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1 page four the acton free press acton ontario taitjjlsday december 29 1905 acton s rapid growth in 1955 stood out as year hig continued from page one niagraaonthelake first in north america application for gas rights in ac ton toy hahon natural gas co has hearing out board sets it over when hitch develops building perm jm7150 mark puc- studies warren grove reserve well pump casts september bank of montreal plans new burwtirtg on mill st mm00 structure to rise on lot oc cupied toy ihihtons dept store school ibeus beckon 650 to public school 300 to high school lome 6oots win ayain at one heat wove finally lets up mew store hours bylow gets first neadinfl in council tout stalls aherc puc warn aubdiyidero it is not bound toy occupancy dotes on its dhedulc or services installations august water consumption reported over 8000000 gallon mark another record urban board comes up with idea for consultative committee stuoy on nhh9d free press wins two top wants in allcanada competition for weekly newspapers gate re ceipts highest even at annual fall fair here october three companies now in race for natural gas franchise in acton as well as in milton and georgetown council completes work on enlargement and improve ment of school creek county coun cil irules to set up consultative com mittee on nhhsd jpuc orders council- giv town pla jp a qi inch conduit for all hydro service lines to new homes latest population figure reported as 3157 and assessment for 1956 taxation reported 3301698 an in crease of 214j755 over 1955 more classroom apace said needed at pub lic sdhool micro plastics ltd re ported sold to jack kent cooke civia square- idea unfolds around projected new municipal centre plans unban board hears of provincial pkins to include urea in- a large in dustrial promotion zone new civic centre to go to vote on basis of 200000 expenditure high school district board concerned about building and expansion council gives conditional nod to john gaff- ney const to build new maria st- bridge at tender of 65907 november acton host to 390 halton teachers for annual county convention public sdhool board re- of presohool deacon goahead to diafyiftplans o facilitate planning for or proposed civic centre store i future additional space weed cut hours toylaw progress comes to tor at work on fairy lake to clear confused halt water vegetation rotarians went bowling gether tuesday evening to- some of the back roads in town and in the district are very slippery merchants and business men had some novel advertising gifts this christmas family gatherings were enjoyed all through the district on the long christmas weekend many cars were stuck in the snow on the weekend or skidding noticeably at corners youngsters on holiday from sohool are skating at the arena and on ahe pond this week seymour english has been transferred to the malton branch of the bank of nova scotia as account- ant prisoners enjoy useful hobbies kingston ont copl a 30-tyear- old landscape artist with no formal art training is one of about 250 pri soners engaging in hobby crafts at kingston penetentiary an article in the prison paper says the men are permitted to spend up to 50 a month on materials tor their crafts and may sell or give to the members of their family the products of their labor hobby craft was introduced in 1950 as an activity calculated to ease the boredom of prisoners in accord with the report of the arch- ambault commission on prison re form of some years earlier so far however the article claims nu e has been spent by the authorities to supply leadership and agreat many have been jre draining essential jf orlrinalcan- newing their subscriptions to the free press before the slight price mke about 170 boys are expected to take part in the town hockey league this season organization starts next week the junior sunday school of the united church enjoyed a theatre party at the booty n tues day afternoon the snowcovered trees have been breathtakingly beautiful a drive in the country on the week end was a joy acton musicians were with the lome scots band when they visited halton centennial manor on tues day of last week- the roxy was filled on monday when over 300 youngsters attended the rotary sponsored showing of the film hansel and grvtel on monday after a bustling week shop keepers and their staffs enjoyed a long weekend most stores were closed all day tuesday as well as boxing day special christmas assemblies were held at the public school on wednesday and thursday last week many of the classrooms had their own part as well coiinty council rescinds consul tative committee motion a victory for acton esquesing and nossaga- weya natural gas predicted for south end of the county by the end oc this year glenlea residents form ratepayers association population announced a 3337 as new residents pour nno gum ilea another gas firm the united sub- urban gas co applies for fran chise in acton milton and george town new ratepayers group starts to ask questions about municipal conduct of business foud over lakeview entry course continues between council and tom brnrvkie- wicz c of c sponsors weekly draws with merchants december tyler acclaimed may or hargrave heevc