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sixtyseventh year no 15 acton ontario thursday october oth 041 eight homeprint pages plve centm a communit organization for a wartime job pmmumu and ontllne of the work of acton and vicinity warsrvl league 1 sinn the atart of the war it ha been the elm of the various organi sations of acton an district to en deavor to help british war relief the two chapter of iode and theigtotormdtrccmirotts-com- mltt to provide smoke and com fort for our boy oversea in order that we all wight actively participate ln thl patriotic service a cltli organization by name acton and vlelnlty war services league has been formed and reglatered undor the warcharltle act for which our charter haa been duly received every person in acton and vicinity is a member of this named organiza tion by our combined efforts we will make a wonderful success of this work the officers are preeldentmr a mason vlcepresldenl miss julie lesnle- wlch treasurer mr j mmcdonald ir wrmwdleton executive comprise tho represen tative heads of the various organiza tions namely mrs wm bracken miss russell mrs w chliholm mrs f wilds miss l v mason mrs e e barr mlm e robinson mr ed gamble mr r h elliott mr jnck bruce mr n marlow mr g h musselle finance comm mr a ryan mrw and mr w k graham i comforts committee miss m ryder mra r spellvogel mrs geo elliott miss m z bennett mrs ed gamble this committee hail established headquarters in the town hnll where tho members will be on tjuty from 3 to 5 p m each wednesday friday nnd saturday and from 8 to 10 pm ench friday and saturday night to issue wool to all volunteer knitters nnd to receive the finished artlclos it is fitting that we should here note that d n mctavlsh mode the splendid locker space for our wool also that messrs b mckenzle son rtnnnt- ed lumber to tho voluo of s3 00 for same our initial effort will be n blnito on octo icth which has been nr- rahged by the program commtttoo acton institute make-donatioiis- to war funds acton womens institute met for their october meeting at the home of mrs j e gamble crecentvllla with the president mrs f j wild in charge tho motto was given by the secre- laryrmrs j e gamblnd current event were reviewed by mr earl lambert roll call was answered by the date of your birthday in the business part of the meeting it was reported that the layette was on hand reports ot the different committee were received it was de cided to make a donation of 10 to tk actox fan pan fund for the london england sick childrens hos pital and a contribution of 2s a the first amount for the acton and dis trict war service and 3 to the school quilts are to be made an event of great interest was tho honoring ot a former active member by making her a life member mrs r l davidson read tho following ad dress which accompanied the presen tation of life membership to mrs bertha m wilson now of guelph dear mrs wilson on behalf of acton women insll tute wo have met here today at our regular meeting to spend with- you as we have spent many pleasant af ternoons in the past hut na with us all we have our ups and downs through life mrs wilson f 1 1st joined the w i when it was organized in trafalgar nnd maintained her mem bership there till she came to acton about 21 years ago when she joined acton w i and served as president in 1822 and 21 nlso 1027 and 28 she wns always a very active mem her nnd her home was nlwnys op for any meetings or anything that nrolte in the institute so as n tribute lo her long membership we take much pleasure in presenting this life membership pin nnd nlso the certlfl- cntcondmny you be long spared to uenr it signed mrs j f wilds president nnd mrs j e gnmble secretary- treasurer at the proper time mrs davidson gave the certificate and mrs gnmble the pin mrs wilson mnde a suitable reply miss arlss of guelph past district secretary for south wellington was guest spenker she told of turn much the womens institute has done nnd the work in general mrs messe- ion mrs nuttnll guelph all spoke words of encouragement nnd help fulness mrs fennessy crnnbrook jjcrwasolsonvlbltor mrs w- further repairs arranged at lfie public school mtdtwccueitlhthe very ablo convenor of the salvage com mittee men here la n grand chnjice for u to help to further develop n bustnftfliruhkfi lint bcenho weliof- fianlxed bj the lakeside chapter io de the saline warehouse is the old baptist church on elcln street tho use of which has been crnclousl do na od by mrs nlcklln we would erectly appreciate if our rural members could arrange to bring their salvage to the uarehbuse there by eliminating cost of pickup how ever if it is inconvenient to do so please collect your salvage in a given place and advise us for pickup think of jour old newspapers clothes rags boots magazines glass bottles bones greasv tallow scrap iron paper aluminum brass copper lead zinc etc in terms of smokes and treats fqr the boys and am sure that we will surprise ourselves nt the amount we will acquire let salvage for smokes be our watchword we operate thro presses in the salvage