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4 um3e two the acton free press acton ontario o thuwsda y december 29 1wbs arton jim jrrfia the only wb ev papflsaca la acssn founded in 1875 and published every tbuts- day at 56 m1u st e acton ont member of the audit bureau of circulations the t na and the ontarioquebec division- of the cwna advertising rates on request sub- serlntions payable u advaaaa zb9 st canada 3m jn tbe united states abz months 150 slnglecoples 6c authorised as second class mall- foot office department ottawa fabushe by the dols priathmg aad fahhsmnaa c g a dills editortochie david r dills production manager james dills john black associate kdluw busmen and editorial office ph 174 acton as the year closes closing of a year brings another opportunity to express appreciation for the friendships and canadas banner year canada is closing a year marked by unpre cedented prosperity and expansion with a population of nearly 1 6000000 an increase of 4000000 in 10 years the dorninion in 1955 either embarked on or finished a variety of rrniltimilliondolrar projects virtually every province shared in the development and even a sketchy outline is impressive newfoundland celebrating acentury of self- government will spend millions on the exploita tion of labradors natural resources and plans to revamp the provinces fishing industry prince edward island marked the centefsntal of its capi tal charlottefown two great projects were completed in nova scotia the canso causeway linking cape breton island to the mainland and the angus macdonald bridge joining halifax and dartmouth new brunswick embarked on construction of the 50- 000000 beechwood power project said to be the biggest engineering scheme in the provinces his tory on the heels of the opening up of vast iron ore deposits in ungava qoebec came up with the big power development at bersimis which may eventually have a capacity of 1800000 horse- i 44 ii the good olltdays may have seemed better- vvvvvwvw f back in 1905 taken from the isaac of the free press thursday december 28 ims trie prospects for a warmly con tested election on monday next are ctf the best one couidl not help be ing impressed at toe nomination meeting on friday night with the great interest and quiet attention manifested some ot the speeches were diametrically opposed yet all were respectfully and attentively listened to followed of course by sympathetic applause such a con dition of affairs contrasts strong ly with the hooting jeering and other disorderly manifestations of ten attending such public gather ings elections- are required for both municipal bodies the council and the school board and this with the vote on the local option will require that the elector mark three ballots the liquor mens threats against those who vote for local option will no doubt react in the deter back in 195 taken ft a the issae of the free press tuesday december 31 ims the importance of acton as a centre for shipping poultry is not fully realized ibis year acton creamery shipped poultry to the value of 428270 to toronto this creamery purchased 2887 chickens at an average of 9145 each and bbs geese at an average of 9l10 each from the produce of the district in the two weeks previous to christmas acton friends join in congratul ations to mr and mrs win wil liams for 59 years residents of this conaxuinity who on wednesday celebrate their 80th wedding an niversary they now reside in to ronto miltons 23000 arena will not be- operating this year and the mil ton intermediate ihockcy entry hast therefore dropped out of the groirp the arena company considers that it costs too much money to operate a ami nu mi has come fanward to operate the building three of the junior players tram milton have signed with the ac- torn squad even it tihe road is slippery it isnt dusty on mih st now monday was nomination day in a number of centres around acton an acclamation has been accord ed m nassagaweya and the coun cil will comprise some new faces- mr george finney is reeve and messrs allan marion john h simpson john robertson and don ald campbell are councillors running for reeve in esquesing are george currie and l l mullin lor deputyreeve n robinson and g w murray for council w w wilson howard may hume cur rie robert given alex hume ed- wm harrop sramosa for reeve d h stor ey j h stewart sims mclean for council d a davis john hen ry d d gray w j pinkney al bert lush percy peavoy harold young joseph rutherford george- watt associations which have been enjoyed throughout the past year coupled with it is the oppor tunity to extend good wishes for the new year its a time for looking back on all the good things that 1955 brought and a time for looking forward into another 12 months and trieopportunities it will present toenumerate thehany good things of 1955 would make a list too lengthy for these columns and too vulnerable for omissions so we say thank you to all who have by your combined effort