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skw5kvwirfejirr- riv v5 iv sivr ess fiftyeighth ttelffnot acton ontario thursday atjguust 4 1932 eight homeprint pageshfive cent c a selection of news items the lower school exaniiriatibri results makta progress the friends of d l somerville of georgetown who is a patient at st josephs hospital guelph will be glad to hear that he is making good progress towards recovery mr bomervllle recent- ly underwent an operation on bis hand following which he has experienced great relief from his former suffering successful in courses lii the recently announced results of the ontario college pf education mr william stewart of torontosshfcotjars stewart and the late w h stewart formerly of acton was among the sue oessful graduates he was an honor graduate and is now a specialist in modems mr robert stewart secured hid b a degree at the examinations of the university this yeair robert took his course tramurally to both of these former acton young men we extent con gratulations j weekly newspapers association conven tion at port arthur the thirteenth annual convention of the canadian weekly newspapers as sociation was held last thursday and iwday at port arthur mr a w7marsh- of amherstburg was elected president splendid standing taken by acton pupils at departmental tests fiftyrfour pupils wrote at acton below is given tnesresulte of the lower school examinations conducted at acton continuation school flftyr four candidates wrote at acton school and flftythree of these were pupils of the acton institution splendid results have been obtained by the pupils in most of the subjects writt and scholars c n r must fulfil terms of reemefit sfe w-r- mr charles cuprfctoihh river atta first vicepresident and mr adam sellar of huntingdon que second vice- president mr s j dornan of alemeda bask la immediate past president in the newspaper contest for papers with a circulation of 2000 or over the barrle exam won firstplace wtthjthast idarys3ournalargus second- and the renfrew mercury third caught tapping sleeping soundly on a ledge on the cliffs of scarboro early tuesday morn ing with a pail of coppers beside them tom pascoe formerly of acton and harold couch of leyton avenue scar- boro were suddenly awakened by con stable whitney of the scarboro police force and asked to explain the presence of the pail with its contents which when counted amounted to 1503 falling to give- satisfactory explanationrtl were taken to headquarters and charged with theft while on his rounds a few fadurs previous the officer noticed that the weighing scales at the tc c wait- ingroom at kingston road and blrch- mount roadhad beentampered7withr and their money contents removed it was later alleged that pascoe is found wanted in connection with two forgery charges guelph pair injured when car left highway andrew nakwowick and mike kolak of ouelph where seriously injured when thelrcar left the road and went into 7 the ditchoff the highway between the sixth and seventh lines just east of acton on sunday night no one knows exactly how the accident occurred but cars ahead heard the pair coming and then the crash and when they stopped to investigate- found the car in the ditch on the left side of the road and both men badly injured nakwaskick and kolak were driving eastfrom acton the car which was an old touring model was so badly wrecked that it was not removed from the spot until a day or so later chief mcpherson was called and the ambulances from acton- and georgetown conveyed the injured men to guelph hospital where it was ascertained that nakwaswick had sustained a fractured skull and kolak was suffering from serious internal injuries they are reported tobe making fair progress the locker- agar wedding a very pretty and unique wedding took place on saturday at uie united church parsonage in acton by the rev o i poole bi d when muriel eldest daughter of mr and mrs r agar- be- came the bride of mr melyln locker son of mr john and the late mrs locker miss gladys agar was bridesmaid and mr george bishop best man during the wedding ceremony the car which took them to the parsonage was removed by those attending and in its place was substituted a- beautlfuly decorated demc- cratand a pabrof grey horses for luck ito receive the bride and groom the tiam was driveh by mrjackreidand mr lionel cormier acted as footman both wearing frock coats and high silk hats and kid gloves the brides dress was of pale blue silk crepe white hat and white shoes and she carried a bouquet of roses and babys breath the bridesmaid was gowned m a dress- of old rose silk and white hat and white shoes after going to the beautiful grounds of hr and mrs a h bishop for the photographs a buffet luncheon was serv- 4 at the home of the brides parents ch was most tastefully decorated i flowers for the occasion the bridal i p were the recipients of many useful lth