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5a sixtieth year no 15 acton ontario thursday october 11th 1934 eight homeprint pagesfive cents halton presbytery gathering all group to connection with the unit ed church met in milton on i tuesday evening one of the outstanding meetings ol halton presbytery hamilton confer ence the united church ot canada was held in milton on tuesday october 8th with morning afternoon and evening sessions the chairman rev c l poole b d acton introduced five new members rev j w magwood oak- vllle rev j l totton freeltorii rev w d clark mlllgrove rev h s iiovering trafalgar rev f matheson burlington new officers were elected rev s b stokes aldershott- chairman rev g i stephenson umehouse secretary and rev g p kelly carlisle treasurer the conveners of committees were ap pointed and other business transacted in the afternoon reports were received from the representatives to the general council at kingston rev c l poole mr a maclaren and mr j m denyes representatives of the various depart ments to connection with the united church met in st pauls united church milton on tuesday evening fowlscass the various phases of church work there were clergy church elders stewards re presentatives of the young peoples league indies aid sunday school and choir a feature of the gathering was the interpretative leading in the singing of the familiar hymns by rev mr stead- this leader emphasized the singing of the hymns to give expression to the words of the hymn rev st b stokes the newlyelected chairman of halton presbytery who succeeds rev c l poole had charge of the service mr stokes is pastor of the plains charge near burlington the duties of the christian church was the subject introduced by mr a maclaren and discussed by the various groups reports wererhade to the entire gathering by the secretary of each group and gave a great deal of helpful sugges tion in the advancement toward a better world the feature of the evening was an address by rev dr cochrane chairman of the maintenance and extension fund dr cochrane is a forceful speaker and his knowledge of the great work being accomplished by the church and the great need for the upkeep and further ing of this world made his address edu cational and inspirational the work of the united church and its wide spread activities was outlined and the good that all churches are doing in taking the gospel to the remote places one of the main resolutions of the day was passed unanimously by the presbytery and also confirmed by the unanimous vote of about 400 people at the evening open session it is as fol lows we the members and friends of the halton presbytery assembled commend the government of ontario upon their position with regard to liquor advertising and the efforts that are being made to enforce the liquor control act in gen eral we do however view with alarm the deplorable conditions arising out of the opening of beverages rooms for the freer sale of wine and beer this- condition is revealed 1 in the decrease of legitlmatebusl- ness such as the sale of milk ice cream and other wholesome food products 2 in the rapidly increasing number of traffic accidents 3 the very evident increase of drunk eness 4 the fact which we view with very great anxiety that so many of our youths both boys and girls are fre quenting these toeveragc rqoms we would urgg all our people in local option territory to jealously safeguard that advantage and if possible in places where it does not obtain to take steps a selection of news items married in acton a quiet but pretty wedding was solem nized at the manse acton on september 29th by thepastor rev h l bennie m a when christina tene second youngest daughter qf mr and mrs wm mcarthur acton became the bride of howard scott youngest son of mrs wm scott and the late wrn erin a ennaway boat saturday night as an automobile was proceeding east through acton with a boat mounted on a trailer in tow the connection of the trailer broke and the trailer with its boat went out of control it crashed into another car parked on mill street and was stopped thus from going through the front- window of irishmans billiard rooms the rear end of the boat was stove in and the fender of the car rather badly bent no one was injured united church anniversary anniversary services for the acton united church are announced for sun day next october 14th when rev w- b caswell b a of oakville will be the special speaker anniversary music by the choir will also be a feature of both the morning and evening service it is the tenth anniversary of the united church and the eightyninth of the old church the usual interdenomin ational courtesy will be shown and the service of knox church withdrawn in the morning and the baptist service in the evening plays presented the shakespearean plays the tam ing of the shrew and macbeth were presented in the town hall on tuesday evening by the richardson shakespear ean players to a wellfilled house dif ferent scenes from these wellknown plays were presented the plays were presented under the auspices of the literary society of the high school and the high school staff are very grateful to all those who assisted the school by attending between the various scenes piano solos were rendered by margaret harrison and beryl mcleod acton l o i has lodge visitors on wednesday october 10th the guelph degree team of l ol no 1331 visited acton l o l no 467 and- ex emplified the