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c 1 a sixtieth year no 14 acton ontario thursday october 4th7 1934 eight homeprint pages five cents d athletic meet of acton high and public schools here yesterday l form l of high school scores jlighest number of points and wins shield margaret smith kay chapman dorothy macarthur jack blow roderick ryder and hector lambert win champion ships public school events had contests and races from 5 to 14 years j i authorization for transfer of property given the local utilities commis sion by the ontario hydro- details to be completed at once in spite of the cool dull day a good crowd of scholars and friends were in attendance at the annual school games in the parkyesterday efternon all the events were keenly contested and rivalry for flret place and attaining high marks in proficiency inallthe sports were well striven for there was also a fine feeling of sportsmanship throughout au events were over in good time this year the high school started some of their trials in the momin and this enabled completing the program well before dusk teachers were assisted in carrying on the program by a commit tee of citizens the following are the results in the public and high school events public school events girls race 5 and 6 marjorle biiton shirley kentner helen hall boys race 5 end 6 jack kentner hartley coles raymond arbic girls race 7 and 8 helen holmes ethel franklin norma marzo boys race 7 and 8 david dills george johnson enoch marczak girls race 9 and 10 margaret las- by lorna dunn marjorle nelson boys race 9 and 10 kenneth blow lome masters joe taylor girls race 11 and 12 dorothy king bertha bristow dorothy arnold boys race 11 and 12 cbulie eccle- shall leonard lambert gordon gib- bins girls race 13 and 14 helen brown melissa harris helen simpson boys race 13 and 14 gordon biiton elmer lasby harvey lambert girls race any age helen brown dorothy arnold dorothy king boys race any age donald brown gordon biiton willis hall girls washout race 5 and 6 jean harris delia marczak marjorle biiton boys driving race 5 and 6 hartley coles and jack kentner jack stewar and reggie spires george turkosz and kenneth papillon hoop race boys 7 and 8 jack bruce george johnson victor patrick hopping race girls any age melissa harris jean fraser mae roney wheelbarrow race boysi any age donald brown and elmer lasby lome masters and leonard lambert gorcton biiton and bruce pargeter sack race girls mae roney helen brown melissa harris sack race boys -7- gordon biiton francis papillon bruce pargeter running 3road jump girls helen brown dorothy king mae roney running broad jump boys donald brown gordon biiton francis papillon standing broad jump girls jean fraser mae roney helen brown standing broad jump boys donald brown norman wright harvey lam bert hop step and jump girls dorothy king helen brown jean evans hop step and jump boys donald brown norman wright elmer lasby high school junior boys standing broad jump laurie atkin son jack dunn douglas maplesdcn hop step and jurnp jack blow douglas maplesden martin hassard 220 yard dash cyril jocque douglas maplesden victor bristow running high jump lloyd atkinson jack blow arthur nightingale running broad jump laurie atkin son jack blow douglas maplesden 100 yard dash jack blow douglas maplesden laurie atkinson shot put arthur nightingale laurie atkinson blllie mainprise 880 yard race cyril jocque vernon agnew douglas maplesden pole vault jack blow vernon agnew douglas maplesdcn relay race douglas maplesden ver non agnew m braida cyril jocque jack blow arthur nightingale martin hassard john drake bicycle race billie malnprlze laurie atkinson john drake junior girls standing broad jump mary young doris blow merna rawson basket ball throw gerbudc robert son xcna nlcol doris wilson running broad jump margaret smith merna rawson mary young hop step and jump merna rawson tena nlcol margaret smith 75 yard dash margaret smith mer na rawson jean bennle soft ball throw gcrtude robertson doris wilson alice taylor running hgh jump maiy smith doris blow mary young relay race doris blow jean bennle frances rawllngs doris wilson threelegged race merna rawson and doris blow mary young and mar garet smith tena nlcol and teressa campbell continued on page five at- the meeting of the public utilities commission last evening commissioners l g king r j kerr and reeve thet- ford were present the secretary was by motion in structed to pay the following accounts hydro department canadian general electric co repairs 225 c n r express 45 sangamo company ltd metre 3842 j e peareen rent 3000 a selection of news items 7112 waterworks department canadian brass co supplies 4355 big a company ltd supplies 1670 charles spires labor 270 hydro department power at spring 3611 9906 the purchase of a pipe pusher was discussed but it was decided to defer purchase of this article for the present time the lease submitted by the local commission to the ontario hydro com mission was returned certain points were drawn to the attention of the commission and suggestions made for their inclusion in the lease the latter from the ontario commission gave ap proval of the local commission leasing space in the building authority was also given in writing to sell the lot commissioner r j kerr drew to the attention of the commission that no provision was made in lease for the caretaker of the building to keep the sidewalk shovelled and the side drive clear of snow reeve thetford refused to ask this of the board of governors and said that if it must be included that mr kerr would