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fhz u 14 v jvrtm tess v sixtyseventh year no ib acton ontario thursday october 30th 1041 eight homeprint pegee flvo cent winning championship needs support of all how everyone pulled together to win the hockey cfcemptomhip weve got an other straggle to win and to take oar place were got to poll together again the fin al are on get on the band wagoo- thcre unt doubt but what a lot of folk can recall a fow yealm ago- when d acton hockey team won the intermediate- champlonahlp perhaps youll recall that when the team started out that year the proa- pecta werent very bright for the team coming out on top there wamnt much enthualaam until it came up to the final matter of fact gate re ceipt werent very heavy from those game until juit before the champ lonahlp waa won perhaps youll wonder why thla is -being- rehearsed just now well in a lot of reapecta ita similar to a altua- tlon wr faced with today only the winning of the final victory la luchtnortanportahfc were in the preliminaries of a great snuggle a lot of the boy who fought through to that hockey champlonahlp are in the armed forces othera of them htf doing a war taak at home the team is bigger in thla truggle there a 171 in it thla time from acton dlalrlct alone and they are scattered in the army navy and alrforce all over the dominion nnd over half of them in england or europe there are 358000 men in canadaa armed team with 100 000 of them overaeaa thla team and canada and britains hatxowetaw social enjoyed by baptist young people the young people of the baptist church spent a vory pleasant evening at the home of mr and mrs fred weat of erin township on monday in the form of a halloween social the meeting opened with a devo tional period in charge of the presi dent mr u atkinson after a rous ing song service mr f coles and mlsa wilms west sang a beautiful duett mlsa l k held read the scripture and mr atkinson gave a brief but inspiring talk based on john 4 mr w peck closed the de votional period with prayer the evening was then spent in the playing of a number of lively games in charge of mr f giles after which the young people sat down to a boun teous lunch of welners rolls pumpkin tarts and coffee those present then returned homefeeling thatthsy had spent a very enjoyable evening hydropower big team need equipment tocarrj on the preliminaries havent boon vory brlcht in this struggle to vlctorj the pate receipt have fallen off remember how vie all pulled to- sether to win that other hockey cluunplonshlp reinambarjioujlevery- body went to the final games to cheer the boys on to victory they had rood sticks good skates and manage ment look every opportunity to help the boy fi the championship watuwded anil wltnlt came relaxa tlon for the team and joy for the fans the team need your iupport again they need stuns tanks planes boats the team u fighting against the dirtiest meanest low down skunks in the world if they ever needed equipment of the best they need it now and you are asked not to let them down if the team loses everj one of us ulll be under the heel of the worst tyrant the world has ever known will acton be with the winners they sure will if everybody gets back of the team the team needs from acton supporters 3600 every month until victory la won the stakes on thla champlonahlp are mighty big if ue win if the team don t get enough support for final victor- if they lack the guns and tanks planes and boats at the crucial mo ment failure wont be the teams fault that s our responsibility best of all the team only needs the loan of our monej the 3600 you pledge now in war savings will come load continues to increase here treasurer transfers operating surplus from waterworks lo general account six in as motor car rolls over four times six persons were injured three seriously tuesday morning when n car travelling in a westerly direction went out of control on highway no 7 eight miles west of cuelph rolling over four times before coming to rest the machine owned by c ttlddell of rockton was wrecked as the result of the mishap three of the injured grace kay guelph margaret sinclair acton and stuart vanstone qwen und are in st josephs hospital with head and possible internal injuries helen lister woolwich street cuelph charles rlddeji rockton and c hid den pnfls received cuts about the head and are suffering from severe bruises and shock the mishap occurred about a mile and a quarter west of the welling tonwaterloo boundary line police thy peace were unable to oxplnln the cajise of the accident but remarked that it waa a miracle that any of the occu pants of the machlno got out alive provincial traffic officer e a webb of guelph investigated united church is favored on the 17lh anniversary splendid weather good congre gations sermons of pastor were messajre of cheer for cloudy days oldest acton church observes its rrrtnniversaky oldekt of the churches ctnblliihcd in acton the baptist church will on sunday observe its 08th anniversary rev j c williamson of preston will ncaln lie the guest speaker at this speclnl occnslon nnd the muftlcnt pnrt of the service will hnvo speclnl num bers