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ht ttmx tt jbtts seventysmth yr no 23 acion ontario thursday dfcembfb hlh 1950 ten honu print pe six cnh inspection disrupted water service praise warden vansickle county council tuesday lllcri ms is- u r tiring wardm william vsnsirklc fix hi mr vie to the county of helton during the ast nr and different pmiint w eu featured at the r4tnt ittdirvg meeting halton coontt ikiik tl held at the county building laal tuaatlsv aftctrtoon in a resolution ponaimtd b hmr william uaiuvall ami ihputv llrrvr krn mli id council unammihulv ettdoimd a nuilwm airtairig ouitnl thanks to warden vanswrklc for the rikirlnki and imtaitial maimt r m mtiuti he presuded over use county husineaa during trie i scar in rrapimidlng warden vanaicklcts astd he frit humbled and urged members lit know the kindness c p a ami deeply fell bv him explaining he um not tie a mrmhrr of roonnl nnl trtr ht said it was a great pleasure for him to sil on council with rcprecntat ives of the different munlcialitlrs who wrir n cooperative in ron nnlinfl with the affairs of the count w ii biggar retituig reeve of trafalgar ttok the chair and railed for remark tv members those ho ipoac praised the work cf warden vartstcklc but expressed disappointment tt hia not being lth council during 10m ur blg- gar remarked he will long rcmem her the asstorlatlnni in countv coun cil adding praise to mr vanttrklca tenure of office we picked a very tmav man to i cad us during the vear and he u one who ha done hl th well he concluded council approved a bv law an thorulng the borrow ing of monev up to the amount of tflm 000 f the conatrurtlrwi nf the llnmr for the aged this borrowing will he from the hank at four per cent un til dctvcntisrei are ixucs1 t wa esplalned that grant from he province would reduce the nl v per cent reeve ted tvlcr innmini cd to members that acton had appm est nf the new ccjualijcd asscissm nt the warden thanked acton for it good judgment in the matter add ing it would ae the munlt ipalltles considerable expense in connection lth the appeal member alao appro rd of a rec ommendatton be the agricultural and reforestation committee thai the motion to purchase certain land from w service he rescinded recr k y dick reported to council the committee had met with the architect to iron on different phase of the rontrvic tion of he home for the a red me also aald arrangement were being made to install a water line from the town of milton to the ncv site this would have to go under the htghw av but permission w a being sought member unanimovilv endorsed a ressnlution sponsored bv lincoln courut who were seeking that the minister of ttighwa consider en ortment of legislation that traffic from both directions be required to atop when a school bus stops to pick up or let out school children reeve tler pointed ou this w in fore in the initcd state and was rigid 1 adhered to over there for the safetv of ihtldren other communuations froen the counties of stormont dundv an i glengarry who were seeking to have the provincial government in crease the children s am sooict grant from 23 percent to v per cent and tha grant to the home for the aged be made to the countv instead of the local municipalities were endorslrd b the members couth il approved o a a00 grai t to both the oakville trafalgar high school board and the north halon h gh school hoard to aid m the icowfiaued on pope fire large trucks bog in service break warden van sickle host to about 200 waimn w m vansecklf who wi honored by county official and coonty courx ii and former wardens at the wartien t ban que on tuevday evrnmfj at naiiagaweya township hall special meeting for school money al a vpe lal meeting of at t it i iiiruil on tucidav morning wo cading wire iin thi bv law ju thorn ng thi borrowing b di b mure iisir if 12u000 for thi purpose f erecting an addition to acton public school the mat it r ran m go before the municipal iloard for consideration mr got f re of the veterans iand act department dkacuved u ilh council the easement on hugh graham s propt rtv on no 7 high v for the construction of vcw rn a refcolutlon wat passed r t ranging for a survrv of the pnpertv and a clause regsrdlng compenat ion for damages council also arranged that m vew- r manhole would be