The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

gpfa- f2pkvixv jvtfjom ss sixtietfi yearno 18 acton ontario thusday november jst 1934 eight homeprint pages five cents various items of local interest soldiers grave marked the canadian government has erect ed the usual soldiers monument over the grave of sergt w j stuckey whose body is interred in fairview cemetery the stone is of neat design and suitably marks this soldiers grave happy days are here again its been many a day since an assort ment of whiskey gin and beer battles could be collected to embellish the front of the fan press office on halloween night however the year 1934 marked the backward trend to the old bar room days and a small collection was rounded up and duly placed last even ing we presume by next year at the present rate of consumption a much better showing will be available and just like the other days too all of them were empty wemean the bottles w m s sunday night service on sunday night the womens mis- waterworks account transfers l0tf000 to the general account of the corporation supplies etc for new building are ordered girls conference splendid addresses feature fifth annual event in milton under the halton district womens institute auspices at the meeting of the public utilities commission last evening commissioners l g king b j kerr and reeve e thetford presiding the secretary was by motion in structed to pay the following accounts hydro department h n farmer drawing deed 400 c n r and transports express 2 15 sangamo co ltd supplies eose ohearn ltd supplies 117 98 mcdonald electric ltd supplies 24 07 chas spires labor 9 30 bank of mpntreal revenue stamps 3 00 j c matthews postage the fifth girls conference under the auspices of the halton district womens institute was held in milton last satur day with the district president mrs wm dowdy presiding assisted by mrs oeorge agnew first vicepresident and- winter sport thats not typical of acton considered that previously only ave hours wrs mfittv sflcretarv- treasurer the nlnnp hilt vnilll flnri h camn in hnrf hpfn ivit thrviivli umh wov 1nna mrs merry secretarytreasurer the conference was well attended by both senior and junior members of the branches following an address of welcome by the president and a reply by miss mary hunter norval miss florence eadle 53 qqsuperintendent of the junior depart ment of the womens institute gave a splendid address good health should be the first requisite for grow- just a little line of hockey gossip brought on by the first touches of winter and the lack of other news items brickwork complete r fart of bool is also finished wiring and numbing work keeping apace with other progress a skift of snow and a bit of frost are with the last course of brick to lay yesterday afternoon theshowers forced i the workmen to cease work on the new i the halloween socials of week u f y p o presbyterian and united churches young peoples society pro vide events all that are needed to start hockey fansl mca building but no complaint getting up a real enthusiasm about thesfor weather can be made when it is news of acton and the district alone but youll find the same in any bad been lost through wet weather since town with a hockey team the brickwork was started the first down in oakville it isnt necessary to nne day today the brickwork is corn- even have the snow or atmosphere be- pleted and the cut stone coping placed cause for almost a month the sport on the wall scribe there has been warming up to the 5neetlng on gy roo t c t s has been almost flnlshed is ready that oakville will play senior a hockey for tne rooiers to g work tile this year they have last years team stecl glrders m m r00 over toe with the exception of swayze cy allen hau have been put m place and au said miss eadie t hi t p t i m rea for the carpenters to frame said miss eadie r will play with the lakeside boys tne rooi on tne last oi the bulld this year but oakville and acton wont 10 00 mg gitis good looks good posture and j mee this year in the series our sym- good temper follow in its train health pathies arc extended to the oakville tag inside the building the electric wiring v f y f o haliioween social the actondale u f y p o club held a halloween social in the parish hall acton on friday limehouse orchestra supplied the music for the dance everyone in costume paraded the hall tj be judged which was a very difficult task the judges awarded the prizes to the foliowing best dressed lady flora sayers best dressed gent mr fred an thony best dressed child jackie stewart most ridiculous costume bob mar shall arthur mckeown then led the group are simple and easy to follow and record were going to miss all those on tile eround floor and in the gymna- in games waterworks department there is no better aid to beauty than n things about acton this year i eium nas been completed work is now lunch was served and the remainder slonary society of the united church ztl m ply to the commissioners letter re- had charge of the evening service mrs dorsey of hamilton gave a splendid missionary address on the oriental home of the united church in victoria b c her outline of the work of the society among the orientals on the coast proved interesting and inspiring another fea ture of the service was a twelvepiece orchestra under the direction of mr c w mason which led in the service of praise the anthem by the choir was praise the lord injnpred when thrown from horse thrown from her horse as she was leaving glencalrn stables on sunday afternoon miss joan brown palmer avenue oakville was seriously injured about the back she was taken to the toronto general hospital her condi tion is said to be satisfactory miss brown was leaving the stables on what was to have been her last ride of the season when her horse