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jvttjm wttt bftss siltyeilhth yer no 43 acton ontario thursday may 27th ims eight homeprint pages five orals ymxa reports a saccesatal year of progress splendid reports of activities oa- bop and prqerun were preeectited at tk annual meeting las friday algfat f acton yjca chairman k s fore presided and white the altend- ini was not nearly as urate a the asaportanee of the event warranted it proved a fine evening p of trophies was also a feature weekly war ceauaeaury dramatic event la taw aevtal war against the avis laat week aw sharp point to prime minister churc- hiira suggestion to the american con gress that the experiment of b s germany and italy out of the war hi worth trying so long other mea sure are not excluded just few days before the raf- hart earned oul shal apparently was mr w j beatty reported on ihe most destructive raid against membership which had been nuun- ccrsnany nineteen of britains big tmlned in spite of the loss of many iannasters some flown by specially- young people to the community mr wm benson gave a review of the program carried on in the y the past year and mrs cray the- supervisor ave detail and figures which show- i the place thai this institution holds in the live of itie young people of acton mr m shroedrr gave a review ot the activities of the card room and c trained canadians had burst the huge kder and mohne dams the result ant flooda destroyed power stations and communication inundated fac tories and homes and sent hundreds of millions of l4ns of water coursing through tlie heart of oniumy lo- dust rial i alleys this spectacular stroke mr churchills suggestion and 4le fact mr c klrkness gave a reiiort of that nowhere in hu speech did lu- the building maintenance lie paid mention the invasion of euroiie this deserved tribute to mr arch kent- 5ar cave rise to immediate specu- ner for the very efficient job lie had latum in london and washington an made in looking after the caretaking o he part the allies air force are of the building the tlnancial review j cuing to play against the aids this by mr w ii clayton showed lotal summer receipts of s214602 which was an in- htraduy mlcluler crease over that amount budgeted and i here seemed to be no question for by s231g2 the total expend- i that they were itookcd for a lieavy tures were 2142 10 while the oper- role the weight of allied attacks in atlng balance was small it was on the north africa grew steadily mightier drainage problems and items on council agenda tesavtntrlt levator nat sccani itetil clavifml launst pa- otfcer luaaa 1 k heavy bomber forces in britain were djaclased to tiave been reinforc ed andj the itar heavy bomlier groups were held on the ground a- imnnlly or rest lircparatory to the major assault still 1ondon observers are inclin ed tt believe mr churchill and president ftoosevell tiave riot decid ed ta pulverize the akis into submls- ly from the air they pointed out that though the north african clean up has liecn made 4 continued on i age klght blood donors from this dislricl right aide tribute was paid to mr chas klrk- nesswho has been a member of the y board for eight years and is this year retiring from the board new directors elected to the y board for a term of three years were messrs w j ileatty thos jones and r h parker another feature of the evening was ij the presentation of three fine new trophies which lutve been donated this year for the first time the ilesathlon trophy was presented by mr john cameron it is for compe- j tit ion in six events and was won hy g wy hon evan won llu- m11 for j p fross nccds the high jum shot put and iolalu rare the standing broad jump and hop step and jump events were won by doug davidson the trophy re mains the property of the y but the winners each year are awarded med als the presentations were made hy the donor mr john cameron the force electric products tiave offered another fine new trophy for mixed badminton doubles each winner gets individual silver cups each year the winners this year were miss florence salt and cordon beatty another fine new trophy 1 the baxter laboratories trophy for the pingpong players mere too the win ners get individual medals as welt as temporary possession of the trophy this years winners were lena law- aon and don force mr chas klrk ness explained the trophies and events and mr g a dills made the presentations to the winners appreciation in a tangible way was shown to mrs johnny gray who has so capably carried on the y program in the absence of her husband when she was presented with a victory bond reference ta her good work in starting new classes and maintain ing interest was made in all the re ports and this presentation met with hearty approval by all the members and friends of the y president e s force in a few re marks expressed appreciation of the cooperation he had received from other members of the board and from member lit waj pleased that the program had been broadened and maintained the influence in the c us bound to be benefic ial again this eur mr force drew attention to the increuse in juvenile delinquency the ymca con be and is a factor in helping this serious problem but the problem can better local committee has been or ganized with dr w g cullcn aa president a group of citizens gathered in the acton ymc a on tuesday evening muy 15th to hear miss mary i foy of the ontario