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s wv feai- fppgfpfpf scjfss f a 5 sl v m page poor the acton free prejss thdrbday july 31 1083 -v- neighborhood news interesting items concerning other centres and communities in which many of oat readers are interested eden mills je- 7 tjrrwni burton of duluth disposed ot bis property in the village to mr thos webb a joint ineeting of utokia and eden mills womens instituted met at mrs o youngs home a few days ago eden mills womens institute provided the programme and utokia served lunch a number of our local womens in stitute attended the district annual anyentlon held at watsons echool- house guelph township mrs james harden took third prize for a quilt the meeting was considered a success v the ladies ai the united church held a garden party on mr boss argos- lawn recently the evening being fine- a goodly number availed themselves- of the pleasure of being present the melody boys of hamilton gave the larger part i6f the programme messrs oscar and melvin locker gave guitar arid mouth organ selections which were well receiv ed the refreshment booths were wen patronized all of which made a substan tial gain for the society miss irene carter of guelph was a guest of mrs n s marshall last week bom on sunday july 17 to mr and mrs j jennings a daughter rockwood n r after lingering illness mr william s wisbart passed- away at his home on the fourth line on monday morning in ins 57th year the funeral was held on wednesday with service at his late borne interment being made in rock- wood cemetery rev john little is supplying in the absence of rev w j taylor wno with mrs taylor and family are holidaying at prince albert large congregations were present on sunday at the united church special music and selections by quartettes mr george plummer and members of the mcarthur family v mrs h s hosking mrs f stokey mr and mrs neil gordon motored to kirkland lake last week to visit mr henry- hosking mr john r smith left last week on his summer visit to detroit and intends taking in the boat trip on the lakes mr and mrs milne of goderlch spent the weekend with mr and mrs angus burlington miss blanche winter of buffalo n y spent the weekend with mr and mrs p lovegrove mrs george harris and miss marjorle harris are holidaying at the formers home in hunts vllle the melson chandelier work3 have assigned and the creditors will meet in hamilton on july 21 mrs jones and little daughter of detroit spent the past week with her aunt mrs p wintemute roseland miss ethel jones was among the suc cessful nurses who passed the mayexom- lnatloris for registration in ontario sam wray of cleveland and charles tufford bf whitby former oldtime residents of burlington called oh j n ogg on tuesday mr wray and mr tufford sailed on the tekea together jpr many years miss evelyn hllks of the- winnipeg schools teaching staff is visiting mr and mrs w l rennie crosby avenue mr and mrsspencex smith spent a few days at port hope last week mrs lqng and son frank accompanied them on their return and will spend a few days visiting here george d ralston principal of- the regiha normal college is visiting here with his uncle magistrate walter barr mr ralston reports that conditions in the west are rapidly improving gazette oakville mr and mrs howard osburn and family of guelph spent sunday with mrs jas meadows mr and mrs h meadows aud family of calgary alta arrived last week by motor to visit mrs jas meadows and family has been visiting her parents mr and mrs thos weatherstone mr wellington smith is enjoying a fortnights holiday lately in company with mr j allan he was on a motor trip in ottawa district and eastern townships mr webster of acton conducted the services at st johns church on sunday afternoon in the absence of the rector rev p a sawyer l th who is on his holidays with mrs sawyer and family on monday evening the womens auxiliary of st johns church held a business meeting in the church vestry the ladles organization of the fres- byterlanchurcheldmeetuig hvthe auditorium of the nhurnh n b to the hamilton general hospital on tuesday evening to undergo an opera tion mrs a maasriiaain11yrnfnelpht has been the arenltect of many uruiuhr ent buildings has been assigned by the trustees of the new s s no 2 to prepare pjans for the new trafalgar public school building only one room will be prepared for at present but provision will be allowed for a second room much interest is attached to the an- nounoed marriage to take place on tues day next july 19 of miss irene suther land a native of oakvllle daughter of the late ur sutherland and mrs sutherland of oakvillej to hon h c scholfleld m p p for st georges toronto the ceremony will take place qiitorly nt rhi hnm nt mr anhriiprirt fl highland avenue and they will then sail matters the regular monthly meeting of the rockwood womens institute is being held on this thursday afternoon at the home of mrs- a m mepherson town line mrs herb gibbons is in- charge of the programme 7 the july meetingof the presbyterian womens missionary society was held at the home of mrs douglas mcnabb with a large attendance a number of the womens mis society la ifrom eden m1113 were present the president