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fflhcc jlttim 4 sixtyfifth yenr no 24 acton ontario thursday deqcmbct mth lottl eight home print pages five centi scoutmaster mason resigns new head w g middlclon will havo quartern in section of legion hall proficiency badges presented after five yeora on scoutmaster of first acton troop and after being very active in scouting since his early boy hood scoutmaster w o mason has found it necessary to relinquish his duties naturally this wan trreauy re gretted by the boys and their parent laid u interested oitliens the troop under his leadership has shown steady growth worn six members it has ffrown to ft membership of thirty two the troop ha several kins scouts and members who have graduated to higher standing in the group it is in good financial condition and well equipped at junborms and in contests the boys have captured trophies and taken high stand ing rhie continuance of the troop in i acton was w all the reasons greatiy jlrd and the boys and all oncernwl wwtgaglrphnw m w h w ton consented to become scoutmaster and wr mason become president of the scout committee mr mlddleton has been actively associated with the scouts and given the boys splendid tuition in signalling i on monday evening the troop and the boys fathers had a gettogether in ths legion hall the new scoutmaster wpls4ned some plans he hoped to carry out and proposed a program that was full of interest to the boys the fathers appointed a committee to erect a parti i tlon and make a scout room mr j m mcdonald president of acton legion i had been consulted and it was agreed i that the boys could have a large section i of the legion hall building provided they made and kept suitable quarters the wont on the room is going right head and it is expected it will be ready for occupancy next week games for the boys were conducted by oubmaster rev s a urooks and former scoutmaster mason another feature of the evening was the presentation of efficiency bodges that were won atwlldman camp natur alist hodge wore presented to gordon beatty jack holllnger gilbert romphf uoyd robinson clifford young c til vert howies eddie russell and ken huosurd the badges for laundryman firemon gardener handyman plumber and car penter were all won by ken hussard who wan presented with these on mon day evening officers elected for wellington county plowmen the wellington county plowmen s as sociation held its annual meeting in fergus when the treasurers report nhowrd n balance of 42 30 after a par ticularly successful year the members of the society expressed themselves as pnrttculnily pleased with the co operation received from the toun i of harrlbton in putting on this yearn i mutch a motion w moved by j b kitchen nnd john scnrrow that a vote of thanks be extended to the cltljenn committee in ilorrtston a commute e to locate ntxt yenr s i match was nnmed with the following members messrs nell black john mc alllfiter albert gray nnd 8 b stothers j george rogerson nnd nell black were nnmed as delegated to attend the annual convention in toronto during february the election of officers resulted in i albert orny last year s first vice pre slriont being named as president of thr organisation the following is a com plot list of the officers honorary president j b ketchen ato iviyl lant years oiia intermediate b champions garage operators of tialton count v elect officer life membership wmspreseiiled mrs j symon election of officers at annual meeting pageant pre sented by right the drcembcr inectlnh of tin halton l brunch of tht ontario onriige operators ashociumi ii uns htd in the forme r s mall fit milton ihiinwliiy i venlng dc i ecrnber 7lh nnd uun om of the most succchnfiil meetings hi id in the ilfi of the branch both in fliord uttendunce j and variety of program an tliln was tlu him imeling fr thi yioj u nii w nm h missionary society in tlu form of n yi nr nd ryorty jin re thr ij church in id thi deccmbtr wen n inrkt number if visitor- from i m4 f tmb h uj lf mrn p a b other branch h v m n iliy lv moon with mm it mr i i mtlclndli y branch pre j mown i nnidlng sdent uasln chnrgi of tht short bust j iiiin hi di votlonul period 1i i s pprlod of fhi evening an interesting lltr mm 0 little town or relhli part of ihe prn wn a siirprliu visit m wlth rhonm in unison a prayer of mr many harper provincial count 1 j wul b n i mrn bwllser rarnurraun pnsldrut wild iiddrchsel the meptlng 4nr sldent albert gray itockwood pirst virj prvslriynt wwlev klrlrness llarrls- ton second vicepresident alex black ouelph no 2 secretary treasurer s b stothers arthur directors pusllnch nell black guelph rramosa ii e alton rockwood