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sixtieth yefcr no 41 acton ontario thursday april 1th 1935 eifeht homeprint pages five onto news of acton and the district another record gale auction sales continue to so well and the offerings to tiring good prices record crowdattended the sale last work of dyson brothers bx ouelph township apdthegrounds abou farau vera said to resemble county fair orade oows sold from to 70 in spite of the large offering auctioneer kerr had disposed of every article by mx oclock well known hotdman pawed away oeorge helnhart proprietor of tho regent hotel ouelph and one of west ern ontarios best known hotelmen died suddenly in ouelph on saturday when stricken by heart attack although in ailing health for the past three yea his death was unexpected born in preston mr relnhart who was inhis sixtieth year went to ouelph when young man where ho engaged in the hotel business with his father the late christopher relnhart upon tho death of his father in 1d07 he took over the management of the old commercial hotel and more recently the regentfj lower rate than 5vi for loans from hotel he is survived by his mother mrs rouena relnhart and one sister mrs emmaline lafontalne lib wife triple highway crash harry walton insurance salesman of ouelph suffered painful injuries to his arm saturday night when car he was striving the elorapergus highway at the outskirts of elora was struck by furniture truck owned by ackorj limited of ouelph and driven by edgar boles also of ouelph third car driven by john hill of fergus also figured in the accident hill wart pro ceeding toward claras main street when walton attempted to pass him travelling in the same direction just as walton got abreast of hills vtehlclo he noticed the truck approaching from the opposite direction walton tried to turn back into the line of traffic but crashed into hills car and at the name instant was struck by the fumllure truck which was upset by the impact all three machines were badly damaged though walton was the only person injured account of 108594 passed by eramosa at the council meeting on monday deputation of unemployed discuss relief problems tho council for tho township of eramosa met in the town hall rocjo wood on monday april bth at 130 and except for on adjournment for sap per sat continuously until 830 reevo sima mclean presided and councillors albert lush storey stetvart and john hindley were also present mr hull was present and sub mitted price for printing tho voters lists which won accepted toy council the trustees of the police village of rockwood with the township rel officer and deputation of unemployed men discussed with council various as pects of the relief situation messrs arch mcnabb and fox presented their auditors report on the penalties on overdue taxes on the 1d33 and 1033 tax rolls the variouu items were carefully considered and thp re part was accepted on motion of messrs hipdley and storey selection of news items inspectors report on acton school an added feature for 1935 new feature that will be at acton pair this year will be tho prists for school floats 25 is being offered in prizes for thki event and no doubt the school sections of the district will enter into this event and make it one of tho outstanding features of tho parade committee woe named at tho last pair board meeting to arrange the details bbcnly iurphymve sentenced for acton robl jascurrie and albert murphy were each sentenced to seven year terms of imprisonment with fifteen lashes at milton on tueuday for tho attempted armed robbery at tytor garage in acton on february 0th tho recommendation of tho jury and tiro plea for leniency by counsel were taken into consideration in the sentence by mr justice makins they will receive olght lashes at tho end of the iirst month and botch at tho end of elx months aifter receiving thvlr sentence on the armed robbery charge murphy and currlo pleaded the treasurer reported no prospect of guilty to tho theft of on automobile and undayrjuuo advertising spot radio advertising on sundays will be eliminated over all canadian stations leginnlng may 5th uie canadian rudo broadcasting commission announced on tuesday tile ban will not apply to time signals and certain public services tile question of excluding safes talks sunday broadcasts will he given further consideration chairman hector char lesworth of the commission sent to all station managers memorandum in forming them tlio question of tho legality under uie terms of un lord day act of all forma of sunday adver tising has been raised by various in fluential organizations hi quebec on tario and other provinces and the com mission hopes to remove the main cauae of complaint it is collecting