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s v 1 y- r a r eightieth yearno 28- or actoty ontario thursday january 6th v955 eight pages six cents new hormses rise in acton as the curtain riseson v955 a sjourt of subdivision activity in the latter part of 1954 saw no less ran four developments undergo planning for a projected total ot near- ly 500 houses two subdividers made a construction start in 154 staff ilroto arid photos taken this week show progress well under way low er view shows four of the 10 units in the building stage at the gtenlea braida subdivision and the upper photo pictures three 6f the four houses under construction at the cobble hill subdivision mrs f cleave hostess to w a the womans association of the united church metathe home of- hii f cleave on tuesday withthe president mrs h burns presiding the meeting opened with the ode and prayer and the lords prayer in jun roll call was answered by light taking part in the dev otional period were mrs h holmes mrs e a carrey and- mrs c l poole annual reports were presented and the society had a very profit able year in all branches 385 vis its 100 pieces of mail illness hos pital condolence business easter christmas two removals by death and five new members were re ported on lucky cup was won by mrs m walker and a contest by mrs r l johnson c a iwo minutes silence was ob served in memory of the late mrs hamilton the society have divided sides for collecting 1953 coppers a pot luck supper will be served nt the annual meeting two cards are to be sent to the sick of the month mrs cleave served lunch assisted by mrs har -rig- tsenny mrs moore m first regular services sunday j y forpeniecostal assembly churchi r h kvo nnrtv nf the t of inn hi holding its first regular service- last sunday the acton pentecostal assembly has organized and be comes actons nevest congregation rev ken reid who has had a pastorate in prince edward island and is living now at weston ha been appointed in charge of th new church and he will move later this monthtp the disjrict services have been held for the past three years in homes by the families who have now formed a church an organizational meet ing was held on wednesday last week- when mrs bob brown who lives near speyside was appointed secretarytreasurer the new church which will hold services in the lol hall a crewsons corners is naturally no selfsupporting and is a mis- ion church under the head office cf the pentecostal assemblies of can ada the congregation has secured for rev reid a house in crewsons co which will be vacated by jordan and a social new year lime j koobmleaterthimonthteom was spent together a- vote of thanks was given to mrs cleave for her home and to the lunch as sistants mens club hosts for games beans guests from nassagaweya arid campbellville presbyterian church- es joined the mens club of acton united church for a meeting here on monday evening about 40 top ped the evening of business and gsmes with a lunch of beans bac- onhotoakeandtea included in jhe recreation pro gram were a chess match between alex pringle and jack denny ins- with -mr- reid to his new charge are his wife and four child ren harold fern joy and a six months old baby to have a church building ef their own is naturally the hope of the pentecostal assembly the church would probably be built in town about 10 families who comprise the congregation have been wor shipping in guelph every wednes day evening rev fred potter of guelph came to the district fo bible study the first of regular sunday ser vicer w held last sunday t- crewsons corners with sunday school morning service and an ev- epihg service as well mr reid is 55th anniversary for township pair mr and mrs j e pcaren celeb rated their 5sth wedding anniv ersary oo december 27 1954 when a family gathering was held in the evening at their maplcview erin township thirty guests including members of the family and close relatives were served a turkey dinner elev en of those present were aso guests at the wedding 55 years ago including the bridesmaid mrs a f johns of newmarket yearns i eve partyjat the legion hall on friday legion members their wives and friends enjqyed dancing to records during the evening winner of the dqprr prize was mrs macgphelan knbttysubdiyision ca u ses com p lex trou bles at councils inaugural session w e mattocks strar w e mattocksrof acton has been named registrar of the coun ty of halton his appointment be came affective with the new year mr mattocks who has worked at the county offices in milton since 1946 has been deputyregist rar since 1949 miss myrtle field- who has been the registrar has retired but will be available in an advisory capac ity a- milton has one of the provinces busiest offices for its size own councils trimigural session at the hirst of the year usually a short snappy session full of quick votes on formality motions started out that way monday evening when use1955 council with twonew faces convened for its- first meeting however it didnt end up that way about 930 with most of the routine businesswound up members got wound dbwn in- a knotty subject that didnt untangle until well past midnight a letter from- fraleigh construe- tion co ltd hamilton subdividers who propose to a make a 240- lot housing development out of pro perty in the northwestern corner of town started the long period of indecision the letter revealed that the firm was unable to complete sale transactions on property own ed by t bfankiewicz this pro perty was to make way for the pro- two acton entries hi new years race after greeting young 1855 at mid night on new years eve who would feel like a good run 5ay three