pusllnch gordon salt ilflspelcr mchol harry armstrong fergus bramasa george bayne rock- wood pusllnch wm crow ileipcler nlchol wm green klora pusllnch john mcallister hespeler kromosa d d gray rockwood nlchol walter jnckson fergiu puktngton alex ewing elora arthur geo dodge kenllj tti ri drayton rindv agnln this yeor to defend nnd in addition claude plphcr and thr championship all thi players arc in town this year exctpt hlo mnrvii dude undsuy of the om iph ttnm will line up with the ranners junior hockey scjtcawehhras- worth peel robert rltch acton tinea to jeorprctovvn on december 28ih first home game with bolton on january 4th the junior hockey schedule for group of thi on a hoa been drawn up ns follows dctmbcr 2htli acton at guoruetowu dtccmbcr 20 lh guelph at milton t7nfi7 the reezeup mlnto wm a shaimon clifford wcl burlhwlon l doll ton gurafraxa ii cormack arthur pllk ington wilbur h nlcklln aru nlchol rogerson ferguson qeo burl ins ton milton cars crash in headon collision on seventh line breach of promise case amusing presentation a breach of promise suit the case of amelia jitterbug versus count dr coupons occupied the sympathetic at tention of st alban s young people t last night when after a hardfought verbal battlr between the two iltlorncjs ed footltt icc prosecuting attorney and llruce pargeter counarl fur tlu defence the learned jury final deliv ered a verdict which cxoneiuted count de coupons of all charges laid against him amelia jitterbug kay albums scheming female chargod that count do coupons gordon aibblus had brok en her heart was aententod to spend the rest of hor life in tolauod spinster hood and bound never again to dlnturb the peace of aetotl with her love allulru among the u itiusils called utre mrs imftbnconer alice album- ho dt duced from the first that tlie count dt coupons was an uuprliielplod hturt breaker and mua idu hun irene fryir who had a hunch how tlu 111 fated romance would end and miss niwr pelec btliet tnslor who rtud a page from miss jitterbugs diary which rt- vealod the plain till in lur true colors as would bo siren and uudk tnauher with u mercenary ui1 charlie hubble an court crlei open ed the court session and hi v c a brooks was tluhgnlfled judin among the jurj were mist murgaitt uuib miss annie marshall mv clifford mr jack savage mrs vanwyck lois fryir annie tab and joan vanw rk tlie jury reached a verdict without rt tiring from the parih hall january 3nii milton i bolton ut gmtlpl january 4th bolton at acuui at georgetown january 5lh burlliiruin ut guelph junuary 8th gcorgclown at bolton i january 0th mllum at guelph january 11th ouelph at actoia b1 ton at burlington georgetown at milton january loth acton nt guelph mil ton at bolton j hmuuo 16th burllnylon ul geonil town january 18 th oeorgo town at acton january loth bolton ut milton ptwl m orhtarelrcuifculntoroiitj liually wiis the nnnuumrimut last week i of thr groupn tlie fnrk pnrss just re i lelvd this information befoic koiiir to i uss but we were able to inchtdi it in ihut uuiue j wiu it looks a if wlitji tlu l oomes l uiat wi 11 moot a lot of old frli nds in tin hockiy travuh again thin yi ar in tlu intermediated it n paris jyigiia eloni and ontario aurlcult colli m nt guelph thij are all familiar places likely the lul nnituhl i ntry will not make any appearance ihut of toursi i jiutt judging on punt pi rform um jt cars driven by austin brown of slul burne and daniel mcdonald of brontt collided head on on sunday night on the seventh line emjueslng township mar georgetown both drivers op prouched a hill over a railway track 0m t burungiun blmultoneounly unaware of the other s oncoming cor mcdonalds car received considerable rift mace but brown was able to continue on his waj mrs mcdonald received u s ight injury to her arm and ww attend ed by a georgetown doctor provincial pollci from milton lnvctlhoted halton plowmen eiccl officers al annual meeting prank laldlaw of jarvia ad dresses halton plowmen nt annual meeting january jjnd acton at milton guelph at bolton georgetown at burlington january 25th ouelph nt georgetown january a fltli burlington at acton january 20th acton at burlington feuxuan 1st burlington nt milton bolton at georgttown pi bruory bth milton at acton february flth georgetown ot guelph february 0th acton nt bolton first and third and second and fourth teams to play off with goals to count february 17th is tlie lum day for di during a group winner clip thin for future reference search for inmate irom reformatory here last night guards from the oiujlph reformatory were in this district last night endeav at tht annual meeting or the halton j oring to locate sixteenyearold