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fcfte sttt press siltyeifhtfa yearno 46 acton ontario thursday may 13di iu eigjit hoeaeprint paces five geata- local interest centred on when 2nd bomb explodes whmtt mt pin araj i native ft lata wa far ho- last friday oforulag cfaairmon w j o oake of the acton eaqueotnc fubuc relations committee called mt the home of mr elizabeth stuckey to present mr geo stewart with bit- war saving certificate prlxe of 25 mm a result of the local context mr stewart 1 not in good lieatlh and was not favorable to having his pc- ture token when receiving the award however tie was loyal to the com munitys interests and when it wu explained to him that acton con test was entered with those of other communities for a dominion award he consented mr stewart 1 a native of inver- bcsshire scotland and jived tor sev eral years in glasgow lie has been resident of acton for many years and his investment in victory bonds wa to the limit after receiving the certificate from mr oakes mr stewart insisted that it immediately be turned over to miss retn sturky talking to her we staked tsyw she accounted for be- in able to estimate the time so dose ty her reply was that she fell the bomb would co off some time after the men were out of the factories and she based her estimate on thla plan co on the award mrs stuckey said this is one jurfcy break for retaand as we recalled the many years she has so patiently and pleas antly born her illness we readily agreed that she richly deserved the award and have the hope that it is only the start of more luck for her juitnis casamee wet sometime within the next few days somebody else is going to win another s25 war saving certificate that is of course provided that acton es- quesing dors reach the quota of s225t- oqo just when that day hour and minute will be is something that no one knows this point is dont put off until the lost minute your bond purchases dont fall to have your guesses de posited at victory loan headquarters early make sure that acton reaches quota and that someone gets the s25 prise it can be done if everyone goes the limit lost week after the bomb explod ed several guesses were brought la to headquarters they were worth less in the contest only the yellow slips ore now of any use only they are good if they are in the box be fore the bomb explodes dont forget to signify whether your guess is am or pm winner of first 2500 chairman w j o oakes of the acton public itelatloiui com mittee presenting to mr george stewart the 25 war savings cer tificate he won in the first guess in the local contest mr stew- art later turned the prize over to ults krtu stuckey who ha been an invalid for the past ten years it was miss stuckey who made the estimate of the time that won the prlre the question now is who will win the second s25 prize garage men givebig boost to salvage drive the scrap drive conducted by the garagemens association brought one of the finest piles of salvage that has been reported this event wn in connection with the concert a week or so ago in acton town hall in which the admission was nh addi tion to the salvage pile well here ore the results 5210 lbs of iron 1420 lbs of rubber 125 lbs of fat 150 lbs of bones and in addi tion a good collection of cartons its a result any croup might be proud of and it was turned over to the acton and vicinity war service league married at jasper park on april 28th friends of mrs f s selwood for merly of calgary will be interested in hearing of the marriage of her daughter miss edith selwood to mr reginald edward gardiner the ceremony tcok place at jasper park alberta on april 28th and was iperformed by the rev mr mclnnea of the united church the bride la ajao the granddaughter of mrs a e nlcklln of acton scout mothers make donations to several funds the regular monthly meeting of the scout mothers auxlllnry was held at the home of mrs m thorarlnson the president mrs e masters open ed the meeting with the indies repent ing the scout mothers promise re port were read it was decided to donate ss to the navy league nhd 5 toward exh-ns- v for the commando training for the scouts at blue springs may 22nd after the business was dpoked of the nuetint closed with the benediction a social hour was spent mrs soul- ton put on a comtwtltlon the prleu being won by mrs masters and mrs kvans mrs thorarlnson served n dainty lunch after a very enjoyable evening a vote of thanks was ten dered the hostess for the use of her home mrs masters kindly offered or home for the next meeting hie victory loan quiz contest selects winners at the elimination contest forooun- ty honors in the victory loan qvd beta at mlttoo on monday alma brasuey of hjl l hornby won the junior group outs i jewington mlhn wont the intermfdiote group and walter sergeant of georgetowxt won the senior group contestants are entered from hal- ton peel and wentwortfa counties and lost sught walter sergeant as the repsesentative of itolton schools eompeted in ifamllton for the divis ion championship the winner of this event will go to toronto on saturday for the final competition in the con test those competing from acton school at milton on monday were james dills ilay fverdall and john mowal knox sunday sqiool to hark 100th anniversary the 100th anniversary of the sun day school of rcnox presbyterian church will be marked by special sets vices on sunday june 6th the