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ht jvtlen sttt press seventieth year no ii acton ontario thursday september hlh im4 eight homeprint pages fi ceat three casualties- are reported from acton this week this community alone with other croai canada continue to got each week iu hat of casualties as canadian troop are in the thick of the fight and pushing bark the nuns closer and closer to berlin this weeks casual ties from acton are pte r a john son missing and tpr bill buchanan and pte melvtn cutting wounded in a message to his wife in acton last thursday pte robert anson johnson was officially reported miss ion on august 23rd no further word has been received by his anxious fanv ily pte- joniuuin first to enlist from here on the out break of war he has been overseas for four years he was attached to the it c a s c and trained in canada at hamilton and camp bor den his wife and daughter helen and on earl reside on main street in acton and a son tpr george johnson is training with the canadian army at st john n b his mother mrs jacob johnson and three brothers charlie fred and prank reside in mil ton while albert lives in oakvllle and jim ts with the canadian army at toronto saturday mr and mrs andrew buchanan bower ave received a message stating that their son tpr bui buchanan was seriously wounded in action on september 1st he was serving in italy no further word has been received tpr buchanan enlisted two years ago with the lome scots and has served with the irish regiment and princess louise dragoons he went overseas shortly after last christmas before enllitlng he was employed with beardmore a co in the rolling de partment his parents and a brother andrew jr reside in acton a sister daisy is in england serving with the c w a c mr and mrs walter cutting scene street also received a message on saturday stating that their son pte molvln cutting was wounded on aug ust 38th but was still with hlii regi ment he is serving in italy with the 48th highlanders in the army three years he has been overseas the pout even months before enlisting he was employed with the beardmore co and wool combing corporation pte cuttings parents and norman tom and bessie reside nt home on scene street acton austin who served in the first world war resldos in hamilton pte lloyd cutting in serving overseas bill is nt camp bor den esther resides in preston and clare in hamilton there are three other sisters evllen lillian and alma many friends in acton of these missing and wounded soldiers will hope with the families that good news is soon received from them another acton casualty pte melvln cutting of acton who was wounded on august 28th accord ing to word received here by his mother venerable minister kingston ont cp rev c d baldwin the oldest ordained minister in the bay of qulnte conference of the united church recently celebrated hu 90th birthday pte j g mclsaac joined the active service forces and is now stationed t brentford ont skported bussing pte it a johnson of acton who h been re missin in ac ills wife and family reside in acton and his mother and two brothers in milton s now steel flume from fairy lake to the tanneries workmen are engaged now install ing a new welded steel flume from fairy lake to the plant of beard- marc and co where the water in used in the plant the new flume is being laid alongside the old pipe which is being left in place the old pipe which has been in service about twenty rive years had developed a number of leaks through the years the new pipe is the same size as the old steel pipe but welded instead of rivet ted it is laid in sec tions about thirty feet in length and right in the bed of the creek some of us with more years of res idence in acton will recall the old wooden flume which used to carry the water from the pond to the mill wheel its length was not over 100 yards but it was fully three feet in diameter und if the gate at the dam was open ed it created a great rush of water und power however water for power has not been used w the mill for twentyfive years stenm power was replaced by electric and delsel power contract for gravel awarded by the esquesing council annual grants to fail fain made other items at september meeting the september meeting of esques- ing lownuhlp council was held in the council chamber on tuuudny nftir- noon with all members present and ueeve may presiding accounts were passed an follows roll telephone co services 565 the georgetown herald supplies 4 05 mrs viola mllohnm to clean ing council chamber 125 geo c thrown renewal bond no 2h27 clerk i 00 i m bennett supplies 1 32 a w denton tttamps s7 00 moved by murray seconded by wil son thut rout atcountu ns presented by the komi superintendent be paid amounting to 391 g7 