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2m itjf- bkffl ekr- v v s- v- fiftyeighth year no 4 acton ontario thursday july 28 1932 eight homeprint pages five cents a selection of ir- news items lawn tea nest week a lawn tea under the auspices of the duke or devonshire chapter of the x o d k wflbbeheld on wednesday tklternvm august 3 at the borne of mrs 3p js mcefeary suver collection pro ceeds in aid of the girl guide camp fund everyone welcome robertson family meets over 116 relatives met at the robert son reunion which was held at blue spring park last week the sons- and daughters of the late sylvanua and janet robertson and their families were present mrs annie brown age 02 was the oldest guest present while many others came from los angeles montreal ixmdon weston toronto hamilton erin and guelph acquaintances were ret newedand a very sociable time was held without foundation of fact the board of directors of the halton union farmers mutual fire insurance company having heard that a report is being circulated in some districts to the effect that the company is going to levy an assessment on its premium notes desires the public to know that there is no truth in this report why should the company levy an assessment when ii bad on hand on june 30 1932 mortu gages bonds debentures and cash amounting to over 6000000 x charged with being intoxicated while patrolling dundas highway h o clarence hunter arrested six toronto n men and lodged them in the halton county jail one of them was released but the remaining five appeared before police magistrate j r elliott charged the imperial conference betn the views on the affair as seen through the eyes of an ordinary laymen representing the free press at ottawa as follows earl b heslop being under the influence of liquor while driving a- motor car jack white ileo mclntyre ernest heslop and adam retd being intoxicated in a public place all pleaded not guilty and were remanded on bail to appear for trial on thursday horse killed by gray coach bus a valuable horse strayed from ttv stables of x o bull brampton and wandered along no 10 highway tuesday night shortly before midnight the an it is b to fr when the lights of a gray coach bus appeared and finally ran directly in front of the coach only to be struck with a terrific impact which threw it up on the engine hood the animalwas-ao- severely injur ed that 11 was later des by fro- vincial officer h t owens who was summoned little damage was done to the bus the passengers however were somewhat frightened when they saw the animal hurled on the front of the bus happiest picture here a continental nun star takes her place overnight beside the luminaries of hollywood and a comparatively unknown director scales the heights to stand alongside the great as a result of their work in a single picture sunshine susie which comes to the gregory theatre tonight and tomorrow night thursday and friday the newest s love blo renate muller long a stage and screen favorite abroad the director is victor saville whom critics ahm the pic is a longrun sensation have compared with ernest lubitsch sunshine susie is said to to carry fully as muon charm sheer delight and heartwarming entertain ment as either of lubitschs great comedies with music the love parade and the smiling lieutenant sup porting miss muller who plays the title role are handsome owen nares and jack hutbert ace of english farceurs it is not generally known until now that the free phess had a special re presentative at ottawa observing the imperial canferenceroceedings this writer prefers to give his contributions under the pen name of uncle bill we are indebted to him for this sketch of his first few days in ottawa and will look forward with interest to the further contributions the imperial economic conference has made a magnificent beginning the booming of guns dashing dragoons and a royal message opened the conference with traditional british splendor many of the worlds cleverest statesmen are gathered together at parliament hill and the business of solving empire problems has begun premier bennett stated canadas posi tion on july 22 when he made the whole empire this definite offer canada proposes to grant to the united kingdom 1 extension of the free list 2 retention of existing preferences in favor of great britain 3 increased preferences in respect of a selected list of articles in which great britain is especially equipped to supply the canadian market without in juring efficient canadian enterprise in exchange canada asks 1 the retention of existing prefer ences 2 their effective extension to those other natural and processed products of which the- united kingdom is an im porter while it is generally understood that the purpose of this conference is to develop trade within the empire many of us are wondering ow he diversion of foreign trade into empire channels is going to