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fif tyventh year no 45 acton ontario thursday may 5 1932 eight homeprint pagesfive cents news of actori and the district archbishop to visit acton on- wednesday may 11 his grace archbishop mcguigan archbishop- of regina will be at st josephs church acton to administer the sacrament of confirmation this will be the first time an archbishop ever visited in acton he will be the guest of rev father mcbrlde tit st josephs rectory car and truck collide yesterday at noon a cocacola truck was turning on main street just west of mill street when anothericar came down the highway the big truck was just across the roadway when the lighter side the car was rather badly damag ed but the occupants escaped injury band practising at arena on monday night acton citizens nana had then- first practise since they have had no place to go it was held in the club room of the curling rink which is- fairly satisfactory as tempor ary quarters all arrangements have been made for the new quarters at the arena and the contract has been put in the hands of j b mackenzie son to be executed at once the band are now anticipating a period of settling down to permanent quarters again but until the new room is ready practise will be held at the curling dub quar- iers a business change for the first time in more years than the present editor of the free press ran remember the advertisement of d e macdonald bros of guelph is- miss ing from this journals pages this company which has been so long and favorably known in guelph and vicinity hasfectded to discontinue operation of its store with the exception of the mens wear department and is therefore ceas- tag to advertise many readers will miss this familiar message each wee which had come to be part of the regu lar announcements of tax free press and will regret that this firm has found it advisable to discontinue business wrong meaning conveyed council tn proceedings the item concerning the insurance policy- was not clearly set forth and was apt to tie wrongly construed the globe indemnity co last year quoted a figure of approximately 140 for the premium of liability insuranca while the canadian general casualty co offered an identical policy at a coat of 100 naturally the latter policy was chosen this year both companies of fered their policies at a like premium of 100 and that of the globe co was taken the item as written last week was taken by some to infer that- the globe co had made the saving of 40 possible to the municipality whereas the canadian general casualty co should have the credit for this we make this explanation in fairness to both com panies a city tribute the following item from the sporting page of the toronto star will be read with interest by the friends here of billy slean who is now foreman at the cut sole department of beardmore leathers in acton and coached acton hockey team to group honors this year the parkdale canoe club is going to give billy slean their old trainer- a farewell dinner on saturday night at seven oclock at the club house slean will be presented with an honorary membership and he richly deserves it as a tribute to his many years of ef ficient loyal and painstaking service slean knew his business he is making a business move which forces him to relinquish his post the p c c boys will miss the advice of billy slean and a lot of folks in sport outside- of the club will miss him too billy has always been a full buck private in the front ranks of the real guy regiment there are no officers in the r q r county musical festival acton school will have entries in all groups in which they are eligible the halton musical festival which is scheduled to take place in milton tomorrow is quite an item of interest to pupils and parents throughout the county acton school has always taken a prominent part in the events and will this year have an entry in every class in which they are eligible to compete the events andudging will commence at ten oclock tomorrow morning and according to the schedule should be completed shortly after six oclock in the evening the adjudicators are mr p g marshall l a b principal school music normal summer course and mr oy fenwick mus baa direc tor of music hamilton ev will com vocal solos and choruses for all rural and urban schools piano solos for vari ous ages up to fifteen years vocal tribs and duetts iix the evening the prize winners will rende t vnhnim rnntpit numbers and- the awards will be made by mr j m denyes inspector of public schools for the county there are a total of 275 entries in the various classes for competition about 120 pupils will comprise the quota from acton school the following are those from acton school who will participate in the various