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sixtyfourth year no 2 jfc tt acton ontario thursday july 14th 1038 eight homeprint pee five cent fiftieth anniversary at woodside on monday an aturnnm and evening of re- union sport and entertain ment candle on birthday cake lfehtcd in memory of family members who have pawed on rnaacntation to bctibino tkacnan idal mimmer weather favored wood- we 80ol on monday in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary and a aplen- did crowd enjoyed the afternoon and vgntna pupil and teachers who had not met in year enjoyed again the plea- ttn of reunlon many were present who had attended in the old school before the days when the present splen- dld brick building was buul many were the rerniruacencea and achool day stories recalled during the afternoon brief speeches in a rerolnlaoent strain were made thoae peaking were robert kerr james cree henry denny roy hlndley mr oeorge houdu mrs k lane mlaa minnie z bennett mrs rtertkcrr mrs k e marshall and mh jean akltt aports were arranged in which all might participate and in the evening aftar supper when all were gathered around the prise winners were given the awards as follows olr p ft and under annie txtas boys s and under jack mclntyre olrls 8 years and under sadie mc btyre isla may orlpps boys 13 and under ralph mckeown xaonard thompson olrls 13 and under bdna aiken bthel ooldan boys 16 and under irving mckeown charley thompson obis 1 and under irma wataon annie uodonakl young men a race oordon mckeown charley thompson young lodias race irma wataon annie uocuuough spot race married women mrs che ter allan i heads young tories jjjpclli escaped prisoner from county jail is recaptured according to word received saturday night william moore who escaped from kalton onuntv jail at milton six weeks ago had been arrested near ottawa according to provincial constables oeorge oookman and a j oliver of milton moore was arrested as william oeorge mundsen by police in oarleton oounty on a charge or robbery with violence the alleged robbery look place near ottawa and police state moore will be held in cnrleton indefinitely pending trial moorr alias bruce marshall broke jail at milton two days before hta trial on threejraud rhargea and one of skip ping ball hr was recently convicted in i toronto supreme court on six charges of fraud and one of theft and given three years in klngnum penlumuary this sentence wan to commence upon oomplc tlon of his trial in hal ton where he in charged with nan inn worthless ohoqiu t in the county oordon ford of toronto was elected head of the national young conserva tives of canada st the conservative con vention in ottawa seoul leaders convene at blue springs fine new build inn under con- h ruction various group from july 18th to august 13th meet here car crashes in ihe distriel on saturday one fatality when cor failed to htnp at iniemectlon cm nnd trailer burned saturday anw two serious motor car accldenta on the highway just west of acton the first one was about 12 30 in the nfteiiioon three miles went of acton a car and trailer were com pletely burned and a irydrojpolc burned off tlw car was coming east alien a blow out sent it to the ditch and it turned m r looking gasoline wns ignited ami in it u w mominbt he nun hint was in flnnn i nolhlnir about ttti cur or tnilh r that would burn rt rimmed uln n tin pie ifi ui i pit ked up and lowed to a ton hti iir was a lino dt solo thivm l pu wurt uirkhurl jr hntlu rli hond loronbi and hto lotniamum una w i lolhuus of tlit minn artdrcr wi undi r i i nnd nout i r unit tht wt n not tin wmn ol llu mat hint both mcnjiod mluunit ktiiiiiin inju j ijickhart suflcr- i d it dt t p tut on hta lift ii rin hint re mr roy c day youngcm win of mi lln rt neural ml clus liny n reivi ri nnd mrs frank day rock wood lias been iidlcul utttntton in arlon swarded a 200 00 war memorial fichol- tin kviiimi ui ctd nt in uhhh