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tftss sixtyfirst year no 18 acton ontario thursday october 31st 1035 eight homeprint pages fivo cents anniversary of knox church observed on sunday and monday rev marshall of hespeler and rev dr rochester of jtoronto were the special speakers at the services on sunday good congregations and anniversary music fowl supper held on various interesting items of news meeting on tuesday evening ulo regular weekly monday evening with program by local talent and an enjoyable meeting of the was held in the class room at the baptist church occasion splendid congregations joined in ob serving the anniversary last sunday of knox presbyterian church and enjoyed the special speakers music and features of an anniversary occasion little de parture from the usual order was made in that each service had different speaker in the momjng rev mar ahall of hespeler was the min ister bis discourse was based on the 37th and 39th versos or matthew 32 thou ahalt love the lord thy ood with ail thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind thou ahalt lovo thy neighbor as thyelf here was the clearest presentation of the whole duty of man that the world had ever received there is only one lawgiver who uvea through the ages jesus christ his was the law of love in the first place it was gods great love for us that keeps us from evll ood barriers against evil are conscience ad vise of friends mothers love tho call of the churchrltroodb7tovelsthtf greatest gift of all love mans supremo duty it is in the field of every day living where love needfl to bo cultivated it is easy indeed to be solicitous of far off duties and neglect the duties near us church and missionary work are good and also preaching these tasks are only secondary however to the other great task thou shalt love christs life teaches us how to per burton salt and deorgo mussejlec tho choir anthem waa bless tho lord my soul and the solo part was taken by mrs mownt tho congregation during the day con tributed liberal offering to the special annlveiuary collection on monday evening the anniversary fowl supper provided by knox church ladles aid was largely attended and ample justice was done to the many good things provided by these who have an enviable reputation for the de lec tables they provide during the supper hour tho church organist mr salt played several pipeorgan selections and the sunday school orchestra under the direction of mr rudolph splelvogel rendered or chestral numbers rev il bcnnlo minister of the church was tho chairman for the program that followed which in cluded readings by miss meryl grim dell mrs george dcssureault miss frances hurst and hev jones vocal eolos by mrs if mowat miss elols atkinson mr wm burton and mr johnston student minister rock uood presbyterian church irish tenor numbers by male quartette messrs rumlcy splelvogel george simpson and jan smith cornet solos by mr chad landsborough brass quartette mcsbts gibson simp son easterbrook and landsborough knox presbyterian church acton where anniversary services were celebrated last sunday th miss sadie crlpps had charge of the mooting my stanley cripps read the scripture leuson john 15 miss barbara plank sang as soprano solo my aino countrlo papers went given on iiymns and hymn writers by misses barbara plank and laura mcmullcn god moves in mysterious way by john newton and bless be uio tie that binds by john pawcett the meeting was closed with prayer bakers of three omntles meet tho bakers of hal ton peel and duf fcrin counties met at tho mcglbbon hotel georgetown on monday evening last there was large attendance and very successful meeting was held bak ing business in general wan discussed and the standard price for bread over the three countlctf was set at 8c per loaf and 7c per loaf wholesale bread is already dc per loaf in moot towns but the bak ers of this district decided to walt couple of weeks and uce what uio price of flour will bo under the now govern ment travel story lly kev jr morrow features splendid evening of the unity mens club lost week on wednesday evening of lost week the unity mens club of the acton unit ed church attempted their first concert and were indeed gratified with the tiuc creut that was accorded tholr effort there being an uudlcnce present that largely iii led the auditorium of tho church during the assembling of tho audience and at intervals during tho program an orchestra of fourteen pieces rendered musical selections that were much ap preciated rcv dr morrow tho paitor and teacher of uj sunday school class in