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seventieth year no 30 acton ontario thuhsdav jafruaky 2sth i94s eijjht homeprint paces five coats arena probably clear o wopp before next seasoti futul oamta dmhuului pawumj dttrwh sjuuuos la town fto- anees acton fu brifuitj kuiot hlti in fil iweation ctetcst rccw mgttomm hasaaw alply to mayor of actoa councillors w j o othn j ii boulton j if crlghmand j f davtaon were present tuesday even- m whan aclan council met in r-e-gu- ur msalon and keeve j u mcdonald fwsld4 at special meeting on january 17th councillor fred r vision sub- rribd to tha usual oath of office motions were pawed rescinding the power of gladys urkertle acting treasurer to sign cheque and docu- ments following her resignation as of january uih frad u turner jr waa appointed deputy treasurer with ika uaual powers and salary to ba paid by the utlltltss commission tha clark reported that the appli cations had been mad for tha two mills subsidy from tha province reeva mcdonald and councillor oakaa wr appointed to art on any emergency matters that required im mediate attention between council meetings messrs wilson oalsholm art daw- kins on behalf of ad on fire brigade askad thai an appropriation ba art aside each year for tha purr hate of supplies it was requested that the brigade purchase t heir own equip ment ok the invoices and th- ac counts be paaaed by council it was auggted that the appropriation be an amount of the average over a period of yean it was pointed out that the hyd rants should be shovelled more from tha road vide rather than on the sidewalk side of the hydrant for a distance of about four feet each aid complaint was made that tlrsnger- had coma into the hall and had op erated the truck the nrlgade sug gested that a battery charger be ae- eured the mattrri were to have at tention it was decided to hnhae the battery booster meurs v b humlry and a dills of the school board prctented the requltltlnnof the hoard for the year the following was the requi sition as presented public school liauhn suhjecr to refund to the council of eatlmatpd vvooooo erant from the department omtimiaitfm rrhnol famlflr sub ject to refund of estimated fjoftfiiy fium hattorr ctrann- stt2w from wellington county 9811 00 grant on average attendance and estimated 9304000 grant from the department being a total of it760 rs estimated refund to council the matter of operating an open air rtnk was discussed and any mis understandings were explained in this connection a letter from the department of riannlng was receive and the school board was asked to make a survay of any rontemplafed post war work that might be included such as new build ings and fill in the form for present ation before february i chairman rumley agreed to endeavor to ar range this matter account were passed for payment as follows flal army grant symon 1 ian are supplies art on free press printing k s cooper supplies cuelph sand iravel rand jkctonpuhllc utilities cumr mission services a trea surer and tax collector for liml nr w qillcp- nmllnl two canes heard in police court yeslerday afternoon t 9 lms 1 oft 32s 2 so 10e5 magistrate k al usngdon in police court in milton ysaterday fined mr rfo mcge 910 and costs on a charge of being drunk provincial constable k scott found mcoe lying- to lh- snow on john street burlington in a drunken state and took him to the poller station moe pleaded guilty mr and mrs a jlestlvo appeared before the magistrate on a charge of violating bylaw 175 which prohib it the erection or placement of a non fireproof building in a restricted area mr resflvo asked permlaslon to erect a new brick building the frame building was then moved cxo- tu to the prince theatre to mate room for the brick building and could prova to be a fire haiard magistrate langdon reserved de citlon on the matter unopposed liberal softool rcquisiiion c roads and cheque 6750 lower when vl m grants received dlscussed lv0111li vcmlmcll hughes cleaver member of parlia ment for the past ten year who was the unopposed nominee to itrp- resent halton liberals in the federit i s a pay