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thursday july 29th 1031 the acton free press faoknvb social tvujinq tournament feature of tennis club meet thursday more than 23 mombora of the te tin l club opera tod under uij bcardmore itecreatlon club held octal and tournament on thursday of lust week at the local club house ladles mid menst doubles start d thy evening otf and won follow d by tho mixed doubles all of which managed to ke5 tha two fine court a- busy from 730 until very rinse to 11 pnv coffee nnd cake topped tht ev ening off nlnntf w n eaalqiiif f rri s1 ni he- d ub-houiwrr- only irishmen can fathom irishmen by hugh yempila in th kvrfua newaktmartj nino years ago this past month away back in tho wor yenij of 1w1 a huge plnno picked us up one day in a hnrboupat ihosouth odfio of en t was on air mid in progress ot tho time an unhappy custom in those days and the south coast of en tf 1 nnd was vulnerable a big seaplane sitting tn on inlet mode a fine target mo the plane took off hurriedly and headed to wards the north we hnd expected to jo south down the coast of franceto lisbon but that evening when we stopped out of the big sunderland into a motor launch it was to find with some surprise thatwe lyi the south ot jrelrintl down on the broad shannon river there fol- lowed two days in eire a country wo had nnver rxpcctcdioniccfroiir the ground level and these days still amaze us slightly us we look back over the yeora wc found the irish among the kindest people in tho worlcj but though we travelled in company of two noted irish canadians g rat tan olcory nnd bishop u j renlson we could not understand ireland or the irish they did not thlnkoi we thought and sometimes their sen tences seemed to get lost in midair and end somewhere else we thought of this when we read the reprint of an irish letter recent ly in the durham chronicle frank irwin declares it is genuine noth ing added and nothing taken away it was written about fortynine years ago to an irish girl in toron to later n resident of durham now dead we enjoyed ft we hope you do maybe if you ore irish you can figure it out tullymucclescrag parish of rallygrot near ballysluggathey county of kilkenny ireland lmy cicnr neicc i linvrnt senfye a lotther since the lust time i wrote to ye beknse we have moved from our former place of ltvin and i didnt know where a wtther would find ye but v wth pleasure take up my fin to inform ye of the death of yer o wnly hvin uncle ned filzpatrick who died very suddenly a few days ago afthcr it lingering illness of six wetkfc the poor fellow was in violent convulsions tho whole time of hisl sickness lyin perfectly quietly and entirely speechless all the while talkine incoherently and crying for vathor i had no opportunity of informin ye of his death soonei except i wrote to ye the very last post which siim wmt off two days be fore he died and then ye would have pomjioe to pay 1 am al a loss to tell what his death was occasioned by but i fear it was by his last sickness for he vas niver well ten days together during the whole of his confine ment and i believe his death was brought about by his aitin too much of rabbit stuffed with pais and eiay or pais and gravy stuf fed with rabbit but be that as it may lu n ho breathed his last his dixthir vae up all hope of his re covery i ncuint tell ye anything about ins age for vo will know that in june nrvi he would have been just mventv-i- years old lackin ten month and had he lived till that turn- would have uvn just six mohths lead j h- i owelty now devolves to his ne ot km which all died some tin igo ho that i exptvt it will tu oi tdi between u and ye know hv properly which was very large w sold to pay his debts and the remainder he lost at a horo race but it was the opmlon of overvbody at the time he would have won the race if the jbaste he run ugaint had not bevntoo fast for hi m i mver saw a man in all my tife ond the doclhers all said so that observed directions or took medi cine betther than he did he sold he would as leave drink bitter os sweet as it had only the same taste ond ipecacushna as whiskey punch if it would only put him tn the some humour for fighttn but poor sowl he will never ate or dhrdik ny more ond ye have not a liyin relatin in the world except myaelf j and yer two cousins who were kilt in the lost wor 1 cannot dwel on the mournful i comedy of errors produced by acton ints is