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w r w 4 page eiqht the actn free press acton ontario thursday july 7th 1955 1 safety rules for holidays near rivers and lakes vacation is more than play time its play safe time heed these scfety tips from the canadian red cross to avoid trouble swimming is one of the nations ftvorite pastimes since almost ev eryone can- participate butoriy aeven per cent of the millions wno flock to beaches and pools can swim well for each of the 7000 persons who are drowned each year in north a ther are an estimated h neararownings insure your safety in the water by following these rules 1 learn to swim under the dir ection of a qualified instructor s swim at designated bathing places supervised by life guards 3 know the condition of the swimming place examine the bot- jtom by slowly and carefully y ing into the water 4 if you are nonswimmer stick to shauow water if youre a nov ice stay where you may quickly and easily reach safety even skill ed swimmers should not swim alone in an unsupervised area 6 get out of the water the min ute you begin to feel chilled or tired 6 best hours for swimming arc generally the last two hours of the morning and afternoon bathing at midday under the hot rays of the i may cause jieadackesand sev ere sunburn 7 never swim immediately after a meal wait one to oneandahalf hours after eating 8 enter cold water gradually to avoid sudden shock walk to mid thigh depth and dash a little wat er on the face arms back of the neck and chest hove out to waist- aepthj and repeat- beforegetting wet all over 9 dont try to show off skills youdo not possess even good swimmers have difficulty judging endurance never attempt long distance swimming offshore un less accompanied by a boat 10 when in difficulty avoid panic struggling in the water saps your strength and increases your danger if youre a beginner and step into water over your head allow yourself to sink to the bot tom then push with your feet moving diagonally to the surface and toward shallow water repeat this until you reach safety 1l never try to buck a current in river or alongshore rampants swim toward the nearest shore 6wim with the current rather than against it if caught in an under tow in surf bathing turn go with it and take a diagonal course to the surface acton nine beats brampton after loss nurtured by the fine five hit i stop booted his grounder robinson pitching of righthander john cunlwas forced at second however ningham who struck out 1 batters when cunninghams ground ball over the seven inning distance ac- was snagged scott went to third ton intermediates bounced back from an off day on saturday to blank bramptons intermediate a team 40 last night wednesday at the local ball yard cunningham scattered five hits with no more than one in any one inning in racking- up his first vic tory of the season he issued only four walks it was easily the best mound performance seen in acton this season ihcjame was in sharpcontrast to saturdays nine inning fixture which saw campbellville stretch their league lead by crushing the locals 132 before the seasons larg est crowd understaffed the acton crew could do nothing right while the visitors took advantage of every weakness in scoring 13 runs few of which were earned brampton used two hurlers in their attempt to break into the scoring column starting with luy ben a big righthander who allowed five hits and finishing up with gal lagher who blanked acton in the inning he pitched luyben walked the first two ac ton batters in the second frame to pave the way for a three run out burst with townsley and bruce on second and first respectively don anderson sacrificed advancing the runners spike scott singled through centre to score the runners and went do second as ab robinson got on when the brampton short- safely while cunningham made it to first on a fielders choice with two onheatley smashed a sharp single between short and third to score scott with number three acton added another in the bot tom half of the third with skill ing leading off with a single over short luyben got the next two batters on strikes and a forceout while skill- ing stole second and advanced to third on the second out don an derson then poked a nice single through second scoring skllling spike scott hit his second single of the night through second but ab robinsons long fly to right was hauled down to retire the side there was no scoring after that in ning brampton threatened in the third the fourth sixth and seventh but cunningham rose to the occa sion with men on base whiffing tlh last batter four times hethering- ton for brampton got the only extra base blow a triple to the right field fence iij he sixth brampton left 10 men stranded on the base paths while acton left eight savage led the visitors at the plate with two hits in four trips to the plate j scott was tops on the hit parade for acton with two hits in three trips campbellville extends lead saturdaysdull encounter be tween campbellville and acton for the edification of the targe crowd escaping the heat ai the park and augmented by fish derby enthusiasts was never in doubt after the first inning when the visitors scored four t engagements mr and mrs john lehman of kenilworth ontario announce the engagement of their daughter anna geraldine to david george son of ontario the marriage will take place on saturday july 30 1955 at 930 asm at sacred heart church kenilworth ontario runs on three hits and two walks- mr and mrs cecil nelles of acton harry lawson was on the hill for acton and although he gave up only nine hits he walked 11 batters and struck out 11 acton meanwhile collected seven hits from two camp bellville humers harry hamilton to start and one from bruce hamilton in the ninth campbellville scored four in the first one in the second and two in both the third and fourth on no hits three in the seventh and one in the ninth acton contributed five errors to help them out wltn one run in the first and an other in the