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j t v thursday dbcembkr 8 1055 the acton free press acton ontario page fivb thank you many thanks to the people of acton for electing me to the puc for 1956 i will endeavor to serve you to the best of my ability to one and all a very merry christmas and happy and prosperous new year ray everdell always a smart gift this christmastime see our smart stock of mens dress shirts whtteorclored by bvd all sizes 350 to 995 store hours in december opetiuevery evening from december 16 to 24 open christmas eve until 9 pm hintons dept and 5c to 100 stores also open above hours eisens clothing store 4 mannings allsops entertain ligny farm forum j mr and mi j ausop enter tained lifprvy farm forum members at their home in puslinch on of jnday december 5- after the broadcast discussion and business an hour was enjofced playing euchre the lunch committee served a lovely lunch mrs a mckenzie has returned to her home again after treatment in toronto and milton hospitals wc wish her continued improve ment mr and mrs o brown erin with mr and mrs cliff brown spent sunday at burlington with mr and mrs clarence brown martin davenport fractured his right arm recently when he sup- iped getting on thtg tractor land wayne howden fractured his foot miss minnie nicklle made life member the wms and wa of rock- wood presbyterian church held their christmas meeting at the home of mrs nickel mrs freeman president presided the meeting opened with a poem followed by the christmas story of various scripture readings and christmas hymns mrs pearen read a christ mas story of meditation followed by the j t prayer read by mrs wm swanston miss minnie nickel 1 was made a life member the congregational supper and concert is to be held friday several items of business were discussed and the meeting closed with benediction after which a lovely lunch wail served rcavictortv thg bmuf antlr dtffthmht ffxcirincir svmwm townsman 2v wtmmfflmm better ays q y d ma 90 picture tob extra semitiviry and stability 3 better mghrow 4 totter contra g toner interlace 0 eoir tuning 7 totter sound 24995 in wolmt fini aaarcnjao aod bom t itighf extra cent comf in and testview this first 1956 rca victor today last square dance of first series in st albans hall friday dec 9 830 pm acton norval share honors in junior farmers hockey tilt acton and kfbrvat shared the honors at mondays junior farmer hockey games in milton arena ac ton defeated milton with a decisive 6 to 2 while norval eded out palermo 5 to 4 don matthews past president of the halton juniors coached the acton aggregation to their win this week mackenzie starred for tticm with two goals and one as sist while coon gotmh goal and one assist and somerviue two as sists tn the first period two goals for acton set the pace of the game they were scored by mackenzie from somerville and overland from mackenzie and somerville m tasker received a penalty for boarding in the frame miltons scoring duo of right winger mcdowell with his assists from centre g gillies accounted for miltons two goals one in the second and one in the third inn ing further counters for acton were credited to pootitt from xe- iblairw coon from footitt and mackenzie from coon a double major penally in the third inning saw lawson footitt g gillies and tasker temporarily embroiled later somervllle and t tasker took mjnor penalties the next game due to another game in milton arena on the usual monday date will be hold on fri day december 16 h s holden optometrist eyes examined glasses fitted 7 douglas st guelph manning electric christmas season family treat i big star riled ice show rhapsody on ice memorial gardens guelph wed thurs dec 28 ft 29 8 15 pm reserved red seats 2m reserved bine seats 150 rush seats 10a i mimimitmijiaimimi show many pictures at greenock school last friday evening many as sembled at greenock school whore mr and mrs henry hosteins show ed many beautiful pictures of their triji last summer to england scot land and kurope pictures from the shores of our own canada to vimy ridge of 1918 fame mrs gordon aitkens and her tal ented family entertained with sev eral musical numbers lunch was served by tlie womens institute members the previous friday evening the wi hold an entertaining benefit social at greenock school from whiel a neat yum was realized to toe presented to mrs leroy mcar- thur a polio victim in the neighbor hood wihom we arc glad to say is slowly improving dont be late because of lost keys ounce of prevention is subject for day always arfv extra kits keys silveravood womens institute members enjoyed demonstrations and a lecture given by miss grace hamilton on an ounce of prevention on thursday decem ber 1 the session started at ten oclock and in a most interesting and lively talk miss hamilton told of various accidents how they were caused and how to pre vent them if possible but if- acci dents do happen she gave many ideas for the tise of articles near at hand in the home the use of many types of bandages and the using of simple remedies she told of a simple homemade first aid kit to keep in ones car or truck which should contain some pappr naipkins gauze a triangle bandage large safely pins and an antisept ic such as iixlmo in capsule form the meeting was held at the home of mrs batkin and a box- lunohi brought by all members and tea served in the afternoon more bandag os were demonstrated when miss hamilton told of wounds incized which bleed freely lacerated where the flesh is torn and bruis ed and punctured caused by a sharp pointed object treatment for shuck is most important rem edies for other eanergencies were discussed many examples given and interesting stories told of her work particularly in the north country in connection with extens ion serv ices removal of splinters was shown the proper way to make a must ard poultice ard the treatment of various types of burns in which an abrasive typo of wound is also included many questions were an swered and all benefited greatly by this helpful afternoon in the absence of the president mrs march ington mrs w r nor ton the vicepresident thanked miss hamilton for uie pleasant day made is 1 minute w christmas store hours the following acton merchants will be open on the evenings of dec 16 to 23 until 9 pm holland shop watsons music store manning electric don s sexton acton home furnishings symon hardware mildred bell bob rljdsdale coopers drug store family outfitters braid a shoe store the kaye shoppe bonnie wee hat shop eisens clothing store hintons dept store hintons 5cl store gor0 mccutcheon baxter