Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), 27 May 1937, p. 1

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ht rtrw ttsst sixtysecond year no 4h acton ontakio thuksday may 27thlm7 bight homeprint pages five cent acton won from brampton ninth inning rally by locals open game had all the frilu band and town officiate par ticipate reeve mccutcheon pitched first ball the acton ball team displayed lots of fight and heavy hltuntf in saturday opener when they pounded uui mighty king carol casey bramploni ace pitcher for 13 solid emacka to oomu from behind and ncarc runa in tho 0th with one man out to grab 08 decision there was pretty good crowd on hand and they went away well pleas ed with this years entry in tho league mjinagcr fortel sent lice lambert last years juvenile pitcher to tho mound and he held brampton to four runs in the six innings lie pitclud he was touched for 12 hits but good teumwork behind him held uie score down how ever he got hi jam in ulc seveiiut and was pulled in fuvor of bus morton with runners on second and third und none out uus retired uie side with no more hiu but an infield error let both runners score in the three lnntnys lie pitched bus only allowed hits casey went uui whole route for the visitors and he started otf ut it whirlwind paceholding ac ion to two hits und one run in the nnt five innings the acton boys finally got uielr batting eye on tho boll and cracked out eleven hits in uie last four frames for eight runs and was caseys face red tile last inning rully of the locals was tt treat to watch and proves that they have lots of fight things looked bad for the locals at uie start as casey was just mowing them down and tliey could do nothing with the ball however they displayed great brand of ball in the held and although the bramptonltes wcni hitting uui boll they didnt have lot of success at scor ing their big splurge came in tin third which brought in three runs on four lilts brown was the hero of this liming when be smacked out homer with two on acton first broke the lee in the fourth when lindsay got on through an error tyler then put one out on the rce truck that was good for three based und brought in actons first run brampton was held runlets for uie next three in nings while in uie sixth acton brought in two more runs tin jilts by morton and lindsay to tie up the tcore bramp ton went ulieud again in the lucky seventh when lambert was replaced by morton but before uie aide was retired tliey had secured another threerun lead the acton bovs got mud and started clouting tho ball und on singles by an derson terry and morton and lovely triple by fred wiiterhouse again came from behind to tie up the score bramp ton still kept fighting and two singles and double gave them another tuorun meeting of the halton prcsbvterlul lead it looked like curtains for the were held on tuesday may homester when they were held score 18th in palermo unjted church for the jeis in the last of the eighth after und eastern section presided over by mr cay the llrst man up had tripled the earl wilson first vicepresident und croud marled to slowly wander home on wednesday muy 10th for the west ward in the ninth brampton retired in order and acton went into the unal frame tuo runs down doug guthrie another graduate from the juveniles who clem retires clem iloujehlln when the chicago black huwks enter uannockkurn womens institute the uannockburn womens insutule held uiolr regular monthly meeting ut the home of miss margaret young on wednesday artcriioon may loth when the wejtldent mrs wiley occupied the chair as uils wat uio annual meeting tin roll call was answered by the pac ing of membership feet report of the iris conference in guclph was given by ailecri clarrldge mrs gamble of acton institute wui culled oil to take tile ehulr und the fol lowing officers were elected for the com ing year president mrs wiley 1st vlco prvsldcnt mrs morrison and vucwuleiit mm hardline sccrc turytreakurer mlwi murgurct brown te nutinnur hockey league race again district director mrs wiley dir nt fall fumlllnr figure will bo musing ucton mrs kerr mn clur from the couching bench it will be ridge mrs russell miss laura miliar clem loughlln manager of tlie lawks pfuhlst mrs cole assistant pianist handed in his resignation to miss laura millar reporter mrs owner major lrederic mclaughlin clem morrison auditors mrs morrison wiul manager of the black hawks for alleen clarrldge program committee the past three yean and was connected mrs morrison mrs fisher mrs wt hoccy as either manager or player kerr mlwtu edna russell edith rus