benefit our unsettled economic conditions from what i can gather the trouble in the past seems to have been that canada and the other member countries of the british empire have been im porting goods from countries outside the empire to a much greater extent khan they have been exporting to these countries the result is that more money has been leaving the empire than has been coming in since it is generally more popular to receive than to pay money out the conference has met to actons first community picnic was a big success every way ideal weather drew out ajekg crowd the contests had plenty of entries softball provided good contests the park an ideal place to picnic and the- street dance was well patronized and provided good time see wnat can ae done about it last year great britains imports from foreign countries outside of the empire amount ed to 60 and canadas imports from these foreign countries was 66 of the dftausotelgncu5tonv can be diverted into empire channels it is hoped that our imports from without the empire will be less or at least on a par with our exports to foreign countries and the flow of money will then be inand not out just what preferences or tariff reduc tions will be made at parliament hill remains to be seen various men have made suggestions as to what may be accomplished and with this in mind i sought an interview with mr j murray head of the murphy gamble depart ment store and reputed to be the largest importer in the capital city i was courteously received in a large modern- lyfurnished office dressed in a well i ladles stick race miss b laudt jz i m gnelph merchants victims of cheque artist guelph busin m aie again being victimized by a bad cheque artist ana the police department of that city is receiving complaints of the activities ot the unknown forger while none of the amounts reported so far are large the actions of the unknown man are rather daring and he is concentrating his efforts on the nam of a wellknown cattle buyer of that district the amounts in each ease reported range from eleven to thir teen dollars and the story of the man hki been the same in all three instances of which the police have received word we tnformn hi victims that tig ha- received the cheque in a deal for some sheep and as the name signed as the maker of the document is a wellknown j- one there has been no reason to suspect pti fraudlent practice until the bank informs f the depositor that there are no funds cred- ited to roy allan the name of the payee the man is not thought to be a resident of the district and as he tells his victims that the cheque is part of a stock deal lie has not a great deal of trouble in faring the impression that he is a farmer jjrfn all cases reported to date the cheques jitave been drawn on the dominion banv wjsot oddly enough the account of the eattle buyer whose name la used on the itsques is at another institution one jjor two of the- victims of the former are the belief that the roy allen hi tlv is possibly a recently released et and steps nttt fewjng taken up on ttus supposition carnation in the buttonhole this shrewd but kindly man smiled over his glass- toppeildesk and talked of trade and empire preference mr murray felt that if the confer ence did nothing else bufstabllize trade treaties and preferences it would create confidence among the importers and result in an increased volume of busi ness uncle bill acton wag certainly favored in every way with the first attempt at a com munity picnic which was sponsored by the acton business mens association the weather was ideal not too hot or too cold but a beautiful summer after noon and a day on whichthe neighbor ing fanners felt they could leave the harvest without sacrifice as the- weather previous had left everything too wet to work there were representatives from the prairie provinces and all sections of ontario present by twothirty a real crowd had as sembled at the park ready for the events they came from every section town and country mingled in one big picnic every youngster was given a ticket at the park entrance for a treat at the booth- and we believe most of the tickets were cashed some thought the crowd looked like a fall fair but we would estimate the attendance at not over two thousand the iraccs and events took a pro gramme that occupied the whole after noon and were run at the same time as the ball games the following were winners in these events unfortunately a record of the winners in some of the young races was not kept and the results could not be secured boys 6 and 7 years jack holmes- harry gibson girls 6 and 7 years marjorie nelson girls 8 and 9 years may roney delia vanwyck boys 8 and 9 years kenneth blow john mcbugh girls 10 11 and 12 years helen brown margaret harrison ladies over 16 yearsbeth harrison second boys 13 14 and 15 years bob mar shall jack smith gents 20 years and under c byrne stuart