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thursday april stk ims the acton free press pag tnnrh 1 tbde eastertide visitors lku ium cmmttubw tw cosmin gfltr dorluc tin houuy tad of ivnuul lateral lira j graham visited over sunday in aurora pte lloyd rownaor l slasoosv was horn for eiittr pte cso llolllnger of toronto vaa home for easter sgt norm brmlda was home from debert for eaater mr mac mcdonald of gueiph in town thla week mua ftta dllla vlaited in toronto flurlng the weknd mis mama ret garvin spent faster weekend in toronto mlu mars are t m action a id is home for the kaster vacation mlat helen main rtre of pelrolla is visiting at her home here flying officer jot hunt was home from trenton for faster mr george jjkstns of aurora pent faster at his home her wren florence salt of toronto apent kaster at hrr home here ac1 u h mckertle of lyenton apent enter at his home here sergt geoff tloulton of toronto spent the weekend at his home here cpl g mckenxie was home from camp rordrn for the faster week nd miss kay kobe rt son of hamilton u spending the faster holidays lu acton kev e a ii rook of grimsby and son john called on acton frtrnda this week miss june talbot of notre dams academy waterdown u home for the kasler vacation of toronto is with her cousin merle overholt spending tr c wwk ercna johnston mr byd clark and and miss ruby lark of toronto spent faster at their home here mr and mrs c t as sym n of t tr unto sperit r niter with mrs jss smon and family mu imsbclle mcleod or ottawa apent the raster holldas at the lame of her parents here mr and mrs jack md en chic of tort kris spent faster with mr ant wts jo whltham miss norths drown of i ornntn la visiting with miss tern brown and miss bertha speight miss martha orr of toronto vlaited with mr and mrs alex orr during the easter vacation mr and mrs f browning of tor onto spent sunda with mr snd mrs g a dills and famll miss nellie llliamson of toronto is spending couple of weeks with mr arid mrs a tr drown mrs a slbhett mil and helen of toronto spent faster with mrs p a smith and miss pearl smith mr and mrs dill ramsden and family of buffalo n spent faster wtth mr and mrs chas mason miss rvances lamo nun in irttltl lng at the general hospital gueiph apent friday at her home here mr and mrs m c overholt and merle of toronto lilted mr and mrs r l johnston over the holiday miss mnrgnret kenncy of lctorla college toronto visited at the home of her grandmother mrs m ken- nrj mr and mm philip mrcrtstall and jlmmh of oshnwa matted at th home f ttulr umle lntilik met r is tall mrs 1 home ws are pleased to report that mrs fred mcmillan who it tn th hospital in toronto is as well as can be es pvrtnd following her soerationy mr a ii mar donald of ffashar- ton and mr and mrs wluard mar- donald of hepworth spent the weak end with mr and mrs ian macdon aid mr and mrs f j rrennan of tor onto john mr i el is n of hanvuubi and cpl george mcttian of camp itorden spent twister at the home of mr and mrs d mclellan mrs harold fischer and hrr son james michael returned to her home in highland park miimgau on sat urday after spending two weeks with her parents mr and mrs 1- harrop visitors at the home of kev a w and mrs r osbury during the holiday weekend tnoludad hisses marlon macdoujrall and isabel 1 yall of ham ii i on and mr iwrie chalmers of toronto wren llrlen 1smb who had the misfortune to fall and break her ankle is a patient at the military test home in oakvllle she spent the weekend with her parents an i family here leading seaman kenneth llaasard who recently completed a spshtallred course at st hyacinth que and was horni on furlough for a few days has returned to his duties for i km ting in another location sergt jim mcgeachje who recently returned from overseas after five years visited friends in ai ton on the week end and renewed acq u a in tan res in this community again atl were glad to welcome him hack mr and mrs c ii mr laughlln were faster visitors at their itarental homes in uel h and at it it 1 acton mrs mrflaugtiitn received an faster bouquet of one dozen roses cabled from her brother who la a military stat clerk iomewhere in ermany visitors over the weekend and on faster sunday at the home of mr and mrs martin kelly werr mr and mrs 1 at kelly marilyn nn 1 patty mr and mrs thlllp hk ristalupod jim nile all of ohiiwa mr and mrs r j llnuck nnd famll of m iph nnd pie henry kell of slmcoi itottrik ttljstrrlf irf owaabu aaaaa triitailr tke frltwdly outres parsonage bower avenue sunday april 8th 1945 1100 a m morning worship sermon our changing moods 1215 pm church school 7 00 pm fvenlng worship service of song fnter intu his gat with iltanksglvlng come and worship