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ijiipmmsmrojaiaraa zttfw- wmmimpm iiii 11 i t jvjj f mob iaan f hp acton pgggjggs ihuhhbmtbioniblk ihtuuh ifllrilttu neighborhood news itrtmtfstbiir itoaw coiuntiiig other cintrcs andcommunlu in which maujr of our rmows relntorcrt nassagaweya n completely octroyed the home of ken wwlaee on the ooelph road at um aim tree eotrmjwie furniture was saved but au the contents cf the cellar were lot the are originate near the chimney the family were at the nipper table at seven oclock on sunday even- inj- wnen mltfhhot noticed the tire loss u partially covered by insurance mr arthur nmmincato lot a valuable percherqn hone on monday from pneu monia shipping fever was the cauie of lots of twoflne cattle belonelm to cameron latching lot 90 concession s mr bert nlatitlnfale was home from onnrevffle for the weekend the sale of farm stock and imple ment of stephen mew lot 38 conces sion laat week wa very nicceulul good prices were realized mr mew intends to take trip to england short ly heather mlulon band held their regu lar meeting on sunday ospringe the third meeting of the kiothm kjoeet klan was held at the home of ulni 8dna cooke with six members present the roll call was answered with one essential of an efficient clothes closet patterns for hat overs were- cut and the clothes closet was started mends of ulss m hauett will be sorry to learn she is confined to the st josephs hospital ouelph all wish for her a speedy recovery- her sister mrs hard inn and daughter of toronto are staying on the farm during sites hauetts absence jxr elmer fishers friends will be pleated to know be is now oonvalesclnff followlna an operation for removal of his tonslli sirs orundy who la nursing in ever ton incut sunday afternoon at the home of her son mr and mrs oeo orundy mr and mrs d stewart and sons spent saturday in toronto the teacher and pupils of the local school arc busy practising for the annual christmas concert limehouse preparations are now in full swing for the two annuaf christmas tree en- entertalnmentaat s 8 no 0 and the sunday schools the womens missionary society held their regular meeting last thursday at the home of mrs jos mcdowan mr and mrs ted morrow of toronto spent sunday with mrs r lane mr a hall and family of toronto spent few hours at the cottage on sun day v eden mills the annual meeting of the womens missionary society of the presbyterian church was held on thursday afternoon at the home of mrs mlno the meet ing opened with a hymn and prayer by mrs mlno reports were read and adopted and the annual reports submit ted mrs mlno before vacating the chair thanked the members lor their help and cooperation during her term of office as president mr w lowrle was then called upon to take the chair for the election of officers which re sulted as follows president mrs oeorge thomas first vicepresident mrs w ollbertaon second vicepresident mn w lowrle secretary mrs o mephau assistant secretary mrs james wilson treasurer mrs james oubertson home helpers secretaries mrs j milne and mrs w mclean olad tidings mrs h qubertson literature mrs a robertson p secretary mrs w lowrle welcome and welfare mrs j milne urs j ailbertsfm and mrs w lowrle program committee mrs lily moore and mrs s wilson auditors mrs w oubertson and mrs o robert son mission band leader mrs w mlno y w leader mrs w lowrle the newlyelected president then took charge of the remainder of the meeting snrt thinlrrrt liir mrmhcrafox the owb- ndence they had bestowed in her in electing her to be their leader the meeting closed with the hymn blest be the tie that binds and the lords prayer in unison lunch was serred by the hostess assisted by mrs stanley wuson and mrs jamas wilson and a social half hour enjoyed mr robert locker or spirit river ssat is visiting in the home of mr endmrs j d lowrle on sunday evening just at the supper hour are broke out in the bouse occupied by mr and mrs ken wallace and own ed by mr robert borthwlck and com- rockwood the presbyterian w m s held their pecember meeting at the home of mrs eltio nlckell the president mrs m t smith was in the chair a splendid offering was received by envelope from the ladles and girls of the congregation lira j d menabb then told of the work being carried on in formosa and mentioned in detail the work of miss dorothy douglas mrs robt patterson told of the opening by the church of a new mission field in new brunswick mrs jas e oray then took the chair for the election of officers as follows president mrs m t smith 1st vice- president mrs j d menabb 3nd vice- president mrs robt patterson secre tary mrs oeorge laverty treasurer miss siva pearen home helpers secre taries mrs alex seattle mrs j d menabb olad tidings mrs peter sim supply mrs j k pearen