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x tht acbspa y august 33rd 1958 the acton free press acton ontario page r reliable taxi 24 hours a day 430 an extra service is our lunch counter and confectionery stand always open 9 main st acton bell schools square dancers to perform three times at ex miltons unique bell school square dancers will do their stuff in front of the largest aud ience they nave ever played to on august 3 nextr thursday after noon theyll be performing for thousands of spectators at the can adian national exhibition for a tot- monuments brampton monument works designs submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and roarldbfsa a good display in stock wm c auan prop m quom st w bramntan shop phom 1410j raw 313 rep tom nrcol phono brampton 437 al of about 45 minutes in three dif ferent appearances august 30 is music day at the ex and as a special feature this year the youthful group of eight has agreed to demonstrate their square dance ability between 310 and 330 thursday- afternoon they will perform in the music auditor ium in the east annex of the colis eum building from 430 to 450 they will take the stage in the northwest corner of the manufact urers building and from 515 to 520 they will ocaupy the main bandshell stage in an exhibition of real countrystyle dancing they will be accompanied by their original orchestra and caller jack reynolds local exhibitioners sure to see them fatalities from motor accidents in canada excluding quebec- total led 3084 in 1065 compared to 1j90o in 1954 the number of traffic ac cidents averaged nearly 3000 per week in 1055 iga 11- catsup 2 for 39c haxwbu house instant coffee 59c 169 lean minced b e ef 215 frying chickens s 37c zaa jar iga fancy kernel vacuum kak o 14aa cheesefurters ttplt 43c pork tenderloin lb 95c sausages g j 43c corn 29c farm fresh fruits vegetables ontario grown white a huffy potatoes 10 o 29c fict8weet green peas 19 crisp sweet malaga red grapes 2 lbs 29c bradford marsh new crap 2 os pkrs carrots 2 for 19c bradford marsh green pascal large size celery st 2l9c shlrruts instant puddings 2 pkgs 15 butterscotch caramel chocolate coronal cream vanilla ask porvour bonus gift westons isoa cello pax fruit rolls 29c wllh free raring knife uptons tea bags 75c catalogue andsavw6s foldcrtomvs save iga cash register receipts just kep saving those iga cash rece until you have enough saved to equal the value indicated for any item in our premium catalogue puritan meat balls gravy k- 35c atlmek choice pineapple tidbits 2 st- 35c prices effective thurs fri sat aug 23 24 25 ledge its iga statft ptftoto pretty joan wriggiesworth was named saturday to repre sent the- halton dualpurpose shorthorn club in the dairy queen contest at this years canadian national exhibition joan will com pete against 50 girls for the title three of them from halton whose pictures appeared last week the 20yearold hornby miss displays a milking machine something like the one she will have to assemble use and clean in the contest 5kssssss3saas charter members past officers at rockalong wi anniversary their 25th anniversary was cel ebrated by rockalong womens in stitute at their last meeting held in eramosa ss- no 8 the school bo confident that yours and your childrens future is secure lot us plan a complete insurance pro gram for you now j bert wood insurance agency phono 585 acton travel relaxed and carefree to the exhibition august 24 to sept 8 return roil fares fare and onehalf for the round trip good going thursday aug 23 to saturday sept 8 inclusive return lirnit sept 12 was decorated with flowers and candles for the meeting attended by 50 members and friends l mrs duncan mcphedran the prseident and mrs o buttenham pie secretary were assisted by the first president mrs douglas mc- nabb and the first secretary miss helen bayne greetings from the district wo mens institute were expressed by mrs j w turner of eden mills the institute she reminded the ladies should promote the educ ational and social aspects of its program and moneyraising should be kept to a minimum of effort- the district secretary mrs h gilbcrtson of eden mills institute also spoke special guests included mrs c r robertson of rr 4 rockwood eramosa institute and mrs g rich ardson gttelph utoka institute who were present at the organizat ion meeting 20 years ago the short program included two vocal solos by mrs w black ac companied