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j 1 thursday dboebber 1st h55 the acton free press acton ontario k page ftv skids striken tree approximately 250 damage was done to a car owned by joseph oravetz of hamilton on saturday morning mr oravetz was proceeding east along the no 10 sideroad nassaga- weya near the guelph line when his car skidded oh the ice enter ed the ditch and struck a tre on monday voti w wolfe for public school board a trustee en hie acton beard with six years expononco as a candidate for public school board i solicit your vote december 5 tom watson debating teams take different views t topic halton countys two debating teams met in two separate contests of wit and facts wednesday even ing waltons negatives debated in trafalgar hall while the affirmat ives crossed opinions in a school house near gait both spoke on the same question besolved that a poucxileslgned to encourage the establishment of larger farms would be in the best interests of ontario farmers haltons negatives spoke at the annual joint meeting of milton and trafalgar junior farmers in traf algar hall they are roy ford and loyd- davis they met the wat erloo affirmative team halton affirmatives george greenlees and mac sprowl met wa terloos negatives at the regular meeting of the north dumfries junior farmers marks and judges criticisms arej sent to toronto and totalled there there are 17 counties in the cur rent debating series plans for christmas made by knox cgit plans for christmas were evident at the meeting of knox church c git on monday norma sinclair conducted the worship servicer and after a hymn the scripture was read by kilo jany sharon gervais led in prayer during the business period the girls discussed having a lunch after the last meeting of each month norma sinclair and sharon gervais were chosen as lundh conveners the secretary read the report to he sent to the provincial secretary mrs d davidson explained the chritrnas vesper service and as signed parts the group decided to make felt animals and christinas stockings they made plans for lly christmas party and exchanged names your vote and influence respectfully solicited for r n brown for acton council 1956 3 years council experience vote i its your democratic privilege i ospmnge family farm tor 110 years mr errett and miss ada currie have sold their farm on the high way to mr and mrs william bfae- pherson of oakville the farm has been in the currie name for 110 years the next owners do not get possession until next november but will put in the soring crop bjrharofirsteele mr george l robertson and son lore of north bay spent the wsekend with mr and mrs george d robertson sunday visitors at the same home included mr and mrs william webb and family guelph township and mr and mrs hugh robertson arid family guelph mr and mrs murd mccutcheon and muriel attended the christening on sunday of terry son of mr and mrs murray mcmillan in donlands united church tjiornhill later they were guests at a turkey dinner held for the immediate families friends are sorry to learn mr ward bruce is confined to his home with jaundice mr and mrs gordon aitken motored to petrolia on saturday and visited with rev and mrs moorehouse and rev and mrs foreman who are visiting with their daughter and soninlaw mrs carl bannas of toronto spent a couple of days with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs vern on stewart mr bannas visited on sunday at the same home little beverly bruce daughter of mr andmrs byron bruce is con fined to her home with the measles on friday evening about 50 neighbors and friends gathered at the school to honor mr and mrs sy dcvrics on their recent marriage several games of cards were played with mrs g sunter and mr har old smith as high scorers miss shirley grundy read an address to thi- happy couple and messrs geirge grundy and barry clarke made the presentation of a washing machine both bride and eroom made fitting replies lund was served at the conclusion of an en joyable meeting sunday visitors with mrs m jackson included mr and mrs wilbert matthews guelph mr and mrs bert craig georgetown mr robert hunter erin misses elvena freda and margaret winter ous- tic and messrs murray millson guelph harry angus toronto mr and mrs k klooster and family attended the wedding of their spn jstyn to necllje span all ist on on friday fey neo the alley clowns con tinned in first place in the high school bowl ing league the downs took two games from the crewcuts but they were beaten for totals the hawk- eyes moved up into second place with two games and totals from the muckers the boys were not so superior last wednesday and al though mike hurst did have a 008 triple the girls stole the spotlight joy peal had a 634 triple which in cluded a 300 single while gayle hulford threaded a string of 236 247 218 for 701 warren wagner with 296 wayne currie 241 and bob landsborough with a 207 were the best tor the singles standings alley clowns 24 hawkcyes 17 crewcuts 16 and muckers 13 with christmas examinations starting on december 9 there will be no ahs news for the next two weeks the boys athletic society is now drawing up the schedule for their wjnter activities the first dance of the ahs square dance club will be held on friday evening au students are welcome and let us see everyone out je in erin twp council after public meeting bazaar tea plans made by cwl final arrangements were made for the bazaar and tea at the regu lar monthly meeting of the catholic womens league on tuesday even ing plans were also discussed for the christmas concert and welfare work in the society mrs k hef- fernan president conducted the meeting which was held at the home of mrs hartley coles tit was decided that there would be no meeting in december and the next meeting in january would he held in the church hall following the business period lunch was serv ed by the hostess and committee in charge everton at nrbmt strain rr 1 milton markers monuments