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dm acton free press twjrtday october 18th 195 lakeside members are models fortwoevening fashion show with styles ranging tram slscksar- and to a wild ranch mink stole the fashion show presented lest evening by the lakeside chap ter iojdb offered interest for ev eryone the show is being repeated again this evening in st albans parish hall the presses were from eisens store and mm shirley eisen with a corsage pinned to her fuicape most ably commentated vicereg ent miss jessie coles welcomed the guests and directed the first days draws winners were miss annie stalker mrs bessie muaselle and mrs a reamer spirited music formed the back ground with john trocher at the piano mrs stella adamaon had arranged large bouquets of autumn flowers and leaves which decorat ed the ban the models walked along a- ramp to show their attractive en sembles their hats came from the kaye shoppe their jewellery from rachlins their shoes from braidas shoe store and their furs from lafontaines ltd guelph applause was spontaneous after each turn all members of the chapter the models are joscy sproston lois mckenzie irene watson kae han sen beatrice halladay helen jocquc oral norton gladys price margaret mccullough marguerite robinson margaret toth jane gamble june mchugh dora ryd er and helen otterbein mrs pauline symon was in charge of selling candy free samples were from coopers drug store chanters drumsticks coming for new band chapters and drumsticks have been ordered for the first pipe band ever to be organized in ac ton there were 27 boys at the first meeting this week is pipers shd a dozen drummers three members of the guelph pipe band phil r bob rldsdale and bob mcvey are plahning the venture brownie news neighbors gather bid couple farewell mr and mrs hill lasby were honored recently at a small houie party at the home of mrs george ma north- old -neigh- bors gathered to express their regrets that the couple were leav ing the street where thej had liv ed since their marriage mrs fryer conducted tuo con tests which were won by arthur cook and miss esther talor mrs wilfred meeachern read an ad dress and mrs wildcrspin present ed mr and mrs lasby with fare well gifts from the neighbors an electric clock and a vase mrs ijis- by thanked the group and said how much she and her husband had enjoyed living in the neigh borhood lunch was served and the rest of the evening was spent in re miniscing about old timei on main st north personal notes of actonians visiting outoftown pointand of visitors in acton home the first acton brownies pack held its second meeting for thjg season last monday and we are sure that it is the biggest pack ac ton ever had we have close to 40 members and they are all eager to become good brownies to make that possible i the brown owl leader am appealing to all the mothers of our brownies to help and assist the brownie movement as much as possible they can do that first of all by helping their girls to fulfill their home duties and tests we would also like to have our brownie pack in full uniform as soon as it is possible the brownies are all eager to make their pack one of the finest and to help raise funds for the buying of necessary equipment they are having in the very near future- a big cookie sale as a further help we are ap pealing to all formei broumes w ho are still in possession of their uniforms or parts of it and who are willing to dispose of them to contact mrs john boardman tel acton 608 please lend a hand bioun owl rev and mrs costerus mr c landsborough mrs d hutchcon mrs j chapman and mr and mrs fred west attended tnc an nual meeting of the guelph assoc lation of baptist churches held in first baptist church gait ernest west was honored by being elect ed moderator and rev costerus is clerk for the coming year it is very unusual for a man so young to be elected moderator the for mer acton man now 26 years of age is a lawyer in kitchener holland described to greenock w i the citizenship and education meeting of greenock womens in stitute was held in greenock school mrs patterson president opened the meeting with a poem hymn of all nations followed by the ode mary stewart collect scripture by mrs r mckeown and the lords prayer in unison roll call something new i learned this month was answered by 17 ladies mrs e johnston read the min utes and treasurers report also a letter that had been sent to the institute telling of the fine of 5 to 50 for depositing rubbish of any kind on roadsides a paper col lection is to be taken in the neighborhood on monday october 22 miss elva pearen and mrs e patterson gave very interesting re ports of the area convention in guelph mrs r uckcown and mrs wm ballcntinc as conveners took over and mrs mckeown read