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i eightyfirst yearno 1 1 acton ontario thursday september 22nd 1955 twelve pages six cent pressure from subdividers nettles puc oh hydro services question pressure from local subdividers on actons hydro department fi rapid installation of service lines and equipment again nettled ptj c- members at their regular meet ing last week as before the com mission declared it had given no guarantee by dates when hydro service in part or all of the towns two developing subdivisions would be complete hydro superintendent d mason said the lakevlew developers were now anxious for hydro service the commission took the same at titude shown the glenlea develop ers the puc will install services as quickly as possible but will not be pinned down to builders con struction schedules or agents oc cupancy dates when the air- was cleared of this question the hydro superintendent went on to review installation pro cedure for hydro services in un block of 66 lots purchased recently from original glenlea subdividers thomas and thomas by bradley and houghton sssuasasotsmambmamswea to complaints from a glenlea resident about the location of a hydro pole on his property the commission took a short view and agreed there was nothing in the protests to cause worjy despite the residents reported statement that he would let the law take its course earlier in the short meeting the secretary read a letter from the bell telephone company inform ing the commission it wns liable for cost of repairing an under ground cable damaged while a hydrant was being installed on the third line another letter from the bell dealt with arrangements with the com mission for joint use of poles in front of the glenlea subdivision by motion a surplus in water works electrical energy of 22353 wa ordered paid to the waterworks uccount two you ng men injured in crash two young men suffered injuries j early saturday morning when their car left the road near the corner of main and brock streets rolled over and crashed rooffirst into a tele phone pole driver of the car was alfred tur ned erin who was later taken to hospital with serious head injuries i a passenger d perkins of acton was cut about the head and suffered leg injuries the car which was wrecked was owned by turners father damage to the telephone pole was estimated by pqlice to be about 300 continued on paae ten gate receipts highest ever for 1955s acton fall fair over 4000 strolled through ac tons attractive fair grounds satur day afternoon when the weather matched the success of the whole 1995 endeavor stan hall mpjfv welcomed the crowds as he official ly opened actons most successful twoday fair to date gate receipts on saturday of 91185 were the highest ever hun dreds of children marching in the revived parade trooped in free ol charge as the days program began total prize mqney to be paid out will be the highest ever the fairs most capable secretarytreasurer mrs irene swackhamcr believes a few classes will be down a little on the field but it will be made up in the hall she said up was heard over and over again as officials discussed the fair the number of entries in the hall was up and advertising displays were up entries were up in beef cattle baking vegetables and fruit attendance was up and gate receipts were up the donee was up and the sun was not only up but it was out quite an improvement over several recent years hog and sheepentries were about the same as in recent yeans and there were no guernsey cattle at all classes without entries were few there was no entry in the special handcrafts class for new canadians the horses made n par ticularly good showing beat in years gate receipts on friday evening were 46285 just 5 down from last chance with the proceeds for minor w sports activities the children were delighted with the rides the jield was crowded saturday afternoon while the hors es circled the colorful area in the gentlemans road race friends chat ted and the band played in the an nual highlight of actoris social year the stock parade and judging of horses and livestock outside were particularly enjoyable with such good weather the special contests and program in front of the grandstand were much applauded dlrecuanal part the new white directional post was helpful to anyone hunting for specific exhibits this was made by art swackhamer bill thompson and mac sprowl with the lettering done by ken marchment members of the duke of devon shire chapter lode were holding their annual tag day outside the fair grounds while mcmbejsoj the lakeside chapter had a booth in side where they sold draw tickets the old car which hummed nlons behind the children is owned by ralph cortesc toronto fathor-in- inw of stan bowen pakner ip tin real estate firm which entered the parade with a threevehicle float the buggie and cutter trow ing along behind were owned by douglas guthrie crewsons corn ers about thirty youngsters were competing with decorated bicycles tricycles and doll carriages two clowns who wandered throughout y f f ttondanco at the much ap- kr during the fair brought plauded evening show was not as high as last year however the picture changed on saturday when gate receipts rose to 1185 rotarians manned the gates to re