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s24 ti v v t mii x i 35 fiftyseventh yearno 49 acton ontario thursday june 2 1932 eight homeprint pages five cents m acton leads the a county ballvlieague j def eaied oakville in opening local game on satuxdayliy 10 play in oakville on satuiria v r acton opened the halton league local ly on saturday afternoon with bafcvtlls uv their opponents and were victors by tfie score of 106 winning their second same and leading the halton league- it was anything but good baseball weather but quite a number of fans turned out mostly decked in winter overcoats the acton citizens band paraded to the park and delighted the fans with several selections while there the local boys drove two oakville pitchers from the box while chalmers a stefection of news ite l was complete master of ceremonies jgj to exposure provincial officer striking out 13 batters and allowing only hc th wmthit jugs wry barf tor the pitchers and walks were very nnmprrpm there being no less than slx- teen evenly divided oakville had one earned rim while acton had six the rest coming on walks and- errors one error accounted for three oakville rims d wilson for the visitors had a home run on his only hit of the game while waterhouse for acton had a three- bagger and- terry a double the boys are hitting regularly now- with chaf mers and boy leader having three hits each terry scored three runs on one hit a walk and an error and berscht scored two runs on two walks oakville scored the first run of the game in the second inning but acton scored two in- their half and were never beaded they had the boys from the southern town at the score of 103 but an error with two on bases and a nice hit by ramsay brought the totejjtp the team is showing championship form now and ought to be good for a few more wins the following is the box score i oakwhile ab r h po a e burglars at guelph breaking into the offices of the guelph lumber company during sundaynlght b ransacked the premises and carried off a valuable billing machine and a typewriter there was no money in the office at the time and so far as is known nothing else of value was taken found on bundas highway missing a week from the ontario hos pital mimlcp andrew kennedy 50 was found dead in a bush on the farm of george ptox half a- mile north of the dundas highway he was found by bill and bruce fox sons of the owner of the farm and john holden death was the legion zone church parade between three arid four hundred veterans marched to service in knox church last r sunday cookman of milton investigated along with cc j i s of o d wilson cf l wilson if johnson ss brown 3b p horslta lb howe p post ib fletcher rf ramsay c bannon p 3b 0 11 0 0 total 32 6- 4 24 10 4 acton ab r h po a e terry rf 43 1 10 0 holloway lb 4 1 0 7 0 1 carmichael 2b 4 0 1 0 1 s r leaderr-c- 5a3j3q0 p leader if 5 0 0 10 0 w waterhouse cf 4 113 0 0 berscht 3b 2 2 0 0 10 white ss 2 1 1201 chalmers p 4 1 3 0 3 o walters 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 jtotal 34 10 10 27 6 2 summary- home run l wilson 3 base hit waterhouse 2 base hits terry d wilson sacrifice hits holloway stolen bases l brown terry carmlcwael 2 f leader waterhouse double play fletcher to ramsay struck out by rowe 3 bannon 2 brown 1 by chalmers 13 walked by rowe 5 by bannon 2 bybrown 1 by ohalmersr 8 hit by pitcher by rowe waterhouse left on bases oakville 4 acton 8 batteries rowe bannon brown and ramsay chalmers and r leader umpire rube homing hamilton the score r h e oakville 010 000 023 6 4 4 acton 021 023liorrl0 10 2 league standing played won lost acton milton georgetown oakville 0 1 j 2 pc 1000 500 500 000 games next saturday acton at oak ville georgetown at milton nassagaweya council only one chance allowed by court of revision all other appeals dismissed 73 18 1170 645 2116 675 703 80 at the meeting of nassagaweya cow cil on wednesday of last week accounts were passed as follows relief wood for hall municipal worjd acton free press weed inspection roads and bridges- council as court of revision reduced chas kingsburys assessment from 3600 to 3400 and dismissed air the other appeals- a bylaw was passed to close a part of the townllne of pusllnch and nassa gaweya and sell the same the treasurer was authorized to pay the hydro lighting accounts as they fell due council adjourned to meet july 4 at fine oclock 4l1 1 john marshall clerk refuj iiun ontario reformatory officials have failed to find any trace of ray smith of sandwich an inmate who made his escape from the institution at guelph friday smith a trusty 19 years of age slipped away from the grounds un noticed and it was some tame before his absence was discovered he was serv ing a term of from six to 2 montfts and had only a comparatively short time to serve when he made the break chief mcpherson was on the lookout for him in acton but was unable to find any trace of him locally oajnflle treasurer appointed at the conclusion of a special