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f w 1css4 bghtyseoond yearno 18 acton ontario thursday november 8th 1956 pages seveti ten pages seven cents board awards addition tender at georgetown north halton district high school tiasuxa monday night awarded the tender for the eightroom twofloor addition to georgetown high school- to afcnally construction co of that town the successful bid was 138000 tbe tender price was within the 1 ilainil for revised specifications it was pointed out at a slight additional cost the board increased insurance coverage from 9100000 to 500000 for trans portation liability trustees also decided to buy 10 new typewriters five for acton school and five for milton school chairman ross carbcrt was back in the chair after a recent illness the meeting was held in george town c of c to tape bicycle fenders safety taping for young acton- ians bicycles will be provided this fall by the chamber of commerce it was agreed at this weeks gener al meeting a week saturday november 17 c members will be at the public and high schools from 9 am to 12 noon to put the tape on bicycles bute riders arc asked to gather at one of the two schools it is pointed out that students of the respective schools do not necessar ily have to go to their own school but to the school closest their home announcements arc to be made at both schools and through the cub brownie guide and scout organizations the chamber expressed hope parents would urge their children halton bag rally imucllls wuuiu uikv liiiu luuuirii to bring their bicycles for taping new bfonte chlircn stktt pnoto halton conservatives named their executive for the current year at their annual meeting in milton town hall on friday evening george elliott at the left was elected president with sandy best secretary miss esther taylor second vice president les clark first vice president and mac sprowl ypc president r o slipp treasurer was not present see complete story on page three b dismissal argument puc union in stalemate parking must be found chamber told future commercial life depends on parking facilities planner says trophy from toronto for bruce andrews bruce andrews brought a trophy ome from a race meet in toronto saturday he finished third in a two ymile road race there adding to his laurels there were 28 ent- rics he runs for track club the guelph legion friers will make outfits for brownies the october meeting of the scout and guide mothers associa tion was held in the scout ball tuesday evening with the presi dent mrs haggctt in charge it was reported that all troops- scouts cubs guides and brownies have leaders and assistant lead ers and are well under way for the was agreed that material will be bought and made up into brownie outfits for the ones who did not already have them pinal arrangements were made for the euchre penny sale to be held at the end of the month after a short business period the meeting was closed and lunch was served by the committee men of st albans church are planning to attend a brotherhood j of anglican churchmens rally in the new church ofthe epiphany ithursdayt bronte tonight thursdayt the men of the halton deanery will be hearing dr d v currie who is the guest speaker a service conducted by laymen will precede dinner scout hall repairs almost completed most of the repairs at the scour hall necessitated by the scries ot three fires there have been com pleted new ceiling replaces ehar- ed area and some new floor tile have been laid new doors were in stalled painting remains to be done argument between a represen tative of the international brother hood of electrical workers and ac tons puc developing over the dismissal recently of w kelly from the hydro department ended in a stalemate last week with both sides asserting opposing decisions which they claim theyll hold to the ibew representative m j leblanc declared the failure of thursday nights talks to produce ah understanding left him no al ternative but to refer the matter to the labor relations board the puc countered that was entirely up to mr lcblanc initially mr lcblanc questioned fine reason given for the dismissal of mr kelly according to his findmgsrthjs reason failure of mr kelly to get along with fellow workers was not valid since he contended he had questioned for mer employees and had signed let ters from these two former em ployees- that showed the reason they left was not because of mr kelly no threats used mr leblanc added that no form of coercion or threats had been used to get these signed state ments referring to the published rea son for w kellys dismissal the union representative wondered where the press got this reason and suggested its publication might ev en be defamatory he also took ex ception to a press statement- that with the firing and resignation of both unionized employees the union no longer exists the speaker in sisted the certification is valid 10 months for the pucl chairman f oalces spoke first he criticized that a foreign agency should inter vene in the pucs actions thc ibew has its parent organization in the united states where is the freedom of an employer gone the chairman asked future commercial growth here must incorporate offstreet park ing just as actons present com mercial area must find offstreet parking this was one of the salient as sertions put to chamber of com merce members monday evening when town planner p a deacon addressed the seasons first general meeting of the chamber member ship al the same meeting mem bers later named frank terry to preside next year ho succeeds president j gov mr deacon for the past two years actons professional planning advisor explained huw potential