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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 9, 1938, p. 1

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i r 2 a r lt r s i tfftt slxtythlrd yearno 40 acton ontario thursday june 0th 1038 bight homeprint paget plve cent gold is where you find it and the process is lengthy being juat a slaty or trip to otturioa mlnlne dutrirt by one of group of nwwmimr folk northern hospitality l second to nona oaour- also olobe and mail toronto bible class provided splendid service here we warned you last weex that a news paper ftp to northern ontario would poaubty encroach on tmi fun pitas nolumnt this week we might tell of a visit to the new office or the globe and mali and the hospitality ot the editor and hi etalt or of the business amelnni held in the city that would be ahop talk but a subject on which a lot raliht or written mr mooulloush i a anlen- dld hoet and the party certainly enjoyed the opportunity of vultlna in thu modern building and plant but well juit jump to northern on tario and the mining section dinner and sleep on board the train and we awoke at bntfehart breakfast and ar rival in tlmmuu was all done before ten oclock and what a day george istke editor of the advance had arranged ha la a farmer georgetown boy who alio spent a period on tjnt fan pans ataff yrom the train direct to the hoi- lmfer mine the party of 100 were escort ed it vu mining we had come to see and we got it in that quick way northern folks have of accompllahlng a project ftvparatlon had been made at the houmgar for a trip underground by all the party who would go and mre duli wai just as game to go through the trip as the editor rubber toots jackets and hat with a miners lights was the equlp- mr fred t blgnell president of the melvlr young mens bible class of temple baptist church toronto spoke at a special service at the acton baitlst church sunday morning mr james a meconaghy leader as- listed by class members conducted the service mr frank gilbert led in the alnglna with the melvlr brass sextet what is needed today is people whose life speaks a gospel message mr meconaghy declared he took tor his subject if i could preach just once he said x would strive to explode the maxim that you cant mix business and religion one rarely gives it the place it deserves declaring they do mix ho stated we cajmot regard our religion as being fixed to the atmosphere of the church tte service was greatly- enjoyed and very inspirational as was a song service in the church in the afternoon under the genial song leader chas landsbor- ough local comettxt joined with the melvlr brass arxtet in the afternoon music acton schools will sing over ctob saturday arntngeemnta have been completed with station cfrb for the broadcast of the winning musical number of hilton mm mav p mi bwri al lotted half tui hour from this station and will be heard at 0 4s pm daylight saving time cars transporting the pupil to the broadcasting station on bloor street will leave the town hall at 7 30 p m that evening the puplu will meet there at 7 16 it u neeeuary for all taking part to be in the itudlo not later than nine o clock for rehcaraatof the program be- for it is put on the air acton citizens are proud of the achievements of the pupil under the able direction of miss t f hunt and many who were not privileged to hear the number are an xious to hear the radio program oprb on saturday evening at 0 46 about one hundred pupil will take part acton citizens band present first concert of the season polk were keenly interested to hear the first concert of the season by the acton oltlsens band and there was a splendid attendance at the concert in the park on sunday evening it was the nt it was indeed a queer looking i tint ppne of the band under mr ffsmtsj that was loaded into the trolley oar for the trip to shaft no 11 then fwloadtng again was into the cat for the visit xinderground to the jj00 foot laval its sort of a double deck elevator thai ta used which carried a load of ore on the lower car and a load of miners in the upper berth but lc was all humans on this load those mine elevators are not trimmed like the ones in the olobe a h perrott and the organisation showed the results of the diligent prac tice that has been held all season the program was well chosen and in cluded a pleasing variety of numbers the champion overture which is the contest selection for the waterloo fas- t val in which the band will compete this year was among the numbers play ed it is hoped the concerts will be a as they are enjoyed by many clusens of acton and uu district and mali but they do heavy duty they j r feature tliroughout the summer i are operated by the man at the control and not from the elevator perhaps you have been in the bank of commerce building and taken a trip from top u bottom in one drop just multiply that drop