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ira fiftyseventh yearrno 52 l acton ontario thursday june 23 1932 eight homeprint pages five cent m acton w on again i from georgetown two crippled teams put up a seesaw battle that wa won in ninth inning v ttaw isatnrdayt afternoon acton chased fhe bs followed georgetown foiywini and beat then 1211 in a nerveracking slugtest thirty hits wwsfcmered by both teams including four home runs three ot them for acton acton- scorta in every inning but two t while the neighboring nine wore blanked iter three innings it was two crippled tx ytn each other georget nl inii ttinlr rwyular pitcher wlate acton had to play without four of their regulars mcnally started in the mound tor the papertown boys but he only went as- far as toe third innings chal- mers and walters both collected circuit tlrivm nfr rds delivery b wilton v then took- up the mound duty and he was touched for six hits including an other four bagger this tfme by terry in the seventh inning the old veteran blackburn came in to finish the game and five hits were collected from him chalmers went the whole route for acton but he was toirthed for thirteen hits it was a seesaw game with one v team leading andthen the other a tworun lead in an inning didnt mean anything as both teams could score almost any time all four homers were hefty hits and thei runners didnt have much trouble getting home although chalmers tripped rounding both second and third and it looked as if he wouldnt make it but he beat the ball by quite a few feet tolackle pulled the prize boner of the game in t nlnt inning with hint terry the speedster of the team on second base an waterhouse to bat with two men- out we purposeiy walked waterhouse to get minute walters his oldteammate but minute doublehsrossed him and came through with a biasing single between first and and second and terry came home like a streak with the winning run to send georgetown home with their third defeat of the year georgetown abrhpoae wilton 2b ss p hepburn h 3b savage cf beaumont rf ritchie 3b ss woods 2b ss blackburn tucker if smith c mcnally p benham lb c p news of acton and the district confirmation service at st albans the bishop of niagara will administer the rite of confirmation in st albans church this eyenlng thursday june 23 at eight oclock a hearty welcome to ail v softball -games- in a softball fixture last thursday night in the park here actori beat moffat by the score of 16b it was an exciting game with blacklock havlnfc a h f m a m cripps of acton having one each yihae clifford had two in the catholic parish league st josephs acton played the church of our lady auelphin guelph op monday evening and the guelph team won by the score of 253 injured when verandah bailing collapsed when the verandah railing collapsed mrs jas hudson of kitchener former ly of acton was thrown forward and in falling broke her nose the accident happened at the home of mr and mrs hudson at 2i mitchell avenue kitch ener ontario on friday of last week mrsj hudson was working on the ver- andah and when leaning against the railing it collapsed several stitches were necessary to close the wound inflicted and mrs hudson received several severe bruises while the injuries sustained are painful they are not serious east meets out west for the past few days there have been visiting with mir and mrs jas a car- 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 0 0 nahan and family kemnay man a number of former residents ot nassaga weya many pleasant memories have been discussed of that township and its historic past the guests were mrs david carnahan acton ontario mrs george carnahan and mrs alex car nahan of grandvlew man mr wm j no carnahan brandon manitoba mrs j milne formerly miss j agnew of knatchbull and daughter of bran don man mrs m m haggerty and sons of kemnay man and mr and mrs stanley carnahan and children kemnay a few of these called onmr and mvt john hill of alexander man mr hill spent his younger days in nas- suguweya i total 41 11 13 26 12 3 out for interference j acton ab ii h po a e terry- rf- 6 4 5 0 1 0 holloway lb 5 0 2 12 0 0 waterhouse cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 walters ss 6 1 3 14 2 huffman 3b 4 0 113 0 white c 5 0 2 7 0 0 leishman 2b 5 1 1 4 5 0 anderson if 10 0 0 0 0 chalmers p 5 3 2 1 5 0 mackle if 3 2 0 0 0 1 total 45 12 17 26 18 3 2 out when winning run scored summary i home runs benham chalmers terry out by mcnally 1 by wilton 3 by blackburn 2by chalmers 6 base on balls off wilton 3 pff blackburn ii off chalmers 4 hit by pitcher by chal mers beaumont stolen bases terry 