The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

v sthe pss v 4 sixtyseventh year no 29 acton ontario thursday january isth 1042 eight homeprint pagea flvo centt tax rate reduced by 5 mills here this year expaaditanb axe down and a- iu la hlahecoueetloo of arrears ifiil hiiard of hearth appotrhed more ho- pital atxsmtarta for indlcania coaatcu wuusrg to hetp band k qmiilww other ltaa- of coondr mhntibt stari the lint regular meeting of the 1m3 acton council u held on mon day evening tn the council chamber councillors a mason w j o oakes c u klrkneea and j f davison were present with reeve x m mcdonald presiding mr w coles was present request ing action be taken in the accident claim to mrs coles the correspond ence had been with the royal ex- the acton boys get to over there instructed the clerk to get in touch with the imperial insurance co as this company handles all insurance tor the corporation the treasurer was upon motion of a mason seconded by j f davison instructed to pay the following ac counts wlluer co stationery 186 c f leatherland sale of lot 550 c v leatherland salary etc 13s99 a t brown supplies 70 george holmes labor 150 120 a letter from henry levers who has been in england for some years shows that wherever one goes the boys fromthe home community do get together heres a paragraph from the letter sometime ago when stationed in england 1 had the good fortune to come across quite a few of the acton boys among them being csm alger j young r johnston n gibson g lasenby and w nlcolak i have just had a letter from h taylor and hope to find an opportunity to see him tjowinmhomeonleave ieent aay- very much about army life and what i do u it wouldnt pass the censor and the acton boys can give you a better comparative description of the country than i as i am now quite ac customed to it i should like to hear from h dron one of these days it you should ever see him and mention it to him well i suppose i should close now as i have said a lot of noth ing wishing you continued success with your paper i remain larger committee named for scout activities here there uas quite a representative meeting on tuesday evening of par ents and friends who are interested in the boy scout work in the com munity mr arthur padden of na tional headquarters was present and outlined the purpose of a local cqm mlttee to help the scout movement in the community it was held in the y m c a social room the acton scouts are sponsored by st albans church and it was felt the committee should be enlarged from its present alse mr j h boulton was appointe cha and mr w coles secretary other com- rebertsoewlabor 748 1430 150 10 rs 214 85 78 147 30 toronto stamp at stencil works dog tag dr w g cullen moii sal ary for 1941 a harris gravel for vault w r mooney services acton public utilities commis sion services bell telephone co services bank of montreal collection services 565 il it was moved by w j o oakcs seconded by a mason and carried that a grant of 15 be maile to the salvation arm rescue home nt hamilton ii uu moved b j f davison seconded by c l klrkness that the treasurerbenuthorlled tohold a tov- sale where necesxarj carried ii mm moved by a mason second ed by w t o oakeshnt chief hkrrop be granted an increase of 2 per month to compensate him for the increased cost of running his car on official business carried it was moved by c l klrkness seconded by j f datlson and car ried that the council delegate the fire brigade authority to appoint their own officers it was moved by w j o oakes seconded by j f davison that the board of health for 1942 be com posed of dr w g cullen charles mason and reeve j m mcdonald carried it was moved by c l klrkness seconded b j f davison that the treasurer pay the school board the monies that were necessary to carry on the school board obligations tor 1042 carried it was moved by j f davison sec- ojdedbjlc l klrkness that night watchman j locker be reengaged at the same salary as last year carried a statement of hospital accounts was presented from the county clerk and a number of these were not in digent and acton would not assume responsibility hereafter all accounts for hospitalisation will be published with the name of patient when ac counts are paid the treasurer was authorised to refund dog taxes to messrs j woods rev h- x bennle harold perkins for the proportion of the ear that heairefwevediposedor the treasurer reported that the payment had been made b county council for the road work done on the county connecting links an account from a toronto hos pital tor 138 for three months for m jean smit wa passed the council uu faxurahle for the fire brigade to use some of the band chain in the fir halt the formation of a band was dis- cuased and council expressed the op inion that they would help the band if it was organised under a respon sible leadership and proper organi sation notice was received from st michaels hospital