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fchc jvtfon jfre ffrtss eightieth year no 23 acton ontario thursday december 2nd 1954 second sectionpages nine to eighteen piano or bust fund upped 150 members of the home and school association are quite satisfied with the results of their project the showing of the film welcome the queen in the public school auditorium wednesday of last week about 150 was cleared swelling the total collected so far for a piano to 450 piano or bust is the current slogan of the club which hopes to the last tiih down goes n warren grove s final sewer excava jjn ul i l 1 u j l lhe sum qlrcady ralse 1s about acclaim tyler mayor to elect council from nine nominees suit rtioto 92 years young birthday cong rata uuons are extended to john graf who win be 92 years young on dec ember 7 mr graft has lived in this district for the last 33 years and prior to that lived in and was one of the first settlers in the powassan area he is still hale and hearty and goes for a walk every day tions which last week after mud water bumps and general convenience had characterized the work since mid summer here workmen pause for a smile before dropping the conduit natsagaweya citizens pepper criticism at twp road state engineer acclaim slate criticism against the calibre of- road work done on halton s roads and more particularly those in nassagaweya was centred monday on county engineer ft smith bv ratepayers of that township who fetter acclaiming reeve archie service for a second term grew rather heated in their charges nassagaweya council remains the same for 1955 after j robertson on ly new nominee failed to qualify sitting council is j s norrish j l chlsholm c thomson j a milne both retiring school board members c brink low and d mof fat return to the board for 1955 after two other new nominees m anderson and c agnew failed to qualify in his address before the nomin ation gathering meeting m the partially filled hall at brook- ville reeve service brushed on other phases of the township coun cus 1954 record but dwelt mainlj on the matter of ioad work ac complished and projected the kind of roads wed like to have will cost us money don t for get that reeve service reminded his electorate he noted that of the 150 miles of road in hal ton some 275 000 was allowed for construct ion and maintenance m 1954 remarks nat la he was questioned on this bud get and it was borne out that the amount hal ton spends on road work is comparatively less than money used bj the neighboring counties of peel and wellington for the same purpose shortly after this phase of his address remarks from the floor were directed at the actions of mr smith in his capacit of countv engineer the remarks were not laudator at one point reeve service re plied he did not alwvay agree with mr smith at count council bu former tiger cat speaker at banquet 100 proceeds of the last operetta welcome the queen had a spe cial showing for school children in the afternoon at the school and two screenings in the evening e mer smith ran the projector tied for first place in selling tickets to the show were two class rooms mrs aliens and mrs tur ners they split a 5 cash prize mrs aliens room has been a consistent winner lately they have ladies given gifts at masonic event members of the high school rug by team last years team some of the staff and special guests at tended a rugby banquet in the station hotel on friday after about 25 enjoyed dinner they heard guest speaker jerry fitzger ald tell some of his experiences plaving rugby with the western rugby team and the hamilton t ls and se7 ger lodge a f and a m held its an mr filzgerald told the boys of nua ladies night on tuesday in the importance or unking their s albans parish hall about 100 sports ind academic studies he aiicnded and were welcomed by w showed a film of the queens- 1 m ea cooper western game which was played i th p began with pro about three weeks ago gressue euchre mrs j j stewart acton highs rugb coach mr won pnzc for ladies mgh and heron introduced mr sterling of mrs j van fleet toronto who in turn introduced mrs f van wyck was r a mr fitzgerald fred gordon prlz ffir hnvinr birthdaj near thanked the speaker cs to the dite a bouquet of flow ross- morton was master of cere ers was presented to mrs coone monies for the program i unch of sandw iches cookies bill skilling led a sing song boh and coffee was served b the lad coon proposed the toast to the ies of che girls guild of the queen j janj proposed the toos church tht rhythm rimblcr to the school and the principal e struck up the muic iftprw irds for hansen replied both round and squire dancing mr staff memberc mr lowrv and k ngbur citlcd iff for tht squar mr ringler also attended the ban es convert rockwood in november 1955 rockwood will be converted from 25 to 60 cycles during the third week in