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fche jmtott sttt rs seventyfourth year no m acton ontaklo thuksday febhuary i7lh im1 eight home print pg sl cat h tenners keep up losses in oakvilte game tuesday opnckrs for the hoys am anur hand lkltkl 1xir tiie yeart nku ministeh at knox lcihiiiairm siwh isnprev- steal ami trome tw aetttt tmm 73 in tuujay iw in gatown lt ttdsedftl- d u with bru0i tonlgkt artoi jd rf- town will ami la fir round liyffe it teems only ytardy when artoi was tha hottest team in the watand oakvtlls dmplyi imbed- 44 l the cellar they were happy ay for fans wva its an altogether different itory oakvtite are set ting the dave utr while the tkjtners des eend daapar with every game ac cordingly these are gloomy days lor intermedi fan why you have us thire bui an the strength of tuesday night a yame which oskvltle won 1x wed ay limply because legionnaires ewvskwrahly strengthened are jneh impmh while the- tanners ami how aflvta more than ihey did at the loops start knlrklng five goas in the first chapter oakvllle rod to an easy decision on teortritown tie w hrre ika tilt was played du lu soft lev condition irf oakv itle tanners fscrmllted them to heat a straight path to fvlns in th chapter practically lralng lh nt unntol rated as they tested eves angle oakvllle rufkcd flvtlms ampe marglh to win the game but fvans net minding blocked a doien more shot with labels on thrm the latter i wo periods were brighter and featured gw1 ail hockey but milt tegvmnatres had n edge as they outsrored acton 1 clinging tenaciously to ihrlr reepecthe checks they voudni live tanners a chance to break in on leger their stellar custodian tanners had a host of chance to blush the bulb but as man limes s rhry clustered around 1- ger their effo were fruitless all fort again phn three k rllo gave three goals they scored were nice efforts and the culmination of smart passes but their shsntlog around the net mrssed up the whole show oakvllle on the othrr hnnd con tlnual lcat fxans with screened shot released from wcji out their releases had enough veloclts to permeate tangles of lrs and arms without deflrrttng wide rvans hardk caught a glimpse of thrm olonoghue lncled a smaller lag of comic qpera in thr game in the early minute of the second period when he knocked one of thi officials or a loop after th mun in while meted out a tint in tlie don jon to him for a mtnuic fan auspect ed t hrre w a irot ng t o he another suspension but the ref dis cerrwd it was unintentional and imposed only a minor nip aaul ttsru it was a nip and tutk battle in tbe early kindles of thi first atania with trottei golfing a long one past evans to put oakvllle up wlth durant and mcnally in pen ance fo roughin leno mirru tied it up at 8 00 before k nnod potted oakvkltrs second cvse aid imuran paired up and finished off a pretty ifojt ng knotting thr count thi consctullv goals to oak a new 4ani to the game on theae was scored while oakvllle were short to give an indication of play from here in acton m v r tttreatctiod to tit it up llaihu banged in imuran t t pass to nd the alton scvrtiux at lb sisvndtt of the middle ihapur the only other counter in that canto came trwax dalson s stik as oak vtue a sixth goat jle snstched the pui from durant and with line- mates galbralrh and patterson went through easlb to score t mpo in the final chapter uat fierce with only one goal to pet ers of oaklleat 1418 bay lias and ooy turned in good performances for acton while the are una from oawlle patterson cafbrmtth and davison stole the oakvtlle end of it terry a big raarguard shone defensively f rlrsl perlad- o trotter brownt 4 j6 a i alarao to piuiotfhuev 8 00 o kennedy patterson cul- brmltht 9 0j a coxe idurant 9 30 o twrry tthomasi y opattrun ioalbrah 14 07 o alcunb 1sj9 pena baylies durant mcnalk 13 coy trotter 8eeoml period a baylua tdurant 016 o davison icalbratth patter- aoo 1035 pens odonochue davuon duranl reddle tturd period o patera u 18 swinuninpool