Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 25, 1938, p. 3

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wnmsday aocmeir asth iom the actonfreefkes paqbtmus r site 3flm ilrrqfl bort tnrg the old jvian of the sea thomas s huntiierv f444444444hihh4hm feb thats what i ldl pop- f i per eummervllto looked at hit m bolflmn- faced roommito in disfiust kitvent you been awake for the part few yaror do thlna over your head and au the war put without you aeinff them weu ive been awake moat of the time rve tieen rooming with you at tout grinned sandy uaodousall lot of ohanee a fellow has to sleep or work with you around youre jmb the old man of the sea anorted pepper your ideas may have been ad rtjtht when your dad was in school but youre dumb if you stick by them now i sandy took off his classes and told them on hts desk pepper started for the door then he stopped as he asked otvo those papers to linn oardner for me in class- tomorrow wiu you i wont be back in time to hand them to htm jxe backed out the door sandy nodded then lay back in his chair and stretched his ions less until his bare toes touched the hot radiator ouch i he grunted after he had nurs ed his toe far a few moments he thought of pepper his roommate never studied hard he never had to do that because he always managed to find some student whose notebook he could borrow or who would give hlmlhe answer to any prob lems p had a good time sandy aoowjed and wished his mg scotch father had not hammered the idea of doing things well and by himself into him so hard that he just had to keep plugging rolf an hour later sandy started as he heard the bell in the tower af the university union building boom he had been chewing lus pencil and thinking all this tune he rose to hta feel co store put at the campuii blight mobnllght bathed university hall and tityformed the old building into a fairy palace his achool and bin dads school he thought worthy ttt the bent und rifltocttnfr the best af its men far generations oucss he would keep away from the idea of getting by sandy yawned then turn ed in for the night next afternoon found sandy on the basketball floor of the university gymi cuislum as he shot baskets with the second team he secretly watched and admired scott warren who was the star right forward on the first team this long lanky young man sent shot after shot arching toward and through lhe basket with a satisfying swish won i muttered sandy to himself i wish i could do that the way he does not bad eh asked a voice ut his elbow pepper grinned at his toll room mate you better watch your step or hell have that juivoe sewed up for good scott warren did appear to have that position for the season sandy watched most of the gumes from the substitutes bench except for the few times lhui he was sent in king enough for the regular player u regain his wind hit father had been u star athlete nl lhe old days so saud felt ills dlmippouiluumit deoph and fvppor nensed this u bit time for eiuidiuit1oti drew near pepper huiiunervule liut not hls usual confident ll sund hiuuva thorourt lit hb wiirk i studuig hard ut his desk ua lu rthtmmute uuiijxh1 into tltelr rotten one ranting printer threw hl books down on his desk with a bung crlndlnj uwui or usual old mun of i tie sea lie grumbled well i ttl5li scott warren and- meu tiad done u bit more than we hw but well tret along all right ill tururr some wa u gel that history exam sant looked up ul tils roonunutr both oi vou slipping u bit he anked ill be glad to tulp ou ft i lawn ir vou vt ant to cram a little no cramming or nt we won t iwed it laughed pepper 111 a jmu will be blud to help scott vou liae everj chance in uie wurtd of being a regular i ptayii if he slips up on this exam j i dont want an letter earned thai way exclaimed sund his temper rt- ung tle best of turn what kind 1 u fellow 01 vnu think i iuu well wr doitt lued mii tit lp u re not hxuiu to mk1 ru u uiau don t neetl to tee vou inter lioth of u haw u diite tontsht pepper bunted lhr door juat iu uil was shout to protest ifcbout the luck oi tiudj he tartd at the book oji hl noininiir s desk then alto- short unir hr grunted well if the deuus son tuid ivjiper want to a t like a couple of mlh txthtt ktih he tuned back to hi work okl tme- iry grind like myself should inuti to mind hi own buslnesm thli thought tad not smusiv htm however nd he was sail chewing the end of hts pencil vimr time later wtue he stored out of the window at the ahsdowj campus the next day sandy stopped in the lobby of the dormitory to see about his mall he intended to make a telephone call but both booth happened to be in use so ho sat down in a choir next to one of them the door of this booth was- not tightly closed but since the lobby was almost deserted- the occupant evi dently thought this unnecessary he was arguing with some one but i tell you it will be au