btor travelling the bride wore a blutand white knitted suit white hat 4 white shoes the bridal party left showers of confetti and good wishoi for their honeymoon which they jnoung with mr and sirs her- toattoalestt new york upon they will reside on bower and staff have every reason to be prou of the standing secured in these exam inations of the 172 papers written by acton pupils there were only four failures the subjects following the pupils name indicates that the candidate has been successful in those subjects where the marks given on a subject are stated as below 50 the pupil has failed in that subject when the letter r appears after the marks given the paper has been reread jean m mann british history geography art botany 37 margaret j arnold english grammar physiography arithmetic zoology john h beattie british history geography art botany eileen- e breen british history geography art botany beatrice l bristow british history geography art botany annie m burgess british his tory geography art botany helen m campbell english grammar physiography arithmetic zoology dorothy j clarridge english grammar physiography arithmetic zoology dorothy coxe english grammar physiography arithmetic zoology leonard a coxe british history jessie a crossgeography art marjorie cross arithmetic marguerite j oxtrrie english grammar physiography arithmetic zoology john p dennis british history geography art botany irene flowers english grammar zoology i a edward footttt british his tory geography- art botany 36 anne l gibbonsenglish gram mar physiography arithmetic zoology geography art botany douglas t- guthrie english grammar physiography arithmetic zoology k beth e harrison english gram mar physiography arithmetic zoology does not terminate until september 1933 town hall chhnneyuto be repaired clauses of transient traders and pedlais bylaws are difficult to interpretstrets and fire truck to receive the necessary repairs i news of actonajid- i the district acton fe press printing and advertising 2728 f mccutcheon freight etc 297 j k gardiner painting sign for park r 500 4565 the report was adpoted chairman r j kerr of the acton public utilities commission was present to discuss with the council the c n r agreement for water whloh the company desired to terminater according to the terms of the contract it was not com pulsory for the commission to cancel the agreement until september of next year the matter was considered from all angles some of the councillors felt that the company should be held to the letter of the agreement some others felt that a moderate course should be pursu ed and the company met half way with their request it was expressed that the c n r was better able to afford this lossthan the corporation of acton and the loss to the waterworks department would be over 700 per yjear moved by e jones seconded bygvi the imperial conference the free press representative tells haw the news of the gathering is given out twice daily pwas a bright morning lnjiily thnt at the tegular meeting of the council on tuesday evening councillors mc- arthur nlcol jones and cowie were present and reeve thetford presided the sixteenth reportof the finance committee recommended payment of the following accounts i j b suppli representative began to ascend the long series of magnificent stone steps which eventually terminate at ihe en trance to the dominion house of com mons this building is the central one of the group which occupy positions on the summit of parliament hill one cannot escape being fascinated by the grandeur and dignity of these huge beautifully built structures whose- ejec tion the hon george-brown- considered a c61cssal blunder however many improvements have been added even since the time of george brown perhaps the most unusual of which is commonly termed lovers lane this walk is built along the steep wooded slope stretching from the north- side of parliament hill to the ottawa river contrary to what the name implies its being there is not due to cupids political influence but to the stress of an unemployment situation which arose in the capital city a num ber of years ago the mounted policeman who stands on guard at the entrance to the house directed me i to room 545 the office of the canadian secretarist here midst the generalcorrfu5ionor7jlngling phones hurrying messengers- and wrangling re porters i was dlrectedtovthe office 6f a mr pearson jvhose duty is to attend to the wants of the pressmen after walk ing for what seemed hours through spacious halls and among marble pillars the polite messenger boy left me before a great- oak door with the suggestion to walk in i found myself in an office so wonderbusly furnished that it seemed more like a drawingroom than a place of business a very obliging secretary asked me towaitandf or- the next twenty muiutes igave myself up tn thp hlllnwy comfort of a luxurious chesterfield mr erin farm