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t kevntypourth war no 42 atlon ontakio thursday april 211 llltl eihl home print pagca sin cmu 682 cranks went dead as bell system changed married in acton fifty year ago 1tw uul tbko official wjiwaiirl fttanjrovr to he coaajaso luuery hyvlow at leaj t1pkoa offlf on wjnauy afuftuum kur tium hti in iwyotihint of hy fcttd arpriatd by ah i altering in a new lelepjkin ra in acust nm tslepjione system nun into operation ymltnuy ef ternoon whn he magneto thatvgv that had served this com m unity for man wn was ut v and oomniun battery e iiftajg ituk over th old switchboard want dead l about ti otlock and within two minute winking lights on ui new awlurvhoard showed ut a ton aubarrltn were already using th naw system the flrat outgoing long distance call to be connected through lh new buanl was placed by rew t jones who officially ojened the new service by talking to mri fvtcher thi or vanoouvvr a lifelong friend of ihr family in ulaugurate local urvl through ova naw avchang mr a t llrown mail th find total rail to hi wtf a gt unce the lights on the naw hoard began to wink aa th find calls were placed the f1rl connections tir made by mies mary redman chief opera tor au operators had previously rwvhl special trejntnar in the handling of the new equipment the final phase of the conver sion program hat nw commenced at irtetalier have begun the work of replacing the present acton tlevtoaa with more modem com ftee eata with no hand crank the ru manager haa issued a warning to telephone uera no i to mm the crank on the wider type during a all conversation ihla might result in the call being dl- rwuwrleal among attivn uttora at the e changv w ho witnessed ihr i ulovei of th atem vtrr lteeve and mrs throw tones ivjmu reeve nl mr 1 imri clerk i met en hie mr a t itnmn mr and mr tvd lutikii nl mr and mr u lwls 1111 offl lau from the- ditrl t eluded mr 1 i sanderson di tricl rvanaeei mr kan kin of ijwtrion mr llarr mr u inrter ml mr prank llarhrr o kltrh n ee 5evtng njornvauv afler the change mr saruteron realld ot the frtendnneea w ae4e in ht twtttv ear ai dutrttt manacer and the nreeent improement art in kee4ng itth the enerl gtlh if the deji 411 acton had rilwrslfwsl aerxse in that dial and telet were- lnclu1eal in some a utn plants the aval em hmd grown frxm anut it- rs3 today ee jone onrjlmente1 the hell o n the splendid er1te they kad jwn and the efflrenvn auatiuned hen the war had hredten diwva the mandarda cf nvut ever other nrvke ur a t brown ivcalled the mtue jn lnh rwltch hoard that wai tnatalled when he became kval nanagvr mr the vnnan in 1896 the nreaent hoard haa acrwnmo tatian ft f number and addtt kal unit will he added aa the vrvhv exrainda oa tueada afternoon r2 cranks wee dead in arton and it wm ual a rvrti a feejlng of relief at when hnrv fnrd emmmated ihe fmaj and n4vatt and rut a aetf carter on hli fller we know how to cfcank but we neer enjovad it wttether it was telephxme or auto- twntiua fhctaihia of the telephone change wu w puhjuhed next wek ady fcol as one of the con te n the barton marathon awdt it rtn tw camrftan na7 stationed at halifam jm has contneted in school aad other events here and in cuelxdl several acton motoriats report wing aaanipj varylac -ooatnbu- tion fcvr alleged speeding on ts laat fnmfm of oeorgtown ulght lae wall to remembm- that the baomjiriea of 0e ne town ambitiously axread wwll beyond th fcaxup aktioa information cuppjied the jrvea regarding the textile dinner at ranftlaaa was mcorrect wr ant 3ac3noyr unable lo be preaent oulng to oar lllnrat of tils father ur h- a boye ur and ura hugh crahaw were auang th gueats aw alao moaty ran kilnn jacques drliiitn arton audience on wtilneaday wenlnn ual the riidfulty c ircle of the acton united chut tit iiewotkl pi faat- urtng the famoua uuetvaa kdna jajura in a delightful retltal of aomr f hrr wttrks i haiilmly for thr etntng was mib itatrd mri mi 1ail and ur rahlrt eath tendered fine solo and a iiulntetlt ompuatht of mlsaea j tellrrley m holstmt h routon a vvani and h ejhott tang in a utile spanish town mtaa uennett inlruducad ur ed na jacques making particular mention of the m hok httara in ivternber mrs jaivjuea born neat niilnawimhl offrreil he i first pornt for sale lu the mimiae jaw times mrr early life on a honu elrad in haskatihewan pnivlded hnr vllh many homey uihecta for her program the poetess t rested her uw n infotnval almuspheir and iuiil limed a recital uf soma of the most delightful poetry by any of our canadian poeteaae home of her selections