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jvttim sttt bttss sixtyeighth year no 45 acton ontario thursday may ctb 193 eight homeprint pages five cents rreagagrmrtil is oftertd all school statin arloo dttlt willi si may i burtpg salary chances that involve over sl400 in the auwu ttrlui at the meeting of acton school board on tuesday evening the board offered reengagement to nil che members of uie staff on both achools and expressed appreciation of the work done in the past year salary increase were in line with the schedule adopted last year principals m m lelch and c w mackexnde were present and gave a list of items that required attention mt the school supplies were order ed for finishing the floors during the summer vacation permission was asked to clve an il lustrated lecture at the school but this was refused on the ruling made by the board some jcars aco barring all such events at the school the secretary read correspondence from the county clerk recarding tu ition fees for nonresident pupils a letter from the teaching staff of the public school thanked the board and the secretary for the letters giv ing them the items from the inspec tors report a letter from the insurance com pany pointed out that the policy car ried by the board was not an acci dent policy but a liability policy the claim for medical fees when one of the students was injured was not acknowledged since investigation showed there was no negligence on the part of the board a letter was read from mr ceo mann asking that his salary be re instated as originally paid this was considered in the adjustment of sal aries made to the staff accounts were passed for payment as follows acton public utilities com mission services 24 74 guelph collegiate institute fees for pupils bell telephone co services f mccutcheon express jack watson sporting goods w j bell paper co supplies a w mckcru agriculture allowance ion iiakjtv d nixon the choice of the iibera associa tion last week to succeed lion mit chell hepburn acton esquesing hits half quota blitz bomb exploded last night this week spcwslly writ tar the actos rvhi press bvlc koott canadian paws staff writer 104 49 250 40 1970 2205 2000 919388 trustees v b ttumley f s blow and w h clayton were present at this meeting and chairman g a dills presided ditbunlitettary shown films on the victory loan on wednesday evening the dublin literary society held their closing meeting of the season with a large attendance the business partof the meeting was in charge of the vice- president vernn webster after which mr david joe acted as thalr- marf for the following program song by he girls choir reading by henry kelly violin selection by mr wm prank songs by the choir and vocal solo by helen somervllle and mr chan cutt during the program mr it s lam- pard who is in charge ot the fourth victory loan in acton showed mov ing pictures entitled oiw day at war in russia singsong time and all these tilings ah three films proved very interesting utul were greatly enjoyed by the meet ing mr f l wright and walter llnham spoke briefly on the victory loan the meeting then closed by sing ing the national anthem lunch was served and the remainder of the evening spent in dancing officers chosen for bowling ami tennis club the annual meeting of at ion luwn ten nli and bowling club uu held j in the flub house on monday evening i reports of the wist eur were pre- i sentd and plans mudc far the com- i lng season officer were elected as follows honorary president col aoti beardmore mr s g bennett und mr w j could president warden j m mcdon ald first vicepresident mr thoa watson second vicepresident dr w g cullen secretarytreasurer mr a r battye bowling committee chairman mr d richardson traiili committee chairman mr m bennett ontario this week is awaiting the time when harry corwln nixon 51- earold st- georgv farmer will take over the reins of government from premier cordon conant tlte 5-year- old oshawa lawyer wlto is lying 111 in a toronto hospital all that mr ml won a member of the provincial legislature for 21 years needs to become premier is a call from the lieutenantgovernor after mr conant expected resignation he got into scoring pavilion when he was elected leader of the ontario lib erals at the tariy convention in tor onto last week tfte convention at the same time asked through a resolution that the premiership he vacated as soon as possible to make way for mr nixon the amy of the st gcferrge farmers elevation to the leadership was full of the dramatic premier conant an announced leadership contender for many weeks before the convention suddenly was taken iii suffering from nervous fatigue and exhaustion and was eliminated from the race when his supporters announced he would not be nominated oes yfrmlnahnn then came a surprise nomination of charles w cox member ot the legislature or port arthur and mayor of that city but mr cox an nounced his withdrawal a few hours later leaving