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r j- s- iu li eightyfirst year no 36 acton ontario thursday march 5th 1956 ten page5s seven cents rabies in eden mills survey acton area set up pet vaccination clinic the free press learned today from dr n harron formerly of aeton who h the federal- ssblst- at district veterinarian that two officers of the toronto rer- lon will be in acton today to start a survey to embrace a m mile radios of eden mills next wednesday a free vaccination clinic will be set up in ihe town hall veterinarians in charge are dr t u dales and dr t h snence el the federal depart ment of agriculture- health of aalmali division a case f rabies was confirmed this week- it few miles from acton j as local and county authorities in tensify action to prevent a danger ous outbreak of the serious disease in jhls district last week a cat belonging ta eden mihs veterinarian dr w g steven son died mid was sent for elimina tion to the federal department of agriculture health of animals divi sion dr stevenson told trie free press yesterday that from evidence of tests marie the pet was definitely concluded to have died with rabies dr stevenson said he believed the cat been me rabid lifter contact with n diseased animal somewhere in the wooded creek area to the rear of his eden mills humt wellington county health jjnit officials working with officials of the federal health of animals divi sion arc reported meeting to estab lish vaccination clinics in the guelpheden millsroekwood area to combat any further outbreak of the disease meanwhile in hnlton county the possibility of four cases of rabies was partially disproved this week by dr d f dumiide of the halton county health unit dr damude said four animal heads two foxes and two dogs had been sent to be analyzed for traces of rabies and one report had bcvn returned show ihe a negative lest the four animals were recently killed in various parts of the county and immediately sent for analysis at the same line dr damude re ports good progress being made with the dog control program in the county muiilciiiilitics including aeton are cooperating in ordering 12month restriction bylaws for local doks the halton rallies control com mittee organized two weeks ago will meet again next week when the chief veterinarian for the on tario health of animals division will address the group of county veteri narians and civic officials dr damude estimated that alout 2 per cent ofthe 5000ndd dogs in the county have been vaccinated mire are beinu vaccinated daily he added actorr vettnhiiahihtdihfr g oak- es reported he tins vaccinated some jm dogs in the acton area in the last few days on monday dr oakcs vaccinated scores of dogs in rockwood large thermometer gauges the money for treasure chest acton shoppers from now on can tell at a glance how much the wecktowpek appreciation day treasure chest lolbv lasl wtk the committee erect ed a lonu thermometer at the corner of mill and willow streets on gordons hardware building with a movable indicator to point to the amount of money currently in the pot crowds continue to make the saturday draws a popular suc cess ijiisl saturday morjorie ware with a 10 per cent coupon won 12 this wk the thermomcter poinls to over 400 in the pot to bring all dogs in town under quick control would arrangef r high scho board deals with addition salaries building of n new addition to georgetown high school netting other recent buildings finislied ar chitects interviews new equip ment and revised teachers salary schedule kept the meeting of north halton district high board until past midnight monday at a special session in georgetown correspondence was read by the secretary regarding the building of an eight room addition at george town all municipalities had ag reed to the proposals tins inform- ntlolvnnt been forwarded to the department the bylaw for georgetown to raise s175o0o by debentures is prepared and was scheduled to receive two readings at council that night grunts would be received onrt8o0o0 correspondence was read from hcwson acres of the evidence was und o proprintion of 5j tost property oral to be given before judge robinson on monday april 23 it was neces sary that the board deposit with the clerk of the county court the amount of 11064 before the pro ceedings went further the bouid by motion authorized the secretary to pay this amount into court on april 13 urge completion of schools copy of correspondence was read in which burnett and kicder at tempted to have the contractor i b mackenzie and son finish the work at the milton addition list of the items was given and it was stated they could be completed in n matter of hours no action could be secured from the contractor the board informed the archi tects of further delay in thy acton and georgetown schools in getting satisfactory action it was pointed out all these items had been dealt with but no action had taken place the architects placed the blame on the contractors and admitted it was their responsibility to net the corrections made they agreed to notify the contractor that if these repairs were not made they would engage someone else to do tin work and deduct the amount from the contract price the architects- agreed to make a report to the monthly meeting is scheduled a representative of craig and mcgill architects appeared lieforc the board regarding the new build ing at georgetown they had plan ned about 45 schools in the past school fivo years the secretary was m- structd to write- several other ir- l chitwts to present their proposals to the hoard j approve new band saw i mr brown shop teacher at milton appeared to press his re- llcsl