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sants claus headquarters prlscnts for everxonl xmas a ui ulerful i nlott o n 1 wiilcli low ilur faery kuift a 1 1 cut cla liver uuir b- in lilhlc toyn uc lli nia3aiiil nwyca conli mil in cirrn n iiiu- ypu bllll jttmoat i vvds lie rfoit 3free rcss thijkm ih i 5ijii it 13 191 brief local items tlio election 1 iioil munday further rl lio f coal aro on tlio way to town qleqtnarjarii o m a toil i la for iio lull ortaronow milton i 00 tnl ulcd 31204 g to the fends of tlio ftnt h itod crow tlio liny sc ti no haro quarters acr noblon t lour and jboed store acton liai for tlio election next moo day lia ixtwocn 00 and 0o rolora ki uly 01 qui 1 no your r uu iiiei3 lahel and renew if ftiticriuoi lu expired tho mercury reached a joint llow roro on monday al jcatcrday toormnrf bum ptutfii reiiowalafor idlharocom iojj in now m very aatihlactory olomot rotjooto ero ut into ooaminwo on handay lot dloiflunr n not very good yet late trains worn uo order duriol- tit blrxxard both an tho otearn and tho eloctno railways pat it down tho wintor cnt rea uov atcrm of 1017 1h cuno on december 6th and it ttu a hluscardy one tho flnal roontu 1 of tho county coun ed and tho vfardcn supper will bo hold next wednesday afternoon and evening this has been a bifr week for political meetings in thin part of tho county mr groffory started tho i ml i rol injj on moo now lots all keep sweet during tho election excitement- we e gob to lira tc- ffother and do huhinoss with each other alter its nil over samo of tho mon connected with tho dow doedlo factory aro looking for houses fa ardor to moia iheir families to town gcorjrstown herald sundays i linwl with tho drifted road and walk vru tho cause of my meagre attendance at tho cb arches at both morning and oniitng iter arcli leacon davidson of ul georges church junlih has resigned to accept a call to st- paul a cburcli rfjin the vec archdeacon ha had oeaten yosaof ftuccoaafulrectorshipatflb georges church tho hydro- kcleelno authorities ham cat off the liht which lor years has ill aro looted the cinder path from hill street to top q t ft station patrons of the com pany will pi recjite it if the g t r will restore the light from the station aystaxa mr carl adams baa boon chosen 2nd tenor of tho university octette wljch will fire their annual concert tn convocation hall on december 11th mr adams is to be congratulated on las oelccuoa from m large class of tocalists georgetown her ald youb tbustees to elect foh 1018 william johnstone hon designed after sovon years sanrlco the last regular mooting of tho board of education for tho 3 ear wu hold in tho council chamber on monday oveniog too mom be a wcro all present as follows robl scott rtiairmnn wiliom john atone c c speight ruboxt mcphoraoa john r kennedy and john konnoy tho committco on finance passod the lollowmg occount wauicurtoo fire loa co prem on s3000 policy three years j27 00 geo hyndvro pairing clock loo jamea symoo aupphea 00 war tax postage etc- 389 3283 mlsa mnnet il houry teacher of the second hook room wrote accepting ro sgvgement for 10111 at tho nalary of 55x htr william jqhoatono tendored bia resfgnaiion oj a member of tho hoard owing to preening buainons claims uotod by c c slight eooooded by j r kennedy tlit the hoard bareby ac oepu with aiucere re j rot the roaignauoo of mr william juhnatooe who baa for tho peat oven years has boon an esteemed and oaefal member of tho hoard to tako oflect deoember 3 1 at 1017 and thalthellonici pel council be inhtructed to jrotido for the eleo of four members at the n e carriocl tho secrstary wu inartictod to eeenre quo tali 00a for a car of throouartor lump ooikcoal it wae rojiorted that in ooo or twp of the school room1 tlte otoam pipes wore froxeo np on monday morning and tho rooms were not heated comfortably during the forenoon tho property commiltee was requested to make srrangauioiua to havo an adaciuate bead of atoam milnuiuod to keep frost out of thorite from saturday to moaday and during the holidays in frosty weather balunafad xttsb monday ovoning a large number of vr and mrs it rod iixjpcro frienda gather ed to bid tbom oul bye aud to wish them success in tho r oew homo dear ac loo ur and mr coopor will ht vary tnuob mis iu uiia ueigti borhood they were each prcsooud with an oaiy cliair mr james 11 cjiiipboll wtio bai been a lor 1 of witli i lixxl oiaaning iu bis uim pre ring pto anvoi lv7iilior of milton vudtod frleod hero init wock the literary b c sty mot last tuesday eaening for the purpose of roorganixlng fur the win tor oiuoor were a pointed and they hope to aoou le hi running order quito a number of the young people from hore attended tho high hctiual com meooemont hut i riday ofeniog iu tisorge- town