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ut 3vtitti sttt 39 sixtieth year no 52 acton ontario thursday june 27th 1935 eight homeprint pages pive gent halton union companys picnic in spu of unsuitable vulxr very kleajbukl ouunj wu netd wm oraknd won uddkrt acton won rom brampton held guelph to 22 tie boyal cily entry still in the top place with locals in second place acton has had batting slump in games game last night wm splendid exhibition of work of lefthand pitchers morton and hammond both put in good game acton 13 brampton 10 acton won their sixth victory on pttty when they beat brampton by 12l0 srsmpton outhlt the locals 110 but 10 errors in the infield accounted or the vkdtara downfall it was rather ftjlxab asalr and ytrylow same pw neiamg the visitors acton battof hut two earned runs both starting mtcbera were pulled cripps for title jooisnot finishing the first frame and kitchen of brampton lasted until the fifth grippe who started for the locals had an off day and the brampton boys pounced on his offerings plant first man up got single savage then sot walk and rlahardson fanned then korean got single to load the bancs brown got safe on fielders choice and plant scored with the bases still load ed tippling then knocked out long triple clearing the paths also clearing the hilltop of crlpps who was replaced by teker anthony collected single from teller to score tippling and also to bring brampton fe total for the inning to fire runs and four hits things looked bad for the locals but klfarhr orovrri and hnth twry and walters drew passes and both scor ed gtrlng the home team two runs with out bit teller was working swell against the brampton ifaca and held them scoreless until the eighth frame acton however took advantage of the visitors muacued and by the seventh had piled up lead of six runs in the eighth however tommy weakened little and two singles triple and wild throw by wmters at shortstop accounted ttof three to put them within three runs of the local boys in the eighth single by fred waterhouse assisted by two errors presented acton with another counter to put them four up brampton were not finished yet and anthony first anon up in tha ninth knocked out triple this was follow ed by single from wheeler to give the visitors another counter the next two men wept out with wheeler ad vanclng as far as third matt tyler then dropped an cosy fly in the outfield to let wheeler score and givw richard son life and put brampton within two runs of tying it up tommy however went to work on morgan and added an other strike out victim to his list to finish the game and send brampton home with their seventh straight defeat brampton ab po plant 3b 11111 savage lb nn 13 richardson if 10 morgan 2b 13 brown sti 115 tlpllng mclaughlin cf 13 anthony rf 12 wheeler 110 katchen new of acton ana the district competition due to unfavorable weather conditions the picnic of the halton union fanners muual at stanley park on wvdnesday juno loth was not as largely attended as had been anticipated however al though the morning was anyuilngbut favorable the afternoon brightened con siderably and by evening tho weathef conditions were ideal for the closing event of tile day namely baseball matclijiie teams of which were largely composed of hillsburg and erin boytl who staged gumo before large audi ence it proved snappy game all along tha line and would have done no discredit to tho maple leaf stadium in toronto mr wallace lasby of acton presid ent of tho company fulfilled the duties of chairman in most exemplary man 30 10 11 24 13 10 acton ab po ae terry if walters ss morton lb holloway lb mosaics cf wuter house cf tyler ri 13 waterhouse 2b 20 orjr4 10 10 morton 3b olbbona telfer crlpps 3l 1110 30 12 10 morton ran for hollo way in 7th summary base lilts brown tlpllng anthony base hits gibbon stolen bases luchardson anthony wheeler terry walters it morton struck out by kitchen by wheeler by crlpps by telfer booes on balls off kitchen terry walters telfer off wheeled it morton telfer or crlpps savage runs and btts off kitchen rutin hlbj off wheeler run hiui on crlpps runs hits off teller runs hits left on bases brwipton acton wild pitch wheeler batteries kitchen wheeler und tip tinf crlpps telfer und gibbons umpires teosdale brampton and moquarrie acton score by innings ii brampton 500 000 032 10 11 10 aoton 311 023 31 13 notkh if the briunptotl nelders hud been oil their job thing wouldnt have been so easy for tho local boys although they collected hits there were only uo innings when the locals bad more than one and two earned runs was all tliey managed to get brampton had twelve blnglcs and eight continued ca page five ner and during tho course of the pro gram gave short but vivid review of tho companys progress since its incep tion mr qlllanders of ridgctown gave very one address upon mutual insur ance problems and also touched upon educational matters all of which was listened to with rapt attention by those present the highland pipe and drum band of ouelph of ovo members were pre sent and enlivened the proceedings willi several well executed selections which were much enjoyed mr william overland of catcmct won first place hi the oldtymo pid dlern contest with mr harry hall of hillsburg close second mks margaret macdonald of hills burg mlssle of nine years in scottish coutumo delighted the audience wjth her highland dancing and was award ed first prize in