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r fiftyseventh yeaiwno 30- r l acton ontario thursbayr january 21 i932 eight homfepnt pages five cents f 7 municipal eqowfqr 1931 tjoned arena matters are oiidereduncdlors sauuiesto law amended to indi tlier meinber jblk tee tegular session of the council on monday tbtaiir ctoundllo oowle jniool jbnes and moatthur were pre beet and reeve barber presided beevo barber reported that on the advice ot the connnlttee and board of bealtb traps toad been tastolled ori the min street dralai6ratdp the objection- able odore in the- cellars and the nuisance he believed bad ceased the second report of the finance xumml recommended payment of the fbbowing accounts bi li imoixmald insurance premium- 7 v 8820 municipal world supplies v 20 y mccutchebn espress- uf 60 king mceachera welding w d talbosuppjfei jasitb chabners supplies and lab r acton public utilities commis sion street lighting 14475 acton public utilities commls- sfcm town b30lr 643 acton public utilities oommls- slopuinpr4pishrcii 121 acton public utilities oomrius- siosf arena 2713 acton public utilities- oommls slon power at pump house 1924 bell telepbono jfiiij service charges rtt- 1455 yarioiis items of kuchno and damw st albany a x- pa- willnemb euchre and dance in- the parish halt on tuesday evening january 26 ad mission 25c you are invited j nassagaweyaouncil inet on monday january- ltasper statute and after subscribing to thausual oath of office- commenced business accounts were passed as follows imrs murdd6k charity v 1082 ack pin press printing 14700 j marshall registering 7 mar- riages 26 blfths 17 deaths 1250 putarp good roads asspcteidon fee 500 h c elsley charity fvrf 1 50 185 w 33202 the report the matter of the arena insurance premium was discussed and the amoun seamed rather hlgbv at approximately 250 premium the premium was order ed to be paid and the matter will be tovestlgatort thglgbout theyear mr earl tamberf complained mat the water from mhlrand liain streets flooded bis properfjjeifc this corner the nkttter was left tacne hands of the qceetsand walkaqmmlttee to inves tigate andrep6rtoni a letter was readafeorn miss farringi ton principal oljthe continuation school requesting uwrree use of the tdwrrhall for a school concert the money derived wasttotie devoted to a fund to secure n for the library of the school incidental- expenses of the balionly were charged for in this connectlonv z tbe request was granted j-l- a ietter from band desired to know ifjbbfccouncll or arena committee wantedsgbayethe same aixangenipits as uvpievious yeajs for the bmd- pjaymgrthe rink tbe former aitangementswere sanctioned by the cduncfl altiueited bythetwuncli- at- the last meeting the clo secured a great deal- of inf regarding the cost of a munfrtpatnudlt chartered accountants prlcesw a as well a3 those of other recognized auditors tbe costs ran f romlfclso as high as 550 most of them quotedprlce per day for the work i a it was felt thatajrm of chartered accpimtants ahoiim enga this year counculor nlcol javored the local amjltjai anrtth thg- cost councillor jones feltthat outside audit ors should be engagetrperiodlcally and the publi demanded jan audit from a firm osccountantsi h moved by e jonoseconded by w dmcatthur thatvbtssrs rutherford williamsop ooe ngaged as audit ors for the enncaibut of 1831- at a salary of 200 candeit tbe bylaw appqunjj the auditors and an assessor andtax collector for tbe year 1932 wttjgycn the required number of readmgah3 passed by tbe council the aurfunrs named were rutherford wiularseir co of tor- onto and r j mirferson asasssso and tax collector tr tbe same arm pfaudltors had been the chartered accountants engaged by tbe inunlcipalltyjigsbb a bylaw anendlng the- cemetery commission b w by the council and an adacgmember was put on to councillor nlcol the board as constituted will berr m mcdonald j bell c hansen and- j nlcol the re quired readings wei gi and the by law passed tbe matter of the tax arrears was thoroughly gone into the clerk bad- prepared a detailed statement of those in arrears- and summarized the various items only three cttses of properties were subject for tax sale two of these were scarcely worth tax sale and the other case could be collected from rentals the clerk was instructed to have a notice inserted in tm pbe press noti fying those in wears of taxes that thai collector has been instructed to sell chattels and collect the arrears thj matter of painting the interior of tbe arena was discussed by the council as advised by the- arena com mittee it was felt that it would not be advisable to do the work at ths time of year councillor nlcol brought to the atten- gtlonjnf uie council that the roof in tbe co on