Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 18, 1951, p. 1

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i wht tm jfrtt fir sovontysoventh year no 15 acton ontario thursday october lbth 1951 elcjht home print pacjetsix cent new pumper added to fire dept 3 equalization appeals delayed until no at n informal teulint ifnre judge w n robinson tit investi gate the imwmhht uppwl launched by th towns of burlington oak- vllle kind georgetown it was ugreed on friday of last week to adjourn to ilt again novuniwr 13 in hlu opening remarks to solicitors and other representatives from nil municipalities hlu honour fixplutned the three appellants wcr satis fied to havo the npnoul heard by tin- county judge ho added that should one municipality object the minister or municipal arfalw could appoint board of arbitration to hear the appeal ii cleaver caunsol for burling ton suggested each municipality prepare a record of all property galea from january 1000 ulonu with the assessed value and exchange the lula uniting the municipalities to judge the tinluy of the pro perty ovnhmllnii in ull parui of the county judge itohtnium ugreed with thlh suggestion ills honour also uilnted out that cptfmtypppinnnll nnwlhh nrnutliy tabulating the pienent assessment flaunt foi equalization purpuxea by including thohe of i oft i the net rendu the figures thould have been tuken for the previous year how ever the court ruled it won not pre pared to continue the appeal on the 10m figures judue kohlnsnif ulun observed it mluht bo necessary for oil munici pal i tteh in the county to urrunue u mutual set of equalized auoumtnt f inures for the coming year bo the council could mine money to ope rate the equalized assessment bylaw la usually passed u june of each year but hiilton county council oranted an extension of 10 days no ull municipalities could hub ml t as sessment figures under the new county outfuniiiit program the present by low wax approved be fore the extension terminated but appeals by tin three municipalities have to be settled b the end of the year 2 big attendance at home and school keen interetl was shown in the acton home and school association when 120 attended the opening meeting hold on monday evening t the school trustee wes wolfe reported on the progress on the new school addition and drew ut tontton to the foot that there wore opportunities for any local organ izations to supply extras that they mn deem desirable to udd to the jkhool equipment principal mackenzie and mem bers of the staff described the new teach inn methods mr mckcnzic dealt particularly with citizenship mr smith readinc miss fouter staff rotation mrs gamble art and mrs alger reading in the lower grades room mothers were appointed whose duty it will be to see that all parents receive notice of meet ings dr garrett has donated a painting for the room which has the bes attendance of parents present at each months meeting mrs algers room won the paint ing for october report wan made ei the success ful kindergarten tea held in the fall and arrangements were made for a similar tea for miss mckay room 2300 stolen from rockwood bank two nnned and nuisked gunnun hntd up the itoynl flunk of canada in itihkwotid lit mluutei after it opeiiiml frldiiy jierdiyl thrsliiff nun the vault and robbed the tevl- eis niilc of nlvotit 23u0 provlnc- lal police threw tip blockade on no 7 highway icidlng from the village tin loot would huvr been icvcr ill thousand moii hut t c win- low manager was able to persuade the thugs there was no more mon- e in the treasury wife they held long luirrvlled automatic pistol- againit him and three other mem bers uf the staff as they motioned them into the vault then uiey ordered wlnlow b open the hufe i told them there was no more money in the safe and they seemed to believe me or else thev didnt want to stay nroiud ton long said wlnlow provincial police in ull dlslrtrls wen- stmrt staffed because of transfers to the route of the royal parade from multun to toronto but ils iuiiiiv can us could be spircd were sent to form road blocks the thugs w4ire dark glasse rich wore a raincoat and had a colored handkerchief around his face huv-ordurod-u-4- turnaround and face the fall wild wlnlow they wouldnt let us look cl them the two girl employees were tin the verge of fainting from fright the nmmigcr said and the thugs noticing this said dont be afraid you wont he hurt if you dont make it fuss gets his wish a year in jail charged with breaking and ent ry jack arnold m nf no fixed addretw was sentenced to a year in jail in police court in milton last week arnold had smashed the plate glass window and the glass in thff dcor at muherh shoe store in a ton on soptitmhor 31 he was re ported au auylng ut the time he committed tin net that he wanted to iw kept in custody for the win ter he has harihlji wlfdi with a munmer term added its to he hoped he wont try a like stunt next fall u achieve a