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paob hort the acton free press thuiibhay deckmbjsk loth ism neighborhood news interesting items concerning other centres and communities in which many of our readers are interest everton 4earanl mi afternoon tuesday afternoon at the home of mis hhl with the prealdenb dorothy church in the chair the meeting opened with the roll call answered with tested recipes brought from home the sir is decided to put on the play dinner is served after christmas two papers were given beverage tor suppergtvcn by jean mcdonald and salads for sup per by muriel tor top demonstrations were then given as follows fruit salad by dorothy churcn crisp crackers by anna jackson mould ed salman mode by eleanor alton and cheese rolls by muriel hortop mr hill invited the gathering to the dining room for supper where tho dishes woro tested erin nassagawya the annual meeting of the ladles aid society of ebenezer united church wad held on tuesday december 1st in the parlor of the church the election of officers resulted in mrs jf diamond being elected president mrs elwood wilson vicepresident miss annie pul ton reelected secretary and mrs cam eron ramshaw treasurer the annual meeting tf thi missionary society of ebenczcr yjnltcj church followed the ladles aid meet ing mrs miller of carwhln was elect ed president in uie place of mrs metf retiring president the heather mission band of ebenczcr united church will meet next sunday morning in the parlor of the church mv cecil wilson of icnatchbull visit ed relatives and friends in guclph las sunday christmas concerts will be the order for the next two weeks between tlie public schools and the sunday schools burlington at meeting of hockey enthusiasts held in the ptremens club rooms on thursday rvenlng last town and district league was formed for the com ing season telephone polo and sfydro pole were broken off on seneca street on tuesday night when car driven by jan graham new street skidded on the ley pavement and crashed into them owlnir to the icy pavement norman klngseott cnutluxl into telephone pole on uie comer of hurd avenue and on tario staret when lie suddenly applied the brakes on his car on saturday night norman escaped wlui shaking up and several cuts but his car was badly damaged considerable excitement prevailed in the vicinity of uie water tower on tues day shortly aftmoon wheil uie gasket about six feet from the bottom of aha tank spraruy leak tin water shot forth la grtsat stream going nearly the full wldui of uie strett at special meeting of uu water commission held on saturday afternoon resolution was passed that in view of the tvduction and allowance made by the uusscll construction co in their letter of november 33rd ra payment or intake repair before december 2nd we hereby authorize payment of 05o75s lnfull of this account oaiette wor bro chalmers of mount forest djdom for qrey district made his official visit to wellington lodge no 271 on thursday evening november 2gth he was accompanied by wor bro orwiln district secretary and several members of st albans lodge mount forest mrs it price lias returned homo from preston where she attended uio pc tut sutton wedding reception ut grecnway inn on saturday following the wedding of her granddaughter muriel jean eldest daughter of mr and mm sutton hespeler and mr wilfred harvey pettlt son of mr and mrs petut of gait advocate limehouse the ltmehouse womens institute held their regular monthly meeting on december 3rd at uie home of mrs jos mcgowan with nineteen ladles present and the president mrs soiethurst in charge tho christmas hymn silent night followed by the ode opened uio meeting the roll call was answered by small christmas parcel which was sold for small amount tickets were sold for draw on sweater by mrs gowdy mrs norton gave very full report wright reported concerning the meoung of the four nearby insututcs in acton last week miss plshers descrlpuon of her trip to ottawa and montreal oj prize she won in tho hal ton junior institute projects was much enjoyed by all ultlo town of bethlehem was the closing hymn social half hour was then spent during lunch thb very icy condluon of the roads at present makes travelling dangerous milt on ospringe mr bill webb spent the weekend with friends at