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wghwii vht juten sttt flfess seventieth year no 13 acton ontario thursday september 28th 1044 eight homeprint pa r cents secure imfotwtioa on sewage for acton matt bat no councillor a iluon w j o oaks chas l klrkneas and j ii boulton were lirwnt last evening where acton council met in fort nightly session and reeve 4 u ml donald presided andrew bufhanau jr was present regarding the mccnso on a dog on his premises at the time of assessing the animal had been destroyed council point out the irovitlon of the bylaw und adhered strictly these provisions mr anderson of armstrong wood a co cnglneeis was present at coun cil lteee mcdonald explained to the council that he had taken mr ander son over the town and he had made a visual survey of acton lie cnine to council to answer questions re garding the installation of a sewag system and disposal plant at the outaet it was planned only to construct a system to look after ssn itary sewage the cost of construct ing sewers to handle storm waters and drains would make the cost of a d plant prohibitive the sys tem would take care of drainage from cellars toilets and laundry tuba but would not look after water from roofs it was not expected the whole system could be worked by gravity but it would be necessary to have a pumping station mr anderson also gave to council an idea of the plant necessary for treating sewage and illustrated con struction or other plants it was estimated that a treatment plant for a population of 2500 would cost s3oo00 units could be added to this type of plant as the population in creased various types of disposal plants were explained to council it was estimated that about seven miles of sewers would be needed for all of acton- details of llnam ing sewage in acton and approximate costs were given council by mr an derson the work of course coum not be undertaken until after the war it was suggested that a prellmlnjiy survey be made and if the initial steps were taken it would possibly be a year before actual work would com mence cost of a survey would no 500 which would be included in the commission if the work were pro ceeded with at any time council expressed appreciation of the work done by mr anderson in the information given on this subject the finance committee passed the following accounts for payment bell telephone co services 10 ib county of hallon use of gradir j 33 20 acton georgetown milton public health nurse committee 224 00 acton fall fair board grant 20000 guelph sand a gravel co supplies j 1 20 j k gardiner painting signs 00 or w g cullen medical of ficer of health treatment of patients for veneral disease t200 registering at reslstrry offlco 1 in sss1s9 a letter from beardmoro a co en closed a report on the waiter from tho pond as chlorinated at the tire pump the water was a class harry oakley was hy motion en gaged as a municipal employee re placing ernest sigswortni notice was received from the fuel wood controller that a carload of wood had beer forwarded accounts of hospitals for indigent patients were admitted and forward ed to county council permission uas asked to lay a drain from the basement of knox church to the pond through tho pioneers cemetery council referred the mat ter to the cemetery trustees the treasurer sumltted a report of receipts and expenditures up to the present time of year a request was made for a street light on alice street it was referred fo the utilities commission council adjourned about 1120 am fte harry rigby jr severely burned serving in italy bssint in itall acton relatives have received word that pte harry rlgby jr aged 28 of guelph native of acton was wounded in action on september 8th be suffered severe burnt about the arms and hands as well as shock he is the son of mr and mrs marry itlgby of guelph who were residents of acton for many years ana a nephew of mrs robert cross acton me tatoe the army ho sum aafl went overse m ims ahnoat immediately to italy he was earring with the perth regiment pictures from the record acton fair of 1944 lalstweek tin fetes pats camera caught several interesting picture at the 1944 fair a few of which we ore pleased to preset our reader upper left la shown the stock parade and crowd in front of the brand stand while the picture below show a section of the piixe winning tock and crowd around the centre horae ring the centre picture ahowa president it l davidson as lie greelel wavea a aalute to a friend upper right picture ahowa the winner in tlie itoblnson baby the crowd and officially opened the 1044 fair ami the kansas farmer show seated lelt to right are mm c barr ami peter mr f htm key and billy mrs jos llurat and the twins jon and kent mr out sayer and sharon centre of the croup standing la tlie other prize winner mra ja brltton with judith isobel on either aide of her are two other bablea in the contest with their mother lower left picture show a aectlon of the midway crowd that thronged this part all afternoon largest attendance on record at 1944 acton fair saturday afternoon big exhibit fine show crowd everyone in the ground for the 1844 evcnluotilbuitai kxmblu in slwuwrn cattle sheep and poultry hi parade of uvesfem two banda provide musical piara hrat nlgm concert and two uaneea iack the town hall to doom llaby show rodeo peeiurea kansas farmer and many atlnutiortt went to hake event moat succeaaful i he 1044 acton fair is over and another success can be marked up in it history working under watv time handicap the fair in some re spects made now record the at tendance on saturday afternoon wa the largest on record for the second day more old friend came back and found a mighty line place to renew acquaintance on a line fall afternoon some of the exhibits were not a large a in other year while other showed a big increase the lack of a hall of course cut this display but shown in a tent on the grounds it wa much admired thera was the largest exhibit of shorthorn cattle sheep and poultry that has been seen here for years other fair on