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5 fwripv l til y i f i- betj rxm kltfeiglfth yearno 2 acton ontario thursday july 14 1932 eight homeprint pages five cento a selection of news items 1 kv erfn barn dertroyed by fire fire or unknown oritjin destroyed the ibarn and contents includffig 15 loads of new ihayfann implements and harness of robert hunter tenth line erin on sunday loss is estimated at over 4000 with only small insurance coverage the are was first noticed by the d s sinclair family who live across the road erin volunteer fire brigade answered the alarm and with neighbors foxmed a bucket brigade which was able to save the hunter farmhouse and the sinclair buildings the brigade was in charge of chief deleltcb acton community picnic arrangements are getting under way nicely for the acton community picnic tobe held in acton park on wednesday i afternoon july 27 followed by a street dance in the evening mr p honey has been appointed chairman of the sports committee v b rumjey chairman of refreshment committee j s davidson chairman of dance committee e t hassard chairman of advertising and publicity committee and mr w m cooper is making arrangements for the grounds and reservations on the street for the dance further details will fol low as the programme of events is att- nounced caledan clerk appointed after deputy reeve d g sutherland bad resigned to apply for the position j perry mcklnley son of reeve mc- kinley was appointed clerk of caledon township at a salary of 420 a year by the township council monday night he replaces j a lovell who died last month mr lovell received 600 after the office was filled sutherland accused reeve mcklnley of not playing the game fairly he stated that mcklnley would never have been elected had he not stepped down and made it an acclama tion this the reeve flatly denied the sherwood reunion t a reunion of the sherwood family to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the then georgetown had another field day arrival of their first members in canada was held at the residence of mr thomp son sherwood nelson village on satur- o hundred and walters error on wiltons drive paved the way for another fiverun rally and the game was hopelessly lost acton s anothe run in t fifty descendants were present coming from various parts of canada and the united states supper was provided by thetadlesoriheel5onunitedehutclr tuwu thetwolnnings his- -requirearrest-to-day-but-it-had-a-glori- and served in a large tent erected for the purpose afterwards addresses were rf pnrt representatives of the eight divisions of the family letters and messages were read from some of those who could not be present the location was fine and the weather ideal and a very pleasant afternoon was spent in renewing old and the making of new acquaintances german and brazilian radiophone stations heard in acton acton has a number of young men interested in short wave reception of the many commercial and broadcasting -statlons-from-all-over-the- worldias well holloway jb as listening to the- ship to shore com munications of ships on both the atlantic and pacific oceans when a station-is- definitely identified they report to its comments on reception stations in england france saigon french indo china rome germany and south am- erica are picked up almost dally several of- these have verified the reception by- letter or card and the latest include letters of appreciation from stations dja djb that frequently broadcast pro grammes originating in berlin ger many station ppq at santa cruz which communicates with commercial stajmjs in europe sent a nice card showing pictures of the station and sugar loaf rock at rio de janerio this station is owned by companhla radio- telegraphlca brasueria bi the orange walk at brampton one of the biggest 12th of july cele brations ever held in brampton took place on tuesday when more than 3000 orangemen and orangewomen walked representing seven counties simcoe york peel dufferin halton waterloo and wellington thousands lined the streets along the route of march which was over two miles long and it required nearly ah hour for the parade to pass william johnston aged 89 cooksvillc won the silver cup for oldest man- on parade being in his 90th- year mrs w j galbraith aged 84 a member of queen alexandra l o b a brampton won the cup for oldest lady in the march other silver cups were awarded to campbells cross for best fife and drum band dublin l o l campbells cross for best appearing lodge in parade star of manchester gait for besf ladies true blue ledge mccormacfi