division of the can adian red cross explain the opera tion of the mobile units fur collecting blood from volunteer donors for army use miss foy said that the system was the result of a threecornered ur- rungement involving the dominion government connaught laboratories and the canadian red cross the red cross work with volunteers in com munities throughout the country col lecting the blood the connaught laboratories prepare and dry the serum and the dominion government iwy the emtenses of the project many thousands of donors have vol unteered throughout the dominion as well us in other parts of the world to give the blood that is necessary if the lives of our battletorn soldiers are to be suved to give some idea of the magnitude of the task miss foy salt that it takes the blood of five dunors to save the life ot one wound ed soldier believing that the citizens of acton have no desire to full behind the rest of the country tlie meeting appointed a committee to arrange for the visit of one of these collecting units to acton the red cross will bend the unit if sufficient volunteer are forthcoming to make the visit be solved if such organizations as the worth while they ask for a mlni- y have the fcupporr and encourage- num donojrs for the first visit ntent of the parents mr force urg- ed that we all do everything possible for these boy and girls of today who are the citizens of tomorrow he expressed appreciation of the support of the press in the program in acton following- the business session a i social time was enjoyed under the di k of mr chas klrkness there was dancing and cards and 90 on subsequent visits the committee will broach you in the at the meeting of acton council last evening councillors w j o cake c klrkness j f davison and a ma were present in the ab sence of the reeve councillor j f dtavison was appointed acting reeve for the meeting mr wm mcknrry was present and asked council to cive some attention to the lralnacc at his property uit main street opfosite the school lane the water from ond hacked up and was damaging tlie foundation mr mrkocry desired to relhilm the prop- ty he felt that if tlie water in fairy lake was lowered it would im prove ttte situation mr mcenery later liad mr parker of hm reard- more co attend tin- meeting with him it was felt that if tlie dlh h nc- rotw mr mrknery prierty ure leaded the situation would lie reme- ilicd mr piker agreed u check the water levels in fairy lake ami to coojmrnte wlifrcwr okslhle hut felt tlie water hvet had hot imii raised council olnled out im- matter wai one tictween mr mcknery ami faanl more jb co the tlralnnge front tin trt was oinn and the floods con dlllon was not caused from any cause under the cotporat ions vntrl mr parker complained of tlw nul ance of lkeons about his proierty or park avenue mr ilarrop drew at tention to i lie former ruling given that after fourteen days the birds could le destroyed if ho one objected at thai time 1kt bird had been imp lied hut complaint had been made and tlie trap had ia im removed council agreed to leave an investiga tion in the hands of chief ilarrop and the clerk with power to arrange for plan to lessen the nuisance the matter of tender for a truck was discussed it was twilnted out that the advertisement called for n three ton truck and the dodge tender had been on n thre ton truck and the ford quotation had been on two ton truck the latter had been ac cepted by the council in the mean time the contract had not been signed until this iktlnf was cleared up pu mattr was further left over until the next meeting before any decision wus reached a letter from the toronto general hospital was read regarding an in digent patient the letter pointed out that the account of william lash- brook had been paid until march and as he was still a patient this could not be carried further council felt that with the revenue received from the property here and the family he coum not be considered an indigent council appreciated the full explana tion given by the hospital it was admitted that mr lazhbrook had been a resident of acton the clerk was instructed to reply to the letter accounts were passed for payment ns follows acton welfare april accounts 4408 acton welfare may accounts 440s bell telephone co bervlces 763 james gardiner labor 70 ctoremv johnson labor 70 john rlcc7cemenl mixer 75 00 treasurer acton y m c a rent public lavatories 250 00 elliott bros supplies 40 actom fsks pbkss advertising 1420 ospringe man arcideiitahy shot tuesday morning fart of loot recovered from aeton rolibery w3s 5h a letter from mrll d rnchlln nttuched u receipted bill for damage to his cur this damage was caused by the approach to his driveway and he requested thnt council remedy the situation so that it would not occur again the matter was left for a de cision by the insurance company it was felt the approach could not be hi red without greater danger to pe destrians or to the highway traffic a letter from the garage opera tors association expressed apprecia tion of the cooperation of council in giving use of the hall in the drive in car s sash at i an unfortunate accident occurred tuesday morning when roy webb slipped as lie was climbing m fence and a rifle he was carrying to shoot groundhog went off i he bullet striking him ills cries for help were heard by neighbors in he village who assisted him to his home a doc tor was called and 1e was