bj six and add a bit and you hac the descent to the 3 800 fooc level or if ou mill makt the oocnparlaon with the tower at hornby if you change your mind and want to get off at another floor it just cant be done by calling to the man in charge a he has no control aer the thing an- way your hearing geta weaker a you make the descent half way down the elevator slows up to jiggle around and take up the stretch on the cable llfrhta flash past as each level i reached down at s too feet e disembarked into the labrlnth of funnel and car tracks we understood this mine ha over 300 mile of electric track in it vpiitnga here on this level me mere shown another electric hout built in a room hewn from the solid rock it oper ated a hoist tshat went down anoint r 3 000 feet had a 1 000 h p rating just how it was put down in it position t but one of the many engineering feat that ha been accomplished tn thi struggle to ret gold from the earth then we were taken to a drift where a pair of miners had just loosened bunch of ore it was washsd down be suae an these workings are supplied with running water a few samples were packed up from the rock pile and are on view tn tin fan picas window one 1 not liable to carry away any guantlty of gold tn the ore that 1 being mined the ascent is just as quick as the de all ready for ghurchill centenary on june 19th 20th these ore busy dn nt churchill pro paring for the centmnry celebration on june 10th and 20th neu electric unlit- have been installed the indira are re decorating the ihurtli interior nn hln tori col booklet in in t nurse of pnpara hon conuupliir picture of the church ministers and of the first officials just try to communlcutc uih iny of the members those duyi and you ii b told they are at the ihurch lis a bc undertaking but churchill folk ore pre paring a genuine welcome for the folks from far and near when they come back to the hill three service are planned for sunday whh the afternoon memorial service in the cemetery monday will be featured with an oldfashioned garden party perhaps you remember the kind where the supper was prominent and the pro gram extra magna carta week public evehjto sunday special services in the churches and reference to magna carta wednesday parade of school children from mill and follow streets u town hall address by a k uf th to ma toronto parade starts schools it 7 45 sunday parade at 3 00 p m from mill and fellow streets of all organisations of the commun ity special service in the park with reeve mccutcheon presiding and w j stewart oltej of tor onto as guest speaker music for all occasions by acton cltlscns hand special instruction in the school all week on significance of magna carta address on criminal laws features acton institute meeting the june meeting of acton woman institute won held at the lovely farm home of mr and mrs hugh mc- cut heon- mm j wlwersplrr- president was in c in me the motto be it ever so humble there 1 no place like home all teachers have accepted reengagement in acton evan macoonald phomininstueuhite t on sa fourteen appeals heard by the eramosa coun assessors valuation confirmed in eer case township rate set at 1 mills the council lor the township of era moaa met as a court of revision and for general buslntus at 1 30 on june 6th in the ton hall rock wood with the members all present and the reeve in the chair a list of fourteen appeal for lower assessment a considered several ap praia being presented in person by the owner of the properties concerned the assessors valuation of the properties was confirmed by the court of revision in ail cases two properties were order ed to be added to the roll eight dogs were ordered to be atrjek off and the court of revision was closed a delegation of representatives from three womens institutes tn the north witern part of the township waited on the council for aaaiatance toward he immunisation of school children against alphlhcrta and scarlet fever moved by messrs pinkney and kelly cent direct electric current used tn the and carried that immunising the school bati equipment maintain the speed children of the township against dtph i of the hoist tn either direction we might writ at length but mining of today is a bis proposition it tm menslt can nntr be realised until one has viewed the nelds holllnger gives employment to 3 000 men and other camps fuch as mclntyre dome corn continued on page pi at john irving chosen head of halton conservatives john irving reeve of muton and ex warden of hal ton county a chosen president of the liberal conservative association of the county of hal ton at the annual meeting he u peed llojd dingle of burl nil ton oeorge thorpe burlington mid mr p pullen oalcvllle were tlec ed vlci presidents bruee fit kt raid mllum secretarj and dr c a mnrlln milton treasurer joe harris mp of east ork aa burst speukir prisoner makes getaway from milton jail overnor