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ht jvtljim sttt fhftss seventy fourth vtlr no 0 acton ontario thursday april 7th ijtl eight home print pige si cent telephone change recalls early days of system here pint kxhuuur in arton in ihhti ad grown tram 15 sub- seribers to ppwfinl rvrhi a few of acton i olrtt r residents will be reminded by the conversion of the local telephone irtum to common hatti ry op rat ton of an earlier era when the first tajephonea were coming into use n arton in those day there wen- bo automobile and not a single radio in the entire community the ftrt telephone rm hang r in arton was established in drcrtnlxr itss just is years after it had tinn incorporated as a villas in 1rs4 a line had uwn built fnm tonmto to guclph through arton giv ing the village iu first televhqne am tart with the outside world at ihuj time the exchange wn located on mill ktre4 with ir n mrar- vln a dantlst acting as agent prior to this esrhange mr 11 gray grand trunk ilailway agent had invented and patented a teli plume tilts instrument had been in successful om rstlon over a threw mile circuit for some time before lata in those plonaar daya of lele- phony a subs rther could only pin through calls between the hours of tarn and 8 p m on urrk day 2 to 4 pm on sunday and 10 to 12 awm and 2 to 4 p m on holiday the first list of telephone sub arrlbers wllj recall name of flrmi and persons prominent in the bus tneaa and social life of the commun ity more than 60 years ago they re t acton banking co corner allll and frederick sta llrowei james sawmill main st lamp hell house comer main and mill streets grand trunk ilailway station lowry ir w 11 fredcr lek st moore and mrgarvin val tse and satchel factory mill st moore james tannery queen st moore p free press office allll st moore ii residence corner frederick st and bow tsr ave mrxarvln dr j 1 druggist mill st nelsoh mrltae and to general store corner mill and wil low st storey w 11 and son clove manufacturer reiwer ave toronto lime co john moon mgr llmcworks llim house in ir00 j v kannaw m became ananager like hi predecessor mr kinnawin was alsi a druggist and when mr kanoawin sold out to a t ilrown the telephone central uo operated by mr ilroun for 25 yeam and until the business had grown to where it required atnillding of tu own and a full time manager mr and mrs c ii lanti um ap pointed telephoning then was not the almple thing it is now to be heard at all even over a relatively short distance- the subscriber required at time the voice of a circus bark r since the first telephone tines were built improvements have been going on all the time gakan ixed iron wires originally used i were replaced u ith copper ones and a device called the vacuum tube repeater was invented which give new life to tired voice cur rents and placed at intervals along long distance lines makes it poa ible to talk across the continent as easily as between two places in acton when the firjit exchange was established here there were is t le phones in use xudav the local be ii exchange under the management of j 1 sanderson at guelph glt eeivlce to ot2 bed telephones any one of which can be interconnected with telephones in m countries and tern ton ttea scattered throughout the world i miss anderson ah8ekke meeting ivonsiutte chajtkr the duke of devonshire chapter i o i k- met for the april meeting at uu bunt uf mi corg4 uaum ijik avt with the itegvnt mrs n itaird priktding af t r the usual t m nlng ci rrmoiuis mrs hsird sixikt briefly on the recent re ci ptuui of nt wfoundlaiid into tin ihimininn of canada as the tenth province th liapter eapela to sjminsor the uiual tag day for the blind m miiai was made of the annual prnvin tal i onvinlimi at hannltoii and those who could do so were urged to go a letter i to im kii fc the ounctl asking ahout having tht i aim f those who gavt tlielr litis in world war ii placed oil the cen ilaph and offering flnanrial assistance toward the cost of the woik aftnj merit were made for a daffodil t a a preenlatiuu li mrs j whit ham on her retirement as standard ii art r for it veral yea ik was made by mim m lun nett and mrs y i tmp r mi4 anderson public health nurs for acton and vicinity wa the guest speaker for the evening