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t i -ix- v jvttim jfctt ftss y siityseventh year no 28 acton ontario thursday january 8th 1042 eight homeprint pages five cents v b rumley chairman school board for im 2 work of retiring cmunnan f s bkrwpracd by bomrd tanr- anoe geto further studywir ing turn a inspection and fare bxtinkuuicn are installed splendid reports of inspectors on both schools the first mtin for 1942 of acton school board was held on tueday evening with trustees blow burnley dr f g oekeyj g w mnson g a oliu and w t clayton present therewere too chanbealnthej3oard from lait year the secretnry carted upon the member to choose n chair man for the year trustee v b rumley uru the choice for chairman for 1042 a motion of appreciation was pac ked to retiring chairman v s blow for hi courtesy and conduct of board meeting and hla work on the board especially in view of the splendid work done nt the school property thl year under hl chairmanship mr blow expressed hi appreciation of the cooperation the board had given him during the year trustee burnley on assuming the chairmanship thanked the board for the honor accorded him he asked the continued cooperallon of the bord and assured him he would do hla ulmoat to fulfil the dutlea committees for the year were ap pointed as follows- finance g a dills anil v b burnley property dr f g oakea and f s blow supplies g w mason and w h clayton principal leltch reported receipt of encyclopedia and other supplies he thankfed the board for the coopera tion given during the year the teachers also appreciated the supplies secured and help received from tho board in school nffnlrs prlnclpnl mackenzie expressed hi appreciation and that of the tcnchori for the painting done nt the school and the cooperation given the staff during the jonr the hulllllng was indieil much more plcnsnnt for rchivot activities the supply committee were to purchase paper for the duplicator ns requested a motion was passed that the chalrmnn advise mr robertson that the rates for hla child attending public school in acton would be the same v as charged other pupils in the town ships the finance committee were to bring recommendations to the next meeting for rates for the next school term the present rate w as jl 00 per month the principal of the school was in structed to render an account to the parents of each nonresident pupil and ask that the fees be paid each month in advance mr mcgee of the shaw bcgg in surance office addressed the board regarding insurance a survey of the present insurance with recommenda tions was presented mr mcgee said that while the wording of the poli cies had not been kept uptodate the validity of the policies had in no way been impaired he advised that hereafter the policies all be worded alike to provide complete coverage none of the policies carried had premium antes or were assesslble the survey also gave ratea and re ductions that eould be secured by securing a hydro certificate on the wiring and installing of fire ex tinguishers of approved type both the hydro certificate and the fire ex tinguisher have been secured by the customs returns at acton office continue increase further gains in receipts at acton customs indicate tho continued trend of business in actons industries re ceipts for the three month period from october to december were 72- 728 83 in comparison with 71006 72 for the same period last year the nlneth memui period from april tadw cember had receipts here of 242- 071 90 ngnlnat 137806 45 for the same period inst year importance of the customs office in acton nnd evidence of its growth here are readily seen when n com parison of figures is mode last v ears total returns nt acton were 207023 go tills yenr in n nine month period 21207100 has already been collected nt acton cuatoms actona vnrled industries keep the of fice a busy one churchill lam 3 elect officers hold annual meeting dublin friends honor miss sayers bride of month board m h and mr ei wright of the imperial insuranceoffice were pretnrhdrhe hoard discusknn surance matters with these represen tatives too the survey of this com- panv had been presented and explain ed previously but the representatives cleared up some points for the board no further action was taken at this meeting on the inaurance matter aa ruarj or march raw ling accounts were passed for payment aa follows a t brown supplies 2295 c h transports so 2345 mr j ii reed was bj motion ap pointed school attendance officer at the same salary for 1042 a letter from the municipal coun cil requested that the board have thslr requisition for 1042 ready by january 13th the board arranged to hold a special meeting on thurs day evening to make the estimates for the year the property commit tee were authorised to have made the changes on electric wiring recom mended uy the hydro inspection re port th report of inspectqr g u gray continued on page five a very enjoyablo ovonlng was spcnl nt the home of mr and mrs henry snyers when the neighbors nnd friends gathered to spend n aoclnl evening with flora before she loft for her