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page four lilt acton phiiu ikcss thliitktlay january 33th ims neichborhoodnews issleissssm lion coonnlnk ouatr centra and oi iiimii to ma magy of oar bntim re intel test everton sunday visitor at the home of lira jam black wei mr henry forrester ouelph mr and mrs albert mrwil- liams and sous ptisltnch mr jnd mrs omar parker and family acton spent sunday at the home- of mrs d h parker sunday visitors at the home of mr t d mcctitcneon and mrs harvey jectln were mr and mrs- will robert son and mr and mr duncan kings- bur guelph road mis lob black is tisitinc her sis- ter and brotherinlaw mr and mn albert robertson london ballinafad ill mrs m milh has been quit we hope for a speedy recover siik ajim meclure who is attend ing normal school has been teaching in blue mountain school the past ueel under the supervision of miss mccaskill who u the teacher there following o short illness albert swindlehurst son of mr nnd mrs james swindlehurvt passed away on sunday january j in his 25th year he is survived by hit father and mo ther and one suter mrs elliott mc- uowell the funeral took place on tuesday to 11 una fad cemetery he a o w fen man conducted the fu neral service the pall bearers were messrs walter stewart jcse mcenery frank longstreet karnie mcenery llod swlndlchurst and llovd mclean mr and mn ross hurley ssrnt sunda with mrs huxley s parents mr and mrs j f sinclair 4 erin iv and mrs henry our left last frida for florida where they will spend the winter and mrs roy grundy received le from their son ihe wllfrod orrfndy stating that he had arrived safely overseas concratulations to mr a k an- cott of toronto who was included in the kings new year honor list be ing awarded the c 11 c m f ii arsrott erin is a brother follow inc a lengthx illne mary sandorv beloved wife of james rnlrd paired away at the family residence on mondav january 3rd m4 in her ctkt 3 ear a combined entry of frln ami hillw- burg junior hockey leavers have en tered the ontario minor hocke aw uvrlntion and will so far as we know he placed in a croup of local tow n teams advocate nassagaweya ssno7 mrs joseph frank gave her homo to the buy bees club for a quilting bee lost uwl mr nell martin attended tho fun eral of the late mr innls buchanan of jpusllnch the busy bee club sponsored a dance in brook vi lie halll which drew m large crowd fishers orchestra was in charge a ticket draw on a 50 00 victory war bond took place during the evening mr gilbert kingsbury conducted the draw and t urned the churn w hlch held the ticket little donha frank drew the lucky ticket which wu no 21 void by mr w kennedy and held by mr jam s massey butcher acton 102 00 worth of tickets were sold by the dub they are appreciating the help received in this venture to raise money for war work we know this u mount could never have teen reach ed if the people hadnt bought gen- roualy one sirson bought thlrtc n tickets and several liought a book of ten tickets a few who were not members sold books for the dull w ho ure grateful for thin help mr and mm s g smith toronto sp nt the wekcnd ut the home of the luttors duuuhter mr and mrs ijiwrence king neighbors of mm d ittlbut met lit hef home on the occasion of her birthday to wluli her many happy ictnrns at the dn mils hiu liecome n ynirly event for the indus of the m ighlorhood and in looked forward to w itb a great ileal of pleasure a visit with thu bright intelligent und i harming elderly ladv it u few hours well spent owing to jlu epidemic utility of the hullts weie unitblo to nt- tend the party this veni lhosc who did took their knitting oi quilt blocks um mtt lulbots tlngetk tile w ulom ulle und they knew they would tlnd her bitsv mrt j frank kpoke a few vord lonveylng he w klu ij of nil und mrs wm ivrvhe presented hei with u iwskot of ooodles and a card mi lalbot in 1 r usual i harming lunnnei answeroil with uoriu of wel- home and thankfulnesai mr and mrs kenneth smith tor- onto spent new yearw at the lume of nfifrand mrs ijivvreme king mr and mrs joseph franks fumlly have received news from cpl knrl frank italy after thre weekv anx ious waiting ht tah he and sgt james