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-rr- 1 a i v i page pour the acton free press acton ontario thursday january 10th lmf midgets drop al to milton visitors a in ah encounter which saw over twice as many penalties as goals entered on the records acton mid gets went down to defeat before the hilton team42 the game was played in acton arena thursday l g paupst scored for milton in the first frame with team mates g t and br going al with the counting in the second their fourth goal of the evening came in the last stanza when mor row passed the final scoring puck to hhaon for acton mcpherson twanged the twine in the second period fol lowed by g scott later in the third acton took the majority of the penalties with curry receiving a match misconduct- others off the ice were g scott denny oakley and wilds milton offenders were mauro finn ezeard wilson hilson and brown mi- im mrs a orr given wms membership the womens missionary society of the united church met at the home of mrs h r- force on tues day of last week the president etas m z b pre for the mooting whiehopenedtwii and a hymn the worship service was taken by mrs r bean mrs f cleave and miss fern brown- the highlight of the meeting was presentation of life membership certificate to mrs a orr by mrs gordon johnson the address was given by mrs john lambert and the pin by miss e hawthorne airs orr was very pleased that this honor was bestowed on her and yery fit tingly replied the annual reports were present ed at this meeting for community friendship mrs- f cleave reported 219 calls to hospitals and new people and 48 p of mail sent thcal location was reached- the mission ary for prayer is mrs thomson wipir it was decided to collect the 200 per member again this year to meet any expenses that may arise the mission band picnic is always spon sored by the society two removals by death and one removal from town were reported the president presided at eight meetings the members were very pleased when she was able to take up her duties once again they were also glad to hear mrs c l poole was able tor be home after a lengthy illness in toronto and hope she continues to improve in health meeting closed with the mizpah benediction lunch was served by the executive a vote of thanks was given to mrs force for her home nnd to the helpers- conditions abroad topic for auxiliary the january meeting of the sen ior auxiliary womens missionary society of knox presbyterian church was held at the home of miss robena clark with mrs a j buchanan presiding the topic for study was in the midst of revolut ion and dealt with conditions in 3ritlsh guiana tndia formosa and africa the study- period was in charge of mrs h l bennie with mrs moran miss moore mrs j allison and mrs mcdonald assist ing mrs h led in the devotions reports of the recent annual tneetaurrof guelplt presfoyterial were given by mrs f anderson and mrs r h armstrong permits set new alltime higfc jn georgetown jseorgetowns 1955 building per mits set an alltime high for the town and almost reached the four jniuliondpllar mark a total value of permits issued dur- ininthe year was 3825075 accord ing to figures compiled by douglas wilson who combines his duties as town engineer with that of building inspector the last three months of the year maw some 9900000 values in permits issued in october graceful homes took out permits for building 12 bunga lows in delrex total value of per mits being 134000 the same nth romanin bros tecrired a permit fbr a 90000 apartment house in the suburban heights area and georgetown dairy was granted a 30000 permit for a new building now in process of erection on guelph street permits issued in november total led 304100 skellymacklin construction were issued 15 bungalow permits for the delrex subdivision there was a 90000 permit for a ready mix plant by garnet building products a 55000 permit for a delrex ware house and a 16000 garage for al- rex contracting also in november the potrafina co which plans to erect a service station took out a 25000 permit december was the lightest month of the year and only 17630 as is sued in permits only major item that month was a permit tor a house to mcnally construction by neu dont forget the square dance which will be held on friday even ing in the school this is a worth while project that the club has started and is a great way to relax after a hard week at school come on gang the noon hours and physical training periods of the past week have been spent in skating and hoc key for both boys and girls they seem to be getting much enjoyment from this strenuous exercise and cheery smiles antl ruddy cheeks are becoming commonplace in our hal lowed halls the year book committees are working hard fast and furiously on their assignments most of the de partments for it have been assigned and those people are now preparing the work and activities which have been completed so far this year although thisis thefirstventure- is fiuiittjy ourstudents tpp all have high hopes for a successful edition and orders will be gladly accepted by any of the students if a copy is desired the filial- plans have been made for the at home on friday the 27th we are hoping for a good crowd thats what- we are planning for good music punch and lunch will be served admittance is by invitation only but some invitations are still available if one is desired the boys and girls athletic so cieties have each held meetings dur ing the past week fees have been collected from the girls of the school and most of them are now rival gal firms shadow box with figures facts on supply continued from page one members of their society emngton district wi prexy speaker hostess for the january meeting of greenock womens institute was mrs william ballentine acton- mrs e patterson presided roll call was an item of news from home and country mrs e john ston read the minutes and treasur ers report it was decided to buy card tables to help at socials in the school one of which is to be held on