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-rrrrfr- i eightyfirst year no 42 acton ontario thursday april 26lh 195o ten pages seveii cent minor hockey banquet features trio from canadas olympic team over its young hockey hopefuls ttad a memorable night last week at the minor sports associations antsmial banquet three members of osmadvs olympic hockey squad ate talked and mingled with the boys and even left autographed jbsaos fbe every one of thenu charlie booker butch martin ana byrie kllnek made last thurs day nights banquet an exciting finale to this seasons ice activity mm atiuumitonr pockstera the kkcbeaerwattrloo dutchmen des cribed higtiligtita of the olympic hodrey eowpetloons this winter at cortina italy and juggled a bar- aaae of quastiana relayed from the ays by den bajcton covering wide assclss of wonderment vbe boys well fed by the xad- issf legion auxiliary with hot dogs ant cream and chocolate milk fenard the canadian hockey rep resentatives voice personal thanks ftar the spirited ovation of welcome xman acton given their team on ae return trip home from malton the young players listened intent ly while don bexton queried the dutchmen on style of eur op- hockey and playing conditions 1 w f thanks far assistance association president herb woods who spoke the orffnnizat- ions thanks to managers referees committee members and all who helped the minor league through the season thanked the three vis itors secretary george holllnger also thanked gvw mckenzie and f huntcr for their cooperation and work with the league through the winter on behalf of his fellow players george oakes presented the guests with a small gift from tbe assoc iation bob coxc captain of the win ning senior group tearn accepted the acton legion trophy from legion president vic patrick the george mplozzi trophy was ac cepted by keith mainprize captain of ernie marks winning intermed iate team in the junior group the winning team was coached by johnnie mellon with captain ger ald weick accepting the acton creimery trophy the jack kentner trophy for the most sportsmanlike player was won by ron mellon it was pres ented by jack kchtncrs young son a new trophy presented by the acton legion for sportsman ship in the junior group wns awarded to jimmy bullough and wnspresorrtpdbycrw mckenzie films of some of the games at the winter olympics were shown the boys to conclude the evening pa ving of all or big part of town streets may be done this year rri v g x flskk a m nk- s3rsj4smata3sc i debenture or not puc uneasy on this question hold surprise party i for 80fh birthday a delightful surprise party was held saturday evening at the home j of mr and mrs ray everdcll in honor of their grandmother mrs j lydia everdel 1 on the occasion of her 80th birthday games were en- joyed during the evening followed by a delicious lunch complete with birthday cake and candles follow- ing this her two great grandnught- ers ruth everdel 1 and sharon stew- art presented her with a gift from all present thus- attending were mrs wilma anderson and mrs helen mcdonald torontu mr and mrs jack stewart sharon and steven hamilton mr and mrs j j stewart mrs h mc- cutcheon and mr and mrs ray everdell ruth and ricky of acton urban bd holds informal talks on education north halton urban board mem bers involved themselves in a round table talk on education last night at a meeting in acton the conversa tion ruse out of a notice of a public meeting of the recentlyformed high school consultative committee which will hold an open forum in milton to debenture or not to debenture currently a controverted question j with the local puc which has i had nnd will have heavy capital i expenses in fastgrowing acton again took the centre of debate at last weeks meeting this time discussion sprang from n reoccurring topic thats set off talk on the same subject before wages after hydro superintendent d mason asked for a review of his salary commission members again sought reasons why the acton p i i u c never seems to be in a finan- j ml pisition to compete with salar- ics paid utilities employees in near- i j by towns and neain it was offered that the bnsic reason lies in the habit of the 1 commission to spend current rev enue on capital works that should according to hepc officials be i dobenturized the same admonition was made at last weeks chamber of commerce civic night when two speakers questioned the wisdom of the puc underwriting caprt- al expenditures in one year secretary j mcgcachic suggest- ed the employees wages were taking secondary consideration in council compares paving to