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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 19, 1956, p. 9

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t thursday april 19th 1956 the acton free press acton ontario page nine b o w li o w i drop in anytime for coffei i make it a bowling date for saturday night open bowling fridays and saturdays acton bowling lanes phone 697 10 main st big news in style new longer bigger look its craftsmanship with a flair in m torque in 4 new engines heirs to mobilgas economy crown inbrakevsnew safetyaction brakes husky enough to stop a car almost twice its size in beauty new flightstyle control panel with magnifying cyclopseye speedometer in the low price field actons parklands will revert to the separate control of a parks board 6t aaanagement this year if aaondays vote getsan affirrnative maority from citizens not only the park bordered by fairy lake shown in this summertime photo would be administered by the board but any lands acquired by the town in the future for parks use jsstassssssssssasamssssbj wmammmimfivsstrrsmzszgx big new two door 2290 oo start survey on county hospitals during may reeve robert marshall reported last week the hospital committee of county council had met with dr agnew the recently appointed county hospital consultant dr agnew had indicated his firm would begin the survey on county hospital requirements in may and would complete it by september reeve marshall reported dr ag new had suggested completion of his survey should not interfere with the milton district hospital cam paign for funds there are 265 seats in the house of commons arid 102 in the senate mac sprowl heads planning committee junior fanners field day the largest of its kind in the dominion is being planned by a committee the event on june 16 will feature softball rifle shooting tugofwar square dancing and horseshoe pitch ing and end with a dance counties participating will be halton wellington brant dufferin peel norfolk wentworth oxford waterloo iinrnln perth ontario york haldimand south simcoe nprth simcoe grey huron well- and and bruce chairman of the planning com mittee is mac sprowl of halton committee members are marie eck- er wentworth county director myrtle stewart of dufferin charlie corry perth county director d mccutchcon of dufferin and jim needham of bruce mac sprowl is also on the eligibil ity committee other halton juniors on committees are jack marshall of acton on the tugofwar john picket of hornby on the rifle shooting and george greenlees of campbdlville in the horseshoe pitching plus accessories come in see it drive it today only down highest tradein allowance rosedale pmone 16 service centre cton oftspeedv ale ave e at northeast city limits now open thursfri april 1920 outlaw stallion sat mon april 2123 track of the cat tues wed pril 2425 public enemy thursjeri april 2627 you know what sailors are children i playground 2 shows nightly t a or ll a lhiiaren ungtr 12 yean free she likes ike lethbridge alta icp af tor president eisenhower announc cl he would seek a second teim sti nographcr leora long turned wearing an for vs ork button i lik h s holden optometrist eyes examined glasses fitted 7 douglas st guelph swimming deer puts cops into bulldogging act bronte police and oakville spca officials went into a wildwest bull- dogging act last week to capture a deer swimming in bronte harbour the deer believed to have escap ed from santas fairyland on the queen elizabeth highway got loose in the valley of the 12 mile creek it is believed to have wended its way down the valley finally arriv ing at bronte harbour i the animal was first cornered on the west pier but as the hunters aproached dived in and swam across the harbour i bronte police chief barney lowe i and spca officer alan mcnab fin ally captured the animal by taking a flying tackle on it on the top of the harbour bank and then rolling in a tangle to the beach where the nimnl was finally trussed after being placed in the spca vehicle the deer trving to kick out the sides of the truck received a bpoken right leg it was n moved to the spca at oikvilk where it had to be des troyed the carcass was given to the halton centennial manor george hume is club president the innuguril meeting of the west halton 4 h tractor mninten- ince club was held in the count v court house tuesdi of last vvoik the meeting began with the reg istration of all the members of the various 4h clubs assistant agric ultural rcpresentativ e art bennett directed this part of the meeting follow ing registration the mem bers divided into their arious clubs for the e lection of officers the following were elected presid ent george hume vicepresident mervjn colling secretar treasur er da id hume now fargo offers i 3 express models easy to handle easy to load