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ntt jvittim mil press eightieth year no 7 acton ontario thursday august 12th 1954 eight pages six centt complete sale for 200 lot subdivision here fiftyacre subdivision to be developed in acton is outlined on this map reproduction of the town the property was sold yesterday by e braida to wm thomas senior member of the cooks vi he subdividers thomas and thomas construction co the area to hold a proposed 200 houses is bounded by no 7 highway on the north the third line on the east town dump pro perty on the south and mr braida s property boundaries on the west arrow points to post office estimate 15092 for cobble hill subdivision services development an estimated 15 092 is considered necessary to develop roads sewers water and hydro in the cobble hill subdivision members of council and the puc agreed monday with a debenture issue of ap proximately 11000 included in that figure to underwrite all municipal costs for services extensions to the 14 houses planned in the area the special joint meeting was called purposely to plan services and reckon costs for actons latest housing subdivision which is being developed by a milton real estate broker in a breakdown of cost estimates figures were supplied by hydro superintendent d mason and wa terworks superintendent j lam bert superintendent mason approxim ated 3 300 as required to put pow er into the 14 houses 10 of which are to be constructed by a milton builder sewers will cost about 4 200 superintendent lambert estimated and waterworks will cost around 6562 for the subdivision it wa determined later that road recon structiori will cost about 1000 clerk j mogeachie suggested it was likely the 4200 sewer money needed could be garnered from the 30000 warren grove sewer ex tension debenture issue funds con tract con on this job is 14827 some fi00 below the engineers cost estimate discussion on the various phases of the work was held it was noted the first job would be construction of the road a by law for the debenture issue is to be prepared for next week s council meeting reach agreement to resume sewers resumption of work on the war ten groxc sewer extension after digging operation ceased oer two weeks ago is scheduled this week following a meeting monday af member of council contractor george shuttz and r v anderson of the engineering firm of r v anderson associates paxmmt of 300 to c ntrncn shulu w a agrt i d upon at thi meeting after it was dctirmind thi w jrk si ppage and reultint la of werk timt was caustd thr ugh in cngineennj error r lext n leu lit ions it was pun ed ut th it pixme t of tht rompensat n b tht tow r i cunt ngent j on wik nsum nc th vtednesdax pump ng at thi excaxatons n macdonalri blvd ha continued it inierals dunt g ht past two weeks ir order 1c clear as much water tut in an c pat n of rt newed tile lading opcrati ns pastor r costerus federation speaker the annual church service of the esqueslng federation of agricult ure was bjsldjn norval presbyter lan church on sunday with pastor ray costerug of acton as guet speaker he delivered a very time ly message on the topic the har vest field which was much ap predated by all present special music was provided by miss barbara cunningham who ang the twenty third psalm as a solo during the offertory and a duel by pastor and mrs costerus great is thy faithfulness all with miss bettj mcclure at the organ the annual church service was again a highlight of the year for the federation of agriculture transports station wait strike news acton s senior transport company tyler transport received instruct ions for emergency action wednes day the day 140 000 non operating nil employees indicated by vote their deoision to strike the threatened action recalls a railway strike in august of 1950 when all the local truckers co op crated to insure continued service the truckers are to be prepared to maintain a 24 hour seven da a week service for the transportation of supplies required for the main tenancc of public health and saft l instructions were given for emergency messages and priori calls final outcome of the strike vote will be known completely somi tune today thursday it is under stood that immediately a strike takes place an emergency session of parliament will bo called at acton station a strike would mean that all rail employees would be automatically laid off and crew jobs cancelled e braida sells 50 acres to cooksville subdivider on wed sale was confirmed yesterday of approximately s0 acres of land be longing to e braida to william thomas cooksville senior member