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r thursday may 28th 1942 the acton free press page nvf mlu etu duu vimtted in toronto over th holiday miss cladyft huffman of toronto was home for the weekend holiday fclni tt j mcpneraon visited rela tives in toronto over the weknd mr and mrs ian macdonatd spent the weekend at flesherton mr and mrs robert macarthur visited in london over the holiday miss e jprldham spent the week end with her sister in london semn william c blanche of klng- ston ipont th weekend at hln home hero mr lloyd gilford visited over the holiday nt london and at his homo in dresden mr earl waller ucaf mcleod alta is spending two weeks leave at his home here mr bill and miss mnry robertson of hamilton visited with mr and mrs steunrt lantx mlw eileen bride nurse-ln-trnln- ing ik holidaying with her sinter mrs c m davidson mr and mrs prank shatlle of ham ilton visited on sunday with mr and mrs john kentner mr and mrs norman beaker and sheila spent the holiday with their j parents in durham corp tom watson of the rcaf is home from st johns n b for a week or so furlough lieut and mrs huduori and jack wpit weekend visitors of mr and mrs c m davldjon mrs k coxe jack erna shlrlev of milton visited on sunday with mr and mrs john kentner mr and mrs orvllle ueid of com ber visited with mr and mrs harold elliott over the holiday mrv c w hall and baby teddy from meaford are spending a weeks hntldn at her home here mrs b c arnold and mr beverley arnold of montreal que are visiting acton relatlvevnhd friends mr nnd mrs c c elliott of comber visited over tlio holida nt the homes of their sons here mr and mrs wm denver mr nnd mrs john lambert and john kited friend- nt canfleld on sundnj torjiedomftn wtltmm garvin of the ttoviil cn nnd ian nnv vmited hi mint mirj m inrvin vnr the week end n eddie inmieinn nf west- iiiinstfr ilospitat london opt spent the week end with mr nnd mrs john kentnt r aiitnilfmiii i liisl nnd kelt ndt r of no 1 humbmg and iun ner st hool jnrvis visited in atnn oei tin weekend mrs mckftdden nnd m and mrs coige i ii lot i spent tin- holidiv witli mr nnd mrs cliff hunter of teoi t tow n r it j mi and mrs u j andtrson of htnin ir nnd mrs mnltolm moifnn of nulsoi bjtent n few days with mrs ii i mai donald mrs m brhte of innre albert sask and mrs w r arnold of mel j ford sask nre now visit inn nt the j hnnit til mr nnd mrs c m davidson george wallace clothes shop 112 yonge st 2nd floor toronto take the elevator and save money oakvhxe w t patterson ro hpeeiallsl in icyw enmlnauotv ortibopu las wyndiiam btt oohj mmm xloa completely equipped offices biow maher shoe stdra good shoes vtm vouno anb oct- comxstly fitted a d rachun acton bray chicks v wku onfara onw yemc bngr cmcfca tfcxb in fa uml ii ii geo a brownrnorval in acton saturday afuruootu and evening only j g gilues r r 5 mlllon chas thatcher roekwood over five hundred nttended thi ceremony of laying the corner stone of the new legion hall on sunday mrs malcolm smith was elected president of the home and school club at its annual meeting held mon day afternoon at the home of mrs frank pullen tom storev 17 son of mr nnd mrs hub starry king st was drowned about 7ls tuesday evening when his ennoe i about 200 yards orf the foot of reynolds st the 23 vole boy ojiolr and the bo mixed voice choir of the oakvlllo central school won ship trophies at the festival held in milton record sur he champion- fnltnn music last thursday milt on miltons newly organised softbnll tongue includes the following teams douglmuu billiard balls rangers and whippets frank mcniven wnn in chlsholm minn on tuesday attending the fun eral of his youngest brother wnlter who died there on sunday from a heart attack during the henvy thunder itorm here about six oclock pm last tlturs day n bolt or lightning struck the tower of st pauls united church on the southwest side itmnihtng icvernl of tlie slates which landed on the ground and pavement below mr nnd mrs william t dales wish to announce the engagement of their only daughter myrtle annie tt n to filghtlleutennnt bruce douglns freed bcaf only son of mr nnd mrs edmund b freed carlisle the wedding to tnke place june ith in st fleorges anglican church loavlllc nt 4 pm champion real estate insurance dwellings and business properties now is the time to buy whether for investment or family comfort wc have houses with modern conveniences from 1800 to 6000 all in excellent state of repnlr