maintenance cost now the possibility of paving nil or n large urt of actons scarred streets this year wus raised in council monday night when mayor k tyler trued the loads committer to gather cost estimates fur study i up lo now only three short roads kmit ave iaik ave ami a stni mill st w have 1kii slaletl foi i harduippni this year in the jinid- ual ptukiahi if paving council briefly viewed mounting niutllteiialtre cots on hie lijwnb i roadway ami heard tin- suggetioii i it might ih- llime iviilkitliilral to bear the ieleituie deht on paved streets til in tu pill up year itt i yeai with nihk maiiilnii l clel k mrtieiithle uii alio umid to contact 11 e iligliwav- liiit llieiit regaitlllik gents n ilruwil spoke ut lla matte i cltuiulllil it les of liiplhr to treat tile streets with this yiir several luetnlipis disagreed with any lliiuem of re turning to um of ahiuin anil maintained lu oil and giavil had proven lets expelimve ami mole durable schedule of work was diacuaaed with foreinnu a kirknott who suggested mit liolea might be more economically anil thoroughly filled by use of u compressor the rouil committee wua also linked to inves tigate purchasing miller than retil- log this machine i in the meantime repair of win ters wear on the streets is to con tinue councillors w cook and s llrilllelle ellleretl tie dtaciisblill with councillor otok reporting mvtral bail spots on streets in ilced of attention mnl way tliiiiiei the talkb tin ials an exchange flared up te- l ween councillor cook and drown vc lnn tin- former eiilieiti there uis vet to lie ti ftil meeting of the iad ctiimnittei- councillor llrown n ee lu anwir that as climrm of tlie committee he knew what he was doing anil inilitel oiil llkme linl not been a meeting slllee robin ikoi jut now coitic lo the utate wluri wtik roulil lc started maytn tviim migijcsled a coin iikittei- ntettiiig licld as hikiii in smlle lall lloti to call fire hall addition tenders anothci volnny which hover- i ijilially the lkcn w mtiai toi d mil of tiicciv night ljuim- wn- involveil hut now the jumi is a hew fir- hll a plan preiu i lea huiliters ittatllcv anil lloufili ed hv the iovaii efiineir wa look ln have leli ilfectel jy tli i ml iltlmu trophies fojt sportsmanship were among the awards made at last weeks mtrior sports associa tion banquet which was highlighted by the presence of three canadian olympic hockey players shown here witji jim bullough and ron mellon wh j won trophies for sportsmanship the kitchener- waterloo dutchmen are left to right charlie broo cr buch aairhn and beryl klmck parks board passes 155 to 6 over 90 per cent of voters stay home l braida wins two scholastic awards leno braida 23 son of mr and mrs abelc brnida 173 main street south has recently been awarded a shell oil company research fellowship valued at 2300 and an the face of budgeted spending in ontario research foundation scho- the utilities expansion of this larship valued at si 000 town get system surrey mayor e tyler said he was anx ious to get an hepc system sur vey to find out amog other things why the acton puc seems unable to pay its employees more money court house later in may rising education costs methods of school taxation area high school facilities enrolment academic standards teachers qualifications student discipline and conduct all figured in the rambling talks soc ialization of the entire educational system was even discussed as was what one member described thje text book racket no proposals or decisions came out of the meeting to take to the consultative committee session early in the- meeting the board ordered f pallesen actonmilton engineer paid sqtm on mileage for march it was reporter- the oakville and district humane society has receiv ed a cheque for dog control service and purchase of a new truck from the three towns members express ed satisfaction with the first reports of the societys- work in this area secretary j meoeachie brought to the boards attention a letter from the department of labor dealing with the trench excavators act the letter asked an inspector be ap- pointed to enforce regulations of the act in private and public worws where digging is done no action was taken on this request briefly touched on was the trail er camp problem acton members noted their town has a rigid bylaw brigade baffles two grass fires two grass fires in actons rural fure areas following two similar blazes last week again brought local firemen out this week to control flames spreading over quickly dry ing grass a grass fire behind the melancon home west of eden mills spread out of control late sunday