have to request it himself the matter was then dropped as it was the desire to complete the lease and transfer of the property the secretary was instructed to send the letters to the council and the pro visional board of governors of the y m c a so that the necessary docu ments could be completed and changes made as desired the list of arrears was carefully check ed and instructions issued for their dis position building progress bricklayers at work on new y m c a building first floor is completed and all material on hand continued good progress is being rsa3e on the murray memorial y m c a building- the front section with first floor was completed for the service of saturday the steel girders for the two rear sections were placed at the first of the week and the joists along one side laid this enabled a few bricklayers to go to work on tuesday on the front and west side of the building the staff of bricklayers ready to start was however delayed until the carpenters could com plete then- work on the first floor the cement tile for the gymnasiui1 section and the roman cut stone for the sills and front entrance have all been delivered at the building ready for erection it is expected that the full staff of bricklayers will be on the work possibly by tomorrow general approval of the fine selection of brick is given and the colors and appearance will make this a very attractive building the door and window frames are all delivered and ready for inclusion in the building- all the steel girders for the sesond storey and to carry the roof of the gymnasium are also ready on the site neighboring fairs igiiboi bolton october 8 caledon october 56 erlr october 68 georgetown october 56 strcetsville october 56 i the evening heal digester 1 i say old chap said one free lance writer to another does the editor of the paragon accept much or your stuff him accept anything the second writer replied good heavens that man believe me wouldnt accept the inevitable 1 alex black wlna in north waterloo alex black of arkeli was in second place at the annual plowing match of the nortfc waterloo association held at new germany on tuesday aboutjtwen- tyflve teams competed but the land was dry and hesqiuough so that the finest work was impossible william harrison gait was first and robert brown of gait third mr barrle of dumfries acted as judge v f y p o officers the nwlyelected officers of the u f y p o for the coming season are as follows leader fred anthony wesideoit arthur mckeown 1st vicepresident walter couke 2nd vscepresldentirene flowers secretajy elva johnston treasurer muriel crossman directors alieen clarridge laura wylie anl howard webster pianist dorothy clarridge assistant pianist margaret waldie jrize award presented the juke of devonshire chapter of the i o d e met on tuesday evening at the home of mrs jas symon there was a splendid attendance and the meet ing was l11 charge of mrs w m cooper regent instrumental numbers were given by mrs f s blow and mrs wm hall and readings by miss m r nelson plans for the fall and winter program were discussed the award given by the society for the pupil of acton public school obtaining the highest standing in the entrauice examinations the past year was made to frances dills at this meet ing at the close e delightful lunch was served and a social time spent institute competition proved interesting a competition for the halton branches of the womens institute was held at the milton fair and proved most interest ing exhitit the senior class called for a useful article made from a yard of factory cotton a little boys twopiece suit sent in by the hornby branch won first prize second prize went to mount union institute for a breakfast cloth junior class was a fancy article also made from a yaid of factory cotton with dublin branch winning first prize and mouuit union second prizes were donated ty mrs g c atkins bronte mrs william gowdy limehouse mrs milligan burlington and the palermo womens institute sixyearold norval child killed by auto crossing the road near her home after alighting from a car in which she had been driven from school helen bonner aged six daughter of mr and mrs roger bonner of norval was struck by another car and instantly killed late yesterday afternoon the car was driven by harold k tylor of st clair avenue west toronto the child who had been attending school for the first time this fall had been driven home with some companioois by a passing motorist r h- peters of new toronto peters drove on to brampton for medical aid and later reported to chief constable an drew hexkes acting coroner frank vandcrlip decided an inquest was un necessary two wen hurt when cars crash two rrcn were taken to hospital on monday ss the result of a headon col lision between two automobiles on kldds hill three miles south of caledon on no 10 highway sam merllna of orange- ville travelling north received faual in juries and a fractured jaw and wis taken to lord dufferin hospital follow ing the collision with an auto driven south by thomas oys in which john puller of brampton a passenger suffer ed cuts to the head and hands and pos sible internal injuries he was removed to the peel memorial hospital boyce driver of the second car f h arcott of brampton and joltnjhooper of mil ton two other pas3engfs4n hie auto- escaped th slight lacerations p c ray hodglos is investigating junior chapter i o d e made primary chapter the lajteside chapter i o d e held a most imppy and impressive meeting wednesday evening at the home of miss m symoi it was the occasion of the graduation of the junior