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hht jvtiaw tfttt tt seventysixth year no 49 acton ontario thursday may 10th 1951 ten home print pages six cents ll sewerage prov 4 project approve 75000 loan coverin sewera cost two readings were riven n bylaw authorising the borrowing of 76000 at the regular meeting of council friday of last week the bylaw will be forwarded to the municipal board for approval this money is for the completion and additions to the sewerage system being installed it will be added to the wa0000 expenditure approved nt a municipal election and make the sewerage system a 425300 project the money is to be borrowed at four per cent interest council accepted the annuall auditors report with the proviso b- b m utilities adjusts charges for water that the cemetery account be re- checked this was done because the land value on property fov sale was considered incorrect the report showed a deficit of 0 48334 print ed copies of the report were to be prepared and distributed a representative of a toronto bonding house suggested to council that it might be wise fp sell the bonds covering the public school addition now because of market conditions rather than waiting until the ond of the year council decid ed to arrange meeting of the re presentative and the finance com mittees of the public school board and the council lome garner presented an ex planation of his tender price on the fire truck chassis delayed delivery had caused unforseen price increas es of over 115 mr garner assured council of the validity of his tender but asked councils consideration in meeting a portion of the expenses since he had sold the truck on a no profit basis councillor e taylor chairman of the fire committee re commended that council accept half the increased cost a- motion was tabled to this effect but was defeat ed and the vote recorded the fire committee upheld the motion a motion accepting increased costs above tender on the fire truck was posed covering the authorized installation of front shock absorbers and extra delivery charges this amounted to 41 25 the actual price for the fire truck chassis was then raised to a total of 2838 45 j clerk mcgeachie reported re- ceipt of the 10 per cent grant on i thc recently purchased fire truck j the amount was 007 70 the 25 per cent grant will be received as the regular grant on all fire depart ment operating costs permission was granted to the acton ys men club to hold a community auction in the arena the regular rental was to be gcdandpermisflionta use tbcj arena to facilitate storing objects prior to the event was granted complaints concerning the un protected bridge on main st at the corner of brock ave were receiv ed council felt it wan the duty of the highway department coun cillor groer suggested that some immediate protection should be provided and the clerk was in structed to write to the department of highways asking the erection of a railing on the bridge to prevent any serious accidents the railing wan ncver replaced when the new bridge was erected complaints wen also received regarding the condition of the morfa st bridge beardmore und co wire to bt naked to mnki re pairs a letter was received answering the queries of council recording the ruling on damaged cars due to street conditions the utter from a e doie and co insurance ad justers reported no negligence on the part of the insurance company since people used the streets withf 1 til i knowledge of the conditions continued on pag five mr harvey polmcr was present at the regular meeting of the acton public utilities commission to dis cuss with mayor e tyler and it mac arthur the water charges to his house on scene st the pipes had been frown in the winter time and the tap was left running to prevent a further freeze up the commission ruled that mr palmer be charged for the regular amount of water used in a similar period this was agreeable to mr palmer superintendent lambert was in structed to purchase a supply of sewer pipe for installing laterals and also to purchase the necessary fittings when the meter reader was checking last month it was found that the water meter at mr jos h reeds place hod a considerable amount of water registered this amount was out of proportion to that used over the years and it was felt the meter must have jumped a new meter was ordered installed superintendent lambert reported that the fence at the spring lane had been repaired this fence was broken last winter when the lane was snowplowed the scrap steel from the old tank bottom has been sold and was tak en away last saturday an order is to be placed for ten new water meters as the supply is getting down superintendent mason reported that the supplies for the sewage disposal plants have been ordered the commission confirmed on order for half a cor load of poles which was placed by superinten dent mason superintendent lambert reported that a new service for b age and water had been installed to a new house on arthur st and that two water services had renewed on main st north hydro department highway garage northern electric co acton free press express and transport waterworks department canadian brass co ltd thompson motors the first sod for actons now 235000 school was turned officially by dr f g oakes on thurs day morning of last week from left to right re j hargrave tom jones c heard dr oakes w wolfe j h