for a hand saw to be added to the equipment the board had considered this machine too dan gerous and unnecessary for school work purchase of the equipment mr brown requested was approv ied with some members dissenting i the machine is to be equipped with ii lock and be supervised by the toicher hmfnane society service in acton immediate action to put actons dog population under control hur ried by ontarios rabies scare was taken tuesday night in council after considerable discussion on steps that could be taken to make control effective council decreed that all local dogs should be tied up until further notice it was agreed that a special meeting of the urban board will he called to frame an agreement with the oakville and district hu mane society whereby local dogs found on any street or public place would he picked up and disposed of if not called for in three day at the outset of the flog control talks clerk 1 mcgeachie reported the humane society had advised the northern municipalities that if its service was wanted in this ar ea acton and georgetown would have to make a grant for another truck and employee milton has an arrangement now for the- humane societys services a letter circiiluieclifi other hnl ton municipalities from acton pointed out that dog ontrol snooid be considered on a county wide basis georgetown agreed that county council should take over the problem while other municip- alities such as nelson trafalgar ident the officer r 11 oakville and bronte considered involved collision i cars in trouble here weekend weather worse acton police reported several in cidents in or- near town during the stormy dnys of last weekend no injuries were causd any drivers or passenger in the mishaps early friday evening a car drlveri by 1 t morris 23 of kitchener collided with ttie milton detach ment provincial police cruiser driv en by constable 11 gunn the ac cident nrnirrrd nrst west of aetn4 on nil 7 highway damage was estimated to ihejworris car at about 41x1 anil iiliout 115 to the cruiser j constable gunn was investigating i an accident when ihe morris cm skidded off the highway and cnllirt- ed with lilt- rear of the parked cruiser the accident was investigating new halton registry office will he construct i soon following the approval ot county council of the tender ofdunker construction co at 66000 the lender was accepted at the regular meet ing of courtly council on tuesday an architects conception of ihe outside appearance of the build ing is sliown here use of tjie present registry office building has not been definlely decided on debatets perce n t htfci rr urba rrr roads rebate at county council the secretary reported the result i of insertion of an advertisement for additions to trie staff at georgc- towrn- following this the board j conferred with the principals of the schools motions were passed following the discussion that minimum start ing salary would be 1400 with 3600 for specialists maximum salary would be 0200 and 6400 maximum salary fur principals was set at 7400 these are the current amounts which are being paid in adjacent schools according to the advertisements and the board felt that to get competent teachers these amounts would have to be paid theminimums are applicable on all present members of the staff of teachers as of the- beginning of the school year in september consultative committee to meet notice was received that the consultative committee set- up to study high school mailers ton county would meet on march 21 it was requested the board pre sent to the committee any recom- i mendaions before that date o ear driv h jacksheeh nwn- er of an aeton hake stiop and tain- is pinchm of strcetsville oaniae- i in this acetdent totalled about 900 karly saturday morning two cars collided at the no 7 highway main st ciiiyr into aclon drivers were bruce lvis toronto and robert j marshall acton damage to tin lewis ear was about 100 and to the marshall cur about 500 investicat- i nig consuilile m harness reported a charge laid in connection with this accident lati- saturday alhrnoon during one ol the diys snow squalls n ciir driven by i lacidi- charette i1k 4 acton collided with another driven by john llirfholl it it 2 acton il a mill s corner damage was esti mated hy consuiblc j hodgins d about ji0o apiece monday night a car driven by ri atkinson acton went out of con trol at the corner of gticlph arid young sis arid hit a speed lirnit d the matter should he county council debated in rgn damage to tie i constable llodgins als this accident ir was slighl investigated karly in tuesday nights session a tjlenlea resident asked if snnw- rutted roadways in the southern end of the subdivision might be gone over again hy the plow may or tyler replied that attention would be given the area quotes machinery irlcen a representative of pelor hegina grading and excavation f urn from toronto appeared to confirm quot ed rates for machine rental kngineer frank pallesen gave further information on- grade ad justment of a sewer line section in iakcvicw hy the adjustment the town would install a pumping manhole and lower the- level thereby serving cellar drains to sumo 02 houses which the contract or had reportedly been prepared to equip with sump pumps council will approach the contractor to work out an agreement with the town or the basis of cost against i consitleiiilile interest was indirat- ed by mem liei s of halton county jcuui4l 111 go i hiives shannon and w card oak 1 villi- presented a resolution seeking i to have ihe road committee budget i a nliate in towns in the county on tin- basis of id per cent iiistcitilgof i tin- usual lh 1 iti-i-vi- shiiiiioii