alex plowmen held in milton on tuotday solomy of hamilton who escaped from tvenlng lost week the outstanding the institution feature was an address by fronk laid- the youth disappeared from the tem- lnw or jarvis prominent farmer and j porury ward of tht hospital which u plowing judge i situattd on tht fourth floor oitlclulti the peoplts of european nation ot uevc that he must have mode his have down through tlie years dared to cupe through a window but they are stand for freedom of their faith btntcd puiszled ni to how hl managed to get mr laldlaw and we ourselves mn i to the ground without injury hue to stand firm for our faith i tho window through which he is bc- bollive that russia more so than oi r heved to hove made his getaway is many bi going to be the enemy nftho nearly 41 fte nbovc tlieground no with tin juniors it is milton bur lington qui lph ftrgun and bolton all familiar hockey rink too but not in the junior group orangtvlllc is missing this yi ar and goes into intermediate com luiny playing in tht georgetown milton ui implon group wtll now we know where were going tlu only quest ion is whe n ijuajjiear uu intermediate and junior schedules wen announced on december jjihi ihut w 111 bi in xt witk tlie intermedlulta wt n dui to optn their miuon on dtttnibu qui and tht juniorb on tlu j7lh december both uumeh went iui uetjirdlng to behwiuli in- 1 itur there will need to be u lot of frost in the next twowtekn if unythluu like that happen tills ytur in another column we publish u picture of last years championship b amateur wrestling hrrovedfealiire art leam everyone of the group lllo murzu is still in acton lxccpt world and their literature has aire adv i how n the ted nuui in despoil might easily come tlu prev to conununlstlc doc trim speaker declartd our failure o maintain tlie sabbath aa a day or rest as in the days or our fathers has had a vt rj direct bt oring on tlu puir at itndonce in manj of our churches tlu evldenct could be found of the lad using ropes or blunkes to lower himself to the ground uud tlu re are m ledges or roofs down which he could have climbed zolnmv watt nerving nine months dt unite und nine montlia indefinite for theft he entered the reformatory in november last his escape was not dlvrovtrid mtll an of course we ve had no word from manager vic rum ley on how many rt tlremenu he has had filed but our guess is that lvery one of uu boys will do what they can to help the club along cookie guve ruidin a candid camera picture of the juniors week or two ago wtll jure just lsn t anything more to lied tlu schedules unit cold weather lire tht i maining deciding factors uul it lookj like another good ifnckej oeiifn n for aelon inridi ntully the rural uiimii lb tat lug ihuir too uud it promlbcs bigger und cetttr than tvtr eddie ryder tlu ikiputar secrtuiry of acton anna is tlu setnuiry of the rural giuup tills year lit mid presidtnt h dron have betn doing gtod work roup from toronto west end y live iood demonstration six routs staged tlu grunt and gronn tnthunlaslo had a good night ut acton y on friday when wrestler fjom toronto west bkld vjw c a put on an amateur exhibition here then was a good attendance and all seemed to enjoy tlie nltow carl schleger coach of the oac who was rtfe reo throughout the even- uig and stewart snyder from kitchener demonstrated tho varloua holds and bleaks whllt the audlerici wtilusl for the west cndem to arrive six matched bouts mudo up the even lug s jjcrformonce with the fculuro bout being put on by terry evans british empire champion and hurry peace cunudlan and international y m ca champion both wrcetllng in tile 176 lb elass i tn ne two graiiplem ably demon- btratetl amateur wrtstllng an it can bo and then to the laughter und enjoy metit of the uudli net very nkllfully de monstrated profehhlonal wrestling as must people know it to be by uuitlng t och pliier around at will one other interesting and t laugh able part of the prog nun was the bout in the j 00 lb cliuih between peace and oucman these two wrestled in a some what professional style and neither seemed to have the advantage although the judge n decision gave the bout to peace which brought forth a seeming disapproval on the part of gueman who proceeded to turn flips and handsprings with hh 210 lbs of avoirdupois and fin ally mode his exit in utter disgust following ore the weights and con tthtonls ant officials 134 lbs stanton vs anderson u0 lbs wobater vfl bailey 156 lbs grey vs smith 170 lbs mauley vs beard 175 lbs evans vs peace i 200 ibu peace vs gueman referee carl sqlllegel of kitchener couch of the oac i judges porter sheldon und cook i timekeeper v b rumley recorde