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ht juitn ttt ft seventy eighth year no 33 acton ontario thursday february 19th 1953 ten home print pagessix cents acton rent control ends march 1 long time dream of a women s institute limehouse library was realized this week when the first book was issued to mrs a j smethurst a life member of the institute by mrs w h mit chell librarian and also life member of the limehouse group the first book was issued on wednesday from the more than 700 that stock the shelves in the newly built community hall cup boards an official opening was held on friday evening and well attended by many from the community and district staff photo repeat operetta tonight for floo relief funds the new auditorium in the public school addition was filled tuesday evening when the pupils of the school presented their annual operetta this year s production tom sawyer is being given again on thursday evening with all the proceeds to go to the flood relief fund expenses will be paid from the proceeds of the first performance the brightly lit stage with its attractive drapes side curtains and rear entrances proved its worth as the pupils sang and acted out the familiar story of tom sawyer and huck finn tom sawyer was played by jim wahlman and huck finn was michaet hurst frank elliott v as in charge of thcoperctta assisted ov mlw jean kirby who accompanied the song and dancer un the piano- school board chairman tom wat eon acted as master of ceremonies for the evening s program which began with three dances these were a minuet by the morning ktn dergarten class come merrv playmate bj the aftirnoon kin dergarten clam and hansel and g re lei a clcvcrlv costumed dutch dance by grade one under the dlr eclion of mrs alger the well known storv of tom sawyer fooling his companions in to wanting to paint his aunt polly s fence started the operetta off well ana tuneful songs attractive and appropriate costumes dances and fastmoving plot kept the largi audience interested until the last curtain one of the highlights was an eerie scene m a graveard with skeletons dancing spotlighted on a dark stage mrs wilkinson was in charge of these costumes with pup lis painting the bone on th dart materia ably supported b thi churu the follow ing public cho il pupi s had parts in tht operetta auit polly dolorn lambert bcckv thatcher pat coles injun j robert wahlman joe harper pi ter law son widow d uglas ht it 1 landsborough aim lawnnct teresa arbic svdnev john mus tile mar laun ritchie muff porcr robert heatle dr rt b inson george fountain judr thatcher frank hasan re wal ter warren wagner pard mar tin mark maid tamv house lynda mann alfred temple i fights tom bob parker bilh fische laurie dubv johnnv milur don lindsay ella janv recited an introduction before the first ad the entire staff and mothers of the pupils made the fim costume s parker was in charge of make tip r mckeown and c mckenzu were in charge of lighting mr gamble was in charge of stage set tings e smith handled advertising and ticket sales mrs shirlcv dills and r mckeown wire in charge of dialogue the group has been working just over a month for the two per formances profits from the tues day night show from which ex penses will be drawn will go for school projects and the entire pro ceeds tonight ithursdav will b for flood relief the caretakers c mann and doug price cooperated in prepar ing for the event as well as many parents and friend there were pecial visruvii ta taw audience inspector l l skuce was introduced by tom wa son and spoke briefly also at honored by masons ti master 50 years wilktr lodge af mdam hon ored w bro a t brown thi wtik b the presentation of a so vmrs past master jewel marking half centurj of service since he v made master of the lodge it wns planned to hove the honor confe red on mondaj of last week at th regular mteting of the lodge bu poor health of mr brown did not allow him to comi to lodge on thi night set apart on mondav of this week v wo brt charles darbv v wor brj f mcintosh v wor bro w m cooper w m l lovcll and secretary george musselle made th visit to mr browns home and on behalf of the brethren of walker lodge v wor bro charles darb mide the presentation all 1 hope that mr browns health will improve and he will be able to vi lli thi mother lodge where he hi bten so long and so activeh assot ialed with brother masons traffic officers don t get all the law breakers ambulances and hos pitals gtt some as well as their pi i v ictims i pupils help boost flood relief fund donations to the flood reltef fund arc coming in slowly so far but they are expected to increase con stdcrably next week letters are being prepared for the public school children to take home and in the high school pup ils are making posters in connection with the appeal actonians were deeply shocked to hear of the disastrous floods and storms in england and holland and a committee was set up as soon as