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juteit sttt btts sixtyninth year no so acton ontario thursday june isih 1044 eight homeprint paxes five cents mrs mary pettit first womn on county council becnlly elected dfptyecve of n grants to fwre made villi amnl ajkojjbmitr- jphms awarded to popua for essays a vfcrft to cowty coaadtu- health piosnn unred for rwr- al centre history was in he making mt the june meeting or halton county council held in milton last tuesday when for the first time a lady mem ber took her place aa a member of the council she was mrs mary pettit recently elected deputyreove of nelson township the warden and each member of the council spoke a few words of welcome to mrs pettit several vx- presslng the opinion that her pres ence would have a steadying influ ence on the council aa a whole mi w j robertson reeve of nelson said 1 have known mrs pettit for a stood many years and have always valued her work on he council some of which has been such that it never could or would have been undertak en by a man with any decree of suc cess i am proud that as reeve of nelson township i am able to intro duce to this council mrs petttt as my deputy mrs pettit expressed her apprec latlon of the welcome accorded her and added that she always took and would continue to take a keen inter est in municipal and county affair particularly in all branches of social service prizes were awarded to the public school contestants who wrote essay on their recent visit to the county councujkjf the 52 children who were guestbf the council last month 38 wrote essays the awards were as follows lrf marjorle service kelso 2nd sric gray burlington 3rd john hatton burlington british war guest l james dills acton 5th jack jarvls no 1 milton 6th lol bundy milton 7th doris robert oeorgetowwjlth catherine bingham georgetown oth mildred armstronit art on 10th robert marshall no 1 milton the prices were j10 for tht first ranging downwards to 1 for the tenth the judges were mihs carson and miss leirock of tho mil ton high school s representatives were there from the three fall fair boards in tho county with a request for their an nual grant and asked that if possible the amount of the grant be increased tbisannua request always leads to jmn argument as to whether all fairs should be treated alike or whether a larger grant be given to tho fair held in milton which so the board claims is a county fair and knovn as halton county fair finally tho following motions were tabled moved and seconded by j m mc donald that milton fair board be given a grant of 250 acton fair board a grant of 175 and george town fair board 175 carried tho amendment which was lost was mov ed and seconded by w h bigger and j m robertson that a grant of 300 be made to the halton county fair and 150 each to esqueslng and act on special communications a letter from the department of highways re complaint regarding highway 25 from milton to acton stated that let ter from county council had been forwarded to division engineer for immediate attention the following resolution was re celved from the halton district wo mens institute but originated in tho nassagaweya branch of the w i whereas the provincial government has made provision for county school health programs throughout this province be it therefore resolved that the county council of halton consider this our request tor the es tablishment of a school health pro gram in halton county reeve near went into detail regarding the re- quest which he said had arisen be cause of a feellne among rural tax payers that rural school children should be given the same medical supervision as the children of urban centres members of the council wero all agreed that the establishment of such a centre would be a step in the right direction since it involved the hiring of a travelling school nurse and since the urban municipalities would naturally share the expense it was felt that a committee should bo formed to consider the situation from very angle those appointed to form a committee were as follows cham hulmer alex near x m mc donald mrs pettit w j robertson the only business arising from oth er committee reports was a recom mendation for payment of account which is covered by the following motion moved by j blair and g r hlllmer that the following account continued on pag lour an bgg within an bgg laid f by leghorn hen double yolk eggs are quite com monplace but an egg with another completely formed egg inside it waa brought into the free press office this week it was laid by a leghorn hen in the flock of mrs george young r r no 4 rockwood its a bit difficult to display it in the win dow but its here if anyone doubts it annual parade and church service of acton legion lied by lome scots band held in baptist church with rev w h wallace the minister the annual parade and church ser vice of acton branch of the canad ian legion on sunday evening was one of the finest the branch has held there was a fine turnout of veterans and led by the lome scots band a good parade was held both before the service and after the service to the park where the band gave a splendid program which was enjoyed by a inrke audience tho service on this occasion was in aclon baptist church and rev w ii wallaces discourse had for its subject faith he urged not only faith but works accompanying that faith the living of our lives so that they nrw a