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a selection of news items tickets 5c forthe junior x o d e big evening of fun in jibe parish hall on tuesday i28th euchre at 800 p m l nerval lad nearly severe thumb mas watson noryal youth suffered an injury while splitting kindling at his ifie at noryal the axe which he was using turned in his hand struck his thumb and almost completely severed jt above the first joint at the hookey meeting an amusing incident happened at the hockey meeting last evening the mat- ter of placing lights at the arena over the goals was being discussed bill holloway was requested for his opinion as to where jt would be best to place thernew light his wlas gty mii on the puckl 7 at the evening- session the- ladles ol held at burilngtoirlast week had interesting and instructive sessions officers for the year aifle elected the meetlnrof halton fresbyterlal was held at burlington united church on thursday april 14 the morning- session was openett by a devotional service led by mrs van- norman of the e and w plains auxil iary the delegates were welcomed by mrs tilton burlington and mrs kerr oakvlile replied nearly every society in- the district was represented the various reports were very interesting and the devotional half hours helpful ten societies reached their allocation and eight others increased their glvings over last year mrs- smalt told the story of a woman who won 19 life members by faith in prayer and willingness to work mrs agnews address on china was much appreciated as was also mrs dewolfe3- address atthcevening session burlington choir furnished good music nterest euchrp and d the womens institute ikill- hold euchre and dance in the tbw hafll on april 29 for relief euchre iarp at 815 admission 15c k guelph child injured running lit the path of a street car in front of her home on woolwich street guelpli aim stuartrflveyearold daugh ter of dr and mrs lm stuart suffered injuries which necessitated her- removal to the general hospital the little giri had her skull fractured but it was re ported at the hospital later that she was resting comfortably special council meeting a special meeting of the council was held last thuisdayeyerjing when coun cillors nicbl cowie jones and mc- balance sheet of local hydro received from the commision auditors operating surplus af 172264 was shown for the year at the fortnightly meeting of the public utilities commission on tuesday even ing commissioner lg king and chair man r j kerr were present the secretary was upon motion in structed to pay the following accounts hydro accounts ontario commission power ets less credit 133522 bell telephone co accounts 410 f mcotitcheon express 105 arthur were present the mallei ul tax were present the in arrears was specifically dealt with and several uncollectible items were stricken from the roll and other items prepared for collection m the absence of reeve r l34rt waterworks account hydro department march operations 3 8530 the list of arrears was checked over by the commission and instructions is- guod for their dispo entrb dplii itat officers for yeflf193233 are elected- club has credit balance in spite of poor year robert a dewarf edmonton alta the death has occurred or robert a dewar of edmonton alberta formerly of miltom mic dewar was born at speyside in tbitbduntyof halton in the year 1874 a sop of the late david dewar later going to miltonr with the family where he lived until 1898 when he went to edmonton in the years 1900 and 1901 he conducted trading posts in the far north and- since that has been in the hardware business in his early days hejas arractive member of tho- old mlfton lacrosse club and curling clubjhe is survived by his sister mrs mjx mitchell and brother james ar both of toronto d n boothe detroit many oakvllle residents will re member well d n bbothe who for twelve years was in charge of prlntlns in thg star nfflnp hp whs tffgnrrtert as the annual meeting of action hockey club was held last evening in the councl chamber and was well attended dr h at coxe vlcefpresident conducted the meeting officers for the season of 193233 were elected as follows h6norary presidents rev father mc- brlde a mason ani e sweeney president jym mcdonald first vicepresidenthdr h a coxe second vlcepresidentw id talbot seccetaryrnell gibbons treasurer w k- graham executive committee j w jones j greer and dr e j nelson auditors john ramsden and g a dills trainer w ec the positions of manager assistant manager and coacb for both the inter mediate aha junior teams were left to be arranged by the teams the executive were instructed by the meeting to arrange for a group accident insurance policy to cover the players the financial report showed that the club had a balance of107after meeting news of acton and the district postmaster at brampton major c mcorkett town clerk since 1918 has been appointed postmaster to succeed major h l robsoh at bramp ton resigned major corkett served overseas with the imperial forces and is at present commanding officer of the peel anddufferin reglmenthe has resigned his position as clerk georgetown woman