orange degree three candidates were initiated there were also visitors present from oakville aud glenwilliams lodges the room being filled with the large number present after the initiation several of the brothers gave brief addresses chief amongst them being wor county master bro w evans oakville wor county master bro j given of guelph past county master bro simpson guelph also several past masters of the various lodges a hearty vote of thanks to the degree team and visitors was accorded the work of the team was most iugtily spokeri of an excellent lunch was serv ed by the local lodge the singing of the national anthem closed a very suc cessful evening the lodge has made fine progress during the year actons oldest couple- mr and mrs william williams who this week remoyed to toronto and will reside in the city removed to toronto mr and mis williams who have been residents of acton for 59 years presentations by i o o f and neighbors presbyterian young peoples conference to secure it help for the west an appeal is being made for a carload of provisions to be shipped from acton u the need for assistance in western canada is still very urgent again this year the dry weather has left many families destitute and wholly dependent upon the generosity of the east on thursday and friday october 18th and 19th the united churches of this district have arranged for a car of pro visions to be loaded at acton station while the arrangements for the car have been sponsored toy the united church contributions are invited and requested of everyone who desires to assist the distribution in the west is made without regard of the denomination of the recip ients and solely on the basis of the greatest need everyone is therefore urged to contri bute as much as possible of foodstuffs to make up this carload and help those in the stricken sections of the west potatoes apples turnips groceries pro visions and foodstuffs of all klnd8 arc required no clothing can be sent in this car 7 chartered banks will assist new invest ors in refunding loan for the particular convenience of new investors who wish to subscribe in modest amounts for the bonds of the 1934 re funding loan the chartered banks have agreed with the dominion government to loan up to 75 of the par value of bonds purchased by new investors for example a 100 bond may be purchased with a deposit of 25 a 500 bond with a deposit of 125 and a 1000 bond with a deposit of 250 in each case the balance of payments may be spread over periods up to six months and the bank will carry the bonds at 4 interest st albans young people organize the opening meeting of st albans a y p a was held last week in the parish hall it wosdeclded to ic-organ- lze as a chartered branch of the a y p a a charter to be applied for im mediately the following officers were elected for lhc coming year honorary president rev e brillin- ger honorary vicepresidents mrs rit chie mr lowrle prcsidentmj prest vicepresident miss lillian perry secretary miss olive rookes treasure mr h rogers scribe miss esther taylor on tuesday evening at eight oclock the members of the a y p a held their first regular meeting in the parishjaall two groups were chosen to be under the joint leadership of a barbara taylor and harry ware b rcnetta waller and r hoyle mr j p scarrow donat- d 109 to pay for the charter necessary to the a y p a after the business of the meeting games were played andjbrampton finally lunch was served these meet ings are to take place every tuesday at eight oclock and will be in charge of the two groups a and b on monday mr and mrs william wil liams removed to toronto to reside where their son mr heber williams and soninlaw and daughter mr and mis thos kilty are now resident mr and mrs williams are actons oldest couple they are 86 years of age and jojo christmas next will have been married for sixtyfive years few indeed are the couples who are spared to each other lor such a span of years they have resided in acton for 59 years com ing here from bowmanville for over thirtyfive years mr williams was in the boot and shoe business in acton retiring several years ago friends here wish them joy and comfort in the new home in the city and among the members of the family it is hoped that they will be able to visit acton quite frequently mr williams was also one of the old est oddfellows in the province fifty- eight years ago he was one of the first seven to join acton lodge i o o f when it was formed mr williams re calls that five of those first candidates were dr mcgarvin john and william wlnlow- and jas mclam and himself the other two candidates he could not recall last thursday evening his brethren of the three links order paid a surprise visit to the home and presented mr williams with a set of gold cuff linksn mr r m macdonald made the address and mr e coles the presentation of these emblems the aged brother made a very appropriate reply thanking the order for the remembrance on saturday evening the neighbors called at the home of mr and mrs wm williams on lake avenue to say good bye and wish them all happiness in their hew abode in toronto a table lamp was presented to them and the following address read ve ipour neigrrrjbrs have come to wish you all health and all blessing in your new home in toronto you have been with us many years and we shall miss you all in the dally round of life we bring you this gift and may it ever be a remembrance of your friends on lake and park