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the acton free press thur3pay march zjlh 1m3 jackaowoa wdnuasaar aawlaa at tk basse ft mpsskltad j march mlb ysrisssa- bsftantrst street tpofwabtoi cs m jwti aapa waufco p fta os actoa iwlomd bnwt a and carey r t itonrnttx and h of cajatpeuax him tale moffat ontario an march attb ims cafcris i gsam- two beloved mrshaiwl of venus taylor in hla slat year tt funeral win be held on the funeral wd be held day with service at ja pwjahyurlan church at 230 oclock interment at fxdrview cemetery acton woods in loving memory of our dear husband and father george t wood who pataed away on harch 36u 1931 theres m wlte who inlaw you sadly and finds the time ions since you and i think of you dally and hourly but try to be brave and content but the tearw i shed in silence and i breathe a sigh of regret vor you were mine and i remember though all the world forget sadly missed by wife and family just another week of march and aurety april will bring an end to winter many are anticipating the maple ayrup season with added longing to satisfy the aweet tooth the fire alarm this morning was given by the underwriters inspector who made a test of actons ore fight ing equipment mr john aklit acton had the misfortune to fall on the ice at hla home and fracture his shoulder he was taken to st josephs hospital in guelph for treatment good friday la four weeks from tomorrow kubllc holidays are ration ed this year and the next one after that doesnt come until july the men in the armed services need those recent issues of good magazines the duke of devonshire chapter i o d e ask you to have them ready for collection in the near future that lifesize cutout of a soldier crouched in the corner of the post office lobby is quite realistic espec ially if one happens to enter the lobby just at closing time yes the war gets closer and closer the acton and vicinity war ser vice league is made up of represen tatives of all the organizations not only in acton but the district sur rounding in fact it includes every one in the acton district and anyone or any group is welcome at any of the meetings its funds come from acton and district folks hba b vkldhuis addbessed march meeting at dublin the dublin womens institute hold their march meeting at the home of mrs wm bracken und the president mrs c vahcoozen wus in charge roll call wan a short irish tttory or joke mrs a mcpherson mude a dona tion of fifteen quilt blocks to he made into quilts one quilt was clvon to the russian itellof and thro quilts to the red cross guest speaker wus mrs b veld- huls who spoke on holland and the address proved very interesting to members and visitors a donation was made tohe acton and vicinity war service league to be used for our boys a number of letters were read from our boys overseas saying they recelv ed- their christmas parcels and clg- arettes from acton and vicinity war service leucue mrs somervllle read a paper on citizenship and wo manhood mrs mcdougall offered her home for the april meeting mrs g robertson tendered a vote of thanks to those who look part on the program and also to the hostess for the use of her home the meeting closed by singing the national an- tliem lunch was served and a soc ial time spent b miss mary c maflafjff just an in nan of a week or so lost a few days from going about the all her life slipped away to rest and to many us who have spent several years in this com munity with her seemed to go a part of the community malmle masales was a d of the late william masales and jane talt and an only child born in acton in the house in which she pasaed away it waa from this same home that her parents went tp their last resting place the masavo family wm one of the pioneer fam ilies of the district and malmle masales had cherished and maintain ed that steadfastness to the commun ity that had been handed down to her by parents who passed away about forty years ago for se years 1 taught school both in and ersmon townships and in acton mot only her ability as a teacher won her a high place in the community but her character and her training of the young lives under her made the community richer here is the tribute received from a man who resided in s s no 8 in eramoaa when she taught there at least half of the homes of school section no 8 eramosa were represented at the funeral of mss maryc masales in acton on thurs day to pay tribute to the memory and the many years of service of miss masales in that section in addition to the outstanding educational value of her teaching she was appreciated by parents and pupils alike for her christian character and ladylike ex ample it would be hard to find a country school producing more uni versity and other graduates than did s s noj 8 under the teaching of miss masales and no set of pupils could be blessed with a teacher displaying finer