and her talk was mi interesting and informative it dealt with her work as labile health nurse the work bf ing done by the ihibllr hi allh s rice and the extension of the work which they hop to do later one could only marvel at th srkc of the work misa m main prize v ry capably expressed the appreciation of the meeting to ml anderson mlsa jordan a ktudent nurw accompanietl miss and rxun and wan a uh t for ihe meeting lliiilrim wnin refreshments wre mrs havllss mrs ilogllon mrs uaxttr siul mrs ken itlow annexation etiective on jan 1st in crescent m itio vum uamtt n w low cst insulating and bulldiiii malt rul produced by a queltec firm from waste mat rials such ai sawdust shavings waste vulp bark straw with portland cement as binder is reported by tht financial inl claimed to be light in weight inexpensive fin resistant water re p han t and er mln pratf process requires nt costly mxxla eijuipment and is ex liected to gie commercial value to fibrou wastes hitherto regarded as total loss bv mills and plants at which wastes originate ttepqriif annual minting of xvjl given acton group the monthly business meeting of the woman i asoclation of the united church was held at the homcjac mrs t- lambert on tuea day with a good attendance the president mrs j moore presided and the devotional was talced bv mrs j moore and mrs u picker ing f reports of the various committees were presented and roll call was answered by a verse of scripture mrs pickering gave a ery fine re- j port on the first annual meeting of the woman a association of ha hon presbytery when the association became affiliated with the hamilton conference uri lambert assisted by mrs dryedale and mrs thetford served f very dainty lunch and a social time was enjoyed s s royce is clerk treasurer eramosa township council coopera tew hh rock wood trwteen regarding hre equipment framow council m t at 1 pm in th town hall itockwood on mon dn lmsent were lree d d grav in the chair deputy reeve e ii henham councillors t g hutchinson and fred i cox 111- rveaa prcwnied the attendance of councillor jos e itutherford mr s s hoyce presented a fidel ity bond for 5060 00 covering the responsibilities of trrasurer and collector council examined the bond and pronounced it satisfac tory u law no 6 was then passed appointing mr hoyce a clt rk tnaxurer collector and relief of fictr ut a salary of 10000 per month effective may 1st a resolution was passed confirm ing the action of the clerk in ap- prov ing the application of mr rob trt lock an for a permit to operate a repair garage the auditor mr s ii iu id pre snted his report for 1mb the re port was discussed and on motion of messrs cox and hutchinson it was accepted and ordered to be fil ed mr iletd w as requested to arrange lor an audit of township affairs xarty in mny messrs l j avles and walter hunt two of the itockwood trust ees ware present to request the co operation of council regarding the application of the proposed new granu toward the purchase of fire equipmrnt council assured the trustees of their cooperation by resolution council rearfirm ed bylaw no 10 of hm7 making daylight saving effective in the township of eramosa at 1301 am on the last sunday m april arrangements were made for the council to make a survey of the township roads- on april tth the road supl was instructed to ad vertise for tenders for crushed gravel may 2 at 7 00 pm was fued as the date for the next meeting and for the hearing of any appeals re sulting from late or revised assess ment accounts passed uanvbunted to 3195 m a ud it ore report u iveienled for ike year at council meet injj on monday garbage collection artd iwviuion uf commihhioiw ve in for imfcrumtlon wartime houh- injr official agreement u siicned ouimill t nl i 1 11 i tun w j utleod and tepulv it tv tlir wtre piesrtit m mdit even lik win ti aton mux 1 1 nut and 1tteve t jin ii prt sided mr ilkiicii tnuoii ijui audi lot pre iitcd the auditor s it prt f r 14k jiul uavi full iiilaiuinti of th tmlintx and aiuiwtred all utslions lhe rrirt w hi lie j i ii t d inn r and niad its allahle 1 i the ratepayers wartinw housing asked i rtnlv sum to dump the contents of ch ml tal toilets at the town dump cnun ell did not rant thli permiiuloii and clod the dump to