seventyeighth year no 16 acton ontario thursday october 23rd 1952 ten home print pages six cents first snow causes record crashes v mayor rachiin and reeve hargrave receive a box of candy from a pretty airline stewardess at malton airport on wed nesday of lost week the candy was sent to the mayor from the mayor of acton england mayor a s parkes sent this casket ot sweots as a personal memento of yet another link between our respective towns and townsfolk namely the dispatch to your country by canadian pacific railway of a record shipment of sweets manufactured here in acton the candy was passed at council on tuesday evening and the music box container dis played property sells 10 times assesse valuee properties in trafalgar township assessed for 200 per acre hove been sold for 2000 tin aero it was disclosed in evidence at the assessment appeal now being heard by county judge w n robinson the appeal- was launched by burlington and oukville following the passing of a county equalized assessment bylaw by county council earlier thin year r r sales values on land have been away out of line m the lower end if halton counts w dunham trafalgar assessor stated under cross examination by hughes cleaver why some of the land was selling at as much as property on the outskirts of new york city he added as both solicitors and the audience were amused by the comparison witness further disclosed prop- ertv assessed for 150 per acre on fractures skull jn leap from grey car the eighth line was sold 10 acres for 10000 and a second parcel of threequarters acre for 2500 during the hearing the town ship of trafalgar began the pres entation of their evidence affect- ing their municipality as some ob- jervcrs in the court said it was the beginning of another battle of trafalgar possibly to commemor ate trafalflar day which was cele brated yesterday much of the time was spent pres enting figures by the trafalgar assessor pertaining to the assess ment of millionaires now the es tates east of oakville located on highway 2 evidence disclosed that land in this area was assessed from 1000 to 1250 per acre while similar properties west of oakville were assessed at 400 per acre as mr cleaver compared the lakeshore property east of oakville assessed for 1000 per acre to the oakville assessment of similar property at 2000 per acre witness was unable to answer but added that cither oakville assessment wa too high or the trafalgar assess ment was too low mr cleaver also charged thv township with saving the taxpayer s2400 a year in taxes on the dorf- i man property when it was learned a 50 441 location discount hod been allowed in the case of the nelles property which was lusted at 120000 i was assessed at 18000 another saving of 140 a year to the owner lengthy evidence and a long list tf figures respecting properties was presented establishing the assess ment and location discount or ob solescence on these properties by the witness on a percentage basis it was disclosed that a location discount from five to 25 per cent had been allowed in tome cases the discount was a graduated figure amounting o is little as half per cent for almilar properties mr dunham also told the court this discount applied over the township with residential properties surrounding the town of milton deceiving a fifteen per cent obsol escen ce considering properties on the ninth line the court asked why land was so much lower mr clea ver explained it appeared favorable to properties wtiich had dual front ages on this road and highway 2 in an area north and cost of oak ville 675777 had been found to be the total of location discount al lowed mr dunham also stated af ter he had taken over the area west of oakville he found in c re as es were neceasary and those in- co tuud on po tour shirley saul 15 suffered a frac tured skull on monday of this week when she leaped from a speeding auto on main st between church and brock sts shirley was hitchiking from her home at crewsons corners at about 530 pm and was offered a ride in n rrey chevrolet sedan arriving inaelnnthnhriifr fnilnh in cfpp completion certificate on one sewer contract acton council in regular session on tuesdnyevening of this week accepted the completion certificate on contract c of the sewerage dis posal system acceptance ol the certificate hnd been recommended by the engineers some time ago and council had held up acceptance pending clarification of several items the date of the certificate was accepted ns july 15 1052 and ihe mayor and clerk were authorized to sign the certificote and issue n cheque to jones and van gils- for 10 per cent of the total contract amounting to 607320 an additional five per cent of the contract is retained as a hold back until july 1053 c f leatherland submitted the reasons for judgment received from m mrs georgeharalls is special speaker judge w n robinson on the orb itrntton in connection with the proposed closing of a section of the lane behind bower a houses evidence hnd been taken on the closing of the section of lone and the judge also inspected the lane i have come to the conclusion that the use of it the lone is re quired by the adjoining owners and that no sufficient access hns been provided by the town to just ify closing of any portion of tht alley there is some land adjoin ing the alley on the