lantz married ladies town mrs p kent ner mrs george elliott married ladies rural mrs j j stewart mrs alexmann jjadies over 16 years margaret grin- dell injo an afternoon the picnic lunches were brought out and in groups the parties settled about the grounds of actons fine park and partook the baskets were soon emptied and the- as sociation provided all the tea and coffee required the refreshment booth was also available for the addition of any other requirements it was indeed a gathering that was a great deal of satis faction to those who had worked for its success and an event of which the as sociation and those in charge may feel justly proud there were other attractions which followed the picnic supper the acton girls team put on an exhibition of softball with the smith stone team of georgetown which was won by acton by a score of 189 the acton team is just recently organized and it was oneof their first games while toe george town girls we understand 0e leading the local league in that town smith stone georgetown ab r h l hiltz c 5 0 1 m haines p 5 2 2 h smith lb 4 3 1 a greines 2b 2 11 e francis 3b 5 0 3 a hall ss 41 2 q collier 1 5 1 3 r grantan rf t 5 0 9 m tarzwell cf 4 1 0 various items of local interest- acton still has a good cjiance to win acton d cunteslmts a mann s 2 0 9 13 mrs p denny elopement race c kentner and mlsb b bristow j kentner and miss n hall wheelbarrow race w harrop and gents acton 100 yard race j kent ner p kentner gents rural 100 yard race r l davidson g somerville v gents half mile race g masales r anderson ooat race n harrop and miss c mccomb c kentner and miss b bris tow thread and needle race mrs f kentner and mrs g somerville threelegged race mr and mrs klllock mr and mrs f kentner collar and tie race g somerville p ronoy pie plate race mrs j j stewart miss mccomb bristow n waterhouse 2b m waterhouse ss m mills 3b 5 39 ab 5 5 v masales lb h dawklns cf m- bruce tf a evans if d dunn rf v white p b bristow c score 5 4 3 a 5 4 5 43 r 1 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 2 l 13 veteran editor dies the funeral of george legge editor of the granby leadermall and former president of the ontario-quebec- division of the canadian weekly newspaper as sociation was- held at granby on sun day the service was conducted by rev isaac m lidstone rector of st georges episcopal church many newspapermen attended the funeral mr legge was one of the oldest journalists in canada he died in hospital on thursday at the age of 71 besides his widow he js survived by one son walter r legge of granby and four sisters in england new school to be built in trafalgar ratepayers of school section no 22 trafalgar unanimously approved plans for a school submitted by g moles- worth of oakville at a meeting held last friday tenders will be called at once and it is expected that after the christmas holidays the school will be ready for occupancy the school will be a oneroom structure to start built of brick and cement with steam heating it will be built with a view to extension the building committee appointed in cludes trustees w d gregory e j james and t g giles 17 16 r h e acton 123 102 8 18 16 summary 2 basehits h tmwkins a hall base on ball off m haines 3 off v white 47 m haines 5 by v7 white 7 at the same time a junior team of acton young men played a team from the viking athletic club of guelph the acton team also won this jjame by a 108 score then when the shades of evening des cended the crowd wended their way up town to main street where the pave ment had been prepared for the street dance claude wade and his orchestra provided the music and the merriment continued until 130 in the morning this affair was also well patronized and even the throngs of spectators who lined the sides of the enclosure declared it was a real outing and a real enjoyable time first motor car sold in acton just twenty years ago in the twenty years ago column of the fhee press this week it is noted that mr j h reed bougtvia new ford touring car it is recalled that this was the first flvepasseilger touring car sold by acton dealers mr reed ran the machine for seventeen years and it is still in the possession of the toronto motor co where it was turnedjn on a later model there have been many cars purchased since that date in acton and many changes and the past two decades have seen radical changes in the design and engineering features of automobiles snappy game with milton lost on saturday by a 31 score milton leads league o on saturday afternoon acton lost their third straight game this time it was to milton by the score of 31 it was a tough game to lose and was the best exhibition of baseball seen for years j it looked like two major league teams playing everything was done so snappy the game only last one hour and ten minutes there being but thirty men fac ing marsh while thirtytwo milton bats men faced chalmers either team