examples of spiritual citizenship to many pupils of s s no 8 mamie masales acted as a combination of teacher motherand friend and her memory will be thankfully revered by both parents and pupils while many a former student will be a better man or woman for having come under her influence miss masales was a member of the old disciple church in acton and when this church closed she trans ferred her loyalty and allegiance to the raptlst church where she has been a faithful worker and staunch supporter her memory of early days in acton was very clear and when the book actons early days was being compiled miss masales was most helpful in securing information and several section of the book are the result of her effort in church and in community she will be mused for her example and good works but in the hearts and minds of many she will live for years the funeral service was held thursday afternoon at the johnstone aj rumley funeral home rev w g charlton of toronto a former be loved pastor was assisted in the ser vice by rev john ostrom the pres ent pastor of the baptist congrega tion interment was made in fair- view cemetery floral tributes and the attendance of many at the ser vice wore tributes to her life tho pallbearers were messrs w coles frank mcintosh a t brown j m steele stanley cripps and wm mcnabb the floral tributes were carried by misses wuma west ida fryer elizabeth park doris lane and grace sanderson sfl village cotton england cp this suffolk ylllage is a place where food worries are unknown fifteen months ago the cotton food production com mittee composed of the entire vil lage waa formed and embarked on a food growing campaign which has made them absolutely self sufficient food rom nobwat stockholm cp through the swedish fund for norwegian relief 400 oslo children are being fed regu larly and food stations have been set up in 40 other places in norway robert d warren native of acton but resident of toronto for the past twentyfive yenrs robert d warren passed away on monday nt his home on bathurst street ho was seventynine years of age and had been 111 for several years a month ago he was made an honor ary life dencon of wnlmer road bap- tint church he was a member of the senate of mcmastor university and for a numlter of yeart wns edi tor of the camultnn baptist born in acton he attended public school here later he attended brampton high school and milton model school following a period of teaching in rurnl schools he became editor of the georgetown herald for 30 years he was superintendent of the baptlut sunday school at georgetown while most of his life was spent in other communities he never lost con tact or interest in the home town he was a frequent visitor to the scene of boyhood and delighted to mingle again at gatherings here the war ren block at mill and willow street was erected and owned by the war ren brothers and ownership of the section occupied by the bank of mon treal was retained by him until his death since going to toronto 30 years mrs annie simpson death came suddenly to mrs annie simpson on wednesday of last week although in failing health she had been about and on march 17th paased away suddenly at her home on main street she would have been sixty- nine years of age on the day ot her funeral mrs simpson was born in england and came to canada thirty- years ago for the past eighteen years the family have resided in acton and it was here that her hus band george simpson sr passed away eight years ago a family of three sons and four daughters remain to revere her memory and to these sympathy of many friends here goes to them in their bere the family remaining are mrs brown anne of huttohville misses ada and mary at home george of acton charles in new toronto sam in tor onto and mrs glenn ryder edith of acton the funeral was held on friday af- temoon with service at the johnstone i rumley funeral home conducted by her pastor rev a w fosbury of the united church interment was made in falrview cemetery acton the pallbearers were messrs i geo greene a clifford e ryder r i w lowrie lloyd masales and geo smith among the floral tributes which also bore testimony to the memory of mrs simpson were those from the family tho grandchildren miss e i hawthorne miss mona and la verne smith no 5 platoon canadian army trade school beardmore employees association members of the good year recreation club mrs archie mcmurchy and mr and mrs angus mcmurchy united rubber workers of america william alfred bescoby william alfred bescoby died wed nesday morning march 17th at the home of his daughter mrs mark given at the ripe old age of ninety- one he had a birthday the monday before he passed away but no cele bration was held as he was in very poor health and had been for a num ber of years the late mr bescoby farmed all his life coming to this country from county essex england when