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sixtieth year no 1 1 acton ontario thursday september 13th 1934 eight homeprint pages five cents arrangements for permanent arena entrance are started but fail to reach anr common ground at council meeting brick for y m c a purchased and swimming pool provision unsettled when council adjourned after midnight smoke nuisance bylaw left over for subsequent meeting at the regular meeting of the acton council on monday evening councillors w a losble jones s m lasby and j e mcmillan were present and reeve e theuord presided a delegation i ram the fall fair asked that arrangements be made tor entrance to the arena irani the rear lor the first evenings performance at present there was only three feet whereas about twenty feet were required a number of the trustees at the pioneers cemetery were also present and this matter was opened up between the council and the pioneers cemetery board for negotiations of a permanent nature to accommodate the entrance ground could be arranged for this en trance without making a driveway over any of the graves it was suggested that for a reasonable amount this matter could be arranged the price was set out as 100 this accommodation for he fair would not be conceded accord ing tocouncillor w a lasby unless the sale was made other members of the cemotery board felt that the council would in the future look after the needs of the board and were not going to set down any- hard and fast rule they had confidence in the council and other members of the council sked time for consideration rather than be forced into this matter right before the fair time mr p l wright of the fair board asked that the council supply the paint for the fence at the park and the mem bers of the board were agreed to dothe painting the strip dt land in question on the cemetery property was about 26 feet at one end and 12 feet at the other the length of the strip was about 140 feet council anally agreed to meet the fol lowing day to view the property and see if the amount of land was sufficient to be of any use to the arena the nineteenth report of the finance committee recommended payment of the following accounts t mrs h l mcdonald premium on bond 1200 geo h lantz work on streets 450 mrs h l mcdonald premium on bond 800 acton public utilities commis sion street llgthlng 14700 acton public utilities commis sion town hall lighting 228 acton public utilities commis- sion pump house lighting acton public utilities commis sion arena lighting acton public utilities commis sion power- at pump house j b mackenzie son supplies r n brown gravel various items of local interest a selection of news items county school fairs school fairs m s county will be held as follows nassagaweya town ship at brookvllle september 13 33oyne at s s no 1 trafalgar september 14 mount nemo at mount nemo school september- 17 south nelson at strath- cona september 21 trafalgar at lin- brook school september 24 and es- queslng at limenousc september 25 pioneers floral garden the flowers about the memorial at the pioneers cemetery have been the subject of much favorable comment by visitors to this spot recently all about the base of the memorial structure a wealth of bloom is in evidence and all the plants seem to have done exception ally well while the levelling of the ground is not yetcompleted the general appearance is splendid and the floral display exceptional 103 552 1924 1348 3040 paper in stolen car leads to boys arrest with a slip of paper found in a stolen car after it had crashed near oakville the only clue to the missing driver pro vincial officer a j davics on monday arrested a belleville juvenile who will be charged with the offence the lad was arrested toy the officer in hamilton where he was found to be suffering from a broken arm said by police to have been received in a car crash he was taken to oakville police court on mon day and remanded pending further en quiries at belleville where police say he is reported to have stolen a ring the auto was stolen from the parkdale motors toronto last thursday second line well neglected persons who use the second line from acton to milton were inquiring yester day who is responsible for the upkeep of this stretch of roadway we were told that in certain sections cars were sinking almost to hub depth and the road was almost impassable the cuts made last year below speyside have been left without gravel or top dressing and with the heavy fall rains the bottom has gone out this well travelled thorough fare certainly needs the attention of some official body as it seems to be about the most neglected piece of road way in the county many motorists prefer to go to the seventh line and ten miles out of their way rather than travel on this road brilliant scholirwins ajiother award first i o d e bursary for ontario valued at 1200 has been awarded to albert james abbott brilliant young- scholar of guelph according to an nouncement made by mrs j d det- wller provincial educational secretary of the i o d e it is the second scholarship to go to mr abbott this year he was awarded the forbes mc- hardy scholarship in latin from queens university last week the i o d e bursary given only to sons of deceased or disabled war veterans pro vides 300 a year for each of four years study and is one of the largest scholar ships awarded in this province albert abbott the official award notice states is the son of sergeantmajor a j ab bott of the 4th c m r battalion who died of injuries received in the battle of ypres and a nephew of excouncillor john nlcol of acton he is a graduate of the guelph collegiate institute and plans to enter the first year of applied science at queens erin fanner killed by explosion dougall reed aged 64 wclllcnqwn cut variegated pattern with the option4i on tne town line of en met of two designs to