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itht jvrttm sttt press sixtyninth yemrsho ib- acton ontario thursday october 14th i94j eight homeprint pages five cents new truck is delivered found very satisfactory kpmmam ar- omrt of bctum set fr umamhmmigm cfl wu late bmdi hi nftk vktaty ij all use councillor were present last night when acton council met nd rfew j- m mcdonald presided mr chandler was present regard- lac assdssinent for doc on his prop erty he had been anraipj for 1943 la rorlnvood and the doc had since been disposed of the terms of the bylaw were read and it was pointed out thai provisions were that he nogs must be assessed to jlhe owner of the property on which they were soo 2142 16 oo cjoo rjtr ljeo 960 2730 493 1600 300 00 20385 accounts were passed as follows wm j mcleod painting s 7220 j w barberee sharpening mower elliott bros welfare account f mccutcheon hauling and spreading calcium t rum ley work onmower e e ilarrop conveyance ken marshall labor root brooks labor jam mcoullough labor e dose labor e e harron postage account county of hallon use ol cruder acton fall fair grant acton ijbrary board crant dent of highways truck lie- tte acton branch of the navy ijeacue of f1 met on tuesday eveninc or ih annual meeting mr davidson the organizing seer retary for ontario was present and cave a splendid address tellinc of the work accomplished throughout the province lie also had many sug gestions to offer for further activi ties a donation of 3o0 from the busy bee of nassagaweya a received a report by the committee in chare of the draw at the fall fair showed that the receipts were 51 21 7 the expense were v179g lite net iwo- ceeds being shj3hx j j this saturday evenihg a bingo will out of the cold storage locker and he held in the iegion hall for the smwakoeu mcsiing dublin i has vakied program the dublin womens institute held their september meetlnji at the home of airs e roberts and the president mrs c vanooooben pres ided roll call was answered by ways of neighboring arrange- ments ror exhibit at milton fair were made home economics was taken by mrs barber and a wide ranee was covered by this topic they had an exhibit of strawberries annual meeting of actoiv rrancli navy league of canada continualionschool gordon aiuw atltlrvssrtl vitrliisg of unitctl wms winners in field day last week sports evenf for girls and boys in keen cefrteala following are the winners of the athletic events held by the acton continuation school on wednesday and thursday of but week cham pions were announced in last weeks isnue of the fssx i girls event standing broad jump senior margaret blow joan ierjel4r joan burnley junior aileen mclsaar iaah verle gould joan coles running broad jump senior i they were delicious mrs roberts cave an exhibit of different kinds of vegetables violin solos were given by mint d frank accompanied by mrs frank then a demonstration of fixing flowers in a vaw a ltearty vote of thanks ww given to those wlio took part on the program and also to the hostess for the use of her honw launch uai served and a social time spent the autumn thankonerinjc iml- ing of the vvomi missionary so- ciety of the ttnlted church was held concert at trkenock islzts littoviiiksniniis for the president mrs caldwell con- ducted the service the devotional overseas itoxrs period was in chare of rev a w i fobury and mrs gordon agnew i th red cvas grouj those assisting were solo mrs ll mcoeful vomvrt in tlw veldhuu comet solo oorge elliott i bni ft may eeo- antliem son of my soul with miss j ink dorothy simmons as soloist t1m miss elvn ivatvn miivihit ot tin- visiting aoaielies -n- from ballln- tu vntii a tahiu to hmmm afad ctturrhlll ami the bspllvt rwiit nnj inlimtumi the luilnnan ctturch mr artihir sw klianur after tlw mrs caldmoll inltmluc1 11m- c fclngwfj canada 0m- folkmlng spraker mrs cixu agnew f inr kk- mr j m clilna whom we all like to hnv- jhm g- iiilevodig lllut- iiu1 iwtiuv otl llt iuikiii tiikjsii r filth victory loan monday more prizes oflered again margaret llkw j4n irgejer betty j amonr u- sim tatai fnr w ui lecture mclxllnn o war m ii 11 i iuijl nun neighbors and friends of ijorne school district honor newiyvveds acton fata passa advertlslnc c f leatherland clerks sal ary and supplies acton public utlltlea street lights