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ht jvtion jtrtt press sixtyninth y no 4s acton ontario thursday june 1st 1044 eight homeprint pages fio oabtxt all vacancies on teaching staff arc now filled hte pmjtfotm on school and tine on public school ready now for next yens with several special meeting of acton school board during the past week all the vacancies on both the staff of the continuation and public schools have been filled satisfactorily in the continuation school mr george a- gordler of thombury has been engaged as principal at a salary of 3000 his assistants will be miss jean barber of lsanltowanlng who has been principal of the continuat ion school there for the past ten year and mrs w r carton who has been on the staff of rockwood con tinuation school both these teach ers will receive salaries of 1600 each in the public school miss miriam ritchie of baden will be the new teacher in grade two mrs norman r brock of trout creek will teach in grade four and mrs irene michel of parry sound will teach grade six the salaries of all these teachers will be shoo per annum all have had several years teaching experience and are well qualified for the positions while the number of applications now received are not in the same cat egory of a few years ago when hun dreds applied for every vacancy there were quite sufficient numbers of qualified teachers for all the vacanc lea histeh pink on wings when howard a norton graduated from no 10 a o s chatham nib his fat her and sister marjorie were present and marjorie had the honor of pinning the wings on her brother hot lu hy courtesy of the rcaf a front page editorial every slay av ss ssearsknsm astd cs takes t twe w j te erin wh they reside vlar wvec a year at grey oaacaj sm strings tarty as- ae freer mrr wwolfe speaker at meeting of arts and crafts the arts and crafts cooperative held their third meeting of the year on thursday may 18th at the home of mrs bodkin georgetown 18 members attended ant 10 guests mr mover the president opened tile meeting with a welcome to members and guests matters of business woc brought up for discussion mrs milne gave an interesting report on an ex- hlbltlon of canadian arts and crofts held recently in toronto the guet speaker mrs helen wolfe was in troduced by mr w j bentty mrs wolfe gave a delightful tnlk on interior decoration she spokn of the basic principles in architect ure and stressed the value of unity in decorating a room or cnoailng furniture the importance of color to walls rug and upholstery the in fluence of our great english cabinet makers on furniture in particular and cheered all her listeners by telling them that suitability and a warm welcome were after all of the great est importance in creating a home tea was served by the hostess and everyone talked pf plans for work during the year miss pearl smith invited the members to a picnic at her home on june 22 pines for several in pol ire court yesterday in milton in police court nt milton yestor day afternoon george bourque of acton wan fined 30 and costs or 10 days in jail on a charge of wilfully destroying property without justific ation the charge arose from an al tercation nt the beardmore company plant when bourque broke two pant of gins with gold lettering james brydon was assessed slo and cost for having trout in his possess ion under seven inches in length gordon matthews game warden of guelph preferred the charges for allowing a dog to run at large contrary to local bylaw mrs jen nings was charged 92 and costs magistrate woodllffe presided at the court and chief ifarrop of ar ton laid the charges yblca members enjoyed visit to guelph pool on monday night the ys mens club arranged for the boys and girls of acton y m c a between the ages of 15 and 18 a party at the y m c a in guelph about twenty took part in the event and enjoyed the swim and the refreshments provided after they returned home about 11 oclock and vote it a splendid even ing c c f selects a candidate for the federal election a convention of halton county cc p clubs met in milton may 26th to choose a candidate for the next federal election from four nomin ees ken alton of freeman robert duncan of oakvliie cecil mtllward of burlington and carlyle c browne of burlington an enthusiastic aud ience selected the last mentioned mr browne is a veteran of the last war and winner of the ocm present at the meeting which was crowded and interesting were robert thombury mpp for hamilton centre and jack ohanley candi date for went worth county in a short speech which carried away his hearers with its humor and instruct ion mr ohanley dwelt on the pro tection racket of bur large insurance companies his figures taken from their own reports were convincing mr thornburys answers to ques tions regarding the milk distribution particularly in the hamilton area showed how both farmers and con sumers could benefit if the ccf policies were introduced the audience crowded around mr browne when the ballots were count- ad and broke into hes a joljly good fellow- with read fervor eramosa folks honor courle with presentation about 60 friends ami neighbors gathered at the home of mr and mrs william west 5th line eramosa to honor rne west and his