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stti sixtyfirst yoarno 44 acton ontario thursday april 30th 1036 eight homoprint pages fiva cents au report shows good year for hydro profit shown of 27921 in spite of rebate made to consu waterworks department transfers operating surplus towards debenture payment repair work of year to be planned after inspection of the local system delegates appointed to guelph school the regular monthly meeting of the acton public tjuutlea commission was held on friday evening last commis sioners hansen and harxi atm were present with chairman arnold presiding mrs mceachem was present to protest the amount of the water bill the waterline hod froxen last winter and when chawed out hud to be kept running on motion by harrison second ed by hansen that mr price be refunded the overcharge on water ratj due to freezeup carried letter from the tm invited tlie commission olid employees to school of accident prevention to be held in ouelph on may 7th it was moved by hansen second ed by harrison that the super lntcndon nti assistant attend tho an wms seventh annual meeting officers of halton presbytery groupelected at meeting in milton truly unusual fish story the best story weve read gane lianas 149 pound marlin with hands spring rally fof young people every spring or early summer wo glvo our readers the etbry of to fishing trip to northern ontario now just as wo hove come to the opening here we read tills one in the sunshlno special pub lished ut west palm ucachi pfcirlda tlio story hart local flavor in thai mr gane is former georgetown boy and mrs ootid lit an aclonlan better known to all of no in acton perhaps as miss vlda folster were going to reprint it but after all it will be weeks before well bo bole bo recount any of our own flsh stories theyre dwarfed by tills ouo and wo cant go to palm beach to equal lti alob of wportsifl3hermtii inthk old world have iroublo enough landing marlin with all urn regulation tackle cklent prevention meeting to be held in ouelph carried alettrfromthohydromewr inspec tor stated that the meters at the beard more leathers limited were up to gov ernment standard the secretary was on motion of hansen and harrison instructed to pay the following accounts hydro tee tclephonoco services 632 aotcw far paaa3 printing 2730 mrs if mcdonald insurance 23 5o of ontario march power 300713 rills howard supplies membership canadian lino materials cut outs etc receiver ocncral of canada meter inspection new haven clock co euppllaj mcdonald electric co supplied sutherland shintt electric motor repairs canadian general electric co supplies express freight and express eangamo company ltd rpalra bank of montreal revenuo stamps matthews postage matthews box rent 07 00 b8 6b 2100 07 3118 510 1374 3g5 65 300 100 300 delegates from 23 different communl but gane local fisherman prefers tied attended the seventh rmnual meet to go tlio armatrong route when ho jng of tho halton xresbytcrkil womens brings hi marlin missionary society held in the united thkl way shown early in the week church at milton on tuesday imrs when ho hauled olt and caught 149 inglehart of bronto presided oueiu pound marlin with his bare hands mr were welcomed by mrs leonard und mrs oaile were fishing ut th3 mrs caswell of oakvllle reply signboard on juno beach pompaho irjg watt their real objective following the executive minutes given keeping weather eyo out for moat rt tunis burlington the anything that might vw fthirtng fir held at watcrdown mr manaleh actqn chosen waierworka mcdowell rent of trailer canadian brass co supplier hydro department march operations 0104 letter from tlie ontario llydroeloc trie commission stated that another range campaign was uva liable to the commission tlio letter was fyled one consumer had taken the wate meter out of tlio line but the commis sion luul no knowledge of it it was pointed out that this offence was pun tumble by fine and imprisonment the commission tnstruotcitho superin tendent to notify this consumer that if the rates were not paid by tuesday court action would be taken tlic auditors report of the acton hydroelectric system gave the financial state meut of the commission the consumers of 35483 tlio de preciation on the plant ujh 51430 00 after these jimntintrt wore flrflurtwi the commlislon had profit of 13703 41 the equity in tlie sinking fund by acton commisaion in the lines etc of the ontario cammwon is now 4470068 the lkt of arrears were checked and the superlntendenjutfu given instruc tions for their disposal the superintendent mas instructed to continue installing new uatcr meters as he procured them tiie commission went over the work ordered to be done by the ontario com mission an inspection of the propad work id to be carried out in the near future the secretary uos instructed to trans fer 1000 from the waterworks depart ment to the general account of the town the secretary uas instructed to trans fer from