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pace four flhe acton free press hbursqast qcitqbbt ulth 2m8 x nassagaweya rockwood under the auspices of the womens institute there was a ne turnout in the town hall sunday evening or the sacred concert with mr george cordon as chairman for a varied and interesting program- the opening number was canada by choir of the united church followed by the hymn we plough the fields scatter and the audience joining h the singing duett and elections by misses frances and leons gibb reading by mrs fred oakes piano solo by mrs freeman solo by mr g f mcarthur selections by public school scholars directed by miss annie jolllffe with mr neal hasen of the public school staff at the piano duetts by the lambert twins with mrs j ayles at the piano reading by ruth boughner solo by miss blanche mcklnnon with mrs cordon altkens at the piano music selection by mr ross carton mr w d e smith on vornets with mrs j ward on the violin violin selection by mrs j ward solo by mrs brace quartette number by messrs george peal elmer boles mrs albert beard and mrs arnold cantelon solo by mr neal hazen reading by miss helen bayne duett by mrs brace and mr j a little piano solo by mrs john ston quartette numbers by messri george peal g f mcarthur elmer boles and a j elliott during the program a collection was taken and proceeds which amounted to 35 were for war work rev mr suth erland who took rev j wards services here also spoke briefly dur ing the concert program the october meeting of the boys own mission band of the united ohurch was held in the sunday school room with gordon harris presiding and mrs frank moore leader of the band leading in prayer charlie maw took the scripture lesson from an item in the october 4 friends roll call was by nell lam bert and the offering taken up by wayne hosklng a pleasant feature of the meeting was the presence of two acton boys el win kentner and kenneth anderson member of the acton boys band who contributed several numbers on the cornets and wpre heartily encored following boys own pieces norman lumber temperance convenor introduced rev mr sutherland of lebanon who gave the boys a very holpful talk on temperance mrs moore looked after the business porjod and it was decided to remember each boy anil girl on the honor roll whd ar now in the services with n personal greet ing chrlstmus card from the boys own band severn from the vidue attended the red cross concert nt greenock school friday evening the lambert twins took pnrt in the program and were accompanied by mrs j aylesv congratulations to mr and mrs elliot patterson nee joan mnnnt on the occasion of their recent marriage services nt st johns church on sunday morning were well attended holy communion was observed with the rector rev e a brooks offi ciating mr and mrs arthur engleby of uikevlew were holiday visitors at the home of mrs powers and family favored by ilne weather a large number attended erin fall fair on the holiday the many friends of mrs titos g hutchinson regret her not being so well during the weekend also master bruce hosklngs illness for over a week weekend and holiday visitors allan gordon ucaf trenton sgt j ward camp borden sgt george day hagorsvlue pto harvey thatcher ippcrwujh mr j e lnmbert acton imiss elsie cordon acton mrs ross carton now dundee mrs colllngrldre guelph miss minnie nickel toronto mr and mrs kobt blchnn of vine- land mr joe oakes toronto mr james lynch toronto miss donson toronto s mlsn lovcna richardson of kit eh oner mr and mrs scott and babe of fort erie mrs r f wmiatus of guulph is spending a few dnyu in town with friends mrs morris left on monday on her return home to idaho following a lengthy visit with her mother mrs e imlckoll mr and mrs g f mcarthur and eon don in company with mr and mrs campbell mcarthut af cuelph visited with their son clarke in lon don on the holiday mr mcarthur has disposed of his truck and now owiur a car mrs mcarthur was res ponsible for the wellarranged pro gram in the town hall sunday even- in moffat moffat has been ablaze wfyh autumn colors these are the pleasant days when every prospect pleases and nature affords such a splendid envir onment for our enjoyment however this wonderful scenery is fast chang ing to one of a more austere and naked appearance the harvest of field and garden for the most part has been gathered in and once again providence has dealt kindly with our community many attended the anniversary services held at campbellvllle in the presbyterian church on sunday the thanksgiving season added much to the inspiration and enjoyment of the services monday the day set apart offi cially for national thanksgiving was beautiful day and the hearts of our citizens were reminded of their bountiful land and its freedom from the devastations of war the weather being so lino afforded an opportunity to friends from distance to visit the people of our village mr and mrs spears of hamilton were guests of mrs fraser and kathryn mrs isaac adams fred and ruth adams and beatrice dawson of to ronto were visitors at the home of rev c l and mrs poole mr and mrs beach of hamilton were entertained by mr and mrs fcank