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mwm i ii m w h 73 a p- y r- rrrv rt tfftyseventrryedf no34r acton ontario thursday february 18 1932 eight homeprint pages five cent actons bequest of 20000 to be left with trust company 4 various items of local interest until final settlement of the j a murray estate commissioners i seedgrain competition splendid interest in event hown at judging on friday 5275 awarded in prize money salaries and allowances for councillors to tks discussed at next meeting tax arrears being collected by chief mcpherson v at tho council meeting on monday evening- councillors mcarthur n4col and jones were present and reeve barber presided the matter of insurance policies on the town hall was discussed beeve barber fek- that the council should be notified before the policies expired and lhat there should be given to all agents a chance onthls business the other councillors seemed to feel the corpora tion was well protected by not allowing the policies to lapse the fourth aeport of the finance com- tnlttee recommended that the following accounts be paid janiestttihaersoh rent of post office for polling booth 500 acton public utilities commls- sion cnlectlng taxes 360 acton public utilities commis- jl6nstreetjight3 m4r75 acton public utilities commis sion town hall t7 acton public utilities commis sion pumphouse lighting acton public utilities commls- slan arena acton public utilities commis sion power at spring 19 24 jasbtadamsorirrink salaryvr 1000 perkins electrie cot tickets for aren t7i j b mackenzie coal for arena j w jones coal oil for arena bell telephone co services iia mrs h l mcdonald town hall insurance premium estate j r kennedy town hall insurance premium 353 132 936 125 16 45 88 88 07 38f7 acton anddistrict local concert and panoe a local concert under jr i o p e auspices will be held next week in the town hall acton the proweds will be devoted to relief work after the concert a dance will be held watch for announcement of the date slander wrltf filed after cas charjps paul munro m p p for south wel lington filed a writ at osgoode hall toronto against clifford casem p p for slander damages the statement complained of was roade tit mechanics new school section in trafalgar a bylaw dividing sohool section no 12 in trafalgar township was passed by township council the new section created will be known as no 22 ac cording to statue the township clerk will now advertise th division 20 hall aurora on february 1 when am f soalet mr htfnklnson writ claims tho allegations were madit inspector exhibited 377 u7 kegardlngthe deposit of mr mills on the arena booth concession it was decid ed to hold the certified cheque until after the close of the season a letter was received from the royal trust co re the estate of the late j a murray the letter went into detail on the circumstances connected with ihe estate and the trust co agreed if suitable to the council that this amount 0 hillsburg was united in marriage to could be left in their care during the mt william alfred winter eldest son lifetime of mrs murray at the present 0 mr and mrs daniel winter of time only a partial distribution tothe thistfetown ontario the bride looked days to permit any dissatisfied rate payers- to appeal the bylaw in four weeks a meeting will be called and school trustees elected for the flew sec tion plans for a new school will then be considered porttjredlt firemen have busy night volunteer firemen spent a hectic night at port credit on tuesday night two against munro and others in connection jartththe holland marsh drainage pro ject- puslnch5 fabner has arm amputated victim of an accident in which his right arm was torn off in a strawcut ting machine robert h thomas 28 of buslinch township was taken to the general hospital at guelph on friday thomas whowas working on his fathers farm7near the ontario reformatory was operating the machine when the belt flew rrit mu his arm to b married at blusbnrg a pretty wedding was solemnized quietly on wednesday afternoon febru- ary 10 at 230 ocj at th nhiiifh m drawn into a fast revolving wheel physicians found it necessary to ampu tate the arm harness recovered last saturday chief mcphersonand constable cookman went to the farm of mr h s wilson near alma and recovered the harness which was taken from lakeview farm some weeks ago fireskeeping them onmegothyoughnhemrrwilsontraschargeithh9hfr early hours the first occurred at 1 45 when a car parked- against a shed in the rear of the home of mrs margaret nash caught fire flames spread to the house- but tne blaze- was extinguished before serious damage was done two hours later fire of unknown origin par ti iy destroyed the home of charles dormer lakeview donner escaped un hurt and wastakcntomiltonthat evening to awaittrial- on the charges a further- theft is alleged from george peacock of trafalgar township the recovery is the result of investigations by chief mcpherson who was assisted by con stable cookman and provincial constawe mennie of guelph at a well attended meeting held last friday in the town hall of the