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tbubfloay novkuhbr 13 th im the acton free press pacu fivb un oormle of ouelph spent sun day at too home or mr and mrs brown mr lepage of toronto visited with lfit moore at moorecroft this week mr and mrs alex mcdonald visited last week with mr and mrs nell mo donald at kitchener mr and mrs frank bronln and mr eugene macphersan of toronto visited here on sunday mrs oervala left this week to reside with her daughter mrs currle at carleton place mr wax watson of toronto xima panled reeve morrison to aston on tuesday and visited hero during tho day mr and mrs trowel and misses my belle and eva of toronto visited with the misses ramshaw and mr and mrs fred juggins mrs wlulamson miss 10 wil liamson mrs if bingham mrs otbson of toronto were guests xif mr and mrs brown on monday miss isabel cowlo who has been seri ously ill at her home here for the past two weeks is now improving many frfenda wish her prompt recovery mr william norton attended the ford distributors gathering at detroit last week when the canadian and american re were guests of the com pany george wallace clothes shop 123 yonge st toronto opposite kyriebirks prompt and efficient optical service registered ofrumbuut no wattnr head 58 scoeorre srnmre oufjlpus leading optometrists the blacks of eramosa fflflrriflgft oaroiijuniahtinaate pretty autumn wedding was solem nised at the home of mr and mrs arthur nightingale rockwood on satur day at 00 pjn when their youngest daughter florence pearl became the bride of carl leslie son of mrs and the labe mr james cargill of camp bellvule rev brlliinger of st albans church acton officiated the wedding music was played by mr bert nightingale of orangevuie brother of the bride the bride given in marriage by her father looked charming in graceful sown of carnation blue satin crepe trim med with silver beads and wore wreath of flowers in her hair she carried bouquet pf bronze mums miss mabel nigbtangale of port credit niece of the bride was bridesmaid wearing frock of wins crepe with hat to match and carried bouquet of yellow mums the groom was attended by his brother mr john cargill of campbcllvllle following the ceremony reception was held the table was beautifully de corated in the colors of pink and white and centred by threetiered wedding cake the brides mother was gowned in wine crepe dress wearing corsage of sweet peas tile grooms mother wore black satin with corsage of gardenias later the happy bride and groom left on motor trip to points north on their reutm mr and mrs cargill will reside ait the grooms home campbell vllle vor travelling the bride wore ft brown crepe frock brown coat trimmbd with brown fur and accesorkui to match guests were present from toronto port credit orangevllle guclpli and pin linch golden gate mining co limited analyzed fctf an independent mining papery tho mining appraiser tmta canada to be sore your copy subscribe now per year jpaces driving charge after headon crash victor tyner orangevllle was taken to ouelph jail on charge of reckless driving aftor motor car which ho was driving collided headon with another driven by mua louie lane jlllkburg at boattys ilill on the seventh line two and half miles north of erin village none of the occupants was injured but both cara were badly wrocked township constable albert logon investigated acton institute meeting the regular monthly business mvcting of tho acton woman institute wan held ut tlve liome of mrs ueeaor last thurs day afternoon with tho ivusldent mrs gambit presiding thu meeting opened with the institute odo and prayer flvemmuta talk on the motto was given by mrs salt kindly word cheery smile will help you through the longest inlle jloll call was answered by my rint photo and current events were taken by mrs bell mr hanop gave very hiterwiting talk on india its people agriculture rivers railroads castes and nclally the growing and icultlvutoui of ricj reports wvre given ou the olru conference held in milton by mrs itoy benny xwslo vlckers irnia wllderspln laverne bmlth uw delegates urs oumbla delegate to the wovhiclal convention being held in toronba very hearty vote of thanks was given to mrs lluar for the use of her home also all wlio oulsud in the pro gram the meeting closed by repeat ing thd lords wuyer afttr which social time was ipeilt gregory theatre friday november 13th paddy oday tuneful joyful picture starring jane withers and pinky tomlin comedy oh my nerves melody waster vincent lopeit band pictorial cartoon ssatuday november 14th way down east great love story that can never grow old starring rpchelle mud son and henry ianda coniedy study and understudy car toon news monday november 16ui double feature lat of the pagans drama of noble race vanish lng before the white mans greod starring mala and lotus youil uncle dudley comedy drama starring kdward everett horton melody mauler nick lucas editors note the following is one of three or four articles whlc will ap pear in tu fkn paxss coocendng fac tory in the township of kramoaa they are complied by mr prank day post master at rockwood and will be found very interesting to our readers and fun of historical data concerning the early days of eramosa the sudden passing of george canson black in his 33rd year native of school section kv eramosa and the manager of drug store in montreal will bring to the minds of many of the older residents of eramosa township the won dcrful record of service of the black family for over 100 years