milton k1jected president lornr scots band arn and cuttle lost by fin in nassagaweya- duncan buchanan lot hlj fine large barn entire crop of grain several head of cattle and a number of tmjl menla when tire of unknown origin i hi 6k r out in the ttrurture although at the annual meeting of tha txfme hcou band on tuesday a folowlng officers were elected t s i n ir i blaie about at they could do was to t mm lv olhr buhdln landing nrrby trs t- s t fay xlln 7 k- i ilj tn nia line of nassagaweya and puslin h viceprealdent i emille j h miles wext of moffat secretary chas w ijuvdsborough acton n 50 head of valuable cattle treasurer ii king had ben kept in the building and the committee a c herbert j car- tmct th o w lost is cred- ter j t armstrong r spell vogel cd to mcionald an otn- arton b xickerr muton ployee ot a nrl farm mr mcdonald nmired thr amoke and ruihlnjt over in the barn rclciiknl tin- school lloud m odlmnu i j j cjllinll subjrt to rnu uoimg-ptur- in tim to firry co1 huvl i ltlcr8 htlfl at a prcll mcvtln of the a lun niltihs jllinll hojinls school board on tuesday evening a estimates were prepared for imo and kollowing hr- morning aervlra in the requisition made ready for coun- i acton pnlled churoh last sunday 1- cll in order to strike the estimates- rtion of officer to fill vacani u s tlie board hd instructed the sec- ir on the various ttoardk of lite reury to write the piovlnclal ie- f church either by retirement or death part men t inquiring when the grants rir would le hild this year it has been i itinse elected to ffte sfxvlon were the custom to receive these grants 1 ollows late in the year with th larger j y i mlt kern brown grants this year forming a large share i y ttiree year k cleave of the fund with which the board j b veldhuls n ii wllaon mill have to operate it would be nw j y tw y j lambert easary p be ure they were received one year w wnlertiou- earlier or else requisition the council those elected to the committee of for the money tircarry on the years stewards were work y ue mrs k j caldwell the letter in reply said the leprt- y i7 yeara hoy johnston ment was giving consideration to thejo i smb c mason c wilson matter of payment of grants and it i the vacancies on the trustee board was probable a partial payment would ware filed hy the election of weslay be made before july 1st since ihta allan k ii kltlott and o amb was very indefinite lteaolullon was panted thai the finance com mil lee meet the council on january 14th and present a reuulsltlon for uicjmhiu nro- hughes cleaver will be candidate for llakon liberals hon j l ilaley afttrvwcd th nomination mmtlna in milton on monday i hvritmk al he rhk nt ills mn uf- some of the cattle however wen- unable to make their etcajte ire loss will amount to thousand of dollars and it is believed that in surance will rover only part of it a a result nf the fire mr buchnnan tins been forced to advertise his llvcsto- k for kale ihtrijn institirpe met at homk op mrs duncan mokkat storm blocked roads were no detei- rent to representatives from all nart f the regular monthly meeting of omialon tasviittamd i d n oljmn duncan moffat with the presl trratmehts or w c iilen satar f m o 11 j b mackenzie a sim up- phe acton bra net canadian jjat liw wreath and plot care acton welfare boanl jtehtelephtme co erice acton orrrpreri- bnarrt re in digent acton public iftlttttcs com- tsslin various hrvkes norton motor garage ac- count fret stewart re garhage and sriow u w agar fuel for hall armstronc wood co prei aratton of plarwamt report of a sewerage system a aewerag disposal plant jas a cook av soa supplies pe health nursa moor buatnaas forma aup piles r health nurae- public haalth nun com- mlta v county of halton 50 of cost of indigent nattantf in hoapltau in the princess theatre milton o monday night to choose a candidate and hear hon j u llsley capadas minister of finance the treat re was comfortably filled with an atteno- nce of about fqur hundred when president leltoy i a iropen m the meeting the rhooalng of a camllilato f r the liberal party in halton was a comparatively routine task and