2 white leishman savage 2 beau mont woods 2 blackburn hits off mcnairy in 2v innings 6 off wilton in 4 innings 6 off blackburn in 2 innings 6 off chalmers in 9 innings 13 left on base acton 9 georgetown 8 umpire lube horning hamilton the score r h e georgetown 201 331 10011 13 3 acton 112320 30112 17 3 terry came out of his batting mump with a bang on saturday and collected five hts in six trips to the plate in cluding a homer he jumped from more on page five fergus young man killed nell mattaini 23yearold son of mr and mrs charles mattaini of fergus was instantly killed and clifford carter and nell armstrong tooth of fergus were seriously injured when the three youths in a car together with jack kilpatrlck of elora the owner of the car collided head on with a truck driven by albino morettln aged 27 of york street hamilton three miles south of fergus on the guelphfergus highway morettln escaped with slight facial cuts and kilpatrlck was not hurt badly enough to require medical attention kllpatrlcks car a roadster driven by armstrong was completely wrecked but remained upright with two crumpled wheels still on the pavement the truck belonging to the livingston stoker co came to a stop 75 feet down the- high way turning over in the deep ditch the driver climbed out uninjured through the battered upper door of the cab lubw- ganwbr- pastor ebenezer gmirqh in 1932 the thompson reunion the third annual reunion of descend ants of major george thompson and his brother william thompson wellknown pioneers of esqueslng township was held in the park at georgetown on wednes day about 175 attending these two brothers came from longford county tyrone ireland shortly previous to 1818 and settled in stewarttown major thompson later purchased from the crown a farm covering lot 16 eighth line esqueslng near georgetown a portion of that farm is now owned and cultivated by professor hutt formerly of the o a c guelph about the same time major thompsons brother wm purchased the farm now owned and cultivated by his greatgrandson norman thompson from that time this farm has been continuously in the possession of this branch of the family represen tatives at the reunion attended from lakefleld st catharines toronto ham ilton streetsville orangevllle shelburne erin acton noryal georgetown and northeast pennsylvania frank thomp son milton the president extended the welcome responded to by mayor j b mackenzie reeve cleave chief of police marshall and clan members an execu tive for 1933 was selected as follows honorary president frank thompson milton president mrs j j thompson georgetown vicepresidents norman thompson georgetown wilfred thomp son hornby mrs thos hewson norval mrs will graham norvai thos ferguson toronto secretary- treasurer lawrence thompson toron to assistant secretarytreasurer chris routledge toronto conveners table committee mrs dean leslie george town sports committee clara-car- ruthers toronto guests of honor in cluding rev w ck thompson mrs j b mackenzie mrs harold cleave mrs w a marshall arid mr passmore mount hamilton ebenezer centennial provided a great gathering of visitors r f former residents of nassagaweya visited at the old home church splentitot discourses by rev dr t a moore of toronto programijte of sports on monday and entertainment on monday evening the register of those who attended this outstanding historical event v w- ww i-a- o fe 1 usd ebenezer church built in 1915 folk who have resided in nassagaweya and those of this section do like to meet old friends again and renew acquaint ances jhe centennial of ebenezer church observed on sunday and mon day provided one of these delightful occasions and the friends gathered from far and near a hundred years of es tablishment in the community had en- deared ebenezer church in the hearts and minds of many- and these flocked back again to enjoy worship here and visit the scenes of former happy days theycsjneinsuohgoodly mimhfrron- sunday morning that the church edifice built in 1915 was taxed beyond capacity andutwas promptly jirranged- to hold two morning services fully four hun- dred took part in the first service siid two hundred and fifty joined in the second service the choir of former members in the old church from 25 to 50 years ago led in the service of praise and rendered the anthems jerusalem my glorious home and seek ye the lord for this centennial occasion the spec ialminister was rev dr t a moore secretary of the united church of canada the securing of this outstand- in speaker who had spent h boyhood days in this district was a very happy selection and dr moore was able to weave a