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j ht jutow jfrtt ft i sixty sixth year no acton ontario thursday august 20th himo four home print pnges five cents assessment equalization is main county council topic lower expenditure by the county this year municipal councils anked to dtycww anmflsmentfl and report rack to county rody 1942 suggested ns time for application of any change following thi itmiiil rou tin i biihlnt st at the auguit mcdlng or the hal ton count i council last tuesday tm chief subject under discussion wan iuuln thi proposed change in the cq liillzallan or hit- assess ment thin discussion took place in committee of the whole with mr liyt rn oakvulc a chairman the following communication from the department of municipal affairs opened the debate the letter mn in part an fallows t am not clear an to junt what the council proposes to do i would however point out that under section s3 of the assessment act the council may appoint valuators to make an equal isation of the county power ts given to a county council to appoint ax a utior whoae duty tt ti to woric with the locaj assessors in an endeavor to bring about an equalisation mr hume burlington the idea of a revised assessment 1 i think baalcally sound revaluation would mean that people would be paying what they should pay an it is some properties are over assessed and some undei for instance naaaagaweya land value are certainly down mr dyers i think we should have a new valuation of property our council has been informed as to what is in tht air so that the subject in already tinder discussion warden perhaps it woijld be better to have one man appointed as a valuator for rural dlstrtctii and one for town pro porty mr ollbert trafalgar j would may that revaluation in particularly necessary in trafalgar in fact i feel that farmers in trafalgar are penalised for living there all the hlghwuyn thai go through thi tnwnnhlp have not mined thi unnens ment but umv huvt lenscncd thi vulu lit ion of the farm property mr hum- wnitldn t it bi b tu i u huvt nnr luutennor go over un uii county mr cleave one man couldn t go it it wouldti t be poxnlbla iu jjifc tlnu mr iccrnn we would like to nee nonie sort of revaluation in the county and i would say that rent dentin plan rou id be done during the winter chairman what do you think mr chalmers my chalmers i have not really given the matter a great deal of thought but i do know that peope m acton figure they are already assessed too mgh in any case revaluation could not be made until next year mr hyein i would like to see each member of the council express his opinion and than take back a report of proceedings to his own council mr hume it would be a good thing if we could start everyone off on an equal footing in 1043 this may seem like look ing a tang way ahead but it la a job that will bake some time mr may yes and after you get it done i don t suppose people will be am better satisfied than they are now mr cleave i think you have to be mighty careful how you go about this job one tiling is certain if you lower the assessment you are going to have higher tax rate mr kerns i would suggest unit wt talk it over with our own municipalities and bring back a report mr robertson dome assessments are certainly too high mr cleave that is up to your local assessor if a man thinks he in assessed too high and doen not appeal that in iris fault wf should remember tin county assessment will have no beurhut i on local aneasmt nt dr lleslnp on i understand that valuato will go otr evi r nropt rt w lilt each local assisnor warden in that in on gtmru4dcn oh far as toun art torn trued bit an other nmn would b appointed for farm proprtv wt should uls i rt member that whi it as busim ss i iubhshiiu nt have a stix k taking everv tiur htnl hud tint for 1j vearn mr chalmers i still think mui won t be un better off betaust viux mill rale will go tip with that thi dniuiwt i tided taih member of tht count ll being t xpected fo dlncuks tin mattir with his uum council a letter from the department of agrl 1 culture drea the attention of the court i to the fact that a reduction of 0c per head h the packers tta still betng made as a protection against t u cattle even on cattle eomfng from restricted areas the letter advlied that delegate be appointed to attend a meeting of the uv stock nranch of agriculture and fthe packers committee where the mat ter will be thoroughly gone into moved by mv gilbert seconded by mr robertson thst the chairman of we agricultural committee be a dmauat