avenue acton may gods blessing be with you all signed on behalf bf the neighbors minnie z bennett elizabeth patterson mr williams and mr t kilty feel ingly expressed their thanks after singing for they are jolly good fellows the neighbors regretfully bade farewell to this worthy family the senior members of whom have had the unique experience of sixtyfive years of married life together fiftynine of which have been spent in acton mr and mrs williams were the oldest couple in attendance at acton fair this year and carried off tho prize offered bath are enjoying a fair measure of good health and are able to be about dally mr williams will be missed on the street each morning as rarely indeed did he mfes his morning walk uptown interesting and inspirational sessions held for three days during the week in toronto the first orsartw presbyterian young peoples conference was held in knox church toronto on the 6th 7th and 8th of october the conference opened on saturday afternoon with the pre sident mr ernest woodie of toronto lri the chair discussion groups were very ably handled by various leaders of young peoples work in the evenings very enjoyable banquet was held in the round room of eatons college street greetings were received from all the presbyteries and mr richard stewart president of the paris young- peoples society was toastmaster at 830 the delegates assembled again in knox church to hear a very in spirational address by principal f scott mackenzie of montreal college greet ings were brought from the city of tor onto by controller simpson the an glican young peoples association the baptist young peoples union the chris tian endeavor and various other societies on sunday morning at nine oclock communion was held in knox college chapel and was conducted by dr stuart c parker of st andrews church tor onto at eleven oclock the moderator of the general assembly dr j s shortt preached at the 114th anniversary service of knox church the delegates again assembled in the af ternoon and the worship service was held by kenneth saundersof the sarnia presbytery dr andrew s grant gave an address deepening the spiritual life and afterwards discussion groups were again held the final session of the conference was held on monday morning with cameron mctaggart of london in the chair the presentation of group find ings was given and these were reviewed by dr w m kannawin a group photograph was taken and a very inter esting demonstration ofrecreational methods was given by rev h m coulter of brampton the final reports of the business committees were given and the conference adjourned about onethirty the afternoon was left open to the delegates for a 1 ugby game at the varsiiy stadium or a bus tour of the city the theme of this first provincial presbyterianconference was study to show thyself approved unto god a workman that ncedeth not to be asham ed council occupied 011 building details drinking fountain to be removed from post office to new build ing clerk to sign deed for land the regular fortnightly meeting of the council was held in the council cham ber on tuesday evening councillors s m lasby evan jones and w a lasby were present with reeve thet- ford in the chair moved by w a lasby seconded by evan jones that the twentyfirst report of the finance committee be adopted and accounts as follows be paid general account c spires cleaning streets etc 75 geo cowie repairing road grader 75 provincial treasurer annual sinking fund payment 15091 h p lawson supplies- for streets and walks 160 king mceachern supplies for fire truck 460 acton public utilities commis sion street lighting 14807 acton public utilities commis sion town hall lighting 347 acton public utilities commis sion power at pump house 75 acton public utilities commis sion light water and bulbs at arena 2986 acton public utilities commis sion power at pump 1924 j b mackenzie son supplies for sidewalks etc 7213 r m macdonald welfare treasurer funds received from provincial treasurer for direct relief 899 georgetown lumber company cement 4402 w d c talbot supplies etc 3078 51652 muray memorial account robt johnson hauling bricks 3360 l e atkinson hauling bricks 2400 james k gardiner stiver trowel 1450 e perryman cleaning brick 13000 j b mackenzie son on contract 100000 cooksvllle brick co bricks 5900 john nlcol corner stone 80 40 news of acton and the district haltons agricultural representative changed a g klrstlne for a number of years agricultural representative for halton county has been retired and j e whitelock of the department of agri culture toronto has been appointed as his successor both are graduates of the ontario agricultural college n j fires interfere with other events at georgetown on saturday evening the firemen had a call to a chlmneyifirc just as the crowd was leaving the fair grounds at milton on monday after noon a fire in the downtown section interupted the ball game and impeded traffic as the fans were leaving the town two and a half pound potato geo w beardlore passes away acton oddfellows attended district gathering a number of members of acton lodge i o o f attended the district gather ing held in georgetown the initiatory degree was exemplified in a most com- mcndiblc manner by the past grands of the djstrlct following the degree work the members sat down to a banquet xhe speakers were bro past grand cors- caden of toronto who was present owing to the illness of grand master black and bro