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ht juton sttt bft sixtyninth year no 24 acton ontario thursday december 9th 1943 eight homeprint pages fire genta kindergarten not possible lzi before 1944 fall term heating eqofeamt at school not becchcd jet other ilea- at the final senfafa of the 1913 school board on tuesday even- la acton school board met thursday evening in the last regular session for the present year at the mr w h clayton who is retiring this year from the board expressed hi apprcciaunn of the attorlallnnn he had made while on the board ills en joyment of the work and his willlng- ness at perhaps some other time to again resume this citizenship duty in replying the chairman g- a dhls expressed the regret the board members felt in losing mr clayton and appreciation of his splendid work a board member the chairman also expressed appreciation of the co operation given him by all the board members during the year and the fine work of the various committees which had made chairmanship duties very llgnt and board accomplishment commendlble principal leltch submitted n list of supplies which were given for attent ion to the supply committee the liability insurance was renewed at an improved rate through mr f l wright a letter from the department of education gave tht schedule for the t b clinic for llalton county to be held at milton on december 15th all teachers on both the mich nnd public school staffs will attend nt 930 on that day and the schools will b closed during the morning of the 15th a letter from the duke of devon shire chapter of the i o d e said the chapter were securing a flag for the school and as soon as it arrived would present it to the board the sccretarj read correspondence with the of ed urn t ion re- gardlng school grants which nre con siderably lower this year nnd haw been decreasing cadi yerii it ap pears fiom present calculations thnt grants will decrease each jear leav ing tnor to be mtide up hy hie tax payer the accident sustained by principal smith m rt jkorted nnd nrrnnge- ments hnd 1km n mnde wltli miss m z bennett n formt r principal to car ry on for a few dn until mr smith recoverj the suppl commtttt e was re quested to make nrrangcmt ntii for n further suppl of coal for the kchool the prooscd improvements in the heating systt m were discussed nnn while material had not yet arrived it wns expected nn dny pinna hnd bet n drown up for the installation of the needed traps and n rondensnt ion pump for the public school nntem the matter of n kindergarten t lass at acton school w as disc ussed at some unnth if was felt hy the hoard that the dam could not he started be fore next fall in the meantime ne gotiation will be carried on with the y m c a board and arranging for the necessary equipment if it is deemed advisable to start this class allowance mtai be made in the esti mates at fne first of the enr account were passed for payment as follow acton public utilities serlcc frank toth repairs a harris sand e j hnssard suppllts ioncmnny greene co sup plies central stiontitlc supplies s 11 unhand repairs re hat- low e n heintzmnn co tmnlc il c smith co nupplun w it e blair labor and re pairs mr ii i mcdonald boil i insurance k 1 wright insurance pre mium bell telephone co serlcs c anderson supplier adon v m c a board giant rv kindergarten lakeside chapter distributes funds to needy causes the regular meeting if the lake side chapter io d k was held on tuesday evening at the home of aurs f g onkes with the pegnt mr- w g cullen in the chal- routine business was transacted a splendid report was given on the bazaar which was held recently don ations were voted as follows 31 0o to vicinity war acloiiians in motor collision saturday mr elmer smltnv principal or act on publ o school suffered deep lacer ations over the left eye cuts o top of the head anil shock when he was injured in a headon collision at woolwich street in cuelph early sun day morning mr smith was taken to the gener al hospital in a police ambulance also injured in the accident was bing ttnmsden driver of the car in which mr smith was a passenger mr ilam- sden suffered a cut up and nose mrs arranging eor municipal help has complications iluildinjr bylaw has farther re- commendations indigent pallenta again on the council agenda haltoii holsteins revive all- caiiahtn awards councillors mason ktrkness and oakes were present last evening when in the absence of reeve mcdonald acton council met in regular session councillor mason was appointed act- acton and icagne 510 each to the sailors and i sden was travelling south on wool- minesweepers fund the british i wich street when n car driven by childrens clothing fund the pris arthur corke 238 liverpool street oners of war pund and tho polish re- i which was proceeding north on wool lltf pund 525 to tho camp library pund namsdennnothcr pakscngerlnthe i lngreeve car suffered n cut leg and shock nramng of the minutes also in- the collision occujred at the inter- duded the