The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

it juttfit jfttt tst sixtysecond year no 40 acton ontario thursday june 3rd 1037 eight homeprint pages fivo cents acton wins and loses in ball games of week drop game in milton on saturday but win from burlington here laftl night both cameo were close after rather shaky start acton catno back and made good namo out of the actou milton ult in thn county town on saturday afternoon gordon last years juvenile went in to do taound duty but the boy just couldnt get his berlngb and was relieved by orlppa who finished the game the gam had plenty of free hitting and some splen did fielding by both teams it was the fourth innings however before acton got onto clements twirl ing but the best they could do was three runs and milton got lead of rive runs before acton put any across acton did not get on the score sheet until the sixth when morton crossed the plate two more in the seventh rnodo the game look interesting from an acton view point but clement shut out the locals for the rest of the game milton gat two in iho first when three walks were luinded out twoj more in tlie fourth mode it loo bud ror acton und another in the fifth hud milton well in tlie lead at 50 before acton shoved one across the plate but that was till the scoring the county town boys put across the idts were pretty evenly divided with milton credited with and actn and the error went at for each team there was just fair crowd with about as many ac tonkins as mlltnnliuui but the season is young yt and bane ball excitement irf just getting wurmod up like the weather following is the boic score acton aiinnpoaii terry if morton 3b wuterhcuie lb linday wabcrhouie lb wftterhouit cf gptlirle rf 3i aijderson xt gordon crlpp 33 24 10 milton all po clement rf li rnmll tttletzka fir clenicnt 2b brush lb 11 naylor if 2rr cronln 3b bunco cf clement 33 27 13 summary hits otf gordon off crlppr off clements runs off gordon otf crlppn oif clement struck but by crippd by clement base on balls olf crfpps off gordon off clement double play lindsay cronln clement and brush sacrifice hit water house umpire johnny jones giielph playing smart baseball behind superb pitching by hcc lambert acton came from behind once again to pull out to decision over burlington in the park here last evening for the first four innings tho locals could da little or nothing with the montr served up by tliorpc who opposed lambert on the mound the fifth how ever told different story when they got to the burlington twlrtpr and un leased barrage of five hltsfgood for three runs lambert went the route and allow ed only tlx hits ill the first green hit home run to scow ilyan ahead of him terry opened actons half with torching double but vjil left when morton wuterhouse and lindsay went out in order the visltor1 were held scoreless until the fourth when lliey registered one more mycallum uiul rclchamber slnulud and rnblru tot to itnt on bunt hlliinj the tack mccuiliim scored when thorpe hied water house waurhnt jj made abeautirul throw to the plate and it looked as if woods hud him by rive feet but jone ruled othnrwise acton got one bark in their half bus morton laid down bunt and was sure at mrsl wuterhouse struck out uiul lind say filed to the catcher wuterlmue then singled and brother fred uid safe when alton threw wild to llrst morton scoring on the pluy guthrie struck out to end the inning woods started olf the fifth with coiumned on page five general secretary of the ymca at the meeting of aclon splendid llcporta from all the department supper and thc annual meeting of acton last thursday even ing was un event of interest locally i4ot only the reports of uve activities were encouraging but acting general secretary horry balluntync of the ka tohatcoimcll brought all insplrmg mes sage and fcbplendld address the supper wos bounteous and appetizing repast served by the womens institute section of the auxiliary the auditors report of receipts and expenditures was presented by the trea surer of the bourtf dr pearen balance of 2094fl wiui sttowu on the years operation membersliip and privil ege feci brought in 20ii65 and rentals 107450 in the special building fund balance on hand of 10o was shown for improvements to be made to the tidwaud gltay former pntario agriculturlbit who has social room been named tui possible leader of tlie al jij bepnett reported for the beru liberal party ladles auxiliary cups and supplies for the kitchen had been purchased und tlie tti group hnd balance or j0g3 on imnd suppers had ben provided for the mens club and other activities tlio committee in charge of the build injured in motor smash miss fcarl wallace and mr hurst acton were ra tiler badly slmken up ahil sustained painful but tmt nerlous lnjuhu in motor collision ut cooks ville on tuesday morning tliey were turning to toronto from acton when the arcltlent occurred and had readied the highway intersection at cooltsville tlie traific light was with them and miss wallace was making the turn onto the dundas highway when frederick it stephens of oshawmfalled to notice the traffic lights and came right through the intersection his car was struck in the side und tlie front of miss wallaces car was crashed