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fifty6eventh yearlslo 42 acton ontario thursday april 14 rl 932 eighthomeprintjgestfive centi a selection of news items a local play the clays the thlngvls the title of athreeacf comedy tiiat is being pre sented by actpndale tj f y p o in ther town hall here next wednesday evening the cast are all local charac ters aild the event will undoubtedly have all the attraction that attends local plays the- churchilk orchestra will be 1n attendance and the proceeds are to be devoted to relief arid charity pur poses- labor rates set by esquesin council for town8hipjksrk this year clerks salary is set at 650 for year accounts passed acton to secure 20000 bequest from the estate of a mtirray willfceirivested onsuitable securities for the present time band thanks the telephone at the customs office in actorr lias been 7 reinstated again this week and tjipse who find ltiieces sary to transaciiuslriess at this office j are pleased that this necessity has been restored while it is readily granted that economy must be practised where ever possible the convenience of a frilnphmn t ri oftw rfmlm not be termed a luxury and all will be pleased that order has been jre- considered fire in trafalgar factory fire of unknown origin did 200 dam age to the premises of the trafalgar rubber co a mile east of trafalgar village on the dundas highway pa saturday about 10 p m the fire was discovered by joseph szyenskl an em- ployee at the factory the blaze was first discovered in the roof of the boiler room the arrival of the oakvule fire department which was notified by h t o ted kyle of cooksville prevented the blaze from spreading to the remaind er of the building special feature at the gregory theatre 1 over the hill will be the special feature at the gregory theatre to morrow friday night a crosssection of a family over the hill tells a double story of romance and love it deals with- the- drama the comedyand the pathos of a mother and her growing brood it depicts the deafeats and the i victories of a young couple starting life the esqueslng council met at stewart townon mondayrpurauant toadjournr ihent 0oeputyreeve w g appelbe councillors- l l mullin wesley mur ray and n a roblnsonpresent reeve george currie in the chair the minutes of the last meeting were read andcon1 sighed the treasurer was upon motions lrr- structed to pay the following accounts bell telephone account hydroelectric power commis- sloh brampton lights at the council chamber 3 months board of hydro commissioners street lights at glenwlulams dr r lfiarmont for blood testing cattle a w henton to goods for charity 490 549 5200 600 793 requests assistance in securing quarters 4 auditors repoit ready- for ratepayers -r- daylight saving informally discussed by council r special meeting for tax arrears j h smith 1 cord of wood for charity joseph t marchmeflt to goods for charity 350 807 arthemeetingoreac1rrxuncir on monday night4jcuncillprs cowie jones nicol and mcarthur were present and reeve george barber presided the eighth report of the finance com mittee recommended pjwrpent of the fol lowing account ritchie fc agar coal for pump house 3045 bickte fire engine- co supplies 1560 f mccutcheon cartage john mellon charity for transients acton free press printing audit ors reports etc hugh mccutcheon wood for the town hall mrs h l mcdonald premium trpftjairpr ttnnri 100 300 8615 400 uuutt 141 bennett to goods for charity 809j wnesbitt to goods for charity 1193 j g farlow account to date for goods for charity 9836 thos mcbride 3 bags potatoes for charity v 120 moved by wesley murray seconded by w a appelbe that leave be granted to introduce a bylaw to amend bylaw no 763 and that said bylaw be now read a first tirnecarried moved by l 1 mullin seconded by n a robinson that bylaw to amend bylaw no 763 having been read a first time be now read a second and third times and passed and that the salary of the clerk shall be 60000 per annum and the corporate seal be attached theretocarried moved by w g appelbe seconded by wesley murray that the following rate of wages tie paid during 1032 for jnanjylth team 45cper hour for man 20c per hour for man with tractor 180 per hour carried moved by n a robinson seconded by w o talbot rack acton public utilities sion services jasbadamson 140 commis- 20312 servicesatrink 200 mttsicdonblovteruad for relief 100 in a hard and hostile world james j l l mullin that the treasurer pay dunn and sally balers as the young j james mclsaac amount overpaid on 1931 lovers give the finest performances of 7 taxes 135 carried their careers in the new film mae marsh has surjfltied her work in the birtn of a natlj and intolerance re turning to trie screen after twelve years of motherhood in real lifershe gives one moved by l l mullin seconded by n a robinson that the clerk be in structed to advertise for tenders for 36037 the report was adopted a letter from the department of militia pointed out that according to the- agreement the corporation must erect all partitions