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r seventy fifth year no 30 acton ontario thursday fibruary 2nd 1950 j- eight home print p9sl cnl will ask new tenders on revised disposal plant nfa iiiti ct msinkss skfllon nw location and mor fuxibl haul mukc this nvxvtury- cvmmtcil cenfra with wartime housing ohuliu and sarw hon u of hout now at lewor lol frico arton ouncll met in pc lal session on thursday rwnirm willi ueeve tyler drputy hwvr w j ururotl and councillor i hut chen j grwr j hargrsvr it thompson and w iluaxell pirwnl and mayor a ututn presided officials of central mortgage corporation were present to discuss with council the installation of irwtn in wartime housing aub division and sharing of the roata and also to explain th plan of sell ing these houses to private- ownrn prior to ih flrat five year prrlod under th original arrangements th municipality was to instal aawara and house connections at the aame time as in other parts of arton last year central uortfafe had spant uxooo in corractlng and rebuilding the sptlc unka in thli aubdt vlilon and it was felt this would car for the problem for b to i years- it was brought out that the town waa not obligated to instal sewers in this subdivision but if aawars ware installed connections must be made to the house various mlh ods of sharing thea costs wera dis cussed and sir scott was very fair in all proposal swr rental chargrs will be permitted when the installation are made and wilt be a charge to the tenants just ai watrr rates and other charge will be made else where in town sub ret to the approval of the head offlcr mr scott agreed to a settlement of sr5o0 for newer tat erals in jhla auction the munlc tpallty will pump out and fill in the present septic tanks after w cm are connected council and homing officials also discussed sale of the hosise to tenants mr scott said spproxitn atr prices were 4121 for the tx room houses 14221 for the f iv e room and 1125 for the four room type trueae rould iw purchased with a down parmrnt of 10 per cent nnd the balance pn able ns rent it was optional u ith tenants if thev bought thev would hae first chance but would not be r icted to sell a house to another there would be no pressure to purchase if the town agreed to accept 200 pavment for the lot in the first five vears the prices quot et gave the purchaser the benefit of this saving in anv exent the houses would not be fold until the lot price was reduced to 200 the follow in if resolution un passed i that the mnnr and clerk be nuth orized to sign an amendmt nt to the original agreement dated the 17th dav of january 1m7 with ills majesty the king in night of cnn aili and wortlm housing ltd to be knoun as amendment no 1 permitting the compin t iustttut a sali s progrnm imint dinte u and reimbursing the town to the amount of 200 ix r lot sold i mr r andenxtn i ngmr r dis cussed with council tht conttut on the disposal plant w hu h had not ct h n auardid thi tin it ion had kin chingrd nnd the plmt was peine n d signed to m ik it more fh xlblc it would be anothi r week bi fnre thi outllm draw ink win n ndv but it was propositi to allow for iddihons th it could b put on to dotibli the plant cnpnritv when required th new plans wire so changed that it was dn m- cd advisable to call for new under on this work nnd the following mo- j hon was pasd that wo i all for new tendi rs on thi disposal pi int contract in its new location a soon i a engineer anderson has the drawings prepared march 1st ifi possible the matter of detours on main street from river street north win discussed and the engineer gave assurance the sewers could be laid on one side and a line of traffic b maintained while construction was in progress n this section i entrvmadoat plant of j r maoktmizie son sometime tuesdnv night thtevis broke into the office of j b miikenzle and son on church st pett cnh in the oficc was taken but so far