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raaxxxatrr the actqn free press thursday july ait im btewarttv mr and ura john irt at the oeneral otefffl jhmpltal gimlph on july 7th goo william john medowku mr and mr tel ford mcdowell n dorothy xnflm of arton tare very happy to announce th arrival of their aan jame garry by adoption july mfc iw9 laanprdokouh mr and mr ouu w iantbnrough wwi to announce the birth of their daughter joanne kllzahemt at th guelph hospital july ltmh 1040 mother and twhy doing fine diiqo o0fkljlni at uearfivlli on monday july in ims catharine wrlaughlin beloved wife rtt jimm a copeland of naaaaga- weya dear mother of unroln of h k no 1 camnbellvllle nd lois mrs reginald hut- chert ileactivtlle in her 74tri year iv mkmojuam tyiklt in losing memory of ya wanl rryfer who pasted wmy on july wh low evorever in our heart hit anil lksjjk in hiving memory of our dear hter hael fvlle w ho pannl away july in 1m7 while you dear llaiel ret in lr n your loving irawiirw we ii al way keep the j- amil iutaokn in loving memory nf a dear wife and majher 1 jills n hracken who paaaed away july 34 ima very day in some small way memortea of you come our way 4o verse no flower ran ever repay the loaa we had four years to nay kver remembered by husband nd iris mamhajl in lovlnk mem ry of our only daughler ijly who passed away juty mth 11m4 also ou- win i a k r ming be aide her oh how patient in thy tuff ring when no hand could glv the- ease id the helper of the hjlm saw thy pain an1 five ihei p a inlngty remrmered h mum dad ilrother ken jack barbara and hev rly oaroft op t1iavrh i wish to thank ir arret t and fhe nuraea of the duelph eneral hospital and all those who wnt cards of ivmiialhy alio to thank rev mr armstrong at the lime of th rteath as my dear hrother mrs h lat1eron pbituarq mrs james r tilom oshawa in failing health for thr past two ear and seriously 111 for thr past three months lylr j morton be loved wife of james ii thorn died at the family resldrnre 254 di talon street oahawa tuesday in her smh year a daughter of thomas a and thr late martha morton the deceased was born at milton when shr was quite young the family moed to acton where shr uas married in 1pg- pattttyeart had lived in oshawa she was a mem rr of first naptist church besides her husband she haves to mourn her passing her daughter mrs t dobier connie of oshawa and three sons walter and donald of oshawa and douglas of owen sound also survklnn in her fat hi r in toronto thm mitt n mm a mac millan of toronto mrs c ik nham and mrs w king both of george town a brother thomas of toronto and two grandchildren the funeral servln uas conduc ted by jlev it k wiluon minimer of first baptist church at the luke mclntoah funeral home at p m on krldav july lvh inter went was in the union cemeter civic holiday a week from monday see you at brookvtlle at th centennial next week there will he no home town paper the green grass is a w elrome sight after th drought pr paring for a holiday is a vuiy time in a news office several acton industrie arv cloaed for vacation neat wwfc lluuv numbers stm a llttlr confusing but that is understand able acton itoya and lilt hand are to appear at thi nuhtgaweya cmteiiiiitl new postal boxes are aoon to be located in several place about town for posting mail the nassagaweya centennial on july 79 w and 31 promise to he a grand re union nest wek three scouts from the artun troop srr taking part in the nns diaii jtnitoiii at ottawa this wwk momlays rain was another good soaker and helped anme of the ulcr crops and the raspberrtaa th ri will le xviiul addrit attraction in thr bill which is now printed it nuuaguwi yu nl n nisi you 11 gw a chance to vote uti sewers aoon if you want this improvement boost it at every op portunity rneit west was successful in his first year examinations at oagoode and friends here extend congratulations the nmpulgn for th addition of nam s to th cenotaph u ttll khort it s a nmatl but niortant job so uli finish it the new map showing the location of aji street numbers is being prepared and will soon be presented to council yes tt is possible to travel on highw ay nt 25 but a real con it ruction job u in pron vi for the ww n mil s and th going la rather rough mr eo mllott of hamilton who recently underwent an oper ation rrceued a lovely bouquet of flowers from mr and mrs nor man ltson iutnej london eng land congratulations to charles b u all who has received hli b a from the university of weatern ontario he will continue us studies in tept ember in the school of medlclrv at western after ipending the summer with de fence research laboratories at fort churchill manitoba fvtt yvtri herjc canada is llkel to become one of the worlds important fur auct ion centres oer the next two or three years reports trw financial post that u w hat fur dealers are aaytng after reading the announce ment by hudsons bay co that it will conduct regular fur auctions atari ing next january untir now hudson a bay has reatrlcted 1u canadian fur sale ta private treaty it has operated fur auctions