all ihia work council discussed the dlvuliwi of ummisaioib in insurance bukint m whith it was fill should 1m dlvideil between tht three agt nts w ht w t rt aylnft business tax and de itletl to enforct the arrangenit nt that had been in vogue the clerk wai to write a letter explaining councils w shes w hen making payment accounts were paxed for pjj ment as follows r l wrmht imiuraitce tzbqs ivrstmal stationery sales 4 25 aft ty supply co r tremens coats 12730 acton free pntt printing 23 83 municipal world doc up 8 sit iostmahter stamps for bills 33 40 m c a taxes 23s 50 s elsen maher shoe store hos ann stores taxes off transients traders f it 107 fij stewart flllott it one 180 14 lever and hoskln audit fees 401 00 north hi i ton high school district board 1474 7 acton iubllc utilitit rt treasurer and tax collect ion dutiei 120606 v chishtilm labor 6 7 sai6ac council rt viewed the oarbagi ol lection bv law which provided for the collection of all refuse and rub blhh the pn sent collection of gar hage and ashes on two s pjratt da vi runs until tht t nd of the month but it was hojkd th summer collection could b arrmtrl arlit r if agreeable to tht colic tor a letter from tht municipal htxard advised that duplicatt onui nals of the hoard ordt r appntv ing of the annexation of pnrtv f es gutting council icreacent seiim hid inen forwardel to mr j i lucas k c the solicitor and fixed the tffective date a of january 1st hmo the official agret ment with war time housing on the section built in arton waa read by the clerk and approved by council and signed by the officials mr r n baird of wool comb ing corporation asked clarification of the arrangements for fire pro tection that would be given the property of the company the companv had some protection af their own that fitted in with tht municipal and heard more and co equipmi nt i council assured mr haird that this matter wai in tht hands of tht fin chief to use his own discretion and the ruling was more applicable to distances away from the town council decided to grant a rebate of 15 to the acton women a in xtitute on the rent of the town hall on an event recently held thrri kin u in km wk hoi th l- vi mi nt urinw let ukt i lo a in a ill hi dt n t hm r si mr t t file uiuti fire ii u alh hi tht 1 p it u cull tin sunday itiuttly nun thutv v he al iht km oiuiltn itourh on iv klv bn ogtit itiol bv the tffeetlvt tf it local deaittntnt iml f the ittuidiik it t d iht ataitn t f anotht r i k monday at 1m ut u kjlliill fire t txike out in vtellllik lt piu tlllt ut wtiil inic pikt ssttl m lutlon und it utiim into maim s tilt n was n i dnjuji uiitl ihe firt was tpiii kly t stinguitjietl a third aluiin was plt at thin wetk on monday night whin a grav firt al th farm of mr will sttr got tiut of ctmtrol nelkhlmira wi it nunimonrd from the mirniun ding dmlritt by telt phone and a lari ifrmip of art ftuhten arrivetl to fitcht tht blau which wu quilt t ahy broutht uiult r tuntrul with nu damagi ulth th muivoii of firei tltand it is tht time to be cartful with stray matthts and igarette hutu w tit n in tht locality of mfl un matili material chemist addressed march meeting dubun insittijte dublin women ainsutute met at the homenpf airs g r somervtlle for their vegular march meeting mrs georgennobertson opened the meeting rolnnll was answered with an irish joka beautiful quilt was displayed airs d barber as convenor of canadian industries had arranged to have a visit from the chemist of baxter laboratories miss k margaret brown completed the arrangements and mr helton with ken ingles as assistant- gave a very fine display of their work at the laboratories how the trans fusions were made and plasma and saline treatments manufactured was most interesting mrs somerviue gave a report of the district direct ors meeting at milton the district meeting la to be held in palermo in june lunch was served and a social hour enjoyed iialton junior farmkrsktart iiockky series on wed in kda y jltrth u ii dto uiiiott tlarted their ruthi r utmrt rinckrv srrlr which win dm it on wiiint r of tht maitui trophy in the first game norval handed atton a 8 3 tttulihg giving atltm tht ir first dt ft ut mint the opt mug m um ii two ytuib st oref s for the n evil uitmp win hud cult r