miles or ten miles the next day that was oh the new years p roadway into the subdivision decorated the home for the occas ion and a three tiered wedding cake centred the dinner table dangers to soul theme of week reduce confirm erin assessments erin township council met as a court of revision on wednesday december 29 with reeve albert wheeler presiding all the mef bers were present except geor scott business assessment of the roya tj i bank was reduced from 2500 to beautiful gift bouquets of nmunsrtookn j iv r j n t r 2250 and john reid s assessment reduced 100 for woodlot mrs frank rfuces assessment was rj- duced a350 on land and 650 on buildings council confirmed the assess ments of elwood peavoy roy hindley william lang sr e f freeman norman jackson hector pirikney charles e mrs n- everson and lionel watson the treasurer was authorized to pay hungerford and gamble sol- 4aypiogianr foi the two young acton men ed mchugh and wilson allonby they were representing the guelph legion tfack club at new yuur raws in rtiimiltuii ana haj dangers tothe soul is the 1 theme of the week of prayer ser vices which are being held this week in knox presbyterian churcj f elmer mckinnon of three mishaps three district accidents reported this week by area provincial pol ice all caused by winters slippery roads were responsible for a total of over 1000 damage to car own ers no injuries were reported in any mishap early sunday afternoon a car owned by nels olsen rr 4 ac ton was parked at haltonville guelph line in front of a garage leonard stokes rr 2 campbell ville was driver of a car whicit attempted to pull to a stop behind i the olsen vehicle but slid into the latter car damage was estimated at about 120 i later in the same afternoon joseph aiken vancouver bc visitingjn the area was dri on the same line about two miles orth of brookville his car skid- ed on the ice and crashed into a clephone pole whiclvw-as- hroken by the impact damage tothe car was estimated at about 300 police reported another accident this week at crewsons corners on no 7 highway kenneth colyer toronto was driving west when his car went into a skid on the icy slush the vehicle struck a step embankment rolled over and came to rest on its vcheels dam age was about 700 to admit that a lot of the runners werent in top condition as far as rest was concerned r ed mchugh was among 42 who started the 10 miletrek which lasted for- over an hour hc placed 22nd while the winner ot the three mile race crossed the tape at 1515 minutes wilson allonby was close behind at 16 57 minutes to place 14th the tjew years day races are sponsored by the ymca and at tracted many spectators the com pel ifnrs pttjnyprt dinner provided for them in view of this holdup the hamil ton firm urged thelown lake action to expropriate the lands decbdii after mkinteht for the next three hours mem- t rja re noao repeat ed and repeated again the-trouble- somc circumstances whjch had led to the break- o sale negotia tions between the hamilton firm and mr brankiewicz every pos sible aspect pertainingto the prob lem and a few not pertaining was recalled and held up for examina- 11 pjn town solicitor c f leath- erland was summoned for a legal interpretation discussion wore on and on sometime after midnight a light of decision seeped in and it was agreed to contact the fraleigh co 20 fee of municipal pastor costerus conducted the first service of the series on mon day evening when rev e- jones gave the sermon he spoke on the danger of fear to a rather small congregation j the danger to jhe mind was the assessor was to be paid the balance of his salary 2135 and commission for collect ing dog- tax 36705 a totat-of- 250205 general accounts were passed as follows fred coe room for assess- topic of mr costcrus address on ore 5l daniel gray envelopes aic wiaiuu until ill moves here the family has been in ince edward- island for the pa seven years at p hiseongrcgation her- t numbers about 30 at a serv it is i expected that thisnurrtber will ir- crease as those in the district lean of the new church and- as mor pentecostal assembly familie move into the growing area tuesday evening mr costerus is ious literature and included this in his searching address sirt jones conducted the service rev danger ening e currey spok on the of doubts on wednesday ev- rev armstrong was in 264rthe municipal world sup- concernesl on the effects of sajac- plies 1149 royal bank collection of taxes 2660 sockwood ohargo of th corviee cable from england town development plans cause stir plans for importing factories and workers from england directly to nearby milton have been caus ing much interested comment here in acton this week daily papers picked up the story of expansion which is hoped for by its promot ers the milton canadarindustrial development ltd any who get the newspaper of the county town have already readof the steady growth in the town to the south this week acblt television crew took shots ofthe town and in the feature film will be included pictures of the newsnnnpr office and jim dill populace building and assessment increased in 1954 population and assessment in creased in acton durinq 1954 fig ures supplied this week by assesor g musselle show in building dur ing the year 1954 started slowly but tjok a sharp surge upward in the last four months ojuier figures from the same source reveal during 1954 value of new build- u u app 250873 a marked increase of 87128 over 1953 when building estimated at approximately 16375 was report ed assessement total in 1953 wa- 246968654 last- year the assess ment was 254528267- -an- on the roll of 75596 where ac tons population wa recorded at 