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y o- cm dtaton ess scventysficond year ro 31 acton ontakio thursday tebroaby oili l4 highc lloinelnnt panes five cents tannerajptit another hide on fence miltons tups i win in iht county howr on tu esday iby score t ii to 5 put five goat past bnifih in lam half of the last period poet- poned gafne in georoetown tonight and tanners after mo district hide elora cw her next wck coasting through the milton ieff- lonn aires with an 115 triumph acton ihdvanced a stop further in tho group 5 intermediate b setup nnd etcp- pd into second place while awaiting future gamos to give thorn k chance an the find spot with the game on tho home ice of the county town fun anticipated a duel of equality 6 a large numlber braved the elements and coat off for milton to view a i ait period blltzlcrloc whlcli netted the tanners seven coals and lent authen ticity to the throwors of the bones who insist on stevcneomeeleveir i bytvcofiiik seven counters ln the final frame tho acton tannerti rub- 6tods recovered ajiid cheque forger is in reformatory jlwjquhkieciid n tolaloltv m stndardbvarerrmr c fl sl j hlthrun atmnt standnl of attempting to uttor forjrorlos merchants recovered most of the t tiogus cheques school board makes gives requisition lower jjegiautive grants and the higher costs make muniet- pathequteiuon of 17695 to the haljway mark of this canto it was anybodys game with m lit on having much of the play as did the other familys kids at 1117 came the holocaust when mike was serving a penalty for giving gillespie a heal thy body slam from then on at 1254 1643 1733 1855 and 1050 the net buldged with dave doing the splits he didnt have a chance on them at al when the landslide began milton were in the red and being of a fight ing nature the whole team advanced to the acton blue line and peppered woods from all angles in clearing acton always seemed to have a man near centre where he could pick up a stray pass gillespie was through on such a play and dave came out of hli ownjuiellne tocheck the players he not only poked the disc away from grant but made him sail through the air with the greatest of case several acton players who had dae brush at their mercy shot only to hit the post in the first session lindsay grabbed a loose puck at the milton blue line to sail tn and net actons first nt 0 1 morton- who was gliding into the corners eased a beauty to llnd- i sy to bat it home at 0 05 west lake and coxe carried the play to hand it to wilson who beat woods at 13 45 then ilio mario and goy broke away ij was si te make it three one at 1g25 a en thnt at ft clnlm would minute loler grant rook a pnsj from for me attention the sec- auuunn to grab another only two rct wah i to forward the bsiiw chambertl correspondence to the insurance com- and rlddaif for slashing at each pnny covotlnc t boards liability other ln kucn qyju in the secondwhlch uaa miltons beat period only two goals norman fish alias b111 french nr- las bill anderson was given 12 to 18 months at the ontario noformntocy on each of 16 charges with the jen- jences to run concurrently this li the twentyone yenr old youth who seemed n watch from b d itachlln acton nnd issued n forged check ln payment he was locnted near uock- wood through nn advertisement no inserted in the free press fourteen of the offeneoh wore com- m i tired in guelph whore the case was j xrenwurei heard inst wtfek a clothing store jewcllry more nnd service stations uere among the guelph vfctlms of fish theynung man hnr-reldent-of- guelph tuit has been residing nenr thirtuh annual meetingdevonshire chapter lodr tie duke of devonshire chnptor of the i o 0 k met tuesday even ing nt the home of mis a young church street with the regent mr matthews pilsldlhg after opening ceremonies nnd icgulnr monthly busi ness as it k nt cnl ml op the record ing soerctmy unit the treasuier for theli annual report s foi tho ycur these weie most gratifying and sjiow- ed tho splendid eoopeintlon tho memhots of the chapter have givon uioh officers nil year the annual teports of the secretaries of the vari ous depaifments followed mrs h mnlnprlzc reported