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tehe n sttt pxts sixtyninth year no 23 acton ontario thursday dscembek 2nd iu43 four homeprint pages five cents acton to have first election 2 1 m mhio id school ipmhbeuuuticscom- aii fetorosj by aceu- mutlnm all fbnaer cownritlow tmd three new nmm up for ftvctlwi fw reports pracnt- tsl at nomfaation mcetinc while nomination meeting in ac ton on friday only drew ita usual handful of citizen there seemed to h a iteen interest in municipal af fair and plenty of nominations al ton will have its first election since l639 this year when four out of a alate of seven will be chosen for coun cil j m mcdonald was returned reeve by acclamation members of the school board by acclamation were dr f c oaken c a dills and j a chapman mr w h clayton a member last year retired from the board this year for public utilities commissioner chan hansen was re turned without opposition the election on monday for coun cillors will be from vv j o oakes a mason c klrkncss and f davison all members of inst years council and j h nnulton superintendent of the canadian wool co ceo foun tain un employee of the bcardmore co and frederick hunter an employ ee of the storey clove co four art to be elected ileaty nominated there was no dearth of nomina tions on friday three were nomin ated for reeveshlp as follow for bleev j m mcdonald nominated by w j o oakes and a mason h it force nominated by alice duhy and annn smith w j o oakes nominated by anna smith and alice duby for council j f davison nominated by ii weterhousc and 11 f holmes e s force nominated by v 1 o oakes nnd ii chalmers j ii boultrm nominated byby w j o oakes ami g a dills frederick w hunter- nominal by gordon c currle and geo m smith claude cook nominated by mason unit i m harris v a mimon- nominated by w 1 oakes nnd w colet geo fountain nominated chalmers and orrle ijimb chns kir kites nominated jy v coles nnd wm gowdy w 1 o oakes nominated by 1 11 held unci geo fountain ell minders nominated by j m mcdonald nnd v coles douglas dnwklns nominated by w j o oukeu and j m mcdonald mehool trustees j ctmpmnn nominated by ii wnterhouso and ii f holme dr f g oake nominated by g- a dills and w coles g a dills nominated by f g oaken nnd i m harris w h cluyton- nominated by w j o oakes and a m niton public itlutlcs c hansen nominated by j h reld and j m mcdonuld this week by john c soott rm btalt writer toiionto cp 1m thlrtyycur old hlfttury of the united kmrmeni of ontario appears to have eome to an end the 301 h annual nonvention her ls week voting to merse the organ ization nnd rmmbenjilp with the onl- arlo federation of agriculture tliuj the u f o member ihioush rled gain acton man sentenced many acclamations hewv the answer on bigamy charge ia guelph court accorded in early elections this week their direct membership in the o f a will become part of the dominion wide canadian federation of agricul ture tire unification of the two farm bodies is expected to be completed next man t h at t he federal ions an nual meeting we ore not dying we are tuklng on new life remwed youth president d f stnuffcr said in his convention address thus there him from the public scene an arganlzatlon which hit its high siot in 1010 when a bid for pol itical power in tlie province uan suc cessful tlc v f o sained 44 meats to 29 for the ubcruls and 2s for the conservatives and set up a u f o- ijibor covtrnmonl with the support of 11 luiltor candidates who were suc cessful in the election however administrative inexper ience plus n laihllc scandal spelled the doom of hint government which mlf- grenville a mosaics acton who appeared in police court in guelph thursday morning on a charge ofwg- mad mssbuwnol elec- amy wa sentenced to a term of 12 uossb in other ceatre of interest to our ifosfws municipal nominations were held in a number of municipalities last friday and elections will be held next monday here are a few of the nom ination results from this district in which readers will be interested jesc mayor harold cleave farmer ac clamation reeve kenneth it mac- donald machinist acclamation council ward i william thomison dairyman acclamation garlleld mc- gllvary printer for mo council hall amy wu sentenced to to 18 months in the ontario iteform- atory by magistrate