chapter to a primary chapter mrs ernest of kitch ener i o d e provincial organizer perfomcd the honors and presented the regent iisj vda ramshaw with the new charter following which she gave a most instructive talk on the work the chapter will undertake in the future mrs manne of hamilton i o d e provincial secretary also gave an ex planation of other branches of work per taining to the order the executive of the duke or devonshire chapter i o d e wexc guests at this meeting the lakeside chapter regular business meet ing was then conducted a most delight ful lunch- was served by the group host esses and concluded an enjoyable even- the churches and sunday schools unite 1 new of acton and j the district united presbyterian and baptist hold combined rally day services j sunday last was rally day and in the united presbyterian and baptist churches in acton the morning service was a combined service of sunday school and church at the united church mr a t brown superintendent of the sunday school was in charge and led in the service rev c l poole gave an ad dress and mr brown the srubject a century and a half of the sunday school movement a pageant was presented by the scholars sunday school visit ors from far places little betty gib son contributed a sweetly rendered solo a special rally day service was held by the baptist church sunday school on sunday morning included in a most interesting and worshipful program was the rst scripture lesson read by the junior girls in unison and the second lesson read by the seniors girls fred atkinson gave a recitation o happy home mr g r easter the pastor gave an address on the subject christ in the life of the home a baptismal service was held in the baptist church on sunday morning when two young ladles were baptized by mr g r easter mr easter preached a forceful sermon from the text joseph of arimathea being a disciple of jesus but secretly for fear of the jews the baptistry was beautifully banked with a profusion of flowers a fine attendance of the school on sunday met with 1he congregation at knox church on sunday morning and took part in the service of prayer and praise under the direction of the sup erintendent mr r n brown and the minister rev h l bennie the scrip ture readings were taken by mae roney and vernon agnew and a trio of the teachers misses l hall l woodhall and l wilson furnished the musical selec tion for you i am praying the theme of the service was gods place and the rev h l bennie spoke on the subject our all for god rally day always marks the distribution of di plomas and prizes for the memorization of scripture and this year over thirty rewards were given for the different parts of the course prescribed by the sabbath school committee of the church the teachers were thanked by mr brown for their patience and diligence in this department in keeping up the work and the scholars were reminded that they had added to their value as future men and women by thus acquiring a first hand knowledge of the scriptures it was announced that the sabbath school would meet for another month in the morning sustained back injuries when he was thrown to the ground while administering a drench to a horse james laurence r r no 4 rockwood received painful injuries to his back thej a cool damp afternoon did not deter horse was ill and mr larrence was on saturdayr a splendid attendance at giving it treatment the animal heaved the ceremony in connection with the corner stone of murray memorial ym ca laid by w a murray interesting ceremony on saturday afternoon attended by gathering of 400 or 50o dr e m best general secretary of y m c a gave inspirational address box containing papers and coins deposited in the wall against him suddenly throwing him to the ground appointees of dominion government announcement is made this week of appointments for ontario of official re laying of the corner stone of the murray memorial- y m c a building a crowd of about four hundred was present on this occasion the ceremony was presided over by mr g a dills who bespoke the pride celvers for the farmers debt -adjust- j that actonians had in this newest of its ment legislation the appointee for asscts ttie thankfulness for the gift halton is m j carton milton for peel gordon b jackson cooksville for wentworth t j mahony hamilton for dufferin david henderson shel- bourne for wellington harry mahoney guelph suing estate of late paul munro an action for 25000 against john a munro of hamilton administrator of the estate of the late d paul munro former m la for south wellington of the late j a murray whose bequest had made it possible the acton cltizensband under band master c w mason led in the singing of three verses of the hymn all hail the power of jesus name following this rev h l bennie m a read the scripture lesson from first corinthians third chapter and from the ninth verse to the end of the chapter rev c l poole b d then led in prayer the honor of laying the corner stone lng school fair trophy winners major awards at school pairs held throughout the county silver trophies books and shields the following is a list of winners of eaton trophies and shield at eacli school pair in halton county in 1934 brookvllle sliver trophy kenneth bullard s s no 7 nassagaweya book annie blacklock s s no 2 nassaga weya book edna robertson s s no 2 nassagaweya shield s s no 7 nas sagaweya june prank teacher boyne silver trophy charlotte les lie s s no ae book masle fuller s s no 9 trafalgar book jack rob ertson s s no ae shield s s no 9 trafalgar mary peddle teacher mt nemo silver trophy bernlce