connection with tho unity mens club introduced tho president mr jack held who was the pleasing and efficient chairman for the evening tho following musical and literary numbers were included in the program vocal solas the good ship lollypop and hobln stedbrcast master bllllo vincent reading kentucky phil osophy gordon ramdcn brass quartette numbers messrs george simp son norman gibson chas landsbor oiigh and lloyd easter brook harmonica duetts nicol brosf vocal trios tsllvcr threads among the gold and when grow too old to dreum messrs makalcs parkinson and gibson cornet ojosmr chas landsborough hawaiian selection of news items form our duty to god and man jesus life was life of love ho showed that hate could be avoid id wo could put ourselves in tho other fallows place he sliowvd tile way one of our biggest troubles is that we do not know each other we must get tho spirit of being friend to man tho musical part of uie service includ ed ticjo by mrs 31 mowat and tho anthem by the choir the glory or god in nature rev or rochester editor of uio pres byterian record was the minister at the evening uervlce associated with him in the service was the pastor rev ii bunnla and nev dr morrow of the united church whose congregation joined with that of knox church on thfa anniversary occasion or rochester in lib opening remarks spoke of his work as editor of uie church piano duett mr and mrs salt violin solas master vernon agnew ilev dr morrow brought greeting from the united church rev mr kuy from wlarton presbyterian church and rev janca from naiaagaweya prciibytcrlan church various items of local interest coldert weddlri it at the golden wedding of mr and mrs john marshall last week register was kept which callers were oidced to sign the little booklet contained 150 publication and ils value to tne 6gngt the ngrmttfr gallon ills text was based on tho third chapter or first timotliy tucao things write unto thee hoping to come unto thee shortly but if tarry long that thou mayet know how thou oug litest to behave thyself hi uie house of god which uie church of uie living god uie pillar and ground of um truth the speaker said uiere was someuilng more profound needed uuui good be havlour inchurchvlt totv laufllcltnt that propriety he accepted as standard of worship good conduct wad necessary not only oil sunday but every day and everywhere tiie appeal was not as wor shippers but as membership hi the church of the living christ there is usually standard in every organisation and this standard is always bchig rolled there uie family honor um lionor of uie englishman and lib standard of justice and fair play and similar standard should be malntahied in our relationship to our church tho church place to share burdens there are distinctive features of the church qaodilcs uie preservation or tho spirit of unity work or service uie using of our abilities and erf oris in church work it ki not service of com fort or ease dr rochester illustrated his various poll hi with wealth of lit ting illustration to bring uie mesagcs home to uie congrcguuon the music under ulo direction of choirmaster and organ ut bait was again at uik service very appropri ate and well rendered it included solos mr green or toronto quartette number by messrs maim wero uie following mr and mrs herb scott fergus mr and mm win bayne belwood mr and mrs irwin jackson everton mrs itev scott ottawa mr scott hull que mrs hoot scott brantford mmpruere and mrs wilkinson guelph mr and mrs hughea cleaver burlington mr scott and mrs aiken tor onto mr jos wood mrs george wood jwdjdjjas weir barrio hill mr jos simpson tottenhdhimrrjair aklns mrs ii moore mr and mra dllki acton married at geargetewu the home of mr and mrs thomas lyons iieorgitown late of clieltenliam was the scene of popular wedding on saturday when their daughter miss mary margaret became uie hrldu of garry wlllard emmertan mcklnney mm of mr mcklnney and uie lute mrs mcklnney of uramptnn ilev hoilgkon of ingle ood officiated to buy new ubrary books at uic meeting of acton free library board on monday evening uio howly elccted member hev brllunger wail welcomed by uw chairman mr brown auuiorlty was also given for the purchase of an ejicyclopcdla for use at uic library the advisability ot tak uig advantagi of uie travelling library arrangement was considered the chair man teportcil recommendations and sug gestlom which liad bean made by in spector jennings on his recent vfedt tiie new quartura were commended by the inspector on uils visit ilie book buying committee will make uielr pur chases next week the careful driver we