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t v- t i rv eightyfirst year n6 16 acton ontario thursday october 27th 1955 ten pages six cents deal with long business agenda asfeasor firs chamber meeting elected president of yp conference stanley harris of rockwood was elected president of the hamilton conference young- peoples union of the united church of canada at the 23rd annual convention held at trinity united church over the weekend about 550 attended he succeeds william whitley of hamil ton other officers are carl moore hamilton vicepresident leonard hoare niagara falls treasurer and carol royle fergus secretary model railway club the model railway club of ac ton y visited the toronto metro politan club there last saturday the toronto group has its model trains operating in a large room in the union station next saturday the father and sons who comprise themember of the club will be holding an organ izational meeting in the hamilton y with the hamilton model rail road club bigger hobby show gray club project a larger and unproved hobby show will be sponsored this year by the royal star gray club the l from the membership and some dis first general meeting of the 1955 56 season was held by the chamber of commerce wednesday evening when an extensive agenda of bus iness was reviewed reports made on past activities and plans laid for future work lou buckley field representative of jh c chamber address ed the meeting and spoke in gen eral terms of the potential expans ion of this district and the part that can be played by such groups as the chamber of commerce mr buckley stressed the need for cooperation by the chamber with town service and other organ izations in meeting the civic social and industrial demands of a pro gressing area he referred to par ticular needs of the municipality which the chamber could assist in provid report on edition derby the s was introduced by dick bean and thanked by jim ledger secretary bean delivered a lengthy report to the members on the booster edition distributed here and in influential areas last may on the successful fish derby which brought considerable public ity to the town and oh the baseball game attended by a bus load of members in toronto thi summer as a social outing some time was spent in describ ing the steps taken by the chamber council in preparing a survey of local merchants to determine feel ing and opinion on store closing hours this raised various questions t question to be put ayers in takemariabridgetehder 65907 final cost to town only 15000 at monday nights special coun cil meeting a stratford firm john gaffney construction was given conditional nod to build the new maria st bridge on its tender of 6590725 council read four other tenders before awarding the contract subject to department of highways and municipal board approvals to this company the engineers tr v anderson and associates estimate on the job is 60832 engineering fees amount to about 4800 other tenders submitted were george wimpey and co ltd to ronto 8865455 halton paving and contracting oakville 72694 birm ingham construction ltd hamilton 75572150 bramall and co const ltd long branch 66575 p breithaupt assistant district engineer for the department of highways was present at monday nights meeting and said the gaff- ney company had good reports on its calibre of work council passed a bylaw rescind ing the previous supplemental sub sidy request to the department on road and bridge work and passed a new bylaw asking the department lemental sub sidy- on roads and bridge jroxx of 78000 this includes 5000 for roadwork 73000 for the bridge comprising structure cost engineer ing fees and contingency costs a motion also carried that a by law be prepared to raised by deben ture 15000 to cover the towns cost of the new bridge the department of highways presently allows an 80 per cent grant on construction of this kind ssrksiia4sncs3s short court sitting here wed afternoon in a short sitting of magistrates court here wednesday afternoon one georgetown youth was fined 100 and costs on a charge of care- leas- driving and his license was suspended for six months a charge of speeding was dismissed four other charges on minor traf fic violations were levied total fines of 26 and costs two other minor traffic charges were remanded building expansion topic of high school dist board group of boys met tuesday evening to discuss their plans for fundrais ing they hope to eventually buy a trampoline for the y their first hobby show was held last year they are already making plans for the second show to be held at the end of january the show is to cover both adults and children the prize list to v more than doubled both in categories and quality of prizes bishops gray club downs kitchener floor hockey team on saturday 14 members of the bishops gray club visited kitch ener for a floor hockey match the boys with y secretary bob bray- shaw and parents left acton at 830 in the morning and saw movies in the kitchener y when they first arrived they joined in a gym class acton won the floor hockey match with a kitchener y team 20 on goals scored by peter newton and bill churchill they cooled off with a swim in the pool and then had their lunch in one of the club rooms a tour of the kitchener television station followed before the group returned home to acton- next saturday the royal star club will be having a similar trip dairy farmers stores guests cushion was held on the nature of the survey now in progress hours bylaws and local reaction nominating committee a nominating committee wa ap pointed to present names at the november meeting for a new slate of officers that will include pres ident two vicepresidents secret- i building problems and expansion in the north halton high school i district came in for discussion at i the monthly board meeting in georgetown monday evening prin- cipal lambert of georgetown offer- i i ed some suggestions on steps that i might be taken to meet the immed- iate need for next year to provide fytfaxurer and four council members named to the nominating committee were e