the current account to the savings aocount tlip amount of 1000 the mutter of dividing the town up and billing one half une month and tlie other half the altrnau month auii du cujued tiiw would itlivtlwoaiui tion of meter txadlng and billing the matter was left over tljf the next meet ing motion was pajod ylvlng hatimn tlw uutliorlty of signing tha waterworks he vivvtously had the ahtliorlty to sign tlic hydro chciu tiie superintendent hud ordered ton of copper from supply iiouse tills is to be delivered when and to what apocinctttions needed tliu order wj confirmed reports of various departments were read by the following conveners supply mm prank aicmlveji assoc alii helpers mrs chas hcadhead missionary monthly mrs john modcrmld temperance mrs watbon strangers mrs walker ounby treasurer mrs ross segaworth the worship service was conducted by mrs overend georgetown miw llames georgetown dedicated the 105 offering and the report of tlie christian stewardship and the accept ance of the allocation was given by mrs shortill the utcrauu0 report was blven by mus esther hopkins mm ertle jamlcson day of toronto was the guest upcakcr at the afternoon session giving an exceptionally inter esting oddrciid on africa marches on slie told of tlie excellent work being done by the mbsloia in africa und tlic splendid progress being made in tlic training of tho natives hi the technique of home management tlic graduation service of the baby hand of tlie mission circle was an inurestlng feature of the program mni stephenson lime house gave splendid report on the prugreia tliat tliui organization lias made in the past few yearn stating that there uere 15 bands out of 24 auxiliaries the mission circle and cglt work was riven by mrs it clements and the mission band work by mrs speight georgetown georgetown mis sion band wiki uuarded tlie banner for tho highest standing ihort play en 1000 titled thanksglvln ann was followed 11 88 by violin solo by mrs poster milton memorial service for tlie nineteen members of the society who have died in the lout year was conducted by mr barberee acton at tlie evening session gree tings from tho presbytery were given by rev atkinson carlisle followed by an anthem by tlie milton choir an ad dress aggrey of africa was given by liev mccouan bronte play entitled the romance of mary and robert moffat wan cleverly presented by the nel auxiliary poliowliig rretheomceriieiectedtof 1030 post president mrs george alt 3210 08 6d7g eyes fairly bulged when ho saw the monster of tlio deep lolling laxhy nling tight in the 5urfhehad on bia awim mlng trunks at tho time as he dived fn the water gane yelled to mr and mrs eddie layman who were fwhuig up tho beach from them theres big marlin out there he sld and am going to see what can he done about it when the marlin raw him it siartej swimming tuelowurdthc reef it was then gane took charge of tilings when ht grabbed the flsh by tho tall por ft least fifteen or twenty minutes he wrestled with the big scamp before succeeded in getting itf on the beach when he got it there layman lent hand gane then had the marlin by the sclmozzle while laymaji threw him elf astride or tlie flsh on its tall it bucked like mustang both men knew they had been somewhere before they subdued it to give some idea vf tlie salt watar brutes strength just remember that oane welglis 1c3 pounds layman tips the beam at around 135 pounds th fbh pitched them around like they were children tlie marlin measured feet inches and li one of the largest caught either by hand or tackle in these waters ready fott ordination ivesidenl of hnhon presbytery group mr macalfd acton was elected president of halton presbytery young ieopie union at tlie spring rally held ut wulerdown on saturday and sun day other officers elected were vloc lrcsidcnt mao harris nelson socrctary isobcl mcdcrmld georgetown trea surer itoy smale burlington serviced commenced ut 000 an saturday with registration and re creational period and worship aorvico tho reports of tho ivcsldcnt and trea burcr and nominating committee were also received discussion periods followed under tho qucrliu why are we here whit relation are we as society to tho lrsbytery conference and rational onions departmental discussion groups were also held for uki hour at neon picnic lunch was served with tlie ladles of the church supplying the cotfec in the afternoon he guct ipeakr wail rev kilpatrlck of melrs county league baseballmeeting schedule prawn but held for approval it ramp ton or hillsburg to be fojirth team at meeting of tho halton county baseball league last thursday night at the dominion hotel scvoral matters of importance to tho conduct of tho league were settled letters from burlington and watcrdown said these towns ld already formed their group brampton wanted to enter team but preferred lower rating they asked assistance of tho other teams in ar ranging exhibition games for their bene fit ililloburg representatives