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ht ttn srtt bftss sixtyeighth year no 39 acton ontario thursday march 25th 1043 bight homeprint pages five cents county council increases grant toredcrossbranches be dmfcl tor gttfc bwihm wan for fsjtm lnrac gmtoi fljt minuna to be anwfri to imif suhnty servlee at gaabdmle gol bertram captl smith cant mcoure represented the lome scots regiment at the county coun cil in ion last tuesday st mliton gbl bertram outlined the activities of the regiment during the past year and announced the intention of the lorn soots to embark on an active recruiting campaign in the near fu ture adding it was one reason why they were making an appeal to the council to increase its grant this year if it were at all possible capt mc- clure apoke on behalf of the band and asked that the council give it what support it could cap mcclure stated that the annual upkeep of the band was approximately 1900 twentynlne former members were now on active service capt smith gave an accounting of the regiments disbursements v mr e a whltelock halloo county agricultural representative made a brief but stirring appeal to the coun cil in the interest of agriculture mr whltelock spoke of farming activities of 1642 as being a marvellous achievement notwithstanding bad weather and labor difficulties i feel said mr whltelock that our farm people are worthy of the sacri fices of our boys in the armed forces reference was also made to farm labor difficulties likely to be encoun tered in the coming season which mr whltelock felt could be mater ially assisted by an organized ex change labor program among neigh bors and asked each member of the council to do all in his power to as sist any such cooperative movement which might be started in his com munity mr whltelock concluded by sayingvit is generally acknowledg ed that the anglosaxon race is given to grousing but when the going gets tough they keep on going until the job is done this characteristic ho felt applie ver truly to agricul ture reports of standing committer were considered in committee of the whole with reeve w j robertson in the chair letters were read from the red cross branches of acton bur lington georgetown and oakvllle ap pealing for financial assistance and suggesting that council give a grant of s5000 to be divided among the county branches some discussion followed and while members were unanimous in their high regard for the splendid work the red cross is doing yet in vlewof the fact that a countywide personal campaign is al ready in progress it was felt that council would not be justified in giv ing too large a grant which in effect would be to make people pay twice once voluntarily and again through county taxation it was therefore moved by mr hulmer seconded by mr craig that halton county com ell give a grant of 1000 to the red cross to be divided equally among tho five districts carried an amend ment by may and brown to give j 000 was defeated moved by mr hulmer tutonded by may that the lome scots regiment of hnlton peel and dufforin be granted the sum of 600 and the regi mental band a uront of 400 cur ried some discussion as to whether corn- borer inspectors should be appointed or the service discontinued took up considerable time the matter was finally settled by a motion which car ried and was moved by w j robert son and c h heslbp that corn borer inspection be continued and that they be appointed as follows nelson chas readhead trafalgar l patterson esqueslng w camp bell nassagac a r j anderson the rate of pay to be the uime as 1942 a letter was read from the county slid tor mr w i dick with refer ee to the railway service at camp- bellvtlle and as a result it was decid ed that council should request that a meeting be arranged with represen tatives of the cpr railway board for the purpose of arriving at some agreement for better service mr roy smith county engineer suggested that the county council sometime in the near future invite as their piests representatives of the various public schools throughout the county in order that children fn higher trades might become better acquainted with the functioning of sunlcipal bodies knowledge which r smith asserted was sadly lack ing the suggestion met with ap proval by the council and necessary arrangements were left to mr jsmlth council adjourned to meet at the callof the warden mixsfltsl show akramgbfok anotoeb phupohmance to comply wjth a local demand for another presentation of the 1943 show of the victory minstrels the group wilt again give the entire perform ance in acton town hall on satur day evening april 3rd the satur day evening performance was srrang- ed to meet the request from workers on nightshifts in acton industries and to allow many from the rural sections and from the city who are in acton during the weekend to see the show pull particulars are given in an an nouncement this week on another page regarding seat sale plan of hall etc the show has already been pre sented to over a thousand paid admis sions in its three nights run before mother and daughter gathering at the united church here lakeside chaptex held social night in honor st pathick the lakeside chapter held a st patricks party in the