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ht ttjcrtt tt fifty aitxh year no 50 acton ontario thursday june ii 1031 eight home print pages flvo cents halton county annual judging competition at milton on saturday prises awarded to younjr men and women in this annual event trips to chicago and royal winter fair anions awards iro kraheomcluded with larery attended banquet in th even ingwarden a mahon presides saturday june 6 was a rod lottor day for the agricultural residents o holton it being the occasion of tlie annual judging competition held in the county tfomowixf by a banquet at kmuc church milton it waa expected that the lion t l kennedy would be uu guest of honor at tlie banquet but at tfrfi last minute word wu received that be was unable to be present owing to on unexpected engagement with major weir mlnuter of agriculture for tiio dominion white disappointment wad keen at the abaence of- uio lion mr kennedy an appreciative welcome ww accorded hi substitute mx m o mac phall assistant director of agricultural repreaentatlvm toronto mr amot uuon rf acton warden ifor hal lou county officiated as chairman and visitors were present from almost every part of the county the county council was particularly wi 11 represented about twelve members bring present the judging compttltknw were tho largest ever held in tho county there being 51 boy taking part and 68 girts although the ithor ws- not at- favorable it did not succeed in damp ing the keen spirit of competition among the contestants one feature among the boys was particularly gratifying and that was the keen and intelligent lnu rest taken by them in hhe actual judging the reasons given by the judges and the discussions among them from time to time garros visited were trail pterin pal ermo general oreenley hereford oatun joseph howard palermo holstcln cattle joseph wuhnott milton hampshire sheep and the farm of the late donald robertson for clydesdale hones and yorkshire swine the girls classes were especially gruu- tying both in numbers and quality of competition particularly noticeable was the spirit of interest manifested in the coaching classes held previous to hi competitions and without doubt tin number of competitor would have been greater had the weather been more favorable considerable credit is due to miss betty wallace toronto for the veryable manner in which she conducts ed the coaching classes and the girls competitions the judges for the girls were mis kadie of the institutes branch toronto ml orey mim rowe mrs shorey and mian alma wise for the boys gentlemen in charge were messrs h j jiogern newmarket 3l kerr york county h c banbury duffcrln county c stewart wentworth county and m c mocpluui toronto tlieresulls bfthe glrtscompctltdns were announced by mis wallace artist ed by mis eodie in uie presentation or prises irues given were silver tea wr vice silver rose bowls silver sandwieh trays and an additional prize of 40 given to the highest boy and girl as part payment of their expands to attend the boys and olrls junior oonjcruice to ba held in chicago this fall at the time of the chicago i we stork fxhlbltlon at which there will be representative from a considerable number of count i in ontario and also from other pro luces in canada the trip to chicago was uon by marjorlo harbottlc mount nemo hvo free trips to uie royal winter fair were won by mabel oluphurd fmman beulah biglla compbcllviue louie rud- dell georgetown alice hume milton und ioura prudtum camnbellvlllo tlie ihter townnhlp tmphy donated by hsfoti brunclus of the llank of toronto and presented by mr mcnlcol mhton whs won by nelson with n team made up of mlssei harbottle bhtpluird aiid herris prizes in other dipartminu were nutrition eva chuholm milton mrs sullivan urunte lillian bpence camp behue house burnishing annetta huffman freeman ella- p ooot k milton joan smltli burlington clothing wla harris camph llvlllr prances cudmore milton mrs 11 a oartwrlght who has been largely mstrununtal in having the women a imtltute for hajton county finance the trip to chicago very ap proprlately presented the award to miss harris and mr john atkins editor of tho oakvttle uncord pr ciited hit jrclal award to both boy and girl or the highest standing of a cheque for 10 for which the winner on leturn must write an article for publication on mi xmprig felons of