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thursday july ttk 19s6 the acton free press acton ontario page mn want ads vacation time b1ere start right with clothes freshly cleaned and pressed in our most modern dry cleaning plant phone 128 acton phone acton free pickup and delivery bauinafad farm union meeting picnics of interest farm union local 138 held their monthly meeting on thursday night in peacock school the pres ident elwood snow presiding minutes of the last meeting were approved as read several items of business were dealt with it was decided to invite an mp from ei ther halton or wellington to speak at the next meeting everyone was sorry to learn of mr ralph carberrys accident he is in toronto hospital we all wish him a speedy recovery peacock school picnic was held at stanley park on thursday the children presented their teacher miss jill millar who is leaving with a nice pair of bedroom lamps blue mountain school picnic was held on friday at the school the sunday school picnic was held on saturday at waterfalls playground mr charles reddy and miss marjone burton of sudbury spent the week with the latter s parents mr and mrs d burton mr and mrs lawrence holden of copper cliff spent a few days with mr and mis arnold mcenery mr and mrs gordon chambers of boissevain manitoba called on friends in ballinafad on monday quality dairy products serving acton amd district for over 30 years we invite inspection of our dairy plant at any time visit our new modern dairy bar masales dairy ltd phone 74 acton 243 main st n paftk dcig massing police applications will be received by the undersigned for the position of probationary constable in the georgetown police department applicants are to give full particulars as to education health marital status and police experience if any probationary period will be 6 months starting salary 270000 per year duties to begin august 1st 1956 applications to be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked police application and are to be in the office of the undersigned not later than 400 pm july loth 1956 john d kelly jp clerictre orton school pupils appear on tv during bus tour thirtyfive pupils from mimosa and orton schools enjoyed a bus tour last friday the two- teachers mrs win elgie and miss june mc kay assisted by mrs wm nevills mrs leslie jackson and mrs ken nevills supervised the trip the bus was very capably driven by leo lyons of erin who showed every consideration for the children such as driving around one or two blocks in the busy city so that the child ren didnt have to cross the street after leaving the bus their first stop was at the ford plant at oakyille then the parlia ment buildings then riverdale park where they ate their lunch and rest ed before going through the zoo from there they went to the mus eum then suverwoods dairy and then to cblt where children all appeared on tabloid at 7 oclock at malton airport they watched sev eral large planes land and leave then a weary troupe journeyed home thrilled with their big day the teachers are to be compliment ed on the conduct of the children who all marched in double file and seldom vas a child seen out of place weekend visitors with mr and mrs herb lush were mr and mrs tom cook and mr and mrs ben marchman all of toronto miss pauline culley and mr and mrs gerald culley of toronto spent the weekend with their parents rev ewart and mrs culley mr and mrs chester shaw and boys oftoronto visited sunday with mr and mrs ken nevills sunday visitors with mr and mrs earl hooper were mr and mrs mcbahn and family of toronto mr and mrs ross ballentine and bobby of acton called on friends in the village on monday mr and mrs russel woods and boys of belwood spent sunday with mr and mrs j b kurd mr and mrs don watson and children of sudbury spent a few days last week with the formers parents mr and mrs les watson and laveme mr and mrs harvey dearing at tended the wedding of mr reggie shaw at newmarket last saturday congratulations are extended to reg a former orton boy school closed friday afternoon with a joint picnic of orton and mimosa schools at mimosa the afternoon was spent playing ball and a few contests followed by hot dogs and pop for all rev ewart culley left sunday af ternoon for bolton where he intends helping with the summer camp mr clifford stauffer visited sun day with mr and mrs art turner st johns united church mission band under the leadership of mrs culley and mrs till finished their classes for the summer with a pic nic and veiner roast at elora gorge park on saturday afternoon mrs john watson spent a day last week with her mother mrs- mclaughlin the ninth line mr and mrs jack hayward and family visited during the holiday with mrs thos hayward mrs till and david churchill mr nealand holds his first service mr nealand held his first services in our community on sunday congratulations to mr and mrs ron saunders on the arrival of their new son mr and mrs- archie kerr were at the kijching- watson ttunion on saturday in kincardine the carson reunion was held at the home oy mr and mrs a kerr on monday rockwooo record number at jitney night the rockwood laxvn bowling club is enjoying its best season of bowling the club has 20 paid up members with a good possibility of more vet they are hoping that several ladies will take part in this sport last week four ladies show ed up for the special indies night during the jitney games on tues day president ross gordon brought the members up to dat on club in formation regarding the new pump umehouse presentations to teachers pupils highlight of picnics xcellent red poll cows judging mr coulson and leonard coulson gave the official placings