carried sheep claims wort paid as follows t h price 1 sheep killed 20 00 f w shortlh valuator 2 00 spen cer wlltton 1 registered ewe killed 13 00 meldrim stark valuator 52 00 prank robertson 1 lamb killed 11 00 a n stark valuator 4 00 moved b murray seconded by currle that relief account he paid as presented by he uollcf officer 30 25 carried moved bj cleave seconded by wll koh that this council accept the ten der of armstrong construction co for gravel at the following prices crush ed gravel 1 00 per cubic yard pit run 80c per cubic yard gravel de livered on the roads of the township of esqueslng under the supervision of the road superintendent carried moved by currle seconded by cleave that the cheque of the blythc construction co be returned car ried moved by wilson seconded by cur rle that this council do hereby apply for subsidy on the amount of 22- 403jz2 under the provisions of the highway improvement act carried moved by currle seconded by mur ray that the treasurer pay grants to acton and esqueslng agricultural societies 7500 each and 2500 to the halton agricultural society car ried moved by cleave seconded by wil son that we do now adjotfrn to meet on monday october 2nd at 2 oclock or at the call of the rseve carried plan and cost 01 fire alarmsystemcivenconncil material ready for artoafe pari in halton coonfty booklet drainage oa mill street section to be surveyed carload of wood to be secured other item at council meeting last nurbt councillors j if boulton w j o oakes chas i- klrkness and a muuon were present inst evening when acton council met la regular session and ueeve j m mcdonald presided messrs r n parker j creer and m shroedor ai a committee from the board of directors of the ymca dlncussed with the council the matter of finance discontinuance- tkejmi rental of the public toilets which had been closed had cut the revenue they requested consideration of council in assisting in financing this community nt rprize council pointed out the difficulties since the budget for the year had been drawn up und powers were limited in making grants the mntt r was dls- usked ami will be further considered by council it was agreed to make council familiar with the proposed plans for changing the building to give greater facilities accounts were passed for payment us follows acton public utilities commis sion street lights and other services 16702 cuelph sand and gravel ltd sand 120 acton pass pskss advertising 2 40 symon hardware supplies 3r0 w coles clerk and bailiff feetl h 00 acton fire brigade convcnx tlon expense 24 20 j ii mackenzie ev son sup plies 55 fi7 a toil welfare board account 26 69 arton welfare board accounts 26 00 w fryer mowing grass 8 24 norton motors supplies 24 4h the at ton fall fair board request ed permission of council to lay a water pipe in the park to the cattle pens permission wan granted on con dition the fair board assume all res ponsibility the clerk retried that he had a visit from mr clarke of the highways dcartment re the drainage on mill street near the c n it tracks it was recommended that levels be taken before any work was done it was decided to engage the services of a surveyor to take lovels the duke of devonshire chapter i ojd e were granted permission to hold a tag day on september 22 and 23 the proceeds to go to the acton and vicinity war service league notice was received from ernest slgsworth that he intended to leave the employ of the corporation sop- tember 1st since the first of the month ii oakley bad been filling the position and he was to be asked to continue the residents of cameron street requostod that the trees be topped as they wore a menace in their present condition chief harrop was instruct ed to attend to this matter a letter from the township of york requested information regarding va cant houses for families being evicted since acton is in a similar position no help could be given the department of munitions and supply notified council that several carloads of wood wore available if re quired there were approximately 17 cords to the car it was decided to secure a carload of thlh fuel notification was received from the hospital for sick children of admit tance of an indigent pat i ont another patient was admitted to the ontario hospital cobourg a letter from j k motion return ing officers for halton asked if the boundaries used in the last dominion election were satisfactory if any changes were desired council wns asked to inform him the boundar ies were considered satisfactory it was decided not to lmtal n spec ial telephone on the fire alarm l letter from the guelph general hospital advised of admittance of an indigent patient a motion was passed setting october 25th as the date for the court of rev ision on the 