norton s s no 7 nelson book grant norton s s no 7 nelson book marlon gastlc s s no 12 nelson shield s s nd 7 nelson beatrice bunton teacher strathcona sliver trophy jack oli- phant s s no 15 nelson book wil fred jones 3 s no 15 nelson book lloyd sheppard s s no 4 nelson shield s s no 15 nelson mary bate principal linbrook silver trophy margaret breckon s s no 15 trafalgar book george wettlaufer s 0 no 2 trafal gar book ross cowan s s no 2 trafalgar shield s s no 22 trafal gar muriel willis teacher esquesing silver trophy wilfred johnson s s no 9 esquesing book newton ruddell s s no 5 esquesing book edna fryer s s no 8 esques ing shield s s no 9 esquesing meryl grindell teacher has been launched in supreme court in i was rightly the duty of mr wm a hamilton the plaintiffs are margaret murray only brother of the late j a e palmer paul palmer margaret a i murray and with the silver trowel pro- palmer all under 21 who sue through vided for the occasion this task was per- their friend a p palmer and by formed and mr murray proclaimed the palmer himself the cases arises out of stone wel1 and tru lald stone an accident near watcrdown on july ot beer ted branite about four feet in 1st when mr munro was killed len and takes to tne entire sectlon of the northeast pillar murray mem orial 19341 is the inscription in raised letters a metal box containing the docu ments was deposited in the wall by mr g w murray cousin of the donor and chairman of the murray memorial com mittee this box contained copies of the acton fbee press the globe mall and empire dally star toronto tele gram the acton voters list and audit ors report for the year a copy of a testament read many times by the late j a murray and with a note requesting that it be interred with his body and new coins of current circulation in the dominion mr g w murray in his remarks also drew attention to the fact that it was the wish of his cousin that this building should be used by all in the community it was the hope that every section of acton and the district would make fullest use of its facilities reeve e thetford on behalf of the corporation of acton the presented to mr w a murray the silver trowel used in connection with the ceremony this beautiful memento was inscribed pre- man and dog escape but snips cat killed hurled headlong through a cabin door when a sulphur candle with which hj was fumigating a dredge anchored in the credit river caused a terrific explo sion oscar graham 38 of highland creek escaped with severe burns on his head arms and hands on tuesday after noon pue broke ort to the cabin im mediately following the explosion ind graham tvas only saved by the prompt arrival of the port credit fire brigade under chief william newman grahams dog which had entered the cabin behind his master escaped unhurt but the ships cat was killed narrow escape last thursday evening little mary k brown sixyearold daughter of mr and mrs roy brown of toronto had a miraculous escape from fatal injury when she was struck down by a motor car opposite her home in the city her father had called her from across the street and childlike she ran home jligh schools to be in musical festivals safety lecture given the public school pupils on wednesday morning all the trustees were present on tuesday evening at the regular meet ing of the school board and chairman j m mcdonald presided a letter from the welfare depart ment regarding free books for children was read and ordered to be filed upon motion the upper school sub ject text book settlers elementary chemistry ii was approved for the high school provided the book was in use and possession of the pupils the secretary was instructed to pur chase supplies of oil music and other requirements noted the eighth report of the finance committee recommended payment of the following accounts j b mackenzie repairs 695 j m dent supplies 1520 johnstone rumley furniture 6650 the geo m hendry co supplies 1575 jas symon supplies 1672 acton public utilities commis sion services 328 highway garage repairs 260 failing to see an oncoming car she was sented to w a murray by the corpora tion of acton 1934 it will no doubt be gieatly treasured by the recipient reeve thetford in his brief remarks paid tribute to the generosity of the late j a murray in his remembrance ii acton and expressed the wish that all the citizens of acton and the district would secure the greatest good from the buildings use the chairman before introducing the guest speaker expressed regret that councillor j e mcmillan was absent through illness and paid tribute to the work he had done in connection with securing this latest asset it was hoped he would soon be restored to good health others also were unavoidably absent from this ceremony dr e m best general secretary of the national council of the y m c a acton legion poppy fund financial statement previously acknowledged 160 58 bank interest 2 32 total receipts 182 90 expenses welfare 40 00 balance in bank h0 3o 10290 struck and the front wheel of the vehicle passed over her shoulder result ing a fractured collar bone fortunately tliis was the extent of her injury and the little one is making good progress toward recovery her aunt miss fern brown visited her on sunday and ail are thankful that no more serious in juries resulted from the accident father and son hurt while motoring to bronte saturday on the miltonpalermo highway no 25 bert jones and his son charles met with a serious accident when their car driven by the latter crashed into a car owned and driven by joseph willmott it is alleged willmott