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v toohway march 10th 1903 v thc acton free prejss actqn ontabiq c pao nvi thi orand prize winner of the 8tatb vacuum psgojinilia soh0 vqttlmf which appeared in this new- paper an february it 1955 mrs w mccready 80 portland street mhaleaoaar trtnacl 1mm engagements mr and mrs frank l- romph of barrie wish to announce the engagemeit of their only daughter joy jeanette to macdonald william john hatton son of mr and- mrs j d hatton ufbarrje marriage to take- place saturday march 6th 1955 at 330 oclock in st andrews presbyterian church barrie ont ario t t i spread religion in newspaper ads mrs d dunk was hostess mon- daynighvto the baptist womans mission circle the program was presented by mrs g wagner and mrs l mccutcheon the devot ional period directed thoughts around the example of daniel and nla loyalty to cod a period of prayer for the missionaries in in dla was apehl tac study described v the relig ions of india h was of interest to hear of the successful means of acquainting the people with the means of newspaper advertising truths of christianity through the afftxwln the tetagu fields in which canadian baptists work haveresporided by enrolling in a bible correspondence course the next meeting wll be- tho- annuol business meeting at which time various reports will be giv en at the spring thankoffering miss olive hunter from hamilton will be the guest speaker the spring rally for the mission circles of the eastern division of the guelph association will be held ift- may in cheltenham in ajiswer to the roll call each quoted a verwe from psalm 23 next month each one is to quote high school news a verse of scripture containing sone saying of jesus following the meeting a social time was enjoyed during which tea was served by mrs duok and mrs wagner r- r by neil bentan a the spring concert time draws nearer the tickets are printed and are being sold each form has its tickets now and they may be obtained from any of the students of the high school prices are 50c for adults and 39c for children domt iforget you may buy them jor either thursday or friday night the checker club tournament la well under way with teams play ing almost every night there will be playoff games later on thcre has been ono game played this week 1n the inter-mural- bas ketball schedule between arblc and coon with arblc winning by a score of 196 there will be anoth er game thursday with dawkins playing foolitt there rare more games for the boys and are being played at the y q 10b h a for p o iode examines african souvenirs a bracelet niade or the hairs of an elerffiants tail a singlestringed primitive musical instrument a shield of giraffe hide and wicked looking knives were among the many articles mrs cordon rlngler brought to ahqw the members of lakeside chapter iode at their meeting on tuesday she spoke on the three years she spent as a teach er in addis ababa ethiopia and then took many representative arti cles from large attractive woven baskets sonne of the items were ttpm uganda zanzibar eretria and the sudan as well as ethiopia ethiopian crafts are very crude while those of other sections of africa are more advanced she ex plained carvings of warriors and animals were intriguing some had been incorporated into table ware shu pointed out that the long knives and spears were practical and not just used to kill animals especially entertaining were her descriptions of feasts and celebra tions at christmas the king gives gifts to every ell lid in government schools and entertains the teachers at u final ltei attended one of these and reported u whole iimst liunlt with an ornngf in lln torn tear fcarf be rreparet council board put offer to purchase more than 700000 canadian huve received free blood transfusions s th canadi red- cross aer vice was inaugurated in 1947 prize list 1955 acton fair to bo hold at acton septe 16th an 17th homecrafts section 1st 2nd 501 quilt cotton pieced 1 25 1 00 802 quilt applique 125 100 503 quilt fancy quilting new l 25 1 00 504 quilt pieced and applique 1 25 1 00 505 quilt childs nursery design 1 00 75 30b bedspread crocheted or knitted l 00 75 507 bedspread any new design l 0 75 508 tablecloth crocheted 34 at least t25 1 00 509 afghan knitted 1 00 75 510 afghan crocheted l 00 j5 8t1 hug braided wool or rayon l 25 1 00 512 rug hooked wool 1 25 1 00 513 rug rag floor hooked 1 25 1 00 514 2 tea towels practical and handhemmed 75 50 515 pr pillow cases embroidered in color 1 00 75 516 pr pillow cases lacetrimmed color crochet r 00 75 517 pair pillow cases crocheted edge and inset 00 75 518 2 guest towels different designs 1 00 75 519 place mots at least five pieces crocheted 1 00 75 520 bridge set5 pieces 1 00 75 521 bridge cover 1 00 75 321a crochet doily under 12 1 00 75 522 chesterfield set crocheted 1 00 75 523 needlepoint framed picture 1 00 75 524 needlepoint for chair or stool not made up 1 00 75 525 tatting on handkerchief 1 00 75 328 knitting bag j 00 73 327 shopping bag 1 00 75 528 tea cosy wool exhibited on teapot 1 00 75 