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j thursday april 5th 19s1 the acton fee press taos nvi milton loses two to fort erie team although word u still as to the outcome at m jodged by milton the awmi to have fended expected protest season for the coops last thursday night in jtort eric about 2200 fans uw mutan drop 48 in a sparkling afome shorthanded due to penal tljl milton team played splendid defensive same the most spectacular son was fey freddie kcntner who stepped rom the penalty box picked up the puck and shot it without tattjfllng with arty eh player on saturdays game coops real ised again they were upr against an outstanding goa in fort er ies zimmerman tjiey had few clear chances as the erie team determinedly back chocked and ihe final score was 53 poem a rumor has baen floating by vouve heard it we have too it uyi roys taxi rates are high we all know thata not true ipor rates are always very air and quality service we are giving our csrs will satisfy those who care and well honestly earn our liv ing so make a date call one two eight youre always treated right whether its early or very late vou may call us day or night so pay no attention to stories un true just call hoys taxi now pleate do the driver will q a price that llw and take you wher you wish to to- obituary funeral in acton for george hardy the funeral service was held at the victor b itumley ituneral homo last woek for george doug las hardy a retired farmer who died at- his ouelph homb on sun day march 13th he was in his 73th year he had been in poor health for some time many floral tributes attested to the esteem in which he was hold with many attending the funeral pallbearers wore clifford hardy john hardy charjcs mfcclauchlnn frank ruddell william crosier and john irving interment was in falrvlew cem etery acton mr hardy a wellknown farm er in the erin district for msny years was born in esqueslng township of scottish descent he moved to guelph in 1043 he li survived by his wife mrs mary hardy of cuelph and two daughters mrs b wlngrove of erin and mrs lion davie of acton one daughter lois pre deceased him in 1023 also sur viving him is one brother william hardy and two sisters mr ward huddell of esqueslng township and mrs mary crozler of streets vllle campbeuvaui roys taxi phone 128 acton jt s jloll optmmtria 7 douglas street guelph eyes examined glasses fitted murfins plumber im ttonsof how many dirt nave you shovelled do yew njoy being a cellar cmfatlaar stop it you can haat your home without ahovuunc xaatall toridhaet nowi wall wave your haw aaaat cfeao u pin and tor idavset will help you keep the wfcaw house ctean ask u te quaes east s- toridheet l o m a k oil ml ai bfmurftni sithut works ill plumbing heating i18w n th fn half of lot fl in the fourth concession township of esqucsipgon saturday april 14th 1051 the following real estate farm stock implements and household goods real estate parcel 1 the east half of lot no n in the fourth concession of township of esqucs- ing containing 100 ncrcs morer less of choice warm sandy cln loam soil on which is said to be erected n seven roomed 1 storey frame house with summer kitchen woodshed and workshop attached the house has hot air furnace and soft water inside on the land is a bum approximately 50 feet by 80 feet on stone foundntion also an l barn approximately 30 feet by 00 feet tics up 14 cflttlc and fl hor ses w ith large open shed and sev eral box stalls roofs on buildings are in very rood repair on the farm ore two wells and a never foiling sprins creek supplies water 22 acres fall ploughed 23 acres new seeding 13 acres lucerne and 13 acres in fall wheat there is a good maple nnd cedar bush containing 10 acres this form land is in ex cellent heart the buildings com mand a picturesque view and ore situated close to and on a good open gravel township road parcel 2 the south half of the west half of lot no 8 in the fifth concession of the township of es- quesing containing 50 acres more or less of good light soil on which is said to be erected a six roomed 1 w storey brick veneer house with hot airfurnace nnd lcar garage this parcel of land has 23 acres cleared and a choice pine beech and maple bush containing 22 ac res more or less the obove lands will be offered for sale in one parcel and will be sold subject to reserved bid and conditions of sale terms of sale 10 per cent on day of purchase and balance without interest within 30 days thereafter sale of real estate to commence at 2 00 p m chattels horses and harness 3 bloc- ky bay horses aged good work ers 2 sets heavy breeching har ness collars bridles blankets be lb etc cows and young cattle 1 roan durham cow due time of sale 1 red dqrham cow calf at side 1 roan durham cow bred to fieshen in april 1 part jersey cow in full flow bred jon 3 1 jersey cow fresh time of sale 4 durham heifers 2 rs old not bred 1 dur ham heifer 1 yr old 1 jersev heifer 1 r old 2 durham heifers tf months old 1 veal calf automobile 1 pontiac 4 door 1028 model hay and grain 10 ton mixed ha 4 ton baled hov 300 bus fall wheut 300 bus oats 300 bus mix ed grain oats and barley h bus timothv seed poultry sheep and hogs 12 hcaw hens in heavv produc tion 10 cross bred ewes 1 ram p york shoots rtr c arm implements tools ftc frost and wood grain bin- dor 0 h cockshutt hav loader steel deck side rake new idea grain drill deering 11 disc int manure spreader during mower s ft