often liear of uie careless driver in uie court and in tho newspaper so uiat possibly on example of uie careful driver would be news the incident happened on mill street on tuesday morning cant wero parked on both sides of uie street and little one of about five or she yeari darted across the road unheeding uie approach of local truck loaded wlui coal she went right in tront of the truck the driver nwcrved and applied his brakes coal went hy ing over the roadway but uie htue tot was not under ute truck but back on the sidewalk the driver gauiered up the spilled coal from uie pavement we like to write this utory of the careful driver it li better news ulan uie other gi ii numbrs mvhoy denny violin olos mr norman bralda boss horn solo mr norman guxm saxaphonu trio numbcm messrs parkinson homs deii and agnew dr nelson messrs dan taylor and ohas lansborough were uie accompanlsui for uie evening tho program being provided entirely by men tlio second part of tho program was entitled the rose and shamrock and was travelogue talk by rev dr morrow who as member of uie vic toria college glee club had visited the old land wulcd england and ireland on music tour dr morrpw told of the sailing on uie ss royal george and experiences on board ship of the arrival at uie port of bristol and uilngs of historical interest seen in uie old land including trip to london and place visited there the audience was taken to the isle of man where on umt particular morn ing from mountain thereon it was possible owing to the clearness of the atmosphere to see four countries eng land ireland scotland and wales and the isle of man dr morrow ako told of his trip to ireland and personal experiences he had there dr morrow lr delightful and inter esting narrator and although tho hour was growing late tils audlcncvs listened with good attention to his recital following uic travelogue refreshments uere served in the basement of the church when delightful time wan tpent and uio men of tho unity club hod competed in bicycle race in 50mllo road race hold on thanksgiving day by uie warren cycle club of toronto tom and bus nicol of acton wero competitors out of over en iran ti competing bus 11 rushed hi 20th place which was very creditable bowing as lie watt competing against uie best riders in ontario it was very gruelling race and goodly number of rldrrs were forced to give up tom being one of tho unfortunates the glvenllul wedding miss llllle daughter of mrs barbara francis add tho late henry francis wan quietly married to tliomas given ton of mis given and tho late mr given of georgetown in st georges church of england by rev thompuon tho brldo who wore sand suit with dark brown accessories was attended by miss ellen green george town who wore blue suit edward francis brouicr of the bride wad groomsman after motor honeymoon through central ontario mir and mrs given will live hi georgetown gtune lreerve in rln mocarumyrcoiwurvatlou oiflcer ox the ontario department of game and pkherles together with bui steele address on japan lcsuure of st albans young peoples meeting mr surt lowrie gave interesting glimpaea of japanese customs further improvements in street drainage approved by council mill street improvement to be completed and willow street to be improved on lcnl advise council assumes taxe on vmca huildinic boys causirur damages li and property to be prosecuted nominations and elections are arranged and officero appointed town hall to have some improvements at tiio fortnightly scssjon of uio acton council on monday evening councillors mcminan mocutchcon dr nelson and maion were present and rcuve harrison presided mr nixon addressed tho council regarding the charges on water used at the creamery ho felt uiat uio charges how in force were too heavy especially in comparison with ouicr municipalities council decided to have joint meeting with uio public utilities commission to ducuus this matter with mr iclxon tho twentynrst report of uio finance committee recommended payment of the following accounts general account benjamin roberuson wood 1315 geo mcbaln trucking 805 brown hauling wood for town hall john williamson wood for town hall the municipal world advice mcphurtton tux collector 3gm tvf 425 oob 50 11250 the acton fbeit phcw printing for board of health secretary or the wellington fish and farmer salary and supplies game protccuvo aswclatlon wvro in geo mcbuln cartage erin recently making arrangements for onull gravel stories and uic driver was mr roy charge of all arrancementn including agar or ritchie agar acton the maeahuurneuuti wedding ueddmg of local