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tr wmw i ryniiimn i vuvtyiwwrjjipji jiifv u v rwswjji t hr jvtfton j w7 slxtythlrt yewno 25 acton ontario thursday december 23rd 1037 bight homeprint pages five centi intermediates win from gait juniors l first two games a smi hirilkr fovlfed in openln gmw t gall on tuesday wide o0n hockey and plenty of scorlnar junloro went down by 62 in mist game goalkeeper and pthers injured in car accident btfor the game ul to orangevuie last niffht 12 ovoroarrowk acton a by cookie after a little delay cawed when one of the eii carrying the acton junlom to cmflnetown waa hit toy a train the acton juniors were upset by the above sore oeorffetown deserved to win on the night play but maybe the acore would not have been ao decisive had it not been for the accident georgetown started the first period off with a goal kompshead scoring 1hu 81 came after about nve minutes of play actbn tied it up at the half way mark jooque scoring on a lone raah penalties were handed to press- wood ooldham qtockford tyler kempahcad opened the scoring in the aeeond period when he was left un covered in front of the acton net acton tied it up again when bayllss scored on a pan from jones two quick goals by ooldham and stockford finished the aoortnff in this period penalties in this frame were to stocktord prcaswood tyler and bayllss the third period brought forth some very bad hockey from both teams georgetown scored two goals to add to their total with ooldham and stock ford getting the counters penalties were numerous in this period bayllss getting two jones one for acton while stock- ford and ooldham kept up georgetown a average the game was ragged throughout not a great deal of hockey being displayed jooque seemed actons best man while frank holmes showed up quite well in the acton nets although 6 goals were cored against prankle this docs not take any credit from his goal tending georgetown are as strong as last year and atill hold that little edge on acton however the kids from town are game and deserve plenty of support from the acton fans the lineups were acton ooal holmes defence bayltw aaunders centre jooque wings tyler jones alternates dubey marao harnur fbottlt ryder georgetown goal burrows defence ooldham blnsel centre kempshead wtnga atockford prcaswood alternate schenck burke hoarc green teasdale referee prank terry acton acton oalt 4 if the ant game was a sample of what the intermediate hookey club achedule u to provtdfe this season acton fans can look forward to some of the beat games that the o h a- has provided actbn won the dingdong battle by 54 from oalt when norm morton bulged the upper corner of the twine behind brown with just thirty seconds of the period to go neither team had over a one goal lead at any time during the game c the acton boys did not have the con dition of the oalt team and manager mcdonald changed unea often to have the acton team keep up the pace set by osut who have apparently bad some previous games and the benefit of art atrial ice and a longer training period well here the way it looked to ua oalt had the first close one and then c marsd came right back and mod brow n in gait goal extend himself klmes went to the cooler for tripping mooney terrj went right in but brown saved turner was right in on dok ux yy woods but the acton goalie beat him atrnlnehmknutes oalt opened the scor ing when rellly scored on an assist from htnohberger gait was playing the best combination and usm play and acton lines hadnt warden irving host at the wardens dinner warden john irving of milton was host on friday evening at the annual wardens dinner at the milton inn the bounteous and well served food- for which this institution la known was well up or perhaps beyond the standards for the genial host of the evening a group of entertainers led in a pro gram of musical numbers every one of which was appreciated the singing of the guests was well conducted by one of the artists with a strong scotch accent and nothing was found wanting for che enjoyment of the guests that e nlng many describe it as one of the most sociable of wardens dinners tha ras been given by the long line of wardn3 ffinircihrigfmas a reeve mccutcheon host at luncheon in concluding year presentations at the high school at home ihurs annual event greatly enjoyed by pupils and their friends one of the largest assemblies to attend the annual high school at home was present last thursday evening at the town hall 4s proved a delightful even ing in many ways for parents pupils teachers artd friends those receiving the guesta were mr and mrs macrae miss bell miss jnckson and john drake chairman of the literary society a program of dance music was pro vided for the occasion by the harmony orchestra at the intermission period school diplomas were presented to the following by mr j m mcdonald uu chairman of the school board jean heeron bonnie elma brnlda norman t indian totem for cubmaster leaving acton actoh boy scout and cubs presented their cubmaster rev e e brllhnger with a memento he will treasure of his association in acton with scout work it was an indian totem hand carved and