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ht jvttjcrn ftfft seventy eighth year no 47 acton ontario thursday may 28th 1953 20 pages this issue six cents reaffirm loyalty at sunday service uohtning struck the barn of peter paltetson three mites north of campbellville on the guelph road at about 11pm monday night and the blaze levelled the barn damage was estimated between 10000 and 12 000 partially covered by insurance the ruins are shown here tuesday morning stilt smoking nearby buildings were saved through the efforts of the milton fire brigade open 39000 school addition at campbellville on friday ax the queen dedicates herself to the empire we also hope this school is entering into a long per- tod of usefulness inspector l l skuce said in declaring the 39 000 addition to campbellville public j school open on friday evening of last week the new school addition feaures tile floor plywood panelling black board and indirect lights large window areas ample cupboard space and uptodate washroom facilities d e moffat acted as chairman and welcomed those gathered in the new addition nassagaweya reeve stan norrish reminded the group that with increased building at the south of the county more people might move to the camp bellviue district all the schools in the township arc now in good shape he stated musical numbers were given b the school children directed by one of the teachers john kobzey miss june watkins is the primary teacher rev ralph e porritt spoke the official words of dedication and rev james sutherland gave tic benediction a display of manual training and household science was seen by the visitors to the school the members of the nassagaweya school area no 1 board are d e moffat chairman claude brink low elmer cose duncan moffat and stanley robinson with mrs beatrice fletcher as secretary treasurer mr skuce the public school in spector dug back into the early history of campbellville and of the county to illustrate the progress of education and school building the first school was built on the cast half of lot 6 according to historian joshua nomsn an anccs tor of the present reeve who wrote a history of nassagaweya the pio nccr school had been an old bov el which had been used as a scotsman s shanty we try to give the children of lodaj interests to occupy their leisure time so that so many of them won t find their way into in stitutions like those at bramptoi or guelph object to exceeding schedule at midnight board session lightning hits barn damage 10000 fire damage estimated at be twecn 10000 and 12000 res il tod when a bolt of lightning strm k the barn on the farm of pter pat crson r r 1 cnmpbtllville three miks north of the village at 11 p in monday night the building was a total loss ind was only partly covered by insur ancc sevcnl pigs a calf and the contents of the barn were ilso des troyed milton fire brigade remained at the scene of the fire until 4 i m to prevent its spread to surround ing buildings lightning strikes splinters wall lightning in the monday storm struck the house of h holmes on park ave shattering six small windows and one large one in the sun porch and knocking a hole in the wall just above the cement block foundation mrs holmes alone at the lime reports hearing a sharp crack of lightning during the night that sounded quite close but did not realize until the next morning it had hit the house evidently the lightning was con ducted by a cable near the roof travelled along the eavestraughmg and into the sun porch going out through the floor boards and asphilt siding on tin tside were splintered and torn th flooring inside damaged no fire resulted telephone connect ions were scattered all over the lectne clock ind ridio dimaged by th lijht ning north halton high school dist rid board heard teachers from two schools present their problems looked over surveys of school sites heard of offers withdrawn and at tended to the month program of routine matters in a session that lasted until after midnight on man day in georgetown the staff of milton school pro tested the engagement of a new teacher at a salary above the min iroum mr wilson read a letter stating the teachers problem the letter asked if other salaries vere to be adjusted in keeping with this- latest engagement the board checked various minutes on salarj ects was received and returned for clarification on several points be fore being signed the surveys for the land at ac ton milton and georgetown schools were received and had been for warded to the architects the deed for the property in ac ton was received and a motion was passed empowering the officers to sign the deed on behalf of the board another motion empower ed the board to borrow up to 20000 for building purposes until the debentures are issued mr tost from whom the george town property was to be secured was reported as asking an addition and referred the matter to the man agement committee with the survev bringing the total price to 6900 he gave until june 1st foi s2jl l contracts ere approved for en gagement of j sullivan for the milton staff and j heron on the i acton staff letters of resignation were receded