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j ht jvttew srtt press f seventieth year no 2s acton ontario thursday december 21st 1044 eight homeprint page piwt oaatt employees of beardmorc co give christmas party a band and santa claua draw us and little children at this season of the year like the pied piper in aplte of stronft and blustery weather the turntrr ip p paraflerl santa bub filjrtfitmaii to ietirrymtr two wms life memberships are presented at meeting acton united church wms met at the home of mr peter smith last thursday the president mb caldwell presided after a hart bad ness period the installation of the 194ft officer- was conducted fay rev mr fosbury a very fine friendship service interspersed with many christ mas hymns and carols sunff as solos and choruses followed a very happy feature was the pres entation of a life membership certif icate to miss e hawthorne by mrs e j caldwell on behajr of the society and mrs fosbury presented the pin mrs jas symon presented mrs b veldhuls with a life membership cer tificate and the church choir through mrs gardiner save a life members pin grateful acknowledgement was voiced by the two new life member after this very helpful program mrs smith and miss pear smith ser ved christmas refreshments a hearty vote of thank was riven the hostes ses mr fosbury closed tho meeting with prayer following are the officers for the year 1045 past president mrs b mowat president mrs e j caldwell 1st vicepresident mrs s j held 3nd vicepresident mrs h n wil son 3rd vicepresident mrs r j john son recording secretary miss e haw thorne corresponding secretary mrs a t brown treasurer mrs g a dills mission band alias m z bennett christian stewardship and finance mrs a w fosbury community frtenshlp mrs f cleave 7 associate helper mrs j gardiner affiliated cgit mrs rognvold son missionary monthly mrs t wat son mr l agar life membership mrs t watson baby band mrs r mcarthur supplies mrs j moore pianist mrs r r arnold asst pianist mrs m bums press miss e hawthorne auditor mrs j symon mrs f cleave cuus behind the team of mr evan ies from the beardmore co sates on elgin street to the town hall all along the route the child ren tagged on it was the christmas party of the beanlmore employees association for the children and the versatile reeve x m mcdonald was the jolly santa claus and the centre of the party while bobby anderson was the clown it was held on satur day afternoon needless to ssy the hall was packed tt was a childrens party and the star performer was the funny man who led the singing and was general master of ceremonies a pro fessional artist with a group of train ed dogs also gave a performance of coure the highlight was the ar rival of santa claus who claimed tlie last mile was made on snowshoes owing to the heavy snow there was avjnountaln of christmas gifts with a aackage for every child and a big christmas orange santa claus and his committee had a busy time dis tributing them but none were missed and all were happy pte al mcmillan invalided home at christmas time another acton soldier waa among the fortunate and pte m j mcmillan arrived home on sunday evening in time to spend christmas with his mot- k asibj mcmillan bwj his sister miss jean and brother bill at home on frederick street he has been o for over two years and a half and while training in england had the misfortune to be thrown from a motorcycle and sustained extensive injuries to his knee and he had been invalided home in the army for three years he went overseas after six months training in canada not only the family but his many acton friends are glad to see him return and learn that his injuries are making satisfactory progress materials sent fbom red cross headquarters here materials forwarded from acton red cross headquarters this week in cluded the fallowing 7 pair mitts 17 pair bed socks 4 sweaters 2 scarfs is pair gloves 10 pair socks 13 pair pyjamas 60 girls nightgowns 10 babys nightgowns 113 khaki handkerchiefs 44 white handkerchiefs t acton enlistments as week i beatrice creamer arandauxhter of lira c creamer has joined the wjlcna ana la now stationed at cnruwatoa njs subsidy 4187079 received by tbe erin council other items at disceenber meetlntf of township council uetwcck the municipal council of erin township met at hlllsburg on friday last all members were present nnd the reeve edgar huxley presided the following resolution were made nnd passed that the treasurer be instructed to pay school rcqulslons in three instal ments december 15th 1944 march 1st 1045 and june 1st 1045 that the treasurer and rood sup erintendent be authorized to pay all accounts presented from date to dec 31 1044 that the road superintendent not ify nil patrolmen that any anow fence not erected in ten days from now will be collected and erected in other neces sary placed in the township v that tho treasurer be authorized to forward to the county treasurer the sum of 5lb85322 county tax that the treasurer be hereby au thorized to make adjustments of re ceipts and charges between the town ship and the follce villages of hllls- burg and orton also ihterost pay ments and interest receipts between the township and the telephone company the treasurer reported receiving government subsidy cheque for 4 1r079 being two mills on the town ship assessment that daniel gray treasurer be re funded 1472 error in deposit that the reeve be paid 100 00 de puty reeve 8300 nnd the councillors 7500 each for their services as com missioners for the year that the collector and treasurer be renumerated for extra work on the tax arrears register for the past year and that each receive 50 ou for their service the following accounts were pass ed and paid r w hull printing account 115- 50 hydro electric co for orton street lights 3403 fred cox room for special meeting 1 50 municipal world 4 52 mrs wilson awrey hnl for nominations 16 00 edgar hux ley extra expenses oh reeve 1575 a j lindsay postage and exchange 6 92 wm ward cutting grass and weeds 3 20 dept health insulin 2 97 goo bryan clerk and six mon ths salary and expenses re 2nd nom ination 