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tht juiott sttt i9fts soventy fourth year no 38 acton ontario thursday march 24th hmd eifht home print pafea si cw application to elevate ifecdttrtotowirtatnj bfuv paint j fr lit wing f hfxkmm puw ah- rrtr el oiafwil usd ot bar fl hv approval g a hj cfiiury rostral moot r2m4iac joya cotsawt bj tals jjwi8 irtprfttabibl haw r all councillors m present at ftfca regular u monthly uunf of amofl council last uonday with liwt twron jonas presiding mimhir of the rmtry hoard ww twoawtl u dterun with roun etl tw dufctjaf art ion of th council t uu wtt of wm churchill tha cmilery board stated they had baan completely satisfied with the work of air churchill in tha cem ry aavd voiced considerable aur- yrim ot tha duagroamaftt during hu tha arena tha town i alao stated that he had no complaint concerning the work of mr churchill for tha two weeks k waa with him before going to the arena other than the fart that be would not cum to work at 700 am members of the cemetery board took considerable offence at the report of the last council meet big retarding the employee as it appeared in the free iv the afitlemen felt the report was ill advised and they would contact the proper authority no definite conclusion was arrived at and the matter was left in the hands of the cemetery hoard a delegation of uessrs held bowles and unng was present in the interest of micro plastic these gentlemen desired some inform ttion regarding a possible ripani ton of their plant in the munlcl pallty discussion was left oer for the next meeting accounts were passed a 1 how a survey meters belore change to 60 cycle made to secure plana for installation of addluonmj pomp at the rgmrvoir acton iitllc utilities nmmis um ith t in rrjnl ir msahui on tucs dav vrdinc ah mrmtn ra were m nt with chtini in c m han s n pn avlnik a irttrr va- read from the 11 r 11 of ontario btitinc the would vave an inenior taken of the mi it n in arlin te f ore the rhangi to flo cvclcs a that the nrw meters would be readv whin thr ehangc over takes place li tti r from the central mort gagr and housing corporation ask ed if thr staff would check on the decimal appliances in use at the wartime housing when making ihi ir rounds to see that the sen ices i art not overloaded this is to try uw requires that all those agents and eliminate the fire hazard the b j tennsnt labour 123 2- ii oakley labor 37 jo thompson motor 48 sa bell telephone me south end motors no acton public luililii zni tu mann inn flrctrlc 2 v c k htckcv and son wr- symon hardware 17 2 cexiueaing slieel i im r no 4bfl 2 clerk j mrgearhli gavt full report on hla attitutami w nh the toun solicitor to thi industrial confer nee in toronto on march 17 and 18th reeve jones rrportrd fu council on the trip uf the deputy reeve and himself to toronto on several municipal items a by law making necessar the purchase ot a license by hau ki ra and peddlers was passed thi ivorar girls model at spring t fasiuonjshbw the spring fashion parade at the rosy theatre last wednesday and thursday drew large crowds both evenings feature of the show was the modelling by four local girls misses lois hunter joy romphf oeorglna perryman and betty gib son who had been selected by pop ular vote for the event also tak ing part in the program was miss margaret mcdonald professional model of guelph miss joanne stout of station cjoy ouelph introduced each model and commentated on the fash ion a and trends of the season fashions were supplied by aos ann store and shoes by maher a ken drick s ifalrdresslng had charge of the hair styles and the stage set ting was arranged by acton home furnishings the award for the modelling were as follows hetty gibson 910 voucher from lloa anns lots hun ter 7 voucher from roe- ann s joy romphf 13 voucher from maher s and georgina ferryman 3 voucher from maher a- eat h model also re reived free passes to the rosy for a month and a coupon for elisabeth a rdt n c ream at c ooper s drug store door to door salesmen etc of pro ducts whose manufacturer does not reside in town will need a license the tax rale of 80 mills was s4 out in a bylaw for thr municipal hy the taxes are to be paid in four instalments as la customary a bylaw providing for the ex penditure on roads and streets in the village was passed the grants ca these expenditures will amount to 80 per cent bylaw 874 as passed to make application to the omtano municip al board to baxe the vitlage of acton erected into a town daylight saving tune was adopt ed by bylaw to be effective during quebec wms discussed it u de the period from sunday april 24th ded to irave the malur foj-coun- at 1101 to sunday september 15th cl1 decide t 1101 a floor plan was to be secured the following is the test of the i from consolidated machinery co utter received from