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eightieth jtear no 36 acton ontario thursday march 3rd 1955 eight pages sixcents i uppe school graduates of acton high school who received honor graduation diplomas at the commencement in the public school auditorium friday evening are showni left to right ena jen- viingsrdon d isabel r and barbara t mi55 t was t c va option 70 acrfes here for industrial lands nearly 7 acres of land all lybu uun the limits of aeton has been optioned for industrial development it was confirmed this week r f bean loeal realtor who is acting for the purchaser of the lands indicated that plans are now under way for full development of this property the option was signed last week additional information on the present owner purchaser and location of lands was declined pending completion of further negotia tions in the dealings as well the type of industrial development in volved was not stated board approves final payments on acton georgetown schools final payments to contractors and i school and 1746617 on the george- arckitccts on the high school build- town schootr these payments in- ings at acton and milton were ap- eluded amounts due the various sub proved on monday night when contractors arid the percentage held north halton high school district j back for final payment the archi- board met in regular session at mil- tects messrs barnett and rieder r ton jceived 111685 on the acton school contractor j b mackenzie and and 98315 on the georgetown son received 2440753 on the acton school as final payments on their fees these payments came after the board had reviewed the architects adjustments with the contractors for extras not included in the contract and which had been added at the same meeting messrs bar- injured at work dies in hospital anton habririger of acton who struck his head at work in milton milling co last thursday passed away in toronto general hospital on saturday although he returned to work friday he felt unwell he collapsed and was taken to milton private hospital from there he was taken to toronto for further treatment which proved unsuueess- ful i saving his life a autopsy was held rev father v j morgan con ducted the funeral in st josephs church acton on wednesday morn ing pallbearers were siegfried sissig albert schupp paul graser gerhard rotself gustav mikolcit and murray curric flower bearers were rernolri hermann gertrude and dietnww staff photo grade 12 graduates who received secondary school graduation diplomas during friday nights c exerc for acto h sc s a s le lo r f iow a gordon betty may lambert nancy lambert pauline papillon aaary braida second row robert coxe bill aaaccoll vera warne june lindsay ruth marshall frank- heffernan u l i form union local at acton meeting not many local farmers turned out to attend a meeting at acton town hall on friday afternoon sponsored by the ontario farmer- union the union president a v- mccormack was prevented by in fluenza from attending and his pla was t by ed m of kuhn interment was in fairview cemetery mr habringer who was born in austria in 1905 came to canada in 1929 he was married in 1951 in to ronto to elwine kuhn who survives him he is also survived by two brothers johan and franz arid three sisters maria rose and fran- ziska in austria he had lived in acton for the past seven years moving almost two years ago from church st to 16 vimy st yeggs leave torch tools in hasty exit from post office alertness and well calculated action on the part of mrs cam eron leishman and promptness and efficiency on the part of con stable harness and corpora ray mason foiled a robbery at acton post office early monday morning arid- prevented loss of thousands nf dollars in c a n director dufferin diplomas and awards presented at high schools commencement four former acton high school ed amos masons award to the stud- students were foi uudly presented ent making the greatest progress to with their honor secondary school barbara turner graduation diplomas at the annual j the second instalment of the do- high school commencement exer- j minionprovincial bursary won by cises last friday evening- about nancy lambert was presented by 200 attended the program of pre- mr hansen sentations and glee club selections field day awards in the public school auditorium da f principal e a hansen welcomed the many interested parents and mr heron and mrs reed pre sented the annual field day awards winners were girls junior wendy mckenwzie intermediate donna mc- friends he presented honora d millan seniorjanice baker boys hansensangswaneeanatmfam about 200 delighted boys junior bill oast intermediate wayne arbic senior don dawkins representatives of the lakeside pter iode presented the plotnas to ens jennings isabelle ritchie barbara turner and don dawkins barbara turner aetedasvarledi torian for her classmates she hre- i