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s s 4 seventyseventh year no 8 acton ontario thursday august 30lh 1951 elftht homo print pagessix cent ounty approves equal assessment estimated 535 return to school on tuesday tuesday morning about 833 children and teenagers start beck to aehool in acton for the high school students th business of education will be much the tame ax in other years with the addition of two new teachers changes are at the public school where classes will be held beside the steadily crowing new addition although principal g w me- kenxle reports that class rooms there will not likely byttsed at all this school year for grades one two and three there will be one class com bining the three grades at the request of inspector l l skuce following the recommendation- el the hone report the three grades in one room system has been tried thisyear experimentally in other schools and found success ful of the hew addition only the beating unit which heats both buildings and perhaps the wash room facilities will be used work began on the roof this week and lafir kurffttrfii to be completed although only the ten classrooms in the old wing of the school will be used wonder ful progress has been made to the addition principal mckenzie said about 400 are expected to gather in their last years rooms tuesday morning at the end of the school year there were sflo pupils 30 have graduated to high school and about 60 have registered for kinder garten because of uck of accom modation from 15 to 20 of the youngest had to be refused lthe usual summer school clean ing was done in the building but no major repairs the whole school was redecorated inside last sum mer and next year the exterior will be painted to harmonize with the new unit three new teachers arc miss dorothy capper stratford who will teach kindergartenprimary miss mckay norvol nnd miss dcna eraida acton the other teachers ore mrs k alger mrs jane gam ble miss isabel anderson mrs an nie wilkinson miss daisy folster w d e smith and the principal g w mckenzie during the summer the floors were varnished in the high school plumbing fixtures repaired and n cupboard built principal o rob- bins expects about 135 students this year while there were 137 at the beginning of last year the number was down to 125 by the end of the year parents night will be held on the first thursday in september when parents of grade 0 students arc especially welcome mr rob- bins also hopes to have a meeting of parents every two months throughout the year two new teachers on the staff are miss edythe h harris toronto and john m heron up t west hilt a graduate of the university of toronto miss harris will teach lower school history geography gr vnghrh cnm and girls pt mr heron will teach boys pt and science- in all grades a chemi cal engineering graduate from the university of toronto he was in the army worked over three years in chemical industry and has been boys camp councillor mr robblns will teach mathe matics guidance in grade 12 miss isabel gammie french latin grade 1013 e hansen english grade 1013 history grades 1113 music grade 0 miss c grindley commcrclal option grades 1012 english literature grade 9 guidance grade 0 french grade 9 after receiving instructions and a list of necessary books high school students will be free on tues day coupe hits pole driver suffers cuts a telephone pole was bowled ov- crnt9 24 when a car driven by duncan ellis of rockwood failed to make a turn and went into the ditch the accident occurred on the ac ton sideroad east of knatchbull three and n half mfles southwest of aoton the vehicle a 1031- plymouth coupe went into the ditch on the north side or the rpad damage was estimated at between 175 and 200 the driver was treated by dr w g c kenney of acton for deep lacerations to his left arm a pas senger elgin crip ns also of rockwood was uninjured dr james mather r to c five more cases of poliomyelitis were reported to the hal tori county health unit during the week ending august 25th dr james mather reported this week four of these showed no paralysis 3 young men in acton age is 18 and 21 years on d a girl in oakville age 10 years the fifth case an 18 month old boy in burlington has some paralysis ten cases hove been reported to the health unit since august 1st 4 in acton 3 in oakville 2 in bur lington and 1 nonresident in tra falgar township it takes from 50 to 100 years to produce a tree large enough for timber 51 fair prize list just off the press wightof-tho-pwisa-ttn-tho- 1d5l acton fair prise lists the red and black ink on the green ecver is just dry inside past the officers and dir ect ora message and the rules and regulations are the regular cffisv es for horses cattle sheep swine poultry pets groin fruit vegef ablet canned nnd preserved prod ucts homecrafts plants nnd flow ers school children work w i displays ond all the items on dis play that make the hall at the fair full of annual interest in competit ions fridays arena show the prize list announces that along with the perennial horse events and music by the acton citizens band there will be a high table balanc ing act a baton twlrler who was ion and a