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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 25, 1955, p. 8

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v r i page eight the acton free press acton ontario thursday amgost 2sth 198s r-n- building boom in c5egetown a building- boom in georgetown has seen building permits repres enting over a million and a half dollars issued in less than two m the nrw tnwn e p uiifiitnu w t douglas wilson issued permits m july totalling 100382500 to date in august another s87610000 has been issued if the present rate of growth con tinues 1955 will see lit least twice as much building as j year when tfrtnl pfwt were sightly over a million and a half dollars this year to date permits have been taken out for a total of two and a half million aside from one factory and one commercial structure the whole boss total is for housing police radios aid in hurricane storm the radioequipped cars of the oakville police department and the radioequipped truck of town foreman ed fitzsimmons paid div- mends when hurricane connie hit by means of the radios the police were able to relay complaints af storm damage to mr fitzsimmons who went toeach trouble spot the police used one of their radio- equipped cars to accompany a p u c repair truck which has no radio and take calls from the pol ice station between 25 and 30 reports of trees and branches down were received by the police besides 20 of light and phone wires down and two washouts satellite town of 40000 planned just east of trafalgar a complete residentialindustrial satellite town of 10000 is to be created just east of the trafalgar- toronto township line in the clarkson area the project is to t5 financed by british capttalr 700 housing unitsr- with mlacxesij runrm ate ufhliti inoliiha fchi rnthsrhim in nrmnrlcfv1 fm- industrial indnstrv wlawuiib which includes the rothschild in terests the proposed 000acre develop ment would be the second largest of its type in canada topped only by the don mills development near toronto two readings given on bronte sewers the bylaw providing for install ation ofa sewngp system in bronte upon which rate payers will vote was given two readings by the vil lage council and will receive a third reading after being opprovej by the ontario municipal board the vote will be taken on wed nesday september 7 the bylaw calls for the issuing of debentures to cover the cost of installin sewers railway clerk makes travelling a hobby north bay cp gordon wiilh i n fello whodoesnt spend a great deal of his life poring over travel folders and dreaming of visits he might make to lands of exotic sunsets and swaying palms having a practical streak he just upa and goes visiting countries is my hobby he says 1 try to make a trip every two years and it usually costs about 2500 but it is certainly worth it mr wield returned recently from a trip which took him to 17 coun tries he flew from north bay to scotland and among other places he visited were england holland france switzerland germany spain north africa portugal and bermuda language difficulties havent stumped mr wield he says its shotoff un-trytng-to-get-direcuons- iug puu b t from someone you talk to some person for a few minutes and the laughing at each other we nllhave one thing in common i guessev- eryone has a sense of humour most beautiful scene he says was an african sunset seen from the air the copilot asked me if i would like to come up front for a view naturally i said yes if ever- in your life you saw a beautiful scene it is an african sunset geneva he described as a very beautiful city but his comments on spanish bullfighting were not so glowing it makes a man wonder why people like to sec this sort of thing he said -in- two- years time mr wield a railway mall clerk will be off again to japan china aand other coun tries assuring healthy meat slaughtering of animals for human consumption and all processing and storage operations of meat and meat products in federally inspected plants are under strict super vision of the health of animals division canada department of agriculture in addition to inspection before and after the slaugh tering of animals tests are made of various organs of the animals to check that they are free- from disease any diseased meal or meat food products must be disposed of in such a way jthat they could not possibly be used for human food pictured above is a veter inarian of the health of animals division checking the temperature of smoked hams a safeguard measure against trichinosis there are 146 federally inspected plants in canada and during the last 15 years the numberof livestock slaughtered and inspected has doubl ed in the last 12 mqriris they have numbered 14064642 al though compulsory federal inspection applies only to meat and meat products that are exported or move frpm one province to an other in actual practice much of the meat raised and sold within a province also passes through inspected plants it is estimated that about 75 per cent of all meat produced in canada is inspected in this manner department of agriculture photo uammsmmimsmrmmemimszmmaaii isosssssnsst3ssasaa new reservoir for georgetown holds half million gajlons much of georgetowns 132050 expenditure for a new water res- ervoir and extension to the present system will be buried forever when it is completed in the next week or