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son riutctra5wr3wvwkw gggygm w v vr 5 s tj-w- s it n arv fc i fiftyeighth year no 11 acton ontario thursday september 15 1932 eight homeprint pages five cents rjeramqsatowiiship x council meeting dealt with variety of items veterans delegation and assessment adjustments accountsof 35628 passed the council for the i township of eramosa net in the town ball rock- iwuofl o monday september 12 those presort were reeve sims mclean in the chair councillors lush storey stewart amfhmdley mr t d gray addressed the council xardmg bis application for correctloa of errors in school assessments and was supported by mr b n- nelson secretary tor b s no 8 on behalf of s 8 no 9 messrs c h harris and s s royce requested the council to defer action until further information could be secured on motion of messrs storey and lush the matter was adjourned to a meeting of the council on october 10 messrs f iu wright and jos duby applied for a grant to the poppy day fund of the acton and bockwood branch of the canadian legion and invited the cooperation of the council hi arranging for the remembrance day service on november h the council unanimously endorsed the aims and objects of the legion and on motion of messrs storey and lush granted 1500 to the poppy day fund applications for the position bl tax collector were considered and the cleric was instructed to prepare a bylaw for submission to the next meeting of the council appointing r c thomson who has held the position since 1926 relief affairs were dealt with and damages for sheep worried by dogs were various items of local interest awarded to messrs earl hindley and w r- shaw j no action was taken regarding the request of the canadian national ball- ways that the council relieve them from main taming and erecting cattle guards at all crossings in the township the instructions to add 7 to all a of taxeswhm placing themon the new roll were withdrawn and the arrears will be added as per the col lectors account and will be subject to the same penalties as the 1932 taxes viz 2 added on december 16 and m i per m on ftebruaryl accounts fbr 35628 were passed for payment aid adjournment made to oc tober 10 junior i o b e social evening the lakeside chapter i o d e held an enjoyable evening of euchre atjshe home of mrs dr buchanan tuesday night a delightful lunch was served by the group hostesses prizes were won by mrs george somerville and miss jessie morton b shower for bridetobe on saturday afternoon previous to the wedding a shower was held at the borne of mrs blake springer nelson township hi honor of miss ruth camahan a brideelect miss camahan was the re cipient of many useful gifts including a beautiful electric floor lamp from st pauls church miss boneta featherv stone read the address and miss- hazei pickett made the presentation on behalf of the church she was also presented with a buffet mirror from the womens institute a dainty luncheon was served and a social hour enjoyed by all present about- 65 guests were in attendance won prizes for promoting sales mr er e barr received this week two prize awards from the makers of lux soap for his part in their recent competition for window display and sales promotion of this commodity for his window display he received a cheque for 5 his sales promotion plan was award ed a prize of 25 it will be remembered that mr barr ran a guessing contest on the time taken to dress the window displ a few weeks ago he used an advertisement in thefiiee press land distributed dodgers explaining the c test at the community picnic when it is taken into consideration that this contest was dominionwide in its scope mr barrs winnings are very commend able we extend congratulations transient traders fees objected to faji fair grant approved as last year conveniences wanted n hillcrest avenue lenferfn jtttn 2uat the meeting of acton council on monday evening had councillors cowie jones nicol and mcarthur present and reeve thetford in the chair the minutes of file last meeting were read and adopted mr charles parker was present to request permission to put a drain in to wash cars he pointed out that it would be just clear water that went into the drain and it would not be used in winter the matter will be reported upon later messrs holmes and klngshott were present they took exception to the charge of 2500 as transient traders on their egg grading station they claimed that they did not buy or sell eggs to the consumer and that they could see no reason for paying this levy they were willing to pay a business tax but not the transient traders fee the council pointed out that as it was a government statute they felt they could do nothing but make a charge the clerk was in structed to look up the statutes and the matter would be settled at the next meeting the nineteenth report of the finance committee was presented and payment of the following accounts recommende1 g h lantz drawing gravel and rubbish to the park 260 acton public utilities commit sion street lighting acton public utilities commis sion power at