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ztt jvjtfim sftt seventyninth yer no 50 acton ontario thursday june 17th 1954 ten home print pgesix cent seasonal bus toufcs continue to prove popular with groups and women s institute took advantage of a sunny late spring day to organizations in the district last week 35 members of the dublin travel to midland where they visited the famed martyr s shrine micro plastics fills boundaries as third plant expansion undertaken 22 hi students exempt from exams exempt from writing any exam tuitions this spring are 22 students of the 138 in acton high school for 108 examinations which must be written vary from one to all sub- ccts the students are facing the final questions of the year in all grades this week fewer are required to write finals this year than last principal o rob- bins pointed out many arc exempt from all but one subject he added only five or six in lower and m d die school must write all their year s subjects examinations are being marked promptly by the staff and promotion results will be completed next week these will be published in the free press probably the week after upper school examinations began last friday and will be finished at acton high school june 21 results will be available about mid august with all examinations handed in early next week the students will return to the school for the promo tion assembly next friday reports will be given out then those students who passed their high school year and were not re quired to write any final examina tions were grade nine a wanetta deforest brian gervais margaret kirkness beth mcenery grade nine b ray mood braida margaret dennis mel en landsborough wendy macken ale allan mcintosh beverley smith grade 10 elizabeth jany barb ara jensen joy peal beth ritchie marjory ware grade 11 joe jany grade 12 jan ice baker mary braida maureen kmread betty may lambert nan cy lambert ruth marshall micro plastics third expansion since establishment here eight years ago is taking shape this week in a new 3 000 square foot addition which squares off the present building and fills out the wallace street property covered by the local plastics industry the new area one storey high and of cement block construction was made necessary to house an other manufacturing unit and the rising production of micros high impact styrene a comparatively new type of tough flexible sheet plastic which has gained ready popularity on the canadian com mercial and industrial market the material a polystrene plastic is being supplied in large quantities to refrigerator manufacturers in this country it is used in this in dustry to form the inside lining for refrigerator doors styrene produc ed at micro plastics now employ ing in the neighborhood of 50 people is little more than a year old in this form potential uers of high mpact styrene open a broad market for the locally produced material which may eventually be utilized in radios television sets novelties advertising gadgets and a mult t ude of other consumer products company officials have expressed optimism about the future of high impact styrene in both commerc isl and industrial areas at present micro plastics are the sole canad ian manufacturers of the smooth glossy substance it is expected the building will be completed next month contrac tors are len ariss construction of guelph cnib campaign noted success here about 60 per cent of acton s quota of 2500 has been received for the canadian national institute for the blind building campaign when the drive was first organized this quota was set to cover donat ions from the district as well as the town later it was decided only acton itself would be canvassed the quota was not lowered how ever and the lower sum received does not lessen the success of the drive locally 8reiuen have you any good aftershav ing lotion yes heres a little number that drives the girls crazy it smells like money revere memory of the fallen on sundays decoration day county approves equalized assessment of 79 million without a dissenting vote halton county council approved an equalized assessment by law totalling 79 million dollars at its regular meeting in the court house milton tuesday afternoon reeve boh shan non chairman of the assessment committee and warden j j stewart expressed high praise to the various assessors in the county and to county assessor ford rogers for their work establishing assessment figures which met with the approval of all municipalities reeve shannon explained when he presented the by law all but two municipalities were present it halton principals discuss text books the principals of halton county held their sixth meeting of tne year at oakwood public school oakville on thursday june 10 ail principals including oakville s supervising principal a j fish and a assessment committee meeting vivid geraniums will prove that their name hveth forever more when decoration day w ill be held at fairview cemetery and st jos eph s cemetery next sunday after noon the event unique in acton is being sponsored in local organlzat ions who stress that it is a com munit occasion not onb will graves of exservicemen be decor ated but evert one is invited to bring flowers of an kind to place on the graves of relatives and friends it is hoped the event will become an annual one and have more and more from town and out