chair man p w cooke whotireslded over this part remarked it was the mot unanimous convention of which he had rad charge the only name placed m nomination was that of hughes cleaver the presewt member for halton his nomination was made by mr leray dale k c of iaorge- town and aeconded by mr chaa ileadhead of nelson in making the nomination mr dale referi4l to the flnt nomination of mr cleaver ten year aito he had contested the riding aualn in 1341 and won by a substantial majority muring thow 10 years he had given 40iin haltnn the w represent m ion at ottawn 1 1 county had in ms recol- 100 7 t ii nftf srtd on many dent mrs w d barber in the chair plans were made to have a booth al mr clark sale arrangement were made regarding the making of more quilts and one was exhibited almost finished a paper was given by mrs mr- cliojghlln on home economic the cookie contest judged hy mrs wlbert darby was won by mrs vantooxen a paper on social whfare was read which had been prepared by mrs moffat a vote of thanks was given by mrs clarke to those who took- part on the program alno to auditors for the year 1915 are k h klllott and it n balnt following the evening service thr jloarda of the church were all re organized with thrfoilowlng election results recording stewanl offlrlal board r f bean clerk of session it ii klllou ci airman committee of stewards orwell johnston ixputy chairman comitilttee of steward r f bean secretary o iamh treasurer evan jones chairman trustee board school of sis6a1fm subject to a pro bable refundof show when received from the provincial department and for the continuation school of s8tfll k subject to a probably refund of j svni fit when received from the e- partmenl 22fji 21 from halton county ftn init years attendance and 712 m from wellington county j tte estlmales when the provincial grants are received are approximately j6mw- ies than that required last j year or over h mills on the tax rale this also allows for the starting of the kindergarten class that was plan- nedt for last year but could not be included al thai time a letter from the secretarytreas urer wm mlddleton caretaker oao mann and altendanre offli reld accepted r engage me presenl salnrlc n offered j w g- trul f lllow or k c ovn ohsorva 1 1 vcs a dills 1 a chapman and n baird were present at the meeting j ii klllott secretary trustee board ijuiiii a s nicholson is irt halton nominee and chairman v b rumley presided llrm choice of saturday j convent lonraddrasw by uon earl rowr st aijians w a ofticers elected meetings pmnnej r duncan mccallum premdent of irogffsfclvr conservative as- the flrsl regular meeting of h lallon of llallon county presided sf aibfln womans auniliaiy w- o laiely attended convention ut held last monday at the rectory the j msfrvatve party at milton on president mrs john creasey was in saturday afternoon last some 40 the- chair a satisfactory financial j electors being in attendance uth im- report for the year 1fm4 was rem i hgll to capacity this la view and adopted mrs c stewart a new the fact that only the main after member was welcomed inlo the aux iliary the rev k a pulker artcd st chairman for the election of officers miss fllzabeth moore was elected hon president mrs ceorge crap- man hon vice president mrs b patgeter president mrs e a put- ker vicepresident mrs jno creasey secretaryt mrs b bayllti dorcas secretary and mrs harry smethurst llltle helpers secretary it was decided that the womans auxiliary woam- resume the work of making garments to be senr tothe lea were open for traffic and many of the crossroads were still hcavil mocked with snow- mr u6yd d dingle kc a led as secretary of a meeting which was most ahfy handled the hlghllghts of the mretrtg were the unanimous nomination of mr allan s nicholson as candidate to- aelher with the eloquenl and convinc ing address of the hon w kail rowe the follymlagfentlemen were norn- inated w j bentty acton nominated o mr moffat for use of her home j missionary schools in canada also w a chlsholm the meeting closed by singing the at one meeting a month mlulonniy i major early georgetown nomio