human interest into his mes sages that made them very close to his hearers at this morning service he based his theme on the text other men have labored and ye have entered into their labor from this text dr moore wove a theme showing- the herit age that had been handed down by the forefathers who had a hundred years ago founded this church and all who had labored in the intervenldg years in main taining this christian institution with its wide influence from here had gone out great good that was a mighty factor in the development of canada to those who remained now was a great challenge to carry on this work and widen its scope with a wealth of illustration and an enthusiasm which has always char acterized dr moore this subject was implanted into the hearts of his hearers in a manner that will long be remem bered the pastor rev m c gandler rev x3u irbteptisson headrand rev john little of rockwood assisted in these services also after the services the multitude as sembled in the church grounds they visited arid renewed former memories the cemetery adjoining where many of the pioneers were resting was visited and ntany a floral token or silent homage was paid to the dear ones whose memory yet remalneth the feeding of the gathering was by picnic lunch and when the groups assembled it truly reminded one of the biblical gathering of the five thousand following the sermon on the mountr only provision had beenmade by ail with much more than the five loaves and two small fishes the entire afternoon was spent in this social way about the church grounds many viewed the relics of former days which were on view in the church base ment there was the old flute which was used to lead in the singing before the advent of the church organ the old church bible and a variety of articles of former days recalled many chappy incidents in the church lifr ebenezer during the past century sunday evening in order to smeefc- with the situation and accommodate the crowd for the evening service it was arranged to hold the gathering in the churchyard ample seating was provided and a platform for the choir arid those taking part andtun admirable setting was arranged for a sun set service at seven oclock it is estimr ated that fully six hundred were in at tendancer the choir consisted of members of the choir about the time the present church was built and they led in the service of song two splendid- anthems were given and a duett by mrs russell elsley and mrs roy elsley was enjoyed a letter from aberfoyle pastor and con gregation conveyed the greeting of thjs congregation arid was read by the pastor assisting mr gandler in tftls service were rev r a facey of moorefleld rev w k allen former pastors and rev george simpson whose church home was ebenezer for the scripture lesson at this sunset open air service dr moore read the last chapter of ecclesclastlcs his sermon was based upon the last verse of the twentyeighth chapter of job re member now thy creator in the days of thy youth in his opening remarks dr moore expressed his pleasure on being among ain fnlklljmldalledjrponlacgh gregation to dwell upon the responsibil ity that the pioneers had handed down to u our citizenship is what we makeit and eaclf position it is easy to find fault with everything but let us look for the sun shine the pioneers saw the brighter day ahead and laid well the foundations for we who follow canada was a land of opportunities and unbounded resources or moore pointed proudly to the heritage that is ours britain and can adaand asked his hearers if we are con scious of the task confronting us are we accepting the challenge we owe canada everything the best that is in 4ir- the challenge- comes pioneers to live up to their principles the bible in the past has always been the greatest source of strength of all great men and was the- great source of the pioneers in a stirring climax to hlsdiscourse the speaker urgedall to fear god and keep his commandments a hundred years of church effort in the community does your life measure up with those of the pioneers and so ip the gathering dusk this centennial service in ebenezer church in old nassagaweya was brought to a close when the congregation joined in singing blest be the tie that binds and dr moore pronounced the bene diction monday afternoon monday afternoon was given over to a baseball tournament among the young er folk and resulted in some lively matches aberfoyle defeated ebenezer tn the first encounter by 13 to 11 then moffat proved better than arkell by a 20 to 9 score the final tussle was be tween moffat and aberfoyle and re- various interesting items