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jt jvicitin jtrtt press svcrityscvonh year no 47 aqtok1 ontario thursday may 29th 1952 eight homo print pagessix cents bubble bath foam settles on tanks after mondays wash wssebssi fckxnuy computh and now in operation is the acton sewage disposal plant seen here at the third line site the picture was taken on tuesday morning just after wash day and the tanks were covered with what we hastily defined as soap from the monday wash day we cant be sure it is but if you look closely youll probably agree with us at any rate the foam was in true bubble bath style citizens have been urged to connect to the sewage system as quickly as possible since it will operate more efficiently with a heavier flow of sewage to date more lhan 300 permits havebeen issued for the connection to the system but all these installations have not necessarily been made it is reported actons sewerage system is the finest in the province of ontario throe part story presents study mr wllmer welkins was hostess to the knox alert evening auxil iary on wednesday evening the president mrs a mclsaac presided nd opened the program with a devotional message mrs e a hansen was convenor of the month and with her helpers lira lome mosaics and miss bella use roxelle led the worship ser vice and presented the mission study in a threepart story with each one taking part anddescrib- in the mission work in south am erica little miss anne watldns fav ored with a piano solo an enjoy able quiz on the members preseni added to the social part of the meeting- members were reminded to bring their donations for the june supply fund to mrs ingles supply conven or the hnstpss wna assisted by the group in serving lunch mrs w masalcs moved a vote of apprec iation to all who had helped bomb damage fire subjects of films fire prevention in the home and japanese cities hit by atom bombs were the subjects of two films shown to acton rotarians by j george alexander of the fire mar- -halb- office toronto- al-theirreg- dolly varden goal of guides on hike on saturday afternoon may 17 the girl guides accompanied by the guide lieutenant dorothy cap per set out on a hike for dolly vardeh after climbing several fences they arrived at a pleasant spot overlooking the creek and the railway tracks after a game of sofiball several of theguides en joyed toasting hot dogs over the campflre as the weather was turning quite cool they broke camp early and arrived back in acton at about six oclock on thursday may 22 the reg ular meeting of the girl guides was attended by mrs jaffrey the district commissioner for the girl guides and mrs brown commis sioner for the brownies mrs brown introduced two new games to the girls which were greatly enjoyed around the camp fire mrs jaffrey talked to the guides about the word guiding and what it means several songs were sung and the meeting was closed with the ves per hymn the prayer and taps rockwood obituary ular supper meeting in the domin ion hotel tuesday evening pictures of nagasaki and hirosh ima showed the vast devastation following the a bomb explosions i speaking on fire prevention mr alexander told of the importance of keeping cellars clean of trash he suggested having baking soda t on hand to put out small household fires he himself has two fire ex tinguishers and baking soda in his i car oil space heater fires are often j cuused by filling a tank with cold j olt from outside leaving it no room i to expand he stated i the provincial governments 35 1 per cent grant on new fire truck would be applicable to new trucks for fire areas he explained h said that no grants on new fin halls were given mr alexander was introduced by acton fire chief fred dawkins and i thanked by art padbury johnny gov vicepresident was in chag of the meeting jos h boyd dies suddenly in guelph many friends here and former residents of acton learned with deep regret of the rudden passing of joseph h boyd at his home 18 gladwin sreet guelph on tues day may 20th in his seventysec ond year mr boyd was about as usual right up to the time of his death born in acton he spent his eary years here and attended acton schools he was active in sports and was a member of the lacrosse and baseball teams of those days over fifty years ago he later be came very proficient in tennis mr boyd left acton fifty years ago to become a member of the toronto police force later he took up salesmanship and went to auckland new zealand where he established the very successful firm of j h boyd co and became the sale representative for many canadian products over twenty year ago he retired from active participation in the company which he founded and came back to canada residing in toronto kitchener acton and guelph although he had been away from the- hometown many i years he always maintained a keen interest whjle residing here he served on the sch6ol board and the board of stewards of the un ited church it was our privilege to know him intimately and of his keen local in teres many other actonians who were patients in guelph hospital knew of his kind ness and brief cheery visits and his thoughtful gifts his suddn passing ls mourned by many friend who join in sympathy with his wife and family in the loss that has been sustained surviving are his wife who was before marriage mis ruby muie- and three daughter mrs ralph p markle helen 1 of ancaster out josephine who is attending university in toronto and heather who ls a nurse in training at west ern hospital m toronto a half- brother alo remain mr harold stewart of kitchener since going to guelph mr boyd peared in costume representing has been a member of norfolk different countries of the empire united church and the funeral with cards showing what