october 1955 it was announced this week there are 260 domestic and commercial cus tomers in the village the area around rockwood and guelph will be converged the same week the fourth week of october and the first week in november next year some six months before change over hydro personnel make door- won the attendance prize from t0 calls on the domestic and home and school meetings the past commercial customers concerned three months m succession and and llsl he make model and other won the prize for selling the most details of every electrical appliance christmas cards just recently which will undergo modification mr mckeown presented dav- be ptcd at 60 cycle graham with his 1 prize for sub b for ehan to 60 cvcles m v ji i the municipalities of guelph mitting the project slogan piano or bust icipahtics of guelph rockwood elora fergus and sur rounding rural areas will be ont ario hydros standardization offices warehouses arid workshops at kit chener when changeover is actually un- eer way clock and fan depots will be established in these municipal w hies in order to enable customers watker to excnar these appliances in reasonable distances from their own homes customers will be ad vised bj mail and press advertise ments of the location of these dc pots li tings have already been made of the equipment needing change over in guelph rockwood elora and fergus industrial plints quel on saturday evening the mem bers of the mgbv toam and friends went dancing at the highlands in gilt there w ere sev eral pri7cs iu irdod for spot dances eac lad was given a cup and saucer a c patterson was head of the committee fsquesmg ratepayers he believe he ns not so narrow as to fail to give credit where credit is due when the reeve was questioned about county council s recent increase on mr smiths sal ary and the reeve s position in this matter mr service defended that he upported a motion for an increase of several hundred dollar as an alternative to a move that would brmg the salary up even greater to the j6 000 bracket never soft samped reeve service later denied he had even been of waped bv th engineer and went on to cauti m the cr tics in the audit nee thi stones rumored about public offic lab often have no foundation amidst a barrage of criticism gainst the engineers pr fcssioml polic es in countyroad work one ratcpavtr rose to emphas ze tic- e was n cnjctn of mr smnh personalilv bu peimv f hit ab ilitv as coun v engineer in regard acclaim entire current council for 55 add one new trustee the complete esquesing town ship counc 1 is returned to office b acclamation and there will not be an election this year wilfred bird i igain reeve of the township and waller lin ham deputv reeve re turned to their seats on council are george curne campbell sinclair and spencer wilson james kirkwood wis returned to the school board and new member of the board is w c tavlor tw i school board seat w ere open at the nomination meeting held mwi dav evening in esquesing commun tf ha 1 stewarttown bert div dn a member of thi school boird announced his resig n t n dui t pressure rf business murrav cm was nominated for school board but did not qualify also nominated for council but not electing to run for office was robert reid a good crowd of about 80 at tended the meeting to hear the re ports of the council and school board with k c lindsaj the re turn ng officer as chairmin all the members of council and the nom nees spoke on the past ears act- vities and plans fir next year g 0 brown reported on the work of the nor h halton high school district board s nee d b ngham the chairman of the school board was imabu to be pesent r cunningham gave the report the other member of the school board to retain his seat for another vear is w dobic uc board posts filled by saturday qualification hour nine names will face actons voters mondav when they go to the polls nine names four belong ing to current council members trom which six will be elected to strvt as councillors under mayor e tyler who at friday nights nomination meeting wis acclaimed to the majors office fo 1955 all other optn offices the new five rrnn iublic utilitus commis sum school board retve and deputv rnv wen filkd bv acclamation the virne night or by failure to qualify the following night i ntw members of the commission for thi first timt in itw a five m in body are r everdell acton fall fair president dr f oakcs prt sent puc chairman reeve j stewart and automatically mayor tjkr e hufnagct a sitting mem ber of the commission on a two year urm is the fifth member in 1955 acclaim school board l masters and e tyler wore also nominated to the puc but with drew another nomintc n hurst failed to qualify councillor r hargrove steps up to the reeveship in 1955 after gain ing the post when reeve j stewart withdrew his name and present deputy reeve r thompson failed to qualify