Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), 20 Aug 1936, p. 1

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sixtysecond year no acton ontario thursday aujgust 20lh 1036 eight homeprint pagcsfivo cents acton wins two from milton one more to championship morton bros and telfer pitch winning ball for acton and lotal battb pile up big score in both games spring biff surprise on milton and fans biggest crowd of year saw acton win last night third game in milton saturday and fourth here wednesday if necessary acton 10 milton 11 sport upaeta dont ail happen in the winter or all in the same place there were those tana who just threw up thrlr hands on the miltonacton same on saturday and putr it down for just going through the motions for milton acton hadnt snowballs chance in the hot test day this summer those who mlsj ed the game saturday on thab idea just passed up the biggest three hours fun that baseball has given in the halton county league this year 1011 and when the score was told in acton they wouldnt believe that acton had the lone end of the score we nearly missed it too so did the umps they were nearly an hour late starting the game strangers in stranga land but aw shucks lets tell you the story for there should be plenty wholl have to read it to know about it when abuwi milieu tmu rum in uig first tn and milton took one ji their half it looked as if it was going to be nip and tuck affair then in the second acton was blanked and the milton lads tied up the count but the thtrdlnningsspelled disaster lnoapltala for milton london was pulled with only one man out and acton had col lected two more runs acton was touch ing him pretty freely enrard went lr with the bases loaded and when the innings closed acton had pushed nine men across the plate and two milton pitchers seemed practically shot bus morton for acton was pitching nice ball and with that nice run margii coasted along mtlton collected two ii the third and the tally was 114 at that stage of the game at ho end of uu sixth it looked as if milton mltflit rally when they were only three runs down and the score wits 120 that threat didnt last long whci ac tan took three in the seventh and held mtlton corele each team tonic pair in the eighth and acton took couple mare tlie ninth and held milton corle the game had plenty of clouting and enough errors and plenty of smart bull didnt seem to lack anyuiing ln fact plenty of roam even tacrltlcli tlu umps three home runs and two three base hits with total of 37 hits and 30 runs in uie game what more could you ak in any ball name acton collected 23 of uie hit and 19 of the runs and milton got wlia wxi left 14 hits and 11 of ue tallies ths boos sure were on batung spree and if they continue milton la going to bo badly disappointed they showed on saturday that uiey can hit every one of uwhilcherrahd yet uiat milton didnt meet on satur day ptvllowlng is uie box score acton ab po terry if walters 3b waterhousa lb 13 mnriny3b g3 43 tyler rf 10 anderion js bv mortoa 13 norval man killed saturday crashed motorcycle headon into car and instantly killed harold kltner hustler 26 yearold son of mr and mrs prank hustler norval was killed ins tan uy late saturday night when his motorcycle crashed hcadoh into an eastbound car on no highway driven by william mcgregor of 33 hilis boro road toronto albert peadman main street monc ton new brunswick driving west told police that hustler had passed hid auto but had apparently not seen mcgregor car approaching the motorcycle crash ed directly into the oncoming car and was thrown into the ditch hustler was hurled wtffi terrific force against uie front of the peadman auto then drop ped to the road terribly injured mrj dcadman riding with tier husband in uie front seat of their car fainted and their son paul aged 15 suffered badly tromhock thelmpactrnotuistortha safety gloss windshield of the peadman car and spattered mrs peadman with blood mcgregors car was turned on lbs ilde by uie impact but mcgregor and two passengers from the brampton district escaped unhurt herbert george town driving behind peadman was forced to pull up sluvrply to avoid premier hepburn quest at pourth blokelock picnic upper school exam results standing takenby vuiiar who motor fatality west of acton london man killed when cars sideswiped at crewsons corners three were injured fred burnett oti london waslnstan ly killed and three others