com petitors and those interested hi the field crop competition of 1931 held under the auspices of the dominion and provincial departments of agriculture with the cooperation of the acton agri- the the samples of oat announced the prize wlnpers and gave constructive eroticism he reported- the quality of the samples from this section to be exceptionallv good the types being uniform plump of goodoolor and carefully cleaned free from weeds and all graded no 1 much satisfaction wasmanifested as jo the value of these competitions and a goodly number enrolled for the 1932 competi tion a selection f news items ten pplzesjvere awarded as follows leslie and fearen acton arthur swaok- rtrafalgar township farmers tragic death the lifeless body of gord6nfeather- stone a trafalgar township x farmer aged 46 years was found hanging in the implement shed on his- farm on the seventh line of that township toy his brothers on saturday mr feather- stone was married it was decided that an inquest was unnecessary acton and elora play to tie in the first game of playoffs without permission albert hubble who pleaded guilty a a rough qrahd of hockey that doe not please acton fans was invited by referee return game in elora tomorrow night salmon scored twice for acton in third period county jail when he appeared at police court hubble had taken the car owned by a guelph woman for whom- he was working this sprt of offence is be- hamer acton robt tuck eden mills j coming much too common magistrate basil jnh a george a m i wat phail acton robt kerr acton r n mercury brown actoh archmcnabb rock- wood hugh m reld acton wallace swackhamer acton sl all of the oats exhibited waje of the first its the weathet and then its the schedule and then its the o h a and then ltjs the weather again such seems tovbe the round of hockey troubles in this year of 1932 any rural team that sticks through it all certainly deserves a place in the hockey world if it continues most of the officials and fans will be pessimists heres the yarn of the past week week ago to a charge of using ft motor i with elmifa out of the gfoup acton car without fee consent of the owner j arena saw qnly twogames prior to the was sentenced to two months in the playoffs from a hockey point of view it was a quite a jump to the finish for the arena account itwasnt so good it was understood that hespele and elora- must be reaftft for the playiffs not later thah monday they had- from s the havoc wrought by the big ice at that date a further postponement to banner variety and all graded no i gtorm early this year has brought home monday evenings was made bn mr hankinson was loud in his praises of the splendid samples shown the inteiest in the event was manifest by the splendid attendanc which turned out jo hear th comments qf m han inson and see the exhibit of samples the prizes awarded were first 50 second 45 third 4q fourth 35 fifth 30 sixth 25 seventh 20 eighth 15 ninth 10 tenth 5 mak ing a total of 275 in prize money st valentine social over eightmiecrons profit an everyday convenience monday n until batiirriny night tt arrange one game procrastination seems to be somebodys watchword in these two outfits the game was post poned until saturday evening and even they had shots galore on rudow and in his bewilderment there was just bound to be another slip post him salmon got thls one too on long range from just inside the blue line it was a teal finish to a game and that last ten minutes gave the local fajjr their full moneys worth of hockey the game tomorrpw night comes on with both teams on even terms but elora with the advantage pi home ice the final score was 22 dickinson and hulls of elora also drew penalties in this period the lineupwas adtpn hollbway goal gibbons and greer defence salmon centre walters right wing j kentner left wing terry woods arbic c kentner subs ejoxadeudqw lgoal fischer and the to many hpw essential the conveniences ground that the ice was unfit elora and of everyday life have become the rural hespeler are getting particular as the telephone users who have been denied seasongaes on when acton played in this service nftwully appr what a both theseentrjathesurface was in real necessity thp tplphnne is in nvnry- m places covered w to gtvfl day life the bell telephone coi in a an icy appearance and the ground series of- advertisements which- are nqv showed through and yet the games were running in thefree press show th played many advantages that telephone service in themeanttme acton felt- that the gives the help of the telephone to the o h a ruling that games could not rural subscriber in his work of the farrr is emphasized in these messages ux a very enjoyable evening as spent qn ontario liquor sales in the tear- by the young peoples society of the united church on tuesday at a valen tine social a short programme opened the meeting consistin rf rpft nnrl christ parsonage disciples htjlsburg by the rev h l richardson when nellie irette watson youngest daughter of the late charles watson and mrswatson beneficiaries was possible movedby e jones seconded by w d mcarthur