con i tructed but a y built on the sewer line a former agreement i had lnen signed bv all parties es n pt off u ial of the veteran land ct music study gioup mtlts at home of mrs j jany decoftatf trei give gifts the ivcenher meeting nf the musi stud club wa held at the ho n of mrs j janv on mnnd nihl withanta caus dutnbutm g ft the number den rated n chr tm ree during the evening mrs c l poole gave the historv of 4veal cixl w hit h were then ung and a rev lew of muvio o different naionali les prvrd most enjo able a delicto is buffet luu h w a served bv the wmmiln the november meeting of th group fi alurrsl muu bv maiit with a short plav g rrt n pertxl cwt jme a ln ak in s w at i t uimh d mll st ihuhii rimliik 1 ii gin st multif in iwm tiuik u ing xiik in iru- hole wluili vunk in thr iuil jilvi thi tr ak art satuntav niormng a largr iniik owned by s iv nn 1 h a1oi tail tlgtt kilo u 11 b hit h wa altlv contralid liv wa ti r his two fiiwit uhrli wen taught in the hole tt a build r wa urcded to mt1l tlie truik mil alxnit lam atxut half an bhir later a rr otid truck truck the dltrh ant w a unable to drive cither forward or ttatkward tbl tiuck beuwig log to tut suignui of toronto wa milltt1 imii b another vehli i belimiging to the umr firm shortly after the m- otmi aciilt nt the waurwurki iepartmenl put up a barricade the mad was rimil to thoroughfare until late sundat n ght when the main was fiieit teachers athome to friends tuesday on tuetav ivening the stout hall wa a mit of g frtivitv when the tejher of the isihh schotl were at home to th high school staff the rlrrg and their wive fonm r nat hers and friends the hlairir fircplat r lighted tree ami 1 i t im svmtxitlc of the yuli tide avon prov ided a charming tuck ground for the pro tram and arti it ic after each kunl had teen mr ducetl al jnneil in onging th irm noel and silrnl sht mrs victitr mp r tht n r ad a canadian ml and mis joseph me mrphiil ur t aul ful vtvral r ndition of while shcph rd tt niched h ir flock mr firm r smith cj two th nntf violin nurrvters whxh win rnmh rnoed and mi oalsv foist r n ad in h r utomarv pleaing manner from n ken tx loved chrii mi carol rev f a currev unable to be prt n in person w as on record in v nice and for fifteen minutes en tertamed delightful with uifv stories and harmonica selection a content entitled who am 1 in which pirturc on he will represented the surname nf all the guess was won bv mr a j huchanan and miss grtndlev th correct anvwer t a treasure trail on chntma w re re arded bv plucking some fruit fnm the gum drop tree w ith th special prije going t i f is mlrir hums a pa rod ti the night e fore chiisma rompoaed bv lr a j tluchansn mr and mrs ales orr mi danv tolster and mr bobbins was julged a most clever prirc for tht het sketches went to mir audrev anderson and mrs arthur gamble and to their mod els mis luilrv and mm iabl gimmir a bountiful lunch was serv ed after which owing to the latenes of the hour s grand march ar ranged bv mrs robbin had to b unw ilhnglv foregone mr ted hans n was the tapable pianist for the evening w ith m c w mckcnic a jovial hr as sited bv miss ivabel nde rson reelections fill georgetown posts i th f i t too in hi on ht th l tttd ii 1 n i i imii i n j l ship 1 tt llrkvill hll whtrr wrli w vaiisu kb it t of ntimaki u liou to neat v tin gt l 7b ilinier lat tilsii night ptovtl a d lightful on ilh th no jgwrva woriitti in stunt r v irije a ixmiiittoit and ap pttiing lanjui t or lurkev and all th o her dilitaiu s that go with in h an oinl trie wardt n wa lotnplitn ntrtl n this innovation of hav ing th dinner in hi home ton the program too was vir 1 a ing tnih in its ipalitv and in the fi t thai so nun h w a giwn in siih a tnf timi ii was conrludd bv 10 vj and guesta ion returning l th ir tnni s jul w n hjmm in jbl tnastt r of i rt moult thi r wirt suiting and appmpriib num ler bv the iornc stotv hani and iwvill mult quaititte gavi m viral will rt mli red niimlrn iliad ttl intrmluctlon were made bv judge hohlnson th loavt to thi wartlen was pro hi ht mr w 1 ik wh r ejllcd tht thi was his fortv eighth ward n diuikt in i wjnlm george cleav replli d th toast to iininv ouri ll wv iminis bv ward n j m mr 1 donald former i v rt v nf a ton and nmndrd t bv wjnlrn ceorg w thoriw- reev of nelson township the toast