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fcht jvttxm jtttt flrrss sixtyninth year no 47 acton ontario thursday may 25th 1041 eight homeprint pages five cents report of health nurse received by the council tender for toe drain accepted salary of public health nurse is lumatrf own of indigent patients to be investigated be fore acceptance other item at council tost niffht the rttulir meeting of the acton coundl was held on wednesday even ing councillor w j o oakes a mum c l klrknes and j ii boui llon were present in the absence of reeve j m mcdonald councillor a mason was appointed acting reeve the following accounts were pass ed for payment acroa fbjjc pass printing and advertising 1200 w d talbot supplies 13 q2 county of ilalton use of grader 2200 public health nurse accounts 1901 w coles clerk division court 800 bell telephone co services lxtfl registry office milton 500 workmens compensation 1 00 public health nurse com mittee 300 on sj9s03 a letter from the department of agriculture requested that a farm commando brigade be formed by the council this is the same service as operated by the council in former years mr f l wright was again appointed as secretary of this organ isation a letter from the guelph general hospital notified of trie admittance of an indigent person this account was to be checked by the chief be fore accepting responsibility the school nurses report t for acton was presented to the council it is as follows 7 visits were made to the public school and 43 children were given eye testa 39 home visits were made including 24 visits on be half of school children 4 social wel fare visits 3 visits to prenatal cases 4 visits to preschoo children 4 visits to adults three conferences were held with the mothers allow ance represt ntatlve and four visits to the childrens aid society on be half of acton children miss walker also requested 200 postage the st josephs hospital of guelph notified the council of the admit tance of an indigent patient this account was also questioned a letter from the assessors as sociation requested that acton for ward the usual fee and belong to the association no action was taken on this request and the letter was filed tenders were received for tile ad vertised for the tender of symon hardware was accepted at 20346 mr boulton gave a report on a meeting of the public health nurse committee he reported that a salary increase of 150 had been given mu walker for 1044 a sum of 200 was to be paid by the corporation treas urer for the corporations share to the committee treasurer the department of municipal af fairs requested a lut or all corpor ation officials and their salary mr fred hunter desired informat ion regarding the btreet line on church street council can hot sup ply street lines for each taxpayer and mr hunter would have to secure this survey hlnueir a resolution was panned author ising the sale of the fifth victory loan bonds held by the corporation chief e harrop reported that mr tom harris had been secured to help with the town work instead of mr kerr council adjourned at 057 howard norton graduates in class of navigators among the graduates from no 10 a o s chatham n b as navigat or in the r c af was another acton young man howard a norton of acton a son of w r and the late mrs norton howard also received hu commission as a pilot officer on the same day howard attended acton schools and graduated from acton continuation school prior to his enlistment in toronto on march 10th 1943 le was employed by international petroleum co gusydqull equador mr norton and marjorie attended the graduation ceremony in new brunswick we join with other friends of howard in congratulations on the rapid advancement he ha made since joining the rcjlf a group photograph of four of the chuu including howard taken at the ceremony is shown in tare fas pssss window halton juniors plan to hold achievement day the annual livestock judging com petition for halton junior farmers and the achievement day for hal- ton junior homemakers la scheduled for saturday june 3rd states agrtc- lutural representative j e white- lock the young ladles have just completed projects in cotton ma be smart summer clothes for girls and the milky way and a display of their handiwork will be open to the public at the milton town hall on the above mentioned date we were also interested to learn that 3s halton young ladles are enrolled in girls garden brigade work the young men will on june 3rd visit five of the outstanding livestock farms in halton county where they will judge a total of ten classes of the various breeds of livestock this competition ts open to all young men in halton county under 30 yean ot age registration takes place at 9 a m on june 3rd fith the announcement of awards and presentation or prises scheduled the same evening in the milton town hall f sure theyve heard of acton even over in italy major bert s wemp writing in the evening telegram the other night of interviews with the british eighth army in italy gives the following from the acton lads who certainly are loyal to the home town bombardier thomas nlcol acton whom i contacted a few minutes later said dont forget my brother here and he turned to sergeant john nlcol also of acton there was a roar from a group of gunners protesting that nobody had ever heard of acton they even suggested the nlcols had never been to canada i came to the nlcols rescue by extolling the virtues of the town and naming the industries the nlcols are how set somebody had heard of acton killed in active service sergt air gunner gordon