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year president root kerr first vice- president h n brown second vice- president blake vannktter secretary w u uullin executive duncan mc- xjougau john mcgregor thomas ken nedy bert uexeown and o m beswlck the club handled about 10 000 worth of floor feed seeds sugar binder twine etc during- the year rev r 8 ff iatge ba b43 who has been the pastor of the methodist church for the past year has been in vited to thorold the brampton minstrels drew a pack ed hall at the cdncert in aid ot the junior red cross last thursday night it was a rare musical treat and a minstrel show of real worth james aisles superb orchestra u all that u claimed for it th fire nend with relentless destruc tion wiped out the plant of the george town herald thursday moraine and gut ted the herald building presses mach inery type printing itock and material were either destroyed or dumped into e heterogenlous man through the floor ing to the lower level below arrange ments were quickly made for the regular issue to be published tin fss press placed its linotype and presses at the disposal of the herald and a creditable paper was sent to all ubscrlbers tern porary quarters have been secured auan spear athe methodist par sonage erin by the rev j molvln smith on wednesday april nth 1018 mr w c allan to mis wtnnltred spear of balllnafad died peddie in equesliuj on sunday april 21st 1018 james peddle in tits 50th year matheson in erin township on wednesday april 24 th 1918 john fl mattheson in his 74thycar slats diary oliver n warren sunday tho i must enslat thai jake is mlety dum he sum times has a rite idee 1 of them aas this u m at s s he had a dime to give to the hethens but dlddent he sed ho unit k best to buy a lor- creem aody let the drusest give the dime to the hethens monday ma red in the nooacpuper out loud where it sed a man marryed 0 wiles at finely becum ensane pn popped on a sed how could a crasey man becum en sane i supose they was a joak about it sum wherea but it dtddent scam to tickle ma none tuesday pa rote up i put in yrslcr day pjn a ant ads a sd about a unteik bed room sute uiat are neerly ne the edllur gut mad when he red some acd i strictty vs such boneheds so i are intlre fambly are aanderlng a hat i were rung with it wi no thrya u erer sum where tho wednesda iio maiu of tlu dumra in are cltty smoke slmrrrnts that i blorve the one alio dont imoke nt tract thr moat atensluu oo i wandrr ir that b wli the dont smoke for i no janr a eluv dcerly low to be notlsed b us boys mi n sptshell i thurvda 1 l u prin in schuul u day tlie teechrr ust a hut are ult sum of 0 times i anaer tn slxte i a in tlu prtxr txeos i cum looter than enc ouirr akulur m an i ltuw friday i am turcd uittt jun b a goiiy to turn m s aoiueuhood ulto- gellirr win u i mismd h word in uic cla slit imctl1 a iult lute slu u illud ot 1 i urn ul ui udd to uinw hrr over uui sluat mu cuti uo a i anr hrn trooli a dtrl buturdn this otu b u dav f rtat lor mihki kid but with nu uuil uaenl the tuhisttaii m mother wads the avrld thinking up things lor a kid t do ai saturday and aiming same uiej 1a- srnt no buw ball and rxiucr skuteing and nshuif and etc i am attemted u dttlarr tndepemknts and war and etc alao in thr aorda of napuleum to tell the world to glmmr libcrte and dfth and etc making it plain the fulkmg incident ulustrates une of the dlfflculuea an operator has to overcome tn an wertn calls an englishman speaks over the tel- pbone yes this is mr arruon what you cant ear this is mr arrtson bftuth hay two hers a hi m hess a ho and a hen arrlaon i oettlflc aknir n toong otreefc- where the street auowance used to be between the white frame and brick eot- tatas was sold a few years ago by the mtawpality to jack maekmtle j b to yon yctang f snows here this local builder erected mvneet stucco bungalow it has had several tenants but hist now mr and mrs a ritchie have their very comfortable home here next is the brick cottage owned by mr harry chbbons i cant ror the life of die remember who built this cosy home nut i know that hsrry bought it a good many years ago when his family was young so as to have a comfortable place to reside when he left the farm and that is just exactly what he did he and mi gibbons came to this cottage and spent happy years together until mrs olbbons passed on and now harry uvea in this house by the side of the road and watches the cars go by and occasionally he gets down town and out for a drive with a member of the family pome to think of it i haven t seen him this while back but surely with the bright sunshine hell soon be down town again the substantial twostorey house next to this is occupied by a new family just now from toronto mr and mrs russell i am told it is owned by mrs john russell and has just recently been mod ernised and greatly improved it has quite a unique history that building icqerm7t pi w tua headquarters for this thriving business then mr maoenn sold to messrs ritchie and agar they added to the business a gasoline service station and have kept improving the property ever since ac quiring it until this year the ge lumber co bad their acton yards on this lot but they have removed them to the property they owned on main street- in keeping with the modern trend theres a refresh ment booth on this busy corner now and it s quite a bright spot perhaps the end of the west side or the street would be a good place to stop this week although i know i still have some space in my allotment toronto maple leaps open at home may 5th dan ilowley has well balanced clnb far international league campaign bill urbanski whose professional baseball career stretching over the past 10 years