in london ens for almost 300 yvar in more recent years it has operated in united state through lampeon fraaer av h voik a new building presently under construction in montreal will houta the companys fur tajes de- partmaat whar the auctions will take place private talea wlu con tinue to be matt kstoften mbpensaot new dispenser molded of odor- leas and tasteless plastic is said to end the need to pound the ketchup bottle serve exact amount is easy to clean divipenb8 up div idends payable in the first four weeks of july amount to xjaiostrjo as against a complete total of m2 bos 073 for the same month last ear reports the finan cial post sizeable increased pay ments bv both industrial and mining companii s were big factors in higher dividend paymtnts payment of 2fi 015 34 bv 211 in dustrial issues was up sharply from the 122 410dao paid bv 233 issues in the same month last year puy- m nts bv is mining companies of i30 020 0w compared with 17 701 010 paid out b 13 companies lait july biggtst factor lure was in- inancd parmnt by consolidated mining and snwtting co thlrtetn oil conipanui will pay 11 zmnoi as compared with the 1 137 7u0 mid out bv ii compnus last jul puvutnts of 1 710 212 by 43 financial stocks com pure w ith 1 vvllh paid b 4j lompunus lust year from bjutain th union juik on a pah blue uukjround surrouiult d bv the words t torn britain is a new vmbol whiih will shortlv identify united kingdom produce abroad during the war united kingdom experts were known eerywhere they went by the slogan britain di livers the goods now peacetime merchandise is to have its slogan which made its first appearance at this ears toronto intimations trade fair not compulsion the latin teacher was in a fine humor after lunch and instead of settling right down to latin he decided to tell the class a couple of jokes hed heard the night before bverbody laughed and lauffhed except one girl in the first row whats the matter- asked the latin pedagogue havent you got n sense of humour h dont have to laugh makf the girl im transferring to another school on friday farm changes in thirty years what arv the changes that take place in farm population organiia tlon and atae of farm during a thirty year period in a typloal can adian dairy farming- area some preliminary answers are found in a study made by the economic divi sion of the dominion department of agriculture in dundos county an are la ontario particularly aulted to dairy farming comparison were made with record taken in 1918 and in 1048 on the same farms- it was possible in 1mh to link up ft of the 330 farms for which records were tak en in 1018 during the vyeir per iod 24 of thee merged to become 12 farm units and four of the ortg inal farms were sold in small lots which could b romt tared exactly leaving a total of 270 farms in 1048 with the same number in 1018 die average size of the farms in creased from 08 acre in loltt to km1 cre in lh there was a notlceahltt imn ae in the number at farms rarttflng from lf0 to 2o0 cw acoomanled by a large de creaja in farms of less t ban ho scree tw aerae numler ot persons ier arm declined gradually avrr he to yir and ty 1048 tjiere ws one les jierson oft each farm in creased use of farm machinery has leatened the labour needed thirty ers ago the present day oppor tunlly of higher wages and shorter working lhurs may tio imve at tnarted the farm piulllt else w here nineteen per rmt of the original owners remained on the same farm over the u yean thirtyals per cent tj the farm had one change of ownership j5 er cent were transferred twice and the remain ing farms three or more times for every hundred farms tltat chantel iutnds thirty three remained within the same family and the remainder were traaf erred to other person f arms which changed ownership did so more frequently than thoae which w re transit rred within thi family group farmers whose land remained in the family name generally retained ownership until they reached 70 years of age and when a younger member acquired ownership he uas usually 37 years old during the war am gmd prices coupled with scarcity of help and the need for allout production for war pur- ime induced men to continue active operations past their normal retlremet age a slight decline in the ae at which farmers tend o dispone of their property aince 1043 though perhaps not significant may represent a return to a more normal condition farnworth memorials mtlnmub mmurt cemete71v lettenlng oldjll oni princess theatre milton thursday july 21st franchottone and jane bair love trouble n friday and saturday july 2233 sonny tufts and barbara brtrron the untamed breed monday and tuesday july 3536 marx bros and kilty carlisle a night nt the opera thursday july 31th jean simmons and donald houston blue lagoon show times 730 pm mhmm 3 pm wm r bracken real estate and general insurance mortgage loans arranged representative of mutual life ahutuin ce ltd the classified section bay sell exchange wauled etc advertisements undar this hading 35c cash with order up to 25 words additional words lc per word it cash doaa