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page four the acton free press toubbnay october ilat ims umehouse set alex wright home on fur lough mr win grelg rf brantford spent the weekend with mr and mrs john newton mr ana mrs a w benton and children and mrs f benton spent sunday with mr and mrs wilfred greenlee of milton services were withdrawn at the presbyterian church on sunday ow ing to the anniversary services in the georgetown church oakville the department of national de fence announces that major f h chlsholm who is now serving over seas has been awarded the efficiency decoration over iso pure fared cattle exhibited by many of ontarios outstanding cattle breeders featured the annual holsteln championship show over 500 enthusiasts representing eight counties attended the big event the winners in the various classes are eligible for competition in the an nual canadian holsteln contest recordstar everton s rockwood mrs harvey jestln has received word that her husband pte harvey jestln- of the prince edward island highlanders is now stationed at prince george british columbia mr and mrs w alexander spent sunday with mr and mrs xrvln hamilton mrs robert patten guelph spent the weekmid with ner parents mr and mrs john alton mrs e shepherdson is visiting in toronto mr t d mccutcheon received word that his son ac2 robert mc cutcheon rcaf is stationed at glmll manitoba mrs r c thornton is sjtendlng a few days at woodstock sunday and weekend visitors with rev 4 p mclcod were miss mabel mcleod of guelph and pilot officer and mrs malcolm mcleod sunday visitors with misses mary and kate reed v ere mr robert reed and son blllle milton the department of national de fences announces the awarding of the efficiency medal to pte c s jones of the lome scots mr and mrs victor hutchinson of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs wm featherston mr f leonard white visited his son frank r white and family in ustowel over thanksgiving day p o chas hann and wife toronto spent the holiday wittf the formers aunt mrs frank crawford and grandparents mr and mrs hare surprise birthday shower on evening of october 7th was held the home of m and mrs e m readhead in honor of their neioa miss ruth mccready previous to ner marrlage to mr tom c bousfleld quabtohly board womens asociation met at churchill churchill womens association and quarterly board meetings were held on october 13th at the home of mr and mrs smith griffin scripture was read by mrs h grif fin and roll call was answered by scripture verses after the business meeting was aposa of suf actory quality andgrad organization joined the men for the j marked on the hamp- l last thursday evening the choir of the presbyterian church enjoyed social iuno- in the basement of the church with a few of their friends games and contests were the order of the evening refreshments in the way of pie and ice cream cakes and coffee were served rev w j mc- ivor briefly addressed the gathering before all dispersed for their homes friday evening talent from guelph composed of girls under the direc tion of mr llndlcy put on a varl ty program during the latter part of the evening the young folks put on a lively minstrel show which was much enjoyed with five end girls representing young colored folks who cracked a number of jokes them were numerous solos with the rest of the group joining in the chorus and a group making up nn orchestra in which don mcarthur took part the proceed of the evenings entertain ment wi re for the roil cross activ ities on monday evotilttg unother tra veling movie concern put on three full reels of him the first dealing with present dav condition such an the formation of un organization made up in winnipeg of girls and wo men engaged in war activities other sections of the film showed scenes of warfare in the pncillc around timaj gunrinlrntinl and other adjacent places also scenes of hattlo in rus sia with the russians fighting the nails and putting them to flight and overcoming them this was followed by a comic strip entitled jack frost which was enjoyed by the young folks the feature lllm of the even ing was the girl of the umbo host which held the attention of the aud ience throughout on sunday morning at the pres byterian church the sacrament of the lord s supper was observed with the pastor rev w j mclvor offic iating with one more individual being admitted into membership with the congregation the service through out wab impressive next sunday rev forbes thomson takes rev w j mclvor place on account of an niversary services at knox church acton rev tnnn ward is busy ultli nn- nlversan service this fall iti neigh borhood centres and last sunday wuh ut llnrrlc lllll and speedslrio with rev mt duu conducting services in the unit d church hero and stone church a number of mothers of the rovs own mission band members are busy quilting