comedy juggler a musical comedian will high light the grandstand show the next afternoon and of course there will be the baby show and pieeotlng contest and gentlemens road race and stock parade some of the special prizes have been changed this year and some additional classes listed a special commercial market cattle feature has been added there is a change in the womens institute display handicraft classes ore added etc the 56page prize lhrf book gives promise of great things at acton park on friday september 21 ond soturday september 22 final upheaval before streets become the best in the province u one of those motorists who drive the cnr tracks to main street n car with wenk springs went will be graded before the asphalt through town yesterday and hurl- i surface is laid and it is expected ed from the window of his bounc- that the equipment will be in ac ins jalopy what after four ton ready to pave mxt tuesday years of course he was on his j or wednesday wind weather way before a reply coidd be given i nnd etc permitting well as a matter of fact after council has received word from contract awarded buy new ladder contract for the wiring of the j sewerage pumping station was j awarded to g jordan at a cost of 70 for labor only work is to be completed by september 15th the public utilities commission decided at the fortnightly meeting on tuosdny evening the commission also decided io purchase a 30 foot aluminum ex tension ladder from e e hickey year the resurfacing of the mr r richardson district eng nt a price of 140 50 highway through acton is taking intvr that the ontario department i uu i l jaccldi a representative of the general some visible form for the visitors and we natives the old surface is being torn up where- necessary prior to laying new asphalt and thai whole section from west of halt0n equalized assessment tables below are those approved for equalized assessment in halton county for the years of 1951 and 1952 and will show comparative figures for each munici pality it will be noted lhat bronte was not included in the 1951 table as the equalized assessment bylaw is approved a year in advance for the purpose of raising money to carry on county business and each municipalitys share should be as near equal as is possible the percentages were not included in the councils printed reports equalized assessment table for 1952 municipality oakville burlington georgetown acton milton bronte trafalgar nelson esqueslng nassagaweya total total atuumant 11688000 9763800 3475700 2326200 2250000 847600 9126600 8447000 4738800 1883700 54547400 pel 21427 17890 6371 4264 4124 1553 16731 15485 8687 3453 equalized assessment takle fo 1951 municipality total aiuumtnt oakville 4813057 burlington 4140300 georgetown 1968065 acton 1459316 milton 1566419 bronte nil trafalgar 8116596 nelson 5649820 esquesing 4160383 nassagaweya 1596428 fct 1481 1237 588 436 468 nil 2445 1688 1243 476 jl the above table was an order by the county judge as the outcome of an appeal lodged by the towns of bur lington and oakville last year the order was made follow ing a meeting of all municipalities who agreed to theabove equalized assessment table for 1951 j of highways has given the approv al to resurface the 22 foot strip from river street tojhe highway intersection near the 1nwn bound ary thus work will be paid for entirely by the department or highways paving will be two feet wider than the present allow ance about 800 feet of paving are in this section all other paving was included in the contract of the beamish co now being work ed upon the paving will conclude the work program on the acton streets which will then be the finest of any town in the province and we do hope the visitors will be kind enough to go slowly and hurl comp liments as enthusiastically as the caustic comments that have been characteristic for the past one year and three months under the smooth surface arc the new sewers new street drain age renewed water services pnd all the overhead wiring in the bus iness section then there will be the new sidewalks in the two main business blocks and the el imination of some seps into bus iness places many of these im provements wont be visible u we pass along but its been o big pro gram for a small town torontos subway now give it the doubtful distinction of having the worst main street in the province 9 ontario and well be content to tep out of theowfi petit ion ent insurance co gave de tails of his companys coverage on motor equipment and their in spection service no decision was made until further consideration was given the proposal accounts were passed for pay- men as follows hydro j bell tel co joint usp- j b mackenzie cement acton free press station p d h howden supp can gen elec supp northern elec supp federal wire l cable supp hepc of ont power supp rec gen meter insp can line materials supp petty cash exp l trans 3301 2200 035 2070 1884 30 88 3fil ofl 8281 alt 0 00 7120 1275 wafer f w bowes labor m mcmillan labor r morton labor j lambert expenses can brass co supp crane ltd supp s885248 1800 4800 1650 15 50 21204 30745 81540 mayor tyler and commissioner ware were present at this meeting on tuesday 