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lj tft sixtyfirst yer no acton ontario thursday july i8tfi 1935 eight homeprint pages five ccnt9 news of acton and the district drowntnff narrowly arertetf drowning accident wo narrowly averted in fairy lake on thursday even ing hut when melvln hall was ashing off part of the old rfillalbrldgelho feuj off and into the water jack holmes who was with him dived in and managed to bring him to the surface but he too heavy for film to get to the shore mr alun klrknes happened to be there and assisted jock in the rescue it was some littlo time before the lad was brought around and had it not been for the prompt acttpn of his rescuers polry lake would have claimed another victim wellknown brampton athlete die oeorge bproule veteran star of lacroso in brampton district died on monday in his 44th year as he underwent an operation in tho toronto general hos pital htt had been 111 only few days known across canada as alacrcasa play er and athlete ho was tho first to hold tho famous murphy memorial trophy presented in 1030 tor tho player adjudged most valuable to hla team and who dls played the most gentlemanly and uports cnsnllke conduct on uio held ills play ing record with tho brampton eycclslors extended from 1009 to 1931 surviving are his widow and three daughter helen bcatrlcu and margaret splendid bind concert whilo rain affected tl attendance at the sunday evening concert by acton cltlrehs band there was splendid program and it was enjoyed band master mason wag in charge the program was varied and the eacrod selection included made it most ap proprute concert the numbers ren dered were old hundred march vdan ada land of liberty overture tho itoubadour woltx when grow too old to dream grand sacred pot pourri march com huskcra sacred selection of three hymns overture oblden at ajto trio visions march wide awake serenade oyth erla god save the king won from guelph lost to georgetown brilliant saturday game eclipsed by exhibition of wednesday nightsplayoff position assured ktto meeting the montlily meeting of knoic church womens missionary society was held at tlio homo of mrs murray on thursday afternoon mrs oeorpo murray the president opened tho meot lng with prayer hymn woo sung after which mrs ii allkion read tlie scrip ture lesson for the day which war fol lowed by prayer by mrs thompr oon alter the busihci part had tnien place mrs annie somcrvllle gave very interesting tulle from rebecca sprlntf crvi book intra muros meaning within thewullii of heaven which gave much food for thought and was haddow 2b enjoyed by all miss liable orr cans ridley cf solo very sweetly and at tho close of clarke rf uio meeting mrs murray invited the icainc lb ladles to tea on the lawn where social manning ss hour was upent and wjvcral old favorite hymns were sungt acton guelph acton finally came out of uiolr bat ting slump and knocked tho offerings of bob cooke of guelph for thirteen nolld smacks including homo runs and four trlpbjs to win 07 decision from tho peacocks of that city bill watcrhoulo und bob andorsan both had circuit clouts with mate on tho paths and terry fred watcrhousc norm morton and tyler each had tripled guelph col lected ten hits from lefty morton but thuy were all singles and seven errors in tho field accounted for six of their runs it was good game to watch with lots of hitting and men wore on basea in practically every inning guelph started olf before acton and plugged out four singles in tho second and three errors liclpod them to shove across three runs ah tho second tyler knocked out triple then ucorcd on fred watcrhouses single to give acton lone counter in the uklrd guelph got ianouir ully and udded one more in the fifth to take 51 lead but the locals kept fighting and started knocklngthebulr all over tlie lot in tho second half of the ilfui acton cut guclphs lead by two run when tyler walked and tieared along with bill waterhousu wlien the latter put one clean over the fence for ft circuit clout in tlu slxui acton had tied it up when fred waterhouse tripled and then bob anderson hit the fence for another liomo run and brought the crowd to their feet in the seventh two blngleii by bill waur houso and bui morton put acton one up but guelph tied it up in tho first of the eighth when robinson drew walk and scored on slnglcu by cooke and haddow however another batting splurge by the local boys accounted for uirc more runs walters got on when he was hit by pitched ball then normmorton came through with actons fourth triple to score minute single by tyler scored norm and it won goodbye for mr cooko he retired to left field and lefty hammond