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it xitm sttt flircss seventy fifth year no 1 s at ion ontapio thursday octomb olh iv4v fiylil home print paget six canft three schools participate in school meet new jtkl toof on baptist shed at satuiday tef top contkstmvrs i rom schools mutw at the request of mm of the ifarmeis of i in iuoti it i a commit j te of off r tf tit aclon baptist i church rontly derided to repa r i ihe only church shed left landing rhepjb wm tka itfflhy the town fur the convenlenr for me pls oil j tka annual public school ath letic meet for north haltun in arton park on friday aaw students of arton milton and georgetown keenly contesting the various v4t and iuvouring to secure farmer who make arton ihrlr business centre and havr m aslnn to vimf to town by the horar drawn vehicle fl he committee ai ranged a bee for lait saturday for the men of the church to remove the remain ing old shingle and put on a new stel roof with the wfy able a- point for their school in thla fine sistance of a few from other rom vent thar waa keen compel- i ni unions the job was completed h tton good aplrlt and friendly in- saturday evening phe mmmntw dividual rivalry for all the event very gratefully acknowledge both milton pupils won the greatest h flnanrtal and manual tail it number of wil i u and gained juta i snre of all who helped specialty arton of the trophy for their i hoar from other dotiamlnatlona school thl year with arton coming it it hoped and requested that second and georgetown third and trucks will not he parked cliff but urn physical director of n this shed but theft it will be uf t the arton yuca tarted all the nl for the t ynvtsnlenre of horse races following arc the result of the various rvrnli int hovs 71 yards donald fwlt r u off smrlhun1 at phi hkilllng a int olru 50 yard muriel ilrla tow ul joyce denim ifil mar lene ralph n 8r roys 100 yard john vi eulleu g ja4k smith m terry finish im sr girls so yards dorothy wil llanu ol dnllv krlman m dorothy gate gt int pov 230 yards jim harris mi geo smtthurst at ron morton at int girls inn vards ruth braaier tm mar lene ralph gl diane lfarrtann lot sr roys 30 yarde don andrr eon at trrry brush mi doug- la vaughan mt sr girts 110 varda dollv krl man ml franca lemon c m dorothy oates gt int boys p broad don finn wm cm bob coon ia george glbbs w ill o int atria tl nroad muriel urtstow mt helen mill- m joyce den ham gt sr bnya ft nroad- pob kales m don anderson a douglas vaughan m sr girls it broad dorothy wil liams gt jean palmer la helen mac donald m int boya b high don finn m paul lawson a bob coon a int olru r high ruth brazier m joy re palmer at maxinc ttyall o sr bnya b high laawrcnrc rayner qt john debeaultru gt jack south u sr girls r high jean palmer a lenna conn g jeanne trl- fort m rt boya shot putt bob salra m lawrence ravnnr ot cam eron maltbv g no rcla rare milton gctrr to n arton girls nrlav race milton gcorci toun acton fr of the dlstrirt soir mrmoriiil soon hrady for i invrilinjr i i if- sjdlers war memorial oiuinlttit in ulmt lo infin tn th iiitiiis of alton that wrk on the niomi merit i pronmlng ntt ely it has ixt n ill un tt and handed and i loks llk tu i 1 he new wink lolunttts will soon irilrtl in jilsre and ready fori unihng on hrnirmhrtiw day i the cxtnimilt- r upprrctatea the n rmnal inlereal shown in this un dri taking o john nlroj a former ai on inn and wuhea lo lhank ihom who hae conrlbuld o this pm ject i j neie is still need of financial upmitt to ihls worthy cause mr i oajion 4k the treasurer and w elcome your donation lo finish this memorial to acton sana wh paid the supreme sacrifice in world war ii fell in stairway in acton homf umered rroken rack m i j ll iji la1 he m fili line to uf r a hr km ba k m ik i n in fl 1 ihiough an hi sialr- uv mt iii hook f u itelghlkout of lilt mi j v 1 ait it mr lwl le w llli hvm brother harvey 1 1 f a intel mm 1- king ovt the n m hunu mi 1 it is build at mhl i n hr fi ii lit tlw uirtl toi at 111 i elt eral hos wui 1 iii ulph ll was found mi ll lie luid jffered a broken i tistorical main slnet llriiljj ioc jor ne v llilnvav m l il 