recreation room of the ymca last wednesday evening about 100 guests assembl ed for an evening of games and fun the room was decorated in green and unite and shsmrocks contests and quiz games were enjoyed mrs ben ton gave a reading on the story of st patrick and mrs richardson told an irish story several games of court whist were played the win ners of the various contests were miss baker mrs mlddleton and mrs youngblut mrs bestty tendered a vote of thanks for the invitation on behalf of the guests w ii porter tells of british farmers at halton meeting other features at annual meet- injr of jersey breeders lome ella rockwood is president at the postponed annual meeting of the halton jersey cattle club which wan held in the hornby orange hall on thursday of last week watson h porter editor of the farmers advo cate was the guest speaker mr porter was a member of the bomber press which spent some weeks in britain late ant summer the speaker gave a graphic description first of his experiences flying in a bomber to and from britain second of agricul tural conditions in britain third of his impression gained visiting our boys in the armed forces including the air command and last his im pressions of the british people and also of the damage to british cities by enemy bombing fourteen hours after leaving mon- lit treat the party of canndlnn pressmen etl landed n britain the maker stress- cdhlie tremendous possibilities of the aeroplane os a means of transporta tion in the post wnr period mr porter predicted that the day was not fur dutant when we in canada would have huce alt liners pulling a string of gliders the individual units of which would im cut off at vnrioun targe centres he even felt plans would be developed by which kuch air liners would be enabled to pick up additional gliders at various cities m- route without making landings in his in ten wily interesting descrip tion of developments in british agri culture mr porter pointed out that in 1042 increased agricultural pro duction in britain hnd p rmltted the release of 5 million tons of shlpttlnx space for other commodities the speaker pointed out that canudlans generally had a conception of britnln as a small country a place of tmall holdings small fields etc cone- quently it was a surprise therefore to find in many english countries that the fields are larger than even in western ontario furthermore that their farming is extensively mechaniz ed with one tract on to every 100 acts of cultivated land in britain on every side stated the speaker ther was an amazing amount of cereal crops in live stock products the dafrv cow holds no 1 priority it has been found in britain that on the average 10 acres in wheat will sustain 20 per sons for one year 10 acres in pota toes will sustain 40 persons for one year 10 acres devoted to dairying will sustain 4 persons for one year 10 acrei devoted to beef will sustain 1 person for one year it is therefore easy to realize states mr porter why british agriculture has been built with the emphasis on production of potatoes cereals sugar beets and continued on page eight a few weeks ago the athfvra and sons were to the forefront in spocia services and gatherings at the united church but this week she mothers and dsughtefcfi were the pottunent ones on sunday raomlng a mothers and daughters service was featured when the mothers and daughters choir led the singing and rendered several anthems mrs veldhuls and mrs cuiien sang a duett and jean harris annetta evans eleanor beatty and georgtna anderson sang a quartette number the subject of mr fosburys sermon was the de votion of a daughter last evening there was a fine gath ering of the mothers and daughters at the church the co it girls sang a chorus and quartette number mrs beatty and eleanor contributed a duett and mrs veldhuls and also sang a duett miss doris wilson and miss ethel pridham gave a piano duett the guest speaker was miss s bennett of georgetown who pointed out in her fine address the possibili ties that the young women have to day in many fields of business life and other activities which were not open to them a few years ago in speaking of the new order of life that was prophesied after the war miss bennett drew attention to the fact that of all the speakers on this sub- ject to which she had listened only madame chiang kaishek had said that this new order could only be good if it was a christian order many others may have thought that the new order must be christian but only she had expressed it mrs h caldwell presided over the program and at thje close mothers and daughters enjoyed a delightful lunch and a social j eramosa council 0re bwdy is c iu i may be developed has spec al meeting inmilton distr regarding roads pbasllafe to chan- snow block ed bonds none of hail bootes were passable t- spring robins this year comb in bigger bunches the first robins we had reported to us this spring were those seen on march 18th by gordon smith when he was attending the pumps at the waterworks spring it wasnt just one robin but a whole flock that were re ported that morning and none of us will he disappointed if spring comes in big bunches too acknowledgements toservice league from overseas boys another group