thnt appears to be nil that wot removed in november the snmo office was entered nnd ome petty thieving done the provincial police are invcstinoting the ontrleg thrcr injured in korku ool vrriilent satunla afternoon lhn xi m of thi in an ib it i nth i id infant jmtud a nous injury saturday afternoon when thi irtir ihdf 1 with a hydro poll uasarf v dlagt of lbn k wimmi snap ptoh ff at the ban uiul rantr to rrt galfiat the rear ut wnothrr rir the vihlile owned by alfred morrikin of tortmto wai being driviti by mrs morrison she told pmvlnrlal poller she wheeled the ear over in the side of the road and was bringing it to a stop to let her huiband drive mrs morrlaon poller said told tham she felt a weak aprll come on and iht doesn t remember what happen after that the is inch hydro pule was snap pad off at tht base and pushed ahead of the car approximately 11 feat from its original position where it remained reeling on the front end and hood of the car hefort the vehicle came to rest it bumpad into the rear of another car parked on the side of the road owned by krmser imummer of itnekwnod the parked car sustain ed only minor damages police aald the grill front end and hood of the morrison car wi re extensively damaged the morrisons were on th ir wsy to toronto when the m hap occurred saturday employees of the llvdrn t leetrlc power i nrmnlkslun and th il 11 t 1 phone co effected temporary repairs to their lints si v rsl leads in the telephone cable wi n broken by the impact sinln the- hrokrn pole waa n pj d liv hydro workmi n w r i ut ffi hinted approximately half iin hour hipliclnit iht wins and poh look about fki hours on sun 1 iv it was learned fine new garage opened saturday afternoon here lome gimtr motors opont oanaral motors sau and servica in modarn naw buitding manv n sldi nts of acton nnd distritt nttinded thi opining on iturdi of the lornu o inier mo tors ftni n w gnragvnnd presi nt ntlnn of th ipso pontile all af 1 1 moon and e i nlng crowds at undid and injimd thi hnspltnlit of pi n housi sandwiches cof fi nnd cak s w r s rt d liv mrs cirihr and h r tsslstnnts th formal opi nlng r n monli win conducted by mayor amos m inn v ho utuomtd mr garmt to acton and congr ituliti d him on his fin premises and th bringing of co m r 1 motors cars and s r ici to thi iomnuinlt otht r brli f rontrntulnti r ad tl r sm s win in uli b mr ink n oivttut mmuir of general mot ors md mr witts of nritlsh ni i u in oil l o tin i iti f im of ailon c arlof dills w m vti r of cinnionlts th urim nnd showroom i sit nituion main strut at th n rm r of wist bow or a it is n lirgi commodious building w ith f mi show rihm ind ample pro ision for ill th fuilitiis of rin modi rn sab s md si r ic for auotmoblh s and is funiishi d with the latest rquipmint the contractor on th binldini was mr j j mcmulk n of acton during the dav visitors were in itid to leave their names and nd dryses on coupons provided khtt in th evening n dozen valuable prin s were presented to those who uetv fortunate enough to hive their names drawn following are the winners of the prces rev h t bonnie mclvin u isaac r f vt mrs d f cnmochan mrs n turner mrs ovvm masales mrs wilmer wit- klns mrs grlndell gerald downs thomna mccutcheon v a wh el- er mrs r a westell mr gamer has thegincil mo- tons igyncv for pontine nnd bulck cars for acton georgetown nna milton nnd the district surrounding nnd had four of the 1050 pontile modi 1st on hnnd for the opening iv- cnt mr nnd mrs gnrner nnd thilr t o children nre residing in tor- 1 onto until n house cnn be secured in acton ills brother mr leslie gnrner who will be in charge of servlee has moved to acton county council approves land lor home lor aged v mens club lbiorl min viiriiil ti th thuiil i u li thi lil tlilxl i nu ih lut met ml sat dou upm r u rvi ttting wm 1 t y thro municipal max vole ob- taction to fpnddur chair man gtvos compt4 raport on ethmatf and flant to