shining example of that faith we possess the works that nre referred to in the gospel is the dnlly living of tho coapel of jesus christ mr wallace said ho had no fear about the coming of victory in the war but warned that victory cannot come without the exercising of faith in the gospel tho congregational singing led by the choir was excellent and tho oct ette composed of messrs g mussello w coles r spellvogel ted hansen w burton w benson c klrkness and a mann rendered two numbers that were thoroughly enjoyed mr chas lanrisboraugh presided at the organ and as n busier sounded last port and reveille tho crowd that attended tho hand concert in the park after the service uas evidence that actonlnns still en joy the opportunity to hear band music bandmaster dobney chose a program of numbers thnt gave some thing appeallpg to all music lovers the band as usual gave a very fine performance and are always welcome here highway 25 gets some attention and improvement highway no 25 is having fome fine attention and travel between acton and milton can now be enjoyed not only has tfse road malntalner made regular tripe but this week more im provements were started the road has been graded and swept clear of loose crave and coating of oil is being applied at the rate progresawas made the first few days it would seem that the job would be completed this week the oiling will certainly make some im provement as the dust nuisance was becoming a problem the improve ment is indeed appreciated and the few days while the oiling is being car ried on are only a minor inconven ience travel should be normal on the new surface by the end of the week the present expenditure is however similar to that of the past and only temporary meeting tuksoay of baptist young peoples union the b y i u meeting was held in the baptist church on tuesday ev ening a few moments of silent prayer were held after which isabel crcwson save a reading followed by a trio by wllma west bessie and clarence held a poem was read by helen west the topic on the con vention held in london was given by bessie reld what more homes in acton mean oae the tfckmcs that mom he to actasi weed imm would be aa rstjajrinea f iwrr rased facu lties aa m lower- cms to every prop erty par tsaaswee garhace mudcum if be ew fconri police sad fir protect ion easts will no be ihi 1 1 i j the town hall will uh look after suad other debeasnrea will aw ect a eent more most of the arrvle- ea provided from the tsue fond are adequate for iwrreaenj eervlee true there will he water end eth er rsteamloaa of existing aervleea but the adsuntace is all with those owning properties in s targes com- rnualty acton u fortunate taste most of the facilities enjoyed by cities are now provided most of them sue so nearly paid for that the one rl to come will make no added btird en we do not desire acton to be come bo large that it firs to en joy the many things thnt only a mall community can give we would like to see all the people who make their uvlag in acton to live in the community and net be like city biggest blood donor clinic on the first anniversary tag day for the blind had returns of 11510 a brief meeting was held by the duke of devonshire chapter 1 o d e on tuesday evening following thu prayer service at knox church at the home of mrs wesley wolfe with the regent mrs matthews presiding a gratifying total of 11510 was ru allied from the tag day for tho blind on may 27th plans were mado to hold a picnic on jne 20 to mark the seventyeighth anniversary of the chapter a hew member mrs boulton was welcomed into the chapter and the meaning of the badge uas given b miss pearl smith the origin of em pire day was explained by mrs main prise and mrs r lwf mac don a 11 lead a paper for empit siudy on can adian forests mr poibod thom son offered a detictfui piano solo for the entertainment of the memb ers the hostesses served lunch fol lowing the i losing exorcises presentation made by friends to dorothy heixor over thirty friends gathered at the home of mary paplllon last night to honor dorothy mellor with a surprise bridal shower mary papluon and shirley duval acted as hostesses for the evening games were played and mary paplllon read an address and presented dorothy with a book of remembrance to mark the occasion the bridetobe waa feted with many lovely gifts and expressed her sincere thanks and appreciation to all pres ent a vary dainty lunch was urved nd enjoyed by rveryone 167 attended the sixth wood donor clinic in acton on tues day 597 donations given in the pant year here new vol unteers are required if record in to be maintained thv juno clinic of the red cross blood donors was the flmt annivers ary of the clinic in acton it was tho largest and most nuccvsuful cllntc held here 1g7 volunteers answered tho call and nltcndod it beat tho april record of 144 in tho yonr of operation there have been s9t donors it makes an average or almost 100 for the six clinics which for a com munity and district of this size will compare very favorably with any other there wore 127 women and 40 men in the tuesday group of vol unteers it is well to draw attention to tho fact however that 130 of those who attended tuesday had given donat ions previously nnd there were only 37 new donors if tho success of the clinics hore is to bo maintained there must be a greater number of now vol unteers all who can should register with tho secretary