afternoon and the fire brigade was called many cars followed the truck along the highway through the lovely lit tle village of eden mills and down a narrow road to the fire cars were still arriving as others left wednesday shortly after noon an alarm was sent in to fight a spread ing grass fire on the farm of r mac- donald 4th lone of esquesing a a behind a new house which was ttkreatened for avnile tbe fire was believed to have mpraad from tbe township dump nearby george tmmu tirenmq also answered ttae possibly we dldnt mai i d enturing soon enough chairman f oakes said secretary mcgeachic threw iri some contradictory facts when he reminded that in the last two years the hepc has cut nearly in half two debenture applications made r y t h is comm iss ion all rieht mayor tyler resum ed the hepc thinks weshould debenturize our capital expenses then lets apply right now for an- other debenture to finish the sub divisions this idea was digested to mean the hepc would be quickly forthcoming with a financial sur vey of acton p uc hydro oper ations members savored the notion for awhile but no firrri decision was made eventually discussion returned to superintendent masons salary question this was set aside for later study meter work pipe breaks earlier superintendent mason had reported further meter repa- work and in this regard it was de cided to have renovated at st each those converted meters which are giving trouble waterworks superintendent j lambert reported another pipe break in lakeview this is the seventh break with transit pipe he added he also noted some meters are beinr repaired started a brief discussion on replacement of the marin street water line and re- ported t w so firy hyd- rants to be raised sewage plant superintendent a duby discussed leakinr trouble with the plant roof also difficult ies with the chimney there he also complained of dangerous shooting going on near the disposal plant sewer flushing is completed he added and discussed some manhol- fconrinued on pape throe in 1955 he graduated in chemical engineering at- the university of toronto and attained his bsc d- gree he is now working towards his masters of applied science and engineering degree at the univer sity and will continue his slurb- towards a doctorate degree born eighth gas well roars in friday for acfon firm another natural gas well roared open last friday in esquesing township under the drilling rigs of actons anthony cas and oil ex plorations ltd this is the no 8 wcitarid according to a drillers es timate could produce a million cubic feet per day the latest strike by the acton company is on the english farm iri acton he attended public and high school here acton friends join in congratul ations on this fine achievement everyone is losing as daylight saving a full hour taking that springtime puzzler is with us again this weekend whether to sit the clock ahead or behind whether we luse ar hour or gain an hour whether we ro to church an hour earlier orw hour later well thu clock is set ahead an hour thereby losmc one and if its done last thing saturday nigh you should get to church next murninc on time acordtng to proclamation day- keht saving time doesnt officially start until 2 arn sunday anri n continues to september 3c fiiunh hue uf ebuuesinrc and is- within a halfmile radius of five- other producing wills on the mac- donald and moore farmlands trenton lime pay sand in this district has reportedly been con sidered a longlife gas production sand and has been under search for some years the no 8 well attracted flocks of visitors over the weekend when the shaft cap was opened the escaping gas set up a heavy hiss that could be heard over a wide area tv newscasters featured this latest well on this weeks news recently the anthony gas and oil explorations ltd signed a frm contract to supply gas by july 1 to the united suburban gas co ltd which this winter was awarded a i certificate of public convenience and necessity to pipe natural gas to acton milton and georgetown officials of the locaj company announce that drilling is continu ing in the area south of acton- and additional rigs are to be moved into operation on new locations 1 over 91 per cent of acton i 1717 cillble voters failed to ilni lhir democratic privilege on mu- lav when the jol rnation of ii a k coetimission for the town wis pi up for th decision of cltits while 164 men and women carre v- im- town hall lo register a nc- unanimous ilriiun ir favor m tli parks commission 1 a nayci home as far as can tx recalled lii i th- worst showing acton has u rr-dr- in a vole although 201 had