oat arckllod advance on f approvod appolnl- mantt mad road eapondi- fur for 1940 fsllmaui at sltoooo i 1 1 1 lunv mat fltev th lutil addition t mnli iii 1 iii v ii h llln it tin 1 llllll uout r avn iui th alton bukin sb aectloii la thi mw i tteral molm ihi i y ojm m 1 on saturday ami uttirtditl uv nianv in m ii mii iii htruitur jus ionipitd nnd has in tor a j mrmulirn of at ion kufmi of liinr fiuitii i roiitrnti of the town miki i lni n mum strtet mix f rrr jrei ifn dinnrr mrttin afton himiihh men iltltl on monday about 7 acton tntslnesa womrn and men altt ndrd a dinner meet ing on monday night to start thr activities of an acton organization of busim u folk mr stephen junes iristdrnt of the chamber of commerce and former clerk of mount forest was the guest speaker he is a veteran of both world wars and was in charge of demobilization of the canadian air force following the last war i mr jones brought a message that waa very helpful to a nrw group such at in acton to th question of why we should have a chamber of commi rce the answir vi as tecausf i want to ttnv in busim ss we hrlp the thir f llow twcnusi ut want to hi ip ounukis and th most important produt t we have to m ii is our town he fill that it was not tht lulv if tht count tl t s k row inttumrii s but r ilhi r tin work if husim s mini nrj inlatli ns mr join s said a c hambrr of commt n i or iloird of trade u is not a rhartty m rvlci or frati rnal organization h urt d that anv group pmn utll ahead and nevir trv to arr on more than one project at a time mr jones u ns ml nxluii liv t ii gov nnd thnnki 1 bv wm dennv in a question period w hirh fol low i d monv important points were brought out mr jones told of the ndvantagt s of belonging in n ei ntral group these advantages fir uutwilghed the cost of affiliat ion the group in mount forest inchidt d industrial hinds as wrtl as retail busim ss mi n and w nmi n furtbi r i ntertalnim nt w as pro idtd bv carllni const rvntion club who show id a numb r of fine color d films nn conservation of our for its nnd wild life tht sr- vvor in clinrge of in walsh nnd urn pi lis presidi nt hi rt hinton w is m charge of the v i nlng and a di llht ful dlnm r was st r tl bv the indus of alhins chunh presld nt hinton innouncid tbil th fi hni irv muting would dt al with bus tin ss nntti rs complete 60 years of successful work in rural insurance nothi r m ir of miiuvsful up r t t u n w is n pi i ti d on moml iv it tin innu il mi i tint f th h ilton union i iraii rs mutu il ir insunncico hi id in ton 1 ss s of 21 d- 81 vvr louii th pist v ir md fivvtr in numb r inmirimt in fore nt thi nr nd w s jo2t0 20 earn d in 2 ufl poll cus ti t il assits of the componv wen ilen as lfas0o3 and th vir md surplus wns 1191wlth8 thi hilton compun this vnr compu ti d mxtv venrs and his intown in si r ice to the farmers of this district in carvving insunncc nt n minimum of cost rockwood lady marked her 94th birthday sunday mrs m obritn celt bntt d hi r nlnetyforlh birthday quitely at her homo on harris street sundnv january 22nd mrs o brien it in good hinlth and ntuns nil hfr fitulties she injovs callers nnd on htr birthdnv minv people cill- id offirmg congritulntions nnd biht wishes nnd enjoved a cup of tei nnd piice of the benutlfulu duornted birthdnv enke thin follow id n quiit supple with hi r most intimnte friends among the enrds nnd uttersox goixl wishes wnt a ulter from henrv hosklng m p nnd n telegram from prime mlnuter iouis st laurent whlch grenth thrilled nnd pleased the tiffed ladv restrictions on hydro eased in many services commission ma bat afjroomont for repair on sowora damaijod by sowor contractor tin n gular meeting 4the lub lie utililli s c umnilftsion was held on tui tday venln commlulon t r t wan and mayor a mason wi n pn hi nt mid h mararthur pn sldi d mr mtlionold of tin spnilmn construction co waa prrsi lit to d i muss w ith th commlulon un ugrt- to nt for n