braida m nel lie and g a dills fred wright gave a brief outline of proposals to start a horticultural society here mr wright is chair man of a chamber committee to look after this matter roy goodwin and theron jones were named to direct chamber efforts toward erection of town signs iin the outskirts of acton they will contact other groups n town who have discussed or are in terested in this project- ted tyler jr will again head a committee this year in charge of christmastime decorations in down town acton halton teachers conventionhere i acton tor the first time in about 15 ytnrs will play host friday to between 375 and 400 public school teachers from haltons towns vil- laijes and townships an extensive i program of speakers discussion ses- sions and business matters has been projected for the daylong annual four additional classrooms now available in the schools cor respondence was also read regard ing the attendance of resident pupils at other schools outside the district desks at acton school which had been found defective had been re paired by the company cadets in acton milton public school inspector skuce gave a report on public school at tendance and since georgetown had the largest attendance last year would make an appointment to the penditure by the present board was high school board dr j b milne likely to receive attention such j of georgetown resigned from the capital outlay as a new school could board and the secretary was in- not be planned until two years structcd to write a letter of regret hence the present suggestion was in severance and appreciation of the to use the old science room on the service dr milne has contributed third floor at georgetown arrange during his tenure of office other classrooms by extending an the inspector of cadets is to visit interior small room and acquiring georgetown school next month and two portable classrooms from an- a the time of the visit of officials other municipality which might the matter will be discussed of liav- have them for sale next year the j cadet corps in acton and mil- itwus pointed out that in viewof the steps taken to form a consulta tive committee no large capital ex- building committee viewed the pre sent building that night to take this proposal into consideration release from offers a letter from the milton public school board released the high school board from any offers that had been made for the sale of the present high school in milton the heating systems in all three ton permission was granted the stud- ent council of georgetown high school to hold a bazaar and sale of i work in the school early in decem- ber accounts for the month smount- ing to 1795074 were approved for i payment members present at this meeting schools had received attention and were messrs brown coles and an- it was hoped that they would now derson of esquesing masterman be satisfactory a price of 1160 and forgrave georgetown carbert submitted for new equipment at the of na5sagaiveya cook coon and georgetown school was considered dills of acton hall and pickett of beyond the estimates that the board j milton chairman w j coon pre- would spend sided review of uncompleted work in taxpayers will bb asked to ballot on estimated 200000 expense hear bill benson at soed session the third meeting in the soed club series was held last thursday evening in the y highlighting thi- sesston was an illustrated talk on the role of intravenous solutions in clinical and medical work today de livered by bill benson general manager of baxter laboratories here mr benson outlined the great ad vances made in recent years in the preparation control and dispensing of intravenous solutions he used as examples the parenteral products prepared here in acton and distrib uted by baxters introduced by soed president ken allen mr benson answered many interested questions directed by his appreciative hearers due to a slightly reduced attend ance only two regular classes were held fallowing the main speaker george gold proprietor of a local garage gave some timely tips on the care and servicing of cars as well as a few basic principles of automotive mechanics in the photography class john black led a discussion on artificial lighting and film characteristics following the classes coffee and hot dogs were enjoyed during the social halfhour dairy farmers of the district j rathering enjoyed a turkey dinner and a pro- 1 acton school board chairman j gram sponsored by acton farm supply in the ymca on wednes- day evening the group of men i was served dinner by the y ladies i auxiliary this is the second banquet held j w wolfe will welcome the halton teachers convention to this town when all members congregate in the school auditorium before breaking up for junior and senior discussion periods and reading les- by doug rogers of the farm supply son demonstrations under the direc- to interest the dairy farmers in his tiwi of f l barrett toronto the products ross proctor and harold teachers will be addressed by hal- acton and georgetown and items that had been promised attention and were still unsatisfactory result ed in a motion being passed that in- 19ba structed the secretary to withold all payments to contractors and archi tects until the defect had been giv en attention and properly adjusted it was pointed out that lists of ad justments had been taken months ago and no effort made toward ful filment of the work correspondence was read with the pressey from burlington represent- ton inspectors l l skuce and f r officials of the town of milton ing purina feeds spoke to the men and showed films agricultural re presentative j e whitelock spokebriefly bomhold following noon dinner garding the issue of 32000 deben- turesfor the building there and in- served in also three protestant churches the cheated this financing was now ap- tecllrs win hear kjf preuter iprpyed and arranged superintendent of public schools in the account for removal of a a propane gas truck from to- etobicoke f s cooper inspector hydro line on the school property in ronto went off the road in eden of public schools in scarborough