lease fair directors for other activi ties the friday evening show was the best in years according to many of the adults and youngsters who watched mickiin brtw tumbling- mai act was exceptionally good other acts included tap dancers a magi cian and a zylophonist master of ceremonies was bill meek a local entertainer was mrs john lightle with her trained pony over 1000 were in attendance acton citizens band played most enrioyably both friday and sat urday the hall exhibits had all been judged in the afternoon and were eagerly inspected both friday and saturday the ladies in the hall were eager to see the 18 entries in the acton cream erys new 12 cake contest it had proven a hit with the district cooks up the rear of the long parade the young members of the royal star gray club all worked hard on their new venture a parking lot on forces property at the corner opposite the fair gates their par ents supervised the boys realized 15 for their club work special prise mr and mrs w g gamble won the prize for the couple the longest rsr miss janet buck- ner of scotland had come the farth est hugh sinclair was the champion of the freckled face boys and fern reid the champion of the girls runnersup for the boys were sher lock aitken and w mochree of eden mills and for the girls susan cohen and jill hurst the saturday night dance in the town hall again proved a very suc cessful conclusion to the fair the hall was packed and receipts were higher than last year president of the fair again this year was ray everdell the event was planned and organized must capably well ahead of time and tvvn nmi mic ui9u ivi wwitz and the entries were surprisinglv he s reflected the k i r t work of the fair official heayy it was the first time that mrs ward brucewho took the first place had entered anything in com petition at the fair in second place was a hamilton woman mrs r m johnson and in third place mrs s kirkpatrick the baking this year was most at tractively displayed in the new cas es made by officials w l aprsas attracting much comment were the aprons of the month exhibited by district womens institutes these showed both originality imagination and talent the hall was crammed with booths baking flowers school childrens work grain fruit vegetables and displays of interest entering aprons in the noncompetitive display were dub lin wi acton wi bannocktrarn wi rockalong wi and limehouse wj also with exhibits were acton junior insti tute dublin green thumbs acton hoe handlers and the ballinafad 4h homemaking clubl beyond the firemen had a re freshment both and the night school classes had a most impressive dis play of metalwork woodworking clothing leathercraft and oil paint ing power shovel scoops at school creek bed a power shovel is scooping up mud silt and accumulation of stream refuse from bottom of the school creek this week in an effort to reach a firmer bed and cheek the flow impairment which has been in creasing in- recent years the shovel put in by the town on the creek bed area east of the high way is also widening whore neces sary the rising creek bed has been the cause of some drainage problems in that area of town lately and has also been blamed for hampering move ment of water in fairy lake where scum and growth has been increas ing at the stream entry end fund total altogether 161 50 ha been col lected for the looyenga family whose barn in nassagaweya wajs destroyed by fire last month the money was given by neighbor tie christian reformed church and dutch friends in brampton georgetown and aclori the fund i now closed also to consider renovation of present town jhall structure town planning consultant p a deacon was given the goahead last night to explore the possibilities of a new municipal building for acton also tosludy the feasibility of converting the present town hajj to make room not only for u new lire hall but to include all municipal offices mr deacon who is an architect as well as a municipal planner was asked to bring some recommendations back to the planning board i 1 and council next month tuesday night at o special meet- stall phulu face rill of floss little doris keating of rock wood wasnt the only youngster to leave the acton fall fair saturday gooed up with sugary loss or sticky candy apple doris kept her face to the wind so her long blonde curls wouldnt get mixed up in the floss too v v itr t wtlltwfwkjwaajmkmayytprffffthhy 79000 in debentures sold by municipality at 9985 acton council at a special meeting tuesday night sold 79000 in debentures to the highest of three bidders j l graham and co ltd and bank ers bond corporation for 9982 per 100 at an interest rate of four and onequarter per cent general opinion- of members was that the sale figure was quite good in view of present conditions in the bond market the other two bidders were bell gouinlock and company 98 50 mills spence and co ltd and dawson humford ltd and the bank of montreal 9758 the total amount of 79000 represents four debenturized debts for widcrmains installa tions 13000 and for sewer ex tension work 10000 these are at the cobble hill and glenlea subdivisions the three room addition to the high school here although not all the towns fin ancial responsibility involves a debenture issue of 40000 costs involved