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faqcixxm the acton free press thursday january 2mh i40 neighborhood news lataraung itaaaa cotmmtainc other centres and coauaunlties in ueh many of oar reader are interested ballinafad mr and mrs cecil soper of preston visited on sunday at thwiome of the former father j soper mr clark of the first line erin who purchased the farm from mr of d sinclair recently vacated by mr eph swlndlehurat has taken up his residence here mr and mrs duncan ferguson vis- lted friends in erin on saturday eden mills thajanuary metlns of the ladles aid and womon missionary society of the presbyterian church was held on tuesday afternoon in the home of mrs murray dyer with the president in charge plan were made for a social evening in feb ruary alao for observing the worlds day of prayer tntceadlrvrald of the united church held their january meeting on tueaday afternoon in hie home of mrs herb taylor with n good at tendance congratulation lo mr and mra worthy burcombe of montreal on the arrival of a son mr ogatone mclean ha secured a position in acton master kennsln and mlu loan guthrie of cuelph were visitors with miss jean lowrle in her home hero over the weekend gnr ken wallace who stationed at london wai home over the week end orton mra a l atton l nt pictent in toronto mra jesse- reed wai inelnra wed nesday of last week attending tho funeral ot a relative miss lorraine moone messrs chester shaw and art moore tor onto vlilted their homes here over the weekend mr john joffry appln is spending a few weeks with his daughter mrs harvey dearlng lac llod dearlng who hns been finishing his wireless course in clin ton is spending a week s leave with his parents here mr and mra herman dearlng and donna fergus spent sundny in the village miss clara lecson and mr ben morfltt visited on sunday with mr and mrs win ballentlne mr and mrs73eue nl visited friends in burlington on sunday mr and mrs fred mccutcheon and jackie visited relatives here on sun- day sunday visitors with mr and mrs john watson acre mr and mrs percy keuam and daughter dramp ton mr and mrs clifford watson orangevlle and mr and mrs lloyd lyons and family erin mrs hurd and miss bett mrs bolton and blllle tlsiled in fergus on saturdn nassagaweya a farmer n meetlnc waj held in tht tounshlp holl brook wile inst ihun dn of tor noon with mr paul flsht r of burlington tindmlas cini ton un as rueut sivenktr the man fi lends of lime john 11 simpson of nsngaen wore sot r to learn of his serious illness from heart trouble all how for his pecd recoverv and return to hen it h again sacrament service wi he held in everton sunday visitors at the home of mm k patten were mr and mrs john alton mr albert alton london mr and mrs b hepburn acton miss lois mccutcheon spent a few days last week in ouelph nt the home of her aunt mrs stanley mckay who has been hi mr ted jest in kitchener training centre spent the wekend at hli home miss helen robertson left last week for cleveland where she li taking n course the ladles of the womens insti tute quilted a couple mere quilt last week mr harvey josthi and mus loll mccutcheon spent the weekend with mr and mrs duncan kingsbury freeman erin a large crowd attended the dance in the town hall on wednesday even ing of hut week held under the aus- pices of the erin agricultural society three rlnki of erin curlers brought home the first and second prizes from the bonsplel at hulsburg on tuesday the third prize volng to a george town rink j xmui thursday evening the junior shamrock hockey team visited the orand valley junior puckc hnsnrs when the valley lad had the heit of a 141 ncore i he 100 nere fnmt on calmlon mountain which overlooks the cale- don mountain trout etuh and u owned by john olrmmi wni purwuutwl by a toronto buyer recently the price is understood to he in the neighborhood of 7n00 advocate limehouse a few of the i ad lew completed aiv other quilt for the salvation army nl the home of mra klrkntrlck on wednesday lust week mlu shirley wright won the apel- ling match at the young peoples so ciety meeting of the presbyterian church last week rev and mrs b f andrew of clinton visited their cousin mrs j yl c sutherland one day last week prior to mrs andrews departure for victoria bc whore he s to formal ly take over the office of chaplain of the men at the royal canndlan nnvn station at esquimau mra h morton wits presented with abook of praise by members of tri- j n referen blble by the bonrdoinwiinauera inaipreclbtiorror servlcea rendered as orgnnlat in the limehouae presbyterian congiegn- tlon the