by mrs gordon harris a reading by mrs edgar johnson and two readings by mrs william ballentine of acton mrs harvey vbayne gave the history of rocka long wj a candle lighting service to past presidents and secretaries and to the future of the branch was con ducted by mrs mcphedran and mrs buttenham corsages were presented to the charter members mrs j tone mrs w pasmore mrs d mcnabb mrs a shultis mrs g bayne and miss helen bayne mrs george wallace conducted interesting contests honoring many guests and the evening closed with a social period when the beautiful birthday cake was served with the lunch people buy the free press to read and read the free press to buy t44 w r- canadiam hati0nali under upar hat the bright idea of a new york fire commissioner gives us an idea too he liked his dress cap disliked the regulation fire hel met but he recognized the everpresent danger of- falling debris so re simply had ah in ner shield of aluminum made and fitted into the cap and thats where our idea comes in a lightweight alu- minum shield that would fit under a way ward husbands fedora and save him- many a skull abrasion when he sneaked in late at night to a rollingpin reception by the little woman ah aluminum the useful metal aluminum company of canada ltd alcan s e griffin named field crop winner heading 13 entries s e griffin of acton won the field crop com petition sponsored by acton agri cultural society the secretary mrs irene swackhamer announced this week his entry of garry oats was awarded 9414 points all the marks were high with none below 80 the first ten are as follows s e griffin 9414 duncan mcphedran rr 4 rockwood 94 charles mc nabb r-r- 4 rockwood 93 c w swackhamer esquesing township 91 alex mcphedran rjl 4 rock wood 90hr calvin aitken rjl 3 acton 90 george wallace rr 4 rockwood 89 a swackhamer erin township 88 robert kerr erin wnship 87 and harvey bayne r r 4 rockwood 86v- j of the oats entered five varieties were rodney four beaver three garry and one clinton ospihnge paint junior room for school openings workmen are busy painting the interior of the junior room at the local school in readiness for school opening congratulations to mr and mrs f de haam on the arrival of a daughter on august 13 also to mr and mrs john de vries on the ar rival of a son on august 14 sunday visitors with mr and mrs w h mcewan and mr and mrs ross mcewan were mr and mrs jack mark burlington mr and mrs t w huston toronto mrs arnold bessey sharon and brian spent a recent weekend with relatives in detroit mr and mrs murray mcmillan and terry of toronto were visitors with mr and mrs murd mccutch eon and muriel during the week mr and mrs l h parrcnt of cooksville have purchased land from mr ismond on the highway and are building a service station and snack bar they intend adding a motel in the spring mr and mrs grimsby are busy building a house on the corner of the highway and first line on the land purchased from mr len buck brian robertson is attending chi rho camp at the disciple confer ence grounds sweets corners on lake erie this week miss mary a m theaker town line spent sunday with their sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs ed stewart mr and mrs bert weeks and daughters orton visited on sun day with mr and mrs norman mckenzie gary buck is spending a weeks holiday with his grandmother mrs klein at guelph mrs calvin evans campbell- ville was a recent visitor with mrs martha jackson mrs g sunter is holidaying in niagara falls with her son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs ar nold sunter and daughters mr e currie miss ada currie mr w j mclean attended the highland games in fergus on sat urday mr ron byers who works for mr stan fuller spent the week end in fergus several of the local children are attending daily bible vacation school at everton church this week mr and mrs don mckenzie and family of salem were sunday vis itors with mr and mrs ross fer guson mr and mrs e fisher spent the weekend at wasaga beach mr and mrs emerson griffen and family spent a few days with relatives at birch falls their son tony returned home with them following a couple of weeks holi day mr and mrs wm klooster and clarence are on a motor trip to winnipeg to visit friends mr okey de vries is in northern quebec where he has a position with a firm in construction of rad- ugnydufterjn hope weather improves for oat harvesting the farmers have started the oat