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totrjufan sttt press seventieth year no o acton ontario thursday august 3lmt 1044 eight homeprint pa m scenes from the hundredth anniversary celebration of beanlmore and company in acton last saturday the beardmore co anniversary celebration took in a greut group who eitjoymmhe complete provision made to make tlte occasion a memorable one no 1 shows a lection of the crowd lined tip along the third base line watching the ball game no 2 is one small corner of the picnic uupiwr when between 1310 and immmi people were served in thirtytwo minutes no l u two of the men buck front servintf overseas enjoying the celebration vu arnold weaver and sergt wm finlay no 4 shows mr jucw sweeney und brian whose husband gave his life in the but tit for freedom and mrs cordon ijimbeii whose huhbuhd is serving overseas and seated u diana sweeney und two children of und mrs cordon lumbert no s uuown u group of some of the old hiployee with vice- resident and gemrul manager mr o o lienuett they ure left to right ceo ihnton kr h i ilvnnott john kennedy juek morton and wallace kruhkum no i thows tit toronto confer hand uu they iuin in the park ntrunr undr fti signs of ltmlth anniversary- memorial service for pie h simpson held on sunday comradru of canadian lesion at tended service in united church here on sunduy memlwrs of the acton brunch of the canudluli legion join ed with friends in n memorial ser vice far ltu hurold l slmtoii sun of corp and mrs george simpson ao- ton the service was held in the un ited church in charge of his pastor ilcv a w posbury uosing his dlmourse on john lltli verses 23 and 267 mr fosbury took as his subject on this occasion l um the resurrection and the life the word resurrection that ifc used here is the greek word anusl- asls it is u word that suggests mot ion upward and onwurd it convoys the ideu of going onof being pro moted to a higher form of life death to the christian is a step forward and upward in the experience of hu man life christ lias brought the hope of im mortality out into tho full sunlight of understanding the truest patriot that ever lived is his own witness to the fact of tho resurrection and those who follow in his train who live ills way of living will continue to live as docs he what do we mean by that word patriot t a patriot is one who love his country and will do anything that is right to preserve and defend it the true pntrplt looks beyond his own nation he desires his country to be n power for good in the world the blessings of freedom and enlighten ment are meant for the whole world of men thus whole nations are robbed of their codgiven freedom those who are still free are called upon to restore it harold simpson belonged to that company of glorious young patriots who saw the need of freeing the world of a dark and ugly evil nazism aimed at not only the subordination of but the ultimate ex tinction of those things pf beauty which free men hold dear it was inevitable that some of these young crusaders should pay the supivmc- sacrifice but for them there was the assurance that such a sacrifice could not be in vatn the life laid down here would be taken up beyond the valley of the shadow while the life of the world would be cleansed of it worst evils and in time please gotl of them all these young lives so seemingly short have lived and learned so much in so short a time to them the words of christ i am the resurrection and the life have special meaning- and we who are left behind must keep our covenant wjth them words spoken by lincoln in bis gettysburg adflrasi are words which we ought to continued on pace five police court at milton had variety of cases yesterday five cusotl were heard in police court in milton yetderduy tifteriioon before magistrate ijingriou wilfred george fltriier of hanover who wuii convicted lust week of utenl- ing n bicycle near anton wux given subtended nentomv mid ordered to pny the costs jack ilurrlu of acton churned with cimiiei driving resulting in nit ucct- dent neur georgetown wus given bus- ehded sentence und ordered to puy tin costs wnntinj oconnor parked u truck six feet on no r highway west of pujermo without lights mid wuu fined 51 und eostw including towing clmrges or ten days in jiul on n charge