mrs ii o boyes acton tho following is the list of tuesdays volunteers those from the district nnd points out hide of acton w mclntyre roy johnston lawrence webster paul tarzwell alex waldle donald math- eson norman orr edward passmore james mcnabb frances whale clar ence coles f c dean mrs elmer fisher margaret somervllle thomas kennedy arthur hill mansell nellls melvln storey marion j eby will iam kee mrs arthur dlomand a h diamond mary matthews wm dobble joseph henderson harold smart w j smart a spltzer ray thompson charles w ilasby joseph jennings walter huxley wesley beatty c lacey mrs david doug las elizabeth drysdalo wm a gib son george somervllle douglas nod- well r m black lock b d young mrs b d young olla b somervluef helen akitt edith watklns clarence wilson wllmer watklns douglas robertson wm allison james allis on donald robertson c j van gooz- en wlnford thomson minnie frank alleen mcmillan g ross gordon geo robertson howard graff alex near pan hlndlcy bert awrey ernie fatt roy awrey john h roo chas fatt annie black chas scan- ion marion ferguson violet weaver mrs robert warren c e cutts gwendolyn hill mrs k j bolton mrs wm dobble mrs harlan wil son edward watts robert moore margaret e thomson mrs wm kee harvey kirkwood the donors from acton were a ryan m c smith s collett j creasy j a robson c l cook e marzo george glbblns condon han sen nell gibbons john hardle j h boulton lloyd mosaics j e lamb ert wesley wolfe thoa g jones george holowsy wesley alien chas heard orrle lamb jack chemlak herbert ritchie r spellvogel e s force sam tennant pearl holmes continued on page rive police court cases heard in milton on wednesday eugene e fallon of mlmlco win lined sis 00 nnd touts for rockier driving on norval hill breaking off 14 numl rail mjkb nnd 1000 nnd coats for falling to roport accident robert kitchen of acton wok lino i 3 go anil cofts for an assault on wal ter kent nor nt lindsays mill in acton milton jcffry mckay was nmsted at oakvlllo for trcupasslng on thu cn it tracku and vagrancy he wa sent to jail for two months fred forbes of milton was found guilty of taking a car without per mlsmon from in front of the ex change hotel in georgetown tho car belonged to e louth of norval ho was sentenced to 18 months im prisonment from date of arrest juno 0th with hnrd labor this car wa token about 5 30 driven to hamilton and returned to the front of the hotel around 1030 tho same day lloyd couison kilbride was charg ed with driving recklessly obstruct ing pollco and falling to stop at tho scene of an accldont nnd also drivlnu wlthout a permit he was remanded until june 2sth hugh peer and leslie peer kil bride were also charged with ob structing a constable in the course of his duty the cases were remanded until june 28th indigentshospitalaccounts take much council time lte ii lovell writes home not seriously wounded the parents and brother and sitter of pte gordon lovell reported wounded in italy have had several letters from him since first word was received his injuries are shrapnel wounds in the left knee and left shoulder letters are bright and all will be clad to learn that his wounds are not considered serious rev a g stewart elected moderator presbyterian church hev a c stowart a pastor of knok church acton for aoven years and now at midland wu elected mod erntor of the presbyterian church in canada at tho 70th general assemb ly in toronto last week mr stew art succeeds llev h beverley kitch en of hamilton mr stewart was el ected on the first ballot rev alex c stewart is a native of embro u graduate of knox college university of toronto he was ordained nt graf ton for over seven years he was the beloved minister of knox presbyt erian church acton leaving her- he was minister of chalmers church toronto for several years and for the past nine years he has been minister of midland presbyterian church many friends here join in extend ing congratulations on the honor ac corded mr stewart on his election to the highest position in the church of ficial circles mafeking cp a five-year- plan for the development of bsjehu- analsnd la designed to make the pro tectorate one of the moat advanced native territories in africa it covers agriculture medical es educa tion and communications assessment rolls changed little by erin revision court council made rant of 100 to erin overseas fund heconv mend repaint to road tlie erin township council met hillsburg on monday june 3th 10 u as 1 court of revision and for oth er munlrlpal business members wero nil present with the exception of mr kirkwood ileevo kdgar huxley pre sided tho members of council having subscribed to a declaration constltut ing it a court of revision on tho as sessment roll for tho year 1944 dealt with tho following appeals caledon ml trout club on property in hills burg nssesment 3300 confirmed mrs anzebel deloney lot 1sw con s assessment 92400 confirmed sam- uol kannawln m lot 20e con 11 oucument 9230 confirmed the fol lowing dogs wero struck from the roll ns dead or dispose of john prlcster mrs mary gibson wm murray el- wood nodwoll and mrs pearl keen- an one cm h tho council having completed its work as n court of re vision rose nnd reported the asscm ment roll as roviuod now stand for tho yenr 1044 tho insurance on public xjahlllty nnd property damage waa placed willi lloyds of london england at a premium of s200 tractor nnd trailer against