h the choir on monday even- i ing in connection with the annlver- miry oci nulon n musical and spiritual the mntter of ndjuatlng the water- iicnlng will be held works service in two houses on ores at the evening strvlco the usunl do cent m dlscuuied with the owner nomlnntlonnl courtesy will be nbscrv nnd nrrnngements mnde for rcmovnl 0 nnd the servlrei of the united nnd of fittings contrary to tho bylnw and preshjterlnn churches will be wlth- for installation or proper shutoff drawn to nllow these eongri rntlonn to nlo cost of these chnngea were attend the nnnlversnrj sen ices 1o lie borne by the owners of the r was k the trea improvements made surer to transfer s500 from the op building and grounds oratl heounronhpvntenrurpy w account to the genernl accounts of the corporation maro improvements are underway imllcntlon of the expnnslon or acton industries is seen in the month ly power tain which topped all prev iousomr at 1530 horsopowor each month this hns been climbing and the need for enlargement at the substa tion becomes more imperative accounts passed for payment were an follows hydro dept hepc of ontario power etc 3 g71 81 canadian general electric co supplies 13 so superior electric supply co kuppues 11 58 macdonald electric ltd supplies 25 59 canadian line materials ltd supplies 21 7tf northern electric co ltd supplies 10 61 federal wire a cable co supplies 140 99 c njl and transports 8 17 e j hnssard supplies 1 00 jas r kearney corporation supplies 23 40 dept of national revenue sales tax 110 81 j c matthews postnge 10 00 waterworks dept back to ou as 4500 aeven and a half i hjdro dept cept ember op- years hence if the team doein t uln uell you know hitler as well as ue do acton can do invest eer cent you can win war sa ings certificates for victory back up the team to the limit increase your savings and youi pledge hy lheamountjou can you uont regret it whan victory is won and your money comes back again pledee war savings regularly first weeks returns are shown in i hart on pas 6 of this laeue it shows only ih of the objective re corded the next three weeks will have to be better 150 8fi euciirk touftnament feature ay nirtng lottnk uteftatty soc1etv the first meeting of the lome lit erate society was held in the school on friday evening oetober 24 a air gathering assembled and the first part of the evening was spent in a euchre tournament the winners for the evening were mrs o miphall lad s first mr john watklns gent s first consolation prists went to hugh o ttourke a urn pell previous to the euthre tournanu nt a business meeting was held it wa decided to have only a dance in no- vember instead of euchiy and dance a mfemltxw muajauuag nrwku ktewttwwr the pappy day- kins mr j allan and mr f dennj was placed in charge of lh dance following the euchre a lunch was served th remainder of the veil ing was spent in dancing e rations tlc superintendent reported that the chance in the power line to the acton machine shops was com pie t ed and that tree trimming would have to b done next month the transformers for the change over at the substation vwerc ready and it was expected thev would soon be installed all the commissioners were present at this meeting nt the wool combing corporation s plnnt here the loading platform re cently erected is hlng roofed con- stmrttflirirtnlwlnirttiitn new entrance wn over the office nnd plnnt entrance the rendu n to the various sec tions of the plnnt have been graded nnd levftlled and are now befng grnvt elled further levelling of the ground is to be done nnd space mnde nvnlt- nblc for pnrklng enclosing of the grounds with n neat fnctor type fence is also contemplated delightful autumn wsathcr favored the sunday of the svententh an niversary of the united church splendid congreeatlohji attended both the morning and evening service and enjoy ed the occasion the musical part of the service was featurkl by the choir who in the morning rendered the anthem we give immortal praise and in the evening two anthems evening and morning by oakley and give us by bomscheln at the morning service miss dorotliy fulcher of toronto was guest soloist rendering as a solo the lords prayer and thanks de to god at the evening service mr w j beatly wns soloist nnd her number was the lost chordby sullivan the anniversary services were in charge of the pastor rev a w fos- bury and his sermons were timely lniip m hubjeetforthir morning service wns tho mould of chnrncter nnd his text wns found in 1 cor 0 13 and they which wnlt at the- altarare parukora-of-tho-altar- tho kind of life n man lives is de termined by the nltnr nt which he partakes or the thoughts ofythe indi vidual mould the life or tho indi vidual wns the theme cnrrled in this discourse long uniting nt the nltnr mnk h one gradually become the man he wnnth to become the recrentlon w e choose often nf fi cts our lives more tlinn our otcupntlons nnd vol untary nctt shnpe our ehnrncti r more than do our surroundings whnt nf- fi tts our chnrn ttr nfficts the des tiny of life failure to god s cause can he attributed to nil lire of the world to rlny if we as n people do not wall on gods altnr we need not expec e pnrlnkcn of