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v v 1 fiftyseventh year no 44 acton ontario thursday april 28 1932 eight h6meprint pages five cent all fairs to receive same grant from the couni account for milton transients is reduced by half and municipality will now be assessed fifty cents per head for its boarders 6382756 is the estimated cost for construction and mainten ance of ceanty4teadsfottheyear by pft pness special representative after an interval of si weeks the halton county council met in the court house milton on tuesday april 26 toe minutes of the last meeting wera lead and confirmed and special com- munioatlons were alsqjreatf members present were messrs duncan campbell j slain pall cleave peer barber appelbe currle brectam robin son morden hewson and harris with the warden reeve readhead in the halr reports of the standing committees were read and considered in committee pf the whftl with mi lnthn ample assurance of a g pre chair mr john irving addressed the council in resjject to the bill lor milton tran sients lodged in the county gaol which provoked a lively discussion mr irving agreed that the town of milton would be quite willing to pay a reasonable charge fcut- the milton council vere of the opinion that the charge of seventyfive cents was exorbitant mayor syer corroborated the opinion given by councillor irving and added that in view of the concessions and advantages which the town of milton audwedthe countythe county should therefore give some consideration to the town of milton mayor syer stated that they were often troubled with tramps from other districts and he al ways did his best to get them to move on before night mr robinson- i can quite understand transients being anxious to get to oak- vllle before night and i think mr syer that at eeventyflve cents you are getting off mighty lucky i mayor syer suggested that if the amount for which the county had billed the town of milton be cut in half then they would be willing to pay it it was finally moved by mr robinson seconded by mr morden that the count aceeptthejifferof the town of news df acton and the district a selection of news items v local play next week another local play with local interest and all local talent is announced for next wednesday and thursday evenings by knox presbyterian players in the tbwn hall in acton on liay which is termed a mystery comedy in three acts is a baker royalty play and this is milton to pay fifty per cent of the cost of the account as rendered for the bousing of transients for 1931 and thai acharge of so cents per head per day be made for future transients for every twentyfour hours or portion thereof carried mr robinson chairman of the edu cation committee submitted his report and recommended that the balance of the various high schools be paid as follows for the year- burlington oakvule milton georgetown guelph streetsvllle rockwooct 168 75 brampton 791 86 waterdown 1860 66 cooksvule 65 08 13963 35 11362 99 10675 98 3783 47 1397 28 513jfr the cast includes eleven characters an added feature will be the presentation of a prize for guessing who is the black terror preparing for musical festival the musical festival preparations are uppermost la the thoughts of the pubicj school pupils these days at the acton schools the event will be held in milton next week may 6 and acton schools under the direction of mrs m r moore will have entries in many of the classes competing for two years acton schools have- carried off tho honoi at this county event and naturally the scholars are very much interested in up holding the laurels won in other years trafalgar landmark destroyed a well known landmark in the district the home of samuel marlett at the corner of the dundas highway and tra falgar township line was completely razed by are early wednesday after noon the house was built in 1828 by mr marletts grandfather a quantity of old furniture was destroyed in the blaze as well as insurance papers the fire is thought to have started in the chimney where one had started earlier in the day and had been extinguished i euchre and dance the womens institute wllttiold a euchre and dance in the town hall on april 29 for relief euchre sharp at 8 15 admission 25c v ffcp o meeting the u f y p o will hold their regular meeting in the parish hall on friday evening may 6 in the form of a progressive euchre party all members are urged to be present u f o anii u f w o cordially invited fire in eden mills store fire of unknown origin caused damage titthe extent of 200 or 300 in the store of n s marshall at eden mills on tuesday afternoon neighbors helped to beat out th flam whinh starter in a visit to the east by newspapermen i when the ontarioquebec division of the weekly newspaper association met in montreal boxes of glassware the interior of the store was not damaged to any extent but the stock suffered considerably v musical recital last evening the parents of the schol ars who are participating in the county musical festival event next week haa the pleasure of hearing the children give a recital of the numbers which they will sing and play in milton on friday of