a fnni quilt at the home of mrt s r peart proceeds from quilt will bo used for mlsslonur work the local red cross organization are sponsoring n bingo in the town halt tuesday evening the proceeds for the completion of packing christ mas boxes for those in the services overseas the mnn friends of mrs itios g hutchinson regret her illness con tinuing serious und hope for her nn early recover weekend and sunday visitors mr and mrs jack bell dundas mr and mrs jerr ingram dun das mr and mrs frank kelso and family guelph mr and mrs tony mendell and babe guelph mr james mcnabb returned home during the weekend from the west where he had been assisting in bar- vest work a inrlet ceremony was held on monday at the cenotaph in connect ion with hoisting the flag for the fifth victory loan campaign burlington mayor j gordon blair and cr e leather are on a hunting trip near lions head lloyd d dingle has been elected a member of the senate for mcmaster university a car belonging to s r williams roseland which was stolen from his garage was found in trafalgar town ship minus four tires u radio and winter rug during the past week sums of money running from 5 00 to 1000 were ktolen from hous s in various parti of the town it is alleged a salesman was in town soliciting or ders and the money was missing after the call was completed the following statement for the burlington red cross night held on september 18th in aid of the bur lington branch of the red cross has been issued by g hobbs treasurer of the local branch it shows net receipts to date of 107178 gaz ette georgetown miss agnes mcplinll c c f mem ber in the ontario legislature for east york addressed a public mooting here inst thursday night in the gregory theatre on thursday october 7th joseph albert robinson died in his 80th year born in esquculng township the late mr robinson was the eldest son of the late anthony robinson and ann cunningham when only a child he moved to frnfnlgnr township to live with his uncle the into joseph cun ningham he farmed there until his retirement six years ago with perfect weather and u good attendance of pupils and teachers of grades four to eight a successful field day was conducted inst thursday bj principal howard wrlgglcsworth with the assistance of teachers of the vari ous classes senior champlonshlitfi were won by keith huffman with a total of 14 points including four firsts and one second girls senior champion was alice murphy an all- round athlete ulth a grand total of 15 points junior champions were donald burns nine points and betty conn also with nine point herald l r 1 thornloe out dear fas as i write the north country is blanketed with a light coating of snow beautiful fall weather has been the rule for over three weeks that gave farmers and victory gard eners opportunity to gather all the vegetable crops which are bountiful ones here while pota generally are more or less affected with blight rot some escaped on amount of being taken up early we happen to have an iar1y variety eureka and were ready in september and did not suf fer to nearly the extent that aster varieties did they reproduced ex ceptionally good a return of 56 bags from bushels of seed planted be sides those used all fall for table use of which no account was kept car rots beets parsnips turnips and cab bage also are abundant from very small areas in my last letter t mentioned the scarcity of small fruit such as peach es pears plums etc but apples seem to be arriving in the stores in plenti ful and real good quality and varie ties the recent price oelllngs which have been established makes buying quarterly board meeting rev mr foreman opened with prayer mr harold griffin gave the treasurers report and all were very much pleased to hear of the gratifying success of the anniversary financial returns donation was asked instead of the fowl supper and received s113o0 with s22o0 loose collection plans were made for a aacred con cert to be held in november the meeting closed with prayer and lunch was then served erin an estimated crowd of ovr 11000 broke all records both in attendance and exhibits at erin fair the ex hibit in the lull ulth the exception of dr sited fowl was not as large as utunl due no doubt to the fact that most exhibitors have not the hep to keep up with their more urgent dut- iherc wre over boo birds in the live fowl exhibit and the judges were puzzled mum times in plnring the awards all of the inses in the horse st- t ion were well tilled and it was late eenlng before the ilnms were nil thown elmer mrklnnon who was in i hurc of the loudspeaker and who tin attended many fairs through out the province this fall dot lared exhibit of horsch was the finest he had seen at nny fair there were tlve teams of road horses tle teams of light draft horses and most of the classes had similar competition the exhibit of cattle was by far