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bslsfi imm l jm fwhwp m tit fc w fc wy wh i- fe fiftyeighth year no 18 acton ontario thursday november 3 1932 eight homeprint pages five cents cen the first honor roll of the term for acton public school the pupils who took highest standing at the s examinations sailor fourth uerlen thompson 437 annie holmes 426 charlotte marshall 426 hazel wilson 425 doris wilson 423 marion nicol 421 total 450 m z bennett principal -junior- fourth jessie coles 385 laverne smith 382 mary crlpps 371 mary levers 364 jack holllnger 358 wulialean weaver 352 total 500 d fblster teacher senior third george williams 392 helen withers 379 willis hall 357 reno braido 355 george bayliss 354 gordon bilton 347 total 500 m orr teacher junior third mlna cripps 498 dorothy king 491 tommy watson 478 allan leishman 474 arnold 468 irene fryer 465 total 600 x anderson teacher seoond class albert louttit 459 eleanor jocque 421 billy fields 400 eileen close 372 jlmmle scott 364 harold simpson 357 total 500 a w macmlllan teacher second class polly forty 636 leonard lambert 495 lois dawkins 486 margaret hod- gins 477 gerald pargeter 445 frances lamb 434 total 600 first class harry gibson 259 charles arnold 264 john turlcosz 251 ethel franklin 242 mickey mcmlllian 240 peter tur- kosz 225 total 300 f ball teacher first class austin glbbens 180 olga dyriw 77 dora wood 177 fern fryer 173 mar garet sbrrierville 173 kenneth fryer 172 total 215 newsof acton and the district -pjjjaejf- class eveleen braldp enoh marcak don ald evans stanley mchugh wanda stachniak m a odbert teacher junior primary boom betty sawyer harold roszel evelyn allen gerald carnrite lois fryer mar garet blowv jack mainprlze hoy wood -equat- dance and supper a dance will- be held in eden mills on november 9 admission 25a franks and blacks fivepleoe orchestra will furnish the music a supper will be served honor church workers about 80 friends of mr and mrst fred wrlgglesworth who are leaving the com- munltyrmet at the wriggleswortbrnorne at hornby one evening last week mrs milton brown read an appropriate ad dress and the ladles aid on behalf of the united church presented them with a copy of the hymnary and hpward with a ring addresses testified to the faithful work in church and community of the family car wrecked when it stalled on railway crossing staying bh the streetsvllle level crossing too long on saturday night in a desperate effort to start his stalled car almost cost james sullivan 60 2 in grove toronto his life sullivan and the truck were thrown 40 feet when a c p r passenger train struck the stall ed car the car was wrecked and sul livan was removed from the wreckage unconscious his pet dog which had been sitting with him in the front seat was killed sullivan was removed to the toronto western hospital the warrenpalmer wedding in toronto hilda marion palmer and james fred erick warren of toronto were married at walmer road baptist church on saturday afternoon last rev h h bingham d p officiating immediate relatives and friends witnessed the inter esting ceremony and the young and happy couple received many congratula tions the groom was tne only son of mrs warren and the late james l warren and was born near acton the bride is the accomplished daughter of mr and mrs a g palmer of yar mouth gardens toronto both were favorites among their many young people friends as well as older people from whom they received expressions of regard in numerous presents of use and value halloweenfrolic was fine event in spite of unsuitable weather crowd had a fine evening in the arena amusing play presented the threeact comedy presentation the brat under the auspices of the st josephs players in the town hall acton last thursday evening drew a capacity crowd and as advertised the audience was treated to a presentation thaf gave an evening of merriment during the intermission mrs byrne and miss lillian byrne gave piano duetts and master norman braido rendered a couple of violin solos that were well exe cuted the brat as presented by the st thomas comediens of hamilton was a show crowded with good wit and plenty of amusing incidents a little love theme of course followed through the play and all ended happily although it provided anxious moments when it appeared matters would go otherwise the cast of eleven characters presented the play well and acted the roles effectively of course the outstanding characters were the brat by miss patri donnelly and tlmson the buierrty mr w7lt cozens mr cornier voiced the appre ciation to the artists and audience in a brief speech and miss donnelly was pre sented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers following the concert a dance was held and enjoyed by the crowd j the kerrcaldwell wedding on saturday october 29 in the unit ed church limehouse lydla c j cald well youngest daughter of rev and mrs h caldwell was married to j archie kerr only