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ig y n 6- thursdaysaugust -hv-l-55i- t fighrpagessixent staff photo the rf undfiedth anniversary of ss no 3 nassagaweya will be remembered by the presence af a plaque which was dedicated to commemorate theoccasion and will be erected in the school room from left to right are shown thomas arros chairman of the centennial committee w j isher who assisted with the dedication mrs j weeden who dedicated the plaque honoring the nearly pioneer residents and mrs t amos who presented the flowers to mrs weeden hi centennial in nassa hundreds of old school friends reunite water police chief warns owners to keep their dogs home it appears that many owners of dogs are either ignorant of the law or just careless after night the prowling canines upset garbage pails arid make regular rounds seeking information on thenuisancer it was found the by law requires all dogs to be kept tied from april 1st until october 31st every day every night for the full 24 hours another provision states that after october 31 the dogs must ksskss be kept tied on garbage collection days corporal mason head of police in acton warns that hereafter all owners of dogs who violate the provisions of the by law will immediately be sum moned to court there will be no more warnings issued the days of leniency are all over the word is passed along if you love your dog keep him at home day and night or your pet may become a very expensive one faith of our fathers living still were the words of the anc ient hymn that rose from the crowded church service at ss no 3 nassagaweya when residents of the area former pupils and friends joined in the tribute to the pioneers of the area sunday marking io0 years for the school section was the three day even slightly dampened by a torrential downpour on saturday afternoon but continued despite the difficult ies the celebrations started on fri day night when a crowd of more than 500 turned out for the dance at brookville hall cars lined the roads for a mile around the old- tyme waltz competition was won by billy mitchell and mrs g watson of clappisons corners there was such a large crowd present that the music was relayed outdoors and couples danced in the open air threaten cancellation saturday afternoon the rains and wind brought on by hurricane con nie threatened to cancel the after noon program but a meeting of the various committees was held in the school and it was decided to goon with that part of the program which could be held inside the school in the meantime so men fought against the driving winds to erect two large tents over the stage and seats which had previous ly been set up in the school grounds about 150 crowded into the schoolroom where they were wel comed by thomas amos chairman of the centennial committee the square dance competition was held with jpuslinch taking first prize socks for the men and nylons for the ladies the fergus eight won second prize joan frank of nas sagaweya won first place in the oldtyme fiddlers contest followed by bill clark puslinch and ron bain of fergus the prizes for the oldest man and tjumfflgrffiiw buy drapes extend pa system for acfoti high school addition contract for the drapes at acton j secure no information regarding high school was on monday night awarded to duncan mcphee of guelph at a cost of 39430 the materials are to match those on the main section of the building additions to the public address system in 1iie new classrooms and halls at acton are to cost 19600 and work is to be made by the same company which made the or- iginal installation the board approved purchase of a new bookcase for georgetown school and arrangements were made to have desks repaired or replaced these desks carried a five year guarantee and would be replaced or repaired by the company the report of the sanitary in spector regarding the three schools was read and conditions were found satisfactory the secretary read correspond ence regarding the additions at milton school the contractor was most anxious to get ahead with the construction of two rooms there but all progress was held up until the necessary bylaw had receiv ed municipal board approval a letter was read from the milton public school board giving a copy of the resolution in which it was stated that board was not interested in purchasing the present high school property it was pointed out that if work did not start immediately the new would council action and the board decid ed no further action toward con struction would be taken on their part until approvals were received in a letter from georgetown public school board permission was requested to have home econ omics taught two grades in the high school the board were agree able to this request on the same arrangements accorded in acton and milton it was decided how ever that final decision must be made by the principal who knew whether the accommodation and time table would permit this work being undertaken applications for pupils applications for pupils to attend schools outside the district were reviewed and instructions issued the secretary regarding them accounts passed for payment were 136459 for july and 122339 for august sixteen rental type writers are to be removed from the acton school transportation and tfus routes were discussed minor changes were made to accommodate pupils from new districts not served the meeting of the north halton high school district board was held in acton on monday night present were messrs hood ander