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tt jvtlm jfrtt press sastynnhh ycarmo 17 acton ontario thursday october 21st 1043 eight homeprint page fire ceata community sale a iteborihkit wffl tola 800 at finish s mi tvwm fukmakm ortate ttat ltae ovum wffl bv ccare ihdr oiitam boxes ea rs sftfte taenia booth fkpmtlwal of 77234 the ouistmas boxes for a serving in the armed forces overseas will so forward and be paid for when ant to the respo of the folks from acton and vicinity to the at the community auction the acton and vicinity war service league told of the need and received a generous response the treasurer mr j m mcdonald re ports receipts to date of 77234 with more to come and likely put it over the 9800330 mark a new high for this annual event the sale of goods by auction had receipts of s1985 on thursday night and v1s345 on saturday night a total of s3830 the net returns from the lucky draw were 7150 joan matthews turned in 18 o0 on a draw she organized for a dressed chicken the booth operated by the victory club had returns of 92m a total of 911sjm from this source cash donations amounted to 363 a grand total of 77234 to date all day long last thursday the farmers from the district and the townsfolk took their offerings to the town hall until when the sale hour arrived the auctioneers and those in charge were readily aware could not all be sold that night the farm ers had contributed of their crop and the housewives had failed not the merchant had taken from his stock and the buyers had come prepared to pay fair prices for the goods reeve j m mcdonald explained the purpose of the sale the needs of the league and the service it was rendering to the war effort mr a mason president of the war ser vice league thanked all for their help and spoke briefly on behalf of the fifth victory loan and then auctioneers hoy hlndley jack elliott bob amos russell john son and prank petch went to work the bidding was brisk and there was no time wasted it seemed there was a particular keen glint in the eyes of the auctioneers as they sold the goods and got good prices for such worthy cause incidentally they all contributed their services to the cause just as the articles were all donated we think there was extra twinkle of the eye as some slow moving articles were paid for by the auctioneers themselves the victory club a group of indies who reside in the vicinity of younj street conducted a fine booth on thursday evening the r products of home baking and hot drinks were all contributed and their net returns were 2834 in the lucky draw for a dressed chicken conducted by joan matthews the winner was mrs a mann and the efforts of this little girl netted 1800 in the lucky draw in charge of mrs s matthews and mrs g somervlue the winner of the wool blanket was lorraine hargraves mrs wm john stone won the clothes hamper a howard and mrs wagner each won christmas cakes bus tor pilot offices if all those folks who helped make such a s success of the com munity auction sale and who have so loyally supported all the activities of the acton and vicinity war ser vice league could only go through the cards and letlet from the boys overseas we know they would be glad f r everything they have done there are between twenty and thirty of these thank yous in the last hatch on our desk let a just glance at them just a few johnnie moore says my grateful thanks for cigarettes received frank jones writes t am receiv ing your cigarettes every month they certainly mean a lot to us in executive head ol acton ediftr will also piihlitli ihr filth victory loan miloi1 hjlimfimt is an actonian toarcra ilaa kamctsi aa able lieuten ant fat socncdjag mr g w spinney adoa has many interests in the announcement is made roorurrent ly this week in tte canadian cham pion milton and tmt actom fas pass of the purrliam of the cana dian champion by a dills ofi acton who will aswume joint editor- j ship and ownership of the two papers after novnnber 1st sale of the milton paer was made filth victory loan starts when will bomb explode bought in eveky loan fifth victory loan and a desire to owing to the death jast month of mr john hughf and the ill itealth of the otlvrr pittprielor mr f leonard white thesr partners see our objective more than reached and most of all participation by every citlxeu executive liead of ttm na tlonal war finance committee is kenneth henderson a native of acton who tpent his boyltood here a grandiaun f the late hon david henderson the financial iou had rlirvj r mrs alex mann purchases the first victory bond in the fifth loan from salesman c f lealherland it was bought for 11101 officer austin buck who is on operational duty overseas and sent word to make the purchase delivery wagon and milk upset last thursday the masale dairy lost a kood de livery uajcon and a quantity of the load hut thursday morning when