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assuoiwifjnn 8lxtythird yetr no 10 acton ontario thursday november- th 1937 eight homeprirft pages five cents plowmen compete in halton women furnish the banquet j fortybin enter ipowpetitiom on nterwell farm uei friday pr-esen- feuon of prized mate at banquet in the evening addresses by prominent haltonlaiw ploughing equal of any mateh tote year haltro pwmenagaln demonstrated their ability to stag one of th-ut- anoinff mthm of the year it their annual match held on the arm of amp wewell kelson townihip on friday lt traeentrlerellehuy lower than the record mateh of a year- ago wit this can je attributed to tfho unfav- orable weather conditions and the book- ward teaaon which necessitated many plowmen concentrating on their own plowing at home fortyni ou plowmen from the oountrea of ontario york peel wel- llngton waterloo oxford hamimand brant and halton vied for high honbrs on ihe splendid kewell farm where con dition were wellnigh perfect accord ing to judge w l clark of oormley and wilfred timber of muukeii the quality of the work wu the equal of any match at which they hadofflclated this year the event was brought to a successful eonehialon by a banquet in the milton town hall where upwards or 200 plow men and their friends enjoyed the sump tuous meal propai ladles of the mountain union institute under the leadership of presidents mrs wm dales with mr l w chtaholm president of the plowmens association in the chair brier addresses were made by warden john irving mayor carl martin reeve john mbklven of nelson township hughes cleaver m p and thoa blakalook mla in the announeement of the awards and presentation of prises the secretary and treasurer or the plowmens associa tion were assisted by fred robinson root pox reeve victor hall w j robertson and f h cmlroy the pro gram also included musical selections by the bennett orchestra of kilbride and solos by hugh beaty of milton all of which contributed not a little to the success of the evenings program an other pleasing feature of the program wu a vote appreciation to a number of those offering encouragement to the junior farmers of the county abty mov ed and seconded by two of halton junior farmers namely craig rcld and donald mcnabb of georgetown fol lowing a few words of appreciation to theladlea and other contributing to the success of the day by honorary presid ent stanley hall and vicepresident peter peddle the program was brought to a fitting close with auid lang syne the following is the list of prise win ners class 1 3kt timbers mullken r o brown gak r r no 7 john cap ton oahweken wm harrison gait lloyd marquis best crown john oapton best finish r o brown class a lennle black guclph r r no a ross marquis sunderland stan fuller hornby arthur julian mai ton claude picket hornby best crown lon blank beat finish rosa class 9 horace bamea milton donald mcnabb oeorgetown elgin walker markham cecil stcrrttt georgetown e w dredge acton best crown elgin walker best finish horace bothm class 4 arnold rife gait ronald marquis sunderland kenneth peddle muton grant baker freeman wm ocmmeu ayr r r no 2 bct crown ronald marquis best finish kern ped dle class 6 senior section clarence dredge acton fred dixon milton ten luster hornby arnold picket milton ivan taylor moffat roy bradley horn job primbau harold cotton coming to acton the ymca mens club holds their first supper meeting for the season next i wednesday night november 17th a note in the morning mall from the maple leaf aardens toronto confirms ar rangements made by connie smythe manager of the maple leafs joe prlmeau and harold cotton will be here and ad dress the ymoa club that nlgnt mr a m harding secretary or phy sical education ymca national ooun- cuwliralso be a guest speaker wednes day all attending will have the oppor tunity or personally meeting these prom inent figures in the sports and athletic nerrdnndhetpenlngmeettngprpmlses to be just a sample of what is in store for the supper meetings of this club during the year already mr russel t kolley well known throubhout canada in sport and ymca activities has consented to address one me una judge hosklngs of toronto will address an other meeting and taylor statten has prom lied to be guest a another in march after he returns from his world cruise dr g s young toronto physician who was elected phystc- lans and surgeons or canada to succeed dr a t basin of montreal acton scoutmaster addressed the guelph rotary oeorge mason scoutmaster of the 1st acton troop was guest speaker at the meeting of the guelph rotary club last friday mr mason chose as the subject of his addreu the american boy scout jam boree a spectacle which he witnessed in washington dc last summer when 30000 boy scouts from all over the unit ed states