of the thomas and thnmas con structmn co which last week reach ed an agreement with town coun cil for development of a proposed 200 unit housing subdivision on the eastern edge of town the free press was informed of the sale bv g w goldstraw mil i n real estite broker and b h flliott local rppresentitk agents in the tnnsaclion it wis pointed out that approval of tht phn of subdivision from municipal and provincial planning bodies will be sought ns soon as possible with work to start im mediate following receipt of the npcear approvals the houses to be built 10 arc scheduled for erection under the first phase of di out with town olid brick with five different plans of construction at last week s meeting with the council the subdivider outlined an agreement whereby the town will mstal services into the area services will bt extendtd for an initial building program of 10 houses following completion of this program a further agreement is to be fnmed whereby tht munici pahtv will extend services to the next phase of development conting ent upon the builder meeting a con struction timt limit if units arc not erected within the time limit mpulited the remaining lots may be sold individually by the rent state amnl new y secretary robert brayshaw of kingston has accepted the position ef gen eml secretary of actan tjw ca learning of the real nation of the present secretary dick schmoll the y board contacted mr brayshaw with the asxtstance of the national council the new secretary doc here in september expects to be mar rled shortly and will ihe in the apartment above the y he was in acton last week making ar rangements for hta new position he is presently an assistant in the kingston yjw t a august 15th finish unlikely for school issue prize list for 42nd fall fair i acton fill fair prize list for the 1954 prcsentition of the annuil show was issued this week a 76 page booklet the new prize list con tains complete entry information on tall regular classes special com pet i tions and group or individual ex hi bit classes dates of the 42nd acton fall fair i are september 17 and 18 president this year is ray ever dell while vice presidents are smith grif fen and wm thompson rail service delayed after two freights crash at georgetown painters electrician and finishing crews ire putting in 1 hh hours in an iffort to finish th new high school in acton before the end of the weik and indicat ions at mid week are that the lopment worked building can be ready to move inn incil will bt of nart wee however tradesmen were taken from the acton school on thursday to work on the school in georgetown and the week end finishing dale vanished this will leave a few davs be fore school opening to place drapes put in new furnishings and place equipment before september 6 outside painting and i indscaping can bt carried on in these later weeks after the interior is complet ed some of this work is now un dtrway the sidewalk was laid last week the flooring will be completed this wetk many plumbing fixture cannot be installed until the enamel wall finish has been f niched but this work will not interfere with getting tht clasrr otns settled dunni the week end tht ma chines for the shop were assembled and are ready to put into place when the hirdwood floor is finish od the c mmuniciiion system is ready for installation just as soon as the rooms are finished deliv cry of furniture is scheduled to start next week the school has all 60 cycle equipment and fluorescent lighting and a converter is to be installed which will operate until acton has been converted to the new cycle the date now set for conversion here is in november railway passenger mail and frtight ervicc resumed through acton late tuesday night follow ing daj long disruption of cnr out iph toronto schedules caused when an is car cast bound freight plowed into the rear of a second standing freight in ge rgetown nation vard enrlv that morning damaged box cars and caboose re mains the f rst frt ght continued eastward tht firt freight which passts lhroufh actm at 4 ii am est pulled nlo georgetown with a hot box while crews were work ing in the early morning dark and fog to disengage the troublesome cir the second freight running 15 minutes behind steamed around i bend and nto the yard according to reports t was mov ing slowly however the engine pulling several weighty cars of gravel pushed into the wooden caboose splintered it and tore on into metal box car i engineer mctaggart who jump ed from the locomotive before it hit and suffered a broken arm was lh only cmnlty in the collision no one w i in the