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fiftyseventh yea ftboa acton ontario thurdsay may 26 1932 eight homeprint pages five cent tax arrears greatly reduced by maypaymentsbylaws passed y prohibiting ball playing and games on ihe streetsspecial meeting wth make bbttmateafor striking 1932 tax raterfire under- lv writers recommendations to receive attention overdraft snouw be met from current taxation eramosa reeve died suddenly had as thsssieeunid the acton council amjonaftr evening councinois w mc- arthur john wool e jones and george cowlo were present reeve barber who had been ul during the week was able to be present at the meeting and presided the finance committee 1n their eleventh report recommended payment of the following accounts imperial oh co gasoline 7350 bell telephoneco services 1340 geo h lante gravel streets and walks oeojh lant earth for park 575 chester mcbain drawing brush 290 actow fan press advertising 660 11715 the report was adopted moved hy w d mcarthur seconded by john uic6l that the acton citizens band he given a grant of 15000 and that the same be paid forthwith car ried it was resolved to hold a special meet ing of the council on the evening ol june 1 for the purpose of estimating the receip and expenditures for the year in preparation for striking the rate fire chief rtmv mcdonald was pre sent as requested by the council to dis cuss with them the report of the fire underwriters which had been submitted at the last meeting moved by j ntaol seconded by w d mcarthur that the fire underwriters report be adopted and filed and that the clerk be instructed to reply to the effect that the changes and improvements in the are fighting- arrangements would receive the serious consideration of tne council gaitrtol in regard to the clearing of the stream between corporation pond and fairy lake it was decided this was private progerty on which the council could not take action without consent of beard- more ss co complaint regarding the playing or tiarbyteriecntlar un th was made and he clerk had been instructed to prepare a bylaw prohlbitilng this practice moved by george cowie seconded oy e jones that leave be granted to in troduce a bylaw providing for the amendment of nuisance bylaws num bers 13 and 17 so as to prohibit the sidewalks ball rfinng of bicycles on playing and other dangerous games and activities on the streets and the deposit ing of tilth or substances liable to en danger public health in dralnsand that 415 p m 615 p m daily on satur the said bylaw be now given a first reading carried the second and third readings were also given this amendment to the bylaws and it was passed by the council the clerk read a letter from mr ellis of the ontario municipal board which had been sent in reply to an inquiry from him mr havill had taken him to task claiming that the municipality must raise debentures for an overdraft and could not levy taxes to pay the amount mr ellis maintained that the clerk was correct in his viewpoint and pointed out that the overdraft in his consideration should be met out of a tax levy mr ellis gave his reasons for this contention the clerk reported that he bad furnished mr havill with a copy of the letter a jetteir from the public utilities com mission tasked the advice of the council regarding the discontinuing of services on the list of arrears of waterworks ac counts the council agreed to leave this matter entirely in the hands of the commission to deal with as they saw fit mr wilson was present and gave the commissions viewpoint of the situation the clerk was instructed to secure a supply of asphalt for filling the joints in the pavement on main and young btlreets the clerk reported regarding the pay ment of taxes on the plant of the ontario memorial co all the arrears tiff tips plant had been paid and pay ments from the boyal trust co and th trustee 6f the estate had made an over payment of 18541 this was to be applied on the current years taxes 01 the factory councillor nicol pointed out the need of securing equipment for fighting fires that occurred in gasoline and service stations the cost of the equipment was small and fire chief mcdonald reported that the brigade had no equipment to quench this type of fire the matter was to- be dealt with at a future meeting various interesting items df news lakeside l o d e meeting the lakeside chapter l o d e enjoyed an evening of euchre at the home of mrs w d talbot last wed- nesday the prizes were won by miss lorna kennedy and mrs dr a j buchanan following the cards lunch was served by the hostesses for the evening a special meeting of the council for the- township of eramosa was held at rockwbod fresentr councillors albert lush sims mclean j a stewart and d el storey on motion of messrs stewart and storey sims mclean was elected chair man- the clerk stated that he had called a special meeting of council owing to the sudden death of the