wallace are tine ulthough busy and that the weather there has been wet and is muddy mr fred braus spent sunday with fits brother ben at the home of mr and mrs lawrence king lac alex job cuelph pent sun day with his wife and children in their home mrs gordon titus who badly wrenched her knee is able to be about again we are pleased to report sympathy is extended to mr and mrs grant mcmillan in the loss of the latter father he late mr a c clorrldjte acton mr and mrs neil martin visited at the home of his aunt and uncle mia m and mrs d campbell and his v mother mrs mary martin pusllnch on suriday orton over 100 friends and relatives gath ered in the communltv hall on sat- urdav evening in honor of our itov sgt lance ballnntine r c a f w ho i on embarkation leave dancing was enjoved till about 3130 with music supplied by messrs nod well redman snmcrvlllc and miss i- locker mr harry dearing as chairman called lance to the plat form and mr jesse itoed read an nd- dret which oonveved the feelings of the group mr clifford watson pres- nled him with n box containing n laldplated identification bracelet n wntermanv lifetime fountain jen n loitber bill fold nnd n monej pack with a sum of mone enclosed ljiuco replied very fittingly and thanked ev- erone for their kindness nnd best wubos miss ethelyne mooney in her usual cheer manner rang coming in on a wing nnd n pravor nnd ns encore well meet again lunch uns served nnd n social time enjo ed ospringe mrs albert scnnlon attended the funeral of a relative at bradford ov- r the weekend mrw c a williamson of guolph spi nt saturday nt the home of her sluttr nnd biotherlnlaw mr and mrs d g roberttson mr and mrs f brydon attended the funeral of the late peter currle at culodon on wednesday pte arnold sunter of camp borden mcnt the weekend ulth bin wife und daughter at the home of his mother on snturdav pte sunter nnd mm kunter attended the funeral of the lntttrs grandmother mrs a hurrcn at the home of mr david hurrcn 4th tine the urvn construction company who have been crushing gravel in tlio trutbers pit all fall moved their equipment thu week to their winter quarters at orlllla mlmi grace burrow of guelph li confined to her homo lure with un attack of chicken pox lhe farm forum met in the kihoo on monday evening with n good i v uumwr present prof w tolton of the o a c vvnu the ispeclal speuker mr beamlnh of palermo v bo rec ently purduistul the stubblngton farm on the jnd line getu poewilon on the 10ti communion service win observed in t he loi ul pretbytei ian chin h on sundnv with rev mikerile in i hnrgi burlington on ttiursda last a local buslnoss man on uranl si root was duped by alick hoque f artist to ttte extent of around simm i ac1 harry cotper of kngland now tattooed at mooseiaw sask is attending his leave with hla alhter mrs j lu kott martha stront lhu la the first time in twenty ywars that tlte hrotlur and uter have met mr ami mrs w t iassant o car oline street east received officially on monday the good news that their son f1lng officer basil passant who had previously been rniorted missing is now reported a trisoner of war lieut a g ktherington if the ca nadian novv league who iu res- pinslhle for the establishment of the sea cadets corps in town and mm ur- ing the iron ouke on water street for headquarters on monday announ ced his retlrv ment from sea cadet w ork at the ngulni meeting of the high st hool hoard held on i ucwdav even ing the board reo ived n stutenn nt of receipt nlitl timndltures as pre- parnl b the s rtar treasurer k lloltlt and it rtviahd that the board had finished on the right side of the tthet t having a luilnnee on band slo- iaxtte durban south africa cpa fund tablished tn basuto- und to help the basuto while on act- tlve aervlce and to provide for a pea cetime spinning industry campheiaville i coip j ic snydnr of lite signal co lotutitod to prince ituport u t laxt friday aftei mtndlng ills fur lough at home miss grace leaking has returned to lorttnto to temuiiio iter duties ltie guelph presbyterlal was lield t1tse attending from cantlellvlll mora mettdames 11 c monsh j k mahon mlsana jane iteed jean mc ihall and carrie mrlhall miss joyce 