everybody welcom trrstftgtrrtim bturrlf tu kuiatus knox cmnuai acton bkv rouu itmanon rau manse willow street sunday apitll- 8lr 1m3 11uo sin morning worship the sacrament of the lord s supper known in the breaking of bread tn p m the surutay school and lllble lass 7 no pm rwnlng worship youni people s service guest minister kev r m llrjin ha bd of mot rut on itiursday april 5th at hod pm hie preparatory service ilev john ft waldle ma 111 will give the address sunday april 1mb the sacrament of baptism they that wait upon tha lord shall renew their strength tutarrlt hi t a ban up ttmrtgr sunday april hth ims ihr first unday after kaster 10 in am holy r uchartst and in trurtun this aervlce will be the last for making faster commun ions 10 oil am bcklnners dept in parish hall on p m rensong and sermon lhe kestorntloo of ufa ah ypa lnltrl to joint young peoples meeting in st albans paruh hall tues evening april 17lh hto pm program and lunch nassagaweya a a no 7 amll and friends of mr and mrs m service gatheretl together over tie week end to celebrate with them the occasion of their thirtieth wed ding anniversary mrs kohl hamll ton milton their eldest daughter on behalf of herself and brothers and sisters told of the love and esteem in which their parents arc held and all sapturt qunirrli acton nrv w ii waijjuv pasts swnda apkh klh 1m3 11 00 m morning smuc 12 13 pm sunday school 710 pm fvenlng service police maxims amuse commons i ondon ci the house of commons chuckled when home sec relary morrison read from an old poster distributed to the ijincashlre police in the middle of the last cen tury it contained 23 maxims tn eluding avoid altercations and display a joined ln pn gjf perfect command or temper under in suit and gross provocation to which all constables must occasionally be liable never sit down in a public place or beer shop it is in the interest or every man t to devote some of his spare time o visited with her parents over the p of reading and writing weekend ru the jppnpnij improvement of hla congratulation lo mr nnd mr i mind m woods milton upon tha arrtraj j ignorance is an insuperable harier of a daughter bonnie jacqueline to promotion mrs ufvods mm hefope a r ftge lt werr from milton kitchener camp- bellvllle faqueslng streetsvllle and badnock doreen job la holldalng w itl- her friend donna titus milton miss fleanor davenport acton tie mileod of this district i 1 1 ran r mrs june fvans joined her hus band fit i t james fvsns at mon on the prize donated for ladles and mr david mcphedmn for gtnta a tnl it of pedro was plnved bv four men while refr shments were lelng prepared nnd dishes done mr tow ph frank gave h r home for an all dnv iulltink i nt ruesday matthews who msitm lo u nu lvpt t uh a ot luck with h and memtlhtan4thar tl a njov- frltnds in lownio has returmit i tm witn n f boot jok nn i rriendl of mrs i- mllle tnlbot will ictonia cp a dog named l1 daisy is credited with saving tra life treal to enjo with him a threeday of flvr tomm bourne wit- leave from overseas nrws of artlrtirt arrl the the weekly eucrres sponsored by dog push her oung manter out of the the uuvv bees had a fair attendance path of a parsing tru k hut daisy lat thursday evening tn placa of didn lgctqut the vva jnume5ha good frlda mrs c e davenport j was killed instnntlv this week by wlank i0nihi praa tutu wrstar tcxuonto tcp not alnf march 19 ib a seen eight months befprs the concluslan of the first great war haveontarlons enjoyed such an early spring and in thtunespacted warm weather usr weary canadians ware hoping that this tprlng so like that of 27 years ago would presage an early conclusion to this world war temperatures from the east coast to the rockies soared to new highs touching summer heat on several days and bringing out spring flowers and nature lovers weeks earlier tran usual in 1918 spring planting started in kent county as early as january and by march spring had officially arrived in 1043 preparations for planting were already under way in some areas from two weeks to a month ahead of schedule with the early dlsapwarane of snow tha lack of frost in the ground and the general warm weather fall wheat was well advanced tn several districts and farmers were fretting over tt m pos slblllty of a late frost agricultural department officials said the wheat looks as good as it usually does about may trees in niagara a frultland are in hud sis weeks earlier tran usual and navigation from the great lkea ojiened from several days to a week ahead of previous years in toronto two boys plunged into the ion swim mlng hole for tlialr first dip of tha year the ice went out in georg ian bay on march jo the earliest in the memory of