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sixtieth year no 22 acton ontario thursday november 29th 1934 eight homeprint pages five cents municipal topics make the nomination meeting lively affair four were nominated for reeveshjp fourteen for councillors nine for school trustees three for public utilities commission exwarden a mason points to finances of town and claims reduction in rate should have been more than two mills news of acton and the district elections iijacton on monday next j various items of local interest voters will choose men for reeve i council and public utilities j commission i municipal nominations in acton last friday evening created quite a lively interest and a big list of names were advanced for all the municipal offices it was one of thvelargest lists of nomina tions put forth in many years and found every office with ample provision of nominees four names were put in for the reeve- ship fourteen names for the four posl- uons of councillors nine names for the three vacancies on the school board and three names for the one place on the public utilities commission it was quite evident that the electors had plenty of idea who should fill the posi tions the following is the list of nom inees for reeve charles hansen e thetford w a lasby a mason for councillors fred mccut- cheon alex- mcdonald w a lasby jas e mcmillan arch currie fred davison c hansen john chapman amos mason victor rumley r perry watson geo cowie w eccleshall dr e j nelson for public tjtilities commis sion fred crewson sr b g arnold r j kerr a for school trustees miss m e nelson mrs g havill mrs j a mcniven mrs john mowat w k graham fred mccutcheon h i g fraser f e mccleary fred crewson at 830 clerk farmer declared the nominations closed and the audience chose mr f e mccleary as chairman of the citizens meeting to hear re ports of retiring officials and to give the nominees an opportunity to address the electors reeve e thetford was the first speak er and expressed the pleasure ft gave to give an account of stewardship of the year he pointed with pride toehe financial condition of acton and the fact that the debenture debt had been reduced the past year by 10000 the mill rale had been reduced by 2 mills and he appreciated the cooperation of the school board in this reduction the overdraft would be lower but he favored carrying an overdraft at the bank the uncollected taxes were even better than was thown on the interim financial statement the reeve pointed to the favorable showing of the assets and liabilities and maintained that itotown in halton county was in such a favorable position he predicted further reductions from the county council owing to the fact that the provincial government was taking over the building and mainten ance of provincial highways reeve thetford then touched on the murray memorial building and outlined a good deal of the detail in connection therewith he defended the instances in which the contracts had not been given to acton artisans and said in some instances the prides were prohibitive and in the painting contract no tender had been received locally the delay in the erection of the building had been purposely made by this delay an ad dltional 4000 had been available lor the building fund he told the electors to forget about the upkeep of the build ing being an addition to the rates the revenue figures and fees quoted by the reeve would he declared be sufficient to make the building selfsupporting there had been a lot of worry in con nection with the public utilities com mission and he outlined the strong though just stand he had taken to bring this body into line and not have them invest their funds in a building but come in with the murray memorial structure in connection with county council two presentations brideelect honored miss meryl e grindell and mrs i william e ramsden entertained at the j 0 latters home on saturday evening in i wnen hour came on saturday buchanan and mr wm smlth honor of a fcrldetobe miss edna gib- j evening for the filing of qualifications ben the feature of the evening was a for the varlous ipa offices it was were wqn by j md by the employees of the mason knit ting company social evening held at the legion ilau on tuesday won card prizes at the euchre and bridge parcy last evening in the parish hall mr a j won nrst prizes for bridge the euchre prizes work on second line to be continued by county council section from speyside north to receive attention this yearvas relief measure plans being made for foundation of county museum debentures of 6000 to be issued by county at 4 per cent trafalgar payment of 1500 authorized by council treasure hunt at the end of which edna discovered a basket filled to overflowing with many beautiful and practical gifts the hostesses served a delightful lunch which terminated a very enjoyable even ing wul operate second store mr w j patterson who has con- the employees of the mason knitting co and their friends gathered at the legion hall bn tuesday night for a farewell party in honor of miss agnes mcbaln who is to be married shortly ducted a meat market in acton for a and miss jessie young who is leaving number of years has now opened a this week to enter training at the tor- second shop on quebec street in guelph onto general hospital the first part the abbatolr in acton is sufficiently of the evening was spent in cards and large enough to provide for the output dancing which was halted for the pre- i of two stores and the additional outlet scntations v ill enable him to conduct the business agnes was called to the front while to better advantage the new guelph mrs kelly read the address and miss store has been thoroughly modernized barbara guthrie presented her with