informa tion with vhiwto restricting publicity in sunday broudcaiitu to good will ad vertising from which the element of solicitation for the sale of commodi ties against uhlch the lords day act appears to be explicit lias been elimin ated mgsiiary pfayprnlji ty mlso clrald the young womens mission circle of the baptist churlh presented threa act missionary play two miuura hi the baptist church on thursday night it was uvll presented with tho various luanibtj id uu aaat par inky hitflhhur uctcro in excellent manner tho cast of characters janet mccrea miss jessio coles mvi van horn her aunt ms laura mcmulleii mrs stewurt mother of mrs van horn mxn mino prv bldent of tho culture club mrs cl landsborough mrs vouder witt jones noted lecturer and traveller mbw barbara plank college friends of janet rachel helen and charlotte mm kelly hiss iuuru ruld and mu1 isabi jackion othermembers of the culture club group of memhers af the mtnlji circle the story in brief centred around janet mccreu the daughter uf missionaries in china who wwt in am rlcu attending college with the inten tion of returning after graduation as missionary she made the mlstuk however of trying to serve the world and uko christ and it wa not until attending lecture four years utter tliut she found her mistake man lntroduchl olid gave brief outline of the play between acts quurtctto composed mrs armstrong mli oraham mtlsm praukllu und coles rendered two wellrccrivcd num bers misses margarrt and kthel prank tin sang uuett which was enjoyed aulo by miss mcmillan was appreci ated mr coles sang sole due to the untiring efforts of the young hulk substantial tree will offering was received mr pranklln wvj chairman local banks but that sufficient other fundil were available for current needs at 44 bylaw authorizing such borrowing atiii to mcctjjtic unpaid portion of the county rate and other expenditure was given tho required number at readings and passed tho clerk was instructed to notify same property owners that trcerf on tho rood allowance must not be cut down without tho content of council it was arranged to inspect tho town ship roads and bridges on wednesday april loth and the question of road insurance was laid over until tho next meeting un may 13th exrec stanley day of ouelph township uddrvtiscd the council on the subject of securing government loans for drainage purposes within the town ship each councillor agreed to lnqulro in lib own division regarding the ad visability of proceeding with this pro posal tho treasurer presented the 1034 tax roll tha several items of unpaid taxes were considered by council and in structlons were given to register against tho properties all taxes unpaid on april 30 til aoeoiinu pasuulfor payment amount ed to 1035 04 gathering banquet and social time with musk and good peuowahlp pealured the catherine on tuesday the gettogether banquet on tuesday evening was huge success promptly at 745 about go members and guwits sat down to prettily decorauxj tables laden with good things tim tables were decorated with red white and blue crepe paper candjei and flow em tlie lowers were very kindly donated by il bishop as son for tho occasion wjien nil luid partaken of the good things provided thu gathering indulged in rouimg singsong of old favorites kennedy presided over the following program words of welcome bro chas landshorough duett ulth gultur accompaniment messrs gibbons and anderson bro ii holme who joined tho lodge in 1071 gave brief speech and bro his lordship sentenced uie pair to two years in penitentiary on that count with the sentence to run concurrent with tlie eovenyear tcrm hoth have prison recards lrlver not blamed coroners jury exonerated itueffer waterloo motorist of all blame in tho death of peter boyd 41ycarom toronto trunslcnt who was fatally in jured when struct by4lueffcrs auto on uju no highway east of acton on the morning of prlday march 29th boyd according evidence submitted by the witnessed of tho accident ran acrous tlie road to pick up lift from passlng motorist and stepped directly into tho path of rueffers car dr paul georgetown wlu examined boyd before ho was taken to guclph hospital and dr stewart who conducted postmortem examination said that death had been due to internal lnjurlai which caused the collapse of blood cells in addition boyd suffered badly broken leg tlie inquest was conducted by dr mcnlveti acton coroner for tlie district and dick hal ton crown attorney showed good standing details for musical festival arranged various interesting items of news kftt mclum also sjwike briefly bro mcdonald gave most interesting nnd instructive address on odd fellowship tracing the history or acton lodge from ilj beginning to the present