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sixtyfirst year no 30 acton ontario thursday january 23rd ijjli eight homeprint pages fivo cent acton has more hockey victories georgetown and guelph victims acton intermediates trim both teams by good margins score an even dozen on the royal city make it 51 on georgetown crow juniors tied elora and lost to guelph intermediates lead group with juniors in second place the actonouelph game on friday well well on friday night the guelph intermediates camo to the homo of tho acton tanners and alter 70 minutes of fast exciting hockey acton vu forced to admit that on the nights play ouelph were their equals at goal betting anyway the nnal score was li alter tenminute overtime period the ouelph team were as usual late in arriving some of the players just re porting from the royal city at 830 when the game was scheduled to get underway it was after nine oclock when action commenced the first two periods were about equal ly divided as to play with acton having tnore shots on the ouelph citadel but ghirk was doing gtcot job at net minding and tho score at that time was 33 in tho third frame acton turned on the power and for about threequarters of the time play was in tho ouelph area but all acton was able to do was to tie uutscore after four minutes of play in thu overtime norm morton got his third tally of the night and acton was setting pretty again but with two minutes to go mcmillan took heat pass from seattle to get the equalizer acton was playing man short at that time play started from the opening at the ouelph end of the rink and terry xindsay and anderson all hod allots at 6hkk before ouelph nod chance to reply although mcmillan hod tried to carry through but failed schonfelt then drove hot one but greer saved with change of lines morun iiro ond mooney carried play to ouelph territory and scott also went up but morton missed two or three golden opportunities when in the oucjph fcow shortly after bus morton was given the thumb and ouelph tried to turn on tho power but acton were equal to tlie occasion and shot tho puck up the ice and no damage wo done before martonfe return willi change of lines mamo had couple of nice shots at shirk who was doing great job between the pasts after 16 minutes of play norm mot ion secured the ilrst counter of the night this seemed to open up uio play and two minutes later memn for ouelph got tlie equalizer two minutes later dude lindsay got actons second counter from scramble this was all tho scoring in that period norm morton had his sweep check working nice and broke up several ouelph rushes score acton guelph penalties morton for acton after 30 seconds or play in frame two beat tie got guelphs second tally thfet forced play at stiff paco for several minutes play went from end to end of the ice surface both goalies being called upon to do nice work acton was trying mow combination plays but ouelph were able with the good work of their netminder to keep the acton aharpslioolers from doing any liarm abqut mid way through this stanza sloan was sent to the resthouse and acton tried to get hi on shirk but thfr ouelph defence were able to keep slilrk protected and no goals were scored just after elaons return schonfelt got ouelphs third tolly of the night on pas from seattle the acton team tried hard to get an equalizer and play was getting rather rough in spots anderson rfgttwplehitelteiiaitypaufaud guelph turned it on but no more goals were scored that period the acton players did not seem to be able to pull shirk out on lot of their tries or the score might have ben larger score guelph acton penalties acton anderson ouelph sloan period three found anderson still in dugrace but after thirty seconds of play he returned in tills frame even when man sliort acton were able to keep guelph bottled up in their own territory but the royal city goalie was more than doing his sliare norm morton took nice pass from bus while the stanza was but three minutes old to tie tilings up as stated above ouelph could hardly get out of their own back yard and on several shots shirk was both good and lucky wulsh was banished from the guelph line but no score anderwm was again sent off for mixing with mcmillan but guelph did no dam age even when man stronger in fact acton carried the play wen when shorthanded the light was put on at tlie ouelph end but no goal was allowed us the referees bell hud bounded before the play was started gemmell was given look at the thumb by the ref and acton ganged in earnest but slilrk wus equal to any play the acten team could carry to him he saved severul tluit teemed sure kouu the period ended acton ouulph penalties anderson for acton wukh and gnmulu fur ouelph the overtime period found acton still carrying tlw ply to ourlph but the royal city crew took udviuituue the breaks to get ut the locul gout alter about four minutes of play norm morton got ids third goal of tho night on nice assist from mooney acton surely looked much better than ouelph hi this framo marco was bondlshed for minor cauao and tho ouelph team took advantage and mcmillan took good pass from bottle to tlo the score although there were two minutes left neither team could break tho