1d not know her cousin was in canada until he paid visit a pi rata nt surprise for mm g w mchugh this week wu a two day visit from her- cousin hnrry france and hli wife marlon who live in st johns new brunswick with their friend mr and mr wlllnrd armstrong they had been touring in the states and were on their way to the canadian national exhibition before returning via montreal mrs mchugh had not seen her coiirin for 31 years and did not even know he was in canada al though he came from england in january of this year they enjoyed the reunion after nil these years three towns object to 1952 e s halton new equalised assessment was realized following flv veers of tireless efforts by municipal officials avhenhmmty council approved the new bylaw setting up equalized assessment figures for 1052 at their meeting last tuesday afternoon however the figures an wt down in the schedule did not meet with the npprovalofoll member and the issue was decided by a small margin of votes members from the municipalities of georgetown oakville nnd burlington objected to the schedule arguing they thought they were assessed too highly ft reeve g marshall georgetown declared we an not satisfied with the figures an shown for mil ton acton and esquesing ns being nassagaweya township gives g01d watch to korean veteran it is a happy thing to have keith back and a proud thing for nassagaweya sold arthur pad- bury tuesday evening speaking for over 200 district residents who had gathered in brnokvllle hall to honor john keith robertson the first korean war casualty to re turn to ontorlo reeve j e el- lenton presenteil the 21 yearold cxxoldler with a gold watch ana eith robertson replied excounclllor max storey led in a legion charge and jhnrobert son the father of the wounded soldier also spoke mr robertson was a township councillor several years ago pte robertson was honorably discharged two weeks ago and plans to return to work at sud bury soon before enlisting he was employed with the internat ional nickel co there he joined the princess pats and ns a rifle man was only in action in korea a week when he was wounded he was flown to tokyo with head and shoulder wounds and was flown from there to mnlton in n speedy 40 hours he returned to his campbell villi- home on march 24 shrapnel wounds to his left should er and left eye werv treated ot sunny brook hospital knox ladies aid plans busy fall the members of knox ladies aid held their august meeting at the country home of mrs stanley mathews no 7 highway mrs f j mccutchcon the pres ident had charge of the meeting and plans were made for a busy fall term a committee of three mrs f j mecutchion mrs d mclellan and mrs peter murray ls to meet with the manage- and decide on lh improvements to b- made in the kitchen it was the unanimous decision to have a fowl supper following e anniversary in october the devotional period was taken by mrs allen smith and mrs robert ohara mrs- w masalrs nad an interesting story entitled what are little girls made of mrs d mclellan read a poem th jericho road and mrs george somervillc a poem who is my neighbor mrs fred anderson introduced an interesting contest to conclude f i the pro cram mrs somervillc and j rotcst ich1s goflslagt mrs mathews were the winners a delightful social half hour was enjoyed over the tea cups the committee of the month were mrs f anderson mrs f cole mrs a smith mrs a mann and mrs ohara an invitation was receiv ed to meet for the next meeting at the home of mrs w watklns mrs r ohara expressed the thanks to the hostess and the members pleasure nt spending the afternoon at rural home on these lovely summer days loo low compared with those of georgetown i would like to know how these figures ore reached are nil assessments measured with the rnme yardstick reeve howard litchfield onk- vllle our oakville council is- not in favour of the figure as they now stand our percentage in crease nvec last year has doubled mnniinnturiinuiilinlmluliuiinui he attended public school in nassajjaweya and milton high school a dance nnd bountiful refresh ments concluded the evening for the nnssagaweynns for whom hon oring returned soldiers is nothing out of the ordinary after the last war 108 watches were presented to township men and scvernl to township girls ns well clocks were given to the mothers of sons who ilid nut return from the war fair while reeve ii d allen felt that burlingtons share was a little high he and his associate member on the council could not approve or vote again the bylaw as they had only received the schedule the day be fore county council was to meet we have had no time to study the schedule so therefore we are not prepared to take action at this lime reeve allen informed mem bers summing up the feeling of most councillors reeve george thorpe said these are the actual figures of each municipality and i think they are very fair referring to a number of quc- t ions rn ised by members ford rogers led the lengthy discussion on the question he praised the efforts of members nnd their coun cils as well ns local assessors for their cooperation since the pro gram was first begun in 1040 i the county asntssor stressed county