a poem the age of ink mrs ballentine gave the report on citizenship mrs tryssenaar gave a very in teresting description of holland that country approximately 100 miles by 2m miles is divided into ii provinces each with its own dialects and costumes of which she showed pictures mrs trysse naar and mrs monsma sang a beautiful dutch duet mrs mckeown in keeping with fire prevention week read sever al hints the ladies divided into four groups and discussed four top ics religious instruction in schools the petition against a teacher strap ping the use of different text books in difterentschoolstmd-pre- mr robert mcpherson of toron to called during the week on mrs j s mon mrx william mcglnughlin of guelph uas in town sunda to at tend the funeral of the late mrs i mcmillan rev andrew mckenzie was at tending missions of the toronto kingston yinod in gait three das this ucek mr and mrs norman shultz of brantford called on their cousin rev c l poole and mrs poole on sunda mr and mrs oliver mcpherson and mr robert mcpherson of tor onto called on mrs sayers during the past week friends arc sorry that paul el liott is in the sick childrens hos pital in toronto taking treatment for an injured leg mr and mrs wilfred bradshaw and miss jean bradshaw of fruit- land visited saturday with mr and mrs gordon johnston mr and mrs ross ballentine and bobb accompanied b mr and mrs wm ballentine itteu friends in hagers ille on sunda mr and mrs g w masnles and mr and mrs r f macarthur visit id at the hom of the latter s broth er and sister inlaw in wvlland on sunday mr and mrs roland r imshiu detroit and miss katharine rani shaw weston visited miss m and miss e ramshavv peel st ret entlv mr borden beckman of grossc point michigan and mr and mrs j harold fonson of guelph v isited i with mr and mrs ballentine on i thursday mr and mrs george gibbons arrived home again last fridav after a trans- atlantic trip bv ship the have been visiting relatives in england since the end of jul friends and neighbors of mrs bob lacebv gathered at her home in glenlea mondav evening for a farewell partv mr and mrs late- b are moving to st catharines bishop hivantrundu lakdasa ja cob demel of the diocese of kur- confetti showered on miss d mcdonald on thursda evening october i fi lends and neighbors of crew- sonb corners and the town line gathered at the homo of mis george ingleb to honoi miss dor othy mcdonald prior to her mm nage on october 13 aftei a few contests and soc iable chatting the bride ua invit ed to take a mcel decorated chair placed beneath a ceiling light from whjcu a ihower of confetti de scended upon her mrs william black read a very nicely composed address bearing the good u ishes of the communit mrs doug guthrie and mrs i nn smith pi evented her with an i lecric frypan an electric clock and an armchair ash tra after for she s a jolly good fellou miss mcdonald thanked everne in a few well chosen words foi the lovel gifts and good j wishes she said it was espctialk nice to meet everone ng nn before going iua j refreshments were served a pleasant itning came to a close with everyone wishing the bride tverv- happiness in her new home in winnipeg remedies for ills told busy bees w i the october meeting of the bub bees womens institute was held at the home of mrs- rov lindsay the president mrs locker presid ing in the absence of both the secretary and assistant the meet ing voted mrs lindsay to act bs such the ode and mary stewart collect opened the meeting the roll call a new remedy was well answered by those pres ent mrs locker read a vote of thanks from mrs henderson for the gifts of cups and saucers there was a lengthv letter from i headquarters of w i on litterbugs ion our highuavs and wavs and i means which cotrfld be taken to help oui beiutiful roads ind couh trvside look their best an invtlition vv is n id from dublin w i to join trun in a de rnnnstr itioi in no s hool mr i w it i e m a di 1 l t to guelph convention iv i g od report of it to the im nibi r tht n is he ilth i convnier sh took ov i and raw man vorthuhtlt iirmdus for ills a iooku tnntest was enjoved i the prize oing to mrs e coxe j mrs lindsav gave a reading what i live for the lords praver i closed the meeting j new b of m will be modern stone structure work on the new premises for the local office of the bank of montreal started this week the new building to rise on the site of the former hinton department store property is planned for completion in early january the banks new quarters will allow the branch more space for increased banking facilities the interior of the building will bo dominated by a low sloping coun ter line with four tellers wickets set behind bronze and glasa sci eens two coupon booths for safety deposit box customers will be located close