hathaway our village church that has been dark and silent for so many years is again lighted on sunday evenings and the familiar hymns that we all so deeply appreciate are heard once more time usually deals ruthlessly with unussd buildings however our church building is very comfortable and the response to our evening ser vice is very gratifying rev c l- poole our resident minister conducts the service friends from acton and other places arc very kind in lending us help from time to time next sunday evening october 17th we are to be favored with the eden mills male quartette we deeply appre ciate these klnd gestures toward the success of the moffat community church which meetil every sunday evening at eight oclock those who wish to enjoy nn evening of worship and song are always welcome a large gathering of the friends and neighbors of mr and mrs m mcpheraon of jot 32 concession a najsagaweya met in blooan school on tuesday evening october 12th to honor their son ilcpl archie mcpherson of the canadian provost corps 31 of toronto who was home on leave mr len nightingale s chairman for the program donald ferguson read the- address and wal lace lasby made the presentation of a ring jlcpl a mcpherson made a very fueling reply thanking all for the kind address and gift lunch was served and danotog and a social time was spent the womens association of eben- exer united church conducted a re freshment booth at erin fair on monday with good success proceeds were for war work owing to anniversary services at the eden mill united church next sunday there will be no service in the ebenexer united church on sun day ac 2 harold coulson of gait and son master jimmy coulson of mil- ion and also misses helen and laura morley of peterboro visited with g t wilson and family on sunday last everton mrs albert mcwllllams pusllnch is visiting her mother mrs black other recent vjsltors were mr and mrs chester meek and family crew- sons corners mrs cooper and mrs west to ronto visited over the weekend with mrs shcpherdson and mrs b simons miss mabel mcleod and irlends guelph spent ithe weekend with mr mcleod mrs thompson toronto visited with mr and mrs c mcdonald over the weektend mrs g g robertson is visiting mr and mrs george voting townkme mrs young has been quite alck all wish her a apoody recovery pilot officer and mrs malcolm mcleod have returned home ifram truro after two weeks furlough pilot officer mcleod reports to hall- lax mr and mrs wilfred stlnson of toronto upent the week kind with the misses kate and mary reed mr and mrs j p benham and family spent the weekend in guelph with mr and mrs w vannorman mr clarance hortop rockwood j visited on sunday with mr and mrs w h hortop weekend and holiday visitors with limehouse johannesburg cprdurlng a recent cold snap in south africa when a low temperature of eight degree was recorded at some polirttk2imetal telegraph soles near klmberlysnap- mrs w mitchell convenor of w i kocials for october held a euchio in her home on friday evening in aid of the local w l war fund elev en tables of cords were played mrs a lawson an j mr herb preston holding high scores and consolations going to mrs w mi more sr unci mra mlno coffee and sandwiches brought n pleasant evening to clone the convenor of work for the navy leapue mrs mitchell would like to have the ditty bagshanded m completed this week rev c c cochrane was cue speaker at the w i meeting nt mrs jamlesanv on thursday last his subject was colonial policy nncl left plenty of food for thought in the minds of his hearer mrs sam glsby wak appointed delegate to the nren convention to be held in nor- i fojkstreet united church november pjfh and 5th the november meeting of this branch has heett chanced to wednesday november 3rd nt mrs mitchells it was redded to have n mvnsr collection again this fall mrs ellerby convenor of finances for sep tember reported 4369 rained last month a committee was mimed to pack itoxes for local overseu men donations for contents may lie left with any of these ludlen mesdumes a w ronton h norton s m wright e miller or j e ellerby current events were heard from convenors of standing committees mrs mcvey read a poem by edgar guest entitled the man who couldnt save mrs a w benton gave a short talk on the motto put your creed into your deed an ll applies to the wi the national anthem was sung in closing and rev c c cochrane pronounced the benediction mes- dames mcvey and miller nerved a light lunch to the fifteen in attend ance i recent visitors include lac lome norton home from mountain view for the weekend mrs yates and mrs king of lon don and relatives from hamilton with mrs j r g sutherland mr and mrs ted morrow und elane with mr and mrs h norton mr and mrs a w lane and daughters with mrs r lane mrs w f newton of barrio with the newtons driver s langley of red deer albertn has oeen spending his fur lough with mrs langley and jack at mr a mlnoa mr and mrs e scott and children pent the weekend at sprucedale mr and mrs a hill and family spent sunday in hamilton mrs wm forbes of salem and son mr and mrs john alton were miss mr eldcn forbes of weston visited i emma and miss agnes tovell tor- relatives and