two the dunker construction co wns awarded an 82000 contract for constructing the reservoir and pump house which will supply an ex panded water supply system for georgetowns old and new boundar ies the town council began planning the new system in 1954 when large tracts of farm land were bought up and since incorporated in george towns boundaries greater quan tities of water became imperative a second well is being drilled n the same district and water will be pumped from the two wells into the 500000 gallon reservoir then distributed by another series of pumps into the towns watermains the reservoir approximately 12 feet high isr partially completed hugs quantities of concrete are be when it is finished the huge res- ervoir will be completely sealed in first thing you know you jire covered over with earth and seeded preach from rock in sheltered cove ivy ijea ont cphalf mojn bay a quiet sheltered cove in the thousand islands near gannnaque is the site of one of canadas most unusual churches down with grass only evidence of the construction will be o pump house and office which will be loc ated beside the reservoir the distribution will be made by three verticle turbine pumps which can be operated singly or in units to keep an unfailing source of water circulating at the proper pressure young mother likes racing planning board permits centre the oakville trafalgar bronte planning board last weclc recom mended that trafalgar council re- zone residential land just south of the ford plant on the ninth line as commercial to permit the pro posed linbrook estates limited shopping center at the same time the planners recommended that the proposed j a caulder jr shopping center im mediately north of the lakeshore highway on the ninth line b turned down the joint planning board also recommended that there be no re- zoning around the townships sew age disposal plant first news of the development came monday evening when the rtedsivkateiisbira park planned near drumquin tjja new 117acre park in drum quin at the seventh line and no 5 sideroad is being planned by trafalgar township clerk sheldon feather stone estimated the cost to the township at about 300 per acre mr featherstone said he thought the park would be a combination of an athletic field picnic park and nursery ground its in a central location and can draw from a large area said mr featherstone united land corporations proposnr was submitted to toronto tow ship council it was approved animously the town i apparently to have acton jersey dairy for the finest in dairy products homogenized milk farm fresh whole milk skim milk cream w r earmarked for industrial industry which would be built along both sides of the queen elizabeth way the town site extends from the trafalgartoronto township line on the west to the clarkson fifth line onthe east bounded on the south by a jnk- main line and exlend- 330 canadians at y conference more than 330 canadians dele gates to world ymca confer ences shared in a gigantic travel undertaking which brought rep resentatives of 10000 ymtas in more than 70 countries to pans france from august 12 to 23 six conferences for boys youth young adults ys men ymca secret aries and official representatives are commemorating the 100th an niversary of the founding of the worlds alliance or ymcas the conferences with hundreds of persons serving as interpreters require 1500 simultor sets for mechanical interpretation centen nial medals watches and other souvenirs are available gymnastic team from sweden and a choir from germany shared in opening ceremonies protestant romavn catholic and orthodox services are arranged for the sunday programs centennial rally under the direct ion of ralph reader mbe wjll be held on august 22 in the pal ais des sports paris dick schmull former acton y mca secretary is in charge of all the sports at the conference paralyzed youth rivesmotor car kinnaird bc cpi arlen hende p paralysed in a shooting accident three years ago and confined to a wheelchair now is driving a speciallybuilt car friends and neighbors in this small southeastern british colum bia community jf 350 gathered at the youths home recently to give arlen the surprise present the little automobile has a ramp at the rear lowered by a lever in the driving compartment so that the driver can wheel himself aboard and off the vehicle the car is powered by a 2vi horsepower motor has threespeed transmission an automatic clutch and has a maximum speed of 10 toronto cp the scream of i miles an hour a sports car engine is seldom as- 1 work on the machine a spare- sociated with the career of a wife j time project began last january in and mother but it plays a big the basement of neighbor harvey part in the life of mrs pat sword jacks and was a well kept secret the attractive 36 year o moth- i it took 800 man hours to build and 30o er of a nine year old son took trial run five years ago in her brothers sports car bitten by the bug she traded in her family car and has driven fhe small but pow erful speedster ever since her present car is capable of 120 miles an hour ive never had it up that fast she says but its there is no building no visible jlcc to have the feeling it will do signs of a church except the cove itself a natural rock is the pul pit boats are the pews there if an organ brought in by boat and hymnbooks are distributed by canoe it all