of news farmers picnic the acton farmers clubs extend ah invitation to all farmers to attenci their annual picnic to be held in stanley park erin on saturday july 2 ladles provide lunch limehouse anniversary and concert limehouse united church anniverssj services will be held sunday and mon day june 26 and 27 rev john littlfi or rockwood will preach in the morning at 1100 a m and in- the evening at 730 p mg standard time monday evening drh m aguew of c and musical friends from toronto expect to put on a very fine programme at 8 p m- admission 25c and 15c tt deer in nassagaweya sultelf tna73r win for moffat a picnic supper was again trie order and lunch was provided for the visiting pastors the ball teams and those who took part on the programme mr sher- win of the y m c a guelph was on hand to supervise a series oftthletlc events a refreshment booth- on the grounds was well patronized monday evening in the evening a garden party pro gramme was arranged and enjoyed by a crowd estimated at a thousand people the churchyard was packed with those who had come to take part in ttw final episode of the centennial celebration of ebenezer church the opening numbers were given by a local orchestra assisted by members of the collegiate orchestra of guelph the clergy taking part with brief speeches were rev r a facey moorefleld rev mr cooper hanover rev hcaldwell limehouse rev mr taylor rockwood and rev a g jones campbellvllle the happy cousins of elmlra pro vided the major part of the programme they are a company of six persons arid their programme of vocal numbers dialogues monologues etc included the following theres a land nut brown maiden boy of mine the monkey in the zooleylnsky at the wedding the school tgacher and the jtaifcv the old grey robe three ism3 kittens when the evening breeze is dying home sweet jhome whis pering song the closing numbers were a perfect day abide with me arid the group led in the singing of the national anthem a trio by watson bros of nelson and a recitation by mrs edgar beatty of guelph the church of 100 years ago were other enjoyable items on this pro gramme ebenexer history during both days peat booklets giving concluded jsm page eight v j- lerent oc- caslons that deer had been sighted in nassagaweya township and on sunday evening it was the privilege of the editor to view one of these animals on the farm of mr nell patterson wiiile motoring to the ebenezer centennial service sunday evening a fine specimen of deer fully grown was sighted at the fence hear the roadway with the ap proach of the car it loped off toward a section of brush and swamp in the centre of the field and remained in view for some time d f o county meeting the meeting under the tj f o of halton county at milton tuesday was a huge success miss agnes mcphall who was the special speaker drew a capacity house wibh between 100 and 200 tumedawaymlss mc stated a proved that prosperity can returnohlsf through prosperous agriculture many phases of the economic situation in canada and oilthepossibleandprobable results of the economic conference at ottawa were presented to the audience in an able manner seldom does an audience get the opportunity to hear so much- commonsense and facts in ah hour and a quarter miss mcphall was humorous as well as instructive which frequently delighted her hearers dominion day at acton the postersand other advertising are about announcing the celebration in acton o dominion day and thecom- mittee iri ongrge m li full day of activity the ladies- soft- ball tournament and the league fixture between milton and acton will provide outstanding events in addition there will be a cauthumplan parade- and prizes are offered for the best decorated resict- ences in the evening a grand garden party will be given by a company head ed by jirhmie reid which is assurance of good entertainment acton citizens band will be on hand all -day- then for any surplus energy that remains a street dance will be held and andy franks mad hatters will supply the music all roads will lead to acton on dominion day and with good weather those attending are assured of a real outing the prices have been kept mod erate so that all may attend a charming jane wedding a pretty june wedding of local interest was solemnized on saturday afternoon at woodlawn farm the home of mr and mrs colin dynes burlington when jessie isabeuaonlydaughter of mrs ramshaw and late alex ramshaw toronto was joined in holy wedlock to frank j manton jr son of mr james n manton toronto the ceremony was performed under an arbor of flowers on the lawn at this beautiful farm home by rev dr t j l mckerrol