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r jwfem tt eightyfirst year no 5 actdn ontario thursday august 11th 1955 eight pages six cents county considers two grants halton manor addition p staff photo honored at eden mills friday evening for their yeorrran service in early efforts to create a com munity park duncan macdougall left william cole and norman marshall sr here hold scrolls pre sented to them after the floodlights were turned en in the new park during the evenings cere monies and festivities the scrolls read life membership to name in recognition of outstanding service to the community eden wlills and district community club nearly 500 filled the park mbs sssfsst 5sshssse-3524- v clear skies over eden mills proud village opens while storm cloud- shot rain cole who with norman marshall down on the encircling farmlands sr and duncan macdougall wax clear skies opened out over eden one of the three prime movers sev- mills friday evening when hund- eral months ago in the first efrorto reds of local and district people to create a floodlit park under enlivened the pride of the villages the guidance of the communis community club for the official club and with the support of near- opening of their new floodlit ball ly every villager the park soon park became a realitv the park rising in a natural william cole norman marshall amphitheatre on one side w as aglow a duncan macdougall were pre with more than the flood lamps sented with life membership crols from the six 65foot poles ringing friday night m recognition or their the area the glowing pride of tireless work toward the estab- achievement that comes from a joo lishment of this communis built well done b a whole communis park virtually s bright as hydro john root mpp for wv 8 tonduffenn called on mr colt over 400 onlookers saw the lights to officially turn on the lights m- officially turned on by william root paid enthusiastic tribute to h s 5 i water consumption stays high as july output sets ailtime record water consumption in acton 1r raised to record levels during ihi- uimmers record temperatures con tinues to tax the towns water supply sources to the limit hov eer there has been no hortigt vet to make the situation serious julv waterwork- superintendent j lambert revealed this week expect big attendance for school centennial crowds will be flocking from near and far to attend the centen nial reunion of no 3 school nas- was an alltime high for consumpi- isagaweva this weekend in re- lon with over 7 100000 gallons used i sponse to invitations sent out long bv domestic and industrial co i- 1 j former students are coming sumers from brampton guclph gait and june aw the previous high over i a as some from out six and a half million gallons and t sent out and officials described the response as very encouraging the program will include a dance two baseball games horseshoe pitching and other amusements an oldtyme fiddlers contest a garden part and an outdoor church ser vice a plaque honoring earlier pioneer residents will be unveiled b mrs weeden anota wreath of flowers will be placed on the brookville monument at the close it was estimated that august mav ee consumption rise even higher than the jul figure superintendent lambert indic ated thit the reserve well at war- grwe hooked into the ays last month m an emergencv the local p u c seems to at around id re tern moe bv be holding output gallons per minute spring and well holding the town main spring pumping about 140 gallons per minute under normal condition and the north end well which is holding at about 75 gallons per minute are retain ing average output levels despite the long period of heat and drv weather it is reported a wate source on the beirdmoio co oropertv which had under gone testing bv the town this sum mer is learned to be show mg n relattvelv nigh output this new s urce ha- been hooked into the f irm s own stem and i now ie- pmted to bo suoplving nate fr plant need shiwers this week nd lut eon of the three day celebrations mercury drop and rain here ball park the community club and residents of eden mills for their achievement he noted how this was one more evidence of the benefits and chang es wrought by hydro electric pow er in rural areas the fact that the district hydro office had contribm ed time and effort to put up the poles and lights was another wa in which hydro acts as a servant of the public mr root said nassagawea reeve archie serv ice also praised the citizens of ed en mills for their modern loodut park and presented mr cole w it i his scroll fan frolic enjoved before presenting similar rrohs to mr marshall and mr macdug all eramosa reeve d d gra add ed his congratulations o those which had alread been offered he had special tribute foi the co munitv spirit w hich carried the project through part of fnda night s celebrat ion- was a fun frolic conducted bv the communitv club bingo games booths and refreshment sta lis were set up ouside the softbal diamond to entprtam the crov d follow ing the ceremonies and op ening night ball game the locals dropped a 51 seveninning contest to their opponents badenoch gate draw w inners w ere eported a- mrs funk rock wood mrs darbv rockuood o b hagcr mr craig toronto draw for a budgie bird mrs f jollev llm house committees club officers master of ceremonies during the evening was jack turner members of the cojnmrtees whicn organized and conducted the open ing night festivities were lighting rrwj dollerv layout ami building j nesbitt h tomlinsoi m lowne prizes mr- g steven son g stevenson j