countries service on friday at the home was two firsts one second won by sheila paul at festival two firsts and a second were won by sheiln paul of acton at the grey county music festival held in mark- dale on may 21 she was swarded certificates for her achievement for her violin duet open class she was awarded 80 points to stand first she played with patsy dron of mooreficld in the violin solo under 15 years of age class she stood first with 80 marks she was awarded 83 marks and second place for a violin solo under 13 years of age i history feature of greenock wi meet fireworks conclude empi observan empire day was fittingly ob served friday evening when the scholar of rockwood public school under the direction of their teach ers put on a program of a varied nature which was well carried out in the town hall before a larg number of friends and parents of the young people previous to commencement of the program dave armstrong principal of the school spoke briefly the opening r umber wa a chorus contributed b a number of the younger schol ars followed b the singing of o god our help in age past under the direction of mr armstrong all item on the evenings pro gram were well carried out and part several scholars ap- limehouse treated in guelph for injury to eye we wish mr e ask in u speedy recovery from an eye injury for which he has been in guelph gen eral hospital for treatment recent visitors mr and mrs cliff webster and son of toronto and mr and mrs sandy murchison of bond head with the ellerbys mr and mrs alvm kam and family of london over the week end mr and mrs stone and fam ily of brampton on saturday mr monro and mr carl karn of ingle wood on sunduy a well a- their father mr karri of montreal for a few weeks with mr h karn and the e karris mr and mrs ted morrow and elane of toronto with mrs lam and the h nortons miss helen swackhnmcr of det- reit and mr tremblv of wheatlev with mss m swackhamer mrs wm- h jones mrs wcdg wood and mrs j sales all of toronto with the c a fosters and miss ream bottom they represented at the conclu lion of the concert fireworks weie conducted in the park adjoining 1 the highway with frank kelso and 1 harvey la vert y in charge 1 owitng to the inclement weather during the holiday weekend more fireworks were conducted monday evening with frank kelso thomas geilatly harvey laverty and rob ert leslie m charge with a large number of young people present as well a cars lined up along the edge of the highway adjoining the park to watch the proceedings as a result of the heavy rains during the weekend the river is high and lots of water is going over hortop mill dam recent and weekend visitors mr s hume arkell mrs a picket guelph dr and mrs g bell toronto mr and mrs d smith dmyton mr and mrs r ii robinson miss nora robinson toronto mr and mrs bradford toronto mr and mrs alex red fern brantford miss minnie nick- ell toronto miss man- jolliffe wjlerford mr and mrs torrance d guild returned hnme during the week- conducled by his minister rev bruce hall many friends attended in tribute to a life they admired and many moral tribute bore testi mony of esteem and sympathy pallbearers at the funeral in guelph were messrs d stewart w kirb dr ralph markle john armstrong arthur hall and mr cnttie at the graveside service in fairvievv cemetery here rev mr curre of the united church con ducted the service and pallbearer were mesr d stewart w kirby dr ralph markje frank mcintosh chas w mason and g a dill end from their wedding lake simeoe former members of acton music club attend supper meetin buffet supper began the last meeting for the season ot the ac ton music club held tuesday ev ening at the home of mrs c heller main st after a program of kodaehionu iide and musical number a gift wa preented to past preil- ent mr mary cowdy who at the may meeting of greenock womens institute held recently at the home of mrs gordon leslie the program featured historical re search and current events with mrs chester allan and mrs elliott patterson as convenors the president miss elva pearcn was in charge of the meeting with m member three visitors oad several children present mrs thos hemsley gave the scripture reading and the roll call i was answered with what annoys one most at public meetings the report of the institute con ference at the o ac guelph was presented by the president and the secretary mrs albert mckeown it a as decided that greenock bianch would enter the guelph mercury cook book competition and all members were requested to contribute recipes the centre wellington district annual will be held at mimosa church and mrs thos hemsley and mrs elliott patterson were ap pointed as delegates the motto without love faith is impossible was given by mrs john near a most interesting paper farm histories was read by mrs chester allan giving the histories of many local farms where institute members are residing mrs elwood johnston rend a poem entitled the old trunk a sing ong in story portraying the life of a man from childhood to golden wedding anniversary was enjoyed the songs used were a a baby itockabye baby start ing to school school days in his teens let me call you sweet heart thinking of marriage i want a gul just like the girl who married dtar old dad married and settled down home on the range and fifty years of wedded life put on your old grey bonnet mrs elliott patterson read the history of the- town and villages of each towriihip in wellington coun ty following a contest of old sayings won by mr j e pearen and mrs robert allan the program conclud ed with the singing of the national anthem the hostess and committee served lunch including the delicious muf fins and cakes entered in the branch baking contest with win ners to tompete at the district