l o b a toronto for largest ladles lodge cooksvlue l o l for jfargest mens lodge and bolton band or best brass band thousands gathered in the park to li to addres by rl hardy grand treasurer british north america cecil armstrong t l church toronto s charters m p- braunhon gordon graydon and others a programme of races was conducted in another section georgetown won from acton saturday trimmed the locals by a 123 score acton blew up after v first two innings acton went dtiwn to defeat oh satur day afternoon at the hands of the georgetown nine toihe tune of k3 it was another pf the oldtime slaugh ters and chalmers was driven to the showers in the seventh arid was replac ed by the veteran fojoya nell gibbons it was the first appearance neil has made this year and he made a very creditable showing although his arm is not in extra good shape yet the change of pace had the georgetown bat- ierspuzzled and they were swinging madly at neils offerings without avail he only allowed one hit the way the game started it looked like another win for acton chalmers struck out the first two georgetown men and threw the third one out at first base in actons half terry connected for a nice single but got left on second base as the next three mezc got out in the second inning hepburn started off with a hit but he also got left on second as the next three men were easy outs in actons half waterhouse who com plained that he couldnt hit fat walters offerings started off with a nice single this was followed by an other one from huffie chalmers the next man up struck out but tyler following chalmers connected with a lovely double driving home waterhouse and huffman he fell rounding second and was tagged out but two runs were over and everything looked lovely terry the next man up filed out to savage in centre field the next inning spelt disaster for the actonians eleven men faced chalmers in this inning and six runs were scored on four hits two walks and a couple of errors from then on acton wasnt in the game and the fielding was terrible enough to break up any pitcher there were about ten errors between second base and shortstop one run was scored in the fourth no scoring in the fifth uottdsxjnnay school picnic i single men won from married men at softbaurshpwers interfered with the programme seventh but never threatened to rally nell gibbons went in to finish the game and proved a puzzle to the george- arm isnt what it used to be and four or five innings is about enough for him acton lust looked jl a bunch of kids beside the papertown boys and was nothing liketheteam thatrhad -already- beaten georgetown twice corne on boys snap out of the daze and lets see what you can do this week they meet georgetown again here on saturday and just have to win to hold their place in the running the following is- the box score acton ab r h po a terry rf 5 lelshman white 2b walters ss waterhouse- cl huffman 3b chalmers p n gibbons p tyler if f gibbons c total 37 3 13 24 8 6 georgetown ab r h po a e wilton ss 5 2 12 10 savage cf 5 10 2 10 beaumontrrf 4 2 3 1 0 0 hepburn if 5 2 410 0 walters p 42 2 0 1 0 armstrong 3b 5 110 3 0 ritchie 2b 0 0 0 1 10 woods 2b 4 0 2 3 3 0 blackburn c 4 1 fl 90 0 beriham lb 3 10 800 total 39 12 13 27 10 0 batted for holloway in the 9th summary two base hits beaumont tyler huff man stolen bases wilton white huff man waterhouse struck out by walters 9 by chalmers 4 by gibbons 1 walks off walters 1 off chalmers 2 hit toy pitcher by gibbons beau mont passed ballj gibbons sacrifice hits holloway c walters hits off chalmers in 7 innings 12 off gibbons in 2 innings 1 losing pitcher chal mers double play armstrong to ritchie to benham left on bases acton d georgetown 6 umpire rube horning hamilton the score r h e acton 020 000100 3 13 6 georgetown- 006 105 00 12 13 0 acton milton league standing p w l 8 6 2 s 3 pc 750 fi2 georgetown oakvule 8 500 125 matt tyler is playing good baseball this year he had a lovely twobase hit despite the heavy showers that in terrupted the programme of sports at the united sunday school picnic yesterday afternoon at edgewood park a tired happy crowd proclaimed they had a good time at the event the programme of races was pretty wel under way when the showers came and the softball game and other sports were finished when the skies clearedr- the following were the prize winners in the races and many a heart was made glad by the variety of prizes awarded urider 5 years betty gibson shirley kentner may nicol boys 5 and 6 yearsrddnnie evans t r lamb gerald carnrlte girls 5 and 6 years ethel franklin