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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), 12 Sep 1935, p. 1

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sixtyfirst year no 11 acton ontario thursday september 12th 1035 eight homeprint pages fivo ceots the after holiday school board meeting arrange high school subjects and purchase books and equip ment school fees to be collected at the monthly meeting of the school board on tuesday evening trustees il fraser dr buchanan dr pearen graham uccleary were present and chairman mcdonald presided circulars and memoranda from die deportment of education were read by the secretary regarding the teaching of upper school subjects thftreport of the principal on this matter was auo received by uie board moved by buchanan seconded by peoren and resolved that the subjects lafin trigonometry geometry history ore hereby authorized by school board to bo taugnt as upper school subjects for the year 103530 and that the secretory be instructed to notify the department of education and ask their permission to teach same car ried moved by fraser second by graliam and resolved uiat per mission be given tho principal of uuj continuation school lb use uio follow fc books ne eo yr falfcwk 103530 parmer ibgh school geometry text book on middle school upper school geometry text mcdougoll up per school history text plenty car ried the list of books required for the high school library was submitted by principal macrae upon motion tho secretary was instructed to purchase these books the high school was made grant of 10 to assist in the local field day and sports program the sixth report of the pittance com mittee reco payment of tho fol lowing accounts acton public utilities commbuon water and light 1423 darling supplies 4533 beardmoro leathers ltd supplies 016 it blair repairs to toilets 2500 acton public utilities commission light 339 byerson prca library 15 mockenxie ii son repairs 337 ti actow pax psess ttdvcruslng 33 anderson co supplies 120 highway oarage repairs 535 elliott bros supplies 334 georgetown lumber co desk 4300 jos symon repairs 1025 central scientific co ltd repairs 38 75 joneei cutting gross 700 tile geo hendry co ltd supplies 1075 acton iffffthtnuff 1718 after the ball was over wherf the season is ahncci bone after the scheduled ended and wbjb hod most au of our pun sotne of the boys conjddcreduier were mmo baseball dayti yet to bo luul and uio halton county contest was revived for the dr buck trophy acton jour neyed to milton week ago that is all uuj ball team that could be scraped up and we published the result last week on saturday milton and georgetown were booked to clash but something wrnt hnyw and imw that georgetown couldnt held team and hope to have the game played on another date possibly ttianlaiglving or cjirjs mas 31843 tlie report wan by motion adopted repairs tor the boiler were also ordered to bo secured imtructlonu uvre issued for the col lection of school fees from nonresident pupils tho usual arrangements were made for pair day in the high and public schools richard shortills sudden death besldeiit of uulunafttd fuuiul by friends aftr aueneo noted for several day on saturday afternoon tlie acton in termediate ball team played an exhibi tion gome with port credit both teams were trying out new material port credit building now for next year and acton using three or four members of tho juvenile team the score was 81 in favor of port credit pout credit ahrhpoak selection of news items toctatk tlie young peoples league of the united church held get together at the homo of tlie president mr stewart lost thursday evening there were about 75 present and wonderful umu wan had about campuro group games were played and kingsong led by group of musicians was feature after tlie games werners and bumi cake juveniles lost two to niagara falls eliminated from playoffs by falla team but the bovri ulc shorull of balllnafod died lost week under rather tragic circum fcunccj on wednesday mr sliortlll remarked to friends that he might at tend tlie canadian kutlnnaj exhibition for duy or so wlien he was not notic ed about it was token for granted that lis had gone away for day mr sliortlll is bachelor and uvea alone on the farm wlien on saturday mr sliortlll was not uecn his friends went to the home it wo found uiat lie liad dld following heart attack apparently on the evening he