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pack two the acton free press thursday january 37111 mm neighborhood news caaonfav ottor ccatra ani cn mui mt te beaten m intonated terra cotta pt geo stringer who went over- aeas sometime ago has been invalided home and friend are tad to see him return safely mrs j eave who has bwi seri ously ill with pneumonia is we are pleased to learn improving nicely mr cordon stringer received the aad news recently of the drath of his uncle mr jas stringer at oran lake algoma mrs w f hunter and family are now able to be around again as utual armstrong bros of brampton are gravelling the roads through here campbellville mr mac euley or centralis spent the week end at home mrs w m mcphall spent a few days last week visiting relatives in hamilton mr and mrs it c menzles visited the utter sinter mrs davidson of hamilton last sunday rfrn lloyd mathles returned to sydney n s arter spending a short leave at home mr ross carbert who is now con valescing in guelph general hospital expects to be able to return home in the near future pte louis herman of toronto spent the weekend at home mr and mrs e d mahon and olive vlalted sublieut and mrs crawford mahon of hamilton on sunday last ospringe miss martha harris of owen sound has been visiting this past week with mr and mm f brydon friend of miss harris will be sorry to learn she in not enjoying her usunl good health mrs a klrkwood of guelph wax also a visitor at the same home mr leslie wehb returned homo on saturday from the huelph cone ml hospital feeling much better friends of mr robert fisher will he sorry to learn he in confined to wd under the doctors enre with art attack ol pneumonia ac2 george robertson of toronto was home for a few doyi lost week on sick leave follow ing nn nttnek of chickenpok mrs arnold suntor and gall re turned to niagara falls on thursday after spending the pout few vteokk with mrs e suntor mr wm stuhblngtons clearing kale on monday was attended by n large crowd of enger buyers the various items were soon disposed of hy the auctioneer mr uoy hlndley and good prices wore realized mr and mrs beamish of palermo have moved on the farm and mr and mrs stubbing on are spending a few weeks holiday in toronto on tuesday evening the neighbors and friends of mr nnd mrs wm stubblngton held n presentation for them progressive euchre was en joyed at fifteen tables mr hoy hlnd ley then called on mr norman mc kenzie to read an address to the hon ored couple and mr jack cook made the presentation of a gift of money mr stubblngton made a suitable reply thanking all for their many klnd nesses after which the ladles served a dainty lunch dancing was enjoyed with music by messrs oscar locker and jack cook with mr w mcmillan as floor manager another real estate deal was closed in the village this past week when mrs ida tovell sold her house to mr and mrs beamish of palermo who take possession at once mrs tovell and daughter mrs chase of fort erie were up for a few duys clearing out the house miss isabel i scan ion of guelph spent a few days at her home here last week mr and mrs fred baptle who have recently installed hydro hod the tower turned on last week and are now enjoying this service mr norman mckenzle spent n weekcnd recently with friends in toronto master mertn altken of lakelet spent a few d with mr und mrs murd mccutcheon mr and mrs james st rut her re ceived word recently that their young est son spr alvln struthers had been moved to suffleld alta fusilier gordon fisher who hns seen action in klska is home on a months furlough v friends of miss blanche mcklnnon will be sorry to learn she is confined to her home with an attack of chlck- enpok mr and mrs w j jackson visited on sunday with mr and mrs norman matthews at mimosa mr and mrs wr smith attended the funeral laarweek of the formers aunt the late mrs evans at bel- fountain everton weekend visitors nt the home of mr t d mccutcheon and mrs ii jest in were mlul jean hall hamilton lac robert mccutcheon who has been training nt glmll man and miss vera doughty guelph mrs robert patten nnd miss jean pervu guelph spent the weekend nt the home of the formers parents mr nnd mrs john alton mlws jean klrkwood guelph vis ited on sunday at the home of mr mui