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r- r j 4 fiftyeighth year no 17 acton ontrio thursday october 27 1932 eight homeprint pages five cents the middle road not favored by the county council of halton i estimated cost oftwo bridges in halton would be 525000 countys share would add debenture debt of 17000mcounty council adopts report of the educational committee recom mending grants be paid on salaries up to 1800 and 1000 finance committee payments amount to 3161754 4- hatlon county council met in the court xbase milton tmtuesday of- this week members were all present with the warden in the chair minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed and communications read from the de partment of highways from dr steven eon gaol surgeonv and two claims tor damages to automobiles incurred on county roads mr kirstine addressed the council gentlemen said mr kirstine i have a very pleasant duty to perform usually when i address the council it is with a request for money today i have much pleasure in presenting you with a cheque for 25 in the spring i came to you for a grant for the county plowing match bub we have decided not to cancel but to suspend the plowing match for one year because there have not been sufficient entries to justify the cost necessary for holding a match which would be approximately 60 or 70 i therefore have pleasure in returning to you 25 the amount of the grant but i shall probably be asking for it back again next year following the reading of reports the council went into committee of the whole to consider the reports of the standing committees mh harold cleave georgetown was in the chair the finance committee recommended the payment of the following accounts lintarrf jiiln fat which were- passed by the council for- were a menace to qui pubuc payment mothers allowance 105 00 education 2780 good roads 1865443 finance printing old age pensions hospital accounts county buildings 1093575 106 83 99103 67750 11820 3161754 the good roads committee recom mended that an outstanding account of approximately 18000 be paid to the department of highwa and t an account for 304553 be sent to the town of milton carried- the county buildings committee re commended that a blower for the court house furnace be purchased if the cost council were unanimous in their opinion that a blower would be an economy as it would then be possible to burn a cheaper grade of coal an interesting discussion arose when mr robinson moved that the- recom mendation as pasfflj by the education committee at thelfejineetlng at milton be adopted mr robinson explained that the idea of the committee was that the amount the county council shall pay be based on those figures but if any high school wants to pay higher salaries they can do so but the county shall not be called upon to pay the increase mr breckon as i understand it the cost to the municipality is threefifths of the total for each child attending high school a copy of tne resolution was embodied epo w w b the council of the meeting held at milton on october 18 to consider ways and means to defray the high cost of secondary education resolutions passed at that meeting were as follows moved by reeve j w cunningham of alliston and seconded by warden lindsay of pufferin resolved whereas taxation has become an intolerable burden especially to the farmer and whereas education costs are 33 of the total tax therefore be it resolved that county councils wish to positively state that they will no longer set a tax rate to maintain our present high school system and request tthe department of education to amend act giving county councils power to set a maximum on which they will pay a maintenance grant and for the years 193334 pay a maximum saary of 1800 for each principal and 1000 for each assistant moved by reeve tt rbrown ofshep burne eeconded by reeve cunningham that the course known as lower school be removed from the high school course and made a public school or junior high school course in all schools in the province where teachers with a first class certificate may be engaged and where the cost of building and equipment is considerably lower and that the costs of secondary education be made a local instead of a county obligation be is further resolved that county councils be jrjyen control of all high school expenditures if a municipality wishes to increase costs above that deter mined by the county council it may do so by paying the extra charge for the municipality in which the school is situ ated moved by reeve fletcher seconded by reeve dixon of dundas that if a girl or boy be properly employed after his or her fifteenth year he or she may not be compelled to attend school because many complaints are coming from parents trustees regarding the re quests made on school boards for many local improvements su6hes better black boards seats sanitary equipment etc it was moved by reeve e r cunning ham muimur seconded by reeve j c reid east garafraxa that the depart ment of education be asked to instruct the inspectors to delay all- expenses not absolutely necessary during this time of depression the resolutions were approved and passed by the halton county council mr r c mulr chief engineer for the department of highways interview ed the