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page six the acton fref press acton ontario tuuiisday december ib 1b3z new year increase for rural hydro local ttiral hydro rate ore la for h rimr following an announcement by ontario hydro chairman hobert sa under that an increase of 140 per cent in the rural rate would come into effect on january 1 ilb53 atf well a hydro consumers in the immediate dlatftct thjvhikc effects m4h2s n on urigrwufito merit hydro rate in town were lncreaji ed about n month ao s v according s to hydro lltfurethe ubintfard farm cuitlnmer wu pay uwiut m cenu a month more for power under the new rate schedule when he announced an average 14r per cent increase in the cost of power to municipalities n month ago mr saunders promlwd that the rural in create would be kept tinder 15 per cent reasons for t increas arc in itie main the rnme renso ns tltrt saunders save then for the jump in municipal rotem higher cost of htenm power and higher cost of con struction increased use of electricity on the farm the number of customers has doubled in the past seven years- has led to a demand for higher grade of service mr saunders said ttils means a higher alandntd of maintenance and rehabilitation seven damage caused by sleet stormnin rural areas has contribut ed in the increase he said tree- trlmmlng costs are higher 70 times higher in the rural areas than they were just seven yrars ago mr saunders said since prelim inary nnnouneement that farm rates would no up he has received many letters urging that the increase be withheld farm qroups have argued that farm products prices are com ing down and that their future is uncertain to leave the rates at the lfw2 jevel would be impossible mr sounders sold because hydro o pern tes nt cost and all costs must be paid he re minded the rural consumers that they do not pnv the full costs of their hydro service ontario government crnntr made in 1052 to aid in construction of rural iiries amounted to 70210165 son of minister here is promoted willlum ivc hackett economic advhtur of the ilank of montreal since 1043 has been appointed an assistant general manager of the bank with headquarters in mont real mr hackett the son of a former minister of acton methodist church jived in acton at one time a newfoundlander by birth mr ifnckeit grew up in n succession of tlnlnrln tiurnil i to trnrlunted ullh he graduated with the university of ontario tow rut on ours from toronto upon graduation mr hackett en to red the investment business in toronto in his capacity as ccjno new extknhion ctrcuilafc ontario farm ijimlnea is the title of a nw extension circular compiled by the ataff of the depart ment of agricultural economics ontario agricultural college th pamphlet is avallahteat the aurl- cuttural office in milton ond is five for the asking personollywe feel it is the sort of circular or pamphlet in which every progressive farmer would be in- tereted it is concise written up in an attractive atyle illustrated and contains something on the out look the economic situation a woy to start varming why the high cost of keed seasonal variation in euu prieeii and ajfri- cultural credit hackett tht divorce rate is hendintf for a new huh too many women or bcimmg wealthy by decrees mbit he served on a number nf commi tees of the investment deal ers ajwociotmn during the early purl tr world war ii he served as secretary of the ontario executive of the national war finance com mittcc ond later went to ottawa ai secretary of the wartime indus tries control board since joining the bank of mont real mr hackett has wriuen and spoken extensively on economic matters particularly in respect to banking theory and international currency problems osmunoc christmas cookies answer roll call var example here is whlit d tl campbell head of the department says about the ireonamle hiiuauah canada is experiencing a boom largely arising out of her tremend ous investment program and defence preparations investment in 10s2 is expected to exceed 10m by eight per cent in volume and 13 per cent in total expenditure the tooltng up stago of defence production is over and demand will tie high in affected industries demnnd for consumer goods is high and not complicated by credit restrictions growing population higher employment and higher wages are increasing the domestic market ond reducing tho dependence of farmers on rxperta farmers will he affected favourably if as we predict income taxes are lowered the present recovery in uk opens that market to more of ourgoods and the us embargo on livestock is raised liutihhlng cuttle itumhoi in ih u s and appieclulton of our dollar will make raining tho embargo of less importance linn is generally ihouiihl jood nteoru in chicago jl 37 01 were not much ubove similar grades in toronto in early novem her havron jiiniomu