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ht attmt ftss smearysecond year no 6 acton ontakio thursday august isth 1048 eight homeprim page pwa cut ward 1 esquesijftg honors servicemen ol 193945 war routine rwiiicm londuclvil at the viiiiuiisiou meeting uf mmu at day of hawt iuu in milta pair growub udiea provwud a bftitqimt for um awl tfc4r l4lea hall gmm aiwl ilanrv ptwucel ualriwa and ckaitu awl ttii lo kecvire men cloejk rrwuj to mr h liar- rop tthw son inu ilia life on ahjv fbrrlrv ward 1 of e4 urging township paid tribute to one of her bona who cave kl ufa in the war of 1034s and presentations lo j4 men who in the armed farcee end were fortunate to return horn main at cwlafcraiion at wilton fair ground yvaterday afternoon and evening in i he afternoon a aerie of rare waa run wlih the following winner girt 9 year and urwtee- muriel brttow boy 9 year and under j holley glrta yn and undr muriel brutow bay 12 year and under it ellis glrta 13 year and under helen telford boy 13 year and over- it elll girt fl year and under murvi brutow boy year and under j mc- laujjhkn glrla 12 year and under muriel brutow boy 12 year and under it ellis glru 13 year and over ii tel ford boy 13 year and over k hurk girl 9 year and under m liri- low boy 9 ear and under j m la ugh i in girl 12 ears and under m 11 lit tow boy li ear and under it mils glru m ear and over ii tel ford ho n year and over k ilurk a haaehall same between mlllon all star and c ampbelk tllr rekulted in a win for the all stars b m score of ba about fue orlork the e aer lee men along with elrrans of the 1h 18 war came sulngtng along lo their pum before the grandstand to th aklrl of pipe plaed by itev mr mr andrew mr olirj v a in rharge of the group and the preaei tatlon oeremon opened with the nat ional anlhcm mr j k whltelork waa master of ceremonies and paid tribute to those who had served and expressed the appreciation of the ritliena of ward 1 ksquetlng on the duty lo king and country thry had o ably and splendidly given and the aucceaa that had crowned their work mr murraj sproat on behalf of the rltlaena alto spoke of the appreciat ion of all and made the presentation in tribute to the memory of pte david llarrop who made the supreme aaniflce two minute silence waa ob served and itrv mr mr andrew led in prayer to mr e llarrop father of ime dad llarrop a clock wa presented to the following servicemen watche and chains and ring were presented fred bobbins gordon hllson km gallagher reg corpa jackie hllson mervln leant peter mcglbbon stanle marsh howell llopkln wil liam hill kobt clark john brown calvin mcdonald jas murra ken neth marshall wellington wilton cornet how den keg grec stan ii aon gerald carton hob curri ken peddle keith human martin mclaughlin ljeut col carol representing mil itate district no j met cm h man and congratulated hurt at the con clusion of the presentations the aud ience in heart v and prolonged ap plause welcomed the men hack home again and gave emphatic answer to the quer of hc m c arc ou proud of them brief addresses were made b ueut col carol and mr stanlev hall mpp ami a utter waa read from mr hughe cleaver mp m which he expressed hi regret at bains unable to be preent to join in the reunlon with the man and ctt- taetu of ward 1 the presentation ceremony con- eluded with the singing of o can ada and for they are jolly good fallow in the evanlne a ball game war playad between muton intermedia and juvenile teams- the ladles of scotch block wj catered for a splen did banquet to the servicemen and thalr lad in on of the building in the fair grounds conoujding the day of celebration tht men were guest at a dance heid in muton town hall the event proveja splendid on and the corn- mllte of which mr m j carton was chairman may wall feal proud of tha success attained and the splendid attendance of nearly all the men who werhonord acton hrm slovkk k iftk in kkikniwto mrs auth3 jotqtks ml use mullen and mrs 1 itth anuofl were i at a mtsrrllan ruui loner at ihr latter home on urdmda jul jwh n honor wf mil afml jutjur tnee shell ll mmii a reivnt brtd 1t llvlnic rutun and bride ball nnr tastefully de orated in pink and whllr while tne table kxonml rry itrsdkr with larw ilolh and fbfwrr prlals ro mtrrtalnlng con lettt wrrv wimi by mr norma mc swain mr trm water house mr h smethurst mr f halt mr 1 triratuy and mr i kltrtue the gifts which were arranged on a pink and white decorated wagon mere then drawn in by klalne llach