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remember when ethi cqoo old days g g jwa the job the firs steps in a program to finish he ob were taken at a meeting last friday nornlng of the communu ty centre fund raising comm ttee after consideration of the work still to be done to finish the pro bet completely the committee decided it ould be best to attempt to have the pledges tontinued for an extra two months in the financial report of the campaign and build ng program t has been establ shed there vvill be a deficit of over 4 000 this amount 4s almost exactly the amount of the pledges which have not been honored with an objective of 10 000 it is felt this deficit can be wiped out a concrete floor laid in the arena and the finishing touches put on the protect to raise me 10 000 it can be done by continuing the pledge deduct on for an ad dltional two months ash contributors are potitkal campaign kickoff the federal race is on i i tyofpoliticfll activity js bound to generate in the days between now and june 16 when prime minister john d efenbaker has decided there shafl be an election the population of halton has made some fairly big incrases since the last election in 1 958 but it will take some considerable change in thinking to alter the outcome m ihe tight of figures from the last election 1 last time conservat ve sandy best won with 20 937 votes over liberal ken dicks t25 and ccf jack henrys 3 488 i from oorvtewpoim local tuwn dont photo b lather taylor asked to make their gift equaj to 15 or 20 per cent of their original pledge at the present time a preliminary finan cial statement of all the funds contributed to the project and all the funds spent is being prepared when this is ready a copy of the statement wilt be distributed to every con tributor this campaign w ii give citizens who have arrived n acton s nee the campaign an opportun ty to become a part of the pro iect any c t zens who were unable to con tribute at the t me of the original campaign for various reasons will also be able to par tic pate in v ew of the success of the campaign last year and the general publ c acceptance of the faciltes dur ng the past winter sea son we feel there will be no doubt of the generosity of the cit zens in this fin sh the job campaign l t back in 1912 taken from ihe issue ot the free presi thursday april 25 1912 assessor harvey has completed the work of assessment and the new roll for 1912 while bjng comprehensive fe also jlnwork of art jt is mosl legible klean and well arranged the total assess mem is 1454345 over 6 000 more than last yeap there are 471 children of school age in town the births last year numbered 50 and the deaths 13 there arc 64 dogs in town while felling a tree in his bush one day last week mr hugh me cutcheon or enn had a narrow escape a beeeh limb from an other tree tell and struck him on the back of the head knocking jr his brotherinlaw was with him and helped him up and he soon recovered consciousness his back and arms were pain fully bruised it was a narrow ev cape eight men and boys were up before the magistrate in guilph on monday for bicycling on the pavement similar offenses in acton will land offenders in court loo one of these fine days there is no reason whv the women and children should have to be dodging this means of transportation constable hdrvev has it in for the newsboys who throw the wrappers of their bundles on the stact as they come from the evening trains they are easily detected as their names arc al vvavs printed on the wrappers about six o clock sunday even ing in georgetown a light engine following a cattle train crashed into the rear end when the train had stopped al the semaphore at the white bridge eight men in the caboose were hurled for ward at the impact of the engine six of them jumped to safety however the brakeman was pin ned m the wreckage and met immediate death and a drover although remaining conscious for some time was fatally injured the rumor that pupils attend ing the high and continuation school in guclph would bichjie cd full fare on the railways turns out to be a canard tiil order on iv pertains to students attending colleges and universities don t you go trout fishing be fore next wcdncsda or the lamc warden will get vou all equip ment and fish found on offenders will be seized and the guilty pai jjju w b6fov en tu bern to have developed that would nfluence n ejection outcome post bly the avro shut down wh be unearthed a a m0 ue a ood rrnf ca ns people moil ttr ool af ijwtfrt toy hf hye nte left the tw tui rf a g smrtfi utthcmk l a 0nm wf ff pmtvm rr m m rs ottwr y he thould tb mp h ob tftto m4ll pxt to he tan ke n b by bn end then ruch h lvmarm and rrtumph myt aatriy at nutwr of feci down tttle goal rchd m a wmk probably are better for you thn ope bta one every vn month w so a ir urnph xelti and then relaaet you and any of u can take a lot of that from day to day al we my if you can get the triumphs m no otht way cut them down to your size n j up to you tailor the task to what you know you can do the tern of achievement will fice construction in most of the county s towns from all appearance the campaign will have to be battled on broad issues rather than local ones that could make the voting difficult for all but the hard and fastdyed n the wool party line voter the t me is gone