flop of the season manager norm morton must hove figured acton into had pul led out oftho slump on thursday last when the locals handed clark- son their second defeat in as many nights by 43scort h l4icouidluivapulidouthishiiirr gouged out bin eyes ond stood on his head and ho wouldnt have helped acton wuterdown on saturday admin istered one of the worst beatings an acton team has had on the field an inept fielding display plus a lack of hits in the- right places al lowed the merchants to run wild final score was a matter of apin- ion some said 234 others sold 205 but moat of tho fans left long before the final inning according to tho books the final count was 245 shortage of infleldcrs prompted norm morton to send dude lindsay in at short seems clay ton isnt quite up to peak form so foe- this term anyway he started the comedy of errprs off by tos- smgn wild one over first it was contagious and boon everyone was in on th act including roly poly mel jordan who started on the mound for acton before he was lifted in favour of sam snyder in j the sixth behind the plate harold towhsley playing the worst gome of his career exercised a womans perogatlve by changing his mind when it came to throwing to sec ond or not waterdowh stalo sec- uadhtuhhpuilirl nnd cuenbtolol home oasoof- highway robboryr firuiomore the big righthander wasnt flaying tlddley winks llko his counterparts from acton he was throwing ballrcnlly flogging them in acton managed to get a run in tbe ficfl when they put to gether two hits nnd u long fly bull to score but it wasnt until later in the game they bothered flnnn- more then it was too into it was waterdowns seventh victory qgflin8tftsinany defeats and the third time they hod beaten acton in four tries thursday against clarkson sam snyder went tho distance on the mound with a giltedged pitching performance ho guve up five hits never more than one in nn inning while his ma teg collected six off holland he clarkson righthander bruce led the acton hit parade with two binglea lloyd tho 40- yearold clarkson catcher was top drawer for clarkson smashing out two hits stealing three bases nnd scoring both their runs blast georgetown 101 for ninth win acton hu had no difficulty nhellucklng georgetown 101 hen inst night although in the earlier moments of tho game they seem ed oh determined us the holder to toju it nwny spotting the vis itors one unearned run in the top of the second acton came back with two in their half one in the fourth two in the fifth und fltngvd n five run rally lit the sixth wjillhjijuuliirk subject any longer nnd shall sale me letther with black sal in wax nnd put in yer uncles contofnrms so i beg yo not to b tho sale hen ye open the letther nnd dort open it until two or threo days nf- thcr yo resnve this nnd by that time ye will be well prepared for the sorrowful tidings ver old sweetheart sends his love unbeknownst to ye when gerry mcohee arrives in america nx him for this letther and if he dont bring it nmong the rest tell hfm it is the one that spnkes of yer uncles death and saled in black i remain yer affectionate old grandmother bridget ohoolegoin ps dont write till yo resavc this nb when ye come to this place stop and dont rode any more until my next big three volume leader canned vegetable field on s of li1t pack statistics arc peas corn and whole tomatoes in thai order wrestlers provide spills and thrills the unfortunate thing about this account of last friday nights wrestling in milton arena is that the writer does not only not know who fought who but even who won whlchl but it wns a good show with vocal audience participation add ing to the excitement wild bill cody sported his bandage of the week before ngninv although the membra of the audience not so numerous lost friday assured the referee in no uncertain terms that the bandage was phoney the fight went on and ns looked forward to it turned into n rather novel strangling match well the falls produced splen did thuds nnd wrestlers were toss ed out of the ring the referee got in the fight the masks mask al most came off the stars moaned and groaned pepper was rubbed surdpticiously in opponents eyes andrthe- match nppronched slaught er range at times what more do ym want it was a good three bouts of pro fessional wrestling hllimhvdiyhofferingjrgninered them only our well spneed ttafeties it was by no means an interest ing game to watch mostly on ac count