3owpor returned on mnday last after nimnrilug the christ ma holidays with relatives in vsiuouver mt astd mrs walter ferguson weie fariiierh should lt ady when war knls a miiggemtlon that farnmrs be pre- hareil for the post war mtrlod is made hy om nr allard sumrvlsor of illus- on tuesxlay in knox church guolph jlratittum ifcimlnlua dtptirlmontal farm iiiinoxvllle que industries while arrylng out their war program ate at ttie mime time not overlook ing plans for after the war it would e well mr allard imlnts nut for farmers to tiii the name he sug gests they lake attkiky of what they have make a note of improvements required for the home and farm home last sunday visiting lite tatters building that have had to ho post- puretitu iined due to lack of help or bocause mr w j uke of llstowel is re- i the desired materials were not avnll- lieviug mr kmni seeney nt guelph ahb list the farm mat hlnery that junctlo nassagaweya ihe wiiiathy of tlilw eonmtunlty umh out to mr janins litwrle und tamlly in their imtcuv utont mr and mr w f iarby and family of knutthbull vsltel relatives und fileiulti u invvllle roceiitl i tte annuul congregntumnl moot ing of klmnjur united chun li iti to ih held on monday ev nlllg next when reports of the various depart ments of church work will be given nhould ik- replaced the amount of inlwiur that will le nmdnd if this is dime then farmers will ho in n itetter poult i on to readjuht their husl- n hu nfiir victory has been celobtawad tfanaual4 sh1uekt htmhtt rockwooo i he regular month meeting of the bovs own mission band was held simday afternoon in the sunday school room of the united church with a good attendance the instal lation of officers for the current year will bo held nt the february meet ing gordon harris presided over tjie meeting and charlie maw read the minutes of the december meeting a fine thank ou lette fr the matron of the sick chlldrenn hospi tal toronto acknowledging the gifts hent through the mission band at christmas time bruce honking pro vided nt the piano and wnvne hac king took up the offering mr george gordon superintendent of the sunday school tod in prayer mm f moore looked after the business period nnd gave out the full yearly report show ing the botf own mluilon band in an excellent standing for 1943 and 1944 the band far exceeded their allocat ion and have n uplendld start for their first quarter in the new year the sympathy of the community la extended to the members of tho john stone family in acton in the cudden death of mrs johnstone sunday even- intf frlcndfl of miss margaret straclum of guelph will regret to learn of her mishap due to n fall in her home on arthur street which resulted in a fracture of her hip she una removed to the general hospital where she is loing ob well as can he expected mlui m straclum is n former teacher of the local public school ns well na imm brother the jute john strachnn who was principal of ihe school during the 90s and tho late john r harris one of the trustees ten indies attended the january the nnnunl meetings of local i meeting of llmchouso w i hold at churches are due this month the un- mrs s wilghts on ihursdny fol- i be honor of iming perhaps the blg- geat scout in canada goes to chief of police horace 1 mcleese 4tf saint john n el the chief ntnnds well over hix foot and weighs upwards of 210 pounds he was invented as a scout hy chief exm utlvo commissioner john a stilts of ottawa while the mrs jduntan moffat and duughter lutter was on a tour of the murimmos jean kpont a few days w 1th mrs logic uoltcrtson of beverley last week i he women k as jj lation of the ebenexer united churdt held iliolr annual meeting in the litis ment of the hurh laid wotk the many friends of mis gllhoi t kingsbury of near elnmcju r are hony she has itoeh ill und hoiw that she inny soon lie restored to good health again isrlland itrmron tea further evldnnee that canada will have to light to wring freedom irom control of bureaucracy la the pub- ihlty from ottawa lnurnntlng that after all it la nutnow osslhie to re move tea and coffee from the list tit rationxl goods reserves so far built up do not make it certain that ration ing might