a and is a very attractive shop parcel of linen goods dear agnes in the midst of your happiness and busy hours we your fellow- employees wish you to pause a few minutes to receive the congratula tions and good wishes enfolded in this gift may it hold for you fond mem ories of days here and friendships formed which will long outlast the gift to those of us who have known you for years the continuation of that friendship here has been indeed pleasant for those who began that acquaintance while the machines hummed and scissors clicked the same can be said once in every ones life there is a time when a new road must be tried and to you taking the matrimonial course we give our best wishes that the way be not too rocky we will indeed miss the smile and joke you had for us but we feel sure that when we visit you in your new home the same laugh will greet us when you are feeling blue re member the ones you leave behind at the mill will always be willing to lend a helping hand in thought if not in deed employees of the mason knitting co jessie was then called upon and miss found that the electors will choose by collier the cvent was under the ballot fpr 1935 the reeve members of pices of women auxillary of st council and member of toe public alban cwh and was we attendcd utilities commission only the school board was filled by acclamation the following are names of those who j has foot torn off dodging falling tree the november meeting of the halton county council was held m milton last friday with all members present and the warden in the chair minutes and communications were read at the morning session and in the afternoon a delegation of ladies from u f y p o meeting the regular meeting of the u f y have qualified and whose names will harry knight limehouse lost his left ne halton womens institutes inter appear on the ballot and m the order io on tuesday by an unusually painful viewed the council in regard to pbtain- accident working in a bush owned by mg a roo preferably in the county a meredith with w milliere sr in buildings for the purpose of starting a the vicinity of limehouse the pair were county mueum mrs william gowdy felling a tree as the tree began to district president in her address to the fall it turned on its base and threat- counci stated that there were in the ened the two men both ran but knight county a great number of antique stepped into a crevice in the limestone aruc a valuable records with ab- rock of the bush and was tripped and solutely no place for their safe keeping thrown heavily forward the wrench other tlan wltn private ov i j literally tore his left foot off at the neard juit to-dott- said mrs gowdy ankle he was given first aid in lime- a direct descendant of laura secord house and rushed to christie street hvmg in h county who would i hospital in toronto believe be glad to contribute valuable documents to a museum if we had one s e griffin and son won at royal i we feel that the time has come when prizes won at the royal winter fair some action should be taken for the in which they willappear for reeve c m hansen e thetford for council geobge cowie amos mason f mccutcheon j e mcmillan dr e j nelson job public utilities commis- sion b g arnold r j kerr for school trustees the following various interesting items of news i p o was held in the parish hall on were elected by acclamation h i g by s e griffin and son acton includ- preservation of histoiical relics and we friday evening november 23rd at this meeting the girls provided the program for the evening the following numbers were given duett by miss aileen clar- ridge and mrs alex mann reading by laura wylie mss flora sayers provided the grpup with an interesting apple con test miss muriel crossman and mrs j j stewart being the winners the meeting closed with the national an them lunch was served and the re mainder of the evening was spent in dancing united church young peoples meeting the literary meeting of the united church young peoples on tuesday fraser w k graham and f e mc- ed firston wheat sheaf first on oat tne cooperation of the council in cleary tnese will all serve for the two- sheaf and third on barley sheaf in securing a room for this purpose or if year term on the board j the class for certified seed potatoes one not available space in the lobby one is to be elected for reeve four second on irish cobblers second on a or entrance hall to the court house chosen for council and one for the o v and fifth on dooleys in the where glass cases might be placed thus public utilities commission for a two- vegetable class first on collection of enaoling us to at least make a start year term j 3 varieties of potatoes first on green i towards establishing a halton comity the election day is on monday next mountains second on irish cobblers museum december 3rd with voting from nine second on a o v and second on mrs hill palerjno also addressed oclock in the morning until five oclock swede turnips the classes were well the council and informed them that in the afternoon i filled there being strong entries of pota- mrs colin campbell daughter of the polling booth no 1 is at the town toes from british columbia alberta hall with george chapman as deputy manitoba prince edward island nova returning officer polling booth no 2 scotia new brunswick and quebec as is at the hydro shop vmth n f moore well as from ontario deputy returning officer judging by the nomination meeting j and the activity following it would seem address on education evening was very interesting and well that the affairs of the municipality are the regular weekly meeting of knox attended ml marnaret amoih hrt guild was held on monday night and thc movement as presented by the ttt jznjj was in the hands of the