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ht jvtttt sttt ft seventyfourth year no- 5 acton ontuio thursday august 5th mr kihthonie print piircs six cents highwkyholiday tragedy for happy aclon home mrs ebh davidson died as a bcooh of injuries after car collision north of rocicwmmi mr davidson and two- yearold grandaughtcr are in hospftal in guelph atid toronto thu entire community was ahockfed to rirn of the trngic highway accident on saturday the july meeting of greenock wi was held on july 20 at grand vi ow farm home of mr hugh uid with mrs a mckeown pre- ddlng 18 nwmbcr answered the roll cnll where i would like to spend mv vacation the death resulting of mr earl e davidson and the riou in- wm j f la jury to mr davidson and the little j twoyr old granddaughter che- sryddo the report was read by ryl prtce about 230 saturday -j- hyimley nd mnr h rold moo mr and mr davidson pe reeved mr and mr herbert price and of ft he daughter cheryl started on the miss elva pearen read a paper fatal trip to spend a holiday at on wellington cooperative modi- sauble beach the two younger services after some discussion varied program at july meeting greenock institute sons donald and jackie had stnrt- it wns left ocr until another ed earlier in the morning on their meeting when more literature is trip to the holiday cottage the received miss elvn pearen was nppointedsecretnrv ag had- aftluwl tlto liuorc j of highwavsmand ofincouniy lmrr j road just north of hock wood to kind words curcmnn ills when it wnn in collision with a j which was well given with many car driven by col j a mcintosh interesting points this wns the of gait the davidson car was home economics meeting and wns spencer husband joins over ninety group in art on on july saturday mr sponcei husband willow street joined thnt tatinll groutp who hnve at tained their ninetieth birthday mr husband has lieen n resident of acton for over forty years coming here frosi kilbride he was for many years an employee of bcoxdmore co he is still quite nctlve and is a regular call er at uie post office every morn- fruj wv join with other friends in extending congratulations to this newest nonogcnnrlnn nnd wish for him many more blrth- dnys he is among the oldest sub scribers to the free press nnd wlille his eyesight is not good mrs husband keeps him informed of the locnl interest each week vacation bible school held at churchill a daily mention bible schnnl was- held from july 26 to julv 30 uh l august session esquesiiig council held on monday deputation ahiu for widening of road new subdivis ion at lertwilliarrth the regular meeting of exyuca- ing township council wns held on monday evening august 2nd dep uty reeve george currle coun cillors george leslie h craig rold nnd wilfred bird were pres ent reeve george e cleave pre sided a deputation of ratepayers from below norvnl on concession 11 at tended the meeting asking thnt road be improved by widening sharp curves on rond council agreed to meet members of chin- guaeousy councit when meeting ran be nrrnnged a letter from w o brownrldge was rend re weeds on roadside letters from inngdon nnd ayl- 4i u i 1 i n f p ph i- i te- ctnvnshllqfthrpgsubrilvlslqnsnl struck on the left side mrs davidson sufferd injuries from which she passed away r half hour after admission to the guelph genernl hospltal mr davidson received head injuries and lacerations nnd several brok en rib little cheryl was the only occupant of the rear sent to be seriously injured she was tak en to wellecley hospital in to- romo by police ambulance where an operation was performed on saturday eveninc nnd her process tlnce hns been favorable mr davidson is making progress to ward recovery but will be in hos- pltal for a week or more ttwe two boys who had started earlier for the bench were reach there on saturday night by police and returned home col j a mcintosh of gait driver of the second car- involved sustained injuries to his leg and possible fractured ribs w hile in charge of mrs c mckeoan as convener t4e pvogram consisted of solos by miss mary reld mrs r mckeown with mrs h reld as pianist miss muriel allen play ed the pinno nnd sane mrs e patterson gave a rending mr c mckeown gave a paper on use your oven nnd how to can fruit vegetables and moots in the oven by doing a few jars while prepar ing your vegetnblesorfrulrforn meal you soon hnve quite a few jars done which is