were injured ln motor collision three miles west acton lust friday night about clovn oclock tile injured were removed to guclph hospital thqy were harry murdock of london miss vcrna malt byi and joseph bulla kitchener the accident occurred opposite tha farm of mr walter lamb mlsfl mallby was driving chevrolet car owned by mrs yankcy kitchener and bar uett was driving uie hudson car owned by murdock the cars were apparently boui travelling at good rate of sped and sideswiped the murdock machine went to its left side of uie road after uie collision and went over four foot culvert ploughed into uie bank and striking wire fence turned over on its side it would apnea that burnett way thrown out of uie cur and the machine fell on him he way breathing when uie car was lifted from his ixxte butdicd uiewtnomcnts wm suffering from terrible hed vji wsste jwm jhes hi fi 32fm ft iftwgilllllb blakelock host at fourth annual picnic saturday 5000 attend blakelock picnic premier hepburn challenged con servaliye leader to repeal school tax act no decision in garbage collection plan for acton report at next meeting from special committee public utilities also to report regarding puichase of water metres repairs ai town hall being made bureau of municipal affnire recommends increase in treasurers bond at uie meeuug of acton council on monday evening councillors mason jos mcmillan mccutcheon wcru present and reeve harrison pre sided mr jus waterhousu was present to discuss with the council his frontage assessment since he had bought uie ad ditional strip rightofway from uie old radial line he was now being charged wlui frontage on both john and agtu3 streets an adjustment was made whereby mr water house was assessed on uie cnure john street frontage and the property was treated as all other comer lot properties in the municipal ity motion settling this matter was passed by uie council mr oncll requested that uie council pay his account for gravel in full us uie lost account had been de ducted on tax arrears the request was granted mm arittrft wrdhttmh ttg hmi hand crushed in wrin gingmachin george footitt lout four fingers of right hand in accident saturday morning george fooutt clghteentjearold son of mr and mrs walter pooutt hod tlu misfortune in have his handcaught in wringing machine the beardmoto co tannery on saturday morning as result it was found necessary to am putate the four fingers of his right hand it is hoped uie thumb and palm of ths hand will be saved the machine is one used for wringlag the wet leather and only far uie prompt ucuon of jos songster fellow work tnajijjio lads arm would have been crushed mr songster realhdngr in wrote at acton school pollowing are the results in uie upper school departmental examlnauon3 which were received this morning by secretary mcdonald for acton injuries the kltclicncr car also went to its left side of uie road when uie front wheel was knocked off it also went over smaller culvert struck hug hiuldcrwlilcujltuproousd and wai turned upside down with uie rear end against hydro pole it was facing in the opposite direction from which it was originally travelling the two machjneij were about 250 feet apart tile roce high school 1st first grade 75100 2nd second grade 6574 3rd third grwde 6005 credit 505 failure reread margaret aknolp modem history ceometay trigonometry which was lifted by the kltclicncr car 2nd laun auuiors latin tcompoai kt shown ln one of uie photos of the tion 3rd accident and is estimated to weigh ovor ton barnett was clerk in the canadian pacific railway roundhouse at london elma bra1da untfllsh compofiluou when uie fourth annual blakelojic picnic was billed to be bigger and better than ever uils year it was scarcely to be visualized how this could be but sujh was uie case it is estimated uiat uice was an attendance cttlttrecii five and six uiousand the afternoon was given over to program of sports and bert hernon the clown led the kiddles in one round fun afirr the other winners of uie races were 25 yard race girls and under georgina tankstone ada dawdle und mary tunkston boys and undr leonard lee lourne lane and raymond plumber girls and under bernlce collision with either car ihisienceni from other motor cars stopping at the norman braida english compost ruoii iavn employee of tlic jonnjtcnl jollilltflnc gii scene of uie accident pulled xicgreor tlon 2nd trigonometry company of uiat city tlie uim bo and