caboose of the landing freight the fireman ind brakiman in the second engine stayed in the cab when the locomotive hit it derailed but dd not heave over debris from the demolished ca boofe ww trexn over t wide ar shortlv after the collision clear ing crews fr m toronto arrived with i ra 1 crane and worked through the morning toopen the track li four acton girls attend guide camp four acton girl guides are af tending camp north of huntsville this week they are peggy brad haw betty bean sheila paul and diane newton two camps each accommodating 32 guides have been arranged for the halton division to ran con currently from august 9 to aug ust 19 the camps are at the prov al training camp comprising some 300 acres of wooded land with several cleared sites on the south shore of doe lake about 25 miles north of huntsville mrs r a hoey aldershol hal ton division commander is the commandant the guides left early monday morning by bus from burlington local honey crop small this year early prospects for a good white honey crop were never better in ontario however almost every area reports a good flow commenc ed and abruptly shut off due to combination of cool and then pro longed dry weather the honey crop for this district is very small urge reserve fund to bolster pucs financial structure addition of a depreciation re serve fund to bolster the public utilities commission s financial structure was urged at last weeks meetmg after members pbserved the auditors report which to the end of june stated a net profit of 6 13921 for hydro operations notation or the 6 13921 figure which one member ruefull re marked w as strietlj on paper predicated the subject of depn ciatiein reserve if there had befcn a reserve fund chairman f oakes sa d w e wouldn t have needed to in j elude 000 for capital expendi i tu e on the recent debenture issue lire start this ear growth maor e tvltr com mented w 11 demand m rt tqu p m tit how arc wet ng to git t issue more debentures i he inswtred to hj own q s n w t retd a re c t fu d it d h id ta i nn t row mn r tiler ind chai man oike ag ttd ict on t it up the f mid should be mplemerttd before ihe nd of the vmr t mett ngs one with c unci xt wi k to map out cobble hill subdn ision services and another with he pc offic ab ngirdng paxment sought bx the commn i t f r crx ic rendered in loci utk it n me er read ngs were noted b the member the two commission members at thursday nights meeting also ap proved an order for 500 oak trees and 500 maples to be planted near the disposal plant and signed an agreement with the hepc for conversion of utilities owned motors warn against adjusters secretary j mcgeaohie related the new hdro truck would be readj for delivery august 12 and also told the commission he had i asked a town employee to build a i table for the new billing mach ne members approved pajment of a totil bill of 47299 due on a build ling contract with jones and van i gils contractors following report td completion of repairs to the hdro shop facing the commission also noted a let ter from marh and mclelland ltd agents for the h e p c s liability policies held in various municipalities warning the town to place no business with morden and helwig a kitchener firm of adjustors hydro superintendent d mason was urged to make certain of all frequency sensitive equipment ince the he pc had designated him responsible for itemization of all such equipment owned by the commission voltage fluctuations in h s report the hydro super intendent said voltage fluctuat ons n the north main st area we e caused bj an inadequate trans former and too light cable upon approval from the commission purchase is to be made of heavier cable to partly relieve the trouble trouble with electric eye which controls the street lights switch is being removed he continued and said there will be heavy cable needed for cobble hill wiring a meeting with three hydro conver sion engineers here resulted in re quests to string jp temporary wir ing for cutoff purposes during the november changeover superin tendent mafon revealed the following accounts passed i hydra accounts i pctt cah 14 3b i bell telephone 31 35 i acton puc waterworks 3 24 i mceachern garage 1 50 anderson welding mr harvey palmer toth s garage highway garage h g barlow and co macdonald electric moloney electric town of acton truck insurance line and cable tremco manufacturing the acton free press canadian general elect ellis and howard masco electric northern electr c he pc of ont consumption ard heater 300 20 go 880 2230 2sj 9 43 504 00 follow close loss by overwhelming 162 playoff win