lucas and law th proposed pump at the on regarding the annexation of und adjacent to the municipality and out section of the crescent ftow outside the boundaries 1 disposal the following account were pas sed for payment hree suwe been notified by the ontario mnn board that the time tor filing objections has now spired a4 ohtaeuon having been filed hv deputmeni k tw board would you kindly tewpwtco odvtm the dau when the nnl auion desired to take effect so tot the supplementary order fixing this may be appended to the bauds order of approval a motion was made aaking the munici board to set the date of an at of january 1st ims w raeve deputyreeve and eurk 4 appointed to arrange a aet- uesnent between esqueeing twp and acton a fwasamimiration from the y jtc a board of directors was road hilli lbs anpreeution of that assvsrd la the eduncils eooperatlon te jaarating the vjatoa the wool cnmhlng cnrporattoo easkad hy tear ihtermauon regard jag rtre protection they might pecteofii the town volunteer c vortavaatiit the event of fire the cdauuwtl on pp mami sprang the list of arrears was checked and instructions issued for their uo hthc of ont power iftfloss personal stauonery sales coo line 4 cable accessaries mm force electric products 4j0 macdonald electsie hid sa13 canada wire cable co st 83 jas r kearney corp salf rec gen of canada h5 airs h palmer lioo cmpreas i transport 7 10 iunnockbijbn w i has busy meetmg at mbs botz home nockburn wi was held at uw home of mr rott in the absence of mrs gordon aecretary mrs russell took her place a letter was read from clarence coles secretary of bannock bum farm forum thanking tne institute for their part in helping to pur chase a radio far the school ktowen were to be sent to mr and mrs morrison on the occasion of their sixty second wedding an niversary end alao mr morrison i ninueth birthday a series of small euchres are to be held st homes of some of the members a euchre and dance is planned for the end of the month a paper on titltenahlp was read by mrs mreachern and enjoyed by everyone lunch was served by the hostess and her assistants and an enjoyable time held the evening cloam with the singing of god save the king sentenced for 8 years putting trimming on interior of new scout hall leo burhell alias adams who was sentenced on monday to eight year in the- penitentiary for hie participation in the robbery of the rank of nova scotia at campbell- ville john kbawjarrfcurkt anothr of the gang was sentenced to 3n eara for his part in the robbery eight years ior second man in beat winter building weather ever seen has favoured the work on the acton scout home and the grandest community co operation has been shown in the project the wslla and celling are on and the floor completed and the weather shutout from around the eaves the doors are ready to hang and this week the foundatlnpmvaa put i v in for th fireplace tday master mason allan lelshman with two asaaslanta kelly gardiner and louie are building a fine fire place baxter laboratories loaned monday aitcmoon the court lm the cement mixer for the workers i who ran in the fireplace foundation bank robbery leo llumtll found iuily of routing llnuiefa at campbelmlk iro uuntcll alias adams w as if robbing thi bank of nova scotia at campbellville oil july bth 1m7 while armed ot 910- 000 cash and 03 000 in bonds by judge archibald cochrane in county criminal court in milton financial help came from c a stewart with 15 and station hotel of 20 folks who arent building are supptiiig the funda for mati r tala and thi job will aoon be done fat vinhulunrr trip kain t saw rton tyvins mediately sentenced the accused to serve 8 years in the penitentiary ilurnell charged by the cmwn as being the driver of the bandit car la the aectmd to be aent need for th hold up john krywiarchuck waa atitinrel to serve 20 years for hii part in thr robbery lvidence disclosed that thrc hh n with painiatl uu rfitrrrd thr campbell villi tiraiuh about 2 15 in lh af u r ii hhi uiii mid off with th floa twxi lkt the ht rdid 1- r ink qum in nmnjgrr nd hta t lh r mm hi linei ut of th tmtik to the road u t whirr tin mi n junimtl into i i ii unil ipl aouth tiwurd mam iltn kiv wiri huik waa jrntcd with woman in a tourist cabin east uf younger hrother marks his 100di birthday ok 17us j ohn itobe rtsonsl 00th bi rthds y falls on m latrtck s isy but he doeant claim ireland as his roun try of origin mr llobertaon was born in iiorvhaater township in 1840 of scottish parentage until recently he lived with his brother charles who waa 103 years old in february these boys are great uncles of mrs e- lambert acton juniors deieated by 0ronotwo straight commission will cooperate with i this request permission was given superin- 1 tendant wilson to purchase a pair i of second hand scsles for use at the workshop i thi