mclel- lan who was last week reported killed while on active service ills wife the former anne drennan re sides in milton and his parents mr and mrs d g mclellan are resid ents of acton resignations of teachers received by school board dealt with at special meeting on friday kindergarten not possible this year a special meeting of acton school board was held on friday evening to deal with the reengagement of teachers for the next school term in the public school resignations were received from miss jean mc- calg miss frances dills and miss nina kelly regret was expressed in these resignations and the letters from the teachers expressed apprec iation of the cooperation of the board during the terms as members of the teaching taff salaries of the remaining five members were ad vanced s50 each and the salary of principal smith was set at i1b00 the same as offered former principal mc- kenzle the secretary was on motion in structed to advertise for grades two four and six with salary according to experience and qualifications permission was granted for the junior red cross to conduct the an nual campaign in the public school a letter was read from principal m m leltch mrs gould and miss baker stating that contracts would be signed if the board agreed to pay salaries of 92300 and sx600 respective ly t secretary was instructed to advlsethe teachers that the former contracts or s2100 and s1500 were all they wer prepared to offer and re questing that a reply be received on monday afternoon since that time resignations have been received by all the members of the continuation school staff and the secretary was instructed to advertise for applicat ions for the vacancies in view of the increases in expend iture and salaries it was felt by the board at this meeting that the estab lishment o a kindergarten class would have to be abandoned for this year estimates for the year have taken all the funds available and nothing remained for the salary of an additional teacher details regarding insulation of the ceilings or the public school and the installation of a stoker were left in the hands of the property committee annual meeting halton institutes in acton thursday mra alex near was reelected prealnntstiituur address by mrs clarence hayes s georgetown the 43rd district annual of the halton womens intitltute held in the united church at acton on may 18 while hot as largely attended a some previous occasions was never theless of a beneficial character with inspiration gained by the delegates representing seventeen senior and two junior imtltutes to take back to tavlr centres this meeting of members from var ious parts of the county serves as stimulus through the interchange of ideas gained through the presentation of reports of activities being carried on and dlscuulona on common prob lemssometimes uncommon leads to the expression of thoughts which bring out the very earnestness with which the vast body of rural women are facing the tasks not only of every day lire but of things which affect their fellow cltlxehs and countrymen across the dominion and reaching ov erseas in a world wide effort mrs alex near who was again el ected president for the coming year onesided at the sessions issuing a warm welcome to the ladles who had come from the branch districts mrs near spoke of the trend of war con ditions which although favorable to the allies would continue to mean heavy sacrifices on the home front the opportunities of girls enlisted to find suitable work came as a boon at this time the president asked the w i lo extend a helping hand and welcomv to the british girls coming here as brides and they in turn would no much to enrich our lives and hem our organization although there have been no new branchesutotmed during the p tst year some branches had reported increas es in membership the fact that on ly one in ten women in canada was affiliated with any womens organi zation meant a great opportunity to the w i which was already the big gest womens organization in canada but which could double its 72000 membership mrs near spoke of the important work being done by wom ens division of the nlrforce the secretarys report read by mrs w h burton gave a detailed state ment of receipts and expenditures with explanations of federation fees and other expenses she urged branch secretaries to submit reports every four months the total receipts for the district had been 98073 66 and total expenditures 54 77890 irr the summary of branch reports the aud itors report was given by mrs david wendover of palermo branch reports were given by del egates from acton ashgrove ban- nockburn burlington campbellvllle dublin georgetown hornby lime- house mountain union nassagawec fcelson norval omagh palermo scotch block and palermo juniors esqueslng and norva juniors did not answer the president was pleas ed with the earnestness and sincerity or these reports highlights of these branch activities included participat ion in blood clinics overseas box con tributions accident prevention serv ing refreshments at auction sales supporting a school lending library presentation of a copy of the atlantic charter to a township supplying vil lage street lights and honor roll there had evidently been no wasted time in these places those reporting for standing com mittees were agricultural and can adian industries mrs gazley mll- contlnued on page five j aeton troop seout presents badges to thirteen members something unusual in the line of scout meetings was hold on i hurwlay evening by ac ton tivop nt ihclr fccoul hall j after l he flag break opening cere