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ufrjwm rssaggeisy xszi the acton free press thursday octobr 9th 1941 v netkea at aartae assrrlaess east bailee jsksttx sttaeeaaeatctsism dtanlj a msassrtaaa halloas ess ssj see soaltloasl ssr eoetnr- lemon at the private patients maternity home ouetoh street acton on tuesday october 7th x94irto mr and mr f demon nee mary crtppsh the ift of a daughter mary elisabeth betty no visitors henry and13180n mcljsod the funeral of the uu henry an derson mcleod waa held at the home of hla eon william on thuraday oct 31941 at3 oclock thanksgiving on monday and indian summer to come yet riaaane at the y m cjl have eom- meneed for the eeaaon autumn colore are uu on the treea but the foliage will aoon be gone the leaves are now being lath ered be careful of the flrea in clean ing them up mr m helwlg ha commenced the erection of a new realdence on arthur street last instalment of municipal taxee la due on wednesday next prompt payment no penalty blue spring scout reeerve juat west of acton will be eloeed for the eeaaon after monday next thanks giving day last of the fall ralra in thla dla- trict erin fair on thahkaglvtng day will bet a real attraction for man from thla section mr mcleod who waa in hla 84th year waa born in glasgow scotland came to canada at the age of 5 yeara end realded in naaaagaveya townehlp about 77 years lie la aurvlved by hla wife kate jackson and three daughters mr jamea mcpherson guelph mrs archie campbell burlington mra aaa johnson medina ny two eona henry and whuam of naaaaaweya one alater mra robert moore rock- wood and one brothor kenneth of guelph the pallbearera were alx grandsons meaara angua mcpheraon cerald mc leod mervln mcleod ww campbell bell jardln campbell roea campbell the flower bearers were five grand daughters ileene mcpheraon mra george young ruby mcleod marion campbell ahieabellemcleod the aervlce waa conducted by the rev ii l bennle interment waa m fallview cemetery acton thomas r akins another of erlna retired business men passed away on wedneeday september 24th in the person of thomas h akina aged 79 years a son of the late robert akin and hla wife dinah watson he waa born on the farm lot fit con 8 township of nassagaweya in 1888 he went to erin and engaged in the barber bual- thla la fire prevention week and m rctlrliu in 1m3 fifty year tptendld lime to check up and tee n december 33 he unlted-ln-mar- tmnsmiui flgnrertbinrfntsn county that your heating equipment la clean rlagc with ann jane orr who aur- and in good condition i vlvce lilm he la also aurvlved by one brother and two alater jamea a of a new fall drive to increase the ta1eofwisavlngcertlflcatewlll aoon be on if we would win we muat keep everlastingly at the job mr g w masales ha purchased from mr w r kenney the house an lot on m street next to the johnstone rumley funeral home in the report lait week of a pres- entatlon to pte w l armstrong at orton mention waa not made ofa vnrlat watch preaented he received a wrltt watch and billfold mr e j moore crives travel talk to iode meeting a business meeting of the lakeside i o d e was held at the home of mrs h helwlg on tuesday evening a very gratifying number of mem ber were preeent reporla wero given by the varloua committees it vaadeelded to send christmasboxes to all the ninety acton boys serving in theforceaovjtseas several new- members were proposed a feature of the evening was an il lustrated talk by mr e jh moore who chose as his theme unto jhe hills members were taken in fancy by mr moore mountain climbing in the adirondncka nnd on n motor trip across the united states to the prcclpltuous highwnps of the sierra nevada ending at the picturesque spanish mission of capettrano on the west coast mr benson assisted mr moore with the lantern a vote of thanks was proposed by mrs leltch to which all member heartily responded the mectlpg closed with the national anthem re freshments were served by group ten acton who la at present 111 and un- dergolng treatment at st josepha hospital guelph mra nelson mc- lachlan of nassagaweya and a ala ter in western canadn the late mr aklna wo n member of wellington lodge a f a a m an toddfellowrnrt mer mcthodlit now united church in which he wns nn active elder for many years nnd nn honorary elder w hen he tiled nnd always took an ac tive interest in nil church activities for mnny year he was a member of erin library board ho una n kind husband nnd n good neighbor nnd will be greatly missed by n wide circle of friends the funeral took plnce from his inte residence to erin united church on friday afternoon when his pastor rev t j rees conducted the ser vicesassisted by rev a d mnc- lellan in the presenco of n large con gregation intcrmont was mndo at erin cemetery six nephews all members of the masonic lodge were pallbcarcrs awrcy lnmb wesley gray fred wilson stnnley dyer wqxr m n grand nephews sons of tho pallbearers were flowerbearer the members orwop llngton lodge conducted the com mltnl service nt the graveside acton bowlers lose and win in weeks games the mccutcheon bottling team de feated the parcel yjjflvery team 30 last