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ht jvttjcrtt ft eightyfirst year no 14 acton ontario thursdav october 13th 1955 ten pages six cents a stouter creek from school to lake stfl photo a wider creek trench is now completed for the waters flowing through actons midsection into fairy lake work was recently completed to widen to about 10 feet the creek from the school bridge to the lake depth has also been increased where needed to about three feet the top photo section looks from the no 7 highway bridge to the school bridge where a silt basin has been gouged out the lower photo views the enlarged creek from near the mouth at the lake up to the highway clear school in 59 seconds the public school was cleared in 90 seconds wednesdav morning when acton firemen staged a sur prise drill during fire prevention week children were oat or their classrooms in the old high tchool old public school and the new w ing in remarkably good time accord- ins to chief sam tennant the firemen inspected the school and found fire fighting equipment of the newest type and eer thing in good condition the also assisted in fire drill at lorne school yesterday tomorrow firemen will be trnuing the schools of erin nassagaweya and trafal gar townships in this district theres a special treat for the kindergarten children toda the fire truck was at the school th s morning and will be there again this afternoon for the youngsters to see late berries raspberries in october mrs roach church st picked a bowl full of luscious big berries this week and will keep right on picking until frost judging by the blossoms on her canes she has been enjoy ing the berries right through sum mer and fall k x sjsu3 kse35es i lake ontario swim is y gym contest a lake ontario swim contest is all set for the bovs of the junior i gv m class at the y m ca a large i map of lake ontario is all ready on i the bulletin board for the mass plunge6ntwohday when all the teams will start the yearlong com petition or swim points will be awarded for equipment and activi ties to indicate the mileage on the map that the teams have covered naturall the swim gets tougher farther along there will be prizes i for the first team to land on the other side of the lake in theory killed thursday in truck crash keith aery of waterdovvn who narrow lj escaped death at the rock wood level crossing last momh was killed when his truck crash ed into a tree on the hamilton- guelph highwa- last thursday his milk truck wear out of control about a mile south of the ontario agricultural college property mr aver was the driver of the truck that was struck bj a c n r train at the level crossing at rockwood on september 21 at that time he escaped injurv al though his truck was badlv dam aged wails through nursery school one child cried and children screamed the entire morning long but the nursery school at the y m c a w as off to a good start wed nesday despite it altogether 38 pre schoolers wideeved aifd eager en rolled in the school the teachers this year are mrs lillian woods mrs janet rogers mrs gwen price mrs nan hurst mrs marg phelan mrs kay gra ham and mrs olive cairns the classes are held monday wednes day and friday mornings mothers brought their youngsters for their first day of nursery school yesterday not all were delighted at the beginning but most soon join ed happily in the games and songs only one child was still unconsoled w hen the first day concluded i delegates attend midland convention acton delegates attended the young peoples convention of the synodical of toronto and kingston at knox presbyterian church mid land on the thanksgiving week end attending were joe jany dang bonnie and jim greer thev left fndav evening and the sessions concluded monday after noon bgagsasjawrnwroamiwr jhhsrarabmassvj population now 3157 assessment up 214755 county council to set u consultative committee to study three hs areas i i commission rules on inch conduit for service in new buildings here subdividers electricians and private builders were given ad vance notice last week that after october la the local public utilit ies commission will frown on use of anything less than oneinch ser vice conduit in new buildings here hydro superintendent d mason told commission members at last weeks meeting that few municip alities allow use of service line un der an inch at present many ft the new homes in local subdivis ions are being serviced with three- quarter inch conduit after brief discussion membes passed a motion ruling against the use of any conduit under oneinch atameler on an service mstallat- 10ns in acton the deadline is this saturday and a notice isto go to subdividers to this effect at the beginning of the meeting the commission discussed with a ci asses doubl despite incre although y secretary bob bray- shaw has organized twice as many classes at the y ous year so that enrolment in each one will be smaller he finds now that some have doubled in size from last jear and he is busier than ever w ith activities there are 33 classes in operation 18 for boys and girls and is for adults the woodworking class has grown so large it has been divided into two with 12 on a waiting list hoping for an additional instructor the friday class has been limited to bos under 11 who registered it the first of the year a new bowling and wrestling club has been formed with mr brayshaw instructing the members meet three times a week after school matches with brampton kitchen er and guelph are being planned for the childrens badminton teams