advisabilty of purchasing a watt meter was discussed but this matter was left over for future i meetings suptrinundcnt lambert reported a break in a service on agnes st this service supplied wo dwellings and 11 was decided to msvall up arale service to the second house the mailer of sending a d legate to the uaterworka convention in lb it on and 2 lb 2 oza at birth the weretakmb v b ilumli v s ambulance to the sick children a hospital in toronto leaving acton at om and arriving in the hospital there at 10 23 sm both the children passed awa later in the hospital for sick child ren toronto in an effort to sae thi livts of tw in babies of mr und mrs wm ervaia cameron street a quick ambulance trip waa made yestrrdav morning the twin babies born st the acton nursing home wished hamilton hurlly oiler the robb r whirr police found 1000 in bills i unified a taken from the bank hidden undr a pi low ilurnell wu arrrated in vancouver and brought baik to milton to stand trial last september thi accused waa tdentlfrd by roy couut r as being the driver ot t the car coulter testified he st tempted to drive his car out on the guelph itoad in an effort to stop the bandit s car further evidence by mrs dorothy smythc of toronto disclosed accused paid her 30 on a 30 loan with six five dollar bills bearing serial numbers of those taken from the bank on july 8th 1047 the crowns case presented by hsrvey mcculloch crown attorney for hamilton had been heard at two other sittings of the court when court resumed monday de fence evidence was heard mrs ella adams wife of the ac cused said she met het husband on a train bound for montreal the day previous to the hold up contlnu ing her alibi evidence she said he helped at her deceased father international director rotary at acton club gordon perdue of oakvllle can adian repreaentatlve on internation al ilotary was the special speaker at acton club on tuesday it was isvgely through the efforts of this untiring ito tartan that the acton club was formed and in his opening remarks mr perdue recalled the satisfaction he realized in again visiting this club and marking the progress it had made in its first jrsr rotary another crusade was he ubjrc of ur jvrdu ldrr- i j mllni uh bomintan flow ifeter co wut and ttonun drummond uccall l co 79 mm iimi txsisi itectbuy- mu mi th nl augmrio la had bwt la tttct for b yvm and it u orfnf thp finest thr clu hmi heard and splendid tkplan ation of rotary and iu cruaade for brotherhood in uw world ha told of tnc rotary international board and the raatoratlon work in tha ait- mr perdu wu introdumd by jack ronton and th thanks of th meabra axtandad to th paltr by norm balrd in addition to ur pardue th club had nine vtdton from th guelph club who war introduced by frank chappie attar a welcome by rv t jena th vtaltor wr dr a ritchie oao chalmers al bswa fred kelly al dy- mond ajx uclauihlln wllf tully anc jim oabom vic rumley of th nonlmtinf committe cubmittd ut of nosn inauons for th varioue ocflofr which were to be further consider ed at the next meatinf th dub marked th birthday at frank oak this week and president a uaaoos cake was enjoyed woodpeckers are found in nearly all trd arau of th world acton daefna wide open and tiring days lonii wilneaa teatltud the married adams tvm wks later and with the money obtained tram the sale of the store spent a short honey moon in quebec later they moved to vancouver where a boareunf house was purchased she- told how he helped around the house later taking a ob with a carnival she deaud unowudg of hr husbands record until akter h was arreated ulas joyce cowper ouelph junc tion was visiting friends who lived aeroas th road from th hank on th day in question she said h saw th driver of th car hut thought he appeared to be a young er man than accused taking th stand la his owq de fense burnall admitted a lengthy record h dee msillng his wit on th train and also elabor ated aa his convictions of illegal entry toco the united gtate k also denied owtng lira ssayth money adding he had given her a wo loan holding a diamond ring a security h fmrlhe artml b tin by a toronto poll whan aba smythea ham waa raided est july cettaattma c4t evtw mm carelesh driving charge brings fine in court william thompson hornby wee convicted end asaeaaed is and costs or five days on e charge of cere leu driving on the tie line feb ruary isth and falling to give one half uf the roadway he appeared in county uag tstrate s court in milton last week before magistrate t h moorehead of drampton in the absence of magistrate krnneth m langdon according to the testimony of harold hartman drown s line he wsa following the curve in the roadway on the seventh line end llase line intersection at hornby rail as the accused s car was pro credlng east he stated thompson continued through tlu intersection