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i- 5 f face four the acton free press acton ontario f thursday february 23rd 18m order no vote on maria street bridge debenture fconiinued from page on level of services as in other nearby localities chairman kentumly asked it this comment was all the speakers own opinion mr rachlin replied af firmatively addinfi he did not re present any group counsellor lucas pot several questions to mr rachlin at one point mr rachlin referred to edit orial comment in the local press where the bridge was called a political football he said in his 25 years here he had never known the bridge to be a political foot ball not interested in pkper the editorial got some more at tention before the chairman ruled that the board wasnt too interested in what the paper said what would happen mr rach lin if the voters turned down the question of the town building a new bridge counsellor lucas ask ed mr rachlin replied that he felt beardmores might reconsider their position friendly circle has husbands as guests the friendly circlo of the un- ltde church entertained their hus bands last week in the sunday school room the president mrs verna bean opined meeting with a nymn a short business session followed mrs annetta vara fleets and mrs irene masters group had charge for the rest of the evening scripture was read by mrs joyce schroeder mrs edith jennings gave a dev- otional reading when we were young by padre w a young mrs irene douglas closed the meeting with prayer a social hour of games followed conducted by mrs e mckeown r f bean mrs irma nesset mrs shjrley armstrong e lidkea and c rognvaldsoo took part in a whats my line program a spelling bee led by mrs edith jennings featured the ladies against the the questioning continued in this m jc r was the win further reference was made vein to beardmores past connection with the bridge also to the free press editorial which was grudgingly ac cepted by the board as an exhibit w qook rose to speak his ob jections were in the mam excerpts from town and esquesing township ner rev adams closed with a pray er a buffet supper brought the evening social to a close eden mills irom lown ana rquesing lownsiup records which he intended to show qllircn orouds hold rests responsibility for replacement r of the bridgelon the beardmore co j aaootinnc pact woftt he stated in his mitigations he meetings rast week worlds day of prayer invest gat found the town council minutes from 1908 to 1918 were missing he said he had found in the free press records of 1910 a council report dealing with the obligation of beardmore s to build the bridge responsibility remains he summarized tbit in his opin ion that responsibility toward the bridge remained until there was documented proof of its removal counsellor lucas asked mr cook how the esqutsmg minutes with reference to the queen street cross ing at that tunc in the township had anyhing to do with the bridge winch was alvvavs in the town lim its he continued hi- questioning to place esquesing s connection with bridge responsibility he also asked the worlds day of prayer ser- vicl vvjs observed jointly by the local churches mrs h mcphorson of the united church and mrs w lovvrn of the presbyterian church were leaders privers were offered bj mrs h gilbeitson and mrs cow- ell the address was given by mrs j gilbertson mrs ken hewitt sang a solo accompanied b mrs wallace lasb who also vvas pianist for the service ladies church meetings j the fobruarv meetings of the ladies aid and whs of the presbyterian church were held on tuesday afternoon in the home of mrs jim wilson owing to so much sickness in the community the at tendance was small mrs h gil bertson was in charge of a short districrpolicexafled after area accidents provincial police constable george moore was called sunday afternoon to investigate a minor accident at no 22 sideroad and the first line of esquesing township where cars driven by alcidoe villmaire rr 2 acton and robert rowan milton collided at the intersection dam age to the rowan vehicle was esti mated at 125 a car driven by elvin rochcr brampton was caused 200 damage when it went into the ditch and crashed throughfour guard rails on saturday at mcculloughs corners near georgetown the occupants in a car driven by matt ropas toronto suffered no in juries but the car was damaged to the extent of 500 when it slid on the icy roads and rolled over on the second lino of esquesing township about two miles north of acton constable moore investigated all three accidents obituary mass in st josephs for martin kelly requiem mass was sung today in st josephs church for the late martin kelly acton who died tuesday at the home of his son henry the deceased was born nov 1 1873 at blyth ontario he was married there in 1904 and has lived for 48 years at his last home he was a farmer most of his life surviving is the deceaseds wife the former gertrude king and seven children henry acton mrs p mccristall catherine acton patuck oshawa mrs j black well flizabeth kitchener mrs l for estall rachaeli mrs j houck ibeatricei mrs f mollison anne nil of4ucilph also surviving is one brother thomas and two sisters mrs thomas stori and miss catherine kell all of acton burial was in dublin cemetery acton high school news what mr cook found in the clerks business meeting of the