good roads committee in regard to the middle road mr campbell in giving the council the gist of mr muirs remarks said that the depart- wa anxious to workon the middle road as a means of relieving unemploy ment which would provide steady work for the surplus of men from all parts of the county according to mr mulr the middle road would be a better paying pro position than widening the toronto- hamilton highway to a width of 86 feet because of the incidental expense of pay- tag private property claims it was estimated that the cost of the oakvllle bridge would be 300000 and the bronte bridge 225000 for the new road mr morden oakvllle had an idea for a relief measure which was that some of the unemployed should be put to work filling ditches on the toronto- hanulton highway which in their pre- reeve morden also suggested that the reeves of other municipalities who might be interested be asked to join them in this proposition mr currie as far as can see a new road would mean an increase of 170000 to our debenture debt and if that is the case i for one am strongly against the building of the middle road each one of us sitting at this table represents a corporation and if we add any more to our debenture debt where are we going to end the farmers cannot pay their taxes as it is it is a drastic statement but i know its true they cannot pay mr harris i think the best thing we can do is to approach the government and say we dont want the road and we cant pay for it at any rate at the mrcampbell perhaps we might ask just what proposition the government can give us mr harris no i dont think we should ask them for any proposition at all mr robinson the agitation has not come from the county but from the government who realizes that something has got to be done to relieve the traffic on the torontohamilton highway the new road would possibly add half a mill to the county assessment for good roads mr appelbe as far as work for the unemployed is concerned i think we can keep them doing nothing cheaper john w hawthorne welland mr win hawthorne and family in acton received the sad news last week of the death oftheir son and brother mr john w hawthorne mr hawthorne wasjcliled while at work on the welland ship canal at lockvno 3 a group of five or six men were engaged in putting a sewer in just at the point where the abandoned and the present canals cross they were working on the bed of the abanded canal and on the top of the bank was a train with a derrick and flat cars- loaded with huge tiles for use in the sewer in one of the tiles was a log forty feet in length and some two feet in diameter the log fell off the car and before is could be stopped was coroming wildly down the slope toward the little group of men at work below before they had time to escape mr hawthorne and a fellow workman mr daniels were struck mr hawthorne suffered a badly fractured skull and severe brain lacerations dr e d coutts was called but he was beyond human aid and died while being taken to the hospital the late john w haw thorne had been a resident of welland for the past thirty years for many years following the occupation of a sailor on the great lakes but latterly being em ployed by the government on the canal for two or three years ht was a resident of acton he was born in colllngwood fiftytwo years ago and was well and favorably known by many friends who will learn of his sudden demise with sincere regret he was a valued member of loyal order of moose lodge no 936 welland under whose auspices the funeral was held to mourn his passing he leaves his sorrowing wife one daugh ter irene and one son george at home the aged father wm hawthorne and two sisters miss emma hawthorne and mrs jds k smith reside in acton another sister mrs wm mcleod resides in toronto and a brother george in kitchener to all the bereaved the sympathy of the community goes out at this sad time the funeral was held on friday afternon last at 2 30 p m from the family home 192 welland to victoria lawn cemetery where interment was made the service was conducted by rev dr mcguvary of the baptist church mr wm haw thorne miss e hawthorne and miss la verne smith attended the funeral the anniversary ftf knox church eloquent and forceful sermons by rev m b davidson of gait anniversary concert and supper on monday jean orr one of actons brightest young lives was terminated on thursday last when a beautiful autumn day favored he elghtyslxth anniversary occasion of knox presbyterian church acton on sunday and large congregations attended the morning and evening services and enjoyed this anniversary occasion- the special speaker this year was rev m b davidson m a of central church gait his two messages were inspiring and eloquently plain expositions of gospel truths mr davidson took for his text at the morning service the thirtyfourth verse of john 18 jesus answered him sayest thou this thing of thyself or did others tell it thee of me from this text the speaker pointed out how pilate trledjtp place the responsibility of passing judg ment on jesus on the jews and the jews in turn passed the onus on pilate we ought not to criticize the conduct oi others until we examine our own con duct jesus says we ought not to judge people from mere heresay in concluding he