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hlxt jvtiim u bfts seventyeighth year no 26 acton ontario wednesday december 31st 1952 eight homo print pagossix cents begin plans for new high school art benton heads assessors assm arthur benton of erqucsing was electcd chairman of the halton county assessors association and frank mcniven milton was named secretary when the group met for iui regular monthly meeting in oakviue recently mr benton suc ceeds percy spurgcon of onkville who wojv chairman in 1052 the morning wils riven over to a general discussion or problns including those relating to exempt properties grants in lieu of taxes and the assessment of provincial and federal government propcrtie- wtayor black welcomed the ast ns- ors and presided at a luncheon at the oak villa two guests were present richard baxter assessment commissioner of new toronto and xjutty donovan assessment enn- muuinner of etobicoke township ind president of york co munic ipal association tn the afternoon the menilwrf listened to an instructive address by w bentlev valuator of the charles wamock co hamilton on the subject of industrial assessment obituary dies at eden mills in her 95th year after only a brief illness mrs isabella torrince hewot passed awny at the home of her daughter lire thomas seoit eden mills on december 17 she was in her 05th year born at everton julv 3 ib58 she was a daughter of the late wil liam torrance and jane bowes who came to canada and this dis trict from scotland she was the last surviving member of a family of nine her husband the late thomas j hewat of rockwood predeceased her surviving are two daughter and one son mrs andrew j ait ken acton mrs thomas scott eden milk and mr a r hew at toronto ten grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren also mirum mrs mew at was a faithful mem ber of rock wood unit id church the funeral was held at the hum le funeral home acton on dt c ember 19 rt 1 oliver ht r u tor was assisted in thi sirvui by rev fred williamson of fden mills preshv terian church inti i ment was in rorkwood rmuim mam beautiful floral tributes boit testimony of respett the p illbf ir- ers were three nephews arch mi nabb wm pasmore wilbert guild and ross gordon john lit lit and alex monroe 1800 deficit reported on sew op at the final meeting of the public utilities commission held this week secretary j mcgeachie presented a report on the expenditures of the sewerage department a deficit is shown of slightly over 1 boo after allowing 12 000 for debentures on this years operation the waterworks department it is expected will show a surplus of around 2500 after pay ing all debenture charges before making any transfer of monies to the departments it was decided to hae the auditors prepare their statement and then a transfer would be made a letter from the hydro electric power commission auditing dc partment notified the puc that there was a surplus in the stree lighting account of 578 00 and 121 71 in the waterworks operating account this surplus is the extra paid the puc during 1051 for el ectrical energ above cot and b motion these amounts were ordered to be returned to the respective de partments i a letter from engineer r v anderson enclosed profiles of lamp holes in the sewerage sstcm mr anderson also stated that the con tractor would look after a ale at the supernator competent men are to check the operation of the heal exchanger and also a switch which had to be replaced earl in the new year chairman macarthur thanked member of the commiaion for their cooperation during the mur and the follow ing accounts weie passed for pa v ment waterteorkj j ridle hauling chips 00 rt g robinson hauling chips 36 00 town of acton stone 62 02 bilton a perrv supplies 15 70 macdanald elec contactor 23 44 art vine labor 74 m hamilton exca ating sho vel l bulldozer 325 50 williams supply co 14 16 williams supply co 25 57 canadian brass co 42 62 symon hardware 600 neptune meters 1253 j lambert garage rent 24 00 hydro petty cash cup l trans 732 18 1104 slight increase in seal response response to the christmas seal campaign which is still underwav us slightly better than lost year states gordon oer who i in charge of local returns so far this ear 554 70 has been sent in and some donations have not vet been re ceived last jenrs total was 557 10 chris mas seals were sent from the local headquarters in oakviue to homes in acton and the distri t und returns were made to mr od er at the bank of montreal r cvtpts are sent from oakviue- this freewill offering from the public is the onl wavthatfuiids are raised for tuberculosis work p macdonald elec mdse 209 75 lionel e l davov- met ers repairs etc 15 50 svmun hdwe nails is jos r kearney 26 50 g h wood co 31 10 nor hern