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thumday april uth i til the acton ltt rts pack nvm poem th wak our verae wlu be quite chart because m an ery- busy are maklnal hew parking stand of a sort and the work i weeping uk dluy when your uriau moved at a later date well beukt abound the comer our number will atlll be one two wiht ahd the waiting room ahoum b- warmer roys taxi phone 128 acton auction sale kntibf fabm stack imflemrntfl btc the property of ciiuffin gpkowl 4th line etquoilnk iut below no 7 highway about a mile and a halt from acton monday april myii a hlndley l elliott auctioneers clearing auction sale sflf bome keoi8tebed stock new mil tractor double dike hammer mill hay loader and other good implement erban seed gat nobarb seed birlcy prize winning alfalfa red clover and timothy seed and household furniture some antlquei show riu hortee the property of w o tutownwdge lot 5 con 7 squealng towilahlp on wednesday may nd at 1230 pm linn ft dance auctioneers your eyes deserve the best consult rmbell registered optometrist rw 33r12 erin cvqxocystz if wed all scatter tue sunsmine we should we wk3ulont miwdtme rajwv cvvs hat the weather been getting you down during the ltt two week dont let your car get you down too have it serviced at school building motion defeated ccomtfcuud from po one georgetown on sunday and choir concert were to be given at glen wllllama and churchtll mr suvenaon and mr tcsuhev tons dlacuued informally with the hoard the formation of an orch- evra in milton high school more information i to be aecurod and the mutter fuller dlcued at the next meeting it wan decided to enll for tender for painting the auditorium boy nnd girls luvatorle1 principal room library and lady teacher room nt millnn nricj one claim room the library and hall at georgetown tenders were to be aftked on each room o that the board could decide what work could be undertaken this year mix lnycock and mr rooi rep resenting the teachers of the schools asked tht a tencher-tru- tees committee be appointed to deal with salary and other prob lems the milton and acton teacher requested an increase in salary effective september lat of tw in addition to the annual increment of cm and a maximum of 4400 for specialist standing permission was given the george town high school to purchase teachers desk and chairs to the amount of 120400 the question of hie engagement of teachers vu also dlscuseo whether the trustee and principal in the town affected were to do this work or whether it would bo the duty of the management cotn mlttee to interview teachers was the point under discussion it ap peared that the present settling of these details in the town affected was working satisfactorily and wn most advantageous as the manage ment committee hod niembers from three town trustees present at the meeting were messrs coon buchanan and dills of acton martin and pickett of milton bell biehn and milne of georgetown schenk and cleave of esqueslnn and cholrmon cor- bert of nassaflawcyo who prejidej following adjournment of the meeting the member met with mr a d sproat former secretary of the board and mr carbert on their behalf made a presentation of a pair of pipes in a leather case and expressed their appreciation of his service mr sproat replied appropriately the board and principals were later entertained at mr sproats home on queen street where cof fee and sandwiches were rerved and a delightful social time enjoy ed campbellville the grace mission band met at the home of beverly roberts on saturday afternoon with the pres ident mnrianna greenlees open ing the meeting with a call to worship anita smith dffered prayer in the absence of donna mitchell joan black read the scripture lesson thirteen girls answered the roll call with my favorite bible story the cheer secretary reported sending two cards the birthday song was suns for beverly roberts ond gloria pur- dy recitations were given bv joan early and joan cramp the topic was ffiven by the leader mrs j wallace and dealt with the mis sionary work among the indians in canada the meeting was closed with prayer by bvery roberts there was a short work period followed with a game con ducted by mrs h ramthaw after which ali enjoyed a dainty lunch served by the hostess mrs wm roberts assisted by lois greenlees and anita smith r shoes of quality ladiesstep out proudly comfortably and smartly in pair of our naw distinctive spring style mens orou oxfords of ritchie slater and harrt quallhee work root from 350 up childrensshoe bysaveae today people realize that he poise and bearing of the entire bodyeven the expression of the facemay be affected by the comfort of their feet therefore you are naturally interested in shoes that will take you through crowded days that demand thousands of footsteps hours of standing and walking on hard pavement comfortable and stylish shoes for father for mother and for child are fitted by xray no guess work no shadow of doubt about the fit because you sec with your own eyes through the xray machine the relationship between your foot and the shoe for shoes that are smart and for shoes that are fitted by xray visit our store today e braida shoe store mill st acton the basketball game scheduled for last week was called off but we have had word that o range vllle will piny n game of volley bull with us nn friday april m nt ac ton ymca at 730 pm no mat ter what the game is rugby bas ketball or baseball acton will be in there fighting wp have iwick nt kcliool with us two of our old pupils when we soy old of course it is under stood thntwe do not menn it in the sense of nge they are dnnna pnplllon who had been attending school in toronto and also joyce greer coming snon la the track and field meet around the first of may we will be having bur own high school field meet and on may 16th u the interschool field meet which will be held thin yr in the acton park last year it wai held at erin visiting schools for this occasion ore milton georgetown and erin this year at the inter- field meet cups will be awarded the