were afeo present and prepared to put hi team if brampton withdrew nona of the teams however wanted threeor live tctim group it was finally decided to have fouruam group other decbdons arrived at were lihvo only one umpire for all games ex co is awarded for the main street bridge mr mcmulien will io this work dangerous spot on highway will be rectified by this woutigarbage collection still under consideration hut no definite plan made for cost shoe fijctory roof to be lrepaired and building maintained picture show license remains unchanged tjnlted church hamilton other items samr iovrnlnnlng rulr to hold on the ajternoon program were depart tlie schedule wa3 drawn up and taken al the meeting of acton council on monday evening councillors mc millan mocutchcon dr nelson were present and reevo harrison presided tho eighth report of tlio tpinattco committee recommended that tho fol lowing accounts be paid mrs ill mcdonald premium on bond 1200 bell telephone co municipal erviccs 121s acrow pac ihiksa prmting 8745 cept playolfk und tho secretary was to orville xl brown trucking 31 arrange for uppllcutloim from umpires if purmer salary and allow the executive arc to handle any pro tests twlllgltt games ure to be only iieveii lnnlnifji and must start at 700 jjiarp in cases of saturday games being transferred to night games tho mental discussion groups and play parly conducted in the community hall by cook national director of recreation phil rhynas of burllngtont presided at the fellowship banquet at rj00 and mlsii elsie allen of waterdown extended tlie welcome to all the guest speaker on this occasion was rev mclean general and boys work secre tary of the orec tliere was an at tendance of about iso at this banquet 03 registered for the sessions tiie features of saturday were on organ recital and worship service tlie election of offlcerj was held and pre sentation of on attendance banner were alio featurej tlie gufct spcalar was morgan crockford president of the national young peoples union at nine oclock on sunday morning communion service woi conducted by rev dodgsonat eleven oclock special young pepoles service was hcd the sermon uas by re yank langford dd secretary of the board of christian education he was assisted by officers of llaltop presbytery young peoples union the ofternoon was spent group dis cussions and the installation of officers the closing address uos given by rev frank langford dd rev john waldie to arthur ken alma president mrs inglelurti of 00 assetscd as poll tax brcnu 1st vicepresident mra of tiaya in jail as given wllon georgclouti 2nd vicepresident mrs chas ueadhcad milton 3rd vice president mrs hadlcy milton lie ociiuij among tlie college graduata an nounced recently ts mr emn gamhle induction of rev john waldle ba of acton who graduated from em formerly of bums church mcca manuel college toronto he has com into the choree of arthur and gordon pleted his course in theology and uill ville took place in the presbyterian soon be ordained in the ministry of the church arthur on thursday april 23rd united church acton friends extend at 30pm tlic meeting was presided hearty conuralulations over by rev howard ph of palmcreton moderator of the saugeen 11 poll tax cases presbytery the devotional exercaes lucre taken by rev ii bcnnle ma fourteen cjses for evasion of poll tax acton while rev samuel lawrence were heard in police court thi after of rotluay addressed the minister and noon in acton before pclfcc maglatralu rv gjorpe killcn of drayton the bull of brampton all of those people thnre attending the induction appearing uere ordered to meet the from acton uere mr and mrs uinouhtwithtnu week and etch wls and alex mr and jysjl twscsid costt of 50 and pay the levy moore and mb lottie moore and mr an option and mrs duriclin mcdougall and mrs bennle back to tlic cluha by tliclr rcprcsenta tlves since then it lias developed that brbmpton may not held team to finish the group and hillsburg may replace them tiie dateti will also lutvc to be rearranged to suit several of tlio clubj wo itave been asked to withold publica tion of the schedule until definite ap proval can be secured or cliunges made representatives present at tho nieetlng were mesiira scott and joliahscn of gconrclown hayward and clements of milton smith and ellison of bramp ton morton and tyler of acton and carmlchael of huuurg president ryder wua in charge of tlie meeting uncos i4c70 exprew re gift to england a40 jones teaming 1500 28983 tile report jmri adapted mr nrtgnry wnc prifnt fc halton members met electors at the third annual euchre and dance of acton liberal asso ciation on friday last service recognized sertl could iteeelvm the dona tion far service with the colonial burlintton co rrejpo ruling secretary mr pickard bronte treasurer myfl 6firt worth freeman ohrktian stowardshlp and pliuuice mrs shor till georgetown secretary mission circle mrs clements milton socretary of cgit mra clements