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b0- thursday june 2nd 1mb the acton free press acton ontario page fet opening night acton tennis club friday june 3 its the night of the season bring your racquet and a friend for fun and recrea tion tournament refreshments j 1 membership i seniors 5 students 3 3bituary in respect to the fallen we wflltie closed sunday june 5 decoration day 2auol dairy bar phone 14 mill st bill ding says eaajoy the summer err all means equipped with good protective screens copper screening plastic screening pine frames 5c foot make your own or let us do it i 18c sq foot 15c sq foot moulding 3c foot final examinations are fast ap proaching there are only seven more days of study the crosscountry run was held on tuesday with about 80 boys enr tered firsf to cover the two and onehalf mile course was ed ward- mblody second and third were paul gibbons and peter scholz respectively delmar watson was fourth while bob kerr came fifth the best time was made by peter scholz and delma watson jyho made it in 1357 minutes baseball has been occupying some of the after school hours on may 24 dawkins defeated coon 15- 3 on may 26 footitt defeated ar- bic by default while on may 27 coon defeated arbic 137 in the last game played on may 30 daw- kins defeated footitt 51j there are still two games to be played the team scores al present are dawkins 4 games coon 3 games footitt 2 games arbic has been defeated the teambasket competition is still going on until friday coons team is now leading with 164 bas kets dawkins is second with 119 baskets while footitt and arbic have 60 and 18 baskets respectively as we are losing three teachers this year there will be a picnic and games afternoon on wednesday june 8- we sincerely hope that messrs heron ringler and lqwrie will be happy and successful in their new positions in september with examinations so near at hand this will be the last column from acton high school until september i hope that you have enjoyed it during the last year as i have enjoyed doing it also thank yaa- to those who have helped by writing columns between christmas and easter au revoir neil benton answered muster wheawar desdareo george green who was one of the original 20 men who joined up together in acton when war was declared in 1914 passed away at bis home 50 main st acton on may 23 he had been ultor the past seven- years bill lee of the halton rifles sounded the muster on his trumpet and 20 acton men enlisted on august 14 1914 they went overseas with the 4th batallion canadian expeditionary force fred wright of acton was also among the original group mr green was dis charged on april 12 1919 in toron to- he came to acton 45 years ago from england where hje was born at walsall in 1893 except for his war service he made his home in acton since then he was an em ploy ee of beardmore co in 1930 he was married in toronto to ellen green who survives him he was a member of the church of england rev e jones conduct ed the funeral service at the rum- ley funeral home on may 26 mem bers of the canadian legion paid tribute to the former soldier at the military funeral interment was in fairview ceme tery acton pallbearers were neph ews charles holmes david holmes frank holmes george holmes charlie green and sam scutcheon surviving mr green as well as his wife are brothers and sisters in england meet your liberal candidate wm anderson at a euchre legion hall georgetown mon june 6 815 pm cards prizes lunch free admission sponsored by georgetown- esquesing liberal association town league ball schedule the town league baseball sched ule has been drawn up by the minor sports league and includes four teams the jets muckers wolf hounds and hot shots games begin next tuesday and i landsborough high school board hires three teachers north halton high school disu rict board gave approval to the engagement of david roberts and mrs s hardy on the georgetown staff and miss g gruber who will take the commercial classes on the acton staff at a meeting in sfew- arttown monday accounts for may sanctioned for approval amounted to 1569171 mr moyer truant officer at georgetown gave a report on his work correspondence was read be tween the board and the depart ment of education regarding build ing at milton the committee who had visited the department also gave a report of the meeting and the sale of the milton echool to the public school of- that town was discussed messrs cook brown cole dills pickett hall carbert were pres ent at the meeting held in 6tew- arttown and chairman w coon presided- limehouse minor hurricane threat of fire cause concerri on weekend