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thursday august 4th 199s tt i the acton free press acton ontario s paos rvi take a good look i yes sum taka seed leek at the aovnd a ef our werfc than lat our axparts woifc far you whan you want to imprava your omo fpr efficiency beeoty or economy call us for expert w meeting v form of district picnic the jjily meeting of the -ban- nockburn womens institute- wo held in the form of a picnic on friday evening july 32 at ban- jiockburn school with many friends and neighbors present horseshoes and a ball game and games snd races made a very entertaining program for all the winners of the races were as follows four years and under laurie chisholm s to 87 brian wilkinson gordon mcdonald 7 to 8 john chisholm kay chisholm to 10 margaret wilson annie deunk 11 to 14 joan brooks targare m shoeklckriek deunk threelegged race marjory mcdonald wnd alice wilkinson a prise givieij for the oldest member present was won by mrs r l davidson the prise for the youngest went to susan brooks a delicious lunch which included ice cream clones for a11 brought the evening to a close ten reasons for attending robinson business college milton v ontario 1 each student is given individual attention 2 school centrally located which lessens transportation 3 home patronage should be taken into consideration 4 demand for office positions is greater than the supply all g this year have obtained positions 5 specializing in secretarial courses greater demand for students in this line of study 6 on graduation the principal endeavors to obtain posi tions for students according to merit 7 repeated requests from business houses for students to fill office vacancies 8 enrolment last term numbered 60 inquire from exetudr ents who know 9 instructors with plenty of experience in teaching as well as office experience loiast but not least minimum daily rate of 2350 per month and evening rate of 800 per month it may be hot but there are only 141 more days till christmas shop now so youll keep cool when santa makes his annual visit 1 to your home a small payment each week and your christmas problems will be solved don s bexton farmer struck by lightning struck by lightning on his farm tractor two miles southwest of erin on wednesday last week thomas cooke 52 was instantly killed a helper manuel coelho 23 wearing rubbersoled shoes and standing behind him on the wood en tongue of a hay wagon was unhurt they were hurrying across a field toward the shelter of a barn when the bolt struck there was a poof and a big ball of light ground us coelho said ml- cooke fell back and i jumped my shoos tofvectme he added as the farmer slumped back ward on the steel seat the fuel throttle of the tractor was pulled wide open causing it to lurch fori ward at top speed down a grade through a wire fence and into a cornfield fire chief w winters or fcrln and six members of his brigade worked- for two hours with a re- suscitator trying to revive the farmer he was pronounced dead by dr a roberts of erin mr cooke was born the son of mr and mrs w j cooke in tol- ton township in 1902 he farmed the erin district for the greater part of his life and was owner of the farm at the 7th line and high way 2 at the time of his death he was an elder at the church of christ disciples he la survived by hi wife the former mildred somervillc his mother and children myrna nor ma johnnie louis and david the youngest child david was born on coronation day june 2 1953 services were held in church of christ disciples saturday inter ment was in erin cemetery limehouse many on holidays pay visit at summers height in village district womens institute mem bers were among the many who at tended the annual holiday held at the o a c guelph last month mrs loren guild of rock wood fwio conference and holiday secretary played a prominent part in the acti vities garbati strain rr 1 milton markers monuments cemetery lettering quotations by appointment phone milton tr 86522 a pleasant gathering was held ln mrs mitchell at waubashene for llmchouse memorial hall on thurs- the week mr mitchell for the long day evening when a miscellaneous weekend t mr and mrs h h smith to bir mingham michigan- for the week end mr and mrs g scholz jack and george to grand bend miss thompson and her friends re holidaying thuv week at her cot tage 5th line mr and mrs donald bird of to- runto spentnh wekemtwlththe campbell sinclairs messrs kirkwood and carglll are spending their holidays at their property sixth line skewer at straw the findlay boys report a shower of straw over their wpwdworkinc shop on sunday apparently picked tip ay a whirlwind a quantity of straw some ovr two feet long