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fewi t t thursday augikt 18th 1955 the acton free press acton okitarip vvifc4wwm i acton jersey dairy for the finest in dairy products homogenized mi i farm fresh whole milk skim milk cream l chocolate milk buttermilk page thumb i daily delivery what a lot ot 40oowk hou jst ipmk bat mannings huhcrxype ilfe electr t ti3 p f vxo worth thinking about jndampened by rain centennial celebrations at ss no 3 njassagaweya continued over the weekend with a church service an sunday afternoon largely attended in the picture at the left w j carton is seen with the wreath dedicated to the memory bf the servicemen from the school who died in the center p-ic- stall photo ure joan frank champion in the old time fiddlers competition is shown former teacher aaiss l calvert is chatting with david hutcheon acton who was the oldest student present at the three- day event r gssbbbhssbshmemsabsfes haltons pages of the past milton swimmer now entered in cne lake swim milton will be represented in the cne across the lake swim this year cliff snowdon who last week announced his intention tp swim the challenging 32 mile lake ontario was this week assured of sufficient financial backing to obtain the necessary 25 foot boat the boat has been signed up and art heaven wijl pilot the swimmer across the oftenchoppy stretch of water accompanying him will be john walla and hilt middle rook fellow employees- ofcuffts with ashvale tree surgeons regular swimming periods and- strenuous training are now under way- with daily dips in the waters of lake ontario for cliff prior to his september 5 bid for the top 15000 prize money sponsored by the canadian nat ional exhibition the swim is to be across the lake from youngstown ny and should bad weather pro- vent the crossing the swim will be a marathon event in front of the breakwater but the distance will remain the same history of halton county roads reads like fantastic fiction lots of complaint no money by gwen clarke to study the history of the halton county roads is like rtng a piece of fantastic fiction it hard to believe this account of- muo ud in convenience existed less than i cen tury ago and that so little war nne about it true there was luler complaining among the taxpayers because of the impassable conditions of most roads but they were in consistent in their complaining they grumbled if money was spent to improve the roads and they grumbled if it wasnt to all this the county council adopted an apathetic attitude that is until 1870 then due to public evmi the most expensive garment looks only as good as its last cleaning job be sure of the finest service at 4tm zjuohvux main street acton mm any merchandise you wish to lay awa for christmas will be kept in new condition until desired small amount down and weekly payments will assure you of a sack in the nineties a patent was issued for an irrigating device consisting of a balloon per forated water pipes and an active farmer to haul the whokt contraption along by its guy ropes today of course irrigation is a lot easier proposition alu minum irrigation tubing for instaricet can be laid lifted moved about with the greatest ease with it one man can water more land than an army of balloon operators shows how lightweight lowcost aluminum canada is the worlds most efficient producer of the metal makes a simple job out of a tough one aluminum company of canada ltd alcan pressure they were forced to at tempt some action in the spring of 1870 a veritable hornets- nest was disturbed by certain factions in various parts of the county which included many of the farmers the matter was given plenty of public ity in the local press which inevit ably created a certain amount of animosity between the north and south public meetings in its issue of march 3 1870 the canadian champion announced edi torially that the subject of good roads had at last been taken up by the county council and a by law was to be submitted at the end of the month giving details of pro posed road improvements and ihe money to be raised for this purpose before the bylaw was presented the terms were published and vari ous public meetings called as a result the byla ca for t raising of 10b0u the credit of the county debentures to be issued as required at 6 interest and the tax rate to be increased by one and twothirds mills to provide a sinking fund the money so raised was to be spent equally on lines known as the nelson and nassaga- weya road the bronte and acton road and the trafalgar and esques- ing and erin road for gravell ing macadamizing grading or otherwise improving the said roads mayfair restaurant acton east on no 7 highway open daily i from 800 am to 300 am breakfasts lunches dinners special lunches daily steaks and chops a specialty good food at reasonable prices we deliver for and against the arguments for and against this bylaw were illuminating to say the least the county at that time was free of debt therefore there were those who thought it a good time to improve the roads and that any money thus spent would be returned tenfold since in spite of the miserable state of- the county roads the rateable property of the county approaches six million dol lars a road meeting was held at oak- ville at which about 150 ratepayers were present p a mcdougald reeve of oakville was chairman he pointed out the advantage of good roads to the populace in gen eral and oakville in particular the latter being the main receiving point in the county for grain and lumber some of those present ar gued we have good roads except in spring and fall so why not get along the way we are and save this unnecessary expense our farms wont sell for one dollar more unless we are on the line of the good roads hold wheat others said there are farmers who have two three and even four years wheat in their bins if they cant get wheat out when roads are good they have to hold it if the price goes up in april it makes no difference to the farmer because he cant haul his wheat to the elevator on account of bad roads if a farmer makes the attempt he can only haul half a load at a time a team and teamster are worth 3 a day so farmer- drawing wheat on good roads could easily save the extra money he would pay in taxes according to mj mcdougald some people think the county council should lay out 20000 an nually on road improvement with out appealing to the people this idea is absurd the people would turn out the councillors who voted for such a grant the great bug bear with this bylaw is the amount of money to be raised yet it would only raise the taxes on 100 acres ap proximately as follows in trafal- the county hpw much of the 100000 would esquesing and nassagaweya ever get the cost of delivering grain by road to oakville would in any case be three cents a bushel more than if delivered to the rail road at either acton or george town james lindsay esquesing also wrote opposing the terms of the by law said mr lindsay trade and commerce are now finding other channels than oakville great centres arc being built up in tor onto hamilton and guelph the grand trunk