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si ht jvttw sttt jress sixtyeighth year no 40 acton ontahio thursday june 3rd 1443 four homeprint pages five cents principal mckcnzie enlists all others remain on stat f mi cumtimmatfrm and scmi staffe wu be for nctlvna btswd mi plan of fkw batata f at the meeting of actoo school board on tuesday evening the resls- nauoo of principal g w mckesnle off the public school staff vn reoehr- d mr mrkenxle has joined the rjcjlf and will report tor duty at the end of the school term this month while the board regretted that sir mfk-rt- was being lost to the staff for the present leave of absence was granted to htm for the duration of tlte war and arrangement were made that hut auperannuation paymenu would be carried by the board during id term of active service the sec retary was instructed to write him e appreciation of his service in acton and the wish that war condi tions would permit an early return in a letter to the board mr me- kenzle expressed appreciation of the splendid cooperation he had receiv ed from the board the school property had been greatly improved and was second to none he hoped that continual improvement would be maintained and outlined some of the things that he hoped would be under taken in the future the secretary reported that con tracts and letters of acceptance had been received from all members of the staffs on both schools miss prldham attended the meeting and the prob lems or teacher and board were talked over and ironed out and the staff remains intact miss kelly will teach art in grades 7 and r as veil as her own grade on a trial basin until the christmas holidays tho board expressed pleasure that tho teaching staff which has been so ef ficient and so successful will again comprise the staff for next year an offer of additional salary was made to miss prldham if she could under take the teaching or agriculture hut mm prldham preferred to devoid iter whole time to her grade work the secretary was instructed to in sert an advertisement for a male prlncluil for acton school with per sonal applications to be received on june 19th the board informally discussed the forming of a kindergarten class for the school and will also make inquiry into the cost and advisability of sup plying books and supplies to all the pupils without cost to the pupils these items will have consideration nt later periods the property committee reported that the fence at the school would soon be erected and that tho facili ties in the room of the public health nurse were being secured as rapidly as possible attention of the board was drawn to the fact that groups of people were using the school grounds and the porches at the school for drink ing and carousing parties and evi dence of this required the constant attention of the caretaker the board instructed the secretary to write the council to see what co operative measures could he taken to stop this practise the financial report passed the following accounts acton public utilities services 3 01 205h 45 00 a io lfi75 151 442 250 canadian hayner supplies acton ymca rental highway garage supplies w j bell paper co supplies j m dent supplies w d talbot supplies bell telephone services s100 87 the matter of repairs and alter ations that should be made to the heating equipment at the school during the summer vacation was dis cussed and mr f blow wo request ed to bring in n report before the next meeting trustees v b kumley w if cluy- ton f s blow w g mason and dr f g oakes were present ut this meeting and chairman o a dills presided i mrs jas moore hostess for meeting womens association the regular monthly business meeting of the womens association of the united church was held nt the home of mrs james moore on tuesday mrs i harris presided and the devotional period was taken by mrs foabury after the business was disposed of mrs nloore served the ladles with ice cream and cake which was en- joyed by all and a social time was pent a very hearty vote of thanks was given to mrs moore for her home and hospitality norm gibson has an audition at km her hall word has been received by his family here that bandsman norman gibson 28 overseas has had an audi tion with the bandmaster of kneller hall london england he is the son of mrs john gibson and the late john gibson of acton he enlisted in london out three months after war was declared and was attached to the 11th field am bulance in august 1940 he went overseas and in january 1043 was transferred to a canadian divisions band since that time he has been touring england entertaining at army camps on several occasions he has been guest soloist in english churches he plays a bass horn born at bracebrldge norman came to acton with his family when a lad of ten years he attended acton schools and became a member of acton citizens band then under the leadership of mr amos mason it was in acton band that norman soon developed into one of