fie3tflffiffii5qs vj- mm- m ftfiyignth year n6 8 acton ontario thursday august 25 1932 wm eight homeprint pagesfiv ccnti t various interesting items of neva baptist sunday school picnic thebapjhst sunclay m be held on saturday afternon at the farin of sir tnds mccutcheon third line- erin caistvillleave the- church at l45pm daylight saving time a visitor from acton to acton on monday afternoon dr sydney b newton of acton england made a very pleasant but brief visit to acton he called on the editor of the fuse press and a very pleasant tune was ha when each secured some conception of the two actons dr newton wis visiting with mends in montreal que and also at waterloo ontario extra travels service for exhibition during the exhibition extra service has been arranged or both the c n r and the arrow bus t lines an advertisement in another column gives details of the service that will be available on the trains from toronto to acton in addi tion to the regular bus service an extra bus will operate in the jnoraings at 8 oclock and the last bus will leave the exhibition grounds at 1015 p m each night being standard times seriously injured in motor crash fred da vies aged 20 of brampton lies in peel memorial hospital brampton in- a serious condition with a possible broken back suffered in a motor collision on no 7 highway near concord on sun day davies according to the police failed to stop at fairbank road inter section and v his truck collided with a car driven by fred rollins of birming ham michigan both rollins and his mother suffered slight cuts and bruises nerval barn destroyed by fire when a spark is thought to hajve come from the separator during threshing at the farm of joseph hunter norval on monday an expensive steel barn the seasons crop of hay and fall wheat a number of implements a team of horses and a bull were destroyed mr hunter who owned the separator succeeded in pulling the engine back from the blaze and assisted by his assistant tried to get the horses out of the barn but was unsuccessful damage is estimated at 10000 part of which is covared by in surance neighbors rallied to the aid of the threshing party but were unable to save anything in the bam mr hunters home was untouched by the blaze examination results standing taken by the pupils of acton continuation school in various subjects the middle school examination re sults were received by secretary r m macdonald for ac ton this weetv and are given as follows for the pupils of the action school 1st indicates a per centage of 75 to 100 2nd marks 66 to 74 3rd is 60jo 65 and gmgrade is 50 to 59 where the marks are below 50 and the pupil has failed in the subject an f indicates failure gladys agar algem- f latin authors f latin composition c eng lish composition 3rd velma blairengush composition c aileen clarridge english com position c gordon leslie algebra c eng lish composition 3rd helen ostrander latin composi tion c- olive rookelatln authors c latin composition 3rd english com position 3rd l esther taylorenglish composi tion 1st english literature 1st first class honors latin authors c latin composition 2nd third class honors ittfrf ft jutii tot henry robinson oakville henry edmund robinson duridai steegt oakvllle died there monday in his 74tayear bom at qmagh halton county he was a farmer in the district for 30 years he then went to western canada returning to oakville in 1911 to carry on business as a builder he was ani active supporter of st johns united church a bachelor he is sur vived by four sisters mrs j hunt belleville mrs mcdougall and mrs w h carson vancouver and miss j robin son oakville fatalaccident s to tommy troup acton young man died following injuries received in fall from barn roof news of acton and the district public utilities commission regular session held on tuesday evening and routine business transacted n a splendid- band concert there was a splendid attendance at the band concert in acton oh sunday even- lng given by the lome rifles scottish band of georgetown under bandmaster perrctt tha band comprised about thirty musicians and is a wellbalanced organization their programme was varied and gave all branches of the band an opportunity to show their ability the test piece that will be played at the canadian national exhibition was rend ered with good effect the band is much improved over last year and will un doubtedly win a pcemirt place again a this years exhibition bandmaster a mason of acton conducted the band through a selection and a committee from acton citizens band welcomed the visiting- bandsmen in all probability acton band will return the favor and visit georgetown to render a concert under the auspices of the georgetown organization caledon nominations caledon township nominations for deputy reeve and councillor were held in caledon township hall nominations were made necessary by the resignation of deputy reeve d g sutherland and councillor albert nlel sutherland re signed from the deputy reeveship over the appointment cl the to clerk while nlel resigned to conjkest the deputy eveship nominations