no dilnpidntcd properties bandied back to the land buy a fami and own a kingdom farms for ever purpose pairv stock fruit nnd cm idl ing and floras properties most of them improved nnd prize winners in farm a home improvement competitions of recent venr innmtancf rates have been adjusted to suit present dn needs form nnd town rates have been lowered ngnin with evtrn benefits ad ded car rates hnve been low ered still further for categories a nnd b for further information see f l wright ituurmnc and real kaute broker rffutcrd cooper budc acton erin miss audrey mckenzle wns one of the grnduntlng class of nurses nt st michaels hospitnl toronto lajt thursdnj ilrrfa ox matchewan co forestry branch dear free press considerable tlma has elapsed since my last letter and as previously men tioned it dont seem possible for me to write about the little cverydny things and make n letter worth while i enjoy the letters by those who can but when im at home i hnve so little to do with the running of it either inside or out that i dont know en ough alwiut what renlly hnpitens to bo worth while telling to a publication the spring this year hns lieen so unusual warm weather started nbout the 1st of march and mode the wnter run on the streets in new ijakcard nnd except for the occaslonnl cold snap water continued to run nearly every day til the snow was entirely gone with not n hit of rain after hnvlng been away nil winter decided id like a chnnge and hnll- dny so after being nt home n few dfis wife nnd i plnnned one together nnd went to kirklnnd inke mnrch 27th our rond to rnrlton still hnl snow enough on it for slelghn but it wns very soft nnd melting fnst nnd on nrrlvlng in fnrltnn the hlghwny wns bare nnd we drove in n car from there north under slmllnr conditions nnd comfort to simmer we arrived homo april 1st after hnvlng hnd n pleasant visit with friends nnd rela tives living in the now partly deserted mining camp it hail been beautiful wenther nil the time nnd very mild which took over so much snow nway nnd by the following week april 8th wns entirely gone in the open wo hnd cold enough wenther until nbout the 20th of april to freeze hut since then hnve only had one frost nnd not enough rain to im mensured so ever thing has become very dry hnv lng been nn employee with the for- estr branch inst jenr i wns ngnln given the opportunity to serve this venr i found inst jem i hnd sufficient health and strength to fulfil the return home ficlently to be nbl nnd is convalescing arrangements nre underwny to form alocal kofthall tongue- of joung men under twenty enrs of age in cluding alton camilla orangovllle erin mr and mrs s e smith acton wish to nnnounce the engagement of their daughter phyllis estell to wil liam kenneth son of mr nnd mrs chester hall elora the mnrrmge to tnke place june 9th at meetings of thotrutes of erin i si hool the teachers weie engaged for the coming sc bonl vear miss isabel m waterman wns leengiget as prinripal of the continuation si hool nnd miss beilhn m andnws ba of aurora who his been t ach ing at hnncvwood continuithiit st htmil was engaged as assistant teachei in tlu continuation st hool advocate eden mills mr and mrs ii a gordon a n 1 j nan ioionto sjjt cordon stew aid it a v montreal quetwc were ut mr j nnd mr h 1nntr s over the boll- dm w 1 mrv r rnest nnih lje mi and mrs kvan upd mis mai ravnor of binntford visit- with the former a tniusln mi and mrs j f gamble on siuulnv i mi and mrs wilfied clark tf omimwa and mrs kdwant morgan und mai lent of tonrnto sjwnt the week nd with mr and mis not man roht i isin i iul oukviwr x k ltlwe iwthvl- liis wine jit the no honihing and airtntr s hool hcak mont jolt quetx mav jlrd und is now sta tioned n kiver- man i tis niters of omlon misa lsabcvrnri ttn or guelivmr tleoijt swilti of be siff o king idwanl liod w mdstr and mi 1 mil met ill of th staff of lhert collev lit llewlle svnt the vxe4k- tml n trou of mi h l ko thinks in and mrs hejime nppioiiate the ktnlk nil ssates and flowers that wen v nt during mr bennies illness 1 in s litite fnenillv r memhrames will iiavs jn therishetl gregory theatre hudal mai shadow of the thin- man lwkugh thriller u lut mvrnn lo vvilham powell t artoin field mouse chnptei 3 king if the texas rangers s4ttiuv m 3ii matlne at s 00 thk 1ady has 1uns pauletteoidud it iv mil lund morntain mmnuait with the hill hilu famllv weaver rtos v fhinv rt new x mono and tl van lurw t wmd 19th parallel mi and