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ht jvttiw sftt ft seventy ninth year no 38 acton ontario thursday march 25th 1954 eight home print pages six cents gloomy 13th power bill evokes pucs criticism gloomy news the 13th power bill was read at last week s meeting of the public utilities commission members were informed by the town s hydro wholesaler the h e p c that a total of s5 768 88 was ow inr for hydro received in 1953 this figure is the total deficit of cost over interim payments made monthly through the year following receipt of the bul chairman f oakes urged that a let lack of converters at new school said cause of work lag details in connection with the building program in north halton high school district came in for attention of the board at the meet ins in acton on monday night the contract for drapes in the aoton and georgetown schools was awarded to duncan mcphee of guelph it was printed out that building operations had almost stopped ow tag to the taot that arrangements had not been made for 60 cycie converters at the schools the sec rotary was instructed to contact messrs bennett and reider immed iately and have the arrangements computed so ithe heating system could be tested and put into oper atioo the room at milton had been plastered but here too a heating problem had been- encountered for the new room and work had been slowed down by motion the salary schedule was altered to allow the board o pay up o 200 per year for exper ence up to a maximum of 800 al lowance for experience the sec retary was instructed to inform the teachers of this change in schedule pwrohaae part af let the secretary was authorized to offer miss little a sum of 400 for the purchase of pert of her lot ad joining ithe school property in milton the board also agreed to erect an adequate fence providing the offer was accepted before the end of the month the auditors report for the year was presented and studied by the board end the inspectors report on the three schools was jpven at tention accounts passed amounted to 13807 35 for the month purchase of shop equipment and science for aclon and home ec onomics equipment for georgetown were also considered b th board but no decisions were mad t gordon ringler of bardir lake was engaged to teach com mercial and other subjects al aclon school mr ringler ha- had i r if y experience and will ike the vneanev caused b the nmo al of mi hess w hi will takt the home economic work it oi i tewn noqt term trip dentist wood teachers discussed the monthly meeting of the nas sagaweya township school area board was held on march 17 the minutes of the last meeting and the usual bills were passed the tenders for wood were given to george hewer and melvin stor ey a letter is being sent to dr a j buchanan asking that the dent ists visit the schools as soon as pos idble the pupils of grade seven and eight of the area tatted the ra ontario museum toronto and the toronto tv elation this week bus aes picked the children up a the school the teachers tor tht cominc term were d sensed at length ali the n pair- to tht schot l did ground this ear med c is hn at nanit f imih t im af d thre ter of protest be sent the h ep c deploring billing methods which cause small municipalities to be confronted with such a gloomy 13th bill we buy power at the price they dictate and sell it at the price they dictate the slim margin we have to operate on has to do so much 1 don t know how well do it the chairman commented it seems he added the small communities arc slave laborers for the he pc maybe the he pc can give us a smart answer on how to operate unanimous in criticism the commission was unanimous in criticism of the h e p c s method of billing one member said it was the second year a large deficit in ve 13th bill confronted the commission earlier in the meeting tom braa ktcwicz approached the commission to object to a second service charge on his hydro bill mr brankiewicz claimed he told the puc office over six months ago there was no loner a second family in his house but the charge had continued he added secretary j mcgeachie said there must be some misunderstanding and indicated it was only this month the office had realized the change after discussing the matter the commission agreed mr brankiewicz was not entitled to a rebate since this was the first they knew of the change in the house the bill would be rectified for the current period chairman oakes said and added he would further check the matter to clear up any misunderstandings which might yet exist outstanding bills paid secretary mcgeachie informed the commission tht outstanding ac counts of the grind co ltd and georgetown plumbing and heating had been paid another account outstanding held by a vines is to be put to legal process for collection the secretary was also asked to inform the owner of a local house that if serice charces in connection with rccufv ing a water meter are not paid prompt the materials will be rt moid water cut off from the house und owmr required to fix the meter to thi satisfaction of tht commis sum a utltr from mr m pirrv con tmmd thi information ih it i tenant had not been liitie in h r park st horni for lour pirs mr pirn wintf shi was una wart of the sec ond mrvict charm rmde out to a iiouv with two f irnilus and inquir id about a rebate for the four near f t nod ignorance no excuse concensus of the commissioi thit ipnoranct of tht ruling ixcuse mtmlxrs agreed