lln mr i taylor extended the good wlshe to the brtde on behalf of those present lunch was served by the hoateaae aaslsted by mr u d i tar h lln mia mary papulon and mis lie trice ball y mr jooqua thanked the gueat and hostesses for their klndneaa and for the many beautiful gift ahe re ceived new features for acton fair 1946 and returaof arena lloas and gantai event open to kvecy cioien of coaaasunlty and lleaaly ivoram several new feature were started at a meeting of the i l re tor of ac ton fair last thurmdny nlghl and will make added interest in the 1946 ev ent lmurx nil i l trfie in whuh ev- er itlien will tie lnterestel with he thought in mind of promoting finer homr irounl and garden in alton thr ralr this veur w 1 offer two kubstnntlnl prize fir grounds and h tine in artitn nnd thoe itlnct adjacent to the municipal tmund ailes ttiere will le two rlams the first for the het home nnd garden in the communll and the fcecond for the home or garden which shows the most improvement between now and fair time in earl october for this ear no entries w 111 be made but the judges will tour the whole town to select a wide range it it e peeled that next ear entries will be required and tho points will be marked from early in the spring messrs benrdmore co are working with the board on this project and it 1 planned lo bring in v ieaker on home gaidcn to assist in securing plants and shrubs and to hhp g fertilizer etc of course the object i to beautify actons in dividual home and thereby the whole community details wllrappear in the prize hat and from time to time in the free pre the committee in harge li g a mils c uoodball it ll parker and a hohlnson anv member will be glad to furnish clt- irent with further details when thr ir completed this year will ee n return of trot ting race at acton park with two feature events on the afternoon prtv- kram on october mh a committee wa appointed bv the board lo ar range the details of this feature another war rntualtv mi peturnit ftr the 1046 fair the hall exhibit rtnd arena show on frldiv october 4th will again be featured on acton fairs program of events oetatlt are now being worked out to make this part of the fair again one of the highlight prizes were increased in rnanv cf the clnses and additional prizes offer ed that should draw a mplendld ex hibit to the imfi fair in alton the date are two weeks later than usual frldav and saturda october 4th and lite regular meeting pubpc ulllmlet conmiluun m monday night halrman c m hansen and j it ma arthur were present lln i miration who luivt lntalltd water maltik uhliii ti were not ifletl of this ineetltii that any mis unilerslnikllng of ikuuiiii tn ght be cleared up mi r wing atvl mr v lm t wie in u nl hut ituoltur run tiaitir ul in an npihtirame tlie account uf rwlng and ines was ald to dati 11i y will have othrr srrv ices to intsl in the near future atxiut town nu estimate has tt et tnen reelv el front the forestry li ranch of tlie ii r pc in regard to tree trimming on the hdrt tystem a suggestion was made to have a tailing installed on the office str for a hand rail mils would ult customers during the sllpery weath er the matter was left over for a future meeting the list of arrears were checked over and instructions issued for final notice to be given the following list of accounts were passed for payment ut4r departmaal tha ii k p c of ont power w ii cunningham a hill ltd tupplle highway garage gas a oil grand a toy ltd supplies iomlnlan cutout co ltd supplies powerllle levlce ild pile macdonald mectrlr ltd pile can gen her trie co pile n northern rlectrlc co supplies sangamo o i id supplies receiver etieral of can mrl er inspection jas it kearney orp plu s ii wood a o i id pile hxprru a linnimrt up- sitp- up fcla aup- 3t7 148 1102 not 20 70 in a 1o0 sos 1o0o sov 17- ksn 40 73 1h iihin lrrka liv4fimfit iowpr a hrllnr nt vprlnir rn itrniui xib 1 til totoist traffic tourut builnea in canada has teen important in the past should be more important in the future the estimated receipts for 1029 were hot million in 1110 1140 million and in 1944 112 million this represents tourist expenditures in canada in tha year given it should run to at least 200 mil lion per annum when business ence more settle down kven in 1039 the sum received would pay for our en tire imports of coal raw cotton cot ton products am fresh fruits twice over and still leave 30000000 for other trifles the figure for imports of theae three products in 1039 