shied and she fell backwards to the ground receiving injuries which necessitated her removal to the hospital miss brown had been a constant rider during the summer but heretofore her trips had been with out mishap bannockburn club on friday evening october 19th a meeting of the bannockburn bustlers club was held in the schoolhouse bill mcdonald was appointed chairman and kae beckett secretary for the evening officers were elected for the coming year as follows president stan morrison vicepresident laura wiley secretary w j mcdonald treasurer wm moffat executive alleen clarridge mrs jas mann hoy young pianist dorothy clarridge assistant pianist mrs wm mccul lough reporter k m beckett 121 cars from east to west seventeen carloads of mixed fruit and vegetables left ontario monday for the relief areas of saskatchewan w w champ chairman of the saskatchewan voluntary rural relief committee said on tuesday bringing the total contri bution of fruit and vegetables from on tario this year to 121 cars which is 39 carloads more than during all of last year the committee is confident of a total of 175 cars from the eastern pro vince mondays quota brings the total carloads of produce contributed to sas katchewan drought areas to 227 cars last j ear 279 cars mere received for the year they are the best produce we have received mr champ said refer ring to ontario contributions this year from british columbia have come ship ments of apples and fruit contributions continue to arrive frontall the provinces of canada ontario being the heaviest donor trafalgar mans hens score double victory w s hall trafalgar township poul try breeder has swept the field at the 15th annual egg laying contest con ducted by the dominion experimental farms ottawa according to advice re ceived there his pen ofwfeite leghorns taking first place his pen of barred rocks placing third and one of his barred rocks took down individual honors as the best out of 117 birds registered winning 24247 points for 2 242 eggs mr halls leghorns won by a margin of 96 5 ponits over the second place pen owned by o w grant of moose creek while third place barred rocks were close up with a total of 2260 3 mr halls winning bird in the individual contest led the field for the final 16 weeks of the contest to finish with a total of 304 points tor 270 eggs one hundred and seventeen birds quali fied for the contest representing poultry farms from all over canada and the performance of mr halls entries is regarded as a notable one last year the trafalgar township breeder was well up leading the field on several occasions but ttils is the first time that his birds hare aoored such a sweeping victory in the new gardhng electric outlets etc building a letter from the acton welfare board expressed the- thanks of the board and especially the assistance of miss speight the secretary in handling through the office the work of the welfare board in acton the list of arrears were checked and arrangements made for their disposi tion the secretary was by motion in structed to transfer 1000 from the waterworks account to the general ac count of the corporation the superlnendent was instructed to secure the transformers necessary for installing the service at the y m c a building the secretary asked instructions for of the evening was spent in dancing knox loung people guild a very enjoyable halloween social hydro depart power at spring 35 52 good health young girls like pretty fergus didnt count very high in the being done in the basement and is near- a letter from the clerk was read in thlnes and they uke to iook pretty local 6rup last year but proved a good m completion the wiring on the themselves but it isnt necessary to use bunch of sports looks as if theyve second floor cannot be done until the lipstick and rouge give nature a decided that they 11 not trail the group roof te framed chance and she will look after your make- 1 this vear no less an authnrltv thin m up girls should bo healthconsciou i the newtnecod say 1 years l p tl ate have held b the youn pe0 health is a precious jewel to be guarded lsantlndds j t b v and protected but this cannot be done white id myung from richmond i h p tv f t flgu gambolled without practise any more than you can hill a chadwick tom lotdon 7 bou f t e ta age hall6we custom a learn music without practising hard mmcoreg from owen sound reid ri t t v t srcat vahety costumes e it what we get we must work for- from tagarj f xrr tfrom toron f f itl p d means casy taik things dont just happen sometimes j t3 evlx from harmon btlef the the 1ucky we fail in what we undertake because hamilton and atkinson from nobody we dont work bard enough miss eva chisholm gave a splendid paper on her trip to chicago in 1933 awarded to the highest girl in the judg ing competition at the afternoon session mrs donald mclennan fergus gave a most inspir ing address on the spiritual need in a young girls life her direct and earnest appeal to the young girls met with a knows where fergus is certainly going to have plenty to choose from when it comes to getting its allotment of trans fers of players from the o h a of course guelph we mean the city is anxious to get into intermediate hoc- arrangements were made this week to halloween costumes carry the water from the shower baths brownlow and ted hansen mrs into the town drainage system and thereby facilitate the disposal of the most of the water used about the build ing the heating equipment being installed key and wants to be grouped with acton is of the latest improved type and in- geprgetown fergus and preston the eludes- an automatic condensation pump o a c the veterinary college and the reformatory will likely supply all the issuing fees expenses etc in connec tion with the transfer of the lot from pression the