elec connectors 17 04 ellis ft howard 139 22 hepc power consumption 8800 23 hepc lamps 21 84 hepc rental of meters 87 50 rec gen of can meters 4 50 roxv theotre admission tickets 10 00 f terry stamps i5b0 dominion hotel dinner 38 50 0528 16 reeve g leslie host at dinner reeve george leslie w as the genial host at a turkey dinner on december 17th at the mcgibbon hotel in georgetown when fellow members of council and township officials enjoyed the fellowship of fine food and sociability after a busy year ofawnship business among reeve leslies guests were messrs le roy dale solicit or fred chapman manager of the bank of commerce k c lindsay treasurer arthur benton assessor i m bennett clerk wm hulls building inspector deputyreeve wilfred bird councillors george curric wm schenk and walter linham w e townsend herbert roshier robert lindsay sam mile- ham wm corley and wes louth messrs le roy dale and frd chapman spoke bnefl and others expressed the feeling of cooperat ion that had been shown in the township work of the ear and ap preciation of the leadership given bv reeve leslie obituary lwlovell heads acton masons 1953 officers of wulker lodge a f und a m were installed in their cespeciive offices on mondav nigh when w bro h l ritchie wo installing master assisted in the work bv other past masters of he lodge several officials of welling ton district were present among whom wen- rt w bro j f heap grand junior warden and pas ddgm tommy green of guclph following art the officers of walker lodge for 1053 i p m a j buchanan wm l w loell s w e s cooper j w g f wingate chaplain w m cooper treasurer r h elliott secrelarv g h musselle sd s f snow jd a c patterson 1g n l bowles doc j b watkim s s l mckersie j s j h reid junior officer s k joe tyler j lambert former actonian dies in hamilton the funeral was held in acton last wednesda afternoon of mrs wm giuman a resident of the community for many years she parsed away in hamilton general hospital on sutraay december 21 in her 81st year born in lanca shire england ruth tweddle came to canada over 50 years ago she was a daughter of mr and mrs edward tweddle it was in acton that her first huband the late sunderland tay lor passed away in 1010 she mar ried william glllman of glen wil liams and left this community surviving arc her son george and grandson ronald taylor of hamil ton and two sisters mrs r l gregory oakviue and mrs edgar durston guclph mrs g dim an attended the united church and the funeral service here was conducted by her pastor rev h a bagnall of hamilton inter ment w as in fairview cemetery acton the pallbearers vv e r messrs cecil barton llovd barth edward bludd donald goddard frank svkes and frank gillmun santa gives gifts at legion party about 250 received girts and cand from santa claus at the leg ion christmas partv in the town hall on saturday december 20 tos sets of small dishes hockc sicks necklaces and vanitv sets were among the presents santa had for the youngsters present max storey next vears legion president acted as master of cert- monies members of acton citizens band provided the music and the group sang wav out following a series of rows with hi landlady over his two eat re tired civil servant at the hague strangled the landlady hmnfed the cats and gassed himself magician juggler accompany santa santa claus had his throne and bags of gifts on the stage of the roxy theatre on tuesday afternoon december 23 for the annual beard- more christmas party between 350 and 400 children came to the stage as their names called and received gifts from santa with their own names on the tag the younger children were given christmas stockings of gifts foun tain pens were given to the older girls and jack knives to the older boys entertainment and a sing song were enjoyed by the children and the few parents who also attended acts were by helen mcllne an ac cordion player jay esti a magician and buddy clark a juggler r parker acted as master of cere monies architects engaged for high sc buil at n special meeting on monday night north halton dlitrict high school board engaged the services of harnett and reider architects to make preliminary sketch plans nnd tflke stepa t implement the building program in acton milton nnd georgetown the board hud over a lengthy period heard from about 30 architect the choice hnd nnrrowed down to two wellknown firms shore and moffntt nnd bnrnelt nnd reider were these two firms who presented their outline of procedure to the board and on a close recorded vote the latter firm wnfl chontn for the work jj both shore and moffatt and har nett and reider have had consider eden mills wms ladies aid meet at eden mills the christmas meetings of the wms and liritev aid or the pre churih weie held on monday ot he riinnn