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flrw ttm tt sixtyfourt year no 4 acton ontario thursday april 27th 1030 eight home print pages five cent acton wins oha c intermediate and minor baseball v here this season club organized lit meeting lftsl niffhuclosed iw ycaur with small balance there wu a good attendance at the meeuntf last night in the council cham ber to elect officer and decide on base ball acuvttli for acton thu season vicepresident mae bymon presided the lretarytreasurer report by len at klnnon allowed a good year last season and all accounts paid and a balance on luuul of about m messrs k ryder and j a chapman wre appointed as auditors for uie year the meeting decided to enter both intermediate and juvenile trams this yar as this seemed the best grouping that could tte secure officers foi the intermediate club were elected as fol lows r honorary presidents mac symon jo w boyd dr j a mcnlven v b hum- ley j r lclshman w j beatty and ii s holmes president e dron vic prtdcntwm corry secretarytreasurer l atkinson sxecuuve committee k ryder w a storey ben bayllss hal boy percy woods official scorer jack mcoeachle officer of the club for minor league baseball were elected also honorary president j m mcdonald w j gould dr e j nelson h holmes jr president lloyd masalea vicepresident j a chapman secretarytreasurer q mosaics executive committee mac symon w d talbot b k barr arlle white c irishman and ben bayllss 6eovf buchanan jr bat bbvvic masters acton couple have diamond wedding anniversary on april 33rd 1670 thomas marshall and sdutabeth cobble wre united in holy wedlock at georgetown by hev james campbell methodist minister stationed there this wek end mr and mr marshall celebrated their diamond wed ding anniversary at the home of their only son mr william marshall in tor onto both are enjoying good hralth and are quite active mr and mrs marshall spent the early years of their married life in llmchouse twentytwo j ear ago they came to acton and have been among our highly respected residents since mrs marshall is 77 years of age and mv marshall 81 years old and both arc remarkably active mr marshall still doa the odd day or laborious work and can shovel coal along with many men years his junior he maintains it did him no harm to have made ills own way since eleven years of age mr marshall doe all her own house work and goes about town shopping for the household needs quite briskly she baked the wedding cake to take to tor nnto for die diamond wedding annher ftarj we join with acton friends in extend ing congratulations to mr and mrs j marshall on this memorable und wbhmg more huppy jiun togethrr for l hem tanners put out woodstock red devils town wild in celebration after game second game a decisive win as title clinched by acton for 1939 it wasnt a common word last week judging by the number of replies re oclved puxxle poem fans had a little difficulty getting the word last week it was factotum and is really just a fancj name for a handy man the weekly award goes to mrs p hilton ac lm this w eek s poem is on pugt eight liability insurance held until matter investigated solvuunn armj grant to rescue ilnnd requeatfj annual rant suf- l home fie lent to retain randmnhter i proposed plan to po taxes in four instalment wider ser- uce for telephone i wrs is din cuwed nmucknit ctal for arena 1b0 27 mr cllru wilson of tht a e wilson cojnus prist nt to ducuss with the council uictr liability for aecldcnts on streets and in public buildings he brought to the attention of council various judgments which had been hand cd out in other municipalities mr wilson pointed out the heavy damages that wefe being awarded and the same polio tills year would be tlol 45 or an increase of 36 more than last year councillor beatty requested some additional information regarding the reliability of the company for claims in canada and questioned the amount asked for the premium continued on page five the tanners were there from the when acton council met on monday evenuig councillors a mason j v j chalmers k jones and w j beavty mere present and reeve f mcoutcheon presided mr w c jones assistant tax collec tor was present and presented a letter outlining a plan for more efficient col lection of the arrears of taxes a motion was passed that a nouoe be sent to each ratepayer in arrears drawing attention of the individual to the rights of the municipality in making collection of these amount and giving an opportun ity to make a definite undertaking in writing if this undertaking is not cax- rled out the- provisions of the law will be enforced forms were to be