thnt n altars of itfe were clnsalfjed by mr fossbury as selfindulgence ambi tion selfishness and the jltar of the trfird josus chrlf1 the one nltnr with out a flaw nnd the nltnr thnt denies nothing thnt is really worth while defent mny be suffered while serving nt this altar in dully life but in the end those who serve there come off as conquerors troublos nnd triumphs was the deer on highway ximicvriiircsf driven by acton man the hunting season is- hero but mot folks in these parts go north for their der hunting looks as if mm deer wew coming south this sea son and perhaps with a llttla co-op- r- rat i on hunters and hunud might mw i part way but its difficult to get used to this southern migration and we can well imagine the start that john donald son got on saturday afternoon when a full grown deer leaped in front of his car on the highway lust west of rock wood it collided with tho right fender of the car but fortunately neither car nor animal were serious ly injured and beyond being very badly startled mr donaldson and mrs geo hajl who were coming to acton to visit were not injured the deer was being chased by two dogs when it came onto the highway its flight was scarcely interrupted by the impact and it cloared the fences nnd was soon away in the field halton foal boys carry off provincial honors the provincial interclub compe titions were held nt the ontario ag ricultural college on friday of last week onehilndred and fifty teams of two club members each from ren frew nnd gkngnry in the enst to ijimhton in the west nnd cochrnno dlktrlct in the north participated in this nnnunl event in nil hllghtty over 300 club members were n nctlon nnd repn sented upwnrds of 5000 club members nrolled in various projects during hit past yenr in the fonl club project tho hnl- ton tenm composed of donnld pet r nnd gordon rodney both of milton topped the hut winning the ontnrlo horse bretders i rophy for 1941 in- cidfntnlly donnld peer ndded to his nchlevf ments nt the cnc by being high boy of the nllre competition andhlhieammatcgordon rodntjl placod third lhalton was alui represented in dairy cattle nnd grain club proj cts nnd these team nil pincodwcll up in tlve money the tenm members from ilnron in these inttor projects were micliiigh i session on 1 actons court of revision treasure hunt a feature for united young people if citizens of acton were surprised last tuoday evening by a racing laughing group it was only the unit ed church young people tracking down clues to a treasure it was the occasion of their halloween festivi ties and it was mrs adamson who ar ranged this and other interesting amusements the ghost of john- unthan pemnndo snlodo a spanish treasure hunt r accompanied by two darkle companions took them all for n visit down into tho slimy green caverns where he roams however this ghost proved to be blanche udgewlck under tho sheet in a ton- test with the dally newspaper it was revealed that some members would not road vory well tills enjoyable time was fittingly topped off with a lunch of hotdugs pumpkin tarts and tea bishop of dioceftc rioistirms rhircynrur at st josephs service roiiows ml him holtileln cair club ward brownrldge and robert alex ander both of georgetown hnlton jersey ancl guernsey club eddie robinson milton nnd bev ella of u jos ph s church acton was fil led to cnpnclty last evening on the occasion of the visit of bltfhqp of hamilton nnd the administration by him of tin sncrnmenl of confirma tion a splendid class of thirtyone boys nnd glrln of the parish received the sntrnnunt of confirmation in iiih nddreiu to the congn gnllun tin bishop of hamilton urged thnt nil tarry out the instructions of the hind of tin cliurtli thnt tin ir prayers h tint uislng for n pi net umong nt pi oplos of tin world hi told of the htiffering and oppression wns going on throughout the world nnd urged thnt nil shnn in the tnsk of maintaining tho fnwdom which thoy- now enjoyed in countries not under the heel of the dictatorship the bishop i talk to the children- urged them to live clean lives uphold ing the faith that down thraughuic had proventhfi rock thnt meld ngei tea proceeds amount to 1500 for london hospital fund last saturday the bannockburn women institute held an enjoynble afternoon tea at the home of mrs n mceachern s miss a cree and mrs s h lindsay poured tea the pro ceeds amounted to 15 0rt were donnt ed the loridon england s sick chil dren s hospital three injured as cars collide on main street front or car demolished s it hits ileodon with car oj c lanb rockwood high school event phoved popular and dbkw big crowd subject of mr fosbury s evening ser mon it was based on the text found iri genesis 42 36 which jaeob re counted nit the three sons he hnd thought lost and concluded with tho words all these things are against me and et even in the gloom thnt seemed to surround jncob these sons were not lost just ns in jncob s day troubles hnve come to mnn nil down t hrough the nges even jesus hnd his troubles nnd it seemed thnt een god had forsaken him so deep seemed the part of life he passed through but the speaker pointed out the things that seem black mny seem so with immediate