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ififtt jvjrton sttt bft sixtyeighth year no 43 acton ontawo thursday april 22nd imj eirht homeprint pages five cents liability insurance and compensalion at county council mrs gordon agnew addresses meeting of united wms ft fflrf cthftpl psfe attcaigommll rood liability insurance and work mens compe were the main buslneaa of the day at the april meet- in of halton county council held in milton last tuesday council met at 1 jo with warden mcdonald prald- ing and all mrnieri present except for the reeve and depujyreeve of oakvllle minutes and reports were read the alter after being considered in committee of the whole with reeve c h healop in the chair committee on special communica tions recommended that a letter from peel county be discussed which asked endoraatlon of a resolution petition ing the government to either raise the celling on farm prices or restore the old order of supply and demand abdlhlfurtlrteuef be provided to correct the shortage of farm help through loss of farm labor to other industries the resolution was ap parently on the point of being approv ed when reeve gilberts dissenting voice threw a monkey wrench into the argument mr gilbert was of the opinion that not withstanding the fact that farm prices were not high enough yet to insist on their being raised might lead to inflation the warden also drew attention to the fact that prices and wages on the whole were far better controlled now than at the same period during the last war and he thought it would be entirely out of place for council to try and dictate to the government at the present time the resolution was consequently turned down and ord ered filed a communication re the proposed visit of representative public school children to a meeting of the council led to mr roy smith county engin eer and the reeves of the four town ships bring appointed as a committer to make plans for the children to he the guests of the council at their next meeting according to mr smith there are 67 schools lqjf the countj eligible to send a representa tive to this meeting i think vou gentlemen ulll find this to be n ver worthwhile undertaking said mr smith klnee it v til give the children a definite understanding of the func tioning of the county council and they in turn mould report to their respective schools and also carr the information back to their hornet where knowledge as to the pur wis of the county council is often decld edly larking the good roads committee brought in a recommendation that the road liability insurance be placed with the continental insurance co at a prem ium of 514fi60 and the workmen insurance be placed with the work- l despite most unfavorable weather conditions a goodly number attended fat pricrn h easter tnatfkoffarlng meeting of the w ms in the united church tuesday night a good representa tion of other missionary societies were present mrs caldwell assisted fay mrs s j heed conducted the devo tional exercise mrs kerr and mrs buck gave a lovely duett alone h mrs gordon agnew of toronto then gave a most interesting and in structive address on the life of madame chiang kaishek who has recently been acknowledged to be the leading lady of the world acton district quota is 225000 dedication ceremony saturday night nawawawcgrn ibwahlp quota is sloquooo in hahonn drive for cmoqtooo racfa dfatiict wui hare ptedfte tuk acton wu be baited at service in ftost office square starling satur day evening at nine oclock quotas have been allotted and hal- ton and all the units comprising the county are preparing for i ho biggest financial job evej- tackled in backing the attack halton rquota is more or and mrs agnewr knowing tho ihan was raised in any previous loan generalissimo and his charming wife so u that of every municipality and so well in china provided mrs ag- lownship but the front line is pre- new with much information that was j paring too for the biggest attack on interesting a very hearty vote of the nazis on every front thanks was given by miss b if speight seconded by mrs p cleave to mrs agnew and others who had helped on the program another item on the program was the presentation or lifemember cer tificates and pins to mrs a w fos- i in acton the objective is s190000 nnd for the section of tvsqueslng township adjacent to acton the ob jective is 13000 in the last loan this same territory raised 1 80700 nassagaweya township with comp- bellvllle now acts as a complete unit bury and mjaa fern brcasmtfur sor- sz has azi esjuetive of sioaoou the prise was quite evident but the two ladles made appropriate and grateful replies the meeting closed with prayer by the president bumjmsbury literary plans closing meeting of season task for every unit is one thit can only be reached by the whole hearted support of every citizen of that im munity on monday morning the loan opens and at 9 15 the tannery whistle will blow and all the hells in town will ring out it will announce the start of the big drive that can only end when the job is done but on saturday evening n dedlca- first overseas the regular