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jt4 sixtysecond year no 18 acton ontario thursday october 20th 1030 eight homeprint pagesfive cents the twelfth anniversary of the acton united church rev elmer kenney baj of guelph special speaker on this occasion rev robt meerby guest soloist of toronto and choir provide music that was feature of the occasion good conjjregations attend both services favored with beautiful fall day splendid congregations assembled la cel ebrating last sunday tho twelfth an niversary of the united church hero ond thc ninetyarab of the old church tho music was splendid the speaker had messages well presented and the services were ones that marked well tills anni versary occasion an abundance of flowers about the pulpit added to tho setting rev elmof kenney pastor of nor folk united church in guelph wustho minister ills morning subject was the presence of gott and won based on verses to 10 of the 130th psalm whither shall go from thy spirit or whither aholl fleo from thy presence ascend up into heaven thou urt there if make myibed in iwll behold thou art there if take tlie wings of tho morning and dwell in the uttermost iiflrlfi 0jluvp sen cvcnthite shall hand leacmetlnsty5iirhj nirrtfifh hold me mr kenney wondered if his hearers hod capitalized on this universal presence of god in our uvea god is everywhere and anyone who realizes his presence is hover alone tho presence of god la very arrvsting tiling when all the moorings of life seem to give away that presence enables tut to overcome temp tation the presence may assert itself in many ways perhaps by the presence of little child but always there is that power that arrests in wrong doing tlic presence of god is sustaining force if the presence of individuals in fluences us how much more will the presence of god influence our uvea then too godaprcence great force cars sideswiped what might have been serious jiuto accident occurred last thursday evening as tho group were motoring to the home of kcove harrison in toronto for tho presentation party just cast of nerval california car sldcswlpod mr hansens calf smashing in tho left fend ers and running board missed mr is humlays car which was following close ly and went into the ditch on her left side as mr prober put his cur to tho wrong side of tho road to avoid head on collision tiwj american car did not upset but stopped in tho ditch no one wuii injured in either of the card wjilch 11 truck and just liow tlvo other cars escaped without crash lu miracle the bldirii of both cam that sldeswlpod were badly smashed but mr hansen was able to drive his car homo tlie american sblcw tiro ptemffimnft to bw towed to urampum mgi traiflc officer howell investigated it is reported the american car or owner could not be located the day following the accident business transaction of note this sunderland house owned by mr john clarke toronto was sold during tlw week to mr 13 rumlcy of john stone rumiey funeral directors acton mr humley plans to convert this fine old home into modern funeral home and residence from which to conduct this splendidly cstabllshd business the house and grounds are admirably adapt in uniting things solidarity is one of ed tma purpose with the residence th greatest thing of ufe living voice cornfcr property and well sot back and spirit does what cannot be done by from thc utreet llnc waa oriklnally the written word the presence and tne residence of the late ii storey influence of god thc glory of the nnd my for several years has christian faith been unoccupied mr rumlcy in maln ucv uobert mesetby curate and solo hne well the splendid service and ut or st stephens anglican church duties of johnstone as rumloy and toronto was present and delighted ill keeping the equipment abreast of the with two splendid solos the lord is needs the wul not bc occupied my shepherd and softly and tenderly unt next he has fine full barl reeve harrison is honored by associates seventy surprised him in toronto home gold wateh was presented rather unique affulrwoa hm last thursday evening when about seventy associated and admirers of reeve it harrison held regular surprise parly at his nw homo on high pork boulo vartl in toronto fifteen motor cars made up tho motor parade that assem bled at tho ymca for thc gathering to honor this fellow citizen and pro ceeded to toronto motor accident in which tlio car of hydro commissioner