to thi guests was proposed bv mr w j i hampvhin snd mr kubt rt of th- he ol ffu of th unw f nov ssotla toronto rspondd wi seasonal with carols santa claus tfi ail hi worn i inmitut m t f r thir iiutbr mttiiig at tti i no rf mi y and ivm llrm k as th proidnt mi it i la il son i netl i be in t ting w ith hriitinaa message itac on it rhowd bv the carol hvls night a i ird iraver 111 kii ij wa atiawtrttt bv mn rs of htltma motion wire made to wnil a donation of lb hristma wl fund and tlo to th i h al txv m out luve for the hojldav vonii win to t knt to actonlan in the sanatorium and th ag 1 iofl s hon in brampton f tht month lie w h th glv lells i hlld make j many services damaged by inspectors insistence ii i ii ii tjtltlo mmh iiuuwl ll k at lite i i int imsi mill iv iuuu1 i v tl hm loti of hit i lid i ml i reprt xtrlativ a laikt nikiili f id m i w t tl i- n liko h n tl iiomtto iralkt d lll th 1 i piui im pwl i ii tr v siirrin it rob nl unlit wis to l it a i h it r trt lik r 1 tl ia f i pair m tll tht i 11 i 11 l fiwaidetl it he underwriter for i m tilt n t nl ii iml lit i r m al htlo that th i i i k 11 i i iktp up with ii dt it and oi til an f ite had i- i slot ofr jlh uiiiiiimti ft it that ih iili had not iimd sir g1 j u n h lit w in n dt ma rn i ing hl h hlyh prt a ii re 1m- put n tlr o am for i it t potlhkt a only w superintendent iatmtelt a n in ti i to k p thr ia m o uti all the i h iii h sir et glvn bv mr whdt rspin other m ml- rs contributing trl foi the festiv e s ason w re mr geo frvr mr g gold n am mrs w tti paix r trie rial wonders of chriatm bv mi- whdt rsptn i as i musltal nurnlkr rtlatid tin in ws that santa clan i coming to town he promptly arrived and greeted ihe gathering then dlstrlb utetl tht gift surrounding the tree to nil in n nt i th mt ting closi d liv singing hark the hi raid angi 1 sing and a ial half hour wa en i joyed the nmniillir in charge i consisted of mr wilderspm mr w ijtnnv and mr georgt golden i th h v droit took a choice and won radio watch frigidaire prestoware ake a chance the radio pro gram vvas railed and h v drori of s church st did just that last wsrek he learned that on the program of wednesday december sth he had won a frigidaire re- friferator a red seal cedar cheat a set of presrtoware aluminum cooking utensils a bedlamp- radio and a wrist watch mr dron had been sendjig his name into the adam chiclet take a chance quiz program for quite a while but as no lsten- inf the night he son the jackpot roe ward dickson vtc d the program when a member of the studio audience drew mr dron name anawered the question cor- rectlv and then pulled the right curtain to win the big przev these pnaes were shipped to manning dectrvc store in acton and are on display in the uindova there mr manning was also sent several photographs of the show both hamilton nd toronto radio stations have been advertising the program this week bv telling of mr dron s in and the dsplav of pnze in mannings w indou the only thtnf mr dron is chewng about this week ts the gum and hell be chewing on the cartons of adams product he wif fsent for some time eet to come la mondav n georgetown even men contrrtedthe is coun c lor seats with the following iesult trank pctch v7 garfield mcglrav mr harrv hale 122 norman h 11 523 thomas lvons v william tack u tred mc nail 45 this b the first time that coun cil has been elected bv general vote rather than the former three ward tjvrtem all -of- this vears council sought reelection while 1 was the first vear that fred me- nally who did not win a seat ran for council the ratepayers were also asked to answer the quesion are you tn favor of a 2300 grant to the rec reation committee the answer was yes 51 no 27 m all other offices ere fud b acclamation with all raassldates being reelected harold cleave was returned for his fifth term as mitor with william c marshall and kenneth r mcdonald return ed to their second terms as reeve and deputyreeve respectively wa padr u a tng lhg hipl n at th o a uelph ho i mtroduid hs g a dill iditr f th at ton and mil ton pain r- aftt r i omplimi ntin halton and ih wardi n on the im portmti of tht ir posit on h ravi bit addrt ss bast d on thi i he mi the more e are tog ther the happier well be llr felt that this should i thi theme song of the world to dav if we