ladies aid records finally mr cobk agreed the new bridge was a necessity but added that in his view it should be built b the parties who are definitely responsible r n brown spokt briefly mr brown maintained the subject of the bridge had never been brought up in council this year he went on to recall the excavations for the cut when the bridge was butlt also how queen street was surveyed counsellor lucas asked if mr brown had evei made a motion in council to revoke last years action by council mr brown said he had not mr brown sat down without in dicating favor or disfavor toward the town erecting a new bridge dedicated u town d w m cooper solicitor for the beardmore co called company general manager w j beatty to testif mr bentt verified a copy of a 1910 council resolution which after erection b the compnnv ded icated the bridge to the town a surveyors letter dated 1918 estab lishing loriliouot jluibwdge wi nlso read mr batt testified beardmores had in the past repaired the bridge under piotest at different times he added how e voi that tlu tompanv hid nevoi felt nuligittd to main tain it is a public thoroughfare it vv is just oin more thing tin etunpauv did that it didn t have to do lit coninu nted concluding mi cooper read an old letter to the town fiom beard- more s vv inch repudiated aiv com pany obligation to maintain the bridge as a public thoroughfare a waste of time counsellor lucas again called clerk mcgcachie who after pro ducing a bulks file on the maria streets bridge answered that to his knowledge the- missing minutes extended from august l 1910 to october 1923 chairman kenned v interrupted he said theio was too much time being spent on two question of the bridges w nershup and that per haps a lot of thismiriii was being wasted v follow mg the board s reproach counselled lueas besm to summar ize he elaborated on the good faith elf 1955s town eouncil in taking steps te builda new bridge as a public responsibilit it was shown as a publu rcspotwibilitv under the circumstances of i idimo brought out here he said the town h continued feels committed to seri these people m petitioned tor a new blidge and hi added the noed is desperate as the present dangerous condition of the bndri slnrvvs the amount mvuked the coun sellor argueei is onl 15 000 he wondered how the publics de cision could improve on the faith of its elected representatives must the- teiwn possibly get into litigation ovei this matter with beardmore s he asked and w ent on jto observe that lie was sure no one wanted that to happen it h beon jho the is no the w m s was in charge of mrs w lowrie scripture was read consecutively and mrs james pil- bertson led in prayer mrs h mainprise of acton was present and gave- a full outline of the new plan of stewardship in the presbyterial mrs g macdougall give a read ing and tin meeting closed with a hmn and praver b the president v social half hour was spent with mrs j d lowrie as assistant host ess visitors in community mr and mrs gt orgc wright of chesje and mr and mrs kenneth wright of guelph visitul on sundav with mrs john mcalptne and florence the- mum firemftot tsifs james blncklock vv ill be sorrv to learn she is confined to hospital all hope for her a speeel rtcoverv also master dan stevenson who underwent an operation for appendicitis on sun- da we art pleased to report mrs w mino is able til be around again after a bout w ith the flu the flu is verv prevalent in this district a pr the s lcranient of the lord s sup- contractfor beardmore s to main tain the bridge uwkohcitor as serted i- we have had onl two objectors appear at this hearing and both of them have council connections it could possiblv be their objections are prompted bv some political thought- thesohcitor said- counsellor lucas concluded his case with another view to the length or tune the town has con sidered replacing the bridge also to department of hifjtwtys approval on its constructiom palermo has fast final period win over norval 84 palermo in a free swinging third period which saw most scoring and plenty of penalties swamped ner vals chances of a win in the first game of the halton junior farmer hockey finals this week with an 8- 4 v ictorv only one goal was scored in the first period for norval and norval still led 3 1 at the end of the sec ond frame palermo lowered the boom with seven goals in the last period norval f brigden d smith p pomeroy e wilson g ferguson f barnes c mcdonald h wilson k hearns jamie cunningham r cunningham ken richardson b wilson palermo j delmen b brough- tem b price g richardson d marshall bob marshall p fjjp- panct g greer g pelletteno b cudmore first period n k richardson j cunningham r cunningham pens p g richardson second period p b pride cudmore g pelletter- io n f wilson pomeroy n- k richardson- b- smithy pens p greer l vivian k per will be observed in the pres- vivian i vivian k richardson on friday evening the students council is holding a dance at the public school auditorium because of this there will be no square dance at the high school but there will be enough squares at the one at the auditorium lets see every one out to this dance at least as many as attended the ones at the school- on monday mr pastyr was ab sent from school and mrs buchan an was here to take his place because easter comes so early in the spring jind