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sixtieth yearnb 20 acton ontario thursday november 15th 1934 eight homeprint pages five cents news of acton and the district observed eightysecond birthday mrs eliza mopherson observed on saturday ber eightysecond birthday when avuunber of friends called on her at the home of hex daughter mrs jas symon to wish her congratulations and birthday wishes all the- members of the family were present on this occasion and a very happy day was spent by thls- elect elderly lady meeting of united church young peoples miss elva johnston had charge of the missionary program of trie young peoples society on tuesday evening after the business session the scripture lesson was read by mr arthur mckeown7 the topic the challenge of expan sion was taken by miss mary s nelson mrs j j stewart gave a paper on war and peace and mr howard switzer a reading a piano solo was contributed by miss j barbour the meeting closed with a hymn and the mizpah benedic tion past masters night at walker lodge a f a m monday evening next 19th tnst will be past masters night in walter lodge when the following past masters will take charge of the work w bro dun can mctavlsh i p m w bro geo cowle w m w bro wm blair s w w bro sims mclean j w w bro t h cook s d w bro l g king j d w bro robert shaw s 6 w bro r h klliott j s w bro archie mcnabb l g w bro e j hassard tyler v wbro wm cooper chaplain v w bro r m macdonald secretary w bro chas wilson d of c clothing for the west clothing to the value of about 300 00 is ready for shipment towestern can ada as a result of thework of the ladles of the community it will go for ward to dr j c cormie at winnipeg and be distributed from there to the sections of the west requiring this as sistance while the bales were made lip at the united ohurch the contri butions and work were carried on in a community way and received the assist ance of the lady members of the other congregations last week a quilting was held in the basement of the church and as a result twenty splendid quilts are available to be included with this shipment plendid observance of remembrance pay gathering- on sunday was one of the largest to assemble address by rev e brillinger the sixteenth anniversary of the sign ing of the armistice closing the great war was observed by one of the largest gatherings to assemble in acton in yeara it is estimated that six hundred attended the servicein the united church where the gathering assembled a y p a meeting new members of each group were mated on tuesday evening at th kly meeting of the a y p a the president john prest announced the present standing of the two groups in the competition for points which is to continue until the young peoples closes for the summer the joy group under the leadership of renetta waller and r hoyle are ahead of the cardinals the program which was devotional in nature owed its success largely to a group of players from st georges guelph before the play a team from each group played biblical baseball mr coles sang a solo and beatrice taylor recited nod the bishops candlesticks is taken from a dramatic chapter in les miserablcs by victor hugo the characters were the kindly tranquil bishop his sister fersome who is much disturbed by his gener osity marie young maid the con vict who having partaken of the bishops hospitality steals his precious silver candlesticks a sergeant and a gendarme these parts were taken by rev d t brown miss ruth king miss mary morris and harold fuller frank catt and ernest shlpp the play was directed by frank carr y w a birthday party a very enjoyable birthday party was held by the y w a of knox church on wednesday evening it was their tenth anniversary and a very enjoyable time was spent by all twelve tables for the months of the year were ar ranged around the school room and before the program the sunday school crchesta under the aection of mr r speilvoge rendered several peasirg selections mrs fred anderson the president of the y w a opened the meeting with thedoxology the fol- lowing program was presented a girls quartette consisting of misses laura hall lillian woouhall lorraine wllsort and bessie rawllngs a reading by miss meryl qrindell a vocal solo by mr wm gowdy a violin solo by ivtr rudolph speilvogel a vocal solo by miss lois atkinson selection by the orchestra piano duett by mrs wm gowdy and miss margaret brown a male quartette consisting of rudolph speilvogel george simpson norman gibson and robert parkinson a baritone solo by mr klrby williams a novelty of he program was an impromptu number from some member of each month a very enjoy able lunch was then provided by the ladies and rev mr bennie pronounced the benediction a service was held at the memorial or the grounds adjoining the churchy to which the members ofactoh anddistrict legion the lome rifles scottish girl guides iode chapters and womens institute paraded led by acton citizens band the outofdoor service was brief bugler jas loutett sounded the last post the two minutes silence was ob served and one verse