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j wtv m wit v v- s v n c x eightysecond yearmo 20 acton ontario thursday november 22nd 1956 x j9 4 eight pagesseven cents b outli commercial areas in study of zoning legislation piblflinit lands requirements for gasoline service stations were contained in a resolution passed by the acton planning board in a meeting with tkc planning consultant p allan jjscjm on monday evening in its continuing preparation of a com plete zoning bylaw the board ap proved four major points the first point approved was that an area of land south of no 7 highway on both sides of churchill road be designated as zone c2 local shopping center the board ben turned its attention to the land fronting on church st from the black creek to no 25 high way and the commercial block on the east side of the highway from church st to agnes st identifying it as zonu c3 the board then moved that all other commercial lands within the town of acton as shown on the o- ficial land use plan be zoned ci general commercial finally it was decided to limit the installation of gasoline retail service stations to industrial zones mpand m2 subject to area re quirements in order to adhere to those conditions no service station will be permitted closer than 200 feet to a major street intersection or level railroad crossing nor will any service station be allowed closer thnn 500 feet to any school property four escape with shaking up as car rolled over wrecked four people escaped with only a ffhafriic up after their m54 model car rolled over once and came to rest on its wheels on the lot atbal- lontines service station on no 7 highway sunday afternoon the car was ilinwil as a complete wreck according to investigating officer george moore of the county opp detachment jack judge driver of the car was slowing down for the ga station when a car driven by grant withers of 39 john street acton collided with the rear of the judge car the impact he said drove the judge car into the service f ttm lot where it rolled over helen kennard is of george- music festival third awarded school choir competing against city choirs grade two pupils from acton placed third in choir class wed- neaday nt the guelph kiwanis j oroaqcast tollows town received slight neck injuries the only injuries reported the withers vehicle received about 300 dunnage scouts cubs net 142 apple day about 75 enthusiastic cubs and boy scouts gavewollpolishcd ap ples as their thank you for don ations to their groups last friday and saturday a few of the uni formed lads called at the factories in town friday afternoon when their baskets were welcomed the 20 bushels of mackintosh apples were depleted steadily on saturday with doortodoor call and street corner sales until by three in the afternoon there were no apples left about 142 was cleared by the boys in their annual drive sup plies and maintenance of the scout hall require funds nominations set for friday 14 civic posts to be filled assessor resigns at a special meeting of acton council on tuesday evening of this week the resignation of as sessor o lamb was accepted ef fective immediately and the clerk was authorised to advertise for applications for the position to be received prior to the next council meeting staff pboui exchanging selling tips before making their assigned rounds last saturday during the annual scout and cub apple day are sixer jack wensley and patrol leader stewart mcdonald apples were sold friday afternoon at factories and housetohouse on saturday twenty bushels were disposed of ailiiihh iiiwi ii m nil oagaass5i ssarrisgsgjssasn puc reviews proposed contract with electrical worker union members of acton public uu1- to acceptance of membership in the menl within 15 days after notific- ities commission thursday even- union atioh but would be willing to co- ing reviewed with m j leblanc also included in the preliminary operate m delaying further study minor injuries as car rolls at silvercreek four passengers suffered minor injuries early this morning thursday when their car went into a skid caused by icy pavement careened into the ditch and rolled over one and a half times on sil vercreek hill i shaken up was kevin breen r r 4 acton driver of the vehicle ernie wheeler bob foyer and ter ry slavin suffered injuries to the back head and leg respectively and were taken to georgetown for ob servation actons nomination meeting is scheduled for friday night in the legion hnll several of the sur rounding halton municipalities have already held their annual meeting and flection plans in the area are underway positions to be filled in acton for the 1957 term include six council lors a mayor reeve deputy reeve three public school trustees for two year terms as are two public ut ilities commissioners indications of the plans for those who already fill the positions