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e4j ics sixtyfirst yew no 16 acton ontario thursday october 17th 1035 eight homoprint page five cents various items of local interest liberals swept the dominion halton returned liberal bcgcst majority given any government sinfce confederation is accorded party led by wbl lyon mackenzie king haltort elected hughes cleaver first federal liberal member in over 40 years majority greater than conservative in last election and county shows definite liberal leaning long regarded as conservative stronghold bconstniction party made showing tho dominion electors on mo gave the biggest surprise and act new rcord to many respects the liberals were swept into power with the largest number of representatives ever given any party since confederation the sweep started in the maritime and continued right through into ontario where 05 liberals were elected which 4s just one behind quebec the conservatives have remnant of 41 members from their former number of 113 before dissolu tion with 24 seats vacant at that time one of the big surprises was the almost complete failure of the recon struction party only the leader won stevens was successful in being returned and of the 174 candidates of that party seeking election 134 of them jailed to secure half of the vote of the successful candidate and therefore lost their deposit deposit losing netted the ooverament 6b400 so that it wax quite general tfal county also joined in the record breaking of the day it fa over forty years alnee liberal has represented this county at ottawa and on monday hughes cleaver liberal nominee was returned with sweeping majority of 1394 the majority is more significant when it fa recalled that at the last federal election dr anderson conser vative was accorded majority of 1178 which at that time was considered quite conclusive that halton was predominant ly conservative perhaps tlie biggest surprise was the comparatively small support accorded robinson reconstruction candi uu total vote was only lj51 in the county just about 900 more that thai potted by the candida tn in the provincial with following of 168 tn the house mr king will be abje to put into effect the policies which he proclaimed during the election backed by liberal oovern merits in all but one of the provinces the liberals cannot complain of lack of support the social credit group wllj be the third largest tn the house with 17 members and the pl follow fourth place with members the liberals will have majority of 91 over mil the parties in the new parliament in acton too new record for liberal majority was ahown mr cleaver sras given majority of hstwhich was the largest given in any municipality or subdivision in the county he had majority over the combined vote of the other two candidates of it is also to be boted that the conservative and reconstruction vote was within one vote of each other namely 343 con servative and 341 reconstruction local ly all parties worked faithfully and out of total vote of 1108 in acton there were 973 votes polled on monday or about 83 which is considered very high in the county acton burlington and milton gave majorities tor cleaver and georgetown and oakville gave currie majority tn the townships the swing was generally towards cleaver repre aentathre of the liberal party the following the detailed result of the voting hi acton cleaver currie robvon council chamber b4 2d wrts matt ft sfl spotless bhop starkmans store 45 44 44 41 so 113 01 341 ibuu 343 ujarity for clevw 34 the following th deuuj of um vote uunu4hout out county clcavcf currfa uobson acton 490 343 341 burlington 104 691 umbbcunm 444 sis uuuii 410 ss5 mill 143 s3 kuc4ln bim ei muukurli sal nruon 652 498 lyufaujur bid kk first grade apples for seoot apple day when acton clthseno buy apples from the scouts on saturday they will not toe buying culls windfalls nor scabbles preferred the scouts emphasize the fact that they have mode arrangements with the grower for special lot of large carefully graded mcintosh reds picked fresh for the occasion vuited at boston church the following from acton attended the thank offering meeting at boston church on wednesday afternoon mes domes bennle ha har turner gould allan smith john moore scott rumlcy hlnton blow mcdonald misses lottie moore if wallace orr united meeting at the monthly meeting of the womens missionary society of the unit ed church held on weednesday evening october 9th in the church with mrs barberree the president in charge an inspiring devotional period was con ducted by several members mrs hem street qpd her group with number of the mksion band girls gave an excellent program to oosainemoratc the tenth an niversary of union car attempted to pass on rill two cars figured in an accident on the silver creek hill five mile east of acton on sunday evening when albert sim of 136 mulock avenue toronto cut in front of car on the hill proceeding in the same direction his rear bumper caught the front bumper of the car he