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j- the acton free press acton ontario thursday august 4th 1955 puc taps reserve well wafer consumption soars in heat wave sontjnuedrbmpage one phase powe hydro shperjntendent d mason was consulted on service line tran sformers and installations needed to put the pump motor into operation j wcre disctjsssr wire and cable co line and cable accessories n i acton awaits outcome of halton playoffs between oakville milton bill bell takes services at knox bill bell has taken the church services at knox presbyterian church for the past two sundays while rev armstrong is on holi days next sunday rev a calder of georgetown will preach and the following sunday rev tom bryan of hamilton is expected to deliver the message here rev and mrs armstrong and family are taking a motor trip out west the regular schedule finished ac ton intermediates will bide their time while the two top teams in the league campbellville and milton play a two out of three series for the halton county championship then the locals will meet milton in a four out of seven series for the right to advance into theoba in termediate b playdowns the league championship is ex pected to be settled in time for the first miltonacton game next wed nesday with campbellville favored to wrap up their first halton coun ty championship the campbellville crew finished stmlt phou msmmsqnx mountain folks these whooping it upjn traditional hill- m billy style is the buckramandoveralled collection of bid timers and hardwood trees youngsters aboard one of the floats in mondays minor sports day i superintendent parade youd never know it but left to right are don van fleet ham peel frank holmes bernie van fleet bob buck kennie coxe in the tub- jack coxe george fountain linda coxe mike coxe johnnie graham bob coxe needless to say the music was real hillbilly too at extreme left comfort station at extreme right onehalf of grampas long flannels lome scots band at summer camp several acton bandsmen were witjh the lome scots band at camp at niagara last week charlie landsborough and george smith spent the full week at camp while ken allen and charlie kingsmill just stayed for the first weekend the lome scots combined with the lincoln and welland regiment al band of st catharines to form a composite band for the week they were the only brass band at camp others were the rhl1 trumpet band and two pipe bands the lome scots and the argyll and sutherland highlanders frank heffernan was in the lome scots company for the week society judges best oats crops results of a field crop competit ion in oats sponsored by halton agricultural society have been announced first prize for an outstanding field of beaver oats was awarded to m t mcnabb and sons by judge j m cockburn guelph others who placed in the com petition were 2nd g e gastle milton 3rd ken ella hornby 4th mac alexander norval 5th brock harris milton 6th clare smoke burlington 7th clarence ford milton 8th fred nurse ashgrove 9th reford gardhouse milton- 10th m c beaty milton engagements mr and mrs john a locker acton ont announce the en gagement of their daughter olga inez to frank thompson son qf mr and mrs joshua thompson rr 2 acton ont the marriage to take place in the acton united church saturday september 10 1955 at 400 pm the season with the impressive total of 15 wins to their credit in 17 gam es setting a new record they lost one game to the port credit club which has since dropped out of the league and lost the other to milton in the league opener milton mean while hampered by a lack of pitch ing strength just scraped into sec ond place over oakville snows by defeating them 85 in their last scheduled contest the filberts figure that campbell- villes pitching staff will be too much for milton who have been re lying heavily on one hurler right hander nip gervais up to this junc ture however you can usually de pend on one or other of the teams involved in a crucial playoff to throw away the script and play like they never could play in the regular schedule whatever the result milton can count on plenty of opposition from the youthful acton nine who will be grooming for the first playoff ser ies with a full roster the pitching corps is up to strength with either righthanders john cunningham sam snyder and spike scott or lef ty harry lawsjjn ready to get the nod from manager sonny townsley sr to toe the rubber in the opening encounter with holidays finished the locals will be in a better posi tion- to knock off the milton club than in any previous game this sea son during the schedule milton took all three games with acton at length c earlier in the same meeting be fore council members appeared the commission conducted regular business defective aerator motors at the disposal plant were reported in the process of being repaired the secretary reported council had tiuthdrnced preparation of bylaw for issue of the pucv 35000 de benture only one applicant in reply to an advertisement for a junior hydro empjoyee it was re ported only one application had been received the hydrd superin tendent was asked to interview the applicant the commission agreed on its annual tree order this