fell from a great height shower was held in honor of ullian askin and arthur melanson prior to their wedding soon kathleen klrlc patrick was chairman for a program of solos by anna spiuer accompa nied at the piano bj mrs roughley and highl dancing by ann and june brlgga mrs e kara providing music kay norton ca statefarm veer car insures all three your life sometimes it smart to put all your eggs in one basket especially when its your insur- net protectm youll ajoy the convenience of kavimt mil yoar p iasurana ia ato of oac bcnon wae iummm yoar i dividual needs call me i i ft pars state laaeaayaaaa i couple to chairs beneath a ball streamers where she read to them an address of good wishes and seve ral young folks opened and present ed them with quite a number at pretty and useful gifts both made appropriate thank you addresses lunchaplenty was served at the close mr and mrs james noble visited his sister mrs orr just out of hos pital at p c and mrs van zaofs port credit on sunday the a w bentons visited dr and mrs j turnbull at seatorth on sunday little stephen lawr celebrated his sixth birthday with a childrens party on monday mrs a j smethurst returned friday evening from a three week holiday at kincardine the c a grants visited her on sunday mr lawrence sinclair and sun malcolm of geraldton visited last week with the pattersons and his parents mr und mrs g sinclair malcolm is spending the summer with relativestiere and in toronto mr and mrs mills are visiting the johnstons at washago the e curreys visited at midland last week gordon remaining for a long holiday the j loudens of windsor and w newtons of barrle visited miss ivens and mrs newton on sunday the karns and merediths are this week at mamtoulin island mrs w mitchell is with the san- fords at waubashene for a holiday mrs warrington of sharbot lake has been with her sister mrs a w norton congratulations to mr and mrs newton ruddell on the urrival last week of a little daughter at guelph general hospital the august w i- meeting has been cancelled in favor of u bus trip be ing planned i8 at reunion mr and mrs newton ruddell were host und hostess for the foster reunion on monday when 68 attend ed rejular services will be held at limehousc presbyterian church on august 7 after a two week holiday the campbell sinclairs attended the funeral of her uncle mr f j foxton in toronto on saturday visitors miss olive marshall of toronto with miss ivens mrs hogg and granddaughter with mr and mrs a hall dr and mrs h brewster and children chihwack bc with the john nobles missjean xawr ballinafad with the s lawrs mr and mrs j a smethurst jac queline and john of islington with mrs smetnurst the dorsey families of weston with the briggs on monday miss elaine mi row with her grandmother mis h lane this 1 week those on holidays mrs h noiton and kay at mani- toulm island mrs tluirnton with relatives at teeswater i mrs g robertson hostess to institute mrs robertson was hostess to the members or dilblin womens institute reeeivlly with the pres ident mrs wtuium mclntyre in the chair the meeting opened with the institute ode uml marv stewart collect the roll call was answered by a good way to ad vertise the institute the minutes of j the last meeting weu read and adopted rosa beit- ton held the lucky ticket on the draw for the quilt mrs i kennedy guve an account of lier recent trip to the west coast which was enjoyed by all talks on a thought for the day by mrs alex wear and on public relation dy mrs g robertson were followed by a contest conducted by mrs a near mrs c thomson thanked all those taking part in the program und the hostess for her kind hos pitality singing of the queen brought the program to a close three of the ladles served lunch unjl an enjoyable half hour was il discuss planning area proposal in nassagaweya to name board defining and naming nassaga weya township as a planning area was discussed at a meeting of the township council on july 2h a by law was given the required read ings und passed to designate an area of subdivision control in the township otnassagawcya a plan ning board will be named at the regular meeting held august 1 accounts were passed amounting to 760 also the road vouchers of everton bylaws setting the rales of taxes for the township and schools were passed the usual grant was made to the nassagaweya federutum of agriculture a resolution was passed that the council recommend to the ministei of planning and development ilia i he consent to hhe registration of u deed for a parcel of land como- ed of one acrt in concession four nassagaweya considerable discussion took place regarding applications foi building iiermits and the use of cabin