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irr w wwt return jfttt ffrfcw sixtyninth year no 40 acton ontario thursday may 18th 1944 eight homeprint pages five gnat acton and district co over top in sixth loan- objective of 2zstt warn reacfc- ei msata ohm oyriw ami bttty barirkomer win the war 8mfas ccttilleatm tmal hay beach s2sm60 when coaaplcto i are tabulated it took tome heavy work in the last few days to put the sixth victory loan over the top in acton and dis trict aw it wu not until monday night that the objective of 5225 000 wu in at headquarters and tt woi known again that acton and district had made its objective in every one of the six victory loans that have been launched the blitz bomb announcing the vie tory on the local front went off at 716 pjn on monday the closest estimate to the time was miss olga dyrlw whose estimate was 718 p m just two minutes from the exact urao second closest was miss betty burk- holder with an estimate at 711 p m just five minutes off being correct other close estimates were john wilson acton at 710 mrs florence ross at 720 nino braldvat 702 c oook at 730 and miss marguerite ryder at 732 mlu dyrlw and miss burfcholder won 25 and 910 wnr savings certificates in addition to their participation in the sixth vict ory loan this year them was even keener interest than ever in connect ion with this part of the victory loan there were more estimates filed than in any other contest iftaltecl county over top halton county and ajl the units did a splendid job the county as o whole reached 111 per cent of lift objective acton georgetown tui- sagaweya milton burlington and oakvllle all reported going over their objective a plaque is to be present ed to the district in halton attain ing the highest percentage over itu objective complete llgureit for the county or in fact on the indlvldun units are hot avnllnhle fnr puhllcat ion this woek it in hoped these man he secured for next weeks htsuo ftgureu in art on nnd district tit the close on monday night were 228000 with some late ret urn h unit were not vet filed nt the office and would probably make the amount 500000 in the final figure riflli victory ioan total jrfor acton and dbdrlet was 230000 industries again high once again the industrial pujut uavlngs eontrlbuted largely to tie piikcthh of the loan heard more ami co wool combing corporation storey rtove co muxon knlulng co acton machine shetjh canadian tvtml co force electric products ajax fnglneert armaro co lutye nil at tained the quota set for their plants outstanding in this group unit flu result obtained by the canadian wool company not only did thltt plant go well over nh quotn but also uon n honor pennnnt lo uln thin aw ire 90 er cent of nil employees must participate and hultscrllto is per tent of six monthu payroll ftfi wr cent of the employees subscribed at tlht plant the honor pennant w 11 he presentfnl during the week we un derstand more detiillm concerning the i oan both from it local nnd county view point will be furnished in n later is sue another objective has been taken uxa victory la may i pereas ustar a as taw teepc wur imiaiusily urn use fssurisaw it vast sarlrrl ptl- ifytng t an ashsuwr tsssk haa been srsmga rrisiful eawat lest taavak ye oss esaj ail a maoon banquet features closing of knox young peoples society knox church young peoples soc iety held their closing meeting in the form of a banquet the tables were decorated in patriotic colors and with vases of flowers the menu includ ed hot mashed potatoes carrots and tteas roast pork pickles jelly bread and butter apple pie and cheese and tea and grapefruit juice after ev eryone was served iom more than once bui malnprize acted as toast master for the following program toast to the king toast to the churchy proposed by jack malnprize and res- second blitz bomb winners of victory loan c c f member addressed meeting at brookville hall no wonder everybodys smiling w j scatty of the acton and district victory loan committee hands out a 23 war saving certificate to miss olga dyrlw and a 10 war saving certificate to miss betty burkholder they were winners in the local contest in connection with the sixth victory