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page four the acton free press acton ontario thursday october 11th 1bs1 pesuottal aoted of actontans visiting outoftown points and of visitors in acton homos mrs w p brill of guelph visit ed in acton this week miss margaret garvin spent the weekend with toronto friends mr and mrs mac symon ond family spcnrthankstilving ut owen sound ml carole anne lnnlz guelph spent the holidiiywotkdmiwitlrfcnu rpnrrt thrn wpkehd rmd thanksgiving with her mother mrs p saycrs friends here mr ii n brown hos been enjoy- inilu trip to the canadian west the past few weeks mr and mrs hnrry noble of to ronto were visitors with friends here on tuesday i miss eva befley of london vis- i lied over the woewcnd with mr ond mrs a k mann mr ond mrs george mclollan of hamilton epent the holiday weekend with relatives hero mr and mrs douglas manning enjoyed a motor trip to northern ontario over the weekend mrs edna snyder and miss campbell of toronto were holiday visitors with mrs james symon mr harold skllling is a patient in guelph genernl hospital and all wish for him o speedy recovery mr and mrs victor patrlcknnd mr ond mrs clifford bradley spent the weekend in buffalo m nr mr and mrs jforman robertson spent the weekend in montrool miss botty mac lambert of ac ton spent the weekend at the home of miss muriel hilts ballin- nfod mr geo mcpherson and son of toronto were thanksgiving visitors with the formers brother and sister here i mr and mrs stuart martin and yvonne of oshawa visited during the weekend with mrs wm mac- arthur the friends of miss sarah sin clair were glad that she was able to return home on sunday from st joseph hospital guelph after re ceiving treatments on her eye for the past week mr george murray was in tnger- soll last week attending the funeral of his only brother william b murray mr and mrs norman wilds of vineland spent the thnnskgiving weekend with his parents mr ond mrs jus wlldh mr nnd mrs david hutehlon of mr and mrs w ii clayton of acton visited over the weekend in hamilton with mr and mm wm hincks nnd children mr and mm jock bell and el mer mcklruton of toronto attended erin fair and visited with mr nnd mrs g w mosaics mr and mrs fred kingumlll charles and mr donald matthews spent the weekend and holiday with friends in detroit friends will regret to learn that mrs j b chalmers is ill in to ronto general hospital ond all hope for her prompt recovery t mr and mrs g w mosaics mrs r b smith and mr howard mas- ales mr root lowrie mr a b mclean attended teeswoter fnir misses margaret blow edith turner ruby smith luciennc marcouic and evelecn brnida holi dayed in buffalo over the week end ospftinoa institute initiates plans for library eighteen ladles answered the roll rail my idea of n well groomed girl at the monthly meeting of the womens institute at the home of mrs arthur mckinney on wed nesday mrs alvin flutter presid ed and miss doris fines reod the correspondence cnntitct in to be made with other nearby branches in regawmo the eoiinty library ttc- minclers were also made of the quill block to be brought to the next meeting nnd the enmmence- nujixlafjladlqeitr forum broad uui itilii wuevwhcf injfced in a motor occident here two weeks ago is showing im provement at her home on welling ton sf provincial constable archie mc pherson of chatham spent some holidays last week at the home of his parents mr and mrs a m mc- pherson mrs george lantz who has been seriously ill for the past few weeks is showing a little improvement and is now able to get around the homo a little each day mr and mrs clare prosscr and marion of hanover spent the hol iday at the home of mr and mrs g a dills and mrs prosscr and marion will remain for a week or astfi the latter part ofthe month mrv george robertson and mrs arthur mckinney are to be joint convenors for some form of social gathering for this month appreciation for fruit boxes sent to several sick members was voic ed it was agreed not to opply for the institute grant very interest ing reports on the area convention were kfiven by mrs g altken mrs earchlbnld ond miss doris fines a paper on mental health wofl rcsnd by mrs kenneth stubblngton who also conducted on interesting quiz on do you know the wln- ner being miss doris fines the hostess assisted by mrs k fisher ond mrs w j jackson served sandwiches cookies ond teo the national anthem brought to o close an interesting meeting mr ond mrs rutherford of niag ara falls ny were sundoy vis itors with mr and mrs archie sinclair ond family mr ond mrs ken robertson of toronto spent thanksgiving day with the formers parents mr and mrs d g robertson mrs ida tovell of fort erie ppwirft nm mm iwwu wim limehousc holiday visitors