btrlklng his car on the right front tinder witness said accused fall rd to come to a stop forcing him to hvcrve in on effort to miss the rrsih irovincml constable j a mr nivrn told the court damages sm minting to 300 was caused to the llurtmun car he said the thump wm cor wrnl out of control pro crtdlng rut and turned over on the north shouldrr of the road ceorot r elliott made o strong i ira for dismissal arguing the ac cldcnl ixnurrril b mutakrn judg mrnt st patricks day irocntam at meetim knox soki cujij thi rifculsir mn tin tit tin knox so k1 group uu held on wdni tv tvintng march 16th in the sahoolrooii tin duns for thi i tmnt n takin b i miullan nd m ssill t7vink th bun thsvat etoveule ht iulntk pro- r on uin ritntcl with llx ir i tti nt mis i ami rvm pr siding musicil leltituins bv m hitchlc und tor h t ii hosvtll w re ninth i njii id thi preidi nt di m onstralet thi musical jug owned li mrs hull und it prnved vt ry intenting pling irlkh tm lodit a ivrrwmi entered v hole hcartedly in ctmttsu which folloved prizes fcoing to ii maplesden and it pat ti min for the tuexslng t ontrt mrs blow for the best joke isobt i anderson for irtih cities mrs blow for pig is pigs d noszell for what do you know about ireland group 1 for a spelling contest and for the artist s contest the lucky birthday bos went to u somerville a special st pat rlc k l lunch served by m rosiell group brought sn evening of fun to a close the north holton board meeting on monday evening accounts amounting to tfltott were passed for payment at the meeting in milton on monday rv onlng uf the north malton high school district hoard the open night at milton school will be held on april lh when ur norman dsvies will be the speaker representing the ontario depart ment of kduratlon asslstant principals were ap pointed in both schools who will assume charge of the school in the absence of the principal ur c a wood for milton school and mr e a hansen for the acton school authorisation was given for new thriving jloor finishing and repairs to the dsvenport snd chair at the acton school other minor repairs were given sttentlon af the milton- school thi hoard vylt hrtrefter meet on the fourth monday uf each month kultuwlng the meeting the hoard in em bi rs lnspetted the new rooms and equipment at the milton school nd had aandwlrhes and tea in the new household science room with m m l00 fur l oval of tht ir m at ft iiiuii i this it rm train derailed early yesterday on cnk line no one injured when three cm iwt the rail a tender and three coaches were de railed three mllea north of georgetown wednesday morning on the hamlltonallandal cnr line as it rounded a curve in the track while officials late yesterday were unable to determine cause of th accident two theories were advanced soma thought th sway- lng train jumped a rail while others thought soft spot in the road bed waa the causa ten passengers riding the coach at the rear war uninjured as th small train skidded along 300 fej before coming to stop none of th coaches including the express- mall car toppled framther car riage considerable length of track was torn up whll some ot the different cars were damaged conductor r w colpitis at col- llngwoad said the train was trav elling about mil per hour whan it was derailed it hopped wfthln th length ot itaelf be said th be a train backed up aouth to the disabled train and took th passengers on to allendale ot fill li a 10year program will electrify sicilys railway juniors took round from south river rine dune in acton arena on thunuuy niftht had 63 xcor for acton r a ring ap ilirnng per ti n kidmen uvi name a one konl di hell ex intuif from tlu first kmi of thr s i ii thin diittiwly marrhrd on to a it j ldir iixr si nth m ihouii it n in- thunday night t i i tun tin k 1 to n unt round li in 8 1 nieirkin tlu win wit m ssit b thr largent arena crowd iiui i vim junior h in ac ton mim thi iti1mn an admiminn i llrki i to thi provincial at ml finals in u t unti st jam pinked with action thimiyhmit it wann t until thi final chapti r during thi latter 1 mtnuti that the flinhy art on club i rapped in the series clincher to the i immense kntlkfartlon nf a partisan inwd until that particular point it v as a to up who would survive what wax lagged the best game seen thl ear by most spectators south hlrr presented the strung est opposition the acton club have encountered thus far they extend ed the locals to the limit snd re fused to admit defrat until the final second had elapsed a fast close checking club they found tluik in the acton nets a hard nut to crack llusk played spectacular hockey all the way called on to make num erous saves on ckncut breaks he rose to the occasion with sn sglle display of puck blocking that had all thi earmarks of brother in law doonty evans hot night he wsi in fact thi