viewed her school life and -particu- i lary thanked all her teachers intermediate certificates were presented by j heron and second- ary school graduation diplomas by i mr hansen j meriting secondary school grad- j un d were janice baker mary braida bob coxe arlene g gordon francis i heffernan maiir- fvlirot uqiyiqcie jks een kinread betty mae lambert jnnnc i june i bill taaa-ig- l is jv mnrrvll rh mnrshnll ruc w jio vviiiuc nefcer late never absentcertifi- cates those meriting the certifi cates and cash awards were emer son baxter bert benton mary braida frank cooper jeoffrey denny margaret dennis john fle ming jbert hajladay kahtleen krikpatrick stella lewandowski lorne saunders ron sinclair and beverly omiui shelburne a- farmer and of the union board for county he commenced his address by giving a short history of the union in ontario how it was founded in 1952 by two veteran farmers in grey county and has in that short period grown towards the 10000 mark and is still expanding it was decided to forrh a local in acton and a few farmers were ehralledas members after the meeting several interesting questions i were asked and answered by mr i morden to add variety to the the school glee club led program by mr ing in love with someone mr caddick acted as master of ceremonies for the dance which fol lowed with music pp records maccoll ruth marshall desmond orourke pauline papillon and vera warne v interme certificates bob armstrong peggy tiradshaw wayne currie geoffrey denny fay gamer george gibson bert halla- dayray holloway elizabeth jany edna jennings barbara jensen sylvia jones bob landsborough stella lewandowski sylvia mages ron mceachern donna mcmillan police investigated a minor a cident at the intersection of the third line and no 7 hi last two saturday afternoon involving cars drivers of the vehicles- were george holmes actori and nigel stephens willowdale the cars collided when one attempted to turn le the highway onto the sheilapauitjoy pealbrtnru7cjue i thir line dage to both cars lorne saunders marjory ware and vvas estimated at a total of li5 delmar watson s unfrnrarrotclv janice baker the0 cllcvrolt boiio winner of several awards was un- j able to be present due to illness on her behalf kuth marshall arid mary ann maxwell acceptedr- the 25 lakeside chapter fod scholar- while over 40 members of the ship tor lakeside chapter allround prize from mrs h uelwig and mrs sr qute on the platform norton senior field day a ward from mrs reed and the award to the student contributing the most oy mayore tyler william coon chairman of the north halton high sohoo dinriu board presented the proficiency scholarships awarded by- the board winners were grade nine wendy mckenzie allan mcintosh grade 10 elizabeth jany joy peal grade vl joe jany peter schols the dulse of devonshire chapter iode scholarship or highest up per school standing was presented by mrs c kirkness to barbara turner the legion scholarship for gene ral proficiency was presented by lesion president gordon beatty to isabelle ritchie miss ann taylor presented the staff- prizes to the best allround students wendy mc- kenzie took the grade nine award and joy peal thegrade 10 award betty may lambert received the commercial scholarship from g kinder mrs g kirkness present- annexation award nov official no objections from esquesing 1j tuesday march 1 the ontario- municipal boards decision award ing acton 465 acres of esquesing township became official the do- cisitfn pabl released ja iarnoteclterins of the order woud become effective- march 1 while january 1 1955 was specified the dat to affect any adjustment of asieu or liabilluev r however acton clerk j mcgear chie reported this werfk that no official order following the decis ion has been received here neith er has any objection been filed with the board from esquesing township over the decision j d lucas acton v counsel in the cae notified the town time bnuvfor entering such an objectionwas 23 days following release of the decis ion esquesing township has made no overtures to the town tor compen sation in the loss of some 422000 assessment to date the termination of the 28 day pencd following is suance of the decision prevents any objection being raised in ap peal on the orders contents conservatory exam results announced nett and rieder were engaged as architects for the building plans approval had been received rom the municipal board for this step acton students again placed wel and preparation of sketch plans j royal conservatory of music the plans for the acton addition of j examinations t elns will be ready very quiz hockey stars shortly for submission to the de partment of education it is hoped an early start can be made on this building to have it ready for occu pancy inseptember approval was received for the ad dition of two rooms on the milton school the plans of these were