The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

seventysixth veav nq- 27 acton ontario thursday january 1 1th 1951 eight hoojpinlpgelsix centt rre inspection repairs expecte to tot 512 at tho regular meeting of the public- utilities commission inst tuesday evening water superintendent ln m be rjrv ported thnt the total coat o dote of repairing the services broken when the hrtth pressure wns put on the mains wns 41242 there nre still two scrvicesttvho repaired and it in cstimnted these will cost 100 ns they are difficult ones tn re pair thhi cost in to iw forwarded to the underwriter for their considorn- tion a loiter and report wns received from the a mea which told of the meeting with the iiepc of ont ario eahy in december thi meeting wns called to discuss power thi- hepc intim ated that n rebate would be fort coming in he thirteenth power bill lome scots baud names officers at the annual meeting of lome iutlhisinevuwiuld have to be sciis brass band hold on tuesday jnmrnry oth thefollwlng ottlfels were elected honorary presidents iwed for rehabilitating the systems a letter was road from the am ku dealing wjth accident prcv- reid e fleck brie wnllnce mr rntjon i d g r wright mr mason col hydro superintendent mason re- j cousins 1brnrll ex ported- that the hepc wquld the president is bruce mckerr start building the power line down j milton vicepresident norman the third line as far as the dtspos- j mnrchment georgetown secretary the treasurer rave a splendid y report on 4hc finances and all j messrs a beaumont cardaro dr -j- f rood year which lies al plant at the end of january an estimate of thrcost- of this line is to be obtained there already is i power line down the third line but is nor suitable for operating the treatment plant the purchase of rrlore transform ers for the servicing of industry in town was discussed those manuf acturers needing more power wen to be contacted so that arrange ments could be made for installing suitable load capacity superintendent mason reported that the line senicing hin tons new store is at the present time being bujllin from willow street this is the first srtrp in removing the poles from a block on mill street treasurer douglas peck george town committocvic carter ered leece brampton librarian thos herbert georgetown soolal con venor e forgraves georgetown the bandmaster of the lome scos alfred pcrrott warrant of ficer 1st class hasbeen with the band for 20 years during that time the band has had remarkable success in many competitions at the canadian national exhib ition last fait the band came first in class b this was the second vcar the band won in this class and it plans to compete again this fau with hopes for another first ff the members of the band are suc cessful in topping the group again year reports givn at wa meeting the monthly meeting of the wo- ihens association wan held at the home of mrs f cletfve with a good attendance thc president mrs j wtlrierspin presided the d c vol tmrah period wai taken by mrs e a currey wtth roll call answered by the word obey contained in a verse of scripture there will be no social activities whilothe church is undergoing repairs it was announced homes and lunch committee of four for each month were sccurou for the year- the annual reports for the past year werepresented 400 calls had been mndo and 100 pieces of mail sent to sick and shutjns there were two removals by death and 3 removals from town ahead the meeting closed with prayer mrs cleave assisted by- mrs pickett and mrs george simpson served a christmas lunch of cake cookies and sandwiches which was enjoyed by- alt in attendance and a social k hour was spent ex changing new years resolutions a vote of thanks was given to mrs cleave for her home and th lunch assistants they will again be awarded the immtsktnrrrttt pnsymghttlrtprltwrtnstcattsocl trcptiyt which must be won for three con secutive years for permanent own ership this trophy has been awarded for the last four years petrol ia citizens band won it the first year accounts joined the ontario mun icipal electric association and also the ontario municipal electric ut ilities upon motion j r mncarthur was appointed chairman of the public utilities commission and j t ware vicebhainnan for- the year 1051 the fojlowing accounts were passed for payment hydro account h e p c l w agar coal o h woodf co ltd sanitary supplies federal wire cable co jos r kearney corp ont mun elec assoc membership frnrlk terry postmaster box renewal addressograph multig- raph ltd assoc of mun elec util memlvrshtp highway garage prtty cash s179 92 2400 mm t2na 20 14 25 00 500 m0i 1000 3 05 3 a 33883 wdrenrorjcs account j lambert garage retrial 524 00 thompson motors can bras co ltd symon hdwe 235 1264 1979- 58 68 esquesing council has first meeting v qilmondav january bth the in nugural- meeting of esquesing j township council held- hav ing subscribed to the oath of office the following members took their scats george currie reeve geo leslie deputyreeve h craig retritwttrrrdbird andwalur un acton gala in 1901 gunner gould back ih til too important to carry back tn 1001 column tsnn ac count of the return of gunner wil liam gould from the boer war to acton on january 14th 1001 still living in acton and in fair health bill gould ngain saw service in the first world war the account iri the free press describes the excitement in acton the day he returned home we had a chat with blllic the