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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), 25 Jun 1936, p. 1

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sixlyfirst year no 52 acton ontauio thursday junp 25th i0i eight homeprint pages five ceqts jubilee services of united church rev draper and rev stewart return to acton and deliver messages the second sunday in the diam jubilee services of acton united church continued with interest and large con gregations on sunday last when former pastors in acton came borne to preach and former parishioners to take part in the services of the old home church in tte morning rev draper of beamsvlue was the speaker in coming back to this congregation which he bad left just twentyone years ago he ex plained that he just wanted to chat and not preach he congratulated pastor and people on their achievement in this particular anniversary mr drapers theme was question do you know jesus in luke jesus asks who saythey that am and then who say you that ani and the speaker asked the congregation who do you say jesus taz he did nob like to lhlnk of the piety and aloofness that often surrounded thoughts of jesus but rather of the fellowship and friendships in which he was perfectly natural he couldnt trains collide at guelph station eighteen passengers are injured and engines wrecked in headon collision zr6 koathalurat ttiet6wiurlo need stratford was newon the run to worry about heaven and it was hard to understand why some people frel they have to die to get to heaven lie some times wondered if they knew jesus prejudice le keeping lot of us away from friendships he liked to think of the type of friendship that mother holds she will suffer hurt herself rather uum have the child hurt you and have heavens greatest power at work in our friendships mr draper stressed the value of friendship the natural friendship it brings out the best and makes us uiiarn ed of the bad dwelling in the future was useless when we have tile kind of present that we have mr draper didnt crumpling up steel rails and crashing locomotives bock against the tenders so that they literally rose off the rail two cnn passenger trains collided headon in the ouelph gnjl station on monday morning number of passengers were shaken lip and cut but none was seri ously injured both locomotives were completely wrecked the driving tnechanlsm was buckled to such an extent that the wheels rose from the rails and the front structure of both engines was com pletely shattered engineers and firemen on both trains escaped miraculously without injury despite the fact that the cabs wcro crumpled and twisted it said that the palme ra ton train was standing at the station when the train froni strabford came into the yard and instead of awaiting signals it crashed into the train on the same track engineer best on the standing locomo tive seeing that crash was inevitable threw his engine into reverse and when the impact came one train was backing up rrt ofthrhrnln from both he and his fireman have been suspended pending investigation authorities said that the eastbound train should have waited ust outside the station until the one which was standing in the station hod an opporunlty to clear the switches it was case of man failure re ported kingsland vicepresident of the canadian national hallways the printed instructions in the time tabic calls for stop outside the station as this train is entering the guelph station engineers general instructions call tor stop and the signal was against the train as lt approached the station in stead of complying with orders and the signal he ploughed right ahead and like the word holy spirit any more but craved his train into the standing one rather the urni the spirit of jesus it eyewitnesses said that the tonmo was n6t off in heaven bub here on earth train was travelling about twelve mll an to find things we need to reach out ho when the collision occurred there where we con see and it isnt what tlic wo whtch could fl individual does but what we airor us ovcr iiia downtown section of guelph together do immediately followed by roar of steam lb was message of plain and under escaped from the shattered boilers standing religion and urge to work to llnttrfo etnirrb siantanu ifutylrc the building committee who had charge of the erection of the present building in 1875 michael speight dr mcoakvin iuciiard hamilton james moore nhown james wiown alex iirown jww stevensok picture unobtainable prom die historical boolclii bulldlnir hou of god the ordination and induction builds purchased ana inauction by commission of kcv ijiwhon ba ri1 at reserve fund in up to amount campbellville presbyterian as ikfore rebate transfer church waterworks funds rhr rkbyury of durlph met ttt jlii risular monthly imcllnb of uw ohipbcllvlllc on