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fyht sixtyfirst year ko 31 acton ontario thursday january 30th 1030 eight homoprint pages five cent intermediates still winning juniors lose two to guelph intermediate crew win from georgetown and oakville ond finish in top place in league guelph likely to be playoff opposition juniors drop both games to royal city team and lose chance for playoffa three more group games in intermediate schedule oakville game went into overtime aoton georgetown did we seo somrj place that acton hockey team werent eure of being in the playoffs well well alter satur day nights game can there still be any doubting thomases the locals atepped into georgetown on saturday bight and took the paper town boys lor merry ride the score 91 almost from the start of the unit period the acton crcw went to work on the homesters and not only had the majority of the play but all the scoring was to their credit the line of morton bros and terry didnt seem to be working any harder than usual but they were getting results lindsay mooney and mario were also dolnggood work al though mooncy was nick lad and should have been home in bed and th say they stopped many rush and carried out many times when the georgetown sharpahoters thought they were right through they were also going great offensively greer the goalie made some excellent saves but did not have nearly the amount of work of his rlval in the second period with the count 40 against them the georgetown team net harder pace and had better share of the play but it was not until about 14 minutefl of the frame had gone that tost their sharpnhooter secured the puck and beat out greer about ave minutes later terry made it to for acton on pass from walters ttuit ended scoring that period period thrco fo acton going great guru thry had the greater dart of uwj play and turned on tlie scoring power again getting another four the were scattered well throughout the frunw from minutes utter opening to about 15 seconds to go there was wonder ful sheet of ice and fair crowd which comprised about as many actonuuis as homesters from tlw faceoff mooney for acton secured the puck and tin rutdi was an tlie pace was quite fast and play was about even although the majority was in tlie georgetown end mooney liad shot at richardson tlutt was dead on but tut local goalie made save george town were playing more open style of liockcy than usual but play wan nou decidedly against them after four minuted qua morton got goul ko on beautiful play taking tho pass from harm morton couple of minutes late this repeated from scramble for goal no ttlclumgon axttotttc ttlng uiem all pass him by any means ii had ids work cut out for him to keep tlie score down greer made beautiful otop on mooney gibson there wer several scrambles around the georgetown net but no goals play was then taken to the acton end but nothing lutppcn sxl mooney mkrzo and lindsay all luui idiots dead on but no results acton had decided tdge on tlie play greer nuide nice stop on tosts try norm morion wua using swp check to advantage the acton defence trio soott walters and gibbons were auo making sortlcd up to the enemy territory after 13 minute of play terry took hidepass from wdur fcrcounterko and about minute later marxo got goal mo oil ft great pass from lind sy tjicwwsstlljj3lentyjfjictioa in this prlod but no more goals scort aqton georgetown no penalties period two found tlie play little more even though the visitors were still having majority of uuuiouongoal burns night at knox the regular weelely meeting of knox guild wau held on monday night with the president mr jos hurst in the chair the orchestra under the direc tion of mr it splelvogel rendered some very pleasing selections before and dur ing the meeting aftwr minutes silence in reverence of the late king george ood save the king was sung in unison the scripture lesson was taken by wright and rev beiuile led in pruycr tiic program was in the form of iiurns night and mrs alex lees and mr william burton rendered some of tltelr wiry scotehy numbers tho main feature of tlie evening was scries ofmavlngplcturcs of scotland given through the courtesy of mr fred wright and tlio cunardwhlto star steamship lines thu pictures which brought bock many familiar view to the older folks and gave the younger ones wish to see bonnie scotland were most interesting they began with views of the launching of tlio queen mary at