r c r leathcrland i master of ceremonies we s wolft a short period mv- if a phelps ser vice murium r of interprovlnclul auto mob up association wan n vtaltor und hpoki briefly ihi uudlenrr wa tnattd to nn hour h i ntertulnment by frnlc bruei ind beth wutjum virsutllc en tertolners of toronto mrn f r pcarrri of milton wan planlnt for the evening mr wm bud bailey of hamilton president of wontwrlir eoov charge of tlu elisctlon try also for mliw itintliy minn ruth ntlwin ii i id mrs agn w mlsslonarleh on distant ill uin mrs mowut reael u vi ry appropriate chrlntmuh story i here in no room die dcellrutlon of tlie offering was given by mrn caldwt u minn dorothy kltch log gave a piano solo and mrs veldhuls a votul solo mrs dills mihenlixl to tlm lodlitt for reel cross w to take work home or to work in the itfttcjriiw tor 1040 prmldent llngton vice prrsldint llngton secrctury gcorget iwn treoreirer bronte boarxl of brldgen k wltham ii n of pinc the i boom w the worlc is glwen out tfrt tnhfjd nfijuq mwt ni ii mr r maxwell bur mr george mt jf h directors f sinclair o johnson wm norton j g mcdufle the meitlng then adjourned to mi t again ut the cull or thi pretldi nt in january a ten inl hour wus npent at tlie clo t tie muting and lunch won ervtd husiiands attend acton institute sk ial evenint i tlie acum wornuih inntltute held thi ir monthly mi etlng ut tin home of mrn j ie gamble on wednesday i ven ing di rember flth in tht form of a loclul when tlie husbanebi win invited und about twi nty attendeel tlie i ven i ing was niwit in euchrt antl bingo prices i wi re won in uchre by mrn manalih nnd mrs lamb rt uino prlzen wen won by mrn dd gamble and low prize was u draw between mrs iccrr and mr g elliott after the games all partook of a bountiful lunch and all returned home arter spending a merry time qjinnit linmtlinn illa1 nn and mrs dills read the address and mrs wamon presented a llle memlw r ship pin to her on behalf of the acton society mrs symon was very much surprised and expressed htr appreciation of tho honor a christmas brtmdcost from mud run won presented by i ight ladles basil malthewn mrn a t brown africa miss dorothy icitrhlng chlnrse mrn veldhlus india mrs alex mcdonald mr linllr monn mm s j re id indian student mm pell sehohu- of japan mrn d invlor old mexico mrs j k gunllner thi elet tlon of officers was presided over by mrn o c glftord and reiiited ns follown president mrn b mownt tnt vli prmldent- mrn s j held ind vlee president- mm j if ped 3rd vler piihldnu mn j r ken nidy reeordliu sireuiry mrn ci ii swlt solution of many of ourictmomlc prob- insiwction of the dormitory rev tilled lit unvs lies with a uvvvil within tht dividual suited mr laldlaw iho elet lion ef ofllccrs lesulted a jollow s president john mccormac fneman l nt vicepreside nt malcolm mcnobb aenrgetow n jnd vlceprtsldint warden victor hall hornby secretary j e white lock milton treasurer claude pickett hornby directors esqueslng tow nshlp was missing guards have been scut lered uboiif uie district in search pf htm 1 lie big tret tlih christinas final deeoration with the erection on tuesday of the jos big christmas tree and 1u lights ot tho cunnlnghom wm robinson and john a mh main street corricr t acton blliott nasbugaweo tovjvshlp l w stmts seemed to get that added christ chlsholm geo plnnty and a s mahon nuts touch that was so necessary of ntlum towmhip rom segsworth wnu courie the christmas colored lights dales and wm j roarrtxon ttufalgot strung at intervals nlona mill street by tawnslilp j allan dixon art camp- i superintendent wilson and his assistant bell and john lister gordon smith helped out tlie chrmtmai ootintv directors ston ley hall fred scheme too robinson gordon chuholm und j l slore windows full of clirutmas dls- wllson llonorary directors john coulson w a roblruon p d baiter f h gllro and wtr peddle auditor reeve john irvhm of milton ploys and here and there ipucuet of christmas decorations haver all added the holiday dress up acton is all ready for christmas and tlie last few busy elavi preceding the big festive seaton l mort arti r the freeze up rrum the detroit free priv sporuf luittes wt gather tlie folio wing comment regarding our own bio morzo who is now on the stratford team of tin michi ganontario league stratord win rely on its spaghetti line of iho mario hank d amore and red stapleford alarzo is from actoil ontario he ployed a few garni f r stratfoid latt tar until an oh a uilt fcictsl him out good luck hi if vou cant be scorlnu tlum for acitu wt hopi you do it for strat ford part of the freexeup came last night since tills column was started the junior hockey schedule also came and appears