and mrs robt patterson visiting mrs e nlckell and mrs brown mrs oeorge laverty offer ed her home for the january meeting and arrangements were mode for the program committee to meet a hymn and prayer by mrs m smith closed the meeting and mrs nlckell and her sister miss c campbell served tea tho many friends of mrs james oray will regret to hear of her serious ill ness since coming home from vermont members of her family were home dur ing the weekend mr alex oray and sister mrs cecil french of cleveland ohio and mr john oray of toronto in a recent oratorical contest for boys of wellington county held at palmerston master jack oorstang was awarded first prise of a fine holstcln heifer calf valued at 36 holy communion was observed at st johns church sunday morning the many friends and acquaintances of rev and mrs e brllllnger regret their re moval from acton and rockwood con gregations the beat wishes of all follow them to their new home at winona mr and mrs thomas ijarrlson cele brated the 57th anniversary of their wedding last week recent and weekend visitors mr ross trout of bstavan soak at mr and mrs j a littles and his mother 4srs trout mr trout left for kingston the latter part of the week to visit his son at queens university mr and mrs robert croft and babe of toronto mr roy day of university of toron to mr and mrs oeorge h pearen re cently visited the latters sister mrs mackinnon in brampton romance rtikforbd campbellville the friends of mrs p garrett will be glad toknow that her health has un proved so that she is able to sit a short tune each day mm w j- bell ruth and jacqueline lady anne the arrival in england for a visit to the duke or poxtload of leopolav king of the belgians and his mother queen elisabeth stirred rumors which were promptly denied officially or an im pending romance between the young monarch and lady anne cavendish behtuick daughter of the marquis of tltchfleld and granddaughter of leo polds host the visits were described as private leopold was widowed when his beautiful queen astrld was killed in an automobile accident over two years everton miss margaret reed and mr wilfred stlnson of toronto spent sunday with the formers aunts the misses reed mrs e shepherdson and her grand daughter miss jean hall are spending some time in lindsay the everton young peoples society held a social meeting with the stone church young people they opened with a worship service the topic being christian unity quiet music by miss eleanor alton the leader miss dor othy church read a poem the scrip ture reading was taken by mr malcolm mcleod prayer by mr will porten a duett by messrs bob- pntton and al bert alton a poem was read by muriel hortop and a paper given by mabel mclean on christian unity rev j p mcleod spoke a few words on the subject the remainder of the evening was spent in games and contests re freshments were served visited friends in toronto most of last week the soclsl held under the auspices or campbell lodge aj and am passed off very pleasantly on tuesday evening fire destroyed the horns of my will roberts on monday morning tfney were fortunate enough however to have all their furniture removed before the building collapsed t miss margaret mclaren nurae-ln- tralnlng in hamilton- hospital will be home for a month as she has to have her tonsils removed the w m gpt st davids church are holding their regular monthly meet ing at the home of mrs nell martin on thursdoy today a wise man man in hunting suit have you any rabbits that you could sell me btueher no but we have some nice sausages i customer well how can i tell my wife that i shot a sausage time for patience visitor at country hotel boy dash up to room sixtyfive anmsce if my umbrella is hanging behind the doo- hurry because ive a train to catch boy a few minutes later yes sir it is there like you said a trifle weak how much elder did you make this year asked one farmer of another fifteen barrels the first man took another sip i reckon sold he uf youd had another apple you might ha made anomier wmwewmmt j2w ilictrrcai brighten up your home it christmas we have a complete line of christmas tree lights jnuminated wreaths etc what could be more acceptable than a gift to make her work easier and more pleasant see our electric irons percolators toasters sandwich toasters electric clocks and a full line of lamps and bed lights buy early for best choice reids electric service joa n red phone 112 mill street just seven more shopping days do your christmas shopping now gsw2i miiseaedlthroyee and marlon dnyr of ouelph mrs j e pearen spent some days in toronto with mr and mrs ross allan and daughter other weekend and sunday visitors mr and mrs d patterson toronto misses price of balltnafad mrs thos wukle of fergus is a visitor at t