monies and lniecllon the troop wok drawn into horseshoe formation and investiture of the following eight scouts was held bill hutt roy klrk- ness gordon inwson bui mcklnnon monte rnnney sheridan romphf harold smith and harold tuwnsley the new scouts were welcomed to the troop by the scoutmaster ruv r f thomson at the conclusion of the investi ture mr t jones chairman of the group committer made the presen tation of badge to the follouln coutx ken allan 1 year servko star second damn badge and laundrynmn badge john barr 1 year servicv star cyt lists badge bill clayton 3 year service star electrician plumber entertainer and friend to animals badges allan corry x year service stur second clnss badge doug davidson 2 year service star laundryman and cyclist liadgcs jim dennis 1 year servlrc star kecond class badge james dills 1 year service stur printer nhd entertainer badges roy klrkncts second clais badge jack mainprise 5 year service star entertainer plumber weather man and knofter badges and grade b rd cord for holders of 12 pro ficiency badges andrew nlcol 1 year service star second claui badge sheridan romfph second claim badge jimmle splelvogel 1 year service star laudryman musician enter tainer and friend to animals badges dave dills it year service star knotter airman aero engineer and silver wings patrol leaders jack mnjtiprue doug davidson and bill clayton were presented with hew plastic pa trol leader hat badges- at the short court of honor tho scoutmaster congratulated the patrol leaders on the improvement of the patrols both lh appearance and ad vancement several night hikes were- planned for the near future young liberals of halton county select delegates at the meeting of halton young liberals on friday evening mr l cadeau was chosen as chairman mr hughes cleaver m p add reused the meeting and told a little about can adas great war effort ami also told about the convention of young liber als to be held in winnipeg on may 29 and 30 mr l cadeau and miss jane fisher were elected lo attend the con vention at their own expense miss spehco played several violin select- ions and mrs emerson td a sing song the main business of the ev ening was the selection m two dele gates to the convention with nil ex penses paid the following nominees addressed the gathering mr flnlay temple burlington miss lois merry trafalgar mr e cook milton miss olga hyslop burlington mrs alison ball trafalgar mr stanley turner trafalgar miss diane myers burl ington mrs buttery burlington mr grant campbell nassagaweya miss mlna conkel burlington mr rus sell stackhouse burlington miss shirley sherwood nelson miss char lotte mccullagh esqueslng mr geo henderson esqueslng mr john lawson esqueslng mr joe ross esqueslng miss irene currle esques lng mr will alexander esqueslruj mr stuart miller esqueslng mrs cavell milton messrs cook and bray acted as scrutineers and on the fourth ballot mr grant campbell and miss irene currle were elected the meeting closed with the nat ional anthem complete returns of sixth loan figures now available delegates give a retort at meeting of baptist group the b y p v meeting was held on tut mlay evening the program was arranged by eddie crewson ttw scripture was taken by miss olive root th topic was given by miss wllnm west and mr coles telling of the events of the convention ip ion don whit h they utt ruled over the weekend helen wet1 jtun mutheutn mrs ijundslmirough and mr coles are to utt ni lead r for the coming year on the commission system the com i hilujoii system ronm of service stewardship devotion and fellow ship kenny anderson favored with a cornet solo followed with a duet beyond the sunet by wllnm und 1iiii west holste1n and jersey breeders to hold field day at o a c the holsteln and jersey breeders of halton and peel have again made plans for their annual field day and picnic at the ontario agricultural college guelph on saturday june loth under the energetic leader ship of w h robinson and edwin harrop respective presidents ot toe halton holsteln and halton jersey clubs an outstanding program is be ing prepared favorable weather permitting it is sntlclpated that up wards of 1000 holsteln and jersey enthusiasts will be in attendance at guelph for this popular annual out ing hughes cleaver answers editorials globe and mail radio ilroadeaat last thursday tells why certain groups want public hearing lafct thursday evening hughes cleaver member or parliament for halton spake over the hamilton rad io stations and gavenls answer to tlwr criticisms of the war expenditure committee following js the text of hlu address canadas war expenditure com mittee has been functioning now since 1041 litis year the conservat ive opposition in the house opposed the appointment of the committee nnd following this unsuccessful ef fort to do away with the committee n compulgn has been wuged by a few members of the dally press to dis credit the work of the committee be cause its meetings are held in secret i welcome this opportunity to dls- cuiut the reasons why some people tire so anxious to get rid of the commit ter and the reasons why our meet ings are held in secret war expenditures committee is composed of 24 private members of the llouue of commons every par ty in the house has representation on this committee in the same ratio n it has representation in the house this is the way in which all parlia mentary committees are set up bas ed on party representation in tho house liberals have ib members and the opposition groups have 0 mem bers on the committee there is a similar committee in the old country