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ht juttftt jfrit ftsz sevfcntyfiflh yerno 7 acton ontario thupsday august 25lh 1949 eight home print pegstsix canla citizens meeting discuss sewage plan or acton ct of 3s0m0 will ukajy cover matt f lateral uttal- uttaa buhattrtel mspaea muat ft lafiirele ayiw m4 co will be ftut ay sawar rj whh tu tat only affected by few milk about iso eulanu attended the meeting last friday evening to near about the sewer plana for art on and fciw questions answer ed before voting on fteptember tin on this susat ion- reeve theron jones outlined the general plana and progress to eat he explained the plan for keeping ooata down on the debent ure but believed that laterals rould b taataiud when the sewers are tald a short tarm 4bture could rover any cost shortage for lat eral 11 tatroduead eteglneer afuaraoa mr andaraon captained that on the plan worked out two years ago 13 eaairtetar exmtnd the job and only two submit ted tenders and thee had been out of line the peasant was s vary favorable saaaon for ote construction and be nit council had accomplished good preliminary work in getting the qustlon ready for a vote lie said baardmar a co war ready to eo operate in land and sewage treatment which would be bene- aeial to the town there are s ml las of sewers propoaad with cso ooanaedona on section would flow by gravity to afaln and brock ave and be pumped to the trunk while the other lint would go direct by gravity to the treatment plant mr andaraon felt the present was an opportune time for the construction the prices were stab ilised there would be no material delays and conaqueivt shorter dis turbance of the streets andre liable con trad ore were ready to bid for work- paid for over a twenty yejr period it meant an annual pa ment of gm000 acton was now raying annual debt charges of owr 03000 and thee will be greatly lowered in the immediate years if debenture were sold next veer the first payment would be in 19s1 uhrn payments will tw shoon levs then this year not ell the coats would be assess ed on the tax accounts but it wee proposed to put half on taxes and j half charged es eewer rente paid for every two months es with water retea such en arrange- i ment would make very little in- creese in taxes over the preaent i levy in view of the declining pay ments on other debentures see auditors report of 1jm8 pajrc 11 for scale of debt charjrci over the i ears mr anderson pointed out lhm acton ratepayer were onlx res ponsible for the plant of n sin i to meet actons need if nddlt- j ions expenditure i- required to i enre for ncerdmore a co sewage i villi hatf o be btmrneb those getting i he service nnthtnk more j can be done until the vote i taken and if n favorable vote b given i the work would llkclx require two years to complete tenders could be called tmnwdkatelx and some work done this fall clerk j mogeachle w 111 in hospital and was unable to be pre- ent to give complete inure on finance i aiuwerlnk the question of con nections the engineer urged that connections to the lot line be put in by the general contractor it would secure a better price for all and the work would be done when the line are laid coni of all connections was estimated at m2- 000 and a good amount of this could be absorbed on the general contract leaving only a small amount for a separate issue the question period brought out many views some irvevelant to the vote and some that had im portant bearing plans will call for a v or con nection at every hoitte or vacant lot- the scwera will be low enough to drain basements in every case but are not constructed to carry storm water the chisuolmrluftftlm weootno on satuftday at home of uioc mr w g charlton officiated it a pretty wedding on saturday after roui at 3 oclock at the home of the brutes mother when uarion ituth llurren youngest daughter of mr mary llurren end the late mr rd llurren was united in marriage to hoy vincent chlsholm son uf mr nd mrs wm chlsholm of acton the bride entered the living room on the arm of her brotherinlaw mr dan mcdonald of niagera falls to the strains of lohengrin wedding march played by mrs g hunter osprtnge to be married under en arch fashioned of pink and whitr streamers end flanked with baskets of gladioli she wes lovely in s white slipper satin gown the fitted bodice had a net yoke edged wilh tiny satin flowers each centred with a pearl a line of self buttons trimmed the baek to below the waistline the long fitted sleeves had a tiny cape over the top of the sleeve and the full skirt wax gsthtvd to give the effect of a bus tle at the sides and fell to form a slight train her heartshaped lecy headpiece held her fingertip ve of mist net and she carried a res- rede of red roars stephanotls fen and whitr satin it reamer the matron of honor mrs boo murrell niagara falls niece of the bride wore a gown of yellow taf feta styled with a net yokr ad cape sleeves edged with lace hi r full skirt was caught up in the front with blue rose buds to reveal a lace underskirt she wore a headpiece to match her gown and carried a