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page four the acton free press thursday july 8th ims districtnews various items concerning activities in communities nearby where many of our readers are interested bannockburn the sxople of bantiockburn sec tion hold a picnic in the achool ground tuesday june 29 where bout 100 gathered for the occas ion a very exciting ball game open ed the evenings events with the dannockburn zippers soundly trouncing the adult wlxard to the tune of 2210 the men enjoyed a few games of horseshoe pitching winners of the various tares weie girls under achool age carol goodwlr margaret morrison boys under school age ted zlons ken rot clrls 7 and 8 ym sally thomp son gall dobble boys 7 and 8 years wayne goodwin cflrls 0 10 and 11 avallne ro- cher dorothy modonald boys 9 10 and 11 years leon ard zlons allar ingles girls 12 13 and 14 years evel yn mcdonald joyce farmer boys 12 13 and 1 1 yoars frank ronton joe zlons young ladles patsy palllster d rockwooo womens ilsro mrs s mat- tnews mrs r goodwin open threelegged race joan somorvllle and helen someivllla bill ingles and bill smcrvllle mens itactf s morrlaon it l davidson high jump open john zlona patsy palllstor circle rolny joo zlons team a very hour teous lunch of sand wlohes cako and chocolate milk and ico cream was served followed by a selection from the school choir and the singing of the nat ional anthom which brought the program to a close a vote of thnnks a duotheenelier mrs kennedy the trustees and many ethers for tho success of the event congratulations to john rocher on passing his ontranco and winn ing a prlie in the county council ossny competition and also congra tulations to anno mcglaughlln pntiy paluoter and josoph zlons on parsing their entranco examin ations last wednesday the annual pic nic of the presbyterian chureii and sunday school was held in guelph at the old simpsons mill park liih was well attonded urjder thu dir ection of miss beatrice swanston aporu were enjoyml xusl as the afternoons event were conclud ed a heavy shower came up but all resorted to their cars for shel ter supper was held in onu side of the dance hall which served a good purpose after full justice was done to tho goad things pro vided hy the ladles of tho cor-gro- gatlon all returned homo after a pleasant afternoons outing in tho absence of rov fred wil damson who is on this vacation mr mnx putnam of kitchener corduc- tcd service sunday morning at st johns church sundnv morning holy communion was ob served previous to rov w g lux- tor leaving for his vacation friday evening the induction o rev mr oliver fjnu of nlogara-on- tiolak tooklace in the united church with ftev d g palon of c t ou hr- rhnrgf rev a y black of dub- ith stroet church proacked tho limehouse holiday visitor on thursday in cluded mr and mrs harry smethurst and daughter catharine of bsjrrlc mr and mrs jack smethurst and jaoquelhre mr and mrs russell acton loses and wins to stay in second place continued trorn pag one campbellville fhose who were successful in pausing their entrarre exams from mo 10 school were norma brown olive soeney ituuel hur- rii and cllrfnrd bui mrs albert cummlngs mr b walker mr lily eccleston all of michigan were ruesta with mr and mrs robert ihglls on tues day mr murray hood formerly of robinson mr ken robinson and ful of errors the locals convlmlng- mlss wlllet toronto and mr and ly cam around with a 30 declilon mrs c a grant and kenneth of i over the nattily attired papermnk- stewarttown with mr smethurst rs at home here lent saturday mr and mrs argus mcdonald both clubs wre inspired to play and son david with the cissys heads up ball and completed nine campbellvllle has accepted a poal the van marten young folks innings in atv hour and fortyfive lion with the cpu as st marys with tho mulders i minutes one of the briefest affairs as telegrapher mr and mrs jno lindsay and hi our memory mr and mrs brown and jimmy son johnny visited in ottawa rc- 1 mta fairly proportioned seven parents and brother of mrs bert ently in the fixture to each clubcounted walton r