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j seventyeighth year no 24 acton ontario thursday december 18lh 1952 ton homo print pagossix conls finalize twp fire area agreement raging fire destroyed a building in which sawdust and shavings were stored at ajax engineering plant on tuesday evening about 5 pm shown at its peak the blaze started in the sawdust contained in the building and suddenly broke out quickly razing the frame building firemen worked for two hours but the sawdust had to be loaded on trucks and taken away to eliminate smouldering work- rnen worked late to eliminate any chance of it breaking out again stall photo blaze threatening acton plant controlled by work of brigade fire which threntcned the plant and big piles of lumber stored around it broke out tuesday after noon about five oclock ot the ae- ton plant of ajax engineers prompt action of the men in the plant and acton fire brigade kept the flames confined to the storage shed for shavings where the blaze started the main plant and all the lumber escaped nny fire damage the storage shed placed some distance from the plant hold havings this is used for fuel in the winter nnd farmers are per mitted to draw awnv the shavings for use trucks had been at the shed cnrlier that day and it may have boon that n careless smoker who had violnted the strict rules was responsible for starting the fire when the acton brigade arrived a few minutes after the alarm was turned inj flames were through the roof and leaping skywards big black clouds of smoke billowed out and motorists passing on the highway had every reason to be lieve acton was havinlg another disastrous industrial fire the building was metal clnd and kept the flames confined until the bri gade had several streams control ling the fire damage was all in the shed and contents that night trucks and bulldo7crs cleared away the piles of shavings so that there would be no further danger superintendent willinm coon made sure before going home there would be no e- currence and the brigade stayed o 1 the job until the lost spark was uncovered and extinguished thousands of feet of lumb r were in the yard for work m the plant but were not touched by fire acton council arranged for tom watson of watsons restaurant to serve lunch to the men who went supperless l and mrs ted tyler served coffee for the firefighters damage sustained ls estimated it 3000 00 ajnx engineers have had their plant in aeton jor 20 year 01 more the destroyed building will be replaced without hampering production in the plant as a token of the appreciation the company felt for the work of the brigade they have offered to donate 1000 feet of lumber to ail in the construction of the new fire hall that the acton firemen are building to house equipment and hold their meetings officials from toronto and acton on wednesday said they were most pleased vv ith the fire fighting that was done m acton mobile clinic at work twoda acton survey this afternoon tonight and all dnv tomorrow actontansand people from thr immediate district will be filing through the mobile chest xrn clinic eithei at then place of v 01 k k at tlu ymf a thursda decem- bei i ttodavl and ki iriav december 1 ii the datt s to lemembcr this bus decembi i ami ulreulv the fust actonians have been xraed in thi ast mu e tins morning the clinic was at mason knitting co foict flutiic products stoie glove co and the high miiooi it hie- been estimated that al- read 0 wire tawed this morning m he fust lip ol thr two da campaign to detect prvvjousx tlu utuliamuisod tises of tutu rculi tht teachers of both the publn uhool and high school had tlnir ii- this morning with the hih mllool stlldt hls cain assets called at almost ev rv house in own list wuk handing out e ard to b filled n and brought to the 1 1 mu am who might not ha e lectiv- rtl cants oi have lost tin in ar urged to ivmt to be xraed nnv- wuv as there are more cards available th re the public is bring xraved it the y m c a this afternoon from 2 till 5pm and tonight from 7 until 10 pm the same hours are open for general th ri to morrow afternoon and owning a well thus afternoon the mobile clinic drew up at baxter laboratories for an xrav of the emplovees there before coming to the ymf friduv morning xrav s are being taken first at beardmorv s with al most four hour- work schtduld there the wool combing mu o plastics and ajax engineering are also on the lit for tomorrow free xravs volunter clerks a receptionist and a super isor will be with he mobile clinic when it is working to protect acton citizens thev w ill assist in anv wav in the card room of the ymf a where those to be xrav ed go m un acton nsiciints who ie iid this afrlilooil l 11 in tonight oi tomorrow tin y for tht ir turn- u ibiu lijuc outside the y wait the fined 25 costs in accident charge convicted on i ihuge of leaving the mx ne of t jicciden hendncu j m j risen of 11 r 3 acton was fined 2 and costs bv magistrate witt m umit at guelph