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ft r aos soar the actqn free press thursdat january sttfc willi i j butka uututw uj daai imrilj fa u ulllll ollfciml hjt i miirtirc ibtlmi aw aaa mj ot llu ieii ur etrr- gta ol tkaaki cjupps on wednaeday juiuirym ims to mr and mia cadi chppa r arhiii a rmr fcussby at the gualph genera koepual on january 20th ims to pte and mr j a uuy tnae cvjyn 8tephtul a aon died in 3i town ims eva ooldina a moid dearly wl hfkhultn auddenlr tn aaorai hunday january aiaf beloved wife of l brcrvn at tha noma of tier dauav tar lira d 11 lindsay acton ott- tarto on monday january und ims mary may widow at tha lata jamaa brown and mother of col onalg o brown georgetown uaorfa c norval norman l georgetown and mra d ii und- aay dartrusa acton in her mil year pi h oakley in loving mamory of a dear mothar and wlfa annla m oakley who diad january 34th 113 in ufa loved and honored in daath remembered kver reaaembered by pearl geortlna husband and grandchildren ttve teat week of januery we have every light to expect tbew in the nekt three month it your label t behind ditt you may mlas e copy of your home paper better attend to it now for the first time since december 13th term no j lllghwey wee heck to two eex width lest week many a coal bin is getting low and a with accompanies every ahovel- ful for a break in the weather remember when we used to long for unbroken freezing weether when we had en arena and hockry teem that wes going piece in the report of the woods rt ted cross last week 15 wu sent to itlluburgfot the soldiers box fund insteed of 15 es reported in spite of the feet thst the erene u hot eveluble lomr of the juvenile hockey tits ere keeping in shspe for the day when hockey is supreme in the wintertime in acton egeln uoloruu in acton with its fine wellploughed roadways ere certainly enjoying elot better driving then even city folks this yenr th only thing you hate to leave home on saturday afternoon e tobog ganing party was enjoyed on coopi ra mill by mtsa d simmon end hcrjsundey school cless of nine girts they returned to the sunday ftchool rooms of the church with hearty ap petite where a lunch of sandwiches doughnuts and served hot chocolate was arena probably clear beforer next season continued from page one prop n jth5toas address crop improvement meeting the annual meeting of the helton crop improvement association u scheduled for the farmers building milton en january 77th at 130 pm state j e whltelock secretary ot that organization prof n j tham es soils specialist at the ontario agricultural college ouelph will l the special speaker taking kt his subject soil fertility in relation to permanent pasture end soil consee4 veuon- in addition to e summary of the years activities of the orgmiv rcattaat the following helton farm ers will lead brief discussions es fol lows hervey nurse how i grew a do buecrop of husking corn cecil lawrence my experience with a- k soybeans and corn tor sltage kmermon kord my experience juctth sorghum knd corn for s vern archer my experience with sudan grass for avinusl pasture ross segsworth my kxperlence with ajhx oat- j ii wlltmott my rperence wth palore bailey claudr picket a seasons experi ence with corn shealtoaders victor hell the duckrake meth od of filling suo weather end roads permitting this program should- mean n full house for this live and thriving organiza tions annuel meeting to which an in- miillon l extended to all gqpd iloads association also request ed acton join med i a letter from thtj wartime price end trade bnerd said the rental of the arena wes a mftter of one be- t ween the tenant end the landlord i ii wi pointed out thai in ell poe- 1 aiblluy the wool would be cleared from the arena- well in advance of the riexl season of arene use fw a utter fron the wool combing corporation said the charge of 1500 per hour for use of the snow plow wes satisfactory the letter from the mayor of acton england to reeve j m mrdonetd delivered by lord hem by end the reply from reeve mcdoneld were reed by the clerk- a letter was received from lord dernby es pressing apprectetlon in meeting the delegation in acton and his pleasure in retrying the message to the meyor of acton england a letter from the ontario fire marshall wes received es follows toronto january 9 1045 the town clerk acton deer atr re fire prevention week contest it is with greet pleeeure that i em eblsr to inform you that the acton fire department has been successful in winning honorable mention for munlelplllttee in ontario with e pop ulatlon of under 5000 in the 1m4 fire prevention weejc contest onvel word as to this has just been received from the international judging com mittee in new york city when your munldpel lire brlgede had done so well in this contest in which several hundreds of are de partment were competing it is in deed e high tribute to the good work of fire chief wm chlshotm end his staff i know thet this award wtll not only be a source of much satis faction to your munldpel council but it will also be some aarurenre to them that the fire safety of the cit izens nri the property of your mun icipality la in good henda yoiin faithfully w j scott fire marshall the tnx nrcar lit wat reviewed hy the council and varloui item were referred for investigation and on others action was to he taken to col lect according to law it was