he was 21 he was the son of ann wll- loughby and richard bescoby short ly after arriving in canada he mar ried mary shortt who predeceased him many years ago they farmed on the homestead on the check line until 1010 when the farm was sold but he resided there until 1917 at that time he moved to stewarttown and then came to llmehouse to make his home with his daughter mrs mark given until his death he leaves to mourn his loss two daughters and one son mrs mark given llmehouse mrs harry leltch winnipeg and howard of toronto six grandchildren olive jean and lloyd given john leltch harold and john bescoby the funeral was held from the johnstone rumley funeral home on saturday with service conducted by rev w g o thompson and rev c c cochrane interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown flowers were from mr and mrs mark given and family howard may and harry leltch verna and harold bescoby flo and bill coole and the girls lookout club flower bearers were lloyd given and harold bescoby pallbearers were harry devereaux norman devereaux harry lawson joe scott thomas kennedy nnd nlnlan lindsay those from n distance attending the funeral included howard bescoby mr and mrs harold bescoby and mrs john bescoby all of toronto nnd mrs harry leltch winnipeg i franklin william mooney well known business man of acton for the past twentyfour years franklin w mooney passed away on thursday of last week at the tor onto general hospital he hud been hi only a week or w nnd was fifty- six years of age frank mooney an most of us fam iliarly knew him here wan born nt orton n son of the lute samuel and mrs sarah mooney twentyeight years ngo he married miss anne mc- fadden of portage la prairie man besides his wife he leaves two chil dren pte harold mooney of toronto nnd mrs harry otterbeln of acton his mother also survives him and resides in guelph nnd two sisters mrs bailey of toronto and mrs fred church of dundns also remain to all of the bereaved sympathy of many friends here goes at this time mr mooney was a plumber and tin smith by trade and for twentyfour years had conducted business in acton he was well liked by many friend who knew him the funeral on sunday afternoon from the johnstone a rumley fun eral home was largely attended the service was in charge of rev forbes thomson his pastor interment was acton business men cecil downer and family fiew toronto mr a mrs nell mcnabb and reta ostrah- der hockey club of toronto jack ostrander mr and mrs a hamlll of guelph anne holmes close family members of knox church choir mr and mrs f holmes and jack em ployees mason knit ivase foundry co dr and mrs il austin ai conda officers and members of tor onto mr and mrs j b chalmers employees force electric the mas ters family his old pals mr and mrs ed footut and teddy mr and mrs ken trotter port credit mr and mrs mcmuliln and family mr and mrs barrow- sr and jr billy esters force electric products the crewson family the syroon family ago he was a member of walmer made ln fwrvlew cemetery acton road baptist church for many i the p were messrs nell mc- years he was chairman of the board i nabb fr f j mccut- of deacons and superintendent of the cheon chos allan e w masters and sunday- school his wife died eight e t f bearers were messrs years ago surviving are two sons i rne masters jack holmes charlie ernest a warren and carey r war- k al burton wm coon ren all of toronto funeral sei i and mac svmon vlce was held wednesday afternoon among the floral tributes which rev a j moncrlef officiated assist- auo sympathy and tribute ed by rev h h bingham and rev were those from the mr h p whldden at the service in and h mooney mr and mrs walmer road baptist church inter- j lenexkey and dorothy jackson ment was ln greenwood cemetery i mt t ba b mra georgetown 1 bailey and lois acton hockey club wh porter tells of british farmers at halton meeting i contlnued from page one dairy products in other words their agriculture has been developed so that they import only such concentrated products as bacon eggs cheese etc reference was alsonade jjy the speaker to the british organization of egriculture with the consequent coun ty committees which have full auth ority to decide what crops the indi vidual farmer must grow and the re spective acreage of each farmers are rated into the following three classes a those that are producing 80 per cent or better of the possibilities of tho farrny b those procuring go to bo per cent c those- producing under 0 per cent the latter two classes are closely supervised and where they do not im prove some of these farmers have been taken off their farms and dis possessed in britain everyone is working for the state and conse quently there is regimentation but for the most part he states the farmers are well satisfied with the system and would be loath to go imck to the old days british