and services 200 3 25 lfijttrt h6142 a letter from the selective service office at brampton notified council that the municipality was classified aa an essential industry a letter from the department of municipal affairs asked if the rec ommendations of the auditors had been carried out these recommend ations had had the attention of the council a letter fram the fire marshal informed council he would visit acton at the meeting of october 27th to discuss the proposed new v bylaw i a letter from the t eaqueslng informed council that they ar yet had made no plans for pre paring an honor roll delivery of the new truck had been made and it was reported as very satisfactory tho required forms weje ordered to be filled and for warded to the vehicle controller arrangements were made for the payment of the truck a delivered council also arranged to purchase 3000 of the new victory loan for the corporation it was decided to hold the court of revision on monday october 25th at 800 psn for the 1944 assessment roll and a resolution was passed to this effect a letter from the wool combing corporation pointed out that showers and public conveniences were des irable in the community the company was willing to contribute to the construction and maintenance if such conveniences were provided in acton the clerk was instructed to reply stating the unfavorable experience council had in maintaining public conveniences it was ftalntcd out that the ym ca had facilities for showers and it- wassuggostod tho lotterbo forwnrded to the ymca board for their consideration council suggested that new sec tions of sidewalk be repaired on maria street on main street brock avenue and mill street and other sections as material and weather con ditions permitted the reeve was empowered to make arrangements for the sale of the old truck and the clerk was instructed to arrange the insurance transfer to the new truck purpo of supplying further funds llritton junior helen for christmas dlty bag u fwhlch it mary smith jn cole 0 mnr uff am m x4uul 1 iwjted to be able to wend 75 many uolj step and jump senlr-mr- imuju f mhmiiiic kmsthnl mari tte alk ii vmi duetts by ladle are at uork on knitted goods i i mo- jn pargeler marjori- 1 applies made not very lulglt nll nd norman iulr voal to go into the hag a hand conoert korton juniorjoan oole betty avm rr the people that hind 4doi by mix muna ti ke and arul dance are wclululxl for two -v- makers june dunn across iim- wa imt an- l tlmt m4miphiine mihw by mr h ll ranu- nings in nember n j senior margaret in t very hear future could leu xllkt audr y he kleyof hoi k- following ladies and genlh lrtw iu i joan pargeter rall for hem and the urn oo gaxe tioluill- junior shirhv klliolt juw dunn j wuum not do mtuli further tlamtige m j m dad mde the drnu fm betty masjn j to uelr mnlry all o jo ye i th e will the liu kv th itet imiiu iml rnsketlmll tlirow snlor jm talk and gav her u ery itemty h mi iceiiii tli allan of alton pie holmes mn iilet maw joan uum- uehme to vivlf tmain inv mr and eolfee were xeril after lie fcliti- uy i- en win of ballhmfad uimmi flu l of the national anthni mri bneliall ttiriw sinlor helen meeting will prayer ihdmes joan pargefer margaret otylo for the on tuesday evening october mil the junior farmers neighbors and cheerio club held a shower at iorne scltool in honor of the newlyweds mr and mrs howard swltxer mr it i- davidson acted as chair man for the evening mrs ctarke spehvogel sang a solo mrs howard craff gave a reading and musical selctlons were contributed by harvey fisher and miss blanche mcklnnon following the program donalds and howard were called to tho plat form and mrs charlie davidson read fhe address they were presented with many lovely and useful gift showing the esteem in which this oung couple are held in the com munity howard and donada made multable replies expressing their ap preciation lunch was served ami the re mainder of the evening was stent in dahclng men w ere ele led coming ear president mr 11 boulton vice-president- mr m lltch kecntary mr f j salt assistant sicretary mrs n w right treasurer mv j crelghton publicity mr w cohs ditty bagsmiss a mccnllum ltendingand onnies- mr s iorm assistants to miss mccallum mls irene fryer mrs s ijnntz mrs t 1npiln mrs v oimions mr it scout mothers met at the