loan and et1l mated rloweu to the time the objective was reached lutheran church will ufec edgcwood park for camp vl congregation made presentation to minister at knox church church choir prov ided the program arid the ladles aid u supper for a congregational gettogether on thursday evejtlng tin mujn feature of the evening was the presentation of n bachelor of divinity hood to huv forbes thomson hahi ho had the degree conferred on blm recently nt convocation at knox college miss isubel anderson read un original ad- dnk and ivjr alei muni made the presentation mr oorge musselle also prewnttd mfs thomson with a beautiful boueuet of iwnpdrngotis mrs anderson was chnlrlnelv for the evening sitlos were sung b misses dora hansen joyce detlscrauk bella kos- xell b van norman mrs c lel-dt- maii messrs george musselle hnd wflljam burton george muaseue and ted hansen sang a duet and ted played a couple of piano solos mr charles kirkness gave a reading and the male section of the choir sang two numbers after the program the ladies served a salad plate supper and very enjoyable evening was brought to a close arrangcme ntu have been made by th cimp committee of the lutheran church of the canada synod to hold their annual summer camt for boys nnd girls at edgewood park kden ponded to by mr m m coles toast i mills this year at the annual ses- to the young people proposed by slonu of the canada synod at ayton clarence coles and responded to by i the camp committee will recommend inez mclellan miss b van norman j the purchase of this property as a sang a solo and mrs cowdy played permanent ramp site for the summer plnno solo miss isobel anderson camps of the lutheran cliuroh gave v reading parable of the grade tho lutheran summer enmts were teacher organized nine years ago and since tlev forbes thomson was called that time have conducted camps for on to introduce the guest speaker hoy nhd glrln of the lutheran church dr suiofleld of guelph he spoke of the canuda synod ontario and on the subject courageous christ- quelle nt the wootlktock y mca anlty ills talk uiui enjoyed by nil j camp kite nt flshorf glen on cake and many thoughts were left with erie jatk of sufflch nt time at that the young people betty bitrkhold- site to nrcommodntc the uluheii of nil er moved a vot- sihofleld and nil part of thanks to dr thou u ho took groups in the church diklrlng to hold tumrm rj ctimps led to the commit uea reiommoidiitlon of ndceuoad pafk ui their oun hlte rdgewood pirk lm bun uwd for wtmc ivwiitj jenri nu ir n i reatlonu park with a dinue hall hull dljimon i kvilmmlng pool and a numlwr of tum- n r tottagte 1 lie plant of the com mittee include comittlng the dance hull into u dining hall and recrem i lonnl hall using the outdoor picnic w nrtn as lumduraft entree nnd the mm ij1 a i i j uottngek nh directory offlte camp mbitt il h speipjht appointed a hocpimi and bluff quarters by pop ular request the committee will con tinue its jtoluy of having the campem 11 ep in tents in preference to tnbli johnson hilts wejining on thursoay at knox manse to the largest gathering of c c f adherents ever assembled in brook ville halt mr georg lockhari m i i gave a brief outline of tus partys altitude to his rural listeners on may is touching on his own early stiug- gles on the farm in depression years he naid that he too had known the fear that was then almost universal the fear of overty of want fo kmbat a recurrence of this he ssjd his party was working in four was 1 by the formation of unions 2 by cooperation 3 by adult education 4 by far tle mofct important 4 by radical political action it is an insult to the tntelltgenoe of farmers to think that thy could ever believe the c c f party would take away their farms from them in answer to the oftrepeated question itow atw labor and agric ulture ever to become reconciled mr lorkhart answered that labor is not revponslble for the farmers woes the industrial worker is willing to pay a i reasonable price for the farmer s ixducts hut he is h ing exploited ta- day by the monopolists who handle the farmers goods it is tlte delib erate intention of these middlemen lo hi labor against agriculture el iminate them as the