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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), March 23, 1950, p. 5

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thubsday majtch hid um the acton free press pxax mnt jrewmal ur and mr r a- cordon and nancy toronto vtsiud mead here on sunday uua carol amu and usuer john 1aiut cualph spoilt the week at their grandparents name her mr and ftw frank buenaimi billy and doug of gomber ipat the wmkmd with mr and mr r k elliott and family dr and urm j r i tare and su aan of u organ town wat vlrgtata visits during the weak with hw parents mr and ur j u steal mlia dorwn steel rturoad hom on tuesday from st josephs hospital guelph whin aha was operated on for appendicitis last week basketball icaiir tii ar partv on y artmtic the v ilaaketball house league got off to a lively atari uat satur day with 4 teams taring artion in the flrat game of the double header philip mccrutau a black quad downed the ooldi captained by jark pink 37 14 uccrlaull waa high man for the winner with m point while dirk wood starred for the loaera with 10 in the aecond tussle tha rad team under rob rruca aoundly drubbed don dawktna blue squad to the tune oftill fred eurlngar led tha arorlng for the red with ii points and don davidson for tha blue with points league games will be played ev ery saturday between j0 and tjo and spectators art welcome a successful junior teen age party waa conducted by the newly elected junior committee uetn- ben of thla committee are uarilyn usrks uarilyn urllor retty ue tmbert hill uc hugh nil shilling and bill mccotl the latest party program included a large variety of dances and gamrs and lunch a served an april fool a party la planned for saturday april 1 which la to include an appropriate program in cluding a dramatically arranged ghott story utttub gtptwlf of cruaaa fccbri o at tfaijiei avxlfcc organist and choir sunday uarc3 stun 1450 1000 am sunday school 1100 em si 70o pm worship service rev a g uarphenon flasherton ont congregational meeting wednes day march j9ui at 8 00 pm communion service sunday april and at 11am all are cordially invited tifsuufta onojc chvwu3l acton rjcv uobsstt il akmrtaoo ma mlauur sunday uaitch alh i00 11 00 am divine worship 12 is pm sunday school am lllble class 7 00 pro divine worship they that wait upon the lord shall rnw their strength ftipltflt tfhurrb acton uv cilar b oowis atutaua sunday march 2gtti 10 10 to am sunday school 11 30 a m women mission clrce thank offering ueetlng spec lal speaker miss k vord of waterford ont frt march 24th h p m mission hand thank offering meeting vtutlng speaker miss k vora waterford ont 11 v i u cancelled tl auibha clrjurrrj anguaam barter urn w o lnatan sva mima march j6h ldw icnt v mx a m holy communion 10 x a in sunday school 11 10 a m morning ivayrr b glnnrrs class 7 x pm i- vrnlng lraer icnlcn mr l e w ronesrtay a i h00 p m a welcome awaits you haitom kultbymen than organization and heat repotts at ijnbrook public schtiol on friday mirth 17th a meeting wai held to report on the ontario poul try producers meeting in toronto i on march isth the report w ss given bv mr john nrald who wh appointed to represent trafalgar township snd llslton county in toronto mr r s hesthcrlngton was al so present and um nominated by mr itrald to represent hslton county on the ontario executive and also district three rompriilng the counties of hslton peel york ontsrlo and slmcoe the new assoclstion wss discuss ed bv the group at the school on friday night and also the adoption of the proposed constitution of the organization afr j braid was in structed to call a meeting of poul- t tr tow be held on thursday march swh at lin brook school hudsons bay co 380 yeakoid ttadino empire the moyrsrold hudson s bay company la the ojdest trading firm in the world the second largest fur dealer ont the rutxtsn itate monopoly in larger and atlll haa all trndlng pnms imys r gardner in april a reader a digest vtne of it early fort a are now great eltle winnipeg edmonton victoria here the company a original log house hne ented into department stor e atlll selling the famous hudson a liny blankets but also everything ou can think of and some things ou probablr wont psntles for instance in sets of seven with the day of the week embroidered on each gardners article condensed from mac lean t aays the company runs a persian lamb ranch in south at tics a fur breeding farm vast beaver preserves a shipping fleet a cargo airline and a radio network it sells prairie fsrmlsnd owns oil a mln ri on 414 m hiy news definite progress towsrds tne formation of a hi y fellowship club was made as a result of tne meeting held at the high school last tuesday evening those who attended the meeting included a student nucleous of the proposed local club 0 members of the kitchener hi y club president engineer makes report on more water supply fcoattaued from pape oaej be used as a combined dom astir and fire reserve the engine suggested council contact the in temauonal water supply co mr n walker resident engineer dig- of the acton y mr gordon rogn cussed the water supply with eoun- valdson snd mrs rognvsldson mr ctl no action was taken but it orland robbins principal snd mr was devmed advisable to get fur don mclean of the high school ther