home of hss hunter the monthly meeting of the scout mothers auxiliary was held at the home of mrs hunter with mrs j- h boulton in charge in the absence of mrs e masters the president the main discussion of this meet- ins was to try and get more scout and cub mothers out to the meetings to share interest in their boys and to enjoy tho meetings after the bus iness was over a social hour was spent mrs boulton put on a contest which was won by mrs richardson and mrs desscreault a dainty lunch was served by mrs hunter assisted by mrs evans a hearty vote of thanks was tendered the hostess for the ust of hi bush fires near acton threatening since sunday two fires close to town one in dublin bush si ill not under control cross and bush fires have been threatening in this district since sun day and have required a lot of at tention on sunday a gross fire raged across fields east of acton and threat ened to come up to the houses on the east end of the crescent the fire brigade was called and had the blaze under control in a half hour without any damage to the buildings a group of young pine trees plant- in n few years ago came close to btlng wiped out but most of them were saved by the brigade fire at dublin still bag on monday afternoon a ire started in the bush owned by mr d f o wright between the second and third lines just south of acton it was first noticed about four oclock and by the time neighbors and help from town gathered the blafce bnd uprviul ovvr twentytlve to forty acres on the forms of mr wright knrllne koberls and stewurtehlot knll fences on the burned out sect- ion were wiped out and all the dry brush close to the ground was swept by the fire every day since the men of the neighborhood have spent mot of the time in this section trying to keep the tire from hprenrilni tip to the present the winds have not been strong and the tire hns not reached up into the tree tops a such tduhlld occur the bluze could spread right up to actons outskirts the tire brigade equipment is of no use in fighting thin tire us no water in and quantity is available in this section shovels and beating out the flumes seems the only sol ution until a good rainfall comes everything in the bush is now bone dry and new fires spread in every direction men from acton and all the farm ers in the neighborhood have been on day and night vigil attempting to keep the tire from spreading one fire is isolated only to have a fresh outbreak in a new section last night the first was just as far from con trol as when it started men are still working to gain the upperhand but have been unable to win control assistants to mr iorne messrs e davidson l wei k j lrvcr it bean f pink there is a fund in the luink of 17300 obituary hiiw junior joan cole shit ley elliot ieall velle oould 75 yard dash senior joan par- jeer eleanor itovii hefty llritton junior joan cole shirley elliott iult verb- oould threelegged itnce mnrgakvt blow and shi i ley kentuer eleanor uoss und joan somervllle ienn 1 aw son mid joan pargeter slow bicycle itace senior bunny anderson helen llolmcv shirley kentner junior helen mclelan hetty masters joati somrville shoe hudille ivnn franrescato helen mclellnti joan pargeter pie plate ituce ienn luiwson und joan pargeter allecn mcjvnac and district pivsiovnt visits alni itruncli of wonwifs institute eo walhuv turner i a vote of thanks to those who had donated theli time mid talent ittuakd the vii4iks of the eoiill lite ploeeed foi flu ewnltlt to im for chrltdmitw iweti fol the hual iwtvs who ate lit adtlie mr- vlv worlds fastest plane makes flight canada to england isaiah coon lttllnl of acton mixt of liu llfo- j joim colti mtarnrti lllowiind klilrj rvlvl ultowinir a wuul fltiuiu lul tlm luilnh coon uikwni kny on ly kntntt luilun during llu liiklniui urlil mondny oclohpi 4li at tlw vlrtorin kicking tlw slio mnrgnrtf llou rmiimit from tlic llllml wiiw i oipltal indon ifr hod been in merle mroutctuon joyv ijimli ivhi nnil t10 uni votm to tliul fnllinc health for tho past two years i holay umv ivnni of margaret fmul anil nlco s100 to the wur kr- he was in hi eightyeighth year j mow llctty llritton june dunn ialati coon wm a um of th lute helen holnieti and margaret itolh-rt- stephen coon and deliorall worden kon and was lorn on the second une ihe octolmr nulling of tlie