meeting of the blooms- w tlon ceremony will be held in tho post bury uterary society was held in the rt a schoolhouse on friday evening the office square at which reeve j m mcdonald will preside there will bo president ross gordon presided the nnd n b tho jed tz ffd by county chairman a mason to reeve j m orite radio program plana were ma- o hold the cloalne meelln on icsonrtd and another jorsljel monday april 26th messrs 1l ferguson and mansell kelles were named as a committee procure a program bingo was played and the winners were doreen ferguson anne berberlck mary berberlck mrs kennedy and j dennis euchre winners were mrs j dennis and ross patterson a to deputyreeve g w murray county chairman a mason will also read the pledge that flying the flag signifies there will he brief replies by reeve mcdonald and deputy reeve murray nnd re a e brooks will briefly address the gathering a proclnmn- splendid lunch was served by the j renl b ftc mc donald nt this gathering the cere- ladles in charge the singing of the national anthem closed the meeting erin township raises 163155 in red cross drive mony is scheduled to start nt nine o clock on saturday evening every citizen of acton and district who be- llc in tho cause for which we fight is urged to attend thin e rv- mon at the whoou the children are township of frln red cross report ting in the province- wide quiz- campaign contributions roceued from nt en winners from school cmhln institute party dona- 1 nnw hwricls fclrko for the grand tlons from hlusburg ann st club l f trip to toronto with nil ox- ond mtond donation from mrs ft pens s paid and nn opportunity to mtrnerj and mrs d campbell to ako ln n rniuo program date ncelpts total si ftll is hie ant time niter monday nu will ho committee will bo glad to hear from cl1t on r uhscrlptlon it u jinnvsrfl who are still working i n donation hut tho flnent intent will doncirln township at stkauan tkaiftk kiiouh av inckeask mens compensation board the recommendation on both unllwnt it prcm ntntues in axutrnlla counts was adopted and later patted una n calami indltnti a sulwtun- in optn council with practicalk ho i tlul imnose in trade lutwen the discussion since the matt r had been auhtrnlnjan countries und canada gone into prttt thoroughl b the during the pau year in comparison road committee pnvlous to met t lag w liml mah sut ptr cent of the council the county solu uor mr w i dick reported on a meeting with the c p r w llh reference to a request for biter train serlce at hornby and campbellvllle at this meeting representatles or the railway board had asserted thai if the morning train were to stop at hornby as requested it would take a ton of cojtl to get up steam again mr harry robert soil hornby who was also present at the meeting had suggested that hornby be made a flag station the objection to that was that the train would have to be under control in order to stop if necessary and thin mort cargo bound for the dominion hating kin obtained by national unllways traffic men during 194j it iti aniuipated that cargo will be main tained ut a high lvel during 1941 particularly in such products na hhecpskins wool and dried fruits cnn- adlan national railways offices are maintained at sydney and melbourne in australia and at wellington in new zealand also would result in an increase of houmj ot iteiugv at brampton where fuel practically the same arguments j tn w ttl present 111 in- were put forward in regard to camp bellvllle added to the fact that at campbellvllle there was a very heavy grade and the morning train was ery often a doubleheader other argu ments were based on the time factor stopping at these two stations would entirely disrupt their time schedule the board alleged mr dick said however that he was satisfied that the cp r time table would allow for aome adjustments mr craig have they refused our application r mr dick no they are to let us know the warden do you think it la the opinion of the committee that we shall win our point as to that mr dick laid he would not care to commit hlmaalf at this time mr e d mahon campbellvllle also address ed the council and corroborated mr dicks statements and aaaerted that freight and pa traffic u on the increase in campbellvlll and that anything that the council could to nun you can procure there are al ways those who kprtnd fnts4 rumors nhout bond ikmioh and war ffortu and one that hai pcrilttsl in this umn lb to the effect tlmt tho imnds of this issue cannot be cashod in cnko of need rilktrts from cnnadlnn national j n ha iteen denied by hon mr ilshy nh others in public addresses you can in casj of need take your bonds to your bank r at nn time and re- celie cash for them former usuen are now miylng ov r 100 cents on the dollar jib well ns interest nil tho time at three p r cnt yourbond aro just as neotlhlde and juxt as secure nu the money in your tuixlngu nctount and the interest is n lot different the next few weeks are important ones on the home front halton county and the units which make it up have faced every task impomml it may seem stupendous but if every one will do a part it can