friends at knatchbull last sunday mrs annie miller of hamilton vis ited relatives and friends in ni gaweya over the thanksgiving day holiday mr and mrs george nightingale and family of knatchbull visited rel atives and friends in dundalk over the week end and holiday mr bert nightingale of orange vllle visited with his parents mr and mrs arthur nightingale during 4he weekend and holiday mr and mrs w f darby and family of knatchbull attended anni versary services at sl davids pres byterian church campbellvllle and vl jilted relatives and friends in village last sunday misses elsie and audrey watson of guelph visited at their parent home over the weekend nassagaweya the third annual auction sale upon sored by the busy bees club held each year in brookville hall gets better each ysar mr joseph frank owited the evenings proceedings by n short spoech in which he conveyed the lhanka of the ladles to those who attend their money raising events and to those who donated ar ticles for kale and the booth to the men of acton legion who were con ducting the bingo and to mr j elliott who wait in charge of the sale two hours of bingo were then plny- od with good prizes given also two jsoo special prizes which were won by mr h c eteky and dr young who tied und divided the tlrst prize middonntt easterbrook winner of the cecund one 1453 watt cleared from this part of the evenings work mr t elliott milton auctioneer noon disposed of several articles which included tools homemade bak ing sewing vegetables clothing pro- servek toys and games and knlck- knackit after deductions for mater ial and advertising the sale netted slwoo from the booth where the ladies sold hot dogs pop and homemade baking the ladles cleared 600 a hkii pond was conducted by one of the memlvers and reveral dollars was cleared from it leftover articles are itelng sold privately mr and mrs w mcleod and miss xsabelle donated 125 which brings the total proceed to well over 55700 pota toes aprons and cabbage were the heft selling items receipts at the hull umounfed to 8110- one ot nousagaweyas oldest and mot ivsjmctod residents mrs henry dnveiiutrt passed away at her home hikt wednesday morning after suffer ing from an attack of pneumonia she was in her 86th year and until the last illness was managing her own home nnd garden and even going to visit neighbors occasionally mr and mrs davenport came from knglitnd g2 years agp her husband predeceased her ten years ago ten children hleucd the home four boys henry guelph fred windsor ed win nasmigoweya and lawrence of kitchener and six girls eleanor mrs hardy port huron u s a irene mrs ripply toronto eliza mm finluy guelph alice mrs mcmillan nassagaweya and ada mrs twiggcr who died in 1910 and clara who died at the age of two yean rev mr irving and a former pastor rev mr brand conducted the funeral service at the home and at st johns anglican church pall bearers were messrs matthew job william dredge john wilson mal colm holmes joseph frank and phlneas finlay the floral tributes were many and beautiful and were j carried by seven grandchildren mrs barber mrs phi upson mrs n brown mrs cult mrs cole mrs g mcmillan rnd eleanor davenport and miss george interment was made in st johns cemetery guests t iat week ft the home of mr nnd- mrs lawrence king were howard jamfs st catharines uoyd james fort erie and mrsts c smith toronto for thanksgiving onto mr and mrs charlie head and dannie visited mr and mrs w head on monday osprdvge mr and mrs george rennlck and marlon of hamilton spent sunday with mr and mrs d stewart miss lois simpson was a wookond visitor at the same home miss orma fines of toronto was home over thanksgiving weekend visitors with mr and mrs f brydon were mrs a klrk- wood and jean of guelph and mrs mary dunbar of the west messrs carl smith and arnold sinclair who were in the west assist ing with the harvest returned home on saturday mr j stewart vlnlted over the weekend with mr and mm robert king bronte mrs e suhtcr in company with friends from erin visited her son arnold at camp borden on sunday mr and mrs charles kalthoff and joan mrs hood of torontp were thanksgiving weekend guests with mr and mrs k kalthoff on thursday afternoon mrs james struthers entertained a few of her close neighbors in honor of her mother mrs walker it being her eightyseventh birthday during the afternoon the ladles quilted a quilt for the red cross after which a dainty lunch was served mrs walker enjoys fairly good health and is quite active abdut the home heartlect congratulations and best wishes ore extended to thin grand old lady the october meeting of osprlnge womens institute was held at the home of mrs g aitken on wednes day evening october 6th twelve members and three visitors- were present the roll call sing sayplay or pay gave variety to the program a gratifying report of the aacred con cert was given and christmas boxes are to be sent to the boys in the ser vices mrs d g robertson gave a very fine talk on their majesties they arc probably closer to their people than are the rulers of any other country they are sharing the bur den of the war in many ways such as morale building on the home front nnd also bringing