twenty jrara ih murgaret young betty clarrldge lunch committee mrs swackhamer mrs brookes mrs mclean mlsfl cree mrs robt kerr flower commit tee miss margaret brown mrs lrltch miss laura millar alice tl clarrldge vlslung committee mrs brookes mrs evans mrs morrison mrs anthony mrs harding miss edna russell mrs cook delegates to dis trict annual mrs wiley miss brown mrs hurdlng mrs cole mus laura millar andalleen clarrldge vote of uiuriks to mrs gamble for so ubly conducting the meeting was moved by mrs kerr and seconded heads peace delegation one dead and nine injured in auto collision william filler of georgetown succumbs to injuries sustained on sunday william filler aged 10 died of in juries received in motor collision which by mrs harding after which ull happened ut no slderoad in ewpjcstntf showed their appreciation with hearty township und the seventh line on sun upplause day night muer died four hours after delightful lunch was served and on being udmltted to the general hospital enjoyable half hour spent socially mrs in guclph tlie collision occurred tie wlley thfcftthmnkcd the iiostesses on be tween curs laid to be drucn by filler luuf of uie institute 70 groups report at the wms meeting mlw evelyii mitchell the siwivker at two meetinjri in the hulton proshyterinl and anotiier by edward wedge of xl ko milton according to reports fillers car won swuna completely uround crashed into tlie ditch and turned over on its nlde jillor thrown tliroukh the windshield uith tlie first impact was pinned be neath the car tlie wcdte automobile caromed off the side of the other car to the wcit side of the road and rolled over tulec landink on its side half in the ditch and half on the road wedne who scaped with slight facial lacerations and body baiits wis lodrcd in milton ill bj oiricir cooliman mrs wedjje his mothir rectlved dejp cash lo her forchcul and icvtre bruises lloju grire 10 of gcorittown who was rldinir iii the front seit with filler was severely la ct rated about the lue lly iiht itlavs other reteiwnr luceritioiu were mrs edward wedfii miisdliel em section in strnbane united church gowland and john werijje all of with mvfi reulhead second vice milton and llarvev alh leonard president in charfie with over 100 dele gainer and janus enursoii all of ent at euch church georgetoan an infimt will be luld geonietoun acton scouts stand second at jamboree 100 scout spend three iayn on oakville farm keen competition while thirxl mlmlco troip won um milton cimhengi shield ut uu scout jumltorit ut oakville over tlie weekend acton live tlum dot run for second place only li mlslnterp relation of thr ruhu uoveriilni tin llntuld contest pre vinud the 1st acton troop from taking first place honor with plenty to spare as it wa acton were disqualified in the event und luid to be cojiunt with second place in the total eighteen troop totalling nearly w0 boys utre present for the three day camp including the 00th toronto 3rd mlmlco 19th torontor ljt weston 1st acton 110th toronto 1st clirkson 1st new toronto 7lh toronto 21th hamli wiu mi vklt to as gutstn ton 2nd hamilton sea scouts 72nd toronto 70th toronto 1st milton 3rd gult 1st port credit sea scouts and tlie 1st oakville troop outstanding events included the formal opcninir of cunp saturday afternoon at were orrjuilwd at scout en camp of uhlch major ge ne jacobs of oak ville welcome the iitors the boys irmor and took part in proirram of scout craft uith mass camp llres and regulation camp inspection sunday afternoon period of worship wa obstned in cluirge of rev ii galluchlr of st jolms united churcli oakville and an address war ulveif by locke toronto deputy provincial commissioner various winners were as follows judtf intj distance 1st acton 1st oakville kims game 3d mlmlco 1st acton tied secondclass ambulance test 1st acton 2nd hamilton individual knot race 3rd mlmlco 70th toronto fire by friction 1st acton 3rd mlmlco tied fourman knot ting relay race 7th toronto alxman running relay race 3rd mlmlco 70th toronto morse signalling event act acton 3d mlmlco 7th toronto 1st mlmlco semaphore cicnulllnk 00th tor onto 3rd mlmlco water boiling contest 1st oakville 7th toronto ambulance test 3rd mlmlco 70th toronto hike with report port credit 1st oakville best camp site 1st acton 70th toronto 2nd hamilton actons share of licenses is 18174 for the year the dawkinkcukitle wedding pretty muy wedding was holenmlzed ion iitlurduy uhm mis violet marion currle eldi daughter of mr arclt and the lute mr currie becam tlie bride of mv frederick clarence dawklns son of mr and mrs dawklns acton the ceremony wtu conducted