commission to the corporation the ashgrove choir gave several the purchase of lighting fixtures for numhers while cello solos by miss bird the new offices was briefly discussed but accompanied by mrs wright both of ready response and there is no doubt lmports for the clt team and out cf her impresstxfi words left a lasting lm- the 2 population a fair team ought to be scraped together to match up with was left over for later consideration presentation friends and neighbors of mrs john marin and miss helena mann remember them as thoyl depart from neigh borhood friends and neighbors gathered on tuesday evenmg with mrs john mann and miss helena mann to bestow tokens of friendship ere they left to make their home in acton mrs mann and miss f wor helena were presented with a silver tea service and silver butter dish and the following address bespoke the esteem in which they were held by all ashgrove were repeatedly encored miss ethel chapman editor of the parmer toronto gave many helpful suggestions in regard to the intellectual interests of young girls miss chapman stressed the importance of good books but warned the girls against becoming i ellglbie for junior hockevp howeverp a drugged by reading that is reading wlu play some jumor when they should be doing something thcre are rumors of amalgama else w j tion its said that georgetown and mr a graeme kirstine former agrp- 1 milton haven t sufficient material for an cultural representative who had done intermed ate team and the players will such splendid work with the young likely cast in their lot with acton as people of the county in the past thank- j being their nearest intermediate centre ed them for their past cooperation and j the acton junior team will be weak- wished them every success in their ened by some of the older bojs stepping to return the water to the boiler the most modern valves and arrangements for efficient heating are also included throughout the building consideration is being given to the these other centres who have a 2 000 special lighting fixtures on the front of population and no government support the building that will not only light up but to get back to the acton team the street but will also floodlight the all of last years team with the excep- entire front of the building tlon of alnslee are at home ready to take the ice from the junior ranks i marshall marzo morton and byrne will likely make the faster company this year and play some game with the intermediates some of them are still best character costume mr ted russell best dressed couple mrs h main- prize and mrs f blow after a ghost walk games and con tests were enjoyed in the basement the halloween lunch consisted of hot dogs and coffee and singsongs among the notable events miss i bruce received a box of kisses from mr bennie the president then closed the meeting with the mizpah benediction advertising the subject at meeting of i o d e in milton miss stoaklcy makes this subject a very interesting one dear mrs mann and helena we your friends and neighbors are gathered here tonight to say farewell to you before your departure from our midst it is not pleasant for old and beloved friends to have to separate but time changes condi tions in all our lives you mrs mann have lived here all your lite and being one of the longest residents of this distric have seen a great many changes many people have corner and gone and among them you have acquired a great many friends we would also like you helena to know how much we have appreci ated your willingness to help at all times to one and all you both have endeared yourselves with your acts of kindness and your generous hos pitality although we will miss your presence in the community you are not going so very far and we feel that in you we will still have kindly and sympathetic friends we ask you to accept this token in remembrance of your bannock burn friends and as you use it may you always think of your pleasant asoociationo in this community signed on behalf of your friends and neighbors mr and mrs wm mccullough mr and mrs d d morrison mr and mrs a g clarridge up and its doubtful if its advisable for vertisin women was the guest speaker a vote of thanks to the three guest i acton to enter a junior team in the advertising so cleverly presented and o h a georgetown has a likely bunch dealt wlth by the s p an of juniors and acton and milton players tatwestine and absorbing subject hallowte en at united y p s tuesday evening at the young peoples meeting of the united church a gay party took part in the halloween social event there was a good attend ance with over sixty appearing in cos tume the prize lor the best lady was won by marion leslie best gent howard swit- er and best comic mrs j adamson a variety of games and contests made a splendid social evening miss the october meeting of the john tena nicol won the prize for guessing milton chapter i o d e was held at the names of most of the masqueraders the home of mrs m e gowland with j on the program mr blng ramsden uje regent mrs palmer book presid- i rendered a sasaphone solo and messrs tog members of the peel regiment j ramsden and parkinson a saxaphone chapter were present and miss mabel duett miss jessie young was accom- stoakley one of canada s foremost ad- i panbt mr gordon ramsden gave readings and messrs g masales r parkinson and norman gibson gave a speakers was moved by miss hazel booth oakville and seconded by miss isabel tovell palermo mrs clarke thanked the district executive for invit ing the senior members of the branches to be present community singing brought a happy day to a successful close prominent business man dies may cast in their lot with that town to make a good entry in the junior series of course definite decision in these matters rests with the decision