are vague in most cases although it would seem there may be some new faces on the 1957 elected bodies rumors have been prevalent as municipal officials may be stepping out of the municipal picture and the possible new faces that may be in troduced attindance at the nomination meetings in the past few years has been fairly representative n owner or tenant can be nom inated for a municipal position but he or she must be present at the nomination meeting unless a con sent to nomination has been signed prior to the meeting nominations are accepted during the one hour period by the clerk and posted on a blackboard a person nominated for more than one position must declare which position they will stand for before 9 pm or they will be deemed to run for the position to which they were nominated first each candidate who plans to con test a position must sign qualifica tion papers with the clerk prior to usual at this time of year on whav 9 pm on saturday evening ing it is usual for members of the 1956 groups to report on their years activities following the close of nominations those nominated are also usually given an opportunity to speak e t2vsi yrrkni rrsivr- v vk damage to the car amounted to i000 100000 job of paving ends discussions were standby time ov- muste festival first iind second places were taken by guelph kfoube opeitttouse choirs with 85 and 84 marks while acton received 83 miss evelyn goodwin directed the 31 young sters in carpenter all received yellow ribbons jon hurst 12 year old sun of mr and- mrs joe hurst arthur st won the gold medal for boys clarinet solo at the festival on monday he is a member of the acton boys band and this was his first competition he also received a certiifcate of merit with 83 per cent in the boys solo class other local winners are soprano solo 21 years and under donna mcmillan solo boys eight and un der robert buckner tied for third boys solo 11 years and over bill henry tied for third ithere were 14 in this class mezzosoprano solo 21 years and under donna mcmillan girls solo 12 and un der margaret mcphail campbell- ville the festival continues until fri day about 200 ikhiple were guests of franklin prousc motors in the new- ly altered parage and showrooms open house on display were five new ertmie inclement weather holi days cumulatfve sick leave pro- vision of tools and rubber coats a well as strike action and conciliat ion procedure carpenter kndav veiling lor an on display were main point of discussion was the cd out the practice of carrying out silliest inn of hourly rates of pay as capital worksfrom the current ac- tpmstd to the present salary basis count had been suspendedand re thai includes stand by time and placed with debenture issues for union membership or ovt rtime following review of the the chmrman noted the rates proposed contract chairman dr woulri now- seem to be satisfactory cakes pointed out that december ctinud on page four was a particularly busy month in municipal life and asked if further flr- negotiations might be delayed un til the new year j mr leblanc pointed out he had herman freuler new president of association a short service was held 11 memory of president lome mast ers at the meeting of the home ami school association on monday ev etunk joe hurst read the 23rd psalm and the acton chorahers quartette satu an appropriate hymn cine minutes silence was observed herman freuler was elected president of the association to fill the place of mr master who was le in an aectdeiu kuir new appnnt- representinr the international bro- t her hood f electrical workers un- i ion i proposed contract review of the lengthy document consumed several hours of the six ami a half hmti tneetinfiin sub mitting the proposed contract the representative noted it was a i at her peculiar situation since the commission had no employees at pre pontiaes including a sierra gold ti act as an employee committee j metallic laureiuian and a red and it was pointed out the comrais- i white buirk sum was not prepared to submit master of ceremonies for the pro- any counter proposals not having gram was mel smith of general studied the submission of the union motors products he directed en- representative the proposed con tertainment and interviews which tract outlined grievance procedure were recorded and later heard on bargaining arbitration lockouts forwarded a copy of the agreement the radio mr and mrs josh maf- j ancl strikes the contract suggested 1 on october 10 to the commission fie of toronto mr tippin and mr a niodified union shop which it i and had received no answer he gibson bagpipers of gait provided was explained allowed a music and fun frink terry presi- oruh probationary period dent of the chamber of commerce w g davey manager of the bank of montreal rev gordon adams ol the united church and jim ledger i president of the rotary