this event por the irish jig the prizes went to two llttlo lassies from hllkomirg naine ly ilva rozwell and rbocca hunter horseshoe pitching contest doubles robert kodwcll und jamed cox singles robert nodwell tho baseball teams wer captained by will hull and thas lang tho former winning out by narrow margin after ten hard fought tunings prank vau wyck was umpire and the score was 31 the following is the rather original rhyme tliut was ported in hillsburg as on invitation attend tills picnic im asking all my liorseshoe friends prom hillshurgs start to hillsburgs end to meet me at erin stanley park lhougi tall or short or light or dark and show their kll at tossing sliocd to all let them be gentile greek or jew whereer old dobbins shocu uro hurled ill match our boya ugnlruit tlio world theyll toli the ringers on the pin aiid lilt bar of brlarolyn so bring your old suvethearlu along and lielp to swell tho mighty tlirong therell he bugpliicfl and scottlsli steps and irltih jigs chuck full of peps old viddlers too with magic bows prom tliat deep font whence muslr ordlnation serrloe scuslons of tiie council of the baptist church are being held in acton today thin evening service of intercut to all and which is open for all to attend will take place mr easter will bo ordained into tho ministry of the baptist church mr easter baa been the pastor of cton church for tho post two years and has noflk completed bis litudlcs and graduated from college meeting in favor of haling halton xqclnded in the fro posed kcatrleted area representative gathering selectioi of news items bairns from library board at meeting of acton free library board on monday evening the resigna tion of rev poole from the board was received regret was expressed at tho severance by both tho board mem bers and mr poole who will remove shortly to his now pastorate at rldgo way it was also decided to uccure screens for tho windows in tho now library quarters tlio board will not meet again until august smoking in bed sets mattress afire apparently caused from dropped cigarette which young man had boon umoking in bed small dm ut tho resid ence of cray 233 dublin street ouclph gave tho lire department in that city their first call in almost one month at 330 sunday morning on their or will coix forth itralnu of wondrous blend so comethou too musical friend some bugs of presents will bring be iure and come god save tlio king uncle dan picnicked in galt villua young opw society held annual fcvttnt in dopes park tiie ttotkilbi of ttac and cvttt the young peoples league of tiie united church held their annual picnic at soier patk oajt on saturday after noon hivoiud wltli ideal picnic wuutlier ubout lirty were in uttendancc und tooi part in softbull gomui und rucs rics were won as follows hanejinoan relay won by luuru jolniitonb group itauusc twin rocl tina icicol and bob manjiull tin ii nicol and hag breaking rac jim phidluy airl race alar ion leslie uojt itacv ltoy dcimy kangaroo rtiity vldu ramtuiws group couple ruco cinderella jiu til glbuoil and bob maruiull bounteous picnic lupper watt fol lowedby bull gunid to doae uiid very pleuaant outing rival erie firemen found the mattress and bed alight but with the use of scall chemical the are was extinguished without groat deal of damage result ing granted divorce jolm ifciirrkt of parkhill was granted divorce at london on saturday be cause of his wifes infidelity 17 years ago tlio oastr was heard by justice fisher by special arraugementment during tho war harris was soldier just before going overscau ho got few days leave from camp borden and was married at milton on october 2nd 1d10 on january 23rd 1010 ho returned to canada and met hb wife ut acton ho fcuid she admitted to him that slio liad not been faithful to him while ho was overwjob many improvement at edsewood mr mcdougull had made tome not able improvements at dgowood park tills season tliut have been very favor ably commented upon by many visitors the refreidunent booth and bath houae have bevai removed to uiii soutlieast iildo of the pool ttio new building is much larger and the second story has been made into commodious hall to accommodate small parties larger stove for picnickers und new picnic sliultcr with table lias also been pro vided until now tho facilities can ac comodate about 500 or 000 picnickers at one time other improvemeiiu have also been made until edge wood this year presents an mttroctiw appearance indeed salmon caught trout rather unusual fishing experiences fell to the lot of mr ruiiell salmon when he landed speckled trout 10 incites long 14 lnchw girth weighing lbs 10 oz the capture took place at cross lers chutes last saturday tlio nsh was remarkably big ono of iuj species but even tlut was not tlio moit remark able feature russell used steel rod and artificial bait and uftcr playing tlio trout for considerable time without being able to land it tho tackxi gave way and the trout sank to the bottom of tlio rapids in two feet of water without lllieutltl bed the fbh by the glllu before it had time to ct away and landed it to tlio astonblunent of his fishing companions braoobrldge oaiiette bablin iiwilluc hiectlng tho dublin brunch of the womonvj institute held tlielr june meeting ut the liome of mrtj wm prank with tlio president mrs mcdougull in the cluih the meeting opened by singing tlio in stitute ode followed by uli repeating the lords prayer in unison roll call was