111 of i iv mi nl 2 ii ifliwtv ttve oniitjul llmi it h it- il mik lii a io ml ti -n- niiik aiailf lii ihr hill i ni ml kullir ii f hi will h 1 t ih t il- o l logl mill iii lllll mi loll 11 iii iii iii f ih hllllif i k i mlit m l ttw l i ih m tnlt i 1 inl in 1 foi u illk ll v ill u u r 1 ll i width ulll 1 i i i lwiloll of liuf imi ihi olt hlmt 41 haii v oll tul i f h ml here are the athtcten vthn won the grewti 1 nuntlmr f puhln s hoot athleth meet in arton last rtlv ufti no dehisohio of ceorgrtown mul dtut amluwii of anni in toun j an palmer of acton and hulh hraio r of milton wn i its for ih it ihi at the north halton lurh row i llh sales of milton john kill rnt iomlhv wd llama of george rn ti athlttft ftr ihelr resectle m hools free rrn fhiiln ihul urn wlio mitioimnit th i ftllll all l ll i i t win 1 h- i t net h did thr imhi uiil the my for ih eatitf ittsla ih fiv fikot width i whit h followed hi had m ii ih no- how sit- i hitdgi 1hower for hide held at durtln school recentiv friends of meave nreen and walter portv gathered at dublin school on thursday september so to show er thr oung couple w ith good uishes and gift i everyone enjoyed the aong ntvl i ings of miss musselle and miss u mullln when thr many attractlri gifts were opened thanks and con gratulattnna were er hanged after a delirious lunch dorothy orourkr t orchntra furnished dance music great interest aroused when new assessment figures are announced din ll nitet lt iii r ree iren rrpoll lavi oiiifir th iniihin wa w hu h muni hav cihiant f1u council chamber and hallway as ovar rrty appau ar harcl on ttts nw county aiteunimt- approval soon on arton i eroctlon as a townprovincial folic will take c karoo in acton novombor tt e e horror rocomot town supowntondont to take many dutfot oh councils shouldon two nigrin to comploto council rutinou this wooli y activities illaxe keen intrnt for ml groups brnefit fund grts real boost from th game the luaebou neneflt fund for the famtlv or rod kder rm quite a bivist this ueek as a result of the snturda inmc with oikwut the total tfate u jt10 and the htoth pnhncds were 2 there jut wertnt an expense in con nect on with it the ookulir club came up and like real sports paid all their own expense and bought admtsalon tickets to go inli the came mr san to ntt used his pji aatem to drum up the croud on saturda and the answer w a no charge the o b a aent three umpires and thc paid their own trehlm costs and cave their aer- cfr with n fulng mart the ho s nt chl departments age 10 tt 17 ni the mca report largo tt inlnnt nnd lijorou partlrlvi- ion nt nil pm lassea nince the penlnt last mondaj 1 to midget ivin and ciru classes i 10 lo 1- an showing trent sntifa tlon in the nriet of train ini nnd mas games in their pr- kritni mum of u hu h nrv new to them hie junloi boxs and girl are dinlavm a keen desire to lmpiv e tlielr bamketball prowesa and are njitlng the finer points of ctn- nniiic auljng the tnterniedlate cirl haxe been slow at rtvpondlng but hopes are high for an improvement of this situation nt an earl date the intermediate hovs however are showing no mlui mtereat in the new horizontal bar and boxing vice in this tnitanoe the gros equipment purchased b the y this atate was the net gate and it was v the group is alao ahowlnc a generous one thanks to the fans more donations are in from in and out t town and the fund has rca hed 7 j s here it u to dllght at the prospects of gleaning the full i ulea of basketball during the coming year the wmnfi mens and womens date if ou want to make it the department will be retting under 31000 oull hae to hurra and gt this week and will feature it in next week so that it can be bmntic calisthenics boxing cloaed bv the etd of october weight training basketball volie- rr a 34q ntl n mtrwl othrr ivclwl in the biggest crowd to e rr attendj a council meeting in acton in our thirty years of municipal reporting was on hand monday night when acton council met as a court of revision on the ipso assessment mr roger count asaesaor and mr llarrop avjowtor for acton were pr xent all th council w present the count d chamber w filled nnd th hull