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v7vsriyv w r tt h jtttim 3frre ittss plmythird year no 43 i i park improvements suggested no information re c fin municipality has right to appoint philanthropist honored court clerk position of night conauble to be open for ap plications haulage or aavncles in bond by truck otsappbovep oounejllora mason ohataoert uid ohacbiuwera present t the meeting of aoton council on monday evening when dim t 3 meouteheon presided major b bourne of the salvation army addreaud the council regarding the hoipltal and rescue work being done by the organisation he represented he aaked that a grant lie made to help in thla work it wu pointed out that the put year aervtcea had been rendered helton that had out nearly woo the olerk reported receipt of a letter from the ijabluty insurance oompany notifying that they dlsolalmed responsi bility ror the accident to mlaa thompson alnoe the claim waa not tiled ai required a letter from inspector poison of the legal oflloel waa read pointing out that the municipality had the hunt to appoint a olerk for the maslscrates court he suggested that if the municipality requir ed any further information regarding the magistrates court fines etc that a olerk be appointed to attend the court the committee appointed to interview mr kakaloek reported that tney had one to oakvule on angippolntment with him but for eome reason unknown the appointment had not been kept by mr blakeloefc the committee waa request ed to proceed with thla matter the ninth report of the finance com mittee recommended payment of the fol lowing accounts w warden glaslng at shoe fac tory 30 arrow fan paaaa printing and adrertlalnc v loos w d talbot suppuea 13 73 j b maelnmile a son aupplles 73 10 bell telephone go aervlcea 1 1 47 o b brown labor and tracking 4 10 acton ontario thursday april 28th 1038 eight homeprint pages five cent 17302 the report waa adopted a letter from the canadian national railways asked that a resolution be passed opposing the granting of a license to the international forwarders limited to transport goods in bond from the united states moved by j chapman seconded bj j chalmers that whereas it has come to our attention that applications for modi flcatlon of the customs regulations to permit the transport of american goods in bond through canada between the detroit river and the klagara frontier has been made to the minister of nu tlonat revenue and whereas the proposed operations i would bring no benefit u thin munlct polity but would on the contrary be o considerable detriment on urcount of in i verference with the tourist traffic and decrease of employment on thr railways and wheirean the existing transporta tlon services arc in our opinion adequau and entitled to first consideration and i whereas the vehicles uhlch would be used on long truck hauls across ontario would be of such length and width us to endanger other traffic on the high concluded on page eight lard nuffield wellknown british phuanthroplat la pictured after receiving an honorary degree or doctor of laws from sydney university during his recent visit co australia milton w m s is guest of acton society the woman mlwrionary society of acton united church met in the bohool room on thursday evening with mrs b mtowat presiding mrs morrow on behalf of the society trj heartily welcomed the evening and afternoon auxiliary of milton who were the ffumt at this meeting mrs brown muton retmcd the meeting waa taken in charge by mlu grace wilfred afternoon auxiliary and mr j k wlllmott evening auxil iary and a very fine and varied program waa presented it included solo by mra hadley beautiful oarden of prayer baiter reatwnalve reading by mrs oordon mcnabb prayer by mrs dales violin solo mrs bj foster accom panied by mrs thompson paper oon- xecratlon by mrs mcnlven reading committee on strangers mrs marcel lus solo open the onus of the tem ple by mrs kenneth pouter rending how the call cruw by mvs joseph wlllmott brief nddreui by mrs r onl brnlth all present enjoyed the visit nf thi milton 8oclitlei iind hoped to have a visit at some future time and a very hearty vou of thank wdfiiblven to tht milton ladles w dr morrow closed thr meeting with prayer after which lunch wan servtd nnd a social time spnl together commission will sponsor a range campaign transfer of funds made from the waterworks to general account of corporation the regular meeting of aoton public utilities commuslon was held on tuea day evening commissioner c m han sen reeve p j mccutcheon were pre sent with r j kerr presiding during the early part of the evening the commission viewed the worx to be done on the lines throughout the town upon motion of c m hansen second ed by reeve p j mccutcheon that the secretary be instructed to pay the fol lowing accounts hydro department he pc of ontario march power s14r8 44 a ton