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pace four the acton free peess thtmgpajr gebroagr ami om nassagaweya sacramental services were held in the ebenezer united church last sunday morning with rev k w plckencul conducting the service another aerie of motion pictures h lo to presented in the townrtilp hall bradkvule in the near future there will be an afternoon shoeing for the school children and an oven- lug showing for the adulta tim official board meeting of the ebeneaer arkeu and eden mills united churchea was held in the ar keu church oo monday evening with good attendance campbejllville mrs george goldstraw and son aie visiting at the home of her parents mr and mrs chas mcphatl for a few weeks mr wm cowper underwent an operation in st josephs hospital hamilton a few days ago all of his many friends join is wishing him a speedy recovery mr bill wilson of walton is re lieving mr art henderson at the guelph junction station mr john small of kilbride pauted away last week at the home of his daughter mr lloyd crawford the community extends its deepest symp athy st davids church held their annual meeting last week when encouroitlng reports were given by all organiz ations the budget allocation wm reached and the missionary society oversubscribed their amount the secretarytreasurer j r mcphall was reelected and the new managers are john campbell edgar calms nnd george inglis the ushers appointed are jas weir duff alexander james robertson harold hurren harold dennis collection committee r j laklng and t h snyder auditors e d mahon and a t moore mr e d mahon presided ospringe a pleasant afternoon was spent on wednesday afternoon at the home of mrs t fines when she was hostetts to oapiinge womens institute for the february meeting the president mrs k kalthoff presided several letters of thanks from the boys in services for gifts and boxes sent to them at the christmas season were received mrs nelson and mrs jackson are to be a committee to con tinue the sending of more boxes to the boys overseas a very satisfactory report of the booth heut recently at mr stubblng- tons sale was given by the secretary by which some twenty dollar were donated to the red cross plans are under way fox the holding of a baz aar ui the future distribution of red cross work by mrs brydon was done report of toxoids was given by mrs young and two toxoids are promised for thl summer a splendid talk on the origin of st valentine was given by mrs l nel son after which music was rendered by mrs fisher after singing the national anthem the hostess and her assistants served a dainty lunch of sandwiches cake and cookies balltnafad georgetown erin mr and mrs f c freestone have received word from their son pte clarence freestone who was wound ed in italy is confirmed to hospital there william cummins son of mr and mrs martin cummins is spending sev eral months in california at present before proceeding to the island of bahrein in the persian gulf where he will be stationed for two years tuesday evening january 25th the 1st georgetown company of girl guides met for the purpose of enroll ing the girls into the canadian sister hood of guides captain robinson of the 1st milton company was pres ent and conducted the enrollment cer emonies assisted by captain lambert the repeat performance of the scottish concert party sponsored by the georgetown girls pipe band on monday night was another hit for lb- organization to mark on its records a goodsized crowd filled gregory theatre to enjoy a bill of entertain ment that has never yet failed to be topnotch herald oakville basil megaffin played an allstar old boys hockey game in new york last week in aid of the american vic tory loan mrs ephle jarvls has purchased the joyner house on reynolds street and has taken up residence over 120 members of the oakvllle and district red cross society at tended the annual meeting held in the work room in the masonic hall responding to the urgent appeal for more blood donors 128 men and women attended the red croscllnir held in st judes rarlsh hall on friday mr and mrs william hawtin lakeshore highway east received word on january 10th that their son richard george hawtin had been wounded in italy on december 29th mr c g teller inspector of hospitals in the ontario department of health met with the oakvllle memorial hospital committee recent ly to discuss the feasibility of the project for this community the discussion resulted in the conclusion that the proposed hospital would re quire a capacity of 20 to 35 beds as a starting point with an ultimate 63 beds recordstar mr douglas young has leaned bis farm on the ninth line erin to mr john baldwin who gets possession on