page eight tbe tables turned james a mckane who demanded a recount of the votes cast at the recent- election in chlnguacousy township when he was- dereatedbjr two votes for first deputyreeve was successful in turning the tables on bis victor nelson cnrtrr tii nwiyit iw imilm the supervision of judge b p jusun re- sultedln mikiuieqlltaining ttarevotes more thannis rival blhleclass officers everybodys bible class of the united church elected the following officers for 1932 presldifent mr e jones vicepresident mr a mcdonald teachei revc lpoole b d zben nett mr a jklcdonald and mr james hudson tieasurer miss b h spelgbtv secretaryrmr james hudson assistant bectetary mrr-jr-hr- denny membership committee miss m z bennett mrs r h wansbrough and mr e beswlck knox yoonr propjes meeting on monday evening the meeting of above guild was under the auspices of the devotional committee mr jos hurst president was in thecbairand after tbe usual business part of the meeting was over be called on imrs h mainprize to conduct the remainder of the- programme the title of the pro gramme was spiritual arithmetic and the problems to be solved were rather unique prizes were won by harvey hassardv for the- scotch side and i2dnahjhton for the irish ldevmr bennle gave a short talk on the covenanters which was very interests in l yen know i know shake teemeetffig on monday evening of the young peoples society of the united church was in charge of the citizen ship committ of which mr j j yj i thnassagaweya -ri- township council newsof acton and the district c mcreown ia kew president aetoriifair 4jjoad superintendents voucher y sz no- the reeve and clerk were authorized to petition theldovernment for grant on thevroad expenditure of 1931 amounting to 3003l73 a ylaw was passed appointing the township officers as jpllaws assfessorl w mcmillan collector thos- richardson board of health elwood wilsny business property sold th3gcutbrs of the estate of the late j c hill have disposed flf the store occupied by w r e blair to mr w lashbrookthe hal above the store has been usedifor a number of years es the practise room of -acton- i j citizens band rj3hbrook wll take posessibn in a month or so and it is understood the building will be re modelled the sale was negotiated by r j kerr reairestate agent stewart is the leader and an enjoyable programme was given miss velum murray led in nrayerand miss sabra nelson read the scripture lesson miss isabel switzer rendered a piano solo tlie minutes of the last meting were read and approved a short play en titled you know i know shake was given with the following cast an artist mr arthur mckeown his bride miss margaret- liesire his rtcbv unoter-mrr- thos allan and herwealthy aunt miss kathleen mckeown although the clf cumstances were rather complicated at the beginning it ended after thirty mliuts of merriment with everyone good friends and shaking hands the parts were all well rendered mobsionary society officers the womens missionary society of the acton united church heli its annual meeting on thursdayafternoon at the home of mrs- c g speight witn ine president mrs a t brown in the chair encouraging reports were given 3t the years work th election of offlcersresulted as follows presldentjmrs a t brown plrst vicepresident mrs s j reld second vicepresident mrs malcolm mclean recording secretary mrs q h swltzer corresponding secretarymrs annie johnson treasurer mrs c c speight christian stewardship secretary mrs j k gardiner finance committee mrs c c speight mrs m mclean mrs j- hi reed mrs p kennedy strangers secretary mrs fred cleuve supply secretary mrs dr mctavish temperance secretary mrs jas symon associate helpers secretary mrsttl p moore pianist mrsrr arnold assistant pianist mrs j r ken- superintendents of the mission band miss i marguerite symon mrs c l poowi pre3s secretary mrs bert mowat the group leaders and heralds are to be appointed by- the executive a splendid reading class has been started christ of the mount by dr stanley jaies and the cricket on the hearth by dickens are he books which are being read this year sanitary inspectorroeorge blacklock school attendance officer- e d liahon auditors chas a darby a j jc- phedran sheep rspectorsd irving colin kltching weed inspector l w mcmillan a bylaw was passed- authorizing the reeve and treasurer to borrow money when needed from the bank of nova scotia theolerkwastostructedho subscribe forf jo copies of- the municipal world for the use of council and officials a motion was passed confirming the tieasurerspaymenja on vouchernoi6 for 1931 after becember 15 the school attendance officer was voted a salary of 5000 per annum the clerk was instructed to issue notices calling for tenders for the care- taking