spring acton public utilities commis sion pumphouse lighting ac pub c sion town hall lighting acton public utilities- commis sion arena lighting mbs peter maoill erfii death came suddenly on saturday night to florence barbour wife of peter maglll tenth linft erin farmer asshe was visiting her motherinlaw preparing to return home with her hus band she was suddenly stricken with a heart attack and died before medical help could be summoned mrs maglll was in her 50th year and was amember of burns presbyterian church being also noted as a musician she is survived by her husband and cne son archie at home the funeral took place to huxley cemetery with rev john grant officiat ing school- requirements term regulations dealt with by the schftcjl board at the meeting on tuesday accounts were passed georgetown won again from the acton baseball nhwt in an exhibition game last saturday by a score of 52 i acton played an exhibition tilt in georgetown on saturday and finished on the short end of a 52 score acton put up a good fight despite the f act that they were minus the services of terry car- mlchael wallers tyler chalmers played second base for bis first time bob hall played left field and tlnnle masales covered terrys position at right field nell gibbons opposed walters on the mound to start the game neil started off in good shape and kept the few nits well scattered but he had a bad inning hi the fourth when the paper boys scored three times without a hit eight men laced nell in ithls frameand five got on base two were hit by a pitched ball one walked one got on through an error and one through a fields choice this was all the runs georgetown needed to win the same as acton only scored twice with two on frank gibbons smashed out his second double to score two runs but he was left stranded st second chalmers went in to finish the game 1 in the fifth inning and held the home boys to one jilt which was a double by l tost he went to third on an overthrow and scored on a wild pitch white proved the heavy hitter of the day having three hits out of five times to bat the box score and summary follow acton abshfoak huffman 3b 5 0 12 10 holloway lb 5 0 0 8 0 0 waterhouse cf 3 n gibbons p 2b 4 white ss 4 chalmers 2b p 3 f gibbons c 4 hatt rf 4 masales rf 4 reckless driving charge aftermath of jfata merle dean streetsville was charged with reckless driving by provincial con stable t h owens as a result of the inquest held into the death of percy hodgman toronto fatally injured on august 15 hodgmans death the coron ers jury found was due to injuries received when a car driven by victor hope streetsville crashed into the rear of the truck on which the boy was rid ing witnesses at the inquest swore that they had seen two cars driving abreast towards the scene of the accident the totals i 36 2 7 24 0 2 georgetown abrhpoae ritchie ss 4 savage of 4- want c 3 tuck if 4 walters p momann 3b v mcnally rf tce 2b benham lb 1 2 0 1 0 13 totals 30 5 7 27 7 3 summary two base hits walters tost gibbons 2 stolen bases ritchie 2 mcnally white 2 huffman waterhouse struck otat by walters 11 by gibbons 6 by chalmers 3 base on balls off walters 9 off gibbons 2 off chalmers 2 hits and runs off gibbons in innings 4 runs and- 6 hits off chalmers m 3 driver of the second car was identified at the scene of the crash as merle deau dean giving evidence at the inquest said that he had been following the hope car and was not abreast of it value of canadian fisheries the fisheries of canada rank among the most valuable and important of the countrys resources in 1931 the produc tion value of these fisheries was 30- 682631 which represents the value of fish marketed whether sold for consump tion fresh or as prepared in the various forms that is canned smoked dried etc the quantity fish of all kinds caught in canadian waters both coastal and inland- was 9619525 cwt among the sea fish the principal kinds used fresh are salmon halibut lobster had dock mackerel smelts swordflsh and herring in the inland fisheries prac tically all of the catch is marketed fresh and whitefish trout and pickerel are the principal kinds last year canada ex ported fish and fishery products to the value of 25848585 imports were valu ed at 2653894 the greercarnahan wedding a wedding of wide interest took place on wednesday september 7 at four oclock at the presbyterian manse tansley when ruth l camahan second daughter of mr and mrs stephen camahan was united in marriage to george g greer son of mr and the late mrs william greer both of nelson rev c h lawry conducted the cere mony the bride was charming in a white polka dot net gown over french crepe with shoes and accessories of white her bridal veil was worn in cap style and caught with a small cluster of orange blossoms sweetheart roses and toabys breath composed the brides bouquet mr and mrs william greer jr of water- down were the attendants after the wedding dinner the happy couple left on a motor trip to northern ontario the bride was attired in a green crepe gown wool crepe coat with baby fox collarand accessories in beige on