contributions still comr in winter in sp4te of february waartier contributions to acton community swimming pool fund continues at though the pace has not the heat that characterised the project this tail summer this weeks contrib utions put the total funds over the turmo mark with the coming of spring it should be no problem to raise another 3000 to put the first phase of the project over it would be splendid if the funds were all on hand so that wak could start tn the project in early spring and the children would secure some benefit from t he sw imrolng pool this summer here it the way the fund tand at present previous acknow icdgcd 7 j71 vi n 1 hoc he 10 to in memory 25 on 9h00h 0 1 uln thcli iil a iun ii- td wlrlt lint t iuimi ihtir mw nav hluc nrrt jui i uiufoimi tituny nnlent upft ipvtfr- pliyiwo to assut this i tfr ixganlalloti in tmitlng ihf suliblnnnai cost of the i uniform alrtktugh the baud did not mske any campaign or solicit any dona t ton the received a great deal of support from jeople who lisd lift acton old liand mem bers and many interested town people e executive felt 1ihm cutitrlthjtlofis should he acknow ledged and therefore are pleased 0 present a list of l heir gennous aupporters fur 1wh nat i un on shoe and ivth er workrrs 1kb1 jc vxlw i iuke or devonshire t i r v 0 urs i ijndsay 10 m wits 1 item ley mil acton women s institute j5 00 mit k luisull u mr k mackenzie 1 anonymous 10 oo ilotchens ilakery mhi mrs i sterbronk i mr j wolf 140 anonvmou vil board named lor norval allilclic by esquesingjcoiiiuil k- v ijikeuy u appointed ah filnunt aurww to make aammkfentu for 150 levy itev kobert h armstrong mjs formerly of hratwifldge who laat week assunirvt charge of thr pa toinn of knox jr sbytrrian c huith acton telephone lines will be removed from mill street 1111 tesepron confrnt with wtbiic luulle cviaunabhmn re uat of pol4w ac on puhltr lltllltlea ommli ion met in r gutar session tues day evening all members were present with chalrnuin c m han sen presiding b all reaolut ons v passed at the i pedal meeting of february nd pertaining o the power situation tt ii at a risiiil mring of llw a ton ho ml iris hand th l ettlon or offlit is for uv year im look plnn on hit tuil of the nxi klitutlon imtlittly drawn up jn rr i r hit ir nn ax foil m conductor c w mason luu dint j dilu me ir od nt m burns set n iar s ha kton trrsmiirr vtte nifoim oi f ccr i simpson r nngf mi nt f uctr j ciiu masli r at arm- j jiac 1 ihrnrlnri j spit uogi i carrtakt r j wart- inttrunu nt officer c douglas council engineer confer on plans sanitary severs advue hvvuion uf foniwr llan and armnjro for wort next mr injubed hand while operating automatic press while operating an nulomniu prews last krtday at the v rr pr sj office hobt mac art hur foreman had the misfortune lo suffer a a ii ml in uik it a t n ounill man h 11 list itmito vi nln w im t uiuilorvw j mi lol i sii 1 i ii t r nit i 1 put ltcit t i r pri w ni nti hcp t jones pn icunj cuum ii imni uime tlni in rr vising iht lliiiilo fir r11 iirir to s ulnj tjit tnx tnli mr it k an1 rum nn rri gtnur w i m nl to discuvs with ouht i hi plnnk for mw tuif in acton and nuw ttk wi i k thnt had thus far tn t h itom after going cmr tti hins and sreehlrllnr- thai hwl lx m pre fjujueklng township i ounrll held tlielr regu ar merllng mi monilay afternoon february 7th all members were present and the reeve orge currve prlod minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted and correspood- entv read mr arthur lleaumont and mr win shrnk attendeil in conned ion with the cemetery at len wll hams the heeve prtmtued to n hulre as to thr proper pnx rdute lir this matter thr to lection of gaitage wa nvmuiuoned by mr iuaumont and ounrll frit this woukl have to lie handled in the same ininnrr o in vt lighting tiy taxing in rer i ii in a leas the following accounts wer- pnm for piiynunt hoard of my dio oiimilialuncro eoi gi town stitet lights 74 t rioral n t a ton dirk 1 s and liall