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it tftss sixt year no acton ontario thursday august 27th h36 eight homeprint pages five cents growth of the hydro in acton afcton one of hundred munki palittas that is out of debt actons totl of hydro reserves and eurplus now 107820 its reserve for equity in tbo provincial hydro system 4470fl and during the last year too total number of acton hydro users ln creased to 601 acton is one of the hundred or more hydro rminlctph wllh in excess of total liabilities and is con sidered out of debt actons total of 107820 of hydro re serves and surplus is an increase ot 2200 over 1934 the items are as fol lows in provincial hydro seoounts reserve for equity in hydro system 44796 reserve for depreciation on local plant 10371 debentures paid 14500 operating surplus 38152 actons total of 591 hydro users la an increase from but 209 in 1014 year after public power was first turned on last year the municipality used 1089 horse power as compared with but tl horse power in 1914 actons total hydro revenues from sources last year were 42596 as com pared wilh 40350 in 13 and but 5443inl9i4ufitlrurveriuelaot ready fob acton fair secretary wright has this wee been mailing to exhibitors copies of the 1936 lcton pair prize list it shows many revisions and enlargements and is one of the best ever presented by acton fair pteeirs of the fair are also told about in this new prize list the arena performance will have several new at tractions this year acton yjvcoa fmnasts will give an exhibition of tumbling and several new features the burden of clowning for the show will be done by several clowns instead of one this year george grant juggler scotby campbell roper and carr brothers musical acrobats will be added features and the races and other events will again rorm part of this first night when the ball exhibits are viewed er christie president of the ontario agricultural college ouelph wiji officially open the pair on wednesday september 33rd and other guests will be mr elliott mnscs mr jas mclean of richmond hill the platform features and trials of speed will also be features on wednesday afternoon an added event this year is pony race already the secretary is receiving in quiries regarding the 1d3g acton pair and early indications point to big entry with kocn competition in all depart ments and features tliat will make it an outstanding success year was uja as ftimpuiw 14337 in 1934 and but 2950 in 1914 klllowatt hours sold last year totalled 804337 as against 774437 in 1934 and but 41070 in 1914 last years average cost to acton lighting consumers was b5 cents per kilowatt as compared with 721 cents when hydro was first turned on in the municipality in the provincial hydro field the audit ed accounts of the provincial hydro commission thlfi year show that the 1935 3000000 hydro deficit has been trans formed into 3000000 profit during 1936 this lias been made possible by the revision of the ctuebec power contracts which as originally drawn would have committed ue ontario hydro coromls slon to the purchase of 653000 horse power of quebec electricity as cost of 816000 during august alone under the revised terms of the quebec contracts hydro bought during august only 300000 horse power ut total expen diture of but 101854 or saving to the peoples hydro business of 023145 83 for that onu month alone of the 300000 horse power of quebec electricity purchased during augus 160000 horse power is unused and standj as rcatrve power hydros reserve power supply as of toduy ls greater than the 15 per cent generally regarded throughout the continent or normal safe reserve best information from hydro is that ontarios rates would have had to rise 25 to 30 per cent to carry the load of commitments under tlie original quebec power contracts instead of an increase in power eofct liowvr decrease ofat uast3 per horse pouer is now promised far november isl the dlrferencc to ontario industry and industrial workers between 25 per cent increase and the anticipated per horse power decrease is of enormous commer cial importance not only to ontario but to canadian industry as whale in its search for world marietta while ontario homes and industry ad mittedly could never have alfordod tc use so much electricity at old private power rates tlie difference between those xwrrat and hydro ehhrget uwn through the hydro years has meant wiving of close to 700000000 rockalongwomens institute the ne wly formed rockalong womens institute held their augunt meeting at tlw beautiful farm home af mrs george bayne in the ubscrtce of of tlic