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tteit sftt tt fiftyfirst year no 50 thursday jhorning june 10 1926 jcton ontario canada thursday morning june 10 1926 single copies five cent the acton united church of canada minister fuv r e zimmerman b a parsonage willow street m 10 00 am sabbath school session 11 00 a m special service for sun- day school mttpihn rrld of horn llton will address the school which v111 attend tho aorvico in a body 7 00 p m the pastor subject 1 such as i have presbyterian knox church acton minister rev a c stewart m a mann willow- street 10 00 a m sabbath school and bible classes 1100 am the minister subject the outlook of the church 7 00 p m tho minister subject outstanding bible characters jonah the runaway missionary strangers leaving address with the ushers will be called upon by he pastor the baptist church- r acton james w boyd pastor 10 00 a an sunday school at this hour during summer months 11 00 am tho pastor farewell message 7 00 i m tho pastor subject the old old story monday 800 p m young feoplos meeting thursday 7 30 j m prayer and praise meeting all welcome special notices advertisements in thia column a ctnti per word minimum charge 30c per insertion wanted 4 several glove makers to work in factory or at home the storey clove co n lost a sum of money in acton on mon day june 8 finder please leave at free press office for sale 3 horsepower alnslo phase 110220 volt motor as good as new apply w b brohtne co so2 norval out wood for sale all kinds jot soft wood twelve inches ions delivered immoouately apply n patterson 403 phone 23 ring 2 acton for sale brick house on bower avenue belnff property of estate of the late mrs mary storoy in good repair cloctrlc light and water connection for fur ther particulars apply to jcre1silahb j e range for sale happy thoughjioinare with voir and high shelf in al cant guaranteed a sood baker ten required bargain r j kerr acton purebred bulls for 8ale i puretcbredalierdeenankublhlil 9 and 10 months old for sale apply d s gmcuum lot 2 con 8 erin phone georgetown 4 ring 12 502 notice the publlo ib hereby notified that my wire having left my bed and board x will not be responsible from and after this date for any debts she may contract wflfcout my written or der fidwin ulndsborough june 1st 1926 acton ont 49j for sale a new modern aauare plan brick vereer house on mill street acton 6 roonuc clothes closeta and linen closet 3plece bathroom oak floors dqwn- stalrs hot air furnace cellar full slfco largo veranda immediate possession terms if you want auply to j a bute tolenhono 10s acton general trucking i am prepared to handle all aorta of truokins with modern speedy truck and can attend to picnics oroutinq8 moving live stock hauling and la fact anything in the trucking line handled promptly and satisfactory and our rates are reasonable fred ecclestone 4twt phone 86 acton ont woinpeklajnd matinee t 415 uncle toma cabin by harriet beecher stowe the worlds most famous melodrama starring irving cnmmiim and baby mario oborlie comedy pleasure bound fellx cfc- loon felix trips through scotland regular prices school childrens matinee too the man in blue saturday june 12 starring herbert itawflmon and madge bellamy comedy aft aboara via heleri ahd wavrgii fox 5ffei r tuesday june 1 irish iefc stirring tom gelghon thp plqtuvo jj went to khpdm hoofs cpmpdy butf fln- emincr don t vub lougla folrbanka r t grwjob1t son wmmmmmtimhmmmmmm if its going to be a cool summer youll have all the more need of a smart coat every modish coat is marked awayfdown for a quick early summer clearance savings up to half price there are straightline coats cape coats coats with embroidery with edgings of fur tweed toppers dressy silk coats immense variety eight important groups as follows 10 1195 515 1975 2475 2975 3475 3975 youll count your trip to town well worth while when you see the good looking coats awaiting your choosing each with a handsome moneysaving to put back in your own pocketbook frocks blithe and gay quite a thousand charming new cjress fashions to greet your summer choosing especially low prices secured when we did our buying because our purchases ran into such large numbers l shining new rayon dresses m solid shades and printed patterns 349 7 95 and 925 fuji silkfrocks in pastel shades at 9 75 in clever new stripes a double qual ity special 312 95 and 13 95 i flat crepe dresses in sum mer colors at 1095 allsilk crepe frocks print ed in cubist patterns and polka dots 13 95 15 95 1975 er for large women the fash- tonable polka dots in be coming colors at 12 05 georgettes georgettes and taffeta combinations broadcloth remarkable selections with prices sur prisingly low guelpits leading and largeststobe d macuonald bros ltd daily closing mo p en excepting wednesday at 1130 noon and saturday at 930 p m redandwhitehain store j w jones proprietor specials for the week june 10th to june 16th 2 tins shoed pine apple dairy butter per lb heinz ketchup per bottle 35c 32c 28c shredded wheat oil 2 pkts z4c