spending their sum- iwf lorrj norton visited at cal- for nought it was a case of who mor vacation at her home ander recently i could ipush runs over the plate vtmu bune and tyg calms mr and mrs e sanford and with tho most skill acton hunch- nro pending their summer vac- bllllo and mrs j sanford left for ed tholr in the third and sixth lon nl th hnm0 of thelr parents their cottage at waubasheus on scormg a singleton in the lattor mr nnrt mr kdasr cairns ftuesday of last week i and a pair ir tho fonnor mr b mra vnnv hubert of congratulations to betty currle georgetowns on chance at re- brentford are spending a weeks and ross norton puplki of miss dimiptlon fallod wlutn a squeesj vacation with miss rita huobert jean hiuldml who wero successful play attempted at home was craf- siwornl from horo attended the in their ertranco examinations ty detected by veteran backstop ju bomlnlon day garden written in georgetown last week i noli anlemon ho tagged wilson v celebration nt carlisle uttlo peter glynn spent last easily feet from safety as ho broko i mr m dnvld mahon and weok at woodbrldge and this week f home keeping tho visitors off nf windsor nro spordlng their nassagaweya a a no 7 mr and mra klrkpatrlck mots- bonk sank arc guests of mr ait mr joseph prank mr william bracken hollifay- injr at a camp near midland miss pearl kennedy milton it pending a two wook holiday in a cottage at lake baptttte near bancroft master marshall had his totalis removed in milton prlvnto hos pital on monday morning mrs dnnicl henderson accomp anied by hor uncle journeyed to kenmny manitoba upon- receiving word b telephone to oome to iter mother mrs james carnochn who la seriously hi with pleurisy fol low inu n stroke suffered in the sprlnc mn paul and her pupils held a splendid picnic and most enjoyable upper last tuesday evening the following nro some of those winning in races bovs 7 and under jim frank george robinson boys 12 and under bobby coxe jlmmle frank bovs 16 nrd under geprge and erson don mcmillan bos 18 and over tony frank george anderson girls 12 and under donna mc millan eileen frark bis three legged race arth ur and lan mncleod bobby coxe ami marshall paul spot unco fax everybody mr- jo frank sermon with tho former conduct ing the induction of the row minis ter into hlu charge following tho his cousin jimmy aznw is vklt- lng him miss mollis sutherland of new zealand and toronto a port a few das last week with the mitchells wedding at orangevillc the shoot entirely fireman snftf snyder ns winning i summer vntyutlon wltii mr and mrm j k mahon i mr ond mr douglas inglls an1 mounn scattered georgetown fnmi mr ftb mra c wk w s kcneis i 3 l zone veurs pntt nnd fnm u th hgm mr and mrs wm mcdowell of uhe wl th i toronto are spending july in ume- mt wm tnftp t mr mrs ii srd poll nlof t n hv nlho1 the game dramat- m pmv nh m t mr nnd mrs russell thompson t nf it nr family and mrs j attended the t tjsz zt u wcck lm snnggod a threw to first ruutain8 mottalant flebt neatw prsswjb 8tbenoth although britains merchaijt navy loit more than 11000000 tons of shipping during th wsur it is now onlyj000000 tons short of prewar strength this was stat ed by mr alfred barnes minister of transport june 8th at a pnaa conference irj london- graat bri tain he said entered the wagwlh- 16000000 ton of gross shipping at the present urns and after sub stantial rebuilding which reflect ed great courage on r the part of owners to order at present prices tonsgross onsgi debts collected there is a reason who su many people are sending us their account for collection thc4 days it u the grand reiuhn which follow 3m fd in your list of slow debts today and receive one of our monthly cheques ac hundreds of others are dolus kelly a aiken oetteetse okantievixjljc ont ego kttmt w t ent inst h si m lyilfred agged f-rstmilrp- n ntnner nttnpnf thn switch eorlumiwiii dt nwx mta rorwtfsnri and farri- llv lmvcmqvffljntq-thdsteven- hatii urik15 ovia wr apartments dr rohertson is efficient hlnnter comarle twirled ftt tnr sick childrens hmjiltal at i tip top ball for the v sltors all- toronto ntifht