educational womens institute member and the late dr anson buck one time warden of the county had also many articles of historic value which she would give to the county at such time as she could be assured of their safe keeping the warden and members of the council were quite in sympathy with mary chalmers read the addresjand gordon rimsdl charge of the program the scripture iy discussed lesson was read by miss helen lamb and miss m z bennett gave the ex planations the minutes were read and approved the topic books and dramas of the social awakening was ably given by miss k savage miss gladys hanna rendered a vocal solo accom panied by mlos margaret arnold a humorous reading entitled how elec tions should not be conducted was given by mrs j j stewart and mrs live stock parasites by miss wilma macmillan miss e robinson led in prayer the program i consisted of the following numbers a program suggested to eliminate these piano so by e hansen a reading by in the hands of the educational committee after the scripture reading j ladies were assured that the council would cooperate in every way possible it was left lo mr ramshaw as chair man of tile standing committee for county buildings to ascertain what pesls halton county livestock improvement association is organized mtes lottie mason piesented her with r work the mill rate had been reduced to 62 which meant a half mill to acton the rebate on road worlc had been 400 and with the province as suming such a proportion of the upkeep the future looked very bright he also stated there was a scheme to take over the road south west of acton known as the mill pond road to have repairs made under the unemployment plan he was in the field again and satsfled with the confidence that had been placed in him and would not fall down in his work for acton if at all possible councillor w a lasby confined his remarks chiefly to thc hectic time of the past summer on the murray mem orial project this matter had been one continual controversy fom the first he outlined how he and councillor s m lasby had implored the committee to take the matter to osgoode hall peace ably and quietly before proceeding he told of the meeting in toronto and said that there had been no report of it in the free press that week although the people had anxl6usly awaited thc report he had always wanted the money spent in acton and not sent to guelph but he wanted any legal entanglements avoided he felt the toontlnued on page five a waterman pen and pencil set dear jessie before you leave the familiar friends and surroundings we the employees of the mason knittmg company witn whom you have been so closely linked during the last two or more years wish to show you a small portion of our esteem with this gift we hope it may not only write with the common ink but also in scribe eacn of us on your memory with the golden ink of friendship in the short time that you have been associated with usayour smile and everready helping laand has won many friends in the new career you have chosen we know you v41i show the same cheerful spirit of conscientious per severance that you have shown in your work here there is a feeling of regret and joy mingled with parting regret because of our loss joy because of a new trail about to be tried remember never venture never gain and when things seem most discouraging you can be sure of a silent cheer for all your efforts from employees of the mason knitting co agnes and jessie replied with a few wellchosen words and all joined in singing for they axe jolly good fel lows a bounteous lunch was served to which everyone did justice followed by dancing the party ended with the singing of the national anthem en gave a wellrendered piano solo t the meeting was closed with singing and the mizpah benediction splendid choir concert the st andrews night concert in knox church on tuesday evening by the choir of knox church guelph was a splendid musical treat for those in at tendance the choir was under the direction of mr e h leeson and the concert was sponsored by knox sun day school choir numbers on the pro gram included bless the lord o my soul day is dying in the west bohemian girl the campbells are coming ash grove and end of the road the mens chorus rendered sylvia and the ladies chorus the fairies and swallows literary num bers were given by miss doris bogar- dus and solos by mrs callander mrs reed mr sutton mr parker duetts were well rendered by messrs i and m chapman mrs reed and mrs callander and mrs callander and mr parker a trio number was given by mrs reed and harry and roy miss laura wiley a vocal solo by mr wm burton a special feature of the evening was an address by mr wm j l hampshire on the topic education at the annual meeting of the halton this proved very interesting and prac- county livestock impovement assocla- j tical to the guild members mr louis of the whole with reeve hewson in tion held on wednesday of last week brownlow moved a vote of thanks to the chair the reports when adopted room or space cculd be used for the purpose of a museum and to report at ihe net meeting reporu of the standing committees were read and discussed in comnwtteo t was decided to undertake an educa- 1 mr hampshie and this was seconded tional program to exterminate bats in i by mr clarence henderson after the horses and warbles on cattle dr lionel closing hymn tne meeting ended with stevenson provincial zoologist was the the mizpah benediction special speaker and during the course j of his most interesting address outlined w four in georgetown rcevcship contest pracccal methods which might be used to exterminate these parasites every i mavor joseph gibbons of georgetown band officers for 1935 acton citizens band reviews scascn and putns