in many homes congratulations to incut newly wimim verna webster nnd angus sandy minvhiflon who were mar ried at st albuns anglican church acton with the reception following in limehousc memorial hull the wi meeting woh held nt the home of mrs mitchell on thurs day with mrs milton brown county president as guest speaker mihs mildied rearnsbollom win home from toronto with mr and mm c a fivil county accepts simpsons tender tcontluutii jmwi tit0f otu congratulations to mr and mis ctiffmd webster now living in toronto on the arrival of a ittth son keith hownru on october 3 mr wm hardy visited mr and mrs max bradbury ono evening recently the ted morrows spent the weekend withthe ii nortons and mis lnnc mr alex wright was home for the weekend miss helen devereoux was home from macdonold college montreal for the holldoy mr james klrkpatrlck is recup erating at home following a nosil operation lost week in toronto general homtol mr and mrs cummlngs of point pleasant new york visited the nobles over the weekend mrs leslie campbell of itamll- ton visited her parents the a w nortons during the wccvend the s wrights visjted the ar thur hills in acton on sunday mr ond mrs gordon grjeg and daughter and mr wm griejf of brantford were holiday visitors ot miss ivens moffat life membership given mrs dredge the lodies of the wms of nos- sugaweya presbyterian church held their thanknffering meeting on tuesday with a good attendance visiting ladies were present from campbell ville boston and eben- ezer mr breeker of elora was guest speaker which every one enjoyed very much mrs g thomas sang a solo during the meeting mrs edwnrjj dredge was asked to come forword and was presented with n life mem bership certificate and pin mrs j early read the address and mrs d henderson presented the pin mrs dredge thanked the ladies for their gift a social hour followed the meet ing when lunch was served nos- sagaweya ladies were invited to at tend the thankof ferine meeting to be in campbell vlllc mr ond mrs reid dodson of port stanley spent a few days with the latters sister mr ond mrs g rozell mr grant campbell is spending a few weeks in scotland mr and mrs t c amos visited on sunday nt the home of mr and mrs john gilmour of campbell- vllle mr and mr george hasehvlt and fuml of milton visited nt the home of his sister mr and mrs frank hathaway on sunday mr and mrs lloyd campbell were guet on sunday at the home of mr and mrs claude inglls of campbeuville rockwood former acton1an dies in guelph at age of 101 a resident of acton for many years and a former employee of beardmore and co charles wlth- tngton passed away lost thursday ot his home in guelph he was in his 102nd year he was a native of england and will be remember ed by some of the older residents survivmg an his son charles of preston formerly of guelph his daughterinlaw one grandson and one granddaughter it is behoved that about 2000 years ago the ancmtors of canadas ksklmos lived ong the forests o lake superior anniversary at roclcwood ghurch the turkey supper in connection with anniversary services of the presbyterian church was well at tended last wednesday evening and was favored with fine weather fir the occasion rev fred williamson was chairman for a well plarned program which included selection from the friendly four quartette vocal selections by mr john root orton readings by mrs norman boles guelph selection from brass quartette orton trombone solo by martin bauor with his mother as accompanist vocal selections by miss buttonham rockwood violin selection by mr george cox sel ection by hillsburgh quartette the executive committee meeting of the rockwood ond everton branch bible society was held friday evening in the presbyter ian church mr charles h hor ns president led in devotional exercises and rev john w oliver led in prayer mr ross gordon secretarytreasurer read the re ports of last mqetings the usual routine business was gone through with oppointment of canvassers for the fall collection for society funds at the conclusion of the meeting mr c h harris led in prayer despite unfavorable weather on sunday church services were well maintained a few from rockwood were in guelph on monday to see the races m connection with the guelph cifcs country run and road race association during the afternoon the guelph fire departmen were out oh wyndham st in connection with fire prevention week also gave a demonstration with i the aerial ladder some of the vuttors for thanks giving day mis- minnie e nickell toronto mr and mrs ross allen and family toronto mr douglas calder toronto mr and mrs roy c kirvan guelph mrs fred meadows windsor with her sister mrs dove mcfar- lane and mr mcfarlanc mr and mrs alex mcfarlanc ore