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xt jwton sttt iti swryhfftt yvno 41 acton ontabio thursoav april 20th 1950 eight horn pflnl pglsi cnl crossing warning signal ordered for mill street june 25th date commemoration service for acton hwfciutua to la midi u 0 jseyssjwssssb a bsw rsilgaiii miv oiiilt curfc to sat iiir fjf ftttt bali a- acton council met ln regular ffmlr mo day vlttg with reeve tyur daowty reeve mr lisa end couaetllar orwr ro wu tlotrhen nlroj and thompson mt and mayor a mason pre aeeounl were psrred tn pay mat fc follow lever and hoskln audit fee 400 00 arton public utll comm services flf 4u0at whltham garage gas urt thompson motors repair etc uio sell telephone co artvice wts norwich union fire insur anc premium 342 so j n mackenste and son supplies mm ouelph mercury adv j 00 ahon public utll comm hare of operation for jan and feb mom ouelph sand and q ravel sm j margraves expense re travel 500 at tyler expense re travel u serious injury sustained while playing rudminton social evtnino of- home and icrkkh audcution mom0av the member and friend of ov arton home and school assorts t ion enjoyed an evening of euchre and square dancing monday april itu puu im room ol th v u cu nmpum nwl cka9 l iv sunday june 2mb was the date srlrt ted fur the commemoration servire in arton marking the rail inf of a cum from village to towin status in 10ao reprrsentallve of lirtihta ganlatkut of the com it unity with mayor and councillors orated with hay redar etc by mr h ii in urn winner of the euchre were mr s sinclair and mra near of kitch oar mra o mckeml and mra q cunningham were awarded the consolation prtta draaaed in keeping with the spirit many friend regret to learn of the unfortunate mishap auatalned by mra j w wolf wkm aha tuf fared a irtueal injury to her right ac w l ti v which may ma a permanent rou injury to the sight of that eye fl mr wulfe was playteg badmln wo noor m ton at the y m ca on monday av eetlng when her racquet truck the tde of her eyeglaaae breaking the glaa which injured her eye with the broken glaaa mra wolf waa attended by dr garret t and u tn the general hospital at ouelph for treatment all wish for prompt recovery acton junior farmers and junior institute hold joint meittno th regular monthly meeting of the arton junior farmer and the junior institute was held tueada evening april llth t the home of mr and mr ralph urkrown trv guest speaker for thr junior far mrr were t rrtefuri wilson and george atkln topic was modern methods of farming which was illustrated by lantern slide and ev plained by mr wilson the girls held their hireling in an adjacent room the roll call was answered by our favourite rong and composer mr fred mcduug ii fniin caledon junior farmers emst rttday evening and formed ri program planning and only 4 ol 9 municipalities have assessment ready hrr oueipm speaker at easter meetino knox wms r hewer aeeaanl spartan contracting co progress payment on contract a ivogrea payment on con tract i r v anderson engineer ing service and e pene imttu mr w v gamble honorary president of guelph preabvterlal wms brought to her llitenera a tlrrtng message a she addressed the raster thank offering meeting of the senior auilllary of knox prebytcrlan wms im thursday april llth la king as her topic lie is risen- go tall mr if mainprise president of the auxiliary presided mrs cam rron irishman of the auvlllarv contributed two beautiful mcuatfrs in song suitable to the kastrr mas on with miss ethel franklin at the console of the organ mrs ft m mcdonald and mrs f j llaaaard conducted the deollons and mrs f s ftlow introduced the scaker and presented her on behalf of the auxiliary with a beautiful corsage guest were present from mis slonao group of guelph st and rem s itorkwood nassagawrva snd appratlalion la due dennl lap dion who made the sketch for the invitation which had bean 1 sued during the evening the president mr it inirkee presented the fol lowing elate of officer for the en suing year for consideration pres ident lr o a slrr 1st vice pre tdent mr r r parker tnd vice praaldent mr stewart sinclair recording secretary mrs 1 vrll correcpnndlng secretary mr c heard treasurer mr k lltiscen executive committee mrs ii force mr utston mrs w wolfe mr c i indsay donuls and coffee were served mrlustitit of the tlsnrlnti 111 ay holidav program aiul simvinl fa nils th mr m tvler enquired of council georgetown as well as from the regarding the engagement of an in other congregation of acton mrs gsecior on sewer conxtructlon he a j buchanan ably expressed the had asked consideration when this appreciation of the member and position w as open snd fell he w a i buru of those who had contributed well qualified and should be gucn hr program representatives of an opportunity mavor mason point