of the haiders tendency to boot the ball all over the park they couldnt field they couldnt hit they couldnt even hold on lo the ball nnd the acton club ran wild on the bason a jiouthpiiw name of stomp htnrted on the hill for georgetown but he wn relieved by gibbs in the sixth when the locals really begun to hiwder hiu slants- glbbs fared little better ns townsley smashed a double that with n little more levernge would have cleared the fence and itoblmion put one into the right field tree for a ground rule double masnles along with n sensation al catch nt second led the acton bats with three hits in four trips townnley nnd robinson each col lected two hits barber was best for the raiders with three hits in four trips iast nights win splits acton up in the first division ngnin with nine insset they have two more games to piny both with oakvillu they piny one tonight under the nrcs nt onkville the second gnme of a doublehender wntcrdown meets the oaks in tho twilight bill the final game to be pluyed in aqton will be announced r ii e georgetown 010 000 0 h 4 0 acton 020125 0 10 11 2 newfoundland boom newfoundland has added another secondary industry to its rapidly expanding economy reports the financial post premier joseph small wood has announced signing of a- contract with a swiss company to set up a 5 million heavy ma chinery plant here it will employ aoo men other recent additions fur pro cessing plant leather tannery and leather- goods plant combined they will give employment to 1300 since newfoundlands economic nnd industrial development pro gram began a year ago seven new industries have been established taken from april pageant the farmer was talking about his farm to n city man staying at the village inn why dont you have one of those motor harvesting machines asked the city man they do the work of six men the farmer stroked his board twouldnt bo any use to mo he reflected ive only got enough work for four men so the thing would be wasting two mens time harry rosenthal league standing in county ball circuit following u the league otutidlng in the hallnn cmirdv intermediate huhehull leaguo compiled from reports received by tho secretory until noon on tuesday of thl week win lous tlo acton co r o n clarkson 1 11 i georgetown 3 11 2 milton 2 10 n i onkvjllo i 10 i 1 w 7 7 i campbeliaille teams 10 victory surprise of season in the weekh liahihall activities at the local ball diamond cnmp- hellvilleti unpredictable juveniles staged the niirprtru of the season by coming through with an exciting 10 victory over onkville snown junior entry in the west toronto league even the most loyal funs hardly expected tin inds to conn up with n win ngalnst hud corbetts power packed club which won tho on tario juvenile championship last year and who with some prize 1m ports nre pointing for this junior crown this year the close fast game featured a pi tellers duel between lefty roberts and herbert of onkville roberts pitched the best game of the season as he claimed no less than ii strlkeouts and allowed lnafiplnjlhiijmip4u three walkn herberts his oppon ent gave up flv hits nnd fanned nine giving no free passes the only run of the game came in the sixth inning its two infield hits anda hit butsmnu filled the bases after one baiter was retired on an infield fly the next hitter kenneth moore laid down a bunt on which the run scored to the crowds delight keith lush was the big hitter with two safeties for the night brian moore and earl cairns sparkled in the infield with two fine plays as all the boys came up with a grand game alt hope they continue their recent play in the playoffs congratulations to mr and mrs lornc mitchell on their recent ninrrlnge the bride was the for mer miss margaret mcmillan they are honeymooning in montana usa mr nnd mrs george black and family have purchased the hartley anderson home and will move soon mrs o warr returned from halifax after a months vacation the mission band journeyed to the bird sanctuary in eden mills last week what sort of people the governorgeneral hit the ball squarelydown tho fairway in a recent speech when he highlight ed the shortage of canadians in this country viscount alexander was talking about qunntlty and its obvious that we could use many more citizens but another consideration points out the financial post is quality canada doesnt need just more people it needs self reliant in dustrious auybltious