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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 9, 1964, p. 1

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bghryhlmm yrno 41 mvpw mutt nvflnt next wednesday the name of actons next pmun to be honor ed w ciruen of the ye wili be rev to the rcprtenlirtlve group of actohlans attending the annual dinner in the pariah hall ringing applause wih again greet the announcement of the name and chamber of commerce or- ganberk will know jusl how uc- cearful their plan it to keep the recipient and special guests sec ret have been another drawing card to the pleasant social evening vrt wir ed each vear by the c of c will be the highly recommended jjuest speeker ale hard d joneshasbecn with the national conference of chris tian and jews since its incep tion he wan appointed director of the canadian council of chris tian and jews in november 1947 he was a member of the can adian delegation to world broth erhood conference held in pari ivance in 19v and brussels belgium in 1955 in 1957 he re velved the beth sholem brother hood award and also hi ciwv adlan citizenship paper sttt ptt acton ontario thursday apftil 9th 1964 twatv pages seven cbrh ichasd d jones dutliigulahlai speaker he was hum in new jersey and has degrees from weslcyan univ ersity bo i on university and northwestern university and was ordained into the methodist mlnjktrv in i9m before that he taught latin and english at ath ens college athens greece he has vlwtted extensively in ell european oounlrlcs including poland lalvla lithuania and has been to india china mexico and alaska during the war he served in the merchant marines withllme spent in northern af- rlcu italy and soul hern france curtain rises lion minstrels the lion club minstrel on their btockfucc tonight fur the first show in their threenight stand diws rehearsal hut with out the characteristic hlacmucv recorded it a speciil was lam night wednesday in board public meeting put mjtl sydney pasma was hospitalized wednesday before noon whan the car the wit driving wt in collision with a weitbound cnr freight train at lh mill st croiinrj the incident attracted a large crowd of spectators poltca supplied a white sheet to cover a broken wind- shifd to protect th injured woman from cold wind until the ambulance arrived j trustees totalling grants for high school addition high school trustees learned monday evening final approval or the new eightroom addition to the school had been received and a grant from the municipal work association branch of the government would reduce the cotft by 1187 the total cokl of the addition t expected to he 24jjj9 including architects lee and other costs a legislative grant hawed on an a yet unknown percentage of 1200000 will reduce the com o luxpayerh further included in the new addition will be si class rooms a library and a laboratory original plunk also called lor an additional gymnusium and other rooms but trustees decided against theie at the- present time there are now 379 siudenu attending school and with the new addition added mo students could be accommodated mr and wn james matthews have been engaged on the teach ing staff for the nextjerm it is expected mr mat new will leach industrial arts and mrv matt hews wih assist in the spe cial commercial course to date three teachers ure leav ing the staff at the end ot this term principal li a hansen informed the hoard miss louise meardmurc was returning to un iversity to lake a years course in french and hoard members agreed tu o4er miss mead more a contract to return when the course was cumpleted chairman jack keid and trus tee wight engcl reported on a recent vkit to toronto in an at tempt to hiie u- oliver and said i hey had eiieouiuged teachers interviewed to move to acton kcrwin mophail commended the members for ihk action and re marked hasnt this been part of the trouble with tuttcae ident at him hank impact 1 er wanted a uv ha prior to live due home and teachersj board mensben icanvffohowirvg year trtnctpal han- ed mr bray who has been living in guelph is moving to glen lea subdivision this spring chang cheques i nance chairman chester an derson saving that teachers arc being paid on the 15ih and last day ol live month sug- trcsted they ik- paid on the 15th and last working day of live month this action was sparked bv a revent incident at him bank uhen a