son carbert dills coles and j coov w mi an w not-be-vathrbtp-ts- 1 prei mr anderson the representative for introduced to the board lady present went to levi elsley 93 and mrs lila calvert 75 the oldest students present of no 3 school were david hutcheoh of ac ton and mrs- calvert the oldest living student of the school was not present she is mrs william weir nee nancy spingle now re siding in california and she is 93 years old the lady with the larg est family was mrs carton who had four children present and paul dishing won a prize for hav ing the birthday closest to august 12 the man and lady who travel led the furthest distance were mr and mrs wynn barbaree from alberta w f p the oldest living teacher to have taught at the school gave a few arithmetic les sons on the blackboard he gave his teaching philosophy as there are two things a teacher or parent should have kindness and firm ness he wins most of them with kindness 5m at service sunday afternoon the weather had cleared and an estimated 500 gathered at the school to attend the church service which was held beneath tents three scouts from the first moffat troop as sisted in parking cars and taking the offering the scripture was read by rev jeffares thomas am os welcomed all present to the church service and expressed his thanks to all who had made the reunion the success that it was in spite of the weather he announc ed that the offering was to go to the crippled children the quar tette from lowville united church gave two numbers when you continued on page four skasbkskae5sbes8bba collision choice bad hits cruiser a brampton man driving in ac ton last saturday night made a poor choice when he became in volved in a collision with another vehicle scott mackenzie macdonald driving down guelph street dented in the fender of actons police cruiser when he reportedly veered over to the wrong side of the road constable harness patrolling in the crtfiser at the time was forced off the road the macdonald car continued on into a fence police said macdonald scheduled to appear in court here has been charged with careless driving and driving while ability was impaired h h tv ppfitffgrf in t school cent lwqsmall local subdivisions are passed by board of keen interest to many afhe older residents of acton and area wis the centennial celebration last weekend for nassagaweya school section 3 a foil account of the events will be found on this page in addition to pictures other pictures will be found on pages three five and seven rockwood ps gets new wing wovk is progressing this week on a new utility addition to rock- woods public school which will have one more classroom after the onestorey enlargement is comp leted the 14000 addition built of cement block will house teachers room storage space and washrooms s used for this purprnm hofn will be utilized to provide the extra classroom- while the extra room is badly needed it was reported that the next five years will see the need for even more classrooms to ac commodate rockwoods growing public school enrolment summer recess of the local plan ning board was interrupted tues day evening when members met briefly to pass on for registration two plans of subdivision just ap proved by the department of planning and development both plans were submitted for approval last june a 12lot sub division proposed to be developed by e braida was cleared for reg istration after the board came to an understanding with mr braid i on the five per cent dedication a small subdivision to be devel oped privately on local land known as the old beardmore property was also ratified by the board while the planning board has not met regularly during the summer tt w hat nn h at a tlanri still town planner p a deacon who met extensively in the spring with planning board members to put groundwork on town plan and zoning bylaw details has been completing his study and is ex pected to make recommendations with a draft plan this fall actons need for more water storage space was again stressed this week when council near the close of monday nights regular session agreed immediate steps should be taken to acquire land to build greater reservoir capacity mayor tyler considered there seemed tobe no water shortage de spite the current hich consumption but lack of adequate storage- facili ties could cause the town trouble before too long mayor tyler considered there seemed to be no water shortage despite the- current high consump tion but lack of adequate storage facilities could cause the town trouble before too long a good supply is no good if there isnt enough storage space he commented the meaning of this remark was underlined last week when it was reported that due to lack of en ough reservoir capacity excess water from the towns main spring was being run into fairy lake at night after the reservoir is filled peak demand in the daytime however draws heavily on the- reservoir reserve in addition to the pumped output total capacity of the towns spring reservoir service reservoir and standprpe tank is only 250000 gallons while no projected size was considered at length members talked in terms of need for a 500000 or milliongallon reservoir in ad dition to present storage units lakes builders to task monday nights only delegation was from thomas and thomas con struction ltd who wished to know if the town would have an ob jection to them selling a block cf lots in the glenlea development to another builder who would continue construction under the same ar rangements as