right oeorge tipped me off that prof left the exam outline in his desk yes the old boy is getting absentminded or something nothing to it meet you out in front about ten oclock tonlght sandy heard this with a sudden fear just then the door of the booth opened all the way and pepper stepped out he glanced nervously at his roommate bit ting in the nearby chair you and your dates exclaimed sandy that call probably oast you a dollar oh run along old man of the sea grumbled pepper but he appeared re lieved sandy stared hard after him as pepper hurried out of the lobby after dinner that evening pepper pull ed up a chair to his desk and appeared to be studying sandy shifted his feet nervously have you cr reformed or something he shyly asked just you leave your httlc roommate alone grunted pepper have you for- jottcn that you and i and the rest arc to take that history exam but of course you would be liable to forget that about like i would forget to eat nolthcr said a word for over an hour then two of peppers friends dropped in sandy left for a room farther down the hall in order to be by himself he was so excited however that he had a hard time trying to do any studying he 1 glanced at his wrlil watch often i about a quarter of ten sandy hurried i questions around back u his room pepper was buttoning atiesnt write out down it he dashed to the ondnndal- nmftt fell dowm the steps to the base ment morn in a moment he had un locked and scrambled through one of the wlndowb his wet clothes made him shiver he walked along n bit more slowly when he saw a little crowd of stud ents tnvuitred in front of university hull but he wauled no lime in reaching the dormitory luckily only a few students were in pthe lobby they paid little attention to htm as he hastily made his way through it and upslulrs to bjs roam when he had opened the door and hurriedly clos ed it behind him he saw popper sum mnrville and scott warren slumped over in chairs still wearing their coats wwell if it isnt the old man of the sea declared pepper sure enough added s00u with a grin look at him he tried to go in swimming with his clothes on all this time sandy had worn a silly grin on his face he sold nothing re moving his wet clothes as fast as h could soon he was splashing around tn a bath work too hard old wurned suiidy with when he entered the study room once more pepper and scoct were still theve have a nice bath asked pepper with a grin sandy admitted that he hod well make yourself comfortable in that choir we want your help hi solving a mystery dont suppose you know anything about that bell ringing which the whole school heard a few minutes ago seems to me that i did hear a bell declared sandy slowly as he rose from his chair and edged near the door of the bedroom he was not quick enough for soott and pepper jumped on him pulled him to the floor and sal on him sandy shouted with laughter tn spite of the mauling he was receiving wow all you two follows needed were two pairs of long oars and a couple of talis i when the three were sober once more pepper spoke seriously i guess maybe yotiye right sandy theres really some thing to this idea of working for what you get you sure enough did us a good turn tonight even v you did take a dumb way of scaring us to our senses no more dumb than your way grin- rcd sandy 1 happen to know that old professor martin is abnentmlnded but he never has left any examination loose you see hi un he just jnits good shoes ro tocno and out a kachun acton his coat dont man of the sea i a grin i nice time of night ut be going out grumbled sandy his roommate did not unswer but banged the door hurriedly sandy could heiir lum walking down the i long imllwu afur the wound of hts footstep hud died uwny sandy hur- rledly pulled u warm sweater over lus head grubbed u henvy oout and an old slouch hul then tie rushed out of the room not rur behind hts roommate i after sandy had left the dormitory und was breathing the mid nlghl air 1 tie kept well in thr shadows until he readied university hall white and shin ing ui ttie light of n bright moon he hugged the wall while tic advanced then when he reached lhr corner he halted la suuv ut the entrance way no light burned in the old buhdlng j sand drew cold iu tie mulched the lhr front entrance way just as he was ubout to lenvtx iw auw two dark figures hurry up the stone steps stop u few mi intent ut ttie doorwu then dlsup- ptiu- into uie blucknnut within hi walled u minute mun tiien run ut lop mteed fur tills doorway in u shorl tune tu- wan uithui ttie tbulldliig he tttumbled und utmost fell on uie step- in uie darkness he stopped to listen but 110 sound could he heur from above twjindy nuhli lus u 10 mrcfulry through the duik hall u ltie slairwuy at uie farttiesl end he rapidly ctlnibed the mcis nuiklng us lllllr noise us posslblr wtun tie hud reached uie lhlrd floor 1h- crept ty