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t- the acton free press thursday december 6th 1956- county forums disagree oh value of soil banks graff this good 94 years old next sunday mr john celebrates his 94th birthday nonagenarian who is in health for his age lived in acton vicinity since 1921 from 1885 to 1121 he lived in northern ontario coming from there to farm at ac ton his friends extend congratul ations on this milestone two festival awards for john maplesden tenyearold john maplesden son of former acton residents dr and mrs d c maplesden of guelph won two awards at the kiwanis music festival in guelph for the second year he was awarded the simpsons sears scholarship a sil ver rose bowl offered for the first year by the guelph mercury was also presented to the boy it is for boys solo under 16 years he received a gold medal with 94 points for boys solo under 10 years he is a pupil of kenneth har rison halton mano rev ilf snyder is sunday speaker rev r f snyder minister of emmanuel baptist church milton came to the manor on sunday af ternoon december 2 to conduct the regular church service in the chapel after reading verses 2031 of the 14th chapter of st mark mr sny der described in eloquent fashion a number of scenes in the inst few- hours of christs lifetime having pointed out that these few hours had furnished the disciples with several opportunities for showing their love und devotion to christ mr snyder drew nttentinn to the fact thil the disciples had failed him the betrayal of him by jud as and the eagerness or the great jewish leaders to crucify him un justly arc examples of the wasted opportunities that these men had to show their devotion to him the three risciples who fell islecp in the garden of gethsemnne and peter who dented knowledge of him three times are further ex amples of men who wistcd their opportunities to serve h im these neglected opportunities were the last opportunities that the disciples had prior to the irucifix- iort similarly for manv of us christians of the prseent da this may be the inst opportunity to sub mit our lives to him so that he rriny make new creature of us imitate television for wi program a very informative nod amusing program was enjoyed by the mem bers of the nassagaweya womens i institute- at their regulnr monthly meeting held at the home of mrs e ward mrs c cargill vice- president presided the roll cull was answered by a canadian pro duct 1 use in my home i used clothes were brought for the bale for the save the children fund and 10 as well as used childrens clothes an- to be don ated to a needy ftmilv m the neighborhood after the reading of the minutes of the inst meeting mrs m mahon convener of canadian industries j called two members who are quite experts at growing african violets to act is n panel in an imaginative television studio which had for its call letters ward channel 5 they told how they took up their hobby and answered many questions from the audience on how to grow af riean violets mrs b frnser read a chapter from pages of the past a histoi- of halton county mrs mahon as commentator gave the local news mrs m moffat gave a readini en titled betty and the bear mrs lcafa anderson as lcafa march then asked the 64000 questions of i the entire audience winners were mrs k griffiths and mrs e ward tied after breaking the tie mrs e ward was declared the winner the meeting was closed with the queen and the institute grace af- ter which a dainty lunch was served b the hostess and lunch committee council adopts assessment roll passes refunds a special meeting of erin townj ship council was held on wedncs- i day november 21 to revise and adopt the assessment roll taken in i 1956 for use in 19s7 the soil bank idea was the top ic discussed by ontario farm for ums on november 10 the soil bank plnn designed to reduce surpluses increase farm incomes and con serve national soil water forest nd wild life resources is being tried in the united states this is done by farmers sotting aside a portion of their land and not grow ing any crop on it he must not pasture this part of his jarm or de rive any return from it the us government pays them so much per acre the reason for studying this plan in farm forum was to determine if forum groups thought a similar plan might be an advantage to canadian farmers by reducing surpluses and promoting soil con servation there was a difference of opin ion in the halton groups some thought such a plan would benefit canadian farmers by reducing wheat surplus and keeping all grain at a proper price level oth er groups felt any reduction of wheat supply would be of a short term nature and consequently nothing permanent would be ac complished however all groups agreed that such a plan would pro mote soil conservation to the second question are there any fnrm lands in your area which you think should be taken out of production the majority felt that too much land was being taken