club earl j good of dominion rubber murray j hamner of general motors accept j ance corporation vic faticett of the halton county health unit ence to be held at the units head a canadian oil companies john moi nursing staff which serves as an office milton the nurses will meet ritt of general motors troducts and effective public health team with the medical staff t discuss gordon hufnagel representing the throughout the county under the j scouts selling apples were among direction of miss grace leavey b j those who spoke i prizewinners were lo the new year if a written re- quest was forwarded 1 a financial statement covering hydro operations to the end of september indicated a profit of slqwlfiq nlthmik rrprhi pjt north halton public speaking winners named margret whewcll of bruce street school milton won the north hal ton urban public speaking finals held at the acton public school on thursday november 15 judges a j barker of georgetown j d lee of milton and rev ray costeru of acton selected miss whewell from a field f 23 contestants with leslie ann duby of acton as run nerup both miss whewell nnd miss duby will now proceed to the hal ton county finals to be held on friday november 30 at the lome school in trafalgar town- ifire in straw stack quickly extinguished a straw stack was destroyed by fire on the sprowl farm sunday on churchill road south of nu 7 highway the alarm was turnej in by mrs sprowl who noticed the fire in the field north of their home fire chief newton reported children had been seen playing in the field prior to the fire the blaze was quickly extin guished by the brigade that crossed a field car overturns in collision the paving of actons streets en tailing the laying of six and a half miles of pavement has now been completed the project was started early in october continued all last month and throughout the first half skuo of november i ship a two car collision involving thi the job cost an estimated 100000 the audience of about 180 vehicles of frank holmes 20t of which the town will pay half ah heard an excellent talk by miss mardunald boulevard and oai y streets paved received a covering whewell based on the life and mcfadden 119 guelph et occur of 20 feet in width and two and a j arliicyemi nts of dr frederick i red at the intersection chu h i i depth theonly ebntrrmg7 while miss duby gave ar ception to the standard was church i entertaining account of her sum street which received a covering measuring 21 feet in width afll local streets cxctpi new un settled roads in the glenlea and likrvicw subdivisions were paved with a hot mix asphalt nier excursion to muskokr rev gordon adams delivered an aiictress to 10 members of the walker lodge at the united church sunday evening taiaa il3sjsi three noted that he could have forced the prior commission to consider the agree- i nurses of county health unit wear new uniforms this week the current polio immunization gerry earlt ted hansen mrs charles kirkness i uoyd chfton mrs lloyd clifton miss grace clow krme lnvson and bert looyenga of rekwood t i sc n wore ttieirnew grey uni- l forms for lherirst time yesterday qute a few deer have become mobilised it leas we sec them o car travelling through uv ii a least ore iitie tot thought the unler prize wi one of sinta faithful aimal ami sent a v a vir the street after the proud rportsman the new look for the county nurses will include a tca airline type hat a regulation grey suit navy blue topcoat and sweater black bag and shoes with white blouse and scarf a shiny new lapel nn bearing the county crest with the inscription absque lahore nihil n thmg without w mk tive stl iking touch and art a i pioill motto to this tv ooup a i u- ironthh staff cv ifei program maternal and child care school nursing services and num- j erous other health topics the public health nurses work from five offices throughout the county and are allocated according o population the ratio being one nurse to 5000 population names of nurses working from various of- l fices are as follows oakville mrs w crase mrs o gilroy miss f stewart miss b iar burlington miss k shaefer mss k matheson rss n bnttm mrs c harrod george u m miss j nevitt mrv winds of gale force uprooted this light stancbrd and ts heavy cement foundation from the k jamieson mn m- e lvle ground durng a furious windstorm on wednesday located at the cenotaph the sturdily embedded p was nc h fcr the raging wind the foundation was torn from its moorings like paper were executive members ed the top five pupils of the public speaking competition spoke on then chosen subjects a film on child education and one of the leslie bell singers were enjoyed coffee and sandwiches were served c of c postpone bicycle taping bicycle taping undertaken by the acton chamber of commerce originally scheduled for saturday was postponed until next spring i