be anally settled before t 24345 the report was adopted the matter of smoke nuisance in the town was considered and the advis ability of amending the nuisance bylaw to cover this phase was considered the original nuisance bylaw had been pass ed in 1874 it was decided to hold ihe matter in abeyance for the present until it was ascertained if any arrangement could be made to do away with the smoke nuisance it was decided that the transient traders fee already paid oh the res taurant property on mill street should be applied to those who had taken the business over the matter of the excavation on the y m c a building was considered and the question submitted that the centre portion- be excavated preparatory for the erection of a swimming pool and for the present no excavation be made under the gymnasium the reeve argued that the present time was the opportune one for this excavation preparatory to a swimming pool having a view to the future representatives of makers of brick i were present and discussed with the council this matter samples of varl- oils patterns were shown by these con cerns and the qualities considered the order was placed for the brick of a wire delivery discussion again reverted to the ex cavations for the building and the pro vision for a swimming pool in the centre section of the basement and the council adjourned abofat 12rl5 with the matter undecided and went to the building site injured when cattle stampeded lome gregson second line erin re ceived quite a start and was painfully squeezed against the wall in a passage way in his sta on s evening when a number of cattle became fright ened and stampeded pinning him against the wall while not seriously injured mr gregson suffered a number of painful bruises halton justices of peace recommended announcement comes this week from oakville that justices of the peace for all the towns in the county except milton have been recommended to the attorneygeneral for appointment these recommendations are as follows oak- vllle exmayor john b moat burling ton rev c w riddifdrd acton g a dills georgetown walter evans the appointment of these nominees for the position has not in each case been yet made last survivor still performing volalne the trapeze artist and con tortionist extraordinary who will be at the first evening program of acton fall fair next tuesday is the only surviv or of a well known family of performers who lost their lives while performing for charity he is one of the troup of four who will take part in the arena performance on tuesday night bert hernon the singing and playing clown will also be on hand with his accordeon potato race- musical chairs high jump ing horses and all the other features will also form part of this big program campfire club meets the campfire club of the baptist church held an enjoyable meeting on monday evening the first item on the evenings program was a treasure hunt through the town which came to an eid at the home of wilber mcmullen games were played in which all entered with a zest the devotional period was in charge of e coles and mrs mcmullln i a story boy wanted was read by mrs mcmullen a most enjoyable even- ins was brought to a close with an ap- j petizlng lunch served by mrs mcmui- j len the campfire club is made up of the teen age members of the sunday- school ilornby man won 75 prize at c n e the winner of the 75 first prize at the c n e last week for coming closest in placing the steers was j neelands of hornby he had seven of the winners in the eight he selected to show how good his guess was the steers even fool ed a packer who paid 7 vi cents a pound for one that never placed in first eight at all the order in which government inspectors placed the carcases were 1 oneill bros denfleld 2f- j e leaskj seagrave 3 howard fraleigh forest 4 lloyd hunsberger baden 5 j h mathews and son delaware the car cases identified by letters were o m c h f q w j dublin institute meeting the dublin branch of the womens institute held their august meeting at the home of mrs john f robertson with the president mrs mcdougall in thechair the meeting opened by sing ing the institute rally followed by the lords prayer repeated in unison roll call was answered by suggestions for the brides hope chest the brookvllle branch of the womenls institute will be entertained on september 14th the following program was in charge of the junior girls mabel mcgregor and evelyn storey as conveners musical selection annie black reading edith nelles piano solo dorothy frank solo margaret robertson reading signa webster duett by marlon and catharine anderson solo margaret somervllle chorus by the junior girls the meeting was closed by singing the national an them lunch was served and a social half hour spent a trying experience mr and mrs e e barr and master john and mr john barber had a rather esqtiesing tax rate for year collector of rates is appointed other bylaws passed at meeting monday the esquesirig council held their regular monthly meeting- on monday afternoon deputy reeve l l mullin councillors g w murray n a robin son and w a wilson were present reeve george currie presided at the meeting the minutes of the previous aeeung were read and confirmed communications were read from de partment of public welfare childrens aid societies peel and halton con solidated fire casualty insurance co communications were read from de partment of lands and forests the treasurer was authorized to pay the following relief and general accounts e grespan goods supplied to m mclaughlin 1366 d t galloway- meat and vegetables supplied 7 to m mclaughlin in july and august meat and vegetables supplied to jas mereweather in july meat and vegetables supplied to a hearns in july meat and vegetables supplied to jas stevens in july and and august wm schenk goods supplied to w allen p wagstafle milk supplied to w