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seventy fifth the jvctott sttt ttss veil no 39 acton ontario thursday april 6lh 1950 eight home pru acton ontario thursday april 6lh 1950 eight home print pgesi cakila spring fjohd i heaviest after driest summrr intertownship music festival held this week oprnm day al s mt tui oi tewa alup a followbio daya th man quality of rrtualc aa taught in our arhoola waa afaln pra j by mr george smale director of afualc ontario school for tfc blind who ta adjudicator at uu around ha overflowed ih high held at different eantrh uila wak large ax day for towaahlp honora tm kalaon towaahlp conteet waa held tueaday mornlnf with naasefeoera pupil br culveh wacarrylnf a belnf heard in the afternoon aa lo tur tjiij r t many case precaution had to be rr p sewer operations lo be under ulilitiescommissn last summer and the spring pre i vioul and this all saw the great water shortage experienced in many years springs that had nev r failed dried up and streams were left with dry bed thli spring has seen more high water than for many years acton is not usually flooded but the high way west has been inundated on several occasions the creek that run down through thr school i attended the oastv lo at stewarttown man- way snd fairy lake is full to al most overflowing the spillway on mill street could scarcely handle pu 1 i 7 thr ovrrn prt f the road trading to undaays flour milt wai undermined every creek dry have had wsler in thm in varying depths fortunately thr situstlon of acton makra it that spring floodi are usually not ser inus si no large river flow near the town day the nelson festival was held at greenwood school while nsass faweya wii held st nronkvllle hall in many of the solo and duet rui sea it was not unusual to see as many aa fifteen entrants placing and marking was nude by the ad judlcator with the top two winners in each ctaas being eligible to com an historical meeting pet in the count festlvl to be qb 01c institute hew a milton in may tititm0 exhbts winners of the fqueslng town ship festival held monday are grrrnock w1 nhd thl r solo girls 7 and under margaret march meeting at the home of mrs moniaon rannockburn mary so lutph mrkrawn on wednesday nowskl atriela school marrh 22nd with m members and rolo bovs 7 and under sherlock one visitor present with the prcsl althen ixvrne school donnle cur drnl mrs a mckeown in the chslr ry limehouse scripture waa read by mn t hem choir enrolment 13 pupils and lcy and roll call wai my favour under quatre rret school wster ite hobby card of thank were loo school read from mrs wm johnston mr rolo boys 0 and under grant c hinnie miss mnry rrid sevrral rurbey dublin srhool earl burt businrs letter were read ten stone school dollars was ti tx- rnt to thr red solo girl 0 and under marilyn crow and also trn hollars was sent souther stone school maurern to krnnrth mcdonald who inst hi hepburn glen will urns borne by fire thr mottn wax well takrn bv mrs j i allen thr brttrr we know ursclvcs thr trttrr we know othrm an this wai historical research and current fv cnts meet ing mm robert allrn was con rnor miss ada currlr of osprinkt was guest speaker she p kc on the enrtv hltorv of r rln township w hirh was v rrv intrrrstlng and rnjoved bv all a rending was given bv mrs robert allen and solo b i unrh was rr r spent looking nt papers nnd book of miss ctirrie dating hark a good numtcr of vbh no otiifr way much against hi v ill the oung stiltor had been persuaded to go through the formality of stating his intention to hi propectie father in law so joii want to become my son in lnu do you the old man re marked grumpily frankly no returned the suitor but t see no way out of it if t want to marry vour daughter choir enrolment tinder 25 pupil plnegmve srhool umrhouse school rolo boys 1 1 and under peter pomeroy norval gordon itraln pmegrove school choir rural 3 and 3 rooms pat rlcia srhool norval solo eirt 11 snd under mar jorle mcdonald nannockhum school doreen howdrn ilnrnhv vocal hurt pabtv cmm and nancy white norval margaret mrs h g turner 1 stark and charmalne wood horn v rd and a social ti by solo bovs 12 