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xrg iistlrri v u v v f s ny vjj- rr t- l- fiftyeighth year no 9 acton 0nario thursday september 1 1932 eight home print pages five cent various interesting items of news the legion social evening v branch of the canadian legion held a most enjoyable social evening last friday at thtlr quarters in the old rink club rooms a corn roast formed the flrst part of the- programme- followed by a dance the funds ralsediwill be used to assist in meeting some of the obliga tions the legion toad undertaken there was a good attendance and a good time had by an t- f j kwtlmitt caledon township electors recalled two veteran municipal men to the chair of deputy reeve and councillor monday vox deputy reeve w- j- wilson was elected over d g sutherland by 125 votes albert- ijiel who resigned from the council to contest the deputy reeve- ship was third and w j trathen fourth for council sam kanntwan had a majority of 98 over norman storey with harry fudge a poor third both wilson andjkanniwan hive many years service in the council to their credit grain shipments from vancouver thetorop year which ended on july 31 1932 was a particularly active one for the port at vancouver shipments of grain were far in excess of those for the previous crop yearand except for the year 192728 were the highest in the history of the port in the case of coarse grains a new high for the port was recorded exports tot the british isles and the continent of europe which took the great bulk of the shipments record ed substantial increases over the previous year but those to other areas were down tot shipments of ah grain from the port for the 19311932 crop year were 84524695 bushel as compared to 74 s gordon miss m locker a m- titt cucumbers gherkins miss m locker mrs geo oakes mrs p day onions sets white or yellow j fltz- slmmons geo bolton mrs a young onions seeds redgeorge bolton onions seeds white or yellow miss m locker george bolton mrs g moore onions pickling g b pearen miss north on the bolton road and the second- locker j e kellington car driven by miss velda stevenson onions multipliers mrs t weather- 438 jarvls street toronto and owned ston mrs jas gray george bolton parsnips george bolton mrs g moore 1540053 bushels for the previous crop year collision on no 1 highway two cars were smashed in a collision at the intersection of the bolton road and no 7 provincial highway on satur day night jack chaban rusholme road toronto was driving a heavy sedan horticultural show of rockwood society of entries this year good at tendance on saturday the list of winners i a selection of news items the rockwood horticultural society show last saturday was a successful affair with over 400 entrip tlie pro ducts of the village gardens were very much in evidence when assembled on the tables lnhe town halt mr h l hutt of georgetown was judge and in the evening messrs h h occomore and w w simpson of guelph were present addresses by the above gentlemen also the president mrs wm harris and mrv wta- harris were given the tfoliowtag jsthe list of prize winr nerstn the various classes vegetables beams bush green pods mrs wm harris mrs george oakes beans bush wax pods mrs wm s gordon mrs a k thomas mrs a j elliot beans poll mrs g moore mrs a e iruhd j- fiizsimmons beetst roundsmrs t harrison mrs wm s gordon mrs d royce beets long george bolton i cabbage pointed mrs f day cabbage round rev w j taylor afm titt j e kellington cauliflower a m titt miss m locker j e kellington carrots short george bolton miss m locker mrs a young carrots intermediate j fitzslmmons mrs e nickell george bolton celery frank moore mrs g moore com golden mrs g moore mrs g oakes g hi pearen cucumbers slicing a- m titt mrs wm s gordon mrs f p cucumbers pickling mrs wm daylight saving ends this week the daylight saving time in acton terminates on sunday night september 4 at- midnight this la in accordance with the proclamation published at the time the daylight saving was adopted standard timie therefore does not be come effective locally until monday s growers of prise potatoes in the announcement of prize winners for farm crops at the canadian national lcjclilbluoiseorifrin5sonrofaitohr serious accident in acton saturday fred humphries no address has both legs severed ibiy train in attempting to alight a serious accident occurred on satur day night about ten oclock when fred humphries who attempted to alight from a fast freight at acton station was dragged beneath the wheels and had both legs severed he was picked up just at the end of the station platform bymr arnold tlie operator inv charge at aflton station and his friends who had alighted from the train safely ikherowere five young meninthepguaaerviceslatli led the field in three varieties of potatoes they won first for irish cobblers early ohio and rural new- yorker and fourth for the qreerr mountainvarlety messrs griffin are well known for the splendid potatoes they cultivate and the honors they have won this year mark them as outstanding growers hi the province acton driver has narrow escape avoiding a spill by brilliant