the wheel of the wagon stuck on church street and the wagon and d of milk wu upset lome m ales was in the uacon at the time and it was fortunate for him that joe woods was delivering in the same section at that time and washable to xlrlcate him from the uiurt vehicle the wagon was smashed beyond re pair and lome was literally de luged in milk following la the list of those who made cash donations eery effort la made to have these luta correct but in the case of errors noted they will be gladly rectified official re ceipts will be mailed for all cash don atlons just as soon as possible r h kingsbury john allen miss pearl smith mr w j o oakes miss hume mr and mrs d waldle mrs john lovell jan reld d n mctavlsh mrs c armstrong jos heraog frank funk lynd smith e butler wm croft errol sprowl bentley wilson ceo flnne miss russell dr b d young mr a c clarrldge ceo wallace alex mc- isaac louis waxman dr frank g oakes h holmes ed jennings bell telephone co fred davison perry watson wm cooper dr wylle len lovell harry waterhouse wm mc- leod d h lindsay w j mcdonald jno williamson mrs h perkins g edwards t t nelle herb lee browns fruit store teroy agar c f lealherland harold wiles e j haaaard a tvbrown dr w kenney carrolls grocery symon hardware i k gardiner harry mainprise g a dllta g wbenton e e barr mrs a near dr h a austin dr w g cullen w r morton j har graves f j mcculcheon a elliott donald brown nelson turner j c matthews acton creamery b d rachlln b tyler g wesley masale 1 chapman a j murray storey continued an page vive baptist church observed the 101st anniversarysunday snlcndid seftoons by rev ii- el morphy of kitchener service of songs grcmily enjoyed splendid wrmoni n line service of song ami a joyousness thai accom- 1 vanle- all birthdays marked the 101t ami i veil try iast sunday of the acton baptist church kev 11 e morphy of king streu baptist church kitchener won lie guest speaker mr morphy is one of the younger ministers of the church and lie delivered messages of courage and present jty application based on the teaching of the bible the choir anthem at the morning service was put your trust in god and tyrs j ostrom took the solo part mrs ostrom also contributed a splen did wolo to the service at the evening service the choir was assisted by the octette of male oices from knox church who rend- red two splendid numbers in addi tion to the choir anthem mr chan lansborough presided at the organ mr morphys morning discourse was based on matthew 28 verse 14 this is the story of jesus coming to his disciples walking on the stormy sea and of peters attempt to go to him and his failure through lack of faith mr morphy impressed the fact thut in all our storms of life jesus is mar at hand he is always watch ing from the motintnln top he urged nil to ktnp close touch with jetus alwat and we will not sink the arm of jems hiit lost none of 1u power to have a royal refusal was the subject of the evening address of mr mor phy it was based on that section of the bible which tells of daniels trial in being cast into the den of lions the real secret of daniels courage was because of his high and holy conception pf the human soul tnd his strength lay in his dally fel lowship with god in speaking of daniels temptation to drink the wines and eat the rich foods with which he was tempted mr morphy urged young oiks to show the same courage in refusing to become intem perate in the use of intoxicating beverages intemperance he said is one of the blackest marks of our history of today at the evening service the usual denomination courtesy was observed ami the services of the united and presbyterian churches were with drawn the church was packed fo capacity few home town boys and they all have been receiving their cigarette real well and they all join with me in saying thank you gordon cook cookie uy mall ken ilwuterawi which will be nad with real in by many itbu imlss tvad rs om oiimt notable it m in mr of late hasnt been very prompt but r r u accaniplldinient is received a fas pass today the lu o l n to news of acton is welcome any time mamv knu r tin- bank one of the ablest of these u tl y mirold kntu th henderson v ho i ft n tiromkliiir and lucrative security huumsi of his an in 19ti to be 4uaity adiltxr to tin newly formed hank of canada ttie llrwt thing graham towers will tell you about ken ii rul rvufi is that he lum market sense thats im portant when you are making your living in the security buhlnexs and trying to odvlhe your clients wliat to buy or sell it becomes of incalcul able value when it a a matter of ad vising about the sale dltpoltlon or distribution of a government portfolio that now stands in tlie multl billion dollar brackets henderson com of merchant htoek which probably goeii u long of any day and i appreciate all the thought fulness of you people back home j mrllugh writes just rec ivcd