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3sc twctfcspay wovgmttmbft mth 1088 the acton free press- hha liu wi wic now if irlth ptoajrure you on viewing any work a man i doing if ytu like it or approve it tel now dont withhold your approbation till the parson makes ovation and he lies with snow miles on brow for no matter how you shout it be wont hear a word about it if you think some praise is due him hows the time to give it to him he cant read what on his tomb stone when he dead more than fame and more than money is the comment kind and sunny and the hearty warm app oval of a friend for it rives his life a savor and it makes him stronger braver and it gives him heart and spirit to tho end if he earns your praise bestow h nows the time to let him know it twenty years ago the issue of the free press thursday november 88th 1018 both fairy lake and corporation pond are frown over numbers of venture some youths hav araady been sfcattng and sliding suss mabel howie of oe save an interesting address on tut smaller nations of central europe at tht bpworth league acton junior baseball club had a business meetlntr and organised a hockey club with the following officers hon president john clarice 8r president william arnold secretarytreasurer a r agnew manager nelson oarden captain hoy brown a large congregation assembled in the methodist church on sunday evening for a memorial service in honor of the late pte j d burt who died in frame i on october 35th messrs conway mclean who pur chased the general business of bender- son sc co a year and a half ago have dissolved partnership mr conway has retired and mr c r mills of ouelph enters into partnership with mr mclean commissioner s311s of the ontario railway board heard the petition for enlarging acton a area twentyfive acres on the westerly side including the park and loire avenue lots and lots across fairy lake were not disputed but shqueslng township objected to seventy- five acres including beardmore cres cent and acton tunning co lands being included in the area a decision will be given later died 8prowl al the homestead lot 18 second line buiueslng on sunday november 94th twi sprawl in his 73nd year alexander bhortxll at the home of her daugh ter urs w h anthony fifth line ksqueaing on tuesday november 28th 1018 margaret ktrkwood widow of the late joseph shartlll aged 76 years the men who nearch through mud and skies i to study molecules and stas who tall of build inn wind swift cars i or shining ships supposed to rise i and roam through space on tireless i wing these men the rabble ridicules for science is advanced to fools who dure to try uncommon things f the bards bogged in tradition s mire forevermore arc songless men a poet grows immortal when his spirit thrilled with mystic fire on starbent peasus he springs and rises over earthly rules far poetry is made by fools who dare to dream uncommon things faith does not come from men who bind phylacteries upon their brows but from the men who follow plows or others of their rustic kind the shout of faith foever rings from humble folk in humble schools for faith is kept alive by fools who dare believe uncommon things lon r wood rum tiieft o radium newmhs a doctor in new york has lost 6 radtumnecdles presumably by theft these needles contained altogether 5u milligrammes of radium worth at pre sent prices about a couple of thousand dollars rudlun upur from lu viuu in com merclnl enterprise of various kinds is of value chiefly in the treatment of cancer for this purpose canada in its various clinics for uit treatment of malignant disease possesses about jo grams worth at u conservative estlmuu about s100 000 though it cunt th clinicn or uium v lu supplied tilt element almost twice that figure in the use of radium for the treat ment or cancer tlu ukment 1a pluced in tiny needles of platinum iridium each containing so many milugrammsi these are inserted into the growth or placed close to uir growth to be treated constant rays given forth from kill the cancer cells has had his residence there two lament ed deaths have taken place vlda the elder daughter of the home a beau til ul young lady just budding into woman hood was called after abrief illness and arohy mdclnnon ba barrister and town clerk succumbed to an attack of the insidious la grippe which was epidemic twenty years ago this fan mr spencer husband built a fine home for himself and mrs husband on the adjoining iot three houses occupy the lower part of the orchard when the toronto suburban electric railway was built its line was run through the old adams orchard and the station located on the main street front just a rod or so below the old family residence mrs john mcklnnon ofl nassaga- ueyti had her new home built on a site just south of the electric railway but of course the railway ceased to operate some ten years ago and the right of way was in most cases been sold back again for building lots below this is mr noble mclams fine residence and blacksmith shop but noble hasn t