reading of the nomination section of woolwich and suffolk an election results streets it was reported to tho pol- omrflle w if boulton was aid was to be given to a needy fam ily in the form of milk and cod-liver- oll and several christmas treats were to be distributed a fine assortment of christmas gifts were wrapped to be sent to tho pupils of the chapters ndopted nor thern school after the business the meeting took the form of a christmas party a delightful reading was given by mrs c heard after which christmas carols were sung and lunch was serv ed the meeting closed with the sulking of the notional anthem w i councillor ele service iro tlmt ho car driven by mr ham- i ln p w c l ii proceedings h fore taking his scat in the new year i the following accounts were passed wich sireerdliornpiedtomnkci tott jmt 2 p lum into suffolk street in dolnff so committee- it turned directly into tho path of the hnrdwnre ulle s zg1 nnronchlng vehicle driven by mr a r brown kuiilu 20 ltnmtden with the rcult thnt ikiiii c 1 norton motor nurllc and 8 71 jim 100 1 10 jt ii fsh in n 1 j 10 1j65 u7t jm kj 100 ml christmas program at campbeixviixe institute meeting the christmas meeting of the campbellvllle womens institute knot ut the home of mrs james mahon with the president mrt howson lush in thnrjp miss jane ut id cave t clirislmits story such loving klrul nks 50 00 was sent to the control pund and it w as decided to send chocolates to the local hoys in service in cnnnda mrs samuel cnlrns played a piano solo in tmmory of the late mrs mur- rnv crawford miss sadie buck gate a reprnt on the provincial womens institute com nt ion held nt cuelph kiyht dollars was made by the sale of christmas glftu dlsplnd ut the meet- ing cars collided beadon the police re port said damage to mr ilamsdens car is estimated at 25000 and that to mr corkes car approximately 300 00 the hevehanfrykr wedding saturday at brides home storage welfare hoard acount acton public utilities ser vices 1ubllc health nurse comm j kire brigade grant actom pbkk iskks printing nnd advertising munkipnl world lection tsup- plies r leonard atkinson ileputy-re- a quiet hut pretty wedding wns turning officer solemnized nt the home of mr and ceorge chapman deputy-re- mr walter pryer on saturday nov- turning officer ember 27th when their eldest daugb- pinii l wrlijht deputyre fer ida zellah liecamo the bride of turning officer joseph benedict son of mr peter nnd dorothy weaver soil clerk the late mrs heveran of chestervllle i isabel watson iwll clerk the ilov j ostrom minister of the madge chapman im1i clerk ahon baptist church offlcintoil w d talbot supplies 1709 itim 17302 10000 300 00 0 00 000 3 00 300 300 1119 the bride was given away by her fntlur and wore n light blue dress nlr force blue hnt with veil reaching 334 fi2 washington wedding of interest to many friends here friend- of miss doroth fulcher and e j moore wll be interested to learn of their marriae which wa performed tn thenew chapel of the foundry methodlsf church washing ton dc by rev frederick bwn harris dd minister of the church and chaplain of the united states senate on friday november 19th the ceremony was very quiet with only a few friends of the parties pres ent miss fulcher had been for some months a mernber of foundry choir and was frequently a guest soloist n tho church dr harris had become m personal friend of both 70i accounts nnd kcttltmcnt of amounts to her shoulders with blue shoes pnid for indigent patients in hospitals white gloves nnd n white rose cor- again came in for discussion by tlio sage she nlso uore n white cameo council necklace the gift of the groom f cflnm with securing mi nd- ednn mn pryci sister of the bride dltlomtl mplow for the munlclpnl- vmih the brides only attendant she uy the council decldetl to mnko n wore a rose tjvo- piece dress nd n survey of the rntes paid all munlclpjil corsnge of pink rotes nnd locket the and other employees ns n guidance gift of the bride jwhen ttcrnilsslon is secured to nrt- tlie grooms only nttcndnnt was virtlse for another man walter hurlnn pryer brother of the i he 1913 nrrcnrs on the tax list bride 1 also enmo up for review llalton county holmcmti did exeep tlonally wel in the allcanadian conj tet just coiluded receiving one all ivj ik s 1 canadian award one keserve and llt- ifl iiuii three honorable mentions elm col aaaw ji i hmm nnthus itag apple ulghto who ww au imtciiilg first and iteserve grand crampion f r f w for w s hall oakvllle at the oak- hc jullfej vide championship show was named allcanadian twoyearold bull slra- haven supreme comrade who was grand champion nt the kemptvllle i three councillors returned i j ii boulton heads the poll the duke of devonshire chapter iodk met on tuesday evening novemler 30th ut the home of mrs championship show and was recently yy j beattty purchnved by mr hnll received ifon- jt omble mention in the two yerold i m by- th oakhnll triune k apple cln- i t t v present etl by mrs k l barr the class ra nlso the prowrty