painted by the scouts here the pre- cntnllan was just a little informal pre sentatlon held at the meeting on tues diry evening in the parish hal but mr brllllnacr knows full well the kind lj feelings that are carved into the re membrance prtsnted him jnck van goozcn who will carry on tlil work of cubmaster until spring w as welcomed to the group of the county who held this honored sheila rosalern breen man position ftathlcen chapman alretna isabel gib mr j utftle was chairman fr the n w1 ruth hansen eileen patricia toast list the toast to canadr jonn martin hansard donaldn proposed by mr j m moore of gcog- dorothy ellxnbtlh phillip town and responded to by his honor hme agnpfl wlljlon judge munro and mr hughes cleaver m p hcnted mr john f ford proposed the toast i dr w a culltn n phy vtddu to the county council and wai den john hcnool p ln scu nco to kiih irving reeve george currle nnd reeve cnnpmnn wwl i rented b dr george oardon responded cullcn frepury-ree- nornan glib t propos- p fl boft trophv middle sch ioi ed the toast to the ex wa dnn and ex proficiency ln mathematics to jnck wardens m c smith burllngtin ard hl wiut presented by mr bliiv chas readhesd resr tided i dr j a mcnlvcn trophy middle pellowmemberb of the county council firhm pr irnc m english to jk of this year showed appreciation of honingtr n pres lltcd bj r h l warden irving ln the presentation of b a nnle program lunchi dancinc feature if h y v o meeting a meeting t tin u f y p o was h id on dectmbtr 1 lli in lome school ice president i eomtrd tubnnin t xik the chair for un buslnt h session the roll cull was unsu red h tin n uni of u favorite bo k and i us nuth r nnd the mlnutli ol rh lust meetink were rend the following trophies wtrc also pre and adupud it wns decided to post xine tin n t inii ng until miriv in january hockey ists are injured when i train crashed jack megeachie driver in hos pital and car wrecked on acton crossing memberselect invited to attend final meeting and become acquaint ed with the work councillors express appreciation of the service reeve mccutcheon has rendered acton hospital accounts and unpaid licenses are among matters dealt with santa and his reindeers visit the high school when the car owned and driven by jack mcgcachl and filled with junior hockey players crashed into the side of the cnr wentbound train on mon day evinlng tht enr was wrecked and stvernl of thq passengers injured the at the final meeting of acton council on monday evening councillors mason jones and olbbons were present and reeve f mccutcheon presided on the invitation of the reeveandcouncu the new councillorselect were present messrs j b chalmers and john chap man the new members were by motion welcomed to the council and it was explained that it wasconsldcred a good gesture to become acquainted with th work the new councillors expressed appreciation of this gesture tho reeve reported that prices on in tin goldheaded cane suitably inscribed their esteem and regard for mr irving i sc proficiency jere ably expressed by ree george sncla bwn ftaa currle of eaqueelng in making ih ire- sentatlon train was g lng l in nn lo v r wni chiilrmm for mi following pr knni duett hlan hi ml kin non nnd doroti m kt nzu apecth donaldn mcphnll mmith organ ami guitar duett mtlvin mccullough nnd arthur mckeown hit n f illoil com muiiltj flinging lunch was served und a very enjoy obit tlm was spent in dancing melvin i his it r nnd wns unable to laki part in the mccullough moved n henrty vote of on wcdneviuy afternoon a very enjoy able concert was held at the continua tion school the program was held in the form of nrr amateur program with ken blow as major the following numbers comprised the program a piano duett by marie brun- cllc and mnrlc clayton a recitation by helen watson a duett by haeel wilson nnd pat harrop accompanied by doris n cording turnstiles for the arena wire mosl scri usly injured is the driver jack wilson a violin duett by jack holmes m nnd non recording turnstiles were mcgmchic who sustained a split knee- and vernon agncw a mouth organ v lee quoted at 30 each rap and is rt ovlrlng in the guelph tlon by ivan vlrkerx a guitar solo by the reeve reported thnt the anna ointrnl hospital where an operation i tan omnt n it lln nd clarinet selec commission hnd felt this expense should was itrformrd tutsdny on the injured r tlon bj ninti und kino braida a duett not dl incurred tht year as other tx knit tht ir has tht engine driven by wllrti mcolaugbltn and dorothy i wndlturcs had be n necessary at the biuk nnd tht aeriiir column broken suui ircompanltd b donaldn arena this year tin framt on t iil s11l b also smashed i mcph ill i short skit by some of tin tht twenty fourth n port or the fin unci f ourst nil ont tldt of tht body li puplb n monolnruc by norman wright rriishtd in a ilil n and m uth orgui selection b rtu nc idint hnpptntd on monday martin hi ird miti j ick holmes cvtnliig about 7 30 j irk was taclng a at tht cits or tht program sant i i id f thi jiml r i ki boys to ot urge claus nrrlvid drawn by his two rt in i nn with mm win ii rb woods bin dii r nnd lutributrd presents rin biulss jr h b fhitlit uordon