wlnterh lndglnff miss gmndley showed films of mexico trip to lakeside chapter the rejnihn monthly incitlni of the ijikihlde chapter i o d k wan held tn the ujilun hall nn tutu mtt 1 ii ciciuhtnli prehktrd ilann wni niadi fm the placing of ui tliths nn aiinlklhc pay no- embfi 11 ai t unirtntiits wii rntiipletid fm the iliiiiai to be held in tin- neat future a linttlr nf pieitervtk or plekleh or baby ftwul wjui to lw broujittt to the nixl niimtln for a member mlks cilare grindlev who wed films on a trip she had takttt to mexteti them provet very inter- estlnu and informative and were enjnved by all prehelit lainch wan served hv the roup in charge and u tucial half hour enjoyed council presentation to councillor and bride at home of reeve count illtir ka thompson tfot a fieuuiue turprlst tin saturday when a partv and prchcnuitlnn wan held in lion or of his bride and hlmtelf at the home of reeve and mrs j hargruw shortly after he and mrs thorn i wo n vlsittnl the home members tkf rouncll and officials annual meeting elects r f bean chairman bowling district it f bonn was elected chairman of the district and representative on the provincial lawn bowling council at the annual meeting of the district nine provincial lawn bowling annotation of ontario held hist thursday at the canadian kodak co recreation building in mount dennis c r burne of milton was elected vicechairman the appointment of a secretary treasurer was left in the hands of the new chairman this marks the first time that these offices have been filled by members from this end of the district and the officers expect it will be a stimulant to the game in this area others representing acton at the meeting were b veldhuis w chis- holm and prank beam converged tin ule home from botir entrances- a very fine social evening was spent with the new 1 weds and a presentation tf a combination steam elect rir iron was made on behair of the grout a delightful lunch whs part of the social time in this hasp i table home slow remittance deferred grants thou nrudley attendance nffleer for the mimon high school submit u hlu report to the north haltnn boartl at the meeltng in acton on monduy night a request for a nai- ii ry increase was deferred to the next uieetinu uu bai ely n iiornm wjw at the october meeting conduct the him in ens the secretary was to write the ihibllc school attendance officers in the dlnlrlct regarding the dup licatlou of wtvrk and uonilnfl of per mits the ortobri nccoiinui amountlnu lo 110i7 ml weie piikued for pav- incnl the sei i ctai v reported that kiants hail ttecu held up owing to neilecl tt the otiruetown munl- tipid cleik to make the payment due riuiii thai tout all he ouiei niunleipulllie- had i emitted tlu li pumnt pininptlv but the neulect months lela jan mjivii nicpijicnv evu was united primljmnll lo nlteiut tile- cm lph iolli-mhhi- and otlu i pi i tmts w ti i limued iiidini investiga tion h the secietarv permission with given for use of die milton hlih school fur nluhl cliuuieh ttf uu community services branch of the department of agri culture principal unhhlus k tended nn it vl tut ion for the board member to attend the acton high school commencement next month reference was made in rinsing to the building program of the three schools it appeared that four of the municipalities were in agree ment to proreed but nothing could develop until after the geoige- inwnkutpirhlng settlement of rates had been disposed of tmfnre the municipal hoax members in attendance were bell illchn schetick pickett dills and buchanan and chairman car- tiert presiding ccf party elect officers for halton at a meeting of the halton rid ing ccf association held on october 11th in the town hall ot milton the following executive and council members were elected president stanley allen george town vicepres thomas cooke acton secretary mrs j mcintosh port nelson organizer a langllle oakville council members mrs f parmmter georgetown g holmes acton e adamson oakville mrs m ptnney burlington a service milton w irvine kilbride d mc donald bronte j thill nelson township mr evans trafalgar township at the next meeting of the as sociation the members will choose the candidate to run in the coming provincial election haying for royalty is nothing new for the lorne scots band shown here saturday morning just before they left georgetown for toronto to provide musk on jhe route of the tour of prin cess elizabeth and prince phillip in 1v39 the lorne scots played for king george and queen elizabeth on their visit to canada v the band was stationed on church st at carlton on saturday afternoon and on bloor at marguereha in the morning the 35 members from acton milton georgetown and brampton under bandmaster a perrott paraded in brampton and georgetown on their return suff photo stanley hall mpp for hal ton was this week named pro gressive conservative candidate for the riding in the forthcoming provincial elections he has now