allen in july and august a r service milk supplied to m mclaughlin 496 wm douglas goods supplied to jas mereweather 2255 a mcglbbon milk supplied to a hearns in may june july acton public utilities commis sion crescent street lights letter shop supply co print- tag 8200 j sanford relief account to date 800 i m bennett express 80 bell telephone account j sanford board of health ac count d w baxter 1 registered sheep and 1 registered iamb killed j by dogs 1500 j k c lindsay valuator 200 i x w baxter shooting 2 dogs in the act of worrying sheep 1000 j mojved by w a wilson seconded by n a robinson that thc treasurer pay the news of acton and the district 910 150 150 150 933 220 544 1500 432 445 attended holy name rally last sunday 60 men from acton and georgetown attended the holy name rally in hamilton for the counties of wentworth and halton this societys aim is to promote clean speech and good citizenship all were delighted with their visit to the new cathedral of christ the bang miraculous escape mrs a gibson of guelph narrowly escaped injury on sunday when des cending beattys hill on the third line erin in her car she suddenly realized that she was coasting too fast and when the brakes were applied the car swung on the loose gravel and toppled over on its side in the ditch mrs gibson es caped without a scratch and the car was not damaged minister of agriculture at acton fair those who would be present to witness the opening ceremonies in connection with acton fall fair this year must come early hon duncan marshall minister of agriculture for ontario will officially open the fair at one oclock standard time on wednesday after noon the ministers address will be delivered promptly at that hour and with that auspicious opening the acton fair will be away to a full afternoons program injured when attacked by bull w j young ninth line erin is suf fering two fractured ribs and many painful bruises the result of being tossed by a bull he was loading in the shed on his farm on saturday the animal which had hitherto been very quiet sud denly turned on mr young who when he realized he was in great danger called to his farm hands george lister and robert inkster who with some diffi culty drove the infuriated animal off and into his stall trr- all in readiness for acton fair next tuesday and wednesday grounds in splendid condition stock pens are in place and the hall prepared for its exhibits race course has been improved by earth from the new building dangerous curve elminated continued on page five i golden province r as the province of ontario enters its golden autumn season regarded by many as the most beautiful period of the year the announcement is made that the production of the yellow metal from the road sheets- fls presented by the j gold mines of the province in the first six months pi 1934 achieved a new high record of 36626316 in canadian funds a- against 27487135 ni the correspond ing period of the previous year the quantity output of the yellow metal however was lower in 1934 totalling 1040222 fine ounces against 1009392 in the previous year increase in gold tonnage milled along with a decline in ounces indicates ores of- lower grade are being treated by the large producers and by this policy the life of the gold mines will be considerably extended pkovision for swimming pool to be made in the new y m c a building basement to be ex cavated under entire structure the xveninq heal digester h i r it was the prison visitors day and stopping at one of the cells she asked the inmate sympathetically what brought you to prison my man competition mum was the reply competition i dont understand yes mum competition i made the same sort of halfcrowns as the gov- ernifoen instant death yesterday afternoon on his trying experience in brantford yester- farm when he visited the scene of blast- day that city was visited by a cloud ing operation carried on in one of his burst and the motor car in which they fields last tuesday on that occasion several charges of dynamite were in serted in a large boulder and all but were occupants was trapped in a sub way the sudden deluge ailed the road and all were forced to leave the car in one explsdjd yesterday afternoon reed i water several feet deep and make theft visited the spot and while investigating way to the sidewalk and higher ground the drill where ihe dynamite charge fortunately no illeffects of the incident failed to operate it exploded members have been experienced and the occupants of the family rushed to the scene only to find his badly mutilated body dr j scott was immediately summoned but on arrival declared life extinct and expressed himself as satisfied that death had been instantaneous coroner dr r w rooney orangevule who was notified arrived at the spot and upoi investigation decided that no inquest would be necessary being oat lsfled that death was accidental mr reed was a member of the presbyterian church and a liberal in politics surviving are his widow and a grownup family are recovering from the rather trying affair the rainfall at brantford was extremely heavy yesterday in the market street subway in that city a marooned motorist hoping the water would subside waited until he was driven outside his car to the roof there he waited until the fire department lifeboat crew launched a life boat and brought him to land at the st paul avenue subway the motorist was not so lucky his plight was unreported to the fire department and he was forced to swim ashore v a special meeting of the council was held last evening when all the members were present and reeve e thetford presided representatives of the duke of devon shire and lakeside chapters of the i o d e and womens institute were present to offer support if provision for a swimming tank were made in the new building these organizations in trie past have raised considerable