immediate ly rushed to lle cuelph hospital an xray slukwed tlte bullet tered just btlow 1ih imait narrowly missing 11m lung and kidney and lodg- d lit a must le low tu i lie luu k bone it will im a fw day before this can cmwnnl and at preunl lie is sui- f- ring considerably he is still in a ious condition as a result of the accident a general provincial election will beheld tn ontario this summer if canadian troops doat go into offen sive action itefore the election writ ts issued rentier ninon made that state ment soon aftrr his elevation to the premiership hut he said he was dis appoint ed i hat prcparat ions for t lie taking of the soldiers vote overseas were not more adanced through a 1042 act of tlie ontario legislature provision was made for distribution to canadian troops whose itonws are in ontario of itohus uii which lliey would dtxjgnate icrons j4t uortli iionttmulk an1 room ok this ukek course of the next two weeks and which such splendid results were eery member feels that the dtlxehs i cured in the collection of scrap of actorl will do their bit to put this j councillor klrkness reported that project over the top cm they have j mr blair was arranging to complete done so often with others in the past j the repairs to the arena roof as soon acton boys bmistgd ac2 ken fryer has joined the rc i ajr and is now statlooad at no 3 depot at lachv qfbc the members of the committee nre as follows president dr w g cullen secretary mrs h o boyes convenor of doctors dr w g cullen convenor of nuraesmrs g ben ton refreshments mrs w j beatty contact man mr charles klrk ness equipment for clinic red cross work rooms and y mens club reception committee mrs a mr tad harrop of guelph has mason mrs w h clayton and mrs jalaad tha rcn and uv bhush colurabuu a a mclean publicity mr rr parker as weather permitted mr- hugh black requested permis sion to use the race track in the park for training horses and stable the horses at the buildings the council pointed out that the fall fair had jurisdiction over the stables and felt that use of the park for this purpose would be a further hazard to the chil dren nottingham england cpa factory worker who went to a dance when he should have beeh at work was fined the equivalent of 120 or three months in jail for leaving his employment without permission aimhii stifitlyilie nelghlmim and friends wre present at u surprise liiimvllulieouii tjumer held in lurn si hool tuesday evening in lionor of the recent marriage of sgt norman wright ami his bride mr r i dav idson acted as master of ceremonies and a very interesting program in cluded piano solo by betty allan duett kathleen findlny and norman wright reading iwtty allan solo mis audrey mcarthur u singsong was enjoyed by ull ami the following address was read by esther taylor dar dot and norman not sergeant tonight although e are very proud and rejoice with ou in that ruuk no tonight we prefer to think of you us the tow- headed urchin who swung front trees and chased ferocious indlunn along the sucond une hunting grounds with your charm i ngj wife we are hon oring not only six jfcet of efficient manhood in his majestys uniform but u frecklenose ten yearold who pilfrcd fallen tree branches to help build castles in youngs bush we remember with tender regret the ile- fehseless turtle whom our guest of honor and his savage female under ling boiled and skinned although why no one will eyer know least of ull the murdered turtle our gifts tonight are not only for sergeant and mrs norman wright ut for a blonde male cherub with a merry tongue that wagred overtime it was this same blonde cherub whose lyrical voice gave forth the most strident tarzan yell on the street as your neighbors and friends of the historic second line we wish you and dot every happiness t hat is manifest to humans in this chaotic old world to those who are wiser and more mature you are a symbol of youth and mirth and n fine cour age these qualities are immortal to he rest of us your comrades in child ish fun you are a link with years that were incredibly gay and care free therefore we bring you hoi only these gifts but our respect nnd affection as well we nil used to dream splendid dreams when we perched on the gar- nce roof nibbling at stolen carrots may they come true for ybu and the little lady whom youhnve chosen for your life partner in nil futuro adven tures yours sincerely the second uneks and friends entitled to cast their ole in what hae en- i prowneial ridings they were resl- ovnt liefoiv they joined tlie armed foriet arranging feostes mr nkon said tlie work of arrang ing for tte proxies and ttielr distribu tion to tin ovrrmiik irooiis should hat becti started earlier in t im iueiilim- g ii want wecrdjary of iih canadian cliamliei of cimmer in toiidoii enulanil lias len a- oliitd aiit of hie lilef ehcllon of- fictr of tlw provlnoe xiaj a iewls ami this task will he to distribute ehctlon forms to ontario soldiers throughout the british islet ulld sup- irvlwe mailers generally as m result of the cooperation of toroolo indice with chief ilarrop 313 ibt of the butler stolen from acton creamery last wednesday night was recovered on thursday atghtt word of this was received by chief ilarrop following tlie roundup and further arrests are anticipated some of tlie poultry and meat were also re covered the thieves disposed of the butler in hie city and hie toronto police ar rested hie