lived here very much since the death of his beloved partner broke up the home the house on this pro perty was originally a much smaller one it was built by mike speight when he ran the blacksmith ng business for his i his blacksmith foreman i think dave j williamson lived there for a while then jim mclam had his home there for years noble enlarged it and has from time to time added improvements and now has all modern conveniences in the home noble had lived here since his early boyhood with the exception of a few days spent in london when he had a good position in the o th shops but he always had a hankering for the old home and when lite business where he learned his trade came on the market he bought it and came home again with his family the home has had several tenants since mr and mrs mcljim lived here but is still owned by mr mclam the willow street side of the old orchard has seen some numerous chanstfl when the johnstone block was built on mill street the old resld ncc of ransom adams which stood on that mte was moved to a lot in the orchard below the one where spencer husband lives it was a substantial building and made a comfortable home when the electric railway line was sur veyed it ran plumb through this old home and it hod to be moved again 1 think it is now on agnes street on the lot at the corner of agnes street john speight built his coffin shop and paint shop these remained during his life time and through uio life time of his eldest son joseph who conducted hip undertaking and furniture business there until his death when nick forbes rumc from oewsons corners to acton he built his home an this property which hi hud purchased later he built his fine home an church street and then sold the agnes street home to david mokeoun when he retired from farm liig and cairn lo acton david lived thn until hbi untimely death through uu occldt nt und mn mckeown ctm ttiiued h r norm lhert until the death nf hir daughter and hrmlf tom mar th ul pin chased tlu roptrtj bhortly i ufter hi cuim fn m llnu huust and he unci ma mnrsli4il i ved thee foi tt j t umtber ii yeu s h mr uit rt vwi u ditru ultj ovi r tlu approach u lu i lop rt and mi munliill t allfd in li h uhl m vt rs iu d m t u td i kk1 lot on returns to canada hon r randolph bruce former lieu tenantgovernor of british columbia nnd recently retired from the post of canadian minister at tokyo is shown here as he left the liner empress of canada at victoria bc where he landed from japan the elderly diplo mat declined to discuss aspects of his activities in tin far east but sold he was glad to be back in bonnli british columbia with its peace and prosper ity he left immediately for montreal where he will visit briefly before going to ottawa to confer with prime minister w l mackenzie king aid other ofllc lals of the foreign affairs department milk products in the summer p xlod june to august 1938 41200 000 pounds of whalemilk products wtrc manufactured in canada und 14 400 000 pounds of concentrated milk b products registering advances ol approximately 14 per cent and 35 per cmt lespectlvely over the oorres- jndlng period of 1937 ln the w hole- mil k group the most important product was evaporated milk the output of which amounted to 36 700 000 pounds or 80 per cmt of the total the produc tlon of skim milk powder which ranks fl tt among the milk bj products amounted to 9 700 000 pounds represent ing 67 per cent of the total how to cut your life short tlu old orcliard nits at last divided into lot john uiwhon carpenter occur td uit lot on the chunli stmt front- ugi hi built uit tint twosur house t l uu cormr wlun mr august andcr son now hta the hop kiln he convert ed into a carpenter shop well ovir thlrt years ago mr lawson went west tlu resldenci wua sold to james mclini blacksmith who considerably improved it the carpenter shop was sold to john b mackenzie contractor who also the secured the old adams house and lot the adjoining mr macketuue enlarged the in lnsutu- carpenter shop converted it into an uons where the supply is sufficient con electric planing mill and opened a lum talnera with 4 8 10 or more grams of oer and coal yard in the back garden where mrs adams used to hong out the last week i just nicely got started in tlu old orcliard on the adorns place on church street so i u just have tp con unite on ui interrupted resolutions from then in the course of time james mat thews lutlitr of our present postmasu r j c miiillims and himself postmasu r in acton for many y ars came into pos session of tht old adams orchard ht moved his hop kiln from the form to lib prohm and for a nuniber of years uie hops from his hop yard wn dried i urtxl and baled tht n but after a milk tlu lo bumiuu pluycd out und a st l u r worr cat loo much drink too much smokt too much skip too lltue neglect txt rctst full to keep watch on your health uu ui uu liutt ml ht rt mr u nd m rs mar lui 1 hivi a luipp hum n rh dnublt turns on uu corner was built b mrh mckeown and is nou a umnuiu tn inui h loi tlu uld zi