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paocroira the acton rk press piaojtcu afotefcr of actonians visiting oufoftown points and of visitors in acton homds r mrs j k gardiner u vultlnfi in detroit mich mr kortman- lawrence v eiiiuhl with relative in caledonia last weekend mr and mrs r a cordon and nttnc toronto vimted friends here on fiu v mr and mn jnmos sapw ypoirt sundav with mr and mrs il wilton guplpli mr charles w maun attended 1 binquct and musicalc at the ronl york toronto last saturday mr and mm ralph mkeown and son spml- sundav with the latter s brother at o ran seville mr bent ley wilson returned home on sunday following an op eration in gitclph general hos pital mr and mrs g a dills wid jim visited m hanoer on sundav with mr nnd mrs clnro prossor and mariiia- mrs george chipmin and mi madge chapman visited with m and mrs jack michel of lake view orr the weekend mrs r f johnstone mrs edna snvder miss campbell and mrs colbv of toronto tsited at the home of mrs jame srmon last sundav mr leonard atkinson has ro- tumnvdj to sunny brook hospital after upending three months with his famllv trr a ton friends wlsh for him an improvement in ltoaitiii mrs hobort slnvv hud the mis fortune to fiirtiire her wrist in i fall on the street hit wvek she li convalescing a i the immutju brouioi mr wallace lisliv ntfs- sagaweva l while in aoton inst fridikv as the guest ipcaker at the spcciil week of pxaver scrvite in knox pivsbyt- ertin church rev kdgcrton young of toronto was the guest of mlss pearl smith and mr smith mrs v b rumley and mrs har old floto of guelph were in oak- ille on saturday asslstlntt at the trousseau ten given by mrs s s russell in honor of hor daughter jeinette who is to be married next siturdav mr am mrs arthur swackham er maple hill form acton celeb- ntcd their 44th wedding anmvers nrv on sundav with 4 sons 1 daugh ti r and their families present these a ere mr and mrs llarold swackhjimer nadine and joyce of hamilton mr and mrs leslie swnckhamer of maple hill farm mr and mrs chris swnckhamer jimm ross and diane of acton mr and mn ross swackhamer of acton and mr and mrs dirk van gooztn john and mary of hamll ton acton high school news 13 thursday j lath im1 what lilipimllwl jt alts last mvk nlllll llll if qui ir-lll- i nassagaweya s s no 7 busy be institute meets last week the busv bee institute held us january meeting in the home of mrs ed britton and mrs d mul len last wednesday afternoon the president presided the meeting was opened by all repeating the mary stewart collect current events were fliven b mrs william tuck who also read an article on new years resolu tions the roll call was answered bv advantages or disadvantage of country life mrs ed britton was in charge of the meeting which was the grand mothers meeting a couple of poems were read grandmothers jjav and a fresh beginning a contest what animal was conducted by mrs muulfltand won by mrs l miller the meeting closed with the singing of silver threads among the gold a social hour followed with mrs britton mrs podburv and mrs mullin serving a dainty lunch the farm forum members were entertained bymr and mrs wilf rid kennedy on monday night with most of the- members present tw o croups discussed j marketing quality products- mr joseph henderson met with a painful accident last thursday while baling straw he got his left arm caught in the baler and was taken to st josephs hospital far tieatment his man friends wish he mav soon be better i mr and mr wm dredge attend ed the funeral of mrs dredges sis- ier in toronto the sympathy of aher community is extended to them os officers named a first meeting umehouse w a sponsor play by georgetown tes the wa sponsored the pn sent atum of the plnv the absent mmdid pmfesor bv thi loso club of c org tow n united church mtht hall tm thursdn e i nmn ri v ciuhr wis chmrman for tht co nedv considt ruble w on and- tinu hid bo n spirit b th ict r- iirul r gn t ed thnt th vrowd vv i 1 t lirger co n uunion mok- w u be h id ru t sutidrt th unmnj mt e ill m i meeting will b h h at tht hoitr o mr ind mrs a w b nt m th w plnnnd 1 v 1 nil 1 t i i n ln ht ut thi i regul ir mouthls nil tine at th horn of tn c si i in tiudi eienuig thi mn mt n lh horu mrs mih 11 onwmlnmd n ln w mr- norton tkm piivt- mrs smethur-t- idm h irrue ind mrs mill- i lnfth i k u vmh in the i t tb ch ipi i h moun ui in