of abide with me was sung reveille was sounded by bugler loutett and the names of those who paid the supreme sacrifice was read by captain b g arnold flist vice- president of the acton branch of the canadian legion f wreaths were placed at the base of the monument for the following organiza tions or institutions province of on tario corporation of anton acton branch of canadian legion old con- temptibles first canadian contingent lome riflles scottish acton citizens band st josephs church st albans church acton womens institute acton troop girl guides duke of devonshire and lakeside chapters at the i o d e following this the benediction was pro nounced by rev h l bennie andche gathering assembled in the united church adjoining which was filled to capacity reeve e thetford was in charge of the service and on behalf of the corpora tion and his fellow councillors welcom ed all to the gathering and outlined the procedure he spoke of the loyalty and the pleasure it gave the citizens to gather on this occasion and do honor to those who had served the responsive scripture reading was psalm 121 led by rev c l poole and mr w coles read the scripture lesson from rev 7 from the ninth verse to the end of the chapter tne address on this occasion was given by rev e brillinger rector of st albans church who based his sermon on the twentyfirst verse of the second chapter of lamentations young men are fallen by the sword mr brillinger opened his address by recounting several touching incidents in connection with visits to the graves of the unknown soldiers in england and france we were gathered that day to perpetuate the memory of those who had been sacrificed in the war there were many crosses and medals in the great war but above all is the cross that stood at the head of a soldiers grave and marked the flower of manhood sacrificed mr brillinger divided his subject into three parts first he spoke of the young men who had died on the field of battle their courage and bravery were not given for glory or gain or greed or lust they died fighting the noblest death for god right and liberty their sacrifice was not in vain they are not dead but still living the second part of the address was delivered to those who mourn the greatest sufferers are the wives and mothers the greatest cross is that which jesus christ has given to those who are left behind it helps to show the meaning of the cross by this we secure some idea of the suffering of gods sacrifice when he gave his only begotten son for the sins of the world the loss sustained will be the worlds gain the cessation of war was due to the sacrifice made by the men who fell in closing mr bjillinger spoke to those who remain when we think of the sacrifice and cost the money lives and suffering and those who are maimed and unable to carry on the tasks of life how can we go on in a life of ease and in difference to the things for which thess men died service not self must be our motto how much of service do w show in our life- are we keeping faith with those who made the great sicrlue haw can we be unmindf jl when we tmnk cf these ncn and their sacrifice the speaker urged his audience not to criticize ethers but to look at our selves for the fault get the peace that i comes only through jesus so ion to i we are jealous and envious we eannot i hepo for pcac the world after al is a group of small communities and com munities are made vn of individual mr brillinger said it was a great chal lenge to keep faith with these men who cave their all that we might hav a peaceful world the singing of tile national anthem and the pronouncing of the benediction brought this service to a close during the service the choir rendered a selec tion following the service the lakeside chapter of the i o d e decorated the graves of soldiers at falrview and dub lin cemeteries various interesting items of neys fire in brampton garage the storage garage of r j bretts fuel company was badly damaged by fire on sunday night thought to nave started in on overheated furnace tfie fire was first seen by wm lallen who notified r martin service station at tendant the two men with the as sistance of m alteman and charles davey removed three trucks and a sedan from the garage prior to the arrival of the fire department martin with herbert robinson kept the blaze from spreading to the service station the fire department experienced some trouble in getting water one of the hydrants falling to work damage was estimated at 2000 partially vs by insurance knox young peoples guild the knox guild meeting was held on monday night under the devotional committee with the vicepresident mr clarence henderson in charge the scripture was read by miss k beckett and sentence prayers were read by misses wilma hansen jean bennie and mr william near the program was under the heading the great sacrifice and this was commented upon by rev mr bennie and some very interesting lan tern slides were shown by mr fred coles a paper on what price peace was read by mr jos hurst and after a recitation by miss laura wiley