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ht return sttt fts seventieth year no 23 acton ontario thursday december 7th 1044 eight homeprint pages fire cent continuationschool commencement packed the hall tine act play rittntatton of twpmm medals end m the biggest crowd the town hall has seen or could see attended uw conunencemetit of acton continua tion school on tuesday evening in fact ions before the program opened many were turned away as the hall was filled there were many features on the program and all of them interesting but of course the highlight was the threeact play pride and prejudice it had a cast of 36 and was a preten tious production for a group or young people especially when many of thorn were taking part in their first per formance it was a story of a mother with three daughters whom she was most anxious to have marry accord ing to her own ideas and to assure her of social security the setting of the play was however well before the days of our present plans of social security pride and prejudice play a blgr part in disarranging the course or the love affairs of the eligible girls but of course all ends well as each pair are matched in the final act the presentation was very well done and parts were taken well following ore the cast of characters mr ben net ralph mckeown hill wilfred duval lady lucas betty brit- ton charlotte lucas jean harris jane bennel joyce detsureault lyd- la bennet shirley kentner fllzabeth bennet bunny anderson mr darcy raymond arblc mr blngley john agar mr collins mac sprowl amelia jeanne brunelle mr wlck- ham kenneth allan belinda betty masters amanda joan somervllle a young man jack stewart captain denny fred crewson miss blngley morjorle bllton- agatha helen hol mes a second young man lorno arblc a maid annie thompson maggie lornn frank mrs gardiner shirley rolston lady catherine lor- alne hargrave fltzwllllan clayton fryer mrs lake margaret robin son mrs bennet joan pnrgeter directors of the ploy wore miss j barber and mrs r cation musical numbers on the program over which dr f g oakes chair man of acton school board presided were several numbers by a croup from acton boys band piano duet by shirley and george elliott vocal solo by joyce deaspreault and a double trio number by joan pargeter jean harris marjorle hilton jack stewart john agar and ralph mc keown with mrs e a pulker ob accompanist b the school choir under the dlrec hon of miss lynda stewurt at cm contributed two groups of two nuni- tiers each margaret tlobortson was accompanist margaret blow and jack mainprise were winners of the special prize giv en by lakeside chapter i o d e for the best allround record throughout the four years in school the pres entation wi made by the chapter regent muni a mccallum the school board medals to the athletic champions for 1944 were presented by geo w mason to elaine arblc joan somervllle betty brltton joan pargeter jim splelvogel lorno arblc and ralph mckeown trophy winners presented by dr oakea were to ernest west geor- gina anderson june talbot and doug davidson who won four of the seven trophies awarded this year secondary school graduation dip lomas were presented to margaret blow douglas davidson jack gor don john mainprise and june tal bot y lower school intermediate cert if catea were presented to john agar georgtna anderson raymond arblc aldo bralda armand bralda wllfrv duval may dyriw george elloit donald lamb joyce lamb delores lappln lavina lawson elizabeth masters morjorle norton eleanor ross joan somervllle donald van goqsen principal c a stwart ba made explanation of the trophies prizes and diplomas and addressed the audlcnct of parents friends and pupils marked hptythird anniversary op their marriage mr and mrs a h lindsay acton marked their fiftythird wedding nn niversary on sunday when they were at home at a dinner party with all members of their family mid their grandchildren we join with other friends in offering congratulations and best wishes for many more years together back home again after 3 years overseas first acton young man to enlist in the rcjlf and go overseas flying officer fred turner ai rived horn it acton yesterday after three and a half years overseas and was welcomed by his parents mr and mrs fred turner sr and sister miss betty four and hair years ago he joined the canadian alrforce coming back home again he finds acton much the same but of course the boys of his age are in various parts of the service or away from acton many friends are indeed glad to see him home again safe and sound his brother i bill is a prisoner of war in germany since the dieppe raid and at that time was reported killed in action council and commission are elected on monday salvage team fob next week december is m nakdnecdny g mchugh s crlppt w gllloway h marchment n johnson overseas men write the acton service league from a stack of correspondence received by acton and vicinity wer service league we gleam the follow ing extracts from letters from thote overseas who are served so well by the league i thjnk i m justified in saying that there ore few boys over here who are as well looked after od those who come from acton- its most comfort ing to know that you haven t been forgotten after being away all thews years it shouldnt take us long to finish the job now and then we 11 be bark there to show you how much wov appreciated all youve done for us sgt nwrlght says this is the card which came with the clgorett s i