however held in abeyance after mr l skuce public school inspec tor discussed with the board the selling of the present building to the milton public school board and the location ofa complete new high school on a new site many phases of this change were discussed as well as the possible selection ofa new site in georgetown i the board agreed to give the mat ter consideration after more s i formation had been secured as to migayullenaty values and what would be involved in such a change of plans mr skuce j pointed out the need for close co- fired operation between elementary and questionsat two ockey stars ths i secondary schools in order that the week rudy migay and brian cul- best interests of all would be served len two players with the toronto in tne years ahead maple leafs- were the guests of the royal star grayy club in guests at concert highest standing and the i glel h red chcvron n n jnnata ullnminh nnn r of trie public school auditorium on sunday night overcrowding cer tainly wasnt the case in the aud ience a group of over 100 faced chilly weather and fog however to attend the concert in the regular series being sponsored by acton citizvns band the outstanding organization of young boys was led by ted deliver ot guelph and his wife accompa- j nied thc solo numbers on the piano several of the soloists had recently won mxlals at festivals and their selections were much applauded the band occupied the platform for the full program with band master a petrott of the acton band introducing the numbers the var iety was wide ranging from test pieces to marches and a santba which the boys obviously enjoyed bandmaster perrott explained that the acton group hopes to ob tain other bands as well as guest artists regularly in their series of sunday evening concerts held on the last sunday ot each month l national secretary visits area forums i floyd griesbich national secre- taryi of farm radio forum was special guest of district forums on i monday bannockbiirn farm for- um entertained members of the stone school pinegrove and ligny forums in bannockburn school mr- griesbach was guest speaker i and discussed farm forum work in general greetings were spoken ly theyisfiing forum presidents stan ley tupner iralt county presi dent brbught greetings from the county executive after discussions a few games of euchre were played after which lunch was served and prixes award ed for euchre to mr brain and mrs griesbach william norton and r tnier acton on tuesday members of the club had dinner at the homeqf mr and mrs c lcatherland and then met dozens of other lads from town at the y mca for the b se in hockey r about 20 adults joined the boys for their behjnd-the- scsnes look at professional hockey some were representing council the y men and rotary club the two playerswere inlrod uf ed by carman woodburn and wayne wilson john leatherland was chairman the hoy in tht frmpncwi gmi- the budgets of the principals for the various schools were presented and approved by the board the need for teachers in the schools of the district as presently miss mary jane force received word from the royal conservatory that she passed her gr3de six ex amination with first class honors she is a pupil of miss ethel frariklin peter wolfe passed with honors his grade three piano examination his teacher is miss olive lampard helen landsborough received honors in grade seven piano el izabeth jany and jo jany were both awarded honors in grade six piano and ella jany honors in grade five theresa arbic receiv ed honors in grade four and kath arine kirkness honors in grade three they are pupils of miss pickering district music students also tried theory examinations with consid- erableau ma bau took honors in grade four theory har mony and counterpoint and marie harris pasg in grartefnnu-hiniy- tiori after question ranging from how many hockey sticks do you breaft- in a- game to who is the trickiest player on the maple leafs migay and cullen explained their training session and gae pointers on shooting and general play cullen is the youngest play er in the nhl delmar watson tied for top place with first class honors in grade three harmony fay garner receiv edfirst class honors in grade two theory daughters of knox known were discussed by the board i there wilt be some additibnar siaff talte kllox sefvice required and some positions which i are how filled temporarily the sunday evening service at secretary was instructed tbdvj urch was tise for applicants for these posi- conducted by members of the lions i daughters of knox young worn- december supplemental accounts ens affiliated group missmarg- amounted to 212244 and february i arct webster the executive direcl- accourits to t7s79ntkesewere or of organization tonhe womens missionary society in candda was speaker she took abiding in christ from john 10 as her text mrs cliff ashley i approved