port dover mrs alvin miller and children or brampton visited on tuesday with iir and mrs baptle priends of mr robt pisher who has been quite hi will be pleased to know hli condluon now more favorable mr and mrs gray of orungavllli billed on prlday with their daughter and soninlaw iir and mrs ray burn the many friends of mr john akltt will be horry to learn lie la in toronto hospital undergoing treatment the manuily meeting of uie womens institute was held on wednesday after noon at uie iiome of mrs jack son townllne about forty ladles were prteni to enjoy uie afternoon program tlu roll call was well responded to with christmas verse or story very hi lereatlnff current ttvenls were prepared by mrs stewart and read by mia drydon an invitation from the ttver ton branch to enter program in their compvutlon contest early in uie new year was accepted and committer to look after saint was apoplnted mri barber mrs box mrs rayburn mrs mccutchean and mrs robertwin were chosen very interest ing and well prepared report of uie tor onto coiivntlon was given by the dele gat mrs 41 box mus mary campbell leader of uie girls club gave rrport of uu clubs activities an excliauue of clulstmas gifts from wrllladeii tre was enjoyed aii instrumental number by mrs bay burn added nice ijirity to the program tta lioatoas und urv assistant ervrd dainty lull und social time was enjoyed tlie work of putting the ioe eurfoce in the milton arena has commenced and already the bottom is well prepared jolm timbers or milton has an egg which measures sxflli inched and welglut 4i ounces it was laid by ono of his new hampshire bed hens imr timbers believes uio egg breaks all rec ords warden geo currle announced uiat the annual wardens dinner will bo held in milton on imday december is the final meeting of uie county council for 103fl will be held in the afternoon thieves are stealing the money place in milk bottles on front steps in town sometime steal big tho bottles the thieves were busy on robert street utls week the police are on uie trail of the thieves who wlven caught will serve term in jail the canadian club held its conclud ing meeting of uie year in the milton inn last prlday evening when ii tory one of canada outstanding educationists spoke on uie theme canada scientific view dick introduced uie eminent visitor and briefly referred to tho out standing accomplishment wliich uie dlsunguuhed guests had attained in the realm of science and education champ ion rockwood the united church vjps lield uielr regular irieeung on sunday evening with ross gordon in charge of the program the bible reading was taken by miss grace cordier and uio topic by roas gordon nominaun committee was appointed to submit slate of officers for uie year 1037 this report is to be presented atf tlie next meeting on mon day december 4th the coiiuiilttee is coinpased of ben hooking jean oordon marfforet dennis rods gordon and pamore as result or sundays inclement weather church attendance was some what lessened and mr vtvxl hamilton highway overseer was busy with lus men sanding uie roadways mr mccullough of knox college conducted services at the presbyterian church on fhmday preparations are under way for christ mas cntertalnmonts and uie stores are putting on their cluruunas trade attire few who were liere during the woeu end mlu ella hamilton hamilton mr pred day hamilton mr harry bolton oalt mr roy day university of toronto mrs robt miller has returned home after fartnlahts vlilt in toronto mrs john gibbons returned home early lost wtk from wolfe lsland where she how betn visiting her daughter mrs joil murphy for some time mrs murphy ucronipanled tier mother for brief vbiit here rev john llttlr and mims janet utile wlu liav been in toronto for some time returned home last week mrs camirnn kltchlhg who has been cnntlued to tlu geruirul hcwipitul guelph for some weeks was able to return horn last week mr albert maltby able to be around and attend to his trucking for mr prxjd hlillul sltlce llbl rvcilt ullveid with quinsy mr max mlbie is on the kick list and confined to liis bed churchill the womens association of churchill held their december meeting at uie home of mrs swackhamer yester day afternoon with good attendance pdllowlng the opening exercises mrs stephenson gave an interesting