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it he jvtt an sttt flrr s sixty fifth yer no 27 acton ontario thursday january 4th 1040 fight home print pages five cents golden wedding anniversary mr mrs j h denny married at acton and spent entire life in district readers or free prc through so years on ohrklmuu day 1u0 j henry denny and miss margaret monro we joined in holy wedlock by nv dr g a gilford on monday of last wek they obrvd their golden wadding juinl- vy it is i strong oolneldenm that on this occasion a son kev q clifton glnord la now stationed in acton and tho pastor of uila esteemed couple my and mr denny have spent the entire fifty years in the district and in acton the young couple in 180 went first on the farm or his rather robert denny thirtytwo years ago they came to acton built a new home on queen street and lisve lived here ever since in a- reminiscent mood mr denny re called the weather at christmas time in 1m9 the temperature out of doors was wttfw ndnoaflms w needed 1nthe homes back in 1670 mr denny started lnthenrlntlnctratvj untieritcvqr t a and mr ii p moore he recalled that the christmas of that year lie was a carrier boy delivering tin pass pmtos to tlie homes subscribers were generous and after he had taken his carrier boys messago lie had sufficient money to buy a pair of skate and a season ticket for the rink while skating lie contracted a serious eokt which put him to bed for six weeks and ended his career as a printers devil no rather proudly ex hlblted a bible presented to him at hint concluded on page eight celebrated golden wedding anniversary my and mrs j m denny married in acton on december 36th 1b80 and who spent the half century in acton and district rev dr a a blftord tather of the present minister or the united church hero officiated at the wedding in 1 880 week op prayer services in acton churches- the weeknf prayer ln acunxwlubc obftcrved in the following churches anil in this order for the year 1040 monday january 8th at boo pm anglican church tlie young people n night tueeday january 0th at 8 00 pm presbyterian church rev mr gilford spenker wednesday january 10th at 0 00 pm baptist church rev mr bonnie speaker thursday january 11th at boo pjn united church rev mr baxter juniors win fiiaiiifrom georgetown squad dr a j buchanan chosen chairman of school board committee named at inaukuraj meeting special meeting arranged lo makfithc estimates trustees j ii boyd f b blow v b bum ley dr a j buchanan dr f a oakes and a a dills were present on tuesday evening at the inaugural meet ing of acton school board the declaration of artlco uas taken by the newly elected trustees buchanan oakes and dllli as is customary secretary r m mc donald called on the board to chose one of their number to uct as chairman far the year or until a successor has been elected i dr a j buchanan who has been m facer of the board for the past eight i year was the unanimous choice far this honor i in accepting the position dr buchan j an thanked the board ior- marked diamond wedding anniversary m and mrs thos ii dearing of orton uo on december 3lt observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary they have nput all f their liven in that district bestowed and hoped thnt he would be i able to do hie jo just hal as well as hln predecessor he asked the co oper atlon of the board in the work a only through this cooperation could efflc- brink home n 50 win will y bo rcured meet bolton tonight nt buaxuns commiiu crr then np acton arena elections monday in oilier centres to inte keen election battles in nassagaweya esquesing george ilnney chosen reeve of ti i j r ii nanaajroweyn school tnihtces olis elected only seven votes be- i ill first electlollb tween wilson nnd robinson in vll i r contest in esqueslnk g w ln yellowkmfe murray heads the polls in usquesinr and alex near tn naoflagaweya monday caw keen election contests in the adjoining townships of esquesing townships of esquesing and nassogn waya with contests for tlie reevshlp eight running for council and an elo tlon for trustees for the new school area no 1 a biff vote was recorded in kvuuagnweya there was friendly rivalry for the honor ln all three polling sub divisions the folowlng is the vote divisions for rhevb 1 3 3 ratal aoame finney 70 103 103 433 w m vanuckls 103 73 47 111 for oounohjjohfl alex near 103 110 137 35k wm dredae 07 103 76 354 oconto stolew 2iw 03 03 331 john simpson ho 130 06 304 d modouffall 30 33 137 200 archie service 103 53 34 100 john robertson 40 05 33 107 joshua allison 33 47 10 06 for trdshces a r oarbert 144 76 30 36 tod frank 03 13j 57 257 t ii bnder 153 05 50 300 c j vanaoosen 3d 34 00 341 dr b d younir 115 105 75 355 mrs f rlnelutrt 44 0 3j 30 tlie distinction of heading tlie palls in the first municipal election in yellow- knife goes to j a jjtcnlvcn son of dr and mrs j a mcnlvcn of acton mr mcmvbrt ib orjperhiberident of tlie- negus minos limited yellowknlfe has a imputation of 1 000 residents and lias tlds year been granted municipal rights tlie newly elected board of trustees of live members will look after educa tion fire protection laying out streets public wells and cisterns health by laws and regulation or the hours when stores may remain