f watt tlie accused vi as remanded for one week on a second charge of perjury masales pleaded not guilty to the charge of bigamy and stated that he had referred to a law book before going through with the second mar riage and the book had read that if it could not be proven that a husband or- wife- wasalive over a poriod of seven years tlw iarty would not he committing bigamy if he or lu- mar- since it wot proven in court how ever that maualcfc had made no effort to inquire if his wife were still alive this statement was discounted the tlrct marriage of the accused took plaoe in toronto in april 1920 wiwn he married tdna gertrutli drown and the kecond in guelpli in when he vcnt tiirough n crnony with ccotuina alcxundrla llkt evl- denrc showed insimctor ii gill who gue evldettc in the raw hinted that he had gone to toronto early this month and located the wife of the accused he i hud shown her the marriage certifi cate nnd she hud identified it but slated i hut khe hnd not hccii her hus- itund tttr lo or 11 enru mnuilcs ktattsl in hlu defemu that nfter his mnrrhije to rnn llrown they had llvd with her mother until thehirlug of vxut tliey then moved to alton where they hud un apart to tin- onirics of llie overseas boys itejkirts ut tlw meeting tau ttiurs- tlay of artonand vicinity war ser- l vice league kttowd this organization wl i t be a nluue of little business j1lss fmlzalnlll moore ttuit itas u4wloped into big buslneas here r two figui4 from the treab- j jimrv4fl illl uiers leport ttie gross returns ot my tie auction hale were w2j34 iat- isirtllfulv uluiav eels for overseas at christmas ot bvjvj there an- 200 on lie over seas tlsi rvcclvlnc regular pareeli hut imivs n htory for the boys ov- warden j m mcdonald honored at county dinner limli fcrkl mrrrw helm us ttunt lit thcj unn auguwt 11x10 and then tok in 1021 the coiimrvatlve win- jvjavd with hu father at acton ttiut tiiug 77 seats to 17 for the v f o f wl h wuv took tht chlu nnd 14 for the liberal iu1u w v her mother in tor- onto hut fnihd to return he unul mitch hepburn u imck in the luwujd n htui n hit wife uuu mil th dynamic former premier of m t spring of hw2 when he iikkcd ontario told uu flgin county cotui- j f divorce ho stated that khe ell linnquet hint socialism is not the wi km wo gn ahead with the imnnrci for canadas economic ilk divorce hut he had not heard from katepayrrs meeting in the ratepayers lucetlng which followed the nominal tonti mr- vv cous was chosen chnlrnum keve 1 m mcponnui t he tlrst sieaker divw uttentlou jo the hue financial statement for t he ear there hud been a reduction in laleti und overdue taxes were well paid up he spoke of his appreciation of the cooperation of council und of- tlctuls he said he into luted to aspire to the office again this year to com plete some of the work stilt unfin ished councillor a muson wild he would continue to serve if the people o wlshetl he hnd wrved u lengthy tenurt of offliv already hut was will ing to continue as a citizenship duty and in support of keeve mcdonald your effort said merry christmas to 200 overseas the actoa ad vicinity war torvhoe lmhw desire to say a mat ismrty tsssak vou to all wis y usrlr ktssmoub wsd co- pentlve frrt mmd cositribu- ttosw ued up snuhl tatal of mtj4 frn use communily auclem sale la actoo taw chrtstmaa bosea ftsaira soar to im mm tsd dtetries servtnc h uw surnudj fore avsrens from yoa a mason csslrman he sild full application of socialis tic doctrine nn preached in cahnitt today would involve the dwt ruction of individual initiative ah twecntivc which at the nullonu lmglnnlng had nought pioneers from the ollur side of the atlantic llechtt ioi an lndmndent lllteral in kltln at the august elecllons the former illwfiil leader tuhl recent ly he wtmld kiippoit premier drews progressive cnwralive admlnlstrit- lon jiu kivctch to the fclyln county council would appear to omptuulsc hack to sea that he ilites not intend to uuppoit the i jt awvut ontario leglslnlureu official opposlt- her llnce kvhletkv khnued hint nccutusl lnl deiarllud hlmuif uu a luuhelor in the kecond mnrilage certlllcate and had made no inqulrlei whaltumvcr to llud out if iiim wife vvjiii kill alive eieu though he had vulted toionto many timet magistrate watt declared there wiim no dotiht in hit