213 25 r s mccutcheon relief officer six months salary and postage 35 50 daniel gray treasurer six months salarv 150 00 a j lindsay collec tor salary for 1943 20000 sheep accounts sheep destroyed by dogs and inspecting 25 00 gordon jackson shoot in gjwp dogs caught kil ling sheep 10 00 kellef accounts to the amount of 12621 were paid road accounts to the amount of 234787 were passed and paid hillsburg police village road ac counts 37220 were passed and or dered paid bv the police village at a special meeting on november uth the treasurer waa instructed to purchase a 5000 bond in the seven th victory loan for the corporation of tha township oierin friendly circle christmas invasion at home of leader the friendly circle invaded the home of their teacher miss m z bennett led by lois dawklns and alzelna priestly carrying a mlnature christmas tree the classt marched down lake avenue and serenaded miss bennett on the porch after she recovered from the initial shock she invited the girls in the tree was lit and each girl placed a gift for miss bennett under it when the parcels had been opened amidst loud oho and ahs miss bennett thanked the girls for the shower of gifts a santa claus hunt was then star ted the lucky finder being alzelna priestly who was presented with a gift by the benevolent old gentle man after a nice quiet game of mur der tho girls settled down and sang christmas carols till the jolly old welkin rang doris wilson presided at the piano during this period a very satisfactory lunch of dough nuts and coffee christmas cake was served by stella adamson doris ken- tner edith jennings lois dawklns ermn wlldcrspln miss bennett and peg richardson after the singing- of for shes n jolly good fellow and auld lang syno the comopny dispersed home as noisily ns they arrived christmas concert presented by united sunday school a very fine christmas concert tros presented by the pupils and teachers of acton united sunday school last wednesday evening and enjoyed by a large audience of parents and friends christmas hymns were of course a feature and superintendent a t brown and the minister rev a w fosbury were chairmen little diana balrd gave the scholars welcome and other features on the program were a play entitled light in the window a playette choosing a doll singing of old english carols n cornet solo by ken anderson a little play fairies christmas party and the tableau the manger scene with the organ chimes playing that christmas hymn siient night of course the highlight was the visit of santa claus and the distribution from the christmas tree of girts for young and some old ones too when santa came to town arrival or santa claus at the christmas tree and parade of the beardmore employees association at acton town hall last sat urday afternoon concluding meeting esquesing council for the year 1944 wolf killed in eramosa brings bounty of 65 christmas party ys mens club feature night with n township bounty in em moso of 35 per head supplemented with a 25 provincial bounty wolves in this district are pretty profitable game for hunters on wednesday birs and mheage were paid wellington and arthur stumphf bag god a wolf on tho form of reeve d d gray of eramosa just north of rockwood in view of tho fact that eramosa has paid this year over 1000 in claims for sheep killed the bounty on a wolf is pretty good business at 35 it is believed a number of the sheep killed were the prey of wolves reeve may thanked for courteous treatment and conduct of council proceedings the last regular meeting of esques ing township council for the year was held on friday deputyreeve g w murray councillors george e cleave george currle and wm a wilson were present and heeve c m may presided accounts passed for payment in cluded dept game and fisheries hunting licenses 250 corporation of georgetown division court costs nnd rent 1b00 bell telephone co services 495 acton public utilities crescent lights 1500 w j camp bell weed inspector 1000 george town herald account 2469 cecil chlsholm attending court of appeals 41 35 a w bentnn attending court 5 go and stamps 1025 j sanford relief nrcount supplies etc 1963 g c brown imturanrc renewal j 3750 board of health accounts for meet j q 0uolph county council lauds work of warden ior 1944 committee appointed to investig ate health service for rural 4xis allowance made old age pension secretary and to road ifffaeer4uier items at concluding session monday the final meeting of the 1944 coun ty council was held in milton last monday the warden presided but two j tho members mr gilbert and mr hlllmer were absent business was brief and to the point communications and minutes were read and reports considered in com mittee of the whole bubltila- urlslng from the same was n follows moved by c h heslop seconded by w j robertson that a grant of 150 be given to the koad engineer on ac count of increase in gas and oil ex penses carried there was some discussion in re gard to the advertising for the county booklet for overseas and in this connection it was moved by mr craig seconded by j m mcdqnald hat the interim report of the advertis ing committee be accepted and the following committee fees be paid n craig 860 j m mcdonald 8 40 n gilbert 760 carried moved by n craig seconded by j blair that wm deans as secretary of the old age pensionsand mother allowance board be given a grant of 150 for efficient services rendered to the board carried j moved by j blair seconded by n craig that the following accounts be passed and authorized for payment finance 204565 county buildings 49047 printing 12351 hospital accounts 35080 agriculture and re- forestratlon 6130 total 3073x3 carried tha question of a health service in the rural schools was again discussed and it was agreed that messrs j m mcdonald w j robertson and c hlllmer be a committee to go to the department to investigate the setui of the school nurse plan routine business being completed the warden was asked to vacate the choir when mr j m mcdonald bet ed as chairman it was moved by j blair and seconded by j m campbell that the thanks of this council be ten dered to our