ren lal 1 j m oiyi own 1 urn i to laiilvs hwjuu ontario ius j itnl wimnutmk il vi onlattl f lft of mrsllfl f1 ii alton riee i n ss ndvt rluing j ui juindmnj i t jinmplon iidvertisink jfo va ration army hmhi i vf llennrtt 1 rrglstjar 11 vi li 11 ii plum h l 1 ind vnlh y auth ully x a ilinioii stninps 1 k it 11 hi mpson sti ki r and feiih r council dectrtcvt to petition hf lx part me nt of lllghwa s for the subudy on in approve d ejendl tun on roods during l of 48 the treasurer was authorized ti lay win cave vl fcr rent lt lief accounts of t 10 ai entm ly the kilkef offliir mr k k pakkkk i iioskn chairman v liomfc and school at i f irimtihrnl imliit f lit jtw vi n 1 nv and roit a srriittt n mn rant rumi r t r llatton mil piel viuny anil mr it smith vlr pimdnt of t lu ll no mil li 1 auumlaikm for onum inwalud tr ofdni ap oiuied mr it it 1siw was aphniiled lo t he irfli e if premdent wll h mrs nrielt awl mr h chandler i first and seeorul vh epreslderits rnjnilv ly mrs w ti smith is the ft ordlng secretary mrs j i relghton the orrespondlng ser retary and mr ii lllnton the i reaauier ihie appointed to the j- sex ullvr omniltte wie mrs h ullen mrs i ivll mrs it rlllott mrs ii filling mrs c i jindtttoiough hiese of fleers will conducl i his nrgnliatkn for the year and wel me inteiealrd a lull nienviers to their meetings in the first if at h month in the i uhltr scho i a la i ge group of enthusiasts at i nded l he lnauguial meeting of ihts organization and there seems every kss htufy ttiat this new ir nnlintlnn in alton will nitel with rral fui 1 1 ss nortlirrn district discuss i ifls school problem meeting of that date all restrictions imposed by the hcal commlhjtlon re the domestic us of if ons vmohris hot water heaters etc were i ancelled nt the request of the power user thi regulations jo crnlng t h use of power by ndur wire also tancellrd it 1 pointed out hu ever thnt iltuens m nerallv must pictitrks shown do their tv si to cons rvi powrr iu that it will not u necisary for the retritlni in the use of elec trlclty to oe rclmpsed it was decided to take out m m deep laceration on lyie back oi pan d b m andi r and hu right mmt iwturn the first and second fingers ttie feeding arm of the press came lr contaci wtih the hand the injury is mak ing satlsfalor progress and mr macartiiur iintlnuel hli w ork after the injury was in ated at meeting of marco club i ldi rlnti the changes tjmt hml tnk en plnce sln th m inii win miuli it hai thought twst to hnvi t h- i nlih i r miki anothir surve nnd mihiull th m di tails lo nun 1 11 in a li iter wtthtn thr next fi w iu i ki 1 his wi uld nuo rlvr an i stimuli of i h cost of 1 hi work noed i th i nginis r if r vised plnn- wite subnmtd it ni cunslderi d that thesr plans cttuld be prepared and ti n iirs unil i li i ill h d in the summei whn contractors crvuld make a surviy of the town i nder this ire and nf- rtts u i2 s the february meeting of th bership in the canamah srvtlonoi m ir c uh met idni sdav ev n waterworks ats ntion the an ln urt wth lltulsi p the work of sanltnv we nunl fee n10x havter s roup in char of the would posltl itnrt in 1v a letter was read from the ii f evrnn i pie hi rk wo nuth ru d b n harold hd in a vin n which m orijl r nrw au fihr was cnjortl by all tbe devothm for tfl vnul tn nil f r if p w hlch encloed ech made b chairman saunders at the km pire cub in toronto supcrlnteniicnt ijimbert told the commission that mr flyhn was anxious to have the llnv fence at the spring property rtpatrvd ie- taiu of the ct of this job are lo be worked out with mr flynn mr hopklna and mr henderson of the engineering division the bll telephone co were present to discuss with the commission the pi ptard changes in the telephone part of the meeting conwslod of a kpt in municipal records cost ot hvmn followed with prayer b mr or wni ftlout j pukcrtng mr ted hansen show cd l a bvlnw to provldi for the lj two films of pictures itlv rs of canada and peace river ils trlct after about half