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loot cthtgymen for two entirely different reasons are in the news jhls week recently rev evan jones who ispictured left was inducted as the rector of st albans anglican church ac- tori and st johns rbckwood last sunday kiev e a currey right made public his acceptance of a call to wellington st church in london he has been in acton for the past five year as minister oftheunitedc h mrs currey willleave injuly wages up but unsettled wages of employees at the- county jail are still not settled after members of county council approved a 100 a year increase at their regular meeting at milton tuesday a month ago employees requested council for an increase and the committee headed by reeve harold ad- kins had council approve of the increase sheriff w j robertson informed members he felt he would not have rev e a currey accepts city call after- a pastorate at acton united church of five years rev e a cur- rey will move next july to london where he will -be- the nhnisteroffhalton were not equal to other w st unit c mrr curreys move was ratified by pres bytery tuesday and the call for the church here endorsed acton united church has been declared open for settlement and a pastoral relations committee of six church members has been appointed already several prospective min isters have contacted the local church rev curreys new charge is a d church in lond with a staff to take care of the 16 inmates if substantial increases were not forthcoming mr adkins explained wage rates were set by the depart ment of reform institutions and al lowed for an annual increase of 100 per year the committee felt wages here in pt aces and we were liberal in giaiil- ing an increase at this time he said and adding employees could still en joy the statutory increase next fall county rate down members did not suggest the em ployees were highly paid men after sheriff robertson informed council of the wage scale as paid in peel county the starting wage is 1940 controlled orderly growth is stressed by planning expert in ontario provincial police pol icy dealingwith towns i of j2000 population aiid over comes into effect council was told at a spec ial friday night session an official notification informed the municipality that as of dee- ember 31 1955 the present con tract with the opp will terminate and will n b r s own judgment in making a deal i within a stated priceperacre range r i lit was learned this week that negotiations are continuing favor ably clerk j mcgeachie told council the total assessment in the newly- annexed area less the towns prop erties is 4inrs a hvlaw nrinpt- letters have been received by more than 40 other ontario mun icipalitie affe by the polic change councillors have reacted with surprise and dismay at this news mayor e ty who urg a protest be filed immediately term ed the action as a step backward in the province towns would how be without provincewide com munication he said and argued that policing would be generally made less effective big bui of expense itll be a big bill of expense for us and some 47 other towns wholl be caught without police he add ed the mayor asked council for a resolution condemning the action and that a letter of protest be sent from this town to premier leslie frost with copies to attorney general dana porter and the in spector of police as well as the provincial riding membe for hal- u stan hall ing the assessment on the annexd portion was read council was informed of a dec- fol lowing discussion of this move t geo was under somi obligation to fulfill the agreement for 1955 chiefly this would mean continuance of- cost share by that j town until the end of the year milton acton carry on views were aired by several councillors on what course of act ion should b taken cost division readjustment was examined and the poihility nt milton aim rimp- tiion by georgetown council to withdraw from the engineering ag reement set up by the north hal- ton urbihiboardit wasjxjressea ping out of the engineering ar rangement was left open for spec ulation the question wa calseoftf acton could be prepared to employ an engineer fulltime for this town alone t possibility of this move was con- t o f so time a length a motion empowered may or tyler and councillors e footitt and j newton as a committee to meet with milton and continue the engineering arrangement ir pos sible on a bitown basis but if not to advise milton that acton was prepared to hire its own engineer and to dissolve the engineering a tmrivir thp nrtvth haltn rifi urban board tuesday evening in milton thk committee met with milton- coun cillors and the group agreed to carry through the engineering ag reement on a bitown basis for theremainder oltheyeaio share an its blarney but envy wears green on the 17th published recently was a scholar ly treatise called the vanishing irish someone as the books title indicates was banishing the irish from the earth apparently the authors reckoned without the 17th of march on that day there are only two types of people those who are irish and those who wish they were the irish eloquent witty tumul tuous peaceful saintly puzzling 