cldycbank and uvnt on through glasgow loch lomond and down through ayrshire tlie birthplace of robert burns and afterwards return ing to the royal city of edinburgh these certainly provided wealth in pictures to all who attended after the concluding hymn the meet ing closed with the mupah benediction good reports submitted to annus meeting off the church by the various orpi considering the severe storm and cold of lost thunday night there was good attendance at the annual meeting of the unltcdchiirchcongregutlon every branch of tho church activity hadbpieh dld reports to present and all were op tlmistlc of tho outlook for continued advancement in tlie future all arrears in payments had been met and every department showed obligations met in full and balances on tlie right side of the books resolution of ap prcclatlon of tlie leadership given by ruv and mrs morrow in the work of the church wait tendered the pastor and his wife by the congregation tho concluding item won social time at which the stewards were hosts and 11 was surprising and pleasing to many tltu delicacy of tlio lunch which the monj provided dublin literary society organize resolution acknowlkikiki itccve harxuon has received tin following letter of ucktiowledg ment of uie cluxens resolution of tivmpathy and loyalty passed tuewdiiy the secretary to the govcr nerocneral has the honour by ocmmund of ii bl fclxcclleiicy in form he beeve of acton thai the tnouaro contained in his telegram tf january 8ui has been sent to ills majestys private mecreiary with the request that it may br humbly laid at the foot of un throne acton library board meeting jholstein breeders elect officers reports at the unntinl meeting of the iiuhoil holstein breeders asmiciutton showed the best uur in the history ol the county mpkiidld addnwes on thy work of tho association and thu progrcvi made during tho last year were given oy dru nuiiond prof essoroiltux economics ut toronto university and byron jedvey western ontario field mull for uolsteln freifllatl association of ingursou tlie following olflcnrs woro elected president ii xnglehurt bronte 1st vice president watson tunsley 2nd vlcoprvsldeiit imuhon campbell vlllo sccretarytreaiurer lawrence directors ejjileeing brown nor al lero leslie georgetown nelson bell ileslop niuuuigaweya nelson howard leo trafalgar lyona atreeuvllle woodlcy milton tiic dublin literary society mot at the schoolhouso on monday evening to re organize foi another year the mooting opened with patriotic number annie kelly gave harmonica selection and following community singing the fallow big officers were elected leader miss emily young rresidcnt mrstoney joe viceivesldent mr walter linham secretarytreasurer mr olias cutb pianists miss margaret woldlo and mrs drake educational committee mrs jpcur mclsaac mlssnt slgna webster und ironccs mullln social committee mrs burkholder and mrs steele musical committee mr jolui block mlsjes mora sayers and dorothy jvank mcmberslilp drive mcirs alex waldlo and clifford webster lunch was served and before closing short ttcrvku was held in respect of tlio late king oeorge by bev brlllhiger iopucar contribctoir contributor to til imkb pheui whoie artlclei are apparently appreciated by many of our readers is mr john son of thomloe anotlier article telling of northern ontario appears in this hue of tnc putj and mr johnson is regular contributor several letters to the editor from other readers and per sonal words of appreciation liave been spoken of mr johnsons articles and ve hope he will be able to continue them for romc time as feature of trn patg puksii mr and mrn johnson and family re moved to nortliern ontario last year from umehoiua and previous to his removal he was the correspondent froin limchousc to trn tukb pucsa b7g7arnoid heads the commission delegates to omea convention arc appointed new meters are ptirchased 13000 books were circulated last year brown reelected chairman for 1936 tlie annual report of acton prec library board read at the meeting yes terday arternoon revcalud many inter esting facts concerning tlio library total assets of tlie board are ovir t5000 and tlie operating budget lust year show ed credit of 10001 on hand there wvre 42onew booksiuldcd lost year and there are on tlie shelves now 3603 udulbi books and 1207 juvenile volumes tlie circulation of adult books last year was 11560 volumes and 1505 juvenile books there were g3b5 bor rowers which included 