guest mlnuter will be rev jdhn r waldle m-a- bd of london service league plans df ore boxes for overseas list be aaaotmled to 61112 al lut mrwiarmiaull safaw netted 3htj09 receipts of sfill12 and expenditur es of 28342 were reported at the meeting on thursday of acton and vicinity war service league largest amount in the donations was that from the victory minstrels which amounted to s3s4j09 the pro ceeds of the concerts put on in acton the victory orchestra turned in 5512 bannockburn women insti tute 4935 duke of devonshire chapter of the iode s3loo acton womens institute sjojoo dublin literary society sjfl76 carry-on- canada club 1875 busy bees of nassagaweya s1000 scout mothers dublin and bannockburn institutes 535 expenditure included two lots of cigarettes sent to the boy from the district now overseas at a cost of 27752 and expense- in connection with salvage of 590 the secretary was- instructed to end a letter to the caragcmen as sociation thanking them for the splendid result they had obtained in their collection ot scrap metal ami rubber stanley joe was added to the list of boys oversea the committee in charge of that work was instructed to prepare an other box to be sent to all the boy on the overseas lists this box will go forward just as soon as arrange ment can be completed a letter was read that had been re ceived from the kinsmen milk for uritaln fund by hey mr fosbury the motion was passed expressing the willingness of the league to co operate if n tag day wan organized two donations from the funds have already been sent to this fund one plane takcsoll aiwllier grounded in fields nearby mi i mar cr ill weaat ac aa r n brasma fuat fig iwajr baikal rar trip acton institute elects officers for the year more air activity was witnessed in the fields on mr il n brawns farm adiosnlng acton on sunday when a plane brought a pilot to take bade the machine grounded the week be fore and rttm to grief itself the other machine which had been re paired during the wetk had a prr- frt takeoff on sunday a pilot was flown down in a single engine fdane to takeback the repaired machine to the training centre mr brown had rolled the land in the field for an emergency takeoff after a test run lite plane made a lovely takeoff circled the field and headed for home then the slngleencne machine at tempted to takeoff it wa not no successful and crashed and nosed over a fence this plane was damaged but the pilot escaped with only a shaking up now more repairs haw ia be made to get this second ma chine away vvsterday it was loaded on truck and went back home by road this is three planes in the past six months that have used mr browns fields tot forced landings iast year he removed a number of fences so a machine could take off that had landed in a hayfield this year the land wo rolled to assist the crew it i said that alrforce men have brown fields in their mind when they have to make a forced landing in this vicinity because of the eo-op- eration given them in getting the ma chine bock in the air huendly circle group have special mothers lay meeting on sunday the friendly circle in vited mothers and friend to a spec ial mother day meeting the presi dent mrs richardson opened the meeting with a lovely poem mother of mine mlu dorothy simmon favored the gathering with the beau tiful solo my mother song mrs wm waterhouse and mlts lolu daw kins sang a lovely duett pace to face mis alxlna gibson read the lesson and mu bennett took over and taught the lesson about the dis ciple and the healing ot the lame man at the temple gate mr richardson thanked the mother and friends for coming after which mr wm waterhouse group served light refreshment supplies sent from red cross here this week supplies forwarded this week from the red cross headquarter in acton included the following article 28 pnlr seamans stockings 2 tuckins 10 pair glove 2 dozen nlrforce sock 2 pair mitt and 4 sweater nassagaweya leads county acton is in second place county ha almost half or quota to reach in last few day acton needs 55000 in sub scription to attain objective- banks vui renuin open sa turday afternoon for late sub scriptions the fourth victory loan i now down to the home stretch and the next few day will have the winners picked returns from ilalton county complied yesterday show that nassa gaweya township is leading in per centage of objective obtained r spile of the fact that the quota there is double that of inst year acton and eaquesing district adjoining is in sec ond place and georgetown and bur lington are tied for third place the county taken as a whole cer tainly has a lot to make up in these last few days if the objective will be reached a a matter of fact jast a little over half the amount has been raised here are the figures reported yes terday ami raised quota quota nassagaweya 77000 77 100000 acton 170000 75 225000 georgetown 221350 54 410000 burlington 294450 54 525000 milton 189850 51 370000 oakvllle 339600 44 770000 1270900 1400000 thats the story from the county that means a lot of last minute rush to finish the job saturday to help in this rush the charteied banks will remain open on saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 oclock aooa more in acton the job in acton and esqu4lng mean that in these remaining day 53000 must be received in the first half the objective wo reached the next week we slipped a little and or the past few day we