oliver singlefurrow riding plow sloop sleighs walking plow hav tedder light wagon 2 farm wagons brooder stove dump rake extension ladder disc delaval cream separator land roller platform scaler 2 sets harrows cutter buggv wheel cultivator bag truck flat hav rack grindstone steel and wood- on barrels hand power clippers with sheep head oil barrels new tongues quantitv of stove wood ond drv lumber large assort ment of carpenters tools includ ing hammers hand saw s planes bits cross cut saw adzes etc a quantity of househol d furintureassorttnent of dish es at 1 00 p m terms cash for further particulars nnd con ditions of sale opptv to the under signed solicitor thomas a hutchinson kc solicitor for the sterling- trusts corporation administrator for the estate dated nt milton march 21 1051 ii i ml lev and elliott auctioneers administration sale the administrator of the estate f john stark late of the township of esoucslng c tniasewtr orlaytmiblleaoeriorrmarllar and norma brown silver anniversary celebrated by pair cedar lanes moffat the home oi mr and mrs lawrenco sharpe was attractively decorated in pink and white stoeamers and pink and wtiilo snapdragons whon-thay- were at home to their friends and relatives on the occasion of their silver 25th wedding anniversary from 24 pm and 7030 pnt on tueiday april 3 the threetier wedding cake centred tite- table and wu stir- rounded by pink tulle and forget menols candelabra and vlnk ad white carnations pouring tea wore mrs thomn mitchell campbellville and mrs ernest pricejr it milton agisting were mrs albert stewart mrs william roberts and miss ethel simpson all of camp bellville mrs itussel elaley and mrs leonard wlckham of moffat mrs alex melntyre guelph arid mrs john sharpe of elora receiving with the bride and groom of 25 years were titelr two daughters lorna and alice they were showered with cards and gifts of allver mrs sharpe was formerly miss edith patterson liv ing near milton those assisting and the bridal party sat down to a bountiful turkey dinner at 5 30 pm which was enjoyed by all a good crowd attended the hot easter supper sponsored by te ladles aid in st davids pres- bjrterlan church hav mr j sutherland was chairman for n good variety program senior girls ch readings mrs jack wat- 5h jun gtrlt chorus duets former jeweller reeve identified vocal ducts eleanor calms and jerry home wood the adanac bible class of st davids church and the girls mission group held a party in the basement of the church rev m sutherland conducted sports dr and mrs eric grundy of to ronto were sundny guests wltl mr and mrs leonard andrews mr and mrs robert ingll en tertained a number of friends n saturday evening in honor of mrs william mitchell nnd mrs earl dougherty di the occasion of their birthday and mr and mrs edgar calms 31st wedding anniversary progressive euchre was enjoyed with prizes being awarded to jack bell william revejl barbara rev- ell annie cairns also to william mitchell for most lone hands lucky cups mrs arthur ma ride jack bell lucky tpot grace bell lucky number william mitchell mr and mrs joseph ferrier and family and jack roberts recently joined st davids presbyterian church stuart cramp presided over the lost meeting of the season of the young adult group william el ilott acted as secretary and gave the treasurers report jack rob erts read the scripture and doug las cramp led in prayer mrs harold speers was pianist mr h speen showed slide on india miss audrey donaven spent the easter vacation with mr and mr robert inglls mr ond mrs james baynton and family have moved to an apart ment in the farm home of mr and mrs thomas watson mr and mrs stuart cramp have purchased the gerald bums residence on pond ave miss lois inglls spent the eas ter vacation with mr and mrs arthur markle and mr and mrs david mccammon at mlllgrove mr and mrs j lucas were sun day guests of dr and mrs owen warr llod earl an employee in the bank f nova scotia milton has a former reeve of acton and a jeweller hii re george ifynds was the man pictured as unident ified last week while word was gratefully received from qult few as to nfjt7denilyfrea craw- son of west flnmboro wrote ui an anecdote ho recalls concern ing himself and the 4ate george hynds i remember taking a watch to him tn have it repaired he wrote evidently mr crewsop gave him a two dollar bill and mr hyndi looking in the till laid a five dnl- ar bill on the counter without touching it mr crewson aak1 pointedly if theblll were his mr hyiids took n second look and also n second look at the customer he olways remembered me after thot sald mr crewson in the name letter mr crewson wrote thot he had also recognized the recently published photograph of hon david henderson i will never forget the election la 10u he said it was the first year ha had a vote and sir wilfred laurier was defeated hon david henderson spoke at a garden party at crew- sons corners in ehn township i thought he had no right to speak out of hla jurisdiction because at that tlmr i thought there were on ly grits in erin m got my eyes opened in 1017 when hugh guthrie came out on the tory side and was elected i knew then there were more tories than grits but laying all jokes aside davy was a fine gentleman hopinjtagin- to recall some feasa memories of when the older people were a part of the younger generation themselves another picture from the album of actons history is published for id