pin ring watf r m r mits hnkiii during thi instulliitlon f sir mains it w di i idiil thit shh rmti mil nt j iiimlx rt w is to nuiki the ntttvsary r pirs itml llwit tin spart in nut ruction w lllll i v f u lh t p irs thi n nil n 1 i nthk a it r fr th ill pc ti rs tt rs n lie i f tht t if 1 ru tioti in thi usi it thi oul r stri t in thos on hot uninsulati itt r a i tli r from the urnuntmg dt piiimtnt f th 11fpc give th standing in n gnrd to supplying municipal strvuis tht wati r w orks ut pnrtnit nt m rv it es has o surplus of 120 73 ond the strut i ihilng m n irrs nn umulnlil a dificit of j740 making an ovt rill tiificit of rmitfl a ii ttt r from district no of th ontario munlclpit ftcctnr as social ion gavi nn occount of tht meeting hi id nnnttv in delhi a notict frtm the hfpc in fornu tt thi commission thot th control d w it r hi nt rs nei tl onlv l shut off for two hours per div inst ad of four hours diilv as pn v iousis in ifrct notice of thi annual convntion bing in id in toronto nn f bruarv 20th nnd march 1st and 2nd w m r ci iv i i lb se nations were tmdt for th usual d 1 nates a 1 tti r was riceived from the dominion di part men t of mini nnd fori sis it gave nn analvsis of the water us d in thi municipil svstem ind n qui strd inform itlnn regard inj th consumption of watir sup rmti ndt nt iamb rt v is tivn p rmlsslon to ordt r ten new w itt r nt ti rs for thi uitirworks dt p irtmi nt a consumer w is to he notifi d bv h tt r to improvi the access to his witir rmtir this miter is in nun difficult position for the me ti r mm to md nnd must be irn provtd nt once th following accounts win p isst d for pivmcnt hldrrt orpnrtmt lt hfpc of out power etc jfiloo 20 bill tiuphom co of cnn strvices 2mt0 bimington bnnd ltd s r- v u es 11 sil misco fl ctric co ltd supplies 73j4 lini it cable accessorits ltd supptiest 30 10 micdomld ehctnc ltd supplits 407 w virion hdwe supplier d 27 jus r kiarnev corp supplies 13 ts expnss si transport 7 71 uniam u ofrrt oris dcpdrfmrnf svmon hdw s ft 20 empin bris mfg co 13b m sms 14 cmn ntrso gerrv don t ou think u n good idin to rnt nil enrs nccordlng to th r hnrsepower bill vot nn good n rttlnff tlru- ers nccurdlng to their horse enso llurns niht at knox churili uis nilit for scots ioyal scots of knm church ct i i bra ted the hundred and ninety first anniversary of the birthday or the scottish bard flohert itums in the traditional haggis supp r khjnwrrl by the so rd group tartans of all clans draped the walls of the classroom and provld el the pnpr setting for the en joymmt of all the wholesome fare troverhlally assoclatrd with scot tlsh ustes l the haggis was carried in by krnneth mann to the strains of the pipes plaved by pipe major peter gllmon nnd piper henderson of tht fi rgus pipe hand mr llotwrt c halmt rs was master of cert mnn it k fir the evening nnd taicuteil hi tilths with genial efficiency interspersed with thr props r amount mil fl ivor of scottish hum or aflir he hid ni1r ss i th hni- in tht otl inscrdhl to it tv th mn i tind hid rtcltttl thi grate a i umii hv hums th company sing sc ti whi hit is nn out 1 t tu thi ir patriotic t motions ant all sat tlown to nov t rlrht midi nn a k h n i he f rsl pari of the rvi n fhg s i nti rt iinmi nt hid in i n con eluded to evt rvom s satisfaction the rhnlrmin propos d a to ist to tht king and to wet nonnu prince chirlle which wen mil with the usunl n sponse owing to illness s vt ril nurnlm rs of the progrnm h id to i cancelled but the follow ing wen much enjoyed an nd dress on the lift and works of robert burns a piano solo ye binks and hni s bv mirgin t brown a vocal solo heith r on th hills lv cn w ford douglas a ri idinj burns nirht at knox kirk h isibt 1 anderson a aolo annie liuru n mrs turn r a v t lin hnnnle dundee bv mr lames miwin rt idlngs from burns pn ms bv mr murray cobs a solo mi ain folk bv mr wm burton n pipe selection the boid to th isls bv mi cihson