years and oer taeonard rlnstrad glen william dale sedore norval choir enrolment of 23 pupils and over maximum 25 voire hornby srhool nine mountain school rolo girls 12 years and over margaret bird waterloo school nancy while norvsl double trio norval glen wil llama nelson township music festial results solo girls 7 and under karen nullard lowville susanne foster mount nemo solo bovs 7 and under fred featherstone tuck school charles alton tanaley choir 15 pupils snd under tan sley school cedsr springs school solo girt 0 and under arlene seymour mount nemo and arlene mcarthur lowvtllr tied solo bovs 0 and under rodney mccue kilbride dcpnls how en nelson school choir enrolment under 21 pupils mount nemo school lowville solo girl 11 and under gtenna hose tuck school pauline col ling mount nemo solo bovs 11 and under george greenlcss kilbride lavnn coulter limestone choir rural 2 and s room kil bride school vocsl du t murra colling and geoffrev beach mount nemo june campbell and manun campbell zimmertnan solo girls 12 and oer eileen pegg cedar springs darbara sey- rtiour mount nemo solo boyi 13 and over dtllman nelson school choir over school council and commlha study water supply uw incrusad 3 tlmas in fa si 10 r-ap- p4nbmani ara dfrrd centradors en sawars crifi- cliad far dlsraaard of citiians in con it ruction week acton counrtl mrt on morulay evening with iteevr tylrr deputy iltevr miiarkl and councillors j hargrave it thorn paon t nlcol w ilo7rt present and mayor a mason prrnldlng ounrlllor greer attrndrd latrr in the m1 ing mavor mimm wm wilromrd buck from a hi lulay in f lorlda and hi fxpnsmil apprclatlon of tlir l trudld wri f ci unci during ins absence thi by law to adopt daylight saving tune for acton for ibm was ri ad mjulnd and pauunl uy ihu by law daylight saving time will u rffrrtlvr from sunday april toth until si ptember ih mr hilton inquired of council regarding drain from laundry antl limine trans council mild that floor drain would br allowed but no roof watrr would br permitted in the iiwm a by law wa bring prepared and all these detail would be given in the regulation all srimrrt must br inspected be fore tming covrrd account wrr pard for mrnt a follows tax collector loittug wm thompxon llovd cutting hauling macsualn motor nupptlra judge w m itoblnson re an newimrnt app al ontario provincial poller i w agr coal v dristow acton free prrs printing and ndv rtiin pay 128 10 i22t 4 13 1000 47 70 ft02kh 20 7 0 4fl nv ivliiiitrr for unitrd ihnnh from victoria sipiarr at a congregational meeting on wrdnrtday ef last week ilrv f a c urn y ii a hi um tin- unanl tnoua choice to fill tho paitorsl ehurgr in arton united church miidi acant by thr di ath of thi hi v iun plckrring mr c urrry is at pn n nt rstatu fit d at victoria squarr and he and mn u i ti v will moir to th parawmaur in ait n at thr tow if thr chun h t tifitmo ar in jutir mr cur n wrh uirsiji itb ttx it il ii nlpeg rlflci kobbcrv anil vandaliih urn on two proprlif- some timr during tuesday night thr taxi stand and booth of imnny s taxi was emtrred and flo in cash sewer work planned for next week with thr conipletifn of thr prrs nt mcti n of afwrn under the switch at the cnit we are in font id thr contractors plan to u avr furthrr construction under tiit- sattu r three railway tracks un st im fntry to the building was u uf ln th whrn gtquna made by breaking a itlass window wj wli1 no w one n the north aide of the building trt wlll cit ulf llne n f on monday nlnlt the meanest sut to cliurrh t lowrt vandalism was perpetrated otht rfrw wl ronatrurt i y aomeonr mr his car us close to condition of the atrrets wlll permit llallon farm forums conclude successful season kaa4etativs 30 9rvm oarkar at mi he and cucf navt y bars ohur the farm itadlo forum uruad casts for the season of i wo 100 have drswn to a rtoae and thr hat u tl f i k a uiiwii iu luw aau flail v m 1unum mr and sr str ton county farm forum commit rlv rk ull und te with the forums repreaentstvei in monday nights rain storm some onr put kravvl in thr radiator and motor f the far and sugar in the trsi tank ttir utt cushions and n ititi ft ruit werr takrn