open the northern miner in a recent issue carried a very interesting and in formational article on the development of mining properties in yellowknlfe and a picture of william timm and j q mcnlvcn mine officials of negus gold mines ltd je whitelock addressed dublin institute meeting tlie dublin women s institute hold thctr december meeting in the evening at the home or mrs w d barber mrs somen ilk the president uas in charge roll cull was a mystery the members answered bj saying verses they had learned at school or sang pieces they had learned nhin a child it proved i vorj interesting current events wore vision tn the final summing up by the zuolve rtt a pian oiork alvc dor barber and wtlla i mcaiaughlln the council of nassogawcya will be the president introduced the speaker composedof the following reeve george of the evening mr j b wliltelookwho nlr wm flpokt n viai qumuflm ny cookie acton juniors tucked a to 0 win over aeorgctowninder their belt to start the current season the game played in georgetown on thursday last proved lotu of excitement along with ragged hockey ln spots the first period dldn t provide much to write about a penalty apiece were the only markings on the hcorcrs sheet shank for aeorgltown and tyler for acton were the bod men the second frame provided plenty of t xcltcnwnt and proved the turning point in the garni marzo notched ttu first uoul when he scored alone on a break away beating ketnahcad from close ln actons second goal seconds later came on a neat passing play goy to tyler to brush a minute later acton made it m intcd as follow pinnncc committee- v a dills b rumlcy g ixvilfc kernh elected in townflhip dr c iicslop reeve or milton nclhon ii property committee f g oakes supply committee- k j buchanan blow mil ton following arc the n milts of liu eke tlima in milton mayor adam armstrong ii boyd dr uon rtlvc dr c h kslop 413 defeated the secretary read a letter from tlie carl martin 19 municipal council requesting that the j council s a pay 41b clarence bourd huve their estimates ready by riddel 404 harry coulwm 350 r ii january 15th as the rriumatcs for theptohmy 337 awire dawson 320 qir municipality would be midc in january con oowland 212 john irving with 201 thin year iuh una not elected it niis amuigid lo hold u jieclal i scaixirtil man dlhll on train tiillltsiay night william a crlch w 11 known liuslucui man of a forth lled siiddcnly acclama d eeojd j pankd lliuisday lilglil oni tn thi irnln that nrrhts in atton nbtmt m ven o clock east lit norvnl the ntti ntion o7 kiurmy eniulucuir on the train was rtrnwn to the passenger and he wrecked tint he unfl in he had medical aid nummoni d at oeorit town and it was found that mr crlch had pnsned away coroner dr j a mcnlvcn wns null fled and met the train at acton nnd uflep exnmlnnllon nrningcd f r the body to it roimyed to bin home at hen forth uas travelling unaccom observe diamond anniversary of their wedding mr and mrhthoa den r inc of orion mark event on december llal mr nnd mrs thos den ring of ortin tire receiving congratulations from many friends on the occasion of their goth wedding anniversary both the brld and tho groom of yeatcr year liavi lurl their entire life in erin township mrs drarlng who vnn annie collier was born jilllp 3qth 1056 and mr dear inn july 12th la50 among the lett rs and mi iuage f c ngratiilatloiui received by mr nnd vfm dearlng aas n ulegram from prime muilnter mackenrje king wlio wired lib ttmgratulatlons to this esteemed couple naturally this ihoiiglifulnrsa was greatly nppreclnted they uere hhirrled in 3l marks an gllean church orangevllle on decern lier 31st 1070 by the rev can in hen demon and f firmed successfully up till t jijmu thiri mred to oiton village lng uas always a stauncli politician and served tlie township us councillor and reeve assessor und school trustee for several years they raised a family of six soili and two daughters all f whom mi t it a family gathering lout summtr there are 18 grand children nnd one hrcat griindrlilld mr and mm dear ing h ive up until recently been able to atttnd to tlulr household luaks and tiny take a k n interest in current cv iltrl trafalgar trafalgar mecung on januarj 0th at 7 o clock to noflu of the ciectloi1 make the estimates for the year the uerc fonowa d salter 041 w s beatty 504 walker 420 alec phillips 340 be submitted from the properly com ktnncth giles 252 tin mittee i 1940 council commences meeting held on monday board informally considered those amounts and ask for recommendations to another motion was passed that the 3 to 0 when paplllon notched the twine regular meetings f the board be held behind kemshead on a pass from j on the first tuesday or each month murphy this was paplllons first trip the above figures are subject to etnnoy councillors alox dredge otorge stokes mid j h simp son tlie trustees are messrs carbert frank snyder vangooecn and dr young in esquoslhg township there- was a contest far the reeveshlp that resulted in w a wilson being elected by seven votes it was one of the cloaoit elec tions on record mr ii may had been accorded an acclamation for tlie deputy reeveshtp for council mr o w murray a resident of tliuttiorthern sec tion of tlie tcmnshlp headed the no with ckwge e