of the annual hockey meeting and the officers appointed we pass it on only as gossip hockey club annual meeting george ii tyndall business manager of mcleans died of carbon monoxide poisoning native of everton george herbert tyndall 80 chaplin intermediate team will be entered in o ii a but acton will have no junior team this year president j m mcdonald conducted the annual meeting of acton hockey crescent toronto business manager of cmb hew m qle council chmmb last maclean publications was jound dead tog was a good attendaaco i and keen interest throughout officers were elected as follows the program for the social evening spent with mr mann and her daugh ter was in charge of mr a g clar ridge and opened with singing blest be the tie that binds readings were given by miss beckett and miss elva wylle instrumental selection by melvin mccullough solo by wm mcdonald duett by mr clarridge and miss alleen clarridge jj the address was read by mrs mccullough and the presentations made by mrs morrison and mrs clar ridge brief speeches were made by several of the neighbors who expressed appreciation of the nelghborllness and friendliness of mrs mann and miss mann and regret at their removal from the community of carbon monoxide poisoning in the front scat of his motor car behind the closed doors of his garage monday night a note addressed to his wife was in one of his pockets son of mrs mary and the late george l tyndall he was born at everton wellington county just 60 years ago educated at guelph and wrote his first advertisement for g b ryan co of guelph he went to western canada and for several years was advert sing manager of moose jaw morning news he later held a similar position on the leaderpost in reglna sask he returned to toronto in 1917 and joined the maclean organization in 1921 he was appointed advertising man ager of macleans magazine and three years later when the chatelaine was brought out he had charge of its ad vertising matter also he was a member of deer park united church of cathedral lodge a f and a m of the scottish rite and rameses temple mystic shrine also of the board of trade of the granite and weston golf clubs for two years he was president of the magazine publishers association and for five years president of oriole park way ratepayers association of which he was one of the founders he is survived by hte wife kathleen f tyndall his mother and four sisters mrs harry morgan everton mrs l v overland mrs w h bunt and mrs k a grahtrall of toronto president dr e j nelson first vicepresidentw d talbot second vicepresident b bayllss secretary h i g fraser treasurer w k graham executive committee h holmes jr l walters and joe kentner the meeting decided that an inter mediate hockey team would be entered n the o h a again this year it was also decided that a junior team would not be placed in the o h a groupufals year a number of last years junwts wil move up to the intermediate class thfe jear and the junior ranks are pretty well depleted training will start at once with the team to get the boys round into condi tion before the season opens prospects for a good intermediate entry look pretty good with plenty of players striving for a place on the team a committee of messrs wm burton r morton j greer and f gibbons were appointed to make arrangements for a minstrel show to be put on for chib funds when we realize said miss stoak- ley that we sleep on advertised mat tresses under advertised blankets rise in the morning to use an advertised bath eat an advertised cereal and drink advertised tea or coffee then it just proves how large a place modern adver tising occupies in our everyday life the first advertising of which we have any record dates from the phar aohs when one man is said to have put up a notice about ills jinaway slave early phoenicians wishing to trade used to light huge bonfires wherever they pitched camp thereby attracting natives for miles around who naturally came running to the spot according to an old legend a certain german had the alphabet carved in separate letters one day his wife in spiteful mood dropped all the letters into a dye vat the man rescued them and placed them upside down to dry when they were lifted the imprint of each letter was clearly seen and thus priming originated it was later lm- vocal trio driver not blamed for death of norval child accident termed unavoidable rinding that the death of helen bonner sixyearold daughter of mr and mrs roger bonner norval was an unavoidable accident a brampton cor onet s jury found that no blame in the child s death could be attached to harold e tylor toronto orto robert peters sixth avenue new toronto on the afternoon of october 3rd peters driving east through norval on the no 7 highway stopped and gave five school children amongst them the dead child a lift along the road the bonner child asked to be let out of his car at her home near the top of the east hill outside the village peters said he stopped his car let her out and pro ceeded he was horrified when looking into the rear vision mirror of his car he saw the child lying on the road asked whether he had seen tylors car west bound when he stopped he proved and developed until now we find said that he thought that tylor was the press our greatest advertising about a quarter of a mile away when medium he noticed it again it was quite close modern advertising according to the pet tylor and other witnesses agreed common idea has increased the cost tnat tne s t car n teen about of manufactured goods but actually it thk evening meal digestkb t policeman a man acting suspicious ly in the bank whats he doing lhes two cashiers and had the manager tied typ when i left i has lowered the cost in 1933 50- 000000 was spent on advertising in papers and magazines it is advertising