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thb acton fsbb press thursday august k au moffat threshing is tha order of the day in our community a reminder that the harvest u past and the summer u ended the majority of our farmers are able to report a good re sponse for their sawing ir com munis is fortunate in that we have had the occasional rain escaping the drought and the devastating storms experienced in some places mr w ii black mrs c amos axe holidaying in muskoka miss marie beach of hamilton is spending a few days with mr and ifrs hathaway mr and mrs james mlln of van couver b c have been visltinc mrs duncan campbell for the past week uuj edna roberts left on sunday evenlnc for fort worth texas to vis it her brother manager of flat top ranch mr clark donevnn and isobel were home for the weekend mrs clarke and family of guelph visited with her father and mother mr and mrs tom simpson for the past week sgt clarence dredge was home from camp borden for the weekend daughter miss jean of knatchhull and mrca darby visited with mr and mrs iofiie robertson of bever ley on sunday and miss jean moffat remained with them for a week holiday mr and mrs reg wilson of acton and mr and mrs david drysdale of crewsons corners visited in the home of mr geo t wilson on sunday afternoon the farmers of this district are hav ing quite a hard time getting their grain dry after the heavy rains of last week or to finish harvest mrs ljuie jay of lowvllle and son lac stanley jay of the rxlaf who is home on harvest leave visited relatives and friends at knatchbull on tuesday burlington mr and mrs dick bullock received word on tuesday that their son lance corp theo bullock who was wound ed on july 15th is enroute home on a hospital ship wo 2 herbert cromble recently received his diploma as a funeral dir ector from th banting institute of toronto unlverstly wo 2 cromble was an articled student with c g southall before joining the services and has forfeited his furlough and saving to obtain this degree at a well attended meeting of the community centre committee nold in the council chamber on wednesday evening at which two members of the high school board were also present a discussion took place on up to date plans submitted by herb ert murton architect at a regular meeting of the town council on friday evening manson milne as b deputation from the bur lington lions club appeared before the council requesting the town to ac cept a deed of the llfo saving equip ment now owned by that club arid being operated by burlington fire brigade gazette nassagaweya mr and mrs thomas r taylor and grandson master charlton taylor of buffalo n v- are visiting with mr and mrs robert borthwlck of nasa- gaeya at prcent mr mj m uu cmldlwtt mr donald ferguson who is work- l toronto htvnt holidays it tng near hornby visited with his par- tlit uc here ents mr and mrs undsay ferguson of nauagaueya over the weekend mr and mrs duncan moffat and limehouse we rgrrt that two neighborhood met with unfortumata accidents last week mr harold brown had his right hand badly cut when operating a circular saw on his fathers farm on friday we hope that he may have the use of his hand again on saturday morning mr ken neth hamilton had his left writ broken while he was cranking a truck both are receiving treatment at guelph oneral hospital mrs j i- fjierby spent a few days in toronto recently while there le attended the funeral of the late paul mcadams mrs christie of thomld visited her l rwlce mr klrkpatrlck recently slw uax accompanied by iter grandson roltby christie miss marion norrle is holidaying in toronto mr and mrs allan hadley and bobby of lindsay called on mr and mr a w benton on monday mr harry smethurst of barrle and mr iat tralnor and baby of cooks- town visited with mrs a j smeth urst recently bill mill it c a k with his wife and family spent last week with hi mother at their summer home here mr and mrs hooker and daughter of guelph visited mr and mr k l miller and daughter over sunday mr james klrkpatrlck spent the weekend at midland with the lam bert rockwood georgetown major j arnott early arrived homo last weekend after more than four and tt half year overseas major early enlisted with the princess pat in winnipeg at the outbreak of the war and went oversea in the fall of 1939 he returned to canada in 194j the family and friend of pte w g m gordle browne were over- joyed nt the news that the young norvnl soldier who wo rcorted missing last may 1 u now reported a prisoner of war the good new came in a telegram to hi mother mr w g m browne early tuesday night august bill on saturday mr and mr chris sargent received new that their son sgt jim sargent had been seriously wounded in normandy he went ov ersea with the lome scots in 1041 and aome time ago transferred to tho paratroopers he entered normandy in the dday attack and since that time hi family have had no new of him georgetown girls pipe band travel led to malton by bu lost sunday where