under stanley ctow and his companions out of their car rd ettyikn dreek modern history y0 men were leaving for hnll ll jaclc cl and do dewburry i0 hurried to render assistance to huitler trlconomelry geometry la the lindsay district miss maltjy races cirls 10 and under evelyn auuiors 3rd latin composition 3rd nlece of tripp of acton fuiut shirley very and be mice john stone boys 10 and under don bast cud bcbby hughes and bui shelly clrls 12 but found him dead coroner dr brydon of bramp iton ordered uiut on inquest be held tnilflc olficcr ray hodgson brumptm investigated the accident assisted by chief andrew hcrkes of brampton ind ivovlnclul con table owens alo of bramptan husuer bi survived by his parents id one brother lloyd he was member house cf morion cf 10 10 woods sj 12 14 john dennis modem history the highway is uie boundary line be geometry trigonometry 2nd latji tween halton ard wellington counti in vlewot the fact that barnett under margaret hughes and bernice found on the wellington side of the rxvj the inquest will be held in rockwod authors latin compofltlon john graham english com position trigonometry wilma hansen english com position 3rd llezabetii harrison french ccroner dr stuart and jurv viewed the body on saturday mornitr at johnsioiie and rumley undertaking parlors tlie remains were sent to london nnsalurdiy cventnrrfnr biirll been resident 6rthevniage all his patricia harrop engllsii thre tlie photographs taken by ti life he was an experienced motorcycl compotltlon rfliv pbeyi some idea of the drlvcr charles henderson engl uh damage to the cars and scene of the composluon modern history accident board meets geometry 3rd trigonometry 1st lalli the inquest will be held at rockwood authors 3rd laun composiuon 2nd on scpumbcr 3rd at eight oclock whei list thursday evening acton ymca helen lamb modern hlstor coroner dr stuart will preside board met when uie new secretary mr 3rd grame 1st trigonometry george emery utlb present besides latin composition picnicked in the park routine business plans were made fur of the norval united hurch and had authors french composition 3rd uie full and winter activiues tlie classes wuloojiimwioabautuujirtidleofsepf ha 17 vttv mep twtm moderrt geomet trlgonomeuy the mission circle of uie bapust church held picnic in the purt irene uclean modern history wednesday evening races and conies the andzmotc th gcomet trlgonometr itti the kiddles followed by the nns aitltle arndur authors latin composition nlcnlc nieii acliiie una cuiuinr tii jo ir fnnino ember committees were appointed arrange social and entertainment fea ture for business mens activities ana conaurt fll lhes tv conclusllin regular functions for this latter group donalda mcphail englui brl addrcscd th the trtccunu ut special one and composiuon ral sident ii elliott pijde tl maiuorie neangcometry 3rd gymnasium class 111 take part in howano jl nortonmodern 1i band concert well flrsl lnitl latin compjtlon imargite iwjaln acum iland rondrl splmi ihuioryc otometr laun author ih nn mj acton tvlr rendered ttservices 50 10 23 27 11 milton ab ii po to be uniform clement rf 10 irtish tt toluka clement 2b 11 jf brush lb lo wylu li clement cf croiilii 3b london exeard gilbert cf 30 10 woods hit fay batted ball summary home runs tyler clement tole la has hits unda and tlr be hits andertm doubjoplay llnd jy to waterlymse luu and runs on london in tnnlnu hits and run off enard tn inning 11 hits alukl3 runs art clement in tnnlnc hlu and runs walkrd by london by eseard by murtan itnr out by uuidon by kard by element by morton hit by pitch by lon don waltt by exeard liill wtitcrlwas by clcnwnt wjtoi lctt on biiis acton 13 miluin 10 tolii bi cleirriit uruh pd balu sjlir iimi nd clrtttnnt heore by limine aclan 2m loo 32210 23 milum 112 033 00 11 14 pmpir lcds and ruikine priw looncluded on pmv light pork the program was varied and roderick ryder modem hh under bandmaster bert mason all tlie too trigonometry numbers were well given the bras etta swaclpiamer modern quartettes were features that were en 4l xt his ton geometry 3rd trigonomety tlie attendance was hot large tut in uve llievrohs yllfel 1jo latin auuiors latin com tnc evening was delightful for concert reaontibihty for trtkck craklt poiuon vvench auuiors french of tllls type tiiiler purhd composition frederick turner modern special meeting of tlie public history geoiiietry fr trigonon utilities commiloij