son of mr and ms robert kerr acton qntarlo rev h caldwell father of the bride performed the ceremony assisted by rev j w kitchlng of toronto and rev g r hitching of montlcello uncles of the bride miss mary scott of alma college st thomas attended the bride and mr harold swackhamer of acton was the groomsman mrs dr r g agnew sister of the bride was matron of honor and master bob agnew and jack vanat- ter nephews of the bride were pages while margaret agnew was- flower girl dr john kitchlng of toronto and mr j a mcmillan of brampton acted as ushers the church was ailed with friends and wellwishers of the young couple a- reception followed in the parsonagesa a buffet lunch was served followed by toasts and congratulation speeches mrs clarence buck played the wedding march and dr r g agnew sang still as the night while the register was signed during the recep tion mrs e b vanatter of feneloh falls sang because the bride wore a white satin gown and veil and orange blossoms worn by her mother when she was married the church was prettily decorated with yellow mums roses and evergreens the color scheme followed in church and parsonage was red and gold following the reception this young couple left for a motor trip to montreal and points east on their return they will reside on the grooms farm on the fifth line of brin the acton business mens association are receiving a great deal of praise for the effort they put forth in making a sane and interesting celebration for hal loween lh acton this year an event similar has previously been held on the street but the advantages of the arena on a night with a downpour of rain such as monday night witanessedjkerereally appreciated the weather detracted from the crowd but four or five hundred assembled and enjoyed the evening thati was planned primarily for the youngsters the parade could not be held on the street but as advertised was life size in the arena and the marshal was much more active than would have been possible in the drenching rain and his- v bulky skirts the costume prizes were awarded as follows i best halloween costume under 12 years vera landsborough netta evans bes halloween costume over 12 olive rookes helen mooney best comic for girls under 10 melissa harris beatrice taylor best comic for girls under 15 dor othy coxe annie holmes best comic for ladles mrs ruby williams mrs f crewson best comic for boys under 10 ivan vickers jlmmle scott best comic for boys under 15frank holmes wilbur mcmullen best comic for boys over 15 ernest coles carney byrne y best costume representing a country miss viola waller the acton citizens band provided music during the judging of the contest and headed the parade about the arena following the judging of costumes the eastsides and westsldes of the business men had a game of brocm ball it pro vided plenty of action and bruised knuckles and shins councillor nlcols team were the winners and f mooneys team blame their defeat on the goal keeper and the judgment of the referee either alibi is sufficient it seems that one side didnt know that the offside regulations were in effect most of the players were in costume and it made a colorfut game the halloween contests followed and were won as follows eating apple off a string margaret arnold mona mcgeachle boys pumpkin pie eating gordon jeutsrshimbt ital mrs john waterton sydenham township mr jas mills acton received word on monday of the serious illness of his sister mrs john waterjon and on tuesday she passed away at the age of 71 years mrs waterum was before her marriage elizabeth mills a daughter of the late mr and mrs william mills and was born in esqueslng township she is survived by her husband three daugh ters and five sons two brothers and two sisters also remain theyare william mill of california james in- acton mrs george graham saskatchewan and mrs j vanfleetof hamilton mrs george cook grand rapids mich word has been received in acton by friends here of the death of mrs george cook who was a native of acton mrs cok was before her marriage miss minnie adams and she passou away at the home in grand rapids mtcrp- at 120 mt vernon avenue n w for the past five years mrs cook had been an invaljd she is survived by her husband george n cook two grandchildren one brother neuman adams of grand rapids mich and two sisters mrs charles hodgins of mentor ohio and mrs archibald pryki of seaside cal the funeral was held on friday and inter ment was made in fulton street ceme tery public utilities commission meets transfers amount from operat ing account to meet debentures resolution of protest on exchange charge to be forwarded at the fortnightly session of the public utilities commission on tuesday even ing commissioners l- g king r j feerr and reeve thetford were present the secretary was upon motion in- structed to pay the following acc various items of local interest hydro accounts f mccutcheon freight and express 64b hydrorelectrlc