both were thrown against the front of tlie cor and new ton kursts head went through the windshield he received painful head and arm injuries miss wallace received knee and arm injury und was badly bruised it is said full responsibility for tlie accident was as mimcd by the other driver wlio was un aware of tlie traffic lights at this inter section mbi wallaces car wajdam atted beyond repair latest reports are to tlie effect tllut botli are making fav orable progref in recovering botli ore member of the staff of the acton muchlnu co which recently moved from acton to toronto in police court stephens war afjtejised 10 and costs on ti recklejji driving charge heads convention sudden death of former burlington mayor jt ing improvement reported the flooring jameii allen of burlington aged 7li lhi kocia rqqm c0mnlcu und plana former mayor and clerk of the town fqf flnls the cc nd installing was fatally injured at noon on friday neatlnt handicap woo funds to when he rolled down 35roo stone cm dq th ncccumty nut it uaa bankment along the burlington lake lloped to have ulc jjn rcftdy for tliorc he wan found face down in three ncxl fqh wh ulc cca open and half feet of water thc report was blv4 by mr he li believed to have been stricken dhl wlui dizzy simui on ailment to which secretary georcc emerys report he hud been subject on vnrlou1 occasions uas ft mogl cnourabinb one and showed for some time first report were that ycw of acllvjty ah departments some turf along tho embankment weak ten clnmej uerc held weekly tlie ened by rains hnd given away under his jy n0w onc of lnc feet and prcclplutod him down th 6u jjvoups tlie girls club had 20 mem slope but town officials denied tliat the bcn and nnd nc ft bu meel luice bank had been undennlned ex ny the ba club had two ac aminatlon revealed that thc bank wan tlvc rguns tloy had participated in still quite llrm at uio point where the qlrhb and won ihc or them oged man had tumbled to his death it war fifteen minutes after the accld mrs it eixiotr is president op lady howlers at meeting lut friday evening in the bowling club poom otflrers for tli uidlej bowling club uere elected as follour honorary president mrs ii lind say preiidfnt mrs ii kulott vicepresident miss nelson secretarytreasurer miss manpjerite ujdir sllihi commit lee mrs mcdon ald miss nelson mlsa ii wallace mrs harry holmes mrs buch anan gams committee mrs it ii elliott mrs lindsay miss garvin miss ryder ent before two youtlu herbert cromble nnd ronald nash both of burllncton the mens club had held three meet ings and had addresses by prominent speakers the meetings had proven popular volley ball was another big found mr allen his body was immedl rl ot lnl mens activities and tuo evenings per week were planned tuihe utely carried to the boulevard above but life was extinct it was reported that he could hae lived only few minutes nfter receiving his injuries fall last weeks winner the answer to last weeks puzzle poem was mlv hunt nnd the first correct answer was from bertie allan secure hli order for groceries from any fiici press advertbicr in hunt weeks paper the prize this week and hereafter will row and be an order for roods on any local ad vertiser in the fwce pnrss of that week the winner tlie total membership last jear vu 195 acton was invited till year to hae group share the summer camp at norvnl which is open to junior members mr emery expressed appreciation of the plrndid coopcratlon of all in the work of the during the eir liich year live directors retire and who will the following were elected for three ears messrs klrkness illn ton dr pearen rev mor mllh for twojear term mr mason was elected to till the vacancy caifed by the removal will have choice of what of mr ffust tlie singing accident west of acton when the automobile in which she was rldlnj went out of control and turn ed over in ditch on the guelphrock uood highway on sunday afternoon mrs itorlna hudson 7fi marchmont road toronto suffered injuries about the legs and severe shaking up which neresitated medical attention at guelph st josephs hospital she was discharg ed an hour later however she was riding in machine driven by mrs florence howe 077 st clttlr avenue west toronto the cur according to provincial con mable setter matted to shimmy and then headed for the deep ditch mr howes was not injured but arthur hudson husband of the injured woman suffered minor scalp wounds although he did not require medical attention all teachers are reengaged for the year appreciate effort of hoard in salaried offered ehtimaate 9300 for year at the monthly meeting of tlie acton scliool lioard on tuesday evening trustees dr ismireii dy uuclialial blow uiid itumlcy were present and cludrnum mcdonald prcsld cd trustee uumlcy subscribed lo tile dc duration of on uxr and took his scat at the hoard mr itumlcy will nil thc unexpired term of mr froser thc secretary read correspond enco lie liad willi uui department of educa tion regarding the purchase of supplies und the grants tliereon he had fu ed all tlie information asked for by tho department letter from the municipal clerk re quested tlie estltiuius of tlie expendi tures of tlie board and their require ments for the year so tluitt the council could strike