lb berl nrshlp by the alumni federation of thr currli wlb n aged 38 of kllcht ncr ltt iode tea at hill hall on tuesday rockwooo bo won 200 scholarship university ol toronto roy is in second nl 30 year mechanical fcnginrerlng evrnlntt four nllu r m rooiut suurduy t n inju- thr 1 7th annual summer ficouters tralnuib season of the ontario boy scouu opens on manda july 18th al blue springs scout rowrvr hcn the 103a sooiu ltadrrs class ttoctt into tamp the clas txmjlt t of boy sotnit iradem from as lor as wlndor ottawa nnd north ba frank c ins in of pro fc i tnclal headquarters toronto will be ttl in ihla lopudon wilson had been iilutidlni tin forsyth plrnlc nl edi wood inrk nl gtt n mllb and woa rdiiinlntt u kltrhruer it would appear thai lit dtd not rriillzi h oa imi rinse to llu highway ut ui juncutm of uie grnvi road mid hluhway about lhnt mile west of horkwood indlcntlolui art that tin brake vnui applied but thi car hurtled onto un hlrhway crushlnx i into tin ttldt of a t ur drlvin by krnrst hall of uiiflpb i tlu tnipact threw both machines ovt r ilie machine driven b hall bomersaiuud t vml llmr iud th u drlvrn b wiimui turned ot r at liant onrt both the poem was harder to solve last week ansaers were not mi plentiful ui the puczlr poem last crk perhaps the hot wnather had something to do with the variety of solutions given mrs j a lacker acton lns the award for the ueek and the answer was dim- novel you ii find another one to truanlc with on pasr dlshl it s a light recreation i anawtr al tux furs pscss oftln bcftirt- monday rvenlns inly orange leoh mrs j j stewart trustees race ajvln fisher frank freeman stanley swachsuuner olrls threeleesed race margaret thompson and isabel henderson boys threelegged race charlcj thompson and fred spear pie plate race mr and mrs j j stewart howard and isabel switser coat race j j stewart tie race oordon mckeown jbopemont race harold mclntyre with annie mccullough womens spot race t unmarried dorothy poster womens shoe raoe edna alkxna oldest teacher present mrs k loik oldest person present henrj near 83 teacher who has taught longest- mum minnie bennett one who came oreutuet dlaumcc- un c e mumljull kjncardlnr j the occasion wua also am m v hlch the present tcaclu r 1u j ran akltt wau honored miss akltt has resigned uih the pose wua her lust term ut woodsldi on behuu ol tlu sthoui ecuon tlu was proaonted with u lltr cukt pluu u a memcnlb of waxin frnudshtna and liupi assoclatlotui ut wikklildt then ut upper unit aniph pru tslon had been inudt for ull uidue of uu woodaldr section tokf smmd place to none and it uu u happj u luring in deed ulut mjoyvj tilt fillowmup anil food at the old school grounds a feature of interest during uu after noon was the lighting of uu nrt cundua i on the birthday cake it was a reverent service when numbers of the fumllies present lighted condlea in memorj ur those dear ones who har passed on i it was a tribute which all appreciated the pleasure in sharing then as uic shadow lenguu ned and the sun went down behfndthc hills the cho v nunn fluid commissioner of uiridnn j hurry rbjg assistant district commission of oshawa harold taylor aslfiuuit district commissioner of dlhl and edgar t jones field secre tarj of pnvtnclal hradquartcrs tbrrn to thr scout leaders camp cloaca on july 20th to be followed on 3uly 30th 31st uod august 1st clkc holiday werkliidt bj uic ontario rover moot at which j 50 rover scoutn from widely scaturcd purts of tht protncc and from mirm odjuccnt states arr expected on aiufum lbt with the clost yt uu rtvi moot the rover couta lcudera lruluuu ctmrst operut continuing until augimt flili tlu wolf cub ltudtrs trulniiu eourte hturts august ith utid cfintliiucs until august 13th thls sprint ulid t art mumnt r u illit mm buudli k lufab biin untfc r constnii tlon ut ulut pmut to protdt included utomnuxlutlou tut tlu traljilng coursts ii us s nl b m itt itnuinii tin room appn lmuuj 2i f it t