529 night dress fancy 1 00 75 530 bed jacket knitted or crocheted j1 1 00 75 831 ladies house dress practical 1 00 75 532 pyjamas mens 1 00 75 533 housecoat sampleattached 1 00 75 534 best kitchen apron cotton 1 00 75 335 apron practical v 1 00 75 536 apron fancy 1 00 75 537 shirt mens sport 100 7b 538 rompers childs 1 00 75 339 dross childs 1 00 75 540 dress childs smocked 1 00 75 541 boys knitted suit 100 75 341a girls kni suit or dress 100 75 545 play suit childs cotton t nrr 1 00 r 75- 543 socks mens coarse 1 00 75 544 socks mens fine plain color 1 00 75 545 socks mens fine fancy 1 00 75 546 darning on mens fine sock 1 00 75 547 gloves mens knitted 1 00 75 548 sweater mens sleeveless 1 00 73 549 babys bonnet and jacket knitted 1 00 r 75 550 babys bonnet and jacket crocheted x 1 00 75 551 babys mittens cap and boottees 1 00 75 552 carriage cover wool 100 75 s53 3 pot holders different designs 75 50 554 oven mitts 1 pr 5 51 554a 3 hot dish mats 75 50 555 2 guest towels huck weaving 1 00 75 556 2 guest towels monogram 1 00 75 557 something new from something old no mats 1 00 7 558 clothes pin bag made from feed bag 50 25 559 anv other article from feed bag 1 00 75 360 best shell craft 100 75 561 leather handbag tooled 1 00 75 562 any other leather article tooled 1 00 75 these prises are for nonprofessionals 563 collection of 3 plastic articles 1 00 75 564 hand painting oil birds or animals 1 00 7a 565 hand painting collection of three 1 00 75 566 plastic table lamp 1 00 75 567 leather craft 1 article carved 1 00 75 668 collection 3 plastic articles 1 00 75 sdmrson88eab8 looted special 1 to the lady exhibitor who wins the most points in the home de partment classes vis domestic science canned and preserved pro ducts and homecrafts the simpsonsears limited prize is a silver plated meat platter valued at 12 95 bomecbaft specials 0s bestcouection of fancy fork not more than 15 pieces not shown before s 00 2 00 1s best babys layette 3 00 2 00 t5 rw5movltv arjucjes y 2 50 1 50 3s collection of 5 articles suiuble lor cnristmas gifts each article tofbe valued at not more than i z 2 50 645 obest collection fancy work bjmkew canadians frtfat l 1 p 1 1 i 11 h ii i i fn iff flftft- 200 a5s- for new ewhibitor best collection of itea towel 2pot holders 1 apron 1 tea cosy 3 00 t 2 00 non canpeuuve 500 to any organized group showing aprons of he year v qne abron to represent each month of the veair j miss 0 m lamparo atcm rmt 14 pflrk ave guelph phona 296 teacher of piano acton studio s albant parish hall 3 monday evening after tobogga ning at braidus hill there was lunch and dancing back at the school a good time was had by all easter exarninationa wttl soon hvp lun in about a month members children longines the worlds most honored watch entertai n at tea the m meeting and- annua mouth on the menu a friend mis took choid raw meut for beet salud and although she aleojily a little was soon taken ill mrs uingler was introduced by mrs gamble mrs r latigford thanked her and presented her with a bouquet of carnations mrs rlngler ulsa took port in a contest given by mrs e smith on geography industries uml history nf r a raeh with the completion of the afx competition fpr january and feb ruary the red six was announced as winners piling up some uk liointa more han the runnersup the bed six will be given a pass to the theatre sometime this week us a reyvard for their win following the opening grand howl the pack enjoyed two fast gamea before setting down to some aerl- u test passing during the lnatru- tlon period each cub was given the opimirtunity to pass any of his testa in either the first or second atar- irfviuus to gathering around the cuiupfire akelu introduced a new phase of cubbing one of the jungle danets cainpfire for the evening con sisted t- continuance of the jungle story und a singsong with two new songs beiug introduced tlir meeting closed with tups b laek tlie rpiilik hrund howl hynih canada and won the prize the officers for the coming year were insta with the charter ae- cepted bythet new regent mrs s norton officers are honorary regent mary llintorij regentrorul norto 1 v officers tea of the duke of dev onshijre chapter iode was held on tuesday march 1 at 230 pm at the home of mrs w jtl u beatty the first viceregent mr li li vicaregent n mrti nr jessie coles recording secretary b ow p irene watson assistant secretary donations were voted to the bes8 mlubje 8 temrj halton music festival and maruuerite ryder aiice uanstd johns ambulance mrs b mowat gave an informative talk on the ratification of the paris pact an invitation was received from peel regimenl chapter iode to tour the dale greenhouses in brampton mrs jany was appoint ed to arrange transportation for this event mrs w woodburn was appoint ed convener of toe lunch commit tee mrs g beatty phoning com mittee mrs w wolfe mrs jany pnd mrs long the program com mittee in the lijl of honorary counsel lors published last month the name of mrs william cooper was inadvertently omitted officers of the lakeside chapter iode were guests at the