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eht jvjefwi stn bttss svniyejghtri year no 8 acton ontario thursday august 28th 1952 ton homo print page six cent school addition ready for opening ready and waiting for a class of youngsters is this classroom in the new addition to the pub lic school the primary grades and grade eight will be taught in the new wing with the most modern of facilities the desk unite as seen in the picture are of natural birch and the walls aro of two pastel shades nine ceiling fixtures light text books at the pupils desks while indirect lighting fixtures at the front of the room throw additional light on the front blackboard the teachers desk and chair may be seen at the front of the room drapes put up in each classroom this week arc not pictured in the centre of the front wall above the blackboard is the box from which records radio programs the voice of principal g w mckenzie the recess bell and the fire alarm will come on the intercommunication system the school like this room is all ready for occupancy tuesday stall photo crowd of 2500 greets swift cu boy band from out of the west came one at the most colorful and entertain ing bands to play to an acton audience about 2no0 residents of acton and other centres tor miles around were attracted to the spacious park for a variety concert and program presented by bandmaster charles war ren and the swift current saskatchewan boys band on tuesday evening following o parade from the station to the park we welcome you all as cousins from the sister province of sas katchewan your visit here 1 am sun will enrich all of us not only because of the splendid music for which you are noted but because it will broaden our view m the realization that each province contributes its shure to the greatness of our country mayor b d rachlin said in welcoming the visiting bandsmen t mayor rachlin also paid particul ar tribute to the work of gerry candler through whose effoits the arrangements for the band visit began he also lauded the work of lome wieck of the council who as a member of the parks committee carted out his woijc ajmbahl gerry candler in introducing the r vter of ceremonies extended hs e eetings to ihe band as a formr refluent of swiftjcurretit and pres ent resident of acon muster of ceremonies fo- tsc ev enings profcmi was kon aberdeen fcht brough greetings from- their hi mc on the lange out ve- to th garden and industrial ovime of ontario the swift current band has tnk- en the 2000 mile trip to compete in the mu ic competitions r the can adian national exhibitim on thurs day i today swift current in third at cne result received just at prets time from the canadian national exhibition mule competitions snow the swift current boy hand in third place with 25 point burlington claimed flrat prlie in the group with 243 point follow ed by london with im point following the parade from the station headed off by the rope twirling meters shirley anil cirmel cowan and a group of rh ihini tut on swinging majorettes the continued on page five vote stands 93 on school program the secretary reported to the north halton hih school district board on monday night that he had polled the vote of absent members of the board and that 0 favored in the building program as outlined in the motion passed nt last meeting and 3 opposed in view of the foct that county council did not meet until september committees named had not been able to act on the resolution and make their presenta tion a claim of 40415 from brampton high school for pupils attending from the district was not approved no notice had been received by the board and transportation to north halton schools was easily available the board approved fees of a pupil attending guelph vocational school and passed accounts amount ing to 279765 applications for school atten dance out of the district and trans fers for courses within the district were individually discussed and in structions given the secretary for their disposal painting renovations and repairs made at the schools during th sum mer vacation were checked and it appeared the work had been completed at milton and george town schools and all was ready for school reopening on tuesday members present at the meeting in stew arttown on monday night were messrs bell biehn and milne of georgetown pickett and martin of milton carbert of nassagawemi ind conn wood and dills of actor chairman j bell presided alice st hydro building tender let at 9451 rpon trot to jones rui v for a w neer p hanges to cov- i of k wood and j u micartuur a contuel w a- i t cils foi tuuwin a giiigt- and woikshnp on alice st f l 41 kt at the regulai imeting of the pihu- itllities comnuvnon kid mliiu wo k in not to start until title to the land l- trmsfentm tron himi uiku um u tin- land will in- acquit d in exchange loi ihe lild fi online on wtmow st wheie the garage and work- ftup now stand it is ivfuii woik on the new building will le com pleted m thlee months fioin the stalling date the build in is to lu- ot cement block ikiivtriuunn with stucco on the front and both m1n p ision has bom made fot hamilng hi loads with a beam running through the cvntie ot the buiunng on which a doil ear can be hung alf