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sixtythird yer no 30 acton ontario thursday march 3lt i03h eight homeprint paget plve cebm tax collection cost is reduced to municipality commiaulon meete request or council new meter ttctlnir board approved tha regular meeting of acton publlo uulluas commission ni held on ttiai- day evening reeve t 3 mooutohaon and commissioner o m hansen ware present with chairman r j kerr pre afcuac it waa moved by p j moouteheon ami seconded by c xi hansen that the oaeretary pay the following aooountu hydra daaartamu cnjl and transports express i 76 r h lasby poles sow inapeotlon department meter inspection it 00 h e pc ot ontario power lea credit i 374 si j cmatuiewa postage and box rent 13 00 ferrantl xlectvlc ltd supplies a b0 highway oarage gas etc 1 00 1 40s os walarwerks dspartssant hydro department february operations ml s7 owrted a latter was read from the hjpo it waa the opinion of mr jererlas that tha aetual oost of oollaottng tana for the corporation was lim a tetter from the fwerllte devices ud re an electric eye for turning on and shutting off the street lights was ordered tried iv was moved by o u hansen and ascended by f j uooutoheon that re- aotatlon no t dated march 1st isg be hereby rescinded and in ordsr to co operate with tha oonnell we now accept thatr offer of itefla for collection of tana for 1017 carried superintendent onas wuson reported tsiat a meter testing board was required to comply with the new regulations tram june 1st the coat of the material for thls board would amount to shoo it would be assembled here it was moved of o 11 hansen and aeoonded by w j uocutohean that superintendent wilson secure the neces sary equipment for the making of a meter testing board as required by gov ernment regulations by june 1st the list of arrears was cheeked and the superintendent instructed as to their disposal superintendent wilson reported on the une work that should be done this sum mer and gave the estimated cost this matter waa left aver till the commission vlrwi thr work holstein banquet most successful on record haltona annual houthn breeders end mult producers banqtiet held in milton on thursday evening last was recorded u the large and moat success- ful evei held in thr county some 900 holsteln enthusiasts were at the banquet table where two sittings wre required to accommodate the crowd rev w j johnston of egilntnn united church toronto waa the guest speaker taking aa hi subject nail your thesis to thn door mr johnaton lived up to hi reputation aa one of canada a aneat afte dinner speakers aa he held hla large faudlenee apellbound by the eloquence or ma delivery and the inspiration of hla message president morley watson of tansley who presided paid tribute to the croup of halton breeders who year after year assisted in keeping halton holateina be fore the eyea of the dominion by ex hibiting at the c n a breeding exhibit lng in 1037 who were introduced were aa folkma albert hunter john hunter clarence anderson victor lawrence j l neelanda ft sons t u lealle son prank pelletterlo john picket ac son roblnaon droa w b fiomeiaet a stark son john sheppard and a b wood- j ley son dr j b reynold president of the toronto milk producers association also poke briefly dealing in particular with some of the problem effecting the whole milk market in toronto other program included reading by mlsa ahco ouhby solos by mr hugh beaty and the misses anderson and ktothercut all of which were enuiuslas- tloally received in uie opinion of many the highlight of an outstanding evening a program waa the oneact play the country slicker presented by the mor ton player this is the play which recently won the halton drama festival and the members of the cast namely miss dlltt and messrs cecil breckon jim breton george breckon ford rogers and norman ouea are indeed to be congratulated on the characterisation and the artistry with which they made thelr presentation ubrarian dead daylight saving time is april 23rd to sept 6th account for wiring rtt shoe victory jluildlrtk settled iermlminn anked for trimming trent ienco on wntorwiirkh uljjhlofwny ih in need if repaint klrot copint of anditom report pre- hcnted parliamentary librarian and former minuter in the border wartime cabinet hon martin buirell died 111 fits homt at ottawa after a short illness mr bur rrl 70 was elected in the home of com muns in 1008 isam club officers chosen for acton sport re organ last ion for thr season for the acton baseball club sot