notifying council of the admittance of an indigent patient the ontario municipal association requested that acton become a mem ber of the association the letter was tiled the cosmopolitan insurance co requested that the council consider ihls company lor insurance of lia bility nature the utter was filed the clerk was instructed to write to fred smith executory to request a clearing up of the harry jeans hos pital account pffa the good roads association re- tconllnued on page five carloads of jnew machines arrive from england several carloads of new machinery for the wool combing corporation have been delivered this week at the plant in acton this is part of a big shipment which was delayed by en emy action before leaving england but has now arrived safely in he canadian plant the new machines arc nou being assembled in the new section ad led to the plant during the summer and will inrjease the capacity b n third more w hen completed britain is cer tainly still delivering the goods nnd thesr carloads of mntetinfnirpcvi denee of her masterj of the seas mrs h l bennie chosen president wms presbytery other officers elected at annual meeting tuesday report from 21 auxiliaries the 38th annual meeting of guelph presbyterlal womens missionary so ciety of the presbyterian church in canada was held in knox church gait tuesday january 13th with morning and artemoon sessions mrs ii l bennle of acton president or the presbyterlal presided at both sessions miss mary oliver president mlttee members appointed were i of s auxiliary of the w m messrs t jones r spellvogel b s of knox church welcomed the pargeler and g w mckenxle i kuwlla the kind hospitality ex- on behalf of the ym ca board tlmhl by the gait ladles was en- mr e s force president offered the by al mrm john shepherd of use of the y m ca for scout and t t wasololst cub meetings and other activities on rtvevl of thc yf woru th the same conditions w lousy been enjoyed and thtorfeiiy bv pre belng considered several other items to promote scouting in acton discussed to straighten tknlttlng stand them in boiling water for a moment straighten while still very hot and plunge immediately into cold water tlons were presented by the presby 1 torlal secretaries and comments v i given bj miss laura k polton of toronto promotion secretary of the council executive miss freda mat- neeuies hewm ncwy ap pt secre tary of the council executive spoke briefly eramosa council mrs r c dunbar of guelph cor responding secretary reviewed the work of the 21 auxiliaries in the pres byterlal each of which was well rep resented the guest speaker of the afternoo s w miss eeltnn increase allowed on almost salaries allowances and wages held first meeting wn audience with the o i great need of missionary work and ifnw lis a v workers today though missionaries or hie i ear have been evacuated from many fields she said new fields are being opened in china south america and in our canadian west the work must gcr onrthe need is greater than i e er she said lead us to the task was the theme i the council for the township of 0 the program for the day and mrs eramosa held their first meeting of bennle in her closing address chose the ear at 1100 nm on january her subject forwnrd we shall i 12th in the town hall rockwood reeve d d gray councillors wm f mlts p conducted the instnlln- j plnunc e ii benham ro i tion crony for newlv cleetid leslie and jos r rutherford sub orncpn who nro ns fii scribed to the oath of office ami i took pro mrs bpnnu their seats as the council for 1012 iton llonorar pr n mrs c auld local bowlers win and get back in first place the mccutcheon bowling team climbed back into a tie for first place in the ftojal commercial bowling league as a result of a 30 win last tuesday against the guelph firemen team mccutcheons uon the first game easily but the last two games were only won in the last frame the score the councillors nnd clerk were en- trrrninednrdmnemreeveand mr- d i crn were tendered on motion of council lor leslie nndjlnknc blni no 1 vas gicn the requlr ui i gutlph mirs i mtlcllnn tuelph uhom henrt thanks ami mrs w p gamble guelph vlcc- presldenli mrs b v flllhom pre- ton mrs lindsay elorn mrs j j m roote 285 163 153 601 n morton 214 266 480 m holmes 223 171 229 623 c lelshman 227 127 354 j adamtoh 226 293 173 692 w corry mccutcheon s 234 188 422 1175 988 10093172 firemen 915 031 9902836 less than week before close of the hospital fund nacsiacawejra school adds its con- tributton ha reached now 52165 j j i i i i slum hohneler mrs cockhum r it el reading nnd passed on motion of i messrs leslie andruthcrford h l b law appointed officials as in 1941 m m cnpbellville except that the clerk wns appointed i recording secretary mrs h g a member of the board of health in freeman preston corresponding place ofthos d mccutcheon an secretory mrs r c dunbar guelph approximate increase of 20 per cent was made in almost