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r i atf pack four i the acton free prbss thursday october 9th 1m1 neighborhood news itoaa cowcmliic other centra and coaamunltlca te wwek many of oar beaden are interested -rnassagaweya- a no 7 mr and mrs elmer anderson tor onto spent holidays at the home of the latter parent mr and mrs e brltton mr and mrs elmer coxe and chll- dren toronto spent sunday at their farm homehere mr and mrs s elliott matt and bruce of acton visited mr and mrs grant mcmillan sunday mrs flor ence robinson guelph was a week end gtiestof this home also corncutting and silo filling is the work of most farmers these days y the kmnegrovbuay bees of s s no 7 held an auction sale at brook- vllle hall wednesday evening al- lhougirthecrowdwas7notlarge the bidding was fairly brisk and the ladles sold nearly 25 from articles donated the funeral thursday afternoon of the late mr henry mcleod at the home of hla son and daughterinlaw mr and mm wm mcleod was con ducted by the rev mr bennle of actodbesldes the son lnwhose homo he spent his last fewyeavi ahotwatl so lovingly oared for leaves to mourn his loss his wife who was lottie jack son one other son harry of sl helena and three daughters mrs x mcpherson of guelph mrs a john stone usa and mrs a campbell burlington sixteen grandchildren and one granddaughter sympathy is ex tended to the bereaved ones school children received a half holi day because of teachers meeting last friday afternoon batttnafad the chidrn of the mission band with the holp and under the direction of mint bhhtaasaiitant superintend ent of the band leave completed the making of a quilt to be given to the tied cross mothers of the children assisted in the quilting miss b hilts spent the weekend with friends in galt mrs smith spent a few days last week with friends in toronto mr and mrs cecil soper visited on sunday at the hom of th formers father j soper mr ada masales of georgetown is visiting at the homes of her nephews the ferguson brothers and other friends in the district mr sopr vlaltod with friend in acton last week limehouse a few ladles finished anothor quilt at mrs bentons on wednesday after noon and packed a carton containing oakvblle word that sgt pilot bill archibald was missing fpllowlng action over enemy territory was re ceived on monday by his parents mr and mrs ri h archibald a meeting of 100 citizens repre sentlng 3 organizations of the town was held monday night and unani mously approved arrangements tor ceremony tomark the- adoption and christening of the corvette which will be named ookvl he recordstar erin -ospringe- mr francis brydon of montreal and mrs a alton of toronto visited last week with mr and mrs f brydon and mr and mrs austin mc- cutcheon mr and mrs fred osburna and son of fergus were sunday guests with mr and mrs b mcklnnon mr and mrs arnold sunter left last week for niagara falls ont where arnold has obtained a position mrs b wilson of guelph was a re cent visitor with mr and mrs j stfuther sunday visitors with mr and mrs d stewart included mr and mrs marvin cox and shirley of new tor onto mr and mrs reg diamond of guelph mr a mrs charles bruce enter talned at a reception and dinner on saturday evening in honor of the latter son jack mcleod and his bride the former alleen stambury of bronte who had bee rem earlier in the day at walkerfohttaffcr a short honeymoon they will reside in welland where the groom is employ ed mrs ken tawse and daughter gwen spent the weekend with the formers parents mr and mrs s maltby at aberfoyle sunday callers with mr and mrs d g robertson were mr and mrs lloyd robertson and alan mr don ald moseley and miss alma zette all of guelph a numb r of the jadleanfthclal madeover clothing and four quilts this was shipped to the salvation army on saturday the september meeting of llmo- house womens institute was held at the homo of mrst goarhcndorsons on thursday the meeting carried out the thanksgiving spirit the roll call was answered by each mombor naming a canadian prime minister and telling why he was important in history mrs gowdy and mrs ellerby woro appointed to attend tho leader train ing school in milton what is new in n mrs g was named mrs bedford of nelson bc is visiting with her daughtor mrs t j campbell miss dorothy welr of twin butte alberta is also a guest of dr and mrs campbell mrs clara badger of brampton and mr and mrs george badger halifax ns were weekend visitors with mr and mrs fred wilson mr badger is stationed with the rcn at halifax and brought with him message and a number of souvenirs to mr and mrs w g magul from their son pearson who is also with tho ricnstatlonedat halifax a decided improvement has been made at the agricultural arena in which new floors have been laid in the offices and the seats along tho north side of the building remodelled large congregation attended the services in burns presbyterian church sunday morning and evening the occasion being tho rcopenlng seventytwo nrllclev rujiond tho pastor rev a d maclellnn had charge of the services advocate everton to look after the collecting of salvage in umehmrsc