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thursday january mth ft53 the acton free press acton ontario paoe nvs h s holden eyes examined glasses fitted 7 douglas st ouelph interior decorating svpetmf wonunansmp and hie latest sunworthy wmrfatt wallpapan cdgrttie sttt decorator special values tadies satin tqats station wagon style only 1895 ladies slips odd lines and some counter soiled one lot reg to 2 98 fpr one lot reg to 4 95 for ladies lined jeans size 12 to 18 years to clear at pair mens fine shirts odd tines to clear each 149 279 jeans years 389 hirts s 299 boys breeches z9opr one tot gothic bras 69c knitting wool spec al value at ball 29o odd lines ladies sweaters at sale prices mens and boys sweaters at sale prices see these other lines orr display at special prices many visit homes over weekend r reg shaw of newmarket spent the week end with mr mur ray dearing at the utters home here ilrs thos hayward has returned home from groves memorial hoa pital where she underwent treat ment for a broken arm she s resting comfortably at home mr and mrs byron bruce and family of ospringe spent sunday with mr and mrs bert weeks and girls mr and mrs earl hooper and family spent sunday at london with mr and mrs- sherman mil lar and amity mrs hooper and david remained for a weeks hoi iday mr and mrs chester wilson of marsville spent sunday with mr and mra pete watson and family rev and mrs eldridge currey of acton spent saturday at the home of hfermother and sister rev erla and mrs currey mr and mrs perry kellam and shirley of brampton spent sundiy with mrs john watson mr and mrs reg hoare of or angeville and mr and mm bert thompson of hillsburgh were en tertained at the leeson home on saturday evening mr and mrs norman bilton doreen and rendall belwood vis ited saturday with mr and mrs j k courtney mr and mrs j b hurd attended a farewell party at the home of mr and mrs russell woods bel wood on saturday evening in hon or of miss joan hurd who is leav ing for florida in the near future mr and mrs bob king guelph visited recently with mr and mra noah king and mr and mrs j lmceachen j mr jack hayward and mrs j glover toronto visited a day last week with their mother mrs t hayward mr and mrs j k courtney and mr milford courtney motored n toronto on tuesdav to visit their father mr wm courtney who s i patient in i hospital there osptlnof pounding the sports beat a vettgoance at the tournament in milton last night acton was eliminated by georgetown 83 in then- first game although they led 2 1 at half time games were two 20 minute periods a penalty to george smet hurst started the georgetown ttam rolling and a shaky acton defense collapsed under the strain ross morton looked like the lop hand for acton oakville won the tournament by shellacking port nelson 61 blank ing milton 0 0 and beating george town in the finauv halton policemen s association sponsored the event and ft proved to be successful both financially and competitively about 300 at tended there s another tournament this saturday in elmlra for the pee wee team with jo teams entered acton s entry plays their first game at 150 with new hamburg other teams in the tourney are elmlra elora hes peler bridgeport fergus palmer ston milverton drayton and the aforementioned two ne scarcity of hockey for acton boys this year minor sports club h having a hard time getting all the boys organised the winters are getting warmer the hockey season is getting longer in towns without art ficial fee the hockey season is get ting shorter tn some towns there is no hockey at all due to the short nera of the natural ice season neighboring towns with long bud gels shorten the season for towns wjuhsltprt budget -re0lv- lcngth of their artificial ice season docsn t permit competition with towns with short seasons this perplexing situation is fur thcr lengthened by the shortness of players wjlp want to piny onl ofnt there are player for happy helpers hold monthly meeting the happ helper mission bind held their monthh meeting on sat urdi it the home of mrs george grnnd with 19 in ittendance tu leader mrs g aitkcn was is sisted by mrs j a bulloch congratulations to the edit r and son for the r splendid broid east of ncghbonru news r sunday nh eh wis well receded here mr donald dnn mclcin f vincoucr bc spent sevenl dajs in the community visiting forrm neighbours and friends mr george r nnirk of hamil ton is lsiting with mr and mrs div d stewart and fimih miss jc nn howard who is a stud nt it ryersnn institute tor onto spent the week end with her pirints mr ind mrs howard mr ind mrs ken