april int the annual vestry meeting of all saints anglican church was held rt the home of mr and mrs r w last thursday evening a large crowd attended the dance in the town hall on wednesday even- lag of last week held under the aus pices ot the junior hockey club burnb presbyterian church annual meeting was held on monday night january 31st in the church basement the meeting was preeeeded by a con gregational supper rev john he- kenxle presided and the reports of all committees were heard mr and mrs clifford lougheed have leased miss robinsons resldcnee and have taken possession the apartment in 1he creamery building in vthlch they formerly rckldod is being altered to make room for a lareer egg grading station in whlrli an egg grading machine will be in stalled and a larger and brighter of- lloe advocate burlington rockwood burlington and district bed cross quota has been act act 10600 slightly above that raised last year the erection of a modern kitchen is now in progress act the coronation hotel and when jptnpleled the pro- hull prietor will open a dining zoom about march 1st real estate is beginning to move harris armstrong has purchased the building toext to his store on brant street act present occupied by the coffee pot the vacant lot next to the burlington bakery is been sold to two local znetiw while the town council struck tlte tax rate at 46 mills at their regular meeting on friday evening last may or blair warned that unless every penny was counted there would be little left to spare to pay off the back debt and make tt possible to reduce the tax rate as predicted in 1943 last wednesday with the temper ature around 72 farmers worked on the land drawing out manure many farmers labored during the afternoon in their shirt aleevek and weir oultu comfortable chris fotherclll well- known farmer of nelson township however set up a record for january when he worked all afternoon strip ped to the waist drawing out manure and sweat during the jobh3aeette a large crowd gathered in the hall on monday night to honor the bride- tobe miss ethel swlndlehurst whose marriage on thursday to mr keith webb of pickering took place many beautiful and useful gifts were pres ented after a short program con sisting of solos by shelah mclntrye duett mrs stanley and mrs norman sinclair music by ernie mcenery also the short 111 family miss annie snow read a very appropriate address ruth marshall and buue sinclair brought in the gifts on a wagon mr and mrs webb will reside ut picker ing the good neighbors club held a quilting at the home of mrs wm wright on tuesday the quilt being for the red cross miss betty rldler spent sunday with mlas rhoda french mrs b vanatter spent the week end with mr and mrs stanley sin clair mr kenneth rldler and reg french attended the hockey game at maple leaf gardens on saturday night we are sorry to report that mrs foreman la not improving as quickly aa her many friends would llkto see a dance waa held in the hall on monday night for pte ray swindle- hunt who la leaving on tuesday for with hi mother mrs m swindle- hurst tha music was provided by mr m harden of hlllsburg the mild weather drought the frost out enough that garnet sinclair was rdowtnff last week l1mehouse mrs alex near district president of the wi was guest peaker at the february meeting of the local branch she congratulated the members on tho splendid work the small number were able to accomplish her opening remarks were based on the 40th an niversary of this area held in guelph this year the some centre at whlh the first w i convention was ever held she gave a brief account of the history of the w i work between those dates and the growth of the organization she compared the w i to a new bank building the more one puts into it the more one gets out of it she urged women to exercise un franchise which is both a privelge and a duty by doing so women wave a definite hand in the government of our country the meeting was held at the home of mrs wm mitchell the roll call was answered by each naming my castle in spain in my teens the red cross convenor mrs miller re ported yarn on hand for ribbed hel mets mrs wright quilt convenor asked that used clothing etc be hand ed in to finish packing boxes for the salvation army it was decided to take twenty ditty bags for the navy league as we did last year donations of ten dollars each were made to the iode book fund for the forces the kinsmens milk for britain fund to the georgetown com forts and to the salvation army it was decided to carry on with the school victory gardens as last year the committee to arrange them in cluded mesdames ellerby benton glsby and miss jean given mrs e miller financial convenor