intcivt and or exceptional interest at the fuhk pares office was solemnized on thursday lost when two members of the uaff of this office mr robert mncarthur and miss nckon ifcvre married the cere mony took place at the united church parsonage and was performed by rev dr moi row thobrldo aasbc comlngly atured in gown of claret velvet with turban to match and car ried bridal bouquet of white baby mums tho couple were unattended and the ceremony was attended by the im mediate friends and members of uie family following the wedding oupper mv and mrs macarthur left on honey thu making or the sandwiches and coffee and the lervlng or uw lunch moon motor trip spent in ijetrtflcxbh don and other wentern pofnti for trav elling the bride wore navy blue coat of diagonal suede wluj blue wolf collar and blue and white iult of woo wlui hat and matching accessories mr and mrs maaarthur will reside on main street twa lujurvd in ituie crash at guelph victims of an aeroplane craith in held oyptne icunitrariiit justoutsldo northern city limits of guelph on sat urday afternoon reginald parsoru 05 port street brantford commercial pilot and william davis north bay boui 21 uere reported hi witufactory condition at st josephs hospital guelph the plane which had gone to uiat city to take parsngers on tllghlu over the city was attempting landing when it went into nose dive while travelling low it truck the ground wlui coiuilde ruble force and after bounding about 30 feet camo to rtit utlli the engine torn from its upliorta parson who was piloting the burglatts pay second visit to acton their car la however detained this time and pair are chased and drop their lloot thj bride given in marriage by her machine suffered ievere conclusion and father was attended by her sister mlsa betty lyons llay sargent broekvllle college chum of the groom wus best man the wedding music wan playd by xfkji ruth anderson of georgetown and us the register was signed mri arthur morrison brampton sister of the grotim sang in tho dawn with you after honeymoon tour of fcat lnl ontario qui4ec and the adriondaeks mr and mis mckhiney will make their home on uie grooms farm near bramp ton badly cut foreheud when lie was thrown against the front of the cockpit while davis owner of uie plane who was pinned in the front seat was assist ed from uie wrecked moth by farmers who wire working in nearby field he bi iutferlug from shock and leg injuries received whin uie engine wail forced back as it struck th ground tiie pilot who was muu severely hijured of uie two was unconscious for some time after be big admitted to tlio hiuipltal isu was unable to explain ute cause of uie crash using uie came car that figured in unrobry ut thn actonmaclimo co plant jost week uileves entered tho premises early sunday morning again and were making off wlui battery from ono of the cam when they were topped by xlght constable harrop and dropped the battery and in uic dark made getaway seeing the jmmc car parked near tho pteues7ibivcr7rabl removed uie key from uie ignition lock before going to the acton machine co plant to investigate tho udeves were therefore unable to use their car in their flight and it was put in storage search of the car revealed three largo palls of jam manufactured by brunt ford firm chler mcphcrsnn and provincial police with cithuma joined in uie tearch of uio distri all sunday morning but were unable toiocaurthethleveu7onmon day evening uie proprietors or uie jam factory identified their goods which had been taken from tho plant in brant jord entrance to the machine company building was this time made by break ing one of the windows and then operat ing ventilating section by tho chain on uio window ono buspeet has been arrested in guelph arid another sus pected or uio crime has jikt recently been released from kingston peniten tiary uio cstablllmtent or gamu preserve in that district farmers ull uirougliout uio area signed up mid as result pre lerve of 100 acrt will be created it now awaltn the pausagc or on orderin councll later tho area will be stocked by the government with quail ringneck ed pheasants and ijungarlan partridge kuuelars busy in guelph on wtekend another ierles or weekend broaklns which have been prevalent in guelph recently occurred wlien burglars rorocd entrance to marshalls drug store and suverwoods dairy come time saturday night lts than one hour after uio store closed for business burglars forced an entrance into tho rear of frank mar nhalli drug store on wyndham street tho uilevea secured j25 from uie till and took several valuable cameras at silverwbds