quite a help for a busy farm housewife and your cellar soon u stocked with jars she added a warning to he sure and have water in your pan for the jars or it might take 6 months to clear your oven the report of the booth at john idingn sale was given which added some more funds lunch wns served by the hostess nnd her assistants o r and mrs- flindall- were in charge of the school which wn at tended by 30 pupils the children came from the locnl district for the most part although there were visuorslnmho community who al so attended vlaunleducnt ion in the teaching of the bible wns used throughout outlines of bible pic tures and other pictures which i would illustrate a bible truth were distributed to the children dnll and then they were asked to print the appropriate verse nnd to col- ourthcjplcturtfswlthcrayons the school had a closing session on friday evening july 30 there was a very fine attendance of par ents as well as children mr and mrs fllndnll were presented with an envelope containing a sum of money in appreciation of their leadership nnd work in lhe schoo wife suffered similar injuries nnrlf their dnguhter nunrj w n iui about the legs both vehicles w ere badly dam aged and it is doubtful if the iir of mr davidson can be repaired mrs davidson was a woman who will be missed in tin- eom- munity n well ns in her home hesides her husimnd shf leiws one daughter mrs iiad incv and thnt sons iouglas i tinald and jack in tlwlr sad bert-ave- j ment they have the sympjtfij f a wide cirelt of friends mrs davidson was nn tniv work in the presbynnunehuiih the ladies auiliar of ailmi branch of thr lkin and i- smt mothers tin- famttx nuc ohn residents of aiion fn muiy years and are liighlx iivmrd the funeral on tuesdax iltci noon was at the johnstone and humle ftureral ilou w itli sr vice conduwfd b her m- rosier lie v j m anderson here many friends gathered in tribute t j her life and sympathy v it t if- read many flora ti tlus aki bore tettiniiy of ctiii icr- mcn jrti made in kur v v cm- rut the palttm-aie- i messis w marchment i mr- hugh j iwr g mikrli k hojire a n1 m mtei a letter of thanks was read mr john iding and mr jack leslie for boxes received i hle in hospital also from mr- jos whit ham for remembrance for her printing programs faijl fair dates for 1918 events of this district the list of fall fairs nnd th date- upon which they u ill 1 field ha- ben issued by the agri cultural societies branch of the itartment of agriculture her- are snnh of the dates in hih our readers 11 m interested t n k toronto aug 2tspt 11 arum oi l 1- milton sep- j rgetown spt 17- is mount forest aug j 12t nurnnrn sepr mrr honors conferred at masonic sessions on men of distoict neil a mcenchern of wiiterioi was nnmwi district deputy grnnd master of the wellington masonic district at the annunl sessions of the grand masonic iodge of on- tario lielfl in toronto william c drury of arthur was nnnid district deputy grand master of that district v c ford of geo rgetown inst years district sec retary of wellington district wis named a grand steward ahile similar honor was cbnfeired on ceorge jacob of kitchener in i lie same district len williams council will con suit the township solicitor before taking nny action accounts passed included ont ario hospital woodstock j4g50 r j lovell co supplies 10200 bell telephone co j620 i m bennett sundries l50provlnc of saskatchewan chnrlty nccount for august 2000 dept of pub lic welfare relief supplied less cre dit mothers allowance j25 1s unemployment insurance com mission 1690 a w benton stamps 700 dominion fire in surance coripremlurnr1oornor th western nntlonni insurance co premium 1200 walter lawron for lot no 43 stewarttown 650 r h thompson re heating 51120- 79 moved by reid seconded by les lie that road accounts as present ed by road suporintendant be paid 3g172i carried moved by reld seconded by les lie that the salary of the road superintendent be 150000 per an num retroactive to mny 1st 19 k and that a bylaw be prepare i in accordance carried local lirnieis trampled hyliull no serious injury archie mcdonald son of mr j d mcdonald had a narrow escape from serlnim injury on monday when lie wns knocked down by a bull on the farm on the fourth line after knocking mr mcdon ald down tlve bull trampled him on the chest with his front feet treated by dr w g c ken- ney following the accident it wns found he had escaped