play ing as they did on saturday could hold their own against any intermediate or even senior team in ontario the game was over almost before the players got warmed up marsh for muton was invincible holding the acton sluggers to two scratch hits and we have never seen him so effective against acton before chalmers pitched good enough to win most games keeping the hits well scattered but milton proved just a little too much on saturday if we wanted an alibi we could blame the umpire as he called some raw ones against bob who got mad and got a little off his game aiso that threebagger that fetter hit to the crippled carmlchael wed be willing to wager that had dougie been ablg to run he would have had the fly the watklnssalmon wedding at georgetown the wedding took place in st- georges church of england at georgetown on saturday of miss anne salmon daughter of mr and mrs thos salmon erin to ronal h georg th foratieast held it to a single however milton won the game and were not kicking but give them credit for playiig a good game there was no scoring in the first three innings and the sides went out one two three in the fourth inning terry opened up with a nice drive to right field and the second baseman rlghtnelder and centre fielder all tried to catch the ball but they collided and the ball dropped to the ground terry advanced to second then to third on a sacrifice by holloway and home on another sacrifice by waterhouse for what turned out to be the only acton score of the game then in miltons half with two men down they came through with three hits for two runs in the seventh little got on base through an error and scored on a timely hit by lewis in the eighth a clements got a nice single but got nabbed in a snappy double pay walters who was late getting to the rev w g o thomson officiating at tendants were miss lillian huggins of georgetown and benjamin salmon erin brother of the bride the wedding music was played by mrs w bradley fol- lowing a buffet luncheon at the home of mr and mrs thos grieve mr and mrs watkins left on a honeymoon to stratford and niagara falls they will reside in georgetown the faix fairs dates in which many of our readers will be interestedacton fair september 20 and 21 this tear acton september 2021 arthur september 2728 fbrampton september 2728 burlington september 2324 caledon september 2324 oooksville september 30october 1 erin october 67 fergus september 1617 gak september 2324 georgetown october 45 grand valley sept 30oct 1 london western fair sept 1217 milto o orangeville september 1516 shelbume september 2021 toronto c n e aug 26sept 10 gents stick race dr a j buchanan dr e j nelson ladies throwing the rolling pin- mrs g somerville mrs a mann ladies kicking football miss v masales miss jean lambert the youngest baby on grounds daughter of mr and mrs- geo fryer oldest couple in park mr and mrs jjohn russell who last week observed their golden wedding horseshoe pitching messrs f roney and basil v in the first roundpt the horseshoe pitching event bell and worden defeated weaver and buchanan 5044 roney sunshine susie will make happy a joyous feast of fun mejiody you and the evening heal digester v behind a high gate but deair said the girl timidly you sad youd face death gladly for me so i did darling freddie answered her but that bull lent dead and mellon wonfrorn allen and me dcwell 5019 and cqxe and james won by 5324 from wilds and anderson in the second round cox and james defeated bell and worden 5026 roney and mellon drew a bye the final was- a closely contested match and just at the finish roney and mellon nosed out cox and james by 5047 the- mystery man was mr j l davidson and he was captured by mrs george somerville the largest family in attendance was tnat of mr and mrs john graff splendid prizes were presented for all the events and everyone seemed to feel it sas one of the most enjoyable func tions that could be held there were peanut scrambles and watermelon feeds for the kiddles too i in the ball games the north side of acton were the victors in the first en counter and when the farmers met the section north of acton were also the winners the playoff was between the town team and the rural team for a time it looked as if the game would be walking over the v fields freddie antlta walk away for the town but when the girl of his heart encountered a ferocious looking bull s and retreated the rural boya got their batting eye going and pasted out some home runs things looked differently and the final score was 1510 in favor of the town the towns early lead dwindled in the final stages of thegame about six oclock when everyone had i youll have a good time with sun- had all the fun that could be crowded shine- susie keep ktssable sunshine suisie shell show youhow public utilities commission considers advisability of repamting the water tank with aluminum faint c n r agreement to terminate