public liability from now to dec list 1044 at a premium of 91000 and rood employees with a e wilson and co for a limit of 10000 nnd 20000 for any accident nt n premium of 4000 tin- council donated 100 to the rod cross oversoas fund to assist in providing comforts for those in tho services overseas from erin town ship the following accounts were order ed paid walter n huxley assessor salary 20000 daniel gray treasur er half years salary 15000 dr rey nolds health officer hair years sal- ory 160 00 r s mccutcheon rel ief officer half years salary 3250 geo m fox county treasurer in digent hospital patients for 1043 so per cent erin twp share 37a23 miscellaneous accounts 5111 sheep accounts 30 00 relief accounts for may 11240 relief accounts for oct ober 1043 1738 and road accounts 63140 the road and bridge committee having made their tour of inspection on may 26 reported as follows re pairs recommended road 10 lot 27 repair washouts road 18 con 9 10 and 11 trim and gravel road 18 con 11 intersection 18 ft culvert road 11 con 0 clean ditch and brush rood 11 con 7 lower cul vert road 4 lots 1 and 2 coat of gravel road 4 lot 8 30 rods grade and gravel itosd 4 lot 16 repair bridge erin nnd esqueslng bound ary clean ditch road 3 con 4 lot 25 consider widening hill road 1 lot 24 trim and gravel road 1 con 25 repair hill at royces gate council adjourned to meet at hlllsburg on monday july 3rd at 1 oclock pm scout auxiliary plan picnic fob cubs and scouts the monthly meeting of the scout mothers auxiliary was held at the home of mrs george desserault on- tuesday a picnic to be held thurs day june 22 in the park was planned all scouts cubs and parents are in vited to attend supper will be serv ed at 6 oclock with sports in the ev ening the auxiliary donated 500 to the national institute for the blind arrangements were made for the purchase or cub equipment for jack mainprise a cub leader another layette of infants clothing la being sent at the and of june to england the auxiliary also contributed to wards the scout insurance premlum lunch waa served at the conclualoit of the meeting prices sttbaaittetl for ittstauauoa of fire asanas boxes beaisf- baore a co plan to iasprove elgin st cheque reectvesl fvoaa liquor control board juvenile probers requires hore parental cortauon and coart conerfsoa at the regular session of acton council last evening councillors w j o oakes c l kirkness and j if boulton were present and iteeve j m mcdonald presided mestrs r i- davidson and c b swackhamer aa representatives of acton fair board asked information regarding the arena and if it would be available for the fair council agreed to make inquiry and adve the fair board of their findings aa soon as possible the representatives also requested consideration of the usual municipal grant tho council decided to make the annual grant of 200 accounts were pasied for payment as follows elliott bros supplies 27 a t brown supplies 100 walter cutting culling grass at park 3770 b f goodrich fire hose 32340 cooke denlson repairing mower 028 acton jubllc utilities serv ices town hall pumps arena etc 168 05 bell telephone co services 1001 geo macdonald a co sup plies 600 j b mackenzie a son sup plies 1425 welfare accounts for may 332 j574c8 corrponknt was read in con nection with boeultal accounts for several indigent potlenu as a mat ter of fact much of councils time was spent reviewing these cases which each meeting seem to be in creasing the northern electric co kuhmlt- ted prices on a tire alarm system for ten alnrm boxes around town the total cost of this system would be 2210 50 plus sales tax wire and in stallation further information waa to be secured first no allowance had been mode in the present years bud- hot a letter from the letter shop sup ply co asked an opportunity to print voters list the letter was tiled a letter was read from the mount ain sanatorium regarding an indigent patient a letter froth beardmore a co drew attention of the council to the improvement that had been made in the plant and the approaches to their plant and to further improve the ap proaches the company desired to plant trees on elgin street they asked cooperation or council in mak ing an improvement on this street council approved this interest of th company councillor oakes was ap pointed to discuss the matter with them council requested the clerk to draw attention of the department of high ways to the dangerous position of the hallway crossing sign on mill street council pointed out they would not continued on page five coming events anbouncmnls of mmubs can- cm or other efltt endar this tmsaios r ckatsea cm per lin with a minimum chars tr any anaoubcmcst of ajc dance in orton saurday nlght- st albans w a will hold a euchre in parish hau thursday june 22nd at 8 oclock draw rpr quilt united church congregational and church school picnic to be held in the park on wednesday july 5th- dance in brookvllle hall on mon day june 10th music by ruse crelghtons orchestra auspices of nassagaweya w i proceeds tor war work 50 cents per person- are you tired of cooking mealat bring the family to the strawberry supper in the united church on thursday june 29th from 5 to 7 am admission adults 33 cents children 20 cents umehouse presbyterian church anniversary services stilt be held on sunday june 1mb rev john mmels guest speaker at 030 pna and ts0 dat mlailsslaucaewocbraaip- urn joy radden