my neighbours clothesline to a seed merchant my daughter ware among the imple subjects which she gave so inti lestlngly and provided the aud irmt with the tnforioal baikgruund foi thiir inspiration mrs lacquea lntersperel h r poema ilh witty d amuaing ronmum from her personal vs panumi mhich she has gslnevj in esiroaivi travels in united states canada un th alaskan highway and in small frontier settlements i turns the various types of people enthusiastic audience ac torded mrs cdna janjuei a warm acttmian welcome and she espraa ed her hanitlneks that the could for one mlghl be a part of oui ll lage appeals heard at assessment revision tuesday ionxuhlr ifol cihjxww rfwlsita to join thr lrminrij ljlr alton couiuil met oil tuexla night a court of hexuuon trt the wennrt toppfrrirntit isncrmfnt roll for hmd with tvpulv beee tj 1 r and count tllor v mcltl and t nicvil present and hivi t joncn presiding harold qordon appealad ali aa kessment ivi the ground that his house waa not completed instdr and water and light connections had not been made chief harrop said thlft wa a mutake and he kit th nckrumont should be w ithdrawn mr gordon said it would not be cwnpleted for three months thos ware felt his assessment wa too high assessment on house and garage was s140 the figures on similar houses in town nere taken for comparison albert ware felt his assessment of h1o0 on house and garage was too high this was onl a partial aa- aessment as the house a not com plelr mr ware asked that the name be changed from herbert to albert alex mc cache m asked that the tmvmcss tax be cancelled as he was not conducting the laundry busi peas- the appeal of harold gordon was allowed the appeal of thos ware was replaced by fftso as the garage was not all on his property the business asaeanssent of ars uc- kachem was written oft a letter from constable cecil gibbons tandarad bis resignation efrectlve aprq 1mb he thanked council and chief harrop for the ktndneas ahown aim during ais term of offtoe council accepted the reognatian with regret con stable gibbons is laavtng aetna to join the provincial police fore af ter three and a half years of service here mr allan leuhman desired to build two new houses on a lot with t7 foot treataf on arthur street and asked for a permit for such buildings th matter was left to the judgment of the building in spector to meet the building re- qmremeotiv mr and mrs charles w mason who on sunday marked their olden wedding antuaeiury 11ui hav iked nuial of their lives in the home comnmnlty fholoa ty vu fliujiuw ijkk mkmi1krh1i1p irkhkrjtki hv kn wms ijutt tiiiiiwday the knox presbyterian churth w m h held their monthly meeting at the home of mn ida hltrhle on thursday last the meeting u a opened by th president mrs h mainprise with a brief address and prayer a cordial invitation waa ealrnded by mrs t anderson to all present to atund the may meeting or thi junior auxiliary of the wms when mrs a c stewart of mid land will be guest speaker mrs c hansen and ura t niow were appointed a coanmltlee to secure fundi to send a boa of food to an east indian student from british guiana who is studying for the ministry in england a pleasing feature of the meeting was th presentation of a ufe membership certificate to miss robena clark by the ufe members of the knos presbyterian wms the preatntatlon was made bv mla annie stalker mrs hold aimatronu ne a very intt r atlnt leading nuumung l r moaa the worship srrx ire w a uken by mr a j ilui hanun ho ri ad th tei stiplitri li won mil ihr itaer w a offend by mrs i j lbml th mt rllng u aa trubhl to ri tlm is ih autumn of a lumn and pm i r b mrs hi n on a ilrtintv liuuh hun vtvul b th commute in ihirte out a mh a half hi ui uri nent married in acton filly years ago mark anniversary mr guid mrs chsvusi maaon rarrjv conttatuuluhu of many r lends at home 1 1 rr married in alton fifty year k iv rev j a milathlan at th mrthodiat parsonage on ikmrr avenue mr and un t run irs w masorw markiil their fiftieth med ding anniv rury ihi sunday at thrlr home on willow ktm t w hli h was for mmv uir aliut u mitho it inrsonagr sunday afternoon and vening many friends of this fine rouplr tailed to offer congratulations and the alton ftlinds wrre auifinenlttl by thos from toronto kllhrnrr i ei lluffalo and guelph u rrs fnim iih al t mn and churrh i tganiriti n sni curtii front oryjckks wklectei i ky naxkafawkya iiiwy ilkkw injffltirrk the ilia llees tuld their annual meeting t tlu home of mo kim r use lust wednesday afti niotut wllba apliodid allwudaiue- mrs mii un was