mind that ihe acctueil knew he win committing bigamy when in married the tunond time several friends called on miss elis abeth moor on sunday toottr con gratulations and iter attaining her ihty want toknow inall isulr l w and to wish her letters how we kep it up ho heres j kood thh mlts moore u typital uoty of acton and vicinity m w mrand mr john wood war service league tltut rm out of ton wilbur street tlw metini uu week mllit4 v4 mik ur mr k w iile who is in hiurge j a hie lumw every day and en- of salvage collerlitim netnled a iiorw joy 0l4 tuuw duties the only mdl w to ollrt salvage final- iminiient that hh years have left mats in ward j josejdi hall war i mf twnuwi hi nauag- i j u 4 wurlni worker clifford uradley hutclr j uwi i ml moore has ihmo u resident of john t armwlron war worker wwm- is- juw i- w well ie ai iott tiir v4 she went i ml o im- mahhd too so mr wm llruckei hud nil extra stall and gave the ufc- of it tiien there was haf- tnh it wum pwkel up bit bv bit nnd put toivoui by mr 1hi rlwarls ttie wagon thou pncumutlf tlrej tw off the delivery wagon p wilds home hakery and humeri until need john t armwtrong war worker thomas fjimmi jr mill worker for two seats in ward 3 s w orr gentleman ttioniau lyons gentle man junie ooodlct cnwtr norman llixtwn imker huriutatom mayor j iordon illiilr valekiuun 4ac lamatlonb rve john i hair fruit grower tfncclnmutlout dputy reeve norman it craig toolmuker tnctflamuttonk for xlx cmiu ii seals alvln v caldeau manager david i davldum ac4ountatit hlchaid m fulcrum xt4c worker dr william fiaur dentlkt k hukmdl leather mercluint holmrt i moxhum wowl- worker oiarlei palmer utlckiitan fdwln w smith agent lvl swart manager john wilkinson milckinan kaltvule mnvor f m ean rmve j m camplmll deputy reeve c v hlll- mer ouncll klx to la elected j u dunn i w cliumttcrtf h s ijtchtleld dr m k iunnu a k wlillaker tone more councillor to lu nomlnated scluud imard w j h- irray c c atkins o n perdue tac- clamntlon pton with her a rents wlun throe eaiu of age and leealk that tlun hramptoii wad us far west of toronto as the lull toad ran slu has many rwolhitlontj of curly days in aton lecalls the old oil lamiu wood- buinlng eiigluex and the hlg railway u oolyarlr w in ie t he intwllng green tin- piohlem and only cokl faem jm h u now loutel by the meeting hod thurmlay ws ihe s lul4 im f f hay and oau iuiich 4o uh1 thesm alhanw church for many years taught a lukh in the sunday school 4o unt u i orm we tell hut story for vrseas pur- i m wa uimiiiitendent fov mvcral m4- ifk the community answer to i many friends will ian with how it done i liul instance is tpie- lim in w congratulations urul ul of a docn stories we could ell of k for more blrtlaliy oc- tlie working of tins group uaslous ijiter we llnl mr s f ihnuett donates a load of hay and mr lowrl was hopeful of getting outs sonie- plac tlie treasurers icjiort shower do i imkntatkn made at mkktin w olihun ijtkirarv the jliihlin literary sjalety held its regular nunting on friday und a piogreshlve elichte tmik the plc of a progrim after the eienlr huim ku muj ion ihe c c f- lit the next msslon even though he ih sitting on the opu- sltlon slih himself lack of interest by ratcpaei municipal politics hub caused the the village council id dutton in va- gin county to itklyn tills action was ttikcn when ihe rutepaers falh d to attend an official nomination meet hlg in preiuatlon for municipal el ection which will be held iii lilimer- oum municipalities dec ft a k mccullum village clerk wan liiktructed to fix another date for the meeting inst saturday wim qualification day in many ontario municipalities fol lowing which it was revealed that nl- most two dozen cities und towns will return chief magistrates by acclam ation for the 1044 term while mote than twice that numtter of reeves in i own hi townships and villages will take office without the fotmnllty of election contestants t various group interested in ihe youth of tlie piovlmv met here last weekend and decided that u provin cial olith commission should ik or ganized immediately such n iwwiy would eoordlmite all ontario youth tttganlutlons wllh il lrkurkmcilhhijn weuoinc at bkidets home a quiet wedding took place at the home of the brides tarents h h no 1 acton when wilda margaret only daughter