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eightythird yaar no 1 1 acton ontario thursday september 12lh 1957 twawa pagaasavan cant town omctau oatmet in front of a huga prau at plant managar wat wolfe eiplaint the princlpalt of procauing leather for the open market during their four qf the beardmore plant in acton on wednetday shown front row left to right w wolfe w j beatty r r parker plant officialt deputy reeve w wil ton puc commfctioner f oaket councillor j goy clerk j mcgeachle councillor walter cook back row f sail j creigh ton plant officials councillor h towe p u c commissioner r everdell mayor e g tyler reeve j hargravc and councillor g barbeau editorinch for acton the acton free lrcaa waa wed- neaday named oner gain on canada s top weekly newspaper as it wu awarded third prize in canada wide competition the ward placed this newspaper third u the delhi ontario newsrecord nd vtrden manitoba empire ad vane tn the conlesrt for the beat allround weekly paper having a circulation of between 1000 and x9b0 kditarlnbia o a dills accept d tha award at the canadian weakly newspapers aaauciauon convention at banff alia he re more than 500 editors from across canada an meeting for ttu mth annuul nm c ntion of thi asaociar uon thi award wa presented at noon luncheon wednesday mr dills also accepted thr award for ttu milton champion which la ief accepts awards free press at banff printed in the acton plant which waa recleved for placing aecond in the beat allround paper claaa for newspapers with 2000 to 3 000 cir culation last year the arton free press received three cwna awards when editor in chief g a dills accepted the m a jamea memorial shield for the beat front page and aecond in the best allround paper competition and aacood in tha bast editorial paar tha only other newspaper in ha ton winning pruaa tn the competi tion h the oukvillr journal w htch won a first a swennd and a third in the ur 3 000 rirrulatittn class raich tar thr recognition of can acta top w ci kites through the an luml cwna awards is thi ht light of the a ww i ti on conven lion it is estimated that canada has cloar to boo uon ni tmimilitan weekly twice ut wl and tn weekly papers thr largml majority of which are mi mb r of thr cwna in ontario alone the rr are over zoo witklui the frre prcxa haa imi n a con latent wtnm r in thi new spa r competltlona conducted by the c w na gunce httf the paper has won m award among u have been the clark cup m a jam a mem orial trophy hugh sa age sh i id malcolm mrlleth aha id and the john w edy trophv these awards n pn 4 nl thi u l allround ncwipitper in tin cl is with a cirrul ition of inutn 1000 and 2 000 ttu tnt1 eetitojial ptj and ul unit page acton planning board complete bylaw consultant to study annexation plan the acton planning hoard wilti tinbhluttvahowcd an area aa re-aid- 1 lo lh board al his carlil con- tho arton planning hoard wliti planning consultant allan p dea con pcscnt completed their stud of the proposed zoning bvliiw at their rtgultr meeting on tutda evening mr lxit on t x plain d to ttu board the a had been i owing in tje putter of the ihpirtimnt of planning and vh i inpmi nl from the time thi original pi in hid been made if a prop- t n prenntlx iom- mrrcial then l no uu nt calling it otherwise stated the plinn tig consultant 11 continued to lrs his opinion the dcpirtnunt should bide by thi official pi in whu sunday christening last sundm nt 4 iki pin heather marie wilkinson awm christened in st albans church acton thi siui ranvent was adnunisu net b tht rev evan 11 join ks lor godparent ur mrs u i ward of toronto and mrs minon cltuibttth btorv k it 4 acton milton acton cars in highway collision damage caused tn a car accid mtt north of the s bind on highway sb recontlv moling pehr pop- lon of acton and allan t- turner of riverplac crecvnt milton was estimated at s0 h inxttgating opp officer ka andreas the acton car collided u th the r otthc car drtven bymi tur- ncr ncauwr driver wu injured scout hall benefits from acton johers this wek the acton scout group were prcaented with vhe proceeds of tha acton open golf tournament held in orangoilu or sunday bui coon representing the golf ers presented the group with the money to be applied to the build ing fund at the scout house with the costs of the new addi ongtiiti mliul which later had to be chanc- it to commercial jn haps i got a little bit stub- j born explained mr d aeon but i fit1 that u rhingc in ihiic u ni t juat fd and the case can ik won if t iken to a higher authority mr deacon agreed w ith thi nt- titkl of thi dpi that an nm ik nuamp area regard tca ot the emu- pm owning thi propv t un tl improvt nint had ocen mid to niter it from that claikiin ition a dicuun took place nfia j ing th proptrh fronting on ni 7 tuivhwuj euit of town and th io aultant rxveaud the opinion o a