assisted to make your home town news paper representative of the district which we en deavor to serve what will be the things written into the pages of 1956 in the free press are unpredictable may we wish for all that when the conclusion of 1956 rolls around the pages will tell another story of progress as great or greater than those of 1955 in the lines to come to you in the year ahead may they bring a big measure of happi ness to all people as the curtain rings down on 1 955 the quota tion of william allan bryant seems as approp riate today as when it was first penned the good old year is with thepast oh bethe new askindtl twelfth night power in ontario the st lavrence seaway and power project proceeded so rapidly that excava tion for the powerhouse at cornwall was practic ally completed at year end although faced with a problem in the dis posal of farm surpluses the prairie provinces harvested a bumper grain crop on a historic note albertaandsaskatchevvan celebrated their 50th anniversary as federated canadian provinc es the kitimat development of the aluminum company of canada was the springboard for the planning of a variety of projects in british colum bia the company has already spent some 300- 000000 and is still expanding elsewhere de velopment of power and forest resources fore shadows great industrial growth in the province mining operations in the northwest territories increased rapidly and the removal of the town of aklavik to firm ground on the mackenzie river delta will cost several million dollars a six year extension plan for education of indians and eski mos in the territories is also planned canadas industrial development to say noth ing of her growing stature in international affairs goes a long way to prove the truth of the state- tnerirtnadesamesoyears ago that the 20theerv fury belongs to canada more and more towns are celebrating 1 2th night the 12th night after christmas which is also called epiphany and falls on friday january 6th it is a popular custom in england and in many european countries all yuletide decora tions are taken down and christmas trees are burned in a huge fire the program in durham this year will consist of the reading of the story of the 1 2th night and carol singing prior to the burning of the trees miss christmas will hand an ignited torch to the mayor who will touch off the trees a minister has promised that the boy scouts will go around town and collect the discarded christmas trees from the homes and the town will provide the trucks in view of the fact here that all the trees are eoltectedby thetown anyway it would create no extra effort or cost and it might ensure an earlier and more uniform solution to this problem weve still some open spaces where such a program might be carried out without danger of fire to property 4- the bibl rev s p parson district secretary 76 upper canada bible society it is sometimes by devious rwutes thart bibles reach their destination airnail from god is the des cription given tot his novel method of distribution toy a young mis sionary in mexico he packs gos pels into an airplane and drops thorn in remote villages in sections of oie country bounded by moun tains and forests as lite flies slowly and low over a vdllaee ihe drops the scripture portions in a steady stream old and young rush out and search the streets andi countryside for the little books they return in trvunvph to rea the message from the sky the young missionary pilot often visits ore sanrie villages later to find th ibo have been- well re ceived an old man will be quietly reading under a shade tree a wo man will have one tucked into iher market basket a group of boys may be found slowl spelling out the words one by one he claims he ihas never heard of a copy being torn up or thrown away in europe various similar efforts have been made to get the bible behind the iron curtain the book uhat ihas seen more variety in its method of delivery than any other has been attached to gas- filled bal loons when the wind direction was right and oast aloft to be carried over national and ideological bor ders one newcanadian devised a sdheme to send copies of the scrip- ures to friends in central europe when they failed to arrive toy reg ular mail in their own right she baked other copies in bread or cake and thus secured their secret dob very i suggested bible readings tor the week sunday phil 1 121 mon day col 1 123 tuesday jude 17- 25 wednesday psa 67 1 7 thur sday psa 23 16 friday psa 46- 1 11 iaturdoy7psa 100 15 m ination of electors generally to show that they arc not afraid of the liquor power mr swackhamers criticisms of thd present council tor alleged ex travagance hi purchasing much- needed road machinery is not re garded as very consistent the christmas roll of honor at the public school and high school includes the names of f havill m bennett e smith f coleman f speight p somerville m chap man w gnindell w brown w kenney ix worden gertie john