uie tinier of the puilittrm kl uie top tiien strd around uie side wull and down the umg luill 1 uuttuilil m declared sandi out m front of professor martins rotn in uie dark ness he could see oxiuitoiut1 flualiee of lkghl uhnh nttiled u hfrur on top of u tall steptuddei ttils person wtis ei- dtiuh itumiik trttuble opetiin uie lran- soin inui ttir mom for tie grunted and u hipered t xritedly ti his comianlon al once aiuuh made up tils mnul wut4lvlng tils chiiiice he mode 11 quirk turn around uie stalrwu in the dai- i ness mid was jkxtn up on ttie fourui fltxe above hr ilstcittd n nuimcnt but rmdentu ttx- twt below hud not seen or heurd tilm quleu tie ran to ti little ckr if tmb it wna unlocked it with in tew moniriils nmn it hud u ligul trip on a stout rope itonc iiiu onrar txtomed uw hol low notos tvt tlie okl bell ot lnuersity iuu wntuirs sounded it crasii and tiir cuirwnt or feel sund lititrti w iw wll 11- two then silence as iw stopped ringing uie okl ull it was ume for mi to beat u hasty retreat hlnwelf pawn the ktng stairway he dashed ult feet seemed to be made of trad if ie siitud meet anyone now when he reached uie second floor he decided to lake the stairway at the far end of the hallway run down to a basement ruonj ipen a window and creep out of this unseen just v he dashed opposite the stairway in uie middle of the hall the tout figure or the janitor with a flash- light suddenly appeared they collided and both sandy and the janitor went down tn a heap the janitor gave a terruvd yeu yumnln yknlnyt helpi the flashlight roued along the floor tn the darknesa sandy was soaked from a pall of water that had upset he did not slop to as just what had juokhy the hall was dark uiem on uie txiurd during uie cxiuninu tion time old man of un- sea laughed pepper both of us would 1m- rlud of your help wlille we study for tills rxum wr sudely would declared scott wurml ljtft tiegiii rlghl now a nick approatii a nice und i tnmi- ludy im u slcjc man dootor gave me some medicine would like to ask you to give me vtmc- uiuu ut uike it wltii luly would yxu like a spoon and u kliuut of wuui i supponc tramp no mum not that the doc tor bald i was to take uie medicine after meals un 1 thought youd contribute the meal in thk next mail do you know mary if my dress makers bill came while i was out i dont think so maam i can hear master singing thousand irutnds internation al mudge a new unit will be added to the many links of communication between the united slates and cnnada with the formnl opening of the thousand islnnds tnternatlonap bridge on august is the governments of both uie united stated und cnnada will be represented at the dedication ceremonies which will mark the opening of un internntlnnnl gateway through the picturesque thousand island legion distant about a twohour drive by motor car from ottawa canadas cap ital city the thousand islands inter national bridge spans the island dotted st lawronoc river from ivy lea on tario to collins landing new york a distance of about eight and a hair miles tlw new structure comprises a series of five separate bridge spans resting an five islands and linked by strips of highway the actual link between the united states and canada is a ninetyfoot concrete arch the shortest of all intemauonal spans over the rift befween wellasley and hill islands the rift is o narrow space of swift running water which once was run by small steamers to give ex- curlonlsts a thrill two islands of the st isiwrenoe natl- lono park ocorglna island and con stance inland serve as stepping stones for the bridge as it reaches from the canadian share over a broad majestic expanse of water a new scenic high- j way lending from brockvlue and oan- anopue to the bridge head is under oon- urucuon and when completed will form part of uie much- travelled highway irom windsor to montreal and quebec city on the united slates side the bridge emerges about four miles west of alexandria bay a comparauvely short drlii from watertown the focalpoint for syracuse and other large centres in uie northern part of new york state the new intemauonal bridge provides another avenue of approach to a popular vacation area rich in scenic actmcuons for in this region the waters of the st lawrence are studded w 1th more than i 700 picturesque islnnds varying in also from less tiion an acre la several square miles about 210 of them can be een when croksliik the br1de as early as 004 uie government of canada set imde a number of tliese islands as nat ional rtttcrwitlniift which together with a small mulnltind urea now form tlie sltnwrence islundi national purk on several of the jiurfc islands attractively designed pnwlloiis nnd shelters have lwcn erected und uibliw benches out- i ooor moves sanitary conveniences and 1 firewood ux iro ided for uie tise of isiuffs eivch pjland or group of islands i is m elmrge of n caretaker