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jr x rttsiityfourth yerrn 3 acton ontario thursday july 21st 1038 eight homeprint pateavive cents council to clean up all arrears iii taxes province wm now pay for all patlmtf in sanatoriimw to 0jbl sends check for super- vmonln water from cmorination plant teste u claaa maim bttucet drainage puobucm omineluoiw ohajmers jones and mason were present on monday evening at the mmttaff of acton council and sleeve p lieouteheon presided a request wu made fpr the installation off an additional street light on willow t street near mill street permission was asked and granted to b albans ohuroh to close a block of widow street from bower avenue to river street on the night or their garden prty a letter from beardmore at oo report ed thet aendms or aamplra of water from the ohlonnatlon plant on their pitiperty itie sample were a claaa a letter from the duke of devonshire onapter of the ioe enclosed a cheque for 3ft a their ahare for the coat of upervuwn at the park council ex pressed appreciation of this assistance a letter from styles sales limited ask- ed information regarding the sale of a factory partly equipped for producing muunery the letter was ordered fyled a letter from the associated school of halrdretstnff and beauty culture ask- ed thati the council pass a toylaw pro hlbttlng any person to open a shop who tea not a diploma from any of the six teen schools approved by government regulations a letter from the workmens compen sation board gave notice of the with drawal of the differential preferred rating a letter from the provincial depart ment or health notified the corporation of the change of the sanatoria act with the change the municipality will be re lieved of all oasts in connection with the treatment of tuberculosis patients of 160 per day it is estimated that this will save the municipalities of the province 1600000 annually an aooount from the toronto oeneral hospital for an indigent patient was re ceived the account was 4550 my j v savage requested permission to peddle in acton fly and moth spray and foot salve of his own manufacture samples were submitted to the council xt was decided that the matter was one to be approved or rejected by the pro vincial authorities and council had no jurisdiction in the matter the municipal officer reported on lhe drainage problem that had been encount ered on main street repairs had been made satisfactorily for the prcsccnt the municipal officer was asked to arrange for the sale of the wheat sown on the old pioneers cemetery t1e fourteenth report of the finance committee recommended payment of the following accounts h el mcdonald premium on treasurers bond 1200 r m mcdonald secretory for june relief account j w jones supplies acton public utilities- commis sion street lighter service etc c f leatherland salary sup plies postage etc bell telephone co services georgetown lumber co shelters at park highway oarage repairs xdward ryder painting pump house l actok tkzm pass printing 131 9 sari m lambert labor 32a c t leatherland legal account 1165 w d talbot supplies 1604 r j wallace teaming and labor 2025 fugs atlantic solo douglas oorrlffan who made a 3700- mlle flight from his home in long beach calif to new york in his loyearald 000 oirtlsrobln aeroplane with only chocolate bar for food la shown as he refuelled- his ship at new york he took oft from floyd bennett airport saying he was returning home tout disappeared out over the atlantic with enough gaso line for a 40hour flight twentyeight hours later officials at baldonnel airport ireland were surprised when douglas landed his rickety aircraft unheralded and unsung 80 00 125 10000 15049 1035 48 60 60 1720 maybe you were puzzled where to find last poem we apologize we told readers that the pusxle poem would be found last week on page eight and here it was on page five of tint fair pstss but in spite of misdirection there wctc plenty who found the poem and sent in correct answers proving of course that readers find interest on every page of tire fkez puss the answer was weather as most of you wrote the award goes to miss ada currie b r no 1 ouelph we wont bother directing you to tne page this week qui there is another puntfe poem in tim fiee press for you to solve harold davison saved from drowning in glen williams special to tn pan pans bypauljsllfle qkuck action by tftree young men trevor wjiltams tom kill and jack kemthead saved the lire of eight-year- old harold davison when he took a cramp in the credit river in olen wil liam at nine oclock thursday nlitht harold was swimming- in the swift current below the barraclough dam when he took the cramp