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the acton fred prw thurtdiy ftbfuwy 2 1959 we think we hive troubtcal take a peck at road condition farther north country road and wmc high- ays arc still m poor condition of course the weather u to blame j town plow and workmen have been attempting to keep roadf and sidewalk conditions in rood order trains through acton have been running close to schedule and have not been held up much due to weather conditions i 1 1 just on more night school i unlnd thla vrar befurft uio dls- siuir on more mini acnewn evening thli year befort the dls- play the public school operetta should be quite an attraction next week wonder what the huge truck parked at the rear of the free press was doing just another six ton load of newsprint watting to be unloaded the weatherman miscalculated on tuesday when he called milder weather with rain that cert d appe t beeain it woum seem as lhmigh the on the windshield youngsters can quite be tew the tes about the vld fashioned win ters this vear a car driven hi iul lawson of acton was slightly da maged when h plunged frwi high way m near milton sunday and broke off seven guard rails children trom the robert lit- tie and m z bennett pviblti school have been bua selling tickets for the operetta next week principals reported hat ticket sale are urge as many parents are procuring them trom their child- family pot luck supper precedes wi meeting the w i hcttf familj night for the februan meeting at the home of m and ms leo jamicsvia when a 1 sat dewn m a cot luck supper weh eiei ine ecyoyed each one aa the roj rail naming a jiwe o cram tw i films were shvfta oic silks and sulkies was eu ivd vei much t udic icid their meeting and the ne- plcd card t- meewig opened w th- the w i ode and a stewart collect the president mrs jesse mcenerv pre- sadmg it was decided n donate the pro ceeds of three euchres to the re tarded ch idrcn s fund plans were made to hold the demonstration of the uiird meal in the church basc- februarj 1 mh made from a sugar bag for sale al the next meeting the meeting clos ed with the queen eachrc saturday on saturday nm mr and mrs janwcwi also opened their home tor a w i euohre when 10 tables were plaxed at the start each was asked to kk at the back of their lalh card to ee whose had a mark on it mrs maurice baker and mr morgan mad 11 were the two lucky ones and each received a lovely corsage of carnations brown in leo sown little green house they two were also the high eores of the euchre mrs c mc encn and mr charlie pluffe came axond i smllh sna mrs snow leaden the nexf euchre will be at mr each one is to bring in something nd mrs norman sinclair s car i ww s u s m osfringe wi ladies buck snowdrifts to attend february meeting in spile of drifting roads and bad weather thirteen members and two visitors were present at the wo men s institute meeting at the home of mrs m jackson in the village the vice president miss doris fines presided and mrs w awrcy rend the minutes financial state ment and hank you notes approve projects c invidtrnblc business items were diseussrd with ivisemce to green och bnnch for the district annual being approicd and thi purchase of mo n card tablet at ringed no jicti n was t iken in ngard to wellington count v folk school or the officers ralk it itm ng eid to help with the sure of arm accidents and mr gordon aitken w to be asked to report for this lien it i t i the super isur mr e mckinnon name conveners conitncrs were nimed f r tht febnur tuihrcs mrs g jack ion mrs k stubbmeton and mrs e arch bald for tin firs and mrs g aitken mrs g robertson ind dons fines foi the itcmd ne the roll call something grown on farms and used in industry was in ketpmjr with the topic of the day agriculture and canadian in dustries a splendid paper our forests arc worth preserving was given by miss doris fines who said with out wood history would be a dif fcrenl storv tsoftn mrs r harding and mrs tansc demonstrated tht making of cicam of pulato soup which was later wimpled b the ladles the hostess and assistants si ved cfechments and a social visit was enjoitd local mews mrs ross mcewan and babj diujhter arrived home from the guelph hospital on frida patsi ellis who had been under ro ng trcitment il guelph hospital ilso came home on fndav mr fred archibald who under went surgcri list week at guelph hospital is now convalescing at his home a number of ne ghbours and friends attended the funeral ser ice for mrs w h mcewan at orange v he last wcdncsdav crown mrs bill somerville queen of hearts at dance omrilutaliont md lst w shis i lnd p l davidson vis to mrs bill mm ilk tfu former ued with dr and mrs tom camp shiruv roblnsn who wis crown b 1 o guelph on sunda ed qimn of htjrts it the kins miss shidc aw rci of frwiion uttu to tw joito i po christmas rush totals ove 500 million mail items ottawa 4 ontario uttth januaiy ibm ttie rtlllor der sir it may be uf interval to you lo know that during tho month of de cember canadian poat offlwa handled more than mm million i item of mall