council meeting at oakville it was announced that clarence byers of oakville had been appointed town clerk and trea surer at a salary of 41500 eight ap plicants chosen from 33 who sought the post were called to appear before the- meeting byers replaces a e ryan who had occupied the position since 1925 max wyndham of ralph e young and co auditors who has been carrying on pro tern will remain in the office with byers until the present audit is completed at which time it will be decided whether an assistant is needed t r ebehexer centennial the officials of ebenezer church in nassagaweya which will observe its cen tennial with services commencing- on june 19 are making extensive arrange ments for this occasion the pastor rev mr gandler and his bevy of will ing assistants will provide an occasion that will mark another outstanding event in the churchs history the historical booklet will be ready for distribution at that time giving brief but very com prehensive resume of the churchs ac tivities it wfil contain a photograph of the splendid edifice that now occupies the site of the originalchurch it will have a gold cover and be of neat design the special speaker onsunday will be revrtdrr- ttarmoorer ofrtoronto who as a young man preached his first sermon in ebenezer church clue in guelph bombing episode possibility that there may be some connecjlon between the bombing of the home of alex romaniw in east windsor nathebambliig of the tame- of tom- veroni in guelph is suggested in a letter from the guelph police just re ceived by east windsor officials chief constable j a rae of guelph indicates that a border resident is suspected in connection with the guelph affair and fjtates that veroni luur received a lettor bearing a windsor postmark demand ing that he produce a sum of 5000 the guelph chief also asked foir a pic ture of a detroit man who was recently questioned in connection with the east windsor explosion which seriously in jured mrs romaniw as she lay in bed veroni is reported anxious to see the picture tmn y tnr fhlelrn stjallnf first annual church parade of zone- 13 of the canadian legion was held- in acton last sunday afternoon by two oclock between three hundred and four hundred legionnaires from streetsville burlington oakville milton brampton georgetownport credit long branch and acton and the district cov ered by these posts ihad assejnbled in the park the military 1 training of war days seemed not to have been forgotten and under president modonald of the acton post and his helpers the men were formed up and led by acton citizens band and the newlyformed bugle band 61 i co of t luuie rlfies 3 tlsh paraded to the cenotaph here a halt was madi stood at attention a wreath was placed at the base of actons soldiers memorial by major cousens sergeant speilvogel who has charge of ibe local bugle band sounded the last post and the parade reformed and proceeded to knox church for the service the auditorium of this edifice was filled on this occasion when honary lenteren 3ittn ffipst i annual meeting of festival association john alfred weadge after two weeks illness from a severe stroke mr john alfred weadge passed away in his 54th year on the morning of may 26 1932 leaving- a sorrowing wife and three small children also two brothers and four sisters all were pre sent at thgtihjje of his death except mrsr glen sample of hiran texas who was unable to attend the funeral mr weadge was of a quiet disposition and respected by all who knew him the funeral services were held in ballihafad church by rev mr aikin assisted by rev mr caldwell of limehouse inter ment was made in balltnaf ad cemetery officers for the year were ejected j at meeting last week treasurer reported splendid balance montetth c hall kitchener monteith c hall a native of acton passed away on friday at his home in kitchener mr hall was for many yejffst prominent to the lumber business in kitchener masonic work also oc cupied a great part of his time he was a member of the grand river lodge the kitchener chapter r a m the royal city lodge of perfection the moore sovereign consistory of hamil ton and the mocha temple londonvhe was widely known throughout this dis trict two sons horace and monteith both of kitchener survive in addition to one sister miss catherine hall also of kitchener his wife died in febru- chaplain rev h l bennie of aton tile funeral was held on su branch welcomed the veterans ftrthe r his it mmn- 22 church and the service the choir which led in the singing was composed of legionnaires and legionnaire f salt presided at the organ during the ser vice a minute of silence was observed for those whose memory was commem orated- by a stained glass window in the church and all who had made the supreme sacrifice jn his discourse rev mr bennie tok his theme from psalm 121 i will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help in a thoughtful and timely message the speaker urged all to look up for guidance optimism