ttilnitle had to in who could not gt i into th rthun a unc cititi n w as heard to n in irk m if ouh wc could il n crowd like this on nonunjition night wouldn t it 1m fine wi agreed itnd ui ftlii mi kit i i on inn nt that mvir did wi se no mnn apm n d ill with m tpiuku th court vit from 7 30 and nt 11 vi the lat i utt p it r ivi hu n nwiit for thinking hi w a wrongl aw vsed we might ako add that b thl tintt onlv thn t rati paem were mill premiit a the court clowd rpee jones gae a brief snop- of thi m w amsxroent and x plained that the whole osseaiment puturr had be n i hanged and the usm ftxmrnt of acttm doubted thi re- j for citizins could expct a lower rate with the time xpcnditure ax last tar the mill rate should u half of that lat jear no deci- i tiont wttiild be reached at this hearing but i idt ncr ht ard and decimtmv given as icon a possible mr w j o oakes appeared for the anglican churvh the rectorv had tteen raised from 1000 to su1000 asmxmtirnt in lew of the fait that the parish hall uhi used onlv for church purpose it was understotxl that therv would be no taxe on this part of the building this had been agreed upon b a furmer council but was not carried out tolalahniinttnl was 303s prop it mr flralda would hse much lovtr taxrs and actually had a decrease ralph chandler had 1000 thi mar against woo last vear mix kate uttlev was not pre m nl her nvsrwrnrnt of 17a was higher than the other half of the snmt duplex mr harrop pointett j three months and mr ut th tomparimin hokim had in dt preciition allow ed john u illiamvon at 108 wu avm isl nion than he had paid for thi land ll was on thi sanu rub u till oth n in that zone htih dihiiu had moved buildings from tut prop rtv to iht tow nihip ind thli would have ndjummi nt in thi mipph mi iitil as m ut diniklai prici v house at 24m was lot hiih 1ist ear it wa sloixl on an untontphtd building lit u t sitisfn d if th mill rate w as cut in half hugh graham said land at wh w at tint huh for the nature pf rockv land mr rogi ra ft it this should be re xaminrd and pos- sittlv adjusted fred ktnlmr ft it his irmnrnt of wors from 12m of last vear w as not in ke ping w ith thr gen- t t ral inert am mr rogt ri count avscssor at this juncture of ft rvd a further ex planation of the nt w count v avses- mrnt the entire countv is being roakm pvmh imi thu standard basu hit tic it total kivum nl wan s3 am court adojurned for five minutes to meet a representative of gray foath tines ind acton holiness men regarding traffir problems on mill street and parking restrictions when ourl resumed b d raehlln s awument was found in error bv mr harrop and had been reduced by 208 ernest welt ap pearing for mr raehlln urged that the tax on the main street property of mr raehlln which had been declared bv the health authorities a unfit for human habitation b wiped tiff it had been vacant for raehlln had matr mcnrk and dm aril luin over in their rivii from sheer horror s rloualy it itll virv it git itutllr and it wa all over this main st bridge now t ing demolished lo make room for a bigger and better t ne after 41 years of servlre don t recall that it rvi r was settled just how nuith tt etist back in 1006 i no n fund from the property th i assessment was 1341 mr john mow at complained of the 3w intreaae on a ijtke ave prop rtv now aessed for 1400 wa and thi ii iwilnled out that she i wi urn of the fortunate whnn would ilk l t njoy en lnwt r tax i s next v nr on next vear s levy chimh hull felt hit farm pro- p rtv it 01 wat too high and ktiggt sirnl thi farm outtiuildings should hnvt thi sami rale as other faun pniertv john hov is in v lew of the in- interesting items at octorer meeting op acton institute the regular monthly mevllng rf the acton women a institute was held al ihe home of mrs iaienby w ih mr davldaon prealdent in the thalr donations wen made lo the sal vallon arm and ihe rod ryder i ruai fund and gift parcela are to be sent to patients in the sanl torlum the roll call was answer ed b various wa of neighboring th motto courtesy cost noth ing but refunds goid dividends given tiy mr hunter who also turrent events and told of e