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thursday december m 1m9 the acton free press vtxst nvc mlas margaret oarvtn spent th weekend with friends la toronto mr and mr graham kennedy toronto visited at her home thu week mr and mrs r a cordon and nancy toronto visited her on sunday mr r l mcdonald is ipendln the holiday season with her ion and family in detroit- mrs j c leslie uft this week fey plane for her home in the west after attending the funeral of her sister mlat fvsh luu mrs a nurhanan sr left on d- wnbr 100 to spend christmas with her daughter in st ret ton making the trip by plane the frtendl of mrs jamea symon are glad that she is improving fol lowing an operation in st michaels hospital toronto two weeks ago mrs m creasy and mr 3eor mtott sr are pending the holiday on with mr and mrs tl ii flllott and family and mr and mrs harold kulotl and family mr and mrs roy wansbrougn toronto expect to ipend new years in nrw york city they are leaving for west palm bsaeh 71a- where they will itay for the wtnur months the frlandj of mr d o mc- leuan wars glad that ha was able to return home on thursday from th kitchener hospital where ha tisd bean confined following an acidant whirl ha sustained a waak or two previously engagement mr and mrs robert cameron of innlafall alberta announce the engagement of their daughter june helen to mr alexander freeman urown son of rev and mrs j llaljton brown of calgary alts the marriage to take plan decem- txr wth at innlafall vttttrb kfttfrrl of fttmaba art oouwe rlrv toctis wcatkjuno aalialstsr parsonage bowr avmw ub o u lamfiam ajojbl i and choir unttcd church wms- y names orticests 1950 at pftechslsymas meeting organist 1949 s4jnday december tuh 10 u am sunday schooj 11 00 am subvert the babe of flethlehem 700 p m gubjeot good tidings of reat joy rev a o w foreman b a- wlj conduct both aervtcaa all are cordially invited frrssbgthteti csmirrti ta tfattuftill knox cuukctl acton hkv korkbt ii armhtstono ma mlakur sunday pkckmjier 25th hmd christmas service 1100 am divine worship 1213 am sunday school and i hole class 7 00 p m harvtra of song for unto you is borne this day a saviour luptut flburrtj acton rev oflajjs r oowu itsslu sunday december 23th 3949 1 1 v a m the manger and the the throne combined sunday school and church christmas servtca prkuy j y s u canoallad h alb a xlptrrtj amtluaa raauruv w o last ala cimistmas 8rvica3 11 jo pm chruimaa eva holy communion christmas day 11 00 am holy communion sun day kchool arh a art will attend this service the evening service has bean with drawn a welcome awaits you ewvituunu u n ii n n m iaaaaw american pays ii s premium make suggestion christmas brings a lot of fine thoughts and messages and th editor of the free pre rets it share nnd npprecintee every one rut this letter fnim chnrllo mc- inn from hellovllle new jersey wnt ao ti n uu n i 1 hn i we shn re it with oir r nders hurl e served liln nppri nhrfship in prtntinr in the r re iresn hefon thi edit it wai in s hoo nnd is nm of the ncc ilnolm opt rntors on n dall in n v i r rut hen s the letter dihimlmt 14 wit mr plllh fd toi kye press ieni mr f n locit ou will find mone tirdi r fur km press subscript n j 110 not wishing to riik our pre mluni hills in i hi hnv christmas nmll a thought if nil american renileis of cnnndlnn old home paper lould send suhscriptlons iri amerlcnn hills it would help in tirtnc oxchnnu rate even can rnir press conference proh tern tin frim prins is top value fur nnvme s moncv clinrlts 1- mronrn 1t1 hcmnut st 1uilellli nj in a iincorc wish thol you and your family mrty fjath cr together this year for a merry merry christmas van wyck cleaners the december meeting of the womans missionary society of tha united church was held at the home of mrs c w mason on tuesday with the 1st vice president mrs b mowat presiding mrs r arnold in charge of the program took as her theme christmas serv ice and our faith in jesus christ opening worship service was con ducted by mies mainprise and tha devotional tslth was in charge of mrs thomson mrs j j stewart gave a reading mrs c i poole conducted a carol servlre telling the authors and origin of each carol a verse of which wu sung she also read a paper on five which wai much enjoyed the society sent a plsnt to mrs e j caldwell who has had to resign as presldtnt on account of illness cards will also be sent to the ilck and hutins u the officers for thr society for 11w0 arc aa follows honorary president mrs r j caldwell president mlsi m z bennett 1st vicepresident mrs r mowat 2nd vicepresident mrs a dllli srd vicepreeldent miss m mainprise recording secretary and press miss e hawthorne treasurer mrs j iambert aast treasurer mrs a dills corresponding secretary mrs a t brown the secretaries of the virtous departments include temperance mlaa d simmoni mission rand mrs i ixrvell christian stewsrd- thlp and