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ht jlttiw sttt ft seventy eighth year no 51 acton ontario thursday june 25lh 1953 ten home print pagessix cents mtbtschoot champions for the first time in seven years acfon public school won the trophy m acton panv on tuesday competing with georgetown and milton students principal mckenzie re carved the trophy and is shown here with frank mason bob wahlman bob heatley and in the front ruth landsborough don wilds and theresa arbk some of the many school winners who racked up luffto points to le the other two school each con could only en two ev b hie relay races hosts at interschool meet acton entrants emerge victors acton public school host at the toterschool field day held here on tuesday placed first in nine out of 1ft events to emerge the victors of the day principal henry of georgetown presented the cup o acton after the final scoring had bcel tabulated scores were acton 46 points mil ton 38 points georgetown 30 points each contestant was allowed to entered only two events and the re lay race so there were no champ loos declared ribbons were won in the different events classes were divided into senior 13 years and over and intermediate 11 years and under three points were awarded for first place two for second and one for third following arc the results in detail with a standing for acton g for georgetown and m for hilton fol lowing the names int boys 75 yd dash billy brush m ken dodds a jim lindsay a inl girls 50 yd dash ruth lands borough a donna weston m jean 116 children now under supervision eight new cases in the child pro tection department of the child pens aid society were reported at the regular board meeting on june 9 in the society office this makes a total of 57 cases open at the cud of the month there are 118 child ren under supervision 34 being in paid foster homes owing to the absence of the president mrs w a weaver wu liam deans presided at the meet ing directors present were mrs m mrs v n o m o e robblns dr h v cranfield j murrav mahon e f l hcnrv and g f thompson superintend enl there was a brief dtscussioi with reference to thi soowtv ward- and s me of the problem families in the protection dcpirtmcnt the superintendent give a n port on tht annual confirmee hi id in toronto in ma whtn there was the largest registration in the hist orv of the association it was decided that it woild b in thi interest of thi society for the superintendent te take mini bership in the can id an wtlfire council uhuh ha its had offtci at ottawa tt was deiided to d pe n with the july and august i ret ngs th finance committee t pass the monihh account f r pavincnt the accounts for the month o mav amounting u si 62 is were passed supper in circle picnic highlight despite extreme heat about 350 children and adults enjoyed the special events and picnic supper planned b the acton united church sunday school th annual picnic was held in the park on fri day june ib in charge was sundav school superintendent mrs b mow at as alsted bv the teachers peanut scramble was the first event fol lowed bv races and contests includ ing a lucky spot walkathon three- legged races wheelbarrow race and softball throwing contest while the adults sat in the shade beneath the tree the children- gathered in a circle for their aup- i passed per of sandwiches cookie cake svmpath and ice cream rones engleby g senior boys 100 jd dash bob heatley a bob wahlman a bob mcguigan g senior girls 60 yd dash jean engleby g marlene south m joy haywood m itit boys 220 yd dash ken dodds a billy brush m ralph foster m int girls 100 yd dash ruth landsborough a donna weston m myra bean g senior boys 220 yd dash bob heat ley a bob wahlman a ross tur ner g senior girls 110 yd dash- carol tufford m charlene day g donna clements m int boys run ning broad jump bob kidd g phillip wade g don emmerson a int girls running high jump mary majucla g ruth robertson m joan courtney a senior boys running broad jump frank mason a bob mcguigan g don wilds a senior girls running high jump carol tufford m wilma watson m jean ine molodi a int boys running high jump bill greer a ralph foster m phillip wade g int girls running broad jump jane mason a jean anderson a ruth robert son m senior boys running high jump doug