day bro brown tpoke briefly of oddfcllouuiip and what 4t niciul to jiiiua vlallu tolo by bro splulvogel was enjoyed as was duett by miiurs mosaics and clifford messw glbboiui und andvrson brought round of applause for their second number quartette messrs uumley agnew and jfas smith were mcored uirtu times short speeches uere made by brou dr buchanan lhusard rachlln and tilers vote of thanks to the committee in charge and to the vtltlng entertainers uas betiderod by brai iu ritchie nnd rumley the singing of auld lang syne at 10 30 brought most enjoy able evenln enurtulmnent to close bro chas landshorough prtwlded at the piano and flvuplece orcliestru rendered meverul pleasing number throughout the evening examination time the lost week in june monday june 2ith to prlday june 28th will be cx umhuitlon week examinations tor lin trancc und lower school being held during these ave days tlie entrance exams will be written june 2gui to june 2uth and tlie lower school utts june 2th to juno 28th the time table for entrance examinations is as follows wednuulay june 2guv to 11 english grammar 1110 to 12 writing 30 to 30 english composi tion thursday june 37th to 1130 english literature 30 to 30 geography to 430 spelling prlday juno 38th to 1130 arithmetic 130 to 30 hkuory tlie time tanks for louer school examinations follow monday june 24th toll 30a first year agriculture 3d to second year agriculture tucuday jumi 25th to 11 30 english grammar 130 to arithmetic wednesday june 20th to 1130 physiography 30 to art thursday juno 27th to 1130 stoology 130 to at uio meeting of tho school board cm tuesday evening trustees dr buchuuan graham dr pearen prostr and mc cary were presentarid chairman mcdonald presided utter was read from the secretary of the duke hfc devonshire chapter of he requesting the permis uion of tho board io place portrait of thj late mrs moore in the public school the board were unanimous in granting this request and asked tho privilege of attending when the portrait was being hung to pay their respects to uio memory of this revered teacher the report of tho inspector of tho continuation school was received and read to tlie board by tho sccrotary booka and other equipment nucded in uchool work were recommended inspec tor randalls report of school wor teachers and caretaker was very com mendatoryc tho schools facilities were uultj satisfactory taking all points covered in tho report into contilderatlcn the report was one of the moot satisfac tory received the sccrotary was instructed to file the repurtaiterthy teachers of the oonemuftorr had opporiin ity of perusing the document tho secretary reported that mla masales who had cluirge of miss hunts room during her ulnars had kindly offered to take tlie classes without re muneration for three days this week to allow miss hunt to take classes in music and endoavor to get some preparation for the mutilcal pestival competition 11 hoard was appreciative of this cooperation and expressed their ap proval of tlie arrangements made by the secretary with mks masales tho details hi connection with tlie transportation of pupils to burlington to take part in tho pttitlvul were given to the board by tho secretary owing to tlie illness of miss hunt it was not poj slblu to enter as many of tlie competi tions as had at iirst been planned com mittees werw appointed to arrange for tho troniportation required tlie third report of the pinanco com mittee recommended payment of the following accounts actori public utilities commis sion water and light 20 23 savage fc co for ungravlng cups 00 jos symon repairs 79 mackenzie son repairs 00 jeremiah bel repairs 00 meeting the monthly mcutlng of tlie duke of devonshire chapter of tho was held on tuesday evening at the home of mm blow during tho meeting plans were mode for the annual empire day concert tlie orders also arranging to have portrait of tho late mm mooro hung in tlie school mrs barr contributed reading and mrs if bishop vocal solct following tho meeting delightful lunch was served served in one company over 40 years after serving over forty yearn hi tho employ of beard more leathers acton mr john kennedy retired lost weelr at the ago of 74 years bom hi limchousc mv kennedys came to acton as young man and hau been continuously employ ed by the beardmore co through all these years his record of long employ ment points that ho luui been well liked by both employers and fellow employees who wish him many years of life to enjoy wellearned holiday cuh relief for nl ion towns under the provincial governments cash relief beheme which now affects toteo ml co the report was adopted tlie secretary waii instructed to notify tho petwm or persons who hadtappej tlw maple trees in the