warehouse one for news- lnsh sp on the w i workjnlhl past after a hearty vote of thnnks to the spenker and hostess a very pleasant half hour was spent over the tencujsand closed by the mlapnh benediction supphefl for school otscusaed arrmiijtinent of library fa deferred acton school tioart met on mon day evening iwls month instead of the regular tuesday evening meeting mr v b humley was rhown as actng secretary for this meeting on behalf of the y m c a hoard mr c klrkness desired to know if the school contemplated using the y m c a gymnasium this year for the physical training period the charge would dthetwmwrw5foihthror months it watt decided to use the gymnasium an usual this year principal g mckenxlo of the public school presented a list of suppllos required for art and music the supply committee ave re empowered to secure these items the matter of assembling the school library in one of the unused rooms was discussed this room could be used as a reading room but should be repainted and better lighted it was felt by the board that arrange ment of the room could not be dona this year but would have to wait for hefct yerrhpivraphstl5h the supply committee were also authorized to purchase the annual allotment of library hooks with the nllowance of r0 a number of books from the acton library were nlso used by the pupils it wns decided to teach agriculture in the public school ngnln thin yenr a letter from mr f l wright ex- plnlned t the insurance survey re- quested for the october meeting could not be ready until tuesday as nrrnnfitfhl but would be ready any time nfter thnt information regarding n duplicat ing machine nnd typewriter wns pre sented trustees mason nnd dills were nppolnted n committee to inves tigate thin mntter before purchasing nny equipment the supply committee reported ar rangements being mnde for the pur chase of a car of conl tho finance committee reported on the funds nvnllahle until the clow of the year pricoftwere secured for putting new envetroughlng on the public school it 110 for heavy gnuge mn- torlnl nnd for pnlntlng the whole ex terior of the building nt 225 includ ing the cost of materials of first quality the property committee wrerequestcxllaproccedltji this tt f blown a wra rziiurm paper and one for scrap paper card board etc it would make the task of the salvage workers much easier if the newspapers also brown paper could be tied separately in ttohsei you will help us very much by doing this all money reali f salvage and other league activities will be devoted entirely to comforts for our boys overseas and on the seas and to aid th british war victims now folks this is our job our boys are fighting for us let us work for them this is a real job before us now that you have learned about your own organization and the opportunity it affords each one of us to do our bit lets pull uc our backs and give it all that we have faithfully vour secretary w mld- dleton v council arranges revision court on 1942 assessment special station also dealt with other matters requiring im mediate attention acton council met in special session on tuesday evening to deal with a few items that could not be luld oer until the regular meeting chief need for the meeting was the passing of the necessary motion set ting the date for tho court of re- vlulon on the 1012 assessment just completed it wns decided to hear nnv anneal nt the meeting of oc- iober-jutlh- authority was also given the acton branch of the canadian legion to secure a w reath and the usual pro- grames etc necessary for the re- membrancedayervice for acton an account of mr fred cooper of 50 for rental of property used a a municipal dump was passed for pay ment councillors a mason and e jones were present and reeve j b chal mers presided womans association guests at home mbs j r kennedy was hlre to co- hull england c p willie shakespeare is the name of mrs catherine mcfadzeans pet lamb at her home at bllton near here willie refused to be associated with other aheep and follows his mistress wherever she goes the october meeting of the wo mens association was held at the i home of mrs j r kennedy on mon- day evening with the president mrs symon presiding after the devotional period and i business rev a w posbury closed the meeting with prayer mrs kennedy and miss nelson as- i ited by mrs agar served a very dainty lunch and a social time was spent uhlili all present enjoved a vote of thanks was given mrs ken nedy and miss nelson for their hos- pltallty v work trustees w c mnson v b rum- ley w h clayton nnd c a dills were present nttlils meeting and chnlrmnn f s blow presided united church young people hold instructive meetings chrlstlnn culture wns the theme or the young peoples meeting last week at the united church after a de votional service mr garnet mckenzle gave a review ot a book on conditions in european countries mr pell in his talk on canadian art urged us to be more conscious of the artists of our country he illustrated his biography of paul kane s life nnd work by passing about some small prints of his paintings of