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acton ontario thursdav may 31st 1956 teh paqes seven cents suft photo census enumerators for acton in canadas first nationwide quinquennial information hunt are joan mcknight left and eileen wensley tomorrow is the official starting day for the job which is expected to take about a month locally mrs mcknight and mrs wensley will each do about half the town f l wright is supervisor over acton milton georgetown and the two townships of esquesing ratepayers association complaints criticism fill last session complaints and criticisms char acterized monday nights meeting of the ratepayers association in the council chamber where about so members and visitors gathered for the final meeting of the season a letter of reply from central mortgage and housing corporation was read dealing with complaints made on the dangers of doors in some houses opening directly to cellar stair wells two accidents were cited as having happened in houses that had such door hc thanked the association for drawing the condition to its attent ion and president h lowe reported some action may be forthcoming to rectify this structural danger dealing with the towns tax sit uation president lowe recited negotiations with cmhc over this matter ahd during his com ments stressed that the towns pol icy of subdivision building not ac companied by new industry is wrong he said further thit they had been assured by cmhc that should actons taxes rise again tlie loans to local subdividcrs would be reviewed a borderline case he added that acton had been referred to as a borderline case in its tax rate but with taxes in towns such as milton georgetown nd brampton as high or nearly as high cmhc could not in fair ness cut off loans to builders here a woman in the audience asked a question concerning the schedule of tax deductions on cmhc in sured homes a man asked how the ratepayers association proposed to rectify actons tax problem be- f ore councilliesuggested a resol ution but this was not7rattiwr another woman asked how many taxpayers there were in acton mr lowe said he thought about 1200 the same woman then asked how many were members of the ratepayers association mr lowe replied about 2o0 back on the subject of actons assessment balance mr lowe as serted that council is evading the issue ot getting more industry something or someone is block ing industry coming here he charged ne satisfactory aawet here a voice from the audience asked why baxter laboratories were leaving town mr lowe replied the associat ion had never been able to find a satisfactory answer another question from the group queried the planning boards auth his audience of mr brankicwiczs recent offer to give free to the town his propertys section of the road allowance the case is still in dis cussion he noted angry and exasperated exclam ations were fired around the room when question of the town dump came up the audience nearly al apparently from glenleo demanded immediate action to have the dump closed mr lowe said council had made sre or s weeks ag but the dump was still being used and is an increasing hazard to health things have a habit of be ing kicked around in acton he said it was reported a letter of com- splendid response for red shield drive captian fisher of the salvation army reports that returns from tlu current red shield appeal con tinue to come in steadily the res ponse frorri all sections of the community has so fur been splen did he said by the time residential business and industry have finalized their totals the captain feels certain the objective of 1000 will be reached donations may be left at the bank of nova scotia plaint is going to the county health unit in the furor of voices that rose over the dump one man was able to get across a resolution to be taken to next council meet ing asking immediate closure of the area the secretary suggested a petit ion be also carried to the meeting another suggestion got energetic support that as many glcnlea res idents as possible crowd the coun- cil chamber at the next m to lorce action on the dumpsttn- another idea got an enthusiastic reception a telephone blitz on the mayor was proposed paving a good idea turning to the proposed paving of acton roads mr lowe opined it seemed a good idea if cost didnt increase taxes councillor w cook present at the meeting was asked to outline the paving discuss inns to date this he did general discussion then took ov er and dealt briefly with speed limit signs for glcnlea illegal con nection of a sewer in a church st storm drain availability of trees for subdivision residents period tf appeal on assessments the meeting closed with a chorus of complaints from the audience about trouble with their houses difficulty in getting the builder to correct mistakes and the problems in taking complaints through cm hc parks board inaugural park activity this summer likely heaviest in years schedule shows district high school board nptes land purchase details addition a letter from solicitor ord re- garding the purchase of additional property at georgetown high school gave indication that negot iations wore proceeding satisfactor ily and in due course title to the lands would be completed messrs burgoyne and vents of the staff of john b parkin assoc iates went into detail regarding the new addition at georgetown the department had indicated that the plans presented met with approval atfdrwould likelyreceivo authoriz ation for grants up to 160000 the present plan called for a basement room for heating equipment and general utility space as well as eight classrooms in a twostorey structure materialssuch as window ing etc were discussed length with the architects accounts amounting to 1700450 for the month were approved the secretary reported that two teachers for acton school one for milton and two parttime teachers for georgetown school had signed contracts two more teachers were required for acton school and fur ther advertisements were to be in serted