without any broken ribs but he is badly bruis ed mrs j ii smith wiix be ninety on saturday mrs john h smith for mnny enrs a resident of acton but now residing with her dnughter mrs cochrane nt 31 alma street kit chener will on saturday observe her nlntieth birthday we join with other frnds in this home community in extending birthday hall- way mark on citizens share reaehed hartleyshields keiinion held at crawford lake on july 2lth the hartley- shields family rounlon was held by crawford ijikc ninmy nlno memlwrs roistered nfi contrnstert with approximately 150 lait year but the drop in attendanre iltu been pikch of the flint 10000 objective la ive raised by individual ftub- fmriplionh of wajfe kumerh and citireiui help the cnn- vaitjietti complete objective thin month by having your pledge ready when they call thin week the flrt hut of lub- brribera to the acton community was swimming piwii hai been compiled uiitji a in nils nononenlir- winners announced in field crop competition here the followinr are winner in field crop competition roatrr slkinstired hy aclon fall fair frtl denny 90 geo wnllace 89 j e penren 88 c v swnckham- t sb cordon iesle 85 john al len 81 a- swnckhamer 83 hiikii lieid 82 tikte were fourteen entries in life tompelillori iindtlrrrc eald- law wn the judse the lmbsnyder wedding at first united in hamilton wiii- xsie too uptin enteriiik a for a single spur one spur asked a scotsman stilllcrs asked what use is the man well replied sandy if i bet one side of the horse to j the uther one wll have to come wl it i ountne- liockfel are foenefleiari r foundahor ferkus hirr w itraiehrulce caliln foiiksmlle ltnlm new llamb iimui x-ut-nr- hannkkirn institite holds annlal picnic hie ilnnilo nuul picnic u a tu bannkburn l i tie procram with ii ners l to ais hviw in itile ana win n hivcll linim i i s iu in vii nfarjone mcjvnai fred niompsm wlilvn and iii veal- ilirl verivult imh hill allun lnil 11 l h eiis il- trtnivson inelxn mcim satl mcljiiikhn lusrc t pie plate hit in 1- i flitl u at- lira fin sept 101 sept 11- l4 se 1 1- 1 7 sept 17- is sivt 171s sp 131 sept 17ls sept 1115 sept j1j5 si jl sept j 1 j sept js j 1 sept s- jl spt sl 1 1 1 j 1 1 acton loses first ol hayewsjxastilt in first united church hamil ton on july 21 th nt four oclock a double rlnr wedding took place when mnrjinrct jean daughter of mr and mrs thnddeus h sny der of fergus formerly of camp- tieltville was married to mr ivan krskine lnmb son f mr mrs robert iamb of hamilton viiev holierl w mcljluchlin of- ficiiitwl with henry j allen 1 church organist at tlie orjan mis- jean mllroy of gait sane 111 walk reside you during the siniiik of the register the church was attrnctively dei orated uith pastel gladioli and palms the bride who was given in marriage by her father wore a gown of white nylon marqui sette over taffeta fashioned with a high neckline and a ruffle hintind the square yolp at the luuk of the bouffant skirt there uis a cascade of ruffles begin ning at the waist nnd extending into a cncular rain her long il- lusiim veil fell from n lace cov ered heaulress she carried a cas- iiide tioiuiuet of white gladioli thought to be irtrgely due to ex cellent harvesting conditions under the supervision of hart ley anderson nnd perry walbi a varied program of snorts was well carried out following this a basket lunch was served and this in turn wns followed by o business meeting conducted by presdent roy walls of hamilton at this time there were elected mr hnrt- leya cnmphellyjmepres- identt mr jioe jcnruey milton ley milton secretnr and mrs helen shaw toronto trcasurer a tiox of chocolates each wn presented to mrs ed mnhon mrs las mnhon and mrs lloyd craw ford in appreciation of the fact that thegrounds nt crawford loike bad ben made available for the past two years retiring president roy walls and retiring secretary mrs ellen rendhead presented one another with a box of chocolates each to their mutu al sunprise an appropriate prize each went frtfsrltattie vvalls ttamluont oldest lady present mr charles linking campbell vt lie oldest gent leman karen sims twentyone months old daughter of mr and mrs kenneth sims oakvllle youngest child mrs cora wrig- glesworth milton who had the most children present- six in number mil fred cook i-nn- sing michigan the lady coming the furthest distance mr nnd mrs hartley anderson cnmp- hellvillc the latest married couple the