pastor of victoria presbyterian church toronto to the strains of the wedding march played by mr f plant of toronto the bridal party took their place the bride being given hi marriage by her cousin mr loya morton of port huron miss ramshaw made a charming bride attired in a gownof white angelskin lace anil white mohair hat carrying a bouquet of sweetheart roses the bridesmaid was her cousin miss lucy dynes who was delightfully gowned in pink embroidered swiss net wjth blue trimmings with hat and shoes to match and an alexandrite ring the gift of the groom and carried a bouquet of american beauty roses the groom was supportcdjjy mr herbert rau toronto during the signing of the register mrs mae fullcrtoncostello of toronto sang very sweetly because following the ceremony the bridal party were tendered congratulations by the guests who numbered about seventyfive mrs ramshaw who received with them was gowned in beige lace and chiffon with corsage bouquet of sunset roses and mrs manton was attired in a gpwn of qlacx lace and wore a bouquet- of sweet peas a delightful buffet lunch was served on the lawn followed by the toasts to the young couple and the parents and vfery appropriately respond ed to mrs costello rendered another delightful solo in the garden mr- and mrs manton left by motor for a noneymoon tour around the gaspe pen insula amid showers of confetti and the best wishes of all who khbw this popular couplp for gravelling the britle word ai sriwrt navy uilrsult with rmjtehihg ac- cessories upon their returd tney will reside hi toronto- scanrow in his contention and this view was expressed by mr jones reeve thetford pointed out that the only peti tion had been in favor of dayllghjsaving and no dissenting note had been put iorth ag the issu but mr c argued that forty names was not repre sentative of actons electorate the finance committee in their thir teenth report reqommended paymenfof the following accounts bell telephone co services 1141 e j- hassard supplies 203 geo h lantz labor 1070 a h bishop flowers- etc 225 c w h harrison account re garding e cooley trans portation half to be return ed from board of old peoples home 10102 g brown labor streets and walks 375 j 13175 norman deforest was present regard ing the disposition of sewage and claimed the sanitary rules governing the town werenotbelngenf orcedv -gounoii- agreed to draw the attention of citizens to the necessity of having this work done complajntwaamadepfthe pric being charged for this work by mr deforest and it was felt these were too high and that citizens could not afford the work at his schedule a letter from the ontario department of unemployment outlined the policy that was being carried on in regard to direct relief mr r m mcdonald was present to discuss this problem with the council and secure this information for the guidance of the relief committee a letter from the county council gave the following items as the equalized as- ientof thegountyi acton 129278600 burlington 276670500 georgetown 161388900 milton 148683900 oakyille 348765300 esqueslng r 7 525105500 nassagaweya 223310400 nelson 525317200 trafalgar 852857700 3191378000 a letter from miss nellie barber and mr john barber requested that what ever salary was due the late reeve barber for the year be applied on his taxes rather than paid direct moved by george cowie seconded by j nicol that as requested by his family the portion of the reeves salary for 1932 amounting to 4167 due to the late mr barber be applied on the taxes on his house for the year 1932 instead of being paid to his estate carried complaint was made regarding a public nuisance at a property in town the matter was referred tothe c of police for attention moved by j nicol seconded by e jones that the clerk be instructed to prepare a peddlers bylaw to be pre sented at the next meeting carried reeve thetford outlined informally to the council various items of interest that had transpired at the- session of county council a selection of ritne items peddlefs bylaw to be prepared presented topthe council at next meeting complaint i regarding sanitary conditions af the fortnightly session of the council on monday evening councillors cowle jones nicol and mcarthur were present and reeve e t thetford pre sided mr j p scarrow was present and addressed the council regarding daylight saving mr scarrow felt that the ques tion should in all fairness be submitted to the electors and requested that the council include this in their work this year the council agreed with set with lucky no 71 t rt l successful in university exams in the first year university results