that the clerk be instructed to reply to the letter of the royal trust company dated february 2 1932 to the effect that the council are in favor of the executors of the estate of j a murray retaining the bequest of 20000 until saph time as the whole of the aid sum can be paid over or during the life time of mrs marietta murray widow of the deceased and that the reeve and clerk be authorised to sign a consent to such arrangements carried the question of assisting flic guar antors of the ontario memorial com pany by assuming the mortgage on the plant as part of the bequest from the murray estate was discussed but it wa felt no action could be taken at the present time or without a court order chief mcpherson reported that pro gress was being made- in the collection of taxes that were in arrears musical numbers miss helen dawklns read the s les miss lottie mason rendered a french horn solo and mrs r r ar gave a piano number lovely in a midnight bluegeofgette frock trimmed with cream georgette e ered in pastel shades with hese and shoes to match and green chonga coat trimmed with grey squirrel with hai and accessories to match mr and m winter were attended by mr and irs jack sommerville of hirsburg ther of the acton gontinuatibn school was misses mason and ruth gibson sang a trio miss stephenson gave a short talk on st valentine and miss isabel swjtzer gave a reading a social hour was snont in playing games and a dainty lunch was served the evenings programme was n charge of misses gladys agar helen ostrander and vlda ramshaw high school literary meeting the meeting of the literary society the matter of the motion regarding the commissioners of the public utilities was opened for discussion when the letter from the ontario commission was read it was decided to leave the natter over until the next meeting the question of reducing the councillors salaries by fifty per cent was discussed but this was left over until a full meeting ofthe- councll the clerkandchief mcpherson were instructed to attach the rents owing by tenants of properties on which taxes are in arrears official visit honeymoon will be spent in toronto and points east streetsvlue treasurer short on funds charged with theft and wrongful con held in the parish hall last thursday afternoon in the absence of the pre sident carney byrne very ably presided over the meeting the minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted after which other business was attended a decrease in six les of over ions version of municipal funds dating back to the following programme was tin to 1917 dr h s smith clerk and rendered piano solo by frances kelly treasurer of the village of streetsvlue first part of the school paper read by oa of b w bro alex mulr d g m to walker lodge a f a m on monday night the official vlsupf r wbrof alex mulr of fergus district deputy grand master-of- wellington- district to walker lodge a f a m on monday night was an eventful occasion tn lodge annal mr mulr was accompanied by v wor c bro g s reynolds district secretary there was one of the largest assem blages present on this occasion that walker lodge has ever seen visit ng brethren were present from the three lodges of guelph campbellville milton georgetown brampton and toronto and the lodge hall wns- taxed to capacity following the session in the lodge hall which was presided ovei- by w bro jblms mclean master of the walker lodge the brethren adjourned to the parish hal where a sumptuous banquet was served by the brethren of the craft the toast list which followed the ban quetswas presided over by w m slms mclean it incjded the toast to the king w bro dr mcnlvenand r w for almost a quarter of a centuryjvas arrested by provincial officer thomas h owens of brampton last night the alleged defalcations approximate 15000 it is understood dr smith was taken to brampton jail where after a conference with srcwn attorney r w eentrhe was released oft ball of 20000 the sureties were provided by himself his wife i j ardagh and e f redlck all of streetsvlue dr smiths resignation was accepted at a special meeting of the village council presided over by reeve h w hope a b bruce strjits- ville was appolntedactcgclerk the alleged shortages in the municipal funds are said to have been dlsopvered fair lowing an audit ordered tyjj the councu dr smith will appear for trial on febru ary 24 it is understood urge staballzatlon of agriculture products a resolution urging a general effort to stabilize prices of agriculture products and strongly recommending that the de partment of agriculture give advertis ing support to the industry in similar manner to that given by the department of trade and commerce to other bus iness was passed at the closing session of the canadian produce association at the o a c guelph yesterday point ing out that egg grading had benefitted both producers and consumers the mem bers of the association after some dis cussion wpnt on record as favoring enabling legislation for the enforcement in ontario of the new amendments to the egggrading regulations ontario is still operating under