injured mrs margaret kirk wife of mr st kirk of georg had j narrow l escape from serious injury on saturday afternoon an park street south of hunter street hamilton when the car in which she was seated suddenly start- ed andrgairring momentum crashed through the guardrail n the tunnel the vehicle dropped several feet to a lower- path way and was badly damaged mrs kirk was cut and bruised and was hm m removed to the general hospital nut her condition improved sufficiently to enable her to leave for her home briefly and promptly a militia transfer announcem has been made of the transfer of baiid sergeant a hi perrott 0 the peel and dufferin regiment brampton tp the lorne rifles scottish band of georgetown mr perrott has been in charge of the georgetown band for over a year andunder his direction succeeded- in winning class c at the c n e last year another paper less j announcement was made at cornwall on wednesday of thlb merger of the- cornwall freeholder semlweekly the cornwall standard weekly burlingtoft furnished lunch for the visit ors also entertained the gathering at tea time a letter of sympathy was sent to the president miss morgan who was unable to be present on account of the recent death of her sister mrs aitkin second vicepresident presided at the sessions ahd was made president for 1932 mrs arnott president hamilton ibranch led in the dedication service at the installation of officers george town auxiliary invited the presbyterial to meet there next year officers for 1932 were elected as fol lows jqsllent aitkin balinafad barber councillor nfcol conduct meeting pi and the paper to be known as the cornwall stan dardfreeholder will be issued on april 30 and on each succeeding wednesday and saturday cornwall is the last on tario centre among those of a population between eight and sixty thousand to have two newspapers the amalgamation fol lows the death on february 20 of wm gibbons publisher of the standard for 44 years the freeholderas establish ed in 1846 by horn sanfleld mcdonald first premier of ontario the standard in 1886 the standardfreeholder will bo under the management of c j mctav- ish and will bejdentifled in ownership with owen sound suntimes motor vehicles in canada at the end of 1931 there was a total registration of 1206836 motor vehicles in canada which is an average of 86 persons of the population otthe do minion per motor vehicle canada ranks fourth n total registration of monr vehicles being exceeded only by the united states with 26523779 thebrltish isles- with 11524339 and france wltn l459650andalso ranks fourth in num ber of cars in proportion to population being exoaededbythejjnlted stntefl-with- 46 persons per vehicle and new zealand ahd hawaii with seven person per vehicle the greatest density ot motor vehicles in canada is in the province of ontario with 563824 or 61 persons per vehicle the province of quebec i with a population of 23t455tias 179572 motor vehicles which is 16 persons per vehicle the taxes collected through re gistration fees mileage tax on buses etc amounted to 19684908 and on gasoline 2546119 a total of 42231027 the clays the thing a very delightful play the clays the thing was presented to a crowded house by the u f y p o last evening lnthe town hall the first act was in eldorado college in the room of one of the students the boys were putting up wagers on each other and trying to compromise one another just as things were going along nicely one of the boys upcle arrived and thtr compromise was on the other foot the second- acttoqk place at the uncles home lnapantlc city where there wasfaa bathlrig beauty co9test one of th boys from eldorado college was masquerading as a bathing beauty hoping to win the prize and help prornote a beauty clay that his pal had discovered the masquarader became entangled in many amusing situ ations the third act was also- at the same place the situation was gradually clearing the different parts were well taken by the various players all being so well taken it would be almost im possible to name an outstanding charac ter the cast of characters was as fol lows jack normart a college student arthur mckeown luke calloway his college friend louis brownlow jerry taylor another college friend and the masquerader roy mckeown dudley briggsv a manufacturer of beauty cos metics and jacks uncle walter llnham millie the brlggs maid margaret leslie mary nrman jack sister alleen clar- rldge jessie stewart marys friend also aq entrant hj the beauty contest muriel sarah brlggs dildles wife pjeari foste clayton parmer asocfiesy character and a quoter of poetry wm johnston julia parmer his wife flora bayers thomas deems theatrical man- rcbert kingsbury excellent music between acta wa supplied by the churchill orchestra mrs j chester matthews whf had acted as directress was called to the platform at an inter mission and presented with an address and a piece of silverware i 1st vicepresidentmrs ingiehart r tirno 1 bronte 2nd vicepresident mrs dales mil ton 3rd vicepresident mrs bews milton recording secretary mrs cudmore bronte corresponding secretary mrs tunis burlington