the ys basketball team is enter ing in the guelph city league w ith games scheduled for every tuesday and thursday six young men are meeting three nights a week as the body build ers club specializing in weight lifting they hope to enter compet itions later glenlea resident objections raised when a pole and guy wire was nec essarily installed on his property the guy wire stretching into his back yard was the main point of contention after gradually reconciling points of view agreement was reached by both parties on what had been dif ferences the resident also agreed to permit servicing the pole over his property at any time the com mission found necessary secretary j mogeacntetad a reply from glenlea subdivides thomas and thomas about com mission objections to unauthorized use of metered water it was also noted at this point that ih ot glenlea builders bradley and houghton had connected to a hyd rant without- permission the wa terworks superintendent was asked to check into this want to take pictures a letter from united steel corp oration original suppliers of much equipment at the disposal plant asked permission to take pictures of their equipment at the plant another letter from the depart- m of h com on the pre ent constituency of processed sewage at the local plant it was noted that the warren grove sewers are to be flushed this fall a list of nine defective fire hydrants submitted by the fire department was turned over to the waterworks superintendent the commission agreed to pur chase a portable sump pump for general use superintendent mason raised a discussion on the installation of poles to be made by the bell tel ephone co at the lakeview sub division as the work affects the hydro department pole installation at glenlea was auo briefly dis cussed describes accident the accident last week in which hjdro employee k mcphail was burned about the hands was des cribed to the commission by the superintendent waterworks superintendent j lambert reported the permanent pump has been installed at the warren grove well also noted manhole is to be built around the mechanism the waterworks superintendent also reported plans to lengthen the continued on page four eight convictions one dismissal one remand in long court here after considerable discussion county council by a close vote ap proved a resolution sponsored by reeves stanley allen georgetown and dr c a martin milton to have a tact finding committee set up to re view the possibility of establishing three high school area boards totaka the place of the north halton high school area appointees to the fact finding committee are to be named at the november meeting the discussion arose as represents- tives from both the northern town ships objected to the resolution pre sented by georgetown asking that such a committee be established becoming too cumbersome reeve allen arg that georg town felt the north halton high school area was becoming too cum bersome i think the board has served a useful purpose but with the rapid growth in the towns and suburbs it will soon require larger schools and one board is too unwieldy for this purpose he said f c atkinson deputy reeve of burlmgtorr said similar problems existed in the areas to the south and thought the committee should have powers to review high school areas in the whole county this is rather sudden ahd it is something we do not know about i think this should be set over an other month so my council may con sider it reeve wilfred bird said adding his township was the largest contributor and should be given ad ded tune to think about the prob lem acton against committee milton representative reeve c a martin reminded the esquesing reeve both representatives from es quesing and nassagaweya were in vited to attend a meeting which they declined to do when it was hinted there had been discussions between the towns reeve allen emphatically stated there had been no collusion between the towns true various members had discussed it but this is the first official act to be taken he said i am not opposed to a fact finding committee being appointed but i atn regional conference of ys mens clgbs delegates from acton attended the regional conference of the int ernational ys mens clubs held in sudbury on the thanksgiving weekend attending were mr and mrs garnet mckenzie mr and mrs elmer smith mr and mrs mansell nellis and mr and mrs cuarence rognvaldson guests of the sudbury club they stayed in a hotel and attended ses sions and banquets in the recently- cnlargeds bury yjjca as district governor mr mcken zie attended a district governors meeting with the international vicepresident ed miller of new jersey and regional director wilt roberts there was a special program for the ladies nig school teachers hired by committee further applications received during the week by the night school committee made the holding of certain classes final and the cancelling of others definite the committee met tuesday evening in the high school making further arrangements for this years night school classes the leather embossing class was cancelled due to insufficient enrol- in agreement with the esquesing menrt it was decided that the three taxation in 1956 v ill be based on a total assessment of s3 201 698 90 an increase of 214754 90 ovr the figure of 2 986 944 which provided the basis for this vears taxation the 1955 total of land building and business assessment values was re leased this week and represents as sessor o lamb s computions to the end of september also learned this week