creighton and tom watson although the bulldozer had been at work at the site the first digging with the steam shovel befgan thursday when the land was scooped up to make room for the cement foundations and boiler room of the school staff photo soeds hear points on public speech learning how to speak in pub lic ond like it were the members of the acton y sq ed club at their meeting on wednesday ev ening may 2nd the guest spea ker was miss dorothy stone nf stewarttown who teaches art at the high school here miis stone mentioned different occasions on which anyone might be called to speak in public ond hlisted definite pointer for the in terested group she was introduced and then thanked on behnlf of the group bv al spanton after the talk the young people enjoyed refreshments and dancing been 5 00 1250 1205 11 22 1167 3 30 police have word of bicycle supposedly stolen in acton recently corporal r mnsun has receiveo o rt port that a man arretted in alliston has admitted theft of a bicvefcy in acton during the past two wihki but corp mason has hud no one from here reporting it biecle stolen if onvone hos lost a bic cle its possible that it may be reco ercd b contacting the pol let office of course it will be mcissorv to provide details of the machine thai mn have been stolen suggest executives clip coming events every week the coming event column in the paper proves how much is going on in town it is our job here to publicize your events and to do our best to sec they are publicized just as the secretaries oroihcr representatives of organiz ations would wish them to be but we can not take responsib- iltv for conflicting dates after all the onlv way we hove of recalling whether a dote hns already been announced for nn event is the same way anyone else has to look back through the recent editions or sim ply by memory we would suggest that since manv organizations publish a single coming event as far as six months before an event so that other or ganizations will know the date has been spoken for the seen tori s would be well dvistd to clip the coming event column from tht ir p ipe r each wttk for rt fere nee stately centuryold elm creaks falls to make room for modern new school in the march of progns it icems that many fine old tnes have to be removed then was a dny when acton streets could be lined with stately shade trees and then was little interference as we seemingly could well afford the space but times hove changed more traffic requires w ider street more power lines and there is little use in putting lights up that are obscured in the heuvv fol iage then there is more building up at the school grounds w here the new school is being built mihu fine trees have hod to be sacrificed it gave a lump in the throat on saturday to see a stately old elm creak rend asunder ond come turn bllng down to earth it must have been nearlv a cuitun old and was six feit in diameter ond over 100 feet high tht re wen over 00 rings in the trunk most of the tree was sound and mr fred krontz the vtteron woodsman who did thejob worked with his helper for over eight hours before the statelv mon- anh toppled in its last plunge he savs it wai the toughest and most difficult tree he had ever felled tht re i something tragic when a fun tne goes down but it is neces- sirv if we an to keep growing uui expanding in our town per haps it wos just a ge stun w he n the woodsman took off his cap and wiped his brow but it seemed vcr fitting when such a fine old tree wont down air rifle smashes cnr train window mtmbcrs of the cnr police in co operation with tht acton pro- memhpoltco are determined to se on end to shooting at passing trains the rtveultd last week not long ago a window on the din ing car of a train passing through acton was shattered by an air rifle shot although tht re wos no one injured the possibility of serious and permanent injury was brought clearly before the eyes of the police the police reminded that it is il legal for anyone under 16 years of age to have a rifle under the games and fisheries law police reported that it had also been brought to their attention that acton residents had been out on the railway bracks any of these could be charged with trespassing cnr property they said a c n jl police officer mentioned the case of a youngboy in guelph who just recently lost a leg as a result of playing on the tracks although the officials do not wish to take action they will en sure the safety of train passengeis us weu as those who trespass ontke tracks themselves by prosecuting if neeessary turn first sod of 235000 school school classes carried on as usual thursday morning with the steady noise of the two machines drown ing out any of the conversation of the small group gathered at 0 30 that grey morning to bring the of ficial ok to the new 235000 public school the first sod was turned by dr f g oakes the chairman of the public school board a although a bulldozer had pre viously been taking the sod off the ground in preparation for the work of tlie gouging shovel the first dig ging to any depth was watched on thursday morning the only basement in the new school will be a boiler room with parallel bases dug out for the cement foundation strips complete paving on 25 highway work on completing the paving ofno35 highway from glenspey farms to milton started on mon day the low construction co which has the contract moved