for industrial and residential purposes one group expressed the opinion that some land in halton might better lie used for rrforcs tat ion contact number due to inrroasrd outside police activities it is often difficult to re ceive nn answer in the case of an omcrgency when calling the ont ario provincial police county de- taiehrnent at milton report con stables george moore and harold youmans who arc stationed there they have asked that persons wishing to contact them in cases of jtccidcntn or cpierrencies call nundas mayka1r 86311 j this is the ontario provincial j police headquarters for the dis- trict and from this office the local officer can usually be contacted by radio the constables home plume i numbers too may facilitate in contacting an officer constable 1 moores iiiiiuih is milton tkiangle i rfi220 and constable youmans fi umber is milton thiangle hsimi circle given hints jdn home decoration j samples of mattrials and colored l pictures illustrated ms catherine i ramshaw matthews points as she j spoke lo the members of the kriendly circle on home decorat- j ion mrs matthews professional decorator from hamilton inspir ed the ladus with her most at tractive and practical suggestions for windows bedspreads and chair coverings officers were elected for the corning year ami ure as follows president shirley armstrong vice president fdith jennings secret ary pauline symon treasurer an- rtetta van fleet corresponding sec- rtmary olga thompson reporter norotln konvaldson group leaders group i jean voungblut mary struthers group 2 chris griese charlotte i edge i tt group t hazel ijvcrdell jean moi risnn group 4 olive cairns mari j chapman visiting i iovell ix kentner e stewart mary mckeruie 1 mrs shirley mckeown gave the devotional mrs shirley armstrong rd the scripture and mrs helen rognvaldson led in prayer a re corded hymn krmes fords his hands was played mrs armstrong presided for thr meeting which concluded with de- i ticious refreshments i do tow beat bo prepared cubfr scout intended for last week a pack the a pack was sorry to miss their scheduled trip to tour the ford plant last thursday evening but inclement weather forced post ponement until a later date possib ly in january the regulnr meeting was held with some games and test passing points in the six competition are red 49 white 42 tawny 39 yellow 40 mrs eileen wenslcy akela b pack second sixer ken knowlton was the recipent of the only badge awarded last week the badge was his first proficiency the house orderly instruction and test passing by raksha and akela highlighted the evening with relay and group games in coflnpetition the whites threatened to over take the reds in the six compel it ions lnil fell short by 3 points points arc reds 78 whites 75 tawny tifi yellows 56 next week it is hoped that all new chums will be invested and welcomed into the pack murray scoyne akela c pack his new pack has now progress ed to tbmpoint where all 18 cubs will sooirbe invested and officially be recognized as wolf cubs last friday night a review on some of he tenderpad tests and instruction on the reniaining com bined with games and inspection rounded out the regular friday night meeting ray costcrus akela director of welfare urjges group action photo by ofrvk miiium pictured following marriage ceremony at acton united church are mr and mrs george w bell the bride is the former ann alice fobes of edmonton alberta the groom fs the son of mrs mildred bell of acton and the late george bell the couple will reside in kitchener where they will operate a dance studio the monthly meeting of the council of community services for the county was held at the milton i inn wednesday afternoon of last week i miss hemic touzel director of the ontario welfare association gave a very interesting and in formative talk miss touzcl gav great emphasis to the group organ i it ion and joint action on the parti of workers in the fields assciated j w ilh the health and social aspects i of family life the group was ad- id of the many projects that ci u hi be developed within the ci umcil members attending were dr a v hull threctoi halton county health tint miss c j leavey supervisor of nurses acting as ctiairman miss porothy knight nurse in charge von oakvllle district miss frances docker nurse incharje vo n burling ton district miss joy parsons sup erintendent oakville trafalgar hospital miss macintosh director of nursing service milton hospit al mrs mary gilmour social worker childrens aid society miss mutlarkey social worker mo thers allowance trafalgar town ship mrs osier social worker family service bureau oakville mrs parker social worker for county health and tuberculosis association miss marion werry district director of victorian order of nurses wins 36 mrs helen waterhousc with a ten per cent coupon drawn won 3 in the weekly appreciation day draw at the pst office last saturday mrs v i kerr won lit- regulit a draw the ibest jackpot