was 58393 328 ijmehouke wsrrmrrk issues historical book of laot 25 years during our years in the printing butnes we have published many hut or ui volumes but we helirvi thr lxmkltl oiitilelcil liil wk it uii lijue in the fait that ii the flisl retunl lotnpiled of a hi an li or tin v nim n o ilimltut 1 hnrhimim jiinri h of tin itutllute u twenty fivi a old ami marking the t itkion v ih it hilvr innivt nuiry i h uh klil it thlily tv i iifct i and tivii n tiiiii li if hulory of i in hiaiu h from i j i to pjh it tit mtv 11 1 1u1 iimt mi ih ihmll a litf hog rifcilnl t a ton nnd an untiling worker in th omen a inotltute mint lo 1 imehoute an i of tin lfram h xtis llnv iii wnt nt thai t me m- rrtary of hal t n hitin infttiiutes mi jtobeit iuirht was lh firkt prettdent ac cording lo thr flil minutes fosml in ihr hlktoilral booklet there were ih ladles prifcent and 12 be ame mem tier sui h linns are only some of the many to lie found in thli re ord ihr membership 111 in 1971 giew lo 12 mrmber and the name are all recorded there is ynop- personal recognition for veterans ol 19x945 war aiust mketim of knov womans mismonaki s4mirm knox i i thl ll m tuili wms lii ikeir intlnk in ihr t mn nxun in jhuitilny august hlh 11hc jin ir lilt- ml mt y lllow enel tin nihiinn with n thoit r adlng and piuyi hie il vollimial lieilod urn tnktn t- mi ii malnrle ho rend thr mi ptuie ltmin and mr di ljnl offeie1 a piaer hie se ret mi anil llrtitofrr t ifjilu wi ir gv fit and approtcd liaert were then offerrd by mr ii allium and mr t otitinrr lo honor thr memory of mrs win ilioition mio for somr yrars before her death had conducted the august hlstorlial meeting of thr w m s mr i j has sard vead one of mrs thompson ravottle poem entitled the little white rose bud her favorite hymn is of the activities of every year and i was also sung a complete record of the membership miss ituby clarke gave a very in- of very year for the whole 23 years lerestlng reading from the study book only one of the charter member of on the life and labor f mary clee- 1921 ha maintained membership for on as a missionary in africa hhe also the whole twenty five year thl is told of the work of mary murray mr a j smethurst and mr w j mitchell close second with 22 year of tonllnuous membership the buoklrt i complete in histor ical interest for institute member and the limited number of copies printed will likely soon be picked up not only by ilmehouse branch mem ber but by many interested in instit ute work at an historical guide it wa complied by mr ftilerby we h neve it has an attractive imlt ion cypreu cover and will mak fine addition lo any hlstortral col ion that anyonr may be building a review nf the hook is ample re curd that 1 irni hoime flranrh hat prndlitly maintained that institute motto of lor home and country nnd we join with it her in etrndlng t onkrntulntlunt on this ouartrr rent urv anniversary who waa a co worker with mary tleeson for some time but after mary leeson s death he relumed to canada and i now an active worker for the wms in toronto the meeting was closed with prayer by mr niow sflowkh at uoodsmk for mm am mils thomas bom is road accounts ot r i 534174 passed by llect esquesing council towrwhlp to secure aantsmor ifn der the ctjunly syvtem other ileum of aujruut merlins mjuislnfc luwnfhlp count 1 1 held hi ir regular meeting on iuesday tunlnk august gth counclllocs orke lurrtr it n llrtnvn and c ii may wen pn sent krttp w muirny presided at counts jwiktel for payment includ nl munlcliml world supplies 3 20 ico c llruwn insurance 5 00 liell lelephone co service vh ii ep of ontario lights 4 05 a w urn- lon stamp 7 00 ontario hospital lion hy mrssld snnr pluno solos woodstock maintenance of indigent j4fi00 snnpy klrkpatrlck for serv- on erldav auum hh frlerun nnd nt iitors ktlhi reil nt the heboid l li m r mr nnd mr 1 ilonus ne uolwl lohtimini mr frank rhomp mm nrletl ns clmlrmnn foi a tboi i program imnrltlnk of fcolo bv mus iliit milntyrt muii by misaliiuan nnd mr llrr shortlll cullar acl b mrs ilurgrsc uilma llutler nnd hell y anne kerr r ndingk by sndle mdnhrn and dorjt thompson then mr and mr hortui were called for ward and mr frank freeman rend an ud dt ess and a miscellaneous show er ttiu tendered theni by four school chums or the btlde misses sadie mc- intyre clara swackhamer llla spear and f ilcen mcdonald doth isobel and tom thanked the friend for the many lovely and use ful gifts lunch was served and the ttrnalnder of the evening