however when t s possible to predict the leanings of the vast majority of the voters the uncommitted vote s much more sigmfi cant than m earlier elections the conservative nommat on meeting scheduled for friday night will probably fc ck off the election campaign any change n the nom nation can hardly be expected w ih sandy best the sitting mp polit cal part es aren t i kely to change horses espec mlly w in ng ones in the early days of an elect on campaign we re looking forward to a bnak en i gt ten ng election campaign it is to be h jied that the electorate of halton will take an ik vr- part no matter what political iw t yo j carry carry t w th vigour om oven it you know you have fudged a liiiia the human soul has that much ego r unger in it journal democrat oepert wn of a lot of ut the acton free press pubttaned by the dcui trinttag ud pubmattw co tat founded tn 1675 and published every thursday at 59 v itluu st acton ontario member of the audit bureau of circulations the cwna ahd the ontariooueber dimskhi of the c w n a advertistng rates on request subscriptions pavable in advance 300 m canada 4j08 in england and other commonwealth countries 548 in the united states and other foreign countries single copies 7c authorisedraasecond class mail poet office department ottawa the only paper ever published ba acton g a dills editormduef david r dills managing editor business and editorial office phone 653 2 ff 1 0 backltu1942 taken from the taaue of ftws thursday april 30 iftt a new storage building ap proximately 50x75 is being erect cd at the plant of the wool combing corporation in acton the new addition is one storey in height and fills in the section be tween two of the buildings the georgetown lumber company is in charge of construction the 22nd annual provincial convention of the imperial or der daughters of the empire wjs held in hamilton april 22 to 24 attending from the duke of devonshire chapter were mis w j bealty mrs j symon mr peter smith and miss pearl smith from the lakeside chap- mre e jnrt ber reid and miss emma rob inson rev forbes thompson the new minister of knox church moved to the manw yesterday and the induction service start ing his ministry in acton will be held on imonday evening rhubarb from he garden pjteh is now on the family menu this is rather tough on the sugar rationing effective today u is illegal to rent any building or part thereof without a written agreement he me made on a governmental form in triplicate one copy ot which must be filed with the rentals office in toronto to bring the acton platoon of the reserve army of the lome suits up to full strength a cam plign for recruits has been open- td this week serving on the committee in charge of the cam paign art ihairman colonel j ballenline secretary f l wright publicity g a dills organization and registration a mason general committee j m mcdonald w coles and g mus selle motorists arc being reminded this week that beginning satur day they will not be allowed to dnvc faster than 40 miles per hour on the highuav the new regulation goes into effect in or der to conserve gasoline there was a splendid attend ance last fndav ecning at the annui i meeting of the lawn bowling and tennis club new officers are president j m mc donald first icepremdent w h claton second iecpresid ent dr w g cullen seerelan treasurer a bathe chairman boiling committee w richard yi chairman tennis commit led r loreo there s something missing in m life this spring 1 vt been teellng restless and unfulfilled lately and didn t know what was the matter bui 1 ve realized what it is 1 m lonely for my old house since we moved here weve lived in a rented place and while it is a good house it hasn t the character of the old place there s nothing fulling down or heaving or lorn up everything is os neat tidy and uninspiring as the exterior of a shotbox other years about this lime of year j d be excitedly plan mng all sorts of repairs reno vations and improvements as i walked around my haggard th f news from around we district burllngtontf mcmaster universitx at hamilton ever builds a medical school directors of the joseph brant memorial hospital would like to see their hospital affiliated with it as a teaching hos pital for doctors and nurses georgetown as il two uenn t enough georgetown has a third weekly newspaper run bv three young bos hoping to raise monev for chanties its written bv hand ind copies sell for two cents the mws includes juicv local items like a neighborhood wo man hiving her garden plowed or a new hdru pok in someone s front virnl oakv1lle mann nd otto jelinck home from winning the world pairs figure skating championship at prague czechoslo akia were given a rousing welcome from hometowncrs saturdav afternoon a parade and ciwc reception were held in their honor with locat and government officials in attendance streetsv1lle the barking of a police dog it the ford lowd home has been credited with suwng tht lives of their two children aged 15 and ii a flash fire broke and the dug nniscd the whole house hold brampton a rmjonlv of brampton merchants does not favor tin new store hours hill now before the provinciil legislature under the new bill council will not have to obey a 7s per cent peti lion tnim merelnnis and thi store hours problem would be left in tht 1 ips of totllltll watlrdown the 1962 