mrs w ii hortop mr nnd mrs wllbert mccutcheon nnd family sixth line visited the formers parents mr nnd mrs john mccutcheon sunday mrs gardiner toronto mrs guth rie nnd daughters guelph visited misses mnry nnd kate reed nnd mr i hum i it on snturdny mrs ilaxelum nnd son alfred of st catharines visited on sundny nt the homo of mr bou simmons miss lois black left on tuesday for rock hill south carolina whore sho is a teacher at a ladles college mrs w vnnnormnn mrs c mc- gurn and miss wllla vnnnormnn guelph visited on sunday at the home of mr and mrs j p uenham mr t d mccutcheon received word on monday of his appointment of foreman for highway no 24 from guelph city limits to orangevllle nlo no 51 to caledon village on no 10 highway ballinafad the good neighbor club held euchre sjnd dance in the hall on tues day night when a full house enjoyed the event prise winners were mrs ellerby of llmehouse and mrs merl- deth and alias jean mclean were tied for second place with mrs merl- dlth winning out mr kenneth kirk wood and mr herb allan won the gents and mr wm crouch of erin won t he door prize tickets were sold on a box of chocolate which brought 3 go mr benton of ume- house holding the lucky ticket mas ter david mcenery drew the ticket we were sorry to learn that muriel hilts is quite iii with pneumonia we hope for a kpeedy recovery wedding bells are beginning to ring in our hamlet again pte hay swindlehuntt of halifax arrived home to spend leave with his mother mrs m swindlehurst mrs ivter blnnle of guelph spent sunday with her parents mr and mrs roht warne mr and mrs dan campbell and mr and mrs lllchard short 111 motor ed to bellvllle on saturday mrs shortlus father has been quite 111 in he hospital anil her sister is also in the hospital with a broken back we hope hot h may have a speedy recovery mr harry i to hum left lat week to work in the lumber tamp for two months the concert which was to have been held by the w a has been postponed indian tea waa first produced in ifimi now over 300000000 pounds are produced annually eden mills a very pleasant socal evening was stient in the home of mr and mrs henry garden when friends nnd neigh bors gathered to honor the recent bride and groom mr and mrs ross campbell thee lola harden gamed wore enjoyed for n couple of hours miss wllda guberston read an ad dress and mrs james howon pres ented mr and mrs campbell with a beautiful tloor lamp ross in his usunl happy am gonial way thanked their frlendit for their remembrance und good wishes nnd all sang for 1 hey are jolly good fellowu lunch was served and all depart ml to their homes w ulilng this young couple ninny hnppy years af wedded bliss several from this district attended the funeral of the lato mrs ada bal- lentlno in hamilton last week mr nell mcphall had the misfor tune to fall while wiring a house nnd fracture hi wrist nnd badly injure his heel all hope for a speedy re- cover the january meeting of the wo- menn institute a held at the home of the president mrs j guberston with a good attendance the roll call wan answered with a health hint many thank you letters were read from the blrls and boys in the ser vices who hod received boxes at christ ninx the report of war work- was given showing that 16 boxes had been sent overseas and 17 in canada at a total value of j76 75 it was decided to have an auction sale in the hall in the near future the roll call for the next meeting to be an swered with a book for the navy and merchant marine mrs h gilbert- son convenor then took charge for the following program reading the curtain rises on 1044- by mrt u tolton solo grandfathers clock mrs mlno paper on citizenship by mrs h gllbertson and a photo- con test won by mrs g robertson the meeting closed with the national anthem nnd a social half hour waa pent orton mr and mrs albert clark belsvood visited on sunday with mr and mrs wallace gregson and family on friday evening miss lorraine and ethelyne mooney were honored prior to their departure from this village at the nome of mrs j k courtney on behalf of the onwego club they were presented with wall flower plaques a social time was afterwards enjoyed mr a v ross ballentlne of brampton spent the weekend at his home gnr herman dealing fetawawa and mrs dearing fergus