bv 34 im t w ith a lnig oiu fit i pluci lit out t ml a tint klulitn atttn room uikj a lirji baai uu nt ttort ixhiiii 1 lit murru ldht fornit r mumnt i txittitt of mr and mrs w a murrax luu btin ltmiputtl txtuna ed and in lurkttl and thlb wttk uu lister hut cump heudquorters building is bcln truiuift rrvd from bbor purk near bnuit ford to lis new site at blue springs durmg uie lralntng season there will be n unions of secral previous classes and on august loui uie summer meeting of the prohnclttl executive committee at uu iscoul reserve jiutl outside uir stockade gateway and blockhouse built at uie main entrance to uie proper last sunmier an unusuallj con orders celebrate al georgetown acton wuw imze for bchi appear infr lodge in the parade olen williams orangemen proved un lucky in holding a celebration of the twelfth at georgetown tuesday in compeutlon with the celebration at am rustic sign blue springs scout re gathering prepared to enjoy the program mrr has been erected like many that had been arranged other atructurw and pieces of equipment cmghton and his canadian- n y i a gin to ue aasoclauon it mountaineers were ui change assuung wtta nkoeust mlnurr at queenston by t m- ur i- members of the 1st queenston roe them were wet ja kle perkuis he ear old boy alngei vdttle shlrle smith variety tap dancer lorraine mlth ac cordeonist daimj lonch with his banjo and cornier songs and jolmn anderson scotch comedian and acrubauc dancer it was a program of merit and wua thor- oughi enjtned bj uie entire audit nee it gave plenty of artet aid fun and ruas crclghton made sure that it dkf not lag a refreshment booth drew ubtnu patronage and added to uie pleasure of the outing tlie whole mm was a from july 4ui to jul ibtn vacation success rrom etry standpoint and the facluwl is being held in st josephs hall committee and all those who worked in for uie children of the parish of si pla and carrying on the fiftieth josephs church stxtnc children aanlversarj celebration of woodside have been hi attendance this is the first vacation school held here and it crt w it coustsj of tvo un wide pluiiks of ueoila pine wlui the letters net pl turved and then further burned in tlu planks trr attrauvel mounted on two hrav sto picket mxtluve attfcnueu slmmer clasises t st josephs nuichliuti stopped with uie whet in up in the air tlwre is no ditch when uu lm jia t o curred and uie curs sumed wilson buftt rid a badly f ructured nxull and died shtirtb after reaching tlu hos piuil miju mlirgan t mussflmun of ttironbi and chui dunnt cker of wau r loo ofuimnui of uie wilson car wtre injund but mil aerlouly mlm musnel man wuh also rermtvtd to tht htispiuil and had xtvtre ht ad injuilt- but don nccktr was able to wave after tnatmi nt erntsl hull and robert merrtam of ouetpii in tht othtr car involved escap- rd with cut and a bad hhufclng up tht machines wert both badly wrecked mr wllron wus u member of st an ionmgvu and llh thr olhr demon pwjurlan phurch and a ma- lu in ur more or u unmau t 00 kit mcnllj on thlrtcn indue 1rtlcl u prwih of tlu north puted in uu murcli at georgetown and i luck of organization robbed uie proteed i ings of the snap and precision that had to t t i charu iciized previous orange rather i uigs in titc town muor jomph gibbons wus on hand to l id uie murchtrs wtlconu to tht mun it ipullty lloyd duigli burunriton cotu mitlvt rundlduu in the last t lwllmi for tile riding of halum wus tliulrniun of uu kiillu rtii and fc h hashard k c of ioronu wua uu lnltd mk r ttt tu kutln run prias awarded ui tin url n oritun kutioimi tukltir liart wt rt lut klft and drum band fcu warvumn i ol btt upimaimg ldgt on pumdt atuni lo ixh slxtv one eaks l beat up pea rum lodlts orange btiu oleiil asixklauoil ouelph bobt appear of un lt uirtt iturs that i nt hi it ulg loal trut bluett oeorretown btst ift- la ut n utilutlutl mrn ufrtt jumiille lodgt gltai williams best hjndr n t iirmu jiua b uurcudu