events marie brunelle lorna dunn frances limb evelyn atkinson john mchugh sammy brunelle jackie bruce kenneth blow beatrice taylor- jean evans dorothy king edima marzo reno braida harry savage jamie lamb robert loutltt bruce pargeter norman braida allan leishman jessie colts frances rawllngs edna robson mar garet harrison vernon agnew jack osullivan dorothy dunn frances ghisholm lawrence leatham doris wilson hazel wilson bella roszell mar jory davidson maiy papulon mary young patricia harrop ehna braida annie holmes ada elliott frances dills wilma lanssjv annie molozzie beatrice bristow ruby smith eva turkosz willlalean weaver william hall helen mainprize tjraina mcdonald teresa campbell merna rawson- don ald ryder norman price doris blow elva mcdowell reta sullivan dorothy bayliss helen simpson ina dawklns mary tvers jean beattle uerlen thomp son kathleen gibbons martin hassard alice taylor margaret smith mary mcbaln laurie atkinson freiaa atkin- son morley allen tena nicol bulie blanche bert patrick wilbert mcmul- lin nina braida evelyn withersrglcn garden bdress weaver victor bristow charlie tyler franklin near rigby cross t charlotte marshall marion nicol audrey chalmers mona mcgeachie helen molozzie laverne smith helen mooney frances jennings john chls- holm donald brown annie anderson lillian fields violet elliott norman wright jack graham bill 0sullivan leolclose murray bauer ljpyd allep henry taylprvblllle mainprize gordon savage walter lamb bertie allen jackie cooney gilbert romphf elmer main- prize lino marzo elmer lasby herbert cook albert loutltt melvln hall jack robson beverley arnold ft more precious than all the treasures this greqt wi4e world can hold is the love of a kind sweet mother with- a heart of purest gold should fortune smile and bring success i andcrbwds applaud your fame if fates cruel hand- brings dark defeat she would love you just the same oh take her flowers of choicest bloom and write her letters gay rememberthat she needsyour lave- although youre far away to all those loving mothers who are safe with god above we will wear a- bloorp ot snowy white in memory of her lovo bertram e nightingale- lentpren jtatn skat donald mcdougall erin donald mcdougall 90 pioneer farmer of erin township who died at the home of his daughter mrs jas onflckshank after an illness of two weeks duration was burled at huxleys cemetery on tuesday deceased who was a- presby terian and a liberal is survived by one daughter mrs crulckshanks and two sons john and duncanj all of erin mrs john glasford caledon mrs john glasford aged 68 an es teemed resident of caledon died at her home second line east caledon on tuesday her maiden name was mar garet holmes she is survived by two sons jackson and tom also five daugh ters mrs henry speers mrs chas atkinson mrs jas jackson mrs irwin carter and mrs george mcdonald mrs glasford was a member of caledon united church mrs e steen streetsvllle the funeral took place to streetsvllle cemetery on sunday of mrs mary steen widow of the late ephraim steen a lifelong resident of the village who died late firfday night in her 84th yea- mrs steen was for over 60 years a member- of st andrews presbyterian church shefis survived bythree sons thomas samuel and nat and one married daughter in detroit the ser vice held in st andrews church was conducted by rev ross k cameron recently inducted pastor and rev w t mccree former pastor of the church various interesting items of news r milton merchants narrow escape while motoring to his home in tra falgar township friday night robert cunningham merchant of milton had a narrow escape from injury as he approached the canadian national railways crossing near his honfle he stopped his car to allow a- train to pass but his machine slipped down the grade to the track not having time to reverse and back the car to level ground mr cunningham left his automobile and jumped for lushfe heescaped but hfs car was wrecked royal commission to make searching inquiry appearance in toronto of robert o sweez4y expresident of beauharnois together with hugh b griffith secre tarytreasurer of the big power conponij tion will signalize the beginning of y a searching inquiry before the orde royal ommlsslon nextrmonday into the a selection of i items afternoon bridge and euchre party the senidr order of the daughters pj the empire will hold an afternoon bridge and euchre party in the parish hall on wednesday may 11 commenc ing at 245 afternoon tea will be served at five oclock tickets are 25 cent and everyone is welcome to attend father mcbrlde will attend eucharistid congress tai ireland the right rev jt mcnally d d bishop of ihamlltpn has appointed rev father mcbrlde acton chaplain for the hamilton diocese to the eucharistic congress to