for next years activities the annual meet ng or acton citizens band was held in tne band hall on monday evening the auditors report showed the band to have a small bal ance on hand after completing the years halton prominent at royal winter fair 1934 royal has fully maintained the high reputation established in previous years the exhibits of live stock poul try field crops fruit and vegetables may well be said to be the acme of perfec tion from f e i on the east to b c on the west and from many of the states to the south of usjhave come the choicest of field orchard arrttive stock exhibits halton has well main tained her reputation for all branches of the show while many of the awards had not been made at time of writing past we did note that amos black and grant campbell were winning their share of the top awards in shorthorn classes while in fruit vegetables grain and small seed divisions the names of smith bros burlington s e griffin son acton t j brownridgc j c horseman knows too well just what an annoyance and nuisance the bot fly is other nomlne for the mayoralty of the during the hot summer months com- town failed to flle tnclr qualifications jjaioajlely few states dr stevenson i saturday nlent tlle reeveship how- apparently realize that 657c of the cases of colic in horses are caused by the bot larvae a number of horses die annually in every county from this parasite farmers from nassagaweya township where over 300 horses were were as follows good roads committee it was de emed that relief work on loads shall be a continuance of work started last yjar namely a short piece on the guelph line also on road running east and- weit of speyside but the major was returned for a second term when potion of relief work will be carried treated successfully early in the year tpoke most enthusiastically of the re sults secured according to john car ton well known nassagaweya township farmer his horses responded to their feed in a manner entirely different to that prior to treatment plans were made at the meeting to hold barn meetings in each township in halton during the week of december 10th these meetings will be conducted under the auspices of the livestock im provement association and will be ad dressed by dr lionel stevenson fol lowing these meetings it is expected that each township will be organized and each farmer encouraged to have his horses treated under the program the county veterinarians have already prom ised their support and have offered to supply the necessary capsules and ad minister at thc low fee of thirtyfive cents per horse the election of officers resulted as follows president a g m bruyns lime- house vicepresidents duncan campbell molfat walter dennis milton treasurer edwin harrop milton secretaryj e whitelock milton directors trafalgar township j03 willmott w h biggar esqueslng town ship thos bird j s robertson wes i ever will be contested reeve harold cleave having three opponents a b parr dr j mcandrew and a mac- laren all members of last years council the posts of councillors for two of the wards were filled by acclamation and in the third one man was elected and the remaining seat left vacant in ward one a r speight and p b blackburn qualified and in ward two g w davis and clarence armstrong w f smith was the only man to accept a council scat in ward three and another nomination will be necessary the vacancies on the school board were filled at fridays meetings sam harri son j d kelly and hugh dickie ac cepting the posts while h c dayfoot was nominated for hydro commission er a y p a meeting on tuesday evening the cardinal group of the a y p a presented a program of dramatics the chairman mrs a ritchie introduced the panto mime new romeo and juliet which was a whimsical takeoff of the shake- sperean play eleven members of thej was re to the solicitor cunningham w o brownridge earl ley murray nassagaweya township wilson mcnabb bros horace barnes allan mahon lcn chisholm nelson wo k and obligations fully vnct officers bruce brigden all of georgetown dis- i township walter readhead john pet were elected as follows honorary president a mason president kirby williams vicepresident r spielvogel secretarytreasurer n gibson librarian c byrne caietaker and property custodian george simpson votes of appreciation to the officers who had served the past year were tendered the retiring officers and a boun teous lunch musical program and auld lang syne brought this annual gather ing to a close trict and reginald neelands of horn- j tit by were promment with their winnings in the intercounty live stock judging competition halton was well to the fore standing eighth in competition with teams from thirty other ontario counties the halton team was made up of johnston and reginald neelands of hornbyi and martin heslop of free man we extend our congratulations to those above named and others whose exhibits we were unfortunate enough to miss when gectlng a birds eye glimpse of the huge show the evening heal digesteb tommy said his mother be sure to come in early this afternoon to get your bath before going to the browns for swper fiut mother he protested i dont need a bath for that they said it was j t be most informal cardinal group dressed in shakesper can costumes went through the more sentimental actions of the play bar bara taylor took the solo the last number was an hour play icl on parle francais presenting the adventures of a speculative englishman with a mar- nageablc daughter and aristocratic wife whp rents lodgings to frenchmen hav ing learned their language from french after breakfast a young frenchman escorts to his lodgings thc wife of a major from whom she has been ac cidentally separated the frenchman victor dubois in search of a char- mante