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ssgstmwtwimim v 7 page iotjr the acton free press thursday september 27th 1034 neighborhood news interesting items concerning- other centres and communities in which many of our readers are interested balllnafad mis gertrude dale spent sunday with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs alfred soper mrs dale is sailing from quebec on september 29th on the empress or britain lor london england where she has accepted a position as dietitian for the canada products co ltd mr and mrs joseph benham have moved here from toronto and have taken up their residence in mr thos mc- clures house we welcome them to our midst mr and mrs bert rogers spent the weekend with friends in toronto mr w j kentner of shelbume visited friends here during the week visitors on sunday at the home of mr and mrs alfred soper were mr george soper mrs folster miss daisy folster of acton mr and mrs david folster and master john or niagara falls mrs h b mccutcheon and mr and mrs t altkens and family of ospringe limehouse fcurlengton an excellent program and social even ing was held at the home or dr and miss sutherland oa friday night last under the auspices of the womens aux iliary or the presbyicrian church the feature or the evening was the draw that took place for a monogram quilt with about 130 names mr alfred mar shall or toronto held the lucky number mr mark given attended brampton fair on saturday and in spite of the down pour ot rain during the afternoon had his span of hackney horses in four classes winning first two seconds and a third other exhibitors from this locality won a number of prizes and every class had plenty of competition on tuesday of this week esquesing school fair was held at umehouse school the weather was ideal and a tremendous croud turned out estimated at something over 500 people never before has there been such an interest taken in preparing and bringing the many entries in each class grain and corn provided 8 classes and some of the classes had as many as 15 entries pota toes roots and vegetables had 8 classes and it required one whole table to hold the many excellent specimens never before have so many flowers been shown and competition was keen in every class there being 6 classes in this department poultry had 6 classes and some splendid birds were exhibited there were 4 classes la the live stock department nnri some excellent animals well trained were shown toy 5 boys and one little girl mr herb cooks little girl wonr flrst place in this group fruit and to matoes also had a tremendous entry there were only 5 classes in this group and in some classes as many as 20 entries garden products were also well represented there being 5 classes citrons in this class had 37 entries with 6 prizes offered pumpkins about the same writing art domestic science sewing manual training and collections all had heavy entries and provided the judges with plenty of work in the short time at their disposal weed naming story telling and showmanship competi tions provided a real entertainment and a big program of sports were run off with points awarded the school with the most winners the parade and physical culture exercises were an interesting part of the program and points were awarded each school taking part the list of winners in all the classes will be found elsewhere in this issue rev mr stephenson was assisted on sunday last at the united church ser vice by rev mr burwill of toronto who spoke on temperance there win be no preaching service for the next two sundays on account of anniversary ser vices in churchill next sunday and at glenwllliams the following sunday both morning and evening the womens institute are preparing a county exhibit with each branch mak ing a contribution and will toe shown at milton fair on saturday next mrs w gowdy and mrs wright visit ed the kilbride branch of the womens institute on friday afternoon last mr and mrs jos brooks arc prepar ing to move to a new home just about completed on their property lot 32 fifth line mr and mrs h porte v ill live on the home place for the present mr and mrs h martin of barrle have moved into one of the lime com pany houses mr martin has secured employment in one of the logging gangs on the third line mr and mrs follett returned to tor onto on tuesday after having l spent another weeks holiday at the grant cottage i mr and mrs john arcowsmith visited vnthmrs swackhamcr and margaret on sunday little joan spent the week here mr and mrs h graham and family of islington- were visitors at mr j roos on sunday other visitors noticed were mr and mrs dan dorcy of hamil ton ap mrs millieres mrs arnold of sctanrberg at mr job mcgowans mr and mrs gordon meredith it toronto with his mother miss evelyn johnson spent all last week with friends in toronto mr mfetfc given attended gooksvllle burlington and district reverted back to standard time ha saturday night without any confusion mrs wilbur kerns entertained sunday evening at a delightful dinner in honor of miss borieta peatherstone a bride- elect of this month w j rlddiford trade commission new york city is spending his holidays here with his parents on kings road joseph