other day iind he proudly showed us the ad- dress thnt was presented to him along with the presentations from the citizens of acton it was beau tifully executed by the lato william stark andbound in real leather it is n viw in h fr pr-i- dow this week heres -narlnf- the- story frnra- 1001 this old town went uuldoa monday over the welcome accord ed to gunner w j gould of d battery rca who reached his old home- from the war n the transvaal by the 221 pm train- a public holiday hnd been declared and the populace- turned out en masse amid great enthusiasm i buntings and flags and banners floated from private residences from public buildings and business places appropriate mottoes were in evidence at various points immediately at his appearancc at thecr door a cheer of welcome went up from 2000 throats he was carried on the shoulders of a couple of members of company g to his sleigh and acton cornet band struck up home sweet home after personal greetings from hundreds of friends the procession moved along mill st in the follow ing order grand marshall warren mountcdaxtoii cornotband hal- wellington county council number 27 there will be 27 menribers tth nrsl meeting of wellington cou council this month eight these will be new members and in four of these cases the change re sults from the retirement of prev ious office i holders the members of wellington county council are as follows arthur township t edwin white arthur village wilfred wnnfen clifford willinmpenmnn drayton a e andrews new einra arthur a badley new ernmnsn david d gray and ern- esl ii penham erin township goldwin burt and albert wheeler- erin village d stanley leitch newt fergus willard r smith 1 1 n i i r wi i 1 j m i i r i n i frf frihtfff chairman and secretary chosen by halton board nairiixii iiiietiiu ci anacr- uelph yrfwyislrtfl whbvtt lmmimia tnml l pnlfrnmnn in mm fl ifll jcngfluib ham councillors mr f w chapman the manager t the bank of cominercvjs pre sent and wished the council suc cess in their work during the com ing year mr g c brown who at- and port colbornc citizens band tended spoke briefly cnngriltiuit- the second the lome scots i inp the council n being retnrncd band won it the next two years to office again victor carter the comet soloist it was movpi and t ded that won the gold medal and ered leacejipf acrounts totalling twwbe baritone soloist also won the gold paij council decided to petition the ion lome rifles the- town clergy the reception committee gunner gould in sleigh nccompnwed by col davidson guelph and d henderson mp the reeve and council the school board chief i west garnfraxa harold s ander son gj ttttevettntt jv t h hugh m saunders harrlston geqrge walkey mary- boro township philip rowland minto township william g til- den mount forest ross f mc- lellan nichnl township robert g foote new palmerston rob ert cr bridge peel township william a walker and rlletl cherrey pilkington john quar- rie ptislmch townsiip william j hunter and peter c mclean both newt j f w o n misadventures in photography told the regular monthly meeting of the lakeside chapter iode was held in the legion rooms on tuesday evening jaiiuaryfl with the regent mrs hazel orr m the chair the minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted from n list of ten applicants coming from four of the five numici- killtlej which comprise the district the high school board of th north halton district chose cot g o brown of stewarttown as secretary treasurer at it meeting last night in milton mr brown- will take over his duties within the month from lun predecessor tf a d sproat who has resigned salaries requested tiy the applicants ranged from 500 to tlioo per year the salary at which col brown wns engaged was the same as that pnid now 750 00 per year mr ross carhert nnssagnweyn representative- on the board and last gears vicechaintian wos the unanivious choice for chairman and mr john bohjif georgetown was also made vicechairman hjlunann nvous approval the nine ipphfiintfi for secretary- trrtfsurer wtth salaries requested- iowjii i cecil brmikman of ghnspey farms speyside f w b fitzgerald millin 750 salary j ii f jjean acton 500 salary with increase if- found- iatwfactarx adani e- armstrong milton -sal- a v 1000 plus car expenses j norman bird esquemng sal ary s00 l e younghlut acton salary 550 col g o brown steward town james f evans georgetown sal ary 1100 mr armstrong of miltorr and mr youngblut and mr bean both of acton- were the only applicants to appear before the board at the meeting the resignation of col brown a a member of the board had tjeen given the county clerk since hr was a county appointment and thi was voriked for the boafd all the eleven m of th board were present at thi meeting messrs carbert pickett martin coon burhanan milne dili bifhn belt beaumont and and the roll call answered to an oxecutive meeting was ar ranged for japuary 30th in the legion rooms mrs marguerite taylor and mrs ftaiel orr were- to represent the gamble and exchief harvey j chapter at a meeting of all town j mounted acton fire brigode in organizations to discuss civil de jurtlform crescent lacrosse club medal in his class bolh of theic j are members of the lome scots band family congregates in acton lastsaturday to honor mrs g woods mrs george woods young st had a very pleasant surprise last saturday evening when her daugh ters sonsinlaw and grandchild rvn gathered together to honor her on her birthday members