tuesday night in a regular sihed- ule ma o th u o t bowling league cree indi missionary to hieak in the parihii hall on friday night for 15 voars mlsslonnrv among the creo indlnns around tho pas mani toba tho reverend r b horsefleld is to give on illustrated talk in st al ban bearish hall tomorrou frldny evening at 8 p m a young man of vigor and imagination mr horse- fields lecture is almost rollicking fun his work to him is a great game and he gets a lot of fun out or it and puts a lot of good humour nnd good spirits into his people come and hear him all welcome silver col lection for missionary purposes 94adav at k4 milton marshal barton has bousht a pelli farm on lot 4 con 3 trafalgar mr and mrs george a hamstreet two of mltona wall known and highly esteemed citizens quietly celebrated their diamond weddlns at their home here on sunday the halton count agricultural socleeyi 8fh annual rairsirthetd in milton last friday and saturday was one of the best attended fairs in the societys hutorvi with one of the largest exhibits of grain fruit veget ables baking and ladle work ever seen here far many years entries came from all parts of haltoi county headed by burlington baod mem bers of milton branch canadian leg- ion rki cross cats and sons of england paraded to the cenotaph in victoria park thence to evergreen cemetery on sunday afternoon where they paid tribute to the fallen heroes of the great war in the annual dec oration day services here champion burlington at the re meeting of the town council on friday evening last per mission was grant ml the department of naval affairs to maki the town crest the official crest or tho h m os burlington douglas shaver daughter of mr and mrs leslie shaver 40 caroline street cant was bitten by a dog owned by mrs hull 7 caroline st east on monday evening tho little girl was walking along the street when tho dog a doverman plnscher attacked her the child was bitten on the hip and her clothes were also torn following a press report regarding which places burlington only at 3788 and tho second town in the county tho council agreed with mayor blair atthefiiuliirmetlnitoftlie town- council on friday evening inst that there was a grave error some place and concurred in his proposal to com municate with the department at ot tawa in regards to tho discrepancy and ask for n recheck in the figures utuolto thanksgiving s holiday special train service and aiuihtmknts in hkguilak twain kchkpulkh train times kastera s toronto acton stratford monm oct is kxtra train lv ktratferd yik pm acton a49 lm ar toronto 10 00 lm mon oct is extra train lv toronto 10js lm acton 114s vm ar stratford ios am kincardine owen sound palmeraton guelph acton toronto sat- oct ii extravjdralnjlv- torento ss0 im acton 7 00 p m ar ouelph 7 20 lm can- neetlng with regular no 175 to palmerston and owen hbuiu all regular trains will carry additional equipment during holiday weekenu travel qv train save gakoijne for victory v special holiday fares full information front agenta canadian national t200e liwsox somewhere in england sept 181041 mr dllla just a few lines from the boya and myself we are all fine and well rmuattmenloriro-foi-the-ooples-of- tanl pars pssaa which have reached me in the paat few weeks moat of ua acton boya are together in one platoon we have been moving several umea since we come here at present we have been transferred into the mrat dlvlalon which was quite a jump for us our meals are very good and aeema to bo the main thing we are getting used to thla country now and it makes it a lot easier for ua the country is wonderful where we are now everything is nice and fresh the beat things i admire here are the flower beds with their grand rosea and hedges something that i never saw in canada we have been hearing fairly regu lar from home and that la the main thlhg we have had some parceu from homo and when wo get them it aeema like a chrlstmasigltt things are hard to get over here especially what we need but wo manage to get along im going to give you tho nnmea of ua acton boys so well be together news is kind of scarce around here so i must close for now but will write again sometime so cheerio for now kindest regards to all and all my friends yours truly 4 pte f l tournour canadian army overseas keep fit during the fall and winter season join the y m c a lis yours to use and us five minutes walk from your front door i he y la open now and there is fun for everyone from the ages of ten to eighty here are eozne of the program fea tures dadmlnton dancing dsnlil calisthenics tabletennis gymnas tics volleyball and a host of other activities for boys exercises for posture and body building floor hockey the increasingly popular table tennis basketball apparatus and tumbling work interclty visits and a number of other clean wholesome nctlvltlos kor glrla exercises for rhythm nnd posture group and tenm games vnlley ball apparatus tumbling hob bles etc vox young men danish collathen- jm badminton wnnaratu w somewhere in england hollo arlof justa s note to thank you for favors past i have rocolvod paper regularly for tho last sixteen months nnd i assure