i mn r mshlen i- ii si ms fierb rwid fnm c til s reir inllng u- fuln vt i rri mli the ext w ni ei- w is 11 w i nii b a t rs of crim un frr the mrs mit chill it d mr san ford s n fnhmeiis nlnir n stons of torimto w i nselmt isitor with her sustcr mrs ullls mm leslie campbell of hamilton pent the weekend with her par ents mr and mrs a w noron the first meeting for the new ear of the ladies aid of knox church was held at the home of mrs gordon aitken on wednesday evening the president mrs byr- on bruce opened the meeting with the hmn jesus shall reign wher- e cr the sun followed by the roll call how- to make our meetings more interesting which brought forth many splendid idea during the vear the members completed study of the church in japan the presbyterian church in canada entered this work in 1d25 and since then has sent sev eral missionaries in spite of manv troubles and difficultes in korea they are planning to build more churches to idd to the lecn churches in 1mb this being ilbc annral meemng the secretin mrs g suntcr rend the financial report which was er gntifying mrs foremin kindlv took thr chiir for the el ection of officers which nsultcd ns follows president mrs gvrjon aitken vicepresident mrs a harris secretary trrasnrer mrs g sunter pianist mrs bvron brtice ctrd convenor mrs g grundv program committee mrs fisher mrs sinclair and mrs tpirris auditors mrs ward brjce ind mrs strtithers- lunch commit tee mrs struthcrs and mrs o sunter the meeting was brrtuiiht to a close h aringuig thehvmn iead kindlv light after wmch he hostess served a dalntv lunch mr gordon ahken of hnmihin spent the week end at mi home here mr and mrs lob nichoon nd sharontf gt cithartnes spent thr weekend with mrs nicholsons parents mr nnd mrs r j mat thew s ir clashs fnwii nine to twelve hitnir for dinner back at uninvciwuies from ohefifteen to three forty fivivtliui fiutne again day lnvday puttuu is the usual procedure hut fverr thufwjtjrnrlfig we have in assenbjj sometimes we have nfilm mr itnlbins shows us a film tint he ha taken oh his travels in europe last thursday morning we had with us dr clarke from burling ton who is the dental inspector for schools in this district h gave us a very jnterestlrrg ctfucatnni and helpful talk on teeth the weather is perfect for a lob ogganing or skiing pirty so how about it students several com ments on this subject have been heard all in a positive degree the predominating anthrax around the school has been ap pendicitis grade jct has been hit especially hard since four students of that grade have had the misfor tune to find it necessary to depart to the hospital it must liccatch- ing eh more news has been heard about the famous e e opener f th school paper the first issue is supposed to be out for vatrrrtinys dnv miss gammlc our language tea- cheri hos undertaken class for new canadians in basic en every thursday at 8 pm it the high school her first class con sisted of 12 tpeople some from yugoslavia and some from polapd in the sports departmen don daw kins team is still at the top of the bowling league manv of the fellows in the high school now compete in the town hockev league and the ymca basketball league thirty dinner quests congratulate present gift to mr mrs n armstrong a pleasant evening took pluc on saturday evening at lowvllle wlirn minrjic tuid mhu myrtlo coltlnu entertained foi mr and mr norman armstrong of nassa- gaweyu tbwiikhip on the occasion of their 2slh wedding anniversary dinner wan nerved to thirty guesbi mm armstrong was f mliui aimn colling a daughter of the iatr mr nndmrs jfacob calling of lyvllleand thr marriage look place at the unlted tftrsonttke there on jahtiary oth 1026 7rhey havr fiwtth mrs wilbur donnell of eritmoxa twp mildred attckding hamilton the ililghrldi dame ntiirt d just iihoiil on t iriic on t rlday night j he t i mi it wi i a u w mitmt lati witi y pn sidtnt wt jj a ornuming guelph gtnernl iioh- pltal and clnrk and ross at home the evening was spent in games and visiting and a cabinet of silver ware was presented to the bride and groom of twentyfive years ago bv the guests uu mlu r arm a si mbling t wnion nt tin inst mormnt to lake nn of tin wt i fin wing rwd when it finillv ttaitid town pt iifili stuulluj hi1i the ilnil cor- myi itiwkfd ilthe sight of tmnn inii liattom piilu hejjuiuldadr pf giy t n age p nph then r sale normal school jtcnn