c c f advoc ates and there will he friendship mid common effort to build a better world mortgaged farm should be refin- a lot civ wedding took dace at the r fcbytcrlan manse airton on thursday aft moon at two otlock when j sslc jomphlne daughter of mr and mrs joveph henry hilt was ah1cd at ou of interest kd- united in marriage to tpr george u ruiil johnson the eldtt son of pte nnd chw hmnl1 h ah nce whli mrs robert a johnson lite c re- i- rty the c c v mony wn conducted by the rev lro rom forbes thornton the bride was at- mr ocwmrt spoke very earnertb tired in heaven blue afternoon dress ana vlnclngly of his high hopes with beige nccesiorles her only at- u h ung an f his tendant was miss betty mlddletoh d when ho saw how georcetown wearing a green after- j v bi th noon dress with brown aecessorlcm h present party in pow- ttie best man was mr john wag- staff olenwllllnms t mr a er mr man service thanked the speak roltert duncan was eliiili- waterworks dept maizes transfer lo general account nkw delhi cp india imports tjuantltam of pyrctthrum sd from east africa which is now th united nations sole important source of th produclns t pyrathrum flowers the other main producers were japan and rtrnath hepreuvntalive to accounline meetlno in toronto i he tegular metttig of acton pub- iu dtllitieu commission wuk heui on monday vnlut cdhiinlsulom r c m i in it sen nnd i u mac art hut were prsent 1 he seen titr bliss b ii stvelcltt uuk lnstrut6d to transfer 500 from the waterworks account to the gen eral attount of the corporation a letter wu read stating that on mtounttng meeting would be held in toronto on june 16th miss b h speight wus appointed a delegate to attend this meeting uperlnterulent clturlr- wilson re ported thut th men of the commu- minn staff hud attended u safetyfirst meeting in guelph on monday of the guelph district mr churles wllsont salary was ln- treusel to bring it in line with sim ilar salnile lit the surioundlng towns miss speight was instructed to bill the guelph metal company for- the topper and brass hold to them last month the following accounts were pasm d and ordered payed hydro- lept bell telephone co sorvuis 5 5 j8 ellis howard ltd wiipplte t c n k jl 1 runsportt exp 1 04 hlghwa garage a mclsaac n truck supplies htfc of ontario supplies sutherland schultx electric co repairs cun cenerul electric co supplies mnctvunald ele trie ltd supplies canadian line materials ltd line material j b mackenzie a son screen f lr wright burglary ins force dettrlc prod sup plies workmen s compensation bd 3 payments fostmastef postage varied program presented at meeting of knox w m sl the regulnr monthly meeting of knoh piesbvterlnn w m s wat laid on mti 11 ut the home of the pres ident mrs frd jljou- who presided the otnlng dcvotlopnl iterlod was conducted by mrs h allison mrs patterson and mrs cordlner the most interesting item of the program was a reading given by mrs f thorn turn of extracts from a book let complied by mis avhdown on the subject v focus on british guiana tills wan most educational and inter eutlng and was the first of a series of nrtiths on ths7tmportan district a report of tip proceedings it the provlmlul meeting h id in hamilton was delivered in an interesting man ner bv mrs il mnlnprise w ho v u u d legate to the meeting another ehjovahle lum was n solo ntltleel in the shitdou of ills w inns render ml b mri frtel anderson who wn artompanied hv mr f thomson lhe metlng rlostd with prnr after uhleh a dnint lunch was suppll d and a sotial time enjoved watersraerta dept hydor dept power at spring big a co alemtte 33 44 16ia i mrs r ohara i hostess for meeting 4 m i of knox y w a 4 41 ihe regular meeting of knox j young women s auxjllary was 1 eld 36 85 at the home of mrs o harm tlie j president conducted the devotion 8152 portion of the program and florence 1 40 elliot read the scriptures 23 501 the business items were dealt wltn after which mrs h price read mi i terestlng chapter from book latin america goes to school miss e coles gave a delightful read ing entitled others the meeting was closed with a 33139 prayer and the mlzpah benediction lunch was served and a social half hour was enjoyed by