annual congregational meet- 1 ing of llmchouse proahyterlnn i church una held at the home of mr nnd mm j r scott on the evening of january 2 with thirty persons nt- to ruling rev c c cochrnne ncted m chalrmnn for tho business all de partments reported nn excellent enr with good balances on hand officers elected for the next three years were mnnngers a c patterson nnd a w benton and trustees j n newton nnd joe roui stewards j newton nnd f benton auditors mrs jas ross and mrs a c patterson and treasurer a w benton were all re appointed a social hour was spent at the close mr and mrs a w i lnne nnd dau spent sun with his mother mrs robert ehne mrs yeates and master alan suth erland were over from london for a few days with mrs cordon suther land nassagaweya s s no 7 ebenezer united church nett sunday morning mr and mrs william m near and family of kitchener visited with mrs w t near of nassagaweya last sun day miss flora moffat of acton visited with mr duncan moffat for two weeks mrs logle robertson of beverl township la spending a few days with news of the death of miss dorothy dredge nje 22 of toronto came as a shock to relntlves and friends in this community last week she hod been home over the week end and hi r parents received word wedmsday of her illness but uhe passed on before the reached her bedside the fun eral was held at nnswigaweyn pros byierinn churth saturdnv nt four o flock where n inrgt nunibei of f rli nds and relatives joined th pur- ents hrothers nnd sitt rs of the de n tfnsrtl sincere smpoth ih extend- led lo hi r parents mr nnd mrs her- twit diedge of st ihlena brothers sisters aunts unilet nnd rnnd- mother in their sorrow mr nathan job nnd mrs w brit- ton alton motored to atwood dur ing the week to visit mr and mrs vvulisoojob irs dune nhkef fat iiit wnmfrunerfinahoe i y h o mr clrorgpsi sask who has been vtlttng with her mother mrs a nightingale spent m few days last week with her slater mrs carl cargill camphellvtlle and is visiting this week with her sister mrs norman webber lakevtew lor onto mr and mrs s c smith of lor onto visited with mr and mrs law rence king on sunda mr and mrs lloyd james of alton spent sunday with his slater and brotherinlaw mr and mrs l king mrs t morton toronto and mrs n jbtwtd vtsttt wtth their parents mr and mrs w n drdge and attended the funeral of their ousliw dorothy dredge saturday mr and mas e ttiudale and baby ol toronto visited her parents mr and mra w dredge on sunday another nia gawaya boy has join ed up in the person of glen brit ton we all wish hins well two energetic oung ladies miss isabel mclcod and miss doris coxe with the help of mr j d currle and mr elmer black lock of camp- bellvllle held a dance at b rook vl lie hall tueaday night in aid of the british war victims fund a large crowd attended and the quartette re ceived a goodly sum to hand over mr stewart elliotts orchestra provided the musli and a lunch was served b tyiatfltfa and t herrhplperr mervllle milton were sorr to hear of his death last week mr sommer- ille gained a number of friends when he jued at the home of mr s robin son a few years ago the busy bees quilted a quilt at the home of mrs w service last week a good number of the ladles turned out and three of the older ones cut patches for a quill while the rest quilted we hear that four more of our boys have enlisted a presentation is being held at urookvlllewalt for mr and mrs gerald henderson ofbrookvllle this week to honor them on the occasion of their marriage signs of spring are being reported we hope it isn t winter backing up to get a start mrs j j kennedy mr bert aullffe has been on the sick list having injured id leg while at work georgetown llev j k ostroni pastor of georgetown and acto baptist churches was guest speaker at the dinner meeting of the georgetown lions club on monday evening members of the georgetown fire brigade were kept buay last friday afternoon when two fire alarms were turned in in the a wee of n few hours mthicjftrenc hayesjyas in hamil ton last friday whom she conducted a district rally for twentytwo wo men s institutes in south wrmtwoith ihe rally was held in the board room of the office of the agricultural representative for tho county herb cleave will again be president of tho esqueslng agricultural so ciety it was decided at a meeting of the newly elected board of directors held immediately following the annual mooting of the hoclety in tho mcgth- bon house last saturday afternoon frank petch is secretary again this year while perc cleave will once more fill tho role of treosuror herald ospringe