their return they will reside in nelson village 14475 1924 81 242 467 w d anderson repairs to town hall 1 1qo00 the business trail mr a so your son is an undertaker i thought you said he was a doctor mr b no i said he followed the medical profession innings 1 run 1 hit wild pitch n gibbons chalmers passed ball f gib bons left on base georgetown 7 acton 9 losing pitcher gibbons hit by pitcher by gibbons walters benham earned runs georgetown 0 acton 2 r h e acton a 000 002 0002 7 2 georgetown i 001 301 00 6 7 3 umpires scott plate masales bases 27469 upon motion of messrs cowie and jones the report was adopted president mckeown first vicepresid ent ramshaw and secretarytreasurer f l wright of the acton fall fair board were present to give the council any information regarding the fall fair mr wright pointed out that the prize list contained 1122 in prizes not in cluding the special prizes the council gave the fair the same grant as last year namely 150 with the understanding that the fair would pay the town a rental fee of 100 for the use or the park and arena the fair committee thanked the council and requested the municipal body to be present at the fair and to welcdme the special speaker of the day mr george agnew had complained that he had paid taxes on his sidewalk for longer than the debenture issue called for after looking up the bylaw it was found that the tax had not been paid yet but soon would be matured a letter was received requesting the information re taxes on properties dam- aged by fire the clerk was instructed to look up the files on tins matter before the next meeting a letter from mr w coleman jr pointed out that hillcrest avenue where his property was situated had neither a light or sidewalk it was pointed out that to make these improvements the taxes on the property would be raised the matter was left with the light committee it was suggested that the lights would b of greater advantage to the whole of brock avenue if they wee changed over to the opposite side of the road the matter of daylight saving time was brought up and it was decided that if there was an election in the fall a vote of the ratepayers on the question of daylight saving would be taken a letter from the railway regarding the cattle guards was ordered to be filed the matter of distributing the truck ing business of the corporation was dis cussed and the general feeling seemed to be that this work should be divided among the various truckers george hqmewood milton general sympathy will be felt here for- mrs edward tyler jr in the death last thursday evening of her father mr george homewood of milton mr home- wood had suffered from a lingering ill ness for some time he was in his 55th year was a member of grace anglican church and in politics was a conserva tive he is survived by his jyidow throe daughters mrs g h r emery toronto mrs edward tyler jr acton miss iris homewood hamilton and three sons gectge vincent and courtney at home a public service was held in grace anglican church milton at 2 30 on saturday afternoon interment was made in evergreen cemetery milton allan mcdougall erin allan macdougall drover andtrucker of erin passed away irr the guelph general hosp on saturday september 10 fol lowing an illness of three week duration and an operation a son of the late allan macdougall and margaret lowe he was born in hillsburg and moved with the family to their present home on the guelph road erin in 1909 he was a member of burns presbyterian church and enjoyed a wide circle of friends and b associates he is survived by his brother duncan with whom he lived the funeral took place from the home of his brother on monday afternoon when rev j a grant pastor of bums church conducted the obsequies in the presence of many relatives and friends interment was at dixons cemetery chin- guacousy the beautiful floral tributes bespoke of the high estoem in which deceased was held the pallbearers wre norman barbour j e austin w d sinclair wm miller everton arm- s rong wilbert marshall the flower- bearers were duncan macdougall allan macdougall duncan macdougall wm lowe robert lowe gordon lowe erin advocate sympathy in acton is ex tended to miss m barbour a teacher until this term on the staff of acton public school miss barbour resigned her position this year and arrangements had been made for her marriage to mr macdougall his sudden death just prior to their marriage has called forth the sincerest sympathy from the many friends here of miss barbour l i resurfacbig the highway last week the highway between the seventh line and georgetown was given a new surface of the oil and tar com position and ground stone the com position was afterward rolled down and consolidated this week the same con tractors are putting a new surface on the highway between acton and rock- wood the road is greatly improved and made much more smooth j the crushed stone and material for the acton to rockwood section was unloaded a acton and employment for several local men was obtained for a few days 1 the evening meal digester was a vi it took him three hours to