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1 u-j- jvjctjtfrt pftss slilythlrd yetr no 21 ttctrfn ontario thursday november 25th 1037 eight homeprint pige pive ceot street frontage for cemetery purchased by the board ommcb mom flnt stcpi to clow unwed street allowance actons shin of emum cotu wm 7679 arm affair dkewftttl by the coaneu additional light recommended for ciwnron street bylaw for additional borrowing paased by council to be used if required 1 a aft the meeting of aoton council on mtade evening councillors a mason m jones and t ofebona were prminit with item p meouteheon presiding the reg reported that the commit- tee had inspected the lighting on gam ma street and agreed that an addl- tsonal street light waa necessary h- aowuocs wen issued for the installa tion of the light a letter or resignation from councillor jas b mcmillan was received by the oouncu the resignation wu accepted and oouncu expressed deep regret that continued hi health had made the re signation lmperauve oouncu were pleased to learn however that council lor mcmillans health was gradually lrri- pfoelng and it was hoped he would sron be able to return home from the hns- pial mr r m mcdonald beauty of the cemetery board was present re- aiding the closing of a part of adams street at present unused the lots be- lonftnff to messrs i b weadgc and b j wallace have o acquired by the cemetery hoard and the approval of the board of health had been secured fu the use of this land mr mcdonald had vmted tha provincial department o heeh who had been very complimen tary of the manner in which everything had been submitted and congratulated the clark on the work done moved by a mason seconded by t oabbona that tha clark be instructed to publish the necessary notices of the intention of oouncu to consider at the first meeting of oouncu in 10u on jan uary 3rd 10m at 1100 am the dealr- ebutty and advtnbutty at closing the road allowance to the east of lot 5 snd lot 11 plan 53 and the road allowance to the south of lots s and 6 plan s3 village of acton carried a letter from the election board pointed out the cost of the board must be borne by the munkdpautlea in relation to population the total cost for the county was 1 boo 44 and actons share was 7670 the reeve and clerk were delegated to make inquiry regarding charging nss- sagaweya township with a ahare of drvtslon court cosu the twentysecond report of u e fin ance committee recommended payment of the following accounts relds electric work arena t w r e blair repairs for ore truck w d talbot supplies ajax enginrs ltd supplies beu telephone co services wm anderson chairman elec uon board exchange on cheque beardmore a co refund on taxes on warehouse fred cooper rent ol tamping ground t j cnell gravel at tow farm jhtssa printing and advertising r j ramshaw clerk and bailiff rees 0 r bromn sand anbrtrucking h l mcdonald insurance re shoe factory 2 4 mas the report a as adopted the clerk as instructed to adtrruse for appuoaiions for the position of secre tary for the arena and also for the booth concession at the arena a byu aas passed by the council suthoruing the borrowing of an addi ttonal g 000 to meet current cxpendl tuna for this rear this by law wu passed to meet the changed ruling ol the bank and burro tngi will be mado only as required at present all monies borrowed have been repaid the bank snd the corporation has a balance tn the bank debentures and county rau must however be met before the dost of the rear council al discussed the advisability 01 forming a rink committee comprised ol member of m council and re prcsentattvea f hockey club and other cttuwna no s tvin waa taken however si the present i 50 1 15 33 1 40 13 so 70 70 33 00 3 20 48 00 so th0 watson injured in motor crash saturday mr thos wataon received a icalp wound and was badly shaken up and bruised in a motor accident late satur day afternoon in driving his car onto the highway from the fifth line he failed to notice a car approaching from the west and the two machines crashed at the intersection the other machine was driven by mr rosa mcwhlnnle of fergus who was accompanied by his wile and family all the occupants were badly shaken and one of the children had a couple of teeth loosened the left front fender wheel and running board on mr watsons car were crashed in the car belonging to barn and stock destroyed in esquesing fire flro destroyed a large barn on tho ur xfcwhmnle was the most seriously farm or james nlckeu sixth une es- damaged the front was crushed in and questng early monday night together i auof one side was damaged it was a new machine four months ago friends wlu be pleased to know that mr watson is now able to be abou l with most of his stock and a large qysntlty of winter feed stored in the barn the flames were first nouced by john arb tutd tne 0 of lhe ottlcr nlckeu brother of the owner resident a flultam no hmu injuries short distance from the farm where joa- nlckeu uved alone james nlckeu was harry smethurst called by phone a short time after be impiis dddommtt had been