drove onto the highway from his laney directly in front of the jones car willmott allowed a car driven by norman stover of milton to pass the lane and evidently did not see the jones car followbag bert jones was thrown out of his car on the rear fender of willmotts car jones was removed to his home on king street mllton it is believed he suf fered serious internal injuries jones car was wrecked jones a carpenter fell while repairing a greenhouse on friday and broke his left wrist the injured arm being in a sling when the motor car accident occurred his son charles escaped with less serious injuries milton fair last saturday in spite of unsuitable weather milton pairon saturday drew a good attend ance and those present report a good exhibition in the absence of j b falr- bairn deputy minister of agriculture j e whitclock of toronto officially opened the fair honorary president a e wocdey publicly thanked col w f eaton of oakvllle for the fine new judges stand which he donatcd to the town despite the rather threatening weather there was one of the largest crowds in the last few years and ihe number of entries was increased consid erably a rather unfortunate accident occurred when a small electric train which was carrying the- children around ft track especially built for that purpose lumped the track the children were badly shaken up but not seriously in jured one of the main features of the day was the baby show under the aus pices of the gw robinson co of ham ilton there were 18 entries with 10 girls and 8 boys the judges mrs warn er and miss d powls of hamilton had rather a difficult task in deciding the winners quite a number from acton and district were in attendance 12700 the report was adopted the secretary informed the board that at the coming musical festival awards were to be given for singing by high school and continuation school students the property committee arranged to have necessary repairs to the eave- troughing made a letter from the ontario safety league asked permission for the field secretary mr p b latrobe to pre sent his safety lecture illustrated with motion pictures and slides to the school this lecture had been arranged and was given to the children in the town hall on wednesday morning from 1100 to 12 00 oclock and proved most educa tional appointed justice of peace mr g a dills has received official announcement of appointment to tliis office frorm the attorney- general mr g a dills received notice this morning from the assistant provincial secretary mr f v johns that pursu ant to an ordcrincouncll dated the 2nd instant the lieutenantgovernor by commission had appointed him a justice of the peace for the district in which acton is situated while the formal commission for the appointment will not be received until about two weeks a letter from the at torneygeneral hon a w roebuck gives authority for the appointee to commence his duties at once it is the duty of the new justice of of canada was then totroducedsandj the peace to hear complaints take in- welcomed to acton the speaker td formations issue summonses and war- how the y m c a had started from k ran and if the necessity arises try very small beginning until now it is established in every country in the world contlnued on page five siiakesperean plays come one come all husband come and see how to make your wives obedient there will be a serious play and also one with loads of laughter they are both by shakespeare the wonderful player writer this is your chance of a lifetime to sec these plays in the town hall acton on tuicsday october 9th the following is thesynopsis of the taming of the shrev baptlsa was a rich gentleman who lived in padua italy his daughters arc katherine and blanca bianca is gentle and all the young men want to marry her but bap tlsa wants katherine off his hands first katherine is the shrew and no one wants to marry her along comes a man named petruchio who wants her for his wife baptisa accepts and petruchio says he will make her an obedient and lovable wife come and find out if he succeeds who murdered duncan the most be loved king of scotland why did his sons flee come and see how macbeth the kings most trusted general reaches the height of his ambition through murder of a king and his friends and rivals i see how his wife aids in the crime and then goes mad from the guilt of their crime see how three witches the weird sisters influence macbeth see how crime is revenged and funished it is all in shakepeares greatest tragic drama macbeth minor cases at the request only of the district magistrate mr dills is not permitted to charge fees of any kind other than for the swearing of affidavits disconnected with criminal court pro ceedings coming events announcements ql meetings con certs or other events under this heading arc charged to cents per line with a minimum charge for any announcement of 350 ospringe church annual fowl supper october 17th watch for posters for particulars st albans sunday school teachers arc holding a homemade baking sale in the parish hall on saturday oc tober 6th at three oclock acton u f y p o will open the seaapns meetings with a dance in the parish hall on friday october 12th at 830 all farm young people requested present u f o and u f w o cor dially invited the fifth glrs conference under the auspices of the womens institute will be held in milton on saturday october 27th at 10 00 a m when it is expected that mrs donald mclcnan of fergus miss florence eadie toronto and miss kthel chapman toronto will be the guest speakers place of meeting to be announced later i li