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jtrtafr jrf t tft acton ontario thursday may 14th 1953 eight home print pagessix centi cement is to be poured at the site of the junior swimming pool on the forms it is expected the pool will be ready for the use of ch pool is to the east of the grandstand and it will be surrounded by from the town water system next week with work progress ng ildren by late june location of the a cement sidewalk and supplied seven club entries all finish hhiwnsup a gleaming silver cup was won by ed mchugh or acton last sat unlay when out of 64 racers be placed 12th in the two and a half mile junior road race sevten run ners from acton whippet club were entered in the race and all fin ished although 11 other contest ants dropped out during the gruel bur competition in extreme heat thft race was run from the steel car war veterans legion hall hamilton after reaching the finishing line in one of the winning positions the ibyear old acton entry col lapsed from heat and exertion and was taken to hamilton general hospital his cup donated by the electrical maintenance and mill wrights of the national steel car war veterans association was ac cepted on ed s behalf by the acton runner who placed second highest dave cook it was taken to him m the hospital it was considered that nil of the acton racers placed extremely wc 1 considering their inexperience and the competition the other six from acton w ill re ecive medals as do all the runners who cross the finish line thy were peter hurst bill mchugh bill skillmg bob heatlcy wnym arbic and david cook actons top pliccr ed mchugh had run in a three mile race at hamilton previously but did not place for some of the local lads it was the first long distance race all of them have been entered in sprinting events before however wayne arbic was also effected by the extreme beat and taken to hospital for a short time several from acton attended and witnessed the outstanding record made by mchugh highlights of4be race were shown on television on monday evening acton whipnel club uniforms proved very smart at the race as acton entrants pitted racing abil ity with some who have been race entrants for years their uniforms are black and gold coach tom nicol was well pleased with the results no doctor was available in the mid summer heat ed mchugh was taken for medical treatment in i police cruiser and arbic follow d in an ambulance racers and friends enjoyed i menl served bv the hamilton steel car war veterans ladies auxil nrv i whippet club members are enter ed in a race at grimsby next mondnj the trophy won bv ed mthuoh mill b n difipla in the free press office window until mt i thursday long weekend the office of the acton free tresrwtli be closed on -hon- daymayjs empire day ad vertteers should select mat by saturday noon with the deadline of display advertising tuesday at 4 pjn have a happy week end but if yon re driving drive carefully locaj wils hostess for spring rally of guelph presbyterial one hundred and fiftv indies at tended the spring rally of guelph prosbvterial women s missionary society in acton on tuesdayofj this week the theme of this meet ing was the effectual fervent prayer of n righteous man avalleth much the devotions were taken by mrs wm smith of duffs puslinch mrs e j hassard president of the acton auxiliary gne welcome greetings the president mrs roy black of fergus introduced the guest i speaker rev l borsay of delhi onw who gave a stirring address on the conditions in hungary before the war broke out and depicted the conditions during the war and af ter mr borsay was 24 years old when he went home to hungary af ter living in the united states it took him ten years to find out that our christianity had failed because it was based on false facts in budapest where he lived there were 300 000 church members the largest in europe he said we preached we acted we thought christianity and we sent missionaries to other lands gods fingers wrote with blood and we were found wanting when weighed in the balance when our time came to stand fast we had not the faith our fathers had before the war the church in hungary had lots of estates bv which the church and school were kept up and paid tor but after the war the churches and schools were all nationalized md tbey their church and free schooling when the children did not have to go they were free their faith failed and thev lost tfac childr n md all missionary ul were closed the speaker pointed out a great change had to come you have to walk with christ now there are lots of churches in hungary th churches are full because the new real chnstianltj is there we mus have christ in our hearts to have a real future and it depends on eich one of us if we walk with him and give ounelf to him go home and ponder and weigh vour own christ tanity and the christianity of yrur family and country will you stand firm if danger comes be asked a review of the toronto and kingston synodic annual reports was given by the delegates m dawson mrs gowdy and mrs munprze mrs crow had a