tucdiiy vcnlmf lait llililic utilities commission wa licld on ul natlnn ami induction of ijaturduy ivcnliuf commissioners haiucn und ii harrison were present with clialrman arnnltlijrcsldlntf leuer was presented irom the on tario municipal electric association in mr uuui bja bd into the pastoral charge of campbellville and nasnaaaweya the ilov if llcnnle ma of knox church acton lias been trie interim moderator there for the lat which uley enclosed questionnaire lh calling of was to ask the ontario thydroelcclrlc wttr lao is licentiate of commission where the price of the hot thc loon presbytery and reeclved waier heaters came from and who paid tnosl unanimous call three weeks ago for them thocommfaslor instructed by 0c congregations the secretary to nil 11 in and return the solemn and impressive service 31 questionnaire to tlic association it also ordination and induction was carried out requested the ontario commlznlon with ihc uev fleming of knox have representative at tlic summer church waterloo as moderator of the convention to discuss varlouu phases of ivcttbytery of ouelph the ilcv dr the thirteenth power bill kmart of gjlt conducted the devotional it wus moved by hansen second hd worship service the moderator sculled ed by harrison that tile secretary upon mr bennle to nurrale tile steps be ltulrucuxl to pay the following ac tlu1 had been taken to nil the vucancy pj coles work in shoe factory counts and everything heme in order proceeded prailki voric mhoc hydro depavlmeiit to ask the necessary questions of thel ucrixrt work ty llell tekphone co services 551 candidate and then with the ordination hoadknlht work shoe 020 prayer by the iuv iatcrson ma factory leso 300 of lreston and tlic luyhur on of hands m25 by the presbytery mr lawson was set council to meet once month during julyand augunt iioncer cemetery aain to the fore other routine matters the regular fortnightly meeting of acton council was held on monday evening councillors mocutcneon mason and nelson were present in tlie absence of the reeve coun cillor mason was appointed ac ting ucevo tlie treasurer was authorised to pay the following accounts county of llalton relief labor 3064 isaac xl weadge labor 30 mcdonald for direct relief 11300 itoadknight labor shoe fac tory herbert lrycr labor shoe factory jick mcmullcn labor shoe fac llcll ivlephone services 900 900 515 1313 v2s symon hardware supplier actow phkc pstvi impplles highway garage repairs ttickatdenectriircarxtdttneter cabinet of ontario may impart to the work aiul office of the tnutltjy axwru 32919 seconded byljrmcoutcheonrthatthere 35j unducud him into his hew charge iw te only onc mccting july was addressed by the hevdr macoil auuu5 meetlneo operauons 313775 kvray of kno church guelph as to juy flth nmj aukust 3rx wcrj canceiled leaving only the meetings of july 20th phillip electrical works ltd wire dominion cutout co ltd fuse links canadian general electric co supplies powerlltejdevices ltd tools line cable accessories line material canadian line materials line material hnyeji steel rjproducb line material itand transports freight canadian wire coble co cable mcdonald electric co supplies norton motors valvollnc gardiner lettering truck ilarrop insurance on truck hl conduct and duty as minister 31864 the charge to tlic congregations was and august 17th xn september thd then klven by jffcv bennle tills meetings will commence again every twa 10 32 concluded the service hi the church weeks tlven or the rev mr lawson was belnir mr mooru was present to discuss 7234 introduced to his congregation all mad with uie council placing flowers arouilj 1350 their way to the basement of the church the pioiwers ccmeury tlie council where bountiful supply of ood things flt uiat the trustees had not nnlshed c012 had been prepared by tile ladles their undertaking when they built the at this social liour mr waller elllo memorial and then deeded the cemetery 7505 member or tlie campbellville silon over to the town instead of giving the presided and called upon several speak town clear deed the trustees reserved m0gen rev mr mcfaul of muton rev the right to top any work or liking being j533 mr proser of streetsvlllc rev done in the cemetery the council waldle of arthur all of nelgliborlnr 2135 presbyteries and the rev mr hill of c7g7 the anglican church in campbellville 160 the rev little of elmlra tlie 750 newlyordained and inducted minister uancs picked up and the trustees had 43 80 then was called upon and spoke of hfe agreed to plow the cemetery djep feeling of gratitude to one and ail instructed chief mcpherson to sec about plowing the weeds down und putting flowers about the calm cnlef mc pherbon reporud that he had had the with an outburst of noises whole sections were ripped out of the front part of tlie locomotives tlic stationary engine