of mr und mrs wm mc- iaughtin iwoonw the hrlrie of lloyd m blacklock son of mr and mrs james ulacklock tiuelph township rev mr mclvor officiated t the bride who was unattended wore a light blue wool crepe two- piece dress and carried an arm bou quet of red roses aftei the ceremony about 4s guetts sat down to a wedding supper serv ed in the diningroom with the color scheme in white nnd silver for travelling the bride wore a fur coat furtrimmed black hat and black accessories on their return from a short wed ding trip the happy couple will re side in guelph guests were present from guelph toronto and mount forest kllruuxai at home aide seumall tom atkinson home on fomteen das leave lift sunday evening for deep hrook n s where he will take a higher course at iimcs coruwalhs dur ing the last trip seaman atkinson made on the corvette on which he had been serving for nearly two years tough seas were encouuteicd an in cident of the voyage was ivportedhy john icllnhc when he gave praise to the first lieut of the ship for tin rescue of u rating washed overboard takf voill choh uiutuk und ila were married but a short time when he came home with u hlg wash tub a washbontd and a handsome three foot minor ijzji whats all de ttuck ou brungy unstus you all kin take yo pick yo kin take the tub mi washhouxl an go to work ni von kin tukede minor and set down an watch oself starve nations of u from the nnssagaweya huuy uecs a contribution of slh7th from the duke ol devonshire chuptt v of the iode s12771i from the heard more fmploccs association iui fioni acton womenu instltiin rmi from aclou llraiieh ol the ciinwiida mcoiailiihtln and mr lloyd ndinn iglon auonymouu 2 heard- ihackhmk weie culled foiward mltj nioie foremens asutflntlon i and doiothy ilnilit read an nddrc nnd vtlilu fiom salvage mr waltet llaham ami mr irol theu were the expenditure ing- kpiowi made ihe pretuiitatiou of a eisoll cream heem- 10 m wm heautlful tloor lanil and a cushion ncilsort co cui colgatepalm olive mr ularljiuk made a lilting reply lectilclan joseph steen bar- 0 7m hona hakeiy for christ- of thankw and cicitnw jolneil in the her cliiiloti justice garage mienilot mnf oulcs yooji postage on parcelj slicing of fi they ale jolly cood 1111 10 jot neaumout mhuh fil 00 fellows nelsom ltd 2illh mm a oir fup- the winneis of the euchre weie plies s- in acron fhik pwih suppllej miks malwl mcfhegor and mri storev s7iwi iilintt urns supplies 1 to for the liullew uml mr frrol siirowl ueai dmore a co r kauage 2 11 and mis minnie soniervllle won the krln vlllee llwip i s iuch garage per- i ntor itoy fetguson garage operator council four to he elected frncst i teet nrdon corbet t truck driver k w hamlermui maunder itcnige ilorton hotel piopllelnr krlrt township iteeve kgur huxley farmer tiic- swaekhammer farmer daniel me- dnugall farmer council all at claim ed ilnltert kirk wood farmer gold- win hint farmer- kdward cox farmer forlyfivo ditty ltagt donalt l to the navylraue the navy league acknowledges with thanks dotuitlont of ditty bigs from the following phyllis mukle l lilian fields l mrs g hiernes i mrs g crahuhi 1 olive hoot 2 cameron street gang 1 thumbs up euchre club l mrs nelles l mrs a it batt 1 mrs a mclean hock wood 1 mrs c harris rock- wood l mrs a shultls itockwotxl 1 kocknlong womens institute ti mrs h l davidson 1 mrs w coles and jessi coles 1 st albans guild 2 wool combing night employees 5 wool combing girl day employees 6 mrs a arnold and a mccallum l mrs m schroeder mrs j m mc donald and mr e e barr 1 mrs frank seattle and mrs a young 1 miss pearl smith and mrs w j beu- tty 1 mm r m mcdonald mrs f thompson mrs w j gould miss e cole and miss m garvin i mrs j dryden and miss m bennett 1 mm f j salt and mrs j r kennedy 1 mrs f s blow mrs a b mclean mrs w clayton and mrs a mason 1 mrs e j hatsard 1 mrs j whu- am 1 junior pakmekk and junioit institute eijict new officers the annual meeting of the acton junior farmers wiih held tit the lome school on friday november iflth the first part of the evening took tin foim of a croklnnlo party with high est scores going to pto bob marshall and grant wright after the meeting was culled to order klwood johnxron acted as chairman uud margaret mcpluill dm secretary for the evening it was decided to divide into luys