betty turner boys 7 and 8 years harry gibson tommy atkinson roy lambert girls 7 and 8 years alice gibbons frances lamb evelyn atkinson boys 9 and 10 yeare walter lamb lenriie lambert harold simpson girls 9 and 10 years kathleen gib bons doris wilson frances dills boys 11 arid 12 years gordon bilton lloyd worthlngton herbie cook girls 11 and 12 years alzena gibson term nicol helen brown boys 13 14 and 15 years george switzef norman scarrbw girls 13 14 and 15 yeafsmarion nicol beatrice brlstow girls over 15 years isabel swltzer pearl mdenery young couples race mrs stewart win findley married couples race mr and mrs j j stewart 100 yard dashaclarence kentner the eating contest proved strenuous and particularly interesting to the spec tators the team that was headed by miss kitty savage proved to be the best at devouring food the races and events were in charge of mr e j moore of toronto who kept things moving and helped all to have a good time the sbftball game between the married men and single men proved that this is a young mans pastime or else the young men have the practice at any rate the single chaps won by about twenty runsi j all the pupils of acton school successful i sixtysix can didates at this centre the high school y entrance results and the picnic lunch and picnic treats were items that added much to the en joyment many a little stomach will ous time yesterday the eats were plentiful and the treats generous and a tjredjm crowd ret home by motors jn the evening and made a couple of nice running catches bill- waterhouse also speared three nice drives that were labelled hits and made a lovely peg to third base to catch beaumont who tried to stretch a double into a threetiase hit huffie is hitting in great style this year he has an average of 440 and is leading the batters he had three out of four on satuf day he- is closely followed by whitey who had three but of five on saturday the local boys collected as many hits as the neighboring boys and could hit walters quite freely fieldjng practice and lots of it is what they need we wonder if there is any other umpire in the halton county league who can come to georgetown and acton besides rube doming we have no kick against rube as he does his job well but people like a change once in a while the scorekeoper must be good friends with i the players as he only marked 6 errors we counted at least ten hepburn was the heavy hitter of the day having four singles out of five tlntes at bat beaumont made a lovely running catch of terrys long drive to left field it was labelled a hit but tooter spoiled it to get on base in the seventh inning beaumont was instructed to get in front of one of neil gibbons floaters which he did in a very efficient manner milton beat oakville 112 at milton the league race is getting closer now milton is one game behind acton and georgetown one game behind milton oakville is having tough luck this year and are almost out of the running it is anybodys championship yet douglas carmlchael is off his crutches now and should be in the game against milton on the 17trf acton batting averages gp ab r h pc huffman 6 25 5 11 white 8 33 4 12 waiters 5 23 5 8 terry 8 35 rl 11 w waterhouse 8 35 c leishman 4 10 d carmlchael 4 18 w holloway m tyler 8 32 3 12 6 11 0 3 2 5 5 9 1 3 440 363 347 314 314 300 288 281 250 the new plan of entrance examina tions this year has made many changes in the results which have been given out this week there were sixtysix candi dates for high school entrance at acton centre this year twentynine of these were from acton public school and thirtyseven came from the other schools of- jhe immediate district seventeen ot the aoton pupils were passed on the certificate of the principal under- the new scheme of admission to high school adopted by the joint entrance boards of halton this year the following candidates were admitted on certificate of principal all being pupils of the acton pubuc school william borovoy elma brahja norman brajda agnes chisholm vera coxe irene darby marjorje davidson george footitt john graham s roy hansen r wilma hansen patricia harrop donald holland margaret kelly joseph lasby v wilbert mcmullen mary papillon it was impossible for the board under the recommendation system to award more than pass standing to candidates admitted as above of the fortynine candidates writing the examinations pt acton the- following were successful acton public school sam borovoy audrey chalmers burt crewson hazel mcdowell honors mona mcgeaohte marjorie mann helen molozzie jack osulltvan xhonors bert patrick norman