because the school has been very busy since christmas there will be no spring concert this season as it proved so successful last year the students had been in hopes that we would be having one but this would prove almost im possible for both the teachers and students if we were to have any thing half decent maybe next year it will be possible orsowehope hit the books easter examin ations are only three weeks away playoffs start in minor league minor hockey league playoffs spid i off to a start here tuesday night in the first round of a two- game goals to count series eight teems paired off with the second set of contestl to be played thurs day night results of the first playoff round flemings 5 cooks lt mel- ions 1 waterhouses 1 marks 1 blacks 1 mccristall s 2 masters 1 standing at the end of last week when league play wound up squirts flemings 14 mellon s ii cooka 77 waterhouses 2 pec wees marks 12 masters 11 blacks 8 mccristall s 7 results of last week s games tuesday mel ions 2 cooks 1 flem ings 4 waterhouse 0 blacks 0 mc- cristalls 0 marks 2 masters 1 thursday cooks 0 waterhouses 0 flemings 3 mellons 0 blacks 1 i masters 0 marks 1 mccristalls 1 obituary rockwood man dies in guelph hospital a lifetime resident of rockwood district henrj maude died at guelph general hospital monday after an illness of 10 days boi n in eramosa township april 6 1873 he was a son of the late william maude and anne jvicenery hi mainid the former hazel irene clarke in acton on jul 12 1917 suiviving besides his vife are three sons and one daughter mrs george mitchell myrtle rock- wood thomas acton william rockwood and elmer winter- bourne one sister mary jane birdge toronto also survives funeral will be held at the rum- lev funeral home today with rev j a dilts officiating burial will bi in rockwood cemetery pallbearirs are j black a mc- phedran c mcnabb h bayne w patterson n nelson honorary pallbearers are r johnson a shultis d mcnabb j tone s mc lean mr hosking flower bear ers are d tomlinson e maude m stortvj m mclaren r brown o buttenham handicraft discussion groups knox cgit knox c g i t met in the church monday night the meeting opened with a sing song led by ella jany and margaret armstrong mrs d davidson led the worship service on friendship after the business session the girls divided into two groups one for handicraft and the other for a discussion the meeting closed with taps dont be late because f lost kits annual meeting halton county liberal association auditoriumown hah milton friday march 1956 at 8 30 p m election of officers speakerrussell reinke mp annual meeting halton county womens liberal association same time and place ground floor at the rear jm i attention i 1 residents of acton and district last war- canadians spent 156 000 000 on bread and 107 o00 000 on cakes doughnuts etc bv tn in chunii on sutidav prepar- itoiv strvici will bi on thursday vining r v i h armstrong of alton vv ill bi in charge of both i v lit s limehouse stenographer wanted for lab office apply in person to di e chroeder baxter laboratories of canada ltd acton out always cawfcy extra keys keys made in 1 minute hintons 5c1 store see the new nash rambler for free demonstration contact mr vic domanski sales manager at allan clements son bronte st milton phone tr 86402 bf kfwramiibffljjbkanat miniipjiwujti- aj i ajirmt i al i m m m announcing prompt efficient service by qualified machine engineers a new service to acton and district tool and die w general making machining immediate attention to service enquiries acton precision engineering acton phone 37 84 mill st schoom association sponsors euchre sat coiua atulatiom to air and mrs lofi i ink on tin safe arrival of a vv daughter ada frennv on sat- urd iv eveping thi- gibraltar school association spoiisond i euchre in s s 9 school on saturdnv evening first prizes went to drod brooks and s lawr itionds to cvnl clarke and mrs e kindlav and consolations to a c ind mrs patterson gloria latim er won a doof prize the commit tee served lunch afterwards the kirn s v isitid the alv m kani s at london ou sundnv mrs robert patterson spent sun- d iv with thi a c pattersons mr and mrs vytch formerlj of glasgow scotland now of george town v imted the bnggs on sun dav the v a sponsored i valmtint tia at tin new home of mrs j cuhton last thursda vdmismon w as a nov ol idea one cent per men of waistline j cunnmtjvim third period p b cudmore g pellotterio p k vivian g richardson pi in p i vivian ig richirdson vivian p k vivian d vivian b biough- torn p d vivian n j cthhhnrhjim ross cunning ham p g richardson k vivian d vivian p g ricliardson d vivian pens n j cunningham you can have all 3 auto insurance people buj and read the thi liie pros- to ri d free press to buv w h denny 39 brock st phone 455 iparki i- doug manning voo cooloht have fand xdoowt picked a better time dear pick a better place than 1 mannings fwthe finest tsp 200 ladies winter earjy spring while they last do it now i ha ts remember first come first served at 444 each 2 for 777 tell your friends about it these lovely hats regularly sold for as high as 2500 in a popular toronto millinery shop but through a special purchase we can offer them at these great savings you could save uft 2000 or more mmem hat shop pe 16 mill st next to the 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