a paper on tpeace was read by miss dorothy clarrldge the meeting was brought to a close by a hymn after which everyone repeated the mlzpah benediction sir donald maim died on saturday prominent canadian was a native of acton burial on tuesday at pairview cemetery various items of local interest sir donald mann one of the last great canadians to link east and west and a native of acton passed away suddenly on saturday at his home 161 st george street toronto in his eightysecond year the funeral was held on tuesday afternoon with interment at falrview cemetery acton following his usual custom sir donald visited his office on melinda street in toronto on saturday morning attended to his affairs and returned to his home for lunch he remained indoors during the afternoon and in the evening enjoy- ed his dinner shortly before 10 oclock he was stricken suddenly and within fifteen minutes he had passed away in spite of his years sir donald main tained a daily contact with business and other affairs during the past few months he complained of not feeling well but the indisposition was not suf- relent to prevent him taking a personal on monday the bridge adjoining the herd of seven deer in erin chas spiers of the tenth line erin was surprised on monday when he went to his corn field where considerable corn is still in stook to find seven deer eating from a corn stook the animals didnt seem to be alarmed when the farmer ap proached and strolled leisurely awayi another accident at dangerous corner calamity corner erin accounted for another motor accident when a large truck owned by a hamilton firm failed to make the comer at the belfountain road and ninth line erin and toppled on its side in the fivefoot ditch forr tunately no serious damage resulted but it took considerable time and effort to get the truck back on the road middle road bridge opened for traffic believed to be- the longest cement structure of its kind in the dominion the new middle road bridgewas opened the late sir donald mann a native of acton whose funeral was held here on tuesday joint meeting of missionary societies j3vj3ws 311q accouuts the united church womens mission- r 1 1 ary society entertained the missionary ol 1 owllsllld liollllcll societies of the presbyterian anglican and baptist churches on thursday farmers creditors act and insur- november 8th in the church mrs j w barberree the president occupied i ance matters occupy attention the chair mrs alex mcdonald led in j of esquesing body prayer and the scripture reading was i taken by mrs s j reid mrs c w j the esquesing township council held landsborough gave a reading and solos their regular monthly meeting on mon- were sung by mias elizabeth orr mrs day afternoon- deputy reeve l l bishop and mrs w j russell mrs mullln councillors g w muray n a poole introduced the guest speaker mrs robinson and w a wilson were pre- mckerrecher of alliston mrs mcker- sent reeve george currie presided at recher lived in hallejbury for five and the meeting a half years and is very familiar with communications were read from the northern ontario she spoke of the canadian legion georgetown j a w m s work in that section of on- ellis secretary unemployment relief tario she told of the wonderful com- branch jap marshall deputy min- munity spirit of the women in the north and their love for each other regard less of creed or religion mrs s j reld moved a vote of thanks to mrs mckerrecher and mrs f swackhamer seconded the motion after the meeting all enjoyed the supper served in the school room which was prettily decor ated for the occasion zurir namr leitirllf 3fnr temxvaaxt corp j l moore 24th battalion corp roy hiird 29th battery corp w g brown 6th f co cte- pte j d burt 15th battalion pte m kaley 21st battalion capt t a arthurs chaplain chinese labor battalion pte a anderson 116th battalion pte f elkington 58th battalion pte f wnxs 4th battalion pte j fryer 18th battalion pte t irving 3rd battalion pte g mcleod 20th battalion pte a winterburn 4th battalion i lieut ii g kino 13th northumberland fusiliers pte a gribben 42nd battalion pte p radford 104ttt battalion sergt w lee 4th battalion liter w i dick agricultural develop ment board and geo c brown m j carton addressed the council and gave a brief outline of the workings or the farmers creditors arrangement act also j a elliott representative of a e wibon co accounts were by motion ordered to be paid by the treasurer as follows bell telephone accounts s 4 02 municipality of georgetown re division court costs n r thompson re commun ity buiders claim george currie selecting jurors n r thompson selecting jurors wm bracken selecting jurors i m bennett selecting jurors county of halton inteest on overdue county rate 39 00 1 00 500 interest m iailroading and other enter prises which claimed his attention of no canadian greatly in the public eyes is there a briefer biographical sketch m official records the career which extended over a period of more than fifty years was measured in fewer than one hundred words it stated he was born in acton