tie final score acton ouelph penalties marzo for acton coullng for ouelph the teams lined up as follows ouelph goal shirk defence schon felt and mcmillan centre scuttle wings gemmell and moron alternate sloan sloan coullng and walsh acton goal greer defence scott and walters centre terry wings lind say and anderson alternates morton bus morton mooney and tmarzo referee ernie wortlcy toronto from tub press box well acton ltosnt been defeated yut bul it should have been different than it endedtat that goalie slilrk formerly of kitchener is great man between tho posts and would look well on any team be was both good and lucky on friday night acton was still playing without gib bons ou defence butwe dont think that sutflclcnt alibi tor the game greer actons gonllc hnd been under tho weather for few days and it was quite apparent lie was not in his usual good form news of acton and the district anotiikk amateur show presented on thurfiduy kvinlng with many local coiitratanu wlt provided tiood program caretaker it antterson in 111 health mr jos anderson who lias been caretaker of acton post office slnco tho erection of the new building over twenty years ago hats been granted ab sence from the position owing to illness from wtdch lie lias been surfering for some months mr cameron lclshman returned soldier has bee appointed to fill tlie position during the illness of mr anderson mr lelslunan is young man and should very ably nil this posi tion friends will hopo that mr an derson will soon regain better health mr and mrs anderson wlu continue to reside in the apartment in the building actonri population xii answer to an inquiry front fuse pukss subscriber in guelph regarding actons population we have made in quiry from clerk finmnr the assess ors ilgures ftf last yeur give the popula tion as 1057 which is gain of about 100 over the previous year the assessor has not yet made his rounds for this year but we will furnish tho figures as soon as they are available und it li quite probable that further gain will be shown this of course does not in clude that section just coot of town vn wn is the crescent and though quflph acton tlie ouelph junior bees remained undefeated whftcv they took the acton boys into camp on friday night by the score of 41 after scoreless first period kelly put ouelph one up in tlie second frame when acton was man short and in tlie final wtanzn they netted three more oountem while acton was limited to one there was pretty good croud of guelpii fans on hand for the game and perfect sheet of ice guelph started right in carrying the play in the first period nnd woods made homo nice saves acton were playing waiting game and let guelph do all the puclc carrying they broke away several times and gave stude some anxious moments blinco had clocc coll when he and holmes worked right in but stado rose to the occasion acton defence were working pretty well ana handed out stverul hard bumps illinco came close again but the puck went over the net instead of into it ambls got the first penalty of the game for cross check acton then started carrying tho play but they couldnt seem to take advant age of the extra man and ambls got back oil without any damage done and immediately started carrying the play again and swarmed tlie acton net but they werent good enough to beat woods swat moron of guelph was sent to keep the penalty timekeepers company and again acton had man advantage lut it was short lived as gibbons was also sent to the cooler both teamt were now man short and were pretty even both sides liad some close calls but neither team could make the red light register blinco had another very close call but stade rose to tlie occasion again ambls got the thumb again for high stick but guelph util carried the play and tho acton outfit couldnt got going at all guelph was barging in on the acton goal and brush had glorious chance to tally but ho missed tho net guelph again stormed the acton citadel and were doing everything but scoring just as tlie period was ending jones nearly gave the guelph fans something to cheer for in nice lone rush but he couldnt get tlie rubber past woods the period ended with no score and one penalty for acton and three for ouelph the second stanza got under way with acton still paying waiting game that made it vary uninteresting to watch and hard to write about ambls who is prnctlcaly tlw whole guelph team almost registered counter for the royal city but woods was like stone wall in goal the whole iierlod unu practically series of ouelph rushes with acton bi caking away occasionally and getting hot on goal oliver warned murdock furjjashlng on nlcu three man rush acton had some clow cutis but they didnt seem to have any scoring punch ull kelio just mlised oth when he barichanded one that just missed the net brush then made dangerous rush for acton but stade was hli tumbling block aibbom of acton drew penalty and guelph had every ruui inside the acton blue line mutt kelly finally bunged one past woods when he receiv ed pus right in front of the net from ambls tliey continued bombarding woods while gibbons was olf but one afl ull they cud get past him ttzurd came eltie to tying tlie game up just continued on page five