ffexi prksa billing sup plier inspection ixpnrtmt nt meter inspection superior electric 8upp cb supplies or and transports t xprtiw j c muutuvfi posing new sound equipment for gregory theatre here this community has been fortunau indeed in having the local theatre equip ped with the very latest type sound equipment manufactured by the cln clnnatl time recorder company and supplied by ttie perkins electric co of toronto it incorporates all the features for the moat faithful reproduction of all the latest type recordings and will repro i auce sound with a clarity not heretofore blalnable in talking pictures the equipment is also unique in that it lr almost impossible to have a ntoppari in sopnd since it incorporates standby amplifiers and rectifier equipment to take care of emergencies mr oregory has constantly made evtry ffort tb give his patrons the best in tht way of equipment and latent release of picture and this latest piece of n w equipment will add much to thi attrac tiveness of aclon h picture house lacrosse club organized ixr acton for this year at a meeting in the dominion hotel on monday evenlnu a lacrosse club ww organised nnd an effort will be made to popularize this sport thnt has not been active hero for about thirty years or more officers were elected as follows president w prnnlcum 1st vicepresident w d talbot 2nd vice- presidents a e ritchie secretarytreasurer w h clayton executive committee w coon j agnew e dron j m mcdonald p mc- oordlck we understand it is the intention to enter an intermediate team this year and a number are interested and anxious to piny in the game it is also planned to organise several teams of juveniles with the idea in mind to bring on a group of local players in a few years acton has won championships in other ycam and at one time the sport was quite popular the game as played to day ja f vu r and a smaller held is lined bummir names arc played out of doom but laltr the an na can be used a ton y badminton turn visits the draniviije cmii1 the acton y badminton club jour nocd to ornnkhlll last night where a n turn visit was paid to the club of that town nine playini madt the trip and njoyed the outing onmcs re played on fo lovel courts in tin ag irultural hall and then refreshments were nerved in the high school shihtlt board and ping pong wen indulged in while wait lng for the lunch these iramea were installed following the club s visit to acton and th y expresed their apprecla tlon of the idea from a ton the ex change of visits between these club hav been well worthwhile and it is the ln tension to repeat them next season the result of the badminton games were acton 8 orange v i lie 2 budget likely to be presented next week reports are current that pmnnnce min ister dunning would present nts budget lo parliament next wtxk or cary in ttie folluwlnc week nnd t1nt j surplus i per imps 6 000 oootvouhi be revealed because of prolonged negotiations nt washington nnd opposition from united states industrialists the new canadian- j united states trnde treaty is not likely to make lui appearance in parliament this session it was also reported there will be no tariff changes in this years budget nor will there be any major tax changes the income tax the 6 per cent sales tax and the other taxes will remain the same at least for an other year the budget tb be presented by the finance minister will be a complete re port of the financial condition of the country mention may be made of the lftect in canndii of the united states re cession which has drastically changed canada n t xort ihtnltlon miiton choir presented splkndii musical program rea lurlnfi the sacrt d cantata paul a prisoner of the lord the choir of milton prisbyu rliui church presented a spli ndld mus cnl evening last thursday in knox church aoton solo and full choir parts wi re well rendered and the vcnltik was thorough enjoyed b ull att nding mm anzcly was n ad r and sololsta u i n mrs lockle miss isabel anderson miss mnrjorlc dawson morats win morrison robert cook and grant praser the anthem handel s largo holy art thou was also an appreciated selec tlon by the choir as well as a duett by norma marccllun and evelyn vanslcxlc and solos by mr oalloway and miss ruth sargeant rev mr bennlc pre sided over the program and welcomed the visiting group county council favors the purchase of 4000 tractor excessive speed blamed for death of george frederick 31 50 23 75 40s 1 2i 10 00 pian new signs mr cton public librari puzzle poem answer and last weeks winner there were two war da to find tn last weejtb puxale poem thr nrst wna yprea and the second st oeurge th winner of the award for the week is mrs chas uokeown r r no 3 acton you u find another one that mr coles has written for you to solve this week on page eight get your answer here not later than monday evonlng si 604 08 wnterworlut department dumdum brav