for tho nominating committee and the follow ing offlceis wee elected for the yenr 1d47 ilonorniy negent mrs j c mntthews uegent mrs n nnud- lst vkeitegent mrs v s dlow 2nd vlceilegent mrs w wolfe mrs f cooper recording secretary mrs c cook assistant ilcoordlnb secretary mrs e e bnrr corresp secretary mrs e j osthljlftlous ayvaitb irnhnm stewart press secietary mr c a rducatlonnl secretary mrs standard ijenreir mrs i w agar pianist mrs f j salt assistant pianist mrs j k uardlncr honorary oounclllors mrs peter smith mrs wm gould councillors miss m z bennott mrs h malnprlze mrs w beatty mrs r m mcdonald mrs amos vcf llt1lttfc tni imi m mka pcn smith mlu m cjmimaies lor icari mn e 3 h m m schroeder mrs slrrs the educational feature of the evening was a very descriptive talk glverfv miss isabel anderson of th acton public school staff on prlne edward island the island as most easterners call it miss anderson had visited there seven weeks ln july and august nnd has n talent for making at the february meeting of acton her ihteners almost see the beauty sohool bognt on tuesday evening she describes so vividly she told of trustees l lovell g a dills thos her vlklt to green gnhes also the jones a klrkness nnd dr f g home of our beloved canndlnn auth- oalccs wcreiiwacrit andchntntian jrnresa t wmontgontpry tmts v a chapman presided mcdonald then too chnrlottetown principal c a stewart of the con- prince edward island shouri be rc- tlnuntlon school expressed apprecla- memherel hy canadians as the cradle lion of the staff in the salary adjust- of confederation ment made effective the first of the mrs w bentt honorary regent year the board agreed to have the addressed the retiring regent mn piano at the school tuned matthews nnd graclouuy depressed principal mnckenzle expressed np- the appreciation the members felt for preclntlon of the action of the board her untiring effort nnd the ability and on the salary adjustment dignity bhe brought to the office of the secretary read a letter fiomi regent for the past three years- on mis j j stewart regarding an accld- behair of the chapter mrh maln- ent to their son barrle when he fell prize presented mrs matthews with on the ice at the school grounds nnljn beautiful banket of spring flowerj mrs f s blou convenor of the mr nnd mrs t p guthrlo r r no 1 acton hnvo received the op erational wings posthumously aw arded to theh son f q jerry t cuthile from the rca f in re- ognltlon of gnllnnt service- in action npnlnat hie enemy- evorouthrlowba no deputyreeve for actoh i nlil elections this year suttrkki kkacwhbi ij- as vkiiioies sui on roauway missing in nlr operations and a year jater nfflrnlly presumed to have died vst al juans w a fehruary meeting st alhnns w a held their unit meeting of the yenr on monday feb ruary ird eloctlon of officers took place nnd n vote of thnnka was teni- eied mrs parget or the retiring presi dent for her splendid support during the yenrs thnt she has held offlre a horlnl time wan spent oveif the teacups the executive for 1047 is ns follows- president mrs c a stew art vlccprchldent mrs e a pul- kcr secretary mrs vic alger treas urer 1rfej creasy dorcas sert tnry mrs bnyllus utile helpers secretary mrs c a stewart living message secretary mn e a put- ker counted one for each coxe grabbed loose gumdrop from woods to taiuttl in at 8ttdtrvvnwaewt ti f t tefteshmemrtmasmitoclnl two seconds before rlddall stepped into the play pen after serving a term for hooking scarrow now it was all even stefcn goy rlddall and gillespie combined to place acton one up at thirteen minute two minutes later west lake and lindsay tangled with high sticks to be sent to north section for a brief spell- at 6 50 of the last mile rlddall went off again for a third time for complaint was madron the foes for a nonresident pupil attending kin dergarten mr c lindsay felt he should only pny half fees in view of half a day the principal was in structed to collect the same fees in this case as all other nonresident pupils a letter frem mr ted hansen made application if there was a vnenncy m the staff at the high school at mid summer the board agreed to en- gag mr hansen