living residents meteorologists opined that if the warm weather continues it will lie an all time record for ontario lite ontario hydro f lectrto power commission had good news for rural resldopls tre rural hydro rate was reduced from four cents to cents per kilowatt hour and plans for a five year jlkl 000 loo elect rlflcallon program in urn post war years wire announced hy lion ii challles commission vicechairman ihe new e on the first block of energy is effective may 1 second and ihlrd rate remain unchanged uniform rates for rural areas in troduced last year had resulted in the reduction mr challles said an estimated savin of vmiodo had res ulted from tlun uniform rates and the additional reduction w uld nave nrnrly to0 ooo annunlly the iot war program win entail construction of 7 1j9 additional miles of rural primary lines which will serve 57 04x1 new customers 12000 of whom are farmers completion of the plan will hring hvdro to 85 per cent of the farms in the province that may feasibly be served by the commission nearly 2 000 small land holdings have been acquired in ontario for veterans and an initial 1 12h houses are planned for exservicemen wishing to settle on small holdings in the province c m nixon district sifb erlntendent for administration of the veterans ijtnd act announced all holdings are located near centres of population where veterans might be emploved it is expected that the small holdings provisions of the act designed to attract servicemen inter ested in suburban lots and small farming would interest nearly 10000 veterans from the province although only wl jiave been settled on smatl holdings to date georgetown a b delty beaumont survived the trent onlan sinking 15500 has already bean subaerlbad in the fled cross campaign a large crowd of district reaidanu njoyd i euchre mda7trelnnorvt parish hall last thursday sponsored by the fsquaslng agricultural society capt j y frasar of th recondi tioning dept in brampton apoka to a lanft congregation in the united church fftjnasy evening another georgetown soldier return ed home from overseas last week in the person nf fd b shortlll who arrived at toronto union station early rtiursday morning ihe sad news was received last week that cpl arl alfred hyde had tieen killed in action in germany ha was in his vkh year sympathy of the commui ity is extended to his wife the former agnes isley and their children anne and kodney also to his parents mr and mrs a hyde and family herald burlington- indications are at the present time that the ti tal subscrl tlons for the lied roas may tome c lose t the hmtf mark hlh is intwd a ec ord for this district lite nuslrusa men asy latlon hekl their annual meeting at the oron at ion hotel in tie firm of a luncheon on monday evening i te harvey ireland son of mr and mrs jack i r land iocuit street arrived home from overseas last wed nesilay i t ireland was wounded at dlepe a notable feature of the meeting of the ontario mrl fulde commission in i or on to on saturday last was tha presentation of an outstanding service medsl of merit to mrs ijonej h mlllen acting provlm lal commission er to morrow night rtiursday the entire ships comr any will report to the iron duke at 11x10 from where it will proceed to 11 m s star ar riving there uicy will join itoyal can ndlan sea cadet cori s from the sur rounding area and members of the star to ike nc ted hy hon angus i mat donald mlnliti r of national efenr for naval servirei and ad mlral c jones ch k n hlef f naval staff only rutin in unl f rm will pailclate in thla pnrad azrtte engagements mr and mrs wm a- frank wlah to announce the engagement of thalr daughter dorothy to jamas edward orourka son of mrs ii ortmrka bpeytia andrrtipiatstf 04to mr and mrs albert g fryer mala street acton announce tha engag- xnenl at iheir daughter fern datisv to rflm charles albert shujtls son of mr and mrs albert shultls rock- wood rhe wedding to tak plc quietly in april turvd krim dairy fajuono in wxflt ranges are taking j lar in west ern anada in connection with tha lroducttfn of dairy products wmch may i roduce significant results stataa the latent issue nf the quarterly bul letin of agricultural statistics tha i rotltahle grain crop harvested la hm4 iuls already caused farmers tn the 1ralrle provinces to retreat from dairying to some extent on soma farms dairy herds are being reduced nnd lans are under way for th use f a larger nurnter of cows for baaf i todurtlnn so tl at less layout will ba required i r is movement la just beginning to crnrrice nnd its effect on la trying if already in evidence itie consequsm- irt t t f la cornetltlon cannot b di finitely larl at ms stage say tl e hulletln but trey promise