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v tt eightyfirst year no 40 acton ontario thursday april 1 2lh 1956 ten pages seven cents kiddies aged 345 may receive vaccine the supply of vaccine for the prevention of polio lasts long enough halton children aged three four and five will receive it this year according to authorities from lie department of health halton school children this week carried home to their parents a re quest for poliomyelitis vaccine which when signed by the parents p s trustees study pupil load as classrooms bulge daffodil tea sale at manse saturday the daffodil tea wha sale of t baking held by the daughters of aiiows the children to rece7vcthc j on saturday afternoon in the hots from the halton county health unit those eligible to re- eatve the vaccine are those who re ceived two doses in the spring or early summer of 1935 and all other children attending jelementary pub lic or separate schools those who got the two shots in the arm in the spring last year will receive their third dose tw cherry red scrum is injected in three doses the first two fout weeks apart and the third some months after the second hamilton church mission aids new canadians a home missionary from peoples church at hamilton of her work there nt the easter thankoffcrlng meeting of the wo mans missionary society of the ih guelph in a civil notion brought by mrs edna hordic rr 5 guelph in connection with the fatal accident- that took the life of her husband edward george hardic on august 22 1955 mr hardies body was discov ered on the narrow road that j forms the boundary between wel- told and halton counties fol lowing a party at a nearby farm house the action has been brought ag- united church held monday after- ainsl beverly stewart of rr 1 noon in the sunday school room of puslmch who reported the finding the church the visitors were wel- of the body coned by the president of the group miss m z bennett greetings from knox church were brought by mrs a buchanan from the baptist church by mrs h hetwig from the pentecostal hol iness church by mrs j reid and from ebenezer church by mrs all the top awards of the junior george robertson representatives farmers drama festival at the o were also present from the christ- ac guelph on tuesday were ias reformed church and ballina- j copped by the norvnl club which fad church presented the play sugar and mrs a orr read the scripture spice their presentation was and mrs a shoemaker read onescd the ozburn shield for the of peter marshalls prayers miss b p of festival two mem- dorothy simmons and mrs r bers of the cast mildred johnson vcldhuis added i duet to the pro- ud ross austin were named gram the offering was uikcn by mrs j lambert and mrs lldkcii and earlier to meet the exigencies of educ ational demand the public school board has held special meetings arranging to partition the double kindergarten to accommodate an extra classroom of grade six pup ils the board was grateful to mrs helen little who volunteered to teach the new class from april to june board members studied the fol lowing breakdown of pupil loads in intermediate erodes before making the decision hiss anderson 34 grade four 7 grade five mrs switzer 38 grade five mrs smith 27 grade five 12 grade six mrs polych 34 grade five mr stratton 12 grade six 27 grade seven mr davidson 41 grade six the maximum load for efficient presentation of evidence for the it tnj defense beg yesterday in court tuletne manse was attended by many des pite the bad weather receiving the guests were mrs r h armstrong and mrs e a hansen mrs james inglls mrs h l bennie mrs melvin mccut lough and mrs a j buchanan poured brings civil action on fatal accident and mottn tax situation may halt construction b tt in lakeview cmhc warns builders have intensified their safety- drive with the coming of better driving conditions as weekend motorists multiply on the high ways its becoming a common sight to see opp officer stop ping ears to check brakes lights wipers horns etc many local and district driv ers have already had their ears checked in this area in acton police point out that the safety check docsnt have to be made while motorists are on the highway the police anxious to see as many cars as possible with the safety check tag on their windshields can arrange for the brief inspection if the car owner contacts any officer on duty or call the acton opp office at 351 the possibility that building in the rising lnkeview subdivision iiinybe hailed was revealed in council tuesday night ill a letter from jcoutets l dict contractors who wrote that central mortgage and housing corpora- linn rvas5 i overloading of classrooms more may bo anticipated therefore grade six pupils were j j transferred to the new classroom- grades five six and seven pupils afton rotatv cjlin were evened up in various class- inwal 7 jim ledger heads norval juniors sweep festival up rooms to equalize the pupil load now all the teachers are teaching three straight grades