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seventy eighth year no 46 acton ontario thursday may 2 1st 1953 ten home print pagessix cent reach sewer contract settlement roadoll being spreaoon john sthnacton4gnited jwd spread along the block to the truck whtch also burs into ffameston wedrtesday afternoon jim mitchell 17 of toronto w rushed to guelph general hospital where he was treated for arm burns received while staying on the truck to turn off the oil flow dense clouds of black smoke poured from the area and were visible for a mile the flarjies knocked out street lighting services and singed trees in the area the fire had more blaze smoke and action in the shortest period of any conflagration we have ever witnessed actonplaces high atoacplayday acton competitor at the play day at the oac en guelph on satur day tied for second place with 15 points the winning team was from walkerton and obtained 18 points one of the acton contestants paul lawson set a record in the high jump of five feet four inches plac ing first he also came first in the pole vault atttaining a height of nine feet six inches bill coon placed second in the half mile race bob coon wis awarded a second in the hop step and jump and a third in the high jump wavne arbic placed third in the 220 vard dash and richard mason wai fourth in pole vault the girls vollejball team played gait losing the match tving with acton for second plice was tavistock also with 15 points schools were classed in groups by population and students were enter ed in senior or intermediate classes competitors ied for points from about 20 ontario high schools in eluding collingwood gait guelph kitchener waterloo paris er george tow n acton entrants in events were janice baker annamane spitzer wavne arbic bill coon bob coon paul law son and richard mason members of the girls vollevtnll team were b anderson d daw kins f garner m jennings j mc cfea f oakts j stuckiv and j allan dinner wai served in tie oac cafetma and man slaved for a da net in memorial hnll in the even ing welcoming party held at eden auus a welcome home party was held in eden mills hall recently for s sgt e c ryder of petawawa who has returned home after a tour if duty in the far east some 150 friends and relatives attended from toronto hamilton waterloo brampton georgetown gait guelph hespeler acton arkeu and eden mills master of ceremonies richard starkey welcomed earl home and a program of local talent was pro vided which included a duet iy joan coulson and ruth brnklow a baton and tap dance number b d reen tolton a piano se ecion b mervin tolton several numbers b r chard and jimmy starkev bob barnctt and alex black a pi mo duet by mrs hume and mrs t hancock a duet bv susan miller ind doreen tolton and a mouth or gan selection by mervin tolton and leachman and bob fittoi ted hancock thanked all those for tnking part in the program th remainder of the evening was spent in dancing music wa provided by mervin tolton s orch j estra don nelson as floor manag er gave out several prizes a mys terv was coronation lady wno turned out lo be mrs anna crul j new y secretary dutch executive the appointment of d h schmull now the associate general secretary of the ymca in am sterdam holland as secretary of acton ymca for next year has been announced this week mr schmull who will arrive in acton earlvjn september has had wide experience in y m c a work and sporty activities he is married and has three children the family will be mov ing to acton and plan to make their home in canada mr schmull has been on the ol mpic games committee has been president of the dutch basketball federation and is active in youth hostel and church work in his native holland the chainman of acton y boaid of directors dick bein considers his qualifications splendid the prominent dutch y worker has been in canada and the united states before and has lectured at springfield college oiling truck afire leaves flame trail with the newly oiled street be hind it ablaze a k j beamish oiling truck burst into a sheet of flame wednesday afternoon about 2 30 the truck was engaged in oiling john st between bower ave and mill st whtin fire of un known origin swept the new oil and surged over the truck the hastily summoned fire bn gade rounded the bower and john st comer on the still flaming oil surface and had water on the truck within seconds firemen ventured close to the flames and black smoke to smother the fire appar ently enveloping the large truck the arms of the workman on the back of the truck were burned and he received immediate medical at tention he had been operating the valves on the back of the truck and remained on the truck to shut thehtoft before