second acton finished their scoring early heatiey led the batting attack with a double and a single in four trips sam snyder slammed a double in the ninth ap pearing as a pinch hitter manager sonny townsley sr will likely nominate sam snyder to start for acton against campbell ville on friday night in a replay of last friday afternoons game which was washed out in the fifth inning with campbellville ahead holidays have been cutting a swath in an already small acton roster making it difficult to field a strong team observers noted that when the emphasis is on defense the acton team is inclined to play much better than in a batting picnic against bigger and more experienc ed players merchants closer to success in second round on hours bylaw with council utter to the editor article recalls haunts of youth ogden utah july 4th 1955 dear sir a a few days ago i was favored with a copy of your paper of thurs day may 19th 1955 which contain ed an item entitled haltons pages of the past by gwen clarke this issue of your paper came to me in directly from mrs e v barra- clough the item referred to is very inter esting to me on account i was born on the banks of this mill race in a house my father rented from mr noble while still in swaddling c i wandeied away fi my mother and started to cross a foot bridge when i fell into the f stream my faithful companion a water spaniel pulled me to the shore and ran to the house barking my mother paid no attention to his barking but he keptit up so she fol lowed hum to where i was lying on the bank more dead than alive the dog became a hero until sometime later when my father was cutting down a tree from which a squimae jumped and as the dog tried to catch it he was hit by the ax and had to be destroyed you may well imagine the sadness that came to every boy in the neighborhood my grandfather george pell was born in boston england and i am inclined to believe he died and is buned in norval he had four sons john h thomas george and elijah john is buriedin norval george and thomas are buried at austin manitoba and elijah is buried in winnipeg manitoba i know very little about my fam ily other than to state that elijah charles pell was born june 14th 1800 christened in st pauls church on june 14 1868 m norval ontario canada i moved with my parents to western canada in 1886 or 1888 am now well into the 70s and retired have resided in the united states for 54 years your article is very interesting and well written perhaps some day i may return to the haunts of my youth until later with best wishes i sincerely i dr w o pelldc 32130th street ogden utah v circulate pamphlets at picnic sunday pamphlets charging communism were dumped sunday into the can adian slav congress rally at the as sociation of united ukrainiancan adians park at palermo amid dele gates from poland czechoslovakia bulgaria the ussjt uruguay australia the us and canada trafalgar police were told of the incident immigration jto canada iw the first quarter of 1955 totalled 17627 people compared to 3823 inthe tame period of 1654 continued from pope one gested the amount could be suf ficient to build dressing rooms at the park after further brief discussion council passed a motion accepting the wading pool also hired f hunter to supervise and maintain the pool at a salary of 20 per week council studied a motion passed by esquesing councillors who are opposed to the proposed sale of the milton high school building to milton public school board by the north halton district high school board begin sidewalks in grove w coon with g a dills ex plained why they as acton repres entatives to the board are also opposed to the sale it boils do n mr coon indicated to local tax payers paying for a new milton high school which would likely be complete with shop home econom ics room and auditorium no grants apply on these rooms council endorsed the esquesing motion thanked messrs coon and dills for their advice and views on the sale proposal turning to the wallace street sidewalks again council agreed that regardless of how cost is div ided on this stretch work should begin on walks for warren grove where 49 out of 50 homeowners have petitioned for this service work here is to begin immed- ately the tender of j mcmullen at 38 cents per square foot was ac cepted mr mcmullen appeared la ter m the meeting to inquire about the streets committees wishes on this work clerk j mcgeachie informed council v that er has signed the fire agreement with the low n also that an urban board meeting i scheduled for next tuesday even ing in georgetown criticise county inaction council was informed that solic tor leatherland wished to have re pealed the bylaw appointing him as town counsel he would continue to handle municipal legal affairs ibut was anxious to be relieved of the off icial onus levied by the ap pointment bylaw a committee of councillors is to meet with mr leatherland in this matter r criticism was levelled at county council for reportedly not defend ing a su brou jointly against the town and county by a city hospital over payment for an in digent patient account what also rankled was that full court costs had been billed to the town when the town filed its own defense in the suit the hospital switched le gation to the county which alleged ly did not file defense council refused to pay full share of court costs assessed and is to contact the county the clerk read an analysis on water in the pond here also an opinion from the department of health on possible utilization of this water the subject is to be further pursued in a letter to council mildred bell objected to a no parking sign adjacent to her business premises she claimed the sjgn is unauthor ized and asked council to have it removed council spent some 35 minutes debating what jo do fin ally most of them agreed to have the same parking reservation mov ed back a car length the space s used by dr w g c kenney uibapaj osn ai pcamnw council heard a bylaw from the county dealing with road allow ances