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1 yajgffjjifakwitw t by sal x j v- tj v- r- l 4 the acton ree press acton ontario paob fv without the protection oi fare auto mobile and casualty insurance your community would be a very different place firegutted buildings seldom would be replaced famihesrwould be today m canada the insurance busi ness provides protection against nearly every conceivable risk fire insurance ajone safeguards property valued at 32 billion and jlaims totalling more than 300000000 are paid each year vi ju u ik- man jwuuuuuu are paia eacn year s w 9ll j to cjts thocoste of a variety ofmishaps costs of automobile accidents and other liabilities arising from mishaps and errors few people would nsk their money on investments industries would go bankrupt lobs would be lost from people slipping on stairs to tornados in this way the insurance business makes a substantial contribu tion towards canadas continued secu rity and prosperity all canada insurance federation on hmhmtt oi mora thn j00 competing cortpanws mrrtttng firm xutomoij and ciuary muranc if its needable its wantadable phone 174 hotony pope of hw past i of lowville district was r in letters diariesjpreserved from early 1880s m u by gwen clakkg a great deal of factual informa tion is revealed in diaries and per sonal correspondence of the early settlers in this connection we have had the privilege and good fortune to read copies of letters written by thomas coulson of nelson town ship dating from 1861 residents in and around lowville will find much to interest them in extracts from these letters many of wnicn were written to relatives who had at sonde time or other lived or visited in nelson township somewhere around 1830 four coulson brothers settled on farms in nelson one of them was john father of thomas coulson the writer of the letters from which we quote n november 1861 thomas coulson to friends in england there hae been a great many changes in the neighborhood since vou left our wheat crop last year was almost an entire failure due to winter killing last spring was a verv sickl one so many cases of inflammation of the lungs uncle thomas was just getting over when brother john took sick and was de lirious for nearly tight days dr freeman was alarmed lest he take a turn for the worse susajinah newton t whitley and james har ris were all sick at the same time w bunton has bought galloways mill and laid out 2000 in repairs she was ready to run on the first of november he has a miller but he wants to rent her the mill john- has hired to plews for to be his teamster at 150 a year february 1862 to friends in the united s we are now in the midst of a canadian w inter w ith plenty oi good sleighing tea parties are ven popular so young people can enjoy the sleighing it is not uncommon to hitch two span of horses to a sleigh and about 15 young folk drive 10 or 20 miles to a tea part our ameri can cousins 7io war settled et which causes quite a depression in our pork and lum ber trade bread hs holden optometrist eyes examined glasses fitted 7 douglas st guelph although they the americans have- their hands full they talk like they were going to chaw up john bull and swallow canada but if they- come over here we will make them scamper off faster than at bull run february 10 1862 to a cousin in england t i am very much obligeafor the lessonkeener brother john got the o w anyth comes from the old country i will give you the names of my brothers and sisters as you sav you do not know them they are john catherine jeremiah martha rnh ect george and henrv john is working at his trade shoemaking at j mathews kilbride the rest are going to school apnj 21 1862 letter to brother and sister in the usa poor neil hunter is detid he went about as sudden as has wife calderwoods wife died last fall after seeding and he was lyiarried again in fcbruafv to a mrs trash a w idow with two children i started coalburning last fall and burnt about 2000 bushels there is a good sale for charcoal mr morse is carr mg on business as usual hir ing six or seven men driving both steam and sawmills at present but i dont know whether the men will saw enough to pav for their board v fire charcoal incidentally this is the first re ference we have come across in re gard to charcoal burning upon making ipquirie we found that in countries where there isplehtyiof wood charcoal is produced by firing conical piles of wood built with the bark outermost the pile then being covered with turf o a mixture of loam and grass and then fired by a process of sweating and combus tion for several days one cord of wood yielding about 30 bushels of charcoal 1 jul 28 1952 letter to w g stewart dear master we are all well ai pres thank god and getting on about as usual george dice is in milton at present he was to mont- leal all winter i suppose you know sam dice married one ofjohn mar tin s daughters at milton dr mc gregor the sa is getting con siderable practice whether he has had am serious cases et i cant sav november 22 