of the township sail the fee for inspecting sheep killed by dogs was set at 200 per trip council adjourned to meet february 15 at 10 ocloek a m john marshall clerk 100 years ago old time concert at- churchill llniehouse ladles aid will give their old time concert at churchill on friday evening january 22r this con cert jn costume and with old time songs was greatly enjpyed by all who have heard it come and- have anleasnfe tfeat tickets 25c minutes of the meeting of nassagaweya township of a century ago streets must be cleared of etarra and thistles the following are the nassagaweya township minutes ot a hundred years ago which will be reviewed with interest in the present day t on the first monday in theyear 1832 a township meeting was held in the house pfmr william trudgeon sr nassagaweya when taie following men were chosen to office townlerkdbnftld7brack assessors samuel taylor peter masales collector samuel taylor pound keepcrvwilliam- whitley town wardens joseph harris thos locker pathmasters samuel gordon william wlers joseph fletcher henry burrows john mccajlum joseph anderson john lawrence donald black thomas harris i eter masales neil smith- john hen- rson- behind killing two of the horses almost instantly while the third escaped com paratively unhurt momeekin ond his companion d blue were buried into the air by the crash but escaped injury 3he- wagonwas shattetedandthccat badly damaged mcmeekin was unable to ascertain who the driver -of- the car was as the motorist was injured and haubeeh taken to georgetown for medical treatmentr b was becoming dtrk at the time of the crash mcmeekin states his vehicle was carrying atught orangeviue fab officers the annual meeting- of the -orange- ihogs not to be free commoners till they weigh 30 pounds by a majority of the meeting it was carried that a fine of one pound five 3hillings should be lald- any that would hof have their streetslcleanedof all burrs and thistles before the first day pf july next fences to be lawful at 5 feet 6 inches high john marshall 1932 halton insurance company ihm ftrc losses t y of 45000 auditors report reveals company to be in good condition the annual statement and auditors report of the halton union farmers mutual fire insurance company whose head office is in acton has been issued the past week and shows the company to be in goodfionditlon despite the many farm fires the past year total losses for the year amounted to 4530524 the total assets are given as 6201924 and total resources as 30321674 whue llabuitles amount to 3092402 at the close of the year there were 3339 policies in force involv ing an amount of 13534080 of this amount 1611605 was reinsured and the net risks at the close of the year wera 11922475 the largest ipsa sus- t nlned during the year was for 6500 on the outbuildings of mr arch ms- arthur caledon the directors for the past year have been c e wood president freeman t l leslie vicepresident george town james kirkwod acton w a lasby acton n f lindsay actoi wm hume milton duncan campbell mcffat john wilson erin c h turn er milton thos moore secretary- treasurer campbellyllle the abnual meeting of the company will be held in the town hall in acton on monday february 1 arena committee met a meettogof the- arena committee was held last thursday evening in the cuucucluuube at this meeting mr was decided add dr nejspns noma to the committee- and request that he act on this organization again this year it was alsosxranged that the admission prices for hockegames would be reduc ed from 35o to 25c for adults and 15c for children itrtvas also deemed ad visable to paint the boards enclosing tbe ice surfacei big mardl gras programme onthursday night february a a big treat is in store when a play rioting with laughter will be jiut bh hi the town hall under the auspices of st josephs players they are working hard to make this preleriten affair the bst yet the mardl gras three act comedy is full of interest and amuse ment and has a caste of seventeen they are to be assisted by ferris the funny man and george smith the danc ing man between acts dancing old and new will follow the entertainment and thus bring to a close one of the biggest programmes in acton team of horses killed in norval crash two horses were killed when a car smashed into the wagon and team owned by john mcmeekba who was driyirig from norval to his farm on the fourth ilnefwest on no 7 highway mcmeekin was procefidngalpng the highway jdriy- ing a team while a third hprse was being lead along behind the wagon tied to the vehicle a car bound in the same dates for 1932 ars septembejr20 and 2i7surpias reported v from 1981 fair the annual meeting of acton fall fair was held yestexday aftejmoon b the council chamber