wedne dt with the alternative of pt n 1- ing 10 davs in jail when asked to plead jensen thiough an interpreter expressed he beht f he mi not guilty constable archie mckendrv told lh court that jensen had stopped on erimivm road guelph before i ou ruling the traffic inland onto wv ndhani st rev t the car backed i and went right to the bottom of the hill striking another c bihiud enroute jensen then hid diivin up the hill again and dutn t w ut to si e what damige hid been done to the other car no th fence evidence w us presented 110 kny ivstalments some of ou pdestrians walk around as if von ow ned the streets and some of ou motorists drie as if ou owned vour cars turkey draw held at bingo on friday ten turkeys were won by locil ticket holders at the ys mens an nual turkey draw held on fridav evening at the town hall in con junction with a bingo the hall win packed as gerald wieck nnd may orelect dr f g oakes each du five tickets from the container winners of the turkeys were mr phalent guelph st a kentncr church st e dawkins agnes s o e robbing brock ave j wilson john st j wood wilbui st t nollk georgetown hurren victoria ave j benton limehouse and r nellls r r 1 acton winners were asked to contact lorraine farms and j w wolf v ill make arrangements for deliv er of the turkcs as wfllas cash prizes of 2 and 3 two turkevs and two shareth wealths one for 12 so and the other for 13 50 were won at bingo orvitle brown and tom jones called the numbers for the games proceeds are for ys mens com munity projects remand acton man in accident case charged in connection- with a fa tal accident that occurred decem ber 6 on the guelph rockwood highway charles shultis acton was again remanded when he ap peared before magistrate watt on mondav crown attornev j m reams q c suggested that the case w ill defimtelv proceed mon dav j kenneth blair appt ared fo thi accused and asked for the re mand advising the court that th tae was an imolved one which h w tsht d to studv elevmvearold jan sloot rotk- wood distnct bov wa knov i from his bitvch md almost in stant i killed w lule lldillg aloi the highwav in ai his home to vehicle mvolvid in tle accuien did not stop at coi ding to police publish free press for christmas eve next thuwuuy in chrlftlmm dy1 thr free ireft will b pub lished en wednesday next week and to mreommbdat thooe with news it- not o and ardrtrtt for prlnllo the free irwu will be otw thin kmlurdjiy from b om till 6 vm the newijiur office and tnlhtlnv plant will be clotted on chrlitmas day december 5 and itoxltie day deeem1er 6 and will be onen araln on monday december 0 display advertisement for next weeka chrlatmaii eve edition niuht he in to the office by mon day noon and the deadline for classified advertisements is tuck- day at 4 pm the offic and plant be ln open saturday wlirticlluteihittet this busy week ahead for those with reports of christmas parties and meeting personals or other news items those with regular advertisements or special christ- mas greeting ads those with not ices announcements or clssalfled advertisement and those with printing orders the free press will be closed from wednesday night until the next monday morning december 29 just five more nhnpping davs un til christmas urge fyll churches this christmastide the ecember meeting of the ladiei vrfct at osprinjje wni held on wednesday evening detemhr 10 nt the home of mm b bruce willi the president presiding the meeting opened by ringing the hvmn thou art the wny to thee alone the devotional and study brnik were given bv mn sinclair the roll call was responded to by 11 members reports were given on the fill mice fund and sewing course dh- cussion took place on holding a de monstration and a liazaar also tlv sending of a hale to korea a reading was given by mi s harris on how christmas is cele brated in different lnndi iho n reading by mrs sunter lest wi triritnr wrnwl christ in our christmns and to fill our churches thls chrlstmastide nnd irulv celebrate the birthday of christ for that is what christmas really ls a piano solo silent night was rendered by mrs altken nnd a splendid paper on scntter kind ness joj nnd mirth nil along the way of earth was given by mrs howard after the scripture reading the meeting was brought to a close a lovely lunch was served by the hostess with mrs w bruce and mrs sunter assisting back in production after devasta aug fire canada s largest producers of quality refrnctory special shapes the acton branch of a p green ltd inaugurated production this week just four months after the devastating fire wiped out the year and a half old branch m the ocension the firm was represented by local nnd united states representatives when members of acton council rotary club acton fire brigade ys mens club a i preen employees and re presentatives of smith and stone were entertained nt the plnnt on mon dav evening j j of full vicepresident and general manager of a p green in canada pointed out to the informal gathering