received by- township clerk p mckinley were deputy reeve altfcrt neil w j trath- en d g sutherland for council harry fudge wm hawkins sam kan- niwan reg bracken norman storey a public meeting was held at two oclock with township clerk perry mckinley in the chairjmr mckinley expressed the hope that he would be able to fill the positio as well as his predecessor the late charles e lovell d g sutherland the firsj speaker claimed he resigned i with the understanding from every mem ber of the council that his resignation would not be accepted unless he was appointed clerk but said as soon as i was out of the ball a motion was made to accept my resignation he claimed credit for his management of the tele phone system albert nlel has served in the council for eight years he be lieved if he ever was coming up now was his tune w j trathen accused the fotmet councilofbeipg extravagant w- j wilson a former reeve appealed for unity and an acclamation ii possible those who qualified are- for deputy beeve w j wilson former reeve w x trahen former deputy reeve albert nlel a former councillor and id o sutherland who received an acclama tion last january for council one to he elected norman storey sam kan- fcawtn and harry fudge polling takes place next monday at the meeting of the public utilities commission on tuesday evening reeve e thetford and commissioner r j kerr were present the secretary was by motion instruct ed to pay the following accounts hydroelectric power commis sion power account 219532 bell telephone co services 447 jas r kearney corporation supplies 4593 packard electric co supplies 1600 a l wynston jr ltd supplies 335 c h transport express 100 bank of montreal revenue stamps 200 j- c matthews postage 1000 mrs thos patterson burlington the fjmeral of mrs thomas patterson of burlington formerly melissa wllhams was conducted monday at her late home by rev e val tilton of trinity united church interment followed in the williams family plot in appleby oeme tery mrs patterson was bom in bronts 82 years ago the daughter of squire williams an early settler in the village who operated a blacksmith shop where he shod the horses used by the montreal- hamilton stage coach nearly 100 years ago surviving are two daughters mrs sharp of detroit and mrs mcmillan of woodstock and two sons william of the vancouver police force and charles at home i the pailbearers were w h speers bronte walter lucas appleby a g fleming- gait and max curtis bronte mrs robert tovell guelph following an illness of about cne week there passed away on saturday afternoon one of guelphs most highly esteemed the sad news reached acton on tuesday afternoon that tommy troup a local young man had succumbed to injuries he sustained in a fall from the bam rcof he was painting at the farm of mr rodihey near peru- immediately following the accident he was taken by ambulance to guelph hospital but died a few minutes after reaching the in stitution r just how the accident occurred will never be known tommy was at work on one side of the metal roof applying the paint while his mate robert john son also of acton was working on the other side johnson heard a thump of some kind and came up to the top to see the cause and was just in time to see the unfortunate young man topple from the roof to the ground a distance of about thirty feet medical assistance was called and he was immediately taken to guelph hos pital by ambulance but he never re gained consciousness and passed away a few moments after reaching the hospital he suffered a fracture at the base of the skull and other injuries to his head limehouse won in a baseball tilt played in acton park on saturday afternoon between limehouse and the army boys the lime boys won by the score of 2115 a return game will be playedin limehouse this evening vacancy on public school staff the resignation of miss m barbour jrom the staff of acton public school has been received by secretary r m macdonald and the board have ad vertised for a teacher to nil the vacancy on the staff miss barbour taught the first class at acton school the appli cants have until this evening to apply for the position and the board will meet at seven oclock to deoide the matter and complete the staff for the year injured while harvesting mr fred cleave suffered a rather painful accident yesterday while harvest ing at the farm of mr john sprowl on the third line mr cleave was stand ing on the wagon rack manipulating the slings the trip rope an the slings broke and mr cleave fell from the wagon to the barn floor and suffered painful injuries to his head and is rather it is believed he suffered a fainting or i i n it t hadly bruised and- shaken up he is now weak spell while on the roof and fell z confined to bed friends will wish him a speedy recovery from the ladder when picked up he still retained his hold on the pall and brush he was using he was quite ac customed to the work and the dangerous climbing oh the barnroofs always seemed quite to bis liking be had undertaken the work of painting the steel roofs of tax rate is set for nassagayeya