and sank in tne deep water his brother clifford nd gordon pricker dived for him but were unable to brine him to the surface her bert preston raced for the united church tennis courts for help tom hu1 and trevor williams two eiteellent swimmers dashed for the river and dived in tre vor caught the davison boy by the legs find brought him to the surfoco were tom assisted in taking him to shore on the bans jock kenuillcno worked over the unconscious lad and applied artificial respiration due to jacks effort the iad showed signs of life in several min utes- and dr j h batemon of george town said that the boy was out of dan ger when he arrived harold u the son of a farmer wllllnm davison who lives near olen williams he is completely recovered now acton won from oakville and tied hespeler the stories are much more cheer ful this week seventh inningr break tied game esquesing clerks salary now made 700 per annum relief accounts of 11111 are paftaed and road sheets of 152549 approved 170056 ttte delegation that had been to tor- onto checking up on industrial matters made a very satisfactory report the tax arrear hat was partially acrut- inlaed by the council and the clerk was instructed to notify delinquents of pro- tnat were to be undertaken it was drawn to the attention of council that several were under a wrong impres sion to regards to tax payments it was pointed out that council should proceed with a aale of the chattels as stipulated on tax bills and should not allow any amounts outstanding after the current ysx tne arrear hit will be further dealt with avt a special meeting halton native died in western town h howden kc 77 of necpawa man provincial secretary in the sir r p robun- conservative government of afa in 1007 to 191 j died suddenly saturday bom at milton ontario mr bowden was educated at rockwood and bl catharines ontario ht went to manitoba in ltm the efequcslnff council held their regular monthly meeting on wednesday evening deputyreeve w a wilson councillors c h may o w murray and bktwin hajtop were present reeve n a robinson presided at the meeting communications were read from jen kins hardy department of health motor vehicles branch na tional railways mrs john garvin and oeorge it elliott accounts were approved for payment as follows hydro- electric power commission brampton lights 81 board of hydro commissioners oeorgetown street lights at alcn wlluanu bell telephone co services i m bennett supplies w d button 1 sheep killed b dogs duncan waldlc valuator t moved by w a wilson seconded by b harrop that the treasurer pay the relief accounts as presented by the relief officer fill 11 carried moved by o w murray seconded by c h may that the treasurer pay tb road sheets as presented by the rood superintendent si 53540 ouried a bylaw to rescind byuw no 8m was read as required and passed an amendment mas to bylaw no 7m and the salary of the clerk wu made 9700 per annum council oadjournett to most monday august am at 730 pm or at the call of the reeve acton changed the tune on saturday when they stepped in oakville and right on their own wuidlot made a bid to oust onkvlue from its second place in the hal ton county league the score was 07 when the runs were all tallied and it mode a narrow margin between these two teams acton led all through the rome and the five run splurge in the tecond was a lead that oakville never caught up with well heres the way it happened outhrlc first man up tor acton in uie first grounded to a gulbralih at third ilus morton walked and watcrhousc struck out henry crlppn doubled scoring morton tyler walked lamb filed out us iscwls oakville went down swinging in thclr half of the first gordon struck out o oalbrallh hlllmer grounded to mooney nnd lwls wan fanned by gordon tlie second was the bl inning for acton netting them five runs williams filed to wilson mooney stnfllrd and ad vanccd when gordon reached first on lewis error qiithrle filled the bases on galbralthh error bun morton walked again and bill wnterhouse singled scor ing two runs crtpps doubled again but failed to tkoir when tyler illed to wil son and uimb firoundcd to hlllmer at short markey flud to guthrie carter singled and wilson reached ural on tylers error carter was caught oil second on a perfect peg by lamb d wilson amgled and l wilson mole third d wilson going to second but wore left stranded when ool- brallli struck out in the third william filed to l wll- non mooney filed to galbralth gordon singled and guthrie ended it all when lie filed to d wilson mcdrrraotl reached first an b mor tons error and wus advanced when g galfaralui singled hlllmer filed to wll- ilums lewis singled scoring mbcrmott