tatular auction in weal lock oakvillv oaks dropped 32 in htirfit baseball sturdy oafat mltod by adon at tturdaylesd handcuff rotl rahenon oil a hnir a semi flhallits oakvill laka met alton a s int a sriul flnuhti here tut halurday without lirneflt of rr in fort rim fits in a benrflt game designed to swrll the fundi id the hair i a ii tenrflt rint f i ih fa y of the late llid itvder star at ion player who nirt dralh in a if alt aieldrnt last iitotiljj i nip and tuk affair witti thith t tubs showing tnld araaoii fium at tun sliadrd lit uk 3 2 in ninr innings if thla aetpiel lo the regular sea son wa itn ittdlt allon of the gulf lwinrii i nl ia an henlor a in ih rs i if fans tl now prai tu ally i in eoutt nl a a tni havl iii lie lixililr tiwiiing ii highly t il ted linvm 1 mill inil i wi tm inuili of a i niii fur oitks hivy atlllhty u- he s i ih in town inning aft i in mill hill hulh inns oiiks store1 wr inn ai ii d slid i ii no in lh s d inning whin hootllt muffid i ok flv in lit ii nstltt hd a iw ally nfti i iiiiothi r nor whs hil i th inflt it maik piim k a nm h improved hoi i sin he dilvirid for oaks in th hull n oiinly k p a h hliiah- w ii spin d at ton t ounttd on in hu flist riaini and a brat e in li iltfhlh to git llir inatgln rhititt plait m tlintly single lo intir in tin ighth with srttt and iattr on to stoii both runner thru wre boiiii fast plays il- tuld hv ltth luh in cutting iluwn runn is llunatadllir aa iphh1 short slop wms in fine fettle i au taint up wilh a display of h il fl idlng wallrns tlie oakvlllr baiktp was the spark- plug of ihe vlailors frlr toletika form ilv tif milton smashed out thr longnsl tiall of the game but footltt wrnt way bark to gather it in i oakvlllr were without ai yarnrll 1 thrir veteran mentor and first- string pltrher the old pro ind i aensible to oaks in crucial games in their campaign was indisposed as was milne a strong hitter who is in hockey togs fine autumn wealher brought out quite a number of fans to thr game anil all wrre impressed with the calibre of toth teams albeila the topic of the meet lug was taken bv mrs mndthtt k tin rural towns no longer julel nnd nppret ntlftn f fcmnll towns by mrs dryadale mr hunter tnncludvd the pro gram h a recipe for hnpplnc a c mtest was enjod on girls and thi home ahh introduces acton ian s many miles away j when miss wanda rulledge wrnt lo lenver colurada aa a nurse in i the hospital in thai city she didnt know any actonlans lived there j ilul nelson ilauer who it ft artoi 1 rnr ago sllll takes the free press and noticed that mis hut lege was in ivnver very thought fully hr called ihe hospital regls- try and invited mlsa rulledge and her friend mlsa ruxton in visit j tht nt in tht lr homr reallv people ihiie are just wonderful writes ilhls actnnlan to her parent formation recuvtd from the court irnvs favorite names mrs hnhbtns hid n d much objection to his as- getting the highest number correct m ssment of 2 in romparimtn and winning the prlxe a dnlnf with juso tif last vear social hour was enjoyed nnd serv acton poultry farm nnmes of ed bv the committee of the month owners should be altered w duval stated tht asnessment of 13300 on the poultr buildings was too high rdward footltt felt that in com- cotning event on lriia iiarl is rats al i i- fall rasjibrrrirs ami rip mangoltl in toeal grop4 acton milton and nelson will use essor the asjsrxsment this vear he ft it it was unfair to compare asstss- mmti in other towns not et com- plrttd on thi baits it was now assessing on 100 per cent of normal value and 17 counties in ontario art now usin this modern method rickev a friend j ii creighton p c daw kins lou tin family utile linda james altar society st josephs church anonymous fan kins edward wotel guelph at friend ruby and boyd clark iron total gate receipts bene fit gam booth proceeds e colec 100 rt acttvites according to the robert marshall felt he was 5 00 preferences ovtrasatased at 2040 he told of 5 00 th badminton club held ther the rockun his land that made hu s 00 opnlb nlfiht and election of offlc- property less valuable his 1mb 5w ers on mondaj a very pleasant awxment had