1862 to brother and sister i don t hear am thing about anv weddings yet but thos shields has been courting mar dales over a vear now whether they make a match of it is more than i can tell john agnew got married this fall to margaret darragh c langford has gien out the job of building a new tavern as he will have to leave the one w here he liv es when the place is sold this year we had 400 bushels of turnips and 100 of carrots and would have had more if it hadn t been sp drv march 1864 there ha e been man changes since jou left chas langford died but mrs langford is keeping on the taein she has built a new stone tavern opposite the old stand and rented her farmr to w dent for 120 a iai about tw ic as much as it s w orth thos i diles has built a new house new house for 500 wi built a iow houe la- 1 fill rmiehael lanwcarponterand jo- gunston built the iellar walls and did tin lathing and plastering it cosj about sio0 si of us had dip- thuia last aino a un pit asant disease i can assure you it was fatal in many cases brother john got married last fall but after tour months his wife died of inflamma tion of the lungs two englishmen have the grist mill rented at 600 a year november 1864 to brother jtnd sister in usa we have hard times now in can ada from two causes the american war and the failure of the wheat crop wheat was so badly destroy ed by the midge that it averaged no more than eight bushels to ihe acre in lowlying areas it was cut early for green fodder hay and spring crops were very light due to a drv summer after a verv wet spring it was so drv fire destroyed manv row pastures leaving them black and charred liberty surrendered but in spite of hard times there have been no less than six voung couples that surrendered their liber ty to matrimony isaac armstrong was wed to miss abbcson george richardson to marv ann shields jo harris to mary ann coulson they didn t have a wedding they just took a wet day and went away from home to wed tom shields and mary dales got wed at waterdown we are all pretty well except mary jane coulson who is laid up with typhoid fever richard burrows got married to a dutch girl old edgar portland was married again this fall the new mrs portland is mother to voung john agnevvs wife apparently thomas coulson made a little extra money by making sometkind of homemade salve for the relief of itch he writes to his brother and sister in the usa secrets of charm bv john robert powers and mary fine miller 5 if there was ever a secret you wese djing to know this should be it the secret of charm the man w ho selects the famous pow ers models has written a book fo women onlv it i has charts diagrams illustrat ions ever thing to help everyone be a more attractive person in manner and appearance are an of these what ou re in terested in the clothes ou need if you are a homemaker a career girl o even a soeialitei cire of furs tpcs of glasses to suit face contours cleaning hats cleaning jeweller hair stjles makeup figure how about a spring houseclean- ing in jour wardrobe and some spring resolutions 2000 jet engines produced at malton maltons aero engine industry has delivered its 2000th orenda jot engine in an announcement this week thisletter i am sending joua pack- walter r mclachlan vice-presid- age of the itch cure containing 2 i ent and general manager orenda worth of the medicine put up in 50 engines ltd 5 cent itch cafe october 29 1866 along with cent boxes one 50 cent box is war ranted to cure two persons of the itch if you can sell anv of the cure i will allow vou 50c for selling it let mekhow when you write as i may havt a chance to send some up this winter and so save postage tobt continued ntxt week never touch a fallen wire when we say th best in lumber and building materials we mean just that when renova tions are inrjsrdar you can be as sured that acton woodcrafts can supply your needs promptly and efficiently one reason why electricity serves us so well is that it cah be delivered wherever wires will carry it ontario hydro exerts every effort to keep safe the wires that carry this important commodity but in spite of all precautions lines occasionally break a fallen wire is dangerous it may be a live wire never touch a fallen wire underany circumstances warn children not to go near them if you find an electric wire on the ground or dangerously low please notify titie nearest hydro office and endeavour to keep others away until service men arrive your cooperation may he instrumental in saving a life for 3ntrrinr sprnratmg expert color scheme sugg superior workmanship and the latest sunworthy waterfast wallpapes call i ffigrtt e sitt decorator rockwood 51 ring 5 new canadians need social help toronto cp mrs w e west director of new- canndi tn services in ontario said she wus hocked rttently whenssjie invited some new canadians to her home to learn that man of them had never been inside a canadian home except to work speaking to the local council of women she urged that we mak canada a more social centre for the new canadians