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j v- 40 eightieth yearna 51 acton ontario thursdav june t6th 1955 v ten pages six gents monday is summer as4loiday time near monday will see the first day of lpuniniejjms and acc to- long range weather forecasts this yewsrsunnner is expected to be a i hot one latermay and early june days have been warm prodding early growth to gardens and field crops however up to raidweek a spell of cooler air and downcast skiesnms cold fenougb to light up oil stoves in many homes at night whatever the weather the holi day season- is almost here and young minds are itching toward school closing older minds project- tog toward annual vacations stan hall reelected for fifth term oakville has 74 over acton the only actiop for the intermed iate baseball team this week was a game in acton saturday when oak- vllles classy junior a snows pin ned a 74 defeat on the acton nine the local teams glaring weakness allowing the opposition one big in ning in every garnerwas apparent again in saturdays game ahead 90 from runs gleaned in the early innings the acton club al lowed oakville to score six runs in the fifth and take a lead that was never headed spike scott pitching for the locals held the visitors in check until the one big inning still trying for that elusive win number one the acton crew will play a return game with oakville on friday nigfit in oakville and play in milton in a twilight game on saturday night next home game here is on wednesday when water- down will visit observers here feel the acton team composed of fellows who could still play in juvenile ball could do with a couple of veterans dythom in their first year of intermediate competition the local lads are gaining the respect of the other teams in the circuit for their efforts but two or three older play ers to add depth to the batting order when needed would be of real value i n ha i ton pjljconservati ve s wedp vote in gountyunder 50 percettt wellington upset as hamilton out holding the progressive con servatives halton banner in their victory march back into the ont ario legislature stan hall last week was accorded his fifth popul ar mandate from the countys el- ectorate although less than 50 per cent of them in 10 municipalities bothered to go to one of the 85 polling stations of 35184 voters 17082 of them cast a ballot thursday a drop to 497 per cent from the 865 per cent who voted in the provincial election of 1951 that year there were only 27000 voters but 17968 386 more than thi year exercis ed their franchise the well known trafalgar town ship farmer commanded a majority of 2431 votes over his nearest competitor in the riding race the reelected mpp won 8254 votes while liberal william anderson of oakville won 5823 votes the cjc f candidate stanley allen of georgetown trailed- the threeparty contesf in halton with 3405 mrhall led in all 11 municipal ities of the county mr allen gained the leasf votes in each mun icipality except georgetown his home town mt halls majority was slightly down from 1951 when he reentered on ar 378445 jlot cushion the con servative member had no plurality in thisyears voting the liberals polled less votes this year than in 1951 down to 5823 from 6460 the ccf- had a rise in their- support to 3405 from 2264 in 1951 continued on page ten hal tons northern neighbor wel- lingtpn county is split in two as far as representation fail the ontario legislature is concerned with the two ridings of south wellington and welllngtondufferin a major upset marked last peeks election as far as south wellington is concerned the popular minister without portfolio w b hamilton lost his conservative seat to guelph mayor harry worton a liberal the liberal candidate turned a conservative majority of 2235 in 1951 into a liberal majority of 214 to put out bill hamilton in wellington dufferin the vete ran hillsburg conservative member john root retained bis seat with an increased majority he defeated rockwoods p- d gray former wellington warden who was run ning on a liberal ticket mr roots majority was 1681 dr robert wil liams cck gained only 630 votes urban board agrees other action in the league thts week saw campbellville shutout oakville 80 behind a one hitter hurled by southpaw jack roberts but then lose to port credit satur day 64 milton meanwhile edged brampton 41 in six innings satur day night and trounced port credit 122 last night to stay up near the head of the league acton continues to stay in the cellar but observers again feel that if the local team could break into the -win- column once it would give them the confidence they need to play the ball they are capable of 100 in prizes for fish derby at a meeting of the fish derby committee on tuesday evening prizes admission charge and further planning-were-on-the-agenda- the chamber of commerce hopes to at tract many outsiders to acton park on saturday july 2 for a days fish ing and an evening program it was reported that sufficient donations have been made to have 100 worth of prizes further deci sion was that there would be no ad mission charge there will be a minor sports ball game in the evening plans are go ing ahead for the community sing song and entertainment another meeting is planned for next week chairman of the committee is george barbeau promotion booth is success at citf success of the north halton ur ban boards tritown promotional venture at the canadian internat ional trade fair was voiced tues day evening when members heard a report on contacts made publicity achieved and public relations es tablished during the fairs two week duration board chairman e tyler congra- break gas pump lock but fail to get gas wouldbe gasoline thieves were reported to district provincial pol ice to have been tampering