thornton g w of brampton presided musical numbers were supplied by a quartette from toronto d d g m w thompson of bro r splelvogel acton violin solo and bros c lonsborough and h salnsbury both members of the first prize band at toronto national ex hibition rendered a comet duett i o o f installation officers from brampton perform this ccrcnjony in acton lodge an tuesday evening the installation of officers of acton i o o f no 204 took place on tuesday evening d d g m thompson and his staff of past grands of brampton were in charge of this ceremony of ficers installed were p g e coles 1 n g chas landsborough v g g babcock rec sec f kennedy fin sec and treas r m macdon ald warden c crlpps conductor h w hlnton chaplain h l ritchie r ss jas wilds l s s v b rumley r s n g j mcarthur l s n g jas dobbie i g w coleman o g w beavers l s v g b rachlin n r s v g g smith following the ceremony a luncheon was served and a social time held by lodge members and visitors an eight- piece orchestra supplied music during the evening the visitors were p g haines p q mitchell ip q heatley p a mccul- lough p o wilson p o hoole p a cannons 135110 a letter was presented from f l wright secretary of the acton branch of the canadian legion reque5ting the council to procure their poppy wreatn from them the council ordered the usual wreath and gave permission to the committee to secure the usual printing the matter of insurance for the mur ray memorial y m c a building was brought up this was left in the hands of councillor w a lasby and reeve thetford nothing has been done as yet about the baseball diamond which is to be fixed up the streets and walks of the town arc to be patched up it was moved by w a lasby and seconded by s m lasby that the drink ing fountain be removed from in front of the post office to a position in front of the y m c a provided the consent and approval of the womens institute to such removal is obtained and that such consent and approval be requested immediately carried a motion was passed empowering the reeve and treasurer to pay small ac counts of the murray- memorial building fund between council meetings limiting the amount to 5000 a letter from lachlan mcmillan ex pressing thanks for the flowers and letter of sympathy sent his father was re ceived and read r a motion was put through empower ing the clerk to sign the deed of the public utilities commission property and to pay them the purchase price agreed upon the deed was to be made in the name of the corporation of acton the chief of police was instructed to take the account of the western hos pital toronto for an indigent arid col lect the list of arrears of taxes was gone over and a number marked for court proceedings each owner who was three years in arrears was to be notified that they were liable for ai tax sale mr d mcdougall brought in a mammoth doole potato on tuesday morning that weighed exactly two and a half pounds there was only the one potato in the hill and the stock was a healthy one one side of the spud bears a striking resemblance to a human facj the two eyes and nose are quite prom inent even if not in good alignment the potato is- on exhibition in the free press window v building report the splendid weatherof the past wee- has enabled good progress to be made on the murray memorial y m c a building a staff of eight bricklayers are at work and the walls will reach sufficient height next week to enable the placing of the joists for the second floor it is expected that the second floor will be started very soon the brick work and the artistic design of the front have been the subject of mucfl favorable comment and general satis faction is expressed as the building pro gresses the weaverball wedding in toronto bloor street united church toronto was the scene of a quiet wedding at noon on saturday when frances eliza beth younger daughter of mrs ida n and the late thomas c ball of st catharines became the bride of bruce douglas weaver b a only son of mr and mrs l h weaver of dunnviue the bride who was given in marriage by her brother james c ball of london was gowned in shell pink triple sheer and wore a corsage boucniet of white catteleya orchids and lily-of-the- valley mr and mrs weaver will reside in toronto w m s addressed by african missionary the womens missionary society of the united church held their monthly meeting last evening when the president mrs j w barberee was in charge mrs c l poole led in prayer and mrs annie johnson read the scriptures mothers of salem wasfr a vocal selection given by six girls of he mission band and christina and maiion nlcol rendered a duett the feature of the evening was an address by rev mr banfleld jf the british and foreign mlssionarysoclcty who travelled for thirty years in central africa especially in the congo basin mr banfleld showed beautifully colored pictures- of african village life of thelr savage customs arid later showed how successfully the missionaries were chris tianizing central africa mr banfleld said that uganda was one of the most promising mission fields in the world today for many years head of the beardmore co had been in falling health since august george walthen beardmore of tor onto for many years head of the beard more leather industries whose plants are located at acton died at wellesley hospital in thecity last night in his 84th year he had been in failing health since august he was a frequent visitor to acton and the plants here