of town participating decoration day will in no waj supplant remembrance daj al the parade will be divided into three parts each under a marshal 1 with a band group one marshal dr a j buchanan acton citizens band organizations marching acton town council acton fire brigade acton bnj scouts acton cubs group two marshal gordon beatty guelph sea cadets band organizations ladies auxiliary of the canadian legion duke of de v onshire chapter of the i o dx lakeside chapter of the iode women s institute girl guide acton brownies group three marshal max stor ej oakville pipe band organ 12a t ion acton branch of the canad legion and any veteran of any though on sundav the parade will branch of the services halt at the cenotaph for a brief service there rev barker of georgetown will be the guest speaker for the main part of the service being held at fain e cemetery or in the event of ran in acton united church final plans were made for the decorat on day parade at a meet ing of the committee on tuesday evening members of acton org amxations will march with the three band- from the station to the cenotaph on mill st and from there to fairview cemeterv whee a aerv ce will be held the order of the parade 1 assembly point cnr station 2 pm parade time 215 pm lightning strikes transformer barn during saturdays tumultuous storm brilliant blue flashes of light ning struck locally while thunder crashed overhead parade postpone ment electric power failure drench ed ac to mans and visiting bandsmen were among tht casualties during the severe electrical storm power was off for about three quarters of an hour in part of thi town when a blinding streak of lightning struck a transformer on young st repairs were made in the rain a barn just outside of town was struck while its owner was milking he reports his cows fell to the bam floor dead weights as the wierd light filled the bam north of acton a bam roof was blown completely off by the angry gusts of wnd cars were forced to pull to the side of the highway as rain fell in sheets blown into drenching gusts the sky an ominous color of steel gra warning rumbles of thunder and an abrupt cooling of the air gave warning that the evenings storm was intending to surpass in alt resepects the rainfall of the morning it was successful there was more lightning more thunder and more rain the downpour came just at the tune the parade was to cross town prior to an outdoor band tattoo in the park the parade was postponed until the tail end of the storm was drib bling from the still grej sky in rocxwood hail fell during the outburst during the steady rain which fol lowed the first deluge an accident occurred on mill st in front of the free press office spectators ap peared suddenly from doorways hearing the crash at 8j0 pan a truck driven by howard ing ram of streetsviue stopped momen tanl driving behind the cai driven by r j dark of acton wa in collision with the rear of the truck damage to the truck was estimated at 20 and to the car at 200 constable harness investigat ed no charges will be bud annexation case now set for july 6 notification this week to town clerk j mcgeachfe from the ont ario municipal board schedules the hearing on acton s 566- acre annex ation bid for july 6 at 10 ajn ir the council chambers unless circumstances cause a postponement of the hearing the july date falls exactly ib weeks after the first hearing in februarv which was abruptly adjourned when the town counsel j d luc as announced actons proposal bad been changed to a bid of 566 cres a 1031 acre reduction from the or iginal proposal of 1597 esquesing township counsel l dale charged the sudden move in validated the evidence in the townships case prepared on the basis of a 1 597 acre proposal municipal board officers presid ng at the february hearing con curred with mr dales contention and subsequently adjourned the hear ng and ordeered the town to trbmit an amended applies t on or annexation late last month council passed 1 bj law amending the first appl c ation in by law and submitted it the board the formal notice of the new application is published elsi where m this issue inspectors l l skuce and bornhold extended a warm wel come to the three new county prin cipals c matheson h sneers and m mayes the agenda of the meeting in eluded directed discussions and recommendations on the text books to be chosen for any partlculai grade was given careful considers tion not only from the desirability of the book itself its content vo cabulary print binding and illus trations but also from the finan cial point of view a committee to do research in the topic of report cards was form pd committee members include the following principals w km read georgetown e w foster milton d h ross oakville r- m acheson burlington and w k armstrong trafalgar the retiring chairman w l ful ford oakville was thanked by the group for his fine leadership this most successful year r hopkins bronte was elected chairman of the association license issuer for 17 years resigns aft 1 y is of mc-to- vehicle licenses in acton j k gardinc has parsed the mantle of office his successor took over earlier this month he is r j har grave who is also examiner foi license applicants in town mr gardiner s appointment a issuer 1 years ago was the first here prior to that there had been no office in town his resignation last month became