in tlie t hair and aited as plauutl roll all was an awerel uy paying ttf ke a minutes tflast meeting were read and the financial leporl given by mrs hlan rublnaoa audltois nimrt thowed btmks in gxmtgoidr sod iuiu receipts for th year cufrrsptml drntf told of raising if inmtiershlp fees t uk which were no aaara favoured than last year home thank t ihj ntitea were rrsul and in w hand book reported mrs mrai and ura man rob ilukli wi le ete ted to attend the of fliers lonfneme at ulh pimiis vtne made to us tmir blotters to publlriie sttr brain h of ttw wl a jo liaiutalie lliat was nillfhl ining as to the nalur nfwi wttik estmtled by th depaitmt lit was llmuurtl and flded ouf ihr business ait of the mr tlun i omnel and it was ilrt ided in buy 1 00 tuim and thai a spec 1st hireling be held to make out ihe years pmcramme a milling is in i lw held within the wrtk and ihe may meeting will be devoted in ar rangrmeuu of the booth for nassa gawcya tenli nnlal mrs i hen i ili rum was nominated to see alxhi snap shots for this uwdh the an nual ommi cheer rrpoit showed h on hand i mis mrian offered her home fur ihe may meeting od mrs- sun hobuimin hi rs for the spe lal and mrs s r iteker hers for the iiuilllng ttie offkers and con vruuis rre reelected by one hmtliii for anolh r yeai th- ladles nr plraaed to gret t a former memlirr mrs wm allison kilbride u kvh t of our hostess mrs m 1an read a humorous lkmm a chinese pnuii mrs ine served a delirious lonh and mrs mi itm moeil a vote of thanks to her for hrr hospitality and us f hrr home mn ling was rinsed w ilh mlpah nenedlrltliut i llllr jlmmir davt npoit grandson f mm t d nm m un thr tu ilruw duplicate records lor new assessment here frit mil atilt to uttr d trim and siding licl t local ilo scout iioum the lot al communitv pioji cl known a the scxul hall is iu- grxssing rapidt ttu k g sidinf has been kppltcd to the outside gi ing the nuilding i ur scout jp pearance on the inside the trim hs all been put on and the building is nearing completion there arc still numerous odd jobs to be done but the local scout troop is hav ing its meetnlgs there now and the cub pack it is expected will make ther headquarters there shortlv donations have been received as follows joe whitham 10 and the acton rourv club 125 under the na act the pro ttnecs have the right to legislate in sixteen se vacate fields ninety years old the treasurer was instructed to adjust payment data on the second tnpplemantal aaaasmint with first instalment due may m and sub sequent payments due on the regu lar data on tuiiday aammf ac4owian joined that exxluatv ovr nlaaty group whan ura wm acalnpriz joylejuy obacrved her ninetieth birthday at her name on main fist urs malnprme la enjoying good health and friend join tat to ex tending congratulations i on this oc casion and wishing tor her many happy and healthy such events i louifhl kini it 1 1 ofc nil ol i hi m n this k hi n mirmimiiv uml t m r in m h pv m ur it kt tlu r ann ii lh iuiiiis ut mi mil mia mm ii ill liu ml fur hnltnn mim i anderson did min h uslliu ouiiti li wild mr win liamlui i f lluffelt iltukhler of mr nut mm m n m airuikd f r k thi visum ii u iv i vtrv happv time w h n m mini fin ml ratlitl it this m ov liovptulili honu mr m id mn m it vi n ha v r up n t nnm of thi ir livn in atton mr moo m tfloveitiltee bv trade and ot imrn livi d in mich m ii known ltiv k itrn m johmtn n an 1 in hib hi in r but acton has w imt niii home and here lhc havi i pent over half of thrlrmoii of narrietl life both mr and mrs mason are en joying nooil health and keep young i their intrreil in the young people and the procrras of the com munlt loking back over the pice iv k files we read of the mar nage of this couple and find mrs mason wss an active worker in the epuorth league and mr mason a slued member of the sunday school orchestra fiftv cara later wr find their interest and helpfulness it undimin ished in the work of the church and in muic mr charlie mason conductel the boi and girls of acton m the band he founded and led to top honours in waterloo and at the cnf with the same alert ness and precision that some of us who were beginners recall forty ear ago we join with a host of other acton friends here and abroad in the heartiest of congratulations on this soth anniversary and the wish that ur and mr mason may have many more years of happiness to gether m their home community weather variations in just raw miles are great sometimes we are prone to blame those wno predict the weather for inaccuracies but when one stops to onsider the