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ffecvi v ess v sixtyseventh year no 31 acton ontakio thursday january 29th 1942 eight homeprint pages fivo cent municipal auditors named at allowance of 300 staaplfaai to be secured for fire brixadecooneu houa orir- bad office reapomnoe for uav- hbmycili all baatem tax arreaxa ceoected except one ootatefllar kmaaeaa appointed t bfcjt cualllw the regular meetlna o acton coun cil was homon tuesday venlnc in the council chamber councillor c l klrknema w j o oakcs a mason and j f davison were pres ent with reeve j m mcdonald in the chair mr ernest slusworth was present requesting the council to tell him a lot owned by the corporation on vic- ortu avenue- the latter wu to be aold to mr slgsworth for the estab- luhed price of so fire chief e j gamble was pres ent with a jt of supplies that the fire brigade needed tor the year council ordered all the supplies ex cept the large nozzle and deferred purchase of this nozzle for the time being it was decided to make the head of each committee responsible for the work which came under their juris diction the chairman of each com mittee must sanction all bills before payment would be made mr lever was present applying for the position of auditing the corpora tion books for 1b42 itwa moved jjyjff iiavlson sec onded hy w j o oakes and carried that mr h a lever of the inn of lever and hosklng toronto be en gaged as corporation- auditor tor the year 1042 the audit to be made quarterly and the fee for the year was set at 300 mr lever has been auditor for some years for other muni cipalities in this district a statement was presented from the mental hospitals giving the amount tha had bee expended on care of acton patients this amount utiti taken care of by the railway grant it was moveu by a mason eoeond- ed by w j o onkes that the trea surer lie authorized to pay the follow ing accounts nv jl l bennle refund of clog tax 125 j wood refund of dng tax 200 h perkins refund of dog tax 75 acton cemetery board h fryer wages c900 salvation army hamilton hospital 1500 welfare board nov and dec 15533 acton free press advertising 675 municipal world subsorlp tlons 800 f mccutcheon express 50 w fryer wood for arena 1500 a t brown disinfectant 190 d h undsay salt 190 fyer fighter co of canada supplies 1500 canadian legion caretaklng soldiers monument 1000 acton library board grant 250 00 s5s073 a letter was presented from the imperial insurance co explaining why the royal exchange was carf-y- ing the corporations liability i insur ance council had no dealings with the royal exchange and as the prem ium had been paid to the imperial co the corporation were holding the- im perial co liable for all insurance a letter was read from mr wm vanslckle requesting the corporations method of assessing property for taxes the clerk was ins to reply staling the assessment ol llie c ion als th equal l assess ment- the clerk presented the surety bonds held by the corporation on its various officials it was decided to reduce the amount of coverage on chief harrop from j5000 to si 000 two motions were passed amehdlng the poll tax and dog tax rolls it was moved by c i kirkness seconded by j f davlsgnand c that- the hospital bill ol tjqvntist- son mclaughlin be paid chwf harrop reported that the ar rears of business tax had been paid except on one business goods had tcbffltnuoan-page-foutt- crop association plans for fair at acton in march lornk scots gave concert here on sunday the hand of our local regiment the lome scots gave a splendid con cert in the town ilnll on sunday ev- en7nvtthdcrhienderahlpof sgt a domhey this efficient leader la alito assistant to capt john suttcr of he 4bth highlander band the lome scot band la composed of men from acton georgetown glen william milton two of actons member of the band are on active i friendly circle hold boisterous clirlurens night guest speaker at the annual meeting i of the halton crop improvement a- i 6 k hampwn of hamilton waa the i m taylor and n glbwn in all eighteen member are on active service aoclatlon held at milton recently mi i the concert riven on sunday wni hamimn in hi addree atreased the of kuch a character that it could he importance of paying more attention enjoyed by everyone to our hay and paature crop the in- j s hall would have hold another elusion of more legume and the 100 or no people and we would invite building up of the levela of organic the citizens to patronize mich concert instinctively divided into three d if for matter in our soil utile more fully it i only from ont grout these and olhetf effort thht fund are n most members kept on open supplied for the comfort cnt to- the un l would have an oppor- ra propnre yourwlves lunlty of fully weighing the window when the apeech from the throne waa read hy our governor general on thursday lat and he read among other the following word the government i of opinion that at thl time of gravest crlsl in the world history the administration ahould posses complete freedom to act and will aeek by mean of a plebiscite release fcom any obligation restricting the method of railing men for mllttnry service member