with president d d- waldie presiding a review pf thepast year as given by auditor k beswick and secretary w j akins showed tbevrfalr to have accumulated a small surplus again in spite of the adverse conditions pi e vailing a balance on hand for tbe year of 17727- was shown the fair tb addition has assets of over 40 in buljdtnktand equipmfent the total re ceipts last year including grants etc were 301814 j in the election of officers the follow ing were chosen for 1932 presldenfrchas mokeown first vicepresident r j ramshaw- second vlce4presdent j p robert son directors d d waldie g w mur ray l l mullin di mcdougall j a mcnri l o johnston georg somer- vlee s h undsa e pearen w k graham r j kertr g- a dills v b rumleyrctwbodnall w- r norton j davidson j m mcdonald mac symon w j akins j j stewart r l davidson mr w r kenney who was first vlcepresldenflast year declined to accept tbe presidency this year the secretary was instructed to forward to mr kermeya letter expressing the thanks of- the fair board fprbis splendid ser vices of past years and- in consideration of his activity from -the- inc of the of the fair hewas made a lifemember it was decided not to hold a spring horse show nd to enter the field crop competition t the secretary was also instructed to write letter o condolence to mrsj r kennedy conveying to heralso the gieat loss the fair board felt in the death of mr kennedy who had been an untiring worker and efficient officer a vote of thanks was tendered to the acton fbee press and editor- g a dills for the wholehearted support that had been given the pair mr dills replied expressing his pleasure at being of what assistance he could in making acton- pair a success the usualdates for the 1932 fair were chosen that have been held almost since it inception namely the third tuesday and wednesday of september which this year coinea on september 20 and 21 it was alsordeclded to hold the annual meeting at an earlier date in january next year the secretary was instructed to for- j m mcdonald chairman of the inspectors term report finds acton schools high in ttic stdards and equipmenofnew method of entrance pasng dealt withmis hayill expreases appreciauon of her term- inoce on reurmgrmusicat festival aitangements under way s at the inaugural r meeting of tne school board last j at ollock trustees mrs -b- at wilson j- m mcdonald jas hudson j p scar- row andxra j buchanan were present trusteeaelect buchanan scar- row and mcdonald subscribed to the usuai declaration of office the secrjetary called upon the mem- berij to elect a chairnxan for the year orijnjitlua successor was appointed moved by j p scarrow seconded by jas hudson jbat j- m mcdonald be and is hereby elected chairman of the public school board for the year 1932 or until his successor shall ha b elected in his sji c the honor conferred upon him- and ask ed the same cooperation in the work as has characterized its buslnessuke sessions the past term the standing committees for the year were upon motion made for the year as follows finance committee rev p a sawyer j p scarrow property committee jas hud son j mi mcdonald supplies committer- mrs b m wilson dr a j buchanan it was deemed advisable by the board tn have the finance commltteesreport presented at the same tune as that of other committees instead ofattbofirsi of the meeting as has been the usual procedure v the first report of the finance com mittee recommended payment of the following accounts public utilities commission water and light 2029 mclean co supplies 521 highway parage supplies 182 james symon suppves r 1952 direction smashed into the wagon froro ward the annual fee to the faire as sociation and mr c mdkeown andthe new secretary were appointed delcv gates to the convention in february with mr r jramshaw as alternate upon retiring from the chair pre- sidentwaldie was- accorded a- hearty vote of thanks for his conscientious courteous andefflclent ocupancy of the office during his terntt mr mckeown on assuming the chair thanked the board for the honor con ferred upon him and requested the same assistance from directors which had done so much to make acton fair ah outstanding success the meeting oi the- new directors fcilowed the annual meeting isecretarj yille ftgrln societywas held te his resigna lmda urday treasure cooneys statement showed a balance of mpre than 10qon hand and an increase in membership the dates for this years exhibition were set for september 14 and lsofflcers elected were honorary president samuel kannawln caledon president j c jackson mono first vicepresid ent- robert rowan alton second vice- president william h gray laurel dliectors mono township william a donaldson and j wtlsidlaw caledon township william h black and