is actons population to the end of the same irulnth the town has 3 157 resi dents compared to 2 903 at the same time last year assessor lamb indicated that the convert room to muchneeded additional class of grade three the urgent need for another grade three classroom was stressed when the public school board met last week the board decided to use the art room and directed that blackboards be installed miss daisy folster who retired last year was reengaged to teach the class g w mckenzie the principal re ported that about 400 teachers were expected to attend the teachers cpnvention in acton on october 28 the board ruled that a fee of 920 would embrace rental of the audi torium kitchen and washrooms only nd if other facilities were re quired for ojher than school activi ties an additional fee would be charged staff room and all class rooms were to be locked each night edwin watson was engaged to tune the pianos expenses of 50 for kindergarten- primarv supplies and 50 for home economic supplies were approved the property committee reported that the bonded roof of the new school leaked and directed that the builder j b mackenzie and son be requested to make immediate per manent repairs the secretary reported that the caretaker mr mann was under doctors care but much unproved mrs price was engaged during his absence legislative grant of 17140 a total grant of 30140 was received the anticipated grant is 30140 the financial statement of 11101 was received a new appointee to the board w e mattocks was welcomed population figure may rise another 100 in the next month with new residents moving in daily at glen lea and habitation of many new homes in the lakeview subdivision txpected this fall however the 3 157 figure is the one which will be used in arriving at the 1956 mill rate just what that mill rate might be municipal officials declined this ik to hazard any estimate breakdown of the 3 201698 90 as sessment total is as follows land 446 189 90 compared to 353 844 67 in 1954 buildings 2331634 com pared to w15570 last year busi ness 423875 compared to 417530 in 1954 the figurs used for com parison from last years roll include thesupplemental assessment track field club officially registered l the ymca track and field club has now been registered with the canadian national athletic union and so is eligible to compete at meets the boys are practicing monday evenings arrangements are being made to transport the club to the national track meet at buffalo and another meet at montreal during the win ter in one of the longest dockets to be heard here in- recent months magistrates court wednesday ruled conviction on eight charges dis missal on one charge remand on another for a week and laid over six others due to failure of those in connection with charges to ap pear an 18yearold youth from ac ton charged with driving vvhie ability was impaired was convicted as charged and fined 50 and costs in addition to three months sus pension of his drivers and owner ship permit four witnesses were called in connection with this charge the court heard of alleged use of abus ive language evidence of a fist fight statements about a birthdav party m georgetown prior to the offense and conflicting stones of one car trying to cut off another prior to the altercation j counsel for the accused maintain ed the reported driving actions of i the youth were not necessarilt i caused by intoxication but were i actions consistent w ith the purpose apparently in mind to bring a second car to a halt magistrate k langdon however upheld the ev- lderce submitted by constable d cook that the accused was intox icated w hen apprehended careless driving conviction another district youth was fined 1 550 and costs plus three months 1 suspension of drivers permit when conv iction w as registered on a charge of careless driving this charge arose in connection with an accident on main st s september it when the occupants of a- cat were injured after the vehicle left the road hit a railing bounced to the other side into a line pole charges of impaired driving and careless driving against a district man were remanded a week after mutual consent of crown and de fense counsel three acton men were jointly charged with theft of a keg of nails and five bags of cement from the lakeview subdivision all three pleaded guilty and said restitution had been made they also claimed the offences had occurred while all were drunk and termed the action as just foolishness the court termed the matter serious however and stated after registering conviction that much building was taking place in the area and a penalty in this case might serve as a detterent against commission of similar offences all three were fined 50 each one of the three men had another charge of keeping jiquor in an un lawful place dismissed he told the court his truck where local police found a bottle of wine was his place of residence since he recent ly lost his apartment he slept in the truck at night he said a minor from this district charg ed here with unlawful possession of liquor was fined 100 and costs the mother of the boy asked the court if he might be put on pro bation and bound to good conduct instead of the fine she blamed bad companions for the trouble he was in the 18yearold youth said he would rather take the fine and added that since he dd not have the money he would take the jail sentence in default his mother of fered to pay the fine she was told that since the bo was over 16 the court could not bind him to good conduct in lieu