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i thuasdaywwil aisttfigss x s the acton free press acton vontario paoc nva pansies and viola bedding plants excellent quality r 3 boxes for 100 steele briggs and rennies garden seeds in packages and bulk onion sets better quality registered seed grade no 1 multipliers dutch sets silverskin 29c lb gladioli ulbs special 29c doz dahlia roots assorted cblors 4 for 29c hintons department store paul sez its storage time l u safely store your valuable winter garments during the summer months safe insured garment storage custom cleaners phone 27 sen to fly to ottawa joe jany of acton will join sen ior high school students selected toy local rotary clubs from- the 10 provinces of canada in the national capital as guests of ottawa rotary for a program that continues for four days the aim is to promote the best type of canadian citizen ship among high school students many of whom will be voters and leaders in thejhext half f century he will leave maltori airport on may 15 for the advenyire in cit izenship the program is varied it includ es addresses by prominent mem- bers of parliament discussions led by university professors on dem ocracy arid the government of can- ada visits to places of national importance including the house of commons while in session pres entation of canadian citizenship certificates by the prime minister a study of the national capital plan and certain social features favorable reactions have tended to increase from year to year the lntimtjefot its atlehd trig the project in 1951 the- number was 134 in 1954 the total was 174 for the present year there will be 180 with each of the ten provinces having student representation this steady growth indicates a bright future for the project the acton rotary club has sent a high school student to ottawa for the past several years last years winner was janice baker rockwood t town workmen have cleaning up at the dump no rflchpn on your driving but 7 suppose the other fellows not to blame who pays the damage- to your car you do unless you have cia collision coverage this protection is not expensive cooperators insurance association george robertson harvey laverty elected president of rockwood community club limehouse enjoy play sjides music saturday a most enjoyable evenirig was sponsored by the bazaar committee of the wi in the hall on saturday when the pupils ot ss no 9 enter tained with their festival numbers directed by mr crawford douglas the- acton junior farmers present ed their play red sky at night and mac sprowl showed over 100 of his slides taken oh his recent trip to the british isles- and several europ ean countries miss ivens was chair man and mrs sanford thanked the performers for their entertainment freddie gisby celebrated his tenth birthday with a party for school chums and friends on satur day afternoon and a show in the evening on monday jack scholz entertain ed his chums toobserve his twelfth birthday 5 we regret that mrs ellerby has been hospitalized for the past few days in guelph general but we hope that she may be improved in health soon visitors mr and mrs stuart smith and grandson jimmie hutchinson of weston mr and mrs h sinclair and danny of hamilton mrs annie mckay and mr archie mckay of toronto and mr and mrs earl mc kay ana unue oi tsrampton all with the pattersons arid g sinclairs mr and mrs russell karn of bar- rie mr alvin karn of london mr floyd karn o kit 1 the annual meeting of the rock- wood community club was held at the public school last tuesday even ing and well attended paul franck president presided and called the meeting to order mrs kenneth guild- secretary read the reportof the last meeting following other club matters p franck introduced the guest speakr er for the evening tony mendell of strcefeville who spoke on advertis ing his address was well received and questions were answered mr franck also asked mr mendell to preside jn the election of officers for the year as follows president harvey loverly vicerpresideht thos gehatly secretary miss ruth mclaren and treasurer thomas c winlow refreshments- were served by a committee and a social time enjoyed tour ford plant wednesday evening under the auspices of the united church mens club two bus loads went to qakville for a tour of the ford auto works which proved to be an interesting event when the time came for the visitors to go down stairs to tour the big establishment they were conducted in two groups and taken around in touring cars drawn by a tractor the driver him self explaining details by loud speaker it was interesting to see cars as sembled on the assembly line with employees having their respective particular jobs to attend to attho present time 40 cars an hour are uh out fr the time the dif lois miller of brampton with the karns hereduring last week the wms held the easter thankoffering meeting at the home ot mrs kirkpatrick on thursday evening with mrs flieuty of codks- ville speaking on the inward cross illustrating her talk by her own life experiences mrs gill the daughter of a presbyterian mission ary was a visitor and told of her experiences in india where she was born and spent he childhood she algo sang two hymns in one of the native languages mrs a w nor ton sang and mrs roughley played a piano solo scripture was read by mrs mills and prayer by mrs san ford text word was trust mrs a w benton thanked the speaker at the close lunch was served nfterwaxdsr beginning the new term at ss no 9 on monday mrs lawson and mrs wilson each had a room in which to preside during the holi days the upper one was completed over 80 attend yp spring rally over 80 members 6f nine young peoples societies or district pres byterian churches attended the spring rally in tjampbellville on monday a young person and mis church was the theme of the ad dress given by rev finley stew- art kitchener to the group a