temporarily suspended pending investigation traced as far as toronto tin rltlzem uf milton and district wire agotf with curiosity on monday when thi new a knidually teakid out thal w prlhoiur had ehcticd from tin county goal thi prisoner william moore of tor onto age 30 wo being held on charge of forgery and wo to have come up for trial at the oeneral sessions at milton n tulsday he had been tried far aim llur charges in where he had bren wntenced to three years in king s on penitentiary but had been detained in muton goal for two months awaiting trial on the local charges it is thought moore made hi get away sometime after sunday midnight by jimmying the jock of his cell he hen forced the door leading to the court ard where he piled chair boxes und uhultver elsi he could find to aid him in cllmblnr the 20 foot wull ur r uiuilnn the gaol his absence was not dlscovt red until he immki y made his rounds bout 6 it m monday morning continued on page ehght current event by mrs salt the branch are giving a donation to the bathing house to be erected at the park and also decided on the projects rllhcr meat or cookery or whole wheat the members or the cheer lo club were guests at this meeting two vocal duetts wire given very ably by misses blanche mcklnnon and dorothy mckenalc of oprlntit which all enjoyed ml sybil bcpnctt barrister of georgetown who wo guent hpcoker very rnpnhly npuke on criminal law and gave a vi ry illuminating word plrturc of some 1 1 tin nordldikmi of life in connection with w omnia police court work and sjxike of tin kikki work th salvation army wai doing ui hi ip in thrw cairn mbui di in i tl is ulway a vi ry welenmi gunl ul the- met t inn fur silt given nurh in plrlng turk afur tin prigrum honing all penl a rt ul sot iul half hour when a dainty lum li wiutmrvrd by thi n t in commit victoria mission hani picnic in the park 1 he rtgular mueting of the vlrtorla mission bund was hi id lp the sunday kciiooi room on friday afternoon after tilt dtvotlonal exercises tht band marched to the park to spend the rest of the tlmt in the form of a picnic the senior girls and boyn had a real game of baseball whil the juniors played gomes lunch was served by the losing team of the ball game after lunch the follow ing races took place junior olrla joan somorvllle audrey mcklnnon junior boyit oeorge musselle blllie mcklnnon senior boys lome masters jac kentner senior atria margaret somervllle doris weaver mary r moore oirls helen main prlae bella rosaell ladlth peanut rnc miss isabella bruct mm malnprtzt a roup uadtr kenneth llasoard 1 i i hansen half mlk dash lc rne masurs ken inlli hassurd ml report a good tlmt member of one of ouelph s oldest families and leading business man ot that city for more than half a century evan a macdonaid died saturday at ouclpli oeneral hospital after a brief illness mr macdonaid had been in ailing hralth for sornr time the mm of evan macdonaid one of the early residents of ouelph mr mac donaid was born on the old macdonaid farm which is now part or the outten golf cfturne smith of the city he was educated nt the ouelph public schools and gollegfote institute and first be- rami nsociated with buslnen when hi lirnthi r d f mardmiald established i hi led flag in liw r wyndham mm i sub hk ntly tin firm of d e mar douiild and br itlu nt was formed and v r a x rl ki of firty year mr mocdon id win ham i luted with thi company which nt ni time wuh one of the largest di par linen la ston in da nmaller cities of ontario arrangement made to transport 100 pupil to take part in the gprii d o flatwday nassagaweya assessment roll is confirmed delefcationji interviewed by the council road and relief vouchers are passed nossagaweya township council met on june 1st all member prenent mr o oordon reeve in the chair the minutes of last meeting were read and adopted also the correspondence the coun 11 then interviewed a few visit ors priscnl who had mntura to bring before the council the roud superlnu ndent s voucher tlit relief oiticer s v uchcrs and the mlscellaneou uccouii wire then order ed pa d the council adjourned and organised into a court of revision and considered c m various appeals und af u r resuming nccepud the report and eonilrmed the anrhtmtnt roll for 1038 council then adjourned to meet july 4lh at one o clock mv it 14- lf 1 lakeside chapter to cooperate in magna carta week the jine meeting of the lakeside chapter iodx hem in the yjjca social room an tuesday evening was esxeptkmauy well attended the second vtcvrrgent ulss dnms robinson pre- aided plans were made for the chapter to oin tn the cetebrauona of magna carta week th film tom eawyar is to be shown at the oregory theatre tn the near future under the ilstkaaide chapter msplrwa a kmiy solo hy miss ruth atlu vu foilowad by a splendid talk on oorsbi evepu by mrs dr cblssn swversj socsal eveou wan plan nad though june la