und girls cluhu cuth with itu own executive having discussion groups separately and then a joint meeting the glru under the new name of junior ins titute elected the following otflicrw president- mnrgnretatcplmil vice-pieuldent- irmn watson secretary kdiui altken the hoys junior farmer officers are president gordon leslie vicepresident klwood johnston secret iir mansell nelles- jolnt treasurer mrs howard switzer plimist blanche mtklnmm tin meeting wini brought to a close by the winging of the nalionnl an them lunch was served and the re mainder of the evening was spent in dancing laowrlc psrs p insolation prize fusr isrv pilntlng and advertising tli sltinfl wm mldrlleton incidental supplies sjii mrs mnluprlze moil- j a a thly account for oveiseas cigarette j ihlia juljuiu 10317 a total of knil thutk the war sirvice iauiu work for acton and vicinity and everybody shares in doing it iillhotigh lots of meeting nights it would ap- pi ar to in a wiruill organization italy all fronts write their thanks knox ladies aid made presentation to mrhl w macarthur at the annual meeting on tuesday of knox church indies aid mrs w macarthur was again elected president and mrs wm bracken secretary other officers were also returned for another year in recognition of the splendid ser vice mrs macarthur has given as president for a number of years she was presented with a silver tea ser vice the presentation address vas read by mrs f s blow and on behalf of the organization mm jos dobble made the presentation a detlghtful supper was served and a spclal time was enjoyed by the group in closing this annual meeting pretty wedding at home of haltonn memiier of mxakljititke a very pretty wedding took place tit the home ofsmr stanley hull m i p and mrs hall tiafalgar town ship on tuesday novemlwr 2ant at 1 p m when their only daughter helen lfi hen ii n was united in marriage to pi hit officer henry it holm it c a f son of mrs k holm and the late mr holm of preston out the ceiemnny wiih performed by hev t d jones of streetuvllle un ited church v the hilde given in marriage by her fthet7looked iwautifulgovviied in a i floor length dress of white silk jerseyt lace trimmed to form locket neck hue with a nwintllla of point iv alenron luce draped over her head mid caught up on het left shoulder with u peai 1 and diamond pin the gift of ttie groom she carried 11 shower bouiiuot of tvlllirncy roses orchids und itouvurdln ihe bride uau attended by miss margaret rue of guelph wearing u street length dreas of clearsky blue silk jersey made on the mime lines as the brides she cairled a inrnquut of premier roses with matching small heud dress the tes man uus mr wulter holm brother of the groom miss muriel mason of strectsvllle played the wedding music and mrs james yates of guelph sang be cause at the reception which followed mrs hall received wearing romance blue dress with corsage of american beauty roses mrs holm assisted wearing chausseur blue wth match ing accessories nnd corsage of talis man roses later the happy couple left for toronto and montreal the bride wearing a blacktailored suit with top coat of red camolhalr with black ac cessories and orchid corsage fellow- officers and friends of the groom later joined thes bridal party and attended ithe royal york supper donee among the liltei to the acton vic inity war seivlie league recently re ceived we gleaned the following sgt w ii lit own writes from kug- lund we have enjoyed some very lovely weather here in england this fall winter weather li closing lu on uu now very foygy night and morning and dull till day we have black out from s20 pm until 7 is however the war newu is very encouraging these davs and we feel that a good many of uu will lie back in canada by nevt year at this lime reg finney writes fiom india command life in the fast goes on much 11 h it hau done for centurlex nnd thats easynolng howevei even the kind may lw shaken into some activity befme long po fred tinner with the ucaf ittnngtand av rtr to know that the cltletm of acton are behind us heuvt and soul they huve pioved this beyond all doubt by their maunlllcent showing in the lecnt dominion war saving contest you may well be proud of your achlcvo- nient ttie mompilto is regarded nu a superb alrciaft and i am sure that ours will