ikpartinent memo that although ccrat rommerc al propvrtiea had ukmicd on thi propiru nuntion- m it ahnuld be clawed us a riaid- i ntial zone we cannot go too fir w uh the zoning map it prtaint stated thi planning tonaullant until aomc thangia have ben nuado it would b poor xlic to pisint the b- law to lounul until tor roct and af ter council approve it a gtiurul mtinn of all rutepavt rs can be called in ordir to explain the bv- 1 iw io thv h opk a resolution was picnted from council asking the planning bos 4 to prepare a plan for annexation of surrounding ureas for the uwn of acton mr dtikon explained to the board s plan of annexation takes considerable time and study aid it i to the interest of the town o have the study initiated planning board resolved to have mr deacon begin a study of a pro posed annexation area and repor donation oil the partof the golfers will certainly be of great uflstann to the scout commlttm vi nience tbe board mlho 171 d of lind from i hi uda st wart thi nnlt ng r ition idjiuirn d at 11 20 acton town officials tour local tannery nfficil 1 t tht town of acton win kii of the flea dmore of fit 1 ila n wnlrnvkr when after a dmik r at llu i k house they lound th luriil plant vt j ila mitv vk pn aid nt and pi ml nuiuiki r it it parkar ut aup tint ndrnt w j wolfe i i ttit in 11 i r jack cm tghton mriilnrv intunr and t- salt milt s mana r all th iwardmnn i unl in acton conducted town of lualiun tour i t the nlirc plant in ord r for ttie tow n officials ui irgualnt thimatlvta with the work ing conditions and procesing of the uather there process 11 halton stretch call bids on 401 tenders were called vledaaa- da h the department af lllgk- hii far grading and ralverta aai highway 41 from the tar rt trafslgar lowmhlp line la high way u according to the call far ten ders the work woo id cevar distance ef nearly eight aaltam tenders for the work will he received until october i and will he opened al tha rirllisacail rii tiding far her this year nara w railed for similar work between no 1 highway and the toreota trafalgar townahlp una l the highway crass tllfh- mi u narth of mlllan where a rlover leaf will be ronslracteal county declines halton deer season neighbour councils drop open hunt there will be no apen deer hunt ing season in halton county this year it was decided tuesday at the hrplembrr meeting of halton county council in thr court house milton halton had origin slly agreed to aponaor an oprn w sou if ih auiiounding lontu would alao permit luenaed ahimit ing in their own srri hu il iijm duy s rurrling it waa liurmt th il af 10 ontario luuntna approacird un the td a nritihlmuini in l wellington aid waullm tia 1 drt tinid the ufft r ciunt illo a uftm d an son hen woul 1 make mecca fur hunt 1a fiom rounding rountu a alo decline couikil ilui innd it toward hoi u hsitttnt gave two ri ading to a turruw uouut uimki tli ih iitun 1 for the purpoai of kranting fin aitcial aid in i he iu w so txxl mil tun ijutrirt hoapital ttnrd rt idinii w ii lm k wh n muniiipil hoard approval u receivid and tin first payment will nut bt mud un til ea ly ism om haapluj uandry the poaaiblllty that lh oakvillr- trafalgar mi mortal huapllal nilsit be enlarged to handli thc laundry of the new milton burlington ct nift town umi south i i hoapit alt on a nun profit hm waa brought to liithl at tin luy a meeting when the hurlinklon ion pita bo3d nutli thr tuui ation open a allied lo afl atip for county approval the mter from uurllngton suggested a meet ing of representatives of each of the hospitals might be held with the thought of sddlnjj several thousand dollars wuilh of equip ment to thr air ady eat a 11 la lied oakvilli laundry and takii in sll the wattling torn the other liuaplt it would save at kut 50 0o0 for the hurl inton hospital com me tiled ht i v r c atklimn ut that town lit- notid the kviu- trafalgar laundry la not uxd full time at prist nl and la taking in tu tit ip pay i r ll a if tmuillor ttie hotllnk th i utility jiw to wi 1 pic ami that 11 lui 1 had comt lo th thi augga atliin and d iwi uh mix ra ul tin ti nnillhi to all ml thr pro 11 tins lo irii 1 suppnil to 1 iind ualil in whatever plain the system of administration which emu acts two township in spectors and sevtral municipal in- lectors he noted wild carrot is cauaink ute moat trouble this year and showed that 130 feet of road had bet n sprayed atwl 130 miles of ahnuldeia imiwrd on county roads and 3t0 imh a ap ayed antl iu nil 1 1 iinvnd by thr tuwnilupa he elpuili d that below hlkti way ft aeveial a 1 1 a of ao culled apetulalive lout in at waate with wteda t r us in in hut the aituation la n t aa airioua js abovs ttie highway whnv ttir wtiils on v a hit 1 tn 1 1 nd mg r dii oil in 1 i mr wuy ul jn ible id vt man alltn of uptown app altxl the fait that lrorkr imm hospital liadnt t in in nl nmed in ttn llu