spent in dancing acton wins playoli place as milton beaten by 87 5th softball play off schedule between first four teams play off in the acton softball league have been arranged wtth the first four teams the 1st and 3rd teams and second and fourth teams will play tha beat two fames out 3 and the winners tn play the bast games out of 3 for the champlon- fchtp follow ins is the playoff schedule august 15 force vs beardmors august lie baxter vs canadian woo august 32 beardmore vs force august 36 canadian wool vs bax ters august 29topen september 3 open c headrup iuu ijwi saturday its acton pafl aut tt teams llat- ile for plaoff place in lullon usyrue acton and oakville to meet in ilest three of vyc came sericy acton park rocked from stem to tern last saturday afternoon as a large crowd watched a crucial battle of ball and echoed their sentiments to a high pitch as acton downed mu ton h-7- in nine innings of real base ball this game was a baseball clas sic and will go down in the record as such old and young alike were stir red by the efforts of both teams as they fought fiercely for the higher half of tha scorers numbers the game eliminated muton from further competition and gave acton the go ahead slgn against oakville county town fans were out to watch their favorites play and also a sprink ling from georgetown players of both teams were warmly applauded for standout work and to mention a few anderson of the county town at home run n morton of acton ted by j waterhouse for some y pickups errors were costly to both tsini especially to muton with two errors but proved less costly to the acton team who had three acton used tha sen ices of sam snyder on tha mound who pitched a swell game muton required two purlers to complete tha nine inning orrvals who lastod un til the sixth nnd thi n ullnco to fin ish ofl eight hits were blngoed off snyder offering while the two mlltonlans allowed six hits to acton hatti ra walks wete plentifully hand ed out to the triple a club who re ceived twelve free trips tb first while muton walked to the first xni k free but twice oervol who hurl frorti the port side of the slab gave out ten of the walk to acton the first inning was in milton s favor as they drove in three run on four hits houston k clements and b clements w ere scorers while babe clements knocked the double which drove them in acton retaliat ed in the second inning with three runs waterhouse snyder and goy were responsible for these counts while boblnson and morton smashed out the singles which scored them the county town again realised 3 runs in the fourth inning due mainly to an error and jc clements bain hit by a pitched ball leaving two men oa base acton scored two runs to make the count at tha and of tha fourth 65 in miltons favor jn tha last half of the sixth acton added 2 more counters after the red caps had counted one run in tha fifth on and ersons homer again in tha seventh acton counted in the person of coy to make li 87 for the tanner town further counts t were not realized due to tight teamwork and acton emerged victors by an ft7 score box score muton 300 310 000 acton 030 203 100 ice personnel ward 5b 140 00 rhe ontario bridge co was paid the amount of their tender cheque and road accounts of 5341 74 were iiasscd itallef accounts amounted to 44 05 the treasurer was authoriz ed to pay the imperial bank toron 1 2x272 re ceo brankley on ac- count of gravel contract the bylaw to assess the township for img waa read and passed as re quired another bylaw passed gave permission to distribute among the different school sections the interest accruing from the hallway bonus fund a by law was passed to provide for licensing and regulating public halls in the township lhr clerk was instructed to adver tise for a township assessor under the county system with applications to be received before august 10th council adjourned to meet again on september 3rd oaibhunjlr ivojeet abandoned as a public mcwrtal tntlnudsed work of vtalerasaln conatniri- ion still a llidarfce kerreal- ional tobunillee appointed with m melef kail fair rant u approved oiiim illor v j oaks j 11 million and u j funaon wer ifunt at a tpri al meeting of alton i iiuih il on momuy evtnlng and keive hat klrkneu presided aflei conurieiable dmumluii on tb leogiilllon lhal would lie made to iho who served in the war 1b394a ounrll decided that instead of a ommunlly prect indw dual gift would be made to all who had served kings wer the gifts favored but