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t i r eightyfirst yearno 22 acton ontario thursdav december 8th 1955 ten pages six cents councils in accord oh annexation cl compensation to esquesing twp vot dfqws 51 per cent a new proposal from esquesing township for annexation compensa tion met with friendly treatment at councils monday night session where members learned that a com- mittee composed of councillors from both municipalities had come up with a figure of 96000 plus ac tons assumption of due school de benture debt payments from the annexed area the 6000 to be paid in three yearly instalments of 2000 is a far cry from the approximate 25000 first asked by the township after tile annexation of 465 eaejuesins acres became eiffeetive early this year council considered the- most re cent proposal very fair members added that the township was as suredly entitled to this much com pensation for land lost to the town under the annexation order no action til 1956 while there is every indication the proposal will be accepted this council cannot take action to com plete the agreement under a rul ing of the municipal act councils are not allowed to enter into agree ments involving large sums of j money between nomination time and the end of the retiring year j this same ruling applies to esques- j ing and their position it is likely the new councils of both munici palities will table the agreement for early action in 1956 at the outset of monday nights meeting a delegation from the organizing parks commission r r parker art padbury and mrs george fryer appeared before council mr parker as spokesman asked for the towns views on the function of the commission he said the group was enthusiastic but needed some direction from council regarding its area of action it was pointed out that council is presently awaiting information from the municipal department re garding a parks commission by law legal aspects of its establish ment and its municipal status mr parker noted the next meeting is scheduled for january council considered the desired information should be back by then discus park program brief discussion on the com missions proposed program and projects that could be undertaken followed mr padbury urged coun cil should take steps now to curb rrtt5rrrftt the- park the recur ring idea of closing the park to cars also came up councillor c lindsay reported he and deputy reeve footjtt with ratepayers association chairman in lakeview until recently under company plus share of supervision lease council passed the plan on to cost the schultz firm is commit- the planning board in a discus- ted under agreement to pay the sion of 6ewer line installation work other half in this subdivision members agreed to continue work this winter as long as weather allows somehow talk channelled into council affirmed that the agree ment held the town would pay its share after mr schultz had settled the whole bill with the well point speculation on the towns sewer j company mr schultz it was learn plant capacity then into misleading ed has not yet done this a motion information glejilea residents had was passed authorizing payment of been reportedly given prior to the towns share when the clerk is moving here asoiit the low taxes satisfied mr schultz has paid the in acton clerk j mcgeachie said account in full his office tfas being caused a lot of bother as a result of mistaken ideas about actons tax level a letter from schalts council noted the supplemental bylaw approval for the maris st bridge construction cost also ap proval to the contract award from council received with no signs of the department of highways happiness a letter from george clerk mcgeachie asked members schultz construction contractor on to consider extra remuneration for last years installation of the war- 1 actons poll clerks who spent 14 reri grove sewers gist of the not- hours monday on the job working ice a bill was to get council to pay half the 750 rental due a well point j continued on page ten teachers shortage recent survey salaries disctissechbyp5rboard ralph denny wm of lol lodge 467 the annual meeting of the lol lodge 467 was held on tuesday evening november 15 at the crew- sons corners hall dm ernie raw- son and dcm ernie w ilsonwerit present for the election of officers as follows bro archie martin pm bro ralph denny ww bro burt wat son dm bru hugh wilkinson chaplain bro ivan martin rec secretary bro archie mcdonald financial secretary bro archie martin treasurer bro sam hub- bel 1st lecturer bro alvin moore 2nd lecturer bro mac sprowl marshall bro f hunter bro h wilkinson bro a martin bro i martin and bro a mcdonald as committee men with bro a martin and bro f hunter as auditors large court new for team a in large barn burns in glen williams a large glow which could be seen in the sky from here last night was a burning barn in glen wiuiams the large barn on the farm af perey wagstaffe took fire early in the evening and in a few hours was totally destroyed although stock in the structure including at least a dozen cattle was saved the crop and some implements were lost firemen from georgetown play ed water on nearby buildings as sparks and burning embers