house uestroyed fire the origin of which has not yet been ascertained sunday completely destroyed a large farm house occupied prank miller about half a nillefrom erin the loss being estimated at between 33500 and 4000 only a small tasurr ance was carried acton is now in second place j morrisons awakened bv the barn burned frightened ories- oi- their small daughter mr and mrs jas morrison lot 3 first line erin township found their large barn in flames thir teen fat hogs 50 tons of hay farm implements and harness were destroyed while the owners unable to check the flames concentrated on saving their home the cause of the fire is unknown only a small amout of insurance was carried cowie that the c n r be held to the agreement regarding the water supply arid a copy of this resolution be for warded to the public utilities commis sion carried councillor nlcol gave as his reason for not voting on thisquestion his conception that this matter should be settled by the commission without reference to the council tenders for repairing the chimneys on the town hall were teceived and revleat ed by the council the tenders of mr w d anderson of acton was the unanimous choice of the council moved by j nlcol seconded by g cowie that mr w d andersons con tract for repairing chimneys at the town hall be accepted for 40 as per estimate under the supervision of councillor nicol charles d henderson british history geography art botany edna m7hinton british history art doris holloway english gram mar arithmetic zoolpgy physiography 32r kathleen h huard british his tory geography botany verna i joe english grammar british history geography r elwood johnston britisli history geography art botany frances r kelly geography art helen c lamb british history geography art botany hector n lambert british his tory geography botany e jean lambert british history geography art botany a grace lantz british history geography art 45r botany 30 phyliss j mackeb british his tory geography harvey d mccutcheon british history geography art botany vera i mceachern geography art bj pearl muenery- o mar physiography arithmetic zoology lloyd a mckeown british his tory geography art botany neil l mcn abb british history geography howard norton english gram mar physiography arithmetic zoology vera m bawlinas british his tory geography art viola i robertson art roderick m ryder british his tory geography art botany harold w skilldja english orammar physiography arithmetic zoology blanche j smith british history oeograpiry art botany john smith zoology ada a sfrowl english grammar physiography arithmetic- zoology etta swackhamer english grammar physiography arithmetic zoology wallace swaokhamertbotany george g switzer english grammar physiography arithmetic zoology barbara- m taylor english grammar physiography arithmetic zoology frederick o turner british history geography art- botany veram vickers geography art rmay v waterhousekleography botany lorraine m wilson botany tutujan e woodhall british history geography art botany carriedt a case in connection withjh tran sient traders bylaw and the hawkers and peddlers bylaw was up for discus sion the point to be decided was could a resident of acton peddle goods in the town manufactured outside the province if he maintained a place of business at his residence and paid a business assess ment the matter was laid over for further informatiorir as clauses of the two bylaws were rather difficult to in- tprpret repairs to the roadway on mill street and some other streets were brought to the attention of the council it was ar ranged for the streets and walks com mittee and the municipal officer to make a tour of jnspectiori and decide the repairs that were necessary the matter of cutting and trimming trees on lake avenue and in the park was left in the hands of the committee who have charge of these matters it was reported that repairs wen necessary to the fire truck the valves required regrindlng as they were not functioning properly ths matter was left in thehands of the fire and light committee and it was felt this work should be distributed among the various local dealers a letter from the village of portdal- housle was received requesting that the corpftratlon pny n shnrp nt yhi lirn ffxtq pearson being unable to see me he im- mediately directed me to the office of a mr fred james mr james is a friendly man with a ready and winning smile he talks with a marked english accent and flavors all his remarks with a touch of wit it lis from this gentleman that one receives a press ticket which is supposed to admit you tb everything except the pearly gates but which in reality only admits you to a little room where twice daily the two hundred press men assemble on these occasions about a paragraph of information is read out which im mediately finds its way to the front page of every newspaper in canada the actual business of the empire