cigarettes they took a long time reaching rm since my address has changed so many times im in n africa and believe me its terribly hot its grand swimming in the med sea its so lovely and warm h other cards were from el lasby p 1imly dave hodge jack small- man j d young nell mcnabb g o brit ton o r brown j scrlven f turner e patrick it heatley ahhur ford g a biernea d c price r s otfara j f bragg harold mclntyre w j gibbons cliff mcdonald w it elliott m j mc millan u hutledge and norm glb- have publlmhed tlie canadian cham plan for the past mvcnlrea yars and mr dhu han been publisher of tns fas pssm for lite the past siklecn yrars i a slatetnefll regarding publlratloiw of the champion will be made next week thr two offices will b oier atrd both in mlllon and acton with marne adjustments to volt tlu mechan ical eqiilment in th- two plants mr dills will continue to reside in acton but will of necenvlty divide his tlm hetueen the two publlcat ions the hale incluuv hie purchase of the building owneil by mtxrs llllhl a white son m buck h w godfrey bruce w ay to explain hlw market sense pargotor p a elliott mills ted clifford albert t ills father and grand fat lier lint prompt rou general htore in acton ontario where kenneth wjw born grunalfather hend ruin uimi repres ented halton county us u conserv- ntue in the house of comnmns for 30 years wan a prlty councillor at the time of his death during the last war two brandies l i family joined forces the ac- i h ton buvlnes was clost out anl the hndt tons moeed to gait to join up with another family enterprise doing business jn coal nnd lime in the inkt war henderson wait just choir leader and choir members are made presentations on friday evening the members of knox church choir and their friends home of rev nnd mrs thomson a delightful social evening was enjoyed humorous readings were given by mrs dessureault nnd mr charles l kirkness the wellknown loch lomond was given as a solo bv scotty burton with a full chorus kinging out the refrain games were enjoyed and climax was the presentation to hon ored guests present a quintette number led by miss isabel anderson who read two beautiful poetical ad dresses to the recent brides who were guests mrs howard swltzer and mrs norman wright who were presented with gifts by mr w benson and mr clarence coles following words of thanks by the girls the next number was ied by miss d folster who read an address of sincere appreciation to mr f j salt as organist and choir leader for many years and mrs ada near pre sented mr salt with a gift from the choir mrs c coles also presented mrs salt with a bouquet of baby mums mr salt made a reply of appreciation and expressed his desire to assist the choir with the musical service at any time he could help several other members spoke a few words the group was led in a merry singsong by mr salt a delightful lunch was served by the social com mittee convened by miss b roszell and mrs c cole the evenings arrangements were in charge of mrs f ahdcrkon as sisted by mlsiei margaret mcphall and joyce dessureault a vote of appreciation was given mr and mrs thomson for the delightful evening enjoyed mr thomson replied old enough to w a form commando they uere called soldiers of the soil several inos day later ho went to mc- nt university where he graduated in in commerce in 19js after a summ or ut home he joined the firm of wood gundy and co an a junior was sent to the firm office in montreal in 1927 a few yearn later he formed a partnenhlp in montreal with cas ey collier recently named president of the investment dealcrs associat ion under the name of collier morr is and henderson in the fqll of 1034 he went to tor onto to open a branch office of thlu firm the office was nicely started when graham towers approached him to join the centra bank then be ing organized in january 1935 he came to ottawa he had on impor tant linger in every securities pie in which the bank and the government have been interested since that time as soon as war broke out hender son had two big jobs to do there were the first two big war loans to float tthls was prior to the first vic tory loan in june 1941 and then the vast security operations of the fore- mr g a young of be fourth line was walter i jnham s llrxt s on monday morning mr young has bought bond in ev ry loan and says 1m b only too glad to buy to the limit to sitcmivyictory october meeting of knox y w a at home ok mrs p andersov the october meeting of tlte knox y w a wa held on the second wed nesday evening at iim liome erf mr fred anderson the president mrs it 0hara was in charge the de votions were taken by lira ii walt- em and mrs ii price during the business period gratify ing reports were given on the recent annual rummage sale and afternoon 1 1 hi on i hursday afternoon last in tea which was held in the counell knox sunday school room when