secured j lr president down beatty the reeve the clerk and mr jones were to prepare the neeeavarj form for tills work a delegation from the acton ouauns band composed of messrs c w mason oeorge simpson ii price and p ii mc donald ware present on behalf of the band and the nuance tht explained uie financing of the bond and the amount involved in hiring a conductor for uie band the year had been con eluded with a deficit at w the band was w tiling to mrtl other expenses if arrangements could be mode ur- meetthc salaries and expense of the conductor council pointed out the difficulties the erfnrtehcina in collecting taxes and raising funds but promised coiuuder- qalnlng a fve cwu lead in the first period thursday night at jqalt acton tanner held and added another counter while woodstock bed devils collected two and the tanners clinched the 103 intermediate b hockey title with this second straight win in the finals both games were won by good margins and there was no4oubt of the best team but the woodstock boyo gave everything they had and went down fighting uko tlio splendid game boys they are they were the first to offer congratulations to the champions in that wild hooting bunch of fans that swarmed or the ice us he game finished and the tanners were pleared to have crossed sticks in the finals with mich a good lot of sporui there was the tenseness ah through the gameciin with the tanners linvlng a good lead from the start the sports timer slowly clicked off the flnol twenty minutes then when it registered 55 the acton fnns rtallycd the championship belonged to acton tour goals coulrtn t toe scored ngalnnt the tunntrs in that time but the tanner went right on hi their stride it was 10 37 when nirm morton put the final rubber past murdock rifteen second more to go and uie farm started on uie ice nly to be put back and the ploj n utnwd the tlmt kctpcr in uie press box mid un more th n iht and the roars that wmt up from tin croud fairly ralred lhe rafters the tanners kept up tlu lr pare baylu scored muln but tht bill titopplm the play couldn t be heard in the tumult the nfirits whbtlle wiisn l any more occasion bod than uie whlstu on a peanut stand w hinrd tit tlmt knpir ytll hint tin last goal dldn t count that tlmt uaa up thi crowd wire on tht iii b n w hugging plftjlra yelling lhruuiiiq una nun nn old thing norm morton chased uie retiree for th puclt and the fans clamored ft r hockty nticks for souvenirs then down in the corner nfar ttie entrance on come th band to join in tlie celebration un iters had orders to keep the fans off the let but were helpless they yelled they marched round und round they gave vent to all those pent up feelings that had bcin held back for the occasion their team wcro champions for the year each in his or hir own way celebrated and uie accumulation of all there individual eileorntlins made one grand mtlee and when thiy had dont itntj of ctltbrntlnii in tlu arena they paraded to uie special train for home tin larger group uround uie bui d t f course but smaller groups htn and there taoh with their own mmg tr method ot sliowing their jo all uie was home that train load tarried on with tht fun in uie dressing tooni the hockey bi j hud their own uuj if allowing uppriuu hon to coach v b ttumley and un exocutlvl and uu wire nil boys togtther as his a jolly oood fellow fulrlj raised uie roof rhe cnr station wu the starunlr it mftid puht him into thi cormr haw ptmt for thi eek brat ion in acton it mn tripped k marzo and dnw n p nalt kile n marshull t lliu m tht paradt wtilir shot nnt that woods juggled on tlu acton band alwass in the t rt for nnthliib h off to dd to uit nolst trj rar horn was tied down anv eld in is nuld butt in anttso thb njolt ink crowd went it th mill und main stnt th cormr whin t hiim bin lln blued uwu plam r ufttr plutr wius c irried iili ul d r high iu tht crowd elm red man uter vu rumhy pnldint bill tullot and sfcnlury dillle middlcton win all lhen an ontlon it lasted until ex hauxtioii brought on its close that cele oration had been javcd up for nine years it lasted more hours than we stayed to 10 00 27 00 out by a hair s lu dm und ktj tmiudth hiyllv i t tin nixt oni ut 78 on an sstst irum hum ilrumi woodstock f lilt il to com r liim around thi uoil i m irj t tin ttigh but hit thi outbidt rmr ji linns brush was clnni on a urn r slut n rm muru n was in and murd ick madt a 1 vtly stop bnyllss brukt through alone and murdock came ut to navi thi acun hun at 1110 njrm m rtou got uu tlilrd goal on an uvut from walters and murduck had no chance to save the score hawson utia in and woods caught a nice ona raholua