driving d h lindsay acton managed to stay in the handicap class in last weeks driving display put on by the fast horse circuit in brampton and finished fourth in the money in the class lindsay in tfie third heat of his division was forced out on the rough turf along the edge of the northern- turn of the track and nar rowly escaped being thrown from his sulky mr lindsay was driving his horse baron gratton in this race he was placed fourth sixth fourth and second in the various heats group who boarded the freight train at brampton reg bailey lewis- law and ronald bldwell who gave their address as queen street brampton arthur pali lister brampton and fred humphries the injured man ho had no address humphries is a ukranian who immi- gratedto canada about nine years ago he is now twentyone years of age the group planned to leave the train at georgetown but the freight did not slow up there at acton the train slowed i news of acton and the district womens institute meeting the regular monthly meeting of tie womens institute will be held in the parish hall on friday september 2 atj 230 p m mrs dr mcniven will speak mrs mcintosh injured in fall on saturday evening mrs f e mc intosh sustained painful injuries to her knee when she tripped over a pipe that was being used to- fill the gas tanks at mcintosh had several parcels in her arms and the boy who had been stationed to warn pedestrians of the pipe on the side walk apparently thought that- she saw the pipe the knee cap was badly in jured and mrs mcintosh will be- unable to get around for some weeks shower held at kockwood home for bridetobe arena rental- town hall chinmevs j strget repairscattle guards ou railway and a variety of questions dealt with by council at the regular meeting of the council on monday pveningeouncillors cowle jones nicol and mc arthur were present and reeve e thetford presided the eighteenth report of the finance committee recommended payment of the following accounts geo h laritz gravel etc 1280 mrs h l macdonald insurance premium on bond v7j 1200 for the trainmen to recelv- their i macphedran rockwood assisted by mrs 2480 the report was adopted i a letter from the canadian national railways pointed out that in cities and towns the railways were now relieved from maintaining cattle guards at rail way crossings by order of the railway board permission was required haw- ever in other municipalities and- the railway requested that this municipal- on monday afternoon miss elizabeth n lul t o ilty relieve them of this obligation on various items of local interest by clarence h johnson 251 albany street toronto was running east on no 7 highway miss stevenson was knock ed out by the impact johnson was bruis ed and cut about the head and chaban was severely shaken chabans motor turned a complete somersault provin cial contabies donald huffman claire thompson and owens investigated chaban was arrested on a charge of reck less driving it being claimed that he failed to stop he was -later- released on 2000 ball prominent brampton man dies suddenly the local plarit of the hewetson shoe company was closed on tuesday after noon to honor- the memory of mr james edward cooper who passed away very suddenly at his summer hamje at mid- land mr cooper was a director- of the company and was assistant manager ot the dale estate at brampton a son of the late john cooper he was born in brantford but has resided in brampton all his life starting his work with the dale estate as a boy he has been as sistant superintendent of grace united church sunday school for the past 17 years surviving are his widow formerly edith hewetson ave children john ed ward barry russell and eleanor three sisters mrs nettle stork and misses annie and kate all of brampton and one brother john in british columbia the funeral service was conducted at his home on wednesday by the rev j d parks pastor of grace united church among the pallbearers were a g davis crown attorney e l vokes p- kerousebroddy dugganandwilllanr shirra- squash summer a m titt mrs wm harris tomatoes stems on mrs f s hamil ton j e kellington mrs geo oakes potatoes irish cobblers g h pearen t g hutchinson arthur bolton potatoes dooley t g hutchinson rev w j taylor g h pearen potatoes a o v g h pearen mrs f day size of farms in canada from information obtained when the ht official decennial census of canada was taken in june 1931 the average size of the farms in the dominicn is now known of the 728664 farms 233325 are between 101 and 200 acres 187636 are 300 acres and oyer 148258 are be tween 51 and 100 acres 80077 are be tween 11 and 50 acres 43748 between one and 10 acres and 35620 are between 201 and 299 acres the farms with the larg est acreage are in ithe three prairie pro vinces manitoba saskatchewan and al berto in eastern canada the statistics show that in prince edward island tjie large group is the 51 to 100 acres with 5 071 farms the similar group is also the largest for nova scotia and new brunswick with 10325 and 11457 tarms respectively in these three provinces tho number of farms over 300 acres is small in the province of quebdc there are 