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tejw jut n srtt t seventyfourth year n67 2 acton ontario thursday july 8th i04h eight homeprint paea pis casta acton debentures bring good price on new issue negation requests uiat cottn- cu have buildinga number ed tender for sidewalk considered too high hesiff- nation of jt morrison as col lector of garbajre accepted acton council met for the july wat evening with deputy- reeve coon and councillors f da a mcls and w 3 mdleod present and reeve k j mocutcheon presided at a special meetl on june 30th council had visited property which mr e bralda had ottered to lease or town dump for 123 year council had approved the lease of this land lor ten year and instructed that an agreement be drawn to cover this lease council by resolution tiroclalm- d monday august 2nd a civic holiday jr rarmeh girls prom halton county compete at oac iaxoounia were paxaeo yor pay- f coutty of malton use of grader and eallum 30313 d a wendover a sons grading 55000 c w mack signs 4774 commercial photoprints 473 fourth division court 800 roofers supply co 11 signs 25 65 the kings printer 75 the acton free press printing is 66 county of helton grader 9550 symor hard supplies 5518 w fryer mowing grass 3000 thompso motors gas 13 j meoeachle clerks fees 15000 acton free press adver tising and printing 115 so 141621 a motion to stralghtcnthe door and the fenders and repaint the municipal truck was lost and an estimate of the cost is to be sec ured fire chief brown asked coun cil to pay expenses of two mem bers of th brigade to the fire mans convention at dundas for four days council passed an ap- robatlon of 50 expenses for the delegates messrs j chapman and w denny suggested that council ar range lor numberirg the houses in acton they felt that acton had grown to such a site that this plan would be advantageous council agreed to give the plan consideration the clerk presented to coun cil a financial statement as at june thirtieth tenders were opened for lay ing a cement sidewalk on camer on street council considered the tenders were too high and did not accept them and decided to ad vertise for new tender tenders were received for the debenture issue of 117000 bearing 3 the tender olj u graham and co at 10000 was accepted provided they accept the issue in the denominations as already printed this amount is to cover the oast of an addition to the high school a letter from the board of transport commissioners was re ceived in regard to the cnit cros sing or main street the weston construction co in a letter agreed to level the ditch en main street which had been unfinished when the watermaina were laid a letter f rem langdon and ayl- worth on behalf of jas morruor notified council that his client would abandon his contract for the collection of garbage and uu prepared to negotiate any neces sary undertakings council by resolution accepted the resignation of j morrison for the collection of garbage to take effect on august 31st and thnt the clerk advertise for tenders for garbage collection a letter from the solicitor of toronto genctjal hospital asked information to assist in the col lection of a hospital account halton junior farmer girls made a good showing in the softball competitions at the junior farm- era day of the province of ontar io held at the oac guelph on friday june 23th rjventytwo teams competed in the event and thehahongrou composed of members from acton and palermo eliminated york and south slmcoe counties they lost out in the semifinals to the brock team of ontario county who won the finals acton girls playing on the team were betty brltton eleada brltton joan mckright jean palmer joan somervllle and doreen ferguson joan and fyfe somervllle of ac ton represented halton in the sprints and standing broad and affnwi vanfleet of georcytnwn broke a record in the running high jump winning honors for halton former actonians sadly bereft in loss of son general sympathy of man friends here goes to dr and mm harold f mow at of copper cliff in the lota of their little four-year- old tor and brother john alan who was drowned at whltefish bay on sunday funeral services were held at the johnstone and rumley funeral home yesterday aternoon where many acton friends gathered in sympathy with dr and mrs mowat and family interment wa made in falrvlew cemetery acton tub nirrnngmvm wedding at knox manse in acton a quiet wedding took place at the presbyterian manse acton when anna m irvin daughter of mr and mrs john b irvin was united in marriage to merrick j nutting son of the late mr and mrs frank nutting of dannvtlle quebec the rev j m ander so officiated the bride wore a dress of pow- der blue with navy accessories and pink roses mrs albert irvin was bridesmaid wearing light blue and talisman roses albert irvin brothcrof the bride was best man a buffet lunch was served at the reception at the home of the brides parents later the happy couple left for a trip to banff the bride