all 1 nmn- the iitudv 4822 1506 6130 may 24th has not been declared a public holiday in acton a reception was hew nt the home of thel grooms mother mrs robert johnsop who recelvewd the guctds in sheer drees wth black neces- the brides mother assisted wenrlm n black sheer dress with matching ncccssoried sweet peas and pink htrenmirs graced the brides table the gi nams ntinf and grand- 4llar c mother mrs dobhle lnppln and mrs vii iieilte oer vici iippin served the we deling sup- i lhe luippt couple left for t m mr x bwr new brunnwlck uher they i iteceied leuhrday by lib ue tip i home and where the wife in mil toil and hu n rose sorlek ihos i gordon mclellan reported jkilled- john i kronii j ktallmud i hi- liriili inn- lliil iij n fnmi nit ullh mnlrhlni nri hco1im guoli vito prunt from oil imilllnmn anil gooruotown on wwiihtilnj toting 11 ttn t is in id nt l in- hnm of i ho brldci iib- iatvnlh in actun another of thouf lirluf tnokkaoii ilmllni llitrit lo riwnt inouuht wirrovv lo liomoi in milton anil acton itlellny wiimi uonl wn rioluml r mtd jnrk norton olonwllllnmk tt rk air curnrr gordon kith in honor of tlio youni rouilo uium miuoian aim r jwirtcd in thin hriof miin tatily rifii mro ircwnlml mi uuiuc klllnl while on nttlvo v vk lutl tho in u ilottilln of tho iikuii1i linvo lioon roiolvotl by hlu ulfo in mlllon mill hh paronlu mr and mn d g mcluillun in acton w uiuld hovo lioon 34 yearn old on may loth ntforo inllktlnu gordon mtlollall unii vniiloyod nt tho wott end moat murkiil in mlllon ito tnllatod in tho it c a f at hamilton in kobruary 1941 and trnlnod ut mt jollot quo und crnduatod a sort air gunnor at mcdonald man on january lid ho married mlu anno dronnati of milton orcanlut of tho ijjiltod church anil toachor of muulo jn march ho wont aveiwnl inmllne in kniiand on march 10th houldou hlu wife ho leavoit hi imrontt and throo brothoru and tlvo bltleri liny aro mnx on nttlvo uir- vco in italy goo in training utcam horilon nnd john who hnu boon hon orably dluharuud from i ho itorvlco and now naliliu in tlnmllton jowlo mik v ilronnan loronto murunrit imrt crio kltihlnul toronto nii tmri ukui mikrlo mon- trial and inoi and lltlin at homo lo all of thoito uraiiuthy o many frlitult uo in thl hour of troublo arcordlnir to lout worji roiolvid from sorbt molllnn by jr mr- ijllan and tho family in acton ho wan on duty in eagland stewardship was topic at meeting acton it y i v i ho aton 13 y v v bold itu uoikly mivtlne iuomlay evening in tho chuwh tlio ucrlpture naillnu woro rjlad by helen wokt and mm wagner ihotople for the evening wo on stounrdiihln given by tho pronldort wlian weil mn charloi ljuiri- boroueh led in praor a poem en titled ipraycr was then given by be- mle hold after a hort nuuincjui dli- cunilon the mooting ttloted with irikir y mini joan mntheion mltton fishermen exhibit kine catch erom halimikton a group of lorn fishermen return- wl on tho wooliond from an olght- lny flhlng trip to hollow lako wilh plonly of evidence to back up tall fuh ktorlok thy had u catch of 71 flkk nlld five of hum- flh had a total wtlght of 79 ioundi tho tlggont fkh uilghid j5 ouiuli and tho rtvur ii in u of iium fine group of ulntu vljhoil jl 1j 1 aiih 8 pound re- lukly riio jiarty with thin flno tatch in- iluil d r calloway o tuffonl win kunilall f johnuin ii indon h mccrogan allof milton a mcdonald and e wvatherspoon and it houton tlio cook goxirgo jdhnston tho guide iltui j mclellan of toronto ft w a certainly a catch to be proud of hoiiom lake 1 near doraot in llallburton we might add that ev en or eight year ago wo tuhed there and dldn t bring home any catch to blow about were glad iwtie one olw caught them after they had grown dp teheran cp indian brltlh and ruulan ioldler are cooperating in penla to stamp out a menaci which if allowed to develop would have been gocuend to the aid and a direct threat to india from the wt the locust v apiolntment of postbtasteh to wait until close- of war following the death of the late ijislnialer j cheater matthews miss fern brown who has been assistant liontmaster for a number of years here ha been made acting potrnut- res we understand no permartent appointment to the position will be