leather cheque cashed dale mr anderson told cumc agues leulvers living out of town or cuing aujv utter school was out were entitled to their pay on live ust working day and not have lo return to town lo cash a cheque later his resolution lo have this done was approved unanimously approval was given rum the department ot education lor ihc board to purchase second hand books for grades 9 and 10 stu dents for useby student us v t v v ffoj lw ten told members he had an nounced his lo the ktudents that the hook would be purchased providing they were kept in good condition accounts totu4ing 1729699 weiv iippiovcd lor payment car rams cnr train at crossing womans condition is satisfactory an acton woman mrs sydney lance repotted late wednesday pasma l in guelph genet a hospital in satisfactory condit ion following a car irani crash at the mill street cn u i tossing wednesday around ii a an dr d a garrett who met tlw iniured woman when stie artived at live ivospital by ambu- vwning uie woman had received multiple ductules lacera tions and was in satisfactory condition hul had lhen badly in juied 1 he nciidenl hl tn ntl at ii a in as a westtmhind llitotightrcighl ttaln wus pntceeding to pdluicit- car rams home driver flees is later charged a malt on man u j rloom- lield wa- clvarged with impaired and careless driving bv eunstuhle hiuce mcaruiur of acton op p detachment after his car clash ed into live home of mr aiul mrs gordon lambert victoria ave shortly alter 6 pm saturday mr and mrs lantbcrt were start led wtven tlveir fuxise rucked after live u loom lie id auto struck il oear a bedroom window con stable mcarlhur reported use car frocevdiny west on chutvh strxel ast went through the intei section at vlcloita st whhmii stopping and situck lie laintktt luuue considerable damage was caus ed lo live house and car and res idents we iv shaken up hy tlve impact this k live third time struck i lie lajnberl home ahd occupants are begin ning to wonder il they arc jiiu- ed ratepayers seek clarification of new proposed zoning bylaw objections to actons new ion- another obeclion adeanced consultants were prevent along ing bylaw and ohicial plan were w nat wih mot arcav the robert little auditorium heading hackwards rehoarssisir tverc held tuesday monday ut alter nthtn sundv and saturday codirectors j owe and juck curpenter have changed the for mat ol th ptvvious shows to in clude more movement and danc- ilg tluitx ure all new end men excep eddie owen soloists ln olude the mellowvoiced mayor limited number of tickets ure being xokl by lion club mem bers lo uvojd uvcrxrtwding of mime night othet years ut this ver popular unnuaj uvow planning in the legion auditorium thursday cv- ning ot lost week a this first meeting main objections came trum property owners objecting lu the redesignation of many ol live areas to the rl residential classification most areas defined as rl under the present bylaw are now classed as rl the gen eral concensus was that thetc areas now defined as rl were too restrictive on the basis of the present lot sure and jype of house now being buiti in onc rl there appeared to be no area in which more expensive homes f25000 130000 could be built and the investment protected the board pointed out that the requirements ol the present bv- law for r2 areas were nmyhlv equivalent to the proposed ri i requirements it was also point- 1 ed out the requirements were the minimum standards accept able the meeting called by the hoard was chaitvd by vicechair man a4do braida in the absence of chairman red hardman d the utile and d r flood of project planning associates the board s a mmmkmmmmtutmjm vxtuimwnmnvnmnrriniiaim blaocrack mjnstms saturcwv wrnooa mtfblud downtown itraht telling tlcvr for tho lloot clob minxtrel show on thur4v frwy 4nd satorday of thu week evn moforblko rider ww not tonm0mnhcttmtt4o tlckert stooped l the tide of tha roacf ejohovihhrxcwtof dp adi oi tra-georoeiowri- yellow jecketa club jovul ticket xeherx ere ted tyler jr cherlet thomson and pole peplllon smorgasbord at knox delights 100 diners ulih other members ol the board outlined procdur mr braida as chairman out lined ihc procedure on the by law the consultants advised by the planning board have prepar ed the new bv law tlw purpomt ol the meeting uas tu hear the publics reaction tu the ptopov ed bvlaw and note any obiec- lions the objection were re corded