rose in the air it uati stated jnd boui were buckled so severely that the middle drive wheels were nearly foot from the track tlie rails were gouged oul on the eastbound milton trimmed acton by 173i bethcr hi mklnu heaven on earth rather than dream of tile future wad message that was appreciated by all at the evening service tlie special speaker was tile uev stewart of clurlmers lresbyteruin church toronto formerly of knox church here fain and the smaller wheels vcre rlppod aclon complelcly outclassed ill owlnir to the absence or dr morrow hchuid uic tcndit all the coaches mr urown on behalf of the church remained on the track but tlic express officials and conereaatlajl welcomed mr car was slurcn so seierely tliat uie con stewart on this occasion oi dozens ofcansof milk ilowcd ileplylilk to the welcome mr stewart of the car like flood and oprcad voiced jils appreciation at being present white stream over the cinders of the afternoons fun on saturday when they game on saturday in county town well tlie milton fans got good picnic held yesterday lakeside chapter held event in the park the various winnert and uuo brought greetings from chil mers church toronto as well oa from mrs stewart tlie family and himself tiie lesson for tlic service woa found in bt marks gospel 8th chapter com menrlng at the 27th yerse also from isaiah 61st chapter the subject for mr stewarts discourse was jesus chrt and hun crucified this being elimination time rev mr stewart gave tlie oral examination that jesus put to his dlsclploj just shortly before his cruclfhdon what are men saying about me the reply came that lie was spoken of as one 6ttairp or one of the great men of ills time jesus then asked tlie personal and pointed question wham do you say an ga thouart thachrwt the bon of thi living god peter knew jcua as his lord and god mr stewart then asked what are you tiaylng in your heart to nightf about jeius binty years os being celebrated by tiie xunortd jubilee has brought about many changes have we mde good progrem in gods sight lias the soul kept pace with material things tlw sohl has not kept pace with material concluded on page eight track passengers were jarred but not seri ously injured summer hand concepts aw their local boys rub it into actan to the tune or 173 tile milton slug gem lambasted four acton pitchers for twenty solid smacks including home run wltli the bases loaded two triples and slic iwobaggeru for total of nine extra base hits tlie acton lads came tlurough with 11 socks including triple and two doubles nice aftemoano work in any ball game but mere nothing to what tlie milton batswlngers con sider an afternoons work we might say that after tlic fifth inning the acton boys gave up and went tlic reat of the acton citizens hand gave tlie first of the summer concerto on tuesday evening in the band stand at thclpark when varied and wellrendered pro gram was given plan is now under way to hold weekly band concerts every saturday evening in acton in tlie up town district tlie place chosen fovetntnentrtbuualngtt klewngthcshtiemrsrtrtohinsont testerday ufternoon members ana friend of lulzuidc chapter lojde held their annual picnic in acton park tlie members were divided into three groups red white and blue and in the contests and events the reds were the winners on points scored many and novel events featured the afternoons program and the following were the winners race to barbara vincent race and bihie nellls race and joan somervllle race and 10 margaret gomervllle slow race mlts betty watts clothespin race mlta ley tfie rear of0i on willow street where tliere is plenty players playing in tliree different nasi of parking space it is planned to erect tlona it just wasnt actons day and platform and arrange lighting and matter who was pitching tlic answer lln iaminii tuuinu whs nfhnrf1htnag tr fhf ul tfit pmpapnlnh aln tu ranlln field an parade of mutnn rurmers throughout tlie summer montlus to visit shoppers guide thx fouowlug are the hbib kdvertlrineou hpik thu ls ktluivs uue vruun arruln ltmlird rllwii maitufaeturlfi co iiauji tro lti ntirtan motorfc mrs urw lisithitutu chrfctownii orlebrtftijoi worri crovry vurill kto wt iivaii meat market tua corfwii lumlxr to ual luneh um irrkbytrrian ali bivenary rtrtury thriiw try chlrk maleluor fcxt wrlshl liiuraiu rafrmlttiul ijtdit of uufcilvfkj mrd fcaw kelloci cufti ltikc iceuy jb alkru jr craiiwt mutou se si sur wutit td fc milun kagnuit krllocid julbrn moaw osiryj uaydi tbcatrv acton continuation school teachers and scholars will be visitors next tues day ut tlie ontario agricultural college at guelph when they will liave tour of the college and be guests of the college ut the noon meal it should prove quite an educational and interesting event knox guild picnic the members of knox guild and their frleiuli spent