17th of ireland irishmen the world- over are wearhv the green in i honor of st pat st patrick of course was a j frenchman say the french a scots man say the scots an italian say the italians and a certain toronto radio columnist and even the eng lish claim his birthplace was in england an indication of the popularity of the good saint can be got from the interest in where he was born mention it to a celt and depending a jul u yuur point of view celebrate the feast of st pat- criticism i rick with their usual hilarity theres dancing music and all kinds of blarney they wear sham rocks stage parados and swing shillelahs they tell stories in a twang that delights the ear they darerthey boast they singthey ar gue- and they pray spread far beyond the borders of the emerald isle the irish exert considerable influence on the cul ture of the country people of irish origin in the united states for in stance outnumber their relatives in eire and ulster by four to one youve gut a full scale argument be- fore you can pat the topof your hat tis said that anyone who kisses the blarney stone the only rock of arty importance to the irish awak ens on st patricks morn with the ability to speak like angels and theres proof they have too to sub mit to you the- blarney stone as you know doubt know is as near to heaven as a prince name of mccarthy able to put it mccarthy so the le- gend relates was given the stone as a gift from the scots after he had sent 5000 men to aid in the battle of bannockburn the most precious i thing the scots have is the stone of scone and it vfas a piece of dumb robins robins are here several people reported see ing them this week when judg ing by the look of the dark sky the threat b changed from that of snow to qt of itul although everyone is delighted to see the birds that fly ahead of spring one cant help bnt a significant step to insure the controlled ordered growth of this community was taken by the local planning board wednesday night when p a jjeacon senior planning consultant with the form of dea con and arnott was hired to pre pare an official town plan and to implement a zoning bylaw on a twoyear basis members of the planning board who earlier interviewed mr dea- iuii and outlined n uf ac ton in view of anticipated growth and development reported a great ffgal nf gntrfartinrt witfi hii- terms of service outlined by the planning consultant they were particularly impressed with mr deacon ipir of tfnlty to begin work on the diversified considerations involved in a town plan and workable zoning bylaw mr deacon told the meeting he- would need complete aerial photo graphs of the town and contour maps of actons typography a large blowup of an aerial shot of acton about three and a half by four and a half feet was shown members by secretary j mcgeachie the enlargement ord ered some time ago had just ar rived thisj week it is now on dis play in the free press window speaking to the members of the planning board mr deacon stressr ed his capacity a an advisor the planning board in cooperation with council will have to set the policy h ra after brief discussnsrr in which all councillors agreed in of the police withdrawal endorsing a letter of protest was passed earlier in the special meeting it was reported the offer made for an additional nine acres of land for public school purposes in acton with a cost of living bonus of 420 eastern section had been turned to a local maximum of 2270 wages down by the landowner despite lat t pe jail are about f jomeobjeetionsthat further ncgot- a congregation of about 700 as com pared to 400 here it is well organ ized with church parlours and spec ial meeting rooms a new pipe 300 a year more than in halton j iations houd be carried on by th council felt the matter should be public school trustees themselves i investigated again bv the committee vvas agreed that in accordance wit- who were to meet with employees tne board s wishes another joint organ and parsonage will soon be to come to a final decision i approach should be made through acquired and mr and mrs currey tnert was a sii ht reduction in i council and board representatives will take up residence in the new the county rate when- members set 1 continue negotiations parsonage j tnc mle after h a report a motion was- passed that coun- mr currey learned that rev made by finance chairman wilfred cils previous motion setting the hunt who was pastor of the lon- bird a total of five mills will be offer- figure on road allowance in don congregation for 17years is the required to raise 395000 to meet father of orme hunt who was c expenses-for- 1955 237000 wtlrbei r couhtant in the bank of montreal raised for general purposes or three k a a maaimamo d awtafjvav a bam here rev hunt who has been in mills while the road levy is two im o mqrggmgilt dtwll aici the ministry for 41 years is going mills to raise 158000 hnjf l goth estimated expenditures were in uonoon 29185540 with estimated revenue think theyre not the smartest of robins they must be a little snft in their perky heads to think theyll find good weather here so soon however the fact that robins are here is still among the most pleasant