had gone through a acton peanut day acton rotary chrb on tuesday nighj heard a report of the pro gress made by n crippled child which had been provided with braces and a new table and decid ed to embark on another enmpaigr- to raise funds to carry on the greot work of assisting crippled children of acton nnd district to help raise- funds bob rust of kitchener explained the org anization of a peanut day for ac ton which will be held either the last week of september or the first saturday in october the planter company hope to bring the big 50000 peanut float to aoton between 75 and 100 domage i but mr ruit was careful to give 75100 damage estimated to car xray plctura to text meuls can be taken at 4 speed of 100 per sec ond comfort of acton united church window sill attracts drinker wf are so accustomed to seeing drunks and open drinking in these day of liquor control in this grand and glorious province that it becomes commonplace the height of public offence was witnessed on tuesday afternoon looking out our office side win dow we saw a man seated on the window sill of the united church with a bottle and a glass drinking he appeared intoxicated judging by his wavering back and forth on the window sill when the bottle was finished he cast it aside put his glass in his pocket and stag gered off leaving the bottle there along with his shopping bag the bottle was labelled danforth white wine donl know the po tency of this brand but it gave quite a curve to that mans poature we know the church window sill where we used to go to sun day school never had any part in his- downfall was estimated to a 1934 chrysler sedan and cuts and mirior injuries suffered by car pasjaiigcr don an derson acton last friday august 24 at 10 pm when the vehicle missed a turn and rolled over driven- by earl uocoy of-willow- st acton the car had been trav elling east on- the second concession sbuth of acton another passen ger jack pink was uninjured acton man injured lit sunday accident leonard crippsr acton suffered cuts to his mouth and over his right eye sunday when the car in which he was a passenger went into the ditch en no 7 highway twotenths of a mile east of acton the accident occurred about 1130 am the driver of the car john air- drte of acton told investigating provincial police that he was crowded off the road by a car travelling toward acton damage to the right front fender wheel bumper and hood of the 1055 dodge sedan totalled an est timated 150 no definite assurance of this item it is hoped the day will provide more funds to assist the ever grow ing work of making life better for the crippled children of acton great growth of expansion during the past five years he said in 104a the population of halton wits 3l00q people wltlu an r value of 22000000 figures tabu lated up to august this year in dicated there wiik a population of 44000 with an aknensrienl- at 54- m7400 in n further question regarding assessing procedure mr rogers ex plained that it hod been agreed be tween nil nssensors in the county that property along she lakeshore and lower highways was mora valuable than that in the northern potinns of the municipality there- fovj- certain percentage exemptions were made to give the whole over- nil picture n more fair distribution in assessment figures comparative figures of the equal ized assessment figures are shown elsewhere in this edition the perennial question of beaver nnd flooding water in nassagaweya township was again aired by coun cil when the chairman of the re forestation committee george cur- rie reported a conference with of ficials or the departments of lands and forests recently he urged the county purchase land in this area nnd set up a county game reserve this met with approval of de partment officials he said he further advised certain tracts of land in this area could be purchas ed ahd negotiations were under way for other property on the westerly side of the township road continued on page five 14979 from every act0nian would cancel debenture debt acton has the lowest taxation per person of any municipality in the county of halton according to the 1030 annual repdrt of munic ipal statistics recently released by minister of municipal affairs hon c h dunbar the hmo figures show acton with a total debenture debt of 453040 taxation in 1050 raised 72021 or 23 77 per person if everyone of the 3030 assessed population in acton contributed 14070 the towns debenture debt would be wiped out oakville claims the highest deb enture debt in the county whb a oul of 821400 on which 30717 interest was paid in 1050 only four of haltonnplne mun icipalities issued new debentures in 1050 acton issued 373550 georgetown issued 31000 nelson issued 200000 and esquesing 1 sued 07000 nassagaweya has by far the eat debenture debt owing 503 or an average of 31 cent person the nine halton county n alrtles of 1050 collected in taxes from the lisoswrt atlon of 30081 trafalgar townshift 1040 figures has the seasment in the county 1 erty and buildings are 3837075 naasagawyr lowest assessment wis 0 valued at 1484 j47 the greatest total um the town of oalrv council raised 303 al taxes in 1090 wh raised only 577 351 re wsf