school lane to remove the spiles and plug the holes in the tretsr and hereafter to not interfere with these trees the chairman reported regarding ar rangements that were being made by the legion for the proper observance of may ctli vimy night 4trht7rt ttahwstory prid uyrjtrmf 28th to 1130 botany 130 to in geography canadian km ploy erit gains further improvement in the canadian luduulrlal jiltuhtlorj li reflected in report on employment issued by tlw dominion bureau of statistics which shows that 0002 leading employer tliroughout the dominion enlarged their payroll from 8b50o1 on 1vbruary 1st to 002301 on marchjht or by 10340 persons in comparvjiii ului uitj itm ploymeut trends jit this time of year ouuervcd by acton tltglati by banyuct in legion hull ou saturday evening tuk evenixo ukajl diuehtek little johnnie who was liaving dinner ut tlie house of so hid neighbors had refused the chicken gravy twice tile hasteii uho hud tulddd bonie mucuronl to thu gravy uii to make more of it flnully said why should think you would like chicken gravy do somethnea replied johnnie but my mamma never puts tlie wind plns 111 during thu last fourteen years this ih it morcthanuverage gain and rairuy the fieaionuliyoreruhl employment ipdpx to higher level than in any othei month ulnce the late summer ot 1031 employment in the manufacturing in dustries of canada showed the greate it gains ut the beglnnlngof march wlva 355 manufacturers increased their itarfii by 12003 persons bringing the total employment in manufactures up to 484215 piiioiui compared with 451382 at tin beginning of pvbruury hie mwt pronounced recovery took place in tex tllf und iron und steel plants but tha ileiijher lumblr rubber and nonferrous tal industrie also tthowed important gains hie gliurul lmprowmiient hi manufacturing was ratlier greater thun that noted on march 1st 1034 or in fact than in eleven of the fouruen pre ceding years for which ututlatlcs ure uvulluble in quebec ontario and bri tish columbia tlto trend of employment was upward while in the maritime und prairie irovincet activities showed seasonal curtailment pirms in ontario reported thu grrateat improvement mei thu anniversary of vlmy uas observ ed by acton legion at their club roonn on saturday evening in fitting manner at nine oclock sixty or seventy members and guests uat down to ban quet that comprised an appetizer fried tlllcli of fish royal oauce pronoh fried potatoes victoria pudding biscuits cheese fruit nnd coffee it proved delight and the gathering were enthusi astic in their praise of coles who was jiie cuteivr the toont lltit was presided over by president mcdonald and after the toast ti the ring two minutes ol illence was ohservvd in memory of our milieu comrades hie toast to our country won proposed by comrade vad bury the toast to the legion was ro pamd by comrade arnold and leplled to comrade mcdonald our town was proposed by comrade wright and reeve ii harrison responded the press was the toast prapotjud by comrade harrop aild resiwnded to by dills editor of tine acton 1sikk putss and colij ami jack mcaeachle local representa tive of tlie toronto pupjirs major mahon ia jijioke hrleiiy musical iuimbfrs interspersing tho toiuu were contributed by coles am trio famoiw on uie recent trip to port erie composed of comrades midllttunpmniry utul dr peureii pollywlng uie conclusion of the ban quet the uatlurlng around um piano and led by comrade salt had some real hearty group singing jumt motion you book called majl tlld haye muttter ipictlan department oji thu rloor above iiludujii v111 receive 7u0 4250 of which will be used for labor it was announced last night the main item on the ookvlllo program is the cxtcnelon of water mains on the eighth lino and kerr street the amount ls tlie identical sum requested by tlie municipality miltons public wanks grant from tho government amounts to ltt50 with woo fit that amount for labor prim minister bennett recovering practically all signs of tlie sickroom have been removed from tho hotel apartment of prime mlnktter rb ben nett wlio haii improved to uuch an ex tent that he is up and dressed dally and rapidly recovering his normal energy the following statement was issued by mr bennetts attending physician dr stevens covering the patient progress in tlie past wok the prim ministers improvement hus continued during tlio post week he is out of bed partr of each daymnd is gradually recovering strength und energy women iniuut meeting the regular monthly meeting of tlie womens institute was held the home of mvs hodglns on thuruday april 4th with the president mrs gamble in cluirge the meeting opuned by blnglng the institute dtully song followed by the lords prayer in unison live minute talk