lat thursday jnomingvijhtrrc lock umpsjtf- pensons service stat ottttot 7 highway east of here although the lock was brok en no gas was stolen m assessors get certificates eleven assessors of halton county took advantage of a course on municipal assessment sponsored by the association of assessing of ficers of ontario and conducted by the department of extension of queens university in the final examinations all were successful and kayejrceivedcertificates from queens university t7 those participating were a w benton esquesing township e m dunham trafalgar township r barber trafalgar township p l spurgeon oakville g brown oakville g w johnston burling ton e marshall nelson township ted aldridge nelson township and j f rogers county assessor far halton m souvenirs of trip shown to chapter a most delicious supper preceded the meeting of the lakeside chap ter iode on tuesday evening in the legion hall the meeting was o opened and grace sung before the fliembers sat down to the tables to enjoy the cold meal humorous and particularly inter esting aspects of her trip to eng land were reviewed for the group by miss jessie coles highlights included seeing haillie selassie visiting westminster abbey- and scout headquarters in london she showed some souvenirs films taken on the royal visit to australia new zealand the fiji islands and tonga islands were shown by mrs kay alger ministers families visit former rector rev and mrs ralph price form erly of acton were hosts to acton ministers and their families at the annual ministerial picnic last fri day at their rectory in foritluu in the niagara peninsula i the group took a tour through the countryside and visited the church buildings in the town revrand mrs armstrong and david rev and mrs e jones rev and mrs e currey pastor and mrs costerus and daughters attended mr currey invited the group to visit him next year ulatet e e barr acton who rep- tacts made is also to go to each resented the three towns in the council- north halton booth for a won- 1 earlier in the meeting held in derful job and urged that the milton regular accounts- totalling booth be continued georgetown- 21799 were passed for payment qualifications and experience of mayor j armstrong expressed thci the board couldnt have found a better man to represent theirmn- terests mr barr made an extensive ro- port after thanking all who aided the effort by contributing cars staff promotional material cleric al information booth decorations and flowers he reported that al though no industry came back to the area from the fair a host of contacts were made which could bear fruit at some later time good will and publicity he listed the contacts separate ly and urged that the board write followup letters to each publicity coverage of the fair was achieved when the trade fair news a daily issued each day carried a story on the north halton selling scheme mr barr revealed as much good will as possible was made in talking about north hal ton he added and said many who had never heard of halton were interviewed or given information the booth was definitely worth while mr barr summed up how ever he suggested that in future years changes be made in the pro vision of promotional literature and an attempt be made to interest the industry of the three towns in a greater joint promotion effort as general satisfaction was ex pressed it was noted total expens es were only 1772 remaining brochures are to be divided among the three towns a list of the con- bishop administers confirmatibn to acton rockwood candidates last evening wednesday the lord bishop of the diocese the rt rev w e bagnall ba djj administered the rite of confirm ation or the laying on of hands to 30 candidates candidates from st albans church acton and st johns church rockwood were pre sented by the rector of the parish rev evan h jones four candid ates from st james church guelph were presented by the rector rev j b meloche the bishops chaplain for the service was c o ranney lay reader the choir rendered special music for the occasion singing an anthem o how sweet o lord un- der the direction of mrs f g oakes organist and choir leader clergy from other congregations attending included rev r arm strong rev e currey and pastor ray costerus two engineers contacted about the post of engineer for acton and milton following che resignation of ross simmons were reviewed and it was agreed to interview one ap plicant from ottawa as soon as possible a county health unit plumbing inspection bylaw adopted this yesr by acton council unde consider ation in georgetown and one file in milton was discussed for some time while opinions on the merits of the bylaw were aired no board decision was adopted zoning control planning are board problems at a sparsely attended meeting of the local planning board last night members reviewed with town plan ner p a deacon a current zoning problem a building lot control mat ter and spent some time discussing planning considerations preparatory to completion of the official town plan after reviewing with mr deacon the disagreements between the board and e braida who recently requested and was denied permis sion to make an industrial exten sion in a residential zone the plan ner urged the board maintain its stand and retain the zone as is con siderable discussion followed on problems which the situation raises a request to make up a resident ial property which would be less in area than the towns regulation 6000 square feet was entertained mem bers ultimately came up with a solution which would bring the lot to the required area in the latter part of- the meeting mr deacon advanced various ques tions dealing with present land use designation and as future zoning proposal- rotarians hear of bermuda trip vic rumley