urown nt weton mr nnd mrs spitz r and anna vlnltwl at rreslau on sunday mr andmrs hawea and children owfnc mvon jltfi the fat boy tlio mrphnll reunion was held induction n reception was held nnd mrs hnw sr of toronto untl tie trl awlrulng hard and or saturday afternoon at the when rev mr and mrs oliver visited mr and mrs foster and u cert wm no faut hu homo of mr and mrs james rob- wero introduced to members of mkts reomsbottom or sunday thtyy uldnr hronk a fijooso egg rrtson rr fl milton mr nell mr and mrs r ross and ronnie sam snyders hard ground ball mrphnll wns sports convenor and rockwood and stone church re freshments were msrved in the sunday school room and a social time enjoyed brief addresses were given by rev l pickering of ac ton rev d g paton mensrs roy leslie and ross gordon and brief remarks by mr frank day with rov a e black leading prayer miss norma of montreal are visit congratulations to mr and mrw george baxter roe margaret henderson on the occasion of their marriage saturday afternoon at the home of the brides parents mr nnd mrs john henderson with rev mr oliver conducting the cer emony dominlor day passed off quietly here a few took in the rotary fair at acton during the day mr ilnmmlll is busy with the erection of another hoube next to the one he finished last yor messrs j r sprowl and son ire busy drilling a well at tho new turnip warehouse along the cnr sldlrg weekend anu sunday visitors muu irene hamilton chicago 111 mrs wm pett of aldorshot mr and mra robert hamilton of tor onto mr and mrs w wilder of toronto miss jean brown and mrs chnnnor of fergus mr and mrs clnrence royco and family of toronto were holiday visitors with the formers parents mr and mrs wm royco mrs charles pollock of toronto spent a tew das with mum c campbell following an llincu since last fall miss margaret luttrell a for mer resident of eramosa ard daughter of the late mr and mrs richard luttrell passed away in guelph general hospital lost fri day in her 77th year tho late mra luttrell has been making her home with her sister mrs h bow- ey mitchell st guelph the past nre visiting her parents mr and mrs w mcdowell this week mr and mrs a c patterson nnd joy spent sunday at weston mr and mrs wm wright visit ed the wrights sunday cvehng mr and mrs a w lane and ing his mother mrs r lane- llmchouke memorial hall was filled to cnpaclty hy friends and neighbors on frldny evening when a miscellaneous shower was held for mr jack noble ard his hrlde- tobe miss berth n fryer mr r l davidson way chairman ami i mr wm copley of toronto play ed n piano number several gentle man were called upon for short ndriresses after lunch was serv ed mays orchoitra took over for dancing a number of our local teachers enrolled in summer courses which oiened july 5th miss jean rud- dfll and mks ruth lindsay are taking education and music resp ectively in toronto and miss doris mitchell is taking junior grade work in hamilton the copleys of toronto and the fosters of baden visited the mer ediths ard nobles recently and attended the shower on frldny evening mrs e bntkln convenor of the home economics committee ar ranged the program for tho wi meeting at the home of mrs f brow n or wednesday roll call was nnswered by uses of salt and miss c mccullough had the motto take it easy mrs bntkln reported on achieve ment day in milton and her class of girls put on a skit they hnd wa muffed by storey in tho third nil hnd an erjoynblo time together and after subsequent safeties by mr and mrs bryan cramp and mnsters and bill waterhouso he family ore holidaying nt port car- rnuntcd actons first run i ling in the sixth jack waterhouso mr george coldstraw spent tho bagged n double followed by foot- weekend nt his home and is work- itt with a single and then allnr ing nt kingston now with another safety wnterhouse miss lois inglls spert several arrived safe at homo na passed dayslast weokwith miss audrey ballfootltt scoring off allan donnven in hamilton base hit footltt nnd bui water- 1 mr and mrs allan mocallum house led acton at hat with two nnd daughter are holidaying at hits