2829 in 1953 the figure in 1954 rose 74 to a total of 2903 new building in all classificat ions during the year is 250873 of this figure 212325is resident ial750 is industrial 1500 is farm 400 commercial permits in value of 600 were issued for de molition breakdown by months v as follows jan nil july 12250 fjbfe mar apr 200 aug 800 sept 7800 oct may i 24935 dec 3450 5675 37098 9 1822c puiuleajwcwtua to in-wlahhin- board and l to the acton citizens band as council repre- sentative t grant taxi renewals v council granted taxf llcense re newals to two local operators and also ordered payment of relief to two local castrs members agreed to have all town purchases signed for by fuh signature also resolved to continue membership in thet north halton urban board two citizens appeared before council wm wilson soughtsup- port for a project under considera- rton for the ys mens club this is the distribution of car plates adr xcrising thetown council en- dorsed the idea and agreed to pay 25 toward cost of the plate dies m j ben asleep fnr cmincl for further assurance that it would bear expropriation costs in the meantime a bylaw is to be pre pared setting forth expropriation action in order to service the- pro- posed subdivision monday nights meeting was ear lier marked by a variety of business characteristic of the years first ses sion rev r h armstrong dedi cated the work of the new council in a brief opening prayer strike 1955 committees as a striking committee mem bers readily agreed to the following alignment for 1955 finance c lindsay e footitt s brunclle streets r hargrave a irwin s brunelle r langford arena and parks l wicek r langford j newton sewers a irwin e foot- itt j newton industry e tyler c lindsay r hargrave fire and police e tyler l wieck e foot- itt s brunelle first named on each committee is the chairman motions were passed to authorize the clerk t ha commit cards pnnfed to set nice tings for the first and third monday of every month to authorize a bylaw for the bor rowing of up to 70000 for current expenses until taxes are collected to give mayor tyler reeve har grave and clerk j mcgeachie authority to transact town banking business v- further routine motions cleared the way for the mayor and clerk- treasurer to pay requisitions by the school boards ordered author ity for wage payments totown emp ployees the assessor and payment of post sanatorium care where directed authorized the reeve to act in the mayors absence ap -aatis-snuiueooai-a- scrabble and ciokinole there was a business meeting and a sing song the act c in charge is comprised of don van fleet george hollinger and ron jdavies they h6ps for the organization of an active club which will iead to the accomplishmeritof undertak ings on behalf of thfcttmch with spiritual as well as material gain tm acton ju venilesgo under 72 in rwtteagisillili with tonight there will be a special speaker rev dr t hazelwood of toronto a former president of the toronto conference the special offering will go to ward the work of the bible society this service will be led by rev currey s rev armstrong will be the speaker friday evening in past years the services have conveys greetings the fitrn will e shown some sun- day at 730 june been held in the different churehesfcj comin lo cana ma on a on tuesday january 4 milton juv- j milton anderson thompson en lies after -flaying- one of theicijsaface black riddel hannant is- ette games ended up on top of a nor timbers charlton denmark 72score playing against actorv at learmont maskellr auger berry 556 of the first period hannant j acton marshall withers lajvs- scored for milton with the assist- ort coon skilling footitt sinclair ance of timbers after keeping thei baxter arbic morton d currie acton boys hemmed in their own p currie heatley hunter end most of the time charlton clicked from learmont at 850 of the town but- this year the con gregation meets each evening in knox bad- weather ana cpnflict- ingcngagements curtailed the at tendance earlj- in the week and the ministers are- hopingfor increased congregations particularly to hear rev dr hazelwood the acton team wereinot to bi denied and at 1430 currie scored unassisted the second period slowed down from the first and it wasnt until 1140 that ishor scored the first of three milton goats from hannant andtsmbers but once more actor fought back and at 1206 morton scored from lawson the third period opened fast and at the 55 second mark isnor scored his secofid goal with the assist go- iht lo hannant at 11 1h charlton tapped one in for milton after riddeu started it oft with a shot from the bluellnsjrhen at 1820 hahnant scored from isnor artlthe- milton boys really poured it on at 1701 isnor finished it off for the night after taking a pass from hannant nd timbers the line of hannant isnor ajtdtjihbers play ed headsup hockey all night and were rewarded with five ot the seven jtfals with the remaining two going to charlton the game was very clean with only four penalues being called by the ref- jfns 11 first period m hannant timbers 556 m charlton clearmont 850 acurrie 1430 second period m isnor hannant timbers 1140 a morton lawson 1101 third period m isnor hannant i 35 m charlton riddell 1118 m hannant isnor i 1620 m isnor hannant t 1701 93rd birthday new years day on new years day levi elsley observed his 93rd birthday mr elsley who had a general store at brookyille retired to milton where he lived withfis daughter mrs charles heffernan r mr heffernan how has a store in rockwood and the nonogenarian is living thre with them now gom gratulatiohs are extended to mr el sley who is still enjoying life at his advanced age on