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eightysecond yearnp 9 acton ontariothursday september 6ih 1956 ten pages seven cents hstff photo valve turning ceremony to start gas flowing through the mains installed by united suburban gas co ltd here was held tuesday morning when a group of guests visitors and officials assembl ed at actons south eastern limits shown from left are manager jim robertson ontario fuel board chairman a r crazier acton reeve j hargrave who acted for the town and company general manager t p pinckard who addressed the groupgas has been turned on in wilton and georgetown ceremony lor event open natural gas valves ymca board vacancies filled five men were named to fill vacancies on the yjmca boar until the annual meeting in jan uary filling positions left vacant through resignations morris van hemmen wilf barr bill sproston lloyd bulmer and owen mosaics were namedat a meeting of the board of directors on august 23 they will work with the remain ing six members to complete the season approval was given of the fall schedule which includes gym class es basketball teams clashes in gymnastics tumblingtind acrobat ics floor hockey league wood working stamp club checker club and gray clubs board members were made aware of the pressing need for volunteer leaders for these boys and girls clubs the y program begins iicx monday let 94385 paving tender work may start next driver ffatal gar remanded in court an oak ridges man anthony furman 52 died of injuricscnrty big rayner firm given contract work may start next week jill the longawaited project of paving most of actons streets it was learned this week following a spe cial meeting of council tuesday night when rayner construction cajltd was awarded the contract for the job the award made after the big toronto construction firmtendered the lowest figure at 94385 is con- ditional on department of high- i ways approval this approval how ever was expected to be received yesterday terms of the contract i call for the successful bidder to i start work seven days after notif ication of tender approval tour tenders were opened by saturday morning when he was i clerk j mcgeactiie in addition to thrown 125 feet by a enr on no 25 the successful firm they were highway just north of alton godson contracting co ltd tor- driver of the car hugh marshall of oranjieville who works in ac ton was remanded in magistrates court brampton this week until september 19 after being charged with careless driving provincial police officers of the onto 101715 10 weeks for comp letion kinr paving co ltd oak- ville 1 six weeks for comp letion k j beamish construction co ltd thornhill s107965 four weeks for completion rayner construction included a natural gas was turned- into esquesing into the main control mains completed in acton by the j cocks west of churchill road just i j united suburban gas co ltd in a at actons southeastern limits sunlit valve turning ceremony even as ras was turned on lino tuesday morning attended by com- cr continued installation work nnny rivir and government nffir- on the towns principal gtreot to j day and yesterday mill street in the the event signified availability of j downtown area is being opened up a new utility in acton third town at the sidewalk to receive the steel in the north halton area to be sup plied this summer with natural gas by the hamilton company actually many hands pulled the bar that opened the valve to bring natural gas to acton for the first time for the town reeve r j hargrave was the official repre sentative and lil the pilot flame as gas flowed from the transmission linos running northward through nine apply for new town job at a special sitting of the puc and council tuesday evening mem bers reviewed nine applications for the recently advertised position of assistant to the clerktreasurer no application was decided upon however it was agreed to interview three applicants at a meeting of the finance committees of the conv- mission and council next week of the three to be interviewed one is from acton the other two from out of town considerable time was spent dis cussing salary level for the newly- created positiott milton puts out acton ball club friday the milton red sox wound up the intermediate b ser ies with acton getting that all im portant fourth win after winning the first three games in the four out of seven series the rod so dropped two in a row to he hard hitting acton team not taking any chances on fr-i- dya the sox scored eight runs in the firsts two innings and then coasted to ail early 143 victor it was foozy soattalon all the way on the mound for milton giv ing up only five scattered hits on the offence for the milton loam it was shortstop pete kennedy lie- wished success to the company and gas conduits general manager speaks speaking for the company gene ral manager t p pinckard addres sed the gathering of about 35 people he assured his hearers that the company has every faith in the need now and in the future for gas in this town and area he describ ed in general terms the utility of rasjrndiistrial and domestic con- mers and its place in the com- j munity economy i this is a significant event mr i pinckard said an event that will mean much to the future of acton i at present the speaker continued i this gas is piped from texas he noted however that as soon as the transcanada pipe line is completed it is likely alberta gas will be used mr pinckard also stated that it is planned to use gas supplies from the district wells of anthony gas and explorations ltd the local com pany headed by tony seynuck hear fuel board chairman ontario fuel board chairman a r crozier was introduced speak- ing briefly mr crozier told of the good reputation of united suburban gas co ltd and assured his aud ience