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tagkftjok the acton free press thurs november 4 1m8 district news various items concmlnjt activittai in communities nearby where many of our readeni ik interaitcd ballinafad farm forum met for the open ing of the fctaitnn on monday nbjht at the home of mr robt mcenery with an attendant of 26 and the hew convendrtmr garnet sinclair in charge and mrs wilfred bum as secretary the topic wan boy meets girl when some good dis cussions were had rev mr flmdall was at gold- atone on sunday preaching annlv ersary services rev h h cragg taking oie aervlee here some of the wms ladles at tended the sectional rally held at bethel last tuesday everton mrs v hend spent n few days ust week in guelph with her daughter and soninlaw mr and mr fred murray mr and mm ted jst n nnd pnts lsitcd over the weekend with the lattera sister and bro therinlaw mr and mn lloji hunter and family gainmille mr john tollcj spent the week end in toronto visiting friends mr and mm alf coulln vk lied on sunrtnv wilhmr n mlmrs irwin hamilton mr and mrs robert patten of guelph ldted on sundny with mr and mrs john alton mr and mrs wilfred stlnson and tsvln bovs of toronto spent sundn with miss knte reed miss barbara benhnm guelph spent the weekend nt the home of her parents mr and mm j p ben ham rockwood saturday evening a halloween party was held in the town hall under the auplcea of the com munity club for tlw benefit of young folk and later in the even ing for older ones a few minor prank wore indulged in a well as store windows given a rubbing with wax or soap sunday evening rev john oli ver showed lantern slides in con nection with mission work among the indians in canada which were interesting congregational tinging was also enjoyed during the service along with devotional exercises on monday at the guelph gen eral hospital mrs wm torrance n formor wellknown resident of rockwood passed away in her s4th enr the late mrs torrance had been making her home with her daughter mrs johnston hewntt at simcoe for some years funeral wednesday at johnstone and rum ley funeral home in acton with nterment in rockwood cemetery smpath of the communlt ls ex tended to other member of the family george of present mrs dan bnrrie or toronto mrs vvil- burt guild of rockwood recent weekend visitors nassagaweya a a no- 7 mrs normnn barlow attended the funeral of her grandson baby blllie pictkln woston tuesday many from thu district attend ed the old tymo dance nt eden mills last monday evening mrs p mclean and mrs j j kennedy assisted at the tb xrav clinic at brookville on wednesday afternoon they report 240 were examined those attending the smith clan dance at brookvllle from this dis trict on wednesday evening were i orchestra miss elvenn mr frank fowko of the rca f at trenton mr and mrs milton greer and son of hamilton ospringe rev mr forest opened the con ference with devotional service ami word of welcome a delightful vocal duet by mr j g gprowle and mrs j xewe accompanied by mrs browne wu much enjoyed mr harvey vicepresident of the ontario federation toronto gave an interesting talk on publicat ions speaking of the many pam phlets available she referred to these ma the tool with which we work mrs l m findlay spoke briefly on the courtce memorial library where book are obtainable free of charge the gathering dispersed into group conference under tho lead ership of mrs j h stirling pro gram mm e wilson secondary schools mm j g sprowle music and arts membership mr w wlnejar home education mrs w e bamlcko and mm g scott re ligious education mm t perclval c1tl7enshlp and nlso mm w spenoe the meeting adjourned for din ner served by the ladle of the first united church mr roy smith vicepresident of on it ho federation pnemded for the evening session for his re marks mr smith outlined the pur pose of tho conference home and school is expnttdlngandnowtins goo associations in ontario with n membership of 50 000 he suggest ed uint the easter provincial con vention mnv have to be divided in to district conferences under the leadership of federation vice- president mr mnthleson principal of the lndes aid hold a quinine v 1 beach school pool ad- boe on wednesday at the home of dr jf mwnij takln n his haiton and peel home and school krxilonai conference plti rtnnonl eonforonco of halton and hon and school ammoc- n agricultural society latlon was hold in first united i lull fair crounris milton will be church port credit on wodneday w nuaion in fnlr uroundu october 271h with mm j 01 grant mttti 6h 10 w i 1 onofk anyone plnnnli president of peel council presld- would do wclpto ing for havjc iv public auction iarge well preserved frame building with inch sldlngr known llnlton agricultural orloek anyone planning any build ing would do well lo attend this wile