the finest tuba players that the band has ever had he sang in the united church choir and dutsome quartette work and also played in the orchestra under mr chas mason later he played with the lome scots band he was employed for some time before enlist ment with the storey glove co and later with the beardmore co acton friends are delighted with his musical progress and recognition overseas and wish him continued suc- lakeside chapter met at home of mrs jar ingles the regular meeting of the lake side chapter iode was held on tuesday evening at the home of mrs james ingles with the first vlcc-reg- ent miss alice mccallum in charge routine business was transacted plans were made to hold n picnic in tin near future mrs george benton poke briefly on the blood donor clinic to be opened in acton in the nenr future three new members took the oath and were welcomed into the chapter mrs archie kerr gave a very inter esting rending the meeting closed with the singing of the national an them frank mclsaac drowned last night in farin pond two rrothers were alone at time of accident and jamew was unable to slave him while in tbathlng last night frank alexander mclsaac son of mr and mrs allle mclsaac was accidentally drowned the young man wns eigh teen years of uge die accident occurred when frank und his older brother james went for u swlni in the pond on alex joe farm ubout four miles south of acton both young men were reported as good swimmers after frank went into the water ho immediately went under and foiled to come to the sur face his brother uttempted to bring him up but without success und when he fulled hud to go for help the two brothers were huthlng alone ut the pond this drowning occurred ubout 8 30 last night tiufflr officer hay mason and chief hnrrop went fiom acton and took the equipment for life saving that is used nt the park here a raft was constructed but is wasnt until n boat was taken down by truck from acton thut officer mason was ublo to locate the body and bring him to the surface dr stevenson of milton coroner examined the itody after re covery it was only through officer masons efforts that recovery of the body was made that evening the pond whero tho accident oc curred is one that is only frequented by the lads of tho immediate district but the mclsaac brothes had been there just a few days previously it has not yet been determined whether frank suffered from some sudden heart or other attack when he went into the water both young men were considered capable bwimmers and able to look after themselves in the water the pond is one which in the sum mer has little water but in the pres ent season has sections of some depth annual business meeting of acton baptist church the annual business meeting of the acton baptst church was held in the church thursday may z7tha was the custom the congregation as sembled at seven oclock for the sup per provided by the ladies of the church following the supper a brief devo tional service was held with the pas tor in charge for the busi meeting rev j e ostrom was ap pointed chairman the members were very happy to have with them mrs trevk g r easter of brandon manitoba and formerly of acton she brought greetings from the brandon church tribute was paid to the memory of mjss m e masales and mr r d warren both having been very true friends of the acton church itcport of the various organizations were presented and adopted it was found that the church had had a very successful year and the appreciation of the members was expressed to itev and mrs ostrom for their leadership throughout the year officers elected for the year are us follows deacons messrs c o plank s crlpps ii m held and d f west trustee board messrs w woravn f crewson and d f west church clerk c w lands- borough treasurer wllma west s s superintendent s crlpps auditors messrs w coles wm worden and i atkinson mr s crlpps closed the meeting with prayer officers elected by dublin institute reports presented financial statement shown year of many community and war activities the dublin womens institute held their nnnuul meeting nt the home of mm george somerville tho presi dent mrs c vnhiooxen was in the chair and roll cnll wan answered by payment of fees reports of con venors of standing committees were given and the business of tho past year finished mrs a nenr was elected to take the chair for tho elec tion of officers which resulted ns fol lows president mrs c vangoajum 1st vicepresident mrs d bnrher 2nd vicepresident mrs wm mc- intyre sec treasurer mrs wm bracken district director mrs george somervlllc branch directors mrs steel mrs webster mrs ferguson mrs storey delegates to district annual mrs vungooxcn mrs g somerville mrs barber mrs anderson auditors mrs somervlllc mrs wm mcglaughlln scrap book miss somervlllc pianist mrs robot tion asst pianist mrs anderson program committee mrs web ster mrs steel mrs anderson mrs black social mrs w wntklns mrs storey