05 new mem bers mr brown chairman and mr ii 3armcr secretary treasurer were reelected for another year to thcs otflces mrs goorfte ilavill ilev is brhllnecr mrs it watson and mr brown wcru chosen as book purchasing com mittee for this year mrs havlll was chosen delegate to the ontario library association convention wlthjtcv mr brllllngcr tta alternate start lias buun inade in the coilec hold social evening tlio united larm womens club of acton held social evening at the home of mr and mrs georgo elliott on january 13th when till members and families were invited tlie meeting opened with tho maple leaf forever tlie roll call was an swered with if had free day how would like to jpend it it was decld rdto hold all the winter meetings in tlie evenings uo tho families can attend the nist or the evening was spent in progressive euchro some of the ladlea having to take the place of num tlie winners were ladles mrs bracken miss alleen clarrldge consolation mrs clar rldge for gents miss betty clarrldgo mr clarrldge and mrs stewart consolation the ladles served dainty lunch nris tho meeting cjad with tlie national anthem acton joins empire in tribute to late king george day of mourninj oboerved by ah service held in knox church on tuesday morning presided over by reeve harrison tdtorculmnjrolnsntributet6lmovedtrto noires chaptcrm womens institute and hoy scouts orkanizalionsattend in liody resolution of sympathy and loyalty forwarded geo currie is warden of halton tion of historical books concerning uiis committees appointed at inaugur al meeting of county council yesterday picture pre sented to council memorial service by yoiin people thw meeting of tlie united church young peoples society on tuesday was in the form of memorial service over uhlch tom nlcol presided miss mf bennett led in prayur and the scripture lesson was read by ted clifford tlie upllfter was read by jack held and mks llaiol wilson read several of itudyafd kiplings poems piano duett was contributed by misses jessie younff and butli gibson tlie christmas message of tlie late king george was read by tom nlcol the defence for tlie visitors being much superior to the paper town the play was back and forward for some minuter tost missed great opportunity com pletely missing the net scott shot richardson who saved there was scramble in the georgetown end and tlil puck was shot across the goal mouui play then reverted to acton end and there uus scramble but no shot on goj pressure vau brought to bear on the georgetown team and thjy shot up uw itw klwvr thtt wtv coupl of scrambles uround the georgl town goal und tlie puck uas centred rltch out in fmnt but wiu clcarwl murto luul sliot ut ulcluirchan glbbutu liad nice chance but nilmd the net gmv was foritd to make coupj of good suvr on anthony the georgetoun ai uregatlttu utre trying luird but acton deft nee und goalie wre tm kimmj for tlum there uas aba some luck wulur tore up the if and la vias at th guorgfumn end hie pajwr tnun boy secured the uck and all thrw utwurdi toie up on langeroil rush but iu luck tot then jkcinvd the puck in the acton diivmv una and afur dullyhiy ibout to kl chance shoot let tlrle ut ortii the sihere evuded him tll icoululutd oil lstfe ktvej sleigiiriding party iheunltymenrtclubenutalngd uu prlcndly circle group of young ladles ir the united church on monday evening hmittsuitthrldinfi par tywasenjoyctl with about sixty in the group lively time was enjoyed in the drive about town group games followed at th church then the mun served lunch of soup bread cake and coffee which ttppetltts ride really enjoyed mlui itutli gibson and miss bennett tendered vote tlianko to which president juck bcld replkd hearty slnksong wai the con cluding event tlie regular monthly meeting of the public utilities commission was held on friday evening in the board room if the commission commissioners haruen and ii harrison were present moved by hansen seconded by ii harrison that arnold oe hereby appointed chairman for the en suing year carried the secretary was instructed to pay the following accounts ilydrii department bell telephone co services 505 j7xc7gardhiir repairs utstveet light time clock 000 tylers transport express 35 ii of ontario decem ber power 314308 beares limited supplies 33 34 njl and transports express 300 moats limited supplies 1323 james it kearney corporation connectltles 10 bo macdonald limited supplies 1583 bank of montreal revenue stamps 300 