be held in dublin ireland in june t a dlspjsal of beauliainul g i an tow in h county befrenelsjn -margaret- smith peterturkosz various news items i ff of interest to hockeylsts the following news item from the walkerton telescope will be analyzed with mixed thoughts by those who follaw amateur sports the inference is given that seme players do not always reside in the locality they are supposed to here is the itemv mr and mrs joe raybould having decided to remain in walkerton expect to occupy the mc- olennlng house about the first of may and the friends of joe tind his wife nee hilda scott are pleased to learn that they have decided to do so after star ring for three years on the local o h a team joe performed with the oalcvllle club during the past season and he was very important factor in oakvilie reaching uie semifinals it will be fine to see him again in walkerton uniform on wednesday mr and mrs raybould motored to oakvllle and attended the dinner dance given by citizens of that town in honor of the members of the i team that represented them so creditably last season joe is continuing his oc- cupation as a motormechanic as an assistant at the garage and service station of messrs george scott and 4bonr v a quarrel among neighbors chief mcpherson was called upon to settle a quarrel among neighbors on scene street on tuesday evenlng tlie trouble arose it seems when mrs porty struck mrs skatch with a rake on the head inflicting quite a scalp wound e seems that there hasbeen difference for some time between these families and ft will now be settled in a court case western crop prospects good crop prospects in western canada are better at this season than at the same time in any of the pajt three years and a wheat crop of from 400000000 to 500000000 bushels might reasonably be antlcipatedeuw beatty president and chairman of the c p r board told the shareholders at the annual meeting in montreal the reported drastic econ omies in tke operation of the tailroad and steamships service in conformity with reduced earnings but pointed out that the condition of the companys property had been maintained unim paired former acton minister appointed moderator 4 rev a c stewart of chalmers pres byterian church toronto a former pastor of knox jnurch acton was on tuesday night elected moderator of the synod of kingston and toronto the meeting was held in cookes presby terian church tbronto mr stewart was nominated by rev patterson hall of gait the nomination was seconded by rev j b skene clerk of the tor onto presbytery the only other name which stood was that of rev a c reeves of norwood who was brought forward by rev f c harper of co- bourg the sermon was preached by the retiring moderator rev r s scott of canningtori 5 richard jones caledon richard jones 68 a highly respected resident of caledon for many years died in a toronto hospital where- he had been for the last three months mr jones was superintendent of the credit forks stone auarries and connected at one time with the lime kilns at melville he is survived by one daughter mrs norman nelson with whom he lived was a member of the united church a conservative and a member of harris lodge a f a m he was buried on wednesday at forest- lawn cemetery orangeyille tonight there will be mystery seats watch where you sit oh kay mrs e harrop milton afteralong illness so cheerfully and patlentty borne maude hartley dearly loved wife of edwin harrop milton pass ed peacefully away on saturday april 30 in lier 41st yeftte the funeral was held on monday from her late residence park farm and although it was announc ed as private there were many of mrs harrcps close friends and neighbors who felt drawn to pay their last tribute to one whoih they had known to suffer so patiently and of whom it kemed john miltons words were so applicable they also serve who only stand and wait although mrs harrop had been in for so long her death came as a dis tinct shock to the community among whom she had many friends who had known and loved her since childhood the funeral service owing to the illness of the pastor of st ipauls united church was conducted by canon lr f naftel who paid fitting tribute to the late mrs harrop and expressed sympathy with the bereaved members of the family the pallbearers were messrs a l mcnab j h wilson h wills kt b browne fchishohn and l f clarke interment was made in evergreen cemetery milton mrs har rop was a daughter of w j hartley and the late mrs hartley besides her hus band mrs harrop leaves three little sons cedric david and sam- also her father one brother and five sisters kincardine paper sold the kincardine reviewreporter for twentyseven years edited and published by j j hunter and since his death last august by mrs hunter has been sold