of the house of common plan for the annual county seed fair to be held at acton on march fl and 7 received consideration a well i lt hthow on i propowl ami wrvl their de the sol and crop program to b vufeh mh rcl cosf clon unitl they would have op- ilss- ani t ohe c pohnlty of considering it effect on make the evening an enjoyable one that holse you heard laat night wu 6nly the friendly circle of the united church holding a children ipariylisi the sundnyschoolroonv did we have fun um um imna wllderapln a a baby complete with bottle etc and mia bennett a little hed hiding hood had to be keen to be appreciated dorothyuchlng wa the cuteat little girl you ever fcaw she won flrat prize for the beat cos tume and irma got aecond mabel harrl and her group ar ranged a wonderful program which included kuch wellknown favorite a london bridge i falling down and in and out th window the children teemed to thorough ly enjoy the lunch of sausage rolls nnd pea bread and butter brown ugar arrowroot biscuit and hot cocoa mr pell moved a vote of thanka for all the work after a short bus iness sofwlnn the tired hut hnppy friendly circle wended it way homeward elation will be represented with display of aeed grain for aale at the i kln edward hotel in toronto the week of february 9 i the election of officers resulted as follow i president j h wlllmolt milton vlceprealdent j e pearen acton sectrenkurcr j e whllelocka milton the directors esqueslng e harrop milton t j brownfldge and il miller george- town g w murray acton trafalgar v hall hornby c xjiwrencer shorldftnt v lnwrcnrcr oakvllle nelson w e brcckon and r s heatherlngton freeman w j robertson milton naaaagaweya j e ellcnton campbellvllle a service milton and george gordon rockwood our war effort b french canadian member who line given their constituent moat i solemn pledges against conscription i for overseas military service wore worried c a few bitter partisans were baf- i fled with rager so far as i was personally concern ed i must in frankness admit that i wns dismayed and i ha1 great diffi culty in restraining myself from e- preaalng my feeling of opposition to extracts from som of thirty the plan until i would hear all of the i utters received all appre- j facta i feared that french canada wouwnotaupporlthepleblaelleamli overseas boys send letters lo local committee perc neath stars in goal i for 70 shutout tuesday 1123 articles shipped from the redcross branch c l consequently feared wlint would hnp- lien to cnnndlan unity if nil cannda brought j uicplchlsclto ecepunb- some tlilrty letters from those of our q and if quebec should give an lads oversons tlnnus for nnd appro- nuvcnu vote whpn pro nn1 elation of the efforts of the local com were lnter n n caucus committee tendlne the christmas on nf of thp lb nnd j parcels were voiced in all these lot- j found fnnch canadian leaders ters are eoing to wholehenrtedly support gunner ken mcdonnld says we j the plebiscite i wns both rcilcved and are hnvinc n grand ijmo over tveyc nshnmed itellevei to flnrl that my set tod clifford wrltlnr on de- fenra as to french cnandn were 1 rembor 15 snys 1 shall save the plen- rroundless nnd nshnmed to think that sure of opening it until chrlstmn- 1 1 should for n moment doubt whnt dny hcrble woods of hockey the french cnnnrlinn people would do 1 fnme is glod to report that the i unler proper leadership downn onlnrlo minis- acton boys are nil on their toes nnd j the following morning on rending in good henlth the free prtts l the toronto press i was both shocked comes very regular- is the report of i nnd indignant to finer that under the stephen jnmcs of the gnrruuin arlfl- r londershlp of the rt hon arthur but we have not received nny j melghen part in nny event of the about in conservative party nre going to throw annual meeting has pictures of tattlefront officer are returned and cooav mended jersey breeders addressed by hon p m dew an while the annual meeting on sa turday night may have ueon dlanp- r5lnilngln altendancejhe reporjaj jajj boys of acton and georgetown play close game another new entry in hockey made it flrat appearance on monday night in acton when the recently organiz ed team of st joaeph church acton and holy croa church georgetown plwyd their flrat game the local won by h score of 21 but the visitors may easily turn the 1 nb tea when the two teams clash in the next event in georgetown likely on tueaday night there was a big crowd on hand to cheer on their favorites and the hoys all hhout the 11 year age put renl pep into the match- m iiriikfo scored the georgetown hoys counter nnd peter krotowskl nnd hnrtley coles got the counters for the acton tenm frank gibbons waa the referee the lineup was holy crosa church geo glllevet goal m ijirucao nnd tt connolly de fence hill mulr centre ken hume and philip carney wings jim gold- ham burnet glllevet rosa boyle gerald wilcox john tyre james carney gideon ijiramce nnd ohedle laramee alternates st josephs church geo turkasz conlw duval and bill clayton de fence peter krotowskl centre m mccrlstallflararhlofwing armand draldo ray arblc ken pappllon hnrtley cole nnd freddie dunn ol- juelph- acton