made untl after the close or the wv miss jessleicolea fias been added to the staff and assumed her duties last week 250 lldegalesat convefnlion ikscuss future air traveel attport ftatnlfmeflal by osavdtlo ud kirkacaa laat week acton was repreeeoted t che aer- onautlral econvetitioci in toronto on may 2nd and 3rd by ecouncillors c l klrienemis and j i uoutton tliey furnlslked council with very ane riori which has so much of genera interest to all citizens that we give it here in full this report is giving a brief outline of the outstanding points of live meet ing a complete repots in detail tie- ing compiled in book form by the aeronautical institute and will bv presented to the ecouncil for their at tention upon receipt of same which is expected to be in two or three wecka time we would therefore sug gest that final deliberations and de- hion be withheld until the fim ecounrll meeting immediately follow ing tlw reoelpt of this report the meetlng was attended by ap- 1 proximately 251 delegates rpreirent- ing munlcliolitle from th full width of tlte dominion it will be r adily understood therefore that from this gathering th re wan a lg divergent e eif opinions but it wax plalnlv mtd that wctvone was in sympathy with the object aimed at by tlte aeronaut ical institute how ut attain thin oh- ject would it he advantapeous to their own municipality if mo how would it 10 controlled and financed wre the thoughts passing through everyones mind thvse quesllom could not of course in answered at this meeting the first point wat to give the delegates an outline of what had been achieved to elate why tlte aeronautical institute of canada had been formed and what wu hotted to lie done in the future the main objee t of thin hoelv is to find some line or industry to absorb nnd lulp in the rehabilitation of the r turner airmen when the preuiit job lu over nnd with the combination of country neeellng dev letpm nt und thetusunelu of returneml airmen sptc- lallsts in ri relatively new nu dlur the answer apiunied to be rliht there- a itndv of ijjisine kti mm well up in the lirfere nt lint w u sot luteal with air travel not together mul for the past ear and a imlf have been plan ning and working to attain this ob ject ns it result the following plan wan suhiiltfeel in tlte meeting in canada necoreltng to the 1011 census there are 180 eltles towns mid vlllaueti with n population in exc ts of lfwo at tho end of the wnr about 100 of these will have air tm llltlcs leaving 4ho without it is tiurmlsed that 400 of these might 1m anxious tc have some klnel of an nlrtort nnd av iation se rvlte in many cases a landing strip 400 to ik0 ftet wide and 2000 to 40oo tiht long would be adequate fpr many years thin tvpe of fl id with hangars administration building and other ar- cesseirlck would have an average cost of nbout j5mwv dependant of tourta upon ihe class of work put in which moans that for 20 000 000 these 400 communities could be put on can adas post war aviation map that s20000 000 would represent about 1000 000 man days of labor and continued on page five coming e vents ann unxiiiviit f mrrlnbm f n kir oilir rvnt mlw thi tikxlini itf tliariifl u ttntm pt li with t htirlmihi i lmr y sn iinift r i lm bedworfh ppcwmiam hen ry ross a miner was sentenced to six months hard tabor for endanger ing the lives of 300 workmates ha was said to have lit a cigarette at the coal fac duiue in low hull em friday may nuspueji canadian ilon doris hulls orchestra admission 5ik leig uay for jhe elllnd in aetem saturday may j7 under the aunplevs etc duke of devonshire i o p f jfi pie anel jee cream sejclal sponserd by i the junior farmers at the iorne school on thursday may 23 iuinmage sole may 27th in town hall under the ouiplces of knox v w a tea win be served 4c 2 riifo postponml meeting of acton bowling club will be held on monday may 22nd at r pm at the club house fuchre under the auspices of the scout mothers in parum hall on thursday may 33ih at 8 pm ad mission 25c dance in b rook v ills hall on mon day uss 22nd music by buss cralghwka orchestra auspices hf ns womens institute pra oessfor war work 50c par person tvt 1 mjkm im i ulfciri- izj aaaaaa jariautalft