mr hoy hlndlny local auctioneer conducted a successful clearing sale on tuosday for mr william tlrk near dalllnafad mr and mrs alvln mroitiliiou luelpli wore sunday visitors with mrs ida tovell mra uentloy wilson of uuulili la vlaltlng with mr and mra f llrydon other visitors at the llrydon home during the week were mra nell mo- klnnon and grandson kddle flnrden of itlllshurg and mr mill mrs jaincs urydon of aclon mr nnd mrs mnrllyn vlslled on sunday with the formers ginml- mother mrs young nt hteuarttown mra c n hnlmtrtson of kverlon hhnt it ouh of days ht the home of hoi ann mr nnd mrs d robert son the ladles of the community me quilting for the hml cross at the hull nl mrs brydans mr and mrs ijiih wehh and mr dan winter visited with relntlves in hamilton on hunday r0ckw00d the nnpual vestry meeting of st johns church was hold nt tho home of mr nnd mrs fred mcwllllams with a fair attendance the annual meeting of the united church held inst week was woll at tended rev j ward prenldod and mr frnnk dny wni secretary for the meeting reports of the dlffetent deport ments of church life indicate a healthy stnte nt tho conclusion of the meeting refreshments were serve and n social time onjoyod mr eldon lambert accompnnlcd by misses arlene young doris watson and anne guild represented by the v p u of united church presbytery meeting at arthur recently tho annual meeting of the local horticultural society la slated for this friday evening nt the homo of mr and mrs albert beard mr fred lamberts many friends will be plensed to learn that he la much improved since his recent 111- noss owing to illness of tme of tho public school tenchers the scholars in her room enjoyed n brief holiday on tues day recent and week end visitors messrs don hlltz nnd lawrence groham miss dnrothv fdwnnn of brnnt- ford mr rov dnv of mnlton mr wl mm bin field of loronto mr hnrve brown of truro ns nt home of mr nnd mrs fred ham ilton mui li regret is feiulnrockwood due to the resignation of mi mcge principal of rockwood public school who severs ills tonnectlon with the school this week mr gerald mistte who has bten teller nt the roal bank here the past two oara leff saturday for whtntle to take aver new duties there miss mat eachern who has been here since fall takes his place a bean supp under the auspices of the boys own mission band of the united church was well attended tuesday evening when over 150 people sat down following the supper a brief pro gram was enjoyed with gordon harris president assisted by rev j ward who tead the audience in unison on the 23rd psalm mr frank moore also lead in the singing duetts by masters neil and no an in- and mrsrj inglesatt heplan terestlng feature of the evening was a pa rod of the church in the well known song 1 he church in the wlld- w ood sung bv douglas kennard with mr f moore at piano and the audience joining in the chorus a couple of presentations were also fnade with mrs f j hosklng presenting a pin and certificate to stanle harris mr george gordon also took part in a similar presenta tion to einle maw at the conclusion of program rev j ward showed a couple of films dealing wlthlifeamongyoung 6 which were interesting as well as amusing a ver pleasant evening was brought to a close by all repeat ing the mlzpah benediction the many friends of mr s r peart will he pleased to learn that he has so far recovered from his re- rent illness to be able to be around again burlington lite burlington public library has received a gift of honks by l m montgomery hut the name of the donor oh request was not disclosed a hydro pole and transform were knocked down ott brant htreet curve south of tho cnr irackston mon day morning by n coal truck driven by bruce dlllmnn elizabeth street wjlh cr e w smith nt the mm burlingtons new flro truck nrrlved nt the flro hall this wednesday morning shortly after eleven oclock where it was greeted by crs palmer wilkinson and i eat her tho chalet which marked the flng station at tnnsley on tho cnr was hurried under mysterious circum stances saturday no one apparently witnessed tho fire according to con stable ilnrvey hun of nelson town ship at a meeting of the finance com mittee held in tho council chamber o nnididjixe ye n ng thematter of n discount for repayment of 1042 taxes was discussed and it is understood the committee will recommend to the council thnt there ho no discount ngnln for payment this yoar onitte milton at the nomination meeting for public school trustee for the north wnrd here inst friday r t wilson of trafalgar wns elected by acclama tion while adjusting n belt