farmers said the speaker are playing a vital part in this ter rible drama in prewar days british agriculture was a tramp industry but the government has pledged itself not to allow agriculture to drift back into a secondary or distressed condi tion mr porters description of his visits to army headquarters the army in camp and the army ln their man oeuvres nnd the air forces was ex ceptionally inspiring and thrilling ho depicted the canadian lads in splcn did condition their rations adequate when properly handled and most of the lads heavier in weight than when they left home some of tho lads were homesick and fed up with the unpleasant experience of guarding and no action mr porter also re ferred to the fact that some of the lads get letters and boxes frequently from home others do not and when the latter see the other chaps getting their letters nnd boxes it gets them down a bit in short mr porter re quested his audience if they knew lads who were not likely to get many messages from home to keep them in mind newsy letters of what is going oh at homo tho odd parcel etc would help tremendously ho stated i btood humble in the presence of the air crews stated mr porter most of them are around 20 years of age whoso fathers would worry if they were out with tho car at night uhen they were homo nnd now thoy take off ln blnckout in those im mense bombers for 1000 or 1500 mile trips overenemy country the rak nnd the rcaf are carrying war to tho heart of the enemy country theyre not waiting or talking about a second front mr portors descrip tion of his visits to tho fighter sta tions tho demon squadron whlclf ik all canadian and prey on cnomy shipping in tho english and north sens tho night fighters whofce planet are equipped with secret in struments which no civlllnn in allow ed to see and flnnllv to the bomber command whore they were privileged to see preparations for a raid being made the takeoff around midnight and finally the return nt dnwn from a raid on dusseldorf all of those graphic descriptions mrt intensely interesting and thrilling to say tho leatt the thaker also referred to many of the large british cities which have been heavily homlied and which they were privileged to visit as i stood outside of st pauls cathedral said mr porter and saw the devasta tion all about i felt that only a miracle could hnve saved that beau tiful and historic cathedral as a matter of fact many people in britain after their experiences the past three years still believe in miracles and point to the fact that at the time of the evacuation from dunkirk the channel was never so quiet before or since th spirit of the british people is still there he stated no boasting or shouting but a cold de termination to win through he con cluded his address by stating that britain never was as vital as it is at this moment they will fight until they achieve victory another feature pf the jersey breeders meeting was a moving pic ture in technicolor presented by jas brenner secretary of the canadian jersey cattle club of his trip to out standing herds visited on a tour to the western coast in 1942 following the luncheon which was catered by the hornby womens in stitute in 4helr usual efficient style addison t woodley president of the halton holsteln breeders club brought the greetings of that organi zation secretary j e whltelock presented the mckendrick trophy to tom alderaon the grand champion club member in the halton jersey calf club in 1d42 president maurice beatty of the jersey club waa chair man the election of officers for 1943 resulted as follows past president maurice beatty milton president lome ella rockwood 1st vicepresident edwin harrop milton 2nd vicepresident arthur pad- kury rockwood secretarytreasurer j e white- lock directors esqueslng ward ruddell and d charles georgetown trafalgar jack featnerstone and rex mcroe oakvllle and v hall hornby nassagaweya duncan moffat rockwood nelson wm davles palermo and herbamon tansley eriivchas mckeown acton to release coal for poultrymen in view of the fact that a 29 per cent increase in canadian egg produc tion is required in 1943 to meet both british and domestic requirements for eggs the coal administrator war time- prices and trade board states it is prepared to recommend the release of american anthracite coal for in cubators and brooders shipments of coal for such poultry equipment will be made to one dealer only in a com munity requests of poultry raisers for coal for ncubators or breeders should be made to the coal administrator 239 sparks street ottawa through a re sponsible municipal official or the local representative of the wartime prices and trade board the follow ing should be given with the request or application for such coal 1 name of dealer to whom coal should be assigned 2 trade name and size and coal re quired x name nnd address of dealers regular