iorlhehackry tajim t rr d c r wr do wlur shot was right on and woods made a nice stop a shot by bus morton it last until arter the week end acton tunners had captured the championship and now perhaps we should tell you about the final game while uie crowd went by speclol train uie team were taken by cars and were in well before uie crowd arrived and it was a crowd of 2300 that swarmed through uie turnstiles uiat night to see u championship won both towns had their quota and neighboring communlues had interested spectators to see uus final acton went on the offensive from the start the crowd roared as e marso shot high and play went nil with a bang was blocked by murdock norm morton was in but murdock kicked uie puck out then bayllss missed on a rebound then bayllss got the fourth counter from a alldh the keeve repoxted that up to the pre sentno arrangement had been made re garding the royal uiu but a report was expected from ur j m mcdonald shortly on a space in toronto for aetoh bins to im the king and cwu the ninth report of the pmahce com mittee recommended payment of tlu following accounts- johnstone jta burnley ambulance trip to ouelph t 100 harry oakley work at arena smi a ry enjoyable llhw was spnt at bell tt- wphooe co eervkm m the hom of mr and akre waltr ryer o srtkw hauling grvl etc otthe second line lut saturday- april arrow rwx paxsa prlnung the mttd when they celebrmttfd thirtwnty- audlbam ft pot u ppsura tlrth wcddinc annlvcrsmry the children relief vouchers 131 trj wrre all home for the occasion among uie most interested spectators on hhursduy night was col and mrs a o t beardmore and their daughter miss manuret tlie colonel visited th dmstiu rwm between periods and gave enoouratmunt ir admonition as seemed tp be needed a fur th jilay of the pre lous jwrlwl the president of the beanlmore co had promised a dinner to the boys wlien uve came through and the tanners sponsored by uie company made sure of that last lame in the ftrvi twenty minute iferhaps col beardmore recalwd i ther years when he battled in the ho games on uie old open air arena down by the power house or on the arerui at uie too of frederick street we recall those days and our recollection of tor rance beardmore was of the same stockl- nesa as georgcnay lus w ho w hen they were lilt they stayed hit famiia all home fok the silver wedding anniversary dolsons shot wasvlght on but woods saved boui teams drove in some long ones at 4 30 uie score opened when norm m rton drotc u h t one fnm the blue lint thul murdock never saw until the arena w murdock was down it was at ib 20 and bus morton gave the assist wellcr was in but missed the net then bayllss got another at 18 11 and an assist from russ brush and he was right in dolson drew a penalty and murdock got his skate on jack kentners drive the tanners certainly clicked and i were just as good as the 5 0 score at the tnd of uie ivrtod it was not their usual wuy of plujinu live gome however terry shot was on in the second but murdock uot it and jack kentner was i conciudtd on page eight chainpeenb the dry loft full and the last hide to be put in mr a mason reelected president childrens aid the annual mceung of uu halton peel children s aid society held pn tues day evening in bt paula church brampton heard splendid reports of the years work the plan of boarding chll dnm in private homed lb proving advam ugcous both financially and in uie up bringing of the children tio treasur era report showed a small deficit which it is hoped will be cleared up thin yeni the report of inspector thompson gave a utile conception of the work of the society during tin yt ar tho w ork of the society involved jo children in the two countlt and the iurcur mmll 601 vjhilh tin woik is cihldid into thrt t ciun ilea lions undir hint pnvlncml acts the chlldixns protection act thi children of unmurrhd parents act lid tin adoption act dttalls of tin w rk wire given hi mr thomiflous report 1 lit report of thi nominating com mlttct wns adoptetl und tht follow inn officers i lec led honorary president j m denyes b a klngsway toronto honorary solicitors w i pick it c milton a a davis k c brampton prcsldtnt amos macon acton 1st vice presldnit ed moguire clarkson nd vice president miss a blaln milton htitit rary secretary treasurir j j jumlisun cooks lilt executive members mrs r l most ny brampton mrs j e houck bramp ton w j abcll brampton mls mil drcd jurvls oakvlllc rev tlbrdon por ttr milton oeorge hurrls burlington the thief speaker of the evening was mr b w heist provincial superintend tut wlio dnw a ttt nt ion of the speed of eierjihini to day in tomparlson with