finished the game he struck out two men but terry col lected single from him to score tyler and give acton three run lead before the side was retired guelph only scored one in tho ninth when kalne drew pirns and stole uecond manning then hit one to right held that looked like sure out hut tyler dropped it and kalne scored however the side war retired before any further damage wan dona the box score guelph all ii po points of interest in actons big 3day celebration the park ntranc0 and arena will be points of inte rest they have both been erected since the lout big celebration and visitors who have not been back since then will notice big improvement in these and other park featured juveniles providing the real baseball various items of local interest foot injured willie at work in dismantling the old radful line at lambton last week basil mellon had tho misfortune to have hi loft foot badly crushed the accident happened when his foot wau caught between rail and tie one bone was broken and another bone of the foot cracked tratlo motor fatality general tiympathy is felt here for mr und mrs hubert mann of fergus in the sudden death of their eldest son hugh he was lraitlintly killed on saturduy evening when he stepped from behind parked truck on the guelph hamilton highway and was utruck by motor car he was nineteen years of age the accident occurred about one mlli north of freeltnn toward guelph und theyoung man was thrown dis tance of about fifty feet resulting in hi juries that caused instant death he suffered fracture tikull fractured neck and fracture of the left leg the victim apparently failed to noto the ap proach of car driven by donald mc klnnon 109 dowllng avenue toronto and walked directly into the juitli of the oncoming machine an inquat into tho clrc urns tan cii surrounding the ac cident was ordered by coroner dr hop per of waterdown to which town the body of the young man was taken the deceased was noted fergus athlete and was wtur lacratiiui performer ills death has cast dep gloom over liporui circle in his home town where he was very popular he wj generul favorite among uie teenage boys and lacrosse playeru and had been attending tho st catharinesfergus lacross match that day tlie funeral was held on tuesday when members of vergus thbitle iucroio team acted as honorary pallbearers at the eorvlce which uus conducted by ituv modonuid of st andrews ihisi bylerbti church assisted by ilv dun can littlufulr high trlbuut was paid to hughle muiiu for hu ktvn sportsman nhlp whllo only junior lie hud through his ouuuindbig ability rueii to senior ranks and hud befara him un exceptionally bright future whlclt woj not confined to sport ulone native of acton uum went to fergus to live 15 years ago thb pallbearers were lome campbell auatln lott lrank jbbouon fred smith kowe magwood nd walter hendetvon interment wuf be la yd cemetery lehman vitoblnson hammond if cooke if getthiff heady fo the fair meeting of tlie directors of acton pair uas held lout evening when the prize lit was changed and approved and other matlurs pertiilnlng to the larranged tlie prizes in the hones clasei oand some other departments have beun improved and raided other changes will make this years list particularly ut nassaigaweya to assist acton fair 30 10 21 11 acton ad ii po tvrry if it morton 3b hollovay lb waterhousei anderson walters 2b tyiur tf watcrhousc cf 34 13 27 summary home runs anderson wuterhouso base hits teyry tyler watcrhousc morton utolen biiiies llldley kalne terry ii morton sjcrlilce hlbi terry struck out by cooku li by hammond hy morton walked by morton kalne lehman robinson hit by pitcher by cooke hollowuy walters tyler left on bimi guelph acton earned runs ouelph acton batteries cooke hammond niul lehman anderson and morton score by innhitts ii guelph 031 010 0117 10 acton q10 022 130 13 umplrui chlsholm milton hewtt guelpli acton miuw lug by 51 notks nice llpuliaftar trall thirteen hits bi tho mait acton has hud for long time in fact is the most they liave had in twelve gamwi the rtrat gum in ouelph uley got 10 safctuti the scond gamu agalnt georgetown produc4d 15 binglc then tltvy hit tho aklds and never lud real batting spree until saturday tlujre was ivor crowd on hand for the game however you couldnt expect anything viae tlie poor brand of bull continued on pag wve lvactlvc five women hurt in irgus smash five people were injured late sunday evvnlng when two cars collided ut the junction of the oraneevlllefcrgus high way and the tenth concession mlus anne campbell instructress at the gait girls training school woo thrown through the windshield of the car she was driving when it collided witha car