mm chambers plans we r mode for the f h blot preluded fall thank offering to be held early in mm devotional part of the pro- november when miss frelda mat- gram wan conducted by mrs harry thews returned missionary will mainprise and mrs wm cooper be the speaker several article of fright incll r ndercd t mulal sel- bnby garments were received for the i km nceompanled by mrs f thom- fall bae to be shipped in november wln wb tau ti lr or w j qulnn was the clad tldlnev ml wa ulvn lj i by y r dr lf uvaku 1 ii vhlo if js 7l qulnn u a mssiormry home on fur- dr w j quimi sieuker ut knox w m s meeting the lutumn fhankon nng mcet ing of the presbyterian w m was miss margaret litru ii christmas cards wnu tu nit with in motion designating the funds for the local church fund at tie close of the men ting the prorram committee of mru l walt ers mn f terry miss lauru wilts and mn it price kervesl n dellfhtful lunch mrs s mnttheus expressed appreelntlon to the hostess and com mittee on behalf of the auxiliary miss hazel wilson named supervisor at western hospital miss hazel wilson r n daughter of mr and mrs chas wilson acton has been appointed medical super visor on the staff of the western hos pital in toronto since entering the nursing profession miss wilson has attained marked success in her work in graduating she won a scholarship and spent the year following gradu ation in a special course at the university of toronto a few weeks ago she was appointed to the examining board of nurses writing for their nurses certificates last week announcement was made of her appointment as medical super- visor at western tax fan pass joins with many others of this com munity in extending congratulations on the honor and position ah has it requires over 12000 sales of victory loan every day of the cam paign for acton to reach its objec tive buy early explode the bombs looked after later on he organized the setting up of the machinery for sales of war savings certificates when thlt organization was later me rged with the national war finance committee henderson came full time to the splnnty organization to do n sort of supei chnrgcr job in ma king sure that no one got prematur ely complacent about plans and pro grams when the time came for mr rfpln- uey to return to montreal hender son was considered the logical unan imous choice for executive chairman nnd boss of the nwfc management committee his associates and his boss governor towers ore content to let the results of the forthcoming victory loan campaigns confirm the wisdom of their choice note and perhaps it s only a co incidence but the head of actons vi ctory loan committee mr amos ma son resides in the house where ken hendersons grandfather resided until his death it does seem these finan cial affairs of the fifth victory loan have a real historical interest in act on hospital ship brings one of four sons home when the canadian hospital ship lady nelson docked nt halifax last thursday gunner j h taylor son of mr james taylor brock avenue acton was one of the passengers gunner taylor hn been overseas two years and was with the 16th and 41rd battery he enlisted in juno 1940 gnr taylor took iii in england and was sent to canada arriving in london on sunday aboard a spce lal army hospital car prior to enlisting he was employed in acton at the storey glove company mr taylor bas four sons in th nrmed forces and nil of tlum were in lngland until the return of gun ioulii from johat india where he bus been in charge of t he mission hospital his address was illustrated with a fine variety of slides showing life nnd his work among the poor in india it was apiieallng to the audi ence who have a deep interest in missionary work ner j h taylor mnny friends here ign exchange council board to bel- b w he improves in health hufflccntly ht to kw able to visit bumier scarcity dagenham england cp bar bers are so scarce in thai surrey town that boys have a new excise for stay ing away from school shops are so crowded out of school houn they say from tre engraven in tlrre far this that they have to miss their lessons issue and a picture of his first sale or so ions hafred will appear next week mrs john irvine as an early bond buyer from f l wright and bought a bond as instructed by her husband company sergt major irvine who is in a german prbnn camp mf wrights first sale was made to mr wm roszell but un fortunately the plate did not arrive commission puis 2500 in filth victory loan abo make transfer from water works department to the corporation general fund the acton public utilities commis sion met in regular session on mon day evening reeve j m mcdonald commissioner j it mncarthur and chairman c m hansen were present a letter w it read from the h e p c of ontario notifying the loeal com mission that they werecmpowered to purchase fifth victory loan bonds but old bonds must not