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tjsttttni btop5as fciwasjiriisi-lliwiiiv- pack four the acton free press acton ontario thursday february lb ik -hi4- t t1 halfor unit gives re fslrabieshhere urges caution by nell spring is fast approaching and so is the time for a spring concert flay practices have commenced but no glee club work has begun no date has been set as yet but we hope that it will be in a short time we hope that it will be as suc cessful as last year hut it will be hard to do if we have one last friday evening the fourth square dance was held and proved to be as good as the others but there could be a greater attend ance two teachers have been away due to sickness lost week mrs reed and bliss gruber were absent with mrs buchanan pinch hitting for them the boys athletic society held a meeting last week to talk of the el ection of a new president the for mer president has found fit to discontinue his education so that is why the election is necessary order payment on council bills at monday nights regular meet ing of council the following regular and special account bills were pass ed for payment j goy cartage hauling 3625 whithorns garage fins oil etc mdse 14318 acton free press printing advertising 7702 rfll telephone fi with full sk arrt white acton puc hydro accts rosedale serv centre acct e van norman labor mat erials etc l w agar coal acton woodcrafts mdse barnard stamp and stencil ltd badges pedlar people ltd signs addrcssograph m u 1 1 i- graph frames cnbl maintenance cros sing prot toths garage gas oil bat tery municipal world mdse t cutting hauling snow o brown hauling snow j mclntyre hauling snow arrnco drainage and met- a prod pipe j newton mileage re train ing school safety supply co cylind ers halton county mutual aid assoc annual dues c e hickey sons mdse symon hdwe mdse thompson fuel serv acct l garner motors acct- bowman black a shoema ker- re acton annexation j ridley hauling snow thompson motors acct grants motors gas repairs ont prov police salaries 54366 8 20 12907 8740 1482 2978 470 1852 1 12222 250 316 1050 875 2750 7110 1200 700 1000 999 150 11772 185 106240 1050 10105 835 112386 hockey schedule put askew by soft ice fair weather in wintertime may be all right on the fuel bills ijut it does the hockey schedule no good soft ice last friday caused a post ponement of a scheduled junior d game here between the local crew and elmira this game would have been the last of- the schedule skating has been cancelled this saturday night and the acton-el- mira game win be played in the arena on that evening dates for playoffs haye not yet been releas ed vows said in german at united church a pretty wedding ceremony con ducted in german with prayers said in english united in marriage last saturday afternoon august lippensky and rudolf ine burgmul- ler daughter of mr and mrs kurt burgmuller acton the groom son of mrand mrsj- august lippensky austria has been in canada two weeks while is bride came here four months go from austria the ceremony was conducted by rev gordon adams in acton un- i ited church the bride given in marriage by her father wore a traditional floor length gown of white satin and lace with bouffant skirt her veil fell from a floral coronet and she car ried a whjte bouquet mrs eileen saits guelph was matron of honor she wore a street i length dress of black and white j the halton county health unit this week announced that to date no cases of rabies infection have been reported either in animals or hum ans in halton county for the moat part cases reported in recent months have been from areas north of lake simcoe however they warn since foxes range over large sections of the country there is always the possi bility of the infection spreading more extensively in southern on tario they have therefore submit ted the following recommendations for controjl 1 abnormal behavious in foxes or other animals should be treated with suspicion foxes suffering from rabies often- appear quite tame the discovery of sick or dead wild animals should be reported as soon as possible 2 regulations under the public health act require reporting to the medical officer of health of bites by animals suspected of having rabies prompt medical attention should be given 3 the vaccination of dogs and cats with the newly developed rabies vaccine is an effective means of breaking the chain of infection from rabid wild animals to dogs or cats and to hu 4 having pets vaccinated against rabies by the veterinary practition er is a wise precaution especially if the animals may be taken into in fected areas hunting dogs should receive the vaccine personal nptest of acton ians visiting outpftown points and of visitors in acton homes chestgrowsto459 for merchants draw acton merchants saturday draws for treasure chest winnings con tinue to attract crowds downtown as the weekly pot continues to in crease in value this saturday is worth 459 last saturday mrs alien green won 4338 on a 10 per cent cou pon plus 5 for identifying the merchant of the week mr and mrs fred anderson visited on saturday in london with mr j h taylor and family mr and mrs j krapek spent the weekend in huntsville and attend ed the wedding of the formers sis ter mr and mrs bud