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sixtieth year no 16 acton ontario thursday october 18th 1931 eight homeprint pages five cents athletic meet of coiinty high schools event at milton last friday with acton milton and george town schools in the competition keen competition marked the high school field day held at milton last friday mlltori was successful in carry ing oft the honors with 159 points georgetown was second with 107 points and acton third with 72 points the folowing were the winners in the various events senior girls standing broad jump i gilbert milton d- macarthur acton a chalmers acton senior girls basket ball throw mv maynard georgetown h mcalister georgetown k dewar milton senior girls running broad jump- d mac arthur acton m papillon acton g gastle milton sensrgiwrunnihgbjgh jumpdr macarthur acton m maynard george- town m papillon acton senior girls hop step and jump l gilbert milton m papillon acton a chalmers acton intermediate girls standing news of acton and the district stole 7 cents from station on saturday eyening thieves broke into and ransacked the c n r station here they secured seyensaafclpm the stamp box for their trouble an un successful attempt had been made to open the safe chief mcpherson and the c n r police are investigating the case in the big potato contest two more entries are shown this week in the bi potato class in the free press window these were grown by mr henry sayers whose farm is on the town line between nassagaweya and escjueslng these potatoes eclipse the exhibit of last week one weigris 2 lbs 11 ozs and the other 2 lbs 15 ozs it is going to require something of the thrpp pound nr o t beat these ex- hibits there were more than these large potatoes in each hill jump h walker georgetown e white milton m saunders milton intermediate girls basket ball throw e white milton l snow george town g currle milton intermediate girls running broad jump k chapman acton e toast georgetown j galbraith milton intermediate girls running high jump bl chapman acton j gal- braith milton a grieve georgetown intermediate girls hop step and jump r mcnabb milton j galbraith milton e toast georgetown junior girls standing broad jump f feller georgetown l turner mil ton h sear milton junior girls basket ball throw l turner milton m marshall milton j mezwak georgetown junior girls running broad jump l turner milton m rawson acton j bunco milton junior girls running high jump m marshall milton j mezwak george town b mcqulgan georgetown junior girls hop step and jump m rawson acton l turner milton h dear milton junior girls 75 yard dash j rud- dell georgetown m rawson acton d morley milton intermediate girls 75 yard dash h walker georgetown a grieve george town e toast georgetown senior girls 75 yard dash d mac- arthur acton l gilbert milton n maynard georgetown baseball throw junior girls j ruddell georgetown l turner milton m gummer georgetown baseball throw intermediate girls a grieve georgetown g currie milton e tosty georgetown baseball throw senior girls d mac- arthur acton l woodhall acton m stephenson georgetown junior girls threelegged race j ruddell and e lebas georgetown m continued on page five deer in nassagaweya residents of nassagaweya report see- broad i ing two troup of deer quite frequently these days and it is evident that they are staying in that district on the farm of mr nelson b anderson in nassagaweya they have been seen quite often in one group there were lour does and a buck and the otrsf group comprised a doe and three fawn they are becoming quite tame and the other evening sirs anderson was able to ap proach one of the groups to within twenty rods britain leads again the address on the above subject by col george drew promises to be quite an event next wednesday evening it will be given in knox presbyterian church capt eddie baker manager of the canadian institute for trie blind will also give a resume of the ac tivities of the canadian war blinded- veterans this meeting and the ad dresses by these wellknown speakers is sponsored by the two acton chap ters of the i o d e and trie acton branch of the canadian legion the meeting is nonsectarian and nor- political entirely in cement the entire grounds about the gov ernment building have been covered with a new cement surface with the exception of the block in the front corner where a pool of water generally remains after every rain the original plan of a few flower beds along the west side was apparently given up after no attempt to place them there after the building had been erected for twenty years the appearance is much better than the former struggle between a few blades of grass and a well trodden area local contractors and all local labor were engaged in doing the work and it is quite an improvement first storey completed work now being rushed on second floor of if m c a gymnasium to be larger than origmally planned young peoples meeting the united church young peoples society had the opening meeting for the season on tuesday evening the newlyelected president mr j j stewart was in the chair after the opening hymn miss m z bennett led in prayer and the scripture lesson was read by miss kitty savage the minutes were read iby the secretary mr j favorable building weather has again 1 nicol and approved saxaphonc num- halton does not require full time services of police magistrate t t request of county council answered by attorneygeneral agricul tural representative thanlts council for cooperation during his term of office accounts re oakville subway received