a meeting to be called by the live block iftranch carried concluded on page three every business must justify itself iyom the bowmanvllle statesman the small buslut w thi independent nu rrhiint the m iln strut burlntui mm cun give a human friendly type of ser met that the big organization no matur how efficient rinnot equal but the nmn ii bunlncnn today munt push nnd promote and justify it txlntenci tlie locnlly owned busuitnn is a irrcttcr unel to any community than the outside owned or ganlxatlon although the latter with its gn nte r renounces makes a contribution to tht community too too often thi small independent business token a d realist attitude and merely almn at get ting by whereas the big organisation thrives on lhc theory that not to go ahead is to no back in urging ounterehanu as we do each week to take a page out of the mer handlslng books of big business and to keep everlastingly at it with newsy items about their stores we believe that we are making- a contribution to the community s welfare and are not merely securing the advertising that makes a newspaper possible the merchant who must write an in- terebtlng announcement about the values opportunity for high school girk win big awaros three grnd prlen are beinn offered to high school klrln in i in hon county who will devoli their time after school hours to the sale of wnr savings certificates details of this contest are now available from high school prlnclpnli or from o a dills chairman of thi aruin district war hating c mmltttt rirnt prize is 25 second is hi 00 and third tin 00 all in war saving ctrtlflcatti litres nn opportunity for hikh school glrtk to do n north while war nervlct and win a bin prize tin content ntnrtn september lnt and con t lnues through uw whnlr month ct t an larly start by contacting your local principal now only rlrln in secondary school in the county ore eligible be nure acton district doen not lag behind in canida n war effort dublin institute visits at ban nook burn the augiut meeting of the dannock bum women s institute was held at the home of mrs s ii lindsay last week the president mrs 8 matthews was in charge roll call was answered by glv after a short buslnea discussion and correspondence arrangements were made for a corn and wetner roast to be held next month it was decided ui send nome delegates to the convention at ouelph in september mrs n anderson president of the dublin inntltutc took the chair for the fohowmg program a piano nolo wai liven by mrs vandoozen mrs ilrown low gave a humorous reading cost of itlkh ulvlns a noap content won won by minn margaret brown and mm morrlnon the national an thi in brought thi meeting to ii ruvi lunch uua at ri d tnd it norlu half hour sjwju ire to be ound at hu store will spend a good ln the name oi a famous woman and deal of time securing the kind of stock why famous that will provide something to write about horticultural show had good exhibit at rockwood ardcn content in two lamta thia year the lint of prii winncm llilh yearn nhow was wl attt ndod on salurdity t vliilng und wiiul thin ytui nu iis ui n iiol up ui luhl ynr thi utilltj w on kood tuid riinipetitlon kt en in all diiamh mr w w falmpnon cluilh was uu juditi f r tin third mi t tnnivi uir mr wm harris hod a flm dlni lu of gladollus in one corner of the hall whith he turned over to tkertt d cnum organization und which win quickly bought ut the tonclublon of utt show also a few or the exhibits wen turned over by the members to be dls jmed of mrs a beard president of the local society addressed the gathering briefly in the evening this years garden contest was in two classes vegetables and flowers mr woodhnll of acton was the judge and the gardens were inspected twice seven teen gardens were in the contest as fol lows vegetables mrs t weatherston mus blva pearen mr jos love miss myrtle moore mrs c h harris mr jos locker flowers mrs watt mn h mllroy mrs e ntcacu miss m moore mrs clemens mrs t weatherston class i open to children aged 10 to 14 in elusive bird house twren stanley harris i gordon harris jeba mcnobb display of vegetables stanley harris oordiin harris helen powers display of cut flowers oordon liar i rts bella nightingale myrtle edwards class iii opin u residents of era mo township i i iiou membt n0 vegi table mrs carl brown miss clnii oordon mrs mcneill i arraiutimint or cut flowtrn mrs mr i nf 111 class iv i mtmbtnt ont iltaiuu- s titans mrs c h harris george 11 pi an n mrs g oukta tktu mm oeti bolutn jus unker geo 11 pturen jan ukktr lr w acton schools