gathered to attend the annual jamboree it seems almost impossible that such a large group of boy scouts could be assembled at any one place he tald yet in washington near the famous monument this boys city for such it could le called hummed with activity during the time they were in camp each boy performing the task allotted him mr mason told the meeting thnt 15000 pounds of meat was consumed each day 70000 eggs at one meal 15j00 pounds of bread and two tons each of sugar and butter were eaten each day together with 30000 gallons of milk the speaker was introduced by j m christie and thanked at the conclusion of his interesting address by r i tor rance on behalf of the members of the club before the meeting concluded with the usual singsong mr mason presented dr a b ritchie president of the club with a jamboree badge a gift for which dr ritchie expressed his si net re appre ciation grants to fairs passed by esquesing petition highwfyb depnrtmenl for j quick chance racket tried in acton a couple of strangers endeavored to work tlie change racket on an acton merchant last week the first stranger mode a ten cent purchase and took change or a tendollar bill along come another stranger and offered a five dol lar bill in payment for another small purchase he then came back and said he hod smaj blta and asked for the larger bill back the merchant per ceived the racket and ordered him from the store the cor was parked on the norvol the esquesing council held their regu lar monthly meeting on monday after noon deputyreeve n a robinson councillors w a wilson c h may and edwin harrop were present reeve oen currie presided at the meclnj moved by c h may seconded by n a robinson that the treasurer pay the relief accounts as presented by the relief officer 12140 carried other accounts authorised for payment were weed inspector balance of ac count 500 bell telephone co services 335 interest on county rate unpaid for always 18745 harold mcclure re burial of vivian infant 400 halton agricultural society 350d esquesing agricultural society 7500 aton agricultural society 7500 i m bennett refund on return ed taxes deposited twice 909 n r thompson court of re vision 500 a w benton court of revision 500 i m bennett selecting jurors 500 oeorge ourrle selecting jurors- 500 n r thompson selecting jurors 500 a w benton selecting jurors 500 moved by w a wilson seconded by edwin harrop that the treasurer pay harry goldham secretary of poppy fund the sum of 1 500 carried moved by n a robinson seconded by c h may that the treasurer pay the road sheets as presented by the road superintendent 54945 carried moved by n a robinson secondoct by c h may that this council petition the department of highways to have the speed limit through the village of nerval 30 mile per hour carried moved by c h may seconded by n a robinson that this council do now adjourn to meet wednesday december 15th at 1000 am or at the call of the reeve carried letr amc ctetl for tbenitore conp j v moore 24th battalion corp boy iiurd 30th battery corp w 6 iirown oth p co o e fte j d burt isth battalion l ptc m kales 21st battalion capt t a arthurs chaplain chinese lobar battalion pte a anderson 110th battalion jte f elkinoton 50th battalion pte f wiixs 4th battalion pte j fryer 18th battalion serotmai n stuckey 10th battallon- pte t irving 3rd battalion pte a meleoi 20th battalion pte a winternurn 4th battalion lielmivuoihng 13th northumberland fusiliers pte a gribben 42nd battalion ptep radford 104th battalion nerot w lee 4th battalion pte p godfrey 108th battalion corp f masters g m s 4th battalion pte j j kennedv 05th battalion corp j 1 cooney d c m 164111 battalion and p p c u i white crosses and poppies remembrance nineteen yeare after anrtxcton citijbns conducted the annual service manslaughter cases heard at milton court john hood 25 of stratford appearing at the fall assises in milton on a charge or manslaughter was acquitted thurs day by a qrand jury presided over by justlcd mctague hood was driver of n car which collided with a truck on high way no 5 near palermo more than- a year ago wullarrtirsmlth 2b of strat ford a passenger with hood at the time of the accident was killed hood suffer cd concussion of tho brain concr driver or the truck was uninjured corporal george e roberts or stanley barracks toronto appearing at the sahie court was acquitted on a charge of manslaughter but the jury dtsabreedton criminal negligence charge on the criminal negligence charge the case will be held over until the next assizes sub ject to the decision of the crown attor ney roberts riding with four troopers from the barracks collided with n car driven by clarence root on april 30th last charles root a passenger with his father ut the time of the accident watt instantly killed re- appoint