bride the former velmn blair of acton during the evening albert gray called on line and his bride to come forward and gordon gray rend an ad- dross douglas forsyth and stewart allan presented to mr and mrs west a floor lamp nnd smoker rae re plied fittingly lunch was served by the committee in charge and the rent of the evening was spent in dancing halton communities organize to supply farm labor plans are now under way in the s urban municipalities of the county to supply emergency farm labor during haying and harvest states agricultur al representative j e whit clock on friday evening of inst week a meeting was held in the agricultural representatives office milton which was attended by the urban reeves and a number of farm loaders- it was the concensus of opinion t this meeting that crop prospects are tx cellcnt liny and wheat deflpltely will be heavy anil spring grain in general is also looking promising on the other hand farm labor is a minus quantity nnd conspicuous y it absence on a large percentage of halton fnrms varying lu lze fri m 100 to 200 acres the operator is tit- tempting to carry on alone notwith standing the catchy weather the spring crop thanks to the tractors is in the ground and ns indicated above look promising getting off the hny and harvest alone presents an entire ly different picture and urban resid ents of the county will have to come to the rescue if the crop is to be sav ed it was generally admitted by all at last friday nights meeting that local commando labor is not a solut ion to the farm labor problem nev ertheless it was felt that if each ot the five urban centres enter whole- heartedly in the program it will help out materially the odd day or half day in the hay held and evenings at harvest time can all be used to ad vantage there is a place for every one if you as urban dwellers cant fork hay you can coll it or drive the team on the haytoader the hay fork or the rake so make your plans now xh our next issue we expect to be able to announce local conunando headquarters and further details con cerning rate of pay transportation etc urers have a gfct hews as they sum asyeredl far sale ae m pee- sum imimusii tftwy desire t awn real estate but beisusse that is the only way men east lire sum their werk we know thai mm ether town in tad district is suffering as amite m shortage because as tfa- present time workmen la tam in dtntrtes nave been able to hmiuy houses in these neighboring tawns hoping that an opportunity will arise for at borne here we doubt if any city or town hi proportion to population has is bousing problem as serious as that to be found in arson it is si pro urns that will not disappear the etas of she war because art on industries are ones that supply peacetime needs as wrll none of the dozen industries located here will close down when the need fas war equipment eras folks ilk to live in arton we have everything hre for young and old that the city offers in te way of comfort and pleasure perhaps we have devoted too mucb time to securing these and felt that folks would find s plane to kit people who live in artota are working people capable to maint ain and onjoy a moderate home kstrnslon of municipal services can easily be given to new areas without any hardship arton nerds fifty new homes this year and m similar increase for several years fa these days of postmev planning acton must git priority to fcjous building and we dont think the problem one tobe toss ed in the lap of municipal councils or governments but one where the individuals who desire the accom modation will hav to take the in itiative now b the time to plan the house you want and the bouse that youf ran afford to live in a man making sto m week annot afford more than a biaoa bouse is fairly safe guide closing meeting op young peoples groups op district a largo representation from the local churches attended the closing meeting in the series of union young peoples services held in the iiihs- burg baptist church sunday evening may 28th mr lloyd hurt president of the illllsburg b y p u in charge of the service welcomed the visitors mr harris led in prayer and burt awrey led the responsive leson miss marj orie skllton guelph wing n solo in the garden the male quartette of illllsburg sang in galllej miss esther taylor st albans y p a acton read tho scripture lesson and j mr chns landsborough acton b y i p u played the stranger of gnl- j llee as a cornet solo mr line a retumcllntsalonory from china gave u vary interesting address on his work there he showed two films dealing wuh life in china and stressed tho need for deeper prnctlcnl into rest in our missionary otiterprlzts in china during the fellowship hour which followed in the church basement mrs don nil mntheuon led a sing song of favorite hymns with miss akltt at the piano lunch was served bringing most enjoyable evening to a close contest debate on program of friendly circle the regular meeting of the friendly circle of the united church was held on wednesday evening the evening began with a contest of which mrs g mckenzie was the winner miss bennett gave a very interesting and informative reading on child care a very amusing and informative debate on live alone and like it