ii reopen september 9lh acton ladies nii d military traininir will reopen on c opening delayed ut meet with requcftt ami aftnure com pie lion of repair work at n hptcinl met unit of acton scliool bonrd 911 monday aft niumi it wiui thi dttlnlun of tht biard that ttoth hih alio publlr st hi oln would n tn or tin pill ttrm on monday stpumlmr 0th thin an two rianonn tor tht dtlayiti fii llkenlnti this yi ar oni in thi ntufflt o thi pnmitr tor milii a delay and the othi r in the inntallatlon of a new till it t syslim ot the public school which it in fi ared rtiultl not bi comj it till for the regular om nlng on september 3rd delalln in connection with the new toilet system and ltn installation wtn dlncusacd by the board and final plann sancuonnd for its completion at the meeting on mbnday trustees boyd blow oaken and dills were present and chairman a j huch anan presided tlioj first acton lndlen military tnilnlng class wan organ in d fu minify at a ft urth intitbig held tutntuiy night i in tht acton anna tilt clans has pro nn sm d fnornbly under tin able antl i 1 ntiiuslantlr instruction of mr htirrop i who t xprt sied nut lif action at tin ini proi 1 nn nt how n after tht ftw nlrhtn ii triiintiik a- tht klrln an rry much in arm st about i hi ir new nnd tlmi iv projitt it hus tlu light udvtiftbw it 1 li t a nunilh r of mpiilili olf in m and tin inf i n unanlntounly chost n commnndi r mlsn littli mast n s tlon odi r mlnm n d l nuyliss tit uikir jorcpie nnd dolly iusenby council arranges grading and opening frederick st therell alvvav be an england heres why unusual at idknt at hall amu in ailmmi satukdav iii dll wlnt lilti i r was reci ivetl ti mr 11 nil shop from 1 1 r l1er in rngla oil w 1 nivi kliullv bien granted pi mil si tl it p ihllsl ii it art tiny tl will 1 itrlid will inn s tin mihwir july 1tth 1040 mv d 1 ar clara 1 j 1 t a lint 1 n itih uir it yu ir itttir 1 w tilth i rcik 1 tpiiu haft ly latl fridu 1 1 am horry you did nut k1 our liltirs bicaunt v all wrott ti y 1 1 the thre tllousseau tea in honor ok miss leona waller mrs william waller held a trousseau lea saturday afternoon and evenlna in honor of her daughter leona whose marriage taken place monday september ll t iccond master johnnie ware wan official attendant at the door receiving with mrs waller and thi bride elect was her daughter viola of gait during the afternoon and evening mrs e m schroedcr mm w ii clap ton and mrs j o wilson of brampton imiured teu the table wilb lovely with renin plcci of gladioli and the rooms wn decorated with gladioli phlox ond ft mi asnlnung with the uu were mm j allison and miss dorothy smith both of brampton in churgt of the trounseuu won mm r tcotik of london mm r ii ingram mum sndlt cut ion minn mm maradt n anw mm m mccutchion all r drnmptan an ununual accldi nt occurretl during saturday s final intercounty senior bane ball game between gait and ouelph in exhibition park ouelph norm morton of acton ace hurler of the ouelph squad was at bat and on the third ball pitched to him he clicked a foul ball off the tip of the bat the ball travelling like a bullet landed in the grandstand hitting one of the spectators mrs norms mor ton the batters wife the stand was filled with people at the time mm morton was knocked unconscious momen tarlly but soon was brought around again municipal night at the saturday draw last week iucc t holmem 1 ounclllor oakch nnd lerk ixnuicrland ofticl ntc in irizc dihtrhiutinn iureliaseil for aetoi t acton purchases fire pumper and bigger truck mm w j lul4irds pisrtn mr b cabbiuti round j edward cubitus a o geo 11 pearn t awots shoa nu xi 11 carrots mu rmediau mm c h harrth mm t wrounminn mrs g bt i ton c u r frank moore com aov mrs t weathemlon o h peann cucumber silting mrs g oaken mrs c vf harris o h pearen continued on page four tefltu prove satisfactory itoth in woodatoek and acton and the machine was delivered on mon day -r- council in special meet ing pasbca paytnent and ar- nuures for insurance coverare on friday reeve chalmers and coun ctllurs creighton oakes and davison fire chief mcdonald utilities superln undtut wilson and n mcbichern are truck matntrnance man went to wood block to sec a demonstration of tlie in himper under option the results of the tests were hlgh satisfactory on moudu the machine was dt live red in acton purtlter lists were made undt r uj1 cor dlt ions the chief mechanic of the blcklt seauram fire engine co und mr bicklt spent tht dw herr timng in struction in tlie operation of the machine it niiunured up full to