possible to handle loci contrlbut ions to aid the survivors donations are taken at the bank of montcal the bank of nova scotia and m e municipal offices management of actons industries is in charge of separate canvas- c in each plant many are dead as a result of tht floods and property crops ar h livestock are destroyed much farm land is ruined by the sea water theneed indeed-great- juniors elections held at meetings the acton junior fiimers and junior homemikirs held their an ninl met tins at tht home of fjfe and bill somervillc on wednisd iv february 11 at the boys meeting after the minutes of the previous meeting and roll call a commit ee was ip pointed to look after the display at the seed fair and bacon show ih milton the matter of a farm mach inery club was left for further dis cussion art bennett presided at the elec tion of officers as follows president calvin sprowl 1st vice president fred williamson secretary treasu rer charlie thompson press re porter burt wotson directors ray everdll moc sprowl herb spitzer don curne for the girls the topic was sleep ing garments the guest speaker was miss kidd who gave an in teresling talk mrs j l ellerby presided over the election of of ficers as follows president anne mclaughlin vice president evelvn mcdonald secretary treasurer marion porte assistant seeretary treasurcijfazel everdcll district director evelvn m art bennett was guest speaker at joint meeting his topic was recover stolen car beagle dog missing two georgetown teen igers wt r chirged with tifklng a car without the owners consent following re covery of a 1952 chevrolet sedan abandoned on no 7 hlghwiy neir the fifth line of esquesing tht car was i ccovered by constabl g wylie and towed to an acton garage owned by allan peer port cre dit the car was taken from in front of the hollywood hotel in norval saturday evening about il pm the owner reported the car stolen on sunday a shot gun and beagle hound had beep in the back of the car but the beagle hound was missing when the car wns recover ed donations euchre for flood victims thirlv sivnn dolhrs and flflv tents for oversea flood victims wjs procteds of eish domtions and t lit hie held in banm ckburri school bv btinnockburn w i and farm forum there wis a good attend ance including many from neigh boring communities v the prizes were won by tht fol lowing 1 idles first mrs w hall second mrs lillie lone hands mrs r l davidson and mirjorie mcdonald lies gents first c stor ev second d moffat lone hands h young lucky chur mr rose the school ind tables were dec orited with vilentlne colors a sochl time and nfreshmtnts con eluded a very successful tvent no increase planned in district board estimates noith hnlton high school dibtnct ho ird sunt id from tht five mimitipalitits unt v was rtvt iltd when tht sixietny trnsurtr tslimttts un mondij tvtninj at i meeting iniount of tht levy from tht five mti budket for tht ear is 138 900 in iddilion the present debent nit on the schools which amount in totil eich year to over 14 000 will be retired with the payment this ear in summarizing the estlm ntes ind requirements the secret irv n marked that it was doubtful if any other district in the province eould make i levy is advantageous to the n epayers as was shown this j tar in north halton the new building program came in for consideration the aketch plans hive with a few minor changes met with general approv il of the members some nctot lations regirding land requirements hive been earned ou ind a report wis given to the board thi secretin wis asked to on ti t the archittcts messrs ri nut ind rtider ind requested jiev visit he three sites to make buj jt sunns and hivt a met ting of th boird following the visit in which ipprovil of the sketch phns cai hi rivrp this mpptmg vv to be ill opei ut this tir o is contributed last yen g o brown presented georgetown total town stuck for decision cancel a ren control no action was takeito continue rent controls in acton according to a resolution passed by one vote at the regular meeting of acton council monday evening the decision followed a lengthy discussion and con sidtration of tht matter a letter received by the 1912 council pointed out that conxrols would be relaxed in acton on march 1 1913 if no action was taken council t xpressed its ft clings at that time that the control might stfun be administered by the local council if they requested retaining it no action was taken on the matter and the clerk again presented it for consideration of the 1013 council before the march deadline council was loud in its criticism of tht governments thit suddenly put the final decision n the local council councillor tyler declared tht gjvirnment put them con tiols on they should dteide whe ther thty come off they didn t i k us whtn thty put tht m on mivor oakes i xplnned thit rent did not provide any ntiv qodj for thi mm or soiusn tifctn i ff buildtrs would inli k ttd in build ng norm cipahtits