under way or tuesday evening when wm coon won chosen president for the year th complete list of official selected is a follow honorary presidents dr j a mc nlven v b rum ley snd j it laflsh man president wm coon vicepresident mac symon secretarytreasurer i atkinson executive members w a slurry e ryder and e masters bat boy percy woods the appointment of a manager will be dealt with by the executive who will also si range for representation ot the league meeting which la being held tonight in milton councillors j chapman e jones and j b chalmers were present at the acton council meeting on monday evening and reeve v j mccutchoon prtsldrd the seventh report of the pluaiico committee recommended payment of the following account ii woods gravel for shoe factory 0 00 workmen a compensation board 00 u canadian legion care of mem oris plot acton cluxeiu band annual grant i b weedge georgetown lumber co re shoe factory e ciipim labor nt nlioe factory rrtireh 1000 i b0 00 i 9 10 07 0 00 brlmonl cplrbruucl tkeenoc k wins in spelling match with bannockbitrn last frlda evening the areenoc literary society visited thr bnnnuckburn ijternxy society for a social evening after the buslnras and opening oordon w 3fli leslie president of orrcnock uterar tnp ur1m an society was called upon to take chargr october 20th 1937 hen mr booth u of the program driving his tractor on thr new middle the following program u enjoyed j ju1 nm ol tnr lln and by au musical selreuons by rurr m b cur fisher and mn fuhcr rrellallons bs b mr 0 mr boolh jean mann cases dealt with at halton spring assizes the orand jury at the halton county spring assises in milton on monday brought in s true bill against harold mcoulref of rochester n y charged alth motor manslaughter the rharve followed an automobile accident near burlington on december 4th in which lome turk a passeneer in one of u canada in uic united church ul qtl cars u fatall injure ni he has beii rnont uctlvr aervlng i mr justice mqtague preildlng said i cvotr li drr biblt clni uuclior and i he felt an inspection of county build elder hi a alaya im enuiusiattl lings b orond juror woj unnecessary i urlfr and helped the local band con as one had bren msde within thr post i werably acting a leader for manj i lx month pa fmll coiwinu of io chll tuo undefrnded divorce coes were drr wullam and delia mrs dan mat dealt with john henderson of burlinir fhplt winnipeg free prras ton wuit given a decree iiibi and custod i d although a bit bt latfd the btttl of hu children thomas mntry also of i lhis frxim fru nds h re observes his alentyseventh birthpay in west j j lawon resident of manitoba dttrlct ilncr 1903 march 17th his 77th birthday in exct 1 lent health born in acton near ourlph ontario he spent nnmr yttirs in chry nnc wyo before coming back to burlington was granted a nll judgmerh lrhs lncerr fir many damages of 1 026 and cost were hr and happiness awarded to oordon booth bronte i none th etirs uk offerini broikht ooi prkes at auction 24fl 3s tin rrport was adopted fr a if kohl was present on behalf of ilsitrdintstt a co reqitrnung that fu ther utrdlna be done on elgin street to improve this nwdway council prom iwd consideration when tlie nwid pro gram wo undertaken mr kohl also dlsrusiied the mnttec f daylight saving time hr ktlntcd out that it of course suited the company bent to adopt this time the samr as in tor onto and he asked the count 11 to con alder thl nhen making their derision the company desired to cooperate as nearly as noaslblr with the town thr by law adupung daylight saving tlrm in acton was read as required and passed it set saturday april 23rd at midnight as the time for adopting day light saving time to continue until mid high i on labor day september 0th these ere the same dates which had been found mo generally satisfactory last jear a resolution was passed authorising the treasurer to transfer from the i tax pre- payment voucher sale account the amounts therein deposited to the oen- eral account st the end of each month an account for an indigent patient was disputed a letter from the salvation army ex p rssed appreciation of the privilege of hording a tag day in a ton a h ttrr from the public utlllllen com dlmtlon drrw the attention of the council to tht fence on the rlghtof way to the spring proicrl some nt w posts were required and the matter was left until a later mtetlng when thr work could bt undertaken a i tier rrom lhe red cross society pointed out that their course was avail able for communities of acton