asked his hearers the searching ques tion is our religion a mere matter of what we hear from other people or something we rave experienced at this service the baptist congrega tion joined for the anniversary the choir ably contributed anthems and as sisted hi th service of praise at the evening service the congrega tion of the united church joined and the pastor rev c l poole b d as sisted in the service mr davidson took for his text the second and third verses of the third chapter of second corinthians ye are our epistle written in our hearts known and read of all meivforasmuch as ye are manlfestily declared to be the epistle of christ min istered by us written not with ink but with the spirit of the living god not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the heart from this text the speaker went on to point out that our lives are living letters pauls character ontario street i was written in his epistles or letters it is the duty of christians to act and reflect in everyday life a christian character and show a difference in their attitude towards their fellowman we are witnesses and the most effective way of spreading christianity is by example with a wealth of apt illustration mr davidson made his subject very appeal ing effective and applicable to every day life at the evening service mr dtftton- various items of local interest baptist church anniversary the annual anniversary of the acton baptist church will be held on sunday ivember 13 when the preacher for the will be professor fredrick tracy of the university of toronto 172 anniversary at bautnafad the anniversary services of balllnafad united church will be held on sunday november 6 with services at 1100 a m and 730 p m on monday night a chicken supper will bo served by the ladles of the congregation followed by a musical and literary programme by fergus talent comprising a company of ten artists 172 a 1000 examination for 300 with the autoelectronic radloclast a superior new diagnostic instrument it is possible to determine without any questions asked the exact physical con dition of your body clinic daily october 31 to november 5 only at office over dominion store georgetown spec ialist in attendance write or phone 150w now for appointment a m neilsen licensed chiropractor and drugless therapist acton citizens will vote on daylight saving question provision made for expression of public at the municipal elections nomination day will be friday november 25 council endorses work of relief committee and expresses appreciation arena roof to be repaired and resurfaced new hose for fire apparatus to be secured at the meeting of acton council on monday evening councillors cowle nlcol mcarthur and jones were present and reeve e thetford presided the finance committee in their twentysecond report recommended payment of the following accounts wm findley spreading gravel 250 j scrlven spreading gravel 250 e thetford re charity case 1500 bell telephone co services 1135 wm carry wood 800 jas symon supplies r 105 h n farmer salary supplies etc 14305 r rawson labor 625 robert j wallace teaming- 1590 hill lasby work on toads 425 j w donald work on roads 3 00 thomas rumley workon reads 375 halton presbytery convened in special session in jfhe united church here on tuesday weu attended and enthusi astic meeting pltal in toronto for some weeks jean had not been in good health and had gone tothe home of herauntmrs cottingham in toronto in the hope that a change would improve her health her illness however became gradually more serious and she passed away last thurs day jean was the youngest daughter of the late john and martha orr as a little tot of three or four years she came to canada and to acton from coleralne county deny ireland with her mother and brothers and sisters she has lived therefore practically all her life in acton and endeared herself to all in this community a bright scholar at mr morden why not leave it over tsschool and particularly gifted in music the next meeting mr harris i think all we should do is tell them we dont want it mffrcurrie ithink gentlemaar the council is almost unanimous in oppos ing this road at any figure mr robinson can we afford to be too antagonistic i hardly think so it was finally left to the good roads committee to interview the government and bring a report to the council the meeting adjourned at 5 30 p m to meet at the call of the warden parkview a c activities the members of the parkview a c held their first cross country chase on saturday october 22 and all reported a good time the trail was laldover country roads hills and valleys through bush and meadows and covered a dis tance of about seven miles it was an ideal day and although the hares were far too clever in their manner of laying trails the course was not fully covered by any of the hounds no casualties were davidson bass soloist and mr franklin moore tenor soloist of mitchell assisted the cho and contributed appreciated duetts and solos to the service of praise the choir also contributed special well- rendered anthems a special anniversary offering was received reported except for a scratch on the face received when a member en deavored to knock a tree down with his head in his hurry to find the trail the members all returned