The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

tt sevenlysevenlh yoar no 2j acton ontario thursday december 20th 1951 ton homo print pagessix cents illness forces resignation mayorelectthossalmon ah will yegrot to lenrn tunt mayorklcct thomas salmon was tii ken suddenly hi following the municipnlilcctionh in actnn lost week and has been confined to his bod over since his illness is of such nnture that complete rest for n lengthy period is essential for his re covery mr salmon realizes the importance of the mayori office and re grets thnt bin illness has interfered with his assumption of office the following letter to the cjerk sets forth his position and with the consent of the mayorelect we publish the authentic letter of resignation which he ngrced won much preferable to rumors nnd guess which might bo circulated in town ftt actonontario decembertr bslr mr j mcgeachie clerk town of acton acton ontario dear sir shortly after my election to the mayoralty of the town of ac ion suffered o severe heart attack and am now confined to my bod mj physician advises that i will be lnld up for considerable time as u result of my sudden illness it is therefore with sincere re gret that i am obliged to inform you that i will not be able to take the oath of office as mayor of the town of acton and i hereby rc- un from the mayorallty of the town of acton for the yenr 1a52 i appreciate the confidence which the citizens of acton placed in me and as i said before i sincerely regret the fact that i am forced to take this step yours truly signed thomas w salmon all will wish for mr salmon a prompt recovery nnd return to rood henlth but for the present we understand complete rest and no visitors arc the doctors orders for his recovery qecision reversed on crown appeal judge w n robinson reversed decision of magistrate langdon thls week in hearing a crown ap peal and convicted george pcllct- ier on a charge of obstructing police pellcmer was fined 25 and costs of 81 crown attorney lloyd c dingle made the ippcal magistrate langdon had dismiss ed the charge against pelletr laid by constable leonard chambers of the georgetown provincial police detachment the case vn heard august 20 constable chambers related that he had been called to a main st apartment in georgetown to med iate in n fight between pelletlcr and alfred bdblleau the officer claim ed that pelletier jumped on him and struck him in the chest and on the jaw with his fist four other witnesses besides the constable testified at the hearing of the appeal judge robinson considered that pelletier had ben intoxicated acton new years eve broadca across canada new yenis in actnn will he broadcast to all canada on monday nrremhrr3lrtmlmir7jnmmrl mr- llnvlf of the crc wele ill art on on monday venmg and made piilinnnaty ainmgemrnts with aeton yv mens cluh to spoilt m the event hid till ne proceeds eat ned go to help the ys men in then coin- timiinity service work h m 1 the broadcast will be from 1130 rev young speaks at ys mens meet mayorelect t salmon submit ted his resignation from the mayoralty of 1952 last week be cause of a severe heart attack and on his physicians advice mr salmon expressod sincere regret at having to take this action rev w a young padre at the q-a-c- was gucslspeakcr a the annual christmas dinner of tb acton ys mens club on thuis- day evening of last week he ad dressed the group on agriculture is your business the speaker dealt with three reasons why agriculture in the most important business in onorio or canada today he pointed out that everyone is dependent an the farmer because we like to eat only 11 per cent of the people in ontario hreralslng fffed mr youngs second point was the front door of this home is closed but only to keep out the nipping frost and drifting snow that are providing a typical canadian white christmas al this season of the year all the front doors in acton and throughout the district are symbolically open open to friends and neighbours and open to the spirit of christmas the spirit of giving gifts in truly christian generosity and of expressing best wishes with wholehearted sincerity associated with the spirit of christmas is the spirit of peace peace on earth good will to men while there is rending dissension in many less fortunate countries of the world may there be peace and happiness in each home here next tuesday as families mavk together in contented piety the birthday of a king merry christmas pm to 12 15 nm on crc trans- canada network with don falr- bairn of neighborly news fame the master of ceremonies george murray tinted irish tenor will olso be featured and a noted lady artist george murray is also known as hill evans of the craig family which is a cbc regular feature with which all rurol folk are acquainted russ gerow and his orchestra will feature the dance program and tickets include dance admission and the broadcast there is only one disappointing feature the capacity of acton town hall is limited and it was decided that ad mission would be by ticket only christmas time at rotary club tuesdays meeting of acton rot ary club was the christmas meet ing and a christmas dinner with turkey christmas pudding and all the trimmings was served b th dominion hotel that could not have been bettered by any public ized chef reports were received of the christmas baskets which ore sent out each yulelide in cooper ation with the iode arrang- rnem wen- n1p made to hrin from hos- crippled children horn pital by ambulance so may spend christmas at home and get a break in their long confine nient to hospital featured oi the program wer- the musical four of the club membership who gave some real oldfashioned numbers the group are ken and jack blow les me swam and edgar bilton county assessors meet at nelson percy spurgeon of oakvlllc was elected president of the assessors association at a meeting of assess ors of the county at nelson