splen did display of books and literature a verv pleasing feature was the panel discussion given by mrs gowd mrs dawson and mi i hastings of gait on our mission rv work mrs bncker of elora opened the afternoon session with pravrr and mrs john davidson contnb uted a beautiful solo the meeting closed with a lew words by the president mrs blac and the beneriction by rev r h armstrong the evening auxiliary was hos tess to tea for the guests after the meeting q merchant 21 years a brown dies well known business man of at ton abraham brown passed awav on friday may 8 at st joseph s hospital in guelph mr brown was ill only a short time and word f his death was a shock to many friends who knew him so well he uas in his 62nd vear born in russia mr brown hjd been in the grocerv and fruit business in acton for 21 years he had resided in canada for 45 ears and r to acton from montreal besides his wife the former saran n cols mr brown leaves a sister mrs matlov of kitchener and a brother harrv brown of new york mr and mrs brown were mar ned in toronto 39 rears ago mr brown was a member of th b nai brith in guelph and attended west toronto synagogue funeral services were held in toronto funeral home on sunday may 10 and in the svnagogue pallbearer were j adler guelph b nlcols toronto j brown guelph s co hen hespeler j matlov kitchen er and moms ynishavki guelph interment was in west toronto cemetery among the floral trftmtes was a w reith from a group of acton merchants bishop of diocese administers rife at 11 o clock in the morning on sunday may 3 the lord bishop of the diocese of niagara the rt rev w e bagnall dd admin lstered the apostolic rite of con firmation in st albans church to 10 candidates these 10 persons young people and adults had comp leted their preparation for admit tance into full membership in the church of gbd and bv receiving the laying on of hands of th- bishop following the practice it new testament times they were given the gift of the holy spirit and admitted to the holv com m union many friends and relatives w re present to see and witness the con firmition n good number of item god parents of the canditiites af r the formal ceremon his 1 ord ship the bishop informally pres cnted the candidates with heir confirmation certificates the following sundav may llr the newly confirmed received the r first communion at the 9 am s r vice once again the familis 1 those receiving their first com munion were present joining with them in receiving the sacnmen the visit of the bishop tj the pinsh is an event which is looked forwird t from v ar to voir ii helps the people of st alban s to remember thit their parish s n t b itself but a member of a grckt ind growing branch of the holy church spread throughout the whole world if there are enough people desirous of being confirm ed next year another class will be formed and another visit from th bishop arranged umehouse road oiling ray thompson chalrmsiriof the load committee of acton conn road committee of acton eoun ell said this week the oiling of town atreeta w id- probably like place on tuesday and wednesday of next week if the weather did not tarn cool and wet titutens could co operate in making the road oiling more ef frctlve by leaving their cars at home or getting them to a main road rather than driving over freshly oiled areas mrs n lambert hostess to wa the woman s association of the united- rhiirchjnclalthe home of mrs n lambert on tuesday with the president mrs h burn presiding the meeting opened with the singing of the ode and prayer devotional period wis taken by mrs j wllderspin and mrs thelford roll call was an swercd by mother best wishes tor a speedy recovery were ex pressed to those members who art patients in hospitals plans were made for an v nl in the near future the meeting closed with the mi pah benediction mrs lambert as sisted by mrs walker mrs e 1 lambert mrs mckeown and mrs a price ol moving the old hvdro l gles served lunch and a sochl workshop from willow st to the time was spent together a vote new site on alice st was received of thanks was given to mrs lm at thr regulir public utilities com bort for her home and to the mission meeting the estimate is lunch committee 300 and the commission accepted this price asit was felt that storage space of this size could not be erect cd for the cost of installing the pre sent building at the rear of the new workshop arrangements had been made to have a foundation installed and enough fill placed to make the lot more suitable for trucks estimate 300 to move workshop county council is host to 52 ha i ton st students from 12 public schools were guests of hal ton county council at its l tjtil ir monthly meeting in milton ti esday welcoming the students wardt n george leslie said i hope you will ltarn something bj vour visit lit re ti d ly and that yt u will be able to take bick to your schools the minner in which icur county representatives cc ndi cl the count business council were h sts it n dinner ht id at st pauls united church during the noon recess r f bornhold assistant