supplier west aftuca msnesals accra west africa cp plans are nearly completed for an anglo- american survey in west africa to find new sources for filaments and molybdenumrfor steel manufacture the mission will be baseo in nigeria but will explore possibilities in the french catneroons liberia and an gola vmsr qdide is m miss agnes badenpowell sister of lord badenpowell the founder of the boy scout movement recently celebrated her 84th birthday in lon don miss badenpowell was the first leader of a girl guide company in the world heading an english com pany in 1908 the same year that scouting was started royal palace guraphs lkaddig theatoe8 bing crosby bobhop dorothy lamour in star spangled rhythm monday to dnehday ralph richard tub avengers v htartino aran lit randomharvest grer garson ronald coleman raiday ttf if irhdav hiuerschildren with bonit granville tim holt jr i wednesday to fiuday tuial aid u trail znd deanna durbin in the amazing mrs halliday vankh ah oabdenehh london cp american soldiers will raise enough fresh fruits and vegetables this summer for 10 divis ions for n year mnj ii 11 hutch inson is in charge of gardens made from idle land near camps vou aib ah victlmft sydney cp the new south wales fund to aid the lord mavor of londons fund for british civilian victims exceeded the target flrure of 90000 by more than s116a0 notice change of 7 ime 7 able for garbage collection it has ben found impossible to make collections in one day therefore tho following time table for garbage collection is now effective on mondays and thursdays 800 am mill street on both sides then north or mill between the railway tracks and main street but not main street 100 pm east of railway track tuesdays and fridays 800 am west of main street and main street 100 pm south or mill street and east or main street important stipulations arc that containers with contents must not weigh over 60 lbs and that all garbage must be in proper con tainers with covers so that contents may empty freely and not be frozen failure to observe these rules may result in non- collection j naval awards for cns officers honors and promotion have itecn received by tuelve former offi cers of the canadian national steam ships now serving in the royal canadian navy all of those so honored are professional seamen who entered active service from their peacetime nwignments through tho royal canadian naval reserve five of them commencing as apprentices served their entire seagoing career with the company of those who were accorded recognition in the honors list three were appointed to be officers of the military division of the order of the bntish empire and one was awarded the distinguished ser vice cross eight officers of the royal cana dian navy who had formerly served on the deck in the engine room anu in the pursers department of the cana dian national steamships received promotionf shown above r of iks british em fur 1 lieutenantcommander n v clarke rcn r whose home is in halifax he was formerly a first officer in the canadian national service and had been with the com pany since 1923 2 lieutenant engineer v g k desprs rcn r of montmagoy que formerly a second engineer in i he steamships he joined the engine room forces of the company in 1930 3 iteutenantcommander engin eer a ii arniaon torpedo of van couver who prior to joining the canadian navy had ib years service with the companys ittcinc coast fleet mfuijaecf servfa cross 4 acting commander d c wal lace r cnr a native of pictou us whose home is in halifax and a former chief officer with the cana dian national steamships he entered the service in 1921 promoted to comwtandtt 5 commander o c rdfesjtson advanced from lieut commander his home is in montreal he started his seagoing career with the cns as an apprentice in 1924 and served with the company until be joined the i navy he is now senior officer of hmcs prince robert which the naval department statement terms a renowned auxiliary cruiser which has figured insevcral major operations of this war to lituuttant command vs a k young of montreal farm er chief officer in the cns service began as an apprentice in 1922 7 h d mackay of halifax began as an apprentice in 19j0 was third officer in 1934 and first officer when he joined the navy q e w t surtcce engineer of montreal a former chief snajnesf with the steamships joined tlss service in 1926 serving in various engine room capacities to pnjwsiisr xsmtfmmmi cesssbssjswa 9 c r hoggs of montreal joined the cns in 1931 10 a s e sillett saint john nd had been in the companys- servicesincejune 1936 1 1 h r northrup whose bom it- in saint john nb joined the officsr of the company in 1931 and became pursers clerk in 193s 12 w j marshall of moatiml joined the staff of che canadian national railways n 1930 nnd two years later transferred to the purser l stsifofcajiaduinnationslstesrnthip