and equiprrfent and they therefore felt they were nof re sponsible for the repairs to the roof dr buchanan was present to explain the- situation and pointed out that the leak in the roof was not where the partition was erected other repaus were needed to the chimney for these quarters the reeve and councillor nicol were appointed a committee to make the repairs as soon as possible a letter from the royal trust com pany stated- that they were in a position to pay the full legacy to the corporation of 20000 from the estate of the late a j murray the clerk had written asking the trust company the terms under which they would handle the amount for the corporation the trust company enclosed the agreements neegs sary to be signed before the moneys were paid over to the corporation the agreement would be operative from may 2 the council objected to the pay- scjiooj trustees request granted for loan of 1200 by nassaga- weya township i councit new road superintend- ent was appointed at the meeting of nassagaweyft coun cil on monday april 4 athe following accounts were ordered to be paid by the treasurer burglary at the public school bids basement was entered and tools used by the janitor were stolenchief mcpherson investigating at the monthly session of the school board on tuesday i evening with trus tees mrs b m wilson dr a j buchanan rev p a sawyer and j p scarrdw were present ana chairman j m mdonal4 presiding mis m r moore was jiesentto discuss with tfie board details concern- ingthemusteglr1fes hi mlluui t transportation of the scholars to this event and the arrangements for teachers to supervise pupils were dealt with and settled upon- there will be over a hundred pupils from acton schools tak ing part in this event trustees dr buchanan rev p a sawyer mr scar- row tindj m mcdonald were appointed unemployment relief 6807 a committee to arrange the trahsporta- agrlcultural representative g tion- varijqlus itenis of local interest crushing elevating intobin and haullrig of the interest in advance to mrs material per yard per mile for the of the finest mother performances in the year 1932 material to be crushed to history of the screen funeral of the late george ritchie sr the funeral of the late george ritchie sr was held last thursday afternoon and was widely attended by friends from 1v4 inch and inch for further in formation apply to road superintend ent or reeve all tenders tobe in the hands of the clerk by april 26 1932 carried moved by l l ftlyllin seconded by j n a robinscn that the treasurer pay acton- and elsewhere who hai held him tne road sheete presented by j road in high esteem the service was con ducted by rev h l behnie m a ot knox church acton the pallbearars were messrs jas dobbie t a morton r m mcdonald w m cooper h awrey and w r kernrey amongthe floral tributes were a pillow from the family wreaths from andrews family milton mr and mirs t ritchie dur- ham halton chapter r a m geor itown sprays ifrom willie and eva ritchie and mary ritchie friends from a distance who attended the fun eral included mr t ritchie mr c ritchie j ritchie w ritchie m ritchie b ritchie mrs c howell mrs s ritchie miss freddie ritchie and miss q ritchie mr and mrs blythe all of durham and mr and mrs william mclean of milton miss m woodhall of toronto misses hazel ethel and isobel andrews of milton mrs chas mcdowell and mr chester mcdowell o milton the local legion remembers vimy last saturday evening the local post of the empire service league met to comemorate i the 1 fifteenth anniversary of vimy ridge w d talbot had very kindly loaned a wireless set and the boys listened jto the tprdntorangers payoff for the stanley cup president mcdon- ald then called the twentyfive or thirty present to order and said comrades fifteen years ago at 530 this morning we were waiting for the zero hour it came andwe we over the top there brethose-who- art still overthere let us rise and with bowed heads remember them for one minute the coffee cups wer filled and the kings health was superintendent 10973 carried the report of dr paul m o h with regard t6 the premises of all those supplying milk in glenwilliams was read and discussed moved by n a robinson seconded by- l l mullin that this council do now adjourn to mget on monday may 9 at 130 p m carried acton and district esquesing barn struck by lightning a disastrous fire- took place early last friday morning when lightning struck the new large bank bam of iasenecker and asbeck at lot 19 concession 9 es quesing near glenwilliams when the flre was first noticed about 3 a m the whole structure was a mass of flame and it was impossible tosave anything in the building eightj horses 30 head of cattle forty pigs hens etc together with the implements which were all new 3000 bushels of barley and other gmiiis from two years crops were all totally destroyed messrs hasenecker and as- bebk purchased the farm from dr mc- andrew a couple of years ago and were making good headway when hit by this very heavy loss which is only partly covered by insurance a 