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wht jvrtjocrt sttt flrrss seventy eighth year no 1 5 acton ontario thursday octobcr 16th 195 ten home print paqes six cents puc sou operators sewer system take chest xrays in mobile unit a mobile bus with complete x- roy equipment will be in acton en december 18 and 10 when it is expected about 1000 chest x- raya to determine the presence of tuberculosa will be taken of high school pupils industrial workers and the general public the mobile bus has its own dieiel generator the 12 hnlton county centres where xrnys will be taken in the mobile bus are acton bronte broolcvlllc burlineton campbell- vlllc georgetown hornby kil bride milton nelson onkvllle and palermo the service is made possible b the sale of christmas seals mrs j l ellerby of acton is in charge of xrays in the rural areas of halton through thfc womens institute an organization meet ing was held last fridny evening in stcwnrttown hall and in nnssa- gawoyatownjhiphallon3hursday the xray survey is under the halton tb and health associat ion and the ontario department or health to make donation to halton manor regional director visits acton club clayton pierce of st thomas ont regional director of y s mens clubs made his official visit to the acton club on thursday of last week and spoke to the group on how to mnke a good president he pointed out that the life blood of the club is in the officers of the club each officer has a job to do and the strength of the club is re flected in the job they do the director pointed out mr pierce reported that 8 000 had been taken in last ear for the bishops fund which helps bring delegates from overseas to the in ternational convention held in north america km allan chairman of the hal- lowc en partv outlined preparations for the annual event live talent is to be used this car rather than films ns in former ears a bud committee oft watson treasurer j greer projects com- mittec and three other members uas set up a sum of c0 uas allocated to the public school special gifts commit tee for sports equipment finesmaster j greer filled the capacity admlrabl keeping ecrw one on their toes to avoid stiff penalties visitors of the evening were g candler ano l garner members ulso were introduced to bob redfern new general secre tary of the acton y m c a historical research current ev ents and reports were featured when bannockburn w i held their regular monthly meeting at the home of mrs w j mcdonald roll call was answered with a person in canadian history chest xray meeting at stewart town was reported by mrs k gordon and canvassers duties out lined district director mrs w j mcdonald gave a report of i meeting in milton a request for chairs for the centennial manor was noted and members passed i motion to tyirikc a donation delegate mrs c storey gave a report of the convention held a kitchener and membero were pleased that the resolution jn which they were especially interested namelv that the word dominion be retained in dominion of cnn- oda was passed in the convention area thanks was expressed to the fair exhibits committee euchre and qtint committees were appoii mrs f brown limehouse was present and spoke on homemakcrb club work mrs wynne roszcll convenor of historical research and current ev ents prepared a very interesting account of bannockburn w i be tween 1018 when it was organized and 1023 which was read by mrs t rotz miss marion porte gave n paper on halton county and mrs w dobbic conducted a contest lunch was served and a vote of thanks riven hostess and all who had assisted thanksgiving topic of wa meeting the regular monthly meeting of churchill wa uas held at the home of mrs a saunders the meeting was opened b the pres ident mrs f freeman mrs a kerr had charge of the devotionll period tnkmg for her subject thanksgiving the hmn 4 praise god from whom all blessings flow was sung during the business period the bazaar was discussed and plan ned for the meeting closed with a love lv lunch being served bv the hos tess fire swept through a shed at the back of f crumps residence on young st saturday after noon with little damage resulting smoke billowed from the shed used by the houses on the lot to store fuel including wood and coal early attempts with a small garden hose failed to quell the blaze and the fire department was summoned fire is shown here before the brigade arrived as it threatens a fence and other nearby buildings cause of the fire was originally thought to be defective wiring but further investigation disproved this theory staff photo 3bituary damaged breaker causes power cut acton v as returned to normal power service on fnda about noon following an 11 o clock power failure caused by a breakdown in provincial hvdro equipment at the guelph station the station is used to cut voltage from 110 000 to 13 000 at which vol tage the town bus its power oil breakers on the transformer circuit which are used for opening if the load is loo high or if trouble develops must have been damagtd at some time though it had not been evident with the load at a peak about 11 am fnda a bushing on one oil breaker gave out jprav- mg tar all over thi inside the building and rendering the evil switth useless the transform r that normal rvprtmtits tw o thirds of the carry ing eapueitv for guelph elora fr fcus aeton und roekwood wai ore d out