bouquet of pink rosebud edged with blue ostrich plumes miss gail sunter another niece o the bride was flower girl end for- i floor length dress of blu taffeta plain bodice with sweetheart nett- hne tiny puff sleeves and a full skirt hrt dress was trimmed with tiny pink bows and her bandetai w as of pink and blue flowers she carried a nosrgax of vellow gladioli and frm and yellow satin itrcamrrv the groom brother m r j a chlsholm of acton was best mtn during the signing of the regutt r miss mstlenr wright sang tv cause receiving the brides net tier chose e grev crepe dress wilh ni accessories and a corsage of red inse bud she wu assisted bx ihe grooms mother who wore i r m- crepe dree black accessories and i rorsagr of white and red iwe bud kor gotiik na the bride chanp ed to ii pink gabardine ur and hnrtie ctmlt with white at cevmhh- and w rr a corsage of w hit and pink glalioli following hort homniooii mi aid mrs thhulm will reside in erin gut st- were titent fnn niagara falls o pringe acton toronto ill lui gh ind krm sinn- 1018 the amount of cheques cached hv canadian has risen tkdui vi car overall ad- third annual j baxter picnic ihclrl ist fridav an ideal day for a picnic greeted haxter laboratories employee ust friday when they their families j end their friends tvmftibltl in waterloo perk for tthe third en i nual such event they journeyed i by chartered bus aitd by ear arid when beads were counted et the i supper table about 150 were pre ent there were ranea bell game jewlinmlng end most every feature that goes to makr a pterin a whl i remembered rvent every child brought home e little souvenir toy uf tne occasion j fol towing are the list of winner of the races s4 events i girts ji7 years penny arts marilyn itognvaldson barbers da videos j soys 7 year grant surbey john hoar wayne gordon ofrlv b10 yaara me she wlil- ismson collen arts alice luain herd roys 1113 yea re johnny enns johntiayden oeraw ashley girls over 13 ywr marj mas tars oral norton karma robin- i j son j roys over 13 years rill field don gnrlre kino rraida j j vheeibarrow race lornr masters and at lyons ken ituzle and kay west do gretee end bid j fields egg catching contest stan end oral norton lloyd and norma robinson edna hufnagwl end rln ikralde i ladies 3 pegged ran edna 1 llufaegel and gladys davidson i ulllan williams and oral norton i i elate kin reed end dorothy roj- j j nvaldsan j i tall tbrowlns contest ray west ijoyd robinson lome mai term i i mens 100 yard dash iuni r re ida lome meet era rill fields ladles 50 yard dash batty masters marj masters oral nor- ton i t mens tug- of we r sam snyder don gretee newt hurst cliff ashley lloyd robinson john sur i bey henry joltey iorne slmpeon led lea novelty contest orel norton mrs alf williamson mrs i ii jolley v 1 i shoo kicking contest oral nor ton ulllan creuee gledys devld son just before tike supper hour wblch we catered b mr e coles a group photo of the picnic was i laken an amplifying truck rvs- tern kept the crowd in touch with i all the events and the program operating smooth t it w a an other very succewiful and enjoy able gathering of the baxter works and each one seem to grow bigger and better two cases polio reported this week to health unit onl two new taset of polionn t litis hit- been reported to th halton cmmt health unit durmi the thiit week of august thtm tikiudf an k eaiold girl from rn 150000 gallon i- aclon wins first round l in intermediate baseball hydro una to spring will b on sense pajet a th 9 telspnsn wtra chairman c m hansen presid ed at the regular meeting of acton pubhc utilities commission tues day evening all the other memb er were present- two tenders were opened fur the painting of the water tank it was decided to get more prtee be fore letting the contract notice was received that ten of the poles which had been ordered had been shipped to flramptan in a car lot for that town a local trucker will bring th poles to ac ton these polr sre 40 feet lng a questionnaire was presented irom the o m fa wanting the local cqmnistlns opinion on hir ing a fulltime engineer and sec retarytreasurer for that assorts hon i a release wes presented to be signed for payment for the hydr- ent which was broken last fall oil i church street this release wav signed it was decided to go joint lead two a ion youths harold nuh i nd dan iorty were funed 100 snd coftts of it when they pleaded iruiltv to a charge of mealing a quantity of gasoline from a truck o ned by i 11 ijndvay kat h were grn tim- to ay their finr when thiv agreed to pay to chief harrop of acton tru- sum of 10 eiy two weeks in drfsult of payment of the fine they wrre to ttih mive mr month in jail should they become in arrears of their miymciiu the tensity would bt thirty days nassaoaweya institute make iso donation to township council the augukt merting uf the nami gawtya women a institute wes held at the home of the president mrs cyril klllott there were 13 ladles present thr roll call was some thing gained from the centennial it was unanimously voted that a donation of 30 00 be made to the contublr