answered by vte table and its medl cbinl value there were three boxes of fruit sent last month to tli homes where there was illnt mountahi union branch extended the branch an invitation to attend tho lecture hi milton on juno 3utli on cancer control mrs wm prank was cuptaln of tiie looking uie and they prented tacli member of the winning side wltli lovely coke of iip mn wm prank alex prank ami dorothy rvuiik ontrlbuud musl cule lalectton mr whluiock our agri culture reprutjntlve was introduced und uddrcjud tiie meeting hu uddrew was on the services of lus office hi milton uh1 in urged ull farmers in uus county to lt him know of tlielr diifleultles and he would only bo too glad to help them another selection was given bymfswhi prank master alx prank and accomp anied by doruiy frank vote of uuinks was tendered the speaker and also the hdsuah wild tlai meeting closed by winging the nationul anthem lunch wu jurvtd nd social tune spent last ccnlng meeting was held in acton town hall of the farmers and milk producers in the plan to make halton ono of the counties hi the pro posed restricted tuberculosis area it was well attended deputy reeve mullin of efequixdng presided and agricultural representative whltelook explained tho plan fully standing vote token at the close of the meeting of thofic favoring the plan showed the meeting to be almost unanimous hi its in fact as explained by mv white lock it would teem that little or no objection could be taken by anyone to tlio plan and certainly there was great deal to be said in favor of it mr whltclock explained at the out ret that the issue was not being forced but twothirds of tlio milk producers must agree before halton would bo in cluded in tho now area calculated to comprise ontario york peel and 3lal ton these moctlngii were being held ut tiie request of tho agricultural com mittee of tlio county council who un animously favored tho proposals mr whltclock explained the accredited herd and supervised herd plans it was progressive move under tlio plan thcua counties would have herds of cattle all free from tuberculosis ho animals could bo brought in from other areas without first being teste chased from accredited herds from other restricted areas animals tested and in which trace of tuberculosis is found ore slaughtered tho farmer is compensated by the federal government for twothirds tho value and also received tho beet price mr whltclock uald there were two advantaged monetary advantage to tho farmer 1n the sole and better de mand for his cattle he substantiated tills argument by quoting results from countlcu which arc now restricted areas tho former had all to gain by tlikl improvement in health precaution hi hti herd tito second advantage was from health standpoint ttio danger of chil dren being mfected by tuberculosis from the milk was serious question it af fected the glands of tlio throat bona or abdomen many pitiful and heartrend ing cateti were cited to impress tlio seri ousness of tlio situation the speaker said that the question of cleanup in the stables was possibly the only objection that might be raked thiu houever in other places had not proved any liardslilp and was blessing to many specific cases were also noted in tills instance questions wvre freely uoked and an swered by tlio uudlencc some of those who now huve accredited herds gave tlielr experience and after the discus sion standing vote revealed tlio fact tint all but about half dozen attend ing tlio meeting approved of the plan of having halton jake this forward step and become restricted area it was pleasure in fact to note uiat haltoq farmers were well aware of the situa tion and while many have liad accredit ed herdu for some time others were ready to join in tills progressive move and bring halton hi to line perhaps little comment might not be out of place although we were given the opportunity to speak at tho meeting and hope our position was understood we believe if the urban dwelleru had buen present at the meeting in numbers and heard the argument for restricted nron popular demand would have back ed up the findings and coiled for an adoption of tlio restricted aroa it would appea quit halton win win nnlnv pareweil services rev poole will preach his fare well scrmonu at the united church on sunday in the morning sacramental service will be held in tho evening the service of knox church will bo with drawn and the congregations will join on this occasion sixtieth annlvermry wtthth lari tim bylaw governing sale of milk the shoe factory building are mattets which take attention of council at monday nights meeting jlev brfflinger to succeed rev pool on library board committee appointed to negotiate on shoe factory building arena account shows increase over last year improvements considered to make it more popular completes sixty years of publication it was first issued on july 1st 1875 next weeks edition will bo the diamond jubilee edition of actons newspaper while it will not be special edition it will contain many features of interest and commemorate wo feci fittingly the diamond anniversary of this publica tion merging of peel halton and duffcrln county jallsand use of moneysaved for tiie improvement of the county rood iystem was suggested by reeve moron of chinguacousy township at laiit thursdays session of peel county council he was discussing proposal to toko over number of caledon and albion township roadu there were few