during former years when he was more actlmly associated with the company h was born in hamilton educated at upper canada college and felstead grammar school essex england he embarked on a commercial career and until within the last few years was ac tively connected with the leather trade to its various ramifications he was one of the founders and a director of the national life assurance co of canada and at one period a director of the canadian general electric co he wageneroustotn aegreetoupper canada college and founded several prizes for general proficiency in the school in 1887 the year of queen vic torias golden jubilee he was president of st georges society and proved a regal host at its several functions from that time until the present year he never missed attending the annual cele bration of st georges day he was a bachelor and an anglican his chief recreations were riding to hounds golf and entertaining his friends he is survived by two sisters mrs h j flsk and miss helen beardmore meadowvale two brothers alfred o beardmore toronto and frederick beardmore montreal col torrance beardmore and gordon beardmore tor onto are nephews and mrs gordon mackenzie paris france a niece township cqnstable resigns no successor has yet been appointed in eramosa township co- operation given u the poppy fund sentenced for theft in district magistrate bulls court in milton albert c trimble arthur dick son and henry mcglbbon of guelph were found guilty of burglarizing robert bells service station in milton on sep tember 2nd lost and each was sentenced to one year determinate and one year indeterminate in the ontario reforma tory at guelph they had already been sentenced in police court there to terms of one year in the ontario reformatory i the evening heal digester doctor you have something radic ally wrong with your digestive organs patient well considering my four daughters are learning to cook it is hardly to be wondered at two highway accidents two accidents occurred last friday evening on the highway between rock- wood and guelph within two hun dred yards dr r l mahoney and orton redmond both of guelph were the most seriously injured dr ma- honeys car driven by his sister miss doris mahoney figured in a collision with another automobile owned and driven by robert moore also- of guelph the crash occurred almost in the centre of the road and the damage to the auto mobiles was almost identical both being smashed on the left front fender and axle dr mahoney with severe cuts about the head was the most seriously injured his mother mrs r mahoney was injured about the neck and leg3 while r dunbar fatherirlaw of mr moore and a passenger in his car re ceived head injuries which did not how ever require his removal to hospital mr redmond was walking on the highway wh6n he was knocked down by a machine driven by h m taylor walmer road toronto mr redmond had run out of gasoline and was walking back from the farm house with a quantity of motor fuel in a wash basin when the car proceed ing in the same direction struck him with v right front fender another car was coming from the opposite direc tion at the time both accidents occur red within two hundred yards near the halfway house on the highway the council for the township of era mosa met on october 9th at 130 in the town hall rockwood present reeve sims mclean in the chair coun cillors albert lush j a stewart and john hindley mr john henderson tendered his re signation as constable explaining that other duties would not permit proper attention to the office the resigna tion was accepted and no action was taken regarding a successor a bylaw was passed on motion of messrs lush and stewart confirming the new arrangements regarding pay ment of taxes messrs fred l wright and h j gib bons were present seeking the coopera tion of council with the acton and rockwood branch of the canadian legion in the interests of the poppy fund and the remembrance day ser- vice a grant of 1500 was made to the poppy fund on motion of messrs stewart and hindley the county treasurer was authorized to pay over any monies stand ing to the credit of the township to the township treasurer a letter from the wellington fish and game protective association was ordered to be filed accounts amounting to 38945 were passed for payment and council ad journed to november 12th corning events announcements of meetings con certs or other events under this heading arc charged 10 cents per line with a minimum charge for any announcement of 25c the acton womens institute will hold a euchre and dance in acton town hal on tuesday november 20th the carolina jubilee singers will fulfil their second engagement in acton on thursday november 15th in the united church keep this date open the marlon players present the three- act comedy quarantine in acton town hall thursday october 18 under the allspices of st josephs players anniversary services anniversary services will be held in the united church georgetown on sun day october 14th services will be con ducted by rev w g wallace d u formerly of bloor st united church toronto the choir will be augumented by the donmount male quartette and mrs r mclcay on monday october 15th a hot supper will be served by the ladles at 630 p m program at 8 oclock provided by kew beach united church choir god medalists toronto exhibition 1933 assisted by reader and pianist admission to supper and program adults 35c children 20c everybody welcome kfeyl