in september in ac cordance with the letter received a letter was read from the staff trtpplngtnd holding scarrow as he of the public school expressing np- toroke through a minute later mike cdxe and i marzo tangled ln front of woods and both were sent off for a rest rlddall went off again for a trip and while lie was serving the refwhhgriddle cakes westlake- scored on j pais from grnnt at 14 19 and again during that penalty scar- row wormed his wo from the cor ner to tall n half minute inter then came the flood which we already told you about pth beuflh mt wxxl- ltep theie- euroncnn post wnr serice work dis tributed the nrtlcles of sewing pre viously prepared by her committee and wo anticipate the cooperation of all the members in preparing this splendid brfle at the conclusion of the meeting tho hostesses mrs g mason mrs c cook mrs j irwin mrs h holmes mrs ttnyoungblut served tlnie was enjoyed native of halton marked 90th birthday at home in galt preclntlon of the hoards action in salary adjustments the secretary rend a letter from the john inglis co giving o credit note for the balnnce duo as clnlmeri bvth board a letter from a c gru of the acton hobby club qsked if the board would make lnqulryfrom thir depart ment regurduig the instiulntlon of t lectricnl equipment in their q unit its in the basement of knox church the board annjuritopnnnt thumnttur to teams from hnlng higher scores reg- inspector skuce j istered and both clubs werej unlucky j accounts uere passtd for pnmnt around the klne mnn times ls follows tho teams blok soclet books aeton goal woods defens- brush f crl shovellinr snow miss jessie mcgregor now residing at 10 spruee street in gait on janu ary 25th celebrated her ninetieth birthday she was born in halton county in thnt district known at the scotch block her grandfather coming from perthshire took up crown deeds on this form in the coun- lynnd her childhood was spent amon similar pioneer families bearing the names of mcgregor loldlaw alex onder chlsholm duff nnd murray three members of her family spent her birthday with her at her gilt home her two nieces miss jessu quarrle of gait and mrs carson of toronto and her cousin mrs m e nn nf mlltnn slip hnr boon uut- brush nnd rlddall eentrv gillespie wlnfis r mnrzo and go alternates i mnrzo bn llss morton townsley llndsn l marzo nnd enns milton goal brush defense banks and konc centre mcmuijn wings grnnt and scarrow alter nates wilson west lake coxe bnso ctiambers srllssltxi mcduffe reforee uex mihard toronto c htndn ailpc p s enjovlng a delicious meul aervmi and ptt- jonml by travumetryf auxillnry of the canadian legion at the acton post the tnrmers added to v nights victory in a big wny a they stoked it in oh almost forgot ray mason claims an assist on pordge ruldnlls goal timekeeper mason aimihtedthe brawny nufense- man to the slpbln exit uhlle enjoying one of his penalties and shoved him out just as a loose puck winged past rlddall picked up the pill and bulged the twine behind dago to initiate i scoring spree w it i blair repnlrs it o staph ton repairs publu ifitlltiet cimmfcstoni v light mu water misb hos7el supplies johnstone a kmhiii supplies i copt land co supplus i heardmore co supplies free press eneoeft h w baxter supplies queers tnlerslt hook flllott bros supplies 2 7 00 l 05 75 jrthlplent of numerous congratulations cold and clear that morning th and floral tilbutes from her many stene of the arcldtnt js atmut fle 1 fritnds miles west of acton 0nly0ne injured ks bus overturns estjof aelon confusion at road junction blam ed for sunday night accident when a packtd 1 us crashed through the highway guard mil on sunday ploughed across njhrte foot ditch nnd turned over ncrosssn paralleling road- wny only one of the passengers was injured mrs edith harrington morris street guelph suffered facial nhrnilons nnd possible chest injuries nnd was removed to st josephs hos pital in guelph after the accident the bus was omtof the gray coach t lines vehicles onthelnst runotth lr7 province night due liwacton at 11 28 p m on sundays and holidays there is usual- fy more than one bus of the schedule to tarry the traffic and this