banquet vfas catered to by lad ies of the church there was a worship service and reports of past activities were read rev r h armstrong of acton pronounced the benediction legion news ferent parts are being assembled to the finished vehicle and finished off in different colors inspiteottnelemewt weatherthe trip was iftade there and return in good time and all wore delighted with the evening outing films on sport thursday evening the rockwood fish and game club held an open meeting in the town hall when films and slides were shown by mr thos gellatly and mr don hilts the latter showing some of his own dealing with local scenery films shown dealt with wild animal life i wj fowl an t h its along with insects some with their destructive living on vegeta tion different species of the deer family were interesting as well as the buffaloes some sections of the northwest and districts adjacent to the rocky mountains were allotted to certain croups accord to num- of park jim greer of acton read the scripture others attending jram town were miss inez mclellan bob armstrong joe jany calvin sprowl mac sprowl doug bennie and renke vliestra bers for certain sections lands the last film shown dealt with pacific coast scenery in forestry and lumbering also dangers of for est fires which are in some cases due to carelessness such as cigarette stubs not property put out butts thrown aside or even matches during the picture show frank- schneider conducted a draw when a few of those present were recip ients of handsome prizes friday evening under the auspic es of the united church wa mem bers- of norfolk st united chui guelph put on a minstrel sho which was well patronized tlie town hall being wo f for the the comrades who attended the vimy night in brampton reported a very successful evening and are in sympathy vyith thosewho missedit quite a few high scores were re gistered at the regular euchre on friday night by the boys who were left at home harvey lambert took first with 74 points jaclc drysdale second 71 points and vic patrick third with 70 points mel jordan took home the booby social evening a very successful social evening was held saturday night when members their wives and friends enjoyed an evening of dancing to the music of los- duby and his or chestra mrs bill crofts won the door prize mr beatherwick of madocont- and george fryer won the spot dances team in tournament the pool table has at least turned out a few good players a team en tered in zone competition in bramp ton placed second and will go on to the district tournament there are still euchre and darts tournament to be held in the zone the branch will enter in both of these trophy presented the cribbage league of acton which played their games at the legion finished on tuesday night legion president gordon beatty presented the trophy to the captain of the eden mills team h barden and individual prizes to j tolton l tolton m tolton r caldwell h mcpherson s wilson l nevills l barden h barden and f smith the-grmipenjoyed-asoelalpeven- ing of cribbage and afterwards very delicious lunch winners of the night were charlie shullis jack drysdale and roy goodwin its good to see johnny moore home from the hospital and able to be around again everton mayfa restaurant acton east on no 7 highway open daily 800 am to 300 am breakfasts lunches dinners fish and chips a specialty good food at reasonable prices we deliver occasion numerous jokes were enjoyed as well as choruses arid vocal numbers one item on the program was a brief highlight on the old familiar negro song old black joe the participant strollingacros the plat form following the minstrel show members of the cast were served with refreshments by members ot ithe church spring rally 1 sunday afternoon a few of the presbyterian church sunday school attended the annual spring rally of presbyterian sunday schools in the guelph presbytery at hespeler in st andrews presbyterian church which was largely attended a pleasing feature of the afternoon was a double number by a baptist ladies trio whose voices blended nicely at the mike on the platform v theile led in the singing of hymns on the afternoons program there was an anthem by junior choirs of preston church- and st andrews church the address of the afternoon was record visits in everton area weekend visitors with mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell were mr and mrs stewart tovell and girls mrs david tovell and miss lois tovell toronto mr and mrs robert patten and family guelph mrs l walker and mr k walker burlington miss alice fountain and mr bob woodhouse toronto were week end visitors with mr and- mrs chas fountain and family misses nancy and patsy jestin spent sunday with mr and mrs max milne rockwood mr and mrs norman fryer and family acton visited on sunday with the latters parents mr and mrs omar parker mr and mrs ross daley arid boys spent a couple of days at dunnville isiting relatives mr and mrs ted jestin visited on sunday with mr and mrs lloyd hunter and family cainsville county aid given retarded children continued from page one ed- he made the inquiry when an account for microfilming work was presented he felt it was mon ey wasted haying this work done by others when council- approved of the purchase of such a record ing machine work had been delayed when it was learned the inspector of legal offices did not favor the remodel ling or the registry office basement to provide a microfilming room and additional sturage space as previously agreed upon by coun cil members still felt the work should be proceeded wlthas reg istry offices jn other centres were utilizing basement space the com mittee were requested to proceed with the work emphasizing there were numer ous beamy spots in halton which could be utilized as park areas warden r h shannon asked the reforestation committee and the conservation committee to investig ate ifie