drlvvn by waler of east garafraxa she wau badly cut about the face her car rolled oour twice thric girl pupils from her sohool and mni brown of gait were scattered over the road tlie live women were taken to hospital at orungevlue by roy pierce or orangevlllc who happened to be passing after first aid treatment by ferguii doctor grant made to directors ar rnnoemcnts mnde for removal of telephone poles acjounts passed accounli passed by kajiigaweya townuilp council at the regular mett lntl on monday of last week were as follows rcller 70 3j municipal world supplier 4c5 actom fbci pbewj printing 979 edge soldiers memorial 530 clerk and treasurer auditing assessment 1000 marshall postage und ocprvsi 713 jmi mallat posuge and supplies 975 ken coxe transporting men lfl 10 forbes bros transorttug men 13114 drlack medical convention 3000 picitciilng sheep klhed 2000 rlnehart weed conventlont uo road superintendent reiki work 23300 road superintendent towru ship vouchers 11g4jjj grant of j2000 was made to the acton fall fair directors the bell telephone company offer to move the poles opposite lots 20 and 21 concession woo accepted the council bearing half the cot council decided to charge private in dividuals for the use of the stone crush git diiy wi of the man caring for the machinery the treasurer was instructed to pur chase quantity of amuixment tax tic kets for township hall entertainment council adjourned to meet july 31st at 730 news of acton and the district orkngevillo lacroti star drowned following fishing cxpciidltlon to melville pond four mlltu south ot orange vllle on thursday lost roa roberuon wellknown lacrosse player waji found drowned that evening in four feet of water near shore according to the victims watch which liad stopped at 021 he would have been in tho water ubout an liour but no one siw him fall out of his small boat he was born in ndmitted hi one dny according returns orangevllle 20 years ago the only child received by the department of inimlgra of jcise robertson electrician and plum tlon and colon at loll the movement ut after graduating from high school through border points on july 4th was he entered buslnens with his father hi the largest since 1029 and in wine casu first played lacrosse as member of the the largest in hlilory an alltime midget dufferin club and as he grew record was created ut the port of wlnd iteconl hal way travrl exchange or vfautoni between canadn and the united states is gimutcr than over any other international boundary in the world and the large movement of vlmtors to canada from the united states on independence day july 4th bi striking ilhutratlon of tlie freedom of travel btween these countries at three leading porta of entry wlnikipr niagara falls and jort erie 33850 auto mobiles and ulmust 117000 persons were wiuiprbe hi oraiirw parade the float of the country school house entered by ac ton tt in the orange parade at oakvllle on irtihty won the ullver trophy awarded for this entry acton orange lodge and loyal true blues turned out in good numbers and participated in the orange parade at oakvllle mondays game had the fans talking acton is head of the group win twice on thursday july lltli the juvenilis continued their winning ways by taktng bronte into camp at bronte by 00 percy blllott pitched his first gome for acton and gave good account of him self allowing bronur hits rod itydcr led the hltun wlui out of score xl acton 112 330 00 bronte 003 000 dfl ibatterkis tlliott and lcatliam woods pollock osborne and plume feldt on monday july istli at tlie park tlie juvcnilui again won tills time tak ing ml ton into camp for uio second time hi week by 43 in billings again elliott went hi to pitch and ho slow ballxl milton to death he struck out batters and allowed hiuln imiingu hector lambert pltclied the utst iimliirjj he struck out batters and made the other hit to ryder nt third to end tlie game score il milton 000 012 03 acton 010 12 batteries kzard and andrew el llott ijimlwrrt and woods on wednesday night july 17tll the juvcnllci went to milton and uiis time milton turned the babies 40 euid pltclied real ball for milton he struck out 13 batters und allowed hlln mickey holmes lambert and don ryder pitch ed real good ball for acton striking out 10 batters between them and allowing hits tlie acton boys had few ucorlng chance but the could not not hitd when needed score il acton 000 000 milton 020 200 batteries mickey holmes hector lambert don ryder woods harvey lambert drews holmes ezard and an lkaguk standing pc acton 777 milton 025 oakvllle 570 bronte 80 000 selection of news items injuria prove fatal injuries which ho received more than two