the rules passed in 1924 without the amendments some opposition developed against this resolu tion but since the amendments are in pifect in all the other provinces of the dominion the members felt that they could not defeat the motion without in dicating a general disapproval of eg grace lantz vocal solo barbara taylor f piano solo lillian voodhall second part of the school paper esther taylor piano solo velma blair third part of paper barbara taylor the meeting closed with the singing of the national an them presentation at knox sunday school at the service of knoxsunday school last sunday afternoon- two efficient of ficers who are retiring from office wie presented with mementos expressive of the appreciation of the school on their services while cooper in offiee mr wnr who has been superintendent was presented with awalnutrd tafcli and magazine rack and a reading lamp mt robert macarthur who has been secretary was presented wita a beauti ful fountain pen rev h l benale the pastor expressed the regret at the retirement and the appreciation of the sunday school for thesirvices of these officers in a few words the presenta tions were made by mrs g r agnew and mr w k graham mr cooper who has been the faithful superintend ent for the past six years and mr macafthur who has been secretary for five years both expressed their apprecia tion pf the presentation and the pleasuie they had derived in doing this work aids u beauty cost millions aids to beauty and cleanliness made in canada in 1930 in the 48 factories engaged in the toilet preparations in dustry had a value of 4206513 their aids are listed as toiet creams hail tonics face powders tooth pastes etc but nt all the toilet preparations milady or men in canada use are made in this industry manufacturers of soap and of patent medicines and pharmaceuticals also make toilet preparations in fact only about 50 per cent of whak many regard as toilet essentials made in canada are despite lmcl eases e thlj prices ot various liquors the annual report of the liquor controlboardof ontario for the year ending october 31 1931 tabled in the legislature yesterday shows a de crease in sales of 6447293 the profit on the years operations howevert amounted to 8491 653 the financial statement shows a gross trading profit of 10292999 and a net trading profit of 7627581 features of the annual report are a decrease of 11 in sales of domestic spirits a drop of 25 9 in sales of im ported spirits and a decrease of 7 19 in domestlcbeer sales these decreases are reflected in thi sale of liquor andtoeer and wine peimlts all of which showed a considerable drnp with the exception of nonresident win and beer permits which increased 78 over the previous year totalsales were 45835707 as against total sales last year of 52283001 brewjjries and brewery warehouses said 16294999 as against 29540708 through the liquor stores the biggest decrease in liquor con sumption was in spirits the report re veals consumption of domestic spirits was 3960516 bottles as against 4454706 bottles the previous year a decrease of 4947190 bottlesttjr- pu cen t drop in imported spirits was considerably larger there were 3927318 bottles sold watch for the rattle a new warningsignal which has beei adopted by the ontario government for instalation as an additional safety device at railroad crossings is being installed on no 7 highway at the c njfr and c p h crniil j oast of bramp be postponed was authorative the play off game was advertised for monday night thatwas thenighrselectedfor hespeler and elora to meet and there fore acton fans had to be dlsappdlnted again there were many of those who came to acton from outside points on monday night ony to be disappointed there was a perfect sheet of ice all ready put it was the same old jinx no game the ton the new devlce is a steel grating i was still in condition on tuesday enclosed in a sounding box placed on evening but the playoff with elora the highway 600 feet before thecrossing when an automobiles wheelspass over thls7a7gerylondsounds aki to that produced by a ylqpbone is heard in the car it is the invention of w j hyatt a london man as against 5301654 bottlesthe previous year a drop of 1374336 joottles or 25 9 the total decrease for bbtn domestic and imported spirits was 1- 868526 bottles of the148705 persons who purchased the new wine and beer permits 20776 converted them to the general liquor permit leaving an effective issue for the year of 127929 the number of liquor permits issued were resident 329784 nonresident 80737 total 410521 the ratio of can cellations of the wine and beer permits was heavier than the ratio of the liquor permits the report states one wine and deer permit was cancelled in every 442 permits issued while one liquor per mit was cancelled for every 68 permits issued city congregation honor former acton minister the second anniversary of the pastor ate of rev a c stewart was celebrated with a social on thursday last at chalmers presbyterian church dundas street west on behalf of the congre gation col j t thompson chairman for the evening and mrs e