the present builders they asked if there was any reason why building permits for a new builder might be held up here mayor tyler took the sub- divider to task for not completing de arran over to the town janice bakers marks excellent in upper school exam results the end of the year the secretary reported he could first time in canada new was at the time of the accident damage to the left rear fender oi he cruiser was estimated at 70 outstanding marks were made by janice baker who was success ful in passing all the nine exam ination papers she wrote in upper school this year with excellent marks her highest was 92 in history francis heffernan passed tne eight papers he wrote last spring he has one upper school credit he wrote last year- nancy lambert who passed sev en papers missed just one she also has one from last year complete results as released by principal ted hansen omitting papers failed follow baker janice eng comp 70 eng lit 69 hist 92 alg 69 chem 73 lat auth 77 lat comp 67 fr auth 82 fr comp 78 baxter barbara alg 70 botany 76 benton neilson eng comp 54 coxe robert eng comp 58 gordon frederick a3g 50 chem 50 heffernan francis eng comp 55 eng lit 50 hist 65 alg 67 geom 78 trig and statics 61 phys 61 chem 77 jany elizabeth german auth 83 german comp 65 jany joseph hist 83 german auth 67 german comp 66 lambert naftcy eng comp 77 eng lit 55 chem 50 latin auth 50 latin comp 50 french auth 77 fremii cuinp 0 lindsay june eng comp 53 eng lit 51 french auth 60 french comp 52 s- srm acton scouts at world jambore e this first day at the eighth world boy scout jamboree has begun for the two acton partic ipants queens scout wayne cur- rie and scoutmaster david dills a continuous stream of news on the radio television in magazines and newspapers will keep acton- ians posted on daybyday high lights of the event and the two scouts will be sending an account of their experiences in the first ifew days back to the free press for next weeks issue waywe currie after being ban queted in guelph last night left by bus this morning with about 40 other scouts of the third timber- lands troop for niagara-on-the- lake and a nevertobeforgotten experience v these boys prepared for jamboree activities by holding s pre-jam- boree overnight camp at the issued to the boys were items of a secondary uniform which they will wear around their camp sites at the jamboree their new t- shirts have thirdl timberlands written across them they wul wear these tshirts with their shorts guelph scout camp last weekend i to sleep outside in despite pouring rain and gusty night winds the boys and their leaders j did damp rehearsals of expected jamboree activities included was cooking on the regulation charcoal burners leader of the troop is norm gibson of guelph included in i are scouts from milton george town fergus guelph and rock- wood as well as acton there were about 30 crowded into the one building at the scout camp satur day afternoon after the longex pected tail of the hurricane brought weather which was certainly not the best for camping with his clothes all soaked wayne currie wore his pyjamas for- part of the day he was glad tomeet terry clifford at the pre- camp a guelph scout who used to live in acton they braved the rain tent saturday 1 leave that city in a chartered bus for the jamboree site at niagara- on-the-lake- this coming week will be pack ed full of fascinating events and new friendships for the scouts ac ton friends and relatives are plan ning to attend some of the open days when scouts cubs guides new navy short socks and crested i brownies and thein leaders in uni- field caps they were issued form are admitted free special jamboree neckerchiefs as well very smart they are yellow with a gold maple leaf and the word canada in red on a back background last nights banquet in guelph was tendered to the scouts by the ladies auxiliary of the 7th boy scout troop in guelph wayne and other outoftown scouts took all their sear with them and stayed overnight in guelph at nine this morning they were scheduled to some of the scouts from the troop will be going down one after noon arrangements are being made for the boys who indicated jheydlike to go only queens scouts were eligible to attend the jamboree the jamboree is to have a daily newspaper with a full staff of professional newspapermen headed by bert mortlock a scout him- continued on pone tight maccoll william geom 51 phys 57 chem 55 mcvey david chem 69 french auth 69 french comp 50 marshall ruth eng comp 56 french auth 55 french comp 54 papilioh dennis hist 68 chem 56 latin auth 50 latin comp- 51 scholz peter german auth 79 german comp 76 tape recording surprises girls hidden from the y girl day campers a tape recorder made a recording of their variety show on the last day of the program there was much laughter as the surprise recording was played back all the girls took part in the program which included recitations singing and piano solos last friday morning in the afternoon the closing party was held games and movies were followed by lunch although the orchids were ahead until near the end the team of the roses won the most points during the two week camp boosting the roses were their marks from a scavenger hunt and games played jnside one day when rain cancelled a ball game bright spots during storm acton streets and hpmes were lashed on saturday by the tail end of hurricane connie while the entire town was greyed by driving rain bright spots during the after noon and evening were the hydro