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thursday january 14th 151 the acton free press acton ontario pack mm attoh high school news by oarolym oak ist friday the student body and artatf were ahown a 2hour tnovlc entitled romeo and juliet it wn an mom production and had a cast of jjrum grade 0 and 10b saw the film in the morning and grades 30a 11 12 and is missed classes to -th- if umo- showing thaj student council rented the film and no admission charge was madcj o the students mr jhanseh ran he projector for both showing warn are being made to have a school partv in february some time moat students seem to be in favor of a sleighing party and then dancing and cats following no definite plans have been made co far spoztooms by bob frank fmat last one was ttow thc bilt wa offar double knockout in vakta and tervica be sure to drop by and wall thaw you why i iln vbi everthing in painting w dkoiating acion ontario used machines for sale 1949 ford tractor at erin 3 matsay harris 102 jr tractor at erin matuy harrii 102 jr tractor at orangavilla 2 matuy harris 81 sfct tractor at oranaeville casa nac tractor orangavilla ahis chalman wf tractor orangavilla olivar 70 std tractor orangovllk 2 alias chalmars b tractors erin aui chalmars u tractor erin intamational h tractor erin cedtshutt 30 tractor erin m h 101 jr tractor erin john deer foraga harvattar erin utad spreaderi erin 4 utad spntadart at orangavilla now ii the time to place volt order for a new hoi ind automata baler and c harvester we have vi tarfoad of balers on hand ot present we also have new spreaders fertilizer drill side rales and bin ciers at the present d s leitch massey harris sales ano service erin orange vi he champlain first canuck dairyman despite the checkered history of butter and the aotneumea bizarre use of the product from the 13th century down butter ha continued to grow in importance a a nece- aary part of agriculture and a fac tor in national economies it la generally accepted that the art of buttermaking was developed in the scandinavian countries its importance to the dairying and agricultural industries of those countries is emphasized in histories of north european agriculture in canada the experience with jiuttcrpwvducuonjiaabcnj to that of north europe one can scarcely doubt that champlain the first recorded peron to attempt dairying in canada over three hundred years ago found that but ter provided the balance wheel to his operation and that dairy cattle added much to the fertility of the soil during the period from 1850 to recent years butter was exported from canada in substantial quan tities tdurlng the peak years of the 80 annual totals reached 10 million pounds from 1s00 to 1007 exports spurted again when a higfi of 34 million pounds was reached from that time the exports began to dwindle with only occasional pickups it cannot be said that the loss of export markets caused a decrease in production in 1000 as million pounds of butter was made a steady increase was achieved up to the war year 1043 when an overall total of 307 million pounds of but ter was produced since then pro duction has declined slowly but with acceleration during the past three years in 1050 creamery but ter production totalled 261 million pounds moore rocher painting and decorating contractors phone 299w or 275j acton successful year for acton fair in spite of adverse weather con ditions on fair day last year acton fall fair finished the year in better financial condition this year than the previous year this wus largely accounted for by the fact that rain and provincial grants were much better than the previous year when the attendance had been curtailed by cold weather total assets at the beginning of last year were 24 04 this year the fair finished with 68407 in the treasury 300 of which was returned to bonds in the em funds against tmn years- total receipts of the fair were 5125 07 and prire money paid out amounted to 143 77 these facts were revealed at the annual meeting of acton fair held on saturday afternoon and presid ed over by president r r parker the board thanked the retiring president for the efficiency and courtesy he had shown during the year fair dates this year fall on september 10 and 20th officers elected for the year were president george wallace first vicepresident j dennis sec ond vicepresident m mad ill sec retarytreasurer c b swackhnm- er a nominating committee of r l davidson a robinson and a swackhomer submitted a list of directors which was accepted by the members lafe members s h lindsay a t brown j h smith g w mur ray d d waldle c mckeown j e peareh honorary directors j a mann l o johnston j j stewart dr f g ookes a haydon g oder