and galbralth mnrkey grounded to gordon and carter struck out in the fourth bus morton struck out watcrhousee reached first on lrwis error hut was caught at second illuincr u g galbrniih cripps reached first on the fielders choice that caught walerhoufcc tyler struck out l wilson reached tlrm on tylers error and reached third on two wild pitciies by gordon d wilson singled scoring l wilson and d oalbralth reached first on gordons error and d wllaon scored mcdermott struck out g galbralth filed to wllllaiiu and hlllmer struck out in tho fifth lamb filed to lewis wil liams singled and mooney atngled od- vanclttg williams qordon alruck out i guthrie reached first on hlllmer s error bus morton grounded to a galbralth lewis filed to guthrie markey doub led carter grounded to morton l wil son singled scoring maalwy but waa caught oil second tyler to moopey in the sixth watcrhouse singled crlppn reached ftrat on curlers error tyler struck out lamb filed to the catch- young authoress i am writing a l ftn wllliunis struck out book on how to bring up the nrat baby d wilson grounded to mooney d friend oh and by the way where oulbralth walked but was caught all is your little pet strand morton to mooney mcdermott ive sent her away for six months wils au on tne fields choice o oul- whilr i write the book continued on page five amateur show and lawn social very successful enjoyable event sponsored by s albanb on the rectory grounds last nights amateur show and lawn social on the rectory orounds at s albans proved a splendid evening of en tertainment and fun booths nah pond and games made fun for all a program of varied numbers pleased the gathering and the evening was an ideal one to spend out of doors in such a social way mr jim sutherland of ouelph was master of ceremonies and kept every thing moving along smoothly numbers on the program were given by the acton boys trio sammy brunelle oernld and bruce pargeter tap dancing and singing by lorraine paltant and violet louth comic numbers in costume by tom simp son of ouelph cowboy songi by johnny emerson of georgetown songs in cos tume by little barbara vincent and froprana aoloa by miss ruth gibson joe wlloox contributed cornet aoloa and a negro quartette composed of misses olive rookcs and anne holmes j messrs oeorge simpson and harry rogers gave a southern ixureant with j negro melodies it wn a well rounded- program very appropriate and well presented in the draw for prizes which was a feature of the evening miss frances kelly won a half ton of coal to victor elliott went 100 iba of sugar hams were won by thos dose and miss grace lantt ave pounds of butter was won by mrs jos kentner and a basket of gro ceries was won by mr robert winton first hand information record attendance hal ton juniors annual field dav notwlthtanndlng the biisy season hal- ton juniors annual field day and picnic which was held ut huttbnvllle park an wednesday last broke all a tendance record when nearly 700 young people from alt sections or the county attended a program of sports includ ing suftball ummaments was run off in the afternoon under uie direction of agricultural renrosentatlvb j b white- lock assisted by president clause mc laughlin nerval wp tjdltun milton wilmer mcouliougn acton and mux laura johnston acton secretary of tlic county executive in uie softball tournament acton kil bride milton norvnl and palermo were represented in tho boys tournament with the clinniplunshtp honors going to milton while in the girls section acton palermo and norval competed with the championship going to the latter team in lhe interclub relny races norval glrla were again to the fore and kilbride for lhe boy1 iocs kirk of norval was the winner in the girls softball throwing contest with jvnnle black of acton a cloae mtoiut winiirrs in the events were as follows boys wheelbarrow race george b reck on and bruce fox palermo driving race xiuplesm nellls and edna cook acton plate race couples m nellls and edna cook acton following the picnic lunch which wa aerved by the palermo girls with miss vemu kingston as convener a dance was held in the evening uie music being supplied by norman wilkinson and his melody boys of hamilton county rate reduced saving to municipality noted sailor dead magistrate advises wipe to drive from hack seat mnglatrale wnodllfte suggested to gi keenan of onhawa npiwarlng in police court here yesterday that if the wlfr must drive it would possibly be best fur her to do it from the back seat the case arose out of a amash-up- on do minion day at young and queen streets when kccnans car failed to moke the curve and crushed into the nld- of the cur driven by dr bateman of