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rrwswwwjwinixss rt -vvv- w fu 0 kub the acton ree press neiorhqod news interesting itmwfeoneeniliw other centres and communities in which many of dor revere are interested m eden mills labor day mi- well celebrated at idgewood par the ball am were well attended zimmerman winning against rockwood by a few points the womens institute catered for the jevent with very good profit on sunday messrs w e and george wright with members of their families motored to stfetdomas where tlic enthe circle of twentyeight persons celebrated atjtt and mrs clarence boughners returning to their homes jon monday algnt members of t community were shocked to learn of the death of mrs i h wilson who it was found had passed aawy during the night fflllsblirg w misses jessie lacey- myrtle hall and mr ivan grey all of toronto were week end visitors at their homes sacrament of the lords supper was dispensed in the presbyterian church last sunday mr goodwill the- pastor conducted the service rev normaii robertson of danbury conn conducted the services in mimosa disciple church on sunday last we are sorry to team of the death of mrs alfred winters nee nellie watson who passed away very suddenly early sunday rnomlng at the nome of her mother mrs chas watson friends from this community attended the funeral of the late tovell or kitchener interment was made- at the evertoh cemetery miss maude cheyne is spending a few days with friends in eramosa- fire of unknown origin destroyed the bam and contents of mr norman barbour near erin last friday after noon ballinafad vri isabel glenn of clinton is visit ing at the home of her sister mrs dan campbell mr and mrs bert rogers spent sun day with friends at wasaga beach mr and mrs peter jperguson spent the weekend with friends in toronto mr and mrs norman tait of parry sound were visitors last week at the home of the latters parents mr and mrs f binnie little betty tait who had been spending the summer holidays with her grandparents returned home with them mrs comfort roszell and children of georgetown spent last week at the home of her sister mrs blake vannatter rev and mrs aitken returned home on thursday from their holidays mrs jas young celebrated her one hundredth birthday on thursday sep tember l a large gathering of friends and neighbors called to congratulate her the services were well attended on sunday in the united church rev mr bennett of toronto delivered two splen did addresses and the murpbal quartette was also enjoyed everton the regular monthly meeting of the everton branch of the womens insti- titute met at the home of mrs w h hortop the president mrs peavoyjin the chair there were ten members and twelve visitors rpesent after the bus iness the following programme was given duett mrs hortop and miss rockwood last wednesday afternoon the sunday school of 8t johns church held a plea sant time in exhibition park races were enjoyed by the young folks and towatas evetung baseball was indulged in by the older ones after a bountiful com roast supper was partaken of baseball was enjoyed by tie older ones after a few more came in at supper time weather conditions were perfect considering the heat aid die eclipse of the sun was observed a few who are holidaying in our midst miss ella hamilton diptitian at the ontario hospital hamilton miss agnes black r n of toronto- miss jean hamilton toronto other visitors during the week and weekend mr and mrs jos murphy wolfe island klngston t mrs t lundy of guelph miss jean torrance of simcoe mr peddle of bayfield exchanged pulpits with mr j h milroy of the presbyterian church on sunday labor day passed quietly here and a numbier attended the labor day sports at eden mills school reopened here last thursday with a good- attendance and some changes in the staff of teachers miss lillian heffernanof edmonton altai spttuesaay with mr and mts john sunter mr fred smith is having improve ments made to his residence the road oiling outfit was in the village last week and considerable improvement made on main street from alma street to the upper end of the village which in time will be more permanent the many friends of mr geo burgess were shocked monday evening to hear of his sudden death through being struck by a car on the highway west of the village the driver of the car mr j a rowland of durham was on his way home from the canadian national ex hibition when he hit the unfortunate man who was walking in the same direction as the car was going the driver was not held a coroners jury under dr stuart of guelph will be held on monday evening september 12 in rockwiod and the jury will be com posed of alex marshall foreman ctias thatcher jas watson j a little s s royce a e laing and l ayles ospringe the community picnic sponsored by the womens institute was held last wednesday afternoon at the school grounds a large crowd gathered and an enjoyablenfternoi muriel hortop talk by rev j mcleod his