co repairs 3 2d hurr sutthani labor b 13 litrt cn m itib r 4 50 12 88 it was moved b f j mccutcheon mvxidcd b c m hunsi n that u trana for nf 5o0 bt made from the waterworks department to the general account of tht ttmn a fur burnt discussion it wus decided tt mter the ftunge cumpojgn of tht on tor jo hdro tht secretar was in hlructed to write the local dealers to thin eflect the commission decided to allow 16 00 on the cwt of installing a new electric btovx in a home superintendent wilson was instructed to secure material and a helper for the summer months to do the line repair work it was decided to p the helper 30c per hour dairi businesses are combined in new arrangement announcement is made tins week ol tlie sale of johnston t dulr business ui acton roe k wood and erin to mresiy- r p watson and robert w inton tins will comblm the watson and johnston buslneases under the new management the paste urlzing plant aild cxmihjv equipment of the johnston dalr will be used b uc new owners ttie transfer becomes effe ut the flrt of the nuuiui director qf h alton insitrwce company died suddenly lifelong resident of nelson township clarence e wikki 68 queluh line died on monday he touk an acuve part ui towauup analm and wtw relief secre tary for nelson and was a director of hr hajton union parmers mutual plre insurance oompany he is aurvlwed by his wue and three daughters acn william sherwood nel son and mlasaa annie and helen at m trolii from kitchener pro ide musk al treat a musical pruvruhi pf splendid enjo inenl was pretmded on morula eiuiib in hjio church lu rt when the hatch tner waterloo mca mole ch irus prrtm ntrd tlu ir one rt tlierr wet tlurtj ntemben if ue choru and a ladltvi double tri lu the gcoup ical aufl uuttrununtal n umbers made up a ph ndidh urlcd iroijram numbers on the pnigiuit included listen u tin ji rman liand lu a m miauta garden roaallt ttie uwi chord tht roaot go deiw n liwiw alt mux hi slttp and ptn landta the obltatos placed d u utui trio made a er ntu baekground f mmrul of the numbers durtim the iuiernlsskn m- lu buck tty secretary of the kitchener waterla wica bieflj outlined the group its purpose and th aplondid work and fel lowship that has bern gained tbruugb 1l on bshalt ot the acton y m ca mr oeorge emer expressed appreciatioci of the lslt and the program given at the conclusion members of acton y served refreshment and spent a social time in the recreation room at the y consideration was given nt the meeting monday evening of signs u r acton pwi library for both th main window nnd tht t n trance door the seen tarj wiu instruc ted to makt lnqulr regard lug these accounts of 21 40 for book wire paauicd mrs havlil mrs wulson r e a broolui and mr a t browi wtrt appointed to the bok buj ink com m it tee it wius lso decidid that no dt le att will b st ot lo tht uiuiiml convn tlon thla ear chairman bnwn wtl corned ri mr brook u this rirt met t lng since tits appt intmi nt u tht board ps annual held in ijelph on mond evemm annuill prtbm4 rloj p s of the ouilph prtssb- was lujd ut st an drew s church guelph on monday even inn with more than 50 members of thi various youhg peoples societies present the meeting was ln charge of robert harrison central y pjs oalt and the addrev of w t icome u the lsltors w as t xtended b francci mortimer st an drew during the evening the nnali of tht prebj riol btblt drama content- w r preaenttd with duftis church y ps pluunch competing obauial gall central pi the tormar st cien prtsei ted a plii ntltled puul the victor whlcl was utll rtcrlvtd b the nrgi gathering in utuiiuuiue the gajt ct ulriti yp6 rliom a tht n dramatic pre ae ntu lion the pla faimon tilt p re i which not adjudged tht beat bj tlu three judge- mrs e c melrui and 11 k corruthefs out iph and rt t u fatewurt kllth t ner tlu t flf ten mlauir vu vr vice w ea c nuu ltd tn n irtnun wrtl t at toil and tht call u w hjp was ihei b prrsidrnl robert harr jk n qiart m irria m kitchener read the scripture u avsm and lsabt 1 si ott led ui praver the closing benedlctum was in chargt of vi j l burgess dufls church pus inch ptraentatlon ol the blbllcu tjramivs uiu n i haxge of grace cation gal purnib t ii tenuu refreajimenls wv- e acfed b i3 ndrew i pi lo t horn a heart ote of thanks was tendered b presidrnt harrison on be lu if of the -lstt- orr from auin baovn bora fergus gilt pulinch preston and other points at this rail mr norman wright was appointed peuowahlp convener for the ensuing year a good drputsvuoo from the yj ouud ol acton were tn attend- i ive had ridden in front seat during pari of trip liquor purchased under fictitious name had been partly onwum ed speed emlimnted at 75 milew per hour b two wit nesses inqlbst unishu near m1inkht 1 lit court km m in ac ton n tuesda light wat imi ked whin it c r ntrs jur tnqilrd lutf un diuth of cic rn fred t lek of osliawa tli wit billed in ni