j chesseman of hamilton has been appointed inspector of beverage rooms for the city of hamilton county of wentworth and part of halton county on friday evening last the staff from- the local telephone office paid a surprise visit to the home of mrs percy fitness and presented her with a set of dishes mrs fitness lias been a valued member of the local staff for several years mr and mrs fitness are moving to hamil ton where they will reside in future on sunday night a truck driven by sidney hartley and owned by oscar williams maple avenue parked on brant street was struck on the left rear corner by a car driven by c w brown 242 brant st causingdamage of about 100 to the truck and about 75 to the car on sunday night a sign in front of w l rennies office was torn down and the awning at h saunders shoe store damaged on monday night some person threw a brick through the plate- glass window in w a walkers store water street xhe glass was badly shattered and the brick which landed inside broke several bottles of catsup on display hamilton dairies who wish to peddle milk in burlington must pay the license fee of 100 or take the consequences the cooperative dairy has been selling milk in burlington and although the driver was warned to discontinue or have the company take out a license no heed was taken to the naming with the result the driver was fined 50 in magistrate bulls court on monday afternoon gazette 4massagaweta owing to anniversary services being held at arkell united church next sunday when rev mr marsh of imlmlco will preach the preaching ser vice at ebentzer united church has been withdrawn for next sunday morning there will be sunday school as usual rev mr somerville of eden mills will have charge of the services at mlmlco for mr marsh next sunday the rally day service of the ebenezer sunday school will be held a week from next sunday october 6th mrs hesson of toronto is visiting relatives and friends at darbyville at present everton rockwood harvest home services at st johns church were well attended last friday evening and sunday afternoon at the friday evening service rev d e herm m a of toronto and rev l d brown of st georges church guelph were present to take part with the rector rev e brilllnger the platform of the church was a pretty background with gladioli and other flowers along with products ofgardens and field the win dows also showed evidences of a bounti ful harvest with decorations which proved that a divine providence seeks to provide mankind with the necessities of life anniversary services are the order of the day in the community owing to services being held at the stone church morning and evening with rev john little in charge no services were held in the united church here except that sunday school was carried on as usual rally day was observed in the presby terian church here mr c j mckay took the rally day theme our all for god next sunday anniversary ser vices are being held at eden mills pres byterian church when the rev mr strachan of owen sound will be the minister for the day monday evening following a fowl supper is being served in eden mills town hall congratulations to actons twentyfirst fair held last week accompanied with splendid autumn weather enabling all to turn out and make the show a success exhibits in all classes were of a high class and type which proved that all who had a share in contributing their products were not lacking in efforts and time to put before the public on view in the hall and elsewhere about the fair grounds the program given tuesday evening in the arena was of a variety to suit the big gathering and was proof that variety is the spice of life the attractions wednesday on the ground along the midway were well patronized and one feature of the fair was the ferrls wheel which provided thrills for those who took advantage of a ride and in the opinion of one who went up in the air could not help but feel it was hilari ous a few visitors in our midst last week were miss ella hamilton of hamilton misses mae and myrtle watson and mr mclvln watson of pickering miss edna m pearen of dundas was home for the weekend i sunday visitors at the home of mrs e sheperdson were mr jack hinds and daughter eileen of guelph mr and mrs bovey mr and mrs matheson and family mr and mrs fred gibbons mr and mrs leslie dewsbury and daughter june of toronto mrs martha reed of toronto is visiting at the home of the misses reed visitors at the home of mrs g g robertson on sunday were mr and mrs d g robertson and son kenneth osprlnge mr lloyd robertson acton and mr and mrs george young town line rev j p mcleod is attending the conference in guelph at the church of christ mr and mrs john mccutcheon and mr and mrs fred mccutcheon of acton spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs wilbert mccutcheon sixth line the church of christ was nicely decor ated for sunday services with frutt flowers grain and vegetables mr mc leod gave two fine addresses taking for hlsr texts along the line of goodness and thankfulness marjory cooke os prlnge sang a solo in the morning and mrs j webb a solo in the evening also a duett by mr and mrs j webb the young peoples society of guelph con ducted the