rockwood dump fine soil at mill dam halton centennial manor young people pastor hold church service on sunday afternoon may 29 the residents of the manor had the pleasure of again welcoming the young men and women of the young peoples union of the ac ton baptist church when 12 of these young people accompanied by their pastor rev ray costerus came to the manor in order to conduct the regular church ser vice the singing of familiar hymns accompanied by helen landsbor ough at the piano and a very fine vocal number by at mixed quar tette ml costerus fay garner helen landsborough and frank bean comprised the musical por tion of the service mr charles accompanied the a few truck loads of fine soil have been dumped along side of hortops mill dam to make bathing more convenient for bathers and swimmers service in basement on account of sanding and varn- ishihg operations in the auditorium of the presbyterian church last week service- was held in the base ment sunday morning at st johns church holy com munion was observed in morning service rev and mrs charles greene and family of colonsay sask are visit ing dr and mrs k b waller mr max milne spent sunday at cainsville with mr and mrs lloyd hunter and family mrs milne left last week to spend a few days with the family congratulations to mr and mrs l hunter on the arrival of a son the rains of last tuesday and the weekend were very beneficial to farm and garden crops some hail fell here saturday afternoon everton c form 23 the election act1951 are played at 615 on tuesday and thursday evenings june 7 jets vs muckers hot shots vs wolf hounds june 9 wolf hounds vs jets muckers vs hot shots june 14 muckers vs wolf hounds hot shots vs jets june 16 jets vs muckers wolf- hounds vs hot shots june 21 wolf hound vs jets hot shots vs muckers june 23 muckers vs wolf hounds jets vs hot shots june 28 jets vs muckers hot shots vs wolf hounds june 30 wolf hounds vs jets muckers vs hot shots july 5 muckers vs wolf houifdsrhot shots vs jets july 7jets vs muckers wolf hounds vs hot shots july 12 wolf hounds vs jets hot shots vs muckers july 14 muckers vs wolf hounds jets vs hot shots july 19 hot shots vs wolf hounds muckers vs jets july 21 muckers vs hot shots jets vs wolf hounds july 26 hot shot vs jets wotf hounds vs muckers quartette at the piano fay garner read the scripture lesson the 11th chapter of heb rews verses 113 clarence reid gave a thoughtful and sincere ad dress on the subject faith the entire program was an nounced and directed by miss mary reid these acton young people have visited the manor on previous occasions and are looked upon as old friends and it is hoped that they will come again at an early date section 88 4 notice of holding an notice is hereby given that pursuant to the election act 1951 section 88 a poll tottrie electoral district of halton will be open on thurs day friday and saturday the 2nd 3rd and 4th days of june 1955 from 8 am standard time 9 am d s t until 5 pm standard time 6 pm d s t and from 7 pm standard time 8 pmb s t until 10 pm standard time 11 pmd s t the polling place for the said electoral district will be located at the council chamber oakville residence of mr george bird 25 elizabeth st burlington the court house milton for the purpose of receiving the votes of voters who expect to be absent from the electoral district on the day fixed for polling the ballot boxes will be opened and the votes counted at 7 pm time pm ost on thursday the 9th day ofjune at the said place dated at milton this 24th day of may 1955 standard f w b fitzgerald returning officer pow mower chops them into fine mulch that improves lawns chop up taaves and grass clippings no extracost at tachments exclusive duo- trim windtunnel vac uum action is the secret spray thi una mulch evenly over grass to give you a healthier lawn in spring no mot trimming chore i mows right up to obstacles ravenible handle to re- verm direction just reverse handle saves time te tarring sofa i swine club meets at alexander farm all members and leaders of the halton 4h swine club and some visitors and parents were present at the may meeting held on may 26 at the fine farm of mac alex ander and sons georgetown the meeting consisted of a short business period the explan ation of swine judging and the marking of the score card by art bennett and the judging of one class of yorkshire sows mr alex ander then explained his feeding and breeding program for his large pig hatchery couple married in everton church congratulations to mr and mr bob woodhouse toronto nee alice fountain who were married in the everton church on saturday sunday visitors