Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 19, 1951, p. 1

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seventysixth yearno u acton ontario thursday april 19th 1951 eight home print ptigevsix cents object to building and assessment iritermetfi representactonthisyear yfsoclclubijojipv inaugural meeting the first regular meeting of the newly formed soed club wan held at the y wednesday evening with jn spite of itrong interest in the hockey playoffs n smallkronrr thc progmmjnappljut in feature gathered in the town hall monday evening to discuss intermediate base ball prospects in acton this year there is every indication the halton county baseball association will continue o expand and the men were determined acton would file a contending team elected to the commit tee were fred dawkins ray mason eddie ryder dr frank oakes tinny masai es and mat tyler who have been instrumental in forming some pretty fair clubs in seasons gone by no decision wis maderegardingfcf jie classifier la t ion of the intermed iates this year the past tvpo sea sons have- seen acton in int a baseball last year oak villi ousted the locals in a thrilling- semiflnal series that went the route before the oaks wrapped it up oak vi lie later missed the ontario title by a mere whisker immediate plans in the halton county rascball assoc atioutseern to favour an eight team intermed iate circuit dividedinto two divi sions of four earns the first divi sion would be composed of acton fergus hespeler and oakville all playing int a the remain ing four clubs milton waterdown georgetown and oakville braves would be in an int b category ml hon and waterdown reverting to int c at the conclusion of the schedule- however nothing is set tled or will be until a meeting of the halton association in the near future intermediate plans in acton will depend largely on the player situa tion tf enough talent can be found mrs r davidson elected president the acton womens institute met for their april meeting at the home of mrs wilderspin main st thcpqgidcnt mrs it u-david- son presided the roll call was answered by a health rule i try to obey mrs earl lambert horn eco nomics convepor gave the- first maple syrup mrs m mcauley citizenship convenor gave a paper on an ideal citizen areas that the committees hope will be maintained by the mem bers organization meetings for the group were held on wednesday april 1 1 and last sunday the group is patterned after y soed clubs socialeducational and will fill the gap left by the end of the trip ct clubs activities for y members it is planned to have a speaker for the first part of the program and chosen for the first meeting wednesday was mr o nobbins principal of the high school who showed moving pictures of the 1050 stanley cup finals- a r hobby period is scheduled to with the first two subjects club tuesday a lneir sup out archery and bridge the follow tried out nrcherj- and brldkc the meetin groups will be chnnred depending j story of on the wishcsof the members i after this dancing and lunch were enjoyed by those present j committee named at earlier director of ryerson insti tute of technologys school of graphic arts in toronto edward earkenladdresiedthe members- and guests of the aclon rotary neetings were steering committee mrs george lantz reported on i a1 spanton pro am committee canadas first railway and also pave a delightful story from an english paper on the ideal dream house as designed cooperatively by 400qoo women members of the wi throughout england and wales the home is on display at the oly mpic exhibition at london mrs george fryer conducted wilma thomusor janet mccarvell membership ad promotion roy kirkpess bob rumley lunch com mittee jackie chew patsy duval institute director toronto speaker addresses wms kripx auxiliary wms liettl the annual spring thankotferina mmtlnk in the church on thurs day april 12th with mrs main- prize presiding outomown guests were present from boston auxil iary and from dunn memorial church long branch mrs arthur j cherry of toron to secretary for christian litera ture on the council executive spoke of the importance of this branch of wms work and pre sented hersubjeclin -avory-pleas- ing manner the worship service was conduct ed by mrs n m mcdonald and mrs n ii armstrong solos were contributed by mrs jno davidson i of acton and mrs ward of long branch mrs ward arid mrs shan also contributed n duet with miss margaret brown at the console of the organ obituary paper kind hearts and friendly j in acton the club would be unwise i people as found in small towns to play in anything but int b if l m fjrl lambert adorned in theres a player shortage and the trafalgar tax rate set at 408 mills addresses rotary guest speaker at the acton botary club on tuesday was mr e parker of the rycrson institute of technology toronto who gave rotarinns and visitors a glimpse of funeral in guelph for thomas kilty funeral services were held for the late thomas mchallum kilty whose death occurred on thursday april mh nt his residence 72 kath leen st guelph the funeral took place at 230 on saturday from the mclnnaghan and ross funeral home to woodlawn cemetery with rev crawford smith of knox can be found relatively close then its likely acton will again bein the strong int a loop minor baseball