information on well or up- bt mr bill denny representing ply in another section the ys mens club rev luxton correspondence was read from armstrong of the locsl the general hospital regarding an drgy mr bui benson program indigent patient council accept chairman and mr cliff sutton ed responsibility general secretary of the y the clerk read the official reslg i ur cif sutton opened the nation of mr f harrop aid the meeting with devotions snd gave release of his contract n explanation of the hi y club the letter re membership in the program in canada and the united ontario mayors and reeves assoc ststes quoting commends tie ser vice and boy training being achiev ed by the numerous clubs in oprr atlon mr jonas ningman mentor of the kitchener 111 y lub then described the work past and pre ent bring performed by their club and the good cltlienthtp training f council and wu pats- being reaped by its boy members the kitchener rlub members then 1st ion la to be studied by reeve tyler snd a recommendation msde the by law relative to taxi calsi wai read by the clerk this b law repeajrd former by laws arn was revised seconding to prev nt regulations the by isw received approval ed letters regarding fire trucks nd equipment were ordered filed j the clerk was instructed to se- ure prices on s carload of cnlr um chloride delivered in acton ermixslon wss given the inuit took the floor snd esch boy en thus latlralv outlined a different phate of thrlr own clubs structure and tfbmnslbllttteb ciwiiments were solicited from each of the adults present h all ule for the blind to hold a tag da heartily endorsed the plan that on saturday may 6th tne day lor rlub ranlted will be held by the duke of iev c s then thanked every onalilre chapter iodf tnr1 interest in attending the clerk was instructed to id announced that another meet vertlse for lenders for painting ln win hpld dste to the wster unk removing all rust plbly confirm the organization and brushing the bowl and painting of n arton iii y club the bus lire tank with aluminum and n portion of the meeting rinsed relettertng lth the ird s prayer letler waa received from the to mlul the evening moving cnr expressing wllllngneas to in plciures were shown by mr ted stall flashing lights and a bell on n the school staff and a the cnr crossing they were lunch waa served by a group of the agreed to pay costt on diatrlbut ll hool girls ion of 40 per cent from the grade crossing fund v per cent hy the maiton forums discuss farmino cooperative way hslton county farm forum in reporting on the topic can we fsrm cooperatively seemed to be of the same opinion as regards the rsdlo ii road cart msrklng it aa fxcellrnt or good but one forum railway and 0 percent by thr town of acton cost of 1ntnltat ion would be about sa000 malnten snee would he borne v per rnt y the railway and so per cent by the town a letter from central mortg3 corporation acknowledged the di rttfon of cyhindl not to tmtal wwera in wartime housing sub- reported it as fair maintaining they division in vleu of the ruling of had heard all thl before while n council they were content to al i trafalgar reported it as good but low the matter to drop as they re- coopcrstlve farming in ontario was quired the privilege of increilni new and it might help to eliminate rnts and sale price if they shared the poor farmer in the cnsl of sewer installation the first question only s very ten months taxes were to lw small percentage of canadian farm paid on the properties of thoi era operate land or machinery on an conk and tony snuck assetscl orgsnlred cooperstlve plsn why on the supplemental assessment is this so practically all forums no action could be taken on the reporting sounded vrry rmphstlc objection of jas moore which wis ally the note that canadian farmers not filed aa required telleed in independence and prld council discussed the appllcat ed themselves on being individual i ion of w dnvldww for s license to lts owning their own lsnd and peddle goods in aelon it ua mnrhlmr snd in that way could decided the v fee as applicable seed or harvest when lands and as he una using a car in his bus crops were ready as canadian aes- tnets i sons were short the clerk produced deeds and i the second question would it be documents relative to the pioneers i to thr advantage of a young mm cemetery which were to be dealt wantjng to start farming with limit- with bv the solicitor ed capital to join in a co operative it was derided to purchase i farming scheme the majority an- j framed ph olograph of first town twered yes while bannockburn council to be placed in the councl i answered as follows a properly i chamber i organ i red cooperative farming the town foreman reported scheme could be to the advantage of a group of young men with a why not a fence with a hedge whatever slse the property mot people like to have a part of the tssck garden which ii private and is screened from view hedges and well located shruhs can accomplish this hedge are often cheaper thsn fencing and the act as a back ground to the brighter display of flowers in the garden say r w ollxer of the central fxperlmentnl farm ottawa the height colour and texture of n hedge will be governed largelv b the slxe of the propertv ami te of garden which the hedtf surround a large garden neds a taller