dub wu present in place of superintendent john lambert who is m hospital he reported on a blocked sewer a the home of i thomas cutting mill street tv blockage was a newspaper used in plugging an unused outlet a report from council regarding preparations for snow clearing in the lane to the spring was brought to the commissioners attenliun this matter will be dealt with william mcleod was present at this meeting with regard to an easement for hydro wire crossing his property on willow street where two poles are installed the commission agreed to suggestions regarding change in the easement and solicitor leatherland was to lome scots at ex competition today this afternoon itinirsdavi th ioie sots band with local plt e s w compete a the canadian ni- 1 1 kxhibit on consistent wi- r a the c n k the hilto an i iv 1 ig mental band his t ikert at it it ei pries m ill ears of eon as ht draw for pi ls scheduled to b make the necessary er all parties mr duby reported to the com- mussion on a hut which some boys have erected near the sewage dis posal plant signs are to be erectd to warn persons that it is dangerous to have fire at this plant in case of gas leaks a report from a plumber notified the commission of a consumer who has installed fittings in front ot the water meter this matter was to be looked after a copy ot two reports submitted by the hydro inspector where the wiring in two dwellings on church continued on poo floe mig oidei made uni1 4 p n siills wen no available for thus ueetvn issue four other bands are competing n the class london tech concert band s7th la a kg band wi-1- land owen sound city band an 1 rca 424lh squadron i reserve hamilton for the first lime the lome scots are competing in class a the highest class for bands at the c ne prizewinners for the last three consecutive years the lome scots face tougher competition today a preview- of the test pieces was given sunday at a concert in georgetown to kelp defray ex penses and for recently purchased instruments acton players with the lome scots are charles landsborough charles kin garni 11 george elliott ken allen nino braids ray ag- new armand braids rudolph splelvogel and george smith gor don lawson will not be able to play in competition due to illness judge upholds gas bylaw in appeal judge wsn robinson upheld the town bylnw restricting the hours of sale of gasoline in a hearing on wednesday of last week the hearing was on the appeal of frank toth jr against the ren- trlctlons of the bylaw parsed by the town following a petition by garage operators in acton counsel for f toth accepted the validity of the bylaw but attempt ed to prove that thompson motors and macswain motors were not legally entitled to sign the petition because their predominating busin ess was not the sale of gasoline d mcconnnchie counsel suggested they should not be allowed to res trict the sale of gasoline judge robinson disagreed on this point and upheld the fine levied by magistrate langdon some time ago which was appealed to the judge the fine of 5 and costs of 7 as well as court cos in for the appeal of 47 were levied against f toth during the two arid a half hour hearing witnesses called were f tolh j mcgcachie r thompson l macswain and r bnllentiite counsel for the garage operators was it mccauley toronto with c f leatherland acting for the town and d mcconnnchie oakvlllc fr f toth jr dublin wi quilt in further judging thc monthly meeting of dublin womens institute was held at the home of mrs t a storey rock- wood last thursday afternoon with a good attendance of women and children the opening numbers were the institute ode and the mary stewart collect mrs l ferguson the president presided over the meeting the roll call was answered by a canadian beauty flpot i would like to visit arrangements were made to have the quilt sent to tor onto for further judging in the area and provincial classes this quilt made by the dublin w i indies won first prize at the district an nual held here in june in the sal- ada tea competition donations were made to the ac ton agricultural society and to the bella bella hospital in british col umbia mrs pearl kennedy was named convenor of the dublin w i dis plays ot georgetown and acton fall fairs miss mildred wilson gave a very good talk on the motto the best things in life are free and mrs ferguson read a chapter from the w i handbook mrs horace blyth conducted a contest which was won by mrs wm mcglaughlln art j miss minnie somerville a tasty lunch was served by the hostess assisted by mrs van goor- cn mrs moffat and miss mildred wilson mrs manse 11 ncllis expressed the thanks of the ladles to the hostess mrs storey and to all who had helped with the meeting workmen at site a p green plant workmen or the len arnss and co construction are on the site of the firerared a p green fire hi ick co plant cnmpmy officials were not available at press time for a statement cleaning up opeiatinns art being continued with a front end loader clearing the cement floor of the building of nibble loft bv the fire that dstri the plant on august w the aetnn in inch of the companv has been eaiimng on operations m tli smith and stone plant george- tiun until further arrangements could be made