size and off t ring full co operation from thr soclrl f it was felt advisable t j organ it any f the courses in acton a letu r from qray teski a hill ad bcl that uit report wi rt now bt lng thd but could itot stt a di finite dult t hu i tin rrpori w ould bt rt ad tin a alitor suittttaud tiiat ux coun ii hold i spttlul nutting to drill with tin re j jn in it wa decided tc hold lhr met t iiik on llursdii i wllh tlil matt r i a d ptituti m uund requem d thnl larry aurte veterun right winger with die imsrmtnt until the cement floor was rtrrd ctiuncll agreed to apimiint a committee to inspect the building at oner nnd report regarding reimlrs mv j n held was present regarding isocount for electric wiring at the shoe factory building die amounts were for extra work outside of the lighting ooti- j tract and 11 was difficult to decide whether urn amount should be paid by mr starr or the conorat1un council agreed to pay the amount of 43 go i whlh was not already clearly denned in lnr dptr wu ilna ninded out the agreement i hu la player in lhe na miss j mcoregor asked permlssltm to llochfly l manager jufik iemove a couple of trees and trim other rt adam salt owner near her property on young street mr nmm nrru h dlnil for r j kerr also requested permission to arlr and 1l ta nl he mad remove a tree on his property the rlw hrtul ltw drl club matter was left with councillor jonas fnrm yt uie last member and the municipal officer to adjust tur iw7 u ul duced hockey mr ii m mcdonald was present to drtro discuss industrial matters with the coun ell thr auditors prrsenletl to uie reeve and council first copies of the auditor report tor 1037 and arranged to meet the council at a eclul meeting on wed nesday april flth to go over the report in d mil robert j itussstll mr robert j russell second son of the late john and margaret russrll died at his home in medicine list alberta on monday march 21st he leaves to mourn hi loss his wife and two daugh- on tueday evening the member of u marjr and donalda bolh atlend- dloomsbury literary society held their ln monton university two brothers legulsr meeting in the school the pre- jonn d ruasell new sldent ross lalursnn was in charge i york olt william a russell vancou roll call was answered by the slzr of f vrr university kxtnlor snd ii mar garet russell toronto mr russell taught school for a time utterly he has been engaged in the lumber business he was a man of sterling character and rrspeeted by all who knew him mrs j dennis win the speujn match at bixomsbury james e mcmuslan a cltlten who bore the highest respect your shoe after the business part of the meeting the following program was presented reading mrs tuck speech mrs j dennis reading llrui oordon instru mental mrs vonoooaen the main item on the program wss a spelling match with mr j dcnnt winning the match the prices for progressive euchre went ui mrs t near and mr vonoooaen rtfnshmenta were served by the host of 1fr om sldenl of acton and hostess mr a near and miss mabe 1 dmticl j etrl mlllar pass wilson and a social lime was spent aw on 8tuay ftt hu hun on knok avrnur ijust july mr mcmillan suffered a paralytic stroke and when tet hnicolor movies partially recovered from this had the the puzzle poem i fat irk thf v mlsfurtuiw to fall and fracture hi hip i k1 in mttn wr w tn hospital open nlcihl ourlph for treatment and wun fin i ally able u return home where h has been an invalid tin til lhr time of his parsing county festival arranged for next week ompctilhim will take place on wcdruvulay thuniday and friday on wedmsday thursday and rrlday of next wiek the annual halton county musical festival will be held in bronte at ton school will as usual have antrlaa in the sixty voice junior and roys choirs and other items on the threeday program in the rural srhool hecuotm lime- htnise jqwi ties lng nassagaweya and campbnllvllle schools have several on trie these events are held on wed nesday and thuraday the urban schools do not take part in the festival until thursday evening acton school will as usual have a very omplnle entry in most of the events for public sojwjoj pupil under the direction of ml t p hunt oitrle are in the roys solo class the duett and trio num bers and violin solo on friday afternoon the junior choir lkiy choir forty- votecholr and sixty- voice choir will compete for the cups and shields offered for ami petition friday evening la given over to com petition among the high school pupils and acton schools have no entry in these groups rama fakm history of