relief committee borrowing plan changed additional street liffht requested on cameron street l atlcihson appointed deputy returning officer tn plaice of n p moore hospital account sanctioned council in accord with plans of the cemetery board and will cooperate fully new hydro head 1000 from ihe waterworks operation aect final notices sent out in hydro arrears with or to disconnect services reeve mccutcheon commissioner han- sen and chairman r j kerr were pre- hent at the meeting on tuesday evening ut the public utilities commission the secretary was authorized to pay the following accounts sutherlandschukx electric supplies superior electric supply supplies symon hardware supplies canadian line materials supplies sarujamo co ltd supplies c n r and transports express canadian ocneral electric co supplies ontario hydro- electric commis sion lam pa norton motor truck repulrs dr t ii hogg chler hydrniill engineer or the on tario hydro commission who has been a ppolnreachalimtinor the commlsslnn succeeding mr stewart lyon tcceodlr co co co 11030 1304 40o 7 so 464 137 5730 so 01 14 30 by wm bradley hornby best crown highway a block away and the uocnor clarence drcdlr best finish arnold number was svrurrd and given to the ptea police who are investigating thr man class a junior ejection aerulu working ule game it always in a hurry marchmcnt hornby kenneth brown it id uilks loiuiiiuiill in order to confuar norvol oordon cartwrlght mlluui fred the shop keeper it u game trial 1a ruddell oeorgetown ueo heatlierlng- worked frequently in mum places and ton freeman beat crown oerald is apparently quite pr iluible lor the marchment best flnlslv oerald march- operatu ment interttownshlp tvani prize tor w a j stations hall specialesquaaig township c mb dredge and k peddle umiluiu ruk rofrt fua l it jj1 hmmjs ro ad- bank of nova scotia jttophy clarence badminton club chooses officers for the year the badminton club met at the ym ca on tuesday evening u elect off iters for tlie year the presidvnl mr btn hlnton was in charge of the meeting the following olficers were elected president- v b rumley vicepresident mrs chia klrknrsi siwretarytr3uiv roderick kyder luncli committee mrs earrisliaw mrs o iloeruon mlii a chulmer- dr p pearen ouine cuptoliu ml map- cluilnu-i- bert hint m uiimw were u mi wed w itli other vlait on friday night the acton club uill to oueiph to pluy uie clwilnicni uiutmin- ton club dredge class fred timbers stouffwllc aiex black oueiph spencer wilson norval harry picket hornby mauie klokun arlss r r no 1 best crqwu alex black beat finish pred timber class 7 vernon picket hornby c1ut may hornby john dixon mil toe jim hamilton hornby beat crown vernon picket beat finish vernon picket spaclal on clsss 6 and beat plow d land by pordsoo tractor harry pic ket bank of commtrc trophy for bt flowvd land in walkln plow ul tuntanr bsat ftov tam the mcktrr rob tnsoo bros john marshsll frank osrt- wfwhlr fol lowing up itn ptillcy ol making tlie middle highway thr finest in the po- mtnlon it is understood that the de partment of highways has made some very stringent regulations to govern all gasoline stations on the new traffic ar tery only a limited number of stations par district will be permitted with build- ins restrictions insisting on typos of con struction plcslnf to the y of a uni form color scheme and all pumps and tanks must be erected in thr rear of the buildings it u understood all oil com- panim will be permitted to participate in a proporuonau manner in servicing the traffic mnd that the department can regulate the matter as they control a 100 met on ech side of the trofric lane it u also understood that uoob u the new library books ready for saturday the new books recenuy purchased tot acon public library have been cata logued and will be ready for the use of readers on saturday evening there are a splendid list of childrens books in cluding the bookhouse set of pic turesque takes of progress in all there are over 240 volumea in the new books placed in the library tnere are m volumes of adult non-flc- uon including the headings psychology religion natural science literature biography travel and sklstory there ate m volumea of adult fiction 37 volumea of juvenile nonfletson and 33 volumes off juvenile fiction bright and clear but frobty novetn- ber 11th acton citizens conducted their annual remembrance day service this j morning the first year following the close of the oreat war the soldiers monument was erected here and every jvearftlnce thero has been thai time for i a great bulk of the citizenry to pause 1 in remembrance and an appropriate i service and so it was this morning j the acton and district leglanrmtrea lome rifles scottish the boy scouts and cubs the duke of devonshire and j lakeside chapters of fne ioj3e