funds for local enterprise and it was felt that the same work could be done again it was estimated that the cost of excavation under the gymnasium lyid of putting steel girders thereunder so that when required 6pace wouldbe avail able for a swimmipg pool would be approximately 850 additional it was pointed out by councillors that changes in the plans were not permis sible by the council but should be made by the murray memorial committee who had sanctioned the original plans members of the delegation assured the council that two of the members of this committee had expressed approval of malting this additional provision the difficulty in changing the plans after the contract had been let was als pointed out it was also pointed out by the delega tion that the logical time to excavate for the pool was at present council finally decided that the base ment for the entire building would be excayated and the section under the gymnasiuliirequippcd with steel girders so that in the future if desired and funds were available a swimming pool could be constructed no excavation for the pool will however be made at the present time the centre section o the basement is available for extra storage space the section under the gymnasium available for a swimming pool is approximately 25 feet by 53 feet the ladies organization representa tives felt that all the societies would be willing to assist in this project when undertaken a motion was also passed requesting that the provincial welfare department make the usual relief contribution on the labor costs of this municipal project the reeve was delegated to sec that this matter was brought o the atten tion of the department as soon as pos sible the gamblcharwood wedding at high noon on saturday the mar riage of lydla ferris daughter of mr and mrs robert harwood to clarence gamble son of mr and mrs william gamble took place at the home of- the brides parents rockwood rev h l bennle officiating the house was tastefully decorated and the wedding nuisic was played by miss elizabeth- van velzer of toronto the bride who was unattended was given in marlage by her father she was gowned in white sheer crepe with picture hat and carried columbia roses following a luncheon served to about twenty guests mr and mrs gamble left for aj trip by motor the brides travelling costume was a blue ensemble on their return mr and mrs gamble will reside near rock- wood womens institute meeting the regular business meeting of the acton womens institute met at the home of mrs f mccutcheon on thurs day last with the president mrs gamble in chair the meeting opened with the singing of the institute ode followed by prayer a five minute talk on the motto was given by miss hawthorne talk a little laugh a little sing a little pray a little give a little roll call was answered by a cup of sugar current events were given by mrs wllderspln after the business was disposed of mr n f moore gave a very interesting talk on the pioneer days in acton and exhibited old photos which were recognized by some in at tendance mrs bishop sang danny boy by request and the old rug ged cross mrs bishop also gave a demonstration on arranging flowers in containers which was very artistic and had very beautiful flowers from their own garden these numbers were all very much enjoyed a donation of 200 was given to acton fall fair where dinner will also be served by the ladles in the institute both on fair day the meeting closed by all repeating the mlzpah benediction after this a social half hour was spent a very hearty vote of thanks was given mrs mccut- cheonufor the use of her home also to all who took part during the afternoon practically all is in readiness for the twentyfirst annual fair at acton next tuesday and wednesday september 18h and 19th the directors and jontrcr have worked diligently and believe they will offer to the public a fair for 1934 that will surpass any of their previous efforts new pens for the hogs and sheep were completed last saturday and are of a permanent nature they are on the north side of the arena and readily accessible to spectators and exhibitors with their arrangement it is now also possible to view the judges at their work the poultry will be back to its old quarteis on the south side of the horse stables and under cover for the past few years the poultry pens have been ousted from their quarters but this year they will be back to their usual place the earth xrom the y m c a build ing excavation has been- taken to the park and the race course has been widened on the west corner and greatly improved with a few more loads that will probably toe available the course will be corrected and made one of the best in the province it has not been definitely decided yet whether the races can be finished this year on this side of the track or not but if possible the finishing line will be in front of the grandstand in addition to the big exhibit in hall and field that inquiry would seem to point to other attractions have been arranged this year for the first time an amplifier system will be used in the arena on the first night in connection with the program and special new light ing mundy bros equilibrists volaine trapeze artist and contortionist and george grant slack wire artist and comedy juggler are to be added attrac tions on the arena performance pro gram the usual races and other fea tures have also been included in this part of the fair bert hernon the singing comedian and funny man who was such a feature last year will again be on hand for the second afternoon hon duncan marshall minister of agriculture of ontario a open the fair the am plifiers will make it possible for all to hear the addresses and the program from the platform trotting races which were off the bill last year are again to the forefront this year with a 218 228 and classified trot or pace