trailers and othci small buildings as dwellings it was ag reed that the bylawa will be en forced in earn case guest speakers at baptist church services have been continuing at acton baptist church with guest speakers and church groups in charge while pastor costerus was on vacation murray coles sxkc one sunday when the young peoples society was in charge clarence reid gave the address len beckler addressed the congregation last sunday when the mission circle had charge of the service german scouts visitors in news one hundred and fifty scouts from germany are at the scout camp also a troop from sarnia missueen parker and mrs min nie smith guelph visited with mr and mrs omar parker last week mr and mrs harvey jestln and bobby visited on sunday with mr and mrs waller coiiling orange- vtile mr und mrs ross daley and fam ily are away for two weeks holiday mr fleming is speaking at the everton church on sunday miss joyce fountain guelph spent monday with her parents and family mr und mrs chas foun tain mr und mrs dave parker and sharon alberta are visiting in formers mother and brothers july 24th visitors with mr and mrs hurvey jest in and bobby were mi und mrs earl allen california mr and mrs fjed west acton mr anil mrs tudor beaumont george town mr and mrs stanley mckay mis eva mccuen and mr allen thompson guelph and mr and mrs robert mccutcheon and diane kitchener and mr and mrs t d mccutcheon mrs wesley llllie and cliff visit ed on sunday with mrs mcdonald at dolly varden mr and mrs win bruce and fam ily are holidaying at tobermory this week donna and charles milne rock- wood visited with patsy and nancy jestln recently mrs jestln and mrs lloyd cut ting and raymond visited last week with mr and mrs jim porter shel- burne rockwooo even swimming after nightfall hurtops mill dam was well pat- lomzed over the weekend evan holiday evening after nightfall soma 12 cars were noticed along the road side civic holiday passed off quietly here considerable traffic p through the village last sunday at 4he united church a representative of the gideons in tel national of caiuida conducted the service in the absence of rev john dills who is on his vacation in eoniwny wlthrmrsr dllur at sl johns church on a previous sunday mr c ranney of acton conducted service in the absence of rev e h- jones who was taking an air force padres course tit london there was no service at the pres byterian church sunday as mr douglas niuck is on vacation the many friends of mr archie flear were sorry to hear of his sud den illness the previous weekend and removal lo hospitul and operat ed on next morning he was re ported us coming ulniig very nicely during the week his many friends hote to see him able to be around before loo long mr and mrs george day janet and jean returned home during the weekend from u holiday at wasaga- beach mr and mrs chas heffernan and family returned home monday from two weeks holiday out of town recent and civic holiday visitors dr and mrs george cairns and members of family of oakvlue i rev c cordon harris and hta father mr charles harris of nan- ticoke mr and mrs douglas patterson of midland with mr stewart royce miss marjorie craig of toronto miss enid mcnabb of toronto mr and mrs percy anette and daughter of guelph mrs f osburn of fergus raumapad monuments brampton monument works designs submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop 68 queen st w brampton tjz shop phone t410j res 313 rep tom nlcot phone brampton 603w varied business for esquesing councillors in recent sessions the regular mooting of esquestncr r tlh jbth inn- or i 120 00 with mg council held in the council 35 pel yard ffr xtra iicrt and chamber tuesday with members all 110 per cubic vard for extra cx- pieani jnd reeve bird presiding ravation was minutes of th last two nu etings i w ere read and adopted and rurrcs- ixmdence read farm whdenny robt r hamilton fred a hoffman the treasurer was instructed to pa the following accounts and charg t acton fire area no 3 i two fire calls 2011 six months 1 standby time 38750 the treasurer wds also instructed to pay the following accounts robt ing one t killed july 6th 18 eldrum stark one trip as valua tor 4 kennedys book store type writer ribbons and exchange 2 65 george currie delegates expenses r u assoc 1110 road accounts as presented by the road superintendent of 1070530 were ordered paid the treasurer was instructed to return the tender cheque of w r greenley and son they have completed the contract special meetings a special meeting of esquesing council was held july 18 to open cceptail subject to the approval of th department of highwavs tiu following ilav council met with the council of