that the rates that would be charged would be competitive with pother utilities mr crozier also referred to agree ments to utilize gas supplies when i available- from the wvllstlrihod in esquesing township by tony sey nuck a group of united suburban ex ecutives were introduced they in cluded r burnett assistant gene ral manger v l duttoh technical advisor w common treasurer h vv bo os sales manager r sharpe i stall phoio manufactured gas area manager h gas flame starts up as reever j hargrave lights the pilot hoslop general superintendent of burner after united suburban official turns open the valve acton port credit detachment investigated j five weeks for completion clause the accident police said there were its tender no passengers in the marshall car engineer k hyde with r v at the time of the mishap anderson associates who will dir ect engineering on the job said eight tender applications were taken out altogether present at tuesday nights moot ing was p braithupl district en gineer for the department of high ways municipal roads branch before adjournment of the spec ial acauion council a pa a motion to make application for in terim road subsidy payments on a total of 5423919 new minister for knox presby- 968 at school enrolment at acton public school on the first day back to rjasser totalled 738 principal- t w mckenale reported he had expected over 7m high school enrolment was s3 including 13 who will be at tending regularly from george town 37- -r- j vvjkk3 new paint passage for st albans hall xaixton memorial hall the jar- ish hall of the anglican church is presenting an attractive new ap pearance for the beginning of fall activities the wall board has been painted an attractive rosebeige new light fixtures and a new el- cctic clock are in place downstairs in the kitchen sam snow has built extra counters and terian churchhere rev andrew drawers in the kitchen the men of the church are still working oh the passageway from the church to the parish hall an oak door will be installed a new screen for showing films will soon o ready the outside of the church is also to bo repainted shortly eventually the choir will robe in the parish hall the bishop who is coming to st albans for confirmation and a reception later this month will likely ded irate the renovations at a later date next sunday sees the sunday mckenzie will be inducted at a congregational meeting tonight knox minister inducted today rev andrew mckenzie is being inducted as the new minister of knox presbyterian church this ev ening other ministers will assist in the service bcinu- followed by a re ception ml md mrs mrkenyi wrlo will slice groups unless new leaders volunteer to help exact requirements for the scout and cub groups were set at a sparselyattended meeting of vol unteer leaders and group commit tee members last evening there are 100 cubs enrolled in cluding 28 on the waiting list now boys will te registering this week as well as the present over worked loaders two new cubiiast- ers and two now assistants must be found the scout troop has 66 scouts a present and expects a possible 15 more the present leaders must bo joined in their work by two new scoutmasters and four assistants the groups will be sliced dras- 1 come from islington movl into the manse this week they have five children joanne 12 alan six marsha five bonnie two and glen i rtne the three oldest started to j school here tuesday both ire graduates of toronto bible college after graduating from the presbyterian college in montreal mr mckenzie had a throepoint ordained mission charge in new brunswick following this ho took a years postgraduate i work at yah divinity schml in 1947 he has bn mmis-tei- in 1s- linnffffi for the past nine years i with his induction tonight he will take his first service here on sunday i vi tichool tatty ar the teachers and pupils now classes church with allocated to hold alex mitchell reunion helcj on saturday the mitchell reunion was at the home of mr and mrs mitchell hit 1 georgetown on saturday there was an attendance of ahuiit 91 with members of the family from ottawa niagara falls wollind woodstock waldcmar windsor toronto georgetown mittnn kdcn mills and acton pres ent tj pumpkin contest friday program seats on grounds are fair news the program for the friday ov- tically to accommodate only rog- j ening show at the fall fair has illation numbers 24 for cubs and j boon completely arranged and pr 32- for scouts unless loaders volun teer to help program saturday afternoon fol- lowing a school childrens parade with floats theifair will be official- ly opened by w d black arric- a second meeting is being held next tuesday evening m the scout hall asked to attend are all pros- cnt leaders parents of scouts and cubs members of the group com- mittee andany interested friends j constable r moreau replaces c mclean j constable robert k moreau is replacing constable charles mc- 1 leanon the milton detachment of the opp for six weeks while constable mclean attends provinc ial police college in toronto constable moreau began his dut ies tuesday with the local force mised sparkling variety all with the background of the acton cit- ultural representative of welling tons band i on county lleadliners of the first night ore of those show are the nirkhngs of hamil- i tempting cakes and tarts will be in ton others on the list are rollo j d cabinets this year a mown stove and judy judy is steves 12 year old daughter who do acrobatic dancing and novelty numbers johnny dash a young unicyclist mi and juggler erno now feature will be the naming of the central canada champion junior pumpkin grower seeds wore sent by fair secretary mrs c swackhamer all over ontario th contest received wide radio pu fa rmers program big top with his sonsat- lonal hand