the board commended principal g w mckenzie on the fine redis tribution of pupils which will en- ahle teachers to maintain high standards of teaching in acton public school j th- home and school association im iedgcr is the new president of the rotary club following ss- option ol a new slate of officers tuesday others on the executive are vicepresident bill mattocks secretary ted hansen treasurer walt woodburn directors harold kinread david dills fred gordon and wes mosaics peanut day was one of the items the best actress the play at and best actor which was presented the halton drama fest- rcquisted additional safety precau lions for the school crossing at river mid willott streets at u pub- he school board meeting last week h freuler appeared for the as sociation to ask for protection at the junction of these two streets during the peak load of pupils going to and from school tht- board pointed olit that juris diction over pupils ends at the school property but remindid mr freuler that at the request of the board council has last year erected slop xighs at this center also that cautioned the measures and under discussion at the meeting acton cuba ree at the first regular meeting held since february 14 diolrict scout- iers met in the acton scout hall last week to plan district events i in may the scouts of the north i halton district will be particlpnt- i ing in camporee while in june cubs will be competing in n cub- arec in acton park during business discussions 1 mention was made of conservation year for which each group was asked to consider the theme and carry out some form of conservat ion during 1956 mcmbershipj and possible showing of the movie on the eighth world jamboree for an early meeting next fall were con sidered with great interest erin led by scolder ed holtom took charge rind led the group in wood recognition and map reading games the cubarec which will be held in acton in june will have cubs from acton erin georgetown hills- burgh and milton competing in an allafternoon program following a parade through town it is expected that more than 300 cubs from these five localities will be partic ipating motion for spring is not yet llnanimous those robins were right it is here- in sunny sheltered corners of gardens snowdrops and crocuses are seconding the robins proposal that spring arrived raising their heads ill approval are the swelling tulip daffodil and hyacinth buds first flies and bugs and even snakes all agree hill then- is still an opposition motion in the shade of trees snow and ice are clinging- to the old- fash iimed wuysof winter ds vacation bible school planned by churches for week in july teachers continually dedicnted by mrs p binnie mrs gordon johnson introduced the guest speaker mjss evelyn richer missionary at one of tin- peoples churches in hamilton miss ricker pictured for the group her work in assisting those who cobic to this country in finding homes and positions they often have no friends no knowledge of the english language and very little money miss ricker told of the appreciation that re sults when these people arc given aid and the benefit of christian services through the churchs workers the vote of thanks to the speak er was expressed by mrs lidkcn a former associate the president closed the meeting with prayer the ladies were invited to re main for a cup of ten and refresh ments mrs hannah and mrs lid- ken poured tea an invitation ws extended to the members of the society to at tend meetings of knox and baptist wms iode group given historical talk on pottery most ofus take the dishes we use for granted pointed out nell davy as he introduced a display film and talk on spode china many guests were present at this meeting of the lakeside chapter iode in the new legion hall tuesday evening mr davy is a representative ojt copeland duncan in toronto sole distributors of spode in canada he welcomed don bcxton to our spode family the lustory of pottery was traced swiftly up to the end of the eight eenth century it was then that fine china as we know it was de- ival was directed bv howson rud- dell an audience of close to 800 at tended representing halton county the players matched their skill ag ainst groups from peel welling ton waterloo caledon and huron rounties jean peterson president of the halton juniors chaired the ev ening this is the third year the intercounty festival has been held children on safety would continue to do so j it was considered that safety measures taught m the home and cairud out rigidly ly the parents especially when with children at j sttvel in lersocl ions ly crossing pro- prrv msiead ol jay walkine would have a greater safety value and prove much more worthwhile the secretary reported receipt of soli mm resident fees finance state ment of s2uut was approved and fkiymenl authorized tin- painting done during the mas ter htilidays was inspected ly the board and found to lc satisnictorv the regular meeting of the acton ministerial association was held