president mrs mcnabb the clialr was occupied by the vicepresid ent mrs plank after the roll call which was answer ed by the place and month of your birth short business session was held five new members were added to the roll mrs tone then took tlie chair for the program mrs pusmore gave some very interesting current events misms helen bayne and doris watson demonstrated correct and incorrect pos tures paper on health and child welfare was read by mrs tone reading talk for sick rooms was given by miss mary tone mrs dennis put on very interesting content the prize for which was won by mary tone following this dainty lunch was served and social half hour enjoyed duncan campbell wins at ottawa shorthorn herd from moffat took major honors at central exhibition duncan campbell of moffat took major honors in the shorthorn division of the cattle judging at the central can ada exhibition in ottawa on tuesday with john gardhouse and sons of wes ton runnersup entries by campbell carried off 13 firsts six seconds and three thirds while those of gardhouse fe sons were awarded seven firsts 13 seconds and she thirds double minstrel owned by the camp bell farms was declared grand cham plan bull while his klnellar lades was named reserve grand champion other first prizes won by the campbell entries included hull two years and over born on or before august 31st 1034 double min strel yearling bull born september 1st 1934 to august 31st 1935 norfolk nt york bull senior calf born september 1st 1935 to december 3lst 1035 kin ellar lades bull senior champion two years or over double minstrel bull junior champion under two years kln ellur lade heifer senior yearling kin cllur hrottdhoods heifer junior yearling kinelbugjpayifaiuue junior chains ptoa und fa church paradfe the annual parade and church service of acton loyal orange lodge was held on sunday evening the brethren of the order assembled at the lodge hall on willow street and headed by acton citizens band paraded to the baptist church visiting brethren and ladles of the true blue lodges from guclph georgetown oakville and glen williams were here and took part in the parade and service rev mr baxter the pastor of the church delivered splendid sermon to the order stressing the open book which was symbolic of the order and all it meant in the conduct of the lodge and its membership it was service which was appreciated by all after the service the parade again formed and went back to the lodge hall for dismissal redecorated hooks level crossing accident serious level crossbag accident was narrowly uverted on thursday evening on the cnr level crossing on mill street william ford and floyd brohman both of fclora failed to hear or see freight train uiat was shunting in the railway yard and their truck was struck by uio train the men were coming from tor onto when tlie accident occurred tlie front of the truck was badly wrecked with the right front wlieel broken and the hood dented the truck was towed to an acton garage and the men were able to proceed home wlien the classes open at the ymca uext month the building will present neat and clean appearance again tlio lower walls of the showers and the gymnasium have been pointed dork red exwarden mason kindly donat ed tlie paint for this work as well as for painting tlie walls of the public lavatories the moors have been thor oughly cleaned und lints for unities liavu btcii repainted tlie hardwood floors are being rennlslied caretaker wutson has liad busytime during tlie reason titer fc nob bo hna owl angus duncan dies of injuries sustained in accident at the paper mills in georgetown angus duncan well known resident of georgetown succumbed to injuries received in an accident at the provincial paper mils in georgetown he passed away in the general hospital at guclpu on tuesday mr duncan was on engineer at the plant of the provincial paper mills in georgetown and was replacing belt in the plant shortly after commencing work on monday when stack he was using struck him terrific blow he sustained severe internal injuries and from the first there was little hope of his recovery he however lingered until five oclock on tuesday afternoon ha was wellknown throughout the district and keenly interested in lacrosse and hockey for several years he was manager of the junior hockey team of georgetown and was former lacrosse player of note friends in wide area will mourn with mrs duncan and his two sons jock and ross his sudden death halton calf clubs to be represented at tt jaartlri nt hf fitny fn the building and it in greatly improv ed secretary geo