two who liad purdiased tlie stolen good it has since been lecovurcd hy mr anderson of the arhin creamery in addition lo hie butter stolen thrvc crates of eugs were taken and f hl kens ami meat lo- mi- continuing the lncstgallon llallon member answers critics on war expenditure tch of oiwoaltksa beta r4oavanis1ssir a mmtlfsjra jut thursday the member for llallon mr hughes cleaver address ed tlie house of commons and tn view of the fact that his speech drew tlie criticism of a section of hie dally press we were interested in reading hie complete reiort in hansard wo wish it were possible lo reproduce that art of hie debate in full but sgiace will not permit ibis mr cleaver was speaking on the debate centred around i lie expendi ture of the wartime information hoard mr cleaver is chairman of tin war kmendilurc committee mr huglies cleaver tllalton mr smaker i intend lo follow rather losely hh arguments whhli have im4h wilvanr4nl by the lion nietiilwr alton womii institute had n very i tur 1mv n weenbakerl suc4vsirul riuuiielal year lli iiram h wl uu iu tautn l1 bul im ralssl moimy by cdhi lions em tires f n tm1 there is a general qus- doiiiitloiih serving tiol dinners at wl vnnw w m mintt v acton fair nmt running the ihhi1 lo r atlak tnned yesler- the amount of 3xt 4c u ahernoon i ask hie question on amounts contributed include- 1 tu lw ikmjsst all lion mem- 9rkmi towurd suiervislon of art on park 5khni to the lel cross 3umi ii- i is the one responsible for the wnr- 1lm information board we all know hie prime minister is alen1 in wb1i- fiikinrial koporl arlon itrancli of womens iiisliliitt j ikrs know that the office of iho prime minister mr ma kenzle king tlon will lie called mr nltton said that olice the elec tion writ u lssuel the vlwtlon will lie held despite any events that may take place overseas between the is suance of hie wrll und hie actual election food nuusdlosj onturlos new premier lias expres- it ts utuleitood the ehctlon writ to tlie chinese relief fund 1mmi will not u issued until tlie wildlers uor christmas cake to war service vote proxies have im4ii returntsl to ijiagu for ihimcs to imiys s37tml t canada if by that time the troops w s i rplotl to ganhn mns lol b few lmortunl duties and tiave not gone into nrtlun hie elec- en reiuembranc day wreath ju w wl trale- riowes for deceased find fruit for rlioose this as hie oppor- slck layettes girls in uniforms over seas the bran li gave money for dif ferent thliius in hh district and hhlngled tlw immuii in the park sev eral quilts wire made fitr the aid to russia and mrs akins through tumblyns for overseas also sent u luyelte to the same plmv knitting s4l concern over the provinces foo1 wwltur was ilom tar the red situation he intlmutl tils govern- kros 1 war servliv league and men may aiiprviach federal nulhorij tlons for russian relief ties willi a request hint farmtrained i nothing was k numlmrs of the armed forces station- w i r luuhtnl hi ed in ontario ik- placed on the land to l lnl i other relieve hie mnnpoucr sliortage i from mr j creed imlrman of he said men from the armed forces rlothlng winmlttee toronto tlmnk- c4tuld be of great assistance und ex- presstsl tlu- belief that unless hie ag riculture minitower problem wen solvent soon we will im scraping the lioltom of the food bin by the middle of next winter at the same time the provincial department of agriculture in its monthly crop report said that owing to the difficulty in obtaining satisfac tory farm help many farmers are cutting down their crop acreage to a liolnt where they cnti handle it them selves without other help lug us for the lovely hales of cloth ing the rcsiminse bus been grand throughout the country at hie lime of writing there had been shipped 21 car loads of clothing to russia the branch takes this opjhirt unity of thanking everyone who gave to make up those hales for the noble russians fairvikw cemetery given group of ornamental trees falrvlew cemetery will be further beautified through the kindness of mr wm bradley of the dominion seed house georgetown he has given t he cemetery board over a dozen flowering plum trees of n spec ial ornamental variety which will tu bet out in the cemetery as soon as plans can te made for their location the trees have a beautiful peach colored double flower with red fol iage and nre a good slo now the thoughtfulness of mr itradley will im appreciated by nil betly ami joyce allan entered passed away four weeks after husband mrs sl charters only four weeks after the death f ler husband mrs ellen pelrson drawing n pretty decorated wnuon i v 7 charters 76 widow of samuel char- rs former president of the charters loaded with gifts followed hy a little hrlde nnd groom maureen klnread nnd arnle thoraranison kathleen flnlny and norma kentner carried n large decorated basket which was also laden with gifts after the opl enlng of the gifts norman replied thanking everyone on behalf of his bride and himself a pleasant social time was spent a bounteous lunch was served which was enjoyed hy nil dedication of memorials at st albans church at the morning service 1030 am next sunday at st albans church the sacrament of holy baptism will be administered and memorial gifts will be dedicated as follows a font ewer in solid brass in memory of the late mrs a h bishop an oak font cover in memory of the infant son of mr and mrs wm holloway the work of mr sam snow an entrance