all salaries al- louances and wages bylaw no 2 provided for bank loans up to j15- 000 and byiau no 3 for road ex penditures up to 11000 bjiaw no 4 requires boards of trustees for police village and school sections to make their requirements known to council on the prescribed form on or before march 1st 1942 a resolution was passed to confirm thc outstanding loan from 1941 at thc royal bank rockwood a letter from r s clark kc stated that the action against the municipality for damnges foy flooding had been dismissed without costs by consent on tuesday next the free press fund for the london england sick children s hospital ulll close haung cone over its original objective of j50o which is a mighty fine contri bution from free press readers we know it will do a great deal of good among these little tots of the genera tion that will carry on after the war anitw rhopetheymaypl th pa treasurer miss m mccandless guelph young womens secretary mrs n d mcleod hespeler girls organizations secretary mrs w l mcfarlane fergus mission band secretary mrs h mainprise acton home helpers secretary mrs j e allan gait exchange and deputa tion secretary mrs m b davidson gait library secretary mrs r m mac- donald acton literature secretary miss p hlgglnbotham guelph wel come and welfare secretary miss bessie elliott morriston supply sec retary mrs john smith guelph life membership secretary mrs james mahon campbellil1e glad tidings secretary miss jane mcdougall gait press secretary mrs george mrs j chief e harrop gave address on india to iode llie regular monthly meeting of the duke of devonshire chapter 1 o d e was held at the home of mrs j c matthews on tuesday evening mrs k e barr regent presided after the usual business exercises were disposed of thechapter was asked to make a collection of used christmas cards and used stamps and these were to be sent to the mother- craft society toronto donations were to be sent to polish relief fund and russian relief fund through our local red cross society a nomina tion committee was appointed to fill the offices for this year mr e harrop who was an imperial army officer in india for a number of years and knows india intimately gavo a very interesting talk on india which was enjoyed by all at the close the hostess for the evening serv ed lunch nnd n pleasant half hour una svent not horhk masunsw urileb birmingham cp grand old man of the a r p post at east molesely is 80yearold col george tagg member of a cavalry regiment which captured a uboat when it was driven ashore in france during the last war inaugural session of the esquesing council for 1942 messrs archie mcnabb and john h fox presented part of their annual j woods gait and historian auditors report show ing consider- j small elmlra able improvement in tax collection on motion of messrs pinkney nnd benham the reeve and clerk were in structed to apply for the usual sub- barker r r 7 guelph sidy on highway expenditure for 1941 moved by messrs pinkney and rutherford and carried that atten- i war work chief tlon bedrnwn to the toil that notice t- p of damage incurred on township n inteklirrj of secretaries without portfolios are mrs j c grlcr guelph miss e pearen rockwood and mrs f e titt ln therlerki rockalono branch appointments made and bylaws passed o start year work the council elect for the township iff esqueslng for the year 1942 met at 1100 o clock nnd having subscrlb ml to the onth of office took their wnts c hownrd mny reeve g wt sley murray deputyreeve geo e cli ftve george currie and wm a llson coum lllors 1 he minutes of the last meeting were rend nnd nclupted communications were rtad from department of henllli department of highways ontario good roads as sociation the salvation army de partment of municipnl affairs nnd department of agriculture council adjourned nnd resumed again at two o clock when thc fol lowing accounts were passed for pay ment board of hydro commission ers georgetown street lights at glen williams 74 75 h e p c brampton lights at council chamber 6 24 bell telephone company 2 00 corp of acton division court fees nnd rent of hall 32 50 geo macdonald and co sup plies 8 50 letter shop supply co 200 financial statements etc 67 50 mrs viola milehnvn cleaning council chamber 3 00 john standish caretaking of i ilnll for nomination 3 50 i m bennett stamps pensions etc 14 07 county of holton 50 per cent of hospital account for 1941 79095 election expense accounts were paid as follows the municipal world ltd supplies j11 04 no 1a robert darlln d r o 14 40 no ib thos robb dro 15 40 no 2a lome cleave dro 14 00 no 2b cllf robinson 6 ro 1440 nojs k c lindsay dro 8 00 no 4 j j stewart dro 1g 00 no5a manassah campbelld in writing within ten days of the ac- cidenf the rockalong women s institute i the resignation of john henderson held their january meeting at tlu as constahle was accepted on motion home of mrs george bayne with of messrs leslie and