people but to believe that immigration possibilities are unlimited is to make the grave error of confusing people with statistical units its all very wtdl to say canadas popu lation may be 50 millions in 100 years or so its more td the point to ask if and when that goal were reached what kind of canadians they will he britains contribution britain has provided 40 per cent more manpower fur every 1000 in habitants towards the defence of the free world than any other in pro- united bannockburn wi picnic at school the nnmtil picnic of hnhnock- hiiru wi was held wednesday july 10th nt ilannockbiiru school an interesting program of races was under the very cnpnble lend erihlp of muh margaret young a w lilted by mr wm dabble and mrs wm mcdonald a lengthy game of horkejhoeh provided enter tainment for the gentlemen pres ent following n gnmo of baseball tho laceq vjorti fu and pfcixmi pitinu- tntrrtin thiwlnili the wlmurs in the race under four years were two very young ladiiyi miss brooks and miss oroinke girls flfl lesley anne duby carol mcdonald boys flj gerald welck jimmy rolz girls 711 rosemary brooks jiiciuewne mcdonald boyji 70 kenneth rlz ronnie mcdonald girls 010 gall hobble mary lou mcdonald boys 010 wayne marshall latirln duby girls 1112 barbara mcdonald carol schwelglor boys 1112 bob ble marshnll jimmy mctnughljn ladles shirley mcdonald mens ken thompson soda biscuit rnce riill moffat three legged race madeleine anthony ken thorn p- ion wheelbarrow race jimmy mclaughlin wayne marshall kicking the shoe mm iei duby the prize for the youngest per son present went to muster mor- ley shorllll a prize awarded to i he lady present wjlh the most years ns r member of the womens institute was won by mrs bert davidson aajt4tw 1mh nvery fnlthfutj worker in- the institutes in and around acton for quite a number if years after tho races were over the crowd gathered in tho school room to enjoy a very tasty lunch rveil by members of the instit ute ice cream cones wore given to all present making the evening even more on joy nblo for th uinger folk egg yolks nre used in tanning leather speedvale avenue east northest limits of ouelph thursfhi july 2637 harrroh tdycfi glenn ford dveyn keyes satmon july 2830 lady takes a sailor jane wyman dennis morgan tueswed july 31aug 1 renegades larry parks evelyn keyes thursfri aug 23 second honeymoon tyro power loretta young satmon aug 46 champion kirk douglas marilyn maxwell childrens playcround 2 shows nightly fcain of hat children undvr 12 yean free v friday aug 3 845 pm team match 2 falls out of 3 th mtk a wild bill cody vs don shourt a johnny barclay one olhar faalur match 1 hr limit milton arena adults 50c ringside 75c children 25c riir newspapermen visit st luc yard weekly newspaper publishers and editors of the ontario and quebec division of the canadjan weekly newspapers association took time out from their conven tion in montreal to visit the canadian pacific railways st luc freight terminal the most modern in north america shown here at the huirip office of the yard are a group of the newlyelected officers of the division led by president e a spence centre of the strathroy ont agedispatch left to right w a james of the bowmanville ont statesman j p pickel paris ont star c shaus chesleyont enterprise c nolan stouffville cnt tribune v farrow bracebridge ont gazette- mr spence r shearer blenheim ont newsrecord r a giles lachute que watchman george cadogan durham ont chronicle d r wilson shawinlgah falls que standard g c craven ridgefown ont dominion and l guertin shawinigan falls que lecho de st maurice iheiri of their time and n never haw boon developed had it not beeir fur kvrcketinr wool- rug prices are now on the market- fibre rues made out of sisal that material that goes into binder twine has caught on wfth a bane j in the unitcxi states during the last few months and is now becoming j popular in canada oven in wall- j to- wall brosdloom effort cxhmatting formerly limited chiefly to summer cottages hunt ing lodgos summer porches is now graduating into the living room dy next fall om of canadas largest carpot manufacttirirs will turn many of his looms over to weaving blended rayon and wool rugs and also a line of 100 per cent rayon rugs the sarrw firm is also experimenting with nylon for the specialty rug mirket frank toths shoe hospital acton will be closed july 30 august 7 for our annual vacation period