48 823 farms with acreages between 101 and 200 acres forming the largest group for the province in ontario on the other hand the farms with acreages be tween 51 and 100 acres form the largest group with 68260 farms a comparison with the census of 1921 shows a remark able increase in the groups having the largest acreage with a corresponding de crease in the smallest size farms vegetable tco vmlssm locker mrs wm s gordon mrs a e rudd flowers asters individual bloom any color rev w j taylor mrs s s royce mrs geo oakes asters 3 blooms whit or yellow a m titt mrs j henderson asters 3 blooms mauve or purple a m titt mrs s s royce mrs j innls asters 3 blooms pink or red g h pearen rev w j taylor a m titt asters display a m titt rev w j taylor mrs milroy calendula george bolton mrs jv henderson j e kellington carnations or pinks a m titt mrs t weatherstoh cosmos j e kellington rev w j taylor g h pearen dahlia individual bloom show or fancy mrs- e nickell t g hutchinson geo bolton dahlia individual cactus mrs e nickell arthur bolton dahlia 3 spikes showor fancy t g hutchinson geo bolton mrs f s hamilton dahlia 3 spikes a o v mrs d baseball tournament f h acton on labor day the acton baseball club have arrang ed for a good day of sports for acton oh labor day next monday three ball teams hespeler georgetown and acton will participate in a baseball tour nament and the smith stone soft ball team of georgetown will play the acton ladies team in the evening a street iance will be held with the new harmony orchestra providing the music the boys assure the fans of some good games and a real afternoons sport the baseball club committee in charge are messrs g huffman l walters and j hurst acton lost io guelph at tennis in the final games of tennis between st james team of guelph and a team from the acton tennis club the visitors were victorious and won the right to meet orangevllle ln the w rmtarin up orders but did not stop bailey law and bldwell jumped off at the queen street crossing palllster got off on the plat form and it is believed humphries left the train just at the edge of the station platform he was dragged a short dis tance and finally both- legs were drawn under the wheels the left legwas severi d below the knee and the right leg above the knee both limbs were terribly crushed dr mcniven and dr nelson of acton attended the young man and gave first aid and he was taken immediately to guelph general hospital by ambulance he was very weak from loss of blood and shock and a blood transfusion was given the following day his condition is re garded as very critical chief r j mcpherson and provincial constable cookman investigated the ac cident bldwell law bailey and pal- lister were taken to milton and charged with trespassing they were later re leased on their recognizance by magis trate elliott on agreement with crown attorney dick j j stewart of acton entertained at a shower in honor of her cousin miss beatrice pearen whose marriage to mr ross allan of toronto takes place on saturday afternoon about twenty- five friends were present and a very pleasant afternoon was spent fn games contests etcy after which a beautifully decorated basket of green and cream enamelware was presented to the bride- tobe later ail adjourned to the dining room where a dainty buffet supper was served by the hostess eramosa council new tax collector to be secured gravel contracts awarded dogs ordered to be destroyed b league the games were played on the courts of acton athletic association on tuesday evening r salmon of acton won easily from h kelly of guelph in two straight sets 60 and 64 butlhljhej5econd singles d acker of guelph defeated b hlnton of acton 64 and 75 the third singles between k rawson and i klrkness were not played- in the doubles kelly and acker of guelph won from smith and hlnton of acton in three sets 61 b8 and 61 the secondscdoubles also went to the guelph uam rawson and leeson de feated cooper and klrkness 61 75i a special meeting of the eramosa township council was held at rockwood on monday evening august 29 the members were all present keeve mcfflillahygeo bolton mrs milroy gladious 1 spike white or tinted geo bolton dr waller mrs jas gray gladiolus 1 spike cream or yellow mrs a k thomas geo bolton j e kellington gladiolus 1 spike lavender or blue geo bolton j e kellington am titt gladiolus 1 spike pink or rose j fitzsimmons mrs s s royce j e kellington gladolus 1 spike ted j e kelling ton geo bolton mrs a k thomas gladiolus 1 spike any- other color j e kelllngtcn dr waller mrs d royce gladiolus 3 spikes different colors i gee bolton j e kellington arthur- bolton jgladiolus6 spikes different colors j e kellington geo bolton mrs a k thma marigolds african mrs ev nickell mrs j henderson mrs milroy marigold frencri mrs ej nickell mrs a k thomas a mtut nasturtiums mrs f s hamilton g h pearen mrs innls petunias single j e kellington rev w j taylor mrs j henderson petunias double mrs d mcmillan mrs f day phlox drummondl rev w j taylor mrs d mcmillan g h pearen snapdragon j e kellington mrs d mcmillan rev w j taylor concluded on page eighty the eclipse