to fred davles of kingston mr davles who gained lis experience onthe king ston whlgstandard in a statement declared that the paper would be con ducted on independent lines he took the business over monday of 125000 to john aird jr it is learn ed that sweczey and griffith had not demurred to the commissions desire that they appear in the ontario probe affd that another corporation director loring christie is also expected as a witness in addition the evidence of sweezey christie and john aird jr will be followed by the appearance of all of the bank managers and officials who in any way came into contact with the handling or the 120000 of victory bonds which aird received together with his 5000 cash at the time of his dealings with sweezey and griffith play ball the local baseball nine who will re present acton this year is rounding into condition and the management reports that there is a likely looking aggregation they will play an exhibi tion game on saturday with the ball team at the guelph reformatory it is expected theflftt game of the schedule will be played at milton on may 21 when the acton nine will meet last years champions fatted calves settle beer fine when the provincial police arrived at the home of isadore despeghel sarnia township and found 11 cases of illegal lyobtained beer the despeghels had to kill thfc fatted- calves helvetia despe ghel daughter of isadore was charged with illegal p55essi6n the beer and in county police court yesterday plead ed guilty and was fined 100 with court costs of 21 or in default of paymenn three months imprisonment her mother paid the fine and told the police that in order to save her daughter from three months sojourn inthe county jailt she had to sell their five cows to a district butcher more words witb no foundation of fact a news item in the toronto star the other evening gave the amusing item that milton was in the happy position of having only 12000 in outstanding taxest and enlightened all and sundry with the further information of claim ing that this was the smallest amount of the school report for month of april the pupils who won honor standing at the examinations of the month p senior fourth t norman braida 408 elmar braida 366 wilbert mcmullin 357 marjorie davidson 355 jrfck graham 353 nor man scarrow 344 junior fourth bella roszell 332 hazel wilson 319 charlotte marshall 271 rigby cross 239 herbert woods 232 lawrence leatham 191 total 500 m z bennett principal senior third freda atkinson 346 annie holmes 337 jean bennle 334 lillian fields 331dorothy phllllps glen garden 322 total 500 d folster teacher junior third jack hollinger 456 willlalean weav er 441 o weaver 425 frank 81 various items olf local interest vanwyck 393 william hal charlie tyler 374t total 550 m- orr teacher senior second rno braida 311 nino braida 306 douglas smith 300 gilbert romphf 292 mae roney 291 francis fapillon 290 total 400 i anderson teacher junior- second marie brunelle 447 annie molpzzie 424 doris bilton 420 margaret scriven 418 itene fryer 413 bertha bristow 405 total 550 a w macmillan teacher fstciass lois dawklns 235 polly porty 228 hen chu 227 gerald pargeter 226 leonard lambert 225 eileen close 220 total 270 m barbour teacher first class hannah bbrbvby 229 beatrice woods 219 frances lamb 2a kenneth has- sard 215 john mchugh 212 lome roney 202 total 270 primer sammy brunelle 174 austin gibbons 174 dora wood 171 florence salt 168 margaret somerville 168 olga dyrjw 168 rena braida 164 total 215 m a odbert teacher primary room emela marcak jaokie bruce marjorie chicken thief finally captured final action in the chicken theft prosecution of cliffbi3 beamer was taken when magistrate w j barr fined the accused a total of 135 a continuous lookout had been kegt for beamer since october 1929 when a number of chick- ens were stolen from e emerson of nelson and until a month ago no trace of him was found v chief lee smith located him on a farm near carlisle beamer paid for the chickens stolen and will now pay his fine at the rate of 10 per month farmer receives injuries while plowing john mckee farmer was seriously in jured tuesday afternoon while plowing near the c p r tracks near- fergus he was taken to the groves memorial hospital with a fractured pelvis this was caused by the plow passing h making such broad statements the milton kenneth fryer writer who sends to these town boosting items at the expense of other commun ities should verify his statements actca had in outstanding taxes on may 1 of tlils year 381546just about a third cf the amount owing in milton natur- m r moore teacher commercial power showed profit presentation in erin mr john and miss agnes wanless recipients of tokens front friends prior to their removal from neighborhood on friday