came from looking up and the grandeur and majesty of the hills was a guidance for all people in time of difficulty the singing of the hymns was heartily joined in by the veterans and cohgre- gation and a service of great experienced an offering in aid-of- the poppy fundywas received tfie legion naires marcnad back to the park again where presiderit j m mcdonald of the acton irffglnm pyprpfjsprf on behalf of the acton post their appreciation of the splendid cooperation of the various branches in making this event so emin ently successful g the annual meeting oj the halton county public school musical- festival association was held in the public school milton on the evejjlng of may 25 this meeting was unique in that it represented so many organizations in the county a group of persons who have ambitions for the children and faith ln the teaching of music the most cultural and soulinspiring subject of the school curriculum t there is one regrettable feature of the festival voiced by our veryworthy inspector mr denyes that all of the rural pupils are not yet receiving this training especially nassagaweya and esqueslng we sincerely hope that pre- sent difficulties- will soon be overcome so there will be equal opportunities for every child in the county then it wil be truly a halton county musical fes tival the association gratefully appreciated the generosity of the officials of knox church milton in allowing them the use of the church and sunday school room the young ladies of the church also assisted in making the festival a success by catering throughout the day it was the wish of the meeting that their thanks and appreciation be ex- tended to the donors of trophies and money namely mountain union wo mens institute the t eaton company limited toronto bell school board norman g- holmes calgary alta fhalton teachers institute acton school various interesting items oinews rate 49 mills for this year afternoon irom his late residence 22 college street that city and interment was made in mount hope cemetery mr hall was a cousin of mrs j c nelson acton the world is not interested in what caused your misfortune ifr is only in terested in what you are going to do with it arrested bj provincial police after an allnight vigil william swanson era- mosa township was sentenced in police court in guelph yesterday to two years in portsmouth penitentiary oh a charge of stealing chickens swanson was taken into custody at 330 oclock wednesday morning by sergeant cousans and con stable mennle of the provincial police and officer lamb of guelph when he arrived home with 21 fowl in his car he admitted having taken them from the farm of sam nurse erin yillags during the past six weeks there has been an epidemic of chicken stealing through out the district and numerouscomplaints have been received from farmers in nlchol west garafraxa and eramoja townships provincial police have been investigating they went to swanstons home a spent the night waiting for him to return when he arrived they tpund 21 chickens in the back of his car which they state he admitted having stolen in police court the following morning swanson pleaded guilty but some evidence regarding the circum stances of the arrest was entered by crown attorney j m kearns k c swanson has a fairly lengthy record mr kearns said the penalty of two years in penitentiary is the maximum under a recent amendment to the criminal code special meeting of acton council councillor nicpl appointed acting beeve nominations for the vacancies to be held 76rifriday a special meeting of the council was held on thursday evening to meet with circumstances caused by the sudden death of reeve barber all the council lors were present moved by evan jones seconded by george cowle that mr john nicol th senior member of the council be ap- polnted acting reeve for the municipal ity until the vacancy caused by the death of reeve george barber has been per manently filled for the year 1932 carried moved by george cowle seconded by w d mcarthur that the clerk be in structed to send to misses jean and nellie barber and to mr john barber a letter expressing the deep sympathy of the members of the council for thtir bereavement in the death of their es teemed father the late reeve barber whose passing is very greatly mourned both by the members of the council and by the community at large which has thereby suffered a severe loss carried moyedbxw d mcarthur seconded by evan jones that the meeting of elect ors for the nomination of a successor to the late reeve barber ibe called on friday evening the third day of june 1932 at the hour of 730 p m car ried the council then adjourned from the lethbridge herald the fol lowing obituary item is gleaned of the death of mr norman g holmes a native of this district a pioneer of the claresholm district norman g holmes aged 64 died at the family residence in calgary on tuesday afternoon news of the late mr holmes death reached the herald late tuesday evening