from whom uie necikhury camping iermits may be obtained the island parks on w hlch improwments have been made together with uie nearest points of approach are cedar island rmir kingston ocorglna island near ivy ijm aubre and beau rlvage islunds near oananoque stovin lsbmd nu- brock llle and broder is- ijuid itpposite uie town of morrlsburr a high valuation merchant i will give you a position clerk to suirt with and pay you u tiat y ou are worth ls thai satlafuc- u10 apiuhunt oh perfectly but do ou tmik uie firm can afford it l oranges nice size sweet and juicy per dozen 19c peaches 13c delicious quant boxes leaping potatoes 7lo meal cook q 12 its nice size c onions 3 banan for pickling iw juajil silver likin tbs for 19c as golden yejhih nice size dozen 23c apples 3 tbs ditches a good cookers c tomatoes 3dllitiouh slicirtk orf tns for vv canteloupe 2 f 15c carrou fmihmjwj rrst grade creunery bcttgr woyldnt i1k missfd in tin event of jv liofltlle air raid mya a writer some of the public statues would be the first thmffn to buffer evii no tmyn nn art critic were biui in favor of peace an early start so tom has got ciifforfed are the tinnns up yetr oh jts he mufltnt nmolca drink or do to football matches too great a risk there ls ho need for your wife to worry about her atffht aald the optician the weakness is a um of advancing years andj you can tell her that m gasped the lltue man jumping out of his chair you can tell her yourself old chap scraped aitle in summer complaint tlie lato dr a an old family prac titioner in iredell county ndrui caro lina lost his flmt baby of cholera in- lan turn two summers inter his second child bfcnmc desperately ul of the homo iomplnlni then tin bnby began to im prove nnd the doctor was dismayed wlwu he dlscourod thijolil ncfrro mammy fecd- inn it srrnmpcd niira7 he scolded her foundry nsxlnff why slie wnnud to kill the cliild well doctor alio replied when he paused for breath your baby 1 ffcttln well isnt ene when the doctorjidmlttd that site was she continued thats because ive been feeding it scraped apple if you want her to get well let me keep on within a few days the baby was well and thereafter the doctor used scraped apple successfully in cases of diarrhoea and dysentery tills was 40 years before blrnberr published hla unit report in america of this ramous method of treatment thus forftnlllnff dr a in lhepractcnl ap- pllfntlonof tin iwst known of scriptural commands namely ixt your unlit so nil 1 no before men that thrxruny sec your good works etc scrnikhl npplo is one of uie best methods of treating lnfnnole diarrhoea just ns apple j utco is- the bent plckmsw up nftcr seven exertion the reason fur uio latter li umt exertion causes a loss of potoiutlum from tlie riiiisculsi tis sues and since a pint of apple juice con tains approximately o grains of potas- srum this homely article u an effective remedy apple growers should profit by this knowledge mothers of families nhoso babies liavo diarrhoea may ow scraped apple with good rftoct betdrv calling tlie doctor john w s mooui- lough mj tpjf roosevelt kingmet as international bridge opened president franklin d roosevelt of the united states american channel from collins landing u wellcsley and premjrr w l mackenzie king of canada meet at inhuid one of the five nnparau fdmins and elahtatid a- klikpitnn ontario on august 17th when the new thou- lialf mlln of uproachrn mid oonnectliig nadays ami- sand inland inurnatlonal bridge nyntcm wan officially prtnlrar liii trmhisand island lntrrnntumal brldgr system opened important announccmenta were made at thin from onllliut lmdliml and iv iu ontario president mixllntf and hlnct aflxnr photo shows the dcalgncrs il4xuieelt it ftlion at rutht nnd mr kirm tn ttie isabel ooncoptlon af the new auspennlon span crossing the spscisl csrrohi bacon sltcsd nd stepped iib pk 32c spcll soil aflywkf matches slnjl bai 7c 3 bo t8t special clear new honey na 1 whit cltnr 2lb tin 27c 4lb tin 49c mclmih qwtcb pudding 2p 17c mcln frtai easy 3 25c sugar 215c liillix jllr powder 2p 15c arln pwr gfap juice o 10c avimi plippu juice 2 17c juice 10c trr ud gldm tip tea h ib pi 33 f row brd flour b 93c monck prtf flour 61c cutc dry gmm ale js 12c aylaf tomclo juice 4c westons finger ruffle biscuits clnmuti syangm minhmillw bjr 2 pounds 29c pectin p-ci- 10c gown of cooi fruit jars d 89c 105 chilies 3ai10e qinqer 2se turmeric 2sc curry 310e nutmegs 2ol5c cloves 3oi0e rtdrou tea 3 31c 36c stew 2 21c soup 2 23c uvr oticksn haddie 2 t 25c likfcri ponj mx spreads 3 ti- 25c 2ni liquid w fl 04 h spray ti 25c wl fl coils 3 5c tissue 3 25c swp scort powder 2t25c soap 4 23c ckipto soap flakes p 19c hu wtk citm m iml vinegar 21e 2 25c m ustard ttlim 13c pickles 7mjv 8c k e t c h u p 2 35c mux street store closed wednesday afternoons free delivery phonb ua

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