mclntos- mrs t barden refreshments mrs j d lowne mrs w gilbert- son mrs a coulon mrs w wallace advertising k hew at program j turner g stevenson j nesbitt treasurer t miller two drivers hurt in rtur mishaps police report acton and district provincial police reported four accidents this week n or near town in two of accidents the members of halton county council tuesday deliberated at con siderable length considering two grants to county organizations while most members were sympathetic they wondered if the years budget could stand the drain both requests were turned over to the finance committee for consideration to see if it might not be possible to approp riate the money from somewhere at the same meeting preparation of plans for an 85000 addition to halton manor was approved j r black oakville urged- council to support the request of the accidents the acton drivers of the vehicles involved were ad mitted to hospital wednesday aftemon don holm es acton suffered injuries to th baok and head when the motorcycle he was riding collided with the rear of an acton coal truck the two vehicles were travelling east on no 7 highway when the truck slowed down to make a turn holmes was taken to guelph hos pital tuesdav at suppcrtime an accid ent involving three cars occurred in front of the y building on mill st a car driven by patrick ken ny acton travelling east collided with a parked car owned by herb dodds the impact drove the dodds car into another parked cai a new model owned by bob brav ha damages were estimated at about 200 to 250 to each car police said charges of careless driving and driving without a lie ense will be laid in connection ih this accident tuesday night on no 25 high way two miles south of here i car slowed to make a turn when the brakes locked on a car behind the first vehicle driver of the second car was given marvin hun er acton the hunter car w hs dragged into the pith of another car driven bv wm nottingham earlv tuedav morning donald perkins cton was admitted to guelph hospital for injuries reei ed when the car he was driving missed a curve on the third line esqucsing and rolled into a ditch perkins driving a car owned bv his brother suffered fnctures to one arm and other injuries damagt t the car was estimated it about s30 knox ladies enjoy meeting in country the hospitable home of mrs r i davidson was the setting for the annual summer meeting of kiov ladies aid members and friends journeved bv motor and wer welcomed bv ht pre ident mrs f mccutcheon w ho conducted a short devotional and business per iod the energetic committee despite the heat included mrs a mann mrs mcpherson and mrs moran ttuv had arranged a full program of games and contests which were entered into and enjdved bv all topped off w ith a bountiful pic nic supper an afternoon of enjov- the halton baseball association which was seeking a 750 grant to help defray nn psiimati j son ev pense when the annua ontario baseball association convention is held at oakville early next year the speaker pointed out the president of the ontario basebal association was a milton resident that clarence riddell has headed the office two terms in halton alone one senior club was operat ing six intermediate and 25 minor clubs in which over 500 teenage boys were participating during the last three years he said eight championships have come to halton this organization is doing a worthy work in fostering sport in the county 1 would urge members consideration in this request mr black said doing womderfnl job i feel the county should make this grant in preference to having the association asking each mun icipality for the grant said dep uty reeve j haldcnburv halton baseball association is doing a wonderful job promoting this sport in hilton health and good sportsmanship is a good thing to be promoted among the young er generation when vou have thi younger set intereted in sport vot will eliminate other problems which face our vouths reeve harold ad kins nelson remarked bv resolution council fivorcd he grant but left the matter in the hands of the finance committee for final decision the second grant sought w is made bv resolution of deputy reeve fred walker and reeve r srr- v ice w ho asked council to gran 1 000 to the low v llle park com mittee forjhc purpose of erecting toilets in the popular park deputv- reeve don bath trafalgar won dered if a parks committee had been set up in the county and if not felt council should give the matter futher consideration seek ijovvville park grant warden r h shannon felt it was a municipal matter and nelson township should be doing some thing for it as i was located in that township wed be glad to take it over for a dollar and improve the park said reeve adkin the nassagaweva reeve a r service explained the lowville park wflspurchased bv the halton federation of agriculture and a great amount of work bv the members had been put in to make it what it is lights had been in stalled for night ball games a booth had been erected with re- natural gas gets viewed attlf ban board last night natural gas was the absorbing question w ith members of f the north halton urban board last night in a brief session at acton where representatives exchanged views held by the three councils on franchises contracts and system proposals in the talks on franchises it was noted that acton and milton have given first readings to franchise bylaws for both the halton nat ural gas company and the anth ony gas and oil explorations lini ited georgetown has given first reading to a franchise by law foi the halton