was lmt seen chief marsliall and dr mccou coroner investigated and found deaui was due to the lieurt bolxure it was considered no inquest was neceiisary burial wag made on sunday while mr sliortlll lived alone brother harry lived close and was in the habit of keeping hi touch with him hu sudden death is qulu shock to his irleiids and uie community of family of tight sons two brothers survive harry of balllnafad and joseph of upokaiie washington in religion deceuued wail presbyterian until tmion took place when he joined the unlud church in politico he was conjiervative ttu lau mr sliortlll wrnm an honorable man and good neigh bor whoac kuddeil pualllg la deeply re igretted by uie entire community tiie funeral took pl6e on sutulay afternoon when uuj service wns conducted by uio ftev mr porenuul he pallbearer were umm klrkwood campbell peter pcrgumci lindsay ehartlu and bhortiu of george town interment took place in ballma jod ormetery kennedy 2b yanwlir an cf 13 beiuon if coyne rf ilarlnctt if lb davis pavonel if 3b 3d 14 21 10 acton au 11 po terry if walters 2b anckrton 12 moloyyte 3b tyler cf giuborui 2b waterliou lb morales ss halmcu kenlner rf bayllii cf 33 37 12 summary base hlu campbell base hit molozzle waterhouse gchucmlnc duz bcncon run batted in molosailo yarncll schuemlac struck out by walter by holmes by davis by yarncll by campbell bases on bulls of wallers off davu off yarncll hits and jujiii oh walters hits and ruris in 5mnlngb off holmes hits run in innings off davis hits run in innlngu off yarnell hit runs in runnings off campbell lilt runs in inning stokii bases terry iccntner coyne tacrlnce ldt yarncll left on basoa port credit acton time of uame hour and 45 minutes score by innings hue port credit 031 030 0010 14 acton 001 000 000 the batteries davis yamell culiip bell and benton gchuemlac walter holmci and anderson umpire mcquarrle the crowd was about as usually tecured at thee postleaion tf amea wo under land georgetown to come hire on suturdiiy for keconrt game in tills county championship group all tlie locals are back troniluilidai awl it khould be good gam incidentally minute walters lius been doing wmie of the hurling for acton tlie pant couple of games and going pretty fair mickey holmes ulso hud few good innlnus in tlie gams on saturday considering it was juvenile agabint the older crew of course such column fed tills needs sometlilng about onkvllle we dont like concluded on page ught marahmallows andcodfce were sajrvetc aototl womens isudliuu the regular monthly business meeting of tlie acton womens institute was held at tlie home of miai hawthorne on thursday afternoon with the president mrs gamble in the choir tlie meet ing opened by repeating the lorda prayer in unison five minute talk was given on the motto go oft to tlie house of thy friend lest weeds shall ob struct the pathway by miss hawthorne who also read paper on welfare laverno smith gave kplendld paper on the growth and blending of tea current events were given by mlns hod gins and roll call answered by cup of sugar donation was given to tlie girls trlpto chicago display of thrift articles made of odds and ends was to bo sent to milton pair it was decided that uio booth in pork will be open all day on fair day tlie meeting closed by repeating the mbspah benediction after wliich coclol time woa spent brookvllla junior institute meet in the regulnr monthly meeting of the drookville junior institute was held at the home of mrs rhlnehart on monday evening tlie meeting opened by slnjjlny the institute rally followed by the roll call uhlch was answered with good book have read and its author the minutes of the lait meeting were then rviul and adopted in the nbaiice of the president the vicepresident evelyn storey presided after the busi ness evelyn simpson gave very lntur eung paper on milk itll care and use in the home community sinning was led by helen smith paper was giva by mlas gaudier on olrl and hur pvtfonnl appeavunce contest was held with gertrude prccmnn as con vener helen smltli and evelyn storey received first prize hearty vote of thanks was moved to mr and mrs klilneliart toe tlie ujo ot their homt after which the airki and boys clubs joined together in the form of social hour refreshments were cervud and ficlal time was enjoyed by all united youtu peoples orfleera the reorgan izatlon meetlm of tlie united church young peoples society was held