this month anyone who hav anything for this work kind- if get in touch with mrs gowdy books other than newspapers and magazines may be left at the local post office and will be sent to the armed forces free of charge it was decided to hold an euchre and dance aj the home of mr and mrs klrkpatrlck this month to raise funds for filling christmas boxes for the local boys overseas a letter from the salvation army who wer asking for knitted garments and ditty bags for the navy was ready but there was so much other work being done at present it was not thought nd- vltable to try this as well mrs wright read current events and a paper on origin of thanksgiv ing mrs gowdy read an appro pri thanksgivin noem m a presbyterian church attended a sec tional meeting of the missionary so ciety at burns church erin between showers potato picking is the order of the day while the yield is not ait large as- usual tho po tatoes are a very good sample mr b mcklnnon tins some ktndhln variety uiul are unusually large one weighing a fraction of tin ounce less than two pounds m rra lbrtean laflt isabel lt a i id charlie attended at the golden wed- unele in toronto writ tuesday the many friends of mrs george young who has been seriously 111 in the general hospital guelph for the past six weeks will be pleased to know she is steadily improving t the october meeting of the wo mens institute was held onwmlnea day afternoon at the home of mrs ken tawse with miss isabelle scan- ion presiding mrs wm mekenztc presented the red cross report and distributed the sewing for the month mrs- t g altken and mrs- d- stewart were appointed to pack the christmas boxes tor the boys of the community on active service plans were made for a jlallowtven social misses blanche mcklnnon and edna cooke as program convenors and mesdames d g hoberuion w mckenxle and h d burrows as lunch committee- a homemade baking tale on the guelph market was also arranged with mrs ken tmwse and mrs t g altken in charg mrs r d burrows read an inter esting paper on war conditions in franc dippings on current itams were read by miss ettbelle scanlon benton gave part of her report of the chesley convention held in sep tember part of o god our help in nges past followed by a reconsecra- ton jprayer jmd god save the king were use in closlngt the hostess then served lunch the september meeting of tho girls lookout club was held at tho home of misses smith at sllvercreek on saturday last the president miss ivens was in the chair but in formed the girls that she wpuld be unable to be with them during the rest of the year ah felt this would be a great lass as she has been such a splendid helper and leader and they look forward to her return in the sprin the roll call was nnswered mrs w usherwood spent a few days in guelph with daughter mrs e m awroy and fnmlly mr and mrs albert mcwllllams and family and miss mary forester pusllnct spent sunday with mr james black miss forester remain ed for a visit atr-andmrsj- p a family spent sunday in guelph with mr and mrs will van norman and fnmlly messrs albert alton and mrs robert patten spent sunday at camp borden and allison miss jennie tovcll is visiting her cousin mrs stanley tovcll at os- prlnge mr and mrs wilfred stlnson and friend toronto spent sunday with their aunts the misses mary and kate reed mr and mrs beverly hepburn acton spent sunday with mr and mrs john alton rev j p mcleod spent a couple of days last week in toronto with his daughter mable and son malcolm mr arid mrs will alexander fifth line spent sunday with the letters parents mr and mrs j hamilton mrrandmrs fred meguleheon acton visited the formers parents on sunday mr and mrs john mc- cutchcon orton mrs burroughs hanover is visiting her brother rev a l alton and mrs alton at the parsonage friends will be sorry to hear that mrs atton has been very 111 and will hope for an early recovery mrs leonard armstrong is visiting her sisters around stratford at pres ent congralulatlonto mrand mrs melvln grant mimosa on the arrival of a son last wednesday in cuelph general hospital a large number of formor members and friends held anniversary services morning and evening in tho disciple church second line last- sunday the church was tastefully decorate ed with fruit and flowers for the re opening and many attended from i distance a vary impressive and in spiring address was given hit both services in the morning rev mr tharp of rldgetown was the guest speaker with rev j stevons brampton as sisting in the evening rev mr mcleod everton was the guest speaker with rev mr norrls of erin and rev mr stalnton pf hlllsburg- assisting the hlllsburg choir with special singing was enjoyed potato picking is the ordor of tho day and excellent crops are preva lent by an article made from factory cot- ton these are to be put in the bazaar which is planned for early december at the home of mrs h norton mrs benton road the scrip- tun lesson which was followed by prayer mrs benton rend n paper ngallngw1thmi g british- columbia where it- is done on a large scale so overcoming to some extont the shortage of imported bulb com- ing