mrs ceorge itamsev and familv of st ceorge visited on sun- da in the home of mrs john lininsi and mr outvote itnmsej mr and mrs rolrt croft and familv of loronto spent the week- eytd and holhlav in the home of mr and mrs v m croft nr and mrs fred croft i kitch ener weie also visitors m the sanh liome on the holulav mr and mrs f a ingle aexom- paniecniittfnnd mrs jjitnes ialor of duelph visited ovei the holida wmkcnd with lieut and mrs ftonnld ingle at brot kville mr and mrs john webh jipd son to nun i e of hamilton also mr nnd mrs will uhb or tuetph visited over tie hollilav with mr 1 ii webb mr and mr oilli- ftliot an fanulv of campbellv die w ei e visitors j i in the ilktcrtson home on sundav i mr and mrs chester sokes and mr and mrs robert wright of cm iph weie also visitors in the same home tin mondav mr ami mrs j vhhitt uul sont ir i oionto ei reeve d s udtch who re ently htk t vvns tnllwl to d f underwent nn operation nt cuelph th neresanr application to serve cenernl hospital hns recoveied suf- w1 nlhl f ron tlnued drj nnd wnrm ana we nt homo begnn to think of starting to culti vate for crops a lot of our land fortunately was fall plowed we were nlso fortunate hnvlng most of our seed grnln but some extras for mixed grnln had to be pure linked also gross seed so i did the looking around nnd purthnsing ond wilfred our oni farmer now stnrted culti vating the horses hndn t done any thing for weeks ond although well fed nnd in good shape wen soft so he hnd in g eiisy td it seemed n slow job for n few davs but he final- j k got onenue field all n ady and sown in good shape the night i wns luiriudk railed to forest rv mav 7th so sinie then i know nothing tf home life i m all alone again to do evcrvthing for mseu as i want it dopi or li ive it iintlone some bat helms ire fill t ones i hev i at and drink and turn the dishes upside down don t wash or shave for dnvs wicks ond some hints months and their dot lit s wll its hard to tell about i hnve two of this lvn- in mind as i write and then- is no uestlon nbout it their condition is just simplv terrible if the were animals and were being used this wn hv man the humane sot letj would stepjn nntl correct it but lnlng nl- ieatl men socalled or human i don t tmidlv know how to t orrec t it but i don t btdong to this tvpc one of the first things i asked for from stores wns a m w broom new dean puilidlihpfliiahaiini and white granite ware for dishes and looking so i could keep them t lean i also hi ought a table c loth curtains for mv windows and cupboard and en ough towels underclothing hankies sot k- etc so i could alwnvs have clean ones i he gnve me a nice little wash board that goes in a big pail nlielv nnd the water here is the softest i hnve ever hail the pleasure of using wife mild last ear it was softer than rain water so vcrv lit tle effort is required to keep clean our thief likes things i lean loo ap- parentk because he sent alt the blankets awav to qtjaundi v to be i gol t pail of loveiv i yts and a gin spring bed ek end and ji gt and mrs also v isitor i the wet k ki tn tiiks tr pt ter hllu appnti it s the kindtv hejpfutness uid meftmige that mm hilt dnrins her tllneu hie knipathvof frlentii nhd neighbors at the lime of the pathing of the beloved wife have been m kelprul and these km uy deed are gratefullv rememlkred tors in the home of mr j to i ie mis renine and fit i panic i of u iph wi r in t he saim home ov ind mr anil mis howie w nt fnmtls if loronto visited o weekend with relatives beie mr and mrs meuin stoi verln spent tht week end it mrs v w ikon of cu iph vim ftl tt imiple nf das with her sis mr mini ami mr mint a n7etmg of the rihje sit v held in l hi i ntted yhun h when r mr iaioi a represent it ne of t sot let gn in lllustritetj lettuie the work i he mt i lings of th iad and w tviii n s mi w i ashetj arut t lean blahk ic anl i lo ne i pntt ind a gthhl and ninttr ftir mv issue so i um i sti lp off and into nice t lean night tlothes and tte i nil ami t omfoi table which has the other te i mentioned li tit ittng wn for the tn m fit of those who mav not haw lead m last viai letttis i w ill ir mil dest ntw tin iim alum from i m ip setting if ontario ibeie l a in ight of land w huh runs di tg onollv n y tt ross out trni ind qui het starring t i ptint on i tkt suptiior thout in milis notth of sauli st mm ll l hi nvi rs md streaiis low noith or south from this point a short stiuh of tht nmj will show thru tir un lies