the same day conflicted with the horso how but there wa a fine exhibit perhaps we had better get the story as the fair proceeded first night haow acton arena is doing a wartime job and lack of this building is quite a handicap but a fair must go on and the director met the situation thl year by providing a concert and dance in the town hall the hall wo packed to the door fur the concert the reserved seat section was a sell out three day before the event that veteran entertainer jlmmle fax was the big attraction and hi fun co consulted of llobt wilson comedian and jean simpson solot and pianist miss pat matthew win ner of 140 medal and cup for inter national toe and tap dances nnd ceorge laid law mauler of mystery they provide an entertainment that held the audience and drew round of applause jlmmle fax in hi conclud ing number of a boy at school and jennie with miss jean simp son gave a tlnoje that was most ap propriate many friends stayed to meet him again after his perform ance his assisting artists were of hie type and gave a well balanced and line program president r i david son welcomed the crowd to the con cert and expressed appreciation of the work of directors and officers mr c a dills was chairman for the evening before the concert tho acton boys band under bandmaster c w mason paraded and gave a good street concert that enlivened the evening immediately following the concert the hall v as cleared and harvey fishers orchestra provided music for dancing which drew a splendid crowd this years hall exhibits were con fined to those that could be shown in a tent hera a fine display of flow ers grain roots and vegetables were assembled and while below the six of other years made a creditable ex- hlbft ta gecsed day aun warming a beautiful and acton park at its beat it just completed the plana of most everyone to go to the fair lulng- fair oaytm saturday i live stock and exhibit and conces sionaire made the park a lively spot a mlilwuy complete with merry-go- round aerial swings and sideshow wo putting on the finishing touched about 130 phi the parade of the school children started off front the town hall thl year two band were provided the lome scot band led the parade by bower aven ue to frederick and mill street and then to main street and knox aven ue acton boy band in their snappy new uniforms brought up the rear there wa music all along the way and when thl group went through the fair ground gate it wa certainly the open up signal from then on the midway and all the attraction were thronged and fair visitors kept com ing until a crowd of between 5000 and 600o attended it set a new high record for acton fair prize for decorated bicycle in the school par ade were won by tommy perkins and jim dennis v there were plenty of attraction for the visitors the cattle were shown in n ring inside the track and the home wore shown in another central ring among the exhibitor was mr fletcher now aver 75 year of age who was an exhibitor at the c n e for many year hi sons and grandsons were also exhibitor at the acton fair youngest exhibitor of ojttle the delaney boy aged 13 and d year they did a fine job too and a look at the prize winning will show they took their share pretsldcnt k l davidson briefly addressed the visitor lothefalr thanking them for their attendance and expressing hi appreciation of the work of hii fellow officer and directors who had worked so faith fully through the year to make the event a urrciut he officially open ed the iw4 fair the poultry and sheep exhibit were outstanding and the eaton special in hogs drew nine pens and the exhib itors secured a bid of s160 for their hogs from canada packer in addition to their prize winning prize winner for t eaton co special for hogs judged on a carcass basis were fred cole chas thomp son e johnston d brown h b ramsden e r posmore for those who wanted to sit in the grandstand there was entertainment nearly all afternoon the kansas farmer had songs and stories for everyone and played request numbers all afternoon in between timet he took a hand in helping with the an- noiincements ken budd and his rodeo six put on a program of trick riding bare back wrestltng on horseback jump ing roman hurdle hippodrome race and chariot race ken budd conclud ed by rldlns sky rocket a noted bucking bronco from the bad lands off alberta asjitlng kn budd in thl program were master elvln budd master hughle jordan herb smith uny johnston ami bruce johnston in the old lime tiddlers contest nell mcdonald l it no fl ouelph wa first mrs hector mcculg of tuelph second ii mccalg cuelph third and j w nlcol llmchouse fourth haby hhow twcntyllvo bonnle liable tomjutt- ed in the itoblnson buby show and it gave the judges a real task to de cide the winners judith isobe brlt ton daughter of mr ami mr jus brltton bockwood won first for girl under g months peter barr son of mr and mrs c barr acton won for boy under 6 months sharon a sayer daughter of mr and mr cha sayer it ie 1 milton was best girl over h month billy stuckey son of mr and mr fred stuckey acton was best boy over 6 months while jon and kent hurst sons of flight li out and mrs jo hurst won the prize for best twins every entry in tho contest will receive an award and tho winners merchandise voucher in ad dition at the itoblnson store in ham ilton the sponsor of the baby show each year winner of tho prize for coming tho greatest distance to attend the fair was mrs e dagg of 4313 pandora st vancouver b c 1 he oldest mar ried couple at the fair were mr and mrs vvm mcglaughlln it il no- 4 guelph whoso ages are 80 and 83 years respectively v rand concert and midway having two band for the fair this year made it possible to have almost continuous band programme all abe afternoon the acton boy band and the lorno scot band provided programmes that pleased and were the subject of much favorable com ment from visitor the m had a crowd al after noon the merrygoround and the swings stopped jut long enough to discharge fares and take on fresh continued on page five wounded in