nassagaweya and mr carbert mr coles and the secretary or the north halton high school district board for the pur pose of discussing the proposed sale of the present milton high school esquesing council also met july 19 ror a regular session and request ed the h e p c to movtwo hydro poles and remove three trees on the road between lots 5 and 6 in con cession 4 at the new bridge the treasurer was instructed to pay to the inspectors under the bru cellosis control act the following amounts martin davenport 2180 donald joyce 27 40 a n stark 3100 len cox 38 60 claude mc laughlin 32 20 willard bntton 21 60 george somcrville ibik stanley matthews 28 40 george tenders for ajridgeat the cornerjif burt 19 40 thomas gibson 3160 the8lh line and the no 5 sideroad total 271 80 tmr tender of isaac sauve for bridge at lots 56 concession 7 cor- mayfair restaurant acton east on mo 7 highway open daily ifoffl 00 am to 300 am breakfasts lunches dinners special lunches daily steaks and chops a specialty good food at reasonable prices we deliver j road accounts as presented by the j road superintendent at 6 696 72 j were ordered paid as were the fol low ing accounts township of era- mosa relief chargeback for june 22 101 cecil chisholm milton 3 fox i 3 00 acton free press ad re de- debenture 343 bell telephone co services 18 20 arthur scott motors ltd re fre truck 55 15 halton registry office june list 2 15 a bible school comes to close the annual vacation bible school of three churches came to a close on friday night m llallinafid un ited church under the suhrvisiun or mr towntend the minister with an average attendance of 43 mr tnwirwnd was ably assisted by mrs jackson mrs ijar mary jennings mrs turner rosa short- ill beth mcenery jean lawr and helen allan there was a good attendance on friday of parents and friends who enjoyed the display of handi crafts which were made through the week and a rixm program a fine worship service was followed by a sing song and action songs by the children- lunch wai served in the base ment and a pleasant and profitable week came lo a close the community was shocked to learn that mr tom cooke at bris bane had been killed instantly by lightning while driving his tractor from the field tin wednesday leav ing his wife and five children mr and mrs arnold mrknezy and mr and mrs robert mcenery spent sunday at peatherstone ioiti w ith mr and mrs stanley edge at their cottage j mr chester kwindlcliurst mrs mary swmdlehuim mr and mrs- donald mclveari visited with mr and mrs sd haes at nvllle fin siindiv mr and mrs kenneth idler and girls of smlt ste mot le are visiting with mr and mrs k w shortill and mr and mr norman ridler mr john snow and lydia mr hoggins and mrs mcdowell left on sunday on a motor trip to the west mr leo jamison has started to build a house having bought a piece of land from mr cam mc enery the evening auxiliary and their families attended mr riuii church in sunday and all oincd m a pic nic after mrand mrs ruts and bobble joining them mr and mm robinson spent the weekend at honey harbor mr and mrs townsend and family are away on holidays mr coles had charge of the aervlces on sunday german scouts camp at everton vanguard f the european scout airlift comirg ti the world cout j jamboree 54 german boy scouts i ayrived at miltor airport on fri- j day tiey spent the weekend at the jt camp at everton leaving i there tuesday to be hillrted in w benton stamps and registrations i homes until the jambiree 15 40 j mcdonald one years rent for garbage dump 100 a license to regulate and goern wiecking and salvage yards was passed v- hold qpen house on 85h birthday mrs d r hutcheon 129 majn st nrth held open house for her husband mr david hutcheon tuesday jaly 26 afternoo- snd eteng h ccasion being hu 85th birthday guests whi arrived from st thomas gait cue ph george town campbeuvijle and ajm ere served refreshments which included a large birthday cake in the garden assisting in serving were mrs r rason mrs c scott and shirley wardlaw r begins the scouts from dusedrf ar rived carrying the west german republic ng and te emblem of jhlmtoy scouts hlri a crft reremmy they formed a semi circle at the foot of the ramp and returned the jalue of the weprttung committee led by coi hagh heasley commissioner of the north waterloo district and his assistant gordjr lone the visitors sang song accompanied by guitars the- leader thanked the welcom ing committee and gave eaph mem ber of the aircraft crew a scout crest they came to everton by bus now in private homes they will stay in the kitchener arei unut the scout jamboree at niagar-or- thelak begins the middle of the month- eight of the group were met by relatives