that sinct thi had been notified the second strvict chnrgt would be dropped afttr some economv minded dis cuhkiuii the commission decided not- to send a rcpresentam t to the mectrical employers association toiutnlion in toronto hdro super mltndtnt d mason offered to at und the contention and pov his own expenses superintend nt mason later re ported another light installed on alict street according to the rt quct of tht council he said a flashtr light was on order and after installation power used would be paid on a commt rcial rait discussion on a proposal to wrap htntitir cable around the fin siren i irdtr to prtvent freezing was iliowed or a suggestion from e iht th it in inquiry bt madt in hit towns it find tut what pn nit ii ns hfi t iki ti to i rt t n fi tt 7 fcontlnued on page eght square dance club fills parish hall the largest crowd of the vim packed st alb ins pansh hall frida tvening for the last danct of tht season sponsored by ac 011 squire dance club a guest performer was earl greer formerly with the grand ole oprj of nashville tennessee and a champion fiddler mr ond mrs murray of guelph gave an ex hibition schotnsche callers were don nelson of guelph morns fay of hamilton and hugh harris of milton ruxs miller organizer of the rojal win ter fair square dancing champions uncle pcnns se from hamilton was another guest the crowd of 115 proved tht success or the square dance club the dates fir the first fuc dinces for next fall are alreadj c and the parish hall booked prizes were won and special tj dances enjoyed no further action on hoars proposal no further progress was reported this week by the local retail merchants association on efforts t gain over 15 per cent approval of proposed new store hours from certain classifications of town bus messes last week it was indicated the law requiring 75 per cent agret ment from each and all categories of merchants in order to effect a bylaw change had been revised however it was pointed out by the retail merchants association chairman here c w bradley thit this has not been confirmed a meeting planned for this week was postponed when it was learned the committee named to conduc further groundwork for the hours change proposal was not yet ready to make a report earlier this month a poll was taken among local businessmen o determine the atb ude on friday night opening instead of saturday night store hours approximate 80 per cent of the merchants poll cd favored tht new hours howe er those against the proposal were distributed in retail classification j in such proportion a to block the 5 ptr cent required for all cat gones of trade flames evict district family sunday sixth fire in six weeks to strike at district farm homes occurred sunday when a house owned by laurens tryssenaar who works in acton and would have marked his family s first year in their own home tuesday caught fire mr tryssenaar an immigrant from holland points here to charred parti tion which carried flames up the walls to fan out over the roof of the six room frame house flames completely destroy frame home parents nine children left homeless mr and mrs william laing and their nine children were left home less last thursday when flames destroyed their small frame home in esquesing township about five miles north of milton the houst was already razed by fire when tht milton fire brigade arred it went up like a match box milton fire chief a clement said mrs laing smellcd smoke whilt she was preparing her bab for mula and rushed outside 10 ee what was the malur shi ran i held back into the house after seeing the gables of the home on fire she brought five children outside to safety and called for help four other children had not returned from school mr laing was at the rear of irt farm gathering firewood whin the fire occurred millon district fire dcparlmtul sprowl answered the alarm and came two presentations made to m sprowl two presentations were made to mac sprowl saturday evening at his home rr 4 acton rev r armstrong with jim greer presi dtnt of knox young peoptt s soc itt presented mr sprowl with a zippered it ithtr bound b bit tin bthalf of the young peoples a kioiin of aclon junior farm rs to lh farm bringing mr nd pencil tt fn d isutml madt tht kly to the home on the third pn si ntilion line of erquesing the bhze spread thi ivcninj bt f 01 1 it th hilton so raptdlj nothing could be saved junior i irmir lianqutt he had been except a baby buggy n i tii veiling ilaim clack bv following an investigation the tin hilton fidtiition of agricul fire chief believed the f rt tin t ind 111 t ii ctric rnor by halton started ither in the p pes or th juniors chimntv located on tht uppt r mi it ft sundi i n 1 six months floor islinlj tour if thi unitid kingdom awards made commissioners attend as guides brownies entertain parents golden anniversary was celebrated saturday by mr and mrs albert mcmullen bower avenue who were honored by thetr child ren and grandch idren at a family party in the legion banquet hall mwn mm ad 90 go den wedding is roars of age this friday r marked with party mi r- 26 w 11 bt ew i dudd i omi b r hda mr and mrs albert m m 11 d r s o ac wl f v w r s t rdj c b t 5i h wtdd k a nn uij r cd d u uk r twn first acton brownies and girl guids mtmimd thur partnts at an optn night in tht scout hall tuesdi march 9th following tht optnink cirtmnnus distnit com mission tr of north halton mrs f wood of milton ind arm commis sioner mrs robtrt hotv