variation m waather hn short distance it u understand able that predictions may easily be at variance this was very noticeable on mon day afternoon from acton to spey- side- the fields and ground were white with snow while below there to milton the fields were bare and the precipitation which fell was in the form of rain that same after noon a heevyfog blanketed- the northern section white milton to speyside was clear and free of fog just eleven tryue but quite an var iation in weather un it ii iioiks kink ilukram ok easter mink on ik trills aml i h nth ii l tvuntl t itht voul vjuiii uf a i n t ml it hun h ii m ntid u i itmonli out t oti r r ram i f tin n umi til hi i it i iiiv mtidi up f mtlos pirt vmin anil anthemn si lo m ludiil thi milali n by mr h vildhuii he shll t mi his llo k lv mm i mclean the holy citv v mr ii llaslrr and thus ihh iht inl and u ho hill abuli b mr i pickering primnti i tt part tong were in loseph lnv 1 1 garden with the mpruno kilo taken bv mrs w ikattv glorv in the garden with misses it glhsnn and s ralston singing ihe duet and misses j fetterlev a fvsns messrs k ai ian and l pickering singing tht ipjartette the choir as a whole pre sented aev eral anthems open the gates of the temple and the gor of the lord god so loved the world eaiter jov this is the lord doing and we declare into you glad tudlng- also on i riquesl the choir ang the palms miss f franklin contributed a very fine organ selection to the service and aio the accompaniments rev l inckertng conducted this prfismntide and letter program of sacred music mrs gordon agneu i addressed meeting itnrred church wma the easter thankoffering meet ing of the women s missionary society of the united church was held in the sunday school room on i tuesday with a good attendance 1 the president mrs e j caldwell presided- i ura c l poole urs a t brown and uias ui uamprtz had charge of the devotional- a duet was sung by misst simmons and mrs a veldhuis un caldwejj i istroduced the guest speaker ura gordon agnew who gave a very i viid description of her trip to the worlds peace conference in bud- i apest hungary the offering was 1 taken by un b uowat and urs j lambert and dedicated by un l 1 pickering guests from knoa 1 anglican and churchill societies were auto present at the meeting a vote of thanks was extended to urs agnew always a welcome visitor to the wus- for bar fine talk lunch was jerved and a soeial time spent together at the close of the meeting alf ioii is president acton notary for year jitulml ut aeuui ltttary i tub foi nrd year will lie alf lng who kiuienls anu ummi to ibis mi olhrr ufflieis rlulid at ttw turl ttay meiting of thr i lot wrre amos uutoii vur inulrnt jak roy stoti heeretary a rt 1 1 ay don ttrasur har id lualer vlc huinliy and lru lovc ii dlrrttois frafuinl on hie liincheoi lr i si am wu a film motoring in the i marltimrt prisldriit amua mason vims wrltomeil imii k fiimi his hull day in flo i ids and luul kept up hi t undrtd tier rt nl attt mlaiice while way fiooi home finishing of the ibir pit u just atout ithiiplrlro with iht i hairs tiring drllvrnd as finuhiil only fifteen rrmslii y t to br sold and atton orders it was revealrd wire to be filled hist liefore out of town onttifc are mrptil addition to another industry now started uooj comwnjr hani uui lie kjilarred in arton vork itas ataned on a new addl iiun to ilw plant of the wool oommng orpitrmtlon in arton mi n ontlin will be ih feet wide and ia feel long and will be mult on tie front of the present plant ihe i onsliuctlun will ha- og rock fiord mrele block lo match ihe pit sent bulmtng ii wu be two tm high hie first floor will itiw more priwiuilum agiaiv for the plant rwt thr set und ftor will pro uir a i lossrtl loading platform nn uldlllonal t iraue apar e for the i luul i ii wat k nle a sms are the ni i a ii n tn ihnrtl uf tjila work iiiid iuntiuiiiii alarld 4 hi wreek wool omhlng ciirtntratloh iuiv in ti tiuit inuisl panon ever mikt their slnlillalimenl in arlnn rl i ino nk ami large additions have lie n built on the- rrr of the building to m t production need of ills expanding buslneaa ovrrslooif given to victims of tire at liniciiousc th number of commercial fail ures in canada tn1ms reached the highest level sine 1m1 contributions amounting to 11- 044 so from friends in loueslng township were presentetl to mr and mrs ftc rrown and their three children who inst their large farm home at umehouse by fire a week ago mr walter ij n ham was chair man and mr frank barnes made the presentation in estjucsing town ship hall on tuesday