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j page four b the acton free press acton ontario thursday october 20th 1855 legion news there is not too much to report this week due to the bad weather over the weekend no one made the trip to delhi john mchugh won first prize at with andrews cut for second and third both with 63 points russ lowrle jim mcnabb and hugh orourke cut for the booby hugh i might say is getting very consistent hector was robbed of one of the prizes when his card showed just ib points are you sure it as added correctly hector the cribbage had very close games this week and as a result eden mills and the legion are tied for first place and the rest very close behind two of the branchs very few bachelor that arc left mike mccristall and em erson patrick won- the cutlery winning six out of the eight games this week s results eden mill 16 tiger cats 16 legion 18 ram blers 14 union 16 station hotel 16 the christmas list is being made up if you are a new member or have any new names to add to the list make ure it is done thi weekend the next ma bell too late tom bennett underwent an op eration at sunnybrook we all wish you a speedy recover tom if you are in the vicinity of the hospital at ail time comrades take a few minutes to go and see tom- i know he would appreciate it square idea unfolds around municipal centre the euchre friday night ick blanche awl ha i g t other aide f ag continucd from page one i meeting to be held this week a petition from three mill st businessmen d manning d bex- ton and g a dills asked council to reconsider the no parking ban on the south side of mill st between john st and elgin st members spent some time talkingjhe pros and cons of this request even sug gested putting the ho parking signs obituary jack chapman dies on thanksgiving day the sudden passing of john arthur jack chapman on thank sgiving day at his home in fergus saddened his man friends here for the past two months he had been under the doctors care but was looking forward to resuming his duties early in november born in stayner ontario in 1896 the son of elisabeth and george chapman he had spent most of his life in acton mr chapman was educated in acton public and continuation schools and attended shaw business school jn toronto he served with ithe canadian arm overseas 191418 on march 1 1919 he married mis dons webster of guilford 6urrev england tvo children were born before the family re turned to canada in 1923 th chapman lived in montreal and toronto before returning to acton in 1933 when mr chapman joined the metropolitan life insurance company as agent of the acton milton and rock wood area while in acton he served a warden and sundn school tupe lntendent of st albans church and wa verv active in the legion where he was president for i term keenly interested in com munity affairs mr chapman w is a member of council and served on the acton public school boad as chairman moving to fergus five years ago tie took over the metropolitan ag ency there and made many friends in the ferguselora area he was a member of mercer lodge mas onic the fergus i o o f fergus service club and the fergus branch of the canadian legion mercer lodge held a memorial service tuesday evening october 11 at the rumlcy funeral hom funeral services were held wed nesday october 12 from st albann church with rev evan jones- and rev edward wallace fergus conducting the erice pallbearers were w j beatty george mus- selle and a ironside acton and s lantz c v robinson and j vaughn of guelph the many beautiful floral tri bute were carried by senior mem bers of the legion re edward wallace conducted the graveside scrvicc membersof the legion were in attendance and conducted the last rites at the cemetery a devoted family man he is mourned by his widow a daughtei kay mrs robert pfaffi st john quebec a son john w his mother mrs elizabeth chapman and a sister mis madge chapman of acton his father and three sis ters predeceased him five grand children will sorely miss jacks cheesy hello they are jim jane rick and mary lynn pfaff and david chapman friends attended the serices from fergus guelph brampton toronto and kitchener umehouse local ladies hold church cleaning bee several local ladies held a clean ing bee at the hall on wednesday the lamberts of ancaster spent thanksgiyiruj sunday with the glynns mr j c switzer is presently with his daughter mrs ted brown church services were withdrawn last sunday owing to knox church georgetown holding anniversary services acton firemen inspected fire drill procedure at rural schools throughout the area during the past week their annual program of holding are drills is in eon nection with fire prevention week leave the signs where they are council heard the necessary read ings and passed a bylaw for a new police agreement the monthly police summary was also read clerk mcgeachie read a letter from beardmore co ltd asking for reinstatement of a preferred water rate agreement which the firm was surprised to note was not now in effect council contended this agreement had been made effective for one year only as a trial and asked the clerk to notify beard- mores of this m schroeder sent a request through the clerk for town affirma tion of appointments to the library board council complied named the following by resolution for one two and three year term respec tively w davey c kirknes and m schroeder councillor l weick