finance mrs thomson community friendship mrs f cleave supply mrs j moore missionary monthly mr a t brown associate italner mrs r vetdhuls ufa membership mrs j lambert pianist mrs r r arnold assistant pianist mrs m rums auditors mrs f cleave mrs c l poole official board mrs r l johnson the connaught tunnel through mount maodonald in tha rocklaa is more than flva miles long notice to creditors and other in the esil of robert ierr wathon lat of the ulage of acuai in the county of llaiton oanfectloner dewaaed all jwrfcoji hnvlnf claims gal t th jttlt if rotmtt perry wat son intr of the village of arton in the count of ilollon confe t- lum r who dld on or about the 1- irst dn of april 1w1 are re julrftt to semi pnrtlcular and proofs ihtrihif to the undersigned im fort tht srvmth dn of lnnunr 1t a hen the nutrt will be dis trlhuud iimoric thi parties 1cinll i ntltleil thinto hnvlnf nnrnrcl onl to ttie 1 1 ul ma w hich shall have us n filed intid nt acton this fifteenth ihi of ivrenilmr 119 c f leathirlnnd acton oni miio snlii ttor for thomas l ntaon i m ci ttor i it ww ww icvlcvwitwwsxtktkis i cuiiincs our thanks for your patronage in 1 949 best wishes for o merry christmas and a prosperous new year browns fruit and grocery i acton club activities liila rts the chrlmin is dinner of aclon kotar club with turkc- mil christm i pudtllni itul all th trlmmiiik a number f thi ekierh men t acton were cui ss of ha c ul tin apprecia tion of tin club- h isp tnlltx wn ei bl eptvss4hl b w stmtur j llotnn reported on tho dlitrlbtitlon of chrlstmv iviskets in co oumtlon with 1nke tide chapter iodf nnd nuo ofr the crtpplod children work chrttlmas inroli and sonjrs wen fentunil on the protirnm pnl- dent alf lone reported on christ mas ahopplnu acton club had lone for an american club nd the let- tor of appnclfttlon receive do you need a plumber phone 319u john calder church st acton let me estimate for your new bathroom canada in 1948 exportod full- fashloned hoiier to 34 foreign markets and due to the shortage of dollar in many countries haa not et recaptured completely pre war overseas trade canadian mothers have given tilrth to six sets of quadruplets but tha duuutaa still stand alone o iar as qulnti are concerned cwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwewwwwwwwwwwwwwww we want you to have something that cannot be placed beneath sbbbatbibbbbbbbbbbi j tree best wishes of rhe season f- e brada shoe store i miss pearl c be3x born in nassagavieys township and a lifelong resident of this dis trict miss pesrl clifford bau pas ted a way last wednesday at st joseph s hospital guelph at the age of a years miss bell had been in tailing health for some months miss bell was a graduate nurse of krfmonlon general hospital and followed her profiaslon for several yars in calgary alta fifteen years ao she came back to acton to rare for her aged parents alex and suun hell thronnh all these years she hai been dutiful dauh t e r and ga ve t hem lo vl ng ca re in ihelr declining mn her father pjissed away in lapril 1m7 ani mother in hr ninety second year fa bad her constant attntlon and icjvlng tare alnre that lime she it a miemher of knox church acton res dhi fer mther miss hell leavt one slhter mr j c iealb an- of calgno alta whobmi ttein honie sinre lier lllnew t e mpathy of many frlenda here poe to them in their bereavemci itir fumral service was held on saturday afternoon at the vict h rumley funeral home and rev it ii armstrong ber minister was assisted hy itev mr i uxton of si a i ha a churrjv many friend tathered and floral offerings als bore tribute of friendship and ei teem palrbearena were messrs thoa mcmillan unas mrmlllai tht canrul wlvrad kennedv bdward predge and harold rm mrs antma pkntiand mrs anna pent land mother of mm j k gardiner passed sway last friday at st josephs hospital in guelph where she had been for a few days after suffering a frac tured hip she was clghtyaven years of ajpe for the past thirty years since he death of her hus hand ho has rnslded with mem tiers of her family and for tha past een years ha been with mr and mrs j k gardiner mr pentland hai born in dun troon a daughter of the inte j ihr nnd phoebe kerr he mm twic married her first husband being eorpe ijvtnetone and later she marrletl tnmw pentland who pan tied nunv thlrt ean ngo flv of ber faml remain to reert her memor james 1kinp iitnne co 1 1 1 n ood mri j j jf fre flint mich mm j rotj north ilnttlerod snsk mrs j k gnnilner arton nnit georjje f i lnprtone montreal one lister nnd n broth r nlso mirle her mrs f f rurkc mldlnnd and mr r v ki rr cnmroke alta hie fum i n serice win held in a ton at thi victor r rumle unernl home on undnv aftt n n conducted b rev a o w hiremnn assisted b r v c i io ill mrs penllnnd nttended ln 1nltexl church here iie n mnltis v t re tnken to co line- ood on miwida w here n h n i i nt the trott funeral horn