weeks ago when on automobile crashed into telegraph pole proved fatal an monday to cluvles tcbow of guelph ferdinand hauck driver of tho car is charged wltli rccklcjto driving an inquest lias becnordcred motor collide mv george bishop of acton and stephenson of guelph figured in motor colllson on sunday evening in gualph with considerable damogo to both cars resulting but tiro occupants escaping injury the accident occurred on the eramoa road wlien stephen tiiu cut in from perth street and ap parently became confused and crushed into tlie side of blihopscur tlia front of stephcnsums car wus wrecked beyond repair but mr bishop has been able to havehbi car repaired stevenson kumed responsibility for tlie accident life heeirui ut forty you have been saving up lauglut prepare to shed tliem now for will rogers latent comedy life begins at 40 featured at tlie gregory ilieatro on fridays contains bundh of hllarl blrthday party actons itilmalming gamks tuesday july 23rd ohkvlllc at acton tliursdoy july 25th acton at oak vllle tuesday july 30th bronte at acton ous sltuatioiui tint will act as magnets to the laughter clmhied within uii ull tlili breezy coinwly suggested by tho waiur pitkin book hit in described ad lulariour fun feast tlwt works into pandemonium of mirth tlie inimitabm will is cost as country editor who prows that the way to et kick out of life is to put doifblc kick into it rogers stampedes excitement into ills umull town tried his hand nt match making leads an army of veteran hul billy hogcallers into battle lights frolicsome duel using wisecracks for every pistol bullet of his adversary beaumont xeadj ilnare battenj witli tlie splendid average of 511 beaumont georgetown slugger la lead ing uio hitters in tlie trljcounty lfcogue according to figured released by official of the circuit which includes teams from acton brampton georgetown and puelpli tlie batting average includ ing games to the end of june follow tlie juveniles have been playing real brand of ball and daserve tho place at the top of the heap tliey have fought very happy birthday party was iwld for the place at the top of the leagu at the home or mrs pearen in jnd tlie monday night game had the honor of her mother mrs leslie fare talking for the youngsters the after doing uii ice to sumptuous dinner support accorded them has been pretty social time was spent and although not good and with tlie fight and bacebml in the buit of health mrs leslie wae able ability they are chowlng they ore de to enjoy the day among those present serving of the patronage of farm perhaps were her four sisters and one brother also cousin mrs hunter from toronto all hope rhe may he spared to enjoy many more years st swuhinfl day monday was st swlthlns day and pretty wet and legend has it that rain will fall the next forty days in succes sion the next day however proved that there fcint much in tlie legend and records of other years prove tho legend bi nothing more than legend the popular bupcrstltlon is said to have originated in the fact that the rcmovul of st swlthlna body from an outside winchester grave to tlie cite lor ot cathedral in the year 071 waa delayed by lidavy rains lasting for forty days older played on the juvenile jlmlor in termediate and genlor teanui always in condition he could play un enttra game at top speed without subiitltut and few could atop him as goal keeper for the hockey team in uiat town he was an outstanding star he was member of the melville trout club and wot much of his leisure time on the pond where he was drowiuxl during his career as lacrosse player lie luu received offers to play euewhere but tlie kcllpse of the moon the cclljise of the moon on monday night wait very clear and watched with good deal of interest by many tin sky was clear for most of the time and the phenomenon could bo vastly wli jhied the round bulk of the earth was timed bo appear in silhouextqop the moons face at 1015 edt and tu blot out the suni rays in whole and in part for come 3j houm or more sciences tiifte table set 1209 for tlie be ginning of the total eclipse and 150 for the end cine hour 41 minutes for the wide black cone of the earths shadow to blot out completely the days rayti an hour later and the big spec tacle waii timed to conclusion tlie earth and moon passing out of uio uncommon conjunction for another extended whirl uround their tcrreatiol orbits scientists determined uuit uie moon was to enur the earthv shadow ut point ti2o0o0 mile in spacj wlui uie black cone of sor when 12110 uutomobiles and 414711 lutsons were admitted if ilie uutimio bllcs admitted at thki iiort ulmie were mutiteivd out in one monster parade with