mrs robt patterson presided the meeting opened with a hymn and the lords prayer in unison the bible lesson was given by mrs garner after ikv- which mrs angus carter led in prayer the secretary mrs p sim submitted her report also the question of filling the bale was discussed during the offering a duett in jesus was render ed by mrs a young and mrs gamer after which mr mllroy gave a very interesting and inspiring talk of his work eight miles north of victoria b c among the lumberjacks indians and fishermen and the great need of mis sionaries m that northern section of the great west coast after singing a hymn the president closed the meeting with prayer the hostess assisted by miss jean mclean mrs maude and anna mcnabb served tea and a social half hour was spent master charles mcnabb entertained the saturday nite club at his home last week messrs orvil oorell and walter swan- ton are attended summer school at the ontario agricultural college mrs nell mclean miss jean and mr sims mclean mrs w e pasmore and daughters margaret and agnes attend ed the richardson reunion at erin last wednesday ttoe many friends of mrs jas a gray are glad to know that she was able to fetoro home last week after her severe ulnea at the home of her daughter mrs qefl rench cleveland ohio i lom oeorglna laverty has returned f dnues at st josephs hospital rwjoymg her vacation at her home mr karl lehman motored to montreal this week where he is visiting relatives mr and mrs r p sanderson and daughter grace are spending a few- days at bruce beach mr and mrs t galbralth of kerwoodi spent the weekend as the guests of the farmers mother mrs g galbralth dundas street mr and mrs j smith and daughter of new haven conn were visitors with mrs campbell douglas avenue last friday and saturday dr r n mcbaln who has been spending a few days with his parents rev andmrs j h mcbain douglas avenue is leaving tonight for montreal where he will sail on the s s ausonia for london to spend a holiday in eng land and scotland record mrs ielrmpaskil princlpa of brantwood schoolr is holida ui her old home town of wlarton on georgian bay mr joh by the empress of britain for six weeks in england and on the continent star georgetown j mr and mrs charles erwlh of rochester n y spent last week with georgetown and acton relatives mr and mrs t s hill sr have returned home after a pleasant holiday at- buffalo and niagara falls dr fraser mccoll and mrs mdcoll of san diego cal were visitors at rev dr and miss mccolls during the iweek mr and mrs ross forbes and son bobble of ottawa are at present- spend- lng ipart of their vacation with dr and mrs mcallister mr and mrs w h kentner and daughter marjorle and mr claude kentner spent the weekend with mr and mrs w bunt at burks falls messrs sam- mackenzie and alex fraser are spending the week camping with their class of sunday school boys at bayfield on lake huron j mayor j b mackenzie mrs mackenzie and miss marjory mackenzie were at stanley park erin today attending the richardson reunion mrs a mclean who has been con fined to guelph general hospital for some weeks with a broken thlglvis im proving nicely and hopes soon to be home again st georges country fair held last week was a decided success notwith standing the rain oh thursday which necessitated the postponement of the main programme until friday the at tendance was large and tlie programme was excellent the georgetown fire brigade aug mented bya number of brigades lirom suverthorne oakvllle brampton bur lington burlington drill corps humber- cresta islington mt dennis new tor onto lambton and other places and accompanied by the lome rifles scot tish band attended divine service at the baptist church on sunday evening the congregation more than filled the auditorium herald ban the monthly ineetlng of the bannock- burn womenswtltute was held at the hpme of mrs a a blarridge on wed nesday july 13 andln spite of the jheavy thunder showers was very well attended in the absence of thq president the vicepresident mrs morrison took the chair the meeting was opened by singing the institute ode followed by prayer the minutes of the previous meeting were then read and adopted after the business session had been dis posed of theyoimg peopletook charge of tue meeting miss ethel anthony oc cupied the choir and the following pro gramme was provided an instrumental bjt mrs w mccullough piano solo by miss dorothy clarrldge a recitation by miss louise swackhomer mrs alex mahri gave ah instrumental and miss laura wiley a reading everyone joined in a clothespeg contest which conpluded the programme the- meeting was then brought to a close by singing the na tional anthem a dainty lunch was- servedi and a social half hour spent limehouse gwen hill has gone to toronto for two weeks visit with her aunt mrs holmes miss ruby termant of stewarttown visited her old hospital friend miss evelyn johnson fast sunday mr and mrs arthur lane visited his mother mrs robert lane last week mr and mrs r holmes and son and miss hill of toronto spent a day last week with friends here miss sarah standisli is visiting her sister mrs s kirkpatrick mrs cooney and daughter of toronto are among our holiday folk we congratulate the