reporting on plans to remove stump from fairy lake while beardmore ore cutting out weed there said the majority qf the stumps are outside the muni cipal area need snow fencing the town should not spend money rnd effort on these he offered after some discussion the matter was laid over until contact with other town group said interested in clearing the lakcare contacted councillor weick also presented an inventory of town tools at the shed and asked when the sandbags used in the creek widening job would be removed ythe road committee was empow ered to buy some 1500 feet of need ed additional snow fencing reeve hargrave reported on the county councils favorable vote to set up a consultative committee which would study the possibility of three high school area acton members were opposed to this ac tion to price dump lands members briefly discussed addi tional sewer pipe requirements for subdivision extensions councillor c lindsay reported thomas and thomas glenlea sub- divider have agreed to submit a price on the dump lands for the town s consideration the area in cludes about four and a half acres it was indicated here that if the price is not what the town considers good the municipality would be farther ahead to hold the lands for possible occupancy b a clean tpe of industr various miscellaneous items were noted for the work sheet councillor newton reported the condition of the track at the park is bad again he suggested it be closed for the winter no action was taken on this however councillor langford advised that chains should be purchased for the town tractor before winter sets in council bnefl discussed arrange- i monts tfoi use of a posthole digger for subdiv ision work also gave some attention to councillor a irwins suggestion that apportion ment of sewer road costs in subdi vision work be made clear bell telephone co acton puc hvdro acton free press printing and adertimg w d mason mutual aid meeting acton motor brake fluid acton woodcrafts mdsc thompson s fuel service account to date can gen elec mdse a kirkness trip to brant- ford toths garage batter remington rand re type writer whitham s garage battery wilson and cousin co ltd pole garner motor acct to date brantford coach and body ltd repairs marriage performed by grooms brother st georges presbyterian church london was the setting for the six oclock wedding saturday oct ober 15 when mary alice mccal- lum acton daughter of the late mr and mrs danie m of kidgetown became the bride ot alex pat waldie son of mr waldie and the late donald waldie of acton the wedding ceremony was per formed by the rev john r wal die brother of the groom their only attendants were the brides brother and his wife mr and mrs donald t mccallum of detroit after a wedding supper at the palm grove the bride and groom left on a motor trip to the united states and northern ontario on their return they will reside in acton ia back special group instruction and test pasing for new chum was still the highlight at last thur- days meeting a number of these new chums are almost ready for in vestiture and official welcome into the cub pack games inspection by buloo and instruction by akela led to a cnmpfire of songs six competition results yellow 63 red 58 white 58 and taw ny 47 apple bay about 34 cubs from both a and b packs joined w ith the scouts last saturday in the annual canvas f residential and business sections of town on their annual apple day b pack the yellow six remained as the top six in b pack despite a stiff in spection by raksha and bcgherr i no six was awarded perfect scores for inspection but all four sixes received full score for attendance this was the first meeting this year that every cub was present after inspection games etc were played six standings found the yellow on top w ith 52 point red 48 tawny 47 white 44 murray scoy ne akela by nell beaton in last weeksirugby game in preston we wefe defeated by a score of 155 from the reports which have been circulating ac- ton high it was a rather brutal affair as some of our players were injured but none seriously thank heavens one of our cheer leaders was hurt when one of the preston players tried to tackle her during the game the forces are beginning to rally for the game on wednesday against georgetown here at the school everyone is welcome to attend if they wish to pictures taken on monday morning a photo grapher from strathroy was here to take individual pictures of each of the students teachers nnd mr spielvogel they yyill be arriving later this fall on tuesday the girls volleyball games began for this fall the red team led by laurie ritchie de i feated the green team under ruh landsborough by a score of 3424 the next game i to be played by the red and blue team on octob er 19 obituary the girls and boy athletic societies have been holding regul ar meeting for the past few weeks planning the fall term activities three form parties were held on kindness friday night because of the run 9c and 10a danced at the school grade 11 held theirs at the home of wendy mackcnzic near baflin- afad this has been a damp fall and there may be more of them rained out although we hope not a bowling club has been started the officials are president wayne currie secretary treasurer frances oakc regular bowling nights will be set up later obituary instantly killed incar accident this district was deeply shocked on hearing of the sudden death of mrs audrey dawson of