the rate utuie meeting in june tlie secretary supplied the board with the estimates according to hu figures it would appear that 9300 would be required tliln year motion confirmed xl mon tills estimate and thc secretary was instructed to inform tho council of the requirement letters were received by the board from the teachers or tlie public and high schoou accepting reengagement at the increased salaries offered fur ther increases were asked by two of the teachers but it was readily understood by these teachers that tlje board was the coroners jury sitting to investi dolng nil in tliclr power to give the gate the death of william filler of salaries desired they were willing to georgetown who died four hours after continue and expressed appreciation of motor crash near hornby broiirht in the offer of the board and the confld verdict of death as result of the lic ence shown in tlielr work motion cldent with no responsibility attached by the board affirmed tlie salaries at georgetown last friday night the offered without further increases verdict contained recommendation that letter from inspector denyeu ex stop signs be placed at the junction of plained the grant on art equipment and the seventh line and no slderoad near the secretary was instructed to make hornby where the nccldent occurred the purdiases coroner mcoll milton presided tlie sixth report of the finance com while crown attorney dick milton mlttee recommended payment of the acted for the crown following accounts robert wedge brother of the driver acton public utilities commls of the other car stated that he had not commission notified of 200 reduction by hydro comm saving to he posited on to con kumerh change in billing to le made service may be dikcontinued copeland callen of urbaliu 111 president of the klwnnu international who will preside at the service orguhtsca tlonk 21st annual convention in indian upoll june 20th to 24th offlclabj sute convention at which cun adlan kiwanlans will be represented will be one of the larficst ever held in the organlvitlon no blame for esqoesinc accident 530 ptn the filler car nt all before the 000 crash he estimated the speed of the 50 wedge vehicle at 15 mph 900 edward wedge driver of the other car was not called 00 he has charge of criminal necll mice niminsi him crown attorney 2370 dick declared tee blow reported tliat he liad over the healing system at the interesting papers slon services tlie geo hendry co suppc acton fbce parss advertising blair repaln macltae cxiienses to milton and supplies tlie regular meeting of ac ton public utilities commission was lield on tues day evening commissioner hon sen reeve mccutcheon were pre sent witli cliulrman kerr presid ing due to the price of tenders for in atalling watir meters being published before all tenders were in tho following resolution was passed moved by hansen and iconded by mc cutchoon that sealed tenders be re quested for tile lustallutloit of water metres from messrs blair chalmerd und lashbrook tlie tenders to be sub mitted by six oclock saturday juno 5th curried the secretary was upon motion of mccutcheon and hansen in strutted to pay the fallowing accounts hydro uruprimrtit 1ia howard limited cable 4u5 beatty bros bidder 1025 harrcp truck iruafrance 1300 canadian national electric co supplies 4023 canadian telephones and sup plies cable 11331 actom fut putv envelopes 1d71 flight 131 businej place he desires to have thc credit you may have theatre tickets groceries dry roods from any advertising store of the week your answer must be on the coupon and at tin frek pmsr office before 430 on saturday to win led by bob parkinson and ted hansen at the piano and the readings by mrs klrkness were features of the evening enjoyed by all mr ballantync brought greetings from other associations in canada to thli weeks poem is on page five let acton and congratulated the olficen on know if you are enjoying the contest united church ladies aid the monthly meeting of the ladles aid was held at thc home of mrs cleave on tuesday afternoon with mrs symon presiding tho devotional period was taken by mra simon and mrs brown after the success of another years activities he pointed out that the service render ed would ihrhaps to without thanks but twenty years from now tlie voung people will be appreciative of the eiiort put forth in their behalf he urged all not to be discouraged but to go into this community service the problems of the young people of the modern day was the subject dls cusscd by mr ballantyne physically tm jouth of today is belter oil but the business was disponed of very socially and religiously the problems are dainty lunch wa3 served by group liid irv the world has been drastically ern mrs cleave and mrs bell which was redured in lime and pace ffcid these enjoyed by all in attendance changes make the world of today dif avjiry hearty vote of thanks wal given ucult place for young people hie hope jttrsr cleave for the use of herjlome for improvement rests on the young also to group members who provided the people of today and not on the older folk mr hallantviu fell liiit the problems of youth were fourfold in character first the problem of thilr place in uienship atond the problem of mar thlrd