uuiting group brought greetings d out that the position had to be trttm hlr societies rev r h filled immediately and the appoint mattt wwild have to be approved bv council in proper order a lrtter from contractor mach fcnery and equipment was read re- nrdlng the purchase of a used grader at a coat of tsonf condlt tana of sale were given and dellv ry charge were ims it could be kad nn a months approal and rental would he applied on the pur chase price tht waa a power grader and full power equipment tv machine had ben examined bv four councillors and seemed to meet actons needs a motion was passed authorising payment of tmo on dellverv of the grader if the machine u aatufact ory the payment will he applied on use purehaae price and tf trot the mount paid would he a retftal for months use trte clerk reported that the car of calcium was on hand mi ton plumbing and heating submitted a report on the heating equipment at the v m c a a re quested br council councillor greer and thompson were to make further investigation on the equip ment guelph sand and gravel rub mltted price on various grade of gravil the gvprum ume and al abaufnr co were not prepared x quote price thr monlhlv rrprt of thi prov incial ptilice was received and reai he the clerk there was one con armstrong brought greeting from the session and members of knox kirk and pronounced the benedict ion lunch wii served in the class ph lal ast r holiday pro w hlch functioned daily t the tt week w as surrrssf u frtim rvcrv slandimtint in sldiln i it some informal activities a vsr lety tif competitions were held the w inners of these wcrr follow high r4tn rs and plnl mi red in the athletic hect iks a clas ii arbu i wo w arhlc 121 j untilngham 2m h cuu ii skllllng 1 13 t g dakm b3 it shcpiunl 730 t im 1 wilt m0 f lustrr wl 7 p hurst 112 h j hodge mo 3 j mcftac vi 7 h glru a class it morton 1310 j hodgi 140 3 j miliar 13 1 11 lass h 1 uxtoit i0a n wilds 017 r harhlin vii junior mixed howling winning ti am 1332 pats m klnnread p hradshaw t foot tit j deforest midgets individual high scorer btvi h shrppard 4w girls f itachlln 344 winner of ganlraluun which will work 1 out the plana in cufinc hon with tlw event heading the t ommetnitratlun her v ire mum it tee u c fhini 1 1 lor ray ttvnouel with mrs f anderson vir 1iestdent and w if layton as seirlary treasurer minituis of the rimtillvr ri n 1 1 tee air mr a grr of lakeside lailerlodf un wlliuofthe i eg loo titles auilllary mrs f ii inter of the seoul arid guide mothers mrs wild rspln of the a tort wonx n institute mis j w wolfe or duke of devonshire lodf r w oles of arton branch f the legion f miloii f tlu hoard f trwde a mimn of aclon riilarv foreman i aw renre of ailon y a mens club it was ptannrd to hold the first in llitg of the organlrallon on tursdav april irth in th rman iimh itiicns an urged to keep june 2mb an ocn dale for this day of nianv unique fi stores and imixii sure o acton al the meiting on tuimlsv v enlng the following wire appointed to head tip their rsmctlve nnunlt tn order of s rlr rev ii arm stntog choirs mrs audi rv n mrs wlldcrxpin mrs sinclair mutc amos xi son parade f w oles mr wilds grounds seating etc mr hilton rav thompson adver using mrs hard orr mn ii i m donald arrangements are to ma1r for special kin st sinker the next i mnilllrr meeting is to lw held n mav tnth to complete all d tails acton industry double present plant size room where mrs s cordiner pre marathon basketball tournaments ided at the tea table and membrra j cunningham 33 girls p of the executive acted as hostesses radshaw 13 in the basketball house leagut games last saturday the league leading red squad suffered thrlr first defeat to date at the hands of the second place niack team wji while the rlue outfit humbled thi uinless golds 53 10 in the red itlack upset the latter led 30 7 at half time with both teams match mg score tn the final stage the blacks viclorv was partly due to the superb plaving of j cunning ham and the late arrival of d an dcrson of the red squad in the niuegold fracas closer checking and fast breaks by the bluex were the determining factor in their ictorv high scorers were daw kins for the bluet 2 pts and r wood for the golds with 10 pt ah classes art polishing up hcir i acts for the v annual circus at i th arena next month at present 1 act pu capers b the clown are hcdulcd to appear th junior teen agcm will ht id another partv this saturday and will ftatun a cirnivnl progrnm omplctc with a arictv of skill uiu i halton jeksfys icompliti records in recent tests sev eral jersey herds in halton ountv report cows that have rec i enllv completed r o p records the leader in this recent group is pine tree valiant rose owned by maur ice c heatv of milton rose went on test as a senior 3 year old and in via davs