wilii lield on friday try 2nd latin auuiors latin com evening with conunlsslaner hani paiitlon aidlveve harruon ure prcnt with jeak ii ben nh english compoit chalnnan arnold prsidlnjz tion in uie matter of settlement of damajes sheila breen engltili comnoi to the utilities truck in collulon with hon 3rd farmer tlie commlion decldwl not to accept the ttlemnt oflialf lie damages as ottered but rnter nrtlnn for shoppers guide council boy 12 and under pete taylor and dan bastcad gils open thread and needle rare ellen ppson magirei woods bojr ilow bicycle race john hart harry per fciri ladies 75ard dash mjttle post donna matheson mens 100yard dash alexrmcnab ian emslie married lade 50yard race mrs marconi mrs conntll married mens 75yard race jim cunningham william herbert piciaback jim smith and charlie mccauslln 75yard walk for men over 70 chapman sneers ladles sho throwing contest mrs burton miss bardoe lilgh jump ian emslie bb cook babyshoxrrixttinurnrtlitdrt son of mrs lstret daughter of mrs raymond 12 months and under son of mrs hun son of mrs william scoc the clothes pin race was won by louise shan with ellen papson second frcli blueberry pie was provided for the pie eating contest in which 14 young lad covered themselves with glory and juuv and jim conncll and don smith emerged the victors demolishing their halfpi tmrilln rcands the amateur contest staged at six oclock had good entry and com splenj dm ptifprfntn ttic midunri pbngf public utilities commission were pre sent to discuss with the council the advisability of purchasing sufficient metres to have all service mctrcd it would involve capital expenditure for metres to br uwgsumon on equitable basis in view of tlie maintenance cost of metres tlie plan of adopunif fiat rate for water was also considered th commlsslon agreed to compile costs for tills plan und present this data at tlm next meeting when it could be deuh with mr arnold also pointed out the fault ln the drainage of tlie road on willow street and that the grade should be made in such manner that the new catch basin would adjust this matter council agreed to have this matter rectified council sanctioned payment of hos pital accounts for indigent patients in payment by the county council cpuncir agreed to allow the township of esquesing to iiutal drain to take otf tlie surface water on beardmuro crescent the iureiith report of the finance smin wiuu uubw belt off the machine and stopped it when only the hand had come ln con tact with the wringer pressure george is in josephs hospital guclph and is recovering as well as ciri wxpcuxlromthirlnjuryrltrisiiti very painful but he is able to move his thumb it will be neoessary to graft iujm skin on the injured hand ho is taking the misfortune cheerfully and many frjiws here are pulling with him aad hoping for prompt recovery now operates two stores announcement made this week of the opening by pullant of uit shoe store formerly operated for so many jeir by kenney bros tlie steady growtliof mr pallants buslnesi ln acton has bm quite unusual and lr no doubt due to his aggressiveness and fair buslneas bulldlng method about ten years ago he capieto acuii and opened store ln the building nov occupied by brown on mill strit aftr openitlng here for some time commltie recommended payment of the found the quarters too small and lollowlng account jmoved to his present jtijid nextto luj receivergeneral rent of arena bank of montreal tito 100 last year to meet tlienceilt of his workmens compensation board growing business this rtore was enlarged re bridge contract 510 with an addition at tlie rear of tl jas symon supplies building now mr pallont will transfer acton public utilities commission fhl shoe atock from tills stare and oper streetf lighting 15134 ates two stores in acton with tlie prnt town hall lighting 201 stand devoted entirely to the ladir 00 mens and childrens apparel and tlie 418 kenney store to shoes 1025 to operate tlie nw store iir iil pump house lighting arena lighting power at spring bell telephone co services elliott sharpening triowr john wlllljnson wood for town hall acton fh patss advertising onell trucking frank plastering at town hall 108 50 100 1400 1245 3300 l7flhlilicigalr afy tjndm toronto wlio lias lutd twntytlirvs caw experience in several of the lead ing slioe firms of the province including one of uie large chain alioe storrh coluded with farm wagon last friday night when mr