development of shopping areas is determined by extent of parking space available actons present downtown area he said must make some effort to solve parking problems if it hopes to compete with nearby shopping centres and those that may be built in future the speaker again urged the chamber to attempt some study for i solution of local parking difficult- j ies he referred briefly to solut ions developed by towns similar in i size to acton must have ffstreel parking i for actons future mr deacon j pointed out the planning board will restrict under bylaw build- ing of new industrial or commerc- ial properties which do not first provide offstreet parking earlier the speaker outlined the planning boards general progress cnarkc q the service j to date and spoke of the functions and ideals contained in the official two winners with a 10 per cent coupon dar- inka marolt von 2750 in the ap preciation day draw by the post otfice last saturday afternoon runnerup was e beerman wno took the regular 5 prize nexi veeks jackpot is up to 290 knox church filled for legion funeral knox presbyterian church was filled last saturday afternoon as friends and relatives gathered for the funeral service for the late lome masters popular and active citizen who was killed in a high way accident last week about 70 legionnaires paraded to honor his memory members of the ys mens club daughters of meeting held this week in the y knox and the baseball team also frank terry local postmaster was named chamber of com merce president for 1957 at a remembrance day this sunday simcfay is remembrance day in acton as it is across canada again this year services will be held at the cenotaph and in a local church knox presbyterian a parade leaves the inn hall at 1 15 p m led by vcun citizen j band and marches la t following laying of wreaths the last post and reveille the parade will go to knox church where rev a h mckenie will deliver th memorial atddr latcr sunday pm a service wil soldiers p memorial in nassaga weya followed by another service in nassagaweya presbyterian church conducted by rev g s- baulch as is the usual custom sand wiches and coffee will be served in the nassagaweya township hall following the services rlr ess atternimn at 3 4 illbe held at the mayor e tyler stated that the puc was responsible to the com munity for the efficient operation ot the hydro department if one man reduces that efficiency he concluded jhen the puc is ob liged to the town to get rid of him l town plan and land use map he i also mentioned how the zoning by- j law implements the land use map mr deacon was introduced by t i jones and thanked by g barbeau j elections for 1957 placed post- master frank terry in the presid f ents chair held for two years rjo g v pr are attended pallbearers were ken mann gordon jame jordan ab ir win bill withers and bill benson members of the minor sports association carried the many flor al tributes they were herb woods roy kirkness h cook william spielvogel don bexton m bennett i kilby b qucnncll b waterhouse t holmes don ryder h lambert r dick and j gov hev andrew mckenzie was in assisted by the legion chaplain rev evan jones interment followed view cemetery five separate classrooms found satisfactory p s board learns three specials mrs norm robertson of acton just received word from milton fair that she has won the simp sons special for the most points in ladies work in the hall 7 spe cial for the most points in baking in fair- i and christies special for the most points in jams and jellies hungarian refugees to receive jclotjiingjjsacm b3sxt5ukmum31fia ibbffiwmw w iiijua urban board takes steps to increase size of north area 0 p p detachment unanimous agreement held amonc members of the north hal ton urban board last night to pet ition the attorney general of ont ario for an enlarged provincial police detachment serving the north halton area at present the milton area office baa only two officers it was pointed out and the board agreed this pro tection was far too small to cope with the expanding population and heavier traffic it is believed the board to make a deputation before the attorney general as soon as possible may also broach the idea of a central police force which would serve the five northern municipalities this personnel to the milton area de- the towns uchmont on the matter of a cen tral force serving the five munici palities he thought the idea if worked out might be more satis factory than present conditions here board chairman c johnston wondered why the two townships now served by the area detachment esquesing and nassagaweya should not pay directly into the mainten ance of the police officers patrolling their municipalities he thought this was an unfair situation the central force proposal suspended for the time the urgency of increasing the area detachment mr hall consented to fix an appointment with the attorn- the board passed a motion that the councils of the three towns be recommended to continue the ser vice in 1957 also at the meeting held in georgetown last night engineers mileage of 5792 was ordered paid the next meeting will be held in acton december 12 start shots soon smgund at high school division operating under direct council jurisdiction of the respect- j ive towns and townships students at acton high school are scheduled to receive polio shots later this month from the halton county health unit the second shot is expected to be administered before the end of the year the health unit jast week re ceived 13000 doses of the vaccine to start their fall program which includes the inoculation of pre school children it is expected that before june of next year 50000 