possibility ot establishing park areas in halton under new legislation set up by the ontario department of lands and forests the warden also reminded coun cil that a bylaw to establish a county employee pension plan had been given two readings in 1950 he felt the finance committee should review the bylaw for further con sideration ah the counties sur rounding halton have an author ized pension scheme for thci en- ployees the warden added reeve robert marshall trafal- attd deputy sidney mm r childs milton were appointed county representatives to the hal ton cliildrens aid society for 1965 56r council agreed by resolution the attorney generals department is to be notified that halton is now prepared to establish a separate office for the use of a county probation officer and now await for his appointment members unanimously supported a resolution sponsored by reeve robert marshall and reeve a r service nassaga weya seeking to have the ontario department of highways take over the portion of the second line trafalgar tie- tween bronte and highway 25 at palermo on other occasions coun cil had made similar requests to the department but to date the re quest had not been granted osprin6e mrs lloyd cutting and raymond acton visited on sunday with her mother mrs jestin mrs harvey dolmer has her mother visiting with her mr and mrs sandy mcdonald georgetown visited on s with mr and mrs wes lillio defer third polio injection include grade three pupils a change in the series of polio inoculations in halton county has been announced this week follow ing the recent much publicized re port of dr jonas salk- the first and second graders who have al ready begun their series of three inoculations will wait seven month before the third the third injection is being de layed on the advice of dr salk and the department of health of ficials j an e to inoculate as whither does he lead the weath- many as possoe- lcr was all that could be desired for experiments hve proven- that a such an occasion longer period between doscsdf vac- mr and mrs douglas calder who i cine a mor pronounced im- spent the winter in winnipeg are munit back in rockwood for the summer i grad three pupil throughout mr calder working in toronto the co ih be inoculated fhoru mr- charles heffernan is having but no de time can be set alterations made to front of his ai y store russell hepburn and keith budd are doing the work mr kenneth thatcher of owenjjvlrs kett hostess sound was home for the weekend mr and mrs neil lambert were q churchill w a oldest citizen dies after stroke this communitys oldest citizen in the person of mrs mary cooke passed away at her home on the highway mrs cooke suffered a stroke on sunday evening and never regained consciousness she leaves to mourn her loss two daughters mrs thomas henderson margaret guelph township mrs david whaley nellie and a son georgo of guelph sympathy is extended to the hrrrnvrd in tho loss of their riven by kitchener rev finlay stewart of whose subject was in town over the weekend follow ing their recent easter wedding schools reopened monday for the spring term following the easter holidays annual meeting halton county tuberculosis and health association trafalgar hall monday april 25 1955 public coppi ally invited to attend business session starts at 815 liit week churchill womans association met at the home of mrs a kerr with the vicepresident mrs d russell opening the mee- irg by reading the motto fivery- one jdinedjn singing a hymn the secret upe the busin- j ess period by reading the- minute of the last meeting the roll call i v as answered by 10 members mrs i h griffin led in devotions tho ostess serve lunch at1he close of the meeting robt r hamilton fred a hoffman optonaetrists formerly e p head phone guelprl 1924 58 st gorgs squar mother m robert hunter is spending a weeks holiday with relatives in to ronto mr and mrs d stewart and ed dy mr and mrs vernon stewart dwmhe funeral of mrs robert sim in toronto on friday mr and mrs sini and family lived for a number of years on the 4th line and were well known locally mr and mrs gordon aitken and family returned home on sunday from a 10 day vacation with rela tives at forth worth texas and re port a vcryrpleasantahd interesting trip mr and mrs c williamson of guelph mr and mrs reg carter laverne and karen stratford were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs d g robertson mrs bruce sr returned home to her sons homes here following a visit with relatives in sarnia miss margaret klooster spent the easter holidays with miss edna jackson guelph birthday party miss muriel mccutcheon celebrat ed her eighth birthday on monday when she entertained the girls of her class at school the uuests in cluded laurel stubbington mary anne robertson judy buek win nie vleilstra janet offstead lydna ferguson lightning strikes during the electrical storm early sunday morning the home of mr and mrs george young townline was struck by lightning fortunate ly no fire was started but the tele vision and antenna were damaged and wallpaper on a bedroom wall ripped off it is thoy the light ning entered the home through the roof during the same storm a clock atthe homo of mr harold theakeo tbwnline was also burned out remember the tb xray at os- pringe polling booth c r official adviser appraises painting over 20 interested iii art gath ered monday evening in the high school to make plans for an art exhibit a sketching trip and to hear expert criticism of their oil paintings uoug butler ait advisor for the community programs branch of the department of education ap praised about two dozen canvasses most helpfully he particularly dis cou raged copying pictures lloyd minshall stresiedthe val ue of an art organization with harry otterbein m the chalf a sketching tripwaarrangedanl assistance for the five counties art exhibit which is to be held in acton v t- fesssfesfea isil