bo show up to a much greater dagraa luring te winter period and may l ave a marked effect on the product- it n nf milk and other manufactures i roducts in the summer of ims brii chirks have done wall for thers why not for you 100 live ilehv ry guaranteed just m nn know what you want titai i rihown nerval in a t n snluriny afternoons an i renlng only ospringe misses doris ituh nnd patsy dick i lnvn of gueiph are spending the faster holldnvs at the home of their grand parents mr and mrs itohcrt insurance reales houses for sai now is the tlm to buy a house for your own uaa or for an investment knjoy the raj pin ess and comfort of owning your own home we have good residential properties st fair prices all suttahla for investment snd comfort well tenanted owning your own noma is your first and finest investment insurance now is the time to review jour fire auto and other unas of insurance are vou nufflclently covered though rates have dropped considerably values have increased many benefits have been added by the underwriters on general and seclflc llnea iet us advlsa you we are agenta for the best and oklest companies and have exceltant facilities comblmd with our long experience and knowledga of finance building and properties try our service f7rwrigkt realtor and insitiance member gueiph and district read ratals board associate member osuusdlan association real fatata boards associate member ontario association real rstata boards member of tlre and oaaualty inauranc agents assactatisst p mastr l hillp mccrutall of acton is sperplini the holldav nt the hom of his urandpart nts mr and mrs martin kll sgt and mrs earl rder of llam- tlton and mr and mrs ray lytic of saskatoon sprnt the holiday with miss k hawthorne friends will regret to learn that mr duninn mcdougall ta 111 at his home south of alton and all hope for him a speedy recovery mr tmd mrs horace beaton miss joan mid mnstur chuck beaton ot snrnta tslted with mltsm z beu- ntt over the weekend ftlcnds will regret to learn that mr jus k gardiner was called to dundac this week owing to the sud den death of hla mother many friends reffrelthatimxtfs blow ii 111 and is now in gueiph gen eral hospital for treatment all wlah tor her a prompt recovery be sirrv to hear she is under the d ctor s care a e hope she li soon well again int thursday the day chhssn by mr matt job for a business trip to his son bill of atwood proved rather unlutkv somevvhen around fergus tlreon which thev had tried to mhuiv help to rtpair without syecess took tire after sier attempts at trylpg to smother the are mr neil martin his drlv er jumped in and w ent for help at just the right moment some soldiers with tha right equipment saved the whole truck i from being burned when thev wera making their last call near home on flu lr return mr job w as knocked down b one of the cattle they wersr unloadlng and miraculously escaped being seriously hurt when fie fell be hind the horses feet mr and mrsv ernest tlndale of toronto and children and mr and mn m ftlcconncland chlidrehof mlltan wregutt of mr and mra w wdradga at the parental home oh easter sunday 1 gregory theatre fkivllv apitll ileu hottomed weorgrt rk hoimby stooge cometlv ok s on ou cartoon imagination chnj t r t adventurts of fami hng jack svtl fthaxprjl 1 matinee at 3 srndvf dinner for a soldier anne baxter john hodlak thost ship rlchnrd dlx edithbarrett sfox ews movtjay april 9 tiix we meet jvgain ray milland barbara brit ton mulcabxwonltpiay cartoon mouse trouble 1 usher gi ore hob rtson youngest son of mr nnd mrs eorje iu liertmin was a memo r of tht ilns of it c af i trnlnet s ln r km1 tlc w nt on i rhurdav nt malton mr and mrs eorje hot ertson fonl n nnd joyce mi blanthi u klnnon nnd mn 111 linn sunter of- tverton nttnlel tl ciitmonv 1 mrs s i- rundv of ueli h is vikitlng for n f w davs with h r son nrd fnmllv mr and mrs teurn rundy mr and mrs charlie kallhoff and joan of tor into sptnt r aster week end with mr and mrs hnxl knlthoff joan is nrnnlnlng for the wiek miss elvena inter of ountlc is holidaying with mr and mrs w j jackson i miss rlorence nin and niece maragret garvin of hergus were t weekend visitors with the formers siter mrs george cook l mrs arnold hunter and gatf and mrs m hurren of niakftra falls were recent visitors with mrs f 1 sunter kenneth robertson who is attend lng gueiph collegiate is spending the easter holidays at the home of his parents mr and mrs d g robert son mr and mrs james brydon of- acton were good frhday visitors with mr and mrs f brydon why suffer with your feet uttle betty miller of brampton ii holldfwlnc with her uncle end auvit for men women mi sp0t o straighten up weak feet shoes scientifically fitted