indian cus tom the keys of the kingdom dr cronins latest novel of a humble tolerant priest was reviewed by miss blanche sedgwick in ketp ing with the theme of the meeting the g in rlnslnp rninp fm- iho ik vou ark a twpprnnv jblyitll rnre n tuppennyblmr- your fellowmnn get out in the country ronci now and lie glnd for the farmer be glad in the weighted bough he swollen rick the mellowing gourd and the fattening beasts forgot the prob lem of economic distribution nnd mans colossal blundering look with thanksgiving oh what the good lord has done and be glad at the garnering anne sutherland brooks on the hamomaker page of the globe and mall duiilin literary elects officers at annual meeting tjui annuaumeotlngof thoxjublln literary society was held at tho school on friday october 1 the fol lowing officers were elected honor ary president walter llnham presi dent i b burkholder vlco-prosi- dent molly cutts secrotary mrs walter llnham treasurer duncan waldle pianist margaret sommer vlllo assistant pianist dorothy frank executive committee mr a ross mrs j black mrs w brocken vernn webster molly cutts and dorothy steele then presetted their demonstration of n well pjannod sum mer wardrobe lunch was served and n soclnl time spent ymca opens with big nigh i on friday last mr and mrs johnny gray wel comed to acton y proirram and crowd were splendid benuty of the earth i th bbmhw a hie jlirutlnn fel low ship convenor mr garnet m kenzle conducted the meeting this week of the united young peoples it opened with a rousing singsong led by mr e j moore during the devotional service miss betty gibson sang a solo mr mckenile gave a talk on whatmystrmmenneamrto me and also led the group in a quiz contest on biblical information next week the young people are uniting with the womens missionary society for their meeting all young people are urged to come and make a fair representation of the society acton v m c a held its opening night inst friday with one of tho lnrg- est crowds hncl finest programs since istnbllshment hero of this community institution the occnslon wns to we come the new supervisor johnny grny and his bride get ncqunlnted with the y program nnd start off the season singularly the lutky door prize of war savings stumps wns won by tho new supervisor the opening feature was the first presentation of the season by the ymca drnmntlc cluh it was n onciaclplaytlictcelh of n gift horse mrs c klrkness mrs stnn norton miss flora bayers miss- mnbel hnrrls mr monty root nnd mr norm mnrlowe yire the cast nnd the piny wns dlrtctcd by mr charles klrknoss it wns nn nmuslngnnd en- t rtnining pnscntntion nnd nn uhunl well done helen oitrnnrier nnd the glrjs of the summer camp gave a croup of camp songs that were popular at camp and proved popular here too a guest speaker was mr chlsholm assistant secretary of y m c a wnr services who gave a comprehensive account of the mnny services per formed by the ymca in the enmps of the soldiers and airmen both in canada nnd overseas mr e s force president of the y board told of the improvements that had been mode lnthe y building dur ing the summer months with n view to making it of better use for the members mr force welcomed the new supervisor nfid his bride to acton nnd introduced johnny grny to the group mr gray comes to acton from tor onto w end y wr lio- has been swimming nnd gym instruc tor in renlvlng to mr forfe in sheep prom this district go to american buyers the rockuood sheep club recently sold 23 good oxford bretlding ewes to mr tom groves of fifton missouri usa this is the second time mr groves has bought sheep from the rorkwood club to improve the mis souri floiks sales of this kind are a credit to anv flock and repeal orders indicate proven stock in addition they bring into the country a substantial amount of muih needed american currency ductlon he felt they were going to feel at home in acton and asked the cooperation of qll in making the year a successful one mr norm marlowe briefly told of tho aims and accomplishments of the jfjameniclubln thbllntyearof its operation another guest who all were pleased to meet again was mr gedrge force of hamilton who had so successfully conducted the boys summer camp at beausollel island the past year mr force told of the camp what had been attempted and urged that it be continued from year to yeex that two weeks had meant much to the group participating mr force also brought with him a couple of the boys from hamilton who demonstrated many of the fea tures of tumbling and gymnastics these were explained in delall and a splendid exhibition wns given mr w beatty was chairman of the evening tho decorations for flits evening wtire symbolic of the time tho v sign and in code wore everywhere about the room and in the red white and blue scheme quite effective mr w g mason was re sponsible for this part of the event half interest oh tflberla bonos held for 1000 uabllity inaurance awarded and other item at meeting of kaquealnif council kaqyoalng township countll held tholr wgulnr mooting on monday af ternoon deputyreeve c h may