for january reported 37 32 beared for the month mm s glsby read the current events and mrs e san ford read the motto the doors of opportunity are marked push and pull mrs a w benton convenor of education read a paper dealing with the problems of teachers and pupilj today mrs fred brown won the polling match conducted by mrs benton mrs nelson mclaughlin and mrs w bracken also attended the meeting from publln a dainty lunch was enjoyed follow ing the national anthem sgt alex trotter of stratford vis ited mr and mrs a w norton re cently mr and mrs jas noble of chelten ham have moved this week to the iakt week the february tneetting of the w c t u ubb held at the home of mrs arthur k thomas with a good attendance mrs o ostrand- rr the president occupied the chair and mrs wilcox evangelistic super intendent had charge of the devot ional exercises mrs j ward contri buted a vlojin selection which wan much appreciated with mrs j ayles at the piano mr thomas gave gllmpses from the life of frances e wlllard mrs r rudd of guelph and county w c t v president was present for the occasion and contrib uted much to the interest of the meeting mrs budd in her address laid stress on the increase of drink ing among women social drinking in the home cocktail serving the temp tations of drinking to our soldiers she alio mentioned the good example of gen montgomery who is a total abstainer following her address ap preciation was shown for her splendid talk the meeting closed with a hymn and prayer by mrs rudd at the con clusion of the meeting refreshments were served by the hostess last wednesday evening a moth er and daughter banquet was held in the basement of tho presbyterian church sponsored by the young people of st johns church which was much enjoyed by those present following singing of grace before meat frances glbb proposed a toast to the king dorothy ewers then proposed a toast to the mothers members of the w a and friends present which wax responded to by mrs j h glbb and mrs frank dean full justice was done to the good things on the table provided by the young folks who deserve credit for the way they carried out in watting on those present following the sup per mrs d ewers took charge of a brief program of readings and in strumental and vocal numbers by by patricia llnfoot frances and le- gtbb violin selection by mr neal hazeti piano selection by nancy waller and solo by florence dean just before the end of the program rev e a brooks dropped in for a few minutes and also spoke briefly he also led in prayer the program ended with the national anthem plates were set for rev and mrs e a brooks as well as miss e hamil ton and sister mrs krugef who were unable to be present for the supper services at st johns church sun day afternoon were well attended and a full choir on hand mr neal hazen was also present and assisted with his violin following the service a presentation was held at the resid ence of dr and mrs k b waller for rev mr brooks who was the recipient of a purse of money and also a chair next sunday rev mr brooks concludes his ministry with st johns church and the best wishes of his many friends in rockwood not only in the church he has labored in the past six years but the community follow him and mrs brooks to their new home in grimsby the many friends of mr george gordon will be pleased to learn that he is doing very well following his operation in guelph general hospit al also mr colin kltchlngs condit ion shous some improvement this week weekend and sunday visitors mr and mrs fred day toronto miss edith royce r n toronto miss helen powers toronto mr and mrs arthur engleby and babe lalcevlew ont mrs ross carton new dundee sgt j ward camp borden pte russell hepburn camp bord en mr and mrs j m black kitchen er mrliand mrs bill blakely toronto mrs thomas duff orangevlllc miss lovena richardson kitchener mrs herb brown truro n s the sympathy of the community is extended to mrs andrew baptle and members of the family in the passing of mr baptle last saturday at os- prlnge ptes frank kelly and stuart fox are also home from klska island mrs r j hodgson is spending some lowville orton a joint meeting of the w m s and w a of the united church was held at the home of mrs e m read- ttead on tuesday afternoon with mrs ewart colling and mrs leonard goulson in charge of the program the scripture reading was given by mrs velma norris taking part in the program were mrs e m carter mrs george thomas mrs featlter- stone colling mrs g h harfaottlc mrs george colling miss eiuect colling mm george coulson and mrs mervyn coulson the president mrs s t coulson was in charge of the business mrs e c foster pres ident w a presided for the w a