of letters and cards have been received by the acton and vicinity war service league from the boys overseas they do apprec iate the parcels and cigarettes that arc being sent this week wo can just s you a list of the boys that have been heard from it m storey h heatley h turkonz jack honey well l frank t i tournour george williams doug mcdonald b ttutledec a a mcmullen h w godfrey k n buck b fields p a elliott j m alger w taylor e lnndsborouieh harold mclntyre k a mcdonald george stringer 1 d grajmm r bikkim d c price nnd gordon cook set cordon cook enclosed in till letter n knapshat he had taken of the grave of corp tost of geot uetoivn who ua killed in nrmjrmtmoemreu overseas i he snapshot in on view in tnr pars press window a special meeting of eramosa coun cil was held at 830 pjn on march 18th in the dominion hotel rock- wood with all the members present and reeve d d gray la the chair the lireve stated that he had call ed the meeting and invited a num ber of ratepayers to discuss the prob lem of opening roads now unfit for either sleighs or wheels several ratepayers attended and submitted that there was serious loss and inconvenience in some sections through blocked roads and conse quent inability to dispose of produce and live stork at the proper time it was also established that not one of the five mall routes from rockwood was open all the way for either a cutter or car it seemed to be the genera opinion of the ratepayers present that the cost of purchasing or renting a snow- plow with the consequent increase of taxes would be readily offset by the savings of a large number of rate payers and the convenience of open roads would be almost a clear gain the iteeve thanked the ratepayers for attending and expressing their views he assured them that the coun cil would use every effort to open the roads immediately and would give serious consideration to the purchase or rental of snow equipment for nest winter after arranging with the road sup erintendent for immediate commence ment of snowplowlng the council od- joumud at 11 45 mail canning applications to office at georgetown an announcement in another column gives details regarding the completing of forms for securing sugar for canning purposes the members in acton of the local ration board inform us that the applications should be forwarded to p b harri son local ration board secretary at georgetown for this district the coupon will be issued from this of fice we suggest you clip the an nouncement on another page and write the above address on that an nouncement tell your friends or any you find inquiring do not take your applica tion there but mall it to the address given above that is where it will secure the proper attention icouncil gets information for truck and snow plow cliinefee relief fund now 15210 one week to go possibility- of enveloping a epag- nelic iron ore body near milton ont are belna examined by itoluncer con- aolldated old mine and ilanna iran interests of cleveland a churn drill la befog put down to about 180p feet from which depth a- d drill will be wd to seek the ore flrsi indications of ore were found several years ago when a syn- donations to the chinese relief dlcate drilling for oil ran into mag- fund which closes next wednesday tlte have brought the total up to 152 111 samples essayed 5 1 per cent iron perhaps the nest week can see it 42 per cent manganese 057 per cent reach the jjuo mark lx fore it closes sulphur rs xr cent silica and traces this week the public school remem- of phosphorus and tatanlum bred the fund when it was making a the field work mapping and inter- distribution to various war charities pretatlon of all data outlined n large magnetic iron mass or zone at a depth of 3s00 to itsoo feet under the surface the zone was indicated to be be tween 90jm and 11000 feet in length 2001 to 200 feet wide and from 2- 200 to 5 000 feet thick public school pupils assist five funds in march drive school month charity activities by the public pupils and teachers the past have raised 90 0u for war funds these activities included the sale of tickets for a popular film at the gregory theatre and a collection taken by the pupils in each grade the fund has been appropriated as follows junior red cross 30 senior red cross sis chinese relief fund s15 russian relief fund sis acton and vicinity war service league 11 local howlers have highest score of any single game the mccutcheon bowling team loit to city cab 43 in this weeks play in the guelph city major bowling league the mccutcheons deserved a better break hum thli on the nights play they txored 1291 in the third gome this being the hlgliest scoro for a single game ever made by un acton team previously acknowledge a i- slarkman mrs c hansen c acton public school siisio sao 1sm 9isj10 tlle boys over these appreciate the folks here in a left r to his pat nu wo wll- mer davidwi umtcwlu m in eng land sent bin thanks to the overseas league of acton for their grand presents at christmas and the cig arettes which ho has received every month these remembrances are ones the boy shall never forget he says and what also makes the boys over there rejoice is to know they are not forgotten we are here to do our bit and