to the club room about 4 30 and although many were tired they were also happy a special meeting was held on tuesday in the club room in order to discuss new mem bership as many applications had been received it was decided to enroll thir teen new members this will make a club membership of thirty and provide keener competition both en the traok and in the various other contests which will be carried on at each meeting a special meeting is being called for to night at 730 p m sharp the evening meal diqk8txb 7 colored chauffeur on a dark night to passenger excuse me sah would yo mind holding out yo hand ise wine turn the- next comer she gave freely of her talents in the various concerts and musical events of the community always willing to assist shewascalleduponasplanlstandac companlst on many occasions and always she helped and gave of her time unres ervedly it was largely through her in terpretation and accompaniment that acton schools were able to secure a high standing lnthe county musical festivals she had completed he first part of her training course as a teacher in the public schools and for a term taught at bannockburn school but was forced to relinquish her dultles owingto ill health as a teacher of music her pupils were most successful and reflected credit on her ability in her church home at knox presbyterian church she was a willing and able worker in the choir and societies in fact there is not a section in the community life in which jean orr will not be missed and the commun ity as a whole grieves with the family in the loss that has been sustained to the brother alex and the sisters misses elizabeth and martha heartfelt sym- united church anniversary on sunday the eighth anniversary of the united church acton and the elghtyseventfff of the old church will be observed next sunday october 30 the anniversary preacher on this occasion will be rev john little of rockwood services will be held t 11 00 a m and 700 p m in the morning the usual denomina tional courtesy will be observed and the presbyterian congregation will join in attending the anniversary services and in the evening the baptist congregation will join at these anniversary services observed fiftyfifth wedding anniversary mr and mrs joel leslie observed their fiftyfifth wedding anniversary on mon day night october 24 about thirty guests were present on this occasion and a most enjoyable evening was spent with this venerable and esteemed couple who have resided all their lives in this dis trict a unique feature of the evening was the presence of three couples who have been married for fiftyfive years mr and mrs austin swackhamer mr and mrs albert smith and mr and mrs tjjhp irpv anil htrq h cftlriwpll were present and mr caldwell was the very capable master of ceremonies and pre over th toas list dublin womens institute the october meeting of the dublin womens institute was held at the home of mrs nelson anderson with a good attendance the meeting opened by singing count your many blessings the roll call was answered by why we as canadians should be thankful an instrumental duett by mrs g robertson and miss m waldle was followed by a demonstration on the using of honey by mrs trousdale this was most interest ing as well as instructive and was much appreciated by everyone mrs robert son then favored the gathering with a solo a cookie contest had numerous 1 21560 the report was adopted a request wasreceived form the triple o dance band to engage the town hall for every other friday night from no vember through the season considera tion was made on account of an engage ment for ten nights moved by g cowie seconded by j nlcol that mr oliver be allowed the use of the hall for dances every other friday commencing november 4 for 10 per night mr oliver to pay in advance carried arrangements were made regarding the collection of rentals on properties that were in arrears for taxes the chairman of the town hall was instructed to secure a stove for the committee room at the hall and adver tise for same reeve thetford has been asked the question if the municipality carried in surance en its police officers no in surance was carried on these men mr kirstine through te reeve had solicited a grant or any consideration that could be made for the agricultural short course that was being held in acton the matter was deferred until next year as no provision was made in this years estimates for this expenditure the reeve reported regarding the disposition of a charitable case and the removal of the patient to the sanltorlum on monday evening the anniversary supper and concert drew a gathering that taxed again the rapacity of the edifice over four hundred were served with a bounteous supper by ithe ladles aid society following the supper a splen did concert was rendered in the church auditorium the artists for this event were from stratford and mitchell and gave a programme that was meritorious and varied the company comprised mr daltorf davidson bass soloist and mr moomvltenorsoloutf mnuvleesrlzegl georgia cultlsnewell elocutionist mr frank sraw violinist and mr charles newell pianist they were most liberal in their contrlubtlons and delighted the audience rev h l bennie m a the minister of the church was chairman for the occasion