from miss c grind ley and j cuthbertson of the i acton staff i ail principals were offered re engagement at salaries of 5 000 for i messrs robbins and lambert and 4700 for mr wood who assumes the pnncipalship of milton this year secretarv g o brown was ap pointed the board s delegate to the meeting of the ontario urban and rural school trustees association to be held at bigwin inn in mus koka insurance on mil ton school was increased to 233 000 and may ac counts passed amounted to 12745 1 notice was received of the hear tog of actons request for annezat ion of a portion of esquesmg council j adamson was appointed truant officer for acton replacing c w mason at the end of the school miss luke speaking on behalf of the georgetown teachers who met with the board suggested th boards consideration of a plan op erated in the cities whereby sick leave could be accumulated and an amount paid to the teacher on re tirement according to the number of days to- the teacher s credit the board agreed to consider the pro- ponl the agreement with the archit the board by motion reaffirmed their former offer of 6 000 for the property and the motion stated i this offer was not accepted bv june 1 it would be withdrawn if this land is not acquired it will not in any way hamper the building program at the georgetown school members present at the meeting in georgetown on mondav were messrs martin cook beaumont j carbert milne brown biehn ani dills and chairman n l pickett pres ded to attend mock atom bomb raid a comoi of fire fighting equip ment from halton county will take part in a simulated atomic bomb raid in niagara falls new york where it will be considered an atom bomb has dropped on the night of should an atom bomb drop an w here in ontario it has been stated that 174 fire pumpers would be re quired to put it out taking part in the mock fire fighting in june wfll be pumpers from halton haldi mand and lincoln counties fre fighting equipment from mil ton is expected to attend the mock a bomb raid the chief and one fireman expect to attend front acton the acton fire truck will not participate flectricil connections at lmd mill were ilso damigcd whir ilos conducted a bolt of hjht health unit nurse speaks to wi screen windows to stop breakage prices were reviewed on thurs day evening when the public util ities commission met in regular session on screens for the sewage lift station these windows seem to have a fascination for boys with stones in their hands the price of screens for the two windows 62 00 and an order was placed with ship way iron and wire co j goy was present at this meet ing he had received an atcount i for repairing a line burnt dowm when a pole was hit by one of his i wt trucks after reviewing the else up the the commission decided to leive the imount as it w is originally rendered mrs john mow at had complained of a high water bill the meter had been taken out and tested and found to be running 3 per cent slow this account was to remain as issued a cheque for transmitting power to the rural consumers was re ccivcd from the hepc amount ing to 120 69 superintendent lambert reported that the assessor geo musselle secretary j mcgeachie and him self had located the lot stakes at j higgins property on mason blvd it was found that this hydrant was three feet on mr higgln s lot and he wanted to erect a fence across the front of the property arrange ments will be made to move the hydrant onto the street property in the near future i the motor on the hcatvxchang er had burnt out since the la t meeting this motor had been re paired and was now in service the rods for cleaning the main trunk sewers have arrived superintendent mason reported that two relas and the wiring on a pole on john street had been damnged during the are to the oil ing truck on wednesday of last week temporary repairs had beci made and an iron box will now be required to make the connect ions weatherproof the beamish construction co were notified of the damage resulting from the fire arrangements were made for the commission to view a site where sewer and water service is to be installed on queen st at the same time they are to vusit the hydro building on alice st to lew the fill recently placed there from the scwigo disposal plant superintendent mason was del egated to attend a meeting in mu koka earh in june m connection with the hdro changeover the following accounts were passed for payment hydro accounts petn cash express bell telephone co service elliott bros mdse hintons 1 1 00 store mdse l garner m tors truck denn transput truck thvs cn tin truck geo robinson truck f terrv postage nirwich unnn fro insur ancc co premium b ardmore co base for stamp meter tremro manufacture co snap on tools mdse masco electric mdse federal wire and cable co wire minsell nelli 53043 h alctrorjes accounts bell telephone co service 8 05 doughtr 4 mcfarlane seed 13 0 jock calder pipe 1 60 chas e aper co charts 25 25 bunting flags to line parade route coronation service in park sunday miss lydia snow heads association spring dinner meeting in glen wood hi second and i i a ce lurful parade with four bands will march down