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ttrohsday may 8th 1us2 the acton free press acton ontario sewing machines sou and repaired elliotts guelph necchi hudson american home 25 to 50 allowance on tradein any make 176 wyndham st phone 42b2r your eyes deserve the best contult r m bell registered optometrist phoim 22r12 bun uutdoh piano sales service op hamilton new and used pianos piano toned repaired and rebuilt for service and estimates phone 128 acton chronicles of ginger farm written specialty for th acton pre pre by gwendhn ip clurfc save 10000 replace your present worn out obtaleto warm air furnace with a new idea all steel furnace built to burn either oil or coal new idea all steol furnace suitable for 6 or 7 room house completely installed in same location as your old furnace 353 00 allowance on your old furnace 54 00 your cost completely installed pz77uu all steel furnace for 5 or 6 room house new idea all steel furnace allowance on your old furnace your cost completely installed 334 00 60 00 27400 this offer it for a short time only thesa furnaces can b wan on our show room floor thi it a real bargain bilt0n and perry limited acton ont main street n phone days 464 ninhts 341w or 119m12 t jrtm fesr take time to remember mother- a and take time to pay another week of lovely wenther ifone by the kind of wcaoicr that makes the country more beautiful every day although ihe need for a mood rain is becoming quite evi dent evcept for tree and tthrubs growth ls nt a standstill wo hate to lose the sunshine but we know a nice gentle rain is what we actually need fine weather brought un four visitors yesterday but it also reduced our regular family by one that is to say bob la away on n conhtruel- ion job north of here back to the job he hkei as power shovel operator working on a new road that lfl in the process of being built which brings partner nnd i back to the darby and jonn stage once again and then this joan took a day off lost friday to attend the wi officers itally in guelph this officers rally lias become an event which few delegates like to miss in fact attendance has exceeded accommodation at the oac so that the overflow hod to bo boarded out at hotels in the city meat wi members will hear highlights of the event from reports by their awn branch officers so i confine myself mostly to personal impressions my first impression was a real ization of the interest the loyalty and the strength or the wi in ontario how could one think otherwise when 1 100 women were willing to leave their homes at housecleaning time i was also struck with their intelligent grasp of the many problems that were presented and discussed for in stance women were really interest ed when mr stothcrs of the public relations branch of the canadian bank of commerce outlined the way in which secretaries and treas urers should handle the business attain of the branch entrusted to their care a mimeographed copy of his informative address will be available to w i secretary treasur ers throughout the province the rest of the forenoon was token up with group discussions of officers work and problems fol lowed by a pinel discussion in the afternoon it which tho group kiders summirtecd their findings nnd discussed merits and disadvant ages of the pncticei that had been discussed one contentious quest ion created i good deil of interest should the district annual be used i i get together for mniver- sirus nnd for heirinr juest speak trs the mijanty ruled thit tho dlstnet annuil should be almost entirely a busines meeting so tint thit lidies no more nnnl- vtrsiriis or sptnkers nt vour d1- rut annuils in ngird to bnnch mcitinjls i w ls u rt ed tint gui st spe ike r sum times prouud i stimulus but lit it hiwnj liust speaku too ofu n frifiunl cifiti d lizv member to prexiiit this lnc tl t lit nt should bi developed to th hint f r one ie lson uii sua t w iv to m untini tnli n t imonj thi munb rs xs to lcep th in bu v referring t thi oftieeis it wis mid tlu prtsi dint proiclis thi inspii ition ini thi siii tuv th pi i spirit on a ph i mj hilhtilht of tht ifter no m w u in idduss on lt ider