out and thn wii on the ground and lrft ln th h iikinic ruin and nr of th the repreaentatn n it crossing sewers have numbering in all met cm wed bin a ral problem in tha prlng neaelay march 2hh at the council fushets contractors have tiad a chamliers town hall milton to imblern and that whole section jf diacusa varloua questions snd con lisrupted ser riude the ttusinras for the season town has bern ly waler heater inlerriiption has been caneelled as futhnl tlir a t wa about annirovll fllvifl the 1 rt w havr ver heard f in fp r deb issue eramosa sehool tli efttllul vmrlal otll hlfm dublin institute makes contributions to several funds su rr acca conlrnctlnk spart n c ntracting con tract u it v and r- n f i wot additional halp hlrad for hydro for building program a mrtlmjt of acton public utill was hi id on y rlduy ii mntt iv f g tylir conimlsslcini r j i t wan wt n in m nt w ith j it mar arthur pre siding a motion whk pamid nutht nn k a dipolt of t2tnc h churkid fir ommrrclol si r let a thl r iti l to le chnrgrel to any humni c j n irtk in tow n w hrn thi tr nm nl traders i crnr in nppllcablf 1 a trtt r wis rend from tin hi- pc in which it atitid tint the c in pulaorv rhut off f w it r hi it r had i n ranri hi d a motii n w it p issi d itith nini th purch isr of n n w control lo rt gulatr thr lc t 1 in the w ju r tank th cost of thi in w r ntrol i jlltro it wii to 1m- purchased from 2703 0 t consolid itcd y nuln and p mp 324 1 1 a trtti r from th insuranrr com p m w is r id on th insortion of thr tetnli r at th n mca addi i tlonnt com rigi w i re nimmi ndi d and th cost kin mr ililton wn nsk d to make a report on thr iquipmcnt on th both r in fort tin invumnrc w is adjusted quotations were secured on cil cium chlondi in c irtnad lots di llrred in acton the quotation of toronto silt work nt 32 0 per ton tfa acccptcd a 3a ton car load the hell telephom cement producd in canada in lhk execeeded all prrx lou re nid ihith in quality and total xplue during the year 14 127 123 bireu were tld for 28 lf4 hot township hall to be redecorated bv nassagawoa c incraatad subsidy on roads raquastod dua to extra ordinary damag a townblp coun- in the council j naasagaweva festival results the nassagae cil met monday hambcr a resolution wax passed appoint ing mr george thomas as weed inspector for 1030 accounts were john puscd for payment amounting to 140 00 also the road superintend- enrolment 55 puptlf and ent voucher no 4 amount hm7 75 umestona school nelson the road insurance policy waa renewed with the general accident j township music assursnce company and the pre- mlum order paid to mr a t solo boys 7 years and under moore douglas hobson eden mills school the township treasurer was in- scott campbell moffat solo girls 7 and ilhdersandra black keuo school and mary ter eaa qutnlan campbellvllle tied choir enrolment of 13 pupils and under ptnegrove school mount pleasant school solo boyio and under neil mof fat ss 4 naaagsweya allan mc- intoah eden mills solo girls 0 and under sandra scott ss 1 nasagaweya madeline krum mount pleasant school choir enrolment under 35 pupils cohf nuafdon pane four structad to increase the amount of insurance ok the township hall and contents t the clerk wss instructed to call for tenders for painting and de- 1 corating the interior of the town ship hall a resolution was passed and by law ordered prepared to request further subsidy on road expendi ture due to extraordinary damaged condition of the roads council adjourned to meet again on monday may 1st 1050 or at the call of the reeve wa ordrreel for deliver as soon as posmblr solicitor leathrrtnnd in a letter gave an interpretation of the trans- ii nt traders bylaw and instruction were gien for dealing with fee- on the itos ann shop anotht r letter from mr leather land gae information regarding the collection of licennie feet in juke boxes and slot machine further information was to ben secured suprrintendi nt lambert or the walerw ork svstcm and membt ra of the utilitm commission gae council information on the supplv of water nt the spring property vm cf water in acton w a now thret tinu at much at in ww in oin