teacher of lime- house school miss nellson and her en trance class upon the one hundred per cent success in the recent examinations the class are evelyn johnson eva tigers and margaret e brown mr john s lucas and miss grace mcmenemy of georgetown were quietly married at the parsonage on saturday congratulations mr mark given started the fall wheat harvesting in this vicinity on monday mrs thurston of toronto is a visitor this week with mrs swaokhamer we congratulate the council and citizens upon the road and street lm proyements recently made the grading done on wolsley and newton streets was needed and the gravel put on elizabeth and deleware streets will serve well the residents in wet weather campbellvillfi campbell lodge a f a m held theltannual service andparade in st davids t presbyterian churctf sunday evening with a record attendance teev h l bennle of acton had charge of theservice an delive an lnsplrlng- address and the special music was given by the milton male quartette in their usual good style mrrandmrs harohjmlus of-wlng- ham spent the weekend at the home of mr alexander moore mr and mrs ross carbert and little ruth- of toronto are holidaying at his home here the many friends of mr jack elliott will be sorry to hear that he is in guelph general hospital where be underwent an operation on tuesday morning but we all join in wishing him a speedy recovery miss vernablakeman was a week end guesttif the home otmrs w j bell miss esther wheellhan has returned after a visit with friends s guelph mr david mahan of london spent the weekend avhlshbmelhere mrsmary moorerr njr of toronto is spending a few days at her home here mr hughrross and mr ahd mrs carl ross of puslinch visited relatives in the village on sunday mlss marlonelllot entertained about twenty of her little girl friends to a birthday party on monday when all had a very enjoyable time messrs w moore and clare morden of toronto visited at the home of mr thos moore on tuesday mr d shuerthad the misfortune to have his hand cut in the car door which necessitated several stitches to close the wound inflicted the many ifrlends of mrs w vanstckle will be pleased to know she is expected home from the hospital any day miss helen holmes was the guest of mrs bertfjprrip on -sunday- miss agnes mahn of acton is spend ing a couple of weeks holidays at the home j her sjster mrs t ware mfj and mrs i reld and the misses reldtof milton visited at the home bf mr w reld ort sundayt mr and mrs matt graham of wes ton visited at the home of mr r menzles on sunday frozen wild flowers an interesting example of the applica tion of refrigeration to industry is afford ed l the following item which appears in the current- issue of the cold storage news letter issued by the dominion dairy and cold storage branch a bunch of waratahs flannel flowers and native roses arrived in england from australia recently they were shipped by mrjrolhn shorter australian agent for messrs john doulton of lambert to snow the english pottery painters the true form ana color of some of aus- tralials most popular native flowers typical blooms were selected for the purpose and were placed in a can of water which was frozen by the freeh food and ice co ltd afterward the ice block containing the flowers was placed in a wooden box and sent to the ihier to be placed in the freezing cham ber tfflfton- mlss mary stewart of toronto is visiting at the hombjofinspector denyes mrs t o dales left last week for port carting muskoka where she will spend ta tewymikb mis o- moarthuft misses mcarthur phyl symons mary u- morrison and duncan moarthur are holidaying at wasaga beach mr and mrs kenneth m coxe an nounce the engagement of their daugh ter mary kathleen to- roderick james only sonof mr and mrs john h mckay of milton themarrlage will take place july 30 melville robinson son of george robinson toronto has been engaged to fill the vacancy on tlie milton public sohrfois teaching staff caused by tlla resignatloiof howard wrlgglesworth who has been appointed rrlncipal of port welier public school milton orangemen heiided by pipers of tho 91st highlanders hamilton cele brated the glorious twelfth in hamilton and report having had an enjoyable time before leaving for hamilton the pipe band and lodge marched to victoria park where a wreath was placed on the soldiers monument during the past six months several places in miltoh and district have been entered during the night and goods removed the activities of the guilty parties baffled the police until last thursday when provhjflal constable george cookman of milton who had been working quietly day and night on the mystery apprehended two brothers sons of highly respected parents of trafalgar township who police say made a full confession and aided tbe officers in recovering the loot which was hidded in several placeson their fathers farm champion various items of local interest gems of thought a strong and faithful pulpit is no mean safeguard of a nations life john hall the nova scotia dairymens as sociation will hold their next an nual cohventtyhjrin 1933 at the cornwallisinn kentville ns shipments of celery to canada this year from bermuda totalled 25000 crates in contrast