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kfaa juim jfctjtts sevenryirti year no 37 acton ontario thursday march 21st 1046 light home prim pages pi v cau r bowling alleys to open here for fall season town iu11 auilllarluiii mnd klgf to ba radatwatad air raid sirta for klrc ajanu to b given council apprwuua work of all in water kmcrxciwy in town acton council mt in rafular ara aian on monday evanlng with coun cillors w j o oakaa j ii crihlon w j banson and c 1 cook praaant llaava c u klrknaaa praaldad tha maallna wai hrld in tha iubllc utll itlra ofnca account n ia for paymaat a follows w d talbot arena and town suppuav j d mackanilr furl arion walfara board to j ii mackanila war aaaata corporation air raid slran wllfrad colaa clerk and bail iff faaa janklns and hardy audit faa a duhuraamanta d1i taiaphona co sarvlr acton public ullllllas comm aarvlcaa a axpraaa utta iarrha rubber co auppllaa c i- kirknaaa milaaffr an panaaa lo milton e b harrofk boya dallvarlne bill 10 00 33js he is 35 j90 00 bii0 101 30 90s 2t7j3 iso iso the main dam and 25000000 gallo filter bed thlt la the view of destruction as photograph d on sunday morning by the t ree pre as the dam thirty feel in height kii en tlrely destroyed iv i easing the flood of water whlih swept through the valley and flooded the whole section inrludlnir the rrwrv ir em pump house which mpp iri acton with water work started on monday recalling the darn so that tannery dlspoaal would i- l jn- irom going tlown tha stream aroi3 mr john ljiuman of kitchener was dreamt to discuss with council the possibilities of installing a modem bowling alley in acton he had bowling allea in a number of munic ipal tie in thlt dkstrlrt rhey would like to eret a building on main m near mill st to have acenmmodat ion for four alleja and planned a cement block building with modern front the building woulil be owned nd erected by mr mcleod of acton on hla property mr ijiuman asked that ermlailon be granted to oper ate until 2 o clock eat h night and axaured council that the recreation would be conducted in an orderly manner and would cater only to those who would conduct themselves in a proper manner council approved of hating n bowling allev and agreed to amend the b law tor j o clock cloaing th clerk wai tnatructed lo prepare facilities phe surge the amendment for the next meeting mr laumin aald he hoped to have the alley t ready for september open ing representatives of the toronto tel egram called at the meeting and asked for a statement regarding the water pollution in acton and all the inform at ion wm furnished in a statement the keeve and council poaed for a pjcture for the newspaper reporters the account from uelph ieneral lloapltal for an indluent patient wai approved another account from the sick children lloapltal for an indlg nt wai disputed a letter wai read concerning a iup pl of calcium chloride for use on the roads arrangements were marie to ecu re is tons this year the taxi hv law wu to have changed with standard llmiu of in surance carried correaporutfnce was read in con nection with exemption from taxation of the legion hall on main mreet the by law gianting this exemption w read aa rrxutprd and pavsm a letter from jenklna and hardv auditor waa read regarding the by law and estimate the bylaw covering the estimates lor the vear was read and paused by of council- r councillor cook gaxe in format on he had secured rrga riling painting the lo breaking o filter bed dam flooded municipal water reservoir and damaged bridges sudden kftabt of 25000000 a lion sediment luain spread imapuaal water and debrw her hide area ilrtdjre three mile lielou swept awa municipal hater service polluted but no hard ship ex peri en red in getunjr water suppl kvcrythlnc lurk to normal on tueswlay afternoon and hater pure aealn havoc vm tieated in acton ami btfi wid- dlstild iwlow thi town on sal- uidav afternoon when a large flltei yuhl estimated to contain ctoonrmo gallons of water and sludge broke t ie dam swept through in a wall i w nter and took awa a second dam and overflowed the natural dm i nag of water wn an heavv that it backed up to th municipal water reservoir and pump 1 nuae and covered the reservoir for a dpth of two and a half feet water filled the pumping station and covered the motor of a new pump installed last spring burning out the motor while a considerable amount of the dlrtv water got into the svstem the stopping of the pump did not allow the quantity that might otherwise have occurred first intimation of am trouh e tame when mlai annie black not if ted mr wilson waterworks superln- i at 1 lit t- j li nrlmi nl rted nmt arrived in lln hi in lal wo ie con i that nl il ttiree ttulletlns puhiuhcd on ut urda monday and tuesday kept rrmdenu informed of the procresj in repair and guided the use of the wa ter au j