new home cards and gnmea were played during the evening john black jr called the gnthcrlng to order and rend the following nd- dress dear flora we vaur friends nnd neighbors are gathered here to night to spend nn evening whh vou in our own home nnd to express to you in some tnng- llilc wny our nppreiintlon nnd good will in view of your nppronchlng mnr- rinre in nil our soclnl activities vou hnvo been most willing nnd helped to cheer us on out wny we will miss j n vou hut we know thnt you will ever be rtmdv to do vour pnrt in some conimunuj the churchhi indies held thuli nn- nual w a mooting nnd election of officers in december nt the homo of the griffin tho officer were elect ed aa follows prealdont mrs f freemntt 1st vicepresident mrs s e grif fin 2nd vicepresident miss e rus sell secretary mrs w butler corresponding secretnry mrs a kerr treasurermrs h griffin missionary treasurer mrs a korr social committee mrs h allen mrs w butler mrs r keir mrs w rulledge mrs j thomns flower commlttoo mrs h griffin mrs ii allen visiting committee miss russell mrs s swackhamer work committee mrs s swni k- hnmor mrs c blnnie mrs b leltch mrs r kerr mrs ii cnldwoll the hostesses served a veiy dnlnty lunch from n tnblc beautiful with christmns decorations nnd everyone enjoyed n soclnl hnlr hour before re turning home weekly war commentary specially written for tke acton free lrtm by i1y leon fcdel cwnadlan press staff wrlur k k hampson to address halton meeting ah reports indicate thnt tho lus- ftlnn counteroffensive is gaining mo mentum from tho finnish sector to tho donets basin and the crimea ac cording to advice reaching london january jr reinforcements are pour ing steadily into hod army linos helsinki admit that finnish linen have boon broken by soviet forces in n gienl drive it lsevldont thnt tho humlnmt are making doubly sure that on during the pnst yenr i he annual meeting of the halton crop improvement association i scheduled for saturday january 10 in the farmers building mljtort states j ii wlllmott prmldeht of thnt or ganization lite association has been successful in securing e k hampton as the guest speaker mr hampton is president of the cnnndlnn society of ieclihlenl agriculturist vice- president of tho provincial winter fair and in addition plays a lending role in all provincial committees per taining to soljs and crops in addition to the illustrated nd- drew by mr hampton we understand the program will also include a re sume of crop and soil work carried the asso- committees appointed at inauguralsession of council anglosaxons a disappearing race declares dr judd john simpson is reeve in election in nassagaweya w murray elected deputy- reeve in etviumirtr voting results of monday in the elections on monday in nns- sngnwen township john h simp son defeated goo e stokes for the we wish ou nnd partner overv success in his field of nlor nnd mny this war soon cense nnd victory be ours we nsft you to nccept these gifts and with them go our very best wishes for your future health nnd happiness in your new homo signed mn g r sommervllle john blngltjr enrol sprowl mrs g r somervllle presented flora with nn electric hotpoint iron nnd errol sprowl gave an occn- sionnl chnlr flora mnde a very fit ting reply thanking all for their beautiful gift as well ns tho kind wishes which go with thorn lunch wns served nnd n soclnl time spent puslinch couple observe fiftieth wedding anniversary a half century of married life was celebrated on christmas day by mr and mrs john evans of puslinch when over eighty guests were present mr evans was born in brosley eng land 76 years ago he came to can ada in his early 20s and married jane weadgc of erin township in guelph they have always farmed except during the last war when he worked iria munitions p7ant there were four cons and four daugh in the family one son dle3 17 ears ago a veteran of the last war serving in the lg4th bat talion his son hugh evans is over seas at tm present time onlv two daughters and one son are living mrs a hearns and mrs gordon ford of milton and mr j fvans of guelph there are 17 grand children and five iql tfrfliadtlilldr b-takn-al-tle-fel- mr fllenvtlh sample-anri-his-wlfe-l- rowi mrs evaniaiater and son sgt mechanic of tho usa army llsrnc texas were present at the anniver sary mr sample uas master of ceremonies and mr b simons of everton brother of mrs geo ros- sell wlllowstiwet and mrs prank haslem or st catharines were best man and bridesmaid mrs evans sister and many relatives were pres ent arthur gamble has enlisted with the armored corps beliuj recruited in toronto and leaves this week to join his unit reeveship the vote wns 214 to 110 all the councillors were returned by ncclnmntion 1 hey nre wm vnn- slcklo lloyd crawford ale nenr nnd john robertson there wns nlfid nn election foi school aren 1 1 llstec in nnssiikiiwiyn with the following results dr b d young jll ross cnrhert 171 i h 170 mrs cntlmrlne rcln- hnrt 100 lhe first three wlro elect- id enqueuing tnu mhip in rsquesinj township the con test wns foi deputy reeve nnd coun cillors g wesley murray