cleave second anrf e harrop third fallowing b the voting ln uieiectlonjn uip ninr polling sub divisions da regarding markets mrs barber welcomed the institute and their friends to her home mrs anaooscn replied f u nranch mrs stnrcj moveda vote or thanks to mr whttelock for his interesting talk and mrs a near seconded this which was heartily responded to v each one then got a partner for a contest by completing pictures the contest was a photo guessing contest mrs a ncr gat first prise for the indies mr w d barber got first ilrlw for gentlemen the meeting closed by singing the national anthem lunch was served and a social time spent authority was given for tho secretary to secure the usual advance of funds from the corporation to meet the cur rent expenditure of the board caretaker geo mann and attendance oftlccr j h rcld were appointed to carry on at the same salaries as formerly another motion was passed asking tlie sccrcary to write the principals of both curlers ready to start season of bronte was given rsi i a n a wa tho deputy lolllgllt 11 aetoii mcetlnc of the hoard at 7 15 pro observed 53rd anniversary to the ice and proved a worthy one marso was penalised f c kcm- shead and holmes proved brilliant stem tntng every thrust georgetown made on actons twine cottage holmes provld ed plenty of thrills for every fan at the game kicking out labelled shots from every angle lnsell was penalised for tripping but acton were unable to score when georgetown were short of man power brush scored his second goal and tlie fourth of the game when he shot a hot one passed kemshead early lp the third period murphy added the finishing touches to the gome when he sank a donut on a pass from goy penalties j in the third period were handed out to hllllard goy and tyler georgetown kept acton in their defensive cone for three full minutes but were un able to beat hoimcs brush and nichols broke away but missed on an offside pass which was called back acton s front line of marso brush and nichols worked great guns with tyler and hllllard on defensive john goy narked hard on the second line but his kings weren t too consistent in passing and checking blnacll kemshead and shank were the pick for georgetown up setting man of acton s plays and exercising a few trick of their own the hue up was acton goal holmes defence c tyler- r hllllard oentrc k nichols ulngs l marro r brush subs bar 4cn j goy w murphy p poplhon h cook georgetown goal a kemshead defence blnsorf henderson centre j kemshead vlngs w shank runham subs a lane d beaumont j louth schcrtsl t goldham w murphy bnlton provide ttu opposition for acton hero to night thursday and mr and a n brawn who last will provide plenty of trouble for the i ucelc observed the 53rd anniversary of acton stalwarts bolton drubbed bur i tholr w lngton 03 last week new councillors arc salter beaty and walker reeve norman gilbert an acoam pin motion reeve wilfrid hall hillsnurg r m harden arthur hart and fred mcmillan were elected trustees of hills burg on monday nelson piling up a decisive margin in his own section polling division no 1 leslie kerns rode into the reeveshlp ln tho flrqt municipal election held in nelson schools and the caretaker requesting towmmp 1w yeoni deica johit ffoc r monthiy mcnlvcn 727 vote to c73 kerns found the going mighty hard in the other seven voting sections mcnlvcn was ahead 018 votes to 442 until kerns division was heard from w j robertson was elected deputy reeve with 770 votes edging out his opponent charles rcadhead who re ceived 578 colin smith led a field of five for tlie three vacancies on the council with 738 elmer paster was second with 701 and mrs mary s petti t will be tho third couricillor with 007 votes those who foiled tere g leslie peer with g07 nnd john ii allen with 003 brampton a bates 024 rus reeve sell floo council fi ii r lawrence 1 008 a g peart ii 017 s r dennis 014 b hanier bull 007 c p ready 055 j a bartlctt 850 william craggs 714 hjdro commissioner e w mccul joch 031 john irwin 452 estabushmiut of a board of educa tlon por 015- against 300 to nlgh will sco tilt opening of the curling season the arena committee reports the ice in perfect condition tlie local curling froternlty will have their numbers augmented tills winter by curlers from milton and rockwood apart altogether fiom the controversy as to who really wrote shakespeare it now appears that thebard was a scott man one local curler proves this by reference to as you like it where the poet states that there are sermons ln stones and good tn everything being a curler ourselves we withhold comment we understand that the games com mittee or the curling club wish it to be understood that spectators are welcome to watch any of the games played this u inter every encouragement will be oftercd this winter to those uho have not yet taken up the game regular games will pot be necessarily confined to cxperlcnc ed players as all beginners will tic given every spportunlly to fill in with older 1 lulrs the arena committee wish it to be understood that curling privileges are ojmii to all a game fee of 15c arrles the snme privileges as a season ticket holder oik absolute ncce sltv u cuxlti g brootni the aro not supplies by the club so bring your own