for next u e k thnw stands at 31u for your septic tnk wkii or cistkjrn mi eouerile lib- also culvert tile in stock erin tile works maui si krn ont a-lli-s- campbellville returns after visit for year in england intended for inst weeki mr e7n1 ilowlltt has arrived at the home of mr and mrs william coulter sr after spending a year in england visiting relatives winter has arrived and sleighs toboggans overshoes and snotv tires are the order of the day santa cbius will arrive next sympathy of this community is extended to mrs john rilmour during the recent loss of her broth er in california congratulations to margaret mc- phail donna mcmillan and douglas dredge who received honors at the kiwanis music festival in guelph last week friends of frank quinlan are sorry to hear he underwent an operation in st michaels hospital j this week many wish him a speedy recovery mr and mrs chnrlcs oesch and sally of pontiac mich and mr kenneth mccrav of birmingham mich were weekend guests with mr and mrs james wallace and family people buy the free press to read and read the fne ires3 to buy through planning by experience fridaysaturday 79 pm dec 78 isnajf van heflin j the raid anoioft boone makvm robt r hamilton fred a hoffman optometrists i formerly k 1 lleail phone guelph 1924 58 st georges square saturday 2 pm kiddies matinee 15c safari serial cartoons v r m montues dec 1011 wedthurs dec 1213 give attractive xmas gift tickets now on sale child or adult can be uted anywhere in canada you can provide your own retirement pension through a canadian government annuity boy scout pap e r collection saturday december 8 please bundle paper securely or pack it in cartons and place at edge of sidewalk thank you for full information the director oamaoian oovejmmxmt ammumes department ot utbook ottawacpostaox rsee iuasx send mi dcioamation showdm3 bow a canadian oovdnmnft i annurrr can mans a bimmdit incomx at low cost my make i8 vamran4lh luait rbrji datz of mirth aoe when annuity to start txlxphone i t rfrad ugl ufc nm tr am 1 1 htu ooauallal muuat sales and service on myers water systems ts court ot revisitn council dealt with several appeals r john j reid was refunded 1629 on his 1956 taxes and his 1957 assessment was confirmed since his barn was burned william r halls as- sessment was reduced 7059 and joseph dcnters assessment was re- 1 ducedfor the same reason a new i tax bill was to be sent to mar gar- et h smith assessments confirm- cd were those of james harkness i dr j a manacki and sybil sharkey an agreement was to be signed with the village of erin for fire protection john boyko was reinstated as holder of a wrecking license v- free estimates east monthly terms include pipe and installation if you wish o nmir o w christmas store hours a majority of acton merchants have signified their intention to the chamber of commerce to remain open according to the following schedule all stores closed monday december 24 christmas eveall stores will close at 7 pm wed december 26boxing dayall storeswill be closed all day mon december 31new years eveall stores will close at 6 pm wed january 2all stores will be closed all day gift and similar stores open commencing friday december 14 and every day thereafter including wednesdays and saturdays until saturday december 22nd all stores in 1 y m i v it y y y- y y y y v v y y y y y 1 y y y y y y y y y v i y y y w y y y v y y y y y y y y y w y y y y y y y y y y y ci ffjietfiicieitecticiteee txcllecctlcrtcleclec a gift bound to bring christmas cheer to the whole family a new household appliance priced to suit your taste and pocketbook at gordons ia mixmasters clocks toasters fans polishers electric kettles steam irons beatty dryers vacuum cleaners kelvinator dryers shop while the selection is good drop in early before the christmas rush here are a few gift ideas for every member of the family glassware china aluminumware tricycles wagons sleds tools sporting goods sanitary containers decorations toys tackle games cannister sets flashlights dont forget we stock a glittering array of tree light sets window and mantel pieces dolls power tools cutlery rladks m a a m a m a ti m a a a a a a a a a c a a a a a a a a m m a a a a k- a a a a a a c a a a a a a a a a a a a a 8 a a a s s a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a mimtv of pmssum wow tuyere buy myers myers pumps and water softeners frank carney 6t sons hardware plumbing heating electric roclcwood ulster 69501 we service all makes of pumps this category will remain open until 9 pm food stores only open wednesday december 19th all day to 6 pm friday december 21st all dy to 9 pm saturday december 22nd all day to 9 pm published for your shopping convenence by acton chamber of commerce stainless steel ware razors aluminum ware table tree decorations razors knives a a il tree standards streamers snow christmas figurines etc and a host of others gordons hardware phone 76 acton ixxsjxkimniiijumi v v