f iontrtnl river flovcing south into lake 1 mis k inung two btnndis ml ftvderi of llfmi ft from water level on top of n mountain and n tower 00 ft high perched on top the view i simply marvelous one day taut week it hnd tried to rain through the night but a change- in temperature dtvcned and light flaky mow foil hnd covered everything i got up to the tower just na the un came through the clouds and the whole inndscapo fairly gllntoncd with what looked like blllldnu of dlnmdrldn the hrudlery in all coming out in laf poplam jtrtrch cherry mnple null willow etc nnd with the evergreens spruce bnl- mam pine et the whole picture in reality u hnrd to describe ilie whole country ahoundit with laken of varied kuo nnd i he rlvem are big ones nnd quite deep an immense lumlier nnd logging industry is carried on enrh year by this mennri but in nil my experience i never saw the unter lower nt this time of year lumbermen hnve hnd ioib of trouble floating logs down some of the streams where shallow plnces oc curred nnd over rnptds where there wan barely enough unter to flont the logd also on nr count of the early hrenking up rome thousands of logs remained in the bunh not hauled this will cause a big hnngover with ndrled expense and danger of loss camps have to he rnnlntnlned nnd men employed to walk hush continu ally to guard against fire nnd in case of n brenkout ond forestry hnve to be called in the expense hns to lie borne by the timlier compnny twen for this work an becoming more scarce it requires strong able men nnd the army needs them too towers tan lie served by elderly men who i hnve good eyesight nnd the towers nre nil mnnned but there is n scarc ity for ground crew s nnd every branch is short hnnded there is n tremendous amount of work each year nfter the season is over to go over equipment and put it nil in good repnlr for jhe lollowlng yenr but since the wnr every nvnllnble nble bodied forester wns used ns a timber c miser or staler owing to the in c tensed lumber indus ty this in turn net essnrlly neglected forestry etpjipment owing to the lack of men nnd now both nun and nppropi intlons nre fiittnllcd so that work is nwny behind but we like everyone else nre carrung on to the best of our nhilltv i was not boi n lo n life of tlais kind i wns born in n city raised in n town then we moved onnhtnhrfnrm where i learned to use nn nxe nnd crosscut saw t tear innd then c ultlvate nnd sow it nnd harvest the crop i become dissatisfied nnd wanted to see nil sides of iife industrial busi ness and had i hail the opportunity i would also have undertaken profes sional not having this chance i rend iverjthing i could get hold of o form an opinion until now nfter bout r enis i vi i dim tt mudi he sme on lusion ns mom others i ife in tin bush nun fiom the noist nnd slrift hustli and bustle hurrv i here nut theie hlidlv time to eat ot think wt tlon t do that in the bush i we take turn to think of iverv movi we int nd lo tiiiiki then movt we njttv nature in all its glor i he f wild animals attratt our attention and we watt h them w h limit inlt i j fenng or mob sting we s the i flowers and turds and bets we see the fiuit blossom foi in then ripen i and we pu k and t njo it we go fish ing nnd t ii h t when we need fish food we go bunting and get n titer tu partridge in th fall or iiwmt- if we need or desire that vnriet our j ttavs are not necessartlv regulated bv new tinse or old but dnv light until dnrk i he seasons t hange from t oltl to warm and we trv to prepare din ing each season for the other we live our lues normally surrounded h than heallh invironment breathe pure mv tgor7ttingnirnndkorptentvt of good exeitise doing the duties that tome our wji each lav i in addition to this 1 1 ihation is never ver far away an nioir and nil the good reading mattei is avail able books papers magazines also tho radio sotluring our erltmls of i relaxation we can avail ourselves wlth knowledge and news undisturb ed nnd with a clean unworned mind tnpnble of ginsping facts and truths as otheis ste and tell of thim then if we have vision oi inventive genius i otht r great things ti truths ninv tome from thse periods of n taxation anil i est same of mv thoughts mi ntione i here are to tie seen in some of ttn late populat publii at ions tut itoll in a belli r da t in istian st n in i monitor in its lntl i lksui had an arlit ie t atlett lu itst ibfitage of simple lav limeiiouse tlte vvomena missionary society met