national anthem and a social time talks on brail and new culnei j ted by c hmay was enjoyed would lw given 0 ix acton industry plans further expansion of plant ik 00 ll0fi 10 bt inir ccrporation planned to government compiittef and as chair- 8i man of imirtant conimittees he drnartment of wool tomb- its said mr cleaver w ns of cabinet cal- ihre and felt if nturncit he would at- lain that position when hon ju haley and mr cleaxer were cabled to the platform 1 hey were great ed with he a jolly l7j fellow mf cleaver thanketl the convent a s nicholson burlington nomin al p 1 hy milton mccleary mr realty in a graceful tpcrvr withdrew his name arid asked for the privilege ut seconding the nomination of mr nicholson mr- howard may in a neat speech introduced his nomine- major farly who in turn addressed the meeting in i nveryforeful and wellesprrsaed i l- tt j mclxmahl and craig that the motion t appoint mr illllmer and mr cll rant of 1200 mud to nuun for4ihnoothtnt j asjta prtwlar to ptoujrn ilioitad uod war- di lleato objcrta t oaa af fctiinjt luank ckeqom tnti i chanjr u aajuu lite oatfhtnd meeting af the hallo county council was held in milton on tuesday with the new warden reeve c ii heslop in the chair and all member present with th escep- tlon of messrs llbert and lllllmar minutes of the last meeting were read and ctmflrnted and communica tion read the reports of the sndlng ctam- m it tees were ruldered in commit tee of the whole with iteeva w j rolmirtaun in 4he chair a rrpreseniative from the cana dian national institute for the blind interviewed council with regard to a grant th speaker himself was blind and skike to the council from note in braille h outlined tha actlvltls of tha organisation and stated that in halton county there are 72 register- ed blind persons all nf whom war visited personally by a blind parson from the institute during the pas year and that all were given a christ mas present he also drew attention to the good work done by the blind in war industries and the fact that among the blind absenteeism is prae- tlcally unknown the penalms of four blind persons in the county it supplemented by the society and plana are already in operation where by every effort i made to train evary blinded service man or woman iii order that they mqy take thatr pjara in the profesalons and industrie of the country when the grant was discussed in council it was suggested a sino grant te given the warden was of th opinion l rial this was not enough and asked that it be thoroughly dlaruad since in- his opinion n more worthy organization eslst in the country to day and it would he hard to think of any greater afflict tea- than that of being blind h was finally decided- that the instit for the iftlnrl gtvvnakwtof t5nn other giants given verea follows navy league or canada j50o salva tion army 1s r r fore t ration aaab- in i ion s25 mr j f whlteiurk halton countr agricultural representative and mr ttownt r p i- addreaasml ctoumji with regard to reforeatratton projtta tr arouse interest in this work among the school children of th county and that they be given instruction rtr the planting and care of young trees the warden introduced a decidedly controversial subject with regard to the signing of county rhequaa dr heslop asserted he had no lntnood of signing blank chequef as had baen the custom in the past and aaked that a change be made requiring that th cheque he countersigned mr rob ertson agreed with th warden othar member also agreed that a chaag shoufd be made it waa finally moved hy mrs pettily seconded by k ale- donald that all cheques issuedfey th treasurer of t be county should to countersigned either by th ward or irinls absence by the county clark carried the following acounts were passed for paymvnt finance s94rs0 prun ing sim go education slfln county dulldinga s44o0 hospital ac counts s81cs sphal onmmunlc- lions tftoaoo road accounts s3mis m total w7m051 to conform wlh the rules of th mr mcctear trafalgar intro ipurchase or carry wool inventory for duced his nomination of mr nlchol- son m a short gracefullyworded ad umu s own account