combcni home the counters while the goalie stopped everything- tocal team stui in the ronninff with the win on todat lri in mhverion on friday nbjht wmterloo gamds back heu next tueaday the guphacton woo cornber jookejnrejkatmiatydllia hon p m ter of acrlculture was the mnln speaker nt the annual mcetinc of the halton jersey cattle club held in hornby orange hall on thursdny of4ry inst week mr dewan in his address of the ci en ret tea we rend paid tribute to the dairy cattle breed- that paper he also appeals for on ers of ontario for the progress which ipther lad in the same predicament they continueto make statistics ok steve we will see into the mat- would indicate stated mr dewan ter that in the five year period between 1935 and 1940 the average annual production per cow in ontario in creased 458 lbs that indicates ho added not only better breeding more nsde the loyal traditions of a century for the temporary satisfaction which presented and the urgency of the work allowed that the red crosa was in moat capable hands here and the work waa being done some idea of the work may lie gained in the fact that last year 1123 articles were made and shipped from the red cross room here total re ceipts last year were s24622 and only 38 remaihed in unpaid plodgea receipts arc down from the year previous by 732gi details of those nre given below chairman of the meeting wa president a mason who expressed rwy in a appreciation to all those who helped a ln a in nny way with the work of the branch he gnvc n report of activi ties nnd mr w middleton secretary read the treasurer tcpart the clcr- tion of officers was conducted hy officers in charge of the acton club ore w d talbot president w if clayton vlceprealdent a white secretarytreasurer coaches and executive e marxo f gibbons r brush l mnrzo and nell gibbon an effort la being mnde to secure new sweater and socks for the boys j both teams are enthusiastic and have a fine following nnd none of the fol- lowing is more keen to help the boy than rev father morgan who has j charge of both parishes rural school a frogram feature young people at the united church entered into the famed halls of learn they think will be thevncnslna l w of provincial head- i ing on tuesday night nnd observed embarrassment to the government j s jis i jx f ml st i mr melghen expressed great concern the gathering expressing splendid satisfaction in the work done and nsk- rcgular and parcel received on dec 18 orvllle used knights of colum- bus note paper nnd then must have efficient culling but also improved cf- nipped across to the sally ann tor flclency in feeding and management h envelope salvation army norm reference wns also made by the gibson encloses a photo of regent st speaker to that scourge of the cnute london and part of the wrapping of breeder namely dangi disease tne pare showing contents he of sufficient experimental work has been carried on stated mr dewan to indicate the possibilities of calf- hood vaccination not as a cureall hut as one factor in the control of that disease agricultural prices in general are not yet on parity with those of labor and industry as based on the u 926 to 1029 level nevertheless there has been he atated consider able improvement in recent months food supplies are becoming increas ingly important and in this connec tion reference was made to the county agricultural war service committees being set up in all coun ties in southern ontario and coop eration was requested of all present- in order that maximum reults may be secured under the conditions which exist james brenner secretary of the canadian- jcraeycaulcciub spoke briefly and incidentally congratulated feat tiers tone bros of oakvllle on their achletment of their noted cow fairy raleigh zano who today has fers thanks for the bounteous christ mas box karl frankwho says he ate some of the good things while on guard r mcarthur says the same c w douglas hopes oil the other lads were as lucky as he was we note he takes advantage of the can adian legion services ii k lam bert ls another man who eat on guard and enjoys it pte7 f i tour- nour writes to dear ladies and says everything fn england is lovely nnd green dear friends many thanks for parcel happy new year and may god be with you all- signed camahan letters of thanks from j as wallace bill jones who cnclaset clipping of office in his remarks major watson told the other lad ho mentions is i f bragg cpl obrown says cigarettes come nt what would happen to canadian j- ta coniinp in jirsr h totu on dee i unity if the plebiscite should no j injhnt the ame offlclula continue in carry and in the very next breath he said everything he could to discourage i nnyof hi- supporters from vpung for i work re the plebiscite personally il cannot cross he veyec some conception harmonize these two conflicting of work d ln nnd thc n stand ternntlonal work of the red crosa in talking with members of nil par- he ploncd that thl effort had ties onerannot help but notice that e past year without the present press campaign which u 1he ch drive for fund he subsidised by toronto mllllonnalres wm not 8urc whal form hl iouhu has already