from railway board no chairman of the cemetery commission for halton bcrs were given by mr b ramsden with miss jessie young as accompanist mr g mosaics leader of recreation look charge of a number of games which proved quite popular at- the close lunch was served by the social committee of which miss marjorle gib son is convener quite a number paid their membership fees at this first meet ing i been the rule during the past week and the contractors on the new v m c a building have made the best possible use of the time on monday afternoon the brick walls were completed up to the second floor contractor mackenzie had his crew of carpenters on the job and the material on hand and on tuesday evening the joists and partitions and most of the flooring on the second- floor were laid it was entirely complete on wednesday morning and yesterday afternoon part of the crew of bricklayers were back on the job andthe second storey is being rushed to completion given favorable weather it is estim ated that the walls will be completed before the end of next week this will enable the roof to be on about the first church toronto to the family plot in of the month the basement floors i mount pleasant cemetery rev dr h that are to be finished are now also j j- cody president of the university of about complete and part of the heating toronto and rev p k sytces rector of system and electric wiring are being st georges church were the officiating placed j clergy honorary pallbearers were hon on tuesday evening the murray w d ross a e dymcnt clarence memorial committee met and the board bogart a m stewart r y eaton d of y m c a governors with them j l mccarthy d c durland george a committee was appointed to confer i watson dr john pearson w r p with the architect and butldes regard- i parker allan case and stephen haas ing a few changes calculated to prove i active bearers all nephews or grand- of more convenience to the building j nephews were ltcol torrance beard- the y m c a emblem will be placed more angus macdonald oordon t in the leaded glass section in the main beardmore a a macdonald knox entrance to the building the gymna- beardmore and walter klngsmlll w slum is to be made larger by transfer- w bcardmerc a nephew was with the funeral of the late geo w beardmore last friday the plants of beardmore leathers ltd here were closed owing to the funeral of the late george w beardmore held that day the funeral was held from st georges anglican ring the space allotted for a kitchen to a room adjacent and having this room serve as kitchen and sports committee room it is also planned that in the main entrance seats will be provided so that this- vestibule may be made a meet ing place for the general convenience of the public chief mourners the egllngton hunt club and st georges society were officially represented by officers and members an immense number of mes sages of condolence and sympathy were received by the family from all parts of canada great britain and the united states halton county council met in milton last friday with all members present and the warden in the chair minutes of the last meeting were read and adopt ed and communications- read by the clerk reports of standing committees were considered in committee of the whole with reeve george currie in the chair committee on special communications recommended that the lettqr received from the attorney generals department re the appointing of a magistrate for the county be filed the letter was as follows and was dated august 30th 1934 i am in receip o you fav of the 28th enclosing a copy of a resolution passed by the council of the county of halton in the reorganization of the magistrates courts in the province it was found not possible to maintain separate court in peel and halton inasmuch as the work did not war rant a full time magistrate in each county after careful consideration mr bull of peel was appointed to handle the two i am sure that if this scheme is given a trial it will work well for everybody signed a w roebuck attorney general the following letter from mr kirstine former agricultural representative re dismissal of his duties for the county also was filed to the warden and members of the halton countyc9undii gentlemen as you are probably aware i have been relieved of my duties as agricultural representative for hal ton county under circumstances which would inappropriately toe dis cussed in this communication naturally upon reelinquishing control of my office to my successor i cannot but think back in too vari ous lines of work fostered and developed in the years that i have been your agricultural representative and that it would be very lax on my part if i did not express toyoumy very deep personal appreciation and i thanks for the assistance support and cooperation rendered to me by your municipal body during the time of my service in halton county therefore sirs i trust that you will accept this expression of my thanks yours respectfully signed a graeme kirstine an account had been received from the canadian national railway board billing the county of halton for 5g5 proportion of interest on onehalf balance owing from railway grade crossing fund from april 1st 1934 to june 30th 1934 in accordance with the order of the board an account for 2520 was also re ceived being additional interest for period april 1st to june 30th on expen ditures incurred by c n r in connec tion with construction of subway at the seventh line oakville as per board order principle outstanding 1008321 at 5 for 3 months 12603 the pro portion of