budget is down to 59 326 mills and the cnmmireinkralc is up to 61786 mills this sear the town will lew i r 160375 milton con toll tiki milton s senior businessman is rctinng lfler 41 ve irs in his main st pool rexim and tobacco store during bis vcots ot woik tht ii mi tolitki wis ilso active in baseball elrcles kalunarad hammering iwordt into plowshares wf id he more difficult these days if you itn ble to tmd a tword you d then have to f rid someone who knows what a plow i v aaner to get into the conversation if you r not there miction doat not seem to have affected a penny as a pratty fair price for the thoughts choirs give easter cantata seasonal themeior ucw a fine congregation attended easier morning service when ihi tenure h was tilled there was spe cial musie bv ihc junior ihoir mr bcalon give a fine faster sermon and as the church has not had him in allendinec lor three sunltw i wis nice to heir htm again students from i hi college hue been helping him out while he wa studying for exams a special service was held on sumtav night when the tumor and senior choirs of ballinafad assisted bv the churchill onrhes tra presented a cantata sfrom darkncvs unto light the love ly tcrviec was enjoved vers much bv evervone mrs beaton was leader and organist it was a vers impressive scene with the cross draped in black whieh la ter was removed easter litics ad orned the front of the church easter tneme mrs percy white was hostess for the evening group of the un ted church women with members and one visitor attend ing mrs norman sinclair open ed the meeting with hymn 9 at half acre of the trout season had abated i d make a tour of inspection usually un a sunny saturday in may by bill smiley a truckloid of fill and some grais seed then i d mosey around to the back and check the clothesline the old lady used to give me quite a bit of trouble over that about four times each spnng she d haul me into the back yurd wave hysterically at all the fine sturdy uptight cloth eslinei of our neighbors and point speechless with rage and shame at ours it wasnl the rust that made her to mad 1 1 was the way the line gently sagged in the middle as soon as she put anything hcav icr than a pair of panties on it pole at the far end was rotten house it was about 12 feet high every spring i tied to figure out a way of trimming it and every spring it vvas a foot higher then the maples and spruce started growing up through the cedar and it was so pretty i just let it go it must be 20 feel high by now bui if i wanted to thin it i ii bet 1 could get some good urn ber out of there und kind of icai trrd ttnr- thin time nf war the easier hvmns ire nlwavs enioved ako ih ihiim t the dev ti nal bv mr mivc norton scripture reading wis from co- nnihuns i 1 ii fywowcd bv i hvmn and praver the topic old und new cinadians was vers well given bv mrs dick shorlill sr the members participated in i question ind answer panel al so relative to our was of living was a storv the red silk dress b miss beth mcenerv ar ising from those two items was an interesting discussion opin ions were expressed of impress ions of new canadians when ihev come here to live mem bers noted the kmdh help of the united church women in help ing them to adjust mrs flovd shotill directed several fames mrs ernie mcen- er mrs ae ketr and mrs mike norton assisted the hostess with lunch trip wag mrs f i shonilr and anne are cnjoving a tnp to the west and will visit wijn rosswho is hi training with the rcmp first i d check the ruts in the lawn made by the coal truck depending on what kind of a winter wed had these crevasses ran from a few inches deep to more than a foot id measure their depth with a practised eye shake my head admiringly at the kill of the truck dnver in hit ting the softest spot in the lawn and mutter ff a fellow just had ilets phy brib by bui coats it has been staled that 40 per cent of the contracts played in contract bndge are made or bro ken on the opening lead i think that 40 per cent is a little high but i would agree that manv con tracts can be set with the right itad or made on the wrong lead what to lead is a problem that confronts cverv bndge plaver from the novice to the expert it will depend on what vou hold and whether partner has bid and whether the contract is in suit or no trump the lead of a singleton should not be made just because it is a singleton a singleton can be led when vou have little trump tn i can be used to ruff and if ou think that the contract can be made if vou don i get these ruf in todav s hand a singleton ruined declarer dealer west both sides vulnerable north s k 0 8 4 hk o 7 d0 8 c o j 8 4 west east s j 10 5 2 sa 7 6 h9 6 h10 1 4 d a j 10 7 4 3 d 9 5 2 c 9 c a 7 5 2 south s 9 3 ha j 8 3 2 d k 6 c is 10 6 the bidding south went north east p 1 c piss ih pis- is pass 2h pnss 4h piss pass pass opening icid the nine of clubs declarer vvas reasonablv pic is ed when she saw dummv onlv three lees to lose ind the con ti ict was hers but east soon put in end t her drums the aee of clubs won the first triek ind the seven w is k 1 btck for a ruff bv west note thil seven tf clubs when vou are giving vour pirtnlr a ruff ou can indicate in which suit vou miv be ab e to regun thi lead a hich card tails for the lead of the highest suit other than trump a low card calls for the lead of the lowest suit