llngtun uttir he raid j o gt town was juat a alt p in hind milton in obtaining spprov al for tht tr hopital and insisted j org town have riprearnlsllon al tin nit tinn mr alien was ap uoinltd on if tht fuunty s rcprta intitivia to tht parlay hear meed keport nt w ty ippolntt tt wt til liint tor vnnii mrarthur of n hon town atup appe ued b i ori council to gi a nport on his wurk and ex board engages new teacher stop noon lunch at school chairman j w wolfe presided at a full hoard of t uates nmlinii for stpumbtr in tht m 7 uenn ll itthool un scptrmher i at 7 30 pm pruuipd g w mktnir uf th hub it i ink school reported un uve load of pupils and another teacher would be requlrod the teacher engagement commit- uf r porttd that miss wicbe qslt had ik en engaged this week the ho ird considered that they wert fortunate in p ocuring the arvic a of m 1 xperlrnred lenrhrr on such short not hi and contmrndi d thi rumm lltt on h rimm work tin pr nnpal reported that ore of th diiulnn hit tripped ov r in 1 m out and biokin un inn hi introduced an insur met pi tn which thi bo ird approved he 1 m n portad that it wis pr posed lo hold a monthly melt ing of llu miffs at thr two aehoola in order that pertinent suhje li of arhool inw 1 st could be ducuicd among thi t iche a for the better mint i tin aihoii a and thit unif ormilv ik kept at all teaching hv ols whaeh met with uic full up- prov il of the bo ird appropmtc expend iturr wrr nppioxt d fur home iconomlc and k ud r irte n p imiry ruirr- m nts approval was givtn fur neiessary approved books 1 1 t it pur th rucks now tently policy sctlool in id rd w is udivd uiiit mr i tt at ti it al both imiunl upp nvcd the lion al 1 aulhotifd f a i litional bicycl thi ila th that schoota were convtn located th board adoptod a of no noon lunches at the a exceptions to thj rule to be l non illy w ith ttn princlp- fin ince statrmint of ti 0o4 0 m ntt d approved and pay iiithorited mttting t nditl at 9 01 p m n iletl through pful me arthur aug in of pi rud al ied nest yea in final ll alat lui uti mal w ih mil orguniati no pi 1 wi ing frl fatidgi on of riiuni i what in tion 11 hy municipal acounts ar aub- ruwn attorney for is othe mem tiers mills from a n cent the allorneyrt ner- wi uld b hi weed nuiunri i puty rervi nilaon ak i ah 011 id be t il councils wtu n in ill eel by tin uncollected fi recalhd no rt deputation to al about ttie problem and hi eve allan noted thai iv i county py a full lime crown attorney no deem ion w 1 reached other than a nding anolhc letter to the hon ktlso it ot its for some actum count ll approve d installation by the hoard of trail port commis- tannery blaze quickly quelled on r 1 ulav v nun acton t m ihpartmtiit rmpiulid 1 a call al lltardiuir tilintiy to stingumli a squill fin u lu viil t hai atarted hy aonitun dr pplnn a ri an tti butt lituitn tht un un tht rail way bridge with thr a s tit nee nf tht effic ient tannery fire department the firs was extinguished in short treh r with intu damage done to tin hndk the itrownxa commi m t d their mtetingi uil monday nitit converted barn burns rockwood warehouse burns estimate loss at 40000 a la g birn recrnlly convcrtrd into t moelcrn w art hoiim belong ulk tu uil michigan uulb lumuluiy nt ir kink wood waa completely dthliotd by firt last thursd ty iw mug th fin wu first noticed by hod dow nn 1 nt ithbor w ho notice ti what lookid like steam coming t s install movje screen in parish hall acton a new moic screen was inatalled during the week in st alban paruh hall the work of install at- ion was carried on by william bar rett vic brlitow and j h price the screen itself waa donated to tlon at the scout house soaring tnjth parish hall by the roxy theatre after tacyconverted to the new wide screen for ciimascope purpose is f- thb smilnmo winners in the acton minor sports bateball loagun er the havana sugar kings who cameoit on top and won tha cup shown are the players front row left to right james arnqtt keith dunk shultlt merle harrli torn mc keown end glenn holmei mjddle row clifford wedge gor don ma ton joe mattey paul bennett gerald sterritt and brian barbeau shown at the rear left is hec lambert proud manager and coach who sponsored the pictures for the bqys ivan harris one of the umpires during the year and georgerbarbaauy an ardent supporter of the sugar kings absenfls graham wlndett from the bu idlng no flimn could be seen at firat hi c tiled g irdon t uoedm 111 uvintr ot th bulb e unpin who wis witching tt 1 vimon f ire nit n from it kkwooet wen called and wire tin rt in 11 ft w mlnut but nothing could be done to mi the buildin 1 tist wis tstiniited tu n will over 10 ihio th it w n t iverid by uimirmee t in in in cliff m iduws aid th it the buildinn woutit ti burned even fasti r but tlu aspti ilt ahmgli on the unit pitintel tht aky was blight 1 r mson frum hikckw ikmi v illaki