mr holmes was a leader in the business and com munity life of southern alberta since 1907 in which year he came to -clares- holm from mcgregor manitoba he was at one time mayor of claresholm wis for many years a member of the town council had been president of the al berta union of municipalities and was for a time president of jhe claresholm claresholm representative on the south ern alberta associated boards of trade and was well known in lethbridge through his efforts on behalf 6f this as sociation born in georgetown ontario mr hclmesrcame west to mcgregpr manitoba in 1900 and to claresholm in 1907 conducting a general mercjiandis- board limestone school board the robert simpson company toronto burllngtonv milton public school board thayendanagea chapter i o d e john milton chapter l o d e milton elbs brothers toronto the oakville board of education heintzman coch- kite halton womens institute halton home and school clubs the georgetown public schcwboard and some citizens of burlington the silver cup for the school obtaining the highest number of points the meeting adopted a form of consti tutlon which the festival committee prepared during the past year and for which mrs cudmore of bronte deserves district liberal association he was much credit according to the consti also some 20years ago the activejtutioathe representation to the annual lng business there for a number of yearsi maysend one representative the offic earlier next week please in order to meet with the re quirements of a special commun ity shopping feature that will be announcod m detail in the free press next week the free pros will be issued a day earlierror wednesday june 8 all corres pondents and contributors to the news columns are requested to mail their copy a day earlier than usual in order to insure it being including in that issue all ad vertising copy must be in nur bands onfrlday jane 3 to be included in this issue copy thai does not reach ua before friday evening tomorrow cannot be including in any section of this issue please cooperate with as by having your copy in early jle was also interested in businesses in nanton granum and high river in 1926 he moved to vulcan where he was engaged in mercantile business until 1930 in which year he retired to cal- gary deceased was ra member of the masonic order at claresholm and a member of the congregation of grace presbyterian church of calgary he is survived by his widow elizabeth rj four daughters mrs harold relber berkeley california mrs wilfred gaetz raymond alta mrs eugene leppard morley alta and miss kathleen holmes of calgary a siste mrsrhrseottrof winnipeg also survives private funernl services were held at the family resid ence in calgary on thursday afternoon at two oclock at three oclock a service was held from theleyden and bruce funeral chapel rev james mcneill conducted the services interment was made in burnsland cemetery at cal gary meeting of the association held the last wednesday in may is as follows each rural school may send one representative each town or incorporated village may send two representatives and each separateorganlzation as womens in stitute daughters of the empire coun cil of women home and school club monthly meeting the duke of devonshire- chapter 1 o de will hold their monthly meeting on tuesdav evening june 7 at the home of srs g wmasales- main street fire in nassagaweya about 1130 oclock tuesday flre of unknown- origin completely destroyed the bank barn on samuel heatherlngtohs farm in nassagaweya township the livestock was in the fields but the poul try and other contents were burned the loss is estimated at 5000 partly covered by insurance memorial service for late h p moore at the meeting of the laymens as sociation of the united church being held in kitchener this week a memorial service was held for the late h p moore of acton who passed away last july mr moore was a past president of the lay association and for many years was active in directing its ac tivities in the work of the church band concert sunday evening following the i o o f church service and parade on sunday evening acton citizens band will give their first band concert of the present season from the band stand at the park the p-b- gramme will commence about 830 p m sunday will be rather a busy day for the band members in the afternoon they will play for the i o o f decora tion service and in the evening for a church parade and then -the- concert following ban on american dance bands immigration officers at- the border at fort erie acting under the new regula tions issued from ottawa have barred half a dozen american dance bands school board cuts estimates 1000 and council maintains the same rate as 1 l last year- at a special meeting of the 6chod board held prior to the council meeting last evening the estimates for the year were considered and the board was en- abled to reduce their requirements this year by 1000 or aprpximately i8mllls j this estimate was