to u steel and re inforced concrete vault in the main banking room a special feature to be included in the now building is an around the clock depository unit which will allow local residents and bus inessmen to make deposits at any hour of the day 01 night whether the bank trtipon for business or not to be built of brick and stone with aluminum trimmed windows the new building will have an area of 1650 square feet plus an extens ion to contain the vault and cou pon booths french holtham ltd willow- dale w ill carry out the construct ion work architects ore pentland and baker toronto no wins yet although theyve injuries to show theyre certainly trying acton high school rugby team hasnt won a game yet this season wednesday of last week they weredefeated by georgetown here 60 this mon day the team went to preston where they took a 255 defeat next game is here on thursday against preston iftter to the editor notes efficiency of town firefighters over periocl of years acton ontario october 17 1956 the editor acton free press acton dear mr editor although the observation fol lowing upon our volunteei fire brigade s recent activities mirht be regarded as anticlimatk i feel it vt ould do no harm to comment on their efficiency as observed b a family who lived for some time very close to the fire hall m family resided for about five vears at the corner of bower and john sts and we rarely missed roinr to a window to watch the fire li ucks departure whenever u heard the siren we did not go out onto tht street as we felt that tht more room there was on the street the better it would be for a hurrwng fire brigade 1 1 somet imes happened that the flying feet of don van fleet were passing the house en route to the fire hall before we reached the u indow it often happened that the fire truck was out on the apron in front of the fire hall ready to go within a little more than 60 sec onds it always happened that the truck was away within two minut es of the first wail of the siren like many actonians i have lived formerly in a very large city and at one time quite close to a fulltime professionally run fire hall i do not recall that their timt was measurably superior to that of our amateur volunteer brigade s regular fire call turnout god bless them stncerel j if butkland junior hiy club plans charter night girls of the three star junior hiy club decided at their meeting last week to close their member ship until after their charter nigh at the end of october they plan ned their banquet and guests to include their mothers speaker will be arnold ward boys off a kitchener hiy club will charter the new club here track club members design own crests track t d on j mi rnbi i in thi y forms the club which hjs members i planning a tomorrou lib numbers hae decid- dtsijiri for tht ir crems d cided at their meeting last etk to purchase um- about dance 20 for sent and older methods of teaching unagala colon addressed all the readtn writin and rithmetic clergy of the diocese at the wont- miss elva pearen gave the cur- worth arms hotel hamilton yes- rent events dutch friends sang terdny re eiane jones mas the national anthem in their ian- among the guests of the bishop desirable residence 5ieiig v jis guage previous to all joining in the rt rc4 w singing it in english followed by m the institute grace mr and mrs e bagnall a social half hour was enjoyed by all the november meeting is to be held at the home of mrs angus thompson bill dumarch at tended the credit valley tennis clubs closing banquet and dance i at crstons apple villa in port credit fnda evening mrs du march as secretary treasurer of i the intercounty tennis league made the presentation of the shield to the club i mr and mrs armand braida and their two daughters were home j with his parents mr and mrs s i braida for th weekend and at tended the 1951 class reunion at the ontario agricultural college i form north halton unit of canada cancer society i the geor laons club has been requested by the canadian cancer society to inaugurate a un- it of this organisation m north m geph mr braida has been hi north of no 5 highway i promoted to process laboratory there will be an open meetu s j pt f can- in the legion man georgetown on d lmuted pant monday evening october xl all travelling through the united church groups service clubs leg- i states with a car and trailer mr ion branches womens auxiliaries j and mrs lome garner and their sod dtnuneas organizations are in- daughters faye and betty vised to attend this meeting in- have no definite goal in mind dtviduals are cordially invited to they left last week and were to attend also i pick up the trailer in detroit they there is a vital necessity to in stall this unit in north halton it was poin out are headed toward arizona out