saturday councillor e footitt will be ac ton s deputy reeve next year three others submitted for the position r thompson r hargrove and c lindsay withdrew their names the three retiring numbers of thi public school board t jones c i bndlev ind c hord all were ac claimed to offict ajnn when the fourth nominee to the board j hurst withdrew his name jln the nint man uction contest nixt mondav in councillors c lindsiv r landlord a irwin and l wieck with l misters f toth jr r mnrshill s brunt iu ind j newton alio nomimud for council is f iootilt who wilhdnw fridiv ind j hirgnvt ind a irvir who both fiiltd to qualify t nomimted for lhe monlt position is wll as mavor tvltr vert j suwart ind f braida both of whom 1iur withdrew actons mayor in 1954 e tyler will again lead council in 1955 following his acclamation at friday night s nomination meeting attended by nearly 70 acton rotary club i honors sir winston tuesday evening the members of acton rotary club joined thous ands all over the world in honoring sir winston churchill on his both birthday art padbury read an ar ticle on sir winston one of the most famous men alive a presentation was made to am s mason who is leaving by plane ith mrs mason for florida next week among the gifts a box of artificial snow weighty edition of free press carries a ton of material from time to time we have vis tors to the free press office who ire mtt rested ni seeing the pro duction of i newspaper and com- cial printing always they have expressed surprise at the involved processes and machines employed in imk i nt the finished products ptrtnps readers will be interested in some inform ition regarding this weeks sptcul christmas shopping isik of the free pre s with its 18 pigts it ls ictuillj two weeks pjpi rs in one issue it k tin lirgtst issue of the free pnss evir published with the ex etption of the specnl issue punish ed in count etion with our 76th an- i uersarj the metal used in its production weighed ovc 1600 lbs i reuuired 3825 sheets at news print wtighing 225 lbs and some 15 pounds of ink almost a ton if n iieraal about 150 adfl there ire approximately 150 ad vertisements running from he classified items coming events up to full page idvertisements the advertisements contain al most 100 illustrations which had to be cast out of metal and cut to size on a special saw many of the advertisements as well had to be cast and trimmed to proper column size as well as the front page il lustrations on the special issue there are over 60 local news articles as well as the special christmas articles and regular features such as editorial ginger farm chronicles twenty and fifty years ago historical feature etc the average line of news item contains six words or about 30 letters and spaces all of these are individually assembled w havent figured out yet how mjy hours in regular and overtime were used in its production it is possible there may be an error t 18 pages which we trust you may understand reeve a service of nassaga weya township was acclaimed for a second term this week at monday s nomination meeting christmas spirit caught on page 17 don t miss page 17 it s guiran teed to put you into a christmas epir if lhe snow this week hasn alreadv accomplished that th- lad es will want to read ibout dt c ration an gift suggest ons and lhe men chouldn t miss the suggf s ions ft r making decorations at home anj the article on the haz ards of christmas time mp tells club of queen mother mis sybil bennett qc mp for halton was the guest speaker at the acton ys men s club din- rcr thursday list she wis intro duced by bob ridsdale and her ad dros on the origin histories and work of service clubs was mspir ing she exercised a womans pri vilege and changed from her topic to describe the parliamentarv pres entation to her majesty the queer mother- jack greer suitablj thanked the eminent guest by presenting her with a memento of the ocnion the business meeting dealt w h man items of club affairs para mount of which w ie the coming sale of chrtsunas trees wh ch will be conducted from behind doug m nnings store preparations were finalized for the innual ladies night when the men plav host to their wives ind the auxiliary who provide such utstanding meals at the dinner meetings ha rmvn claude cook impress ed all with the urcencv nf sel mg urktv i eke v modernize offices at blow press ltd incrcad convenience modern izit ion and attractiveness are ev ident in the new offices at blow press i td the previou- office space hit bttn doubled taking in tht tn irt fruit section of the plint on bower ave replacing the door on the side of the plant is a new door in the centre of the bu lding ii tht front bene ith i wood canopy the door will be f inkeo bj glass brick panels when the work is completed the plants mmc will be displayed in smirt aluminum the stock room and a hall have betn