ontario 1853 was educated in public schools abandoned farming for lumbering and at twentyone became a foreman of a lumber company and that in 1879 he went to winnipeg where he became a contractor on the canadian pacific railway in 1880 in 1886 the firm of mackenzie mann company was established and built the edmonton quappelle long lac and saskatchewan railways in 1895 sir donald took the initiative in pui chasing the charter of the lake manitoba rail way out of which grew the canadian northern railway system later to be come part of the canadian national railways in 1911 sir donald received his knighthood the regular meeting of the public reared on a farm at acton a son of utilities commission was held on wed- the late hugh mann of acton and nesday evening commissioners r j securing his early education in acton kerr and l g king were present with schools sir donald mann at the agl chairman thetford in charge of 17 told nis parents who had planned the secretary was upon motion of j a career in the presbyterian ministry l g king seconded by r j kerr in- j for him that he had concluded his structed to pay the following accounts education and was turning to the lumber i woods of michigan the lumber camps oi the period had attracted many young public utilities commission usual list of accounts passed and routine business transacted account presented for work on building removal hydro department bell telephone co services c n r express james symon suppicv h e p c of ontario lamps moltat limited supplies english electric company of canada transfo mers canadian general electric co supplies 417 i 165 881 9 72 50352 waterworks department hydro department october operations canadian brass company sup plier 4732 463 500 5 00 500 1000227 pte p 198th godfrey battalion corp f masters g m s 4th battalion pte j j kennedy 95th battalion sergt maj n stuckey 19th battalion harry robertson stamps relief accounts james h wilson 1 cord hard wood suplied to m mc laughlin in august ello mattiussl milk supplied to l serafine in september percy wagstaffe milk supplied to arthur norton to wm allen wm schenk goods supplied to wm allen to arthur norton wm douglas goods supplied to jas mereweather d t calloway meat supplied to m mclaughlin to jas mereweatheri e grespan goods supplied to m mclaughlin a r service milk supplied to m meliughni a l mcnabb shoes for m mclaughlin r s adams half ton coke f m mclaughlin n r thompson attending judges court of revision wm bracken attending judges court of revision i m bennett attending judges court of revision and re vising voters lists jenkins hardy to auditing collectors rolls j sanford supplies mrs jenklnson to cleaning council chamber r starr et to balance of weed inspection poppy day fund in care of a j oneill esquesing agricultural society acton fall fair board dr j j paul treatments in fectious diseases continued on page five 300 600 168 192 124 919 675 1371 450 300 2073 4 96 298 575 500 2040 2500 309 500 1700 1500 7500 7500 1150 5195 a letter from mr frank green of arthur was presented mr green want ed 1500 for the days work he did in preparation of moving the iron building from its present site on willow street to one at the rear of the new public utilities office the secretary was in structed to write mr green telling him they were not ready to move the building yet but would let him know when all was in readiness the list of arrears was gone over and the superintendent was given orders to cut some consumers off if no money was forthcoming by a specified date the matter of lighting the public utilities office in the new murray mem orial y m c a was discussed at s length but nothing definite was decided upon the superintendent was instructed to secure the necessary supplies to do ser vice work for a few months it was felt that the commission was justified in giving this to service their customers a meeting will be heldln the new year and those vitally interested in this will be invited to this meeting before a definite decision is made on the matter the evening meal digester billie 6 same home from school quite downcast whats the trouble billie his mother asked billles reply was a question what makes a teacher shook a little boy why because he is disobedient i suppose then billie did the teacher shake you yes what were you doing she told me to sing louder and 3 couldnt but what did you do after she shook you i sang louder men from ontario after some years in i the woods of michigan and then about i parry sound sirdonald returned to his i home at acton to assist his brother to pay off the debt on his faim in 1879 i he started for winnipeg to secure work i from the canadian pacific railway re- ljmg upon hi experiences in the lum- i bering districts of michigan and parry sund after his experiences in the east he found woods of eastern mani toba a much easier spot from which to cut ties than the forests of the east on christmas eve 1879 sir donalds first railway- contract was completed and the first train entered winnipeg over the red river the locomotive was named