fcmery ls getting acquainted and ussktlng in getting thlnit in sluipe for the opening of activities next month no blame attached for norval fatality coroners jury ut brumpton inquir ing into tlie death of norland kentner hustler 27 of norval found he came to his death by accident when his motor cycle collided with ctr driven by win mcgregor toronto the jury aunched no blame to mcgregor or to albert deadmun of moncton nb driver of anotlver car involved in the accident entrthe halton holsteln jersey and shorthorn boys calf clubs in tlic in tercounty calf club competitions at the km has been announced by agricultur al representative whltelock hol lteliu fred bell archie gates donald peer and addison woodley jersey eccles mcclure emerson and edward robinwn and fred ruddell shorthorns georc breckon glen campbell allan simpson and john snjdcr we under stand that the young men are out to maintain und if possible surpass the record hung up in previous years when representatives of the holsteln club headed the lineup in both 1034 and 1035 while the jersey boys were in second place hi 1035 loyal true blue picnic halton juniors active in club work large entry for from halton halton junior fanners and junior homemakcn hae established new record for 1930 with 185 povticipating in the various club projects 0cr 100 jouiiet ladies enrolled in the supper and cloth inn club projects with 40 com peting in all details and exhibiting at the achievement da lield in june the boys this icar are carrying on projects with calves foals and kniln thee activities are sponsored by the acton georgetown and milton agricultural societies the directorate of the acton fair boad ls most enthusiastic about the prospects of their boys foal ciuo which ls new undertaking for halton at georcetoun where they established record last year for the best grain show lh halton they are again sponsoring boys grain club calf club work which lias been feature in halton for several yeini ls tilts year being spon wired by the halton agricultural society forty four boys this year ill exhibit holsteln jiray and shorthorn calves the lutlcr onblrn rhewesturetttrth tr county tlie milton society ls also rponsorlng boys grain club judg ing by the interest taken in previous years we anticipate large ringside ot interested spectators uill follow tlie worjf of tlie boys at all three points milton wins last week fourth game here saturday acton unuble to bait clement and lose by 53 score in third game of series both temtis put up splendid ball came acton has tuo games and muton one in the series both teams pull off sensational plays in the field two base hit was longest drive telfer and morton pitch for acton the third encounter with acton and milton battling for the halton county league championship ln the playt series gae fans just as fine an exhibi tion of amateur baseball as will be seen in inany day tills lhlrdgahie went to milton by tworun margin with scort of 53 and it was played in milton park on saturday afternoon acton took good contingent pui them and milton fans were out to back their team any thing ls liable to happen when these two teams get together nnd fans of boti towns are back of tlum to the llmltr in this playon serlts milton simply hlui to come througn with win on saturday to stay in the running at ton had the llrst tuo games af the hegame series in the bag halton uill be well and worthily re presented at tlie cue judging by the number of entries which have been made hi the holsteln shorthorn percheron hackney hampshire yorkshire berk shire fruit grain and vegetable sec tiona the houleln entry is particularly btrong with between 55 to go individuals being entered tills constitutes record entry for halton bannockburn institute meeting willi two men on bases in the eighth and milton one run up telfer relin qulf hed the pitching dutlej to norm morton it uas tough spot for any pitcher to go in with man on second and third und nobody down with two long drives to the outlleld both run3 were scored on the throwin and the score uent to 52 for milton acton threatened rally in the ninth lun tyler made hit and anderson got safety on an error tyler scored but andiron was caught out at the plate on his attempt to score and norm morton uas left stranded ut third base was close but it would have been tough game for milton to lose litre is the story ln the box score acton the ladies j3no 300 held very enjoyable picnic at the home of mrs wllderspln tlie sport evenl were won as follows small girls race donna anderson apple and spoon race irma wilder spin boys shoe race elwood collier