the leadership contest u fourhorse race with mr nixon the pre-conven- tlon favorite other contenders were hon t b mcquesten minister of highways arthur w roebuck m p for toronto trinity and former on tario attorneygeneral and walter thompson president of the toronto liberal association preconvcntion forecasts proved correct and mr nixon swept to vic tory it being authoritatively but un officially stated that he obtained 41ft votes of the 582 cast by delegates from all over the province conven tion officials including lt hurry s hamilton of sault ste marie who was elected president of the on tario liberal association succeeding mr mcquesten it hail been agreed prior to the vote thnt the official vote count would not bo announced public ly the unofficial count however guve mr roebuck 85 votes mr mc questen 49 and mr thompson 22 the convention had been brought about by the resignation inst oc- tober of unother farmer and veteran politician mitchell hepburn as pre mier of the province in favor of lilt erstwhile nttornegoncrnl gordon conant mr nixon then provincial secret ury in the hephurn cabinet re- luned und announced he objected to the way in which mr connnt suc ceeded to the leadership at a cau cus of llberul members of the louis latuie a short time later mr conant iald lie was prepared to fuce a lender- hip convention following the then forthcoming session of the legisla ture korce1 landing made by plank at acton boundary a training plane of ihe avro- anson type made a forced landing in the field of mr k n brown on the hlghi way on sunday afternoon the ma chine was running low on a fuel sup ply and was unable to return to its base the landing was in the field just opposite where one landed a abort tune ago the occupants of the ma chine were not injured and little dam age was done to the machine al though the ground was very soft re paid are being made but the plane is till grounded in the field mr geak stewart wis the first war saris certified use local victory titrf was jsjat oat six mfcaf m hfc tmimiiejssji a utile owe a week left to hass job maajr laafanstrim haw mnmiy met twar ojautn right on the dot just as in the third victory loan acton and dis trict hit half its objective yesterday and marked the completion of the cirri lap and over 311z5o0 raided the job now will be to raise that same amount in the remainder of the time allotted the task thus far has been mod encouraging and with the same ooocratlon tjmwn the job will be done ahon and the district have necr failed yet and with victory in sight it is no time to falter now the official time list the hi it bomb went off sctterda is given as h1 pm immediately he judcu went to work on the coupon box to pick the winner of- he closest esti mate hundreds of coupon had to be gone through and each one care fully examined before being tabulat ed on tlte result nsted nice 523 war savings certificate to put in the strong box along with tin- victory bonds the winner was finally de clared to be mr ceo stewart willow street and his guess was wednesday may 5 at 47 just six minutes out we are told that while mr stewart won the prlye the estimate of the time was actually made by miss beta stuckey who lias been an invalid at the homo for several years con gratulations to both of litem to morrow chairman oakes of lite pub lic relations committee will make the presentation of the award but if you didnt win that one you can still test your estimating ability by using your second guess on when the objective will be reached there another s25 certificate for the oae who comes closest dont hold your estimate too long and forget to enter it its just simple arithmetic in nine days so many hours and minutes acton and district raised 112500 how long will it take the same num ber of people to raise 225000 in the fourth victory loan 7 thats all there is to it every bond you buy brings the objective that much closer helps victory buy equipment that saves money seems a dollar never could buy more than one spent in this fourth victory loan but folks in acton and district dont need us to tell them of the ad vantages of victory bonds from the industries in acton are coming splen did reports and its hoped that before the loan time expires every one of them will not only meet their quotas but push up the figures well above other besolts looking at the county as n whole the returns of the first week showed only 178 per cent of the objective reached acton district was leading acton in this first weeks returns naungawcya had 21 3 of its objective attained the county objective is 2400000 it takes each unit of the county meeting its allotment to make thnt objective and this is the corner now thnt we are holding down last half and now for the inst half therell he another blitz bomb to announce when acton district meets thnt allot ment another 25 lump for some accurate victory bond subscriber tell the hoys over there that were passing them all the ammunition they