nuisi enjoyjble ufter mion and evening at victoria park in icltfhrner iujt saturday in their annual outing and picnic they found the park to be one of the best equipped for picnic uid recreational puriuues in ontario of rour rieball wai tittftuioils feature and uiuloubledly the bist side la then the iimrls were decided follows straight race boys bill mulnprle martin ilusjurd alrb hjilwl bruce rirli iinw ruce ihuisard and ilauhngs obstacle rue mrs hull mrs kiiu ut lpment race hwhlcrmin and marjory hall time race ha lard and blow threeleg get raov blow hij4ird sluw race blow and hazard and the prlstes were timely thijh th llinch waa ureiler than they ever obtained in uijij kvt rybody declared it the until tlw next picnic and so the summer gos going round the bases norm morton startod on the mound for acton but right from tlie start it wnd apparent lie was in for bad day of it double single and walk flllc the bases then babe clement did what every ball player dreams about smacked homer with the bnts loaded for nice number to start the game on with acton were retired in order on some lucky fielding played by milton two of them that should have been hits in the second they started in to pound normle again and brother biui took his place on the mound he finally got tlie side retired after three runs had been cored to give them run le id acton drew another goose egg for their effort when double pliy and fly ball retired thr side pr the next tuo fnimet bus sort of found hiiujelf and ulded by some jooti tuldbig held muton scnitfess actoi were hitting the ball but they couldnt get luiy rim ucrusii in the fifth fur started to fly ugum uiul three singles an error and triple giivr mllion four more then minute iuok over the dulut by thb time tin ton boyt were just about ashed up und didnt cure how mtuiy ruiiii were scored minute didnt last long either before his offerings vitrc belled all ov in the sew nth dude lindsay went in to catch and bob andean went to third budewas catching without evtii giving slgnab to the pitcher aj double tuo tliigui and triple woj continued on page pive spot ract miss robinson cracker eating coptettr miss mur ray needle and thread race misses murruyaliutrmcsnilah balloon race miss erma watcon shoe race mrs stewart and miss savers potato racr mrs stewart lucky number miss robmson member jielonglng to chapter the longest present mrs adanison youngest member present miss beckett tallest member present miss ley shortest mumber prcnt mrs buchanan heaviest member present mrs ltlshmim of rou no the picnic upper vrm no insignificant feature of the event und wus equally enjoyed for it bounty and daintiness mr moore also requested tluit tile 343 73 nnd to the splendid congregauons that ditch in front of his property be opened waterworks parlieiit had uteniled that nigh to be at his to allow the water to run into the creek as chalmers iron float 840 crdinatlon the singing of the national tlits matter war left with councillor hydro department power 3g ii an thorn concluded meeting that shall mccutchcon and chief mcphcrson hydro department may opera lang be remembered in tlic annal or tiie treasurer was ordered to hold 6300 the charge of campbellville and nassa an monies due to persons on the pay gaweya ii who had arrears or taxes 100 07 on sunday next the rev mr lawson mr starkman compluilud about was moved by harrison ill conduct the centennial cclcbiatlon uil water running in off uicvtrect into seconded by hansen that tlie of the history and life of the presby his property at the comer of mill and secretary be empowered to transfer terian church in nassagawcya at til main streets chief mcphcrson tuvl 5500 00 from the watcrworkl depart morning and evening lcrvlcc he will councillor mccutcheon were ordered to merit to the corporation account car be assisted by two former ministers have this remedied rled uev mr jones of grand valley and it was pointed oul during council application were presented for thre rev mr strachan of owen sound and meeting that the town was not respon contracu for hot wjtcr heaters the rev mr bennle of aclon representing ulble for water in basements of homes meeting of the juvenile ball club was held in the office roadway onto private property of the honorary president mr hlllmer chairman was instructed to rign these the pmbytery of guelph contracts the list of arrears was checked and nlew juvenile schedule the superintendent was given instruc tions concerning their disposal tlie summer convenuon of tlie ajje uand oma is being held in ottawa this year on july 2nd and 3rd it wig upon motion decided to send superin tendent wilson as none of the com missioners could arrange to bo prevent it was moved by ii harrison seconded by hansen that gordon smlt salary be raised from 70 per tarried or business places when they had their