on tlie motto merry heart is good medicine was given by mm miiuolet and current events by mrs honey roll call was answered by humorous story llnal urangements were made for euchre and dance after the bujlnjsss was disposed of report of the district board meeting held in milton was given by tlie secretary quartette number by mesdamcs davidson hall roister and mccutcheon alloahoo was uell rendered paper by mrs collier coloring llfu which was enjoyed by all present tlie district an nual convention of tlie county of hal ton brunches of tlie womenvi institute relief accounts amounting to 41135 passed by eequesing council next meeting to be held on may 13th the ejkjucalng council held their regular monthljt meeting on monday afternoon at stcwarttown deputy rccvu mullln councillors murray robinson and wilson were present reevo george currlo presided at the meeting tlie minutes of uio last meeting were read und confirmed communications were read from jen kins hardy county of hal ton george elliott department of highways elmer thompson and departmene of agriculture moved byl mhllin seconded by murray that the treasurer pay tlie relief accounts as prtxentcd by the relief oillcer 411 53 carried various items of local interest high school orcheta movement that is rapidly gaining ground is the formation of orchestras in high sctfoots and colleglatcs through out tho province recently in haratl ton concert was gtvon with nlembers from st cathormea hamilton brant ford grimsby caledonia gait kjtch ener and ouelph taking part and tha program wou delight to all no doubt tho movement will epread and take in many schools throughout tho province purthcr recitals of this group are now being planned and they will play before tho delegates to the ontario educa tional gathering toronto in county assises the grand jury at the assizes on other accounts authorized for payment monday afternoon brought hi true bill were as follows ttyavoelectrlc power commission iu mrs symons 4370 hydroelectric power commission brum ton lights at council chamber 747 board of hydro commuuioncrs georgetown utreet lights at glcnwlllioms months 6300 bell telephone co accounts 48 jenkins hi hardy to professional servloes preparlntfreportfor department at municipal af fairs co farlow transporting men to and from work 1270 grvspan transporting men to and from work 16 00 johnstone si rumley re funeral against jomcu currlc of weston and albert murphy of toronto on the charge uf armed robbery and theft of car on pcbruary otli last counsel for tho defence not being present tho court was adjourned until tlie following morn ing in tho action of the huron and erie mortgage corporation of london against morris soxc georgetown and samuel ginsberg muskoka judgment went to tho plaintiff by default su pells of the firm of salter stapeils mia sewell appcarec uvb plaintiff leroy dole georgetown acting for tlio defendants meeting the meeting of tlio of laura ryder 3540 ly thuruday of last week 500 3000 walter lawson taking leonard tcnnant to hospital for bick children turner ro funeral of gtorgo currlo mrs helen wlllct attending mrs norton 10 00 robb surgical dressings for ruby ivnnant 165 moved by ll mullln seconded by wilson that on and after april 30th 035 all taxes must be paid direct to the tux collector and all returned taxeu to the treasurer carried moved by robinson seconded by wilson that uie treasurer pay the oud sheets as presented by the road superintendent 425 03 car ried moved by murray seconded by robinson umt uik council di iiow udourn to meet on monday may 13th ut 130 or at tho call of the rtuve carried play ball county league bela panned coxnprue aeton guclph georre town and bnuupton will be field in uie presbyterian ohllrcht acton on juno 12ui commencing at nine nv standard time the meeting closed by singing uie national anthem very hearty vote of uuuiks was jtlvcn to mrs hodglns for uio use of her honu lunch und wiclul timo concluded uie meeting two killfx in level craudii aeeldeit two toronto men suffered fatal hijurlfs imelay when their car was de molished by hamiltonbound oil eleolrlc uiigliio on road level crooning jolm salisbury hllbboro avenue toronto driver of tho cur died ut the bcene and hendcmon mark ham strtet toronto buccumbed to in juries following his admittance to hos pital salisbury hendersons clwurfcur did not notice tlio train until 100 feet from the crossing he applied the brakes but the car skidded into tho train tlio fatality wou tlie second in eight niontlw pollowlng uie last one in august jury recommended unit warning signals be erected near tho crossing and nearby buslies cut down only tlie latter rvcommcnduuon wo citrrlctl out henderson bachelor is vepor tidtojlia vttow nedutu