power commis sion lamps 12675 hydrorelectrlc power commis sion september power 211420 rose chearn ltd mer chandise 1027 browns transport express 84 northern electric co supplies 1705 beares ltd supplies 125 canadian general electric co supplies i 2558 bilton hucior lambert blind race for boys harvey hassard john nlcol girls stick race marjory davidson doris bilton beys stick race gordon bilton ver non agnew girls peanut race mona mcgeachle annie holmes the peanut scramble was won- and enjoyed by every participant and pro vided another treat for all the pre sentation of prizes was made by reeve e thetford as hinted last week the prizes were big and also big surprises they were both useful and ornamental and in their multitude of wrappers pro vided a rcund of merriment when they were opened and exhibited they were inexpensive and the whole affair was carried out in the halloween spirit of gosdoldfashidned fun william h mceown last monday death claimed an es teemed pioneer of macaulay township in the person of mr william h mceown he was seventythree years six months and twentyfive days cf age on the day of his death mr mceown was as active as usual and at about five oclock in the afternoon went into his residence to get ready for supper half an hour later he fell from his chair and expired immedi ately the funeral was held last thurs day afternoon public service being held in st thomas anglican church at half past three rev j s smedley l th officiating interment took place in the church of england cemetery the late mr mceown was bom in halton county when a young man he came to muskoka and his first work here was helping with the construction of the northern pacific junction railway between grav- enhurst and bracebridge later he took up land in the township of macaulay land has been a resident of that township ever since he married miss elizabeth 230534 hydro accounts hydro department power at spring hydro department magnetic switch etc 2900 3564 wliu with five sons and fftre- daughters is left to mourn the loss cf a kind and loving husband and fatherr- the sons are john and ted of brace- bridge clarence at home lewis of orillia and weiley of cedar city utah the daughters are gertrude mrs her bert dyer of bracebridge lcvina hazel florence and may mrs george ster- rittof macaulay bracebridge gazette 6464 moved by e thetford seconded by ii g king that the acton public utili ties commission strongly resent the attitude of the hydroelectric power commission in requesting this commis sion to pay the charges- caused by the difference on exchange and suggest this amount be paid- by the hydro commis sion out of their reserve fund for con tingent accounts and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the hydroelectric power commission carried the list of arrears was checked over and arrangements were made for the officers to deal with the various in dividual cases mr c e parker was present to dis cuss with thecommlssion regarding the operating of two services at his property on young street the commissioners pointed out that the provisions of the bylaw musthe adhered tp and no ex ceptions could be made moved by e thetford seconded by l g king that the secretary be instructed to- transfer the sum of 1000 from the waterworks account to the general ac count of the corporation carried the superintendent was instructed to halloween social the u f y p o will hold their halloween social on friday- ndvi 4 prizes for best costumes womens- institute meeting the regular monthly meeting of the womens institute will be held jn the parish hall on friday november 4 at 3 p m layette shower and honey de monstration thirtieth wedding anniversary mr and mrs frank swackhamer bower avenue entertained about twenty of their friends on saturday evening it being the thirtieth anniversary of their wedding a pleasant time was spent in games short speeches were made after which a delightful lunch was served all went home wishing mr and mrs swackhamer many more happy anniver sary occasions 1 pheasant hunting oakvllle police are searching for five men ana a youth who shot a prize drake on the property of ool w ti mackendrick during the hunt on satur day the party fired at a flock of col mackendricks ducks killing one wheh was brought to them by a retriever the men later escaped through the property of lieutcol w f eaton chief david kerr obtained a description of the men but no further trace was found the anniversary of united church splendid congregations eloquent sermons and fine music are features of services the eighth anniversary of the united church acton was observed last sun day it was the eightyseventh of the old church splendid congregations fill- ed the edifice at both services and the spirit of the occasion and the eloquent sermons by rev mr little will long be remembered thp kppmnl mii-iti- hy mi otinlr flnfl auto collision injures two passengers two persons were injured in a