not have to be resumed su what there may be enough coffoe tia is subject to erratic ship ping schedule coffoe per cup costs more than tea per cltp people have more money so they might rush to euffee and neglect tea so run the urgumenls ihe tea and coffee administrator must be a congenital kimlst the kind of fellow who wears both belt and braces and being primarily a coffh man he may bo leaning back wards to piulikrt the tea trade ibis ihwinlblllty again indicates how hur- euueracy usuully tries to govern social ibid sixmding habits when in this use lis job was to distribute tea and coff e fairly whan there was u short- g y at present th re is no shortuue of either ihe r hervem are iml levied to be us gittat nu normal but with ship ping uncertain ottawa people soom to fin1 they should have ubnormnl nwivfh ihe war is going reusoiiubly well and on the word of mr chtfi b- 111 himself the shipping situation is onutuntly improving the printed word georgetown in tendering bis resignation ui a momlhr of the georgetown horn club to take effect at the end of tlio jenr due to bis removal to fenlon falls mr a c welk rtated that u rotary club lind boen formed re cently in his new home town and hat he baa the honour of coning as its first secretary at a meeting lust night in tho cur ling rooms of the new ly appointed board of parks management in charge of the arena final arrange ments were made for starting the hockey season in georgetown the hockey team from no 24 basic tiain- ing centre in brampton will piny ull their home gnmes on georgetown ice starting next week titere will be a georgetown int rmodlntu hockey team this venr us w ell to t urt her bilghten up the spoits picture in town and having definitely entered into the o h a it is expected our team will lie linked with guelph herald golden harvest feeds chick starter 18 stewart elliot acton telephone d7m5 limehouse ltl church congregation are holding theirs next mondnv tanunrv 37th congratulations to pie tom husk of fnglnnd and mrs husk nee glor- nl peal on the arrival of son tho mas grunt weekend mid sundnv visitors sgt j ward camp borden sgt george pav hagersville pte kusscll hcpbuin toronto another link in the history of ilock- uood academy was selered last week better order your bray chicks now anyone watching this 1944 poultry business develop can see that there is going to lw u real scramble for thicks the same us lut car and for the same reasons patriotism and profit combined good chicks well laisod made money for tholr owneis in 104 1 lie sumo conditions that made thtm piolltable then me carrying nvei into 144 and the pat riot it uige the patiiotlc nood ure carrying over into 3144 too last nr we hod to disappoint many vvouldlw purt liustis hiiud bntk i heir moiuy und say soiry no chicks sold out hints why wo urge you to write ot call about your 1914 iwiulrenuntm not jimt soon but right wst iierk vvitat ilray lium kay lowing opening exercises tho roll call was answered by telling an item of interest of bygone duya in llmehouse i hese proved quite interesting sev enteen knitted articles were complet ed foi the hod cross and a box of used iothlng nnd quilts was partly packed more garments were asked foi in order to reach the required weight mrs e miller uns named convenor of funds for january hu first of a ktrlid of meetings on mrs llrrbtou dross vaiilieek hui onl i had om client n- sultslast vein and in net for the past k veuis my last ears pul lets me laying over 75 now i man in and have laid an aver age of 0 all winter kdwad lwe 1ark bomd out i have mis d chit ks lioth for show aiul utility and i cun truth fully siiy hat the pullets i ie- hest i leived from you weie tin have ever bundled mrs umlter adv 1lvmij- stock mjtt i want ou to know that i am wtll satisfied with the thicks i got from you lusl spilng jluy lite tin largl pullets i ever rais ed as utll ns the best looking ones jhe e oi kerels weighed more limn anv 1 ver raised at the saniii age in thiv passing of mr john holmes the care of clothing was set for iteed nt the home of his son lohn monday january 7th nt mrs klik- heliry iteed medicine hat alta i he pntrh ks current events were lend late mr