havent any slack left but have some to take up a quarter of our objective is left for these inst few days of the campaign acton and everydistrfct in halt on lias not failed in any call sjnee 1930 with victory the closest of any period during that time we cannot fall now dominion ohjeeuve yesterday we received the follow ing reporton the domnlon totals ottawa ont 1104 am may 1243 tint acroa faxx pscs acton ont tuesdays loan result s64339950 maklnie cumulative total of s855302- 350 cumulative total compares with s66128170o in preceding drive g w spinney chairman national war finance committee made urgent ap peal particularly in regard to the s500000000 asked from general can- van and payroll savings receipt now under these heads are about sioo000000 short campbell carroll dominion public relation section mrs wmdcrsput wai acton womeos institute meeting at her home mrs jr f yviidm the president was in charge the umtto was woy to kiu the in- 1 sutute given by mrs o t dnvid- i current events were given by mrs j fwuds roll call was an swered by paying ot tees mrs jlants was acting chairman and mrs r 1 davidson was acting lecretary for the election of offices which resulted as follows honorary president mrs x f wilds resident mrs c tawnby let vjceiresdentmr v wtldt-r- spln 2nd vlcei resident mr h john- m sectreasurer mr j t amhle imrector mr o int mrs ja wild a mr j iovrli imttrict ilreur mr fred an derson rep to listrict annual mr ia- enby mr camble mrs it johnson cumtnltttn booth mr j f wilds kick and visitingmr m david- m mr v witdcrsjilnt pianist mr e imled assistant pianist mr r i- davld- n layette mr k f collier auditorsmr j f wilds and mrs co xant program mesdames dobble hun ter johnson and the presldeut- the financial report will be given next week council buys 3000 of loan truck purchase approved cbuetcsy vkotobs pleased with grounds on mothsas hay there were many visitor to fmlr- view cemetery on mothers day and in spite of the backward se the ground as a whole were in fine con dition usually caretaker fry aim to have all the new graves fo the win ter levelled and sodded before this date the late season for the first time made completion of this work impossible however visitors a a whole were delighted with the neat and tidy appearance of thin sacred ijtot on sunday new appointment made fob ctebk op ihvikiov court mr w colm lias been appointed clerk of the division court and j bailiff succeeding mr k t thetford who recently resigned from the posi tion after tilling it very satisfactorily for tlie past five year mr coles received rtlre of his apimlntmcnt this week from the provincial department mr cole 1 a veteran of the south african and llw first world war and attended tin iummer camp last year with tlie reserve army ills ap pointment to this position will meet with general approval warden mcdonald central chairman ol emergency labor haltoa urban centre organize o supply lhor to aa- htnt fu vmwwtm on wednesday evening of but week mayor geo ii dawson of mil ton keeve norman brown of george town reeve j m campbell of oak- vllle deputyreeve norman craig of burlington and warden j m mc donald of acton together with rep resentative citizens from the various centres and also ilalton agricultural war service committee officials met in the agricultural office milton to lay plan for the supplying of em ergency farm labor to ilalton farm er notwithstanding the fact that ilal ton farmer in common with all can- udlon farmer have done a magnifi cent job up to date under serious handicaps it was the opinion of those present at the meeting that canada is faced with critical food shortages in tlu coming year this situation lu serious not alone from the stand point of our war effort hut nlso from the standpoint of domestic consump tion particularly in our urban cen tre it was therefore the unanimous op inion of all urban representative present that action should be taken immediately to wt up the necessary organization in the respective urban centre of the county to make emerg ency labor available not only for hay ing and harvest but nlso for seeding several of the centre have already taken steps to locate experienced tractor operator now employed in in dustry who would be available to go out where required the odd day or half day or a few hour in the even ing agricultural war committee officials present were of the opinion that there is sufficient mechanized equipment available to do the job providing labor is available to operate it to it maximum efficiency in acton the contact man is mr f u wrlfiht and his phone is 95 citizens are urged to contact this of- ficlal at once and indicate when they will be available to help out in the emergency with which we all urban and rural alike are faced certain ly if the crop cannot be put in quick ly once soil conditions are favorable we cannot hope to have much of a crop to harvest farmer wishing to avail themselves of this type of em ergency labor are requested to con tact the same official it was the opinion of agricultural war committee officials that farmers requiring this type of emergency labor would be prepared to pay fifty cents per hour for experienced trac tor operators and forty cent per hour for casual help during emergency per iods it wo also the unanimous feel ing of the meeting that owing to the fact that practically all town folk having motor cars are limited to aa category that the