the i womens institute and acton citizens band gathered at the town hall by 1 way of bower avenue and mill street the parade went to the soldiers monu- ment here wreaths were deposited at lho base for the province of ontario aton council the canadian legion duke of devonshire and lakeside chap- ters of the i ode the acton womens- institute c co lorie rifles and the acton citizens band secretary f l wright of lhe acton legion reud the names from the monu- mrnt last post wnji sounded by bug ler carney byrne mid with bowed heads two minuter of alienee an reverently ibmtved broken by hevrlllf the band led in a verse of abide with me mil uev 11 l bennie chaplain r the lviiiin pntiiuncetl the benediction and imii tlie iinuiiiinent and i us tinker bid tilled uilli mhile ernae- and uitll lppii strewn between the row the jmrade feforiiied unil went t the pres- vltilati chuivll tut ulc icojid purl i the service it uu realistic every white imk4nitre un a ton loans name hit re niif iiiii a auvtit uai uiat jell in remembrance at knox church reeve p j mc- cuuheon uxpresed the appreciation of council in the rejiponc of citizens in this service and the help or all tn ar ranging it rev dr morrow was un able to be present owing to illness md rev mr baxter hod another engage- i ment in oeorgetown i i hymns were sung psalm 90 was the responsive reading arid the fventyflrst chapter of revelation the scripture reading by rev e brllllnger the address was elvea by rev mr bennie he was impressed by the ser vice in the fact that so many children were present it la for them that we remember he was thinking of that concluded on fag bght 420230 waterworks department hydro department october oper ations 8166 hydro department power at spring 34 50 110 25 the list of arrears was checlred and final notices ordered to be sent out and services dbicontfnued where remittances were not made the secretary was authorized totran- fer 11000 from the operation of the waterworks to lhe general account of the corporation the superintendent was instructed tj drain and shut oft the water at lhe watering trough for horses during the winter freezing had damaged the equipment in other years i farm barn burned to ground on sunday evening on sunday evening the barn on the i farm of david mannen at crevsona i corners was completely destroyed by fire the blaze was first noticed by neigh bors about 745 and mad gained consld- i erablc headway by this time just how i the fire started is not known mr man- nen had been away from home since the morning and had not returned there wan no stock in the building except a few thickens the seasons hay and straw were in the building and burn- ed but the grain crop had been sold at threshing time the building was of good sir and wiille not ut recent con struction waa in fair condition i the house on the farm was burned a couple of years ago and had been re built rby mr mannen he was however not living in the hous iif present but at the corners the farm a just off highway no 7 and the blazeattracted quite a crowd of motorlsls and the entire neighborhood it could be seen for mllen through che countryside and cars were lined on both sides of the road leading to the farm ex- warden mason honored with coronation medal during the week exwarden a mason wa highly honored in receiving from the secretary of state al ottawa a sil ver coronation medal accompanying lhe medal waa the following letter buckingham place by command of his majesty the king the accompany ing medal is forward al to amos mason biq to be worn in commemoration of their majesties coronation 12lh may 1937 citizen join in congratulations to mr mumin on the tumor bestowed he has mirved in many capacities as a citizen and ls at present councillor and pre sident of the children s aid society the answers to puzzle poems of last week two puzzle poems appeared in last weeks pscz press the regulur one by mr w coles was solved by mrs pred anderson who wins the award this w thr answer was fireworks the puzzle this week is a bit different it requires a word from each line to secure the answer try it and the usual rules apply have the answer reach tin fszz puss by monday evening the poem is on page five the answer to ihe puzzle pmm submit ted by mr j s coleman of turner valley alta was w coles mr f l i wright hubmltted a correct answer vo this poem the regular monthly meeting of ac council o mondy evening had councilors mason jones tandatbbqni presenywuh reeve f j mcoutcheon presiding the clerk reported to councuvthat mr n f moorewas unable to act as de puty returning off leer for the municipal elections mr r m mcdonald was present re presenting the acton cemetery board council agreed to cooperate fully with the board in their work in thelfflprove ment made and in contemplation tho twentyfirst