at nomination wmmwmumiiiiitiiijiljim cp reviews international national news thro 1955 1955s outstanding news events on the international scene and at a national level are reviewed here in digest form by the canadian press m the left are highlights of the canadian news through the year while in the right hand column are a selection of world dates in 1955 january 6th eight dead in bask govt airways crash at buf falo narrows 15th ontario hydro chief robert saunders killed in plane crash 26th federal parlia ment approves west germanys en try to nato february 17th ontario high ways probe says former minister 18th bc supreme court dismisses wismers libel action against mac leans magazine after published ap ology 26th seven persons rescued after four days on tundra near dhurchill mapchoov tlc and ccu adopt basic principles for merger i7tn montreal forum riot sparked toy suspension of maurice richard 21st nicolet que fire destroys 35 builosngs damage 700000 adian designs are to be created the hobbyists concentrate on such items as lamps ashtrays wal lets and other saleable items and with the proceeds buy more mater ial one prisoner a onetime em- balmer lacking clay creates his models from a mixture of news paper shreddings flour and water another prisoner a former tailor developed an urge to carve wood and work in wood inlay he has made lamps jewel boxes and inlaid pictures and in three years has sold more than 200 pieces high school pupil frorn four district high schools acton milton georgetown and preston joined for a dance in the public school audi torium in acton last week bert dodds and v kein acton were among the lucky winners of fowl at the halton and georgetown poultry association euchre in georgetown mac fountain won a euchre prize football move to big business eastern canada football which turned pro on the playing fields just a few years ago is showing signs now of going pro corporate- ly as well control of this colorful 1 millionplus sportbusiness ap pears to be switching from the dedicated and often able amateurs in the front offices to fulltime paid administrators who can give the big business aspects of the game the attention they need montreal alouettes may be the only big four league team to make a profit this year reports the fin ancial post and informed sources suggest that the montreal teams corporate structure might be the caus alouettes are set up as april 2nd macdoiuald bridge opened between halifax arid dart mouth 5th federal budget reduces some sales taxes 14th detroit beats montreal in stanley oup fin al 26th former chief justice sir lyman idutf 00 dies at ottawa may 2nd automobile ferry john catoot burns at pont hawkestoury ns 3rd cities and towns flooded in saskatchewan stonm 25th lib eral government returned in pei general election june 6th air vicemarshal john plant relieved as chief of rcaf technical services following scrap the army speech 8th maj gen h d graham succeeds lt- gen simonds as army chief 9th progressive conservatives increase majority in ontario election 24th vancouver police chief mulligan suspended pending probe 29th social credit government wins al berta general election three teams in the league toronto argonauts ottawa roughriders and hamilton tigercats are non profit private organizations look for some changes this win ter the post says if not in corpo- i rate structure at least in the ap- jpointment ot fulltime professional i managers by the toronto ottawa land hamilton clubs always interesting to tee the snow blowing operation last thurs- day night didnt have much of an barber audience most of the town was sir asleep while titucks hauled the- customer no i guess ill have snow from the main streets 1 em all cut july nlth conservatives fili buster in parliament ends wiith government agreeing to a khree- year limit on emergency defence production powers seven ot nine ujs youths killed in snow slide at banff 12th mrs albert chamb- erland five children die in fire at st simeon dc charlevoix que prison riot at prince albert pen itentiary buildings burned 28th mrs florence innum pei among 13 new senate appointments august 13th cans causeway opened to cape breton island 15th acadians mark expulsion bicenten nial at grand pre ns 20th gov ernorgeneral opens world scout jamboree at niaguna-on- the- lake commission on liquor recommends september 3rd manitoba royal law changes 5th prime minister st laurent at saskatchewan gol den jubilee celebrations in iregina 19th buses replace streetcars in winnipeg 17000 general motors employees in ontario on strike 26th liberals retain four quebec seats ui federal by elections october 3rd federal provinc ial conference opens at ottawa 9th princess royal arrives at ot- uwu on canadian tour 14th fed eral cabinet refers wilbert coffin case to supreme court 19th sup reme court of canada nullifies montreal religious holiday store- uouettes are set up as a iviontreoi jeiigious nuuouy store p con public corporation while the other closineytawtfietconservaqves i ferment 20th win toronto- spadina federal seat january 2 parauna president jose hemon 46 assassinated 20th chinese reds take ylkianahan is- jond from nationalist 31st com monwealth prime ministers open london conference february 1st princess