effective june 1 rain fails to dampen spirit of colorful band tattoo saturday had nature managed to get her fickle waj saturday night there would have been no pre tattoo par ade of bands nor would there have been even a token audience to hear the program of march music m the park wei a t was during nature s tan trum of uncooperat veness sh didn t get her way six band five brass groups and one pipe band braved the cheduled march from the cnr tlatton to the park led bv acton cit zens band thet were applaud ed along mill street for their de fiance of the rain and the down pour d dnt even dampen the spii of baton tw rlmg majorettes from acton and burl ngton who preced ed th r respective bands a crowd of nearlv 140 filed into the arena following the parade to the park an illuminated area in front of the grandstand had been prepared for the tattoo but the rain vetoed those anangemetns inside the drier atmosphere the arena the program sounded off i a close shave what conld have been a sextons injury resulted in no mere than a lightly shaved shoe here sat urday night lawrence anthony was at work in the atop of anthony utile motors more than half mile away from hint samesne was shooting rata in the town damp a ballet travelled north ap parently rico off the high way caromed in the open door of the garage and erased off the heel of mr anthonys snae police reported no action weald be taken following the incident red shield appeal starts next week next week and the week follow ing volunteer canvassers will call on residents and businessmen in acton and district during salvat on armj s annual red shield ap although the national red shield campaign ytas been held earlier it was delayed in this area until completion of the cn build ng campa gn local campaign treasurer is woodburn donations may be left at the bank of nova scotia here the red sh eld symbol of un prejudiced help to the sick destit utc and helpless is carried by 1 legion of christian humanitarians the world over to the lonely soldiers who called it sally ann to the downend out in the desolate anonymity of team ing cities to broken homeless faro hies to the victims of narrow minded society or to the forgotten men caged in cells the red shield is a sign of comfort and hope but to be held higher and car ried further the red shield needs your help ith several selections by the 75 piece burlington boys and girls band led bv bandmaster e g cor lett appreciative applause greeted th s group and for selections played by the other bands in the follow ng order royal canadian sea cadet corps band s leut r h motelev h llsburgh citizens band band master c allan oakv lie c mens band bandmaster frank lockslev lome scots pipe band pipe major j a sellers and led bv drum ma jor f nlay mccallum fergus c t izens band bandmaster a lee the parade was under the mar slidllshlp or john aicmugh actor master of ceremonies at the arera wa charles kirkness concluding the evening four sel ections were played bv the massed st j bands numbers were o canada smawmc of sizes here s a picture of comparisons young peter led by acton bandmaster a per gibbons a veteran of two years baton twirling with acton ghzens rott a march led by fergus band 1 band finds his own 24nch baton like himself hardly measures op surblndlnas ajunals w h- owned bv fm m- the national anthem also led by j stands seven feet two inches from spats fo busby both partto bandmaster perrott pated m saturday s band tattoo in acton park where it was agreed the figures as presented by the assessing depart ment be accepted approve sotvey aid council approved an expenditure of 1500 to assist municipalities making application for a judge s plan of survey following a request from the inspector of legal offices mr moore he explained trafalgar and bronte had already embarked on such a program which assists with the indexing and abstracting of surveys in the local registry of fice it would also give a proper sur vey of all properties in a given ar ea payment of the program is div ided four ways the provincial government paying one quarter the county a quarter the municip ality a like amount and the balance of one quarter by the land owners in the area the speaker pointed out the reg istry office was turning over 20 000 yearly to the county and i would not be long before an addit would have to be added to the present building he said the coun ty was not large enough yet to es tablish two offices forestry competition winners eighteen thousand five hundred trees have been planted in halton county forests this spring c r groves ontario department of lands and forests announced to members of council he also report ed 20 rural schools participated n a successful school forestry comp etition winners were ss 14 es quesing township 25 ss 17 es quesmg township 15 ss 11 nel son township 10 the balance of 17 schools received 3 each as a con solation prize reeve george brenholtx nelson township told council his council had been in receipt of a complaint from a ratepayer about the deplor able condition of a county road the guelph line between mount nemo and the highway he asked when the county was going to make this a permanent road its condition is dangerous to traffic and my council would like to know if something is going to be done about it reeve brenholtz asked bead la deplorable when the road committee made its