not ay eompany th advertisement minimum chare 50c and lc par word additional for each word over 25 subaaquant insertions ac for sau wamtc0 mmnmmmmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lovell bros meat market friday saturday specials kduusderti crtapycruhl lard 17c lb yessaljsak 45c ii ns i grad bacon e kfait 63c ib back 75c ib back 79c ib nucoa and margene margarine 34c 1i quality beef prim rib roast ib 55c sheumer oast ib tui plata boiling beaf ib 30c choice rump roast ib 55c las n bisda roast ib 50c laan hamburg sfssk ib 45c rh butter 59c lb bbflbbbbhhh oit sau 7 pigs 6 weeks old i apply ijvin mcmillan jhone wur3 milton li v oil sai new double brlrk cottae seven room hot water j heat oil buriht apply j jiok 18i want 2 1 we k ihiki or 1n kl stsrtt d and norne 2 i wk mixed pullets roekerels llrny has hern immediate tfiipmtnl lake vlrvek let s hv m tir ord r atfent ittt llrown it ic 1 n r nl lliomuin hr s h rv ak arton wan m alves for veallng apply to holme and son phone j6rl4 acton wanijj men a washing iron ing an1 mending done apply to 2ft arthur stret wan 1 mi lt ltr nj roometl holu- immediately ahatainera un hotrfa matli n lltttel aclon i wan1 mj vnung lady wanted to lerk in lutmln n jewellery siore apply hy letter please j- ok sa1 h ilumriing supplier in good lupply at liillon a ilurnh ing and lirntlng aitin ont hlark and gnkniiled plje all slea rut arx threaded if desire pipe flit ini soil pljte nnd soil p1je fitting hlnha t km i i tuttli sump pumps mnllom m ii uiiij pf c tar k ihone hlw if i yxh sa1 ijg l hiidj sl f 1 rih rhl d onun h1 rh r w luf ttotr imjel enernl r er trie rndl i with record attnrhmeni i nnl ttilll in aerial kilh n lino i leufii rug rrenm and gr n sjr j itlngle in n i riri an i mat 1 tr s- irt wr nnd r in t nf draw rr nil in good i onditl n henry hunter imn ne jwj ar t n mh sai se t hiifkwheat fall itye llape sm1 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new ltrgmnn lya tor inrtlnn twin mol in rle on- st r hlk one m f r hlk 1 m willvs ip new cnlniir 1 ra t r new ihii n trni tor i pi w n itm ruttn r lire spri ih r r duo d from jt1 to tiit j r- te i hp hlrtr motor imi austin sed in kl int rnnttonnl im ilrkup rrurk appl i 1- hwson eorgt wn x2 h millinery balance of summat stock 259 rosann shop acton vn wcu cimuvcth phone 272 rachiin jeweuers are giving away free a bridal knot diamond rind dorian ll caailocoatl bridal kmel dtamomd caafaw come in today f0iv0ui imtry hank gueat the ragl ration number of the bridal knot diamond rioa on lulllij ib our window you an under no obliga tion to make a nurcnaae dcwv faroe to eater you may yhi lucky wlhnn lixujuut jewellers -acton- vvavikj iv o or three room apartment for middle aired udy or r mjanutlt ioine lu jh f re 1rtfcj t wavjiu hirkft and kowl will j y up to 2 2s for hevy fowl lhoitr roller huftonvulr v ktc radlnk station hrampum t4i r 14 tt j fot rent tk hrm nn enlrnl in- rntun a lv mm j matthew joic kl- n i iasture ian 1 avail able fir ntout in hen 1 f rattle apply lord hnvnlih4 n hhonc ik atnn mlt klnl vacuum rleaners and floor noliihem fr rent apply mc dern lleatlnjr nd ilumhinr store ihone j71u arton if miscellaneous crntltai haulrl- sand ami vrii nniinl hlork charlml haikhk id ih h1r7 eorgetuwn hlp for lirtd hurntnic fioet i urv if an i e mint treat vk- and si m at hasltri urufir st n sti t tlii d tir iki mimtc he pilrs t m mnki f un jack ir nr i it si n nimn ilmne lrll i ai inx im ti uds i ill he your tunt if rtlv vim us i lodt corn sal soon wr at llnxn i drutr st r noiki- anrne deatrlnit l f the hist rieal lxok if t he- itiwnnhlp nf nawwiiinw rn may- n pl to m j arton or i v mrmlilnn nixl ihor order will he rrwrvul until saturdn july thh if personal m mm is litiv i hall he nt l hi it x lln filrt auinmt lt and nri in m s rn n hit of thi- rtir en 1 1 let a purl m n t or itkkv lont lit mi iliran fetlna macjzem4e aemd- thn arton wnr memorial camimtlim u short at leant x from their objective if your nam was mltael or you feel thnt you enn give an atv- dltionnl donation see bill clay ton nt the hank of montreal we finally have a stock of fli id tile in 4 and 6 the form er helnic lie a foot and the latter tw inn 17sc a foot also uava ffueted til t9ew foot visit our nfflne and w will he plenaed to supply you with the amount you require your nuiohtbph might h worth jh00 nt tile acton park pavilion this saturday nlffht j b mattulvzhc son erection of acton into a- town it u the intention of the vltlajrv of aoon to make application to the ontario municipal honrd for ihe en ohm of the said vlllntte lnto ttu atntub of a i own said roc tlon to lake t ffo on or ntwiut septem ber 151 h 1hj it 50 j mknnrhlc clerlt proclamation civic holiday in compliance with the run torn which has pr vailed for many ear monday aroiwr ia will he ooeerved m a civic holi day for 1wj and i hereby proclaim that day as a civic holiday for acton and respectfully request that all our citizens observe it u such ttuaton jon10s keaw keeves office town hall acton july lhth ilmlt j a elliott ueemod auctioneer nep rmi auu phobic irt milton