tor crush thnt milt s m maprh klevtm 1 u rd tuid tt tin con hsi n 1 1 t i i ii k lu ju lirntiht m u f 11 wlnn trdli i attiu april ui 19j8 aittr dillbtial n ui ur jur hae duldid that cteorn r tnltrlck of oluiv11 out rami u his deatl n mardi tht ninth 19ih ut ir atx ll 8 o clock p ni tn no 1 hlghwa abou uirtt iiulis cm i acton aftt r arid dut lo having eluded with mr un w nridtie t cat and trull r tht coupt aeflm ud ik rns tht hlghwa breaking oft a hydro pole and hi ling and dlalodgluii some large rocks causing the coupe lo someaull thr w uj deceowd out of tlu coupt and fracturing hls skull w hlch woji apparrnth the dirt ct cause of hb death it ls per ft t 1 tvldint thai ltie futal accldrni wua tntlril due to txcxsut speed f tin coupe drhen b ptter op chant i 188 v nla fat ctehirua hilton laniniltuiu aiuithej- pasenger in tht car ui kllltd ln the aame mniuh dr j a mcnlmi waa tht rutwitneas ntiled he had pt rf rmed tin autops on tht bod of george ftiderlck on ma ch 10th about ib hours aft r death thr bones i f the arms ittri ribs and spinal c imnn wtn not broken there wlre nbralons on thi buck f the hands and the face cause of deitui was blvt n iui h utpresafd fnicture of thi akull causing rxttnslvt injury ui tht brain tissue he i ontldi rt d death was instautain ous dr mcnltn dt rlbed thi frut lurt as a de pit sued frat tore xtejidlng from abovt thi right ijc to tin mlddli of tlu hind hirn wis als u frduit behind lhi right r i mcnutn ha i il bun ailed thi night f ui a t ul nt uid hud mtn tin bodies n hit highway coront r ir su iui ink ktiiisl n til ignitulalt lir minnni n tht t i ijh find understand ibl was in whuh hr prist nud hls l tidings t thi j ir k r j hnsu i i 11 clbuk w fatrttt l iph iiiiiiiiiii f w lluigt in puckt rt hid btei n tht t ighw ij that night tlu kn frd up had parsed him between hi aiftith hni md act m while he was nt hing imtwttn ai and 0 miles per t nr on lhi llrsl hill or iwo 11 was ui yi sigh lit had been driving 23 k t yx tn but c uid f rm no tstlmau of the fptd of tin e ar w hlrh had posted 1 im prtvssd by crown attorne dick hi flniil admitted an appr ixlmate speed f 10 r 15 mllis more p hour than i ut u which he was travelling mr j hnstoni udmltt4d having discussed the in titer with prom mlu i constables howell i nd oliver and his statement was sub mitted mr dick suld mr johnstone uhaii t plating fair lu the evidence lie was giving wluiess told of seeing the mimr car that had passed him in the a t h utst of act n and the bod es lug n ltie road he llad been oked i h i rocjcwtxjd for an ambulan e b dr nt lst n who arrived just after him me d s ribed driving conditions as good mr b rumje verified the perform continued on age five kitchenerwaterloo mca male chorus ex warden a mason wll ii nil thunuluy r elected pn f nf tin iiiilkn pii i chlldrti alt biktrty mr a mason elected president childrens aid annual meeting heart report of veaya work mikh nora lea toronto uet speaker purchrwe of new fluff for county uulidlntts is deferred until an other mcetlnp resolution re snow removal is not endorsed bylnwfl and accounts passed mamuty inburance awardet t o ramsiiaw a meeting or hajton county council o called oy the warden for last tues day and held in the court house milton with all members present minutes and communications were read at the morning seftsion among the letters a lottei from the county of wel lington which run in part as follows whereas tlie coat of snow removal on the county roads systm is prohibitive and win rtas the greatest dt mand for nmw removal is from truckers bus linen nnd through trafflu and whereas a very small proportion of tin local ratepayers get any benuflt toe it resolved that a pe tltlon be forwarded to thi department of highways recommending that certain roods in lach county be considered bus and transport routes and that those designated bt kept jpeti for winter travel by tlie department as the extra revenue from gas tax would greatly oflsct the cost of thli work and that che sopport of the ikii members tt the legislature as well iijh of tin ceninclls of the surrounding counllefi be solicited in presenting thla proposal to tlie department of high ways tlie letter was filed at the afternoon session report of the fitanding committees were read and later considered ln commuted of the whale with mr mcnlvcn in the ehatr representatlves from various insur ance companies were present and ad dressed the council briefly advising that lenders for highway liability insurance hud been submitted to the council fur the third annual meeting of the child- en aid society of llu count its of i their consideration peel d halum was hud in the sunday mr a e wilson representing lloyd s school hoam of st pauls united strongly advised that the council return church milton tui thursday evening l u fompony for insurance and be april 21st mv a mason of ac lou pi assured of the