directors m symon gordon leslie fred kentner fred west m mad iii e johnston m sprowl stan morrison then papluon clarence coles w linhavn if r parker jl patterson e everdell c denny j c dennis and george wallace associate directors a swnck- hamcr r l davidson a robin son geo somcrville r mckeown l hemsley b watson g mcken- rie c davidson c altkcn clark armstrong mr whitelock agricultural rep resentative was present and outlin ed the operation of the boys tract or maintenance club which will be sponsored by the fair for boys h to 20 vears of age maybr inducted turkey petition continued from poo pm was instructed to meet again with the brigade and ask for n invent ory of present equipment and the bare essential necessary this year council promised to investigate an excavation left open now for three or tour months g barbeau pointed out that although it was not dangerous now the spring floods would possibly fill it with water and endanger childrens uveal a snow fence had been erected around the excavation mayor rochlin expressed his feeling fhat the building bylaw covered this january specials again this weak one lot of print oa for yd osc ladies station wagon coats 2395 ladies quilted jackets 495 bomber jackets 1195 nylon hose at new lower prices 42 g135 45 0150 51 c175 oriant waldnmt murray bay baby blankets all wool for 2 98 each boys leather mitts with cuff 179 pr snow suits 3 98 2 only girls quilted jackets yours tor 3 95 aach boys parka coats real values 9 95 chenille bedspreads large sie 9 95 each ibex blankets 70x90 for 6 95 pr one lot boys windbreakrs only 3 89 many otttar spacula on display busy program at greenock institute sixteen members and one isitor attended the januar meeting of greenock womens institute held at ihe home of the president mrs thomas hemsley miss elva pearen re id the scrip ture and the roll call was answered bv a law fur which 1 am thank ful during the business with the president presiding the short course on your food and your i figure was discussed and the nec- 1 cssao arrangements made ths short course i to be held at green ock school and imitations have bep extended to the members of ospringe and rockajlbng institutes to attend when a special speaker from the department will be in charge mrs chester allan and mlss eh a pearcn were appointed to repres ent the institute in planning for 41 the lunches to be served following the national film board pictures during the winter months mrs ralph mckeown presided j for the citizenship and education program a paper was given by mrs robert allan on how can we get the kind of schools w wan and a reading bv mrs r mckeovui a fathers wish a name contest was vxon bv mrs elliott patterson refreshments were served b he hivtess and assistants and i social hoar enjoed hazard town solicitor lea the hand point edout to council an alleged error in the free press report of the lost meeting regarding the cost of arb itration on the lane closing he was reported to have estimated the cost at 50 which ho pointed out was incorrect and didnt want council working under an misapprehens ion word was received that another official meeting would be called to establish a credit valley conserv ation authority council objected along with other municipalities lo the manner in which the 1 vote at the last meeting was conducted indigent pnticntand relief re quests were dealt with town foreman a klrkness was paid one w eeks salary in lieu of holidavs which he had not taken last year a big snow storm had interfered with the planned holiday period a resolution was passed that in future town employees do not re ceive pay in lieu of holidays this was suggested since council con sidered the heavy program was near an end and employees needed their holidays the planning board asked that a joint meeting be arranged in february to discuss the new plan of thptowfrhow being prepared bv the bonrd a date was to be arranged at the next meeting assessment co mm lis ion er f crump reviewed the requirements of a new industrv and asked a meeting with representatives of the company and the industrial com mittee councillor thompson objected to the condition of the insurance pol icies submitted bv norwich union he pointed out a representative had promised to provide a summarv in book form and this had not been done council agreed and the cornpanv was to be advised the following accounts were ap proved bell telephone co 55 97 l cutting snow removnl 2fl 50 h arbic pa system 1245 g robinson snow removal 18 00 l w agar coal 123 50 h g barlow supplies 31 34 municipal world election supplies 8 30 c nr flasher maintenance 23 10 l garner motors 20 15 norwich union premiums 1340 08 acton free press printing 6 05 acton