need tell them in the way we al ways do dominion totals following is n telegram just receiv ed from ottawa by tns fsw psrss giving the latest dominion figures ottawa ont 11 50 a m may 5 13 far press acton ont loan total today stands at 503- klfioufl compared with s414kfl3000 stfftwrfo moie than 20 million same period last loan tuesday total higher same day third loan general cnnuikri and payroll combined total 1 ittrttorto to dnte till is 25 per cent higher last loan but need l for 3t per cent if 5500 million from this houice to be renched campbkll carroll do m ion pub relations sec latest figures today 1 4i test figures receucd todny from wory loan hendqtinrters here give the following returns acton hu- 96 500 the esquesing district pari of acton has 22050 the quotas we remind ou again are 190000 for acton and 35000 for the esquealngacton district lets get the job over with in a hurry and we can be first with quota if everyone keens on buckling in as in the first half 1 milton is planning a big victory loan show for may 13th when pat bailey will headline the program 50 voted for war charities by lakeside cliaptcr lode the regular meeting of the lake side chapter iodh was beld on tuesday evening at the home of mrs cartm mckenzie with the luxent mrs w cullen in eharct- roll call was answered with news items of tb- work dune by various iodk chapters itoullne business was transacted so was voted to war charities 25 of this to the navy lrgm and 25 to the actn and vicinity war service lttaguc further plans were made re garding a hlngo and mile of pttmus to be lmld in the twar future and a baxaar to he held in the fall mrs i cordon and mrs culhn gave internding rerts on tle an nual provincial trusting itcld in ham ilton recently mr f l wright and mr c f lcatlierland prem ntd a mokt interesting wuml film in vn- nectlon ultb the fourth vitory ioan nine new members tiok om oath and w4iv vilonimd into tlte cltapur ttw meeting chtsinl with lite sing ing of the national anthem following which lunch uau served and a social ijme njoei poize uinnkk at euchre iikiji by acton institute ttie womens institute euchre larty in the ymca last friday ev ening drew a good crowd who enjoy ed the fine locial time provided the door prize was won by mrs fred cole the euchre high prize was won by mrs h dalphlne and mrs stanley matthews was second mr harding price won gents nt prize and mrs earl lambert won second the travelling prizes were won by mrs geo field and mrs j smith another feature of the evening was the drawing for the quilt the lucky winner of this prize was mrs mm watcrhoufic the event was lield in aid of funds for the acton and vicin ity war service ieague rev- r wpickessgux guest speaker at umxe meeting the luke of devottsbliv oiapter iode met at the home of mrs p a smith on tuesday evening with mrs w j realty rtgent pre siding after the business of the ewnlng was completed mrs k e uarr hon orary regent presented to mrs har- top and mrs chapman two mem bers with sons serving with ills ma jestys forces ban to their member ship badges rev il w pickersglll of naunga- wea was the coest speaker taking as his suirct social serurity nnd in ternational issues in a mi4war world mr f l wricht and c f leutlu r- lanl were pihmnt on ixhalf of tlw fourth victory loan and prbrntel a film pit iared by the natinal war finance committee mrs j k carlllntr xmmtributnl si wilo and the homeim of tlw t i nlng strvd lunch routine matters at meeting of fnlilie utilities board deputy wardens are appointed by esquesing council other items at may meeting of township council held on monday efiqucsing township council held their regular meeting on monday af ternoon deputyreeve c w murray councillors george e cleave george currle and wm a wilson wore present and hcevo c ii may presided a letter from the department at highways was rend which approved of bylaw no 971 with reference to road expenditure during 143 letter from association of asses sing officers stating that- the annual convention- is i wing held on june lltb and lbtht- letter from department of na tional defence with reference to dis posal of land on which drill shed has lieen removed move by cleave seconded by wil son thnt relief accounts bo paid s111s carrie moved by murray seconded by currle thnt road accounts lw paid 1515 01 carried other accounts passed for payment included the following bell telephone co services 8 si a e wilson co policy prem ium 69 25 board of health accounts 31 00 moved by currle seconded by cleave that the following lw appoint ed deputy gnme wnrdemi fr the township of esnueslng during 1053 daniel allan it it no 3 milton al fred ilrlgden u it no george town a w benton llmehouse geocge ieslle it it no i acton kny crelghton glen wlllianjs wes ley iouth norvnl lome i minlln it it no 4 aclon w j mcdonald it it no 2 acton hnrvey nurse h it no 2 georgetown moldrlm stark it it no 5 milton nellson tnrk it rl no 3 georgetown wil- mer watklns