other than trump so easts seen of clubs savs please lead buk a spade partner i can gel the kad and give vou mother rulf this west did and de imr went down two trieks on the singleton lead bridge tip the s nekton led is good if vou ire short if h ch cards the partner sh mid b able to get ihc u id and give sou i run the singlelon lead is n good if vou have lots or high cards fir then partner s not likelv to get the icid i give vou a ruff a good defense reallv show thit bndge is a partnersh t game caneo rowon house letting the line down to about two feet off the ground and every may 1 d look at it and murmur if a fellow ojnild just ajet hold of a good straight cedar pole about 15 feet then i d poke around into my patio and look at my shingl es they fell down there when i had the new roof put on se ven years ago each spnng i d kick them over so they would dry on the bottom i always figured that when they were well dned i would tie them in bundles and sell thctn for kind ling if a fellow could get 10 cents a bundle for them cv stock streams game warden bob rcid has stocked 5200 speckled trout into halton streams there are 3jm0 at kelso dam boo in the credit river at georgetown 400 in the limestone creek at lawvtlle and 200 in the black creek at stewart town then i d turn over a few spade fuls of earth in my garden i had dug that little plot the whole four square feet of it six years ago it wouldn t grow carrots or radishes or green onions but it produced some of the best fvsh ing wurms vou ever saw those skinnv red ones that the trout reajk go for sa vou know if a fellow started breeding these things senouslv satisfied that mv worms had wintered well i d give the ee dar hedge a routine eheck when we first moved to the old next part of my annual inspee t was th c id g down there ready fur anything and that s just what i d find in it anything from a beaver pond to potatoes right out of the cellar floor i used to pick up a shovel move some ashes from here to there then get absorbed in re stuffing the broken window with a burlap sack and finally head upstairs muttering if a fellow cuujd just get somebody to lake those ashes out of there there were dozens of other little jobs to plan painting the tnm putting up thai sec tioo gf fence the kids knocked down three haljoweens back putting new panes in the storm windows tcanng down the leaky drain pipes eachjpof them took careful accurate fig unng on time involved and money for matenals and you know i mist all that there something about that good old spnng tour of inspee tion that is vital and satisfying it jcut maktfh sou want to get nght at things and plan them afierears of planning this vear i fccttik a gent coun farmer with mt a farm i rwrsrr yat around to doing am a vje jjbs arxind the j d pie but i w it mysrtf there w socav ag wrong uh the pur professional directory and travellers guide medical fvxejjtal doectoks final service the final service m the senes during holy wees was thursday evening in nox church fkemen attended together drwgc kenmv physician and surgeon office in symon block 4ja mill st e acton office phone s532111 residence 115 church st e phone 8551664 dr d a garrett phvsician and surgeon corner of willow and river sts entrance river st acton onl phone 85i41 dr robert d buckner phvsician and surgeon 39 wellington st acton qnt phone iwji240 office hours 6j pm afternoons bv appointment appraising and insurance f l wright 20 wilbur st acton ontano phone 80720 appraiser and insurance over 50 years in acton dental ch h leib dental surgeon office corner mill and frcdenck streets office hours by appointment telephone 8534610 dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office 5a mill street office hours 9am to 6pm closed wednesday afternoon telephone 8531750 legal barnster and solicitor c f ieatherland qc notary public office hjurs 10 aan 12 pm 1 pm s pm saturdavs by appointment only phone office 131330 res m3i745 acton a braida ba barnster solicitor notary public office hours in acton monday fnday eveninp 6pm 9 pan saturday 1 pm s pjtt 21 paisley st goelph ontario phone ta 42242 office hours in gudpti saturday 9 a- vt aj daily 9 aon 5 pan phone 85347350 night or day bruce e shoemaker mgr optical and hearing aids e l buchner ro optometnst contact lenses hearing aids 6 john st s acton in acton wednesdays only 200 pan 600 pm for appointment pbonc 8531041 robt r hamilton optometrist 70 st georges square ouelph for appointment phone ta 46180 hours daily except wed 60 mam st north georgetown for appointment phone tr 7 3971 wednesday 9 a m 9 pan man and fn 7 pan 9 pan ttavalots ounm gray coach lines coaches leavi aotoh standard time fiaatboudd 6j3 am daily except sun and hoi 858 ajn 1133 am 206 pan 5jm pjn 6j3 pm 8j3 pm 1008 pjn siui and hoi westbound 1027 am 1237 pm 237 pjn 527 pm 7 27 pm 912 pm 1132 pm 102 ajn fn gat sun and hoi canadian national railways eastern standard tune east bound 644 sjs to toronto daily ex cept sundav 933 ajn to to ronto except sunday 707 pjn to toronto daily except sat and sun 801 pm to toronto sun day only westbound 830 ajn to stratford dally t cept sun j6 pjn to straifom daily except sat and sun 749 pm to stratford daily except sun 12j9 sun to stratford 7 days a wtek 2j2 pm to stratford saturday only dav fiomm dc buihsle ftttaw eum hainan aa wbsmr st cwcaboaf ml wfcl mi