the problem of unemplojineilt and ue of leisure women liberalconservative as hours and fourth what kind of phil ili or acton held very enjojulile usophy of life should we luive young euchre pirty at st albans parish halu people were never more interested in lunch and the aislstanls conservative ladies hold euchre party rluge and family life the you never miss the water moot everjone about town wondered ouy monday morning what could have gone wrong with actons water supply th tups were all dry it sevius tliat pipe thi beardmore plant broke dur ing the night and the wuter sysunui of both the town and the company were coniplrtely drained repairs were noon knade and putnpd put into action when tlie tremble was noticed und tlie supply wa udequute in uliort time inst thinsduy nftenihn with mrs ii liiilu convener of ward lur in chate of the piogiam mrs mcin tosh won first pilm and mrs talr second the travelling prize wen wiiu by mrs hollow ay atul mrs morluii delightful tea was nrved by mrs chbiholm convener and the social cun niltue the date for llle picnic wis mt at the reuular birtinss in feeding the uamet it wim hold it in the acton park on july 14tl llliiishlp uian today in clojdng hit address the siwaker said that christian rthlfs and the praetlse of the gulden rule are uolng to save the world un les voung peojile have an understaijdlug if what we call titwl they are not going tjf liud solution to life pntdiiit it elliott who was in haige the meeting exprejed the ap ttng pre puelitiiiii of all for mr ballanivntt liclditi to vlit end the hiejae he lliul brought in it mmiiii ear of operation acton yeloed very succevhilly from eveii ilkildpolnt drowned in old well crashing through the rotten wooden platform over well on ui which he had collapsed william amlllle 07 mam street milton was drowned in root and half of water late frlduy after noon mr snilllle was talking to junk dealer in the next yurd wlun le col lu vtied passed in medical course auon friends otfer hearty congratula tions to miss heth harrison of toronto on her success in lier years examinations in tho uullcul courbe ul the university of toronto hth was successful ui pass ing in ull iubjcts of her year with splendid htundlng 339104 for erin township highways dept council inspected roads and bridkcrt six appcnb on court of revision the munkiiiil council of the town ship or erin met at hillsburg on tues day may 25th as court of revision and for municipal business member were allhrcsenv tlie tveasurer reported receiving cheque from the department of high ways for 339104 government subsidy iln upproved expenditure on townshlp roads in 193fi the public liability and property dam age lnsurnnee was placed with lloyds or uuidon england at premium of 220 for one year dating from may 25th 1937 an hundred auditors report were ordered pripled for distribution the council inspected the roads and bridge on may 20th ami approved of work to be done at the following locu tions road uit 30 road 10 it 25 rood 10 ut 23 road 15 colicesslon ii itoad uits 14 ltoad ijji unu ul road 12 lot 13 road lot 10 the report was approved the numbers of council subscribed to declaration constituting it court nt revision and dealt with six npwmls against the assessment roll and order ed jhat the assessment roll stand ai levised fur the jiar 1937 the following acounls were ordered paid miscellaneous qmo sheep accounts tlfloo geo ur an assessors salary and imtage ijin oruy attending adjiutment uoarci meethi at brampton und grand valley relief rowis the council adjourned to meet in hillsburg on monday june 21st at 10 oclock hi school and the system at the public school uas in need of renovating he submitted the changes that were ad visable and an approximate cost it was decided to consider tho matter iinther and consider the changer at special meeting till month it was decided to hold no meetings during july and august following the regular custoti of the board feature lode meeting the monthly meeting of the duke or devonshire chapter or the lode was held at the home of mrs agar wijh mrs blow regent presiding tlie ladle ac cepted an invitation from the john mil ton chapter to attend their meeting on june 10th at the home or mrs hum phrey brown milton mrs bennle was convener or the pro gram committee and read paper on retired prom active business life tho leading events during thc reign of queen victoria mrs kennedy business change has taken place on read iiaper tlie coronation of king mill street this week mr and mrs george vas witnessed by mr feather thos watson who have successfully stonebaugh kc of toronto mrs agar conducted watsons bakery for the past read paper oh coronation day may twelve years have sold the business to 12th 1037 as celebrated in all parts of mr franc li wilds uho took charge on our empire upon which the sun never tuesday prior to coming to acton my set miss bennett conducted contest watson was in business in grand valley on facts about canada at the close for twentyfive jears business friends of the meeting the hostesses served and actomans generally are indeed lunch pleased that mr and mrs watson have decided to continue residence in acton zone parade held and june purchased and moved into the jf jeorgetown