fri day mrs hugh reid and mrs wil liam ballentine were conveners for community activities and public re lations a splendid motto was read by mrs t hemsley a reading teaching a calf to drink was given by miss e pearen mrs ballentine introduced the special speaker mrs woods of fergus who is president of centre wellington district her subject was good citizenship for home and country- a little child once said im proud of canada is canada proud of me a nation is made up of individuals and each one of us has his or herpart to play she said many interesting stories are those of pioneers those noble souls made canada what it is for us to enjoy today good parents and good homes are canadas greatest need today she declared good citizenship begins with me attiome i can be intellig ent honest and can choose the right i can be a good neighbor es pecially to a new canadian who has made her home nearby she closed with a poem round and round i count this thing to be grandly true that a noble deed is a step toward god lifting the soul from the common cloud to purer air and a broader vie heaven is not reached by a single bound but we build the ladder by which we rise fromthc lowly earth to the vault ed skies and we mount to its summit round by round a reading on tartans of the clans was read by mrs patterson and a display of tartans was shown by mrs c allan which had won first prize at ennifair a report of public relations was read by mrs h reid a reading was given and a contest held by mrs ballentine miss pearen mov ed a vote f thanks fb the speaker and hostess the queen and instit ute grace were followed by a social hour over the tea cups national viceregent addresses chapter the january meeting of the duke of devonshire chapter lojdje was held at the home of mrs k knox bower ave on wednesday evening january ll with the reg ent mrs j whitham presiding mrs b mowat read a paper on world affairs routine business was conducted followed by the annual nominations mrs walton a national vice- regent of the iodje and president of the canadian association of con sumers gave a most interesting and enlightening talk mrs walton said that only by having our retailer re turn inferior goods to the manufact urer could we hope to have the standard of merchandise brought to a higher level health nurse tells institute of clinic the january meeting of the acton womens institute was held at the home of mrs george fryer main st as this was the friendship meeting several visitors were pre sent and introduced at the roll call the business included the ar rangements for the euchre and pen ny- sale with the committees ap pointed to the various departments the annual visit to halton manor was also planned for the secretary reported 17 gift parcels sent at phrlcfmac tir 1 the health nurse miss jean rowe was a guest and gave the ladies a detailed story of the clinic and what is expected of the volunteer helpers mrs johnson offered to help at the clinic owing to the ill ness of mrs rose who had pre viously helped with the older child ren mrs w denny gave a reading health rules of 70 years ago mrs roy brown read current events in troducing new ideas for mens cloth ing and warnings to homemakers about following recipes mrs w ballentine contributed one of her popular readings to conclude the program a few games of bingo were en joyed with prizes for the winners the meeting closed with singing the more we get together the happier well be the committee served lunch and a social half hour was enjoyed ited suburban gas co ltd rose to outline the steps in getting a fran chise from the first move to the last he mentioned that ooth his company and the halton natural gas company had had their fran chise forms approved by the ont ario fuel board and two readings have been given the bylaws in each council for each of the three firms mr evans told board members that the best of relations existed with the anthony gas company and that his company was still inter ested in purchasing the gas produc ed by the anthony company if the franchise was granted to the unit ed suburban gas company mayor armstrong interrupted to remind mr evans that at the time of the milton hearing on the fran chise form for his company no ag reement had been formulated be tween the two companies concern- the purchaseof the gasc mr evans informed the board t he had receiv n from the halton natural gas com pany about six weeks ago stating that they planned to withdraw their franchise request and would give his company a formal letter stating this mayor armstrong doubted this he said that since that time in the latter part of december the solicit ors for the halton company had been to georgetown council to in dicate that they were continuing their efforts mr evans continued he suggest- that since the anthony gas comp anys franchise form hearing would be heard oh january 26 he would wait until january 30 to appear before an three councils for the third reading of his bylaw and the anthony company could have theirs read at the same time then he explained both companies could appe beforethej fuel board for the certificate of public conyen- acton high school annual 11 tw athome friday january 27 public school auditorium music by harvey smiths orchestra mr ruddick corrected mayor j armstrong when he said that a i lence and necessity on the same i date interest of industries this said mr evans would give an agreement could be- made for he anthony gas company a fair the united suburban company to ch and the coccus purchase anthony gas i cou criticized r showing fav- or to one company in that case the demand and capacity mr evans gave the board some approximate figures on the use of gas in the three towns and the cap acity available to his company he also indicated that the estimated cost of laying the pipelines to and through the three towns was 1- 308466 and that his company was j ontario fuel board would decide which of the two companies would be the one to supply gas to the three towns chairman johnson