we are pleased to too mr ira vanatter able to be around again mr and mrs 1 hsnexer hejrwick intend mdwing to acton ahortly bujgb befls are ringmg ia tlib vicioj ty news of local import christmas concoft at dublin sfhoo initin w mil l 1 dullin wiwl nyi wmni i t u jltii mat a kood i 1 r prinuiiuuo u ing prepared fu ci mill ui irrcl i rorwecn to o u ihn hod ron a jnut nioi j ami is oe it thollytroa lceontrlcltloi th ifydrolloclrto aorvnu conui in ui mako mojl annoying 1 rrabn h nmumri itn for only a fow minutcn on m 1 iny n torn ooo and night h mmnr ttio urrrnt wu non ett for hi hour 1 n i rim n t p cpmrtor la eleven wl on moil orderly p a wore preparing for x do careful or chrlstmas dproratlom tlw cnlian kurt ijn icrwritor- a cialion haveeenl out a ranti n tl r u h tho i ngad to merchants mid i tihinovi men relatito to tho placing at chriiunas decora t jon i noar electrio an 1 ntlior lihtinj ttyatoma there 11 of tun tirrfooari n cmaao oflbaxxrd croatrxl at tlio boll lay hmo- ir- alor crawfords condition improved alor crawford who rooonlly mm r- to juolsh and was aenomly injured 1 y a piece of marhmery which foil on him when in process of installation at taylor portion moqjtion workn is making fair progreai towards recovery mr craw for j ia at tlio oonoral ffnp ui ouolph qovoral nln worn frctureil doy scouts co ncorf friday evonlng tho hoy scoatt concert will lo hold in tho town hall tomorrow ovonlnj tho scant and the seoul s hand bttto always boon reaily to avtit in any pair t r or other function ia town horns an op portunity to give them a tonomu lift ererr ciuion who cn nhonld attend tiiin concert h o ham mon i tho protiocial 800 at ma tor aoaoanml to in nrmont anothor uptodjuo boat shop mr j a smith late of creomnro has leased the mataviah btoroat tho comer of mill and ipin street and will open a meat shop there about chriatm mr smith w havinp the pre idiiot fitted in fimt chun style and oxpects tlio location of in ahop will be a coaronienco to a larpo wo uan of the reaidenta in tho easterly tart of the town- disastrous flro at tho ninth uno while mr and mnc itoll surratt worp aheenb at a neighbor on satniday evening a wook ago their bouao and con ton u at lot 2s on thoniothline equeaintr wai totally destroyed by firo tho origin of tho fire 1 not known tho boa so belonged to mr wm wylte and la addition to mr sttr ntus famitoro mr wyllo lont a lot of al nabla furnitnro which he bad d to rod in tlio social and personal mr 1 rod moddncj wutlrofrdi illn fi w r sit lay mi ivlico hill m n 1 a u l r m iii at u o 1 i ll 1 mi tho hu 1 11l0 oiit wock- h 1 faihrr iteevn r mr hi on i viitoi i ilvids mr itiv i c vviimw ii a i 1 turciod it 1 1 r viail witii fridndii at to 1 mi jji- jxhui i hight xonfc u 1 on 1 x lt o 1 rn i a ueok or no i frs in tluro wlui wsrrin mr c fnludul i n m w rr mi 1 mias ilarura i f tc rutiu vinilc 1 al mr jamca ii s lantrvcok 1 n pipp far fifty two yearn a ijco f tltn juolph mercury c0i1p fred wright still veby ill would liko to visit homo after three years fighting- tho following loiter from corp fred wright to mis annie stalker written on hovnmbor 10th was received hut wook dear frumd i em atih at tho 4tli canadian middlosex county war hospital at najbtjry pear st- auans e land i havo jmt been wondennff itt cxui pick up enough strength to write to jou i liavo been wan u np to wnlo for weeka since i hare boon ea ill 1 suppose yon have soon my name in the casualty hat i saw in tho toronto papers of september 28th that x wan in the list of dsogeroosly wound od as a matter of fact i was not wounded at all but eeveroly gassed i wsji gsaaed with my section of nine men including pte george groen of actoo who enlisted thcro with me i understand he was boo so badly gassed as some of the rest of us as ia two days ho was sent to tho base and then to england i have nob heard from htm since the rest of tu were kept at the caaoalty cloaxing station for thirty days as wo woap too 111 to be moved six of our number died throe from galb two from coltingwood and one from callendox i was very low bat managed to mako tho grade i um stui very ill and the doctors toll me it will tako a lot of doctoriogyet to patch mo up- i was blind for weeks bub my eyes are hotter though still weak my throat and lunrs were terribly burned tho right lung huaholo barnod through it i have loot tho mucous mom bran e of tho throat and safforod terribly when it was raw a fact my wholo body ipjda and out wo fearfully barnod it wu the now mus urd gas tho nuns gave us ouo of its ingrodtoutsi is pmasio acid which is unod for baraing through steel so yea can imagine what damage lb will do to a human being howeter i havo lived through it all and most get better again i was thisty two months in franco altogether