ier lest rt quired and wo purchased b tht ct un two electric lanterns four nozzle holders one 35 foot extension ladder and one 13 foot roof ladder electric searchlight and electric siren after a thorough inspocuon the machine was found to meet all the aped flcatlons and even beyond it is con nldered amjic for actons needs for sotne- wnj t article offered time perhaps we might explain just w hat gd vantages this equipment will have not only to the fire brigade but to the cit izens pressure at the time of a fire will i stamps at ll0 not be boonted on the mains any more this will be the means of saving weak pipes or plumbing in domestic water icr vice the pressure nectssary lo fight a fire is i xerud and regulated ut tht hy drum in arebt iht tin one itt dollar wur suvlnn ctrlllttuii mx 1 u of wur savlngn sumihi and six 10 lb lots of niigiir wi n hatidttl ut suiurdii night by arum buslninn minn a sm in i ion in tin n gulur wi i kly druu a lolht r big erowd participated in tin i fun tnd tht sharing of thi prinn l lit n i n only two obnenuts top prizt of a 00 wur savings or llcati wi nt to minn marguerlu currli ton six whim in of tl 00 prlres in wujsiivliun stampn were mm clurenct dodds elcaniirdavenportttn 2 hock- wood mm c osn barbara nenoi dar win crlpps and mary ritchie six ten pound lotn of sugar went to earl lam bcrl mrs a oervals betty pcriymai r r 3 acton mm d dawklns miis pearl smith and jack mccutcheon this plan of making other contribu tion to wnr efforts when whining prizes continues to grow the now famoui ii 00 set of stamps was ordered oft the market saturday night and bid in w flao by mr david kuiott it had brought 7 30 for the red cross society miss pearl smith who won 10 lb of sugar gave the amount of hor luck to the duke of devonshire chapter ioj5je the auction of the 91 00 in stamps created a rather amusing incident a came into the crowd while the stamps young man from mills rove e t carey were being offered not acquainted with the saturday feature and seeing the churn on the platform he thought that he readily bid fl 50 and considered he had a big bar gain but recalled his bid when he found of un so uuy munt have gone to the bottom i hope you net thi om first i did wlnh wt were all mil there with you when france gave in it was such a shock to un we ve net med to get shock iirui shock and set back upon et btck first that traitor leopold gove in and our men were caught in a trap that was n planned job the dirty rascal never even told our men tlmt they could have hod a chance to get out first however id answer to prayer the lord nent a calm over tlie channel which is usually so choppy so that even smaller boats could get ocmsh to take the men off nut you have read it all in the paem i daresay an i said before pranct giving in was a great shock to us but we have stiffened our backs and pullod ourselven up and we are ready for unythlng ahd determined not to give in but u fight to the hint ditch wi an rtnfly for him when in conn n and let him come ik 11 find he 11 i l tht blguist nhimk of his lift tils men will find uu nim ivcn in a hot hk1 wt are standing with our backn to tin wull md wi stand vlt ne i xrt pt for yon rol nil bat king u up but in 11 find u miuit ii t rmiiii d ri nlntntice thnt s ver imiu in th urlrts htxton john du 1 in st ihtx m md nt ver mon nluhlx rn than in w and thai in 11 hnd u hi r vi wt u 11 kn what to l tnd an rt udy lo d it i vi n un wt mi n pray f r m thut wi may situ id firm wt nil ill fight if nttd 1t on our own dimirnttpn liny nliull m vi r coiiqui r us ood lu iping un and i m nurt lit w i 1 w vi all hud ur innlnicliotin i vi rv in unt and ut shall tarry it out lo tht utht utu r wi an n t s it rt of fix of j court thing are dearer nnd we rould i do wlli more suiur but we don t mind i nythiiig so lung un we can overcome thin tvll thug that is stalking abroad in tht world so don t worry about us clare we are not downhearted and when you heur that we have been invaded just think of us each doing our job the men fighting and the women doing their tasks first aid and cheering up teh down cast ones ard the multitude of othtr little jobs and if we pass over just thing of us as being proud to lay down our lives that others may live in peaeeand free dom annie s sissy and i belong to the women s volunteer service for civil de fence we have all sorts of jobs to do thank you for your offer of a home wlllvyou it is good of you but i don t think we could get over now if we tried and oeorge daren t go on the water poor liz is having a bad time