of driving ii truck without u rotloctor he wuu given sunpeudtxl sentence another chnrge of driving a truck without luting hiilpmnl with the iioo eusiiry llurosor lights uuo drew sus- ihtiuted sentence albert iepin of guolpli wuu fined 10 und costs or ten duys on u churge of being drunk in acton iurk on sat- urduy another charge of possessing and consuming liquor in a place other than ii private dwelling drew n fine of 100 mid costs or 30 days in jail pepin and u wonmn from guolph hdd it bottles of beer in n sultcuse chief hnrrop found them in the park after three 1 1 ml been consumed and sixteen bottles were intact in the suitcase churle meyers of milton wait re manded until september 6th on n charge of seduction agnlnut lily tur ner milton arnold scott was remanded until september tith on n charge of indec- nt acts tribute in service pie harald stapwi acton kilted in action on july 27th for whom a memorial aerylce war held sunday in acton united church beardmore co celebrate loothanniversarysaturday employe famllien ami frieudn provided with kjabornb vicnic und entertainment each will itecelve leather wlndbreakcr unditumuo ovitkeari a llojt ax 51ement of iohh annlverrtary of founding of canada lartr- rt tannerh third generat ion now headi kirra al hurvey put it very uptly on saturduy when udilrosulng the 1500 to imkoo folks utteiullng the beardmure co picnic youve got u fine torn- munlty mplrlt in acton folks you dont find hucii u nplrlt in many platen it s tnkimi u hundrtkl years to get ftn heavens sake dont lose it and m it wan on saturday just u great big fumlly that took in a mighty largi section of the community out plcnlc- ing together and marking un auupic- ious occasion the founding u hund red years ugo of the beardmore and co tanneries no utone hud been left unturned to make the ojxaslon one to go down in the annals of history of the com pany und in the life of acton even the weatherman smiled und gave a delightful ufternoon with bright warm sunshine klrst surprise of tlie afternoon enme when the employees were hand ed their program ut the gate nnd u little white card with a message from col a o t beardmore president and mr s g bennett vicepresident and general malinger it told them that each employee would receive om n memento of the 100th anniversary a leather winribrenker and measure ments and arrangements would be gi ven at the office it was a delight ful and complete surprise the program opened at 130 with a series of races and contests for ill age and sizes and splendid prize for the winners and here are tlie lucky contestants boys under 4 years harry mc- fadden garry walker girls under 4 years teresa arblc catherine smith boys 4 and under 6 yean ernie ljkwson jackie walker girls 4 and under 6 years norn job helen londsborough boys 6 and under 8 years desmond orourke ross morton girls 6 and under 8 years shirley wilson joyce palmer boys 8 and under 10 years russell arblc donnle anderson girts 8 and under 10 years cath arine brennan olive crydeirnan boys 10 and under 12 years ron nie anderson donald deforaat girls 10 and under 12 years mar- lene bolton shirley fryer f boys 12 and uiultr h freddie kenlnei gord thompson girls 1j and under 14 shirley bol ton derm lira it lit uoyi 14 and under hi initio arblc harold deforest girls 14 und under mi botty mus ters shirley itojktou young womeitii and mens lleggd race 111 yearn and over joan iarg- eler und ken puplllou shirley kent- ner and hurtley coles murriiml woimms clot lieu pin hiill mrti beatrice aiulorson mrs mab el burkholder ladh and mens wlulltarrow race dorothy footltt und 1mb e footltt mrs doris kent tier und fred die kent iter uidicu spot race over 40 mrs w croft k mrs a bruldu iudles and mens threud-the- nhhf ruce mr und mrs robert aiulertion frunteh ruwllngd und ro bert sly laidles and mens clgurette ruce- mr und mrs norman morton mr und mrs robert anderson mens boot race over 40 fred kent ner john mcgiaughlln just as the rare program conclud ed the toronto concert band under the direction of bandmaster j d wilson paraded in at the park ent rance under the big welcome und 100th anniversary decorations and for half an hour delighted the crowd with a program of selection uuseball followed between two out- utnlidlng indies softball teams from