hansen was nldcswlped rather disrupted the arraiige ments but fortunately no one was in jured mv hansen inslnud that tho event go on and refused to allow any of the group to return to acton with him with tho damaged car the mis hap nnd damuiie was resetted by every one mr and mrs harrison had expected group of five from acton on that even dig and when carload after carload kept ttrfygfflgral wcu fiftylive surprise but genuine pleasure beamed from the countemuices of this hospitable couple who for the past seventeen years have mode acton their home nnd entered so freely into 1u ac tivities and done so much to promote its interests the ladles had arranged all the materials for luncheon for tho party and card tables and chairs had beon forwurded to nearby home to be picked up that evening progressive euchre nnd monopoly were tho fames played for couple of hours and then it was announced that the prizes would be presented there was some little won dcr wlwn harrison who hadnt moved from thc one table all evening was brought to thc ccntro of the rc concluded on pate eight reeve harrison who was honored lust week by presentation of oold watch hydro cancels service charge for acton new poiycr itatcu are approved by local coiftmisslon with reductions for all classes mr wj cairns addresses the mens club jesus is call tone voice and the feeling and inter pretation he gave these splendid selec tions was appreciated by all the choir also was splendid in the anthems praise nassagavveya institute has visitors the rgulir monthly meting of vc the lord and jesus shepherd of the sagawea womens institute was hell sheep solo parts were taken by micj at the homo of mrs dredge the ruth gibson miss hawl wilson and mr president mr padbury presiding the dan taylor unci duett part by miss ii nuttng opened by singing canada wil and ted clifford mrs ilj followed with the lords prajer in uni mowat of toronto also iuyil choir at the morning service in the eenlnc the connrcuntlon xtnnx church with tlielr pastor rev iv ijennle joined in the wrvlce and mr bennle took part of the wirvice mr kenney had for lilt cvenhiu subject good finishers the basu for this wns found in luke 30 and njraln in hebrews 12 looking unto jesus the author and finisher ofur faith one of the most crucial tests ln life is the ability to finish it is one thing to cet off to good start but arriving nt the destination is another thing one jieedsr moral and spiritual rescne ta unlsh well the speaker said life uas vii ihie roll call uarfipqndtdlobv health hint tlie program under the ci ircnershlp of mrs mcphedran uiu jcllows dr cluck pae vit htstlnb and helpful address on puollt iiiihh mrs king gue humorous reading entitled setting hens m1js mary mcphedran rae paper on public health which was very benehcliil misses helen smith and june irank delighted the audience with vocal duett miss catherine iie splepdld talk on ilrst aid thc members were ileased to hae as their guests some of the dublin in stitute ladles mrs brownlow contri buted humorous reading after dainty refreshments ueie served the mccttnu knox guild inaugural meeting the openlncc of the guild was held on monday night last and the principal busine war tho election of officers for the ensuing year after nominations and ballotting the folowing were elected honorary president ilcv nen nie president miss laura hall vlcepre mr lewis brownlnw secret arytreasurvr mr norman wright pianisli miss wilma ilaiven mis urana mcdonald ufhart wr brownlow malnprhu patrick conveners of committees devotional miss orr and mr mninprize joint dramatic miss hurut educa tlonal mlis kathleen stewart member ship mjv cole mrs hall joint mlsstoifaiv mlis bennle mus stewart joint musical miss bron recreational rev ii bennle social miss eulott mrs smith it was agreed to hold the guild mejt lniis this seison on the tuesday night in stead of monday night like breaking big stone one is never cloed with the sinning of the national cure which blow 10 was that actually anthem broke the stone but if the llnal blow is continued on page five successful social wenty eight confirmed at st albans ttijrht kcv uroukhull bishop of niafrnra gave forceful sermon at muft lmprejtve service on sun dj morning in st albms church nliiltlin men and bojs and nine girls and women wvre continued by the right reeieiul urougliall ma bishop niagara following hie contlrmatlon nerke blihnp llougluill preaolyd