north but it ls swamp land and certainly could not be used by any for ac cess in the present condition tha application for approval of the said closing must therefore be re fused the judge wrote casts were set at 100 to be paid by the applicant in this case the town nassogoweya township council forwarded o resolution signifying their agreement to a share of the 700 fee in the proposed rural fire area esquesing hod prev iously agreed to their share of the fee which was suggested by the fire brigade the bylow authorizing a vote on the increasing of the public util ities commission from three to five men was read twice and is to be considered further ot a special meeting on october 31 it was also suggested during the evening that council might be wise to consider investigation of a plan councillors be elected for mrs hannah the autumn thonkoffering meet ing of the womans missiopary so ciety of the united church was held in sunday school room on wednesday afternoon with the president miss m z bennett pre siding scripture reading was tak en by mrs j thomson and a duet given by mrs b veldhuis and miss d simmons mrs b mowat introduced the guest speaker mrs george ingln secretary of christian stewardship of the wms conference board she spoke of the adjustments that had taken place through the past few years in the many various ways mentioning the housing conditions and how there is still such a short age with the new canadians com ing to our country there was much need of community work ond visit ing to be done to educate these people mo our way of living the work of churches and preachers was very badly needed especially in the community centres that were not within walking distance of the church where there were buses to lake the children to the sunday school sometimes an adult or two would be taken along she suggest ed the address was very inspiring and interesting to those who wer in attendance and when told she wanted out is alleged to have speeded up the car passing the main intersection and proceeding south on no 25 high- woy in a desperate attempt to escape the young girl leaped from the car and received a fractured skull her condition today thursday t is re ported as good police are seeking a young blond heavy set man possibly from the district constable wylie investigat ed the incident ospr1nge church scene of duff1eldrice autumn wedding ceremony osprmgv presbyterian church was the scene of a pretty autumn wedding on saturday when emma rice was united in marriage to lome duffield son of mrs la urn duf field- of acton the church was prettily decoiit- ed with baskets of pink glads and white munis rev allan van- of ficiated and mrs g sunter w is at the organ the bride wore a ballerina lcnuih gown of blue crepe with lace and matching veil held by a wreath of blue flowers an j ear ned a bouquet of pink roses her bridesmaid elizabeth ford was gowned in pink organza with a halo of flowers and earned matching flowers the young flower girl dorothy rice was charming in green with a wreath of flowers in her hair and carried a nosegay of flowers the groom was assisted by his brother orval as best man a reception followed for the immediate families at the brides home the brides x mother mrs tansley chose a novy blue en semble with corsage of red roses mn duffield was attired in wine with black accessories and corsage of yellow roses following a wedding trip the nappy couple will reside in acton whereby two years on a rotation system to insure continuity of policy in town businesff no steps were taken on the proposal c e beck instructor from the fire marshals office advised coun cil that the fire brigades two and a half inch hose ls rapidly deter iorating due to improper drying facilities for hose arui no reserve hose he recommended a hose tow er or drying cabinet and 500 feet of spare hose the letter was filed mayor rachlin passed on a sug gestion that all poplar trees on cameron avc be removed since they were affecting foundations of some houses council agreed it would be a costly proposition un less some lumber firm could be in terested the matter was left for the opinion of cameron ave res william sheppherd was awarded the trapping rights on town prop erty for the sum of 15 a year fo five years the only other tendci received was from h dodds who tendered so per year the solicitor was instructed to prepare the nec essary bylaw instructions were issued to the clerk to bill j kingshott for side walk repairs and if not paid in 10 days legal action be taken permission was granted the first acton troop boy scouts to holi their annual apple day on satur day clerk mcgeachie reported having written the tree experts to have them remove a tree near charles masons on town property mr ma son requested removat of the tree since it leaned dangerously to wards his house notification was received that j47771mj had been approved as th- towns interim road grant on ex penditures the puc reported on repairs at the sewerage plant and the poy merit of 30 to repair a motor- damaged just after it began oper ation lighting on the crescent was to be investigated by the streets committee un a complaint forward ed by mayor rachlin the municipal council was invit- j ed to attend the opening of acton i public school on tuesday october 2fl council decided to attend in a i