easy on gas easy to buy plans refected for rezoning of parishes in area a plan to rezone united church parishes was turned down when representatives from rockwood stone ebenezer and arkell church es met in rockwood united church last week to discuss property boundaries in relation to releasing ministers for other duties rev james telford of paisley memorial and rev e e baskicr dublin church guelph represented the presbytery committee for re- zoning the suggestion was that rockwood eden mills and eben- ezer be one charge and stone speedsidc and barrie hill be one charge and the arkell congregat ion go to paisley memorial the visiting ministers made a strong plea for consideration of the needs of the charges in the west the first speaker for rockwood said that he feared that any change would create more problems than it would solve ebenezer has the onl resident united church minister in nassaga- weya established 133 years ago it has an identity dear to its mem bers ebenezer paid for one third of the cost of the first ryerson printing press and in 14151 rev joel kennedy great grandfather of the present pastor mr slinn visit ing ebenezer congregation to en thuse and encourage them brought with him school books and relig ious tracts f rom r erson objections to the merger includ ed the extra work to the minister in the closely settled area concern ed a pastor could not adequately cover his field it was pointed out that the charges are grouting with the suburban developments it was suggested that a better public rel ations job could be done bv the church with students to encourage them to enter the ministry it was suggested that the small charges could be handled b retired min isters and stduenu and that la men could sere with pi i iodic sup crvision a specific plan was suggested for barrie hil to join the new trinitv church hie chairman ask ed for n standing vote on the quos tion and it was unanimouslv car ried that the charges rem im as at present lightfingered soul filches milk money hht fingered soul with 1 wt lknes foi milk bottli coins un ioubu cm thinks 0kilu is pi o f itiolt pint thrmilh vhuh to piss thi pi i son would bt v k onu it tht towns p1iti offid for pu st r inr jliout looting of nulk bot tks 1 itim tlu nunu 1 1 us t ompl nnls it n tin mndunns tlu lijjit lnjiira oru bi fore d iu n orm fm ihiininc lu iptd himstlf to mom ir milk bnttlis m oru st 1 1 1 n of the tow n 1 ht sixm to ni kt 1 piiiodu cuin up slid victor i iwiencc of ouk tilt d in if t r tht buttlt munlv the lis ho added thit once victims most hopseholdt is bought tickets from duvtrs md put them instead of coins in the bottles most people either leave a cheque piible to the remparvii er tickets in the bottle siul dave mover office manager ef gilbrea dairv he agreed with mr lawr- vrrv thrrt nn hnmetm n crs generall didn t repeat the er tor of leaving moruv in milk hot ties chronicles f ginger farm written specially jot the jror t ret pren bv r gwendoline p clarke that clock i mentioned last week the one that sounded like a buzz- saw its back to normal again now apparently something was wrong with its lubrication system something very wrong i would say for i never heard anything like it even after we got t home again i thought at first it was just as bad as ever there was still a noise i listened and listened and then i laughed it wasnt the clock i heard but a passenger train chugging its- way out of the station i thought i would let you know about our timepiece just in case any of you might have a simila experience incidentally there was no charge for fixing the clock as it came under the guarantee well i guess in time we shall get used to queei noises around here the other night rusty was barking like fury there didnt seem to be anyone on the premises so we fin al called him in so that peace and quietness might be restored next morning we discovered the reason for his excitement on the highwav just below our line fence there is jn sbend complete with uaid rails someone driving n new car apparently lost controj of the vehicli wont through the fence and over hit bank 1 suppose itust heard noises when the tow truck was cilled to the scene we lout know why that nccid- i ent happined but i was on a county road the othei dav on which i anv thing could happen up to the brow of a certain hill the road was good just over the brow it was anv thing but good the road had in a vi i bidlv and lift a a huge boil light acioss the road natur ally this was obscured by the hill and vet the t was no warning sign to indicate what was ahead an unwu motorist could be in tin ditch before he knew what had h lppuied in which cise i believe in could bring a charge against the tountv btt aust of the absence of warning signs if he could prove the accidint was the result of road conditions motorists are