at 0e home of mrs john scott on thursday evening mrs mckechnle and miss helen swnckhnmrniy of toledo are visiting their sister ml margaret rwnrlrf- hammer sorry to hear that vr fro i shel- bourne hnd to go to chrutlt street hospital for treatment ani hojie for tils stoody recovery insl friday evening in enjiynble time wns spent by tnoj who attend i the dance held at tie home of mis angus mcdonald nnd sons the music wns supplied for the modern dances by mr olblions and the mnr7o brothers of acton while the square dnnces were played by mr nnd mrs r hill of ceorgetown t rnest packer of acton was n very capable floor manager lunch wns nerved by the indies of the womens institute nnd proceeds were glvtn to the lied ross vimtors noticed over the weekend included the arrow smiths of toronto with the swat khnmmers the folletts of toronto nl th col tnge here ite jink kllerln home from kit chener mrs jnc k smethursl and incxjue line of sudbury mr nnd mrs aulnev crnnt of toronto with mr nnd mrs a 1 smet hurst the cnrnhnm familv of toronto- with mrs fred shellbourne mr nnd mrs k morrow nnd bnbe mr arthur inne of toronto mr nnd mrs robert tjino nnd bnbe mr nnd j way mrs richard pucker nnd babe and mr nnd mrs cordon martin all of georgetown with mrs robert ijihe i he kympathy f tin rommunlty i extended to mr harvey mrdowcl and mrs onborn and mrs angitf jjiwjwm in tiie loss of their brother ilert w ho passed away in toronto on sunday heres ajeasy to keep beef during warm wenther if iwef is tq lie kept in the home for a nay or two nefore being cooked it u a wle precaution particularly if the refrig erator is not of the best to adopt the trenlment known ns marinat ing the process consists of prepar ing a marlnntje or preservative mix ture mnde up of blending vinegar or li mon juice with olive corn or other vegetable oil in the proportion of one pnrt vinegnr to two or ihr pnrt oil a little pepper or n dnsh of mus tard nmv lie added if desired place the meat in n covered earth enware dish not n metal dish on nc- ttiiint of the nrid and thoroughly coal lieef with the marinade which mav be applied handily with n pnslrj brush- rub well into the rrev ic es of i he meal this process not onlv pro- lerls the meal from the nfd nnd help to preserve it hot i he at id makes it more tender and the oil improves the flavor if the mnrinndek intended onlv for softening the fibres and mak ing the meat more tender the pro portions of the mixture should he re- vrsd thai is two or thiee parts of vinegar to one part of oil mark every grave manufaciurcni of diitlnttive monumenta cemetery ictterlnk corner poota and markers no agents to bother vou no salesmens commissions to pny designs submitted ijujre afwortntent in- slock ruy direct from us a cnrd oi letter will bring our service to your door oakville monument works i colborne st w on highway oakville m v r sh si s- ive reud how hitler starts training hu killerrt when theyre toddlers so t reckon ith up to me and every other caiiadtun mother to train our children to realize that theyve got to pay for their freedom thatll why i nee to it that all my chi leik as l u it hi u mil in i in ih i 11 st i othir mi tin- simi i ii furni th it liar frl nllin s tiv us llv v l ittri pu s tl it it ik rs hns till in ii lis oi olt illinois i illj is ii ti i s iiiinnnl i 1 llls 1 l sm f i j ill i fulfil mit hirs sts tmot nliii ttvs ur i m in an i ki ns th ii mi n ttlis jusl profit- ii f ii f i il r s ii iimiuuks oi iii litis ail k iiinnt ivso iiinn i 111 i fvlirs of still i so lit on- iim anl mns missioniis so tj- ahilili is lr 111 h s hn k to tl srsln sitl th itslstruin ihiirh vsis h 11 on mutiiiiii ssnh on- n n sour sim things f lurslns nftnrnvon in i in lioni of ini mlttniini 1 k i m i jos in th loini vns this lllii mrs km iorlon rfsors flm in north into i n is r m in 1 mi h lnth i must ls bu war savings stamp vwry unei i tell them what freedom meaiim what the groun- ujw are fighting for that its for them so thev ve got to give up ttomething too- and- the money 500 hark for every 400 waved now will come in might handy when they start out on their own mi mil mrs 1 limrl- mum pnnnst h mr anil mrs krank i tm- niiu of tluilph siwnt sunrlns vslth frltmu in torunto iln- mill shotss this pliunls m timer is sltuatil lliht niit this iflnht tmtssiiti i in- k and hranrh if the monlrijil kisit ainroxlmnloly l oritlnlk jnun it w joiishon j lmlim i aul illiir mtaji naliuul war finaaoa cojuialitm