the county of 20 being 2520 the finance committee recommended that the c n r account be filed for the present and the treasurer be instructed to take the matter up with mr wilson robinson and have same investigated in time for the next meeting in- view of having the same cleaned up a letter was read from the ontario municipal board in answer to letter sent by the county of halton for author ity to borrow an amount in excess of 70 of the cstlmatebv revenues for cur rent year the board orders under the municipal act that corporation of the county of halton be allowed to borrow tomeet current expenditures an amount equal to 100 of the total estimated revenues of the corporation such estimated revenues not to include taxes borrowings or issulngof debentures signed c r mckeown chairman of ontario municipal board moved by h cleave seconded by t g liamshaw that the report of the standing committeesas considered and amended in comrnittec of the whole be hereby adopted carried moved byw h morden seconded by vhail that the treasurer be authorized to pay the following ac counts printing 12976 county buildings 32194 old age pensions 69307 hospital accounts 133305 railways legislature and agri culture 2850 finance 144050 a selection of news items social evening- of lakeside chapter the lakeside chapter of i o d e met last evening at the home of mrs t rumley park avenue a social even ing was spent in euchre mrs nellis win ning the first prize a consolation prize was won by mrs talbot on behalf of the chapter miss emma robinson moved a vote of thanks to mrs rumley 394772 carried and the group hostesses for their hos pitality knox young peoples society officers the following officers have been elected to the executive of knox young peoples for the year 193435 honorary president rev h l ben- nle president miss isabel bruce vicepresident mrj clarence hender son secretary miss bessie rawlings treasurer mr jack graham pianists miss margaret brown and mr ted hansen ushers messrs bert patrick wm hall wilfred brpwnlow conveners of committees devotional miss k beckett educational misses aileen clarridge and laura wiley musical mrs wm hall missionary mrs h mainprize miss jean bennie recreational mr john donaldson dramatic mr louis brownlow social misses laura hall and lorraine vilson the lindsaygraham wedding palms and ferns with autumn flowers decorated st johns anglican church dixie on saturday afternoon for the marriage of edna victoria daughter of mfs james graham and the late mr graham to dr j c lindsay son of mr n f lindsay and the late mrs lindsay rev george f banks officiat ed and miss jean lawrle pfayebt the wedding music during the signing of the register mr william lawrie sang o promise me the bride given in marriage by her brother mr howard graham looked lovely in a gown of beige silk tulip lace with train and long sleeves extending over the hand in points her turban was of nigger brown velvet with accessories to match she carried a bouquet of talismasi roses babys breath and illy of the valley the attendants were the grooms two sisters miss jean lindsay as maidofhonor and miss anna lindsay as bridesmaid the former in bachus green transparent velvet gown and wearing a smart tricorne hat to match miss anna was in copperleaf transparent velvet their frocks were slit in the new fashion in the front and extended into small trains at the back they wore marcasite clip earrings gifts of the bride and carried arm bouquets of- bronze mums dr jack herbert of toronto was best man ariej the ushers were mr elgin graham brother of the bride and mr ninian lindsay brother of the groom a re ception followed at the home of the brides mother where gladoll and asters were used effectively throughout the rooms mrs graham welcomed the wed ding guests wearing an ensenible of nigger brown triple sheer crepe with matching hat and she wore a corsage of sweetheart roses miss c l lindsay aunt of the groom was in blue lace with uhort velvet jacket and matching hat and corsage of sweetheart roses later the bridal pair left on their wedding trip to quebec the bride travelling in tweed crepe frock with navy coat collared in grey fox and hat to match on their return they will reside in toronto anniversary of the united church splendid sermons by rev w b caswell large congregations and good anniversary music ideal aiitumn weather blessed the tenth anniversary occasion of the acton united church last sunday and splen did congregations attended both the morning and evening services a pro fusion of flowers made the edifice ap pear veryattractive the choir under the leadership of mr b mason gave splendid anniver sary numbers and led the congregation in the service of praise at the morn ing service the choir rendered the an them praise the lord and some blessed day in the evening the an thems were i will magnify the lord the evening meal digester after assuring themselves that they had secured competent help a promin ent american family moved to their country home in maine when dinner was being served on the second nighty the colored maid answered the telephone and the mistress overheard her say yes suh yes suh it sure am and heng up a few minutes later the phone rang again and the maid answered in the same manner the mistress being concerned called the maid and naked her if anyone was wanted on the phone to which she replied no mum it was just one of these fresh country folk called up he says is dat no 4612 i says yes suh he says is mr jones there i says yes suh and then ho says long distance from washington and i say it sure