nnd nuld scotch s mi s b the comp mv on mlnuti of sil nee wis ibstrvid in honor of th im mortal mi mnrv of hnhi rt bums thi sinning of auld iing svm brought thi ivinln to i clos th popul ir ci mm nt being hoch otfc u iuu iiu ht m n hi in srurr contrurtion nu on four strtrn ttrn siuir constmctlon work is now in progn ss in four sections in town the south end of miin st work is near the entrance to fair vievi cemeten nnd should be corn- pitted in n week this will reopen the road to highway 25 to milton another machine hat worked north on main street and h pro ceeding along church street and the block between willow nnd main street is closed for traffic this machine will work along church street the west section of the crescent is now undt r constniction the first siction his been laid a fourth mnchine is working on the big jrunk line from elgin street along the old ndlnl rightofwav the nsidint mglnetr n wilk- er has nt the suggestion of council ngreid to furnish the free press with information each week so thnt residents villi know in advance whnt section of streets will be clos ed this information will stnrt next week jvhh will nlow citiztns to get in coal or other supplii s be fore the street is closed 1 en r jrluiti ely jo the arfirtl r irrti ami the anadmn hafipiow niiivttl from the plans for the erection of a hal ton lltmtal thanking montr fur the aged began to fifty dollar don malrriallre when county council furwardrd wes offlrlally approved of the purr ha of a site at ita regular meeting he4 at the c ourt house u llton laal tuesilay members approved of a by law to purchase jo acres of land east of milton for thr sum or b 000 thre northern municipalities did not vote in favour of the by taw the majority of council favoured payment of architects fees follow ing a lengthy discussion in which members of euesing council voic ed strong opposition k y dlrh reeve of milton and chairman of the special builldlng commit for the horn gave a lengthy report on the progreas sine council voted in favour of th erec tion of such a home last july he told new members who were not familiar with what had trans pired that council decided on th matter after it had learned it wai entimated 103 000 would have to he spent rm improving the rxlstlng jointly owned buildings at n ramp- ton he uld these plans were not appmved by the department of welfare and were scrapped after a second m t of plans had been drawn it was found that tlrftooo would have to he spent to take care of thos alnadv living at the brampton ilomt then if expansion wns conldt red a new wing would h constnirted at cost of iw 000 to accommodate another twenty eiht crsons furthermore it was cstimitid an additional amount of 10100 would b retpilred to instal a new boiler and heating system and a further amount of 21000 to take rare of sewerage mr dick pointed out the com mission would be faced with a t2fu10no expenditure to remodel the old building halton represt nta tlves refused to assent to this ex pnditure before bringing it before halton council it was then decld ed if a major amount were to be spent by this council it should be on a nt w home of our own he said the speeiat committee explored the possibility of halton and pi el building the new home jointly hut officials of the department of wei fre idiisetl igalnst it st itlng thi n were vi hilton per sons it the bnmplon home mr dick added a survey had bet n made bv municipil ctt rks as to who mav di sin aifmittnnci to the new home nnd it was found that the erection of n building to accommodate 1w persons would be most lnglcil ind woud t conumicillv s rv e the mnn i ipihtv for another five to t ight veirs however the com mittce felt he said indications were that idditlon il room would be nt eded in the neir future md the nrchlt els drew n mister plin of o huildini ih it wi uld ircon ri i ite 20 pi rs ns in ordt r th it tht irthltrnti rnuld tstihhsh i