on tuday evening wlieai offic ers for tlie year were elected and plans made for tlie work through the fall and winter tnontlis following are tlie of ficers honorary president rev dr morrow president gordon rainwlen 1st vicepresident ruth gibson 2nd vicepresident laura jbluuton 3rd vicepresident jean morrow 4th vlaeprvcu dent tom nlcol 5th vlcepresldeiitvlda ramshaw gui vlcepresidenujohn nlcol secretary albert mills treasurer howard swluer plonlt jwui barbour assistant planbt margaivt arnold reporter sab ru nclioa olm in hepitul ulul ou iti jjil juhie whilon acton uas iuril4d mi monday night by ray ilodgvj of brampton aiid conibved in the qiorgetowii loakup on cliaige of drlv lilg ear while under tile lnriuellco of liquor win tons vehicle smashed uiu fence on no highway at uid seventh line corner uiat night companion philip laataluk known locally by the name of prlduy sutfered 6evre4calp wound after bchvg attrtidcd by dr paul lie was reniowd to ouolph hospital by ambulance wlnton will appear in oeorgetowil police court udmy niagara palls advanced anotlicr round in tho juvynlle playdowns when tliey beat acton for tlie accord time tills tlmo 15g last tliursday afternoon niagara proved to bo too experienced and well coached for tlm local ai it hi acton first year in minor baseball the southern lads have been playing together for three or four years acton never threatened to take the lead but they kept fighting all uio uma and never gave up both holmes and lambert threw their offerings at tho niagara lads but 18 kofo blows were knocked out assisted by juicy crronj catherwood throwing for uuj polk was touched for 10 safeties but six runs werj all acton could get mckeiude uio elongated first baseman was uio big hiter for tha palls with out of and cauierwood wlui out of was next best for acton patrick joriai lam bert and ryder each hod couple tlie box score aoton abrhpoas various interesting items of news the iore front on uio now symon store is of very modern design and was installed yeuterday tho bottom panels are of lmavy glased black rlilss and with the metal window moulding in alum inum finish uie front is striking ono and different from any otlier on uio street the plajsterera will likely com plete uiolr work uils week and it is patrick 2b rf jones lb woods ss lambert cr 3b ryder 3b outhrle if bayllis rf 2b holmes 2b lcatham williams cf 37 10 24 niagara falls abhupoae walker rf patterson fret cf mckcnzlc lb storey 3b fowle ir dohson mills 2b catheruood 49 15 10 27 summary home run frot base hits pattii fnthprwiwl haa hit mrtceni1e stolen bases patrick guthrie storey paterson truck out by cauierwood 13 by holmes by lambcr bases on balls olf catherwood off holmes off lambert hits and runs off holmes 10 hits 14 runsln innings off lam bert hits run in lnnlngii double play lambert to ryder hit by pitcher outhrle acton on no no 10 niagara palls 213 224 oulfl 10 fareweu to rev and miis easter by the young peoples society of the baptist church presentation made from younjf womens mlydonlrcl oxpocuxttho building wlloio ready fof occupancy early next monuu itev georire altkcn ia beoelve uerro word has been received by rev geo altken uiat the degree of doctor of theology is to be conferred on hun hi absentia at the september convocation of nauonal ttibllcal seminary of kan sas in affiliation with chicago theo logical scmmary he lias been studying for uie degree for some time and com pitted the work wlui thesis on the subject tlie sacrificial element in the deaui of jcsud christ xt altkcn fa minister of the presbyterian church at calcdon east claude and caledon mr utld mrd pledlv celebntt portletlt wedding anniversary forty years of wedlock were marked by mr and mrs william pleuty of oakvlllc on sunday wlien members of the family gathered at their robinson street homo to eclebrato uio event qujst ly born in wittgham uio con of newspaper proprietor mr plouty has been connected with the press since boy hood serving his apprenticeship in uio composing room in the days when neu3 type was set by hand tven in uie city dailies he became in turn owner of tho southampton beacon the wlngham advance and for 15 yeani tho oakviile record he retiild few years ago but rctairui his interest in uie press by cor responding for the hamilton spectator mrs fleuty nee elizabeth byrnes is the daughter of the latp mr nnd mrs henry brynes of winnipeg mr and mrs fleuty bear the