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tmuailtftad 3r ijt zvi ft sixtyfirst year no 43 acton ontario thursday april 23rd 1030 eight homeprint pages fivo cents county league ilythis year first meeting held last thursday guelph definitely out or local group preeident had cnarg of tho an meeting lut thutsdny of tho trtcounty league election of officers nu ryder acton as prealdenb clarence king oeorgetown vloepreajd ent and prank holloway acton socro taxytteaaurer letter from ouelpta peacocks re gretted that they woukl nob have team in this year but expressed appreciation of the courteous treatment accorded them brampton representatives first with drew from the group and then later ask ed time to reconsider their decision they just arent sure whether to stick or aak for lower rating milton has been invited to join th league representatives were present from acton georgetown mil ton and brampton at the meeting called for tonight in acton it is hoped to have the hue up of the teams and draw up tho schedule for the year annual meeting of childrens aid society at the annual meeting of the child rens aid society of halbon and peel counties held atmllton tuesday night it denyea milton was elected pre sident thompson brampton and amos maaontactonrvteepreaidenhj orant thompson secretary and harry pettlt treasurer the speaker of tin evening beaumont of the childrens aid society of hamilton stressed that the care given by the foster parents children and money spent in the pro tection of thei own homos is good investment inspector thompson report ed the treatment of 113 cases with 13 closed altogether 44 children passed through the shelter in fifteen month the society has 63 permanent wards and 59 at home under direct care messrs maton and dhl at tended the meeting as representatives from acton dance lakeside chapter of tlie ioxk held very enjoyable dance in the town hull on thursday evening last music wan supplied by the harmony orchestra prirc winners were mrs wm ramsden miss pearl mcmillan and messrs hall and garden cooper rrjtcks mack ov straw bricks are bebig made from straw in factory in prague czechoslovakia they are impregnated with certain liquids to make them fireproof the manufac turer claim that bricks can be cue to any length desired and that thev keep out dampness make houses warm in winter and are an excellent insulat ing medium against bound walter linham is president of haltan rural young peoples association flans for the achievement days at the annual mccling of tho hallon rural young peoples asooicatlon held in the agricultural office milton re cently walter unborn of acton was elected president for the coming twelve months plans were mode to hold tho annual achievement dayu in live stock judging for tho junior farmers and in nutrition and clothing for the junior harocmakers in mil ton on saturday juno 13th tentative plans were also made to hold the annual field day at stanley park erin on wednesday july 15th this year we understand the girls achievement day is to be confined to the girls enrolled in the supper and clothing clubs organized throughout tho county wo learned from agricul tural representative whltelock that over 10o young ladles are enrolled in thb work and according to imlsa betty wal lace of the institute branch toronto interest is most keen and everything polnu to record turnout at the achievement day the junior farmers in coopcratlon with the various agri cultural societies ure sponiorlng two grain clubs two calf clubs and pos sibly foal club already between so and 70 club members have been enrolled and more are anticipated the election of officers resulted as follows president walter tinhorn acton lut vicepresident alice humfl mil ton 2ndviceresident 01audcmclaugh lln norval secretary wilms henderson palermo trcasurcrj whltelock milton robertson and scadding rescued from mine brought from underground prison after 240 hours both are in fair condition all local concert good event varied program pleased the audience rag time band feature all rejoice on rescue delated awards for war services of 1898 lost week mr jumes cttaltncra re eclved two war medals for bcrvtces lw hod rendered the united states nearly forty years ogao one was for service in the war with spain hi 1808 and the other wad inscribed army of occupa tion 18081d02 willie on visit to the united states last year my clialmers met one of his old comrade jn the spanish war who inquired if he had received his awards this wus news to mr holme in so ho mode inquiry and found he was entitled ti ptnjlan when tlicse papers were being tilled lie was told two mcdavi were also due hint and he applied for his uwards which came hmt weik just thirtyeight years after his cervices had been rendered mr chalmers is ako entitled to pension ills visit last year gave him the flrt intimation at 114 