for payment a grant of 50 was also approved to the halton music festival the purchase of replacement typewriters at acton and other equipment at georgetown was to have the attention of board mem bers and staff in both these towns trustees hall cook coles brown dills pickett carbert masterman arid milne were present at this meeting and chairman w j coon presided ttmr service taking part were mrs w atkins mrs b van fleet mrs d davidson and miss june watkins a quartet was sung by mri jack pink mrs william watkins and dorothy and diane dawkins refreshments were served by the daughters of knox after the service the burglars left with slightly over a dollar in cash but were prevented from cutting into the- safe that contained about 4000 and more in stamps and money orders that in the hands of such a gang could have netted them more than 10000 how th i d dam age to the- large id safe- beyond repair and make a new one neces sary and they did- hold up sale of stamps and the transaction of routine business at the post office n monday hold men for questioning by eight am monday morning three men were being held in hamilton undtr suspicion and were questioned that day by cor poral mason the fingerprint expert from provincial police district head quarters had gone over the prem ises thoroughly before eight am that morning his work was hamp ered by the rxpertness of the burg- lars who did the jib mrs leishman wife of she care taker was aroused by talking upon looking out the upstairs apartment window she saw a man at the rear of th hiiilriing siio- was however unable to distinguish if the noises came from outside the building or inside until she stepped into the upper vestibule she was then sure that the men wer inside and promptly called fne police seared of f by ufita constable harness was on duty stationed at the time just a block from the scene he responded im- mediately and as 4he cruiser car lights came to the front of the building the burglars made a quiet getaway out the rear entrance across back yards and apparently t a waiting car on church street leaving all their equipment and material which had been taken in to the building to do the job i re h experien lat mrs leishman said i wasnt scared but i knew there was something queer going on r i called the police right away through lacked doors to make entry into the building lie burglars had crawled through a cellar window opening on the willow street side of the post of fice two bars missing for some time in this window enabled entry after the window was- jimmied they crossed the cellar uj the stairs then had to slip locks on three doors before getting into the post office proper once inside the mailing room the intruders jimmied the lock on the bondroom door which opens ta the loadrijg platform through this door the heavy acetylene torch equipment was moved- in it is believed one man was left ast a lookout at tho rogr u4ile twj esquesing farm forums were well represented monday evening at a gathering m bannockburn school where members of four forums were addressed by floyd jsriesbach national secretarytof farm forums shown left to right rear ore alan harrop president of pine grove forum mrs rj l davidson president of bannockburn forum robert miller president of stone school forum arid harry davis president of4ignyforum front row stan turner chairman of halton farm forurns mrs griesbach and mr griesbach nearly 50 attended the meeting x started thecuttirg woskjinside with professional carethe bur glars draped a large tarpaulukpv- er the big safe to prevent light flashes from the acetylene torch showing the safe dial was broken off and a cut as thick and- wide as a mans hand started w the left of the dial channel mail nat touched below when the approach of pclharness alarmed the safe crackers the men lost no time in clearing out their torch equip ment tarpaulin and some tools were left behind as they ran ac ross the lot behind hptchens bak ery to church street where it is believed their car was- parked waiting t police chief mason- and postmas ter f terry were called and it was found no mal had been tampered with the burglars had broken open a wicket cash drawer pock eted a little nver 1 in change but had left untouched a considerable value of money orders in the same drawer the discarded equipment was confiscated by police later in vestigations showed the intruders had tried to break in by making a small break in a washroom win dow twisting the lock back and levering from the outside the window however was stuck tight a safe expert from toronto ar rived about 10 am and worked until 130 pm to release the jammed mechanism immediately after investigation at the post office policeofficers made a thorough check of other places in town to see that the disi turbed burglars had not just transferred tbeir activities to some other section- jk-7- i- kma a i a- w