at the milton hrlck works on monday jnmos mc- eachron fell a distance of thirty feet scvoral ribs were broken nnd he sun talned cuts nnd bruises on the head a e waldle of milton a well known exhibitor had 13 black span ish birds on exhibition and succeeded in carrying nway 11 prizes including four firsts and two seconds w j alexander another wellknown poul tryman georgetown had tho best wyandotte in tho show and also car rlod off n number of othor specials about 7 oclock last monday morn ing mr nnd mrs j r mifu nnd their son fred became very iii as tho re sult of escaping eonl gas in their homo on mill street fred who was nwakened by tho smell of gas which rendered his parents almost uncon sclous managed to telephone rela tives for immediate assistance which brought the quick arrival of a doctor who rendered first aid all three hnve recovered but they certainly had a ver narrow escape at the 00th annual nutting of tin hatton agricultural soclt t held here saturdoj afternoon inst nil of firfals were to let led for lilj rwo new names chns mcdovvitt and lohn carton wen a ld d lo the nd vwor board the tnnmni rnptiiud n most successful nr stating that after nil prize mone nnd opt rating evpenses were pnfd tht re wns a bal ance on hnnd of s1tt fhnmpion what no alarm clock hal en a gowrn ment factory worker uuio police said stayed in bed steeping when he should have been al work was fitted the equivalent or 22 w for neglecting his job oakville on mar 1 ith the five secondary schools of ifaltou county each will send n representative to oakvllle to eompete in what is hoped will hecome an annual rubllt speaking contest miss anne llavlll has been much entertained prior to her marriage to mr ln k list ker which takes place nest month in trlntdad hi inhns tfnlled chun h ilehralml hie i llllh anniversary on hunlay htal ape inl services ileitis onducted hy ihe minister hnv d if inllsghnr hllppery roads insulted in llev ii m itverluus tar taking to ihe ditch lllld kllllillim wllh a tree while oh hla way to hherldan chuw h for hun- dny mornings service mr ainiaudilwlglhs of oukvllle wniklnu lit u munitions plant nt llnmllton la oh duty for n few days n heiivy pltue of inelul fell and took off lhu of one small lint heiom- mlnr municipal auditor named-at-300- for the year continued rrom page one outside he corporation ualng tho iiihu dump chief llnrrop was in- lieen seleil to cover tlm amount on i hla business lp head eyesight sctelut and manufaeiurlttff optician t an nt oeokttem mqtark ihonk im 0jkmm cnmplnlnts hud been made of pen pis htructed to erect no trespass slgna nnd to padlock the gale only per sons who apply in mr hnirnp and who dump under his supervision was lo he allowed to use the dump poi mission was granted to ohtnln the llteiues for holh the fire truck nnd the corporation truik the property committee was in struct d to have one of the utavtm al the town hall repaired owing lo the smnll amount of to lief being paid it was decldnd to dis band the wolfnrojloard tho clerk was instructed to write the members of the llonrd expressing the council x thanks for the coorjorntlon of thn welfare board in future the rujef will he hnndled by the council mr chnn l klruness wnn nppolnt d a memberr of the ttlnk cnmmlttfo in plat e of mr 1 chapman who had n slgntd a rrafcon for closing hymn at ywttttflttt at a vmca hut in stntlnnd all funt tlons i oho wllh tin singing of two verses of abide with me i he explanation of this ustom goo hnk to a letter received by th suptrvlnor from n young british sol dier who had been utntloned nearby and hnd participated enthusiastically in all of the centres activltk will you he wrote naming a time and n djiy sing my old favor ite abide with mo 1 11 be think ing of you while youre doing it ihe dny and time iih hnd specified came nnd the hymn was sung just across the north sen on thnt dny and nt thnt hour british troops were fighting nnd dying nnd winning immortal glory on the hint h of dun kirk tin young soldi r who hnd made the request una oiu- of hone who nevi r loft thnt beach spring days spring greens hih tiiim wkekkno wr imch lmtcw5w lttttfb sittrrl at banalta aateasi oatasrto the rrlahdly church a waivnai rommmr rbv paraonafsf bower avenue i t llturs 7 31 pm midweek service rresh 41tnacii lb s krush cahiwyiu uunth a fresh nvvh hunch liesli cahilaik it s fresh hean1 lb 97- kreah mumiitroms lb ekq kraihitalimililluiii h a 1 presh ihamxyra bumli j a presh lnlljck head a- fresh chhm nunrh k presh luitlhaiul duiltll izc i- ok tiik hltuv iw pot daltlky lb f wlllll i1kans ih h piahi h lt lb j 10c siiii