t r penalty is prpvidell for uripaidf taxes after december 15 w school sections assessed i at ihe mesthig of nassagaweya town ship council on monday august 15 the fbllowlngaccbuntswere passed for pay- ment by the treasurer municipal world actqn free press r l menzies sheep killed c a elsley for relief t richardson collector postage road superintendent vouchers nos 7 and 8 the owners of the dogs that killed mr menzies sheep being known the olerk was instructed to notify them that they must pay the treasurer the amount of damage the bylaw assessihg the school sec tions for the requisitions of trustees was passed setting rates as follows s s no 1 5 fi10rhllls no 2 2 mills no 3 1 110 mills no 4 1 510 mills no 5 1 310 mills no 6 4 mills no 7 2 410 mills no 81 210 mills no 9 1 110 mijls no 10 4 610 mills no 17 union 10610 mills the bylaw setting the county and 729 13848 1600 428 700 191182 a selection of r items barn struck by lightning fire ignited by a bolt of lightning razed the bairn henttoijse milk houso driving shed and pig pen of j g berry snel- grove two calves a buli7the seasons crop ofjhy and j some farm machinery were destroyed in the biaze damage from wilch approximated- 4000 part of which will bte defirayed by insurance dont get het up it may seem unnecessary in these warm summer days but nevertheless we want you to know it isnt essential for you to place yourj8der for christmas greeting cards yet the free press stock will be better than ever and very reasonably priced when quality is con- sidered ouj representative will not call on you- until after the fall fair keep your orders for acton industry it will pay youto see the free press line be fore ordering a new enlerjjrjsfl acton egg grading station opened for business last saturday and a number of the farmers of the district are taking township rates was passed with the fol- advantage ot u met of marketing and respected residents in the person j barns at different times- over a period of of mrs robert tovell who died at her the past two years and he and robert home 144 dublin street guelph the johnson were sharing this work this 237830 waterworks account hydro department july opera tions 4898 the superintendent reported that the actn fall fair desired a price on in- better business tone bank of montreal in business summary lias an optomistlc note greater activity in sight although no definite improvement has yet appeared in the volume of canadian- trade a- better tone pervades business circles and greater activity is in sight according to the business summary of the bank of montreal issued yesterday full average crops are assured says the report wheat crops in the prairie provinces will run 100000000 bushels more than last year and low harvesting costs will be helpful to farmers and all branches of business except for hay crops in other provinces are excellent live stock prices are low but marketings are large and the dairy industry main tains a normal output with recent ad vances in the prices of cheese and butter most manufactures continue slight bu shipping is better than last season more grain jiasjassedlthroughmpntxealmor- britlsh coal is being imported and a stronger autumn business is expected the report points to the general hard ening of commodity prices as an encour aging sign export trade for july was higher than in any month since decem ber imports were down increasing canadas favorable trade balance j more confident feeling with a rise n commodity prices is reported for bath the uhltad kingdom and the united states late mrs tovell whose maiden name was mary perry was born in rpckwood and was a daughter of the late mr and mrs james perry pioneers of the era mosa township section she had spent nearly all of her life in guelph in 1883 she married robert tovell by whom she was predeceased two years ago in religion the late mrs tovell was a mem ber of the congregation of dublin street united church she was the second oldest living member of beatrice lodge rebekahs surviving is one sister mrs a mclean of that city who made her home with the late mrs tovell the funeral took place monday afternoon at tw6 oclock from the residence 144 dublin street to woodlawn cemetery the pail- bearers were messrs s plnder ken mclellan hockln h heather f conrigan and james thompson rev summer in a sort of partnership they were using the equipment of mr fred mcdowell of acton the accident has cast a shadow over the community tommy troup was a popular young man and was well liked by his companions and friends he was in his twentyjflrst year thomas william troup was the son of james and the late edith troup acton and has been resident of this community for the past six or seven years besides the bereaved father there remain two sisteis mrs alex currie and miss florence all of acton mrs troud knox ladies aid meeting the regular monthly meeting of knox church ladies aid society took the form of a picnic this time it was held on tuesday af temocn on the lawn at jgiet home of mrs g w masales neszi street andwas a most pleasant and enjoyable gathering following