having onlv on third tap u it until the switch wa bridged bv noon the defective switch had bet n bv paxaed in the circuit and mtv iee was ixtored totary hears reports on fun fair crippled childrens work fun fair committees and the crippled ehildretis committee pre sented their n ports when acton hotary club held its regulat tuesdav supper meeting members present with one auet from or angev die heard a report of iru purchase of prizes a letter was read from dutrut parents whose child had been help ed b the rotary club pictures wire enclosed indicating his pro gross plans were made to help another district child an invitation was received from toronto rotary club to be present when philip lovejoy chicago the rotary international secretary speaks president johnny goy was tn charge of the meeting d nelson ryder dies at hamilton d nelson rder assistant super intendent of union drawn steel co hamilton for the past 11 ears and emploved b the company for 33 ears died tuesda october 7 at hamilton general hospital nelson rvder was born in petrol- the ion of the late jos and frari- ces rvder on the death of his father the familv moved to acton w here he grew to manhood in 1911 he married the former clara stephenson of milton who survives him he leav ts one son harold aldcrshot two grandchildren two brothers fred brockville and ed ward actori tw o sisters mrs maud bell and mrs robert elgie both of toronto he was a member of crescent lodge ioof and attended rer- son uniud church he resided at j45 park row south hamilton he was 7 vtars of age funeral service was hi id friday at o clock from marlatt funeral honu with burial at woodland c nu ter hamilton wms speaker is nurse in india tht oitobti me ting of tru s i- lor auxiharv w ms of kno church was held on thursdav af- u moon at the home of mrs j jam main st in the absence of the provident mrs h mainprise the firs vicepresidnt mrs j buchanan presided the meeting opened with an i i spirational talk on thanksuiv nr follow td b praver mrs j 1 hson and mrs h l bennie had charge of devotions airanuinrunu wen completed for the fall thankoffenng meeting to be followed bv a fireside hour mias bessie macmurchv reg n who has bet n doing mobile med eal work m india now home on fur lough was guest speaker mrs e mckntght favond wih a piano solo mrs j jan and mrs j mlison are the visiting committee fo ov tober the studv book on mission work m south america has been finish ed next vear members hope to take up the work tn africa after collection and roll call the meeting closed with the lords prayer a social half hour waj enjoyed by all county council endorses peel h m without comment hnlton county council at the regulnr monthly session held tuesday endorsed resolutions sponsored by both peel and hasting counties in connection with hospital accounts and n thorough in vestigation into the packing industr peels resolution sought to have both the federal and provincial governments through the departments of agriculture launch an investi gation into the packinghouse industrv it was pointed out that when an increase in wages went to the workers of the industrv producers suffered and the consumer was aked to pav higher prices it was felt that wages weie not in pariiv with thusu of the producer and that an adjustment should be made lo enable him to receive tht cost of production members agreed resolution re h garding pensioners cheques being made applicable lo hospitalization accounts was a proper procedure the resolution from hastings coun tv said indigent patients requiring hospitalization were increasing and that pensioners cheques went to the indiv idual and in some costs were spent for other purposes if the resolution was adopted it means hat authorities would be able to recover a portion of the old ace security cheques after the regional office had been notified a pen had been h a letter from the fonger studio toronto who were seeking to be engaged by council to stage a spectacle during the centennial vear was laid over for the 1953 council to consider doputyrcev r shannon felt it was not a mat ter for this council to consider council spent considerable time over an appeal by fred aukland kilbride in connection with the location of his gasoline pump the matter w a left in the hands of tht county roads committee to make a ruling on mr aukland claimed his pump had been in the same location for 40 vears and he wa now ordered to have it removes as it was classif ied as a curb pump he had al- ed the clerk was instructed to write the department of highways not to have his gasoline supply denied him until boundaries had been established reeve c norrish asked council- approval of transferring the 1000 grant to the conservation commit tee as decided to assist farmers to establish farm ponds on their properties council had last spring approved a scheme to match dollar for dollar with the department of agriculture to farmers making op- plication for subsidy the maxi mum grant per pond was 100 council agreed to the chairmans suggestion reeve norrish said the committee received 55 applications this yer and estimated about 20 ponds would have been completed by the end of the year council again granted the halton horticultural association permis sion to sponsor the 19s253 tree- planting competition in rural schools deputv reeve bob shannon paid high tribute to the