my chicago trip nova prizes thfcfce prlr were equally ttttroctlv and as eagerly romp ted for ttu high est bo in ich section tistlved it inrgi permstunt trophy wlui its nplicu in miniature all nt th j iropht vter new this ctr and were prctrutrit by the following publlr plrltetl inei thcouhjut the cjuntv the lutc dmuiui robertson milton for horses tmmcan campbell molt at btf csttu d if c mason oeorgeiawu for dilry cattle warden amot mas m for hheep l blskelock m p p oakiule for suln- these trophies were all present rd per onally by their donors to ihe wlntiers ooncluded on pge ktght decoration ceremony and church parade of acum i o o h lode held ijikt sunday attend sl aiiuuih church lust sunday ws the annual pooora tlon liuy and church panwlo and service of arum lodge no 204 i o o v two thirty acton citlsenn hand led the oddiillowa in parade to pulrvlflw ceni uiry for this annual service in com mom oration of the ilnthnn of tlie nirm links who have pjiuunl to tlie gn ut beyond and whose memory is revered at valrviow cetm ti ry tlie ceremonln of decoration day were conducted by hro ii l itllciile iast d and bro e p kennedy d who omllliwd the tlutlns of 0ldfellowh and tin purposw of this annual evmit- ihe following graven were diotiraud by tho brethren bros p a emlth oeorgo btatham jos hansen old oimtou i o ihoti moolure robert oarvln a mclavlsh w james t hhephord il e nelson jos bpolght jas mclam i a h johnston elbiter mrs jo mclam ilros it hen uctt r creech d keith it cram a k nlcklln h worden i o dr j m dell 8 mclam chas aktns on bun day monimg graves of brethreu in oilier cemeteries were visited and decorated bro browns grave at iros pect cemetery bro 31 maaales ai churchill cemetery bro r somervtlle grave at llmcjioue and bro j roai grave at georgetown during the ceremony at the graves the bmnri vn wmnw vf tn vnl news of acton and tlie district red sacred selections and the lodge members and visitors formed again about the moore monument at the entrance to tho cemetery on this occasion tho lodge was honored with a distinguished visitor in tlie person of bro jos powloy deputy ci rand ttlre he gave a splendid address hi which tlie alms of the order were given and especially what tills dr corahon ceremony stood for in odd fellowship it was a scholarly addrefii well given and was duly imprtstvo on all whd aimnbled 0 well as the membeni of the order following the cerwiiony tho band led th parade luck to the lodku hall wht a it dubandcd in the evening the band ogam led the order in their annual church parade yen they attended divine service iu st aluon s church llin service wa r adlly followed and joined in by the congreipttlon through tho printed order i upplleu on tills occasion rev p a rawyer l th the rector of st alhan on behalf of the ongreyu t on and officials cxtnided a cordial welcome to the oddfellows at tho service ho took as his subject who u my neighbor und tin subjoined injunction ot oo ihoy and do llkewu from the itory of the good samaritan who had found tho wounded man at the uide of the roiul and gave brotherly aid mr sawyer told in simple form tho relation that this parablti jiad in our everi day life i ho ixample net mid the uttltude of uil otheri who had pased by the woundihl man wcr driven homo it was a mi hige of hrotlu rly hilptulmhs to tin other ft llnw and hii menage mu t hav laid nn imprcis and in tilled u diln for a continuance of tho work dhiu ord r liiternu luelf mo t in during he ringing of the lijmn an lnjtrumiylil trio of mojito c w moron r spellvogcl and c landsborough as sijttxl tht organ lt- in leading in tho trvlec of ong at the conchulon of the jurvlce the parade farmed again itsl by thi luntl and vetumed to th lodge rooms united fjumer clnbs mrnle t1ib unjtvdl parmerft oluhj will hold their annual plrnlo at edgi wxkmi lark kien mills on saturday june 13 fill your lunch baskets and come and enjoy an afternoon port everyboly wi llomu attended halton- cenvntle 1 he womi n it i nd utile ct uventlon fo huluin was ht id la t 1 rlday in oeorg town member i of the ai ton braiirh who attended wlt mtndamen oamhli bh agn w davidson oardlnnr nohlo hall miputchcon di ntl y j j stewart mid jiukle to raduate from llntvmlty on thundiiy the r ulu of loronto university in the household lronomlcs u partmnnt were announced among tho successful ntudeilth was mi m hi li n coxe