john young east garafraxa township arch vance and nejsoxrblackt amaraullr townswprwiluam s golden and her bert hughes town of orangeyjllejpr w h rlddell james white william hoare joshua reld s h ruuedge j e thompson and ralph banbury se cretarytreasurer joseph 0rcjopney auditors a h woodland and o b hayes t esqueslng fair annual meeting the esqueslng township agricultural society annual meeting was held- at gecrgetown on saturday the society had left a balance of 8265 this year in spite of unfavorable weather on thelr falr day treceipts for the year were 1 98896 of which 547 was grants and scg8 gate receipts the prize list of the fair amounted to 91320 and purses for rates to 27215 the fair will ty held in 1932 on october 4 and 5 officers elclitcd were president e mowhirter t vicepresident g l leslie m near ecretary w a wilson treasurerp leave directors j a elllbtt james flvhcr t bjjownrldge george cleave george currie w g appelbe col masons a mcdonald w lowe i mullin h m mcdoweu t h cook t c moffat frank fetch t l leslie w j alexander w c anthony g w mac- lbitock dr r t paul r b foulls drvld wilson w v grant geo davis w c bessey dr f l heath l w daun auditors j h bingham j d apdfrey i 4684 the secretary read copies of letter that had been ordered to be forwarded by hrm c a letter was received frommrs a p havlll as follows secretary of school board acton ontario dear mr mcdonald will you pleasvconveytp he members of the school board mynsstsincsre thanks for their very kind letter regard- ing my term of office i assure yrou i deem it not only a pleasure hutaarery great privilege to have had the oppor tunity of serving with you who critic rev mr bennle then gave some giving your time and wide business ex- l 1z77i ttv -lz- peience so willingly in order- to advance the welfare of our municipality t i trust we as citizens will not fall to teajizeatieastin part the sacrifice you are so generously making permit me to again thanfyou for tbe beautiful and useful gift which to me will ever be a service of pleasure and also a cherished memory yours truly sincerely yariqiis ileitis of interest sm icomiiig f e luke optomemstwlnt yrmgibi street torontos eyesight specaut may be consulted about your eyes for glasses at hintons jewelry storej acton on friday january 22 ftxjm to 8ptm i ufy tp o meetipg the regular meeting of the u fy p o washeld in the parish hall on friday evening the presldeht arthur mokeownrwas hi the chair after the busin meeting to jvlc miss- aileen clarridge took charge of thb meeting and the following pro- gramme was given lawr iamb gave mouth organ selecttorisand fred an- thony a splendid report of thu p o convention held in december to whioh he was a delegate a short play entitled yon knijw i know shakel was then given with the cast as follows ned nexvcombe an artist arthur mckeown alice newcombe bis wife margaret leslie uncle john neds rich uncle miss abigail walton alices rch- aunt the meeting closed with the national anthem lunch wai served and the remainder dfhte eventog spent in g and dancing high school literary society meettn a meeting of the literary society at the acton continuation school was held on wednesday lin the parish hall as the president was absent vicepresident mrjorle near conducted the- meeting which was put on by the members of second formr an opening chorus was given- by second form after which the minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted and other business attended to the chairman then gave a abort addi ssrwhtcn was followed by a reading by barbara taylor a delightful piano duett- was then rendered by beth harri son and margaret arnold following which a musical number was given by the tphree musketeers john- nical george- switeer and howard norton ipearjmcenery then gave a very tnterest- lnjr reading which was followed by a closing chorus by second form the the term report of inspector denyes was received by the board mr denyes expressed- his entire satisfaction- with the- standards of teachlngjroificlency-of- dlstrict l o l officers on thursday january 14 the annual meeting of the hornby district loyal orange association was held in acton the largest number of delegates ever seen at a district meeting were present a f havill the review of the years jwork revealed vtbat the district was in a fairly healthy condition the election and installa tion of the officers was conducted in a committee of four were appointed to see what arrangements could be made and report at the next meeting of the board on saturday evehlngjanuary 30 knox church annual meeting splendid reports by various societies given last evening social time follows congregational w gathering the annual meetingof knox ohuroh was held last evening and