dairy however the robbers were unable to open large safe con taining considerable sum of money but did succeed in breaking off uio com bination nothing else wan taken rural hockey league tlw rural hockey un arranged at acton arena last year proved so popular for tho couhtryijdc surrounding acton bell labor on sidewalks 424 14410 g10 2200 31s 35683 murray memorial account harry kennedy sports equip ment 2025 symon hardware tuppllai 713 shlpway iron wire co wire guards 2300 madlwm gymnastic insutute mats 15104 wright express charges etc 2j23 jmi chalmers repairs at showers 100 bell work on ymca building 1550 2211q the report won adopted advise was received from uie legal department of the municipal world umt if the ymca building was assessed and owned by uie cornorauon it was quite in order for tho municipality to pay the taxes council agreed uiat this procedure waa uie method to be taken in the payment of taxes on this munici pallyowned building and no instructed the clerk it was reported that uie ghoe factory building war badly in need of repairs to uie cavetrourhlng to avoid damage to uiat larger and organized group was the building formed last night at meeting at eden lct the public utilities corn mills eight teams are now in uic group mlvium drew to the attention or the namely eden mills york road moffat council 0lc etcum breakage or street unwhouu lome school dublin jones 1impfi nnd nsked tho co of the tlik kvkning mkajl blgehtku wheie was daddy born in london and you mummy in lancashire where was bom in scotland he thought hard and uicrl wasnt it lucky we all hiel boys and lome rifles games will be played two nights week with three games in one night and two on uie other the president elected was harry harden eden mllln and secretary treasurer jim mcqeachle acton the next meeting with representatives from each team to pass on players will be held in uic armorliii here on novem ber 27ui ttuuluwacti social haljoweeo night was on tuesday at the united church young peoples meet ing those in halloween ccctume at tending were numbered aa they came to the gauiering and the audience en deavored to guess who each ono was prize winners were for ladles costume mln svlvln morrow men rontiime nell mcnabb comic tom nicol the judges were mr and mrs mat thews and miss reta mcnabb the program of games was in charge of john nicol jr and uie muiilcal numbers included malo quartette messrs tod clifford norman gibson bob parklnnon and manales vocal duett by mis ruth and mr norman gibson uio gibson quartette of misses ruth mar jorle and qracc and mv norman aib jion lunch was following tho contests and ganbi and auld lang syne brought tho meeting to close mens club acuvtues the regular meeting of the unity mens club woo huld hi the school room or the united church on wedneday evening the meeting opened by singing onward christian soldleni followed by prayer by ii vincent tli min utes or uie previous meeting were read and approved many matteni or busl nem rvlatlvo to meun club alfuira were dlseiuised mr chos maon addressed the men relative to the forming or on orchestra of club members tuu it was decided to make start with this pro ject immediately it li uw inwulloiu to alsi form glee club and dramatic club within this organliaitlod dfci cusston was held with regard iti uio olub joining uie ari body hi in matter was left to meters uomsden ami masoles ua commlt ue to interview mr alex maclareu s4xretary kdlowlng tlie butdncss group games wero held under uie direction of mr masalos recreauon dlructor council stopping tnla damage chler mrpherson reported on his lnvestigauons on uil matter and uie boys who were involved in this and other dcpredatloni about town the chief was instructed to proceed wlui hu investigations and lr ncceisary to lay cliargos and make pro secutions all catapults were to be con fiscated and the offenders fined as pro vlded by law letter from mr mclaughlin stated he was willing to accept 42t for damages and the doctors bill of 350 suffered through injury he received in an accld cnt on uie street council agreed to pay the doctors account but telt they were in no respect liable foy uio injury proor or an advertisement to bo in crtcd in industrial canada regarding hrahoc fwcioryill t6elved and approved by tho council the bylaw providing tor municipal nominations and the holding or elections ii necesimry and appointment or deputy returning officers was given uio re quired readings and passed by tho coun cil nominations were set for november 22nd and polling day ua december 2nd polling places were kot torui as uie town hall