collision between two cars on the highway nine miles from brampton on saturday night miss edith dltchfield 16 toronto and miss l mclean georgetown passengers in a car driven by d dogsm summer- ville avenue toronto suffered head in juries and bruises miss dltchfield was taken to peel memorial hospital and miss mclean home according to police dogson collided headon with a car driven by maurice stickney toronto the dogson car was en route to a hal loween party provincial officer donald huffman investigated silver wedding anniversary in kitchener the wintergarden hall 33 king street kitchener was the scene of a happy event on monday night when mr and mrs- ernest hall formerly of actn celebrated their twentyfifth wedding an niversary there mr and mrs hall were i l in 3t pauls luthe chu the soloists were items that added much to this anniversary occasion rev john little of rockwood is a minister much- beloved in this district and the congrega tions who listened to his discourses were given gospel messages full of truth and hope mr littles morning text was taken from genesis the eighteenth chapter and the nineteenth verse where the lord is presented as expressing perfect confid ence in abraham to command 1113 house hold the subject was home the speaker extolled the home as the most sacred place of all human association and the institution upon which the moral fabric cf the nation must be built he emphasized the duties of parenthood and drew several very practical lessons from the spirit and conduct of abraham mak ing it very clear that his personal atti tude to god and his religious fidelity ere the means by which he governed well his own house and became the founder of a great nation abundant illustrations were drawn from scripture and from practical experience setting- forth the love of a father for hls-chil- dren the obedience of abraham to the call of god and duty always assured him of a large place in the confidence and trust of god the sermon dosed with a strong appeal for the restoration of the family altar and a more devote at titude to god in the home llie at the morning service the congrega tion was augmented by the congregation from knox presbyterian church the service of which church had been with drawn for the anniversary of a sister church rev h l benniej m a the pastor assisted with the service at the evening service the baptist congregation joinedwlth the congrega tion and rev mrvaikens of ballinafad also assisted the minister and visiting speaker in the service mrs dale of toronto contributed two sacred solos and the choir rendered anthems that gave a fine range for solos and ensemble work mr little took his text at this service m r moore teacher mason factory to be enlarged construction of a new addition will be commenced immediately factory now- taxed to capacity to meet orders an industry that has shown steady growth and advancement since its found ing in acton is the mason kitting com pany now news comes that this firm will still further expand and work will be commenced at once on the erection of another story- over the present onestory section of the plant when this addition was built afew ye ag provision was made for the addition of another story as the business warranted the expansion that time has now arrived and the expansion will be made just this spring new office quarters and a new entrance were found necessary and were added to the plant work oh the new addition will be com menced at once and it is planned that the construction will not interfere with the output of the factory which is now and for the past few months has been working to capaolty the demand for the mason knit line of childrens underwear has increased to such an extent that even in these times when most factories- are only working part time this plant has been unable to meet all the demands that ore being madefor its product manufacturing an exceptionally fine line of childrens un derwear at a papular price mr mason has built up a very substantial business connection and the various lines are handled by the leading dealers through out fhe dominion the mason knit childrens underwear is now stocked and sold by leading wholesales and retail stores the increasing and steady em ployment afforded in acton by this in dustry as well as the other industries of acton has been a factor of extreme benefit to the community under the present circumstances secure prices on new transformers for emergency use as the last one on hand had been put into service and have the estimates ready for the next meeting the superintendent reported that the pump house at the spring was in need of repairs the commission arranged to inspect the property the evening meal diqesteb when the colored couple were beinr married by the clergyman and the words love honor and obey were spoken the bridegroom interrupted read that agin suh read it once mo eos de lady kin ketch de full solemnity oh de meanln tse been