lost night dr robertson was brought from the mine in moose river nova scotia and sixteen minutes later his companion alfred scaddlng was brought from tho mine alive and in very good condition con sidering that they had been entombed there since tho night of april 12th the body of herman magill was brought to the surface shortly after by rescuers who had striven for 10 days through rock and earth to rescue the entombed men joy of the rescue was not confirtedtd the mine area but all over the continent tills grim fight was watched by everyone dr robertson is native of ralum county having been born near milton his tlrst word on being reached were jood boys where arc you from jack simpson and george morrell were the first miners to break through to tho cavern dr robertson was able to crawl most of the way up the rescue shaft but scad dings feet were in such condi tion that he was unable to walk aa the men were brought to tho sur face great cheer went up from tha crowd and salvation army officer led in singing praise god from whom all blessings flow tho gathering was hushed however when the body of herman mogul cov ered with blankets was brought from the mine lie had been unable to eland the exposure and hardships and passed away on sunday shortly after com munication with tlie men had been es tablished through the diamond drill hole tlie ordeal of the men lum been sevt re but it is reported that after sound sleep of evcral hours loot night they are in very fair condition and refreshed tlie ruscuc lias been un epic one in taw history of mining men in numbers have risked their lives to save those variety and an insight into the pos sibilities of local talent in acton was provided when tiie acton mlnpt ball club presented their alllocal talct concert in the town hall last night proved very enjoyable cvnt and was fairly wju attended mr barr tho president of the minor club woo chairman and on orchestra under the leadership of mr bplclvogcl provided group of splendid musical selections the opening number was by all the juvenile members of the cost tho first port of tho program was childrens group and included solos by jean harris rrpgle spirci joyce dcsercauli donald evans dora hansen and marls brun euc duetts by betty gibson and bui vincent and gordon gibbons and jack mchugh piano solo by ethel franklin and violin duett by norman and reno bralda violin solo vernon agncw tlie next half hour of program was entrapped men since communication provided by alexanders ragtime bond was twtabllshed and it wort ascertained won radio broadcast and it was that the mai were alive work lias rtma variety show instrumental and forth feverishly in the attempt to dk david robertson toronto phytlclan and native of hal ton county who wau rescued last night after being entombed in nova scotia mine for duys auditorium gymnasium planned at reformatory young people meetin acton at executive meeting of united churth organization conference here for two days rescue the men olive drtrbbcrtsan is well known through out the dominion particularly for his success as burgeon and his work at the sick children hospital he was in the better condition of the two sur vivors masonic brethren visit ctonlodge members of sl clair lodge fraternise with walker lodge on monday becomes dean rev sawyer rector at st pauls church caledonia has been elected rural dean of haldlmand county suc ceeding rev ii kewton smith who is leaving hagersvllle for chippewa rev mr sawyer was formerly of acton rector of st albums church here roads bridges and garbage subjects at council meeting main street roadway to have dangerous portion remedied with culvert and fillin mill street resurfacing still very duht cumpla of iinrbajre on monday evening the brethren of walker lodge ac am enjoyed fraternal vblt from the brethren of st clair ledge milton the visiting brethren assumed tho clialrs and exemplified the second degree the brethren who assumed the vari ous chain were bro cunningham master bro spront bro harrop bro bennrtrd bro wlllmott bro cunningham bro hartley bro rcothcrotonc bro fay after the work of the evening was concluded all retired to the recreation room where sandwiches and coffee wers tervtd among those uho poke during the social evening were bro sproat bro dales bro clementu bro mcnabb bro dcnyeu bro harrop qf st cluir lodge milton bro cuthbert of guelph and bro taylor of reck wood jos in walker bom at milton john walker resident of tills district until twenty vocal mulc comedy dancing and wliathaveyou were all skilfully blended under tiie baton of none other uian gordon cook into medley that was both harmonious and otherwise but at all times was peppy and humorous the ardsu filled tiie stage ttmt half hour was worth two blu of anybodys money in clausing blue tiie concluding taction of the pro gram brought on another variety jack