ship b miss t thi 1 ch ipimn formcrlv w onu n i ditor of thi firmir m iji7ino but now ap punttd to hi st ill of th prninc i d wi mmo t t crone his sonii w i in uhieh shi cm bt i li idi r sud miss ch ipnnn thert irt uf toursi ditti unt t pes of k ukrs but most of tht m can in found m am lonl fli nnh thi ri wiit be one pi rs in who un m iki btttir pus thin m un els in other who is spit mlid it jilting up u pipt r ir c mvi nor for b ituiiu ts or prolrims or in niilsic quilting or sp ikin dmnm itr p non in i i r institutt his sonn p ml ill nt sun turns it is obious but thin in times whin it hi to b dus v t rt d iml di m lop d mis chipm m th mjht on k d w i f i dlsiov nni hidd n tibnt w ls provide m wi oppirtunitv f r d nis i n it i m t tings it not nl br iuht out i li is but w s d ti un iil f r thinknik on vour f t tht sp ikir nude o hir i un nt r mirks opportunity s f r 1 uit i ship oft n timid kit itt r n liukuti 1 ir it in more thicku p julittd pint 1 iikrship wus f n nl th u ult of dome tin j 1 n u t t i i i i r slu ul i 1 h f 11 in ml r- in on n r th li tt r i f i ui r is 1 i j 1 i ii w r hi likis un i tn ti t j n p i 1 m i sli i rra mi ox r o ri e o r o r o o a the dartmoor is a low cost house having an y- pandable otuc with ipace for two future bedrooms balh living room nnd kitchen li also include dining ipace on the first floor closcti are provided for at both tho front and rear ent- rnneet there is a linen closet in the hall there are ward robe closets in tho first floor bedrooms and walkin closets on the second floor additional wall apace li ob tained by the use of high side windows in the lnt floor bedrooms in the kitchen a double compartment sjnk is located under the window with the refriacrotor on the right the exterior finish of this small home calls for wide siding and an asphalt shingl ed roof overall dimensions are 32 feet by 20 fee with the total floor area estimated at 832 square feet the total cubage is utt0 ft pope instituted sneeze wishes someone sneezed and likely someone promptly said gesund- hcit or god blcsj you you have a pope to thank for these good wishes gregory the great who became pope in the year 500 a d is credited with the origin of the custom that has endured for more than thirteen centuries at the time of his acces sion a plague was raging in rome with many deaths occurring daily as the early symptons of the disease were fits of sneezing and yawning gregory decreed that a blessing should be pronounced whenever a person sneezed and that the sign of the cross should be made over the mouth of anyone who yawned whether this mtosure had any therapeutic viluc or not the cpe dimics ceased and the first part of gregory s decree survives n the custom of saying god bless you or its equivilent when a person neezes history doi s not relate when the second pirt of the decree fell into disust but it may be con jectund tint this occurred with the i ist of the ifter dinner speiker the custom f m ikini crosses over the aw mni mouths would ie id to mort commotion than was seemly in e iplive mditncc or it nn be that the nnnnirlv hibit of covering hie ivvuiiil mouth is n nlu now with tut it lilit lib mmiific jnce of the lrt it popt a book of canadian humour edited by john d robins and maypawf v ray i nook cellar den house poll asks chit 1 inn m ie m ntf recently ent out qui tunn uus to our jt 000 cuil uiur councillors tciass cm uli ind fiom thi npli s thtv dun up i pi in if tht h ul mo t cm idi in hoilewivt prcf r here a wh t thiv nport c mifoit convenience uid tvle nt whit m oi t womtii w m thiy i nt vi mt i itirklv modi m houit or in old fau oni d hmiit this w mt i house thit s builfspactoush without w l mg i squire nnh for mitt n ils i mijonty otid fir i l1 lss brick and wood com t in ifon ind t of them w mt i oik ston dticgn h lsi nu nls art still in vogut ind ttq chilktsd up tlu n billots for bie windows priv d ti tht do not murftre with usti ful furniture irr une iiienls 0 put in i bid f r i bn ikf i n k iiui i m ijontv lunnd thumb ii wn on 11 it roofs in c in ul i i p nt ro f jt t tht vote it m pin us iviiijroim t iils b un uumou with 1 irii