warden mr howard may for the courteous and efficient manner in which he presided over the deliberations of this council and the prompt attention given to the bus iness during the year carried following the motion each memb er or the council present at mondays meeting expressed his or her per sonal appreciation of the wardens courtesy and efficiency during his year of office mr wes murray dep uty heeve of esquesing while quite in agreement with the good record shown by the warden said he did not expect anything less from a man from esquesing township the warden thanked the members for their words of commendation and goodwill and also expressed his ap preciation of the good work done by all county council officials without whose cooperation his year of office would have been a lot more difficult he expressed regret that more work had not been accomplished during his tenure of office but hoped that mi those interested would realise short age of labor and materials made pro gress along some lines almost im possible he particularly regretted the bridge at glen williams had not been constructed while he was in of fice no other business being brought be fore the council the meeting adjourn ed with the singing of the national anthem dosing smother business year for tha county of halton bingham 2670 dr r t paul 2520 c h may 28 80 l m ben- nett 24 oo dept of health insulin 49c j sanford 13 52 members of council received the following amounts for meetings mile age zand commissioner c h may 16080 g w murray 15000 g e cleave 132 50 geo currle 134 40 j wm a wilson 13440 at the afternoon session of council the bylaw providing for the holding of municipal nominations and i elec tions was read and passed road ac counts of 490520 were passed ior payment legal fees of dale ac ben nett of 150jm were paid and re lief accounts of 1475 sheep claims included amounts to stanley may 1100 spencer hughes valuator 200 wm a wilson 6500 f w shortl valuator 200 mr k c lindsay was paid 2500 for services rendered regarding the county book at the conclusion of the meeting the reeve vacated the chair and the deputyreeve g w murray put the following motion moved by wilson seconded by cleave that the thanks of this coun ell are hereby tendered to reeve c h may for the courteous and impar tial manner in which he has presided over the meetings of this council dur ing tho past year carried one of the finest and largest social events at the ym ca was the christ mas party last friday evening ar ranged by the ys mens club there was a splendid attendance one of the largest of any event in several years the program bristled with features cards were enjoyed for an hour or so and the program proper opened with a demonstration by a group from tor onto on the parallel bars and the varft- lous holds in judo in this group which kindly came to acton were ingram jones physical director of the west end y david burgess instruc tor of judo and ken mccracken their demonstrations were most interesting and enjoyed big feature number too was the annual christmas turkey draw of the ys men a couple of live birds were before the tree and with good old santa claus making the draw there was a real christmas favar mr chas heard was in charge of this item and winners announced were h klaull acton irma watson acton frank toth acton miss m close acton mrs irene marshall acton mr e crlpps acton g kalbfleuh bruce fox guelph a burrows guelph it was announced that night and re peated now that winners should call tonight thursday after seven thirty at the home of mr heard frederick and agnes streets for their birds we understand theyre all ready for them the lunch provided by the ladles was another big feature perhaps the word elaborate might be used in des cribing this part as well as big cold meats salads bread and butter cake and coffee eating together and singing togeth er are said to be two of the finest attributes to good sociability and so a feature that followed the lunch was rousing singing of the good om christmas carols with chas klrkness as leader there was both volume and harmony and pretty fine enjoy ment in this part of the program for the young people the closing feature was dancing on the fine gym nasium floor it proved a grand christmas party mr w j bsatty was chairman and during the evening briefly addressed the audience instead of trying so hard as setae of us do to be happy as if x would ir i were a boy again try still harder to deserve happiness j t fields cases heard jjn court in milton this week coming events heading htm liitv whfts minimum chars for announcement o ae dance at orange hall brampton on friday december 22nd stewart elliots orchestra in police court in milton yesterday afternoon arthur cluhlne pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving and was fined 25 and costs the case arose from a collision of a truck owned by gordon snow and driven by arthur cluhlne and n car driven by thomas epstein of toronto the accident occurred on december 2nd onthe first line of esquesing evidence showed that at the time of the mishap the windshield of the truck was nearly all frosted the truck struck the front of the car damaging the front fender and run ning board amounting to 114 there was no damage to the truck pro vincial constable e r lemon investi gated on monday at a special sitting of court before judge munro thomas burmum of hamilton appeared on charge of stealing a car and tires he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year in the reformatory on each jnuijiunui has charge the terms to nm concurrent- jf jt wfl i by council for use of tha ha- dance oddfellows hall milton on december 22nd jpioomsbury orches tra admission 40c dublin school concert friday de cember 22nd at 815 pjn followed by dance admlssjon adults 35c come to the christmas concert at ss no 7 nassagaweya on friday december 22nd at 800 pm ladles please provide admission 20c 993 dance in brookvllle hall on weev nesday december 27th auspices nat sagaweya womens institute stewart elliots orchestra admission 40e par new year frolic acton town hall january 1st merry leakers o jjyjj