mrs west said that it was up to canadian women who have had tcunty all their lives to give these people a sense of belonging think how would i react in a situation like that she said mrs wt st suggested that canad ians invite members of different ethpic groups into their organizat ions but dun t expect them the first time jou isk she said ian hav been hurt before ijv j careless word and it nke tim- to trust she wirrud that th rt wt r other org inizatibns r not working for tht good of canada w ho w ere t xtendinr the hind of frundh o to new cinadians in t ir dii l iintmt nt ind mufti- on smi might acci pt it aid the achievement held great significance for the com pany and its employees it clearlv illustrated that can- ada w iththe industry at malton and the people who work there is right up with the leading nations of the world in ibis advanced ettg ineering field and a most import ant contributor to the defence of the free w orld h said ho also noted that the second thousand orendis powerplant for h rcafs cf 100 and sabre v and vi had been produced in pie past vear with a significant in- rrt as in pow er output in this second thousand said mr mclachlan w advanced from the singlestage series 9 orenda to the twostage series ii and 14 from an initial 8300 lb of thrust we have progressed to over 7000 1 with a corresponding decrease in weight lat top speed 7000 lbs of thrust is the equivalent of about 12200 hp these new engines have greatly improved performance of tht rc- afs cf10q for th defence of north america s northern frontiers 3nd have provided the rcaf with the most powerful tighter aircraft m opt ration in europe today in the sbcjj v and the sabre vi wanted 2 whales must be fresh too victori bc cp two lirge whilts art wanted f r sh and leulv to tuvel henrv j r irna of sai fransis- c has informed tht pro inci ll mu turn nl- that hi will come 1 lie m piil to fv to tutih two w ilis to lit luffi d for hi pn- it colhcti m of ia life and ikt d tht r aid id lik i k i th two biggest whilts in thi pacific oroin he w ote one mi bt of inv spccijs but tht otht rjmust be a bullkiller a e one notmck toronto cp xtd t irk v j with more than two drumstick j kittv bond of the wagon wheels turkev farm at nearbv p irt credit o a e one frihe most forocious i can s it theres no trick she nnmmals ruaming vancouver u- tpkes extra drumsticks jfrom other lani wattrs ifurkejs used for turkev pie officnl aid thiv would help w will trv to peruade mr freed- 549 wtvts n in not to attirrtpt to take two n h nl to cahfui i ii chn to rultd sultan moulav ismao who morocco from 1672 to 1727 i- r portid to hive had 549 wives a- k ell a coniubines bx the thous and of his children 867 urvvtd him despite the fact that hundreas of hus daughter- wen strangled at birth the sultan aso had several hundred thousand slave- thoe uhi did nn give satifactorv won on his grandusi- -tructure- includ ing a thrie milt ng stabl we t cemented mto the wals the reader s dfgtst putubitive cost thcv will suggest instead shipping skeletons build ing a plastic skin around the bones uter mr freedman w ill be taken to coal harbor quatsino sound wha- 1 nfc station to hunt for the mam- m il- m it than 42 000 canadurs were treated at red coss outpost hasp tal- and nuisii stations 1 t var kennedys bookstore your headquarters omccsumjcs waupara paint books stationery ya wynoham st ouara ont canadian site of world scout jamboree is a historic location scouts from tiun will be at tending theeighth world jamboree of the bo scout movement on one square mile 6f historic pacx land where general brock camped n 1812 on the edge of niagaraonthe lake from thursday august 18 to sunday august 28 this year approximately 10 000 scouts and leaders will be converging in this peninsula area from m countries outside of canada- plus some 47 countries of the common wealm which are represented on the int ernational scout conference bv great britain the jamboree will be officially opened by his excellency the rt hon vincent massey c h l gov ernor general of canada in his capacity as chief scout for can ada on saturday august 30 maj gen o c sprydirector of the boy scouts international bureau n london england wut perform the official closing ceremonies 10 days later jamboree camp chief will be jackson doddo cbe deputy chief scout for canada and a member of the bov scouts international committee this jamboree is notable in that it is the first to be held outside of t europe tnd entaij many thousand of scouts and leaders from count ries all over the world living in 10 subcamp with some 3300 canad- ian scouts so that they can enjoy i the mutual friendship of camping together what u believed to be the wg- gest air lift in scouting history miltake place when the entire british contingent 1000 stfong travels to and from the jamboree by plane this contingent includes england scotland northern ire land and although not part of that contingent the planes will also brine over the south ai tican contingent which is coming to canada via britain j