scarrow alice taylor bessie vickers honors s s- no 8 erin jean attken tom forestell annie ha st albanfs sunda1l school picnic bali games races and sports for young and old ideal weather prevailed at the picnic at bine spring park on saturday marion iiwsttk lawson mccutoheon gordon mckeown s alma moenery- s s no a0 erin jrankswjvcjkhammer s s no 10 esqoeslng dorothy dredge s s no 12 esquesing annie evans grace graff s s no 13 esqueslng burt watson elva wiley s s no 8 nassagaweya catherine anderson harqld barber wilfred lasby evelyn storey honors s no 8 esquesing- elmer ruddick william waldie honors s s no 7 nassagaweya perle mcmillan jessie service s s no 5 nassagaweya kathleen gtlbertson donald mcphail margaret mino s s no 4 nasagaweya lois easterbrook phyllis fletcher mary impson ruby walker s s no 9 nassagaweya alex kingsbury honors kenneth watson the minimi picnic of st albans sunday school was ah outstanding event owing to the untiring efforts of the rector rev p a sawyer the super intendent mr webster and the teachers and te weatherman couldnt have been better mr eccleshall as starter proved a great advantage to all races young and old report a good time between the sports events a bountiful supper was served a special feature was the water melon and ice cream the results of the races were as fol- lows girls race under 5 years betty saw yer jean burnell boys race under 5 years david barker warren wood girls under 8 yeare margaret lasby jean barker boys under 8 years john mccue gerald pargeter girls under 10 yearsrdorpthy king bernice mcclellan a boys under 10 years dickie van- goozen bruce pargeter peanut race boys sydney fields joe taylor peanut race girls margaret lasby jean barker time race herbie woods hop step and jump boys elmer lasby willys hall hop step and jump girls ethel par geter 17 feet 5 inches kathleen chap man 16 feet 9 inches hop step and jump boysjimmy jones 17 feet 9 inches joe lasby 17 feet 6 inches hop step and jump girls over 11 years barbara taylor 20 feet 6 inches ethel woods 19 feet 9 inches clothes pin race couples mrs lasby mr rookes mrs sawyer mr j wood sack race willys hajl harold harris threelegged race george foptltt and rlgby cross jimmy jones and eddie footttt threelegged race girls signa web ster and ethel wood beatrice woods and ethel pargeter married couples pie plate race mr and mrs scriven mr and mrs van- goozen pie plate race mr barber and ethel barker kicking shoe under 15 signa web ster ethel woods kckingshoe over5 muriel m donald may waterhouse peanut race-george- footitt lily fields drlvlttgttallcontesr- frances jerr nings mrs bishop clothes pin relay barbara taylor and myfieia cai vangoozen boys wheelbarrow race under 10 elmer lasby bruce pargeter boys wheejbarrow race over 10 jimmy jones eddie footitt graceful walking race ladles mrs scriven mrs ritchie boot race boys clifford webster ernie anderson boot race girls frances jennings lily fields mens bat race mr scriven mr vangoozen throwing the ball boys herbie woods throwing the ball girls beatrice brlstow clothes pin race barbara taylor mr scriven acton school board monthly session held on monday evening repairs at school are discussed at the monthly meeting of the school board on monday evening trustees mrs b m wilson wm r norton dr a 3 buchanan and j p scarrow were present and chairman j m mcdonald presided the seventh report of the finance committee recommended payment of the following accounts i a m darling supplies 4200 a h bishop miscellaneous 350 acton public utilities water and light 1 j m dcnyes examination fees mclean co supplies deforest bros sanitary work 141 531 135- 5700 f gibbons r chalmers s mackle r anderson n gibbons 4 14 0 3 214 8 31 6 6 193 1 3 20- 000 110 0 000 1 1 0 0 000 j12385 the secretary was authorized to make payment of the boards share of the transportation charges of the delegates to the musical festival meetings which are held during the year mov6d by w r norton seconded by mrs b m wilson that the repairs at the public school be carried on under the supervision of the chairman of the property cammltteercarrled if finances will permit a certain amount of redecorating will be done in the continuation school jeranibsarowiiship council meeting treasurer presented half- yearly financial statement ac counts of 58083 were passed for payment the regular meeting of the council for the township of eramosa was held on monday eveningt in the town hall rockwood present reeve sims mclean coun cillors albert lush ja stewart d h storey and john hindley a representative of the department of public