yesterday residents of this locality had a splendid opportunity to view the- eclipse of the sun yesterday afternoon the sky was cloudless and this phenomenawas visible in all stages at about 425 p m day light saving time the eclipse was seen at its peak here the lower rim of the sun was all that was visible at that time and the appearance was as when the sun goes down at nigiit a hush seemed to be over everything and the birds sought shelter in the trees the shadow passed over the sun from the west and at 530 the eclipse had all dis appeared mosf of the citizens took the opportunity to view the sight about 92 per cent of the sun was obscured in this section atottawa 97 percehtroithe suns diameter was covered at the maxi mum phase at toronto 92 per cent at winnipeg 76 per cent and at vancduver 40 per cent to the east of the shadow zone 98 per cent of the suns diameter was covered at quebec and 93per cent at halifax fire ball crashes at cooksvllle exploding like a shell afhe ball crash ed to earth a few feet from the farm houjjie 6tthomas sarjtford four miles nzrtlpj8 cooksvllle- at the height of a heavy thunderstorm tuesday morning breaking off a number of branches on trees in the orchard and plowing up the earth where it landed with a loud report that awakened farmers for miles around the ball of fire exploded when about 10 feet from the ground according to miss agnes sanford mr sanfords sims mclean presided it was agreed to advertise for a tax collector at a salary of 16500 to be paid on return of collectors roll arrangements were made for the re letting of uncompleted gravel contracts in each of the four divisions of the town ship commencing at speedside at 1 p m on friday september 9 coxs corner at 2 p m no 8 school at 3 p m and no 1 school at 4 p m in the case of two dgs known to have worried sheep instructions were given jhat the dogsbe destroyed and that the owners pay the damages as assessed by the sheep valuers council adjourned to meet on septem ber 12 at 1 p m a missionary convention f guelph on september 7 and 8 the hamilton conference of the united church of canada is holding a mission ary convention for bruce wellington halton waterloo wentworth brant haldimand norfolk lincoln and wel- land counties missionary leaders of the presbyteries will open the convention with an executive session on- wednesday afternoon- september 7 in dublin street church where all the sessions win be held a banquet for official board mem bers of the churches will be presided over by hon h c nixon president of hamilton conference lay association with rev peter bryce d d and mr russell w treleaven as the speakers in the evening a public meeting in the church will be addressed by rev j t tucier d d of dondi africa and rev denzil g ridout tmrfinto rev s bumside russell president of hamilton opposes abolition of county councils the following resolution was passed by the elgin county council and sent to other county councils requesting their cooperation that this council disapprove of the movement on foot in some parts of the provincefavoringtheaboution of county councils for the following reasons 1 the county council as it is now constituted is a time honored institution cf the province and no attempt should be made to stampede the people into agreeing-to-its- abohl of a supposed reduction in taxation dur ing thfs temporary financial depression which depression will probably be passed even before legislation abolishing the said councils should come into force 2 much of the work now being done by the county council viz the- manage ment of the court house gaol registry oulce and house of industry would utove to be taken over by the provincial gov ernment thereby centralizing in toronto to a greater extent than ever the work originally delegated to the municipalities 3 the roads now controlled by the county would have to revert either to the local municipalities which would be a step backward as these municipalities could not as effectively keep a connected system of roads as is done under the present system or they would have to be assumed by the province which again means more centralization and greater daughter and the only member of his taxation in some form household who wllnessed the descent of the abolition of county councils the astral body mr sanford stated that the fire ball exploded around 645 oclock daylight saving time it turned the grass scratched the trees land tore up chunks of earth said mrsanford he added that he searched the ground dis turbed by the phenomenon but could not find any fragments many farmers in the vicinity of mr sanfords farm re ported they heard an exceedingly loud explosion at that time and wondered what had happened would remove one of the existing means for training for public service as it is conceded that the experience as a county councillor and the training that many of them receive as warden or chairman of some important committee fits them for hlghor positions in the poblic life of the province that copy of this rseolutlon be sent to each county in the province the prime minister and the local represen tatives i