am and hang up on him and there is no name so sweet at the evening service mr patterson baritone soloist of toronto rendered several splendid numbers at the morning service rev h l bennie and the congregation of knox presbyterian church joined for the an niversary event and in the evening the baptist church participated in the ser vice the anniversary speaker on this oc casion was rev w b caswell b a of oakville who has been minister of many of the larger churches and is now living retired mr caswell is a speaker outstanding his style is more of the teacher than the preacher type but his wide experience makes his message one that stirs souls to the masters follow ing in the morning mr caswells sermon was based on the fourth chapter of john and the thirty- fourth verse my meat is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work this story of the woman at the well was one of the most interesting of the days of the master jesus wanted to be alone he wanted time to meditate in his meditation came the woman of samaria all the race hatred was against the samaritans but the will of god said to greet her there is a lot in the way we greet folks we meet tills meeting and jesus greeting chang ed the life of this woman mr caswell urged all to be rich in their friendships its returns were greater than any money it was well for jesus to sit awhil at the well alone and it is well for us to meditate alone with jesus character of individuals is shown in their faces it was no great prdptiecy for jesus to read the past life of the woman of samaria every man and woman shows by their countenance their true life the real spirit of the gospel is to do the will of god the doing of gods will does not mean living al ways in the shadows why is it that we talk only of doing gods will always when we are in trouble to do his will always is not hard and in doln it we will get the greatest flood out of life in the evening mr caswell based his sermon on the fifth chapter of mat thew his text was found in the six teenth verse but he explained that he had no intention of preaching a sermon from this text but rather was telling a story the speaker had been a chaplain in an overseas battalion he had en listed from winnipeg and the group he 6erved with were known as the little black devils it had become the fashion of the present day to denounce war but he had no apologies to oftcr for the part he had taken as a chaplain and assisting in the raising of a bat talion i his story was of meeting in hospital a soldier who had before enlisting and afterward the desire to join- a church he could not however accept the creeds and doctrines of the church and was not even sure of his belief in the apos tles creed he was willing to become a church member if accepted on hisnewn creed after pefsuasipn he finally continued on eage five a selection of news items high school rugby schedule the following is the l rugby football schedule for the boys teams acton milton and georgetown october 17th georgetown at acton october 23rd acton at milton october 25th milton at georgetown october 31st milton at acton i november 6th georgetown at milton november 8th adton at georgetown lorne rifles fall inspection the lome rifles scottish regiment held its annual fall inspection in vic toria park oakville on saturday after noon with companies present from mil ton georgetown acton burlingtor and oakville the regimen t in charge of col s couzens of georgetown paraded from the armories led by its pipe and bilgle band the inspection was made by brigadier t- v anderson assisted by captain f worthingtbn col s good eve col h green and major h t may of toronto u f y p o meeting the regular meeting of the u f y p o was held in the parish hall on friday evening october 12th it was in the form of a dance and social even ing limehouse orchestra supplied the music t first pa of th c was spent in dancing and lunch vas served after lunch mr arthur me keown spoke on the plans of the club for the coming winter and invited all farm young people to join the club the meeting closed with the national anthem the tobacco holdup the thieves who perpetrated the 14000 tobaccorobbery during the week travelled through the section of the country about acton before abandon ing the big carrier on the roadway near fergus the truck was traced along the highway and up to ballinafad its route was also followed down the second line scotty hunter well iknown locally and quite an amateur boxer was getting a lift to montreal and thought he had arrived at that destination when the truck was stopped at napanee and the robbery took place it is reportd that about 10000 of the stolen tobacco has been recovered provincial polic were busy on- the roundup in cliis sec tion this week guelph business man passed away one of guelphs oldest business men passed away saturday night in the pevson of andrew scott member of the firm of cole brothers and scott who died at his home 124 cork street after an ill ness of several months mr scott the oldest active merchant in guelph had been in business over half a century during which he had had a varied career last april marked the golden anniver sary of his commencement in business for many years a board of trade leader he was a enthusiastic sportsman and prominent member of knox presbyterian church deceased is survived by his wife two daughters mrs h r tolton and miss alice scott guelph and two brothers thomas guelph township and robert great falls montana his only son gordon a lieutenant in the royal naval air force was killed overseas knox