200000 swindle a swindle believed to involve more than 200000 in which residents of three-western- ontario- counties- were de frauded has toeen unearned the police allege with the arrest yesterday of francis byles 52 byles is in jail in goderlch on a charge of false pretences murray as specified in the agreement the junior i o d e requested free use of the town hall for an event calculated to- raise funds for charity councillor nlcol pointed out that this organization had done a good deal for the and the improvement of the hall and he favored granting the request the reeve and mr jones be lieved that other organizations hadpaid for the halh no other organization it developed had paid when the proceeds were for charity it was felt that all those requesting the hall should come before the council personally moved by j nicol seconded by g gowie that the junior i o d e be given the use of the town hall for their cencert and dance free of charge klrstlne short course 2500 highway accident insurance 16900 workmens collective insurance 6000 road superintendents voucher zvijnoz3zz 1151c the resignation of mr george w harris as road- superintendent was ac cepted and the thanks of the council were tendered him for his efficient ser vices 1 a committee was appointed to prepare for remembrance day composed of the reeve the ministers officiating in the different churches of the township and mr a padbury a bylaw was passed appointing mr stanley fulton as road superintendent insurance policies against highway ac cidents and workmens injuries were re newed with the globe indemnity go the clerk was instructed to commun icate with the county judge with a view to using the tgwnshlrj hall for division court session a deputation of the trustees and some ratepayers of s s no 6 were received and request for a loan of 120000 for extensive repairs and renovation was granted general interest news the caretaker had reported to the secretary a list of articles that had been stolen fromthe basement pf the school the stolen articles were all janitorsqoos t matterlwas t reported to the chief of police and was being investigated by him entrance to the building had been secilred by breaking a window in the basement fiev mr sawyer reported as the boards representative on the free library board and gave details of the meeting which concerned the school board the finance committee in their fourth report recommended payment of the followingaccounts c n railway freight on coal 18680 splendid social evening the dance last evening under the auspices of actondale tj f- y p o was one of the most largely attended that has- been held in the town hal in acton this year thetriple-0- orchestra of toronto supplied the music a splendid social evening was enjoyed by the young people and it was described by many vfhq attended as one of the most friendly gatherings three cars in motor mishap 0n sunday evening three cars figured in a motor mixup on the highway about three or four miles west of acton two of the cars collided and were put to the ditch the third car figured in the accident when it was unable to stop on coming on to the other two cars on the highway none of the occupants were sefiously injured but the autos were pretty badly damaged chief mcpherson of acton investigated ritchie agar fuel acton public utilities commis sion light and water g h- ritchie teaming 77 1800 1616 2800 provided that proceeds thereof be de- voted to charitable purposes carried a delegation from the acton citizens band interviewed the council regarding the securing of quartersfpr the band they suggested that a room be fitted up at the arena for this purpose over the ticket office the insurance and other features wove objected to by the council it was finally agreed that the band get an estimate and the council clear- up their angles if possible and the committee meet the council at the next meeting to go into details and see what arrangements could he made l the conditions regarding the corpora tions bequest of j a murray were again discussed and it was felt that th oakvule will banquet its hockey team oakville hoclcey team which reached j the semifinals of the intermediate o h a series will receive the tributes of their fellow citizens at a banquet in the near future it was announced presen- i tations will be made to the players and i the council will attend in a body the best intermediate team in the province i said mayor j b moat a bit more luck and they vould have brought the cham- i pionship home they lost in the semi finals to windsor micmacswhen all their j defencemen were forced out by injurie and a twogal lead proved lnsufficien 24896 the report- was adopted the chairman reported regarding delinquent pupils whose cases had com to the attention of the board by re solution the board sanctioned the action that the chairman had seen fit to make in the cases moved by j p scarrow seconded by mrs b m wilson that the regular pay cf the supply teachers at the public schcolbe and is hereby 450 per day i superannuation deducted