forceful seriiil11 on holj commnnlon emphilzj itiu the slgnlirrance or this nacramnt and urglnu the newl eimlirnied and members of the congregauiu to partake feqilentiy the hpeukvr uho pointed out that it was jjimm to see joung uhie giving theirhenrnrtn evening the parish hall was the wttlng for ery revs if ill euchre on monday even ing held under the direction of the scout mothers auxiliary mrs camero on lelijnnan wiui the leading scorer among the ladles and mr robert mill for the men mr ilomphf had the intiiit lone hands the traelling jnljs were wn by mrs nelles audi mr masah mrs ter ichkiuss was successful 11 imirtng tlie miilt made by tho auullifrj the past few months dainty refresh ment were vred by the scout motlurs at the con luslmi of the evening dr anderson honored by conservatives irericnted wilh hcnutiful mantel clock nt gntlhiiilk in ivlilton ijuit thurktlay siioipms uuimi the follow lii are the pagrs in uhlch advcirtumriitu apiwur in this uiitd itrr irn 14 lank of montreal salada tt ilse row uruntl corn syrup firnilli fiixxvrv kolnggh all sent day and urged tlum to flrow in faith and jrul day diiy foil iwiiig the mrnnm 22 wire par taken ut the lords table liuludlng the candidate who rtnhtd in body holy comiimiilun uus celebrated by the uljiop uniuted rev brllllnger prior to the sernion ltkliop hrouchall con uratulatrd ilrillingir and hbi eon urination on the tin appearance the liowly deeorate rectory and church time candidal ii were continued bishop liroughull at un udrnoou her vice lukl in rockuood bran pdce tax set ire norton moteru capital tluauv itti nuii 1lo vdsiw loitril sttl lvodurfuj pallanty kluv sur cfv walur cluory ihratw llrad ti tvrpjr intent of lllchwuyn whjcht kwol6ital iu of kluhlttrj mril tuu tublr harrop jvc st albmtt mmti tub hlulwov to 100 kuxe ilutm irvoery luyuj rhrjii an at home was hvkl by the haltin llberalcoriservatiw asoeiatlon in the town hall milton lost thurulay eeit lng tluie was large gathering from all olr llaltan county to honor dr anderson mp for halton 10101933 gutt were ncehed lloyd dinult pnsldent of the halton uberal cimsfvathe asstieiatloii and mrs dlirgle irving vicepresident and dnik anderson unci mrs anderson aft all had bttn roally entertained bj aeton concert orchestra directed oy mr mason mr dingle called llu gatlurliig to order and after lew uell eluivn remarks called on mr wuiauiihby of toronto formerly 01 titown piisldent of ihuton asso citinn wh dr anders wiui jhi nominated in 1017 he oke of the spliiidltl unik of dr anderson and made pinit monthly supper him auffnlh unco of over sixty men the mens club of acton tfmc at its inaugural supper meeting inst night had splendid attendance and an out standing spakor mr cairns of toronto it was held in thc gymnasium of the and thc lathes auxiliary pro vlded the supper and splendid menu it was served by the boy scouts mr cairns is wellknown speaker throufihout thc province and beyond he is manager of thc bell telephone co at toronto an intcrational officer of rotary provincial commissioner of tlw boy scouts member of the metropoli tan board of the ymca nnd leader af mens class at timothy eaton memorial church it is easily observed that mr cairns lias busy life and his visit to acton wan appreciated his address stressed thc value or service to ones community service is thc rent we pay for our place on earth he had word for the younger men and ms sngc for thc older men he felt that ned the friendship ond sociability of life as well as the material things friend ships are like flowers that we pluck alanj llles pathway there are plenty at thj itnrt but if we do not retain them at and our hands empty as we near the end of the pathway life after all is the friendships and character wl make being an enthusiastic rcftarlan mr cairns naturally is imbued with the service one must give to ones commun ity and generation tte pohiledout that acton is made better or uone by the siruce or lak of service we rend to it and the dominion and world is but made up of number of similar communities or centres bigger or smaller he felt that the old world was rather befuddled and the cause was becausv ue have wor shipped materialism but it been found empty and men are turning away and to higher things they are turninn to the teaching of the navarene ond learning qf the practical application of ills tcichinpus applied tp everyday life service to humanity and vision