just took to heart thil therm the world might not be in it pre i nt turmoil w rnust team tn jv our instead of mine co opera ion aid padre young it the sec ret of al tire a our greatest dangt r to di mocrarv he felt wa from within rather than from with iki if we w ould not onlv learn but practice the golden rule a world at peace w ould be achiev ed hut peace must start in our own hearts it w a a me wage that compelled thought and as spiced with ii lustration and humor that held th- atentlon or all on behalf of th audience judge robinson express ed appreciation to padre young mr hughes cleaver mp for halton and mr stanley hall mem bcr of the ontario legislature fo- the countv spoke briefly reeve george currie of favqur ing dean of county council had the honor of oating the warden and making a presentation on be half of rounv council of a beauti ful chair the indorsation of war den vansirkle as spontaneous from band and audience when thev sang histilv for he a jnllv good fellow in h rrpl warden vansiekl thanked all for the ro operation he had receivt d m the w ork and ex pressed hi appreciation for the municipal honors bestowed on him he briefly rev lewed countv coun cil experiences and sounded a warning on thr demand of people in spending public fund and brought to ttenton that ill funds of all governments mere the mm evs of the people he had enjoved the rich exper ience municipal politics provided and the cooperation accorded him which had made anv success ach leved possible the final toast wis to the ladles of nassagaweva womens institute for the splendid banquet provided and to tht ladies who are county officials and j perform their tasks so efflcientlv it was given by sher iff w j robertson and mrs tlovd campbell responded- eramosa officers elected recently al tht nnnusl me ting of tin r rumiisa tow nship fedt ration of agncultur hld ie ritls in hock wood community hall the officers i for 10m wire rlesled the guest speaker was ralph slaplt the ontario manager of the co ojm ra live life insurance co the accrrtarv of wellington countv r edrration of agriculture alex andt rson spoke on federation i uctlv it les and mrs hoy tllark re viewed farm forum and folk school work in wellington the progress of framosa junior r jrmrm wav r prt d i tht i- presldent fairl osborne the officers elected w ere past pres ftri freure president fred cox 1st vice president chai mc i nabb 2rtd vice president russell oaborne sec treas john carter i directors s s 1 harry walker land russell oinirnr ss 3 mr and mrs frank robinson ss 3 john smith and wilhert norrls ss 4 hugh sampson ss ales laswrenre and wm hamilton s s ft leslie foote and mrs james talbot ss s iirtir allan and mrs rnas ucdougall s s 7 mr and mrs earl turber s s ft douglas mrnabb and albert shultis ss 0 gordon ostrander and mrs g ifranck s s 10 fred oakrs auditors bruce hindlev and i arthur iesile president tred cox was rhtiscn as delegate to the ontario federa tion of agriculture annual meeting in toronto with chas mcnabb as alternate ovs raom acton v divi ro guiim for swimmino i classes guis han same sw mming claei at the gurlph got off to a very good start on tuidv last th 20 bov attend i ing he firt escursion it is ex- i pec ted fully as many girls ill be on hand for their first swimming pjrty the project featuring one trip each week li organised bv the vi men s club of the acton y and as listed bv manv other local car own er first woman counchio for acton is esther b taylor bll telephone operator pholcxjra pher and ncwprtpr rouepond nl although ihe thought ol firl that her nortunat on ma rt ose hr hradd the polls church furnishings dedicated sunday i last sitndas it acton i nited hunh tin iivu of communion wi lonibintd with a dedication ririmoni of mw church furnish ing tht gift of the wanibrough familv in m morv of tneir parent 1 mr and mr hotiert 11 wanbr ough w a the ni w communloi i during the aervice a bible r st thi gift of tht mrnabb family in mi morv of tht ir son neil w ho was killed ov erst as w a also dedicattd i ai i tht ir custom both mr and mrs nell m nabb were present at rhurch the ilovd family formerly nf arlon and now of guetph pres t nted to the rhurch a pulpit drape and two bible markers in memory of mr charles mason mr bovrt sutcr both mr and mrs j ii hovd were