councillor g w murray edwin harrop and george k cleave wore pr reeve win a wllonpro- sided mr d c brown agent for tho general act ident assurance com pany nnd mr k d charles agent fnrr ewllntrcemtttyhrough lloyd tendered for the road lia bility insurance at 1m m and 21h is moved nnd uotonded by may and murray thnt the treuuuror piiy the road accounts ns presented by the road superintendent 1001 25 car ried other alcounta pnssed for payment includod the following jenkins hnrdy poslngo re audit 18 23 cecil chlsholm attendance anil mileage re voters list revision a w benton nttendnnco nnd mllengo re voters list revis ion j 4nnford rollef ncct to date ceorgetown hydro commis sion street lights bell telophone co services humo currlo ton c k smith wood bramplon hydro commission lights mehlrum star reglsti red lwe killed a n stnrk vnliuttor j sanford re bonn of health county hnlton re bd heahh moved and serorfded hy cli nve nnd mny thnt the treasurer pay relief accounts ns presi nled by the relief officer j175b7 cnrrled moved nnd seconded hy hnrrnp nnd murrn that we nccepl the tender of tho genernl assurance cnmpnny of 25160 agent g c brown car ried moved and secondid by harrop ond clenve that tho treasurer be author ized to nccopt 1125 in payment of the six months interest coupon due october 1st 1911 for hi m on bond no 3777 province of alberta for 1 000 held on nccount of the rnil- way bonus fund carried movednndkecondedby may und- clenvo thnt 251 10 insurnnce pre m- ium lie p heflenernraecldenl assurance compnny for township road liability insurance carried moved and seconded by mny and harrop that the days for pheasnnt shooting in estiucsng slmll he oc tober jltji nnd 25th nlso october 29th cnrrled moved nnd seconded by murray nnd clenve that the treasurer pay the grants to the acton agricultural so ciety and esqueslng agricultural so ciety 75 00 each and to the hnlton agricultural society 25 carried moved and seconded by mny nnd cleave that this council do now ad journ to meet on monday november ire at 1 10 p m or at the call of tho reeve cnrrled g15 510 29 00 74 75 2 20 1s25 1150 100 21 00 2 00 2125 51 help in war service -preseiitalmmi-priae- at iodf meeting i1if homi of mra lntlr kmltli wu m tutrfulfiy ttvifhlng th tntnu place for uw duke of drvonsmr chapter or th odtd hth mr it u rcjilott vlurckftitt presided prftjumtutlmi of the chapter nwnftu for hlbhoat tarwllnit in ht kn trante clou at acton vubllc school won mudti to mu dorothy pallnnt thla yonrn winner knjoynll itemu on the program wtte n uroup of pltmo nolo hy mlu mrliclimuarui urtvtuhntt on our flfttf by mlk inwrl smith tht chaptur dorlihd tit thl rmtetlnu to honnto 10 to th vuum prut punt for- th lintlon knylflmt sick chll- ilrona llospltiii mra w j rcnltlo nwiwl to auper- vluc tho collection of matfazlnfle and mltut m 7 bennntt tenve n report ro- knrdlns chrlatmaa hoxo for th ao- mlttanr ami th hlp and propta first contribution london ilospilal fund on its way 35 henl on tuuy 18 more added in fuatmchptlofm thk week lhf flrat contribution from aelort to the leondon england vfoapltal for kick children atarted on its way on tucaday it wai tts or in canad ian funda f isa 45 th treasurer mr w k ovaham of the hank of nova scotia mad the remittance from thft fund and kindly waived chartf of forwarding so that every rant contributed will go direct lo help ihiwe1n chargerarryon then work of mercy among tick and injured children in old london that leave 32 40 aa a atari for the second re- dlora nvenuma that wna hianu plan ncd hy the war flttrvlco league a wjuftatad membera of th chapter ngroml to tualat with tho aale of pofc- ploa on poppy dny and nlao nutat in aortlng salvage friendly circlk chose officers and vuitis for year a mnotlnk of tho united churrh friendly clrflo was ot the home of mru hnrrjn on wodnpadny evonlng the cxputlvi for tho 104142 uaaon wn elected n follwn teacher mli m 7 dennett prealdant mra j pell et relnry mm helen walerhnuse trenwurer mra helen culhn group leariem mln k rihnn mihs i dnwkjnmfnm jlnrrln mrs p ukhnnluon plnnlnt mra m mc kenzie mish dfnmtt thnnkid the ni w ex ecutive for their willingness to tnke office and hoped that tiny would have n very hnppy and auccesaful year working togithir si verol now member were w icomerf to the clau a very ndequnle lunrh wna aerved hy mra harrla mrw adnmson and mlaa held mra parker moved a vote of thanka to mrw lnria for the ua of her home of more help indicate that it wont be long before morehelp can be for warded vrt we muat apologise for not re- iwrtlng last week donation from a ton civil guarhtman we dont know how the error occurred but th donation coma in thu week- a fel low who did ma bit but time and u atlll doing all he can to help in thu wrap then ram m remittance from a former actonlan now ridlng in montreal and another one who juat wanteil to 1m known as a friend when acton womena inatllute met jaat week they gave attention to the call for help and added another good died to their many both in peace and war time 10 was sent into the fund and glvea a good boost for