moed to make room for the ilttritions which include a goner al office pnvitc office and draf ing room color scheme is green and coral with wood panelling the ceilings are of acoustic tile and new fluorescent lighting has been installed the improvements began about a month ago w ith j b mackenzie the contractor legion tops legion cribbage schedule i the legion tetrn heads the leg ion league in cribbage following thi weeks games legion irid ramblers both scored 19 with ed en mills next with 17 union took 15 points tiger cats and town joined in bottom spot with 13 standing legion 8 town 6 ed n mills 6 ramblers 6 tige cats 1 union 2 schedule december 7 tiger iu rimblers town eden his i m vi union dccmber u tiger cits v ed n m us r imblert vs lepon study group hears music on records a pleasant evening was spent by membtrs of the music study group when for hit main part of the proijim thev heard tvhaikow- skj s concerto in b flat and bee thovt n symphony no 5 in c minor tht group met monday ev- tning it hit home of mn j gra ham tht presidt nt mrs r arnold prt sided for tlu business mcetuuj which followed the report of the nominating commilttc indicated the foil iw nt si iti of officers for n x ji ir pn president mrs m mrcullough president mr r arnold first vin president mrs c hi hi r second vue president mrs b vcldhuis secretary treasurer mrs david dills councillors mrs a j buctnmn mrs w j realty ind mrs j jany h deveau takes lease on theatre i the roxy theatre in acton has been taken ovcr on a long term lease by the present manager hen ry deveau mr deveau who came to acton as manage of the theatre for the national theatre ser vices ltd chain will now make i his home here permanently at the end of the term of the lease he hopes to own the busiticsn and equipment since hi wn uni december 21 t ger cats on ramhl rs vs edt n f wn s lcjgian un no arguments no issues to i nrk up here a mot i n wu put to mee ng bv dr b d imng ported bv fank that i made known tt coun v counc 1 r ratrpov rs if n issagaweva ha no cvnf denct ir the ab ll v t countv eng neer to pr vide adi quatr road for the lownsmp tr moi n carr id coaartl membrn speak folkwinu reeve services r marks member of the c unc bneflj v ke fich rtferred to pai ucular rend wtvrle accompl shed i the r representative ect on nassagaw mtnton was made confinucd on pooc twthe merchants group propose hours a ubtan ial group o m 11 street businessmen have agreed in spec ial optn hours during the two weeks preceding christmas u was learned this week present proposal would have the wednedaj before christmas dec ember 22 open all day also from friday night the 17th through to the 24th the stores concerned pro pose to reman opn each night a more detailed announcement aill be made next week nomination night speakers deliver competent reports unatu n night in acton la fridav was a well ordered public nut ting chiraclt nzii bv lack of ircunn nt issiu i ctnttnti n and practicalh no audunct participi 1 n t itht r during ir ifttr the ef f tnt prtentit on f r ports from li4 s municipal ri p ntntiv t s miv r f tvkr wis lhe first sptaker cilled upon aftt r clerk j mcgeachu arcunced itrminaton if t me for i omtnat ins and re nquishcd h s chair to g v mc ktnzie wh wis nvmed cha rman fir irc remaindtr of the meeting tht mavor firt called the atten ti n if the ntarlv 0 ci tiiens present to the increase in local assessment ind supplemental assessment of about 100 000 in the vear reporting an many other aspects if tht vtars municipal business in um mar ht next turned to the town annexation case now in de cision and opined that in view of ge igetow r reccn success in ac quiring over t 000 acres of esques ing township land actons bid would likelv be decided favorable to the town it was a eood v he continued four housing subdivisions are now in progress and work has been done bv the drilling of two small wells to i insure the town of future water supplies h iw i ver the mav or amended thr is a reil need to spend more mono on wtll drilling tht town wis monev m the pockti bv hiring an engineer joint lv with milton and georgetown mivor tvler said he added the school board w is not on sav ed considerable monev through the engineers services on a sidewalk job but tic s sav ed u monev on several other small jobs there are changes taking place on cobble hill mav or tv u r resum i ed and in the extension of sewers and water to this subdivision it is the towns intent on to use locil labor and the engineer to save the taxpavers money i he rev lew ed certain sidew alk renewals on mill ind mam streets w h ch tin k plice this var and britflv rift red to the mess m barren grove which is now being put back into shape he said ction was urced bv the mavor on tht need for lewing one mill for industrial promotion puposes pro mt tj n of this nature ht suggested is now vitallv important to cton