of the futuie were ihe appeals of this ad dress delivered by mr cairns and which gave the first supper meeting splendid incentive for the season and otter easons mr ar mason in vote or thanks told mr cairns how this address was ap preciated and mr dills expressed appreciation to the ladles and the or chestra for their splendid part of the veiling mr elliott president of the mca was the very callable master of ii monies introducing the speaker and conducting the election of oiflcers which wln eh sen to carry on the activities of thf men at the as follows president dills vueprcslclent dr nelson he ret ry treasurer graham during the supper period ft splendid program of musical selections was given by aetoir concert orchestra under the leadership ot mr mason and slngsmig was as heartily enjoyed as the menu fervid by the ladles another outstanding speaker with in ssage and wealth of irish humor has been ccured lor the november meet ing meeting of the acton imbllo utilities commission on monday passed on hew rates for power luwrs in acton which we understand are to become effective from the first of next month and will mean saving in the pockelbook of every user of hydro for dome tic users tho uervioe charge of 33c or kite hiut been eliminated and the consumption charge for the tirst co kilowatt is set at 28c tho additional power in charged ut 11c per icwh the cluinifo in this classification whlcheffecu live hundred hoilwholdeni hi eliminating the bathersome service charge increase only the first rate from 22c to 28c tho second rate remuhni the same uiwin of commercial power get ra ductlon from 2k to 2c for the flrst 100 hcrtirs of use and rate of ogc for tho balance of their bill power users who have already enjoyed otth rlldtulkjiljila rut besidet this 10 per cent granted the flrst rate will be 21c instead of 23c tui ut jiresvnt the second rate is reduced rom 15c to l4c and the third rate will be 33c on against lie as at present the estimated decrease and savings to users or hydro pliued for the year at s220000 by resolution these rates were adopted by the acton commission and approval forwarded to the ontario hydro com mission accounts were passed for payment as follows hydro dcparttiictit ontario hydro september power 241033 ontario hydro group insurance 1gg1 bell telephone co services gg3 cnr and transports express tylers trumsport express canadian line materials sup plies canadian general electric co supplies snngamo company ltd sup plies street drainage to be improved about town mrw cullen appointed to welfare hoard and present body requested to carry on work co until and legion to arrange remembrance day program nominations and elections are provided for fire underwriters report received by council extra constables for duty on ilalloweeru 1100 at the fortnightly meeting of acton council on monday evening councillor mason mcmillan mccutcheon were pivsent and reeve harrbou presided tile eighteenth report of thu finance committee recommended payment of the following accounli bell telephone co services 1011 mooney work at town hall is 05 robt anderson labor at town hull actoh 1kk patsfj pruitlng and advertldng orville xi brown posu ii farmer salary etc albert oakley cutting grass in park onell trucking etc 22204 tlie report was adopted moved by mcmillan seconded by phelltiiahiai h31 00 14722 250 10 05 2074 25 250500 waterworks department canadian brass co supplies 259tl actoh fiiec pitns advertlidng 07 hydro department power nt spring 3a2 sgfl 47 letter from the council lnstrucfd tin ommlsion to instal an additional street light on main street north the superintendent reportedulatlhjslar st illation had been made the arrears on services were checked and instructions issued for tlielr care several were ordered to be cut off unless the amounts owing were paid revt harrison and acting chairman hansen wore present at the meet ing social evening of bannockburn institute on wednesday evening of last week the bannockbum womens institute held very enjoyable social evening at the home of mrs fiiher with thc pre lsldent mrs wiley in the chair thc ladles held short business meeting after which the gathering joined for the program which consisted of piano goiojj by mrs burgess miss laura millar and miss margaret brown solo by miss bessie raw lings duett by spears and burgess lunch was then served and the re mainder of the evening spent in danc ing mulc being