railway has tapped the stream of traffic through the county to the lakes which means these roads even if built at the esti mated cost would be a huge bur den even after they are made and paid for it could be that mr- lindsay was still smarting frorri the loss the shareholders had suffered following the financial failure of the plank road built at great expense along the seventh line trafalgar and es- quesfng to erin definite decision many other arguments were ex pounded for and against the im provement of county roads then came the ratepayers vote on the bylaw the result was very de finite at the close of the polls the vote was as follows esquesing nelson trafalgar nassagaweya milton yea 11 13 11 4 9 oakville 104 georgetown 0 nay 300 317 309 189 21 5 60 live in limehouse after honeymoon in the presbyterian manse at georgetown lillian mildred as- kin became the bride of arthur joseph melanson the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs eld in askin of limehouse and the groom is the son of mr and mrs chester melanson of georgetown rev alex calder officiated the brides gown was white nylon with small blue flowers all around the pleated street length skirt over white taffeta her ac cessories were white with a pink carnation corsage mrs mildren timbers of glen williams was matron of honor she was dressed in a street length yellow nylon net over taffeta with white accessories her corsage was of pink carnations ross norton limehouse was the groomsman eldin askin gave his daughter in marriage a reception was held at the home of the brides parents in limehouse mrs askin received wearing a street length white taffeta dress with a pattern rf small red roses with pearl button to the waist her corsage was of white carnations the grooms mo ther received wearing a wine suit with white accessories with a cor sage of white carnations for their honeymoon the bride and groom motored to peterbor ough and district the bride wearing a grey and white full skirted nylon dress with white accessories and corsage of pink carnations mr and mrs melanson are mak ing their home in limehouse total 152 1201 this overwhelming defeat of the bylaw was thought to be because of the great expenditure involved and also due to the general feeling that the road would be started from the south gradually extending northward and that the money raisdd would be exhausted before one half of the road was completed following the defeat of the by law there was very little comment gar 28ovesquesing nelson i the press about ba roads but it 256 and in nassagaweya 157 mr mcdougald also suggested toll roads as a means of raising money for future maintenance a total of five toll gates on the three roads 50 a mile j r barber of georgetown in a letter to the canadian champion took issue with mcdougald regard ing road taxes and expenditure i venture to assert wrote mr barber that it will cost 5000 a mile to make good roads through nelson and trafalgar and as the commence ment would be at the lower end of super value premium tablecloth a stic m 49c with lyaw order of 300 ledgers ig monuments brampton mon works designs s c lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop quean st w frampton shop phono mioj res 313 rfp tom nicol phono brampton 6bsw t is safe to say there was plenty of discussion when and wherever rate payers assembled establish county system jt was not until october 1907 that any plan was made to establish a county road system this followed an act for improvement of pub lic highways passed by the legis lative assembly of the province of ontario the county council with this authority designated certain roads to be taken over as county roads on which the first expendi ture was 200000 this was followed in 1912 by an additional appropria tion of 300000 for the same pur pose at that time a tot of good rjad ftrk was done by farmers hired by contractors to help with the job the contractor himself often being a farmer many bridges in the county were built in this way and some of those budges liaiu jt th test of tim false fire alarms cost humarhiives montreal cp anselma fu- ion retiring as assistant fire direc tor after 42 years in the montreal fire department says false alarms arc a bane to firemen there were many instances where false alarms had cost lives one of them comparatively recent fire broke put in a district where all the fire engines had been called out on false alarms he said engines had to be brought from so far away that by the time they reached the scene two lives had been lost some alarms were turned in by people who think it is funny to watch us come running last year we went 1500 times for nothing 3ntrrlor srrnrattng for expert cplor scheme suggestions superior workmanship and the latest suhworrhy waterfan wallpapers 1 call fflgrhieitt decorator rockwooo 51 rino 5 and- are carrying heavy loads to this day of course farmers at that time were used to road work many of them having worked on township roads under the direction of the pathmaster of their section this was called statute labour the amount earned being deducted from the farmers taxes there was plenty of help on the land in those days and farmers and their sons were glad of the extra money nor was bridge was washed out it was no time at all until a contractor and a gang of men would be busy on the job and a good substantial structure completed in about two months how different from today now if a bridge is washed out it is six months to a year before the con struction of a new bridge is even begun and that in spite of all the heavy and expensive road equip ment that is available at the pre sent time maybe in the old day they were not so slow after all reproduction right rtsitrvrd b ril printing publishinf campm personal mark saskatoon cpt police urged motorists to put their own identi fication marks on car batteries fol lowing a series of battery thefts from cars and trucks poets corner e winner the new born eager banished sleep one the one to make you that scoop thought which quid night seemed ju sought by editos could you but write this conctpt grand yet in mad haste to reach he desk and make a pe record yotr thought that chai misplaced blights poems ere youve count 1 e a sunset challenges your brush to reproduce its tints and glows you strive to catch that matchlesj blush the blotted canvas only shows yotl must forsake this type of famei and seek another field in which youll gain that honored name and in thij way the world enrich youre sure if music lover hear necessary work jong delayed if rafur wondrous voice its notes divine their prompt applause and com ment dear would mean to you the world is mine then comes the day your heart will bound success u near all seats are sold you sing but silence moat profound makes clear youre nothing more than bold but help another reach the goal that fame your work has failed to grace blot out all envy from your soul and praise the man who earned trst place your conscience pays healthy rate if you wish well the man who won for you will find in truth youre youre the power behind the gun mrs o a thaua a rochlltt t a v