in another column the intermediates will play under the tame colors of blue and aold that lias been th bcardmore colors for yeors tlilttjvar we are told by secretary j ii i cr ightoii the colors will be revorscd from last year the sweaters will be gold with bins trimming i united young folk elect the officers for 1940 the united church young people s union met in the regulnr meeting on tin ad ay evening last tlie meeting was in charge of the missionary convener ml vtlma murray mrs g c glf- ford gave a very interesting talk taking as htr subject the tonlo of big things miss ethel franklin ployed on enjoy- uble piano soo the election of aft icers conducted by the rev a c glftord resulted as fol lows honorary pnsldent rev a c alf- ford post president george swltner president john pell j 1st vicepresident christian fellow ship monsel nellls i 2nd vlqtpreaident missionary mr janet pell t 3rd xiceprebldiii cltlzcnshlp-r-gar- net w mckensle 1 4tii vlcepresldenttchristian culture i miss isabel cowlc slh vice president soef- i mlis laura johnston secretory miss mabel harris treasurer jflwood johnston reporter lloyd clifford pianist miss dorothy hitching assistant pianist mbji ethel franklin game oeorge swltxer tlie initial meeting of the new execu i live will be held next tuesday evening i level crossing smash injures two women c n r crowing on no 7 highway sccner of accident on monday narrowly missing dcuth as the car in which they were riding crhed into the bide of a locomotive on a cnr level crossing on the guelph- kitchener high way two toronto women on monday were tftlcnto st josephs hospital auelph uttering from serious injuries their husbands escaped with a severe shaking up mrs percy j wright 01 j euclid avenue toronto sustained a lacerated eealp fuclal cut and possible head in jur its and mrs herbert smith 30 con nor avenue toronto has a fractured collar bone and possible head injuries mr wright and mr smith were able to leave hospital after receiving treatment for minor hurts tlie car driven by wright wus pro ceeding weit toward kitchener when the crash occurred falling to see the arproachmg train until the car was a short distance from tho crossing wright turned to the left in an effort to avoid the collision the sedan strucic the engine a glancing blow rode along tlie railway right of way and through a ditch and alopg a sldcroad for some dis tance beforo coming to rest against o tree one side of the automobile was practically torn away as it came in con tact with the cylinder of the heavy loco motive the condition of the injured women as later reported as satisfactory correnpe rulink hirrelury mri k 1 brown treatun r mrs g a dills secretary christian stewardship aiul i inunct mrn f ki nnedy seen larv community friendship- mm i cli ave htcntarv of supply mrs l w agur hicntary amum late helpers- mrs r i johnston setretary ti miieratu i and chrlntlun i cltizcnshli- mrs j symon missionary monthly secretaries mrn h denny mrs t watson secretary of literature mrs s j reld press secretary miss e hawthorne pianist mrs r r amour superintendent mission band miss m z bennett superintendent baby bond mb m- nelsan a very hearty vote of thanks was given mrs smith and miss smith for their kind hospitality tho hostesses invited the ladles to re main and enjoy a social time and lunch f- the meeting closed with prayer by mrs b mowut scout mothers hold meeting at mrs rusiimeres mn regular meeting of the scout mothers auxiliary was lield uuthe home of mr rushmcre on monday evenlnu pwelve nunibe rn answered roll call the gi m rol biiil ntjit was then attended to a contest wai held and mrn fred ktntnit was thr wlnuii then served lunch tile hostt nsen coming events aifni iinlitnrnli nl luetipu rm r other ftmli i i haaihnb sr chnmaj i cci lint with a minimum triors mtoui cement of fc chritnuk millie to be presented hy school pupik r 4loomsbury christmas concert tuos- day evinlng decimber llllh protftojn includes a good play chrblmii concert at llgny school on tuesday night december ltth bkta sw ark homer teacher don t ml the macdulf cope entor- tolnment in the united church monday december lftth see display ad on pago five p informal party at ymca for mem a program df christmas music and trs and friends this friday ddoomwr corols will bo presented by the pupus of evening et 0 00 pm music sup- acton public school in acton town hall ul bv nlchcludlon on friday i tomorrow night cowmen c- ing at 00-rim- selections willatoo be bannockburn chruuna concert de- given by a nros quartetto weryoxw is i mhcr 23nd at 8 00 pm a play a1- ttelcome there will be no admission v in trouble by expupus c j slon 35c and i6c dance after