produced r 70 lbs of milk and 404 lbs of fat presided al the election or the fo lowing of fliers president ghrit t omov vnr prt lorl lsl v si rrlary iwls ttkwtto4i treas i iraro r mikeown dlstrirt c mi mini frsnus ll the lhtni f thr in ling w a inuiu mrs fiwihmi ji hnstoo in thsrgr d kv sm f the highlights in ihr life it jrsnncttr mi d nhl mil wil several record at the com union of buslrifss two group otnhlnrd ft r s soa lal tlnn limn and oiilsts were won by iht following in sawr ootet itav fverdells tram 1uiv lb hie i nli si i a wr nice llrnisley t ski fating cotilesl keith black blind fi ided boxing a draw by irene h inuiivk and andy johnston i uiich brought a v rv njoyswi t vi mug to a rinse lliillon luuntv kami korimis lontimir aclivr hui if jul in itsdlo hmim broad umls fmsssthi stuson ure romplrteil ii r inltrtst and itinlie to hi ip ih its l n fortunate than ourselves in fci s our rorum mrnilirri to niii t and klv nsalstano when nteitnl timl this is inly too true of nor th 1 lafalgar r arm r ororn as tht fol hwing report llvis evldtnie on wnlio sdav i vt nlng april ijih a proiiresslvi euchre was held in s s no h trafalgar township liinkds in aid of crippled child rt ii r und a real good attendance fnim hornby forum the town of milton toronto township and even from queen s park was present the winner in ruchre were lad if a high mm albert marchment and gents mr russell king tick ts were sold on a lucky draw for a imix of grocer irs the lucky lick et was held bv mr alfred shep pnrd who in turn donated it to the crippled children s fund our well trained auctioneer mr jack marchment auctioned the groceries nf end increased the proceeds by other cow have qualified in the 7 y makitig atoumn all or herd of g s matthews acton mice mastic rojwlno naw sct- lan of sam ansa feas ant bulttllno work started this week on cn struct ion of a new building for micro plastics which will give this company space double their present building the new building will be of cement block construction with the frontage used for offices and the balance for storage of matrnnls this will leave the prt sent build ing cntlrelv clear for manufactur ing processes and giv e room for machine that are being used and rav been added since the companv was established the new building which will nd join the present factorv will be 08 feet deep with an office frontage explanation of ontario ii besscm of rock wood ontario ijovd crelghton george town and kenneth flla at hornby mr flla jersey cow rockwood fluon towardl thr fund to n war lass a a junior 4 year old in c ilw t 13 we also have in our treasury 917 iu which la a donation to the community park project ai a don 202 dav produced b 102 lh of milk and 4aa lbs of fat scwttti washlntcnn 1 north than nova scotia winner of roxy special easter costume vlcti n inur the liquor control w on wallace avehiji act and four under municipal b mu ro plastic owns this complete laws vint collected were i bux k of land on wallace and row ther i npcctions of busin cr senile and ample land remains ess place and five found unlocked rtr anv further expansion that mav and ukiun notified there were revjuired 17 ifrtion made xllew micro plastic was ertabllahed in hal the w ln crror wh paid for during the month was 7s3 ctoti in 1045 and is therelore the l js mile j latent industrv it has shown steadv notice of a school for municipal irroth and the present plant is en officials va received and will be tirely too small for production of dmg in 1051 court report of case in halyon in rec nt hi w s report of a court case in halton we are informed plaintiff would be allowed to pay for the saw mill in instalment dealt with at a future meeting council discussed the assessment on te irishman urev on lot that were unsold and had been as geasard as farm land mr leish man had paid the taxes as charg ed and council was empowered to make a rebate council decided lot taxes should be paid on rthur street on the lots unsold but the lot on mill street which uas not prepared as a street were to have taxes charged as farm land the treasurer was authorised to make a rebate the rotary club extended an in vitation to council to attend a spec lal picture at the club on tuesday april kth a latter from transcanada fcotthttued oh rto vtohtj we are informed that no agree ment between the parties was made and at no time was an agree ment discussed excepting upon the basts that mr wright would confess rs 7zt w ito judgment by the court declaring mr ii mri jack kentncr ocenu of bicarbonate sod h b inuit whatsoever jr wiuo st acton was the un in the taw mill in the agreement of xhc pcll cos the various lines of extruded plait tea being manufactured cheap advtck swing siidrs and teeter totter for the use of children at the park i halton county committee wish j to