georgetown on a charge nf reckless driving keenan wax assessed sio and cimta or ten days in jail the money was paid mrs keenan was present to get the advice during the evidence if was brought out uiat when the cur swerved on tho corner mrs keenan had caught her husband and he had pushed her out of lhe way in the meantime the crash had i occurred with keenan s car well ovt in lhe puth of traffic in the opposite dlr- t rctlon i two other cusea of apeedlng in acton wore asmmd fines of 15 and cob us each capt i1emerh known in every ixrl of canada capt l a dement 76 former dominion wreck commissioner died in ottawa capl dentera irtarted hi career in 1018 when he war indentured to the brlganline beaver bine- that time he has been iiasmluted with the sea in various capacl lies in le lug uie canadian llghtous service on second mute aboard the first fisheries protective cnilmr lhe angua miicdonitld rockwood paslor seriously hurl in motor accident ikcame confuted when croesing lhe itoad to car and wax struck down 1 kv p h lwbun pasuir of itock- acton tennis players visit guelph milton have lleen viwitino clubn knch week milton to com 1 here tonight til- aerlea of tennis tournament with clubn in the immediate dlatrlct have been very intitroulng and enthusiastic on july 7th the georgetown y club vlalted fuutn and 11 aplenrild evening was enjoyed ladles dmiblen were won by acton 31 while the mens doubles also wen wun by auin with 3 ui 1 in the mixed doubles acum won 6 games to uie visitors 2 the touil games were acton 12 and georgetown 4 at milton last thursday evening acton was again on the heavy end of uie score vylfh 8 matches to miltons 0 on tuesday evening st james tamils club of ouelph were hosts to acton ouelph won with a match score of 73 the play of the acton team was featur ed py itiy cormlatenl driving game of bert lllnton mlaa margaret smith was the outstanding woman player follow ing the tourney refreshments were nerv ed in the sunday school the results mcni doubles k morrison and b cowan of ouelph defeated b hinum und m reld of acum 75 j mcfadzin and b mr- arthur of ouelph defeated j itia and j mcoeuchle of acum 71 e tlttenaor und b kerr of ouelph defeated a munroe and k hare of acton 75 ladle ioublai t campbell and 11 campbell acton defeuted a morris and m babcock of attonfl share in 594682 thto year rebt mad for town ship pupllii in hlffh sehook heavy expenditure advocated for the county buildings in heating etc nkw boiler to rk inhtalled halton county council met in milton last tuesday the principal business was tho passing of a bylaw to levy ft rote for the exjcnacfl of the ceunty of halton for the current year according to this bylaw the sum of 30100513 is remtlred for uiat purposo the byuw called for a rate of 3 010 mills on the dollar for uie oeneral rate 1 mill for county road purposes and also special rauea as named in the bylaws these shall also be levied and collected against i hose municipalities forming part of the county which aro not included in any high school district or continuation scliooj and which comprise the town ships of bwjuralng nasssgaweya nelson end trafalgar the sum of 4013723 which sum shall be levied and borne by he snld municipalities the total rate being as follows aclon 504003 bur lington 13 7208ft georgetown 7- 42380 muum 17850 m oakville 10- 04320 esquesing 3473310 nasssgs- weya 1305603 nelson 4084420 trafalgar 4q423 making a total of 20000513 last year lhe total estimate for ex pense wns 22333336 the reduction uiis year is due to the rate for educs- lon and also the oeneral rate which was four mills last year at the afternoon session reports of the standing committee were read prior to their discussion in committee of the whole with mr davis in uie chair mr allan chairman of the county building committee stated that expen diture on county buildings would be considerably heavier than usual as it la ulwtoluuly necessary that a new boiler for the healing system be installed and also noessary repairs and improvements i made to the registry office which had benn urgently needed for some time mr allan regretted the way uie county buildings had been neglected uie pre- aent boiler for instance hod been in use for twenlynlne years necessary improvements save money in the long run said mr allan ljuit year atorm windows were put on lhe registry office and the fuel bill was reduced by half if the present buildings were insulated it would mean another big saving in the cost of heating uie buildings the chairman of uie committee on agriculture mr gordon reported uiat as a committee they had been able n do very little along reforestation lines but he understood that several