in four trips on georgetowns sudbury end wilson with two hlngles paced i mr nnrt mrs now mitchell were their attack box score r h e 17 1 0 7 1 guesth at jack vanfleets wed ding inst saturday mish kaureer roberts of ham ilton spent the weekend at her home here misses audrey and joan early nie holidaying at the home of mr acton 001 002 00 george r 000 000 000 the teams georgetown wilson cf storey ss chaplin rf gibson 2b inches nd mrs william currle th wylie lb cole c dillon if comerle p acton masters 1h w water- house rf masales us j water- house jh footltt cf allan lb g jordan if anderson c snyder p weeds- notice is hereby given that in aecordarjc with the weed control act of ontario all noxious weeds growing on pro perty within the limits of any and all incorporated towns vll- ingmi and sulwllvhtod portions of townships in the county of million must be destroyed after july lsui idib the weed inspector may enter upon nny property on which noxious weeds are growing and proceed with men nnd machtrfry to doatroy same the expenses to be chnrged against the property in taxes the cooperation of all is requested the weed inspectors me prepared to enforce the piovlslons of this act ernest m ueadiiead ifalton county woed inspector milton ontario edtin mills the annual sunday school nnd congregational picnic of tho pres- hyterinn church wns held or sat urday july 3rd at riverside park in guelph all gathered for din ner nt 1210 during the after noon hnll game were enjoyed by the young folks rsults of the rnces were as follows children under 5 johnny mcnuon bonhc mncdougatl girls fi7 lorna stevenson elea nor mcalplne boys 67 jackio brlnklow girls 810 gail hamll- everton used there a donation of 10 was voted ttin margaret early boys 810 to the scott mbslon and an appeal bert stt venvm donnle blai kl ck was made for clothirg for the sal- allan brlnklow girls 1113 dar- vatlon army a shower was plan- lei o hamilton donna stevenson v i ned for next meeting to benefit hoys 11 11 jimmie stevenson j isjs t t a needy famll in england an- 1 donnle mcaiplne young ladle had resided at centre inn for nnuncehlon toui of a o f darlenv hamilton carol field mme time a brother davh of hocrs qf umehouse cemet- oung men r brother dra ton and tw o sister mrs j grant of rldgodale snsk anj mrs e f tovell of ouu alta also survive her the funeral look place monday from mclnnaghnn nrd ross fun eral home guelph with rev dr kinnx of norfolk st church u charge where deceased was aj ini saucer lunch was served at the close of the meeting the following is tho honour ust member pallbearers were messrs of names and overy one passed lames and john hindley irvm jlmmle frank george robinson jjaikson alex brylon wm llnd- doi nn me niggard 91 bobby coxe su and wm buiklard interment 83 bett mctaggard 82 arthur took place in johnston cemetery skth malhd s2 donna mcmillan 31 emmosn beside her late parents lorraine coxe 76 mr an j elliott uper t last shower vor bride after the race a ball game was ttth w his brother in milton at uton iiomr enjoed by tho boya and men while vvno u j wilh can w nuind arsflndies ket the table about s3 satdovcn to supper of salads pick les snndw iches cako cookies and don mi i4an russell o to be held this week arjd that blacklock 1legged race jack mc- a pageant of fashion is to be it nn and betty mclean dor mu ni id soon in the hnll j lean and shirley gilbertson piesident mrs miller called on whet ibni row race don mclean mr kirkpntrick who read an ad- and betty mclean bert stevenson diesh to past rpiesident mrs glsby and donna steverson blowing tho and on behalf of the branch pres- balloon blllle mclean throwing enteel her with n er pretty cup the rolling pin carol fields jean mclean dropping clothes pins in bottle mrs w gilbert son ladles mr nnd mrs cliff simmons de troit visited on sunday with mr ben simmons and mrs shepherd- sor sunday visitora with mr and i mrs harvey jest in wert mr and mrs robert mccutcheon kitchen er mm barbara benham guelph i spent the weekend at the home of lu r pirents mr and mrs j p benham mr and mrs robert patten of guelph