conference is being carried on in closed session and the canadian government is determined that not until the final agreement is reached will it be obtainable for publication uncle b 3 ill the storey family runion a fine bass a mighty fine specimen of black bass was captured in fairy lake by master jack davidson the sevenyearold son of mr j s davidson lake avenue the beauty was on diisplay in pattersons window it tipped the scales at 4 lbs oz and measured 18 inches in length arid 13 4 inches around this is no fish yarn jack has had the goods on display forced off highway- while motoring to milton lawson browne of brampton accompanied by three friends had a narrow escape- he was driving west en the base line and when a mile west of hornby he met another car oh the wrong side of the road browne swung to the edge of the highway with the result that his car went over the embankment while the occupants escaped serious lnjuxy the car was badly damaged browne says tha driver of the other car did not stop and the provincial police are investigating the watson family reunion the watson family reunion was held on civic holiday at the home of ex- couhcillor and mrs c h harrison a aelightf ul time was spentatthis gather- tog of- members of- the family those attending were mr and mrs j t watson mrs eleanor duncan miss c j watson miss mabei duncan miss ethel duncan miss c macleanmr and mrs gordon watson mr and mrs w c tmnnan mr unrl mis j n defeated oakvilie by a 122 score here oh saturday r final games of schedule this week w arious interesting items of news f acton won another game on saturday from oakvilie by the score of 122 and are now in second place in the league and almost sure of a playoff berth the southern town boys were no match for the locals and the game wanot of the exciting variety the home town felug- ers touched cwa oatwnre twimerstor seventeeii hltf terry haa two doubles and a triple in four official times at bat bob chalmers also had three hits in four times to bat he pitched a good game holding the lakeshore boys to four hits and struck but twelve batsmen oakvilie isnt half the team that it was last year only having won one game in eleven starts maybe the same jinx follows oakvilie as follows- the toronto maple leafs but they are a gallant bunch of sportsmen and are sticking i together to finish out the season despite the tough luck acton started scoring early getting two runs in the first inning and kept adding all the time and in the last halt of the fifth williams relieved bannon of the mound duty for oakvilie but the locals collected an even half dozen runs from each pitcher getting five runs on five hits and twowalks in the last inning the local boys gave chalmers airtight support and waterhouse made some wonderful catches in centre field having four putouts to his credit here is the box score oakville l iiab e won the soap miss anna mcgregor was the lucky winner ofbarrs window guessing com petition last- week ft required 3 hours and 21 miniates to put in the special window cjisplay and miss mcgregors guess was 3 hours and 20 minutes the content created a good deal of interest and the guesses ranged from 14 minutes to three days the prize was 10 bars of lux soap i ninth annual event was held at springs park on monday the ninth annual reuhlon of descendants of the late thomas elizabeth storey of nassagaweya held on monday august 1 at the and was blue which that municipality had incurred in its legal battle for the right of munici- palifclcs in securing road grants from the county councils spring park with ideal wether for the occasion- about 150 were in attendance from buffaioaeveland guelph acton and the surrounding community after the u greeti roy mnr watson miss beatrice harrison miss isabel watson miss marlon duncan master william duncan miss jeanette watson miss margot watson mr doug las russell cheque artist sentenced at burlington appearing before magistrate barj in burlington police court on two charges of theft and three charges of forgery frank aicllo alias frank ellis was sentenced to serve a month in the county jail on the former and two years in the kingston penitentiary for forgery aiello late of the elmlra reformatory of new york state has a previous record h the u s when he was in burlington recently aiello visited w a walkers grocery store where he succeeded in cashing a forged cheque for 1860 then he moved to stan kerrs hardware store again cashing a cheque for 18 prior to these offences it was discovered after his arrest we had cashed a forged cheque on torn waumsley of burling ton book agent for 1260 the thefts consisted of a pair of trousers from stanley dunselth nelson village and a shirt from clarence dunselth valued respeqtively at- 6 and 2 l wilson cf d wilson if languay 2b johnson ss fletcher rf bannon p 3 williams p perinycock 3b carter lb markey c 3 4 4 3 2 4 i 1 4 4 totals 30 2 4 24 