purchaser will have till 1st of april 1im9 to remove same tkrmij oasll kntext hendhead secretary illnuliky a iblliott auctioneer vics photography studio nolrt to yjulcla buy loppy tr riwim bma bay orders takkn fob fun for vfmi motvrks at own animio vic bristow phouffn4lr phone mill st mrs george grund mr and mrs d stewart ind alex motored to owen sound on thursdny and spent tho day with mr and mrs ale toell mr and mrs leo nicholson sharon and diane of st cnthnr nes spent the weekend with the lat- tors parents mr and mrs r j matthews tjie combined communities of hlllsburgh and ospringe gntherod in the town hall at hlllsburgh on friday night to honor tho newy weds mr and mrs norman mc- kenxle mr wilfred awrey rend the address and thej were pre sented with a purse of money following lunch n pleasant time w as enjoyed dancing to bardens mr and mrs harold bell mr and mrs wilfred kennedy mr and mrs grant mcmillan and donna mr and mm linus mcmillan and mr don mcmillan and mr and mm j j kennedy and miss marie mm c e dnvenport gnve he home for a wa of st johns church quilting wednesda after noon the ladles attending the wms thnnkoffering meeting nt st dav ids campbell vi he thursday after noon ropor an enjonble time nnd enjovod hearing the special speak er mrs paul and her pupils held a halloween pnrt nmong them- selv es on frldnv afternoon the school wns nicely decorated with yellow and blnck streamers cats owls witches and pumpkins sympathy is felt for miss mnrv kennedv in the death of her sis ter miss amy kenned monda ev nlng actonministers mtoadcast last week prom guelph station t h ai ton ministerial associat ion conducted the devotlonnl ser vice n stntion cjoy guelph eat h morning lat week nt 905 a m on mondn and fsidaj morn ings rt capt john m anderson mc nnd bnr of kno presbyterian church took the serire on pues- subject the school helps to build n nation he gave his audience much food for thought in his fine nnnjsis of the subject j bates principal of bur- llnjgton high school congratulated thk gathering on their interest in schovil mnttcrs and their growing strengfh in educational affnlrs he displayed the burlington high school guide issued annually to the school board in which parents nre urged to support the school by joining their local home and school association following these nddressca a musical trio under the leadership of mr thomas was enjoyed a panel discussion chaired by mrs- m d melellan of brantford was of outstanding interest those taking part in the discussion were mr morrison principal of brant ford public school mrs swlnton mrs allison mm j pearson all of brantford tho discussion brought out the fact that wo talk a lot about home school church but it doesnt mean a thing if we dont practice what we preach hnllmvecn social and l a v horo w too much criticism or the teacher s private life in the community their lives outside the school nre their own affaifftsmall towns ospoclnllj w ore tiarrowmlnded nnd this attitude combined with low salniies tended to discourage young people entering the teaching pro fession another speaker deplorwj nnddinnneof ntabarofnils- he fact that h s meeting arc oekend paksk ith mr e too stiff awl formal momben suntor and mte e haldio should take part in tho dlscuw- mr nnd mrs dou robertson lons f n ntcrtlnk of guelph spent the ueekend with mooting mnn other polntn uere mr nnd mrs d g robertson i f nrued and it was arreed thnt more such panel discussions mrs carney held a hnlloween party for the school children on much c thd way f rlda afternoon games nnd con- rl f- tests uore ontetedtnutwinrkrcit jlomechoouimlchurch hilnnt candles cookies nnd np- pies were soned in an nbundnnc- wlnter of ouctlc spent the weekend with mr and mrs w j jackson the canadian girls in trainln under the leadership of mrs a harris were out collecting used clothing on saturday for- the needy of europe the women s institute spon sored euchre on friday night at the school prizes for costumes w ere awarded to richard chester and dan winter prizes for euchre were awarded to mrs gordon alt- ken nnd mr art mckinne lunch was mncd and a social time en- joed mr and mrs arnold suntor gnll i cuamufc on all your dry clefcitln for prompt wmldy senrfee put oaftn in vmtnopw each monday or phone 103 acton cards may be secured at coopers clothing store or from driver master dry cleaners joe woods make your selection of new wallpaper vttom the largest stock in western ontario priced o suit everyone purchu a veteraft wreath now and display it wtna a poppy on remembrance dj youll find it at chapples bookstore 125 wyndhnm st guelph angus kennedy proprietor jim j ti tuhiiiihhiilltixla t acteen topics riirtri ftrrrrrifitpr betw een with the subsiding of the cheers and after forcing ourselves from the bottom of u pi e of fniit lyik comments on the rugby