gift of a book was sent mr peter hartley milton the oldem gem leman last war who was unable to 1m present mr and mrs harry hartley dawson michigan and mrs fred cuok lansing michigan were cor- diall i el corned it was unnntntously decided tjia the reunion should 1m held an- nuall and that next years gath ering should take place in june the reunion ended with a sing song and auld iang sne and is published below the wor kers hnve in j he month had a blje task sometimes six cali were necessary before rltlzans could b contneted it nil meant extra work for voluntary workers 14 i de sired to finish the job this month there is still a lot of work to lie done please he ready to give your decision when thf canvasser calls or better still go the other halfway and contact your worker go to the jinnkttr pubtlettfnitles office and jgj- hinpf inn there is still about half of the 10000 objective of the citizens share to be rnlsed it can be done if everyone gives the best boost losslhle if you nre short of casli it mnkes no difference your pled ge can be marie for six monthsind paidas you desire within that time the- work on the swimming pool cannot he started before next spring your cash will not he re quired until then but the com mittee must be assured of fund- be fore the work can be started the 10000 citizens obetivrf must heasflured before- the enn- vass of the business men and man ufacturers can be started this phnse should be completed thin month here is the first step an honcedj effort has lieen made to compde a correct list if there are error they will be promptly corrected if called to lhe attention of the com mit tee nassagaweya sels kales of taxes for lhe year aclon uad intil the eighth inninesi when milton scored i huns to clinch tht first lame of ilnyoff serif by peuiter u 11 i 1- oct j- i t new tvlinhjshaied aircraft w1n lit tii ale iitunting in the initial but ac- tun u ft three men on base in the irnnd ryder inglei later scoring nil two suhsllent sjlfetles li mas- iris arid morton again acton le tvo milton here on saturhhiee men on vinl da7 tnrs bv the aclon v t ym f j hi fifth an tltur to masales a nine j sten ha a iissel hall and i inle h ilusk juished him home iie giemtm that has iel f- kitt f t ht isftors made an out- eiinis ilung t tie irliiius a stirilnij- catch at centre a he went ti ini hi snitet intin- ri k ui r lliushs lm- nd t ailhete last niht wlien tifdrne ie tune t i u k fi mltun in in fie ith aruletsnn finl 1 n s ie it 1 foil kit pit iil j 1 limlped imme with acn 1 i n rdi r and eleven hmgv itl wni it li run anlei sin num- ei 1 ft m milt ns in hurci ai- 1 m musters single rder tool- ion turned to the red iis i n ul an t i lk a low thiovi to s c- te st ganif tf a test if mi in i tame in t n- tis- e in int i i nii i t v- 1 siw stuot a mimei f s en 1 wat eruuises eirti an sihine eikih nni misiv fliw el suit with aikth j silure l t h uint kwii-t- hihth- putting metanson tii hnirti actuau luk umged a single moilnk sim deer hunt in township dtkrtinhed at the july meeting nnd wrrl perrs miss man kitts of milton was niiki if tumour while mlss marl- ln limh niece of the groom was junior hrldesmnid ttiey were dress d alike in powder bluoj ntssagawea lownshp l nmcil m nmisee tl m- mimi n ats ami klaves tlelr dretso m xv illn m x wte stvleil like the itii m ansickh rse piesiiling mr hltchcim k was trent at this meeting tu discuss the qies- lues mateliuia lliei n o 1 matter left over till little mary lu ferusnn rtlece n m ailhy h p apnew r alrer k m andetmin f andeinn j anilerwin h andrews m arhle ii ashley c atkiiimin t ayles 1 allen allen w illllley ii ilayliss 7 ii liennett m j hilton a wliek n j nttinehi- n hrnidn a ilrimn a t hrouij f broun llrntlum ilrtsltm v iti own i hainl h n hialda m ii 11 10 in nn in nn in nn io no in no in po in no r nn in nn in on in no in no no in t in nn 3 10 no i no 11 14 1 ifl in no ini in on n no 1 u ro nn llnun unmn i it uowmnn i kentnn w lllinehe v hallss a ileeis v -h-hm- iiirtud ntiii f iiii wltti n ribbon frill nrountl lia at l a- ill nliioiitilli t s imi1 m shellpink j i i s iln taer witti miletuni lionnet itii im ai all i vle- hit lulllenntll llress was nw like the ollirs sli u 1 a t in nosegay of rutics nl arntlavei s wui a rltinoii a 11 law vwe a no passed -t- m iia ianili trtiier of the tin the lales ti theseliool ann hi was in the ulh- ah i tt- imaliuni srhwl s-e- es in lu i- i