group mayor rachlin passed a box ot candy received recently with the compliments of the mayor of ac ton england the candy was con tained in a music box and had ben picked up at malton airport by he and the reeve the candy woj made by an acton england firm that recently made a record ship ment to this country council went into detail on the possibility of legislation to protect excavated lots while under con struction no action was taken following a motion to adjourn acton legion asued the co-ope- fcontinued cm pec five moved n vote of thanks to mrs walls for her talk the offering was dedicated by the president knox anglican and baptist so cieties were guests at this meeting which closed with a hynm and pray er by the president tea was poured by mrs p a smith and mrs j symon lunch was served and a social time was spent at the close of the meeting meet in school record attendance george elliott barrister and solicitor from milton was the guest jtt o ton home and school association monday october 30 held for the first time in the new public school auditorium with a record attendance of over 100 mr elliott save an in teresting oi ik on the home the school and child training he was introduced by j hurst and thanked by g w mckcnzie the president w wolfe presided and mrs william ruddock gave several piano selections refreshments and a social period concluded the meeting many gifts given to school addition a list of donations to acton pub lic school being mode on the oc casion of the opening of the new school addition next week has been released this week while some or the gifts are just for the new school many are for the use of all the acton public school students folluwing are the gifts and don ors union jock ond standard duke of devonshire chapter iode film projector lakeside chapter ioixk union jocks for class rooms iakeside chapter iodk reproductions of canadian scenes charles matthews toronto 2 sets world books acton garagemens association school bible friendly cuele portrait of miss bennett friendly circle portrait of queen elizabeth and consort acton br 117 canadian legion portraits of queen elizabeth for classrooms ac ton branch 107 canadian legion and iegion ladies auxiliary trophy cabinet acton womens in stitute lectern acton scout and guide mothers association trophy cup for student contributing most to the welfare of the school ted tyler pictures for kindergarten rooms acton brownies school dic tionary acton rotary club kinder- gorten playground equipment ac ton rotary club ferneries for en trance hall ymca ladles auxil iary wall ploque trophy for scho lastic competition t gordon and son electric stove acton home and school intermediate playground equipment acton home and school portraits of queen elizabeth and consort graduating class 1052 sports equipment for auditorium ys mens association film strips for projector acton public school students records for music ap preciation acton public school stu dents sports equipment for audi torium acton public school stu dents trophy cup for intcrclass competition mayor b d rachlin trophy school board mayor rachlin gets actonreng sweets and the canadian chocolate confectionary co montreal cently received a record shipment of candy from acton england in token of the shipment the mayor a s parkes of acton england shipped by air a music box con tainer of candy to mayor b d rachlin in acton mayor parkes in a letter to may or rachlin extended to you and your townsfolk the sincere greet ings and good wishes of all here iri acton england may this small token of a single exchange of trade serve as an emblem of our common purpose our close friendship and the warmest feelings of firm friendship messrs dulcet in rnin cmr land made a shipment of approx imately 1500 cases of candy and confectionary to their exclusive ontario and quebec agents the canadian chocolate and confect ionary co montreal this is the largest quantity of an individual brand of boiled sweets ever to leave england for the canadian market the candy will be distributed to canadian retailers and wholesalers by k p import export reg who sell the dulcet line special services fowl supper mark churchs 107th anniversary urge congregations worshipped in knox church lost sunday on the occasion of the 107th anniversary of the congregation the services were conducted by the minister and the rev john robson of st andrews church huntsvlllc preached both morning and evening a spirit of warmth ond fellowship dominated the evening service when many members of the other pmtestanl- communions in acton joined in the service rev r k price ofsl albons led the prayer of invocation d l patterson of the baptist church read the lessqn ond iev k a currey of the united church led the pastoral prayer in the morning mr robson preached from the 20th chapter of loinh on what was as he pointed out the central message of the i formers the glory of god he affirmed that god is sovereign ontl that the church is only true to her self when her concern is solely to glorify god in the evening he preached from pphesions 4 5 one lord one foilh one baptism he pointed out that the church is one because god is one the church is the body of christ and christ is the head of the church mr robson denlt with dif ficult subjects in o woy thot wos at once vivid ond very moving knox