jumping to safety the voung workman was 17 year ojd jim mttcheluof toronto who was taken to guelph general hos pltal the driver of the truck and fore man al kirkness jumped from the cab as the flames mushroomed they sent smoke and sparks over the victor b rumley funeral home but ho damage was done flames creeping up a hydro pole near the truck were doused by firemen the insulation was burned off wires in the conduit for the underground street lighting caus ing a short circuit foliage was scorched and trees burned after the fire was completely ex tinguished within a few minutes after the truck caught fin the crowd gathered at a cautious dls tance was surprised to see one of the contractors drive the blackened truck away four of the heavv truck s tires were burned and damage was estimated at 1 000 obituary 3 brigades stage relay practice milton acton and georgetown tin brigades held a mutual aid practice in georgetown on sundav morning almost half a mile of hose wax used in pumping water from a creek along a road to demons rati the relating of water by hooking j sociation up the three trucks about 25 surviving are his mother and firemen wen involved in the praei father mr and mrs leo corrigan tee another group practiced uiiof guelph two brothers and two the south of the county sisters refreshments ladies en served bv the father j corrigan dies in toronto fithtr james corrigan who hns friquntl taken services it st jostphs church in acton died on tutsdav of a heart attack suffered it the jesuit seminary m toronto b rn in 1914 father corrigan was educated nt st s tans i la us school and guelph collegiate he entered thi jtsuit novitiate in 1931 and taught for three years at lovola tolhgt montreal he completed his four years of the priesthood in 1544 he w is procurator of the jesuit seminarv in toronto and chaplain of the catholic women s retreat as former merchant dies in hospital john alltn svmon who was bon in acton on april 2 1867 passed ia in guelph general hospitil n mav u mr smon whae home was at 98 main si aclon look a stroke in july of 19s2 he w is the son of the late charlis and helen symon in 1901 he mimed flora stavton who tirvivts him one daughter ev elvn predeceasid him in 1935 one grandson also remains there are no surviving brothers or sisters mr and mrs symon lived in sault ste mane for a number of years where mr svmon was en gaged in a hardware business unt 1 1931 then be had a furniture business in kirkland lake until n retired in 1938 funeral service was held on sat urday may ib at the victor b r imle funeral home interment was in fairview cemcterv acton hi al poker i lose one night and in the next she well win don t vou pla er other night sub phot firm accepts claims of 700 o sewer laterals acton council at their regular rncehng monday evening accepted the recommendation of the committee that the town pay to the spartan contracting co 1473 in final settlement of the sewer contract with the town the balance of the 2 173 held back being the coverage granted on ms presented by the town councillor e tyler reported on the meeting with representatives of the town and contractor in toronto reviewing the cise it was pointed out that in february 1952 spartan offered 209 in settlement and the town asked 309 spartan agreed to the 309 later but was not accepted bills additional 800 incurred since february 195 wore presented at ladies auxiliary of club honored the ys men s club entertained their wives and friends and the ladles of the ys mens auxiliary and their husbands at a dinner al hilltop lodge on thursday may 14 the ladies auxiliary of the ys mens club have contributed much towards the success of the local club in providing excellent ners at their regular meetings and this dinner was an expression of appreciation by the vs men their work gordon oder thanked the ladies for their fine co opera t ion during the past year and mrs claidecook who with mrs charl j c es kirkness was convene last meeting recently and after considerable discussion spartan accepted year responded on behalf of their wl of these and the original 300 groups saying that the ladies were it was pointed out that if the i glad to have assisted the vs mens settlement had to be made through goodwin suggested that club and wishing the club success the court it could cost the town at bvcounil mid if were n the coming years charles kirk least 1 000 and possibly more two u these wt ness as fines aster ruled with an writs were issued against the town g n warn protection on nana by the contractor last year anj jegaljroceetinajjuwujguublil delayed a shortmeeting took place after wards withjohn greer president in the chair after the dinner i dancing was enjoyed