young peoples session after the evening service with mr archie mcklnnon the president in the chair misses jessie and marjory mcdougall and jessie mckinnon gave talks on the summer camp the meeting closed with prayer by the rev shippey of guelph crewsons corners mr and mrs albert wilding and two sons visited with mr and mrs burling- ham on sunday mrs mcintosh has returned home after spending a week visiting in guelph mr tyler visited in toronto mr and mrs brown of batteau visit ed with mr tyler mrs mcintosh and miss crlpps spent a few days visiting in rockwood mrs a crlpps visited in georgetown for ofc few days service at the church next sunday will be harvest festival at 1045 a m sunday school at 10 00 a m terra cotta mr and mrs d mccauley of chicago who spent a few days with mr and mrs r mccauley and family have returned home mr r j stringer who spent a tew days with mr and mrs c mckeown and family of acton has returned home he also attended acton fair corn cutting is now the general order of the day mrs thos stringer of toronto spent the weekend with terra cotta friends miss annie puckering who spent a few weeks with toronto friends has re turned home wedding bells are still ringing loudly in our hamlet what might have been a serious or fatal accident occurred on main- street on saturday morning while mr c icam was getting a pall of water he stepped in front of a passing motorist who hap pened to be going slowly and with great presence or mind applied the emergency brakes and stopped the car just in time to avert the accident mr j mcbride is having his gravel pit levelled down around his residence and having it terraced up as well miss smith of georgetown spent the weekend with mr and mrs d atkin son and family of the fifth line we are sorry to learn that miss emma rutledge is quite ill at present quite a number from here attended acton fair last wednesday also bramp ton fair on saturday and all report a good time a number from here attended the euchre party and dance at glenwilliams on friday evening oakville a new club has been formed in oak- ville by john f brown to be known as the workers association the daylight saving season is fast drawing to a close the last day before going back to standard tune being sat urday september 29th the condition of rita roy two-year- old trafalgar girl who tvas seriously scalded when she fell in a pall of hot mash last week is very much improved according to word received from the sick childrens hospital on wednesday star mr and mrs thomas wallace north bay are visiting their son mr j m wallace colborne street mr wallace who recently celebrated his 82nd birth day drove the entire distance and thought nothing of it mrs a e hillmer and nat buchanan who ere injured in an automobile ac cident last week have returned home from the hospital jack whltaker all whltaker art hillmer and mr wallace are still in ithe hamilton general hos pital where they are making satisfactory progress record erin miss catharine conlhi of hanover has been visiting with her sister mrs mckenzle at the busholm inn mrs dr gear accompanied by her grandson douglas gear spent several days at the chicago fair mrs cameron of markham spent a few days with miss mary mcmillan she returned hoanepn monday to cele brate her 84th birthday with relatives master woodrow tarzwell nephew of mr arthur tarzwell who was stricken with infantile paralysis has completely recovered and has returned to his home at grand valley 5 w e crouch local horticulturist brought a record tomato into the office last friday which weighed 3 ib3 2 oz the tomato which mr crouch produced in his garden is of the beefsteak variety and grew in a peculiar shape and un usually large about half filling a six- quart basket four members of the local lawn bowl ing club c k overland r t elgle w e bush t c foster attended the scotch doubles lawn bowling tourna ment put on by the fergus club on wednesday evening of last week the former couple won third prize while the latter won two games out of three and were just out of ithe money advocate not yet have you any children mr smith yes three daughters do they live at home with you not one of them they are notmar ried yet wonderfulii smith yes it really was a wonder ful party last thing i remember clear ly was brownjjylng to get into jones grawdfatnerclock to telephone to his wife eden mills the young peoples association enjoy ed a corn roast a few evenings ago at mr harold waltons summer resort the ladies aid of the united church met at mrs h taylors on tuesday to complete arrangements for their anni versary supper the parsonage board of the charge met on monday and decided on a number of improvements necessary for the com fort of the occupants of the home mr john green of moose jaw sask accompanied by his brother mr walter green of toronto were recent visitors at the messrs fulton and miss fultons home mr john green was a commis sioner to the united church general council held at kingston very recently before his return west he and his brother motored to pay a visit to their relatives it is with pleasure we note the mar riage of one of the boys of our com munity in the person of mr robt m croft to miss eileen bridger