no less than seven members of tho family havo been members or officials of council while church and school records in the eastern section of the township teem with tho name ox tll from 1820 to 1036 james iw fam iliarly known as eadcr james black was born at lochgilphead argyleshlre scot land in 1798 he and his brothers donald and hugh came to talbot street but desiring more liberty than was al lowed by colonel talbot james settled on lot concession eramosa tthd donald on lot alongside hugh settled in later life in what is now the county of llalton elder black was the first disciple minister in the district one of tho first in canada in 1826 ho was asked to preach in the barrio uu district where quite few settlers of presbyterian per suasion had gathered for worship in the house of mr mocormlck it is probable that tho original no school was used for worship situated on the site of the recently improved mccor mlcks cemetery these services were after time dis continued because while entertaining the greatest respect for mr black per sonally and highly appreciating his piety and labors the great majority of the sut lers were not in accord with his views on the ordinance of baptism the first building erected for place of worship in erampsa was built on mr blacks farm in 1832 it seems to have been used by the settlers regardless of denomination until the methodist church was built at dolmages and the disciple church utt evertnn elder black oiilclated at mast of the marriage ceremonies for the early lers tile last township record of marriage ceremony performed by him was that of his granddaughter mary elizabeth block and christopher colum bus pomeroy in june 1875 in uio earliest township registrations his de nomination is given us disciple later as disciple of christ the name at present in use for the denomination is churca of christ tho township was fortunate in secur ing jamed black as settler his activi ties in religious affairs and as com missioner for tho township in which capacity he would deal with matters now covered by the township council and school trustees and part of the duties now performed in the police court mark him as man of extraordinary energy and ability when the operation of 200acre form la token into c6nsidera tlon and hewing it from the bush la those days in addition to his public duties some idea of the vitality and determination of the man may be gain to 81 assessor when the township councils act be came law in 1850 donald was mem ber of the first council for kramoaa bo was also councillor in 1831 1853 and 1858 reeve in ibs 18578860 and 01 and assessor in from 1893 to 871 donalds son edward was 1802 john black son of black was assessor from 1873 to 1883 and councillor in 1887 1888 and 1889 hugh black another son of the elder was collector from 1864 to 1881 and clerk from 1883 to 1009 total of 45 years in the service of the township for 16 years previous to his resignation he was also treasurer in addition to these offices he was postmaster at rockwood secretary treasurer of the eramosa mutual plro insurance co secretarytreasurer of the rockwood cheese pactory branch manager of the bell telephone co and during his busy life held host of other offices of greater or less importance be sides finding time to act as conveyanc er and to preach an occasional sermon in local pulpits was first introduced to hugh black in 10o8 by the late reeve charles mc nabb in the same office and at tho same window at which now pen this tribute to his diligence and efficiency the occasion was the purchase by myself of mr mcnabbs farm and we had called on mr black to draw up the deed both gentlemen teased me goodnaturedly 3n tlie folly of greenhorn g1ian settling on farm without wife but when informed them that intended in the near future to marry the daugh ter of their mutual friend lioberth wansbrough their congratulations were forthcoming and friendship was estab lished with the mcnahh and black families that has deepened with the years tne records of this township are second to none in the county of wellington over 70 years of them print ed and hound much of the credit for this happy state of affairs is due to the careful and efflclentr performance of his duties by hugh black as cjcrfc ironl 1883 to looo korris humphrey black son of hugh was for many years secretarytreasurer of scliool section no and was ah auditor tor the township from 1016 to lus death at rockwood in 1929 ttie late oeorge black whose sudden passing in the prime of life week ago brought gloom over the community was son of norrls il black and sincere sympathy the many friends of uu family will be extended to his sorrowing wife mother and sisters another son of hugh block former clerk and postmatser was herbert black familiarly known to ut all os herb he too was trustee of no until ids sudden passing on election day of 103s james black grandson of elder jos black and son of john black previously referred to as assessor and councillor was ft active in municipal and school alfairs jahies entered the council in 1065 he vas master in the art of electioneering and delighted in telling side splitting story he was council lor in 10056789 and reeve in 1010 and 1011 he was defeated by ciuirlcs mcnabb in 1013 in uireecornered fight with the late william parkinson charlea mcnabb died in tlie foil more ranintng jsoond in ranabout sporto badminton is still to the fore in sports 1auy acton visited tn auelprt last night the boxing and wrestling group at the were organised