entification do you remember him been transferred to brantfom miss katharine holmes miss janet elliott were recent guests with mr and mrs george inglls miss beverley roberts spent the weekend with miss ruth camp- boll of milton l mr and mrs john kobzey and son were dinner iruests with mr john campbell and family about 17 friends and neighbors surprised mrs samuel calms on thursday afternoon on the occas ion of her 80th birthday she was showered with cards and gifts and entertained the ladles by piano selections mr and mrs how son lush and sons and mrs william hurren spent four davs with mr and mrs fred peters in cleveland this week mrs hurren will stav for a month agriccltuttal escape unidentified caution education reduce fatalities traffic accidents in ontario in 1050 took a toll of 702 lives compar ed with 830 in 1040 highways min ister george doucctt states point- lng out that 1050 highway traffic was the heovicst on record the lower death rate only bright spot in an otherwise dark picture when coupled with final figures may show marked increase in the num ber of accidents persons injured and property damage loss estimat ed at over 10 million number of licensed drivers in ontario has jumped from 1278584 to 1 305000 there were 1 100 000 registered vehicles on the high ways 130 000 more than in 1040 travelling approximately 0 3 billion miles our present traffic volume which is still increasing rapidly his enormous potential killing power mr doucctt stated sixty- three children between ond 14 iars were among those kil led in the first nine months an in crease of 6 over 1049 in other age groups the toll w as dow n final figures may show 34 000 accident during the year and 15 000 injured most accidents- occurring during daylight we rcicw the 1051 accident outlook w ith er guarded opti mism mr doucctt stated noth ing but a most determined effort backed b alt can keep our losses down plans are being made to increase the department s safet program during this ear stepping up its flow of literature to schools homes and police forces we must reduce this aw t ul needless slaughter and waste due well the y was really hopping last frida nig as we promised it turned out tn bu a gala event with an attend ance of about 150 the club wus honored uy receiving guests from three other clubs milton guelph and fergus milton sent the mot reprosentarlvvh but lil turned out to be perfect guests ftnd good nporfs r the club would like to thank mr somervllle and mr turner foj generously donating hoy to distri bute around the dance floor the hay was placed all around the dnnce floor home baled and some loose for people to st down nnd talk to their friends later in the evening it beenmc very dusty nfter having schottlschcs opd pnul jones dnnces which are alwnys favorites wo wore glad we re ceived no complaints nhotit people suffering from hay fever or plug ged noses on nccount of so much dust there were numerous activities carried out all night and its verv hard to describe them all in this column but we will do our best there were two spot dances tn elimination dance a treasure hunt and the special feature at lunch time was the haffcraan brothers from toronto who put on an am ateur musical show on their own the first spot dance was won by chuck bundy of milton and mary cornle of norvnl the sec ond spot was wor by ronald coleman acton and joan trimble of milton the elimination dance was won by ted tyler acton and frances coscaden of norvnl the feature novelty was the treasure hunt in which 10 people volunteered to enter these people were sent out with a list of items to obtain bv knocking on citizens doors and asking for them these people were divided into two teams with helen l ervllle and norm turner as capt ains to rive vou on idea whnt these teams were up against we will give you n list of some of tha things they had to anc for thy were a tooth brush a picture of george fnny george three sheets of toilet paper old cotnic book paper cup and mast anything thot come tfa the councils mind speaking of anything they had to bring a suitable object tbit would pass for the thing and the person or tenm who thought of the best would receive an in dividual prire the winning team was helen somervilles with joan trimble keith aklns mary dillow all ot milton ond betty lawson ns her tenm mates norm turner thought of the most suitable ob ject for the thing and received the special prize he presented the teen town with n large wood en box and said inside the box is the thing when ne opened the box out jumped ami thor- nrinsan of course the council gave norm his prize immediately ond cleared the floor for more dancing all in all one could not describe the shindig in this column n per son would hove to be at thnt last dance in the y to understand whnt was beneath thotj ffleamlnij eyes and smiling faces yes it was the best danc wc have ever had at the y just be cause it was the last dance at the y dont forget the triple t club remember there is a dance at thc town hall this friday nigh the council would like to thank the free press for printing this column each week during the pait season we hope you have en joyed reading it as much as we have enjoyed writing it until next season adios the farmer had just finished lo trafflc mr doucctt spreading a load of particularly from the rta euismelling fertiliizer national preparedness it is also will that stuff reall stimulate o that