series hero afler thetlrs period acton wai never headed on the game but the series champion wont determined until the two goals late in the final tanza eager to overtake the one goal lead posted by south river in tha first game of tha set acton lika a domineering parent slapped home tha first goal of tha gsttia and but an entirely dlffarant compuxlon on tha series bill vaughan took sum fayp pan behind th cords worked his way in front with a shot directed at th opan comer ha found tha target for number on th urrtlv pae that ensuad waj prink led yith a liberal do of penal t las before dam fortune smiled bnvolently in south riv er direction when puck fall under kentneks ska tea in an aim uu scramble around th acton net bedard scoooad it up and tumntad it horn however six minute later stan ray ut brother katth in th clear and h sparked th light to again knot th arla visitors praasad as th middle chapter opnd with brooks break ing into th elaar on two cocionj only to hav rumk block both hi shots whl th hjvar crw strov for balanoe towniley retruvsd a looaepuck bulled th length r- jajdto vtujthan who picked tha right tmtrnar on an amonlshing angle for hi mcond goal thai fcmttettiad tm fmo jnflhf ucaj tm uw thir bsu but went ikwn to a wd tu in flattkiptfub gaaa at millott hs4 ni4w hasl pftdi- d atvam otoao now gom into lb nnata hodtry wnkkij lit aeum afor an other good mfsmbh acton j un lors faded from t he hockey picture last night by losing their second luaight game to orano in the provincial aeml finals at mil ton arena- firing thr goal in tha last period without a reply or- ono found tha measure wu ade quate they had too much fire power for the redmen and might easily have had a wider margin than the modest ft 4 count they wort by it was s clean fast skating game wlth both clubs going at an acceler ated clip the orono team now enter the ontario finals against the winner of the mil vert on uyndm series three brothers ray don and jim witt packed all the wallop of the oruno club aidid by hefty de fence they figured in practically all the pals scored brother hay was the ru poti nt of the three some firing fivt post husk on thr scries gearing played a strong game in the nets to withstand the most di tc rmincd acton offensive the acton club tried desperately but dldn t possess enough puck sav vy to fire msny goals uusk shone in goal with a sound effort whlla krnuirr and mrknrry played heads up hockey on the offensive the lou concluded a splendid hockey season for the locals they lost only thn r games in twelve played since thi season a inception one uf the best junior clubs to ever comr out of acton they tried right down to the wire although out played in thi last period thi y nevir iiuvr up trying and were the first to ct ngriatulaiti the winners on thi ir meet is unt ierlod imay started i ff 1 w in the firt n rtikl tint tnrri iim d in tempo is at tun nppln d pn sun gearing huxkol tholt gah re but it was ororn who vrrd the first goal wlun ju vit took brother jims um broke clear und blazed a low shot pjist husk ac ton really sjtotinid ciaiing iikviii it up fin sill v man riiv was put in the clrar hv lirnther keith and fired high into the ni t abttve the orono ten- de r s hi ad the game stayed on ivcfi linns until period end with pli nty of shoving and pushing to liven it up townsley and pollard eschaiiged a f e w blows but it was brukrn up before much dsmage wax done pollard drew a penalty for his urt in the fracas acton had an edgr on play hrrsiaal parted off to a fast start acton notched the first goal when townsley strode right in and blushed the bulb to put the hedmrn one up orono pulled right hack in the game how ever when polard released a long angle shot that rusk never made a move on it caught th farthest comer while rusk covered the rhort side it was a heartbreaker or rusk who a few minutes pre viously blocked two breakaways hardly a minute later and bustle buggy ray west took his brothers relay o once more put orono in the lead that inspired th red- men mcjcnery in particular he stick handled his way through the entire orono team to knot the count agalp gearing never had a chance on a foot high shot than keith fay converted kntnrt passout and th redmen finished the chapter on goal up tmal partita staging last period drive th west brothers took over thamaalv in the final chapter splitting th acton defense wid opn and firing fcoatiaued on ffito pit coming events asals el mm te ceacsns a otfcet gvtets aepef ihi aetata art sear le seels gr lias vita a aiialaiasi casras set seaeaaeeateats sc th ministers aunt win be pre sented again auru lath in la town hall acton j euchne bridf and dane will be held in s a mo a school naasagaweya trlday alareh sola admission ase vwhre snrl hrtrsg yaacjvaa tuesday alarca 1mb aueolee lakeside chafker lobjf adrak- alon loc