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f rthubsday august 11th 1935 the acton free press acton ontario pack sparks doug manning wltnhhlfo wv electric v j 1m h j vtp cool drop into watsons v e for a refreshing soda sundae milk shake or drink enjoy our newlyinstalled air conditioning tcatdo dairy bar neilsons delicious ice cream mill st acton v institute meeting in form of picnic the august ieetlng of the acton womens institute was held in the form of a picnic on-thursday-aug- ust 4 at the home of mrs wesley masales the meeting in charge of the president mrs seorge fryer opened with the institute ode several items of business were brought up and it was moved to give a worthy family a ton of coal two pails and cups were given to the minor baseball team and a lay ette was sent to a little new citizen of acton then the picnic started withgam- for the members as the ram kept y winners were follows time race mrs kings- mill nylon racfc mrs rose ticket race mrs earl masales mrs wes masales mrs carrie smith mrs lantz miss betty young peg race mrs lambert oldest lady mrs lantz youngest grandmother mrs masales most granchildren mrs nicoll a delicious lunch was served by the members and all went home happy and tired including visitors the next meeting will be held at mrs earl lamberts in september the ladies were asked to bring their aprons for the fall fair display haltons pages of the past mark centennial this week of schoosection three of nassagaweya early history sketchy by gwkn cijabke inlmany sections of halton boun ty picturesque names have been ousted in favor of the modern moi e prosaic type there is a striking ex ample of this in nassagaweya town ship where two villages on the guelph road which unofficially names of sodom and gormorrah are now registered as haltonvllle and moffat the reason for the name halton vllle is obvious moffat is a little more obscure apparently in the early days james moffat had a blacksmiths shop at gomorrah and the settlers would say they were go ing to moffats shop eventually the village itself came to be known as moffat one or first settled this section was one of the first parts of the township to be settled and between the onetime villages see us for safe dependable goodvear tires thompson phone 69 ford sales service 50 million times a day at home at work or on the way theres like a of sodom and gomorrah we find school section no 3 which this week is marking its centennial by a three day celebration unfortunate ly most of the early school records have been destroyed so we can give only a partial history of the school by putting together bits and pieces of information that have come our ting the whole will be as nearly accurate as possible under the circumstances j the first schooj undoubtedly built of logs was on the line facing the guelph road between tyie pro perties of scottishborn pioneers john and robert hutcheon parts of the old foundation can still be seen within the- fence corners from 1838 to 1839 this building was also used as a presbyterian church the con gregation being under the charge of the rev duncan mcmillan and the rev peter ferguson the first teacher at the school was one wm tolchard became blacksmith shop the second school was on the east corner of lot is concession 3 about this time according to jo shua norrishs history there was al so a school at moffat in 1857 it was this school that was taken over by james moffat and turned into a blacksmiths shop the present school was built on the north corner of lot 15 conces sion 2 on what is known as the al lison property as the number of scholars increased the school was enlarged eventually becoming a tworoom school the date over the front entry is 1870 so we surmise the centennial dates from the in- ltial building of the original part of the school in 1940 ss no 3 be came a part of school area no 1 and at that time there were classes in manual training and domestic science there are now over 40 pu pils so that in september 19v it will be necessary for grades 7 and 8 to attend school at campbellvillc paid per pupil hom different from the olden jays naturally the pioneer school preceded the school section by a rood many years at that time the settlers paid the teacher so much a pupil the teacher boarding in turn at the homes of his pupils if a good teacher was engaged it was more by good luck than anything else the settlers having to be content if the man they engaged could at least teach the three rs and yet even under those conditions there must have been many good teachers who conscientiously taught and trained the youth of their day in honest and upright living proof lies in the fact that s s no 3 contributed more officials to nas sagaweya township than any other school section that is in the way of reeves councillors assessors and treasurers and there were others whose names became known farther afield among theniwaduncans l so bright so right fot you so tangy in taste everfresh in sparkle 2 so bracing so quickly refreshing with its bit of