received the other day they junt came in time too i was nearly out some of the chaps have to wait quite a while for their parcels to catch up with them but so far ive been very lucky sincere thanks to the com mittee and yourself warm regards to nil 1 know fo f g turner writes from england as imual your most recent parcel of cigarettes reached me just in time in three years you have never failed to keep me well supplied and i am very grateful soon i hope to be able to thank you in person until then pto waltci gibbons of the cmj says a few days ago i received an other carton of cigarettes from the league i appreciate this very much and thank the good people of acton and district and the swell people who operate the league good old acton you cant beat it wo are all very busy over here the weathor is not too bad just now but we do get quite o bit of rain at times it gets dark quite quick at nights as i suppose it does in acton i received a copy of the free press last wek and was glad to read the hows of the home town thanks again for thesmoke wishing you all the very best jim lamb writes f i om belgium i m afraid i m a little late in thanking you this time but i was very busy the last week the cigarettes are more appreciated than ever these days when mall is slower and the y doesnt get around aa often bel- glum is quit a bit nicer than france and we a v warmly welcomed by the i people us getting pretty cool out side now though so we all hope it will be over soon thanking you again cfn e b boots grischow tells us having just received my tint carton of cigarettes from your organ ization i am writing to thank you i little thought soon after the league was formed and i participated in some or its meetings that i would one day be receiving some of its benefits i have not heard of any other town of our size that has come near acton in what it has done for us ihave only been able to meet up with one acton boy since i have been here but bob footltt was indeed a welcome sight he was glad to ate me too to get more news of acton we will all be proud to come back to our acton and thank personally alt those who made our service overseas easier with smoke from home thanks again and i do appreciate the smokes letters and cards were also re ceived rrom the rollowing pte wllf waldie sgt j wallace gnr frank kelly lac bruce pargeter lac e lasby w barber sgm g w wil liams cpl h g hnos spr n s land pte j drysdale cpl e w coles lac frank vanwyck bdxm n gibson pte m s mcltllnn t r c h price pte w l turner pte f l tournour ls h v dron h n lambert r finney g appleyard lac land len lambert wuson bewley pte a w sinclair w e mattocks cpl o r brown jock honeywell jack smauman w j graft t n cunningham j v swuidlehurst lsgt h spencer pte c mcdonald george hargrave spr j i euerby foot coomillott elected have all served pravfaaaly on acton council j r macahhur re- toradd to public utilities coftv asmon by large majority lioikdayvotewasnoialare one with a vote of less than forty per cent of the electors the council and public utilities commission were ehoaen for 1945 in acton five names were on the ballot for the four seats as councillor j ii crelghton headed the poll with 260 votes and a very close second wad j h boulton of the 1944 council with 259 votes and w j o oalces a present councillor with 239 votes frederick davidson a former coun cillor who was defeated last year nosed out harry ware a newcomer in municipal affairs by 8 votes the vote for davidson was 203 and for ware 194 the most decisive vole was for pub lic utilities commissioner where for- merjleeve j b chalmers entered the rield against the present chairman j robert mcarthur the vote was 259 for macarthur and 133 for chalmers out of a possible vote of approx imately 1100 there were about four hundred voters there were eight spoiled ballots for the utilities com mission following is the summary of the j vote by polling subdivisions for the various offices fob ootwcil town no 1 no 2 hall ymca ymca total crelghton 121 73 66 260 boulton 121 69 69 2s9 oakes 113 64 62 239 davison 91 65 41 203 ware ft8 by 40 194 fob public utilities commissioner macarthur 1il 71 67 259 chalmors 57 43 33 133 the new council wll not assumr their seats until the flnt meeting in january reeve mcdonald was ugaiti accorded an acclamation the council for 1945 will according to the vote lw j m mcdonald reeve w j o oakes j h boul ton j h crelghton j f davison the school board are elected by declamation this year and will com prise of dr f g oakes g a dllhf j a chapman f s blow v b rumley and n balrd the puhllc utilities commltmlon will be the samp as inst year rccvj j m mcdonald j r mcarthur and c hansen now prisoner of watt weahnegibbon wedding in toronto onnovember 27th in a quiet ceremony at the home of mr and mrs t e rathbonc klnguwoy cres elspeth elaine gib bon daughter of mrs gibbon and the late david gibbon sundrldge became the bride of sgt pilot leslie wearne ra a f son of mr and mrs oswald wearne perth australia rev h stalnton officiated at the double ring ceremony given in marriage by her brother dr george gibbon the bride wore a dress of white wool with gold and brown accessories and her flowers were pink mums her bridesmaid miss mildred gibbon wore red velvet with a corsage of white mums sgt pilot w williams rjlaf perth australia was best man the recep tion was held at the old mill where the guests were received by the bride s mother in a blege ensemble and corsage of