in the purchase of ad ditional public school property will take up the remaining 15- 000 bishops gray club chartered in boys service twelve lioys were chartered as members of the bishops qroy tjlub wednesday evening in n cere mony conducted by members of the royal star gray club which was formed here by y secretary bob brayshaw several months ago a fourmember team from the royal star club led by president john lesthcrluiid siiervised the charter rilca after the purpose and charge were recitd the charter was received by bishops president peter newton following the ceremony which came after hie youthful members and their fathers were served a tur key dinner nutional boys work secretary of the ymca stan symington made a brief address he commended the boys who con ducted the service later stressed the importance of the fact that this club is now linked with some 10000 boys and girls of other clubs throughout the world he urged the boys to live up to their purpose ken knox chairman of the y board also spoke briefly he em phasized the value of holding to the aims of gray members of the gray club char tered last ivght are max liaggett michael churchill john molody donald harris paul wolfe keith dunk eddie hubble bob cripps edwin spicer pat churchill reg dunk peter newtnn kisiar t4irii cj2z3k2wiai nsa best allround weekly award arrives here cup shows wear standing on a double base to ac commodate all the small engraved plaques the 17inch high charles clark cup awarded the acton free press as the best allround news paper in its class arrived at the of fice here on wednesday showing def in ite signs of its 20 years ofwear in all parts of canada it is now in the front window of the free press office this is the first time the free press has won this higtkaward al though the office wall already has classes move aatkjaagh work b still not completed suv the new audition to the high ac pupils were able t saave tats the new wing on friday af last week this has relieved mack of the crowding at the building work continues as the pupils stady among some times distracting circumstances 12 certificates for previous awards it was in competition with weekly newspapers all over canada the judges compared 58 papers in the contest the cup was first presented in 1934 to the cobourg world since then it has been admired by print erswith inky hands in back shops and has gathered a certain amount of editorial dust in front offices in newmarket cranbrook bc tcel- owna bc powell river bc court- enay bc gananoque sidney bc the peel gazette in brampton creston bc weyburn saskatche wan haney b c aurora dryden manitoba and now acton the elaborate silver cup reads weekly newspaper competition i presented by charles clark high river alta clark cup when the original dark wood base was filled with small crests a second was added dints and scrat ches were noticed by free press i staff members only after they had t admired the shiniest of all the crests reading acton free press 1955 turn backward turn backward tarn backward o time in thy flight can be the theme for clock watchers this week as the town and district re vert to standard time after mid night saturday clocks should be moved back giving an extra hour lost in the spring when the dis trict went on daylight saving time j iw r amaaw 400 award to janice baker a second award this one for 400 has been given to miss janice baker now a first year university student in toronto she learned recently she had been given a firth award for general proficiency amounting to 100 last friday she received word thbt she is the winner of 400 from the atkinson charitable foundation on the recommendation of the uni- versity of toronto acton friends will join in congra tulating miss baker on this splendid scholastic achievement rotary trip winner addresses chapter the duke of devonshire chapter lode met at the home of mrs g w mosaics on tuesday evening september 12 the regent mrs j whitham presided plans were completed for the tagging on fall fair day plans were also complet ed for an apron and bake sale to be held ou october 22 in the ym ca joe jany the son of one of the members and the rotary award win ner of a trip to ottawa was the speaker of the evening he spoke of his impressions of the city and the i feeling of patriotism there aftqr the business a lively dutch auction took place and many items were sold the meeting closed with lunch served by the hostesses of the even ing it looks as if the end of the warm weather is here and its time to get the furnace in work ing order ing of council more discussion was held on the proposed new town building outlined at monday nights regular session it was gen erally agreed that an entire new municipal building should be con sidered which would include town and puc offices clerks and may ors offices committee room lib rary and reading room police of- tiw- midce i a engi- neers office council chambers and magistrates court health un it room and neresary washrooms tile fire hall would asu be con sidered with provisions for 24- hour duty it was alo discussed tuesday night that once the findings are obtained on- both cost size for a new building or renovated hall a vole of the ratepayers could det ermine future action also put through ut wednesday