to fill these vacancies trustees coles coon creighton dills anderson goodlet pickett kielty nail hood and masterman were present and chairman r car- bert presided trustee j h creigh ton who succeeded c cook from acton was introduced to the board floor- some oil stove cause of near serious fire lawn bowling season opens last saturday acton lawn bowling season was officially opened on saturday may 25 when a small group showed up to take a hand in the sport the group welcomes any of the past as well as any new comers who mirht be interested in joining the club bowling nights are primarily tuesday wednesday and thursday summertime will see acton park v p to one of its heaviest seasons of use judging by the long ched- a serious fire was averted tues day afternoon at the home of mr and mrs m fawthroke main- st entharincsr2ff kort smith v lien flames caught between erie 18 points the oil stove pipe elbow and chim- cubs who attended from acton my ot the small frame house were brian barbeau james iron- kirein answered the call and side richard ironside gary mas- destroyed the fire wall paint was ales hubert foyers and wayne blstiieri near the stove roszcll acton cubs tie fifth at gubaree six wolf cubs brought honors to acton last saturday whenthey tied for fifth place in the niagara dis trict cubarec held in port col- borne the boys competed against 23 other cub packs totalling 630 members from port colbornc ni agara falls st catharines fort erie and other niagara centres the acton boys did not win bit laurels in the final races but fought through elimination heats semifinals and the finals out ot five events of the day the local cubs finished third in the knotting relay final first in the balancing and somersault semifinal and fourth in the skipping semifinal in other events they were elim inated by very narrow margins total points for the acton team were 14 tying with the fifth port colborne and eleventh port col- borne cub packs for fifth place the winners of the day were first hidgeway 33 points 17t st i ina household forms about hdf -vr- lotls george barbeau was named chairman of actons first board of parks management last week start fiveyear census on friday friday morning will sec the start of canadas first general quin- quenial census as in communities across the nation doorbells will be ringing in acton as enumerators vrfj j ule of recreational activities drawn l up at last weeks first meeting of the newlycreated board of parks management george barbeau named chairman of the new organization with mike coxe as secretarytreasurer presid ed at the initial meeting in the council chamber other members are mrs g fryer c ragnvaldson r r parker a irwin and mayor e tyler the tsmird took hold pf a busy agenda right at the outset of the meetin devoted almost entirely to scheduling use of the park harold townslcy sought con firmation f dates for park use by actons intermediate baseball club these dates were fixed nt may 26 june 2 13 20 27 30 july 7 14 time for all games was set at 645 pm no charge for swimmers it was pointed out to mr towns- ley that admissions charged at the gate for ball game spectators could not be asked of persons using the swimming area of fairy lake dur ing ball came time the legion mihor sports assoc iation was given permission to use the hardball and so di on tuesday and thursday nights from may 29 to september 6 the association was also granted aug ust 6 from 1230 pm for minor sports day a project to raise funds for continuance of the work of the association other dates confirmed for park use this summer for various orstan- s j june 5uy ing questions here the doorbells will be rung by mrs joan mcknight and mrs eileen wensliy its doubtful if their calls will last long as the enumerators stay in the last de cennial census in 1951 this time farm forms will have a maximum of only about 7h questions and ord census supervisor for the north halton communities of artim mil ton gtrgeltwn and townships of esrjuesing and nassaiawcyi is f i wriuht a padbury is commis sioner for helton saeesessassass i ils geraniums on graves recall ser on decoration- day vivid geraniums will prove that i ot the canadian t7eglornthe-dwlce- their name livcth forever more i of devonshire chapter of the lo when decoration day will be held de the lakeside chapter of trie at fairview cemetery this sunday iode the womens institute and afternoon at 3 pm local organiz- the girl guides ations have again planned decorat- group three with marshall victor ion day and stress that it is a com- patrick will have guelfth sea cad- munity occasion et band the acton branch of the not only will the graves of ser- i canadian legion will be joined by viccmen and exservicemen be dec- 1 all veterans and members of visit- orated but everyone is invited to in branches in this group the bring flowers of any kind to place parade halts at the cenotaph and on the graves of relatives and i proceeds to fairview cemetery for friends this year pioneer cemetery a service there will be visited aswell as fairview and st josephs cemeteries ipe book covers ing advertising covers for tele phone directories it is timely to rev l e mason will be the guest speaker for the main part of af- dll pl the service at fauview cemetery i yolllal dell rvuicb or in the event of rain in acton tjnited church members of acton organizations will march from the station to the only in the extent that it allegedly cenotaph on mill st and from call attention to the rules and reg- i must pass pernitssioivbcfore a man therc to fairview cemeterv assem- 1 illations in the front of each bell j can buy property from another j b time at cnr station is 2 telephone directory mr lowe suggested such restrict- pm and pa time 2 15 pm i no auxiliary binders or holders j the parade is to be divided into may be used except as- provided by j three parts each under a marshall the company and nil advertising with a band group one undec mar- labels or stickers may be affixed to shall gordon bcatty comprises