which the town boundary posses the cheynejfohhiton wedding wedding of interest to many friends in acton of both the bride and groom was solemnized on december 30th at lakeland florida when mrs annie johnson of acton and mr james cheync for many years resident of acton were married tlie ceremony was performed by rev hunter pastor of tho myrtle street methodist church at his home 421 south missouri avenue the bride was becomingly attired in pansy color silk velvet the couple were unattended mr and mrs cheync will have their homo in lakeland florida where mr cheync has plant for de veloping films on east lemon street record auction sale the farm talc yesterday of the estate af the late john bilton set new record for farm stock prices in spite of the storm and drifted roads there wus big croud nnd auctioneer kerr had every article in this 3500 stock wile disposed of by five oclock cowo with calves brought 00 and cows and heifers aver aged about g0 threeyearold horse brought s1g0 and young sous 29 sheep went up to 1050 and the 1m jlements and other offerlnpo brought jood prices the stock was all in good condition and bidding was brisk il would neem that farmeru were due to reallyj better prices than in yearn for nood quality stock knox church annual meeting thls regular event in the life of knox congregation was well attended on thursday night of last week and the reports from all sources were very satis factory the mfcislonary effort of the congregation was particularly well sus tained by the womens oraanlzatlons the new managers elected were messrs wm kenney dr buchanan mc dougoll george somervllle allan smith barr wright words of ap preciation were tendered to rev ii bennlc and mrs bennlc for their un failing kindness and service to the sick and most hearty vote was made to mr wm kenney for his long and faith ful service as treasurer of the church vote of complete confidence was also expressed in the management board of on thursday evening lust the junior hockry club held an amateur contest in tire town hall it was fulrly well attended before the program started an orcheij tru under the direction of mr charles landsborotlgh provided music mr mcdonald president of the club acted us chairman for thu even ing be opened the meeting in major bowes ftiyle by calling on tho orchestra for number the ilrst contestant was mr fred coles wlio sang solo entitled tho end of the road mr george fountain favored tlie audi ence with violin nelection thu devils dream little miss lorraine pnllunt wus the next contestant who delighted tho audit etico with recitation mrs ball winner in the pre vious contest gave musical selection on the autoharp und moutli organ mr lei ten of ouelph sang tlie roie of trulee which wan well render ed messm gibbons aud mcglll favored the audience with bill biujo songs thos playing the guitar and cawthra playing the mouth organ tho orchestra was then called on for selection ufter which alexanders 4ioguuullaiuloamoontliosugo the kingv george died on monday ikioved ruler of fivo hundred million subjects succumbed to heart weakness service here on tuesday one block of mill street to be cleared of snow king george ruler of 500000000 subjectii in the farflung british em pire died on monday night in tho 25th year 8th month nth day and 24th hour of his reign death occurring at 115s pm with ule lust iieartbcat of george edward prlnco of wules became king although the official proclamation did rot toko place immediately shortly before midnight his physicians observed that tlie kings gallant fight ngalnst bronclllul catarrh and weaken ing heart had ended and that tho monarch wiui about to die with sad vyes lord dawson of felin tho klngvt physician since 1000 and his associates stood looking down on the tired frail figure of the king then they summoned to the bedside queen mary the prince of wales and otluir members of the royal family from an adjoining room together they walk ed into the kings room and rtood at his bedside death came peacefully few moments later tlie queen was crying softly she had held tho kings hand and listened to his final labored breathing she broke down as but majesty died bi the church afterwards dainty lunclf woo served by the wlws of the manag ers and the kiders and the meeting was concluded by prayer by the minister who had been elected chairman of tlio meeting churchill sunday bchtul officers sunday school officers elected at the churchill congregational meeting on wednesday evening of last veulc were superintendent mr arthur swuckhum er assistants messrs ii orllfln kerr teachers beginners and primary mrs mcarthur assistant mrs griffin junior girls miss russell asbitunt mu etta suckhnmer junior boys mrs rulledge assistant mrs moore intermediate and senior olrls mrs kerr assistant mrs free man intermediate and senior boys ii griffin assistant freeman adults rev stephenson aaslstunts mc ijan swackhamer and kerr emouiy miss kttu swookhauier as sbitant mbj beatrice gruff tteiuiurer howard oratr orgunut mlwi owyn dabble assistant mbji rujjc11 super intendent of home department suacjhamer superintendent of the cradle itoll mrs gordon und muli beutrlce gruff btiiierlntendenl of the mluiionary ixparunent mrs luttplviuon which