evening friends and neigh bors of mr john and miss agnes wanless assembled at their home in erin to spend a social evening and to present them with tokens of thepesteem hvwhicrr they were held in their old home and neighborhood on the fifth line erin miss margaret keeler read the following address and they were presented with a couch electric floor lamp tray and a purse containing cash mr wanless made a suitable reply a dainty lunch was served and all spent a pleasant evening in music and games the fol lowing was the address dear aggie and jack we your friends and neighbors have gathered under your hospitable roof toshare again with you a social hour it was with deep regret that we learned opycur intended departure from our midst ibut it is a satlsfac- tion to know that you will reside nearby we feel we cannot let you go without showing in some tangible way the esteem which we felt for you during your sojourn among us to assure you of our deep apprecia tion of your fine qualities of heart and hand as betokened in your everreadlness to saythe kindly word to do the kindly act to- lend the helping hand in this you have proven yourselves friends indeed as a slight evidence of our love and lasting friendship to i you we would ask you co accept these gifts not for their value but as a token of our esteem for you and we trust that in your daily life you will find them a constant reminder of the good wishes for health happiness and prosperity which we hope will bless your new sphereo life signed on behalf of your friends and neighbors s e smith j m leltch h keeler r sim i ally inlhis section of halton we see little t6the idle boast that the county town makes to financial supremacy on the years operations of the hydro while the domestic services operated at a loss at the regular fortnightly meeting of the public utlities commission on storm tuesday night commissioner king and chairman kerr were present the following accounts were passed the canadian senate his resignation and tne secretary ordered to make pay- from the red chamber was announced j men t senator mcdougald resigned wilfred laurier mcdougald centre of the beauharnois campaign fund scandal is ho longer a member of shortly after midnight on wednesday morning by hon raoul dandura t liberal leader in the upper house the news came like a bolt from the blue senator dandurand got the floor im mediately after the senate had given approval to the beauharnois commit tees report censuring senators mc dougald haydon and raymond by a straight party vote as follows con tents 34 noncontents 27 there- were 3tabsentees including all three sena- tors who have been under fire senators hance j logan and c w robinson both liberals did not vote being paired with senators- wuloughby and stan- field y another fine local play knox players were greeted with a capacity house last night when they presented their threeact mystery play in the town hall in acton introduced in a mysterious way oh kay proved to be a thriller in mystery from start to finish it was a play with an entirely different theme and setting from any of the local plays previously produced here the meeting up with and capd- turing of the black terror is of course the culmination of the story it abounds in a host of quaint sayings and good clean comedy every one of the local characters played their part splendidly and conveyed a good conception of the story the presentation pleased every- oneof those in attendance and its varia tion from the usual theme of stories was refreshing and thrilling thc local characters taking part were mrs drj p- w pcaren miss m orr miss l 6rr miss m ryder miss i bruce mr c kirkness mr v b rumley mr a orr mr j hurst mr b hinton and mr s lantz between the acts musical num bers were provided by miss jean orr at the piano and mr rudolph speilvogel with his violin the prize for the best solution of who was the black terror was won by mrs cameron leishman who gave a most complete solution of the mystery of the play others who guessed the personage impersonating the black terror and were awarded prizes were miss frances jefinhigs mrs brac ken mrs doris kelly and miss pearl foster the event is being presented again tonight in the hall the prizes were donated by messrs e e barr h wiles ej hassard and w nesbnv hydro- accounts canadian westinghouse co sup plies 473 moffats limited supplies 1622 sangamo co ltd supplies 1040 northern electric co supplies 2721 rose chearn ltd supplies 880 acton free press advertising- 300 h l mcdonald insurance premium 1100 h l mcdonald insurance premium 1250 king mceachern truck repairs 1825 11211 waterworks accounts hydro department power and heating at spring 4478 canadian brass co supplies fl 80 4558 the inspector had made a tour of the town