duughu r of dr and mm if a coxe tt acton who wu in class ii and luut implitid hfr counui and will graduate this year life fhkk pmuui joins wltii other acton frit ndi in congratulating mutrt coxc on her success aeten woodman entertain visiters on tut lay evening the acton lodge of woodmen of tlie world cut r tallied sixty visitors from toronto and ten from milton ihe degree team irom toronto cxcmpllned tile dcgroesl very carefully n lid several new members were initiated into tlie ordnr at the close of the lodge busliuait tujutum a noclal time wfl spent and the wlveii of the meinbem of the acton lodge iw rvod lunch and dainty rofrejihments charged with net turning over base ball mtxlry it s tolniie of ivironto appeared lnfoni lollce mugutrste mooro ut mjlutn on monday cluurged wltii tin ft by con version and was committed for trial ontario memorial plant is sold to kilvington krott of toronto who will add new equip ment and kxpand school promotions pupils tj aqtew contlnuatun cheel who are itomoted as kwult f icawrr behool fckamlnauons form i to form tt m arnold ii campbell m chalnuri m chuholm d cliirrldge d coxe m currle m lviinl i flow rs a olb b nt d outhrle h harrlwin d mac arthur p mnfnery v mcmullen j n col hoard norton h sktlllng a sproal f cuarkhihii r o wltrr b i tyhr w wauon form ii ro form iii c bmer m cri l hill 1 dante i j ii lit uird c iackl o moloi m i ir hirrj n irt m m r ityhi i wuc i bird r nn pmm ulan art dtpentlont ii the r sull of the d parttmutal ev ninutioiih uppiumtntjrj xamliiatloi in form i alhtbra und fr nrh form ii fruich fij 4tltt wtl be held arly in stp 1 temb r i m paitrlnoton principal continuation hrhhil the splrva with its ubundihce of bloom has been a thing of beauty on manytawns this week iiie accused is allegod to iiave collected money from mercbonth for advcrtlsa- m ti en to be inserteel in a baseball league scliedule and filled to turn hi all tlie money collected to the mltan baseball club to wlilch it id alleged all chixiut l were to bo made out w ran dall president or the milton bawball club laid the charge against lolmle who pleided not guilty over 1200 vomers in aeton tho acton voters hali for 1031 were completed on tuenday ami postwl up in clerk fanner a office on that day they have been made us complete as po ilbh but twenty ono days uro ulven for the ratepayore to humect the ilirt and make sure that their names appear correctly and they a on the llr lhc il has a total of l j07 name of votcrn ellglblo to vote in acton polling subdlvl ion 1 hai 541 votcrn and palling cub- dh lilon no 2 hu 011 votcn there arc 1 0j5 voterr eligible to vote at mun icipal electlonr and 1 111 voters who arc qualified to vote at dominion and xro uncial elections kunral of late donald robertson ih funlral or donald stewart robert- on one of milton h tf tt cmed citlwnr ihn dud iluldcnly in calgary saturday last whili on u bu lm trip to the wt t uai held in miltori yctcrdiy afternoon and was one of the largeu ever wen tn milton after a private nrvln at the harm on martin street a public 8i rvlce was held in knox preb- bytt rlan church uhloli wu crowdiwl the ervice wiu donducted by rev j n mclaul a lftod by rev mr wision or lomuu lhc honorary pall lienrer were or d l roliertson j j mc cnnnell m moon r nnrthey of lor- onto w p aamlilo onelph w f d war dr ii a mocoll and w i dick of milton the nctlv pallbcarertt were flvo tons stewart duncan alex ander donald nicst and a nephew uwmard roliertron of chicago intt r ment was in fvemreen cemetery milton the allan johns ten wedding at 3 30 on saturday afternoon sunny- hldt farm mil tin wene of u pretty juno wedding when flonjice martha second daughter of mr and mr frel- orlck jolmnton wan united hi marriage to fcklwln cluster allan son of mrs allan and tht late john allan ihe rev mr poole officii ttd the bride whouol liven iway by her father looked charm- log in a white chiffon tlret her veil of white net was caught with a wreath of orange blosjuut she carried a bcuqiiet of iwethiart rows and pink ctmatlint lhc float r glrl mlu ruby mrphrrwin nt fe of tin grmmi and ml i mlen johnston iuur of the bride wor pink eel nit m dresm s and rarrlnl i dttt of pink and white carnations ihe w tiding march was pltvid by mu ii itrlr pareu during tht minting of til rigltttr ml i ruth oibsoi tan heetuu a delightful tea was ur w rvid to ovt r