washout race jnck ilolllnger time race mrs collier membership contest mrs wilderspln mrs holllnger sunbonnet relay mrs percy smiths group pillow reloj mrs holllngers group kicking the shoe mrs hall consolation prizes mrs bllton mr gamble george holllnger bountiful lunch uas sirved and real good time was had by all freight car burned shortly after leaving acton station about three oclock last thursday morn ing car on it freight train cast bound was found be on nrc the train crew stopped the train and at tempted to back up to acton as tlic arc was noticed near dolly varden the heavy grade prevented tills and with full steam ahead ajulck run was mode for georgetown with the flaming car tlie georgetown fire brigade when sum moned soon liad the fire extinguished but not before the carload of mattresses was destroyed there was little of the catj except tlw steel frame and the ends left former brampton mayor oieo harry dawson former mayor of brampton died there saturday night at tlie age of al years ills father charlcj dawson was tlie first canadian to ex port apples to enflland for many ycari the son took regular trips to the old country carrying on an export trade of fruit und garden stuff mr duwson was born ut opley york shire eimlund and moved to canada wlien he was child he was life long resident of brumpton ho entered the municipal council bl 1bb7 in 1890 lie founded tlie dawson commission company of toronto eleven years later he gave up the company und started reatesfate busikess he was elected mayor of brampton in 1023 and 1924 in 1893 he married margaret elftntt whose grandfather founded brampton he was member of st pauls united church the seventh stone of which lie liad laid more than 50 years ago he uas liberal mason and member of tlie rani gluir grotto he li sur vived by hut widow one sister mrs boyle of brampton and one brother william of london ontario much damage by electric storm trees blown down electrical services broken in sundays stonn the lieavqi rain and wind and electric storm uiat descended on this section early sunday morning left swath of destruction ln its woke hi various forms trees were broken and destroyed throughout the town and the falling branches carried electric and telephone wires down with them and disrupted several services at mr mainprises residence bolt of lightning struck the electric service box arid pvlt hole in tlie side of the box where it came out the adjoining woodwork was scorched at the home of mr and mrs robert wallace on cameron avenue the radio wire was burned for several feet but the radfo was uninjured both mr and mrs wallace suffered from electric shocks and mrs wallace was burned by the bolt the windmill on the farm of mr brown adjoining acton was blown over and tlie mechanism destroyed buildings on several farms near acton were damaged in several wys some un roofed aild othtr moved on thefounda uans hri fcimgls injured when team bolted mr john moore speysldc suffered painful injurks lust mock when the team lie was driving on his farm ran away the wagon tongue to which tlie team was hitched broke und mr moore was thrown over the rack to the ground he sulfered several broken ribs and was painfully hrulsed about the head and body the team continued to run and jumped fence ou the farm the ac cident occurred on tuesday of last week and mr moore ls still confined to bed as result of his injuries friends wlsh him ijeedy recovery news honored on tenth yeddingnniversary 11 shoppers guide tixti following are tiu tahleh ajvtucii4nu appear ixl this wecls froe ltn4 fa luioi cf maureal kel icrf oocm fulat uefcurn talr kalitu tra fai ciirun rvry ca aduti national txlilbuwui fofe llarrw frrfcry mrud arrow ittui pjx fail4iwtw up wear storv the regular monthly meeting of the ban nock burn womens institute was held at the home of mw john mclean on wednesday august 19th 1034 with good attendance tlic meeting opened with the institute ode followed by thelorda prayer tlw roll call uas answered with favorite recipe tlie minutes of the lust regular meeting were rend and adopted during ttie business session it uas decided that donation be given to tlie acton fair mrs fisher favored the meeting with piano sulu wluch was followed by an lnsfumcntul by mva mc cullough kveryoiu tlun took part ln community singing tlu meeting closed by singing lunch was served nnd un injoyuble half hour was spvnt by all biudeelect honored imumuiu kuyorfti cupuuon tax slrtuc ceo wjuw sivj ctrisvfy thcjlrc fav krllocvy uue krit wrixbt fniekui caru uf builnrri mcil fe kfrrop tim table fax tukit hnxi hlittwit lo tare