they took part in a concert and sport i day under the sponsorship of vlctor aircraft the girl were en tertalned at dinner in the ladles staff house jby the management of the compan herald oakville mr ted torrence landed a four pound smalt mouth black bass meas uring 17v inches in length in the six teen creek near the bridge mrs henry bowman has received word that her son gnr george w wilkinson 29 died in hospital in france on august 6 of wound re ceived august 5 on wednesday afternoon the prov incial deparment of game and fish eries deposited 1800 yearold brown trout in the sixteen mile creek on august 7th his birthday lieut d don martin shaw received a shrapnel woundwhlle serving with the south saskatchewan regiment in normandy twentyfour hours later ha had bean flown to england and waa in hospital that a through freight collided with a way freight imm east of the tth line subway about ftre oclock on thursday aft the only allured twaa a bra on the through mint who eprsdned ida nklt wnon h ju r 1 the sacred concert held sunday ev ening under the auspice of the t l s class of the united church wa well attended and the program arranged ed much enjoyed by the targe num ber present uev john ward was chairman who with hi brief address and remqrk during the evening add ed much to the program mr frank guild john rockwood wa guest ar tist and hi number were well re ceived other who took part were miss dorothy simmons mu helen bayne mrs wm black mr d ward a group of young people under the direction of mis annie jolllffe who rendered a couple of choruses m irs gladys hanna also contributed n vocal number which wa much ap preciated pianist for the evening were mis annie jolllffe mrs j ayl- es mr wm black as well a a piano solo by mr j aylcs during the program a collection was taken up which amounted to 53 00 the regular monthly meeting of tho peosbytertan w m s was held last thursday at the homo of mr albert gray fifth line eramosa it wa al so the occasion for a picnic for the young folk of the sunday school hut owing to inclement weather in door pastime were enjoyed after the supper brief sport wore neld on the lawn with misses beatrice swan uton and elva pcnren in charge lout week witnessed the third and final session of the season at camp brebeuf when presentation were made to tho camper by ftcv p ke- hoe of dunnvllle in connection with his presenting of prizes father ko hoc urged the boys to profit by their lessons during camp life nnd in np preclatlon of their holiday at camp brcheuf to become boosters of the now wellknown summer resort for young people a cup given by rev j f ryan bishop of hamilton was awarded to a brantford boy and n shield to a guelph boy for the bout intermediate and junftr respectively congratulations to john beard of the r c a f at vancouver b c on the occasion of his recent mar riage he i at present home on leave and his many friends in town nre pleased to meet him again mrs rose dyer and mis doris re turned home monday from their trip to new york state mis marjory beard r n toronto i home for a hrlef holiday mr roland ramshaw of detroit one of our rockwood boys residing in detroit is visiting mr mcneill weekend and sunday visitors mrs j t fitxslmmons of moore- fleld ont sgt j ward camp borden mr and mr roxs allan and family toronto mr and mrs angus carter guelph congratulations to mr and mrs harvey laverty on the arrival of a daughter at st josephs hospital guelph during the weekend dr and mr k b waller nnd family returned home last week after their months holiday mr george gordon recently attend ed the birthday celebration of her sister mr anderson at milton other relatives present or the occasion were from kincardine mr and mrs tho weatherston mr and mrs ted weatherston and family returned home during the weekend from holiday on manltoul- ln island misses margaret and enid mcnabb also returned from their brief holiday at miiskonaentt bruce beach mr and mr ralph b richardson and family of vlneland mrs james huil and mr and mrs earl richard son of guelph were sunday vtsttors at the home of john r richardson on the occasion of his ttth birthday cedarvale intended for last week mr fred smith of cleveland ohio and mr howard mckee of hamilton spent a few day with mr and mr ed smith the threshing machine are hum ming in thl section again mr and mr howard smith of cleveland ohio visited with friend here sympathy i extended to mr ed smith in the death of hi slater mrs david burt miss bokla and peter mulder visit ed with the graham family in con- ingshy the session which ha just finished passed many measures looking to the postwar period in addition to the establishment of an indust rial bank to assist small industrie there 1 the measure to flnanc kxpott credits in agriculture medium terra bank credit for farmers should be of great assistance to both fanner and industry the 30o million dollar voted to sustain floor price for farm products will prevent any drastic drop in prices of farm production