harvest and are hoping- for nicer weather than the catchy weather during wheat harvest mr and mrs edgar howden david wayne laura and linda ere holidaying this week they are motoring to different places of in terest before sreturning home at the end of this week congratulations to mr and mrs george brown on the arrival of their daughter thelma and muriel wonch parry sound spent their jiolidays with mr and mrs cliff brown and fam ily miss barbara brown was home from parry sound recently with her parents and was bridesmaid- at miss stella vellas wedding in to ronto guests with mr and mrs c e davenport during the past week were mr and mrs j h lubbock mimico mr and mrs vern cole and david mr and mrs arthur davenport and baby mr and mrs frank tully and allistair all of gelph mr and mrs melvin zim merman diane paul debbie and carol anne dundas and sharon returned home with her parents on sunday mrs j j kennedy milton spent a few days with her daughter and family mr and mrs edgar how den rockwood messrs fritz de haan and john de vries are working in the tob acco fields near simcoe auto life f three ayailabl throuffth your state farm insurance agnt w h denny 39 brock it fcaaw phone 455 acton 0 e l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office at 48 mill st e acton hours 130600 evenings by appointnfien for appointment telephone 115 john richardson 91 years of age john r richardson celebrated his 91st birthday on tuesday aug ust 14 with a- family dinner at his home in rockwood those who were present for the happy occas ion were his son mr ralph b richardson mr and mrs r a bu- chan vincland mr and mrs e j eckel hamilton mr and mrs earl richardson guelph mr and mrs clarence henderson to add to the enjoyment of the day was a telegram of birthday greetings received from mr rich ardsons daughter mrs frank rit- chey dollyj and her husband ritchcy of seattle wash there waa also a telegram from mr and mrs wm lu we of mankato minn mrs luwe was the former charlotte farrish whose family resided in rockwood a number of years ago mr richardson was the recipent of numerous birthday cards and bou quets of gadiolus lawn bawlers active jitney games were held on the rockwood lawn bowling greens tu esday night and the following win ners took home two cans of soup each fred alton and frank kelso tied for first place with 2 wins 29 rev dilts 2 wins 21 george saun ders 1 win 23 mrs georgina keso 1 win 17 and ron bastel 1 win 14 in the intercounty league on wednesday night rockwood motor ed to georgetown and were defeat ed by a score of 87 for georgetown and 82 for rockwood- the rock wood rinks were wingate-saund- ers maltbydarou diltskelso hutchinson vincent dayj gray next week rockwood meets ac ton in the final game of the inter- county scries presentation of the beardmore cup will be made at guelph on saturday september 8 a former resident of rockwood mr malcolm t smith passed away in guelph genera hospital august 13 following an illness of about three months the funeral took place last thursday with service at the mclanaghan wall funeral home in guelph with rev j w boyd of calvary baptist church and rev k g mcmillan of st andrews church in charge inter ment was in rockwood cemetery i his first wi wisagngswt ho liredeneaoh him rim rn- who predeceased him some years ago he is survived by his wife and an adopted daughter mrs black- lock to whom the sympathy of numerous friends and acquaintanc es is extended a number of floral wreaths boc siient tribute to the memory of the deceased miss mary reid of toronto and former member of the public school staff is a welcome visitor with mr and mrs roy young miss enid mcnabb of toronto home for thc weekend mr anil mrs robert leslie and family mr and mrs harvey lav- crty and family and mr stewart s roycc areback home after vacat ions a big tree which was standing in front of the new telephone building was cut down last week to allow a better view from the street in a recent storm the old shingle mill of mr john r richardson got the brunt of a high wind which caught the building and due to a sagging roof it has been taken down a good many bundles of shingles have gone out- from the premises in former days just 11 more days till school starts again- and while were in a mathematical frame of mind just 124 more days until christmas shortill sheet metal plumbing heating gar wood furnaces eavestroughing 114 churchill road phono 464 i 4-