nti fir fs mr dick i xplnned thit brownthwalt and fnrfnld irchiticts hid two re put able contracting firms est i mite rr t rm n if n paoe f url a i u i wi su k hihlnri the lilt for atlon reciiitlv furwardrtl wolfr n ort l on plans for a 1- uthrr mid son taniiiet for the txiys of acton from 10 yrars to high school age harry arblc stated thfct aproxlinately twenty five rhildren eat h week are taking advantage of the swimming classes at ourlph the twiys motor to guelph tn tuesday evening and the girls on wednesday evening the lub decided to ask all es members to join the club at the parly being held at the brant inn burlington on friday evening februsry 3rd at least one bus is ix ing chartered for the trip the seaker for the evening mr i alf long was unable to be present due to mint ss and after a very profitable fines perl ltd and brisk imfctni ss si ssltin the meeting ad joumed new cardiiifi machines placed at wool roinbinj ijist snturday two rii w cards fir hi r r nt h c ml ing st lion in thr alton plant of thi wool omhini c orimration win unloaded and this witk tu i mon of this machines nn itui for arrival at th plant ht re the four rmchini s will tw put in operation in the r n nrh comb ing section of the ptnnt ond mr williamson superintendent antic iputes having thi m in production this month delivery of the much 1ms has im en awaited for some time to complete this part of oper atlon in the plant combs in the other section are now engaged in tho processing of nylon and thr new machine will complete the french combing section where part of the equipment has been in op r atlon filth straight loss inflicted on acton ints elora and walbtrlon ran away with gimn latl weak to mali fiva dafaitt u ilki rt n in n 1- in m ii ron limn il ih ir umt f iii d ski in or tin div miht b r u k uk u ii th r w in it th xp ns of th flout th nnt acti n i luh m art n md f irthi r i mi ml 1 thi ir h hi on f isl 1 in ih ki up sh vuu i wi 1 tii t n h th pi iv nd sr iru i in h ih v i bit to i it w in w thi ut vi i 1 linm th m sj irki d bv dim nutivt c rit 7 ik hi i f thi swiv 1 hips and spukv wtihr former kitchimr sr tin ilk rton club blisti d thru gods hi hind hirold rnbson ir ich f thi thr chipt rs acton tuckid in two goals within thlrtv at conds of on another in the third period for their onlv powerful bid of tlu contist the absence of dnvi p round the mt whin givin an op portunity to score made the locals miss on several chanct s idt nl in condityms made the pan fast nnd the garni in spite of the lop sidtd count was probnblv the bi st sun in acton this seison re- inforcid bv th addition of two jr hirold tow nsli v and freddie kent n r who both tumid in good per- fornnnc s acton wis considt rnblv utrorrgtr thin in thiir last appear ance against elora but it was the visitors power thnt paid dkidendi zuk nnd w iler both set up nnd scond gials for their line mite com slip evont pr lin with a i knov ladies aid ten and sale of hnkmg saturda fehruat v 11 nt 2 it o clock th ngulir monthh met ting nf the ikesldr chapter iodf will be held tuesdnv februach in jhe iafgion hall at s 15 p m mm arhur oomblc guest speaker b nefit euchre and dunce luckv drnw fr day 3 1950 ovustm t scorid goals for their line mites j p n mn dnnr pri a nutfnotlnis ther chicki on the ac- ijj pnn l a plw n donnled proctsds for worthy cnuse auspice s acton lol the chanctcr of winnipeg now 7s ears old reflecti culture in- dutrv nnd fjod naturcd jnde- ptndince ton ti im with eise it vi ns actons fnjth consicutive dtfiat ngninst n win nnd a tie elont downed the locals dicisivelv 101 last fridaj in elora to furthir dim their chances of catching n plnvoff spot with two wins in the remain ing three games a- mathematical continued on pofje etnhf st valentines dnnre acton ttwn hall tuesday fetrrusrv 14 cood aluilc by hoynl city quln- irtte modern nnd oldtnv dsne- inp door prize iadmbsofi 50c ausp cos acton l o b a no jim