juvenile flfi und drum bund outlph r all but tw eu a 11 would seem that tuklng part in the celebruuoti wirt mrs h utls l- uu tltltst mibsc ruxr in joseph marclunenl olen williams whost iuint of iart and mia huds unliesl proud boast it was that he had missed taimglj u 1u us urn uu- regulur wkl only one celt ration of the twelfth since lslt is kttnly aituclputed each wtek and becoming a member of uie order fll ew s frtun ac ton w here nhe sm nt s years atfo mr marchmciu and wllluun many vars of greulest mterect ui her oilman also of olen williams were two of uu oldest orangemen on hand mr oilman now in his jgth year was easily the senior orangeman present his brother mensber of the olen williams lodge having seen onl 77 years taking part in uie demonstration at oeorgetown were uie following lodges ouelph jmenllc piute band and ouelph lo b a acton maple leaf l o b a a ton lol olen williams plfe and drum band olen williams juvenile lodge george tow n lo al true blurs btewarttown lou and band milton l ol bronte loi carlisle lol hornbj lol and pipers olen wuuama lol group 4 of the duke of devonshire chapter o 4 ode held a suooeajiful tea at iflu hall on tuesday afternoon mm blow convener of the group and mrs peter 8m ith hostess received the guests several contests were entered and bridge wns played the winner in the wean contest was mrs r m mcdonald mrs salt the lucky winner in huessinb the weight of tin eggs the gate prlre went to mrs alex symon during tho afternoon mrs hall gave reveral musical numbers tea was serv ed on the verandah from little tables and mrs win cooper presided at tho ten table tlu first hour tht n mrs r ii el llott for the nocond hour llu wliiium or tin bridge games witth unnoun d as mrs a mason miss rulry i clurki and mi mnrgiwcl mcdonald hit chihitf r umik thin net anion to prtsfnt mvt 1 lolciu lyi luiiuer with a sllvt r tru on her r inoviil to uxbrldgt and to eoiniy to her their best wuhes for happim hs hi the nt w home nnd the pltasuri ii had ixtn to havt ht r in uin iiukn of di mnuihlro chapu r acton loses to milton and hespeler this week new conservative leader hlktkhsflui entrance aniiiates at s s no 10 erin dll it j manion at tin national convt iillon of tlu coiimi rvallvi party rtrintly tnnrludefl in ottawa u nfw li adi r wan i let tail lu uie imtiuifi of hon dr it j manlon aliove or hrt william ontario dr maul n mioceedn iii hon fl ii lb lint it in un helen mteoelurii and frank rtuniii- party lrud rhhlp rtui pupils of woodsldt school s s no 10 erin vfti ntomrmndrd on un lr vturs work und krunted entrance stnnj- 1i1k mrs wordens rurius cive piano recital site for fire hall arranged for roekwood lost lliurday evt idnu uw pirpl of mra 1 a wonlen atcm held uielr rifitui at ytsk himm tin home of mrs eramuha council appniven imanj alex mann an inu renllng program of various plcaslnu nunibt rs wus t njoyed by hit mouicrti and f rli ndr of uu puplbt af h r the prtigntm refrenhmt nts wen i for admin lhlrat ion of diphtheria toxoid local bunch the scoiinjr and have two irminim with tliree apiecemilton scored in newly every frame and held lead throunh entire game a oiipue of rad htomfb although acton dldn t win fans were prolty well agreed that the game on sat urday was a good pastime it was mil- tons i ant scheduled game here and acton wns out to win if possible but once again the county iftwners were too much for ihem the visitors hit consistently and lit idfd well but are not invincible oor don was suffering from n sore arm nnd was tntilud for nix runs r fore he was fort ed ui quit and replaced by norm morton hit strain ban 1ecn pretty htavy on oordon and after tho wednes day gatim lu just wiutn l in sluipe xa im 1 1 mllum w clement tnlrfrfca and a cloment moored in the first inning a iwrnie run by a clrmnnt came at a mighty nice umi with two cm guthrie bus morton and waterhouse wtnt down one two three mt rklry made ahouier one for milton in the second