submitted to the council to enable them to arrive at the tax rate for at the meeting that im mediately followed another special session of the council was held last evening with all the cou cluors present and acting reeve nicol presiding the purpose of this -meeting- was to deal with the estimates and ar rive at an estimate for striking the tax rate necessary for the years expendi tures alter an hour or more of careful es- timattog the rate was finally decided upon at 49 mills the same as last yeary thisrate was unanimously decided upon by the- council and the clerk was in structed to prepare a bylaw to be adopt ed at the next meeting the schoolrate was approximately 115 mills this year public utilities commis- sion pany toronto acton womens insti- 7rom entering canada to play the new order forbids american orchestras from coming into canada to fulfil engage ments even for one night and- was enforced this weekend practically for the first time crystal beach officials left in the lurch by the new regulations were forced to cancel the bookings of a buffalo orchestra at the last minute and secured one from hamilton the beach will also be forced to cancel contracts for a number of traveling bands that play theremost of the time- the dominion day celebration plans for the dominion day celebra tion being sponsored by the acton base ball club for july 1 are making good headway the garden party talent has been engaged and a company headed by the famous jimmle rcid will supply the programme on this occasion another teatuewill be twotphzes totthe best decorated residences the decorations need not be elaborate as neatness und suitability to the home will be considered in the judging ana the small home will have equal chance with the larger home in the contest a real celebration of dominion day is being anticipated by acton this year canadian honey production production of honey in canada in 1931 totalled 27867397 pounds valued at 2- 058094 compared with 29549386 pounds valued at 2584474 in 1930 the province of ontario led in the produc tion of honey last year with 12000000 pounds manitoba was second with 7- 367375 pounds and quebec third with 5633400 pounds the average price of honey per pound in 1931 was seven cents compared with nine cents in 1930 ex ports of honey from canada last year amounted to 2589269 pounds valued at 225643 the british isles took the largest quantity with 1801243 pounds valued at 175699 the netherlands came next with 579982 pounds with a value of 34141 and germany was the third be3t customer with 118080 pounds valued at 7648 france belgium norway and the united states were the other prin cipal buyers ers the immediate past president the public school inspector and nine others appointed at the annual meeting form the executive the supervisors acting on the executive to an advisory capacity theofficers elected for the coming year are president mr p w cooke milton vicepresident mrs gr- atkins bronte secretary mrs d hartley milton treasurer mr j a lockhart bur lington the nine members appointed to the executlveareimrsjvlhlcudniore bronte home and school club mrs howard georgetown school board mrs w a chlsholm oakville i o d e mr e donkiri burlington school board rev p a sawyer acton school board mrs g lush rural milton womens institute mrs g r agnew acton womens institute mrs m e nixon milton home and school club mrs whittaker oakville school board the present supervisors are mrs moore acton miss harrlston george town mrs russell of toronto for mil ton bronte burlington and strath- cona schools miss newell miss skoog and miss hunt for oakville schools miss osborne of bronte for the rural schools the very splendid work of these teachers was- demonstrated at the- festival this year it was a joy and inspiration to listen to those choirs trios duetts and solos which we believe are second to none in the province treasurers report receipts balance oh hand from 1931 17776 donations for cups shields etc 10825 festival fees arictrecelpts 16485 f 45086 disbursements adjudicators and general fes- tival expenses 12157 cups shields medals etc 11350 balance on hand 21579 45086 1- the evening meal digester j i what do you know about this man you say you are going to vote for the political worker in niagara falls n y asked of a citizen in connection with the recent election not a thing yet you will support him yes you see i know the other fel low rev father mcbride guest of honor the rev father mcbride was guest of honor tuesday evening at the home of mr arid mrs muir where a few of his parishioners gathered to wish him well and bid him god speed on his journey to the eucharlstlc congress to be held in dublin ireland the home was beauti fully decorated with roses tulips and when the guests had gathered around the attractively spread tables mr cum mins made an address of appreciation of fathertmobrideswork ln hlsparlsrvalso expressing best good wishes for a happy journey and safe return at the conclu- slonof