been 700 100 tak w ervjoved by all and in- eluded badminton table tennis and 500 a tast lunch don was el 5 00 prealdent of the club and an 3 00 aeason la predicted play- 300 inff nights are to be monday and iso wedneadayat 9 ptn soo 200 george simpson had his assess ment raised from tft50 to 2516 the house w as 00 years old he sub mitted other properties for com parison in each case assessor j harrop produced the record on w hich the assessment was made the penguin dub ostecutlvo held gave the t irures and the method of 54000 3100 5j meeting on monday and nlans are under way tor an initial dance on friday october aftth 40000 yearly growth of popula tion la oyarctowdins ualtav securing the asseatment e braldas farm property was mm0 with buildings against gmoo last year hi store property was 1770 against 1 soo last year the reeve pointed out that on thli last the object was not to increase taxes but rather to adjust the uvad fairlv council had certain funds to raise bv taxation and if the assessment is high the mill rate would be low he had reviewed much of mr harropi work and felt hr had adhered very closely to the rules set out for this modem and efficient system mrs robert anderson had a total of 3730 on the land and buildings which she felt was too high wm benson felt a discrepancy in his property in comparison with similar buildings alex metaaae felt the measure ments on his garage were inac curate and did not compare with pari son w ith olhcr properties his actessmt nt of 2733 on his new house was out of line this was thr firtt vear of full assessment mrs paul had been satisfied with these are the days of harvest thr rxplanation givrn hrr by the and many unusual crops and oul of season production kvsworth fred mellor at 127a7 felt his pro- rvnnx brought in a n or branch of pertv was too high luscious raspberries he had plucked mrs robert turner felt that and j h price willow street re- 1647 was much more than identi- ports a nice individual picking with cal houses in the same location blossoms and green berries on the frank sagaski at 1750 from mv canes and this is mid october last vear felt he waa being unduly then theres tre big growth in penalum some localities albt rt shultls a j j stewart asked adujstment neighboring farmer has a big crop on hts farm land he felt that in of mangolds and some big ones view of the fact that he did not use too there are plenty of thee in manv of the town service he the field that weigh 20 and 23 jba rhould not be taxed in the same but the grandpa of them all is penguin club opening dance fri day october win acton v m ca pance cedar valley cowboys paradise gardens every tuesday old tymr dancing admission 50c halloween tea and bazaar sat urday october 30th united church s s room aiuploee friendly circle 153 dance cedar vamey cowboys modern and old time dancing ao- erfoyle hall friday october 31 at 0 pm admission a0e lakeside chapter iode aa- nu tl s nnvom proportion mrs allen main street was not jp resent john palmer felt an assessment of 1803 on his property was not comparable with other properties his land was rocky theo papillon at 1807 from 475 felt it was not fair mr harrop pointed out that since the assess ment hadbeen made a change was advised to make the building 1213 to allow for depreciation fconrtawtd on page fine one that tipped the scales at si lbs and was hollow in the centre just imagine what the weight would have been tf it had been solid a depression in no 35 high way at lot 7 ksquealng was the cause of a service truck crashing the guard fence and breaking off a couple of posts last thursday after noon the depression still un repaired and in dangerous eondl- 19t h tea homemade baaing fancy articles special draws halloween party woodsina school tburs evening ocotber 37 gameg and dancing ladies pleas fcring lunch admission 35c child ren free l bazaar and rummage isle ham made baking penny sale and tea table in th ymcjl october 32nd at 100 pjn under auspices of acton legion auxiliary euchre legion- hejl saturday october 22nd r30 run atisuy auspices ladi auxtjlary admuv alott sse door ptrls atvevrybody welcome 14s