against i linda mann guest wms auxiliary the senior auxiliary wms of knox church held its may meeting on thursday may 14 in the church when it had as its guest miss linda mann the winner of the essay con test held by the daughters of knox m the general contest among junior auxiliaries throughout the pres bytery ished her success in the finals for her splendid effort she was presented with a book the lilver chalice by the senior auxil iry the kfmtesenting acton high schooa m guelph at the annual play day at the o a c for schools m southern ontario acton tied for second place in their class with the firm place school edging them out by three points competitors shown m the beck row are paul lawson bob coon and e hansen who i accompanied the team in front are bill coon jan tee baker wayne arbc annamane sprzer an j views thse imsw richard mason tions meeting considers farm organization manv reisons for the existence of farmers union were discussid a meeting on mav 12 at brook lie hall delegates from th union were present as well as a reprcsentitie from the federation of agriculture the federation s representatives overall contentions thit this organization was doin a onderful work were outlined mr willard britton was chairman albert comrack director of dis tnct 5 of the farmers union exi pressed the discontent of all farm depressed prices no guaran tees of fair returns or labor indif ference on the part of farm leader ind government were placed in contrast with the protection that libor enjovs adeqinte wages shorter hours better working condi lions holidav with pav were all ssential to the industrial worker hili the farmer who has none of these and must take anv price offer ed bv the verv firms whose em lovees to k these thing for grant 1 jihn hutchinson farmers union member and president of the junior board pointed out that farmer in england knows what his income will be he is able lo hire hbor and paj reasonable wages because he knows this and there too the farm laborer has his hours of labor like the industrial worker the aims of the farmers union were outlined among them being free legal adv ice and income tax consultation cecil behca federation of ago culture fieldman for ontario out lined the accomplishments of his organization the recent victory qver the vegetable oils institute was one of them he pointed out it was won because of the gentleman lv approach of the leaders nht teasona bl put thtir views before the government in a common s manner list of ach e crmnl c id ig the marketing act operat vi counu medical sei e hog prducirs farm f i nd rural co oierator were na as evidence of tht activities of the federali n mr belvea said failed to hear anhing constructiv in the plans if the farriers lnion he assured the farmers of the good intentions and able services of the executives of the present federation the third speaker for the farmers union suggested that the vegetable dib act wastro protection farfarm ers the fact that dairy products may not be mixed with vegetable oils doe not prohibit a verr much cheaper substitute being sold miller said the farmers union would favour two prices for the products of the farm one having a reasonable profit for the grower w hich the home market could easily consume and a second and a lower one might be taken fox surplus goods which would be for those starving peoples of the world who are not able to buy at hih prices farmers who attended the meet the police committee was in- evenine jf s to mvestigate cosfe and the possibility of securing a speed trap councillor lindsay reported he understood a recent change in legislation allowed provincial pol cc to operate these traps council approved recommend at ions of the committee regarding the settlement of lot h the com mittee had viewed the area and council adjourned to the site tt was reported a road of 50 foot width would be satisfactory and no jog would be necessary because of shifting the lot 10 feet west a goodwin and a denny petit toned council to reduce the number of cars covered under one taxi business license and provide some stipulation in the by law limiting the number of cars on the bas s if population orship ser ce as taken by mri f w smith and mrs e mc knight an i i sh rl ufirmil talk i few i klines wj given bj t hrk munpi 7 t id hi w mite rn x rnon v i usd one b c item is the quipment for outgoing missionar is as the s t p s cr iirv wa ii mrs mit iprm jnt mr blow consented t let is nistintj until he end of hi vni the voc i solo imwr si ii ind he instn r ntal bv mrs bl njoved knoumi the eonditi n f furs mrs earl lambert was hostel n british gu ani he president isk in the cton women s instiute n member w th i thurtdav afternoon