il as lb hi hi im as lb iii i i i niiis lb i ima hf ans ih oll cadbacl lb 10c 14c 17c 3c i u rau rr wax1d iuiinips lb f uartimp piik r roakn htgar ratio v i wk weeks one pnrson lb 1 4 lbs two persons ih tbs 1 tbs three persona 2 lbs 4 lbs pour persons 1 lbs fl 1bs five persons iv lbs 74 lbs six persons h4 lbs 0 tbs seven persona v lbs 104 lbs fight persons fi lbs 12 tbs ration includes brown nnd white sugar kindly obey order barrs mii lstig3 11 m a m worship service harmon subject the besieged city of clvlll- yatlon 12 is pm chun h flrhool 7 fki p hi hong servlre of favorite hyi wed pl 4th h li ii meeting of ronitresallon annual come and worship kverybody well ome jrttrtfrti knox ollusuill aotom xhu0 noudav leeds cpl in order to main tain a steady flow of tank armor and steel for aircraft construction fiflo employees of a north enirland iron ttoolfactoryna v t thelr four day christmas holiday jsttssstoe- tocy sili an istf ttvloss euiskb what ymxl 8ssl asst esr nfaeam ssa ttst ay psianaal atlssalim i geo c brown nerval in aeun hturday afurmmn timd stvnihg only sctmiats for the weekend c lioicc kump roust oo bicf lb liov prime rib roast beef lb 2528c shoulder blade roast i boneless pot roa t lb brisket and rib boil inc beef lb lean hamburg lb steak u 2023 2325c 16c 45c fresh pork shoulders s li lb per lb trimmed butts lb 25c 32c meaty spare jtlbs lb fraih kaiaiaire large 2 lbs small 2 tbs fruh pork liver in ricce lb 23c 3v 15c f i s h sikerbrijf salmotr or whole fish centre cuts lb steaks lb fresh cod fillets tti smoked fillets lb ih 23 21c 25c 28c freh frozen oysters 35c lakk hiwf3uok herring large size per dozen 35c mjnday pebhiahy 1st 1942 1100 am and 7 00 pm public worship student minister in rhane 2 10 p hi kahhath school he anngsl meetlna will im held nn wednesday february 4th at r pm always svkicome sbajtllat flljurrl acton urv koiin ofrmom r a rk mlnlsur hunday pebkuahy 1st 101 1100 am cliurch stervue wis pm hunriay hchool monday b 00 p m d y p ij wednesday 7 10 p m prkyer meetlnjf h vi p m oiolr practice a welcome to all small advertisements ailvirturhin uniar tills hdadlns mc nth willi tttlut up to h wtwdal ail hi inn at vrli ic psr v ta if cli ilwrnrr rrmpabttiaiwir liarntni m in mi riiaru y anh ic ptf wnrd thithtumal lor jt weuj ovtr mi iikij wavtti town it ore wants ftlrl clerk apply box v acton vhp v pkrfls uvrnrrocu vn kaik cow with heifer calf two months p ofso h two yn ghl di n mnre h all rjtlatrivl ilcrfl fords wm dunijak norltwooa sovrn rords of bppcii or mapl wnn ted for lelmhoiisi srhool jn- fir iftlnrh irnizth 1 tiers lo thp con harry n brown r ft no 4 arton phpni oeoriiptown 441 r 12 farm fob knt on hundrivl acrts cood buildings i sad in hood state of cultivation cha5 h smith frln po box 112 or v 1 phonp itrtb for sair a piunn in excellent rnndltinn with lmnrh uill mj it reasonable also pair flknlea nnd boots tlze in cood condli un ultnhlp for loy or girl for v apply to mrs frank km ly atton on tiaijik lvk ai- al okk gfalfu iindini nddreuiil tn tin undersigned nnd endorsed ten u r fur c mil will tw r eivwl untl pm kdst monday felmwry b 1043 for th supply f coal and ok fir the dominion uuldlngs thrnuirhout the province of ontario fiirnu f tend r with w tfuatfon nnd condition nttathed ran be obtain el from the purrhasink agent de- i partrmnt of public worki ottawa and the suvr lalnit architect ic adelaide st ast toronto ont i tenders should be mad on the i forms supplier hy the department and -tw- aeeovdane with deparlmtal i ipsclficatloni and conditions attached 1 thereto coal dewier licence num bers must tw gtvn when teaderlaa when the aniount of a tender ex- cewls the turn of s5 006 00 whether i i k for one building only or more r n ferers muil jilufh to their tetyvr a certified weue on a char- 1 nnk in canada made payable t it order of the honourable the itr of public works equal to w- r of the amount of the tend r nr bearer bonds of the dom- r n f canada or of the canadian national railway company an its lovell bros meat market mill street acton pw j kuaranteel as to principal and inter est by the dominion of canada or the aforementioned bonds and a certified ihejue if required to make up an odd amount the deitariment also reserves the i ntfht tn demand from an luneessful leivlerrr s securlt deposit in the form of a certified cheque or bond as above equal to 10 per cent of the amount of hi bid to cuarantee the proper fulfilment of the contract by order j m sommekmixe secret ar department of public works ottawa january 2 1942 good shoes roa vdtmo indold cfof rwr a n bachun aetata sttiraj