und there the tables are turned on the britikh committee the liberal party has only 2 members great britain had a war expendi tures committee during the great war we had no such committee in canada but the british committee did wuch good work that in 1940 a request was made for a similar committee here and in january 1041 the first canadian war expenditures commit tee was appointed it was given sim ilar powers to those held by the brit ish committee and it was to function as nearly as posilble in the same man- ner ati tho british committee we were distinctly told that we were not to bo a propaganda committee we were hot to be a public accounts commit tee our sole task was to search out waste and to effect economies in con nection with our war effort the committee has the widest possible powers of inquiry we can call any witness before us to give evidence we can call the prime minister the cabinet ministers or the highest ranking officers in any of the armed forces we can make any war indus try large or smalt open its records to our scrutiny such wide powers would only be permitted in the time or war ond these powers carry with them a corresponding responsibility on the part of the committee that lis powers should be properly exercised wars are wasteful and besides wag ing war is a totally new enterprise for a peaceloving democracy at the outbreak of war we had no war machine of any size and we had no past experience to guide us we had to start from scratch a few ex amples will suffice our aircraft in dustry has been expanded from a total prewar personnel of less than 1000 workmen to over 100000 work men we had never built a warship in this country our canadian navy has expanded from 15 ships at the outbreak of war to over 600 ships which we have today and practically all of these have been built in can ada before war came we had never built a heavy gun in this country continued on page eight nahagawea won plaque for unit obtaining llighrat per cent- over quulastorey glove co highest in county in pay roll savings group canadian wool co receive three star pennant for partldnation in the sixth loan final returns of lite sixth victory loan received from headquarter in oakvllle this week show thai ail on juvt reathed a utile over iu objct- ive 22flh30 was kuwrilmml tut a quota of 2z ooo its perhaps ix closest in all six loan lluit litis com munlty has come to gilllng over the line but hvvr once has it failed last loan aton was first u go over tho torf nnd exceeded the quota by a sub- klantlal margin it is rather interesting to tun unit acton had the greatest number of ap- e cations to imputation ttterv uer a applications rurllnuton and kvllle with doulile lite population secured mutb larger amount from 1230 iihd 1h7a applications respective ly this howvcr is hot equal the fifth loun figure of 1122 nppll at ions this year the dlitrict of enqueuing in whuh mr c u swarkhamer was the hew salesman kurpahsed any pre vious marks in total sales and hit a hew high of 10000 the payroll savings plan u us of course popular in acton the storey glove company led any other indust ry in the county in this group by uub- urrlblng 141 per cent of its objective ttils group comprises industries of over so employees both beardmore and company and the wool combing corporation in this group went well over their objective in the group payroll plan of indust ries under so employees acton mach ine shops ajax engineers thtf can adian wool company ltd force el ectrlc products and mason knitting co all exceeded their quotas by a good margin i his morning chairman a mnsoa of the arton committee visited the plant of the canadian wool co nnd presented to the employees the pen nant they had won the men all u- kembled in the plant and were briefly addressed by mr mason nassagaweya had the highest per centage of its quota 125 per cent with a quota of s05o0o this township raised si 10500 nassagaweya won the plaque for the unit in helton county uttalnlng the higheit stand ing our congratulations go to nas sagaweya and the committee in charge there who made such a fine job not only in the sixth victory loan but in the ones that preceded halton county as a whole secure 112 per cent of its objective with a quota of s2250000 in the sixth loan n total of 12528250 was sub scribed results in other centres were oak vllle 121 per cent burlington ho per cent georgetown 122 per cent and milton 101 per cent it was another highly successful loan and local committees may well fee proud of the achievement local consignment to national holstein sale several local breeders hove con signed animals to the fifteenth an nual national holsteln sale to be held at brampton the national is canadas top annual holsteln sale the entries being handpicked from the countrys choicest herds r c given ae son georgetown are con signing three head harold bingham georgetown two and f elletterio milton h a dolson a son george town dr chas ft blanshard and e segsworth freeman one each coming events anmunebat of lftif tsm csrlb or otbor evasts ondcr thu hjlns charged cnt pt lis with a miimus chars for miftouncrinml of ajc tag day for the blind in acton saturday may 27 under the suspices of duke of devonshire iode rummage sale may 37th in town hall under the suspices of knox yw a ten will be served 4g2 y m c a field day saturday may 27th at 2 pm in thejpark for boys and girls 12 to 14 years dance recital by pupils of shirley elliott town hall acton wednesday june 7th at 630 pjn 30 talented children all in glorious dont miss this hit of the i nlon adults 35c children 20c 472