members adjourned to the house for the business meeting where j e whitolock discussed their quiz papers after a delicious lunch the meeting was adjourned sandy hep burn thanked mr and mrs coul ter and family and all the others who had made the meeting a suc cess campbell viue reliable taxi 24 hours a day phone 430 promptness is a kevnote of our service were as close as the phone i coffee and smacks to take out we delivbl fish and chips ourspecialty 9 main st acton family picnic held onholidayweekend a very enjoyable picnic was held july i in the gardens of mr and mrs c w mason the occasion was a gettogether of mrs masons family those present were mr and mrs j gordon ramsden keith and dawn of scrnnton penn mr and lwrjsl- howard x switier and craigof hillsburgh mr aild mrs l r mcgill and helen jim and cathy of owen sound mr and mrs george g switzer bob blame and kay of toronto and mrs e walters of london members judge red poll cows thursday evening of last week 25 members of the halton beef tt and dual purpose calf club met disposal of the old pump painting i home ot roy cou and fence and stops the new sign etc campbellville to judge four at the jitneys on tuesday jol- lent red poll cows after the members took part a record num ber for one evening those play ers taking home the pickles as prizes were harvey laverty 2 wins 12 geo perry 2 wins 11 fred al ton 2 wins 9 rev dilts 2 wins 9 and ross gordon 2 wins 3 the members decided to hold the postponed district mens doubles at rockwood on monday july 9 at 7 pjn rockwood went down to defeat against the guelph 10man team on wednesday june 27 in the inter- county league guelph received 95 points against rockwoxxts 72 the rockwood rinks competing were altonkelson maltbyj gray vin- centd gray daybacn and mc- leandarou the guelph skips were messrs kafalas moore gor don robinson and brown rock wood journeys to georgetown this wednesday night for their next game dominion day passed off quietly here schools closed last friday for the summer holidays examinations are over and results will be awaited in hopes of passing on to higher grades students of gcvi have been free of their studies for the past two weeks mr and mrs thos c winlow of wheatley were weekend guests of mr and mrs george day and fam ily mrs roy kirvan and children of hamilton spent a few days with her father mr stewart s royce miss ivy collinson returned home the first of lastweek from calgary where she had been looting after interests of her late brother who passed away last year in the absence of mr douglas black who conducted services at cnefr last sunday mr albert cook of waterloo conducted the service at the presbyterian churcti here sun day- morning mr jack barlows new garage and service station is nearing comple tion the brickwork on th new tele phone building is retting up over the doorways and windows congratulations to mr and mrs everton li ttsfcmr and fori galore i the big ones ho got awby last year are still there its handy to go after them by bus north bay 1535 parry sound 12 20 huntsville 1065 round trip by bus see your local agent for au bus travel infodmation missionary service held at st davids on sunday evening a special missionary service was held in st davids church with representatives from the wms blair evening auxiliary girls group and mis sion band the speaker rev christian cos- terus who is preparing for mission ary service in formosa gave a very interesting address on the work in som of these foreign countries mr costerus was bom in china and lived their for eighteen years the mission band gave the special music and led in the singing of the hymns help for refugees mrs wallace king was hostess to the womens missionary society on wednesday afternoon miss simpson opened the meeting with a poem the devotions were in charge of th the devotions wore in charge of the president and mrs a t moore mrs r b elliot gave the secret arys report and the financial report port was given by mrs e d wahon mrs mnzios reported five letters having been written and read some thank you notes also one call for the welcome and welfare work mrs g mcphail reported for the bale which goes m september the library secretary mrs crawford reported having sent six pounds of christmas cards to mrs dickson the senior grades at ss no 9 and a few of their parents were en tertained at a picnic at the cottage of mr allen their teacher for the past year at terra cutta on thurs day about forty attending after lunch of sandwiches cookies and pop the children enjoyed a hike over the hills and later swimming and boating later inmhc afternoon they enjoyed cocoa sundaes and pie on behalf or his pupils mr allen was picscnted with a pen in remembrance of his teaching days hen- by peter eccles the junior grades with some of then parents held their picnic at the home of mr and mrs newton ruddell about fifty attending on thursday afternoon after an af ternoon of games lunch of salads and ice cream was enjoyed on be half of her pupils mrs wilson their teacher was piesenteov with a gift of jewellery by joan kier alex eecus leading the address each year the limehouse avo- mens institute provides books as prizes for punctuality cleanliness and regular attendance at ss mo 9 winners were gloria latimer andjoe brooks and in the junior- room were betty ann brown and alex eccles dorothy kirkpatrick is spending a couple of weeks holidays with her sister mrs calvin mcdonald at elm wood we regret the sheldon lows removal from the village but wish them happiness in their new home in georgetown mr john allen teacher of the senior room jit ss mo 9 last year will he entering the toronto teach ers college in september and mrs wilfred wilson teacher