married befoh quality cards at reasonable prices see thk nn fxns samples now just littlo over seven weeks until christ- nr variety of news baptist church anniversary the annual anniversary of the acton baptist church will be held on sunday tloyember 13 when the preacher for the day will be professor fredrick tracy of the university of toronto 172 anniversary at ballinafad the anniversary services of ballinafad 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 be served by the ladles of the congregation followed by a musical and literary programme by fergus talent comprising a company of tgn artists 172 junior iojemeetng the november meeting of the lakeside chapter i o dl e was held on wed nesday evening at- the home of mrs w d robertson arrangements have been made to decorate the cenotaph and the soldiers graves on armistice day as has been the custom of the chapter fol lowing the business a most delightful lunch was served by the hostesses for the evening annual meeting actondale u f y p o the annual meeting of the actondale u f y p o was held in the parish hall on friday evening october 14 at which the following officers were elected for the coming year leader r l davidson 1 president walter linham vicepresident miss k beckett secretaryf william johnston treasurericbnward swlteer executive t mclaughlin pearl fos ter arthur mckeown planlstaiargaret waldle assistant pianist pearl foster auditors fred anthony j j stewart mrs john thomas one of actons oldest residents passed away on wednesday of last week when mrs jchn thomas died at the home of her soninlaw mr howard masales mill street mrs thomas- had reached the ripe old age of ninety years and al- though gradually failing had been up as usual until within a week or so of her death the deceased was born in perth county but has resided in acton for over forty years her husband died ten years ago and since his death she has made her home with her daughter mrs masales whereshe was given tender care in her declining years it was in 1861 that caroline doroway and john thomas were joined in holy wedlock and it was their joy to have lived together for al most sixtytwo years of wedded life mrs thcmas was a mother who always loved her home and her family and they were her greatest interest pour daughters re main to revere her memory mrs g thurston of littleton n h mrs b merritt of huttonvllle mrs h masales and mrs a white of acton mrs thomas was a member of the united ghuroh and in earlieryears when health permitted her church association was a great joy to her the funeral on friday was conducted by her pastor rev c l poole b d and interment was made in falrvlew cemetery etoraltributeshi eluded a pillow from mr and mrs howard masales wreath from the grand children sprays from mr and mrs mcveigh mr and mrs smethurst mr l walters mr and mrs roadknlght and mrs smith baskets from acton united church ladles aid and mr and mrs george thurston among these from a distance attending the funeral were mr and mrs mcveigh miss dorothy and mr georgesmcveigh tor onto miss vclma merritt london and mr and mrs bmerritt huttonvllle dont wait see the free press christmas cards now mr e coles is also agent this year brief session of the school board on tuesday evening only one aceount passed for payment at the monthly meeting of the acton schcol board on tuesday evening trus tees dr buchanan j p scarrow and i rev p a sawyer were present and chairman j m mcdonald presided the books at the schsol library had been rebound and repaired as instructed at the last meeting the secretary reported that the type writer at the school had been repaired and thebooks specified had been placed on order the eleventh report of the finance committee recommended payment of the following account webster typewriter repair service 425 the report was adopted shop early for christmas tune to order your christmas greeting cards now from the free press samples rae russell on sunday otober 23 a well known citizen of norval and georgetown vicin ity in the person of rae russell daugh ter of the late mr and mrs william russell passed away at 290a major street toronto the deceased was born in norval and after completing her early education at norval public school and georgetown high school trained as a teacher at milton model school she taught at plnegrove school esquesing township then at gourock from which m- v place she was asked to come to her home school at norval some years later leav- i in t as a membor- of kent schooustaff where she was teach ing until the time of her recent illness although she had been seriously ill for over a month hope was held out for her recovery so her death comes as a shock to her friends she was a liberal in politics and a member of norval pres byterian church on- tuesday evening after a private service in toronto the body was taken to her home at norval where a short service was held on wed nesday afternoon before the service hejd