324010 waterworks dtporinuxit hydro department power and heating at nprlng m4 70 an tlie funeral of our late king woa die same day as tlie omea convention the convention was postponed till wed district members present at the meeting yes terday were ilcv brllllngcr mrp gcorcu hnvill farmer brown and dills gasoline tanks fired when car skids into tanks at itlehwuy garage pump and 20 gallons of gas deatrojed when car driven by mcpad den of orlllla skidded on main street on friday evening it ulld into the gas precedent uas created at the in augural meeting of the 1030 county council by the meeting being called for wednesday lnstend of the last tuesday hi january this being tlie day set in accordance with the municipal act the change in date was of course by reason acton and the district joined with all other parts of tlie british emplro on tuesday in day of mourning for tho lute king oeorge and day on which trlhutu was paid to his memory church bellit tolled during tho time of tlie ser vice all business places were closed and all places of amusement remained closed for the day members of tlie at ton and district brunch of tlie canadian legion duke devonshire and lukwiltki chapters of the iojd tf womens institute and boy scouts nnd oub troops assembled at tlio town hall und paraded to the service hi knox church arranged by itcuvc harrison and tlie council tho organiza tions and the clergy of the town the auditorium of tlio church was filled with the assemblage tliat gathered on thla occasion tlie choir wn brande upof members from the various churches and on the platform were reeve if harrison wx wardcn mason clerk il iurmcr itev brlllhiger rev baxter rev bennle rev morrow and mr mcdonald zone com niander of the canadian legion mr salt presided at the organ and reeve harrison in his remarks cojkhi that just few montlis ago wo had assembled to honor king george on his silver jubilee and now we assembled again to pay tribute to his memory two minutes of silence were observed in his memory and scriptural sentences were quoted by rev ii bennle the ninetieth psalm was said respon plvcly and led by mr jr mcdonald rev baxter offered prayer of supplication and jciplings hymn be uare lest thou forget the lord thy god was sung as tribute to this be loved poet rev brllllnger read the ncrlpturil passnpfc from tlio twentyfirst chapter of reelatlon and led in prnyer favor ite hymn nearer my god to thee was followed by the address in his address dr morrow noted the purpose of the service it was worthy to note that men and women uvro gath ered together all over the british empire st josephs church ser vice as tribute to king george on sunday at st josephs church acton special wcrmoii on his hvto majesty king george was delivered by the pastor rev mcbrlde ho referred to thu beloved monarch as most christian king who won the loyalty and respect of all his subjects not only by virtue of his position but ako as an example to all both in his public and private jlfe he was evtr guided by jus strict sense of duty and lie exacted oven more from himself than his high re sponsibilities demanded king george did not fail in any of tlio demands made upon liim in thejperce whit light that beat upon throne lie showed character unblem ished queen mary is now wife be reaved of dear husband in all tlie mourning for the kings death her sorrow is the keenest of all the sym pathy of the empire ge out to her catholics pray for tlie king it is part of tlie public worship of tlie church they will surely not forget in their prayers the widowed queen and tlioy will earnestly remember tlie soul of the dead king tliat has now faced the judg ment seat of its creator tlie service closed with special prayer far king edward vhi and tlie royal pamlly and all stood in silence as the hymn of requiem was played on tuesday at 845 special service was lield and the bell of the church war tnllod from 830 to 00 in respect for our beloved monarch brampton fire claims three lives of the proclamation in respect to his late all over the world united in heart llt grief at tlie passing of king george this monarch who was recognized by oil as friend of man which was tanh ut the hlbhway garage the tonlai milton nnd recvo currie or hflueln nu onc ot hl tltlm tlmt majesty king oeorge interest ran high ielcctlon for warden is to the possible with reeve irving uere knocked down and twenty gallon oi gas spilled and ignited the accident happened about 