argued the towns road levy over the past 10 years had gone up doubly and in some cases live tunes hiiliuig hi- said opera- tional costs liiive gone up he did nit feel they had skyrocketed that much ispeeially when the county had not mlcled any mileage to thv county rond system its gelling to the point where 1 our towns ure paying so much to the county for roads that they can- not afford to do the necessary work on their own roads he stated the township representatives felt the 2a4jii cent rebate was suffic- lent especially when the provincial i grant on miintennnce had been re- j ft need some 400tkj however cotin- iresent were trustees coon conk and pills of acton hall pickett and kielty of milton coles brown anderson ot es- quesing forgrave masterman and goodlet of georgetown and chair man ross carbcrt of nassagawcyu presided acton y program varied active r fvents at acton y as winter wears on move freely alony and strike iivnriid program of activity bantam baskcthallers journeyed to kitchener last saturday and went down 4t to tin- kitchener may- fairs the mayfairs move on to the canadian amateur basketball fin als next saturday the local y ban tams meet tin- kitchener ymca team iist weekend twogray cluhs the indies auxiliary and members of the txys and girls gym classes saw a dt kunientary film based on hal- vvoi itiwide centennial celebra- ion oltlu- ym ca m iaris lust summer imeiiiin-rf- of the y ladies auxl- ar are currently looknu after a niv 1 moneyraising project the whip lias circulated foul pan of overalls recipients of the overalls arc asked to patch m their naitie and a donation when the overalls are collected whoever has sewn their patch over the lucky spot wins a prize mr have w4i last said the case of councillor s brunelle before engineer pallesen left urged some agreement be worked out with the puc whereby a man can be readily obtained on loan if needed by tin- town or the engineer mayor tyler reported the com mittee of himself and councillors cook and brunelle had not met with tom brankiewicz as directed at the lastmeetnig to try for an other offer of settlement on the long disputed road course the mayor indicated there was some disagreement between him and councillor cook over whether both the contractor and mr brankie wicz were to be approached or mr brankiewicz alone councillor cook insisted brankiewicz at least should been contacted by now then plenty tif tune between the meeting and this meeting he and voiced that in view of publicity the brankiewicz continued to receive the matter settlement should be expedited just a misunderstanding councillor e footitt interrupted to observe that if the mayor and councillor cook wished to have a personal argument on the subject all right but there was business to lie done in council its no argument just a misun derstanding councillor brunelle offered the committee of three summarily decided to see mr brankiewicz wednesday night a bylaw empowering the may or and clerk to sign the minutes of settlement with esqucsing town- shift for annexation compensation was read under the finalized terms of settlement acton could pay a total of 1579424 spread ov er jr years for school debenture- share on the annexed area alio the town will pay 6000 in 2000 installments over three years et scott was granted a fu concession on town hall rental for saturday night dances up to may 19 ftcntal was reduced to 25 formal notice from the ontario municipal board ruling assent of lectors is not necessary for issue of the 15000 maria st bridjte- debenture was read by the clerk final reading was given a bylaw authorizing ponstruetion and the clerk noted work has started on dismantling the old structure refine service bui a letter from the lakeview con tractors refused a bill from town- for installation of service ell endorsed a resolution that thn problem lie held over until the next meeting so road committee could further study the proposal i reeve hohei t marshall and sid- j ney child were appointed as conn- maintenance cil repi esen laiairwit ur ciildroii machinery 13000 aid society j3 date lor rate next wednesday night council plan to meet in a uperlal waalon to strike iosqn mill rule kumorx have been mowing around town for uimr wrrlm u ho ii i how much higher or lutw much lower than laid years rule of 70 mill the 1056 figure will he council has m far indicated imth- htg to give any rumors auhalmnce at tuesday nights meeting clerk j mcgeachlr reported all estimates in from committers on ly holdup now is a completed auditors report due here next week road in bronte and bronte street in milton are the roads in question the agreement allows the iminict- palities to do the necessary repair work on these roads und bill the county- for the c another bylaw was approved to provide for road expenditures for 1050 at 320000 or 233 mills esti mates include construction at 97- 154200 new and miscelluii- i eous 55000 r was that of the diilikci company at i 1001x1 while the highest u re- approve agreement byxawti j a bylaw was approved to allow the- county to inter into agreements with bronte and milton respectinii county road connecting links in each municipality the second line ten tenders for the construction of the new registry office were re- company of kitchener was award ed the contract reeve harold ad- kins chairman of the building com mittee reported the lowest tender ivd from wolfond of juelph war 02510 the new building will be of brick with stone trim and have a setback on king street of 40 feet comple tion dale 1m set for next september il col ii charters oc i virile scots regiment headed a delegation to request the usual grunt to the