and always in tho fighting area- i feel thab i have dose a least a woo bit and am thankful i am alive and in dear old england i was glad to got your leuors- ihave answered thorn all but about half tho letters sens from tho front never reach their destination i got the hut parcel about tho first of may during the battle of vimy ridge x was glad to gob it but have never heard from any ot you since i acknowledged it i expected to have bad leavn to go to canada all summer they were ready to eend ns bob the blockheads at otuwa atop- nd um thffyasld lhoy would not lob us bcpe foe loevo until conscription was in force as they could not spare as from tho frol that is only a blind and all tommy rot bocanso there are now only a few left of the first contingent i will never soto for a jovernmoob that has kept us from seeing our friends who are so doar to us after living- through nearly throe years of fighting they have no principle when they use that dodgo to guun a political end i have my own views on couscripuuu end if ib comes to a vote i will poll my vote against it and i will not bo tho only one who amid tho boys at the front wanted ooascnptioq 7 the politicians will and out differently when lb cornea to a vote 1 in thinking well i god i am getting fatiguod with writing ad wijl close with love tu nil my friends at acton will write to others wbou i get stronger yon had botier ad drees your letters to com foaol wujiit 1hh7 5 hooch villas kendall vvosiuiorolaud lowland 3l41010thalton s vict0hy loam this good old county of hal too sub script ioos received ia flsiu 100 which is nearly uftooa per oent abovo the objectivw set for the county by tho central feinmit 33jj tk jl 1g0 40 hm 370 100 the following amounts were 1 by the various dutricts actoo aqloeorgslewt hlatrict liurllngtoo dtolncr mtltonl district oak ills district 91410100 there are 3600 subscribers for tlio bonds in ifaltoo which ood of e population of loos thau 000 ia oooitionally iood a bond for nearly mrtry fjahy died at tho cionoial iftij ital on monday i tia lily hilton and maaur molvin uunlar wer at lhtl itlon camp toronto ut 1 h it unlay to vlmt 1 to robcirt hunlar mrs norninn lamliert uf tnronloponti n f6irdajij imt waak at the home of her paroiili mr ui d mm malcolm msclean knox aviiiup mias alma con tray of torontood mia9 coutts of tliomeaxillo were guest last wsok at tho homo ofjlr chaa a co u way church ft iwsct mr and mm i rod cooper who rscootly purcliaaoj the sir fxjual 1 mann farm havo moved to tho now homo our cltiums wolooinj tlie cordially mri tamil armttron and mii clara anntrpug of allaudslo npont the past wook at mrs armstrongs brothers mr james carnahau church street master ham machontio son of mr and mm j u maciceijale who had his hg brokun whllo playinj at ncheol a couplo of weoka ao is ptoroai g favorably horal 1 menara a k nicklin an i wm hunter havo retun rd from tliclr trip uirouh tho nortliwco ttiy lotlf rojxjrt splendid busincitin ho oaiarn provinces mr h i miwro uan at bcllovillo hut woe it attending a meeting of tho hoard of albert collogo tho bcllovillo ciiy council la presenting tlio college authorities with a fino sito of forty three ocron on the bay front worth 24 000 whero now college bo ud lo gn are proponou to bo erected after tho war additional i uildlna are required to replxco thc aoction of tlio col logo plant destroyed by ire butt spring womi iiovv or oilu r in mk h du a tlicie hjr rlt it inv romi uuon ui win n nine- s t nthb of the t nuntru of tht world art s it war th tt ntihl ind it i doni inilit pre v ill jn tlic vtirul ind th u mlit ind ft irfuiril maj s he fort vt r st tiojicd out omlhow or othtr in these hint i hi ire cjr ivvi clostr to t u h otlu r our d ar s s onts become dearer and our friends aro cherished s imore 1 s 1fom east cow to west c mst tin chnstmi pint 1 h t becoming jtrvidinj f t lin inionp cm tditin j oj le rhi chmtm i store ofrlr to iho chnttnns shopping folks of this cit and vicinity til po ibe s assistance in solving chriitoia problems wc hive b j made extraordinary efforts this year to make thiq s the ri i chnsrmas stort wnta the gmtt st num- s bf r of givers tiny find tlw grc itest numher ind s vtriety of gifto so we confidently iinit ou to b s in ike this your ctirtun is siiopp n h i vjuarters and to mike jour selectionb hert inioni the many s gifts smtible for all ifi- men wonin bus girls soldirr s nors and eivitian r g liberals and conservatives are united the people must unite to a laurierbouraosa victory means desertinc our boys in the trenches fot over a year throwing up our hands and quitting dont shout kamcrad under the referendum proposal come out and fight for union government you k tot very uel that tho ozcum joa offer othora wooljn l oatiafy jou