wholesome energy the orangeyille bottling works orangevh1e ont phone 137w 6 bottle carton 36 11 the grand ole opry at the brampton memorial arena saturday aug 13 830 p in the worlds greatest hillbilly show direct from nashville tennessee featuring bill monroe the blue grass boys dot and smokie bessie lee little willie and other radio and television stars bring the family adults 100 children 50c next attraction wrestling featuring the midgets date to be announced soon hutcheon m p p for davidson sas katchewan he was also deputy- speaker of the provincial house james hutcheon civil engineer and inspector of surveys for the ontario department of lands and forests david hut tre for the county of halton tr many years robert meade a former pupil and teache became a public s in spector in medical profession quite a number of scholars from s s no 3 followed the medical pro fession among them doctors dun can gillies wm gilues robert mc- ewen john barber robert winn dr clifford young and dr letilia sirrs no doubt this list is for from being complete since we have no records to guide us besides the ones who moved away there were those who stayed in the district and by the unfailing interest and influence have done much to promote the welfare of ss no 3 the families of amos black and campbell forinstance have brought fame to their home district by their activities as importers and breedeis of pedigreed cattle m teachers 42 years little information is available re garding the early teachers the on ly names we have are those of tol chard and a mr dutton who lived in the village but we have a long list of teachers who taught in the present school from 1870 f until 1912 there were no less than 40 teachers appointed for a period of from one to three years although robert meade taught for six years they were not consecutive years one teacher not mentioned on the list was arthur hunt the older boys gave him a rough time and he resigned within 1 month one pupil who attended the school probably 70 years ago was george e ingkhart he later mov ed to grimsby at the age of 80 he rutin d from business and took iui painting as a hobby a few years ago while on a visit to the village of moffat he painted two pictures of s s no 3 which were later don ated to the school and have been hung in the main room held reunion on june 30 1930 s s no 3 cele brated its 75th anniversary by a re union of former teachers and pupils the hardworking committee who arranged this successful event was headed by mr james moffat at that time secretarytreasurer for the township present at the reunion were representatives of the families who had attended s s no 3 through the years some of whom have since moved away among them were the cartons mcphails hutcheons moores finlays lambs lillycrops and others too numerous to mention at this gathering a let ter was read from dr d r gillies ofnewyork stating that he- and- his wife the former jenny canute had arranged for a gold medal to be donated each year to the puptl at taining the highest marks on the year s work progress in district visitors to the ith anniversary came from all parts of canada to miit once again with their old teal hi rs and schoolmates we an ticipate the centennial of this same school set amid pioneer homis and villagis will b iqulllv will at tended and l the spirit of those who first iliand thi land and tilled thi fulds could know thi progress that has bem rrvadt in the district wlmrus thiv settled e think they vint young lads who paid the supreme sacrifice either in world war 1 or world war 2 will certainly be re membered their names cpc john blair pte clarence carton pje h c elsley andpo clar ence elsley there have been many changes since 1855 but at this centennial it would appear that ss no 3 has every reason to be proud of the well kept adjacent villages of halton- vijjnd moffat and the villages in turn may regard with satisfaction the school section which they have so loyally maintained through the years reduction right reierred printing a putiliftiing company lengthy illness for mrs a mann a lifelong resident of this dis trict and highly respected member of the community mrs archibald mann the former mary mopre passed away in acton on july 31 in her 85th year she had undergone a lengthy illness she was born in 1870 daughter of the late james moore and margaret reid who both came to this country from ireland she and her husband lived many years on the farlm now owned by mr and mrs george somerville on no 15 highway they later moved to town mr mann died not ten years ago they had no children and mrs mann lived alone in her main apparently tit home she attended knox church reg ularly when health permitted rev loclchort royal of norval conducted the funeral service it the rumley funeral home on tuesday august 1 intirment was in fairview cemetery surviving us a brother james moore of actor would bi will content no doubt amid the ganty of the centennial celebrations fitting trib ute 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