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iamaakfe wikwim vytfwjwi7fij f m- s 1 pifle- sixtythird yeir no 30 acton ontario thursday january 27th 1038 eight homeprint piges five cent county council appointments contracts grants accounts attmtttte to high qeboote an sanrtfcmal for payments printing cofrtnrfp ate awirted uwurance company denies any liability for claim in aeewent gnmte to salvation army and imtttnte for tfce blind halton county council met in milton lot tuesday the morning seaston with the warden in the chair had all mem- hm tfnaent raeept iff robfnaoo reeve of ate 5 minutes of the last meeting were read mad adopted there waa great deal of ootraapondence which wastead by tfte clerk it waa moved by mr irvine seconded by mr byera that o e elliott be ap pointed to the milton hiffh school board for the years 1m7104o carried at the afternoon aeaalon all members were present a representative or the salvation army from hamilton addressed the council asking for a grant towards the work the army k doing with referenoe to halton district tile officerstated tihst in 1030 rescue work for halton girls and women had amounted to 300 and in 1037 161 we would luce said the officer if the council could see fit to make the grant to us a little larger we are a utue diffident in appealing for more but do ask your consideration not because of what we may do in the fufure but because of what we hae done in the past we would ask you if you will con- alder giving tloo speclflclally for hospital and rescue work the warden assured the officer his request would be given consideration later in the afternoon the matter was again brought up when it was moved by mr oordon seconded by mr kerns that the salvation army be given a grant of fifty dollars and also a grant of wo be given to the canadian national institute for the blind carried committee reports were read in open council following which it was moved by mr davis seconded by mr that council go into committee or the whole to consider the reports of the standing committees carried mr irving took the chair railways legislation agriculture and reforestation this committee drew at tention to a letter received from the imperial blend tea company whlcn protested against payment of license fees for peddling basing their charge an tht ground that the county were not legally entitled to charge a license fee the committee recommended that the mat ter be sent to the municipal world for advice moved by mr mcnlven seconded by mr aubert that mr oordon and mr kerns be a committee to attend the on tario agricultural council convention in the parliament buildings on february lath lth carried moved by mr gilbert seconded b mr mcnlven that the treasurer be authorised to forward to the ontario good roads association our membership fee of 15 00 carried moved by mr allan seconded by mr blair that leave be granted to introduce a bytaw to provide for the total expen diture on the county roads system for the year 1038 and that bylaw o 71 1 be ndw read n nrst time curried bylaw was given three readings unu john rockwood heard on audition from new york a number of radio listeners here were delighted to near john rookwood in the audition for the metropolitan opera company he is perhaps better known here as frank guild and la a native of rookwood frank has delighted acton audiences as a soloist ond in duett work with his father mr u r oulld ed ward johnson formerly of ouelpn pre sided at the audition and made some interesting introductory remarks john rockwood sang vision fugitive and for a second number my message both numbers were beautifully rendered in his short introductory remarks about himself mr rockwood claimed that he received his first great impetus to ward a career in music by hearing mr johnson sing his first guelph recital after his return from italy and from being present when mr johnson made his debut at the metropolitan thanks thanks my boy said mr johnson in the reply in which he expressed his gratification that anyone had received inspiration from his example john rock wood studied in guelph and has since studied with mrs g powell hamilton sang later in the wlllard ballroom in washington dc for the rutoelnsteln club and achieved for himself a tour- year contract in radio work the hursthale wedding in toronto the chapel ol st thomas anglican church huron street toronto was the scene of a fillet wedding on saturday when miss kathleen hale elder daugh ter of mr and mrs harry hale of georgetown became the bride of joseph thomas hurst elder son of mrs newton hurst and the late newton hurst of acton the rev stuart rector of the church officiating the bride given in marriage by her father wore an afternoon frocc of powder blue satin backed crepe with grey hat and gloves and corsage of brlorcllffe roses her only attendant was miss lillian williams or toronto her cousin who waa gowned- in pale blue lace with black accessor l and corsage of johanna hill rases mr newton hurst supported his elder brother immediately after the service mr and mrs hurst left by motor for a honey moon in bracebrldgc on their return they will makt their home in acton puzzle poem was long but short last weeks puzzle poem answer was long and the first correct answer opened was from reta fltzpatrlck of r r no 2 acton who wins the award for this week the poem itself was