completed his fourth successive term as member for halton community project benefits by fund net proceeds of 712 were re ported to acton y5 mens club as u reult of their auction sale held recently at the first regular meeting of the club committees were established to decide where these funds will be used in the community to do the greatest good one committee will investigate the interior of the building and anoth er about town committees will bring tn their report at tne next meeting and a decision made on the allocation of the funds there was an excellent attend once at thls meeting lost thurs day and it was decided to hold the fourth annual halloween party on wednesday october 31st tom watson will be convenor of this event which has become so popular end every member of the club will take an active pjirt in the event messrs w h clayton and w k graham wfcp have both been active members for some time are leav ing they were guest at the meeting and good wishes were ex tended to them both when fare wells were given latest arrival i the new fire truck shown here the pumper wai purchased in march and was delivered on thursday evening of last week when members of council ware on hand to in- spect it the now buck has fl tank wilh capacity at 400 gallons of wnfur this will enable firemen lo put water on a fire as soon as they arrive and while ihey are connecting iho tank to the hyd rant for unlimited supply several councillori jack ldinbert anil chief dawklns wen tb stratford for the underwriters tost and then ruturnud with the buck s staff ihofo d dawkins wiring lender aktmjfijl- tlh letnlei nf 1 dnwullls fo wiling hie si wi tuge disposal liint ue icctiited 1 the pilhlli uultllch commucilon ut a special inciting on tinuluy of his wei u tw ti other lenders w re conild- iied the tender uf mm k art of cjeoigetown was for labor only i d die pi ire was slomi ilcuhllng klectrlc of guelph tendered at 124m the price to include any material not already on hand offlrian etimate the wiring will he completed by november 1mb mann hprci float ions and material are tvi be supplied at the site and the dawklns lender for 1100 h to include tally labor stan hall returns as tory candidate stunh v i hall hakims reprer- entativc in the ontario legislature for the list eight years was again chosen emdidate for the halon progressive conservatives at a convention held in milton tue- day evening george k elliott was yoiulnuftcd but withdww in favor of mr halt nearly 300 delegates ond mem bers of the halton association nm- med the milton town hall giving the candidate a thunderous ovation when he mounted the phi tf inn orf the motion of findlay mc- callum burlington oil members of the executive committee were returned to office headed by s a b mecieary of oakville as president with bruce fitzgerald milton secretory and john orcer acton treasurer two former candidate at federal elections mlns sybil bennett of georgetown and a s nicholson burllnginn spoke briefly s a b mecieary was chairman with hugh monahan burlington assuming the chair for the election of officers mrs j schmidt receives broken ribs when tire blows friday mrs j schmidt was taken to st josephs hospital guelph after the car she was in blew a tire ist friday mr j schmidt and son all of ilockwood were uninjured except for a few bruises mrs schmidt suffered two brok- en rtbs tn the accident op no 7 highway about two miles east of acton newlotontruck9977 fire pumper is delivered willi a mil tin i oalun id hint uieli ub uho had gatln h maul oi ihlh vi kin- int n in mimdli whlll i lilt of the hlieli diovi tile 111 w file ll tick hid nt id p in it wan wi li nun d 1 11 ullllclplillonor tlelivei y jack lninhcit ami hid acton on i holiday night hy nieinlieih of loiltlill nt the iiuck piuchakcd in it total mm of tin puumeiiudwtaittilm w itli th iimiihiinlion mid tiial familiar iulio 109th anniversary of baptist church accounts passed by erin board the regular school meeting of erin school area no 1 was held at ospringe school on wednesday october 12 with school inspector mr w b mcvittie and all board member being present and the following business was transacted the following accounts were to be paid teachers salaries for sept 1610 35 janitors salaries 13 reeivur general income tax 100 75 mrs myrtle white books 1 he sco products cousteen 7 h ejc s s 16 607 h epc s s 1 and 4 12 14 erin advocate tenders 1 wellington county film board 80 w j gage and co books 5 20 mcmillan co books 6 66 jack hood school supplies 137337 bert barry sal ary stamps and labor 5475 j v longstrem labor 8 moved by pearen and held that we do now adjourn to meet on october 31st at 830 pm carried hti i tin in utn atlon 1aik on sunday moiiung when a i epu mnlallve ot tin mickey ompanv intli uittd tarh human in the operation of the pumper si v n llueji of hoie wiie spraying water in uio pork as the pumpet hupphctl nvci mm gallons pur min ute iloue cariylng eupacily on