will be sponsored costunu as worn by aunt jemima gave reading higha cultou mrs fry er conducted a contest creatine much fun and awarding n prize to by the acton minor sport club thp winner again this season this organiza tion will definitely sponsor a ban tam team and possibly a town leagur along lines similar to the four team hockey loop that was such a success this year at least one other club will be under the guidance of the minor sports club it will play n an outoftown league other entries will depend largely on what talent is available fiirthr p- for the youncvr ball players will be made at ameet- ing of the minor sports club evu- tne and iny others interested n the near future winners in county show announced mlw ins it- thi 75 rn shr oi t r piev o rirsor irpr vit assxi fsild v iro kvrim t r stls r ri i l c show ui c rt so t j a k- v fc- 1v1 v ohr ui j s e or r vc ft 25 wi mt suttt a ain wwr o f 7 o k b vr- mrs f anderson gave the report 1 fiom the directors meeting held m milton with details of the district annual to be hold in ijvthel church the cuosts of drumqum institute and also the soth anniversary of halton w i to be held in the mil ton arena i as this yarhe annual meetrc mrs ernest smith was asked to preside for the eleclk n of omll which were as folows past- president mrs v allen president mrs r l davidson 1st vice mrs d drysdale 2nd vice mrs v lartz sc treas mrs y anderson district director mrs far limbert branch dirtvt rs mr eans mrs c fryr mrs w rv-rnv- inrists rs w evans and mrs lniixtt lvrvoror of coffees- arciitiro ard canadian iri r vs a wljorspin homefro- rav rj iejh mr circe ship eiication ue h-or- r- rr f e ratior this newest phase of educational op portunity in ontario and also fhc i presbyterian church officiating important place of the graphic arts trafalgar- township council a a in industrial and community life eeting held on april 18 h struk mr parker is director of the the famous a tax rate of 408 mills for 19il school of graphic arts a journalist humorous this is an increase of 11 mill uv r of wide experience and training ah 1050- the estimated budget fer enthusiast for the promotion of op- 1051 was set at 25737151 an inpiortunities artd the broadening of crease of 27789 14 over last year knowledge of the young people of farmed the total township assessmen school building motion defeate in nort halton north haltoh high school board on monday night voted down a resolution to build a second high school to serve the district by a vote of 5 to 3 of the eleven members present at the meef ing only eight voted on the motion the three members voting for the resolution were tho members from acton an amendment sponsored by georgetown representatives was not considered to be an amendment and was withdrawn it read an amendment to the motion before the board that the new rfigh school for north halton high school district referred to in the motion be placed in r a d j a c v n l i o i h t to w n t ir g eorge low n 7 7 the following was silverwood w i meets april 12th the motion which was defeated by a 5x vote resolved that whereas nothing has been done to implement the ulaniorone central school foi north halton high school district and it would appear that wth woodw i was held on thursday slthhbw 3t iho tjftrflfti saulnand aprilm2 at the hnmirotmrs a- entr of th eouniyr- 4hvhsmt stull mrs k l miller presided and the meeting opened with o canada and the mary stewart collect mrs g sinclair presided nvit the installation of officers the roll call was answered by each of the eighteen members present naming an official of hal ton county and his office miss r stull reported on the district dir ectors meeting held recently at milton current events were rcid by mrs e l miller and the motto the children of today arc the citizens of tomorrow was given site for a new school would be af the northern end of the district and in view of the fact thai the finest site available in esquesing township is on the land adjoining the town of acton where thre ia easy access to water sewers and modern facilities and that this site can be purchased for a reasonable price per acre be- it therrfore resolved tht this board enter into negolatlons at ohre or the purchase of the land required tram mr b n brown on no 7 highway and secure th ap proval of the department of kd- the pallbearers were avilliam j citizenship it was decided to jia ford george meadows frank dil- j the expenses of two delegates to low harvey jestin william wit- the convention in guelph on may hers and kes van goozen 3 and 4 fhomas kilty was born in 187q a social half hour followed the at whitefield wigtownshire scot- next meeting will be held at hi land coming to canada later he home of mrs k c lindsay bymrs h bell miss i moore j cation to engage architects and took charge of the discussion on have plans dran for a chol which will adequately serve the north end of halton county for eeondary school purposes making h475475 00 th e tax rate s brtr- ken down as fo hows 1950niins almi tivp rate fl m countv rae 111 9 hh school 8 8 gen school 23 publc choo irea 9 3 11 39 7 0s nassagaweya township canada rycrson institute has on- j many years until ill health ly been in existence as a school of overtook him twelve years ago- technology since 1948 and yet its since