address on missionary work generous sub scription was taken up with the money to bo spent on blankets for the west it was also decided to make quilts for the missionary bale reports were read and adopted showing satisfactory balance rev mr stephenson presided for the election of officers ho con gratulated uio ladles on their splendlj work during uio year officers were re elected as follows mrs thomas vi co president mrs prank freeman secretary mrs uuuer treasurer mrs griffin social committee mrs swock liumer mrs swuck homer mrs graff mrs mcaruiur and mrs it mceachcrl visiting committee mrs korr mrs swuckhamerund mrs rutledtp dalnly lunch was served by uio hostess and her helpers campbellville duffs young peoples society of pus ibich visited st davids young peoploa society on monday evening and most enjoyable evening was spent the visit ors gave uie cnuro program which con sisted of several musical numbers and topic and at uio close of tho program games and community singing wore in order until uio lunch was ready after lunch all joined in singing auld lang syne and uie guests departed for home society for the very pleasant evening mv bert emmons of mountsbcrg was the guest of his aunt mrs agnew on tuesday mr and mrs cowpcr and joyea spent few days lost week in preston mrs izihcl bell spent uie weekend with mr and mrs mcmahon in tor onto miss grace peer visited friends in guelph for few days last week mrs norrlsh and misses mildred norrlsh and annie pulton of eden mill spent j3aturdny in toronto mr and mrs roy donavcn visited mr and mrs s3 walker of carlisle on sun day miss dorothy dredge or st helena is staying with her aunt mrs early who is 111 the many friends of mr early hope to see her around soon again the sunday school of st davids is preparing for christmas concert mrs clarke peggo and family of car lisle visited at uie home of mr mc laren on saturday miss held spent iaturday in tor onto njyyijrjyi sesi and get rffe choicest vott the christmas table wc have stocked our refrigerators with the very choicest meata the market affordx christmah comeh but once year and heres our olierinks for feast that will make the occasion memorable pork cots are all from the choicest hogs on the market beek cuts off prime beef specially selected for the christmas trade cored meats from all the wellknown packers of standard meat products turkeys geese and chickens your choice to suit size of the family gnthpring mhetyour selection we assure you of the quality lovellbros zmmi wss mmmtmmml ebstbei eden mills the annual meeting of uie presbyter ian was held at the home of mrs wilson with good atendance the scripture lesson from the filth chapter of st matthew was read by mrs mllnc the tiding prayer wav biven by mrs robertson and solo by mis mino was much enjoyed mrs wilson gave reading tlie sec re tarys annual report was read and the treasurers financial statement submit ted tiie auditors report was given showing tlie books to be very satisfactory the president thanked all tlie members for thch help and cooperation during he past year and vacated tlie chair for the elecuon of officers all officers were returned by acclamation thus rendering voung unnecessary tlie president tlien took the chair again uie meeung closed with liytnn and prayer by mrs gllbart and tea was rerved by tlie host ess and mrs wilson and mrs gll hertson and social half liour enjoyed tlie young peoples meeung was lied at the mcpliall home as it was com bined meeting of the devouonal and missionary committees mrs bridle took charge mrs lee read the scripture lesson and misses eileen and evelyn wright rendered duett also miss eileen wright favored uie gatherliifi with an instrumental tlie youn peoples prattle was read by uie edilr and thoroughly enjoyed an intercstlwr feature oftlic paper ls tlie new jerini matched pearls which has mtartel ttev mr clarke was then called upon and delivered very intereauijg address based on the book of jonah then pre sident took the chair for the business part of the meeting it was decided to hold the next meeting in tlie home of miss melrose wilson tlie meeting clos ed with tlie mlzpah benediction mrs harold and family of brookvllle visited in the home of her parents recently mr mccullointh of icnox college toronto occupied the pulpit of the