matlvr regular post office utatfa were augihrntott by mori than 40000 uitipurary help ers but wltlwut the wldtomrcad co operation ol the public we would hardly have been able to cope with the avalanche of miiil pi lor to christmas i find that reports red ivcd from puslmaitcra uiruugtioul the toun- try ntimut invariably euiiimeiilott on ihn fact dial their local nowa- paiwra lumlerod a nolnblo public aervioe in ntreaalng ihrough plmto- giaphl and u nilulea ihn need for coopvfatiim li mailing eaily i urn then hue wilting upprlally on bihtilf uf the ivislul htrvkv of canada to txpiesi in newspaptra mv ni puvlatlon of thtir rlfmla in the public interest in making mir eltltens awnii of the ndvnhtugta in mailing curly youra alnceixly q a lloyle dtpuly iuatmuktti tiomrul population varies in alaska hard to keep church workers mrs karl ward was hostess for the february meeting of the w m s of ebfinotcr church when 24 members imtr vtsitors attended the president mrs m moffat presided and read a poem god of light to open the meeting mrs archie stanley read a por tion of scripture from ruth mrs wm early led the devotions which were based on race prejud ice in the discussion the group found that race barriers arc slow ly disappearing ruth and naomi must bothhnvc had very loving personalities the mixed marriage of ruth and boas ottwo ve dif races lor one wag a monbitess and the other a jew was a very happy one ruth and boaz were the great grand par ems of kins david the roll cnll was answered with erscs con taming the word heart the study bgpk chapur un al aska was reviewed by mrs wm early alaska has throe distinct surface areas with the moat people jiving in the central plateau due tyjirmy and air force stations the population varies from time tu time thus it is hard lo 4iavc reg ular workers in the church the cost of living is very high as most tif the goods have to be imported fishing mining and lumbering arc the leading indus tries alaska is a great land and with god s help wilt be a strong hold for protestantism mrs george thomas presided for the w a and read making res olutions an irish social for march was planned the hymn 1 do not ask was sung after which mrs a norrlsh closed with prayer refreshments were enjoyed in the social hour which followed taitvjfcmiiyjjvnfsy ran y joseph p leatham stricken suddenly stricken suddenly with leatham passed away on saturday febru ary 7 mr leatham who boarded at the home of mr and mrs rob ert hart collapsed on the street a single man he lived in sask atoon and had returned to the acton dsjrict each winter for the past five years he was a retired eivil servant mr leatham was horn at ous lie in 1886 a son of the late matthew leatham and johanna o boyle surviving him arc a brother leo leatham and nieces and ne phews beatrice chew banl mel lon john mellon louise lindsay and lawrence jleatham rev father v j morgan sang the funeral mass on tuesday ing at st joseph s church interment followed at dublin xomctery pallbearers were andy nulan irrv nolan jean marcoux leatham george coop cr and clauon lindsay read annual reports al lakeside chapter annual reports were submitted and all adopted at the meeting of i rhapl 1 tt evening in the legion auditorium honorary regent mrs joe jocqi took the choir for the annual meeting when the various conven ers gave their resumes of a suc cessful year members agreed to hold a dance in may and a bazaar in november twcmbcrs brought used flannel ette sheets for cancer dressings and used toys which had been re quested by the public health nurse an entertaining contest preced ed the serving of refreshments cgit news tlw c 0 i t grmip of knox pre- nbylcrlbil church met in the un dny aoihhii on february it tha girla ahg their liymni and rnpwatnd tholr purpose mrs orecr led th worship snr vhiv the tiiibinuas was conducted by qarlrudo kuhn and cheryl price the meeting tloswt willi tap leader reads story to knox explorers die ilnya fnplonrs onttu ol knox churili in the scllixi lixim nit wednesday robrtinry 4 the meeting waa brought to ouyr by jim mldowuii tho mi tut and the purpuu wore rcicutcd follow id by tht singing of tills is my pudkrs world doug alkn read till scripture followed by prayer glvin by bruce coles the offering wan lak tn by john mason tin offtrtiry prayer wui glvtn by uobby wal ton roll call wni anawcrod minutes of the lost met t inn wore read by stephen coles th- trcaaurers report was glvtn by bruce coles the immory wwck was then heard mrs blow rend a story entitled ten pairs of shoes the mttt ing was closed by repeating the lord s prayer hamilton resident had daughter here the mother of mrs ken hulford of acton mrs catherine brow law of hamilton passed away at mountain brow hospital hamilton on fcbruarv 4 she had been ill for just one week before her death mrs law the widoiof the late ditd law was born in 1876 i edinburgh scotland surviing for are six ehildrc etrarles law millgroi alec law hamilton george law san j francisco usa william hanult n catherine toohcy lton and ruth hulford ac feminine