home- of m and mra milton peter sun mrs oeo bayne has so far recovered from her recent operation as to return home during the week end mrs john dyer who is in her 86th year bad the misfortune to fall in her home one day last week and fracture her hip mr john r smith has left for detroit for another extended visit the december meeting of the wct u was held at mrs s petty home with a good attendance mrs w o edwards wul be president for the re mainder or the year filling the place pletely destroyed the house with the of mrs h bolton who has removed to help of neighbors and friends all the ouelph the devotion period was ably contents of the house with the excep- conducted by mrs s petty short uon of forty bags of potatoes were bible readings were given by mrs l saved the fire was supposed to have linfoot mrs w oordlner mrs o petty been caused by a defective chimney land mrs a k thomas a very plear the true comrade trail ranger sant solo was contributed by mrs can- o roup accompanied by their leaders leton accompanied by mrs ay lee prayer messrs w bridle and j dyer held was- offered by mrs s petty and mrs thalr weekly meeting in the home or o h pearen the clipsheet was du- mastsr russell lowrle tributed and read by the different the c o i t group accompanied by members a hymn and prayer by mrs their leader mrs w bridle met on w o bdwards closed a very helpful friday evening in the home oj the misses meeting kueen and evelyn wright j the many friends of mr thomas miss xnnes lowrle or hamilton was a harrison are sorry that he was taken sunday visitor in the home or her 111 the day after the oth anniversary parents of his wedding december ith whan he mrs wright who has been in tor- enjoyed a happy day with many friends miss bertha cowan of oeo ts town sister of wm cowan of milton secured a prize for a quilt which she exhibited at the royal winter fair toronto peppy songs snappy dances and talented young actors featured the an nual high school commencement exer cises held in the auditorium last friday overling before a large audience h rodney son of milton won the following prizes on their percheron horses at the royal winter fair 1st on filly foal 1st on stallion foal sth on brood rtiare and sth on yearold filly gordon won first in the dawes special for boys the stallion foal has won 11 first prises klghteen head of holstelns have just been shipped from herds in the counties of halton peel and wellington to cnester p wlllard still river mass the shipment consisted entirely of females and was drawn from the follow ing herds j l neelands ac son horn by w x wcclure nerval fred w hamilton freeman melvln c hlldreth and a e woodley son milton j taylor and w v mckersle rockwood chris krvlne brampton w j cleave oeorgetown j d macdonald ingle- wood h j loldlaw brampton and w b mountain terra cotta ontario champion kttutti ffimttb of flwwim lotoh s w m h kww hi tfcja tumwtnt awu sunday obokuber ltth 1mt u00 a nu the miustar 0aklaat what la ywr oonwptlon of xf 1jjs p m sunday sehool and savi olaaaaa too p m the minister sttoe have you m the oarpentert- everybody fmnnmm ifetbbgtrrtttm awox oacsun acton mtnnib if m1llls manse wulaw etnet sunday december isth 1t 1100 am the meaning of christ mas day 330 p m the sabbath school 700 pra mary the vlrjta mother note the y p auud and nsaaii school hold their christmas treeeul entertainment on tuesday nlaht de cember 31st at 8 pm always weuoome sbaptfatt cdljurrl acton ev o baxt raater sunday december 10th 101 1000 a m sunday school l am mdrnmjt service subject the meaning or christ tuesday 830 pm sunday sahool christmas supper and program a welcome to ad unolatairibo smail advertisements adnrtiftnrau under ihi aeadfac on net per verd llinteitm cmsffve v per hnertloa pie imrtlea ttn m paid csh ik tddftlemsl it chirred where item ha to be booked noa snrppino satttbday 18 00 end trade hois delivered kf fanners la 10 prank holub8 fob sale two young cattle durham ffradee t b tested wm c tuck re r no 3 roaweed sn f all the useful things you can present your family there is nothing more enjoyable fel than furniture make your house a home that you and yoiir family will be really proud of one where your sons and daughters will love to entertain look at these attractive lowpriced offerings erin dr t j campbell and mra campbell have leased the matthews realdence and have taken poaieaslon mr h v 81m who recently purchased a lot in the south end of the village is busy erecting a small realdence the new apartment over the boxy tea hoom is completed and mr and mrs h matthews and tamlly have moved in the basement of the erin united church has been redecorated which odds much to the appearance of the interior of the church mrs chlsholm has leased the fletcher realdence and has taken possession dr