is held tlie ilrst sun day of ftie frcomf month in euch quar ter siimrlnteihlent of the temperance dpurtment mr smith orlffln which is held the ilrst sunday of the third month vach fiurler the executive lulli mwt regularly the fourth wednes day of the iimt month of each quarter ie king brab late kbjg george beloved ruler of great britain who passed away on monday ah trial in making highway in town more paasable arena sound equipment not satisfactory trial of another outfit to be made snow clearing wil be done by itelief tabor dr mcniven appointed mcducal health officer tlie regular meeting of tho acton council was held on monday evening councillors mccuteheon dr nelson mason and mcmillan wvre present with reeve barrlton in tlie chair thu finance committee presented their second loport tho clerk was in structed to pay the following accounts canadian national railways tlc kets for arena 145 farmwr salary etc 15b40 tylers transport hauling sand jtc henry crlpps repair work at arena bell telephone co of canada servicer municipal world advice mrs ii mcdonald premium on areila jus ford watching lindwiy lire brown gravel iloe 350 h1j34 4000 50 u25 23580 mr smith submitted tender for public address system in the arena of 15200 mrrjiictd was present representing mr powell of brampton wlio installed the present nystem at the arena the council as whole felt the pro lent system was worthless and ordered it taken out mr smith wiui given per mission to inntal his outfit for one weeks trial the rental of the equip ment to be 1000 if it is decided to keep mr smiths equipment ule rental is to be applied on tho purchase price the clerk was on motion instructed to pay mr powell of brampton tho 20 owing on the rental of his loud speaker equipment moved by dr neson seconded by mccuteheon and resolved that dr mcniven be medical olficcr of health and that mr henry awrey and the reeve be appointed to the board of health carried chief mcpherson was appointed sani tary milk and weed inspector for 1030 letter was pretxntcd from the resld various interesting items of news fm pream printing attract it would appear that pheiji print ing lias cliarocter that appeals to buyers of printing recently wo have have hnd inquiry from ottawa and sas katchewan for duplicate of cover this olfice executed for an acton wholesale business lurni tho cowr of course curries the fhkk putns imprint which brought about these orders we receive inquiries and prders from many outside points but it is seldom that one piece of work brings inquiry from two lucii widely separated points knoxfcmirch guild at the meeting of the young peoplovi guild on monday evening in knox church short memorial servlco was held in honor of the king rev mr bennle gave an add during this port of the service tlitt programmer tho regular meeting included the scripture lesson by harvey hussar vocul solo by frances mcdowell nn instrumental number by mr wm hall and reading by miss wllmu hansen of selection from tlie book the kings grace debate resolved that the railway sys tem is of more betitittt to canada than the system of buses and trucks was uphold on the affirmative by miss bessie rawllngs and mr louis brownlow and the negative by miss isabel bruce and mr jos hurst the judges miss orr andmr wk graham decided in favor of the negative side the meeting closed by the mlypah benediction social evening the dublin womens institute held their annual eoclal evening at the home mr and mrs wm mcglaughlin on friday january 17th the gentlemen of cnt engineer of durham to tlie effect the branch were responsible for the pro personnel of the band was jack mc geuchle jack rold bus morton thai olbborw ted harrop pete monabb jim mcaeachlu bus nlcdl bill harrop and ted clifford gordon cook was tlie conductor of this noisemaking outfit while rlgby crass acted as coconductor the member of the band gave solas and stepdancing demonstrations m1iii nellie webb gave reading en titled guilty or txot guilty miss locker executed the sword dance master sammy bnmelle miss jean evans and miss marie brunelle ouch sang solos in the junior class miss jessie rushmere gave recitation and mr norman flralda favored the audience with violin solo mr win hall jr gave guitar and mouth organ selection after which mrs guorde dessereuult gave reldlng number of the contestants were called back to the platform for second numbers they included gibbons and mcglll george fountain mr leitch or guelph and of course the ragtime bund muji gcruldlne schmuck of guelph uiit ueeoi npait 1st for the evening in junior division the judges awarded the prliuii to the following first miss marie brunelle second miss lorraine pullant third mb locker in the adult division the prices went to the following jiiyt mr leitch wcoud mrs deitsureuiilt third miss webb but quickly rallied and kissed tlie monarchs bearded face now still in death lord dawson of penn the kings physician solemnly announced the kings deatli uddresng himself to the prince ol wales your majesty he said your father is dead the funeral will be held on tuesday january 2flth in st georges chapel of windsor castle tho body will lie in state in westminster hull from today until the time of the funeral when news came on