ukpkat uesolved that hooks influence the character of young people more tlum ftiendu was tho subject for the first round in the intercounty debating series held at the milton high school on friday evening last according to many of thoho present it wus the best debate they have yet lmnrd timkflt by has it a w- tjerfol way to sm our county the busy unas tiut bordor the hifmimyt the rfvtn mi bites tht gnntarof oar hat awl forcth fasdaatttc eto- im of tvtry tow and dip iloif year ratt 0a ywruklmp to by km yrt atfof tt tvttl af lag m fames all low tound ytlf vancouver s9010 chicago 1155 washington m55 st iouis 9730 harold wiles rhtn 307 acton int ended for last week eighteen ladies attended the chrislmos meeting of the womens institute held at the home of mrs d g robertson the roll call was answered by n sample of home made christmas cookies mrs g aitken gave the report of the dis trict directors meeting which was held at the home of mrs w h norris bel wood a report on the conference on program planning which the executive attended at mimosa was given by mrs n mc- kcnzic and mrs g aitken mrs k stubblngton also reported on the federation of agriculture meeting which she had recently attended a splendid paper on the motto scatter gladness joy and mirth all along the way of earth was given by mrs h ho wa rd miss doris fines and mrs d g rob ertson demonstrated wrapping christmas gifts after which an ex change of gifts brought a tiappy ending to the meeting lunch was served by the hostess assisted by mrs w j jackson and mrs h howard group meets ospringe sewing sisters met at the home of joan aitken on-sotur- day twelve members answered the roll call with the correct way to sit and stand elizabeth ford rend the minute and joan archi bald read her club story the next meeting is to be in the form of n christmas party with a gift exchange miss doris fine ex plained how to make a worked buttonhole after which each girl made one the remainder of the afternoon was spent in making ttv dresses ready for fit ing items of interest friends of mrs it j matthews are pleased to learn she was able o leave the hospital last week fol- i lowing a weeks stay there where she was undergoing treatment sincere sympathy is extended to mrs robert vin norman and fnm- 1 ily in the sudden passing of mr i van norman prior to their remov al to acton they were esteemed resident of this community resldj ing on the first line where george jackson now lives jack pytell of the rcn west coast is spending a furlough with mr and mrs r j matthews and fanulv mrs muriel ellis rn of the staff of sunny brook hospital tor onto spent the weekend with her oung son leslie at the home of her parents mr and mrs chirles armstrong mr and mrs reg carter lav- erne nrui karen stratford mr and mrs charles williamson of guelh vtiitod on sunday with mr and mrs d g- robertson and brian mr and mrs alex tovn of owen sound spent the weekend with mr and mrs david stewart and family mr and mrs alf winter and family of ounic were rent vis itors with mrs w j jackson congratulations to mr and mn malcolm leiteh rwe lla bayn who were married oh saturday at the brides home fergus in eg pf where onlv one of every six persons can write mo hammed nuguijf- gets 1 000 letters a day christmas holiday special train service yorontogualphtfitehener stratformondan canadian national railways wednesday dec 24th lv toronto inopin pnrkdnle 120 pm west toronto 130 pm weston 130 pm mnlton 1 51 pm brampton 2 05 pm georgetown 221 pm acton 230 pm rockwood 245 pm guclph 301 p m mosborough f 312 pm brcslau f 318 p m kitchener 330 pm petersburg f 342 pm baden 340 pm new hamburg 354 pm shakespeare t 406 prn ar stratford 418 pm lv stratford 423 pm st pauls f 4 33 pm st marys 443 pm kellys f 4 53 pm thomdale 5 00 pm pottcrsburg 5 10 pm ar london 520 pm f flag stop canadian national actually halton debaters eleanor mckcown of acton and karl snow who had been given the affirmative were supposed to meet the wenl- worth juniors unfortunately tho wentworth juniors dofaulted how ever not to he let down art ben- trtut assistunt agricultural repre sentative for halton persuaded the oxford team of dorothy alderson of thamckfnrd nnd john king of hlckflon to come down and take on halton incidentally the oxford team hod the negative side of the subject and hod previously defeated waterloo junmrh the judges on frldrfy ev ening last were everett biggs dairy commissioner for ontario a former intercollegiate debate miss jane itnlieruion home economist for wentworth brunt ond watei loo eountie and edgar faster piimip- al of milton public school according to the judges it was a close decision but they were unani mous in giving the decision to the halton debater mac sprowl president of the hnl- ton juniors was the able chairman of the evenings program which in addition to the