continually urged to drm cue fullv isn t it just as iikissuv fm those in charge of eimntv and township roads to erect vvun inc siciii whin road condit ions ii uiisifi fm normal driving last w n k wt saw n similar in stance in iriotlu i county onlv wois giin it was just over the blow of the hill but in this case foi tin width of a car the road was j koiki hut in that ve iv spot a car was pit kid as i result bob had to diivi thimigh the worst of the boil roads ire bound to break up in spi ing it is unreasonable to expect ripans to be made all at once but i don t think it is unreasonable to expect thit k iriung signs be er ected whin necessary after all farmers as taxpavirs arc share holders in county and township roads and sure iv shareholders are entitled to express an opinion or voici i com plaint if insufficient at- tl ntlon b 1ive n in roads thut p c moose the one you need 1 vtoh in his ir- my ton iis ter tew 54 1 tou 125 te mam 54 w my cmiare fargo features for out-and- out value new hlgftor powrl the right power and the right truck save you time on every trip 12- volt electrical system means faster starting greater capacity for accessories nw fargo ton express illustrated alto available with pushbutton automatic trantmiuion these big loads with ease more pay load more profit per trip new handling turning trucks of all available all models i shortest power brakes planners plan tooters toot on trafalgar and bronte represent atives got pushed around by oak- v ille members of the oakville tra falgarbronte planning boird one night recently and still harmony reigned thanks o the town citiz ens band the board had been scheduled to meet in the tow n council cham ber but as the bandsmen had giv- i en up the chamber on tucsdav night owing to a council meeting the tooters took over mundiv evjen i ing instead ah we need is crumpets and tea observed trafalgir rep res i entative norman small as the planners rallied in the town offic es above in the council chamber the citizens band was placing ah sweet mvstery of life at the same hour four miles awav representatives of oakville and trafalgar council found harm- onv far removed as they debated the sewer question new bigger payloacfsi 5000 lbs gvw to 46000 lbs gvw up to 65000 lbs gcw fargo 6s and v8s from 125 to 220 tup can handle new chassis laaturasl in creased capacity spnngs and axles on many models tubeless tires available learn bow fargo trucks can save yon money jnst phone your fargo dealer ihrysler corporation of canada ltmittd watch cumax shower of stars weekly on twcheck your newspaper for date and time fargo trucks built to fit your jobf 5000 lbs gvwto 65000 lbs s c w 252 queen st grants motors acton phone 85 reliable 24 hours a day phone 430 it costs so little to take a taxi and the convenience is worth much more f- i w coffee and snacks to take out we deliver fish and chips our specialty 9k main st acton vide hi7ards for motorists but lets think of life on a high er level yesterday i heard geese up aloft i couldn t sec them be cause of the clouds but at lenst it was heor te hcar them and the song sparrows and robins later in the day we heard swamp frogs singing so there we have life on three levels under the water on the ground and above thi clouds and all creatures keep te their own kvel exce pt man man by his ingenuity has dis covered means to dive below the surface of the waters and to sein above the skies although the mnj ority still swarm over the earth like unts on a hill yesterda we realized thii onl v too well is we went down id oak ville to hive dinner with lev and bob in the afte moon hub took us nil iround the town and its surround i iiks the huge ford place the new cement plant that covers even more acreage and then the bouses subdivision after sub division- ind everv finished house was ocrupied ifthev were not al ready lived in von would wonder where the people were all coming from to fill them i m telling you it deemed vcr quiet and itecludcd wtwn w got back to ginger farm but during the night 1 was awake quite n bit and do you know while i was try ing to get off to sleep again aji i could see was houses rowi and rows of houses houses except for the coloring all so very much alike our hundredandiwo yer house looked drab bv comparison well hear a truck coming up the lane that means two more of lur farm family will soon be on thfir wa to the stock nrds whn koows next time you buv veal uteak or cutlets ou mav be eating veal that was raited at ginger farm now that should be a privilege i think we should have it stamped on the carcass jut for fun on the other hand inltiali can be miseaiing g f could land equatl well for good fortune or great failure just depending on vour sens f alues made whtle you watt keys hintons 5c1 store

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