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i thi acton free press acton ontarip thursday november 17 1955 first prize winners in the annual esso dealers competition for courtesy service and good housekeeping in the large guelph cen tral district was acton motors at an awards banquet last week the proprietors george gold and henry wissenz shown above were presented with a power tool kit rockwood services at cenotaph and church to mark remembrance day united suburban applies another gas hearing for three towns continued from page one f6suming after dinneiv mr- ev- ans referred to the clause in the j georgetown franchise stating that j the ras company must obtain the permission of the town engineer before beginning any excavations on the streets the clause xirst read i that a permit had to be obtained but the board agreed to change it to rend that just oral permission was necessary i objections from seynuck remembrance day was well ob served sunday morning with a brief service at the cenotaph con ducted by mr douglas black stu dent minister in the absence of the royalaires trumpeters of guelph the fergus pipe band very ably supplied the muic for hymns on the program two verses of o god our help in ages past were followed by the placing of wreaths the reading of names by ralph hodgson the last post two minutei silence and reveille two verses of nearer my god to thee and the benediction by rev j dilts the parade to the presbyterian church followed with capl martin bauer in charge james milne and two members of the boy scquts carried flags the band with the boy scouts in the rear the pres entation of flags was followed by the call to worship and response of holy holy lord god almighty invocation prayer hymn of praise confession of faith apostles creed scripture reading by capt- uin martin bauer selection by- choir and hymn o god of bethel prayer of confession and thanks giving announcements and offer tory a duet was sung by mrs wm moore ad her sister mtss e swanston after a hymn of remembrance o valiant hearts the sermon was riven by mr d black the prayer j of remembrance and dedication j hymn of dedication god of our j fathers national anthem nnd ben ediction concluded the program mrs winlow also announced in the meeting tltat this would be her last meeting and thanked everyone for their cooperation ladles might wednesday evening the regular monthly meeting or the united church mens club was held with a good attendance as it was a night for attendance of ladies mr george day president opened the meeting with the singing of o canada with mrs gordon harris at the piano followed by a sing song mr gor- don harris read a report of the last meeting mr dave d gray was present and showed films df a recent trip down through the western states as far as the mexican border then up adjacent to the pacific coast and the return trip through calgary and kenora and home mrs gray accompanied him on the trip when travelling by train he noted some 20 coaches composed the train and in rounding curves the greater part of the train could be seen mr frank ostrander spoke briefly and introduced mr camp bell mcarthur of guelph who favored the gathering with several vocal numbers at the conclusion of the meeting refreshments were served by a committee and u social time was enjoved regret is felf in the community that mr thomas c winlow is leaving the royal bank where he has been the past few years being transferred to wheatley both mr ity following the parade back up nd jy winlow have been active street the pipe band returned to in various affairs m the commun- thtt church where they were serv ed lunch in the sunday school room before returning home to ftrgw bazaar and tea rev and mrs james neave who left last may for i visit in england i to be with members of their family returned home during the week end saturday afternoon the ladies of the presbyterian church held ttrcrr onnual november bazaar and after- j noon tea which was well attend- tlircr flartl ed mrs wm swanston poured v s llctlcu tea mrs albert gray welcomed the callers during the afternoon extend sympathy sympathy of the community is extended to mr archie flear in the passing of his brother joe at sunnybrook hospital toronto last friday funeral took place monday with service at honewood united church he is survived by his wife sister and two brothers hoc producers meet a meeting in the interests of hog producers was held in the town hall last tuesda evenin w e pasmore as chairman welcomed some 75 members and guests to the meeting sponsored by the guelph district cooperative services mr alf waltberg prof r forshaw and j j and mrs robert mr john slmger of oac and dr uroug messages ercmt ovc took irti j annual report were presented temonon the queston of feed- of officers for the year ing as follows should feeders do- by senior w m s the annual meeting of trie senior auxiliary womens missionary soc iety of knox presbyterian church was held thursday november 10 at the home of mrs fred ander son with mrs a j buchanan pre siding a brief service- of remembrance was followed by the worship ser vice the theme of which was peace those taking part were mrs pearl kennedy miss lottie moore and mrs ineson reports of the presbyterian con ference were given by mrs h l bonnie mrs f anderson and mrs h mainprize miss m e ander- buckner thti evans asked what woulfl t happen if necessary breakage of the street did not get the approval j of the engineer the board pointed i out that the clause read that the j engineer should give his approval to ally reasonable request j solicitor evans completed his case before the board and all amendments were written into the franchise i the board asked if there were any objections to the granting of this franchise anthony seynuck president of the anthony gas afid oil explorations ltd objected i mr seynuck explained to the board that he would like to see his local gas supplied to the three j towns he and james ruddick i secretarytreasurer of the comp- 1 any agreed that none of the gas j companies concerned had made any agreement either verbal or writ ten with them but had told the municipal councils of acton milton and georgetown that they would buy gas from his company the councils they explained had i given two readings fttno franchise bylaws for two gas companies on tlie understanding that whichever company received the franchise they would be using local gas sup plied by the seynuck company mr dot ton of united suburban gas disagreed with mr seynuck the former