uvkuow the folks bsck home in acton are behind us every one l receive tmt pass pars ami it u a letter from home i would like o thank mr bishop fred mcarthiirs family and jack allans for their parcels and the mooney family and walter couke for the cigarettes the spirit of the people ovtr her is won derful and they are always so good to us but we are all hoping it wont he too long before w are baik in good old canada the score n morton 227 1c1 292 82 c welshman 125 211 291 629 m holmes 2or 206 g mnmln 211 226 4n a sheffield 1ci 182 195 528 w corry 1ri 289 297 776 mccutchcons 900 iocs 1293 325b city cab ttl 1170 10763197 geography hatch feature of junior farmers meeting the reaulnr met ting of the junior farmers was held nt iorne school on march 18th after the huklntru meet ing henry nellis acted nu chairman for the following program piano solo by dorothy frank reading by molly cutis solo by charles cutts gordon icslle and howard switxm were clmwn captnlno for ti geography match gordon leslies klde being the u inner charles cutts cuvo a rttl- tut ion lunch watt nerved and the remain der of the evening sunt in dancing red cross drive is over 2000 mark now in acton balance of town and the rural subscriptions yet to hear from indus trial lints have given a fine start just five more days to reach quota or 3200 completion of the first phase of the local red cross campaign reveals that well over 2 000 ofuthe objective of 3 joo has been raised this means that to the balance of the campaign in acton and that of the district ad joining goes the task of making up 51200 the canvas of the stores and busi ness places and the homes where con tributions were not made in the in dustries is going on now the rural canvas is also in progress the cam paign closes next wednesday it means just five more days in which to get that nearly 91200 it can be done and the red cross workers feel confident that every one will do a part to bring success again by next wednesday remember if you are missed or you want to save the canvasser u call or you want to increase your donation you can do it by calling at either the bank of montrenl or the bank of nova scotia and leaving your dona tion there is no need to elaborate further on the need the battle now railing in tunisia is going to mean that some pf our soldiers are going to become prisoners of war others are being uounded and will require long hospital treatment every battle means extra heavy calls on the red cross they can do only what your clfts permit them to do the next five days is your opportunity lo tell the boys we are going to look after them when they cant look after themselves make sure that when next weeks fbfctc passs goes o the boys from acton and district overseaslt will an- nounce that the quota has been ex ceeded when you make your contri bution you make the answer mr mrs- win young mark anniversary golden wedding on monday evening march 22nd betw en fifty and sixty friend and neighbors ot mr and mrs wm younj gathered in their homo on the 4th line to upend a few hours with them on their golden wedding day nnd wish them the biit of luck in years to come the gutherlng was called to order by mr richard brown and a pro gram of community singing enjoyed instrumental by mrs clare colt a solo by mr wm mcdonuld reading mrri s morrison mr and mr young wore called forward nnd the following address was rend by mr stanley mntthows and mrs wm mcdonald nnd mrs r l davidson prevented mr nnd mrk young with tin electric heater bed- loom lamp and smoker stand diar mr and mrs young we a few of your frit nds nnd neighbors ftlt we could not let this day pass without wishing you both ninny good wishes for your golden wedding anniversary few couples are spared the joys of living together so long you both have always been willing to give a helping hand in your uulet way whenever needed and we all wish you the best of health and luck in the years to come we wish you to accept these gifts as a small remembrance you have passed many anniversaries woodtn cotton linen and silver too and then the thirty and fortieth have been spent together by you and now you hove come to the golden like sunbeams sent from above and may you be spared to celebrate the diamond both with everlasting love signed on behalf of your neighbors nnd friends wm mcdonald chris moffat r l davidson mr young thanked the friends and hoped mrs young and himself would be pared to use the lovely gifts and said it was nearly 24 years since he and the family had moved from the norh jolly good fellows was sung and the rest of the evening- was spent in a social time good exhibit halton seed show held last week vs hens clafc 1 hoys balrauy ijaparrt- sent wuhnar to for qniaatri aw ihimk psjfa etc ifaapiiac- coonta for indiarstfa conuntar to mount up- councillors w j o oakes a mason j h davison and c i kirk- wks were present last evening when acton council met in regular session and reeve j m mcdonald presided mr j rwty wa prraent to request consideration on taxes on a house that had been partially torn down since the ossessm nt had been made council agreed to make inquiry and see what could be done it was de cided to hold court of it4 vision at tho nt tnh ting of council the following