defeated edwin hnrrop by 100 votes george e cleave geo currlc nnd wllllnm a wilson were elected to council for 1012 following ore vote details for deputy reeve 1 2 3 4 5 g t murray 02 02 33 131 103 110501 hnrrop 75 150 go 14 40 g2 101 for council 1 2 3 4 5 g t clenve 85104 01 90 98 128635 currle 81 97 50 90 90 100508 wilson 48 94 19 77 98 121487 brownrldge gl 50 40 34 29 18232 the brucesayers wedding here on new years day new years day was tho scene of a quiet but pretty wedding nt the home of mr nnd mrs henry snyers when their jounger daughter flora naomi became tho bride of lending air craftsman ward bruce trenton son of mrs bruce and the into wesley bruce langbank saskatchewan rev h l bonnie performed the cere mony the bride wore a stjteet length frock of margaret rosecrepe with corsage of white carnations tier only attendant was mrs rands boues trenton wearing gold crept drosv with corsage of red roses leading aircraftman francis bowes trenton was best man the brides moth or receryftd in nnvy sheer with eorsajj of el low mums the bride and groom left for a brief wedding trip they will reside in trenton ontario defeat uiltmores on wednesday the mccutcheon bowling team de feated the biltmore hats by a 21 score last night in guelph the mc- cutcheons were cold alter their drive from acton and couldnt get going in the first game until the boys warmed up towards the end of the game but too late to prevent the loss of the game however they took the last two games easily the score j morton 205 243 231 670 c lelshman 203 218 200 g21 m holme 139 101 211 ml w carry 165 163 178 506 j adamson 2u 2j4 272 738 british aria amorlcnn supplies bilng i clnllon slaich president wlllmott cnrrled over the rnllrom from tho i now linn the resultr of three years aictlc port of murmansk will not be experiment ft with 12 varieties of both intorfoied with ontsnuimtftfy on different soli types nnl forces in the mozhnlnk men inilio county nnd in addition hnvo some 60 miles from mohcow are som very interesting dntn on hybrid monnfcd on nil sides nnd strong rusjcnrn unisseh and clovers soil fertll- slnn counternttacks mny soon result ity tests etc altogether it looks hko in the rempturo of kharkov in tho nn interesting nnd worthwhile nfter- dnneth region in the crimen hit- noon to nil fnrmi rs who hnvo soli nnd lers army nround sevnstopnl nfny yet crop problems ho trnppod re1 army men nttempt- ing to relieve the sevnstopol gnrrlnon are striking nt many points in tho penlnsuln iii v h prokyam president roosevelt in a messnge to n joint session of the house of rep- resentntlvos and the senate jnnunry 6 told of huge production pinna for tho proboculiondrttio wn r tire united states wnr program for tho next fiscal yenr ho said would re quire 50 000 000000 plnns call for the production of 185 000 airplanes nnd 120 000 tanks by tho end of 10h he said this would give tho jnpnnese nnd the nnzls time islshorl for contributions lo llospiral fund contrbutonfl continue to push fund on to the next hundred rirst the fund gnins this week little iden of just what they nccomp- through nn ciror the gift from tlu llshed in the attack on pearl harbor unltf church sundny school was american nrmed forces would be w instond of the 30 vi reported used nil over tha world the president i i tror wm dloirtd when tin declnnd in regard to the visit of bx f olhtlon went to the bank prime minister churchill mr roosoj w w 1 elt snifl mr churchill nnd i under- stnnd ench other our motlis nnd our purposes wavell in command onl re ult of the washington con f rentes wns the nppointm nt of c n slr archibald wnioll ns allied supn me ommnndt r in the south- wtsl pncifir i he choke met with gent ml nppiovnl it wns stnttd the british military expert would mnke otlu i donniion cam his hendqunrters in the netherlnnds pi nrl k nntdv and mnki s thi christmn 0 mini than rr port i di posit hint lonlrihutinn s pn vlouslv i in si ond nntrilmlion wns fiom c aiwulu s pniirii s and m wns v i r itnij last oi wist ail hilp nnil its just lliil lii ip imisom that joctke i lie other rontributfon ttit from miss m m hi id lust in for wi wint in pn ss jin in doris tvt isahi i m i f oil anglosaxons nre diminishing at an alarming rate n our canadian popu lation declared dr w w judd gen eral secretary of the anglican social service council at n meeting of the north halton mlnlsterlnl association on monday falling birth rnte is serious he snld a minimum of 17 hildren per married couple is neces sary for mere replacement nnd we nre nt present very fnr from dolnr even thnt parents refusing to hnve more thnn one or two hlclrn nre re sponsible for the pros nt inndoqunte birthrate nnd branded as selfish dim unfllnjt tho pr sent svstcm of i the distribution of nlcoholic bev- i ernges dr judd gnve it ns his con- 1 sidi red opinion that it is the most vlc- i lous syhtem we hnve ever had nnd i that beverage rooms havi become jelmols of drinking for young people women are drinking in public for the first time in the history of cnnndn in n yenr when the people of cnnndn were urged to snvo for victory 220 millions