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m r j eighthfirst year no 7 acton ontario thursday august 25th 1955 ten pages six cents i triencls honor miss e anderson for 25 years in mission service knox presbyterian church was the scene of a pleasant and inform mal gathering tuesday evening when the congregation was at home to tiie friends of miss mary ellen nellie anderson on furlough from georgetown british guiana where she lias been engaged in ev angelistic work among the women and children the occasion was the silver an niversary of her designation as an overseas missionary under the wo mens missionary society wjx of the presbyterian church in canada as the guests assembled and signed the guest book organ mus ic was provided by e a hansen with rev r h armstrong as chairman a brief program was en joyed solos by miss bella roszell and mrs john davidson readings by mrs r l davidson and violin solos by rudolph spielvogel left acton 15 years ago mrs h l bennie gave a brief outline of miss andersons mission ary service she said that it was 35 years to the day that miss and erson had left acton for her first term in japan she recalled incid ents on the journey to the union 6tation in toronto the day of her departure miss anderson served for 10 years in japan when war broke out she was forced to return and serv ed four years in canada and in 1944 went to jutltjsh guiana she spoke of the enrichment miss and erson has brought to knox church on her various furloughs mrs bennie then called on mrs r h armstrong who presented miss anderson with a gift from the congregation a 35 mm camera with range finder telescopic tri pod viewmaster and a purse of money to purchase further access ories miss anderson responded in o gracious manner arid thanking the c for tho prayem over the years spoke bf the urg ency of missionary work today greetings and expressions of wel come home werebrought to miss anderson from many of her friends mr armstrong welcomed her on behalf of knox church saying that her home congregation was proud that one of her mem bers had been called to so high a service alex mann clerk of ses sion recalled interesting anecdotes from the time miss anderson was organist and choir leader held in high esteem mrs h mainprize spoke- of the high regard in which miss ander son is held by the general council of the womens missionary society mrs a j buchanan recalled her associations with miss anderson on the acton teaching staff and her leadership in singing miss m z bennett remenibered miss anderson first as her pupil in the entrance class from which she graduated with the highest marks in the county and later as colleague on the teaching staff miss ruby clarke said she taught miss anderson in sunday school and that the teacher had learned much from the pupil mrs fred anderson recalled at tending summer school with miss anderson at knox college m m coles spoke of his high esteem for miss anderson and of the anticip ation of spiritual enrichment one may expect from having miss and erson here during her furlough the congregation sang blest be the tie that binds ken mann showed color pictures taken with a similar camera showing its pos sibilities during the lunch hour miss anderson cut i threetier an niversary cake sssksbsbstfavki- tsbsrssyj staff photo miss e anderson on furlough from a british guiana mission field was honored for her long service there and irj other mis sion fields at a gathering in knox church tuesday evening when the waas presented her with gifts and tributes over 1000000 following a recent purchase from glenlea subdlvmers thmaas a thomas of 66 building lots the firm of bradley and honghtan were wednesday tamed 43 build ing permits valued at simm a total of s4mm to the end of inly some j9i71m in building permits has been is sued mostly to local snbdividen the issue this week brings the to tal well over the million dollar mark to jl34715a acton milton natural gas applications set over when hitch in rules develops after four games acton bows to milto in ball playoffs actons youthful intermediate john cunningham started on the baseball club last night bowed out i rubber for acton allowing three of the 1955 playoff series by ab- hits before he was replaced by scott sorbins their third straight defeat j in the second milton managed at the hands of a more experienced eight hits altogether milton nine in the bestoffive bat tic for the right to advance into the oba intermediate b playdowns it took four games before milton emerged the winner first game of the series last friday night ended milton wins easily t acton used three pitchers before they stopped the milton onslaught the following night when milton won an easy 153 victory sam snyder started on the hill for the in an 8all tie milton won the sec- locals but was soon replaced by ond on saturday in milton 153 the j harry lawson who made way for third 42 and last night here trim- i cunningham in the seventh milton med the locals 113 in a loosely combed snyder and lawson for 15 played contest i hits managing none off cunning- manager sonny townsleys fledg- ham lings tried everything in