stone bessie husband e ban- roy bauer v coleman dorothy nelson lettie scott and others skating on fairy lake is fairly good the publics and high schools rais ed 7 45 ttor the sick childrens hospital mr and mrs john matthews observed their golden wedding in toronto from june 1 1054 to june 1 1035 average weekly wage in manuaact- uring in canada increased from 5660 to 9066 in 1s60 the average wage was 1367 and in 1830 it was 2014 hockey totplc is again a very popular hope a safe and happy new year ffairdepends on how you look at it it you are thinking of taking a taxi to that new years cocktail party you may tell yourself it is much rnore expensive and less convenient than driving your own car the ontario safety league suggests that you consider what might happen when driving with one- for the road under your belt at the very least a police officer may stop you on a routine check if he finds you have been drinking he may advise you to finish your trip by taxi leaving your car where it is until you are better able to handle it then howll you get your babysitter home also by taxi of course by now you are complaining of the high cost of irving it up but it courd be worse the officer might charge you that means being an over night guest of the government then buying your way out with your hardearned cash and we dont know where you can get less value for your money of course you will probably be request- ed to leave your drivers license with the court for time then how will you navigate or even worse in your exhilarated state youre not even intoxicated you may victimize some innocent- pedestrian or motorist that is when things get really expensive so if you are likely to be doing any drinking you would indeed be wise to take the ontario safety leagues advice and jeave your car at canada may be in the throes of a fullscale cement war within 1 2 months with home and foreignsponsored plants scrambling for market outlets predicts the financial post after years of recurring summer shortages which brought unofficial rationing and a sellers market it looks as if the buyers will soon be in the saddle a 90 millions expansion race is in full swing in the cement industry now maybe well get all those sidewalks built that have been delayed so v long for lack of cement brief comment may 1956 bring you a great measure of the happiness you seek out of a possible vote of 1399 there were 1019 electors who cast ballots in the town of geraldton ont that is the best election turnout weve heard about this year the past month has seen a great mapy new readers added to our mailing list we welcome these and will do our utmost to keep you posted on the events of townand district jsfcm sii iwmss k visssn 3svi v vistiw- wellington drive by farmers union proves successful an organizational drive held by the ontario farmers union last week in wellington district suc ceeded in setting up new locals and expanding present ones ionwood brookville ariss marydiill and glen allan farmers had the opportunity of hearing the provincial president albert conmack of arthur explain tlie birth and the ever growing need for this grassroots organization for instance two years ago the ijuc warned the dominion government of the impending westfrn grain problem in th west fjoma if voii do takg vnur rr h7jr-ipk- of character to say nothankstm driving it is the cheapest form of insurance you can get for a safe and happy new year ontario motorists are to be allowed until january 31st to secure 1955 license plates thats the first deadline announcement the prices will be higher too m in 1956 victoria day will be may 21st and thanksgiving day will be october 8th both are on mondays and were recently proclaimed in the canada gazette striking employees of general motors have already lost more than 10000000 in wages since they walked out on- september 19 average individual loss to the 1 7000 striking employees works out at around 800 while were still in the midsj of consideration of franchises for natural gas for heating a toronto professbr makes the assertion that the prospects for wide application of solar heating in canada within 25 years are so good as to be considered almost certain m a word of praise is due municipal employees for their effort last thursday in the seasons heaviest snowfall garbage was collected and he said and now at the ottawa conference last week they cnarg- ed mr gardiner with ignoring this danger even to suggesting that they go into livestock which they did creating a problem for the eastern farmer this is no national solution said mr cormack when you join this union through direct member ship you own and control it if you desire a living wage and cost for parity prices we wih fight for of production then join the fight full parity for the amount of our production that is consumed in canada wrth costs still going up and our income down a portion of parity will not keep us in the farming industry he said these meetings were