secretary mulan band mrs speight georgetown secretary baby band mrs stephenson george town associate helpeni mrs ii cald well supply secretary mrs aionlven strangerti secretary mn ounby freeman literature mlse hopkins lreeman missionary montllly and world friends mrs mcdermld georgetown temperance mrs watson freeman prtu mlns mar shall trafalgar removing to scotland xi ts russell hai purchased the stucco bungalow on frederick street belbnglng mr and mn alex lees that uas advertlied in last ueeks pumk pmlui mr and mrs lees uill remove to scotland tlie former home they urur greullyiiibjil ujtrrltiubi lurc alio ho ever join in wbhlng them bon voiige und joy in the homo hi home land mr le is an elder in knox church and lias been in charge of one cf tlie department at the beardmoie plant here tlie sale of the property was negotiated by it iferr chaikgr bi uie bui schedule are ti uouoced as effective mi sunday ucxt lrahl schedulni were altered laht weeot fjlfilch florida dock th actual pkoof photo shows the 110 pound murlin captured by gane ut west palm beach at recent meeting of the local branch of tlie canadian legion british empire service league colonel couzens commanding officer of the lome scottish rifles was present for tlie purpose of decorating an exservice man with tlie medal for long service zone commander mcdonald wau in cliarge of the meeting and after the regular business period called the colonel to perform the pleasing cere mony scrgt gould was invited to tho presidents station and during tho fastening of tlie mieuallo ills bteiist the colcncl recounted many incident of the old days bbth the colonel and tlio sergt had served ao gunners in tlie artillery the colonel with the imperials and sorgt gould with the colonial forces sergt gould ulity wasvery appreciative re lated some ofyhts experiences of the earlier campt at niagara and uald he had never regretted having signed nerve the empire in thla way company scrgtmajor coles also took advantage of the occasion to re mark that long service decorations wero not presented foranytlilnbjjutfonffand meritorious service and that lncludw an absolutely clean crime sheet he wel comed comrade gould to tiie green ribbon fraternity and hoped that it uouldbe real cotuiolatlon to him to remember that old soldiers never die the then rose and sang for jelly gaiod fellow and after ui gardlng the ltccnte onuie picture show ha explained his position hi regard tlie information vedf rl ire tvnstrc la otlier munlclpallues tlic clerk read letters giving the feed charged in bramp ton and georgetown council felt that hi view of all tho circumstances and the fact tlwt all must pay toward tlio general upkeep of tho municipality the fe could not be chang ed it was pointed out thab all tho membcrttof council were present and tlie matter could bo dealt with again ut full attendance if dclrtx mr otsell submitted tender for gravel and asked that arrangements be made to care for the drainage from his property when tlie new culvert was constructed on main street communication from the town of brampton pointed cut tliat that mun icipality had no bylaw governing tho collection of garbage copy of tlie bylaw force hi fergus regarding garbage collection was received by the council and read commhiuncrs arnold andhantn of tlio public utilities commission were present to discuss with the council as requested the collection of amount for garbage collection service it woo fell by all that in order to have clean town stmrfunlforinarrangem must bo made the conunlssioners did not favor tlie plan however of collecting tho amount with the regu and light billing it was felt that more equitable plan was to collect tlio amount in the tax rate it uas also pointed out tliat tlrcse who had tlie ervloo aliould pay the cos and the levy should be made on tenants rather than owners another suggestion was to mnko an annual license fee and prosecute tlioso who did not comply with the provifdon it was decided to leave the matter until full attendance of tlio council tlio report was made that the roof jmc shoo factory building was in very bad conditoln and in need of repair examination or tho building allowed that anew roof was needed arid itrwas fet tlio building should be welrmain tdlned tlic ttceve and councillor mc millan were appointed to interview the hewctson co lir thin matter four tenders uere received for tho extension of tho culvert over tho creejf trr remembrance of the fallen comrades had been observed with short period of silence the meeting closed and coclal hour uas spent ultii bridge and crlb buge banquet at itannockburn one the met pleasant events in the history of bannockburn womens insti tute uas held oit wednesday april 22nd in the form of banquet at tlie home of the president miss cree after about tiixty people consisting of tlie members and their families had gathered they lit down to tables tastily decorated with daffodils and sweetpeas the menu consisted