reeve mr adam wood a resolution was passed expressing the regret of the council laj the passing of their colleague and fellowworker the late reeve adam wood and tendering their- sincere sym- pathy to the family the clerk was in- structed to enter the resolution in tns minutes and forward a copy to the family of the late reeve similar action was taken regarding the death of mrs h l royce wife of the chairman of the board of health on motion of messrs mclean and stewart george bayne was appointed driven acquitted everett middlebroow malton farmer into whose carhlghway traffic officer charles hefferon crashed on thursday may 12 the collision inflicting injuries from which the officer died the next day wasacqulttecroh a ctoarge in place of wm wisharc resigned sims mclean tendered his resignation as councillor announcing that he would be a candidate for the reeveship on motion of messrs lush and storey the resignation was accepted arrangements were made for a meeting of ratepayers in the town hall rock- wood jon thursday june 2 at one p m for the nomination of candidates for reeve and councillor on motion of messrs lush and stewart councillor d h storey was appointed acting reeve until a successor to the late reeve adam wood he elected thelateadamwoodserved -ascaun- cillor for the township of eramosa for the years 1908 to 1913 inclusive and as reeve from april 1915 to december 1920 and from january 1932 to the tme of his death less driving in police court at brampton last week to celebrate dominion day in acton the baseball club have plans in hand to stage a day of sports in acton on dominion day the team will play and there will be a ladles softball tournament and other athleticsports in the afternoon a callthumplan parade is also- being considered as one of the features in the evening a grand garden party will take place victoria day queens weather graced victoria day on tuesday and provided a splendid day for outings and outofdoor work in acton the day was spent quietly many citizens busied themselves with spring activities in the gardens and homes- others went avlsltlng and there were many homecomings for the day it was ideal picnic weather and excursions to the grovesandfamilyoutingsalongthe highways and byways were enjoyed new summer bus schedule effective on sunday may 29 the sum mer schedule of the arrow coach lines win come into operation the buses- are all operated on eastern standard time- the new terminal in toronto of the company is at bloor and bay streets westbound buses are due at acton at 915 a m 1115 a m 115 p m eight- yearold lad drowned at bronte harold henshaw8 son of mr and mrs fred henshaw bronte was drown ed in the twelve mile creek saturday when he fell out of an old leaky punt he and harvey osbrfrne 8bad token- the punt out and apparegfly harold lost his balance paddling ashore harvey raised an alarm and a group of fisher men and employees from a nearby mill tried to locate the body after two hours fwasrtfecovered by freeman bray coroner dr w n wilkinson of oak- vjlle was notified and an inquest is j days at 845 p m and 1215 a m and dally except jjaturday at 1015 p m eastbound the buses are due here dally at 600 a m 935 a m 100 p m 425 p m 555 p m and 900 p m on sundays and holidays at 8 p m the bus at 555 is a through coach that stops only at the larger points and arrives in toronto at 735 the euiouhoare wedding a wedding of local interest took place at st albans- church acton on satur day the 21st when alberta the oldest daughter of mr e a hoare of toronto became t b of mr william elliott the eldest son of mr and mrs r elliott of acton the bride wore a pale pink lace dress with white shoes and stock ings and white veil with a bouquet of pink and white snapdragons she was given in marriage by her father she was attended by miss nora waterhousc as bridesmaldi who wore pale blue also mrs george fountain who wore dark blue tjiejlower girl was dressed in leaf green and carried a basket of pink ard white snapdragons she was the grooms sister the groom was supported by mr norman hlnton following the ceremony a wedding supper was served at the home of mr and mrs r elliott the couple motored to torontoandloiithelrretuxn will reside in acton fatal accident at port credit miss florence blakey aged 60 of st catharines was fatally injured shortlv after 9 30 monday night when she was struck by an automobile while crossing the torontohamilton highway at port credlt according- to the police mis blakey earlier in the day had driven to port credit with relatives with whom she had been staying at 153 egllnton avenue east toronto and had just come out of the dominion stores shop after making some purchases she was intending to cross the street from north to south and after hesitating for a moment finally started across it is said she stepped directly in the path of a westbound car driven by alphonso a b robinson 2161 main street nia gara