watt passing the result was that both cars were thrown into the guard fenoo and damaged considerably none of the occupants were injured chief mcpher son investigated the accident plowmen compete at ateraailooaj caledonia is the toecca for plowing enthusiasts during the current week halton will again be well represented in the open classes by such skilled ex ponents of the plowing art as harold pickett john lktr jr and claude pickett hi the intercounty class open to boys uie honor of halton will be upheld by donald mcnabfa of ss quesing ray black lock of nassagaweya and stanley puller of trafalgar this one of the big features of the week and it is anticipated that the halton boys will have many supporters on hand to offer encouragement on friday next gym demonstration gtvett by croup rrena tsrsnls omtral af equipment kw bem tnscaw yiltt thursday evening was the first event in connection with acton program when mr mcvlcar physical instructor of toronto central and dr cook one of the leade rswitl lb jlplujexl young men from central came to acton and gave program of physical drltrt and work that con be done ut uie gymnasium the gymnasium liad crowd of 10 to 500 ioung bicii and hoys to witness uu exhibition dd all were delighted tum bwuigtng btlng exercises boxing cl uh 35un dotlierfcaturcs mada thaiuiihiaau outstanding ono for the boys und oung mm of acton apprvclauon oi tluti work hon mackenzie king who was accorded ti pr tf4wttfit at the election on monday selection of news xtems school roy ran xnio path of car yesterday at noon jimmy crourke in playing ran fat front of car driven by phil porbes and narrowly escaped serious injury tne lad was knocked down by uie car but the driver by going onto the sidewalk was able to avoid run ning over him medical examination showed that he had sustained practically no injury election celebration the jubilation of liberal victory in walton after io years and the liberal sweep in the dominion was well done in milton on election night liberals and mpporters from all over the county gathered in the county town and when the successful candidate hughes cleaver arrived about ten oclock lie was greet ed with wild enthusiasm the streets were jammed with the crowd and from uie cab of motor truck mr cleaver uddresed the throng and sliared the honors with other liberal stalwarts who txprtuscd appreciation of the support accorded and the opportunity for lib eralism to lead canada in the forward march mocjkry nrw from the royal city quelph takes keen interest in acton sport prospects and it therefore wasnt any surprise to read dispatch from there telling that dude lindsay of that city was now resident of acton and would play with the locals this year ue came here according to the dispatch to play with zuo marso whose home is here but who played in quelph last ear and then the third interesting bli of news is that roos defence man from oravenhurst has moved to acton once again the royal city sports have the jitters and the information isnt even half right with ores two months to go we may not even know our own team we read the hockey nws from ouelph mooting on tuciday evening uiere was meet ing of st albanyoijngpeoplelrrth parish hau previous to the lmtslu tlou of the officers ilev mr brilltngcr conducted the meeting after liavlug boeii duly lit ik tl the officer elected at tile last meeting took uielr places nnd tli t1pu tvmfnf fimtc mwthf took cliarue several matters of inurut to tlu in general wen du cutsed during the time allotted for buii tliere uui ijiart program oil uas expressed to uie vkltors by secretory follous solo prayer by mr qco 118 tutau 5a 41ij majority for cj 1534 majority fur clearr ovr all 142 rirut takjutlt ntxt hlxlc owing to ttinkwfivins cotntrtf hi tne tt day of pub bvatlon nest weelc the frrcw presri wfu baaed day earuw uxaki tributors advcrtlsera aad au are resswtwl to bear tksa la adnd and assist as oy having csjsy in the fflee day earsw than sswajl tho free press wtu be bases on may we bare 245 13d 103 mucwand president dhu mcochu 3wdurtnf ocuh time at uie cw when ufrrahmenu aov rved to the guet by sm and iunlur night has bcn arranged for ml hy fl hunu tlu girls and oung ladln for october nutting ended ultli uie ilnaing of the 2nd uhen group from guelph natloinu anthem the neu roup lead hi kindly consented to give trs und ifcmuf met afurwartl und demniihtrstion of tlie gjnnuiilum uork made out list or the uumbtra to be mi mlurslups uro now being received by ln eajm ktqllu puiu tire being made btrury macluren and the ennillnwnt ror an ucllve and interesting or tiirmutrs if iuudy growing hi pre parauiin for the seajuins uctlvltlrs loei vd twiiua for ttu iiilk rw go with uie ucmbcrlilp tukcu piano hao born purcluued and th kvkn1no vklroli hot been kindly donated by siuj diokkstu itepheilmui and mrs johnston locker room vuupinent is now hybl installed und live uyumaalum equipment tiad been ordered and is arriving daily tike wall of ih hails have all been painted and moulding trim put on