signed j jct ilion to hold lh vote less i a thit cast ballots of the 104 voter 15a wn- ir favor of the parks commission with six against three ballots were spoiled by imnroncr markings ed iivri iiic il lors also smclf icaliios tid on tin- li pilovx1 ty lilt flietlmll 1111 mis emniiit l al hclweeu sioiilki and s2ii oh ih nr hall would l an aiitiitiin in the pnserl tut- di- pirliikit iusil- council approved a lootlor in mr iiclitk tli- rijineei to prepan- th- hiijvji fltill plans lint pcif ictmns ir rdi lhal i nil is inehl ih- miinht mar i li i poitd to muii ciloi that ii iatesl- an npl 1 settle the itf standing lliaiiki- alsy failtl mr hralik ic-ii- if mii alll aill not arc pi a ihi-u- for sltlfrienl un til the l llk straightened conn- release f ihi illor mill trifg lo firil a i ijuencl n tic ol aitliiit io i l fnifliiri- -ig- i eel i ti il another mcetinc this trr iili tl- lakcicw om wainliit fim m ii no kruuiu ijvrn mayor tyler suui that in hie lleelile the tmiic llllils i rmldn i be pllinecj down to rcaboli iwliy actonii lax rate was fsliy worse than nthci- miililelialltlifs jwhnh have null laten as high a ic oi lit and cm iic loaiill ale s 1 1 1 1 going lo hiidctcid iri thie tlis the lei k added that meanwhile llricllcv anl houghton have been releasc1 loal on 10 more liouaeft ltpa vis aimh lalion piemdent i liae al hi- meeting with sv- other assialion lritlntris askl if the iami aas known for 10 loana hi- aiho 13 pci cent county iiili-riiri- rise to be reckonnl ith in acton at the- end uf this ti- tors 1oorni o ji i 1 pniaralir f a hvlaa atirr aoold authric n- riatort- to r greerrent f rrert f lh- town on lhre lots in the iakevie-a- mitxlivision clrk mccieor hie- turnmarierl r iort on a meeting with cntral vrtgag- and hoisirg irpjratiori fficiali ailid to dise uss th- tllat s lix sltliatlri when suljdr- isjn huildfjs rfr xiti- aarned further 1iih he cut ilfji- the mayor ex plainer how tlie ii er rt avssmcnt will actual ly mean a drop in the mill rate then the eonversit ion trailed off irlo actons hairnet- of induafjial afil rsidertia amsarrnt before tuneillor k kowtitt ralld the talk har k tli the fctlbjt the clerk included that c at j has afcked for mre information bforc mre is liarmd of the gov ernment lxel liltllnde on the rriattr question was arc you ir javtr of the council of th- town of ac ton setting up a board for hi- rnanagemen- and control of ail municipal parks m the ton uf acton the board now authorized au have seven tertitmrs inrludirg trie rriiiyor or his appointee and x members approvd by councl the board will rontrol develop and administer the town s pset and future park lands volunteer returning ffiteri a poll clerks were mrs h iirr mrs george fryer mrs ray a ic mrs bob martin mrs da-i- dills cameron lejshrrar carer rognvaldson and george hlg cli cwt interest rate up town lot tax due merrtjer acknoa ldged otice t trc hdpital most rrernljen iipired the ilin hrrj ileeti- onnuai triat trie town not in s pusiriiiri oirvimimi ase a letter from th t partiripate ir thu campaign bank of morrel advsirg an ir also filed were rpcrtjb from the c- i r mts rates of onehalf fod moadi atoiatiyri on hlgh- rer effect v- april the ay safety and the annual miriuls of uie county children i aid sx lety a hvlaw aas irlerm prepared to create ard upiyrt and aupoir t rrcrrbt in the park board mctcavc ahifh atficts the tah l actila oiitstardirk sfor 4 per or to 4 k- rrt p-rrrit- irii trie ijpartrrert of highway for erection- i three gr ia rjfet fporijredbj mariagerrert whirh a given fyr- aas rtrri aant by the ejertyr in rece ipecial vote workday a tnirfxtx rerce r jiaftfxis- iss-iafiriwiv- ii mr a nd mrs ed freema n 60 yea rs married celebrafe this sunday one of the few district couples r- w living to celebrate their diam- d wedding annversary mr and aft parlklir zfffi edward freeman 5lh une of raodury vxortai prepares for census one of the few district couples no living to celebrate their diam- on airs edward esquesing look back on 60 years of married life 42 of them spent in this county sunclay the celebrants will look forward to meeting friends and wellwishers when family and neighbors gather at the home oif mr and sirs freemans son frank whe lives on thelanr north of his parents on the 5th line sir and mrs freeman were brn england where they married or art padbury of moffat census commissioner for haton county f yresentiy making preparations for the 19515 census throughout all areas of the county he is present ly rounding up and preparing his f feld supervisors and 4 enum erators for the tremendous task of knocking on every door ir