r r 2 oil springs on october 3 as the tesult of a motor car accident near in- wood ontario mrs dawson who was alone in the car at the time ofrthe accident was instantly kill ed tbout 550 p m the oar over turned and skidded after being struck by another car driven by the junction of the inwood side- road and the second concessfon of brooke township born at lot 32 concession 3 es- quesing township audrey mabel dorcen was the only daughter of mr and mrs fred macarthur of ft r 2 acton she spent all her life in this district until the time of her marriage when she moved to the farm where she has lived ever since she is survived by her husband ernest allen and two children robert gordon 10 and card ann eight also her mother and father and a brother leroy and family of erin township sho wa a member of st joh ls church at aughrim funeral ser vice was held on october 6 with a liort service at the home con tinuing to their church for service by rev norman morris he was assisted at the graveside by the former pastor rev downer inter ment was in the church ccmetciy pallbearers were intimate neigh bor melvin macarthur claude robert orville cox terry burr earl hand and donald moore floral off rings and acts of in many ways showd the esteem in which she was held the flower bearers were uiuimns lionel robinson walter poland vernon park ivin lamb keith morley and ronald hall the funeral was largely attend ed with relatives and friend fronr acton erin chatham dresden forest petrolia ridgetown 5ar- ma sault ste marie st mary s st anncs toronto and welland people buy the free pres to read and read the free press to buy fabrics 100 orlon pile eisens clothin store obituary william a young interred at fairview one of the older reidcnts of the community william andrew young passed away after ah ill ness of several weeks on october 7 he w as the last sur iv ing member of a famil ofl three bro ther and two sisters thi late mr young was born at alliston on november 4 1864 a son of the late mr and mrs john young he moved with his parents to the muskoka district when a small child later he was engaged in farming and bush work he wa united in marriage in 1893 to the late sarah bunn who predeceased him in january 1948 i in 1919 the late william young and 2 50 his family moved to a farm near 1 00 acton 0 he is survived by a family of four sons and three daughters ethel mrs daid radcliffe or- lllia nellie mrs lome wieck acton alex roy austin margar- rj et and harvey at home also one grandchild gerald wieck the funeral was held on tues- di october 11 serice wa at the rumlcy funeral home in charge of rev r h armstrong of knox jjjjj church interment wa at fairview cemetery acton the pallbearers were james 42 55 509 08 2229 42 12 142 32 45 20 00 came to canada as yearold child william c tuck who came to canada from england when he was about one year old passed away in guelph general hospital on october 15 a nassagaweya town ship farmer for most of his life he had been living recently at rr4 rock wood mr tuck was born in england in 1883 in 1919 he and edith sun- ley were married in eramosa town ship mrs tuck and their two laughter irene mrs e m packer of rockwood and alice mrs robert jones of acton su- vive him as well as two brothers len and john of eden milk and two sisters mabel mrs robet lansdell and jennn mrs harvey lansdell both of brampton he attended the united church at rockwood and rev dilts offic- i j latcd at the funeral service at the rumle funeral home on tuesday october 18 pallbearers were rob ert lansdell brampton george walker fergus russell patterson james mceachern roy hindley and william pasmore interment wa m rockwood cemetery thompson motors acct crow e foundry ltd mdse sewer accounts acton motors mdse anthonvliltlc accrto date acton woodcrafts mds j b mackenzie mc highwa garage acct ounge cons shovel ldr j d oak son mdse steel company mdse national sewer pipe pipe 12 3t 108 73 mann john mceachern john lo- 184 80 cker arthur swackhamer murray coles and william mcdonald 18 60 slower bearers were ollie mof- 1290 fat stan morrison clarence coles 03 20 george somen ille ralph denny 31 60 anc bert davidson 35 floral tributes included those 1722 00 from the following pillow fatally 249 25 neighbors bannockbum womens 137 30 institute mceachern family 2783 25 george louise and family nieces and nephews 100b wool blankets by zaalberg and by van wyck multicolored or solid shades 72x90 all weigh over 6 lbs economically priced see our interesting array of souvenirs and gifts also pry goods and imported foods 81 mill street the holland shop e huisman prop phone 520 were ready yes motorists of ac ton and district were ready to serve you with white rose to serve v 4978 45 relatives from a distance were w ate mains extension accounts from st thomas london simcoe canada valve and hydrant company mdse i oshawa aurora 480 00 and toronto gasoline and oil pro ducts firestone home and auto supplies open this weekend hfittohu bring your car to us this weekend and let us give it a thorough washing greasing and winterizing greasing batteries isp top suit colour far faff tip tqk cu0theb inl ii fcij ra asa aatta ataamr aaaaal iqim canadas grtatist clothoig vauk cuts ciotm washing tires tire repairs recapping vulcanizing accessories tie tor cionus rut stmct clotms bob ridsdale rosedalef r i actons ultra modern service centre carrier ousw st and churchill bomi phonncv r acton i mmm x