witk in aumixflntt r r had bet n a critical shortngt but with idditloml utorage it was fi it thi supph of wattr wn sufflrlt nt about 7 pr unt of the pretei mipph of wattr wa sufflclt nt about 7 ptr cent of the prctt nt mipplv mm bring uted but in most months alt thi wnttr available was not being pumped council planned to makt furtht r investigation re garding adequate water eup piles a rtpre sxnrative of the interna tional water supplv co had been in acton and would llkelv make a report to council later the public utilities commission asked council if it was their desire to have the commission handle the sew erage collection and manage ment the tame as the waterworks department if such was the case it seemed advisable to have another man under mr lambert who could be trained in this work council felt that when sewers were com pleted and in operation it would bo best for the commission to wsume operation and keep all o pent ion of the town in one office mr thomas ware asked permis sion to cut two poplar trees in front of his property he wai wil- ling to put three trees in their place and was willing to remove the trees information was received on an auxiliary pressure pump- for e in fconrthued on paq five tht svcretar j mtgeichli is instructed to get a writl n ci nfirm tion of the repair beini modi to the motor for the w iti r pump nt thr spring property p rmiuion w nt pj t n to inmnl b in w in on thi hifih ti nslon line from thr proponed m w ubit itn n on hillcrett strttt lo tht corn r if john nnd church streets when it will tic in with the pruent henv w innc from the willow street tub ttntion tht commission was notifutl that cheque had bet n rect ii d from co for tjhooo dutlln womi n n instil it h id thnr wintf r nut tint at the mem b ra helium in acton mrs j f i nnls wa honti un for the feb rnnrv me e ting and mrs t store v f r tht mart h mi e ting miss ami rey andt rnon hultun health nurr was gtte tt pe iiker at tht krbruarv meeting a donation of wa to im- miit to hattnn muilcal restlval and 20 lo a ibntvolrnt fund a quilt mill si nt to a ihnwrr for a needy f mllv a family who lot their in mr by fin was srnt a pair of hlnnketx a wool blanket and bos i r holl call was answered with u hrlpf i hint for mr nday and saturdays at thr march mi e unit the roll t nil w as nmui red with the nan r f a cabinet minister unci hn depart me nt mr hotrrtson nt rltlren ship convenor introduced thr guest tenke r mr dunein ulln mr cutl gave t verv interettinr nnd informnl i ilk on hit life in india during the war a committer wat appointed to write a hlttorv of the dultlin w mi n institute to le se nt to mist uwis so ihit n history of the institutes in cnnnda could te r mpletid the co ope rntive pro rnm w ns discussed nnd irfl for de cislon to the next meeting twentv d unm wat to be si nt to mrs mc ullooh provinchi treisurer for thi ci nv i in r confi t nee in g ie iph in m iv i unrh w at em i d md t si ml hour enloved atti i mtmrfrh council request school board to reconsider estimates and if pottjbte reduce levy 1 hi n pilar im tuik e f the un il of th township of krum sa was h id in the town hall idkwixt n april 3rd ut i tu p m with all the tut ii be rx pit mitt and lire ve i i itttty in the t hair ily law no 8 authorimu mr j a- a vance to met and maintain wins and pole s i tr on thr town ship timits n the te rritory pi viously served by thr hock wood nut ouvtir t ie plionr company w is ken the in ct xjiary readings rd j iv d sub ct i th approval f h ontario munic ipal hoard an ap in itlon of the ftuiiiimui sciimi i nd f r the i munr of dethiitunx for 20 000 f r i new si h m 1 wis apprt v d thi sal 1 d tw it i iim with t im nt f r si tt 1 10 nt owiiik te the high s f dura ion th s hool llttarrl w is she i tonx di r tin ir ri q ti it ii n at f mlili i r ihi nt ixkd f nv it vv n iiuimil thnt i rllif ri ipu i 1 in the c itv of to n nto ben rhiij d lo th township br rt mo d 1 in ui tv ii m f r thi a if iskihle mr pi n it p ivt v komi suj t wis rtif n d i i h rmnni nt e in i i i it undi t thi if tie mplojmrnt liiminnrr act actunts mn iintinc to 2 700 i w i n p ism d for p i mi nt ind coun cil