of the jun ior room will teach in wainfleet we wish both luck in their new fields of endeavour mr and mrs frank anthony of shakespeare were recent visitors with the joe anthonys and other relatives mr and mrs thos ivens and family of toronto visited with miss ivens and mrs newton mrs gearey and little daughter of toronto are holidaying with friends here mr and mrs w greenlees misses marianne and lois and mr william elliott of campbellville with the a bentons annual picnic held at mount pleasant the playground at mount pleas ant ss no 8 nnssngnwcyal school was the scene of the annual picnic on the night of june 28 the event was a happy one and well attended by adults as well as pupils and preschool agers quite a few babies slept peacefully through it everyone carried home a souvenir of a merry time the teacher mrs paul arranged and conducted ev ents assisted by several members of the community itunning races wore won and seconded by the following children joan ogorman and carol thoin- mcqjicheonjleunion held at the breezes the mccutcheon reunion was held saturday at the breezes near acton with to present there were games for the children and horse shoes for the men the one coming the longest distance was tommy mccutcheon london oldest lady mrs wm spiith oldest gentleman mr t d mccutcheon they receiv ed prizes picnic lunch brought a pleasant afternoon to a close it was decided to hold the reunion at the sanie place next year the last saturday of june late christmas chi ist mas was six months late for mr jim hamilton of edmon ton alberta vfthen mrs william bruce entertained for him thurs day evening those present besides jim and the bruces were mr and mrs albert ware mr harry ware mrs bettv hamilton loan and ted those who dropped in inler in the evening to say bon voyage to jim who left for the west on saturday were bob mcalpme campbellville lois mampaey mr and mrs bob hamilton lois and daleof rock wood barby anne george and jimmy ware of acton mr and mrs ernie edwards and family guelph visited on sunday with mr and mrs albert ware george and jimmy ware acton are spending their holidays with their father mr harry ware and grandparents mr and mrs albert ware mr and mrs al jackson and family eockwood called on mr and mrs william bruce and fam ily wednesday evening mrs lloyd cutting and ray mond acton visited on monday with her mother mrs jestin mrs iiahkeys exeter is visit ing with mr and mrs t d mc cutcheon mr and mrs lornton trimble huttonville visited mr and mrs wm bruce and family on satur day mr and mrsren smith and family guelph and mr jim moon- ey fergus were weekend visitors with mr and mrs wesley lillie and family sunday visitors with mr and mrs ted jestin and family were mrs william head mr and mrs fred murray guelph mr and mrs alf winters and clark ous- tic sunday visitors with mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell were mr hayden stewart mrs george stewart vancouver b c mrs stanley mcdougall and miss marjorie mcdougall mrs thorpe mr and mrs albert alton and ian guelph mr and mrs bill mogford and boys toronto mr and mrs h uiterwyck and family spent sunday and monday with friends in hamilton mr and mrs omar parker and mr and mrs william bruce and family visited on sunday with mr and mrs garnet petty and family at their cottage on lake belwood in formosa making a total of nineteen son robbie blyth and george pounds this year mrs a t moore i ogorman peggy blvth and ior- n polled for the girls group nine thy mclean jim mcarthur and summer difsse hae been sent forjwi hunter joyce thomson and the june bale mrs greenlees gave stella ogorman pearl henderson paul jollifre on the arrival of a son an encouraging report of the miss- and patsy manes douglas mclcin at guelph general hospital ion band the loll call was ans- i bdlic diamond sharon blvth mr richatd harris spent the first wered l using love as the text and gloria mcarthur gordon du- of the week in toronto with mem- word the offering was dedicated mmd and john mclean good bers of the lynch family former j by mrs g mcphail lung power was demonstrated llv residents of rockwood storm fells tre during the storm sunday evening the high winds broke off a section of a basswood tree on st johns church pfoperty it had to be cut away to allow the people to use the sidewalk along the front of the pro perty the highway department is busy- making preparations for detouring traffic in connection with the bridge over the river traffic vrill be dir ected down a portion of the valley road and up along the mill dam the topic on the jericho road girk mcarthur and david varcoe was in charge of miss simpson ln b thtlr balloons in who was the narrator assisted by j cord time mrs e d mahoii mrs w king i later inside the school travel- mrs parker mrs elliot and mrs prizes were eventually won thomas these ladies represented by douglas anderson betty mcln- the refugees in the different places l mrs varcoe and don thom- alonp the jericho road mrs green- son lucky age prizes went to lees spoke on the work of the world jov and jim hunter charlie council of churches in the ojues- thomson and bruce barber gucss- tionaire the principle question was ed within four the number of what do we do to help these re- peanuts in the jar fugees seeral answers were given and after the lunch complete miss mcphail gave some suggestions with ice cream and cake the concerning programs for meetings j pupils and parents of the section old christmas cards requested for china the june meeting of the eden crest womens institute wis held at the hbme of mrs arthur gibson the meeting opened with the ode followed hv the singing of the song in the good old summer time roll call was