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ht tfjfrit ft sixtyfirst year no 29 acton ontario thursday january 16th 1030 eight homeprint pages fivo cents mcdonald is chairman for 1936 chosen again to head the board forbear inaugural meetiiur ijwt night the inaugural meeting of tho acton school board was held last night with mcdonald oraham 31 proscr and pcorcn present when the secretary called for nom inations for chairman only mcdon alds nomo was proposed and ho wos the unoulmoufl choice of the board tho committees were appointed with the name pcrsoncll as last year card from miss bennett thank ed tho board for tho flowers received at time of her mothers death letter from charles henderson pre sident of the literary society thanked tho members of the board and others lor thcdonatlon which was given them for their at home letter from tho school board as sociation was read and ordered fyled by motion uio regular meeting of tho acton school board will be held on tho nmt tuesday of the month at 700 phi chairman mcdonald thanked tho board for the oonlklmco placed in him in appointing him chairman for 1030 tile secretary was upon motion in structed to pay the following accounts bishop is son merchandise 500 darling supplies 1050 acton public utilities commis sion water and light 101g elliott bros supplies 304j beardmore leathers ltd supplies 550 evan jones teaming fuel 24z7 hassard supplies 103 news of acton and the district auioil collide oil sunday when mr and mrs angus mceuchcrn were driving to kno church on sun day morning they fulled to notice tho auto following behind and driven by mr taylor of toronto tho result was tlmt in turning into the church tlw toronto camti r1ffhtrinthirbfdirof mrr mc eacherns car fortunately none of tho occupants were seriously injured and the cars are quite repairable although the front of the toronto car and the side of the acton car arc smashed chief mc phcmon investigated the accident kurx kvotbyurlati knox presbyterian womens mission ary society met in the class room of the church last thursday afternoon mrs blow the new president opened tlie meeting the secretary and trea surers reports were read und adopted sucnt prayers for peace and the lords prayer in unison was repeated several passages of ncripture were read and prayers given rev ii bennle gave very inspiring and helpful address going into our work for the year was likened to journey into another land mid the need of passport to enter our passport was an interest in the kings business tlie world needs saviour let christianity be our guide hymn was then sung and the meeting closed with prayer united church tlie womens missionary society of the united church met in the church oil thursday afternoon lost prayer wrvlcg jvd by mm alex mcdonald uas various items of local interest held previous to the opening of tho meeting the president mrs barborree conducted the devotional esaqrclses mrs pl tjum led in repo were given by the secretaries the annual reports uere encouraging mrs kennedy and her group presented on interacting program mru bert mowat aiid miss nelson read missionary bible lessons mrs morrow gave an in spiring talk on prayer mm arnold prepared an instructive paper on the people of africa the different racer and customs mrs alex mcdnald clas ed the meeting with prayer acton legion ilrrtu officers acton legion held their annual nieet lng on wednesday of lost week in the legion hall the following is the us of officers elected hoiioraiy lvidentj dr mi nlvendr nelson honorary vleeprawlmui the re ueiiu oftlu loul chupuisor the dkn pasupnudenl gould prukhi mcdonald lat vlcepmddmldr young 2nd vlcvpresldmu alger sejtiury wright ciui plain rev bennll trwuiurvi dr wpvuren kxecuilve cmmultuv chapman 11 bayllj mlddlelon honey srtatarms alger col urouu us zone commander con ducted the election after which fiw remarks re given by tlie officers knox sunday hchool annual meeting on monday tvenlng knox sunday school held their annual meeting at the mans the clussea were rearrongel and the number of teachcni required for the school was ascertained as there is it scarcity of teachers the annual nnunclnl report was rend and adopted after tlw buslneji part of the meeting dainty lunch was served by tho hoauos which was appreciated at tho close of the meeting hearty vote of thanks wai tendered tin hast and hastens womcn institute meeting the regular monthly meeting of the womens institute was held at the homo of mrs mcgcachhj on wednesday or lust week tho president mrs gullible vcas in charge roll call wiut answered by canadian beauty spot und cur rent events given by mrs honey papers were given on home economics and chrlstmas customer in denmark by mrs gamble and better buyman ahlp by muui hawthorne and mrs collier quartette was given by mefl dames hall mocutchuon davidson and folster after tho bmdnejj waii disposed uio meeting closed with the singing of the maple leaf social half hour was spent avery hearty vote of thanks was given to mrs mcgeachle for tho use of her homo and to the lunchrand pro grum committees euqumiui fair eleclw ofiiori ebqucslng agricultural society ended 1035 with credit balance of j2s5 tf wao reported tit saturdays annual meeting although financial