the busi ness part of the meeting races were held and won as follows time race mrs collier kicking the shoe mrs fred denny and mrs dr a j buchanan clothes pin race mrs p dennys team in the drawing forthe prize it went to mrs dron of that team over and under race mrs e gambles team in the prize drawing mrs h mccutcheon was the winner of this team the lunch- committee for the month provided lunch on this occasion and a very pleasant social time was spent street united churclv conducted the ser vices stalling flood lights at the parkr the wray l davidson- pastor of dublin price agreed upon was satisfactory the list of arrears was disposed of by the commission and instructions issued tothesuperintendent a letter from the horton steel com pany gave details regarding repairs to the water tower of the waterworks sys tem johnpwordentguelph another familiar figure has gone from this vicinty when the death of john p worden occurred ion wednesday morn ing at the general hospital in guelph although in declining health for the past few years john worden has been able to be about until a week ago he visited acton a couple of weeks ago and met his friends here john p worden was a son of the late ereeman worden and was bom in esquestng township he has spent his entire life in this district and was seventy three years of age when a young man he married miss annie burns who died shortly after their marriage about fifty years ago and he did not marry again for years he worked at the barbering business in acton and guelph and was recognized as one of the best at his tirade he was also an expert lather and worked on many of the homes and buildings about acton john worden was a man who was liked by everyone of a kindly dis position lie had a smile and a cheery greeting fcr all he was for a number of years janitor of acton schools and also occupied a seat on the public school board one brother george and a sister mary mrs elliott also reside in guelph the funeral was held this afternoon with interment at falrvlcw cemetery acton mr worden was an adherent of the united church and the service at the graveside was conducted by rev c l poole b d died a number of years ago to all of exmayor or uramptori injured them who have been jib suddenly ba- h w dawson former mayor of reaved the sympathy of the community brampton was solously injured in a goes out motor accident at the intersection of the the funeral is b3irig held this after- sixth line west and quern street chin- noon from the home of hit crewson lguacousy township friday afternoon mclaughlin mauisfreet7 the i when hls car dilven by john sutton of service being conducted by rev h l brampton collided with that of a hornby bennle interment is being mad- n j woman whose name has not yet been lowing amounts and rates county amount 16525 rate 10 610 mills township amount 10794 rate 7 mills general schocl amount 6400 rate 4 110 mills police village of eden mills amount 108 rate 5 510 mills this bylaw provides for a penalty of mser cent to be levied oh the 15th day of december on all unpaid taxes and one- half of one per cent on the 15th day of each month thereafter until paid onions -canadian-eeo- ducts chickens or what have you mr wuford of onion fame seems have now devoted his organiza tion talents to chickens visited acton awhile ago on another organ- izatioii a couple of months or so ago a very fluent gentleman by the riajne of mr wilford came through this section and called in acton with a scheme to organize c pr for c peo everton cometery c n r effects economies 750000 annually is estimated to be saved big reductions in person nel and salaries the fall fairs dates in which many of our readers will be interested acton fair september 20 and 21 this year acton arthur brampton burlington caledon oooksvllle erin fergus oaltv georgetown grand valley september 2021 september 2728 september 2728 september 2324 september 2324 september 30october 1 october 67 september 16rl7 september 2324 october 45 sept 30oct 1 london western fair sept 1217 milton october 14 and 15 orangevllle shelbume toronto c n k september 1518 september 2021 aug 268ept 10 products of the maple tree preliminary returns of the production of maple syrup and maple sugar in canada for the season of 1932 have just ben completed and show that the total yield was l744479 gallons of syrup valued at 2054277 and 7217300 pounds of sugar valued at g92480 the com bincd total value for the industry is thus 2740757 the production figures com pare favorably with those ot previous years maple syrup and maple sugar are produced in commercial quantities in the provinces of nova scotia new bruns wick quebec and ontario but quebec s the largest producer of both syrup and sugar these products in eastern canada are derived from about 8000000 trees which aire tapped in march whep winter is in the lap of spring it is estimated that ho less than 50000 farmers have groves of maple trees suitable for tap ping the sap is reduced to syrup or sugar by the most modem methods and the products find a ready market due to their high quality the