stated that three let ters had been- sent from his corap- any informing that they would be i agreeable to negotiate for uie pur- j chase of gas but no answer was j received from the seynuck comp- j any mr dutton explained that he was ready to negotiate for the gas when mr seynuck could give him j prices and volumes and on the l condition that his company would have a market ifor the gas as well as exclusive rights to anthony gas i protest not pertaining i mr ruddick stated that he had brourht the subject of gasto north i haltun with his discovery of nat- i ural gas within the county and j that up until his discovery no companies were interested in sup- plying gas to the three towns now he explained there were two 1 companies battling to supply gas cy 5r v horseback riders are skilled group j windsor ns cp the hants county agricultural exhibition otdel in british north america introduced something new this year a square dance on horseback a combined musical ride ami -square- danee was performed by the maple leaf riding club of kent- ville ns a group considered i j few months ago to be nothing but j a bunch of horseriding kids j mrs delai atkins whose farm i was the focal point of the young riders activities became the dir- 1 ector of the club during the win- j ter the young horsemen worked j diligently designing suitable crests and equipment and planning their j horseback square dance j with the advent of spring prac- j tiee began an exhibition official i va invited to see the riders in action he signed them on the spot t although neither would agree to buy anthony gas mr crozier chairman of the board informed mr ruddick that his protest as it did not have any thing to do with the granting of the franchise to this company did not pertain to tie board they musc he explained deal with the municipal councils of the three towns having dealt with the franchise for the town of georgetown the boartrasked prkr mcw i give hjs views on the milton fran chise mr mcwilliams explained that the milton council had set dates for thehalton natural gas company to begin work on the dis tribution system in good faith and had also set a date for the first delivery of gas he also asked questions concern ing the safety of gas and wanted to know about uie company sup plying gas tri industry outside the town he explained that the coun cil wanted these outside firms to be supplied with the gas mr dut ton assured him that if the united suburban gas company did receive the contract for supplying gas to milton they would go to great ex pense to supply such firms as the motor company and the brick yards no one front acton acton representatives did not at tend the meeting they were re ported to have expressed their wish to conform with the forms of milton and georgetown bylaws there was no complaint from that town the board then asked about the- application for an order to dispense with the vote of the electors georgetown agreed to declare that no vote would be held in that town on this franchise- for the un ited suburban gas company but informed the board that the elect ors would be voting on whether or not ttfioy arc in favor of natural gas no matter which company re ceived the contract jack armstrong mayor of georgetown appeared before the board to ask to dispense with the vote on the hal ton natural gas company bylaw in georgetown he said an error had been made at the georgetown hearing and added that the council wanted a vote on natural gas but did not want the electors to vote on the one company they simply wanted a general vote on natural gas he said and they now realized their error mr mcwilliams representing milton council said that it was their wish to dispense with the vote of the electors the ieorle would be voting on the arena ques tion and council did not warittt confuse thc people with- plebiscites on two items he said the board was informed that ftc- 4o would f the suit of b milton and georgetown the board agreed to dispense with the vote there also o w 11 drop in anytime for coffee i youll applaud your own improvemen on your game if you bowl regularly make it a point to bowl at leasl once a week open bowling fridays and saturdays acton bowling lanes phone 697 jofnainst want ad page wfiere old friends meet mayfair restaurant acton east on no 7 highway open daily from 800am to 300 am breakfasts lunches dinners special lunches daily steaks and chops a specialty good food at reasonable prices we deliver new inside and out the excitingly different pend on grain alone the answer was an emphatic no one pound of following were 1956 ensued the elected honorary president mrs r h pnrteir supplement vorth from a pwenv m e iirjr- i haspresuw mrs a j tprof forshaw declared it was false economy to cut down on milk powder or protein supplement considerable discussion was indulg ed in during the meeting dr rowe urged care in ttie administration of r rlark health aids prof forshaw was also m w iwlnrizf asked how the standard could be secretary mrs rt mainprze buchanan first vicepresident mrs h l bennie second vicepresident mrs r rt parker treasurer mrs r m mcdonald assistant treasurer mrs c hansen recording secret- w rca victor 2ikf0evun raised and he stated good breed- glad tidings secretary mrs r r j ing fast feeding to 125 pounds then parker life membership mrs p slow down and market at right kennedy home helpers miss t j weight moore assistant mrs c hansen i mr laekie fieldman for united welcome and welfare mrs f and- j cooperatives who gave a brief erson supply mrs j jany assist talk was introduced by mr gor don gray ant mrs d waldie corresponding secretary mrs a g blow press mrs h mainprize literature and librarv mrs john allison pianist mrs e moknight cgit mrs d davidson mrs roy kirkness mission bands mrs d cooke mrs w toth danqbkou8 ffmck baglesham alto tcp robert bailey 17 was badly burn ed while twirling a ball of fine wire hepicked up on the highway it came in contact with a power line the monthly meeting of the home and school association wns held last tuesday evening at the public school and was wvll at tended mrs t c winlow presid ed mrs uoyd thomas read the parents code of ethics and mrs george day gave a report of the last meeting routine proceedings of school matters followed mr thomas gellately spoke for a few minutes and ilso handed out prutes in connection with field day sports those who received cups xk iter events were fay marsden alberta still has some 30000000 richard ruske 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