hedge than a small garden a tall or medium hedge should utovr ordinary c1rcutrutanet h mid or dark green in colour a its purpose la to act as a plagrouid to the garden a golden grev or ret leaved hedge kills the appear once of n plants in the tire ground low hedges or borders w mcr are used only to give emphasis to the design b extending the arch itectural llnea in plan on the prop ertv may be of brighter shades particular in formal work or in conjunction with light coloured buildings the texture or detail of a hedge ts largely a matter of coarse and fine foliage and the degree of shln- tnesa large leaves and shiny onei afe steen in more detail than mall or dull green one consequent they have the appearance of bain nearer at hand and tha tendency to tvduee tha apparent alxe of the pace they surround a hedgttot fine texture and dull green colour auch as caragana would on the other hand increase the apparent slie acres sells hay and timber rights on 30 islands it owns in the gulf of st lawrence once the company owned two fifths of canada the article say it made the laws and enforced them it could hang a man or marry him it issued its own currency and lev- led its own taxes it had the power to ralae an army and to declare war once it did just that fighting a ten- vesr war against the french com plete with naval battles in hudsons bar two french freebootlng fur trad ers pierre fjprit radlsson and med art chouart the moat daring pair of international promoters in the hlstorv of commerce founded the companv trouble with the french gowrnor of quebec drove them into the arms of the english impressed br the prospects for pro fit king charles n issued in 1870 a charter to the governor and the company of adventurers of eng land trading into hudsons bay this gave the companv the whole trade or those sea straits bs and creeks all territory drained bv the rivers flowing into hudsons ba king charles the author ob serves gave away to the original ii proprietors mor of north america than he or anyone else knew existed about a million and a half square miles that wm churchill had not been at work recently and council n t emp council discussed narking regu latlona and decided to have the solicitor and police draft regulat ions covering parking council discussed town planning and engaging a competent engineer to make a plan for a period of years and giving a budget of town improvement on streets for esch ear council decided to call for new applications for assessor for acton the applications for town super intendent were filed until the next regular meeting on april ird council adjourned at 12 40 am limited capital on an equal share i has a reaawns give were- bre com m iin ioahlf disease control report in hal ton in certain areas of ova county there have been local outbreaks of torn of the milder conununl cable diseases of childhood up to th week ending march 11 113 cases of measles had been re ported during 1050 in the county ik in january ftt in february and 11 in march acton reported 87 of these cases during the same period jh8 rasas of mumps were reported 105 in january 97 in february and 30 in march 114 of these ware reported from eorgetoun and 59 from rsqu s ng township since the beginning of the r 22 asea of german meas les have been reported in the week ending ebrusry 23 15 rases were reported 11 from oektilr jrwl 4 from rrafalgtr townsnlp in ttie uwk ending march 11 lh- e wwe 1 fr m oakvllle and i from ivnfalgar township in um- week ernllng man h 1 german measles and meaalea have j wn a tn upswing in the oak vllle ivaralgsr area oakvllle re jiorta v iui of gtrrnan measles and 7 of meaies trafalgar liun smp reports 1 german measles oil 4 measles the sge dlitnbull n f if ee raws ii t t interest in that u uf th v rus of german meas les snd 8 of the ii rases of measles xurred in the age groupfron to i 1 years in other words the null reak ii centred in the high h mil age group i tils w ek too milton has shown an increased incidence of mjmps th re were 19 cases reported lip t this week ifi rases had been r ortrd from the beginning of the year 1 in flgurta are at best only an appr ixlmatlon 1 hey are ot i nlned from reports by physicians by publu henlui nurws and by the m hmil authorities undoubtedly ninny mor caai s have occurred i ul havi been so tnlld that a phy- sk un has not been called and no r kirt haa leen made the minor communicable diseases f t hlldhood li nd to occur in cy l itiere will be a ear wlih a largi numlwr of ra s ihen a er l 1 f uvernl enrs with c mipara llx l few cas a and ig tin an llimlr enr none of lh s- 3 d w n4 nrt in aided n r is chlck npox quarantine for these tllsirt has 1m rn done aw ly with aince it hn been amply proven that it rl m little or nothing to cnlril thv dlsenw a on tacts nre no loni r quarnntln d tli f menv ures nrc prtmnclsl depart nent of ll nlth regulations i sing oakvllle n an example the rcllr nature of these dlieay in will demonstrated awi rrpirted lvis gerninn measles 2 measlea 25 am s ri n rted im kcrmsn m i i s t measles 9 nsea rejmirted 19f0 to march 1h gerrruin m visles 40 m ns c 17 the child with these dl-s- reulre to sta home for varjlng periods hy proilnclal regulitljns chlckenpox until akin is clear german measles 6 days from apcjirance of rash measles red 7 da f ror i ip- notrnnce