hadow extending onouier 534000 mllei one hundred feet of lilgliway ullowed thu jwlnt eacli vehicle uiey would form giant proctmislnn of almost 244 nittes in lengto and ould sliytch from windsor lto toronto at niagara pulls uie movement was uie largest ubice lu20 conslsung of 8400 curs und 30700 persons adml tances at port iirle were uwo uie larg reuiiilitud loyal to uie durfs he wad not tut sln hioo umountlng to 13800 cars murrled and only his parcuu survive and 44boa persojw tllk evening kakjul diokstkb ivrjdstent lvuuip lalcccsaful ut lost miuiiks lady id uiere unyuiiug ean do by way of retumv jlouscwife alioruy ye dont more so than some of the ouicr games comti of shots some fans uilnk that it might be good tiling if la place was made in high er company for come of these young sters in ouier words there should lw some voluntary retirements to give uicm chance mondays game was cloee and come real inside baseball was used to keep acton on uie top side of uie score tr free area approved by majority of farm in huium aud county likely to be included hi puu other cuiitii al approve during uie post few weeks uio pro posal that hulton became part or free area lias been subject of considerable discussion amongst the cattle ownen of uio county under the auspices of the live stock improvement aijuclatlon meetings have been held hi nil parls of uie county to explain uie plan which is offered by uie federal healui of animals branch bi order to ascertain the wishes of halton cattle owners pcutlotiti haw been circulatwl and many of these are now completed judging by uinse which have been hand ed in well over uie iieeemry twouiirdi will be secured similar results are being secured in ouier counties where cattle owners are ak coilskleruig tho riatrbt ed arena plan wo note according to newspaper rfepoxt from nortliumberland county umt wvll over 00 and hi some caius 100 of uu cattle owners have signed uie petituuisc ils speaks well for uie plan in view of uw fact northumberland comity udjohis ivhice edward which luu been restricted area since 107 bhrhictf edwurd cutuo owtuti are well satkflrd wlui uie results und lance uiolr iwiluxirs hi naruium berlund are uiixlousto liavu uu saiiw prlvhee ilie canvas hi halton will it is ex pected bo completed during the currant week phv uniocrs of uu live stuck continued on pays 1t beaumont georgetown 31 mcmahon georgetown 23 kriine guelph 20 ward georgetown 23 brown guelph 37 allison brampton leader guelph 27 morgan brampton 30 whcclcr brampton 21 ridley guelph 30 test georgetown 12 po 516 435 419 391 375 375 370 367 333 333 333 jack powers hi new role stepping along wlui the enthusiasm and vigor of twoyearold jack powers veteran gray pacer owned by jim hlllls of ouelph added touch all his own to the big orange parade in uiat city on friday last jack powers twenty ccven years old and veteran of hun dred race tracks came oht of hkt re tirement on farm and was ridden by county marshall wesley fletcher ot drayton in uie big parade jack stepped lightly with uie grace and eaw which sent him around the oval track between uie sluifts of sulky to many tlmtu in the past and to indicate that he retained his old energy lie wore martingale from the bit to tho breast yoke he was prominent horse on tho uaakfl al tho dlulat foii many yaaw and once in our recollection won lieat in the races ut milton even after uio driver liad been thrown from tho sulky miluii coupla observe coldcti wedding looting buck over lialf century of canadian farm life mr and mrs david kcnney of milton marked um nfuelh annlveiuary of their wedding on monday with numerous friends and wellwishers paying their respects although ua dau of their anniversary ki july 27ui tho happy couple celebrated the event on monday as their son charles kenney is with them from new vork city on holiday both mr and mrs kenney can clearly recall many incident pf uielr early married life in uiis district while many changes have occurred in the world ubout them during tho patit half century uik venerable old couple still retain some of uio pioneer traits which marked uio ontario pioneer of 50 years ago mrs kenny tlie only child of uie late mr and mru clark son has lived hi muton all her life und tells many interesting lac is about tho curlier days of uie town at uio age of 2u years slie married duvld iccnny who liad gone to milton from acton two years prior to uie marriage mr kerui was btirn in ireland but wheaj he was two ycaru old his fumlly emigrated to new york wlicre they lived for some unse before moving to acton after going to mlltun lie was hi tho tanning buaiueas tot ten years and then mi in the employ of the mutoo proesbd brick co