to last year when the shipments were virtually negligible eastern steamship lines inc had heavy traffic on an excursion from new york to nova scotia on the occasloh of the first trip in jun of t ss acadia from new yoroooyrnoutht-n- railroad transportation is an essential economic function on this- continent and given reasonab ly free rein 3hould speedily show- good recovery using it to increase buying of materials and employ- mentof laborsays the oreen- 264 old age pensioners in halton according to returns made public the couhty of halton how has 264 persons in receipt- of old age pensions the figures being made up as follows oak vllle 46 burlington 36 esqueshig 34 georgetown 15 milton 24 nassaga- weya 16 nelson 23 trafalgar 22 acton 16 and 22 who are inmates of the hpusc of refuge at brampton i the lucasmomcncmy wedding at ltmeliouse a wedding was solemnized- at thfe united chlirch parsonage llmehouse on saturday july 16 when grace daughter of mr and mrs robert mcmenemy georgetown iwos united in marriage to mr john lucas son of mr and mrs phos lucas georgetown rev h caldwell officiated the bride wore a suit of gold color rlppiesheen crepe with hat to match and carried american beauty roses she was attended by her sister mrs c j cummlngs in a yellow georgette dress iwdth hat to match and carried cream rosebuds mr leonard knell attended the groom the grooms gift to the bride was a gold necklace to the bridesmaid an amethyst ring and to the best man a set of milltarybrushes following the ceremony a reception was held at the brides home with the im mediate families present later the couple left lor a motor trip to points west ontario will have vast power supply terms of the dominionontario agree- ment with regard to- the st lawrence river development were announced jointly jy prime minister r b bennett and hon george s henry premier of the province of ontario costs of works solely for navigation such as locks are to be assumed by the dominion costs of works solely for power are to be as sumed by ontario ontario building and financing the powerhouse superstructures and power machinery and contributing to the dominion specified payments to coverthecost oljjie powerhouse sub structures which are being built by the dominion costs of works common to navigation and power are to be divided between the dominion oind ontario so as to apportion the joint saving accruing from the construction of the navigation power and common works as a coordin ated navigation and power project premier henry said it was estimated by the engineers of the hydroelectric power commission 6t ontario who have been advising the ontario government throughout the negotiations witn the dominion that under the agreement be- tweenthedominlon7andthe province ctntarlo will have available on the com pletion of the works approxlmately1000- 0 liuibe at a ca per horsepower thus assuring to the province a very large amount of cheap power ville sc news eatttn-rattyr- totav production of honey in canada in 1931 amounted to 27- 867397 lbs valued at 2058094 ontario led the dominion with a production of 12000000 lbswltb manitoba second with 7167s7b lbs and quebec third with 5633- 400 lbs ten thousand rainbow trout fin- gerllngs have been deposited in the jrench river in june fol lowing 7600 flngerlings deposited last year the previous experi ment was 30 satisfactory that the present action has been taken and if success still attends these ef- torts fre r carnpwlllhave aottedahibbw trout to its already well diversi fied angling attractions bob davis globetrotting new yoricsuneolumnlat is bmk in hla beloved british columbia having recently- arrived from honolulu aboard the empress of canada of the canadian paclfle fleet he proposes to spend some time in fishing expeditions both in the province and also in the rockies where he will meet irvln s cobb and courtney riley cooper also famous american publicists tourists spent almost one mil lion dollars for every working day in canada last year- a sum virtually eonal to 28000000 the cannlngton ontar g points out and claims mat this puts it into the class of big busi ness which should be carefully fostered commenting on the same subject the nelson bc newe states that l there are num bers of small towns throughout canada which have not yet real- ized what the tourist business icould do for them evidence of the growing popu- larity of the canadian pacific railway low rate bargain return trips inaugurated this year was again furnished by the success of the quebec province and montreal excursion to toronto and nla- gara falls june 17 when no fewer than 2500 quebeckers took the trip in four specials on the friday returning the following sunday night his honor the mayor of toronto issued a hearty welcome to those nfaklng the trip the thirtytwo business and professional men ond women from the british isles now touring british columbia nnder provincial government auspices found vic toria much to their liking and quite up to advnnce nptlces of be ing the most english city on this side or the atlantic they were particularly impressed by the beauty of the formal gardens at some of tbe homes they in spected and specially wltb tbefarn- ousbutchart