of thr school no cuuimlll iilthnuuh ninv of he jt s jfoldtm optoiuetrict 7 douglas street guelph eyes examined glasses fitted ra11inafad forum feels more cooperation need oroiocyjstl mr w chipman nnd mrs m j mith whose home wis rert ntl i dstrod b fire ire no living in the hoiim on mr f fishers i it w r firm mr grrs i rib rtson of himilton xpent the week erd with his pin n mr nnd mrs gin p robertson mrs finn mekt nie spent a fi w dns with her son ind dnuch i r in lnw mr ind mrs nnrman mikenrle mr nnd mrs vormnn mi v n ps i of guelph pnld ir ofir 1 j wl i the srhol on mnit i mr grrlm r th rtson f he opp i pirth is s n- n ttuilt o dns with h w ind s in hen mr in i mrs thomis f ni s en rniul the firm foum when uhi wire pnent t- lis i th hnidoist on rk n ii it psnlucs t l el d ic iss- ii i1mwn tt wis d thi i i sh mid h grndeh ii two n ch ike id in md h pnci s n iwohtk 1t hit h m jl mm w n- t o producer hut sh ntxi tccl 1 wir pt rcentice for i ilce pngtssie etiche jfclla mr- k n subblngton i n ftsher recriving h s ir jir s lunch was- ten e1 a th farm forum met at the home of mr and mrs jesse mcenery mondav night the discussion wai- on marketing quality product the questions were 1 food deal ers snv that consumers buy high qualttv produce ln preference to low quality what should be done about low quality produce 2 how important are the middlemen serv ices to the producer ana hot can the price spread between producer and consumer bo reduced the following ariswers were giv en 1 there are times when some socnlled second grade products could be dressed up a little and w ould sell more poadily some could be used at home instead of marketing them but alj good farm ers will strive to produce the best 2 the middleman sometimes helps control prices but thev get too much for all thev hnve to do and it makes too big a spread between producer and consumer reallv needed is more cooperation among farmers and cut out the middleman the january meeting of the mans association was held tuesdav january 9 at the home df mrs matthews with the presid ent mrs smith presiding the jjneeting opened bv all repeating the w a creed- a hvmn was sung and the lord s praver said n unison mrs marshall had charge of the devotional roll call was ansuered bv- paving fee the treasurer gave a report pf the ears standing wlh a splendid bnlnnce on hand mrs smith had the program which consisted of n rending entitled home and two contests the meeting closed with j n hmn nnd pmver nfter which i oel lunch wis served bv thi hoo as hv mrs snow nnd n socnble time wis p n over thi ei nips thi mission crcle met nt the hin t of mirjone wnrne on ridnv n iv vv h the pccslrfcnt dorothv in the chi- jin ce biker nid phirg of he srrtpuss tudv mrs rober mcfn hnd cmrgt of he s w idship eid ng borjn e cil ie hnd h tone tnk n from i he vud nk the united clmti h r nvrs jipn the rreet n c iv d w h hvmn nnd pi nftt which n nice lunch wi s sd h h hns th fnn ux ltnn held jinunrv riiemg nt he home ili ii mrs elwood sw n frdiv nght m- nnd mrs dunenn feni i h i vti under the doctors me m- fergtlson being cin te tl hu hoh nre sliwlv imnroving 4i4t4v- mraadmfs fnd msck nd m- m- of hnve moved ono the farm of mr oscir k nnv mou uever caw 3et awvtuiw6 fob a sou m3u aluieav mavc to fsjvvc at least a pew motes for it coviu in and our stock of utad cars w have jutt the one you want sure you ii have to give a few notes for it but we guarantee youll get your moneys worth at lome garner motors ltd 45 main st aefoo n at bower phone 326w murfns ipumbefv fvjb want to offefih lewi gay open numbed with cold win forced off the wagons into a snowdrift jnd made to run a wnllc to warm the pott popular boya wfr the ont s with warm blankets and- you c mi id hear them give some un pleasant mumble about omi ihmg wlwn the tractor was stuck nnd the driver hollered all boys out and push at the turning point of the ride some bright chimcter discovered whv the first wagon was so bumpy it had n flat tire on the bumpy ride bnck to the y each wagon sang different popular nnd old favorite with tho volume of a hundred voice choir and the sourness of a person taking his first violin les son when wo returned to the y some 0t theglrts did n quick job of pre- pnrlng lunch the hot chocolate wtls delicious nnd the doughnuts nndenko were eaten in a very few minutes after lunch the dance floor was o o the most populahspnts