of dollnrs were spent on nhoholic bevornges anotli e to which lhinkjng people ought to be nlert is thnt of gnmhjlng wlilch in its big nspects wns one of the mnjor rnujes of thn economic deprennlnn in this matter dr itidd criticised the red cross nnd j 1 o d fc for resorting to gnmbllng undi r the guise of pntriotlsm whlcli 1 he tnlkd n prostitution of the humnn i enpmlty for generosity our first joh is to win the wnr the siioncl is to win the pence we enn i only bnpi for a new world order after the war he mild if it is taking shop i now ii is the dosjie 1 of christ nlnne thnt is big enough to save the work anil tlir christian ehiireh oimht to he at the inith f us power in the pre e nt i risls ironomie n construe tion must encup our nuit sei iou think ing from now on brief wion deabi with only statutory matters and defers other business to regular meeting next tuesday plan for supervision of traffic at the noon hour on hiffhwayej tho inaugural session of the 1911 acton council was held on monday venlng with councillors w j o onkes c kirkners f davison nnd a mason present ond reeveelect i m me dannie in the chnlr the reeve and councillors w se rlbed to the oath of office before proceeding with business mr w f mnson ns a represent live of the school bonrd discussed with the council the mntter of dhecl ing traffic on the highway at the noon hour it wan decided to get further information from the muni clpnl world nnd depnrtment of high ways regnrdlng linhillty for pupils in ense of nn nccldent nnd other points inconnectlon with the plnn trustee mnson expi euud appreciation of council s consideration of the matter and assured council the schoot bonrd desired to coopernte in every wny porrlhle and reeve mcdonald nssur eel councils cooperntlon a hyinw wns pnssed nuthorizing the reeve nnd trensurer to sign district officers chests at acton rranch meetinc rookwlle hull on you ret nil what n eso forces in burmn indicate that the winter night 1 uesqjiy was it bad enst indies iiliii concentration of british nnd chin- j jnnunry fith time is not fnr dlstnnt when wnvell will hit hnck nt jnpnnese forces in vading mnlayn some notion would ho welcomed by tho defenders of the mnlny peninsula who this week wore forced to make slight wlthdrnwnl to continued on page five finance minister appreciates effort of the free press the following letter received by the editor of tint fbek press on the first day of 1942 did seem to leave n feeling thnt your community news paper had performed n smnll service in the wnr effort during the year just closed and itrengthonod n resolve to give all the effort possible during the year just starting december 29th 1941 g a dills esq tin actoh fin press acton ont dear mr dills may i take this opportunity of ox- presilngmysincere appreciation of the fine- cooperntion nnd a extended to you republication in recent months in supporting the war weapons drive one of the chief contributions to this phase of our war effort was the excellent support and generous allot ment of space provided by newspapers throughout the country for feature articles news ltem and tpew armor advertisements iti effect on tho c rowel nnd thi sc joung indies hnd hoped their effort would hove brought more but the event finlshed on tho right side in spite of the worst the weatherman could do nnd the fund grows by an other j15 previously acknowledged 504 r united church sundny school additional amount from mother jean and sndlo hdmewood manitoba miss m m reid proceeds of dnnce nt brook- vllle by doris coxe penrl kennedy nnd isabel mcleod 250 5 00 100 215 the newspapers hnve rendered uv valuable help inthehr editorial and news columns and in no small mea sure are responsible for the success already achieved by the war savings movement yours 4ery truly j l ilsley mccutch eons biltmore 054 1039 10923085 1068 911 852 2831 j fashion silow to be event here next week the fashion show under the aus pices of the acton and district red cross arranged for january 15th ev ening in the town hall promises to be quite an event the models show- ins the styles will be local people ther is a fine door prize and there is no admission charge complete particulars of the event will be found 1 1 another column in this issue 51515 jnnunr 20th is just n week from next tuesdny if you nre planning n contribution please let us have it before the closing date we want to send every cent possible to the aid of the children in this bombed hos pital but wo must have final returns lie fare thnt date to send them fsec press readers have done n splendid job it s been a real priv ilege for us to handle the fund every cent collected is being forwarded ad ministration and incidental expenses ha e been met by the free press and mr graham of tho bank of nova scotia has w alved all forwarding charges pense be iure your contri bution is in before januar 20th dr w r graham guest speaker to holstein breeders palermo community hall is to be the mecca for halton houtefn breeders on tuesday january 13 according to j c bell president of the halton holsteln breeders club the breed