news of the weefc in canada it is estimated there are nearly as man irishmen- and people of irish descent as in the whole of erin montreal itself hav ing well over 100000 and on the ie investigate blaze at night in trailer investigations by a representat ive of the ontario fire marsall office are being made this week that immortal rock upnwntch jait ohwnjf -a- saturday night bhrar ob laid his head that the scots gave i n a traler moored behind mac to mccarthy which accounts for presbytery meets at bethel church i at- the meeting of the united church presbytery on tuesday four calls were anouhced including that of rev e a currev of acton unit ed church to london the meeting in bethel church hornby was largely attended the president of the hamilton conference dr waldemar williams of westdale church hamilton and dr george little of head office spoke to the group of ministers and laymen the may meeting is to be held at ftv at 54855 largest amounts returning to this fund from the registry of- f ice 20000 and hospital- accounts of an additional 20000 while road expenditures were estimated ar 300000 only 458000 was levied for the balance consisting of available grants combat future epedemic in a report from the health unit it was agreed to increase the per capita rate from 1 20 to 125 reeve c a martin said this addition would provide a reserve to assist combatting any future epidemic which might be experienced they further asked increased dental ex amination in the schools members of-the- health unit had previously asked the department to rive permission to increase mem hs board milton on school sale at a conference of the milton public school board the north halton high school district board and mr routley superintendent of i lure indebtedness against the school was 60000 to 65000 and felt the board would do well if this amount was received for the building elementary schools of trie depart- the secretary of the hjgh school mehrortducatrcfntmr johnston i board said the debenture indebted- high school inspector for the dis- nes was at present between 20000 trict andl l skuce inspector of and s2200o public schools for halton no members of the high school agreement was reached on the pro- i board who represented esquesin posal for milton public school- i township had been furnished with to purchase the present high a copy of a resolution passed by school building in milton m i esquesing council stating that led with of the public school board townships objection to selling the presided present building and building a were r plan scnable one to consummate the oaks church training centre bership of the board to seven how- and sutton where tranfers of pro south of paris and the hamilton ever it was felt if two members of perties had been mad from one conference will be held for five council sat in at the meetings fur- board to another it was pointed days in sudbury those present ther council appointments couldbe i out that sale price must be a rea- learned- w hile the ministersare at i mode m the future 5udbury u the vacant pulpits in a number of grants men vc u provod n he budke lhe following chairman w j coon ot the high i being made halton junior farmers school board explained the diffi- 350 halton plowmens association cu of negotiations where five 250 halton soil and crop imj municipalities were concerned and suggested an offer be made by the mr routley outlined the position i new hi scno01 building nassi- cleariy and pointed out the deben- i gaweya representatives felt that ture indebtedness on the present building mr johnston told of simi lar cases in- aurora leamington i continued on page five the irishmahs glib tongue there have been many famous sons of erin but standing head and shoulders above them all have been pat and mike fondness for wit is as characteristic of the irish as their ioveof music well todays the day and cant you tell jlrish music on the radio irish jokes in the air and did you hear what happened at dolans j a man around collecting dona tions stopped at the dolan resi- denccr he rapped 6n the door and when mrs dolan appeared said excus me madam but would you care to contribute to the home for alcoholic retorted mrs dblan shure come back this evenin and ye can have dolan you must admit the- irish might be anything else but they are never dull swains garage on queen st firemen delayed irp rallying when the town fire siren failed to respond from the switch at the 4o- cal telephone office rushed to the burning trailer after fire chief sam tennant sounded the alarm by ringing the town hall bell and turning on the truck siren hank earle who lives in the trailer with his wife alerted chief tennant after noticing smoke in side as he and his wife came home lite saturday night the fire chief called the telephone office to ring the- siren hurried to the fire hall but found the siren would not ring it was later found lightning hadstruck the mechanism damage to the interior of the trailer was extensive with niot of the contents a total loss little of the wood frame and sheathing was damaged however cause of the fire was not stated nor were grounds for the investig ation revealed