pathy from a wlds circle of friends goes out the funeral was held on sunday afternoon and friends in great numbers gathered to pay their respects the service was conducted by her pastor rev h l bcnnle and interment was made in falrview cemetery the pallbearers were messrs f salt a burton a lees g musselle alex mann and jos hurst a wealth of floral tributes bore mute testi mony to the esteem in which jean and the family was held in the community and included offerings from miss wi mcmuian and miss h wallace mr robert winton mrs cottingham and family mr and mrs fred salt and family the employees of the beard- more warehouse mr and mrs a semple knox church young womens auxiliary dr and mrs a j buchanan mr and mrs maxwell and family mr and mrs wesley murray and miss velma the gibson family knox church choir bannockburn school section the quartette messrs spetivogel mann smith and rumley misses jessie and lola atkinson aoton public school staff mr and mrs iked meoutcheon permission was requested by mr jack greer to train a group of young men for hockey and the use of the dressing room at the right hand side of the arena the reeve was authorized to make ar rangements with mr greer as best suited all parties tenders were received by the council for the resurfacing of the builtup roofing surfaces at the arena mr w f mocney was present to give his price and details on the work and other contractors had submitted their tender by letter moved by j nlcol seconded by w mcarthur that the tender of w f moohey to repair the roof of the arena be accepted he to commence work at ence and to the same for one year carried the contract price for this work was driver was asleep jury finds we the jury empanelled to enquire into the death of the late maria gllby of fort worth texas find that the de ceased met her death on the afternoon of october 16 on provincial highway no 6 about two miles north of aber- foyle death was caused by collision of the car in which she was riding driven by james russell fergus wltha hydro pole we also find from evidence ad duced that driver james russell was asleep at the steering wheel immediately prior to time of accident the fore going verdict was reached after fifty minutes of deliberation ontuesday night united chdrh yoong peopler mesurig by a coroners jury sitting in session at the inquest held in afoerfoyle town hall to enquire into the death of mrs maria gllby of fort worth texas who met her death as the result of a motor ac- cidentwhicjx occurred onhe gjielprfc hamilton highway on sunday october 16 between guelph arid the village of abeifoyle the car was driven by jas russell of fergus a brotherinlaw of the victim mr and mrs c h harrison and family mr young and misses margaret and jessie young dt and mrs pearen miss gray mrs m r moore knox church guild mr and mrs fuller mr walter legge and mr jack kings bury among the friends from a dis tance attending the funeral were mr legge mrs cottingham miss violet and mr william cottingham and mr fuller all of toronto mr and mrs semple georgetown mr maxwell guelph mrs rev a a stewart and mac of tor onto r the meeting was closed by singing the national anthem after which lunch was served and a social half hour spent i education costs in halton speaking at recent meetings in the four townships j m denyes public school inspector gave the following figures regarding high school costs in halton county acton high school 63 town pupils 20 county pupils countys share of cost 1240 cost per pupil 5168 burlington 19c town and 116 ccunty pupils countys share 13333 per pupil 11497 georgetown 117 town and 73 county pupils countys share 4501 per pupil 6166 milton 95 town and 132 county pupils county share 11652 per pupil 88 27 oak vllle 164 town and 98 county pupils county share 9269 per pupil 9459 the meeting of the young peoples league of the united church on tuesday evening was very interesting miss vlda ramshaw had charge miss kitty savage gave a good report of the sally of the northern section of the- presbytery on- monday evening at georgetown the rally took the form of a banquet and then divided into groups for discussion of the various committees after reports of the groups were given games were played under the direction of the four f fun frolic friendship and fellow ship club of hamilton quite a num ber of the members of the acton society attended this rally the meeting was favored with a visit from mr sherwood of the guelph y m c a his talk was on choices and he gave the young people a one address at the close mr sherwood lead in a number of games and songs which were greatly enjoyed v xiv the- selection of vtxt puss christ mas greeting cards la still wide but we advlmordertng early ittiss given at 7850 the business mens association was given use of the arena for the hal loween frolic free of charge complaint was made of the rats which were a nuisance in the dumping ground at the park the securing of prices on material and means of exterminating the nuisance were left for the attention of thereeve the bylaw providing for the mun icipal nominations and elections was given the required number of readings and passed by the council nomination day was set for- friday november 25 at 730 p m polling date if necessary will be monday december 