dihtrkt jiven ufypo the regular meeting of actondale v f i po was held in lorne school on thursday last president harry bmel hunt was in charge of the business ses sion an invitation from the rcorval juniors to visit them and spend a social evening on april ith waa accepted jack cooke wis called upon to bs chairman while the following program was given violin solos harvey fisher ncoompapled on the piano by mrs fish er a splendid speech on the early history oi the forms around lome school and he building of the school by howard jbwltser piano durtu by helen mere dith and helen mcoown and musical selections by rae and vic swlndlehurst thr program closed with the singing t the nstlonal anthem lunch was rrved snd thr rest of the evening spent n dancing i awaki oes to vviijma west on i huraday evtnlng a large numbet of members and friends assembled ol th mca featured wen n program and ulio moving pictures messrs j mc james h mcmillan was born in k queslng township seventy four years mulltn nnd w darby ixndtred aeverol ago a mm uf the bit ischial mcmillan fort t wo ynirs ago he w as joined in slctlnia in the harmonica ujid guitar mr h wlluneggrr su ward of the 7 run to hunt club showed three seu of liu plcnir t the first was the con holy wtdloek to ehmbrlit scott and until i ighu n years ago tie sikceasfully cop duett d farming is emju aliig on lot 32 trut in n of u motor boat and ii followed tht arlotia steps of btwit building from iturt u pit tuns of the boat in the nnu it i in acu n tin past yrurs he has spent ills ot loved wlft and partner the answer to last week a puzzle i oem waa collier and the winner of lhe award 1 wilms west of r r no 3 acton there were a goodly number of answers last week many more than lie irish puzzle had but after all this is really more of a scotch community the poem this wee will be found on iage five your answer must reach tub i sec pscss before morula y evening to j iiillfy pavi d away elt vt n years ago tlt second ret i was of the rood ntng at 7 30 t dtnlimim takt n in the royul york hotel y i- ftfuii iron various displays and art n cltlxens nji t rt in technlrc it r tlie third of the dt duct m bt st rlu uas 1 janx mcmillan was a man whom to know was u admire and rtspect clet how to apply in his manner but firm in his oonvic nels of ski lng and j llum to causes that were ijij q right could not be shaken for four i if tu largest uut tun and piano duett by isabel frooi hlfl trucur ono thp erin townsnlp or some time uw that made f urn the town hall n nui when wlnur orn in fawltserland acjlharner and marie clayton mr rendrr oi lw y cftr wnj lu t wm ball held yesterda afternoon i the d held th r u and dant- em introduced mr wlllerwgger vrs h was a mtmber of acton oouncf owlesmckeown gave a ver murast btkcjl mr pr n reallard for the b o unci proused cons deration and by i the preaenustkm aa feature whicn all u 1ui made t imxs lng speech on tatootag cattle stump tiering that uas ednrely dtapoard of b m ml agrevo u reduce the charg r m tno slble for him u continue in ofllct h apeeches were given by klllott patterwn mot slnda kucuoi1 h j k rr n hours of 7 to m 50 students ashown how to apply for positions laura johnston art mckeown helm uccalg and elwood johnston was observed the apecial feature of the evening was i j jf auians a spelling match between the two societies helen mccalg was the winner molherlng sunday was msrked at bt lor oreenock uterarj alban church lost sunda 1th a spec the meeting ckjagd with the natksnal j i daitodji service for the children at aattaem afwr whlcii lunch was served nooam each cluw carried a dafltdu tcad selling mixrd grain brought i sime ror nim to continue in office he rh hlgr light of the evenings v oac th oldest members of tlie present u discuss with fun was uie marlinet ten taken by s f knox prenbyterlan church lew nigh at l 64 per cwt the ten uie count ll the rt pairs mat he anil con horses ifftred all brought gtxid prices i si and hags f oours ld well and cattle falr and the remainder of the evening spent in dancing quilt awarded for dublin w 1 lucky ticket and during the singing of the 3rne djclle utey were presented two of the bojs of the bruce pargeter and ketmetii marliau receiving them and were placed in thr vases on the ajlox a uir uncluron f llu serce the two lxts in their inirpllcrs stood at the duor t f uie hu kh and presented a dahodij ui tah mother in tht t ontfegat ion held ghlmrti s hmtu eiv un ihn wlu i i hie htx tor in hls m nnon sin re f tht led txmrut n i mid lsil i nida