rick- sons james and dennis of hamilton were weekend visitors at the ken hulfords ballinafad ies groomsman was siegfried saits guelph george elliott played the orfinn while soloist was miss evelyn goodwin following the ceremony twenty- five guests gathered at the guelph home of the groomsman for a recr eption mr and mrs lippensky will live at 133 crescent acton old first railroad open in gone 1874 petitcodiac nb cp the petit- codiactoelgin railway line which traces its history back to the days of wflgdburning engines and pot bellied smokestacks is being torn up the line built by c h hallett many attend the presentation in erin several from here attended the presentation held in erin for mrs rge scott jlmm ie tanachaf lie who are leaving the farm and mov ing to erin mr albert mcbride i acted as chairman mrs morris teeter read an address and they 1 were presented with a chrome kit chen table and chairs a wrist watch j to jimmie and a ring to charlie ah made nice replies thanking the group for their gifts the evening was spent in dancing to music by mr and mrs ernie and jesse mc- enery the w 1 packed five large box es of clothing on wednesday after noon two went to greece and three to the scott mission in tor onto the evening auxiliary held their february meeting at the home f mrs leo jamieson they are busy getting up a short play mission band was held at the home of mrs ernie mcenery on sunday mrs fran smith spent a few s388806 lakrvirm water accounts younge const no 2 shov el industrial sand gravel road material j b mackenzie and son ajax engineers ltd rental of compressor highway garage gas oil acton puc hydro re thaw ing pipes robert h const co can johns manville co ppe cn valve a hydrant j ridley hauling mueller ltd mdse t cutting hauling symon hdwe mdse acton motors gas etc acton woodcrafts mdse iles cc oil etc 1247 can brass co mdse 14985 42500 860 540 3000 1410 6000 43329 45520 4690 3093 1400 923 1398 4910 who became the first manager was officially opened in 1873 when hun- days last week visiting her diuirli drods of elgin residents made the i tor mrs swan and other relative return trip clutched firmly to seats in hamilton tj- il open flat cars i mr gordon chambers of boisse- in 188a the line was extended to vain manitoba spent the weekend havelock where the train left in the morning arriving at elgin at noon and returning to havelock late in trie afternoon it was sold by amos killman to a with his aunt and uncle mr and mrs robert mcenery the sudden passing of mr john mcdowell was quite a shock to the community as he was coming along missionary council day observed here last sunday was womens mis sionary council day across canada in churches of the pentecostal as sembly of canada here the day was marked at acton pentecostal assembly with ladies of the local wmc in charge of the morning service the pastors wife mrstk reid brought the message gods will ior each life the wmc chorus workers together with god was sung by the group mrs arthur cook read the song service and mrs robert brown led the chorus es mrs thomas mccutcheon led in prayer and she and mrs brown also sang a duet mrs harvey nor ton pianist read a poem the of fertory prayer was given by mrs alfred knechtel some numbers on the program were omitted as several ladies were unable tobe presents due to thej recent snowstorm at the last meeting february 9 plans were made for quilling two quilt tops recently made other donations of articles for missionar ies were broiigtft in and forwarded to toronto head- office for outgoing missionaries- the group had pre viously sent boxes to missionaries in japan and northern ontario british company tor 40000 and a j nicely jpllowing his operatjefgranrtrnothers and historical meet- 175805 j lake view sewer account e bra ida shoe store hip rubbers 1150 gordons hdwo re frice house- 6355 sam derosa v sons re blasting operations 115595 year later in 1918 itwas taken over j eral services were held on monday by the federal government the line operated until the board of transport commission recently authorized abandonment following a meeting in moncton in recent years it was used principally to carry beef potatoes lumber christmas trees and manga nese greenock wi plans tart social lunch to be served by men the february meeting of green ock wl was held t the home of mrs william johnston with mrs e patterson presiding and 19 ladies in attendance scripture was read by mrs a thompson the minutes and treas urers report were read by mrs e johnston since the last meeting six card tables had been purchased to aid in games at social evenings at the school items of business were discussed including plans for a tart social on february 17 when miss mary reid will show pictures of her recent trip to the west coast lunch is to be served by the men plans for the march meeting mr and mrs f j mccutcheon visited in london for a few days last week with mr and mrs har vey mccutcheon and family mr and mrs j william ballentine attended the funeral of the late mrs sam mcciure of claude at the mcclure funeral home brampton on tuesday february 14 mr and mrs afred long and miss hildagard long of toronto visited over the weekend with mr and mrs a- r long and family on the occasion of mr and mrs longs 