working in the bam and told i elected president thst the building was in flamea he and i of u f y p o his brother assisted by neighbors who i came tn answer to the telephoned alarm i the annual meeting of the u f v succeeded in releasing a few of the cattle p o was held at the home or mr una from the burning structure before flames i mrs r l davidson on wednesday forced them to leave a considerable nurn- evening november 17th there was a ber of the farm anlmali in the doomed good attendance and much enthusiasm building for the coming year was shown jamce nlckeu had a wide reputation walter couke acted as chairman 041j as e cattle breeder and the loss partially donalds mcphall oa secretary fur the covered by insurance u estimated to be evening the following anicera were tn the vicinity of 8 000 flamea from elected the burned buudlng were seen for more leader r u davidson ninetyfourth anniversary of baptist church rev john marshall of toronto i special speaker splendid conceptions attend favored with a bright fall day the j ninetyfourth anniversary of the acton baptist church nad good conureiatlona at both services and tne ocaqlun was very fitting in marking the years of service in the community thst lie back or the baptist church here the anniversary minister or this oc casion was rev john marshall of duf fcrtn street baptist church toronto ills rmwaages were not only fitting to an annhersary occasion but timely to prrpcnl day affairs and the place the hurth can fulfil in milvlng the protlcnvt ui today in the moruli 4 srrici mr miirihall i acd hla di course on the story t f jeremiah is it to thr p tier s housc f und in tin clghteentli chapter of jerc mlah he felt that thr environment uf loday aan aomemhat the same as an la mptt l tnc churcn mut qr mrs leonard k iuest speaker at vv m a meeting the united wpmen s missionary society met at the home of mrs peter smith on thursday afternoon and was presided over by the prcsutmt mrs bert mowat mrs alex mcdonald led in prayer mrs a t brown gave a helpful and beautiful devotional mes sage the touch of prayer the president conducted several licrri of business reports from the various secretaries were given the correspond ing se retory mrs a t brown sent chrlstnuu cards and letters to dr and mrs agrew in chengtu west china i miss bentley in trinidad and miss ruth kelson at kltamatt b c a letter or thanks from miss nellie anderson for the uift which she had received from the auxiliary previous to her return to her mission field in japan a as read b mm r u johnston a vocal dutu by mrs v veldhuls and mm u veldhuls accompanied by mrs r r arnokl wua greatly enjoyed mrs mowat welcomed the guest speak cr mrs leonard from milton mho gavt a very lnl resting talk introducing the new study book a ncw church faces a new world a new world and how wt i pattersons abbattoir and meal market destroyed this morning r two cattle burned to death bajldlng entirely demolishefl by blaze refrigerator machine installed a month also amonjr loosen and new equipment and stock i rw tailed this summer only small imurance m 2 than a doaen muea seventh usr car crash on thursday president horry smet hurst vicepresident leonard tubman sccretao treasurer lauxh johnston pianist lorena locker assistant don mcphall executive committee elwood john lton wllmer davidson jim davles don cars owned by franklin logan qlen mcphall and walter couke williams and lawrence a mcdonald ib following the election of officers and prlceneld road toronto were involved business discussion lunch was servrd in a collision last thursday night at the n the remainder of the evening spen curve just near the seventh une about m dancing tour miles east of acton the mcdonald car was coming west when the machine highway accident supposedly driven by logan did not follow the highway but attempted to proceed straight along the crossroad to the seventh line both machine were rather badly smashed the extent or the injuries of the three occupants of the logan car is not known as the car was immediately abandoned mr mcdonald is in charge of the company drilling at the seynuck valle property just west of acton tram officer howell inveatlgated and w u round lit jeremiahs day minis lira alio aic dealing with humanity feel that mun tlnita their work is a failure but tven as the cluy u broken ind the work sccmlikl bpoilcd jet it tail be remolded if one has the pnlwnce to begin the wt rk all uvcr aguln jeremiah tteeded the imnn laughl by the potter in his day and we in this day need the benefit of such experiences j god never loses faith in the clay and attemited to neither hould man evade payment mr marshall felt that i lie history of j t irkair iii i i the church thmigh the ninetyfour w hjaku duwn we need vision in our work 1 mrs thetfnrd cloned the meeting with pra r tea was served by mrs smith and miss smlui and a vole of thanks was ixunded to the hontesx and all who i contributed towards milking the meeting i a vxry profitable one east of brampton injures two mrs harold jackson oriole park a j toronto received cuts sboul the