report of the ftnanao committee recommended payment of the following accounts n mceachern gas oil etc for fire truck 7 45 h woods st son trucking 7 50 ritchie si agar coal for town hall 2535 jos ailmour repairs and sup plies- 17 40 acton ptrbllc utilities commis sion street lights town hall pump house arena and fire purnp symon hardware supplies o r brown trucking tattw 1173 1875 126023 the report was adopted an account from the city of toronto for relief supplied a former resident of acton was referred to the acton relief board moved by e jones seconded by t a 1 boons that messrs r m mcdonald a mason r j mcpherson and mta wm arnold be appointed relief com mittee for another year and that a vote of thanks be forwarded to them for their services in the past also that the reeve and treasurer make payments to the secretary of the relief committee on demand oarrted notification was received from ouetph oeneral hospital of- hospital charges for harold deforest an indigent patient ad mitted from acton council agreed to accept responsibility in this case a bylaw do appoint a deputy return ing officer for polling subdivision no 2 in lhe event of a poll being necessary instead of n f moore wu given the required number of readings and passed by the council mr l atkinson was appointed as deputy returning officer a letter from mr j c moruer out lined the course for police officers to be held the letter was ordered fyted the matter of borrowings from the bank were discussed and the clerk was instructed to prepare a bylaw for bor rowing an additional 10000 to be used if required council were at a loss to understand the need of bylaw and will ak an explanation of the procedure said to be necessary citizens remjesletl that an additional street light be placed on cameronstreet the matter was left for consideration after viewing lhe street council expressed regret at the con tinued illness of councillor mcmillan and tlie hope that he would soon be re stored to good health 4 alt hani dklichts acton aruiencesunnay st andrews boys band oail tiajulii vuuedacton aud gave a splendid con en in the town hull on sunday evening their prugram wai varied and well rendered it included the follow ing march otficer of the day r b hall selection sonnambula bcluno overture pantheon q e holmes hymn selected march mecklenburgi j j roberts selection minstrel mem ories w rlmmer overture oood fel lowship w a nyles march fekl- cornet l p lalurendeau raise fleur d armour p moret march trombone troubles e chennette reverie even tide r b hayward march our dir ector f e aigelo the national an them bandmaster r ellis was in charge acton cltiaana band and bandsman f mcdonald arranged the visit of this band and prealdsnt john nlcol jr rmtnfl nwr ihg progra at the close the acton band served lunch scout mothers report splendid work of year the regular monthly meeting of the scout mothers auxiliary wo held at lhe home of mrs o w masales on monday night the tietrelaiy guve a most favor able rejrl of the work done in the pas ear by tlie auxiliary the election of the new otaviti or the coming yeur was conducted by mrs e j husiyird and the folio wing were elivlcd honorary president mrs e ii vin cent president mrs r p wauoh viee-prc0duni- mvs hollinger secretary mrs o dessureaull treasurer mrs k j mccutcheon pianist mrs f s blow i assistant pianist mrs q w mosaics i program committee mrs pargeter i mrs c his holm mra veldhuis social committee mrs kentncr mrs patrick mrs blltorx mrs johnson attendance committee mrs mas lea mrs taylor mra flproerville mra chuholm read a paper tntltled a merry heart two enjoyable con tests were conducted the winners being mra watson and mrs houinger plana for the annual scout banquet were discussed also programs and other activities for future meeting the s group served dainty refraah- coming events annuunctncnit ol sfvllnaj con n r oilier evrnt umlcr tin heading arc charted 10 cqnl pet line with minimum harr or stir nliuunlcracnt ol c menta bringtnrthar as u 1 euchre in pariah hall tuendny no vember kith 0kk1 prize everybkiv welcome victoria mliwn band knox church tea and sue uf homemade bukliik und bazaar saturday november 20th inim j l 0 j m tn council chuniber 19- j arton kire brigade wul hold a bingo on thclvwn hall monday decern be oth at 00 pm 16 prized 2 special and door prize outstanding musical treat l hi ted church monday november 30th tor onto mole chorus under dtreclkon of mr i k r bowles 18tf the annual meeting of the ff ypo iu be held at the home of mr r l davidson on wedneeday november 17tb at 115 pjn rev o e forbes weston whajre- yiously delighted an acton audience will show 300 slides of hie travel in the orient on november ifth at pm in united church amn auepicss of the 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