihlln iju r iir met for unother t njojnble i vi nlnu in the school with tin president wnlu r llnham in the chnir after a st i buhlnthh mei uiir representolu i s from spmceleigh poultry rsnn entertained liu iutht ring w 1th pictured with color hound and mumc w hlch provrd try inti estlnc the program ended w li h the national anthem lunch was cr ed nnd dancing took place ixalty night at knox oung peopis meeting the regular meeting of knox omit peopli b oulldwas held on monday even lug after tht call to worship the scrip lure was rend by wllmo hansen follow lug which tire pre aide nt clarence colli- htld n prayer t nd wiw in chargi of the executive the ro 1 coll was answered bv a print rb dora hansen ovt chapu n iv aid v ot un stud book and the meeting tlsid with the natlunal anthem and n bine diction pronouncid b the president election here two year question and school board rec chalmers three councillors nnd utilities commisaioncr are returned b ac clamntion public utilities commission harry i dayfoot acclamation i nunxinoton mayor j oordon blair sec lama tlon reeve john dlalr e r hume a a allen i deputy reeve norman cra g luccla ma tlon council slx to be elected dr w o i fraser tt w smith o w johnston j major e r leather c e palmer j i o raeburn john wilkinson school trustee floyd howell john i oraham harry saunders acclamation water commission everett shapland i acclamation oakvillf mayor j l hewsan acclamation reevc j r byers acclamation deputy reeve c v hlumer accla matlon council six to be elected a f whlttoker p j cowan dr m a lunau c v weight i w chambers s h turner howard litchfield w hilchcox public utllitlis commission arthur hlllmer i acclamation school trusteeti j m camptiell al fnd hi lmer j b d orant erin villaof iii i e d s letch roy w rguion council four to im t lected oeorge h rton john ilobb william bailey p j sinclair ernest tnur vrin township heeve- ni 11 mncklnnon d puty rei ve dtlaord hlixli council william ma ki nzti dinlel mucdougall and arthur swnckhnmer piil township ret robert rich deputy reivewlllkm walker council im jnckmin c a sucxnev und don mcnnbb ukst gararraxa townhiht reeve rennle caldwell council w d rettle d f sergeant austin in land and fred j shaw caifdon reeve a d mcbrldc acclamation deputy reevi a s mclclsh tliomas r evans norman storey council three to be ilecied william j trethen wuuam i law una russe jenkins ivan mcdonald ambrose mc cormack second sfries in bowling league entered this week the force bowling team opened the second series of the ouelph commercial bowling league by losing a hardfought whtn lime lor qualifications for tin arioui municipal ofllcip cloned un sat nitamecung loyalty nlbht and urd l oc b7tuewltrihet7ryat hotel tm as faced v tlh a fihortuue of err cuur clllir and an lecuon for un schuu tho m hori tmllhu dourd and an aclanatl 11 lor the ultl hojnul imnln t polnoj on 3 wmlc uk comnlsslon tcut oot 3 3 for onc kim j u chalnurs u r turned w omj onc poim f utal score which bj acclumauan for a stcond term as they joofc by b maruln of 40 palnu an inuriillnn li 11 u iif th oiilnii llt u munlclpalltj n th distribution of letter received f council messrs w j oakis irom our burl patrick bvryon vho cr liiltton and aruiur macdonuld iam total of s050 received a 1 tt r thn nad it aloud t h mlulid tills uais om lacancj for t score water and light i extentions made by utilities officials other mnttcra receive attention 0t meeting of commitfhion on tuesday night at the meeting of acton public this is lhe first ume the team hnfij utilities commission on tuesday even rolled oer the 3000 mark making j i the secretary was instructed to jay the following uccounu tentliil works for the return or iwace on lie fourth unc and mrs mc justice and christum harltyy through oloughlln is the tldu1 daughter or the out the world among catholics the l mr and mrs benjamin wallace tendency has been to recognise the need whose form was on the town lhe of prayer and sacrifice to effoct peace mr and mrs mbolaughlln lived mos on earth ond to day they are making of their lives in nassagaweya moving to a concerted effort to move ood to shower ouelph in 1014 and living there until a iii needed mercy upon beaet mankind i few years ago when they moved with some few may pray consistently for their eldest son joseph and their family to the farm hi me about two miles east of ouelph this e derty couple plan to spend this fiftyninth wedding anniversary quietly with their to sons wuuam and joseph their wives nnd three grandchildren charles joseph and wllda a host of pass plana reader and frlendh will join with u in extending congratulations on this occasion and the wish that this couple will be spared many more happy years together peace but the majority are content with an occasional uppllcotlon to their heavenly father unless a in euro pean lands they have been made to feel the weight of war s horrors too many also have vested their faith in men while they either excludad ood from their minds or forgot ills am nt potent power today the holy father urges all to look above man to tlie creator of man and of the world and to call vehemently upon the only one who has power to bend the will of men and by his divine direction order the course of events thui we must intensify and increase our prayers but prayer to be most effective must be unremltttngy constant unbrokenly t iv i trill universal ond insistently beseeching to ijtlflh s 11111 day s religious surge will