the baby competition offers- prizes for five classes this year and better accommodation for mothers and babies on the grounds the uve stock parade feature at four oclock will again be well arranged and a feature worth seeing and least we forget r j kerr super intendent of the field will again be at the microphone and in charge of th3 afternoons activities everything points to the fair of 1934 being one of the best- in the history if given fair weather a selection news items n good progress being made in the new murray memorial y m c a building- in first week splendid progress has been made by the contractors in the first weeks work on the new murray memorial y m c a building on mill street in spite of the fact that the wet weather lnter- fcrred to some extent the excavation for thebuilding is practically completed in just a week from the time the work was started sufficient progress had been made to allow the masons to commence work on the foundations and the northwest corner of the building has been started with cement footing being laid for other sections of the structure the excavations and size of the build ing have been a revelation to citizens generally and as the work progresses the sentiment in favor of this splendid ac quisition becomesi stronger lack of funds and provision in the building xor a swimming tank has toeen a disap pointment to many but possibly before completion provision can be made for this asset at a later date so that it could be constructed with little dif ficulty when the funds are available judging from the progress being made the corner stone laying ceremony will not be far distant speedy construc tion for the exterior is of course im portant to have the building enclosed before the cold weather sets in it is expected that the foundations will be ready for the joists by the end of next week neighboring fairs acton september 1819 aberfoyle october 23 bolton october 8 brampton september 2122 caledon 1 october 56 erin october 68 fergus i september 1415 georgetown october 66 milton september 2829 streetsville october 66 6- i man cuts off his hand when axe is deflected with his left hand severed at the wrist joe latour morris street guelph is in st josephs hospital following an unusual accident at his home latour was chopping wood in his cellar with a shorthandled axe and in bringing it down to a heavy block the shaft struck an obstacle deflecting the keen blade directly against his arm inflicting the serious injury his condition is report ed as fair trafalgar barn destroyed the 3000 barn owned by e a orr bronte fanner living on the middle road was burned to the ground late tuesday night the blaze is believed to have been caused by a transient who had used phe barn for a sleeping place the building was practically demolished before the fire was noticed and despite the efforts of mr orrs son and neigh bors was given up as a total loss it was covered by insurance in the- building at the time was about 3 tons of hay and straw 1935 auto markers ready manufacture of ontario license mark ers for the year 1935 has been completed at the ontario reformatory at guelph over half a million pairs of licenses for passenger cars were turned out and in addition to these were trailer licenses and many other different forms of plates making in all a total of nearly 1100000 markers the 1935 plates are more striking in color than any ontario plates have been for some time they are black figures on an orange ground and they are both attractive and useful in that they are visible at a considerable distance beer and wine blamed again george mctaggart p trafalgar township kicked his 17yearold wifes shins and brandished a knife at his motherinlaw it was testified to oak- vllle police court on a charge of assault he was given suspended sentence while being removed from the scene of battle by constable lou patterson of bronte he seized the officer by the neck and caused him to ditch his car for re sisting an officer magistrate l j c bull gavenlhi3d days in jail mctag- gart blamed beer and wine complaining that he could not have been in his right senses you couldnt have been to mix your drinks the magistrate told him canadian apples in demand canadian apples are attaining a re putation in many parts of the world in 1933 they were exported to 33 different countries the preliminary estimate of the total production of commercial apples in canada in 1933 shows an increase of 1591880 barrels in quantity and 3 456900 in value compared with the finally revised estimate for 1932 in the apple orchards of canada located mainly in the provinces of nova scotia new brunswick quebec ontario and british columbia there were according to a recent census 8306866 trees of fruitbearing age the mcintosh apple is acknowledged to be one of the most if not tlubnost popular variety in can ada its handsome appearance tender flesh and fine flavor making a comblna tlon of peculiar appeal there are however iriany other popular varieties developed largely as a result of the work of the canadian government experi mental farms when this work was be gun in 1887 there were not more than five or six hardy longkeeping apples jivailable- to the canadian grower there are now more than two hundred coming events announcements of meetings con- certs or other events under this heading are7charged 10 cents per line witli a minimum charge for any announcement of 25c f dance to blue dragoons of shelburrfe edgewood saturday evening 3 act comedy quarantine st josephs players town half october 18th its good anniversary services at the presby terian church rockwood sunday sep tember 16th rev mr goodwill b a of hullsburg minister for the day supper monday evening followed by program provided bytiie choir of st pauls church guelph miss evans elocutionist guelphf- miss m starkey and mrtarswell of arkell and others v vlh