decided not to send delegate the ontario air conference inqulrlei were to be made regard ing purchase of a new uniform for the chief of police messrs j ii tloulton and j f duvtaon were named ai memhers of committee lo provide a welcome for soldiers returning home to acton thl committee will act on the ieglon committee ft was decided to erect a snow fence on the pond to stop drifting on mill street at the corner of victoria avenue the library board requested an annual grant increase to haw en ap proximate income of xi 000 grants fines etc amounted to about x300 i the board requested js00 from the grants roads cheques discussed by county council continued froirrage one munlenllon hereafter hvplaeed itefore both letters were the council in order that member might have some knowledge of tlie county caumcu proedure to take beck to t he i mi wn round is explaining that ratepayers repeatedly misinfor mation about various matters of whlrh she has no knowledge hecguee they had not ten pieced beore the council several other members expressed egreemant with mrs pettlt a dis cussion then took place regarding ways and mean of improving anew- c lee ranee of county roads consider ation wee given to a suggestion by j m mcdonald that more machinery be purchased es fsr as flnenoe per mitted with regard to the road referred to in the letter placed bofor the council et mr pettlts request it was moved by mr robertson end mrs petut thet we the member of hel ton county council do petition th department of highways u accept that portion of road lying south of the queen elizabeth wey from fish ers corners south to no 3 highway wlch is a continuation of no 25 frem no 5 at nelson village car ried council adjourned to meet on tues day february 20th ii 2 pm united cllimcii choir entertained hy w a at dinner the womens association of the acton united church entertained the choir at dinner on january 18th fol lowing the dinner election of officers for the year 1045 wes conducted by rev a w fosbury with the follow ing result president normen halrd vicepresident ilunny anderson music committee miss brown mr halrd mr maun miss iorothy sim mons membership committee priestley mrs veldhuls mrs hymn honnl secretary kenlner siklal committee mrs mrs richardson own committee helen kmpon betty gibson dorothy simmons press reporter bunrry anderson mrs roy arnold was the icdpkrni of a gift n recognition of her sarvlce as choir directress mra- veldhuls the past president of the choir moved n vole of thanks the indite of the nixoclatlon for i heir klmltuw which was responded by mrs agar the choir then continued with their regular thurs day night practice hughes qedver ww be candidate for halton liberals contfnued frem pege one and chslrmnn apd finally as rhslrman of the war expenditures committee e commltlee which had ben res- mnejbe tor saving millions or dollar for ceneda es e result of its investi gations end recommendation mr cleaver said we are going to have an etertton this year nd it is iuv threevalded art sir we have the ccv bid for power with its i heorles and unaupported promisee 1tere is the conservative party with us new name new leader new plat form hut he wondered tf it had really had a rebirth and a change of heart thet party could not have found a better representative of big business than the candidate chosen for helton on saturday in milton in contrast mr cleever eald the ijberal policy had no change of name oh leader and the same aim as al ways to unite end build this country and establish equal right for all mr cleaver also outlined the war meas ures already paased and looking to the future during the war canada had ceased to become a debtornation we have not borrowed a dollar out side of canada and wewill emerge out of the war stronger and wealth ier than when we entered he gave his ideas on post war lime and said that product lye employment for every man at adequate income mutt he found for every men who wants to work no one must be par mmted to hoard wealth to the point where others are in want he urged that capital and labor must share the profits end a taxation of wealth for the benefit of all trlbutlon to the wer there are three- quarters of million in the armed forces a mitlon engaged in war pro- pductionv caned u fourth in the countries in the production of weep- on end wer materials farm out put hat increased 40 to so per cent and every reotof the mo expen ed has been raised 1n canada canada has paid cash jo fhevted states for all the materials supplied and canada his no vbnd tease but has given such help to otlter count ries speaking of the achievements f the canadian armed fortes mr haley sekj oncuuarter of all air crew were canadians in the navy from 13 ship in htto the cansdlsn navy now has over too in the conduct of the wr he point ed out that there had been bo mejor scandal there was no profiteering since excee oroflt were taken and canada today had a more even dis tribution of weellh than et any other time in her history truly there were achievements of the canadian people but they bed had resourceful and good leadership in this accomplish ment tv re war prld on the second phase of the policy was winning the peace and this had many who used it mr ilsley put it as his interpretation making can ada the best country in the world to live and work in and in which to bring up a family everyone who was