puclcsters trounce tannerytown milton s feminine hockey is is tra velled to acton on the weekend and won over the lanncrytowners with a 5 3 count milton s goals came mostly from the slek of jickie childs who fired four of the fie while linda cruccfix added the other the club is sponsoicd bv edith dincocks of the milton sport and cjclc and the girfs team was ar rnnged when acton requested some opposition for their team on a big i night upcoming m the town of ac home wiring is fire cause fire chiefs ui halton cite the fire marshal a figures as stating thdt the misuse of electricity is responsible for one out of every ten fires in ontario in citing these figures during thi national electrical week the firo chiefs issue a warning to would be electricians who do their own wir ing have your wiring job inspected by the ontario hydro before you put it into use but better still leave the job to a qualified clec tncian not only will you have more confidence in the wiring job ou are safe from fire which could ultimate iywrat ymt out- home and moybe your life the chiefs also pointed out that many people make use of cxtcn sion cords when there arc insuffici cnt outlets in a room he empha sized that it was dangerous prac ticc to run these cords under rugs or to use them for permanent ing installations by nailing them to baseboards door or window frames or ceilings eltctncilj is one of our great est and most dependable modern servants the fire chiefs said wp should observe the simple rules of clcctricil fire safety to enjoy all the benefits it has to offer windshield scrapers came handy on monday and tuesday with ice covered windshields phoio bj hurl mark w i scholarship for 4 h clyjb work and above average school work was awarded by the south wellington ontario lnntute to a former teacher at s s no 9 nassagaweya barbara jensen pictured are miss jensttn mrs fair economisl and mrs irene h lton v vno made the presentation mss hildegard home baptist home studytopic the baptist women s mission circle held their februirj muting at mrs mcginns homi on jise ford terrace the president mrs j chapm in opened the meeting with a hymn and priytr mrs c lott secret jry rt ad tit minutes of the previous ffceting and called the roll minuteweie ipprovcd as redd business irimne out of the min utes and plans foi ntxi in nth wtic discussed miss llda frv t r md mrs d hutchton were in charge of tht devotional and sludy lesson taking for their theme the lord is my shepherd mrs hutcheon read from the scriptures john chapter ib and matthew chapter ib and a medita tion poem i trusi mj guidt home studied the rnntist nov mu h mt with mlu fry i mdly j gut t being interview m the i the i id m a linds jjer i i jit w tk and m if vjj 1 h t mis i iii t mrs u i uh jlid miss jibsii c is us u hunuva mrs helwlg moved mi of hinks to mrs mcginn r r op mtig tin h imt for tht meet ng m coxe son plumbing heating eavestroughing pease gas a oil furnaces g water tanks free estimates for colored children w of tfie study lesson whieh was pre senttd as dn imjtuuiv tv pro vernas beauty salon 42 john st open evenings frt for appointment phone 1067 men s club ball on fn1 in gurlph bht rffc ch luck ticket 1 he 1959 qtut i w iv with wnndoitul pr tr eluded h t im i c wn i and a cautl tutfit the sjsh jiici i m i it i ti i bi n i wach jewels duck radio record plamr li ijc cwmei s and a bouqutl if n an a soft cuddlv pupp t hi i i t h i w he is a i i iwenins nn cuen of mr ad mrs frank n b a freeman mr and mrs dan kidd and fam pn rented ih of eden mills isttcd at the wheh in home of mr and mrs fred mc whiti nil arthur loe eh red question all night students at the most recent census can adians of indian origin totalled jut ui i r 1w0oo it is estimated that when the while man armed in what is now canada the coun i trv had an indian population ahnut 2agooo hei 1 t an 1 i ten hi u- thi ire pient of a canttamuumw cons mi itki- t mr j alber brooks n ihi pft t loi gut the wa ladle had a qui tiijs at the home at urk alfred sjur- ders hut week l a number from the kxa com ntuhity attended mr j e white- lock and mrs whitclock plans for the display fjight saturdav fcbruarv 21 were made whin the night school committie met at the high school thurdav f lav eik the uual divplai aid fashion on w crc discucd advcrtisins was vehrdulcd ini t au ins 11 be mailed to special the night clause with an all time high registration of 225 had pncd mrtst successful financially a quelk nnaire will be sent to even one tak ng courses this year prior to making plans for next t chmm ftt 1 fne night students will be queried stsjta mmster j on what tbey would like to take mr donald lowcry student mm- ocxt yr mny suggested ne lllu f tpnonttv wa gucm speaker courses and any changes in opcr oaurchi on s and gaieation they ould jejecitc tmsara since 144 xtm aerage work kcb swackhasxt of huis- week in canadian industry has sshhj wuhur and i been reduced boot 46 boon to the mayfair restaurant heres a gift for your valentine that he or she will cherish always a smithcorona portable