that the firm was winding up with a considerably better plant than we started with he told the group were happy to be back here with a plant that is going to be an asset to the companv nnd to the community a film master of fire told tf 33 the extensive operations at the main plant in mexico mlssou and emphasized the size and extent of the company the main plant covers 41 acres of floor space vicepresident h b plunkett of mexico missouri pointed out the plant was in a mess when ftrst inspected bv them but they had seen the possibilities the fire looking back was just an incident he explained he brought a message of very deep interest from the parent companv and explaind that the products were now manu factured on four continents and sold all over the world we like to be part of a cum muntty we re happy to be with vim again md we hope well b here for a long time he concluded mauir hachlin expicm d the town- appieciation to the firm for re building in ac on just four montlis ago watching the building di 1 roved 1 felt acton might be losing an indutrv the people of acton are happv to re- welcome the a p canadian head office for the green co ltd in weston has five branch offices in canada the acton plnnt is the only branch plant in canada moving here a year and a half ago the plnnt ls set up to manufacture refractory spe cial shapes and assay crucibles asked about the possibility of expanding the present new building one official jaid the compan would build a new plant tomorrow if there was the market the 15 men in the plant manu facture crucibles that are shipped ns far as chile acton manirger g barbeair said the new plant was about 1 000 squnrifoct bigger than the do troved building making a totnl of 13 000 square feet he said he fell the first products would be passed through the kiln by wednesday of this vvtik the equipment that goes with the kiln wls damagtd bv the fire but he expl uned that the con dition of the kiln was one of the determining factors in the re loc ation of the industrv in acton coffee and donuts were mrvt i to about fio at the conclusion of the informal program as local nun in spi aed the plant end months of planning approv area ag climaxing mnny month of negotiating nnd planning acton siknd atr agreement providing for the establishment of 0 rtiral fire area nt the years final council meeting on tuesdny of this week the aren is to cover northern sections of esquesing and nnssagnweyu w llnham nnd c thomson of esquesing nnd nnssngnwcyn were present nt the meeting the it two councils hnd already signed the agreement the agreement calls for purehnse of new equipment when accommodation for an ad ditional truck is available 1 council itgre d to an int nm ir- iingemint un which the township w ould pav s for everv fire call 111 the township until die area nt into operation with the pur chase of new equipment to be mim- ni d bv acton brigade a77prftlesrhnnl plrrn council approved the second chopped down high school build ing program calling for a new high st hool in acton at a cost if 210000 a four room addition in georgetown at 120 000 and nn ad ditional classroom in milton qt 20000 the proposal approved by the department of education was presented by g a dills one of the north hnlton high school district representatives mr dills pointed out that deb entures lsstied about five years ngo for n oneroom addition at acton nnd tworoom addition at milton would be pnid up by next year and would nlmast equnl the amount 10 be paid on the new proposal mnk ing no appreciable differ nee 1 amounttoberaised the totnl amount of the con struction program ls t0 000 n re duced amount frftm the planned 550 000 program mr dills plnined that the depnrtment grant on 350000 would be between 70 nnd 75 per cent with acton pay ing 15 per cent of the remaining amount aeitmcnf report clerk mcgeachie presented tireakdown of the assessment roll which will be used for 10 s3 taxat ion residential assessment w is 1430040 or fio 1 per cent of th total commercial 433 740 or 10 3 per cent of the totnl industrial 432107 or 10 3 per cent of the total farm 30300 or ifl per cent of the total grass receipt 27820 or 1 2 per cent of the total grand total of assessment is 2 300 004 submits 373795 account a letter from d a mcconnach ie trafalgar solicitor submitted absolves a brunet from death cell an affidavit made by leonard jackson in his death cell nine hours before he was hanged ab solves anthojo brunei and louis stavroff now serving 15 years im prisonment for a toronto bank holdup it avas revealed on tues- dav brunet wis charged with receiv ing stolen goods following a break in at storey glove co just two vears ago the affidavit states that these two men were impropvrlv con vie ed of tht toronto bank holdup and were not in the bank the two men were identified at thi ir trials bv members of the i ink staff kindergarten pupils entertain mothers friends this week resuming production in their new plant officials of the