month to ti6 tlie secretary was instructed to make application for dominion of canada bonds totalling 1500 they were to be wfcroi im cold lost year to make up the rebate these bonds have since the meeting been purchased and are now in tlie pos ecsijlon oi the commission bathing accident miis kay cliapnian suffered very painful accident while bathing ut rock wood on saturday tlie group from acton were using the raft at the river there and in some manner muji chap drains connected with the town drains even if the water backed up tiie drains from tlie street tlie town is liowever llalton county responsible if water runs in off uio at oakvllle on tuesday night last week when reresen tat ives from actdrt george town milton and oakvllle were present at the meeting it was decided police courts changed change lias been made in police courts in this district magistrate cancel tlie previous schedule as arranged dull of brampton will now preside and draw up new schedule to take in brampton georgetown acton und the thai making orangeviilc mcll fourteam group in place of three the following is the new sclusdule first and second teams to play off best out of three gameo to decide the teen of oakvflle will lake courts at port credit burlington oakvllle and milton group winner jujovttbja iiiheniiiourili olhonda rangement to merit better support of tlie public at these juvenile games the president mr robt carney of oukvllle presided juh 23rd georgetown at oakvllle muton at acton june 35 tli oakvllle at mllion acton at georgetown coming events announcement ol ueetiaifu coa cert vt other events ubl ttua lisidiny ar chitrgta id cutn iter litti with hiiiiiiuuiii chats lot any uunouncdicni of ic nvi in acton continuation school picnla june 30th acton ut ovhicamufoii hb1 tueiduy june 30th be at school at 060 georbetown am any interested in bchool wclooiiui bring supiier lunches at georbetow july 2nd oakvllle at acton otog town at milton mans left leg was caught on spike in ju 7thaihlon at oakvllle gorc the raft and she was held in the water acton july oth oakvllle ati giorgtown acton at milton suiipended from the spike until resciul by fellow swimmers the injury wa quite serious one requiring seven clumixi to close the wound and it was fejred the muscles of the limb were contributor ill kl iders uf the van puiu 111 regret to karn that mr johiuam uln virotr such interesting letters to tiit wi pmss from norlhrn ontario hi betii to ill that he has bs unable to urm for mime eek lib fontrlbiitloilh ere always written in ill health ulnce leaving uniehouse jmt tluj pojt uivks have seen him unuble to write all wilr pliad to know hywever that hi now improving und in letter from him written for htm by one of hui funillyi he hopes to soon be able to forward contributions for tlur letter bon we are sure ull our rvuders join wltli in wbiilug him not only npetdy but uls complete ncovtry july 14th georgetown at oakvllle milton ut acton july mcth oukville ut milton acto injured she is all will be glud to learn utj georgetown july 21st acton ut oakvllle milton at georgetown progressing favnrubly but will be unuble to participate in activities for jjiiiu time attended silver anniver sary mr blow mrs drjan mrs win johnjone mrs matthews mn hiujird mrs mucrue mrs ivaren and mm burr july 23rd oakvllle nt acton george town ut milton july 2uth milton ut oukville george town ut acton july 30th oukville ut georgetown acton at milton the regular monthly business meet ing of the wo menu institute will be held in the legion hall thursday july 2nd 30 ji stanley pork hhn dinrhig every friday and saturday to roy sntderu 11 piece orchestra wee sunday band concert the presbyterian ywa strawberry jii and homemade baking sulc on tlie church liaun on saturday next june 27th from 300 to 600 pm come ind bring your friends churchill minimi gurden ihirty prlday writing entrance exams july3rdat mr john graffs home real prog ruin by nlrk antojielll mb of the duke of devonshire chapter or iventyilye uludenth are wrlthig ell clova kltchmg alex wright lhileiiouse the ode were guests on friday lust truiice ex imlnatloiu at acuin school on double vocal trio und piano trio ut the twentytilth unnlvejrsary of the wednesday thursuay und friday of this stephenson family acton concert or john muum chupur llwy curried grwtlng from th acum order on thai utispleloils oecuslun and enjiyed vrry much partlrlpiting in tlie anniver sary event wvk thirteen of theje are scholars of clutra stipheiison lwins charles acton public school und twelve ore ijindbborough mr edward uuac tor from centra adjoining acton prbiclpal onto vuriety and quality ensure an mucltae of tlie continuation enjoyable evening refreshment booth schihil tlw presiding unleer of eoure admission 2ie children 15c

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