benham thc treasurers bond for 5 000 was renewed council requiring a new bond rather than attached renewals twentyoqe members and five visitors present mrs c plank presided over the business section of the meeting a donation of 5 was voted for accounts passed amounted to j453 71 polish relief the membership were in making sure the world peace u not disturbed again letters received from the heads of this great lnstltbllon indicate the help and encouragement this has been in carrying on under wkr conditions if you want your donation to reach the hospital please make -sure- it is turn ed in al the free press office be fore next tuesday again we thank you all there will be one more re port published next week here is this weeks summary previously acknowledged 51515 school children a tea of s stnots naasagaweya where mlas donalds mrphall u teaching t 230 mrs wm robertson 200 mrs alex mcdonald church street 2 00 ahd council adjourned 10 f i uig tu sat th pos stamps- 6th at 1 50 zt and old uhristmu ini farco1ii i tlon this last month s quilts to be sent to rockwood red cross three groups were formed for winter social programmes funds from these social evenings to be used for war work doris watson convenor of canad- t mee sponsored by the wo- tan industries took charge of the mens institute and held in the social following program community sing- meetings proving hhj for health in the homes room of the y m ck are proving very interesting the first meeting dealt with home nursing and includ ed temperature reading a demonstra tion of respiration and care of a pa tient while in bed bathing the sick ing the motto whatever you do do with your might things done by halves are never done right was given by mrs w mcnabb current events were given by mrs c tui an instrumental duett was presented by rsanrchsjttfnt means of making the sick one more comfortable were demonstrated at the meeting on monday mis hamilton rn will deal with home emergencies and hew to meet them everyone is welcome to attend these 521 ss meetings e pasmore gave a paper on a canad ian industry lumbering in british columbia mrs dunbar read a clip ping on war work the meeting closed with the singing of therell always be an england after which refreshments were served r u t420 no 5b arthur w benton d r0 j 14 00 no 6 harold wheeler dro 13 00 moved and seconded by wilson and clenve that the relief accounts be paid s67 5a carried moved and seconded by wilson and cleave that the road accounts be pa 1677 farrled lo an by o wilson that this council do hereby apply for subsidy on the amount of 1398060 under the provisions of the highway improvement act carried a bylaw was passed appointing j h bingham a member of the board of health and another bylaw ap pointed william campbell weed in spector authorisation for the borrowing of sums up to 50000 was given the reeve and treasurer bribe pasting of another bylaw cecil chlaholri was appointed es- r- n benton assessor for ward 4 s and s when bylaw no 652 was passed another bylaw passed provided for road expenditure for 1942 council adjourned to meet again on monday february 2nd or at the call of the reeve first hockey by 74 front school board reduces rate by over 1500 ltut thursday von in it acton school uord mt in tncli ftexodon to make thc estimate for the year a requested by council after rolng over the fist carefully it wam de cided the amount required for 1d42 from thh municipality would be i3 091 thla la h induction of s1 from the amount asked for 1041 which it turnout two mills on lat years rate lat year tevy front the municipality wm 11t the amount in mad up of 10 701 for the puhllr school ami 3 200 for thconunuauoaxchoolonthajttunli clpal levy a lower amount is made possible owlntr to the fact that last year decorating and repairs were completed which will not require at tention for some time and the build ings nnd equipment are now in con dition alterations to hen tine or llfthtlnjj were not considered advis able under present war time condi tion new officers of garage operators assume duties the holton garage operators as sociation held their january meet- ing tuesday the 6th at the farmer hull milton owing to the very cold weather and bad roads the attend ance was not as lore as usual j l mcklndley opened the meet- injr nnd after n few introductory re marks called on the new president a c patterson to take the chnlr mr patterkon addressed the meeting briefly nosurlng them of his intention to bend every effort to mnko the year n sucrths nnd risked thc members for their uluitehenrted supitort h then nskid his new officers to tnke their plnces nnd connliornbie bunl nes wns transacted hie treasurers report was received nnd ken john uton of bronte rnve the auditors re port on whkb there mas some din ctikslon two members were nominated in thc demons of j l mcklndley and verne dynes to lie sent to toronto office to tie voted on alone with all members