the ihly is vmm feet uf two and a half uu h hoie and 100 feet of ode and a half inch hoe hunnliig tmwitdi and the teiii itep are nuidn lioio ilip limlstetil i itfld plate steel the n at platfilin h desiglieil htt u uu ge aiea lh piovided on which itpiiptnent urn be piled and re- turned in ii hut i y to the flu- hull in cold weather all piiing and pump chamber ate i overetl with eimoih and water ji unfed pipe and chambers can bcdniliicdfrjmuiitiniihivlvo operated froui the control side ot the truck the under side of the pi pi comportment is protected by a pan to eliminate dirt ilush and mud from teaching the pump of any piping an outlet ut the rear of the truck is provided for the use of bucket brigade the truck can lei a booster ank of 400 gallons of water this water is protected from frost by an exhaust heatat two htiflc reels are included on the truck titui will be mounted be hind the cab abovo the pump and the hose will bo permanently oon- nected to the pump water to the reel is controlled by a valve on tho operating side of the truck a fingertip control pressuio gauge enable the operator to maintain an equal pressure on each of any number of hose lines in th event of one line being suddenly shut off equipment also includes lad- dors 300 feet of high pressure booster hose and 20 feet of hard auction hose for pumping water from a lake or well extinguishers and search lights lanterns and uf course a siren with flashing red light mount4d on the cab it was explanrd that water could be applied to a fire immediately on arrival from the 400 gallon tank on the truck the tank could then be hooked to the hydrant and- the water continue rather than waiting to oonnect to th hyd rant before applying water to the fire lixih aniilvei 4iiy hcrvhes id aetofniapllit chun h wele ob served sunday octohei 14th wilh hev 11 k notdllllid cnstlefleld ilnptisl chuicfi tot onto uu guimt uiuimer mr kills hlgihli tenor tololt of toionto nun a tin name of jeiin and ills kye li ui th sputinw it the moinlng aervieeh hev nordlund based his sernion round the serljrturc lehm matt tnn732naiwrhimptasllii had her day as the theme many feel that the church has lost her influence in todsyh vorld mat erialism and communism are ivj lejtsuns given we cant sit bark ind way that the church will wea- thei the stiirm that sne will pro vide we must work to mtikc it a fad there are many enemh s without and within the church and mr nordlund emphasized the fact that the enemies within are the inor dangerous he urged that the christian church be an ardent und faithful to the task as are the communists who have more than 70 millions under their influence in europe and asia we should forget our petty differences and make the church of christ a liv ing vital influence in our com munity he said that there seem ed to be a jungle philosophy ram pant every man for himself and the devil take the hlndmost the true luad of the church jesus christ is all but forgotten in the rush and turmoil of modern living it was suggested by the speaker thud christians should study the history of the church and learn from the errors of the past mi nordlund referred to johns exper iences as recorded in the bevelal- ion when god told him to mea- ure the temple the altf r and them that worship therein and urged that we apply it to ourselves- ana uik am i applying mysejf as dil igently to gods work as i do u my own interests what place has worship and sac rifice in our religious life fre quently the church is little more than a social club so interested in raising mdiey and social attain that the blessed art of giving is al most forgotten we must ask ourselves where do i stand in my relation to god through christ there is indeed great t raged in store when men turn their backs on god j we must openthe windows of our souls to god to receive his blessing through service to hm i have given my all for you are you not willing to give your all to tne is the question that christ asks ot everyone who names hli name at the close of the sermon mr nordlund sang i have a friend so precious accompanied by mrs nordlund on the violin at the evening service weleoma continued on pd04 kufhi varied program at evening auxiliary at mrs sinclairs home the balllnafad evening auxil iary was held at the home of mrs norman sinclair last friday even ing with mrs el wood snow pre siding mrs leo jsmlaeon read the devotional and mrs jesse uc- enery gave an interesting topic on home mission work and sunday schools by air mall mrs ernest mcenery read a short piece on temperance roll call was answered by a verse from psalms business was discussed and plans were made for a social for members and associate mem bers and their husbands and fam ilies the meeting oameto a dose with the ulzpeh benediction sirs leo jmleson then eorvfurt- sd a short contest and the hostess and mrs richard short ill served a dainty hincb

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