there was tnrfrcl nttended n mnn friends in her home com munlt it r in tin n wai con- dticted b 1te mr kerr pal i tearern a re chalmers goral ne dr it r robinson jas rrow n ioiiclns mcarthttr puncnn currb alfrid li itrh interment urn in tin mausoleum nt colllnpw i mrx mnrcnret sophia watson rrsldint of tht churchill dlstrit t for oer flftv vinns mrs mnrfinri t sophia witon pnued awav on thursda of lnt week at st jo- tn ph i hospital guelph in her elcm si cond vear she had been j iu onl a do or so nnd in fact had i tnken part in the arranging of chrutmns haklng born in gorafrnxn township nenr orton mnrgant sophia stauf- j frr was n daughter of the lite tnhn stniiffi r and mnrcnret ann foster in ibm she mnrrlcd john stnder nnd enme to the churchill i district on the farm there he died in tfloo in 1012 she married th lnti wllllnni wnton who died in intr two daughters remnin to tiin her memor fmnrrnretl mrs cba robinson north rnv nnd iannle mm annie moore at homi a brother nnd stti r also remnin abrnhnm stnuffer of st ttler alberta and mrs hedl v hurt of cochrane alberta the funeral was held on mnndi j nft moon with sen ice in church ill united churth in charci of mr gibbs minister and assisted bv mr mirsh burial w i- in churchill cemeti r the pnll bnnrs were messrs lionel watson llovd stnuffer clifford st uif fer r ron stiuffer cide barton nnd frd millar mnnv beautiful floral tributes al so bore testimonv of sympathy and esu cm anh the flower bearers were harrv collier jn adams geo leslie mum talbot leslie swnckhnmer and wallace sw ack- homer eramosa board aks dept grant title no 2 school ground at a ipectst meetinb of the era- moss township school board in no 10 school on december 15th the secretary was instructed to request that the department of highways grant title as soon as pnrripla la the new school grounds for no 3 school to allow for immediate cotr- mencemrnt of necessary operations mr t w saunders and mr g v swanston were appointed a com mittee to ecure plans from th- o a c for a tiew school similar to ho 10 with slight alterations no action was taken on the renewed nirifestloni that national film board plitures be shown in thi schools present at the meeting were v h mrcannt1 if adsett g f swan ton t ii sfluridera nnd inp tor w r mrvlttls tin krimmi tow nihip sehfwil b mnl held its final mr tin for tht mr in ro kaxd m honl on icember tth mr hufh suropson lnterlrwed the board urging the consideration of larct r school units when new bulldlntf la in proapert he sug gested the remodelling of the spcednlde s hool and the discon tinuance of transportation to guelph for manual training and household science a letter from the ontario teachers federation requested the board to adopt the new salary schedule with a minimum of 91mv ry resolution the board announced its intention of adopting the new schedule in september 1000 one tender was received for a new no 2 school in the absenre of the inspector the matter was laid over along with the question of pupil insurance the personnel committee report ed a vacancy at no 10 school at december stst mrs m b storrlf was appointed to the position the bus contractor was requested to call at sll schools in aceordnnce with the terms of the contract items i 2 and 4 of the inspectors rejort on no 1 school were refer red to the secretary for appropriate action covered receptacles for the refine were ordered for all schools in accordance w ith recommends tlons of the mdlcsl officer of hnlth the secretary w as instructed to supply the local press with minutes of board meetings and to print and distribute annual reports as muni accounts amounting to j3111 m wire passed fyr pnvment prrsent at the meetings w ere messrs f ii mccnnnrll g f sw anston h adsett and t w sjtunders chalrmnn wm h hind li pn sided nt the meeting nnd i xprt ssed hlv npprecintlon to th hoird for thi ir co op rntlon dunr g thi past yenr our sincerest wishe for the very mernett christmases and the happiest of new years go to one and all whitkams garage acton creamery limited grade a large eoos grade a medium 1005 33c dozen 0c dozen buttir a3clb wc wish ail a merry christmas and a happy new year i 1 1 tmiiiihfcvfcfcfcfcfcfcfcvyfcfcfcfcfciifcfcfchfcfcfcfcfcvhfci i 1 1 mil ii 1 t attention league bowlers ihrnr will b no lagu bowling tluring in chriihnm holldy open bowling every afternoon and evening turitsy roll lor high tnpl chrithnu wli everybody hglbu a merry christmas to one and all acton bowling lanes v v i merry christmas and a happy new year h0uhuuolji lurxjef gosh i need ten bucks and i dont know where to act it im bind of that i wbr afraid you thoucht youttould net it from me current copi last minute suggestions shirts 1 98 to 50 pyjamas 3 98 to 6 95 ties 65c to 2 00 slips 1 85 to 4 50 hosiery 1 39 to 1 65 nighties 2 85 to 7 50 panties 2 for 1 00 eisens clothing store main st acton ultltlililvsbasslim