regiment and regimental hand he said the strength of the regiment in- eluded 44u men with 3d officers along with both the regimental til ass liand and ihe pipe hand council approved a 1500 grant with saoo each earmarked for the regiment the brass bund und uni forms stiveral urantk were approved they included ualton junior farm ers 400 ail increase of 50 over last year hit j ton plowmens association 250 halton soil und crop im provement association 100 halton agricultural society 500 rsqueslng agricultural society 400 and the a fall k 400 the lust tw grants were each increased 100 over other years the agricultural committee is also continuing the farm pond policy set- ting up u grant of 1000 this amount is matched by the depart ment the n burlington was awarded the con tract to print the minutes and audi tors reports while m t white was gnen the contract to pruit the mag istrates blanks c tmxtxxtr sxvtrtszitxr rest damage milton campaign survey entire county hospital needs after a lengthy debate members of halton county council by a close vote approved a resolution to en gage a firm of consultants to study and make a report on the hospital needs in the county the move was made alter an amendment to have the resolution laid over to the june meeting was lost by a split vote the resolution sponsored by reev es walter lnham and robert shan non followed the establishment of a committee last january to study the needs of hospitals and county assist ance reeve archie service immediate ly wondered if- this move to engage consultants would retard the pro- posals for the now milton and dis trict hospital which was now in pro gress he explained that the muton hospital officials had and are spend ing some 30000 for the promotional work- in conducting the campaign to raise funds for the 60bcd hospital survey benefit county reeve shannon did not feel it would interfere with the milton program for a hospital but he said the facts and figures eslabljshed by dr harvey agnew in the survey would be of great benefit to the county as a whole he explained this man was the best in the country and was recommended by officials of the department the cott of the sei vces of this firm was 4fi0o trafalgars reeve robert marthau felt there might be some confusion created especially when milton hospital committee has progressed as far as it has he requetted the motion be tabled until the june meeting deputy reeve fred atkinson burlington failed to see how the survey could interfere with miltons program while reeve harold ad- oxy theatre here is purchased by odebn theatres canada ltd h j dcveau manager of the local thtr rnniiriiill lo lr that j odeon theatres canada limited has acquired the roxy theatre here together with a nurn- haltom debating ttams were honored at the sixth annuel junior farmer banquet and dance held in trafalgarhall friday night when they wore- presented with these trophies on the left are george gtreenlees and mac sprowl the affirmative team and on the right ere lloyd vivian and roy ford the negative feam tbey compete friday night in gyelph the background shows thedopuy bcr of other theatres from national theatre services limiled the roxy theatre will form pstrt of a newly organized theatre chain operating in ontario and known at regional theatre circuit ralph i dale formerly general manager of lines to three houses facing na 7 k council contends tte wiu be general manager of the new circuit the theatre will continue to he operated under the yr manace- highway contractor owes the bill for the bouses served from the rear since it had never been the intention of the town to put sewer and water lines down tibe highway council fcoittiued on pa0e four rra 4kcwfrsiai ment and on the same policy as the pasvaf pit suiting the best i uon picture for local patrons tertainxdeoc name prize winners at acton wi euchre the acton womens institute held i an enjoyable euchre party last week pat the home of mrs wj hall brock ave j despite the disagreeable weather i a large attendance making right tables was present- frizes were awarded the xouorw- ing mrs nichous mrs j ixnreo mats annie aims mrs r u david son for high scores and to mrs- alex frank and mrs george fouotsdn lor low scores ihe frm by mrs d mrs kins nelsfjn felt there wa a wealth of individuals in the county retired professional men who could pro vide this service it my councils feeling the charges for the services of these professional promoters in milton is exhorbitant with paying them s1w0 salary and another 113000 for expenses we are sure this work could have been done more eco nomically he said timing is wrong i an concerned when it cornea out in the press that the county council is going to make this sur vey 1 am not opposed to the en gaging of a consultant but i up sure the timing is wrong reeve service injected i cannot see where this will do any damage to any campaign georgetown has a hospital commit tee set up to investigatetne there and i am informed a similar committee is established in bur lington and district i would be more confident if 1 knew a survey was being made by a man of dr agnews calibre warden stanley allen stated trafalgar council is quite con cerned about future extensions and- are anxious to know if these pro posed hospitals win be urge enough deputy reeve donald bath stated we have had this ex perience in our district end have also asked tor figures but none have been made available t think this report may assist milton if it were found neeeaaary for muton to eav large their pla this survey and report stkseld tie in wis mqtobs pises anteve shanrxin scjartss musonsi adding tt wfil he of i the at tin sejrprfaerj ftl