an nounced this week the name of miss doris i mcdonald appears as securing third class honors to the household economics course friends here join in extending congratulations fl all the priiesclalnied the last twaprizes incohnectlon with the acton shopping festival have been claimed arid awarded iri addition to those announced last week the second prize of 500 was won by w eccleshall of 100 was won by mrs archie papil- lon with lucky no 12093 this com pletes the prize awards i dublin womens institute members and friends of the xnroun womens institute met for their regular meeting on wednesday afternoon at the home of mrs c j akins mrs storey presided and the meeting opened with the maple leaf after which all re peated the lords prayer the minutes were read and approved and letters ot thanks read from shutins the various business items were then discussed after which mrs george robertson gave a- solo mrs bracken gave a report of the district annual and this was followed by an instrumental duett by misses waldie and neelands the national anthem brought the meeting to a close and refreshments were served by the lunch committee acton won and lost at tennis in the first western ontario tennis league competitionheld atmiltonlast week milton ladles team defeated acton ladies in a closely contested series by 3 t3jlsets reversed the tables in if the weather for the garden party in the park thisevening is unsuitable arrangements have been made to hold the event in the arena supper is being served in the curling rink the ryder-simpson- wedding a quiet wedding was solemnized at knox dhurch manse on saturday after noon june 18 when hilda edith daugh ter of mr and mrs g 6 simpson became the bride of edward glenn ryder eldest spn of mc and mrs edward d ryder acton the ceremony was performed by rev h l bennie m a the bride was charmingly gowned in shell pink silk crepe with white hat and shoes and was attended by her sister miss mary simpson who wore a frock of flowered chiffon and white hat mr john barber was groomsman following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides parents after a brief honeymoon trip the couple will reside in acton the mens events by defeating miiton men 3 to 2 games thesc6res were ladies singles miss helen mills milton defeated miss garden acton 8 to 1 miss helen london milton defeated miss tyler acton 8 to 4 miss macdon- ald acton defeated miss dewar milton 8 to 2 ladies doubles miss mjus and miss london defeated miss garden and miss tyler 8 to 3 mens singles c houston milton defeated r salmon acton 46 86 97 fred mills milton defeated b hinton acton 63 57 62 gco3per acton defeated mr mc zie milton 62 64 mens doupies messrs smith and poole acton defeated r little and dr babcock milton 63 64 w harrop and t- harrop acton defeated fred little and dr syer mil ton 60 63 the barbourbrett wedding st lukes anglican church rosemont was the scene of a pretty june wedding on saturday when mary lois eldest daughter of mr andmrs enos- brett became the bride of clayton e s barbour only son of mr and mrs humphrey barbour erin rev g s gray officiated the bride who was given in marriage by her father wore a lovely gown of white chiffon and lace made on long fitted lines her veil of bvldal tulle was caught with orange blossoms and she carried butterfly roses and lily of the valley miss clarice mc- kenzle of thornton was brldesmald- wearlng a becoming frock of shell pink organdy flowered with deeper shade of rose witrrhftt tonatchrandcarrjedj ophelia roses mr jack abbott of erin acted as groomsman and the ushers were mr douglas campbell cousin ot the groom and mr harold brett brother of the bride the wedding music was played by mrs rev g l gray following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides parents when isis brett received wearing a frock pf printed georgette with hat to match ard a corsage of sunset roses mrs h barbour mother of the groom wore a gown of black lace and chiffon with small black hat about 80 guests sat down to a wedding supper which was served on the lawn later mr and mrs barbour left on a motor trip through northern ontario for- travelling the bride wore a suit of persian green and white with matching accessories in white on their return they will reside in erin the evening meal dige8teb x v- 4s v- r 1 r y v jiv ii goldstein whereever you go in the world you always find us jews are the leading fepple j mcqregorir ach man howabpojthe north pole v 1 goldstein vell iceberg stnt no scotch name 1 v i if s rjsv drtr moore wc thei speaker at ebenezer centennial 3- rra a rrr 1 a vis ir lv- i v i sib a- vu ia iti rf