showed a keen interest by tbe members in- the activities of churcnorkt there was a splendid jaitehdance the financial reports pre sented showed the various societies to have closed a successful year of effort and all branches of the work were in good condition j the total church gtvings exceeded seven thousand dollars the churrn debt was reduced to 120000 besides a substantial cash balance of over 400 carried forward the womens mission ary society alert young womens aux iliary young peoples guild sunday school mens bible class victoria mis sion band and ladles aid society all presented good reports lunch was served at the conclusion of th business meeting followed- by ajjrb- giitmme and community singing three new managers were elected messrs john mcgregor f s blow and norman- mcleod l thkkveninq meal digester a corpulent teacher was giving a les son to a class of small children on a canary- v teacher can anybody tell me what a canary- can do and 1 cant sharp boy pease miss have a bath la a saucer i n tlie schopl and the teaching ability of the staff and discipline a special or auxiliary class would be a valuable ad- judot in- the organization of the school the new method of high school admis sion decided upon for una year in halton was upon the certificate of the principal the scheme is intended to reduce expenses in connection with these examinations both to the pupils and the boards and also to relieve in some measure the strain of these examina tions upon the pupils the inspector pointed very forcibly to the need for new se to th rooms and asked that this be remedied this year favorable comment was also made on the decorating of two rooms and the faithful and diligent work of the care taker 2 the seating requirement had been ar- ranged by the retiring board during the christmas holidays the board decided upon motion to hold the regular meeting of the board on the second tuesday of each month at 730 prm mrs i hl r moore- explained the changes that had been made tothe muslcalpestlval this year the com petitions wm be held m the daj time and the board assured her that- they would bo willing to cooperate in trans portation arrangernents and hi meeting thft fees and music requirements ithaft are necessaryr mr mcdonald as bead of the pro perty committee last year explained ths installation of the new seats to the primary room the broken trees in the lane bad been removed for the jrery helpful criticism and the meeting elided with the singing of the national anthem very able m bv past county mff bro monally of georgetown the fol- lowing are the officers for the year w ifcrbro snow milton d m bro fox georgetown chaplain bro roberts campbellyille recording and financial secretary bro a thompson geo treasurerbro hull georgetown marshall bro given georgetown 1st lecturer bro j p scarrow acton 1 2nd lecturer bro lewlngton milton county master bro henderson gave a brief address as also did all the newly elected officers the meeting closed wlthtbe national anthem fog- and ice contributed to accident a motor accident that involved flvd cars with several of them badly rtamag- d but n one seriously injured occurred on sunday afternoc a on the highway about three rones oaj t of acton a party of fivewere coming from toronto when their car skidded on the ley roadway and turned over twice the top waa smashed completely off and the car came to rest with the rear wheels on the em- harjkment and the front wheels at the edge of the pavement a service man fiom acton responded to the call to get the machine from its position visibility was very bad that day and the pave ment icy mr harry goldham was corning from georgetown and seeing the obstruction on tbe road slowed down to pass kuhu luttrell of paisley was fo- leving the goldham car at a high speed and when he attempted to stop threw his car around and crashed sideways into the rear of the georgetown car and- u- ik 1 wood mr mcdonald agreed to hae- careened over to the ditch and turned dpijde down the rer ctooldbams car was badly amasbed and luttrells car was damaged almost beyond repair from the impact a couple of other cars in slowing down at the scene of the triple clpdewrput ort the scbopl iane which waj almost impassable as tliey became available at the tannery the chalnriah was imppwered to secure a drum of floor oil for use at the scbopl the secretary was instructed to des troy old correspondence and invoice files vestlgated be accidenia none in the vault beyond the past flye wioccupante rtf any of tba cars wer rnji as tbe vault was getting filled up iaxta beyond mlnbr tmtt add bruises accident also took to the dltcbbut notdamaged cbief mcpnerspii vestlaated tte acclileiiik non hi- i ism t i -yi- v vyvi ijfesifemssfes a-flt-