because of the cold weather johnny gov pointed out this week that the cold weather pre- 1 vents- the tape from sticking to the bicycles the tape that was to be applied reflects light and is con- sldered a safety precaution tor cyclists j it wai also noted the chamber was working on preparation and i publication of local christmas shopping hours a committee of five headed by ted tyler jr has been appointed collect 47119 porcn ib locally a total of 471 19 was kv ti ir acton to further the work of the canadian national institute for the blind m his area members of the duke of devonshire chapter of the i o de canvassed for the worth while work of the institute in this district it was discovered that many did not realize the institute directly assists several blind people in the acn would respond yencrously to immediate locality christmas gifts an annual picnic and visits are among the services y mca seeks aid for hungary i the director of the worlds ym ca refugee services in austria has been in contact with govern ment officials in this country re garding the urgent need of contrib utions to be used for the relief of hungarian refugees bob brayshaw general secretary of the acton ymca will be greatly appreciative of any donat ions received they may consist of preparation of christmas foundation wa pourh fjr the new bank of montreal build- will be of stcne brick and aluminym it is expected that the build- whwill usedta construct decoration including the tree and ing last monday th structure rismeon the millwillostreets ing begun last month will be completed by january workmen housing units for homeless rcfu- ftgming corner property formerly occupied by hirtfons department store are shown here pouring the cement irrrhe foundation cribbing iiees and main streets late friday eten- inn of last week holmes suffered lacerations of the upper and lower lips while mcfadden escaped without injury damage to both cars was estimati at 700 according to police reports the holmes car proceeding west on church st was in collision with the mcfadden vehicle proceeding south on main st at the church and main intersection causing mc- faddens car to overturn constable hodgins of the ontar io provincial police detachment in vestigated name executive county cnib the halton county advisory board of thr canadian national institute for the blind held their annual meeting in the office of th chairman g f thompson recent ly reports of the district secretary wesley stanley and the chairmen of committees showed the blind in the county of halton arc being well served by the canadian nat ional institute for the blind there are 311 persons being eared for b the institute in this area receipts frum the annual cam paigns in milton burlington georgetown bronte and oakville were reported as satisfactory the elections resulted is follo executive chairman g thonop- son milton first vice chairman richard licato georgetown sec- ond vicechairman h g mckillop third vire chairman harry tut hurlingtun ireisurer ii w kelson milton secretary g h hiddiills milton members acton ifrs a k iing mrs k cs franklin miltori mrs ii i tremayne k y dick mrs m k gowland burling on mrs m m bush mrs w fraoei k d lucas georgetown mrs k gillos mrs p ixalic j r hun ham oakville mrs j a m bill mrs eyre davis mrs harry ryrie s fearman vl i honorary members acton mrs w j beatty h r forrt bur rag 1 ton mrs hughes cleaver georax- this appeal so that no youth pro- gc j d grams would have to be curtailed w h kcntner m iton dr c a either through lack of equipment or gco r j facilities whitelock oakville frank pullen i lady baillie stanley l hall m ipp finalize plans for fund drive a itftnik of thr ymca biird a hrlri n tutsdav wheti plans fti tht- fnid raising drive mxt monday utrt finalized it was ponittd mt to nifinbor how urgent i liinds are rtfiuircd both for rt- pairs to the ymca building and continuing the programs thr board hoped the people f new flooring laid in st albans hall santa claus parade the school room in the parish fray firlc tral hall is much more comfortable jtfembers of the novelty groy more now an attractive flooring of plas tic and felt has been laid under the desks of the class still separated from the school proper following the fire there mon of the anglican church helped to lay the new flooring tuesday evening five minutes after the free press was on the streets an article offer ed for sale in the classified section was sold and after four enquiries girls club spent a busy dajf hi toronto last saturday as they wit nessed the annual santa clans par ade sponsored by the t eaton co assured of a front rank pos along the parade route by eatons the group left acton on the evtr morning train under the guidance of mrs bob brayshaw the girls watched the paradeand then went shopping returning on the evening train tired but happy j- 7rf vjb