evening quite a large rrowd attended the event for which mr and mrs wm hull mr 11 speilvogel mr stuart luiott and mr jim speilvogel gave of thi ir musical talent free the tire which originated in the raragc and implement shed quite near the house had made such progress when discovered at zoo a m that even the house could not be saved partly due to a westerly wind uost of the first floor fur niture was saved by volunteer neighbours whft were called by telephone the bulk of the upstairs possessions and all the contents of the sheds including a minneapolis molme tractor and a valuable set of carpenter a tools wrre a complete loss th brown purchaaad th farm from ur and ura j k newton some five years ago they are now in a house nearby which is owned by ur rae scott on thursday last messrs e mil ler russell thompson fred brown harold brown and harold barber each with his tractor and lea i walter tinham and robert urveyl with teams twice cultivated fifty- 1 three acres and sowed twentynine i of it with spring grain on ur j browns farm onrjrn- ineletneat weather prevented them finishing his spring seeding for him last week a number of neighbours had previously helped to clean up considerably following the fire- about to per cent of th wjorids supply of asbestos comes from southern qabc coustru ihanaahrsi aawwsnftnu itadw new hyioeee etsatt- ition mad of junior hockey tub adjiuoett u hostv moauaacat litest for lav of kuiwb aftrfefutiow isruiln ar also on ageftda of hartv morning council tr o arton touuiit mil in regular srsainfi on monday evnilug whrn ounrlllor i- houlun t nut i w mcleoil and lieputy iteeve t tylrr were present aiul reeve t jooea presided ir g a mlns on behalf of thr junior hokejr lutf reiieftnl trunril s ronsldrralton of reeogin hun uf the icaiu uf this yaax fui aruially in whalrvrr way pianslbl llr told of ttie organisation and the suet rsa of the team aiul the fine work uf coach ihu mario waa planntxl wr lender a aupper to thr team un saturday night and present windbreakem a dame waa also br ing held counrll made a contri button of a0 to in uppliel on ihr roat of wlndbriakiis a resolution was nmosvl by cihid r ll hanging the name of arton lioulrvatd to irishman boulevard subject to legal reipiircmenls this change was agiml uiion in view of the fart that mr john r irishman had opened this new subdivision a letter was read from ur f u wright regarding the dividing uf insurance com ml salt mm between the agents who wer paying buslneaa tas ur wright obeted lo coun- ll s ruling as al prrsent and which was very ambiguous he had di vided th curnmissions between mrs ii i- mdonald and w r rracken and mr wright had sr cepted no eommlsslon mr rrarfcen was returning his rtheque as he would not accept anything but according to oum l a ruling the lerk was instruited to write the imperial insurance offire to adjust ihe matter the irrk prrtrntd a report rfi individual sutmiik nts under ihr i r at ot plan and uln other aos v mint information ounrll dlxiu mil th ounty hurumrnl with a i r harrop and h ieprud xlut ilr ad forwarded tn the county assessor hud not been r- turiiid there were no dupllrb records and it was felt ther kiu uld tir a mi rd in alton it wa ile ided to have op lea of a hundred iliif luati j made and devise a menus uf kerpmg the record safe accounts wrre pad foi nuint as ulunf arton h press advertising 17 bo a pwc various mvim 2m 14 j i lucas k srrvires re annexation i so 00 arton t rmelery hoard re w churchill 24100 itell telephone co services 17 7 thi en peon motors labor re snow plow si 2a tlrardmorv 4 co installation of watermains hydrants etc new crescent sub 373 01 j j taylor ltd vault door c f leather i and i w agar pay im0o 103 w 2130 momoft council dlscusaed with chief flsr rnp the conduct of las is in arton the operation and checking of takla is under the lupervision of th- c hlef council discussed at some length fcoatinued on potf fire j coming events l ullsa iku hwaf r ctuiw mat m itm with mwn chars r mummwil w ik th minister aunl win lw pi wnimt ualn april mil in hi town luil acton st albin wjt wul hsm bak- ln sal and to in tlu pariah hall on satbrdar lfaj hat ttw mlnlaurt aum wui k pr m lad la th bathiminvi hall on aprq 37 ukdar ik ff of th churchcd wwni liafirlatlnn tit annual matting f th acbm lawn howling and tannla club will b bald at lb v ucx mandaj april mh al pm sifraahnimu will b arvd- eucnr vua arlea yfcura- dav a a pro to tit tntlla taunlly wm tinhy ktat bona by ar dlmuttios ktc ladiw ptrovm cbaa saw eats all undr auaplon ot xtien uj b a n uofc