quaker oats per pkt 27c tjpeston fancy cakes oo per lb atl4j butternut wrapped bread we are now handling the butternut wrapped bread of the canada bread co it comes in a sealed waxed wrapper which insures cleanliness in handling this loaf is sold at the same price as the other bread silverware for the june bride you will find our stock of gifts suitable for june brides the very best to choose from suggestions are plentiful if you come to our store and they include silverware cut glass graniteware aluatmiunware etc screen doors dont try to make the old screen door do if it is shabby nothing wilt cetract as much from the general appearance of your home as an illfitting and wornou screen door the cojt ot a new one lj not much anq we nave a ruce ratjge of designs to chbose from the prices range from 200 to 425 screen windows various types including the standard sliding wooden screepa in different g ond th allmetgl ggren that allows the raiglpg of the wingqw without moylng the screen priced from 4fo- q jlp according tp bine me cairy the drock- symons hardware mill stmt phone 49 we deliver news of local import ladisa lawn bowling moating a meetingr of the ludiea lawx bowline club will be jield at tlvo clul mother of chancellor bowilbs mrh elizabeth unett bowles widow houvolphuriitoyjuii 10 at a ps11 the tc george bowlea of brunp gnrno and brinff your ftlenda ton and mother of chancellor h p bowles of victoria university died on sunday moralnff in la mont hos pital alberta after nearly a years illness j i o d e birthday ta the duke of 4evon shire chapter of the i o d e aro holding a ffarden ten at tlie home of mrs fred mcqieary church street fyjrjay afternotfn june ik from 3 to oclock- collection fbr benefit fund 60-2- vint by prildnt of presbyuriiil tho monthly meeting of the 1vb- metb missionary society of the unit- c 1 church will be favored this after noon with a visit from mrs rev r v cntw of rergua the president of the piesbyterlal mrs craw win au di ess the meeting which will be held 1 1 the school room w m 3 thursday cvaning tho womens missionary society monthly meeting will be held in the school room of the united church this thursday evening at s oclock instead of in the afternoon an address will ho given hy mrs rev craw of tergus the president of the preaby- terjal fverybody welcome kitchener ladlat band coming to actor the choir of tho acton v united ci urch have secured the kitchener indies band to provide the pro- siamme tor their monster garden party in tho park here on wednesday e enlng june 16 f he hand comprises 60 pieces and is the only ladles band in the dominion with favorable weather this event will no doubt draw a great crowd o spacitl sunday sohwh 8aailon at the morning service in the unit ed church next sunday at 11 oclock a special sunday school service will be held to which all the congregation la invited tho speaker at the service will be jur john frld superintendent of zlon tabernacle sunday school of hamilton and president of the sun day school association of the city speolal features will bo presented by tho school mr frld an enthus iastic sunday school nrorker he will have a stirring mesmee and will be well worth hearing might have btan sarioua what mlht have been a aerloua ac cident occurred at the intersection of york road and queen streets at 510 oclock just night when miss jessie mcgregor toronto street in alight ing from a radial oar which had stop- pet to discharge passengers was struck by an automobile driven by a farmer from nasaagaweya the motor car ib allesed to have failed to slaw up as it approached the standing streot car and hurled miss mcgregor to the pavement luckily she escaped with a aevero shaking up the street railway management haa sworn out an information against the owner of the err responsible for the occurrence who will be brought before tho magis trate this week quelph mercury obituary john gordon oakvllle after a weoks illness john jordon one of the oldest cltlsens of hal ton county died on monday in his ninetieth year at his homo near the dundas street bridge over the sixteen mile creek mr jordan who was a farm er was born in king township york county for the past 40 years he had lived on dundas street and was a member of the sixteen mile creek preabytbutanchurclnhe la survived by hln widow who was formerly re becca evelelgh four sontj elton of detroit clifford at home eveleibh of oakvllle and xhompson of palermo and two daughters miss mlna at home and mrs g rob in son of trafalgar township all the waterworks arrears collected over 40000 l arrears collected since accounting placed in hydro office morley hamshaw following four days illness of pndu- monla and heart- trouble mcorley rmshaw only son of mr and mrs jumes r rjimbhuw passed away early on tuesday mofnlagt at tke family residence main street acton this estimable young man had buffered from several attacks of serious ill ness in the past he was naturally very much discouraged when attacked laat friday with this fatal spell of illness and