atn women iiiklltule ut held onlliuri- iy 7li nt hi- home of mm j i mnhle the pim kldent mm wllder- kpln watt in charge the motto uu well given hy mn jim lolthle oti suceh4 cui rllt eventu were luvl ly mru collier a very gratlfyltii rurl on the luuui at the arlnli fall fair win riutlh who he the anltin itumbcr trll f trip in cnniuliun lluilt machine ftoti kcatm in krin towmhlp for many years nu rirond jump senior he wnu an employee of the ileard- rjld dhu kenneth allan 1111 sik mnilwrs offeied to give tli ll for co in acton and resided her- clayton intcrmccllntedoug david- ntvulanco untlmoic uhea hemov tooueliili jnrk s ken iaplllon and laur to kitchener and ondon i ju arl w ills wife preltvensml him twentytw paul ivsiiurcault years ago ttuee daughters remain sending llroad jump to revere the memory of a beloved p d nalph mckswn bui father mrs jas n taylor iondon clnvon i doug jlavld- mrs jas a green guelph and mrs lon cmi e donald force earle drown kitchener three grand- jun arlmc john agar hay children and two great grandchildren atkinson alwo rnnln one lrolher jacob of g ju senior david voncouver bc also remain to d mckcown ken altan all of these sympathy of nuiny ermedlati doug dovldson don friends here goes at this time through the eourletty of mr w ii held of lotouto a former aliou- vlv league tard the chrulmav u uv unl details of the acton iimhiut and a reiust was ulu received for night as the lin1 canadian hulll volunuer helper to auist the uuial mouiillo to hind iii kngliind here cammltle lit the nest hlood clinic uw etails of the trip iloyal canadian air force aircrew manned the first canadian built air- mrs wm cowdy who recently craft to u- ferried aeroks the atlantic moveil to xclon from llmohousc wns for omratlonal use in llrltaln flying v- iild foiw jack stewart junlol 1 ttl arilc j b jo a sunt put senior enlpli mckcown elimination of twopant flannel ette sleepers by a price board regu lation is savlne 36000 yards yearly for more essential needs character loyal to hit church nffll lotions at the baptist church and a citizen whom all respected the funeral was held on thursday afternoon with service at the john stone humley funeral home con ducted by rev a w fosbury in terment was made in falrvlew cem etery acton the pallbearers were messrs wm worden g h brown wilfred coles fred cleaves howard mnsnles all of acton and enoch wls- bwell of guelph mrs hannah woroen after nn illness of three years there passed nwny on monday octob er 4th nt weston private hospital hnnnnh glover wife of the late hlr- tim 11 worden ofactorlnndguelph born in erin townshln deceased was the daughter of the late thomas glover hiurlnu iter early married life uhe resided in acton later mov ing to guelph where her husband predeceased her in 1917 for the inst seventeen year she hns viadcd ulth her only son ernest in weston in addition to her son she is sur vived by a crand daughter marar t jean and three sisters mrs r i graham toronto mrs thos dnuoo conkstown and miss acnes glover present and suke few words of officer jack g uren j1flht0 of senior encouraunhmt to the memlm und sioux luutkout ontario was fhe 11- iwinu a memlwr of the historical re- enrold pilot und flying officer it snrcli department for hulton oistrlcl c roh llevltiiton j1114 of 134 was particularly interested on that iiiiimiuiu avenue toronto the 21- subject and urcel for a deeper inter- yearold navigator who brought the est by- our memtters worlds fastest plane the mosuuito mrs alex near district presl- wrlwi of hops to greenland und dent for haltott county wus the klaml and finally to rritaln a dls- kuest speaker nnil gave a very in- tnnee of npproklmately tlireif and a spiring talk on womens responslhll- tliousind miles in 14 hours ity nnd opporlunltlea in this present i minutes bolli tilers are memlers jack main prize earl mosaic inter mediate jack stewart clayton fry er wilfred duval junior lorni arhlc john barr john agar rugby throw senior bill clayton david dills earl mnsales intermedi ate jnclt stewart don force wil fred duval junior lome arblc paul dcssureuult donald tnmh high jump senior bill clayton david dills ralph mckcown inter mediatedoug davidson jnck stew art hartley coles junior lome arhlc ken adamson uny atkinson pole vault senior ralph mc kcown bill clayton earl masales