mccutcheon m frank mason a don wilds a senior girls running broad jump pierrette pru neau g donna clements m helen botell a senior boys shot putt- jim potts g john tucker m alf red roach a bovs rclav race bob heatlej a ross tunur g bill brush m girls relay race milton georgetown acton high pubuc school teachers at picnic teacturs o acton public school and high school gathered for a pic nic at fnn last fridav marking the end of the school vcar the group which travelled bv cars plived bast ball and mjoved lunch twk teachers who tire lenvtng the- high school staff were presented with gifts miss harris m idi tht premutation to miss grindliv ind mr ktbbinstomr tuthbertson presentations at graduation supper the home and school association entertained the grade eight stud ents of the public school at the annual graduation banquet on tuesday tables were set up in the auditorium of the school for the dinner which included ham salads ice cream- and cake looking up was the topic cho sen by george force ba bpaed f hamilton when he addressed the graduates he told them about looking up to parents teacher and the queen someday someont will be looking up to viu he slat ed he urged the students to stav school as long as they were doing well and to do well as long as thev stayed in school brian gcrvais was toastmasler and proposed the toast to the queen grace was said by rev ralph price les duty led a sing song ind gave several numbers himself margaret kirkness proposed the toast to the school bob wahlman presented a revised version of th- bible in a plastic case to the school it was accepted on behalf ot the school by tom- watson a presentation to margaret kirk ness and bob wahlman for out standing development in grade eight was made by mrs a long otr shire chapter iode bob heatley presented principal early copy please the frtee ef the acton free press will be closed en wednes day ef next week fr the jsly 1 celebration the regular tsar will be published on thursday and the staff will operate the plant ml wednesday taking the holiday on friday at the begin nlng of the regular week long vacation to maintain the nsnal bcbedale display advertising most be in on monday and elas ifled advertising on tuesday there will be no issoe july mh spotlight on schools prior to annual vacation welcome extended to dutch friends school activities took the spotlight ihm students and teai lit rs com pit ihe two month summer vacnti i th iil i jtndt eek is more ihnn boo i busy round of ictivity th it pr cceds acton i ublic school wns dieliritl the h meet tiusdav and on th at n gr iduntion haniic s in prtvnt ttions to le icl i t li n midi is ti irht r i acton park setting for anglican rally the fourth annual anglican rally held by tbtr halton deanery lay men s association in prospect park acton was attended by over 300 on sunday afternoon june 21 this is the first time the rally has been held in acton and many from the local congregation attended leslie duby of acton is presid cnt of the laymen s association with walter hotson vice president and william denny secretary treasurer members of thi rally committe were these three with d h pope g s atkins james fairbrother harry king samuel snow v bristow and g rose canon john frank who has been rector of holy trinity church in toronto for 18 j ears addressed the group on stewardship he told of the work in his district done bv schools and the sick children s hospital rev r price of st al bans church acton introduced canon frank during the worship service rev price gave the call lo worship and collects and read the scripture rev canon f jackson or st judc s church oakville give state and special pravers ind announce mints were given bv leslie dubv canon john frank pronounced the benediction acton citizens bind plav ed for hymns and during the taking of thi offering a choir eomposed of stn ior and junior chi ir members wnh in the demerv conlitned man from st alban s acton a coronation veir picnn preted ed the service with a musical background provided by thi acton citizens band formic halton deintrv lav mens association picnics havt been htld at lowvillt oakville ind appleby college g w mckenzie with a gift on be half of the graduation class thanks to mrs harold elliott and the committee of ladies of the home