rather short interest ls well maintained in this feature inaugurated and furnished each week by mr w coles judging from replies received you will find another poem on page five this week installed master of orange lodge in toronto mr h r wansbrough son or mrs wllsorrfk tne j r h wansbrough of acton has been installed as worshipful master of colonel francis w brown memorial lodge l o l in toronto the official lodge notice gives a brief ketch of his career that will be inter estlng to readers of the fast paras he was born on san juan island washington state u s a of canadian parents irish english ancestry coming to canada nt the age of nine years his early life vi as spent on a form near guelph entering the casket industry in loli he founded sterling caskets limited toronto in 1020 and has held the posi tion or gemral manager since hat dale he attends south parkdale united church is a member of fidelity a f a m scarlet chapter past national president of canadian progress club c member of the canadian club boule vard club and lokevlew golf club moved by mr hall seconded bj mr mcnlven that tin- warden and clerk be authorised to submit to the minister of highways the petition of uie county of halton that during the year 1037 there was expended on the county system of highways the sum of agasiofia and requesting the statutory grant on that amount as provided by the act to aid the improvement of public highway carried county road a inter was read from the insurance company with reference to a claim for damages sent in by mr andy frank nasaagaweya the insur ance company denied liability and the leturs were filed printing this committee recommend ed that he tender of the qakvlue record for prik4ng minute rt at 1155 mr page be accepted that of ernest v barber for auditors report at the ani price br accepted and that the oaztnu printing co for printing mugiatratt blanks be accepttd a irtur ft nn the department or wil ire with rwtrenu to appoluteea to th mothers allow ante and old age pt l slons boards provoked constderabl dta cuss ion a lording to he new act two members a man and a worn in are to be appointed b hu c unt council and expense to be paid bv tile count three members w it be up iinttd tv the pro ince loed b mr robinson jtetmidid b mr hill tlut the expenses of tin mothers allowance board as per attach- ed account be paid carried the expenses were 325 committee fees and 33 17 mileage moved by mr mcnlven seconded by i mr hall that the county clerk be the secretory of the old age pensions and mothers allowance board carried spelling match main feature of dublin literary society the regular meeting of dublin liter ary society was held on friday even- lng january list the meeting was called to order by the vicepresident alex waldle after business discussion the r olio wing program was given i a reading by mabel burkholder a solo by doreen steele duett by dorothj and douglas frank selection by the mclsaac orchestra a reading by mrs i robertson community singing of scot tish songs reading of the rocky road ster by mrs somervlue the meeting concluded with the- hold lng of a spelling match the winner for j the evening was mrs j frank lunch was served and a social tune spent toonunutd on fage n4 band program to be presented here sunday by permission ojt lt col fitzgerald oo the band ir the uirne scots reg merit will give tht following progrvm tn hie acton town hull on faunda rvtnjnit januar 30th at h 15 i opening runfar j murth washington oruvs 3 overturt tht bridal ut 4 nomu in fa 1 ix led bandsman h cuthbert corcenu b 1u of oum le chimes b bandsman o fauipkjon 6 vocal solo selected miss doris bccsle 7 walts dtttn illtrkiihslon b selevtton fletta 9 comet solo rosis of plccard bandsman j wilcox 10 descriptive 1 a hunting scene 3 the whistlet and hi dog 11 march land of moa 13 hmn sun of my soul chimes by bandsman o stapleton 13 regimental march the campbells are coming ood save the king russel t kelley guest speaker at mens club the a b ca of football are also the principles that win in life acton y mens club has been favored with many splendid addresses tt itn supper meetings but none wcrf more enjoyable than tuesday s meeting when mr russell t kelley of hamlltor was the guest speaker mr keue is prsld ent of the national council of the y m c a honorary president of the assoc ated boards of trade and chamber of commerce associated on sport executives in his home olty and a speaker much sought after for many gathering in opening his address mr kellcj expressed his pleasure in meeting again eddie ryder against whom he played lacrosse some forty years ago and in ddentally eddie was able to show a medal when acton won the champion ship in that year mr kelley s theme was the a b ca taken as he sold from football experi ence a was for ambition which every player in football or life must have there were several kinds pt ambition but one must have lt to win either in football or business if one ls willing to pay the price ambition can be realis ed but he urged that financial ambl tlon should not be the sole objective but a life also with some place for the better ment of the fellow man and the com muntty b stood for backbone mr kelley liked the team that played hard in the last five minutes even when the score was high against them he urged young men to keep a direct contact with the