debate included some very fine numbers contributed by the wentworth juniors harold picket reelected president of nalton plowmen down in the farmers building at milton on friday evening last hal ton plowmen had their nnnunl meeting thanks to u lengthy list of donors from nil sections of the county nnd mony other interested individuals and organizations hal ton plow boys have had a good year it was brought to the attention of the meeting by stanley l hall m pp who is also a director of the ontario plowmens association that halton had the largest number of plowboys in action at the 1052 inter national held near ottawa hal tons stan may of hornby came in for a special tribute being the runnerup to the overseas trip winner fn walking plows his team of horses also placed third in the horse show these achievements together with those of the other boys from halton brought much re cognition and prominence to the county stated mr hall it was also brought to the atten tion of the meeting by mr hall thit no less than 10 european countries will be represented at the 1053 in ternational to be held near co- bourg the election of officers for 1053 presided over by agricultural re- piiimnljilive j k whltvlock reault td us follow punt piiduut v k meai thui pretlduiil harold pic ket ul virtptirj j kiuiiur wil son und vutipiuri fltwi hadhhd ihu- tieus j y whlteloek dlleflnitt kwiuenlng j oiiminghmn cv- hert midowell lloyd vuhr hoy currle trufulgar- iotmrd lutir frank hull j c maitdiull lloyd muy nhn hoy kllenloti j ii tayloi ohm campbell j k klln- on nauiagawtiyu- hugh warming- ton juek mephail ituu gordon honorary directors hughes cleaver m p htmiloy u hall mp p sheriff w j hnboruon vfetor hall j a elliott w k hruokon j a duon m t mentibb arthur diamond w h knhliumi w a rohliisou c v picket ross hags- worth auuociale dlieetors cliff wrlg- gleswoith kturiliiymav fred hud- dell gonnutmcphalirttm patter son noheil llurren erwwrounby john lleadhead geo cnulsin jack mni tlioa howden qco hall dr wm mitm1kix addkehhefl halton datky hkrdhmkn dr win mitchell vs formerly of the halton health unit and now of the ontario veterinary college woh the special s leaker at the monthly meeting of halton junlo herdsmen it may be of interej our readers to learn thut a ni perlment is being tried oiijfn hal ton kaiiici in the yearfolton was selected to try out ji new project before passing it un to other parts of the province xlhe project in qucntion is onn to young men 10 to 25 years inclusive and involves the keeping of records of production feed records etc and olso the young men are being given a rather diver sified course in such mihjccts as form orgamjitinn feeding and management of dairy cottle stable arrangements health of livestock etc the project which is to cover a period of lwii4iarwil also include visits to vdtious farms and institu tions the group on thursday of this week are guests of the ontario agricultural and veterinary colleg es in guclph the young men participating in thfn experimental project include don matthews and fyfe somerville of acton fraser mcnobb george- town don joyce colin marshall clarence ford jr sam harrop john stark and rabt w ford of milton district john w picket of horjiby4goriwiekfionand george burkholder of bronte and gordon alton of burlington christmas theme at wa meeting the christmas meeting o f churchill wa was held at the home of mrs a kerr the meeting opened with a call to worshrp the devotional period was in charge of mrs r denny the subject being the birth of christ this part of the meeting closed bv singljig o come all ye faithful the president mrs f freeman took charge of the business perld the meeting closed by the singing of the hymn the first noel after which the hostess served a lovely lunch i hope you got my cheque yes twice once from you and once from the bank the b hive restaurant wishes its rndny friends and customers a vory merry christmas and prosperous new year thtrrwllumnrwih b tlowd irvm t pm 6thib 34 to 10 am dxtmlmr 26 nisiiafcisisia axaoaaaim christmas for yearround pleasure give the family the best gift ofall admiral television top value in clear reception sharp focus easy control the whole family will approve see our general electric and admiral refrigerators ballentine motors phone iw your taaeo daaur acton from hie hydro jj he chairman commissioners and all of hydros thousands of employees throughout the province join with the municipal systems in wishing you the compli ments of the season the commission also take this opportunity to extend their best wishes and thanks tothe engineers suppliers technicians and men and women of labour whose co operation has contributed in great measure to the speedy development of new power sources may this christmas season be bright and merry and may the new year bring good health happiness and