of w s hall was designated nt the iteserve all- canndian junior ynrllng heifer 8he id n daughter of ulghto ashillle imttje ickol who was tirst priye hull calf nnd junior cha rt usurers hy mrs j m mcdonald nnd the war work hy mrs m shroed- r presentation of tlu new flag to the xthool hoard in lp for a needy family the draw to le conducted hy group three and annual grants to nipian at oakvlle for p pelleterlo various funds and worthy causes milton rtctlved honorable mention utn the chl f it ms of buklw ss as did mt ndowood xchlnvar owned by or chan n hlanshnrd knimnn in the clnkd fttr 5t nlor yearling hulls luwhlnv nr w ns f imt and tesene junior ctumiplon nt oakvllle mrs luimb was rtctlvcd into mem- i im rship nnd welcometl into the chap- tt t and the onlt r i mn m ultth of the ijiktside the all canadian contest provides ci r w f hi venlng the climak of tht show mason for hoktcln hrcedom in canada prize wlnnt rs at the vorlouit folrw and ex hibitions of provlndal championship calibre compete for national honors through the medium of photographs the actual m lections in the various classtu iming mnde up of n committee comlmistd of the judges nt these falrx in tach of the fifteen r gular show classes ii n allcanndlan and n res erve allcnnadinn are choct n this ynr thirtytwo breeders from five provinces shared the awards al though the majority came to ontario seed grain in keen demand and llalton needs heavy nnd gave n most inttrt sling talk on lit r trip to norwny nnd other europ ean tountrles mrs it m mntdonald gave a read ing hokttksid of thtt veiling served unh christmas meeting acton institute at mrs coijijers home the decern im r met ting of acton wonit ns institute was held on i hums- day afternoon nt the home of mrs v v collier the frekldent mrs wllderspln wnu in churge of the pro gram mm t- rnnclu wlldi n ad the motto a christmas slory itol call wm anuwt rt d by your favorite christmas carol during the busl- tit ss p4 rlod mrs pred amlerson was i tippolnted acting stiretnry until mrs a survey to uhcettuln the nmount i iihilie who 1h nt present in the hos- of seed grain required hy iinlton fnr- p1 rvsume lie r duties mcrs next spring lit now under way mrs las dohhle gave a vt ry in- thlu ennvnu is twlng made from farm rerouting report of the ana con von to farm by the hnunn fierntlon of tlon held lu cuelph nt whhli she wa agrltuhure to date only eight the local dtlt gate miss betty hun f election on mcsnday had ssmali vole bat elector endoraed old council by rhorninjr three for another year mr j h boul- oa will be the new man in 1944 council here mondays weather detracted from the votes for council in acton and made one of the lowest votes record ed in municipal elections in some time not oer twenty per cent of the vote was polled voters had seven names from which to select four councillors they chose three of the former council and head ed the poll with j h boulton n new candidate in municipal affairs but who is well known to most citizens the 1941 council will be reeve j m mcdonald and council w j o oak- is a mason c klrkness and j if boulton following u the vote recorded nt the various tolls no 1 boulton 111 oakeri 107 mason 105 kir knew t2 davison 70 fountain 17 hunter 14 the new council elected monday will assume offlre at the first meet ing in january the present council carries on until tho close of the year it was one of the most quiet elect ions in acton in years electors were tjulfe evidently satisfied with the work of the council lost year and indeed the financial report was one of the best in the past twenty years taxes uncollected were almost neg ligible and savings and good business administration wns to he seen all through the report no no a 211 total 57 49 na 19 is 201 fl 41 190 11 41 114 21 21 118 1h u 9 17 w 1 kcltool sections in trafalgar township have mnde their returns to agrlc hep j e whltelock these eight i school sections we understand from after enjoying n lovly supper the i hie recommendations in the audit- 1 mr whltelock lcaulre jd67 hushelii siding in acton commission makes another transfer from operations other menu at the regular meet ing held tuesday evening- i he regular meeting of the at ton puhlle utilities commission wan held on monday evening on motion of j it mnc arthur and c m hansen the secretary was in- strueted to transfer 500 00 from the waterworks deportment to the gen eral account of the corporation a letter wns to im wiitten to the ties requested that the commission employees notify the commission w hen they were heeding water so thnt the attachment could le used on the hdrants and thus mold misun derstandings with the private conwu- conti ihutlonw in investigational nn i mr ihu would also simplify the murk ling fields we undt rstmul i terl nl work entailed in keeping from agrlc itep whllotk thnt the truik of the water used meeting is open lo all imentud in a utter from the dominion setur- potato growing and judging by the itles tequisted that the commission comments