be done buy all you can for cash budget for all you tan out of future turnings back the attack following is the halton county executive of the fourth victory loan honorary chairman major frank pullen oakvllle chairman amos mason acton ri i vicechairmen l e feck ceorge- m 5 h m0t town f m milne burlington dr wth regarding the building of a new c a martln m 0 a di wing for the mens quarters owing to acton portage of help due to w condl- 0ohrai chmlrman tlon so far it had not et btn r force acton posjblc to secure the service of an l asr sales section chalr- archltect the warden expressed re- man n burlington gret that this was o as there were pubhc re seetlon now 13 men in the basement where conditions were far from satisfactory the following resolutions were passed i help secure betur train service fdr tlum would be appreciated mr blair gave a report on tho lre m k daisy btlciianan first actonlan in the waac to go overseas for service ln the com bat area she is a daughter of mr ami mrs andrew buchanan acton nhd word received by them a week ago announced her wife arrival some where in england flnuic s 73132 education 4816s6 printing 11078 agriculture etc 33249 county building 6738 hoaplul account 89373 total 9smt2 moved by mr craig seconded by mr blair that this council go on re cord aa bvlaft in favor of an increase in old ag pensions and that a copy or this resolution be forwarded to the old age pensions department in tor onto joint chairmen harry thornton oakvllle c a dills acton special names section chairman s l mcginnls oakvllle payroll savings section chairman w j beatty acton executive members g a dills acton wm vanslckle campbellvllle ralph ross georgetown g h daw son milton stanley craw burling ton a t weldon oakvllle unit organizers s u mcginn is oakvllle r s lampard acton secretary h p wanker oakvllle the final meeting of the county ex ecutive and the salesmen for the big delve is being held this afternoon and evening in oakvllle when the county chairman mr a mason will preside navy league needs mens clothing for the sailors the government has recently plac ed uon the navy league u very con- uldernhle obligation the league lias been nukod to supply 1 000 bundles of uted clothing fot survivom from ship wreck clothing if itokslhlc should bt iuw but ukd clean clothllig ulll w very ncceptuhlc we cannot utrekj too ktrongly the dire hicd there nrc going to be hundreds u rhnps thoummdu of rui- lorn tind clothes munt he a ady for them n koon nu tbey are taken from the ocean or sea or it may well ivo from n river who knoww l he writer nwke to oer 100 vt only ytster- day with very little response we must hunt tlumte clothes somewhere may we solicit tho co opeiatlon of merchnnls nnd manufacturers as well individuals a hut of artlch u mofttlx nwsled ik publltihed horwith which ctry sailor receiver when he is r kcueil 1 pair trouturi 1 belt or pair of braceft 1 pair sockw i longnloev d t4iionter turtle mck type prefovred hut if not avaitnhle 1 hoavy woolh n kenrf to lc ndld 1 pair bhocs run ning tihoci pnfirrcd 1 kult undor- wear two plcco suits preferred 1 cap or woollen helmet 2 pnli mitts in addition to the above soft shlrtir nnd handkerchiefs could bo included if available in utock if you can htlp phono 120 at once and ttonicom will call and pick up whatever you have you may also tall miss mccallum or mr f j salt nt 10 or mr t h boulton nt the wool corporation company and these people will pawi the word to have the goods picked up we may call on you to morrow good friday will you have something ready please if no one calls take your goods to agar s coal office loan discussion features meeting war committee w p wat con assistant director of the ontario livestock branch was the special speaker at a recent meecr ing of the halton agricultural war service committee held in milton on thursday ev nlng of last week the major purl of mr watson a jaddrrts pertained to the question of i meat bupplles rite sfteaker pointed out that in prewar days i wo- thirds iof great britains imports of meats ramr from south of the equator to- idny fctnled mr wnlson while home lr t lmrrlly cooled with th i m norh jroro of the nrovlncl1 icgl l lalure last week is beginning to urn- i t l reat britain under present con- mer again for the ijberal provincial iijximi dltlons he ktulwl 40 of both the- this week mpeciauy wstuesi for th artosi kree pma bvj c wx1t htaft wrtser toronto cp ontarios pollt- iead4 rshlp convention april ikkw with the contentious power and labor u gklathm behind them the provincial ulterals are husy prepar ing for coming meetings at which a leader will he wlected to succeed mit chell f hepburn who rcgnel the premiership in favor of attorney- gent ral connnt last october objection to the way mr conant succeeded to tho premiership led to the calling of the convention nnd al ready five persons including premier conant have announced they will contest the leadership the other four are harry nixon who resigned as provincial secretary when mr conant succeeded mr hep burn arthur w roebuck ijberal member at ottawa for toronto trin ity dr a d