game sat urday wo moke our appearance the comment of the majority wmmir to be that it wan a good game and it is certainly evident that a mjs had a fair knowledge of the game wben the scorrf 231 s was al though not in favour of ahj3 yet nothing to discourage the local school the de lia salle boys arrived in good time for the game but the equipment was a bit late that ajils wan to wear the game got under way and acton certainly had uie edge on the play in the find quarter scoring the mrst touchdown to get tilings un der way from tho npectntora wo find that they have revive n very favourable impression of tho game six man tackle rugby nnd we have no doubt thnt the crowd saturday of about 200 will be grently aug mented should another game be passlhlc the local uiund hopes to visit the do la salle enmpus for a re turn match sometime about tho middle of november j the nnnunl school party for tho victorious athletic tenm on field day wn also n highly successful feature of inst weeks ngendn with movies dancing skits and several other features the local ahs j presented iti initial socfal event from he penguin club we hear thnt the mayor has planned some skits for presentation this week to the gntherod teensters of course the nnnunl sadie hnwkins dance will be the following week about november 12 you all no doubt re alize thnt the womnn is lequested to ask pay nnd escort the gentle man of the evening as yet the club hasnt by any net of parlia ment received authority to enforce matrimony as have the dogpatch- crs but then the club is bound o develop the teensters on the gridiron nre hoping for a little financial sup port from the club should they en deavour to purchnsc satisfactory rugby equipment to play the game safely singe the sport is being developed for the benefit of pres ent teenagers and teenagers to be this would no doubt be a worthy cnuse for a donation from the pen guin club and a substantial don ation from the ahs literary society under whose colours the tenm plays before cldslng just a little com ment on the man fcehlnd the tenm george odonnhue the thanks of every member of the team cer tainly goes to him for having in troduced the game and trained the players no menn task not only did ho sell tickets he got six en thusiastic cheer lenders arranged an extremely satisfying chicken suppei and is nt piesent arranging the purchnse of rugby equipment for twelve men if ou nre a rep- i resentntlve on the penguin club j council the literary society or any club it is your dut ns a teen- nger to consider n donntion to sup- poi t the new sport rosedale floral oboboerown fixweks for every i occasion p if ita a aprmy wreath tvcddlrijr flower cut flower potted pbihu we cmn pleaae you our price are right phone ibl t marks acton w or georgetown 283j dressed chicken 6 7 choice boclb fowl ml 40c r n brown r r no 2 40m2 trv our purinachowmixfeeds lay mahh hog grower hoe flniflha dairy fwfa purina products are made not to sell at a piice but to produce best results at lowwt cost see our line of franklin supplies thomson bros farm supplies acton phone 256r i proclamation remembrance day observance under n lesolution passed h council i hereb pre aim thursday november 11 a day of remembrance and urge thnt nil citizen join in the services commencing with the parade nt 1030 nm nnd in the service nt the soldiers memorial nt 11 o clock nnd in pnrt ii of the tervici in the united church immcdlntely tallowing vet us not foroet k j mccutchlxjn koevo nnti a rood time was hnd b nil cton lejrion present excellent rodeo circii neaiuxo auction sale of household fffecth the undersigned hne received i instructions fi i jnt the ch ut ri ol the estate of the lnte miis calvin rikming to soil h public auction at her lite residence kinc st milton on ueinksny novtcmbku 10th nt 1 o clock the follow inr 1 chesterfield and chnlrs to match ixe sent ii matched up- i holsnifrt chairs several itncktiir c hairs occasional chnlrs what- i not chesterfield i able llal stand nd mirror ihrai 1 able j odd iast frida the acton branch dn rev mr luton of the ancll- canadian irlon presented steeles can chunh wednesda rev c cnlvncade of stars in a rodeo clr- cower of the baptist church and cu at acton arna the ariet on thundn rev louis pickering and qunlltv of the procram plens- of the united church these cd the fnir crowd that was able otrmonettes were enjowd b the to attend peope of acton nnd district and is arnbache the south american the first time the acton ministers n horse waned over a car have been heard oe thu new fought and dancini the rhumba for c diars dlnlnr koom guelph station pprectaue audience the ot 1 i trained loirs a tribute lo their son table th g lenses l chnlrs trainer performed outstnndin to match leather t om h odd k- fents of canine inttflllcence of ts t iadlo nnd course there