boxing gloves volley ball equipment badminton mats and other equipment are now ready for use roads town hall and special days are ah matters that occupy the attention of countil at the meeting on monday at tho regular meeting of council on monday evening ktccva ii harrison and councillors mason mc cutchcon mcmillan and dr mcfcanwcro jjreacnt the minutes of the last regular meet ing were read and adopted tiro finance committee recommended that the twentieth report of that com mittee be passed as follows general account mcdonald relief officer 1800 james ymon supplies 1611 king ac mceachern supplwzfor are truck 125 wm tt blplr stovo pipe etc 150 wm talbot supplies fi47 ii thompson co ulo 2000 the barrett co ltd tarvla 1115 ocorgo cowle supplies etc 350 mackenzie sou supplies 1411 woodhall mtihscllc flowers for monument etc 00 provuicial trcaiurer unking fund 15001 rltchu jtc agar coal for town hall 550 kerr ji coombcs foundry co ltd rrutlngs etc 345 acton imhlle utilities couimkilon ktnfrhghtlng tlal3a lhimp house lighting 81 arena lighting water 1442 iowcr at spring 1924 185 81 bell telephone co services 1113 actow lkk paxsij advertising 375 ft wallace gravel etc 17b0 moore treasurer wonocr cemetery difcbo 1c brown gravel pioneer cemetery 250 barberrec pioneer oemet tery 1530 5824 murray me fund beordmore leathers ltd mat 1272 united church of canada desk 1500 unltedcarr fastcirr co of canada ltd supplies for 6000 1l masaltn piano 6000 jas chalmers repairing evc trouglis ljto hughes cleaver who led liberals to victory in llolton county after 40 years of conservative representation masonic hall dedicated here by officers of the grand lodge bro copus of stratford past grand master addressed the gathering lodge flail and banquet hall packed with masonic visitor on the memorable occasion master and officers of lodge congratulated on work and on the quarters arranged various interesting items of news 114023 these accounts were passed upon motion of mason and mcmillan when certain accounts hod been icd by mcptieron municipal officer moved by mccutclieon fcieconded by mubon and resolved that tlie luvc and clerk bo authorized ahd in ctructed to execute on behalf of the cor poration of tile village of acton the agreement made in triplicate between the said corporation and the depart ment of public highways in regard to tlie repair and maintenance of mill tret connecting link in the kings highway said agrcemextt bearing date september 30th 1936 carried replies wen received from george town and milton regarding the fire equip ment leaving town and neither of these places had any agreement with outside points for going to ores the clerk was instructed to notify the iirc brigade that are righting equip ment of acton should not be used fot ngnting fires occurring outside the limit which could be supplied by our water works unless such fires occur tn the corporation of acton the clerk was also instructed to notify mr wright secretary of the oatt odlan legion that the council would again cooperate with the observance of poppy dsy and armistice day and to say that the corporation would again bear the expense incidental to the com munity service it was agreed that the could have tlie use of one of tile basket nail sets ownedby the corpora lion concluded on page elght jude iterulyl vwell uhat bt your alibi for spading so mil an hour george had just heard your huiur uiathe lull of my wifes church were giving rummage aale and as hurry ing home to bave my other pair uf pants judge case dismissed rtt hon bennett whose oovemment was deleabed in the kloctiuns on monday injured at tannery on friday george molozzie liad the misfortune to have his left arm caught in uujuuaishing mochlnejhuc working at beardmorc lcatliers tlw flesh was hadly burned and scraped above tho elbow and the injury has been rather painful gcorec ki however recovering as well us can he expected thank you hydro bills this month had pleasant surprise through the work of the local commissioners with the ontario hydro commbxdon substantial rebate was deducted from the current bills sent out and they ore appreciably reduced it is hosed on the amount of the total bills of consumers last year and is really appre ciated wc join the rest of the consum ers in saying thank you ounhy menri club tiie regular meeting of the unity mens chrb of the united church was licld on wednesday evening in the scliool room of tile church the kneeling was presided over by mr jaci reld the president and opened with the singing of hymn and prayer by te morrow business was discussed in connection with the coming concert and other busl uetf matters at the conclusion of business few minutes were spent in group gomes and contests this club is growing rapidly arid already has membership of over forty erin had splendid talr blefbed with an ideal fall day the clghtyrlfth annual erin pair was splendid success again this year there was good attendance and tlie showing hi all the classes was good the hall exhibit of baking ladles