Halton County Music Festival I Knobs of News well Worth ^ Reeding. I The second and last section o f the Halton county public school music festival was held in the Milton high school, on Saturday, M a y l2 . As on the form er occasion, Peter Kennedy, M inister 11 a.m. U N IT E Ds R E V . E. O . ^ W U O U R , M .A ., B.D. G reg o ry - T h eatre = 99 OAKVILLE -- This is the close season fo r hens o f Toronto, acted as adjudicator 2.30 and dogs. and, after each class, gave very help S U N D A Y SC H O O L in Lu*k H all. -- Considerable damage is-r e p o r t ful criticisms to the contestants, 7 p.m . ed to early garden crops b y the frost congratulating all o f them on the A R E LIG IO U S P L A Y during Tuesday night. high-class performances and stating E ntitled ` `The Lost Church" by the -- Announcement is made o f the that there was a decided improve U n ited church at W a terd ow n w ill be presented. annual garden party o f S t. Jude' s ment over last year. A fter each Church, to he held on July 10th. S P E C IA L M U SIC class, also, thr medals and trophies -- M r. and M rs. E . P . Lunau, were presented to the winners by Lloyd and Miss Lois were guests 0:1 Inspector J . M . Denyes, assisted b y Sunday with M r. and M rs. W . G . M rs. n . A r~ e ~ , o " A c t o n ; Canon Duke, o f M ono M ills. N afte' and P . W . Cooke, o f Mil -- M r. and M rs. J . E . Dunn left ton . A t the close the president, town last Thursday on a holiday M rs. G . C . Atkins,, expressed the tour and will visit England, Ireland, appreciation o f the association fo r Scotland, France and other poir splendid co-operation o f all who had -- Coun. John R . Byers and his helped to make the festival the fine son-in-law and daughter, M r. and success it was. Last year there M rs. P ercy Sutton, are away on a were 256 entries, this year 304. O f week' s fishing trip to W aubaushene. last Saturday's entries there were 16 choirs, the others being vocal and -- Old papers from the dump clut piano solos, duets and trios, a total ter up the streets when ever a wind 2 p m (Standard T im e ) o f 124. blows from the west, and the spec The annual meeting o l the Festi tacle presented is not a beautiful val association is being held in Bell M A SS M EETIN G A T 3 o ' clock one. school, on W ednesday, May 30, at 7 .3 0 o ' clock standard time. The Speakers: -- K ing's Plate race on Saturday will draw a num ber o f our race-lov- representatives to the meeting will W M . IR V IN E , M .P. in r citizens. I t looks like a cer include one from each rural school C A P T . ELM O RE PH 1LP O TT tainty that an Cfakville trainer will board, tw o from each town or in corporated village school board, one get the honors. and the Candidate from each separate organization A LE X. MacLAREN, President -- M r. and M rs. A . T . Harris such as W omen' s Institute, Daught and son Basil, who spent the winter ers o f the Empire, Council o f W o R. S. HEATHERINGTON, Sec months in Florida, have returned to men and Home and School clubs. their hom e on the low er middle road, 'The follow ing is the list o f win B R O N T E HOME just north o f tow n. ners on Saturday: AND SC H O O L CLU B Girls' open solo-- Joan Moreland, -- Capt. E . A . Morden left town Strathcona; Kathleen Gilbert, Bronte on Tuesday fo r Minneapolis, Minn, Betty W hite, Milton. Gold, silver The annual meeting o f the Bronte to see his sister, Mrs. Meneilley, and bronze medal donated by Home and School club was held on j who is seriously ill. The Capt. son, M ilton; Reno Braido, A cton ; Tuesday evening and election o f o f travelled all the way b y b u s . · Boys' open solo-- Hartley Ander- ficers held. C . L. Rayburn, o ffi -- Special anniversary services Georgetown public school board. cial delegate to the annual conven will be held at K nox Presbyterian Orville Page, Burlington East. Med tion o f the Ontario Federation o f church on Sunday to mark the re als b y Georgetown public school H . and S . associations, gave a splen.. opening follow ing the remodelling b oa rd . did report o f the sessions he attend B oys' duet-- Vernon Agnew and ed. and redecorating o f the church. Miss Winnie Osborne gave a Charlie Tyler, A cton ; Hobby Grey fine talk on "T h e viM e~br the Bible -- The big pumper was taken to and Ronald Gats, Burlington Cen in the home." Arrangements were the home o f E . W . Whittington, tral; Hartley Anderson and Hugh made fo r the transportation o f the John street, on Sunday evening, Evans, Milton. Medals donated by pupils to the music festival to be where a chimney was giving trouble. Milton public school board. held on May 5 and 12 in the Milton It took over an hour to overcome the Girls' duet-- Frances MacDowell high school. C . L . Rayburn and fire. and Frances Chisholm, A cton ; Mai- Mi-s. E . Cudmore being a commit -- E xam , results o f the University die Hall and Dorothy Weaver, Bur tee fo r the first Saturday and C . L. Gilbert Rayburn and E . O . Cathcart for the o f Toronto faculty o f applied science lington Central; Kathleen include the name o f H . 