heed was foi some yeais n j mrs s wright jhomomo make rtsldent of mimosa out wheie fof new friends but kop the old the some time he kept store and also was n re silver the old ones gold moffat the new year of 1u4 u on lt way ihe weather has lieen most enjoyable and with it tomes a stirring hop for what this year has to reveal kvety iltlyen must feel the note of optimism tontulned in the events of recent date ami the progress we are making to wards u final vittory with the new year there has tome i detldett improvement among the u k of our community the flu seems to have loosened its grip upon manv of its victims we ure glud to see mr george am os out around again and to lea in that mrs amos is improving hev c l and mrs poole spent new years weekend in toronto as the guests of mrs poolei slater mrs adams mr and mrs h dunavan spent the week with their son roy tn hamilton while there mr dunavan met with what might have been a very serlbus motor accident however after the administering of first aid and a little while in hospital he woj able to re turn home to nurse a few bruises ab out the head and face mr lloyd campbell has signed up with the navy and is at present in hnmitton awaiting further orders his many friends in the community wish him every success v a splendid congregation attended oe service and fireside hour held at the community church last sunday evening postmtirter there lie was a success- sill beekeeper he also follokled the profession of st hool tencbei at mim osa und bellwood in the enrly rtft s he went out west to brandon b train and further west by ox team mr iteed who was iu his mh year uih surv iv ed by his brol her nat hnnlel iteed who was in his 07th ye ir and they resided for some time in fergus both brothers were sons of mr henry lted who enlisted in the british army and was at waterloo following his discharge he atteptcd ti grant of 100 at res in nassaguweya w in re the two brothers were imrn ttte late john ttecd is survived by his sou in al berta und three daughters one of whom llvts in pit late sask the other two in toronto and fergus the remains were brought to mlmosu for interment the vestry me tin of m john churth was held on monday evening at the home of mr and mrs fred hamilton with a fair attendance quite a number were present at a funeral of the late mrs james low- ry at her late home saturday after noon kev dr mtlvor her pastor conducted the service floral wreaths bore silent tribute to her memory and were carried by six boys matters ralph ewers and mur ray thatcher of rotkwood and four boys from eden mills was taken by mis it mevey who lead a poem be u ft u nd hy fdgar guest the meting dosed with the national anthem mid a social half hour was spent hev c c cothrnne lu li t ommun- lon s4tv it cs at llmdtoust on sunday afternoon thatll how and hcsvu uh jhals how the biav chuk dm s the jrltk und hetesuhy biay bi erit i s at en t st let ted hv t he tuuk theyre st letted b the bird izveiy last one is handled sled up h evpiits for vigor oust it u- tlon meat tonformatlou and in- ilitallons of high t gg produdlou mhokf that pass this iluld inspt tlon ate then blood t sted if tluie is iuii a stispli ion of it lit t ion out slu goes hi eed rs ni speilullv fetl so that the embryo dihk will g t what it hi eds for full devdopttn nt inside the sin 11 lclh me uu hilly si lei led and skltfullv imubiitid in up- to thi minub machines many lit nv iliuks litivc in i nt rations of this kind of tnnful munae- ment hdihul thim oakville write fred w bray limited 120 john street north hamilton ont eo c huown u il 1 normal iu acton haturda afternoous mod kvednx- only mrs m tennings wat sum ave was telephoning monday afternoon i when a puss rby tame to the door and informed her the roof of her house w as on file mr and mrs c ii efroy have re ceived word through the internation al hed cross society that their son flight lieutenant ii keith lefroy was killed during an ulr ruld on ber lin on november 21rd commander hugh f pullen it c n senior officer in command of ton- voy escort in the north atlantic was awarded the o b f in the new years honor list stressing the netesnity of tarefully planning post war