inquired of mr dutton about the interest being shown by the milton brick comp any in the gas mr dutton said finanriallv sninh enmpt t w that although nothing h been de- fimtely decided the company was health clinic is discontinued in eden mills the child health clinic held once a month in eden mills for the past three months will not be con tinued for the time being it was begun only as a parttime clinic though there is hope that it may continue on at some date to be set in the futu the attendance for the three clinic days was good on novem ber 2 theclinic saw 41 children on the second day december 6 there were 32 children january 4 the last day saw a small drop in the attendance with 31 registered some of the children who may be in the middle of a series of in oculations for whooping cough dip- theria andttanus can finish their immunization by attending either t act h clinic in acton if they live in halton or rockwood health clinic if in wellington county there also may be some wh have not been vaccinated for small pox and these children could also go to either of the county health clinics the child health clinic was sponsored by eden crest institute and eden mills institute of eden muls this expenditure mr evans continued that his company was having a problem which could only be remedied by the granting of a third reading of his bylaw in the very near future the consumers gas company from whom his company proposes to purchase the gas had given them an option for enough gas to supply the three towns for three years this option he explained expired on january 31 1956 and since it was an extension of the option he didnt feel that any further extens ion wouldbe granted the speaker asked that each coun cil give the third reading of the united suburban bylaw as soon as possible so that he could adver tise for the necessary two weeks on an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity the last step in procuring a fran chise mr evans added that his company would not be able to get the gas for the three towns if the councils didnt hurry natural gas by july 1 he also indicated that if they took the option on consumers gas his company would have to start taking the gas on july 1 1956 so that the towns would have their gas on that date if the gas were not taken on that date it would have to be paid for anyway and therefore the company would do everything in its power to have the three towns ready to receive it then i interested as 1300000 galionsrof oil were used last year which could be replaced at a great saving by 700000 cubic feet of gas a day mr dutton with reluctance men tioned that his company had been in contact with p l robertsons manufacturing company near mil ton smith and stones company at georgetown and the canadian met er company below milton all the major industries stated mr dutton would be interested johnson new chairman after the departure of both gas company representatives the board discussed th information left most members indicated favor of the united suburban company al though nothing official was decided on a motion by mayor pearen and mr cook a meeting is called for friday january 27 when the clerks of the three towns will meet with a solicitor to go over each of the bylaws from both companies in the three towns and note their dif ferences that night the urban board will meet with the clerks and solicitors charles johnson milton was chosen urban board chairman for the 1956 meetings last years chair man was acton mayor tyler- the financial statement was presented by secretary j mcgeachie- and showed a credit balance of 9450 he asked that milton and acton whose books both cattle out on the debit side forward 1000 each in order that the board may carry on ballentine s imperial station 1 j4 milescas o actonon no 7 h repeat special this weekend oil change si 39 4 quarts of sealed oil open every night till 10 pm nd every sunday responsibility topic for knox g group taking responsibility was the topic of discussion at the meeting of knox church cgit in the sunday- school room of the church monday sharon gervais betty hill and catherine kirkness read scripture passages which gave christian teachings applicable to the discus sion mrs douglas davidson conducted games and closed the meeting with prayer followed by taps e l buchner optometrist in response to numerous requesis will now accept appoint ments in his acton office for any evening of the weak in addition to his regular wednesday office hours phone 115 48 mill st acton sordini strain markers monuments cemetery lettering quotations by appointment hnmm milton tr t6522 weia r rived refreshed by bus square dance set from hamilton guests a square dance set from hamil ton wearing white and red costum- es were amonic local people at the square dancein st albans hall last friday they have appeared several tbnm onteteirjajon thia wellattended dance was the tttat in the winter aerie iter the life r-r- -notice- acton square dance club change of date due tourtiah school at home next two dances teievisi0n and radio service by r- w grant phone acton 594 cobect located at watsons m stor there plenty of fun and plenty to do y when you go on a trip enjoy sightseeing all the way and arrive in the mood for enjoyment by bus low round trip fares montrea1 philadelphia colonial virginia package tour days 6937 tttom tanvto return farc sohtming and hotel room double 5 nigmt tickets and information at harold wiles i acton p hone 1 1 o tonight and friday jan 1920 plus vista vision visits hawaii and cartoon saturday only jan 21 two terrific action hits i plus pet problems matinee every saturday and holdays at 100 pm- doors open at 1 pm the behindtheline story of the flakdefying pinwheef pilots mondaytuesday jan 23-2- hit bestseuertfie nation couldnt pat dawn warnercoloft s ji i- 0na stotcofhomc sound u i adult entertainment beflin ray freeman first show starts at 630 pm last complete show at 900 pm wedthurs 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