and proximity of buildings on county roads the police committee is to meet with representatives of the home and school associationagain to try to reach some agreement on high way crossing safety measures for public school pupils i following regular review of the work sheets council was informed that esquesing township has asked for certain compensation amounj- ing to some 4034034 fbr assess ment and other losses in the recent annexation the m is being studied with legal advice a tender for debenture purchase submitted at the last meeting was reported withdrawn council also read and passed a bylaw for another section of sew er installation in glenlea approved transfer of a taxi license from w dedels to f dunn and j a- dennj heard the monthly police summary and discussed a matter of land con veyance from the beardmore co ltd damage in arena a bylaw to make agreement with ashton and risk to install sewers and water mains on colbeit st in the fairview subdivision up on payment of 3000 was read councilor j newton pointed out there is still considerable rubble behind the fire hall to be cleanej- up t councillor l wieck said a rent al of 20 is being charged the wrestling promoters for use of the arena one night a week here he told of boards being torn off and broken by young vandals at last weeks restling night he also advised that the minor sports a- sociation wants the use of the park on civic holiday councillor a irwin broached the subject of service pipe pointing to a sales letter which advertised tran sit pipe at a saving to what the town is now paying members talked about pipe for awhile fieeve j hargrave questioned about street oiling inquiring f any other street areas other than the regular routes are to be treated mayor tyle told members that the subdividers at glenlea took out 52 more building permits this week and next week expect to take ou 66more in ord to expe ser vice installations the builders ask ed the town to put in another dig ging machine council declined to take action on this to extend fence after a brief discussion council agreed to extend the fences by the bathing area on fairy lake in order to keep cars away from the waters edge before council left the hot stuffy chambers at 12 15 am tuesday the mayor noted that water con sumption last month was up an- other 300000 gallons the following regular accounts totalling 523464 were passed a3o 423 07 4354 12305 fuller brush a cook brushes acton puc hydro acton free press printing bickleseagrave ltd vanwilson ltd repair to hoist m nellis tractor grader s f lawrason and co ltd chloride 749 552 00 17400 t cutting trucking 19650 mayfair restaurant acton east on no 7 highway open daily 800 ajm to j00 ajm breakfasts lunches dinners special lunches daily steaks and chops a specialty good food at reasonable prices we deliver town of acton sewer acct re bulldozer at dump 4400 w evans gas 291 j mcmullen re sidewalk 132594 tilcox trucking 841 75 halton county re indigent patients 12225 ont ptov police salaries 98334 town of acton sewe acct re loading and filling 38650 sewer accounts nat sewer pipe ltd pipe 1702 37 induction service in dutch language the first minister for the christ ian reformed church congregation here rev roelof groeneboer w officially inducted thursday night at a special service in knoxpresby- tcrian church mr groeneboer re plied to questions asked him forirt- ally by rev krooze of clarkson who inducted him into the work here rev von harmelen of brampton the councillor for the acton congre gation preached the sermon mr braam played the organ the entire service was in dutch mr groeneboers first service i acton was sunday afternoon when clergy of other acton churches were present rev armstrong rev adams and pastor costerus attend ed while the service was in english mr groeneboer just recently ar rived injjanada from holland gave his sermon in dutch with a few con cluding words in english al though we probably differ in our dogmatic vipws it u mmhi to- tennis sessions held saturday onef the tennis clubs best play ers anda favorite with youngsters marc lafcrnerc has ttfkcn on extra duties wiib junior sportsmen this year he has done a- great deal of work in sports fo young people including lacrosse which he is cur rently coaching his new task- teaching tnnisto young racquetwielders and even to older ones if they want to learn how to wield them properly hei plans to spend eaph sati morning at the courts on mill st already several junior members plan to learn to play properly under his guidance anyone wishing to have instruc tion is welcome to his informal ses sions tennis club executives whp are enthusiastic about this wonderful opportunity for members will try to arrange to borrow racquets for any boys or girls who do not have them the club has special rates for juniors and students and plans to encourge them to play through the season in 1953 canadas electrical man ufacturing industry used 383750- 000 worth of canadian produced raw- materials work together as christian believers in this country we must co operate because we have more strength together from now on we hope to do our share in the work of the churches as much as we can with our small congregation mr dijkstra of jarvis spoke on behalf of the klassisthe church district- mr pasma smjpe on behalf of the congregation and the official church board called the consistory mr von harmelen spoke on behalf of neighborhood churches as a councillor and friend mr dijkstra welcomed mr gro eneboer into the church as a fully ordained minister on behalf of the district symon hdwe j b mackenzie and son acton woodcrafts acton motors repairs j ridley acct re mdse and truck j h goy cartage re truck g robinson re truck m nellis re tractor grader highway garage steel co of can radc younge construction co re third line shovel front end loader acton puc waterworks re dubys salary- peoples fuel pipe 22v 885 70 05 1 00 828 20 600 25 372 75 252 00 25 90 137 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