next week the programme lasted about two hours and was presented in the town hall auditorium it provided n ripuyhtfnl ovpnlng fnrthsa-pitgllegffd- to be present a social evening the acton branch canadian legion entertained the lome rifles scottuh last week upwards of an hundred weekly newspaper publishers gathered at the mount royal hotel in montreal in convention among them was the edit or of the free press many peope inquire why do you go to conventions and imagine it is for the good time to be had of course every gathering has its social features and good companion ship but these are not the outstand ing features and allurements to con- ventons to be equipped to conduct a newspaper requires more than the pur chase and operation of machinery it is at the conventions that newspaper men learn of the development of other places and keep in touch with ww- various items of local interest annual meeting womens institute the annual meeting of the womens ideas that are constantly beng forward ed possibly a brief synopsis of this equipment session would he of interest to our readers two very interesting- periods consisted of a discussion of problems that con front the publishers of weekly news papers they were sort of round tabe conferences in which the gathering ex changed their ideas concerning their problems mr hugh templin of fergus gave his impressions of what the news paper of 1982 would be like and a member from quebec mr c e labranche- told of oganlzation work to that province at noon the gathering were guests of the sun life insurance co and presid ent t b macaulay at luncheon n thelr flne new building a brief tour of in spection was also made of this splendid the evening meal digester 4458338 we also recommend acton continua tion school be paid 2654 34 beng the cost of education of county pupils and the- levy on acton for high school purposes less the amount paid to guelph collegiate for acton pupils we recommend that mabel farrlug- ton of acton be reappointed to the georgetown entrance board the matter of grants to county fairs was again brought up and as usual resulted in a heated discussion the major ty of the council led by mr currle were strongly against milton being given a larger grant than other fairs and a motion was finally carried giving a grant of 75 to each fair jpay- ment to be made the first of september on condition that the various fairs con tinue the matter of the campbellvllle station was brought up the station had recently been put in charge of a caretaker instead of a statlorunaster as a means of cutting expenses for the c p r and was causing conslderab e inconvenience to the public in that dls- trct the county clerk was instructed to write to the railway board for further particulars the gate crasher got into conversa tion with a man at the party and began roasting of his boldness a welldressed chap with plenty of nerve can easily butt into these affairs and have as good a time as anybody he said take my own case i had no invitation nether had i returned the other man with a quiet smile that so how did you work- it im the host came the disconcerting reply at a euchre and dance at their club i head oflf and w his reln mr rooms last friday evening the eve of st georges day at euchre the ladvs prze was won by mrs charles grlbbon of toronto the gents prize going to mr john locker of rockwood a dainty luncheon was served and dancing was enjoyed until the wee sma hours music for dancing was supplied by the melody serenaders thstllute win he held at the home of mrs g h lantz on thursday may 5 at 2 30 p m i p d e meeting the regular meeting of the duke of devonshire chapter of the i q d e will be held on tuesday evening may 3 at the home of mrs a mason at eight oclock no daylight saving for acton council is well delegated monday deputationswait on municipal body to consider many community affairs band and baseball club secure assistance in improve ment at tjigbarj moneys front murray estate invested in government bonds at good interest rate l departmental examinations th time ta for the a pmpercenf partmental exam nations jias been an- nounced by the department of educa tion the middle and upper school exams commence on mond june 20 the lower school on thursday june 23 at the regular meeting of the council on monday night councillors cowle jones nicol and mcarthur were pre sent and reeve barber presided the clerk explained the details in cqnnection with the investing 6t the murray estate bequest 8000 had been invested in the province of ontario bonds at 5 percent the balance of 12000 had been used in the purchase of dominion of canada bonds at five fenfriril jntn 2kat the ninth report of the finance com mittee recommended payment pf the following accounts htt farmer salaries and sup- plies 141-63- mrs marietta murray interest on bequest repairing bridge extensive repairs are being made this bank of montreal safety box week to the bridge over the beardmore rental railway siding- which connects the cres- w r lashbrook supplies cent with the town several of the posts imperal oil co ltd supplies supporting the bridge require renewing bell telephone