by itev ii beimie ut the liome of the brides fattier on brock avenue given hi imirrluge by her father the bride was charmingly gowned in iceblue tuffetu with matching jacket and cor rled bridal bououft of brlurclllfe roncs and wore bandeau of sweetpeas mlwi marguerite currie slater was brlduji uflfudlrrcriirraj alex um inuld und wore lrs of pink net over president of the canadian legion wlio tuwrtu with matching juckct and car luadi party of 30 legion members wlio rl bouquet of tallsman rccs ujid jueetpjjls mr king of george of the union of frontllner ansoclntlonjt town uas grooinjman little jacqueline durlni the visit the canadian veterans currie niece of the bride made will place wreaths on germanys tomb or chirmliw llouerciifin dreb or yello the unknown soldier and on the of net over atln and carryinir nraeuy manfred von ridithofen the kreat war suectpeo weddlnj music was pluycd lime german flying ace tlie visit is ptrle mcmillan an appreciated bunit undertaken to promote lntcrnatlon memento wius given the bride and firoom ul luirmony ubich ltj be treasured it was coronation bible presented by rev mr bonnie to mr and mrs dawklns it was tlie first wedding at which he had olflclated since the coronation and it acton will have softbul league this aftn ed by this gift following the summer rroup or six teams has been mrv ll wh mr and mvs tormed including umehouw storey left on honeymoon trip glove ajax emtineers two teams from unlted eulte iainul thclr retum the tannery und one from the business thdy wl jrt ln toronto section of the town at meeting at tlie home of stuart lantz it woe decided each team should be allowed to sign 15 players and that home and home rchcdule be played frank holloway was selected as secretary and each team will appoint manager tlie schedule will appear ln tjfic fukk pskss at later date it is expected that the league will start about june loth acton softkaij league get in your answer early school pupils gave empire day programs prizes awarded by chapters to pupils profipram of music tlie annual empire day concert ar ranged each year with the school teach canadian air hostess hates pre worship service on friday eveninit undtr coroner dr steid of oakville scout mothers auxiliary last weeks puzzle poem had quite plethora of answers sent in tho solu tion was victoria and the winner was ers and pupils and the dakc or devon mrs kerr fourth line rural shire chapter of the iode cooperat routc no acton this weeks poem ing was held last friday evening in tlie will be found on page five tlie same town hall and proved an enjoyuble rules apply only unswers on the coupon event it is each year splendid op and received before 30 on saturday portunlty for parents and friends of the uflirnoon can vwn the prize the award chool to heur and keep acquainted with uill be groceries from any store udver school activities tax itate to be struck in june ten tons of calcium to be ordered for street treatment atvthe imetlng of acton council on tuesday evening councillors mcmil lan iho gibbons and jones wen present und reevu mccutcheon pre sldtd letter from the liquor control board enclosed chtque for lfil74 ui tlie munlclpditys thure of tlie llccnso for the vetr from march lait untij april of the prvjuint yeur letter from the workmens comin sutlon bourd clarified the covering of municipal emplojees under uie act any officer filling more than one podilon would be covered in ull his duties when employed by the corporation another letter from the wium co pointed out that tlie policy covering the liability did not cover the entire operation of the arena special policy would be required costing minimum of 50 council decided no action would be taken at present tlie lakeside chapter of the itave an account of g3 for decora tions that were taken ut tlie time of their coronation dance it appeared the decorations had been token the morning following the dunce no action was tuken council decided to have coverage for municipal employee under tlie work mens compensation and the clerk was instructed to make application and for ward cheque tlie eleventh report of uie finance committee recommended payment of the following accounts bell telephone co services tlj fi7 tlie municipal world supplier 4u5 actoh fmec pukui advertising etc 27 30 were conducted was filling ln at centre field ln bill wesley and melville und burlington and wuterhouses absence showed everybody olcnwood auxiliaries for the east and ho had what it takes when he smacked west respectively miss ella mcicuy of out double minute then fanned but georgetown and mrs archer of terry drew