margaret starts west indies tour at port of spain 5th french premier men- desifrance defeated in charriber of deputies 8th bulganin replaces mnlenkov as russian premier 23rd edgar paure gets parliament ap proval as new french premier march 6th pcnticton vs beat russia 6 0 to win worud hockey title 11 u sir alexander flemings penicillin discoverer dies at lon don 27th frenhe senate approves rearming germany within nato 30th marlon brando grace kelly osoar winners at hollywood april 3rd holy week train wreck in mexico 3o0 killed 6th eden succeeds churchill as brit ish prime minister 12th sajk anti- polio vaccine declared sate effect ive 18th einstein 76 dies at princeton nj may 5th west germany regains sovereignty ending oapujalron 13th communist vietminh troops occupy viet nam 26th conservat ives win bigger majority in brit ish elections 27 kansas tornado kills 73 at udall june 2 ford motors uaw ot detroit sign contract giving cash benefits for laidoff workers llth racing car smash kills 82 in crowd at le mans france 16th revolt aginst peron breaks out in argent ina 22nd bulganin nehru sign russiaindia non- aggression pact july 1st dock workers end six- week strike in britain 13th us health service announces 200 polio cases among persons treated with ufi salk vaccine 14th anli- frenoh riots leave 63 dead in mor occo 21st eisenhower at geneva summit talks proposes exchange of military blueprints 29th us plans to launch earthgirdling satellite by 1957 31st marilyn bell 17 toronto swims english channel august 8 internatianal confer ence on atomic energy opens at geneva llth two us troop planes collide in germany 66 dead 19th floods from hurricanes take 200 lives in northeast us 29th eg ypt israel troops skirmish in ga za strip september 3rd egypt and israel accept ceasefire 7th cyprus talks between britain turkey greece collapse 19bh perori government halls in argentimf 24th eisen hower suffers heart at task 25th peron leaves argentina tor exile in paraguay october 1st moroccan tribes re volt sultan flics into exile 4tn brooklyn dodgers win world scries over yankees 21st queen unveils london statue of george vi 31st princess margaret announces she will not marry townsend november 1st external affairs minister pearson opens canada dam in india 16th geneva big rence ends without ag nifiibt where proposed civic centre and maria st bridge gets a going- over at the hands of the ratepayers john goy again president of local chamber court of revision hears 14 uppcnls voters turn down civic centre 595go endorse band grant bylaw 4 elect thi new cmtm three from previous council es- quesing and acton councils in acx cord on annexation compensation 6000 plus assumption of sdhool de benture debt payments hydro rev enue ifor55 up 1457h interim audit shows puc worn wilson defeats ray thomp son in twoman contest for deputy reeve as only 26 per cent of voters go to months second poll county council passes consultative corramlt- teo dor all high sdhool areas in the county halton mutual aid fire system reviewed at meetingin ac ton public hearing ordered on pro posed new maria st bridge before construction starts december wedding in brampton church white chrysanthemums decorated brampton presbyterian church for the marriage of susie leola denny and robert it avery on saturday december 17 the bride is the daughter ot mr and mrs everett w denny of r r 2 brampton and the groom is the son of mr and mrs arthur avery of rr 3 sarnin rev weir performed the double ring ceremony given in marriage by her father the bride wore a gown of chantilly lace and nylon net over slipper sat in a coronet headdress held her fingertip veil she carried red ros es nnd stephanotis mrs jessie aldham and mrs edith mcmurdo the brides sisters were her siior attendants they wore identical ballerina length gowns of heavenly blue nylon lace and nylon net over satin mrs ald ham carried yellow mums and mrs mcmurdo pink miss beverly aldham the brides neice was flower girl wearing a dress of ivory satin she carried a nosegay of red roses edward avery was groomsman ushering were james w lang and clarence s denny the sunday school room was the setting for the reception which fol lowed when about 65 guests were present from flint michigan sar- nia streelsville brampton cuelph norval erin and acton for the occasijjruie brides mother wore a black crepiv dress with winter white accessories and a corsage of white carnations the grooms mother chose a navy blue wool dress with a red hat her corsage was of yel low mums white titums were placed in the room for the reception the brides greatuncle mr smith griffin pro posed the toast to the bride the couple left on a wedding trip to new york and the eastern states for travelling the bride wore a dress of blue orlon taffeta with black accessories and a greyblue winter coat a corsage of pink ros es completed her ensemble they are making their home in bramp ton a- i siswasmvassw asb6svswass faure beaten in french assembly dissolves chamber december 7th clement attlee resigns labor party leadership be comes earl 10th menzies govern ment wins australian election 131 russia vetoes bloc of mem bership candidates in un council 14tlh 16 nations admitted to un japan and outer mongolia elim- irtatcd