mooting the meeting of tho y p u of the united church was held at the homo of mr and mrs melford colling on tuesday evening irma rochefort presided jean roliertson was it charge of tho program interesting talks were given by stanley turner and henry cripps musical numbers were given by mabel millar alvln colling and elwood colling the official board of the lowvllle pastoral charge met on monday even ing at tlte parsonage with a good at tendance from both appointments rev e m carter presided general business was transacted a quilting for the red cross is be ing held this wednesday afternoon at the homo of mrs feat herst one colling on wednesday evening mr and mrs j hayward nee lucy wilburn were ttonared at a rece held in the hall by frloads and relatives gnr norman dearing as chair man asked the happy couple to come to the platform where mr k c nevllls read an address and then they were presented with a buffet mirror coffee table end table and two flower plaques the groom expressed their appreciation after which lunch was served dancing followed for a few hours miss lorraine mooney spent thi weekend in guelph mr j 41 reed from alberta visited with mrs j reed the past week another successful euchre and danoe was held on friday nlgut in the hall the sponsors being geo gibson mr and mrs c bacon and mr and mm flewrlling of mimosa tlte prooeodd wre wnt to the mrcury fund guelph the prlro winners were mm j smith and mr e loggan anoth i one is being planned for friday on monday afternoon the funorul of janet watson ulduw of the lute samuel black took plaoe from st joluis untied church she wan in her wclilleth year the service wan in charse of rev mr bellumlth and interment was made in tlte grove cemetery whooping couch is in the com munity sympathy is extended to mm john king on the death of iter father at osprlngc the late andrew baptle on saturday february 5th dairy products staff honor mr jl burgees joseph burgess chief grading and inspection services dairy products omnot deiiartment of agriculture ottawa who retired last october on ciuiemnnuutlon after 44 years service wltn the department was shren tangible evidence on january 27th of tlte gener bsteem and affection of tlte staff of the dairy products divi sion from coast to coast towards him hen he vas presented with a laxy boy chair a walnut desk and chair nnd a cane of pipes the presenta tion was made on behalf of the staff by j f slnglelon associate director marketing service dairy products mr singleton referred to the general regret of everyone in the whole divi sion at mr burgess departure to- the long faithful service he had given to the creat contributions he has made to tlte dairy industry of canada and to the high mark of recpect and nffeclion in which he is held by every one who knows him dr g s h barton deputy min ister of tin iewirtmcnt who was ut the prtuontatlon also paid high trib ute to mr burgess nnd his exemp lary character and service mr burcess in reply said that he deeply appreciated not only the use ful gifts hut the expression of kindly thoughtfulness that they exemplified he said that if it wa considered he had been able to render any assist ance on behalf of the dairy industry it was principally because of the co operation and support he had received from everyone of his coworkers and those incekl in the industry itself moffat the topic of interest in our com munity seems to be the weather ev eryone seems pretty well satisfied and very happy over the fuel situation the coal ration is stretching out far ther than was expected mr g c amos attended the short- homed breeders association at the royal york hotel in toronto we are glad that he has been elected presid ent of the association for the second term and extend our heartiest con gratulations mr wm black also at tended the association a number of our citizens were pres ent at the complimentary dinner giv en by mr hughes cleaver m p and listened to a very able exposition of the canadian war effort and the prob lems facing the farming community the halton presbytery of the un ited church met in milton on wed nesday mrs duncan campbell has been visiting in toronto during the poit week the ladles of the community are busy with their red cross knit ting and sewing our village pointer mr mc klnstry is decorating the in terior of the community church we are sorry to learn that mr ljoyrf campbell is in the naval bar racks hospital at the present jme hu many friends are hopeful that nothing serious hai developed mr dixon ot the guelph vocational institute is the guest speaker at the community club on thursday even ing at 8 30 house formerly occupied by mr an 1 tlmo witn her parents mr and mrs mrs wm shelburne