gardens they are travelling by canadian pacific proclamation jcjvic holiday in compliance with tho custom which has prevailed for many years monday august i will be observed as a civic holiday for 1032 and i hereby proclaim that dayos a civic holiday for acton and respect fully request that all our citizens observe it as such e tthelordjrdeve reeves office town hail acton july 21 1933 32 mens shirts collars attached complete range of summer toggery w m popper mill and main streets fteligtmthrroupfl 1 antteo cutjurttj nf cahajia acton mintator rev c l poole b d parsonage willow btree 1100 a m- the minister subject the satanic iv 1200 noon sunday school and bib class f evening service withdrawn during july and august everybodt welcomb frpbhyturiati church actom rev ii l bennie m a minister manse willow street sunday july 24th v a ra s t sabbath school 945 and bible class 4100 a m st looking back 700 p- m sacrifice the danger of s tj sensation or always welcome unqla88ipieo small advertisements notice during vacation the beauty parlor will be closed for the following two week jessie rdssetx horse goes for help llghtfoot a roan mare from the wild horse plains in the maggea district of central australia is owned by albert herman a young stockman and has been his constant companion riding through the bush at sundown one day she caught her foot in a rabbit burrow and fell rolling over her master she rose to her feet at once and stood looking at the prostrate form on the ground she whinnied and got no response and then with bridle flying she galloped off racing swiftly across country she reached the stockyards of the binnles thetiearestsettleroent qhewaachnosfr at a point of collapse the binnles realized that something must be wrong and- they immediately set out to follow the faithful little mares tracks in the s twilight they galloped alon and presently a thread of light showed them were the injured stockman lay- herman had suffered agonies he was unable to rise and could only cover the ground by diggihglhis angers into the hard earth and dragging himself along he had managed to cover several hun dred yards suffering excruciating paln and reached some timber with which he had made a small are thus through the intelligence of his horse aid was brought to the suffering man for sale choice garden peas wax and pencil pod beans 20c marrowfat peas car- njbeetssphiachj5c si quart bas- htet mhdenion6vraai8hes ohnrrt ispeci alss for the week i 10 railway v 863 lts granulated sugaf for montmorency cherries lis for black cherries 6s for new potatoes 6s for heinz catsup bottle for 2 tins heinz pork and beans for 52c 65c 75c 20c 22c 25c dutch cocoa v for pastry flour 24s for water ice biscuits pep tb weston around-the- world cakes 1 lb 3 corn tins for 11 sweet pickles large for 49c 29c 25c 29c 39c chain red white stores jljn jones phone 26 acton ont fob sale bay piny nine years old apply alfred liohtle lot 8 fourth line erin house exchange brick house in hamilton to exchange for a house in acton p o box 420 for sale 300 chicks 6 weeks old will exchange for laying hens mrs a livingstone r r no 3 milton for sale beans beets carrots potatoes green peas and raspberries prices right george soper phone 142 acton for sale seven tube philco radio also com bination china cabinet apply j massey no 17 crescent for sale raspberries delivered at market price stringless yellow butter beans large basket 25c bring baskets app darwin cripps phonelj lettuce 2 bunches 5c bri baskets mrs wright ransom street card of thanks mr and mrs chas e parker wish to express their appreciation to those who were so kind and generous during their utile daughters illness and for the sympathy and floral tributes at the time of her death these will ever be grate fully remembered tenders wanted tende will b r clerks office- forrepalting the chimneys on the town hall acton particulars of re- qulrdments may be obtained from j nlcol chairman of the town hall com mittee the lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted all tenders must be received prior to ave oclock on tuesday august and 1932 chtttrtwrmertclerlc- acton july 18 1932 32 mortgage sale under and by virtue of the powers of sale contained in- a certain mortgage which will be produced at the time of sale there will be offered for sale by r j kerr auctioneer at public auction on wednesday the 10th day of august 1931 at the hour of two oclock in the after noon at the farmof the late wrn b lewis r r no 1 orton the following property namelv i all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate lying and being in the township of erin in the county of wellington being com- posed- of the east half of lot number eighteen in the second concession of the said township of erin containing by admeasurement one hundredacres on the said farm there is said to be erected a dwelling house with suitable farm buildings the lands will be sold subject to a re bid terms of sale ten per cent of the purchase money to be paid down at the time- of sale and the balance within thirty days for further particulars and conditions j of sale apply to jfs biabky w paaav ivos east block parliament bldfi5 ronto ontirto z viai fftwtt9 errwwvvj 1