difficulties forced the society to cancel its annual fall exhibi tion in 1033 the last two gears work brought tho socleuy out of the debit col umn and establlshyd promising balance for tills years show which will be held on october 3rd and 4th officers elected at the meetflig were tlie following pr ident jamj plsher vice presidents browiurldge frank petch secretary wilson treoiiurcr percy cleave directors cecil chlsholm george currlc spencer wilson herbert cleave john bird mullln maclnren moiiat george leslie tl leslie alexander martin near ttessey dr paul mclintock george davb anthony auditor bingham nnd godfrey milton counu celebrate gomen weddlne vlilonof oldan tlmus came back to milton on saturday afternoon when mr and mrs john mills were drawn in style in an oldfashioned chaise to the home oi their daughter mrs lies lop to celebrate tlvlr golden wedding anniversary dr ileslop ated as coach man in full oldfashioned uniform in cluding tall hat which was rather an irresistible temptation to chldren who were waging terrific uiowball fights on the street mr and mrs mills were married 50 year ago in the presbyterian church which is now tlie armouries on martin street milton the ceremony was performed by rev dr cameron mrs mills sister acted as bridesmaid and walden of toronto yas best mah mr and mrs mills are the oldest coupe married in that church they have six children eight grandchildren and one greatgrandchild more than 40 friends and relatives were present to congratulate the couple and many hum oroiki incidents were recalled mr and mrs mills have lived in milton all thelr llves and are keenly interested in the progress of town affairs palermo hliort courwealteopen the three months schools in agri culture and home economics reopened it palermo on monday of uut week miss betty wallace resident instructor in homu economics is being assisted by miss liia puffer of toronto who lec tures on house furnishings in the agricultural clas reynolds of prt hope has taken up the dutli of langtpn who ll acting agricul tural kepresenutlve for tlgln county for tlif mouths ut january and 1vbru ary during the past wvek the class li aoiiiultuiv paid blt to the farm of carman ilell nlisoii uelj known hoi st in breeder the uwkly literary jli uu 1rlday uuttoaktho lurm of muck biiiut at which hmhv ciluit as the yutt speaker h1uh the toast to canada other uh pruximd or responded to toasts ln eluled the follualng addison wmwllty djrothi cluiton maurice uvaty car eiue klnghton wllnu ilenderam hehn lilllgtun george ivlietterio jallui ijuulle jean king jaiue ureskon verna kingston millie ivlietterio and houard king mu leal selections and readings uere given by henrietta bowman helen oeapllo mulle ielkturio and winnie ulchartbon thls week both class numbrlng around sewnty plan to vlilt number of industrial plants in tor onto esqucsing council inaugural meeting ofllcialh fr year are named and variouhijyiawh are pashed the council fhct for tho township of erqueslng for the year 103g met at 11 oclock in on monday and having their seats os follows george currie subscribed to tho oath of oirlce took neve robinson dcputyrecve wilson howard may and edwin hor rop councillor tho minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed short jpeuchea were made by ull the members of the council and municipal aifulrs were discussed after which they udjouriied to meet hi the afternoon the council met ut oclock to com plete the days business communication were read from this workmens compensation board depart ment of national defence alex lelth co liiu globe indemnity co depart ment municlpll ajfairs department of highways department of agriculture ontario municipal association lirmers creditors arrangement act and mrs albert smith moved by may seconded by robinson that the treasure pay the relief accounts as preiwrnted by the rclluf officers 40307 carried moved by may seconded by robinson that tho treasurer pay the road sheifts as presented by tlie rpad superintendent 41870 corrled moved by may seconded by roblnsoii that tlie following taxes bo written olf the rolbi us un collectable 0423 and workmen compensation 50388 total jgg811 carried the treasurer was by motion instruct ed to pay the following accounts election expenses robert darling 1440 thomas darling 1440 thomas ii robb 1580 cleave 1400 clifford robinson 14 40 thompson 020 stewart 1000 manossah campbell 1420 mlno 13 80 cook 1270 bell telephone company 443 hydro electric power commislon brampton light at council chamber montlis 014 the georgetown herald account todate 77 noo wilson co premium on treasurers and collectors bond 7750 corporation of acton to half clerk and ballffs fees 24 00 corporation of acton to nmt of hall six sittings 1500 town of georgetown esq nosings share of relief for mc quarrie 28 33 corporation or acton equct ings share of relief to pat rick simpson 13 23 county of halton hospital ac counts for 1030 530 50 patterson refund on taxes overpaid 200 county office supply company election supplies 1532 bylaw no 057 barraclough was appointed member of the board of health auditors were also appointed with bylaw and the firm of jenkins and hardy were named bowman was named as the weed inspector for 1030 by the passing of bylaw