of mlmlco the marriage took place at the home of rev john little of rockwood who per formed the ceremony dr fred croft of kitchener and miss mae watson of pickering attended the young couple on their return from their honeymoon they will reside in toronto their many friends congratulate them wonder stone georgetown milton mr fred day returned home sunday time jack charlton of milton had his right leg gashed by the axe while chopping wood jack irvln farmer of esquesing town ship had two fingers severed on thurs day last when he accidentally placed his right hand in a cutting box the reorganization of legal offices amounting in a few counties to a pos sible consolidation of the positions of county court cldrk surrogate regis trar and sheriff is known ito be occupy ing the attention of the attorneygen eral hon arthur w roebuck on saturday last george e elliott solicitor milton received notice that the artorncj general had appointed leroy dale of georgetown agent for the offic ial guardian in halton in place of mr elliott who has been agent for some from canfield where he was relieving the postmaster during a vacation mr v day leaves this week to resume his dutic at the university of toronto a number from here attended the sectional meeting in eden mills presby terian church last thursday the girls mission band of the united church held their thank offering meet ing atthe church on friday evening mrs a d savagei of guelph was pre sent and addressed the gathering mr and mrs s r peart and daugh ter miss betty have returned home from their trip to klrkland lake where they visited mr and mrs henry hosking mr and mrs fred smith returned home on monday evening from wind- clarence hall hornby 18 months old had one arm badly crushed when it sot caught in the wringer or an electric washing machine the childs grand mother had been washing and the child crept unnoticed to ithe machine and the a young lad by the name of ganton fell oc the old radial trestle near the georgetown lumber cos mills on monday he escaped with a bad shak ing up at a meeting of the hydro commis sion last evening it was decided to erect standards for street lighting in the business section of main street subject to tlie approval of the town council at fergus fair on saturday last mr j b dcvcreaux of georgetown won 4 firsts 2 seconds and a third on saddle horsesi in the finals at cedar crest golf course last wednesday mr sam mac kenzie won the championship and shield mr frank armstrong was the runner- up mrs wm hill john street was hos tess to avery delightful kitchen shower at her home on tuesday evening sep tember 11th the guest of honor was miss irene hall whose marriage takes place the end of the month mrs c f orr accompanied by her little granddaughter honey laird has returned home after spending the sum mer with mr aridlrs rowland b laird at klrkland lake mrs lairds friends in town will be pleased to know she is recovering satisfactorily after her recent severe operation herald the jewellery department of a store in london was recently offering jade bead necklets for three guineas each and at the same tune had what appeared to be similar jade necklets in showcases marked three hundred guineas each there was nothing unusual in this of all valuable stones jade varies the most in price according to color and work manship and jade is probably more dif ficult to value than any other precious stone most jade comes originally from the mines of burma great blocks may be seen lying on the quays for shipment to china where it is cut by workmen who alone know the secret of finding the perfect pieces of purest color the chinese are supposed to have maintain ed the monopoly of jade cutting on ac count of their patience and extreme ap preciation of the beauty of the stone the most valuable jade is of the rare emerald color and translucent substitution a visitor to an orphanage witnessed a race for little girls the prize was a doll one little cripple looked wistfully at the competitors and the prize the race was won by a brighteyed child of eight on receiving the doll she rushed across to the little cripple saying there youve won i but i couldnt run was the reply i know that silly but i ran for you none of us could ever enjoy the eternal bliss of heaven if our saviour had not made himself our substitute and procured salvation for us at such a cost extra special last chance bargains on sale this weekend 25 lbs no 1 onions 49c 50 lbs nol onions 89c 50 ttis no 2 ontons 59c dont miss these fluffo shortening 2 for 25c pure pork lard 2 for 27c falcon pink salmon 2 for 25c falcon tomatoes 2 for ldc campbells tomato soup 2 for 19c campbells veg soup 2 for 19c campbells tomato juice 2 for lie campbells pork beans 2 for 19c try these lines westons choc jelly roll 25c each cream corn starch lie pkg dainty comb honey 20c pkg shop at barrs quality courtesy service free fall service bulletin and news our fall service bulletin and news contains a lot of practical poultry information and suggestions as well as interesting poultry news items it will help you to get the best possible results from your pullets this fall and winter copies will be mailed free on request as long as our supply