accomplished one of its i tlon couid ftko tnis y ma undisclosed purposes it has whipped lhc branchm hqj carried on by stog- up political prejudices to fever heat in immunity event i can not help but think how unfair j this all is to our boys in the armed forces they are making every pos sible sacrifice to help win the war while we at home are facing a polit ical battle from the outbreak of war i have made no political appoint one of the 6utstandlng features of the evening wa a showing of mov ing pictures with sound release by the british bureau of information pictures of bombed sections of eng land the work of the atrforce the precautions taken against invasion of nients nnd on every possible occasion vn picture of the navy oc have sought tor and have received the cuned ln ne w ot wa w re n cooperation of the conservative features that brought home the party in my riding at the time of i facl tnat w her ln lnand c taking the national registration j know little of the suffering and drlva- np pointed the hcad of the conserva tlon of those who are on the battle news and cartoons a e massey c j executive and the head of the i fro mcdonald trooper biggin gunner i liberal executive to the two key a wnllnre ptr k eu iff i po a r the following are the details of the financial statement and the work done her students in a mock rural school immediately after the opening exer cises had been completed we noticed that young garnet mackenzie arrived late doris wluon read the well known poem breathe there aman nnd she scarcely gave herself time to breathe from thc beginning to the end mansell nell it the good boy of the class brought smile to the teachers face with an essay on the young farmers club and howard swltzer rounded out this information with a talk on the home improve ment contest but for essays we offer our famed orchids to the tardy one for hi thc turnip from which we glean ed the worthwhile information that although primarily grown a a fodder for livestock human are often served the said vegetable when the two two little gibson girls warbled about school days golden rule days we looked back longingly to year gone by perhaps and we could scarcely keep our feet still when mansell favored us with a violin solo this interesting day at school closed effectively with the singing of now the day l over in addition to the above program places on tueaday when they trounc ed the waterloo- preston sextette to the tune of 70 at the acton arna two loses had the comber with their hacks to the wall to keep in the group j running and that game was an im portant one the shutout wasnt exactly the fault of waterloo but neath in thocombera goalpumn- sensational job of netniinding and he certainly deserved the ahutout hi stops were sensational nnd he certain ly would head the list of star of the game while the comber got the counter in the first period we believe water loo had the beat of the play their passing clicked better and they were in on goal more the comber were inx on covering when around th goal and their play didnt unravel right in thl flrat twenty minute meron got the first counter after eight minutes of play and also the second one on a pas from norm mor- -ton-ftr- 1g2s puy waantvry fast in this period e mario and wlck- hnm were those who sat in thepen- tiuyb5x what the flrat period lacked the second one made up three more goals- for the comber 10 penalties and a couple of fight ought to be enough for any fan in twenty minute of play bauer and thompson started the parade to the penalty box both goallea made some nice stop when the team broke away dtfwartx favorite stopping posture wa flat on the ice he flopped on every shot thnt enme close neath robbed water- lob of goal after goal as he took them i from all angles heyd and huber were the second pair of bad boys e mnrzo scared at 14j0 from a rebound heyd went to the penalty box and referee johnston looked a if he had all the troubles of hitler ridley picked up a loose puck and hanged in another one at 1625 when acton waa short lancey drew a penalty and kentner scored at ldlfi that was the climax for waterloo it just didnt settle right- marco and ciuclura put on a little scrap over ln the corner everybody piled in and continued on page five song service at united church sunday evening favorite hyanna will be the theme of another of the popular musical service which have been an occasional feature in the united church during the past year next sunday evening slip were distribut ed among the congregation lost sun day and the member were asked to name their favorite hymn to that these might be sung at the special service the response ha been gratifying so thkt virtually the whole song service will be based on these re quest hymn stories of how some of these hymn and tune came to be written will be a feature brief scripture readings will illustrate the- inspiration of others one or two of them will be sung antlphonally the cljolr will illustrate the reason for the two othert both piano and organ tvltrba iisadfor he congress tioaiid singing which will naturally make up the greater part of the service thankful for sq many good friend back homeland