treasurer mrs geo fox palermo christian stewardship and finance mrs r fish r r no 1 oakvllle mlsson circles c g i t and y w a miss florence harrison milton mission bands and baby bands mrs buck- limehouse associate helpers mrs atkinson r r no 2 freeman supply mrs earl wilson r r no 2 georgetown strangers miss e hopkins burling ton literature miss mary hadley milton missionary monthly and world friends mrs fruer7georgetown temperance mrs caldwell lime- house j pressiialjs w b clements milton presentation to mrs a tbrown young peoples meeting a splendid programme was given on monday evening by the literary com mittee of the united church young peoples the scripture lesson was read toy harry norton miss velma blair gave an elocutionary number that was much enjoyed mrs harold mowat rendered twovocal boios- andmrs bert mowat gave a talk on koreans illus- the balance sheet and operating re port for the year was received by the commission the regaining debenture indebtedness is 124730 and other lia- hrtbllltles amounted to333s3 totalre serves were 35235j59 and the- total surplus was 5172878 the revenue from domestic light was 1017768 commercial light 348721 commercial power 1650061 municipal power 65976 street lighting revenue 179550 and miscellaneous revenue 9053 the total revenue amounted to 3271119 and total expenses 3098865 the net profit on the year was shown as one of the best art printers in ontario being a friend of the late h p moore of acton mr boothe was a native of trenton and came to the stalfrom he was an authority on accounting and at the time assisted keeping town ac counts as well he was an official of the methodist church- leaving oakvllle tragledeathofesquesingfarmer 172264 n the total plant is valued at 5594309 and equity in the hydro system and trated with pictures and a model of a other assets bring the total up to 88 korean home mr a mcdonald closed i 54530 the amount of power purchased the meeting with prayer the president miss stephenson was chairman for the meeting from the womens missionary society of the united church has been president of society for twenty years a feature of un interest at the reguiaf meeting of the womens mis sionary sljciety or the united church last week was the presentation of a beautiful floor lamp and bouquet of toses to the retiring president mrs a t brown the meeting was held last thursday afternoon at the home of mrs b mowat frederick street mrs brown has been president of the society for the past twenty years and it is largely due to her untiring efforts in its behalf that the society is now such an organization for good to the work of the church owing to ill health mrs brown has been forced to relinquish her duties and was unable to be present at the meeting the floor lamp and a dozen roses were presented to mrs brown at her home by a committee from the missionary society along with the fol lowing address dear mrs 3rowh we the women of the acton unit- ed church missionary society desire to express our love and admiration for you as our beloved president and the director of our missionary activities ytou have so cheerfully and faithfully carried out the im portant duties of leadership through the last twenty years your self- sacrificing efforts on behalf of our society will always be remembered by us and stimulate us to greater service we feel that the surest way we can show our appreciation of your untiring efforts is to strive con stantly to be perfect even as yoi4r father which is in heayen is per- pect and to continue with ever- lncrcashig zeal ouf activities in bee half of our missionary society we desire your acceptance of this lamp and we feel certain as you light it from time to time you will have tender thoughts and utter fervent prayers for the acton united church missionary society our very best wishes are yours and we pray earnestly that you will sooa have renewed health and be with us again to direct ouqrsoclety fire on saturday evening on saturday evening about eight oclock the acton fire brigade were called to extinguish a blaze at the home of mr j p scarrow bower avenue the blaze started in the basement from an overheated furnace which had ignit ed the joists above and was rapidly spreading to the partitions and filling the house with smoke the firemen made a record run and a prompt ap plication from the chemical tanks soon had the blaze under control before much damage had been done only the prompt response of the brigade saved what would have been a serious fire the was 2434744 operating expenses brought the total up to 2970565 and depreciation of 128300 brought the grand total up to 3098865 moved by r j kerr seconded by l g king that the secretarys be instruct ed to transfer from the waterworks ac count to the general account of the corporation the sum of 70000 car ried the superintendent advised the com mission of the district meeting of sup erintendents that will be held in acton next wednesday for the purpose ol demonstrating safety first and listening to addresses on this subject the secretary was instrjicted to have a notice inserted in the free press warning all those in