blundall presented to the pastor a hymnal and sterling silver tea service taking part in the evenings programme were mrs d p collins soprano miss dorothy bain- ger contraltomf f g rogers tenor mr j king grant baritone mrs h field reader lyir t c cochrane choirmaster toronto star runaway guelph street car failure of the air brakes to work when a oneman street car reached the agrlcutural who won from hespeler by 3 to 2 was scheduled for wednesday night wednesday morning dawned wltn milder weather and rain it vained- ofl and on ail morning but by noon the temperature started to drop there is ouryarn up until we do 6r dont go to the- arena tonight were writing this wednesday early grading regulations as the organization products in the toilet preparations in u federal in its scope appointment ofdustry the total- production of toilet o special committee to cooperate wlth preparations from all industries engaged bro mulr and others spoke to the toast the ontario and other provincial market- j their manufacture had a value in the of grand lodge the toast to walker lodge was proposed by r w bro mulr to be held in the near future was re- perfumes accounted for 432969 tooth ing boards at the economic conference year undpr review of 6719986 of which commended in another resolution which was passed prof w r graham head and responded to by w m sims mc lean bro h l ritchie j w of walker lodge proposed the toast to the of the o a o poultry department out- visitors and responses were made by lined experiments which are being car- the ruling masters of the visiting lodges j rled on at the institution in an address and other visitors delivered before the association paste 1756 427 and other toilet pre parations 4530590 over r100000 worth of such preparations and perfumes are imported into canada annually principaly from the united states france and the british isles mad trapper captured albert johnson came to the end of his blizzardly trail yesterday the wild man of the arctic went down fighting but canadas redcoated royal canadian mounted police won out in the grey dusk of the arctic circle day the rat river trapper was shot dead yesterday by a posse of mounties and trappers who had trailed him for weeks over the snowclad hills of the yukonnorthwest territories boundary area before he died johnson added a wounded mountie to his toll of one dead one wounded two months ago johnson shot down constable a w king of the mounted terminus at the ontario college caused a bad accident- on the guelph street railway on saturday night whenthetram followed the rails on trie- college freight siding and crashed into a car laden with coal sticking pluckily to his post while the street car-twas-mak- ing its wild run robert whetstone the motorman suffered injuries when the impact came while a number of girls frommacdonald institute who weic passengers in the car escaped with a severe shaking up the street car travelledalmost a quarter of a jnile past its reguar stopping point with motor- man whetstone makfng frantic efforts to bring it to a stop there is a slight grade on the siding and it gained rapid ly before it finally piled up against the steel coal car the tram was badly wrecked valentine box social the regular meeting of the actondale u f y p o was held on friday last in the parish hall in he form of a valentine box social with miss aileen clarrldge the vicepresident in the chair the meeting opened with the singing of the maple leaf after the business- meeting mr r l davidson the leaderrtook charge of the meeting and the following programme waif given by the u f o and u f w o clubs- a chorus by the u f q- and u f w o piano solo by miss jessie mcgregor readings by mrs brownlow a solo by mrs bishop a dance by dorothy and betty clarrldge and annie mccullough a reading by mary robertson a duett as the policeman sought to arrest him by mrs elliott and mrs r l davidson for pilfering indians traps two weeks j mouthorgan selection by messrs later he killed constable e muien as a elliott stewart and davidson recita- mountle posse closed in on him after he tions by margaret somervllle and a had escaped from his dynamite shatters cabin yesterday cornered after a 200- mile chase into the yukon he wounded reading by mrs davidson the lucky number qui t made by the u f w o was then drawn and mrsi a g clar- staff sergeant e f hersey in his fight r declared the winnor miss aileen to the death on his sneeze t1kdup well the game last night came oil as per schedule and what a contest it was started like a love lullaby and ended like a hot time in the old town tonight aoton and elora cpme io- eethei on the elora ice tomorrow night with the score even on the series the ice was good but none too keen just ajiuv sticky there was the big gest cowd of the present season and they fcip got an eyeful of activ jthe band as on hand to soothe rulllcd nerves and spur on more action and give a proper start with the national anthem now heres the way- it all happened play hadnt gone two minutes in the first period when dickinson for elora shot one from theacton blueune ahd