nmiin otor car mn toronto he founded onturls mineral waters und wim member of zcta lodge ac and several other organizations ho survived by two sister mrs brown toronto und mm libey of taru and uir brothers lliouuui edwin and e6f toronto salisbury was former cliauf fur for sir jopli plavolle and james pruiicechlnl ho is survived by his wife and uiree children john 20 and joan und billy sixyearold twins at uie annual county haseball meet ing in georgetown lou prlday night walters presided and delegates wore present from ouelph brampton acton and georgetown tho decision of die meeting uas to cull uie new league uie tricounty league wlui teams tram these cent making up uie group in uie chiction of officers which also uas part of the meeting ryder acton wad chosen president smith hramp ton vicepresident coles acton the secretary treasurer it ti planned to hold outing of the league hi acton tonight walters past president represented uio league en or with evury one of uieso towns right on no highway the group should make an ideal ono and make tlw travel ling expensed light tho acton team lias no new faces uils year but ul of iomi years team is ready to take uie held again and with uiat year of experience should make good showing in uie group at tneeutu or uio acton omb last night bui holloway was appointed us munugur of utu actoxl team jack mc gutnguxitojuelpli who years ago play was the executive was hi charge of tho program tlie first number was scripture reading by rogers mrs fields song in tho garden bttrobara taylor read few poems from wllhclmlna sticks works mrs snow uicn uang beautiful isle of somcwlwro after which miss bennett gave delightful and inspiring talk on ula twentythird psalm the play thou 5001 was based on uie par able of the selfsatisfied farmer who soldiwill pull down myborns and bulld greater wlhcat drink and bo merry tlw betting was modern wlui prosperous business man moteod of uie farmer the characters were dimos alice taylor secretary irene ellott undersecretary olive rogers death mrt alger soul mrs algei tneolng hnatch miusionory yoang ivoplem meeilni tlie regular weekly meeting of knox guild watj hold on monday night and was under uie convencrahip of uie mis sionary committee tlw scripture was taken by miss laura hall and miss margaret brown led in prayer after uie business was dlscuused miss edna hlu tou favored uio guild with vocal solo ami ted hansen rendered ii piano solo tlie main feature of uiu evening was an illustrated lecture by tit luther young missionary from among tho koreans hi japan this proved espec ially interesting as dr young is working in uie ame field as our own missionary miss nellie anderson tlw slides were of tho lives and work of tho koreans some photos of uio missionaries and uielr schools and somo of um beautiful scenery of japan this proved very educauoual and interesting to uio guild members mju pred anderson offered vote of uuuiks to dr young and after uie singing of hymn uio meeting closed with fhi jqnh tynhitl ed ball in acton has agreed to usslst in coaching the team no eiun tho following ki uw report of uie win ter mtmtlu for peacock school jr iv allan perrymun 76 vera longs tree 73 prank loiigstrest 50 helen mclean 83 sr ill lloyd swlndlehurst 83 fcllwood perrymun 78 jean mcenerv ou tom leuwtdge 6di gariiot slnclulr 83 ray hardbig 23 jr rtl blllle luley 5di lillian shortlll lonu ivrrymon 70 bowiy sten 03 violet hurdhig betty prrymuii 70 mc knery jo nora blnnle 53 henry wedge 43 clarence harding 10 juehurd sliortlll marjory long street ruby culp clarence johnsn nelsop johnson isabel johnuou tecnie longstreet blanche oulp bern ice culp nell harding denotes absent fur more uian three exomuiatluns grace dumpier teacher coming events annuuncnnniiiot meatlngi con ecrta ur other invent unjor ttiu ltodliif rc charfcj io cnta per line witli minimum charge for may hmiuuuccuiciit ol llio easte quest pqgean hi song und story will be presented byknox church choir on good prlday njght special eauter tlumk offering pancakes and maple syrup will be served by uie willing workers group at churchill on apr lui at the homv or mr and mrs thomas orokln ole admission 25c und loc tlio lukeulde chapter ewlll hold sale of homemade baking on saturday april 13th next doqr to wiles restaurant afternoon tea will be served from uiree oclock fcjucbre nnd dance under the auspices ofactan womens jrwtituterin uie ttfflfo hull on wednesday april 24th kew harmony orchestra eucluu at 30 sharp lucky draw for quilt lunoh uervod admlwion 25c beautiful easter drama tlie light in the window by llmohouse harmony club und the lost church by glen wuluunh young peoples socloty at churchill united church on good friday evening admission 3ac and j0o