uccounts were puumd for payment w vblcks preparing and cer tifying six copies of 1943 voter lut ioo lb ii telephone co u rvlees h 1h fyrkyter co vakes 11 95 the ontario gazette tax sale ndv sio tax collector ymca- taxes 15159 miss kveleen braids refund town i loll rent joo oorporatlon tax collector bat of license fee lfgs jenkins jb f tardy auditors re port e h wltmer journal dept of highways license for trucks 30101 10 or f g i cfarfelle wan gueat speaker gordon ladle winn trophj r lfet of prize winners ihe annual halton seed show which won held in the milton i own hall on friday and saturday of last uoek wum well attended by a large group of farmers from all sections of the county on saturday afternoon lite number of entries was slightly lower than in previous yeurs but the quality of tho grain left nothing to be desired exhibits of cereal grains represented approximately 4000 buili- tls offered for kale intrleit in the kmnll s dd division wore extremenly light fifteen growers exhibited en tries in the ttn buslul clukses of oats nnd bnrh y tin tu were auctioned off by tom chlsholm wtll known auc tioneer of milton district prlct in general wore katlufactory an exhibit of lultor bnvlng equip ment which included models of a buckrnke rhklun shelters hog watoreru open back litn nests feed hoppers and other poultry equipment cnated a gr at deal of interest i lie saturdny afternoon meeting was conducted undr the nhle chair manship of president rdwln hurrop of the halton crop improvement as sociation w e breckon past presi dent of the ontario crop improve ment association spoko briefly on problems meed by halton farmers in 1941 and the most effective manner of got ting maximum results from the manpower and mechanized equip ment now available his sound prac tical and thought provoking address was favorably received by the large audience the gutst speaker dr g i christie president of the ontario ag ricultural college in his usual force ful style reviewed the accomplish ments of canadian farmers since the outbreak of war it is almost unbe- lleveablewhen one realizes that our canadian farmers with tremendous shortage of manpower have been able to increase their exports of bacon to britain from a point where it am ounted to some 22 1 million pounds in 1931 to over 6000 million pounds in 1942 eggs from a few thousand dozen in prewar years up to approxi mately 40 million dozen in 1942 and at the same time stated dr christie our farm people have supplied great ly increased amounts of nearly all kinds of farm produce to 6ur domes tic markets the speaker pointed out that 1943 calls for greater increases practically all down the line while continued on pago five too ss33 7h tfw reeve reported that he had secured additional information re garding the cost of a truck with uteel box dump body and snow plow attachment and special gear for snow plowing tile cost of this outfit was secured from onv firm further in quiry was to be made and council was unanimously in favor of securing this equipment during the year the clerk read correspondence with county clerk regarding hoipltal accounts for indlgint patients a letter from the chinese relu 1 kund asked itermlsslon to hold a tag day in either april or may rvrmls- sion uau granted the board of transport commis sioners acknowledged receipt of the councils letter regarding the maria street bridge a letter from the acton ys mens club stated the club was willing to sponsor tlio acton boys band the- resignations of the former committer were accepted and tho offer of the ys mens club was accepted all in struments are to remain the property of the town it was felt advisable that council should be consulted when changes were being made in the ymca building it was also felt that an out side entrance should be made from the basement recreatlori room the reeve reported that the for estry department wov prepared to supply trees to the municipality for ornami ntal purposes with only the cost of transportation council felt that any boards or organizations should make early application so that it requisition for the number that could be used would be secured council discussed the granting free use of the hall for various functions in connection with the wareffort chief harrop was instructed to have organizations apply to council for consideration on any cases chief harrop submitted his report of an accident when mrs leonards atkinson had fallen on the sidewalk on elgin street and injured her knee conning events annotincinnt of uins c n rntm or otkcr event andcr ibis ntdta eo 10 rnta pr line with minimus chf lor nr ji snnounrinnt of mc dance at brookvilla hall on fri day april 2nd auspices of busy bees club admission 29c danre on saturday march 27 in town hall acton proceeds for war service league admission 23c the acton junior farmers will hold a hard times party on april 1st at lome school come in costumes ladies provide the scout mothers association are giving a 2sth anniversary banquet for the boy scouts of acton in the parish hall of the anglican church on tuesday march 30th at 643 j euchre and dance to be bald lit bal- linafad community hall on march the 26th pleaw bring lunch and own sugar proceeds in aid of he red cross