supplied by mrs flshcr and harvey and mr smith mr davidson vvils floor manniier mo stock salk eeiitutlon of beautitiil ehlme loek with gold inscriptions as to en of apprri uttlin of his rvlee mrs audtrs was ireinted with shtf of mi by little miss luibelh mlurald of milton daughter of the serutarj of th association mr bruce ftmralt ikith made very titling replies after wlilh all sat down to bountiful lunch the rest of life evening was spent ill dan ini with die 1iank orchestra pro viding the miisle actoh was well repre sented ut the at home tl u1u1i ut si7u7u4 vuh obtained for animals at the annual fat stock sale held at the ontailo agricultural colleg guelph last wetk and attended by one of the large crowds in the hbi tory of the event swine and steer povided th sale fiallires fluytun of gs sold fur 1122 50 and tup of 50 was ojljtueei oil both ihlre aid llrkshtre sows bred yeuji shlre sows uvemged 37 04 bred berk shire uiwj 4125 unci bred taiuwnith town 20 10 top price for stcertt wus twelve centi pound an ipuuuully ieikhi rtnure the lowest price paid was 8je baseball boys presented with windbreakers social evening chutes the season and provides gatherinpf for roys lal friday evening gathering to honor the hall club of 1030 was held in the legion club rooms when ti splendid serial time was spent by the team mem bers and officials president rum ley 011 behalf of tlie club presented the hovs with windbreakers with the club initials on while acton had not won the league championship they had made cidltabl showing and fuiii and of ilelils were pleased wilh the resultii of th srusjms activities he felt that wlli the expt rl nee gained the club could in ear tie re il mtenjtun for the top place during tlie evening playen expressed uppneiatiem of the guidance of the nhtflalwund the acknowledgement df their eiforbi in the ptvsentatlon of the wtndbtduktrs cullen hi upiwilnted member of the acton welfare board to rucced mrs harrison carried conn ii requested that the committee as constituted with thc miw member carry on this welfare work which they have done with such credit tlie bylaw providing fqr the mun icipal nominations and elections wan given the required readings and passed by thc council dominations will bo held on friday november 27lh at 730 pm elctlons if necessary will be held on monday december 7th polling sub divisions were made for the town hall and the ymca building deputy re turning officers appointed were george cjiupman and moore mr mlddleton was present on be half of the acton branch of tlu legion to see if the council was desirous of carrying on the remembrance day pro gram as had been done in the post council agreed to carry on the same is usual and gave permission for the legtan to hold tlie annual sale of popples the legion was requested to purchase the wreath for the council for placing at the monument letter from the canadian fire underwriters association was read and two copl of the engineers report were sent to tip council the council carefully perused the re prt and noted all the recommendations as set forth in the report moved mason seconded by mccutchem and resolved that autlior it be give to the engineers of the canadian underwriters associatioir call ull the acton fire brigade without hist obtaining the consent of the reeve or uther member of the municipal coun ell or oilier otllcial carried the chief of police was instructed to have the necessary extra constables available for duty on hallowven lctuj from the students and teach ers of acton continuation school ex prefstd their appreciation for the use of the park and arena for their school meet they inquired regarding the cost for the arena for thc interschool field day council decided no charge was to be made letter from the ontario ilvdro com mission was received it pointed out the relationship of council and commljalon in connection with audit of books and the rlfrhui of the commission in examln lng such books it was pointed out that the commissions audit in no way con flicted or uplaced that or the municipal ity the letter was fyled the municipal oiftcer was instructed to secure sulflclent quantity of sand for use on the streets during the winter quantity of calcium chloride was also to be eeured to keep the sand fiom freezing the municipal olllcer rvported the re sult of visit of county engineer smith and lib advice on the correction of drainage on several streets