pass then bus laid down louville gave the quiet half hour talks perfect bunt that caught the bramp 0tr 70 organizations comprising delightful euchre was held lust even auxlllurles circles cgit groups ling in the parish hall bj croups of the first and onlv air hostess hlng mwslpn und baby bind3 presented scout mothers auxiliary prizes were reul ir ulr route in canada ls miss mur houte then knocked lovely texan bright and helpful reports 1rosbyterlal won by mrs george lazenby mrs hoi gam rhdcliile above who flies tin leaguer right over second base and the secretaries spoke afew words relative to low ay und mr evans following nonstop new yorkmontreul schedule two tleing runs scored and there were lne departments mrs lunau cards refreshments were nrcd by the canadian girl miss radclhte is dude lindsay wob next oakville and mrs logan rock committee ln cliarue daughter of mr and mrs radclllf ton lads flatfooted and the bases were loaded witli only one out jack wuter still two on bling in this issue of the face piicss jtut come in and get your order at the oillce if ou are the winner oakviise postmaster appointed the program provided good variety the bojs chair rendered duna their musical ivstlval selection betty gibson mini the solo that won her the bronze medal tlie linnets secretta gordon gibbens and john mciiuffh tjavc uie duett see now the moon shines that won for them gold medals dorothy and lorraine pallant gave pleasing tap duiillng numbers tlie sixty voice choir rendered lift thine ejes the medals presented by the burlington school board were riven to each mem ber of the choir after tlie singing of their selection animunu nunt is made this vtetk of he appointment of james of tra falgar township ius postmaster at oaivlll he wu assume the office im mediiltelv native of england he came to canid two vtan before the out bieui of the gnat war when he en listed with the canadian exjhdlttonary torre he served ui france from may bulie vincent reggie spires and jack 1015 to june 1919 and has resided in stewart sing together the selection oakville for the lost 10 jears co ldnt it wait up and he came through with ills fourth reported uie conference branch hit or the game to score the winning mcctlmt niagara fulls to which they run and win the old ball game wcre mrs watson branch dudes heavy hitting wai afeature temperance secretary gave special of the gume he had four out of the ttuk ul lnc western meeting but got on base five ttnus us the lef travelling scre tary for the dominion board was the sjiecuil sjwiiker at both meetlngy the evangelical medical temperanc und on the buse pauis uko disenes uiud 11 educational work vtu umclied utwn ii applause iterated with stories mithered from her tlie winners hi the lucky number draw trihels cross the continent servlre were teasdule brampton pair ck am ujn ty to our heavenly kingdom acton mochrle brampton near vi the theme of her talk mlvi mlt acton dr nclsoik acton ii vincent tiw ehill emphasized the work among the hildren and the necesslty of gaining knowudge of our mlsslonarlui voice on the telephone oh will you isk the doctor to hurry round my little girl has just swallowed needle muid well the doctor is very busy the just now maam did vou want the lie at once ivin and ouron respond to londons thunderous acclaim fielder dropped one of his smashing drives and it went as an error browns homer for brampton with two mutts acton flrstbrook acton tlie box icore as oj follow bltamplon ab it ii poa savage cf tliompson lb brow ss morgan 2b plant 3b casey smith 12 mochrle allen if jl is 25 out when niiinu mi tor aciv3n ab ig terry if mornn jb wdlirhmu lb it 11 undiay tyler rf wuterlumse lb anderson tt guthrie cf lambert wu iters 3b 39 13 27 10 continued on page five more through reading open ijrums were alui held by mi mitchell the large number of que lions submitted for her udvice receiving helpful unswers the slcwurdjilp service was the motto left with each meeting in mrs suite by the prcsby ii rial pn sldeni mrs inglehurt at strnbane the fiielton mlvslon band presi llteil etlitlvclv the pageunl the challenge of th cru und mn iliurviy smith guvia reading member fiuni nil on and iluilii 1111 sim ti lie tendered viual nut lrs at ialermik mr tiardiin aiimi and llilen conder und norma od im mbt rs of of the liuil ml illuduer hi aid in vilo the ulmi il ant hi in ung ut eat ll set courtesy commiuie lepmliti at ii niieting mr mt wit prshient ton auxiliary reimrted vor the eastern ie tun mb shutp melville and mr niitls llurllngtoti atud iu seeuturus at the notui hour hmcluon wus luivedl by the latllei of palermo