order to i acton collected seven hits off the keep on even terms but the milton starting milton pitcher doucette club also halton county champs j and his successor d vaughan capitalized on their many mistakes best game in judgment and costly errors the mondays game proved to be the time element series had to be com- best one of the series with both plcted by saturday also seemed to teams playing crisp ball spike scott conspire against the acton crew what was to have been a best-of- seven series was changed to a best- offive when wet grounds postpon ed the first two games of the set went the distance for acton giving up but five hits matched by nip gervais for milton who also allow ed only five acton took an early 20 lead in there was no doubt about two of the fourth when bruce walked took the games saturdays 153 route second as paul lawson singled and and last nights easy 113 win but scored on tylers groundout law- with a few breaks tossed in acton son was knocked in by bill skill- could easily have won both the first infis safety in the hole between first and third games of the series j and second spike scott a pitcher who made milton tied it up in the fifth with only a few appearances on the hill for acton this year hurled both of these frames and restricted the mil ton batters to five hits in both gam es however costly miscues by his mmv hiiih tin sc in favor o th red sox who go i the- oba playdowns a more confident team acton meanwhile much chastened team be two hits a walk and two errors for a pair of runs the break came in the seventh when milton put two acton errors together with a single to score a pair of winning runs acto mxkrsonly f h helpmate spike scott for four more making a total of 14 this added to seven acton miscues made it an easy win for the visitors the game was close until the fifth when the acton club really started booting the ball around and milton scored five runs off six hits after that it was just a case of how many they could score shep doucette led the milton at tack with four hits in five appear ances while bill skilling was the soedoltib plans six fall sessions organization actons first so lid club was completed this week at a meeting monday evening in the y the groi which will wel come town and rea young couples to a fall series of six sessions hiis a varied program planned each meeting night scheduled for consecutive tnairsdnys from oct ober 6 will tie divided into three main activities first half hir will be devoted to lectures and discussion in a choice of three topics marriage counselling current events and general interest- second hour will- be a skills or craft group which will offer choices of square danc ing photographs home economics or doityourscll the final hour will be devotedi to social and rec reational activities- it was pointed out that member ship in the soed club is not restricted to y members another meeting of the execut ive is scheduled for friday night in the y of three nnluvj gas franchise applications scheduled to be heard by the ontario fuel board in georgetown last thursday he submission for the only host town got by the board the other two for acton and milton were set over when the applicant the halton natural gas co failed in the boards view to fulfil public notice regulations the adjournment came after the r halton natural gas companys con formity to the boards public notice peanut queen leaves for new york tour frances oakos winner of the queen for a week contest spon sored by the loxal rotary club in conjunction wifch the annual pci- nut day left thls week accomp anied by her mother mrs f o oakes for a fotir day tour of new york city the 17y earold acton hiji school studeral was crowned queen for a wk at the con clusion of the clubs twoweek contest last ma y contended by 11 other followstuailrnls dunne he new york tour sr- will visit high lights of interest in the huge met ropolis- gardener grows a siamese cucumber with gardens around town n full maturity his is the time of i year for vegetable- or flora oddit- les i outline a this week th e frff press was the need shown a siamcso cucumber which grew in the kd tit herb hcl regulations was questioned by the counsel for a rival gas company in the milton area previous to this the same coun sel l g oconnor for the union gas co or canada ltd and the united suburban gas co ltd had questioned the ability of the halton natural gas co to supply gas o this area mr oconnor injected other questions some directed at d a s brooks who was representing the halton natural gas co and others directed at the chairman of the ontario fuel board a r crozier in an attempt which ultimately was successful to have the hearings adjourned hear georgetown first the halton natural gas co had submitted franchise applications for all three towns georgetown acton and milton when the hearings commenced shortly after ii am thursday morning the board took over half an hour to receive and record the affidavits for services and proof of notice finally getting to the georgetown agreement mr brooks said the major alteration from the form submitted requested by the coun