registered a goal acton come into the play then arid had plenty of shots at jftudow elora seemed content to take long range shots and not go in on the net to score one shot hit rudow in the face and put him out tpmpornrliy buthe soon caihe back acton played nice combination and seemed to have the edge on play ibut no luck elora slowedup afthp close of the period which ended 10 for elora flschei was the only one to get a penalty balkwell didnt appear to he very strict on dis cipline period number two started off to the tune of hail hail the gangs rct here the play was close between the teamsi fischer missed on a golden op portunity on the open net play was faster and both sides missed many chances the teams were checking close and play got rougher balkwell sent out invitations to a roughhouse party that were almost sure to be accepted before the evening was over walters was the only one to draw a penalty but it wasnt that others didnt deserve them there was no score pack up your troubles was the theme song for the final period and there were more than troubles packed into that twenty minutes elora went into the defensive style of hockey ap parently content with the one goal lead butanother shot on one of those wobbly ones gave them a decided edge on the scoring and the game it just nestled over the line in the corner to make the score 2t for the rocks right on the home ice elora had acton at 20 then the fun started well if mr balkwell wanted a certain brand of hockey he would get it and from thert oa things happened acton came right up on the play from a fracas in front of the elora goal in which everyone seemed to have a stick salmon scored to make it 21 for elora salmon drew hillis defence dickinson centre mc- gruthers right wing selling left wing f runnells j runnells fraser and houston subs referee7earl ttniicwyii rrnntfrtrf shgosufrom the boards acton simply has to win from elora t tomorrow n1gh to keep up its reputa tion o zj iks to be hoped there is lee in elora rink for tomorrow night a battle in a soup bowl between two such teams would be just- too bad coach billy slean had ar birthday on monday yjjuiatnever gaesshls age by the way he moves around when out at practice but well tell you hes not elegible for the juniors and he converses about some players and games that are beyond our memory jwejwpulrlnt hesurprised if-that-rlnic- at elora had about all it can hold to morrow night well on the nights play were still satisfied- iththeacton boys but theyve- got a man sized job on their hands tor tomorrow it all depends on the referee what brand of hockey may be dished up we ftfreter it without the rough stuff but then again some dont and furthermore the chap who hand les the game tomorrow night will ned to be on his jbb or there are two teams that will go from under his control acton band just puts a touch to jhe events at the arena that is lacking at other centres the national anthem just must beplayed before the game can jjo on and it is quite fitting lets see wasnt acton the first team to defeat elora at home well it must be done again if they ai e to stay in the running and it came close last night for elora trimming acton on the home ice but acton has been defeated in acton before and still won the group honors there were a lot more who took the privllegeof shedding their headgear on the ice last night whe acton gut i the scoring the suspense of seeing- the home team trailing the field and then suddenly comeinto show place was just a little too much clarrldge then thanked the u f o and a penalty right after that st peter how did you get up here latest arrival flu j 17 f w con behalf of the cluh for the splendid programme given after the singing of the national anthem the boxes were sold after lunch a soclel hour was spent in dancing i balkwell got his invitations to the rough party accepted too liberally by both teams and called a consultation of ail players from then on acton kept elora tied up at one end of the rink if anybody thinks elora and acton atentptetty evenly- matched just study these facts elora beat acton in elora 20 acton wton from elora in acton 20 acton and elora played a 22 tie in acton rink we would like to make a prediction for tomorrow night but we get blamed with always betting with our sympathies a referees conference with players in the final period may be spectacular but its not half so effective in producing hockey and discouraging shinny as a few trips to the penalty box for two periods acton waited for some encouragement on clean hockey but when it didnt cime there was iothlng left to do but play the brand desired acton relief committee the acton relief committee desire to gratefully acknowledge the following- previously acknowledged 414 40 loyal true blue lodge 33 00 447 40 the jevening meal digester 1 a small hoy called on the doctor one evening and said doctor ive got the measles but i can keep it quiet the doctor looked up puzzled and asked the hoy what he meant well suggested the smal patient whatll you give me to go to school and scatter it among all the rest of the kids v j