of aldtr shotinrolud brow nit mir hun ter intu thi i jtk and i guide mary lou crtirhton into tin guidt comdany stvtral brownies susan wilson shirley barrttt margan t price and joan ramsdcn enacted thi story of the brownies a fairy tale telling of the uiigin of the brownu pack the storj was rtad by ella jany service stars for atundanre wi rt prestnted by the commissioners brownn first iar caroljn ciok vtrna churchill sandra davidson barbara davidson jo annt forct elizabtth forti carol higkins ilona kovacs birbari nor un susan wilson leslie duby bjrbin vi are thud vtar shirltv lurrt tt rh ru mieachtin tin 1 cih d v n dcnm ledger sharlten marshall foirlh vtar mugartl arm link r bin safciski n rma sin bett btan ixlilh i transport trailer cargo total loss f rt toulh de lroed ht lortt dittl trans c n mntal trailer f millor c nstruclion compan earlj list fniliv m rn ng itthoukh t i drvir harold roszell was able to ritach the tractor at d save from th flame the lo s of thi krg r li r h jbout 8000 worth of seed was i vrtd b n unntt mr roszcll was driving jie hue tnn port from edmonton o mori real with the load of ecd and wa ib it 10 mill n of hnwksbur ihtn hi smtllid smoke hi s j ped th cab and hast used hi tnrwspo t- f re u ninh wl n v n pre id he cal 1 u h wkburv f rt brigade wh xpl n d hal bv tht mt sixth fire in area within six weeks this district sixth farm bl ne in little more than six weeks caus ed over 1 000 damage to the home of laurens tryssenaar sunday morning when i rf believed to have started uroimd tht wall thimble if he k tchen stove crept up a part tion and spread under the roof of tht x room frame dwelling the tryssern ir home locited on the tirst tine ibou four miles north ta t r here s- on what was formerly known as the hepburn farm the pntnt owner an im ploytt of btsardmore co here and formerly with hotchens bakery came lo canada from holland with hls family pix yeirs ngo water tor firefighters ample wattr ly ng in large pud dies and in a farm pond supplied tht bucktt brigade of neighbors and frit nds who fought the blaze before firemen from erin and rock wood reached the scene mr tryssenaar father of hree girls and one boy paid tribute to the firefighters tn their successful efforts to save the house from total destruction mr tryssenair told the free press that before the fire which started about 11 am could gein much headway neighbors hurried to carry out furniture and personal posseesjons of the furniture only 1 a tew articles in the two upstairs bedrooms were burned many offers af help commenting on he offers of heb from fellow mm grants and the support h w is given mr try senaar said i never knew so many of my countrymen were around acton wt 11 rebu id as soon as can manage he affirmed the loss was partially covered by insurance mr tryssenaar bought the farm on march 16 1953 he and his fam ly would hivi celebrated a full year in their home on tuesday two days after the tire at present mr and mrs trys- senair and tht r children who rane in agi from infant lo nine y irs are living in a nearby three room ipartment other district ftrw on mirch 9 a fire at the home of harold mich about eight mhs south of here levelled the storey and a half house and made homeles five people a day later tht home of ci in nee dodds thre west of speside went up in and turned out the parents t i x children j march 15 thi fjrm home of gtorgi wium sixth lint of es i que mj ten k fin ind considerable i d image was dim before the blaze wt txl n j i shed last trmrvtjy mirth 18 mr and mrs william la ng and th ir nine children were lift humilos when their home i i i n m li s s uth of here on tho third line it ksqiitsmg went up n flames howev r pn ludi to thete dial net disatt rs was a tragedy on febru ir 7 emerson lavcr jnd two of hs d uth its periled in a blaze wh ch vnpt ihrough their hornby ana home destroyed the house and made homeless mrv la vt r and three boos in he ixc ministers discuss radio broadcasting membe rs f ai ton ministerial as oc t or x pressed intcrt t in br unh u k i lusp ration t mi iv rad tit n cjoy hn iv ii i i th i r til ihunh par ii ij widrelav morn ng they had recr ved h ler from guvlph isk j f htm l consider broadcast 1 f r i a k aci the ttcre ary t inri d to r 1c f fi r friendly circle has irish slant mr- m m v i t ortir h r 1 1 4 1 h ritihd f w r t j th v1 r tt irt h n a 1 frttl i i s rg 192 tt re f ih r r r i rh a r q n jack a 1 atb- m m r and m r t ted md presbyter i ir ii j ilv i tl th t5t v edi d i haltons juhior farmers last week hed re t arrua bq e arj di ce n trafalgar ver al hall colorful y decoraed n a st patr c s day d f o f e event scn i ere w the new i e ex ed pres dent don mat hews of acon centre are left tc r on guei speaker don m dd eor ontar o junior fflrme s pres dent treasure w imj s ncla r mr matthews secretary jean peerson m tton and past d de haro d tyrrell sorv of he bano e c paoe seven of th s ssie inside this issue the continuing protma of r ln has many rvritlnf ktortes this week the tree pm tetk a t4iry about mir f the town s ioiintrr indastheo and the un tqur pur it holds in uudi tn ihr prod octl on f a norl mater tal which will mod be uond tn bocdva acroim the rntitry s paic thre af this lane difficlml m pp pit voices ar t oknsh oer be phi crwrwh cfxwr ft gwtt f j w a group at supper t w rmr vssoc alio f ifc liii hirrh r h ts r t-tt- pvrr r v i nt irr ri n n l fuhr i x id m0 m i imp r lad r each iharkcd the work of the cho