on of tlw tutstandlng piece of legislation designed to furnish employment in lle postwar period 1 tlw new housing act the in terest rate has been reduced to t4 per cent the down payment to be paid by the owner is now io per nt on the first fzooo then 13 per rrnl on the nest sjono provision is made for term insurance so that in the vnt of the death of tlw breadwinner the widow will own the itome clear of encumbrance provision la now made so that an own er will bo allowed for work which he aloes on hi own home also un der the new act men may club together to help build itomea for each other w now liave a shortage of 3o0 thousand luime under the new act a drive sliould be made for every man to own his own home and ihltf 1 now possible for practically everyone a home costing s40oo tho down paymonut just s400 and the monthly payments are just over 91k cheaper than rent small advertisements pram english style excellent tires new hood 12 apply mrs henry kani3 crewsona corners nop hale for sale a small porch in good condition can ike movvd alwo pilot no 4 heater in good condition coal or wood apply 72 box c free press wanted child tricycle 11 ion e 11z mr and mr d sinclair of ballln- nfnd visited on sunday at the home of mr and mr harold griffin a number from hero attended the carnival in georgetown on friday ev- chlng sunday visitor nt the home of mr nnd mrs a griffin were mr and mr j o martin and theodore of vlnelnnd mr nnd mr frank smart of grimsby mr nnd mr g t mc- arthur of rockwood mr and mrs r l davidson of acton mr nnd mr ii mcarthur and mabel of erin mr nnd mr e fleeter lorna and david of grand valley visited with mrs earl fuller and mr h kceler mr noll harding ipent sunday with his uarent mr ami mr j harding it orion osprfnge master maurice coullng spent a week holiday with mr and mr klrkvtood at erin friend of mis grace burrow will im- pleased to learn she i progressing favorably following an operation for appendicitis i4ttle mis jfonn and master john and sherlock allkcn spent a few day last wk with their grandpar ents rev and mr foreman at bol- llnnfad mr and mr a tulott of rockwood visited on sunday with mr m alt- ken mr and mr d stewart and family visited on sunday with mr and mr george rennlck at hamilton mr and mr gordon altken enjoy ed a few day holiday at mud lake mis blanche mcklnnon 1 holiday ing with mr and mr bert week at ahandale mr and mr f brydon and mrs e sunter visited on sunday with mr and mr james brydon acton mr hugh robertson and friend pent the weekend with relatives at fcnetangulshene mr and mr w j jackson visited on sunday with mr and mr alfred winter and family eramosa mis joan kalthoff of toronto is holidaying with mr k knhhoff tho womens institute are holding u tmcred band concert on sunday af ternoon at iha school in aid of the ov- rnehs fund erin tin annual w a and sunday kchool picnic of all saint anglican church was held at the home of mrs j r hamilton on wednesday last with a goodly number being present tlw villager were startled at noon tuesday by the sudden alarm of fire which broke out in a motor that drive the ammonia compressor in the cooling plant at wright creamery the fire completely des troyed the threehorse motor but fortunately there was no other dam age a former erin resident jean har riett mulrhead beloved wife of i late george arnett passed away at her home so albany ave toronto on friday august 11 1944 a former erin township resident passed away at the home of her niece mis maud mcgul reg n at walkerton on monday august 14 1944 in the person of mary mcglll widow of the late duncan mcklnnon in her 99th year advocate wanted to buty two old fashioned coal oil hanging lomml wantad must have chain low ering device and prefer them with bangle around the shade state piioe wanted nnd where tan le socn free wiess of kick 1huu- 174 ktove kepauth flrellne jolntles fire brli k per fect lining for stove more hi at leas fuel no joint to allow ecute of heat john v lavage acton notice tliv erin township board of health will conduct a clinic for immunizat- fon against dlptheria and whooping cough at the illllttburg school from 9 sum tlu 12 oclock noon on septem ber tnd september lrd and octomr 14th the attendance of all nan immune children between the ages of si months and fifteen year of age is re quested geo bryan sec board of health everton scouttt and cubh ooixeot bobber lusaka rhodesia cp african scouts and cub are doing many uko- ful job to help tho war effort and the boy in northern rhodesia are very conscious of tho importance of rubber on one day recently tho nkann scoulr nnd cubs collected the follow ing 112 old motor tires 12 motor cycle tires 14 bicycle tire 40 misc ellaneous tubctj and quantities of house piping hath mat water bot tle etc these have now all been iont to tho colony scrap rubber dump to make their contribution to the war effort a community picnic was held lout wednesday evening when about 70 gathered on tho lawn of mr g g robertsons there were