visited on surday with mr nnd mrs john alton mrs harold wright patsy and vance are visiting with relatives at barrio this week miss blanche walker acton li i holidaying at tho home of mr and mrs t d mccutcheon mr and mrs bert palfrannao visited on sundny with mr and mrs w h hortop sunday visitors with mr and mrs irvine hamilton were mr and mrs alf coullng nnd mr and mm w alexander mr ard mrs ted jcstln and pat- sy visited on thursday with mr and mrs max milne of rockwood a extra trousers tiptop made to manur sulla are now available with extra trouuera in any material you tti- eel full ranee of samples call in anytime and place your order three piece suits 4250 with extra trousers 5535 place your order now while you hive wide choice pallants clothing store mill st acton t tarts with hot tea or lemonade and finished with all the ice ore am anone wished more ball was plned while some cleared up the school room agair and achool was thus closed for another year 1 le heavy rains of the past week iise giver new life to gardens and s input h of the community is extended to mr roj bard and fam ily in the death of mrs burd last w eek mr and mrs e j eckel of hamilton spent the holiday week end with mr john r richardson and mr and mrs clarence herd- erson rev james and mrs gordon of it raw berries the wild strawber- weston their two daughters mrs rlos are larger and more plentiful d shales and dughters of weston than the writer haa ever seen mr and mrs 9 mcoallum and mr william price haa returned j daughters of ottawa mr and mrs from toronto where she wan visit- n cjordai and family of guelph ing nnd convalescing from her re oert operation hazel kennedy and ellen allen of the gcvi were successful in mr and mrs a sinclair and son of guelph mr r gordon of rock wood all upent a very happy day renewing friendships at the home rev ard mrs r ii daldon and sons of brampton are spend ing jul at their iott iie on the une on june 24th tostume race mrs brlnklow mrs w carl mrs mllro mrs w lab mens costume rate will tarl geo mcaiplne garnet mjc dougall gordon blacklock sun- d i s hool teachers mr gordon i ulirklock mrs h gilbertson mrs w gilbert stin mrs w mc donald and mrs gordon black- lock sot race mrs brlnklow and on rtiursday june 21 a mlscel lineous shower was held at the nrnet micdougnll ladles kick home of mrs robt johnson when sno mrs stevensor mrs plnirg bingo and contebts each dinner receiving a prize a love- 1 lunch was served by the host- es obtaining intermediate certificates i of mr and mrs wm s gordon from th3r examinations mr and mrs e brown and son tom kennedy wa successful i alio mrs j copoland whose apacl- ln obtain trr his junior matrlcul- ous home is the rockwood acad- ed flat for storage when not in the bride to be miss marion nor- mllm men klck lne hop b rle received manj lovely glfta a cilhertmon memory contest mrs wr enjoyable right was spent w earh and mrs banner dr and mrs cordon stevenson and family of montreal are spend- iru this week in the gilbertson home dr stevenson is attending the opening of the new wing at the ovc guelph plastics and light metal produce mrs e rennle of guelph w lightweight corrosion resutant msiting in the home of mr and seed bed the financial post re- mrs w j lowrie ports plasticcoated wire mesh mr max putnam of kitchener glazing admitting a high degree j preaehlric in the presbyterian replaces glass ir the aluminum church during the absence of rev of ultraviolet and infrared raya knl williamson who is now on frame covers slide for greater j vacation convenience hall proof and shat terproof the seed bed can be pack- tlon certificate emy rockwood use j canadas newsprint production is more than half the worlds total m bsfhtfcl purina pioneer watts shurgain a complete line of purina chow mix feeds for qualit and value try the chow mix 15 growing mali and laving mash fly season is here bl1 voir flyspray now king bug killer and insecticides for sale see is re spraying your bam with wtiiteninff and ddt for fly control and your weeds with 2ld new power sprayer ls now at your service thomson bros phone 256r 39