fore head and her mother mrs m heue was cut on the nose tn an accident cost of brampton on the no 7 hlghwaj when mrs jackson s car collided with that of a w thompson nerval thompson who wss uninjured was charges preferred against logan are i charged with reckless driving by tronic scheduled to be heard in acton police court next thursday committees chosen and program at ayja meeting officer ray hodgson of brampton mrs jackson and mrs heisey were treated at the peel memorial hospital brampton where it was found that their injurleawere not serious christmas colors for street lights commission will continue in the during a lively business session at the first regular meeting of st alban s y p a the following conveners were i chosen i dramatic committee brt patrick anne holmes 1 social committee phyllis mackle charles tyler devotional committee dot bajllsi leona waller the president oeorge pot tit called for an impromptu program messrs charles tjler fred turner bob foq routine business wss transacted at the tit harold oordon responded with a meeting of acton public utilities com uslcal auction st alban s qutntuplrta mlsion last night all the members presented a few brecz numbers chief of were present which were impersonation or donald the iecretr was instructed to pa duck clara hen and mae west hen b the following avcouuls annette t alice taj lor t and emille anne llrdra department holmes t and a recitation b yonnr iicll teleprune co services t 4 90 leona waller 1 h e p c of oniarto ocuer lunch was served b the newb- elected droup insurance plan final date for amnm is set executive mas be given throne the answer and the vt inner of pitzzle poem correct answer to last weeks pussle form was royal winter fair and the winner of the award this week u mickey mcmillan there acre quite a few correct answer this srsek you 11 and this weeks poem on pag eight another poem has been submitted by mr john s coleman of turner valley alia you can bar double the fun thu week in finding solutions to theet tain poems mafia is ltd supplies thi at tun fsks puts prlnunn and adrrttslng minneapolis honeywrll keiruls uir co supplies superior electric supply c supplies line ib cable avceaiorle ltd supplies he pc if on tan v insurance j the bin a compan supplies moionj electru ci ip piles 2 104 0 t 0 year of its service in acton hsd ex perienced its difficulties but the mould ing has gone on humans today six beset by many diseases put many of them are not organic but of the brain oft times the church and minister con work n cure where doctors would fall then is scmrlimcs a tcndeiic lo becorie so expert in things that peopk nrc tn cllned to think they can set along without ood and the church a ilsli to tile putters house is often a means of returning the grip of conditions tha tuts been lost ood snd evcrone likes the man who never gives up the lesson of jeremiah 1 oa wtu as needful to day if all could tat that frtih grip of life that the visit to the potter a house had given jeremiah in our islu eu h week to the house of ood it would work a great change in the lives of all people at the evening service the knox church congregation joined in the an niversary and rev mr bennle assisted in the service the subject in the even ing of mr marshall was baaed on psalm 144 from the twelfth to the fifteenth verses that our sons may be as plants grow n up in their youth that our daughters raaj be as corner stones polished after the similitude of a palace thai our garners may be full affording au manner of st ire that our sheep ma bring forth thousands and ten thou sands in our streets that our oxen may be strong to labor that there be jio breaking in nor going out that there tx no complaining in our streets happv l tliat peoolr that is in such a csac en happ is that people whute ood is i the lord i mr marshall felt that this text va particularly for oung men he likened human life u uw life of plants of ten the stem body or mind gets a twist r kink lhat follows au through life dud disposition is one of the worst things om con possess it is the duty of the hurch to try and train morals in early hie the church should be a place whrre a man gels hecked up once in a w nil and one should be hankful that oct concluded on page eight ujiert mtthews nvmed s lieitenant to ernor four men dropped their clothing from an upstairs window of a nelson town thlp boarding house on october 30th and left without paying thrlr board according lo evidence tn court at oak- vtlle on monday they faced a joint charge of fraud harry wilson 30 of ouelph was cited si 5 and costs or 30 days the alterna tive term is concurrent with a 90day sentence for theft of an overcoat from palermo community hall during a dance clarence wilson alias clarence thomp son and oeorge wilson brothers were fined 15 and coats or 30 days on the fraud count thomas cunningham was placed on probation for tlx months with instructions to report weekly lo ouelph police the four were arrest d in ouelph last pweek and had spent six days in l us tod the court was told they utd taken lodging at the