with air raids day and night it s the south coast you see she hod a cable from art last week saying he was well the air mall was suspended for a time so he hr had not purchased the barrel churn a no write bu its started again mr david elliott acton bid n the j now i ve got alf some stamps shall seventeen prises arc announced for thin saturday night details of which are to be found in another column there wi re two who lost by btlng absent mrs v a kerr and mm ii graham the committee in charge i f tin draw were rn ve j b chalmers councillor w j o oukcs and clerk c f lentherland the children drawing t n w lena lawson and hill tnth not obligated to rnie fund for bxtrn expenditure or school hoard old fire tnick to he lined for other town work council do to woodstock to furchnke new machine at iht atigum meethik f a i i un ill mi ihursdiiy eviiilng c n tllirs w i o ouxts j ii crtthitn mil i riiimti win- prest nt and itti j b i iiinit rn pn sided du clirlt rixirttd m tin it lions hat hull bti n taken n girding c hi c tlon of i hi arrtarn if t ii s inslin llonn ut re instied to si ri kinilnhien intl uttuch renin in varloun r tsi s mn i mdi red the rteve reported t hat esquenlng council had abandoned the plan of drainage un the crescent the municipal officer reported on the collection of band property that all the band uniforms except one and all but two of the horns had been collected and stored at the town hall the seventeenth report of the finance committee recommended payment of the following accounts aelon public otllltlen co mm in slon street lights town hall fire pump house fire pump and arena 9 1111141 w it e blair plumbing at the town hall 1 w i w agar coal for town hall 71 40 j it macjtensle ai son nuppllen 73 17 whilller at co assessment notlcen 7 4 j it n ilrown gravel 32 00 county of hnlton line of grader 2fl 0 e j llannard supplies ri bill tt irphtuie co nervleen 13 14 arthur runnel 1 supervision at bench 0 bunk of montreal uiu rent on limn jl ack n wi kurt hihirrl july wt i fun c unly tnimun hinty rutt ai i n srr lni rilmim liuluin idv id in acton boys enlisted ell iln nmihim htui a triple combination pumhr boosltr hose truck luddt rv boosur lank ctt it is umplt in sit to tarr all the equipment and hose ifprtssury it will aho arcommadiie u tihid nunibt r of the members brigade going to tires u is a siudcbaur bus cliiius of 158 inch wheelbase with 1 c under engine tests urn conducted here on monday both with the mac hint drawing waur frorrt fain late and al from a h drant takuig water from a suction lift of 10 fevt the pumper will deliver 450 imjtertal nallons pr mlnute at 130 lbs comforts committee send parcels at a special meeting uf countll hi id following the dtm lustration on mimdiu ern ng the clerk read tire ton tract cov erintv tin purchase of the muchlni tin lolal rust in si b40 aucnorluitlun t f imimint of 1 0o0 wis msdt at thin met tint the bulaiui b to be paid in if r tht motion wan unanimously fo ho s overseas t ndorned b all the council trrts was l in flrnt met ting councillor sinclair had been able tu atundv slnct his ncent 111 lh jit ns and all wire phased to ste him ttllle u ot pitst tu avilln tht clerk pointed out urat if the full purchast prlct was paid at once a reduc tlon if 4d0 was procurublt but council divided agulnst taking this option the insurance policies were reviewed cjid the clerk wan instructed to hae i 800 coerage placed on the new machine immediately he wa also m pump pressure from hydrants it will authorized lo secure license plates a fornur acton young msr who went to englgridprlortdthe wartrwtth the brttiir army he u qunner j winter 11s530 training section slflllaa comjjany the gaup oorringhiam road oatjuborough llncolhihlnr deliver 400 gallons per minute both methods were tried out and found very satisfactory the stream from the noaxle wasorced a distance us 175 feef the hose body has a capacity of i 500 feet of jtwt a booster tank or 33 ga- loneapcltyha 150 feetof v inch hoae this la used instead of the chem ical tanks used on the old truck equipment tnehided la two aodaaeld fire extlnirutshtra ont axe on crowban the old fire truck 1 to by converted into a truck for doing general municipal work councillor oake and chief ilor- rop were appointed to arrange for having aftd work done as soon as possible arrangements were also to be mad to have thqmceot theminlclpl qfllesr at the townhalj redtcorateed while the other ru of uw hall are being done councillor davison was to arrange tor this work the comforts committee pf acton