last week and now havt the ring in use twice week boys tumbling class at tho is also in tho formation process with good group matter of fact just now all the sports activities are being centred at the and mr oeorge emery is having busy time keeping place for oll the hockey boys are duo next week to rtart ukelr preseason training activi ties there then every wednesday night mr emery leads group of bhoao of that age who dont usually take any more stren uous exercise than that on tho benches at hockey games its remarkable how agile some of them havo been the annual meeting is booked for saturday november 3sth at the royal york in toronto oh certificates are now available for clubs on payment of tlie annual fee trcros always catch in it some place georgetown too understand is to have an intermediate entry in tlie under the managership of cxwardea harold clcave if the former warden puts tho soma est into hockey that he did in municipal politics georgetown hockey club may reach the top of the county just as ha did again weve been on fishing trips with him when the big fish werent oil his line but well liavo fun fire briade and cemetery board matters uppermost continued from page one 1dm and battle royul between james black and john grieve bojji exreevcj took place for the reeveshlp for tlie re maining two months of tlie year when the arnokc luul cleared away the clerk oel win head declared james black liad an equal responsibility caring for this drainage problem the beardmorj company only desired to be assured that tlie drain should bo properly constructed and tlie track protected from washout and filling from the bank committee of councillors mason and mccutcheon were appointed to cooper ate with hsflueslng council committee and meet the beardmore co represent atives to have the problem settled satis factorily to all tile committee was to meet at tlie property at two oclock an ed and it not alatgether surprising to elected by majority of one vote find the name of black written into tlie james was reelected at tlie new year history of eramosa to the extent of any rmit died in february 1015 his succes inbivkduaij ikappfness the beginning of all life is search for individual happiness wc look upon tlie world as made cpeclajly for ourselves and we expect with the utmost confid ence that everything around us will min ister to our pleasure and in every case we experience bitter disappointment there are somo instances in which tlw fortunes of life arc unequally bestowed but here the same lot falls impartially to all there la not man in this world who has not come to the conviction that his first conception of existence wt dreuni who has not arrived at the know ledge tliat things were not create to minister to his own individual happl nesb what wltx mummy kay him star much married well dear how do you like your new daddy small daughter oh lies wry like mummy but may choose tlie next one wool puoduckus oktganl combat syntiiustfc produces in an effort to combat tho inroads made by synthetic products uch aa organisations in new zealand australia rayon or artificial silk wool producing south africa and argentina are under taking research and educational cam paign to develop and bring to the at tention of consume uia natural ad vantages of wool world production of artificial silk lust yar reached one bil lion pounds and italy ui experimenting in the production of nynthellc wool from casebi according to the industrial de partment of the canadian national rail ways at the present miiw thd worlds wool clips re being ahorbcd without any undue camyovvr hows tlw wife gedrgd not so well old boy iiima justliad quuuy oasht how many is that youve got now other two families combined with all his manifold activities james black remained thorough and conscien tious about the only hi man hand that could rule him was that of his gcitc wife he was fond of his pipe on jn dulffnce to which his wife did not seri ously object until the boys began to grow up in tile home then one evening us he leisurely filled his pipe ills wife also commenced to fill one and dejiplte her husbands protests she chocked his com placency by lighting her pipe and an nouncing that thereafter they woula en joy their smoke togetlior elder jamei black smoked no more the story la told that tlw elder went down inio nawiuiraweyn to officiate at wedding and having to walk home it was liltcjvlicn he arrived at his resit ence on lot und his wife had retired for the night he went bed and proceeded to report to sor wra parkinson died in march so that 4hc township lost three reeves by death within six months adam wood was elected reeve in april and continued until after the war but died while again holding tlie reeve slilp in 1032 william black son of reeve james black resides at lpt concession and john black son of herbert resides on lot concession these are the only adult male members of the family now resident in the township the total in years of service as reeve conn clllor clerk assessor collector and auditor without counting the lfl yearn during which hugh held the office of treasurer amounts to 114 which is probably record for ontario when it is remembered that the oil tea of reeve or councillor is only for oho to year at the pleasure of the electors and his the other offices are held only during uifo all the details of his experiences on the pleasure of council it 111 bo agreed the trip and at tlie wedding suddenly he declared but fogrot to pronounce them man and wife hastily donning