attended by small crowds but interested farm ers were active in the discussion periods which follow these union talks many new members joined to further the aim of the union to double its membership each year this drive will toe followed by another drive alter the district leadership school to be held in elora in january professional directory roottbkveltfrsguide medical dr w g c kenney physician and sargeea office in symon block 43a mill st e acton office phone 78 residence us ghana 8l b dr d a garrett corner of willow tnd river sis entrance rlvsr street acton ontario coyote footed him re j to lif whlueams lake bc- icp marius mortenson predator hunter for the british columbia game com mission doesnt turn his back on coyotes any more inspecting ihis coyote traps near here ihe came across one pf the an imals apparently dead and slung it over ihis shoulder the coyote re- gained its senses en route and de parted with a generous portion of mortensons breeks dr robert d buckner yajnacsba ana sasgesa 39 wellington st acton ont office hours 90 pm legal c f leatherland barrister a solicitor netsry rasbs office hours 1000 am- 1200 am 1 00 pm500 pjn saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone res 101 acton lever hoskin chartered aeesaataats or main st n 44 victoria st- brampton toronto phones- 2478 em 40131 dental dr a j buchanan dental o office leishmin block mill st office hours 9 mm to s pjn xray telephomk 14 dr h leib at tut united chuftch op canada aetea oman rev gordon adams ma bd minister parsonage29 bower avenue phone 60 mr george elliott organist and choir leader 76 bower ave acton phone 8 suneaay january 1st 950 am junior church oss axn churdi school 1115 ajn morning worship 1956 the anglican church of canada st albans church acton ont rev evan h jones ba lth rector mtatiqlmmm4iitmmqmadjmm9 superintendent kirkness arid his staff the snow boper was very effective in clearing snow on mill street sunday january 1st 1958 910 am holy cornmunion 10 00 an church school film csorth with the bishop of trie arctic 1 1 00 sot beginners class 11 00 ajn choral communion 700 pan evening prayer presbyterian church in canada knox church acton rev robert h armstrong ha bj sunday january 1st 1056 9 45 a jn church school 1100 am morning worship 700 pjn evening service a warm welcome awaits you they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength lor baptist church acton ray h costerus pastor parsonage 115 bower ave phone 206w sunday january 1st 1050 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 7 00 pm evening service wednesday 8 pm midweek ser- canada is the greatest exporter of pulp and paper in the world more m maa moves abroad some 93 per cent of her newsprint production is ex ported and 95 per cent of the pulp manufactured for sales also goes to foreign markets acton pentecostal assembly meeting in lol hall crewsons corners pastor rev k j reid 81 cook st telephone 649w auhbk 1 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morhlhe worship 7 30 pm evangelistic service wednesday pm cottage pray er meeting and bible study officecomermul and frederick streets office hours 9 am to 8 pjn telephone is acton orncai e l buchner ro optometrist 48 mill st k phone 119 office hours wednesdays only 1 30 800 pjn wednesday evenings by appoint ment veterinary f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office and residence 34 knox a acton phone 130 b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary rs office brookville ontario phone milton 185r21 real estate and inscranct f l wright 20 wilbur st acton ontario phone appraiser real estate aai r bracken w real estate phone 28 acton list your farms business or hou with us we invite ycfu to use pur facilities in securing a purchase fe your property r f bean limited 83 mill st acton phone 55 m e manderson ba barrister solicitor and notary public phone 5 77 mill st office hoi tuesday 13 pm thursday 19 pjnu georgetown office by appotntmonrtt 4 main st s phone triangls 72484 miscellaneous rumley funeral home heated ambaunee phone 899 night or day serving the community for 4 yea olive m lampard atcm rm t teacher of piano acton studi6 st albans parish hall 14 park ave guelph phone 296 travellers guide gray coach lines coaches leave acton eastbeaad 038 am 858 am 1133 2 ob pm 508 pm 633 pm p m bl013 pm westbaaad 10 27 am 1252 p m 2s7 pm 5 27 p m 727 p m 9 12 pm 1132 pm 112 am sun to kit chener only a daily except sunday and bott- days b saturday sunday and holi days canadian national railways daily 6 40 a m daily except sun days 1000 a jit 713 pm sunday only 801 pjn daily except sutv- day flyer at georgetown 90t am 637 pm daily flyer st george town 1011 pm daily 1144 pm daily sunday 848 am 855 pm flsgv stop 749 pjn saturday only 139 pjn sunday only 943 am fc- mm suiiuij uuij fi guelph 70s pjn daily exceptjjat and sun to detrain passenfara from west toronto and beyond 810 pjn daily except sat ndu sun flyer at guelph 8136 pjn ji