inspector of public schools gave an interesting address while david lockie and billy brush both of milton and eold medallists at the music festival were guest solo ists following the luncheon the students were taken in gro ips to m sptct the various offices and departments in the county buildings urging the students to guard their good name and shun the tempta cgit conducts program of wms the may meeting of the women s i missionary society of acton un j i lted church was held in the sunday a price of 1025 was received sch 0 room on tvtsday evening from j b mackenzie and son for the prosldent- miss bennett open erecting a toilet washroom and meeting and a reg storage space at the pump h on b qg3ti gave mahists the ug uf uw build rtfitrogram w nancy lambe tnjfts tertetfrrtrbyi2frandii to be bulltattherearof the present brick budding on top of the storage presiding the scripture lesson was read by children take part in sunday service muriel appleyard sang a solo and a group of little sunday school kirls sang a hymn at mothers day services at the presbyterian church on sunday little norecn noble daughter o mr and mrs jack noble was baptized in the united church ar ton on sunday the cyril clarke s visited the barry clarke s ospnnge on sun day the a w benton s v lsited the greenlees campbellville on sun darlenc lambert and readings tank the exterior is to be brick were ive b f andrews a siding and provision is made so that c libert wllh prayer by the building may be brick veneered i mane lambert at a future ume this building will rjolorw lambert gave a report provide storage for waterworks and ot ue t ac of the sewage wpplia which have been g a mt abou afnca uu kef in the yard it will also pro- the cal wfls b a vide nlury faculties for the build i number of gir mter a c ng which have been lacking up to us mra west the k the present time i ot the work afnca rf mls a contract with imperial oil was aries mr and mrs robert sweet presented for fuel for the heat ex and betty mae lambert and nancy changer at the sewage plant this i lambert read letters from them contract was not signed b the telling of their experiences commission miss bennet conducted the reaf notice was received from the h e filiation service and presented cert p c that a charge would be made ificates to the girls at the close of for all poles of theirs which are be the program rerfeshments ing used by the local commission served for feeder lines as the rural hydro i use a number of poles of the local dew or moisture condensing on a commission it was felt that no car at night is especially harmful charge should be made cither wav to the exterior finish but continue ns at present this matter will be taken up with he pc officials when they visit town shortl a request from the bell ttlc pi one co for joint use of poles on cimiron st was received the hvdro now has four poles on this street ind the bell co will paj for th ir remoal and instill their own poles so thit both services cin use the onl set of poles the present p les arc not high enouijh for both se rv ices this agree ment proved satisfictorj to the commission the commission was informed that seven windows in the lift stj ti n it main ind agnes sts had been broktn i ne day reccrttlv one of the panes broktn was wire re enforced glass these panes hid been broktn by stones thrown through the window from the creek side some of the stones were as 1 irte is a fist and had they hit the h dro mrters would have caused considenble loss of equipment secretary j mcgeachte was in structed to obtain prices from manu facturers for inch for these windows the matter of apprehending the culprits is in the hands of the police superintendent lambert reported that in flushing trunk sewers two suit phot screens edward mchugh placed 12th n the two and a half mile junior road race n hamilton for run ners of 12 to 19 years of age competing w th more than 60 sections in different parts of the other contestants ed was award we welcome mr and mrs crook newly weds from bowi town had been found to be blocked rods had been borrowed from georgetown and the stoppages re moved rulings were made by the com mission on the locating of short laterals for the guidance of officials shortages of pipe were to be made up but no allowance was to be made for digging superintendent lambert reported that work was proceeding on the stoning of ditches at the sewage treatment plant this is to prevent the sand from washing into culverts approximately 1 000 jack pine trees had been received from the department of lands and forests these had been planted at the sew age treatment plant twenty eight lbs of grass seed has also been planted at this site ed the electncaj maintenance and millwrights trotyiy six others from acton comjpeted and all finished tions of getting into trouble was the theme of an interesting address by crown attorney lloyd d dingle ht lave a brief outline of the func tions of his office describing the administration of justice in the county paying tribute to the police ffictrs in halton he asked the guests