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ht jkttan jfrtt ffiress seventythird year no 40 acton ontario thursday june 10th 1048 eight homeprint pages five cents acton takes oakville in twelve innings 42 hone run by owen mwule broke up duel tn oakville saturday sam snyder m the mound again turned fin good performance for the local oakvflle come heine on saturday a circuit olout by owti msaloe in th twelfth inning broke up a dramatic rme lnt saturday at oakvule with two men on the aackn maajiim tmafthed lhe ball over deep centre field fence ell- nuodns one of the tightest tllta the county has seen tlnctf day el yore for eleven innings sam snyder and mark pollock waeed a twlrl- ars duel that raed fiercely as the rival mouftdxntan kept score down to a minimum of 11 sam was hi the drivers seat allowing only three hits in that 6pace atton icfce4l length come the twelfth and tha trinu ft nlnartahdad uwat tettlng to be too ions a same lome masters jh a practically perfect day at bafmade it singul arly ao when he touched pollock for a single as leadoff batter in the twelfth jack waterhouse fol lowed suit a threetwo count made a perfect mtup for maaales mash equal to the occasion chivalrous owen knocked the sphere beyond the sight of all pay ing customers just mtulng a pro verbial barn door as it looped over tha fence and onto a barn acton fans flew into flts of delight as 3 runs troupnj home a valiant attempt by oakville to set back in the game developed into oompll cations when pollock cruised home and markey hugged a bag but snyder intervened and reacued the situation like a scene from a soap opera as a result the game ended on a sad note for port town devotoa 42 aabtnatter of fact it was the bam and contents lost in fire here friday afternoon a stone and frame barn used for storage purposes on mr d h lindsays lot on park avenue whs destroyed by fire last sviday after- jj noon about 1000 bushela of wheat some baled straw harness horte racing equipment and mach inery were also lost two fine hunting dogs were burned and one so seriously that it had to be destroyed the fire is said to have been caused by a youngster throwing lighted matches into the building and the police are investigating the building a fine stone and frame structure was a mass of flames before a knew of the public utilities conducts regular meeting tuesday te rtfgulnr meeting of acton public utilities commission wna held on tuobdny evening chnlr- mnn c m hansen proslded with reeve f j mccutclieon nnd com missioner j n mncarumr being present reevo mccutchoon superintend ent wilson and reeve mccutoheon were delegated to go to brnntford to inspect a billing machine in uc there with the view to purchasing fire it is situated at the rear of mr lindsays lot and used only for s prtl ifrc ade responded promptly but the whole building was in flames they prevented the fire from spreading to other frame barns and pile of lumber surrounding and soon had the blaze under control fortunate ly it was in the late afternoon that the fire started and it was confined in the one building a night fire there would have caused a serious conflagration in this section chairman hansen told the com- jjj imlislon he would not be present at the next regular meeting as he was taking a trip to his old homo in norway he is leaving thurs day tonight nnd takes a plane on friday morning from montreal it is 35 years since he came to acton superintendent lambert report ed he had secured mr stnddon to help wfith the 1 raft nftat loin of a number of wator services as in structed by the commission th rf ollowtn gfiecauntbw ercjhre annual meeting shows fine year acton ymca new directors are elected and report of supervisor shows busy year first fixture that acton has won on oakville invaded territory since the late war by virtue of this win they climb into sole posesslon of second place two points back of milton who hove yet to be do- i feated i back to the game nnd the third frame when the locnk garnered their only run in regulation length masters scored it after reaching 1st base