and prlws for tht best program numbers wir ih ib c kik nil txund f r the ilrst won bj inn trant and wlldn mcglnurh sli dull gnrm in georu tt w n i hi train lin dorothy stei u and donalda mr wns inu and appart ntlj n ne of th ph ill i hi form representatives pn oc upnut of tht car saw ll start from senled ei h f ihe teachers wlih a pn lht n r hi ard ii ipproirh thi nl fr m hi puplb car struck the i tirint it ndi r and litrma tisrt hi n thanks to reeve gordon of nassagaweya business in concluding session of council held on wednesday at the last meeting of nassagaweya township council on wednesday of last week all the members were present and reeve george gordon presided communications were read from acton branch of the canadian legion dr h r mcdonald kilbride town of milton and dr a j mcintosh vlttorla on tario accounts passed for payment were c p kurrtah phoning and sup plies ft 5b5 e d mahon school attendance officer 25 00 jar w moffat postage etc 6 10 c r turner ambulance 10 00 acton branch canadian legion boo suinley korrlah prize lamb killed by dogs i0q j h simpson convention ex pensea dr a in language pusented by buchanan j the h ii hlnlon proficiency onul i ate trophj to juck hnulngcr was it scntcd b mr hlnlon the a t brown trophy form i general proficiency to bcntrkt uurk holder was presented by mr brown the w m cooper trophj form ii gtncral prfloclen to jnck vangoozri was presented by m- cooper the tjler service trophy for junior boy athletic chun ion to ktnneji blow wni presented by mr a t brown relds electric trophy for intermedl ate boy athletic champion or present ed to harry savage acton beauty parlor trophy for in tcrmedlate girl athletic champion was presented to dorothy barber the boy a intermediate athletic shield was presented to harry savage the senior boy shield for athletics had oordon btlton and john dunn tied the cup for the girl winning the most points ln athletics was presented to monica pltzpatiick medal for the junior girl athletic champion went to marie clayton kcnnith blow was presented with the medal for the boy winning the ntos points in athletics monica pltzpatiick was presented with the medal for the senior girl champion ship tinnks t ixirnt school bonrd for tht prlviler of holding tht mrtitlng in thi school envoi to canada arkantrkl here 500 council by motion expressed mppre- thie presentations were made b principal macre tht form shield this ear was won b form i and poll port as repre- clatlon of the aervlc of dr mcdonald ttntatuf of liml orm as prca m completing the urm as medical of wltn uu ahuw b lne ttlm kown n ncer of health presenuuivc haxel wilson the collector was instructed to ac casey at the bat was a presentation cept robert wedge a taxes lesa 4 00 1 b the ls and the portrayal of tiib qllbcrtfeons and o wellknown poem by tht luds had onlv mcleans taxes less 2 00 each for dog i a regulation baseball htld lacking in another resolution made an amicable rcalltj john drake and jack holllngtr seltltment of the urrears of taxes ol presented a number of blackboard ogtont mtleun lor tht amount of nketchea andf stories that were omuslnw 98 24 the resolution felt this desir un tr wtll dour john drake was ble owing to ineltlcimc in boojt keep chairmun for this part ol the program dr chen ciiinglok now on his w ay from calcutta to canada to take over hlsncw post is dr cheng chinglok who has been appoint ed chinese consul general at ottawa a brlllianl scholar and a devout christian dr chen was formtrly commissioner for foreign affairs at canton and also strved us consul orniraj at san fran cisco and was dragged ol ng with the train ayer a ftw ltd bifore the train was t iln service uein stopped htrb woods also suffered injuries to tht w i k will b observitl wwally from komi that nirht although bndlv shaken juiui ir ird u junuary 7th with cr up tht rest of the boys were obfc to vlcif in all the churches a complete proceed u lht game after attention program if the strvlces will in in next by acton doctors jack wius the only oik weks fin press n quiring tt bt removed to the hospital jl it will be some weeks befort he is abt to use his leg again thi rt is no protection nt tht crossing but ihire have been er ftw accidents heir and the crossing ls not ronsldi red dungtr us althoutfh th u w ih nithcr rtstrlctixl a curvt in thi rimd jusi east necehsluitts slowink d wn for the crofting and the view from the wes is considered good the train was just pulling away from the station when th nccldint occurrtd chief mcpherson nd railway offlclals havt betn lnvestlgatlnr the mishap county council appreciative of warden irving nncc committee re ommtnded pij ment of the follow ihr occounts mrs h l mcdoh ild premium on insunnce l 00 d ii lindsay whtat and tlm othy ri pioneers cemi it ry atton public utllltits commis sion exehnnui on tax cheques king calcium phkiii ls tilt bell tt ifphone co it rv ices david joe wood r r town hall j b chalmers chimin at un na wilter fryer wood for arena if woods trucking 3 j m pailant supplies f ir fire brigade 3 so acton free press printing und advertising 13 31 dr j a mcniven medical health oftleer 95 00 n rman mceuchern supplier and