last monday morning at ten oclock at the united church manse the rev 0 adams president of the as sociation acted as chairman the most important item on the agenda was tile formulation of pre liminary plans for tht- vacation church school which will be held this year from monday july 2 until friday july fi the rev gordon adams was appointed dean of the school and director of music it was drcichd to hold a meeting of the teaching slaff of the sclimol oh monday may 7 in st alhans par ish mail ray ciisterus student pastor of ih- acton haptist church announc ed the dale of ins ordination to the ministry as wednesday may 30 and extended an invitation to all the acton clergy to attend the service of ordination will be held in the ac ton baptist church a lengthy discussion followed concerning the subject of evening services all clergy reported a steady decline in evening attend ance hut most reported substantial increases in attendance at morning services all churches reported re cord knster day attendance nt all services for that day mr osterus reported that their hoard had definitely decided to con tinue evening services throughout the summer months mr adams re port d to the meeting that the unit ed church had decided to discon- inue evening services until the fall commencing sunday april 29 the rector of st abans anglican church rev k jones informed the meeting that there would be even ing services on the first two sun days in the month of july as the bishop of the diocese will be com ing for th- rite of confirmation on sunday july h rev it armstrong felt that he could not speak for his churchs policy on this -natter- since he would in- leaving shortly to a new charge in hamilton however he did express the opinion that it would le likely that knox church would withdraw their evening ser- vicis during t months of july and august th- meeting closed with prayer and the benediction by the presi dent mr adams ys men serve at fifth annual banquet in y over 100 attended the fifth an nual mother and daughter banquet sponsored by the ymca ladies auxiliary in the y on thursday of last week the turkey dinner pre pared by the indies was served traditionally by ys men mrs joe hurst was ehairlady for the event mrs doug rogers wel comed the mothers and girls and mrsd wilds introduced the head table mrs bob brayshawejpross- od a welcome from the ymca i miss norma sinclair proposed a j toast to the mothers and mrs g hngkctt replied with a toast to the 1 daughters mrs f ganley led in a sing song and then played the piano for a sol by gwen bean and duet by mary kay gibbons and kay den nis mothers and their daughters was the topic mrs robert buckner the guest speaker chose appropriately she was introduced by mrs s sinclair and thanked by mrs doug i mason little jill hurst presented her with a bouquet five acton girls at skating school acton members attending the easter holiday figure skating school at the guelph college ar ena were linda braida donna ledger elizabeth force diane newton and mary jane force the easier school is run as an extra or unscheduled activity for members of the guelph college figure skating club who are train ing for tests at the club year end the lie arrnnjimintv lijt club manager fred mason and senior club professional iloss smith is on hand to give any pri vate instruction needed meter readers problems touchy too puc learns before the curtain rises on any stage production theres always lastminyte makeup daubing and costume checking nbt to mention lines scanning acton home arid school association players georgctownguelph arutlcitcnen veloped in england josiah spode are ncr different as belle newton straightens bill wilsons tie before the first night performance of er made the first full servjee of din- nerware in 1770 including plates an innovation the spode method is still very much the same and the- plant in england is about the last to still produce completely hand craft ware spode is famous for quality mr davy stressed the excellent glaze feels warm although- a minimum of five per cent bone is necessary for bone china spode has over 47 per cent bone specie is heavy its few air spaces assuring durability the comedy nothing but the truth in the public school auditorium tonight and friday night 55 wff5tvt ss3tjfls olympic day climax to y program last week champions declared the job of meter reading has its problems and one of them was brought to the attention of public utilities commission members last week in a letter from the acton ratepayers association the letter reported that a glen- lea housewife recently got a aright i when a strange man walked into i the house in order she learned later to read the meter commis sion members were told that the housewife had seen footprints into the house before discovering the reason 1 the letter suggested more con sideration and care be used by p uc employees entering to read meters commission members regretted are at visiting walker lodge and laiy was starue but tinted out