of the family came from georgetown guelph hamilton and acton a most enjoyable evening was speht with lunch served by two of mrs woods granddaughters a special birthday i cake with lovely decorations and candles was brought in mrs wood was presented with a sum of money and other presents from thi incmthts of her family pictures present problem in mi assistance in identification needed filing in in ttiy paper photographs iahsstm and trngruwd ir thi iietal plate 15 mounted on j blthk vf wihhi fur phnttng csually the name ot thf person or place m the picture i hht on the btuim of the wood oimuu vf thi-h- vu- vhch have been kipt in the free press ofx- tor mun s cars how ever thfiwnitwui either not writ ten then- for identification or hxs become th blurnd to read in some cim the identity f the j-r- son us not knot n at ait in snit- caw jjir iifsv- hae txn made in order to ih- cxrtain however the hlp of acton residents who re tail the bvod old das- or pictures tn famify albumv is needed woulj nyorie who txlicvrt he or she knou who this gentleman ma b write and let us know or else drp th suggestion in at the of- ttc v we hesftatr to throw ova pictures which may still b of historical value and faces no matter how pleasant are of little value tn files without a name department of highways for the suhsfdy on an approved expendi- i ture on roads during the year 150 of 4124690 william schcnk and jrlhur i beaumont were appointed mem bers of the north halton high school board for the year 1951 leave was granted to introduce a bylnw to change the numbers of the various wards in the township in order to comply with the assess ment act this bylaw was carried another bylaw was passed i granting permission to the reeve and treasurer to borrow money to meet the current expenditures of the township reeve george currie was ap- i poihtv a represehtativr to the grand valley conservation auth ority for the year 1951 tt was decided to instruct the oad supl to petition the depart- pient of highways in connection with purchasiittt a new road r grader the following accounts were pasd for nament h r mcciure ambulance 25 00 letter supply c 6tf 20 ontario gikki rtwd association 5 00 pttmaster x 200 the rell telephone co 9 25 1 m bennett i0c a w binton jtf oiv asstxiation of assesmg- of- fictt- cwi dal and bnnett 232 17 the following siufp ctalms were ordered paid meldnm- stark 1 imb 6 00 spencer wilson val uer 400 e claims for foxes destroyed mw townhip of esquesmgwre order- d paid as follows harold defor est tvrra cotta 45 iw james roe georgetown 10 no ward jluddell gorgcton 3 5 00 tony ziuo jr- terra cotta 5 00 edward mc- tan nerval loix wm shep- pard acton 45 00 john buck milton 20 00 c s bailey ceorbetown- 25 00 c j alexander milton 10 00 herbert smith georgetown 5 00 bruce ismond georgetown 1000 robert lock- hurst georgetown 15 00 arthur may noral l5 00 citizens and visitors mounted in sleighs and on foot sincrnot onefourth of the peo ple could crowd into the town hall the account tells the proceedings were carried on in the open air despite falling snow rev ii a macpherson of the presbyterian church then read an address of welcome this is the address that has been lent by mr gould and will be on display in the free press window until next thursday a gold watch was presented to gunner gould by mrs d hender- sonand the purse by mrs i reeve williams the article continues gunner gould hanked them very heartily for their generous gift he then r f erred to the feelings of sadnone experienced at returning alone in stead of having with him the brave comrade ibombadier moore woo had gone to south africa with him from acton fence an invitation was received to the opening of the new sick childrens hospital in toronto on january 157 a letter of thanks was received from elenda britton for the ring she received on graduating from acton high school as the most out standing student numerous cards and letters of thanks were received for fhe christmas parcels and for baby spoons the scout committee thanked the chapter- for their don ation the treasurers report was given by mlw julie lesniewich many donations were made to funds and scholarships sponsored by the pro vincial qnd national chapters a sum was to be sent the cana dian national institute for the hit and miss volleyball league got off to a flying start last week as the competition was keen and plenty of fun prevailed the group was chjisen into two teams the chestnuts und the di- nuts the chestnuts ran off with the honors by winning two of th three games when they seemed to find the holes in the donuts to win by scores of 1512 15fl and lose 1511 the ball handling was vrry steady with a few highlights on the part of orm hunt and bob tyler with some excellent spiking and tom nicol making some terrifij ives as he was all over the floor hi these games the points are not given to the team bu to the individual player and each one on the winning team receives 3- pointr and the losers t captains are el ected and teams drawn for at each session extra players are rotated intotho playlo assuregttmes to sri all who turn out this replace the town league which may be la ter reverted to when sufficient reg ulars are recruited prizes will be awartiedto the high pi avers when the schedule ends here are the points after the firstweeks activities f euringer 7 orm hunt 7f nightingale 7 t nicol 7 r davies 7 l horns- ley 7 k allen 5 f somerville 5 bob tyler 5 scottie