allen said he found the rotint it and this it to be used in two besidr the truck siphoning gai paying for the permanent lighting into a container george f flliolt iniuued ouulde the town smith s counsel asked the court thip hall mrs verne camptwii fir iuipcnded sentence es hu rlirnt um chosen e e drlrgslc to the bad not been in trouble beroie cou vent ton in gurlph these young ft hows have to be the meeting wai undr the hit hown ibis type of offence u not t or lea lllesea re h and current fxenti profitable the court observed common mr j kwberuun and philip for us and klivr hull mr moiton mrs it anderson u ere each remanded a week for argument to tw heard by counsel the pair were charged with break ing end entering the residence of joseph jones nassagsweya on august 13th and stealing roth pleaded not guilty f jones in hu testimony said he met forbe coming from his small gave a rending entitled mother a contest a man and his shoes was conducted by miss catherine elliott and won by mrs hi ne hart a vrry interesting paper was read by mrs w freeman place names in halton county mrs flliott gave a poem tomorrow the meeting closed by singing with the rell telephone and rural hydro on line running down high l h natiel anthem after which way 25 es fer es the spring lane wd lhr vr dolur u 1 lunch wsi served by the hostess and rurel hydro is to erect the lines trajnk ln hu brlr thet her helprs and e social time en- for the local commission the lock on the office door has been giving some trouble end the matter is in be taken up with the y board at the same time th- commission will see if the board d walking down the drive also a bicycle lamp fountain pen tnd tome handkerchiefs were tak en his wife eorrobe rated part of the testimony adding she had gotten out of a car es forbes and her bus oyed would be in favour of installing a transom in the window at the front of the off ire secretary mcgeachle wes to write the bell telephone com pan end have the joint lead agreement brought up to date superintendent lambert gave some figures on the pumping of water for the peet few weeks during the hot weather an aver age of lvtono gallon t e day were rumped since the colder nighls this average ha dropped to about lwoon even on weekend there is over looonn gallons of weter pumped the list of arrears we reviewed and instruct ton wued for their collection the insurance- on burglars and holdup is to be investigated et the next meeting end revised the following accounts were passed for payment hyrde department free press advertising 4 20 he pc power etr 3 4hoh whtt hams garage gas 10 53 htghwrn garage oil etc a oo bell telephone sen ices 15 55 ilenres ltd supplies tf williams supply co sup 15 55 can line materials sup 12 31 oinficld electric supplies 102f mrs h iatmer 12 00 f terr postage if 00 express and transport rrrakdovvn m census fiurrs rivrntly compilrd way arguing hull she said was kitting along the roadway near the entrance while forbes was at the houitc forims denied he had ever been in the bouse but said he was on his lhja way to dave mcphedrans to borrow some money he testified he went to the jones house for a drink and found no person at home as he more complete return have be- in the recent census complied by m r w cole undrr the direction of act n council the final figure of the census u now 2m7 the curw by left the door he mrl j ron crions 13 therefore irn rlwer at first revealed ant promptly accused him of brim thr hous he testified hr wat wearing the same hoes he had on in court in rebuttal evidence both mr und mrs f wedge trstified a pair tif romo slipper were found at the roadide near their nsaga- wea residence after forbes and mull hd been seen there mr wedge said he earlier had talked to forbes who he had not seen for a ward i number of years i ward j clarvn- hammond charged wjth ward 3 seven of being absolutely roretl in council instruction the cen sus w as taken in four w at ds and ihree groups infant students and dults the figures show tbe aie 1010 adults 455 studen- and jfl2 ii lant- in ihi village limit broken down in foui wi d th fgureik are infant fil r7 j setting fire to a building was re- ward t munded a w eek bail w as set t i00 bill murra was usmvscd 10 und costs of tfl or 10 du in jail v hen he pleaded guiltv to ixlng in loxicated in milton r sjxnding anotbt r 1 in jail he was to tie t t sludi nt ti ia 7k 73 474 i2j ra 134 702 llni fr- cton meets owen sound in npe rating expense and revenues registered an all time high in 1mb while operating expense went from ftfhu 043372 to 7m 474- ili un inrream- of ifl 0 er cent ienue inerenss exaggerated fl16 54h 1150 a rise f only 11 per cent i t s i nu tti for any householder to make sewer coanactlons but tine h was paying for the aervlca it would likely be taken advantage of usually connections cannot be put in fast nough thar would b no frontag tax a with waterwarkt as th wr raaui was a mor equitable basis dlaposal would coat sccordlng to th amount of water puriaatd this rantal would of cours drop much lowar whsn th dbnurtr ware paid ln jo years the- sewer