and vicinity ntnd rvguhuly parcels ut lre boys from at ion and district who art o erst as tht group in chant c of this work are the duke of deonhlrt and laktslde chapter iodjc and me curutdiaa legion the following is the present list of boys who receive these parcols if there are any omissions the names should be promptly handed to his committee so that they will receive their parcels pte p purdy iisa1b5 pte j uiv oeachlr n730o7 onr wm cadwoll fllflo capt oordon sutherland ipte oeo lasenby lflsoo corp wm nlcolak 106195 onr b jamison a3a0fll onr j a henderson a38i03 onr t nlcol a3s1b0 l itdr j nlcoj a3 130 bdr w c jones am037 ueut t v ken sha be ntndlnu them to him to morrow ves i we cun get plenty of note pacr and en vtlopes thank you did you hear mr churchill lost nlghf i wasn t he great vou see from what he said we are determined hot to give in hi said vi i may show mercj we shall ask none he would sooner see london ui iuthih and ruins than submit to hit kr great britain in junt one ureal ft rtrt our home ouard are trainin and ull urmed george jackson is one annlt n otorge and walts oeorge are others they taki turns to watch at night on the top of caniptnn mil for parachute invipn wt hac about 30 or them guards in thin village besides our air raid wardens and special police so it is in ewry village and everytowu in on at britain and lots of soldiers everjwhert so you see hqw we- are fixed clara welt guarded and full of confidence and hopeful of the future nnd ready for hitler when hf wmes well give hi ma good warming up now i must close with much line from us all to jou and albert from your loving suter oroitok and flossie august shipment acton district red cross society a n durintriauf hector guthrie bm115 pte w l burner yrm pte e landiborough m7tl pte c a tyler b77u the following articles wtre sent to the red croat headquarters from acton and uit 133 pair socks it pair wristlets 7 hwbnati 19 scarves rweaurs 9 pahr kn cap is quiitji s3 i7ti4 a litur rrom thi bell telephone co nuitgi nted thut tht j lilt meellng b ar ruiiuetl fir stpltmbcr 1 0th xlil dati w in ugniublt ut ooiluctl thin met ting wan n gunllng removul of jmli i from mill street correspondence was read witii the a e wilson co regarding tin settlemen of an accident claim the clerk read a copy uf a letter sent to the municipal board regarding the raising of funds for the school board to lnstal a sanitation system the reply gave the ruling that since no requisition for this amount had been asked when tlie rale was struck by the council was not obligated to raise the funds this year if it ware a capital expenditure the amount could be raised by debenture issue a letter was read from the wool combing corporation of canada thank ing council for their assistance in tabu latlng the labor available here a letter from the duke of devonshire chapter iode asked permission to hold a tag day in the fair grounds on fair day council asked the clerx to point out that council had no jurisdic tion as the grounds were rented to the acton agricultural society u letter from the ontario compensa tion board was read regarding coverage on the fire brigade members the letter was to be ftleoffor reference in november the plan was presented and details ere discussed regarding the ipenlng oitd surveying of frederick street the clerk was instructelr co arrange for purchase of a steel culvert and arrangements were to be made for bujuestng council to dothe work the township had all the neces nary machinery for this work it wo rt quested u have the w rk completed before november 1st it w at expected lhul btardmore sl co would provldrlpr the nihng materia from nearby property a lette r from beardmore at co gave pt rmlmlon u drain the surface w ater from the crescent along he railway right of way an requested the clerk gave an ex vlanutlon uf the council t paving taxes ii thi ymca pniperty the present arrangi ment was apparently the most satisfactory one and the explanation cleared the matter to the satisfaction of council the advisability of converting the old tire truck into a town truck f r municipal work was dlsctused if the new fire pumper was purchased the maljer of improving the lurface on the sidewalk on mill street was also dis cussed and preparations mode to have i done council arranged to meet the follow ing mdrhjng to go to woodstock to aee ut fire ptimpet derrionstrated the next meeting was to be on september 3rd coming events dancing- modem and oldtym with doris hulls orchestra at wgewood tuesday september srdtt joujw st