on a pass a usual proced ure for actons bantam third base man onkvllle counted their run in the fourth ns languaj walked nnd toletikn singled to drive lnngun in snvder notched ten strike outs from port town hatters keeping nil them well in hnnd pollock whiffed nine arton batters veternn bill wnferhou nnd olb jordan shorn like polished silver in the garden shoe mrliifc entcjies b the fringe field t rs kepi snders hit uentjie down box score ab acton murray memorial ym c a continues to share a big place in the community and the annual meeting last wednesday night had farts and figures that gave some conception of this work the boys nnd girls program with 231 enrolled showed this group used the facilities 401 different i ctrotajoyofhamnton7only sis sed for payment yjppa eft- highway garage gas personal stationery supp northern elec supp can linosjmal supp sangamo co supplies cbopcrfe drugs supplies express transport 24 06 13 70 2518 70 08 42 00 360 6 01 j1856 waterworks department power nnd heat at spring 48 4g wm thompson 6 00 bennett wright ltd 29 46 drummand mecall co 44 25 w h cunningham hill co 7 17 swimming pool project endorsed for aelon park executive committee named at citiyenb meet injp 25000 is objective for pool at the public meeting called inst thursday evening to discuss the swimming pool project for acton the go nhead slgnnl was given by almost unanimous voto of n very representative gnlherlng executive officers named wore a mnson chairman j royston vice chnlrman j mogcachle sec retary nnd j h crclghton treas urer tills committee was empow ered to call together nrtd name a sub committee to handle the var ious phases of the project the meeting also voted that the swimming pool be situated in ac- ion park there whs free ond open discussion on many phases the objoctive i8 nndtfie plan is to rnlse 10000 from the publicsubscription and organisat ions nnd 5000 from the retail bus- lnpwmpniwfsinfmm ftrfnn 1135 34 quiot wedding saturday at manse at ballinafad at the balllnafad manse sat urday may 29 rev o r fllndall united in marriage mary leone eldest daughter of mr earl joyce of bronte to harold lloyd brown son of mr and mrs harry r brown of r r no 4 acton the bride looked lovely in a light blue jersey dross and navy blue nnd white accessories and a cor sage of dcop pink roses m iss ter of the bride was bridesmaid times in the vear sports had place nnd included floor hockey j nm wore n pink jerqpy rtr0rs t s pingpong basketball swimming ilar to thnt of the lirite wun mnl nt norval cnmp and guelnh nc her corsage wns ymca there were 42 in the i of dp pink rows mr robert mtislets j wnttmhoum t mllmllls t limlv- footllt allan joid in v wntimluuis sndei hrore h inning 11 it lb w 1 j j j 0 1 j 0 j 1 1 0 u it l l 1 0 kindergarten class with 91 periods under the direction of mrs gray the bndmlnton club had plontv of net ion w ith local pln on nnd isitlnp dubs hero the penguin club of teenagers assembled eer wek and mnm from neighbouring tenttes joined in the friday night gatlienngs a whole list ot other oi x uii7tinns used the buildings fui it uusfunctions from christ tii is p uties to banquets 4011 k ilth t units and gatherings ot i uihs and mmnunlt activities a l it din club prmed h populnr feat- iie f u tnothet txul rroup pim m inn 1- of the bond of iiiittms ivtitfil this ir and m s ki cmh mi nnifiuv 1 u ildson rid niimi in biltd wri iipihinid tn the u mi is i he lms1l h ltd is lilin ct ei brown bi other of the groom was best man following the ceremon a quiet and oeir roceptum wns held at the home of the grooms parents mr timl mrs iian it blown hie wipp couplt tnjoved a wed ding tup tn manttoulin 11 ind aid ntjiei run lhern points dustrles nnd 55000 under the on- tnrlo covlernnwnt community hnlls act application hnn been mnde to have the project designat ed ns n charity and having sub scriptions deductible from income tax returns it appeared that the funds would be raised this summer nnd plnns drawn and tenders awarded for an early start in 1940 the details will be appearing shortly as publicity nnd finance