town ship hall frank crump of ae ton was elected secretnry for the same term the assessor met in the mbrn- ing at nelson and odjourned to the estaminet at burlington for din ner at nootr the session was re sumed in the afternoon chief to pic for discussion was the assess ment values of bowling alleys nnd theatres and varied viewpoints were expressed joseph gibbons georgetown president this year was chairman and william john ston secretary a c walker and edgar marsh all assessors for nelson town ship were hosts of the occasion at dinner grace was said by ford rogers chief county assessor short speeches were mhde by deputy- reeve c l s palmer and doputy- reeveelect fred walker regret was expressed at the illness of reeve george w thorpe who was admitted to hospital in hamilton col g o brown and john blair of the county court of revision were visitors lie auxiliary greets santas helpers the home of mrs g w mn wtis gaily arrayed in chrtslmas dres for the annual meeting of the knox evening auxiliary the president mrs a mclsaac was in charge and was assisted in the dev- oional service by mrs alex mann nhhsdb ends year i acton streets at chicken dinner cear aft storm mrs lome masalc was answered by the j nil j christmas scout santa distributes gifts at hodenosawnee party santi claus resembling a mem ber of the acton scout group committee more than the tradition al redmiited white bearded gente- man distributed christmas gifts that they rubbor mic tl members of th- jj first acton scout troop monday n the scout hall hodenosawnee the regular meeting was un placed by a christmas party scout- had decorated a christmas tree for the occasion afer games and skrs hot chu-ol- doughnuts ed and cake ladies auxiliary entertains bantams get trophy jackets the ladies auxiliary of the canadian legion entertained the boys of the acton bantam baseball club to a turkey dinner on fri day night of last week when they were on hand for the presentation of blanket cloth jackets crests and the receiving of n trophy for the hilton county bantam baseball championship the trophy and crot for the county championship wer present ed to the club members bv league president p mcmullen speaker for the evening was clarence rld- dell of the ob a who talked ti the boys on baseball john gov recently elected successor to the present president ken blow spoke briefly dr sirrs presented the club with the jackets and acted as mas ter of ceremonies tor the even ings program which included ent ertainment by an orchestra of l mcswain jack and ken blow and e bilton about 25 attended the banquet provided by the ladies for the bantams and call verse the convenors of the vnnois groups reported on their accomn- lishinents through the year mr geo musselle secretary read the annual repor making mention of the fine leadership shown by the president during the term she has been in charge mrs geo somcrville retd a lovely christmas siory and mrk john l davidson gave a solo the elect iop of officers for the ear 1052 was held mrs somcr ville presiding and miss enrni cole acting as secretary the re sults are as follows honorary pre sident mrs r h armstrong pa president mrs fred anderson president mrs a mclsaac first vicepresident mrs alex mann second vicepresident mrs h freuler secretary mrs e a han sen treasurer miss emnla cole assistant treasurer miss isabel smith program committee mr w masales mrs geo musselle mrs s sinclair mrs geo somerviile supply committee mrs j ingles mrs c leishman mrs v b rum- ley ufe membership mrs ben- nie mrs ohara welcome and welfare miss mr garvin mrs f anderson home helpers mrs s inlrrtlsirbnoolltglacrtia ings mrs ii dodds press secret ary mrs f anderson mrs c leishman offered her home for thr next meeting the date being changed owing to th- week of prayer and the newlv appointed program committee will be in charge a period of carol singing was en joyed with mn a mann at the piano mrs melsaae and mrs lorn masales in the roll of snntns helpers made sure that everyone present received a gift from th- well laden christmas tree the lunch hour was o matt en- joynble conclusion to a haopy evening the committee had om itted nothing to make the christ mas party a memorable event a christmas cheer committee was appointed to look after this important part of the years work to the free press editor his staff and to all the evening auxiliary wishes a most happy christmas members of north halton hlfh school distiict board were guests of chairman ross carbert at hawthorne lodge near miltoi tor the final meeting of the year a delightful chicken dinner ws served and the appreciation of th hospitality he guidance and cour tesy of the chairman was xpress- ed by vicechairman john bel of georgetown also present at tins social event was the former sec retary a sproat of milton yearend business following the dinner was brief accounts passed amounted to 1413741 mr everett west has deen en gaged for the milton staff to re place mrs meekins who has re signed the change will be ef fective from january two winners of scholarships from acton school wrote thanking the board for the awards that had been presented a letter from georgetown pub lic school board gave notification that mr walter biehn would be their appointee for 1952 a letter from j d kyles arch itect of hamilton expressed n de sire to assist the board in any i building program which might be under consideration and asked th opportunity to confer with the board when the board was taking up their building plana j authorization was given to ex change an old typewriter at thi georgetown school for a nev machine and payment of 75 dr buchanan of acton ho is reti from the board this yen- the early winter storms made travel by car difficult on satur- 1 dav and ilgain on tuesday but in acinny equipment was ready to meet the emergency plows were busy all day and kept most streets open for travel the seven inch fall tuesday made