congratulate north trafalgar farther farm forum for their interest in 1 these activitiea and trust we will i hear from other forum in the i countv doing likewise in bringing theatre jov to others we reap joy to our selve twofold officer eihirl n mrmlwr at kotarv huh jack hoyaton will succeed alf iog as president of arton rotary t luh as a result of ub election ha id on tuesday evening and ther on jones will be vice president ird haiuwfi was lr let secrrlar y and art haydon trraurer direct is tlcurd are roy arm id wra iu ally and ted tyler thr rlittlon famuslgn lastm sev rial weeks snd wslrttt a mutlltiulr if hi lion speech s rodot eil m n e orii i ie i ialgn i n pagands for mini meltings three nt w mern tin lf wrhimnnl into the luh al ihr ruisitav itinnrr officers ilicted at annual mihino scotch hock institute thr annual meeting of the scotch hiim k w i mrl al the home of mrs s murray on april iv h the pre si dint presiding it was voted to nd m donation i f 3100 to the arte r siniety mrs a mrgllihori and mis may wi re apmilnlrd as dele gait to aid nd the confer nee in uel h roll call waa answered by pavrmnt of fees mrs agnew look ihr i hair fir thr rlrtlon of of flors the following officer were h ted fir the coming year hon im s mrs r dreilge pre mrs s murray 1st vice ire mrs t will 2nd vice pres mr r cur rli set trias mrs wilson asvinuiit sr trias mrs g mc giiiik n district director mrs t huholm branch directors mrs aim w mrs d mrglhbon and mrs i will- audlti m mm d r u m hi and mr- gilliis pianist mm n iwmo and miss fvn hlshi im standing ommltlei cmviriurs agrlrutlure and cana dlnn industrtis mrs a mcglhtwm lllrmshlp and kducatlon mr may ommunlty activities and public relations mrs d irving historical mi search and current events mrs h stark home ken mimics and health miss fva chls holm resolutions mrs clarke other convenors are programme mm r dredge finance mrs g mrgibbon lunch mrs c service and mrs r currie flowers mrs j flllolt after the election of officers mis clarke one of our past presidents conducted the instaustinn cere mony for use at branch w i an nual meeting out of our hand book which was vrry interesting mrs j 1 lopk in gave the report of the district directors meeting the district annual la to be held june 6th at georgetown the national anthrm brought another meeting to a cloae aftrr which lunch was served we enjoyed a special treat of ice cream and cake johnny kentner twoyearold for indigestion at this time of night cried the infuriated druggist hoj mr wright would receive had been aroused at x anu when fnr adumtiv nn tume contest at the roxy theatre acton easter monday afternoon payment for services allegedly rem a glass of hot uater would have dertd b enht umnh contest was the highlight of ar done just as welp hll lordship w amured the i e program otcartoonr weel weel returned mcdougat i thank ye for the advice and ni no bother ye after all good night last of the dutch family of roosevelt which contributed two united state presidents 1 henri william freuerlk van roaavelt an amaterdam chin reataurant worker parties were tn agreement we trust this will clarify any re port which may have been in error in any publication program and a clown stage show with al all in acting as master of cere monies bill barry of georgetown played the clown with jock calder end richard mason also taking part lnthe crazy stage show some 500 canadian companies produced in i children students and adults filled ims soaps washing compounds and j the auditorium setting an till time cleaning preparations to a record record for an afternoon perform value of 7b7oo0 i ance business men still lead in volleyball at y m c a league last thursday night the y wa the sc nc of nnothi r tuvde bv th acton vollbfll league due to thr late arrival of the tanncrv red the independent took ihu first ganu by default thi ittd cipturcd the iccond ct bv tht core of 18 14 undismayed bv that first reversal the independents came back to take the last game 15 0 the second match of the evening saw the powerful business men take three game at the expense of the determined and hard fighting micro plastics i the plastics showing much im provement in their passing and net plav extended the b m to three close games a the scores of 1510 1512 and 1510 indicate failing to field a full team the y defaulted three points to the tannery blues after a shcrt rest the business man played a postponed set with the tannery blues and humbled them 151 159 154 t league standing business men r 36 33 3 three sections town have stwer work program this week sewer construction this week in eludes the operations on scene st which will slso continue next week another crew la working on ag ncs street between willow and john streets and will continue to trlgln street a third shovel is working