a good plnn municipal olllcer in wit on i nder cotwideralion dr j a mc nivcn iteatgrih an medicaj health officer four mectinga to be held in january ounty load rant in received at the meeting of the councilelect on tuesday evening mil the members were present and subscribed lo the oath of office the minutes of the last previous meet ing in december were read and upon motion were passed mr crclghton refniested information regarding insurance on the arena and this was satisfactorily given by the clerk moved by j p davison seconded by s m sinclair that the whole council be a striking committee for 104 carried upon council resuming it was moved by j h crclghton seconded by w j o oakes that the recommendation of the striking committee be adopted carried fhsance j il crclghton ohalrmain- w j o oakes nnd the reeve perj3 light and property j p davison chairman s m sinclair und uo reeve streets and walks w j o oakes chairman j v davutun and thn reeve park and rink s t sinclair chair man j h crclghton and the reeve clerk leu t norland explained to conn cil that a rlnjt ce nun 1 1 ice hod been ap itlo lenvithe matter or ulktlng one j l j or the household brooms to tlie lost milton and guelph played to a 4 all oliserved lurd tie for the other game in the group anniversary of archibald scored milton four goals fiicin u-prmiwr- alreadq oakmlles contribution to the hfciu wfc countj towns hopes has proven worthy tonight s game should find mr and mrs g ji brown observed on christmas day the flftyiuiird annl acton versory of their wedding both ore en- reeve g w davis of georgetown died tuesday george wdavunteeve of oeorctown for the past three years died on tues day after an illness of ten days he was born in governeur new york but had been a resident of georgetown for the post 33 years ho was employed for many years by the canadian national electric railwify mr davis had been a member of the town council for 11 years and had olso served on the housing commission of tlie town he was a member of the presbyterian church and of tho masonic but that any matters not satisfactory to council could be vetoed owing to tho illness of r j mopher- son a bylaw appointing an assessor and tax collector was left over until a later date the by law nuuioxlzlng the borrowing of money to finance the corporation at acton until taxes were paid in itmo was read the required number of times and passed this bylaw authorises the along women insutute was hold atuiaoveaivdtreasurertoborrow up- to tho home of mrs a macnabb with a good attendance of members present mrs c o plonk president occupied minute then pinch the best one und make a dash for it miss a bennett addressed meeting rockalong institute the monthly meeting of the rock- tmooo moved by s m sinclair seconded by j h crelghion that the ajipolntment the chair the roll coll was answered of the chief of the acton plre brigade by rules we should keep ln the in stltute business was discussed after which mrs w macnabb convener of the meeting took charge current events were given by mrs w patterson mrs w black took the motto by their good works ye shall know them after which mrs block continued on pag piva ukfvk robinson n a wilson w a u council cleave a e ooiirje g ounnm it harrop e murray o w 1a ib 3a b 172 3fl lli5 34 with a better balanced mdjta jackkrntncihlurpteh trying out a num- ia3 clmrbe thejhlplng department at v vls w fleeted as recvc for 1040 mac wv h trfnl i k ljig- uewrlineni sx v w vtrvwn us itccvc iar n jotoi berof candidates for the past few dovsuie stoxejroiove co u jifiras acuve as e election early in december 100 34 43 38 01 115 40 7 00 2 5 1w jo 114 fifl 103 v- m1c mmy 11tw u stoxey glove co u jiiilt as active ns 0l election early in december ills en oo he was twenty years ago acton friend dtth will cause a vacancy on tlie coun- 105 03 bolton s junior entry this season is extend congratulations and ti para lv council ind mean nine pew members u comprised of the weston high school pukka is pleased to join in extending to on that body this year plovers remember lost year i think this couple uho hnve been regular sitb- ihej btot acton 10 to 3 burlington scrtber all through these years tho who is now playing with owen sound i wish orall is for them many more happy was tlieir star centre she 11 be a stiff joara to enjoy the company of each other j continued on pago plve ond family and friends f u2 00 surviving arc his widow who was miss mary ross a son prod of georgetown and four daughters mrs c kentner mil ton and misses olive ruth and betty jlou of georgetown recitation- knitting mus sybil bennett of georgetown uas guest speaker and her very inter csting address was on jury law miss prances macnabb and mrs a shuhls favored the meeting with a duett silent night the national ahthcm was sung which urought tho meeting to a close dainty i refreshments were served and a social j half hour spent 1 coming eventb aimininveidtni nl utcitngi lon ecril ui lll er rvdl d i hcstling r charail cni pi- line wuti minimum ihjiijc tut o the kitchenerwaterloo vjjlc a chorui or radio rame will t at iha acton town hull on january 13th under auspice of the actop murray memorial ymca program starts at 815 pm sharp admission 3c tlie musical treat of the season