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rvfe- v f tf i s vour tfle acton free press thursday octo 16th 1941 neighborhood news otsma- ccatrta and f oar iilw an intanstai bai4jnafad mrs multon of detroit spent uw the erin womeni institute holiday at the home of her ststet mrs irvfne and mrs smith mr and mrs norman daniels and miss norma graham of gait and mr and mrs charlie parker of george town were visitors on sunday at the home of mrstsoper quite a number from here attended erin fair on monday and report a xmmserfut display of horses and live stock generally and- with an ideal day and a large crowd i proved a sue- nassagaweya quite a number from the eoenexer district attended the anniversary ser vices in st davids presbyterian church campbellvule uat sunday mr and mr w f darby and fam ily of knatchbull visited with rela tive and friends in campbellvule on sunday last mr and mrs william diamond of guelph visited with relatives and friends in nassajraweya over the weekend messrs clarence and res and miss mildred wilson and master rosa wil son of knatchbull visited with mr and mrs wm j morley of peterborough sunday and monday with miss mild red and master ross wilson staying over for a few days this week at the provincial plowing match being held near peterborough jnfarmersare taklngup their mangolds and potatoes this week two fine deer were aeen last thurs day evening on tty farm just north of the elm tree corner on the guelph toad erin ospringe mrs e n sunter was hostess tor the monthly meeting of the ladle aid held on wednesday evening with fourteen ladles present mrs r s mecutcheou presided and miss blanche mcklnnon read the minutes of the previous meeting following the business mrs a white gave an interesting talk on the study book regarding rural india mrs k taws gave a reading the scripture and questions were taken by mrs cordon altken several hymns were sung after which a dainty lunch was served by the hostess and bar assist ants mr dan hlndley returned home on sundayfronranexlendedtrlptot he- west while there he purchased a load of cattle and had them shipped home sunday visitors with mrs s mc lean and mrs i tovcll included mrs chlsholm mrs crawford erin mrs archie chlsholm fort erie miss vera tovell and friend of tor onto mr and mrs victor mccallum and beth of preston were weekend bursts vlth mr and mrs r s mc- cutcheon miss margaret black of guelph is visiting with miss ada currie mr and mrs arnold sunter of niagara falls were home for thanks giving mr and mrs noble of drayton were guests on monday with mr and mrs austin mccutcheon mr and mrs wm mckenxle cele brated their twentieth wedding anni versary over the weekend and had as their guests mr and mrs angus mclaughlin and miss iyilla of hills- burs mr and mrs stanley stewart and muriel of eramosa miss m sunter and harold sunter of evcr- ton congratulations to mr and mrs edwin barber townllne on the ar- hvalofsruught mr and mrs william struthers moved to acton last week where mr struthers has obtained employment mr and mrs earl vannorman had as their guests for thanksgiving mr and mrs r van norman alma mr and mrs james vsn norman and baby cooksvllle and miss beatrice van norman of stratford mr ales tovell of owen sound was home over the weekend with his mother mrs s tovell mrs a klrkwood and jean of guelph were weekend guests with mr land mr f brydon a very pretty wedding was solem nised on saturday afternoon in tin- erin disciple church when ruth eldest daughter of mr and mrs earle smith of oenringe was united in marriage ti andrew son of mrs edith smart of erin with rev norru officiating the happ couple were attended by mu doris smith and mr eugene robertson the soloist was miss mason of fergus with miss blanche mekuuion as organist following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride parents after a short honey moon mr and mrs smart wlh reside in toronto sincere sympathy u extended to mr and mrs karl smith in the passing of the formiv mother mrs phoebe ann smith on sunday evening at the guetph gaoeod hospital through the red cross have had shipped from guelph 48 cans of jam mr and mrs john robb attended the funeral of mrs wmmcgiulvray in toronto last thursday mr mc- glllivray died suddenly from a heart attack on tuesday mr and mrs mcgllllvray are quite well known in erin having spent several summer at bungalow park mr and mrs chester bur recent ly received a letter from jim vldat who hasbeen a prisoner of war in germany since last february na turally there is no comment as to liv ing conditions etc he is well