subject being is this the romance of trees paper by miss lucy usherwood a flower contest miss e mcphedran being the winner after yfauch all had the social half hour 7 mr and mrs norman robertson and daughter of acton spent the holiday at the home of the fqrmers mother mrs g g robertson sunday visitors at the same home were mr and mrs ckoban and son guelph mr norman jackson and daughter sadie and mrs d jack son of mimosa mr and mrs t d mccutcheon lois and robert spent monday at ospringe at the home of the formers parents mr and mrs h r mccutcheon the misses hindley and miss garland of guelph spent saturday at ihe home of mrsr a bampier campbellville miss ethel hurren has been engaged to teach kelso school for the year 1932 on friday evening the members of campbell lodge a f and a m and their wives were entertained to a lawn social by mr and mrs sherwood coulson at their lovely home in kelson the grounds were beautifully lighted by electricity and seats were provided for everyone a good programme was fur nished by the bennett orchestra of carlisle and a male quartette rev g lowe of hamilton a former minister in this community made a splendid chairman at the conclusion of the programme lunch was served after- which the guests departed for their respective homes after thanking mr and mrs coulson for their great kindness cqrt cbewsoits corners mf mccalg is spending a few days in michigan attending a convention mr and mrs stevens of toronto visited at mr and mrs oeorjcjjrahams miss annie alrdrie has goir to oak- vulo- for awhile mr alex thompson visited hull and ottawa over the holiday mr g a smith visited in toronto miss maud mcoalg visited in toronto mlsr isabel smith left for toronto where she will resume her course of studies mr and mrs charles gamble of buaftlo n y visited at the cottage over the holiday t mr and mrs mccolmah visited at mrs mcintoshs on sunday mr william nickel of kitchener is spending a few days at mrs crlpps mr and mrs chester o plank visited at rockwood mr john bennett visited at kitchen er mr aihd mrs barnes sr and mr and ms barnes jr mr and mrs langdon mr and mrs iputman and mr and mrs gray of toronto visited at mr tylers over the holiday mr james mccaig visited in toronto a few days this week erin we are pleased to report that mrs j p bush who has been ill is con valescing i mr s webb has returned to his home here after spending some time in guelph miss evahgelme gallagher of brant- ford is holidaying with miss jean an thony miss margaret mcmillan of north bay is visiting with her sister miss mary mcmillan miss matjprie mcquarrle left on sun day to enter training in st michaels hospital toronto mrs l lewis returned to toronto after spending the summer with her sisterinlaw mrs w foster friends of mr j c mckinney be sorry to learn that he is in burlington john chtistopherson and victor smith are away on a hike to quebec or and mrs j a carswoll of new york are the guests of mrs jarvls locust street flue many friends of dave chisholm who was injured in a fall on august is will be pleased to learn he is progressing nicely mr and mrs frank broom and family of kenmore n y formerly of burling- toni renewed acquaintances in tewnovpr the weekend his honor judge munro held court of revision of the town voters iist in the council chamber on thursday afternoon last when seventyone names were added to the list at the regular meeting of the nelson township council held in the township hall nelson on monday the tax rate was fixed at 18 mills which is one mill less than last year mr and- mrs chas weir accompanied by his brother rcbert and wife of kilbride spent the past week holidaying at georgian bay miss muriel ghent spent a few days at rochester during the past week newton ghent and miss mary blessinger motored to rochester on sunday and miss ghent returned home with them a number of members of wellington square lodge i o o f motored to caledonia on monday- evening to attend the official opening of the new lodge room which replaces the one destroyed by fixe last sprlnggazette will the the many friends of mr charles mccarthy of mountsberg will be sorry ifeisfij hear of the heavy loss he has sus- jsjj plained b the burning of his barn which -after- races and ball games supper was served at the close of which a tired crowd wended their way homeward the results of the races were as follows girls 4 and under merle mccutcheon girls 6 and under helen aitken boys 6- and under norman mckenzie girls 8 and under oney herrori bbysr8amr underrobert mccutcheon girls 10 and under helen robertson boys 10 and under gordon robertson girls 12 and under edna cooke boys 12 and under hugh robertson young ladies miss margaret sinclair young men bert robertson married women mrs j struthersr mar ried men alvin miller hoop race jim brydons team coat lace mrs george d robertson and gordcn aitken three legged race nellie aitken and russell struthers balloon race david robert son wheelbarrqw race bert robertson