carried the care of the trees set out for re- j forestation at the school was asked o i be called to the attention of thejanitjr i and ascertain how many would need re- i placing j the resignation of trustee james j hudson who had removed to kitchener was received and read by the secretary j the board instructed that the secretary wrie mr hudson a letter of apprecia- j tion of his services on the board the j letter was ordered to be filed an unusual position with more money in the municipal treasury than it can spend dundas is in a unique position and unlike most councils the representatives of the town are worrying about finding ways and meansof disposingof thecash recent- ly a l shaver m p p of north wentworth made a second appeal to various news items womens institute meeting the monthly meeting of the acton womens institute was held at the home 01 mra gamble on thursday april 7 the president occupying the chair the meeting opened with singing blest be followed by the lords prayer the roll call was an swered with a gem from a scotch poet the institute who are alwajfe hfelpingr- decided timld a euchre ancf v- storms wash shpreaway the lakeshore south of canal in bur lington beach which was rejdaimed a couple of years ago at a considerable cost by the dominion government has practically been washed away during recent storms residents claimed that- had a breakwater been erected o pro tect the shore as advocated the bathing beach at that point would have been ruined as it is the beach here attracts a large number of outside bathers during the summer months daylight saving dates elsewhere with the municipalities in eastern canada which have definitely announced thelrdayllghtsavlng dates for 1932 the most popular period is from may 1 to september 25 cities and towns already decided to run their clocks an hour ahead of standard time between these dates include halifax n s quebec -chicou- timi three rivers sherbrooke and mon treal que and ottawa toronto and port colbome ontario other dates an nounced for daylight saving in ontario are as follows peterborough june 11 to september 5 st catharines may 14 to september 24 welland april 24 to sep tember 5 niagara falls june 5 to sep tember 11 and sudbury 3ay istto sep tember 11 several other municipalities will go on daylight saving but have not yet set the dates new york city dates for daylight saving this year are april 24 to september 25 jeramosa council in regular session busses appropriation for fload expenditures improvements aotemorial plotrclaims for damages thereguiar meeting of the vlsrampsa township council was held an monday april ir in the town hall rockwopd councillors albert lush j a stewart sims mclean and d h storey were present in the absence oi reive adam wood through s an on mnfion of messrsrrflush and storey sfins mclean was elected chairman on motion of messrs lush and stewart the wages for township work were- fixed as- follows man and-team- 40 cents per hour laborers 17 m cents per hour a bylaw was- introduced- by messrs stewart and lush appropriating monies r for r purposes as follows construction bridges supervision maintenance 250000 150000 60000 -lflloooo- 1500000 the bylaw received the customary readings was passed and numbered six two clafms were reoeived for damage to cars while travelling on the second line near eden mills no action vas taken the owners of the eden mills hall applied for tax relief and were advised that no action could be taken except at court of revision several cases of relief were dealt with sme were deferred for investigation the painting of guns seats and flag pole at the memorial plot was author- izedttinder the supervision of mftwm harris the question of using crushed gravel for the 1932 season was discussed and action deferred until a fuller survey oi the situation could be made accounts amounting to 59366 were passed for payment council adjourned to meet in the town hall rockwood on monday may 9 at lioo p m farmers mass meeting the provincial authorities for funds and the te yesterday was advised that an additional grant of 10000 had been approved it was stipulated however that the money must be spent before may 1 numerous improvements have been suggested and officials are busy trying to get some of the schemes under way that the unemployed might benefit when the end of the month is reached the town will not be permitted to draw upon the unexpended balance be sure and bethere euchre and drank a lunch of biscuits and cheese and will appear in court thursday the was then partaken of arid the evening- mforniatlon for his arrest was sworn to combined wlth music and song with comrade salt at the piano some com rades sang solos who we had not heard by john a crerar ft brussels who ciatmshe was defrauded of 1250 byles was taken to goderleh from torontor where ho was in custody according to official finger print records whicn have reached there he has served terms sing before george green with the sbng wjy ijittle red weskit was particular ly good and we hope he will wear it