rope trick rid- i kt scvs cher j inc and lnsoolnc all presented in frleerntor cook stove coal or true western stie clowns and w oort tnbles old fashioned trained mules entertained in their l n s i e edwin gamble of puslinch comical manner as children were cbrdn 2 sedaj sprlnin dimiiss township is first winner of the riven an opportunity to mount i s dnssrs and wnshst inds inrre welllnieton count scholarship at the burrows 1 wardrobe klectric floor limps the otttario aarlcultural collece- it the show ui well presented jtjos ifth anmln smaller ftevolutkukiry akw compact rrigioaire holdt 30 to 50 mors food in the tame kitchen space i see it now new award taken by pusl1nch youth at guelph oac wu revealed baturdas b the agri cultural committee report present- ihlp hup uvt seseral scatter and it is recrettablf that a larger uuks he trie knn cnrden lools audience was not present to see nrikn hoot ul n mouer crlnd- 1 to count council bv chairman the mum outstnndln features of i l vdss s deputv neese ernest ii benham the pnicram nrd n tools stop ladder can- ernmosn township the scholar- nry cajre and stand riubs c othes to be awarded annually wai ottawa is holdlnc the hoe for hampers bminfcsilerwnre i t lit i i odd dishes cooklnff ut- nslls lnrce pine cupboard nntt numerous other household effects no ileserse litms cash with clerk hay of sne i wm unndell clerk ii hlndles ft hlllott auctloneera lnauffurated this sear nnd la for the bulk of the 10 million buahol 100 mr benham declared that flnvsed crop with flax declared gamble was the only candidate surplus in us the cnnndlnn price- with a first clans scholastic record is at the 1 floor nnd still not sell- edwin is a grandson of mr and inj as domestic users for unseed mrs w c gamble park avonuo oil etc await developnvents scholarships presented by junior leagues- application forms for tho music nnd art scholarships donated by the junior lenpues of hamilton nnd toronto have been sent out re cently b the department of edu cation to the principnls of nil sec ondary schools in ontario there nro four music scholarships nnd four art scholarships of 5200 00 ench rory secondnrv school a nltowed to submit two puplb for the art nnd two for the music scholarship the music is open onl to rrndes nine nnd ten nnd is for instrumentnllnts onlv the art is this year open to all rrndea in secondare 3clmols application forms nnd further information mny be obtained from the school principals hydro users owinjr to the recent p cut of 7 per cent ium kilowatt hours per day we are obliged to pull the hkvitchcs daily monday throiurh friday from 4 to 5 pjn if this cutoff and other savings arranged for at a meeting of the power users on monday evening does not keep us within quota this i hour period will have to be extended further the efforts of all have been greatly apprec iated in the savings made so far which is con siderable but to meet our reduced qliota a further effort will have to be made acton public utilities commission i manning electric phone 230 acton tk apple imports i ehltinp the first six months of 1918 apple imports to the united kingdom amounted to 2 21 million bushels eompneod with 133 million dutine the snm period in 1m7 main suppliers in 1918 were aus tralia nnd new zealand neither of which exported rtppes to the uni ted kingdom in the first half of the previous year on the other hand the principal exporters dur ing the first months of 1917 canada 1 gfi million bushels and i the united states 1 t8 million bus hels completely dmpped put of the british market in tho first i hnlf of 1018 f at a recent police department nuetlnn m st louts a boy hid 2u j cent for a bteycle and ot it i upmpmbranri lay qjljurbau nourmbrr 11th november 11th being procjnlmed hy the parllnment of canada as kememhrnnce dn acton ilrnneh no 197 cnnadlnn leffton british fmplre sen lev lea cue in conjunction with the heevea and councils nf the respective municipalities and the local clergy will hold memorial servlcts for those who have riven their uvea in service to kln and count on kemembrnnoe la as fol lows acton all patriotic societies and service men nnd council will ussemhlt at the legion unit at 10 u am and parade to the soldiers monum nt foi a short service and placing of w renths at 10 50 follow d b two minutes silence thence to the united church foi memorial service led b acton boys and lrls bnnd undt r bandmaster c v maum i aiternoon srjtnckh cnts will leave acton legion hall at 145 pm to convey legionnaires and service mm to boclcwood soldiers monument where a short aerxicir will be held at jw pm tttenceonaa- sagnweja pivsbjterian church for memorial service proceeding to the municipal hall brookvllle lunch and hot drinks will be served by tho wives and daughters of our nuisa- gnweja comrades wkall a ioily in ukmmhttanmr 1 r r