monday of the ceuth of king george acton in common with all other parts of the empire joined in tribute to his memory social func tions of various orders already arranged iorwtrepronipaycimccutd mcsaugi expressing officially the sympathy of hulton county citizen with her majesty und members af the royal family wus forwarded early tuesday evening by cable to hpn vincent mou sey cuniullun high commissioner at umdon the message uan sent jointly by iluches cleaver llurllngton and thomiui blukelock pf oukvllle while the whole dominion mourns the death of our sovereign king george vthe cable sluted we his loyul silb jeeui hi hulton county ontario canadu rtwpiest ytu to extend heurtfelt synqvatliy to her majesty und members of the itoytil family mounting his mujestys that no money would be paid by the department for clearing snow from the highway through town the streets and walks committee was instructed to clear the snow from the rouduay and curb of part of mill street as an experiment the cost is not prohibitive the business section will be cleared the work is to be done by relief labor the clerk war instructed to look into the insurance policies held by the town to find out if they were insured in the arena and town hall against accident and if the employees were covered the clerk uos instructed to order two copies of tlie municipal world for the present year the clerk was given authority to write to all the persons on the tax nrreara list which are subject to sale and notify them that the council will soon be tak ing action as keeper of clgaiette stand is three payments behind in his license fees the clerk was instructed to write him notifying him that if the arrears were not paid at onco the chief of police would have to withdraw his license st ajbuiu eil off tear tlie womens auxiliary of st albana church held their annual meeting on wednesday january 15th the meet ing opened with prayer by tho rev mr brilllnger andthe oiticcrs were elected as follows honorary presldenthmlss moore president mvs brllllnger vicepresident mrs smith secretary mrs pargetur trootiurer mrs fryer dorcas secretary mrs savagv committee for visiting the sick mrs bishop and mrs taylor collectors mrs eccleshall and mrs fryer little helpers mrs scrlvcn the meeting closed with prayer by tho rector after which dainty lunch was nerved by the ladies which was enjoyed by all present death ue do deeply appreciate the royal leadership he guve our commonwealth of nutlomi through the trying days of the world wiir and the years of postwar depression service here jurdoy the canadian legion and ministerial association under the direction of reeve harrison and tlie council have arrang ed service for acton for tuesday at 1100 in knox church at which every clthjeiiwlll want to be present and pay tribute to the memory of ihls beloved monarch the service will be presided over by reevxt harrison and thu ministers of acton will tako various parts an order of service similar to ltemumbranco day will be used for the service tlie vurloui organ lvutloi is of the town will utlund in bodies gram with alex near convener tho first port of tlie evening was spent hi playing progressive euchre after which short program was given with mr george somcrville as chairman the opening number uas selection by tho orchestra three black crows in song recitation by dorccn steel mouth organ selection by annie kelly and tho three black crows entertained again in song mrs mcdougall president of the jdublln branch welcomed the mem bers and their friends und tendered vote of thanks to the gentleman for their their pleasant evening of enjoyment the chairman presented the prizes for the euchre first prize for ladles was won by mrs young second prize by miss mabu mcgregor first prize for the men went to alex waldlo and second to mr john bluckr sr tho chairman thanked mr and mrs mcolaughlin for the use of thoir home tor tho evening mr mcglaughlln made fitting reply lunch was served and tlie remainder of the evening was spent in dancing coming events announcements of uetitltiga coti certs or oilier events uatlif this heading are charged le ctiita per line with ft uilnluimu charge for any iiuquucenivaitqf jic ccuilliif to acton united church on satur day evening february 1st virginia jubilee singers the ladles lodge no 300 have postponed their fuclire at the lodge room that was to be held jan 23 indefinitely wanted amateur talent sbigors dancers comedians impersonators mus icians und novelties valuable prlkes write or upply to marshall prin cess theatre milton ontario nussuguweyu womens institute will hold charity dance hi the brookville township hall on friday junuary 31st andy frunku orchestra floor manager gilbert kingsbury lunch provide ladles 15c guntlemen 25c moving pictured showing beauty scenes travelling through scotland will be exhibited through tlie courtesy cunardwhlte star steamship co at knox church young peoples society on monday junuury 27th at 100 pm all welcome besides line miscellaneous program humorous and interesting play christmas at the subbirui will be given by ten young people from oleii willlums at churchill united chureh wednesday evening junuury 31 ut pin admlsum 20e 10c come and iijoy yourself