robertson and bib lnda of toronto sp nt r nit of das with the formers pirents mr ind mrs d g ron ertenn ind brian c mgnlulalions to mr and m wm kli s or on the arrival of i v ne diufihter at present the fnmih ire sfning with the for m r s pire ts mr and mrs k kl istir in the milage mr d mckinne flew to ch ig 1 i i week ind spent so cnl davs thi r nn business miss joyce robertson attended the wedding of her friend marg wright of puslinch on saturda miss ft me sch 11 spent the wetktnd with her parents at v odstock miss el zabtth ford ice mpinitd hir f r a di miss flvem wnttr of oustic u t eek e id is 1 r w th mrs mirhi jackson mr and mrs e woods and fam ih of si catherines visited on sun dav wiih mr and mrs fred bap mrs martha jfkktn l spending a few da s this week with her sisur min jant watjson hill- bur the fun profusion who wint long pay en volopes for a short week but vou must also have long promises for them or ou 11 get a short ihrlft iong discussions ire provoked bv people with short minds about arti ficial ice short discussions are evoked from lone minded people ibout the same s ibject the long and short of it all is recorded hi this column for those who want to try and make some thlnr out of this nhort discussion on what most will agree la a ver long subject for such a short column four teams tied for first place torrid race for loop leadership four rifemes played in the junior division of the town league this eek brought a surprising result to the standings all four clubs are tied for first place with five points apiece reg black s team which led the league last week salvaged only one point fn activity this week and the three other teams climbed even in the senior division of the loop wilf duval b team retained their lead with a win and a loss thursdays games doug dawkins gang whipped ernie mark s team 4 fl to start their surge to the top off last thursday ken dodds paced the wjnnlng ef tort with two goals while bob coxe and bob wahlman each tacked up a goal and an assist for the losers brian thorarlnson jim denny and wayne emyi blinked the light with thorarlnson also picking up an assist in the second game mike coxes team and reg black s played to a two alt tie paul coles and peter lawson sparked coxes club with a goal apiece while martin marks and ron clow each fived one for the blacks kerwin mcphail s team won their first game by whipping in eight goals to davals six nsehlbfdivi- slon play thursday don deforest led the winners with four goals fol lowed by huck dawkins with a pair jerry white and turk shep herd with one apiece deforest also picked up an assist while cunie added three brackets and gordon and peter lawson each scoring one bob wahlman was the big gun for the dawkins team with a bat trick and bob coxe got-the-other- duval a team regained thclead in ihe senior division by shading mc phail s 4 3 bill coon potted two goals for the winners with one each going to orv dodds and johnny rocher jim greer notched an as sist dawkins deforest and currie scored one apiece for the losers league standing junior dhrlston p w l t pjs for duval s team johnny rocher and orv dodds picked up a pair of goals each while peanut dodds and tom ritchie sniped one apiece ritchie s goal was the prettiest one j2tb j6- tick handled iftotugrsiresimtieeeteamattd whip ped the puck past kihojpinihe mc phiil nets to end hisscoring famine tuesdays gaines tuesdivs opener in the junior division wis fast with ernie marks team coming fnm bihind to shade reg blacks 3 2 bmn thorarlnson with two goals wis tin pick of the winners with bob marshall count ing one birr stowirt and bill johnston scored for the losers george willlimson plaed well in the nets for the blacks in the nightcap in n see saw bit tl mike coxes club and doug diwkins playjcd to a four all tie the coxe club got iwiv to a fist start whipping in two foals before diwkin s team scored three in row to surge aheid coxes teni tied it up only to hive dawkins club go ahoid again until later in the dime when tom oikky to5k a piss from paul col s nnd fired the tying goil onkle got two for the coxe leim with frank minsseak johnny fixit ittittflt isi rhibborn dram should tjat you down cal m tor help we r bast town know turn next time call us and we ii send a man right over we are always reedy for any emergency ladies groups hold january meetings the jin ar meet ngs of the w m s ind ladies aid of the pros bjttmn church were held in the home of mrs d clirk mrs w lowrit opened the wms meeting with i poem and devotions were iken bi mrs gimt macdougall mrs mino hoil call was an red b pimng