no design was derided upun and the fol lowing motion was passed that thl municipality make ar rangements to purchase ring as a token of appreciation for a service men and women and a suitable gift for nest of kin for deceased service personnel snd abandon arrangement regarding a public memorial mr c ii swackhamer on behalf of acton fair board requested con sider t ion of the grant for the fair he pointed out that the board had spent over 700 in the park this year and if council could make a larger grant it would he appreciated coua- rll assured the fair board the dance floor would be removed before fair time ite usual grant of 3i0 was made to the fair hoard and fiat rental was charged for thr grounds and arena cal jf of the shoe and leather worker k1 permission to use the park on lshor pay for a picnic thl warn granted ibwpltal accounls for indigent pat- it nlm were drall with lhe by law regarding the collect ion of garbage contract for the yvar was alined ounrll fumlkhed the clerk with a lint of work lhat must be cleared up lefnre ounrll muld ctoae the con trait wild thr knowle construction i this was to be submitted lo the nmpany before payment wa made accounts were pasaevt for payment as follow iovell bros tupplle t itumley riling saw s 11 mccron globe protector norton motor june a july accounts acton public i milt lea cornm various service w i talbot lupplles workmen compensation bd assessment j ii mackenzie son ruel symnn hardware supplies the fyrfyter co ltd aup- plle philip ijislaluk refund of poll fax salvation army music to camp ateten mills v had visitor on turiuu col attnn of lumllton who li in chars of th snkatlon arm in ihji rtltrlct although cnl acton hu vlilted many plans in thr dominion from caftst to coari in hli work with the salvation army thli wai thftaxlrat time ha had torn in the town that bor tha lama namr as hli he wantrd to know about acton how it tot iu nam ita industrial and community ufa ate and wa answered all the questions wa could tha salvation army has tha grounds at edcawood park eden mills for tha week ot august 1mb to 35th whan over anhundrad ydung musicians of the s a will be quartarad there an joying an outing and wa imaglna tha air will be ailed with music in that district or tha waalc on tlmraday august 22nd tha group will nraavnt a concert at 815 pjn and w under stand anyone who would wee to at tend will bewelcome if a password is necessary perhaps tha name acton will suffice col acton said ha would ilka to meet any members of tha boys band who attend wa under stand tha rsclcwood juvenile band will take part in tha concert and several outstanding musicians of tha salvat ion army bands he assured us that would be plenty of una hymn tuna and rousing marches on the program 15 inn ton rati areurr w 3475 2311 12 un 500 5298 a letter from p l wright gave ratea for additional coverage for mem ben of the fire nrlgede for accident insurance while on duty a letter from the workmens com prnsatlon hoard gave ratea for cov erage of members of the fire brig ade this mstter was left for the flrr and ijht committee a letter from kramoaa council asked informal ian regarding the services of acton fire brigade at a fire in the township tha copy of the letter in reply was read and approved h council eramosa council had re ceived a cheque for 25 from the ital- ton union farmers mutual co but the itockwod ilrlgarie had nol attend ed the fire the recreational and physical fit ness committee was appointed as fol lows messrs it bean f terry j ttoyston fred dawklns c mckensl w ii clayton tha committee to el ect their own chairman it was decided to hold the nest meeting of council on august lmh lo deal particularly with the sewage dla- 1osal program a letter from the ontario provinc ial police gave notice that acton had bean placed in tha category which re quired the full time services of a police fore if acton smactad to this placing tha objection must be made before september 1st this waa left over for tha next mating for mora complete study of tha new art in fare this year autrrsuuas sukeuf motw madtt shakx cairns australia cp austral- las moat deadly snake tha 10foot talpan which inhabits this tropical area of coastal north qvsaulaad la tha only natlva reptile of which attsc- rallaa aborigines an afrajd thar is only one recorded case la atletrasia of human survival aftar at btta from tha talpan which win attack aawaa and dogs as wall as man there jue no talpans la captivity to australia