romitrurtlon pro- a number of j jects hit worship mayor deans cautioned against the waste which might occur from work hastily con ceived to meet conditions of unem ployment at mondays inaugural pallbearers meeting of tho council were former eden mills friends ser- the family of mr and mn peter vice was also held ut nakagawcyi smith 9th line are well represented presbyterian church with interment i overseas one son pte alex has in the nearby cemetery the cym- spent his 5th christ ma overseas pathy of the community is extended their second son cpl john his third to the bereaved husband and members and their sontnlaw c s m bob of the family neilson his third hccordstar tin r afv flying magnet clean tip mines -v4ivfciw- for three years men of a special raf wellington squadron have been flying aircraft known as flying magnets or wed ding ring wunpeys their task is to clear ports and harbors of enemy mines a high voltage current runs through tho ring which weights two and a quarjer tons suspended from wings and fuselage picture shows- a wellington with its 50 foot electric ring the ring does not effect the flying qualities of the wellington but it requires a longer takeoff run fluttttf ft mftwfi it flhwfta the irrtendty church iparaonas 3ower avenue sunday january 10th ibm 1110 am- worship service sermon the ileadnr ipor whom wo are looking 12j5 p m church school 7 0 p m jsvonlng worship sermon series the person trf christ v the friendliness of jesus wednesday january sfith b p m annuni congregational meeting come and worship xhrerybodjr welcome f iif iri3flifrttti flutnrrfy flu 4f tt sutuoxsrumuai acton ttfcv vkmkbgm muummln btlbl manse wllhtw strimt sitnuay januauy kith 1iu4 1 1 l u m i lie alkmith s trerd km pm sunday school 7it pm sermon merits for christ ian youth 111 self control hbo p m wdnt sdrfy iinuarv lllth atlult ulbh ctuss alwayk welcome llajrlifll xjpirxij acxom kkv maua tltom bt ha sunday ianitary kith 144 llts n ni worship st rvi 11 is p m sunony kdioul tu sday inn 4hth h pm bvj u at the home of mi and mrs c lantlkborougli thursduy jan jotlj h pm ft how- ship hout a hpodul u iv sivlc in being pliuim d ftir sundnv vi nlng january ukth mr km lib sple of mcmaatar univt rslty jiuuilu w hi k guest sh aki r lviivone wt lcome zulluaxww3 m hool girl to ht lp wttii iioum work afttr si lubol nnd suturduy uox it frle pjtlbs uttxail04 40 lithiul often after tlit dose itumacaps two- wnv action attacks the nuse r lleves ihe pain a i lirown druuijst sxmr hiiu k and t an ueagle ast of gui iphhnmllton illghwuy taloo mnikk in tar sji m rtwurd c betlmek 2hh phone 5k6 guelph rscsukum will be ickil up to lauuary 31 1444 for ti uiidn liarduotwl u bit ru unci iord t edur hi int h muut be plitkl fin measuiing by mai h isth lml applv cliahincb coies hj set i teas s s 11 esquesing wsjjtr kxagkmicvlx mi ootge ross of acton ontario wtiuld like to sing at n onrt as iu has two songs i ninposed tailed in the shadow uf ihe moon and you ic my only gltl anybtftly wishing to hhe one willi to gl ouge nos gtinral dtlivny at ion ont notice to creditors tu the luaiier w the kiai w 11i4iuan kuilll ute of the vh- buie j aeiou iirnurtnmn tae- ieaed all pmliis hiivlm i lulnyt- ugulnst the 1 state of iiiomas kkliy late ut th village of alton in tht county tf halt mi gi nlt man u ho died on ir about the t t ntyt iih1h day of vtpttmimi l4l urt nqulied to send paithulats and proofs ihnof to ttie utult t wlmitd tu fore t he f hlrtyurst iuy of jaiiuuiy a i l when the usmtu will 1m dktnbutid among the part its hgallv cntlthd tht ret o luivinjr i card only to the c laltnu wlilth shall hav un til i as uf on wild pursuant to s itlun m chapter 1g5 it s o 1117 iiit1 ut at ton ontario this iwlmh duv of january pj44 harry watkkhoikk executor hv ills solicitor f lea nilrlani k- i ad on ontario notice the annual meenng acton fall fair will be held in the council cham bers at acton on i satitr januaby 22n4 19m at 2j0 p m sharp business becelvlng the annual report of th auditors and secretary election of oftlcera and director for 19u trans action of such other business as may tie necessary b w ixwmtx rrcdslit c b swatvhamcb skoyssaa acton january 4th lmt aa4