travelling in a grew suit with whlto stripes with navy accessories and hat to match on their return they will reside in hamilton contracts awarded for milton acton school buildings at n meotlng inst week of the north halton high school board tenders were accepted for th building of two rooms at the mil ton school and one room at acton the acton building will be dor by jones a vanghs and the tend er fdr the one room is 12117 the tender accepted for the two rooms at milton is for m2552 by the foundation co of ontario work will start at once and an ef fort will be made to have the buildings completed when school reopens uiseptember the commercial course will bo taken at acton and the shop work rind household science in the new rooms at milton bus services to all parts of tho district have been arranged to start in the new term memorial windows grand valley church unveiled on sunday 6 flnm the grand vtihey glur we jlr l vjlmiriiltiniinfltmn est to many friends of the family here trinity church had an interest ing day on sunday at the morn ing service three memorial win dows were unveiled in honor of flying officer w d watson a hero of the second great war and sorj of r w bro and mrs w h watson grand valley the un veiling ceremony was performed by the young officers grandfather mr thos watson of acton who had presented the windows ti masonic service was conducted by rev d j proctor one of the jun ior memberuofscottlodgergrard volley special meeting school roard arrangespainling make survey for additional fire ehcapeet at public school building chairman lovell presided at an emergent meeting of aoton school board held monday evening nt 7 p m trustees chapman balrd jones and bean were present the mem bers of the board went to the school and made a preliminary survcyfordropoihd flrescaps fthe tender of mr wm knight being much the lowest for paint ing grades vh vm and tho kin dergarten was accepted work to be completed on july 31st secretary reported having re ceived nonresidence fcee of 50 00 for the month of june secretary was directed to as sess north halton high school board for cost of operations for june mr nilln wni tn rwcngngwl for finance report was presented and authorized payment of the following bell tol phone 13 03 public utilities light 2218 mrs parry cleaning 21 00 highway garage repairs 1251 masnlo dairy k p milk 5280 h a wllsor sport goods 2453 clorkirwln books 191 copp clark- books 4 12 mocmlllan co books 14 73 oxford u press books 1 10 edun pulg books 5 74 ont outfitters repairs 27 45 g m hendry hooks 180 86 muealesdalryitpmllk 11 8a g mann 2 boys s coal 4 80 entrance results of pupils at the acton centre list of successful studntfl to go to hiftfa school following is the litvt of pupil who passed entrance examinations at acton centre fred allan georfe anderson honor ronald anderson ida archibald i bruce barber donald brlnklow grace brown audrey burrow adele chew denlse coles honors june cox honors beatrice crlppg robert cunrtnffham doreen cutting john davidson honors donald dawk ins honors eugene ferguson grace ferguson honors robert fetterly rodnej force honors p marjorle fountain madelalne gibbons elaine huffnagel honors raymond hutt helen keelan honors michael korhouc honors- helen koslkowski christina lamb honors joce lambert hoivors kenneth mann joan mccrea liod mclnlyre anne mclaughlin donald mclean honors da id nelles patricia pnltlster mnr parry illam patterson b u price john rocher robert rumle john sargent joar sheppard norman stanley prttriciu terr honors arm thorarinson eugene villemane marjorle warne honors bett wildxhonors robert wilson joseph ziong rotary fair was fine dominion day event another landmark being moved as cinirch sheds go another landermark the sheds at the united church ll being re moved the sheds that used to provide a shelter for farmers teams when coming to town at the rear of the united church have been sold and arc betrg removed in ihpec days of automobile they are little used and had gone irjto bad repair there seemed no ob ject in spending the necessary funds to put them into condition and they have proved a menace for fires as small lads often went there to p ard freq used mntchctt wo have no record of when they were erected but we presume it wna at the time of the building of the present church building 1h 1872 our own recollections is that they were always used every week day and on sundays were well filled as farmers drove into church services with a fine team or a carriage horse now they are used only raroly occasionally ir tho winter iiihnp hnru rnal nre i acton loses and wins to stay in second place i acton young man aboard destroyer now quarantined jack mainprise son of mr and mrs harry alalnprlxe is m num ber of th crew of the dwroyer afjinbaskan which k now on the i british columbia coast under quarantine sevan member of the 1 crew have been strieker with liv 1 fantlle paralysis ard one member haldteu thewpniastrfcr 105 friends will be ftlad to