cemetery lettering quotations by appointment phone milton tr 86522 campbeuville wms officers returned to post mrs roy parker was hostess to ilr womens missionary society on wednesday afternoon the presid ent miss simpson oened the meet ing with a call to worship hymn a7 vvissunn tile president read tlie scripture lesson from acts 17th ehaplcr lekiiiri at the 16th erse mrs e d malum followed with prayer the secretarys rowrt was civen by mrs r elliot mrs e mahon gave the treasurers re port reports were received from the different departmental secret aries the library secretary report- ed 28 parcels or cards and papers sent to formosa mrs greenlees in vited the ladies to an open meet ing of the mission band mrs l sharpe gave an interest ing report of the conference held in guelph a short time ago the motto was keep your candle borning mrs greenlees also gave a brief report on stewardship which was discussed at the conference the offering was received and dedicated by mrs m h mephail the present officers with one or two exceptions were reelected for 1966 the roll call was answered with the word worship after singing a hymn the meeting was closed with prayer by miss mcphail a social period followed which was enjoy ed by all christmas concert planning underway the dbildren of the sunday school have started practicing for their christmas entertainment on decem ber 16 there will also be a pot luck supper weekend visitors at the home of mr and mrs wesley li i lie and family were mr jim mooncy fer gus and mr john salmon bruce- dale mrs wesley lillie cliff and alan and miss ruth huntley visited on sunday with mrs lillies mother mrs a mcdonald dolly varden mr and mrs mcneil are leaving this week to spend the winter months in florida through the week visitors with mr and mrs albert ware were mr wallace shrive phil and buster rmkwood mr and mrs sandy mc donald mid gail georgetown mis betty hamilton joan and ted itlclpll miss donna bruce visited over the weekend with her cousin joan hamilton guelph mr ind mrs albert ware visited on saturday with mr and mrs charles mampacy rnckwood mr totn fountain toronto and miss joyce fountain guelph spent the weekend it the home of their parents mr and mrs charles fountain and family tuesday visitors with mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell were mr stewart tovell mrs david tovell and mm bill mogford toronto mr and mrs robert mccutcheon and dianne kitchener visited on friday with mr and mrs t d mc cutcheon mr t d mccutcheon has had tv installed recently mr ted jestin william bruce and charles fountain wen- deer hunting a couple of days last week in halton county mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell accompanied mr and mrs robert patten anjd family guelph on sunday and visited mr altons aunt mrs wilkerson at burlington erin township nominations were held in the town hall hillsburgh on friday afternoon november 25 with a good attendance including reeve gray and deputy reeve cox of eramosa township and reeve leitch of erin village the members of the council gave brief reports of the work done on the township roads in 1955 in their respective divisions reeve griffin gave a summary of the work done on the county road system during the year also men tioning t- new addition being built to the county court house guelph tlys year the reeve also touched briefly on the township finances stating that on january 1 1955 there was 6267400 of overdue tax es with bank loans of 2900000 outstanding the council after much consider ation decided to collect the 1955 taxis in two instalments the re sults were gratifying enabling the council to pay all bank loans and meet all further obligations with out borrowing any more money they were also able to reduce the mill rate for township purposes from 17 mills in 1954 to 12 mills in 1955 in closing the reeve stated that he felt the year had been very suc cessful which was only made pos sible by the splendid cooperation of all mejinlkns at the council the township officials and the ratepay ers the council was all returned by acclamation except john baldwin who resigned his place will be filled by r m barden hillsburgh the council will be as follows reeve h i griffin deputy reeve george c wallace council robert rowan hoy ferguson and r m barden surprise party held for eden mills pair this christmas give youll enjoy gift- at eisen s where the selection is complete e iisefcls all christmas gifts boxed in gay gwft containers limehouse assessors of county meet on friday a guup of wi ladies catered for a hot roast beef dinner on friday for 20 assessors of the county in cluding a number of our township council mrs e sanford attended the royal winter fair as a guest being a 4h club leader and mrs f t c brown also attended mr frank petch conducted an auction of household goods for mr william gordon on saturday mrs e kam was hostess for a plastic demonstration on friday evening mrs newby demonstrat ing congratulations to our local members of council each receiving an acclamation mr walter linham is now reeve and mr campbell sin clair a councillor for 1956 i a surprise party was given in honor of mr and mrs stanlcv i wilson on die invaqnn of tin n yoth weddlllg tnlli veisary on nov en2er 19 at tin home- of mr a i mrs heiierl gilbertson ediii mills an address had iwon prwrd nd was read by mrs herbert tlil- ixrtson which is is follows we feel we have had true fellowship nd help m ail church and com munity activities with both of you and we do hope that you will have many years togeilher with good health and that they will be ful filled with continued happiness and prosperity mrs wilson was given a large box of dhoclates and mr wilson a tin of tobacco and as well an attractive kitchen clock friosc present wore mr and mrs wm mclean mr and mrs rob boy mrs katie gilbentson mr and mrs jack milne mr and mrs donald clark mr and mrs j d lowric mr and mrs william wilson mrs anna coulson mr and mrs robert wright