and the building de puty returning officers appointed were messw georgecliapmanandnp moore letter was received regarding uio shoe factory building and negotiations for factory letter from uio ontario municipal electric assoclatum invited uie council to send representatives to canvenuon in brampton on tuesday letter from ulo highway depart ment gave notice of change in uie aet whereby tho kings highway continued through all munlclpauueu the clerk was instructed to make in quiry regarding uiu licensing of slot machines within tho municipality councillor mcmillan chairman of uie town hall committee was instructed to have the roor of tho town hall repaired the entrance at uio town hall was ulso ui be repaired and painted the clerk was instructed to advertise fortenders fqrajavetroughing or the slioe fuctory building council decldvd uiat uie drainage of mill street would be continued from wilbur street to um crossing concluded on fttgo five coining events announcements of meetings caa cerim or oilier vttitf under this bead ure clured id cuu par hue with minimum chargft tar any it nou cement of ac amateur kights in acton november 20th and 21st see announcement on puce tnir fmlfw after short business meeting last tuesday night the members of st albans young peopled had uie plea sure of listening to mr stuart lowrie recently homo from japan in view of uie present international sltuauuii and japans supposed con nection wlui ethiopia mr lowrie talk on japan was especially interesting ilia llieners for tho most part got an en tirely different onglo on japan and uio japallese people in his contact wlui tho japanese and his experiences amongst them mr lowrlo has found them generally speak ing easy to know superficially but hard to know inumately uiat as his know ledge of uieni increases to his under standing of them decreases in uie eyes of the westerner the oriental thinks backwards saus wood backwards even his meuiod of determining age is unique it hi uils entire difference in their mental outlook uiat causes such difficulties in uic intcrnauonal relauon shlps of uie west wlui the east mr lowrles account of the cherry blossom festival was especially fascin ating to uie japana uie loveliness of uie cherry blossoms is someuilng sacred and inspiring cherry blossom time xns as much significance tor thcnl on our chrlstmati and easter have for us the emploiers allow holidays to their feinployimis and all over uic country the japanese go out to look at uie blossoms just to look and meditate often for day ut time mr lowrlo pointed out uiat japan li country of about uie same tihto as saskatchewan with population of ninety million and umt sooner or later she must expand fvr uiat reason the league of nations might have soon problem on ita luuids similar to uio one at uio present time contrary to popular opinion uicre la not sweated labor in japan but for come reason or other uie japanese are able to manurocturo more cheaply hw ouicr countries the yen which is worth about twentyfive cent has pur chasing power greater uian our dollar which explains why the japanese ap pear to live more cheaply uian western peopled or all racea mr lowrie considers uio japanese to be fundamentally uie hap piest and although he cannot under stand them he likes uiem because uicy are courageous courteous people mrs alger on behalf of uio aypjl moved vote or uumks to mr lowrki for his delightful talk misrt hunt gave solo smile through your tears tho meeting closed with uie ringing or uio national anuiem tho acton will hold their annual meeting in uio legion hall on friday evening november stlu tho acton lawn bowling and tennis club are holding euchre and dance on wednuolay november 13th hi uw town hull acton 183 the regular monuily meeting of uw womens institute will bo lield at the lion eopm rr reesorrtliuruiay7no vem ber 7th at 30 tea sale of baking and sewing will be held on saturday afternoon november 2nd in uie class room atiie baptkit church from to concert including oneact play entitled tiie eyes tliat see will be presented under uie auspices of knox sabbaui school in knox church on wednesday evening november 13th anniversary scrvlees of uie balllnafad united church will be iudd sunday november 3rd at 1100 iiiid 750 tiie itev 1utuil of freclton will preach at both services mrs juulcd and mrs maglll of erin will assist the choir in uie morning and the milton male quartette will have charge or uie music hi uui evening fowl supper will be held uie following mon day evening november 4ui from fl to oclock after which splendid pro gram will bo given adinwou so and mc