family holds reunion of robert wansbrough descendants members and families of the ro bert wartsbrough family met ot brampton on august 2mb for a re union present were mr and m roy wansbrough mr and mrs gordon mckay mr and mrs hir- old wansbrough and family mr and mrs bruce mckay and family all of toronto mr and mrs joe thurston of locust hill mrs anna smith and family of acton mr and mrs milton greer and family of aldershot mr and mrs george day and family of rock wood ageometbk traffic cop when i saw you come around the curve i sid to myself fortyfive at jeail woman driver well youre away out its this hat that makes me look so old closed monday for labor day next monday ii labor dan when most peopfs avoid as much labor as possible the of fice of the free prvtm will of course be elaied because of the ahort week advertisers and any with fetut of neun ar asked to have hem info th office just as soon as passible for next tliursdau issue negot being iations now considered it is understood a meeting of the united paekiiighouse workeis of america local 170 will be held in the town hull late this wiftermton thursday i the local in heard- more and cn ltd has been nego tiating for a rnw collective bargain ing agreement for some months no agreement was reached by direct negotiating and conciliation ser vices were held under his ilunor judge denton of toronto in august the decision on acceptance or re jection by the uniohvwt the con ciliation board recommendations will quite probably be made in a te by the membership within a few days if not at tnt meeting this afternoon conciliation board recommenda tions add an additional statutory holiday with pay which makes the total paid holidays now seven con tinuation of the cost of living bonus with the stipulation added that des pite drops in the index the amount of bonus will not be lowered more than five cents below the present 15 cent rate with the continuation of increases at the rate of one cent for each 13 increase in the index three weeks holidays with pay after 20 years service rather than the pre vious 25 years service general in crease of ft cents nn hour enlarge ment of the welfare plan presently covering sickness accident benefit surgical cure and hospitalization for dependents to include 2000 life in surance for moles and 1000 life in surance for females on a ft050 con tributory basis the union requested a work week of 10 hours with the same take home pay but the board report re commended the present standard work week of 45 hours be con tinued the company has agreed to accept the majority report of the conciliation board appreciated item not on program there was a jittle incident that wasnt on the program at tuesday nights concert of visiting bandsmen from swift current that gladdens the heart and renews faith in hu man nature during the rush for admissions to acton park one of the gatekeep ers was handed a ten dollar bill and given his change however the visitor drove on into the park with the change and his ten doll ir bill still in his hand he found out the mistake after his car had been parked and came back to the gate and handed in the ten dollar bill to the gatekeep ers explaining what had hnppcred he was thanked but did not lenvi- his name or address and we relate the incident in the hope that he will read it and know how grateful the buui aie for his honesty and wfll just to bolster everyone- futh in humanity best childrenconditions start tu a school in a twotone color scheme room with natural birch desk and teat units a wall or window where the mm will filter through long full fawn drapes with new equipment on new shelves and black green and whito mastic tile on the floor some of the acton children back to school next week wll exclaim school was never like thih about 450 i the eit- ected public school enrolment thin year and school in acton warf never before like thih the lots going to school for the first time will break in us easily as possible in the large new- kindergarten in the new addition to the public school also in the just completed wing will liegrades one two three anil eight t cleaning up is expected to bo ft finished this week and install ition escapee is trailed to acton at large aetuii police and pi vvato eiliins vt re aleit monday evening when an ontai io refoi maorv ci apee abandoned a truck in town near blow press ltd and disappeared into the bush at last report the escaped man allan thornton 20 of toronto was mill at large kighl reformatory gtiards stood wich in a monday night but none saw the regulation denlm- clid man ond no local reports of mich i man were received thpnvton a trusty who was driv ing a truck escaped from the re formatory just outside gueph at about fi oclock monday evening when he had reached arkell n was seen in the reformatory truck which should have been on the grounds by a guard off duty who followed him in a car the guard had a friend get out at the eden mills corner to phone ahead to ac ton police and he himself forced the truck to a slop in acton as the guard spoke to thornton however he was pushed away nd thornton drove the truck on he abandoned the telltale vehicle on bower aviv near the tracks and fled from there on foot by the time