vnnce has been from swp billion in i mr to the all time record of 80 7 billion in ifmr n gain of more than 160 per cent icntal and ti le would pi for installation and maintenance coti ielnlls on nn arrangrments for dtspoal of any industrial sewncr would take time to work out but excellent cooperation it we felt wouut to ecured it would be ncveary to jmiss a separate b law for anv additional expenditure oxer the 550000 required for actons need for domestic sewage there would be no industrial ar rangement without a firm legal contract and no expansion over the 150000 outlax would proceed until all arrangements were satis factory questioned on the supply of water mr hansen chairman of the pub lic utilities commission saw there was jutt sufficient for preaent re quirements this week 135000 per day was pumped which was more than the normal supply only property owrsera are hg- ible to vote on the question and if a negative vote u glxwn th preaent costs win be paid and th 1ili1oii ano a oviifoitl bov from acton both htv utii ulmittn to hosprul this brings the totnl tt 12 casts thit htve utii reprted thus xear up to tin end of the third week tf august w i iv7 round waterworks lsepmrtment heat and power at spring 51 70 acton garage hc 15 word was just can itrnas co ltd hc15 reci n ittitr ku intermediute thu k27 w muu s ui suiu council brings it forward again th propoaed disposal plant would car for a population ln acton of 3500 it would b so designed to talc additions as th population passed this mark it was felt the 350000 was the out- id cost of sewers and dlaposal plant at present it was s very interested gatlier- ing which lasted nearly thr hours and provided plenty of sut jct for discussion in small groups after th meeting edjournl esquesing barn with hay crop lost in fire leas estimated at 15000 in tuasnuiy morning blaze in bquasing fire of unknown origin totall- destroyed a large barn owned by c a prance of toledo ohio situ ated on the first line under the mountain early tuesday morning the property known as the tom cox farm has not been occupied for some time neighbours reported it was a huge barn constructed of iron with steel sheeting about 60 ton of hay was reported to b lost the or was first noticed by a rachlin sparklers edge baxter labs in hard battle to determine league leader itichlm spirklt rs edged bixti r lubs b line tun on tuisdix night in sudden deith game to d ti r- ni i iu tht top teun in the industrial softuil uague unri decide pliv off ihvsitlons at the schedule s nd both clubs wen tied for th first slot making u midden di ath gunt iicccmtarx bixter s were supieme through the first nrt of the schedule but j f altered in the latter end while the twasoit thjit actn intermediute a team will meet owen sound in the next touiid if the pla downs kust game will be in ow t n sound n katurdnv afti rntnin with tht re turn game in acton next wednes ili watch for mor d tails mi tiuu etc names ol acton soldiersrlobe on memorialaddilion i hamihan sludabsfcars llimin in tkraa strsioht oama shu4u4 en satuetlay rd leader when as lod five runsriew wsttug far riavt reuntj in fhayttawns scene i klist bound ontsiitr int a playdown fcjiter hamilton studebakers and atttmi intetmedlates thiee game later one w rll beatrn st ode baker club lakes the nearest rll scene ii second bound ontario int a play down actus vs owen sound the foregone is en abbreviated sketch of what happened to studies after they crashed the int a pictute as opposition to acton saturday they bowed out completely from ob a contention by suffering their third straight defeat at thr hands of a high flying acton club versatile lyil leader spun a fuur- hlttrr around studebakrrs bat that coupled with slonrwall support from his mates obliterated any scor ing attempts by registering a dr- rtstvr i 0 shut out leader was never in trouble doling out four stingy singles end to cap his sterling mound chore the former guelph ace never issued a base on balla through the contest the tilt probably the most excit ing of the series also produced the finest fielding attack of any game viewed here since acton white washed fergus vies by an identical score in the league schedule only two errors were charged on the afternoons play- one to either club frank le may twirled an effective delaying action for studebakrrs until the bottom half of the fifth when a broke loose with two runs break ing up a scoreless pitching duel waged through the 4 innings previous by the time acton had finished at bat however they had collected ten hits off may scored a single run in the seventh and an additional two in the eighth one solitary studebaker -base- runner reached third of five who managed to get on board and he 7 u rack got on base on hunitadtlers boot yorkslonr playing third was the only visitor who didnt find leaders slants a puxxle he drove out two single in four trips to the plate accounting for half hi club hit in addition to chucking a smart four hitter leader wa the mwl consistent uf any acton player at the plate he really rolled up hu big guns in the fifth by crashing