an nual baking competition winners were whole wheat muffins miss eh a pearcn mrs fred john- ton banana laer cake mis eh a pearen mrs chester allan the bottle that didnt get to city maybe you too have had em barrassing moments when on the station platform the catch on your travelling bag became unfastened and your travelling costume and perhaps some other articles that were not for public display were indiscriminately given a preview well if you have you would have appreciated the feelings of a young man at acton station last sunday evening as the train for toronto drew in this young man dropped a bottle well breaking glass on a cement platform drew attention but it was a blue bottle and there was no liquid exuding therefrom much to everyones surprise he stopped to gather up the contents and gingerly lifted a twofoot snake from the debris and put it over on the roadway and then gathered up the broken glass and put it away with the comment guess thats one that bill wont get the snake had succumbed to suf focation in its blue bottle but to quiet the nerves of those on thy platform a motorist barked his car a few inches and then came ahead and kept the wheel firmly on the snake and it was quite inert when the young man waved from the window as the train pulled out for the city and the snake remained in the country sometimes you dont have to travel far to see curious baggage and bottles do carry many things including real snakes citizens council board near set on lot h council met with representatives of the plnnning donrd e e barr t seynuck k m langdon and e sneyd monday evening on the liiys- terious lot h located on mill st cast between mr bnrrs property and his westerly neighbor it was thought that lot ii wris orlglnnlly laid out for the continuation of george st and steps had been taken to ultimately open the lot as a street but were unsuccessful all parties were agreeable to having it an a street and at the conclusion of the meeting nfter much negotiating a resolution was passed that providing t seynuck e k barr k m langdon and e sneyd andor their wives enter into nn agreement satisfactory to this council and to the acton town plnnning hoard that this municipality expropriate lot h plon 2h acton for tho tt purpose of a street missionary makes appeal for help the womens missionary society of the united church held the an nual missionary service sunday morning miss bennett introduced the guest speaker for the occasion miss dorothy kjlpatrick mission ary on furlough from india who gave a wonderful description of that country its beauty shrines and surroundings and the new and aid india her talk was not an appeal for money but for workers to carry on the work there are only a few workers to carry the gospel which is very badly needed to the vast throng of peoples she also gave a talk in the sunday school and to the friendly circle rev e a currey thanked miw kilpatnck for her talk acton masons entertain ladies trip to leaving acton i former members of the club who attended the meeting wcr miss i lulu warner toronto mrs grant and mr a bobcat was reeenth seen jl blind hler furthest north recorded f mcdonald orangevill fur this animal and a racoon was eveleen chappe brampton taken in algoma another rure oc- miss margaret brown presid currence was n charge of the meeting when his doctor advised a change of climate the eastern citydweller went looking for a healthful place to live m the southwest in a small arizona town he approached an old- timer sitting on the steps of the general store say he asked whats the death rate around here r same a tl is back east bub came the answer one to a person the ladles- were the guests honored at the annual ladies night of walker lodge a f and a m lost night in the coop hall at guelph there were flowers for all prizes entertainment lunch ond dancing which all combined to round out a fine social evening bill james of hamilton as a magi cian and fast talker was entertain ing and plenty mystifying and miss mildred buckingham of rockwood contributed several fine vocal num bers accompanist was mrs horace wilson mrs s snow won the door prize and mrs ivan harris wedding an niversary was closest to the date of the ladies night mr swanson won the prize for having the most grandchildren there were prizes for the dances and card players too there was a good attendance of masunic brethren and their ladle elephants alligators turtles and poll parrots have an average life span of 100 years or more new pump house to operate soon the public utilities viewed the new pump house on main street north at their regular meeting on tuesday evening it is expected hat the new well will be in oper ation within two weeks quite an amount of water is on the floor of this building due to seepage from outside this will be taken up with the engineer present at the meeting were commissioner c e wood reeve b d rachlin with chairman bob macarthur presiding it was dec ided to hold the next rcguljr meeting on friday june 13 a letter was read to the com mission of a meeting of the ac counting section of the hepc to he held near smith falls in june the letter was filed a letter notified the commission of a meeting of the hydro manag ers to be held at bigwin inn the latter part of june this letter was also filed- a request for water was mndi for the lots on bower ave fornv erly the old bowling green the lots are being used for nursery stock the amount of the deposit required and also the protection of a meter was discussed the water is to be turned on when arrear- from last year owing by this con sumer are paid a letter was read from the he pc of ontario stating that they had a number of motors transform ers etc on hand for 25 cycle this equipment is available because of the