and albert alton biscuit race stewart sinclair tie race mrs struthers and t g j aitken clothes pin race nellie aitken and gordon aitken plate race margaret cooke and gordon aitken standing jump gordon aitken running hep step and jump mr yeamcn in the ball games the single ladies defeat ed the marrid ladies by 1915 and the single men defeated the married men by llto 7 holiday visitors at the home of mr johffaitkens were mr and mrs clifford aitkens and family toronto and mr and mrs cameron aitkens guelph several from here attended the funeral of the late fred tovell to everton ceme tery on sunday v messrs k sinclair and l edy left on a motor trip to- martin river to spend a weeks fishing mr and mrs d g robertson and children visited recently with the latiirs father in stratford miss anna martin spent last week at the home of her aunt mrs wishart rockwood mr j klrkwood and miss annie and mr and mrs brydon attended the mac- donald reunion at stanley park on labor day mr george d robertson accompanied by some guelph friends enjoyed a couple of days fishing trip to penetanguishene recently mr and mrs hartey anderson detroit visited on saturday with sirs s mclean mrs toveli guelph also spent a day recently with her mother friends in this community were shock ed to learn of the sudden passlngof mrs general hospital- toronto where he is undergoing treatment friends of mr alan mcdougall will be sorry to learn that he was removed to a guelph hospital on monday where he wil undergo treatment miss jean sanders suffered a fractured ankle and other painful bruises when she fell hito an open trap door while visiting at the home of mrs peter binnie on friday last we are pleased to report that little miss wilma thompson daughter of mr and mrsi wilmer thompson has taken a change for the better and is gaining rapidly following a lingering illness mr percy wilkinson of guelph form erly of erin suffered a fractured left arm and other painful injuries when his ear skidded in iresh gravel on the era- georgetown mosa road and- snapped off a telephone pole in the ditch the car was some what damaged advocate oakville messrs arthur hillmer dave chap man and fred dent have returned from a fishing trip in muskoka and the parry sound district mr and mrs w b smith of ottawa are holidaying in town as the guests of the latters mothfcr mrs h w litch field sumner aivcnue mr and mrs william hill and family colborne street returned on saturday night after an extended motor trip dur ing the trip they travelled almost 4500 miles and considerable ijime was spent with friends in florida they had the best of luck and a very enjoyable holi day five cars got badly tangled up and one was burnt two miles cast of oakvillo about ten oclock tuesday morning an unidentified car alleged to have been cutting in and out of traffic precipitated the accident and sped on its way prac tically everyone who saw the car gives a different description record geo e mordcn son are exhibiting a number of their percheron and thorough bred horses at the exhibition j dr and mrs wilkinson and children have returned after spending two weeks at carleton place and other points in eastern ontario mrs dr shaw and her son left on tuesday evening for their home in vancouver mrs shaw has been visiting her father reeve morden and other relatives during the summer our firemen had a run out to hugh wilsons farm on wednesday where fire ran over a whole hay field and was spreading into another the heat at the time was intense and several of the fire fighters were almost overcome star mr h g buchanan and mr ford buchanan of kitchener spent the week end at mr f l mcgilvrays mrs j m moore miss afleen moore and misses claridge returned home from muskoka on tuesday mr and mrs fred goodwillle and miss goodwillie of cayuga called on friends in town last week miss pearl m irwin of the new york times new york city was a visitor at the herald office oh monday miss grace williams and miss gladys ball of toronto spent the weekend with reeve and mrs tlarold cleave mr charles stbckford left for drayton tcday where he will take up his duties as teacher in one of the public schools of the vicinity mr and mrs w h jkentner and marjory and mrs f e cole returned home on monday after holidaying at port dover mr and mrs w c anthony and mr a anthony spent the weekend with friends at aylmer highgate and chat ham and returned home on tuesday accompanied by mr and mrs a b castell mrs h j labonte and miss gertrude and mr alfred of npranada que have been visiting their daughter and sister mrs m jordan and gtandson donald at the home of mr george munn knox college chapel toronto was the scene of a quiet wedding thursday august 25 when laura patricia daugh ter of dr r b and mrs aylsworth of trenton was united in marriage to mr kenneth murney langdon son of mr kenneth langdon b a and mrs lang- den of brighton with only the members cf the respective families present mrs ewan maedonald l m montgomery