were vis itors here over the weekend on friday evening some of the no 9 school section awrys school ratepayers sponsored a dance in the orion hall where a good time was enjoyed and trie proceeds are to be turned in to the mercury fund mrs j d mooney and daughters visited on sunday at the home of mr and mrs wm ballentlne mrs stan turner returned home from guelph general hospital on saturday having been in receiving sinus treatment mr and mrs wm redman have moved to their farm on the fergus road this week miks lorena locker is convalescing after nn attack of srarlet fever cedarvale mrs j reed spent the weekend at her home at orion mr george drury has returned to toronto after spending a week with friends here mrs ed smith is improving after her thyroid operation mr and mrs harold mclaren of georgetown visited on sunday at the home or mr and mrs a griffin mr nell harding is spending ji fsw days with his parents at orion the january tneetlng of the cedar- vale womens insltute waa held at the home of mrs wm henderson on wednesday january 10th roll rail was answered by my oldest keep sake and what it means to me let ters and cards of appreciation were read from boys of this district who had received christmas boxes over seas a program was presented under the direction of mrs wood including the following paper renunciation mrs dave hurren reading towser shall be tied tonight mrs hend erson paper farm forum by mrs cunningham mrs wm cox con ducted a bird contest of which mrs wlddls was the winner sowing and knitting was distributed by the con venor eleanor griffin rockwood moving pictures were shown sat urday evening in the town hall by mr clare hurt of the oac in the interest of agriculture for the bene- lit of parents and scholars of the local school pictures were also shown on friday at the school the films on the screen dealt with news parade of 1943 mites and monsters dealing witk animal and insect life from small to the hlg size high school stu dent labor on the forms during the turn titer showing them in labor as well as relaxation and recreation trees for tomorrow dealing with re- forestratlon and uuo showing sections of timber lands ravaged hy tires a section of the lllm showed young pine trees in a nursery which was quite interesting one important feature in connection with the pulp industry was the mnnufiuturoof celophuno the new transparent wrapping material for our foods another section of lllm denlt with food as it is scenes of warfare on the hnttlefront were also on the screen another showing will lie made about the end of feb ruary the pupils of the senior room of the public school enjoyed n skating party one evening inst week after the skating games und lunch were nlso enjoyed nt the school all under the leadership fo mr nenl vlaen the choir of the united church hns itecn mnklng borne tidvanco under the leadership of mr nenl hnzen some new monitors are in the choir plans for greater nctivlty are also under wny for 1044 the boys ojyn mission band are planning for n sacred concert some time next month in the town hall some saturday evening much regret is felt in the commun ity in the near removal of rov e a brooks of st johns church to grimsby in february ho hns boon n great help to the church nnd its choir along with the senior choir nnd members as well as adhorentu arrangements were made in the church last week to accommodate the junior choir along with tho senior choir and on sunday afternoon a total of nineteen were present weekend nnd sunday visitors sgt j ward camp borden kenneth guild rcaf trenton sgt george day hngersvllle robert stumpf rcaf quebec pte elmer malnprlze east const pte russell hepburn london oshurn family guelph mr arnold maw has secured a position nt brant ford and left for his now place last week the annual meeting of the presby terian church was hold last week with n fair attendance of member following devotional exercises by rev dr mclvor the business part of the meeting took place with rev dr mclvor presiding nnd mr george harwood nn secretary all reports showed the church in a healthy con dition a new board of managers wan nlso elected a hearty vote of thanks wan tendered to rev dr and mrs mclvor mrs george harwood organist the choir and sunday school the