again some time comrades fred wright j for fraud in both toronto and montreal and george green sang a duett the i s december last the scheme em- campus boys and ben bayllss sang ployed in tlje alleged swindle was a sergt bron and where the sunset i supposed large dairy merger byles turns the oceanjbju ltd oold crib i said to have secured options ori num- bage was pteyea by some euchr by e us creameries and to have made others and the song and music went on substantial payments on them last strange to say we did not hear t4ie december he vanished from the district long long traul or tlpperary but j the police report k was latter- discover- then we left early and nodoubt the ed large blocks of stock had been sold repertoire was sung many times before m the supposedly projected aalry merger stipulations required by-thetrustconr-l- pany were only in keeping with the provisions of the will which clerk farm er had reviewed and read the clauses pertaining thereto to the council moved by george cowie seconded by e jones that the reeve and treasurer be hereby authorized on toehalf of the corporation of acton to accept from the executors of the estate of james albert murray deceased the sum o twenty thousand dollars bequestcd to the said corporation in the will of the said deceased and to give whatever undertaking which may be required by the said executors in regard to the carrying out of the provisions in the sad will in which the bequest pf the said twenty thousand is made condi- dance held by the jr i o the parish hall on tuesday d e in april 26 we do not know when was the the end end but we hear that the coffee pot was riot returned to its owner until- 450 a in the- next ihorniiig one of the old brigad u j cmlngf jtjst what you have been waiting for a jr i o d e euchre and dance on april 26 held ih the parish hall tlonal also with the advice and assist- ance of the manager o the bank of montreal at acton to invest the said sum in authorized securities from time to time and out of the income v derived there from to pay mrs marietta murray her annunltyof 1000 per year so long as she shall live and to provide lor the safe keeping of such securities car ried councillors mcarthur jones and cowie favored the motion and councillor nicol was opposed a bylaw covering the agreements in connection with the taking over of this bequest was given the required number of readings and passed by the council it was agreed to hold a special mec tr j lng of the council on thursday evening salvation army selfdenial effort we again are calling ori your assist ance for to help our missionary work social work and the upkeep of homes for the poor and needy in one of our institutions a man entered and- on entering into a convcr satlon wefound this man was aheading man in one of the large cities of canada we gave him the help needed and paid his fare- home this is one of many cases the salvation army helps we are relying on your generosity our collectors will be around in a few days i dance in the town hall for relief pur poses mrs nephew of kincardine spoke a few words to the ladies a paper the village gossip was given by mrs lantz the contest was won by mrs lantz and mrs davidson tn consolation prize- going to mrs alex bell the meeting closed with the mizpah benediction after which the ladies enjoyed a social time i lpwville store destroyed about 1030 sunday fire of unknown origin but believed to have bcericaused by an electric motor which operated the refrigerator in the cellar destroyed the general store and attached residence of n koella at lowville nelson township about 300 worth of stocky from the store and a few pieces of furniture from the house were saved themnton brigade answered a telephone call for help but when the firemen arrived the flames were beyond control mr and mrs koella were attending service in the church nearby when the fire- broke out service was at once dismissed and the members of the congregation helped to fight the flames a large sum of w lit v to deal speciflcially with the arrears of the tax roll the clerk was instructed to have the usual tax and public health notices inserted in the free- press the matter of daylight saving was informally discussed by the cduncl but no action was taken at this meeting theclerk pointed out the change jn the municipal act allowing villages the same powers as towns and cities in the governing of hawkers and peddlery the clerk was instructed to prepare a by-law- dealing with this question and submltit for approval at- a later meeting printed copies of the auditors re port were made available to thccouu- clllors at this meeting and are now ready for ratepayers i children aid society a large number of- complaints have been received during the winter months with fortyseven investigations many due to the lack of employment of the wage earner it is impossible to take action under the childrens protection act in the majority of these cases as the object of the society is to keep families together in their own homes assistance is given when