j hill iwiidliiw 1 u t aiton 1 und jim sugnt 1 pin markt rs fu tht at ion t lull w it kayfvtr d 11 i juik sttwarl ami hb mar thill on sututduv april tul paleinu jonu r 1uin o handitl milt n a mi lo d or th feat in a tfamt whli h saw tht milton lull wote ttile of tluir fci uu in tht ust fivi minute tht t til ttni f r tht pali imo tub wti davt iviutttrio 2 and mm th t 111 smith ceorge lt i iml 11 vi in uniltmuii ancf ii n id tjwlnd while n ll shult4te lliutt m jim luil v and lsnt towlnd antminld m tin mill n n ul r perry watson popular citizen died on friday had spent lifetime in commun ity and ine4oped a fine bufiinchm mere rourt in rrv v its n om f th ih vt kmw n busim umi 11 of at ton i a lifi lout it hiunt litre p iw iv t irlv friday morning at homi in atltn lb was in his fifl sisth mir mr watson his tut n in fuluil htallh for s vil nonlhs a son of tht latt mr and mrs it ix it vv utmin is rr w as tht vt uiik st f tin family and wai born tm tin htimt farm a f 1 w milth tusl of arton lit nt tended han lotkbum jnd acton schools and st rv ed m v t rul y can ov t rieas in th rirm world war hitumtnk to horn ct mmunity afti r tht w ir hi tntirvd the dairy busmt ss and through tht vt irs has built up tht u it son ditrv in acton und a few urs 110 itlditl to the buminw the h w ttstn ktstauraiit and dairy liar und with thi loyal helpfulmui ind untiring attention of mrs wat son and thi ir son tom who joined them hm he rt turned from ser vice in the wioml world war a hipular und sound business haul been dt veloped ltesldes his wife who was before marriage miis iuibe1 flllott he leaves ont son tommy and a grandson hobby one sister mrs h hku of niagara fall and twn brother rav of grtmabv and shirlty of ainu also kurvlvc him a host of f ru nd sorrow with them in tht ltis thev hat sustained in rrv ualsein was p pular wih voung and old in the communitv the children from nil um i in thi communitv liksd him and manv of us who have known him so long found particular delight in his i compunv and friendship in these friendships he was one df actons most wealthy men for what is of truer wealth than friends 1 perry was a member eif acton branch of the canadian legion ntu a past master of wulker lodge af 4v a-m- and took a keen inter- est in all community affairs some evidence of the esteem in which he was held could be gather ed from the host of friends who gathered on monday afternoon- at the funeral service at the victor b itumlcv funeral home and in the host of floral tributes which bore testimonyof esteem snd sympathy for those who are left the service uas conducted by rev r h arm strong of knox presbyterian church which he attended breth- j ren of his mother lodge were pall bearers wor bros m mccutcb- eon f salt w middleton and bros dr a j buchanan geo mus- selle and c a duls the f aaw one qf the larg- j est attendance oimssonlc brethren who have assembled here for many years at the graveside the im pressive masonic service was con duct od with solemnity and feeling interment was in falrvlew ceme tery acton officers klrrtrd vor arton ilfimr ami school iroin hit atrti hmni und st hhil assk lull n m t monday t v mng april 4th at tht publu srhtol un it r th hudersliip of mr li jt parker 1 resident plan an will under way fur tht cruduutinit last dinnt r under tht munakt nit ut of mrs r oukii ht r timmittee tin dale im t tin ottusion 1m june 16th tin itlale of offirt rs fur 1imi1 ml lirouttlit imfttrt the meeting for ap proval wa unanimously aceepted president mr it it parker 1st vitt pit sidt tit mrs i a garrett ml vitt presidi nt mr it c hand it r recording sterttary mrs w i smith corresponding sec tlaiv mrs j h crt ijchton treas un r mr ii mint n fxecutive tknmltlt mm htlencullen mr ii ititrhle mm i uvell mrs c t uniilnehnm mr cook just siht uf highway no 2i jruler collapse tin rt dot s stjii nu e nd of trouble wth highway no 23 be iwetn acton and milton on mon ti i mtjed urader w brought in to w rte on tht u rntili surface it t pist is far ds iu 11 s service slilt 11 north tf milton when within tin sight of iu task it col inptttl wllli a br kn ale jt 1 t- mnlid a ruther forlorn apmaraice un 1 wan piiti in hoping with iht km 1 le f rt it sotnt load f t rusheel stone have ta t 11 plaid in tht woit