from oanoda sponsored package plan hugh gaitskell 49 becomes leader of british labor party 2ijtrate do yotrwant a hair cut from liberals vancouver police chief mulligan dismissed from the force november 6th seven of 11 crew drowned when dredge sinks in st lawrence 10 world wheat crown at toronto winter fair to robert cochrane of grande prairie alta 12th riverbanie landslide at nicol j et que four dead damage 5000- 000 31st federal and ontario gov- emments agree to build north- western ontario section of trans- canada gas pipeline rebel terrorists strike at british army camps on cyprus 23rd us announces rus sia exploded its largest nuclear weapon 28th jerry leiske 13 beiscker alta wins world wheat crown at chicago 29th premier j garftom strain rr 1 milton markers monu cemetery lettering quotations by appointment phono milton tr 86522 1 heowe td oqnje safely au through 1996 benefit to ah hospitals to seek halfmill for hospitals the board of directors of the mihon district hospital held their monthly meeting m the offices of p l robertson mfg co ltd md- ton wednesday dev 38 trie pos- j aibility of engaging the services ot i a hospital consultant was mention- ed but wus adjourned for further discission at a special meeting toj be held on january 11 at which tanr the appointment ot an arch- ited would also be decided 1- a finance committee would also be 1 formed in january the hospital board appointed jokm e- mah ca auditor for the hospital and hoapiod archie fiervic repeated a sug- he had nade a a- prev- hoaottal boant meeting that ft oocue to put ifmill rate on b ataoobnent ittoaawoan the hostptals m the county consider able benefit would be derived the county would gain ho said if we could et sufficient hospital fac ilities to avoid hoving to send patients especially indigent ones outside the county a township s normally charged back for a por tion ct such services and this en- taite spending considerable money every month money which goes out of the county and could do diverted to support hospitals in halton jcounty- there was unanimous agreement with mr services v and fur- tnotion on another aspect of co operation that could be effected within the county by hospitals bruce macnab proposed and archie service seconded that the milton district hospital study further the coordination ot hospitals within 1 the county and adjacent munic ipalities with a view of establish ing an advisory board mrs milton brown mentioned that organizations were already asking how they could donate gifts of rooms and furniture to the hospital it was agreed that all necessary information on such points would toe given- out at the earliest possible moment and that i such gifts would be announced publicly as soon as made mrs norris moved and mrs chester service seconded that witt 111 rr carl martin for supplying a large sign to the hospital the campaign posters were al ready printed and other phases of publicity lined up for the opening of the tund drive in the new tear ujwos reported l ford plant layoffs to permit expansion plant changes at qakville to per mit expanded production will mean ii- layoff in the oakviue plant nud at windsor il forcjl of canada spokesman said snturhay seven thousand at windsor and 4000 at oakvlllf ill- laid off tfnm the close of ibusiiiejis december 23 until january 4 host of these will lose l4liiocunotely f walking days since hie yearend holidays saturday and sundays are includ ed the union advised it3 members today to apply for unemployment insurance benefits charles mcdonald president of local 200 in windsor said wind sor and oakviue employees have received layoff notices- liti the mails irhys m sale ford of canada president announced last april at a stockholders meeting in wind sor that the cormlany was con templating an expansion ot facil ities the oakviue aluuvgcs fonm part of that program they will mean for example changing theplniits electrical sys tem changing and installation of machines turin which tune no production eoulld continue with final assembly closed down at ookvillo windsor plants ure not required to work skating georgetown arena every saturday afternoon and evening adults 50c children wo friends the tops cleaners phone ixo acton if you are interested in playing town league hockey and are between the ages of 7 and 16 come to the acton arena tuesday january 3 at 630 pm sponsored by acton legion minor sports association ring in the new with party supplies from watsons nuts it soft drinks and mixers box chocolates candy potato chips 24hour photo developing service watsnsfia want ad page where old friends meat but sariousfy you neednt uavo your car on blocks ah year to enjoy 1 956 the low down b slow down wim an axtra da of coro and courtesy now available in limited q u a n t i t y halton s pages of the past by gwen clarke with foreword by ethel chapman 52 chapters of historical interest big places and forgotten hamlets 55 illustrations of early settler days index for ready reference bound in dark blue cloth and gold stamped a book every haltonian wilf treasurea book that future generations will teek available only from dills printing fc publishing company li ml ted aciami mm fr s500 per cqpy- 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