then he has lived in anton dozen or so courses are attracting guelph j young people from all over canada surviving are his wife the for- the united states south america mer margaret withers four daugh- and european countries until its ters mrs r ogorfot ianniei of present buildings arc taxed beyond ladysmithbc mrs j ridgeway j their capacity and many- students margaret i mrs w j stremble uraent fire calls radioed by police georgetown again the lone dissenter 9so yr- iv- ilv v v v- sa arch no so i v7 urt rd t ci- v b-k- tt i is ml- a-i- mr w or vi m j- f the bard of arh- apportoing rf h of h north hutor istnt nde r tiy that the n b i th ne smerit figares vhich pleed in th i i wrhipf a i fl ed r as r h i r are denkd its facilities mr parkers addaess was one that all those who were privileged to hear thoroughly appreciated and the thanks of the club was extend ed by president george mason the speaker was introduced by jim dills who- is a student at ryerson members of the staf f of the free ss were quests at this metin p htar mr parker pitsuant gtorpe mason outlined duties of chiti members in con- on wtth the gipantic binpo z planned for next month mr mon who has been in di fur the oirter was vvelcom- ue by club rnrbers in spile iberce frur acton his ito- ari rdaree wi till rraintain- attrdr cib wltrrvtt be rti t be i lily i and sadie of guelph sons thomas and william toronto urpent messag will ffom now throuph the radio facilities of the two provincial police fire marshall w j scntt recently informed ted building altering now require form lauder the chairman of th tys fire committee this assurance sets a precedence j that it is expected will be follow- i the north halton high school dis trict a two school district the secretary gave a report on the board of arbitration recom mendation for the high hool levy which had been accepted by all rhe municipalities xcpt georgetown it was understood i vrond meeting was held in stew- artirwn that afternoon and a find ing had been handed- down with concerning fires georgetown again dissenting on be relayed the secretary reported receipt of a cheque from the oakvilio-trafal- gar board for i0w trrition fees of pupil attending the school at milton accounts amounting to mmw were passed for payment the secretary was authorized to ed throughout the province the offer miss norris 3w for approx- mutual fire aid plans and civil de fense programs heed this link to regulate the erec- which has now been formally nf all buildinps made fire marshall scott- said nassapaweya j that fire clues woud in- advised in next quarterly bulletin that they would be able to take ad van- tape of the provincial police assist- a by1 tion and alteration in the township of was pen the rttiuired readings th and passed at a meetinp of nassa faweya council on april 12 uhdei this bylaw a permit must be ob- me tamed from the clerk of the town- stt ship before the erection or altera- i ten of any buildinp is commenced t an apreement was made with ei thj canadian pacific railway co fo work to he done on the cros- y srp lot 7 ccn 12 nasstpa- jv that precedence was already rtliy it cl m a m r- total of 1000 school children compete in music festivals of four townships the tertip vj fsivu uj mrrr held las wtk ith a good tre atlrtndaree of prents nd pupis to c xl- coon brrthour director o rjs xlunc for torccrto schools uas ad- esrng festaval held n jadicator for a trirwe fstivfcls stwirtlor hall on april lotii tbere ere a few caneeuincvr wntii evry school having entrl o po-ti- c 9 j 6 t- ts torw c5 t9 9 730 4 yi j ti as ji 4ii ladies aid holds annual april tea the clerk was instructed to writ to the department of iands an forests repadrp damage to th road at lot 17 corceson c- s hi i ars canada has main- rv of the worlds urge flshries research ihrtitu- f5hries recarch board imately twofifths nf an acn ad joining the milton school the signed agreement enunging mr heron aji a teacher at acton school starting in september was presented by the secretary i it necessary to advertise again for the other vacancv on the acton staff approval was given to purchase physical training irpiipment to the amount of ja for acton school bu transportation was to b prr vilefl for interschool parrvs n the various school- principal lambert reported m rhnn rhoir would be raring the new robes at knox orireh n tcontinued rm poo- five front hi p the ai c ca ir hid more to rrike he pf- mtt- stias ors is r ts so o cv -test- hat ths mo 901 23 it that th oriider- plirp thrse re- a as ther fee- the fairert div- 1 ior of the ot lrde thi rew rirrof the arbltrater boir1 1 actan is5irrej 41s3 81 rriorr of th- cortj thin uder the previoil rirt miltohs ure u tu 81 1 mere xrd georgetown will pv ir tottro frorr wckrea but id u curt lmrt- uin urt ufflu jj 4 xr icul of o0 rura tchool children tear uin rith en ice-prec- rij they refuled to ccept took pn t from cfc clu tel of uh ctnll wu in chtf trpr pouj meetirf of the mr cliabee ui co to ts coolly of ujli ir5rrirl acd ifttrmwi b swifrnji towiuhlp rtwvtl 1 knox ckurc mutac on wucbt j benerj by piymf t322 ta nd mi loui tse nicjliw of mat trlar fertvl aprj 11th wa eqjirf will pay s j cm rtil si tt intrful to u held in tile totojip mtnonl the resolution coverinf tie dlr- areblesuoa4 t- irjd don- hh with very ilrfe