this waste of human a xisitor from te plant growth citv asked cant sa for sure was the thoughtful answer ive been put ting it on like this iar after ear but ive never been able to figure out whether it actual lv stimulate resourct s and ital equipment be reduced better was and means of cutting the accident toll are being found b ilu iiighwos department but since most mishaps are caused b human errors education of drivers things or whether its just so down- jnd pedestrians is still the bigget right repulsive that tho trv their i weapon best to grow nwly from it i support b the public business youthful 70 oliver wendell holmes a justice of the united states supreme court in the inst ci ntur was a perfect example of the truth of the stat em t nt you re only as old us you feel at the age of 02 he was out walking one dav when an ex tremely pretty young woman pas sed him on the street turning to gaze adminnglv after the trim figure the old gentleman sighed w istfull oh to be sevt nty again appointments by esquesing council several appointments were made at the inst regular meeting of es queslng township council on april 2 rreve george currle premlded 1 wilfred bird nnd walter llnhnm were appointed township repres entative to esmieslng community hnll board john bird to represent esqueslng agricultural society denpv charles to represent tlm federation of agriculture how- son ruddell to reprftent the jun ior farmers mrs rnbertcunnlng- ham to represent ash group wo mens institute and mv walter ijiwson to represent slewnrtlown womens institute s h a lever chartered account ant was engaged ns ivpdltor for the township council agreed to the division of the costs of the north halton high school district as recommended by the banrd otarbltrators on the some bnsls as in 10jso milton 14 57v acton 14 v georgetown 22 40 esqueslng 94 63 and naiw- ngaweya 13 64 on condition that the other four municipalities com prising the north halton high school district also accept this divi sion on or before apruuloth tha clerk was instructed to forward a copy of this motion to mr ford rogers chairman of the board of arbitrators the salary of w e townsend rond superintendent was adjusted a letter from district inspector a r knight provincial police dundns was read in answer to a request from the township council for a patrol of the nerval section of no 7 highway stating that steps nnve been taken with the view of relieving such an unnecessary situation claims for foxes destroyed in esquesing were ordered paid as fol lows donald hancock glen wil liams 5 00 e h evnns llme- housr 9100 j m steele acton 4 100 w wotkins acton 3 10 00 the treasurer wns given op- provnl to pay rond nccount as pre sented by the road superintendent amounting to 2 007 07 relief ac counts os presented by the relief officer amounting to 82 01 were passed thru leogeo chick hatched last thursday on arm at camfbeuviue a threelegged chick was hatch ed last week on the poultry farm of mr and mrs ernest dredge tth 1 campbell villa the baby freak wan discovered in a dock of 075 watched out last thursday night tw41ttla roda4rt find ing its third irjf more of a nulsahc than an asset since it juts ouf of the thigh of bin left leg mr dredge who bus beet in the poultry jiumlneaj for the past 11 years soys that although he haa raised approximately 10000 chicks each yoar this is the first one h has found with f three legs payments b canadas steam i allw oys in 1947 for maintenance of way of buildinga ond of equip ment totalled 247 231 003 all income tax forms completed books kopt er audited any accounts prepared business hmelatuad hervlao far ruain ituludhur avra ai kaass uard clalaaa reasonable fees phone rockwooo 1166 or ouelph 4131r moore rocher ipainting and decorating contractors phone 299w acton youi eyes deserve the best consult r m bell r0lttorjd optometrist prion 22rl2 erin afternoon tea and baking sale 3 to 5 pm at acton ymca saturday- april 7th this event will b unique in the fact tfialrho mayor and members of acton council ar patrons and will assist in the event come and meet your council socially auspices y ladies auxiliary j many thanks to our many customers in acton whp have remained with us so loyally in the past few months oven though at times our service was not as prompt as it should hove been we are happy to announce that we have- completed installation of equipmonl of much larger capacity and will bo able to accommodate new customers in addition to our regular customers regular deliveries will be mad every monday commencing april 2nd sincerely erin launderette service quinsv abscess ir tonsil b he formation of ar the lussuf around th directlv connected with motor traf fic will help to keep our apcident deaths wtll belov ten their pre war average mr doucett states v in addition to ontario drivers on the highways mr doucett said there were 4sooo00 us visitors on our highwas during the year and thousands more drove here from othir prov incts maximum f forts to reduce ac cidents must be made soon on a natlonttr ond provincial sculr the minister sjul truffle bafttv l everybody b business mr doucett declared milton arena hamilton skating club presenti ice revuet friday april 6th 8 30 sharp solos ensembles pairs j group numbers comedy galore over 40 skater sponsored by maple- leaf group knorf presbyterian church i adults 75c students 50c under 225c i tickets for sale at marchands main street