of the fine when he did not wish probation an acton man pleaded guilty to four charges of cashing family al lowance cheques to which he was not entitled the regional director for family allowances appeared to testify for counsel for the crown k y dick who emphasized the seriousness of this charge since the cashed cheques put taxpayers mon ey to use for which it was not in tended and also deprived some child of the benefits of the allow ance the court agreed with the crowns contention fines of 90 and costs on each charge were imposed 300 trampoline project- for gray the royal star gray club are hoping to buy a 300 trampoline for the ymca the club of young boysare beginning their project of raising enough money for the equip ment by selling plastic book covers for school books they are also plsnntng a bus trip to kitchener to tour the smiles n chuckles plant there member it should be delayed so we may consider the man we would like to represent our municipality reeve a r service of nassagaweya injected acton through deputyreeve e a footitt was noted as not in favor of a fact finding committee being appointed we afe quite satisfied with thepresent setup mr footitt said consider manor addition members refused to endorse a re solution sponsored by middlesex county who sought to have the fede ral government make income re turns of farmers individual busi nesses or individuals made final and complete after six months local members felt six months too short but suggested an 18month limit fees for county hunting licences were approved at 5 00 for nonresi dents and 1 00 for county residents the licence covers rabbits pheasant and fox estimated cost for building a staff house to provide 14 additional beds at halton centennial manor is set at 100000 members approved the board of governors plans and are now seeking the approval of the provincial department of welfare to proceed with the plans the pro vincial share of the cost is 50 per cent it was explained reeve mar tin explained that the staff now re siding in the present building would be transferred to the new buildings this would provide the additional room in the building for 14 persons sewing classes elementary ad vanced and childrens would have to be divided into two classes the upholstering class will be held and a few more can still be accommod ated there mr and mrs w h diebel upholsterers of guelph have been secured as teachers for this course miss dor stone of ge town district who has taught in acton before has been engaged as oil painting teacher for this year mrs webster and mrs brown of guelph will again this year be in structing in sewing tables irons and machines are being arranged for mrs frank black of georgetown is the teacher of the very crowded millinery class and mrs r wyatt of georgetown will instruct in the popular ceramics course george bowman of acton has the class in leather carving mrs icel and of this district returns to teach aluminum tray etching oil painting and millinery class es will be held on monday even ings and all the other courses on tuesday evenings it was decided letters would be sent to everyone who enrolled pointing out the date of the first class registration takes place on monday october 31 and tuesday november 1 a few may still enrol in upholstering or sew ings allthe other clajsebave reached or are over the required numbers student from ceylon first speaker at soed club weekly sessions a student at the ontario agricul- tural college from ceylon jay as- eelan told about his country at the first soed club meeting in the y m c a last thursday evening an interested group of members of the new club heard mr aseelan discuss the present day trends economics castes languages education and main exports of his homeland he explained that the history of cey lon dated back to 300 bc each change of government brought change within the country he told how rubber trees were killed by overproduction during the war disrupting the whole econ omy of the country rice is the main food he said an animated question period fol lowed bruce shoemaker expressed the thanks of the soed club two crafts sessions followed clarence rognvaldson took one group on photography with focus and exposure his topics he showed colored slides tb illustrate his points phil caddlck had charge of the doityourself group when pro jects included attaching plugs to cords and resetting glass panes in window frames m night followed when as much as 90000 was tost in one horse race coffee and sandwiches were served to conclude the even- this weeks main speaker at the sokd is jack lander who will speak on television 46th anniversary surprise gathering honored on their 46th wedding anniversary at a surprise family gathering were mr and mrs arthur griffen a thanksgiving dinner was held sunday at the home of mr and mrs william thompson to mark th occasion those attending were mrs 3 o martin mr and mrs theodore martin of vlneland mr and lira howard macarthur miss mabel peavoy mr and mrs arthur grtf- fen mr william macarthur and mrs herb keeler all of kfta affr and mrs r l davidson of acton mrs tom blrney and mr neil blra- ey of sudbury called at the stun home mr and mrs griffen received many lovely gifts india years study for mission band the baptist chuixh lumion began its fall activities last fri day evening ifers kay costana i a leader with mrs buhner as sisting her lira wally gordon fct leading toe baby band the study boost thin year fartk rig tree village on india matt ings are heldavcry otherfriday in the church u