told acton rotary- club members about his trip to bermuda at their meeting on tues day grant mcdonald formerly of ac ton and now of orangeville was d guest at the meeting with very little discussion members of halton county council approved the annual bylaw to equalize the assessment for the county for 1955 this was accomplished by committee meetings at which members of the various municipalities attended the bylaw as adopted indicated the total assessment as 91013778 an increase in the total rateable assess ment of 11685441 or 1298256 per cent over 1954 f the equalized assessments of the i various municipalilties are as fol lows oakville 15270284 or 167778 per cent burlington 13243977 or 1455162 per cent milton 4373964 or 480583 per cent georgetown 5438877 or 597589 per cent acton 3382449 or 371642 per cent bronte 1613955 or 177330 per cent trafalgar 26242305 or 288333 per cent nelson 14790904 or 16- 25128 per cent esquesing 4735581 or 520314 per cent nassagaweya 1921481 or 21119 per cent population indicated on the schedule prepared by the county as sessors office reached a total of 55837 in various municipalities the population is oakville 9111 bur lington 8064 milton 3310 george town 4111 acton 2903 bronte 1775 trafalgar 9523 nelson 10- 194 esquesing 4768 nassagaweya 2078 members voice criticism members voiced criticism follow ing the remarks of hugh h donald inspector of legal offices who urg ed council to reconsider their policy of not extending or building a new registry office this year i feel the inspectors recom mendation is premature i think he should have waited until the plans for the remodelling of the building to make additional room is complet ed before council is asked to re consider reeve a r service nas sagaweya remarked the inspector explained the hal ton registry office is the eighth in size in ontario including those in toronto hamilton london and windsor in 1939 the local office did 5100 business and last year home and school honors pupils of graduating class at banquet a reception was held in the par ish hall following the rife of con firmation for the candidates and the bishop with members of the ladies guild serving refreshments the bishop presented confirm ation certificates and congratulated each candidate mr jones present ed each one with a small devotion al booklet the candidates who were con firmed were robert heeley rus sell gregory robert hinton brian evans dan holmes douglas greg ory david peal don cook gordon evans john hoare keith mat tocks william barratt ki thomp son- vf churchill g fountain faye sagaskie pat lloyd pat moyse edna gregory sarah margaret armstrong presented a thpmpson varlene varey bever- gift to the schobla large picture ley price heather withers carolj t jones of the school board ac- goodwin pastor ray costerus a student himself told members of acton public schools graduating class about the school he attended in china at their banquet on monday evening the annual graduation banquet in honor of grade eight pupils is sponsored by the home and school association following the toast to the queen proposed by master of ceremonies david peal and grsfce by rev evan jones over 60 enjoyed the dinner with ham salad plate choco late cake and ice cream mothers of the pupils served nder the leadership of mrs j- creighron and mrsc cook l barnard ted a i sirig song with mrs turner at the piano and also sang several solos the guest speaker who was scheduled to come was rushed to the hospital and mr costerus most capably stepped in to address the pupils he told amusing and different aspects of attending school in china where he lived for many years he pointed out the value of education citing the fact that a very illiterate country japan rec ently began to copy western educ ational methods and now is the most literate country in the world he urged the young people to make a worthwhile contribution to ottr country laurie duby introduced the speaker and don cook thanked him and made a presentation of a tie clip and cuff links linda lovell proposed the toast to the school and pat moyse and go on to get their high school ed ucation on behalf of all the students don lindsay presented a gift of jewellery to miss daisy folster mrs whitham representing the duke of devonshire chapter of the the two students who were rec ommended as making the greatest progress during the year rose bc- rac and jim swackhamer lena van der polder thanked the home and school and c taylor replied g w mokenzie also spoke briefly the students had decorated the tables in the public school audit ortum themselves lor the banquet and had made place cards and cor sages members of the graduating class are robert agnew bruce and rews margaret armstrong james bilton rose borac grace clow donald f robert coxe mary lgucreighton norma cunning ham marjorie cutting anne de forest nancy dedels lawrence duby paul elliott donald emmer- son alan fetterly edith frances- cato sharon gervais david gra- hame william greer rona hag- gen williard halladay elizabeth hill blair hotchen gayle hulford ella jany ruth jones barry kirkness roger lambert elizabeth lemon donald lindsay james lindsay lynda lovell frank mariscak wayne marshall patricia moyse robert parker john pasma david peal pierrette ridley wayne- ridley norma sinclair patricia smethurst charles 6un- ter james swackhamer lena van der polder georgina waller interruption the regular series pages of the past which has been published weekly for many weeks is inter rupted this week several more columns will appear later this sum mer before the accounts are discon tinued pages of the- past interesting arti cles on the early days of halton county has attracted much interest and will be published in book form after the conclusion of the series