30 the fire brig was summoned and the blaze soon extinguished wltlicirenilc ali the pumps were wrecked and the car damaged but tlie flrewas soon undc control and did not spread esquesing recount fails to change ballot totals recount of ballots cast in the es qucslng township municipal election of january gth for the deputy reeveshlp failed last thursday to change tin standing of the two candidates wesley murray and nclson robinson robln uonn majority of sewn remained the same after the recount conducted by judge munro utlutontho flguroa belns robinson 001 murray fiq4 high school literary society itev morrow was the guest akcr ut the meeting of the acton high mlernrv knrlety lust iylduy ufter neduy ajrtrthursdbydfthbrwrkmrr charles wilson supcrlntenuvnt and cluilrman arnold were appointed delegates to this convention letter from the workmens compen butlanboard huudlhat theboard were coveruig the commkilon until such times us new forma were sent out this letter was ordered fyled the secretary was instructed to pay the annual fee of the om which li 15 00 letter from th ontario hydro com mlsrlou statejl the rale for electricity would be j33 00 per thbi is the ume rate wiui paid lat year the commlsmon decided not to send out tlie booklets on liellcr lighting is the price was consltht in propor hon to the amount of salt tliut cmltd iialtonmoxhersl allowance board the mothers allowance board for th county of halton for uie ensulng year utlinsiture following tjnartleyrmuton mrs win dent trafalgar herbert in glehart palermo reeve iiarrlon acton and mayor geo jlnrrli or burlington on dr morrow jhike on the human side of the ueign and death of promoted the late king aeorge mle etta tlu sjeretarj was instructed to wrlti su khuin thelntmijainf kir george other item on thli pro rum were ilrcissloml by jean hent 11 jelectid kipling pijm by dorothy phlllls and luiy wiuy by alice ta lor the rillef board to uscerlahi whu were the relief lists the superlntentlent uiu iiutrucutl tik out the meters which ueie due for gnveruineut liupecllnn soon as va sible the coiuml jlon gae order to pur hile ii of ii nieti rs or the 10 am le tin meti are to leplnee th rtv dr and mr mmruu were ho old li amp meter which are obiille und hatu at lal ew nlng telideud the senelari was intrueted to nutu tl choir of the uniud church on the dtpirtment lliil tl meteu at hu ll uliy ewnlug the event was held it tunni wire due for inspection this the pui oiuge und delightful iliiilng job that the acton cummlssluii lui uir enjojd by tlie members und tlw the ilpinriil to undertake th hupitality of dr and mi morrow ap meti aie to he teit tlie nvxt time lntn are luie choir entertained as possible nominees tlierc were also more new faces at thu council table than there have been for several years the following gentlemen mft up the personnel of the 1930 county council trafalgar reeve victor hall deputy reeve norman gilbert esqueslnff reeve george currie de puty reeve robinson nelson reeve oeorge tliorpo deputy reeve jolui mcnlvcn nassagaweya reeve oeorge finney acton reeve harrison oak uie reeve jas hevtton de puty reeve john byerfl burlington reave allen deputy reeve blair georgetown reeve parr milton ruove john irving fallowing the opening of the council rn thy nfflre of wpfderi were as follows mr oeorge currie reeve of esqucs lng nominated by mr ifall and mr thorpc could bo conferred on any human being mr john irving ireovc of milton nominated by mr hcwson and mr har rison mr irving thanked the members of the coiinctforthehondiceordedhlmrhutr declined the nomination in favor of mr curre there being no furtlier nom inations mr curries electlou as warden was declared unanlmouii the warden elect made his declaration of office bc for the county clerk and after thanklni members of the county council for tlie honor they hud conferred upon him and expressing hlii intention of fulfilling the duties of his office to the best of hl ability he then took the chair mr currie has been reeve or esqiuvi ing for the past live years deputy reove for two yearn runnel meiulwr of es qujslng council for three jeur and so if length of service he taken into con sideration tlie new warden should lw gentleman well verged in municipal and county niatun mr harold cleave the retiring war den presented the council 1th group picture of the 1035 council thtii being the etiilmn of the letiring wardvn upun conclusion of hls term of ollice tlie wuuli neleit thru