nfty cuwtts tliejoom and tubi- txlug daintily decorated hi pink and wfhth afu rwarbt xlr and mm allan jtlt m a motor trip tilong the bt laurence the briq travelled in a brown printed silk dress and tweed coat with hut nhot s and other accessories tn mi toh on their return thy will reside on tlie farm roncesskn thrc krln an important buninewi iranocthjil in attou was roiuplt umi on liiiduy wlun the 1tnnl dttall win t mnummatt d and the lucle of tht plant of the ontario mi mortal company in arton wuii made to kilvtngton bros of ivwytnto 1 or tho pa i two yi uri tlie phuit hai ih en tp rated by a uroup of 1m al beu 1 u m nun wlio wire inttrtited hi keeping induitrie in nn in tlvo statu in the um munlly ihey havi found liowi vi r tint tin ir own hmint w activltlt i would not allow of tho dividing of th ir attention und thi suit of tin plant was matle mr h kllvtngtoii of ittrtmto was engugiml at the llrst of uio pn u nt year a i gtin rul manjgr of tho phmt tutd re taints an option on purchasing ut tlu end of ityur mr kllvlngttm has alnce i xpreichl a di air to niaki the purcham turlli r und tin in jilt rule hus bttu carrlet out the fomu r board of dlr cctom j w joins pr ildent j ielih man jai mcmillan a milsoii secre taryircajurcr acton and clias w wilcox hamilton ret igned from tin ir poltioni on luiday and new ikianl wiui formed with mr h kllvlngton pa uldent mid mu ji j io young utcretary lrcaiurcr ihe new proprlitors will continue ut operate mult r thn same luuni ontarli mtmorlal ctimiuiny i hey will remove tlie machinery of tho present plant hi loronto to the arton rectory and intend to add more equipment and extend their opt rations tho prtmlatis hi loronto will bo maintained ui a show room for the products of the company at tho present time over twenty skilled mechanics art being employed here and thtmj will be added to ai tht eoiuilldat- lug and enlarging arrangi ments ore completed ilie now riding and exten sion of tlie electric crane over the rail way tracks are part of the immediate addition that are fo ho undertaken various items of local interest huddle hotmo for toronto lollce ue ijc t rrk mann brtw acton sol on of their fine saddle litwus to tho toronto lollte porto iucl van from toronto called on lesdny tttromiport tho animal tt the rlty mann ilros liave supplied nivt ml siulilln liorne4 to toronu pur thuscrh during the paiit ft w y an thrm selumklheuses robbed near milton some time ik tween friday night anil t urly monday monilliig thlevi n entered no u mhoolhoiuu ncbon lownnhlp tuid nos t und r hehtwlhounefl i raf ulgar town hip and stole money a clork and ollu r voluahli i and threw brooks all ovt r urn ilotkr i lvovlnt lid coimtablo cookmun of milton ln invi tigatlug hi v w o meetlnc ihe monthly nut tjn of the u f w 0 was hi id at the home of uri wesley vurruy on tutday aftt moon till t nit t ung totik tho form of a quilting bte with tho lttsldent mrs murray or rtipying the chair the meeting ttuietl julth till maple leaf follow d by uil ljijd a prayt x 1 lie roll coil wan on- tiwirtd by wwne well known proverb llioj fdwartls jfc co re charily following programme was giveii ltt ad lug mrs nilwm mclaughlin solo mliut 1 iszle orr pallor mrs george somt r llle lntnimentl duett tho misses jbllf and mabl mogregtw a beau route t followed which was won by mrs mcearhern ihe meeting clowid with the national an tht m after which mrs murray und membt rs on the first hue lerved lunch iii nra kllvlngton are men of wide experience ln tile cut stone buciness and under their guidance tlie acton plant will undoubtedly expand and continue to be a greater aww t in tlie industrial ufo of tho community to tlio local men who have jvoted w much time in tlie forming and carrying on of tho present company and keolng up acton n record of not liavlng a deserted factorv in tho town great credit is duo reeve mason lias been untiring in his efforts to moke tills cntcrprle a iuccs and to him and hi awociatt i tho community u indebted for tho maintaining of this industry and the necurlng of able iuc rcsors who are in a position to mako the factory a real aaict ihe monthly meeting of the women tf institute tht monthly meeting or the arton branch of tho women i iimtloite was held at the homo of mrs j wilds on thursday lost with the presldt nt una q urewn nw m tnn tiiepjiiilitlsohool meeting opened with tho