necessary trans- portatlonwould of necessity have to be supplied by the farmer receiving the help a splendid job was done in moat continued on page eight belobteo missing fi7ivhgt ac il buck who has been reported missing fol lowing air operations over enemy ter ritory he enlisted from acton in 1940 sergl k he buck reported missing in overseas raid word received by lib sister here three other brothers abo serving overseas mr alex k mann acton receiv ed word during the week that her brother fit sergeant kenneth ml buck is missing after air operation over germany early this month while fltseret bucks home was at owen sound he was employed with the beardmore co here at the time of his enlistment in october 1940 he trained at toronto montreal and at flngnl he received his wings aw a wireless air gunner in october 1941 and then proceeded oversea about a year ago the plane in which he was returning from a raid over germany was farced down in the english channol although seriously wounded and suffering from exposure he recovered the only one of the crew to survive the ordeal follow ing his recovery he was an instruc tional duty and just within the past month he had been transferred to op erations bkaln with the raf last march he was married to acw dorothy wot kins of the raf s three brother po austin buck sgt martin buck of the rca f and cnr george buck of the rca are also on service oversea at home are sgt richard buck stationed at brant ford albert of waterloo her bert of owen sound and bui of acton mrs a k mann of acton and mrs marion graham of toronto all are nnxloulynwaiting further par tlculara and many friends here hope with them that favorable wqrd may be soon received a hi father martin u buck a vet eran of the first great war mated away several year ago and hi mother mr janet a buck in janu ary 1943 csaawfl afl nat naaaa may 2fc haav far pawfc ceamead miur car taan ue t a paaxavmsbol councillor w j o oake chas kirknes jv iftavison and a mason were psesent last sught when acton council met and iteeve j m mcdon ald presidm the reeve reported that be had at tended a meeting in milton last week regarding the farm labor situation an organization similar to that used last ynar was suggested- mr f i wrlfiht who had so efficiently ien the secretary last year at request of counril attended the meeting and was asked if he would carry on again this year mr wright expressed a wil- liiuines to serve again at present tractor driver were needed and these ould be paid sue an hour council creed to run an advertisement call ing for tractor driver account were paused for payment as follows i h fryer wood f 3a0 acton public utilities commis sion street light town hall and other services 17419 j ii mackenzie supplies 34005 workmen compensation bd assessment s5h2 actow far fssa advertising 145 ifazen gordon labor 630 c s5828t mr a mclsaac drew attention to flood condition which had prevailed on tuesday at w property council agreed to give attention to the dam- agr done mr a mclsaac and mr wood pre sented detail regarding dodge truck and snow plowing equipment on which a tender had been submitted they ujhmlttd prlce on chassis and body of the truck another quotation on the equip ment was received from norton mo tor the two quotations were given careful consideration by council and the tender of norton motor was ac cepted for the complete equipment the dodge equipment was 242220 for truck body clearance lights and hoist the price on the ford truck body and hoist wa s2u4oo0 the reeve and clerk were authorized to- complete the arrangement the total cost including the snow plow was to be s2500 complete from the norton motor several manufacturer had made inquiry regarding what wa to be done in acton on may 24th and if a holiday was to be observed here on thai day it wa felt that council should cooperate in the war effort and no holiday would be observed in acton or that day the government had asked that only fi holidays be ob- k4rved in the year and in view of war industrie here it wa best that no extra holidays hv sanctioned councillor klrkness reported that he had made an inspection in the park chief harrop reported that he had made arrangement for a horse and man for grass cutting two days a week if necessary council ageed to inspect the park and nke plan for maintenance tender for plastering the celling in the town hall auditorium were re ceived from harvey walter and j a mcmulten the tender of harvey walter was accepted at a contract price of s300 further information wa submitted to council regarding material for re pairing road and broken sidewalk this material would dry in six hour irlces were submitted it wa decid ed not to purchase at present a letter from the letter shop sup ply co asked opportunity to quote on voters list the letter wo fhed a letter from the royal exchange assurance gave information regard ing the coverage for liability on the present policy a letter from the board of direc tors of the ymca pointed out that continued on page five coming events arnoancifif of slmtbi co- eft or othr emu mir thla hdlaf arc clurctel nt per lint with ninlnum ctur ur nr t ol v st alban w a- u hokjinf a baking slo in the paruh hall on saturday 13th 3pm taknlda chaptar iode spooaor- ing monster bingo under the auapieaa of acton and vicinity war sarvtoa league in acton town kajl may uth 15 garaea 3 sparlali door- prlas hcketa 29c 4s3e 4u ilallaaaaaali