bronse mums taylokhenson wedding at london last month a qui t meddlng was solemnized in london on november 20th by rev t theck when james henry son of mr james taylor and the late mr taylor of acton wow united in mar riage to eva may only daughter of mr and mm henry henson of lucan the bride won a street length dre ot green crepe with brown trim ant accisiorkk and wore a corsage of better time roei the brfde s at tendant marion nlchol of london wore a drev of win feather flannel with blue accessories and also a coi- hoit of roses the groom wab attended by ronald hlgins of london the bride and groom left on a short trip to windsor they also stay ed a couple of days in london and lucan the bride travelled in a brown tailored suit and accessories on re turn mr and mrs taylpr will re- aide in acton pte george alrdrte who last month was reported missing while serving with the canadian army in france is now reported a prisoner of war elections in other municipalities on mondays voting results in communities in which reader will be the younff jjeople have had their tint akatlng qf the year on the mill pond iwhijngton mayor g gordon blair 483 john blair 418 hoeve normnti craig nccl deputy revo e w smith accl council first six elected john wilkinson g43 w g fraur g02 c e palmer 521 e it leather 520 a p cadinu 450 ll 11 stack- houle 314 it l moxhnm 302 hollo butby 23d it m emercon 209 flkoluietown mayor harold cleave 573 joseph clbbons 470 reeve kenneth 11 mcdonald accl council ward 1 garflold mcgllllvray and w c thompson both accl ward 2 john t armstrong and clifford brad loy both iiicl ward 3 first tw elected s w orr 230 thomas l lyon 227 james goodlct 154 hydro commissioner graham ifarnoll accl oakviixe mayor m j campbell 021 dr maurice luhau 540 reeve charles v hlllmer nccl doputy reeve alfred e whltnkcr nccl council first six howard litchfield 1042 p w chambers 085 angus macmll- inn 034 co ii o bull 643 basil megaffln cis kontjiunter and c1i ixrt walklett tied with sea l o rlbblo 468 water and light com missioner hlllmer lofqulst 857 george clark 573 bylaw to erect a new sewage disposal plant for 482 against 27 weum mayorigordon l rife 3 091 wil liam g taylor 1216 council wil liam b thaln 2343 brydges 2336 r o barber 2313 len owen 2157 phil bennett 2 062 jim bennett 2 059 r kenyon 2012 harry wor- ton jr 1844 albert j frank 1782 f l preudeman 1787 clifford allan 1 730 defeated candidates l brown c w dempsey w p evans e hen- son and w stephenson ekamosa roy l leslie defeated his fellow- councillor william j plnkney for the newlycreated position of depuy roeve of eramosa township in voting monday the vote was 319 to 248 councillor joseph r rutherford headed the poll for council with 380 votes and councillor e h ben ham was reelected with 376 votes a new member on the council board will be t g hutchinson who polled 320 votes the defeated council candi dates were fred l cox who polled 288 and hugh sampson with 79 erin township nominations will jse called in erin township again on monday decem ber 11 for the purpose of obtaining two councillors needed to fill the township seats brief session of public utilities commission the rtgular meeting of acton pub lic utilities commission was held on monday evening commissioner c m hansen and reeve j m mcdonaut were present with chairman j r mcarthur presiding at the request of the uk pc of ontario a motion was passed pro hibiting work on primary lines while they are alive by the employees due to the shortage of labor no pipe thawing la to be undertaken on the consumers property this year the secretary was instructed to pay the f ol lowing account llydro departsnestt canadian national railways s express 40 office cleaning expenses cables conduits- and fittings colls ifepc hydro lamps canadian brass supplies sutherland schullz electric co repairs and labor p u commission london repairs canadian line materials 1 insulators sangnmo co ncrgy meter miss fern drown stamps f l right guarante bond waterworks departnteak sanitary wiper and waste co light wiper a notice was to be inserted jn the paper notifying comuncrs of their duty in protecting water meters front frokt etc 12300 6331 ou 193 2066 17wi 1008 rtk 2100 acton home mourns loss of another airman cpl w nicolak earns promotion serving in italy with the canadian army in italy delayed corporal william nleolnk of acton ont now in italy with the princess patricia s canadian light in fantry has recently been promoted to the rank of lance sergeant his promotion was most popular with the men serving under ilm and all agme that he was most deserving of his raise in rank a team of men and women work ing in northern england have created a record in 47 hours 33 minutes they built a fullsize tanklandlnff craft for use by the united spates navy federation of agriculture elects officers for year don t walt to live was the sub ject of o very instructive nnd enter taining oddreu by prof w d tol- ton of the extension department or the o a c guelph rite occasion wa the annual meeting of the najumga- weya branch of the federation of agriculture held on november 28th briefly outlining the stages of dev elopment in every individual through i am i can i should i will tho speaker said that many people never reached the last stage he ur ged his listeners to start now au in dividuals nnd as an agricultural in dustry to set out on an upward march with a united strong and firm will to improve tho world we live in he contrasted