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1t ivi i t eightieth year no 53 acton ontario thursday june 30th 1955 ten pages six cents bu pl lakeview subdivision site rising north from fairy lake is under- construction this subdivision will be the second big housing de- going a facelifting this week as grading and scraping heaves the yelopment to add to the towns residential growth in the last knolls and rises off the 240lot property preparatory to the start 3f year work on the houses is expected to begin shortly vkjcssvsss highchoolboa rd jvotes 4osell4 milton building for public school i july 1 holiday frlaitf shutdowns 1 north halton district high- school board voted on monday to j sell the present high school buill- i ing in milton to the public school j a aincir p board of milton for the amount of iwdif conclude season the outstanding debentures against the school including the two ad- ditional rooms being built and the deed to 11 acres of land recently purchased by the public school for the erection of a new public school the land was quoted t a value of 11000 the resolution passed by the board followed a letter from tv town of milton asking the board to submit an offer to sell the build ing- another letter from the secretary of the milton public school 86ard stated that failing a reply to the public schools negotiations for purchase of the high schol build ing by june 28 the public school board wot id n longer be interest ed in buying the high school building award addition contract five tenders were opened fer the building of two additional rooms on the present high schooj the a wiener and marshmallow roat concluded the season for the bap tist young poeples union when the members and friends held their final meeting last thursday evening at the breezes park teams were chosen and a baseball game fol lowed volleyball was played with a balloon and relay races and con tests werp included in- the program completely arranged by faye gar ner and helen landsborough wieners and marshmallows were prepared ove the bonfire and brief devotional period concluded the evening r receives promotion jto flight lieutenant j flying officer jack a tarzwell j 35 of georgetown and acton has been promoted to the rank if flight i lieutenant effective july 1 it was j announced tuesday by air force j headquarters f l tarzwell began his air force i career in july 1941 arid went over the free press office and plant will be closed- all day tomorrow july 1 celebrated as dominion day the office will be open saturday morning july 2 annual summer vacation nwh during which the office and plant will be closed will begin- this year on july 22 the free press will open again pn tuesday augjust 2 following the civic holiday no issue will be published on july 28 damage to two cars in highway accident district police reported a minor accident just west of here on no 25 highway tuesday afternoon involv ing two cars a car driven by sadie moore mofiatt collided with a car driven by guiseppi depiori guelph when the latter slowed down in front of the moore car damage to the moore ear was about sol and to the tepiori car about 300 during vacation acton pcints have- arranged holi day schedules for employees again this summer with many planning complete or parti il plant shut downs following are dates in- nounced baxter laboratories july 22 to august 8 bcardmore and co most of the plant will be shut down fo two weeks june 30 july 18 force electric juv 23 to aug- ust 7 mason knitting co july 15 lo august 2 wool combing corp july 15 to august 2 ajax engiikring july 22 to august 8 micro plastics ju 23 t i aig- ust 2 acton free pies- july 23 to august 2 smallwoods plan will hive n plant shutdown during the vicat- ion period e y ends mkljtom rash of thievery reported here a rash af petty thievery was reported by local and district police in the town and area this week saturday a tubeless tire was re ported stolen off a car on a car lot ietth highway owned by thompson- garage also saturday the refreshment booth at the park wa- broken into and about s12v in pop and confectionery stolen three juven iles were- apprehended by loal i e to m l ution sunday night two hub caps were reported stolen from- a car parked on bowe ave town police also issued a warn ing to youngsters inclined to do damage around the school thi- week after investigating damage reported done by children to the flower beds around the public school district police reported 127 stolen from the front seat of an er in creamery truck parked by the road while the driver was at a farm house the theft occurred in esquesing township northeast oi here over 600 children romped from the public school this week look ing forward to two months of- summer- vacation and for most ofuthein a promotion to a higher grade in the fall an estimated 9500 public school students have just concluded school throughout halton county about 160 left their classrooms at the high school for the summer county inspector l lskuce esti mated the school enrolment in the county in september would be over the 10000 mark and ah additional 25 teachers would be required to staff the schools that will be adding a to tal of 40 classrooms after the yaca- tion school promotions promotion results from arton public and high schools will be found in this issue of the free press lowest tender was by j b mack- i enze and son for 28940 with a i soas ln w2 to serve asrrm irtrframe completion date of december 15 fishermen of all shades sizes will cast lines in lake saturday this tender was accepted by board and the secretary was the m- squadron in bomber command he later became a navigator and serv- i i ed with no 35t raf squadron on structed to write the town clerk 4 ng dutics in and of milton requesting that the town 3- take immediate steps to raise33r- debenture issue for building and equipping these