10 3 acton ab r h po a e t r holloway lb waterhouse cf walters ss carmlehael 2b huffman 2b tyleryl gibbons c chalmers- p successful at normal school among the candidates who vifejgjsuc cessful at the recent normal school examinations were five acton young ladies they were misses olive cooper mildred hollinger merle and margaret grindell and marjory garden misses olive cooper and margaret grindell have received their permanent certificates the other teachers have passed thelr first year examinations e erin resident passes thedeath took place on sunday of mrs robert tyson one of eruvsoldest residents in her ninetyeighth year a native of england she came to canada 75 years ago and settled in dixie sub sequently she lived at cataract and ospringe- before going to erin no family survive her husband having predeceased her many years ago the late mrs tyson was- a member of the erin united church father joseph lehman celebrated first j mass 1 10 3 0 all the pomp and ceremony which ths catholic church reserves for such oc casions were witnessed by a nearmiapaclty congregation at st marys church kitr- chener at ten oclock on sunday when father joseph lehman c r son of mr and mrs albert lehman of toronto formerly of kitohener celebrated his first solemn high mass father lehman was assisted by father m s hinsperger pastor of st marys parish as arqh priest father hergott of st jeromes as deacon- and father jerome fischer also of st jeromes as subdeacon rev nffrroieason of ouelph an revr-prr- traynor of arthur were in attendance at the mass 3 1 totals 40 12 17 27 9 1 wally large brampton married the wedding took place monday night at the home of mr and mrs w j large brampton of miss olve guy tnd wal lace large goalkeeper of last years famous mann cup lacrosse champions rev norman mcleod pastor of the brampton baptist church ofiuolated the attendants were ted large brother of the groom and miss jean quigley an associate of miss guys during her term on the teaching staff of the brampton public school a buffet luncheon was served following the ceremony after a brief i honeymoon mr and mrs large will live in toronto f the evening meal digester a storekeeper had for some time dis played in hjs window a card inscribed fishing ticle a customer drew the proprietors at tention to the spelling hasnt anyone told you of it before he asked v i ihundreds replied the dealer but whenever they drop in to tell me they always spend something shall and george brownfee conducted an afternoons programme of sports at six oclock lunch was served under the capable management of mrs alfred wilson mrs jeremiah- bell and miss hannah wallace after lunch was serv- eded mr d h storey president called the gathering to order and a short business meeting was held mr storey expressed- his appreciation of so many attending this year as this was the first year this reunion has been held in a- park since its organization nine years ago mr robert black of guelph was chosen president and mr ed brbwn- lce of toronto secretarytreasurer for the coming year and the various com mittees were appointed a vote of thanks was tendered the retiring officers special mention was made of mr alfred storey who was a very efficient secre tarytreasurer for the past five years there was one death recorded during the year that of miss betty wallace daughter of mr chester wallace bt acton congratulations were extended to the two oldest members present mr robt storey of acton who is in his 94th year and mrs dickie- of 3uffalo who is in her 87th year the youngest member present was little miss joan frank mr james bell of cleveland was appointed chairman for the remainder of the evening a short musical programme was given the following wtlsts taking concluded on paige bight the macdonaia-short- wedding detroit at summary 3 base hits johnson terry gibbons two base hits terry 2 chalmers struck out by chalmers 12 bannon 1 williams 3 walks off chalmers 3 off bannon 1 off williams 3 hit by piteherttjr chalmers fletcher passed ball- markey wild pitch chalmers double playslan- guay to carter carter to markey stolen bases d wilson l wilson languay bannon pennycock 2 waterhouse huff man walters tyler left on base oak vilie 7 acton 8 losing pitcher bannon umpire nicholson hamilton the score r h e oakvilie 000 010 010- 3 4 3 acton 200 221 05 12 17 1 aged visitor in acton home mr a mrsqeorgemurray had a- league standing milton acton georgetown oakvilie p 11 11 11 ll w 8 7 6 1 3 4 5 10 pc 727 636 545 090 calvary presbyterian church detroit mielfcrwas the scene o a v pr wedding on saturday july 23 when gladys r short daughter of mr and mrs carl west short was united in marriage to murray laird macdonald son of mr and mrs r m macdonald acton ontario rev j d beckdcll officiating the bride who was given in marriage by her father wore a white satin gown fashioned on princess lines and carried- a shower bouquet of white