year re- town of acton truck ins l garner motors lts- toths garage whithams garage gas acton free press printing f terry postmaster post age meter ellis and howard nat fire equipment co macdonald electric hepc of ont june pow er consumption hjbipc of ont cards powerlite devices ltd j r kearney corp 14402- 615 550 2043 2013 100 00 8500 9843 1972 6400 1584 10662 08 lloo 211220 9634 181298 swamsssaesssssssshs council juggles gas franchise rights between rival bidders dutch church buys property sale of land by r n brown to the christian reformed church has been finalized the new church property is l facing on both theuhird line and no 7 high way it turns around thompsons corner property with its fuel tanks if peel st is extended east the church property would back on the new street the congregation has no immed- 1 ed the request down continued from page one shortly after mr ruddick and mr seynuck left the council cham ber d a s brooks representative of the halton natural gas co ap peared to again seek a franchise for his company he remarked that he had noted objections in the george town press that his company should not be considered since there seem ed to be sufficient gas in the area already however he added this was not yet determined a meeting is slated for george town on august 18 mr brooks re ported when the fuel board will study applications from his com pany for a franchise in milton and georgetown and also review agree ment forms in fuel boards lap to the same question as was put to mr ruddick earlier the rival company representative said he was not certain when gas could be de livered if a franchise were granted but noted that regulations of the fuel board required some opera tions to start within six months af ter the award is made after mr brooks left council had little discussion agreed to throw the problem in the lap of the fuel board arid summarily passed two readings of bylaws awarding fran chises to both the local company and the halton natural gas com pany at the outset of tuesday nights meeting a warm session as mem bers found themselves repeatedly sticking to the leatherette covered chairs a letter was noted to go out to the warren grove sidewalk con tractor objecting to the cracks at intervals in the new walk a letter from tne postmaster generals office advised that com- i plaints from council regarding the service at the local post office had been put under investigation and the town would be notified of find ings a water analysis from samples taken from the beardmore property spritjg was read from the depart ment of health new expropriation bylaw after lengthy discussion on a new application for relief council turn- jbrantford coach and body repairs to garbage truck 9505 credit of 1539 rumley funeral home crowe foundry ltd mdse ohio chemical canada ox ygen h g barlow co supplies fred krantz cement town of acton sewer ac count new water line at warren grove ont prov police salaries acton puc hydro may acton puc hydro june sewer accounts national sewer pipe ltd youngo construction shov el and loader 203875 macswain motors oil 350 highway garage gas oil 475 w evans gas 410 whithams garage gas 3640 symon hardware mdse 718 peoples fuel pipe 33031 j b mackenize k- son 3985 acton woodcrafts 11137 construction equip co 25000 7966 2000 15840 220 810 130 31500 100170 42577 53960 64682 mason reported four new standards erected on mill street he also added inform ation to an adverse report on the quality of street lighting from the new standards ih glenlea two members of the commission felt the lighj shed bv the standards was dull two recommendations that ei ther more standards be put in or the size of the lamps be increased to 300 watts were heard but not acted upon it was agreed to wait until other areas are installed with standards in the subdivision before remedial action is taken superintendent mason noted there will be a hydro interruption here sunday morning august 14 from 4 am to 7 am due to line conversion work in georgetown waterworks accounts town of acton sewer acct repairing water tine at mason knitting co 12875 town of acton truck ins 5879 h r nellis repairs mdse 1100 bell telephone co serv 1460 j b mackenzie and son cement 250 ellis and howard mdse 1647 can brass co ltd mdse 768 at magistrates court here last week five convictions were reg istered out of seven charges under the highway traffic act bringing a total of 18 in fines one convict ion under te liquor control act imposed a 10 fine hydro accounts petty cash exp trans bell telephone serv town of acton 1955 pay ment on debenture 23979 s 1440 5165 1 276804 tfoetaen at the brampton arena monday aug 8 the famous islanders present great stage show plus an evening of square arid round dancing next attraction the grand ole opry bill monroe and ail star cast saturday aug 13 thuksfm aitc1 45 youre my everything satmon aug 68 ruby gentry ttjeswed acg 9m the diamond queen thursfki aug llrlz drums across the river rblock busters 2 sh cis hi act on frisat aug 54 technicolor two feature program four guns to the rory calhoun added feature hit i pircfies of tripoli paul henreid plus technicolor cartoon montues aug t9 this island earth technicolor