two rooms and the necessary grading and fill mr bnrnett arid mr henry architects were present and agreed to hastet the building preparat ions tenders ranged as high as 33000 for the additions a request for a new fence at the school property from mrs c w clark wasdeferret until afte the building operation was complete the board gave approval of tle engagement at acton school for mr dryber according to salary schedule and the necessary ap proval of the department of educ ation the secretary was instructed to advertise for tenders for painting and repairs to the windows and sills at the old part of the george town school june accounts passed for pay ment amounted to 18520 12 discuss caretatking the matter of caretaking at the scrtoolswas dtseti work at georgetown school was strongly criticized the secretary was to take up the- matter of clearingup the premises with the caretaker and advertise for applic ations for the position to take charge the first of august the work of the jariters at ac tor and milton was commend ci by the board and the salary of mr white at milton was increased to 2600 per yea and mr spielvose at acton 2500 the bard also cvy- sidered the advisability w irw increases to a maximum of 3000 where the work of the caretakers proved satisfactory but no actio wastaken or this phase secretary go brown gave brief re port of the convention the school trustees association held this month the bard consid ered taking affiliation with the high school trustees association rather than their present member ship present at the meeting held ir georgetown on monday nigh wee messrs carbert cook pickett hall hood dills cole forgrave mastermar and brown with chair man w j coon presiding in 1946 after returning to canada and leaving the service he attended queens university graduating with a bachelor of science degree f l tarzwell rejoined the rcaf in november 1950 in the armament branch he served overseas as an armament officer with 416 sabre squadron one of the squadrons in the rcafs no 1 air division in europe until 1953 when he return ed to canada to his current post ir the directorate of armament engi neering at air force headquarters appointments made for tennis season writer in britain- tours london the scots scored a good mark with this newspapers roving cor respondent in- the old country mrs gwendolyn p clarke who remarked in a footnote to the ed itor on this weeks airmailed tfopy in edinburgh i was given the use of a room and a typewriter r lend crrthey charged me two shillings and sixpence mrs clarke regula write of the haltor pages of the past serie which has beer temporarily discon tinued until her return is revisit ing britain after many years ab sence her interestfilled accounts about scenes places and people in the old countr- continue in ths weeks isue with the group of canadian newspaperwomen jour neying england and old london announced monday appointments to key positions were made at the annual meeting of the tennis club last week stella brunelle was elected captain of the girls team arid ukey zajac captain of the boys team arlene gordon was named club secretary- mark laferriere is social con vener and bill gardwood was ramed to look after balls for tournaments jim greer was appointed in cfiarge of the ground and will supervise the cleaning up of courts mowing of grass and other main- tenance four each week are to do this work a tennis ladder is to be set up i the best weights for competition with bob brue j rirehour derby fishermen of all ages experience i and all shades of patience skill and ingenuity not to mention luck are expected to cast lines over the cool waters of fairy lake here saturday when promptly at 8 am the chamber of commerce opens its first fish derby a summertime attraction for bass and pike angl ers last minute ripples will be smoothed out tonight in a commit tee meeting prior to the derby in the past two weeks sign boards and car bumpers have been carry ing the news of the derby through out the area and its expected this advertising coupled with an ex tensive publicity campaign will capture tije attention of all anglers within eye and earshot prizes of over 1q0 donated by acton businessmen will be up for caught in the time limit to in charge i june 30 was set as the dale j memberships had to be paid befoie playing i new owner occupies j local dominion hotel two contests prove losses acton tennis club has playi j two tournaments so far this seaso- with not the best of results in the first last thursday they mei brampton here t loe 102 mon day players travelled to milton where they lost in the evenings play 84 on tuesday evening there wa- a practice session on the courts here for the tournament players with a social afterwards the acton players who met the brampton visitors were doris gri- ham mae dumareh marg lang- tree helen otterbein dena braida a gordon b bruce fred eurina- er mark laferriere dmjdavidsor a spence and b lavoierv those who went to milton mon day were don mcrae bill gird- wood bob bruce don davidson bob lavoie al spence doris gra ham mae dumareh helen otter bein marg langtree stella brun- nelle and jessie coles milton plays in acton next tuesday and acton plays in bram pton thursday of interest to beginners and juniors are the sessions on satur day mornings when mark lefer- riere is giving instruction at the courts elsewhere on this page are the examination results from acton high school listing promotions from grade ix to grade xn grade xiii departmental exam results will not appear until later this summer on pa eight are the comp lete promotion listings for acton public ischool from kindergart enprimary to grade vm building activity bristles houses up walks down in nelson township nine class rooms are being added in trafalgar 12 in georgetown two in milton heights two in milton four and in burlington- 10 at the