was given by mrs d rich ardson and irma wllderspln plans were made for a picnic in the park on june 28th and a bazaar in the fall a treasure hunt during the evening also caused much mem- 1 ment lunch was served by the j group i boys in italy would like iave after four years wounded in italy letters are received by the acton and vicinity warservlce league reg ularly and from i hem we glean the following hems of news to the folk at ttome piper ii mcvey writes from italy thanking you and the people of i acton for the chocolates i have re ceived you have been very good for the but four and a half years that i have been overseas but there are a few of us who have been away from home since 1939 and we are wonder ing when we are going to get a leave home to see our people a short i leave is all we want but we have no hope whatever so if you ran put a 1 word in someones ear it may help j harold rohson says the people hack home are really doing a fine job vtv h g iovell of ahon who was for us lads over here it makes us reported wounded in italy on may feel proud of being over here if we lid n further details have yet know the folks bark home are doing been reteived by lilt purcnts mr their share i give the free preta nnd mrn john ioveii to dude lindsay so thank the force fclectrle for letting us have the newi from our good little town walter lamb tells us thanks ev er so muth we certainly appreciate the cigarettes over here i havent keen jim for several weeks now n he is in the hotipltal with bolls tpr j mrllugh says of italy hie weather out here la quite hot now which i like very much but appar ently the mowjultoes like hot weath er too so we are taking pills to pre vent malarln joe sonny jocque who is also in my regiment received his chocolate liars and he was sure happy too bdiimn n gibson says to tin- mahy friends who have enquired mny i sny that i am fit and well again of games on monday it has been n pleasure during the past nights ns follows year to hove met o number of acton june 5 town vs tannery men on my travels they oil speak june 8 tannery vs canadian in sincere appreciation of all the war wool services have done for them i june 12- canadian wool vs town those who also expressed their np- j 15 tannery vs town preclntlon for parcel nnd cigarettes june 19 canadian wool vs tun- were gnr g c wallace cpl e w cry coles f o e h mckeown l cpl june 22 town vs canadian wool softball league will play s lit iul in the park a hoftluill meeting wnu lu id in the y m c a on tuemlay may 30 with repntciitutlvetf from canadian wool beardmore and co nnd the town i lu following officer were elected president mr win talbot vice- president mr j ii boulton secretary treasurer mr ed ityder it was decided to pluy a sihedulu and thursday ii simpson f o f g turner spr p blnnle pie if c rice pte f c french boss swnckhamer pte r a johnson spr j waterhouse bdr g morris pte i d hodge ii- 1 r t a curry gnr j g lamb pie t g iteldt cpl e waller gnr j a hlg- glnu j drysdatc v a wheeler l cpl cross l s len lnmbort f w near f kelly pte a weaver sgt n l mcnahb pte e patrick spr n s land pte a e massey hurry spencer cpl o 11 brown rfn rob ert won tpr c h lindsay pte j scrlven junior farmers junior institute hold closing meeting the acton junior farmers nnd junior institute held their last regul ar meeting for the season in tho lorne school on thursday evening may hflth with n good attendance u took the form of a pie nnd ice cream social the junior institute had n vory successful meeting with mrs alex near ns their speaker she gave a very fitting and interesting add reus on the work of the womens institute alfto telling the story of how it came to be formed gordon leslie spoke to the junior farmers on the dlfforent kinds of weeds the joint meeting was opened with the maple leaf margaret mcphail then took the chair for the following program reading howard swltzr musical selections by lillian richard nnd harry shottill and harvey klrk- wood sing song led by margaret mc phail followed by a rhythm band composed of members of the audience who had not joined in the sing song a stump donate entitled resolve that a wheel borrow is of more value to n former than n wife this prov ed to be quite amusing with the af firmative side which was upheld by eluood johnston mantel 1 nellls and mclvln mccullough winning the negative was upheld by gordon les lie lais watson and r l davidson the last number was n rending by gordon leslie the meeting closed with the nat ional anthem pie nnd ice cream uere served and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing june 2ft town vs tannery june 20 tannery vs cunndlnn wool july 3 canadian wool vs town july b tannery vs town july 10 canadian wool vs tan nery july 11 town vs canadian wool simpson family holies reunion at home in acton the simpson family reunion was held nt the home of mr and mrs iv- nn harris acton on may 24th 1944 among those present were mr james simpson tottenham mr and mrsj thou wannop manvllle alts rev and mrs george t simpson gold- worth donald and betty marie of mount hope james harvey and mrs simpson of tottenham mr and mrs ivan harris misses mabel and frieda harris of acton mr and mrs john simpson and james jr of orlllla mrs