0 . Lawrence, and Ruth Pickard, Bronte. Medals second. M rs. W . T . Johnston, who succeeded in his fourth year in donated by Oakville board o f educa convener o f the nominations com tion. electrical engineering. mittee, presented the names o f nom Girls' double trio-- Acton, Strath inees fo r election and the election -- Blossom Sunday was a great cona. Cup donate^ b y John Milton resulted as follow s: Immediate past disappointment. Thousands o f cars chapter, I . O . D . E ., Milton. Shield president, Mrs. M . Dawson; presw traversed the Grimsby highway, but donated b y Ellis Brothers, Toronto. dent, C . L . Rayburn; 1st vice presi only cherry and plum trees were out Piano solo -- Joan Moreland, dent J . P . Joyce; 2nd vice-presi in blossom . The peach trees were Strathcona; Norma Marcellus, Mil dent, Mrs. G. Collins; secretary, backward in exhibiting their beau, to n ; Ellen Fisher, Fisher's Corners. Miss D . Crosby, treasurer, M rs. tiful bloom . Medals donated b y George Harris, James Rogers, other members o f executive, M rs. W . H . Cudmore, -- .Mr. and M rs. A lbert S . Leav Burlington (the warden' s m edal). Two-three room choir, 25 voices, Mrs. A . G . Boswell, M rs. A . E . er announce the engagement o f their Burlington Pickard, Mrs. L . L . Thurston and only daughter, Audrey Eileen, to two parts-- Strathcona, George H . W ebb, son o f M r. and East. Cup donated b y the T. Eaton M rs. W . R . Gilliam. The execu M rs. George W . W ebb, o f Oakville; company, limited, Toronto. Shield tive will meet shortly and appoint conveners o f standing committees. the marriage to take place the mid donated by Festival association. Urban solos, boys 14 years and dle o f J u n e. under-- Vernon Agnew, A cton ; Bob On Monday, May 7th, the regular -- The cells and lobbies o f the by Grey, Burlington Central; Har meeting of the Fisher's Comers town lock-up have been given a coat old Byers, Oakville Central. Medals 1Home and School club was held with o f paint. This destroys the poetic donated b y A cton school board. the president, Mrs. Black, in the al and other less charming writings Sixty-voice choir, three parts, un chair. that adorned the walls, placed there accompanied-- Burlington Central, The orchestra gave several de. Wandering W illies from every A cton. Cup donated by Robert lightful selections. Community i irter o f the continent. Simpson company, Toronto. Shield singing was also enjoyed. The six donated by Theyendenago chapter, representatives were nominated fo r --A big Scarfe truck took fire on I . O . D . E . , Burlington. the Halton Home and School clubs '"' ·borne street at 1 .3 0 o 'clock on Fifteen-voice choir, boys (1-4 County Council. W ednesday. The fron t part o f the room ), unison -- Strathcona, Bur The president spoke briefly on the truck, including the cab, was con lington East. Cup donated by A c good results our people obtained at siderably damaged before the flames ton public school board. Shield don the Halton musical festival, bringing were extinguished. A fire extin ated b y Limestone school. home the silver cup as best choir, guisher from W m . Whitaker' s gar Piano solos, 15 years and under competing against thirteen other age did the trick. -- Joe Hartley, Bell school; Ruth schools, also one gold and two Kate Rumley, bronze medals fo r solo work. Four -- McMaster University exam, re Pickard, B ronte; donated by o f the senior girls favored us with sults at Hamilton include the names Georgetown. Medals o f Dorothy Alberta Lyle, daughter Georgetown W om en's institute and a song and dance, the " Minuet," which was very pretty. o f M r. and M rs. A . H . Lyle, o f Local Council o f W om en. Forty-voice choir, two parts-- M r. Denyes gave us an interest Oakville, who won honors in English Cup ing talk on music in the schools, say and history, and Norah Agnes John Acton, Burlington Central. ston, o f Bronte, who won honors in donated by Milton public school ing he hoped that b efore long music board. Shield donated b y I . O . D . would take its rightful place as one English and French. E . , A cton . o f the most important subjects in the -- A form er well-known Oakville Thirty-five voice boys' choir, uni school, it staying with us in later horseman, Dick Moscrop, now con son -- Acton, Burlington Central. years much more than a lot which nected with the McLaughlin stables Cup donated by Heintzman comp are now given such great import at Oshawa, m et with an accident at any, Toronto. Shield donated by ance in our schools. M rs. Gordon the Eglinton horse show on Friday A cton W om en's institute. Peart gave a report on the O . E . A . last. He was riding " Thackeray' Urban solos, girls 14 and under-- convention. in the middle-weight hunter class in Jacqueline Fleetham, Burlington The meeting o f the Halton Home the triple-bar jump competition, Central; Kathleen Gilbert, Bronte; and School clubs County Council when he was thrown and received Diane Moreland, Strathcona. Med will be helJ in the Merton school severe facial lacerations and a slight als donated b y A cton public school house o i ^ ^ * t l 9 t h , at 2 . 3 0 . All b oa rd . concussion. in te r e ;t* ^ ^ ^ ^ k y ite d to attend. ll ^ T H A N N IV E R S A R Y In rcpciidsnt O rder o f O ddfellow s w ill w orship with us as ou r guests. T H U R S D A Y . F R ID A Y and S A T U R D A Y . M A Y 17. 18 and 19 "I AM SUZANNE G ood story, m usic, spectacle, novelty-- P o d re cca 's P icco li M arion ettes, co-starring Lillian H arvey. Chap. 10 " T A R Z A N " Gang com edy " Fish H ook ey." F ox News M O N D A Y , T U E S D A Y and W E D N E S D A Y , M A Y 21, 22 and 23 C _ C _ IF1NOMINATION P r i n c e Theatre M IL T O N Private Life of Henry 8th The am orous adventures o f a king w ho w on the title o f the B lue beard o f kings, starring Charles Laughton. C om edy " B ring ' Em Back tt W ife ." N ovelty " Popular C om poser.' 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