church anniversary sunday and monday the eightyninth anniversary of knox presbyterian church will be observed next sunday rev g lloyd evans d d of hamilton will be the special speak er on this occasion the choir will render anniversary music during the day the usual interdcmoninatlonal court esy will be observed and the services of the united and baptist churches will be withdrawn in the evening to allow the congregations to join in this occasion on monday evening the ladies aid society will serve a fowl supper from 6 to 8 p m this will be followed by a concert with the program by the happy cousins concert co these artists have appeared once previously before an acton audience and the calibre and quality of their entertainment will as sure a splendid audience being on hand to hear them again recaptured after four hours liberty guards from the ontario reformatory were busy in this section on tuesday hunting for three inmates of the re formatory who had escaped they were captured in a bush near corwhin just four hours after they made their escape one william c cameron a first of fender pleaded guilty to the charge of escaping and was sentenced to one month definite and six months indefinite in the ontario reformatory concurrent with his present sentence in his case this means that the new term expires at the same time as his other sentence the other two edward h campbell and george darroch were remanded until today campbell who pleaded guilty for sentence and darroch who asked trial by a higher court for preliminary hearing the three men were working in the stores on construction and re pairs and slipped away while the guards attention was centered elsewhere thelr absence was noticed almost immediately and every available officer at the in stitution was sent out in a posse they were trailed as far as tli bush at corwhhi where tliey remained in hid ing for three hours until they were driven out lease and deed are authorized fprslgnaturepublic utilities commission officers ask for provision for electric sign on office- r the regular meeting of the public utilities commission was held on wed nesday evening commissioners l g king and r j kerr were present with reeve thetford in the chair one consumer was instructed that if his account was- not paid the next day his services would be discontinued the superintendent was instructed to cut other consumers off if the accounts were not paid immediately the transfer of the deed of the lot owned by the public utilities commis sion was discussed and upon motion of l g king seconded by r j kerr the following motion was passed that the secretary be instructed to arrange with mr fa to transfer deed of lot now owned by acton public utilities com mission and part of the lot of the mur ray memorial on mill street acton said deed to be transferred to the corporation of acton the secretary was upon motion in structed topay the following accounts liydro department bell telephone co services 427 king mceachern oil 180 canadian westinghouse co repairs 390 hydroelectric power commis sion of ontario september power 265012 c n r and transports ex press 205 the masco company supplies 4983 canadian general electric co repairs 331 james r kearney corporation of canada line material 7055 mcdonald electric limited supplies srrt 1898 280541 waterworks department hydro department september operation 6375 the lease of the new building was gone over and approved moved by l g king seconded by r j kerr and resolved that the secretary and chairman be instructed to sign the lease with the provisional board of directors and that the seal of the public utilities commission be attached carried a letter was to be written to the council asking permission to put in tho- necessary power outlets in the new office and also to make provision for neon sign to be erected if the commission deem it advisable the superintendent was given permis sion to secure additional help to carry out the required work before winter superintendent wilson was to submit a requisition of the electrical require ments for the murray memorial y m c a building for the service and the commissions quarters a letter from the ontario hydro com- mission was received stating that the matter of investing 3000 in bonds of funds now on hand with the acton com- iriission would be taken lip by that body as soon as possible committees appointed at the meeting of hajton presbytery of the united church at milton on tuesday of last week the following were the committees appointed at the halton presbytery of the united church of canada to act for the coming year the first person named in capli groupcyill be convener christian education revs r w rumley s b stokes g k knighton b eyre messrs phil 1 rhynas m c peart- r m clement social service and evangelism revs g p n atkinson c l poole j clug- ston h s loveringg i stephenson messrs w s murray j bogle v hall j b kirby j h drummond foreign missions tmr j m denyes revs george aitklns j o totten messrs w evans j i plumerfelt home mission and missionary and maintenance revs a b irwin r keefer- j o totten f matheson j w magwood messrs r c carpenter w r johnson property messrs c w king w s savage w g mcfarlane c f coty pensions revs a mcgowan w d clark messrs t byrd w h bigger publications rev m e sexsmlth mr e edge concluded on page eight or coming events announcements of meetings con certs ir other events under this lieailini arc charged 10 cents per line with a minimum charge for any annouctjiuiii of 351 xhe lady true blues are holding a euchre on november 7th quiitftdrown i