cil was a stipulation that work on a distribution system start within six months of agreement signing mr brooks read a letter from the consumers gas company which was quoted as saying it woum supply gas ifthe agreement was in force before november 1 1955 here mr brooks also mentioned later to be disputed that his comp any was prepared to buy gvis from the local company anthony gis and oil explorations limited- ot acton the system would be supplied by the lakeland natural gas co ltd he stated which it was later revealed is shortly lo assume con trol of the halton natural gas company wants public vote k r besley a director for the applicant company was called to ion about this he commented about this what i think to be a nublcous proposal mr brooks said he had no in tention of answering any questions other than those pertaining to the bylaw and agreement form chairman crozier looking at mr armstrong said all the in formation he sought would be brought out at the certification hearing he reiterated the purpose of the present hearing as merely lo make known the general terms of the agreement form proposed and to establish the position of vn- torested parties mr armstrong then asked ti know more about the personnel of the halton natural gas comp any mr brooks declined this re quest but on the suggestion of chairman crozier he named the men who had agreed to become directors of the company the halton natural gas company in corporated in june of this year has its head office listed as welland ontario denies offer to buy made the counsel for the acton gas company broached the subject of an offer reportedly made by the halton company to buy gas from anthony gas and oil explorations ltd james ruddick secretary- treasurer of this company denied such an offer had been made said his company had reroived n i offer in the mails when a query was put to mi- brooks he replied he understood the letter had been sent by regist ered mail holding a copy in his hand he observed that the off can be considered midc now if the letter wasnt received after an hour and a half in the small sweltering j chamber the- heartng ndimirnrrl tor tunri the application for georgetown was considered heard the hearing for milton had barely got underway when mr oconnor who at the outset dec lared his client was interested only in the milton application expressed doubt about the capability of th np development yel on optioned acres there have been no concrete de velopments to date with the 70 acres of land optioned for industrial usa last march by unnamed parties r f bean local realtor indicated to the free press this week- the land all lying within the limits of acton- was reported by this newspaper march 3 to have been optioned for industrial de velopment rough survey made on applicant to supply gas he asked pick of the acton crew with two wig the cucuanoer about eight safeties in three trips he also made i inches long gris from one stem the fielding gem of the game catch but has a bomianr strip down most of its length tre two parts are almost identical twin of a ball over short while he was running backwards and away ccntstrasa33exa-tr-3- public utilities commission here studies wg pump power costs power costs for operation of the pump at the recently- tapped well to the hydro departmcr d added staff hydro superintendent reported a sen- ice li which will supply power to snnv- 35 homes has beon completed in warren grove were studied t last weeks meeting of the public utilities commission which agreed there should be some provisions made to prevent a running loss to the hydro department it was suggested the initial charge of the power installation cost in volving a threephase line and transformer to power a permanent an inquiry from lhe beardmore o motor at the well site should be ltd for hydro jnlos to string charged back to the waterworks threephase pnwr lino to a pump department over a spread of id at their hew wtiler supply source years thegommi ssinraacre l e the and potential utility of gas in this area the chairman pointed out here that at the hear ing for certification of public convenience and necessity which follows the granting of a franchise a more detailed mirvey would be required we have yet no proof of the feasibility of gas here mr beslcy said mr crozier again stressed the greater detail in regard to utility econonnir feasibility supply and demand which would have to be brought out in the hearing for certification mnyur j armstrong of george- mason i entered a motion which had trunk i do unanimously passed by coun cil the motion requested the board not o dispense with a vote cooler days get warm welcome sighs of relief are almost as strong this past week as the cool ing breezes which coming on the tail of welcome showers have lifted the exhausting pall of heat which turned july and early aug ust into some of the hottest weeks in years while the weekend was varm it lacked the sticky closeness that humid air and torrid temperatures brought day after dny during the six previous weeks monday tuesday and wednes day have bven a refreshing trio cloudy skies and cooling winds in the