december 24 mr george- h pearen was the recipient of a cablegram from mr frank moore in london england cm theoccas ion of mr pearens 86th birthd mr f moore who disposed of his shoe repairing and shoe store bus iness some two years ago and mar ried again is looking forwardv to new letter- less license plates jshine on mudspotted bumpers visit schools reopened monday after the briex holiday season for th winter term at the precommunion service at the united church last thursday evening rev e h jones of st johns church and st albans church wasguest speaker for the evening sunday morning the sac rament of the- lords supper jvas observed and largely attended mr barry burgess who is in the naj was a visitor in town last week miss elizabtrth mcphedran of orangeville high school staff was home for the holidays others who were away to their- homes were miss jean mccoll of the public school staff and miss joan picker ing music teachei with sqme inclement weather during part of the holiday season skating was out of the question new years day passed off quietly wo biftfof riiiton with- white figures on a deepi blue background this years lic ense plates are gleaming on the mudsplaijered bumpers of district cars licenses issued in town begin at numberj770501 and r j har grave has 1500 on hand but you cant be at all sure that every car you see on your trips next summer with a 770- or 771- number comes from acton al- rcad mr hargrave has- sol lic enses to ca from kitch ener victoria county and oshawai monday the first day the licens es were on sale he sold about 40 and on tuesday slightly less he expects the biggest rush on the weekend who got the first license plates in acton its quite a family af fair mr hargrave laughed first person to buy a truck lic- enserwas james price of lime- house mr hargrave has 400 truck licenses on hand beginning- at number 73151 b he can also ac commodate customers for 100 trailer licenses at his arthur st office for the first time thereare no letters of the alphabet on license three acton boys at camp reunion whehthe guelphycamprcamp nagiwa held a reunion in guelph wednesday of last week one car load of lads from acton braved now and icclo be there jamie ironside- ricky ironside an charlie sunter enjoyed supper songs and games with other boys from the camp acton boys joined with giierph y membertto attend the camp last summer annexation decision this month since the prolonged hearing of actons applicationfor annexation of adjacent land before the ontario municipal board there has been much speculation and conjecture among many readers enquiry at the municipal offices gives no en lightenment iie free press iii a telephone conversation with w j moore who- was the presiding official at all three- periods ot the acton hear ings was assured that the decision ofthe board would be made avail able before the end of the present month it will be recalled that the first hearing on- the application occup ied two days on september 28 and 29 the board agafrreard argum ent in acton and viewed th prop erty in question on november 16 ondecemher liacton and es- quesing- representatives appeared before the board in toronto and presented the summary of the arg ument on february 23 last year the hearing originally opened howev er it was postponed on this date when acton counsel j dvlucas announced the town had reduced its bid to 568 acres piates tor cars tn is year iney are just the reverse of last years blueonwhite platesv pot of car licenses runs from 2 to 15 wth 10 the average those who qualify for 2 license plates are those who own a car older than 1935 like a model a ford or four- cylinder plymouth mr hargrave has already sold one set in this category a man from argyll in victoria county bought plates in acton for hlslmodel a ford hfc wasnt driving the vintage car at the time v liseo last year the drivers per mits cost 2 i jr lillsmi eden mills man traps first woh william mino of eden mills has added a wolf to the list of foxes he has killed he caught the wolf in a trap baited with rabbits meat and then killed the animal with a 22 shot through the heart he trans foxeg each vear for botntybut this was the first wolf he had trapped wolves were reported last year in thefdlstrict but organized hunts failed to flush any qut a mr mothnks thacmany of th sheep killed have been attacked bywolves rather than dogs although wolves are seldom seen in the district several others have been reported to- the free press in the past few years one was shot hear campbellville by harry hil- son in october 1992 and another by harry mcleod who lives near speyside vl decision on an arena night for the juvenile hockey team by motion members agreed on friday night forthc 1955 hockey season after the december police report was reaarisftincij briefly discussed justice of the peace facilities here in regard to charges under town bylaws repert on turkeys letters from the milton and georgetown public school boards informed council that guards used for safety purposes were not dig- ible in those communities for grant subsidy- this information a reply to queries made by council was talked over byrt no action tak en t- a lengthy report from several offi co with the halton county health unfl mipmarued that conditions around turkey pens owned by a bower aver resident were generally sanitary and satis factory regarding the objectional ospects complained of noise and j- oaor the report expressed that these do not constitute legal reas ons for removal to another com plaint from a medical viewpoint the report stressed the pens are not a source of disease xtthe same time council heard copy qf a letter to the