j a l scott has also mou hu office to this residence the largest crowd ever attended ertu continuation school commencement lost friday evening when many failed to gain admittance to the hall and went home disappointed mac mcglnnls who gave his address as ehnlra issued cheques to at least two krtn business men recently and they were returned mjrkednj3f the matter was placed before cfown attor- ney kearns and mcqlnnls will appear in ouelph police court in due time i the oaledon bectric company recent- j ly completed the installation of a 300 hp diesel engine and generator which chesterfield suites there is nothing makes the home more homey than a chesterfield suite come in and see the new modern de signs and coverings at very reasonable prices more gift suggestions 1 studio couches a very beautiful and yet useful gift in any home in all the new designs and covers at prices to s all cushions new designs new coverings and yet very reasonable in price 100 to 225 lamps as usual we have a very large stock to choose from ah new- designs from 225 to 1850 cedar chests let us show you the new lane chest really beautiful and yet inexpensive from 1450 up marshall mattresses give mother and dad a marshall for christmas from 1450 to 5250 and for the kiddies dump trucks kiddie cars wheelbarrows blackboards rocking chairs etc etc all at very low prices card table end tables magazine stands occasional chain coffee tables smokers pictures r tc have a lovely assortment to choose from 15c to 275 onto with mr and mrs howie wrlfht and seemed to be in airly food health returned home on monday speul music was greatly appreciated develop 2300 volts in their power mr clareoee boughner of st by the united church cooirecauoo oh house at cataract making tour com- j thomas was a recent visitor in the sunday morning when mr campbell plete power units which wul develop home or mr and mrs oeorge wright moarthur sang a beauutul solo the mrs wright 8r has returned to 81 lord is my shepherd and the misses tbomas with nun to visit tor some price of balllnafad sang a very- tine time 1100 hp all four units may be run separately or synchronised and this new unit was installed to take oare of emergencies and peak loads advocate a small deposit will hold any article till christmas johnstone rumley wanted two or three rooms preferrably nlihcd conveniences must be replies must give full information box 710 free press oppiob roller canaries prom club runji stock younjr hcavhnv birds beautiful slngera ssusfsesson guaranteed very reasonable apply mrs 1eonard atkinson affnes street or box s3 243 for sale pour pure bred t b and blood lasted jersey heifers of good quality suitable for foundation herd 1 jersey bull raariy for service apply howaitb orapp r no 2 aetata wrnc errfber lfltl ice after decvirlber 18th the qasoune station and coal office of ritchie st agar will be closed st 630 pm onssrs may be telephoned to 140 or 100 or left at either residence after that hour ritchie ae aoar auction sale the executors of the late herb wul hold an extensive sale of parai stock implements hay oraln roe furniture including 10 good cowr on uluraday december 22nd at 1 1 terms cash it j kerr uctlaneer fifty years ago fifty tsars ago when the ocas agalaei taberculoals started about boo parson out of mytvr 100000 lam urine died annually from this d today la canada only eo parsons ara dytnaofuibsrculoslsout of vary 1o0o00 andttae daalh rata is steadily dacuniag if tha nun bar proportion to population wore djlag from tutweutoats today m there wan so years ago wa would have in ca tale yaar over uooo daatsw wa have tan than 7000 a large enough nnasbar to be sure but by eompartaon it shows that organised work has baen suecaaafol in ontario lass yaar thcra wera 1917 tlaains from tubarculou a- daalh rale of laas than m par 100000 population ith probably ifto0 or mora llvg rlestlnu of thv disease la the prov- home furnishings mill street acton the saddest part is that than half of those who die or now stiavar rram this dlsaaaa are young people la the prime productive period of lira in pile of the greaiar dlag faculties offered tha nubue and the improved methods employed ii sub una that only lol per cent of sana torium admissions are round to be in use party stages of tha d thla maaas that far too many unrtarognued c are ull threatening thrtr famlues aistt oatghbours wltbjnfecuon to and tha aoucted and to give them treatment and care u ua one aim of the toronto and muahoka hospitals m sor cwmrompuvea and tha queen mary vllospiial for consumptive cliildren their sueenea depends tlargely upon tha amount rewired inrouga vatuatary eonirlbutlona for which an urgensappsal is now made plaeae will you help tl work by nrflng a haaltartum assoclauoa mreet taroatn testes sn colliws r