possible to im- pcovo home fnnrilunnc vr money the proceeds of saturdays busin- nes which was in one of the drawers of thp dresser in their bedroom went up in smoke total loss is estimated at 25000 with insurance of 16000 on may 29 last mr koellas barn was des troyed by fire and a few days ago his truck arid a load of eggs were destroyed in an accident i the evening meal digester f i suppose queries the finicky city boarder that you hach all these chick- iqns yourself nope retorted farmer penfleld we keep hens to look after details have been committed to the care of the society two permanent and two tempor ary four wards placed in free foster homes twentythree children under the care of the society in- the shelter at the present time there are a number of une bpys in the shelterr ranging in age from five to ten years we need your as sistance in procuring homes where they will have the care and affection which is their just due c f thompson in spector peel and halton counties mil ton ontario mock trial at the united church the meeting of- the young peoples society on monday evening was in rhe form of a trial when the tjnlted church was tried for not fulfilling her mission ary duties the meeting was in charge of the missionary committee and much credit is given to this committee for the splendid programme the court room setting of the platform and the costumes worn by those participating added much to the interest of the programme the prosecuting anddcf ending attorneys and clerk of the court entered first the judge then took his place and the court was called to order the prisoner was brought in by thp constable and the charge stated the prosecuting attorney called five witnesses and they were cross examined by both attorneys as was also the prisoner many interesting facts rebardlng fields and the work of the church were given the attorneys addressed the court giying their reasons clearly in each instance as to what they felt should be the fate of the prisoner the judge in his ad dress spoke of the evidence and sum med up the case- to the effect that the prisoner the united church of canada is on suspended sentence those taking part in the trial were judge mre h vincent defending attorney mr j j stewart crown attorney mr arthur mckeown clerk of the court mr will johnston prisoner mr normangibsdn constable mr j c matthews witnesses miss christian miss ruth gibson new canadian miss sabra nelson japan miss kitty savage china miss velma murray india mrs bert mowat hei4in town hall in acton was large ly atttendedinteresting lecture and debate are features a largely attended mass meeting of the farmers of this district was held in the town hall at acton on monday after noon there were about 250 present and a splendid meeting in discussion of farm problemswas held mr a g m bruyns was the chairman of this gathering the- purpose of the meeting was to deal with the question of securing lower rural telephone rates and deciding whether or not farmers should organise more extensively and if so how the chairman opened the meeting and then called on mr c o plank secretary of the telephone committee ivethc history of the movement and inform the meeting of the progress made so far mr plank reported clearly and efficiently the work done stating that the committee had three visits from officials of the bell telephone co from toronto kitcherier and guelph mr bruyns feave an address on the road to prosperity leads through the farm mr bruyns in his usual com prehensive and clear way showed a thorough knowledge of the existing econ omic conditions in canada and other countries of the world he reminded his audience that almost every class of people in the world were organized thoroughly except agriculturalists and in some cases paid high membership fees aridalso an entrji fee even boot- blacks paid a membership fee of five dollars agriculture versus the rest of the world mr bruyns stated organiza tion is absolutely essential for the sal- vatlon of the farmer and thus bring about prosperity for the classes who are suffering great depression today an interesting feature of the meeting were addresses hi the form t pradebate7 does the u f o fill the bill given by mr d a russell acton attacking the u f o and mr h hannam tor- bnto educational secretary of the u f o on the defence these addresses were good and at times quite delighted the audience judging from the applause given mrj j morrison toronto general secretary of the tj f o also gave a short address the chairman put the question will we organize the answer came decided ly yes the second question was within or without the v f o the answer came almost unanimously within the u f o the plan of pro cedure now is for all farmers to join the local u f o clubs and where none exist to form new clubs and reform and build up the u f o into an ef ficient agricultural organization it was decided to hold the telephone question over till the organization is up to full strength and thus cooperate with the rural subscribers over the whole province 7 m t