and school in charge of tht dinner wen expressed by clare lambert at the banquet tom watson re presented the school board mrs gamble the staff and ted force the home and school association members of the graduating class are phyllis barnes raymond braida donald browtn ronald clow frank cooper ruth cnpps elaine deforest margaret dennn james denny george fountain john fleming brian gcrvais car ole ann graham bob heatley ron holloway margaret kirkness cliire lambert darlene lambert dolores lambert helen landsbor ough yuklum lee lynda mann martin marks frank mason evel jn masse john mussclle harry mcfadden roy mcfadden jean nine molody laurie ritchie alfred roach beverlev smith barry stewart warren wagner bob wahlman george williamson mar ilvn woods mrs robert turner was hostess to the fvening auxilmrv of knox church on wednesdav evening of list week mrs a k mann prcsid ed and conducted the worship per lod assisted bv miss lsibe 1 smith the study on work in afnci was continued presented in three parts by mrs stewart smcliir mr f a hinsen ind mivs i smith mrs george muss lie supply convener reported on the june supplies required ind members present made their donation christmas parcels are needed for the tall bale mrs f anderson reported on he icjmdwjafjjj isils mide and cards sent and sev ral thank you notes were read a welcome was extended to new- ight pupils m ft teei ht lit rn and school assocnti be 1 vine acton thk vr hi enjovd concluding picnics high school students completed th ir ximin in lis i si tin results lofctthtr with i omptt i list nf nw rds ind mt in included in this issui high scihh i sttitltnls in idi 1 bus trip t fills eivir the week ind ind principal robbins his predicted amcnl for next tar il by m uti nts hi puc views plant new improvements it thi ibllc slhlhl flrf lt arlv in the school vtar ind no child accident ciused tin fl g tt be lowered the first full jnr in ihe new public sch ml his been completed and plans are now pre pared for the construction if i m w high school a description appears on page eight oenuaar improvements ben se w r pi int w n vie wed at the rtgulir meeting or th public utiii ties ommission on thursday of list week painting of the pipes is neirtv finished ind progress is be ing nude in grading and stoning the vird the hope was expressed an open house day mav be irranged when the work is further progress trtttafihe cmenrntat vii w this modern plant r- vtsx kathenne the acton puc agreed to sell i mboisst e alberta he trans pftssod away tj june 18 in former resident dies in alberta friends come recently from hoi land who wore present and inter flrn staon w located to the hf stel in the work of the church thls ln acrdancc with the prsnt hepc policy of owning mrs sinclair conducted an inter est ing quiz game with miss fi ice elliott winning the award lunch was served at the close of it evening meeting i the i ind u statu supt lambcrt reporttd a leak irf a water service which crosses breck and victoria avis whin located this leak hid followed the sewer rtnch down block ind undirmin d the roadway in renewing this service it was dteidid to cross vic toria ave directh and hook into the line feeding the south ind of ijjst thursday iftemoon the victoria av e li ache rs of the public school gather a report from mr rotison of the ed for a tea in the teachi rs room i hilton county hinlth unit approv miss ixna braida prcsmted gifts th eonlruction of a washroom to the four teichers who ire lejv 11 lh pmp housi on mun st if a mi the stntf it actonmiss wilia mf wrt mstilld betwee i mckiv miss jean kirby mrs lit i lht pstnt concn ti flixir and thi this in four teachers given gifts at staff tea ev exams written by seven in grade xiii helpless fines total 269 in magistrates court seven acton high school students wrote grade 13 examinations last week principal o e robbins re ports it was the first year in up per school for all seven whom hi termed a good average grade 13 dinist coles wrote four upper school papers donald daw kin six chris lamb nine rod force fiv lovce lambert eight pit ttrry tight and marjone warm eight eight subjects are required r in upptr school diploma at the close of the school yei last week there were 126 studen in the high school mr robb i txpicls an enrolment of