drugs gordons hardware the following merchonts will be open dec 16 17 and 23 until 9 pm bradleys meat market 3eorge benton franks grocery ledgers iga ovenette bakery ruddicics grocery marks grocery loveus meat market carrolls grand union staffetrs butcher consult the above merchant for christinas eve hoam u this notice is published for your shopping c by the chamber of commerce hintons 5c1 store base line marker unveiling sunday the unveiling of the marker for the base line where it crosses no 7 highway between eramosa and guelph townships will take place next sunday at two oclock de cember 1 1 it had been hoped tn have the ceremony last sunday but due to last minute arrangements that could not be completed a post ponement was necessary the marker is being erected by the guelph and eramosa townships and the wellington county histori cal research society jointly it is expected many officials from the two townships will be present sev eral taking a part in the brief cere mony including reeve david d gray eramosa and reeve robert palframnn guelph township utoka womens institute are serv ing coffee after the unveiling of the marker in eramosas no 1 school oh the eden mills road this insti tute group have kept the name utoka in memory for many years when it was all but lost to the pre sent generation the marker will have the name utoka on it as well as mention of the base line i mike coxe plumbing 6l heating 3 pc bathroom sets complete with canadian brats fittings 14550 modernize that old bathroom now i good tradein on your old fixture time payment plan american kitchen units buy now and save phone 25 acton challenge trophy for the best hogcarjass at the royal winte fair went to nassagaweya township this year as john w wilson rr 2 rockwood won the brethour trophy in competition for vvilfshire sides of bacon hogs the wilson farm is on the nassaga weya fifth line south of the speyside sideroad limehouse student teachers assigned to school mosms william crosslin and john curlew student unichers are stat ioned at ss no with air john allen this week we welcome imr ind tyirs wil liam hayes ami two ons to our neighborhood they have recently lived at inglowooct imr and mrs applctun f toronto visited thf mac cusworths recent ly teachers and pupils are practic ing for school and sunday coul concerts mr and mrs j a smcthurst and son john presently of islington soon moving to niagara falls vis ited his mother here on sunday rockwood big hockey night at mil ton arena milton intermediates card a combines vs barrie flyers jr a on monday december 12 830 pm door prize 2500 admission 50e get tickets from any of intermediate c players or canadian tire fred milk toletzfc billiards accident result of fog icy road as a result of fog and slippery road conditions early sunday morning miss kancy copp of guelph figured in a highway mis hap near the village her cm careened into a checkerboard tgn and guard rail sustaining some 100 damage miss cupp escaped injury raxaar well attended despite unfavorable weather saturday the annual bazaar and ton of the united chinch womans association was well attended in the town hall tables with var ious lines of noods bakins and household articles were well pat ronized bits ofeverkreen in win dows and along the walls present ed an inviting atmophere in ap proach to the christmas season some of the stores m town are fixed irp for uie approaching c hrisuiuui tradrr iletfetria market is all aroi with- the yar- iou lines rf finxl r for hniir- holders mr and mr- maurice hurd of weston were recont visitors witn mr and mrs geiirke dteyhe i miss connie stout nurse-in- training kingston general hos- pital arl her sister mrs mccrie of port credit visited with their parents mr and mrs frank j stout mr and mrs lloyd waddeu anil family visited the formers j parents in toronto recently parking bylaw given approval main street merchant james citmliit prescntil n petition to criietown euncil signed by well over 90 er cent of the mer chants located on main mill and wsleyan sis to have the two lour parkins limit bylaw strictly enforced during business hours in the streets mayor armstrong recalled that some time ago charles wray had approached council with a simil ar request but at that time it was the opinion of council that when the bylaw was strictly enforced it did not have the favor of all the businessmen but it now apcars that very nearly all the business men want its enforcement and if that is their deiire it should be was ttic stated opinion of the mayor he suggested that chairman of the police committee cr walter gray instruct the police that the bylaw limiting the hours of ikirking be enforced to the letter in order to do this a motion had to be presented to amend the pre sent parking bylaw drawing up the hours of enforcement of the twohour parking period to corres pond with die nhange in open night from saturday to friday night the motion passed unanim ously mr goodlet thanked council and in so doirg mentioned that never in hi cxjkrience haul a petition been so eagerly signed by every one approached because all mer chants realized that enforcing the parking bylaw rigidly was one way to alleviate the acute parking problem in the towns business section oalcville appoints new town manager line thotrsand when the question of the salary of- the town manager was brought ip at last weeks meeting of the oakville council c was that 9000 per annum was not too much fcr a man of sufficiently high calibre the councillors approved a mot ion to ippoint kenneth needham assistant town nunajjer of sarnia to the position of town manager at oekvtue at a salary at 9000 per annum payable monthly your holiday wearing apparel will look the best when cleaned with san i tone and presses by our experts free pkhup end delivery phone 128 acton i r i6 ops cash n cirry at 5 mill w puc chairman announces big water increase chairman gordon w eeavir of the trafajgar public utilities commission anrtourued a 20 per cent increase in water rateti effect ive december 1 mr leaver made his announce ment to the junior chamber at commerce civic nigt audience at trafalgar hall he said the com mission had ahorted the last raise we re lcentry conautn- inc eijht to rune million gallo of water per day be said when we use one and one half million gallons a day for 12s days we win be able to go to oakvjdle tor an adjustment he eplamed of the 3389350 canadians who paid personal incorrie tax in 1981 only 9200 had incomes of 23000 or more in the first seven otontha ot 1953 canadian impiorti totalled tzm null ion exports totaddjp4im mil- -4-