tht need for establishment of a capital reservt fund was stressed bv mavor tvltr in capital equip ment this vear a tractor and mower were purchased saving ihe town 300 to 400 bv buy ing a good used tractor he noted the tractor can be used economicalh with other at tachments concluding mivor tvler praised the work of the clerk the town emplovets and council numbers during the pist veir reeve j mewart followed the mav ir t the front ef the sm ke hazed m ind speaking f n f the v am n oriv stwtr extension re marked it was unfortunati the low t st trndt r hid bemmi s itftd with onh the best of intent ms bv council r the job if a hifihtr tinder had been pick election day monday tspoulng day in ac ton wut will be axked to bl lot on six eoonell mem ben from a slate of nine candidates the mwh med stagan imt u yoa uke bat vote b na leai apt despite tta funlliarity in the in r crests of gaodtocal govemibent the most importaol t yaa and your neifhbar of all pallueal levels the free prcaa mrta rts readers to east their ballote bt dinff m in large nambtn a eoramnnlty i eltlaens eleel a trnly representative body of coanrfl ed he proposed the job might havt betn completed s ner and to ih bt tier satisfirtun of council and residents declm mi vtd fill s eve said ht ap tht var in office the f acti n had accorded had thui allowed him to n i wardtn of th coun dt putv reeve r thompsi n re marked thert had been i certain amount of vtr spending but it was i ft ci it t adhr to i st irt bud crl he madt mtntnn f the side wilk c nstr rti n n ma n and mill mr ts thi t in equipment pur crasd thi vi ir ind laid particular tmphasis n lhe fart hat it costs acton jii atx it hi f a m ch to tarbv owrs finance halrnun c lindsav de ivtred i i nclhv c n r hinsive report of tre vtars financial e tua ed btidcrt items themsel ta ement bears out are well bal meed and this was a point remark d upon bv the auditors as fri the deficit items he rem inutd tht v are largely composed of unforsttn expenditures along with the carrving 1953 deficit over txpectations bv about j2 000 ind a s3000 dtfcit this vear in swer operations the nnfoneen costs sidewalk rn wile well drilling the tractor ind metwir hiring of the engineer arem rot f repairs and police office renovations these could be termed not is dtfirits but as a surplus in civic improvemtnt councillor l ndsav declared observing that a budget is a miter ef compn mise he under lined in eirltr statement thai the budg t hv th s council balances th ell i n ned of his he initiated iespile the sui of the anticipated def cit he followed with an itemized review of the de ficits article with explinations however the finance chairman also pointed out where expenditures had been kept below the budget actually councillor lindsay no pa sd n mentanlv lhe a t ked hflt he termed at nj ist fid cr t cism if mnvnr tv me pit pit think ht id hat tvler as mavor means a de rint i would tike this meeting to know he declared that i mwed or en nded everv f nancial report during this vear and if any blame continued on page thirteen idence here mr de veau his married the former miss anhe dunn of acton acton una will be glid to learn that mr de veau will remain at the theatre here to continue his excellent man agement that those in the town and district have enjoyed the past few years he has unfailingly tried to bring the best in enti rtamment to the town well certainly try to keep up the flow of good pictures alton has been fortunate in getting up till now he a d this week already his plans include ndecorating the theatre mr dtveau his had h yare of t xpt nt nre as issistant manager ind mn ic r of rht itres in hal ifix svdnty glace bay and m nrton st w briinsw rk he was i nramger w i h fimou players for fvt yeirs and assistant man ic r with odeon thi itre for five v ei rs he came to a rlon succeed ng al allen f ur vears ag list month hs consistent service tunc that t mi his been opprcciatcd and actonians will w isri him every tiiccess in h s tnur in private mamgemerrt planning a ser es of topflight enterta nment bt re loctud ng the special frsrttrfs for which mr de- v eau has become noted he ment- nei this week that not as many moving pictures are available a thor- used to be th s be explains is due to the fact that bettt pict ures are being made that take more lime thtrr are fewe tower- goe pictures being shown he also expects u include re sjues of most successful films father daughter take seven awards show ng for the first ttme at the roval winter fa r m ss betty ann krrr rr 2 acon placed fourth n ladies phaetor circling the ring n an old fih nsd carriage sime of the lad es in this clajb wore evening gowrs m kerr wore a blue dress with a mach ng ue sequ ned hat she also place s xth i a c ass t f 13 n ladies drive archie kerr took ax horses to the fair winning two seconds one j hird 0 fourth and one fifth