be sold in order to purchase new bonds the secretary miss b ii speight was instructed to transfer s50000 from the waterworks account to the general account of the corporation superintend nt chas wilson re ported that repaint had been made to the water service feeding the lnv piemen shop on mill street which had been leaking the secretary was instructed dft purchase 52 5o0 00 worth of fifth victory loan bonds and to have them regliitered in the name of the public utilities commission the list of arrears was checked and instructions were issued for their disposal the secretary was instructed pay the following accounts hydro dent bell telephone co services whltham garage gas and oil macdonald electric limited supplies packard electric company repairs to transformer 70x50 hepc of ontario power 30s5s canadian line material ltd wire etc 528 cjnjt and transports exp x12 dept of national revenue sales tax i 12636 firat reports bat hejp of ad wu to neeavsj ratio boom at hrwasnsrten and aft lite poat oolceolasen write to have i on their behalf for when tfcey 541 2x80 2377 amid the blowing of whistles and ringing of bells aetna and district launrftrd into the job of raising eonir a its part of tlte fifth vic- lory loan on monday reports at victory loan headquarters of the llrsl few days are very eticouraglng but indicate that evsry person wjto is able will need to go the limit f aeton 1 avoid its first failure it night we railed at victory loan iteadquarlera and chairman a mason and iteeve j m mcdonald of tlte ctrwral vales committee st i lie urgency of ttie help required fium every citizen first day returns show that tltoae in ttie armed forces are out not only lo slake their lives but to put every cent they can spare into speeding the victory and making acton go over the top find sale of a bond by c f lealh erland was lo mrs alex mann of wellington street she purchased thr bond for lier brother pilot officer austin buck who is on operational duty in sengland his word was to buy from ills funds here all he could afford mrs mann has foeie brothers on active service all with the air- force igt martin duck was reported missing some months ago and no later word has been received f l wrights first sole was to wm itoszell manager of the acton plant of j b mackenzie a son and it was early in the morning before the bells had stopped ringing an other first day sale by mr wright was to mrs john irvine whose hus- tiand sergt major irvine has been a prisoner of war in germany since the dlepfte raid tito word received by mrs irvine was to back the cam paign as much as possible walter llnham was out on his teiv rltory bright and early and hie first sale was to mr g a young of the fourth llnaln esqueslng mr young has bought bonds in every loan and his thought was that he was glad to be able no share in some way in bringing victory when do the bombs 2ot estimates of when the halfway mark and quota will be reached are h ing made by everyone this year each bomb will declare two winners but only the estimates deposited be fore the bombs go off can count there are first and second prlaas for each mark last year the halfway mark was reached ten days after the campaign opened shortly after six oclock that was on wednesday of the second week of the campaign the quota was reached on a monday evening twen tytwo days after the campaign opened when those bombs will go off in this fifth loan campaign de pends entirely on the response made by everyone on that response de pends entirely too whether any one wins the prizes totalling 970 in war saving certificates the objective is big but if everyone helps we can raise that j223 000 just as we did last time the local thermometer will be in place on the pott office the end of the week to indicate progress in acton and district ttius year it will give the percentage obtained rather than the figures watch for the figures but be sure to have your estimates in before the bomb goes off coming event ann hitfrnint of m cm rta or ofhr et dndr this km lintr are char lo em per line with btlnimuoa chairs fur any annountjrnunl of jf teaasip watervrarka daps hydro dept sept operations 33sjm neptune meter meters dance in brookvllle halt monday october 25th 19i3 a watsons or chestra auspices nasaafaweya wo mens institute the ladles aid society of knox church acton are holdlns an an niversary fowl supper and musical program on tuesday october soui from 3jk to 800 admission adulte 50c children 25c moving picture sponsored by ex tension dept of province of ontario and sent by o a c will be held us churchill church october 22nd par and tea served silver collection proceed for boy over auspices churchill w a come to the hnmmaga a h made baking sale in the town hall asasb acton on saturday october 3mt from three until six oclock auaploas of the ladles of st josephs church v 6i swfjwmmfflp stefeofiniiu