rose high from the heat generated by the blaze miles around this district were attracted to the scene of the fire whioh way did they go that was the question in the minds of the acton ymca sen iors last saturday when for the first tun- they moved out onto a walter qook and one other mem- j ful1 sl7od baketball court to meet ber of the associauon had recently ln kitchener seniors on kitchen- met other parties concerned in the er home floor for the first quar- towns problem of gaining an entry- ter it did nu seem that tihe larger way into the lakeview subdivision i floor would bother the acton boys one councillor identified the prob- as they outsrored kitchener 62 lem as the brnnkiewicz case but soon the larger playing area councillor lindsay explained the i plus the loss of three payers due to latest negotiations they point to a i illness started to tell and by half closer state of settlement than there time trie core was kitchener 13 has been for sume time hvever j acton 6 in the hst half kitchen- negotiations are still not complete er picked up 25 pnnts while hold- as the problem now involves mov- i ing acton to 5 and the game end ing a house to another lot progress on difficulties discussion on the matter led into other problems of sewer line ex tension in- this area from lakeview and the needling drainage difficul ties around the school creek at main st it was noted better pro gress was being made in solving these difficulties too council ordered e braida paid 20 for two rolls of fence used by the town this motion came after considerable talk about the circum stances that led to the towns acqui sition of the fencing councildecidvd not to proclaiir tuesday december 27 as boxing day after the police report was read members agreed to leave final reading of two bylaws for lake- view and glonleii service linos over until the new vear chief reason was that the nrescntlmio was con sidered inauspicious to sell deben tures for this approved work misleading information work sheets were reviewed and scattered small jobs about town ad ded to the list an indigent patient account or 125 so was passed for payment i after briefly viewing the plan of subdivision- addition for a property ed kitchener 38 arton 11 the ac ton team was made up of brian gervais barry- stewart frank cooper don brown wayne cur- rie frank marisak and john lee this was the last scheduled game until after the holiday reason and practice will end this week for ex ams coaeh buchanan has decided to have the learn back at practice rssxn a- exams arc over ti get in shape for the first game next year 1 a shortage of teachers a new salary schedule and a survey of preschool children in town were among the items on the agenda when the public school board met on tuesday evening chairman wolfe presided over the regular meeting with trustees heard wat son bradley and smith present the -principal- g- v mckenzie reported having no good results from advertisements for teachers mrs vivian smith has volunteered to teach grade five from january until june the vacancy is caused by the resignation cf mrs wilkin son the board approved advertising again with mr bradley and mr watson appointed to handle the results the property committee was authorized to arrange the required tables for the auditorium easels fori easily step out rhythmic patterns the kindergarten primary and n with the uo of a sound or sing- budlcttn board for the principals ins ladder chart the children learn office the development of the tone sense the salary schpdulc was again through pilch games under survey by the board listenirt to music and exprcss- a urvey made of resident pre- ing what it means to them in danc- srhcol children showed the numl ing or rhythmic movement aong i- era alrccdv in i wn h i h i prni ii band ar -the- coiming into kindergarten in file best means yf laying musical next five years in 1956 there will foundations on a sound basis see- be 88 children in 1957 61 in 19158 ing the fiin tihe young folk were 73 in 1959 62 and in 1960 66 pres- harvirg it soon became apparent ent enrolment of the school is how- much children learn by eon- with more families moving into structive play demonstration given in aid of halton retarded mrs eileen tbiickner tlttlam london england gave a most in teresting and instructive lecture- domonstration in the st albans parish hall on friday december 2 she was assisted by mrs rob erta moran at the piano andj by a group of acton children by siruijing action songs by walking running skipping etc the children learn to distinguish the time from the written notes md v is- opiating the symbols box tolly on monday elections council towti regularly letters of appreciation were red from the teachers institute tor the use df the school for their con vention and from the acton hate- payers association for their meet ing a review indicated the audit- j orium was used without cost by these groups by the night school the following took part gail banbeau peter barratt gwen bean helen and bernie benton robbie buckncr shirley and siiz- in cohen lirda and dougie cook john davidson sandra and heather field jill and john hurst andrew knax ruth ann leatherland eddie long john the five