falls n yc and was struck when picked up she was found to be bleeding profusely and a call was immedately put in for an ambulance in which she was jjushed to st josephs hospital toronto she arrived at the hospital in a dying condition and succumbed to he injuries a few moments after she had been admitted- she was found to have sustained a fractured skull fractures of her left arm left leg and jaw as well as head lacerations served as councillor and reeve for many years election will be held for reeve and councillor local team defeat moffat in a game of softball played at moffat score was 105 in favor i of acton in a softball fixture played ta moffat on friday night acton defeated the moffat softballers by the score of 105 it was the second wln for the acton nine they defeated limehouse on thursday- night 106 they still show the same punch as last year and fred waterhouse is still pitching a steady game all the acton players got one or more hits with the exception of frank holloway they also all figured in the scoring mcklnnon the opposing pitch er was hit pretty freely fred water- house tylerand clifford gathered two- base hits wrille scriven got a triple j cargill was tne only moffat man to get an extra base hit the following is the box score acton abrhfoae w waterhouse 2b 3 110 0 1 h cripps if 3 2 10 0 0 s scriven c 3 114 0 0 f waterhouse p 3 12 3 2 0 f holloway ss 3 0 0 2 10 a marshall cf 3 112 11 j waterhouse 3b 3 2 2 010 m tyler lb 3 1 2 0 o t clifford rf 3 110 0 0 total v 27 10 11 15 5 2 i moffat ab r h po a e t cargill 2b 3 0 l 1 o 0 c mcklnnon c 3 00400 d bell ss 3 110 0 0 c elliott cr 3 1 1 0 0 0 bill lb 3 0 6 3 0 0 g dredge rf 2 1 x- 2 0 0 h mcklnnon p 2 1 1 3 0 0 j cargill if 3 2 10 0 0 b fraser 2b v 2 10 2 10 totat t 613 1 o j 24 summary 3 base hits scriven 2 base hitsj cargill f waterhouse tyler clifford struck out by waterhouse 4 by mc klnnon 4 walks by waterhouse 2 by mcklnnon 4 rouble play marshall to tyler stolen base g dredge left on base moffat 4 acton 3 batteries moffat h mcklnnon and c mcklnhon acton f waterhouse and s scriven the score r h e acton 332 2010 11 2 moffat q10 31 5 8 0 1- the evening meal digester 1 the following story very timely fr the fishing season was gleaned from the powassan news powassans juvenile dew worm vendors have been doing a rushing business this year due to their aggressive salesman ship one of the boys is telling a good joke it appears that on saturday he asked an american tourist a lady if she wanted any dew wormi evidently thinking they were a delicacy of the hot dog type the lady answered no thank you cream we have just had some ice proclamation to show due respect to the memory of actona late reeve george barber citizens of the municipality- are requested to close their various places of business from two oclock until five oclock on friday after noon may 27 during the time of ihe funeral of the chief magistrate and head of the municipality h n farmer clerk acton may 26 1932 the empir e concert splendid event provided by the public school pupils and the c o d e prize winners receive awards t the annual empire concert sponsored by the duke of devonshire chapter of the i o d e and provided by- the pupils and teachers of acton public school has come to be quite an event of interest it was held last friday evening and the town hall was packed to capacity by pupils parents and friends the pupils who have studied music so diligently and received such splendid standing at the festival can now under the direction of mrs m r moore provide a programme of out standing merit mr j m mcdonald chairman of the school board very capably fulfilled the tluties of cbalrmanand conducted the programme which had as its opening number a group selection of patriotic songs by the massed choir the other numbers on the programme were by the festival contestants as follows marie brunnelle who won third place in her class of twentyseven solo talk on the british empire by bill borovoy piano solo by frances dills festival number billy boy bytheforryvotce cnoir alice taylor who won the silver medal in the w c t u contest gave a read ing solo by jackie bruce festival silver medallist the melodious blacksmith boys double duett by vernon agnew n braldo l leatham andbruce pargetc- a group of folk dances by first book pupils song if i were a rose by four festival singers beatrice taylor dorothy king jean evans and e marzo piano solo by margaret harrison kluarney solo by bruce pargeter who won third place at the festival violin solo by norman braldo double duett bydorothv dunn frances chisholm patricia har- rop and elma braido solo by reno braldo festival gold medalist empire day creed and salute by martin has- sard and franklin near reading by bert patrick who won second place in the w c t u contest song good night ahd good morning by frances rawl- ings margaret harrison edna robsou and jessie coles the boys choir gave their