an hour of rcjatlon lunch was served knox wmiv held meeting at home of mrs r m mcdonald ch ndlture on ronrk nnd hrhlges nnd streits in act m ven reiul ai reciujred and passed tnc sum of 7tks was nppr irlateil for- main 1ennne ahd building of roads nnd mtvice jw lines are to be laid i km presbterin church w i ms held ttfelr minting in i home of mrs k v mcixinald on qulry 1 mt y lsftk op nod in the president h mainprise who aked the mini bers lo stand for a trief mtiimi of on bower avenue and church st with the poles being discarded on mill street pans for tw j lot i soluitor c f 1enthcrlartd gave lo count h infornintion regarding transient iradtrs llfinvi ttc and n gulntlon gi vi rnlng ordcreil pald u inw so 19 was pased appointing a ikinnt of mtnage mnt for the nurvnl athletic tub in tin nimev of ciorfcc curr e and ii ralg held as rt pn mntattv s of count ii fir 1010 nnd itev i si f n a koblns n y fendle i w louth and w coneland as rep i nsentatlves of local organization a b law was introduicd and pasved aphlntlng k c i lndsn asslstont nssessor for th- town bhlp lo mnkc the nsmment on i which the rite of tnxation for 4he i i ear 1050 shall be fixed and levied i a pmvidid by statutes of ontario iwr m council introduced and pavvtl a h law for pamem of a bountv on rxsl foxes killed within themown ship d law no 549 was passed to prov ide for nad expenditure for 1949 the reeve am treasurer were empowered to relneat the pro reeds of province of ontario s per cent txind rtup 1vw tvmotlglng lo the rallwnv bonus fund council ndjourned to meet on march 7th at 1 10 0 at the call uf the reeve it j rew nt ittvi 1 adj inint niiiiik l alltlrs w tin nilgttl le tnler ivti i in j in uk a high srhool dls trlt if a unlrnl imhii was built a i ti n irtfierly etl n if f- mju s wik l wnhlp hi id sn informal ills rowlon on the question in arton unrll chamber on monday ev ening the vartrmi grnupi rep- irsnted wll tontinue i confer ami situ re information on the qustl in and meet wild other groups who might te interested in the district ai tim ium il wire hosts f r thi me ling nnd coffee and sand wirhis w n enj iyed during the bimninq mt j f if ir i ount council urges speedup iew assessmetil check up khuwu tkat no munlripajiuefl have a ins nearly coeipjete dse new a ual ed assessment program was thoroughly discus rd l he regular meeting of hal ton county council following the tahllng of a report of the newly formed commlltlee following a review of the pro- grcss in the different munuipajm- les mtmbaa- felt umt aaadilsa should be set to have the program complatad jamas oodlet ckatr- man of the committee said a tur 1 wry found some munvhjmhtlm would not be ready for another i ear and others not until later while some reeves announced ad ditional assistance was being given l heir assessors tn order lo speed up the work ihey thought com pie i ion would be mad in time lor the 1061 asaessment tn a resolution by pyler and fodlet council appn veil of set ting selemlcr u 1040 as the dnle fur i omplellun they urged that evrry ffott uuuld be hsade ti l h niunli m lit b a to have it i inplrldl oy tin n mr rod t mini some muaicl ialllui only ve n purt time as s vsoi and irts duties are taken up with the r gular assessing yh hi f urtln r in gi d ih si muntcp iiom t ion full time man u eye j hlgglru upland this pr grnm was staried four yera ago and t has tui n dragglag out ciwtin ntnsidt rattle money i feak mm data should bs sh to prevent dragging this out much longer mr xxxllet felt that with some municipalities having cosmpletwf tjieir work and others takksg j ear or su longer woud mean the efforts of the farmer would be fruitless he strongly urprl all mun clpalllles to oomplete their but rsther the meeting was one in w h t h inffiinatlon was gathered and discus i in njoywl a us iupms practise hard for tiie commencement n tciutntatlve of the hi 11 p ionr lo and superintendent w i son arc to niak a urs y of th mr silence in tribute to the memor tow n