p u c 353 11 j adampon court costs 8 00 g elliott fees re a har ris 7fl42 election expenses 64 00 j ridle snow removal 7 50 pounding the sports beat with a vewgaanco 3f5m toronto speaker addresses y group businesslike game has local troubles luv morutav s hockt game v h m r ixtt s nut georgetown nlmiisuii to tht local plavcrs o hid t friil on re a litth n nful to i port howrvir it w u h to 0 with biv net ing that nice round 0 baxter coach lome masters w a suspended for thi jimi follow ing a referees dcisim after the monda txr s iosa ab robinson uts also tlspnded at the t me but the decision w v- lati r retracted widmsda last night i an ap peal m priciplr was heard in 1 gorietorwn for although masters stted out his prescribed game still its felt that the suspension after the jimr mu over was out i of order this plus injuries and low notch t plaving put the acton team on the i bottom end of the scoring mqnday i acton wasi given one minor pen alty r frarr executive secretary of high park ymca toronto ad- dresmd a group of voung men at the y in acton on monday januarv 21st regarding the form ation of a phalanx club members of the guclph club were guests of the acton group for the dinner that preceded the program mr fraser outlined a job for phalanx tracing the origin of the word the speaker referred to the hlstontal wedge of men used bv phillip of macedon when he march ed on greece tht wedge w x- called a phalanx the speiker point d out thit here w ttti t such groups acros canada h inng ideals and trv ing to id ince to iome sort of goal you should choose our directions wlm1 md follow with i hih si rm of purpom hi d cl 1 red m frimr pointid out ha for i w hile it lels we ire owners of the world ind shipe our own dtstm recailm w accept free- hm we must think cleirlv and h re no room for the mentally in a philanx club in order o do a job for the fut- ue he suggested we rmist know nirselso ph ihni ought to be to somi extent a selfimprm ement orgpniration it should trach co- oprtlon with other people and esiblsh a sound standard of prin ciples if wu think clrarlv ou cart achieve the speaker conclud ed phalanx a wedge of men hould press forward and build a great nation rrs something we cant explain i our minor differences with j certain officials over cases in point on the subject of referee ing although by nature were timid vfhen we were asked to blow the whistle in a recent gome between two lush league teams we ac cepted consequently we feel that without further ventures into the rpfeijcg rtnliv if n hell mough acquainted with the role to give a referee s impression of n game theve are those who might say that this column inn t well enough ac quainted w ith any subject to pass an opinion and thev may bo right too but were foolish enough to think someone will lead it besides our immediate relatives and profit bv the experience rpime requittltk for a whistle tootler is of course an impas sive countenance we assumed what we believed to be our most impartial face before the contest and heightened it bv a vicious cull ing of the lips this latter grimace was designed to scare off anj who in a reckless moment might at tempt to emulate some of the more rowdy element of their interme diate brethren and question one of our decisions the method worked although sin eral plavrrs got the impression we were subject to fits and tried to forcibly eject us from the ice of course to camouflnge their motives thev aguelv suggest ed we had failed to call 13 offsides and had a tendency to keep our eves on the audience instead of the plav what they didnt know was that a gorgeous blonde sat in the audience and we were more intent on pleasing her than 1 1 not so handsome puck chaseis in tiif second period one of tho wrong side eleetedtotake a ride on one of our side s back and we figured since the ttc was still out on strike the lad hadnt rode on a bus for some time but we got real mad when that fellow got throw n off so naturally w e called n penaltv to our side our side took a vcrv dim view of the situation our sides coach wanted to know where we got the nerve to call ourself a official we pointed out to him that our name was a vengcanqe and anv fnrtheruempt on his part to poke fun at our name and we personally would take the law into our own hands and waggle our tongue at him this seemed to cool him out plentv and we had no further trouble in that pi nod olr 1st1matf of a referees job faded badlv in the third period there was nothing to do but quell a not involv ing 24 of the plav ers and most of the spectators wi tit d an old bromidi b hol lering fire in the rush for the i ntrance w e w 1 1 e the first to be flatti m d out and the rush went o er top of us