holllngcr and john drake appeared ojs cartoonists orenvllle mosaics and ted clifford in vocal duett eddie jamison tenor soloist jean rushmere aa an elocutionist dorothy dunn in tt danc ing number prances chwjiolm vocal solo jack mcmullen and hall harmmlcu and guitar number prancej chlsholm and dorothy arnold vocal duett splejvogcl and jack holmes live yfurs ago passed away on april duett thc ciub uic dth at his home in weyburn saskatche sq javerybodys buslneai and nor wiu in hid nlnetyflrst yearj rraua violin luilo recognition of the services wheat sales gain ovcrssai expert clearances of canadi an wheat from aucust lit 1035 to march 13th 103g amounted to 01270 270 bushels and imports of canadlm uheat into the united stattt for con sumption or mllltnglnbond for re export were 32blll 448 busheli making total of 1240807111 bushc cmpuruble figures for the tajrlt woxloj of 103435 uvre 77022 30fl lofijjtm and 04551400 buheu reflpcctlvtyi exporls tmrdtn wan he and was son of thc late wm walter hlsi wife barbara garbutt predeceated him in 1804 in spite of his advanced yean he had enjoyed good health until month bcfcre ills death pour sons liirvive him they are jos of high bluff man of mirror alta melvln of winnipeg man and har vey of guelph three brothers and one ulster also remain william or lon mhi jw ti national anthem brought uiu very en don walter and peter walker and mr bridgman of milton he wad member cf the presbyterian church the fun eral was held on monday april 13th alth interment at weyburn cemetery of mks hunt as accompany for all thc chlldrenv selections and her wori in preparing the numbers and mla mar garet brown pianist of tiie orchestra was made by the presentation to them of baskcui of flowers these were pre sented on behalf of the club toy gren ville mauuei and arlle white the on satunlay and sunday last the executive of thc hamilton conference young peoples union of tho unluxl church held their tcm annual business meeting and spiritual retreat with president wm mcvittie in charge tho meeting commenced about 345 pjn when the reports from the conveners of the various groups were received and plans for the coming summer and loll activities were discussed one of tho major interests woo thu report from the leadership training department announcing thc following program uhd dates for the summer camps northern young peoples sum mer school at mlromichi bay port elgin and jiycruon beach young people summer school at kormandale on lake fcrlc july dth to 18th rycrsoa beach executive leadership camp for pres initial work on the laying out of bytcry and conf officers of tho new 440000 auditorium and gymnasium hamilton and dmdon conferences on has begun at the ontario reformatory augua 2ut to 29th beau sejour camp at guelph and construction work will be started shortly according to an an nouncement by neclands deputy provincial secretary tile new building is designed to provide further recreation facilities for prisoners of tho institution when the new building is finished the present uuditorlum known fed the at oodcrlch for leaders of bays and girls of hamilton and london confer ences july lflui to th after pleasant social hour when the delegated and the local young peoples union executive enjoyed bounteous banquet served by the local huoh will be turned into reading soctety the delegates continued with ream and library row arout cafe seat brings fine to two because wm mcphcrson balllnofad was determined in his choice of seats in georgetown cafe be george lynn brampton and elliott brampton each paid 10 and ccjis in georgetoun police court when they appeared before magistrate bull of brampton mcphersan ntered the cafe and tat down in ceat temporarily vacated by elliott lynn claimed that thc seat was occupied mcpherson said that sure it was occupied by him words led to blous elliott returned and tiie three joined in squabble that demolished some of the restaurant furniture two captured prisoners returned to guelph jail joynulc social evening to close mrs john mcpharlanc member of one of the pioneer families of nauragaweya township mrs elizabeth mcfarlanc widow of the late john mcfarlanc paused away at her home h5 cork street guelph she lud btten very bright and active until one week ago uhen she became confined to her bed daughter of the late mr and mir nicolas novrlsh mrs mcfar nie was born on maj 13 1151 in the township oi nasrugoueyii uhere she pent her early life in 1070 she was mar hi und wlth her husband lived in eden mills and later moved to eramosa township where they farmed successfully for many years they moved to guelph 1d08 mn mcrarlahe hud lived in guelph for the past twentyeight years and war predeceased by her husband tuo ytifrsifch she was devoted member of the con gregation of norfolk street united church where she was an earnest worker until her declining