health of ficials from the complainant on dis- continked on page five lv eightieth yearnb 28- acto ontario thursday january 6th 1955 eight pages six cents new houses risj in acton arthe curtain rises 1955 a spurt of subdivision activity in the latter part of 1954 saw no less than four developments undergo plahnihg for a projected total of near ly 500 houses two subdividers made a construction start in 34 staff iliolo artd photos taken this week show progress well under way low er view shows four of the 10 units in the building stage at the glen lea braida subdivision and the upper photo pictures three of the four houses under construction at the cobble hill subdivision mrs f cleave hostess to w a the womans association of the phitedchurc met a the home u atra f cleave on tuesday withthe president mrs h burns presiding the meeting opened with the ode and prayer and the lords prayer in jun roll call was answered by light taking part in the dev otional period were mrs h holmes mrs e a currey and- mrs c l ple annual reports were presented and the society had a very profit able year in all branches 385 vis its 100 pieces of mail illness hos pital condolence business easter christmas two removals by death and five new members were re ported on lucky cup was won by mrs m walker and a contest by mrs r l johnson a two minutes sllentelas ob served in memory of twe lale mrs hamilton the sociotjtjiave divided sides tor eollectlngt953 coppers a pot luck supper will be served at the annual meeting two cardji are to be sent to the aick of the month mrs cleave served lunch- assisted by mrs hr m ben mrs moore mr first regular services sunday j new years eve for pentecostal assembly church j i d eve party at the legion hi vision troubles at in e mattocks istrar w e mattocksrof acton has been named registrar of the coun ty of halton his appointment be came effective with the new year rf mr mattocks who has worked at the county offices in milton since 1946 has been deputyregist rar since 1949 miss myrtle field who has been the registrar has retired but will be available in an advisory capap- ity -s- i milton has one of the provinces busiest off ices for its size icy roads cause towh councils triaugurat session at the first of the year usually a short snappy session full of quick votes on formality motions started out that way monday evening when tkel9 council with two new- faces convened for its first meeting however- it didnt endup that way about 930 with most of the routine business- wound up members got wound down ina knotty subject that didnt untangle until well past midnight v a letter from fraleigh construe- tion co ltd hamilton subdividers who propose to a make a 240lot housing development out ot pro perty in the northwestern corner of town started the long period of indecision the letter revealed that the firm was unable to complete sale transactions on aroperty own ed by t brankiewicz this pro perty was to make- way tor the pro posed roadway into the subdivision in view of this holdup the hamil ton firm urged thetown take action to expropriate the lands dectrioi after mtdataht tlil holding its first regular service- last sunday the acton pentecostal assembly has organized and be comes actons newest congregation rev ken reid who has had a pastorate- in prince edward island and is living now at weston ha been appointed in charge of tin- new church and he will move later this montlvtp the dsjrict services have been held for the past three years in homes by the families who have now formed n church an organizational meet ing was held on wednesday last week- when mrsbob brown wkt lives near speyside was appointed secretarytreasurer the new church which will hold- services in the lol hall at crewsons corners is naturally no selfsupporting and is a mission church under the head office cf the pentecostal assemblies of can ada the congregation has secured for rev reid a house in crewsons corners which will be vacated by jordan and a social new year time j ku bulle iaterthismotrthreom was spent together a- vote of thanks was given to mrs cleave for her home and to- the lunch as sistants mens club hosts for games beans guests from nassagaweya arid campbellville presbyterian church- es joined the mens club of acton united church for a meeting here donday evening about 40 top- peofthe evening of business and gsmeswith a lunch of beans bac- onrhpteakeandtea included in the recreation pro gram were a chess match between alex pringle and jack denny hullieboardscrabble and crokinole there was a busines meeting and a sing song the act c in charge is comprised of don van fleet george hollinger and ron jdavies they hope for the organization of an active club- which will lead to the accomplishment of undertak ings on behalf of the church with spiritual as well as mater gain ing- with mr reid to bisnew charge are his wife and four child ren harold fern joy and a six monthsroldbabjr to have a church building of their own is naturally the hope of the pentecostal assembly the church would probably be built in town about 10 families who the congregation hsw comprise been wor shipping in guelph every wednes day evening rev fred potter of guelph came to the district fo bible study the first of regular sunday ser vices w held last sunday at- crewsons corners with sunday school morning service and an ev ening service as well mr reid is 55th anniversary for township pair mr and mrs j e pearen celeb rated their- ssth wedding anniv ersary on december 27 1954 when a family gathering was hold in the evening at their j4ome mapleview trki township thirty guests including members of the family and close relative were