in attendance on sun dat a new leclern hvmnarv w as the gift of mr and mrs rae west w h 1 1 1 m i v fe rn b row n p re se n ted to thi rhurth a pulpit hvmnary and a se of rnmrmmuin table linen tht ve wt re dedicated to the gh rv nf god bv tht minister- rev r a currev b a bd the at ramrnt of the iord supper w a observed during the service with the minuter speaking on the mranlng of communion the choir wearing the r collar of cream satin for the firs time presented hkcial muttr under the direction of miss olive lampvrd the organist and choir irader iv o wr ipaiid so tha t the a tmmsihl old imp oved a it tl r wa ii ad fl it the sp i n nun loo co s aling that tht pne 4 un 1 fht woi id i ol apply ii lavu a- f wut r ir alns no i nt st doe to th 1 al n v f th eaoi ant the fro th pru s old lw tl vi p r foot a mot ii wa i aim lllltholll g th lav ing f the nam on tin ha vis so erlnte ident lain im it wa to make j r rangienris f th hgg llg o th hoi si r- v in lo the prie v 1 ne set t as j m each e rr lot d that the h ii ii le a fv d tt s lati hi u uk sent oi t this trior th this wa ran ed by the ext a work due t brea kagea wh rh h hi op thr mt t r read ing it wa d ided it m m jnr t in on the pe ntia nent t aff of the ii ro rpaj men and o ap 1 iv f r insurance and penil n ar lar rt in hi i a e the same 11 i riian lit mp ove f he i ih i work involv t d th s on a riiml of the e l in n of the town adjittmeitt wiri mde in the wage f th n til v s fr 10v hldrn vimrtmrnl attot frr iresa mt 3 ci mich wav garagi oil etr jo m whtharns farag ga itm an wire 1 cable co supplits llwrtt vttor ii humley funeral home 3 no rpr and tranrxrl w iuu41 waterirorkt depart mettl ntptune meter ltd t244 u can nrass co ltd im ho drummnnd mccall l co j10 thorn pa m motor jjt t2 standanl chemit al cn 7 30 tsot a letter was read from the hf pc of ontario ttatlng that the acton commlmlnn wmild have to change their wires and flaturea from the pnlt belonging to arlon to thai of the m1c on queen st east no prov is i on had been made bv the hf pc to change these wire belonging to acton all the members of the commit sion were present at this meeting on friday intetmidiati aasjctttall housi leaoui at actom y has four commtino ttams the intermediate btevi haaket- ball house league if acton y wi re ed teams la1 friday and tha regular schedule will open this saturday the league will again featura four teams captained bv don daw- kins don davidson ppitlp mcorls- tal and bill coon believe it or not weather to blame for late editions of home town paper i sunday school faity held at rfome of matlf uumatbtt tvttendance ucoko winnr nrvnvo rxcrrcsrevt mkc andeat went huning a big bird flew up in front of them mtke drew a bead vshile pat shout ed don t shoot- yet mike th- gun aint loaded can t help tt said mike the bird uont ait a very enjoyable time was held at the home of mass mane lambert on friday evening when she enter tained her sundv school class and her teacher moss dorothy sim mans games quixzea and the op- emng of exchanged christmas gift i were enjoyed by all mane lambert was the highen m points for attendance at sunday school and church with clara lambert second and several others i close runners up the ueather gels blamed for a lot of things and if we were to tell you that the weather was account able for some of the late deliver ies of your home paper it would seem ridiculous haw could the we the re affect a product that is produced indoors and away from outside conditions without getting technical the winter weather playi havoc by means of static electrickty uost of the moisture is either froien out or dried out of the air we run a prepv tight schedule in producing vour newspaper and th hour re quired for allowing pipers to rest between press and folding machin es tin t allowed for so at this time of year we at tempt to put moisture in th air and by various methods endraver to make ground contact for tha static sometimes it isnt success ful and tha papers cannot be eon- trolled thats often what happens whan your papers are later than usual thats tha reason youll saw our presses and folders fatrtoonad wtth what looks like christmas tlnawl decoration thats tha reason out around these machlnaa yetitj flal dew falling and see steam arising its the weather again takes th blame