manifested little desire for recovery morley was born at crew- aons corners twentyfive years ago he came to acton with his parents li hla boyhood and developed into an exceptionally fine young mun he wutf an active member of the united church was secretary of the sunday school and an officer ot the young peoples league he was very popu lar with the young people and was courteous and a tall king to all he had an inventive and artistic mind and although engaged in farm work his hands were quite jikilful in basketry and the construction of artificial flowers he was an artist of merit and his blackboard illustrations wore very effective in impressing vital features of the sunday school lesson morley will be greatly missed in the home in the church and in the com munity his end was peace the funeral which will be private will be held this afternoon at three oclock hundreds of friends have visited tne residence to look upon the face of the ont whom they esteemed very highly his minister rev mr zimmerman will officiate at the funeral all the councillors were present at tho regular council meeting on tues day evening the twelfth report of the finance committee recommended payment of tlio following accounts gnral atoount jaa ilobertaan labor itobt3vallace teaming jtnd labor acton fcm press printing d b nunn gravel and hauling bell telephone co services actpn hydro elec trio comm street jlghtlng acton hydroelectric comm town hall lighting w ite blair labor and sup plies tlios watson breadt for charity j6 34 8 22 57 76 3 00 25 00 6 ib 170 qo 6 12 1 60 wattrworks account industrial products ltd paint ing tank it j wallace removing ashes canada brass co supplies btu telephone co services acton hydro elec trie comm power at pump house acton hydroelectric comm power at spring v r b blair services 1305 58 75 32 13 4 13 18 75 43 25 28 35 news of local import the bus and milk truck accident am a result of several of the prln- ciial witnesses still being confined to bed- the case of levi garbutt charged with criminal negligence was ad journed for u week by magistrate crawford in the pollco coiert at brampton on monday gnrbutt was the driver of the milk truck which comlded with the passenger bus on the centre road at britannia last week when several were injured this wseka baaeball the actort baseball club plnyed two fixtures during the week on thurs day june 3rd at a baseball tourna ment at hlllsburg they were defeated by hlllsburg in a closely- contested game the georgetown baseball club- were the winners of the tournament on sittui the george town aggregation into camp at tho park here and the georgetown team wre again victorious officials of the acton team are trying tp get a league going in this district the league will probably consist of teams represent ing acton georgetown hlllsburg and a team from guelph social and personal in golden jubllit servlcaa tho united church at tara where rev charles hackett la the minister and fromwhiohohflrgerevjeulj e1 f st came to acton is celebrating its gold- er jubilee this week on sunday rev dr tfpeer of dundas was the preach er and on monday evening he deliver ed his famous lecture the days of auld lang syne and now next sunday rev c elmer kenney ba chairman of grey presbytery will be the preacher on monday evening a congregational tea and rally will be held with a view to a grand jubilee launlon july 1st is tho jubilee an- nl versa ry of the opening of the second church of the congregation in acton now the united church there is a proposal to celebrate the acoaslan with suitable jubilee services won honors twc at the ontarlq cflllngp nf bhattorcy examinations n igay atlas olara 4 lantt of acton and yellknown in guelph was successful n winntab honors and q thp yrhyersry tf tor onto pharmacy examlnotlnna received the degree of m hi mbs iftlu wha is a daughter af mr q h lanpi the manager of the bu telephone co at acton 1m to bo congratulated on her splendid success being the only girl in the class to win honors in both the junior and senior examinations she received her early education at tho torrance school in his city after the removal of the family to acton she attended the acton continuation school graduating in 10 20 she served her apprenticeship with mr a t blown there miss lants is a niece of mrs w j vannorman jking street guelph mercury newspaper man mtet at shtlburn a successful convention of the wel lington and dufferln press associa tion held in shelburne last friday was addressed by louis j boll man ager of the canadian weekly news- imp era association and others the sessions were held in the public li brary building the freedom of the town being extended by reeve w e dean wurden olv dufferln county at the initial session the visitors were given luncheon at the mansion house ai guests of the town council at thu close of the afternoon proceedings the party motored to see the trout hatchery of l c a strother at hln summer residence at homings mills lake the following officers were elected president j c tern p ii n of fergus