will be 491100 the total ponsibilitles of officers and members a daintv lunch conclud i d the evening hold baking sale at euchre in hall the scout and guide mothois held another big euchre at te scout hall on friday fcbruarv 13 playing 17 tables there was also a good assortment of baking for the baking sale the prize winners were ladies first mrs m mccaulev ladir- second mrs geo fountain ladles consolation mrs l masai es men s first o brown mens second l brown mens consolation mr s mceachem parish guild holds valentine euchre t albin s parish guild held j v successful valentine euchre in parish hall on thursdav ft b rv 12 ninetten tables wen ved mrs unding wtrt principal harol i htnrv and stveral teacher from georgetown public s hool and pnn cipal and mrs k foster of millo i public school tht door prize was won b f salt mens first pri7e mrs w foo ut men s second prize mrs h harris mtns consolation miss clara gnndltv ladies first mrs j creasev ladies second mrs lazcnbv ladies consolation miss m hodgins rnnged just a letter from the clerk of george own pointed out that for mil resolutions should be passed bv the biard requesting the councils of milton acton and georgetown to issue the debentures required for building these resolutions were passed bv the board and will be forwarded to the municipal les it w as reported georgetown council has given first and second reidings and presented the by law to the municipal board for their approval the inspectors report on milto school was read to the board it gave high priise to the school and paid glowing tribute to the retiring principal mr j e ma reel 1 us on his fortv seven and a hilf vears of teaching in the province he his the gn alest teaching record in ihe prov ince and his work has bien outst inding through his years of teaching the budgets presented bv the principals were approved all prin cipals were present at the mee ini and c e wood who will succctd mr marcellus in september accounts for februarv amoi nt mjj to 10 892 80 were passed for dasment claude cook was appointed to thi tnnsportation committee in place of c e wood who has rt ikned one iiplicition was received for a teaching position in georgetown school b it consideration was with held until time had elapsed for all applications o be considered right hand caught in carding machine bob holmes required m gutohes in his right band this mornhif when b got caught in a carding machine at the wool combing corporation about 818 ajn thnn- day morning x raya of the injnry have been taken bnt no results were available thev ht d nttt in ullts alton gois up dominion hotel fre causes little damage minor dimijt resulted from i fire in the dominion hoti 1 at i a m sundiy morning heivy smoke belehtd from the mens barroom as the tire brigade arrived but tht th win scalt in 1 think rent con continued hteve stewirt rent controls were abolished ih re would be more places to rer i councillor mclcod commented thit he didn t think renls would go up a resolution to lake no furth action tin the matter which n to matlcilly relaxes the control wu cirried bv one vote coronation ommlttee councillor wieck reeve stewi ind mayor oakts were appointed j to trganizt a nutting of local or ionizations to discuss plans fur tin locil coromlion ctltbrtion i lowing i n quest from dr a j buchanan n presenting the legion for some i tempt to get things g ing dr buehamn jxplnntd that th tvent wis just i littl over thrt- months awav ind eirlv iction would bl nttessiry tht passibili y of a religious service and also or i sports diy w ls disc but th and wt tinguishers the firt i pul out with fire ex is along the bar in dfstrict president visits institute at the rtgular meeting of tht acton women s institute held it the home of mrs john lovell frederick st mrs l m ellerby president of halton district was i guest as well as other members of the limehouse branch mrs r l davidson presided tht roll call was responded to wiln dos and don ts for a hos cs the motto was prepared by mrs wm hamilton and read by her daughter mrs earl lambert an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure during the business period don ations were voted to the local flood relief fund and also to ht halton folk school mrs ellerby was invilh t spedk to tht members sht chnst is her subject home economics ind health giving a vivid oiitliit as ti whit ls bung done to maiti for happier and healthier homes mrs davidson thanked mrs h itrbv for coming and he meeting dosed with singing pack up vour troubles a valentine lunch was served bv the committee and a social turn enjoyed by all it on property d image a temp orary rider was to be put on the policy nnd the premium costs in vt tiga ed thumbs down council turned a dtcistve thumbs down on in ipptil from th gutlph mercury to sponsor a hilf pige idvertistment at 60 ft wi explained by a mercury represent ijlblic rehllons advpftuinfe ming issu t of lhat pap r f niftii t tak tht i it vis