damages to car stranded driver mishaps results five traffic accidents three of them on saturday were recounted by district police this week while damage to vehicles was common to all the mishaps no injuries were reported suffered by any drivers or passengers involved last thursday aftejpnoon on no 7 highway four miles east of here a pickup truck driven by ian sutherland chatsworth collided with a stake truck driven by ken neth davidson georgetown a the latter was making a left hand turn about 300 damage was caused the sutherland vehicle thursday night wolfgang golz a canadian resident of only two weeks employed at the canadian mushroom co ran off the road on business amounted to 42000 five the sixth line of nassagaweya near years ago business conducted in the the beaver dam and caused 100 office amounted to 17000 he said damage to the truck he was drivi your office has got to such a ing when it hit a fence stage the public should have a good saturday afternoon near pen- j pee which to do business in sons corners robert forshaw i th is not room for people to guelph was on his way to malton wo l now 4 the type you to catch a plane when cars n w d in the more remote dis- front or him slowed to a stop to i mr donald stated adding avoid running into the rear of thelj only one other off ice in on- car ahead forshaw swerved off tar jf w one hospital for north reeve h adkins chairman of the building committee felt the inspec tors remarks were well taken and the committee would study them thoroughly he felt the additional space being provided in basement rooms would be ready for occupan cy next month in the hospital report deputy reeve fred c atkinson burling ton said the committee had sat with representatives of hospital commit tees to see what programs were be ing considered he felt further meetings should take place reev stron urg a hospital should be built to seryejih the northern municipalities he said it was too much to ask the tax payers to foot the bill should hos pitals be built in acton georgetown and milton i would like to hear the views of acton and georgetown as i feel it would be a terrific job to raise 600000 to build a hospital in milton deputy reeve a norton george town said he would be glad to take the suggestion back to his council while deputy reeve e savin oak- vile injected why dont the coiin- ty take it over it would ease the burden on taxpayers and would give a better service toeveryone to bay 19 cashtana it was agreed that warden r h- shannon reeves stan allen and c a martin interview officials at the of health to learn into a driveway collided with i truck driven by david barcley stewarttown who was unloading sand in the drive forshaw who took to a taxi after the accident ioide presented cash awards tnj had 500 damage to his car and missed the plane besides saturday night at moffat a car driven by c perkins went out of control when the windshield wip ers stopped working in a rain storm collided with a parked car owrfed by- frank rinehart- dam age to the rinehart car was 75 and to the perkins vehicle 200 also saturday night on silvpr creek hill occurred when douglas home a hitandrun accident cars driven by pembroke and margaret strachan kitchener were sideswiped by an unknown vehicle while proceeding toward george town damage to the home car was 500 and to the strachan car 100 father was a pioneer he writes a column in the vancouver province under the name of ship to shore the bounds of canada apparently provide opportunity for many ac- blanche walker james waterhouse tonians to renew friendships even and dale wbodburn over a period of years meets grandson of papers founder while visiting in vancouver re cently mrs pearl kennedy was a dinner guest at the home of a friend there one of the other guests was a norman hacking during the conversation mrs kennedy learned that mr hacking was a grandson of the late joseph hacking who founded the free press in 1875 i department mr hacking has followed in the j what the county might do in this newspaper field in which his grand- i matter staff phot short program speaker was pastor r hcqsterus of acton baptist church who council endorsed a resdlution sponsored by grey county seeking to have all the profits received in the sheriffs office turned over to the county similar to that of the registry office it was pointed out the county bears considerable cost in this office but did not receive any returns council approved several bylaws one to control the setback of build ing on county roads a distance of 68 feet from the centre line on some roads and 75 feet on the more im portant and travelled roads coun cil also granted brontes request for a seat on the oakvilletrafalgar supplementary grant on county high school board and asked for a roads amounting to 80600 members agreed to purchased 19 foam rubber cushions for council members chairs at a cost of 128 the july meeting was extended to august a but members will tour the county reforestation tracts july 5 hike to the breezes for final meeting thecjsjt of knpx churcb hiked to the breezes on saturday afternoon although- the weather was not pleasant the girls enjoyed swimming and boating they roast ed hot dogs and msrhmallowxoyer a fire enjoyed- a fing song and closed with a brief worship ser vice on i usefulness conducted by mrs d davidson this hike concluded the activities public school graduation ceremonies were held in the school auditoriunrf on monday evening when 52 grade viii pupils bid hail and tareyyellto their public offered giod advice in a chat sprinkled with light humor the graduating- class rf e rd cbm ta ovv school days the home and school assertion feted the group witha baniquet and present a picture tothe school j unta september m t v i m f h j i cnfcai im m ferk