the h newt- even shown in erin nnd the sulne and sheep classes were much larger than in former years there were 105 pig shown in the market hogs class all of which were purchased by barbour bros hillsburg at 17 33 per cwt on the grounds and shipped that evening dr c x christie president of the o a c officially opened the fair and declared it the greatest fair in this part of the province second to none in its class advocate crukadehs of guelph give service at the acton a y i ut tuesday on tuesday evening october 19th the christian crusaders of york bap tist church guelph presented a most interesting program in the baptist church under the autpfoes of the bypv president h round was chairman for the evening and opened the pro gram with a sing song with mrs g searle at the piano mr david fulton read the scripture the quar tette composed of messrs searle ful ton mcgill and sheull sang t know that my redeemer llveth followed by prayer by mr arthur hunt the topic for the evening wad the fruit of the spirit and was takerrby three of the crusaders mr g ram say ipoko on peace mr sam mc gill played an accordion and har monica select idn rev searle pro nounced the benediction on behalf of the bypu the pres ident wilmn west welcomed the crusaders and expressed the thanks of all to the crusadom for a most inspiring evening she also welcomed members of the hiilrburg bypu friends from otprlnge and george town and members of the local churches who were present every one was invited to the basement dec orated in an orange and black color bcheme for refreshments the half- hour of fellowship was brought to a conclusion with the singing of blest be the tie that binds and the closing prayer realistic attack by young seamen sea cadets in training attempt capture of georcian hay island honey harbor ont cp commandos attempted capture of a rockbound island in the georgian bay recently operating from his ma jestys training ship princess alice on mlnlcog inland the blackfaced raiders were on tario sea cadets from barrie guelph burlington midland and sault ste mnrle and the early dutk attack was tarried out with the fierceness of a large scale raid against the bastille of europe one third of the cadets defended the half mile long island with its steep cliffs and dense cape of ever greens a flag wat run up at signal tower and enemy wireless station objective of the raid lieut graham cow r who has seen action in sea warfare command ed the raid from the escort lady baltimore one of the two power boats which shepherded the cutters ashore from the training ship a twopronged attack was made on the island from the north and the south finall at both points commandos managed to tight their way up the ers with variety name and those who know the celling- prices are in no doubt in no 1 zone no ls are set at 220 fob to producers with a 124 mark up to wholesalers and a 20 to 252 increase to retailers freight extra this would make the cost about 330 per hamper laid down here but were able to get real good no 1 quality baxters green ings russets or snows at 273 per hamper or spys macintosh or wealthles 300 and wolf rivers at 230 so maximum prices are not in effect yet apples are such good food and it is said one a day keeps the doctor away we try to do that not because we dont llko the doctor bat an apple a day is much more palatable but even at that not many can be used on account of the sugar ration pies puddings shortcakes etc where they could bo so tastefully used are pro hibitive on account of uigar scarcity with us at lealt so except for the occasional bowl of appleiauce where dclecid or saccharine can lie used we have our apple or tw a day while i have no intention of either critlcudng or complaining about the rations i must admit it comes hardy some times to do without in a land that never kneu what doing without meant but as we learn of the ter rible privation and suffering of other people all over the world were learning to count it a privilege to icam to do with less and without sometimes so ns to share to come ex tent with others less fortunate while the north becomes a greater source of food production each year it be comes older it is not exporting to any great extent yet home markets take care of practically all the whole milk butter vegetables hay and feed grain and a lot of the meat some export of livestock seed grain and potatoes and grass seeds accounts for the balance ot agricultural produc tion lumbering was the first industry and continues as the years roll by going further back each year into new locations then as fires burned off the remaining timber prospectors came some found mineral and others established themselves on the land and so the country has been devel oped to its present state quite mod ern in a great many instances and in some areas but in others still i in the pioneering stage modern equipment and