counties association and mcgeachie barbara morris janice the high school fop two dances an wagner and sally wilson at home and two commencements mrs buckner thanked the ohild- durirvg the year also 100 was re- ren wiho hod done their parts fo ceived from rronhool groups for well and all those who had helped rentals t6 make the evening a success the the secretary reported receipt of proceeds 3000 were handed to 49 nonresident fees an ortho- the group w had come from six elected ward 1 ward 2 ward 3 ward 4 total barbeau 201 96 82 87 466 footitt 183 92 99 92 466 cook 205 72 82 80 439 lindsay 163 87 88 87 425 brown 148 86 82 95 41 1 brunelle 157 105 72 73 407 langford 154 91 78 75 398 irwin 136 87 74 75 372 goodwin 120 51 63 61 295 ives 139 43 43 38 263 puc two elected everdell 185 121 97 108 511 hufnagel 151 104 98 101 454 taylor 140 32 42 43 257 irvine 120 38 33 38 229 public school board three elected watson 251 134 131 127 643 wolfe 212 116 121 117 566 smith 209 112 106 104 531 etheridge 149 49 39 50 287 band bylaw yes 179 102 84 88 453 no 102 32 24 24 182 civic centre yes 13 6 7 4 30 no v 265 126 101 103 595 wsssskxsssssss ssscsafciskisifcs hydro revenue up audit shows profit of 14 571 audit of the puc s hydro fin ances for tihe first nine months of i ssrscochtelin new years day told commi gj pelic transportation unit was- ar- milton representing the retarded ranged to transport a pupil to and childrens association from school for which a depart- t merrtal grant will be forwicomin main street merchants are the financial statement of planning now which nights they si 12611 was presented and epprov ed and payment authorized finish his christmas shopping meeting last week- it was pointed out however that some 27000 in capital ex penditures has been made from the operating treasury this mon ey will be replaced upon receipt of the 35000 hydro debenture funds authorized earlier this year the secretary added that hydro revenue has ibeen steadily creasing this year it was reported from a special meeting that jfcmes glazier has been hired as of november 28 as a lineman to replace kerwin mc- phail who recently resigned sal ary was set at 3200 also from the special meeting the commission authorized pur chase of a calculator for office use cost is 700 to bet paid on a 90day basis free power illegal secretary mcgeachie read a cir cular letter front the hamilton of fice of the hepc reminding lo cal commissions that power and av voters pass band bylaw put new men on council actons electors about 51 per cent of whom marked tip to five ballots monday in council pujc and school board elections and on two civic questionsarent through yet next monday they go to the polls againto decide on one of two candidates for the unoccupied deputyreeves chair ray thompson aid will am wil son the only two to qualify from five namesnominated last friday night for the deputy reeveship will seek a decision from the vot ers in the towns second voting day within a week others nominated at the short speechless nomination meeting last fridcy nht were c f leather- land esther taylor and lome wieok monday what was prematurely predicted for the ibiggest voting percentage yet levelled off to 509 or 874 ballots cast by the time the final counting was completed about midnight following predictions ais was generally predicted vot ing on the civic centre question ran to the negative the ratepayers turned it down 595 to 30 on the otther hand local prophets figured the band bylaw question would easily pass amd it did by 453 yeas to 182 nays george barbeau and ed footitt led the 10man contest fur the six council seats each polling a total of 466 votes second came acton ratepayers association- chairman walter cook with a 439 total while close behind was c lindsay with 425 the two remaining seats went to r n brown 411 land s brunelle 407 defeated council candidates are r langford 398 a irwin 372 roy goodwin 295 and a ives 263 two sitting vncmbers of the pub- ic utilities commission ret lined acton will be represented tins year at the annual now years day road races in hamilton bruce an drews and bob allonby will be carrying the colors of the acton ymca track club in the junior three mile run and wilson allon- in- i by and ed mchugh will be enfer- ing in the 10 mile senior event both these races start and fin ish at the hamilton y mca the senior event starting at three oclock and the junior event start ing 40 minutes later these boys could certainly use some home town support along the course commission their seats in a content with two other candidates for the puc ray everdell led with 511 votes fol lowed by e hufnagel with 454 r taylor and j irvine were defeat ed of four candidates for three public school board trusteeships sitting meirjbers again defeated op position to retain office t watson w wolfe and m smith were re elected over d etheridge toy wide margins vote percentages in the separate wards were ward one 551 per cent ward two 543 per cent ward three 457 per cent ward four 455 per cent i- 5iaistts5siis u ijiixssssswt annual wardens dinner guests hear of planning region scheme first meeting held of new camera club tlw camera lubsxcton its opening- meeting on taursday