but bproat lyle and li brush went out and w clement was left i n iietond it dldn t lot good for acton when n moriiiii williams and anderson all went out with none reaching first polrttka went out at jiecond ui the third but a clement and j brush com pleted uie circuit to make it fl0 for milton i acttm n half of this winning was better however ciipps landed a nice one past tind when monney hit tmr u left trved chairman kerr attended the convention fit id ffiico ctippn was atlvanced and scored oh a wild pitch tylrr the nest man uj plastered a home run and uvea runs were in from the first three up hi thru was thrown out by uie pitcher and bus motion popped nut to first base waterhistsr hit hie that wtnt for two imuich but wus irft htranded when rvnn murum fluxl tail in thr f mrth i ylr nino k out cl ment hit a nice one for three bases and ncorrd on k bruah s hit u third it looked pn tty ciom brush stole second 0m w wutt rloo b s outs asoclulloii ht wuft btrii in wingham iud wus mariitd hi b urvh ed by his w idow hu mouier mrs john wilson wingtuun two bnthtra clu t not of wlunlptk and arthur of wiiikham und two ilsurs mrs a b 11 lining and mlsn amu wll mui both of toronto tlu fuutrul wius lu id on mcuulaj in kltchi nt r und lnlt r mint wiui in wlnguini ct nn it ry trum it tlthtr flout 11 and stlbtrt in vcstlkiilthl llu intuit st dau liu bt i si l for jul jnd a khader ok the free irkss llu count ll for tin lownship of lramosa held tht lr reulu nut unit m tin lown hull itimkwood n moiitlay july i llh at i 30 pin linn prem nl w rt lut v 1j ii fctort y in thi ciui und cotuiclllt r u d cray albt rt 1tish win j imnki i y und thou k kelly ilopniu ntuuvefc of sew nil uriuiitiea a tht wtiimiih imitltuu in uu trwnshlp wre p m it to arraimt for the gentrall- u hlrd b wlw p tol iniinumllon of htldrtn d i uku nlcr hit tl him a clement superintendent aftked to prepare intttal i nud out and j brush was tiirown out specification for repair of it xt movd b menni ktuy and m water tower oruy and urrled that uu townsfcjp wlllluma ailnim and crlpp all filed irimiptrau with uu womtns inntltuut m atum half the boys were hlt- nie public utilities comlsslon jmt to u of so of uu otu of um but rblflln tncni h n widnisduy imnlng commissioner immunising uie t hlldrrn of uu township ui lixl nful j clement bproat and llaiimn uid chairman kt rr were pre uk dljuherlu with ull tht children mnrkky went down in quick ird and of the township having tht opportunity ar1 luul ulr hitting spree t taking advunuigi of tlu trealnu nta m wcul ml mi nu running 1u xnsuuiua u arning for uie iiulu nt hujld c pt tyler was and preatiillug llu utiouiiu u council i ttnd to outhrle messrs r 1 wright and k j ktrr hlt u u ft outhrle stole second apiaund to n quest the iwual grain u nufl morum nied wt to coml base atlon fall hair mi ved by missrs lush l tt u himer came when ri was and killy und curried that un a tbn 1 waterhouse leaned heavy full hair u gninnd iwtnty dollar uul lh clriut t9 the two mi mi j l fennn und h 1 ont tin uk d 1 r i iirajil po erin fall rjilr movtd t mi wr flukru y und i uh and tarried that uit erin fall fair bt grant id it u dolwr llu limkl i ikt vlllakt 1yu-u- ii rt st nt t rtij ntl uu o urn ii u pirtlulb lih i part f c i in h himl i ir uit nun i r i flr hall it uua moiid hid sit ndttl bv mian a i uaii and k lh md curried uial th ck rk lt liuitrut led uj uikt uu pr im r jrt l u ceding uiw ard cltsing purt of cluirch tlr l li uu requittl of lht vlluigt lyilnttt a an a ftltt fir uit tretlin of a tirt tiall und t n imhum in ft it by 1 11 id ii l ic k j k r 11 1 juv und u m lliwltik uccounls wt r hydro department l ontario hupplii cohvt uuon t x iineh labor d hilt tt kllu ordt nl 2 05 34 0b 70 0 rt hilr c unadlan i am suj pi it t ni 1 uu fciiulpmi nt nmlt rial cnr uid pruilmx ri ltd matt rials 1 td i ui xpt 1m0 1 4u iiuti jterworhjt dtrpurtment llviln dt pur mi nt jxut r at spum u it uu 1 tided t liuvt