doses of the salk vaccine will have been administered wrsj proposal was first advanced at last ey general month a meeting and further discus- 1 report on dog control aed wed ni at the oulsot of meeting mem- georgctaw dwacata bvrs h a i report from h georgetown while not entirely mlrrv of the oakville and district disagreeing with the idea of a con- humane society on the dog control tral forcerindicatexf ft would not be j exporllm wilh north halton dur agreeable to turning over policing j in the vear mr merrv was duties in that town to opp of- j accimpam bv i a mc- ftcers to satisfy georgetown the naw of thc force would have to be a municipal the experiment was termed by j mr merry as highly successful despite a deficit of from 500 to 600 for the north halton operation stan hall m pp for halton at- i tended last nights meeting to hear j f w stifed he police proposal with tag day results in aeon mil- r ton and georgetown and was sure actons mayor k tyler said tt lhhp becoming was absolutely ridiculous to have awartf of broak r of tho only two men for this area mr hall agreed but pointed out that the attorney general was not re- sponsible tor this but the provincial treasury department which would j not increase the opp budget in order that understaffed area de- j tachments such as this one could be i town increased the board concluded in light of municipalities expressed greal sats- thia that the deputation would go- w the dog control ach- toth provincial treasurer as well dement and left no doubt that u it is ftrond necessary they wanted t continued next year p rtr mare sattmfact it wa noted by inspector ifr hall declared he had for some nabb that approximately 1 dogs subdivision submitted time been advocatingan increase- of per men h aie picked up in each of year for registration continued on page seven statue mission crusade visits acton church one of thc high points in the religious life of st josephs church here occurred this week with the visit of the statue of our lady of fatima the mission led by rev p moore of thc scarborough foreign mission society for which the statue is the focal mov er has for six years been gaining attention throughout the world tuesday night the crusade came to acton from oustic by motor cade- devotions were held in the church here that evening rev v j morgan and father moore were assisted by rev a callahan of rock wood and kev macdougall of the jesuit novitiate guelph men of the st josephs parish who carried the statue in were e marks a white w davies and i marzo last night thc statue led a motorcade to georgetowns holy cross church the statue was re moved by h deveau e ryan w patterson and m bennett lead ing the procession were young david mcmillan and rita mccrca st josephs church was filled to capacity for tuesday nights devot ions the purpose of the mission crus ade being led by father moore is to emphasize penance and prayer to bring peace to the world during thc visit to each church the pray er of the rosary is offered the statucof our lady of fat ima is in the likeness of the bless ed virgin as she appeared in the famed apparitions of 1917 to three children at fatima portugal forms for the foundation wall are being consturcted this week at the site of the new bank of mont real sidewalk superintendents peek oxer a board fence to watch the progress george barbeau and fred gordon new or good used clothing and ing for aid and financial assistance secretarytreasurer is w davey blankets are being hastily collected was sent immediately ftr hungar- four men were elected to thc in acton this week and will he sent ian children money is still urgently chamber council replacing those i as soon as possible to europe to needed to provicft food and drugs up for relirement elected arc i hungarian refugees these supplies mrs krlox says donations of mon- henry deveau eugene braida will be distributed bythe canadian ey or clothing may be sent to her in cliff bradley and don bexton save the children fund administra- the secretarytreasurer reported tion in austria whose headquarters part payment had been made to the ruddy sign co for actons three town signs erected by the chamber this summer fred wright was named an aud itor before closing of the books this year four meetings per year new meeting dates the first monday of november january march and may were announced by president goy only four gen eral meetings will be held each year at the same time the pres ident asked members to bring problems to thc monthly council meetings in order to cut down on business at dinner meetings a representative of the canadian chamber of commerce is to meet council members at a special meeting next monday night named a committee to erect a christmas tree on mill street this tear were ted tyler jr mansell nell is bill carnochan ken hul- ford doug manning and don bex ton george barbeau urged that in light of mr deacons talk the chamber now take definite steps to start a parking study however no action was taken are near the hungarian border actonians are particularly inter ested in this organization since mrs kenneth knox of acton is the ex ecutive secretary for canada mrs knox explains that the or ganization has received a cable ask- 5-se- tty jjftatryaskriiiyriw acton high victors in final football game on home field the football season ended for acton high school students last thursday afternoon when the local team went into action against milton and emerged victors by a score of h8 this was their only win of the season acton came from behind to win this one after- a dismal first half that saw milton leading 80 the team was entered in a high school football league that in cluded