races nnd horse rhoo pitching and of course lot of lunch the races were as follow uo 7 to 10 joe benham girls 7 to 10 alice fountain girls 4 to 6 wllln benham girls 1 to 4 shirley ulllo hnby under 1 year jack hepburn boys 11 to it hop race clarence htl- ter neck tie race d mcphedran and vera fountain kicking shoe mrs mubblngton kicking foot hall d mc phedran spot race bert archer clcnnest pocket handkerchief for men fred alton nnd d mcphedran the straight tit mam in stocking mrs hepburn horse shoe pitching win ner were t d mccutchean anil w trow and most ringers freif alton mr harvey jtutn nnd son spent imdny nt the home of mr and mrs ed pasmore rockwood mr and mr roy wottt rworth ami three sons of port dalhouulr vkltcd this week at the home of mr nnd mr john alton mrs robert patten of guelph spent a few days inst ysk at tho some home mr nnd mis will rolwruon ur spending a week s holidays at cleve land ohio with the former s bister mihsc mary and eddie mrs 111 lie mrs g mack and mrs d parker attended the funeral last tuesday in hamilton of the formers grandson mr herbert mills mr nnd mrs horace mack nnd family and a cousin of st ioul vis ited mr and mrs john mccutchean sunday mr and mrs arnold wilson of shands visited at the home of mr and mrs a boles misses barbara and muriel benham are holidaying with their grandpar ents mr and mr will van norman guelph why not try us for glasses mv bav um imnaq dkul a at the tiimt difficult cum our optical par lor are modern and well equipped to rive efficient and prompt ervloe modehate ibices matufaotion assured e p head registered optometrist km fit george square rhone 1510 ouaxpii notice voters lists 1mi township of naagmwya of italton police la hereby given that i liave compiled with section h of the voter ijst act nnd that i have posted up at my office at campbt llvllla on the huti day of augurt 1944 the uitt of all persona entitled to vote in tho ualq municipality at municipal elect ions nnd that kuch lutw remains there for inspection ami i hereby call upon all vol r to take immediate proceedlm have any error or omlsulon correctid ac cording to law tho loiit day for ap peal being the 7th day of september 1914 dated at camplhllville thl iboi dny of august 1044 ciia3 v nourish clerk township of nasunuaweya men women over 40 feel weakworn old wart ifanul vosuyt too you i i tw 1 umloi change of location our scrap iron lot has been removed torn main street lo a new location on scene street at the premises of wm shep- pard we buy and sell and transact all business now at the new premises u waxm an co acton ont cape town cp the south af rican womens auxiliary services have completed four years of vax work the organtastlon now has flva hundred branches with over oooo members it has founded and support ed 158 institutions attention all housewives who use concentrated bleach here is real value a large 26oz bottle of baldwins pate coacentrale for only 18c 3c refund for the empty we guarantee the strength of our product equal that of any bleach you have ever us ed why not try a bottle of this amazing concentrate next washday a trial will convince vqv spjuam tlrjm mupptu it fcleiura pbanbdrlml bait vmi oml vv y 1 xitmlury yaw csuwi tool tails eauw 14ju ouisood ittiat ban ileabino auction sale in tttafaixjau township tr uvrhtocic farm impud- mkntn hay amd grain tho undcrslgnm lias rocolved in structions from hetut t norbm to sell hy puhlic auction at lot 13 con so 0th lino n s twp of tra- falgur on friday aiguht is ims at 2 oclock the following horses 1 clyde mare 10 years 1 percheron gelding 10 years 1 ivrjjheron mare aged cows 1 brlndle cow milking hred may 1 black cow milking bred june is 1 red cow in full flow not bred 1 black cow fresh 4 weeks 1 black cow milking bred june 8 1 black cow milking not hred fat youno cattle 3 bsby beefs 1 veal calf olltry iso white leghorn 1 vor old heni 123 white jersey cinnt pullet laying 125 hybrids fllock ond new hampshire pullets laying hay and cratn 0 ton mixed hoy tlmothv and lucerne 200 bus bnrlev 400 bus oats implements deering grain binder fi ft deering mower 6 ft rcnrln beo heerlng manure spreader mcd fertilizer grain drill ivdlsc new deering hay rake mcd drag cultivator 2 sect ion mcd cultipacker seed har rows 1 section single furrowed rid ing plow oliver cans plow oliver walking plow set of sloop filet ghi watcon and flat hay rack fanning mill fergus with clover scraani eed grain treater root pulpar 3 h p gas emhne f and m 6 h p sl engine int pump jack grain chopper 6 and a hair inch platarhen- frew scales new da laval craam 8rarator draw ropa for sllnga 1 inch new sling rones baattv car and pulleys set of double blocks and 19 feat of chain ktoctrtc fenc er insulators and wire set of pola climbers and belt naw foadlns chut on wheels snow plow ditch er rotary pumo naw no of bass set or doubt hamtasi odd collars opt mow coal or wood host chains ate postthrsry no n as tho i tor osrbis to dl haalth ksv fwmgnd t gtsln bp n f mummimm