uphold the name it bears f l tournour sends from italy an italian chriutnius card with the greeting buon nutalo others who sent letters and cards of appreciation wore pte e g wil son cpl c w douglas pte b d hodge pte j d graham tpr c ii lindsay pie m bauer spr n s ijind gnr o pitt man tpr j t wilson sgt e baynion pte d c price pie pat kenney pte p a elliott signm g w williams pte j scrlven cpl ii w godfrey pie a e mackey pte a a mcmujiln sgt j nlcol pte ei patrick pte arnold weaver bdim n gibson pte w m sterrltt sgt g bayllss sgt w h brown sgt e a clifford rfm s a james sgt j vancoozeri tpr c h lindsay pte o brown pte p a elllotl- gordon mckeown pte b a- johnson cpl n l mcnabb ohr j g- lamb bswy chair presented by his fcf- low counrioora lyi appriatioi of lib service mr unghtm cleaver ootlineii uiujaa poat war prnhlrf and snnreala the meusotbto mecttneae men representatives of public ufa in all sections of ifslton gathered saturday evening at the wardens rhnnerlvn jhls year in honorof warden j m mcdnald lteev of acton and warm tribute was indeed paid to mr mcdonald on his effic iency and courtesy in office county council members as a mark of esteeni presented mm with a flnt easy chair when w n gilbert reeve of trafalgar made tc presentation address ttu wardens dinner was this yeur held at the kstuniinet in burling ton ttie nunu mtvcii at the dinner wiui in keeping willi the high stand ard tur whhh the plan is known alxuit eighty guests attends mr w j heutty ofamon was the viry caimhle tutstntuster and the toast list imfudcd the toast to uuf king to cjinudu and her future protomd by ills ilttiutr judye munro nnd very fully rsj winder to by mr hughes cleaver mimiiimt of parliu- mnt for halton this address of mr cleavers gave such u splendid insight into the pvohlems of today und how he inlleveti they will ih met that we plan next week to publish u synopsis of the uddresh ihe toast t the ex warden wus iirofwts4l by mr w i dick crown attorney and mr ceo r hunis of burlington anil mr- h cleave of georgetown reupomhd otlur guests was n toast proiws- eil by mr w n glllmrt ntl resiumd- l to by mr f ii gllroy county council toutd was pro low ed ity mr stanley hall metnlmuof the onfailo legislature for haltoi and n craig of burlington und reeve ii may of lsmieilug lesjiond- ed the toast to the wurden wus pioimked by mr a mamin of acton who gnve many of mr mcdonalds actlvlths in community affalru nnd tlie war effort tin wuideu hi r- plvlng expresm- appreciation of the ro0ieiatlon of council and offlclall during ids tenure of o if ice he gtve a syuopslh of county fluaucem and hut work of the year lu count ii our j tig the evening mr byrtn wade fit hamilton gave 11 number of smtgm that were a tribute to the flghr liij forces and very appropriate to tlie progimnme officers of the luirne scots regiment were among the guests and col bertram spoke lulefly and each one attending ww piesented with 11 llltle booklet giving the history prior to the war of this county regiment the dinner was one of tjir hlgh- llglilu of the coujay year and wurden mardmmlds yv in office has bwn ore that has itcen markel by efficien cy and good uduilnlstrutlon mem- hers wire very etilogitlc of his ten ure in office london tcpl the ministry of n- grlculture has authorized the landing for exceptional purtoves of u llb yan fat tailed ram fiom algiers just nineteen shopping days until christmas doing r early means cjoing it now kirenu n annuul dance diembr ird fisherv orcheslru lucky door prle i ha nee in orion community hall oil saturday evening december 4 th ifdrvey fishers orchestra dancing 0 p ni sharp admission 35c christmas concert at lome school on wednesday december 13th hm3 at hio p m program by children nnd ploy by young people january 12 13 14 and is are the dates for the big all local musical play in acton town hall hold them open its in aid of the war service ieague more details later a sale of work in parish hall under the auspices of st albans w a on saturday december 4th at 3 oclock afternoon tea and baking everyone welcome guelph old tyme fkmlers amstour night and dance city hall auditor ium guelph thursday dec 9 any body with to lent making entries must be in by dec 4 good prizes send entries to secretary william doug las 32 cordon st guelph