natural gas companv only on the question of a vote to det ermine if the public wants a not ural gas svstem or not mayor j armstrong georgetown urged the other towns to go on record bv re olution as desiring a vote of th people if and when the time comes that a system is to be started brief comment was made by sev cral members on possible rates and on sta ements made b gas comp anv representatives regirding rates the position of the anthonv gas and oil explorations drillnut in thus area w as reft rred to in th discussions comments ranged which indicated that many on th couricils of the three towns art still not satisfied the acton comp anv s drilling successes to date as sures sufficient gas reserve to just ifv a srstem urban board members also touched briefly on dispos1l plant enlargement speed limits and police protection at the outset of the meeting conducted by boird chair man e tyler a film on a type of municipal ser let pipe was shown sufi fhoto new engineer for acton- and milton frank psflesen started his ob last week following an ap pointment by the north halton urban board aar pallesen came to canada from denmark a year ago and was formerly employed by a toronto engineering firm new engineer for two towns acton and miltons new town engineer recently hired by the north halton urban board follow ing the resignation of ross sim mons assumed his new duties last week frank pallestn a graduate of the univt rsitv of copenhagen comes to this arta aftt r working with the toronto engineering firm of arm strong kingston and hansen prior to coming to canada in july of last ytar he was employed as city engi neer in a community of 25000 in denmark mr pillt sen who is married and has ont child has not yet taken up i esidt net in e ither of the two towns out is prtstntly looking for a place to live the new enginttr will be jointly employ td bv acton and milton georgetown which under the urb an board was part of the tntown arrangement which hired ross sim mons last summer to supervise en gineering in the threu towns drop ped out this spring wheh the mun icipality decided to hire its own en gineer however georgetown is still a number of the urban board in all its other operations tv ran new acton y track team takes fourth place at junior olympiad ment was concluded mrs a j buchanan expressed the thanks to i frigeration provided the hostess and committee for the a lot of money has h and breezes lijwer temperatures scattered showers in acton and district up until last week no ram had fallen for three weeks consistentlv high mercury readings making a drain on energv id ambition had made the vv eath- will aid ir kecptnt consumption exasperating but unavotlable down and help the towns heavilv- topic of complaint ixcvi water supulu ui build u- this wevk saw the first real break several locil udusfies heiw uipin tlu heat wave as mtvdiv at i er uses have bee on holidays in tuesdav were pleasant and bretw resen vveeks and t lis has tended lc- with temperatures m the 70s wed- preyent a water monan in the tusdtv with oveicast skies and m- hittet wesins ternnttent ram got an even bigger while davtinu demand ues all ovation fiom tarmers and owners wate- available the towns limned nt parched lawns and gardens there s a sour note to be heard witl al officers of the community cluo are president f smith secretary mrs g stevenson treasuer g stevenson executive mrs t bar- welcome relief from the 90degree den mrs j d low rie mrs v heat winchhat held this part of on- gilbertson j nesbitt h tomlin- tario in a humid grip for nearly five jon k hew at mrs w wallace weeks came list end with cool j mcintosh j turner success of the event mrs r r parker invited the group to her j home for the august meeting spent by the members and this i the continued on page bight mr mrs wjo oakes to mark fiftieth wedding anniverary here golden anniversary congratulat- have thre daughters mrs bruce ions are in oder for another actm freure tmarj i of guelph mr- gordon swanston margaret en eramosa townhip and hazel it fourth place in the junior lym piad in guelph was copped by the acton team of 15 on wednesday july 27 the olympiad the first of its kind was organized by the re creational commissioners and will be followed by another on august 24 there were nine teams entered in the various evening events for both bovs and girls these were from eobicoke kitchener guelpn rt credit georgetown- v n fui- dis bob allonby flag stamps from ethiopia a letter a flag and stampsjlav e ooseveo nevt ween couple this week mr and mrs w j j o oake- w io on tuesdav w il look bock on 50 vears e marnc i life mr and mrs oakes married august 16 1905 l- joiete quebec have been ffcsidcnts of acton su ce 938 when tnev moved ht re f rt r their eramosa low n hip arm whee thee had ived smce 1923 i familv partv is pi mied for 1 1 tcilebrnts when te annwav i home one son dr f g oakes also lives in acton thev have se en grardchildren storige facilities hive caused seeming paradox at nigit as the reservoirs and tank f 11 up froug the nmiu iurciui water xiihe than runnii g of a w e has bee directed into faiv likt to vu keep the level ap for the mdustm needs of two locil p ints whic t use last water throagh the da despite the high consanptio i there was n suggestion v the late puc meetms that w ite- res trictions common in earbv mm lcipalities be imposes hee this good weather news however the weatherman warns thaaugust will offeijufibout as manv hen davs a july been receivtd from ethiopia bv members of the bishop s gray club their letter from merlin bishop expressed