in norval presbyterian church the services were conducted by the rev mr e macdonald norval and the rev mr w patterson preston a former pastor assisted by the rev mr mcklnnon and the rev mr boyd norval the pall- boalrers were messrs thos anderson david wiggins james cree fred- wil liamson fred ritchie and harry hunter interment was made in norval ceme tery surviving members of the family are three brothers and one sister john toronto james at home on the farm margaret toronto donald windsor georgetown herald by rev mr boesse on october 23 1907 the five children were present for the occasion including albert mrs byron belrnes violet edna leroy dorothy about 175 guests attended the anniver sary the evening being spent in dancing after which delicious refreshments were served mr and mrs hall received many beautifuuglfts guests were pre sent from stratford new hamburg acton waterloo st marys and kitch ener i o o f installation tuesday evening was installation night at acton lodge no 204 i oo f bro d d g m j e homell and his staff of milton performed this very interesting ceremony and the following officers were installed n g bro e coles v g bro j 5 kingsbury recording secretary bro e f ken nedy flnanoial secretary bro r m mc donald warden bro w beavers conductor bro f crewson chaplain bro c landsborough rs s bro c currle l s s bro f wilds ir s n g bro h ritchie l sn g bro a hall i g bro r spellvogel o g bro j wilds r s v br6 f rawlings l s v g bro cecil cripps following the lodge activities a pro gramme of musical numbers was given by the lodge orchestra a lunch was served and a fraternal tune spent the wansbroughcraddock wedding an interesting wedding took place at centennial united church dovercourt road toronto of- kathleen mae daugh ter of mr and mrs a jlt craddock to mr harold leslie wansbrough son of mrs r h wansbrough and the late r h wansbrough lake avenue acton rev dr powell officiated the brlde who was given in marriage by her father wore an empire blue transparent velvet gown fashioned on princess lines with gray hat gloves and shoes to match and carried a bouquet ofi butterfly roses and iilyofthevalley mrs george daly sister of the bride acted as bridesmaid wearing a gown of mulberry crepe with matching accessories and carried a bouquet of columbia roses mr george daly attended the groom as best man following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides parents the brides mother received the guests wearing a wine shade georgette gown with hat to match later the happy couple left on a motor trip to montreal quebec and other eastern points on their return mr and mrs wansbrough will reside on itoxtorr rood in toronto from the ninth verse of the third chap- ter of second peter lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness but is longsuffer ing to usward not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance his subject was re pentance if men and women are lost it is not gods fault for he has made marvellous provision for their salvation the speaker said he felt that the sub ject of repentance was sometimes neg lected but the new testament em phasizes it everywhere without re pentance there can be no true conver sion christs first and last message was one of repentance without it ther canbe no peace until we ar righ with god jesus did not make the way to repentance easy and in no case is the road an easy one the lost must return of their own accord none con do it for us but it must be a complete sur render of our will to tbatof the al mighty with a fiind of biblical quota tion and illustration mr little impressed his hearers with this glorious theme and closed his discourse with the ap peal is he your saviour tonight and urged his hearers to accept him and yiold to his will a liberal anniversary offering has been received for church funds and the glvings came well up to the objective set parkview a c officers are elected thirteen new members are admitted track meet being arranged the club is now a month old and celebrated its birthday by welcoming thirteen new members to the club and electing new officers for a term of one year the following new offlers were elect ed honorary president e e barr president w williams vicepresident s lantz secretary c byrne tteasurerj graham honorary members and trainers g ramsden g masales during the meeting short speeches were made by the successful new officers and also by a representative of the new members expressing thanks to the club for enrolling them as members of the parkview athletic club- a track meet is being arranged for armistice day and keen competition is expected meetings will be held in the future on thursday evenings at 730 p m and saturday afternoon at 200 p m the club has been divided into three groups of ten in order to carry out keen competition throughout the year- at the end of each month the two losing teams will provide special evening of ewtaminent for to wlnntnr w