ii nn k tu 1 vt t j m lhk ronomny ihtl in a on in nvlnln aldnm ami rilrt on mr it l th rarly fill of lfmo in hullttlnfii nirholion to iprak h rrmlniled thti aftrr an plan specullim in iroduction t- iull and nnnl hnrrrtrnorr mrntcholwn tnitttitrrthttmranf i l j ylw a plaliwl hy mr thumpton 1 an lttm tt lota intcrffel nparr on thf tlnnmmal pafff of tho lulie nndl ss6 nomination and xpmud mall on niuratay mornlnie hl dtllbht t uch a lri nthrlni burn broj st dtnton umjtj 3917 t cothuiiona- it rr- arquir1 block of mlj of ih- jngnmlnlta bit and rlll th ims ntav ouutndlnj ham ot wool convrntlon whn thr vr 10 comblnn corporation ot canada ltd iplndld nomination if recalln that sooop res 1w 55000 r a ultr rrorn th ontario munld- pt auocutlob rqtwkl affulatlon l a f of la- anothr from th j tcontlnulon etelhufv t t t 1nd offrlng thm toh public at up to ims thr had not hm a ub- jjsm pr diar ra dirmbfr to rvptvarnt halton for forty yra had rvml uu bmt h could and whthr it waa in hi favor or hot h had not bn a alltnt mwntwrojs tit houm of commons mr cl outlinwl nro in halton wblchk fh hould benndr- ultmt artr th war on of th phun of blngammbr h wijoywl m th prlvlw it y him to hlrv pwpl hi door had alway bwn opm to friidi from all paruw whs hadaousht ria twin in th matlooal worvat ottawnk hidarvd on a numbraf commltu u ratmsr contutul onpa elghf i 4 uv 1t- sflinnen und he col- i bohdintt wfr allit and ma- kvwinifnl tnipl mrut tmir nnimitr- rhlnrry instatlm and in alx mnntfi pn- hr1 ballot pav mr nlehol- nannr production had ttartrd with thplant on itr majority and on a motion by running imoothly in mac major early th nomination of a s sine then there ha bwn itcady nlrhnlunn made rnthuttaitlraily kroutnof the plant her with nw unanunout ddllon and other femure added as mr allans nlcholiv the ranll- machine and aqutpmnt wr prodat taditrma th meetlnu and curablr thcirrowth of thecompany hated that h thoufht th attend- hai been a meady on ut thew few nr t th meetln together with the yeat v roodwltl axpraad tnth unanimous rt hon lord barnhy of london vol aufurod wt1 for th rmult of expansion of th company prr- nt operating- rcllltl through tte adaitlanof nw dpartmont ti plannnl a aoon a condition -parmlt- the compftny waa incorparatod in july 1940 and dlvldndar twins paid atf1 per anar ymrty vyool combine corporation- opr- ate a woolacourlnc and combine pl it a raw into weratad topa tit nw dapart- mant which it utnhmdvd to add will apmiaui in th production of top for dry plnnrt and th cotton in- dtutry tha corporation paratai on a commlrtrw baiu imt injiiohrot w england t prvldnt of wool comb ing corporation of canada lmtt blggtn of torontataicpraalont k markon toronto general manager and treasurer and harold walter uxbridje mm and p c rtnuy of toronta directors it will b of gnr1 intereat to mldrnt here to learn that wool the coming- campaign and he prdrh tsrd to work dlligmitly toward a urcenyul uhuw h pointed odt tha th party could undoubtedly win if the lector were satisfied wltn the character and abfllty ottthelr candi date to contrlhute to th psrtya wel fare and particularly if the party talward a represented in the larrc combing cdrporatfon plans continued j attendanea- at the convention would e ari th addition nf anuthi b t uwaide l new deparunent jit ha come to oe- out xhe largest vote lnlki1bory of cupy a very important tsiace in the county he ttrredthst tha eteci- aetons industrial life an is already lojcetwfialmlapearo a one ofacton lire imostrte sechlh plsne he quoted th wau- ond only in number of employ to th beardmore co icbcaenjiomily sticks and a win fcjiy jni contlnuei an 1 carrled mnved by craig and smith that harry m saurtden he appointed to the burlington inh school board for the year i m5s7 carried mr imt adiedtaat a letter ad- dresmd to th county engineer he pliceftbetof e th council and dlaetu- ed she also aked that any conv- continued on pag five cominp events amlwmmmt veevmlf f0- errt r ftttmr kmiu avln tab mlelmha rkseet u p mii el asr- actow junior rarmer meethn tat lame school january s9th at jf er orthestra dnflaaliw sue tbcmtsbbxmu