footwear for christmas kenney bros pin1s anoia 1ik1iaoie hakes oi1kap foh the quauty i ok father ior motiilk lor sistlr ior brothlr 1 or bwlathhart i or bay for school boy for school girl all hakba allsizie3 blipplrb ovfrsholb ruhbi rs nepaininq phomptly doq kenney bros actoo ontario m 0- e macdonald bros limited ouelplis leading and largest store wyndham macdonnell and cardcn sta qullph ont izdte for union candidate for fialton support the union government and our soldiers at the front qod save the king and our soldiers ust of h j keqhs sales december isth chaa huffidd town lino hnn and kramosa a lot of bhorthorns in clodad in this sale dec 30th j and n mcdonald mim osa 60 head of cattlo in this sale solo at 10 30 a m it j kaan auctioneer on wednesday jan 2nd you aho old register at oao of shaws business schools toronto and enjoy tho best potable braining for a good business posnion rtreo catalojjrne ezphunncomses fully wnto w il shaw presidenl initial display this week of i holiday gifts 1 canada win send no more remfarcementa to the front ujfaich practically means quitting the war and placing tba ccrantry tn the name class am russhs if lau3r1er wins 2 the frenchcanndicn o who have ahirkcd their duty in thia war will be the dominating force m tho govern ment of the country are the englishspeaking people prepared to stand for that it la because the fvencbouaadiana have not done their doty that conscription had to be resorted to the frenchcanadiana have made it perfectly clear that they do not like the war and are agonist canada particrpatniff in it further some of them even go to the length of baying that the doldiera should be brought back from the front the nationalists are demanding that the men who have been enrolled under the military service act be disbanded and oent back to their homes to secure the nationalist support lawierliberal candidatea m quebec- have signed tho following pledge ij the imocnigpcd candidate in the federal elcrtjobmc uu tgr usk reaectsj luji ivlll i ii f til t if i era elected to demand the fancaedlate saapecsloa of the mbry uctvioo act 191 7j and of oh its effectn anul critiqn clectore have praaocajced by way of plcblsdtci and short id the majority of the elcctora condemn it that it be comrftjered ea null bom cts oxlffln and that in conorquence alt conscripts bo dieodpav m also undertake to vote t cr4y o t wtscn t trftilff to odrjjjt tbo above cnirnclated poecy taw advertisement is inserted bythc zfakmsiartypab8dtycommtute mm mmmismmmiimmmimmsz v again the qoestion arises what shall i give for christmas we makr this week a wonderful showing of real practical gifts give something useful come on in and see handkerchiefs childrens handkerchiefs santa clans and fancy borders 5c 10 doz handkerchiefs in liom- ititched with embroidery corners xira good values at 10c and 15c cacn 20 doz fine embroidery and lace cde handkerchiefs good value at 25c each 5 doz fine pure linen hemstitched i inch hem this is great value for the money only ij5c each lo doz irish handembroidered handkerchiefs embroidery corners baby irish lice edging special at 25c 35c 40c 50 ladies chamoisette gloves in black and white and natural pernns maku spt cial at 1 00 pernns kid gloves in black tan and white sizes 5 to 7 at 200 pr boucjoir caps in new designs made of net crepes and silks special at everybody buys handkerchiefs and we have enough for all silks for curistmas fancy stripe silks m waist length each length done up in fancy box each length 300 white brocade silks in waist lengths done up m fancy boxes each length 250 black silks bought specially for our christmas trade and very suit able chnstmaspresents would be a dress or waist length of one of our black duchesse or mercerized taffetta fully 36 in wide i special at 175 silk crepes in pink black maize and white special at 150 and 100 per yard white and maize habitiu silks very suitablefor waists full 36 in vvide special at 100 visit flit mens department wonderful aliowiug men o nockwcu ut 25 so 75 and ffloo mens ncckacnrfa in knitted or ulk at 75 100 j80 and 9200 ken a ttxceldu handkerchiefs fancy bordom at 10 llli 15 and 18 5 pouuucas caahmcro buz tfcial for 50 per pair 50c 75 and 1 00 tho it to buy thb year h tho uacful gilt and tho boat place to buy it ia at this store conway mcleain milf street wbhhkioabii waoilliviiiua acton women like to read le toronto daily star the reason is clear itcontains more real features of direct interest to wo men than does any otlier daily paper in the country there is a style diary which illustrates and describes gowns worn at smart functions its fashion notes are written by experts it gives full particulars of all womans clubactavities its 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