the last i business meeting for law season xstmch wag served fay the group hoss- arnaa and a social ttme enjoyed therla and scmrlet ferr a sdvkated b delegation rrpreociiling ieeral women iniututr be left over for ur ilier viiasdrra i n i d until siwne lenisuc inranlutit n ttf llie pupita and dlviskin of ru u nrranged on motion of mrun kell tuid uih the township rate for 193a was ul at i mills ssillsfacuit arrangement wrrr made with mr wilfred fir riling ruiitimmn the ftharc of the ixt of cleaning a d tch oppoalte lot 18 on the sccnth line many other matter of general t wn ship concent wrrr discussed and c counls amounting to 9 03 council adjourned to july 1 1 th it tso pm r m 4 evening muate course dk- euflad for hlffh school hpgcial mesthno to sb itftxd acton school board met on tuesday evening when trustees w k oraham dr a j buchanan v b rumley dr p w pearen and f fl blow were pre sent and chairman j m mcdonald pre sided letters were received from all the teachers of the high school and publlo school and all had accepted re engage ment for the year at the salaries offer ed the teachers expressed appreciation or the offers made in regard to salaries and their willingness to cooperate in making the school and the work success ful the secretaryjcporled that the teach ers were all wilting to cooperate in the plans for magna carta week the committee on finance recom mended payment of the following ac count oeo m henry co ltd supplies i 0 30 beare s ltd supplies 20 48 ntttl inol stationers supplies 2 78 131 so the report was adopted the finance committee was to meet and make an estimate of the require ments from the ratepayers as soon as possible the chairman brought up the question of arranging for transportation for the pupil to broadcast their program over cfrb on saturday night in view of the success which had been achieved at the festival by acton pupils it was felt that the board should cooperate in every way a list of cars was made principal macrae was present to dis cuss with the board the possibility or providing music on the course for next year the board expressed a willing nes to- cooperate but pointed out the dlftlcuilles in view if decreased grants it pointed out that th c hours per week would be sufficient oi the course ex- pendltureuxtn book was all the equip rmnt that would be ic uired and it would only apply to the two lower forms tlu secretary wa 1 st tic ted to make acton trims guelph by a score of 117 localn lame from behind to cap ture exhibition game last night the flint exhibition game of the season was played in the acton park last night when acton and ouelph juniors battled to a 11 to 7 decision joe kalne kids showed lota of pep in the ball game bus the pitching staff was a little weak henry crlpps started the pitching for acton but after ouelph had scored seven runs wa replaced by korm mor ton ouelph used three pitcher and they succeeded in holding acton until the sixth when acton collected no leaa than stx runs to win the game a fea ture of the game was the home run of matt ryler in the fifth tyler replaced crlpps tn the batting order and ctoutsjd i out a century with two men on the sixth really was the big innings acton collecting seven hit one a triple by long jim anderson morton starts iv the fifth and out of eleven batters uibi faced him he struct out five alar- ton loot to be returning to form re- mem br three year ago the ertes with mulon two new faces were seen in the line- lp mufaiiair at scmnd and footltr in lrt field the iruad m attendance enjoyed the game depiia the cold weather another pttzzu winner from ba1x1nafad the answer to last weeks puzzle poem was circus and the winner of the award was oray slerrlejn of balllnaf ad interest la maintained and again last week there were a large number of solu tions to the pusat arranged by mr cossa be if you can solve the one on page five tn thla issue the picture story of weekly newspaper convention r mr r dobble of smith falls tel mr oeo mccullagh a new one x puudo miners they art newspaper publishers during the other 3m davs of the year 3 typical gold field equipment and construction 4 the opening ceremony at the new tlmmlns municipal building 5 the hon paul leduc minister of mjnea who accompanied the delegates 6 a view from the highest point on the houmger mine 7cwjijl delegates en route to enjoy a little korthem hospitality phafce are by courtesy of mr r j blandford iv coming events crt f hhr u4ot 1hl bmdiai r chars cata t ita with uimun chars lo aanoua caai l jar churchill ontentry cm jurat latrl an 0th it ui be a rand nunton of many om friends rejectre july 1st for bkramaburr old bora reunion it will be a rand time or jnunr and old woodstde fiftieth aruufajraarr cd monday july 11th apart ruse crelfhton and ida w ourjeers a day of reualon and sntat t mark thejkiee aear trra

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