evening traffic difficult bin tues day mght at midnight the new snow blower and trucks went to work police cooperated in moving cars and wednesday morning cit izens were greeted with the snow cleared from the main thorough- j fares saturdays storm was clear- i rd early sunday morning there were numbers of cars which were stuck in the snow 1ur- j ing the htorm and some crockups as a result of the heavy going j but there were no traffic snarls and out here in acton folks were not hours getting to and from work the fact that ontorio is fast becom ing an industrial province which makes it very dependent on agric ulture hunger ls the chief cause of war mr young declared 1r j introducing his third point in sup i port of the agricultural industry i the club secretary h abic re ported a 100 per cent attendance at the christmas meeting projects such ns the sale of christmas trees- staging o new years eve donee to be broadcast from the town hall t the remodelling of the y m c a kitchen and thcadoption of t club in india were dealt with president g w mckcnzle pre sided at the meeting and dinner which was served by the ladies complete from turkey dresing potatoes and nil the other many trimmings to pie t an investiture was conducted at the close of the meeting when tom j one wils welcomed to the club these tickets are available any rnember of acton y trom men m club on the basis of nru corni first served the dancing starts nt 9 30 and goes on and on until the new year ls well ushered in trucks collide at mill main corner a loilk tr ictor trailer fu led to mikt thi- lu i n it hf corner of mill ind m mi rt in tu sdays mnrmy rt id cond lions ind errsh- fd in thi d or tit a bell t- phin to our readers away from home and all who know acton and can be in acton on new years eve we suggest you make arrangements to join the home community and i listen in as acton ushers in 1052 everybody in town and district will want to be in the town hall to sec the broadcast and the per formers in person details of the event will be found elsewhere in this issue and more information will be available next week never before has this town broadcast across canada and it may tw many cars before such an oppurniit will be afforded again perhaps there are folks in many cities who would like to holt an ac on home party on new yars eve with the broadrast as a feat ure if you cant come home to acton for the night that will be next best whatever you plan to do the show is on for new years in acton make up your parties in aeton or across canada apt for a province which boasts the canadian rockies british col umbia has as its motto splendor i without dimlnlihment expressed the hope that more pro gress would be made in a definite building program thus year chair man ross carbert in thanking the board for their cooperation aln expressed a hope that more def inite progress would mark 1952 in providing more adequate schoo accommodation for the district members present at this meet ing were dr martin n pickett w coon dr a j buchanan g a dills j bell dr milne w biehn and chairman row carbert who has jut recovered from n severe illness all were glad welcome him back again turkey draw part of social evening braving the bhzzmd swirling up actons main pt a fair crowd nt- tended the christmas party in the y friday december lt tif joeial evening was sponsori j by the board of directors and wi- held m the ys games room j bridge and eliche were the leading activities with some play ing tuble tennis or dancing lunch was served by k ladies auxil- inry a draw dttrtrd truck driven by norman cunning ham of guelph no one was in jured the trictor trailer carrying con crete pipe owned by the concrete pipe ltd of woodstock and toron to was driven by howard cox r r 1 downs view the accident occurred about 1 p m constable wylie investigat ed damage was estimated m 60 puc staff wives enjoy annual dinner show and euchre i modern sealing wax is made of wax but of shellac iist friday evening was the annual gettogether night for the public utilities commission mem bers of the commission all the staff and their wives gathered at the station hotel for a chicken dinner the dinner ran the gaunt let from tomato juice to mints and was very enjoyable after the dinner the member attended the roxy theatre and from there adjourned to the home of mr and mrs john lambert wnerc euchre was played for 10 turneys uas byredfoatttt winners were bert tuck george town john creasey acton jben ton ltmchouse gail roberts gucljux george mann acton alice dtiby arton mrs g paul acton e a stem brampton bill march rockwood and fred and erson acton to lol 467 announces winners at annual draw for fowl lo l 467 acton held its regul ar euchre at crewsons corners hall on friday december 14 winners in the annual draw were as follows mrs elsie kin- read acton turkey mrs lila murdock palme rt on turkey mrs rawsnn georgetown goose har old e kelly palermo goose r b mellen acton chicken dave drys- dale acton chicken record breaking mail despife rise even although christmas carcl- require twice as much postage this year two cents on all open card the estimated volume of mail passing through the acton post of fice items to be breaking all rec ords although there may not be os many parcels this year employ ees are sure there are more cards there arc four extra employees at the post office helping cope with the flood of chrlstmnij grcelrjrs and puree is delivery can only be insured now on cards to acton and the immediate vicinity last mailing date to toronto was last saturday retiring after 27 years as treasurer ot nattagaweya j moffat was honored at a presentation and social time in brook- ville hall by the nasagaweya council officials and pasl reeves shown here after the presentation are reeve elect s nornsh j moffat in the chair he was presented with and retiring reeve el- lenton about 30 were present at the presentation staff phot w