and will be considered by the board and consultants ii after discussion ihc board de ckles changes jrc desirable the proposed bylaw will be amend ed seek department approval from tlw planning board the hvlaw will go to council who will submit it to live department ut planning and development tlw department may give its ap proval or it mav call a public hearing ot ihc bylaw after a public hearing the department may either approve the bylaw ut it- mav recommend change when linal departmental appro val is givep the council may then finally pass the bylaw mr braida suggested the first point lu be cleared up would be the interpretation and clarifica tion of any ot the terms and de finitions in the bylaw the lat ter part of the meeting would be devoted to recording specific objections to the bylaw department itolped in answer to a question on the qualifications of the profes sional planners the chairman re ported the planning board had requested the help of the depart ment ol planning and develop ment the department had sub mitted a ust of acceptable plan ning consultants and the boerd se the firm of prokct wea- ntni associates thenssinainl have prepared the byjekir frooi a uirvev of the to froat checktotibe ux rolbead jn iuhatkmvrithar tocelboent- george barfoeeu of a p grata asked for ut eypuneuod of the difference between u end hi indust hinh i v continued bo pas threes art workshop stresses color toronto artist john watson in structed nearly 40 art students the proper method of using color in oil painting saturday luring the five countiei art as sociation workshop in the acton community centre art students were present from halton peel duflerin wel lington and waterloo count lea as well as a few registered i rum toronto and stratford the workshop began shortly nftcr nitw in tlw morning and con tinued until 330 pm during the day mr watson de monstrated ihc proper use ol color chatted with students and viewed samples ol work uric hanctkk president of tlw five counties art association express ed his appreciation tu mr wat son on be ha ii of members acton group members ol the at ton ai i gihip arc mrs ii bessem mrs d a garrru mrs c i- cook mrs lien me mrs g musselle mrs j whitham mrs r ii fl- lioll mrs w mackav mix c ileal iv mrs t shields mrs i clendenning mrs g mcunnan mrs g harris mt f somer- villc mrs ii cripps mrs d f wilds mrs l diltrich miss b m rosell g bowman w sprustun a gardner v mo iris and a stewart an advanced sale of tickets assured just tlw right number ol diiwrs nearly 100 tor the smorgasbord dinner served bv members of the daughters of knox fridavinthd churvilji e basement was transformed into a series of chaining alowcs two tables in each with checkered green cloths and lighted candles a long table of meats and cas seroles and salads was spread fur the delighted diners with coot fruit cocktail cheeses and crackers and cookies for des sert acting as chefs carving tlw meals were howard coles hnd dr a j buchanan r mrs a mckemie greeletl the guests at the door and bill main prue took tickets mrs e a hansen convened the project which was enthusiastically prais ed by the wellstuffed customers repair rackets seven hamilton men and wo men have been charged with con spiracy in connection with home repaif rackets and other schemes chief ray andrew reported churges were laid tuesday those clurftodwr plckedi morning andtodgcd in the county jailmir floor were completely atrip- pel cleaned and refinuhed at llw mg achoftl duhng the boll- dayi r r the impact shattered itw hed room window causing glass to fly over tlw bed and atound the room litl a gaping iwle in tlw front tw tlw iumim and raised llw hinldiug lium its fihtndaiion mi lafirttcrl whj was doiing on a clwslerlield ut tlw lime uwokc with a start and daslwd out into tlw street in his slocking leet he srw a cjr lammed through a heilioom window and a driver ituiwhed over the sieer- ilht wlieel the man emerged liom the vxhicle and lied down llw street wilh mr amheri in pursuit he overtook the bleeding motor ist and lukl him until jtolkc art i veil in the house at the lime with then parent weie darlene mary jane uiuce and tony wlvo were ahui jolted by he impai1 high roots are hio style and they come from corona shoe company in acton see fin paae of second section ion witnesses lo llw accident told police the- flasher bell signals uere in operation and tlw train