about ho in september g mne tn 12fintshed thtli eximinations on wednediv of lis w ei k and gradt 13 finished r fndb speed i is peril of highway paving fl or f th wnshrik1 bitn ordered installed i supl mason nporteki thil i trans formpr feeding domestic pove er to tht south end of gin iph st had burnt out since tht last meeting i another tnnsformer had been in stilled that same evening a hot water tank which had been installed at ptttr binnu 5 home on bower ave was not proving satis tictorv it was reported the the ro tats had been replaced and the royil alexandria hospital ed m on ton she was born near ai ton omar io daughter of the late lachlar and sarah cume of fnn township ontario she was an r n of own sound general hospital went to carstairs alebrta in 1908 and later to three hill alberta she nursed in the three western provinces n vancouver powell river and weils bc she was a former mem ber of the sarcee united church she is survived by three sister and three brothers mrs phemie midgely of moose jaw saakat chewan mrs tcna henr of vic tona mrs annie dudley loa ang tics mr wilhim currie of ash land orck n mr herbert and mr robert currie of drumheller al berta village ani aa w r p good smooth p decided thit tank should tx installed amngtments t install i ere reported in supt lamtx rt a wer shovel has been engaged for us pur post micro plistics hivf begun in mide for lh pavement his been laid highway through thi ill appreente the road which still his a disadvantage peed some motorists speed through the wlltgc as though it wis 1 rice vav with school holi divs stirling and cirefree children tnjoving themstlves feir is ex prcssed that si noils ice 6 ntj will happen if the speed i not reduced tht junior ind senior choirs of tht locil church arc busv practis mi for the ann versirv service to be held horttv mrs dirk kli xtir ind fimih if erin spmt mondiv with mr and mrs k kloostcr mr and mrs george rob rtson ind messrs archie sinclair and higbwi giragi george ferguson vlstted on snndav thompsi n moti rs with mr karl kalthoff and mr j b mark nzn am jnd mrs william denehin at baxter labs mdst woodbridge lr genet it elictr i the ladies aid sponsored i mus acton plc hdr ical variety program to the erin atlon pu tliver nothii vstn onnectu n t wit r mun on wallaet ave m ide n snndav juh i tht following accounts uir id for pavment natcruorks aecouit ii ttliphont co puc hvdroi acr n it acton parish hall night and report a gram and attendance i moi 23 41 110 56 91 25 3 25 164 95 42fi 2i22c 939 mi -wh-90- summer visitors come to limehouse recent visiturs were mr and mrs jack sinclair of li ndon mr and mrs james san d rson if goodwalr sank mrs glvnn if sam a aith tht john glvnn s reeentlv mr md mrs ken askn t ironto with the f a kin i miss dtiris mtrh1t i n m ti run to mr alx wrighl jnd fr id ind m shirley wright h m r ti ront ind mr ind mr neil s ur if berkley m h ah th stuart wrights m ss christina r iberte n dielit ni it tht gentril h ispita victor t bc with thr ji k ruhlex or th eek end pml turn r r ct th lad h n lv r mcl d t cuiih gener t im hous presbvt nn chuirh congregation j ntd kn x girgi wwn it i picnic it stail y pvk fnn on th irsdav the- u w4-um- th i 1 adding win didnt vi u vll hi n that st idur kismet m thtr thit sykiur ill tv hlp mrs bert weeks opens home to 25 1 x pr sr di t nstri n wh h il h null te1 b mr d hy tet f terra ttj t r thi drm nstrat on sev nl n j were ctw1 n ted and a hi tv t n h rved bx the h utess mr and mrs ken j mil a 1 1 limi v pe nt la st sund iv with mr ndmxs robert ilcikleioha ul fergus mr and mrs n c k spent j dav recently with mr and mrs henry wheeler cedar vallev we are orrv to report that mr sorman cook is a pauent in the guelph general hospital we all fines totall ng s269 0 i 1 httid in mnustrait s c ur n v dnesdav w h n i m tinging i- m s3 to s0 wer mpo id h mil inn tun ii u th 1 six rht k f speed ik ur imposed with fr ir fines r i i ud ai d t v cl td irn d th f ur fined vr hired si d ts tw n v re m 1 iiuim gh i i n f r 1 f t it m ifflir thr r harxd vith s ti ni n th pirk inder i t w l li ani find sto d s t if j i rt it v ed igain1 threi i i k h pr hiu thi r lictn jnd j im f 10 agnnsi it f r n t hav int i 1 cence trulio perrsi lit vnd d iglas sto ir b th f m 1 in ere finrd v and