church he sometimes wished that all the service clubs had not come into exis tence and this service work was all done oy the church he believed that sunday should not be spent in listening to light united states radio programs but rather in attending church services c in mr kelley s address stood for concentration he urged the play in tport and business life that was team i play tackle the thing and do it your part miij be small but do it well we need falui in ourachra our fellowmen our job our country and above all faith in ood there are still pleat of golden opportunities for young nun if advantage is taxtn of them it waa a splendid inspirational address to oung men in ursptrscd with phut of wit and npt illustration of nporl applied to uti n lift mr krlle was tntroductd b ex v ir dtn a mason and nt the rloae of tin addres mr w j butt moved a htirtt vote of thanks to mr kt lie for h vult to tht club and his stirring mruage the applause of the group showed con- lummr with tht thanks expressed b mr btatt during the evening bob sly presided ut the purto for the singsong and at the opening of the banquet rev my brooks said grace the president of tht club o a dills was tn charge of the meeting the supper served was a boun- tous and appetising one provided by the true blue group of the ym c a ladlea auxiliary it waa agreed by all that this meeting was among the beat of those which have been held under the y mens club i upsets plenty in the rural league games york road get first defeat second game ends in tie and the third also although the bush league on thursday night was sandwiched in be tween an intermediate game on wed nesday night and another one on friday night a fair crowd of fans turned out to see the roughandtumble boys stage their show it waa the best night the rural league has had yet as far as good games wentv and every goal was well earned to start the evening off rockwood and everton played lo a draw 33 rock wood were one goal up till tlnney mnsales broke away for everton and streaked down the boards for what look ed like a sure goal suddenly a stick appeared out of nowhere and the as tonished tlnney promptly sat down and forgot about the goal mlnute walters the referee started to give saunders of rockwood a penalty for throwing his stick then decided to give everton a penalty shot and finally decided to give everton a free goal strange as it may seem rockwood dld- n t even argue the point ro kwood really should have taken the game but they just couldn l setrn to get any breads jack laverty of rockwood was a trifle nasty at times and had to be reminded not to use elbous and knees when check iny an opponent r ross the rock wood goalie missed one easy shot from well outside the defence altogether lt was not a bnd mine to watch and the 3 3 tic helpedlo make lt interesting york rood silver foxes and the army combined in the second game to provide one of the biggest upsets of the night i continued on page plrej daily newspapers subject of school debate the acton high school literary meet ing last friday was in charge of form ii tom watson acted ns chairman in the debate resolved that the dnhly newspapers do more harm than good the affirmative side was upheld by babe mccalg and margaret striven and the negative by vernon agnew and betty burkholder the judges martin han sard don mcphnll and sheila breen decided in favor of the affirmative side the score being 0558 marie brunelle gave a piano solo a short play was presented by bev arnold vernon agnew tom wntson and bruce pargeter the second edition of the oracle was rend by bruce pargeter acton wins two more gait and guelph victims fridays game was a close one with result in doubt until final score guelph affair was an easy win for the locals and shoved dude lindsays team deeper in the cellar acton gained on league leader in weeks hockey mondays game was postponed program and social time feature lol meeting contract for wiring at factory building acton coun 11 met in special session on monday ivcnlng to consider tenders for electric wiring at the shoe factory building two tenders were received for the work specified one from roy elder field of streetsvllle for 725 00 and tht other from rtids electric acton for s627 35 council hud not dieimd the work sped med as omlng within tht needs of tht plant und after a consultation with mr starr tht number of outlets and lights wtrt cut down to bring the work to the amount pi tinned councillors a mason and j b chat min were appointed a committee to settle the matter they met at tht building the following morning and the work was awarded to reid s electric oi acton ready for dedication ere ted on the exact spot where the original laborator of thomas a edison stood when he invented the first practical incandescent electric light is the above l3jfoot memorial tower now ready for dedication the graceful tower is sur mounted by a giant electric light bulb containing more than fl 000 pounds of glass and three tons of steel framework th bulb i 14 feet high and two inches thick t a special meeting of acton loju no i 407 was held in the lodge ball on thurs- t day evening lost with about 35 members i and visitors present after opening of lodge the following program was given chairman s address bro chalmers w m vocal solo jock given pom of wellington county speech bro qreen i o m or wellington