lied worked all mft sup nnlendent wilson and hla vtalf nvhialed b work era from heard more und o workad during the nlt t the ilfr in the stand pipe and the line to the spring una drained of all wilt nnd refuse the ktand pip wav filled with pure water fiom the rtservolr on main street early sun da morning the- pumpa at beard mo re and co were put into action and hlonnntcd wntir from kairv ijik wn put in the malm and ued until sunda rvenmg for household pur oits other than drinking or cooking jrorgrtown wins iroup tinl with port elin turmla mismonak sjkakkk t mkktinc or tiik sited v m s at the spring a large pump was lendrnt about 1 to pm on saturday hwned b beardmore and co nnd that water in the taps was discolor i taken h their men lo the roper i r rgetoa n int rsnedlate n learn is still in the running for pio inrlaj horn ra the final game to dectde the group hamptona waa plaed last rid ay night in ft kua anil eorgetown won by a score of 1 it was the third game of the group lay offa eorgrtoun goala wrre hv shropamie chrlu nash and 1atlrrton i he r rruu goal was ty hilton in the fl rat game out of the group eorgrtown met port t igin on tues da night in alt che game ended in a 7 7 draw eorgetown took a big lead in the first period and scored ix goals and then their pace waa let tluwn until port ugln oaught up with them a special train was run frm rottdown f r the game and the iris pipe hand were on hand to add jpint nnd color to the event the nt game i in owen sound on fri dn night if tegular i 1 meeting of the wu s h il of it r t oi nil 1 t t i d al i me i i t mrx mis r w j ltat aldwell ed immediate investigation b mr wilson at the spring showed the fl mm i on 1m ion hlrh was then rtsoedlnj but had flooded the pumpa the i umplng from this aource was atopiod ind mr wilson came back to town lo m ure help and make a report on th tondltion on his return the j flood ha1 left the atatlon and tnspv t ton could be made i i irvt tmnidi ration of offidals and hiardmore and co personnel was the itonstion of the damage to the pumpa an 1 the restoration of watt r the reservoir wai pumped clear water and in the afternoon w a ihroughlv cruhhd and disinfected under tht auervivion of mr de i a porle and the ivjnrtment offuiala shorilx after ru oclovk the tank were all wed li fill with i lear w tt r and the suppu generousi rhlorinat et th tuxiliaiy jumps were dive n ne ted itxiut il o 1 1 k and the t w n u j l n umeil the ater wagaa 1 ht rohlem f water for dnnktn march meetinir f of knov w m s t mrs j irishmans i on i rt aid d thi d vi ti nal a wat taken hy mrs a w arur and mrs n h wllann mn tl mowat introdured lh- kupi afaker mlv fdilh m litk if afik is i om on furlriujh ln gave a er intersting talk on lie wrk of ttaming ife girl in the tn trie m mien an l thlr i ndrful w tk in takketry piete were sever a iie of hla w tk and the various ue were ex lalned the rrlmltlv was of living wer- very tntettlng mrs ii leldhul and mlsa i stm- mon fontrtl ud vwal swdo and a piano snlo and several selectimi wr h mrx w j nwdy tha meeting loved with j ra er hy iev a w foafur mrs hertttv nstitel t mrs a v robuiiand mr j smon served s very delightful lunch a rty lart vrte tt thanks waa given to mrs beattv for her home and ho- italitv al to the ipraker prv tiam and tunrh avxiatanta ilallon senl fair and baron show another sureesh u e ilrerkon and arthur imek- irthon hon the hperlala i other award and rraturwi jj a i n lown hall wm tha ini f ho olt rr til aland ik aed it 1 1 n ml t mi on al ow on sat ut day miifh imii ii v nl waa to id un u i t- aua i e of ll halton rop lni iiupmi nt aaam ml ion i h enl lies in iwdh mitlont of the ahow war lightly town tl an a year ag ftv- eileleb ii waa an oulalanding show attrai lively displayed and topped of by a aplerutld rotatn of athreas lite cereal grain i laaaea were fairly atrong and ret resented welt over 4 0jj hiia of grain of similar uallly of fered for sale a total of 41 entries wt mad in the oat and barley- t laaaea alone pie 1 katon o selat for the champion esluhlt in the seed ahow was won by w t lire k on of reeman on his bushel of frhan oats rjghleen rain tub memriera wound up i heir year artlvlly liy ex hibiting in their aiela r laaaea tor ajas oaia and alore barley in the former lub herik ievr1ea of fsjrga town was high tub member on the aggregate for and in the alora barley luh ihr top award an the ag gtegate wm went lo kraaer mr nabh altma uigtuittn dlslrul i r e latter luh mmler waa tha winner of the sm1al award of a weka short uurw al the oa d nated ly the ballon rop m f ivement asn llm j u miared by th i in 1 1 on a wm u t ion in i ifperal km with lie fidrtftl fr1nient of ag n ullur- an anada pa ken ud nknln itf nature attradlon of tie alow i ballon hog produ ta n i rrtfd a hog for thlt rvit hi- imir m 1 kehruary ilea 41 lo i tn marketed in