booster plate sale ys mens project boosting acton is the latest pro ject for the vs mfnii efod the grauptiii purchased 300 red ana white rru bumper plates which proclaim actor or the centre of prog rest bill wilson has distributed boost er plans to ii members of the agricultural growth with the club and some live sold s maiy aa fio already continued on jagr fourl provement association 100 hal- tn agrculturalsoccty 300 with p- schtx1 an additional 200 esq nosing agri- cultural society 200 with an ad ditional 100 acton fall fair 200 with an additional 100 reeve robert marshall argued the grants to local fairs shouldtsp sub stantially increased i dont think these grants have been increased in the past 20 and realizing the new opposition from esquesing members of the public school board intimated that the price for the building would reqilire to be below 60000 and that public school accommodation must be available before september an rswer from the high schooi board must not be delayed beyond two weeks mr routley thoughtthe deben- tot of trokw frock bears in suspicion around spring tract v patterns oi a large four- track prints with deep claw in- clawed animal- a shredded tree and dentations and some pad marks auspicious looking burrows in the nearly as wide as a mans hand wrooded area south otacfbn majnt ipfnjghayj given rise to disputed tp that- a family of bears is living less than a mile from the towns southern limits last week a group of municipal officia was scoutinc the area further in the bush one- was over abutto or the spring in search of possible water sources when the tracks were discovered were reported spotted on the fresh snow the same group of men found a rotting tree with bark torn and shredded from the ground to about six feet up the trunk of three ground burrows discovered two feet in diameter saturday morning the paw prints were still to be found however rain and rrielting snow had de- tracted from their original defin ed markings i several tocal hunting devotee hearing the reports trekked to the ispbt later in the weekehd and came back with versions which varied from the earlier conclusions one termed the tracks as- the paw imprints of a latg dog the shred ded- bark to be the work of wood peckers and the burrows the habit at of rabbits or foxes aumtbqi rip sky at night acton junior farmers entry in the halton junior fatmers drama festival last monthwas playfecj fceforen audience of over 200 in the public school auditorium- last friday night shown rear k to right are sandy btkhanan aaitchell neale bill thompson front betty anderson anne mclaughlin eleanor mdteown the drama festival adjudicator praised the choice of playl he later emphasized the import ance of unity between these two bodies on planning matters and urged an overtone of continuity and cooperation in planning and action t further annexation whether it was the intention of the official bodies to see the town grow to 4000 5000 o 10000 is sec ondary he indicated but contend ed the establinimenl of a dsired economic level is vitally import ant mr deacon gave some ex amples of why a community should ascertain its desired degree of growth then build toward this goal within the planning frame- work the speaker referred briefly to the role of assessment balance the division of tax revenue from in dustrialcommercial and resident ial ass sources r at one point touching on land use and expansion he suggested it- might not be out of reason to see acton annex further lands following mr deacons depart ure the board passed a resolution that the firm of ideacon and arnott be retained to prepare an official plan to implement zoning by law on a twoyear basis man crawls unhurt from smashed car the driver of a late model car which crashed into a hydro pole and was totally demolished west of here this week crawled unin jured from his smashed vehicle district police reported yesterday charles laven driving west of crewsons corners late tuesday night lost control of his car when it skidded in deep slush the car- spun into a ditch then jammed into a hydro pole which did not break police also reported two cars driven by j watkins toronto and t lyons georgetown sideswiped each other saturday in an early evening fog the accident occurred on no 7 highway about one mile west of here damage was estim ated at about 2j0 late tuesday afternoon on no 7 highway outside acton two cars were damaged to the extent of rfbout 100 when the driver of a westbound vehicle driven by john warren slowed down the second car driven by frank carney col lided with the rear of the first vehicle firemen to test siren each monday since the tpwnt fire siren would not found when a serious fire was reported on saturday night the firemen have decided to test it regularly fire chief sam tennant reports apparently the sirens failure was due to its having been struck by lightning it u constant- jy heated and cannot freeze tne sirenwill be tested each monday evening- and after every electrical storm herald firemen worked on the siren after midnight saturday after they returned from the fir and it sounded several tunes then in tie course of repairs yav feratlibs