has been confined to two leagues the international and the national was gossiping with a number of baseball writers in a jersey city hotel recently housed the first water tank set up by when one of the scribes asked him what the otr tn acton it stood near the he thought of the toronto maple leafs mill street crossing and the tank was built inside in those early days be tween fifty and sixty years ago it was thought a water tank standing out of doors in our northerly climate would freeze to avoid freezing the tank was bui is not only a native ot new jersey but he is the new shortstop of the tor onto team and the five years he spent tn the international league before the boston braves purchased him from mon treal in 1031 should qualify him to give x up in this house and two biff wood something of an expert opinion on the youve got to have a garden if you want to ha vi a home i sympathise with city folks who live in little flats they haven t homes but merely spots to hang their coats and hats to sleep perhaps to eat to get thelr letters and their bills but all the garden space they have is on their window sols among the dangers of the street with trucks and honking horns their children play instead of bavlnx rod and grassy lawns trees and shrubs and flowerlns plants leap from living loam a house without a garden la a house but not a home thr place may be a palace with a flat on every floor but it will be a parking apace just that and nothing more despite its marble corridors and gleam lng copper dome fbr youve got to have a garden if you want to have a home oharles henry mackintosh stoves were kept gomg all winter tn the house below the tank up to this time the- water supply for th engines had been taken on at a tank at crewaons corners which was filled from the little stream about the crossing there by means of a steam pump operated by mr john bgbert mr and mrs egbert and family lived in a little house near the i tank house i in the course of time it was found that the stoves did more harm to this new tank than good and the tank had to be replaced this tune it was located nearer the station at the south end of the big woodshed for all engines were i fired with cordwood in those days the calibre of the shaughnessy clcult clubs i like vm replied bui i ve seen a lc of boll clubs in my time and you can take it from me that dnn howley has a good team this year and i m not saying that just because i m on it it is true that we dldn t a in many ball games in the south during the spring training mttes but never judge a team on what it does in those exhibition games even the yankees were getting knocked off in the south this spring howjey was doing tome experimenting with his young p letters and t were more concerned nbout getting into condition than in win nlng games that don t count walt until things get going in the international old tank house stood there unused for when rh boys stoit playing for keeps some years sam latrd who was always something of a speculator finally bought it from the railway company and moved it to the place where it now stands he repaired and improved it and it has made a comfortable home for quite a number of people for years thats the time you get a real line on a tram thi is quite a long speech for urban fki the pprth amboy resident takes his baseball seriously and he is noted for being one or the best hustling boll piny en in the game he is the spark plug of the corner lots at mill street were uie leafs and la showing the same form held by pat kelly for many years when that made him such a stand out in the picobac pipe tobacco for a mild cool smoke pat built the biidc house where john williamson now lives he got the hous building fever and intended to build a fine brick house there but several mem hers of the family hod settled in bunal and when pat retired from the service ot the otr he went to buftolo a 1th thr into national league when boston bought him the leafs ulll op n thxtr home 5eason in ma 5th after a trip around the southern end f tlie circuit thiy may nil tnrl 1i as s nsutlonally as ioju jmr unm which won its first seven remainder of the roroll the late john j lamt but it ls fruaruntcfd not to fadt hill owned the proptrt for years when in jul und august ahtn tht going la he disposed of his coal business to and u utfhcitl claim grey owl started career a englishman hvilum in thi suddeu death f on 1 w orl t 1 uiu ua cuii idliui illd lift conservator and eviuri r ilruiil of his strung mi luivi oiliii t 1t i u til iillii hit hit man who i uinr w i id t mi us u ui liulhui m t at ninth ut bit n u hm n m mr aug 1 b ui tvul ojlbmu induin w i laii ll in it llii a in out dttlire tl u n uo li nurried 1 ii i ulun h w t ki t- i 1 1 t ti i u 111 k lt1l tid t u im or 0 ii lit i i ii kii ii all fl 1 1 r 1 t r dl i t it t i ti tl i i ii 1 ii w d tin if i irh i u i i muggs and skeeter three important reasons why the free press a household necessity should be a weekly visitor in this community 1 it keeps you in touch with all the hap penings of tlie community it is a mirror of our community an agency by which each reader becomes part of the community life sharer in a com mon experience and a common task 2 it is the show window of reliable merchants with whom you can trade with assurance of a square deal 3 it gingers up the neighborhood spirit and helps make life worth living in the acton community it is a home institution your paper can you afford to be with out the free press in your home 200 brings you fiftytwo weekly visits costing you less than four cents a week the acton free press printing and advertising service hlnllimiiiilllllihjilr iiyiirimiii illtiliilili 7fa m by wally bishop