beginning of september 289 teachers were in halton classes and continued inereaseshave placed the recent figure at approximately- 300 about 300 students were added during the year enrolment has increased steadily during the year in acton until the j number of youngsters at the school on june 29 totalled 610 a new high enrolment here in september 1954 was 578- although there were 25 transfers and retirements there j were 57 new admissions during the year i the average daily attendance was i computed at 51219 subdivision activity in acton 50 graduate bristles this week as spring warms kindergarten enrolment was into summer andthe construction high at 91 there will be 50 stud- season hammers ahead with quick- nts graduating from grade eight to ening tempo high school this week graders arid scrapers students are required to are moving great layerrof earth nni reptat a abo thr and brush on the lakeview subdivision site preparatory to the beginning of construction proper the sub- dividers fraleigh construction co of hamilton have divided the for mer jany property into 240 lots building is expected to start short ly at the 200lot glenlea subdivision where thomas and thomas con struction co have been erecting houses since last fall homes con tinue to rise back of the first sec tion completed earlier this year at a recent meeting with council the subdividers indicated 50 more hous es will go up this season they also contemplated construction of the threefifths per cent of the enrol ment there njyill be several changes on the staff next year and new teach ers have already been hired to fill the seven vacancies there were 17 teachers on the staff this year and next year there will be 18 all of them are hired six teachers are leaving miss daisy folster miss dena braida mrs ringler miss june watkins a miss lorraine potter the school nurse mis marg langtree trv music teacher miss monica barnard and ralph mckeown those hired are miss denise coles miss ena jennings mrs don- huge developmentbefore years end sit2er and mrs muriel simp- if necessary approvals are gained building fever spreads construction on eight houses at the cobble hill subdivision is large ly compjete two of the houses in the 10lot development are occupied son all of this district mrs polych from the niagara peninsula miss kay laughlin of guelph and wayne stratton of hespeler miss evelyn goodwin of toronto will teach music in acton nassagaweya and esquesing schools with her head- four are reafiy for occupancy and quarters in acton two are nearly finished j at the high work is pro elsewhere in town private build- gressing steadily on the new addl ing activity is adding to the local i tion which will greet the students construction boom as new houses j in the fall heating and wiring are n the foundation roofing or finish- being installed this week the steel keep a close watch and record of catches and weights a chamber- staffed tent will be open all day to mark off times and sizes at th same time for outoftown con testants information about boats and bait will also be available aside from the actual derby act i ivity a companion program of j sports and entertainment is planned for the park ir the evening a trie rxmihibnhotelorejaled program of music dis- for the oast five years by mr irc p and other events will cap ti mrs harold df dels changes hands davs activity arrangements have this week new owner is a- ma kay hamilton mr and mrs dedes have bought a cabin resort and restaurant at wasaga beach and leave acton this weekj to begin operation ct their new business been made t- have a refreshment booth open a the park all day saturday actor ball team will be matched gainst the leagueleidmc camp- bellvilo merchants in te after- list high school promotion results bill bel presides at knox service bm beit took the raorping service at knoi presbyterian church in- the abaence of rev armstrong who was attending viekridcarnp at glen mhor as dean th organist and some of the choir members were spending the fred salt played tor- the service and mrs jack davidson sang i promotion lis fr acton high tpohoel anneunotd on monday is as follows grade 9 to grade it promoted with honors force mary jan kril olga kiirni kal- ju mason shirley young marilyn promoted allorby betty and- erson keith- arbic teresa brank- lewicz helen davidson ronald dobbie gail elliot bruce han sen jan hunter divid hurst mike ingtes bill johnstone bill i kerr robert uimbert man la rdsbo rough ruth uee john macpherson doug moffat jean- morrison margaret newton d- anne parker jean rognvaldson fmariiyri saxaskie payer synottr i helen varey valerie wiisbrithuvt conditional- promotion bean betty vsciehce eyrihg ma frecchigibi3n mtft3ezlsci ence hansen carol science jones bob eng lit lawsea fcr- nest frenthy macphersoru bruce french macpherson donri french qakes george french richardson bruce math rob inson brock msth- french spiece ellen french grade 10 to grade 11 promoted with htars stewart barry braida raymond gervais briar mackenzie werdy mcen- ery beth mcintosh i allan smitr beverley promoted armstrong ross bla watson le manr lynda math ora latin french grade 11 to grade 12 promoted wltr h ros ehzuoetn pea joy promoted jennirgs edn en barbara kerr marie borough bob conditional promotion curne wayne typing- dawkirs giry geom i typing lewandowski stelu physics mages sylvia geometry qakes frances hist jm a jen- lards- coningsby institute j 50th anniversary i mrs william ballentine anj j mrs r l davidson from acton and several others from this district attended the 50th annivers- i ary of coningsby womens instit- ute the coningsby branch of the womens institute was organized on june 22 1905 with 17 ladies at the first meeting at coningsby school at firsts winter meetings i were held in tw evening with all the members of the families tending a history of the wi says anyone who