a fiw yeurs ago und how the child mind mijt miit thtst iklng conditions so niiuhi irllir tliey must nbtorb at speed tht lift or today in ontario uit chtl oitnb aid faociity u serving nearly 3000 chlldrm at i curt of 11200 000 i r about 45 re child when it is con jldtrttl what thiat iuia mean the ex pmduurt m ml large holtun and pc i win ivm lower thon tht avt rate about 20 per child served ouurs who spokf briefly and brought urcctlngn from other societies were vvardtn victor hall if halton warden bates of peel mr burns of hamilton mr mills of toronto mr- crookes of auelph dr price of orahgcvllle mj e d mcgulre of clarkson and mr j j jamleson of cooksvllle the meeung woa presided over by ex warden amos mason of acton following the business- meeting ad dresses and discussion uie ladles of st pauls united church provided delightful refreshments which alowed for a social half hour childrens choir sings for the united oum peopie the children in uie 40 voice choir of fthe public school were present at the meeting of uie young people s union on monday evening to give their rvs tlval number betty olbsi n also gave her piano solo for the festival these fea lurr were very much enjoyed by the group the scripture lerson was read by r ranees dills and then the president handed uie meeting over to laura john ston an interesting feature of uie evening was a debate resolved that the radio is a greater influence for good than uie cinema the affirmative aide was up held by erma wllderspln and howard switvr and lhr negsuve by donald mcphall and jack holllnger the judges mr j b adamwm mtnuv h bell and hazel wilson decided in favor of uie negative while waiting for uie judges decision jim mclntyre played piano program and social night at bloonibbury literary the regular meeting of uie blooms bury literary society was tield in the school on thursday apyll 13th the president mr mac mclaughlin was in the chair the roll call wan answered by a tongue twister tlie business for uie evening in con clusion jock vanooozen was then called on to act as chairman while the follow ing program was given numbers by the orchestra cameron rnmshaw mac mo laughim accompanied by a near at the piano recitation mrs flynott speech by roan gordon on the short course piano nolo mrs gordon speech stanley pulton n i lond control which was i ry inuristlng dialogic the invalid aunt taken by mrs v watson mrs synott audrey wntst n mrs mcpherson and mm lasby thorns by tho ram biers chorus by tlie bright bunch tin mcitinu cliued with lhe national authiin proimsfllvi incline una played prizes unlng to mrw j dennis ami mr drow pulton lunth was uicn served by the host and hofltimi mm mclaughlin and wallact ijisby the halton jersey breeders organize club jl j draham of georgetown was elected president of the halton district jersey breeders club which was organ ised in milton on friday of last week plans are under way to hold a field day and picnic during the summer monuis tlie newly organised halton club will also sponsor a boys jersey calf club which u open lo all boys 13 to 30 years of age those interested are urgod to contact agricultural representauve j b whltelock dr chas cook of tho canadian jersey cattle club was tho guest speaker and discussed in soma detail the program being sponsored by that organisation to popularise jersey milk and thereby increase sales other officers elected are as follows tat vlrc prcsldentchas mokeown ai ton jnd vloo- president maurice beatty mllttn directors cruslng edwin harrop ward rnddell andrew murray trafal gar jack iintherntone and victor hallfc nth on w e breckon nassagaweya dalti n barber erumona uirne ella lrlu h word ornff good prospects for big year at tennis courts a good crowd of tennis tnthusionu at- unded uie meeting of the acton tennis club in uie council chamber on tuesday night a general discussion was held on ways and mearui of improving opera tlons and social activities for the coming year the cinder court will be resurfac ed immediately giving acton nn nil wenuicr tennis court it w us decldi d to hold it lal tourna menu find round robins more often this si anon the meeting wus delighted with tht prospt ct of a record stnson for 1030 thank oiterinc meeting op the tfnox y w a tlie knox young wumnis auxiliary lit id a thank offering meeting at tho home of miss hannah wallace on wed nesday evening of las week the pre sident mrs r spellvoge had charge of the program the devotlonul period was given by mlw wuma macmlllen and mrs r macarthur mm c letshmon favored with a nolo and mls b plank and mrs vcld- huls gave a well rendered duett mrs ii cnldwtu gave an