talk rev h l i bennle violin solo bro w frank ad dress w bro c armstrong toronto 1 deputy grand master speech bro w i h mosaics deputy county master violin i solo bro a lelshman accompanied by miss l frank i i lunch was served in conclusion and i the national anthem sung churchill has reached the i century mark first ifteetinp held february 4th i 1838 communion to be held february 6th 1938 on february 4th the church at churchill will have been rounded one hundred years owing to rood condl lions at present the obnervan e of the ont hundredth anniversary will not be held until a inter date howevtr communion will ik held on february jth this year which is the datt closent to the actual formation or the church and former frltnds und members will b welcomed cordially at this slrvlci the original mlnuu book of the church ls in a splendid htatt pf preserva tion and contains many interesting re cordings of those dajs one hundred years ago when the church was founded the congrt gatlonal church was form ed b rtv h dtnny in tht school house situated on jacob swackhamcr s farm in esqueslng consisting of the follow ing persons ja ob swackhamer william swackhamer john g loons peter mosaics hugh mccutcheon mrs cath arlne mosaics mrs hannah swackham er mrs sarah swackhamer mrs mary sw ackhamer mrs susan harris mrs mary denny mrs nancy ann olbons mrs mary mccutcheon so reads the first minute datied february 4th 1038 peter mosaics and jacob swackhamer were chosen deacons at that first meit lng and rev h denny was unanim ously chosen to become pastor qn the following sabbath the ordinance or the lords supper was administered and history repeats itself and on the sunday following the ordinance or the lord a supper w ill be observed again but what a history has been written tn the intervening jearn but many of the j descendants or the founders are still residing in the district and carrying on the work so ably started by their fore fathers a century ago meetings were held in the sihoul house located on the grounds now usrd as a cemetery until 1843 when the pre- f sent church was tree ted a resolution in march or that ear arranged for a subscription lo be taken for the pj pose or completing the thaptl and renc lng nt it in there la apparent no rtlord or ii ojening of the chur h othtr than thv or december 30th 1843 fthti u ru ilu tlon read that the first annlversar t i the opening of our church be held on wedneida januar nth 1844 and tluit ta be prov ided for tht frk nda in iht r tiling ut u und 3d each and dwn bhf ugh tht nrs loo u ut al churchill luive bttn pnn idvd in nunj an occasion lor th friends und he clrclt or friend ha widened with the years here is another minute from thi c n tur ol 1 bo k that in this da and gi deration might be studied with a wtw to the purtt of in hurcl in memoir aocntlng htm tr horiwf thrt times successively from the lord s supper without giving satisfactory reason shall te expelled from the church as unruly members and subsequent records show that the rule was strictly enforced in those early days i rev hiram denny the first minister continued his labors at thia church until 154 whenbis successor waa rev joseph unswoxth acton 5 oaip 4 hockey fans sure got a big twobits worth of thrills and hockey in the qalt- acton game in acton arena on friday night in spite of the mild weather the ice was very good and the acton boys sure turned lt on to nose out a one goal margin over the gait sextette the 54 score was really no indication of the gome browp the visiting goalie was costly the star of the game he was both good and lucky and turned aside hundreds of jhots to hotd the score st the final figures i marco had the first effort that seemed close and then norm morton was right in but brown went down to save rhodes got right in and woods was down to save a close one murphy drew a penalty for tripping gait got the first goal at 6 15 when lovegrove broke alone and oalt was one man short hrown saved three nice shots and woods was down on a close one mooney evened the score at 0 37 when norm morton gavehim the assist acton ujj yy j jyrjns rushed brown and the goal wosn t allow ed as marzo was in the crease acton ganged gait and brown made some wonderful saves ftentner and terry made a nice rush but jack s shot was wide brown was out and down to save on gibbons effort and norm morton put him in the same position again mooney missed on i marzo s pasn and gillespie crashed the boards and was laid ouc for awhile kentner missed when he had only brown to beat the good reports election of officers at united meeting a year of progress was noted in the reports of various departmentu presented last thursday evening at the annual congregational meeting of acton united church finances were in good condi tion and in the missionary enterprises of the church over 1 100 was raised during the year in the invitation ex tended rev dr morrow to remain as pastor of the congregation tribute to the wprk he has accomplished was made and appreciation or his splendid leader ship expressed members of the session elected for three years were messrs b johnston e beswlck j c matthews f swack hamer chas mckeown members elect ed to fill vacancies caused by the death of mr geo cowle and the resignation df mr n f moore were r l johnston members of the board of stewards elected for three years were messrs