light in memory of the late miss rachel gregory given by her slater and a chalice and paten in meihury of the late mr wm h smhh publishing company urn i ted member of purllument and mayor of bramp ton died in brampton on saturday she had beenil only a few weeks mrs charters was prominent in church work and various womens organizations and was included with mr charters in being awarded the kings jubilee medal born in toronto core she was the daughter of the late corgeand anne peirson and went to brampton fol lowing her marriage six years ago mr and mrs charters celebrated their golden wedding anniversary she was a member of christ church anglican the women auxiliary and the chancel guild the iode and queen alexandra chapter loba surviving are three sons c v charters managing director of the canadian weekly newspapers asso ciation of brampton re h p charters rector of st cyprians church toronto and r m charters manager and secretary of the char ters publishing company limited and two daughters mrs l n hts farland and mrs t e dclaney all of brampton and ten grandchildren nearly 7000 administered by war service league donation made to navy league and ouwttnda at meet- uut on thuraday amounts reported received at the fortnightly meeting of acton and vic inity war service league last thurs day evening wr from the llannock burn and dublin womens institutes und scout mothers auxiliary of 4910 tills i was thercsultofthe old tyme fiddlers concert in the remrt of this event in ts ess ihutss the ilun nock burn institute was inad vertently omitted the three organi sations named above were responsible for this fine effort lakeside chapter of the lo de gave in 3130 with the designation that 25 im given the nuvy league nnd the halunce of 29 50 go to gen eral league funds the salvage re turns for april were given as 16791 this department continues to be steady source of income to keep the activities going the balance of 0195 from the kkk pskss chinese relief fund was also cleared through the league to central headquarters in toronto the acton branch of the navy league was given another amount of 50 to go toward the purchase of clothing for the men qf the merchant marine the only other amount pau sed was an item of 5 00 for stamps in connection with the salvage work mr w j o oakes was given a hearty vote of thanks for the assist ance he had given to mr lowrle it was also decided to build a new box to store the glass secured from the baxter laboratories each month this would need tobe double tlie size of the present box the list of those who had agreed to help at the salvage rooms was now completed it was arranged that a new list was to be compiled so that the work would carry on without in terruption the total amount administered by the acton and vicinity war service league since its organization less than two years ago has been 64697 tune time lo laumh a bitter and vic ious attack upon the exitendttures of hie wartime informal hill board some lion members oh oh mr cleaver oh just he patient my memory went buck to soim months nun when in the british house of commons during ths ab sence of mr chun hill a dastardly attempt was made to stall blm in the imck i reinemlmr too the well-de- kcrved rebuke the british house of commons gave to that bcrformanco and mr speaker i prophesy tli present erforiinnce will suffer the same deserved fute i cannot within the rules of this house state that this is u deliberate attempt to stab the prime minister in hie bacf but i can say this that i do not bellevo in santa claus nor do i believe in coincidence and iwfore i forget it will be- recalled that yesterday tin genial tedder of the opposition mr grpydonl offered gratuitously a great amount of advice lo the government may i tender a bit of advice to him nnd it is this i suggest that if he wishes to raise the esteem of the pro gressive conservative party in the minds of the canadian people he should fire its present board of pln- pricklng strategists and appoint a board of strategy whose sole and only purpose will be an honesttogod ef fort to win this war obviously the present amendment was purposely timed because it has nothing to do with the motion the motion was only the routine motion to permit the committee to have its proceedings printed and to sit while the house is sitting then comes a substantive motion in the form of an amendment and while the prime minister is absent i do not think much of that kind of courage in ad- iconciuded on page five friends honor mrrcorless prior to departure on tuesday friends gathered at the home of mrs stanley norton to honor mrs ben corless prior to her leaving acton a bosket of gifts was presented to the guest of honor although taken by surprise mrs cor less thanked her friends and assured them she would always have pleasant memories of acton the hostess serv ed a dainty luncheon to her guests coining events annoudcrminta of lfritss cm rb or other evesu under lbi huilinv sr trbmid trail pt ims willi s ninlmuai thafg top announce men i of c dance wednesday a ed pary al watson in old and mod ern saturday nights gfbsonboyd modern 482 spring rummage sale in council chamber saturday may 80th from 3 to 6 by knox ywa tea will be served my sister eileen one of the screens best plocures will be featured monday may 31st at the gregory theatre here the duke of devon shire lodje are sponaorlnff this evenl matinee at cis a vrnvk