principal fr the enemy occu pied countries of europe miss doris tho mnny friends of nm iwsm to know that his condi tion is quite satisfactory since his ro- eent operation nt guelph ooneral hospital from the letters in now testamont within aglvon time ilftor tho clos ing hymn mrs smith served a very tasty lunch mr and mrs ken hamilton and family have tecently moved into mrs cooneys house tim comm union-services- conducted by uev c c corhranp at limchouso on sunday afternoon wus well attend ed recent visitors include mr and mrs p m ctowdy and hlldrvn an september h with mr and mm w dowdy mr and mrs earl tartwell of acton and mr and mnr thos harris and children of clen wllllatps with the scotts mrs t a ivens with mrs gale for the past two weeks mr w j mckeniie of toledo ohio with miss margaret swackhamer within the past two weeks tho con venor of knittipg has taken tho fol lowing to the georgetown red cross rooms from wool suppjied 11 pairs mitts 1 pair army socks 1 pair sea mans socks and 1 pairs seamans i guelph rocrwood rev mr forbe of toronto con ducted services at presbyterian church sunday morning mr eldon lambert attended the hamilton conference ypu at st marys saturany evening nnd sunday at the sunday evening rally service in paisley memorial church guelph masters nell and normnn 1 n r one of which was the touch of his hand on mine i on monday evening n number of rockwood young people attended the fnll rally at paisley memprinl church guelph a splcndcd meetinr was enjoyed by all present the sympathy of the community is t m he- passing of her brother the lote mr mcleod who died nt the home of his son in nassagaweyn inst week nnd also to his daughter mrs jns d mc pherson of guelph nnd formerly nt rockwood in th pn awa nt st josep hospital gueljjh of mr jnmes k keourh hock wood lost n well known citizen who carried on n meat market for many years he wm predeeensed by his wife some is years ago the sympathy of the community is ex tended to member of iiir fnmlly who mourn his loss mr fnxl day who resigned his position in hamilton to take a posi tion nt o ac guelph in connection witfuair school commences his duties next monday weekend nnd sunday visitors john beard raf trenton mr and mrs clarence royce nnd son william phillip of toronto at home of formers parents mr and mrs wm b royce mr and mrs howard osburn of nassagaweya a jargogotherlng of the neighbor and friends of mr nnd mrs van goozen met in bloomsbury school on monday evening to honor their son ac 1 jack van goozen of the rcaf who is home on leave the program openedjwlth progressive euchre after which mr alex near acting chair man called on the orchestra for some selections ac1 jack van goozen wan asked to come forward to a seat on the platform and mansell nollls rend the following address and at tho proper time mac mclaughlin made the presentation of a military set and mortey belt bloomsbury oct 641 dearjack it is with mingled feelings of sor row and pride that we gather hero this evening your nolghbors as well as your i home folk have been pleased to have i you home again it has been pleas- i ant working with you at the bees and seeing you around the community seemed llko tho times of not so long ago you nre about io leave us leave us for you know nnt where but we arc certain yon will respond to service as manfully as you did to tho call from your king and country hoping it will not be too long be fore you are back amongst us again i wo ask you to accept this remem brance from your friends of the com munity who wish you luck and safe return t signedmac mclaughlin reg wil son mansell net us r although taken corhptelctjrtjysur prise jack made a very feeling re ply thanking one and nil for their kind words and beautiful remem brancc lunch was then served nnd thererrramdornf theevrnlnp spcnt in dancing the refreshing rain of friday nnd saturday was greatly appreciated by the farmers it should help the pas tures and fall plowing mr and mrs erwln sheppnrd and baby of freeman visited with rela tives and friends in nassagaweyn on sundny thanksgiving service will be ob served in ebenezer united church next sundny morning women manning j airplanelanr- onethird staff of one spitfire factory of the gentler sex somewhere in england c p onethird of the hundreds of workers at a government v airplane factory- here are women they play a viurpart in the job6f- transform ing raw materials into finished spit fires i immediate aim of the plant man agement is to raise the ratlof of women working in the factory to fio per cent they are gradually taking over the most complicated processes of ri vetting pressing and assembly work at present most of the women are drawn from the immediate locality shortage of housing accommodation will be the chief obstacle when the time comes to transfer women from other districts laftok dilution good london cp dilution of skil led labor in britains roaring war factories has been a suocoss accord ing to authoritative labor quarters a year ago percentage of skilled labor in fact or i os ranged from 3fl to m but now has dropped to about 10 and yet output has risen