daytime have kept the mercury in the 70s while tit night it drops to the sleepinviting 50s although summer is wearing on the weathermans longrange fore casters warn there wjjl likely be some hut days yet to wind up one of the hottest summer seasons on record this may be so but a lot of people feel that the break in the heat wave came none loo soon and the idea is to enjoy it while its here the glenlea subdivision he als th people on the natural gis question the mayor later explain ed that he felt the matter was a major item and the ratepayers should be entitled to pass an op inion on whether or not theyd put up with inconveniences during the installatipn of gas lines nnbleons proposal w armstrong counsel for the noted that plans n re ounder prepar ation to start work on the laki- vicw subdivisions hydro linework superintenrfcral sjason discussed u fmer to t cocjniapyahqavillhe providing lines and transformer although has little to making their- nrst the halion county ashamed ot appearance in association for three years the majority of the players are young and need only encouragement to shape up into a first class contender real credit is due sonny townsley his son harold and others who reorganized intermediate base in acton although they didnt come through this year thoyttirrsay with the funs in brooklyn wait till next year game sewed vp the first game of the series with milton played here was a heart- breaker for the locals enjoyifiba two run 86 lead in the ninth inning with two milton players out and two on base prtmo rigo a hitter who couldnt touch spike scotts offerings all night teed off with n triple to the race track in deep cen tre scoring both runners and tieing the score previous to that develop ment acton had overcome a 50 mil ton lead chalked up on three hits and as many errors in the second frame scoring two in the second four in the fourth one in both the fifth and sixth the acton crew enjoyed an 85 lead as the teams wept into the seventh come the top half of the seventh and milton narrowed the margin as south walked and made second on -a- passed ball- at first scoring on a long fly to the outfield actop collected 16 hits off the of ferings of nip gervais with bui skilling- and scottie mccristall be- ing the most- consistent acton hit- tiers each chalking up four hits in five trips to the plate bob bruce tad harold townsley each made two hits in five appearances last night thebest the acton club ite wen reportea to r could dooffjlone vniiphins ilinic ing about 40 gallons per miruti offuoug vaughan s slants ci opc hours ev- problems in completing mete cry day it was pointed out a met readings were again referred should be installed to rccrd pom briefly a was four hits while milton pounded i harry lawson for 10 hits and his anthony gas and oil exploration p fcjup vhich reg stererl opposition to al tiree applications question ed mr brocks fffter the the board to determine if th applicant had gas available then moved for an adjournment says unfair u adjourn mr brooks protested it was un fair to adjourn the milton hearings in order to give mr oconnors cllcnt timptrttiake their own rep- rcsentation befone milton council th mr oconnors insistence the chairman reminded that th hearing was only to consider the halton natural gas companys ap plications not to decide who gets the franchise it was when mr brooks began to introduce the regular proofs of services for milton that the united suburban gas co counsel broke in with a question on the conform- ity of the public notices to the boards regulations this predicated the adjournment after a brief recess the chair- 1 man announced it would be nee- 1 essary to adjourn the milton hear ing because the full directions of the board regarding publication of notice of hearing was not carried out the counsel for the applicant conceded this was the case p mcwill represe the i fund is started to help farmer after barn burns area members of the christian reformed church in acton have un dertaken a fund to aid a nassa- gnwrya township talmer rebuild his barn and replace his crop totallyftcstrnycd when lightning struck the barn and reduced the structure to ashes acton firemen rushed to the blaze late saturday when a call wis put through from the home of a looyenga seven miles southwest of acton the brigade was thwarted in efforts to save the structure is heat from flames fanned by high winds prevented them from get ting close enough anyone wishing to contribute to the fund may do so by contacting rev r gfftenelmhfi resident mn ister in acton of the christian re formed church in addition to the los of crop and building a calf and pig was destroyed and some farm equip ment including two wagons a small amount of insurance was held by mr looyenga who occup ied the farm about a year and a half ago acton firjemenv used a portable pump to bring water from a busn pond nearby by wetting down nearby tjuildings and grass area the brigade prevented the flames from spreading and causing further damage town of milton asked questions or prize lists ready for 1955 acton fair the pitze lists for acton fr are now being