highways was present and ad dressed the council and police village rockwood and eden mills regarding the necessity of handling all road pay ments in accordance with departmental regulations in order to secure the gov ernment grants on motion of messrs storey and hind- ley a grant of 2000 was made to the centre wellington agricultural society messrs d 2 gray t g hutchin son fred moore and james douglas re quested the correction of an error in the varjpus interestnig items of news esquesing council passed accounts at the regular meeting at slewarttown dn monday july 11 the esquesing council met on mon day pursuant to adjournment deputy reeve w g appelbe councillors l l mullin n a robinson and wesley murray present with reeve george currte in the chair the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed the treasurer was upon motion authorized to pay the following ac counts georgetown hydro- commission lights for glenwuliams 5200 801 2732 497 1208 600 368 1019 224 brampton hydro commission municipal world supplies bell telephone co services w nesbitt account for charity nelson co account for charity a w benton account for charity w schcnk account for charity- howard garvin account for charity moved by l l mullin seconded by n a robinson that the treasurer pay the road sheets as presented by the road superintendent 296047 car ried moved by l l mullin seconded by n a robhisori that the treasurer pay george i currie expenses to toronto re trimblej accident 500 carried moved by n a robinson seconded oy l l mullin that this council do now adjourn to meet august 8 at 730 p m carried complicated case veterinary surgeon the cow must take a tablespoon of this medicine twice dally a farmer but our cow has no table spoon she drinks out of a pall r school assessment of the east halves of lots nos 6 8 and 9 in the fifth con cession claiming these lands were within the boundaries of s s no 8 the matter was laid over for further consid eration s an agreement with the police village of rockwood was approved placing the villages share of genaralexpehsetat 111 in proportion tovthe respective assessments the treasurer presented the half- year financial statement showing a net overdraft of 777543 against which could be credited overdue taxes amount ing to 6000000 accounts for 58083 were passed for payment and council adjourned to meet on monday august 8 at 1 p m acton pubuc utilities commission transfers 1000 to corporation account to assist in meeting waterworks debentures services in arrears to be discontinued at the meeting of acton public utilities commission on tuesday evening com- misioner l g king and reeve thetford were present reeve thetford reported regarding negotiations with the c n r and the water ser which are now under con slderation by the council and ci skm the secretary was upon motion in structed to pay the following accounts hydro accounts jas symon supplies 935 tylerstransport express j c matthews postage 1000 bank of montreal revenue stamps- 100 canadian line materials ltd supplies 63b5 s b beare ltd supplies 613 9063 waterworks accounts hydro department power at spring 3607 hydro department june opera tions 5095 8702 moved by e t thetford seconded by l gking that the secretary be ln structed to transfer the sum of 1000 from the waterworks account to the general accountof the corporation carried the matter of arrears was discussed and the superintendent was issued in structions for their disposal it was pointed out that the commission had the power to discontinue water as well as light services some consumers were under the impression that the water services could not be discontinued but legal advice had shown that this was not the case and water could be discontin ued when arrears were not met it was unanimously passed by the commission that the superintendent be instructed to turn off all water services of consumers in arrears nassagaweya council regular session was held on july drainage item left over for consideration at the meeting of nassagaweya council held in the township hall qn july 4 the following accounts were passed for relief i 3360 sheep killed 4000 board of health 6000 roads and bridges 223922 a petition from residents in the east corner of the township reopening water course was laid over to consult with esquesing council council adjourned to meet august at one oclock the evening meal digester two little urchins were watching a barber singe a customers hair c gee said one hes hunting cm with a light mutphyhgot rich quiet didnt he he got rich so quick thathe cant swing golf club without