co services and other repairs to make the structure i transferred to savingsaccdunt safe are being made by messrs beard- highway garage supplies more co during the repairs the bridge is closed to traffic claims to eliminate deadly fumes seme form of dust layer is the most economical bad roads indirectly arc taking money out of the peoples pockets because rough bumpy roads increase the amount of gas consumption and the wear and tear of the car one mill on the dollar was not a bit too much for all the work there was to be done a bylaw was introduced for tho issuing of licenses to auctioneers some members cf ihe council being in favor of a 20 annual license while others aigued that a 10 license for a period of three months would bring better re turns a bylaw to amend bylaw no 403 was finally passed relating to the issu- ng of licenses to auctioneers every license issued under this bylaw shall be given for the calendar year in which it is issued every person desiring a license shai pay to the county treasurer the sum of 20 unless it shall be after the first of october in any year in which case tho applicant shall pay the sum of 10 for a license it is further provided that during the first year of the operation of this amendment any applicant who ii securing his previous lcense has paid for a part of the first year may have deducted from the cost of his license an amount in proportion to that part of the year for which he has already paid all licenses issu under this bylaw shall expire at the close of the year in which they are issued bylaw to be jacques gosselin of the quebec pro vincial department of labor believes that he has discovered a process of el mtnaflrigcarbon monoxide produced by gasoline motors about five years ago mr gosselin was near death a victim of the deadly fumes and ever since that time he has been working on his in vention the inventor claims that his device an electrical apparatus which can be placed on any gasoline motor has worked efficiently on several occa sions when he locked himself hi his garage with the motor of his car run ning he emerged from the experiment each time without the slightest trace of sickness band holds social evening the members of actoncitlzens band were entertained last evening at a social function at the home of the president george bishop a splendid evening of bards was enjoyed in which the bass section of the band trmmed the lead folio wng this lunch was served and an hour spent ln discussion of the bands plans for this season the securing of new band quarters at the arena delight ed every member of the organization and in this new practise rocrn it is felt th band can make teal progress arrange ments are under way to hold a rehearsal in the curling room at the arena until the new room is made ready and the first rehcarsa will be held oa monday night the thanks of the band for the splendid time provided was extended to mr arntmrs bishop and george by bandmaster a mason and the band seconded the motion by the singing of they are jolly good fellows an unusual operation many friends here are anxiously watch ing the condition of mrs hubert mann who underwent an unusual operation in the groves memorial hospital in fergus mrs mann lsa daughter of mr thos macaulay gave a synopsis of the ap- pontments cf the building and the magnitude of the company housed with its headquarters here a feature of the afternoon meeting was the presentation of an oil painting to william c riddell retired publicity director of the c n r- at toronuxithe- presentafon was made by malcolm macbeth of the milverton sun and president of the ontario education as sociation mr macbeth paid glowing tribute to the work done in ontario and quebec by mr riddell and to his splen did cooperation at all tmes with the newspapers hon athanase david provincial secre tary made a brief appearance short ly after the opening of the afternoon meeting the minister paid a glowing tribute to the work being carried on by the weekly newspapers and stated that ther importance could not be minimized the men engaged in the weekly new paper business were all experts he averred and were to be congratulated on fhe high standards they had set themselves and which they were rigor ousl fnllnfuh hip prg hard times during the afternoon an illustrated lecture and moving picture exhibit of beauharnols development was given bj mr rell thompson this great develop ment was viewed in a new light when explained by this man who has made an exhaustive study of the project and was able to clearly present a very vivid understanding of the beauharnols which at present is so much in the public mind the election of officers which brought the afternoon session to a close resulted as follows honorary past presidents d williams of the collingwood bulletin george legge of the granby leader- mall a w marsh of the amherstburg echo president c e labranche of the st maurice valley chronicle three rivers vicepresdent c v charters of the conservator of brampton sec-c- tarytreasurer adam sellar of the huntingdon gleaner and director percy lancaster m p of the havelock standard w c walls of the barrie