his pleasure at having a group named after him h sent the bovs a flag of ethiop- a and stamps for each member of the club each bov is hav ing his picturse taken to send back to ethiopia thess hope to have pen pals there shortiv ttr oatsc75 llle uauuei n th late capt geoce and mrs sharpt wis bomi a raw don q leoec m oakes bi at ciiitiv i staf ford h e ens ad i br nigh o co ada bv his parens m 1883 and raised in j hv lit coins qaeju tie igh v espt ed locil c ae moffat man plunges to death from tower fund is started the moffat district was shocked and saddeiyd to learh of the death eif oliver cromwell in an accident at work on mondav the 23 vearold construction worker fell 100 feet fom a water tower ir hamilton friend in moffat and the sur- laks i rounding area have started a fund dtath in the central tube of a 2 500 000gallan water lank unoc- con struction in hamilton a report frcm hamilton said mr cromwell had been wearing a afetv bolt at the time but that where he jvas working there was nothing to fasten it ti he vvas bolting steel plates mr cromwell had been employed with horton steel works for the 6and gives concert beside lake ontario righrhttjjthe banks of laksiu au a ontario actbti cltiens band gave j to provide for his wife who is ex- a concert in oakville pari tn j peeling theur fifth child shortly his sunday afternoon bandmaster wife is the former maj todd their past three vears he had been living perrott conducted the varied pre- four youngsters are jimnue bar- at rr 1 moffat next door to fin- 3 donnie 2 and shirley 1 lays garage for six months funeral service wul be held in two of the men receiving money guelph on friday for the wnd are charles roberts the steel rigger plunged to his i and bill finlay cram and a good crowd attended this was a return visit after oakville band came up to acton for the tattoo erin and orangevillc as well as ac ton there were about 200 compet ing altogether at the o a c several counties are included in this new sports program organiz ers hope to have many such meets in the future representatives from each town worked out the details for the meet last month acton will send a team again this month there are regular workouts and practice sessions meanwhile in the junior events bob coxe placed second in the 100 yard dash and third in running broad jump bruce andrews placed third in the 100 yard dash third in the high jump frank mariscak second in the standing broad jump second in the high jump j the relay team of frank maris cak bob coxe bruce andrews and wavne wilson placed second in the re lav race in the intermediate events m- rson baxter nlwd thir in the the reliv team of ken dodds emmerson baxter bill oost and jack pasma placed third in the 440 yard relay betty auonby took three fourths in the 7i vard dash the 50 yard dash and the girls standing broad jump bill dennv placid fourth in the 440 yard dash since there were no intermediate enttred the senior halfmile run to cross the tape fifth regular practices are being held mondays and wednesdays at i the park for this new ysponsored track team the ages range from 12 to 20 in the new group the trainers were ed mchugh and wilson auonby during the winter the group will probably be meeting competition in hamilton y pages of the past back in this issue pages of the past the popular historical feature on people places trd events from the early days of halton county returns to the free press after a few weeks recess the writer mrs gwendolyn clarke has returned from a tour of britai with 1 pirty f rirfmh vard dash bill oost second in lan newspaperwomen and has the broad jump and ed molody i sumed her scries in this isue second in the shot put i will bt found on page three re- it golden anniversary will be celebrated by aar and mrs w j 0 oakes next tuesday the knox ave couple are shown here looking at a picture taken 50 years ago on their wedding day acton nine set for int playdowns milton cops halton league title milton red sox perennial title to advancefurther in the intermed- holders pf the colintj baseball cir- latt jb playdowns cult last night wrapped up the the milton club may mct mora hihont gounty championship again than thev bargain for in this series by defeating the favored campbell- 1 the locals have been practicing v ille merchants 64 in a thrill-pack- diligently for the series and last ed twilight gantt at campbellville nght iwednesdavi took an exhibi- the merchants w ho lost only two tion win from waterdown in that games through tne regular schedule without being extended at any split the first two games of the ser- 1 time cunningham and scott hurl- les w inning the second 109 after j ed fur acton in the game which saw dropping a 41 decision in the first only four innings completed fin- meeting on their owh bailiwick namore pitched for waterdowil spearheaded bv big shep dou- 1 waterdown meets campbellville cette who scattered seven hits last in a series to decide who goes on in trmittjitshelle t o thrbst t imei m c playiluans uu nig this week manager sonny townsley cxbecu to have a full roster on hand for the opening game on saturday ha hasnt released his pitching choice but it will obviously be the hurletr who he thinks can win the game which is so often the crucial one 1a a series hurlers ui the league from the hill when first hamilton and then jack- roberts the campbellville ace gave way for stan henderson j hot from their conquest of the merchants the milton club takes- on actons youthful intermediates in a bestof seven series starting m mil ton on saturday night for the right