work and field crops was outstanding showing of sheep and hogs and cattle was good while the horse ring presented an exhibit that was above the average fair reno braids of acton took the prise for the boy viouu kt and other acton exhibitors were prominent the school floats were real feature of the parade feorj duncan marshall performed the opening cere monies barungian matt escape when truck hit by trabs although bis truckload of 10 tons of celery was strewn for ioo feet along no highway at the hyde park crossing hen of burlington escaped un hurt when hk truck was struck by canadian national railways train hen derson won driving truck for brockonolaidcrhol with sai cases of celery in uu load on his tractor and trailer he was on hi way from thed ford to toronto the londonbound train struck uie trailer which was de moliihcd but the tractor was little damage thetv was ly slight damage to the train last night was red letter night in tho annals of walker lodge and when the new masonic hall with its new furnishings was ofllclally dedi cated visitors were present from many sister lodges and acton has never seen such on attendance of officers of the grand lodge at any other time tho lodge room and club room was entirely inadequate to accommodate the visitors and members who came to walker lodge and attended this lm partant event for ovcr three hundred were in attendance tho colorful and most imprcslve cere many of dedication was carried out in uie lodge hall by tlie officers of grand lodge under tlie dlrcctloir of grand matcr copim and his grand look of ficer polowlng this ceremony uie banquet tnbki were bet in the gymnasium of tho building and the ladles served delight ful and splendid banquet tioj table decoration and general arrangements were indeed credit to junior warden rumley and hb asutanb darby of walker lodge presid ed at the head table and the toast to iliu king was of course tho first with itri usual response bro george gordon proposed tlie toast to grand lodge and expressed apprecia tion of its work tile success of masonry depends on leadership and grand lodge ably gave that leadership bro plndlay of wellington district in his reply voiced appreciation of tho reception accorded grand lodge it was tho duties of this institution to cement the ues into solid structure xt was their work not only to institute new lodges but also to main tain the present lodges masonry hi vital and living force and has been throughout the ages and must keep step with the march of progress and be power for good mus ruth gibson favored the gather lug with two delightful soprano solos in introducing bro copus toatmaster darby bespoke the honor that was conferred on walker lodge by his attendance he told of his exten sive travel and the effort necessary on his part to take tills ceremony it was thi first time walker lodge had had grand master within its portals and it was mot happy tliat bro copus was tliat official on this occasion the grand master in hk reply told of his pleasure hi being present he congratulated the officers mr mcdon ald and the committee in charge on the arrangement and furnishing of the lodge room and said it was one of the finest in any small community of which he knew he told of the friendly and other relationships that made the work of the grand master interesting and of service grand lodge in ontario had on oc tober 10th thki year celebrated its eigh tieth birthday and he paid tribute to the pioneers who had labored well in its founding the present is no time for pessimism and despair we all believe that the clouds will pass away and all that unfair and unchristian will pass into the realm of forgotten thing ft is equally no time for careless optimism and the belief that conditions are going to get better with no effort on our part god always work through human agencies and there work for all of us we cannot dodge the responsibility news ofactonand the district kuo thank offcrlm meeting knox church womens missionary society held their tliank offering meet lug hi tlie church on thursday after noon mrti tjikin of htxpeler was uw gubt hpeakir and in her talk wliich uas listened to uith great interest tlie jtribed three points virtt the giving of our time and service tutlrely to our bter and alway remembering to glva tufct uiinyjj ilru place and not ut world ly csju take of our time when our church hai work for us secondly if ue feel we cannot do anything ehe ue tail use the kill of pruvvr for tlie advancement and increased interest at home the lust thing was if we do oua tuo ue will need no peifauasloil to give of out money many of tlie ladled of tlie otlier cun grcifation hi tou accepted the invita tion to join in this thank offering meet ing mrs thompson orrered the dedicatory prayer and mh llxzle orr favored the gathering with solo xt the close of the meeting social hour was enjoyed by all hi the sunday school room of the church where dainty lunch was served united young rvoplea league on tuesday evening the regular weekly