warden for the work he had done supervising the plowing grading and seeding of the grounds surrounding the halton centennial manor in a resolution he said the warden saved the coun presbytery banner is won by hornby hornby took the limelight at the annual fall rally of the sunday schools of the halton presbvtery of the united church of canada at st paul s milton on sunday after noon october 12 their newly settled minister george leek was the theme spei- ke r at the rally ond the hornby sunday school backed him up with a record attendance of 51 out of a possible 55 and so carried home the presbytery binner for the year a total attendanceof around 275 included representatives from 11 sunday schools of the county larg er attendance being precluded by anniversaries taking place at mil ton freelton and zimmerman and the inability of the large burling ton and port nelson schools to un dertake transportation about 45 attended from the sunday school of acton united church the rally opened with singing led bv mr laird of georgetown rev john smith of georgetown and rev james blair of milton shared in leadership of the occas ion ably assisted by three rendit ions from the lowvlllo quartette vest complete control of sewers with ut acton public utilities commission accepted complete control of the 412 000 sew i rage system following n clarification of the responsibilities of the sewtr committee and commission at a meeting of the two groups nn friday evening of last week the meeting followed a surprise request presented by the puc at the last regular council meeting that council take over the plont because of a considerable amount of criticism com ing from members of council either directly or indirectly with regard to the tost of opt ration also regarding the staff vht airangtment was reached after nearly four hours of negotiating in an attempt to iron out the situation it was finally agreed the com mission should have complete control of the system rather than the pre- sint distribution of control between council and the commission 1 commissioner wood objected to i m ifc accepting responsibility for the cor- authorize payment accounts grants gular moctini ing township council was held monday afternoon october 0 wi h all members present reeve geo leslie presided over the meeting the treasurer was instructed to pav the following accounts bell telephone co 10 05 he pc of ontario 9 00 georgetown hcrad 34 10 board of hydro commis sioners georgetown 94 25 mil- lon fire brigade 50 sheep claims were ordered paid teater bras lancaster kentucky usa meldrum stark agent 70 meldrum stark 7flg0 robert irving 21 a n stark valuator 4 dan allan 40 meldrum stark valuator 8 claims for foxes destroyed in esqucsing were ordered paid to erntst curry georgetown 3 5 ernie miller georgetown 1 5 w j cox box 81 milton 5 james sttele acton 4 5 the trtisurer wis instructed to pay a w benton 67 for stamps and the following grants acton agricultural socie y 121 esques- ing agricultural society 125 hal ton agricultural socitty 50 the treasurer was to pay esqucs rection and reporting of improperly installed laterals he suggested the meeting evolve an ovirall plan list- ing iii the parts of the plant and their condition plus any infoimation the sewer committee had allwtkhouldbodoinbittmaiti taming the plant commissioner wood declared it should be turn ed over to us as a completed thing if we are to be asked to operate it the commissioner added under final arrangements the puc operates the plant and re ports to the puc office on any dis crepancies in lateral installation the report is forwarded to the sewer committee through mayor rachlin repairs or changes in laterals estimated under 0 will be made by puc or its workmen but repairs above that cost will be re ported to the town for further ac tion i it was pointed out that the system would operate at a deficit this year because of this a report is to be for warded to the town twice a jear covering the amount and a cash set tlement made with the puc representatives agreed to conduct a survey of the plant lusting all equipment and important informi- tion for easy reordering in emer gency difficulties encountered from some plant equipment not operating weie dt fined as not alarming on mg agricultural society 200 to beord received from fhe engineer applied to the building fund j chairman j r macarthur out- relief accounts as prtsenled bv lined the arrangements under which the relief officer am to the waterworks and hydro were t3334 were pisscdana roid ac- operated a n de x plai n ed thattho george leek who is a veteran of the rcaf and is continuing training for the ministry in toron to took as his subject building for god and in a thoughtful ad dress laid upon sunday school leaders ihe necessity for steady constructive effort resulting in so lid achievement obituary him readv been notified b the highi tjj n i tv l j j hundreds or dollars by ha v inn wavs department if hi did not re- h j- l i local men do the work ttie war- mow the pump thev uould have i dcn u commonded hu upplur dvonmiv scnlng fon he md i it was nothing just part of my mr aukland told council loitra work warden wlckin ofaicrved official had made measurement to accounts approved and ordered determine his line pumps wwe to paid mcluded finance 2 584 21 be eisht feit inside of his property hospitals 3 176 10 