and di tails usj ketl out to the k t r i of the late mrs w j tould a be advantage of hurt it parties x itage of twill parties the mhrrla3 was inttrui t d to 1oed m nvber of the auxiliary for the hawkerx ami peddltrs furthi r in to im null rt kirduia tin f s put ih ot hi i nun cijvill tus and a h law w is to h pn parid in nit udinii with new rt g ulnllons coutnl nuo dii ik1 the build ing inw qnd rtuatlons and iiinn that should be nade to for the first time in seviral enrs the railunllon fxi n ise at tfx aclnn hjgh school wl i be nr c mpnnled with n two hour pro- trm of song done e p t and sui h like with only a week re malntng the school timetable has been altered to permit last minute drills and rehearsals miss shanti and mr linns n are as tttlng the pupils in their drama and musical numbers while miss mrt ool and mr mclean give hep in pt and gymnastics irlnclpal sit wart will preside at the cnad uatl n f xe nisei and james dills is getting primed for master of ceremonies a fashlott show designed to be different from any other ever itakeil is lelng prepared iy ted tyler and his henchmen afti r next tuisday the school will pmb- ahl ones aniln settle down to the usual routine w imniwi ihe committee also recommend ed ord uoger to present a mon thly rnrt lo council in the rom pleted assessments from the diff erent mun dpalllles so as lo en able council to have a ttaflntt rheck on its pruogreas the survey indicated naasafa wea hur of 7tjjn1ts 3t10 were competed in kaq uesl ng ou t of 1m 6 units 111 completed xth z3 partly completed in aftiui fm units 141 completed in muton ikfi units all measured with 479 compleud in trafalgar aacuon l 0j units with 4ts comfdeted sec tlon 1 1uoo to um un u not half competed in oakyilte 3315 anlts 711 tomphted eorgetowei l2m units til completed nelson 3400 units 900 compiled ilurllngton 17110 units 565 com pie tad rs men munch iubuc speaking colrse in acton httttiway retort bit not furnished in ontario dem s many vears the worship ser- niet t pnent nqulrements wntetohfpc pointtn out that conducted b mr f j the power conservation was csasi- i mr a altar soclfety of the secretary and treasurer s ing the commission quite a sum eaih month as the revenue will not pay the cost of power and op erating expense the following accounts were passed for payment x llyslra dartaat ii epc of out 375 acton free preas ad 13 60 j u mackenzie a son coal 2 90 highway garare ol etc 1930 mrs h mcdonald renew aj 65 masco elec co supplies 16 67 l cunningham at hill sup plies can cm elec co northern elec co kec general of canada spect meters j as r kearney corp exprxss a transport 5v world tay of prayer service reports were read and approved the business of the meeting was the appointing of two ladtea from the wjtfs to take part in thef- the altar society of st josephs st josephs church annual meeting church held their annual meeting which will be held in st alfcafltjand a valentine party in the urehtnlhethdavsl march j churchllalllast -thursday-svon- a letter from mrs e barr was ling rev father morgan opened 1 read thanking the mmbrs of thej the meeting with prayer and the vm s for cards received by her while she was a patient in toronto general tppltal the study book this year is on it j china ard mrs buchanan gave ijihe ladies who had helped in any in- jtm in talk on the reujj ions of china introducing the top- annual reports were preaented mrs d gordon president thankej father morgan uhe secreiary- treasurer miss d gibbons and mil sitotl way to make the year 194b the success it was father morgan also ic to whom shall we go expressed hla thanks to the soc- mr fjhassard kjtoke on con t tety fot their g work durin fumtanum and mrs blow on-bud- the ar i dhtsm the story f hxiw qhriit- a special va en tine program was lanity became one of the recognu- thoroughl enjoyed by the mem- ed religions of china was told by bers fa her morgnn told tho story stersvorks depaxtnsent mrs buchanan who spoke of the ppwer and luat