conference will preside the final executive session on the next morning will deal with the work of the missionary and maintenance fund a nudist camp hteflh charles spean 10th line erin farmer has four complete outfits of clothes two mens and two wornersas aresult of coming upon a quartette of nude bathers cavorting in the moonlight in the creek on his farm deciding to take a stroll before retiring from his labors of the day mr spears footsteps happened to take him alongside the creek which runs through his farm rounding a bend his evening reverie was decidedly broken when he spied two- young couples com pletely nude splashing with rare aban don in the water punching himself to make sure he was awake and not en visioning a scene from the arabian nights jjr spears also failed to recall any nudist camp on his property or that the waters of the creek were famed for their healing powers as he approached the happy gathering the bathers sudden ly became aware of a visitor in their garden of eden and proceeded to vanish minus their clothes for the highway and their car while the men seemed intent on setting a speed record all four bathers still in ftheir birthday suits piled quickly into the car and disappear- ed down t road taking an inventory mr spears found he had two shirts 2 pairs of trousers 1 pair of oxfords 1 pair of temnls shoes also 2 complete ladies outfits including some dainty lin gerie knowing f that the quartette must have been embarrassed reaching home mr spears laughingly stated that if the owners cared to return arid obtain their belongings they could have them without any trouble toronto- telegram upwards of a hundred applications greeted the schoolboard last thursday evening when they met to engage a eacherfor theactonrpubllcschoolbtant the salaries requested ranged from 500 to 1100 per annum many of the ap plicants were without previous teaching exderjerjicje teach- the c n e band com- perrrion today fcrest placed first with port colbome second and georgetown third just as the free press is going to press we have learned of the result of tho band oompcteltioh at the canadian national exhibition today through the kindness of a former actoriian mr robt mckay in the class g competition forest won first place port colbomc come second and georgetown was third there were only four points dividing the first three contestants l everyone here had considered george town would again repeat their winning of last year as the concert in acton showed a big improvement over a year ago congratulations ate extended on the splendid showing they have made howeverrin this competiooh the crossings in acton the council felt that they could not give this letter and thus assume responsibility for cattle straying onto the railway premises a local committee from the chautauqua requested use of the town hall under the same conditions as formerly the committee pointed out the high type of entertainment provided and the value of having chautauqua in acton permis sion was granted onthe same conditions as previously a letter from mr f e mcintosh noti fied the council jihat mrs mcintosh had been injured in a fall when she tripped over a pipe that was being used to fill a gas tankon mill street the letter was referred to the insurance company for their attention rudolph kbwalski desired to rent the arena in order to stage a programme of wrestling bounts for an evening the event was being- promoted by a molozzle the fee was set at 10 for the flrst night in order to see how this sort of port would appeal in acton and a basis of rental could be established if further engagements were advisable the business tax on the actbn egg grading station was discussed andit was decided that the transient traders fee of 25 was applicable in this case with the business tax to be deducted each year when due the committee reported that mr king was willing to continue as caretaker of the fire truck and that misunderstand ings in connection with the question had been cleared away the matter of repairing the chimneys at the town hall was discussed and if the work was not undertaken soon it was decided that the job must be glveif to someother contractor as no assur ance could be given as to when the work wouldbe undertaken the contract had been awarded nearly a month ago the contractor was given notice to start not lator than tuesday september 6 or the contract would be cancelled the acton fall fair grant- was discuss ed but the matter was left over repairs had been made to the road way on agnes street as requested the municipal officer reported that arrangements had been made so that the hedge at the soldiers mouhmerit plot had been properly trimmed the necessity of repairing the west end cf main street over the c n rtracks was discussed and the streets and walks committee will give it their attention as it was in a rather deplorable state school staff complete miss frances e ball of dunnvllle engaged to fill vacancy caused by resignation of miss barbour ihg up to 10 and 12 years many of- the applicants had interview ed members of the board personally during the week and miss craig