tea mm charles kirkncss welcomed all the guests on behalf of the chapter the program c of mus- urd ironside und the insixclioh by akelu got the meeting of b puck undetway speeiur inspection for evening was the proper wearing of the neckerchief following u abort session of games the puck was divided for in struction hiikabu taking some on ikiij of the first star tests while akeltf took the others on tenderpad und fi star t around thecuinpf lie akelu con tinued with the jungle story for cubs two new sungs were intro duced to the puck next week three mure new chums will be invested and welcomed in tqthpae a few of the boys jeinain still not invested murray- scoyne akela ola somerville treasurer alice me cullum ussistunt treasurer may dumarch educational secretary vivian w smith educational committee helr canada packers cooking scliool iv i i filled acton town hall on the even- many prizes won at cooking school more school lands f6ontmued from page out council noted the police report for- february also cobiea of an industrial promotion booklet sub mitted by the acton chamber of commerce coimcil endorsed a resolution from the township of waterloo urging a change in assessment legislation on privately operated burying grounds it was pointed out that uniler the present setup commercial cemeteries can opeate taxfree council also considered a resol ution from- tlie ontario hairdress ers association calling for stand ardized sanitation regulations for operators the county health- unit h to be asked for an opinion on this mailer a kirkness was uppoin ted weed insnector for 1955 to a request from ilurren that council write off his business la for 1154 when he was out of business members agreed mr ilurren should be obliged to pay an he did niif noti tin lowrt uion receipt of his fijil notice annexation aftermath the ontario municipal boards ufficlal order on actons aiiiiexaw ion was read by the cerk who hter revealed the county registry office refused t register the or der on grounds that a complete description n involved w not included by the town thia- matter i to be rectified immed- ulteiy j clork metieaehie turning togiii other aftermath of the annexation iid there was some conflicting he or not mr- 1 t u r d tct don sexton phon miil 645 st ical selections by stephen paul and peter wolfe janice and car men woodburn sheldon ttloiy linda and robbie parker gather ie kirkness blllie and marilyn rognvaldson ella and elizabeth jany all children of members of the chapter mrs r m mcdonald thanked those taking part miss m ryder expressed the thank of the lakeside chapter mrs h mainprise honorary re gent presided over the tea table and the officers served lunch en waterhouse lois mackenzie echoes secretary harriet helwig corresponding secretary stella ad unison pianists mary mckenzle margaret mcciillough world affairs and current events emily wallace margar a publicity kay dills flower and visiting charlotte holmes mury mann card convener marguerite coon services at home a abroad verna bean mary murks jane gamble film conven er kay alger membership jean mcphail mabel van fleet bazaar convener margaret creighton bu- ztar committee edith watkins florence wilklns councillors velmu west helen pickett mary allen helen mlddle- drew a golden bette kwititt muriel heard pauline symon jean lcishman provisions you say you were once cast away on a desert island entirely without food how did you live well i had un insurance policy in my pocket and i found enough provision in it to keep me alive i was rescued nearly onethird of- canadas population is in thejfjixtcen ant under age group b ings of march 7 and 8 this week sponsored by the womans associa tion of acton united church the dietitian for the school was miss mcklnnon capably assisted toy mrs doris kentner each evening 12 shopping bags were give away from the school sponsor and 12 shopping bags from the womans a the winners of the shopping bags on monday evening were mary cooney mrs j vanfleet miss christine henderson mrs h cripps miss f wilklns mrs w little miss d simmons miss iottic moore mrs h jolley mrs j lock er mrs a kentner mrs d mason mrs h mainprlze mrs alice ko- zuc mrs a long mrs f crump mrs d millen gruce townsley mrs j b wntklns mrs jessie- a modern step in food merchandising is at your convenience every time you shop at ledgers iga the wide aisles easytoreach and wellstocked shelves the cheerful atmosphere covering our whole planned layout the pleasant personnel allthese features pi us the most important of all consistently low prices with equally consistent high quality mean satisfaction for you when you take a modern step to ledgers iga mm mudill mrs e evans mrs r ever dell mrs s brunelle and mrs k mckenzle a prize for the oldest ludy present went to mrs lindsay a prize for the newest bride to mrs it bray- shaw and a prize for the nearest birthday on the very day to mrs amy walker other prizes donated by acton mvfchants were won by the follow ing relish plate mrs w mceach- ern tinned goods miss inez mclel- lun 5 lb margarcne mrs murray smith