whistle tooled tlw car was caught bv llw front end of llw dicscl engine and was dragged a lew feel to the nod- esltian walk and dumped lacing bower avenue mr pasma alone in llw car was proceeding east over the tracks al uv time live aicidenl occurted- a report fro cuwlph cea- vral lussplud m m aan thu mornlsig uud mrc rnsiosa had a fairly oomfartabu fedghl ami gave her condluoa u uf ar lory avsssssasvssarssvsam poihi were ulerled and amhu- ltiwi- i tew notified hi 1 1 in- were unaltle to contact linal dociot as tlwy were mak ing httspliul calls but dr d a garret i was contacted al guelph general hospital and was wait ing when mrs pasma arrived by ambulance the driven was left in the ve hicle until tlw ambulance arriv ed at the scene a she front be north halton opj cruaw ww used lo cover the broken wksd- uiield of uw tar in order to protect live woman from cold wiiuh a large crowd ga tlw red within iniiiults ittorr the kccldeni dr w 0 c kinivev a retired prac- tllloiwr wa contacted out vlalt- ing and arrived lo aslil before mr pasma could he extricated from tlw damaged tar several bystanders had tu force open the passengers door fagirwer or the train was john church fireman norm bos mid conductor herb marsden all of pulmcrston afier ihe train crew were questioned the train proceeded on iti way corporal ttay mason uf ihe acton 0pj detachment invest igated and estimated ihe to rlw car u round tljooo t iriii jiihitmini una brigade called to 53 fires two false alarms daring 63 during i0a3 acton fire fight er alleivded 24 local ires 2j rur al tires had two false atotnt and one call 4o a mutual aid alarm tlwre were two emer gency culls tlwiw figures were reported hv fhe chief mick holmes to council in u summary ul tlw bri gades activities the men made eight school in spections 17 commercial inspec tions and 22 home inspections there were 10 mutual aid meet ing 10 fire prevention meetings and 12 regular meetings there were 23 practices 2 mr hulmea said r963 was a very active year on the liars uf the acton fire department we have also endeavored to pan al ong our message of fire safety lo various organizations through the media of fhms and demon strations our fire prevenllon program lor i9a3 was a huge suc cess in that we were chosen third in na t ionavidc compel it ion for towns from 2300 tq 5000 popula tion within our organization we have set up a rjgid form of lire- righting training ol which the 30 members of the brigade have put lurlh tlveir best ejforu this past year was our first entry in competition at the an nual flremcni convention and for the first time it may be said we made quite a good tisowtn during tlw year 194 we hope that we may have the opportun ity lo meet with ihe fire commit tee of council and have uwtn join in on ttvr activities of the organization form executive senior citizens aclun tnkw citlmu wih hold their stfcuiwi orguiujitloittj nwil ing thurulay april m kt tin ymca m which tint il li hop- vd wi eiccutlva can w formed the- mctling will begin it 7j0 in ihr rvcnlng and ncrmtloo director jim cathum hm arrant cd lor garnri and cntcrtalomant for ihc evening h it hopeful mk tame mmbn who attrnld ed the urlglnal meetuttf wltl r turn and hrlng a friend lttii jiju- won trip to nassau saturday got citizenship wednesday an alton diuriih couple will enjov their lnvt luiliduy ulone in is cuin the lirht part at autfukl and the twfweek vaeution in nassau uonl cost tluni a penjiy unless tit course they uish to spend extra mr anil mis jamch mccullihh rh i ucrc the lucky winnen ol ledger iga dtucv saturday ullernoon when their ticket wat puhed trum a large drum by mayor l a duby ul tlw lca store tile mctullocii have two un ape 11 and 9 yearv and thu u ihe first time in their lifetime they can recall winning anything each week a ticket rum beet lit led out by mr uoculloch and deposited in the drum al lb store kincc ihe lucky draw sp yan the couple are unable to uld the trip earlier became of mr mccuhouhi occupation he cunlinuud on pagt three humrr wllwa in rtvo lbdoef iga cbnfcml anxioualy waltinq 7lor7tooilr will laic an allxpenw paid trip lo netted olfarad by thy owner dwea manaa punning the trip re wt and mrt jam mcculloch who will do iha hawittlncj they awktaj by uaa3 who arloxh otprlng achool and rowland 9 who i pupfl their 0ns swwarvl grmafidrqhmtlr lz- sbsfi

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