lasts write for your copy today bray chick hatchery 18 claybukn avenue st catharines ont salt sent via dolly ok tropicsof a missionary in the tropicsof the name of anderson and his family were having a hard time no sugar no flour no salt it was getting near christmas and they hid faith to pray especially for salf one can live for months with out meat but to enjoy a stale flabby tropical chicken salt is very necessary fall housecleaning is now the chief interest in the home little hand was caught and bpforell thelastmnil before chrlstmarbrolient fair yesterday n will also how at sor after a weeks visit with mr and milton an saturday mrs anson smith could be extricated the arm was badly torn brie mcarthur of kilbride won the following prizes on his percheron horses at the canadian national exhibition 1st for perchcron stallion 1934 lsit and reserve champion for 2yearold filly 3rd for 2 colts the progeny of one marc 5th tor brood mare in class of eleven entries 4th for yearling general purpose kenneth robertson also of kilbride won second in boys colt club in class of ten entries champion some presents for the family but no salt some time before a man at home was looking round for presents to send to the anderson ohildrcn he found a dolls head but no body so he did ths best he could with the materials he had on christmas morning the little ander son girl complained that the don which she had received as a present was leak ing mrs anderson looked and there was salt running out the doll had been stuffed with salt and ytheir prayer was answered linoleum in block tile and convention al designs domolic aa finish square yard wuc floor oilcloth showing desirable patterns for kitchen porch per square yard bedroom 49c cojsgoleum in very pxetty patterns of floral and tile per square yard 69t -fewol-mats- 1vjattress filled with pure white felt rolled edge feo aa any size each puv vacuum cleaners universal guaranteed for fljoyl cfl 1 year special prlj empire in real condition for work guaranteed for 1 year special 1950 18x36 inches choice designs spei 2 bed outfits complete with bed mat- tress and springs wonder ful value cm flk special at p1tt03 johnstone rumley homefuurnishings and funeral directors phone 30 acton ontario r weekxy thought he steadfastly set his face to go to jerusalem luke 9l no uij can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife and all life not be purer and stronger thereby meredith lucille mttiteb cdfiurrij of qkttaa acton minister bev c l poole b d parsonage bower avenue standard time rally day 1 1 00 a m rally day service pag eant sunday school visitors from far places 7 00 p m the minister gleanings from the general council of the united church ail are welcome prfflbiilman knox church acton rev h l bennie m a minister manse willow street sunday september 30th rally day 1 1 00 a m the school and congre gation meet in rally service theme gods place school assembles at 1030 a m 700p m the minister the van guard jtfote thursday october 4th at 8 00 p mpreparatory service october 7th communion sabbath october 21st an niversary service always welcome isapltat dljurrii acton g r easter paatar 10 00 a m sunday school 1 1 00 a m church service subject the peril of secret dlscipleshlp baptism at close of service no evening service no prayer meeting on wednesday unclassified small advertisements advertisements under this heading one cent per word minimum charge 25c per insertion five insertions for 1 00 if paid cash toe additional is charged rbere items have to be booked a electric washer reconditioned electric washer cheap for quick sale 35 00 terms talbots hardware strayed from the premises of f e holmes oxford rain 2 years old anyone hav ing information kindly telephone 97r3 acton fob rent semidetached house on church street property of the estate of the late john cameron h n farmer solicitor acton fob sale corner building lot for sale apply on premises to mrs e c roadknight corner arthur and wellington sts 12tf litherland studios have openings for students on ha waiian and spanish guitar moderate terms instruments supplied apply at w chlsholms bower avenue acton 124 lost between bower avenue and the high school on tuesday yellow gold wrist watch liberal reward if returned to margaret harrison bower avenue acton card of thanks we wish to express our deepest ap preciation and gratitude for the help and words of sympathy from our friends and neighbors during our recent bereave ment these kind acts will linger lqng in our memory mrs thos moffat and family clear1nj auction sale a clearing sale of the household effects including piano and moftat elec tric range of william williams will bo lneld at the home lake avenue acton on saturday october 6th commencing at one oclock sharp positively no re serve terms cash 142 r j kerr auctioneer fox meat wanted will buy horses injured cattle or any thing suitable for fox meat at any time phone promptly as meat must be in good condition small power or heavy band straw cutting box wanted- mast bo reasonable vannatter fox farm 38tf phono93r 31 georgetown overseas steamship passages booked excellent service passports assisted f l 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