winner in each class junior intermediate and senior and nlo cup to the school obtaining- the most points we hope that acton will win the cup hopeful thinking on may 12th the waterloo games are being held at t oac in guelph since milton and george town are sending some jtudenti down acton will also be repres ented we hope that those at tending will make a gooc showing the paper committee has inform- edus that another issue nf the vyc opener will be out by the end of april im sure it is hoped thal the paper committee does not have as much trouble as they did last time when the ditto machine brow down although they tried hard things did not go as well ns it wns expected that time some of the students havrtaeen worried about skunks around the school recently one was noticed running across the ground on one side of the school on th other de a dog was chasing squirrels quite a menagerie last week we had with us mr mailman head of the normal school at hamilton he divided the room into ten sections and each- section decided upon a question nnd the chairman j of each group presented it to him at our assembly last thursday mr bobbins showed us another one of his films taken in europe last summer this particular film had been taken mostly of switz erland and down to venice several shots were taken of the swicp alps and those proved very interesting at our assembly thursday apt 11 19th we will see the film of the stanley cup games of 10w this will probably be very interesting especially to those who like hockey the north hal ton high school district board decjded at their last meeting to offer scholarships to the students of ahs these scholarships will be presented an nually at the commencement ex ercises commencing at the end of the present year these scholarships will bo aw arded to the students who comp lete in one year the work of the grade in which they are enrolled with the highest academic standing f average per cent mark and who have taken at least five subject in that grade all subjects in th it grade will be counted but no sub jects in i higher or lower grade will be considered on tuesday afternoon grade 0b put on their literary program the meeting opened with the king followed by the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting by the secretary carol tyler the chairman for the meeting wa bill mchugh who announced that the first item on the program was a skit with hugh sirrs as the cowboy coming- to the big city looking for some excitement and evelyn saunders as the telephone operator betty williamson as a deaf mute who the cowboy tries to date and rill price who escorts betty the offect on the students was quite hilarious this was fol lowed by a piano solo by betty sinclair and a monologue by tru grade 9b girls the next item on the program was a quartette by four hoys or we should say darkies their faces and hands won blackened to help the illusion they were bill skil- ling hay mason paul lawson rnd btll somerviue and were accomp anied by prggy oakes they sang such songs as tennessee wmu mockin bird hill etc ray mason played swanee river on the har monica and sang a solo ghost riders in the sky after the su- dents stopped rolling in the aisles and wiping their crying vr the program continued with a restaur ant skit the actors were nils olson as the curtnmer mary braldi as the waitress pauline papilon as the manageress nnd des celebrating their 62nd wedding anniversary on saturday april 21st are mr and mrs edwin e dudd of rr- 1 campbell- ville married in ealing england the pair camo to canada in 1911 after several years in hamillon they movod to poison township over 30 years ago both arc 80 years olefcr acton switchboard enlarged by may mo provide improved telephone service in acton an extension to the switchboard is being installed at the local exchange r g dlllnne bell telephone mnnager for region informed the- free press thin week that ihe switchboard is being enlarged by ne operntorfl position making liree positions in all the work iflexpected to be tompleted early in may nnd will be accomplished wlthoula break in subscriliers scryice the enlarged switchboard will enable three operators to be on duty nt a time instead of twp as j nt present mr dlllnne said in ndditlon there will be additional equipment available for the oper- nturs to use in completing calls the manager explained that the delays sometimes experienced in placing calls nre usually caused by the shortage of equipment there arc only a certain number of con necting cords nviiliblt al the switchboard depending on the number of operators positions and when qll these cords are in use in peak periods the operator ennnot complete n call until someone hangs up with the additional facilities now being instalted these delays should be reduced to a minimum he said the switchboard extension blnc installed by northern electric company caftimen was made necessary by the evergrowing use of telephone service here therj nowve some 820 telephone serv ed by the local exchange compar ed with about 430 in 1043 on an average day acton res idents now make some 2725 local calls compared with b30 a day ln 1045 and long distance calls aver age 170 a day agninst m mr dlllnne sold the new switch board equipment will provide ex change facilities to meet the com munitys telephone needs for some time however new service still cannot be supplied in a few cases because the necessary outside tel ephone lines are not available the construction of new tele phone lines will be carried out s rapidly ns the availability of lidnr rnd materials permits he added obituary john l macdonald dies at eden mills after a funeral service at his late residence at eden mills john leo nard macdonald was laid to rest at eden mills cemetery on tuesday april 10 mr macdonald passed away the preceding friday born in dundas mr mncdonald had a grocery business in hamilton for many years in 1018 he was seriously injured in a railway ac cident while employed by the rail way he was a member of eden mills presbyterian church he is survived by his