streets deco jntcd with buntltik and flats e irly sunday afternoon priredinl i drum head s rt ice in 1 ruspcert i irk to m irk th coronation ot que n t u ib th j ii on tuesd i iocil festivities will also include a tree lilimtuik m re monv at th public school a bind eoncert and a dance at th service in the park is mnjor frank g onkts has pr tlnm s ed we renew iijuin our plidgt of loviltv to our gricious qmt n fltzntx th hool recently when mrs helen wird exicutive sccrctiry of tin ontario federation of women teachers conducted the instilliti i i of officers officers installed were mrs l l skuce honorary pre ident miss lydia snow of nassaga weva president miss eunice hodg son oakviile vice president miss rili mather oakviile secretary miss jean ruddcli georgetown treasurer miss shirley south bur lmgton and miss joan millward bronte executive members miss beitrice hume georgetown and miss nellie jardine hornbj who are retiring from the teaching profession in june were presented with gifts on behalf of the teach ers by mrs skuce miss jean fottc burlington gave a report on the regional assembly held in h imilton and stated that miss flor ence meares burlington was el ected to the provincial board of direetors of the f w ta o mrs elizabeth hoey of bronte wis the speikcr musical numbers were provided by miss joyce hudson and miis glenna galstorf of oikville the tim ish that hi r r ign may be long nnd pt artful n it onlv for shieh b r siiereigntv extends but for all thi pph of mik world tree planting coronation celebrations hen be gin at 1 15 sunday may 31 at the public school grounds where a tre planting ceremony is planned un der the auspices of the acton home and school association school children of acton and lorn rural schools will attend the parade will march off at 2 15 travelling west on mill st from wilbur to main north on main to knox and west on knox to prospect park there the pecial service will begin order ot parade following is the order of parade group one dr a j buchanan marshal acton council school bonrd public utilities com nisslon acton volunteer fire bnad ac ton citizens band assembly po nt willow st between mill office to be open day of coronation seating platform planned for sunday the platform for the coronation pronm in the park sunday after noon will be located in the north cast corner on the inside of the race track with scats ind cars to be arranged in a semi circle across the park council decided at n special meeting called monday ev cning to complete their shirr of the irrangements seating will be provided for al least 1000 with school childrn and bandsmen irranged il the side of the semi circle and spectators in the centre arci accommoditit n for irs behind tin seats will be mid with vice club m rubers on hind to reel the c tr ajix fngnifir ind j r mick zu and son have issured sufflc lint planking for the seals and j ck ridley his promised to inul nmtnt blocks to support th planks a work commilkc fron th legion will lx in hind tarlj si i the plirk in w of tht fict that ill rin minus in connection with tht cor omtii n celtbntiin in acton ire being held on sunday the free press office will be open on tiies rii june 2 as usual a mid week holiday imokis min difficulties in getting you home town piper m the mails on time and requires all of the ime of the staff in meeting schedules miss kidd of the halton county as usuil wc will appreciate news health unit was the guest speaker copy and advertising as earlv m tlu for the may meeting of the nas week as possible sagaweya branch women s instil ute the program for the coming year was the main topic of discuss ion and voting delegates for the district annual at burlington were appointed mrs m mahon vice president presided oer the general business session m the absence of the pres ident mrs a diamond miss kidd dinner precedes circle meeting the baptist mission circle met at the home of mrs lome gamer on wednesday may 20 when the had much of interest to teltof the i members participated in their an history and servces of the halton mai birthday party after a delic diy mm ntiif i i mm tl nd bl ik- fxtra poh w ill b or isslst 1 e routing tra ch irmg the wiy for th vilh the kr ft inc nnvi r uei county health unit mrs m mahon won first prize in the contest provided by the con veners mrs page and mrs mullen mrs m moffat hostess served tea and a social half hour was enjoved ious dinner prepared by mrs wil chapman and mrs hazj cripps mrs h hetwig took the chair for an interesting meeting mrs g wagner read the scrip ture and mrs chapman gave a fine port on the divisional rally held i recently in brampton 20 pages this issue decided to mvttc rev r e stisen a latvian jew from beh n1 this tone of the acton free iron curtain to be ge t press includes s special corona speaker at the fall thankoffenng lion supplement making a total of during the evening mrs g mc m pages in your hone town paper killop sang two solos which wen this week plus the supplement verj much enjojed there are k pages of local news mrs helwig thanked the hostess and pictures presented for your the soloist and mrs lome enjoyment uus week garner