demoiselle discovers her to be the daughter of the englishman sprig- gins complications arise when anna maria the maid leaves sprlggins with boots to black and the major comes jealously in search of his wife the characters were sprlggins barbara taylor victor dubois alice taylor angelina kay chapman julia rattan beryl mcleod mrs sprlggins clara bauer major regulse rattan harry ware the meeting closed with all sing ing the national anthem out on the second line esqueslng from speyside going north a letter from the department of highways was in part as follows we beg to advise you that our department has no assurance that tile subsidy as paid under the highway improvement act will continue to apply following termination of the calendar year on relief projects as covered at present under agreement our department expects that as far as possible all ap proved projects will be completed by thc 31st of december 1934 and so included in your annual returns the report of the committee recommended that mr campbell and the warden interview the minister of highways re the depart ment proceeding with the construction of the third highway in order to assist unemployment with reference to a letter from the hornby womens institute asking that the county repair and put into condi tion the watering trough located on the base line the committee recommended that the watering trough be repaired in the spring of 1935 and that the clerk answer the letter to that effect a communication from the milton hydro re an account for moving poles education a recommendation that the following agricultural grants be paid was passed burlington 500 00 oak- vllle 50000 it was further recom mended that mr macrae high school principal of acton be appointed to the georgetown entrance school board carriedj railways agriculture and legislation a letter was read from the ontario agricultural council asking a grant from the county council as in the opinion of the present department of agriculture said council should be self- supporting thc usual government grant will be discontinued by the present government it mas moved by mr george currie and seconded by mr w anderson that this council favor continuing the on tario agricultural council on its present basis and a copy of this resolution be sent to the department or agriculture carried old age pensions with reference to the proposed change in the admlnistra- concluded on page eight a c s notes december 6th and 7th are set aside to complete the autumn series of ex aminations the results of these will form the basis of the autumn term report the 1 home date is de cember 20th stole 300 worth of tires believed to belong to the same gang which has been burglarizing lake shore garages recently thieves bioke into the west end garage holbert avenue oak- ville on friday night and stole tires spark plugs and other motor accessories to the value of 300 entrance was gamed by the removal of a pone of glass from a rear window and the releasing of a latch guard rail crashed traffic officers are looking for the driver of a truck which sheared off several postsof a guard rail on no 7 highway west of the centre road narrowly missing a deep waterhole and which came to rest in a sevenfoot ditch saturday night the truck was removed early sunday morning before the police had been notified that there had been an accident crushed when bridge fell when repairs were being made to a small bridge leading to the hide house at the beardmore co plant on saturday afternoon mr alex cripps was rather badly crushed when in home way the structure fell on him pinning him be neath two scantling mr cripps was crushed about the chest and rather badly shaken up but fortunately no bones were broken the bridge was being mov ed and repaired when the accident oc curred two beds three months join dale ashley street hamilton pleading giiuty to theft was sentenced to serve three months in milton jail john outlaw wellington street hamil ton was given suspended sentence but must report to a probation officer month ly for a year he also pleaded guilty to a then charge the pair robbed a house on the beach last week dale told the court he had stolen two beds because his children were sleeping on the floor and needed them t just a visit to a beer parlor a verdict placing negligence on clin ton keeling of orangevllle driver of the coupe in which tilford stokes of orangeville was killed south of mark- nale on the night of november i4th was returned at a coroners inquest at dundalk on monday robert borkley of owen sound driver the national grocers truck which keelings car had sideswiped was exonerated the evid ence showed that stokes death was the result of a fracture of the skull evid ence of the survivors of the death car was to the esect they had visited a beer parlor before leaving markdale coming events announcements oi meetings con certs or other events under this heading arc charged 10 cents per line wuh a minimum charge for any announcement of 35c the annual firemans ball and supper in acton town hall friday december 7th sod busters sixpiece orchestra hintons christmas lucky draw for eightday chime clock announce ment this week on sunday morning december 2nd the rt rev l w b broughall bishop of niagara will officiate and preach at st albans church a lantern lecture at baptist ohurch sunday evening 816 p m on the life of joseph by mr h l harris or erin all are welcome regular monthly meeting of womens institute will be held at the home at mrb wm sayers on thursday decem ber 6th at 2 30 p m united chuch sunday school christ mas concert on tuesday december 18th christmas concert at s s no 8 nassagaweya december 20th 815 p m adults 15c bannockbutn school concert will be held friday december 21st