invention of every kind finds its wayhere as in every other place and is to be found in use where facilities are favorable to its use automobiles tractors electric equipment of all kinds modern farm machinery garden equipment poul try equipment and supplies bee keep ing equipment besides all sorts ot mining and lumbering supplies which are still the two largest industries outside of northern ontario and northern quebec power company facilities this has become a tre mendous industry and is in competi tion with ontario hydro but works in some districts in cooperation where large blocks of power are nec essary such as norandarouyn kirk- land lake nnd tlmmlns the manpower shortage has affect ed every industry here the same as everywhere but everyone doing their best wherever placed the tourist business became almost extinct this year and will no doubt remain so now for the duration but in this respect great possibilities are in storsfor the post war period the department of lands and forestry branch are doing their best to pro tect the forests from are on ae- rocky steeps defend and attackem wore arm uinof trith iw fall are gol band of utnt color and a tighter af were aa conkldered out or action when nnd cr venmd and cauud ion 11 nrm band had been tripped off but by the enemy umpired ignaltnen culmt rt txilnct and war correspondents followed the landing party during operations close contact was now far this time i remain cordially yours kept between the ship and the island by signal lamp repeated furious nttacks on the ireless station were driven off when the po nt had not fallen three hurs after the attack was launched general assembly was called and the forces v ithdrew to the traning ship for an issue of cocoa r w johnson no confession a colored preacher was hearing a confession in the middle of it he stopped the young sinner nfoung map you aint confessln yous brag ging royal palace mowrialtocatnibcblj bene davis paul lnkas in watch on the rhine njeaoav towtamsottx robt paige louise aubrittou in fired wife bob hope betty hntton in lets face it stage door canteen with all star cast above program are subject to last minute chansea blood donors urgently needed its the direct means of saving the liven of our fighting men its the least you can do in this wareffort please contact tlie acton committee immediately or leave your name with us this 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welcome manse willow street sunday october 24th anniversaky services 11 h guest minister rev w j mc lvor ma bj of guelph soloist mr waldo dorrlncton of alton 2 00 bibln class 3 00 sunday school 7 00 guest minlxtrtr kev frank law- son of kitrhetutr sollst mr cecil lynes of guelph special music at both sttrvloes by the choir always welcome mnpthtt if imrijj avcran aticv hahn onwnrc raj ran sunday october 24th 1943 no service in church on sunday in order that numbers my attend the presbyterian anniversary also the georgetown baptist anniversary thursday oct 28th fellowship hour evet y one velconw small advertisements advxrtiawmrtittf under tltu hcmuof r cmmi witlt order tt to j wotda additional word 4 pttt word if faali doca n t prt wrttrd addltlxtal tot carl word sbsss dug cocker spaniel 9 months old u male price reasonable apply fred lemon willow st acton 01ef pott ktvoaoementm dance orcltcktra opn for encace- m nts the ramblers enquire 32 clinton street guelph phomt jlor 1m 1 ween c8 pm 172 wanted to aucnb lliroe or four unfurnished rooms ik ated will pay iood rent 352 box i60 free press arrlefl wanted apples suitable for making elder will pay 60c per hundred delivered john sed77ued 173 phone 32 r22 breslau rrttz hale child h one niece snowsult and hel- tm t nuvy klze 14 in rood condition 5150 mrs mccrea church street acton mos halt government graded xxx shrop shire ram lambs also a few ewe iambs apply h w early norvsj oat wanted middleaged woman wanted for housekeeping duties apply by letter mrs wm johnstone mill street acton ran rtaue fc red pure bred dual purpose short horn bull 1 year old herd accredited also purebred oxford rum lamb apply miller bros phont liwrll r r 1 georgetown htuavkd to the farm of henry sayers lot 17 town line namaktiwiya and e- lutslnjf black and white calf owner may recover same by proving pro- trt and paying expenses hon phone 195 r s acton fvus kale hetiltliy barred rock pullets i1i4q proitut ing strain range reared mlt bermngutt r r 1 moffat near eden mills phone 313j11 guelph real ehtate clients offer for sale 140000 mortgage on farm near acton 2000 mortgage on acton business property 1400 mortgage on esqueslng farm 800 mortgage on erin farm the following acton properties are offered for sale sisroom house on brock ave brick house on john street modern house on church street frame house on mui street brick cottage on bower avenue c f leatherland acton ontario w t pattbrsor 10