visiting committee mrs fergu son mrs g robertson mrs wm mc glaughlln mrs brltton mrs steel quilt co mm it too mrs ferguson mrs mclntyre mrs webster rop war service league mrs g somerville wur work that has been completed by dublin womens institute knitted articles 123 sewing articles 10 quilts 8 mrs barber wiis the winner of tho donated gift arrangements were made for the district annual to be held on june 11th nt hornby mrs bntlier tendered u vote of thanks to the hostess for the use of her home tlte meeting closed by singing tho national anthem lunch wns served and n social time spent following is the financial teport of dublin branch of the womens insti tute the branch raised money by fees collections donations tickets on a donated gift mystery box booths nt auction sale tickets sold on two quilts prize at acton fair and alio we have a copper boh to the amount of 5130 57 expenditure are as fol lows printed program cards for shut- ins ynin and boxes for boys who en listed in the community 16 flowers girls trip for the county heeds for england 5 mobile kitchen 55 ma terial for quilt and boxes for those who have been ill 15 26 jam for england 1840 war service league 20 acton fair board 2 and donat ed 14 christmas cakes for the boys boxes for the a and v war service jfceague making a totalof 9776 w boys overseas write thanks to service league efesstynve meaasajea of sltssska received darin the by telegram airgraph letters and postcards the boys overseas write each month to tell how they appre ciate what the acton and vicinity war service tlrague is doing no regu larly there were elghlyftw of these messages in the last bundle and we would like to have all our readers peruse these messages of appreciation but again w can just give you a glimpse from india pilot officer reg fin ney says u is indeed a surprise to receive one here its amazing how goods intended for britain stood so much extra travelling and the tropics the tooth paste shaving cream and candles have tecorae rather friendly among themselves and with the so but its still a grand mrcel and very much appreciated and enjoyed then comes one from a stranger who received a box from the o c that had been given him as the one it was intended for was on tlte way luck but capt 0ieary dis tributed the cigarettes to the boys who were short pte j scrlven says i dont know what we all would do if it wasnt for you good folks liack home johnny moore writes we hoke it wont be long tll we are lighting up cigarettes on mill street that will 1m u great day dude lindsay says needles to say they are appreciated very much because they are so hard to get over here i do ham the time wont be too long until i have the privilege of thanking you folks in person pte james iimh once you get accustomed to it this country is quite alright nnd we are happy and com fortable i hope to lw joining my brother soon pte v drysdule you dont really know how hard it is to get good can adian smokes over here thntik the service league for me but we must hurry on und give ou the names of the hoys who have written their appreciation in so mimy different hut ull sincere expressions gordon mckoown george stringer w ii brown orvlllo brown trooper jocque cliff mncdoniild alliert irwin norman gibson lyle cripps ted clifford j d gruhnm w cassldy w w mcmulien j moore b rul- ledgc geo bayllss jack vungooct archie martin gordon bubcock k mcdonald g r cook cooklo w ii barber t f bragg bill cald well a scrlven h i mclntyre t tournour ii c elflley w r elliott g f ingles f j johnston george w strognn r e vance a a mc mulien j r dohlc p purdy w j gibbons r m storoy horace w godfrey n l mcnubb f a vnn wyck bob blggon m g bauer g t alrdrle m buck jim mcgeachle wc blanch gordon lambert w r eihott f c french horace god frey a gamble r uentloy dave dodge w c jones r mcvey michael mcmillan h l mclntyro d mcdougnll r s ohnra r e vance wilfred wnldle g w williams m g campbell two more items from these letters jim mcgeachle wo look forward to the smokes und know we can depend on acton service club to come through when wo arc out olsmokefl inst week we wore on u scheme and had to sleep in tho bush all night with one blanket even though it isnt very cold it isnt pleasant sleeping in the bush in the middle of fobruary and cooklo writes thus scorns nn if every time i come off leave i find smokes from you folkfi tlinnks n million while in bradford i met douglas price the peoplo all over england are very hospitable ran into gordon mckeown and he lnt htntioned far from mo received four copies of ths fskk pricks this week bo will be well up on the hnppenlngti at home red cross supplies co this month to auxiliary forces tiie shipment of supplies from acton nnd dlstliit hed cross went the past month for the womens aux iliary forces included in this ship ment were the following list of art icle 5 combs 5 cards darning yarn ft packages pins 5 boxes powder 1 uash cloth cover 3 cards of buttons 