loses lily of the valley and maiden hair fern miss alice e short sister of the bride as maid of honor wore a frock of green angel skin crepe miss helen macdonald of acton ontario sister of the groom arid miss madeline chambers of detroit were bridesmaids aiid were gowned alike in pale yellow angel skin crepe with jackets trimmed with match ing ostrich feathers and wore mohair hats and shoes to match they carried bouquets of talisman roses mr w i a bell of toronto acted as best man the ushers were c l abbott c h wainman m umptedt and w c jones following the ceremony a reception was held at la casa loma the brides mother received the guests wearing a gown of beige georgette with contrasting green accessories and was- assistedby the grooms mother who was in beige geor gette and lace with hat to match both wore corsages of tea roses the bride and groom later left for a motor trip through canada the bride travelling in a green silk and wool crepe ensemble after thqlr return mr and mrs mac donald will reside in detroit themoro we see bill waterhouse play thebettcr we are convinced that he is the best centre fielder in halton county and several other counties carmichael was in the game again- he can run a little better hut when he got- on base terry was put in to run for him frank gibbons had a lovely three base hit right out oh the race track too bad gout is so fat or it would have been a home run ollle johnson in his last trip to the plate also had a lovely triple water- house robbed him of one earlier in the game i milton heat georgetown 147 at georgetown on saturday acton goes to oakvilie next saturday and geptgetown goes to milton to finish the schedule then the playoffs we still predict acton and milton to fight it out as milton ought to takv georgetown into camp again and acton should do the sam to oakvilie president rttndle gaye oakvilie word to protest the game if barber of hulsourg played mr randle certainly loves to see acton win v pecy woods actons bat boy got hit on the nose and lips with a bat when minute was swinging it waiting his turn at bat his brother herb also got a nose bleed when carter the oakvilie first baseman ran into him while chas ing a foul fly yes he caught the fly oakvilie had quite a bunch of juniors playing the regulars seem to have deserted them waterhouse never go a hit but he got ori base four times on two fielders concluded on page eight very pleasant surprise on sunday after noon when mrs murrays uncle mr hiram wallace of guelph called to have a visit with them mr wallace is now in his 103rd year his health is almost perfect he has neither pain or ache and is quite bright and enjoys a drive through the country very much he was accompanied by his daughter andnephew- and jwif e jmr andmrswmwallace guelph he also called at mrs r shaws to have a visit with his sister mrs lasby who has been in acton for a few weeks and also called on some of his old friends and neighbors it was a great pleasure to see mr wallace enjoying life at such a remarkable age conference delegates visit brampton estate under the guidance of the hon robt weir dominion minister of agriculture and hon t l kennedy minister of agriculture for ontario h w moffatt c m g ml a premier of southern rhodesia n c havenga minister of finance of the union of south africa a j p pourie minister of mines and industries u s a dr james ryan mlntsteroragriculhireirlshfreestater f d twomey live stock commissioner of the irish free state fj meyrlcfc secretary of the irish free state de partment of agriculture and hon p r vig advlsei to the uuiuu uf south africa delegation were guests of col bartle bull d o bull and mrs w gibson at the b h bull estate bramp ton on monday afternoon shown the famous jersey herd reputed thepfcestof the breed in the dominion the delegates comments werc entirely complimentary they showed considerable interest in th feeding methods used on the estate v chicken thieves get six months pleading guilty to a charge of house breaking laid after a raid on the- chicken house of bennett savage trafalgar- township farmer walter rlcey oakvilie was sentenced to six months definite and six months indefinite in guelph re- formatory by magistrate w e mctjveen in oakvilie police court a similar charge against mundy johnson was withdrawn axtexjuunlcaded not guilty but he receiv ed a 60 day sentence in milton jail for assaulting milton mccleary bennett savage and mccleary pursued the two men halfway across the township after they had been seen coming from the direction of his thicken house when they overtook their quarjy- johnson threw a bottle which struck- mccleary on the shoulder bruising it severely johnson was arrested the next day by- chief david kerr of oakvlhe mjd constable lewis patterson trafalgar rlcey eluded capture for almost a week but was finallyrun down in a wild car chase by chief kerr and constable ros- er of oakvilie i