no 059 the appointing of assessors was done by the passing of bylaw 800 thompson uas appointed for wards and and arthur benton for wards and tim bylaw providing for road expendi tures for the year was aso read as re quired and passed moed by wilson seconded by ii may that on and after february 1st 1030 all outstanding taxes must be paid direct to the tax collector car ried moved by robinson seconded by wilson that this council do now adjourn to meet on monday february 10th at 30 or at the call of the itecw carritd murray is muriiav elected president acton mill iuir far vvsc night about 100 mrmlxni and tyumda of the older grwiik galhrrrd saturday gamf cotitndtf katuititf and social on saturday evening about one hun dred members and friends gathered in the vmca gymnasium for social evening and gettogether and wonder ful time was enjoyed by all present various contests were tried by each person present und points were awarded for the core obtained in each these were then cleared away anj table tennis was played by numbers of tlie audience group contests were then enjoyed and created considerable amusement mr alex maclaren the secretary then spoke tew words about ymca work and appealed for more membership sandwiches cake and eolfee were served and social time was spent fol lowed by dancing to music supplied by misses lottie mason and lillian bymo and mr bob parkinson it is hoped tills social is just forerunner of many cuch gatherings and tlie ymca is becoming established as tlv centre of community activity president acton kairi presentation to iode hj acton branch of the canadian legion good report presented at annual meeting yesterday officer for year elected the auditors statement prearited the annual meeting of acton fair yes terday afternoon showed the lhlonces of the fulf to be in healthy condition nnd good balance on hand prh money wad all met in full in spite of lower gate receipt and heavier prize list and other attructioiui tho society continues in ilourlshiug condition re ports show it was another very uuccrssful year reference was made by tho directors to the work of the lato john robert sou oil the board and his help which had meant so much in tlte tucccsscs agricultural representative whltelock was present and congratulated the board on their work he suggested combined seed fair with commit tee of mewirs murray arthur ijwuckhamer and pearen votes of thanks were tendered tho auditors for their work nnd retiring president rumley for his guidance the patt year in making acton fair another outstanding success letter was read from orangevillc intermediates and juniors win all hockey games of week intermediate team trim georgetown anjuguvjphrr juniors putit over georgetown twice iooks uke couple of group win lurs intermediated head ilroup without defeat juniors are in second place in mup ryeoforall mars game in guelph uoyal city here 1viday juniors go there on same niirhl fair noting that the dates chosen for that fair were september 5th and 16th to colnclde with these dates acton fair will this year be jicld on tuesday and wednesday september 22nd and 23rd officers for 1030 were elected as fol lows president mitrray first vicepresident dills second vicepresident mann director ic graham john ston pearen mcdonald mcdougall stewart geo somer ville davidson symon mc keown waldle woodhall johnston archie kerr kerr ramshaw proscr swackliam er rumley wm gowdy at meeting of the new officers fol lowing the annual meeting mr wright who has been the very efficient secretarytreasurer of the fair for the pmt few years was again chosen for the office for tills year acton georgetown on thursday evening lust the acton intermediates were at home to the georgetown aggregation and georgetown returned home sadder ieuin to the tune of 10 the ice was in very good shape considering the weuther but it did not make for fast hockey and it was necesjjiry to carry the puck with gibbons out of the game due to uu injury to his shoulder marzo who usually teanui up with terry and lindsay ucted lit substitute defence bob anderson go ing on the first forward line acton hud considerably tho best of tho play in tho opening stanza having many more chance at richardson than georgetown had on greer but both goalies were unbeatable in the jiecond frame georgetown seemed to have the better of tho play in spots but when our boys went to work the visitors did not look fo good the third frame was decidedly actons the boys were both slowing up owing to thcttcky condition of the ice nnd golf shots were used fie qllcjiuyj the juw was very clean only rural hockey league of gavel tlw duke of devonshire chapter of the iode held their monthly meet inn on tuesday eveninu at the nome of mrs smith the recent mvs cooper woi in charge olflcers wero nominated for the various petitions for the car mr maclaren general secretary of acton ymca addressed the meeting polntlni out the needs of the mc in completing the furnishing of the social room in the basement of the building the chapter decided following the ail dress to do their utmost to raise 100 their portion or the fund to complete this port of tlie building on behalf of the acton branch of the canadian legion mr mcdonald presented to the chapter gavel the