ihi oual manrer laughlere1 and made into wlliat i by anada park- t i id lwnly whlarire frfn as many different tafaaae were on du ln and hl l ad1d tha in i f tliae diraing i aal i 1v ii irrpertke of juallly tha rand hamplon wimahlre was pfo- dud ftm llf miry of arthur tjrklnhm of milton with an eatry of major eneral v ii eeenly of pal- ermn getting rearv th- jtirkinum entry waa awarded the t katon o special a new fealure if the bacon hhow wiih ireatm a great deal of inter- l was a hog r arras grading mmp- etitlon which was open to all tha awarda were as follows it hcawatt miller forgeiown 2nd ed snow muion trd jrk marrhment horn by 4h hofaert miller orgekwm a t woodley presidenc of the ballon asaoriatlon ably preatded over tl irograxn n saturday afternoon continued on page eight s held llnr of mrs j two acton ministers s med moderators i town hall auditorium coat of paint ing was eatimatetl at uj with walls icontlniied on page five three feet high on pump house and ihiking was met prompt 1 in miic to acton a joint meetin fa t nr late sundav morning lie- j boartt of health and council complained too prompt i tie was held on saturday evening f truck iruiaed the strrets with v r- bulletlns were pnilted an1 dlrtbiud en walmg and firemen knocked it r house in town warning that door to inform people that a truck the water s plv w unfit for drink- was on the way with a supply of wa m and cooking purpose mr a ter sunday morning w a scene iv laporle and engineers from th x h as acton has never seen k t i 1 1 i n s alon the a an cured water from the milk and cream cans in the trucks daio and creamerv trucks cooperated to make this possible and every thirst was quenched the delivery was raalr- talned all day the supply was sex ur- ed from local wells and at the welts of two dalriea monday large creafl lanks were loaded on the trucks and the water ripply was secured from the system at georgetown thla delivery wai maintained until tuesday avanin when the anal bulletin announced that water in lh una wu again ready for use during thte time the whoje system of mains was flushed several times by opening tha fire hydrai4a7tn first such flmhtng was on saturday afternoon and night and the last one was on tuesday thera have been no reports of ser ious illness or epidemic from the un fortunate experience th motor en the main pump was taken to guelnfe oa sunday and is expected back to day thursday in he meantime tha suferlnteodnt chas wilson at the pubue utilities commhv tion shows the height of the flood on use pomp boose wall reached m saturdays flood the motor of on pump was burned out and ditphas water covered the raaersotr knnx chun h w m meeting at the home ieahman on march 14 1m owing of their till rches x i the absence of the president an 1 reprevidnt the meeting waa ib c n lu ed h mr drj uurhanan the devot nal ptriod was taken h mr cordmer reading the scripture i wxn ind mrx buchanan offenng i r ier the society waa favored w h a i iano solo hv mrs owdv mr r andt rwn gave a very inlerealinj readin from the study book on af rica in connection with the mission xtudv period mrs anderson outlined the ret need for missionary work in africa pointing out the vast ar ea of the country and of millions of her peopl ho are in need of christ tan v ion u- ph trrm tnx thomson of ui eit trjerat r f le i rbter f r a ix mnth when the presbytery mt this week tn km v f rfvw in hjr u li me ui li f ev w a un 1 ergua arv ut a t- rth so pv a a rs- hirx w as r ym moderar r f ha t n prebvtery of the t nited crurch ae- t in nm hi tafo re dent mlntets r- hold ilexe high pon ons in their respect ve rlatrthes dj rg the aa- n period coming evtiit- 4 u ian brrxav lie hall on prwuy mar h jyth stewart ho orcra- auix if naaasagaweya w i a4- fe regular mating t the actoa ir r f arreera a iw tm m baa nkrurn svvi on uarrh 2fi main feature of the evening at a sle- i oate keaoivd that in the beat ustae- at o f an that a policy of sssasao- rattor from turooe be adeffteit ladj- provide iujviv kweryb aflnum ttie belulirul hymn near to the heart ot god was suae a a duet b misses bet tie uaturs and joan somervtlle the offering was taken and dedicated by mrs buchanan a very interesting meeting was brought to a close by the tinging of a hymn and the offering of a prayer refreshments were then served and a social time spent third lixe bridge destroyed tw o caes heard in milton court on wednesday in polic court ymaxday at iqlton hrnrt ancimn chartd wtlh fajukc to atop at lh scant o an veldant wu naad ss0 and coats or thirty days robart btnry cwtictad on cjtan of crualty was rhran ms cholea al babic whlppad out mora tfeu 10 lasnaa or thirty days la fell r tht mnwnt bride oa tha third lima st dolly varda mllm balow tha nrofcaa dam that was iaatr saturday tha mtar bad daaa braka tha iu oa atthar aid waa away pro pits photo