ers are to meet for their business ses sion in the morning followed by a noonday luncheon wlthiaddresses by dr w r graham of burlington and c d graham holsteln extension chief of brant ford in the afternoon the program also states mr bell includes movies of the record hol steln show held at milton last fall and of the winning calf club group from halton at the 1941 cne in cidentally the holsteln calf pub members are to be guests of the senior breeders at the noonday luncheon needltss to add accommo dation is going to be at a premium for this big annual event of the hal ton holsteln breeders the dnrnmhor meeting ofartorr wome n s institute was held nt the home of mrs ii inntz the pn si eh nt being absent the chnlr wns tnken by the honorary president mrs t iippln the motto its not how we stnrt thnt mn iters but how we finish was taken by mrs j dobhie nml current events w ere given by mrs e f collier roll call was an swered by n suggestion for raising money nnd some renl gooel idens wero given the first business wns to donate tw o hlankets to red cross nlso 5 to the red cross appeal foe nld to rusftin the institute are making more quilts a mooting was held nt mrs dobble s tuesday to get the patches cul and storlsowlng it was a plea sure to have with us mrs p merry of hornby the district president also chairman of the convention area she gave a very interesting talk on insti tute work in general convention work then on the war and urged everyone to treat the people from other lands in our town fairly and give them encouragement and they will make better citizens mrs h burton district secretary gave a few words of encouragement and read a poem on canada which fitted in with mrs merry s talk a quiz contest was conducted by mrs anderson whjch created lots ofyun after q very heart vote of thanks to the ones who took part and the hostess the meeting closed with auld i nng svne andn praver for peace alt spent a half hour in social inter course and over th ten cups promissory notes nnd cheques for munlclpnl expend i hires committees for the yenr were np- polntcd ns follows flnnnce a mnson chnlrmnn f dnvlkon nnd the reeve fin light nnd projierty j f dnvison chnlrmnn c klrkness nnd the reeve streets nnd wnlks w j o onkes chairman a mnson nnd the reeve pnrk nn i are nn c kirk new clinirmnn a marion nnd the reevo it wns di idf d hy motion to hold tin regular meeting of council the s i ond and fourth pue sdays of ench month anrj he first r gulnr milling wns to he em january 1 ith i reew chnlme rs nttendd the meeting and wished hie 10ij council i vi ry siircesi he pnssed rlgars to jill at tin countl table the borrowing by law wns pnssd presiding for borrowing up to 10 och fiom thi bank of montrenl to meet i urn nt expenditures l he rierjc wns instructed to wrlte the secrdnry of the school bonrd re epuesting thnt they have their requisi tion rendy for the yenr before jnnu nry 11th meeting when council de sired to strike the tnx rnte e hnrrop was appointed weed in spec tor for the yenr 1942 the mntter of sanding the road ways was discussed briefly and chief hnrrop told council sand and calcium cost the municipality 2 75 per yard council adjourned nt 843 to take up further council business at the rtgulnr meeting balloon contest amokratoresr- actual battle scenes of war to be shown here movie pictures showing actual scenes on the battlefronts of the pres ent war will be one of the features when citizens of town and district gather in acton town hall to hear the annual report and plan red cross work for the days ahead this meet ing will be held on january 24th and major watson will be present at the meeting as representative of the red cross society details are now being arranged and will he given later more contrffiutors- tothe community- auction in acton we fine in our enumeration that some othi r names were missed from the lists of contributors who sent in articles for acton district commun iiv sales among those omitted were arnold marshall john sprowl chnrlt allan james douglas an1 dublin literary the dublin literary society held their regular meeting on friday evening with the president mr burk- holder in charge the meeting opened by singing the maple leaf forever after which there was a short business dis cussion verna webster acted as chair lady for the following well rendered pro gram the first number being a se lection by the orchestra followed by violin solos by dorothy frank betty brit ton gave a reading after which douglas frank entertained with a violin solo a balloon contest which caused much laughter brought the program to a close lunch was sarved and the remain der of theevenlnff was spent in danc ing earl sprowl an effort was made to have the lint complete but we are glad to add any names which in the hurry of the event may not have been tabulated coniing events annouarnnu i wliai cat carta or othvr evti utvttor lbia with uimuw harc la my antonnrntt f ttjc plunktlt supper in united church on monday february 9th ieglon dane in acton town lum prlday tomorrow nlfht old tlma aa wll as nuxurn danr clhaoa- boyd orclvmtra