miss hlckcock and miss featherstone ad dressed the board at the meeting that evening there was no dearth of well qualified applicants for- the position after a discussion which lasted for five hours and until nearly midnight the unanimous decision of the board favored the engagement of miss frances e ball of dunnvllle at a salary of 800 per annum miss ball has been on the staff of tho school at port colborne for the past five years she assumed her duties at the opening of the school today i 1- i the evening meal digestek it is related that a new york business man who had become suspicious of the value of a mine in which he and some of his friends had invested sent an expert to examine the property in a few days the expert telegraphed there is no more copper in this mine than in your head the new york man promptly wired back look f dr ivory an omission in the item concerning the accidental death last week of tommy tronp tab mention was made of tommys grand father mr howard parker following the death rof his mother tcmmy was raised by hi grandparents and their home was thehome of the children to the- aged and bereavecf grandparent the syrpathy of all is extended rat this sad time we regret the lnadvertept omis sion whlchoccurred last week acton retains challenge cup the second annual scotch doubles bowling tournament for the beardmore challenge- cup took place on tuesday- night on actons beautiful grounds eighteen rinks competed brampton georgetown erin grand valley and acton supplying their quota after three games of 10 ends each the cup still remains in acton h smethurst and r salmon being the winners with3wins and plus of 10 dr gear and g saun ders of erin taking second prize with 3 wins and plus 5 william algie of brampton died suddenly the sudden death of william algle at alton on tuesday came as a great shock to friends who had known him so well- mr algiewas visiting his sister mxs7 dorrington in alton at the time and had laid down on the couch when an effort was made to arouse him an hour or so later it was found he had passed away born in alton he spent his boy hood days there later moving to bramp ton where he resided with his wife and family he is survivecvby his wife five sons malcolm harry william loclde and allan and one daughter bessie his- mother one brother and four sisters also remain mrs algie sr has been visiting this summer with members of the family the remaining members of the family are james algle of bramp ton mrs a mason acton mrs w a dorrington alton mrs mclntyre mon treal mrs g mckenna worchester mass mr algie was a frequent visitor to and was well known here to the bereaved ones the sympathy of friends here is extended the funeral washeld this afternoon in brampton with inter ment in brampton cemetery the educational inquiry at a largely attended meeting held in the court house orangevllle last week delegates from surrounding counties ex- pressed their vie o seomdaiy costs and claimed they were out ql proportion with other things at present the various speakers stressed the point that taxes were becoming burdensome and something would have to be done to reduce the load teachers salaries they thought were altogether too high a committee composed of w j cunning- ham reeve of alliston chairman e m- readhead reeve of nelson and warden of halton t b brown reeve of shel- burne and w m robinson reeve of oakville and chairman of halton county educational cdmmittee were chosen to draft resolutions to be presented at a meeting to be held in milton on october 18 other speakers were d s cooke reeve of bolton h cleave reeve of georgetown h w hope reeve of streetsville robert smith warden of peel norman lindsay reeve of mono and warden of dufferin e ray cun ningham reeve of mulmur james stln- son reeve of melancthan vernon neith- ercut deputy reeve of melancthan r a campbell of toronto member of the school trustees and ratepayers associa tion of ontario norman lindsay acted as chairman i the fall fairs dates in which many of- oar readers wiu be interested acton fair sep 20 and 2ithls year acton september 2021 arthur september 2728 brampton septem 2728 burlington september 324 caledon september 2324 cooksvllle september 30october i erin october 67 fergus september- 1617 georgetown october 45 grand valley sept sojct 1 london western fair sept 1217 milton october 14 and 15 orangevllle september 1516 rough going is costly it is actually far more costly to drive a car over bad roads than over good ones as proved by statistics taking into account all the expenses of operat ing a depreciation gasoline oil and so on the cost of driving a light six- oj under car over a poor road is nearly two and a half cents a mile greater than the expense of driving it over a good road smooth going is economical and this appliea 1c more than automobiles if ycu do your work in an atmosphere of suspicion and constraint if your home life is characterized by friction what ever you accomplish will be done at tremendous cost energy wasted in quarreling and faultfinding or even in unspoken resentment and bitterness greatly to the cost of achievement i t itimi