choir led the service of praise assisted in the morning by victor brlstow of st albans choir who sang the twenty third psalm the soloist in the evening was alex mcdougall of ilillshurgh on monday evening over 410 people sa down to a turkey dinner in the basement of the church un der the auspices of the ladles- aid society as always the dinner was ample and tasty a musical program followed tho halton sweethearts who are elea nor cairns and jerry holmwood of cnmpbellville song several duets ac companied by miss marilyn cairnfl miss faye garner of aetonptayed the piano heenrdinn and mrs wil liam ballontine of orton gave sev eral humorous readings alfrod tost of georgetown sang two solos e a hansen presfded at piano and organ rev e a cqr- rey brought greetings knox choir opened the evening with an anthem and it closed with god save tho queen acton voters list issued this week issued this week is the voters list for the town of acton with the names addresses occupations and conditions of all those eligible to vote in december elections if they ire necessary the 32poge paper covered book reveals that there are 140a acton citizens eligible to vote tho town is divided into four wards appeal must be made by novem ber 15 for inclusion on the list by eiiyone who feels his or her name has been omitted erroneously l wieck purchases prizewinning dog a prizewinning english bull dog purchased by lome wieck of acton arrived here tuesday ofter a seven doy ocean trip by boat the twoyearold dog weighing 33 pounds was bought from mrs g moy ellis of brlnsall lancashire england the bulldog topped his class in o recent dog show at liverpool england mr wieck expects that the animal will make his canadian show debut at the royal winter fair in toronto property damage soars as first snow hit district property damage to cars and trucks soared on monday as the dis trict received its first blanket of snow one sevencar acefdent wos re ported on no 7 highway infront of somcrvuics about two miles cast of acton tow truck operators reported a rushing business betwoen acton ond silvcrcreek there were 17 cars in the ditch at one time or another monday morning no serious injuries were reported but property damage would reach thousands of dollars the first snowfall caught many drivers unawares and in some in stances it was almost impossible to control cars t in the seven car pileup before noon on monday several narrowly missed serious injury traffic was lined up for at least half a mile on each side of the crash the road rev john robson gues o gr rev john robson of huntsville guest minister at the anniversary of knox presbyterian church last sunday was guest after the service of the young peoples an informal discussion and question period was concluded with refreshments at the tuesday evening meeting of the young peoples a film all that i have was shown members of the congregation were invited to attend mtepahing fot thi omening night at tha acton public- school addition principal g w mc- kenzie unpacks large silk screen reproductions of famous paintings donated to the school by c a g matthews of toronto who was one of tlje school boys in acton over forty years ego and took- advantage of this opportunity to show his appreciation of the home lown school the pictures have been hung in the large auditorium which will be the centre of activities next tuesday even ing when hon leslie frost premier of ontario officially opens the addition numerous other gifts have been presented to ihe school and a complete list is found elsewhere m this issue most will be in place for the opening staff photo in the area was sneitcrcd from in sun by tall trees on each side while the road on each side of the area was bare and almost dry although it was impossible to unscramble the part all seven cars played it seemed certain that otto j webber of ktichener driv ing alone was the first car that hit the icy section and dropped on its side in a seven foot ditch on the south aide of the road beatrice cole acton was ap proaching the scene and skidded slightly although still on the road a second car driven by john el elliott kitchener was unable to stop and hit the rear of her car ballentlnes tow truck arrived on the scene and parked in the som- ervillc lane another car driven by ruth e millard oshowo accomp anied by her husband swerved crazlly on the icy stretch before hitting the tow truck a glancing blow and catapulting across the road to the opposite seven foot ditch another pair involved in the pileup was william g findlay whose car was involved in a smash with a car drlvwn by basil steggles lc aside pc mansfield of the oakville detachment investigated west of town just beyond crew- sons corners the dlzok family of guelph was involved in an accid ent when their car swerved from the road as they proceeded toward acton the car hit a hydro pole and passed over a pile of rock minor injuries were sustained by some and it was thought one of the children might have a broken foot at rock wood motorist found the hill in the village almost im possible to climb until truck crews sanded the stretch no accidents were reported with in the municipality but provincial police in tha district were kept busy investigating accidents one member from the ouelph detach ment had investigated 11 accidents in the morning