mccristall 5 hank earl 5 meb blow 5 lat- arrival bob bruce earned himself 4 points actons new year baby is janice ann papiuon baby orourke 195ps last injc tjani ctons first baby for jd51 is anice ann papillon the daugh ter of dorothy and francis papil lon queen st janice ann has two little sisters judy anil theresa papillon she arrived at the nurs ing home on january gth the tunnerup for the first baby t of the year was judy dauflhtefof i gunner gould and about 700 of i them entered the town hall where the crowd at the doors was thf t greatest in the twenty years since j the hall was built there several j speeches were heard expressing pleasure at mr goulds return over two columns of smallsired tpe described the yala welcome of 190i approve vacation off three weeks blind and the save the children fund a donation was voted to the j legum ipr the use of the hall an instrumental by htileri- ru kett was enjoyed by everyone i miss esther taylor gave a very enlightening talk on her photo- j graphy misadventures she told of it xhr musine itddnu jo u ii he quest for photos and of the j real enjoyment and sense of ac- comphshment which can be- gamed byseeoniing interested in photo graphy as a hobby nominations were held for of- ficersfur the cctmini ytsizi- and lunch was mt rd by the group in j charge mr and mrs howard dean main st who was born at the nurning home on january 9th another distinction is awarded the tittle daughter of- dorothy and james orourke she was the last baby of 1950 for the district born just a ew hours before midnight on december 31t in guelph gen- committees were named with the first named n chairman a striking committee report was given approval as follows einance milne martin and beaumont management- pickett dills and biehn transportation bell buchanan and the new member to be named by county councihjrom equesinc building schehck coon martin accounts passed- for payment amounted to 2fl0619 the report of the committee of management on the request by the teachers for increases in salary was adopted it provides a 200 increase in salary for all the teachers ef fective january 1 1951 and an an nual increment of 200- effective september 1st i95e each of the three principals will alio receive a 200 increase in salary mi luke of georgetown will receive- an ad ditional 1100 increase in view of her specialist landing caretakeriv salaries were to be increased by 200 per year board meetings wilt be held thr third monday of each month in al ternate schools in the three town in the district thcianuary meet- ing will be held on the 22nd in ihe miftonschool messrs t bradley milton u h molr georgetown and c w mason acton were appointed at tendance officer at 50 pr tmy phis mileage universal weelt off prayer observed in all actons protestant churches has increased week of praye mrvcd in all churrhti in acti auto production 1388 per cent since the ant mcrtor worw show was held in new york50 1 w k prayr years ago the establishment of thrit weeks vacation with pay after is year service was a leading request of r the national vnion of shlh and baxters in second place leather workers before boards of n georgetown industrial conciliation m guelph and london lca fouowino s3 win recently the companies conctrned j tre beardmorv and company limited of acton and c s hyman leathers of london the uniohjhx at brardmorr was nquen1ed of the conciliation board tutting in guelph the chairman nfthe conciliation board in guelph which will make recommendations regarding the employee ofr beardmores war judge r s clark of guelph and the chairman of the board tn lon don deimg with the dispute hynian prof alex brady of the university of toronto baxter labs hockey team iiuud into econd place in he georgetown industrial leagueilast tancrs mwfidaqight at the georgetown i r fl arena with a 63 win over norval goal- uise counted up by mol jordan bob marshall and fyfe somtvue with one each and bv jack stewart with 3 baxtfs lineup was as follow- g rtoiwon d zajac d robinson c j stewart iw f somervtlle r at r marshal alternate vic maj- t- 4i ng the iro 1 s well thl wrk is bhevetl to have originated in england and i gaining momentum as more d ncu adopt the date a a regular jkjrt of the church calendar it u alwyyt held in either the firvt or econd week of january uth local i minister having slight ire ay to t adapt the date to awcial circum- lt- the pf stant of the ot s al cirrr i th poke fo ter ale fields k- allen e mai- jordan am4r everrlell night of the week of prayer tuesday was observed ir the baptist church with ernent west in charge of the service ai a representative of the baptist church mr ted hansen t the organ and mr cha land- bo rough played a cornet solo a mighty fortress 1 our god a the fr tught rvanre was ttrv e a he untd cmlifck he praying ith gjtl ex plaining that the divinea hrp1r if the people do not o rae werfrumlav rvrmng the a held in st j albai ilh rev robert arrrntr ng th- addreti on thursday evening the rrvlce uill be held at the united church with mi lampard the regular nrganirt directing th church chor rev luxlon wdl gve th- add re i fnday the final night of the week of prayer the s rvice will n held in the presbyterian church the ipeakrr will be- edrertoj i young frm toronto spontored ht the local branch tier vice church f2 giv- oi the britlih- jku rp 1 mmbr ftom f forcir bim sortw a wh th- dlffrt church eholn fllld j ivln thwri h i1 th cliblr loft colorl moving plcturri iiiass