spots rm th iiiifhiv mtai 111 teed a help n itt ttmit ov r a n w type of road 111 ic him huh im t n at work on the uiiiudil sttlioii just below spey mdi this truck has u pol on the link mtmi thltifc tf tht nature of a imirvuhlc wttl drll it movt s up ihi ii 1111 of tht road making h it und ufti r um it art tak n the in ind is n uritl d up t matth tht fiut u hi avals of the surface tin inuii 111 ide fiiountls are larger 1 nd tipially us jolting for highway ituvilltn whtthtr iu gold or oil i or just a confirmation of the rumor i ih it work of grading and making tin lust ms milts of tht highway iuty foi a pcrmuncnl surface wr li nit know ut pn st nt but time ulom will tell in the meantime drive an fully tins is your liil si roud it port minor accii1knt ivviikn car and truck tanu1k on monday during the noon hour rush at tht c rnt r of mill and wll low strets 11 minor accident occur i red i th car drive n by rons llntton j wus parked un mill si and pro tuded a lltth on willow street the 1 truck uf the weston bread co was i parked on willow facing north 1 wist having completed delivery i tin dnvcr of thi truck attempted lo buck out mill stret coming in tart with ihe llntton itiitac with the llntton c and mrs jutvs must harming and d tm f p nnd b f enhrtaning shaker from guelph lj cuf cmff ktvi the im mbrri manv excellent tt s whith would be fe nviblc in i mhi asmklalltin helnji vn si i if tht ity council she was to tell of many problems en hiltuid ihi httw- thev were aol- iml a skial half hour followed mil r monkman adokessko meihlnf of ia1cal union on mondav april 4 iocul 21 national shoe and leather union he id their nionthtv meeting the pre sldcnt mr a clt ment intro duced the kuest speuki r llr r monkman htadquarteni repre tntative from toronto who gave a short address on hcadtpiarters and offt red suggestions on different mnlti n during the meeting the ngreemt nt w as acce pttd as read with few corrections and the ex ecutive was given full authority to negotiate on all matters membership is still increasing and the financial statement as pre sented was very satisfactory the presidt nt a clement secretary h roberts and f cook were ap pointed delegates to attend the labour convention in mav after lirirf remarks and best wishes frein mr monkman tht meeting closed the negotiating committee had vi ry successful meeting with th cumpinv and many requests wer grunted top of 1200 at oakvill itontcin sale the- tenth oak wile consignment foijhmj hljtattifjth i kmsldtntf bleaehern which give inaxinuim m uting tapacity for pub lie asse mhlu s are now being manu futt tired in unuda nccorxling to thi iiniihial post open bit ach t is ure all lo pruv idt ndeuatt comfortabalt si nting w hich in miny largr room an ui c in ih mudi revenue prtniucini 1 old eel the he enmi safe play ing w ills for i b tski ti ill nini induir game u w j hklv lo injur uthlc li than wall f standard construction cobrown named lor esquesing to high school board tv0 taid for foxea ivatroyeh by eftquanins council al meeting monday the n kulur meeting of fepiesing towiikhip council wuh held mon dav april tth kpulv heev geo 1 lassht count lllor 11 craig held wilfred hint and wallt r i inham iwcre present and reeve tie urge c urne presided mr h a lever auditor for the township was present and discus sed the audit as of december 31st hhh w hah showed the financial standing of the township to be good the treasurer was authoriied to sale held march 30th at oak v ill e p tn owing accounts board jlalloti producers 1 hold discussion on sootleg milk lw than 7 prodiwerfl atlnd kndorne lrjlry of imrertora j v jull l j hu dusiiuu ing fat lion within the f iron to milk produce r s assimiation re ttivd a ht ba k last friday after noon whin haiti n milk product r ahsot lutlon uiiiovitl a rest lulum ti ii nurtg the m lit v und pledged th ir support of tht direett r of the itftonto milk i rtrflortrs aiwvittton at a meeting ht id in the prince as theatre at milton 1esa hian 7v ibtllifj milk prealut 1 rs anendetl tlie meeting to hear mr jolly tniitjnue hi ehargo that w ll wtllrnod ise manaarr of the assotiatit n had id the pro dut 1 r to ihe distributors by allow ing thtm ft 1 btain untestttl milk fn 111 i h t st fuctt ru under their t mln i ami