d j brelthaupt and louise of kitchener mrs r j wallace of ac ton mrs eliza ross of hamilton mr nnd mrs harlan wilson and lois of campbellvllle among those nb- kent were floyd wannop of the home guard roy overseas james mabel nnd irene of manvllle alto dr d j brelthaupt of the r c n v r this is the first time the family have been together for 25 years a very pleasant afternoon was spent and a buffet luncheon was served another soldier from aelon is wounded in italy pte tatvjon lmwll ovi nearly hum yean wounded wist serving with word was received on sunday ev ening by his parents mr and mrs john w lovrll that their son pte gordon lovell had been wounded while in action in italy the message stated that the wounds were received on may 23rd no further word has yet been received gordon went overseas in june vmt landing in england on dominion day he enlisted here and went overseas with the lorne scots and later trans ferred to the 4kth highlanders he has been overseas for nearly three years before enlisting gordon and his brother leonard owned and op erated the love i bros meat market here whlrh has been carried on since by his hrother his sister thelmak mrs cecil gibbons alo resides in al ton many friends here will aunlt with tlie parents and family more t-ncour- nging news of his progress nnd ent ertain with them the hope thnt his wounds will not be serious bwrrzer geeson wedding may 19th at edmonton alta officers elected for bowling and tennis clubs a wedding of interest in edmonton and other alberta points took place st stephens college chapel on friday may 10th when mlts gladys elaine geeson daughter of rv and mrs john r geeson of hofden be came the bride of petty officer george gulnn swtlxer r c n v r ton of mrs g h swltzef of acton ont and the late mr swltzer rev j r geewwi the brides father offic iated the bride wore a white silk jrsey toclongth model with full skirt her vol i of embroidered net was held in place with a wreath of orange blossoms she carried sweetheart roses and freeslu miss jeon cramer of clan uholm was hrlricunnld she was in pnle pink sheer and carried blue iris and pink carnations best man waji chlof pet ty officer currle w hawkins of ottawa mrs a j hogge of calgnry sister of the bride played the wedding marches during signing of the reg ister miss dorothy geeson sister of the brldo sang i did not know the reception was held nt the home of major and mrs r w bradley where the brides table was centred with a model convoy of the canadian navy flanked on either side with candles and flags tne wedding cake on a silver base was topped with red white nnd blue flowers and miniature flags toast to the bride was pro posed by cpo hawkins mrs bradley received with the brides mother mrs geeson who wore aoiuamarine with a corsage of red roses the newlyweds left for b short hon eymoon at banff the bride travelling in a turquoise wool suit with acces sories of navy touched with white and a corsage of gardenias on return po and mrs swlteer will make their home temporarily in edmonton truck stolen here pound next day below milton sometime friday night the truck belonging to mosseys meat market was stolen in acton chief harrop nnd provincial police ray mason were notified and on saturday morn ing the truck was recovered below milton undamaged the tool house at the c n r was also entered and tools taken that could be used in opening a safe the tools have not yet been located but apparently the same gang is operat ing again in this district at the annual meeting on monday evening of acton lawn bowling and tennis club the following officers mere elected for the year hon presidents col benrdmoro s j bennett w j gould president j m mcdonald vicepresident s m lasby secretarytreasurer miss alice mc- callum chairman bowling committee david richardson chnfrlady tennu committee miss doris wilson the greens and tennis courts are i now in full use and it appears mem bers of the club are likely to enjoy one of the best seasons in years for this outdoor sport ir another industry exceeded quota in sixth loan later returns in the sixth victory loan bring the information that ar- maco company was another of the acton industries to exceed their quota the subscriptions of the employees here were approximately iso per cent of the objective monkey buns amok exmouth england cp mrs charles pannell of this devon town hod looked after her brothers 8 year old monkey since h joined the roy al marines four years ago the mon key recently broke its chain and at tacked mrs pannell sending her to the hospital with arm injurle the monkey was destroyed coming events- at ueclm rcrti or other events under hdin are charge io cut tine with a minimum hara n an nouncrncn t nt ajc euchre at 6th auspices agriculture brookvllle hall june of the federation of piny a pair of country kids by balllnafod young people in green ock school monday june 5 under auspices of greenock red crou group admission 35c children 20a proceeds for red cross dance r celts i by pupils of shirley elliott town hall acton wednesday june 7th at 30 pm 30 talented children all in glorious costumes dont mlsi this hit of the season ad- mlsslon adults 35cchildren 20c 472 k jtwljfemjtatatu uijlartl o shuilhiisam f