truck and its workmen who were soaked to the skin as they repaired siorm damage with their vivid red truck doug mason and kerwin wqphail worked in bright yellow slickers and hats which couldnt keep out the rain driven by gusty winds five lines were down on church st alone as the men worked hour after hour to restore electric power to homes in some places it was off as long as four hours bell telephone men were also busy in the district as phone wires were crossed during the storm the earth drank up the rain at first but as the storm increased and rain fell with force reminiscent cf hurricane hazel pools formed in low lying areas many branches were blown down issue 260000 building permits hereuringjuly building in acion continues to forge ahead at a recordsetting pace as echoes of construction ring from both the east and west sides of town july was a big month figures from town assessor o- lamb show permits issued in value at slightly under 260000 some 10000 more than all the months of 1954 practically all of this building represented by the july permits is taking place at the lakeview sub division where the subdivides fra- leigh construction are working on 27 houses foundations have been dug for these homes and on many of them walls are going up on the other side of town at the glenlea development thomas and thomas ltd have completed near ly 40 houses more than half of these are occupied construction- is continuing on another group of 52 houses it is reported that many of these are already sold even before they are erected in july a permit was issued to the sun oil company to erect a service station on queen street just west of glenlea where the conpany is reported to have pur chased property from e braida release of the july building figures brings the total for the sevenmonth period of 1955 to 9171150 for the same seven months time in 1954 the comparat ive total was only 96430 picnic rained out t gait saturday the christian reformed church picnic was completely rained out last saturday after travelling to gait by cars the youngsters play ed in the park for half an hour before the daylong deluge began the picnic will probably be held again likely in about three weeks- with 11000 scout from all over the world dave dills on the left scoutmaster of the first acton troop and patrol leader queens scout wayne currie ere atlefjdincj trie eighth world boy scout jamboree at niagarponthelake which begins today wayne currie spent last weekend at a prejambdree camp preparing for the event and left guelph with the 3rd timberlands troop this morning mr dills is with the newspaper staff which will publish a special jamboree newspaper each day on the five per cent dedication of land legally due the municipality he flatly stated he was in no mood to give much attention to such a request until thomas and thomas satisfied the towns repeated ef forts to have the land dedication matter cleared lup jack thomas as spokesman pro tested it wasnt their fault the transfer was delayed he intimated legal difficulties were responsible argument cropped tip here and ended with actons solicitor c f leatherland remarking that the thomases have a new lawyer mr leatherland added that he felt the matter would be cleared up in a few days- kelease damp lease council gave no definite reply to mr thomas original request but consented to have a fiveman committee meet the prospective new builders and discuss a sub- agreement at the request of lawyer peter mcwilliams representing thomas and thomas the town gave read ing to a bylaw which releases a dump lease on lot 27 part okthe glenlea lands and held by the wfrn with the former owner ofthe property it was explainedvfhe lease should have applied to lot 26 council passed a motion ordering a duby paid 6950 for overtime work supervising service installat ions for the town a motion was also passed authorizing the clerk to call for tenders of town debent ures ready for the 1955 market clerk mcgeachie reminded coun cil a meeting was scheduled for this week with counsel j d lucas to deal with the statement of claim by esquesing township for annex ation- compensation dispute with esquesing solicitor leatherland revealed there was some dispute existing over portions on lots in the west ern section of town as to whether or not they lay in town or town ship riding on the dispute is the question of who gets jfh imnn dismiti ine liatio ment another complication ment ioned was the case of an acton nun who owns a lot in the disputed area the question of where the building permit will come from town or township unsettles this case in an effort to settle the differ ences a surveyor is to be called in to determine monument lines before solicitor leatherland left he repeated his desire to act as an independent counsel for the town rather than as the appointed legal advisor to implement this council accepted his resignation as ap pointed town solicitor a toronto firm of lawyers queried council by letter if there was any restriction on rebuilding from the fronting property line of a commercial property at the cor- ner of hill and willow streets should this property be sold it developed there was some question of the exact location of the fronting property line coun cillors agreed to refuse such a re quest but to suggest to the law firm that it make a motion in court to have the street line estab lished actons new engineer frank pal- lesen was in to councillors continued on pmgk tight ctmfefrcvgrer3iaratt- iag5gv fcagjffi4 ksk x xmki