lesidence owned by the estate of the lute george barber and all wish for ilie spring church parade of zime 13 ihem many happy years of leisure time clliuwllan ugion was held at george mr wilds who has purchased the busl ttun aunuay afternoon sixteen nes has been in the employ of watsons tandanlbearer immediately following bakery for several jears and knows well lnl aoor ban at the head the busings ur lan parade of veterans held there in some time led the procession osprince man hurt from the high school grounds to drum head service in the park while driving along erinei loud near erin last week bert gardiner or ospilnge is remirted to have jnsl con trol of the motorcycle wjiich he was driving the maiilue running oif the road into the ditch causing undeter mined injuries to the driver he was taken to the general hospital ouelph where he rejxirled to resting com fortably plan shelter for bathers plans for building shelter for dress ing at the huhlng place at the park were dbcuued by the lakeside chapter of hospital en route halt was called at the cenotaph for brief service in tribute to the fallen here the lament flow ers of the forest vtas played by the pipe band and added to tile lmpresslve nevs of the service the chaplain olier eil prayer and after placing wreath tlu one commander remained at the salute while lost ioat wiuituilindetl two minutes silence observed and revelllvy jnmded the drumhead service was in charge or thf chaplain rev go thomp son and addressed by rev captain limbert chaplain or clustii street roulo tlie getirgelown 541403 waterworks luvparthwot neptune meters ltd 25 meters s20o25 the commjslon were informed by tho auditors for hydro that to make more equitable distribution of the cost of col lecting taxes the charge should be 150 instead of 2700 reeve mccutcheon was instructed to take tlie matter up with the council it wa moved by harucn and seconded by mccutcheon and re solved that upon uie recommendation of the epc that for tho billing of domestic consumers the town be sub divided making two districts with al ternate bimonthly billing carried the superintendent explained the short as of water monday morning valve al the beardmore tannery had broken and the break was not noticed both the town and the tannery water works svstems had been drained the ajax engineers requested that twoinch pipe be laid into their factory for fire protection purposes the com mission agreed to grant tills request tlie company is to do all the work and supply the pipes meter will bo installed on the service nnd any water used except in case of lire will be cliarhvd for on the other meter at tlie regular rates the following letter was received from the ontario commission may 25th 1037 acton public utilities commlssion acton ontario dear sirs have been instructed to advise you that the commission at its monthly meeting on april 27th 1337 authorized further reduction of 200 ier horsepower in the cost of power to all municipalities sup plied on the niagara system on cost basis tills reduction is to become effective on august 1st 1037 tlie commission in authorizing this further reduction in th cost of power desires that tlie saving thus made shall be equitably passed ori to the domestic commercial lighting and power consumers of your mun icipality sgd jeffrey chief municipal engineer this is reduction of 550 from the price charged for power in 1934 ihe following resolution was unanim ously plsscd by the commission re olved that notice bo inserted iii tins 1uii pniv to all consumers in arrears that instructions have been given by the ii that all services will be dbi contlnued for all balances owing five das after discount date this disconnection will take effect on june 25th and 100 will be charged for reeonnectlon charge the iode last evening commit re was formed to bring in recommenda tions so that the work can be of some band plaved for the hymns and render ed splendid ikind muctlon at tlie concliilnn of hi addrevt the 127 8u 00 411k f050i use this suininrr it was the regular iadre of christie street hospital udmln meetlng of the chapter held in the istercd the oath of allegiance the re ligion hall ami the regent mlui mar turn route jf the parade led pnst tlu guerlte uvder prtlcided lut oificeln front of which the salilt the cjuipter recelvel on invitation iiiif base wan lorn ted zone commander attend the invung of tlie john miltoi mcdonald uiok thr march pat cliaptir on june loth and aectpted salute four new members were taken into the feature ortlw pirude was the visit of der spleiultd paper on our em the fergus legion from tlw neighboring wftj alsii feature of uut meet xmie and tlie attendance of tlw bur ji dainty lunch served by uuj ling ton and georgetown bands col luittitsci und soeuu hour were the brown ihcldciit of acornetown concluding features brunch was the iwurode marshal barn dance at roi mattliews second line kramoja on wwinesday night juno hi dnaldsoiis onhehtya admission 25c churchill gaiden party will he held on monday june la on the church ijiwn good pourum watch for par ti uciarn hie 3tlh district annual meelhu of the halton woiiuiis institute will bo held in the community hall isilermo on tuesduy june btli at 000 um aiuk 130 pin stuudurti time