festival selection which won for them second place at the county event and the silver shield provided as an award by acton womens institute frances chisholm who last year won the gold medal at the festival and again captured this award in the open solo delighted the audience with her number talk- on the union jack by alice taylor piano solo by wilma hansen double trio by the fes tival first prize trophy winners dorothy dunn marjorle davidson mary papillon doris wilson hazel wilson and bella roszell solo by bill sullivan who won the bronze medal at the festival in the open solo class the concluding number on the musical part of the programme was the selection by the sixty voice choir which captured the major award at he county festival and it was a fitting climax to this splendid presentation by the pupils following the singng of thls number ihe pupils took the occasion to show their appreciation of the work of mrs m e moore directress and miss jean orr pianist for the musical training that had been given and the standing that had been awarded 3eautlful bas kets of snapdragons were presented to them on behalf of the pupils by marie brunnelle and bruce pargeter in a few word3 mrs moore graciously gave credit to the pupils for their diligence and t- tentton and the teachers and miss orr who had made success possible and thanked the children for their remem brance s t the final event on the programme was the presentation f prizes to tuoac pupils in each department who had won in ssay writng book making and writing these awards were won by marjoric davidson frances dills bllllc turner dorothy king walter sygmunt lois dawklns doris weaver and marjoric nelson patriotic books were presented by the regent of the duke of devonshire chapter of the i o d e mrs f e mccleary and the pupils were congratu lated upon their achievements on behalf of the lakeside chapter l o d e mrs j b adamson the regent presented the awards given by acton defeated count j champions in the first game of the county league this year by 20 chalmers pitched a sliutout victory on saturday afternoon the acton baseball team beat the milton team 1930 ontario champions and last years runnerup 20 they outplayed the champs in every department the main reason for the defeat was too much chalmers he was in the pink of con dition and held the milton sluggers to three hits one coming in the eighth and two in the ninth there were only 20 men faced him in 6 innings the rest of the team gave him great support with airtight fielding and some nice hit ting marsh on the mound for milton was touched for eleven hits and he issued three free passes acton had men on haseevery inning and should have had at least four tnore runs they had the bases loaded twice but the weak end of the batting list was up and they were easy outs carmlchael proved to be the heavy hitter getting on base four times out of five times at bat and the fifth time was a beautiful drive to clements who misjudged it but he stuck out his hand and the ball miraculously stuck thereandtobbed dougie of asurehltr roy and fred leader each touched marsh for two hits while berscht chalmers white and waterhouse had one safety each terry walked twice to get on base while captain bill holloway got there twice on a walk and an error all nine players got as far as first base they played bangup baseball all the way and ought to be good enough for the league championship at least man ager mccomb says its the best team acton ever had mills of milton hit into a double play in the eighth with lewis on second base he tried to stretch his hit into a double and as a result both men were on second this resulted in a mixup and both lewis and mills were tagged- out in the sixth inning with a man en first holloway hit one to wilson the first baseman which resulted in a double play apton abrh poae terry rf 30010 holloway lb 40 0 9 1 carmlchael 2b 5 13 2 3 r leader c 1 4 1 2 11 0 f leader if 3 0 2 10 waterhouse cf 50 1 1 0 berscht 3b 5 0 111 white ss 4 0 111 chalmers p 4 0 10 5 total 38 2 11 27 11 3 milton ab r h po a e w clements- rf houston 3b marsh p a clements 2b anderson cf fetter c wilson lb lewis ss i kennedy if mills if 10 1 0 o 10 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 total 32 0 3 27 12 5 summary- struck out by marsh 9 by chalmers 7 walked by marsh 3 by chalmers 2 stolen bases a clements lewis w holloway terry double plays wilson to lewis berscht to carmlchael to hollo way to carmlchael left on base milton 3 acton 15 sacrifice hits r leader the score r h e acton 002 000 0002 11 3 milton 000 000 0000 3 5 umpire rube horning hamilton shortages in trafalgar township strong demands for an investigation of apparent shortages in the township of trafalgar accounts were made at a nomination meeting in trafalgar town ship municipal chambers monday whirl anson buck former deputy reeve was elected by acclamation to fill the place left vacanrhy