aire of fire truck fl i0 p m nleo labor it arena 2 so j n mackenli a faon supplies 39 s7 g 36 1 io4a 300 j 40 4 00 christmas concert of knox s s on tuesday s433 b0 notification wis received of admit lunrt of john harrlh u the guelph centra hoepltai coun u accepted re mmmsilbllty ln this iw another letter was received from th oroves memorial hospital giving notice of admittance of ml s wm mcbaln endoruition of resolution asked i this case council did not accept re iponslblllty as it was claimed she woa not a resident of acton for the period required the clerk and municipal of fleer were appointed to investigate thi case a letter from the secrttary of the jhlgh school literary society asked if the rental was to be charged for the town hall for the high school at home council agreed to waive the charges for thla occasion the clerk reported that five were in arrears for licenses and nod paid no attention to notices that had been sent the council issued instructions to the opposing provincial control of road system i tht final meeting of hal ton county council was held ln milton lost friday with all members present except mr hewson and the warden in the chair minutes of the lost meeting were rend and confirmed xnmunlcatlons were read as follows 1 from peterborough county council a request that the following resolutions be endorsed whereas the difference bctuccn the tuesday evening knox sunday school scholars had u visit from santa clous j when they gathered in the church audi torlum for their annual concert the sunday school orchestra played a few selections at the opening the super wh inutklfcnt mr lcwb brownlow w ot to wlculturrfl tf r jii tirrwtlirlh nt th pmu nin nf nnlnrin mntt- products of the province of ontario and the return to the farmer from the sale of said products is too great be tt re- mled that the dominion government be requested to appoint a commission speedily as possible and that the findings f the commlsalon be supplemented bv a dtlfghtful lunch was served during their strldfc at 13 minutes tooat tied itlg aj previous to 1931 up the acore when he took on assist owing to the lnoperation of the mulon the intermission before the dancing was rrom walters it was a ni e pla b the brck plbnl duruuj 1u37 lm business tax resumed and concluded this evening in former georgetown man ho has decided i mt hkh all who attended found so much lo play thla year in the higher hockey t r buperlni ndrnl s vouclur pleasure rating mooney and tuaj ere ui ogam i w 41 waa passed und the trea but failed terry and tost combined aurrr utrucu o pay 32 23 txing c riminai nuikrmf on another threat that put brown down naww of tne police vu z mlult to save rhodes aent off for his attack or miu lo c h rl is dlsmissli on olbbons walters shot from terry a resolution conveyed the thanks of in ii ilton col pau hit the goal post jackson put t council to five various otfccer v l municipality who so efficiently cooper judge w n munro in count court ated with the council during the jear on tuesday at milton dismissed a charge another resolution read that the of criminal negligence against edward thanks of this coun 11 be and are hereby wedge of nassagaweya township the oalt one up again when he shot a high on from the blue line just nine see- on bcront the period closed score 31 for oalt and two penalties for oalt we think the terriers had the best of the threaten which mere very were switched before the second period started e marao got a nasty crack on tha eye as the period opened after four minutes of play walter tied the score up again norm morton was in a couple of umea but failed to register brown was busy boy ln the oalt net and woods was dot on the unempkiywrflav either tost want right in on norsss shot oah put a hot one over top of the net walters want oil for nil checking and oalt put co on pag ftva tendered the reeve mr oorohn for the harge was the result of a collision on efficient and courteous manner in which may 23rd between a car driven by the he has presided over the business of the accused and another in charge of wm council during the past year and that filler 21 of georgetown mr filler the clerk put this motion died a few hours after the crash a the clerk having put the motion it guelph general hospital waa carried unanimously mr oordon prom the evidence none of the oc- then repoed thanking the council and cupants of either car saw the other officers for their support and co-opera- machine approaching prior to the crash tlon ln conducting the business which the defense claimed that there is a very came before the council for considera tion the clerk then called on the rest of the members of council for a few words to which each made suitable re plies also a few of the officers present poor via afforded of the north and south traffic at the intersection or the seventh line and no 5 cross road es- queslng township where the crash oc curred the concluding meeting of the eramosa council ccounls of 13 17 01 were pass ed for payment -p- protection for kailwav i rottifurs tlu count 11 f r the township of lrunfta htld ihttr lut meeting fur the ur on ihurduy in tht town hall r kkuood li i tjit