with numerous paul jone schottlsche and spot dnnccs the most popular one was the ehmlnntlon of all but the last three couples off the floor and hnvlng them perform a stunt the stunt was- for the girls to sit on the boys laps and see who could feed their partner crackers nnd milk from n babys bottle the fast est this performance was won by uke znjac from acton nnd his partner toan mcdougnl from georgetown crawford douglas did not sec much of th d because the gang hnd him tickling the ivories on tho piano in the new lounge that lad did a swell job of play ing tho piano he can plav any thing from bach to boogie nr bop there was some keen competit ion on the ping pong tables while the toronto and guelph people ae cepted the challenge of the local shaks much to our surprise the locals held their own with fhc outoftown people the new coke bar is n crmit n the club and in another couple of weeks it will be paid for marie mccristnll nnd her friends have been looking after the coke bir like experts since- the club opened nnd deserve some recognition for do nating their time the country cousins have given the city slickers such a good time that our club is invited bnck to the visiting clubs but nodcfinlte date has been set just mow the courr- cll would like to thank nil the members citizens of acton and fnrmerswho donated tlmr nnd equipment to make this past fn- dov night a fiuccess see you at the club frldav night to it mill st next to carrolls groceteria bargains bargains iook at vhese ladies spring and winter coats 1000 140 30 00 2500 3000 ladies sims 1000 2000 ladies better dresses all at 895 ladies good dresses toxlear at 100 f mens suits group i 2000 group 2 3000 soma with two palra pant i m m m m girls coats childrens coats and coat sets 695 795 1095 12 95 1500 dont forget our 50c 100 and 200 table for extra special bargain group 3 4100 mott with two pair panti group 4 4400 mott with two pair pant mens overcoats and topcoats 8 00 1250 14 00 11600 1800 2395 26 00 3200 3800 all mens hat to clear and many othar item too numerous to mention m y y y w y y bj at y y y eisens clothing store main st acton ont w b bjekr- rockwood and for an oil burner installation quicksand neat call for us and ttfujieet i of t you nrv th other fellow iwiibod else drive crfullt it- tk- tnck to parti of nation- rri mils of ralluav utd all tho ulavuprrad cjnada into one ffrvat mmllrfiniii plumbing heating niiawi speaker describes post office work the rockwbod men s club of the united chtircn which wasiarted inst winter to meet twice a month got underwa again inst wednes- da evening with i good attend ance mr ralph hodgson president opened the meeting with a brief aridrtss and also led in a sing song with mr j d mclean at the pinno considerable discussion was also eirrud on rclntiveto club matters an election of offictrs took place is follows pn sidtnt mr ross gordon vict pn sidtnt mr dave arrfistriinl sitrt tnrv mr george d iv tn nsiirer mr stnnh v hnrrb pubhcitv ronvt nor mr thos gel imlev tin highlight of tin ivning wis 1 coi ipn hi nsivi nddress bv mr g f snrkvill public r litmns 6f fict r from thi post- off i depirt- f nunt ionum di ilmc with work of incoming nnd outgoing mml fol low id bv two films showing how mill is handled b a inrge staff of i implovtes a second film shiwed the work of the- citv kstmt n on i tin ir r nit s is well as tht ir work 1 insidt mr sickvilu s nddn ss and i the films provfd i vrv informa j tn nfthf ri fnshmi nts were trvtdin thi sundiv schoil room f mil i sociilrtrnt rnoed bv ill pn s nt svmpathv of tht communltv is j eitended to mrs john hamilton in thi siidrtm dt nth of her brother- in law mr wm t hamilton on saturdn ut his result nee r r 3 funeral took plnc mondav with a brief service at his inte home fol lowed by service at stone church and interment at johnstons ceme tery barrie hill for efficient low cost snow clearing for service stations laneways etc call joe j0cque 156 acton km of broken lines prices reduced from 25 to 50 3 table lamps 4 chenille bed spreads 3 pairs drapes 10 rextxeum mats 4 bed lamps 4 rolls of chintz 2 smokers 12 prs curtains table oilcloth ends pictures and many other items we alto hava a large quantity of floor covering ends all sizes and qualify these hava baan graatly reduced in price see our window acton home furnishings thone 30j k bbbaeaaabbbwhwaluimbhktmi i- s