yeaw she ua1 also life member of the womenu missionary society and took much lnt erejted in the activities of the women christian temperance union surviving ore two oris albert of vancouver stanley of guclph and tuo daughters mrs rudd of drcilau and mabel at home one brother jotyr nurrkih or uassugu ttcya and mrs banfleld or guelph and even grandchildren one sister and one bro titer predeceased her sonm cun ago the funeral took place on saturday afunioon from the family reldencc he mtvicf vian lit clyirge of rev kiiinj and the floral olferingu were very beautiful united young peoples meeting on tuesday evening thc meeting of the united church young peoples union was in charge of the missionary convener miss laura johnston the scripture lejjuon for tiie evening was read by howard switxer lawrence lamb then favored tlu audlanco with mouth organ solo mrs win plniey gave reading followed by duett by jean and mable harris tiie topic was capably taken by mr jca hurst on the subject the lighted cross mansell netles and lawrence lamb rendered mouth organ duett the content closed and was uon by miss jean morrows group after the singing of hymn thc meeting clckd ulth the mlzpah oencdlctlon tjirec days after they had slugged acting turnkey william bodycott into insensibility to moke spectacular break from wellington county jail charles williams and ruiacll wessenger were back in custody at guelph the youth ful prisoners who face several charges of robbery in addition to charges which will be laid in connection with their escape were brought to guelph saturday night from toronto wliere they were recaptured edward johnbon third fugitive who figured in the break is sti sought by police their business and dlscuuuloas until 1030 pjn tiie delegates then enjoyed the hos pitality of various homes about town for tiie night urid also on sunday sunday morning and alternant was spent hi spiritual retreat under the guidance of dr prank longford of the board of christian education of tor onto at the sunday morning service scott of gait gave stirring and in spiring address entitled my philosophy of life assisting in tlie uervloe was dr longford wm mcvittie and dr morrow thc delegates and visitors attending tlie conference were wm mcvittie hespeler sctl gait eunlcfl py from stoney crvok alex smltu lucknow plorence bradley underwood dorothy anderson wlllonviiie harold bradley kincardine chris potlierglll bronte jean evani georgetown sam tretheway georgetown alex lalng guelph elsie gordon rockwood leroy pond simcoe jock wullans and marlon lor ton of st cauiarlneo margareb lowe and stanley jones of brantford mr and mvs clyde atkins ray stubblns and mrs ii johnson of hamilton marlon holmes dresden ruth simp son cluitluvm dorothy hunt of cope town tlie hulton presbytery young peopled union spring rally will bo held in watcrdown on saturday and sunday april 2bth and 2gul events the ball season opens here with of 1936 clnb officers are appointed at meeliiiir on tuesday rumlcy ia president detailed statement in presented by hetiriiik setre tarytrcasurer and shown club in good condition committees collection still the subject of dlscawlon more information to be secured for guidance fapoclal meeting of acton council was held on monday evening at 30 in tlie council chamber tiie fol lowing mwnberti were prucnt council lors maion mcmulan mocutcheon dr neuon ulth reve harrison in tlie cluxlr tlie meeting asa alkdtn cutisli er tlie widening on tlie main street high way ut tlie bridge alui to consider plan for tlie collection of garbage about town after uoinot duciusin la connection with the wldtning of the main street bridge engineer roy smiths report on the condition and repairing of tlie road uod dlucused moved by mason seconded by mcmillan and rewjhfd that tenders be advertised for in conniclin ulth the extending of the culvt rt on main street wliere it crones the ttreum between ut idoualk oii tlu north to and tlie edge of the culvert as now con btructed ihirtlculars to be furnished bj mcpherson mccutcliron or tht clerk tenders to be in tlu hands cf ute clerk not later thuiv 00 pin on monday april xjth oarrlrd some dktcussion took place in con nection wltii the pioneer cemetery during the dueusjlon regarding system of garbage collection about toull chincillor mocutcheuil stated uicre are 404 houwm in acton 480 ulth electric light und without and there are 80 commercial and business places it waii decided to luive the loan adopt some system of garbage collection clerk parmer was instructed to wrlto to pergus brampton and oakylue to mid cuthow the garbage collfctlons were made in thfte communltlos tho reeve uos uko instructed to in vite the members of the public utilities commission to nieu wlththe council next monday und consider wayt uud means of dbpailng of garbage the matter of uil quantity of ral un cftl