heard to date the kilbride wll iximlnum of canada securities community hall will be tntd to7ap bride nnd groom left for toronto and ois rejvort nnd the ivondlnc of all hamilton nmld showers of rice and employees wos also discussed conftttl for traveling the bride t council received nn inquiry re- wore nn nlr force blue suit with litre gnrdlng the purchase of tho night trimmed sheer blouse and blue acces- watchmans clock and the price was sorlea mr nnd mrs heveran me re- kel nt 100 img potato grower to address meeting at kilbride it nichol wilson wellknown pot ato grower of all 1st on is to address n potato growers meeting at kilbride on wed dec 15th at 130 pm mr wilson was one of the winners in the 500 bushel club organized in roum stmcoo in 1041 other speakers wll include norman parks of the ont ario agricultural college cuelph and it k good in of the crops seed and weed hrnnih of the ontario depart ment of agriculture toronto both of whom nre well nnd favorably known to commercial potnto growers in nil sections of ontnrlo ns n result of their in id hy the commission hie lette uus ordered filed a utter was reud fiom the ii e p c rectus tod that an account be col lected from the commission at mm- ico of n consumer who had moved to the atton district this account was to be attended to the secretary miss b h speight nelty another letter was received from the municipal board with some fur ther recommendations of cortnln clauses of the building bylaw but these were not dealt with at this meeting permission was granted chief hnr- rop to have holidays from december 20 to 27 arrangements were mnde to secure nn additional quantity of snow fence for the second line mr kurr the present collector of garbage was requested to carty on this work tluring january repairs are to ho mnde the bridge railing on main street near brock street 1ifij vt h viulcrm suva cd the british colony of fiji on noted for cannlhalum am ong the natives is grunting reelprocil nld to v forces station d there to the line nl nlpioit jl1 tww 000 nnmi- allv of grain or approximately one car load taking this cross recti on tta a hauls on which to compute the county re quirements it would seem no though 7 or 8 car loads of seed grain will be required for spring seeding this would imlitnte the importance of those requiring setd grnln locating tlulr mads nt once the survey nlwo reveals thnt practically in every school section there is the odd form r who is offering seed grain for sale unfortunately states mr whltelock this grnln will be fed to livestock un it ts ordered nt once the celling on commercial grade no 1 oats is 1 12 per bushel nnd for barley 1 40 per bushel bags extra in both cases the celling however does not apply where a fnrmer sells to n neighbor we were nlso informed that three car londs of teed grnln have nlrendy been irdered hy one local dealer in the milton district those requiring sett grnln and unable to secure their requirements io ally nre urged to contact the local office of the depart- hu lit of agrlculturexjn milton ii sung n christmas carol and several christmas carols were sung by the members and the meeting closed with the national ant horn tlio lunch committee of mrs iant mrs blanche nnd mrs i f wilds u i ved ii delightful tuncli nnd mrs jus dohhle voiced the appreciation of the memtu rs to the houtcss nnd nil who hnd nuslsted cedarvale friends make presentation to newlyweds a nuinlier of frlcmw and ntighborw nut nt the home of mr and mrs ar- was instructed to pay the following t riffln ol thursday evening deeember 2nd lor a shower in honor accounts ldro dent he pc of ontario lamps meter inspection dept fees svmon hardware supplies canadian general electric co supplies canadian line materials ltd supplies moffats limited supplies macdonald electric limited supplies j c matthews postage j c matthews unemployment stamps n alex mclsaac truck supplies i of the newlyweds mr and mrs earl s79 60 fuller 50 mr pred mcarthur acted as chalr- 37 man tor the following programme duett adeline cunningham and bol- 8 37 mulder solo arthur johnson j duett mrs wm cunningham and el- 42 77 1 eanor griffin instrumental james 331 21 m 12 00 1213 5809 26607 waterworks dept actom fbbx patsa printing 7 29 chairman c m hansen and j r mncarthqr were present at this meet- ins mcarthur solo louis graham rec itation wllma butler violin select- ions mr ham i it un accompanied by olga locker after the programme doris and earl were then called forward and presented with same gifts doris and earl made suitable rep lies to the good wishes expressing their appreciation lunch was serv ed and an enjoyable evening spent goldwln burt harold griffin john locker and burt davidson were cal led on for speeches election results on mondays voting in other centres bradley 162 jack armstrong 146 elected t eason 134 and joseph hall 62 ward 3 s orr 179 thomas lyon 111 elected jas coodletj 00 and n brown 86 erin township the vote on monday in erin town ship was only for the office of