at spring 556t fe arut work of st francis javier can brass co lud w cunningham a hill wallace and tlernam acton garace 100 44 malko hcci and the first protett- 14 tt j ant missionary robert morrison 7 91 1 the meeting was closedaslth pray- sztsj er after which a vry dainty lunch was served and a social time was 21257 spent e of st valentine and mis j lex- niewlch gave a reading ill u zett erand mrs p kenney attired in o d- fashioned costumes enter tained with a few favourite songs lunch was served and a most pleasant evening closed with god ssvjj king mj at a well attended dinner met t ing in the ymca last thurwlnv the s mins club decided unani- moiul to sponsor an rightweek adult course jn public speaking this project in adult education will be directed hy the department of english of the ojlc guelph be ginning on- wednesday evening of this week from 7 to 9 p m it was felt that many persons might wlih to take advantage of this oppor tunity so it was decided to restrict the class lq lhenilfftbr recom mended by the cngltsh depart ment this course will be free to members of the th with a small chsrjpe to non members and held in the ocs i y ray canham was guest speaker and told effectively of his two i week yisit to england and scot- land ben rnchllnwas the genoaf fines muter and tried as he said i to distribute justice with no mal im aforethoubhranmnpated tn mercy halfway through th- din ner hour a number of members wen compelled to leawe hurriedly to answer a fire call from the tan- nerjr w hlch provskj to be a false alarm it was announced that prof w m drummond head of the econ omics department at the 0ac uould be the guest speaker at the next meeting kn xlng that we travel the htn s hlghwav between acton and 1 mtdon tnuil everyday i are ask ed for and give information on ad condltloivs to many tnquirlss rhe ixpartment of highways pub lishes a weekly report of road con ditions but of course it has to be condensed if readers like it could include the following servfoe each issue as the conmtkms grow worse here is our report on 25 first half ml e below acton is rqugh and full oi small hole its rough again alone about stewart elliott s place and it feels as if the corduroy was close to you down through the swamp section of the road get out of there and there must oe a vitle or to of fair going until you reach speyslde butshere is a liver shaking rough spot below thesteele f arm before you reach speyslde from speyslde proceed with care there are hbe big enough shake snyhlng oiuyaiir car loose same quarter mile after you reach the newly built section you may reutx4 little and with careful go ing yoitu not get severely joted until ypu reach the section where the highway erossas the base line north of millon yo cant miss this one so go easy i thais highway no 25 as we feel it wm r stewajtt assumes new poflt in education deft william it stewart high aohuul- i inspector formerly of actual and muton and son ot mrs and th late w ii stewart has been ap pointed by the department of ed- ucatlon as acting dlrerfjdr of kng j llsh instruction in the bmnguar schools of ontario some tisne ar public sihool representative in a brlrf lu the ruyal commission on etucotlon compalneit of what lhey tailed the anomaly of having bl- lngual achimils in sped ad by french jeaklng inspectors only mr stewart taught french inhar- bord collegiate and tn ut3 and in 1043 was made a high school in spector coming events j u still as iissmm oskst esss aaaw this kssdsse se sfcir sa sasu m hftvs vita s isslasiiai caanss lot say issnsmbmu j keep thursday march 10 open for the euchre and od urn tssjios iponsored by the acton women institute dont mjss acton high school conunencment town hu toesw to february33 p vrted program- come early returning by popular request helton male choir imiwhi church mondsy february 2slh 8 pm get your tickets now some- tp bannockburn isrm forum on monday febnsmry h for an evening of euche fber will be door prises admission 25c