thla week thnnka to all and here it 1 jumnstitue ahorrorthe2f mark pkknc1i iiopkpfil london tcp deprokked and hnpiksa nfter france fell french war prisoners in germhny camps now hnve lomplete faith in british vic tory aald on of 200 frenchmen who escaped to rusji their way to britain eramosa council makes grants plans assessing snow plow service requested by guelph township pollece protection for halloween eramosacemeteries arc inspected by board of health many in splendid condition but improveauntsstlittl ure4- in others tho board of liealth of the town ship of eramosa made their annual inspection of the 14 cemeteries in the municipality on oct 3rd 1041 thsboard reportedroekwoodceme tery as an outstanding example of efficient care ami management with johnsons eden milts everton and stone church cemeteries also in ex cellent condition particularly noting the continued improvement and evi dence of general care at the stone church cemetery parkinsons mimosa mccormlcka and oustlc cemeteries were in good condition the board would like tq see the old monumenta at parkin son s cemetery preserved for their historical value the oiburn cemetery and st john s rockwood are still in poor condition also the former anglican mid methodist episcopal cemeteries at lot 21 on the 5th and 7th lilies respectively ond the lone graves on the 4th and flth lines the latter cemoterles are small and the board suggests fitting improvements with a comparatively small expense of time and labor i tho council for the township of eramosa met in the town hall ilock- wood on monday october 6th ot 1 30 s t present kecve d d gruy in the chair and councillors willlbm j plnknoy ernest e bonhom roy i losllo and joseph u rutherford moved by messrs bcnham ond ituthorford nnd carried thot the provincial police be requested lo as sist in maintaining law and order in rockwood halloween night so that mallclousdamag nnialhle and just a little bump next week will rencli that amount previously acknowledged 917a8s acton civil guardsmen loft jni k mothesnn montreal 3tvt artnn womens institute 1000 a friend 200 mm d c russell and mlu jessie russell 200 simw looking into the future we learn that the high school puplu are spon soring a dance with the proceeds to be turned over to the fund for the ihimbed sick children hoeplta preparations are underway for uila event that helped a worthy cause last yeaf ond the boys and girls at acton school are planning to do another good wartime deed with the event his year we werent told of the date but will be on the lookout or this event it will be an opportunity for all to enjoy a social evening and at the same time make a contrlbu- tioivto mostwohhyaus acton junior parmeas hold weinett boast election of opficebs the regular meeting of th acton junior farmers was held on october 3rd in the form of a welner roaat due to the weather the meeting wu held insjde the school but neverthe less was enjoyed by all the meeting was opened by the singing of the maple leaf after the treasurers report and the reading of the mlnutea of the last meeting the election of officers for the ensu ing year took place as follow presi dent elwood johnston vtee-preeu- dent dorothy mckenzle secretary isabel swwrkhamer treasurer how ard swltzer executive committee harvey fisher blanche meklnnoe melvln mccullough evelyn pearen ninlitl if j pi 11 n iiy mstr- lt tints blanche mcklnnon and tsehel slle and pink- noy and carried thnt guelph town ship be requested to provide snow plowing service for next winter at th least rato per hour possible similar to last winters satisfactory service moved by messrs plnkney and ben- ham and c that the report of the boairtteallh orinhelrnhsilee tlon of the cemeterle of the town ship having been considered by coun cil request the tame be printed m the annual report with the hope that further improvement can be effected and commendation made on recent effort by various cemetery trustee the report of th highway auditor for the year 1040 was accepted on motion of messrs leslie and plnk ney is was granted to the canadian legion and s10 to the- erin fall fair the collector reported 9100 cur rent taxes collected up to september 30th bylow no 7 was passed providing f6r assessment in the period from september 30th jmll to april 30th 1043 and appointing tho a forsyth as assessor at a salary of 179 account amounting to x713j22 were passed for payment and council adjourned to november 10th at 130 st swarkhamer elwood johnston the new presi dent than mad a brief address it was decided to have th next meet ing on october 17th th misting closed with singing th national an them the lunch of weiners was en joyed by all and th remainder of th vnlrtiiprlftn siew mm worn root mectanooga n fta farmer her boasts h own ha which koec- lallxm in catching mice t coming events ans 4 kumisss cs crlt oritur kveeutu ur tau kuihee ckutel u uh wlhl msftwum cku l mw st alhan guild nov hh after noon tea baking and sale of work dane thursday oct blll f hall auspice of suvrfc hall club proccmda or blwvjt good orcbwtra hiliiilaslini aat l