the john haggart and crossed the ice of the red river on the sixteen- foot ties laid by sir donald in 1880 sir donald was taken ill and was about to retun east he decided to remain in the west however the following year he took contracts for ties on the western section of the railway after completing this contract he engaged to do similar work for five years and until the system from winnipeg to the coast had been completed sir donald had already made the ac quaintance of sir william mackenzie a native of victoria county who was also a contractor for the canadian pacific railway in 1886 the contract ing firm of mackenzie mann com pany was established it built eighty miles of the manitoba northwestern railway and forty miles of the hudson bay road from winnipeg to oak lake on lake manitoba in these ventures the company was associated with james ross and sir herbert holt both of montreal railway construction came to an end in the west insofar as mackenzie mann company was concerned wheat farm ing had not been developed and other sources from which the c p r was to draw revenue hod not been opened up sir donald went to china to obtain business for the firm he found that governmental red tape of the east was too great an obstacle to overcome and returned to canada while in china it is said sir donald met a russian count at a russian club the count took some exception to his remarks and challenged htm to a duel with swords sir donald following the advice of friends who insisted that the challenge be accepted sent his second with instructions that the weapons must be broadaxes because the broadoxe was canadas natlbnal weapon the duel did not take place on his return to canada mackenzie mann company built a short line for the grand trunk railway through the state of maine and when his was com- concluded on page eight highway will provide a new link to toronto and hamilton and cuts off about two miles travel from port credit to toronto lighting facilities have not been installed in the bridge as yet and motorists are requested to drive carefully no formalities marked the opening an unusual offer it is not the practise of the free press to deluge its subscribers with clubbing offers but an exceptional op portunity is told about in the adver tisement on page six of this issue the magazines are outstanding ones and at the price offered for the free press and any three of the magazines we feel that it is an opportunity none of our lubscribers will want to miss ask about this offer it is for a limited time only cousin of ramsay macdonald taogkt school here donald macdonald former prominent school teacher and cousin of ramsay macdonald british prime minister en tered his 95th year in the presence of relatives and friends he celebrated his birthday a weston on friday born in scotland he came to canada with his family when he was fifteen and etted near erin in wellington county educated at the famous old rockwood academy near guelph he became a school teacher serving at erin alton snelgrove acton and georgetown poultry thieves active in nelson township poultry thieves have been unusually busy in nelson township and several cases have been reported to the police early monday morning roost robbers paid a visit to the farms of george ellenton and george dixon nelson township and stole a large number of chickens thieves also visited j dales farm near the dundas highway in nelson township and stole 30 turkeys the farmers are upin arms over the numerous cases of chicken stealing in this district and are guarding their property with shotguns memorial service at baptist church at 815 p m on sunday evening a memorial service was held by the young peoples society in the baptist church pictures of the acton men who died were flashed on a screen their names live for evermore corp j l moore corp roy hurd corp w g brown pte j d burt pte m kaley capt t a arthurs pte a anderson pte p ejk- ington pte f wills pte j fryer pte t irving pte g mcleod pte a win- terburn lieut h g king pte a grib- ben pte p radford sergt w lee pte p godfrey corp f masters pte j j kennedy scrgtmajor n stuckey all in a moment an accident was narrowly averted on the highway a mile or so west of acton on tuesday morning when the driver of a car stopped to pick up a group of school children and bring them to chool he failed to notice a car coming from the rear and gave no signal of stopping the children anxious of course for the ride scattered across the road to the waiting car the driver of the car following was left with three options hitting the car striking the children or taking to the ditch he chose the latter course and avoided serious injury but it was a narrow escape with the help of other motorists the car was put back on the highway without damage but the drivers nerva was rather upset for the rest of the day coming events announcements ol meetings con certs or other events under this ticailinp are charged io cents per line kith a minimum charge for any announcement of 25c greenock 3choo christmas concert will be held on december 19th