was one of four out from toronto it is said the driver was confused by n car which took the fork in the road going to eden mills and failed to see the highway direction signs the machine crashed through tho guard railing on the curve east of rockwood at the intersection of the hlghwny with the road from eden mjus eight or ten posts were clip ped off nnd the checkerboard sign wrecked telephone poles were nar rowly missed as the bui took across the three foaudltand came onto j ra crelehson l l mullin the fden mills road nnd lurched over on its side paumgors were taken out through the emergency exit nt the rear of the bus quite shaken but only one of them injured the rond wny was in 4o th mr vhtoi auer had the mlufoitiiue lnttl friday u fuu ture boll hones in his left left in j an uiiiihiinl aitldeul mi alger was on iiih route delivering the products of hot hens llnkery jn brock av while jinsulng the rhajlv- ery truck of cannda iii cad co the sleigh skidded on the lee mad nnd ho was pinned between the fender of the tiutklmd hlu own vehicle he was taken to the of fit of dr kenny bv mr ion wcmmis driver of the tru k wheie examination revealed the frac ture his progress at st josephs hoftpltal in iuelph is leported ns fav orable nnd he hopes soon lo lw abie- to return home like nny othei inw or device trnf- flc regulations hlimnts and sfgnsiire council decide tit hold no extra k let ion utwiutwt made for liarliek clouinu of itcveyntfo rooma council iith delivery on mo4t of scrvlcmeth ringa wartime hmihtntr dtautftcd t iteprwehtjilivt t u at next mcelinjr a ion coiimll nut in regular reun ion with cniincllloik l ccvok w 1 coon 1 ii cicluhlm and it m aylswortli irchent niid re eve p t mefutc liepn preslded- rneve mccultheon stntccj that hal ton would have the public icn1ti unt entnhllkhed nbout luly 1st nnd gkve council some of the tint nit of lhethrw phn mv ii ii hln ton made clellvery of the sei vice mens rln and presented rorfiwattfimtoy y contract cancelled byesquesingcouncil decide lo purchiwe other ekjuip- ment no ajvcuik al court of revision a court of revision for thi town ship of iluiucsliiji was held mondny mornlnr fcebrunry 3rd g e clenve ceorko ourrlo cleorre ijohlle ii c iteld and wilfred- dlrd were picumt hnvlne token the required oath u mollon was moved by mr held nec- qndedjij mr 1 idle hint mr clolve be elmlrmnn of thlh iourt of revision carried there wfre no appeals nsalnst the njcwnientb for the yenr 1917 movid by mr blid kotonded by mr currlo hint the lerk of this eouit of rqvlhlon be nnd la hereby author ized nnd required to initial all cor rections nlteratlnnk nnd nddltlonx in the aiuteckment uolts for the year 19i7 ond thnt he he authorized to certify to wild rolls enqueuing township count ii h id their regular monthly meeting mon dny afternoon memliers all present reeve g e cleave presided v accounts pnraed for payment in cluded ontario hospltnl woodstock chnrity nect h5 less prohntlnri cre dit j7 50 37 50 municipal world ltd supplies 19 85 bell telephone co services 5 7g salvation army krnnt 10 i m bennett registrat ion of blrt hs mnrrlaeysnnd deaths or feb 20 aasoc of assesslnb officers membership fee 1047 10 a w bepton stamps 41 82 cecil chlsholm bnl re doe licenses 210 whllller and co supplies 33 can leijlon georgetown poppy dnv fund for 1910 15 georrctown her ald nccount 35f7 carried motion by bird and currlr tht-re- lef nccounts be paid 32 70 can led motion by reld and leslie that road nrcounts of 5281 90 be pnld carried moved by currle seconded by bird thatlhe following persons be appoint ed deputy game wardens in esqueslni durlnit 1117 daniel allan alfred his in i ount any rinu in the ijrillit found fn would im corrected hu hetu of th rfltifh hnd innwnfour htnfcjkt wns altered to allow roi this corrl ion the rings had all beenuelrhad r wn w th w the contract the nrcount was for 33110 nnd couhihi nureed o pay 3000 hnldlnr hmk 300 until nil corrections were ndjusted mr j mcmullen wns present re- cnrdlnk n building twrmt fire chlsf dnwklns wns nlso present nnd chi f ilnrrop explnlned the sltuntlnn mr mcmullen desire to convert tho pro perly formerly owned by mrs