was matron of honor and the groom was attended by the brides brother mr r m aylsworth rev ewan maedonald norval cousin of the bride- officiated after the ceremony mr and mrs lang don left for a motor trip and on their return will reside in georgetown herald a new scale or vamje8 pwhen shacicletbn and hl companion lost their ship in the antarctic it was necessary to throw- away a great many articles that they might not have too much to carry across the ice the er- pwrer teila us that some of them threw away gold coins but kept photographs of those they loved at home when these bodies of ours meet with shipwreck and we started homeward we shall leave behind many things we formerly valued we would not take any money along- if we could because we will have no use for it the little honors we have set such stpreby- will hardly seem worth carrying but no love can bo left behind no friendship can be spared no tender memory must bo abandoned in great crises our eyes are opened and we put a new value on all that belongs fo us seeing the- wortlieless- ness of much we have struggled to gain- and the preciousness of much we have taken as a matter of course aviawon t give trte new a chance watch yourself to see if you are form ing the habit of making objections to everything new suggested if bo take yourself in hand borne people are in clined to think rather- highly of their sagacity because they always can pick flaws in whatever another suggests of course it is not well to accept suggestions without looking into them and weigh ing them but if your first reaction is to object if the first impulse you have when anything different is proposed is to declare that it cannot rbe done then you need to bo on your guard there 13 something in human naturewhich in clines people to be suspicious of innova tions tle result is that many a great discovery in sclerjce many a step ahead in dally living has been postponed for many years do not be atfnere objector blocking the way give the new a chance sambo when offered a ride in an aeroplane no suh ah stays on terrah flrmah and de more flrmah de less terrah i erligtmtfl 0miuii rnttrb ckhttrf if at caja y acton mintoter hv c l foote b 0 parsonage widow btnft p 1100 a m the minister subject the holjest place 1300 noon sunday school and bfm class 70o p mrthe minfttes subject following in the distance all services on standard time everybody wiloomb counting detours stranger how far is it to trumanan nativeswell its thousands of miles in the direction youre going but if you turn around and go the other way it just two miles ispectalts 5 for the week knox church aotoh rev vqll bbsmte m a miamer manse willow street sunday september 11th 1m2 945 a mt8abbath schol and bfble classes li00 a m and 700 p mt public worship the minister note i the y w a thanit offer ing sunday september 18 ajl700- pr-mr- miss whalling of india 2 anniver- sary of congregation sunday october 23rd ai1 standard traie alwayb 2 tomatoes baskets for milton fit jjjjboeurred while threshing was in pro alex bell is home again after a slylslt with friends in petermro beater mrs carl ross and mr hugh rich were visitors at mia ttt moore on tuesday afraid of comparisons alfred winters nee nellie watson on saturday evening the funeral was held ort monday afternoon from her mothers rcsfdince fourth line erin to huxleys cemetery sincere sympathy is extended to the bereaved family the sciences are in no way hostile to or outside the world of spiritual values but an essential part of it j scott haldane an excessive fear of competition is a giveaway some people are afraid to introduce their friends to other attrac tive people they feel that the new ac quaintance probably will cut them out if that is the way they feel about it it is very likely to happen one young man gave up- th id rather than put another youth in his place during his holiday he was afraid his employer would prefer tlic substitute and since he felt that way it would probably have happened it l been said that the man who is afraid of being supplanted ought to be supplanted and nine times out if ten this is tru if you are afraid to stand comparisons it is because there is a flaw in youj- personality or in your work mr and mrs s e mckie ofmoncton n b is visitirfg mr and mrs f c wlllmott mr and mrs meisenheimr of ros- scahi muskoka are visiting mr and mrs simpson pearl stxeet rev ross hare having spent two weeks holidays at his home here has returned to his new charge st pauls near chatham mr and mrs f c white daughter evelyn- and mrs vanfleet returned on friday last- from the summer cottage at wasago beach the tongue of the land roller on which wilfrid pickering fanner of sniders trafalgar township was riding broke throwing him in front of the machine which went over him stanley atkins young son of mr and mrs george atkins aldershot suffered a painful injury when a dynamite cap with which he was playing exploded in his hands the ladiwas rushed to hamil