distinction of being uie only family of that name on tho north american continent it is of sw las english extraction two com harry fleuty of magam falls and byrnui pleuty of embro and thtlr families attended the celebration on rundny mahvin kelson winner of uie matched tiwlmmlng ttace between lw and georgv young at file last week the funeral or xjltle bobby brjdsliaw evidence of tho general syuipauiy felt for mr and mrs win bradshaw in uio deaui of their only son robert anthony dobby was shon at tho funeral last friday morning and by floral tributes and kindly sympathy exiireiuod mass was held in st josephvi ohurcli acton and burial was made at dublin ceme tery floral tributes included offerings from tho following mother and dad arandad arandma and uncle rigby mr and mrs harry wuterhouse mrs byrne and lilian mr and mrs georgo louth florence and lonule salt patty biiyllsji ired dawklns and violet ourrle joyce and jimmy areer woodhi groc ery fotut family cambral and jackla cooney mr and mrs tyler jr mrs woodii and family my and mrs prank aibbons beardmoreleathers mr and mrs dran and fojnlly mr and mri jack huff and family mr and mrs arbic mr and mm greer mr and mrs aribben mr and mrs wm wfcvaddca miss hawthorne mrs smethumt and mrs bayltss mor and dorothy minerva brudcihaw storey glove co mrs wutcrhoum and family mickey holmes mr und mrs waller and lconu mr and mrs robt turner mrs simp aou and family mr and mm georgo fountain and wesley uued oaashis joaiinle eleanor mild herblo 111 pall bearers were robert pbotut jackie cooney sthio braida norman braida among uiose from distance attending uio funeral were gerald brdhw toronto afr ireland toronto mr am mrs harry rlgby ouelph tlhr regular wttikly meeting of uie of uie baptist church wa held jointly with uio young womens mluilon circle at the homo of mr and mrs wm kelly brock avenue on tuesday evening rev easlor resumed his series tff talks on the ufo of abraliam during uie devotional period ashrov oncpxjrrt easler arc leaving shoruy for yorkton sask mia barbara plank on behalf of uie womens mission circle expressed words of uppreclauon to mrs easter who was uio founder of uiat organ lxation mis chan laildsborougll president of uie young womens mission circle then presented mrs easter with beautiful icauicr purse as tangible token of uils appreciation although taken completely by surprise mrs easter made suitable and feeling reply and gave uio mission circle few words of encouragement and odvloo for futuro work on belialf of uie mr stanley crippti their president address ed rev mr easter mr oharlcs lands borough then presented mr easter with uio book in uie steps of uio master by morton mr easter also re plied regretting uielr removal but feel ing conviction uiat uielr work wad in their native heaui hi western canada the remainder of tho evening was spent in games tiida social time ba tons deporung bounteouii repast was partaken of acton ready for the 1935 acton fair program arranged and secretary now receiving entries for big event next tuesday and wednesday jught rrom president rumuy and secretary wright down tho officers and directors of acton fair are ready for uio big vent that is scheduled for tuesday and wednesday of next week tho hull is being fitted up to tako care of tho exhibits and uio pens and fencing nccasary about uie grounds will as usual be constructed uils week and ready for tho big days the grounds were never in better condition than at present secretary wright is now receiving entries for uio various classes and uieso indicate ti keen bite rest and paint to an exhibit that will bo well up in every department tlie volume pobits to splendid chow tho arena performance on tucsdiy evening uiat lias como to be such feature will this year have as its lead line attraction kings of uio air an acrobatic troupe of the best typo in uie dominion last years pcrformanoo eccmed to please uie crowd and thfe directors 1iq pe secur dihi vent social gathering brew crowtl of 500 from nujatuweya and lvikjuctibit towmjtlpcj mr hushed cleaver and ttioa blakeiek gueku at gathering tho gathering arranged by uie liberal asiociatlon of one of uie nassagawcya and two esqucslng wards hi uio iviwn hall on tuesday evening iwau quite an event it drew an attendance of about 500 and taxed uie capacity of uio hall the lady workers had provided boun teous meal which was cerved at seven oclock following uils mr akin