j acton was 195258 which had been mills near the campbellvihe turn- will be the next speaker j allowed for in the original building off thursday evening driver of the at the close of the day annual expenditure trek was cliff lewis of toronto business will be conducted includ- j the halton county health unit in who was unhurt a fence was dam- ik the election of new officers and a letter pointed out further co- aged committee reports operation with the board that was dead letter office finds 35000 in 54 acton rotarians told since the postal service is the largest and most used public ser vice in the world it is subject to the most criticism c d stipe post master from hamilton told acton rotarians at their meeting tuesday members of the acton post office staff were special guests mr stipe said that the first mail delivery in canada was in 1705 it montreal a q letter car riers travelled by horse or foot canadas own postal service began in 18 he explained the mail handling system and stressed that cooperat ion is necessary for the best ser vice last year 6000000 letters containing 15000 in cash ended at the dead letter office with 3400 parcels frank terry introduced mr stipe who starting at 15 years of age has been a post office employee 44 years water woodburn thank ed the speaker iode bazaar tea held in y the gymnasium of the ymca was transformed with decorations attractive tea tables and colorful booths for the bazaar and tea held by the duke of devonshire chaptor of the iode on saturday after noon aprons baking and candies ex changed hands briskly as visitors purchased the varied goods for sale mrs k knox and mrs w wolfe were in charge of the bak ing- table with mrs c kirkness and miss ruby clark in charge of candy in charge of the apron booth were mrs j lambert and mrs h thorarinson mrs j jany convened the tea with tables set up at one corner of the room mrs c mathews and mrs a long poured highlights of the afternoon were the draws a plate of delicious sausage rolls was won by mrs j mcgeachie kenneth jame of bur- wash the grandson of mr and mrs kingsmill of acton won the tur key janice franklin won the doll mrs w mcleod was especially lucky she won the oil painting and a ticket she bought for her daugh ter mrs yabsley of ottawa was drawn for the aluminum tray boyd clark of toronto won the cake acton voters entitled to ballot on money bylaws will be asked for their opinion december 5 on the question of building a new municipal centre which all expenses included could cost up to 200000 council at a special sessiqnmon- day evening decided to put tha question to a plebiscite this fall after hearing some straight-from- theshoulder facts from town plan ner and architect p a deacon who told members a plan to renovate th existin town hall to include needed enlarg- first square dance in st albans hall the first dance of the first series was attended by a good number of members oi the square dance club on friday evening still popular after several years of organization the club meets regularly throughout the winter months in st albans parish hall the rhythm ramblers provided the music with morris vey of ham ilton the caller charlie kirkness acted as master of ceremonies police report four accidents onepranktheft four car accidents and one theft were reported in this district by provincial police during the pat week in one car mishap outside acton friday night three george town youths were injured when their car flipped over three men were removed o guelph hospital after a car driven by william avery flipped over in the south ditch of no 7 highway east of here friday night ian mcneil received a fractured left arm and william newson suf fered cuts and bruises avery re ceived back injuries in the crash all three ore from georgetown damage to their car was estimated at cl to s40o earlier friday a car drfven by george miller was allegedly forced off the road by stanley sloneiski who passed another car on a hill the damage to millers car was es timated at 100 the accident oc curred on no 7 highway one mile west of acton an accident at the haltonvillc intersection last week resulted in an overall damage of 175 to two cars as they collided at the corner drivers of the cars were henry hills and roy elliott monday borden marchment of glen williams reported to police that an old redwheeled horse car riage had been stolen from his barn police believe that the car riage was stolen for use on hal loween night by a gang of prank sters the carriage was valued at little or nothing ed office space and additional fire hall facilities would if followed through result in unknown costs the present land area on which the town hall is built is not large enough to accommodate a new municipal building with fire hall and library c it is important that provision be made soon for added parking space in the downtown section out of this need the civic square idea is feasible actons potential growth in the next few years with this district and this part of ontario will re quire greater facilities for munici pal administration and services site a question mark earlier m deacon submitted a plan for a new municipal centre in cluding fire hall and library and all necessary offices which he present ed along with an approximate building cost estimate of 130000 councils agreement to question the voters on basis of a total 200000 cost came after intense discussion on where more land might be bought in the central area of town and what such land might cost a previous motion lost that citi zens be approached on the new centre question on basis of a cost of 160000 it was evidenuy feared by the majority of dissenting council lors that this figure would not be enough and could be misleading although desirable sites for the proposed centre were tentatively mentioned no definite possibility was found and members had no inkling as to what price the town might be asked for new lands which could conceivably have buildings on them now renovation prehlbltive the motion passed read that a bylaw be prepared for the taking of a plebiscite at the municipal