to make friends with them they are your protectors and try to operate with them at all times 3eiver brought into the county are at it again according to officials when they advised council the little als had migrated into esques ing township and constructed an other dam flooding the town lino county firemen see instructive film an instructive movie on the life of a city fireman from the time he joins the department to the lime he completes training was shown to members of halton fire depart ments on sunday in georgetown oddfellows hall jack wilson of the hamilton fire department disaster crew explain ed that the movie had been made on the grounds of mcmaster univ erslty using hamilton firemen as actors in their off duty hours such things as use of aerial ladders chemicals scott airpack res use it ator and the fireman s life were in eluded in the film firemen from acton burling ton milton hamilton beach and tnfilgir attended the meeting at which chief clements of milton presided mr clements is presid ent of halton mutual a d fire serv ces queens favorite dance presented a dtmonstntion of an tightsome reel queen elizabeth s favorite dance was a highlight of the regu lar meeting of lakeside chapter i o d f m the legion hall tuesday evening the dince was directed by mrs e hards and mrs j calder who later demonstrated another scottish dance an informative talk on the royal coat of arms was gicn by mrs a buchanan and mrs j somervilte read an article on a mohawk indian girl who is to attend the coronation other items referring to the royal family were read by mrs e lands borough regent mrs g mckenzie presid cd for the meeting which was at tended bv over 60 members of the chapter regular business was con side red and the flags and holders which have been purchased for the school displayed refreshments concluded the meet mg the first practical electric self starter was introduced in 1911 first car produced monday in 32tt acre plant in trafalgar when any new industry moves in to a community its big news es pecially when that type of manu factunng has never been done in that locality when the biggest manufacturing building in canada under one roof starts into produc tion and the first products roll off 1 760 by boo feet in size other buildings are the boiler house stor age reservoir power sub- station sewage treatment plant and water pumping station the ford motor co announced plans for erection of ford oakville on oct 31 19s1 first ground the matter of repairing the valve its lines not only the whole county broken nov 28 1951 first steel nsions was to be brought to the es interested but representatives of attention of engineer anderson the press radio and news reels superintendent lambert reported coter the storv the village thev have taken an that lome neilson of the chicago on monday at 3 45 pm the first apartment at miss kens pump co had been in town last ford car to be produced in the 32 i recent visitors thursday and v as well pleased with acre pum m trafalgar township mr nd mrs ted morrow and way the men are operating the as dnen off the assembly line by elane of toronto and the bob sewage disposal punl ij m mike cochrane it was lanes of georgetown with mrs applications had been received vehicle no 2794525 produced by lane for wo w a water services ford of canada number 21 which mr a c bourne home from rumored would be as produced ih 1904 drove up to trmitv collet for b hnliriav hefore mo shoru the commission meet the latest production it was noh fnr th lr j authorized th hiring of a power known as the model s the old going north for the summer shod lo make a to car is still in good condition mr and mrs harrv smethurst the main the new car was a grey fourdoor and family of bame and the c a superintendent mason reported sedan it will be retained as a his- grants of stewarttown with mrs that one of j goy trucks had hit a toncal show piece in the rotunda smethurst power pole on guelph st recently of the new plant and will tour the miss dons mitchell home from causing a short in the lines this showrooms of dealers from coast to toronto for the weekend interrupted the power service in the coast mr and mrs cliff webster and ea end of town until repaired i township and town officials ford keith of toronto with mrs ellertn commission authorized the rent employees and press and radio folks mrs newton and miss collinson mg of a standard service book for saw the ceremony on monday and back with miss ivens after a win the balance af the ear as a trial ter in georgetown if the service proves satisfactory cater fr sapper the book will be continued a group of w i ladies catered those present at this meeting last for a turkev supper for a bowling thursday evening were mayor f club from georgetown in the hallg oakes ed hufnagel and bob j on tuesday evening macarthur presided had a tour of the plant ford oakville has a greater area of production space all on one floor and under one roof than any other industrial building in canada 1 270 000 square feet about 32 acres the assembly building ta erected may 2 