ford tractor svitii ferguson system ford ferguson tractors plows cultivators disc harrows ford cars and trucks used cars antifreeze oils and greases general garage work see us for service norton motors phone 69 acton if you want to see one of the last and beat exhibit at a pall show co to erin fall fair to be held at erin ontario on saturday and monday october u and 13 ds7 thanksgiving day there will also be special attraction by the lome scots and st johns ambulance brigade brass and pipe bands lady drivers speeding roadsters saddle horses and ponies high stepping stylish horses open hunter trials parade of live stock at 415 pm dst for further information or prize list write the secretary xttttrb flhpurtl of sanaa astoa ontario rev a waiteb fosbubt fia bj mlnlstar parsonage bower avenue sunday october 12th 1941 thanksgiving servicbs 1100 anikev e c juddols off lowvllle 1215 pm church school 700 pm the minister theme in everything- give thanks tuesday 8 pmwms and y p u thankofferlng meeting sunday october 28th 11 am and 730 pm anniversary services come to churek everybody welcome irrabgirrton knox orvroh aoton rev ii t bennie m a la manse willow street sunday october- 12th 1041 thanksgiving sunday 1000 am the jfabbath school 1100 am national thanksgiving 700 pm tho consecration of our gratitude note the provincial rally in st andrews church guelph this week- ond of the young peoples societies of the presbyterian church the anniversary services on oc tohor 10th with the rov h g cleg- horn of preston always welcome sajttbrt ghurtij aoton rkv john ohtrom bjl btb minuter sunday october 12th 1041 1100 am the mlnlstor 1215 pm sunday school monday oct 13th bypu rally at st mnrys wednesday 730 pm prayer moot ing 830 pm choir practice a welcome to all vhclamtowimsf- small advertisements advartlicmentf uridtr thlt hwdldtf mc ch with ordtr up to i wortu additional words tc pr word if cash iloci not uccompanr tlt advr tiicmtnt minimum cfira uc ind ia pr word additional or ich word over i- crimea good ground for winter firhtinr by th autocimtfml prru when one thinks of russias loorirfcrt mn nrhi smtnttdwcnsnut om nt ten h y on cznr nlcholnu i florejieo night- innate nnd alfred ton tennyson comes now adolf hitter to emblnzon his name- tnthe enlnflulo books stockliur- varn u on hand for more badly nedthl narnient mr kenneth mcdonald has return ed homo from th hospital in guelph sandwich cak and coffe wr whri ho underwent an operation for served and a aortal unvi enjoyed appendlelt u mr and mnv jrry ingram of dun- da the ruuular monthly meeting of local red croat organization was held tuesday afternoon at home of ml myrtle mootv n f tr en n prnlnaulu luilr size of nova scotln is ffrad ground for winter flrhtlnu its mllrfdfmnt has riven it the nnme of russian riviera three mountain rnnges form n windbreak on its soiitleasttrtronst flat steppes sown largely in wheat take up tureefouruis of its area in- irmdaimferopotlsthecaptrnt good shoes for vouno and old cmetttr lilted a d rachiin acton it kas bees dellmltely advbwdjl tlsat there ha beea so latehtua to restrlet ill toy way h eper ilea a w clasa r trikscere kaullojc llveataek ta various mark is any rtuuar ta uk aheet la i wukeut rousxiauasl ijvtok trtkkwa aaaoeutlonh of ontario a housework wanted high school girl wishes light house work for room and board box 20 acton free press 1loit rent six room house on main street for rent apply mrs waxman main street for hale 17 well bred hereford younqr cattle coo to 700 lbs nt farm adjoining milton w mark l52- i box 375-mllton- for balk durham bull 12 months old elig ible for registration apply henry sayers lot 17 townllno nassagawoya aml- esqucslng phone 90 r 5 graded rams for rale buy now and get your pick xxx and xx lnmbs and yearlings rock- wood sheep club stock gordon leslie 155 r r no 3 acton rktairh 8toveh furnaceb tlnsmlthlnu plumbing ostlmates given agent for gurney stoves and furnaces stoves exchanged agent for robinson clay products co john v savage acton lot for sale lot nt the corner of peel and wel lington streets owner will sacrifice for cl00 full size lot on which micro are two gnrngis renting for 3 per month apply 152 c f leatherland tiohherand hi1eep for sale -team- of horses- 7 year old 90 breeding ewes suffolks oxfords itnmulettch nlo 15 ewi lambs mso chevrolet lih ton truck stake xpply vicioh mccallum ol lil lliip1 lli kni hwap anything uneful accepted iu part or full payment on any singer sowing machine trcmlles 500 up also used electrics repairs to all makes of mowtinch singer sewing machine co jl queen w urampton phone 09fl 144- vi1xaoe of acton court of revision the municipal council of the vil lage or acton will meet as a court of revision in the council chamber acton ontario on tuesday the twen tyeighth day of october 1941 at eight oclock a pjffsons having ap- peals against tmf assessmecttron for the said village or the year 1942 will take notice and govern themselvaa accordingly 0 notice of all appeals must be re ceived by me on or before th eigh teenth day of october 1941 dated this 8th day of october 1s41 c f leathkrland 1s2 clerk