vicepresident a d mctcit- tt ic k urangevllle he ere tarjr-ns- urer a v wright mounjf fore a pretty hogi wddi a pretty home wedding tpott lapp on wednesdy june 2p at 3 okslock at tlie home of mr and mrs henry near wfcten ttielr youngest daugef mj rtle viola became tlei tutifle f yf- ham ernen bessy mn pf lfr and mw lefttiftrtppsy ftrtqh th brtde and hp wftu ten ay fey nftor ct9 nww i th fitraliih l a weflfllng mnrch playeil by mua brflwp f acton nnd lookad charm ing lu a gown of white radium luce and fllmy chiffon ovr allk she wore a bridal ypil and curried a bouquet of sweetheart twes and illy of the valley and maldw hair fern onc took her pluee in front bf a bed of ferns and loumlnoui plants rev h e zim- roerman 13 a oftl elated immediately after thi- signing of tho register tho happy gathering sat down to a dainty suppen the groom gift to the bride was h pearl necklace and to the puntst a barpin the bridal couple hrson was joined in the bonds of holy wedlock to janet smith daughter of the late jeremiah smith after her marriage she settled with her husband rrt the farm opposite to her girlhoods heme this loyal wlfo and mvther cut vivos and with her five sons and daughters d a henderson lumber- in in john j henderson who lives on the homestead mrs hoggarty and sirs orton of ajden man and mre alexander crawford of guelph mr henderson was a member of the pres- b teriah church first of nawaflraweya and since hla rernqyal here at knox church acton bt wfth a staunch liberal and no conslderat ion wfl ever strong enough to taftuoe tllrq to vote against hlfl consolontluur polttlcal scruples tho funeral was held on mfp flu y and wa kindly conducted hy rev john t st radian now of owen sound formerly of nassagaweyo in tho absence of rev mr stewart many old friends attended to pay their ref pect to tho memory of a maai who enjoyed general esteem for hla ster ling character th bride travelling jn a torn of navy sllle canton crepe and nayy coat edg ed with grey fur and wore a grey hat upon their return mr and mrs bes sy win reside on the grooms farihj lot twenty four ird concmmlois erin james hendfrson in hla 81st year james henderson murla street passed quietly away lost saturday morning after much suf fering from several months mr hen derson and his wife have been esteem ed residents of acton since their re tirement from their farm in jnossa- gaweya twelve or fifteen years ago mt henderson was born near antrim in the county of antrim ireland he clme out with his parents and other friends when he was nine years of akerhenejiuvcgeorgestoreywas a member at the samo party in coming ti canada and settling in nassaga- mrs john stalker in the death on wednesday june 2nd of mrs john stalker this com munity lost a very choice spirit friendly thoughtful for others com fort nnd happiness hospitable to all beloved by her own household sirs stalker was a sufferer for many months past but her ailments were borne in patience and christian grat itude she passed peacefully away having had iwssesstob of her faculties until the lust mrs stalker was a daughter of the late william robs and was born in icinloss township in bruce county seventy oneyeara ago v1 en an infant of a few months her father who settled with a number of otl er members of the ross family in bruce when they came from scotland decided to remove to this locality where his friends the lawsone had settled he chose the farm on the fourth line which was the ross home stead for nearly sixty years forty- eight years ago an hie ross became the wife of john stalker whose home was then and still is on the third line adjoining tho ross farm for these fortyeight years she waa a de voted wife and a loving mother and she presided over her home in p queenlike character ministering o the wants of all jra slker yfas a wt man of generous hpspttay anjfl a friend to rnany afte wjyt fgiifltjr vvomau regulur in h attendance at thr churcjh he loved and always ready to help t l enterprises jcnox church was her church homo from giilhood and she will now be greatly missed from its activities to mr and mrs stalker there were- four sons 4hri three daughters born of these there survive william annie joh mrs h f yflrahain and mmnte ftd they will vfo a comqrt to thelv lane- l futhpav surviving hep of her fntrtervi family are james the well- scnow piper of toronto mis william thompson acton and miss maggie boss the funeral on friday after noon was very largely attended it wa conducted by her pastor reva c fitewart ma- whose selfdenial in cancelling his engagement its a com missioner to the general assembly in ston treat for three days for the pur pose was very much appreciated parm worjcre in demand according to reports issued front the qrtario government employment of- ief t torajmutwwtneirlio now practically negligible wost of the orhoes isport that the demand for fmm workers j greuter than the sup pl that experienced mechanics tre all employed building is active and con ditions generally are very good 9377 54 the report was adopted an account