roberts former mem- iter of the legislature for sault 5te marie and hon t b mcquesten mlnluter of highways in both tho hepburn and conant governments mr mcquesten latest entry in the leadership derby also is president of the ontario liberal uuclatlon provincial meeons the question of whether or not a provincial election will be held thu uummcr is linked closely with the leadership result the gov rnment routine business at meeting tuesday utilitiescommission new rcplaocaaenu ordered for water mains aasfaiant sec retary aflkfl salary increase nie regular meeting of acton pub- lle dlllltles commission was held on tuesday evening iteeve j m mr- donald and commissioner j r mac- arthur were present with chairman c m hansen presiding a letter from miss walker ke- quested an increase in salary t was tu t ided to off r her n 15 x incre om led by mr connnt just prior to pro- to ltf d wcm mb mwf rogation received imuso npprovul for htri 0nnr lm mtlc lb bill wosklng a oneyenr extension nlf rtt tmd amel that he had no to llu life of tho legislature ihesltntlon in stntlng that murkttlnga a imllnr oxunslon wan npprovid in the inut four montlm of this year ummlmously hurt ynr but nt the ties- will ho tip0 tm r those- of the mime ion just flnltdted tight illwntla join- imlod in hvi2 our objective to ed the progreuslve conservative in dy he staled uhoutd 1m not more voting ugnlnst the exit mlon lender i unltu of prihluctlon hut more produ of the dlutldtnt illterulu was mr nix- tlon u r unit refers nee was also on who intlmnteil that if he hctamo made- by iho mnktr to tlio shortage parly haidoi he would call an election or prot in conccntints supplies are or if wut eondltlonu became such that i higher than a year ngo but people ant it would not hopohiilhle innkkthotuc- fctdlng much more meat ho stated torate to go in the pollu he would ik jimt nu plentiful but more has inert call it kmclnl rckslon of the house to umughttml in places where much of deal with tho question ithe byproducts hfily lieon lout ulack inter slid spectator to the intra- m h tstl mr wntuon liavo party fight are the progressive con- rctpoimlhlo for tho loss of a tr- srvatlvch nnd the ontario section mendoim amount of tanknge of the cooperative commonwealth i ho ujteukt r d i tit u mud nlfnlfn flax fedoratlon i he lnttir party with- soylmnn and ihuk us crops having nut rcproiit ntntlon in the uglslnture i pouhllltlh of produdng n portion nt has ho n tlamotlng for by lectlotw hast of tliv pioleln required for live- to fill si vui vacant seatu ivtr since stock fiulltig mr wntuon rovlovved v s nnl cannll nt projluctlon comply h llmllne it way to rt britain l to im nil jz mr watson atnte we are lodny pro- duclng more meat than in the prev ious history f the north amerlran con tint nt and consequently have two options elth r to consume trior- ourselvs than ver b fore or shnr what we have with those on the first line of defence it is my opinion stated mr wat son that it is economically unsound for us in canada to attempt to com pete with south america in beef production once peace is restored consequently our aim in ho for as beef is concerned should be to pro duce more beef without increasing our numlmth of beef cattle on tho other hand from the standpoint of kirk we should he able to compete with any country in tho world it may mean he mated that there will have to be some further adjustment in the frt ight rale on grain from the west he further pointed out that we can increase our production of pork much more rapidly than we can beef an additional ton of kork can im produced 10 monthu niter breed ing mr watson also pointed out thnt while our marketings to date ans somewhat lower thhn for the same period lout year nevertheless the ro- planning for the 1i3fa1rt0bb held in september at a meeting taut thursday even ing of acton fair directors plans were made for the 1w1 event to be held on september 17th and 18th a committee was appointed to inter view council regarding the use of the curling rink section for the exhibits of the hall if this is not available some repairs will be necessary to the other building owned by the fair board it wni also decided to carry on the first night performance out-of- doors since the arena was not avail able the seed fair part or the program will also pe conducted again this year but prize money rnay be altered if the usual government grants on this pro ject are not allowed secretary c b swackhamar vnd president r w lowrle gave a report of the annual fairs convention k b tollffe young toronto inwyer wan elected loader inut year nov with a g nernl election u pos- rlhlllty the ccf u more than over lntrcstd nnd thnt partys position in the situation probably will be oxprcs- ued friday and saturday of this weok ulim tluy holh their annual conven tion here just a year nfter the party became fullfledged in the provincial political field forestry appeat brings applications for 100000 trees the response to the joint appeal to encourage tree plnntlng sent our to the public sthoold of tho county by i l skuce public school in apt i tor and j k whltelock agri cultural