commltttees hhve been named and will stnrt to work at once the first task is raising the funds and the first canvass will be made with the general public detnils will be announced rom week to week every citizen young nnd old will hnve n part nnd only with the co operation of every citizen can the project be assured of success wntch for further details start saving for jour donation nnd be ready to give until it hurts fergus says the whole district use swimming pool commentlnu on tlw service hint the swimming pool jins given fpruui tlie- news hecord hiul hie fdllowlnc hem thnt cit1 bo at in- teroit to many of our raiders there w no need to tell fenju people nbout the ndviuitagen of n ipublle swimmlrik pool a whole kenerntlon of fergus children hss lonrnwl to swim and swim well in lhe local pool they are healthier jnb a result nnd they arc kept out of mischief no doubt some of them would have been drowned in the river or the lake if there had been no pool for drownings occur red nt more or less regular lntor- vnls before 1030 in the inst year or two there has been n new development the ad- vantagei of the pool have been ex tended to the towns and townships north of fergus ns far away as clifford on the northern boundry of the county more particulars about this are in a news story in this paper hlilo seems to us a grand idea service clubs nnd the cchnnl linllntn hrlng llin millrlrjn close contest in halton in mondays election mrs ralph mckeown has gifts showered by many friends to fergus where they learn to swim in nmnzlngly fast time this is not done for profit the pool never pays its own way it is a fine example of a town sharing iu ndvnntnges with the surrounding community i a number ol neighboring towns i hnve plans for swimming pools nnd i some arc building them this year the elmlrn pool is to be opened officially on july 1st during nn old boys reunion celebration acton is holding meetings laying plnns for a pool the estimated 1 cobt according to the acton free i press is j2soo0 the editor says some people think thnt amount is too high it is not the pool in fergus cost more thnn thnt and costs hnve gone away up in the menntlme some plnces arc planning to build poob for much lesb estimates in j some enses are ns low ns 510000 we llont think it can be done nnd i provide proper filtering nnd purlfy- i ing sjstems a pool without them i uould be more of n menace thnn i nn asset keeping track of local boys from boyhood days the following item appeared on the editorial page of the financial post last week in tho column en titled nnpler moores scratch pad earlier in the week we twang ed our vocal chords nt tho empire dny dinner of the canadian society of new york here as you might guess the gathering was entirely cnnndlnn not one of a inrge com pany of men is digging ditches for livelihood e4ther they weve bankers business executives doc tors nnd so forth and an as tonishingly large percentage came from around guelph and gait we jtfive- often wonderai what would hnve happened to guelph had alt itb-giiwrebfiileong-btayad-thara- at the home of mrs ernest pearson yellow brlnr fnrm or- nngov ille on wednesda evening june the second n bedroom nlso a cup nnd saucer shower was held for mrs hnlph mokcown nee el- eantn mcdougnll the room was decuiated with pink and w hlte streamers outlin ing n pink and white hnskel which ht id the man rifts after the games and inntess the bride open- id the gifts a dnlnt lunch was ertd li the hnsttss nssisted b the tohcistts mrs wm s indei s m ujoi le i iml er cnl- floi in e stnleis a lakeside chapter hear reports and have fine program the regular monthly meeting of the lakeside iode was held in the sunday school room nt knoxx prsntoiinn church on june 8 this years president of the soc iety is of course from guelph edward johnson hend of the met ropolitan operj we handed him a copy of the acton free press in which was reprinted this hem from its issue of march 24 1808 the epworth league held a bir thday social in the methodist church after light refreshments in the school room tho people ad journed