served a turkey dinner elev en of those present were also guests at the wedding 55 years ago including the bridesmaid mrs a f johns of newmarket decorated the home for the occas ion and a three tiercel wedding cake centred the dinner table dangers to soul theme of week yearns hall oil friday legion members their wives and friends enjoyed dancing to records during the evening winner of the door prize was mrs margphelan reduce confirm erin assessments erin township council met as a court of revision on wednesday december 29 with reeve albert wheeler presiding all the mem bers were present except georye scott business assessment of the roya r i u bank was reduced from 2500 to m and john reids assessment reduced 100 for woodlot mrs frank bruce s assessment was r dueedto 350 on land and 650 on buildings council confirmed the assess ments of elwood peavoy roy llindley william lang sr e f freeman norman jackson hector pihkney charleo ev mrs ff ever- iiid lionel watson of three mishaps three district accidents reported this week by area provincial pol ice all caused by winters slippery roads were responsible for a total of over 1000 damage to par own ers no injuries were reported in any mishap early sunday aftcrhtson a car owned by nels olsen rr 4 ac ton was parked at haltonville guelph line in front of a garage leonard stokes rr 2 campbell ville was driver of a car i which- two acton entries in new years race after greeting young 1855 at mid night on new years eve who would feel like a good run sny three miles or ten miles the next day that was on the new years bay p ug a for t tivci young acton men ed mchugh and wilson allonby they were representing the guelph legion track club at new year r in h and l to admit that a lot of the runners werent in top condition asv far as rest was concerned ed mchugh was among 42 who started the lp mile trek which lasted for- over an hour he- placed 22nd while the winne of the three mtletace crossed the tape al j515 minutes wilson allonby was close behind at 1657 minutes to place 14th the ljpw years day races are sponsored by the ymca and at tracted many spectators the com petitors enjoyed dinner provided bangers tothe soul is ihc theme of the week of prayer ser vices which are being held this week in knox presbyterian church pastor costerus conducted the first service of the series on mon day evening when rev e- jones gave the sermon he spoke on the danger of fear to a rather small congregation r the danger to the mind was the topic of mr costerus address on tuesday evening mr costerus is uujalliiikiuiii wgiimj umii ttrcr moves here the family has been in ince edward- island- for the paf seven years a pre hiscongregation her numbers about so at 3 serv it is i expected that thisnunsber will in crease as those in the district learn of the new church and- as mor pentecostal assembly familie move into the growing area acton juvenilesf go under 72 in first leaguehit with milton tuesday january 4 milton juv- 1 milton anderson thompson eniles after playing one of their fiance black riddell hannant is- better games ended ud on top of a nor timbers charlton denmark 72score playing against actowrratytearmonv maskellr auger berry 556 of the first period hannant acton marshall withers lajvs- scored for milton with the assist- on- coon skillingfootitlsinclaic ance of timbers after keeping thej baxter arbic morton d currie acton boys hemmed in their own f currie heatley hiinter end most of the time charlton- clicked from learmont at 850 the acton team wereuat to be denied and at 1430 currie scored unassisted the second period slowed down from the- first and it wasnt until 1140 that isnor scored the first of three milton goals from hannant and timber but once more acton fought back and at 1206 morton scored from lawsbn the third period opened fast and at the 55 second mark isnor scored his second goal with the assist go- lnjf id hannahl ttpped one ih riddell started al 1118 charlton for milton after it off with a shot from the blueunjrhcn at 18j0 hannant scored from isnor ahttsbe- mllton boys really poured it on at 1701 isnor flnuhed it off tor the nlfht after uktnib a ptss from hannant and tlrhbera the line of hannant lanor andtimbei play- d htadaup hockey all night and were rewarded wttlt flye of the even goala with the remaining two going to chariton the game waa very olean with only four ipanaluee called by the rat ifflf- lrs-i- first feriad hannant timbers 556 charltoii rlearmont 850 currie 14js0 8eeand period islvor thannant timbers 1l40 morton lawson 1201 third period isnor hannant j5 charlton riddell 1118 hannant isnor i 1630 isnor hannant timbers 1701 ious literature and included this in his searching address tsifj6nes conducted the service rev e currey spok on the danger of doubts oivwednesdayev- ening rev armstrong was in ohar o thij c the treasurer was authorized to pay hungerford and gamble sol icitors 20 fee of municipal board elmer mckinnon assessor was to be paid the balance of his salary 2135 and commission for collect ing dog- tax 36705 a total 250205 general accounts were passed as follows fred coe room for assess ors 5l daniel gray envelopes 264r the municipal world sup attempted to pull to a stop behind i the pisen vehicle but slid into the latter car damage was estimated at about 120 j later in the same afternoon joseph aiken vancouver bc visitingia the area was dfiyiftg on the same line about two miles north of brookville his car skid ded on the ice and crashed into a telephone pole whichjwjis- broken by the impact damage tothe car was estimated at about 300 police reported another accident this wek at crewsons corners on no 7 