ac- directories t6n citizens band mayor and j the cover being peddled in acton council acton fire fighters assoc- was not being supplied by the tel- latlorc acton boy scouts and the ephone company but at a cosfsjfi 156 each for eight names of bus- group two under marshall dr a iness places in acton beware of j buchanan with guolph pipe the stranger who goes from door band comprises ladies auxiliary to door soliciting these davs ximmammmmmmmmmim 1111 iiiiaahktbissgaghasm su photo 21 all saturday dates the board endorsed a suggestion that each organization using the park be provided with a form showing schedule of park use in order to eliminate misunderstand ings about dates the board also issued n cull for tenders for a booth concession at the park to be operated with the e of august 6 and the two fatt fair days regulation blrra copies or the public parks act are to be made available to all members or the board us soon as possible in a move to enforce regulations parks management members ag reed to installation of 25 no park ing siftnsi irouiul the park also signs stating penalties of fines up to 20 or 30 days imprisonment for anyone convicted of misusing the park or its contents signs announc ing a reward of 25 for information about persons damaging the park are also to be erected earlier in the meeting terms of membership on the board were drawn up oneyear members are g barbeau and c rognvaldson two year members are m coxe and mrs g fryer three year members are r r parker and a irwin mcetffies are set for the fourth monday of every month prior to the meeting june 25 members were asked to inspect the park and note suggestions for improvement or correction of facilities igrschool recital draws large audience just one season of training behind them acton dancing school pupils presented a program which drew enthusiastic applause from a well- filled house tuesday evening the public school auditorium platform gave plenty of room for the dancers from the tiniest ballerina blond heather ann dumarch to the older girls with their twirling batons the teaetier miss lois allen of brampton danced twice she had brought more experienced dancers from brampton to take part in the ions were to promote orderlv wth peanut queen finalists the top ten narrowed by voting in trie last week before rotarys peanut day are shown in these staff photos in the aboyephoto are left to right wencjy mackenzie jean wanes jean lidkea claire lambert donna mcmillan in the lower photo are left to right betty in view of the fact that a sales- j bean margaret nightingale joy peal marilyn rogivaldson anne deforest winner will be ahnounc- man was in acton this week sell- ed saturday night prizes include a new york trip and wardrobe ml girls are acton high students t jl rur covers for tele- j hi r mother mrs w a allen out- standing among these was her little t e i isister margaret allen who did t r 1 i scottish dances the irish jig ffiy acrobatic and novelty dances charming the audience were the growth but whether its being done wisely or not remains to be seen he remarked attention next turned to the p uc mr lowe reviewer the rate payers associations stand on the question of rigtii of entry by meter j cbyorvartv readers into homes and declared the commission was all wrong in its attitude he suggested the whole truth hadnt been made known when the puc fell back on the hydro act to support its content ion of right of access at all reason able hours no mere trouble reading from the hydro act mr lowe said riglit of access is stated to be the perogative of commission employees only after reasonable notice and request for entry is made after reading this the associat ion president said he trusted thered be no more trouble over this matter if sto the householder is in the right to call the police and have the meter reader ejected the branklewicz caw was next mr lowe said this drawnout case is becoming a stsular feature in the local paper he stated the whole trouble is the result of rank bad planning re went on to wrnind t town plan li kely ready for study by late june town planner p a deacon told members of the planning board at a meeting monday night that it was likely the first draft of actons town plan would be ready by late june it was suggested a joint 1 meeting with council be arranged for june 25 to study the colored plan which would show zones and denote land discussing land use earlier the board reviewed some u sections covering the present business area of town and changes were outlined and approved in thesesections at monday nights meeting the board acepted with regret the res ignation of m holmes a successor- is to be named later- resignation was also tendered by secretarytreasurer j mcgeach- ie considering this resignation members approved a resolution granting a bonus increase of 150 on december 31 and a further borr us of w on july 1 19s7 if the secretary continues until that latter date mr mcgeachie reserved jljs decision smallest tots who had dolls dressed to match ibeir own short- stiffly petticoatvd frocks dancing to a lullaby were heather ann du- march htather mcgeachie brenda hollinger jlaeleen hotchen and carolyanne beatty barbara and bobby skilling did two synchronized tap dances dress ed as indians and chines- diane sriujtis and diane swindle- hurst apptared twice in smart out- j j fits for rhythmic tap numbers i a glimpse backstage vas given j with carol eisen as thp ballet mis tress sharon bradley as the seams tress barbara and bobby skilling victoria hewton karen heller as the seamstresss children and christine foyer dale denny and patsy swindlehurst as ballerinas two duth girls were jill morton and patsy swindlehurst sharon bradley arid carol eisen danced a ballet memories while the finale of the program featured military baton twirling lay patsy swiddlehurst christine toyer jill morton and victoria newton and flagr drill the donated wardrobe lot this years rotary queen for a week is on display in the window ot gor dons hardware v-