nights planning board meeting was a motion that pending prep aration of the land use plan the 150 foot annexed strip east of the third line be zoned as commercial for 250 reel on the south side of the highway and 132 feet on the north side of the highway with the re mainder residential in talks before this motion it was said that the approximate five acres in this area would have to be framed in a plan of sub division before lot could be sold since it is less than 10 acres to give legal support to this motion a resolution will go to council thai the subdivison control bylaw be amended to include all areas involved in the january 1 1955 annexation award this situation prompted a dis cussion between members and mr deacon on discrepancies of juris diction which exist in provisions of the regi act ond planning act the talk was specifically in regard to land sold and appar ently registered which have not come under required approval of the minister of planning and dev elopment applies where his department 6whs8wmv2if jsjv-s-sft- i inside this issue this weeks bane of ike free press carries more than one in teresting restore on page five a staff reporter keeps s date with his camera at sn oldfashioned chicken barbe cue in the district on psges three and foar will be found the complete results from jadges far all classes of competition at the acton fall fair on page eleven the editor re lates impressions of the wests majestic scenery and tells of some convention nlgkllgata at the recent cwna annaal meet ing in vancouver schmozzle to the shelf council sees no clarity in new store hours mixup acton merchants most recent after some of the troubles ard j affect the fate of the petition now ated more responsible attention ic petition for new opening hours is disagreements surrounding the is not too clear the light switches there he also headed for the shelf judging by move to change the shopping night one councillor remarked thv questioned the gallonage consump- information from monday nights here were repeated a legal at- there seemed to be very little aboit lion of town vehicle council meeting where a mill tachment to the dangling petition the whole movement that was clerk mcgeachie reported over street businessman intimated many was brought up and discovered of the merchants may have be- could cause some difficulty i 1 j jt was sut y councl under law had to pass the new bylaw within so days of introduction of it clear come involved m the current move ment against their better judgment c w- bradley speaking for him self and some other dowh town businessmen who have evidently very interesting changed their minds about the pro visions in the onceread bylaw the petition introduced indicated there 300 names of ratepayers had been still other councillors labelled j put to the petition circulated bti the hours change movement as- the acton citizens band to call for variously unorganized a mess a v on allowing a half mill sub- or a schmozzle s1 to the band only 130 names councillor c lindsay observed we needed t permit a vote on mean that no matter how many j that it seemed a waste of time or the question later in the meeting names were on the petition as long council to try and deal with the a bylaw was passed to provide as those names represented 75 per j matter- for the half mill subsidy vote this cent or over- in separate classifies reeve j hargrave chairing the december the petition this was construed to was too much disagreement now ations of business the bylaw would j meeting m the absence of mayor j dv was jjjq pssjpd setting to bring about an hours change have to come into force i tyler said council would be glad i friday november 25 a nomination iter have this business clarified i iiiv rw the petition calls for bylaw by example if was pointed out to change saturday night opening that if only one name remained on to friday night with the closing the petition and thpt business re- hour at 10 pm the 10 pm dos- presented more thin 75 per cent more businessmen who signed the 0 deputyreturiurg officers ing hour proves u be a contentious of the stores in that classification nowunpopular petition vant to a tecent meeuna with i day and stipulating monday dec it was suggested to mr bradley em 5 as polling daythe bvlaw that he find out just how many also provided tor the appointment point the bylaw would have to go have their names taken off bank working in the midway thisyar mr bradley asked that his name through- the lone local furnishings i at the outset of the meeting wm legionnair and others inter- 1 be stricken frum the petition the store was used lb illustrate tlusillovcingthe reading of ayeourrpj mih in th minnr rvri ieagu j clerk advised him he- wo h p i ii who conducted bingo and games of to request this in writing how this legal provision councillor lindsay questioned the could light bill- at the arena and advoc- of montreal officials their solicit ors and representatives of the town the position of themunicipality continued oh pope six sum rur chocolate cake champ pf this years fall fair is mrs ward bruce ospringe who wo the keenly contested creamery special anci a top prize of 12 some 1 local and distr iaihousewives en- tered this special tomavefonif of the closest competitions it i i-