mr rohert snyder r si la -h- and mr wlllard 4iifvi siu- ireek 7111 i 1 1 r 1 1 lllikley k a ulanihe w itl ml i n lliwn h lhwii c w lliadsh i iu ll i vt t hi- lis he i for 1- ar ilim was k sniiri leailms ami iassl rlet en it lltnllev m h iitiiiiii l hl1 illlllelle 1 s llelluiiv ii k lilllllle r lllow t 10 t 11 to 15 no s no o iki 111 1x1 in 111 il ivd in imi hi il mi id no 1 nn 11 ini in on f trft 10 iki 10 00 jl co in 00 5 iki lltllilleil on page kle ik n ainiet and pi vr li tist or mis mofta r 1 m t in- ii mcl veng n li hut hen k idmm and hill goodwill and hi iirre- lagged iti e thompstui and arlene jojin matthews and kvelvn kicking the shoe- rill dri thompson oot he reg race mrs ii u and mr k goodwin mr ttuimpm and prank thonp eldet1 institute menin- s h lindsay other items of interem included hors shoe pitching and baseball luncfi was iwtrved by the indies and a short peflod of duncing was enjoyed ttiudi moffat v in austral been tes nm be fl itn w hlch on a large able to hold fuel rs was announced b hfviiit chiif sclen- nn mmtsti of sup- w ho has just return- ms itninionwvath thincl tsonference siiil live wing had tl n rntain and would n in a gilrt- by the melarison iimits thro side ight at third re ring tie mrs roil austral an air force under tlie ln lied kingdom- australian reiprocal aeronautical research scheme the wing is deslgntsi with a suction sitem to counteract drag it is aluut three time as thick as a conventional airfoil section and wouul be particularly apphcnble to the f l lnic wins type of ulrcrnit it hat already been tested out in flight in bnt- uin s i i ti tour i uns anl t me onl time t hev i nanl lr i o this it was ec ivelv act mi hut the vj 1ad tfe tste1 ill i not suffice as two tvi- ms and two ht- went all the o r four run n tin- eighth seru eiltls rini i itmt ed hlil to the milfltl l the lo iracicall all milton runs wet scored nn or as a isult of infiel imhhles the four ints notched the red oips were hardl aditjuate t win lut with errors aiding thfni ro ss t was a different story acton stliie resumes ihtc in situiii miljoi wth act m on the rdiort side j acton masters lb morton lb a llst minute bid lo- even the m- i u footitt c count after mnsaln singled was y waterhouse rf j waterhous foiletl by backstop r brush wh made a stellar catch of llndsa loul fly coming kvrnt iterient single in the igv vent sconl n a balk r rf i irgd ma sale thinl error allou ii ilenivit and itrush to count wl fr went to first rill wal erhfiis driit a drve in rh alng p hruh t yirf a if r ti m- ian son pushed fa arid rrush home n h k lm0 ikrj mtc 5 11 7 i tno i w r i i ihe ueoll of log ta ss4d bllt ho iii thil t after the sieiiltn 1 im1ptlon plsellt j i is i ll at the stsittlsh rite lei k was i untrue ted to i ir fu tit guest mrs snder ti the ceik of rushnch i n st in a pearl gre iress iiw nship asking their council to l a k i i fsmijiis a tl a ooisjige o nnit the na vsagaw e a council at m et s ph- grooms mother m nlitn corner con nee i tig if t g fgui ed jers dresi cunt road at it m navaga- g- a i1sskris and a corsage of s a to mopisi the road jinkliiid mauve jwet peas fr r a iesdutiin was pasjwd is fopt i a mtor tnp o montreal nnd s that the rolutlon of july n h i-jimun- w he bride wore a coco mh ims re purchase of u u n hi mi taffeta suit with matchng knatehbull hall le changed to v rv av a hife aoessones and a con- ad sumni instead f 100 fhi pm a- i g- r gaidenlat anie tti in- used jis a poll ing sta mr and mrs lamb will rwdde j i stnev ovek where mr lamb uncil adjournal to meet a member of the teaching ataff aukllst at n on juat kdfed jl aridervon c o ryder p milton clement rf u drush c s fay lb d druih if grenke p stover cf melanson 3b vans ib two hits nnd two mlsruet- were rusk kh instrumental in morton nnd mas- i tnnires hmmls and whlteman of siltfleet high school of the overage russiar bruce iicktiart writes he hot more of the milk of human kindness than any other national of the rus sian government crueler than moiit uailoit talk navy wife when we- were flfn married you uild i had a shape like a beautiful shin husband yeah but your car go has shifted rarn innce nt claude plcketti fann sventti llre w mllea north df hornby i aug linh mimleriuilres orcestrn ad mission 50c btf knox church dinner tuesday august 10 nt 715 pm in the church scionsored by ladlm aid rickets may lie had from any member before monday noon jlickeu 50c