principal demand is for household use but thpre is also a large market for flavoring ice cream- and other products economies of about 750000 annually are expected to result from further eductions to personnel and salary ratings announced by s j hungcrford acting president of the canadian national rail ways in august 1931 salaries of officers and supervisory forces were cut 10 per cent the continuing decline in rev enues mr hungerford said in a state ment has necessitated further retrench ments the programme af curtailment of staffs is believed to abolish about 55 positions while the cuts in salaries are- iri connec tion with higher paid men at least ex pected to run as much as 40 per cent action rwas taken the statement said after a careful examination of the duties performed by the many officers where ever it appeared positions could be abolished or consolidated without lower ing efficiency such course was adopted the salary cuts affect all those receiving 5000 a year or more bosldesthematter of economy-alone- the statement indicates certain special circumstances had to be taken into ac count fa- several years executives had not been occupied with transportation and maintenance aljne problemaof re organization and consolidation of lines construction and institution of improved practices had required more men of executive type these were not how necessary jrt so large number and in many cases their positions might be abolished halton rural school fairs the following is the list of dates ot rural school fairs to be held in halton this year i fishers corners mtncmo trafalgar brookvllle hornby limehouse september 12 september 13 september 14 september 15 september 16 september 17 i toe evening meal l digesteb pa you remember you promised ins 5 if i passed in school this year yes tommy well pa you aint gonna have that expense obtained by police mr dawson whp is 78years of ager was thrownthroughthe right window of his light coach when the hornby car struck his vehicle on the side where he was seated the dawson car was travelling north on sixth line west and the hornby auto was westbound on queen street suffering fractures of several ribs mr dawson was able to obtain information of the identi ty of the woman but collapsed when he reached his home his companion escaped injury provincial constable t h owens is investigating acton lost at tennis in tire return game of tennis with the st james tennis club of guelph on tuesday evening in guelph acton lost to the royal city team salmon of acton lost to kelly of guelph 63 and 64 kirkhess of acton won from raw- son of guelph 63 and 64 rawson and leeson of guelph defeated klrkness and smith of acton 64 38 and 63 kelly and acker of guelph defeated hlnton and salmon of acton 64 and 64 acker of guelph won from hlnton of acton 62 and 62 acker of the guelph team was the junior city cham pion of sarnla fqr two years in the first game played in acton the actori teamwon the final and decid4ng games will be played tonight in the courts in acton the winners of these games will meet orangevllle entrants in the ontario championship games canadian farm faciiilics compilations from the official census of canada taken in june 193l disclosle that the number of automobiles and motor trucks on farms in the dominion more than doubled in the tenyear period 1921- 1931 there is on farms in canada one automobile for every 227 farms in 1921 the number of farms reporting tractors was 43578 in 1931 the number of farms using tractors was 97176 an increase of 123 per cent similarly the number of tractors increased in the tenyear period from 47455 to 105059 selfbinders in use in canada totalled 431339 there are 8925 combine harvesters and 4794 head ers cream separators are almost exactly the same in number as elf -ilnders- 431277 gasoline engnesareused on 155655 farms and electric motors are used on 14638 one farm in 608 has a radio one in 311 a telephone one in 861 has water piped in the kitchen and one in 2017 has water piped in the bathroom over 73000 farms have gaa or electric tight more than onehalf of all the farms in canada are found to be situated leas than five miles from a rail way station and more than 75 per cent of all farms are served by improved roads assrlcatiori mr wijford had at one time made himself famous by disposing of a surplus crop of onions it was a good story and didnt decrease any in the telling by mr wilford arid was back- edupby nil sorts nf credentinlsphotq graphs and newspaper clippings sure we parted with a dollar and still believe it was a good practical lesson in sales manship although- we never had the nerve tocashhvorrour lesson and expen diture we followed mr wilfords course lom place to place through several of the newspaper exchanges and guess we were not the only ones who bit only the free press didnt further the cause by a lot of free publicity and urging everyone in the district to join up and contribute a dollar to mr wilfords cause maybe the reason for that was the fact that during our conversation we suggested that such salesmanship that had worked