you it means a lot to the boya when we receive our pnpera from homo nnd it mnkes us feel nenrer to tho old town wo had n worlortuvoybjro onljr for one instnncc we continued on our wny nnd at last nrrlved in our enmp which is n rcnlly lovely spot in englnnd about three weeks after we nrrlv ed col g drew visited my bnttery nnd envo un a warm fcellnc of frlend- ahlp he wns in the igth battery pnrt of the last wnr nnd he gave us tho history of our battery we were for two weeks on the ranges and wc had a lot of hard work but nlso a good tlmo we slopt nut on the moors nbouf 1200 feet nhovesen nnd it sure waa cold nt night but wc nil enme through fine nnd nre now waiting for our call which i hope wont be long j mot n lot of tho boys from acton nnd we nre fnlrly close to one an other when we nre at barracks nnd it makes youfeel good when we meet nnd tnlk of home wo are getllhg ready for the visit of the king nndqucen on thunwlny sept i8th will send you n fen llms inter about their visit wp had n visit from the huns th other night but they soon left when we opened up on them nnd no dam age was done so now i must close thnnklng you for your mnny fnvors nnd tns acton fbkx psrss i remain one of the bos h de forest ft the y column tumbling frldny dancing social ac tlvltles of all types with the ever popular ya mens club of which every young man should bo a mem ber any information with regard to this group may be had by getting in touch with norm marlow the president or johnny grny he y director for young women danish calis thenics badminton gymnastics social activities frldny night dancing for men who like to play euchre or bridge wo have a special card room available every evening this la juk a partial list of the many activities within the four walla of the building just five minutes from your front door oymnssluin schedule jr boya tuesday 1 15 to s 10 sa turday 10 00 to 1100 sr boys monday nnd wednesday 7 00 to r00 jr a girls tuesday and thurs- dny 7 00 to boo jr b girls monday nnd wed- newloy 4 15 lo 5 10 young men wednesday s 00 lo 1000 badminton club tuesday 8 00 to 1100 saturday 7 00 to 1100 frldny niriii dnnre club 9 00 to 1200 senior ladles friday 2 00 to 0 00 leaqutth midget the league of nations flnancln budget for 1941 wns reduced 77 per cent from 1019 a call tor caution against fire wiikrkafefc in concentrating her energies to prsdoee bnpleraeeu of war for victory canada ealla for iba oomervation of all her re- wiikreah the full effort of canada eaa only bat aefcleveel by eliminating all forma of waste particularly leases by fire and wiikrraf canadas average leas of property by tiro lu the last fire years aaa exeaeded stieooooe annually now be it reaolved that every swliu undertakes to exercise the greatest ears whether in the faetery or the heme so that fire leases wui be reduced to the minimum hem- conserve refloufcceft kike lor8ea aid the enemy issued bv canadian underwriters assn fire prevenllan week october k it f l4vrightigent at the guelph theatres today tmj hattmday october it sonja henie john payn in sun valley serenade bringing you breathtaking new skate and ski surprises to the irre sistible rhythms of glen miller hi orehestra hat hhasvs contlnuoua from 1s0 afterhin mionitk 1201 av and movdav to wednehday october is is dob hope paulett goddard in nothing but the truth ten lime funnlrr vtuut cautfht in the draft mthly hbowa cjittlnuou palace thiirhday friday hattlr- dav ceatlnuaos haturaay the meat different cetnedy eve here comes mr jordan robert montgomery evelyn keyes james gleason mov ttjeh wed tihjrh oct 1iuis1s centlnuoua monday a yank in the r a f tyhon power iibttytarabur mfldvitk pkkvikw 81 vday oct ii 1103 am the toe tinkling scintillating gay est of musicals i fred aktaire rita hayworth youll never get rich with robert benchiey fmdy cartoon novelty worthing encland cp a u colleyprlest 84 of worthlnc cycles more than 50 miles dally nnd feels as fresh as paint at the end of it tnescore m koote 1 j morton m holmes g fcelahman- w corry 209 158 185- 550 203 j00 1go 572 171 j32 239 542 262 245 137 44 225 j24 119 6s8 vlccutcliaon 107o06 6403076 xparcel delivery 735 943 760 3438 x includea 100 plna handicap per same last week a match postponed from wednesday to thursday night ttoo lata lor last weeks acroa pan pause resulted in a defeat for mc- cutcheona by a score of 31 at the hands of the city cab team whats wiltshire that britain asks ottawa cpt the bacon board points out that the standard and pre ferred form of preparing pork for the british market la in the form of wilt shire aides and all packea have pre cise and detailed instruction on how to prepare theut a wiltshire side is more than the aide of a pig it la a practically whole half pig it is made by splitting the carcass down the back cutting off the head just back of the ears and cutting off the feet bout um knees apple dayj jnactonron aturoclllth you can do your good turn tjytluyint often tckgr our scientific eye examination js strictly modern atesulta guaranteed ihove ims glutximi eer appeihtment erhead registered optometerlat t at oeercoa sana ouelbh mortgage sale under and bv viutoc