prisoners hi peel jail at any time and thci safeguards which mean to much to public health wo went to tho meet ing jiut lukewarm and lacking good deal of understandbig of tlio situation we became just as enthused ofur heur lng the argument and experience as the producers who strongly favored the limiting of restricted area in fact wo were just little proud of the progres elveness exhibited by the representatives nt tlio meeting tho petitions were in many balances llgned ubt night und will be circulated in the district immediately tllk kveninu mhal digkstkk teacher my goodnss willie aid you get such dirty lunds willie washuv my face pupil after leion on creation but teacher daddy bays wo uro descended from monkeys teacher wo cint discuss your pri vate family atfalrs in clua sympathetic friend good gracious your car certainly smashed up und you are sight did you hit some thing beguuier rco turned out to let bridge go by and big tree outiiu tearing towunls me and bumped right into inc annual maintenance cost of 3500 might bo reduced considerably and the saving rioord meeting meeting of tho board of directors of tho was held on tuesday veiling when many matters in connec tion with the building were dealt with screens for wlndowu wore ordered to be made and other minor improvements outlined ttio contractors and architect have now all had final payment of ac counts and balance of s24 liaa been left to make the changes desired and fit the premises ready for pur poses tho treasurer mr lowrlc also gave statement of current receipts and expenditures which gave balance on tho right ulde of the ledger supplies for tho janitor were ordered and further meeting will bo held in two weeks when tho planning and fur nishing and equipping of tho building for the work will occupy the it tent ion of the board cardinal richelieu due to arrive utre george arllss in cardinal richelieu the stars latest 20th century vehicle will be tlio feature attraction at tha gregory theatre for monday cameron rogers and maude howell based tho ucrcen story on blr edw bui werlyt tons famous play about the prelate who stood behind tlio throne of louto xm of france lipscomb who collabor ated on both the screen and stage pro ductions of cilvo of india wrote tho dialogue maureen osulllvun edward arnold francis lister douglas dum brllle and car romero head the im posing bupportlng cast of tills lavish production which was directed by row land lee who lat season directed the highly successful count of monte crlsto also prominent hi the bnip porting cast are violet cooper katliryu alexander lumsden hare robert hor rgan and halllwell hobbes the fortnightly session of the acton council was held on monday evening with councillors mason mc millan mccutchcon and dr nelson present and reeve hani the thirteenth report of the pinance committee recommended payment of following accounts general account tylers transport cartage 700 mcdonald relief purposes 4000 talbot supplies park etc 517 wcodgc labor 325 treasurer county of halton relief labor 104 00 bell telephone co services and tolls 1129 actom ptrnr paxss printing etc 3233 murray memorial account mackenzie ac son cement work 1512 muhoney si austin balance of fees 11062 jos re id moving range 630 13204 the report was adopted juvenile baseball ac tat entry headil the lcauo wwi twice from bronte during the uwk wun exhibition game acton minor baseball teams had big week tho juveniles won two games from bronte to take first place hi the halton county league and tho ban tams won an exhibition game 1118 from tlio victory school team of guelph the juveniles next guhui is with oakvllle here on july 3rd and tlwy ask one and all to come out and give them hand to get in tlio playoffs tiie folio whig is the box score for the bronte game liero bronte oou 000 acton g51 014 17 20 bat tor is bron to pollock laliott und lowe acton holmes and luatlium hie gome at hranu last night acton 301 113 110 14 sronte 000 10 23 batteries acton lambert and lam bert bronte osborne pollock and sum ertmt haxton countv juvenile ucagufc standing prj acton 750 mutou uud oukyllle iboo bronte 000 nkxt home gam eh july 3rd oakviuo at acton july dthmlltun at aetou cuhje one conn all and give the boys bouot coitcspandfecefroin the solicitors on behalf of mrs sullivan was read by the clerk the council felt under no obligation for da hi this case and instruct ed tho clerk to write stating this stand no settlement could therefore be con sidered letter was read from tho depart ment of health regarding tho milk by law of the municipality it was pointed out that tlio municipality hod tho right to license those belling milk within the town another lottcr from tho department of agriculture outlined changes that should be included in tlio byuw to avoid any difficulties in connection with its enforccmcnt revised and consolidated bylaw covering these suggestions wus submitted to tiie council by tho clerk the council was not desirous of work ing hordtjiip on those carrying on small business within the municipality and thoy felt that tho present fee of 500 was too lilgh tlio bylaw was cliauged making tlio license fee 100 for residents of acton so tliat tho milk supply could be controlled and inspected those rcaldlng outside the municipality would be required to pay license of 10 those making business of milk delivery and salo would hereafter bo assessed business tax in proportion to tlio amount of buulncss