now residing in mr j a littles anartments mr and mrs- sidney burcejs and aon barry of 6howb were up for the thanksgiving holiday her uncle mr george anderson ond other friends mrs kenneth stubblngton and mrs d g robertson attended the two day training school ot the o ac guelph for the girls project working with wool mr and mrs george jackson and glen mr and mrs e fisher and jerry attended the county plowing match at arthur on thurs day miss jean howard who is at tending ryerson institute in tor onto spent the weekend with her parents mr nnd mrs howard several ladies of the local lad ies aid attended a tea on wednes day afternoon at the hillsburgh presbyterian church mrs gordon altken ond mrs norman mekenzie assisted with the program at churchill fowl supper on tuesday night playing piano duets mr and mrs bert craig and joan of georgetown nnd mr jcr- ome hunter of st catharines spentjhe thanksgiving weekend w iththeir father mrtroberthun tor mrs george grundy attended the funeral of her cousin miss rundle at guelph on friday afternoon masters gordon nnd donald sin clair of guelph are holidaying with their grandmother mrs archie sinclair sr mr and mrs arnold suntergail nnd dianne of niagara falts were weekend guests with mrs e suntcr and miss e baldic mr george rennick and marion of hamilton were thanksgiving guests with mr and mrs d stew art and family nassagaweya ss no 7 township wms has thanlcoffering the thankoffering meeting of the wms of nascagaweya pres byterian church was held last week with o good attendance- guests were present from camp- bcllville wms st johns ang lican wa boston wtms and eb- enerer wms mrs w a fraser presided the scripture lesson was taken by mrs w kennedy with mrs ed dredge and mrs tinline leading in prayers mrs george thomas ren dered a beautiful solo the guest speaker was mrs i c bricker home helper secretary of the guelph presbyterial who gave a thanksgiving message mrs ed dredge one of the faithful and active members of the wms was presented with a life membership and i c ond pin she very gra- ciously thanked the wms mem bers for their kindness the services in nossagawcya presbyterian church were cancel led inst sundoy so that the cong regation could attend the sixtieth anniversary of st davids pres- bytenan church in campbellvillei limehousc over the holiday at f gearys mr john wood of toronto visit ed his doughter mrs earl scott ever the weekend communion services will be held at limehousc presbyterian church on sunday kllrivtnn im no further iicthm was tuuen by council council iilurhed to the uueim- inent committee u communication torn tlh cmmty atuwiutor ford hodge who was keeking on in crease in salary for himself us well m inn jilaff he claimed hal ton viii paying lower wages than other cnillltleii the committee will le- ptrl to council uljhu november on iling council tookno attion when mr 1iihiicr uricetlhiin to make a for- oi tl u pplutumi- in um uuuri- u transport- conunlsmoneiji to have a subway lillltttm the fcuelph lille near iluilinglon mr palmer re ported an iihctvicw with the min ister of highways adding scircltj of utcel wilh a contributing factor in not building the subway nt tlv present time he also learned there was not an application bcfrrc the board in ottawa in a request from charles e porter a real ewtoto broker coun cil was asked to consider purchas ing additional land adjoining their present property ho said this could bo purchased for 285 nn acre as the purchaser of the miuro farm did not desire the i large acreage the matter was left for the conr- mittee to decide members approved n request from officials of ttic st peters in firmary hamilton wh3 jtisked on iicrcase of fcats for county pot- ents council agreed the increase should be from 2 so a day to 350 fee it was explained the increased operating costs necessitated thcm asking fqr the increase sheriff robertson was present to l 1 1 i t h f l wright iiuthorizud representative or canada savings bonds is gnin accnpling applications from his clients for the 1951 series write ph5fin or call 20 wilbur st acton chone 95 clearing auction sale didnt mean cheaper living the cost of living was a big is sue when newfoundland was de ciding whether to join canada the cost would go down after con federation many people believed it went up along with living costs in canada as a whole says the financial pont but it seems to have gone up leas than in other cities in canada choice grade dual purpose cattle baled airufla hay grain farm implements and furniture the undersigned have received instructions from john robinson tu sell by public auction at his farm one and a half miles west of hornby 3 miles ne of milloi on base line between trafug ir and equcsing