arrears that all services wculd be discontinued after may statement will be submitted after the j auditors have gone over the books theouestlon- securing more support abouttwentyseven yearsagot he went i d encouragement for the junlortiam to detroit and became a certified public i was a llve to d the meeting -felt- accountant of late years his son jjthatthls organization should be backed lee bo6the was associated with him financially by the council or arena- mr boothe passed away on thursday authorities with a division of receipts last april 7 and is survived by his to allow for maintaining the team it widow who was miss rose lee of angus was mt that the juniors must be en- arid three sons j lee douglas and g couraged in every way- possible if new everett boothe the star desires to material for the intermediates was to be join in- paying tribute to the real worth secured reeve barber expressed the and high character of mr boothe he j playing management would be better as at present arranged the executive were instructed to con fer with the council regarding the junior team arrangements the painting i the boards nclosing the ice surface and the installing of lights above the goal to make for better vision f6r the goal keepers a committee composed of reeve bar ber councillor nicol and dr h a coxe were appointed to endeavor to see that regular employment was secured where ever possible for the hockey players whp are now comprising the team wasthe soul 3f honor better than his word if such be possible and once known he was esteemed for- his real integrity his ability his nobility of life and stead fastness of purpose oakvllle star 1 unless payment is made house and that adjoining of miss cook i were filled with smoke and it was with some difficulty that the building was cleared and made so the firemen could playth and 5th mayoh oont miss it for thrills knox stay in the building the damage was very slight and is covered by insurance farms in canada kay enlarging mason knit ting plant there are 7218244 occupied farms in canada according to returns compiled new 01tice and fary entrance will be from the official census taken in june 1931 an increase of 17154 over the number recorded in the 1921 census the increase is accounted for by one eastern provlncequebec andfour westem-pro- vlnpes manitoba saskatchewan alberta and british columbia the provinces of prince edward island nova scotia new brunswick and ontario show decreases compared with 1921 the number ot farms in each province as shown by the 1931 census is as follows prince edward island 12857 nova scotia 39562- new brunswick 33947 quebec 136061 on tario 191617 manitoba 54072 saskat chewan 136571 alberta 97622 british columbia and the yukon 25978 the constructed at the front of building and storage room at the bear work was commenced this week 011 several im and additions that will be carried out at the plant the mason knitting company in acton the excavations have been made for the ad dition at the front of the building this addition will supply a new busi ness office and private office for mr mason on the second floor level a base ment and entrance below the street level will be made for entrance to the factory this will make quite an improvement at the front of the plant and assist tajater- lally in the business transactions of this tyneat tacreale in company that have shown a steady in- was 18 per cent in alberta 177 per c a fp since coming to acton about ten years ago another addltibn will be made at the cerjt in saskatchewan j43 per cem in manitoba 15 per cent and- in quebec 11 per cent the decreases i f of tn storage purposes ranged from 166 pet cent in nova scotia the knitted products until th to 31 per cenrrm-ontarlo- 1 ma present time another building in town is beu utilized for this purpose and the new storage room will greatly facilitate the work of shipping this is the third set of additions and improvements that mr mason has done since establishing his plant in acton r present old original building that was used thy irish coleen one of the finest concerts that have been presented in acton in some time was the event last friday vening under the auspices of st josephs church the don miss it for thrills knox players play 4th and 5th may oh kay r players my irish coleen was a splen did attraction it provided a wealth of good irish wit a delightful theme and a happy ending possibly just a little bit different from the ordinary amateur play everyone of the twelve characters portrayed thelr parts well and can well be congratulated upon the presentation those taking part were mrs paul san- ders stafford brftcey peter odrousky marie rorke clarence imalone anthony frank augustine heffernan elma sloan paul sanders margaret bracsy william sheridan c malone between the first two acts- norman bralda rendered a group of pleasing violin elections a premier attraction was the singing of mr james cjallaher tenor of v3uelph a group of irish songs intcrspered with other popular numbers gave this artist an opportunity to show his ability as a aollst he was most generous in his contributions and every