intermediate hartley coles clayton frer ken papillori junior iorne arblcrkonadamkon ray atkinson 1v0 yard dnsli senior dnvld ddk ralph mckcown jack mnlnprlze internetuate jack stewart doug davidson wilfred duval junior lome arhlc john agar ken adnm- kon 1j0 yard dnh senior david dills italph mckeown jack mnlnprlzc intermediate doug duvldson wil fred duval george elliott junior 1orne arblc john agar paul des- sureault 440 yard dash senior ralph mc- fer a hrothen james glover of i keown ken allan david dills in brandon man passed away six years temiedintedoug davidson hartley k- i coles george elliott junior lome the funeral was held on wednes- a paul dessurcnult john agar day october 6th from the ward sm yard race senior kenneth funeral home weston the service minn bill clayton intcrmedlote was conducted by the rev harry douc davidson hartley coles wll- powson pastor of central united fred duval junior lome arblc church of which deceased was a j alrdrle paul dessureault member assisted by the rev georfie kacs lome arblc doue- w barker of klncsway the pa- davioson bill clayton bearers were messrs w g hutch- 1 b horse race doug davidson ison toronto w g howell and j nnd hartley coles armnnd braldo h of guelph f e jeffrey npd wilfred duval lome arblc and world crisis a vote of appreciation to mrs near and nil who hod assisted with the meeting was given by mrs f anderson a social half hour wns enjoyed tim of the ferry service of trunsfhtri command the masulto wm named a ton onuirlo hy teauon of its high place jtw fourth victory war loan drive und it was followed to britain w th group in charge of tho latter ver mosquito nnnud after new glaigow mrs j dobble mrs j wilds mrs nova scotia flown by nn amerlrnn a 1iiis ii 1 v lovell nnd mrs w mncarthur dvllhm pilot of the ra f ferry command fo uren inn made five atlantic erin trips three with hudkonu and one with a r 2fi and ilnalythe mos- fiulto and voteu the latter hl lmut there is quite a demand for good trip of course said thut full fnlr heavy horses as is evident in the fact haired pilot who joined tho air force that nell e mcklnnon has shipped fom high school the fact that it skty horses to qnohee during tho uni marie in canada imrhops made past jwo weeks the dlffoe seriously though it al nmceting of- erin township f v kite to llyalthouglr council on monday n motion wn j boh ami i were a little crnmited for carried in which 5200 will boelveli kticli a lonti trip since tho mnsuulto ih to the red cross and womens in- 1 not n tranport plane there watt stitute branches for the purpose of good wealhei all the way ni ross und yndlng christmas taxes to each only for two hours did wo have to soldier overseas from erin township hy u instruments arrlvlnc in some time during tho late evening britain though someone pointed out lust friday thieves broke theiock on n the figures on the plane and they the gasoline pump at the bush hard- i ndd up to thirteen im glad that ware nnd helped themselves to the gnsollne it hi not known how much gasoline wns stolen but it is thought the party tilled the tank of their car archie mcleod who is employed with mr charles bruce lot 16 first line erin suffered an unfortunate ac- fact escaped my notice before wo vft out but it wns quite a good omen t hnt ll was an ontario built machine with an ontario name ami manned hy an ontario crew on the takeoff from canada rob bevington said we looked pretty acton and inatricft 1 asked to meet qoou of 2z5tto jtoad lurr ui tune opportunity to win war having ccstlbcatni tor vrilwol ot lcal lrasrrcw in the caaapajn monday ittornlng acton nitil dls- irm will start with tlw iesl of canoila on the fifth vlctoiy an tlteie is tui n to lell of the ur- ieny of the jli itelng undertaken our sltuie of catuidas otijmtive is stommi it will fake tlie omlliiel immmi iuk basing turner of eery lf- au to niet that otiligollitn 4ne again itotid pur tiaipj mre will hate the opmrtunlty to artl i- pafe in the umitest on the pixgress of hm 4h al ohjtii eeiy puix haw4 of vl of imind entitles the piim hamr to tun estimate sllis one in when fhe halfway mark will ih tea tied ati4l one on when the uln is ohtaln- l hie plan u simple the mine utinu ill buy the luoie ektliuates oil call make thlm year two priyeil nie offeiei on the time hie hilt bomb will go off the 1 loses