for the annuil i suspend operation due to lack at interest and tup port the bowling green and tennis courts will suspend operations for this er it was announced this week acton institute has social meeting d ill member it narv ho i praver its stationed thi read from mrs blick president of guelph pres tenal thanking the auxiharv for l splendid rally in acton pressing thank social meeting son presided and welcomed members and visitors the roll call was answe ed a verse or quotation including the name mother a musical sele t mother machrec wis sung the local president mm hasard the motto of the month the rginisl mrs mckn ght and j rd by mrs ham hon wholesom the soloist mrs daviden for thi mak ng t it was pointed out by oouaaili that an amalgamation of the twtr firms would make the taxi bus iness in town a closed shop sev eral expressed the opinion that council would not issue too many permits if the town was being sat isfactorily serviced council passed a resolution that no changes be made in the present taxi by law the deed conveying the park area in the leishman survey to the town was presented providing the town agrees to call the park the john r leishman park ciundl accepted the deed and also the one foot reservation on the one side of the wartime housing subdivta- on as agreed at the last meeting a multitude of complaints were voiced by councillors regarding the exploding of fireworks in town and asking enforcement of th- by law councillor irwin reported on kirl had been injured councillor tyler aid one hid burned a mans suit ro it jnd shirt when tossed at him c unc 11 r lindsay rep rted j group drivinii in i cir and t trow ing them trnm the windows at p destnins nn tht ilnet i a copv or a letter sen to mrs f jink by thi halton health unit lnnted permission to boird child rtn indtr three year of age with th number limited to four chttd i ren it one time j the town agreed 1 1 nippl two gillons f paint for the arena dressing rooms if the lacrosse club uji wanted to paint them d permission was granted to repair the the band hall roof at the arena a depression in the road on mill th j st in front of baxters drug stir was reported and the road commit tee reported they were investiga ing repairs council decided to view the area when c bradley asked to pur pirl wis pli ed on record shower in acton honors bridetobe m ss udrcv anderson toronto t br de of next saturday was ur prised wednesday evening of lat eeek when acton friends held a mucellaneous shower at the home of mrs a long miss nderwn was the public health nurse in acton for three yean attending the shower with for mer friends of miss anderson s from acton were miss lulu warn er toronto mrs jo ann ridler toronto mrs jo omand of new hamburg and mrs donalda swit zer of hillsburgh the bride tobe has also been entertained at showers in toron o where she now lives hornet are stepping stones to a j chase four feet from the park great country w as rcid by mrs bordering hjj residence he had f nderson n the absence of mrs j agreed to pav all costs involved in hamilton who wa ill the transaction it wis thought the report of the district dirc this would block the side ntronce i rs meeting m milton was giver u the curling rink but th ms m bv mrs lambert announc ng the be investigated distr ct annual to be held in thi the following accounts were ap united church burlington trans proved ortation was to be arranged by i watson da ry bar lunch the secretary for those wishing tohighwav garage ace t- attend the plans for coronation observ ance in acton were reported with members invited to take part in the parade and also to share in providing the lunch to be served the visiting bandsmen the mem bers of the w i in the surrounding districts were welcomed to join the group in the parade the meeting macswain motors acot j b mackenzie mdse highway garage fire bn gade gas l gamer motors sect acton free press mdse elliott bros mdse w coles clerks fc ballufts fees acton puc hydro ace t closed with sing ng the more we bell telephone co serv get together depi of health re dunn a fnendlv game uf cards was a rawlinga plaved and the usual period of e tvter mileage social fellowship over the tea cup i as enjoyed j 1 800 7489 18 i n 614 aw 7 4 mm gold tiophy wihi1t at the annual y parents and award night held on friday o ust wek wr the young aclon people shown here in the front from the left ere theresa arb ruth undsbof oogh y grl of the year faye sagaski elaine deforest in the back row anne deforest peter law- son y boy of the year bob whatman fvwiael tfvrst end sandra redfern in th third row the display mdoded gymnastic dupiays and was climaxed with me presentation o crests and silver and gold trophies