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i h j- raabeokiija4ca ioth mm ir the acton free prs acton ontario r7 ajb5 sevkw gp- mmlnxwjt caw swt oldest pensioner chmlt with ariitm- lel ivrrafo tliwho nm been 0 bell ofgnmioi for only few moitthi the first of generations of bell people who have thared one aim to make good telephone aervice even better lillian camp was a young lady there is one thing that has not of 22 when she came to work for changed through the years and us in 1880 the year we started in that is the pleasant interested the telephone business she re- people who continue to enter tiretl on pension in 1931 and aridgrow up in the telephone can today at 96 look back on business men and women who three quarters of a century as a have shared one aim to member of the bell family make good telephone service every time she drops in to our office in montreal for a visit she and change ye she tells us even better thats the way it was in miss thewaylft5f now 75 years later t the bell telephone company of canada want ad page where old friends meet rev james b sutherland for mer presbytefikn minister in the district who left tecently for for mosa wrote uie following letter to members of his former camp- bervtlle congregation at christ mas time because of its general interest we are publlshlng it this week practically in ma en tirety t dear friendsf it does not hook much- iike a canadian christmas around here the qgst three days we have- had chitting rains and some wind but in taipei where i was staying un til last week tfiey have had very g weath outside i ca see the green leaves blowing fit the wind and just around the corner from my veranda there is a burti bright with poinsettas you will see them on your christinas cards but here they grow vwy plentifully and are at their best around christ- nuae and were in japan the 22nd to 26th i handron the horn most of the time i spent two very interesting days in tokyo and then another day or the train going to kobe where i visited our missionaries the powells and rejoined the ship the day 1 landed here was one much liketoday isi and along the dock- were the workers wearing the type of rain trapes that you seebeing made in the picture tor last june in the church calendar i was met by three of our mis sionaries and was brought to taipei the capital city where i stayed with dr and mrs mcmillan for the tamsui is at the mouth of the tamsui river at the north of the island our mission houses look out over the river and the ocean breakers across the river is the goddess of mercy mountain and there is a very beautiful view from here on a clear day they say that in the summer it is one of the beauty spots olth ialiinrt rejt month the youhg people ipts of trucks and buses but most of ail bicycles and pedicabs they are aot over the pllace and do not pay a great deal of attention to the traffic lights and i doubt if anyone knows what a stop street is i think of you people especially on sundays wfoen i go to different churches i went to a japanese service in tokyo and since then to seve chinese se vices h in 1 landed at keelung on the 29th of oct we had sailed on the 9tti monuments r brampton monument works designs- submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop 68 qiwm st w brampton shop phono 14104 rm 313 rep tofilnicol phono brampton 603w will remember that dr mcmillan sboke at the t rally of the pres bytery yps in campbellville in 1952 getting acc during that month i was free from any duties in order to see around and to get accustomed to the new country and climate 1 found that most people take a rest the first part of the afternoon and when- the weather is hot it is cer tainty necessary we have had some quite hot days since i came i spent a few t visiting i mr and mrs gordon at lotung whicn is to the east of taipei and is on the coast t went in a car and it was a wonderful drive over narrow and ste mountain loads 1 itluui iioanccgui cd by train wihich follows the coast more dlosely and passes through about 2 tunnels on the way i sbuth where the english presbv- terians work the rllmate is drier and hatter there at this time of the year it is actually in the tropical zone because we crossed the tropic of cancer about b of the way down the island one of our missionaries was go ing to ihong kong on business and twentwith hhrr a flight of about three hours this is a city full of interest a mingling of bast and west lit- is a very orderly and quiet place compared to tokyo or teipei where car drivers drive with one it is quite british in many ways sudh as driving on the left double decker buses efficient police direc tion of traffic difference in service in taipei our ripssion houses are ir a targe compound along one ot the main streets it was v noisy with tiorns bicycl bellsiand men selling tfieir waresalong the street there are not many prviate cars as taxes and duty are extremely high but there are a numberown- edby americans ijy the wealthy