balancing act bill the new grccn covered fi- james a magician adoranti anjw a b r b i outstanding accordionist and night j w b h fathful exhibit- club entertainer and betty fiest i inic cusi ino jllkk rmo ntisical clown hal bee who w contest received avide radio ccently featured on ll television llcltv thecbc junior fa i- and his assistant is the third municipality in norm halton to be supplied with gas lnt ws ehevuig n k elliott ii i acton where he was also an m- introduced as the area manager hls summer line installations are continuing on town streets this structor of special childrens swim- for the throe nortli halton towns week with aatll st the scene of pipe installations work yesterday mini classes at the park w jim robertson who mr pnck- j i o this aid noted was a native tnct reeve hargrave spoke briefly dis- h the canadian gold medallist baton twuur recently featured at the j mardi gras in xow orleans j although the grandstand has boon torn down the fair board has made arrangements for seating ac- commodation in the park for the t sparked the attack collevting six runs batted in on a doulmc and a triple chuck gorvais hit a siiigle and a triple and the rest of the team contributed with one hit each expressed hopes for the continued prosperity of acton following the ceremony the guests and officials wore feted to a noon luncheon by the company at the local legion auditorium wins 80 with a 20 per cent coupon mary m dick won 80 in last saturday afternoons appreciation daydraw winner of trio weokiv 5 was wayne kelly the chest is at 20 next week 3sbss- 4 ao res tooiheavy blood clinic tremendous success about 500- willing to donate blood at the legion sponsored clinic created an afternoon and evening of activity at the iaioit hall that was considered tremendous by local officials and the supervising red cross team as well lifesaving blood was taken from one person wery 51 seconds in assembly line technique last thursday due to lack of both time and equipment about 50 who had plan ned to donate could hot do so several others wererejected for t be war was billy middleton gor don mccutcheon was secretary and rev e jones the padpe vic pat rick was in charge of advertising and publicity e e barr in charge of canvassing and donors mrs robert johnson in charge of re freshments and mrs william fin- ley in charge of reception and reg istration a staff of about 15 brought 20 beds blankets and medical equip ment local assistants all volun teers helped in registering the fmley and mrs miss es various reasons sueft as havinghad donors giving fruit juice supervis- malana at- one time th donors beds arid rest beds donors in one and then giving tea coffee biscuits and doughnuts to the donors final total 41 ay graduate nurses assisting the the staff under organizer miss re cross staff were mrs george hay of the red cross explained benton miss dene gibbons miss that 300 is considered a very jean rowe mrs jack gordon mrs large clinic jim lamb mrs lois mckenzie and it is expected another clinic will j mrs rac west mrs dave gordon 4 je held in february j also helped chairman of the committee in j taking care of reception charge of the event the first since j mrs george angell mrs wero herb cvk mrs w bill buchanan mrs mac symon and ther taylor handled registration j volunteer typists were mrs bob i heeley and mrs frank fowke busy ui the cloakroom wore mrs jack drysdale miss mairiprizr mrs j jany mrs george fryer and mrs sam holmes all members of the legion lad- ies auxiliary the ladtesiwho served refreshments were mrs jw chisholm- miss betty young mrs l roach mrs lloyd masalos mr jack drysdale mrs bob angell mrs a irwin mrs bill buchanan and mrs annie hollaway those who did the invaluable work of canvassing headed by mr barr were the followfig teams with their captains ix tarrant captain ron smith eric page doug tarrant art ril ey ors and by new ones classes in handicrafts baking and pickling always appeal entries in the flowers roots vegetables and grain sections are also expected to be heavy special competitions with spec ial prizes- also attract a great deal of interest smith griffin is president of the fair board this year with mrs swackhamer again the secretary- j treasurer first vicepresident is t william thompson and second vicepresiclent lloyd mcencry on the board of directors are f i kentner s morrison c dcnnv b watson c aitken r bverdell m mcculloukh c sproix1 l hems- ley g leslie l mclean n brai- da d uodgers j marshall w fryer r denny and charles 1 thompson honorary directors are a rubin- son l o johnston j j stewart dr f g oakes w- a wobdburo w davies r l davidson e juhn- ston a swackhamer g somer- ville r r parker j moles m symon w linham m sprowl george wallace d f west m madill and j dennis 7- i staff photo blood donor clinic in the legion auditdrkrm here last week was so successful and response so heavy that the red cross units facilities wece4nsufficient to handle the crowd and some donors had george richardson cyril i to turnec ayma here q t dbnorsj dr piwel and fred gordon are attended by nurse continued on pogt four joan bailey of hamilton during the afternoon clinic evening clinic drew twice as many blood donors lome scots fourth in ex competition a change from the past two years when the lome scots band placed first in competition ait the exhibit ion was the fourth place this year the band competed last thursday afternoon and word of the results was phoned back too late frr la weeks edition of the paper in first place was the band from newmarket with 188 points second was new westminster sc with 180v4 third was petrolia with 178 the lome scots received 169 fifth came woodstock with itsth bandmaster joseph dvorak of the lome scots was leading inc band in his first v competition in this country j 1