a special meeting of the public utili ties commission was held on monday afternoon to confer with a representa- tlve of the c n r regarding th w passed music examinations the results of the toronto conserva tory of music midsummer examinations were published recently and among the successful pupils were several from acton the examinations were tried at guelph miss helen ostrander secured firstclass honors in the elementary theory examinations miss margaret arnold won first class honors in ele mentary- piano misses beth harrison and- jessle w vming nwirtlwwy pnggfrl the junior piano examinations miss margaret i harrison passed the prlm- arjl school piano and master norman wright secured honors in the intro ductory piano examinations misses helen ostrander jessie young and beth and margaret harrison are pupils of mr leeson miss margaret arnold is a pupil of miss jean orr and master norman wright is a pupil of mrs l a worden jimmy robertson taken seriously 111 the dally papers the other day carried the following dispatch from grimsby while enough rt fmu in fwri a togl- servlce of jjie railway here another meeting will be held after the commis sion and the council have discussed the situation at the regular meeting on tuesday evening commissioners l g king and r j kerr and reevee t thetford were present the secretary was instructed by motion to pay the following accounts hydro accounts eugene f phillips electric works supplies 485 benson wilcox electric co supplies 8 20 line cable accessories ltd supplies l james r kearney corporation supplies i rose chearri ltd supplies torontoguelph express express- browns transport ltd express game collected the second acton hit in his first and only time at bat wilson and a clement of milton each collected two hits and fetter little and lewis accounted for the others mrs wm gurney fergus the following jobituary of mrs wm gurney a focrms resident of acton appeared in a recent issue of the fergus newsrecord after a lingeringjllness mrs william gurney passed away sud denly at her home in lower nichol on thursday june 23 1932 she took slok the night before which was her 75th birthday but lived until the next after- noon widely known and of a friendly disposition she will be greatly missed not only by her husband and family but by a large circle of friends as wellj the late mrs gurney whose maiden name vas maria mills was the daughter of- mr and mrs robert mills and was born in west garafraxa in 1857 in november 1873 she was married to william gurney and for twentyfive years they lived to acton later moving to their farm in lower nichol a mile below fergus where she spent the rest of her life besides her sorrowing husband she leaves a family of four sons and six daughters robert in vancouver albert in sarnia william in wingham and ernest at home mrs a e mcwjlliams high river alta mrs f j g lawrence high river alta mrs s j leslie kitchener mrs william robinson speedside mrs wm klrby nichol and wllma at home one sister mrs adam stewart lives in kitchener and there are 19 grand children the funeral was one of the largest ever held in the district and was conducted by her pastor rev george a macdonald of melville church fergus assisted by ftev m mclachlani of bethany mrs w b mcfadzean sang mrs gurneys favorite hymn higher ground the honorary pallbearers were messrs james russell j r wood and george clark fergus c s hamil ton guelph hubert smith toronto and william leslie at shiloh pallbear ers were three sonsinlaw s j leslie william robinson and william klrby and three grandchildren jas gurney of wingham william gurney of sarnia and lisle leslie of kitchener a large number of beautiful floral tributes were received from the following pillow from the family a wreath from the grand children pillow from j m russell basket of roses from the russell family wreath from j hboyd toronto wreath irani retail m of win terry 2b holloway lb 3 waterhouse cf 3 huffman 3b 3 walters ss 1 carmlchael rf 2 white ss rf 3 barber c 3 tyler if 3 chalmers p 3 acton ab r h po a e 4 112 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 totals 3763 4145 4637 102 50 f mccutcheoh express 273 for tne work but no decision was arrived at as it was felt that the work could not be supervised as was required afc present i ment dropped on all sides from the laden trees of the garden of ontario a war veteran too proud to beg and too honorable to steal collapsed in grimsby saturday night from sheer exhaustion his frayed belt pinching his stomach up to the last knifepunched notch james robertson once of the fourth battalion first brigade canadian expeditionary force was rushed unconscious to st josephs hospital at hamilton with serious internal hemorrhages due dr g a sinclair said to complete lack of food for several days a blood transfusion clement x houston 3b marsh7 77 a clement 2b fetter c 29 1 2 24 11 2 milton ab r h po a