1945 assessment roll the material for use in the county of halton booklet for distribution overseas as compiled by the reeve was perused by council and met with hearty approval pictures are to be secured for illustration concerning acton councillor boulton submitted plans and estimates for the installation of a are alarm system in acton the plan drawn tip included 10 signal boxes it was estimated material and equipment would cost 2150 in stallatlon was estimated at l079 the jotal cost was estimated at 3t850 the matter was left over for further several cases were heard by police magistrate ingdon in oourt in milton yesterday afternoon arnold scott of oakvllle who was charged with gross indecency was re manded till september 20th harold williams jr john ford and harold dickie all of welland were remanded till september 20th for sentence and convicted on a charge of armed robbery on september 2nd kearne service stat ion owneriiiyan jyr no 2 highway 2 miles east of oakvllle was forced into his station at the point of a gun bound and gag ged and was robbed of about sso and three cheques dickie was arrested in welland and the other two in tren ton all three have previous records constables imon and jackson investi gated cordon hilton was charged with careless driving on january 21st 1044 on highway no 25 about 930 pm the car he was driving hit mr thomas mckerr who was returning home from milton and who was walking on the left hand slow of the road mr mkerr was in the hospital for six and a half months as a result of in juries received hilton declared that he saw him coming and he seemed to step into the path of the car he stopped and took him to the hospital the road was clear and there was no traffic at the time of the accldt nt the case was remanded until sep tember 20th when the deft nee will secure more witnesses cases heard at milton police court yesu afternoon woundkd on sept let pte bill bu hanan who has bet n wounded while w rvlng in the invasion employees acton r industry enjoy picnic at erin fine colv of halton county ati as presented utek press we are indebted to mrs j r ken nedy and miss m r nelson for the presentation this week of a copy of the atlas of halton county published in 1r77 it was originally the copy owned by the late d kennedy like many historical books of early days copies of this atlas are very scarce tills one is in remarkably good condition with not a page miss ing and we value it as a reference work concerning the whole of halton and the thoughfulness of mm ken nedy and miss nelson in entrusting it to our keeping it fits into our historical collection admirably and is indeed appreciated we are still searching for n copy of the early his tory nf nassagawcya compiled by joshua norrish and would be glad to secure a copy for reference with our historical booklets concerning the county of halton lakeside chapter makes donation for overseas boxes the rigulnr meeting of the lake- fclde chapter i o d e was held on tuesday evening in the ymca with the regent miss alice mccallum pres iding the meeting opened with the prayer of the order and 26 members respond ed to the roll coll reports were then given by the vnrlous secretaries further plans were made for the bazaar which is to be held in november plans were also made to hold a social evening later this month a donation of 142 00 was voted to be clven to the war service league for overseas christmas blxes current events were given by miss viola waller after which a singsong and games were enjoyed under the leadership of mrs george wallace the meeting closed with the singing of the national anthem presentation made at stanley park to newly weds on wednesday evening sept 6th a large number of friends and neigh bors gathered at stanley park erin to honor mr and mrs george rob ertson on their recent marriage the first part of the evening was spent in dancing marguerite and george were called to the front to take their place while an address was read by mr elgin houston roy miller and ray plnkney presented them with a beautiful chesterfield suite george very fittingly replied and on behalf of himself and marguerite thanked ev eryone for the gift tor they arc jolly good fellows was than sung and and the rest of the evening waa spent in i of the vlrcha fmployees of the acton machine shops enjoyed a jd llghtf ul picnic at stanley park lakt saturday afternoon there was a ball iinmr and races for all and topped off with hot suppt r served in the dnnce hall by mrs blow in the evening tin dam- hall was provided and employees and members of their families njoyd an evening of dancing following are the rtkults racs olrhi ng nlta jcnnlng roys 5fl pred jtnnlngs girls c 0 doris jennings johnstone merle over holt roys 60 joe