ijiocting of the young peoples league of the united church was held in the school room of the church after tho usual opening ceremonies tho third number of the upllftcr was read by the editor and the scripture lesion was read by mrs stewart tho reports of the st catharines conference dele gates were given by mlstcj laura john ston and ruth gibson and mr grenvlue mosaics mhd ruth album rendered soprano solo which was much appreciat ed tho report of tho convention at cikvlllc were given by miss velma murray and mr mosaics rev dr morrow also ipoke on both conventions during the biuoncui ficsslon mr gordon ramsden president tendered hid resignation owing to removal from acton mr grciivlllc mosaics uas the unanimous choice of the meeting to be ulo new president mr jack rdd hod clutrge of the meeting for the literary group the mlzpah benediction con cluded tlie meeting after the singing of hymn italian bpresentatlre endeavors to curb expenditure urging that extravagant and waste ful expenditure of public money is not justified hughes cleaver halton coun tys first liberal member of parliament in over 40 years has wired the dominion post office department asking that awarding of 30000 contract for ocw burlington post office tw held up thia wire was dispatched within 34 hours of his election on monday mr cleaver favors new pttst office building lnt burlington but he believes that suit able one can be built for 1000 the text of hid wire to the post office de portment was xmcase do not award contract for new post office at burling ton suitable building can be designed and built for half the proposed expendi ture of x3o0o0 burlington is my home town hut believe such extravagant and wasteful expenditure of public money is not justified writing hughes cleaver mr cleaver pointed out that in addition to saving 15000 on the cost of the proposed new post office in burlington tiie simpler structure would bring sav ings in maintenance which would in clude hiring resident caretaker hal tons new liberal member also believes that building contracts of this nature be awarded separately on masonry carpentry and so on in order that local tradesmen might compete tltude we need more daring and virile outlook on life safety pirst kt one of thd most detestable mottoes ever evolved we forget that faith hope and love ore all on fed ventur equally had motto is the world owes me living und ue forget the oilier quota tluns in tlie sweat of thy brow shall we seek our bread it was not in tills spirit that mans upward course through years bcc fou we must choke out tins sickly men lalilyoftlkeuuttfewyiard anddcvcloji some intestinal fortitude what are we ifolng to do to make this world better humanity at uu crtwroadif in its pilgrimage it no new experience for the anglosaxon race tiu taik uiat lies before us is one of steadying and tolerance of panicky world it tlie duty of maiom and cltixmu to preserve an ewn balance betucen extremes of uiouuht and preserve rrlthh ideals of tafe tuuie and sure progress when the roof leaked britain didnt pull down the tiouse but tnelidud tlie roar wv as masons can liclp preserve umt steadying influence no richer contribution can be made by the craft who knows what lies ahead7 what ever form the liew world takes it cannot dhrcgard the rundutnentula uie better unites for which uie eralt stands fair dealing justice truui loyalty tolerance and fallh tlicae are the things worui fighting for they are worth dying for and worth living for let us take the lead hi courage love sympathy and toleration it sboum be pree masonrys chief mla oontlnued tram page ww coming events aafttnceftat4 of mtlag co crta ev otber avcntt taadar this beadlag ax charcl ccats pef iwc with aalalmuai chrg tat any of asc the senior are havinf bale of homemade and after noon tea on saturday october lath the council chambers from to 6pi tho rose and the shamrock by dr morrow tn acton united church wed nesday october 33rd at 800 under auspices unity mena club luerary and musical oujiaseftf refreshment kievenui anniversary of acton united church on sunday next october 30th rev dr morrow wul be uie speak er and uie choir will fumhh special anniversary mublc all arc invited dont mliti monday night at knox guild it going to he one of the bijt and moit amuhig nights of uie yeiir xv amateur nlghl the execu tive are in chargu no admkslon fee rvlday october lath chapter danee tooveltics prizes und fun in uiu event of uie season in allou town hall ramseys hlxpkxv orcliestra wtl supply uie music lunch will he served sunday and monday october 27th and 3sui wul mark uie anniversary of knox church acton on sunday at the morning service rev marshall uf of hcbpeler and in the evening ilev dr rochester bduor of the pre byterian record wui be the anni versary speakers on monday evening the ladies aid wul hold the annual powl supper variety program of musical and literary numbers wll be part of the evening that will mark this an niversary occasion the admission prtoss for monday are 36c and 30c