i f macarthur harveflt cork from california trees berkely cp during the last two years nearly 75000 cork oak trees have been planted in california under the direction of county farm advisers state forest rangers and other forestry personnel neary 10 tons of cork have been stripped from california trees and tests show it to be fully equal in qual ity to that imported from the med iterranean region woodbrldge met- calf extension forester reports bwd3tgte sunday february 13th ima 1100 am morning worship ordination of elders sermon the eldership 1215 pja church school io evening service wed feb lath 800 pjn cjgxx program drama and lantern slides come and worship welcome f tt acton manse willow street sunday february 13th 1 11 k am morning service 3 00 pm sunday school 7 00 p m levenlng service always welcome- britains 55 howitzer gunners of a medium regiment of the royal artillery are shown doing a practice shoot with british 5 s gun howltxers these guns which fire a 100 lb shell did signal service in tunisia and sicily picture shows ttie gun in position showing the rammer being thrown back after the shell has been rammed home royal palace guelpits leading theatbes todav and fbidav the first picture dealing with juvenile delinquency where abe our children with jackie cooper starting mattihday hob one week the desert song in technicolor with dennis morgan sjnjgfhs 4fflwrfl actum sev mal ofmom la i sunday february 13th 1944 3 1 00 ajoi morning worship j2js pjm sunday school luraday fob 15th b y pv at 8 p m our valentine party in tba church baaenwnt uryode will be welcome thursday february 37th feuowahlp hour evesyone welcome small advertisements alvntrnwtiti- undo tm lutadisa y cat wit ktilnt- up lwoda additional womu if poi wtrd u rjtah do not nmpoy tlm d tlfntfi tmnmilint rimes 31 d lr mrttvil ftddltlmtm iw fcach won aunt jr 1uclp waftlto girl wantod for nuuv time woric learning to grade gg apply acton mrfaffwr samem out to lhnmu grundys barber shop v ill be ciomki for fvhruary and march nt hust hht ud regarding opening lator 3zj 1fxaii mauc ont shorthorn cow dui in feb- ruury some young dowm bred j b leslie it h no 3 acton royal observer corps help fighter command canada sets example this month canada entered upon her third year of prlcetontrol can ada has set an example among na tions of the world in no other coun try has the rise in prices been checked to the exteht that it has in canada this is a fac we should realize and appreciate kamloops sentinel at royal observer corps centre in britain every aircraft hostile or friendly has its course plotted on the operation table information is received in these centres by direct telephone line from a network of r o c posts carefully sited all over the neigh borhood from each centre all news is immediately passed on to a fighter command constant check can be kept in this way of tho development of raids on information from r o c centres crip pled aircraft are homed pilots fished out of the drink and sirens sounded picture shows a british woman of the r o c at work lost bi ick and tan hound vicinity thlul line erin russell smith r r 2 acton mjqst on hlcfrway no 25 bewteen acton and milton or in acton or milton hub cap off ford car reward it returned to free press office loett aa and b yas ration books in case between january 29th and february 5th licence no 8be73 finder please leave at fata pasas or return to frank romphp reward main street urn blaise arid tan beagle east cuelpbhamllton highway ta marks in ear s2500 reward c beumer 288 phone 386 cuelnto rltefmatir pain sciatica lum bago quickly relieved by using rum- acaps recommended by thousand who have gained better bealtlt browns drug store wanted experienced blacksmith for work la industrial plant good wages and steady work war workers not eli gible apply employment a selective service office cuelph ontario file no 267 trusses ahriwilnal truai mmd llit exreattlv fitted alex htewaits dn star ancua hewawdy tit tieorawa i notice to creditors rr of tfce iabet e neast i alu of m la the at halton widow herraoj ah parties having claims the estate of margaret is near lata of the township of nabajcaweya in the county of halton widow de ceased who died on or about th ninth day of june 1943 are raqidrad to aend particulars and proofs tbaraof to the undersigned before the nine teenth day of february 1944 wheal the assets will be distributed among the parties legauy entitled thereto having regardvonly to the claim which shall have been filed aa afore said pursuant to section 51 chapter 165 u s o 19s7 dated at acton ontario this thirty- first day of january 1944 c f leatherland alton on tario solicitor for alary e near ad ministratrix 314