jeff morrow plus cartoon and short wedthurs aug 1011 track off the cat color robert mitchum plus cartoon news v 347303 watennains accounts town of acton sewer ac count shovel and loader 20500 stanton pipes mdse 646953 667453 attractive to the sight and to ride on the now paving on bower ave east and on willow street from bower to mill street has beer completed town workmen arc now pouring manhole sleeves iate plans for building their church and its erection might not be for two years the minister rev gro- eneboer thought the congregation meets mean while in the ymca iismmwsstimmisssxssus idcai n rms main topic i of conversation foundations are being dug and the heat of orfurse ccrhent block is being laid in the a famjjrfir sound these days is f lako sum 7tlhr5mngrnachlne one of wiles display windows i was broken on civic holiday 1 a small dock and a place to j launch boats has been built af the park all the parks and pools in the neighborhood are being well pat- ionized many yellowed lawns are showing the effects of the long hot dry spell the union at smallwoods plant held a wiener roast at the breezes recently j young kathleen orourke lost the tip of one of her fingers when it was caught in a grinding mach- ine three carloads of members of eden mills womens institute at tended thejwl holiday at the o ac i wc holiday there oiitmued- following the regular review of the work sheets a new bylaw on the expropriation order for the lakeview subdivision entryway was brought in reason for this it was explained was due to the original bylaw having objectionable featur es which had been argued by coun sel for mr and mrs brankiewicz those features were removed in the new bylaw the provincial police report and magistrates summary was read also j a fence viewers award report third reading was given a bylaw to install watermains in a section of glenlea also a bylaw read to stop up part of agnes street cquncuitalked over conveyance cecil a carr optometrist 8 douglas st tel 1091 guelph girls day camp is underway at the ymca on wednesday the girls took a mystery tour out of town i i the free press personals col umn should be well- filled these weeks a call or note about your visitors and holidays will be ap preciated v the little rain that fell wed nesday evening and thursday was welcome not only youngster- bit adults too enjoyed standing out n the big drops for a -change- some ot the chamber of com merce members went together to toronto to see the parade of pro gress in exhibition park and to a ball game on july 20 on tuesday evening wayne currie attended a prejamboree meeting in guelph he will be one of the acton troops representatives at the world jamboree later this month during the laying of a new- water main at warren grove to increase trie towns water supply from a vell there phone lines were severed and homes in the dis- rrictwere for sev eral hours i a nearaccident occurred at the railway crossing on the first line on sunday morning a car was right upon the track with a diesel train bearing down on it when it reversed and backed off the track in the nick- of time of certain lands for town use from the glenlea subdividets and why- proper deads had not been put through on this overdue matter mayor tyler urged the town should stop up its service installation until this matteris completed by the sub- divider howeyer council did not go along with this suggestion and the mater is to be sorted out later about complaints a bylaw to make users liable for the sewer rate imposed and author izing extension of the sewer lines in glenlea was read a first and second time councillor e footitt passed along a complaint about broken sidewalk on main street also about the de- ifplorable condition of the ladies rest room pt thp park councthpr s brunelle had a question about the towns dog tax system while councillor j newton noted another broken area of side walk on main street cojunciuor l- vwieck nqtedthat the person responsible for a break in the fence- at the park is to be nbtifiedmo have it fixed the following accounts totalling 625349 were ordered paid acton free press mdse 3850 concrete pipe ltd pipe 15120 canadian brass co 56020 mansell nellis tractor 96400 highway garage gas 42 i i serving rtcn wilsons ice cream bulk or bricks to take home phone 14 actctn its a good thing everybody dsn t go away on holidays why if because people who do go away oh holidays are people who need many items important to their leisure whether its travel camping food relaxation or snorting needs and somebody has to supply them this is where those who dont take holidays when everybody else does play an important role these sre the businessmen who have to sell what hblidayers buy k and holidayers buy where they know they can get what they want how do they know because the merchant who 9 has something to sell says so in acton the best way to say so is to advertise in the acton free press these initials are the assurance o the free press quotes to its advertisers of authentic circulationcirculation that is much higher than any other newspaper distributed in this district comparisons are available the acton frfce phone 174 56 mill st i v v iwsatvv i rmmssfk l