closed with prayer message is wired to queen elizabeth tuesday morning at acton station town clerk j mcgeach ie wired the town s message to queen elizabeth ii on the oc casion of her coronation the message from acton reads hkr jtovol highness queen elizabeth ff buckingham palace london england the citizens of the town nf acton ontario canada tave this opportunitu of pledging anew our allegiance to thr crown and reaffirming ou- fatth in democratic principles we rejoice ictth you on your coronation a queen of our empire frank g oakes mayor 1480 contestants in music festival 1 the total number of contestants at the halton county music fest ivals was 325 higher than last year without the large high school choirs it was declared at the an nual meeting of the festival assoc lation held in milton public school on may 19 the entries in the ruril festials en also the larg charles b wall the sot of mrs edith l smith young st acton has passed his final year in the faculty of medicine at th- un iversity of western ontario he gratfuatos this saturday wth the degree of doctor of medicine the annual report recalled that dr c roy fenwick adjudicator con until la ted the music supervisors and teachers for the excellent work that had been done in preparing contestants there were 33 ets of pin tvp medals awarded thus icr a trophy committee reviewed all the cup- and shields during the u inter and decided one new cup and two new shields and abo h that many re laccments next ear were needed the ne cup was donated by thc imby women s institute and the shields were donated by the bjnk j of commerce georgetown and he j bank of montreal oakviile the numbers of entries at the county festival were rural lu entries with 610 contestants high school 0 entries with 70 contest ants urban 160 entries with 800 1 contestants a total of 306 entries and i 490 contestants the officers of the 1952 exertit he were all reelected with one exception mrs c ford vice prs dent for trafalgar resigned and mrs m beatty was elected n this position board members of township school area no 1 nassagaweya n wm derided to award tiur responsible for the construction of the new public school addition scholarships this year and dr officially opened on friday are shown here from the letf in th 2 r back rl claude brnklow elmer coe and stanley robinson l i the front are duncan moffart f e moffat chatrman end mrs burtingfon and paul prust george- beatrice fletcher secretary treasurer i town and church sts croup two g w mckenzie mirshal all acton public school children and runl school children guelph pipe bind avemblv point wilbur st bttween mill ind bow group three j t huist mr shil imperial order dmshti rs of the fmpire women s institute j sc ut ind guide mothers legion iidiefi auxiliary b y scouts girl guides wolf cubs br nle ind acton high sch wl hills- lurgh citizens bind ivsembly point gutlph st betwm mill anj church sts group four max stony mar shil acton brtnch of the canadian ligion with all visitors and vrler atb canadiin field artillery trumpet band assembly point stition grounds all those taking part in the parade will assemble at 2pm root decorated uniforms and flags will provide brilliant color in the parade and the route will be gaily decorated with gilt reproductions of crown uid crests red white and blue treim ers pictures of the queen and flags the religious aspect of the cor onation influences the drumhead service which will include hymns prayers and an address bv captain d crawford smith dc irca chc a special choir uner the direction of ted hansen will sing with a selection by the acton can adian legion quartette a specinl school children a choir will also participate members of the acton minlstcn association rev e a currey rev ralph pnce rev r h arm strong and pastor dwight patterso i are in charge after the service the guelph pipe band hillsburgh clusens band and 11th field regiment r ca trumpet band will give ections baad concert acton citizens band will pres ent their concert in the park at 8j0 pm on the eve of coronation day a dince is being held rn the town hall by the lakeside chip io dxl tuesday night the boy scout will hold a brief ceremony and light a beacon fire in the country near acton scouts all oer the dominion are expected to light beicons coronation day dr a j buchanan headn the committee which has arranged for acton part in marking this hist or c coronation of our queen mrs george angell u secretary nd johnny goy treasurer wi r ncm twr f the committee mrs ried anderson mrs j c bradshaw ed footitt mrs aubrey gervats ten hansen charles heard mrs alan mercer john mchugh tom nicol mrs f g oakes mm m symon sam tennant laurrnce wieck and david dills fireworks display coronation theme a large crowd gathered on road ways and in can at campbeviu athletic grounds saturday even ing may 23 to admire the seventh annual firework dlsplav with coronation as its theme the fire works featured a royal coronation salute and a parachute flag shel the campbellville tennis club sponsored the sparkling display of fireworks a girls softball game preceded the firework display with camp bellville playing haltooviue