was received from mr fted mcdowell for a spring which was broken in his cur at the time the waterworks was being installed he claimed that no attention hud been paid when hla bill was previously presented superintendent real was instructed to attend to a list of four waterworks bills over which there was some mis understanding on arrears the tariff of fees on the park came up for discussion and the council de cided to prepare a schedule at a later date covering the park and town hatl chairman holmes of the cemetery ccmmltteo requested that the council secure half a dozen seats for the cometery designs were euggeated and he was instructed to attend to details the cutting down of tree overhanging the property of a h bishop was left in the hands of the chairman to be re- moed and be replaced by a cedar hedge by mr bishop other trees in the plot at the entrance of the ceme tery will be removed and flower beds pli ced at the gunner moore monu ment it was also pointed out that there was 36717 in the perpetual care fund the interest on this fund has net up to the present heen used in keeping up the plots for which the petpetual care fund covers 1 superintendent reld was instructed to secure plants and flowers for the dc3s at the waterworks pumping sta tion and plant the beds it was decided to have engineer smith to re survey the plots in the cemetery in the grove on monument hlli where the stakes have rotted off the clerk wa ins to write county road superintendent wilson and ask him to inspect a piece of road on the second line tho- cleric- was alsoinstructed to infirm mr l starkman that the drains from his houses on church street to street drains must be closed up at once mr john porty will to instructed to remove the fence erected on scene street and vacate tho portion of the street he is now occupying chuirmun parker was requested to bring in recommendations for install ing a public lavatory in the town hall there were no appeals against the assessment at the courtof revision upon motion the roll was confirmed the hat of dellquents on water rates showed that they have now been cleared up with the exception of one oi two small amounts a list of suggestions to facilitate the work in the collecting of water rates and help keeping this account correct were given to the hydro com mission 250 00 the oddfellows decoration oty the weuther for the annual i oof decoration day parade was rather un settled on sunday but in spite of the showers a good turnout of the local and visiting brethren assembled for this occasion to do honor to the mem ory of tholr doparfed hrethern ot the loose room prior to going to falrview cemetery bro cross p d d x m- o hamilton gave a stirring address on- odd fellowship and touched partic ularly on the annual custom of ob serving decoration day the parade to tfie cemetery was headed by aoton citlcena band and the band played several hymns at the cemetery while the graves of tlie deceased brethren were being decorated swackhamerdemmons nuptials a quiet wedding was solemnised at t r- reorganlxed church of jesus christ of latter day saints guelph on thursduy june 3rd at 3 oclock when edith gladys youngest daugh ter 61 mr and mrs john demmona 27 waterloo street w became the bride of herbert ralph swackhamer avcton only the immediate friends and rela tives of the contracting parties were present elder j shields officiated the bride wore a dress of crabapple pink crepedechine with hat to match and grey kid slippers and stockings she carried a bouquet of roses nnd also wore the gift of the groom a filigree diamond bar pin after the ceremony the guests sat down to a delicious dinner at the home of the bride the happy couple left early in the evening on a motor trip through tho united states going by way of niagara falls mr and mrs swackhamer were the recipients of many beautiful gifts on their return they will reside at 233 green street- kindly farewell to valued members a the monthly meeting of the ladles aid society of the united church hint wednesday afternoon reference was made by the vice- president mrs a e nlcklin who was pteaidtng to tho greatly regretted re moval of two valued members of the society which would take place in a day or o mis hannah johnston and otrir3liii miss kathleen galbraith was toronto over sunday- miss bertie smith was homo from ttronto for the wecfeend mr ted emerson spent the week end ut bis hom in toron mr george agnew jr waa home from detroit last weekend miss mabel kenyon of kitchener visited with acton friends over the week end mr s e teasel and mr h e stevenson of guelph spent sunday with friends hre mr howard statham left on mon day for dracebridge where he has se cured a situation mrs clara humberstone of kitch ener visited her friend mrs a e nlcklin on friday the schools honor roll list of th pupila of aeton schools who took high standi no the may examinations in acton public school resulted as follows 8nior fourth marorie garden 605 helen ostrander 587 relta mcnnbb 569 tctal 7c0 junior fourth lillian ferry 