following note from the president ex plained this cift regent and members duke of devonshire chapter will you kindly accept this gavel from the acton branch of the legion as small token of their apprecia tion or your splendid cooperation with them mcdonald pres branch 107 can legion mrs dry den favorcd the meetng wlut piano solo social half hour with refreshments concluded tlie meeting garner of the week hi this local group are popular good crowds get ting plenty of fun tlij stcond night of the acton rural league brought together for the flmt game lome rifles and lome farmers doth teams were pretty evenly matched however the rifles surprised cwrjbody ind snatched 32 win the second game was onesided affair with ever ton proving too strong for their eden mllti rivals and they rang up 10 score howwer eden milli expects to strengthen up nnd should give some better games before the season is over the second whitewash of tlie night wis handed out to rockwood farmers by dublin greenshlrtc the score being 40 rockuood put up good game but dublin was little too strong the scores lome rifles lorne farmers evcrton 11 eden mills dublin rockwood farmers referee gibbons mv rumley has kindly donated trophy for the winning team and it should create lot more interest since the boys have something to play for this cup will be for annual competition lost night the rural league swung into action again with onotlicr nights entertainment for the tana tlie rough local sketches this is the vcond in group of cartoons made by couple of local lads they will appear each week and will become feature of the fhee pueji if our readers so desire and tell its kukai league standing as thrj stood after wrjtmjay xlghth game york rnid lome nillis lveiton dublin june iloji hrnnkvihv lorne farmers umvhuue roekuood eden mills rockwood line york road now leads the parade with four points but there are six teams tied for second with earh tonight uill see mime ehangis wlnn lnrm rlilus ever ton dublin eden mills ikiekwuod and york road ull hw ing into action again come out und see the boy battle 10 ice made good hockey impossible about all that could be done was to hit tho puck up the ice then chose it tlie first game brought together broakvllle and rock wood with the boya from the farm handing their rockwood opponents 42 beating second on the line was york road and llmehousc and much to everybodys surprise llmehouse held tlie silver poxes to 10 victory both tcami tried hard hut the ice prevented any hockey and 1oal proved to be the limit the last game proved another big upset vhlir the jones boys uere humbled by uirne farmers by 21 score by tills time the ice uas like corduroy road and thv going was very heavy jones hojs tried hard to even the score and li pi the puck inside lomes blue line practically for the inst two period but one counter was all thev coidd gvt ihr scores urookville rockuood york road llmehouse lornc farmers jones boj referee ii arblr activities will reumed tonight when three more game like place two penalties being handed out ull night to georgetown in tlie second period wth only two minutes to go hi tlie final frame bus morton mooney and norm morton stormed the georgetown citadel bus passed out from behind the goal after mooney hud ilhot dead on norm shot at richardson who stopped the rubber which bounded into the air and while still in the air mooney banged it in of course great excitement followed but after several minutes spent in argu ment the goal was allowed this gave acton three wins in row but for few details stanza one started out quite fast in deed first one team carrying play then the other the acton team worked the puck well in trying to get shots from close quarters but georgetown were more for individual work shooting the puck from centre ice then all tearing in to get shot both goalies were called on several times to nave bus morton got th rsfretut good si ioltul ricl iir ttoi 17 but he lived up to his reputation und saved ucll lindsay also hod several shots that looked to be going places but richardson was right there tost was going good for gcorcetown he is nice shifty player and makes it inter esting nl all times taking advantage of ill thj breaks he gave greer couple that were hard to handle but jack uas very obliging tlmt night and turned them aside the line of morton bros and mooney were going nicely and made georgetown look bad at times norm got right through but the puck slid olf tlie end of bis stick greer was called upon to save on couple of good tries by georgetown especially on scramble at the end of the period but he came through with colors flying the period ended scoreless nnd no penalties acton seemed to have much the better of the play and had more shots but richard son wait too good stanza two found georgetown ready to go places and they got tlie puck from faccoff and had coupe of shots ut greer both teams were going well and play was about even tost was cent off for minor olfence and then acton ganged turning on all the power pos sible but georgetown managed to stave air any goals ricliardson turning back several that looked labelled tlicn came mixup in the acton area but george selection of news items county lllxral officer ji chooeii at the annual