says his- younger- brother is still in hospital the younger brother also thanks the ieague but does not mention hospital in his letter hope you will soon be more silver and gold medal records to k j nzh heatley her credit thun any other cow of the in himself one of te acton boys brthmi in canada npu mcnabb mv enj is free movie in technicolor of the 1940 from c differences- nnd hatreds a llml halton jey cattle shows ond confidence for victory exists uw41bafouure rob ohara shown through j thanks the league tor all kiiunjs writing on december 21st jim mc- alr dirk van goosen u now traln- wtlmer davidson ha joined th ilcjlpe and l stationed at london oat harold mclntyr ha joined the rcjurcand is stationed at loa- doi oftl i eastern the courtesy of mr bremncr the election of officers resulted as geachle says he la going to glasgow follows i for a nine days christmas leave he preside mau beatty should be rig bt at home there harold milton past president cha mckeown acton 1st vice president edwin harrop milton 2nd vicepresident lome ella rockwood sectreasurer j e whltelock i milton j directors jack feathermtone oejt vllle victor hall hornby ward hud- 1 dell and denny charles georgetown arthur padbury rockwood dalton barber acton r l scott water down wm da vies palermo dinner for the gathering was serv ed at noon by the ladle of the hornby w i deforest addresses his remarks to dear president he says with your help and kindness we will carry on until victory comes and heex- pects it quite soon he close hop- ing that the lords blessing will rest upon us all thanks harold we are glad to receive these- let ter and hope to be able to continue sending them we have no way of deciding wliy one orlwoshouid wtj be receiving smoke but will endeavor to have them supplied one chap mays dear friend we are now amok ing three nuns tobacco none yesterday none todaynone to morrow acton war service league ent these men declined to accept anyalaryf6r ervlceatheyrendered nnd they in tdrrr appointed deputies and clerka on a fiftyfifty political basis throughout the riding who glad ly did their work as a war task and without pay of any kind i have every confidence that the great middle classes of thia county will once again make a sound decision and will not be lead astray by noisy partisans mrntanson and mr king have both spoken today but a it 1 too late to quote extract from their speechee and have my article reach thl weeks county press i must delay my quota- by the society luealptsisial balance from 1940 570 subscriptions ami donations 233246 subscriptions blanket fund 7075 lions from their speeches until next week i would urge everyone to read both of these speeches carefully and to re serve judgment until dolitg so hughes cleaver twenty quilts sent in latest this week the local branch of the red cross forwarded the last of the november quota of material requir ed of them it included 30 quilts 5 carves 5 pair adeks 5 alternate cap 5 turtle- neck sweaters and 5 pair of glovea s2422 expabstutfl contribution central divis ion 90000 nat headquarters wool etc 10t713- j oral purchase wool 180 local purrhasea thivadetc 200ft postage and stationery 3134 bal in bank dec 31st 1942 43386 thl versatile convenor prepared biblical jjaebaugamel andlheen- thuslasm mounted to the equal of a major league game next tuesday it is hoped that a broadcasting station can be establish ed and you will be able to listen to winston churchill claire wallace and other important radio figure at the united church young peoples plans are going ahead for a skating party the following week s24523 girls guild held meeting at mary ttitchars unpaid pledge for year 1940- 1941 3800 total receipts 19391940 3lflg8fl good shipped from acton red cross rooms from january 1st 1940 tbjanuary 22t 1943 m3 pair socks 61 aearvee 38 pair mitts 19 pair 2- way mitts 4 pair rifle mitts 11 sweater v4 cardjgans 68 turtleneck twaatera44 ribbed bebneulll aero caps 15 aero helmets 61 pair sea mens socks 7 pair glovea 1 pair knee pads 0 alternative cape 15 pair long stockings 1 shirt 2 blouse l slip 70 pair pyjamas 4 pair pyjam pant 13 drsaslng gowiu 10 continued on page eight meeting oftlures the regular monlhiy the mary r moore girls guild was held at the home ot mis mary ritchie inea mclelun opened the meeting with the el to worship the scripture reading waa taken by mary ritchie and ines mclelun led in prayer helen holme gave an in teresting reading the bualnee part of the meeting- followed the taoeet- tagrloasrt with th slnghigapa and a social time was then enjoyed london op in order to reduce motor accident the home office ha asked polio chief to arreet army di a well a civilian for mfrac- uon of traffic regulation coming events assauacsssmls l litstlais ca use with s swuw ssrs ur i sssoubcssssal of ate plunkati supper and atavias pic 0th suppar artvad at iso admis sion as knox ladlm aid will hwa valen tin sal of baldna and iva in yawa hall on rbruairy hth frata 3 lo sacottd annua danes acton y ul ctmo town malt aetost tttb- kuthsttmr tha artoev junior itanimrt loraa utrajry will hold uyst lag at lorn school an risy ruary good nroarani huaeti dawinf jlu