447 abble price 420 clarice morton 309 total 600 m z bennett principal senior third john mellon 496 katharine stew art 468 mary gibbons 459 total 600 d fblstor teacher junior third john kerr 464 william near 460 andrew buchanan 455 total 660 m r moore teaohei senior 8cond margaret chalmers 323 marjorle near 306 dorothy coxe 291 total 400 junior 8oo not georgo swltmer 288 marguerite currle 282 helen campbell 2s total 400 i andewiqnj teacher frank tone 32 j cftveu davie 322 herbert prjce ajqt total 3iio tnur fteaenal medena prejojnt 945 beth -harrl- son 333 harvey hassard 329 ted- tl hanson 329 total 159 it mclohuld teacher senior first margaret arnold 195 annie glb- bens 175 lola crlpps 174 total 200 junior flrat kathleen huard 151 harvey mc- cutcheen 148 klva corry 33 ol 200 n anark teachcv ppimsry qlasa whma hansen 37 vera coxe 35 lily kloldb 35 bessie vlckers 33 total 48 junior primary helen mooney 17 kenneth crew- son 15 luwrence leathuvm 14 doris mi nn 14 total 20 b gardiner teacher rev m f crse invited to arthur a call tn tho presbyterian church arthur has been expended to rev m v cree of hamilton roao presbyter- ian church london rev mcr cree is attending the general assembly at montreal and has not glverj his decis ion in unswer to the arthur invita tion but im rnclined to consider it favorably the arthur church offers uupeaaof-xoooppyar-w4thne- mimths holidays and free manse rev mr cree has also been invited to ainm ife has been at the hamilton ittiad clidrch f on the past six years mr cree is an erin township man a son of the late andrew cree tri h p sornervute hioi bus been a member for a num- bti of yoirs and mrs somervllle camo oervlth tho unionists from knox chinch last june both had been active workers in tlie church in its various activities mrs somervllle was superintendent of tho cgjt and assisted the girls in that society verj materially by her leadership both ladles expressed their apprecia tion of the kindly words spoken mrs johnston said her residence in avcton hurt been a very pleasant one and he association with the people of the church was a delight mrs somervllle snlo she had enjoyed her stay in avcton very much and bad especially enjoy ed her- fellowship with the ladle ot the united church the group sang god be with you till we meet again refreshments were served after which kindly farewells were said by all four boys caught flaying bandits one night lost weckbetween nine and ten oclock motor drivers coming into town observed a motor tiro lying on tlie side of the road whicnxupon closer scrutiny revealed the fact rope was attached several per sons saw the tire and drovo hurriedly past fearing the possibility of a hold up finally one driver informed county constable mcpherson of tho scheme tho chief got a cltuen to drive him out and as they approached tho tire stopped suddenly and made a dtsh for the clump of bushes to which the rope led then they discovered fou acton lads lbout fourteen years oi age ambushed the chief and the cltixon coral led the boys and marched them into town they were brought before police magistrate moore on wednesday acknowledged their prank said they only intended to have a bit of fun and pledged their good con duct hereafter it was pointed out to them that their act was a violation of the criminal code that it might have resulted in serious consequences to tncyimbelves and perhaps to motorists who might stop to investigate and be run into by cars following some of the motorists for fear of bandits might have sent a volley from a gun into the boys rendezvous with direful rebults aeton graduates of toronto university at the convocation ceremonies of iv r on t wrtu honored with having four of her young people among the graduates misses marie mcowat and her sister miss jessie mowatand miss margar et maedonald graduated in arts with lienors and received the degree of b a and mr w g c kenney who graduated in medicine and received the degree of m b mlaa clara lanta graduated in pharmacy and received the degree of phm b but did not at tend convocation jdlss jessie mowat who took a classical course had the distinctive honor of being the first giuduate following the chancellor in tn procession of graduates and fac ulty from university college to con vocation hall imr and mrs jphn a mowat attended the interesting cere mony wnen their talented daughters w ro invested with the arretted sheep skin mrs alexander miacdonald was at present to enjoy the honors can- foned upon her daughter miss jean kennedy and edna henderson under graduates wore also present from actorr an incident very pleasing iji connection with the mowat family was the presence of br harold mowat or hv a ca w c scruas tht- cnminent to be present at the graduation- of his sisters 8o irxatl fled was lie with the prestige won by them thatjie presented each with ft fold watch us a memento of y ooi oaalon dr harold f mowat of los angeles caj is spending a few days at tho pa renal home here mr r- e garvin of toronto visit ed ut the home ottoja mother mcrs