llberal3rogrvjtlvu as sociation meeting in mulon tuesday night edwin harrop was reelected us president for the third consicullve year other officers are vlcepmldents an drew dale georgetown rhymaa burlington robinson oukvllle tieusurer archibald galbralth secretary thomas ramshaw skating party on tuesday evening the young people of the acton and rockwood united churches held splendid skating party at the acton arena there was good crowd group from acton cltbuna band supplied the mutlc for the skating later the group assembled ut the church here and held social tune and refresh ments were served former teacher bequeathed 1000 to children home the thomas alwoy hall home for children at london receives about 1000 from the estate of the late miss apjilo hudson retired school teacher of granton misr hudson was for many years principal of acton public school she left wu2750 consisting entirely of personal property she left one be quest of 300 to the sudan interior mis sion and the evangelical publisher of toronto many other bequests went to relatives miss hudson left the residue of her estate to the thomas alway hall home this amounted to approximately 1000 ilakteht llrmdent make pfajtu for annual mretbi prcsldm tohnsheplierd of thoualtou towridtd not register both defences for acton were working well and marzo was doing nicely indeed in that poal tlon the line of terry lindsay and aiuli rain uro doing more individual playing than terry lindsay and mjito usually do but as this was bobs first game this year he did cry well and had overal nice shots to his credit an thony uas banished to the cooler but acton coud not tally while he was absent lindsay had shots with the label pasted on when tlry left his stick but richard son took the labepoir and made them look easy tost made good shot but greer saved and saved again later on try by steeil the end of the second period tlie red light flashed on when lindsay let go at richardson to score but it uas not allow as the bell had gone to end the jxrlod before tlie shot uas made no ucore penaltlls for georgetown tust and anthony holstcin brecdem reports most suc cessful year for the association sales have been rood ond local breeders have been well to the fore in show winnings and records established plans are now under way to hold the nnnual meeting of the asoclation in milton on satur day january 25th dr drum mond professor of rural economcs toronto university and byron jenvcy western ontario flcldmun for tho hol steinfrleslan association will be tho guest speakers goodly turnout of all lovers of the black ond whites la antlcpatvtl unity club attend service in body thirtyfive of the membership roll of the unity mens club attended in body the evening service in the united church last sunday they were wearing wielr new club sweaters and occupied the front pews tlie president jack reld and vicepresident stewart were as sisting the minister with the cervice dr morrows eubject was the second in hu series of stars of destiny tho sub ject was branding tlie human herd in this discourse the minister traced bock to the time when men in england were branded on the forehead for crimes he then pointed out that sin today brands men physlcaly mentally socially and morally the lives we lead and tlw tomflm5 att leave their brand and this was illustrated by life experiences there was good congregation and the series la being keenly followed coming events miuniriiienii medina con or oilier kveutt umler this ii arc cliargei 10 cent per will minimum cliarae ur day un rinmt nl jsc customer say that tooth paste ioti sold me no good mr wenzrl no gjml whv thats one of the best ou can bui customer well say its no good hud thrre trli ut sticking this tooth in my upper plate and each time it eame out trouhy fur uural ltujime the winners of the rural hockey league will have possession for the yoar of the splendid sliver trophy donated by mr rumley of johnstone rum ley it li fine trophy und tw annual competition ulth the winning teams name to be placed on shield on the bu uuju ulf ihlrdprlodaxuauuboiu had tlil uciut of tin pluy uil majority of the tlmt itchitrdfton uurt called upon linn und uiiln to make nice uvej greer uiui uto iolnii ioine clever net tendlni for the home team the pluy hud jnt gotten uiuljf ujy when undsuy sent ller nt thv georuetoun uodlle with the ctuuiue of line morton uraa and mtumey buud uround the georire toun toal but no jxore ortvr way uuo rced to iave on food uliot by hortoil lie ulut ot tlu tvuck uuclc in i1l1 ulovu und tlu ref imd to blow lib whutlu till continued oil iuve ylve notice of chance of mccllne mem bera of st albann munfl club will plcaso nntui miwtlnir of jiumnry 22ncl chans ed to junuary 23rd wi anuituur illiiht in tovin uou to niht tliliruluy six prli and contejt oinii to all auspice of junior hockey club rrai nimifs tntfrtamment wnnled amateur tiilrnt ineeni dancer comedians ililpcronuori inojt iciam and ntvltl valuable prtaii write or upmy to it marvh ill prln ceu theatre milton ontario 20 movlnii plcturea ihaulnir lleauty scenei truvllln thruuuli scotland will iv exhlblud through tin courtly cunardwhlt star ateuiiiililp co ut lcnox churcli vrnian woplon society oo monday junuary 37th ut 00 in all welconlt 2s2