nominated from other branches to be elected to the twelve man directorate being forme by provincial council walter chandler of mcquaynorrls showed some very interesting pictures on the mcquaynorrls products which he accompanied by descriptive remarks orhhvown these were ex col lent pictures arid much appreciated by the members after the pictures were shown the members enjoyed sandwiches and coffee and a social half hour spent hockey schedule has three teams in group no 2 guelphaeton will play howe gamca how art in in- tcfweduta a group no 2 intermediate a hockey schedule was drawn up dur ing the week there are three clubs g nlph waterloo and mllvcrton wh w a l at t i ing in kitchener they will play a double schedule wljji two of the thvee teams qualifying for the playoffs all guelph home games will be played ih acton and local players available will play with the combined team the first team will have choice of venue for the first of the beetofflve jronp finals the fifth gsros will he nd played i ehherthestra or gelt rinks the choice to be made by the teamvlnnlnf the toas the schedule jan 1j mllverton vs guelph at acton jan 14 guelph vs waterloo at preston jan 17 waterloo at mllverton jan 20 mllverton vs guelph at acton jan al guelph at mllverion jan 28 waterloo vs guelph at acton jan 2s mllverton vs waterloo at preston feb 3 waterloo vs guelph at acton feb 4 mllverton vs watertc at preston feb hcuelph vs waterloo at preaton feb 13guelph at msrrertoo v game won mllverton cuelpoacion entry pulled cam ftosn loss columrpin the over time period good crowd on handlocal turn ii on in final and overtime period next game hoe on tuesday night lost 51 laal night a year out of o h a hockey in acton and back it catn on tdes night in the arena here ilere the team is a guelph entry but other teams in the group also take in the larger centres mllverton is a mtrat- fordmllvirtonjeam and a guess that wouldnt be out much is that th waterloo entry is a waterloopreston combination they are the group 2 in intermediate a rating we wouldnt have mentioned this only sorllhg arolindfor a name to the team here it certainly isnt going to fit into the writeups to call it the guelphacton wool combers its too long if it had been wool ftorters a nice abbreviation might hafo iteen gaws but the dictionary definition doesnt fit that word into anything like a hockey team so well lust call them the combers until an other name sticks big thing- is that they won the first game 74 last night in overtime and showed that with some practice they xanintetlomrprettywelttrrthe uu and turn in some nice games for the fan mllvertoh certainly looked like the best team for the first two periods they had speed combination and nice stick handling while claude plphers guelph entry just didnt click this entry has new purple and gold uni forms with wool combing crest on the front like all first of the sea son events there was a tendency to im rough referee gave notice early that he didnt rare if the penalty box vas full it had to stop result was fifteen penalties were hnnded out one or tin m n major nnd two others incrcnjuml to four minutes when the plnycrs argued with him wo said the game was rough wick- hnm went off thc ice in the first i riodwinrniininhrytriariinprhmr out of thc rest of the game mllver ton scored thrc goals before actoll got one in the not crearar got the first one after nine minutes of play lllwlt scored nt 11 s3 and mcquade scored at 14 13 it was e marzo who got the combers first counter at 1810 with an assist from morton penalties in this period went to mcquade carnegie smith balrd and goettler for mllverton and to kent- ner and couling for the combers mllverton had the best of the period and deserved the lead the visitors played good combination and were fast while the locals were dlsorg- anlzed the second period was scoreless but mllverton still had the edge of the play it was neath that proved tarry in the goal for the combers that saved this period he waa much improved over the first period and certainly handled komi nice shots it didnt look too bright for the locals as the third period opened the veteran jack kentner provided the one that pulled them out of the continued on page eight blanket und and russian aid red cross donations the treasurer of acton and district reft crea reports receipt of further donation t the t apod funds of ii pd nmm ranidtij -t- ties who can make donations to these two very worthy causes should leave the donations with the treasurer mr w k graham acton btajsket fasti previously acknowledged 6875 mrs r h cross 2 00 mlsa p e smith 200 mrs august anderson 200 hlnnmshury bcluuil 2ftf womens institute acton total acton woraeas laetlttfte 400 hots s300 coniing events- sssiwrimiats sj sfmhsv cwis w oike stt i it si m4w is4 m aw sat valentine tea on fetjrtmry 14th by st albans guild la paris hul st albas haadey school date changed to friday jaasssry mtk