sujiptir t d by twi apprivil of i xpi nses not to it ed swi vis 11 uited fr membe uf tht induslml committee to a t nd i convention n municip 1 pi inning for industuil proiotion it w is f it possible lhat ght be mid it iluab nt might fecommtndfllion from the commiltie thit migl b formed to sell fireworks setking co operation rcgardin the local salt of fireworks bert hmton appeircd before the lunci and pointed out that the by law prohibiting the sale of firework ir acton was illegal he asked tie council to delete ihe phrase pro hibiting the acton sale and posaib ly limit the period they could be sold to cut down on any nuisance council decided to seek furh i jnformation on the matter befor taking any action mr hinton is sured council he would be iclli ig the fireworks this year for the bn cfit of the country trade the oy law prohibits setting off the fir works in acton plan tree removal deputy reeve ray thompson chairman of the road committee explained it was advisable to have 29 trees on cameron ave rcmovid by town workmen since they were tall and dange rous he estimated approximate cost of the work if done by trie exper s would bt sevtril thousand dolhrs and felt town men could do the job satis factorily resident are to be asked fo permission to remove the trees anr solicitor lealherland said the tree bcnk on the town prtperty hit tht municipallt s rsponsitfllit public liability insurance was re viewed in the light of this work bung done by town mtn and it was thought wise to increase the am suggest name street r goodwin siiggtsttd the no 7 highway approich to ac on from cutlph be nimed highway st in avoid confusion mr goodwin in his lttter to council also sugguiicii atton should have- mail deliver ind outlined the jtep necessary for this service council mstruc ed the clerk in acknowledge the letter painting on that the street referred to wis ictually guelph st this reet is in thret stctions part being on the crescent pirt pissing mason knit ind f ret eltctnc and the part of v 7 highway stvtril councillors felt his was i nfilstng ind the mitttr may be ir nsidt red further it a liter date appoint ommlssioner edward hufnigel was appointed to the public utilities commission lo replact c wood for the balance of the jiar mr wood had resign d trr move to tororro mr rfm nagel was ippointed nn recurr mtndalion of the puc the pastor of the stone church guelph- asked rental of the council chimber for sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 pm at 10 a letter was authorized explaining that the council chambers were not for rent and the standard rite fop- th utditorium was 35 for outside or ganlzations councillor irwin brought 1 1 councils attention the obstructed view caused hy the school crossin sign it wilbur st on approaching mill st the road committee wa to ask the advice of a highway en gineer when he appeared lo survey the passible need for a tnff c light at mill and main sts approve accents the following accounts werr passed for payment watson dairy bar 2 lunch is 9 00 a cast of ovbi 100 presented the public school operetta to a capacity crowd in the school auditorium on tuesday this week the operetta tom sawyer has all the well remembered incidents and pranks of the wellknown lad and his bosom frtend huck ron the fence painting is taken over by tom s friends only after they con tribute a conglomeration of trading items such as a dead rat with a string on its tall so you can swing it and a half eaten apple tom and huck make a trip to the graveyard to get rid of warts and find more interest there the operetta h to be repeated tonight for the benefit of acton s flood relief dnve staff photos anderson welding garbage truck repairs 200 assoc of mayors reev s fees 1900 c f hickej sons cart ridge recharged 2 71 municipal world taxi bddges 12 1 ohio chemical can ltd oxvgen 360 bell telephone se rv 3251 arton puc hvdro 393 4ft o brow n removing snow 300 j calder town hall repairs 1 vi acton woodcrafts 3 2r thompson s farm serv 30 00 highway garage 2140 th om pso n motors 190 48 macswaln motors 4 73 acton puc jan oper 45822 dept of health insulin 70 i1i90k coarl of revtstea coatawa the court of revision was set up and wrote off business tax of k hassard totalling 14 93 change were also made taking off arthur corkes business assessment of 350 george benton assessment cf 11300 on the young st property and mrs l mannings assessment was reduced by 900 because a house had been removed from the property representatives of the fire com mittee were instructed to ask th- brigade to notify the town clerk ir writing of any fires attended out side the municipality that the t wn might collect the 50 fee a summary of the towns incur ance coverage was presented by to clerk and council instructed the finance committee to review it and present any recommendations af ter the mill rate has been estab lished a summary of fines collected was received from magistrate langdon for january