marketing it in rump tition against tht farmers i pie original or of the bnotle milk plirase ald 1 rharged the loreinto milk distruajtoni w1lh du irlhutlng immitleg milk on feiruary a tht v dt nu d this but later ad mitttd mine had wne in but not lnee mnr h in his opt nirig n marks mr jolly said lie was hurpri there were nut more halton protlucers it the me ting he shui ihere wer wh pnulutene in hal on who should tu 1 interested in the mark ting of their 1 1 rodutt i ontinuliig he iharged he attend eel a cheese fat tory in eastern on tario to which unsanitary milk waa shipcd he also said he saw this milk be ing pumjmd into a cm 1 rarmer dairy containers this mi was placed on the market in competition to the farmers mr jolly thought the producer ahould obtain top pnees for his i mil ik regardless whether it was but tied made into ice cream or choco- isles he suggested the association rect a premeastng plant which could use up all surplus milk so the producer could obtain top prices he further argued there was too much spread between the price i aid to the producer and cost to tht consumer adding the farmer was given tt7 per hundredweight less shipping charges while the dlstrth ulor received 312 for handling it thi speaker vigorously denied he wasfceking the job of secretary mamgrr of the association but urged farme rs to select a compete nt man from their own ranks continuing his criticism of mr winmt it ht said you farmers have a right to know what is going on but you do not therefore it is vour rimfortunt you should know what the secretary is doing ahd the directors art lax in permitting him to continue in concluding the distributors are running your business when you should be running your own i am only endeavouring to bring i 011 farmers toge ther to choose men to operate the association you can trust defending the actions of the continued us pagr fite coming events real lied 31 460 on 4 head for a general average uf333 top price was 1300 paid by james t drown newcastle ontario to h gregory merritt bowman v tile ont for the three earold heifer glenafton rag apple theodoya les peres du st en per it limbour que bought our head these in- pf hydro commissioners george town 76 03 hepc brampton t07 bell telephone w 43 work men s compensation hoard 1 50 i m dennett supplies 11 10 aw benton stamps 7 00 h a lever auditing fees 1344 77 relief accounts as presented by the relief officer amounting to 136- cluding a bred heifer from stag- 30 were ordered paid holm farm oakvllle at f310 a bred 1 claims for foxes destroyed tn heife r from rosafe farms bramp- 1 lsqucaing were paid to th follow- ton at 1410 and apalr of openpng wallaca swackhamer i1sm heifers from r a allen oakvtlle dn id llie 10 j a chlaholm at s300 and 375 a s afaban and 10 do duncan robinson 110 00 son campbellvtlle sold a fiveyear old heifer to richard b ross ga- wanda ny at 1555 horace m murphy lachute que a six-year- old heifer to vf d flatt terra cotta ont at 573 dr paul ber georgetown ont a threeyearold to i s eby and son stcvenivllle at 1475 archibald mulr and sana courtlce ont a four year old half er to vincent epp tavlstockvont 1475 henry c wedge is 00 road accounts of 13 037 63 as pre sented by the road superintendent wore ordered paid the treasurer was empowered to rclum the deposit of harry beer re snow plowing tender mr g o brown was appolntad a member of the north halton high school district board for 1049 and 1050 the ministers aunt will be pre sent d again april 30th in the town hall acton the rrlcndly circle are having a baking salr and tea at the home of mrs marguerite taylor april oth duke of devonshire cjvapte- 10 df um nofcl a daffodil tea april vhh from t o 3 o clock in the ymca the lalcealde chapter i ode meeting in the legion hall tues day evening r1s sharp mrs dowdy as guest spekmr bannock burn women s institute euchre and dance bannockburn school wednesday april 13th 13 p m admission 35c refreshments euchre ymda acton thurs day april 21 proceeds to the ing lis family who recently lnet home by fire admission ssc 1 jul les provide gome one come alt kidd baker show and dance last appearance of the aaaann bockwond town su1x april xx b so pm special attraction uttle davie snantx admission 30c and 35c 1 xf