and wishes to be remembered to his yriend inthecommunlty when returning home from lh dance at stanley park early last sa turday morning vincent flaherty had the misfortune to have his car badly damaged when the machine collided with a horse at the intersec tion of the erincaledon town line and seventh sideroad the car was travelling cast and the horse run ning north on the town line collided with the car at the corner and was killed instantly advocate 7- akville oakvtlles councillors expressed themselves as favoring an increase for town employees at mondays meeting at the- recent track events of utj3 pete taylor running true to form broke the school record for the 100 and 330 e and also placed first in tke 44a mrs e j joyner wife of the new proprietor of the meat market for merly operated by stewart was on the illfated s 3 athenla when it was torpedoed and sunk on septem ber 3rd 1939 oakvllle residents were shocked to learn of the sudden pasting of squad ron ileader bremner green o c of the ground instructional school at no 3 flying training achoot brant- ford who died in the toronto mili tary hospital last friday following a brief illness recordstar rogkwood the regular monthly meeting of tht boys own mission band was held oh sundayafternoon in the sun- dsy school room of the united church mrs frank moore the leader had charge of the meeting stanley harris president was in the chair the special prayer for thanks giving was taken by nell lambert tthd offering taken- by bruce honking georgetown a linen shower for mrs james f evans june prank was held by mlas margery mackenzie at her home on mill street last monday evening abolrlwenlto giiestswcre- pres ent the gttu were cleverly arrang ed in an aeroplane with pink and white streamers leading down to the table sjtaitheaeroplanomolxwas carried out in the home decorations pilot officer evans is now overseas with the ftcjur dr c v wlllianu and mr harry goldham representing the board of health appeared before council to present the problem of garbage dis posal which is particularly pressing at the present time treatlttg4he subject from the sanitary angle or williams who is medical officer of health for the town presented a brief to the council outlining the situation and suggesting remedies which might bo tried including a sug gested bylaw this required a strict enforcement of regulations allowing dumping only in the town dump at the park and discouraging haphazard dumping on private and public prop erty in the district it was alto sug gested that the town set up a muni- clpat collection system calling for tende for the collection and adding the proposed expense into the lax rate this is done in at least one other municipality in hallon acton where the system was inaugurated last year herald milton postmaster and mrs r m clem nli who have been visiting their daughter mrs butcher in medicine hat ajtaw returned home last night reeve leslie kerns of nelson town ship lost considerable fruit from his orchard recently the wind storm was at first blamed but it is now b- leedthere-u-an-pdaml-of-fxuit- thlevlng and the peaches were not blown off but stolen 7 members of milton and campbell- vllle masonic lodge and a number of other lodge in the county to the number of about eighty paraded to st paul united church last sunday the service wam conducted by lit wor bro thoa n lowe of hamil ton grand chaplain of the grand lodge of ontario assisted by bro rev j b moore and bro rev john rlddell of milton champion burlington leading stoker j o slnneu uxl n 3 henderson avenue is home on a 14day furlough enlisting over a yaaragoleadingslokersiniictt has served nine month aboard hmcs cowlchan a minesweeper ly that time be has travelled over 10000 miles on wednesday evening last boys gained entrance to the local salvage headquarters at the arena and had a the scripture contest conducted merry time as they romped about df- wlilfyh that wrttll pviahrisl wlta v m ws ii1hm theai totssul through the world friends was ar ranged for and a large number of hoys handed in their papers ot the contest the business period was con ducted by mrs moore the singing of the national anthem and mixpah benediction brought a very profitable meeting to a close rev and mr john ward were at lebanon on sunday where rev mr ward conducted anniversary services rev mr sutherland had charge or services in united church here rev mr currie of toronto con- lmehouse the presbyterian womens mis sionary society met at the home of mes mitchell on friday evening with a good attendance miss ivens gave a splendid