1 card dome fasteners 6 face cream 4 hand cream 4 tooth powder is uash cloths so cakes soap 1 box face powder 15 spools thread 4 packages gum 4 pot holders 3 boxes kleenex 5 cards safety pins 5 tooth brushes 4 packages needles 8 cans tooth paste 5 combs knox sunday sejiool to mark 100th anniversary tbe looth anniversary of the founding of the sunday school of knox lresbyterian church acton ontario will be marked by special services of worship on june 6th 1943 on this important occasion a former scholar and superintendent of the school rev john it waldi ma bd of london will be the guest minister at the morning service mrs ann somerville of toronto will be the soloist and in the evening the junior choir under the direction of mrs clarence coles will sing two an thems an informal service of wor ship and fellowship has been arranged for the afternoon at 4 pm to be fol lowed by m buffet supper at 5 p m the sabbath school was organized in the year 1843 by mr john bums and a group of men and women anx ious to see the establishment of a presbyterian church in their new homeland by their zeal and labor their vision became u reality for in less than tuo years the necteus of a congregation was formed from mem bers of the sabbath school four years later u substantial frame church wam erected one of the first free churches to he organised in this area of ontario the present school has an enroll ment of im scholars and n teaching staff of 10 members with mr wm benson nnd mr clarence coles the superintendent desert survivors to tell story to acton citizens pair who survived 27 hay in ijbyari desert to be here on monday atlon is to have two dlutlngulbhcd visitors on monday they have won the fcllver order of the boot by making u vk00 mile trek in twenty- keven days u crofts tho llbyun desert one of these is pilot officer robert smnec dfm of hlghgute ont nnd his australian gunner flight sgt johnny wood these young men will motor to acton and he offlclnlly welcomed next monday later they will make a tour of tho beardmore co plunt nnd address the employees there bob i n 24yearold native of high- gate near chatham ho wns pilot for a sixman wellington bomber crew operating out of suea johnny is 22 a wireless nlrgunner turn nt hnrnhby near sydnoy in australia together they constitute a funlov ing pair who have behind them 40 op erational flights in north africa they balled out of their wimpy 1 1 miles out of tobruk whon tho ger mans owned it last october the en tire crew hit tho silk after ackack whacked their ship in fact but the other four are prisoners of war johnny nnd bob 27 days later reach ed the allied lines each 35 pounds llghtor licardcd footsore and perhaps to illustrate the kind of boys they ore it should bo known that they wore offered loitvo when they finally got back and inntead they chose to rejoin their squadron which by this time had moved to malta and they made 10 more hops before middlo east air force public relations thought their story should lw told in cnnndn hints why tlioyro in canada now oddly in tho 27 days thoy spent in tho sahnia only two wero in tho sand the movies reveal the rest of tho trek was spent ovor rock nnd vol canic dust with eight days in the quatara depression a salt swamp as white as snow in the daytime bob said the deprosslon is hotter n hell and at night its coldor than a bank man agers heart all tho time they wero making their way across this vostnoss axis pianos were looking for them occasionally columns of troops pnscd but the pair always managed to hide in the bush thoy agreed nt one stage that if one of them couldnt go on the other wouldnt theyd shoot them selves they agreed and after theyd diawn lots it was decided that johnny the smiling aussie should shoot bob tho waggish canadian these lads have had an experience that few have lived through tholr visit to acton will bo anticipated with keen interest details will bo an nounced later bell loes farming reigate england cp a ships bell that once rang aboard admlrat sir noel laurences private yacht eaglet now summons farm workers to meals at n new workers camp u thlf surrey village finalreturnshaltongounty in the fourth victory loan county mm a whole bcatfced tt of objective naanwcya beached 106 and acton uw 104 of qaou figures of other oimtiic aaaasnmf s247350 243300 qajsln 273oo0 250001 t dbtetc township of nelon burilncton imilrlrt al siow aveas 1035 gg9 i 90 97 oakvlll ir township of trafalear oakvltle district el 1127 s63 394900 291900 5joogo 2g0o00 77 112 uilton c- township of ncluon milton district c1 township of trafalear milton district cf township of emjurslng milton district c3 422 jtxt 119 s s a 1 1 1 i 175000 70000 h5000 40000 92 lor 97 95 township of nassajeawya l 37c 10s050 100000 106 2eorutowh k township of tcsuucslnj seorkcfown dktrlct kl ht2 377 22g550 1 40150 250000 kaooft 90 k7 acton k township of lsuuislng alton district fj 945 2g0 715h 19h650 35200 190000 15000 t240fl000 