in acton lewis hud been given and suggestions made for improvement council decided tliat this work should be proceeded with as much as possible thtt fall council decided after examining the bridge over the creek on main street outh that immediate repairs wvre neeeeary liepairs were being imuie provincial interclub competitions all records were broken at the pro vinclul interclub competitions held at the ontario agricultural college on frlduy last tvams of two boys each re presenting lit dlifcrent clubs from all parts of the province were in attend ance halton was represented by tearnd in the dairy cattle grain ulid foal club competltloiui in the former hi cora oetltion with 30 teams the milton hol steln club team composed of grunt heslop freeman and clureuctv king ston palermo placvd second to the iitrong team from durham in the samy on test the team composed of george breckon bronte and gordon hume of milton representing thc halton jersey shorthorn club placed seventh the grain club competition brought out georgetown grain club team of john mcnabb and john alexander placed fourth and the milton teum of criieat pill and john mclean placed twelfth all four teams from halton in these two competitions were itmongst the prlztf winners the acton foal club team eomposed of craig reld george town and wallace swackhamer acton were in competition with 28 other teams and while not in the prize money made very satisfactory standing hie dayh program was brought to conclusion with banquet at which dr chrhtlc was tlie ftuest speaker burglary solved solution of burglary at stewarttowi and thc theft of cur in etoblcoku tow nshlp is believed readied in thy nirst in guelph of derek forsyth aged 20 no address who war taken into us tody on monday under somewhat unusual clrcumstaniuis thi car said to have been stolen from mcallister 27 wellington boule vard toronto iwns first sighted by pro vincial constable howvll on side road norh of eden mills tlie officer found the car locked tight and lie noticed that insldo it was quantity of groceries candles cigarettes and other articles he left and returned later but there was still no one there convinced lhc ear had been stolen th olflcer notified ii relnhurt of guelph garageman co luwthc nuirhinclqto guelph when re lnhart reached the scene young man was in the car and thinking quick ly re lnhart told him to come to guelph with him he brought the youth to the guelph police station and after some question ing by constable howell and chief con stable harold nash police at ktoblcoke and milton were notified of the arrest the goods in thc car police say wero stolen from the store at etevvarttown provincial constables oliver and coolc man went to guelph and took forsyth to milton with them there first king scout although the records show that acton was among the hnt municipalities lo have boy sout troop there has never been king scout until thb year and tlie lkrst boy to attain tills signal honor is hick vmclexijn he has completed ill hit tests for first class scout and his pass four proficiency tests requir ed congratulations aie in order in act ins tlrst king scmit jack vaugoo iii auotlut item or intel eat in scout ul town eirch the intimation that exmayor stewart of toionlo will be the guest siveuker at the annual scout banquet coming events iicmriili of mcetiuife ioii otlicr kvciiu unier tlni are ciiarunl 10 cent 111 iiuin tint cborcc fr jy mctit of jsc those popular cntertulncrn vlrelnla jubilee slngeni in acton united church 011 wednesday november 11 th ooo pm the tegular monthl meeting of the woniens instltue will be held at the home of mrs reesor on thursday november 5th at 220 the ufvpo announce masquer ade ut mecuiloughs third line on wed iiistiay evening november 4th admu slon 15c ladles provide oood music evi tjone vwlcome judging from reheanali the looal nlavthe rugged truth will be an vent of peliil ullere cm koembr til and th ilcketa now 011 sale at fir plan to uttend this event next week oldlima eunco at broukvlli ilallto imiino friday night andy franks oldtime orchestra and ernie packer lleior manager lunch provided ad mission 25e don mlj this event if jmi hk reil uullhue dunce balllnufnd unit church aimlveniary and foul supiwr and concert sunday and mondiy nrtrenilw ut und 2nd ad mllon adults 25c chtldrni 20c re atuiusou ba of carlisle will be tu tqieclul speaker on uundjly no vember 1st ut 1100 am and 730 pm