mr and mrs william gilbertson mr d mcdougl mr and mrs jam- blacklqck mr wd mrs william mino mr and mrs ray gordon mr and mrs lindsay tolton and mr and mrs wilkie wilson progressive euchre was played theorize winners being mrs katie gilbertson mrs w gilbertson mrs w wilson and bob wright later in th evening a delicious lunch was served and mr and mrs wilson received the many congratulations of their friends who had planned the happy even ing for them obituary ballinafad farmec for several years a farmer in the georgetown and bnllinfod district for many years john barnes 86 died at his home in norval on saturday november 19 mr barnes was born on a farm at calcdon and was the son of may- mon and elisabeth wilson barnes his family moved to georgetown district when he was a boy after his manriags to francea ruddell they farmed near bjriuna- fad then later moved four miles south of georgetown where his son frank now operates the farm he retired and moved to norval in 1930 his wife died in 1945 and a son gordon many years ago surviving are hisdaughtef bertha son frank seven grandchildren and one great granddaughter and two- sisters mrs h cunningham elizabeth and mrs j n ruddell hannah rev w e gill conducted the funeral service in georgetown on november 22 with interment in hiilcrest cemetery norval pall bearers were nephews frank new- ion and frd ruddell robert cun ningham tansley barnes milton and john sutton hillsburgh obituary was shpe merchant here many years a shoe mertihant in acton for many years john kenney jntssed away at uie flynn nursing home acton on thursday november 24 he and his bro ther had the shp which is ii o w braidas shoe store he was a past mas ter and grand st w ii rnl of walker lodge a f and a m ami a marinic j krnnry memorial ser- ie was held at tile itlllllley fun eral home on friday evenmj the funeral service there on saturday afterno n was coildiutcd by rev r h armstrong and largely attended by relatives and friends palltiearers were h l ritchie earl cooper r ii elliott s snow l mullin and a c patterson in- tcrment followxl in fairview ce metery- mr kenney was born in acton in 1863 the son of the late eliza murphy and john kenney who came from ireland he was mar ried in acton and his wife the former barbara nickel prede ceased him a son linton also pre deceased mr kenney while two sons remain lloyd of montreal and telford of toronto mr ken ney had been making his in guelph with his niece ada irving homo mrs rockwood tea bazaar held by wa halton nominations nelson township all by acclamation reeve harold ad kins deputyreeve fred walker ward one loron laing ward two warren mcniven ward three walter w chadwick ward four john mccormack i ward five harold stewart school trustees- ewart mckin- j non and ms norma dobson interurban area water board ward one a thorpe ward two paul fisher ward three r j 6mith trafalgar township 1 election december 3 reeve robert marshall accll deputy reeve donald h w bath mrs e maude miller ward one ernest henderson jack rylance william george i the wa of st johns church booth i held a successful tea and bazaar in ward two william g a pea- the wa met at the home of mrs j the parish hall last friday evening t cock fred j near a c patterson on tuesday evening there was a good attendance and ward three harry sewell ed- congratulations to mr and mrs tables with various articles for sale gar g- bulmer mac cusworth on the arrival of a wc well jiatroni the hall has i ward fmrmi i i t crutcher tntii hosrn5eenftxed up with a new hard- laccl guelph on tuesday of last wood floor sanded and oiled which ward five frederick wm gill will make it more comfortable over i francis a phillips a calder baptized susanne the cement bottom also a new public school board for two infant daughter of mr and cupboard has been fixed up in the termi ross ecampbell don- pital week rev- ma rie mrs newton ruddell at the regular service last sunday mr w 1 newton ofbarrie visit ed his mother and miss ivens on saturday mrs ellen wiley of toronto spent last week with her sister mrs g sinclair who has been confined to bed for the past month mr and mrs ross patterson of young folks rockwood and mr and mrs roy mckeown and bobby of burlington were sunday visitors with the a c pattersons and mrs sinclair i aid e orr acc public utilities for two year term leaver face c mmiss ioner gordon w vestry room of the church weekend visitors mr and mrs george waller of listowel mr and mrs eddie gray former ly of toronto members of mr and mrs r h esquesing township robinson family toronto with mr reeve walter linham accll and mrs j a little and mrs bel j deputyreeve george currie as a result of the cold snap accl rl were noticed skating j councillors wilfred bird camp- on the river adjoining the highway i bell sinclair spencer wilson late tuesday afternoon i aoci since their arrival home from a public school area board r j five months visit in england rev cunningham verron jacobs clar- james neave is confined to hospital ence coles accli in 1939 it cort 29 million to run in guelph with bronchial pneumon- the cbc today 35 million it costs more than in his rnany friends wish him a speedy recovery tt esquesing citizens walter linham george currie reeve deputyreeve spencer campbell wilfred y wilson sinclair bird councillors for the year 19s6 1 i would like to express their thanks to the ratepayers lzofjnkoiaipoie4jie48niuto acdaflnatien to office nassagaweya township reeve archie service accll councillors j chisholm j s norriah avp milne c service aocli- school board stan robinson bert walden horaceblth accll erin township reevejh l griffui deputyreeve george c wal lace j council robert rowarr roy ferguson r m barden aujnafao wa bazaar euchre among weeks news the w a held a very successful bazaar in the basement of the church dn saturday afternoon re alizing a nice sum the hall board eld a euchre ta the hall on friday night high scoress mrstf smith a jamie given mr wiuetta- and wood snow klji