corporal cooke of the acton police and the guard discovered the truck thbnroi had usppeared lie was serving a sentence of hi monhs for receiving stolen goois and had about half the term loft to serve at the tlnu of his escape car smashes bridge three are injured three youths were injured when their auto crashed into the aide of a cement bridge on a sidcroid near glen williams a mile east of georgetown on saturday night cpl ronald coleman of the roy al canadian army medical corps at camp borden suffered back in juries ond an arm injury while two passengers in the auto michael mccristall and charles wilson re ceived cuts from flying glass cabooses for arctic two large cabooses on runncs for the british expedition to north greenland art being built by the aircraft firm boulton and paul of norwich england with a double aluminum skin insulated with fibre glass and double windows designed to maintain o standard temperature they ensure the ac curacy of the intrumciib thi house a secondary color is one results from the mixing of more pnmarv colors twirling batons deftly handled by thete four attractive mem- bars of the swift current band were a feature attraction at the concert held in acton park tuesday night the girls who present the baton drill preceded the saskatchewan band as it marched from the railroad station to the park through lines of appreciative acton citizens and past stores decorated with flags the group was given supper in the y by the y ladies auxiliary of the iiiterromminiicat ions vatcm which combines a mister bell -ys- tiin and fire alarm will also be one of the last-minut- jobs before mhotil opens tuesday new teachers at the public school this year will lie mr i little who will teach primary ms sir ley dills who will teach kiudergirten mlss joan kirby of kenori who will teach kindergarten part lime and ralph mckcown win will teach grade five other teachers are miss gamble mrs wilkinson miss fnls ter miss anderson elmer smith and the principal g w mc kenzie music supervisor is frank elliott in the principals office is thr heart of the intercommunications system which wilt sound in both the old and new parts o the school a fire alarm button will inc a siren in every room mid hallway th instant it is touched combined s a radio and rocol player and music or school broad- cists may be transmitted all over the school the recess bell nuo u totindcd from here here is what the pupils who will be taught heir three ry the mod ern way in actons new wiiiii will find when they arrive at school tuesday mprnlng and enter through the white and gold doom their classroom will have 35 desk and seat units tht desk top will hold when pushed up and not fall onto hands the back dat of tho chilr turnt slightly to fit tha bock in seat turns as the young pupil leaves it the walls will be a com- hipation say shell pink and dcpr pink or blue and apricot tho frors black green and whtto mastic tile with a black border at ihi lack of the ronn u a work crtblnet with shelves above gluing ond will be done on green linoleum swinging doors open into the coot closets a cork bulletin board is at one side of the room beside the blackboard the teocherr desk is qs always at the front a supply cabinet s nearby one wall is all window with adoor to the outride lffht drapes shield the students from glare of the sun indirect licnts shine on the blackboard and nine ceiling lights will ihe t new irt on spellers and rithnetic books out in the hall th bcktoichool crowd will find pasal and wht- walls with a crash rati to protest them high windows n the celllic ond neat boxes for the p system the washrooms with reen cem ent rnamel walls win terrmix floors and individual loaps arc nothing short of wonderful for their first assembly the stud cnts from the old school rooms i two have new dcik units this 1 yean will join their schoolmars j from the ultramodern six sehool- room wing in the jsicivbly hall i where thev will see pittemed drop- es acrrww thr wide platform which i is outlined in patterned panel of natural birch limed fir walls the chairs which will he stowed be- neath the platform will be just 1 recenlv unpacked ind in ui for i the first time prize room of the school is the double kindergarten where every thing is small tvpe size even the fixtures in their washroams their slippers fit into cuhb holes beneath mtll wnrh their we coats and snowsult go on low rails in their own rlcwt plavground equip ment just for the v enest tots is n smill calr snlffk- the first das a nun vill be waiting in hr oruht office at treves the hovn iid iru will rwarm nut to their playground auipmnt to talk over the new school new skipping ropes and new marblrs every acton public school stud- tnt wil havj an opportunity of lcsrrlrg under these ideil condit ions since grade eight is uugm in te new wing and that will ruio ly be an incentive to pass should the young pupils be full of holiday spirits yet this weak the teaehvr wtll be very glad of ttutr onforubl rainbow colored chart in their own teachers room and the kitchen baatde it with ehaltf and table where they can make tea vwore again meeting the very best of children our own towns in for some the vary bast ot con emuona it all warts next tuesday n