that under law the right of ddgm visits walker lodge the district deputy grand mas ter of wellington district rt wor bro ross r mckay paid his an nual olficial visit to walker lodge on monday evening and was the guest of honor at the banquet which followed in the legion hall over 135 attended with guests from 15 lodges at 3alt erin mr mckay expressed his pleas- last thursday was olympies day at the acton ymca competition was keen in all four divisions and it has the longest line of patterns lhe wlnners worked hard for their victory i in the junior competition linda coxe and lome bennett tied for i first at the end of the regular con- flmer smith intnxhiced mr tests and the winner had to be de- performance in each and articles in the world with 200- 000 patterns a cuniqlete service in cludes from 20 to 1500 different orticles mrs davv and he was thank eclby mrs a buchanan who presented him ith a gift spontaneous- ippldusc broke out when mr davy road the name of the winner of a cup and saucer mrs robert armstrong she is leav ing acton shortly four other small gift- were given te mrs pat waldie mrs ken adnmson mrs clarence rognvaldson and mrs v garner refreshments about u5 were served to a large crowd attended the lust dance of the season for the square daiiee club in the parish hall on friday evening 7 cided on performance in each ev ent the championship went to linda coxe for her record of nine and one half minutes of skipping betty allaiiby took the senior competition with three firsts and a second for 11 points margaret surter was her nearest rival with eight points the girls events were high jump broad jump skipping and a potato r senior records set at thu firs meet were high jump bett allinby three feet seven inches standing broad jurtip betty allaii by six feor skipping betty alhin by one minute and 35 second poato race second junior records were high jump lorraine bennett three feet three inches broad jump helen benton tour feet seven inches skipping linda coxe nine minutes and 30 seconds and the potato race lor raine bennett 20 and seventenths seconds in the boys events the first place in the juniors competition went to pat churchill with 11 points the senior beys provided another tie for first place between dale woodburn and bruce and rews with bruce andrews winning in a tic breaking vent of run ning broad jump bruce leaped a total of 11 feet 10 inches to wih thesenir section the boys record- ior juniors m- chi h4h jmpp vu ciuneiih three feet five iru-her- oroad lunrp at churcmll five feet sever in ches medicine ball throw pat rchurchul la feet and potato race michael maddocks 2s and mho- were high jump bruce andrews four feet ought inches broad jump bale woodburn seven feet five inches medicine ball throw bruce andrews 29 feet potafo race dale woodburn 24 and ninetenths sec onds on friday mike churchill bet ty allnnby stewart macdonald and peter newton met in the final round of the table tennis tourna ment betty ahanby and stewart mae dona id met m the final round and stewart macdonald von a de- ciive victory to tike the champ- lonship in the junior badminton tourna ment ihyed friday afternoon upfcio pism- went through the toifrnament nnriefnt ttilry t margaret suntuu 2s tenths seconds records for the senior section junior ictianipionsmp mike mad- ri- i-k- rati a close secmid nnd it was fast and furious narne when these two met m the finils pasma won b a narrow margin of 15 to 1 i- fconrmutd on page eight meeting his old friends jutcltasw cooper and frank mcintosh as well as new ones he remarked on the quality of the lodge and on the new legion hall i bro gordon beatty proposed the j toast to the grand lodge to which mr mckay replied wor bro a j buchanan welcomed everyone and w bro earl wilson of guelph ex- pressed the thanks of the visitors to walker lodge i a delicious cold plate meal was served by members of the legion auxiliary warm april sun draws frost out income tax deadline may be on ly a few weeks away but at least there can be few complaints about the weather during thepast week after a spatof snnn saturday nirht the following days have been warm and sunny temperal- u res arc risi well into the 50s aurmg thcbcstpart of the day and the mercurys dip durirtg rhenights liasnt been quite so dacp it wont be long until all the frost is out of the ground and with the sap run nearly oyer rur al fields will be under treatment for spring seeding lion officials were worried about the tax situation here niid were con sidering vvitholding further loons the letter pointed out that a cm ilc official proposes to see council about the tax situation the let ter wua not too explicit about what the tax hituation was but presum ably it refers to actons mill rote council members some of them were a little incensed by the letter they questioned the strangeness of the letter and disputed the source of cmiics information it was discussed thafsome informutor ap parently had haywire knowledge of what the towns rate was and