highway kenneth colycr toronto was driving west when his car went into a skid on the icy- slush the vehicle struck a step embankmentr- rolled over and came to rest on its wheels dam age was about 700 for them concerned on the effects of sajac- plies 1149 royal bank collection of taxes 2660 aockwood i i cable from england tonight there will be a special speaker rev dr t hazelwood of toronto a former president of the toronto conference the special offering will go to- ward the work of thebible society this service will be led by rev currey rev armstrong will be the speaker friday evening in past years the services have been held in the different curchii coming to canada next may on a of the town but- this year the con gregation meets each evening in knoxrjiad weather anfl cpnflict- ingengagemeirts curtailed the at tendance early in the week and the ministers arehopingftr increased congregations particularly to hear rev dr hazelwood 93rd birthday new years day on new years day levi elsley observed tus 93rd birthday mr elsley who had a general store at brookyille retired to milton where he- lived wilhsis daughter mrs charles heffernan r mr heffernan how has a store iii rockwood and the nonogenarian is living there with them nowrgonr grtulatioris are extended to mr el sley who is still enjoying life at his advanced age conveys greetings on december 24 mr geotge h pearen was the- recipient of a cablegram from mr frank moore in london england on the occas ion of mr pearens 86th birthdi mr f moore who disposed of his shoe repairing and shoe store bus iness some two years ago and mar ried again is looking forvard to sjshine on mudspotted bumpers visit schools reopened monday after tho brief holiday season for the winter term at the precommunion service at the united church last thursday evening rev e h jones of st johns church and st albans church was- guest the evening sunday morning the sac rament of the lords supper was observed and largely attended mr barry burgess who is in the navy was a visitor in town last week miss elizabeth mcphedran of orangeville high school staff was hpme for the holidays others who wcceavcay to their homes were miss jean mccoll of the public school staff and miss joan picker ing music teacher with sqme inclement weather during part of the holiday season skating was out of he question new years day passed off quietly wo built for rvmorr annexation decision this month since the prolonged hearing of actons appueatlonfor annexation ot adjacent land before the ontario municipal board there hat been much i speculation and conjecture among many readerav knqulry at tm municipal offices gives no en- itghtenraent the free press lit s telephone conversation with w j moore who waa the presiding official at 11 three periods ot the acton hear ings was assured that the decision of the board would be made avail- able before the end of the present iftonth it will be recalled that the first hearing pn the application occup led two days on september 38 and 38 the board again heard argum ent in acton and viewed th prop erty in question on november 16 on december 16 acton and es- quesingv- tepresentsti ves appeared before the board in toronto and presented the summary of the arg ument on february 33 last year the hearing originally opened howev er it was postponed on this date when acton counsel j dvjucajj announced the town had reduced its bldto aggacres- lij town development plans cause stir plans for importing factories and workers from england directly to nearby milton have been caus ing much interested comment here in acton this week daily papers picked up the story of expansion which is hoped for by its promot ers the milton canada industrial development ltd any who get the newspaper of the county town have already readof the steady grpwth in the town to the south this week acblttelevision crew took shots ofthe town and in the feature film will be included pictures of the the rilm will e shown some sun- day at 730 populace building and assessment increased in 1954 population and assessment in creased in acton during 1954 fig ures supplied this week by assesor g musscllc show in building dur ing the year 1954 started slowly but took a sharp surge upward in the lastour months oilier figures from the same source reveal during 1954 value of new build- ing wac app 250873 a jttarked increase of 87128 over 1953 when building estimated at approximately 163745 was report ed assessement total in 1953 wat s246968654 last- year the assess ment was s254528267 an increa on the roll of 75596 where ac tons population wa j recorded at 2829 in 1953 the figure in 1954 rose 74 to a total of 2903 new buildingin all classificat ions during the year is s250873j of this figure s212325isrsidet ial750 is industrial slwe is farm 400 commercial permits in value of- 600 were issued for de- by months is as for the next three hours mem- i rtxiqwod ro asaen repeot ed and repeated again the-trouble- sorae circumstances whjch had left to the breakdow o sale negotia tions between the hamilton firm and mr brankiewicz every pos sible aspect pertainingto the prob lem and a few not pertaining was recalled and held up for examina tion at o point s time after ii pm town solicitor c f leath- erland was summoned for a legal interpretation discussion wore on and on sometime after midnight a light of decision seeped in and it was agreed to contact the fraleigh co tor further assurance that it would bear expropriation costs in the meantime a hylaw is to be pre pared setting forth expropriation action in order to service the- pro- posed subdivision monday nights meeting was ear lier marked by a variety of