49thwedding anniversary we regret any embarrassment to mr and mrs sam brunelle when a misunderstanding caused an item to be published that they had been away in florida they were here in the cold with the rest of us acton agricultural society sent three delegates to the meetings of the ontario association of agricul tural societies held last week in london voting delegates from here were the fair president mr smith griffen the secretary treasurer mrs c w swackhamer and mr swackhamer kerrigan chiropractic- office 6 john st acton open dahyy93am to 500 pm 1 monday wednesday and friday evenings until 9 free consultation for appointments call 350 acton oha junior d hockey postponed game acton arena saturday i feb 18 830 pm admission adults 50c children loc acton vs elmira i baptist conference reported to circle from the wpddell funeral parlors he leaves to mourn his loss his wife one son elliott and two grand sons and four granddaughters in terment was made in erin cemet ery pallbearers were d gibson alex jackson william kirkwood i spoke on why i mi proud to be a john kirkwood roy ferguson and canadian speaking of our von- ing were also made to be held at4- the home of mrs r mckeown when members are asked to come at noon and bring lunch to pool pre vious to the meeting reports of standing committees were interesting mrs hemsley i william sinclair r t5 irc5 b8ft2taac2s federation plans safe driving rallies throughout the provinces intensification of the ontario fed eration of agricultures provincial policy of safer driving on rural roads was indicated today by lloyd jasper president of the 200- 000 member farm organization 123100 letter to the editor iode group thanks paper for coverage february 10 1956 editor acton free press dear mr oills on behalf of the members of the duke of ivvonshire chapter io dx we wish to extend ourthanks to you for your splendid coverage given our meetings in your paper yours truly mildred i long 1 corresponding secretary trta renewed effort to help re in almost every county in the pro duceautomobile accidents on rural vince on february 20 ontario pro- roads the ontario federation of vincial police have been given the 1 green light by attorney general ro- ivr c v r berts to be suest speakers at each i of the 42 county meetings i prizes will be awarded at the ral lies to those farm organizations turning in the best report on sug- gestions for eliminating the human j and physical hazards to safe driving i ip their districts it is expected that j many of the rallies will pass res- olutions on rural auto driving for presentation to the provincial gov ernment responsible farm citizens can no longer ignore the fact that almost twothirds of the accidents in ont ario occur in the rural areas mr- jasper said it is shocking to rral- derful canada and its citizens ev en the wi had its origin in our own canada mrs near spoke on our democratic waysi mrs pearen told of the first train through guelph just 100 years ago poem musical number mrs c allan and mrs r mc- keown took over for the home ec- agnculture has proclaimed febru- onomics and health program a ary 20 to 25 as rural safe driving i beautiful poem was read bv mrs week to launch the week of safej barnes musical numbers were giv- i planning is already under- 1 by three tiny girls gail dunn i donna fay and joanne the motto as thitwomeiis mission circle of the baptist church hold the febru- ary meeting at the home of mrs g j wagner wellington st the meet- j ing opened with the singing of a hymn and prayer by the president mrs h helwig mrs c landsborough and mrs dunk had charge of the devotional mrs dunk read the scripture mrs landsborough gave a summary of the chapter stressing the need of losing ourselves in work for the master mrs chapman gave a com prehensive report of the conference which was held in first baptist church guelph mrs landsborough read excerpts from the canadian baptist regard ing the new work that has begun in angola minutes of the last meeting were read and approved after a season of prayer and singing of a hymn the meeting closed with prayer d3 mrs coster- us a social hour followed with mrs chapman and mrs tripp as tea hostesses miss jessie coles moved a vote of thanks to mrs wagner foi the use of her home for the 1 aspirin week coopers drug store fhone87 acton wwwwwwww driving way throughout ontario towards ho huge safe drlvingrallies mckeown he- think in hlsrb plaque is memorial to mission helpers london i cp engraved on a plaque unveiled recently at cronjm memorial church here are the nam es of three london women who in- i il i f mliiii iiiii wide basis of the womens auxiliary to the missionary society of the aftfucan church of canada lira harrison tilleymra james banning richardson and mrs michael boomer sponsored in 1888 the resolution that women auxfi- tariea to the church of england in canada should unitai the three began womens mission ary work at cronjm memorial church in 1874 j says girls here dontappreciate big advantages toronto cp a teenager born in poland who recently arrived here says she finds canadian girls selfish and stuckup all they seem to be interested in is how beautiful they are and how man dates they have in a week blueeyed kempa kaziemera 18 said iii an