action pte thomas ehvood pe y m who was wounded on september 8th while serving in italy 102nd anniversary of baptist church observed sunday rev u 0 llrutol of toronto us gimt minuier sololstj and special mualc sunday september 24 marked tho hund anniversary of the baptist church blessed with perfect fall weuthet the day wa in every wuy u sutceks and wu one of praise and thanksgiving hiv l o brutol da bd s t m osslngton ave church tor onto brought to tho congregations very inspiring and timely messages the choir with the member of knox presbyturian choir and the soloist miss marie anderson guelph and mr hoy carson toronto added much to the service basing his sermon on exodu 3112 mr ulltols subject at the morning service wa the challenge of faith there nre two philosophies of life thtf first that of farce aggression and power and tho second that of work ing with god for a better world for nil using a an illustration the life of moses the speaker said that n in mown life there were three def inite experience go in our live the three experience are duplicated the first experience was the call through moses life in the desert he leurned the way of the wilderness nnd through the symbol of the burn ing bush god called mose to lead the israelites out of egypt so in our time god calls us and as he pre pared moses in the desert and paul on the road to damascus so he pre pares uk for the task he has chosen may we hoar the call of god and heed it the second experience was that of the need for sustaining vision when moses became discouraged god callcl him to the mountain top and there he received strength to carry on some might say that good should overcome evil and yet they arent willing to help hitler took advant age of that fact and we are suffer ing the consequences to some money is the only factor in life and it matters not how they attain their goal to others physical enjoyment 1 all they would ask of life how low these aim are we should want the best spiritually want to know more of goda dealings with man with goda guidance we can build a better world to his followers jesus extended the invitation come and see when asked where he lived it was an in vitation to be not only guests but con- pan ions and that invitation is ex tended to us today what are we going to do will we accept hi in vitation to a fuller life the disciples to whom jesus spoke went out and brought others to him christianity doesnt come as a light ning flash but it abides wtth us we dont know what the future hold continued on page ftre workers honour heads of firm with presentation eaaaloycea arrange bojuhle gifts to col beardeaore and mr ilenneu on 100th anruveraary employees of beaidmor f co felt that the looth anniversary of thla firm wa an occasion in which they would llkt lo make some recognition to the head of the llrni col a o jt beardmore and mr s c uennelt the employee attaoctatton named a committee to arrange for suitable gift and for a presentation but it was not until monday morning that both these busy men could tie got to gether for this surprise presentation the employees were called to e meeting on the lawn at the plant at 1190 on monday morning where a platform had been ereted mr ttieo papluon president of the employees association opened proceeding and briefly addressed the fellow employ ees and called on mr r it parker representlns the toronto montreal and acton office staffs mr parker explained to col beard- more and mr bennett the purpose of the sprthertn said the desire of the employees for them to have a memento of the 100th anniversary of the firm two of the employees who had been with the firm the greatest num ber of years made the presents ion or the gold watches suitably inscribed mr john kennedy made the p entatlon to mr bennet and lawr ence william to col beardmore on behalf of the men from the plant serving overseas col beard- more and mr bennett were presented with set of gold tie arid collar pine by mr l ileldl and mrs e waller whose husband are serving overs both col beardmore and mr ben nettwere taken completely by ur- prlse but expressed their apprecia tion of the thought fulness and the spirit of the employees which had prompted the gathering and the gift they particularly appreciated the fact that thl memento had tome from the employee an thl 100th annivers ary the committee in charge of this successful event were t paplllon t ware g cunningham w march- men t it anderson e stapleton 8 tenniiit it chandler and g hansen the sound unit owned by mr v b itumley helped greatly to carry out the program pictures of the event will appear hext week r wounded back in lines pte m cutting now listed missing pte melvln cutting who was re ported wounded on august 28th has now been officially reported missing since september 6th word to this effect wa received by hi mother mrs walter cutting scene street last thursday he was serving in italy with the 48th highlands and had apparently recovered from his wounds and was back in action again friend will hope with the family that new of his safety will be received corn and wiener roast held by junior farmers a verynjoyabie evening was spent at the home of mr and mrs howard swttxer on thursday evening sep tember 14th when the acton junior farmers held a corn and wiener roast there wa a good attendance and games led by margaret mcphall were enjoyed by all present in the light of the lire after a treasure hunt and a singsong all gathered around the fire while the corn and wieners were served along with coffee and marsh- mallows the rest of the eventns wa spent in a friendly gettogether coming events anbtgncfmfu of ue 0sj cons or ottor emu a4t tats hsdigif mtw chars ets ear lias with niattna cturs lor sejr mmnatttmii of ate jiamtli bl ej ismmim wiaimmltfm dance friday september 2stb la acton town hall modern aires or chestra dancing pun to 1 ajn 1341 legion dance in town han thurs day oct 3th al watsons orchestra admission 90c aeun service per sonnel admitted free busy bees anajajal aad progrsi wednesday jiwarrlt ffzfcgtu