1952 first production operations were started april 27 1953 used in construction were 8000 tons of steel 50 000 cubic yards of concrete 250 000 square feet of aluminum siding 1000000 bricks 2 000 000 man hours of labor 7 000 fluorescent lighting fixtures employment when the plant is in full operation will be about 4 000 the company expects to have 2j00 on th job by th end of 1053 plus about 400 salaried employee pavenger car assembly will be carried on at oakville and windsor for some months and truck assem bly at oakville will not start until 1954 officials said there are four miles of road nine mi irs of railway line and acres of automobile parking area on the trafalgar arte electrical power is purchased from ontario hydro electric power commission dnhkihg water is sup plied from trafalgar township sys tem millions of gallons of service water are pumped daily from lake ontario 1 4 miles away n rth of the sneyside sideroad j e whitelock halton agricultural representative introduced game warden dudley hltchcox who re commended township and county officials establish a 50 or 75c con servation to the township hunting licenses if this were agreed upon it would mean the sportsmen who reap the benefit of good hunting and fishing would be paying into a fund which could be used for emer gcncies such as repairing roads it would relieve the taxpayer some what if something is not done w may have to remove the beaver and i don t think we re ready to recom mend doingthat just et he de tlared mr whitelock reviewed the situa tion stating beaver had been placed in nassagaweya township for the water conservation program about four years ago they have increased their families and now some of them have migrated to another stream further away he explained the bulk of the flooding was in b- quesing township but felt the own ers of the flooded land were not too concerned about it however there is a road situation there which will have to be decided upon in the near future the matter of licencing was left to the reeves of the four town ships and county officials to decide upon in general session council decided to sponsor an essay contest among the students who attended the ses sion they will write 300 words on my visit to county council and will receive prizes ranging from ten dollars for first to one dollar for tenth prize it wis pointed out the iccounts for hospitals had decreased notice- ibly during the month but mem bers still felt the drive should con tinue it was agreed the hospital committee should set up and ar rmge i certain form for municf palitks to follow when i person is idmitted to a hospital they felt this- type of centralization would assist the committee as well as municipalities when indigents re quired hospital care the trafalgar representatives favored a by law to establish a 30 mile an hour speed limit on the 8th line between the queen elizabeth and highway 2 the by law la to in elude the old middle road between the ninth line and town line as well as the guelph road south ot the queen elizabeth hlghwayln nenon township residents on the old middle road had petitioned trafalgar to have this area designat ed as a built up area owing to the fact it was heavily travelled by ford workers roy currie and allen dixon in ter viewed council seeking to have the county make a supplementary grant of 200 to the halton agricul turol society they claimed they had heavy expense reconstructing the race track and desired assist ante to pay for the use of county road machinery the delegation asked the supplementary grant be made for this year only some members felt the county may be letting a precedent which would leave the way open for other fall fair organizations to aak for similar requests others considered the milton fair was a county organ zation and should receive all aaalat ance and cooperation possible council approved a revolution ponsored by reeve emmeraoo ford trafalgar and deputy reeve b c mckerr milton to grant the agricultural society 120 for level ling purposes following the recommendations ot council at the april meeting toetn bers approved a by law to raise 380 619 1 for current expenses for the year the assessment of the county is now 5556550 00 it will mean 35 mills for the general rate and 225 mills for the county road levy council reviewed an application of nail charette for the establish ment of a wrecking and salvage yard in esques log township the police and deputy reeve wilfred bird esquesing are to inspect the premise and if they find u meets with 11 requirement rd hf hy law the will authorixe the taming of such a permit at the conclusion of the meeting douglas wrigglesworth chapel st school georgetown thanked the council for inviting the students to attend the council meeting i era ure we will benefit very much by una visit be mid accounts approved and authoriz ed to be paid include assessment 121 1 10 county buildings 13798 agriculture and reforestation 199 00 printing 61 05 county roads 112 i12j4 finance mj4007 hospitals 1248610 halton centennial manor building committee fttjoo