a e into deep centre that could lax e been stretched into a home inn tiw sphere wus pick id up bc- xond the softball screen on the late tiock but he preferred to leavc it a tnpb at that t rk la i tage of the game w ith no runs scored it was food mhr tti leaxe it at three base t pet lally with onl one out in hit other three uppcaranrcs leader mtcrificed wriggled a walk and tiroxt out ii single for a iwrfrct i lm merngr thr public has kiuht to strike tfmi a i big jink hough blasted u cirtuit smash in the eighth with masale hast xia a single peculiarly i will was tagged so hard it hit tht dirt on tin fur side of third and 1 uitud up the turf until it re or heft j the detp it ft field track stude- i laker left guideni r wai wav out of position und cnuldn t field it until j the halt rolled to a stop by that the iimintttre in charge tf tree- i tlim nugh was oxer the plate ng theuddluons to ttasoldierj lend r a triple in the fifth that provtd to tw the tifrning point in the game matters walked to put any chsnnes or omissions should b rectified before tuesday oriul in a to procted with the work lowing is the lut of thom wh the kupnmr sacrifice in thi ad the fol- paid war new regalia with s smiling image of team sponsor ben rachlin at age p on the back came to life with a now thul strikes are directed i gainst the public rather than the t 3 ears 1930 to 1w5 the name and imploxer whether the employer is rank of each man is given a it is ii goxernment a company or an in- proposed to have them cut in thr dixidual the public has a right and tones if there are any rrors or rachltn outfit once they acquired u duty to strike back against those eny omissions in this list the secre- who strike against the people tary mrs a orr acton ontario strikes arc the strongest weapon j rhould be notified in writing before in labor warfare the objective of august 30th hmo please check vengeance tucsdax they clinched all warfare is to create such eif- the list now after august soth the top rung in a close battle to cul- i tensive public suffering that the next tuesday it will be too late minatc their surge to the front i leaders of the people will be com- to make any alterations plaoffs begin on friday with j polled to capitulate if it u right rank name beardmores supplying opposition to i for labor to deprive the public of j a c e a anderson baxtersm a best of three series the essentials of life in order tojfsgt k h buck the following tuesday bachlm compel the government to coerce jfo w r elwood take on a hardhitting force nine i the employer whether a govern- pte j gibbons in the first of a two of three series ment corporation or otherwise then all teams are in there grasping i it is at least equally right for the w w gordon f o j t guthrir ueul r ilillier sgt wm mccron st w uccran sgt g k mclelun ssjt k u ucnbb w o g a moloizl wcomdr d g uorrii gnr r near lcpl a e perryman pht r roberuon lcpl h l slmpeon gnr g a smethunt pte j sweeney pie o h taylor pie c h webster i base when itunstadtler hit a double scoring both runners they added a single run in the 7th as scott walked leadrr sacrificed and masters balled in scott with a clothes line single coing into the slh actons three run lead looked big but they ex tended it anyway following the base clearing clout from hough in that frame nyder singled as well as leader but masters grounded out to may ending th rally owen masales played e particu larly good game at second bass for the locals trimmed down to a slimmer playing weight masales is fielding better as th season pro- gresxest th old dud waxnf on fc nglffl a having g ih- nearby shaeppan it blazed so rapidly flames abon spread to th bam eartnars with a tractor plow plowed furrows to prevent the blazing grass burning toward th house and urge implement shed it was reported the hay had been stored in the barn about a month ago and an overseer had bean cutting hay on th tarm a day previous loaf bt eahmsted about slsyooo it ss not knbwn if insur ance vwi rttrd by the owner tor pla un mafblcs and it looks like a stiff set before a league champ u declared httsutr otjsuty an ohio farmer asked if fertili zer would stimulate a certain plants growth replied cant say for sure ive been able to figure out whether the stuff aciually stimulate th plants or whether u just so downright repulsive that ussy try- to grow away from it th jtadr dioast public to deprive strikers of other essentials of life obviously neither course is right a democracy must cither find the means of establish ing competent courts which will adjudicate labor differences and enforce decisions or be prepared to cope with strikes of revolutionary character and proportions by using its armed forces to maintain essen tial services vthen any organized croup can defy and dictate to government democracy ceases to exist and com- munum or fascism supplants it coming events aaaeoacesseats f almtlag goarsrts or other kveats oaaar this bsuuas art ebsresa easts a lias with a ilaissuai charge lor say sa of jtc dance brookvul hall friday august mlh gsibrsithi orchestra admission 80c