und strubaiu auxtliurhs riomthe buuony bueklngluim palace to which the had only just returned fiom tile deeply impres ilvt ceremony in westminster abbey in which they wire irowned king and queen over tlie worlds mtghiiiht empire jchur georue vi and queen k1ku th till in tin lr uiromiudii itje urknuulidge the thuntlerqus aeclulm of tlioiuuiuli packed lnu uu smiure mid streets fronting the wlilie with tlie in are princess elljilkth und prliuvsy marguret rtvse und uttenduuts for the royul party tills was the lutt of leverul baleonv uptvuiuucin tnatle by their mujtttltil tin toiouutloil have clock miss young presented group of pupils in delightful folk dance number with miss ethel franklin us accompanist margaret somervllle gave the piano solo which won for her the bronze medal in festival competi tion dora hansen who won the silver medal for piano solo at the festival was unuble to be present owing to illness dora was only cine murk from uie gold medal winner ethel iyanklln rena bralda paddy baj ltss und murjorie nelson sang to gether the number sing sing birds on the wing and the senior first class presented singing game see you sammy drunelle who has won three silver medals in till past three lean tendered his sjlo and the forty voice choir rendered rolling down to rio churlle allan won the highest murks of any acton pupil at the festival this year und also the mrs murjttt moore memorial prize of presented by uie lakeside chapter of the ode after shilling his solo miss murtniertte ryder regetil of the chapter made uie pre sentation of thls award to charlie betty gibson and joyce deitscreuult gave duett number twinkle twinkle utile star the junior choir number und the girls trio and solo by l0l1 duwktrfs were ulso upprecluted numbers on this program die kindergarten primary class in draniutlutlon umg gossip joan were quaint and delightful mur jorie nelson gave pi end id address on the coronulloti feulute of the evening uus the pre entutlou of the award present by the chapter of the iode vueh vear thee piij uie pn senti for uuil und suv to pujilli in eaih department and on behuir of the duke of deonshire chapter of the iodde the recent mvs blow presented the award to tin follow lug mis hunt riwiin rtoretwe coleman uldle crewson mij llrme rtwmi muj drlu john lirr 111 tuc2 tlie report was adopted council decided to meet in special session on thursday june 3rd to con sider uie estimates for tlie year and strike the tax rote for 1037 tlie reeve reported that the county road grader could be secured for si so per hour it was decided to use this grader for repairing uie streets letter from the provincial board of health was forwarded the council re garding uie issuance of permit to ramshaw for uie sale of milk and creahl tlie council consented to tlio tvsujng of thepermu on the applicants compiling with provisions of the local bv law council decided to purchase ten tons of calcium chloride for ue in laying tho dust on the streets it uus decided to purcluise the material it bags this year since it was easier to handle the repairing of the fence around the pioneer cemetery was discussed and councillor gibbons was to make arrange muits for this work youiii betty iluuei room reggie spires concluded cui page fejght everybody happy quite often when five dollar bill is lost the owner just takes it for granted that its hoiieless to try recovery but theres oiwuvs uie exception last week mrs archie kerr found fivedollar bill ut illntons store and gave it to mr hinton to find the owner small ad vertisement wu inserted ln the fubc pulsu and mrs johnston wlio had re cently moved to acton from hanover was proved to be the owner and tho money was restored naturally every one quite happy over the arrangement and the matter was ull straightened out at cost of 25c coming events mum uni of j5 under 10 icnta liargr fur churchill ladles will hold baking sale on saturday alternon at the liome of mr und mrs ut smith mill street tlie regular monuily meeting of the womins institute will be held at tho home of mrs hugh mccutcheon on thursduy june 3rd ut 30 pm dune at hutloiivlue park on mon day june 7th wlllls tlpplugs or ehetu learning to stundard time admlv ton jtent 0e ladles 25c under uirplittlnf noivhi juniors eveijbody weuonie inn lion ai jlllle eiiitid churel lulll rev ph 15 will preuh ut and it 111 gurdi parly iluph tcirdii anniver morrow ii jo um daylight saving lime nduv june will poronto cartoon ut atlon orehesttu und mule quartette crawfortl clay cluellil tilolst und nthe fill 11 booth come and bring our

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