robert garvin last week mr rudolph splclvogcl who has been suffering from a severe attack of tonsllltis is now recovering miss turner nurse is recovering as well as can be expected after a ser ious operation in guelph hospital miss freemand and mrs marsh of toronto were visitors over tho week end at the homo of mr ed f 5 th line erin mr and mrs montagu gregg of toronto spent tho weekend at the home of her parents 3fr and mrs george b agnew mr and mrs norman wriggles- worth and children and mrs john w rlgglesworth of asfagrove were guests a moorecroft on tuesday mr rd warren of toronto visit ed aoton friends on monday no ono that we know of enjoys more fully a visit xo the old home and the old home folks mr hc p moore p m left thlq morning for montreal to attend tho sessions of the generoj council of the united church of canada of which ho is a commissioner mr and mrs thomas crosamon miss g crossman mr and mrs art cherry and master garnet of toron to visited at the home of ma a e crcssmaxi on sunday mr and mrs w h stewart milton announce the engagement of their eldest daughter marguerite jean to roy john brown acton the marriage to take place the end of june mr e a barraclough of glenwll- uams d d g m for wellington dis trict a f a m has been suffer ing from a severmbutajfl of u10 grip the pust veothmsriow conval escing c k rev a cvjteart ma left on saturday mornjg for montreal where the general assembly ot the presby terian church is in session mr alex- arder maedonald ruling elder went last wednesday mr and mrs t f ryder arkell announce the engagement of their eld est daughter edith caroline to mr jack allan acton eldest son of mr and mrs john h allan third lino erin the marriage to tajco place this month mr andaire john alooro and chil dren and mr und mrs james moore of wulkerton mr and mrs john moore of guelph mr and mrs mor gun crewson of waterloo and mr a whitney of kitchener vlultcd at the he mo of mr and mrs a l crlpps on sunday rev 3dr a j and mrs irwin vvatcrdown announce the enguge nient of their only daughter helen murgot to frank 8 spencc b a sc son of mrs ida norrls spence 43 elm atenuo toronto the nsurriago to talc place in victoria college chapel tor onto june 19th annual sermon to loof rev j w boyd of the baptist church preachee to tha brethren of the three linlta the annual sermon to tho members of acton lodge i o o j no 204 was nreached last sunday evening in tho ptlst church notwithstanding the heavy downpour of rain at tho church hour there was a good attendance of mernbers of the order and others boyd wclcotaed the odd fellows stated that bis father bad been ajgetnber and then took for the basis of his discourse an imperial appeal matthew h 12 and from the days of john the baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth viol ence and the violent take it hy force in the momentous days of august 1914 britains sons and daughters re sponded nobly to the imperial appeal of icing and country this response spelt sacrifice and suffering but the price was paid gladly so with tho imperial appeal of tho king of kings a frank and full response will uwit- ably involve sucriflco ajid moral hero ism of tho highest order the human soul is beset by a multitude of ap peals they may bo divided into two general classes tho appeal of the good and the appeal of evil each individ ual must respond to either ono or the other hie must respond to tho im perial appeal of christ and his cross of things that are base and souldes troying the origin of the appcaj is found in gods call to adam after his dlsobed- lerce adam where art thou considering the solidarity of the hu man race every last man is spoken to in that appeal where are thou in rerpect to things of god and of hie it is vain to attempt to hhe f om god through the centuries god progressively revealed his great re demptive purpose anally culminating that revelation in jesas christ the nature of the appeal is defined by the nature of the one who appeah- what is your conception of god the bible reveals hum as infinitely just and holy and ye as tender and merciful the cross is 4he great revelation of gods character he as so holy that hln own son must die for human sin so loving that he was willing to redeem man at such an infinite cost th response to this imperial appeal must be either friendly or unfriendly in jenis day many did respond and fourtd salvation but others did not respond and lost the blessings ot christ herod antipas and pontius puute heard the kingdom appeal but rejected it to their- oternal loss tho cross of christ separated the two dy ing thieves one believed and one believed not the cross of christ ia the greatest divisive force jn jf cin which side do you storidr bn the ono bido you must inevitably ally yourself with allthat ih base and sinful and ft awuntc tin the other with all that 11 true and beautiful and good only by jemia cariat and crowning him as snyjour and lord can man wefclevo tho highest and best in llfe tho male quartette sang special iuifeuw 4cetsios a u i jjki