georgetown milton and preston i friday and saturday will be sold in acton poppies care of the canadian save the children fund national office 296 richmond st west in toronto in acton donations are being taken daily to the home of mrs joseph jany 130 main st organiza tions as well as individuals are al ready heading the appeal and it is hoped a load may be sent at once likely as the request spreads even further even more clothing and money will be forthcoming it will be sent from acton as soon as pos sible it takes about three weeks to reach austria mrs knox points out since many wives and children were brought across the border by their men who at once returned to continue their lastditch fight against the russians in their home land mrs knox feels the families will need help for some time her clothing depot she added had just been cleared with a ship ment to greece and their was no backlog of supplies for the hungar ian crisis mr and mrs jany mrs jany sr and their three children are can adians of hungarian origin with relatives still in that country they are naturally very concerned by the news from europe j j r mp tkjilt aware society not just in respect to dog i control a slight boost in- charge would be necessary for next year mr merry continued to the rate of 100 per month or slotl per year- for each representatives of the three board refuses lot severance for church acton thinning board monday rught turned down a severance ap plication by trustees of the local pentecostal congregation for a par cel of land on churchill road the board refused severance on basis that the land where it is pro posed to build a church is not part of a registered plan as well the down by the department of plan ning and development the pentecostal pastor j k reid was present at monday nights meeting also discussed at this session was the t land use map and preparation of tne zoning bylawi the board is at the stage of defining separate parcel did not pro ide for sufficient and usl utilizing the draft plan offstreet parking space as required as a basis by the board it was ruled the land owned by r n brown u s hoped 0 have hc mn by mc- is a purct i from the part plan of law ready by june of next year earlier this but turned town planner f enovd the meeting a deacon at- although five classrooms are located away from the public school creating considerable incon venience all thc classes were being conducted- satisfactorily the pro perty committee reported at the meeting of the school board chair man w wolfe presided at the regu lar meeting attended by a full board of trustees principal g w mckenzie report ed that miss evelyn goodwin the music supervisor had arranged to take the grade two choir to the ki- wanis music festival in guelph on november 21 he advised the board that mrs john black had informed him she would be resi her grade at the end of the december term as she and her husband are moving from acton trustees cliff bradley and tom watson reported that they had in spected various schools in halton county and had decided that the best hall lighting had been wilson fluorescent- corridor units of certain specifications and recommended that the board order these for the new m z bennett school the finance committee was auth orized to make arrangements for fire insurance for the new school thc finance statement of 1k0r was presented approved and pay ment authorized theisecretary re ported receipt of 5fl nonresident fees and of the one dollar annual scout hall rental enrolment 141 at night school in full swing now night school classes at the high school are prov ing an outstanding success again this year total enrolment is 141 higher than last year r among the most popular courses each year the oil painting claaa was so large this year it had to be divid ed in two frank black of george town and mr newman of george town are teaching about 25 enrol led altogether typing has another large class with about 28 taking instruction from the high school teacher w wilhelm mrs brown of guelph is again teaching sewing mrs webster who taught here other years instructs in i milton now in tatting crocheting and petit point mrs huntley of georgetown replaces urjtakur childrens sewing class smocking is proving popular other classes are in millinery shop upholstering and copper tool ing official opening of the attractive new staff residence at halton centennial manor occasioned this gathering of the board of management back row left to right they are william card oakville eric clarke the superintendent of the manor j j stewart acton and william deans georgetown the secretarytreasurer in the froht row are a service nassagaweya- robert shannon chairman ot the board and stanley allen the warden oflhe county opening of the residence leaves accom modation in the manor itself for 20 more residents full account of the manor opening on page three l- back to school for two classes jthe classrooms in the vntca basement and knox presbyterian church will move back to the school next week on monday if possible preparations at the school are being made as quickly as pos sible to bring these two groups back to normal teaching routine blackboard lighting and heat ing are being readied in the two classrooms downstairs at the front of thc part of the old school that was damaged by fire miss andersons class was held in knox church since the lire and mrs switzer in the yjcca three classrooms are still out of the school since the tire these are at the legion ball scout ball and st albans parish hall with the schoolroom leaving the xmcmbersnf the y ladies aux illary are resuming their plana for jthe yearly nursery school sa- ij sss l vftiiv ymftmm