5 the returning officers appointed were messrs c a conway and geo chapman moved by e jones seconded by p cowle that the present relief committee be and is hereby elected to carry on and administer relief to the needy of the town of acton and that this term br office be for one year and that the appreciation and the thanks of this council be extended to this committee of willing workers carried a bylaw to provide for the adoption of daylight saving time for- acton was passed provisionally 6y the council a vote of the electors will be taken on this question at the municipal elections all voters in parts one two and three of the voters list are entitled to vote on this question the time specified tor the adoption of this advanced time was specified as to take effect from the last saturday in junejmu the first monday in september tenders for supplying one hundred feet of new fire hose were received by the council jtjhe matter was left to be settled by the reeve and the ftre chief and their recommendations accepted by the council a letter from a chartered accountant was received- by the council offering bis services to the municipality this maf the halton presbytery of the united church of canada met in the united church acton on tuesday the 25th this was a special session under the leadership of the evangelism and social service committee of the presbytery the theme under discussion was evan gelism owing to the absence of the chairman rev g h knighton of waterdown rev e val tilton was appointed chair man rev geo o pigeon d dofbioor street united church toronto led the presbytery tn a season of intercession and preparation for the consideration of the topic after a very impressive season of bible study and prayer he opened up a discussion upon the function of pres bytery in these difficult times he stated that never had he realized the meaning of brotherhood as he now experienced it in the fellowship of the united church and under the present conditions he impressed the presbytery with its duty of standi ready to give every pastor and every charge its sympathetic help in these difficult days following the morning session the ladles aid of the local church furnish ed a very fine dirincfr for the delegates which was greatly enjoyed and was warmly appreciated by the members of presbytery voiced in a resolution of thanks moved by rev mr kelly of lowville and mr ross peart of the plains the afternoon session was opened by rev e val tilton after which rev mr carpenter of trafalgar was appointed chairman the subject of the new evangelism was introduced by rev e val tilton of burlington who gave a very able address on the form of evangelism that manl- fest itself in the social service work as carried on by various service clubs these efforts are not to be overlooked in our estimate of those functions working for the welfare of society that which pro- ducesguud citizenship la a ve positive form of evangelism after a season of discussion on the points advanced by mr tilton the sub ject of visitation evangelism was in troduced by rev c l poole based on dr kemahans book visitation evan gelism in this address emphasis was placed uppnthe call to the laity of the church to carry on a definite plan of ev conversation is a very effective form of propaganda and the speaker set forth the plea for more definite conversation on the topic of the religious life of the community if politics economics mechanics and our social- life can be ably and intelligently discussed why not visit our homes for definite conversation on our religion and especially upon christ in relation tohfes problems the session of the local church had carheotout this plan tor two years and found it most beneficial these papers occasioned much discussion after which the presbytery adjourned to meet again in november im general interest news ter would be council taken tap by the new books for library the book committee of acton free library were in toronto yesterday mak ing their annual selection of books rev p a sawyer mr a t brown mrs r p watson librarian and rev c l poole made a selection of books to add to the aoton library of splendid volumes as soon as the books arrive and are numbered and catalogued they will be available for readers georgetown hockey clubs new officers officers- electedby the georgetown hockey club on tuesday were hon president dr rj paul6r president d mcjhtyre vicepresident g w mc- llntock secretary joseph hall trea surer james richardson executive w v grant h kentner v king e mc- whlrterr0 cleaves ted irwin and albert tost the club expects to oper ate boto jujjiorandlntetmedlate teams in the o 03 a series this year off the high way and into the ditch when a car driven by bulholloway was returning from guelph on saturday night it failed to make the turn at crewsons corners on the highway and went into the ditch which at this point is six or eight feet m depth- the front of thecar was rather badly damaged and bent and the front axle broken and one of the front wheels completer s other occupants of the car ijere mrs othoiloway and misses doris houpmy and abme price beyond ba4 shjiimf up and ew bruises au empm jrtow m2 ill i mat up and ym bruises au emped jertow mtt injury the car had to be broubntlmof bodnptt fwskf 1