interview they are much too stuck on themselves the slender blonde employed as a stenographer said they would do better to appreciate more how lucky they are- to have been born in a free country at an age when canadian young sters have no worse problems than a broken toy or a lost piece pf candy kempa was she said struggling to keep alive taken from hei home in poland as a babv she spent her first few vears in a siberian slave camp diet- j rur are there are many more ing on bread potatoes and water f j sp unreported to she said heart so is he was taken by mrs william johnston who used ex cerpts from a talk previously given bv padre w a young of the oa c mrs c allan gave a talk on pine and needles mrs r mckeown con ducted a demonstration on the making of tissuepaper red roses current events were given- by mrs w cole mrs mckeown spoke on why there is a national health week a game my last will and testa ment created much laughter all enjoyed a social time together when the hostess andher assistants serv ed a delicious lunch i k- u i lakeside i ode plans lie- that in 1954 a total of 783 per- i i sous or two a day were killed in iffiina dmrnctriirn accidents in the rural areas of ont- vnina lemonstrahon ario and properly damage arising j arrangements were completed out of these accidents exceeded 16 j tuesday evening by the lakeside million these figures do not take chapter of tho i ode to hold a into account those who uere dis abled those who were kept from earning a normal living and the staggering medical costs which this involved j on the basis of government fig- i ures mr jasper continued it j appears that almost 100 accidents a day occur in therural areas of ont- i ario we all know that in some cbtna demonstration in april oral norton presided at this regular meeting in the parish hall mary hinton took over for the an nual meeting when reports were heard from all conveners and a list of officers announced for 1956 a film from an oil company on the four seasons was enjoyed and lunch was served the police j of course not all farm chiropractic office herechafigesowners j v turner no i an mrrn people i w is slrl responsible for these aceidems- dark cold barracks and mean ugly mr j s but whether rnl ptd ffl u werc xolved or hot the dr j w kerrigan has purchased ueat utile ennartn fac plains tnat our roads in the the chiropractic office formerly op- i rural areas are taking a serious toll erated here by dr d j armstrong in life property damage persona dr kerrigan who attended the disability and medical expense j university of virginia and is a the ontario federation of ag- graduate of the canadian memorial ricolture mr jasper stated is i chiropractic college has been in duty bound to offer its cooperation i private practice in massachusetts it tie children when in 1w2 the western powers persuaded the soviet government to release imprisoned polish women and children she was shipped to iran and then from one childrens camp to another i went to india egypt and then i with the provincial covernmmta i rj to england where i found my first i other y lll to ollowmg hut gratunvt- home kempa said ttherv i learn ed ray parents had been killed by the communists and an knglish family adopted me y that accidents hot only in the rural areas but in u of ontario are pared down from the figures which i have notei i ion in 1950 he served four years in the us air force during the war and one and a half years in the massachus- etts national guard clearance mens and boys 50k sale wear j nd more when you consider our everyday low prices which by yourcomparison are always as low or lower than city department store prices than consider our further reduc tions for this sale of 204050 and even less than half price you know you are getting genuine bargains that are just too good to pass up these items will not last longso shop early v boys pullover sweaters long sleeves siies s m l sale price vrv 127 sizes 8 to 14 97c boys tee shirts long sleeves stripes years sale price boys ski caps fur trimmed lined sizes 6 to 6 sale price 137 and 87c just a few gauntlets and mitts priced to clear boys combinations wool and cotton and plum cot ton sizes 20 to 34 sale price 147 boys vests or drawers just a few sale price 67c candies humbugs family mixture gum drops jelly beans fruit drops peanut satins pure butterscotch ie lowest prices in town allior29clb toe genuine 7 saratoga potato chips sale price 15c regular price oooh i to clear odd lines 50c balls wool 39c crochet cotton sale price 19c lifebuoy soap sale price 5ccalce regular price aheml mens wool lined mitts heavy sale price 67c mens dress gloves leather limed sale price 177 mens ski caps lined sale price 137 and 97e mens dress scarves white silk sale price 77c rayon knit sale price 97c m pyjamas wa s b c 197 e sale price turnbulls mens underwear over 50 off to clear mens combinations plum cotton wool and cotton etc sale price 24 mens cotton shirts sale price 87c drawers sale price 97c mens wool and cotton shirts or drawees sale price t 249 mens wool and cotton shirts sale price 149 mens f l s or drawer saleprice 149 mens flannel shirts terrific value at sale prices of mens work socks grey good weight exceptional value 297 and 197 sale price pair 59c i ix j