gold- ham on bower avenue into font apartments mr ilnrrop felt he should put the mntter before the fire committee in vie of uie foct thnt the liultdlhk wns in the are limits mr mcmullen said he wns prepared to tomplv with tho building bylaw the fire committee agreed to inspect the building before giving nuthbrity to issue n permit inspection wns to he mnde the dny following tuesday nt 4 30 p m accounts were passed for payment ls follows ii h hlnton inymcnt on rervlce rings 3000 00 fyrfyter co supplies fl 00 fred stewnrt truck rtv a e pulker quebec henter symon hnrdware supplies association of assessing of ficers ftea 400 800 30 00 1000 100700 council discussed the installation of the nmpliflors in the arenn nnd it wns felt the present arrangements wen not satisfactory andpayrnent of thi account was wltheui until the pres ent units worked satisfactory or four speakers installed the clerk was instructed to write mr manning re questing inilnllntlon of the four pm speakers the council discussed th appoint i o n nirpiitirtimi it thin application wns acted upon this yenr another election would be required to elect a deputyreeve it was docldof to corry on as at present until the next election when the deputy- reeve would be eliscted for 1948 mr j f royston was present to discuss with council the hours of closing of hevcrngc rooms he felt fhot the 11 10 hour on saturdoy night wauw late id aetan where the industries were closed nil dny satur day the hour wan not necessary he suggested 10 oclock on saturday ns late enough nnd 11 o clock on any ether night instead of midnight coiuull suggested that both owners of hotels in town send a letter out- llntngthe hount desired before pass- hmuitt atba hnrvey nurse fred ruddell spene r ing n resolutl wilson john lawson wesley louth resolution w j mcdonald meldrum stark wm shelbourne wllmer wntldns and george woods carried i ri i i i iiontlnued on pngt five moved by currle nnd reld thnt th was passed and he h inw sanrtlontd for npproval of thi terms nf the ilqqnr control board lien sunday nirht bu overturned 00147 a list of supplies for the public school wns npproved by the supply committee th os for the veiir whuli were partially made nt a special meet ing of tho hoard uere completed at this meeting when it was learned that the provincial grants to both the continuation and public school would continued on page eight hie udlm pktuie was takm early monday morning of the overturned bus fiom which all but me of the passengers came out without injury the posltlun nf the vehicle left the front exiit own whiie one of the workmen can be seen coming out after soarrhlng the bus foi bagguge and other articles belonging to passengers inasurir ue authorized lo pay lan- ndlnn oil co i tt 30 from the nc count of ken crown for the month of ivc loir also 102 04 from the account of ken brown for the month nf jnn 1017 cnrried moved by curile and bird that the trinsuitr pny imperial bank king nnd shellmjurne sts toronto re go nrankle jioio hnlante in full on urnvel rontrnct with the town ship carried b law no 0 to provide for ro id tsspendlture for 1917 received the re quired number of readings and was passed motion by bird and currle thnt the reeve nnd treasurer be instructed t h mature feb 15 1947 for ha clergy reserve fund carried motion by leslie and bird that this council go on record to cancel road machinery contract to purch ase caterpillar tractor and equipment and purchbs international marhln ery as per tender of nov 1945 ca rled motion by bird and reld that this ocundl adjourn to meet march ird at 1 10 pm or at the call of the reove corrloil i he indies of st josephs church are holding n bingo february 6th in st joseph s hall in arniv il in acton arenn febru- nry jlst tor news prevent se- sn nouncement on page 7 of this issue valentino teaajo of balilnj and- apron booth saturday february 15 parish hall at 3 oclock 293132 dance brookvllle hall friday february h unilaf lie auspices w i go orchestra prizes ad- lntssjon 352b olde tyme and modern dance at town hal acton friday february 14th dancing 0 to 1 gh jordan and his orchestra door and spot dance prizes admission 50 3