acted fnnsfmnstfr gathering to the ladles was ably convey ed by mr harrop prefiutejit of uie halton aisoclauon and tho vote of tluuiks ceconded by mr john moore on belialf of uio ladleu mrs wm bracken replied mr the blakelock member of uia legkuaturo for halton in his remarks gave praise for his friend hughes cleav or and his ability and assured uie gauutrlng uiat for uio first ume oak vlllo would this year give liberal majority he outlined mr bennetts program of promise and failures and dwelt on provincial matters und uie rocord of uio liberal udmuilutratlon hj fiald uiat hla preelection prambctf had all been fulfilled and felt uiat canada would be best terved if uie dombilon would lino up wlui liberal govern ment to oooperato with tlw liberal governments hi power in eight of uie ivovlne mr huglves cleaver expressed his ap proclauon at being guest at this event he felt unit every one hi halton was dktsausned with conditions except pos sibly few on miuloiudre row he maintained ulut uie farmer was doing half uie work and receiving quarter of uie pay he fclj uiat uie and recoilstrtlcuun platforms were similar to uie liberal they differed only in the itleund of accomplishment to answer uie plan he sug gested uiat his hearers ask themselves if they knew of any government offic ial who ookild operate uilf farms better than they could he felt that mr stevens plan of curing unemployment continued on ilw her nan uie comedian who is such fayorlto here will bo on hand with hla wingi and fun and his wee but mighty conccrteiia latest word from uie head line attracuon hiforms uio officers uiat kings of tho air will furnish acta on uils big feature bul tho potato race will bo run bit dif ferently and uie change of rules should makod 16trnqro cltemenandriirrln uils event tho foot racce ond blcyclo races will have then usual thrills and pootlbly some spills the musical chairs contest will of course be another big feature the hurdle jumpbag should bo of high standard uils year judging by uio exhibitors who ave already signified their intention of taking part in tba event this year ttie hall exhibits will be open tho first evening and acton citizens band will provide musical program the wednesday afternoon progrun should not have dull moment from 000 oclock when uie parade of school chil dren and uie acton bond leave uie towvi hall new feature this year is the prize offering for uie best floats drawn by horses hitched to farm wagon trials of speed uiltf year include ib and 228 trot or pace and uie finish will bo on uio track before uie grand stand mr george poster president of the ontario agricultural flncjc tl eg acaocia tlon mr jos mclean mr bull and rjeeve harrison will take part in uio opening ceremonies which will of course bo conducted by president rumley added to tho platform events uils year aro scotch heel and square dance contest and cowboy song with guitar accompaniment tho boys con tests harmonica and fiddlers couteibi are as usuul features here tho high jumping horses and potato race liavo anotlier wvent in uils chua tho quick hitch uiat used to bo so popular few years ago him again como back of course there is uio baby shov wlui prices for all agea and uie parade of live slock and the exhibits and judging rings and uie amplifiers that made uio program much mora enjoyable for all wli again broadcast all over uio grounds tt rnll npunw iv jrwl yp looked no feature if we liawnt men tioned all you expected wo are sure youll flm it kt our omission and perusal of uie prise list or literature wlli locate your tfavoritu ileal granted fair woauier uie acton pabr of 1035 sliould bet up uew record for exhibits attendance and successful operauon coming events announcement of uactlnss coo orl or other kvou tmdr tbls leading tare ctiafsed cent pcf llil with hllnlraunj chars tot kny aniiudiiccmcitt bt jc anniversary services at ohurohlll unlud churcli on sunday september 20ui fowl supper oil monday septem ber 30ul w3 suvens clubs will hold nomination meeting in farmers hall milton on monday september loth at 800 tnj standard time the ladloa aid of uie united church will hold musical concert ta the church on wednesday evening september 2oth admission 36c and 10c 113 dance at edgewood pork bdton muk every saturday night till the end of september brainpfcin bwnuny ftpteoe orchestra admission price 40o and 25c

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