institute ode followed by prayt r xn the business port o tlio programme tlie ladles decided to hold a picnic ln july liiktcod of a meet ing ihe roll call was answered by premiers of canada since confedera tion itic following programme was blven paper friendship ot friends by mra lobby solo mrs hal mhu lauru hall gave a splendid report of tho oirls coiifcriiice which was held in milton conummlty singing lir hiey are jolly oood f1uiwh mn havlll nddrekmtd tlie ladiei on community work alter uhich llui meeting closed with ooti save uio king a social time wur spent at ilic close btix car oeeupanlu capturrd report for may the laht itcori of the term prior to the pinal examinations settler kourih ulttp bret n 400 btatrlcc brltow 304 phyllis mackl 187 blanche smith it7 union lamb 3j roderick ryder 37j lotal 500 m hi nnett ivlnclpjl senior third a cliul nonnan braldo 5 alico tay or 51 annie fvant 551 him briida 4q roy hmutn 07 hazel mcdowell r05 b clakr wilma hansen 518 mary papilum r jackgruham 631 normal scurrou 41 i agnes chwhohn 40j irene darby 4h4 total 00 d vvtuu r ttmiclu r junior third annie holmes 4 fnuices dllln 4x1 bill nlcnlak 410 tjtrlcn 1 hompmm aoa xlargant smltii j77 violet 11 liott j75 total 50 m orr teecht r ken i or keeond oddrefia weaver 4jj jack ilollingtir 410 wlllialcaii wt avrr 404 doris mann 403 bvo iirktws 401 charlie tyh r 307 lotal 56 i anderson teacher junior second rinollraldo 431 htlcn simpson 441 btiatrico taylor 4w nino bruldo 30j francis paplllon 300 norman wright j00 toul 500 a w mlomlllaii teacher rind tlm mao ropey 330 joe slgmoud 305 tom wiitin 01 dorothy king i0b 100 total 350 harry sayoge 300 walter slgmoud jtan orr teacher kenlof- frbnrr a claji krniieth blow 204 jean chtpmun 2bq margar t ilodgins jhb polly porty j88 lftn ohew jb1 leon urd i jmliert 34 total 330 b ci isi lorna dunn joo alt rta chiw 8fi doris mcmulien 244 nor man oltlney 343 harold impon j38 mirj marro 33s total 310 m a odlwrt teacher irtwary bwnn senior claw doris weaver kvclyn ken tner beatrice woods metis harris intermediate class frsnces murdock jlmmln gldney lome masters frances j miss helen ostrander mr wm harrop lamb mrs w j patterson miss fern brown m j moqnuteftchetvjilmus anne macdonsld waterloo two girls dressed in ment clothes ami four men wore cuplured last thurs day afternoon by chief countable kerr and c i and barjics at oakvlllc following u two hour cluu0 bv motor cjir npeedb mt and on foot about two o clock in the afternoon chief kerr rerelved odvicis from railway authorities that a number of mon and two women drt detl as men were in a btix car on the hamilton toronto o p r train i ho chief arraniied to have- the train t mjiod but it luul hardly pulled to a holt before the occupants of the box car allotted the police and mode a darh for nifiti llur wtr about tut ivo of them and they scattered ln overy directum uivlng thi police a merry rhaie soim ru hrd into hlxtcen mile creek nccevd tallng the u o of thn hpeedboat in the pursuit i host caught and hold on chargrs or vigrancy were two tcen- anc glru giving tlu ir home ntldmi jv hamilton jnph hoyd niagara falls thomai bartlctt halifax john davlo hamilton and b doyonowskl hamlton acton glrbi groduato tfrem bt josephs guiph sixteen nuret rcctlvtd uielr diplomat at the annual graduation exerlcsos of bt mteph hoipltal oueljih helt in the qplltglate vocitional iiutituttt audi torium last friday night a ifathcrlng of several hundred attt tided tho cere- hionlen which were featured by an ad- dnuct by rev father monaglian 6 j rector of lit btanhtlaus jesuit novitiate tim diploma were presented to tho uraduates by pr 1 1 o howltt wlillo dr w v harcoiirt prctentcd the claims pins mtmlient of the graduating clawi wt re blsur mary ht paul shier mavy cloth- lldt irene m st marie clifford mar garet altcheson islmra fidlecn barrett alma greta mary waether walkerton mytlo m gainer arthur margaret e boyle giuianomie marguerite oowdlt alum muriel g mccomb acton pearl norru drayton ilols a malont rr o irid thelma m huminond mar g ind t dulgnan and anna m savage of gin iph amimig thohe from acton whi attended the graduation exercises wi re miasjm bt nnt tt mr and mrs jas h andrron dr aid mrs e j ntunu mra a momiii mr ttia mrs r j mcpherson and mks dorothy mc- pherson mr and mrs g a dills mr j h mccomb arid misses lonia ksth- alcen and audrey