thetetlrement-of-coun- cillor w e ford ford resigned to take up the office of treasurer from which c e ryan resigned three weeks ago following the recebpt of the auditors re port the apparent shortages referred to were disclosed in the report of john s entwistle co auditors- they are as follows apparent shortage in 1929 bark taxes 321758 apparent shortage in 1930 back taxes 76796 apparent short age in accounts of s s no 3 trafalgar township 400 i regret the occurenro that necessitated these nominations said mr buck i had no idea when i suggested the audit at the new year nominations that such a mess would turn up i felt that with the volume of busi ness handled by council a regular audit was necessary that society- each year fo the best all- round girl and boy in acton high school these- were won by gladys agar and bill williams and each were presented wiih beautiful rings following the singing of the national anthem the concert was brought to a close the sflver trophy given by acton school board for competition at the festival wasthisyeaiwonbyi bjonte school in the boys choir for one to f6ur rbom schools reeve george barber passed away v suddenly yesterday afternoon r had been reeve of acton for over eight years was honored by wardenship ofrhalton county in 1924 funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from knox presbyterian church l w acton citizens were indeed shocked when it was learned late yesterday after noon that reeve george barber had passed away suddenly at his home on mill street mr barber has not enjoyed robust health for the past year or more but was about the town until the past week since late last year he has suf fered frequently recurring periods- of sickness with his characterlstlcpluck he car ried dn his duties as reeve and al though confined to his bed for several days he attended the session of the council on monday evening and presided at the meeting on tuesday his illness again confined him to his bed and he gradually grew weaker until the end fqtna nhnnt fnnr nclnflr ycctorria nftpr- noon george barber was a son of the late george barber and nellie shortreed and was born hi nassagaweya township seventyfour years ago he spent his early manhood in this township and when a young man went to vancouver andengagedtnbulldlngandcontractlng he was eminently successful in his business career in the west and about twentyfive years ago he came back to make his home in acton with mrs barber and his young family since that time he has resided in acton on mill street first in the residence now owned by mrs hollinger and lately in the splendid new home which he erected 3lx or seven years ago fourteen years ago his beloved part ner who was before her marlage miss ada lelshman passed away and he was left with his small family of three chil dren to care for with kindly paternal- care he ministered to their needs and his family of miss jean who is a school teacher at manltowanlng and miss nellie and john at home have grown to young womanhood and manhood mr barber- always took an interest in municipal affairs and in 1918 was elected a member of the council a year later he was chosen by the electors of acton as- their reeve andserveenhe municipality in that capacity from 1919 until 1925 it was during his tenure of office that actons largest municipal undertaking the installation at the waterworks system was carried to suc cessful completion in 1924 he was honored by the countv council of halton with beinglippointed warden of the county in 1925 he was retired from tne office of reeve for the past few years he has enjoyed a period of relaxation from the strenuous duties of municipal life in december last he was urged by his friends to again aspire for the reeve ship and be again was given trie con fidence of the ratepayers and chosen for the offlcefor1932 which he filled until death practically overtook him in the harness he was- greatly interested in acton and its municipal affairs and er- deavored to maintain its splendid stand ing as a community besides his three children who remain to revere bis memory he leaves two sisters mrs wooding of mansewood and mrs jas peters of vancouver b c to all of these the sympathy of a wide circle of friends who had come to know this man who occupied the highest position in the gift of the municipality and county is extended in their time of bereavement mr barber was a member of knox presbyterian church and the funeral tomorrow friday afternoon will be held after a brief service at the home from that edifice with service at three oclock standard time interment will be made in fairview cemetery acton the bible society special services in churches last sunday annual election of officers conducted last sunday special services wereheld in the churches in acton dealing with the work of the bible society at knox church rev mr pinnock conducted the services at a meeting following the evening service