the coun ty to ask pertinent questions there will be six enumerators vr tr- charthr f cor e- fj a letter w f pifctt spetr i i skie irrrrihi a rihr rre-t- tk ex ic r mlor of tr- torrji hr hsr r tat- e corrrritte- ijrred t vrje-t- harriiv- f r wt 41 r iwn r r r t ct- r re i-a- twr if a a ifv aiert r iir ii irja 1 rortatd r- ar -f- tor- to l t io cc h c a mead at rriilrg ergir of- ler r sr ce for hir courci fid a letle- merrber tc mor ar dtnet ivpilal crripiikh omrrtt c a martr tt letter rvtd acvyr to prtpa cyrtrbtior toii with orgaroiauor reprewntativei to wier t untn t vorjider 1tr th- tard ais briefly diwruued vtrorg jtrrrrtivrii irere vowed whr council heird tlie lown 1u6 ive untm rlnr vih uy credit valley firvt atjcti auth ority it wu rorirrfied the vawv kf nothing by hrg irrfluded n trie a ithority hjt cant get f paying a tipulatd ihare us of acjn firk wa grarvd t- following oriwriiatnirj citiz- -r- barid jire 23 chamber cofrrrrerce july 2 arxrn cub- jre 3 jf arbe ipjrared earjier ih the rrrftrtm n k and r prrriioti for i of th arena b- t- y i men on jur- 1 no rise on county road criticism the minuner cif higtvxayi aric- mcrmullcr had jiiertd tvarxl rowieaged receipt of a letter deal- rvtk m reitr tlujf of th eao- rg th the county rrgrtrr th- rr ert it a ijreed to do thu f- letter rorlard a rrwtor frwm the tr raor nforrrauori its th- urhar bmtc eniored by acvr typ of buildmj piirnd o h jot coirci ira rrtczirjf the q of corty roarts with smelt fishers m april 2ti 1896 they came to ana- i l clcf jj lia in 1908 and tor a while lived in ldne omoic viowocu islington and englehart beforenalc- burimgton seven in oakville two ittr up farming herttin 1914 r milton three in georgetown two j mr and mrs freeman have on in acton and the rest iu cover the the run of smelts at bronte at- son frank and one daughter mrs country areas tracted vet on fishermen this week a skeoch elsie o toronto they they joined a crowd of rubber- have three grandchildren mr free- booted men on the shores of lake man has one brother chri ontario and on the- do sco uviog in toronto a brother clifton the fish into acts in niagara falls and two brothers smelt fishing makes good fish living hv england stories many tell of catching the smelts wtth their hands o tssl bush els mete arc broken fay their weight mrs freeman 87 and bar w yearold husband nave already re- ceired many expressions of con- ciiatulauuus near the end of may all the enumerators will go to school for final prompting before th census begins schools will be set up in acton oakville and burlington to accommodate the mmtistti tor thetr lastminute pepttalks more information regarding the i will b ttlraml later v lemo bkaida r actor ar rcw stucying ar uriversfy cf toronto ns oeen awarded 3al of si3300- r feilowsri p ancs scoast icer e to conr je towards a doooate oegee ir- cien ca engeerig i vskrvii jsfltsairi r j two autos collide at miji main sfs a minor accident o t tlie corner of mill and main sts s-e- day evening icvolvuxg two can constable m- harness invesugaoed- a collision of cars driven by m easjlerc godph and c blatiftad st- catharine about iw was cau the rlarlrfoid ear- sto mjiirsss were reported cort f appea ls otairned to a qucttjor mayor tyler ar- tix con- rnd thr cessorj of sb o misalea i e2 tr k harris -j- tiii of errrr ir trir fivcr corjiieriie tiic vu rri or a proxsa for re -a- to contrie iayirg of iter ad s- irjcj wart no further pwo- j- report tjr a proctd dl with tn glerlea builden xn take svrr tri town durrp xjow mauly f ii ir- thu iacxsmvuri n wu pocr- i ut a serious rt problev ezjats it th southern rtjoa of glnxka past prperty iies isa rto rvma cwrllar jbarbeau suggested toe r irteresti of saving trre arji ri iijt might hlp clr the infier- rrort voder the proposai th irtior vjwr would be paid by the iworr iw tint mksatss ior rujir c tooaes coccerrkd th first b minutes of tjjc1y a rate agreeable fat of th prop- rihtt council session was a verbal asal swiie or way thes iiotrjer ociest b ratepayenr as- cut was finally turned down urn lociatxir prendst i7we stamlnn mvouaiy wtlh seven member saost csossnl waam strrtew easessesa aesibers and councillor c f jswl council discussed making a cor- say m parucolar tact with saan haf hjj re- mr lose said be gardmg imrsring of fairy lake eiear the docredut csosed si as- wrth more bsh irvcther project a- sorjation and the acts lasaa hf sn by she oanher of com- scssanents reportedly asssk by mgri also talked orer cxciuar lindsay at pardculan of as easemeat held on a lot owned by j mcmuflrn mr 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