to the auditorium wfiero a very enjoyable program was pro vided including solos by mr eddlo johnson of guelph in those days the free press had a music critic of no mean percep tion the review of the concert snid mr johnson proved himself to be n ocnllst of high rank and thnt he will be welcomed at any future visits to acton stan hall pmfrremiive conser vative returned with a maj ority of llftccf cndj- date polled 3408 burling ton and nelson gave good conservative majorities el ection in acton was close in spite of the fact that the pro vincial election did not sfrem to create much interest in meetings and othec preliminaries tho vot polled on monday was much iark- er in halton county than in ims in that year 14541 ballots were cast for the three candidate and on monday 16039 voters went to the polla according to the unofficial fig ures we were able to compile stan ley hall progressive conservative candidate headed the poll with a majority of 118 over fr dean liberal candidate and 274 over mr adnmson the ccf candidate y m the r throughout the county with the subdivisions in the townships and for milton and acton ward hall dean adn womens institutes of halton county district annual 1t18 mrs reports show the branches active and doing good work for home and country the 47th district annual of th- hnlton womens institutes woi 1 n mis mi ulth the 2nd vice regent j on nwiny junc s nt eh lc orr in the chair enezcr church nnssagnweyn ar- ihere were thirtyfive members lwo hundred indies nttended pitsent nnd various methods were th u president mrs chcstei sorv ire presulid mrs mfthuen uikk i lllt mody atix ihii ivmi mm ihi1 0lklll wx uh lki u oakiilli- i mi -ill- post lollim k tt 1juiiui it if pnistn hi rlllinm s jb m 1ollmk i wollln bralth jt din mrkr uniplus nmin s and 1 v is halton xl ntv int rankhaix standing hill i 1 i i k loli tka kirili i nl 1 101 s loili wolfi ii k iv ir 1 hi n iuii itllvslo i im w 1 mi l i lis n 1st lmt nib sill mil pon acton oakviuf georgetown stsurvs this vvetfk acton 4 milton v2 p v 1 1 1 xx m3 000 onkvllle georgetown 7 friends give a shower of gifts to acton bride on thursday evwilnj juls 3 a jtttohan shouer was held at the home of mrs john gibson in kon- or of miss alleen fryer bride ot the month s the evening was spent in games after which the bridetobe moved to the living room suitably decor ated for the occasion tn pink and whit streamers here she was presented with many useful gtft alleen thanked har friends and a delightful luneh was served by the hostesses misses ruby smith norma felterly and betty gibson rt it- lis kissi m si i tl im mis i filiations insii atlon coninutlit- v s mn s lluti ro stov -vili- of tollts svili- of iariilli1 bars i ivn tow n a liool llonrvl anil north llntton bikird kim ipts rt- swlninilng trii to norvtil annual i1lsilav nit ivtksihhlsl llt tilnnihvus fkndituns salaries secretary ciiretaker lights and water fuel building maintenance programme printing swimming trips petty cash disbursement telephone mlsrellaneuuu s396340 balance for operating to fall term 1300 62 iistussid for raising money for tin chapters woik a uijiort was kiveti hvmis orr on the pupils v m uisiveil the never late niver atisent prizes from the jiaptei a nttt i was n nil fiom mr clar- inti- colts tspiessin kinteful np- pri t ir on for atlnnntion nf books t i tht put m1 of binnotkburn 1 in se hooks wtre pur lin- pupils in connect ion iwlli tht t liuatlmial work of tin ltkt nit- chapter liu stmlv on ailsti ilia was ton- tinihil ihis innntti ihe rt v john ntltis n pitsintttl thre movli s on ihs i untrv 1ulink with eilu- i ihonil ntihott m outlving aus- li i ritvnf prt h nnd tihf p- acton total milton t ball 1 t hall 2 ymca 1 ymca 2 north south east 85 95 111 81 124 122 103 100 74 b0 119 103 423 407 386 139 1s5 es 177 220 79 71 92 49 total burlington georgetown onkvllle nelson 387 467 1077 721 576 556 949 1146 1 2 3 4 5 g 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 go 59 83 g4 54 58 61 107 87 90 171 76 61 totnl ekquelng 1029 1a 31 i i i h is it hearing wns appointed publicity reporter