possibility s of neer hnvlng been brighter in this war torn world of today the clouds will some time break with blessings on our head nothing is ngninst us said mr fosburv that draws us nearer to god while the present mn appear dark it takes an understanding of the whole plan to see clearly in the time of trouble nnd we cannot st e the whole plan until the day breaks the sermon wns one to bring com fort in time of trouble nnd n reason ing for faith faith in the promise that if god is for us we will triumph oxer nil clrcumstancen the onl sun defeat of man is found in his soul just as defeat is a spiritual be ing so is vlctor during the day a special thank of- ft ring was received anij met with a good response from the congregation rook wood nelkon grain clul frett bell freeman and alan powrlc pa lermo our congratulations nro ex tended to these young men on the honors which they won for the county of hnlton in nil times of testing his ques tlonlng of the class wns kindly nnd the nnswern received showed thnt thi group had given cartful preparation forthlslmportantsorvlco in welcoming the bishop- of hnmll- ton to acton rev father morgan the parish priest recounted some of the things that endeared hjm to his people thow wrvlces waye doing much in giving guidance in spiritual matters throughout the diocese assisting the bishop in this service were rev fr mckuabe of brampton rev fr t dehler milton rev fr t b trnynor hamilton rev fr f kehoe roekwood rev fr a obrlen hamilton rev fr f mr- hugh freelton and rev fr morgan if acton and georgetown hospital fund continues to grow with ah helping bannockburn institute has 1500 from tea high school dance drew a big crowd this week the fund for the sick children in the hospital in london fnglnnd gets quite a boost thanks to the two events sponsored in its aid nnd nt the end of inst week the women s institute of bannock- burn met with splendid success at on november 7th an excel- their amernoon tea on saturday and prze hju on issued with or n result brought in 15 00 wee spocn consideration being given to heard too that those attending had a pnc0 eglnners from halton dr g i christie to address halton plowmen announcement has just been made by president ross segsworth of the halton plowmen s association that their annual match is to be held on the farm of albert anderson lot g concession 7 nassagawea township when cars druen b m moore 44j sherboume ae toronto and chns iasbv of roekwood collided on main street in acton on sunday morning the three occupants of the toronto i the acton high school dance held j car reccked minor injuries and the last frldav eenlng proved a very front of the car was smashed in popular event there was a splendid while the right side of mr la i attendance in fact one of the finest 1 car was also damaged but he escaped i acton bowlers crowds that has assembled at a lance injurv i logt ijvj league here this season jerr harrison and the collision occurred on the high t1iig wppg his orchestra of iuelph provided the wojr w her wtst bower avenue joins am fa this wblut music l the hlghwa it is said the lasby car j lutkv admission prizes were won was making a left turn from the by wild a mclaughlin and jack blow 1 highwa to bower avenue and failed to clear the rosxlng when in collision wlth the toronto car proceeding north the front qj the toronto enr collided with tin right from of th koikwood car and wo the most scr loukl damaged mr 11 mooru driver ndlvud a bad tut oh the knm and his broth r r moore ntvtved minor cuts ami bruis es and a sprained wrbl miss jessie itanothrrpawncerlnthira went a jl the were war savings stamps the proceeds are to be devoted to tws fan pscss fund for itndon fngland slek children s hospital kembcmhaance l l heaths any organiiathin or individuals who wish lo place wreaths on any ceno taph in the alton diatriut on ilemem brance ly should arrange mrcutrheon s towlng tenm down to defeat huf night b kcore at thi hands of the trnnsporta tlon turn mccutiheons had to give thiir opponents f4 volnfa handicap inn whkh uitu just enough to take the third game awav from the ukui tenm moat tnjoynblc time and a aery high regard for the culinary skill of the ladles of bannockburn and the hospi tality at the home of mrs mceach ern whre the event was held that contribution came in on saturday and sunday morning we had an envelope slipped into our hand by the youag- est member of the family with the explanation here s some more for the fund perhaps you 11 recall hat james dllls had conrrtbiitr 1 j5 previously secured from the sale of novelty pins made from cigar boxes macaroni safety pins adhesive tape and glue w1i his ob j a tlve puts another object over the top at fi 75 to be correct were told there are stilt a few ord ers to be filled before the business is w ound up the following is t his weeks summary of the fund county in both watklng plow and tractor classes dr g i christie president of the ontario agricultural college who is recognized as one of canada s ablest speakers is to be the special speaker at the banquet to be held in the milton town hall on the evening of the match it la also an tlclpated that j a carroll