a p green co were on hand monday evening when they played host to local groups at an informal gathering in the new building shown here examining some of the first products from the newly constructed plant are the acton manager g barbeau vice president of a p greev h b plunkett of mexico missouri mayor b d rachlm ana j j offutt vice president and genersljrjanager in canada staff photo both tunning arid afternoon kinclt 1 g irten c 1 ises combined tu put on a pror im in the pubu school auciiorium- on wednesday alttinoon about 100 mothers and friends watched over 80 oungster with their teachits mrs shirk v dills and miss jean kirb the voting pupils plavtd gnme tang songs acted out dram tliat- lon1 and the afternoon class rh thru band plaved seleiums principal g w mckenne spok brieflv the voungstt rs each had a gift for their mothers decorated wajl plates they had made pantomime carols follow grqups study of opera cavalleria hitsticana a short op- itj bv mascagnl concluded thi studv of opera when the music studv group held its last meeting of the venr on mondav december is at the home of mrs w batty taking part in the studv wer mrs n veldhuus mrs thompson mrs c heard mrs c pickett mrs c l poole and mlvs pearl smith the preside nt mrs m mccul- longh was in charge after the- singing of christmas enrols and a pantomime of tne night before christmas santa clans distributed gifts from b neath the christmas tree the copy of an account of j p coombs who acted as piofi ssonnl witness in the ruent rountv equil- i7ation appeal the account total led 3 71101 council had not made anv arrangements u pav a portion of this cost but since representnt- ivfpointedoulauton involv ed to a ce rlnin ixterittthe prtstrt lire of other municipalities was to be investigated no immediate act ion was taken on the account lmteral ditch inn r mceachern told council the water laid in the ditch beside hi mill street store and the ditch be ing higher than or level with the sidewalk the water ran into his basement the road committee wiu to investigate this condition mr mceachern also complained that his lateral had been installed too high and would not satisfactor ily drain his cellar floor on a s4 vote it was decided to instruct the public utilities commission to lower tne lateral the connection to the main trunk lino il the coimcljlbuxst will have to be uncovered to rectify the depth rfle mayor reported he had been unahle to contact the firm from whom an air compressor was rent- id the bill had been submitted for eight hours and worker claimed it ha1 only been used for four hours the firm was to be contacted bv letter a bill from the same firm for bulldozing at the dump wts to be refused since no wot it had been ordered done ther pass accounts a rebale of 3 01 on wiutworrs frontage was given hv a mercer the lot was not serviceable and the account had bern mistakenly submitte d an account for repairing a mo tor damaged during a power cut off at the sewerage plant wis approve d totalling 43 45 the following account were ap proved for payment bell telephone serv 47 10 thompson motors balance of account ti 1 i cnr flashing lignt bell tflnt macswain motors balance of account 78 77 can legion wreath 11 75 acton free press adv 55 92 watson dairy bar lunch 3 50 corp of acton hydro oc- counts 389 73 acton woodcrafts balance of account 71 m symnn ffdwe mdse- 114 70 w d talbot mdse 52 01 j h gov cartage trans 3 i k j beamish patching in front of thom pse n s 200 co j b mackmie mdse 19 0 corp of acton operations for nov 2vt 1 1 halton mamif co welding j clstmg for grader fl 00 co of halton hospital ic tount s h77 4 n mrf11 hi rn firt tmt k 17 8 32h01 m siwer re port ar vin owrrlnk tttv pr 1t ik itr s jtfk urn g im t motor bui int t of lt 1 mint 101 130 hi p lt tiur o r vx councillor rrver asked what it te mpt had hi t n made to enforce th collection o will tax h 11 gt sted th it if the tax wls not col lectable the h gislation for coll c ion b earn tiled the m itter wis u ft for the- coyisidrration of m members of council m 1953 legal ac turn was authorized fr the collection of three dog t is licenses not paid the- provincial police report it no fines colli cted in nov t mb r hxing ixtv was proclaim el hohdav mayon atulrrxs group all members of the 1052 and the 1353 count il were present mavor hachlin at the cojiuilwioo of tlu btlsiness said to the mtmrxtj of the 19s2 council and the member of the 1953 council i would like to sav i have ducharged the duties of mv offite at a great sacrifice to mvwlf both in health and fmane- t ellv if nt times 1 have- taken issue with others it was because i felt undi r 1 moral obligation to do no man wants to create antagon isms and i am no exception to the general rule i vt ish the mayor elect and his council well for 1053 and wlsh ou alt a merrv chrtit- m i and a happv new year mivorelect oakvs explaintii lha iils attendante t the meetinghad bcun ver helpful and thanked thoe responkible for the invl ation