december 1 at the ymca there were several enthused members present the kodak co have offered a cample course with the required levttirers at the next meeting in january a film on the introduct ion of picture uakinc wtu k shown tt was uggetedby her man eckert to have some form af practical intereat at the coming meeting and he offered his 35 mm camera for use each present can take a picture out night at the next meeting q theae picture can be observed criticized and te picked out county officials and many inie w smith extended a welcome to wil remain open for everyone to i costs for seasonal decorations and ii public life of halton county were burlington hon mr warrender lighting projects sponsored by guests last thursday evening of was introduced by mr l d dingle civic groups could not be supplied warden robert h shannon at the qc and thanked by esquesing free under legislation which ex- i wardens dinner held at the reeve wilfred bird flowers were ists the form letter was noted brnnt inn burlington 1 presented to mrs warrender on be- and filed excellent turkey dinner was half of county council by deputy i serve and a p enjoyed that reeve allannorton of georgetown hydi ilierrrd- mm highligiitevrby an address by tfronwistttrhewatae wus p reportod various jobs of pole in- william k warrender qc posed bv reeve s allan of george- istauation and replacement n first charman of the hydroelectric town and on behalf of county coun- land also explained some trouble p commission and former il a beautiful set of china was pre- which arose with crvicc lines t head of the department of planning senteji to mr and mrs shannon tile tannery he started a brief and development suitable rerjlv was made hy the pmeiit suitable reply was made mr warrenders address dealt warden with a subject which is uppermost th t to ountv council wai in halton county planning he ask- judkt w n robinson ed if this county as a whole is pre- and r was by r robcrt pared to meet the challenge of the m of trafalgar the conclud- st lawrence development he told loast warlcns wa9 of the need for planning in a large pr by mr aul a fisher and regional scheme emphasizing that mr jolm n blair responded the whole section from oshawa to niagara falls was included in what is now known as the golden discussion about switching on the continued on page ten judge grants papers to 6 new canadians the following were among 66 new canadians in halton county shk area who received their naturalization hl wnat pa t court mul roceuv seek in locating industries and durk boorsma rr 1 all the factors are carefully weighed acton junior farmers skated on- murkje boorsrrva rr 1 moffat ln selecting a location to the ice at milton arena monday toofia dye 338 ipeel st acton my- his address was timely and in- evening wearing their new aweat- chajlo dye 338 peel st acton formative aria appreciated by this ers and stockings in purple and jammetke koetsier r r 4 actm group of haltonians who are meet- cgold the outfiu have 10inch pro- and jacob koetsier r altogether 06 from ceived their papers h purple gold outfits industrial r j r r r 4 actxm group of haltonians who are meetvtgpld the outfiu have 10inch pro- r br 4 acton ln these problems ejferyday fyirjcial crests with acton promu rom halton re- chairman for the evenings pro- nent onthem and the names of ac- fvenng pro gram was mr n r craig mayor ton merchants on the back afaagaaur ii i angii 1 1 i c pol ice follow leads mmcmk basnall champs were feted in winning style last wek at the legion hall where trophies chased burglars drop safe unopened police in hamilton are investigat- two hitchikers later yesterday police here called to milton dig- ing strong leads in efforts to arrest morning in the area the gelaway i ct qpp ow- chased after the intruder who burglarised an acton car was ditched c lunr4o store wednesday morning made the robbery attempt at the mail t radioing ahead police had a rokd- away with the safe then abandon- order office of simpsonsears was block set up at palermo age arryone interested in camera under the guidance ot the legion and minor sports association above is the winning team back officers gave chaae called the night operator who nou- ant to l lmport of don who won the r f bean trophy for sportsmanship members of the championship j oppcpl r atason said yesterday field pc harness and cpl mason jtejsmrtr u j wickers are frontlyft to right pale woodburn wayne marshsli bruce timpson fete lawson the car has ben identified although at the time the intruders were jangbedurneda s2 wayne ridley watrvwlson terry waterhoos back row herb cook coach bob marshalld motion was seconded garner hamilton police received a report it noticed they had alre jimmied had been stolen coupled with this the front door open rolled out the by lxrne graham jirntihdsay gary walker bob coxe bill waterhouse manager absent were raymond zlszzzztii tsowl to the car parked in fronted pasma ed rvuflody don lindsay bill shannon i milton truck driver who picked up i were back in the store i i ever then was abandoned and ttg occupanu scattered through the wooded areas on the police pursuing the ear found stalled by the side of the empty except for the he i irr