business characteristic of the years first ses sion rev r h armstrong dedi cated the work of the new council in a brief opening prayer strike 1955 committees as a striking committee mem bers readily agreed to the following alignment for 1955 finance c lindsay e footitt s brunelle streets r hargrave a irwin s brunelle r langford arena and parks l wieck r langford j newton sewers a irwin e foot itt j newton industry e tyler c lindsay r hargrave fire and police e tyler l wieck e foot- itt s brunelle first named on each committee is the chairman motions were passed to authorize the clerk to have committee cards molition breakdown follows jan nil july feb mar apr my june 200 aug 800 sept 7800 oct 24935 dec 2250 new letter- less license plates with vyhite figures on a deepif blue background this yearns lic ense plates are gleaming on the mudsplaijered bumpers of district cars licences issued in town begin at number 3770501 and r j har grave has 1500 on hand v but you cant be at allure that every car you see on your trips pext summer with a 770- or 771- number comes from acton al- read mr hargrave has- sol lic enses to ca from kitch- ener victoria county and oshawai monday the first day the licens es were on sale he sold about 40 and on tuesday slightly less he expects ihe biggest rush on the weekrend who got the first license plates in acton its quite a family af fair mr hargrave laughed first person to buy a truck lie- ensevwas james price of lime house mr hargrave has 400 truck licenses on hand beginning- at number 73151b he can also ac epmmodate customers for 100 trailer licenses at his arthur st offipe for the first time therenarevno letters ot the alphabet on license plfttes fof cars ims year tfiey ate just the reverse of last years tsehad ttapped blue-on- white platei hppi cost of car licenses runs from 3 to 15 with 10 the average those who qualify fpr 2 license plates are those who own a car older than cylinder plymouth mr hargrave has already sold one set in this category a man f rom argyll in victoria county bought plates in acton for hlslmodel a ford he wasnt drlyinlf the vintage car at the time v like last year the drivers per mits cost 3 r three acton boys at camp reunion whehthe guelphtfcamprcamp nagiwajhejd a reunion in guelph wednesday of last week one car load of lads from acton braved snow and ice tobe there jamie i ricky ironside and charlie sunter enjoyed supper songs and games with other boys from the camp acton boys joined with giierph y membersflo attend the camp last summer 3450 of postsanatorium care where 5675 directed authorized the reeve to 37098 act in the mayors absence ap- puuileajnewujh hi ole hlabhlhg s1822c board and l wieck to the acton citizens band as cc7uripil repre- sentative grant taxi renewals council granted taxriicehse re newals to two local operators and also ordered payjnentiof relief to two local cases members agreed to have all town purchases signed for by fuh signature also resolved to continue membership in threc north halton urban board two citizens appeared before council wm wilson soughtsup- port for a project under considera- rron for the ys mens clubr this is the distribution of car plates ad vertising the town council en- dorsed the idea and agreed to pay 25 toward cost of the plate dies m j bennett asked tor councils eden mills man traps first wolf william mino of eden mills has added a wolf to the list of foxes he has killed he caught the wolf in a trap baited with rabbits meat and then- killed the animal with a 22 shot through the heart he traps foxra each vour for ssjnty but this was the first wolf wolyes were- reported last year in the district but organised hunts failed to flush any tojut mr mibisjhinks thstmsny of th 1939 like a model a ford or fburtreep killed have been attacked krt rr by wolves rather than dogs although wolves are seldom seen in the district several others have been reported to the free press in the past few years one was shot tiettr campbellville by harry hll- son in october 1993 and another by harry mcleod who lives 7 near 8peyslde l j printed to set meetings tor the first and third monday of every month to authorize a bylaw for the bor rowing of up to 70000 for current expenses until taxes are collected to give mayor tyler reeve har grave and clerk j mcgeachie authority to transact town banking business ijuirther routine motions cleared the way for the mayor and clerk- treasurer to- pay requisitions by the school boards orderedauthor- ity for wage payments totownemc plovees thf awsr ryd phym4t decision on an arena night for the juvenile hockey team by motion members agreed on friday night fojthe 1955 hockey season after the jprfcember police report was react csuncij briefly discussed justice of the peace facilities here in regard to charges under town bylaws repact an turkeys letters from the milton and georgetown public school boards informed council that guards used fqr safety purposes were not ellg- ible in th communities for grant subsidy this mtormatiohr a reply to queries made by council was talked over but no action tak en t a lengthy report from several county health unlj smpmsrued that conditions around turkey pens owned by a bower aver resident were generally sanitary and satis factory regarding the objections aspects complained of noise and wiot ithe report expressed that these do not constitute legal reaa ona for rempyal to another com plaint from a medical viewpoint the report stressed the pens are not a source of disease htthe same ume council heard a flcuu from the complainant oh duv 1 conttnked m page ftee i iliviujr r bimsssm2iiiis arissjiissfslifciia i ifemtklilisjsvftwiisjsiji