toronto simpsons and york arnen- alu it proved a fine attraction and was won by the simpson team but for those who didnt like base ball a group of troubadours strolled about the grounds singing and en tertaining nnd bobo the clown had a following of delighted youngstei a wherever he wont and he was always going kome place al harvey was the genial master of ceremonies for a program by a group of professional artists the lane sisters gave dainty dance num bers and the rlpleys clown acrobau are wellknown for their clevei numbers feeding the thousands feeding one to two thousand is no small task and when the call for supper came it looked like an impos sible job large serving tents had been erected and six serving line were provided in thirtytwo minut es every one of the crowd had- been served and the repeaters were being looked after cole bros of toronto had charge of this part of the event and a large and efficient staff handl ed the job there were assorted sand wiches weiners and rolls fruit cake assorted small cakes toe cream cups and tea coffee milk or chocolate during the afternoon the continued on pan heat lieut curtis m cole native of aeton killed in action word hini iwwi ricalvwl by mr and mrs j ti adamwih acton that their nephew ijeutiiiunt curt i m m cou wuu klllel in france on august lmh- lieutenant cole 1m the sort of the late john cole und mrs cole 2il krindale av toronto he was horn in aclon and wuu attached to tli armored dlvlailon flrut hufcitur of iomlnn miiny frlemlw here of mrs cole und the family will join in sympathy in the sacrifice they have lwi culled upon to make kciiool inktrxtok viih hatton county takes ottawa position l l skuce milton public school inuiuctor for hal ton county for the puut few yours is leaving tomorrow to assume position of science teach er ut the collegiate ut ottawa a temiiorury normal school employee will replnco mr skuee for this com ing year another casualty reported today iii french battle juttt ua we are going to prks word huk b4en received by mr and mrs john d irwin that their son rte albert john irwin has been wounded in france details of the injuries ure not nvullable at the moment a fuller account will uppear next week wounded by shrapnel cnr jos taylor son of mr james taylor acton who has aoffare4 shrap nel wounds in both arms nnd burns white asrvtnc in fyanc more casualties listed for acton district this week vie ii wdttur killed in action cur u j tulor sift m atlerirllwuob- ewimm wounded yiih winks cubuulty lists brought hiore of wurs grlnm to homes in acton and in the dutrlct immediately udjintlit fine more has made tho uupretne sacrifice und- unjveftor acton lwys are reimrtcd woundeot itt howard weutur son of mr und mrs s h webster acton has imhii hilled lu action on tuesday auguw isth onr w j taylor son of mr jum juylor wus wouiuled aug uit 14lh kgt m a tyler was wound- d on auguiit 17th and vtt icoy wil liam hobertson was wounded aus- uid iith ltpl a k ferryman now is rejwrted mlkutng ilnre august 6th on saturday u telegram was ro- ivlvfd mating thut a 1 hi 66 it how ard arlington wetwtur has been kill l in action on august isth 1064 while tervlng with a canudlun high land itogtment in france howard the ldet son of mr and mrs h harold webiter of acton ont wus born in bury quebec und cams with his parents to their irm horn jut south of acton twentyfour years ugo ho attended the dublin school und was a member of the church of england he worked on the homo farm for several years but at the time of his enlistment had been in the 4 m ploy of the sterling hubber company of cuelph for some fivo year on september 2t 1m0 howard wan unltd in marrlagv to ada tho only daughter of mr and mrs w continued on rage five coming events anauuinfainii of lifting cum- or tbr eu auwivr st hmdiag rkrrd 10 crata pr li wits ntuiinuna thtgm tnr iy uuuuncamii of jjc victory club bingo on friday night in the town hall at 8 pm 1ft gomes 3 specials and door prize aus pices of acton and vicinity war ser vice league dance tn orton communtiy hall on sept 6th drifting cow boys of c k c- r kitchener modern and om time dancing yadmutsldn 3s cents shirley elliotts dandng school announoea the registration day of sept fl from 3 to 5 pjn in st jo sephs hall acton to give their child plsssencsaar on rsmi