reach the fifteenth hole where- he drove his ball into the rough after search the caddie located a ball which the player examined no he said this isnt mine this is a very old ball yes said the boy in exhausted tones but dont forget its a long time sine we started out sir fred w adsett eramosa a promising young life was brought to an untimely close in the passing of fred adsett youngest son of margaret and the late thomas adsett of eramosa township lnjils 24th year the deceased was a teacher by profession having taught in wyevale cookstown and jarvis being principal of jarvis continuation school from midsummer 1930 until eas er of this year when failing health compelled him to relinquish his duties he was taken to freeport sanatorium in apii but he gradually became weaker until death released him on- tuesday morning september 6 mi adsett was prepartngto enter university and spent every moment of his spare time studying with that end in view and no doubt the strain proved too much for his not too- robust constitution he had a particu larly cheery disposition and was a favorite with all who knew him ths funeral on thursday last was very large ly attended many having come a great distance to pay a last tribute of respect to cne who had so endeared ntmself to the hearts cf everyone in the communi ties where he had lived rev dr spence the family pastor conducted a brief service in the home of his brotherinlaw mr w m grant r r no 5 belwood after which a public service was held in mimosa united churqh of which fred had been a member assisting dr spence were revs w j booth camilla and r e deeth cf wesley united churdh jarvis mrs earl hindley sang a solo good night and good morning which was a favorite with the- deceased who hhnself was a talented vocalist the pallbearers were james oakes a cousin fred rowan alton fred ifamilton kingston harvey jessop toronto alan wilson fergus high school associates and albert smith selkirk his fellow teacher in wyevale and in jarvis in e floral relatives and intimate friends beautiful floral tributes were sent or brought by rev r e deeth and family jarvis j d kenny cookstown young people and choir of wesley church jarvis pupils of jarvis continuation school staff of walkerville technical school jarvis school board arid mr and mrs shaver gordon oneil and a c smith jarvis there remain to mourn the loss of a at the monthly meeting of the school bpard on tuesday evening trustees rev p a sawyer j p scarrow dr a j buchanan mrs b m wilson were prej sent and chairman j m mcdonald presided the list of books required for the high school library was received from the principal and from departments of the public school the matter was left over until the next meeting so that the board could then have definite word of the departmental grants and knowledge of what funds were available the typewriter at the school was out of order and arrangements were made tj have it repaired to allow for the teaching of upper school subjects at acton school and comply with departmental regulations tnsvfollowing motions were passed movediby rev p a sawyer seconded by j p scarrow thatthe secretary be and is hereby instructed to write to the deputy minister of education asking if upper school english literature and french authors may be taught in the continuation school subjects to be taught by miss f a phelan specialist carried moved by dr a j buchanan second ed by mrs b m wilson that this board auhorize the use of two text books shorter poems and ancient history in the continuation school and that the secretary be instructed to forward this motion to the principal of the school carried the report of the boiler inspector on the boiler at the school was read by the secretary and ordered to be fyled the lawn mower at the school was out of repair but the matter was left over for thisjvear the ninth report of the finance com mittee recommended payment of this following accounts mail empire advertising 628 globe advertising 675 acton public utilities commis sion supplies 233 james symon repairs 21 03 highway garage repairs 1744 a selection of news items passed away in guelph word has been received inacton that mrs- marietta murray widow of the late a j murray passed away on wednesday at iter home in guelph mrs murray and miss florence had recently removed from acton to guelph mrs murray has been in poor health for a number of years and gradually declining tire blew and truck capsized to ditch when a rear tire on the fruit truck of browns fruit store blew out the other day on the hlghwayhhemachinewentout of control and turned over in the ditch the accident occurred just this side ot georgetown fortunately mr a brown who was driving was not injured and the truck was not seriously damaged little damage was also sustained to the load of fruit get suspended sentence for trespass on hydro property appearing before magistrate vance two hamilton youths george duckworth and david giles were allowed to go on suspended sentence following a charge of trespass laid by hydro inspector george terry these two lads some days ago climbed