w evans l orwell johnston t watson arthur gamble jos h boyd mr alex mcdonald was made an honorary mem ber of the board and mr nelson lam bert fills the vacancy caused by the re moval or mr w e ramsdcn at the conclusion of the business of the evening the ladles were hostesses and served lunch and a so lal time was period ended in a 11 draw and it was wently v the congregation one of the fastest first periods in any the meeting was well attended and rev game here this year both teams were i dr morrow presided going at top speed m in the second period brown slid tn feet out of his goal to save a s ore from norm morion acton ganged oalt but were luckless hassell went off tor his fheek on walttrs and quit plaed wldi open tvtn whtn shorthanded brown made a lovtly stop of terry s eflo t acton went into tht lead it 7 30 when bus morton scored from a scramble oalt dlsputtd tht scon but it was nl lowid rtilly drw a rest for boarding acton wtnt up unothtr notch at 0 38 when norm morton rglstered on mooney s nssist bus morton missed tht corner by inches an1 bnun robbed him it unother try kt iirtr was right in and thret men wtrt down in the oalt gi u to save a scort brown savtd on o half dozen any of which sure looked like goals ht was sure doing a lovely job of net minding at 16 00 lovegrovt drove a hard one trom centre ice to beat woods it looked like a aof onl brown made three or more beautiful saves acton played rings around oalt but brown stopped nearly everything and the period ended 3 2 for acton oalt was right in at tht first or the third and woods saved a nice one rellly jjickson and hlnchbergcr combined on a ganging play with the puck rolling tn off woods glove to tie the score oil- totpie drew a plenalty for slashing l marzo was tripped as he was going right in and brown saved a nice one n morton and rhodes went to the cooler for mixing it up brown saved on four more goo labelled shots as acton gang ed the play in that end rhodes suffered a badly sprained arm as hi fell to the ice brown was out to aav on norm morton olllesple went on for a high stick and jackson followed him for slamming walters to the boards and oalt held well while they were two men short at io 44 bus morton put acton in the lead again as one of the gait men returned to the ice glbboos drew a penalty at 13 3d oalt tied lt up again when otlleaplc scored norm morton made three nice efforts but brown turned them all aside e marzo wua lose but brown klckrd it out he mudt unother txuullful save on bus mortons titorl at 16 15 e marzo at ired for acu n from a face off in the oalt lerrlt irv acton held tht lead for ttu n maliutitf thret minutes uid finiah til l tors m tht cltnm mirgln f 54 rtie lint up a as oum brown ul jatkon hhodt df ft n i rilj fenire hlnchbergtr rlfcht wing dillon 1 ft mg olllesple uivrgrove murphy und hasst 11 ulti r n ties acton wrxxls k ial gibbons walters dtfente 1 marzo xentre n morton rttfht wing mwonev lift wing b mor ion terrv e marzo and arblc alter- naua otver sub goal referee r ryubaum kltchrrirr olden weddint anniversary of mr and mrs wm park on sunday afternoon a group of friends from dultuin county togetht with a tt w acton neighbors called upon mr and mrs wm park of down avdnur to congratulate them on the ei f their golden wedding anniversary on january 24th 1888 at the horn of her mother and stepfather dr h macnauffhton of erin melvina a macules becami the bride of william park or belwood thi ceremony being pt rformid by rtv george munroe of erin the young coupk hli up housekeeping on the groom s farm bogensouris flvt miles from belwood and it has been their home until last october when they moved to acton mr park an ardent liberal is well known in political circles he served for some years in the county council or east oarafraxa and was for a long umn president of the weather insurance com puny of ontario their three sons alex of belwood chaster on the home farm and harry late of p pc uq were all present aft- was the only grandchild beth or bel wood mr and mrs ernest nairn and mr ansley nairn of orand valley and mr george park of arthur were also pit sent and all joined in wishing mr and mrs pork many more years of happl ness coming events heading arc harel tins sttli minimum i acton u quelph 5 apparently hockey fans had the ouelph team sized up aa mighty poor op position last nlghc and the stayathomes win not be surprised at the 115 victory that acton romped home with from them at the acton arena with just barely a team to take the ice dude concluded on page sighs i hi iiunihl imiuim ul lhe woman imtltuu villi be held in ymca on hi irsduv hbruur jrd ut 30 p m cur una juutlrr singers in ulc uniltml chur li itotkwhl frku february 4th ut h p m admission 26 and ivr a miimcul treat lit veron 30 band concert in town hall acton sunday jan 3ui 15 by kind permission or col fitzgerald the bund of the lome scots regiment will present a program or sacred des criptive and favorite band selections in the town hall acum on sunday even lng january 30th at 8 15 a silver jol- le ton will be taken and entire proceeds for relief in acton included in the pro- envm will be chimes and other instru mental solos come and hear our own military band and your contributions will be appre ciated by the welfare board this ls a return by the band for acton band playing at georgetown on pacoraikm day 3 m