address on missionary work and the special need for the women to carry on this great work during the present world upheaval miss margaret klrkpelrick and mar lon norrie sang a duett and miss doris mitchell played a piano solo sabbath school and church services will be withdrawn on october 19th owing to anniversary services being held in knox church georgetown mesdames gowdy and ellerby at tended the lfader training schools first lesson in what is new in nu trition in milton on wednesday the ladles quilted another quilt for their war work at the home of mrs klrkpatrlck on thursday ducted j service in pvesbylexfah church sunday morning holy communion was observed at st johns church sunday morning therectsrrbvrera- brooks was ac companied by nu father and mother mr and mrs brooks of hamilton a large number of rockwood people attended erin show on thanksgiving day reporting a large crowd and fine show the eighth annual convention of presbyterian voung peoples socie ties was held in st andrews church guelph during the weekend and over sunday special speakers for sunday- ser vices morning afternoon and even ing were rev george markay ma rev allen reoch bva l of man churia and rev j s glenn ma- of toronto who took for the theme christ our life during the fel lowship hour following evening ser vice rev a reoch addressed the large gathering of young people the churchwas well- filled- for evening service x banquet was held in the churchchool room saturda evening also an installation of officers wan conducted by rev j c crier of knox church and moderator of guelph presbytery the many friends of mr wm tor rance will be sorry to learn of his sudden illness which necessitated his removal to guelph general hospital early sunday morning for an opera tion he is doing as well as can be following operation weekend and holiday visitors miss ella hamilton of hamilton mr wesley harris of hamilton- mr alex graham of st catharines miss nora robinson of toronto miss lovena richardson of kitch ener mr kldoq lambert attended the ypu rally held at alma tuesday evening in connection with forward movement in young peoples church activities on tuesday evening under aus pices of womens association of unit ed church a moving picture was shown in the town hall dealing with australian grain service and showed n windjammer rounding cape horn in a storm following the showing at the film stroylng many things they switched on the lights and romped and upset many cartons of paper that had been plied up ready to be picked up by a trucker the evening service at trinity was a great inspiration to the large con gregation who listened to the thril ling experiences of the agnew family atjhe last riioment it was learned that dr agnews health was near the breaking point and that he was under order to do only hi toronto work on s a finer substitute could not havetecibcn mr gordon agnew who is a professor of nutri tion in the medicaldental faculty of wet china union university gave vivid and startll ng plctu r of the terrific danger to which worker and the work 6f the christian church i exposed when the japanese bomber come over gazette orton goering kills one goose with 4q hifa explosive bombs a single goose a spurwtnged bird from gambia was the one casualty from 40 high explosive bombs rained by nazj raider upon whtpsnade park the london- zooacoun try home it was blown up by a direct hit into a shower of feathers the zebra house in london was wrecked but the zebras just shook off the nibble and went on eating other bombs fell hear the monkey house and one actually into the aquarium but nelthecwa destroyed the blast from a 50olb bomb blew up the ravens cage and the raven flew off lntdthe nearest tree they are now roaming about britain countryside whlpsnade zoo is 35 mile out in this country but both there and in london the bird and mammal show ed a fortitude equal to that of brit ains human inhabitant only among the herd animals such a deer ha the terrific noise caused occasional stampeding- with- the danger of broken legs animal lovers all over the world have taken up the london zoos adoption scheme by which people adopt animals for the duration of the war by paying a weekly fee to cover the food bill the name of the adopter appears on a special label on the animals cage thus anyone who wishes may become the fosterpar ent of an elephant for 1 a week nnd of a tortoise for one shilling beaver in transit ottawa cp beaver from charlton nwt have been trans ferred to the new kaplsko reserve on james bay north of the albany river where after reasonable