mothrruit 1i and f hi m lul tn of ynli u ithi need u t u 11 ni i rt tibtsiu p owt i fo tht div win i ualh in 11a tu u hi pt tt oi h i lit lull u f hi bis til i ku m r i nl s mothei tin rpimh ti r hi cv ni uis ml rt i arh u utpli homo niulhtr ol imwu nd ihix i tlve m tln i b mrs c of ui mat 1 unu u j n salem ub vt paper on rice which u tht mot he i w all li tit svci nd lef ii is tin s r f the pnklln i xaii who in uu end w it a tn ihtriiik hinim h all uie- mr star messrs a a emery and c l ktrkness u 7day life in this community and udrrrd should be made at the shoe fac i and hardly anybody escaped hit j p ncompulntng suffering too building he pointed out that at at uie conclusion of the meeting the hu ft mo m prrsenl h ould not matal machinery in f indies served dainty lunch a try interesting feature wo provided last friday evtnlng by miss davis and a group from shaw s business college in toronto a demonstration u given of the incorrect and oorrect methods of making persona application for a posi tion the clemonstratlon waa practical and eircctlve it took trie place of the to b prcmmitcd to their majctir the dublin woman s liutltut their march meethig at ue home of mrs j black owing to uie absence of uu president mrs a ntar the first vice president mrs o somen uie was in the ohair llkwlng the oivrillllg exercise the motto tlie wwld li taking your puturt look pleasaiit was takt n bj mrs cl robt rtson roll t all w as aiuw eird bj sing sav or pu lhe boonomtn was taken anoooaen who gc a and rclpis for uuiir a solo was con trtbuted b mrs w wauiiv mrs wabster ofterrd lur home for tlie when he came t nestmeetlngs mr mclntrv moved a thtng customanji hewd on this undav ote of thanks to thosr on the program doubtless pn mined the thought add to the hostess for the use of her turning home bringing 1 wwwmibmww vwvevststfftraslusfuafvswutlu mn mi rrr iirs m11 vu1liuiu- wfitrwttmiit ioiivim maae a uauaj oejy uterary society meeting ubject that must be an tnsplrstkm u 11 who knew him i one son lachlan and two sisters mrs outside inside w d smith and mrs jennie mcdou gall of toronto of the unrnediat bgller p family remain but a host ot friends oln i jud wtti y nly them in mourning his death and share l v m j the outwde home the tuck number for the comforter was 105 mrs donaldson of orangevule being the winner the meeting closed with the national anthem lunch was served and a aoclaj time spent vift and tht whole famii attending the home church together the daxtodui used in the smtee wrre the symbol of uie custom ary gift the congregation was one of the largest for some time j i king qeorge and queen ellambeth will be presented i of gold and slher is built on a scale of 05 mlulmsires to with this miniature model of the famous- yprea oath j themere and required a years work by wolfem brothers halt asa token of belgiums appeciatinn for the part j of brussels played by great britain in the qreat war the model with them in the sorrow ot hi passing the funeral was held on monday after noon with a service at the hjorne con ducted by hi minister rev h l ben- nle interment was made in palrvlew cemetery th pall bearers were messrs s brown winnipeg man o w mur ray robt j wallace thos kennedy evan jones and jsmes eccles plural tributes included those from lchlan snd mrs mcmillan mis hasel i dell corpora uon or village of acton leonard rldgway knox church session mrs jennie mcdougal and son mr w d smith and family among those from a distance attend ing the funeral wcc mrs w d smith sma jean smith mrs jennie mcdouga mr o mcdougal mr j mcdougal mr d mcdougal mrs jsmea scott exreeve c h harrison toronto mr leonard rldgway detroit mr samuel brown winnipeg mr and mrs jas eccles brampton mrs w mcclurr and mr thos mcclure mr and mrs john mc- oiu miss pearl scott mr arch eecjes oworgetown mr j j dpou marten mr x mcmillan and daisghtera oualph mrs jas ltile kverton oonunued on fage nra ysas replied the colored man dubi ously de trouble is dem two year at the tiuuidr will be on the inside oming events ni l un olhr pvrnia udr tbis ha rr rhttraett i cents pr nn nimisub h mmf i rnral ol gc monthly meeung of the woman s in stitute wm be held in ymca thurs day april 7th at 2 30 pm charlie a coming april th anst 7th and oh boy hes a scream tickets earl town hall oet your two night only in acton tonight double feature the vali ant and courag mr oreene two play one price in acton town hall dancing after the plays and when charlie cones here youll wish you had seamed your tickets early lata than a weak