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1 ik hum foot the acton free press acton ontario thursday pebruary h ims dr d gillies 84 dies at washington dr duncan reld gillies 84 died saturday at washington dc where he had been ill for a ions time a native of campbellville ont he moved to the united states 56 years ago prcdeceafled by hla wife jennie canute in january ids he leases two listers mrs a j mcphedran of campbellville and mrs a h worthlngton of toronto he was an uncle of elmer c foster former deputy yeeve of nelson township and mrs lucille walker nelson township funeral took place at the smiths funeral home burlington on wed nesday afternoon with burial in nassagawoya presbj te riiui church cemetery bir noise in 1950 canada import ed 328 154 worth of bravs bund instruments oil tane k you hiv a gun type oil burner you should try oiltane to cut your fuel ohcottt oil tane easily put in your firing chamber reflects heat and retains heat this reduces on and off period thus saving up to 20 in fuel oil oil tane sells for 495 enough for a season or more if your doctor cant supply youmr49vfto rathweu agencies box 38 rodtwood ont jvnmal in guclph general hospital this week is mrs c cutts mr w j o oakcs is a patieni in guclph general hospital mr and mis clare prosser marlon and rod visited acton rel nlives ovor the week end mrs c rognyaldson lsitod her slstct mrs j marsh in hamilton for a few days this week mrs w e thompson lond n sptnt the wtek end it the home of her sister mrs j r micarthur mr and mrs william wilson and jane of guelph visited on sundav nt the horm of mrs margaret wil son miss dorothv ellison and miss peggv bailey toronto spent tht week end wth minn and dorb ci ipps mr and mrs arthur hill are lcnvirir nw xork on the lln franconia this week to vbit in the british isle- miss bella rosrtll and miss dons wi son spent the week end at the home of mr and mrs r w m kay in leaside mr and mrs john chapman and david visited on sundav in clin ton with wo 2 r w pfiff mrs pfaff and famih mi and mrs lyal mccutcheon spent sunday in mitchell visitlne v ith mr and mrs lawson mecut cheon and family mi and mrs ivan harris and merl spent the week end at th home of mr and mrs will im zion tabernacle water strt georgetown just opposite post office pastor rev f m fletcher phone 750w opening services will be held sunday february 22 at 3 00 p m special speakers special singing and musk you are welcome for taxi service which cant bo boot or first clasa dry cleaniif over so noat you can t go wrong dont hotttato pick up the phono si tor weeepre ralltn by mrs martha jackson was hostess for the february meeting of the women s institute seventeen members and one visitor wci sent to answer the n current event plans wire made for making a hooked run leaders appointed for the girls garden club were dori- fines and mrs ken stubbington a cash donation was voted to the guelph red crass tor europein mrs c lelsriraan is convalescti in guelph general hospital after an iijwration she expects to re tin n hmi to acton this week end mi ind mrs m s mclcllan and familtrif hamilton spent the week end in anon at the home of his pimils mr and mrs d g mc lellan mr nnd mrs t n w itson re turned to acton 1it m k iftcr i m toi trip through the stales th v wire us far south as nt w ot loins i omsiana mr daid mrdiugill pnn e rupert bc mrs archie white of pi vna ont and their mother mrs j hn mcdmiralt visited at dirwin cripps recently friends of mr john graff rt jiel to learn tint he is confini d to gutlph general haspital where he underwent an emergency appendix operation on sunday afternoon in spite of the fact that mr graff s over 90 however he is making slow progress umehouse g-lsyrvfflows- picked in garden mr sam glsby picked some large pussv willows from his own garden a week ago mr and mrs brigfs and family vis ted in toronto on sunday mr and mrs ted morrow and elane visited mrs lane on sunday mrs ellerby and mis charlotte mccullough attended the fall fair invention in toronto last week the roughlev s vlsild friends i toronto on sunday mr and mrs arthur hill of ac ton msited mr and mr s wright on monday before leaving on a trip to england mr and mrs ted bioun nnd rtottcttirs were guests nt tht suit zeriptanchi wedding in st ste phens ch irch hornbv on satur da and the reception iftcr m the church parlors the hill board pnnsnred a luchrc and dance on fndav even mj winners being chis th impsoi and mrs c store nnd clifford stor and munil burt hulls orchestra provided music ind r l davidson was floi r mamger for i danie following lunch mrs mcenery host to institute the w i met on wednesday at the home of mrs robert mcenery with the president mi gibson in the chair the meeting opened with the theme song and creed roll call was answered hy 13 membtrs and