in that church which was in charge of mr pinnock the fol lowing officers of the society were elected president j e mcmillan first vicepresident d n mctavish second vicepresident basil john ston i secretarytreasurer a t brown executive john cameron a wor- den a t mann r n brown jas mc intosh alex mcdonald george chap man j c matthews f e kennedy donald waldie w m cooper alex kannawln s h webster h w hlnton g w murray j l moore chas w mokeown h malnprlze jos reld alex lees n f moore a hemstreet and george maphall the annual canvass of the community in- the financial interests of the society and the very worthy work they are doing will be made next week daughter whatls alimony mother mother its a mans cash surrender value my dear news of acton and the district womens institute meeting the regular monthly meeting of the womens institute will be held at mrs bahcocjca on wednesday jiuie 1 at 230 oclock j i v f y p o meeting u the acton u op yl p o will hold their regular meeting in the parish hail on friday june 3 commencing at 830 sharp mr a g klrstlne agricultural r representative will address the meeting with regard to a short course in acton next winter legion zone church parade the first annual zone church parade will be held on sunday next may 29 in acton the paradewillform up in the palrk here at 2 p m standard time and led by the bugle band of lome scottish rifles and jacton citizens band will march to the cenotaph where a wreath will be deposited the parade will then march to knox presbyterian church were a short service will be held this gathering includes all the branches n zone 13 and the veterans are plan- ningtomake this first annual event a memorable occasion i thirtythree want to be clerk of oakvlue thirtythree applications for the posi tion of clerktreasurer of the town of oakvillewere considered by the council of that town on monday night they were read in committee of the whole and its was decided to select the most likely ones and ask the applicants to- appear before the council at the next meeting the position was made vacant by the resignation of a e ryan now awaiting trial on several charges in connection with apparent shortages ball game saturday the first local game in the halton baseball league will be played on satur day afternoon in the park in acton oakvlue wlllbe the contestants and they will be out to win as they have had one defeat in their opening game the ball players will parade to the pavk prior to the game headed by actcn citizens band who will be in attend ance at the game acton won their opening game last saturday they are out to make a good showing in the league this year the game starts at two oclock standard time t alberta sets new butter record final figures of butter production in alberta for 1931 amount to 22957922 pounds which is more than 600000 pounds above the previous highest years record for the province closely associ ated with butter production is a move- ment inaugurated by the federal and provincial departments of agriculture to encourage farmers to enlarge their forage crop areas between 300 arid 400 farm ers in various parts of the province will this year participate iflr st movementrto grow special plots of forage crops from selected seed with the object of in creasing the amount of forage crop seed available in the province won high standing in graduation the following item from the kitchener record will be read with interest by friends in the old home town of mrs ebbage and the late chas w ebbage who were natives of acton miss eb bage referred to in the article is a daughter and a granddaughter of the late mr and mrs thos ebbage for years residents of this community miss agnes ebbage of this city won distinc tion in st catharines last night when at the graduation exercises of the 32 class of the st catharines general hos pital macktraming bchool for nurses of which she was a member she was awarded the medal given by the board of governors for the highest standing in practical work a class of 18 was graduated the address to the nurses being given by hon dr j m robb minister of public health for ontario the presentation of diplomas being made by mr j g moore chairman of the board of governors the presentation of pins- by mrs stuart watt president of the ladles aid and the presentation of prizes by mrs w j chapman others participating in the programme were rev j w gordon dr a s malcolmson the lady superintendent miss anne wright and mayor avery the chairman relatives and friends in attendance in honor of miss ebbage were her mother mrs sinclair and mr w g sinclair mr harrison ebbage mr and mrs clif ford sinclair ijmd son donald mr and mrs w o mitchelj and daughter miss olive rev j h sandercock and mre sandercock mrand mrs- e n stoll miss jearf wintermr victor i wakefield and the- misses orpha and elmer det- wller all f kitchener and sir james sinclair of the university of toronto r 7 tft r-