pres byterian church on sunday mrs it rtawkon and mm hender son of acton vlnltect in the home of mr and mrs scott recently practising for the sunday school ami school concerts are the order of the duy mrs held or london uivt mrs calvert of guelph were weekend visit or in th home of their mother mrs ailbertson visitors in lie home of mrs wrlnlu on sunday were mv and mrs howie wright and family und mr wench of toronto and mr and mrs xi turner ii ml miss helen of st thoma santa claus v7 wants to 4t see you xrfkm mmm full stock of tube skate and shoe outfits manuraeurod by bauer shoe co diut to wlluaut skaus at tflils law prlea toil uovs urls ladies uiul men 9zle79 at 350 to 650 hockey sticics 15c hockey pucks fc vjf ul sit ion sikc for xoc bird cages green lor 30ld bird caoe3 trf ivory for ubdu bird cage uhd stand qh ivory for 3fc73 bird cage und stand rfh pk black with nickel trim jjtu special for mother ic oval roaster coats fj blue uranlte best quality foc small square roosters black metal for medium square roasters black metal for largo square roasters black metal 59c 75c 100 our silverware stock is complete cauvincj sets stalntes for 295 up ajjont for aladdin lamps 550 map skill natural fluuii tuol jm fiol j1j fam s3 68 tobooqans foot natural roei electrical gifts upright toasters complete with cord 225 irons lbs wiul cord 2j5 350 450 electric heating pads heat large slae hotpolnt iron lbs wlui cord at perculators aluminum cup for hotpolnt perculators 795 christmas tree lights for 98c christmas tree llghu outside for plasiruoht cell kverready for 225 85c sleighs childs slelsh natural unlsh dy vt double rail ltzto sturdy slijxlui natural 34 inch si25 36 inch 1110 law slelghu natural iikinh fi inch 35c ii inch tic see our new stock of christmas china phone mill strefr acton what ulwuyii put moment ii btrlklnu of the lumr olrmintll the symon hardware mntub bljnrrri of qattoisa acton ruufbar mmrmm ma fkb parsonaffe cower aveatm sunday december 13th 1936 1100 the minister subject the superlauve of life 1200 noon sunday school and blbus classcl 700 the minister subject tlie verdict tuesday 800 younft people union thursday 730 bible btudj hour everybody weloolffl jlrrfibytrrian knox church acton uv hhnnie mlnteiw manse wulo street suntjay dbcemlleil 13th 1030 1100 ils own clotlics 3p tho sobbaui school the vulon on patmos 700 kclicvest thou tios yountf icoples guild on tuesday ut 800 pm tlie compbellvillo younjf icoples society arc our visitors always welcome acton ev baxter pjut sukday december 13th 1938 1000 smiday school 1100 rrt mbrulntf service when tho iulnciis of time wad oome welcome to all unclassified small advertisements advertisements under lht fcy hg on cent per word minimum chtrn ijc txr insertion five insertions urt xtjaa if il cili ioe ftdditioal charged where items have to booked mog huirring saturday call d7r3 tot price irank holmes tolt salk presh durliam cow apply storey xi no aeton iiokjhk to tefcnt 7roomcd house on mill street in good condition apply murjflay fresh houtcln cow for bale apply howard swrrzek main street jersey coii four years tb tested due to freshen this month clawudoe na acton slcials noma mnchlnelcnfl wave until nett yearfl only 500 at ifome special for school rirla marcel and unjjer wave 35c marqaret u2y notfck we buy all kinds of trucks can and machinery for wrecking ako scrap iron call mr gilbert phnne bo acton ont residence upstalra tirouna prult store ahkna concession tenders will be received by the untler rltpied for uie privilege of conducting the refreshment booth ot the arena in acton larlc until monhnv december hth at 500 pm the hlahest or any tender not necessarllv accented parmer clerk auction sale colts wo will all bv public auction albert kea lorscr pnrnt bramnton on saturday december liith at 100 nw cor load of ivnclicron and belnlan colu and auo mara in fool tills load is eoniilifiied by james wilson retrlna horses delivered free terms cash ptlakk mrrcn aucuoneer head eyodxiit speelauai had hiatikilaeiahn opiielaa sb st geoktous bquab lhotta 15s9 ouktji just 12 shopping days until christmas royal gukiph now wlavinq woman rebels katharine hepburn herbert marshall sauu mow fuka iwcrmw 12 14 15 wlutovn tu you 1u ihuiil vldl la tia men on horse joun hlonjcll frank mchugh its riot