possess these qualities only if every one is instantly the annual ladles night of the hal obcdlint to the urging of ills spiritual ton brunch of tlie tmeurl t oarage pother to further the cause of peace 0kratorn association was held in the and protection by prayer by sacrifice community hall ot pa ermo thursday und by cnttentlnl works ro as to furm rvening november hth it wns the nn immense chorus of supplication most succesiful and tin largest attended which rising aloft and penetrating th i h s night yi t ik id in the halton heuvenn will win for un favors and thi branch success attends garage operators mtrcy of ood bannoc khuitn institute held social evening at woodside on friday night last thi buiiuockburn worn nn institute hi id a social evening ut woodside school mr robert kerr i nsponded to by ed wadhum of hart acted as chairman for the following mr j l mfklndliy urnnch presld tnt utu chairman for tlie evening the program int luded banquet flor sho d or prljh and dancing the banquet a its follow id by a short toast program the king the nutlonal anthem the ijidles proposed by wm norton and rthponded to by mrs f tuck o ir ouents proposed by fred sinclair and 1 rogram recitations wore given by mr frank voting a piano duett by mrs a fisher ond mrs f cole miss doris htrdlng favorid with a vocal solo fol lowed by an instrumental by mr john pell a reading va given by miss irene lcsllt mrs r co c rendered a plan nolo the program closed by singing h national anthem lunch was served und the rcmalndtr of the evening was tn joyed in dancing i uhlch council will hate to arrange an other nomination happy helpers cu i t group met last night the regular mid week muting oi the tlnp flfluc ctttt artmp ncr hekl in the sunday senool room of tlu unltfd church on wednesda evening with ten members present after the opening exercises anna mada4ald and ethel franklin conducted the devotlonul period the business period was then conducted alter wlllch some time wo spent en the activity or handicraft after the singing of taps the meeting ad journed t roote h otterbeln on tin school board four or the e s force nomtnets qualified and the electors r lungfprd will be tailed upon to select three for w corry scuts pn the 1041 board those a ho r crawford qualified wtre f s bio j h boyd w oeorge mason and v d rumley i force 455 electors wluolso be asked to vote on the question of whether they rovoi ww to year term for municipal offices the will mark their ballots opposite yes or no to this question for the public utilities commission mr m symon as returned by aecanc atlon for another term in regard to the council a second royal no ma 211 143 353 iso 1b5 340 630 310 161 iflo 537 357 307 358 764 104 158 320 1040 031 1080 3050 s53 1017 1150 3010 hydro department dell telephone co services t 5 53 hlpc of ontario power 3 030 31 he pc of ontario checking metera he pc of ontario supplies c n it and transports sutherlandschulu electric co re pairs mcdonald electric ltd unpt acton ws enlisted ttik week bmr kenneth duck and hector lambert the manning depot toronto last sat urday joa iturat ha joined the royal can adian air force and is now stationed at toronto i v mrs w p gamble guest speaker knox wm meeting the fall thank offering of knox pres byterian womeri a missionary society was held in the church thursday after- nomination meeting will be arranged by noon with mr howard prwlding mr council if more than one person is leiuptead the scripture nominated and deddr to contest an j mrww p gamble ouelph slwayi election it will be necessary to hold a a verysfeleome vlaltor to the home of second election her childhood wu guet speaker she in the meantime monday la election 8bv a moil earnest and i m pi ring talk day poll open at 0 a m and close at on loyalty love and light pointing s p m polling place for those re idlnf how even with the blackout of war we 14 85 3 15 083 4 11 wahnm publishers mr wm bill bailey president of provincial council gave a short and interesting address somr goad stories included reviewing the life of the oanirt operators association pointing out the social meetings of the operators and the absolute frankness one with an other coupled with the jvhole hearted desire to improve conditions in the trade had proved beyond doubt the value of the association horry harper immediate past presld ent or provincial council was a welcome visitor and spoke briefly a bouquet of flowers was presented to mrs wm bailey a presentation ads made to the newly married mem bcrjmtvand mrs a mclsanc of ac tot dennett orchestra was in attend once for the dancing during the latter pur- of the evening which was ery much enjoyed by all the board of directors were in charge of i the arrangements for the evening and spared no effort to muke it the big success it was and are to be congratulated for tire splendid jurk ac complished ll7cnn meeflmr held after the nominnilnrm was frank and free diflcusfllon of many municipal prsblcttm council uvea oo account opari work utilitlea conimiwion urccd to arrnnffforjrepajr service for consumers program cards lunch features at dloomsrury meeting the regular meeting of the blooms bury literary society was held in the school on friday november 32nd the meeting opened with therell alway be an england the president clar- ence wllao oc the chair mrs alex near acted a chmlrlady whl e the following program a given instrumental messrs alex near and n mblaughlln reading cameron hit ching recitation