to the top of the hydro trans mission line towers 200 feet high at burlington beach the spectacular act was viewed toy hundreds the court threatened to deal harshly with subse quent offenders mrs hubert mann able to return to her home it will be interesting information to the readers of this paper to learn that mrs hubert mann who suffered a severe stroke on aprl 18 has recovered suf ficiently to be brought home xn sunday from the groves memorial hospital fergus it will be remembered that in april dr w a groves performed an operation on mrs mann removing a blood clot from her brain believed to be the first of its kind and receiving a good deal of publicity mrs manns many friends in this neighborhood will hope for continued improvement in her health fergus newsrecord assessment bylaw and railway bonus are amount the items dealt with by esquesing cdundl- at mondays session i v r 5383 the report was adopted the- secretary was instructed to secure a supply of toilet paper at the best pos sibleprices burlington rev capt w c riddlford preached the sermon at the orangemens service held at york on sunday last richard dunham returned home to detroit on saturday after a weeks violt with mr and mrs gordon robinson mr and mrs arthur simmons of dayton ohio are the guests of mr and mrs fred simmons pearl street halton county finished sixth in the holsteln herd exhibits at the toronto exhibitiop a number of local holsteins from this district were included in the herd shown mr jack clemence brant street had the misfortune to lose about 25 worth of good tools when his brothers machine shop was entered in hamilton last friday night and over 100 worth of tools taken a movement is on foot to organize a box lacrosse league in halton for the fall months box lacrosse has become quite popular and it is figured the game can be carried on during the fall months prior to hockey and it would also assist jn training the hockey players for the coming season r on tuesday evening jack mclnerney and dougas mcleod two transients landed in town and arrived at lakeside park on water street about 915 to view the lake mclnvemey walked to wards the bank and the next thing he knew he had fallen over the embank ment night constable dunham was summoned and the man was drawn up to safety again about 645 on tuesday evening arthur burt of paris and ken bocnesteel of ingersoll members of the orchestra play ing at the terrace had a- narrow escape from being killed at the tallway crossing on ontario street near rhynas mill they were proceeding along ontario street when they heard a train whistle which was travelling towards freeman burt who was driving the car immedi ately applied the brakes and the car stalled in front of the approaching train they both jumped out of the stalled car and bocnesteel fell on his wrist fractur ing it the tralnwhicu is known as the fruit special was hi charge of conductor ward and engineer hill dr weaver attended boenesteeli and chief smith investigated the accident the car is a -was-dragged- of over 200 feet gazette devoted son and brother his mother mrs thos adsett four brothers charles teacher in walkerville technical school glassford in alberta hugh and harry in eramosa and two sisters mrs james allan and mrs w melvln grant also in eramosa township a splendid task performed by community bee the community bee yesterday after noon in the old pioneers cemetery in acton was a real incentive to those who have the appearancetuid improvement of this sacred spot at heart about forty men gathered to participate in the im provement of this place and the after noons work has made a decided change in appearance the bulk of the cleaning up process has been accomplished and a few hours is all that will be necessary for touching up some places and com pleting the work it was a worthwhile effort and the results must be encourag lng to the committee who undertook the work vlerras hawalianson chautauqua programme one of the brightest and most colorful of musical treats is appearing in aoton on the second day of chautauqua an the esquesing council met pursuantt to adjournment on monday in the township hall atstewarttown deputy reeve w g appelbe councillors l l mullin n- a robinson and g wesley murray were present with reve george cuie inrthecnair7 the minutes of tho last meeting were read and confirmed 1 he- treasurer was upon motion in structed to pay the following accounts acon public utilities commis sion crescent street lights three months 1500 bell telephone account 549 j sanford board of health ac- count to date i 1330 alexander tonelli 1 lamb killed by dogs 5 00 p g mcgibbon valuator 200 david mcenery 5 sheep and 4 lambs killed by dogs 5130 k c lindsay valuator 200 wm schenk account for charity 116 j h smith 1 cord wood account for charity howard garvin account for charity i m bennett account for charity j los account for charity moved by l l mullin seconded by a 350 504 200 900 n a robinson that the treasurer pay he road sheets as presented by th- road superintendent 1444 85 car ried moved by l l mullin seconded by n a roblnson