selection was a delight to the audience which applauded to the echo mr gallaher will be wei- comedvat any time by an acton audience his accompanist was miss grace m lalng a t c m following the con cert a dance was held and a social time- spent for housing the first plant now forms a very small part of the present factory and is used for shipping and storing and the cutting and finishing depart ments of the mason glove cowhich mr a mason and his brother mr c w mason also established here acton is proud of thi lrfdustry that is continu ally expanding and forming an important place in the industrial activities of acton make merry to the tune of the melody serenadcrs at the junior i o d e euchre and dance in the parish hall tuesday 26thr- the evening meal digesteb a group of chinese boys were discuss ing the relative merits of the two bill boards one advertising carnation milk and the other bull durham one of the boys was explaining the sighs to the other to this way in- am erica they have he cows and she cows the she cow gives the milk and the he cow gives the tobacco mrs james plant another esteemed and highly respected residert of the acton district passed away last wednesday when mrs james plant died at the family home just east of acton in her seventieth year mrs plant had taken ill about two weeks previously and prior to then had been in her usual health harma louise beatty was a daughter of the late robert and matilda beatty and was born in tra falgar township in 1884 she wasjoined in holy wedlockto james plant the couple made their hme in acton and throughout all the years have resided in this district honored and respected by all two sons came to bless the home william who is c n r agent at sea- forth and arthur who is stationmaster at the c n r depot m brantford to the bereaved husband and the sons the sympathy of all this community goes out mrs plantwas a woman of quiet dis position her home and its ties were- iier first consideration and the husband who is now left alone will indeed miss the companionship and home life that his faithful helpmeet has assisted in maintaining four b also remain robert beatty in hammond ind james and william in milwaukee wis and arthur in manitoba the funeral was held on friday afternoon with a private service at the home followed by a service in knox presbyterian church acton conducted by the past r h l bennle mrs plant was a member of knox church and of the ladles aid society of the church interment was made in fairvlew cemetery acton among he floral tributes were offerings from knox church ladles aid mac and calvin sprowl mrs j r kennedy miss nelson mr jirid mrs e umbacktor- onto mr- and mrs d h stewart and family toronto george taylor toron to mrs harold dale seaforth miss minnie habklrk seaforth mr and mrs john slater and family seaforth mr and mrs j brownridge and family london canadian natlcnal railway depot employees brantford canadian national railway depot employees sea forth mr and mrs jas beatty and family milwaukee mrs a westcott and family seaforth mr and mrs john graham brantford and family wreaths among those from a distance- attending the funeral were mrvand mrs e urn- bach miss m stewart mr and mrs s h stewart toronto mr a cunning ham gait mr and mrs j brownridge c b and mrs nlvon london mrs westcott jr mrs kestle mrs west cott sr mrs sproat and mr thom son of seaforth mr and mrs a c plant brantford mr and mrs w r plant seaforth mr and mrs thus the new forp is being shown locally and attracting a great deal of attention with its many improvements today and tomorrow the nprton motors in acton premises are the centre of a good deal of interest for the first showing of the new ford v8 tills morning the cutaway chassis was put oh display under theisupervm6h of mr s f butzer district sales manager and at noon one of the newmodelstti the lifeless body of arthur john smalley farmer who had been missing since two oclock last sunday afternoon was fouhdon tuesday hangings bjr az rope in a shed near his house on his farmr lot 13 fpurth concession third line esqueslng township the discovery was made by lorenzo angeleri coroner dr mccoll and provincial constable cookman of milton investigated and de cided an inquest was not necessary mr smalley who was 40 years of age had been in 111 health for some time he is survived by his widow and two- children v f o organisation meeting an organization meeting of the u f o was held on thursday evening last severatflimgs among them almost im passable roads combined to make the attendance small the meeting was mainly a round table conference and was interesting and at times decidedly humorous a number applied for mem bership paid the required membershlpl fee and were duly entered on the books by secretary chas mckeown as mem bers in good standing a special com mittee was appointed to arrange for an other mass meeting to be held at bal inafad disapprove of exam fees- a joint meeting of the halton county educational committee and the trustees of the poiinty high school boards held in the burlington high school dealt with the vexed question of the high cost of education