r r no 3 acton spencer wilson r r no 1 norvnl george woods r r no 2 norvnl sheep valuators for wards 2 and 5 were named in a bylaw rend and passed at this meeting and the letter from mr george townsend was filed council adjourned to meet on mon day june 4 as a court of revision and aa council acton public utilities commission met in regular session on monday -v- enlng commissioner j it mac- arthur ami chairman c m hansen wen present prices were quoted on vulvcu from the canadian ilrass company sup erintendent c w wilson was in structed to procure the necessary fit tings und have tlw material ready to inslal the valves on the feeder line from the spring property a letter from the ii ec p of on tario notified the local commission that it was ermliuible to buy victory bonds with whatever surplus that might he on hand a letter from tlw federal equip ment co made enquiry us to instal ling their equipment in the water tank action was deferred until such time as a price was received for the tainting job the list of arrears was checked and instructions issued as to their dis posal secretary miss b ii speight was instructed to pay the following ac counts hydro depl c n it express 40 canadian general electric co believe it oft not ikon feel bad if you snore than a day out on you estimate of tbe first bomb x- ptosicm ihres a story on two who should have- known better they are both active in tbe c and felt it wouldnt be right for them to deposit a guess in thf eoralect but they liked tbe ajjrit of nmtect so each deposited tbhr guess in an envelope with an vqual sum of moorv from esrli the plan was that ihe one who guessed closest to the time was to rollrct tlw motvry whrn tlte nvelope was opfwd one ectloiated tlw- tltw at 4 jim on tuesday and tle other at 531 on tlw sum day on of the min involved in this tlmafe wlth was n wlwij- day out teas one of tlie local sahmi- tnfti and tlw otlwr was the man who wl off the bomb they viught to liaxe vrxkine iomt ttut annual meeting of children aid fleets the officers iwarantls btpah r total receipts of- 18jtl srfwrt overseas mail ijrucra fron ihe fjoas lloy krcvinc in the cause f flraedooa supplies j c mntlhcws poslaeo 2243 1200 guelph concert group present fine programhen the concert group known as the guelph oldtyme fiddlers ployed to u capacity house in the town hall here on tuesday rdcht- the event was under the auspices of the dub lin womens institute and the scout mothers association wlth the pro ceeds for the acton and vicinity war service league this group has performed in acton before nnd pleased the audience and were certainly given a hearty wel come again they have a varied pro gram and a group who apparently get real pleasure out of their perform ance and thereby give pleasure to others every number was heartily encored and well given the old tymo fiddlers and the whole company appear in the opening and closing numberuqfthclrtwj part program jns mciiaffie does stotch bongs in highland costume lack mcgnrry does popular song and tap dance numbers delia cavasln appears in cowgirl costume nnd pre sents western songit with her guitnr accompaniment audry check in acrobatic numtters has practically nil the stunts thnt pro fessionals acquire and docs her num bers splendidly doris butler in tnp dance numbers nnd jean trento with vocal holos were artists that pleas ed with their numbers too alvla mc intosh in western songs and yoddel- llng was also one who came in for plenty of appreciation tom simpson is the comedian for the group he has numbers with the concert group and in solo and all of them brought roars of laughter and plenty of good fun the concert proved a most popular one follow ingthe program the oldtyme fid dlers played for a dance which also proved popular event march lillt ikar mr djlli i juct rec- ivd unotlm r copy of iw fkc psrsi today utul i just tu 1 muit write jou and tell you bow much i upprxwnte it no matter how u w leit rs come through tns fses psess scorns to always get here i receive it quite regular und i want to express my many thanks to all who make it luwslhle i read it with great interest and while i am many mil s away nly interest is very much with acton and community this war isnt going to lust forever and wlu n it id nil over i hope to he aide to come itnck und make acton my home town there just isnt another place like it in my opinion and iwlleve me i liuve seen quite a fw different towns since i left home but acton has them all lieutcn not only an u town but for a town of its size it is doing a great job as far as industry is concerned nnd playing a big part in helping to end this war and the sooner the war ends the sooner we boys will be hack i also received smokes from beard- mores and the war service league i got some from them the other day and want to thank one and all for them too acton and vicinity sure have a highly helpful class of people for the boys overseas well i must close mr dills so x will say cheerio