reeve d 11 stonj ln the hair councillors albert lush john hlndlej d d ora and wm j plut ho a letur woj read from the depart ment of highways urging the cutting of brush and the erection of advance warning signs at all railway crossings on township roads on motion of messrs oray and lush ihe road superintendent was instructed to proceed with this work as soon as posslble- arrangements were rrudr for gravel with some antlfreese material to be dls r touted near several hills ln the township for ue if dangerous ice con ditions should develop accounts amounting to 15t 0 in cluding the county rate of 13 006 34 were passed for payment and council adjourned to the statutory meeting on january 1 0th iia chairman of a varied program donna anderson of the primary class gave the welcoming recitation a pag cant showing the work in india that the mission band supports was given by muter of lht muulon band under j t tilt leadership of mrs buchanan dur lug tht tt rvlce carol singing was it ad b miss bessli raw lings win glvm by a numtxr of the primary pupils joan somervirie betty masters jtmmie spuivogil phllls robertson mi lb lurni blow jack bruce and ma bprowl sang a mjio untirn slides of christmas ever win re peter pan and wendy and thnt uttlc wise men court against all those hi default it was pointed out that notices had been sent one week was given to meet the fees at this concluding meeting reeve mccutcheon took the opportunity to thank the councillors and municipal officials for the splendid cooperation niom legislation for the improvement of said t recitations i that had been accorded him ln the wor conditions filed until the next meet lng from iht counties of lennox and addlngtun the following resolution was lui warded for endorsatlon whereas u la understood that t he provincial oovemment has been con- were shown drl lne question of taking over the count road systems ln the province whereas the present county road ss um ls working out satisfactorily and at a reasmablt uitt titri fare be tt resolved this couniv council of lennox and ad und described b mr bennlc and mrs h mainprise the lost number was a chorus en titled suita claus is coming to town ii id just us tiie children finished sing l n tont uppeund and took ihi chllr o l rccurd drlnc opporo i to thi sunday school room whrrr pfm lo lmj han ln th o hoaa s wen distributed to everyone most of the answers were t wrong this week tern that would lessen the authority ol county ct unclu w iih respect u the ad ministration of count roads this conftnunlcatlon was lert over until jie january meeting also other communications received in eluded a fetter of thanks from mrs bertha brown for commission received for sale of the gordon intfnc w an cutcheon the award this week is mrs grant mcmillan acton mr coles we think had a twinkle ln his eye last week when he sent that poem in you know the reason now there s another poem this week on page five try it on christmas day for a good game to amuse your guests the puzzle in prose submitted by mr j s coleman was succeeasfully solved by mr f l wright the answer was actoh pan pats coming events don t suj we idn t waro you tha last week s puxxle poem was tricky rhcrr err to ord ht coud be account l cr borer iaiplor lto af lu ulx zz7tc ecuril from ute poem tne correct jonn mcconnck fteetruui atu er wo january one don t be mo i 5r currle seconded by mr duoourairec u your oluton m sanu i mccukheon tluit council kljourn u ciaua there ere clce u many ent meet at 3 pm carried tn that answer as there ere enl in tne purpo of ihe adjournment was the correct solution the winner of that irroun photograph might be taken of the 1837 council council reaumd an4 the report of the standing committee were read uid afterward considered ln committee of the whole with mr oordon ln the cruylf anally belig puaid in open council upon motion by mr currle seconded by mr mccutcheon mr trank thompaon children ajd ckipertntendenc appealed to the coun 11 for fin aid for wards of che society concluded on page light ann lucrnrnl i mcctim n crl of other lvcnl umlr tbi bslmif r ihrvml i cent pr ha with m roiiurnuni ihlrc fir ay now cvmrtit of i y if the year councillor mason sponsored a rtsolu lion of apprectatioft- of the splendid work of reeve mccutcheon on his condu t of he office he felt that he had ion ducud acton s affairs ln u statesman like manner he had served well and acton was to be congratulated on havtug him for another year councillors jonns and olbbons oiao voiced their appreciation of th co operation of reeve and officers in the years work following the council meeting rcro mccuttcheon invited all the councillors the officials- new councillors and repre senuittves of the press to wiles lunch rooms here a delightful lunch was served and the party were guests of the reeve a splendid social time was spent which made a very fitting climax to the ear s municipal activities which have received such efficient and courteous supervision and had such harmonious the w x s are having a muslon- ary cverung on december 30th in the united church the rir muamu circle preaent a play twqchrlicmiu bona a good program sunr collec tion a