jiljturmd to meet as a court of iti v ixii n fe r supple mi nt iry at s ssmi ntt and for ti nrral buxmes mr it s llratherlngton was in the chair welcoming all present and eon icra t u la 1 1 n t he foru mi for their rfficlrncy during the past y ar tin qui tlonnaire ut ir turnrel to the njinmlllw i n the poultry situation with 20 forums answering wa indred kiat fvmg anil provrel very satisfactory the t2 1 1 1 forums were ill jet ive with iwi in w forun s if t nby and hoynr toth ojrrating v ery succeaafully forum mrmbers have prov ed vrrv actlvr and helpful to thrir parent organization thr fed t ration of agriculture this spring three townships hjvr conducted very successfully m federation of agriculture lanquet whllt nasaa rawiya int rtelt hi ming theirs on april 10th mr it howard gave a splendid report on 7one 3 meeting held in hrantfnrd on march 33 which he attended and reported that repres rnlatlvca were there from each of the nine counties also mr clare hurl provincial sterrtary wa in attendance and explained briefly the proposed amendment to forum constitution changing forums to conform to federation inning the wide separation of counties within zones made nne organisation very dlficult if not impossible except for i one 3 he buk rested that count v organization w ould need to be trenshtrnrd in order to ovrrrome this iocs mary hagen folk etud ent at kohler gave her own im prrsalnnt nf folk school while mr charlie wauwin gave the fin inclal statement of same mrs d iawrenrr was c 1 11 1 ip on to give the report of broadcast w hirh hal ton countv participated in on february ft sis members journeyed to nrintford and give a al fi f rin dis i n m nd i ist mi nth for work done bv the commission last vcar to facilitate the instnlln tion of m w bell e qulpmc nt ibnut town superintendent wllnorf was nuth orized to hire mr m jordon for th summer months as a heavy schedule of line rebuilding wna to be under taken this summer instructions were issued for the changing of two street lights one of these is on vlmv street and the other on crescent street the salary of miss j walker was reviewed and adjustment made thi is the first adjustment for miss walker since 1048 this meeting wns suppc srd to hive been n joint meeting between the council nnd the public utilities commirsion as onlv councillor j lirtni w rosn 1 nnd j greer attended nlong with reeve tv ler n number of problems win discussed but ns councillor greer left rnrlv no runjoritv was present from coun cil the commission agreed to attend mondnv s meeting of coun cil to discuss mutual problims of the tw o bodies a delegation w as present from the tenants of wartime housing thev discussed their problems with council members but council felt that the solution was really between the tenants and the landlords the main cause of contention seemed to be that finance corporation wanted to raise the rents on the houses the following accounts u ere passed for payment hydro department he pc of ontario power 8163 00 cittlt on firms in cinndn it d cembtr 1 1049 totalled a 243 j00 compared with fl 2m 100 nt decern be r 1 1fwh iccordlng lo the domin ion iturt iu of statistics the num be r of milk cows was 1 mci 0o0 in incrense of 30 600 over the estimate for decern tier 1 104r the total of nil other rattle decrensed bv 3fl ww sheep number hnve declined cw vv mill iuu ttendllv for five venrs the estimate of 31 100 sheep nnd lnmbs on farms w 1 ilttt eslhiw at december 1 1040 was ft b per cent below the 1 322 100 of a yenr enrller decreases occurred in all i provinces except prince edward the topic what ha heen aconmp tinned and what can ie accomplish id through firm i rgnnfitiont turh an the federation of agriculture farm rndln fonim and co ope rat ives the farm forum annual meeting to be tirld in the prince george pm 1 cause troull itlnnd nnd manitoba there has been a steady decrease since 1042 in the number of horses on farms there wo decrense of s fi per cent from dt e 1 104fi to dec 1 hmd the estimate of total numbers bclnn 1 b41 000 and 1 718 000 hend respectivelv the number of horses decreased in nil pn v met s during ihls period arehiteets