done hi addi tion to tile license foe tlio bylaw with tho changes was passed by tlio council after having the required number of readings and will take effect after receiving the approval of the provincial department it was ulio decided that after passing and approval copies of tlio bylaw would be printed und furnished to all person uclllng milk or cream within the mun icipality the clerk reported tlio resignation of rev poolo from tho library board he was an appointee of tho council and rev brllllnger uoi by motion appointed to tlio board to fill this vacancy the clerk was instructed to write letter of appreciation to mr poolo of his services on tlio board the adjustment of dog tax was brought up by tho reeve and tlm clerk woti instrucud to check up and glvo councillor mourn reported on uw work of himself and tlio reeve hi connection wltli tho securing of an induslry to occupy the slioo factory building tho prospect tliat lud seemed the best had secured privau loan and closed ncfco tlattono elsewhere thoy riod also hl vebtlguted ono tiler prospect which ihid hot been considered financially sound ttio reovo also had prospects of ull otlwr industry that employed about 25 men and would consider this building tlio reeve and councillors mason and dr nelson wcro appointed committee to carry on negotiations and interview uie hewutson co officiaw thu committee will also make efforts to secure un industry for tho slice fac tory building and carry on uw neces sary advertising and other matters the matter of leak hi septic tunk on private property was dlacuusvd but it was felt tliat the matter was ono to he settled by the board of health and the inspector the municipal officer was instructed to remove tlio otop street sign from the corner of prederick street and bower avenue the chief wos instruct ed to prosecute tlio boju that were mak ing nubunce by throwing stones at this sign und tlio board fence on this street councillor nelson had the accounts and books of tliu secretary of the arena the advisability of securing loud speak er equipment for ttio arena wd dis cussed ufi means of increasing the continued from page ave picnic by the doke of pewanshftre chapter tn the fork on tuesday tho winn of contorts the birthday picnic of the duke of devonshire chapter of the was held on tuesday afternoon and the place was our own fork on this oc caulon the members of lakeside chapter were guests and all agreed that no more beautiful or advantageous picnic spot could have been selected than that of tho local park of course the races and contests were feature and the results were as fol lows bean content mrs barr kicking the shoermrs young peanut race miss ramahaw prate race mrs stewart and mrs watson clothes pin race sjlra blow mrs talbot mrs rumley orange an knife mrs young thread and needle race mrs bu and mm watson in dills and mrs mainprise throwing ball mrs stewart best all round sportsmrs ada bell toronto another feature of unusual interest was the descriptive paper by miss el nelson of the recent garden party at the home of col mckeadrick at oakvllle the humorous side of the paper was made by the gathering all supplying the adjectives the plcrdo lunch would be better described as blrtliday banquet it was delightful ap petizing and satisfying remembered before parting mr pooio and my georgo tt poole honored by chafa of the united church last thursday wvcnling tho choir of tlio united church held picnic supper and uoclal umo to honor mrs poolo and mr george poolo prior to their departure for ridgeway both have been valued members of the choir dur ing thou rcsidenco here and mrs poole ulnce her girlhood this severing of the long connection of mrs poole with the homo church and especially hi her faith ful service in the choir is keenly felt by all the members and the congregation and the addrcsues paid tribute to her and iker work picnic supper had been aranged but again tho weather forced the holding of tlio gathering indoors mrs poole was presented by the choir with beautiful leather purse and george with leather billfold tho addresses wercread by miss speight and mr jak held and tlio presentations made btf miss symon and mv norman gibson on be half of the cliolr miss ruth gibson srcsidcnt of the choir was hi jcharge and on this oc cosloii mrs harold mowat wad also wel comed on her return from california brief addresses were albo made by choir master bert mason mr matthews rev poolo and mr prod coles coming events announcement ot hctiog cod cert of other eveuu under thl heading are enured cents per hue with minimum cbkrija for uy fauiiouuctunt of the acton clubs wtu hold their annual picnic at stanley park erin on priday july 6th everyone wel come afternoon tea and salo of baking in aid of sl johns church itockwood on priduy june 2th at the homo of mxa waller the regular monthly meeting of the womens institute will be held at the home of mrs wilds on thursday july 4th at 230 recital will be held in the presby terian church sunday schoot room on saturday afternoon at three oclock by mrs gowdys piano class douglas oowdy of toronto wm assist everyone bd cordially invited areenoci diamond jubilee and qjjll boys reunion is tho big attraction of tills district for dominion day mon day races and sportu program in the afternoon big garden party bill and special features for the evening friend from far and near will gather for details of attraction see posters 3mffiww01