and divided up the power con sumed during the last year mr wilson pointed- out the domestic power operated last year at a loss while the commer cial power was operated at ajproflt the superintendent was instructed lj inquire regarding the price and look into the matter of switches to be used to divide up the town in sections so if one set blew out the whole town would not be shut off j the superintendent of safety first was here since the hast meeting and gave a demonstration in the town hall of how the men working wltjh hydro last year were electrocuted so that the men would avoid making the same mis takes superintendent wilson was instructed to order enough no 1 copper wire to complete the transfer of the power lines from the old hydro poles to the bell tolephone co poles with whom they have an agreement on mill street from j6hn street to the railway crossing this work is to be done this summer relief committee funds the acton relief committee desire to acknowledge the following donations previously acknowledged 113540 acton womens institute pro ceeds from euchre and quilt r contest per mrs r it davidson secretary 5420 1118960 over his body it appears that his horses became frightened at a passing train and when he attempted to quieten them they turned knocked him down and pulled the heavy plow over his body his condition was reported satisfactory on tuesday night erin u f o clubs meeting north erin u f0 and u f w o clubs met at the home of mr and mrs john corbett on tuesday evening owing to illness the president mrs john carney was unable to be present and the vicepresident was in the chair afterwards a joint meeting was -held- wlth andrew young presiding a pro gramme was given by the following songs by margaret corbett recitation by dorothy foster mouth organ selection by jack and bob coburn step dancing by john corbett an oldtime dance concluded the programme faim animal not understood in the city thorijus lewis 62 church street lamhton mills sustained injuries to his- back on tuesday when he was butted by a bull which had broken loose from ther harris abattoir in west toronto earlier n the day the animal escaped while being unloaded from a freight car and tore along st clair avenue west pur- jsued abattoir employees as terrified i citizens fled for shelter lewis was work- j lng in- his garden as he noticed the in- furiated animal approach across a field j he attempted to duck for cover but the bull gained on him and finally tossed him some distance away constable- ross mccurdy of the york township police proved more successful as he chased the animal on his motorcycle and after cornering it shot it through the head just as the animal was prepar ing- to make a final dash for liberty oneeyed cars to be put off road motorists driving with defective head lights were warned they would face prosecution throughout the province by hon leopold macaulay minister of highways he stated that he had in structed municipal and provincial police to commence such prosecution under the highway traffic act the oneeyed car and other improperly illuminated vehicles must be banished from the highways he said they are a men ace to every sane driver ori the road and they are deliberately flouting the law last year about 250 accidents i2 fatal resulted from improper lights this figure by no means represents the total as in many cases the condition of thecars after an accident rendered it impossible to deterjnlne what part the condition of the lights played in bring ing about the collision institute euchre and dance last friday night the town hall had one of the largest crowds of the winter when the womens institute held a euchre and dance in aid of relief mrs a robinson and miss emma robinson were the lucky winners for the ladles and mr perry watson and mr chls- holm for the gents the n ladies had also made a quilt and sold tickets the lucky number being drawn and mr fred salt was the winner following u the euchre the black and frank or chestra supplied the music and mr bert davidson and mr e packer were floor managers mrs gamble president of the society thanked all those who had helped to make the evening such a suc cess toy donating prizes and giving their services free and for the splendid re sponse this society through the selling of the quilt and dance were able to donate 5420 to the relief work in acton 4 4 m the evening meal digester 1 there had been a rearend collision one of the drivers climbed out in a fit of temper and strode up to a man stand ing on the sidewalk thinking him to be the other driver say wheres your tail light- he roared the innocent bystander looked up at him what do jou think i am a blooming lightning bug j tonight there will be mystery seats watch where you sit oh kay v tns o