the proud lonely product of free enterprise to tho wealthy one with thocooporativo happy social- minded leader of democracy thu mind dies if it is not fed and one of the most crying needs of rural people todny is suitable subjects of conver sation to keep minds from premature death from our infancy we have been taught too much to compete with our fellow men the teacher who mokes the child feel that lie is inferior if he is not able to do so much as his neighbour is not teaching cooper ation not teaching citizenship fit for todays world rural schools should teach agriculture but it must be taught and handled cooperatively later when the child leaves school his early teaching will not help him make the mout efficient use of his land labor and machines only then will we reach the ultimate goal that of supplying the people of the world with good food at reaxonnult rates let us quit playing around with agriculture said prof tolton let us take the chance of working to gether in organized groups putting to work the creative energy inherent in all of us let us not wait to live it may be later than we think the election of directors was pre sided over by mr whltelock and mr paul fisher briefly addressed the meeting officers are a diamond president o robertson vicepres ident e davenport second vice- president a service setretary- treasurer the president a diamond was chosen as delegate to the annual convention of the federation on dec ember sth to 7th in the king edward hotel toronto christmas flavor at meeting of united womens association the regular monthly business meet ing of the united church women s association was held at the parson age on tuesday with mrs d rich ardson presiding several christ maa anthems were sung and the devo tional period was taken by mrs d richardson and mrs e jenjungs cards are to be sent to the sick and shutins during the christmas season after the business was dis posed of mrs fosbury assisted by mrs veldhuls served a very dainty christmas lunch a hearty vote of thanks was given to mrs fosbury and her assistants for her horn and hospi tality hat flmmsft wflfn led while on active service word reccsved here mr and mrs s if mccron mill street received the sad message on tkiesdaylhat their son sgt samuel wilfred mccron rcaf had been killed while on active service and that burial was made at surrey england on december 3rd this is the second son of mr and mrs mccron to pay the supreme sac rifice two years ago bill was re ported mlsslne and since that time no further word has been received re garding him in their troubled time mr and mrs mccron will have the sympathy of their friends here they have moved to acton just recently from barrio sgt mccron joined the rcaf two and a half years ago and has been overseas for five months ills wife and son reside at fort william be- iddc4 his parents three brothers and two sisters remain to share tils loss albert serving in india with the air force and wallace and paul at home lvo sisters reside in toronto mrs wood and mrs mitchell before enlisting sgt mccron work ed at jellico moslof his training for flying was secured in manitoba officers elected by ladies organizations at erenezer church the annual meeting of the w us and the wa of lbtnezer united church was held at the church the officers elected for tho wms are honorary president mrs john mar shall president mrs plckersgtll vicepnsidcnt mrs trousdale sec retary mrs a wilton treasurer mrs kltchlng temperance and good chetr secretary mrs richardson akslstant mrs thos diamond mls- tilon band mrs hnrry fatt assist- ant mlus mildred wilson the womans ansoclntlon officer are president mrs w f darby vicepresident mrs ceo thomas secretary- treasurer miss annie ful ton planlkt mrs clare plckot flow er committee mrs a wilson mrs w f darby mrs clare picket mrs ellas kauterbi ook mrs harry fatt and mrs mtdilng the finances of the w a are very encouraging the remainder of the afternoon was spent finishing work on u quilt for war work by way of a social time there was a pot luck dinner coming events attn uncrtmcntt ot mvellnga cm crm or other event andtr this heading sr chars la cnltt pr ii wilt mlnlmum chars y announce ment 1 1 age dance at orange haft brampton on friday december sth stewart elliots orchestra united church christmas concert wednesday december 13 christmas carols old english style live dolls etc 22j drifting cowboys playing fordanc at brookvllle monday december 11th sponsored by busy beesya girl voc alist admission ttoc bannockburn womens institute will hold a sale of baking and novelty sale in the council chamber on saturday december sth from 3 to s 30 legion dance in town llflll thurs day december 14th al watsons orchestra admission 50c active service personnel admitted tree knox presbyterian sunday school concert will be held on thursday december 21st in the sunday school room everybody welcome national union of ies4lte workers local 22 dance in acton town hall saturday december jhh stewart el liott s orchestra admission 33c 222 corriet to the christmas concert at si no 7 nassagaweya on friday declmbey 22nd atfl00 pm ladles please provide admission 120c 2412 the bannockburn school christmas concert will be held in the school on friday evening december 22nd ad mission 23c and lsc followed by a dance balllnafad united church w a will hold a pigs in blaaktr hot supper in the hall friday decern fber 8th a good program admission 1 39c and 2qe supper served at 7 pm-