104 100 2247150 91 ttlalih suu xmjntv till airman to the cltlunu of halfon county and particularly the members of tlte various committees who gave of their time and money in awtkting to make this the fourth vitfory loan a success i congratulate you and express my sincere appreciation of tlte fine cooperation extended to me it is my hope that steady improvement in our organisation may be made so that when we are again called upon we will k forward with greater mui a mason chairman of halfon county arm v iirincs two men totctheu aftkk many years that yorkshire nrcent was tlte means of bringing two lads together in the army by n strange coincidence hiut week sergt geoff uoulton is stationed at no fl its in the dental corp in toionto while sergt gor don clifford of the raf wus going through toronto enroute to the west- ern count he had some trouble with his teeth he went to no 0 depot and was taken to the chair of sergt boulton the yorkshire ui cent made sergt boulton enquire what part the ra f man wjik from it was bradford the conversation that followed showed they had both attended buttershuw school there hud both been in tho same class and hadnt heurd or seen each other slnco they wero nine years old truly the world grows smnller now both of them are serving in the wur for a common cause which was the means of bringing them together again acton plan gels high place in community contest has been awarded top honora in province and now enter dominion content in connection with the fourth vic tory loan a community contest uas conducted by the nutionjrwar finance commltteo tho method or plan tuken by communities across tho dominion to creuto interest in the loan nro now being judged word has boon received in actoh that the bllt bomb contest which was or iginated in acton has been chosen as top ono in the communities of 3000 and under in the province of ontario und is now entered in the dominion competition perhaps one of the contest rules bet explains tho event there will bo six awards in all a major na tional award will bo made in public recognition of the community judged to have tarried out the most effec tive promotion of the fourth victory loan irrespective of the size of the community and judged with due re gard to available resources in addi tion to this major nnttonul award othor awards will be given to com- munltie- in five groups of popula tion naturally the acton committee feel gratified that their plan has been so favorably received outside the com munity it did create nnd sustain line interest by everyone in acton nnd the district we understand the local committee still have another bomb in stock nnd if acton wins a dominion award in this community contest its quite probable that therell be another re port to be heard for miles around if you hear it youll know theres been another win for acton acton home ik rohhtl of jewellery last night sometime last night or befor ono oclock this morning burglars broke into the home of mrs jas symon on willow street and took all th valu able jewellery in the home nd som small sums of money the articles belonged to mrs symon mrs d taylor und mr muc symon the thieves apparently worked quite thoroughly he jewellery in cluding several nrtu les valued as keepsakes was carefully picked over nnd only the liettor articled tuken some kimill coin purees and add eoim were also tuken including thre ttilver dollars while the homo wus not greatly dlsturlted tho job was care fully timed the thieves smokml and left cigarette butts ubout tho roams mrs symon mrs taylor and mr mar symon hud been in toronto that afternoon and evening it was when they returned about one oclock this morning thut the theft was discover ed tito loss is considerable chief hurrop was called in on the case and is investigating it appears entrance was gained through u cellar window rreenhoue iwopebties have been soi j j by a h bishop the fair view greenhouses owrut- ed for the past twentyfive yours by mr a ii bishop were sold the past week to mr g cunningham of crew- sons corners for some weeks mr bishop has been in poor health anil he left this week with his son george to make hlu home at hed lodg on mnnltoulln island many frlotuli will wish him u prompt return to good health j coming events amfiiiirrritnla of urhlntf cti cert ur olhrr event utulir thi tir4lllltf ure ch4rurl lo ctlti kt lnt with u minimum ilurg t t iny niiofnrrmn l ji dance nt brookvllle hall wednes day june 9th doris hulls oichektra admission 35c euchre und dame in st josephs hall thursday june 10th 194 old tymu and modern dances dance wednesday at fdcevbood iary al watson in old und mod ern saturday nights gibsonboyd modern 4b2 the lakeside chapter i o d e will hold a mile of pennies on satur day june 12th from 12 noon to 10 p m proceeds for war service league 42 euchre and dance at woodside school on friday evening june 11th proceeds for red cross work euchre starting at 0 pm lunch admis sion 25c