willing to work should have the opportunity to do so and at a fair income there should be e felr dis tribution of the national income a balanced economy and social security he pointed out that by social secur ity he did not believe canadian should get away from self reliance but that living should not fall below a certain living of decency we muet doug heatty shirley taylor minister ef flnausee rpeeji introducing hon j l ilsley caru a das minister of finance mr cleaver aid canada has a record of war financing that has not been excelled hy any other country in the world notwithstanding that mr ilsley has imposed high taxation and enforced irksome restriction he was one of canadas most popular cabinet min isters in opening his remarks mr ilsley pnld trlhute to haltons memtmt mr clenver he hud made rapid progrrsa in ttio llouu of commons he was nn cfivctlvr dehnter nrul nhl speaker and he was proud to lie associated with him at this convention and come to halton county mr ilnley said the government had juhi two objectives first winning the war nod second the winning the jteace the thing nenrest the hearts of all cnnnriinns is the suffering of our men in llu- ormed forcest on land on llu- ten nnd in the atr nnd ihe necessity to see ilnnl defeat of the enemy at the rnrllest possible moment the minister of finance cave some enlightening figures on canadas con- not sacrifice our tredulonat1ndmdil freedom of liberty in the plans for post war employ ment mr ilsley defined the policy of the government as the four dyna mos the centres from which thing operate- 1 development of export trade 2 development of domeetlc nsumpuon 3 development of private investment and 4 levera rnent expenditure 11 explained the strs that had hen taken gtready and the plana now underway tn maintain cenaalem life at e high standsrd in the poet war period in oondudlog mr ilsley said there in be no p until a world la i pme and we have unity in our own lend canada needed a national pert y with roots in all pert of can ada and not those built on clase hatred such a party wee the great ijberal party with only two leaders in the pest hslf century sir wilfred leurler and hon mackenxle king both men who strove constantly to build e united ceneda thet could take its piece in the world mr t a btekelork former uberaj member in the provtnrlel govern- ment also spoke briefly he wu proud to be e liberal he urged lib erals to stand together end make sure thst prim minister king sat at the peace table representing canada with the rig three churchill roosevelt end stalin mr blakelock made refefenee t the conservative candidate end tom of his experience when mr ntenoleen was timber controller mr leroy dale kg ed the gathering urging that organisat ion of wards he completed and made ready for the election end that noth ing be left to assure a return of ilea mackenzie king to heed the next government and hughes cleaver to represent helton county iroyal palace rimrirs leading theatres special 2lh annivrnury program at moh thmlrea all thu weak tolay to moniiay bob mope in the princess and the pirate in technicolor htarth ttuay ann baxter john hodisck tn sumtlay ibihmm today to monday alan udd lorctti young in jnd au mtartfl tvkmday two bighitft m vacvr skttrnadrt iluo missim juror corporation e small increase over that given last yar the clerk was jruftrurted to en deavor to secure ttmrmatlon regard ing payment of school grants in order to strike the tax rate under the present requisition ot the board in increased tax rate of approximately 10 mills would be required if the municipality was obliged to raise the fund for the board expenditures of this year halton garage operators install officers for ims hard time party enjoyed by the friendly circl oifwcdnaplay avanlni january it tha frlndlxctkl hald a hard tim pary- qntaii pwim i i unltad church hola patchaa and run war vary much in avtdane vahaui jramaa on tjrmiiy rvcnlng january lfith ttnhnn llranth a tn ontario ikrauc oprratom auuxlntlon hvirt thtir flnt mrrttnu of thp yrnr and oil bclnt thr lirl mwttne ihr principal llim on the nkrndn wnt hf inltnllntlon i ot the ortirrm for ims whpn othtt j hemi of bulntt were dipowd of rraakinl fth1 sinclair introtlumt hip ilfv it c todd mlnlatar ol the inllwl church ocorkctown who wtia i kuit irikrr for thr rvrnlnt and who in i very erncinut and approp riate way installed tho off locr for j the runivit yenr mr tdd knvc to tin ntcmher a moqii which was tlhtcntyt to with vary keen intcrc t nnd was very much npprvclntrd- by nir- thr pticcri installed for the yenr were follows vrrkldcnt fred sinclair cleorfir- lown plrtt vice rldcnt j nihblr oakyillr second vlc prrjujcnt ivauin- ltyv burlington j sacrrtary ftucktelwn traaaurvr a w benton ulmc- j house dtrectori i lrnn burllnjctnn f petri burllncton u manell oak- villa- a johnaontoakvllle geo t by milton g r ucduffe mill on j whltham arton j hantrave acton a r splfhtiorretown j c cain ceona town z xi the claw ot tha bualnaaaaaahbir alra rstlnwtbliv- lujiefcwai aarvrf ww inrabjoyad v- hy avajrwwt f i- v mr jx meklnduy burllnaton pro vincial r preeldant movad a vote of thank to rav mr todd for hi afrorta on our behalf ttteldta or tha united church nelasit aerved udwlche nd ooffae wwth brouaht another profitable vennt6 a cloae- 1 bakk rlvtoioeaii wotktn arton brindh w h cjlavtok miuge i l- v i w w -rtt- r-