of rash mumps lfl dav from onset of swelling by provincial regulation th re cecil a carr optoaaftri5t ouium oueu u tl 101 th mwi ajuj st fo lbs acton home furnishings rim soi iuton cambists llniiifciw fuslaku you arc cordially invited to attend a beatty demonstration ot our store on friday sod saturday march 21 and 2t talbot hardware mill sr acton llotlands tulip bulb industry is the outgrowth of centuries of in tcnxlw tultuntlon and xptsrlment atlon uhij lllrt not iiru ontario ftre sjoafoca dttoprstd during 14 the cmtarto ihre marshalls office reports a decrease in the number of fires and estimated losses in the province during 1w0 during last year there were 17776 fires with losses totalling 17 8ssw5 the es timated insurance ion totalled 14431409 these figures show an appreciable drop from the ims los ses of 18418 fires 10557149 worth of property destroyed and an ln- tuxance loss of 15jxb7s0 economics second proficiency one msn might excel with llvs stock another poultry and another field husbandry and the third and final reason there would be free time for holidays and recreation periods whereas omsgh forum felt that unless it wss a fsther and son co operative it would not be advisable becsuse a young farmer can invest his money in second hand machln- i ery and still retain hli independ ence the third question are there any other farming operations which could be done cooperatively opinions were quite varied on thla question ml memo forum men- tinned weed control while others mslntslned that each farmer should t be responsible for weed control on his own property and on road bor dering his property then wood i cutting lime spreading hay baling j threshing silo filling potato digging and picking were mrntloned while others preferred these operations done by custom work the owner operating his own machine boyne forum felt that generally speaking financial post they are acting directly against their own best in te rests irhan unemplotl are report t i putting pressure on labor unions to com out against an further immigration o displaced persons v urge lndamlly from europe in doing so sa the un operie wvcril fannj nd limestone stated we feel by doing t ourselves we save a number of t w msn hours and have the operation li i only by bringing new skills accompluhpd when hernia b and new blood to canada that e donp qne suggested they can hope to develop this country wmld hfce to expertment o the point where it will provide i tlon wfmnj holldaym jobs for all willing to work thesei dps are not coming here to re- j wq fwictcs ooino it lace native canadians at lower i wages but to find new industries xrpo wool prices in linewit and develop new resources in do- other wool prices have advanced ing that they will be providing i markedly since last september and kmruojrnent for themsekir andarenow running in terms of can- thousands of others ad i an dollars very much higher in eer community in canada than they were prior to devalua- there are evamplea so called for- tlon reports the financial post elgners that came to this country this has led to a small increase in sometime only a few years ago carpet prices noted in early janu- are now operating new lines of i a and if wool prices continue business offering substantial and at present levels further increase prosperous employment i are anticipated ts n q nf rnntsrunnot his brothers and sisters mn cm ttnuc at school all these dlscnsei sre most liable to spread in the day or so before they are recognized and a physician called thus the child wttl a cold running eye or a swelling in the neck should be kept at horn until it is decided as to whether he developing one of these diseases the length of the quarantine period does not necessarily mmn the child ts ready to return to school this will be judged by his general condition by the parent or if there be nn d tubt by his family phsli lin business men lead volleyball league at acton ymca anothir spirited and interesting volley hall si ssion took place last thursday night at the ymca in the opening mntoh the hapless v men bowed to micro plnttlrs to th tune of 130 154 158 the second contest saw the pow erful business men concede the first game to the tannery reds in tha best display of volley ball this sea son it was their first defeat in the last 30 games in the last two games they regslned their usual might and downed the reds by the decisive scores of 153 and 15ov oord beattys impressive spiking wss the highlight of the night in the final vames the tannery blues playing with a man short were easy victims to the independ ents who showed much improve ment scores were 150 158 155 league standing whats your taste in nylon stocking colors theyre nil hero hijrh nt 1c ultra fnihionnble conhirviitivc nml utility tones keyed to kail cottume shadea theyre twautiful gotham gold stripe 135 golusikipe 160 175 tsiirsncrorancitorn mill st acton builneu men 34 31 3 31 tannery red 34 is 18 micro plutlr 4 13 11 independent 31 11 10 11 tannery bluet 34 7 17 7 vs men 31 3 it a now on display the cockshutt 30 tractor live power takeoff with independent clutch cylinder sleevesremovable wet sleeve type 33 plow drawbar power see the new 40 tractor d j smith sales co lta 647 woolwich strmt guelph u ontario

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