nun adamh orcliard it t a cltitury since mr adams planted uie apple trees then i how it hajtlnfcd 1 lurrmrd ulle uuall sold butu r to mllagt ipuoir ready wrapped ln 1 und packt itt iht las lit l tmtur u hint- wai li it ijht tinipluuied uit groctr one ui lltullj r piled the tarmtr s wife 1 miunitxr mm uiat i hud mlslala n jxiund htiblit fn 1 iutd i jhjund 1 mr sugar 7 tfk9 zz radium an used the crct of theor similar to the rays from a million- volt xray equipment radium in the treatment of cancer is used in another farm this is mdon or urc rays from radium produced by an apparatus oausd an emanation plant there are several of these plants in canada the plant an lafnlus device of hollow class tubes and stsei coueots and niters the radium rays emanating from a soluuon of radium bromide these rays ore finally assembled in uny gold seeds about oneeighth of on inch tn i length these celled radon seed are planted ln the growth to be uruaud and msvy be left there tbey ore exhausted i in about 90 dsys the eflect of radium j in seeds bomb or needle is the same as already mentioned radium rays kul the cancer cells and this u done without great damage to uie normal cells around bout for the reason thai cancer cells are geneelly less resistant to radium than normal cells tbe discovery and producuun of radium ui northwest coned aiuun late years has effected marked reductions in the rpice of uu valuable element one remembers wtaa radium cost one hun dred and twentyfive thousand dollars a tram seven years ago the supply xar one of our large hospitals was cured tor about 55000 a gram now the price is p6 000 gram the enterprise ol the la bines and their n in the dis covery and production of radium at o rest bear lake and the establishing of a refining plant at port hope ontario deserves the censbsnaatlon os canadian dtisen radium is to present knowtsdge essential m the treottafeoi of oonosr panada u able lo supply ibe demand famlb wash to dry mr mclam died la uu house he had purchased from john lawson after a tedious and painful ill new mr august anderson is uie present owner of this lot and home willie he picobac pipe tobacco or a mild cool smoke with rehebv actons king frederick william x was on liis deuuibed he asked his spiritual ad lser if it was necessary to forgive all his tetniea he was assured thnt this was the usual practice dorothy said he writ to your bruumir uiat i forglvr him all uw evil tic has donr to me tu ualt until 1 m dead nrst found evlkywhlee i odd names your towns have com mented uie englishman visiting ln uu fatatee wcehttwken hoboken pough kc psii oahkosh i suppose uie do sound queer to english ours uw amertoiui agreed do uu live in london all uie time no indeed said uie briton i spend part of my time at chipping nor ton and divide uie rest between biggie swadr and brighton buzzard 1 i pajktly lxonejlateo two neighbor were discussing a new comer to the street a bu of s spiritualist lsn t she one remarked well her friend rrpued oauuously i shouldnt be surprised but in fair nets i must admit 1 ve never seen any bottles going into her house knew the banks 1 the financier s daughter threw her i arms around uie neck of the bridegroom iu be oh waltrr she said dull going to give us a check for a pnaent i ooodt said walter thai we u liuve uie wedding at noon instead of at two o clock but hj dear the batiks close at thrrr i i i l m 1 i i 1 uuui i i m h 11 1 1 1 i make the pennies bigger by reading the ads when john a was premier and tall heaver hats were in vogue when gentle men wore hroad eravats and ladies wore hoop skirts the pennies they tossed to children were as big as half dollars a penny then might buy a pastry or ten of them take one to the fair but your greataunt and greatuncle couldnt have gone to a movie at anv price sixty years ago the ladies could go shopping for dry goods and buy silks that would make you green with envy linens that were linens and broadcloths that heg- gar description but what their favorite store did not havethev usually got along without you can pick up your newspaper and iu fifteen minutes you can know what the different shops are offering in fabrics pat terns varieties and qualities that great- grandmother never dreamed could be gathered together under any conditions times have changed and so have merchandise and business methods one of the influences that has helped to bring about so much of change that has helped to multiply opportunities and increase the spending size of our pennies is adver- er eery merchant every manufactur- knows that advertising materially rc- duces selling costs by increasing the de mand for and the distribution of the pro ducts ol hundreds of thousands of mills indeed many of the things we count to day as necessities or simple luxuries could not he made and srhd at their reasonable prices except as advertising has created a hroad market for them making millions of sales at little prices and little profits ffrtb the acton free press phone 174 muggs and skeeter st- by wally biskc