ride wan brought up jlerkj inner it wait decided to get about life line quantity im last ear it uu reported that the roof of the hie fuclory building uuj badly in nid of repairs and that this should be at tended to at once it was decided that mr momillau should uuvo uio sli fan lory rof inspected and te uhat repair are nenltd and report ut tlu next imv lug of council councillor mocuteheon reportei chut he had tried to communicate jvlli engineer smltli regarding tlie vory un satufuctnry condltl of mill street und was instructed to continue ingouuon for un improvement and proper repair lug if the strret council udjournifd ut h45 ptil amouiued bushels lnhhli suniapeflod of 10353g compared with about 13 millions in 103435 thc combined total of over seas clearances and united btatev im ports of wheat and exports of canadian flour amounted to approximately 13b million bibiheui compared with 1081 million biuhcls year ago tiie visible supply of canadian wheat in canada and the united states on march 13lh 1030 wiuj 214 million bushels com pared ulth 237 mlllt im yeur ago arc appointed for the year aimouncckiitiiti ot ucctlngn cou ccrta or oilier event uujtr tm heailinc arc ciarjj io ctuli pet line with dunmiuro charge for any announcement of jjc new players are introduced to the meeting shoppers jutde the following arv the pageii lit which advertisements uppar in utu iage carrellw grocery ruma cjjw imt sjuda tea wrlley iuni kellagi corn haken tari ontario government bray chltk halehery iullant pattrrmmi pagj tulbofrt hardware mf buuldm illkcry jfttjle rujj11 ircry ii wright tra vel xcrvlv klloifgu allltiui cergi wallace page krlloiku itlro kruple wright luwurutlfr ituiiueui ihrruiry of hvofrwloiul men ku kayllkbt smvliirft cjaemky kutrm ktei pruducu kflly jj aikrtt pa tulblttty clouililg und kooiwour nortu mouni uuyul itmtre ilttrrop the piubiiirer were john armstrong ii beuttie lung moion rnurke and trumivr daylight saving next welrok acton fire brigade ulll hold euchre und dance in the town hall acton on friday may 8th the lodge are holding uuchre at ioqcp hail may 4th keep this tlnte open sale of umemade baking and after on tea at the town hall by knox church ladle aid on saturduy after noon april 25th irlduy april 24 tlx entertainment and social ut the home of mr ii anthony llftli line given by llniehouse united church come admission 10c and 15c everyone welcome to the third annual ii lire and dance oi acton llberul ajocuition in tlie town hall tomorrow avlduy night tliere udmlj1 ii or other charge on tuesday evening tiie baseball club held their annual meeting tliere was good turnout of prospective players and fans au the last years president dr nelon woj not present rumley was uppolntcd chairman of the meeting mr ernrit coles of brampton the retiring creturytreasiirer gave very complete financial report which show ed receipts game receipts 23133 uniform rucelput 115 00 other receipts including days event 303 75 toul nrcllpt 050 2a uxpljjdituni3 ilaclc dibli icmb liulunint 320 qlultul kxiwlliiji 2muj vanc the uiinuul ufypo dance will be 611 iuujrdaitnlghu acton will adopt lll ln the tflwn artnn on wwl duyllght aavtng on saturday night ut ntm april 20th music supplied by that iimmer change that usually nfuu places gms into eiftvt midnight uccurdlng to bylaw diut forget to set your clock uhtud before retiring it will iuve ou wunu con fusldii trlplel orclustru modem ojtd old tynie dancing admuion oeiits 30c laitluh 20c tux included everybody wel come total expenditures 033 the bank balance is 111 03 tlu rpart submitted was hi detail und ijloued an itvmbied rtport tliere are no bad debts except do tocit blll wldch luo not been paid it wtu movwl tiiat thbi report be adopted as curelcd vote thankjt wuj moved to mr ctden for hu untiring etfuru in lookliig utter hid dutiej us iiccretury treasurer hie ball club ulll lose great booster as ernie has moved to brampton nominations for president were then called tjr t1iom tiomluutvd were rumley barr nell mctoubb mejrs barr and mcnabb withdrew and rumlcy was appointed pre sident of the club tt uoii decided to hovii only three on jtixa executive and a4iway with the vjdc presidents chair president rumley secretary treasurer hallow ay executive nell mcnabb lelsh man storey honorary presidents holmes dills lelsliman ii elliott ritchie the exictitlve li to appoint manager for tlie club mr jack kcnlncr was apjiointed at grounds keeper to look after the du numd etc mucars maslui and ioslmun uere appiuted as tru importation com mit lee lmessrs morion and tyler uere ainiolnud delegutes the ltuguo mut ing to be held in tlie dotnbuaii hotel here thin day ovwuiug tutught mtwsrs lepur and darby wlio uwi employed locally and ure ball player of bome renown were introduced to tlie meeting it rxpected tiiat bo tit will uppeur ln acton unlfomu before long