auissmcnt com- hne or 41 feet nua from the centre mlt ee j3275 countv roards t24 line of the road ccordinu to 164 40 countv buildinils 278 10 measurements the pump is located printing 495 bs njrlculturc and 40 fiet from the cmtre of the roaj reforestation 30184 halton cen- indicating his pump could not beltinnial manor 1200142 uasmficd as a curb pump n j hargrave chairman of the i called the count tngineer in i centennial manor committee in but couldn t gtt anv satisfaction from him but he laer suggested i pay the 25 fee for permit which i did mr aukland stated reeve c l s palmer nelson explained to council he assisted making measurements but the dlf- fuult seemed to be that the road on which the pump adjoined was a given road and no records as to width were recorded i was over there and made an inspection warden wickson aald mr aukland is being penalized and i don t see whv the engineer has to make such an issue of this it looks to me to be unreasonable members felt mr aukland was in error to pay the 25 curb fee but should only have paid the county permit fee and that an attempt to establish the road lines should be formed council thev would receive a three cent reduction per 100 in surance if the committee installed fire extinguishers in the manor as an added protection council felt this matter should be left in the hands of the committee for consid eration walker lodge has past masters night on tuesday evening tuesdav was past masters night at walker lodge there were 21 past masters present of which 13 had been master of walker lodge among those who spoke briefly were w n near acting junior warden and wm mlddleton acting senior warden the entered ap- made before a decision was reach- 1 prentice decree was exemplified duncan mctavish dies at ospringe lait surviving member of the famih of the late doug aid mctav- lih and nancy black duncan nell mctavish passed away at ospringe on wednesday october 8 he had been in failing health for some time he was born at wiarton july 28 1873 but had spent most of his life in this district he wis for 20 years in western canada two brothers and three sisters pre deceased him in 1017 he married miss mary moffat who died in 103b he resid ed in acton until 1041 when he went to ospringe to live he was for many years a valued employee of beard more and co mr mctavish took a keen inter est in church work and was for many years an official in acton united church he was a past mas- ter of walker lodge a t and a m and his church and his lodge had his regular attendance as long a htalth permitted he made man friends in this community who wil miis his cheery greeting and hi loyal friendship the funeral was held on fridav afternoon with service at the vic tor b rumley funeral home the service was in charge of rev e a currey with rev mr valr of erin assisting many friends at tended in tribute to his life and brethren of his lodge conducted the masonic service interment was in pairview cemetery the pall bearers were messrs m mccutoh- eon fred baptie gordon alkens david robertson alvin fisher and david stewart counts of 15 119 04 as presented by the road superintendent ah tender cheques were to be returned the road superintendent was in structed to advertise for plowing snow in the township of esquesing for the winter of 105253 tenders to be in by october 24 the reeve and treasurer were granted permission to borrow ad- aitional money to meet the current expenditure of the township the clerk was instructed to pre pare a bylaw setting the time of the nomination and election to an earlier hilf the esquesing township council met on monday evening september 8 with all members present reeve george leslie presided over the meeting the township is to petition the department of highways for the statutory grant on 33 078 89 road expenditure from january 1 1952 to august 31 1952 the clerk was instructed to pre pare a bvlaw to appoint a cemet erv board explanation it has fln illv been dettrmimd what is meant by the hammer and sickle on the russian flag the sickle ia to mow em down and the hmnmt r b to keep em that way sewerage procedure was involved because two outfits are running one business the commission operat ed the waterworks system and visits council only in case of capital ex penditures a bylaw must yet be passed by council and some minor items are to be fixed at the plant present at the meeting v ere councillors thompson and rogn- valdson reeve hargrave mayor rachlin and commissioners mac- arthur and wood wed 50 years a66 in kockwood couple mark anniversary mr and mrs william mino cele brated their 50th wedding anniv ersary last week at their home at eden mills where they hove lived for the past 28 years mr and mrs mino were married in roekwood in 1002 by the late rev w gamham for many years they farmed in nasaagaweya town ship they have four children marg aret mrs e barnes brooklyn nelson guelph george torono and william malton the vear 187 saw the stir of the canadian pacific rail jvayj w e ste rn road wst of thi great lakes acton high school field day champions shown here are wayne arbk intermediate annamane spitzer senior fred gordon tied for senior championship janice baker intermed iate don dawkins tied for senior cheryl morton and gary dawkins junior the group will be among the representatives competing in ihe inlerschool field meet in georgetown today