machinery and equipment into the fourth line moving plant on mon day and is getting ready to start the asphalt mixing machines by next week in the meantime the roadway is being staked out and graders roll ers and paving machines have been moved onto the highway the grades ond base material ore being laid preparatory to paving about six miles of no 25 high wov paving was laid last year until winter conditions made it necessary to abandon the work when the s from milton to glcnspev farms hos hnd the first coot the mtire highway will receive a fin ishing coat it is understood paving will be done from milton post office corner to the junction of no 7 in acton evening auxiliary meets wednesday the work of missionaries in in dia was told to the members of the knox evening auxiliary who attended the lost meeting at the home of mrs f anderson brock st wednesday evening the study period was taken by mrs h l dennie who gave a talk on the general aspects of the work there mrs george musselle and mrs o hara then told of individual mis sionaries in india the president of the auxiliary mrs mclsaac was in charge of th meeting and led the devotional ptriod assisted by mrs ohara a soclalperiod closed the evening school students attend county j council session water conservation and beaver were thoroughly discussed by members of ilalton county council at the regular meeting held in milton on tuesdnv it waj also n gala day for m elementary school students who vore visitors of council inaugurated eight years ago under the supervision of roy f smith pupils ognin enjoyed the hospitality of council as well op learning- first hand just how affairs are carried on in the hal ton municipality u following the morning session ft i 1 i students were divided into building changes noted along mill recently wed pair honored guests at gathering on thursday presentations were made to mr and mrs fred cole last thursday evening when they were guests of honor at a gathering at the home of mr and mrs s morrison the recently married pair were given a lamp magazine endtable and a wall mirror after an address was read by mrs g r somerville mrs mathews william moffat and frpd harding presented the gifts mr m m coles was the master of ceremonies for the evening and entertainment included selections by the churchill orchestra duets by betty ann and marie kerr mar- goret morrison and lilljan phillips solo b doris harding and readings bv mrs c coles ond mrs a m macpherson lunch was served and then a singsong with a mckay playing the violin enjoyed there ire several building im provements being carried out ond others about complecd in actons business section perhaps the most extensive was that ot hinoi s store which started last fall and included an addition of confide i- able size doubling the former store size a full sized basement new oil heating plant ond a complete ren ovation of the interior with new fixtures lighting etc mr hinton now has one of the finest stores on the street and we understand plans in the future include mod ernization of ihe store front w d talbot hos added a new brick and cement warehouse at the rear of his mill street store which hos the exterior almost fin ished it will increase facilities for his lines ond matches up the brick store connecting with hi former warehouse on main street north billon ft perry new show rooms and work shops arc neanng completion last week the ct ment flooring wos poured and the building is nenrlj ready to move into it is a fine cement block s ructure with brick front and large show windows facing the highway the front section will bt used for show rooms for equipment with commodious work shops in the rear brick is ready for renovation of the front of harry ma in prize s barber shop this change will mean an alteration in the front windows and shop entrance we gather that there will b some painting and further im provements along mill street which will be undertaken just a soon as assurance is mode that paving will be done soon ond the dust nuisance allevated n b the deadlines match news and ads as schedule must roll on there s a great deal that advert oing and news orticlts have to go through before they appear in the paper each week illustrations fo advertisements how to be ca t from a pressed cardboard sheet in to o heavy block of metal and that process is alw ays done on tuesday as it la a long steady job wednt sdays the illustrations are placed with the tvpe in the ads and that s another big job so cooperation is very neces sary the selection of lustrations must be done b monday after noon at 4 oclock so the mats can be ready for the carter tuesda advertisers are very welcome to uso the books of illustrations of all kinds in the newspaper office all display ads are to be in the office on tuesdays by 4 o clock and classified advertisements by 2 pm wednesday afternoon on the subject of deadlines cor respondence would be much ap preciated early in the week on tuesdays if possible earlier or- rivol of news would assure each item a place in the paper eramosa township sets 39 mill rate i a regular meeting of e ramus a council held on may 7th a consol idate rate of 30 mills was adopted b council while the police villagt of roekwood will have a rate of 44 nulls and police village df ed en mills 41 mills the mill rate made up as follows county 11 so education 18 4 township 8 0s the police village