election in the question of erection of new municipal buildings or buildings to comprise necessary offices and fire hall and library at an estimated approximate cost ot 200000 at the outset of the meeting mr deacon pointed out the difficulties greeting a plan to renovate the pre sent hall he said no contractor would give a firm bid on cost it would have to be done on a cost monday a car driven by henrytp which he added could smith toronto struck and killed a deer about fi miles south of town on no 25 highway the game warden removed the carcass roses rise over falls first snow brotrerfiood planst allmale bazaar plans are being made for the bazaar and tea which the brother hood of anglican churchmen is sponsoring in december the group met in the parish hall thursday evening of last week the men are making all the arrangements and articles for the bazaar themselves the seasons first snows came to this district monday night when with the thermometer edging to ward freezing high winds blew a cold breath of whats to come next month tuesday morning was cold and patches of white lay about on cars buildi a t t l lawns and dead gardens one rather incongruous scene tuesday morning had the still- blooming roses in front of the rum- ley funeral home as on other late lasting gardens about town sprink led with snow and stems rising from snowcovered mounds of earth wednesday those who didnt get run the town into prohibitive pense in addition the town planner questioned the worth of renovating the hall he explained the floors and roof would have to be removed new windows knocked out and old windows closed all that would re main would be parts of the soft- brick four walls and these he re marked could easily cave in or out due to the age of the structure view latent expansion council discarded the plan to re novate the old hall members learned there could be little or no chance of adequate parking space it this site were used to hold a new fire hall or both might have to be left off the civic building if the old site were used youd be wise to consider a new site- for this building mr deacon said reviewing the latent expansion of acton and the future need for a works garage and further municipal space which might be required he stressed that considerable antifrecie or glycol in their cars foresight is needed for the future the day before breathed easier as tonight members of the group warmer air and sunshine prevailed are travelling to burlington for the annual laymens dinner but the weatherman predicts cooler weather again to come warm words heard woy sah photo mom is under construction a few miles east of acton this side of the seventh line j to be finished by next spring the 10ontt building is being erected by norton bros and georgetown it is located on fourandahalf acres of land set back from the high- ringed by asem1lneof7evergn5ens i v v -v- subdivide puc argue over water warm words were exchanged at i chairman f oakes suggested that last weeks puc meeting when since they had used the water for the glenlea subdividers thomas j mixing purposes an average read- and thomas came to complain tftjing should be established for bill- the commission about high billing for consumption of water by some householders water which was us ed by the subdivides themselves for construction the subdividers said a section of town had given them roads water householders in glenlea were com plaining of big water bills these- possible for them to make thou- same consumers had allowed the builders to use their tapi for mor tar mixing etc at the ssnne time the subdividers maintained they had not used the town hydrant as their sole supply of water because it took too long to till barrels with halfinch nose from tbehydrant they also claimed a threeusch hose they had been usinf from the hydrant had been taken sway the date of its return was disputed ing purposes on those from whom water was taken mayor tyler broke in to criticize the subdividers for arguing ovei 40 worth of water when and sewage service and made it sands of dollars here mr thomas countered that his company had brought business to the town by building here dont talk about what youve done tor the town mayor tyler retorted mr thomas continued that- he was very disappointed in the fin ancial success ot the glenlea pro ject here- the warm words got- hotter about difficulties encou in the town mr thomas charged that mayor tyler was against them mayor tyler injected that the builders haul received what thev bad been promised by the town secretary if afogechie broke in- t to the argument with a suggestion the he said possibly this bill could be made equal lo the next bill for the nine dissatisfied water consumers the commission generally agreed to this mayor tyler voiced opposition he argued that this dispute should be settled between the builder and the residents not by the commis sion he ssked to be recorded ss opposing r r parker ripustnilng the besrdsnore co lttt approached the commission he noted a leasts inlms on quantity of water continued on page tour and reminded members that it wa important not to make a mistake in planning with this kind of proposed expenditure when hesitation was expressed about actons ability to bear the cost of a new municipal centre mr deacon replied he had studied the towns debenture debt and financial position he expressed that such an expenditure is within the munici palitys capabilities during the discussions on avail able or unavailable- new lands mr deacon suggested some thought might be given to using part of the park lands mayor tyler said he was unwilling to make an inroad oat the park area if it could be helped as for the old site should the town build s new centre mr deac on considered this land would be come a valuable piece of downtown real estate i i vi scouts cubs gather papers on saturday scouts snd cubs held one of 1 regular paper collections oa 8t day athe bom called from door door sd ov town sa piled sines onto trucks watch had last tor the project la paper net ss heavy as ta the tstt eel ttob but netted sojae additions 3e v- acamhwtgagj