his ministerial clothes he walked again into nassagaweya in search of the happy couplo with no car oruum service they could not get far away in tliat lime had tlioy wanted to and in ui3 early hours of tlio morning fchder james lack awakened them at farm house and bncmnly pronounced uiem man and wtt ik was member of the board of commissioners of the township front 1841 for number of years and was one of the original trustees for school section no when tliat section com prising tlie eastern coruaroftlia town ship and including rockwood was farm ed in l47 his fellow trustee werj john harris aud alex burns pioneer who with tlielr descendants have figured luridly in the development of the church school und municipal lire tlie rock wood district the elders brotlifir donald wlio settled an lot now owned by exwurdcii siuis mclean wag nieiil ber or council for the dutrlct of wel lington in 1b4780 ytr black repre preiiented the township of trumoia 11 district of wellington covered wluit is now tlie counties of wellington water loo and ore aud port of dune tin that not only in years have uus blacks excelled in service but also in quality it is given to few families to praduco such record and to few townships to be favored with such service acton scouts in toronto on sunday acton boy scouts were guests of tlie 112 th troop in toronto and participated in tlie church porada to st barnabas church for tlie mrnln service about idxty participated in tlia banquet which followed during he afternoon tlio roiur scouu conducted the acton lads through the hjuseum toronto scoutmaster uaioii was in charge of tlie acton troop tlie boy enjoyvd the trip very mucli kocks amd kocia yo wufre are my golf socks dear wliat golf socks tlie ones with eighteen holes dar ling knock knock valet to mooter sir your car is at tlie door master ves llcot it kiioekuig thursday the nineteenth report of tlie mnance committee recommended payment of tlie following acocunts mcdonald secretary for direct relief 12500 tho dunn labor at hrldgo 600 evan jonca teaming 780 symon hardware supplies 303 southend garage care of piro truck 1785 beswick watchman 480 talbot supplies 325 jjjchalmcrs box for shipping milk bottles 375 georgetown lumber co supplies for park fence 2575 mcbatn son labor etc 1320 bell repairs at town hall and on streets c4b0 37513 the report was atjopted council decided to supply tho article as requested by tlie fire brigade with the exception of tlie hose which item was to be left over until the council inquired into the allowance made for lire prauxtlou in the tax rate lettcrtrrom mrs wtgv culleit riotl fled the council that she could not ac cept tho uppolntinont on uio welfaro board slie thanked tlie council for the appointment and in view of tlie fact that tlie work was so important she regrets led her inability to accept the position letter from the town of mlmlco en closed moifthly bulletin of tlie union or canadian municipalities it was felt this organisation could by united front receive greater cooperation from governments tlie letter waa fyled complaint was made of tho drainage ou church street lietween willow and main streets mr aeorge soper requested that light bo pluced on wallace avenue op posite their property the matter was left in tlie hands of committee to re port alter due investigation councillor nelson reported tliat tree on frederick street wus in dangerous condition and should be removed chief mcphenum was requested to investigate tlie municipal officer wus instructed to purchase stove for the committee room und quantity of kind hug mv uvogues november sale hundreds of coats dresses fur coats and millinery all go on sale thursday morning wc must clear our merchandise as owing to weather conditions aro overstocked now is your chance to buy tho nicest and finest merchandise at sale prices guaranteed values the moat modernized store and the largest selection in ladies readytowear 113 upper wyndham st guelph phone 852 hirsh mgr tax notice 1936 municipality op acton second instalment november 19th an addition of four per cent will be made to every tax rate or assess ment remaining unpaid fourteen days after tho said loth day of november tor the second instalment arid it will be tho duty of the collector immedi ately after the said bovcral days appointed for payment to collect at once by distress or otherwise under the provisions of the statutes in that behalf all such taxes or instalments of taxes wjse take youk tax notice with when making favmhnt mcpherson collector wm10 now showing the 1936 edition of free press christmas greeting cards wc dont want tostnrtlc you but christmas is just seven weeks from tomorrow tin free press personal christmas greeting cnrds will be ready for your inspection on saturday which you will admit is in plenty of time and quite reasonable wide range they includca number of ruther novel aiid new ideas which we think will please you the ranee of cards that are available with selectivegreetings is much wider than in previous years moderately priced wc think you will agree that when you see the cards and make your comparisons with any other offerings thut they are moderately priced according to the quality offered wc are rather proud of the selection we are showing we thank you for the loyalty and patronage of home industry in the past may we have the privilege of serving you and many new friends with 1030 greeting cards the acton free press quality printing 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