ipjighfuflii nt in after 2540 tlie report was adopted antrrroiirttubureau of municipal ahalra rmmendedumt uie counrl hl ta thi instead of taooo as at pent council utld 0utflt the parson trio as their favorites with hap rllcy second and little betty mac kenzlc as third place tlie professional talent engaged was headed by miss clara butts and jack dmn and they were supported oy continued on page five the full amount about 32 as uie of tlcials claimed uie nhgnce was mr farmers the commission decided that notee would be given utrctuiiumexsre protection of water terlces from irus it was also deided to liavv all untr metred and the necajxry metrts repaired to allow for thu tlie co us ion was ul to dus uliii tt council tlw purclias of tlw mctivs neetary for tills expenditure the matter of improving uw uati wirk um by coriirctlrg deid ritl and etmditxg tlf ttii were also dl cuixl by th couiinljn tlie quion will ukrn up with councd tiuj superintendent tvwrtrd uit ui euvtrical reilr work oil main jurt north and stne itrwt was to be pro oexxied willi krlc i1e conimkkon authorirrd by motlxi tlw purh of 4xdlr rum iu high way gle at copt of 2it the fuwliir are tha tkcrf la vblli advrtujoiruli appear id uds wpctfl ye pv jve 7crciltuil tw psge tartully grwery cti adiati ntll thuilu kruact crtl vulwil vx wi motw torutaa firijr to ijul lr grrfry c1l wt kattnmt k6 pit pjjuul ktmuwnj sur ccrxr wiu stv grvory hesttr is uuii wriskt hulul bf ui ptc jlrrp tin tui fc it fec cminc iliwia ujl ttcarr ltrriw ulr ltd ulolra wrlt felt that uie amount as at present was ufiieht and uie reeve was instructed to reply to uus effect tlie clerk read copy of tlie tobacca bylaw that 1st ln force in uie town of milton tlie chief of pojice was in structed to secure list of licensees ard enforce uie bylaw councillor maion renorted on behalf of the conimlttc appointed on garbage collection tiie only meuiod fealble was to call far tenders and have municipal collection of all the garbage ln uie town thin seemed more imperuuve ln view of the fact uiat only one dumping ground was available for uiis purpose councillor mcmillan reported qut minor rvpalr to uie town hall were necjry and council agreed to havq ihcrdjrs jiuwle repairs to several sections of bad sidewalk were dlcied by uie councd and uiee were left to uie streets nd walks committee mi municipal offi for attenuon commltue was appointed to arraig de tails and secure plans and make report at uie next meeting before tender uere axktd for in uw eolleetlou of gar bage tlie clrk was instructed to advertise for tenders for evtrougling at the towje ilill visiting whene one was killed motor crush adi tlie highway ur mile writ of acton ln which one was killed and uine lnjurd tlie uppr lef plcturt klious uie ure stone upturned whi trut ijy uie cr upde don in uie ditch the picture opposite thow tlie wivckrd machine lying in uie ditcli tlie lower pctur5 sluws uie cr under hurh fred uiirtt was klllrd tlie machine had to be utrd to get liim frunl oecul tlie acton were guntts of the georgetown on moxiday evttiliig at uie cedjlrvule girls ucliool baeball olid galnes provided amuenicilt for the evening rev baiter th pauit ipuke oil 1exnuries aftef which iftrcjiunents were served by uie george town union jomeriireikniri rf brampton tlie wagon contalnbig plow was wluiolr light pd mr speight failed to see it until the colli sion was unavoidable roy winters urn years old suffered severely gained kg and fractured bone in uie ankle th wugon was snulhed kid uie team of horse ran away mr speights car wss badly damaged but lie escaped serious injury traffic officers investigating ut accident placed no blame on mr spelgnt for uie accident barn destroyed by fire tlie fine barn on tlie farm of richard atkinson hi eranoa townidp about uiee miles east of guelph was cn pleuly dturoywdt hroi thursday lost it is ald uiat party of men had biii sliuoung pigeons hi uie barn just previous to uie outbreak but srlther they were responsible for the rlre is nt certain fire equipment rroul guelpl was inslrumental in saving tlie liouse but uie bairn und contciiis was cou pleuvoijt coming events rtm of ullxr tvul uojcc tbi ilf cliasaxj ttf mil pr ikug bf wtit halton conservsue aaoclatinci picnic gtturgetowii park september 12th bon earl rowe provincial leader will be preaen prugram of sport in tb arterikxmi and dancing ln the evcnlnc

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