has not had the pleasure of attending o of these meetings has missed one of the finest social evenings of a rural community this was the evening when the farm chores were don up early and then with suppeo ever and ev one ready- ail climbed into the big sleigh which was generously lined with straw plerty of robes and blankets were warmly tucked around and every one was comfortable and happy perhaps a few- neighbors were ricked ur along the way rd slelghloads of 10 or 12 were rt unusual if the roads were good jv was -veil- but often these win ter raaii were thrugh fields ana over sjiowbanks if the sleigh i verturred spilling its passengers n the snow it only added to the merriment and no ne seemed to niind- ing state rise to add to the towns residential growth on mill street the local business section is also caught in the season al building fever a new store front is going on the location formerly occupied by manning electric here a new butcher shop is scheduled to open laying of new sidewalks on the south side of mill street was com pleted on another section this week elgin st to frederick st was treated with new walk further east on mill from wallace street to wn will teach middle school eng- young street on the north side new j lish and lower school french mr framework will follow next teachers there will be 10 teachers on the staff next year principal hansen will be joined by several teachers who were at the- school this year mrs reed who will teach french miss taylor who will teach latin and french mr pastyr and mr caddick mr dryber was hired at the school board meeting this week he will teach boys p t others hired previously to fill vacancies on further the staff are mrs valeriote guelph sidewalks are also going down practice lacrosse for july matches although lacrosse activities for the younger boys will not be under way until on in- julywhen vac ation bible softool ifi ymc a day camps are overvsome of the boys are holding practice sesions m the park teams will be chosen later mark leferriere has beon oper ating the league larry taillefer a former star with acton lacrosse- team is helping to coach the boy- pielliisch of kitchener who will j teach mostly science mr buchanan who taught at south mountain last year who will teach upper school j mathematics and miss gruber of toronto who came originally from i austria who will teach commercial work she has her degree from the university of dresden in germany enrolment at thehigh school next 1 fall is expected to be considerably increased in the fall there were 171 at the new high school and dur ing the year the figure dropped to about 160 mr hansen expects about 200 next fall to fill the school and the new addition there will be 50 from the public school and jther grade nine students from es- sid eisen is sponsoring j the teims cjuesing nassagaweya and erin to ind donating equipment make an estimated total of 90 acton nine still on winning jag drub port credit 214 last night acton intermediates avenged a previous defeat ath hands of port credit therwick sylvia brown john ceom ritchie beta iphvsics dennis margaret early margaret saunders lome geomi thorir- hurstl peter oast bill sinclair brian geom ron funk robert hilts helena grade is to grade 13 landsborough hien lee peter promoted with honors jany mcieachem marianne joe riaacle j prohvcied schou peter ernrnerson french denny jim conditional promotion f arbic math molody jeahnine eng wayne french bean frank lit h ecv wagner warrsjcivetrcr french coon bob jjeng lit typuvglljcqoperfranx geomileootittje i french latin given pat maxwell mary ann eag french i ffrench kirkness margaret maccoll colin algebra mcmil- french manes jean frnchj ian donna eng chmlris acton students pass- conservatory exams actor music students were mong those who were succssfu in examinations recently in ade fear theoo donna mc millan received a pass grade in harmony in grade two theory joe jany alhd hies landsborbugh received first class honors margaret arm strong received first class honors in grade one theory arid bob armstrong honors- i the examinations were held by the rcy conservatory of music of toronto ip tuiuph heathy had a two for six as did harold townsley and lloyd robin son philmccristall lashed out two hits in five trips the score was relatively close in- til the sixtr when actor plav- edfour runs to run up a consider able 94 lead the roof fell in on by overwhelming the bee hives l4 last night wednesday right onvheir own bailiwick it ivas actons tsird win in their last four games i whacking 25 hits fijom the offer ings of two port credit moundsmen j port credit in the last inning of tbe the locals were never in rouble and twilight fixture as every man on th they made the svfltb ihnng tmf acton- ttam batted twice but scott best by scoring 12 runsport credit la nights win is expected to meanwhile faced spike scott on give the locals confidence for their the hill for acton scott scatttredswieekend home and home series 10 hits and gave up three walks for j with the leagueleading campbell- his first win of the season iile merchant the merchants every acton batter shared in tbe edged acton 30 in their previous i onslaught on the bee hive mound meeting first game is on friday staff with scott leading the hit j at campbellville with the return parade with a perfect nighta four match here on saturday afternoon for four bob bruce wath six times t other activity in the halton at bat poled out five hits one a county associauon this week saw triplei paul lawson also scored a milton drub port creaitll0 and 1000 with two hits in j imafyicampbeuville bebrampion 1z7- trjps to theplate bill- sktllinghrt j three for six including a two mast- j r rl k ler don anderson collected three j acton 002 214 122123 x singles in five times atbat bob port credit 193 000 0 4 10 3 v viviirikfcfefeii asbass 2rri32t c