audrey watson reading mr mae mclaughlin recita tion mr alex near reading ura 3 01 ns j mclaughlin reading ur cameron waterworks department l kttchlng peechby alex near on war canadian bra co supplies 830 30 savlnga stamp and red oroaa work a letur- from the workman com- 1 the meeting closed with thw singing canadian general electric co supplies 11 111 lard laiby labor department of national revenue sale tax acton pike prcx printing 8 75 as 3d 74 08 3583 nominations last friday evening drew he usual attendance of twentyfive or thirty citizen who are interested in the off aim of the municipality nom nations were not numerous for coun cil a usual and as a result there were not sufficient qualified to fill the four seat the following vera the nomlna tlon a reported by clerk c f leath erland when he announced the closing at 8 30 for reeve w j o oajucfl nominated by n lambert and a t drown j b chalmers nominated by w j o oakes and a maon a mason nominated by w j beatty and f mccutcheon f moctrrciiron nominated by a mason and the wation for council j h creioirron nominated by f j mccutcheon and c m hansen art hur macdonald nominated by oeo ii ridley and w d talbot w j o oakjeb nominated by wm cooper and s husband stuart sinclair nominated by j d chalmers and o a dili w j dhatty nominated by a mason and o rosxell 11 r force nominated by w j beatty and j ii crelghton j b chalmers nominated by j m mcdonald and f j mccutcheon fred mccutchkon nominated by o a dills and w j beatty i- or school board w a mason nominated by p j mc cutcheon and r j mcpherson j if boyd- nominated by e j nelson and f l wright fbhd biow n minuted by j n chalmers and a manon victor rumley nominated by j b chalmers and chas w mason j m mcdonald nominated by j h crelghton ond m symon ruiuic imijtifs commission m symon nominated by o ii lanta and t seynuck thofl watson nominated by o a dills and j h reed the cltlfcens meeting which followed the nominations was held in the coun cil chamber with the attendance this room os better adapted for such a meeting and those present took a keen interest in the discussion of municipal problems and work reeve j b chalmers first to ad dress the gathering said that the present council had a record of which they nerd not be ashamed there had been a lot of hard work in the 34 regular and 28 special meetings of the year the municipality wo better off by 5 000 than at the same period last year councillor w j o oake chairman of street and walks gave an account of the work of hi department the roadways had been graded five time 100 yard of gravel had been put on tire roadways and 13 tile driveway ap proaches installed ptve new catch basin hd been put in the grading of the street had cost 110 frederick street opening had been mdte an under taking 1 800 yard of nil had been necessary and the cost had been over 800 and liao for a new steel culvert he also told of urn 40ofoot drain in stalled from church street and the force electric plant me felt that another 81 000 should be spent to put the aide- walk in good repair ii had enjoyed the work council j ii crelghton chairman of the finance committee pointed out that every ratepayer had been supplied with a complete statement of the town a fin ance he had enjoyed council work and if he decided to qualify for office and natuwr wat6tftflatmoit for th towrvi councillor s u sinclair and j f davlaon went not present at us mealing mr n p moor fait that council had not given attention to th flood condl tlon that wu a detriment to hi pro perty on main street thi matter waa i oonthumd bti pag ftva on the north est side nf mill street may see the light dive and loyalty will be the town hal those on the of christ mr gamble a always gave southeast side of mill street will vote a feemng of hope and trust at the ymca there will be two mr c leuhman sang my task pensatlon board plated wullngneaa to pay medical tee for an accident to mil liard laaby the list ofarrear wa checked and instruction issued for thalr disposition th superintendent reported that trstniformer for the baxter labora- jjoriea had been installed and were ready far connection have joined the rcaf they left for booth here one at th front ans the very aweeuy th women auxluariu the light line for alice street had tttefe trinnlttri njiiiit 1rmnli tat rat akv m il iiib abiltamma m i ai imi e- i other at the aide entrance from the other church in towifwer be sure to east your bal ot on monday very welcome visitor and vote early in the day r the mm cooper offered the dedicatory democratic way of maxing choice and prayer a cup of tea and dainty lunch settling question urveu at the close of uie meeting also been constructed and wa ready for connection v chairman hansen reeve chalmers and commissioner m symon were pre sent at the meeting of the national anthem euchre wa played and the prise weqtty mr macpherson and mr mc laughlin a dainty lunch waa then served and a social half hour wa spent tin prodoction london cp world production 7if unjn august id40 1 estimated at 10 100 tons making production for th first eight month of 1040 144 boo ton against sts00 ton in the wirreapondlng period of 1040 an increase of as per cent coming events annouacmats of mtlnis cna rvru or othsr evnl undvr thi hrsitla- ve chrd i cents pwt line with minimum char far ny sn nan nctrm tnt al jc rastaar and sale op work pleau remember the tea and i or baking at the baptist church on saturday afternoon november mui at 300 pan