e 4 0 000 4 0 000 2 16 little if 3 lewis ss 3 anderson cf 3 wilson lb 2 totals 31 3 7 2t12 3 summary 3 base hit fetter struck out by marsh 3 by chalmers 4 walks off chalmers 1 sacrifice hits holloway waterhouse stolen bases a clement wilson ponbleplayrt tu w ti holloway left on base milton 5 acton 2 earned runs milton 0 acton 0 spray from public utilities commission of wingham wreath from employees of gurney glove works winghamrpray from staff of walker stores sarnia spray from mrs g currie mrs r reure and arthur scott spray from mrsroeorgemurray acton and mrs r battram fort william spray from mrs d m allan spray from mr and mrs j r wood fergus spray from ennot- ville womens institute spray from c s hamilton guelph spray from mr and mrs mckinney toronto spray from mr and mrs minifle sarnia basket of roses from stewart family kitchener umpire nicholson hamilton the score r h e acton 000 100 000 1 2 2 milton 000 200 10 3 7 3 league standing imllton 7v 10 acton 10 georgetown 10 oakville 10 s18g51 the matter of painting the tank and tower of the waterworks system was dis- cussed a price had been submitted fc j was found to be urgently needed and when the news from the hospital reached grimsby seven members of the west lincoln branch of the canadian legion volunteered their blood to a man of whom they knew nothing except that he served overseas papers on his person show that he had been a thrifty man but the months of unemployment had consumed a substantial bank account jimmy robertson enlisted from acton and lived here until a few years ago after his return from overseas for the last few years he has not been in this street one day last week of a rather quiet disposition this acquaintances were limited his closest friends who resided here formerly returned to scotland several years ago youll fall for sunshine susie w ii- pc 7 3 700 6 4 600 4 ifeoo 8 1 9 100 bill matthews was unable to play owing to an injury received in n prnrtlrr- gmi last wednesday night when running from second to third base he broke a blood vessel in his leg touch hick as acton could have used some of his slug ging on saturday the acton bays hit the ball but they always hit it into open bands which is shown by the fact that wilson miltons first baseman had 16 putouts when nicholson called w clements bunt a fair ball chalmers got disgusted and threw his glove in the dudurat and walked over and started putting on bis sweater coat but joe changed lus mind and called it a foul there was no doubt about its being foul as bob let it roll over the line but the umpire was watch ing the bases and dldnat see the ball carmlchael is a little unsteady on bis feet yet and cannot run very well terry was the only acton manto reach concluded on page mht john harvey another citizen of acton who through out his years of residence here has always assumed his citizenship duties and took his part in the advancement of this community has passed away in the person of john harvey who died at hisnomeonlakeavenue on-saturday- evening in his seventyseventh year born in carluke ancaster township in 1855 mr harvey came to acton in 187 he was a miller by trade and operated the flour and grist mfll here when he first came to acton for a number of years he was the very efficient municipal officer of acton and in- 1916 was appointed license inspector halton county which position he held until 1921 wthen ill health forced his retire ment in all his work he was most painstaking and exacting in the fulfil ment of jhe duties of office mrr- harvey was a man who willingly assumed other duties in the interest of acton baserved n t oniinnll ni was a member of the fire brigade in earlier years and chief for a number of years for the last ten or twelve years he has been retired fronji active work but no citizen took a keener in terest in the advancement of acton than did john harvey for the past two months mr harvey has been confined to his bed and gradually falling until the end came on saturday his wife and family have been his constant com panions earing tenderly for his every need all of the family with mrs harv survive him and to these the sympathy of the community goes out in their be reavement the death of the father was the first break in this family circle left to mourn his loss and revere the memory of this devoted husband father are bis widow who before her marriage was miss agnes ann mcolure and seven daughters mrs o h banks of sas katoon sask mrs j l moore acton mrs e j hassard acton mrs annie somerville toronto mrs wm thomp son acton mrs j c mcnle detroit mich mrty f a reed buffalo the funeral was held on tuesday afternoon with a service jn knox pres- lbyterian church of vhlch mr harvey was a member it was conducted by tber minister rev h l- bennle m a and was largely attended by friends of the family the palloearerawere the six sons-to- uoontmued on page wrejr j ss i p jhv l s r ii 4w