interesting talk on a trip to china and miss laura hall contributed n vpcul solo after the of- f ring had been received mrs inglls gave tin dedicatory rayer boy scout grant and free press are featured hockey player injured at work this morning j while at work in uie beardmore co plant this morning bui morton right winger on the alton tkiinerichamplon hfrhiv riul on his right hand the talahap occurred wjvjrv the thumb got ur a dj head on a euekinit machbw tmwbioh he was cutilnif up aole in the cat sole depart- mejlt fcreryone hopes uu injury will not be serious question ajrnin up at the mcet- inc of county council com mittee appointed to secure for comforta at houhc of re fuue road liability insurance li awarded after five tenders are received ilalton county council met in milton last thursday with all members present and the warden in uie chair mr l j hcwson absent at the lost two meet ings due to illness was back again ap parently restored to healui once more minutes of uie last meeung and also correspondence were read by the clerk the blue springs scout camp was again in uie spoulghtmore particularly as an editorial which appeared in ths arrow pact patss was read to the coun cil by reeve cordon of nassagaweya in this editor 11 editor o a dills critic ised the council for 11 financial dispen sations at the last mung mainly be cause m0 was voted to uie lome scots rifles and nothing in uie boy scout camp mr oordon said he regretted this criticism and felt that it was made only because mr dills whom lie held in the highest regard was not in full possession or the facts the grant to uie militia asserted mr gordon was not to provide frills for the royal visit but was given because a grant at this time of uie year was the customary procedure of uie council and was only increased in view of uie fact that expensewcnlulnhturally be heavier when uie uetflmert was under orders for guard duty tlie crmnt last year was 130- this year 40 as regards uie boy scouts mr mc- niven thought possibly there may have befit mom mlstihdehitandtrur and perhane it might be as well to give them a grant but his suggestion was not glvtn ui support of other member of uie council a letter had been sent byr mr geary elliott to uie council and it was expected it would be followed up by a repreeentii uve from uie boy ficout organuaauon however no one was present and it was finally movedjiy ifr allan and seconded oy ur ofcemii that an acknowledgment of th letter be sent to ut fclllott and that the letter be fuvd mij allan also added these significant words if at any uhie this csmp u uuwftt open to scouu generally so thai j scout troops may camp there from time j to utmahaueiand solidly behind them but under the present eircum- i slant is i feel uiat the camp should bo financed f rt m the boy scout provincial heudfjuarurn tlie council were unanimous in their praise of uie boy scouts organisation as a whole but felt that a grant in tfjls par titular case was nut in the beat in- t rest of uie county mr irving reported a visit by the coun cil to uie house of refuge in brampton and stated uiat uie people lnpeel county had raised a considerable sum of money by benefit concerts and with uie proceeds hod added considerably to the comfort of th occupant in the women quarter at the old people home a hardwood floor had been laid in uie llvlngrofta new lights installed and easy chair pro vided mr irving suggested that halton might make some improvement in tt mens quarter to add to the happlnau and comfort of those who were living there th suggestion wu favorably re ceived by th warden and council ur hewson and lir robinson were very em phatic hi thfltr opinion that something might be done by local talent to raise money to carry on the work of improve ment various ways weru suggested by which money might be raised and it was anally moved by mr oordon and seconded by mr oilbert that a committee be ap pointed to rruue arrangement for a program to be held for the purpose of raisins money to be used in furnishing aiid decorating a room in th old people noma at bnlmpton tlie committee to be cdmposed of messrs john irving neuon robinson an rex hu cfifa rlsd r at uia afternoon session warden bates from peel couaty wa prttwnt hi visit howvir wa entirely inform and as lie laughingly remarked h wawoi i continued from pa uve coming events bmsdlmtfi tv chrd i cvi ii with it mwmum cke f mr annual oeneral meetina- of th acton lawn bowling and tennis club on wed nesday may 3rd in council chaimbci at boo pmri all those bitratd pwaa attend a imporuni bosinea will be dm- eusd a well aa alecuon of officer for th eomlnryear