learn that word received by mr and mrs mainprise from jack is that he is well school picnic al no 8 nassagaweya had good program the annual school picnic at no 8 nassafiaweya was held on june hlxflnffnrtt fftiu t1syg u frtti tinrj sec will be left here while shopping is being done in town the big stone sheds at the pje- byterlon church have also been partly demolished and the one section remaining appears ample for all purposes the land thus re leased is put to better use for space for parking cars for those attend ing kervlces sft am uw lii fur tlw e th w swimming pool campaign started ojimonday5t baseball race midway music dancing and cats seemed to give the crowd a program that pleased community helped make day a success the first rotary fair arranged by the rotary club of acton prov ed a splendid holiday event and a successful undertaking for this newlyformed club good crowds attended nil the furxtlons and a full day and night program was presented first gomes of a softball tourna ment were held in the morn in 3 with acton and evcrton winning the right for the afterroon play off a series of races and con tests for the boys and girls had mme good events acton boys and girls band was on hand to liven up proceedings in the softball afternoon play off between evertor and acton the latter won by a 50 score there was a big crowd on hand and the band gave several numbers featured on the afternoon program was the league ball game between acton and milton it was a good clothe contest with ml it or having the edge and gaining an 86 win report of the game appears in another column a refreshment booth did a good trade and some of the midway games were in op eration the evening midway had a var iety of games that drew a good all evening bingo and all others had a good trade the gaily light ed section was a hive of action in skill and chance climaxing the day with another good crowd was the daree in the park pavilion nt which the or- angevllle debonnalres furnished the music the day was very suc cessful and first returns indicate the club secured a good fund for its community service work the campaign for the acton community swimming pool was off to a flying start on monday july sth following announcements from the pulpits of the five acton churches on sundny morning ard ennvnskers report that enthusiasm interest and collections are mount ing rapidly windows in coopers drug store and mnnrlng electric store are graphic reminders of the commun ity effort and an indicator will be installed on mill street to adver tise the progress of the campaign a group of community- minded canvassers will call at every home in acton durlrg this week and next to collect donations and pledg es and the pool committee makes two requests to every cltlxcn first support this campaign as gener ously as you can secondly think about your donation row and be ready for the canvassers visit please dont make it necessary for these voluntary workers to make two or three trlips next week the list of subscribers will be published in the free press watch for the list and watch it grow dominion day gaaae went to milton fay 84 score and gfmstafcaowll hcm on sattsrday as locals up s taluea gcorgatosni brines in new batiwtas which prore ineffedir last week was one of extreme or acton intermediates as toay split two ones to lose arjd win thelrjourthjsndjrtfth respectively shuttling from one extreme to the other they bowed to milton m on dominion day and then aggres sively hammered a 30 decision over georgetown in nine lnltags on saturday miltons win on thursday pul led the red caps into the five vie tory column butacton remain in undisputed possession of second place by virtue of a tie that la ruled negllble and not included in piht fttw-r- tail thiiranair sntnn turlpe good attendance two run lead but milton wlmters of races wfe joycw from behind ir two instances thompson don thompson mexko wth ur and fehen a three run koernet lloyd maclntyre and two home run were ln- douglas thompson eluded la the bill of fare mcphal i three legged race lloyd mac- backstop of the visitors smashed intyre and bruce barber the sphere to the race track in ladles three legged race dp toft with two mew on board madllcne kaua and mary macln- d bill weierhouse oonmcted for tyre acton lb the fourth looping the tie race mrs frank and cal- ball over the right field wall vln maclrtyre i hyder slanted from the port aothea pk frank strachnn hi second appearance on- nnd mrs maclntyre i thursday little support was ae- bllndfold race merko koerner corded ryder and it was prlndjh- mens race max storey potatorace frankstraehan tme-ended-on-a-aour- b spot race mrs miller after the sports events the com pany adjourned to the school there was a grard picnic lunch and ice cream a skig song too and madeline kraus sang her festival song and four leafed clover everybody had a good time ally due to mfleld nuaeue that the romantic baghdad in iraq has an unromnntlc housing ahortage its a pretty