on queen st from main st to victoria ave traffic on these strttts is barred until the optra turn ur completed etuturu- dssuy i lupiriiihij u rufl war pint hlgahif cajsasv fy isle piaaahu c marry curf ftf ti to a 14 up ssm 0ah best wnilfs rnluiliely for the ad f rrr pris and aaadlaa hamptoss ado tiling ihelr municipalities were luddlng up tte equalised as esbment prt gram oakvllle and trkfalgar townsltlp representative to i inty mint il tujwever astur td other n rmters they were d lag everything in thrlr mwer to hasten it to a ront luslon ait n milti n n ison and llur lirtgton rei resentatlvea told riirin lerb atlriillng the regular meeting f ounlv ouncll lat tuesdsy ihey lad tomtlrteil their work white ther munlrlpall les said they es letltl to le ready by 8eptemler the sorvry was made when warden w vanskkle inquired a to rt guts madr to date others fetl the new asaeument scheme should be ready this year as planned a yesr ago to enable the rtmnty to re t slattllsh he rfpianrd assesso ent rate the warden warned council if the new assessment waa not in use this year when the rounly rate i struck naiaagawrya would file an tmftl tf heir assessment if the county rale is set as suggested il would rnran that nassagsweya would havr to raise another twrtva mills whlrh is prt hlhitlve the wirilm declared the courtly rnav have an eight mill rate itrork k y dick chglr man of ihr finance committee warn ed in his report since the last meeting f ct uncll other pnaslhle ejm ndilurrs have come tn light and are now subject to further consider atlon it now appears that a gen era rate uf 4 ft mill may not be suf ficient tn meet al the needa of this council we advise all local rmm irlpatltle tn striking their rate for itw that ihey should anticipate a county grneral rate of five mill and a county mad rate of at least three mltli making a total of eight mills- mr dick asserted the warden wm vanalckle and deputy neve george leslie wera appointed county council re pre en tat we to the county childrens aid society for 1m0 member sp- proved of continuing their member hip with the ontario municipal association and instructed the clerk to forward the yearly mem berth tp fee of t all members snd official were asked to attend the munlelpal school bring held at the court house on may it this school span- ored hy the ontario department of i municipal affairs is designed tn place before officials all phase of municipal work and instruct them on change of the municipal act george curr seeking councils advice ln respect to purchase of ad ditional land for the purpose of re fnrestatlnn said several properties had been offered the agricultural and reforestation committee for this purpose members however felt that any land purchased for this phase of reforestation should be near the source of water supply thus enabling the county to con tinue a water conservation program council ipproved of a resolution iiurpendlni the third reading of a continued on page fit e acton resident marked ninetyfirst birthday yesterday we join with other friends in ex tending birthday congratulations to om of acton s few residents who an rligibte for the over ninety club on wednesday mrs wm mninpriie mil st celebrated her 01t birthday at her home with member of her family tannery reds independents micro plastics tannery blues yamen m 34 13 m 30 16 54 15 31 m 14 33 m 3 33 the canadian national la the old est railway system ln british north america cablelaying ships the united kingdom post office operates three oil burning cable laying vessels one of which ru ts uonsrchv is the largest of its kind in the world this vessel has been engaged on charter work and has operated as far away as the south atlantic laying and repair ing undersea cables the monarch built tn 1045 u the fourth cable ship to bear the name on of her predecessors was sunk dur ing the 101418 war and another during the last war ber length is 475 feet overall she hag a speed of 14 uj knots and when on cable laying a maximum complement of in coming evimit anni i s rnrnii i llrtlns on ml nt other kvrnli umhi his hrciiiagi ar charted ts rli rr tin ith s ssiniss iss rh- r snr 4stioiiacesa nl jar euchre snd dance dublin school friday april 2l admission 35c ladies provide a three- act comedy thr- tem ple a telegram dalllnafad hall april 38th 130 p m admission 50c children under twelve free a scout and guide mothers asso ciation will meet at the home of mrs clayton lindsay uason blvd tuesday evening april 35 at i rm fireside hour in knox church sunday evening 830 p m air don ald clark guest speaker musical numbers and a social half hour everyone welcome duke of devonshire chapter i o djl annual daffodil tea saturday may 8 3530 pjocl yjutca home baking candy afternoon tea 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