the address mrjas boyle presented father mcbride with a purse father mcbride was deeply touched by this expression of love and goodwill and when thanking them he told of his love for his people especially the poor and the children it was a memorable occasion and will not soon be forgotten by the members of holy cross church who were privileged to be present georgetown herald the funeral of the late reeve barber quiet simplicity marked the funeral services of the late reeve george barber of acton which were held last friday afternoon a brief private service was held at the home friends from a wide district assembled in knox church for the service there which was conducted by rev h lv bennie m a among the county and municipal officials at tending were county clerk h m pettlt- deputyreeve appelby of esqueslng mayor j b mackenzie and reeve h cleave of georgetown county engineer roy smith of oakville warden read- head of nelson and exwarden e m readhead ex- of milton mr d r hutcheori former county treasurer of milton councillor l l mullln of esqueshig reeve duncan campbell of nassagaweya reeve cur passes resolution of sympathy to family of late reeve george bardec routine business s at the meeting of the publlnsgtiuues commission on tuesday evening com- siohers king and kerr were present upon motion the secretary- was in structed to pay the following accounts george edwards spur pads 200 n deforest labor 125 c n r and goodale and guelph transports express bensonwilcox electric co fixtures standard underground cable co wire r jft ferrantl electric ltd repairs j c matthews postage hydroelectric power commis sion power etei f mccutdheon freight 1812 26ft 59516 1010 1000 189508 227 53757 moved by r j kerr seconded by l g king that we the members of the acton public utilities commission wish to express our deepest sympathy to the family of the late reteve george barber in their sad bereavement carried the superintendent was instructed to secure the necessary help that would be required in transferring the power line and otherconstruction work the list of arrears were checkedand instructions issued to the superintendent for their disposition the matter of the public liability in- sutancelkasjeltvetuntllthenet meeting two tenders for this insurance were received irhesecretaitreportedthatjtheentlre account of the ontario memorial co had been paid in full by the trustee a letter from the municipal council replied that the couhcil was desirous of the commission dealing- with arrears of water service as they saw fit 11 hillmer of milton the pallbearers ere councillors j nicol w d mcarthur george cowle and e jones clerk h n farmer and mr j r anderson among the floral tributes were offerings from the family the acton council and clork halton county council acton public school board actori public utilities commission acton retail businessmens association the o n r boys the boys of acton baseball club acton citizens band and mr- and mrs a h bishop and family among the friends of the- family from outoftown who attended the funeral were mr and mrs j- l mccalg mr and mrs frank barber miss betty barber mr donald barber mr wm leachman toronto mrand mrs halton lelshman hamil ton mr and mrs amos newell milton mis john wooding mr and mrs-wed- derbum milton mr and mrs l w hewitt stratfotd mrs haggarty of guelph a- tribute to the late reeve george barber editor free press sir it is my desire to bring a little wreath to the memory of a friend who has pass ed on george barber has ended his journey how utterly inadequate mere words arc upon an occasion of this kind geordle was not one of the sort who would wish any mourning to be done on his acr count rather would he have us deal in rejoicing where rejoicing is possible and i know that the present occasion is not one for grief on his account if ever a man deserved reward he did- and if i felt as certain of my reward alter this life as george barber must be certain i would have no cause for any speculation in that direction mr barber was a hater of shams and defied every form of fraud hypocrisy and deceit u wlufiav his uncom- rle of esquesihg county registrar geor prprmsing hatred of shams there bent in the bosom of george barber a wamn- and generous heart for the world at large his religion was to do whatever he believed to be right and to defy the wrong though it should be found par ading in the garb and livery of righteous ness- mr barber was fond of nature but in all the wide wide world his home life was the most sacred object of his devotion and when prosperity gave him the means to do so he found great de light in making it beautiful and pleasant he was fond of- his friends but the love he bore his children was sublimely beau tiful tender and affectionate his death tame as a shock to his immediate friends it struck dumb with awe the writer who had learned to love him with an affection accorded to few men e h jordan acton may 27 1932 ia- w- i jfirvrtfsf ftjjrirv- it