norton motor orf tlle kocrvlsrial ceus kloyl vbtri fel ganutwr rsucms ko 1ut vi nlng mrs cliarli iclrkne and miss merita ictrkiuss nitertaiiud number of frlmds ut the home uf mn klrkiuss maui street uluui mls el uiuous shower was teiuiend to mus olive cooptr br idetolie mot injoyuble evning uus hpeiit urul mlvt cwiper received many lovely gifts the veiling wui lonehulrd by the serving of delightful rtfrtflmiiuiu and all if it wishing the bridetobe much huppl nejut win for acton finished the serhs and xhttnto it the acton boy were out to finish the terry se last saturday but clement was walters 2b tlie stumbling block wnterhousu lb the first two games saw london and lindsay 3b eeard as the starting pitchers with tyler rf clement in tlic relief role acton bat woods ss tcrs liad shown what uley could do with anderson the first two boys there was only one waterhouse cf 112 choice left for milton and it was the telfer deciding factor of tlie game clement morton 10 pitched them to their first win of the series by holding acton to three runs while his mates took five runs off tetter and korm morton went ln to pitch in the eighth hi relief role clement rf the next game scheduled for acton brush next saturday will wlthouti doubt toletzka ss draw tlie biggest ball crowd of the tyear clement 2b both teams want that cliamploruuiip no brush lb doubt clement will do tlie pitching for naylnr rf mil toil but jllstwlio tlie choice for clement acton will be is not known milton cronln 3b batter have not been able to pile up gilbert cf bi score agulntt any of the acton throwers and if the boys had loucheit 34 10 27 10 delimit as they did the other pitchers summary telfer would have had win ugaliu base hits ii clement stolen basis hbt foiner leammatei milton dewrved watt rhouse gilbtrt sacrifice hit he win on tin days play but the hnuh mriul out by telfer by ihiimplouhhlp ls far frdni won mtrlun by clement walked by it lootii us if the ruin would force telfer by clement hits and run tfiehgitmrnobemlrirorf gnmtt inntngrr liared and altliough tlw diamond wilsjoif morum run hlu in inning bit sticky it was in pretty fair sluipe coubli plays cronln to clement mlltnn took the li ud tn the llrst in cronln toll brush ut clement tolet nlngs with one run olf two hits by ka to clement to brush hit on cluiuiil und toleuka acton wj biui at tiui mllum losing pllclwr held scorxbj for two innings but in telfer the third tivi hits for acton put ucro corr by innluus ii two runsttt put acioii in the had with aeuui 002 000 0013 10 luu hits in tlie fourth mllum tied up milton 100 loo 12 10 tlw core uguhl und they bulthd uattejrlt telft morton und anuvr along until the scvriitli when walk kon chiueut uid brush taiid hit put muton in tlw lead uj umplrrkres und hirfinuti gult 37 10 24 milton ii po 10 serjeants or the peel and duffcrln regiment the toronto gnrrlson and the ouelph artillery joined with the ser geants of lome scottish rifles ln catlurlng to honor sergeantmajor and mrs ii alcer on tlie occasion of their ttnth wedding anniversary tlie gather ing nrjembled at their homo on church street and the couple uere pruented with number of tinware utensils peel md srrgnrtmtrjor donnldson of brampton octet as the master of ceremonies und after the pre sentations directed the company to the canadian legion club rooms secured for the occasion where happy time uas had ln games singing and dancing lunch was served by the visiting ladled about fortyflv were present from georgetown milton burlington oak ville brampton toronto and ouelph weddings on increase reflecting improving conditions in canada an increasing numuev of young people are getting married during the llrst half of tlie year 1570fl marriages were reglstcred in canadian cities and tou ns of 10000 population and over thli comuares with 44023 in the corres ponding period of 1035 and 1440 in the llrst half of 1034 these llgures repre sent only urban marriages and do not lake into account tlie large number of young jieople in rural district wlio are getting married during the month of june alone the wedding month 4501 nm rlii were registered hi urban tintrts us compared with 4308 ill june idn 051 ln 1934 und 230 in 10j3 hlaapfcworfy announcement was made on tuesday of tlw ob pluyotiu in the inter mediate the llrst games are announc for saturday august 20th and the ihuniplon teams of the various groups have hfu drawn as follow wutini count us bye intercounty vs ludton county tobacco 111 vs niagara dis trict bruce county vi north buncoe nortli bay vs nickel belt luke slioru vtj kingston now that the last of the