op n the funniest bit of canadit l humour you have ever read is not in this book warn the editors of a book of canadian humour anyone who has been fortunate enough to hear professor robins of victorn college toronto speak will rccill his deep grizzly bear voice and his big blick grizzly bear ippnnnce dr robins just em imtcs humour hl l a bit of a cirtoon himself dr robins ind miss ri know cverbodys idla of i funny story ls different so thev don t pretend to hopi to suit us ill but iti not hird to mike tht m laugh and so tin ind x of the book lists i great m in nirms which are issociated with i irutv of stvles this almost in urts thit uivont with inyastilsi of humour it ill w ill find wh it in iki s him smile in this smill inthulogv somi of tho c nimts thin grilor ci irk l stt r sin i rl iir t c lliliburtm sim stick villi mccluiu st phi n lt icock sunshint skitches or i i ittlt tow in ki nn h m wills i uj mtdontewivt j v mcaric andv ci ul t u hb iu n ws f i pi itt i f 11 iw jirof vtir of dr h il n v i irtori oft n tall d ciindi fir mu i vuil poi t th now fimilnr non and minv oih i v ii i f ti ur ther s in t it rpt fi im dr r ibm s i ctnt n ivel clttll chtlsl th ro ir pi nis storit mil ttchts ill in the humorous vtnl h it is so t o rt id it s i book t pit k up in timt tht i i i wt dh of cinidi in hum ur quitt ilnori d bv u c m idi in ht r it t ind it i ind i d in ditiblt hut l th tditori warn d nt u il t o mmh of a btok of cm idi in hum i ir it one timt special evangelistic service acton town hail acton ont sunday evening may 11th 1952 at 8 00 p m special speaker a john jones of the toronlo baptist seminary continuing the work of jesus everybody welcome put away my hardearned money this young bank depositor recently wrote to his bank manager made a goal of 1000 for this year it is two years since i opened the account with two dollars i owe thanks to you that i put away my hardearned money uiher it will benefit me i donot wish to touch it for the time being building up a bank account means work and sacrifice but canadians know the value of having savings handy in time of opportunity or need they mam tain li million savings accounts in the chartered banks almost twice as many as ten years ago at the same time bank staffs have almost doubled that and higher wages have increased bank pay i oils almost three times more people use the banks more people work for the banks than ever before tlltl advrrtisrmrnt based on on actual letter is presented here by the banks serving your community 5 00 will take watch home balance on small weekly paymonti g l id il now you in iv obt i n y ur st ts of fllkvire ft jg tithi r s i v t tpl itv sur lj ilui tor lilcvsn iv inrllol tj i s 00 in 1 tin b il itn1 i n im ill vvna pjynu lis rachlin jewellers u acton m fri i llnim i nllr 1 l h p i i i i 1 f i inlh i in nt l i i th it i t i th i t ii in i u l tht i ul of i i i n in t int i ill i i 1 ni i inn n t ur rist i t i ti hllnl nn i m t h iim i i i im ii n c in id i publu hbnrit s ir u td it x- b idults thin tin wtrei 10 irs ilo but mon bv childn n tin hbiirus siotk ib hi 1 00 000 biiks md ititlhttrid borrow i rs numbt r 1 200 000 jh rmiiw borrow intf on the averaue 17 books a year i i ls ft i t e v i mini ilinn of i in l met f th 2000 wonnn w in t 1 hr t b tii i lib bu thtv thriftily iv t 1 nt if th ti dro nu- lt ilti ei ublt is i dt n n t f t i i n t ki tch n w ii i uni v s1 i m md- with imp tu b w 1 in 1 w ik surf let o that f l t iv b n lint md n rttihum ir n im t t i minimum i nt u t iik t i no t th it co w mt ij i h bbv r m nt h b i- m nt i uiiij il n m w hi ih h w th il c i i ii i i f in h s m t i h iv uir un in r thi r q i r tk spu ouiinr fiiturts iru unit n irv iik ir i i bi 1 in pi i p n i i p s w i i th e i- ik ail in uusiilt rntrfnrc to th i in i r in i th it tin chrtdr n ii n t h ivt tn k throui h th hoiim this id il lot ncordilij p th p11 u mid hivi i tlfl foot fron ik v of thim w int to live tn tow ns or snburlw ind onlv 10 said thtv preferred cites cftka ii r0mjw wt aulkoftmd btillr of ccti cu umlw mniiui wilk c cl l4 the orangeville bottling works obangeviue ont phone 137w