membership fees ind suggestions for the year s work arnngt ments w i re made for ob sormg the worlds day of prayer to be held it mrs girdiners a full report of the wms in null presbuernl held in knox church cuelph wis given by mrs j b lowrie ind mrs h gilbertson rtdings bv mrs r rov and miss jimes gilbertson were enjoxed mrs john milne closed the meeting with pner ladles aid meeting mrs h gilbertson had charge of the ladies aid and opened with praver after minutes and reports were given several letters of thank ou were read roll rill was an wered b paying membership fees several items of business were sed readings were given by mrs d clark and mrs g mac dougall a contest was conducted by mrs g macdougall and won by mrs w lowne a social half hour was spent with mrs macdougall as ststing the hostess visitors during week mr and mrs gordon darby and little nn and mr and mrs w j lowne spent saturday evening with mr and mrs george thomas jilcampbcllville mrs j l macdonald has gone to onllia to be at the bedside of her sister who is ill mrs g a mcphail is spending a few weeks with her daughter and son in law mr and mrs george mcintosh in guelph mr and mrs ken watson and douglas spent a weekend recently with friends in toronto the ladies aid of the united church met in the home of mrs fred gardiner with a good attend a nee mrs willard and two children of branch ton spent a few days with her mother mrs t scott mr and mrs don mclean of st catherines were weekend guests in the home of mr and mrs w mc lean visitors recently w ith mr and mrs h gilbertson were mrs bur netl and allan miss bett fleming mr and mrs jack gilbertson and mr and mr f doughtv of guelph john calder plumbing heating evestroughing coxe dawkins marks black 5 1 5 2 5 2 5 2 duval mcphail senior division p w 3 2 3 1 y de on us for 1 fkscripffaryice when you need a prescription fitted uf celt on ut ovr long experience and large stock of pharmacats of all varieties 5 mean quickest service for you so when your doctor glvet you a prescription stop in here or phone us 87 j goafie drug store phohe 87 ida drug store acton meat market mill street telephone 541 thank you your patronage has been sincerely appreciated this building is now for sale and operations will be discontinued here on saturday january 31st shop and save all merchandise will be sold at greatly reduced prices hocks pork brisket beef lb 19c lb 25c schneider s bacon squares bacon lb 19c bakeasy shortening lb 19c lost makeshift games this week bixter labs hock y team had two disappointments this week al though they re offset by the fact the local lenm in the nnrflinm law dustnaf leigue still leids the four uams for the shecnev tost trophv on sundav it georgttown bax ters lost their first regular game for some weeks the locals bowed to georgetown businessmen with the final score 4 to 1 acton s only goal was to stewirls credit on monday evening in acton a fairly good crowd of about 10 gath ered to watch n scheduled game between baxters and a visiting club unfortunately only fonr or five players showed up of the a v roe team and baxters had to fill in the visitors ranks the goalie was in experienced and pliy was poor the baxter executive hid plan ned for the game and anticipated a good one sonnv rognvaldson publicity manager said we regret very much it was such a poof game- stocktaking bargains going at vi price 5upershine liquid wax 249c guelph laundry soap 28c super fine snap powder 215e p and g white naptha soap 10c uquibveneer c p i ra1 nip really k lis them 2ssc albo liquid starch 2l5c kleenzit cleaning paste 1 i lot odds ends to go at 5 25c regular up to 25c smarts diced carrots ir i arge 20 oz tins aylmer or gerbers infant foods barrs stock up on these canned goods specials it will be worth your while aylmer ribbon beets 2 21c largf 20 oz tins brimful tomato juice 225c larcf 20 07 tins henley pie cherries 231c reg s o tin g royal sliced peach 233c reg 1 oz tin green giant peas rfc 1 07 tin sunbeam cut green beans i rge z0 oz tins smarts strawberries reo 11 07 tin stafford s apple pie filler 20 07 tin 237c 3 tins 25c free delivery phone 16 or call at quality foods reasonably priced semi self service a good turn every day b the r own efforts mikfnk and ell ik candv wolf cubs at- the tth oakmlle linbrook park of oaktille ontario recently raised 35 which thev sen to dr i otti hitschmanov a director of the uni tanan service committee of can ada jot the milk for korea fund to help provide 25 000 korea prim arv school rhrtdren w th a dailj glass of hot milk made from powdered canadian sweet milk go out for the best