with mr and mrs ted jestin and family were mr and mrs fred murray anj mrs wm head guelph sunday visitors with mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie tovell were mr and mrs albert limehouse suffered- from a min or hurricane on saturday after noon while taking quite a number of trees in its path the storm lit erally sucked the aluminum roof from the soxw factory belonging to twins woodworking slapping it against the rocky face on the opposite side of the fifth line and tearing down hydro and telephone wires late sunday these were re paired a part of a large maple became entangled in wires of both ser vices and wrapped itself- around the home of charles meredith a new car narrowly missed being crushed when john noble moved it into the garage tor servicing sejeonds before another large tree crashed down where it had been parked at the sixth line- a large elm was uprooted and blocked the road completely just south of the church until tuesday when municipal workmen out an opening for traffic at the seventh line the doors were blown in oh the north side of the barn on he lindsay farm and in escaping the wind took off a large part of the east half of the roof several trees were blown down there too threat of fire those living in the easterly part of the village were hurriedly reused early sunday morning when fred currie returned home to find the house filled withr smoke the georgetown fire brig ade promptly responded whei called and everyone felt easier for their having been her- however before their arrival konstantin schakiel a young pol ish immigrant groped his way up stairs through the smoke and dragged out a burning mattress had the building caught fire tie stiff breeze blowing at the time might have made other nearby homes fall to its prey items f news mr and mrs douglas bird of alton and ian mr and mrs robr spe last week with the ert patten and family guelph mtt campbell sinclairs and mrs bev hepburn and fam ily milton mr and mrs- hugh al ton and family mr and mrs fred alton rockwood mr and mrs marshall alton and family gait mr and mrs charles fountain attended the christening of their granddaughter marion fountain at st andrews church guelph sunday morning miss jean petty hamilton spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs clarence petty and roy mrs ida tovell fort erie vis ited on monday with mr and mis roy hindley mr and mrs clare ware oak- wood spent the weekend at the home of mr and mrs charles fountain also attending the foun tain and woodhouse wedding on saturday mr and mrs t d mccutcheon left on thursday to attend the june convention of churches of christ at yarmouth heights 2nd to 5th of june acton liberal assoc will hold a me eting saturday june 4th at 8 pm at the home of mr w coles 132 church st acton all liberal workers are urged to attend this meeting campbell sinclairs mrs hembruff of manitoulin ls- land visited mr and mrs charles meredith- on sunday the w a met at the home of miss ivens on tuesday evening eleanor kara celebrated her eighth birthday with a party at her home on tuesday mr bill mills and children were with his parents on sunday mrs mills returning to the city with them for a few days 1 mr and mrs paul spitzer mr and mrs jack roughley mrs w mitchell and mrs e sanford were local people guests at the grad uation of margaret spitzer as a nurse at st michaels hospital to ronto on monday five wi ladies served a turkey dinner to 26 members and friends belonging to a mixed couple bow- ing league on monday evening mrs russell thompson spent a few days with her sisterinlaw at orangeville recently miss doris mitchell was home ouring the weekend mr t h price is convalescing at the home of his- son at isling ton following an operation at to ronto general hospital a week ago tuesday mrs harold brown is progress ing favorably in milton private hospital following an operation on tuesday of last week misses helen mills and betty yake visited with the formers pi rents during the weekend wa honors choir teachers the womens association of ac ton united church held a turkey supper thursday evening may 26 honoring choir leader and mem bers and the sunday school staff for thei faithful work during the george elliott rev poole and rev currey thanked the ladles for their work in preparing the supper and expressed the app iation of all those present mrs h burns replied that the ladies had enjoyed preparing the supper and only hoped that every one present enjoyed himself if r- m out ww feari its bring mom one of the month s o- 1 ii michael the glass slipf ijjsl lsliecaren it on a pas on jjj olt will b trt w sssrswtvi- v- j 1 rm