mcootnb and miss mi rk mr and mrs j jo matthews and a tax rate of 49 mills adopted by bylaw for year several mcmberti of council express willinnjh to forego remun eration uit year n view of circumhtaiiceh utilities commbmion motion for salanenot pimped by council z r- at tiiti rt gular ttailnu of uw council n lueilny eviiiiug councillors hurrl son 1 httford and ilansini wore pixwnl mil let vi muon prrsldetl lht twelfth ninrt of tin c innilluh rioomineiidtd lluit i elng hccounu imi paid atton public utlllllis cim mlijili n strut lighting at urn liibllc utllulcs com mini ion town hall arton publlo xjulltl i com m union lire pump at ton 1 ublio utllitli cm mbulon art na arum imbllt utllltlea c in mltslon pump houne dt wirt t bros work at ari n i loronioguelph kxpreis c cartage f mocutchioii t artitgn highway garage suppllis iarnnto ajpluilt co slippllt n f moon rojyalrh lown hall and park mrs ii i mrdouuld lntiuruncn prtmlnm arena fin 1144 75 j 10 4uj ioo if 1j 00 14 oj 4j00 w j iattt ruou supplies aitom fukk pskiui printing volt rs i ltttu ett actom hii puxiui at ivor lb lng etc roliert andcrstm cutting griun john barr work on park at id streets advance to cemetery board jfl jo j 14 1 jo j80 j 40 4 80 1 joii lo 2 0415 j5 ihe by law striking the rate or tlie year was given tho requlrid numbt r of readings and passed by the council ihe rate was set at 40 mills for the yoar detulls of intenat w re the following rtes for various purposes 7 mills for intertsl b nlilng f 1 hools u 73 for county rule 1 76 mills for street lighting 50 mills for free i ibrary b mills for waterworks 3 50 mills for salaries and allowances 3 00 mills for all other purposes mjikhit a total of 40 mills ihe by law makei the taxes payable tm beptember 15 for the first instalment and november 11 for the second lnntol- numt with the usual fourteen days truce bt foro tlio penalty is added an account from bt jotcphs horpltal gut iph for an indigent patient wilh ordered to be forwarded to the county council for adjustment the matter of drainage from tho nt premben of tho creamery was left for investigation by councillor llnnun and chief mcphirwm ihe matter of erecting a backstop for jho basthall duunondwasif ft t be d with by tlio clulrman of the park dr nelson messrs r j kerr and l g king public utilities commission err were pre rent to explain tho retiucht of the com mission reuordlng the romum ration tho matter of salary had been brought up a conplu of years ago and then not con sldered again until this year when brampton had lniugurated tiuch a plan ho pointed out tho efficiency with whlci the commlsuion was functioning and the amount of woyk that involved and collec tion of moneys in their caro the rt mum ration would be mt t from lljdro funds and not froin tio tax rate mr king h1m outllni d tho matter ho understood it and explained dt talis ip connection with hydro pounlei tluy wt re not begging for tho 10 amount and were willing to nhldo by the decision of the council ho jolt that tho amount would makn no difference to the tax piycn or tho hydro oonmimertt the ltoeve suggested that a frank dis cussion of tho matter lie hold and all tho points were brought out and inform ally dealt with a wpocial meeting df uio cemetery board and tho council was arranged for thursday night of next wook moved by o harrison seconded by o hansen that while it is recognized that tho member oi tho public utiutlts commission are l enduring very valuable service and undoubtedly merit payment in view of thoprrsent economical depres sion tholatcness of tlie time of year and the fact that ct rta in members of the council have declared themselves to be willing u forego their own salaries the council cannot see their way clear to passing a resolution approving the pay ment of a salary of f0 00 a year to tha members of tlio said commission it is however the view of the council that tlie v hole matter of salaries miould be further considered 09 a later date carried a letter from tho acton citizens bond regarding the annua grant wu laid over until the next meeting to be read and dealt with then a letter from the girl guides express ed uio thanks of tills organization for tlie use of the town hall for their concert teacher engagement for high school rkalt with by special scraion of the itoard nearly a hundred apply at varied alaricn at a special meeting