starting arc his bands esquesing team- won trophy the bank of nova scotia trophy awarded to the high township team by the halton county branches of the bank for annual competition is now gn dls- play at the councjchtirnber at stewart- town john lawson fred shortill and spencer wilsort won the cup for es quesing township for 1932 in the halton senior judging competition for the county at milton last winter hockey club finances the accounts of the acton hockey club were recently audited and examin ed by messrs j ramsden and a a dills and found to be correct total receipts of the past year including a balance carried over from the previous year amounted to 59660 the expen ditures amounted to 49456 leaving a credit balance in favor of the club amounting to 10204 to start off the next season orongevuie magistrates wife injured while on his way from arthur to orangeville on no 9 highway a coupe owned and driven by police magistrate hugh falconer of qrangevllle skidded on the road which is of crushed stone recently oiled and landed in the ditch the driver escaped injuries but mrs falconer was thrown to the- bottom of the car with great force and sustained a fracture of the right leg and right arm vand is in lord dufferin hospital there mcphersontushbigham reunion yesterday afternoon the mcpherson and tushingham families held a reunloh and picnic in high park toronto when about 75 members of these families met mr and mrs r j mcpherson and mrs eliza mcpherson of acton were present a splendid afternoon was spent in re newing acquaintances and the races and events chief mcpherson of acton proved the fleetest on foot and won the mens race in the heavy weights the mcphersons won from the tushinghams by about 200 pounds and jas mcpherson of go van sask was presented with the trophy for safe keeping for the mcpher sons in age however the tushinghams carried off the honors for mr james tushingham of mount dennis was the oldest one presen he was in his eighty- sixth year tj f o demands endorsed by the farmers of halton a meeting of the executives of all grforclubrrlgthbl co held in milton to discuss the farmers delegation to ottawa on jly16 the following resolutions were adopted we endorse the suggestions set f6rthby the central- off ice of united farmers of ontario as our views and requests to be placed before the government on july 16 namely that we establish trade with great britain by accepting manufactured goods in exchange fbr our agricultural products and that the gold standard be abandoned to get our currency at par with the pound sterling since rural rates charged by the bell telephone company are still on the same high level hlch prev in 1929 we request a reduction of 25 per cent in our tele phone rates a r service was ap pointed official delegate for halton to the meetings at ottawa important legion meeting and straw berry social acton and district branch of the can adian legion held their regular monthly meeting last friday night matters of general routine were discussed and dis posed of after which a delegation from the toronto and area committee of un employment of the canadian legion were introduced to the branch consist ing of comrade parnell chairman com rade monx educational supervisor and comrade curlew member of committee this committee is collecting data and assisting branches to cope with the ques tion f unemployment not only for veterans but for citizens generally comrade padbury of the acton branch gave the introductory speech giving facts that proved that no plan would find a complete solution unless the basic industries such as agriculture together with fishing and mining were given a chance to regain economic strength this was followed by interesting speeches by each member of the delegation showing that they had in the short time elapsed since their appointment collected many facts fm many sources not only in canada but from england france poland and other countries comrade president j m mcdonald j p closed the debate by pointing out that the mat ter was so problematic and national that the solution did not lie by promoting any sect or section a social time followed which was in charge of the outoftown members from esquesing nassagaweya eden mills and rockwood they provid ed a bounteous lunch consisting of strawberries and cream coffee aqd cake which- were greatly enjoyed at tills point the committee appointed to look into uih po of- h a d picnic for members and- their families reported that civic holiday monday august 1 had been decided on and the picnic would be held in acton park i rftjfaivam