distributed by the socmhsryrmrs irene swackhcmrrr they offer exhibitors a fine oppor tunity to mike a splendid shwint it this big annual event the fur is an event for town and rural residents to participate in its suc cess depends in no small measure- on the interests that all fnaltvtain get your copy of the 1955 list make up your exhibit and pin- now to take an active part in actnn fair to be held on september ki17 consumption the present moto- is to be replaced by a permanent unit and the excavations refilled earlier in the meeting secretary j mcgeachie tabled approval from j the hepc for the revised street lighting rate schedule wnich is l subm to the town continued nrx page fo a circular from the ascinto of municipa electric utilities dea- j ing with twoway radio- wi filer as were convention noticed frorv the canadian institute or sewaitt and sanitation ard the ontario as- i sociation of plumbing inspectors and affiliates a resolution was passed whicn ratifies the employment three weeks ago of r holmes who wu tvsw rrskiv rrtaras from peru to iran family follows development of oil resources mr and mrs harrynorton and j ara peru south america- for som nancy will leave in a few weeks years this summer they have beer for iran where mr norton wil be visiting his father mr wm norton associated wfth the iranian oi and sister mrs robert loitit exploration and producing co in reopening the oil fields there they will reside at abadan south iran and their son divide will remain in canada to continue in his school studies for the year he will join them there in next yearsrsnnuner vacation period m and mrs norton expect to be in iran for the tiext two years mn norton has been with the international petroleum co in tal- and mrs nortu mrs eo- wet mother wm macarthur hey also joyed a motor trip to tne coast mr norton left this week to re turn to south america to arrange for shipping the household effects to the new home in iran hi position there is on conjunction with the former firm in south america who have loaned his ser the basis of procedure from ap plication for a franchise to hearing broyks fffter the latter for certification mr crozier sup- completed his application case for plied the- answers georgetown i anton ahnm tn cubic foot of natural go a travbjjno family who lived in peru is now visiting in can ada and wirfcqjext- locate in yrarij shown here mr and aarsvlarry vices to reopening the oil fields n ar two children are visiting relatives here before in iran which have been closed i leaving forjrari mr norton will journey back to peru first in a few moments an adjourn ment was ruled on the acton hear ing for the same reason the miitki hearing was adjourned while chairman crozier made a ro ferwfe- t t po supply of natural gas in the acton area xseynuck president ofanthnrry gas and oil explorations ltd rose and declared that his company would never sell gas- to the ihatc company before the meeting broke up mr brooks sought some assurance from the board that objections as evidenced from opposing parties voud be filed in advance of the next heaingr- the bbard declined to grant this assurance stressing that the nature of the request did not fall within the regulations if thesection under which the fran chise hearings arc being dealt no date was fixed for the re sumption of the acton and milton hearings r mr and mrs d nelles feted at ken i i worth a group of friends and neighbort ga recen atth par h in kfnilw lo present h tt- ent bride and groom mr and mrs david nelles nee cera id me leh man i with a beautiful coffee table and a purse the hall whs beauti decorat- ed with pink and white streamers and bells for the occasion jiimes mcdonald was master of ceremon ies the address was read by bert mfkre and the h and crown a propriatciy responded th evening wii spcrt in pro gressive euchre and dancing and a delicious lunch was served mr and mrs cecil nelles and mr and mrs wm nelles attended the reception and presertatior at kenitworth car hits guardrails at crewsbns corners an accident at crewsons corn ers wednesday resulted in 200 damage when a car driven by gustav engman kitchener had a blowout and crashed into the guard rails on no 7 highway another accident two miles west of georgetown occurred last week when 110 damage was- causetd to a car driven by douglas gamble toronto he collided with a vehicle driven by george jdimson guelph muckers lead in minor ball finals muckers squeezed by on a 13-12- win over hotshots tuesday evening to take the first count in a best- offive final series for the acton minor sports ball championship j lindsay pitched for the win ners and with his brother clouting as many scored two hits in addit ion to the hurling 1 hotshot pitcher was j fryer muckers trailed after a fifth inning splurge right into the last frame but pjt in four rtins to overcome the same number scored by the hotshots in the sixth r last thursday nights action saw the hotshots put out the jets on an 119 win to advance to the final round against the muckers the story by innings in tuesday nights contest rth x muckers 200 081 13 1 5 hotshots 003 034 2 12 12 8 4