ton hospital where it was found neces sary to amputate two fingers and the thumb of his left hand and one finger on his right hand the boy is progress ing favorably an auto accident occurred on the base line near hornby last thursday night when a car driven by ruf us pell r r no 1 oakville and owned by george thlckett of mount dennis collided head on with a car driven by george taylor toronto and owned by w a sanders toronto rufus pell and m george pell of esqueslng township were seri ously injured mrs pell being taken to guelph hospital the occupants of sanders car were only slightly injured vacation lrhicketts c is a c wieuk and the sanders ctfr is badly damaged mrs elizabeth twdcettof- mount dennis an occupant of the car driven by pell was arrested by provincial constable cook- man of milton and lodged in jail here on friday morning mrs thlckett ap peared before police magistrate elliott pleaded guilty to telng intoxicated and was fined 10 and costs sanders has laid a charge of reckless driving against pell i champion- s sweet pickles for 35c 39c 2 peanut butter oc toy pails for dc heinz catsup q per bottle aafc christie salted sodas i per packet xc purity flour 24s for 78c chocolate mallow 1 0 cakes per lb xc pattersons pantry iritins for 2 tins pork and beans for u 2flexo packets for s com fort soap bars for black tea per lb hawes lempn oil and 1 polish cloth broomff each 2 quaker crackels packets for shelf sodas qo 25c 29c 19c j 29c 59c 5 29c 25c chain j w jones white stores phone 26 acton ont unclamifieo small advertisements wanted rooms for light housekeeping wanted- preferably on ground floor apply box 5 free press office auction sajle chas a lasby it 19 fifth lino eramosa will sell 60 head of cattle 4 horses hogs and shep on- monday september 12 at 1 p m r j kerr auctioneer notice to farmers owing to an adjustment of freight rates we will continue shipping every saturday and will quote ycu heg prices through this paper every week this week 450 and grading we have also trucks for service f e holmes acton fall fair notice school children teachers and parens will remember tha all children 5 exhibits at the fair are free the secretary will be at his office in the park this saturday l following saturday and all entries for this childrens department must be given on these days 102 f l wright secretary r afte 1 5 y copyright 1932 by bruce b brewer vicepresident ferryhanly advertising company an advertlslngsalesman for a maga- j when you talk to advertisers about zine thought he- had me cornered the your magazines you tell how interested other day we were discussing the many ycur readers are in the articles and advantages of- weekly newspaper adver- stories that appear alongside the ad- tlsmg i veitising that is the main thing any advertising publication has to sell the iii tell you something thats wrong of mte vith ycur arguments he said some r fr of the subscribers dont live in the old s c from home town any more i take my home j e best read publications on earth are j x i nn hese weekly newspapers with their news town paper and i jive more than 500 v news news about- people who live nearby miles away frvrq tffll rpally thgv t hold on your why do you take it i asked readers was so strong it would last for well i just like to read about what 15 years my old friends are doing he answered j see your p he answered how many years since you moved j nn then well if its so darned good away why dont merchants flock to use it about 15 i i donfc know i answered and it well if youre interested in reading remains one of those unexplainablesr about folks you havent known well for j why dont merchants use more frequeni- 15 years what do you think is the in- ly and more generally the best read most terest of the people who live in your i highly appreciated paper on earth the home town youve been away all this time and that paper still holds you be cause it carries the most interesting news there is news about people you know weekly newspaper the only answer is they dontknow what a whale of a buy theyre getting in their weekly news paper 50c takes the free press from now to decerpber 311932 to any canadian address here is- a newspaper bargain in order to intro duce the free press to new readers we willmail to any new subscriber for 50c for the balance of the year send it to your friends its a newsier weekly letter than you can write and it will go regularly send it now and it will tell them all about the fair and theother a close of 1032 v stye arfntt 3tt2 xtm halton countys largest newspaper tot optical co 110 wyndham street guelph grand opening saturday night dancing ryan auditorium guelfi september 10th fred elliott and his nine piece orchestra direct from a seasons en gagement at grand behd admission 35c and 60c insurance fire car casualty etc e harrop representative gore district mutual norwich union canadian fire insurance companies i successor to the late mr 3 r kennedy s ijklv wi- tff the ix