secretarytreasurer who hns been on the job the past thirteen years following the business meet ing all adjourned to the basement where refreshments were served and a social time enjoyed owing to the unavoidable absence of mrs har wood who is unable to be present dur ing the winter months miss anna mc- nabb is supplying and giving accept able service congratulations to mr and mrs ross patterson on the arrival of a son at st josephs hospital guelph and also to mr and mrs earl bolton a son at the same hospital recently mr j a little attended the funeral of his aunt mrs christopher little in toronto last week friends of miss leona bolton are sorry it was necessary to remove her to st josephs honpital guelph for treatment for an infection on her face many friends of clarence lynch of the military police toronto were pleased to see him in town last week nassagaweya hrno7 the busy roe club held n very suc cessful dance at brookvlllo hall inst wednesday night douglashume orchestra was in charge of the music everyone reports n good time nnd the club has a nice sum to add to the months work mr nnd mrs w w dredge visited at the homo of tholr son mi nnd mrs a r dredge port nelson sunday master ronald king who while hlelghrldlng hod tho misfortune to have a sharp sleigh runner cut through his lower up and tho roof of his mouth that required four stitches has had them removed and we are pleased to report is back to school again mr and mrs j j kennedy and mario visited at tho lutmn of their daughter mr and mrs edgar how- den hornby sundny the rending of tho heroism of n hhitill rompapy of the saskatchewan light infantry of which two of our boys cpl karl frank nnd sgt jnmos wallace were nmong gave us n roii- iratlm of tholr danger as well nn pride nnd we pray for tholr safe re turn the busy hoes quilting of the past week woh hold at the homo of mrs joseph frank little lonorc job youngoiit daugh ter of lac alox nnd mrs job ran the prong of a stable fork in her hip while playing with other children sundny she in under the doctors care nnd we hope her recovery in speedy tho lovely prlngllke weather we nre enjoying is doubly appreciated when we remember inst winter nt thin tlmo limehouse llmehouko w i war fund gained over 17 from the rnfflo of a hooked mat donntod by mrs e miller mr a mncdonnld of georgetown held the winning ticket drawn by dorothy klrkpatrlck eight tables wore played at the homo of mr nnd mrs w mitchell on friday evening under the auspices of the local branch of the w i high est scores woro held by mr e miller and mrs a w norton mrs ii norton is out again fol lowing nn attack of pleurisy wo extend sympathy to mrs w mllllom who received word by cable on sunday advising her of tho death of her sister mrs goring at london england mrs j it g sutherland of london ont visited mr ami mrs a w ben ton on snturdiiy mrs w g marshall of georgetown nnd mr nnd mrs taylor of ripley called on mrs f benton on sunday mr nnd mrs a w lano nnd daughters of toronto visited his moth er on sundny mr and mrs w i newton of barrio spent tho weekend with the newtonn tho first in a series of classes in tho care of clothing nnd sewing was hold at the homo of mrs klrkpatrlck on monday evening under the leader ship of mrs ellorby indies of tho community are invited to attend those classes mr and mrs a w benton and sons called on mr thos mcewen at nassagaweya on sunday word has been received from sev eral local boy overseas acknowledg ing the receipt of the christmas par eels sent to them by the llmehouno w i r miss gladys hall or guelph visited her cousin mrs wm gordon dur ing the weekend mr and mrs glsby and mr d s mcdonald visited friends at rock- wood on sunday london more than 3000000 gifts of knitted wear ruga blankets cigarettes and tobacco have so far gone from great britain to british and allied seamen all over the wotltjl the royal and merchant navies the allied navies royal naval hospitals sailors dependants naval pensioners of war and wrens on rigorous out door duties have all benefitted nassagaweya a motion picture show was held in ebenezer united church on tues day evening when a series of moving pictures of the national film board were put on by the extension depart ment ot the oac guelph the pictures and program while inter