examiner e rioux of la parole of drummondvllle h e rice of the huntsville forester george lake of the porcupine advan6c timmlns bruce pearce f the simcoe reformer i at six thirty the annual banquet was a decided improvement the past week orso the-publie-ytilt- ties staff have gone about the streets and lowered many of the cutoff taps on the water services that had been left protruding above the surface these ob structions have been the cause of many a fall by citizens and last year were the means of rather a serious accident about fourteen of these service taps wee reset beiow the surface the i o d e euchre and dance the parish hall was crowded to capac ity on tuesday evening when the lake side- chapter lode held one of their popular euchre and dances mts g w masales and mr j p scarrow received the euchre prices following the cards and lunch the melody seren aders provided the music for danqlng mr e packer called off for the square dances and mr claude wade very kind ly asssted with his violin a lucky- spot dance was an interesting feature mr islie bridges and his partner mls m frlce being on the spot received the prize fire at bronte fire broke out in bronte about noon last friday whch threatened a whole block but owing to the prompt arrival of the village reels the blaze was extin guished after practically destroying a barn and garage belonging to j 500 00 2 25 70 10 28 12 05 54 00 j 00 fjnmeriellandsonanddam aging the a grant of 300 for the year 1932 was allowed the agricultural representative i effective from and after the passing the good roads committee in their thereof report said that an inspection hid been accounts passed and recdmmended to a weekold baby son made of all the county roaus on april be paid were as follows 19 and 20 and found the roads in very hospital and special com bad shape owing to the fact that there l munlcatlons had been no snow during winter and tho education j frost went down more than usual the old age pensions estimates for the year were carefully i county buildings considered and a total of 63827 56 was finance thought necessary for che construction printing burt lake avenue acton and spent her served when the chef of the mount girlhood and young womanhood days in royal presented a delightful array of acton prior to the removal of mr and j appetzing food this was the chief mrs mann to fergus latest available reports from the hospital indicate a gradual improvement in mrs mann s condition on monday morning of last week mrs mann whjlis the mother of and maintenance of the county roads for 1932 the committee also recommended that a rate of one mill be raised for county roads mr smith county road engineer ad dressed the council in regard to the es- timated expenditure conditions hae changed said mr smith what con stituted a good road years ago does hot do so today prom the day a road is constructed the cost of maintenance be- 2101 00 47263 12 m74a3 12902 1676 05 273 43 300 00 ffered a stroke which caused complete paralyss of on- side of the body her condition becom- social event and here the newspaper men mingled and renewed acquaintance ships quebec and ontario mingled arjd broadened out from the exchange mr cleary who journalistic activi ties in and around the parliament buld- ings at ottawa date back to 1911 gae garage of h u guest merchant about 500 loss resulted to the flumerfelt building and about 100 to h u guesus garage covered by insurance mr a o flumerfelt had his car out and mr guest was able to get his out in time excitement ran high because of the proximity of other business buildings while the cause of the fire is not de finitely known it is believed to have been spontaneous combustion dublin- institute meeting the regular meeting of the dublin womens institute was held on wed nesday afternoon at the home of mrs t a storey mrs webster presided and the meeting opened with the ode followed by prayer the minuses were then read and approved numerous messages of thanks were conveyed to the members for flowers and fruit receiv ed by shutins other items of business were dealt with after which the fol lowing musical numbers were provided piano solo by miss marian anderson vocal duett mrs t a storey and mrs n anderson instrumental duett dy misses margaret waldle and dorotny neelands roll call was answered by an exchange of flower slips the programme was cjoaed with community singing lunch was served and a social time spent sales of radio sets the radio industry in canada as in other countries- is a creation of the past 10 cr 11 years it is now a substant il industry as a report just issued by tie canadian government bureau of statis tics indicates showing that sales of radio r sets during the calendar ycav 1931 totalled 286122 sets or machines valued at 18141347 at the 724 51 the report was adopted a delegation from the womensin- stitute requested free use of the town hall for their euchre and dance on friday night the proceeds to be used for charity purposes the request was granted mr wilson a representative from the globe indemnity insurance co request ed that the councjj consider their com pany in placing their public liability