of rock wood has m addition 5 mills for general and uarbage and eden mills 2 mills fur i rut lighting the treasurers budget for 1951 was accepted as was also the and itor s report for1050 the road superintendent reported that tht gravel contractor w ould be able to start in ten days or two wteks and council agreed with the proposal of guelph township council for some construction work i at the overhead bridge on the town line just north of na 7 highway i arrangements were made with representative of the bell tele phone company to change th location of certain poles on the indian trail to permit some prop osed con struct kin accounts amounting to 174081 were passed for payment and council adjourned to meet june 4 at 7 30 pm game warden puts pike in acton lake thirtyfive pike were placed n fairy lake sunday by the hol- ton game warden dudley witch- cox of oakville a scaw nger fish the pike will clean up the weeds in the pond as well asprovidint t challenge for fishermen mr hitchcox heard that piki were being netted out of the cam it h imil on along with tarp and hid tht pike saved for tht pond here brought in tubs i est sun da the fish were poured out irto the lake the fish w re diid b tht ir ride in close cjuor rs an i hd to bi driven out into th detp water some of tht fih wtilhid is much as seven pounds mil vwrc three fett long wmllergroups visiting the virion departmen s where headsexpjoined the operation of their departments in detail in many cases exhibits were shown to illustrate the work the young visitors verv evenly divided as boys and girls wore warmly welcomed by the warden kenneth y dick he explained function 6fcnuncil and wished them every luck on the etsays ln- er each student will write in es- soy telling of his visit to council council has planned to iward prizes to the winners lloyd d dingle crown attorney addressed the visitors on the function and operotlon of law enforcement in his department he urged the studens to use caution and alwtf feel a police officer was their best friend council did not take any ictioil in connection with a resolution sponsored by the conservation of haltop county who were seeking to have beaver left in nossagaweya township they also asked coun cil to purchase land from a henry j mcleod whoso property his been i covered by the dammemup water council felt the matter required i further study by the reforestation i committee and asked them to make a report at next council meeting it was explained that two or three years ago a pair of heaver were released on the upper sixteen mile creek it wos hoped they would construct o dom to form a pond thus creating a water supply at the source another animal was released and it didnt take them long to build water backed up until it flooded roads ind covered a large acreage nassagaweya council was forced to raise the roadway which was inundated lost summer officials also repow some flooding on the same road this year members of council felt nassagaweya should receive as sistance in the matter as they be lieved it was a great asset to the county to have this quantity of water stored there council turned a deaf ear to a resolution from kent county who were seeking to have the provinc ial government hold a pleblslte at the next provincial meet ion to find out how the people of ontar io felt about daylight laving time a committee set up to study council procedure from wellnnd county council is to be invited to attend the next meeting of halton rountv council grunts of 200 to the halton plowmens association and sis to the halton junlor farmers to assist with their achi live mint diy w re mide by coun- ell council ipproved a reeommend- ition of the assessment committee asking an extension of 60 days to comph te the equalized assessment progrim as provided for by the as- i ssmt nt act reeve william vtirshall chairman of that commit tee n ported five municipalities continued on paoe ten pupils of rural schools plant trees to try for prizes learn conservation during he next two wteks pub- j lie school children in the countv i will compete in a tree planting contest with the intention of tabluhlng woodlots through on halton county council inaugur ated the scheme three years ago the number taking part hos in creased to id rural schools th s year e m cressman of the ont ario department of lands and forests announced last week it l under his supervision that th plan is baiojt carried out the pupils of each school obtain a tract of land which ii donated by a farmer not lar from the school the pupils must plant one half acre or 000 trees complt te a leaf collection and answer a quiz i on reforestation and conservation during tha contest the first place winner will take part in further district competit ion and district honors entitle the winntrs to enter a provincial con test halton county council an nounced that the first prize wile be 21 second 1 and third 10 all uchools entering will recalva 13 trees are supplied bv the de partment of iands and fores s the children plant mostly white pint and white spruce with a few ash and rnaple tree schools of esqucsing nassagb- ya trafalgar and nelson are ill ntered the coptest lajf un til the middle of may the conte st is gaining in pop ularity mr cressman laid the children like to take part in it and thev become very converajnt with tree planting and halton has ad vanced vary for in this respect