four visitors several items of business were discuss d and it was decided to hold a euchre and dance mrs leo jamison gave a reading mrs norman sinclair a solo and mrs lawr conducted a contest which was very humorous the meeting closed with the queen and a dainty lunch was served by the hostass and committee in charge we are sorry to report the ac cident in toronto of mrs scutt whin her car brakes failed and she collided with the back end of a bus she is in the hospital but we trust will soon be able to return home mrs wm gibb and sons are visiting with her parents at apple by osptlnoi institute names garden club heads the topic community activities and public relations was taken by mrs a mckjnncy which proved quiu ins a portion of the hmdbook was read by doristines an entertaining vilentlne contest was conducted bv mrs howird th winners mrs a mckinney and mrs h smith each receiving gifts of home nnde cindy thi mielini ci i ed h singing god save the qui i n and lunch wls served by th host ss asms ed bv doris finis hid mrs d g ron rtson knox holds annual the innuil meeting of ospi uige km x presbvtemn church was hi id on friday evenlnr in the hurrh with the pastor r v a h i r presiding mr vatr opined tht meet ink w ith scripture n iding ind prayer ifli r which ht think d the con grcgatinn for their loj alty and fiithfulnes and hoped the coming tjr mil be one of progres b h phsicilly and spiritually annual reports were gh n by tht secretaries in charge which proved the pwt vear to tx ont of ichieement and success in all xes pects the treasurer s report showed the allocation had been met with a bilance on hand much credit is due the minister tot rts untiring elfoi standing leadership during the year afler the election of officers the meeting was brought to a close w ith prayer loses home by fire friends here of mr and mrs archie white fnee irma mcdoug ald who tiught school here a few years ago will be sorry to learn of their misfortune in the loss of their home at plevna by are mr and mrs t h fines visited toronto with mr and mrs alex aiken and while there at tended the ice follies mr and mrs henry klooster and family of guelph township isflod on salurdiv with the for lers parejts hire mr and mrs klooster mr and mrs carmen griffen returned to their home in south bend indiana following a three weeks visit with mr and mrs t h f nes wh n cinida s f rt census was tiken in 1871 the population w 1680 257 divided b0 w per ccpl british 31 0 french and 8 38 others church mens club has ladies night monday evening the mens club of the united church held an opi n night as annual ladles night wl h a good attendance mr thomas gel latly president opened the meeting with the hymn rock of ages and rev j w oliver led in prayer mr gellntly spoke at somi length on matters rel a ling to club matters rev j w oliver led in a brief sing song mr george day also spoke briefly and introduced the guest speaker mr caron of toronto in connection with simpsons sears mr gellally showed two films first one dealing with the work of getting out the robert simpson catalogue which was very interest ing the second film was on can nda one section of the film deal ing with the portion of ontario in the vicinity of i ak huron down to iakc erie following the mieting and god sive the queen a committee of club members scrvtd lunch nnd a soehl time was enjoyed mission band meeu the mary moore mission- band held their regular monthly misting in the united church sunday af ternoon mrs maurln hurd and miss helm bayno were in charge mrs jimes neavc was guest speak er several hi mrs john campbell has been very ill with a throat and gland condition her many friends hope for her a speidy rt covery also miss effie croft is gradually im proving rev and mrs j w oliver were in guelph sunday afternoon to vts it mrs p orme in guelph general oneafoirr rnclrwntni joys mel vin crispin is afcio- in guelph general hospital as a result of a bad tumble in a building in guclph where mr wnlfnnd is i charge a fellow emploj ee who was working with him also sustain cd some injurlis but is ut again ind ibli to work omlng and going miss mirinn himilton spent n few divs in toronto nrently miss himiltoi who is n br le of thi vc k end wi tntertimd it i shtwtr il thi h me f he o ind mrs fm stafnhim a number m hock v fins ittend d the siturdiv night rami in the miple ait girdcns tor into mr tnd mrs thorn w c winl i v ittmled thi bill nnd banquet f i thi roil bink stiff in tironti fndiv ivening mr howird mi iiiow of ljirj albirti is in liwn for a ftw weks with his moth r mrs 1 imes mtidow ind retilives week end ind sundav visitors mr james mill r and mr jack- ambrasi nf kill hener w ith neil ind normin innbert mlis flizi both mcphedran onngeville miss fnnccs mctiggirt toronto m nnd mrs john wickman colling