and aonn thought in tht villati that a wikki id siitiun north of hinkwotkl w 1 burning crackling of llimu umld bt h ird wo milts away the w are hoiist w as loc ilcd on lot 6 in thr aivinth concessii n ol i ramoai township and wat cunp- le it ly mudr nuid with ml h itm the day be- for fljoooo worth of bulbs had bun ahipped t diatom- em through ttie gutlph post office gthidmin a ud hi had no idea ol tht caust of the fire and t regular check had been mad of the pn mat a only a short time be fore as was done rvtry vming the mod nlznl farm home nearby was not damaged in any way mr goodman plana to rebuild at once sinners on the eighth line ckr crossing near oskviue of which the county is tu pay no more than 25 per cent former deputy clerk gaxflftd hruwn wai named clerk at a salary uf 15 ono effective september 1 1tkv7 in announring th appoint ment warden ulllward noted that at 34 mr ii own is the youngs county clerk in onlariu thr appointment of mr ucar- ttiur aa weed inipedor was mads nffuial by three readings of ths upp tnwrit bylaw three rt ad mi a we e also given hyuw aett ng up a ctmtract with li el rounlr over malnt nance of ltmndury line road i eel is to maintain the road and the costs ate tu be abated equally by th two c untua effective january 1 iwmi aulhiiilv wai given the build ing lommittev to p uceed with landscaping the county buildlngl to coat nu more than 2300 fint piojtt will be the new iteglitry office ihla fall at an estlmsud coat n am orr apeindrnce from jamea ml allin minister of highways said the department could not st pres ent take aver as povlnclal roads som of the present county roads as aukgcalcd iurehaae uf desks chairs and table to euip the new juvenile aivd family court building not in excess of a00 was approved council will meet sgaln on oct ober a study authority n urban board tin controversial issue of the it nal status of thr north halton urban moaul nand ila head again last nigh wednesday when ae tt n georget iwn and milton repre ainlatlvra met in milton for the regular meeting secretary jack mccaachla in formed members of the tritown board that kaepiestng township had qui stiom d the department of municipal affairs on the betard actual li kdlty to make expendltur is and mtif into contracts and tha department in turn took issue with tht beuirda legality the secretary s ml the it parlment even ejues- turned the integrity of the auditing firm which iihi the boards books and threatened loss of the firms lie nat fur conducting an improper audit c orrikpondcnce from the depart ment refilled the municipal board has n 1 record uf issuing an order making thd bosrd legally ctmsltut- eel so it could nttt enti r any con- li4 la er make expenditures and any pre at nt contracts are vuld hoard members reviewed the board had ucled only in an advls- tiry cupacity tn the three councils thus far and had not signed any ct nttarta but had inatead referred thi in tn the rtupectlvi councils or ratification allhoukh augi stlons wire given th it ttu board ahould now be leg al i v consututeet memters decided to carry on in its pntt nt capacities olht r aubjecta undt r discussion inrhidid crown atto ney dlngl s aeeounts whuh will not be settled until ttu county council gives its 11 imrt diatuasion of the varying fire ars contracts aa yet unsettled in milton and acton and swapping of idtas on noiae by laws trailer bylaws building pc m it fees wat er miter charges licensing af tradismrn from other towns and i the proposed ucll telephone ln crtasc district ys men hold meeting in y central ontario district ys mm held a training corns meeting on sunday in the y m c a in acton pircy krou cintral ontario district governor was chairman ot the moct ng assund by wilt ro berts from the guclph club the meeting is held once a year to enlighten the members on the principle and standards of the ys men and to keep all clubs up to date on the y s men s activities in the various clubs of the district garnet mckrnzie from the acton club attended the western ontario district meeting at sarnia on sun day and clarence hognvaldson and jack mcgeachle attended the east- ern ontario district meeting at belleville the acton yg menettcs served lunch after the meeting la the vol cahere quick response puts out fire tinmen were called to the flynn nursing home un no 33 hlghwsv last tuesday shortly after five o clock tu extinguish a grease fire on the kitchen itutc thi fire was soon put out and tht fire nun returned to the hall whire they are still fixing up their meiling quarters t96 boy scouts attend reunion 1iw boy scouts attended the sixth annual guwell reunion ot scoulers at bluu springs scout camp on friday saturday and sunday september ffttb 7th aftd 8th scouts went present from wind or east to peterborough to htar the guest speaker fred flnley chief exkutve ot tha ctnirtm heagiiaxterg i