hujx ruiu ndt nt wlb n prt pun ami ltl4itiuut regurdliik tht paliiting and rtpuiitiik of lht wattr uorlu tank and hut this nad for tht ut xl ul t tint of tlu commission i lie list of urn uri wua chtcked and in ahtiul if luni norm morum was uirown mt in hli hit to uurd at b i tt dldn t i rfik uki bud at half time iol fiuinetl in tht nlxui a bud throw it n k clmt nt mik he ntolt oecond nil ueiit to third on bnuth a tilt but hi uh iu put mt i ilitzkaa tut acared clt uu nl a clninit wua hit by the piu lu r ilobby audernon and lu had uu urkiinunt nobody botked up but the t ndttl in a strungln hold with it u bio lauded j unuli funned wlllluiiui audi rwiii and crip pa til went u on fly oujlrt in acttm a half of uie slxui in the t glvt n supt rin undent 40 fe i ttrut hutu wiimui regarding uils matter chairman b kt rr fcue u very hi tirtstlllk repot aa delegate to lht sum mtr hdro convention uubtgwlnn inn muskoku simjcndiu concert presented by vcton band almost sakcastic 1 insured my voice announced uie great sinter for as 000 oh i replied his rrral and what have you done with the money t has been a very succeaaful attendance has been 100 per cent an exhibit of the aor dune by the children attending will be on display in fit joseph a hall on saturday july 18th from 2 30 to 4 00 pjn trton culztns band pesenrd another of their splendid sundaj ewenlng concerts ui the park last week the program was well varied and included several sacred selections the band also played the test piece used in the waterlao contest champion overture which was well rendered bandmaster a h perrott was in charge it wu uim decided on motion of vlesrs luhh and pliikney that the proper pnceeduigs be uucen uiwurd closing uit unused nula at the fourth line north of highway no 7 monsrs 11 w ooaford for the kl wunla und j a wllkuuon for uie kotur cluo mi li wvcral local realdnti intermewcd tht qruicu nkurdlng tht water rlhu ut uw river uu the fourui line moved by mejutra ciruy and ktlly i and carried that the department of i lunds and fvireatit or the grand klvei i conservauun commission be asked u determine the rig hit at th towiuihlp i t regard u the operation of the dam on the rlier at uie fourth line in order to i maintain the river level for summer re mirt purpost 1 und water conservation the clerk n ported that the tax roll and bills for 1938 were competed beftrc veiith j clement popped out sprout and merkley went down winging und watching the balls go by vfooney ui the eighth hit a nice one over second tylers hit forced him out jt second outhrle s ningle put tyler on aecond but there it died wtien bus morton and waterhouse filed out in the eighth lyle fanned and w clement filed out when bus mortem continued on page five coming events lcmentb miidtf olher event uadvr r charged cnta 1 minimum chrt 1 t meat of 4c woodside school where the fiftieth anniversary waa observed on monday it is b s 1 no 10 1n bpecial scout meeting monday night he new regulations regarding uie oust of july 18th at 7 30 in y mc a all acton accondary ediuotlon were received and txxiuu will pletiae be on hand that either a new roll and bill or st justmenu between school sections wopid monster bond tattoo hi acton park be nccetfaary moved by messrs ora safurday july 23rd big street parade and kelly that the current count kate fireworks burlington pin men s drill oe placed on current tax bills in a correct team dun t forget the date and be in snd proper manner aa per the assess- j acton auplcca acton citizens band ment act and in accord with the requlsl tlon of the oounty clerk and that the s albans lawn social and amateur tax roll be corrected accordingly how on church o rounds on wednaa- motion lost moved by messrs lush and day evening july 20th oood program plnkney and carried that the tax bills j door prises booths nowtuea a good as prepared by the clerk previous to time for all adndaalon ate children ocdchsded on pat bight 10c