comfort and help to the wounded a solo by miss blanche mcklnnon was muclagbjoycd a paper citizen ship wavglvcn by the convenor mrs e sunter stressing the neces sity of living now as citizens of a world order based on cooperation justice and freedom we as women must give of our minds influence arid spirit and be prepared for the tremendous immigration after the war by standing fast for good mrs fisher conducted a musical contest which was won by miss blanche mc- klnnon and mrs sunter a delight- 1 ful lunch of sandwiches cake and ice cream wa served by the hostess and her assistant mrs mckinnon the next meeting is to take the form of a halloween masquerade georgetown we extend birthday congratulations to wlliam james ross who celebrat ed his 86th birthday at bis home on september 9th mr ross has been a resident of georgetown for the past 20 years and an employee of the cpr for 38 years mrs ross died eight years ago among the correspondence dealt with at council meeting was a letter from the fire marshalls department which set forth the alterations which were necessary to the arena in order to conform with fire prevention regu lations the recommendations includ ed door alterations both- upstairs and down the building of wooden steps as a temporary are escape measure the installation of illuminated exit signs and fire extinguishers containing non- freezeable liquid at strategic points council unanimously decided that the necessary alterations and additions be completed herald fall goods fa1x amd wmn goods ass absfwing oi umied quaaraius raspakk mow roa causa ovekaug several qumlhies slfs 275 woskpamib in j wide iwiety tot cloths cuora work cfoveg fir mechanics lcfb 35c wokk cuoves s9clst work shoes a gfefo and quality cor ewery job every jjllit gujthanjleeij satmskactohy l7sss2s kweatobh f work or dress ito 495 wabk socks cottons 4q to lll wools several weights pr vc 9c l boys overalls 10 175 boys sweaters ipullovert and coat styles 125 250 boys evebyday shoes sizes ill to s real value 265 295 elliott bros phong 38 acton ont carrolls caajwa good oct 14 tea r coffee 1 m sucajt t to is buiilm s to 3b pkesekve3- 1 to s meat- to zi coffee 41c 1bt5c isrsswk mse coffee pi sc scc otipcxa- macaront oxocs favex 4cw h floor wax -d-i- 4c oaf 1 se cxbanssji ti sc suwhui uiarbdbk aacb tt id ovaltfamir sscse catottta milk macabom st sc aflwtr fmmcr aaoia la h m mmm frr cocoa hmdisum sunday octqeer 17th ims 13 turn worship service sermon nt dvas for me sacrament of the lords simper 1215 jiinvrchurch school no ibvetune service 3ajtlst ghurch anniversary j v come and worship cwoijhodjr j welcome cplttfidl tetfjhhsssi manse willow street sunday october 37th ims 310o om guest minister rev t o m bryan of morrlston 2m ji youn peoples bible oass 30f jiri sunday school no evenlnc servloe on account of the anniversary servloes 1n the baj- tlst church sunday october 24th 1943j100 nm ana 700 pan anniversary ser vloes always welcome aattllis1 ffwhrrtt sunday october 37 leiit swwnweaaev 1100 am aswailnf service rev h e morphy 1235 pjn sunday school 71 pm evening servloe rev h e morphy special music at both unrvioes the icnox church mule quarttte and oo- lettu will asulat tuesday 801 iim b y p u the crusaders of guelph everyone welcome small adrerusemebts alwrtianem unda till hcdns mc h ub order up ia word additional word a c par word if abi dm tut mctiimxttiaair ih julaw tixmnent nlnlim cir ae and jc mmd addulunat 4a ch word 313p ford coupe can be seen at norm mceachrens garage wamed vo kcbit tliroe or four unfurnlshod rooms heated will jtay rood rent 4 apply 352 box 100 free press xw soutt have younjr durham cow due to freshen tb ifwtod apply stan robertson lot 3h con s nassaeaweya foe hale 1 extension fable with 5 leaves iood as new sell cheap 900 apply roy arnott corner church und main sts acton htfiavrv s had of yourur durham cattler 2 black j red and 1 roan any per son havintf information as to where about please phone frank hoot phone erin 13r43 tjoht on tuesday morning between maria street and c n r station ladies white cold wrist watch with name barbara eneraved on case keward if returned to mrs d kichaitdsoto marin street acton rati male barn approximately 40 x go feet on property of new retddental sur vey of thi wool combine corpora tion of canada good timbers and lumber and metal roof building must be removed from property apply t once to f l wright real eutote acton rtiilu aiiotiov kale of sheds 24x60 tlmwry and lum ber will be held on boston church properly lot 6 third line township ot esqueslns on sat urday october 16th at two oclock j a elliott aud spfeciaiavlmeb dehydka1cd beans 3 25c fkesh cooking carrots 4 ota for f choice malaga grapes per lb 15c 22c 65c no 1 cooking onions io a b- rnilt aad vatama friss vm nlaiaj nicm omlr w wm tfce iriam to limit a ml ma i auction sale of fully accredited holsteln cattle bire fared and arade percherott ones poultry feed full una of farm implements internauonal znuk- utjt machine annd dairy equinmesat will be held on the proprietors farai on tceonuav ocromtm i at 12 oclock sharp everythuis sslsi as the farm u sold r n south proprietor a b brubacher j a eluott auctlooasra i