representative has brought a magnificent response as a result of the spit ndld cooperation received ffom the public ychool teachers of tho county to dnte slightly over 100- 000 trees have been ordered the halton county council has agreed to my the express on the trees and de liver them to tho respective schools placing the orders it is anticipated that the trees will be delivered to the schools after the easter holidays early in may local bowlers break losing streak defeat fischers the mccutcheon bowlers broke their losing streak by defeating the fischer hotel team 43 in last thurs days city major league bowling match th scor n morton c leuhman o krull c maules w corry 170 236 184 599 185 207 256 648 164 235 256655 161 216 222 599 ft4 267 238679 mccutchtoju fuehera 8s3 1161 11563180 1190 1081 11133384 tin labor hltuntlon and made refer ence to the vjirloiih tyjh of labor which tho government hi attempting to make avnllablo paul hkiu r county clmlrman of the agricultural section for tin- fourth victory loan gnvo n brief hlit ut brink n pi til for farmery to ln- treano t heir ptirchns u of the victory bondrt in he campaign which will opon shortly it in tusctitlul stated mt pikhcr for agriculture to use its credit if the loan in to bo put over nnd in ordrtr to prevont inflation it must ivo put over victory bonds pro vide the host collateral which n farmor can have said mr fisher since ho can borrow up to the fuce vnluo of the bond and for a period of 14 years nt n rate of 4 in as much us the bonds bentr tv it tmnns he is getting hlit money far 1 in other words n si 000 bond if borrowed on to its face value will only tost the in dividual 10 00 n year nnd thnt is n small amount for those of us who are nt home to pay when we consider that many of our boys will give their lives others who spoke nt the meeting which was presided over by w e ii reckon chairman of the war ser vice committee included amos mason county chairman for the vic tory ioan and mr mcclnnls county organize i the bond on miss walker assistant to miss sh ight the dlree tor of salvage reque ted that the commission use savo fot stickers on their bills it was deeldcd to obtain n supply of these and in clude tlum with the bills sent out from the commission offices suh rlntendent chas wilson r ported that the water tank nt the reservoir was in need of pome atten tion ttils was ordered to be ntte tid ed to suierlntcndent wilson was also in structed to get prices on a gate valve to be installed nt the nprlng on the mnln lino of the waterworks miss b h speight was instructed to pay the following accounts ilydra depi bell telephone company ser vice s 5 fi ii k pc of ontario powt r less credit iikpc of ontario w ii material j hargrove gasoline whithorns oarage gasoline highway oarage re pairs etc cnr express co express mucdonuld electric ttd sup plies k11u ttt howard ltd supplies j c matthews pout age mi h h mcdonald insur ance re n wills tit pt of national revenue snh ft tux 855 92 sg3 11 oh 1138 3108 2317 11 h9 10 00 vtin 110 74 1 1 10 03 vaturuoihkw kept canadian rrin company sup- piles 2 m hydro d pt mart h opera tion 171 it j177ti ihiiiun literary holds rox social to aio service league on friday v nlng april 16 the oublln literary society held n vry mkcihuful box kouiii i ho first part of tho everting wan nwmt in playing progressive lit lire with tho prizes- for the highest ncor- going to mm urackt n and mr bracken and the eoiikolntlon prizes to mrs w i inhnm nnd mr archie m donald mr clinn cuhu then nuttlomd off tho hoxefl the proce eds of which wan donated to the acton and vidnlty war sirvlte ingun i ho remainder of the i vening was thi n spent in danc ing mr f l rifrts dog wins awards at london show at the 23lh silver anniversary dog show of the london association on saturday 17th the fair glen kennels of mr f l illfe took the highest honors for english setters his male dog rummery of fair glen won the open class and also was best of breed his female bashful won the open class for females both these dogs won against very strong entries one being american champion slg of bar who had previously beaten e 70 entries nt madison soture den new york coining events n um minus f mcri r ollar evanli in mr rlijriinl iu willi mlinmiim ih itttrmrnl i c ouclph old time fiddler concert in acton on tuesday may 4th 42 3 dance nponmirod by buy bee drookvllli hall wedneulay april 28 admlulon j5c the ladle of st jueph church are holding an eaiter variety pood sole on saturday april 24th in the town hall time 1pm- until s p m 422 1 pm i a euchre and dance will be held at bannockburn school on april 37 everybody welcome good mturic ad- mhnlon 29c lakaalde chapter iode apon- orlns ntotuter bingo under the aus pice of acton and vicinity war ser vice leettue in acton town hall on hay 19th fs anwa 3 pecuua door prize ticket 25c the carry on canada clul are holdlnc dane and draw on quilt acton town hall april 3th mac- donaw orehettra from quelph coma one come alt oilmlaaliiii 35c proceed for war woi ttuotflrh acton and vidnlty war servico leacue i3st gitami ja xmi4j 1 ljjji c j ualrit feta jxx