insurance their policy this year woulj cost 100 mr j a smth was the local representative of this company the policy had been changed last year at a saving cf some 40 from the globe co mr wilson explained that his company insured all the municipalities in the county except acton moved by george cowle seconded by w mcarthur- that the policy of the globe indemnity co for public lia bility insurance be accepted and the piemlum of 100 paid to j a smith agent carried a delegation from the acton fall fair requested- that the councl make some restriction regarding cars driving on the race track at the park it was being badly cut up and destroyed they re quested that on sundays the cars be prohibited they complained that the track was made a speedway it was decided that chief mcpherson have a notice posted at the park giving the speed limt and prosecute any parties who are guilty of violating the speed by- iawglatingrritringzdrjtti mrs annie foley walkerton the following obituary is reprinted from the walkerton telescope of april 14 in the demise in bruce county hospital early last saturday morning of mrs anne foley there passed to rest a woman whose life had been spent in such ways that she will be much missed and those who mourn her most he daughters mrs john gibbons of acton andmlss kate foley town are reclp- jents of the sympathy of a large ciree of friends mrs gibbons due to illness was unable to come to walkerton but her sons edward and bert gibbons attended their grandmothers funeral on the sunday momlfig before her death mrs foley slipped and fell on the icy oadway on victoria street near the residence of mr george lambertus she sustained a fractured hip and other lnjures from these and shock she suffered in bruce county hospltalal- thougbrwhen miss foley and others were with her the evening before she suc cumbed the deceased seamed to be rest ing easier a clot of blood reaching the braih was the immediate cause of her death mrs foley was born in nas- sagaweya township near milton and as a young woman she was married in cleveland ohio to mr john delaney he passed away some years later and mr timothy foley of bruce county became her second husband 35 years ago they resided on the foley farm on the highway about one mile norta of eden grove until 17 years ago when mr foley who succumbed about 13 months later and his wife and daughter retired to walkerton purchasing the house on yonge street in which sh resided up to the time sbe left for church on april 3 the deceased oy her first marriage had one daughter mrs gibbons of acton and miss kate foley is the only survivor of the second union a son died at five and a half years of age mrs foley created and maintained an enviable reputation as a loving wife and mother and an enduring friend and her memory will be cherish ed by all fortunate enough to have known her the funeral was t held on monday morning in the sacred heart church o which she was a devout member rev father maloncy said a requiem mass hundreds of friends of the deceased were in attendance those who acted agr culture 53484 75 a resolution was passed recommending that in the future the chairman of the good roads committee and the warden be the committee to pass the accounts of the good roads this followed a re solution to pass a bylaw appolntlrg a permanent good oads committee of three members instead of five the mtion moved by mr urrieand y ohm ltejourrcdysecondeirdy mr appelbe was lost kept in gimml cmafflonitcertaln amount the council adjourned at 6 30 p m most be paid out from tune to time nd j to meet at the call of the warden an informal talk on the subject a tew ing critical dr a w groves fergus i memories of 20 years in the parliamen- surgeon decided to attempt an opera- j tary press gallery he signalled the tlon which so far as can be learned is fact in 1911 when he flrst went to the the flrst or lts kind with the perm-s- i p- ess gallery parliament took itself facto y selling prices there were 62894 sln of her family he sought to remove less seriously than it does today he more sets sold in 1931 than in 1930 but the cause of the stroke a blood clot would not assert that the bar now extinct i the tstai value of the sales last year was deep down in the brain by trephining j but wh ch in those days did a thriving j 4634 878 below that of the previous held at eight dclock p m onmonday the skull the method is sometimes used business had anything to do with this year the increase in sales in 1931 was june 6 1932 and that it be advertised to draw off blood following a fracture but cne thing of which he was certain t cmmon to all the nine prows of the n the acton- free press the usual a delegation from the acton citizens band was introduced by exreeve mason who took occason to congratulate the council since this was the flrst meeting he had had occasion to attend he also expressed his sympathies that the coun cil had many of the same knotty prob lems to attend to that had confronted former councils mr mason discussed the securing of a practise room for the band with the council he pointed out that the band had consderable property and required a