miracles for the onions might with good effect be turned to help market potatoes if we remember rightly mr wilford admitted he had tried the onion organization plan on potatoes butlt hadnt been so successful now throughthe fergus newsrecord we find mr wilford in a new role onions is still the reputation he trades on but apparently the canadian pro ducts for canadian people association has met with the same fate as the potatoes he is now organizing poultry day in the several communities we learn alsoljrom the same source that mr wilford has secured the endorsatlon of the fergus business mens association just as it seems he secured endorsatlon of some- individuals and bodies- on the canadian promotion scheme the poultry idea is fine just the same the other ideas were very worthy what we are wondering is how many dollars mr wilford collected in fergus from his idea and if he was successful in that endeavor in a community with the scotch reputation that cur northern neighboring cornmunity enjoys wo say that the chicken idea deserves to live and go down in fame with the oniin3 in the meantime we are also interested in knowing whether the canadian juto- ducts promotion scheme has gone the way ofi the potatoes their eggs the eggs arenow graded and paid for according to the grade and ac cording to the provisions of ther- egg grading law messrs kingshott and holmes have arranged suitable quarters on elgin street for this work and are adding daily to the customers who market rtheir eggs this way and under the pro- visions of the law one council will not fulfil former bodys offer following the acres of walter rlcey aridmunday johnson oh charges involv ing ehickensteallng and the sentencing- oif the former chief of police david kerr of oakville has made application to trafalgar township council for the 50 reward at a meeting of council the application was refused on the grounds that the resolution offering the reward was passed by a previous council and was not binding on the present one the chief made the arrest of johnson jmd had constable w roser with him when rlcey was apprehended celebrate eibhtyfomth diilhda a pleasant gathering was held on august 21 when mrs angus mcarthur of erin celebrated her eightyfourth birthday at the home of her daughter mrs r l davidson mrs mcarthur who is in the very best oftiealtn enjoyed the day with her family and friends all but one daughter being present on this occasion those who gathered at the home to make the day a happy one were mr and mrs herb keeler misses mar garet jean and doris mr and mrs arthur griffin master herbert and miss eleanor griffin mir and mrs howard mcarthur and mr wm mcarthur of erin mrs ed smith and little son of scotsguard sask mr and mrs fred crewson and family of acton and miss eleanor stephens of mlmlco y rockwood man president gladiolus society william harris of rjockwood was electa ed president of the canadian gladiolus society at the bu meeting held in connection withthe second day of the gladiolus show at the royal yorfc hotel toronto last week other officers are vicepresidents r l james mt plea sant e j palmer vineland h f taylor toronto george vlcers barrte secretarytreasurer mrs j a carleton guelph directors are r patter son guelph w c gaspell gait j w crow slmcoe f w warren hamilton mrs bonnlsteel belleville charles lane valentla l butt port credit- w j johnson paris- rev bartlett toronto george clark peterborough prof eric mlllen of guelph and lois james mt pleasantrwere named auditors a pleasure mr henrjeck was staying at a seaside pleasure resort with his wife but it was far from a holiday for him every where he went his wife followed never did she let him out of her sight one morning she stopped him as he was leaving the hotel where are you going henry she asked suspiciously just down to the shops to get some thing my dear henry replied are you she put in well just you stop there and 111 go down arid get it for you 1 with pleasure my dear smiled henry i was going down to get a haircut and shave police secure big haul of liquor in guelph provincial police from kitchener swooped down on the premises of george rasso 118 macdonald street guelph on saturday evening at about eightthirty oclock and effected a raid which was productive of one of the largest hauls of liquor taken in guelph an such an occa- sion for some time the raid was con- ducted by sergeant bush who has sue- cecded sergeant oousans recently trans ferred and he was accompanied by pro- vlruclal constables ferguson and wld- meyer the officers seized a large quan tity of alcoholic beverages which includ ed about five hundred pints of home brew beer in bottles of various sizes three cases of government ale two bottles of whiskey and about half a gallon of wine the officers stated that the home brew permit in rassos was only about x nine days oid according to its date of issue rasso was charged in police court with having liquor for sale and the case was adjourned for one week young pioneer parent my son haso many- orig inrt ideas j- teacher yes especially m artth- ihettc x i u asm