board hum u 1 me tjc tng on the new middle road anniversary concert at the baptist church on monday evening a concert was held in the baptist church in connec tion with the ninetyfourth anniversary occasion there was agood attendance who enjoyed the variety of musical and literary program provided following were the numbers presented vocal qunrlete the oardrn of prayer mr f coles miss b plank mrs j veldhuls mr c franklin violin solo holy city mr norman braids vocal nolo when i come to the end of the rood mr p cole with the audience joining in the chomn humorous reading for hr wiui scott h aud so was i miss m mnsajct cornet duet messrs c l4iiwlsboroug7i aitd joseph wilcox soprano solo miss jrssle coles piano miio lupojiz bond ethel franklin humorous rending mrs harris on the ttlrplume jean callander vocal duet oalllet mrs 1 veldhuls mrs j veld hills cornel olu sing me to sleep j wucoi the bcil in the llghlqquv tower mr franklin rending coven untlng days miss masnle cornet solo olras this house mr lnndsborough vocal quartet make somebody happy to day pliino durt call to arms mr landsbornugh and miss margaret brown rev mr baxter wan chairman ac cumpiuilaln were mr c landsboruugh mlss brown and miss ethel prank tin two meetings erin council this month solicitor gien irwtructiorui re shortage of tmxes the nominatiorth set for december 27th a special meeting ol erin lownsiilp council was hi id at hulsburg n tues day novrmbcr 2nd at which the follow ing resolution b messrs wheeler and mc dougail was passed thai s letter be ent to the township a solicitor mr ralph ikme jns true ting him to bring tile matter of the siuirtagc of taxes re mcehery to an immediate conclusion ind aulluwizt him t latr whaiever 1 rotcdlngi necevkary tlie clerk w as instructed to forw urd jtm to mr b nr by the outgo ng mail 1 nifcllng adjourned koi al fair pkizen won ijy hackneys from here thirty four hackney horses made a crowd pleuslnk exhibit of this flashy mov itir brred ol trie winter pilr on satur day fcn nlor and orand chump ion wa i 1 will known winner bonny hoy shown by r kerr a sou actqn clrnnd chum plon man and reserve u ere the ill st and secund prize yeldmarcs chestnut smllr snd just a olrl both owned b w 8 mlmro embro junior and reservr junior champion stallions were ceylon kingfisher and ceylon happy boy show n by c w kent embro tills pair along with the winning foul of 1037 made up the first prize get of sire all being by sea ton seringa ceylon kingfisher wu also the reserve orand champion reserve senior champion was earl roberta a j yiar old for w o moffat acton erin barn and conlenrs burned tuesday fire whl h broke out after the ex plosion of a coal oil lantern destroyed a bonk barn on the farm of william harding seventh llnr erin township i lght miles north of acton shortly aiter six o clock tuesday night the hard ing f am fly tles on another farm a mile away and john harding son of the proprietor was alone on the farm whn the fire broke out hr was able to retcue a team of horses the oiil llr stock in i he barn along with the horn the seasons crop 50 tons of hay 1 000 bushels of ifraln a large quantity of straw and th larm implrmrnts were c nsumed luas is es 1 1 ma ted al sb 000 there u 12 000 in surancc the burn t n the same farm was drstroyed seven years ago about 3 30 this morning are was cms covered in pattersons abattoir and wholesale meat market just on the west boundary of acton such headway had been made by the flames however be fore the alarm waa turned in that the fire brigade could do nothing to save the building or any of the contents and it is a total loss the fire was through the roof and il luminating the sky when noticed by ian macdonald from macdonalda bakery on church street only this summer the big stone abot tolr built by nell patterson thirty year ago was entirely remodelled by his brother wm patterson the present owner a meat market was opened with new modern equipment last month s new refrigerating machine was installed in the big refrigerator there a retail business was conducted from this shop since opening and a steadily increasing business was being built up the big refrigerator contained its usual large stock of meal and the deer mr jos mcdonald had secured on hut hunting trip wss also hung there three uvp attic were quartered in the stable and two of them were burned to death one getting loose and out of the burntmr building cause of the fire is unknown mr patterson and frank romphf who as sbtta him had left the building about ten oefpek and everything had appear ed in order there was only one small stove tn the building floor and walla wire of cement and stone and only tha if and fittings and the ice storage were of inflammable material whether the fire originated in the room from the stove or from the electric wiring will never be known as it h made ton much headway before being discovered it would appear however that the wiring was the most likely cause of the fire the loas will be a heavy one for mr patterson as only the stone walls are irft standing only a small insurance