and by the army there are also taipei there is a service in english jn the ymca every sunday afternoon for all denominations there are a few differences be tween the chihese services and ours at home that you might be interest ed in usually one of the egders conducts the service and the minis ter preaches the sermon and pro- in how many of our canadian churches we would find ciders aboe and willing tp do that or also spent a couple of dayslri the ministers ready to let them often women as wall as men will take up the offering which follows the ser mon an then one of the ushers will offer the prayer of dedication most of he christians are able to lead in prayler artd at some length after this it is one of the members of the congregation who makes the announcements so you see there is more participation by the congre gation than we have been used t i wish you cotfld hear them sing every one socms to be an excellent singer and lookingaround the con gregation one docg not- see anyone with his mouth closed or just mum- home of h arb goelphst oaae of w beevers guetph st home of aars w b mu strer conroy cortroy 60 oilfired winter air conditioning unit care hecfatj condition sl w n unit what style is your home r bungalow ranch type two storey or perhaps it is one of those wonderful old homes people used to bo able to afford to build most of this latter type of home were built before the days of csn- trshearing what ever the style of your home roots have a heating system that will make home comfort as up to dale as tomorrow we offer quality products installed and serviced by men who know their trade these men take a genuine interest in your wel fare and satisfaction conroy oil burners and oil fired winter air conditioning units duotherm oil fired gravity or winter aircondmoning units williams bllomatic heating if there is any question in your mind about the condition btf work ing ability of your present system we will be glad to v on repairs alterations or replacement 3 this i a good time of year to phipkajbdutthat hestincsystem t is easier to diag trouble wh th u u i op clare hecla gravity or winter air conditioning units oil or coal fired whatever your heating problems for free estirhst obligation without we installed the heating units in the fine acton homes pictured in this ad hoaae of john gordon acton blvd home of lorne weick bower ave umng during the singing last sunday i went with some othtrs to see the happy mount leprosy colony and went to church there there were about thirty people there and they sang without- accompaniment and they raised more volumn than a congre gation at home with many times their number a trained choir and a bigrijipe organ they love toeing arrtf it is a great experience to hear them one other sunday i vistied the government leprosarjiirh ahd went to church in the building you will see in the picture for december in the 1955 calendar both of these institutions are beautjfully situated and- are doing good work in the treatment of that awful disease- since moving out here i have begun my language study and so far can make a few strnige sounds anj- isome words so far 1 have a teacher only three hours a day but late w have one fo five hou there is going to be some work- to it there will be lots of opportunity to hear it arid to practice it when i get up the nerve the houses here are quite large with wideverandas and high ceil ings i am boarding with mr and mrs andrews and their llittle sor david they were in china for a hv ytjuit ami immtj- ihti lastsum mer mr andrews teaches in the boys middle school they speak thi marrdaruiandiam learning the formosan or amoy dialect not much concern there does not seem to be much conc generall among the people over the political situation nofsas much excitement as there was in the us and canada tn presence of the us fleet and thoir support make any invasion very unlikely and almost impossible of sucooss we do not hear much news fiom canada here on the radio i can get australia japan hong kongthiiphilipin all of whom give news in english but hardly anything from or about canada so you see even if you write about the weather or politics or sports it is all news to us over here- air mail service is good letters take usualjy 710 days surface mail takes 6 weeks to 2 months or more the cost of living is about the same as there or a little higher unless you want to eat rice al th time there is a greater variety t western style food available than i had thought there would be there is a good transportation sjtem of trains aid buses the equipment is not a comfiuialiic as might be desired but the sirvcc is efficient and travel is not ex pensive if you read vincmeirrtt soon be readmn something about this country blair fraser w vsitine formosa shortly before 1 got here preparing nn article for t- and nou may god bless you a i at this chrjtmas lime arid all through the nrwyfar and i wju certainly appreciate hearing from tiny of you who can take the