of the powers of sole contained in n certain mortcnke uhich will be produced ot the tlmu of sale thore ulll be offered for sale by tom ciiisiiolm auctioneer at plblic alctiov 3sdavroptobitlatrt nt tile hour of one o clock est in the aft at th fa o ani elchhorn guelph ontario the fol lowing property namely alx and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate lying and being in the town- irrofniiiisjraweya counrynritnk ton containing 155 acres more or less being firstly easterly half of lot a cen 55r said township 100 acre secondly part ot w half of lot 25 con 5 55 acres and all more particularly described in mortgage no b75s-tothe-commla- sioner ot agricultural loans at the same time and place under the authority of a distress warrant there will be offered for sale the fol lowing chatties 1 bay horse aged 2 jersey cous 3 yrs 1 houteln cow 6 yrs 1 llol- steln calf 3 months 1 binder 6 ft deerlng 1 mower 5 ft maisey-har- rls 1 set drag harrows 2 sections 1 cultivator spring tooth 1 hoe drill 11 hoe 1 sruffler 1 walking plow 1 wagon and rack 1 buggy on the said farm there is said to be erected a dwelling house with suit able farm buildings the lands will be sold subject to a reserve hid terms ok sale of chattles cash terms of sai e of land twentyfive per cent of the purchase price to be paid doun at the lime of the sale tne balance lo be secur ed hy a mortgage fcllh interest at four per cent per annum for further particulars and condl tlons of sale apply to commissioner of agricul tural loans east block parlia ment buildings toronto ontario dated at toronto thla 23rd dav of september 194l 143 georgetown miss j3ety grant dnughter of mr nnd mm w v grant has ntuned to toronto where site will enter her second yenr arts course nt the uni versity of toronto miss bettj speight daughter of mr and mrs a r speight has enrolled in toronto normal school and is taking the teachers course alexander sandy grant was burl ed last frldny in park lnu r cemi ter toronto a retired polico ser- pdnpsdiy si p tembir mth at his home in toronto in- year the ll m was liorn in llmchouve and wns n son of th inle mr nnd mrs georgi grant as n oung man he worked in t ltrpeho quarries then uent tcttoronto whore he joined the polkf force he ubj a frequent visitor in llmehouse where he owned two prop- erttettnthevitgetrernld fishermen aids for egg supply canadian cod liver oil comes aonk to fill hena diet ottawa cp the farmers and fishermen of canada ha e become al lies in the campaign to supply britain with all the eggs she needs agricul ture department officials report cod ller oil is an important part of mod i ern ioultr diet and is umn to give the vitamin content essential in the food of producing stock with the outbreak of the war the united king dom noruglon anil other scurcts of oil upplles wife cutoff anil cannil ian fisheries were called on to suppl almost the entire demand a labors- lory for testing fish oils used for llve- i stock feeding has been established hv the agrliullure department i thm rfirm main factor in providing tb machlnsvs which will eonmnusj fa intprav farrrt sjstrattntj and ntaka i mora protnabla ar closely interraloead and achuv tha utmost in hi air function inn whan broaatf y correlerfsd engineering which by study and experi mentation conceives and develops the implement or machine to meet tha immediate nmts or problam of tha farmer manufacturing lo produce in quantify a quality tha machines developed so that they may be economically available lo the farmers whom they were deugned to astitt 1 distributing lo sell wllh dthrle etetaltrwhldr- this includ and w in ill brooder tanss implies tha mliiionary work of introducing new developments so that the full poulbllltlas an- visioned by tha enqinar may ba fully appra- dated by a tumdant number to provide tho voluma necessary to bnng manufacturing costs down to a point mat extends tha benefits of tha maehlfal lo tha greatest iabarududtenvuov en it does tha rendering of tha nsceiiory sarvica lo ouure of tha purchaser jetting tha utmost in ahsfoction in tha operation of hi mochlna and the furnishing of parts to wasp it u oparorlon during its lifetime with lots through breakdown reduced to a nunlmum i smdseil tlsol vrlwn rha m fcaiet of och being anlirsly dapandant on tha succau of tha other ond the success of ok balng tha responsibility of that manag that aoeh function ot its highest point of afrciancy ona cannot blame for ih shortcoatings tha actions of tha others insofar at tha cutsosiar b coneamad there con ba no buckpassing tf on undivided rsiponsdjjdy moneyharris b proud of t avalnaarlng davsjopmants in tha flald of form mochlnary ouar lha century and has aamad on anvlabla reputation for the charactar and quamry of the good it manufactures its own solas organliotion of exeluilva dealer permit th former cut6mer to deal dicechy with the ccwspany that design and build tha mochine it setts a company which stand behind it product watt the highest kind of guarantee it ho to h tohtfaclory and theres no divided responsibility masseyharris company limited dealing direct with farmers for almost loo tbi ssjmt i rx t j