examination ri suits hav been rcct iv cd tlic 0353u school year has ended ai president or the literary society for that year would like to thank all who helped la tli various nctlvitles of the school or took uny interest in them rirst came the held day then the aluomelhen the commencement und finally the school picnic the matduvtn of uio school took part in several interszhool contests nnd one of the students eileen breen won the gregg collcre scholarship express the appreciation ot the school when thank the iode gregg col lege miss mackenzies of shaw schoolj and mr macroe the principal for the prizes and scholarship liny donated charles henderson tliut night and the days following jiudc ing pairs to electrical equipment transformer on mill street west of main struct was on fire and gave residents of that district bad scare it was tlie most severe storm uiat lias visited this district thbi year many of the corn fields were badly beaten down building new home mr mackenzie has arruiiaed for tlie erection of new modern liouse on main street on tlie former radial right ofway tlie house will be of bungalow lypewllhgiirafceattoliodund with all modem conveniences it will be of stucco construction and contain ix rooms and batli for thirtyfive years mr mac kcnle has always liad house under construction in acton and 1030 ls going to prove no exception for him iawn social knox church ladles aid held very successful lawn social last thursday veiling at the home of miss wallace the grounds were attractively decorated and the following local artists gave nrogram uiat was varied and well ren dered mrs desscrcault vernon aimeumrs allan miss lot atkln ison miss elizabeth orr and mr wra burton accompanuu were miss jessie atkinson miss brown and mr salt the icnox sunday school orchetra were kenerous with group of well rendered selections mr wruht was chair man social time with refreshments followed the program and concluded very pleasant evening fall fair dates the following which readers of interested acton cale don fergus london mount forest orange vllle quit grand valley muton brampton georgetown aberfoylc strecu vllle woodbridgc bolton oljl ure dates of pairs in the see puusii will be september 2223 aug 28sept 12 september 1810 septemebr lfl10 septimber 1410 september 1510 september 1510 september 2520 september 230 september j530 september 2030 october 23 october 17 october 10 october 01012 octdber 1617 thanksgiving day neightygrghtitumthdat observed at family gathering held saturday on the farm near erin where he was born and lived all ills life duncan gralinm celebrated his eightyeighth birthday he recalls that in his youth tlutro was nota horse in erin township housis uere ughtid with tallow candlts and oven were used to cultivate the iiml speck led trout wereu4ilenmiu nnd were common dish on tlie graham table mr gruliam received ills educa tion at blnkham school and speaks gaelis fluently mr oroliams wife died fourteen years ago and was burled ln tlie family cemetery oh the homestead there ls family of one son and four daughters morgan kr in mrs lugh reid acton mrs jolin ferguson wal demar jclrs edgar kendrew shelbourno und muv georghiu at home extilv bus service milton won juvenile league in the juvnnile ball ieague in which acton was grouiied thbi year the counlr toun youngsters won the chumplonslilp in two gallils from oakville they won from oakville by scores of 1110 and 01 milton juvenile will enter the juvenle playdouiu olid acton wlslus them the wtof iiiek the arrdw bus announces special bus service for the canadian nutlomil ex hibition special bus will leave tlie exhibition grounds au 1100 pjn stan dard time running to kitchener this is in addition to the regular 10 pm bus on t2r0 indaytrherfrwrrlrir ouelph at 30 arriving in tor onto ut 45 sale prices good at the auction sale on tutsday of tlw effects of tlie late jutiun johnson furti prjc show id an upward trtud it was onu of the llrht farm sales of the season und naturally will be looked on as trend of iirkij tyuung sow with litter two utkjj old brought iso grade cows went us high as lt6 under the luunmer of auetltnieer trt coming events amiiulitriiieni uetuiu rrla or oilier rvrilltf u4lr thlm ikjiiui ar cliarrj ut jrut nr iiaiuj tiraiijf lfluttut ol jil the regular monthly buiiiuai meeting of 0u acuin womens institute will ue held ut tlw home of mia hawthorne on iliurwlay september 3rd ut jo ill hullon conservative aswiclation ihcnc gorguiwn furk september 12th hon karl howe itovbtclal leader will bo preucnt lroriuii of spwts in the uftcrnooi and dancing hi tlie evenuuf