dep utyreeve all other offices were by acclamation arthur swackhamer was elected with 334 against d a mc- dougall with 278 a majority of 76 erin township elected arthur swackhamer as deputy reeve for 1944 election results on mondays vot ing in centres in which many of our readers will be interested are given below oeoroetoun election for councillors in two wards resulted in ward 2 clifford fn n the bride wore a two- the kkkirfluek wedding at toronto home last week a urj prt tty wedding was solem nised nt foui ot lot k mondav after noon nowmltef 2th nt tho home on 1 wychwood ave toronto when doris daughtt r of mrs her bert keeler and the late herbert kec- ler of frln became the bride of earl second eldest son of mr anil mrs ro bert fuller of grand valley ear is in the it c a p rev h e wakelln of the church of christ officiated the bride was lovely dressed in air force blue with white trimming and a corsage of pink roses she wore an air fore- locket and chain the gift of the groom the bridesmaid miss eleanor grlf- prisoner escaped last night from jail in milton reported to have been at nassa- gaweya farm heing held on ahaauit charge chns ferru r igb teenyearold vouth awaiting trial at milton jail escaped last night about 6 30 and while police of the district are search ing for him up to the prewmt ho has eluded them lhe breakaway was made while ft rrlt r wus assisting in janitor work at the jail attout eight oclock he is rekirted to have called at a farm home in ntassagaweyn township nnd told tlmt ho wus out on bol-how- evt r w ht a u nt ighbors ear drove in the lane he mnde a hasty getaway ft rrier u described as 5 feet 7 imhes in height weighs 160 lbs has hazel eyes fair complexion brown hnlr and face has many pimples when he escaped he was wearing blue overalls and hlrt lie was held in connection with an assault on l cates an elderly man who is still in the hospital as a result of the assault piece rose crepe dress with a corsage of pink roses mr allen fuller of grand valley brother of the groom was grooms man following the ceremony a recept ion was held at the home of the bride where a buffet luncheon was served from a table centred with a wedding cake decorated in pink and white the brides table was set with dishes hundred years old of pink and white also sentenced to a year on the charge of perjury grenvllle masales acton who ap peared in police court at guelph last thursday morning on a charge of per jury was sentenced to one year in the ontario reformatory by magistrate f watt this sentence will run con currently with the sentence of 12 to 18 months in the reformatory he re ceived last week on a charge of big amy masalea pleaded guilty to the charge in whic it was stated that on may 9 last he described himself as a bachelor on a marriage llcenaa in the city of guelph masales had been remanded until last thursday on the perjur charge ii w hitching to address iialton crop asso i ho annual meeting of the llalton crop improvement association is selnduled for the farmers uldg mil ton on thursday dec 16th nt 200 p m states edwin harrop presid ent of the association tlio guest speaker is to im- ii w k itching of the agricultural englnct ring depart ment o a c mr hitching is a llalton county old boy who has mnde good in the agricultural engin- t ering field having built a number of laborsaving impu ments which were widely used in practical agriculture in 1941 the programme will also in clude reports by n number of hnlton growers on tests conducted with soy beans field beans grain varieties buckrakes etc jas laughland of the field husbandry department o a c will also bo present to lead in the discussion on pastures grain var ieties etc in view of the shortage of proteins and labor and the diffic ulty in securing new equipment this should be an excellent opportunity to secure first hand information from men who have had practical exper ience with these various subjects coming events crinnl of mt uhr ewnt mrw ctiarii n dance in brookvllle hall on mon day december 13th auspices nassa- gaweya w i dance in orton community hall on wednesday evening december 15 c k nx ranch boys orchestra lunch served admission 50c woodslde school christmas concert and oneact play by the red cross ladles on monday evening december 20 admjsslon 25c the duke of devonshire chapter iode draw on the set of dishes card table and vase will be made friday december loth ai the gregory theatre bannockburns annual christmas tree is to be held on tuesday dec ember 21 in bannockburn school program of humour recitations soaga etc by school children vw hum ourous play being put on by young people of school section a delightful colorful pageant en titled the dream of the months presented by so children will be held in the united church wsdneaday december 19th at the chrtrtmaa enr tertalnmenl other numbers will be presented by some of the- silver collection j twumikistwwwthttjl nij aj jumlal 1 tljii aamutfcrg 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