of jellied yeal let tuce tomatoes jellorj pickle salads cu tarts ice cream and coffe the toattmtsli3 was miss cree who proposed tlie uiist to iclng which wa1 followed by all singing the national anthem mlj laura millar then favarod the guests with aii instrumental the toast to the clwau was proposed by mr crcauihdrrplledubymrr ruaell humorous recitation wua given by mks eleanor cook follouod by an instrumental by misa akltt mr rtuown then proposed toant to the womens institute wlilch woa rvpllod to by mru ktrr an liutriuucnul was given by mkt doris hardbig and mr harvey visiter gave violin belec tlon after the tablet were cleured cardj lid dalle big eilded what was termed by till most enjoyabld evening frt toeirr at mcmulien 145 and jc kentner ib5 air bell submitted tenders on botl cement jar quarried stone walls moved by mbcutclieon seconded by nelson that tlio contract for con structing culvert extension be awarded to albert memullen price to be 145 cement mixture to be in proportion ol not less than one part cement to five partii gravel work to be dona to tho satisfaction of the council carried parflculanfnr liability insurance on municipal employ cut and public liability were received by the council the clerk was instructed to write tlio workmen compensation board regarding tlie rats for coverage on municipal employees request for rental charges on tlio park and arena was received for jim 3rd tlie charges fcr the use of tho loud speaker was ako requested tiie matter uas left in the hands of councillor nelson chairman of the parks com mittee arrangements for the tax sale werj left to be proceeded with at tho next council meeting crowd that packed tho town hall to tlic doors attended tho third annual euchre and dance of tho acton liberal aiuockation last friday evening prizes for euchre were won by mrs lazanby and mr mcdonald on tills occasion mr thos blake lock provincial member for halton and mr hughes cleaver federal member were guests they were introduced by mr dills who performed tho dutiea of tihalfumn bi fche absence of reeve harrison in ills brief remarks hr blakelocic announced the annualll beralplenlo to bu held in oakvlllo again this year and extended an invitation to all ho hoped at some ate in the neur future to have tlio opportunity to come to acton to dlticuss with tho electors matters of pro vincial government mr hughes cleaver hi his brief re marks pointed with prklc tothepra grcss tliat was being mode he said for tlie past five years wo had been golrg in tlie wrong direction now we were headed in the right direction and gradu ally forging ahead tho increase tn trade ugures were proof of tho progresi no matter wliat political affiliations any halton elector hod mr cleaver said ho wunted to do his duly in representing tliclr intercuts and would bo pleased to hear of matters thut should have his attention prizes were presented by these members of parliament lunch wafl served following tho cards and ltlsh mans orchestra provided tho music for dancing just before the close rvo harrison expressed tho ap preciation of the liberal association to all who had made tlie cvcntuouccasful shoppers guide the following are the tmce4 tn which advertisement appear in thltf vr carroll grocery cap vug kalad tea corn make bell telephone co vain maoiafaelaren vagfi mcbonaldm bakery beua kdeetrie barrtf grocery uockwood chick klauhery ruuciwul page johimlone jst ftumley wooail croeery taibotri hardware kehocrw au bran tl urmd grccory theaixv whjfal tra vel service georve wallace kar keeiiogr sicekrlspim wrlgbt insurance btutnea 10 im lory of vrofcwjonal men page vs icaneaky eastern slerl producla krlly aiken kmge kliiou broa hlnton so to biore bray chick hatchery ttovaj theatre vallanl coining events auuuuucmetlts of uctuii coo crtn or oltkr tvetifa under thla headlinf ir chr ut cpt pee hut witli ii hiiiilmuia clars lor may luuouiiccmcat of jc cemetery vandalism during the whiter soino person cut blue kpruce tore from tlw plot hi tlie cemetery of mrs russell it tiiought to have been cut for christ tiwj tree but tiie individual wlio com mitted tlie act luul perverted idea of tlie meaning of christmas police are bivuligating tiie vaikullm and will make an example the culprit id ap pfe lie tided churchill ladies are lioldlng sale of baking and afternoon tea at tho town hall saturday may and georgetown bull club will hold dance friday tomorrow night har many orchestra and rwul evening acton yjmca cbcua prlday and sattinlay muy 8th and utlt two big nights at the plan to attnd now watch for details regular monthly teieeting of tlio wo mens xikbuulte will be held ut tho hrm rf int iliitnhl ftn day may vtli at 330 pni group no of tlie ladles aid of tlie united church are holding garden larty on wednesday june 3rd in acton park watch for particulars tit albans ioa are presenting the threeict comedy por ptftea sake in the town hail on wednesday and thursday may 8th and 7th admlillon 25c