private enter prise were already on foot mr hall suggested that the govern ment might be asked to reforest waste land and also suggested that landowners be encouraged to fence their property for forest protection he cited the case of a continued on page eight toronto lawyer left 3250000 74 75 4 10 75 700 i 2oo wood united church had both legsjouelph 73 m smith and m young i broken und suffered head injuries in i of acton defeated h morrison and e j motor accident just east of rockwood archibald ouelph 75 i on tuesday night he was removed to ouelph general hospital and la report- i ed to be in a critical oondluon perkins bull mrs sldsey court litigation may follow publication of the will of the late mrs mabel horllck sidley rsvctne wis heiress who died receiluy at uie toronto home or w perkins bull prominent canadian lawyer under terms of uie will ss reported from racine mr bull was bequeathed an outright sum of 250000 plus onethird of the sldley fortune estimated st tfioooobo william sldley only son of the deceased woman received a similar bequest while the remaining portion of the estsu goes to charitable irikuvuuons in addition the will of mrs arabella horllck mrt sldleys mother who died three days after her daughter disposes of a 3000000 fortune of which mrs sldley was left onehalf oordon oonant ontarios attorneyocnersj has ordered an investigation into mrs sklleys affairs mixed doable mcfadzen and h morrison of ouelph defeated b hlnton and h the accident occurred shortly after mooney of acton 7- k morrison and and h campbell of acton 76 cowan and a morris of ouelph defeat ed m reid and l mcmullln of acton 75 e tutensor and h morrison of ouelph defeated k hare and t camp bell of acton 70 mc arthur and e archibald of ouelph lost to m smith and r ryder of acton midnight as rev mr lawson was pro ceeding home from a lawn social held on the outskirts of rockwood at uie grounds known as the old academy he was walking along uie side of the road facing uie traffic when a car- driven by harvey bain r r no 4 rockwood stopped to give him a lift it is said someone called to mr lawson as he crossed uie road and he turned back and then started across again to mr bains car the car driven by william c bradley and containing flve members of the ooot fllm hj ullciwr fergus lacrosse team was proceeding in 1 j t uie same direction as bains car and tilt i hstilt ltl w pulled out on to uie road to pass uie other car as bradleys car attempted j bmtn mntrtkml to twq to pass bam vehicle rev mr lawson ln oray jull when he w con- ascrossing the road bradley- car n p couft fa of kninghm down and causing serious towftli krrp lu or ma injuries to mr lawson who had both legs broken below the knee and a com- calamity corner claims another last thursday john prit of 25 marlon street tor- nu and thoa allen of 27 temple avenue toronto were the two motorist who became tangled at young and 3ueen streets in aeton last thursday uftemoon parr was proceeding west and allen caatbound u u said allens car sn oldsmobue 1036 model never left uie m babcock ouelph defeated a munroe centre line of uie pavement and plough- atrulght uirough past uie curve u atruck the left side of parrs mmchlne drove ln the door and clipped off uie running board throwing the machine some fret in uie ditch allens car hrtd a broken wlnahleld alth the grille left front render wheel axle and headlights smashed m mary brennan a passenger in thla car buffered a head injury when ahe struck against the windshield and a badly bruised arm would this be trute w p woodllffe also jecjarod the house of accused was a public place and pound rnutrc of ih left 1 hc lkuor tepl m prpmljm for one year when provincial con stables a j oliver and o cookman of passengers in bradleys car ere a milton raided bains home ln nassasa- tott james marrtec hay nixon charles weya on saturday nlsht july nth they i abrasions and hu right arm badly ucer- sted stevens and o cameron all of fergus who aire on their way home from mlmloo following a lacrosse game when the accident happened traffic officer james quip investigated found three acton men seated at a table in the house drinking and a quantity of beer there were 13 pints of one brand of ale and at ptnui of another found on ice under the floor in the back kitchen coming events aitoctm reris or oihr kvcnta nadn ih iihl hsrsed crat pt mlh nlnlnum chars lr urr ttal nnoiu cemtnl of jc moruter band tattoo in acton satur day evenlnc sueet parade at 710 burlington pvemanxjqrlu team flrel- works a blir night the program youve been waiting for tne melody boys ln acton park on ttiuraday august 4th auspices of acton bell club watcb for complete details i- v