twps on saturday october 20th at 1 oclock the following houses and harness brownmare porchcron gelding black mare aged good workers 2 sets double harness single harn ess odd collars bridles bells etc implements mh gram bin der 7 l land roller m h mower g ft dane hay loader f and w side rake new mh dump rake manure spreader on rubber nearly new mh 2rov corn cultivator with all attachments low farm wagon hay rack with shdmg half set of bob sleighs noxon grain drill wheel cultivator in throw disc 12 plate set of 4section drag cultivators 2 walking plows plat form scales electric cream separ ator mh 700 lbs fanning mill witii motor hand power hove clippers 2 brooder houses 10x12 and ttxfl 2 brooder stoves 200 ft snow fence feeders fountains etc no cedar posts roll of fire escape ladders roll of wire fence quantity of tile 2 bridge steel rods 10 ft long steel pressure tank 100 gal model t ford sedan good running order car trailer light wagon pine timber frame 18x24x7 complete quantity of pine plank oak and maple quantity odd lumber fence stretcher quantity of circular wood buggy section grinder cut ter road cart large quantity of metal scrap hog crate forks hoes shovels chains bars etc dual purpose cows and young cattle red durham cow milking bred in feb red durham cow milking bred march 4 red durham cows milking bred to freshen this winter 2 red dur ham heifers 2 years old bred to freshen this winter 3red durham heifers 2 years old open 5 red durham heifers 1 year old 5 red durham calves born in jan 3 fat cows not bred 2 year old roan bull eligible registration calves bred from maple unit bulls this is an outstanding grade dual pur pose herd anyone wlsnm to ob tain breeding stock should take advantage of this sale breeding date will be given dav of sale hay grain and seed3h00 bales tlrslruuting alfalfa 800 bales second cutting alfalfa 5 ton loose alfalfa 1000 bus oats 12 top clean baled oat straw 400 lbs recwvincd timothy small quantity of mixed clover seed furniture settee and 2 chairs to match hall rack 3 large chests of drawers 1 walnut large ward robe chesterfield dining room ex tension table 6 walnut dining room chairs morris chair wicker chair 2 rockers 7 small tables side board kitchen cupboard ib kitch en chairs 3 steel beds springs and mattresses no of pillows and fea ther ticks cnngoleum rugs 9x12 and 0x7 small rug fernery blan ket chest circular heater with niis lawn mower cook stove emture nearly pew with pines coal oil stove and oven fruit jars sone crocks pictures bedding dishes classes books etc terms cash settlement with clerk dav of sale no reserve at mr nnd mrs rob inson have sold their farm and are retiring hornbv wt catering hindley and elliott auctioneers phone 10r3 rockwood and 1t7j milton geo currie mrs l bradley clerks b192 board of directors to assist in pro viding running water at the low- ville community park as no specified amount was mentioned he was asked to have the directors ii ale so in a communicaticn to council before action could be tak en mr robertson stated the amount nvnlvcd included the cast of pipe and materials as farmers and members provided the labor t accounts approved and ordered to be paid included finance com mittee 4 94 hospitalization 3405 07 assessment 70 75 coun ty roads 17289 25 county build ings 283 94 printing 291 07 agriculture and reforestation s4g5 00 halton home for the aged 30474 66 council adjourned to meet nov ember 13 dance modern aires every saturday georgetown arena rose room admission 60c evary friday beginning octobar 12th brampton oddfellows hall admltilorv 60e progressive conservative assn of th county of hilton annual meeting of ihq association and a convention to select a candidate for the progressive conservative party in the provincial election siilx monday october 15th 1951 at 815 pm all persons interested are welcome s a b mccleary president bruce fitzgerald sec hornby st stephens wa at mrs wellers the ladies of the wa of st stephens anglican church horn by held their monthly meeting at the home of mrs wellor last wed nesday jean peterson and dorothy and jim ingram spent the thanksgiv ing holiday in buffalo basil brumpton of hornby who recently took a trip to the west coast has secured a position in vancouver and has decided to re main a while the average canadian woman uses eight pairs of full fashioned hosiery annually john wayne and patricia neal costar in warner bros torpedo- packed action hit operation pacific coming next wednesday and thursday at the roxy t service is my business now ls the tme for the winter change over on your car efficient courteous shell service shell oil products tires batteries accessories antifreeze toths service station main st acton phone 31m