county warden e m read- head presided representatives from georgetown milton oakvllle and bur lington attended the following resolu- marshall and famllyy of erin mrs robt wheeler and miss bella wheeler george town trafalgar nominations the possibility of father succeeding son on the township council appeared with nominations 00 tuesday toflll the place of howard orr trafalgar town ship councillor who was recently killed by carbon monoxide poisoning his father edward a orr was one of trie five nominated the others were sam marlatt at harris e j james and w w featherstone these other four have since declined to run and mr orr has been accorded an acclamation arrived- for demonstration purposes this new model has many radical changes it indeed bears little resem blance to the former models put out by the ford company it was the pleasure of the free pres editor to hayea careful explanation of the mechanical features shown in the cutaway chassis exhibit this morning all the mechanic al features as set out in the detailed advertisement appearing on page eight of this issue can be clearly seen in this exhibit the new type v8 engine the new mounting the silent gear shift why the second gear is silent what makes the easy riding features why 25 miles is secured to the gallon and all the mechanical features were explained 1 and viewed in detail to anyone who is at all mechanically inquisitive this demon stration is indeed interesting and in structive the exhibit is jjfnator driven then at noon the editor had the added pleasure of enjoying a drive in the new deluxemodett the mechanclal exptaha- tlon of the morning followed by the practical demonstration was most in teresting perhaps the most striking feature was the larger dimensions of this new model it is no longer a small car we were told that overall it is fully three feet longer and the body has been length ened by thirteen inches added touches of luxury have been made in the interior fittings which add much to its beauty the drive was out main street and north ga the second line that piece pi road is rough but it was travelled comfortably atlthc speed limit we watched particularly to see that sales man hit the roof on some of the spots we had marked he didnt then we had a jaunt out the highway at all speeds the new model was remarkably vbratlonless and easy riding its pick up and getaway seemed almost un canny coming back we tried the back seat and waited to hit the bump where the highway has been repaired just west of acton the car was going a lively clip when it hlt but we never left the seat automobile engineering has made or increases is a matter beween school boards and members of their staff that the fees of the presiding examiners were too high as the teacher or exa is hired on a yearly salary it was sug- gestodthatthework be divided among them and that all travelling expenses only be allowed and that the raising of examination fees from 1 to 150 be disapproved it was decided to send copies of resolutions to the minister of education tor consideration the gov ernment recently ruled that the maxi- mum fees last year would also be effecr tlye this year namely lower school 5 mlddleschool10 upper school 15 many advances during the past few- years and the ford car that is centre of attraction locales these two days has come to a commanding place in the automobile field with the new models euchre dance lunch fun at the junior l o d e party tuesday 26 in- the parish hall mr and mrs j w jones sadly bereft during the past few weeks mr and mrs j w jones have indeed been sadly bereftt four members of the family r- have passed away during this time and the sympathy of everyone in this com munity goes out to thematthlstrying time the following item from the can- adian observer sarnla gives particu lars death removed the fourth member ov tlielucas famllyon -sunday- after- noon when george lucaswho was in his seventieth year passed away juat as the funeral service of his daughterinlaw mrs russell lucas was completed just six weeks ago his brother john passed away followed three weeks later by his son russell and then his daughter-in- law mrs russell luoas mr lucas had been in very poor health since his sons death and his death was not unexpected he was born on the form occupied by hs brother robert and lived near cam- iachle for a number of years but for the last twenty seven years had been a- resldenlof the london road besides his wife he is survived by three sons thomas pi sarnla william of moore township and stanley of kamsacl sask rho arrived home saturday prior 7 to hs fathers deiith three daughters mrs fred martin of sfimla mrs h holmes of detroit and mrs j w jones of acton four brothers sam thomas robert and william all at plympton two sisters mrs richard bryson and mrs frank mlsnei of the london road twentyone grandchildren and four greatgrahdchlldren tche funeral ser- vice was held in the united church f wyoming on tuesday april 19 at 230 p m wifh interment at onuigpje js tery mr andmrst joae have been id v wyoming foe much of the time 4r1ng the past few weeks t- w v jv- ifc afefflia- -c-ar- v-