are really foot loose and fatacy tree mr gamer sold his garage here several months ago this modern one and onehalf storey dwelling contains every thing that could be desired large welt landscaped lot with hedge trees bulbs and shrubs three bedrooms with mas ter bedroom on first floor large living room and dining room full size cellar waterproofed with ojl garwood warm air conditioning bathroom closets holyvater on tap has many extras such as illuminated front door insulated garage and breezeway awnings clothes line stand and everything for good living and easy housekeeping that all pertains to happi ness and comfort all in all comparable with other properties sold at the same price this is an excellent investment good workmanship and materials throughout h interested phone for appointment to view when price and terms will betgiven f l wright realtor afpkatsor 20 wirtur st insuror plmmm 95 synodical president thankoffering guest a very delightful thankoffenni service was held on ottober 11 by the senior auxiliary w m s of knox church acton when mrs a s kerr president of toronto and kingston s nodical brought stirring message on the dutlea of mission workers and also ga glimpses of work being carried on throughout canada and in fields abroad all were pleased to hear also from mrs kerr of the good work rev mr mckenzie accomplished in his former charge even to org anizing- a w m s auxiliary miss i anderson and mrs r r parker in the worship service stressed the theme gratitude mrs c lcishman sang beautifully the solo watch and pray invitations were received to thankofferings in the united and baptist churches after the service a period of social fellowship followed mice wont get an honest bite its getting so a rat cant get an honest bite to eat anymore the halton junior farmers as sociation are launching a rat and mouse control campaign in co operation with the ontario agric ultural college the association is bent on the annihilation of every rat and mouse in the county evidently o a c researchers conducted tests with unpasteurized cheese and found that 22 per cent of that cheese tested had mouse or rat hair in it this prompted the deratting drive various junior farmer associat ions across ontario have been ad vised that october and november are the best months for this camp aign 4000000 paid by jack kent cooke for three companies jack kent cooke toronto pub lisher sportsman and radio station owner announced he has now gain ed controlling interest in two plas tics factories one uf ihem micro plastics and an aluminum found ry for an outlay of nearly 4000- 000 mr cooke has acquired robinson industrial crafts of london ont precision dies and castings ltd of toronto as well as micro plastics ltd micro plastics ltd manufac tures about 60 per cent of all pins tic pipe made in canada he described the purchases as the initial stage of a diversified indus trial expansion program plastics have an enviable future we feel great progress can be made he added the companies are continuing to operate as separate units and with the same management and staff punishment ftth i ondon out cp a 16 year old boy convicted here of stealing a tar radio was ordered to put it back tugether uguin yourself he uas put un six months probation provided lie reinstalled the radio cn ib appeal the first canvass for the can adian national institute for the blind since the building campaign is being held in acton the coming week members of the duke of devonshire chapter of the i o d r ore doing the canvassing there are foui people in acton three adults and one child who ore assisted by the c n i b vjix clearin halifax cp somi people might wonder what happen to all the logs washed into the uiurbor daily with other floating depris a harbor patrol boat picks them up and takes them to a pier to be burned h s holden optomitrttt eyes exaaained glasses fitted 7 douglas st guelph aisco a1uminum sfifstoring doors and windows awnings and railings dont be disappointed we can guarantee at the moment 4 to 6 weeks delivery free demonstration free estimates acton no obligation pay 100 than nothing until jan 1957 j mcmullen alsco sales representative phone 66 otice it has come fro our attention that certain people are availing them selves of young trees from town property this practice must stop immediately or the neces sary steps will be taken for pro secution of the guilty parties j mcgeachie curk products ltd take pleasure in appointing manning electric as reqjtesentative of gurney gas water heaters and ranges in this district automatic water heaters zinc or glass lined 10 year guarantee all sizes ranges automatic oven tested combinations available drop in and see these new gurney products of phono manning a c t o electric phone 230 afiahfl mfrfcalisai