esting and entertaining were also educational and were enjoyed by the large gathering present a collection was also taken up for red cross work the many friends of the late rus set somervllle of nassagaweya were ahocked to learn of his passing away in a toronto hospital on thursday afternoon january 20th in his 61st year the funeral was held on saturday wit hi interment in lime- house cemetery the deepest sym pathy goes out to the bereaved ones in their sorrow mr and mrs george stokes and family of campbellvllle visited mr and mrs w f darby knatchbull on sunday last mrs llllle jay ami son erland of lowvllle visited relatives and friends at knatchbull on tuesday a lot of farmers are experiencing n shortage of water for their stock lids ml 11 spell may improve the sit uation soma oakv1lle members of oakvllle branch 114 canadian legion at their annual meeting unanimously approved a res olution proposed by g w walklett past president and secretary ii d hltchcox that the oakvllle branch endorse 100 per cent the idea of a memorial hospital in oakvllle stating that he appeared before the council on the suggestion of council lor dr m e lunau chairman of the police and public order committee mr c hltchcox at mondays council meeting charged laxity in police in vestigation following a robbery at ids place of business on wednesday dec ember 22nd record star moffat the sympathy of our community is extended to mr clifford brown in the loss of his mother mrs brown was n great sufferer and wssed away in hie western hospital toronto on saturday january 15th mrs w a fraser visited her sis ter mrs roy spears on monday of this wook mrs gladys llyrman ami daughter muriel simiit the weekend with her brothers mr russell elsley and mr h c elsley mr david henderson und mrs a frank returned to work nt windsor und london reupe lively after spend ing sunday at homo mrs lloyd campbell who recently joined up with the navy huu 1m on transferred from hamilton to tor onto rev c l and mrs poole nut in tending th funeral of mrs george wnlkey sr in harrison 11 former charge of their mlnutry mr clarke douuvoii of st cuth- nrlnos upent sunday under tho par ental roof miss edna rohortu of the oac guelph wnu homo for tho week send a community fellowship group was organ i od in sodom church on tuesday evening with mr l c amos itelng o lee ted preuldent i ho group will moot twice n month on thurs day evenlngm the oiilug mooting will ho hold on ihiirndny jantmry 27th with mr gllroy of milton aj tho silent hihmtker j mr hurry smith ik huvltig the hydro installed in bin rouldonro mr frank hatha way in on tho kick hut mid compelled to remain homo for a few dny mru chim robert h at tended tho funeral of her only brother in guelph who punned nwny very uiiddonly tho community extend their sympathy a now furnace hn itoon installed in no 1 school tho children enjoyed n holiday during tho inulnlhitlou itaih nkowbam motion grimsbv cp protesting ngnlnut snowball rekolutlons requests circulated umong town councils for support of n particular resolution sir walter womorsloy pensions min ister sold ono such resolution had in volved tho direction nnd delivery of h000 letters burlington deputyreeve colin and mr mmlth are holidaying in florida twenty children nt pre u hol age received combined diphtheria and whooping rough immunization lno u lotions on friday nt tho public health clinic in the public library chief iee smith has revived word from klrklnnd luko ollc thut they hvo recovered two ring valued at srmi that wore stoh n from ti lx l resldt nt her in november mr and mrs alwt down m crosby aveiiuv celebrated their mill wedding anniversary recently at the home of their won ilbert township of trafalgar declaring that nothing we ttvur at tempt in this land to help ourselves dur children nnd our future will never succeed unless tho people of tho land return to tho truth of religion grat- tan olary editor f the ottawa journal delivered 11 most eloquent and interesting talk ut a largely at tended hnnuot under the auspices of the ilurlmgton political science nnd study group held at tho estamlnot on wednesday evening inst guzetle cwtchsuvv flttttrtk auptrcft of gtaufca the friendly church rev a waltsos ronswslt suusulu ml m l parsonage bower avenue sunday