a worthwhile gar den hint there was much amuse ment when several members sug gested treatment of varying kinds for rose bushes that needed attent ion extension courses were discussed the members gcniially approving only of those that required but a few hours of instruction sandwich es interested everyone and they plan to learn more about making theni open house held at new dairy bar nearly 400 people attended the open house last friday afternoon and eveningfmasales new dairy anrand icecream bar tours of the plant equipment and facilities were condueted and tea and cookies or ice cream served in the modern new- dairy bar from mid- afternoon until lac evening the renovated dairy plant is on the same location where masales dairy started business here over so years ago the new- ice cream bar adjoins the front of the plant when wallpapering a room and a seam rolleo is not available an ord inary caster makes a good tool for this purpose the caster s easier to use if fitted with a handle a socialpenod followed of course everyone enjoyed which three growers fined foracfoferions were glad to seek some rest a good time had rcallv been had fcy all eden mills harold wiles phone u a ciok e i buchiier optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office at 48 mill st e- acton hours 1306rjo evenings by appointnen for appointment telephone- 115 nerrvasforholds three convictions under the plant hls fltst service diseases act were registered in m magistrates courts at orangcvillc in miclnrir lrl irk and ijxbridge recently each case jrcil dealt with regulations respecting- j griitithstnewly install bacterial ring rot in potatoes and p eden mills united fines of 25 each and costs were paid ctlllr conductedhis first service bv three potato growers reports the j ths nlsor stone building on field crops branch ontario de- day july 1 partrnent of agriculture i his sermon was built around the the charges involved failing to j n the second chapter dispose of potatoes iound infected vi lettcrs t0 the corinthians with bacterial ring rot in 1955 by 1 a comparatively young januarv- 31 1956 failing to label v ivr griffiths has already hv- containers for same as table stock j v ful1 e having served only failing to report sales and ln n ryal air force in the last failing to disinfect premises war r f he wasa pns- soon after the outbreak of the barbed wire in disease in ontario about 15 years i t an e f if menuon ea an experience of a fellow prison- plates arc to be purchnsed for institute use to match cups and saucers school pins arc being pre sented to the girls and boys grad uating from no 5 nassagawcya township school and no 11 era- mosa township school they will be presented to the graduates on the day of the picnic july 11 some of the members attended a dinner at the o ac where they heard mrs berry speak others reported about their display at the hobbyshowrpu on by thewct lington county historical society on june 8 and 9 a mrs lillian dickson who lives and works in free china desired old used christmas cards to be sent to her telling of the great pleasure they give to the children and mck people there she particul arly stressed leaving on the names and marking the packages used christmas cards to avoid duty payment her address is mrs lil lian dickson 94 chung san pen lu taipeh taiwan formosa free china ago potato growers organizations throughout the provriceequestedji f that the industry be protected from b llustr excessive losses mrs dickson mentioned in her request that the lepers p one of these cards when they can gefttne to a wall and look at it until it is old and dirty mrs john turner agriculture er that had greatly affected him and canadian industries convener regulations jn 1943 a service has been provided by the department without chargeto inspect com mercial potato fields followed by a sanitary cleanup program some what similar programs haye since been adopted in some other pro vinces and also in the usa the number of cases has beerl re duced from a highin ontario of 673 in 1946 to 221 in 1953 the disease is described by plant pathologists as the most infectious and destructive seedborne disease on the north- amerifsftcontinent the use of clean seed is of prime importance in its control but the disease may also be carried by bags machinery and contacts in trans portation or storage c giving his storv since passing of touch though the congregation on sura- day was small it is hoped it will steadily grow a few staunch mem bers of the church have feared for a long time that the church might be closed mr griffiths expressed a wish from the pulpit that each a point and w had charge of the meeting had a most realistic arranged to have dr o m mc- conky of the ontario agriculture college speak at the meeting and show pictures he had taken un fortunately he was ill and unable to come instead john turner showed two excellent films proud land and quality beef both were in color and were obtained fortun- persorv in the congregation would on snor notice through the return next sunday and bring someone with him a sincere man and gifted speak er mr griffiths appointment is welcomed by eden mills as well as the two other churches under his care arkelland ebenerer service in eden mills is at two oclock on sunday afternoons the tinned churclj is on cedar st back of coulsons store kindness of the ontaro agriculture college a better understanding of how to know good beef was obtain- cd for the film explained deafly much thai a housewife should know- it was a most worthwhile film as was the proud land both were greatly appreciated mrs a walberg and mrs g ad char ot the lunch which was most delicious fcsw sjtrtfrfr artjjtjatiftj