estimate will re ceive a jr war sjivlngs vitlliate aiut tin next ciomsi n kl wai sav ings ceiflthate no one know wheij that time- will ih hut piii hnrw van readily make ah ultitionw hiitl on previous loans here me the simple rules of the tykiifesf i whvii oij pun haw oiir immmi im sun to miuie from the udekinun two c4intmtltion luketu you get 11 th kef on a h lmiiih for 10 h tut pur4hnmil j when half of the afou objec tive of vww huu been teai h 1 that is yillvm n uiukii imimb will im liil thai rjtti ik hcaid in at ton and for four miles 1 when the full quoit of j2rimh has tceii lencheil another lutmb will ih tired 1 write on your rommlltlou thk- ets your eidimate q the day hour and minute these two ihtmhu will ex plode and sign yiur name and have the tickelm at vlloiy lmu luu- quarters in acton to the iwtnd putehitmru estimating the closest to hut orrmt time two t2mmi war savlugm certituates will lw awardel the ucoud rlowst esti mate two 310 war savings cert hi tutes will ih awarded only fifth vhtory luuin subscrib ers can luirlhlpate buy your bond early und thnre in the two opportuni ties for winning these extra s1tfm prizes someone is bouml to win it might us well he you judges dccliilon on the winners is final listen for the blitz bomb it means- in art on two prizes only estimates deposited before the itoml explodes can im accepts or counted in fhe event orton mm john red anil mr und mrs jesse reed vjullml in everton lait sunduy with mrs wm usherwood mr and mrs wm lnne accom panied by mr nnd mrs alf dleknon kmnt tliunkkgivlng weekend motor ing to north ray mehtiru mark dearlng hamilton and sam dearlng burlington were recent victors at 41m home of mr nnd mrs wm ballentlne mr and mrs russcl watsm and daughter gait spent the week end at mr p wutsonx mi und mrs jack dolnon toronto renewed acquaintances with friends liere over tlieweekendt mr mill mrs j nokcs toronto vuited with mr and mrs harvey dearlng over the holiday mr and mrs uias gale of cal gary ore vlnltlng the latters brother wm rallentlrii and family and other relatives mr wm gray of lam angeles is a welcome vlvitor with hln brother enrl and sinters mru we mlgomuii nnd miss ella cray g d brundrlt and c lome eraser of weston burial took place in the family plot at falrvlew cemetery acton submarines sank 470 oceangoing cargo ships in the first three months of germanys first great war uboat campaign ken adamson wheelbarrow race jack main- prize and david rphls andrew nlcol and donald ijirnb doug davidson and hartley coles riay team of david dills doug davidson hartley coles and jack mainprise baseball throw senior earl ma dden t when picking pears the lad- small beside the line up of o giant der broke when he was trying to get i fnurengined liberators waiting to be some choice fruit at tho top of the ferried across but although as jack tree throwing him to the ground he has sold we were a little cramped was removed to the guelph general hospital where the xray revealed both arms fractured above the wrists advocate- sales jack main prize bill clayton intermediate wilfred duval jack stewart clayton fryer junior- jack alrdrle lome arblc ken adamson bicycle race senior david dills bill clayton intermediate doug davidson jack stewart don force junior lome arblc ray atkinson paul dessureault it wns a good trip in a good kite bevlngfon before joining up form erly worked in the office of the maple ieaf gardens both filers thought highly nt the workers who made the plane and would be making more and sent a cable of congratulations to the work- ersof the dehavlliand factory res ponsible for mosquito manufacture the september 3rd issue of aer oplane a widely read british pub lication contained a picture of the acton bomber in england the page from the english magazine is to be seen in tim fan press window coining event aimuncrmniu of urttoif ci mi or other evrnia jinur ihl itcadinir r ctiaravif 10 rent pr line with minimum charge for ny nnuunrrmtiii of jc euchre in the parish hall on tues day october 19th under the auspices of the scout mothers admission 25c keep saturday october 16th openr friendly circle are having an after noon tea baking and white ele phant solo in unted church 36 pm dance brookvllie hall thursday oct 21st sponsored by busy bees doris hulls orchestra jim brooks floor manager