auendxnce eete was of course not approwd bans ike it poo- me to hold f k gue pretiaect of the ttta- by the girredm ittettnr keith- ar t th- pr idi ad of ofp-ira- r v div rirc tt f ilrs bullish with ds ir attrdarct trn optmd with the spr f ihr dvirb ciim1 by tm-a- th departmenl plaved there by metal work classes commence last tuesday various articles finished limehouse man stakes mining claim on barren tukarak island hudson bay de th- hvrrr oh gci and the devotional was akcn b mr gr- rce jrjndy the study t ok on india nd bnuih guiana was tikfti by- mn gordon atkrn j a craft jrd stlt arf ard mrs g suntcr- the mirutri 1 irrr read and approved a report on religious drama was 1 given by mn b bruce and a com- mine appointed so arrange for a wcred concert in may mrs hr- 1 rij rr ported that lliu hamill will con ajvd rpeak on kandicrmrl pth wcrturr wu appointrd lo contact ilism edna jackson rf tor- i onto in putting on a program in the 1 near future j the foilowtnr prograrr ai w ail xhe rtvau mttiout an aiir- vas chalrman at both moraing i er irould he aecond a pimblutian wripture question br mn j lapn charts md aftenioan sessiofij this was j that the 1m perceetacts be ad- j strmhen solo chnslopher robn air rath as3t inaprtor j vry full program with rrtnei cpted i sarlnf his pnyn by mr byron durtng tz skaev absence was tixxn all trafalrxr achooii j prveot at all ibe rural festivals marks were res tugh m all cla aad expressed jfc- azid mrs- struct uuhn for ancther rircessrul frj-u- al nelcca fetia as held alcnday h y att rutted thse from other parti of th- bu idng on tuesday evening look ing in the door they found- the rvt sea ion of the metalworkint ai xtfv frh mikd blch r i-und- in hudson bay by four rri- t oijf thtm c a fosw tf st ii 4 acton mr foster re- turned ust week frtrn tukarak island where 10 claims were made by the party in what one ot th jit l- country forcing the plan of the the nun pnt thit ruh indian encampment mr h- the corts of the board of arb- bruce reading tie was itratlon amounting to t330 for ntf so was she by mr scotch ward clais in full swing under th- direction of expert craftsman and rew fussell of toronto a im- ar clasj wai conducted ir the af ternoon although for most of the mem bers it was the first try ham- j mining in michigan mering and moulding metal art- joo hii farm on r r men culled the most barren the mot terrifying country i have ever seen mr foster who was born near leamington was a public school teacher and then took a course in he ha j lived linear lime sjinsbury dicovertd poit r 1915 but did nut atnne t uut at there wai no tfimand for iron depmitt and it would have been impomlblr for him to mine it actually its still impoiaiblr for the men to operate their own mine wtn with public ubscrlpi- jori it was estimated for instance that the cost of developing another iron deposit tn labrador would be about t225000000 the group hopes for the backing of the canadian or american government or possibly private steel compsjnles mr sainsbury reported a good i and in all towtiships competing- meals and travelling were assessed j bruce solo miss audrey grun- toronto where he grees lewws ides made tuesday tncruded prastj house for about six years er ash trays bowls trays jarrmgs mr foster a veteran of over 50 i and bracelets with each making i years in vjnuji- branches of mm- three or four articles ing travelled north with w j mr fussell supplied all the sutherland the owner of he tools for the metalmorfcn ard manitou hotel centre island to- k lh mi brought along copper ahilnum ronto his son dan student in brass and even sterling for the class minln engineering at the univers- j to try mr fussell is s fulltime i ity of toronto and the leader of metal worker and has a studio n j the party prospector and uilor j rural sessions at the county xeival will be monung and after- to the north harton school board the board of arbitration is afterekvan apnl th vaita thiirch- with hf e mc- kuuvn as chairman there were only the n rural schools cosnpet- nxn on may 1 0th the evening composed of the assessors of the lowmiic session will be high school cotnpeta- five municipalities with th county rpnnd yr t rwgen at fhtir- will be urban classes and the bal- ran and assessor t crump of ae- nc cl high school classes jtr secretary dy contest animals on sea and land by mrs j struthers- he meeting closed with the lords 1ryer after which refreih- mwli cvwiicf my nf lyt rt biscuits maple syrup were enjoyed by all ard cardy j sam siinsbury the four fnendi flew north from rouyn que and the plane left them on the island for two days thry mere forced to stay in thei tent by bad weather but completed g of useful and irtracuv i s leaving- bad wea- ther again wept over the barren several who foliowm the tounti of hammering to the class this week intend to come to the session next week youngsters too were clo watching the q mould churchill about half a mile sway there are also many spring water lake around the orebady but it will take more than a harbor lakes and a prospect of profit to make tukarak island a northern paradise onry lichen and arctic willow grow on th faland to 200 eskimos its ham but to sainsbury its one of the mast sa- olate sp hes seen ansi va sailed tnc- s h n

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