pro duction is assured indians will have trapping rights r vnuoit aoton court of revision the munlclp council of um-vu- lage of acton will meet as a court of revision in the council- chamber acton ontario on tuesday the twen tyeighth day of october 1941 at eight oetopk all persons having ap peal against the assessment roll tor the said village for the year 1943 will take notice and- govern themselves accordingly notice of all appeal must be re ceived by me on or before the eigh teenth- day of october 1941 dated this 8th day of october 1941 c f leatherland 152 fc clerk cleakina auction sale stock implementa and real estate the property of mrs m swindijehurst lot 3 7th line erin wed oct 22 at- 100 pm st the farm eettslstlttg of 160 acres more or leas will be of fered fer sale ubjet to a bid tkrms on dlattlkfl carii no reserve a mrs swlndle- hursf is giving up farming frank petcil auctioneer rfcd mcenerv clerk recent visitors in the community include messrs wm and gordon grieg of brentford with mrs gale and miss ivens over the holiday mr and mrs a w lane and misses dorothy t and norma mr ami mrs ted morrov all of toronto and mr and mrs bob lane of george town with mrs robert lane mr albeft wright home from tor onto miss gladys mllllciv home from hamilton mlss tvens home from toronto mr and mrs earl tarzwel of acton mr and mrs earl scott and garry of malton with mr and mrs joe scott and family mr and mrs james noble of cheltenham with the merediths on october 5th the carnahiin family mlts malay jackson and mr norman brown of toronto with mr and mrs f shel- bourne dr and mrs ii lockwood and son and mrs paul of toronto spent a day with the halls at the cottage two week ago- mesdamea- mitchell broster and mr and mrs blajtborough of toronto were with mrs hall for a day last the hall family spent the holiday fet the cottage rev john ward gave an extensive account of the crew and their work at the sails durirtg an interval quartette selections by messrs geo peal nell mcphalf elmer boles and gordon mcphall were enjoyed duett numbers wen alio contributed by masters nell and norman lambert mr george gordon was chairman for the occasion mr gerald clemens and mrs j aylea were pianists for the evening rev mr wrd alto gsve an account of shipwreck on the at lantic in the vicinity of newfound land the town hall was well filled and the large gathering joined in singing o canada and the national anthem the town hall is undergoing x- tensive improvements this fall both interior and exterior the space be tween cement sidewalk anddooaway being filled in level with sidewalk inside the old wallpaper is being re- hioved and the walls given coat of rresh paint the stage is also being j 1g0 lb per sq ln improved and new lights installed mr richard hew it u doing the paint ing the onwego club held its first fall meeting at the home of mis irene huntley last tuesday everting with a good attendance mrs thorley toronto and mr chester shaw toronto visited with mr and mrs wjn shaw over the thanksgiving rev roscoc smtthand mrs smith sheffield and former residents of orton visited with mr and mrs wm ballentlnpjwd mrs tho dear ing week mr and mfirdraper depew of kitchener mr and mrs jack depew dtouitford miss mabel depew tor onto visited their sister mrs nevllls recently mr and mrs fred dearing of tor onto spent the week with relatives here mr j j dearing arrived on a visit sunday from los angeles cal erin show as usual had a record crowd the day was ideal and exhibits plentiful there was an exceptional ly large showing of horses arid orton certainly can raise priie babies as the first second and third was award ed to orton inns mr morley attort of fergus spent the weekend at the parsonage lloyd dearing of toronto and jack hayward of fergus also spent the holiday under the parental roof mr and mrs jones and mrs bnlley of toronto were thanksgiving guests with mrsmooney and girls mrs j iliird betty ond paul vis ited in toronto last week v master kenneth enllent ine who fractured his leg eight weeks aro although stuupncrutclwc has stnrted i back to school j cadesky optometrist will be in acton on monday october 20 anyone suffering from eye strain defective vision or head ache should not miss the oppor tunity of consulting this cy- sleht specialist appointments may be made with mr a t brown drueelst consultation fiiee office hours i6m am till 44s pjn dat ltrttrb oliarrli of cntajka a bjlsu i paretmaca bower aranus sunday october 19th 1941 110opresbytjry pulpit j change guest minister rev a ot wj foreman b a 1215 pm church school evening