jennings delma wal ters roys 012 andy mollozi joe jenn ings girls 1216 milrlcy ralston ada jt nnlngs hoys 12w mnrtlrr mccrystul mel bourne lllow young women itenn tiralda shir- by ralston young men nino braldo mart mccrystal married ladles mrs r l david son mrs m c ovrrholt married men ken blow r l dav idson lucky ticket mr rollle hube kkklpg shoe mrs roy johnstone legged race margaret blow and andy mollozi doris graham and nino braldo time race earl tarswell andy molloxl birthday prize m c overholt new pump for spring purchased by utilities count contract awarevd for ttalntla water tower on main stmt to waa mcuofl the meeting of acton public utili ties commission was held on thurs day evening september 7th com mlssloners c m hansen j r mac- arthur and iteeve j m mcdonald were prcs nt the tenders for painting the water tank which was left over from the last meeting were considered wm j mcleod was the successful tender with a price of w7300 tills included the exist of the paint and mr mcleod roueat that the commission buy t he paint and deduct it f rom- th price the iangmulr paint co was lite successful tender for supplying the paint the contract was signed for the purchase of a new pump to be in stalled at the spring property tills is a iverless pump and it will supply iso sxallons of water per minute to the lank on the main street site the pump is to be installed hetwe n janu ary 1st and may 1st 1043 it is o cost slrvjt plus sstl for installing contracts for the rmployees pen sion insurance wore presented to be signed by the acton commission this is the- pension scheme entered into arly this yar by the acton comml- ilon the matter of new truck was duv- russed and it was decided to ask for prices from local dealers to be further considered at the nest meeting on september 18th miss b h speight was instructed to pay the following accounts llydrw he pc of ontario supplies symon hardware supplies sutherland schultk moctrlc re- iwlrs macdonald kichtrir ltd sup plies canadian general plectrlc co supplies cnr freight and express acton fair has big program for 1944 show again fair nifffit concert band dances and outstanding livestock exhibit are promised meeting changing conditions acton agricultural society has prepared program for the 1044 even on friday and saturday september 22nd and 23rd that will prove attractive to ex hibitors and a blggor crowd of spectat ors one of the finest livestock prize lists of any rural fair has been fur ther improved with new classes and added prizes for 1044 last year acton fair had a horse show and showing of cattle and other livestock second to none indications are that competition among the top- notchers in these classes of exhibitors will be even better this year the blgarena is still doing a war time job buti large tent has been secured and a display of grain roots and vegetables plants and flowers will be shown here another feature will be the exhibit of the consumers branch of the wartime prices and trade board another change this year is holding a concert in the town hall with dance to follow old timers will wel- come the opportunity to hear jimnwcr fax and his own company again the reserved seat sale looks as if the hall will be packed for this event a good midway will again be on hand the second day two bands will play in the school childrens parade and provide programs on saturday afternoon the lome soots band and acton boys band the kansas farm er comes back to amuse those in the grandstand and ken budd and his rodeo six will do some trick riding and other events of course there will also be the f amllar potato race musical chairs high jumping hones road race baby show and the multitude of other events that go to make acton fair an outstanding event each year and a place where more an friends plan to meet acatel 13 b6 31 00 104 74 64 waterworks acton fbrs pskss advertising 9 90 hydro d pt power at spring 4bjb2 4772 wounded in thigh pte john albert irwin who has sutalned a bullet wound in the right thigh while serving in france before enlisting he was employed with the beardmore co here coining events announcements of media cm r4rf or hhcf events under this hkdlns sre charged is cents per line with minimum charge for eny announcement of gc acton boys band concert in town hall on sunday september 17 at 8 o clock collection the ladles of st josephs church are holding a bingo september uhh in st josephs hall legion dance in town hall thurs day sept 21 al watsons orchestra admission 50c active service per sonnel admitted free churchill united church harvest anniversary ssrvlces october 1st ima rev p m stewart ha of berwooav wlu preach at u aand 7j0 pn open monday fto it t w josephs hsjl ac4s 4 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