thanked mi cleave behalf of the council husliu opemd with the adlng and iniiili matlon of the inliiuu of tu lust iketlng in itkif moved by mi george thorpe secondei hj mr mcniven that the ueews nf tin continued on page 1ive he uas always concerned wltli the well being of humans wherever mankind lived dr morrow spoke of the late kings anaistnrj hi grandmother queen vic toria and his father king edward vii had set examples worthy of his emula tion but none of them had been so universally honored as was king oeorge he referred to this rulers reply wlien he had been questioned regarding tlie throne of england when his answer had been reign but do not rule and also one of his last remarks to ills secre tary how are matters within tho em pire he never forgot his responsibili ties or sacrificed any of tlie dignities of his office he was man among mcji the sneaker told of witnessing pv tonally the occasion of uie trooping of tho colors on the kings birthday and to him the thing that seemed tlie grat cstrtnthbr ceremonyvashefcrf ectlonaur acclaim of his people they knew their king as man king edward vin and tlie royal fmllyftreh urn anhndmourtrot only as we the loss of king but our sym pathy should go to queen mary and the family in the loss of husband and fathe to in thli fa way tlie tiympathy and prayers of all went out as true citizens of the great british empire we pray that iris spirit may be visited on thae of hiii family nnd that king edward ulll haw the support and trength of ood in his uisk following prayer by rev dr morrow reeve harrison called on tvwarden muson who rend the following resolu tion requesting thut it be forwarded to king edward viii acton ontario january 20th 1030 to hls majesty king edward viii london england willunui4ivrrrloii70iiurior deilre to xprtsii to you and to her majesty the qui ml mother our heai felt mputhy hi the bereave ment uttered by you and by the pisjlug of our late beloved sovereign king george and to pledge to your mujisty for the future our devoted lovulty und allegiance ii harrison llinv the uudiejuv by landing vote ex pre ed theh torn urienee in the for in ding of tills resolution from th cltuir or acton the jliiglng of hymn the playing by mr salt of the dead march in saul and the nat inuiil anthem and benediction by ut heiinle brought till vny immvjlve service to elaw blaidng for four hourj fire of unknown origin claimed the liver of mrs goorgo brcddy and mrs travis who were trapped in the big broddy house on elfcu street brampton at six oclock monday morning mr broddy owner of tlie house and mrs emma brewtitcr were icicued but both were taken to tlie peel memorial hospital suffering from the cfhcli of smoke and shock where mrs brewster passed away later from tho tffects of her experience in tlie flro george clarrldge brampton dairy driv er james norton florists employee and joe colbeck were the first to reach the fire norton turned in an alarm while clarrldge and colbeck burst through tlie front door and dragged out mr broddy who was lying at tho foot of tlie stairs with the arrival of the lire truck olar rldge mounted ladder to tlw front room on the second floor norton fallowed and broke the window suffering badly gashed leg clarrldge pulled mrs brew ster through tlie window and lowered her to waiting firemen plameu followed tho rescued woman unrough tlie window and tlw firemen were unable to return for mrs travfa her suiter wlio luul been sleeping in the same bed license necessary to sell meatinacton it does not seem to be generally known that it is illegal to eell or offer forsaleyresh incatslnactoii first obtaining license coviplo of cases for infraction of uiu bylaw were in police court tins week farmers may sell carasseyhsjquarulocjwholc but not cut into small pieces without payment or the license which is 30 it would be well for all to keep this in mind to avoid repetition of similar court cases on tills bylaw coming events iiiuemruta ucelmu con or other event unter tins are chrjil 10 cruts pr lths killnlmmu limine of any crmriit of 34c id eji date open for euchre to hi held in ijwige ilooiiu wudmuy evening february 5th thv roiicert announced for church ii thls welk 1ms in en portioned until wednitday lvhruury 5th the regular moetlng of the ufvpo lu1 he held ut the homj of win mc cullmigh on weil in day february 5th the mieliil ewulng of the womens iiltltuti will be held cm lvbruury 8tl ut h00 ovlcwk ut th home of mrs davidson