oldfashioned summer and the days have lou of cood summer heat this could be in acton there are six yards of railroad for eery person in canada turkey not holland first was noted for tulips on these sweltering summer days the child rer and young people enjoy the swimming pool in fergus the above group are nearly all child ren from nearby arthur who like acton children have to swim in the neighbors pool the campaign now on in acton will enable acton children to next year enjoy swmmlng right in their own park only your dollars count now and 23000 of them are reeded photo by courtesy fergus newsrecord league game last night ends in an argument umpire award game to milton after player ordered from park muton ort july 7th pandem onlum broke loose with a vengv eance tonight at the fair ground here when acton intermediate in vaded the home bailiwick to dedde which club would gain possession or second place in the loop there was no final score the game was awarded to mlltou by presiding umpire m tlmmls dur ing the top half of the fifth frame when a visiting player ordered off the bench by tlmmls refused to go any further than just off the bench the umpire unhesitatingly called the whole affair off when the acton fjlayer who had been gettln gin his hair all night non chalantly gazed at the man it blue dtsregrdlng his ejection or ders actually it was the aftermath of another piece of feudln at second bsse in the same frame when a questionable decision by houston the base umpire roused actors ire to such an extent it had a visible effect on the umpires demeanor from then on his lm- i petuous decision brought forth growls of disapproval from both factions fans who came to view a game and not an insistent argu ment were more than slightly ruf fled wher tlmmls after giving the visitor ample time to exit roared his defiance with a lusty came defoulted to muton fans swarmed on the diamond players engaged each other in ar gument tlmmls was accosted by officials of both clubs in fact feel ing ran high amongst all eoneen rd it is likely that acton win pro test his decision on the grounds that they are not responsible for the individual actions of a player after he has left the bench the courty town crew were posting an imposing lead when bedv lam broke loose and they appeared to fee that they would much rath er win the game on the diamond that have to revert to an umpires decision acton on the other hard uere of the opinion that they had received unjust harsh treatment from both officials through the entire game going into the fifth itrung ao ton was in the lead with a 31 count when mluon exploded in the fifth for four run ryder was de livering for acton and bruce mar shall for milton until the fracas occurred hander sam sryder uncorked sparkling motion on saturday re stricting georgetown to sever safetle and successfully blanking them at oakvllle the oak flat tened milton 60 for another shut out in baseball that i fast assum ing last seasor fine quality stamp musest aeseat after a shaky start on the rub ber last thursday bruce marshall settled down limited acton to sev en blnglee and eventually emerged as winning hurier in an error rid- de contest at acton with ten hit assistance from mate off ry der actons ace southpaw mar shall watched the home dub twice chalk up a lead and then flounder while a seventh inning rally prove adequate to ensure victory for mlmon flourishing a deceptive squeak play at home plate in the top half of the seeotd frame milton had the triple a infield booting the ball all over the pasture wuto they rang up four run and took a 2 lead mhphalla circuit clout with two on board sparked the drive prior to this in the first frame acton scored twice from two bug les but left three men on baae aa marshall eteadled rod ryder went around the cir cuit oki a free pass when owen masato drove a long ball out and ryder curried in from second to bring acton to within one run of the pace setting county town la the seeotd then in the fourth off one hit a four master by veteran bill wat- erhouse acton forged ahead 64 in the sth mlkon counted another when marshall tallied from a free trk a hit to rusk and an infield accton baseball galley twew bobble to ardenon garnering three hit and a many run the visitors wet never again headed marshall burled air tight ball to stymie any further triple a attempt at a rally box score acton muton 210 300 000 040 001 300 r h k 7 4 i 10 1 i c sticking strictly to baseball ob livious of anything else and mind- continued on page your coming events anhauncfmtits of wmiuss conrtrti er 04hr evcaia uttbr loadlat in durst i mr lin will a nklwa clur tor tar iismshmhii j c knox congregational picnic 1 to be held or saturday july loth iota at lowvllle park mldnlte dakee civic holiday weekend sunday attgnat let ao ton park pavilion bob martin and hi orchestra with special attrac tions door open at ual bam dane at farm seventh north of 13th mission soe itt tuesday july toft tt i- hi l vis