and thanks a million sigm w ii barber 1013 somewhere in england march 16th acrow fsss psion dear editor just thought we would send u note of sincere appreciation for your ef forts from which we benefit by each edition of your paper received by us quite regularly at present although worecelvoetfcrs from frlendsnnd relatives liack home which we are always glad to get there are always interesting news items they are hound to pass up and which would probably never be known to us if it werent for your paper for which we shall ever be thankful we would also like to take tliu op portunity of thanking friends and members of the acton war service league for cigarettes and parcels re ceived from them and to ussure them that their efforts towards our com fort nnd happiness are certainly not in vain once again we thank you one and nil nnd remain appreciatively yours pte j stewart pte a a mcmullen pte w w mcmullen several societies contributed to fuiul of service league receipts of 20 25 from the victory orthestrn s10 from the busy bees of nnssngaweyn and s2fi 7fi n the pro ceeds of a box social by dublin lit erary society were reported at the inst meeting of acton nnd vicinity war service league mr alex orr reported that the beardmore employees association were arranging a monster blngo for may 27th and this date was approved three more names were added to the overseas list lcpl e g elliott emerson patrick and frank kelly adjustment was arranged with mr j jesseman on a section of harrows that had been taken in error in col lecting salvage material the annual meeting of the chil drens aid society of peel and halton counties was held in the sunday school room of st pauls united church ilrmmpton on the evening of april 27th tbe president mrs w j hood of brampton conducted tbe meeting which was oicnd with prayr by itev j b moore of mll- iton mrs hood briefly nviewod tlw l plan under which tlw counties hnv jointly carried on tbe work of tlw society owing to inclement wcathr i tlw fktt ndanoe was not as lariie as usual tlte treasurers t jort was subntit- i uii showing total rceipts of 1rji 2 of thu amount s155 7 n- vivsl from the ivjwnd nt- allow ance board at ottaan tor ltd m in ti tration on thf part of soldi rw fnm- ilwt l tie superintend nt c f thom son suiuiilttcd i ill rort on the trs work mentioning in larthular tin j iil- tabcd work wrtalnlng to komjen families and tlie administration of allowances in kimc inl cjimk a total of 29 child protection cases ure dealt with including sold icrs fuibll- les with n total ofm children in volved 121 hlldren went reported under the car of tlw society at llie end of the year an increase of 10 o4 r u year ago tlte cucfct speaker of tlw evening mr nlram fletcher president of tlte went wort 1 1 county society chose uy bin subject th value of municiiml supitort for the childrens aid so ciety mr fletcher stressed tlte gnat need of hlld welfare work and also the necessity of greater coop eration itetwcen the muhiclpal ttodles and the society with the joint object in view of the building of better cltj- aenit a vote of thanks was extemhd to the speaker by mr j g hooper maltan greetings were extended by mr burns or tlw hamilton society and mr c m flatt superintendent of went worth county society the following officers wen upitolnted for the ensiling year honorary solicitors w i dick k c milton a g davis kc bramp ton president mm w j hood bramp ton 1st vicepresident miss mildred jarvls oakvllle 2nd vlccprfsldcnte d maguire clark son hon secretary treasurer a mason acton treasurer and office secretary- edna anderson milton executive committee r l mos- ley brampton mr j j jamleson cooksvllle david wilson brampton mrs f pullan oakvllle mrs m e nixon milton itev j b moore mil ton county council representatives w n gilbert bronte j m cump- lu ii oakvllle alnslle sherman mono roadjj chooper coming events antttiiriccmuit of mrciiaiftt cn rrrtm otr other tcvrttta umlfr tin itaadititr uru cliarur lo rent 4 p line witli h minimum liar fur any ktmouncrutctit ul jjc spring rummage sale council chamber saturday may 29th 3 pm tea will ho served by knox ywa dance at brookville hall wednes day may 12th doris hulls orch estra admission 15c lucky draw on quilt monster bingo in acton town hall may 27th auspices of beardmore em ployees assoi latlon with pro eed4 for war service league a euchre will be held by ihe seoul mothers auxiliary ut the parlxh hall on friday may 14th ut 8 00 pm ad mission 25c all thofce interested in junior or senior tennis membership for the coming year meet at the club house wednesday may 12th at 8 00 p m the w a of the united church will present a play the quilting bee and musical numbers in the united church on wednesday may 12 at 8 pm admission adults 25c children 15c lakeside chapter iode sponsor ing monster bingo under the auspice of acton and vicinity war service league in acton town hall may 19th 15 games 2 specials door prize tickets 25c 452