changeover to jo cycles the secretary was instructed to write for a list of the equipment on hand to see if any of it meets local re quirements the new regulations governing the use of space heaters in isolated buildings was read to the commis sion and filed vacation pay was discussed by the commission and misunderstand ing of the interpretation of the act explained arrangements were made for mrs a urquhort to take her holidays at the end of june meter reading is to be advanced this month so the office staff can distribute the work more evenly a number of overdue account were discussed by the commission instructions were issued for their collection one water account wa adjusted a letter from the council request ed the commission to lnstal street lights from wellington street to acton blvd on mill st supt ma son had looked the street over and felt two lights would be sufficient a quotation on one inch hose was received from talbot hardwav when the other price is submitted supt lambert was empowered to purchase the hose and a nozzle a questionnaire is to be sent out with the monthly bills to find how many have completed their sewer installations over 300 permits have been issued but some of the installations are not completed supt mason was instructed to purchase the necessary equipmer t for metering at baxter laboratories due to the changeover in the power sysiem w kelly was placed on blue cross protection the same as the other employees it was also re ported to the meeting that mr kerwin mcphall had been operated on for appendicitis last monday a motion was passed authorizing the secretary j mcgcachie to transfer in 12 monthly installments to the town general accourit from the waterworks account the dif ference between the yearly cost of the waterworks debentures ond the hydrant rental charge this amount is 1622 00 yearly the following accounts were passed for payment- hydro petty cash expenses 1162 f terry stamps si 00 bel telephone 32 20 consolidated truck lines account 6 4b syrnon hdwe account 233 whithams garage gas 10 40 he pc power used apr 7253 00 macdonald elec ltd acct 3 04 line l cable access wood crovarms 75 m d h howden l co acct 22 32 sangamo co ltd acct 172 00 kllis howard ltd cart fuse 4 no lumel uavfy acct sow toths garage battery 35 03 nallerjtine motors gas 4 aft j b mackenzie acct flr2l j kearney corp ncct 3rtfll federal wire a cable wea- planning board secretary f ciump explained that if lot h were taken over as a rood the town mould have some guarantee that george st would not be blocked further in on the t seynuck prop erty a resolution passed earlier by the planning board recommendei to council thot lot h be opened up as a public highway only when a plan of subdivision is duly approv ed and registered providing for the continuance of the public highway beyond the limit of lot h mr seynuck explained that he was not prepared to subdivide the property at the present time because of the cost but felt that it would be extremely unwise to ever block the continuation of geoive st on his property ho agreed to deed property to the town for a street from the north edge of lot h to the limit of mr sneyds lot and possibly later deed to the town the full length of the street ex tending to the bush it was suggested that since mr barr owned sortie property on the opposite side of lot h to what his house was on that pehaps 10 feet could be transferred to the house side so the george st continuation would not pass too close to bis house all these details were to be look ed after in the agreements to be prepared by the town solicitor c f leatherland all councillors were present mayor rachlin pre sided family descendant commends repairs mrs j fox was hostess taban- nockburn w i on wednesday ev ening may 21 the president mm t gordon opened the meeting with the institute ode and lords prayer roll call was answered with a choice variety of plants bulbs and slips mrs w dobbie secretarytreas urer read the minutes and gave the report of a euchre held eailler in the month members were pleased to receive their programs hand made and artistically decoratd by the pro gram and lunch committees ex tension service charts were comp leted and handed in to district dir ector mrs w mcdpnald the secretary was requested to write the department of highways regarding the sign at the third line corner which many feel is an ob stacle to good vision a letter was read from mrs struthers a descendant of the worden family residing in califor nia commending the institute and forum for their undertaking ut the cemetery j the cemetery committee an nounced a general meeting to b held at the cemetery the euchre committee for thi month was appointed mrs fox conducted an interesting contest and mrs a kerr rendered a lovely solo after which lunch was served to 10 ladles and four children the hostess and all as sistants of the evening were given a vote of thanks sentenced on two charges of theft gordon wilson church st woi convicted of theft and sentenced to two months in the county jail when he wan tried before judge w n roblnsqn on friday of last week on a charge of theft of good from the micro plastics plant where he was employed earlier this year magistrate langdon sentenced wilson to pay costs of 22 or serve 10 days in the county jail in con nection with the theft of card tablei from the scout hall in milton court on wednesday of this week he was put on probation for one year when cork was scarce ftiher- mrn on thr great laket used to use the thick outer bark of the base of old balsam poplars as coats for their nets thcrproof wire water s r hart co office supplies crane ltd acct syrnon hdwe acct public util walerworkt operation april 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