wife tlv former margaret hydr of dundas one son willinm r macdonald of eden mills a daughter mrs wil son bewley tbetty of campbell- vitle a brother r ii macdonald of hamilton a sister mrs j s corrie of hamilton and five grand children o rourke as the manager then the quartette cimf out again to sing some mor sonijs this time without accompaniment john mowat dressed as i lady pave an introduction to the styles of lost while the models paral d at the front of the room at this i the whole school was in an uproar and im sure the laughter could he heard down at baxter lab or even at mclsaacs garage as a finale j of the fashion show th mndoli eam in again nnd orders wtrc tikin for rese magnflcx cvit- ons tnin the quartette nirii in again but h this time the novelty bad won off so they som w r- out again tp end their projtrarn the students of 9b sang so long is been good to know u i dominion head attends wa day one of the best attended and most imnrcaslve and interesting meetings of the ha lftm presbytery womens association was held on wednesday april 11th in acton united church special guosts including mrs m r fall 1 1 the president of the dominion coun cil attended the morning and nl- temoon sessions of the third an nual w a dny enjoying ths luncheon served in the church the installation of the officers for 1051 wns also an important feature of the program t the president of the h til ton presbytery mrs hunter rcld of oakvllle who wns in charge of the meeting opened with o welcome to nil those nttendlng mrs wil de rap in of acton replied the spccinl speaker of the morn ing wns mrs orphn houston the superintendent of the cednrvale school for girls nt georgetown who told of the work done there the worship wns taken by mrs j hollinghworth kilbride and re ports given by mrs g m howden 10s1 secretary mr c o wilson treasurer mrs b savage devot- ions mrs r mcnnlrn visiting mrs j moore june conference and mrs frank smith literature during luncheon the special guests were introduced and mrs rcld called on several to speak to the large group of wa members these included rev currey of acton united church rev mercer of appleby president of the hal- ton presbytery mrs v w kins man president of the hamilton conference wa mrs livingston president of the hamilton county presbytery nnd mrs beattle of st catharines president of the nor folk and haldlmand countieswa other guests from outside hnl- ton included mrs clayton seurle sarnla miss helen burlton tor- 1 onto missionary secretary of the dominion scm mrs h f olds hamilton dominion w a council nnd mrs f h whitelock st cath arines hamilton conference w a the dominion council president mrs fallls paid a surprise visit to i the conference and was especially welcomed the address during the after- noon session was given by mrs clayton searle who spoke nf dlf- j ferent aspects of wa work an in memorlam service was i taken by lowvllle wa the of fering by sheridnn wa and the dedication of the offering by mrs a a wilson of queensway the past president of the hilton i presbytery artd the vicepresident of the hamilton conference mrs t j hedley of burlington con- 1 ducted the installation of officers for this year elections resulted ns follows president mrs- hunter held oak- villc 1st vicepresident mr jas moore acton 2nd vicepresident mvsbelftrd savage oakville 3rd vicepresident mrs frank free man r r 2- acton 4th vice- president mrs w il drummond r r 1 waterdown recording secretary mrs g g grummett burlington corresponding secret ary mrs j lee oakville trcas- 1 urer mrs c g wilson milton press secretary mrs o m how den burlington departments- parsonage mrs harold cleave georgetown visiting mrs robert mcnalrn waterdown income tax forms completed books kept or audited au actmints propirtd any nuhints sprclallll srrvtrr for farmer inrluijink avrracr and baale llrrd claim ilkasonaijie fees phone rockwood 116r6 or guelph 4131r your full support for the 7 jack kentner jr family fund i is solicited campaign opens fri april 20th campaign closos fri may 11th piggy bank are totaled at butinet places for your convenience make em grunt donations will bo gladly- recoivodm both banks and by tho executive chairman sammy nrunelie vlco chairman opvrile nnown excciitlvi hny mason lrno mnnter sanford shantx horry holml soctrea w- mlcldlrton get happily settled in your own home front this select list brick on new street 1 designed for easy living all conveniences full size cellar heavily wired fur nace hot end running water bathroom oh first floor de signed so that small family can live on firstfloor upstairs can bo finlshod if extra rooms needed stair in owners artistic skill has made this houso and sur roundings much to bo desired terms by paying owners equity and small monthly payments or caili owner oc cupied possession arranged new with half acre near town right for smallholder soven rooms private water supply under pressure drilled well builtin bath and shower large kitchen with cabinet sink and ample cupboards wash tubs in utility rqom on ground floor hot and cold running water just right for tho family that loves peace and quietness with ample room to move irv the sunparlor of acton price right immediate possesswn about 50 down i wright real estate and insurance jvppraisors realtors insurors p l wrliht office zs wilbur 8l aptsdrpbena h n b wrliht office gff maedonnrtl st onelpb phone uuw yes we have others as well as small holdings and building lots jack kentner benefit hockey game friday april 20th 830 pm milton coops vs georgetown raiders at georgetown arena total proceed to go to the widow r family of ihe late jack kentner 75c admission tickets may be purchased from all hockey player 10000 challenge series best 3 out of 5 games between milton coops and georgetown raiders first game tuesday april 24th milton at georgetown friday april 27th georgetown at milton monday april 30th milton at georgetown wednesday may 2nd georgetown at milton friday may 4th if necessary location to be determined by the toss of a coin adults 50c -admission- children 25c i