discuss plan lor sehool building here of hotel april ftth waa announced and mr robert howard was elected ai ha it on county voting delegate the election of officers for ifrvo- 10 1 took place with the folio v ing officers bring elected chairman mr robert howard milton vice chatrmin mr bruce heathering- irm freeman secretary treasurer mrs r f ft 1 en ton milton j a fall farm forum rally met with unanimous approval a recom- mendatlon wai suggested that we sew rs coupled eontact the county federation of agriculture and plan a joint picnic during the summer preferably dur ing the last two weeks of august a committee of one farm forum member from each township to meet with the federation commit tee mrs d tawrence for trafal gar mr parsmn nassagawevs mr w j mcdonald fsquesing mr rob moore nelson h g barlow and co 540 grand and toy ltd mm saneamo co ltd 4100 j b mackenzie and son 10 as macdonald electric ltd moo maico electric co ltd 4 3 jo northern electric co 4 30 corporation tax collector 22 10 jaa r kearnev corp 00 00 mra h palmer 1100 express ind transport sj1 u 440 47 walerwftrka dedahtmenl neptune meter ltd 120113 construction with winuir strcm havc made traf flc hrn rather precarious satur- fnrther t tnr non dl ast hound skid jed just enough in rounding the wilbur street detour to cntch the roof on an overhingin branch of u tree the snow packed road was o slipperv that thi but rouldn t back up md hnd to hii tht nvtist line of another bus traffic was butlv t ingti cl for nn hour but clt ie ns 1 nt t hand in din cti n in the ibsi nee of unv police on thescene sundiv nighj in the he iv snow storm n motorist missed the mil wav crossing enrin lv nnd had th w he its of his enr over tht raits an act n councillor with the help if othtrsgot tht car extricattd before tht sundav evening train other items at tha april set lion ennu along the same councillor acton school board stood for an hour as watchman y until tht en st bound buses had gone architects murton and evuna of through and the police searchrd for hamilton attended the regular the watchman supposed to be on meeting of acton school board last duty niht and discussed with the board there are many stories related plans for the approved school ex- of baby carriages and irate ntht rs pansion a further meeting was muddy children and depression planned for april 23rd when the o deep that pedestrians are trap architects ond mr skuce will be ped an vw here from ankle to waist pt 1 dr u w t s i monthly meeting of lakeside the board approved an annual one lane of highway as been chapter iode in the legion agricultural expenditure of sm 00 cleared over the cnr tracks and bnn t j and a requisition jor boo a pre- truck load of crushed stone have tglsc andv knox w m s foster thanked- fenng me ting thursday april 13th 2 30 pm speaker mrs w p gamble of guelph all invited 1 an laste r sale of baking and afternoon test will he held in the sunday scheo room of the united church saturdav april a from 1 to 6 sented by mr mckenzle 35 00 will been used to attempt to keep the also be spent on kindergarten detour possible little progress it material the secretary reported being made in laying the sewers receipt of wfloo non resident fees under the tracks and a switch line for march has been torn up for the past two accounts amounting to f 1 747 03 veeks were passed for payment and the heavy surface water it not help- secretary was instructed to assess ing the situation any and all will be pleased that a similar service the north hnlton high school be relieved when better construct- will be held ln st albsns church l paper demonstration members bring one or more friends 25c admission a easter evening at st a loans j those who enjoyed the christmas festival of lctsnnt and carols will board 1560 70 for march operation trustee jones heard crelghton and watson were present at this meeting and chairman oavea pre sided ion weather prevails and the mud at 7 pm on easter day the junior subsides senior choirs will render an- them and hymns a aeries of the thames ln england it one easter lessons will be read visitors of the worlds muddiest rivers are welcome a v