that really determines what we shall eat wear travel read or drink with out advertising there would be very few magazines because it is the revenue from advertising that pays for the publica tion of most papers magazines and periodicals advertising agencies are a protection to the public because they stand behind the goods they advertise through their activities iptrhs become illegal for anyone to word an advertisement in such a manner as to be misleading or fraudulent music by miss molly hately was much appreciated and a bouquet of mums was presented to miss stoakley by little helen thompson dainty refreshments were a delightful social hour en members and guests over th 35 miles an hour dr j a lawson coroner in examin ing peters admonished him for not warning the child of the approaching car you should have looked after that child dr lawson said you picked that child up and she was in your care i never thought of an accident peters replied tylor and reginald rumscy toronto a passenger in his car said that the little girl darted out from behind the peters motor just as peters moved off tylor stated that he did not observe the child until it was too late to avoid a collision she was struck by the left front fender of the car and dashed to the pavement her skull fractured and her neck broken joe popovltch 40 dodds avenue tor onto witnessed the accident and cor roborated tylors description of the ac cident tylor thought that the little girl was dead when he ran from bis car and picked her up witness said that bis car recovering nicely all are glad to hear of the continued progress of william buchanan son of andy buchanan bower avenue who was seriously injured when accidentally shot last week although the bullet went right through the body and pierced the lung the lad continues to make satisfactory progress and it is hoped will make a complete recovery redecorated the interior of the post office and customs office in acton is undergoing a thorough redecorating and painting throughout walls and ceilings have all been repainted and woodwork and trim mings and floors have been rcvamished the appearance is greatly brightened and improved and actons splendid gov ernment building looks much the better of this work baptist anniversary the baptist church will celebrate the ninetysecond anniversary on sunday nov with service at 11 00 and 7 00 dr h l macnelll of mcmaster university will be the special speaker of the day the choir will render special music and will be assisted by mr edgar bailey baritone soloist of hamilton the usual interdenominational courtesy will be observed with the united church withdrawing their service in the morn ing and the presbyterian church in the evening brampton fair to cut prize winnings after consideration at a meeting in brampton on saturday night directors of the county of peel agricultural society agreed that prize moneys award ed to successful exhibitors will have to be cut 25 per cent to assist in equalizing the finances of the society for the year- gate receipts were 108 lower than those of last year and concession payments- were not as high although on the actual two days of the exhibition the society made 400 the fact that yearly obligations in the form of taxes and interest payments exist rto the amount of 700 would produce a debit balance for the society of nearly 500 since the j ear was begun with a debit balance of 200 oakville factory building sold dr chase medicine company of tor onto has purchased the uncompleted factory and office building erected at oakville by heaters of canada limited the amount of the purchase price is not stated the new purchasers will spend about 20000 on the bujding and grounds immediately the deal was handled by t a jarvis of oakville and it is understood that the chose com pany will not occupy the building until it has sold its present office building at toronto it is planned to move the office and factory staff out from the city this consists of about 25 girls in the factory and 10 office employees plans for work on the building include the improvement of the grounds it is the intention of the new purchasers to make the grounds something of a show place mo agricultural course for oakville as announced in our columns last week an open meeting to decide whether ornotto proceed with the organization of the proposed three months schools in agriculture and home economics was held in the auditorium of the oakville high school on friday evening last brief addresses were made by reeve currle of esqueslng deputyreeve hall of trafalgar both members of the agri cultural committee of the county coun cil deputyreeve anderson of oakville miss alice gunby who attended the course held last year at burlington r h archibald of oakville j mac bates of burlington and j e whitclock of milton while those present were very much interested in the proposal those sponsoring the project did not feel that the attendance justified asking the on tario department of agriculture to pro ceed with the organization of the courses for this year it was however the feeling of those present that an effort should be made to secure these schools for the winter of 183536 tea cups made a quick stop coming ej vents announcements of meeting con certo or othr events under this heading are charged 10 cents per i me with a minimum charge for any announcement of 25c anniversary services will be held in ballinafad united church on sunday november 4th the rev mr mcoowan of bronte wll be the speaker at 1100 a m and 7 30 p m special music by the milton male quartette on mon day evening a ftowl supper will be serv ed in the fofner methodist church from 6 00 to 8 00 oclock this will be fol lowed by a good program admission adults 35c children 20c a cordial in- vltation is extended to all 1 m