civsts for creating a disturb anie erald xituti vtaa iinedjhl f ir b ing dnink n a public place firis of iso and cost were ref ist red agiirvst k intan v knl and russe f morton for driving whilt their ability was impaired a sim tlar charge against harold ted perkins was dismissed high school promotion results prize award winners announced m hh1 tt it it t m itleidrd thi bnmp i sunda r mcd m d si b r i i ih n h r s favirafc id th hih rrikhiw i f ti i nil i 1 students dwi ed i ii si tj t ind wh ohti i t n i k f at 1 is 66 i r i i i i n with t h nirs h ts t i nil 1 vlphnh ticillv ind n i wh pi k v t ii i i tt ntor i in u a tt tt i j h mh k ml nd tirade ix irn i n with hmirs fl il t iinv edna jennings j 1 il slv a mages barbara jensen be b landsbor nigh lome s n ltrs alartirv warewavtip-nrttr- beth ritchie earlene botell btrlla a and wski svia jones pre motion w ithout honors fa andrews bob armstrong fmr sin baxter gary dawkins bert hal a dav cndr 1 t n i th h n rs jr rik ni i -ir- i 1 nm mav un lnrt ma rriidi mi t n k nrii bill mic 11 vrl n c r i n r chard mas n 1 m 1 r w th 1 h n rs r i i n fa piwkin r ilh mirsh papi 1 in h c n ti n r s i held 1 ofi t 1 m h l p sbte ir church kl i s tv md l1 vrsarv 4 id i i i vi in m k t h ib y j sd n- i 4 fi h s k k 1 r k til 1 n r- s i h 1 gh h c ndtt ul b nt n bot c xe francis heffer ran j int i ndsav krn mann iv niuna tlwiiivt ftixri sj ipd r students in buses take trip to foils h i i h 1 s i 1 m i htr t fs t lrt k h rij id li pi i t n r ci- a and s x j r br hrij rs i ji ir 1 t brigi j v pat r b r curr f iiida and hra he r kt sp t and he fcels- ish him a speed weekend visitor with mrs ck were mr morris cvk tor nti mr louts cook orangev l and miss gladvs harper f het enham i surtdav visitors with m tnd mr bearing were mr and mrs uovd deanng aid mrs ail frd of toronto and mr and m- h deanng mim vsa mr janes roxborough a 1 ft long resident of this cvmnunuv it hls h tie undav xtended u the fam r tuth j v fine a ct ndiliona promotion don qradr n p m man with honors- barbara turn i lsabelle ritchie joy botell fna jenn ngv barbara baxter dav d mcev promotion v ithout hi nor cos under the tu the sale of gasoline after cert a n hours li court on friday magistrate langdon fined btib snvder guelph 100 and jp cwts for having 1 qu r llegallv the restaurant was ervwded and the waiter frow ned a he stopped at a table wassamatter i think there s a fit in m so ip well make up vour mind 1 havent any time for rumors blat klock doroth elaw kins geo gibson mane kerr dele 1 marche ron meeachrrn sheila paul nora robson jo anne stuck ev brian thorannson norma wilds leonard zi ns grade x promotion w ith hoi rv j e janv jean mccra tta n abe jove halladav katm t n stanlt v chervl mi ton frank an bib corn pmn i n mth t hin rs- bar bara nlt ton td fixititt ca 1 hamilton rvathuen k1 khtrick marv tr iaw 11 llan jovce farmer kred eordon mart jnnmgs conditu nal promotion barbara smith ron rolston udrev wilkin crt neral proficiencv scholarships art- awarded bv the north halton high school district board and are g vtn to the students wh complete n n vear the mork of the grade a h the high st average per cent the w rners are grade i first general profic encr pnre flira h jim 100 cash second gene c iri on pooe tenj a t p t niagara f s icl id i sld tr p t tht- i n ted s airt brock tionument and the whirl pool rapids wai taken b about 3 ttudents of acti n high school and r ends on sundar the roup wa ji ien jm the i if trr the a bus br e tvler atd m- tler ar r mpan ed them tse act n bus met io buie of students rom millon and george town and some cars also made nd mm i swiihr- some cliibed brock s monutiri w htn he buses halted there a otf ent on the car across he wh r ptni rapid at niac j fal s the studen s dispersed i i the rder 1 met ara n i he pvn ng arted for h me aga i after he 1 annit f the fa ls thompi t r onto and conab e d mrs thompson and children f ottawa w th the gearv s mr and mr- jack s1 li r london aid mr and mii jams w th he a c patterson nd mrs patterson mr and mrs askii of uanchest er england recentlr movrd lo trim o mr and mrs ga d war ren toronto misses wi- rn of georgetown all w th v brock m llrr e bft off thk old block i m old vij tr a from a our information s a b t ff she brought it th br