secretary- manager of the international will be present appeals heard by coundl for rw hour on tiiewlay nlftnt and every one settled pew adjustment made on 1942 tax roll ami nwni for the year shows substantial inc acton council met on tuesday ev ening as a court of revision to hr appeals against the 1043 assessment roll the reeve and councillors took the ususl oath of offlc mrs k a wansbrough appealed as- iicksment on land and building on flgln street total assessment was s700 the assessment was confirmed on this property john woods appealed on the busl- uess tax assessed to him for the whole year when he had ceased business in may ttils appeal waa granted and the tax to be adjust covering the period from january to may 15th mr woods said the dog assessed to him- had been destroyed rev ii l bennle appealed a dog tax on similar grounds he had had poasasslnn of the dog for about six months of tireyear mrs margaret mowat appealed th assessment on a 1ake avenue proper ty it was assessed for a00 and y00 on land it had been purchased for 00 nnd she asked that the as sessment tw bnsed on the sale price the assessment was confirmed douglas dnwklns appealed the as- srssment on his properly on fred erick street thejiuldlng was as sessed for j1000 and land of 200 1h assessment of the building was nppaled ns too high the appeal was not allowed nnd the assessment confirmed mrs fllxnbeth caldwi 11 appealed the assessment on jier property on knox avenui lind wns 200 and hulldlng 1000 comparison was made with similar properties the assess ment on the house was reduced to motx- mrs caldwell also appealed prop erty on arthur street land asses ment was 230 and property at 150 the appeal was not granted and the assesmnent confirmed mrs david sinclair appealed assess- ment on park avenue property iijls property was assessed for 1000 total an increase from last year and no extensive improvements had been made the assessment was reduced halton plowmen as usual were prominent at the peterborough event harold picket and john lister of hornby winners of the salads tea tap ui giu wu hu yy r in- and ourm in it to that put another objective rtl event which brought out all pravloua medal winner in the l county claaa which featured the thuraday program halton placed 6th in competition wlth7 countlea the haltbn team waa compoaad of donald mittm haa made arrangementa whreb theatf may be aecured through mr geo muuelle all uch wreath ahouldt be ordered imiwl lately rnrl thtfmiwt aetloiitllnjmiml ni ferlng chtftt and rib injurlea tollovunt first aid treatment re- ctutm hire the group were ajble to return to foronlo chit t e k harrop investigated the accident lhp crc c i eluhnian n morton m holmes rtrevti i j in n 176 sm j 17 jf9 1x 7c1b ims 17 0x- 7h m- 173 1 r7h- lo-1- mrcutcheon 1vh 091 4 s959 tranaportatlon ofio 1173 977 1110 x include hi plna per game handl cap previous acknowledged 22385 1 prgun iockwood j march- bannoikhurri women initl m hornby aal wm lueaa frw- tute afternoon tea 13 00 1 y tlnl named were jarne dllla ule of novelty prominent winner in an open claa l 00 wedneada ferguaon topping the claiu and wartttmel xkeehahao ilownaii wjajwtnl prominent at the international in cluded harvey nurea georgetown r spencer wlhton norvali claud picket hornby and jack taylor ei freeman the amount realized from the high school dance- had not been tabulated in time to be included in hla week report but we understand it waa a big aucceaa and retuma were anwndld to 1 fioo the same amount aa laat year j e wlllinmson appealed the aa- ksiment on a property on cuelph street total aueument waa j1x0o on hullillng and land the aaaeaament wa confirmed and the property waa changed from the david williamson eatate to j e williamson ceo benton sr appealed hla aa aeaament on victoria avenue prop erty total auteaament of land and bulldlnga waa ss00 the aaaeaamant waa confirmed herbert dodds appealedaaaeearnant on mill street total aaaeaament on land and bulldlnga waa 530 tha aa aeaament waa confirmed complaint waa also made of tha drainage and the lighting near this property it waa agreed to have thasa matters adjusted roo edwards asked an adjustment of bualnesa tax on mlsa lucy edwards business ainee ahe had discontinued business this appeal was granted mra s j mecutrheon appealed as- aessment on land and building on peel street total assessment was j1r00 the asessment on the land was reduced s50 the appeal of it c ilelwlg wan w ilhdra and the assessment con firmed c andersen appealed the ment on the acton creamery bulld- concluded on pag four coming events flfti w r cvrti m 04hr evsats ssim tkts hfadtef tr rkasxl ct ar wiili sskiuaub cksfse r insmisffamt m ec dance in lome school imday no vember 1 sponsored by laeike lit erary society good lluair luarjt spivimi admission 23c each i do not mlsa the spiritual festival and program of music vocal ajul lav stromental to be held in the acton il ftit maadiy frmlag at kl1s p m under the auspice of the choir of the church 4 united church sun k a 41 at 1100 am nand 7 oo psrtaasassrst time rev r b oochrukki uul d d general secretary of kocae mw- ajona of lis ualtad church of at both service special music