good service that had sldtnt of the btt lety luhil as ch iirnun bttn given them in the past lor tlu evening rhtn was uu average mr t o itamsruiw acting for m m attendance of nt rtnted i it l tin from the clancy it sons ulso of lloyds and with two counties whom the council ensured last year as- relkirts on tht ytar s work wi ru glvt n thi council of continued good ser mills d c spoki by tlu chairman as im sldent of the hoard of dlretun tin 1 n asurt r and lhi supt rlnutident thi gutnt speaker of tin evening miss nora lta suixrvlsor of tin child pro- lull in dtpattnunl of thi toronui ca s git vc a vnry lntertviuiitf and instruc tlvc addrtss on tin function and kcspun slblllty of the children a aid society musical iiumbi rs on the program added u un in ten t and pltamin of tin ven lng oulof l iwn gueutfl in tht ptrsuiis of miam m a mccabe of tht thlidniia aid brunch mr it h f the 1 r nu soclity and mr h cr xjks i f thi oin iph society brit fly the illlcets for the tnulng jear wire 1 cud as folic ws hono ar prehldtnl- j m l nyii b a milton hon irar sollcluirs w i dick k c milton a o davis kc brampton iresldenl a mason acton 1st vice president- a w thompson brampton nd vice president ed magulrr honorary secretary treasurer j j jamleson coolest ul e3cecutl e mrs w a dorrlngton alton miss a blaln milton mm o c altklns bronte mrs r l moseley brampton rev a b irwin milton dr v r watson georgetown county council representatives- ha ton john irving milton victor hall hornby peel chas c london bolton o p skinner port credit the financial statement showed a bal ance of 302 so for the year fended in march board for wards amounted to h 401 60 clothing 669 06 medical and dental care 262 09 salaries for the year were 3 416 00 and other office ex penses 1qo40 total receipts for the jear were 10 428 00 the statistical report of the work re lealed 80 cases of child protection at the ckse of the- yrar there were 69 cases open under the unmarried parentl act at the close of the year and during the year 111 coats contacted 106 chll dren were under the care of the socle t last ear superintendent o p thomp- sons reptxt was very interesting and gave enlightenment on the mail phasea of the work involved and explained splendidly the statistical part of the re port vice from his company should the insur- anc i bt renewed mr ramshsw also miggested insurance representatives with draw from the council cliambex while the question of insurance was being dls cussed mr wilson had already mode his exit thi good roads committee in sub mitting their report recommended the purchase of a new tractor for county road ijurit at an approximate cost- if 4 000 tills provoked some discus hlon with each member of the road provincial j committee explaining his reason for vot ing in favor of the purchase of a tractor said tlit chairman mr hall if we want to ktip ahead of the construction work we have to havt the tractor to do it with we cannot keep pnee with the work with our present equipment but i do think added mr if all that part t tiie cunt should come from current i xperiaes it doesn t seem fair that any hit council should bear the expense of the entire coot tlie warden we certainly don t want the tax rate to go up- we would like to keep it the same as last year or a little lower but if the permanent construction i plan county roads is to be maintained wu must have more machinery and for that reason i am ln favor of a new trac tor being bought mr robinson the purchase of a trac tor looks like a smart move to me and it continued on page eight comine events ann ui rmcoti fil mcvungs un mi r dtlcf rrfii un ur hl hrdms rc cl tul tenia r line vith a mlninum chaffc i i any nm ui tmni ol jc which pcsatntsd a sptendu musical concert in acton at knax church oa monday kvanlnr acton native presiding officer in winnipeg lodge night prtsldlntr master at ionl lodac a p am ln winnipeg man an past mas cera sntt old timers nljht wsa a native of actuo wor bro mitchell cobban isxlfe news for majr tlvea an announce ment of uui erent to be held on flatur- dar mr cobban has been secretary or ionic isxan for aome years he wu born in acton on october nth 1170 lasrslde cnspter i ode will hold a bingo tn the letfan hall aclon on wednesday may 1 1th 41 2 scout mothers auxllury buchre ln parish hall monday may 2nd 81s prizes lunch tickets 5c annual meeting f woman s institute at the home of mrs j el gamble ail thursdsy may ath at 2 so p rn empire cruise ms 4th a 00 pjn tn ymca group 3 ixda xntsrejsttng program prlxea admlaakm 23c tonight in the lntfon hall bingo 15 good prises and door prlsei com mences at i 30 os t auspices of acton bal club admission lie the annual general meetlnc of tht acton lawn bowling and tennis chib will be held in council f m thursday may 6th at e0 pjn all in- tareated please attend aa important buaf- ness will be rllioiimerl iy 1 iaffit4f