is and how the rate translates into tax as sessed mayor e tyler asked that a let ter be sent to cmhc correcting the evident error in information hold by lhe government loan agency and asking n representative to ap pear before council to be shown the error dot agreement through at the outset of tuesday nights short meeting members learned that agreement had been finalized with the humane society to enforce the new dog control bylaw here as well as in milton and georgetown another urburi board project hasnt had us much success jheeve j ha rgrnve- reported that a motion started by the urban board and en dorsed by acton which declared dissiitisfnction with the work of the county engineer came to a dead end at county council tuesday when confusion developed over the source and framing of the resolution mil- tun and georgetown were sympa thetic to the gist of the motion but i had not actually endorsed it j the ilenlea contractors bradley and houghton asked that the meet ing with the town to decide- on the fate of lhe present dump area be- i held over until later this was agreed to i first mid second reuding wus i given a bylaw providing for a vote april 23 on the iiestion of forming a parks hoard of management a petition with 200 names asking for j the vote was noted confirm permit rebate a letter trum the hulton county health unit confirmed a rebate of 30 per cent on permit fees to towns having plumbing inspection by the unit council passed a resolution arreptirig this arrangement mayor tyler read a letter from the mayor of acton england which introduced an english actonian and extended greetings to canadas ac ton mayor tyler said the immi grant clifford golden had visited here over the weekend and intend ed to return to acton from toronto where he is now working later in the summer a cheque from the lakcview con tractors for slmk was received as payment to the town for the con- lr- ii i ll j nr costs for the persistent branklewlcz road ex likjpriaion case the cheque was issued with the understanding it represents the contractors full in terest and obligation tirrns of the latest agreement to finish the brankiewicz case were read but it was found the situation is still unsettled the expropriation action still hangs and there is still indecision over whether a house near the proposed road course will be moved or not the confused case will go to yet another meeting with mr brankie wicz to exempt from taxation first readings were given a by law lo exempt from taxation except school and local improvement rates the enlarged acton legion hall for a maximum of 10 years or until the i mortgage is paid off the bylaw i pending approval is likely to go into effect next year i legion president vic patrick present with secretary gordt mc- cutcheon said that for april a to tal of 10 acton organizations will use the new hall the executive has set rentals at a lenient rate for local groups he added council accepted two indigent patient accounts also accepted the completed auditors report for 1955 the march police report was read and a bylaw passed setting day- light saving time here to begin april 2s need excavations inspector council was asked by the depart ment of labor to name a person to inspect public and private trench excavations to conform to safety regulations passed under provincial act the matter is to be discussed at an urban board meeting a favorable report from the i access to all meters is held by the commission for its employees members also considered that they are sure meter readers dont at tempt to frighten householder the puc has good faith in its em ployees members added chairman f g oakes asked that a letter of reply be sent to the ratepayers association new light standards for mill at the outset of the meeting the commission discussed sending a hydro employee to the hepc school at niagara falls for a month later agreed to leave the idea over for discussion in the fan discussed with hydro superin tendent d mason was installation of new light standards on the north side of mill when new side walks arc laid this summer stan dard installation at the subdivisions was also discussed members noted the submitted minutes of conventions of the om e a and af the american water works association i canadian sect- inni aln tiilhjrrjed reservatlbhs- in london for a local waterworks employee to attend a convention there later this month the account of k inglis was cre dited with 10 from his consumer deposit f continued- on page ifirie continued on page fourt misiwir in aagbaeffiigft- v 4 another rumor ruaskim that a large aircraft compaay had land for purchase jut actona eastern limits were- ctr- ealatins the town last week bat are so far- onfoundod the free- press sought eaflrm- ation from- two whose names flgared la the of tdlnipenduic land sale landowners denied any ledie of the rumored dealings source of the rumor at na- known however morethaa one person reported the news was snnodsmed over a brampton rad io utitn j x 1 us