groceries mrs r turner lavinder set mlim phyllis markl voucher mrs j cordon a door prize of a st of dishes was won by mrs helen blttorf the food baked on monday even ing was won by the following up side down apple pie mrs it o- hara corn beef hash pie mrs n lambert asparagus casserole mrs h- fried chic en mrs r bol lentine tn tiffins mrs k k iar- ker muffins mrs j denny beef roll mrs l agar old fashioned salad mrs wm balientlne poor boy sandwich mrs g mccutcheon mr parker was given the spice cake he helped to bake tue evening bag we won was required to send out new cessment notices to residents in the newlyacquired urea it was later agreed this procedure should be followed at the same time mem bers passed a motion that a bylaw be prepared accepting the annex ation the clerk also presented council with the towns insurance policies an annual formality oh well in park councillor ej footltt mentioned several trees still in need of cut- ling down he also informed the council that a local woman who suffered an accident some time ago i bringing suit against the town in this connection councillor lindsay passed on to memhe r th lo g e und well driller had made a prop osition that the town would gain half the profits if any from a gas or oil drilled well in the local park if a lease was granted ff action wus taken on this request councillor weick said a citizen has a small outside utility buildipg for sale which might be useful ror equipment storage at the park no action followed this information a q by co kt oy mrs moran mrs clark arm strong mrs neil gibbons mrs l youngblut mrs e elliott mrs m nell is mrs c kingsmill mrs e mcdowell mrs r johnston mrs i harris betty campbell irene mas ters jean mclean heather ann dumarch mrs j smith mrs b jordan mrs a m mcpherson mrs ross ballentine mrs- i withers mrs h kamtra mr- c w lands- borough mrs b shoemaker mrs a mcdonald and mrs k turkosz the prize for the oldest lady pre sent went to mrs william landt horough and for the newest bride to mrs b shoemaker the prize for the birthday went to mrs f hunter other prizes donated by local mer chants went to the following cocoa mrs j denny chocolates mrs wm ballentine cake plate miss olga locker glass shertoert set d allen ladys pyjamas mrs s sinclair set of dishes mrs herb price tbje decorated nam was won by mrs j smith the food bakedon tuesday even ing went tp the following apple sauce cake mrs charlie armstrong eherry pie etdon morrows bran banana bread mrs buckland irish stew in rice ring mrs allison hash- burgers l w spicer hat wiener and bean salad mrs g fountain wiener treats mrs macpherson flowers were presented to miu mckinnon and mrs kentner and m gift to mr parker the event was considered most successful with an attendance of oyer 200 each evening ciidyw sold by members of the group since 1939 the number of cana dians directly employed in the manufacturing industries has in- created from 656 1 h to about i- 3gq00q v 5k irwin it was established the town has no set policy to take care of destitute transients canty bate drops reeve hargrave passed on a complaint from a peel street res- idcnt regarding deep rul at his drive entrance the reeve also re ported the county mill rate will this year take about u three mill drop at the close of the meeting may or tyler asked council if it was not in order to protest to the highways d the grant juggling ex plained earlier by the clerk no re- quest for action came from the members however earlier in monday nights meet ing the final progress certificates en the acton high school cost wore ordered paid- at a total of 2440253 aa well the following accounts totalling tzolotnj were ordered paid cnr rental of sewerage pipe ont municipal bd re an nexation w coon rent of compres sor toths garage a k hart co mdse thompson fuu1 service acton free presi adv barnard stamp and stencil ltd badges acfor puc hydro jan operation thompson motors ont fruv police salaries rapid blue print mdxe 300 23150 1300 1 13 10733 8774 230 11 12 44205 10910 982 52 13 63 y leaders corps take examinations friday afternoon 10 leaders from the acton leaders corps wrote pass and review exams for the national y mca leaders corps three candidates were writ ing review exams having previous ly passed the standard junior ex ams ann de forest ena waller and frank marisak were aiming for the high standard of 80 per cent required of leaders writing review exams all three passed with a good margin seven other candidate were writing for a pass which would allow jlhem to become members of the national corps marjorie janks ernie lawspn peter law- son theresa arblc donlinjlayu brian mccristall and tony baker a iso had a high mark to achieve in order to be accepted and alt came through with flying colors tae exam covered basketball box h6rse work exercise and games used in ymca classes the high- istnwarlr ttas achieved by ernie lawson who received 2 per cent for a well written paper r the canadian red crai main tains eightladfe t dva hospu tals thrbughout canada toii j rrrrt ri- 2sl m jt f vji- mii ifii uaaii i l