for the mietlng muth to eveivones regret mrs service announced in r intention of nslcninp ns district president in her itltiress she spoke of the ef ts lit nt woik beink done bv the institutes of the county and inni- m ntletl i at h institute liu s t pt tu vtieisiu i r mci v j totnl frnfalknr ib 2a 2b 3 4 5a 5b n 4 3 ra fb 7 50 104 47 92 84 60 20 189 r77 10 lfi1 53 83 74 im 1gg 220 48 68 73 67 36 61 85 60 53 55 77 26 38 756 85 36 84 45 127 107 81 39 90 k97 167 119 go 1j2 102 101 j24 206 193 443 250 616 11 42 13 37 14 11 63 133 25 38 49 23 40 4ss 10 43 16 17 15 49 35 24 66 233 55 17 43 77 29 63 189 92 m i iv uul k iv in tin ami mi i lit r it pal t hndlev it l oil nintile ill iiui mrs of mrs i rtiid th i 1 i a st ho tl st hiiii iintl stit arink vot of thanks was movtd bv let llflwln to mr anderson is kintliuss in pioiurng thts is ami tlie use of the sumlav il lioom lum h was bv the s of roup iii vt i hi nm ngto hi lis ill tlli soil- i inn hulls 1327212 stanley u hall progressive conservative candidate who was again chosen to isvresent halton in the prov4ndal legislature in tho election on monday this is the third election in which mr hall ha been chosen tor halton tender called for buimiii to dixtrirt school in wind kivi n hv tn of ttie twentjtwo 1 hist in ant tit s axe wierove it mnoi ktiurn n the itusv bees amp drumtiuui ihihlln in t i ortt tow n lloi nbv e mountain tnlon nas- i nelson nerval oniagh illeino stotth blot k milton luinors norvnl lunlors and paltr- i mo lunlors 1 tit reimru showed thut all tho institutes had enjoved a success- i fill vtu- fiom i very point of view most of them hnd generously con- tnbuttd to charitable organlzu- i tlons in the county nnd canada i and ninny hnd also sent food and tlothlng regularly overseas as well ils helping the unfortunate nearer harm- members had canvassed for the tubercular clinics just a few of the outstanding ac- 183 1101 595 105 178 68 ii if 114 52 u 110 72- lth 11 lit 190 i il n r 1x3 i al ls77 fjvj 3103 v detroit fnctoiv worker sent pay home to his wife bv carrier at a specinl meeting last fri- da night of north haltun high school board man matters had attention rhe bus optrntors ag reement wns clarified ond made inies were burlingtons hefplng rendv for lhe approval of the de- 1 1o furnish a lounge room for the partment- new teachers were en gaged for both the milton and ac- tun school architects iplans were submitted for the building of additions at ac ton and milton and the architect advised to call for tenders for the buildings the contract was aw arded for painting the exterior of the present milton building miss carson of the milton staff w as granted permission to ex change with a teacher from ens- land and complete arrangements fpr this procedure which had been started last year it was a full agenda that kept the board in ses sion until nearly one oclock sat urday mombng legion aiding the convalescent hospital at port nelson and ebatst- ing at the baby cllntc actons ban queting the boys and girls band and placing a wreath on the ceno taph hornbys taking care of the memorial corner and sponsoring a british child nervals gift of equip ment to thepubllc school paler mos nayingfor the street lights most of the institutes held euchres and dances theatre nights lawn socials teas community aodsls ilcnlc or demonstrations and cat ered at banquets fairs aalea pic nics or the plowing matcn the reports ot the standing com mittees were given by the conven- continued on page five keep june 25th in mind for tha knox church choir garden party in acton park dominion day sports in acton july 1st morning to nlgnt dir ection acton rotary club plan now for july 1st in acton pageant ot fashion jun31ih a i bans parish hall at 8 pm sharp auspices st albans guild musical program and lunch ad mission 25c everyone weloomav the knox mission band and ex plorers are holding a silver t and sale of homemade candy at knox manse saturday june ix 3 to 5 pm barn dance at claude pick farw- seventh llrj it mile north of hornby tuesday june 15th laodernalrea orchestra ad mission 50c bcf