separa room he drew to the coun- cll attention that the firemens room in the town hall was suitable to the band but might be a nuisance to other events if the usual grant of 150 was given the bond this organization would make the necessary improvements and pay all the expenses incurred the dis advantages of a room in the town hall were many in vew of the fact that the hall was used for such varied purposes the delegation pointed out that thev were willing to cooperate in every way possible with the council the council expressed their appreciation of the band and discussed all r angles of the situa tion with the committee moved by e jones seconder by geo cojyie that the acton band be permit ted to arrange roon forthemselves in thearena as proposed at the council meshhg jn apjril 1 1 said room to be hefcjaidoccuptd at the pleasure of the courte4carried ahosierv delegation from the baseball club interviewed the council regarding tlfe preparing of a baseball diamond in front of the grandstand the work could be supervised by the municipal officers and the baseball club were pre pared to lend whatever assistance they could the park committee were author ized to proceed with this work movcd by john nlcol seconded by w mcartnur that court of revision of the assessment roll be held at the regular meeting of the council to be ibeai aswere messrs val ber berick seraphlne ellinghousen c m gibson carl c larsen lawrence bate and peter frank father maloney of ficiated at the interment in the calvaiv cemetery knox players play on may 5th find the mystery seat sit on it win a prize oh kay ment with her in connection with tne will of j a murray out of the general account on the understanding that the said amount will be repaid to the gen eral account out of tho special savings account no 4203 bank of montreal as soon as possible out of interest on the investments carried miss m 21 bennett principal of the public school requested permission to use the town hall for a school childrens concert preparatory to the musical fes tival the permission was granted the matter of the hawkers and peddlers bylaw was considered and it was left over until a future meeting to be more speciflcially dealt with a lettef from the iloyaltrusjvo desired to knowiffec councilwould make any rebaon the taxes owing on the ontarj membrial co since the factory ds unoccupied the council decidea that no rebate could be made f the skull but in this case the doctor had to work through the brain in order to reach the seat of the trouble by careful measurement he calculated the position of the clot bored a hole in the was that it had the effect of spurring dominion the greatest gain was made on the members to more eloquent if in ontario where the number sold ad vanced from 104 155 in 1930 to 126404 more virulent oratorical outbursts he related anecdotes and told of hs contacts wth many men who have skull and working through a tube i created enviable niches for themselves guided a needle between the brain cells in the history or canadian politics and tried to punoture the blood clot the results following th ope are- being watched carefully by all the medical mofesston friends here will hope to see mrs mann restored to health again among them sir wilfred laurier rt hon- arthur meigben sir robert borden sir sam hughes henri bqur- assa hon wlliam pugsley hon charles concluded on page eight ln1931 quebec came next with 78171 sales as against 61512 in the previous year and british columbia was in third place with total sales of 23902 sets an increase of 6197 ovcr 1930theproduc- tion of radio receiving sets followed sales very closely last year a total of 29711 machines being manufactured or assem bled in the dominion number of times carried mr r j wallace complained of his frontage assessment on the waterworks frontage cf his property on main street there was no overcharge and the coun cil were obliged to make the charge according to bylaw moved bytseorge cowle seconded bv e jones that the reeve and treasurer be authorized to pay the first instal ment of 500 due to mrs marietta mur ray on may 2 neki under the agree- the matter of distributing thegarage accounts of the town among the varous garages was brought to the attention of the council by councillor nicol it was agreed that the work should be divided mr scriven agreed to construct a tile drain on willow street if the council would supply the tile mrs havill had requested reeve bar ber to bring up the matter of the town officials caring for the soldiers mem orial plot and save the money now ex pended on a special caretaker mrs havill also agreed to supply the flowers at a cost of about two or three dollars ccmplalnt was made that the tile drain at the corner of elgin street and bower avenue was blocked the matter was left in the hands of chief mcpher son as was also that of installing a breather on the drain at mr g r agnews property v a letter from the davey tree co re- r girding the truninlng of trees was ordered filed a vote- of the council was taken on the question of daylight saving and the majority of the council were opposed to adopting the measure this year k r