wood mlss helen bayne preston 1 mrs miurlip ton mr ind mrs don mcarthur simcoe mr and mrs campbell mcarthur and son john guelph mr neil gothim guelph mr wm peirt and son jick spent the week end in owen sound wedding bells are ringing for a pppulir couple ind the event is taking plice this week end kennedys ne cent wallpaper sale what you have been waiting for two rolls for the price of one plus lc special sale price on paint varnishes enamels sale prices in effect from thursday february 19th to saturday february 28th kennedys book store upper wyndham street guelph ontario obituary slowly weakened dies on february 4 mrs mirv ann mason widow of tht litt tom mison passed away on febnnrv 4 in her r3rd vi ir at the gemnl hospital in himilton born in li eds knijind she came to himilton in 1905 with her hus band ind famflv and lived there until ii iars aio when they came to acton she has been in poor health for somt tim and just re centk hid her right leg imputnted to stop the sprtid of gancn ne she graduilh got weifcler and on feb ruar 4 passed quierlv aw she midi i gn at number of fru nds ow inpr to her sunm disposition ind will be grinilj missed uft tn mourn are two diughters mrs n pin hvvi of seattle wash i mrs i atkinson i winnie of ac ton ind twi s ms l t mason of ditr i and c h mis n hamilton scrice was hi id from ixirne g wallace funeral home hamilton on saturday february 7 conducted b rv f ellis the pastor of st albans umied church of hamilton al fairuw cimetery acton the srice was conducted bv the rev roliert h armstrong of knox pres- bvtirian church palllearers were rav atkmson peter bitlncr ralph bludd bernard noon joseph noon and ro kinch vote on changing time of service ffnlended for lait week a vitt on sunday in st john s church on the thonlng of the time or service resulted in the tlm for servicl bt ing 12 is instiad of 10 am mr and mrs al davit tor ont npint thi wiek ind at the latter s home with mr and wrs harvey dinrlng and boys mrs james nevills has bem uu dc the doctors care and we hope in see her up and around again soon mr and mrs fred mccutcheon callid in nlatlves hen during thi week mr and mrs robl milkkjohn or ft rgus vlsltid on sunday with mr and mrs km nevills and family mi and mrs louis cook and floise if oningiville visited on sundav with mr and mrs norman conk mrs i loyd i votis and family of erin spent sunday with thi form ers nuther mrs john watson mr ind mrs ken leltch spent thi week end in gutlph with mr and mis jim leltch who have recently moved into their new norm mrs farl hooper and david re turned home sunday aftir spend ing the past week in london miss clara lccson mr bin mor fitl and mrs les collins spent wednesdiy in toronto and visited with mrs emma chapman and miss agnes armstrong mrs henry graham of kitchen or spint the week uid hire with her brother mr j c h umber ston mr and mrs j mh glover and mr wufnd till toronto pent thc week end- with mrs thos hay- wird mrs wilfred tnranddltvrd mrs lirl hooptr and mrs ken ni villi spent tutsdiv in toronto mr ind mrs normin cookv15 i twi on saturday with mr ind mrs willi r huxley ind fanulv hills bun engagements mi mil mis c i h rnngton if mi villi mi it n mm th en gflji m nt of th i i ught t m irj ni 1 j itk mill r i n f mr in i mis pinln m 11 i if atton mir r itc t i tike plici m frlihv vin u j mirrh f 19il il 7 30 o clock in si c irt s ailii hi chiinh r iwtwn proclamation i hereby proclaim the formation of the acton flood relief committee to a is is t in the collection of funds locally to be forwarded to ihe flood stricken areas of britain and holland this group is representative of the town and i conujiertd their activities to spearhead the drive for funds i ask citizens to cooperate with this group and contribute to the success of the effort f g oakes mayor 7mft a4ahfek an operetta in three acts by mm pupils of acton public school public school auditorium thursday february 19th the tuesday performarce has been sold out 8 15 pm admission 50c entire proceeds donated to flood relief everyone reads the want ads thats why theyre so effective notice to creditors avd others tn the estate of john brims ml peron lining cl the esia of john bnms late of the tottnhi of equtsng in the count ha on firmer d i h dr quir f tin id ie undersigkd bef re h tenu thid dat of frbruan 1911 a hen the t s ill be distr bu ed among the pir- es logalh ent tied hen- o i h wng regard onlr to he clams whth halt have own nil datcd a acton ontario his th ttj daj of februan 153 c f leatfal4nd acton on solicitor for thexdmmistrs trices 31 3 television 10 down come in today for a free demonstration choose from these famous makes admiral northern electric phillips general electric hallicrafter special i complete installation 4500 guaranteed reception ballentine motors milton electric