january 30th 1m4 luto am worship service sacrament of baptism sermon a utile child lead them 1215 pm church school imt fm evening worship song and lfctlmony service theme the new ufa come and worship everybodr welcome llrt ttgtrrtan mtuicl ta dunsoa hnox ohjaujis acjton kkv roiuuw mommon nut notice to creditors in the mattrr of the kuu of nohlk i mr lam late of the vhuse of arton county mf italian ihark- snilth itaneaaed all parties having claim i hjritlriut tho kxlntonf noble p mclam lute or tho vlllngo nt acton in tho county of hallnii rhickumlth who died 011 or about tho eighteenth duv of october 1imh aro reiulrel to wild piirthularu und proofs thereof to tho iluderhlgnod 1m- fore tho nlnetienth dnv of february 1044 when tho mnetrt will w distributed nmong tho pnrtleh legally entitled thereto having logitrd only to i ho clulmu with h hluitl have lieen tiled s aforesaid pursu ant to section m chapter 1l r s o 1017 doted nt at ton ontario thb twentyfifth day of viiutiir 1141 c f leathkrland acton ontario solicitor for mrs llortlo colo and mm stella adiimuon etcomihkoi ui wit l doesthetrick v geo brown norval fa anion saturday afternoons evening only golden harvest feeds rkmiiitx prove tiik quaijtv chick starter 18 oiiuek toav tlloh yftlb iikaikk stewart elliot acton telephone i7k5 now we can give prompt delivery of efier-to-keep- clean stainless steel surge milkers just telephone us today uiiim- willow klrxt hiinimv january lulh ildll u in i lloll vj 1 mj in sunday k iumii 1114 ilii klfonli1 lit j hi krl jim jh huiiik hup- inn wii iii aiiuii uibis iluiii always wkicomk r mceachern mill smucet acton ont botrlusi ctuirrl a47tov kkv john wtbuk94 hjk btax mlaiaur siinay january 10th 1h0 urn- morn liitf wodili 121 im- sundny htuoyl h itt ltn ijnltwi youdtf peoples service mr km i i irpl- mc- mut r university will uuest nieuker iiu tlitnw will be chuuinico to youtliv tin y 1- urouitf of the itxul churches arw imrtl ipatinif in tho atouram and all ordluy invited to uttend tha kervlco kvoiyotio woltome vnoukmatwiko i small advertisements alrturmiiltf utt ls im ltadl jir rakli willi r iii in a toda amitioiii1 wool if ut wr ii rwtli diha iml hmthinttv iti dvr tiftldrltl hljllflikiid rlikru jr httl 1 prr win ha minimi for arl word shortliortih for mle ono yount bull ready for seivite one cow due in fohrunry j lksuk hi i i khi 1 hmlh haf k aciirm ith lliruitlc 1nln sclutlcn tmmuno is not nomukury uke itumacaps at nine for uuu if relief a i llrown maht llliu u and tan lleulo kaat of luelplfhamllton highway tatoo miirkw in our 23 00 reward c rkumkr 2h ti imionu ug ftuelph tknukiw wanted for cleanliit and iulntlnif dublin s s no h kmuitiilni inmlde and out work to he done in hummer holidays apply to mr walter mnhnm chair man of board or c k cuttu sec treas l onderu to ho in by february lhth lowewt tender not rnemxnrly nteptwl 302 aiturfatlonh will he received by the understat ed for tho position of anaessor for the town hip of nassaifaweya at a ualiiry of 2ih0 per annum appli- tatlonti muit bo in the hands of tha unferslnol on or before january 29 1014 at 0 p m any application not necessarily accepted dutlei to com- rnenco february 1st 1044 dated at cumpbellvliie january 11 1044 2 chas f nourish clark private sale household furnilure kstatk mrs a m joiinst6ne the und rxlunod executor will be nt tie late prondsos at mill nnd john stretu on friday and t4aturday jan 2u and u9 urul will offer for halo privately the furniture and effects or this estate omprulntf tho following red room furniture chesterfield ulte solid qunrtoriml oak dlnliur room buff- kxtenslon table 6 chairs and tea wajjon sewing ma- hlne kitchen cabinet bej settee hall puck coal or wood heater bin dining it com ku 9131 codur chekl combination desk and book hm alio a quantity of rus mni curtains lamps chairs eleo triitl apiillnnreii etc r f johnstone executor executors sale of real estate farm stock imple ment hay furniture etc in the township of esouesjni of the east of the late john mcoonald at his late residence lot 21 con ion 4 third line esqueslnc about 3 miles southeast of acton about 5 miles west of georgetown on tuesday fefuutaby mb at one oclock men 30 4050 iwatf am n na kcat msmnmi piomv aikw 7 pu at kll i aiwll wri thin oatrvi tuwtt ibdnr