that leave be granted to introduce a bylaw to distribute the interest accruing from the railway bonus fund among the different school sec- tions entitled thereto and that said by law be now read a flrsttime carried moved by g wesley murray seconded by w g appelbe that the bylaw to distribute the railway bonus intrest having been read a first time that it be now read a second and third times and passed andthat thecorporateseal be attached thereto carried moved by w g appelbe seconded by g wesley murray that leave be granted to introduce a toylaw to assess the several school sections and union school sections of the township of esquesing for the year 1932 and that said bylaw be now read a first time carried moved by n a robinson seconded by l l mullin that the bylaw to assess the several school sections and union school sections having been read a first time be now read a second and third evening in hawaii presented by vlerras hawaiians albert vierra and his not able company cf native singers and in strumentalists will feature hawaiian music as it should be played and sung mr vlerra has won fame throughout on the drive floor europe and america for his artistic musical productions which give a vivid glimpse of lifo in the far away and glamorous islands of the pacific amid a setting of colorful tropical splendor haunting hawaiian melodies quaint comedy and splendid singing round out this evening in hawaii in the after noon mrs vierra takes an informative informal visit to hawaii which enhances and gives meaning to the ever changing colorful hawaiian stage setting dr william tytler guelph died at age of 91 years dr william tytler who served u6 years in the teaching profession died at his home in guelph late tuesday night he was 91 years of age and until three years ago was actively engaged in his profession he held the honorary degree of lld froth the university of toronto from which institution he graduated in 1862 dr tytler commenced his teaching career in carleton place and later was the head of high schools at smiths falls and st marys he went to guelph as principal of- high schools in 1892 he resigned on being appointed secretary of the board of education and public school inspector he was a native of nicol township wellington county and is survived by his wife one son and one daughter the death of william tytler b a ll d removed a veteran ehuca- tiohlst whose services to the teaching distance professio w la b th h h 4realhaufftxoralntjohnr inview- guthrle in june 1931 when mr tytler completed his teaching career mr tytler was a former school inspector who began teaching in 1863 and continued until 1030 at the time of his retire ment dr tytler was presented with an embossed address by the minister of justice a former pupil of his who de clared dr tytlers influence had been incalculable times and passed and that the corporate seal be attached thereto carried moved by l l mullin seconded by na robinson that the letter from the catholic welfare bureau re fllepowski family be filed carried moved by n a robinson seconded by l i mullin that this council do now adjourn to meet on monday oc tober 3 at 1 30 p m carried general interest news another fine barn destroyed one of the worst bam fires which has occured in the belfountain district for years took place on tuesday when the large barn and pig pen on dan mcdon alds 200acre farm were destroyed the cause of the fire is unknown the family were preparing to leave for inglewood school fair when the fire was noticed r the seasons crop along with a number of implements and harness were destroyed the loss is partially covered by insurance neigh bors put up a stiff fight and were suc cessful in saving the driving shed two true bills given at wellington assizes true bills were returned by the grand jury late this week hi two manslaughter cases on the calendar at the wellington county fall assizes which opened on monday before mr justice mcevoy haromthomas waterloo truck driver is charged in connection with the death of jack smith guelph juniorhockey player who was killed when run down by a heavy truefc driven by thomas on the guelphkltchener highway nell arm strong of fergus is on trial as a result of aratallty on the guelphfergus road nell hattalnl of fergus victim of the accident was a passenger in armstrongs car when it figured in a collision with a truck i may ship cattle via churchill cattle icrom the prairie provinces manitoba saskatchewan and alberta may soon be shipped to the frltlsh isles via churchill the new seaport terminus of tha hudson bay railway canadian cattle bound for the british isles are now sent by rail 2000 rnlles from cal- gary to montreal and by sea from mon- of the successful shipping at grain to britain and europe from the northern seaport arrangements are being discuss ed for the shipping of mixed cargoes of both grain and cattle oanadlancattle exported to the british jslea during the present season of navigation up to the middle of august amounted to 15641 head an increase of m56 oyer the shipment for the corresponding period in 1931 evy- stsi