of the school board hul evening inuuw mrs b m wilson wm n irton jus hudson ilev p a sawyer and j m mcdonald were pi tut and mr iltvlll presided miss far r lnu t i was present and ux- plained ilw in w r u lei of tho department of lcducutlon regarding the qualification mctstary for toarht rs tlie purpose ot the meeting w is to consider appllcatlonn for uio two vutuiiiii on uie continua tion bciumii nt iff i hi ro were nearly one hundred applications for uie posi tions and tho kilarli ranged from tero lip to 000 ior over thrim hours the board wan occupied in culling out those applicants whom they di cmutl suitable for the vant ancli s and checking crtt the qualifi cations of the to teuehcrn the members of the board during tho past week or so have been personally interviewed by many or these uppllcant it was a itudlous three hours of reviewing letter stating wliat i uin kmd i have and i am willing to do or teach and i expect a salary of but h was not all monotony in uio letters received and one read by tho becretary wjilch was in uin lighter vein wla thoroughly enjoyed in fact after listening to tho routine applications uie editor enjoyed this breezy epistle so much that lie im plored tlie board to allow him to pass it on tt fskk pmcsfl rcadera lit na the evening meal digester dad did you go- to sunday school when you were a boyr yes my son x always vent to sunday school well dsd x think 111 quty go log it jn1 ttabig mr any good cipher explain that this letter was by no mcahs typical oi the nppildsuons received but- was so out of the ordinary that wv desired to pubuih lt wlui all the names and references deleted here is this very original application ont june 1 1931 mr r m mucdonold a don out dear mr msedouiltl hits is a young experienced msn tt acher broadcasting in hopes some ochool board will pick up tho broadcast and consider it i feel fit to teach niatho- m a tics science and 4he boys physldal training bo turn your dials and listen to what x may s ly it may not be worth your time but then again it may i hold a tlru class certificate a special one in phyi leal culture and have enrolled to take a spcciolcourse at ir- onto this summer surely these qualifi cations along with my experience make the tree of stluuling loan in my favor do they not i am at prone ut teaching scleneo mathematics lftigllth and uie languag a with a marked di ureo of success ask mr if my sue ces1 in teaching not only tn labile school hut in continuation work has been real or not however it lias been my aim a tench a contlnu itlou school ever since i was graduated at normal school my real home 1a at ontario i may ray with sincerity that i like tlio work and am a hard worker at least they have said that ubout mo here is only u small place in north ern oniriomhch from my home finally i may b that a salary or twelve or uilrlecn hundred dollars will be quite satisfactory and that i belongs to the church my motto is and always wilt be your best at all rimes and li thoro anybody that can beat ufut well what do you say about hiring mo mr macdonald for the com ing year and lot mo show you my ability i am sure you will not bo making a mistake yours for ever out of tho pur of letters hah a doxen tt so were anally chosen as being uie best fitted for uie position and tho secretary was instructed to- got in com munication with uieso immediately in order or ctioloo offering uiem engage ment on tho acton staff canadas enau doder uuy from capo breton to vancouver island and from lake erie oj far north as north goes canadians are being counted tlie seven ui decennial census the dominion oi canada is being token enumerators will cover an area greater than uiat of the united states including alaska speculation as to the number of people id canada at uie present ttme 1 astyet mere speculation rtie first dominion census taken in 1871 showed a population of 3 680 357 ten years later the populauon was 4- 334 810 by 1801 it hod increased to 4 833 330 and by 1001 it numbered 5- 371 313 the census of 1911 showed a jump to 7306 943 and that of 1031 total led s 788 483 th taking of a canadian census has a romrtntio as wd s a prac tical interest for the rest of uie world becaus tt was canada which initiated the modem census idea and took tho first modem census that was ha 1m0 under the french regime and tho total tahabuantb at that time mikf 7 1