began in 1887 without a clergyman as a vesper service the effort of summer visitors to the islands ten worship quietly but things have been different since the establishment a few years ago of the half moon bay board of trust the cove itself an inlet of bostwick island of the admiralty group was deeded to the board by a family who owned the land and instituted the service the organ new this year was the gift of an anonymous donor- archdeacon n r stout rev m c- young and rev j- a payton exve for anglican united church and presbyterian congregations in states preachers alternate in con ducting the unique services a tour boat leaves gananoqiie every sunday at 4ss pjn for the service at 5 another leaves ivy lea sometime after 3 as it has for the past 26 years they stop for passengers along the route and destination it if necessary it can pick up to 00 milks an hour in 10j seconds its very light and very powerful she competes regularly in hill climbs road races and twoday jaunts through ontario and que bec with elglit hour stopovers i have a nasty sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach before a race but when you get going theresnuo time to be afraidiv she said yiiure watching sflte oil pressure the water temperature watching the rev counter to how fast the engine is going youre pretty busy he husband ian an aircraft factory production foreman is a sports car enthusiast top as is her son michael among her busy round of activ ities she finds time to edit small torue monthly magazine of the british empire- motor dob of canadian and united whicrrrshe andher husband members v she said she wished more women would join the sports some of the men jiave wives who drive with them and there are a few women w h their own cais like trie itttrarreriy very ex pensive after youhave the car r hs certain by in cash all voluntarily don- ated the sleek little body is con structed of plywood painted ma roon and tan and is trimmed with chrome when the car was handed over to arlen he as also given a pre paid insurance premium for a year and a voucher for free gas fo- the lifetime of the car with a population of over 5250- 000 ontario holds approximately onethird of canadas citizens coopers drug store adon out ryumbing heatmg eavestroughing pressure systems water softeners 0 251 mason blvd acton phone25 ing north to a line half way be tween the queen elizabeth and dundas highways- the promoters will apparently provide the township with 1000- 000 for the construction of a water filtration plant and wilt bui a 1 1 sewage disposal plant themselves reeve mary fix said the agree ment culminated six months of neg otiations work will begin almost at once starting with a sewer and water plant in clarkson where sites have already been optioned the promoters agreed to post a bond for 1280000 before any work begins they will construct at least 500000 worth of industrial assess ment before beginning on homes the development will also con tain its own school churches and shopping centres hum of all the roar of an aircraft engine during ground test can rattle windows and nerves for blocks around so were glad to report that aluminum has turned up as a noiseabsorbing honey comb in an aircraft companys testcell hundreds of aluminum tubes of differing diameters and lengths filled with absorbent soundbaffling material make up the end walls and we are told that by the time the giant roar has bounced around in these aluminum mazes it comes out the other end thoroughly baffled and weakened to a we expect there are lots of aluminum boosters around thkt factory r but phone 242 don p dally deliyery m smm o r an ge v i lie rot a r y club s4j61 giant bingo in orangeville arena wednesday september 7th door prize brand new 1955 chev jackpot 100000 share the wealth 2 specials200 each 1 2 games50 each draw for car will be made at close of bingo games you must be there to win admission 100 for 12 games 50 prix each gam extras and special 25c each or 5 for 100 starts 830 sharp proceeds go to artificial ice fund for arena aluminum company of canada ltd alcan imtmsmmmvmsmimnmmtmimm specials for boys ir hopalong cassidy jeans rg 269 225 pr shortsleeved sport and tshirts 1016 only 149 reg to 198 ir bays happyf oot health sox all colors 85c other fine selections of boys stretch sox underwear and jackets quality clothes for dad and the lad mill st acton ha i ton centennial manor tenders for coal sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned and plainly marked tender for coal will be received up to 12 oclock noon friday september 2nd 1955 for the supplying of ap proximately 260 tons of high grade commercial stoker coal for delivery as required to hahon centennial manor milton for season 19551956 an analysis of the coal must be submitted with tender the l or any te not n acce wm deans secretarytreasurer b 216 m ontario e this concerns you read this startling news now exclusive in acton dry cleaning san itone gives you the finest quality dry cleaning avail able anywhere at any price master cleaners and their acton agency at 128 are now licensed exclusively for this district complete service dry cleaning cold storage and repairs same day pressing except saturday try it once and note the difference watch our ad next w and metier c daily ad in the mercury for snore exciting news about 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