wus carried as it was felt that the con tuition of the building was such har ih it was little danger 0 are the blase was one that could be seen for some distance the ice stneage over the refrigerator was much higher than the rest t the building and in burning made quite a blaze the heavy stone walls confined the fire well but sparks were carried for aome distance and threatened other nearby buudlnga a brisk west wind was prevailing at ular time carrying the smoke and spirks over the town it wss six o clock thb morning when the firemen were able to roll up the hose and leave the building i 34 o is ot 00 t s 40i 8 i walsrwarax department i h fryer labor 4 so i the commission decided lo continue in the group imuran c plar f publt liablllt and property damage thr rale quoted in s letter lower jian that of last ear a letter from the bell telephone c asked fir ukriches showing location 1 any underground wiring s em tnsial ed in atn the iupertntendent repor ed thr llnr to the new yard and buudlngs if thr informal approval tt said to nave been oeorgrtown lumber co on main imt given by orrat britain and oermany had been completed to the restoration of the ftp nun- arrancemems were made to have- archy under don juawjof bourbon colored light on the streets for the above jsyearold sostalpworuw the christmas season and the superuuen- former ruler of spain whuehe two dent arranged for this change nations are said to approve infante december sth was the final date set juan the vatican u said to favor the fee payment of all accounts in arrears tnsuuauon of prince xavler carlut and instructions issued for discontinuing pretender as king services after that date i moeri matthews member t a ir 1 to brokerage firm bearing his name uid bihuher of hon it c matthew uiiuilrr f mall nal revenue in he lit 1 1 it cormmeiit n turada i tint d lieutenant o vvrn r f ontario mr su ixt ds hon dr ii k brucr th an uikced his retugnatu n m nduy night tjh app intmrnt w lu be eftecllle n ntser 30ti n rr w la 1 c mmt nt m primi m 1 imer tviiitt n tlir ai n in ijiki tt itrmter hepburn i ontir tiat hla o erunitnt w uki nt 1 ngrr ma ai tain ltlltt ci i v park riclal reskirnce f on ls rhlur n rewular mmt hi rrruim of lrln i wuki t council met at htllsburg on n unoir 15th mt mbers all pr vut i httvr prt siding thr mini t s if thr l t brr meeting w rre conflrmrl b uu ttiu pased app in ing tin t la r ut thr nomination meeting noni ii at u to be held ut hlllsburg on dtttintxi th there was no charge 1 th srltxtin f p lling bin tha and breaks neck v ippllmrntar by taw was passed rrflng thr rspendllure i tr roada t 000 116 000 clrirk was inatnicted u write lirlj i o l rr f rk township 1 if w uld b given to rrad tier n uiilttw ltlrs coming to it mumcrpallty iiiicas ur buls ire n n red te tn isur was instructed u pa il nuney 11 three ns almens dr rnioer ifith 193 march 1st and june 1st 138 and inte rt n ovrrdie ph re i irl s la utcnai t ck vrrn r mr matthews is chal nun f lir li ard f cov ern rs f t master lni esi v presldrnt vf ti 1 t r nt league c nai ons ixkirt and was chairman f ihc canadufn delrtratkm to the 192 league or nitmna ecbnunuv omferenc- bujd at 4 in oeneia tnp flkwtng accounu were paid ftorn in undsay may fin 1873 air r r p destroyed by dogs i km 35 matthews is married to margaret maude rrhrt s4 s6 whiteside of undssy the have three miscellaneous 720 children paul albert and mrs c p por rad leils fell w e matthews otuwa former the oouncu adjourned to meet at chairman pf the federal district com- htllsburg on wednesday december isth i mission is a brother i 9t7 greenock literary reorganizes kor the year the reorganization meeting of trte ureenock literary society was held in the k jiooi on thursday evening last the prealdent ell wood johnston was in charge the following officers wrnr elected for the coming year president oordik 1 4- he 1st vice presidrnt mrs ben mc keown 2nd vice president arthur mckcown secawtary imen ucoaig treasurer wm johnston punut j mc in tyre assistant pianist mrs baal johnston reporter- jean mann assisting committee xsva pearen and f jithnston lunch was served bringing the meet ing in a cloae coming events popular etobtcofcr ontro high school hafback srd promising junior rugov football pravrr rmirsm -mcfwr- land 1 above t broke his neck during a game played against another local igi school team mcparland crashed head- on with another player and was rushed to the hospital where an exray showed the broken neck outstanding mualcal treat united church monday nmembrr 2lh tor mu male chorus under direction f sis e h b wle is tf churchill ladles will hold a baking sale and aftern tea saturday no- vembrr 2lh at mr acid un j h smiths next fr llrsa office i the regular nu nthj business meeting if thr wocnrns iifltute wul be held in the socaj kim m ymca thursday december 2nd at 30 p m the wvry p o- meetnrtrrrrbw held at he home f oeorge ucfhall on wednesday december 1st if 113 pm bt albans w a annual beeasr and sale of baking in the pariah jullvu saturday dec 4th at 9 pn alternoon tea everybody welcome ni m