service withdrawn tuesday b30 pm young peoples union wednesday 800 pm midweek service sunday october 36th 1100 afm and 730 pm anniversary services come to church eraytmmty woleama rev jfi fmiytrrbmj knox church acton h l smmlssatsc a 1 manse willow street jsunday october 19th 1941- anniversary services 1000 am the sabbath school 1100 am and 700 pm the guest speaker the rev h g cleghorn of jcnox church jpreston ont special music and anniversary an thems by the choir under the direc tion or the organist mr f salt note there will be no anniver sary supper this year of war effort always welcome aoton rev john ostkom bjl btk minister sunday october 19th 1941 1100 nmrrv sinclair of hlus- burg 1215 pm sunday school monday 800 pm bypu at the church wednesday 730 p m prayer meeting 830 pm choir practice a welcome to all mauim olritr4 anglican rev k a sutookb kjl attliegaelplittaevgtres royal today to saturday october lsu two feature hits walt disneys the reluctant dragon with robert benchley la teelusleelor and the saints vacation with hugh sinclair sally gray saturday shows continuous monday to wednesday octotter ja22 in teehttleolar belle starr the bandit quabb with randolph scott gen tieroey dana andrews john jshepperd palace friday saturday monday tuesday the picture hollywood tried to have stopped orson welles citizen kane wednesday thursday friday ha thrilling youll forget youre watching a picture underground jeffrey lynn mona maris sundayj3ctoberj9thj9 cirrldrens day and youth sunday 830 am holy communion 1100 am youth service 230 pm st johns rockwood 700- pm evensong preacher for the day revd w g- sunter rector of st peters church hamilton all welcome tftffimmrnih small advertisements advcrtuementi utultr thi- heatll4f jjc ch with order up to af word additional worda ic per word ii caah doea not accompany tha adr- ti icnient minimum cliara jjc and ic per word additional for each word over for rent twonpitlrtmmijt wilftbalfi one aar- nc on main street apply to s m sinclair willow st acton for 8am cockshutt double furrow plough in rood condition c e cutts it u 4 acton for j4alk 17 well bred hereford young cat t la f00 to 7x lbs at farm adjoining milton w mark 152 box 575 milton graded rams for balk buy now and ret your pi he xxx and xx lambs and yearling rock wood sheep club stock gordon leslie 155 r r no a acton permanent uaveh red ted oh permnnent waves reduced 20 mondays and thursdays until novem ber aoth at mrs nears beauty parlor 1b2 phone 42 w cortnnirshphp will drive newmuym loomnouve british locomotive- enslneera have built a locomotive and tender for the ulu rom is estate malay peninsula which will he fuelled with pan fibre and coionut aheth instead of j coal it has a chimney specially di- fttsiied to keep sparks from flying out and setting light to the plantal tlons rhroueri which the engine will run there is also an elaborate boiler feeding arrangement made necessary because of water conditions on the estate in working order the engine weighs is- tons and the tender 7 ton the latter carrying 500 gallons or water and 120 cubic feet or fuel the gauge is 700 mm 2 ft 3s in ami the boiler has a working pressure of 1m ik ncaa an in l oxford england cp many croups of so or jess homeless from i the worstraided districts of bristol were housed in 13 oxford col leg buildings for fortnight holidays otherwise inhkwtsibu good shoes fo youno and old carraesly mttaat a kachun acton fob hale heavy xluty 1035 fonl truck with slalti body in uood condition 3300 apiily j b mackenzie soni fleorjretown or acton lot rati hmik cot at the corner of peel and wal linatnn streets owner will sacrifice for jhk kull size lot on which ther are two garages renting for 3 par month apply 15x c f leatheuuknd ukiairh to htovex tjunackft repairs to plumhlng furnaces stove fireboxes reltnsd with flrsllna riaitlr firebrick jolntless lining lasts indefinitely tiurney stoves and furnaces superior quality john v savage acton vhu halk feeder cattle from 750 lbs to 950 his three weaned pigs large slzsd quebec hester almost new potatoes cabhage and pumpkins for sal at furm apply ed allan one mil west of acton hwas anything useful accepted as part or full paymeat onany singer sewing treadle 500 up also uasd itepalrs to all makes of machine electrics machines ainckk sewinfl machine co 21 queen w brampton ituma km 144 roat hal- two mates with colls and brad 1 clyde cauiln 4 vsrsbitutttrajia nice gry siara ruing 4 yarjnajia good dellvry or would raise saddle colls 1 clyde mly rising s years vary nice heart 3 terehroa colts toisfcux press 30 v