acton juveniles evened off the- second round of the play offs with one wm and one loss the past week warmed up after a close de feat to milton on thursday aug ust 5 the acton aggregation over whelmed the same opposition 162 on tuesday evening the third and deciding game will be played in acton park on sat urday afternoon the town nine trounced georgetown in two match- es straight to proceed to face mil ton in thursdiy s encounter tabulat ors saw milton with four runs five hits and two errors compared to actons two runs six hits and six errors seldom in a position to make home plate the young ac- tnnlans play wait highlighted by ft home run by skilling in the sev enth inning morton was credited with the second count in the eighth milton added two runs in the eighth to two in the fifth to take the match tuesday a determined line up started play with a burst of activ ity when skilling law son spiel- vogel and cunningham all crossed home plate in succession in the first inning the enthusiasm for payoff play continued throughout aeveri frames and tallying at the end of the game showed lawson was scoring star with four runs followed by spielvogel with three arbic coon morton and skilling with two and cunningham with one the 16 runs were off 16 hits with only one error comm tted on the other side of the contest milton made a feeble attempt to match the locals with one run in the sixth and a second in the sev enth there were five hits and power lamps acton man retires after more than 42 years with railways k p3 l mg n m ti t joh- lo f edr k si the ocupa n max nai n have bter a u hful mb i b i todax he regana it i- terms f ifac r eomj el ion dfier stepp dowr from the h g cab fir t ust t me ove- 42 ears ago on march 12 1912 john loe joined the od grand trunk i ne as an apprentice fireman wednesday a 11 10 a m in toronto he retired irons ic canadian nation railways as a r k t r ria r x n t ronto a fo lndn i es k h ugh end o30 w u 5 frorr 11 1018 finma ic bs u x hi 1 pped x er ih e nans 5 d f the c ab aita n r dif met 1 fe sm r tx ther ngi u r v lx ale h w i e rega nd his er gineer s pos uon id hi betti n command xf be h tt e ever nee mr ard mrs lovel who celt brated their 41st wedding anmxers arv m ma moved to acton n 1906 from toronto thev have two ons len and gordon who oper i ate a butcher shop here and one daughter mrs cec 1 gibbons ex i eter waterworks acconats simpkx va xe and meter companj cha is carad an brass bilon ind perrj acton puc hjdro operat ons for june baxter laboratories schroeder moeachern garage j b mackenzie cton puc hydro meter reading bell telephone co town of acton truck in surance acton puc hvdro ace s williams supp x co 40 50 13 55 4066 21313 8 85 pool attendance slumps weekends the trend of summer 1 v tg for acton fam 1 es is reflected clearly in the attendance at the junior pool in the park during thee warm days while th pool is thrnnged with dozens of voungsters on the afterroons during the week the water in the pool is calm on sat urdays and sundays when only a few tcts take a dip apparently week end tr pa out of town account for the sharp dif ference n attendance totals one weekday afternoon recent- ly there were 100 children in the i junior pool during the houj it ws open under the lupervsion of i mr and mrs d ck schmul yet last sunday there were only 20 i playing m the new pool and most of those from out of town announce upper school exam results for acton hs students sufi fbou veteran engineer john lovell frederick street this week stepped down from the locomo tive cab after 42 years of service wlff the railways shown here wtth mrs lovell are their two sons len left end gordon right bpth of acton following is a list of the stand mgs of the tudent of aclor high school who wrote he grade xiii exam nat ons last june el jan ce baker erg comp 58 trig and stics 85 donald b daw kins geometrx 88 trig 88 chem comp 51 f- auhori 60 fr comp 50 nancy g lambert eag comp 58 trig and s atics 88 david a mcvey eng comp 58 eng ll 64 hut m geom 71 trig and statics 54 physic 84 tsabelle d ritchie eng comp stat cs 80 phyaxcs 58 eng lit 77 hi ft 63 geom sp authors 53 sp 7 tng and statics 84 chem 70c ft authors 64 fr comp 63 frederick g gordon eng 1 ronald g h robtoo sag comp 57 eng lil flfr geom 60- comp 50- eng lit 9s hisl m trig and statics 67 physics 64 geom 64 trig add stat cs 74 frances b hecfernan eng phy- 55 comp 53 trig and statics 86 i barbara a turner eng comp ena m jennings eng comp 52 eng ll 76 hist 62 geom 64 67 eng lil u hut geom 74 trie- and statics u fr authors trig and static 76 physics 58 1 7 ft comp 60