time to write me a letter your sincerely james e sutherland bearidmore if warf shuuout night for the beardmore league rolling room benrrthoufie and chrome taking curry upper leather and special ty in that order in the flrsfgo j rihson 673 iind k papillon 643 were the big guns for rolling room ed mcgiiiloway with 750 301i highlighted the beamhouse win j turkosz 714 and 3 rody 86b were top timber topplers for chrome other mentionable tripl es were bl11 williams ahd sonny townstify with 603s ai league standiigfbruary 28 rolling room 85 chrome 84 cur ry 59 beamhouse 57 specialty 55 upper leather 38 xejjtlon utdies fireflies topped the league lead ing dim wits for two and totalsaf ter dropping the first game half wits won two from doodle bugs but faifed to pick up the singleton point for totals top triple was i posted by dot fowke 647 hitting good singles were d angell 223 j buchanan 267 d fowke 247 s turkosz 269 i hall 236 league standing february 28 dim wits 6qvi half wits 53 fire flies- 48a doodle bugs 48 yjwca ladles auxiliary as by a 52 win over ms hang ntn a slim hje pninjpgti j tho second series ys missed the oppor tunity to take over top spot when ahey bowed jothecjiwho snared two and totals coming up with the singles were mary ewing 209 phyl lis angell 205 may wilds 227 bet ty armstrong 210 louise toth 233 and mrs turkosz htule girl shir ley 201 league standing march 1 as 35 ys 34 cs 32 ms 25 maaon knit jazzy joes took the first two from bluebirds but the birds picked up the odd point for totals alley kau wiih a two and totals win over cardinals are wlthlnone point of the leaders hcpkats won two from weenies but the- frank furters winning game was a big one and they took the odd point for totals top triples wereracked up by doris townstey 623 jessie price 603 gayle hulford 601 best singles were h williamson 226 c griqse 205 j price 216 d towns- ley 235 a rocher 226 g hulford 238 j mccroa 201 t tnrtn7 7a d wagner 224 j deforest 215 f oakes 212 league standing march 1 blue birds 87 alloy wau 86 hepkats 82 jazzy joes 71 cardinals 75 weenies 57 partners j friend sonow youand your son are carrying on the business to gether owner not exactly i run the business and my son does the car rying on know may you never learn only those stricken by war disas ter or other tragedies knowst first hand how vitally essential red cross services are to our na- boo those of usvhoinerchinyr have not learned from brim ex perience may well 349400 lj b it acton major dominion hotel with boss de- dols cracking the verbal whip took their arch rivalsv the tiger cats for a loop when they toppled lrrttmbrtstnr tflrtntmes firemen a upstit the first sbries winners acton woodcraft for two and tot als while young married mn were so surprised at winning two tiames from forte electric they forgot to get enough pins for tot als mauling the maples for top ulplej west l melntyre 600m cwe 670 m holmes 645 c var- ey 881 j turkosz 663 n morton 617 j robson 682 l masales 641 g masales 648 w allen 650 h eark- 623 league standing march 4 dom- inion hotel 34 acton woodcraft 23 tiger cats 22 firemen a 21 force electric 13 young married men 13 industrialcommercial with dee de forest hitting 722 pin tumblers took ramblers 52 ink spots led by john cunning hams 604 gave firemen b the same treatment white joy- cartage clipped dodcjs demons or he firsttwo games which did not suit captain ootids who punched 266 623vyi- the last game along with john oreaseys 263 and paul hamburg lawsonj 216 to win by enough to pick up totals league standing march 3 ramb- fcrs 20h ink sputs 19 pin t ers 18 dodds demons 14 fire men b 13 goy cartage 13 acton ladles dot earles 621 offset mae hilti 818 and democrats won two from liberals but the gibbons gals had enough on the bait to pick up the odd point for totals conservatives- were in a point hungry mood and took all games from republicans best singles were trundled by pudge jordan 208 delaine rogers 203 mae hilts 249 dot earie 280 lil bradshaw 21 helen lcsueur 240 league standing march a dem ocrats 58 republicans 47 conserv atives 47 liberals 44 teenagers tiger cats continue to rido roughshod over the opposition and they alobbered king pins for the works lucky strikers had the in dian sign on hot shots dnd shut them out while falcons not to be outdone zeroed the dodgeri george dokey bakes 267 single and 488 double were tops for the league- while ross morton came up with a 204 single league standing march 5 tiger cats 71 lucky strikers a4 falcons 50 dodgexs 46 hot shots 47 king pins 45 tmssa and ftat joan knight went to towtrand picked the iga groceries with a 684 triple and the patricia ann hairdo with a 287 single hank earles 787 tricoujht was tops for the gord agocutcheoa habardashr ery award teenagers c masbn s mages g masalej andj gibbons had the hidden score awards from cooacota 7up andrelnharts ac- tpn intercounty tfarri shut qut streetsvuie- saturday afternoon ly should win the second series k i v f zmmg jtv6i