the minugenu nl of ttfe ai em was in a hurrv to get home so he dumped us into a can w hi r wl staved until the next morning tht moral of all this is mver viu firt- when ou re referee- ing a hockev game betause like anv othet rumour it spreads like wildfire so t nds our tale and like an old bears its prtttv short hornby church holds 52 annual meeting members of the bethel united church hornby urld their annual congregational meeting oti thurs day evening january 17th at the home cj mr and mrs john pickett congratulations to mr and mrs douglas wood on the 8th line on the birth of a daughter the croklnole party at the home of mr and mrs j pickett for members of the bethel united church was well attended there was a good attendance at the regular meeting of the north acton taxl phone 260r 4 hour prompt courlooua radio dlipatchad cart take you anywliaro at anyrlmo just phone 260r trafolgar form forum boy break was ctnttrman for the evening and the topic under discussion was whats wrong with our farm or- ganl7atlons jf 75 per cent of our farmer would gel behind the or ganizations we would get better results tlie forum members accepted an invitation from the eden farm for um euchre prizes were awarded to mrs l b marchment and mr jamet hamilton luncheon was convened by mrs l b marchmont mrs walter baxter of the 8th line received the- sad news this week of the death of her brother in chicago the baking sale held at the beth el church on saturday afternoon bv the girls of the hornby young peoples was quite successful in spite of the bad weather pollock and campbel i mamufcturra ol high grade memorials mexaorial engraving 62 watar st north gait telephone ini thanks to those who s upported me in tho recent olection tommy nieol the federal government isvum more than 1 600 000 baby bonus cheques monthly new type tomato should grow here earl and heavyvolume arnvats on he market of mediumsued and globe thapt d tomatoes that are al most free from cracks and other ex ternal blemshes miv be expected next year as a result of the de- vilopment of the carleton tomato b the division of horticulture fedi ral department of agriculture the mu plant is a staking variety with m inv dlsinct advantages such s extn me earlinexs heavy early it id good quilitv uniformity in me and freedom from cracks the carhton l i selection from i i rovs h tu i n he abel tomato in ilv varntv d vi loped twit v irs igo bv the division of hortl- uimn mi the m irglobe a usa irn v the carleton is recommended for h mu and marm t garden growing purpi sinn it bears a medunn s 7 d fnnt u will not f nd accept ance in the canning industrv sed of thu omatd w t prtducid under contract last summer and will he ivailable to the public next v ear thrjjgb regular trade channou ii the an i along th north shore of lake ontario the carleton var iety is already being grown on a j commercial scale last summer it b at o hr earlv varieties bv two to three pickings in this same area it can be brought into bearing lm- mediatelv after the greenhouse tomato season and will maintain production until the late tomato varieties appear on the market an extra early picking may be obtain ed if a ponton of the crop u itaked i thank you i wish to thank sincerely all those who supported mo m thjarecent election and i also wish the mayor and council every success in their work in the interests of our town c hansen laundry just call zenith 13600 direct line no charge laundry services notice all licantai for tobacco taxi driven pin ball machinal hawkara and paddlara are now duo and payable at the public utllitiei office j mcgeachie clerk 1952 plymoluxh belvedere buying a new car thin mi out il to yourself to mi tin n w pi mouth which includes a moil i for vour everv tu d ti n in all iaint combinations to the moht xrpitmte tasti all n w fashion tone interiors and from the mom nt ou itep into the 1m2 imvmouth vou know that its di signed for vour comfort as vou sett it back in the chair hi mht d ep cushioned seats vou cm not help but relax you rtr tch out check for leg room hi ad room and you will find umple spue in all direc tions you ii also like the qual ity of he new upholstery fab rics and tin fimurtneas of the two tune door panels r rorri the lifts wheel base to the safi ty rims the most pro nounced and dramatic lmprove- nii nt in ndr in automotive his tory in respict to passenger rtd- ing comfort never before a ride vi smooth as whi n you ride on hi oihflow smock absor- bfjt all this unci many more ore th feutun s uwatting you when you se and drive the ltt2 canada fnginr red all canadian built plymouth md chrvil r outomo- bili so it drtv it at macswain motors your home town chrysler plymouth fargo dealer acton ont