inspection of county roads we found this road to be not too bad a great amount of gravel had been put on this road last year prepar ing for a hard top reeve wil fred bird chairman of the road committee injected ut when is this going to be done there are 1000 trucks a day going over this road and in two days it is deplorable declared reeve brenholtx i have heard the company which is using this road is prepar ed to assist the county in some manner to improve it for the heavy traffic i would suggest the commit tee see these people in order to hasten the work deputy reeve e r leather nelson said seek to improve bead i understand from the engineer there isnt a road in the county which is in suitable condition for hard topping this year deputy reeve h wade burlington stated after considerable discussion council decided that the road com mittee should interview the comp any using tins road to see what assistance and work could be done to improve the condition of the road in question council later agreed to add two short strips of roads to the county system one the portion of 10 side- rood trafalgar described as the section of road between the first and second lines unmediately south of milton and a section in esquesing township between hal ton and peel reeve r h shannon burling n questioned the county taking over these roads saying why should we assume the responsibil ity of these roads when there isnt enough money provided to take care of the roads we already hive member also approved a resol ution seeking a supplementary grant on the county road system f 2000 which wo restore the ft provided for the roadst resolutions sponsored by ux counties of brant and oxford seek ing to have legislation approved k reduce the speed limit of traffic u school areas od to have traffic halted while a school bus was dis charging or taking on passengers was n naw unduly endorsed that a more rigid inspection and ex of drivers of school bases be provided holidays in local plants announced plant holidays in actons larger industries were announced this week with late july proving to be the most popular time tor holiday closing micro plastics ltd holidays are the last week in july beardmore and co ltd holiday periods are july 1 to july 10 and july 10 to july 26 varying with departments and running staffs wool combmr corporation holidays are july 10 to august 3 while force electric products ltd shut down for holi days july 24 to august 9 baxter laboratories holidays are july 29 to august 14 leave ss picnic as storm starrs knox church held its annual church school and congregational picnic last saturday afternoon at the breezes on fairy lake the showers in the morning failed to dampen enthusiasm and it was one of the best attended picnics in re cent years the afternoon s sports began with races and novelty events for child ren and grown ups while the small fry went for a swim the others en joyed a good game of baseball about 530 p m the picnic hampers were opened and a bountiful supper was spread out on the tables and heartily enjoyed by all the last car loads had just left the park when the violent thunderstorm broke winners in the days events were straight races girls five and un der connie coles barbara mceach- ern boys five and under david ry der bruce coles girls six and sev en sandra sinclair ann tryssener boys six and seven john massles john mcnabb girls eight to ten jean kovacs doreen mcdowell boys eight to 10 leslie mcphedran john hunt girls 11 and 12 carol kovacs faye mceachern boys 11 and 12 gerald viterwyk bill greer girls 13 14 kathy mcphedran boys 13 and 14 gerald viterwyk mike hurst girls 13 and 16 kathy mcphedran carol kovacs ladies open nan hurst gladys price mens open jim greer don ryder novelty races girls and under pin hanky on line ann tryssener sandra sinclair boys six and under horse race david armstrong and wayne aitken girls seven to 10 batting balloons jean kovacs lob gregory boys seven to 10 wheel barrow race john hurst snd james aitken girls 11 to 16 breaking bal- loons dona kovacs margaret arm strong- boys 11 to 16 sack race bill greer gerald viterwyk mens three legged race herb price and ted hansen thread the needle herb price lulu sinclair kiss scramble faye mceachern women s threelegged race wilms coles gladys davidson music study group has buffet supper presentations colored slides and piano selections by a talented guest added to the regular meeting of the acton music study group this week the annual supper meeting was held monday at the home of mrs r h elliott following a cold buffet miscellaneous types of music were considered by the group in charge joan pickering of rock- wood who teaches music in acton contributed several selections to the program presentations were made to mtas mary snyder and llrs j dills two members who are leaving acton this month slides of a motor trip to tht southern united states were shown by mrs elliott masonic church service in fergus masons from all parts of guelph district attended the district divine service in fergus last s ev ening about s oaken walker lodge acton joined oth ers from drayton benin erin fl ora gait guelph kitchener wat erloo new hamburg hespdtn preston ayr baden and george town the district jt bar caw- ford smith the iwrt of kacot presbyterian hnrcsv guelph con- ducted the service held in st and rews presbyterian church vargas