in- hie noim mis garnet mncdmignll with a fair ntlt ndince the president op etud he wms with a poem an 1 n christmas carol devotions were take n bv mrs anna coulson and mrs minn several items of bus iness were dealt with and delegates appointed to attend the presbvler inl annual to be held in jnnunrv a reading was given by mrs w mclean and roll call was answered bv a great moment in the life of christ the lords praver in un ison brought the meeting to a close mrslerb gilbertson opened the ladies a1tl with prayer several let ers and cards from sick and shutins were read also a number of seasonal thank oils were given roll call was answered with an exchange of gifts readings were given by mrs carnal mac- dougall and mrs r rov duets bv patsv and rob rov a solo ov brendn wright and a duet by mrs w mclean and mrs r wright were all enjoved very much christ mas carols and the mipih bened iction closed the mee ing a social hilf hour was spent mir th tei the minv f r u ml- of mi cku i m i h amse v will be pleased to ham he is able to be home from i bccpit it although still mnfinid t n d all y ish for him a spi ed rt coy erv mr and mis flank lemmor and fnnul of erindale are spending th holidays yyith mrs lt mmcrs pa t ms mr and mrs j d lowrie mr joseph lasbv of toronto spent christmas div in the home or his father mr w a lasby mr and mrs murrnv mcalpim of london were weekend visitors with his parents mr and mrs george mcalpine mr and mrs james daniel and daughters mary and grace also mrs ellen daniel of toronto spent several hays at christmas with mrs daniels parents mr and mrs w j lowrie mr nnd mrs george ramsey or st george visited the formers brother mr clarence ramsey and mrs ramsey on saturday lac and mrs fred mcniven and daughter linda and gall have returned to rockcllffe after spend ing two weeks with mrs mcniv- ejis parents mr and mrs j a milne the very best wishes of the season to the editor and staff or the free press able experience in school building and have several schools now in the course of tcmslrut linn tin bo ird heard minute details and say pictures of several of lhe schools in w hit li thest firms hay e b t n anhiti cts the boird expitssid regret that mr walter bit hn of georgetown yyould not br a member next veir in uwbriln tact that uiepnmlr- school appnintt e yvould be from rsquesing g a dills expressed appreciation of the leadership givc n by mr j bell the chnrman and the success which hqtl culminated his efforts in gitling a s art on the buihinu pingram and the board heart iw concurnd with thls expression af njweciution members present at mondays meeting were messrs george cleave george brown c k wood dr milne a beaumont n pickett dr c martin h corbcrt w biehn and g a dhls and chairman j bell presided breaking in easv boss you arc 20 minutes late again dont you know what time we start work at this factory new employee no sir theyre always at it when i get here two injured as car hits stopped truck facial uts requiring 10 stitches o t lose ind a skull fracture by the left e were suffered by mrs jack louth of nnrval in an accid ent a mill eist of georgetown on siturdiy diomber 27 mr and mrs louth were flnving east when thi ir cir trashed into the back of a trui k yyhich y is brokt n down mr louth sufft rt d a fracturt d i ijiht km t ip and a cut on the h ft n m w hit h rt quirt d three stitcht s they y attended at the scent or tht actidtnt by dr mcallisti r inel tiktn to branlpton hospital their 17 plymouth yvis a total y reek the duver of the two and a half ton truck w moil or glen wh- ham was not in the truck at the time of the accident obituary iii for 10 years r quillman dies richard quillman of guclph died on saturday december 27 in guelph general hospital after in illness of 10 years a native of tor onto he had lived at morrlston and guclph he was a painter by trade married in i01b mr quillman li survived by his widow formerly eleanor boulding three daughters mrs c knox lelennor mrs r knox lillian and mrs j patter son frances all of guclph as well as four sons charles and robert of guclph clarence of campbcllvillc and edward of roy al canadian army at camp shllo manitoba edward recently return ed to canada from korea funeral service was held in guelph on monday with interment in wood lawn cemetery retiring council op 1952 is thown hare at their final meeting of 1952 held recently the pretent council is in office until the newly elected representativet are sworn in at the inaugural meeting shown from the left m the back are clerk j mcgeachie councillort a irwin r thompson l wieck solicitor c f leatherland and councillor a fryer in front are councillor c rognvaldson reeve j hargrove mayor b d rachlin deputy reeve j j stewart and councillor e taylor staff photo a v