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ightysecond year no 15 acton ontario thursday october 18th 1956 eight pagesseven cents staff photo hastdtophng rolls down on arthur street the first of actons roads to be paved last week this week rayner construction crews are ipoving quickly ahead most of the streets north and east of queen and young streets have been paved as well as warren qrovesthreesli eul etsewheregradmgandhevelling continues naat swimming classes discontinued accommodate all in acton park after consideration and discuss ion the vs hens club has decided unanimously to discontinue the popular swimming classes in uetprtthis year in place of the classes the men jan an increased swimming pro gram for the park next yearthcy plan to provide instruction and sufficient classes to accommodate everyone it is also their hope that they may in cooperation with the parks commission be riven an opportunity to improve the swim ming facilities there for a number of years now the ys mens club have sponsored these swimming classes nt guelph ymca during the winter the ys men provided transportation and paid for instructors so that the boys and girls in acton could learn to swim the numbers have crown trem- endously this year there were 60 graduates from the summer pro gram in the park looking forward to going to guelph to complete their instruction there were a number in this age group who for various reasons were not register ed in the class last summer who would register in addition to this there is another group who were too old for the summer class who were also looking forward to go ing guelph y moa is only avail able for two nights each week with maximum accommodation for 30 each night it was obvious that everyone desirous of going could not be taken the ys men felt that they did not have the right to deny anyone the privilege the club therefore unanimously decid ed- to discontinue the project the decision was made at the last meeting of the ys mens club last thursday evening paul chukavorti of calcutta in- dia addressed the club he is bus iness secretary on the national council of ymcas in india and ceylon he has been in the united states and canada studying bus iness methods in the- ymcas here to apply in india he has been here for three months and is returning in three weeks he spoke to the men on the y mca in relation to the froe in- tan republic and pointed out the part the y plays in training lead ers especially in physical educat ion and agriculture he was introduced by bob bra shaw and thanked by clarence rognvaldson who presented him with a letter opener warm days bright sunshine is served fottncftarr summer indian summer during the past week has brought- delightfully warm weather to this district and most parts of southern ont ario even tle nights have been relatively mild for october over the weekend the ther mometer crept to the high 70s northern ontario has been as warm or warmer many farmers and gardeners are reporting un seasonable growth of some berry bushes leaves are coloring but lack of snapping frost has kept them on the trees longer than usual there are many other charact eristics of thjs warm indian summer but probably the hap piest ones are the rays of bright sunshine which seems more in evidence than during this years damp cool summer ys menettes club organized the ys menettes club has just been formed to assist the ys men in their work the newlyorganiz ed group is not a separate money- making endeavor but was created to coordinate the work the wives of ys men are already doing their first project is making favors for an upcoming convention the first organizational meeting has been held with mrs mary mc- kenzie elected first president of the group mrs kay lidkea is vice- president mrs vivian smith secre tary and mrs ruth leatherlund treasurer meetings are the first thursday of each month annual fee is 2 the ladies decided the next meeting is november 1 at the home of mrs lidkea and all ys mens halton liberal name k y dick candidate m federal election m kenneth y dick milton lawyer unanimously chosen halton liberal candidate at the nominat ing convention of halton county liberal association friday evening in milton town hall named to represent the liberals in the next federal election the 40 year old lawyer is backed by terms on municipal council school board and as warden of jhaltotl- two other nominees foxthe post councillor peter waters of oak- ville and ruddy whiting oakville declined to accept the hon james sinclair minist er of fisheries flew in from ot tawa to address the capacity aud ience of 300 the hon walter har ris originally scheduled to appear was unable to be present the minister reviewed the prin ciples of what the liberal party stands for and noted it was the only truly national party since it held majority representation in canadas four or five national ar eas its not the liberal party that has made canada a one party country its the voters he declared continuing to point out the main concern of the party was to continue to justify the confide ence the people place in them in accepting the nomination mr dick urged the supporters to not be faint hearted he noted the- opponents were without a leader and had only a handful of members theyre a politically bankrupt party now the candid ate said county tables agnew report committee councils study further halton county council tuesday tabled the dr agnew hospital re port for further study by the hos pital committee members and municipal councillors this action was in the form of an amendment to a previous motion the defeated motion was a move to accept the agnew report in principle for further study with dr agnew and the department of health the de fqatcd motion also called for re taining legal advice on various methods of financing and setting up of areas or districts representatives from george town opposing acceptance of the report that recommended con struction of a hospital be delayed in that town were john gunn dr mciatosh and mayor j arm strong representing the oakville- trafalgar memorial hospital was tom chisholm a communication from the township of nassagaweya notified members that municipality now had 1160 voters making them el igible to have a deputyreeve for representation on county council the letter was acknowledged a resolution from oxford county opposing the licensing of farm tractors and trailers was discussed and referred to the agriculture committee for further study and recommendation ojl gas main council approved a bylaw granting the united suburban gas co permission to lay a four inch gas main across bronte st in trafalgar just north of no 10 side road permission was also granted the cnjt for a rail siding cross ing the guelph line to serve the proposed international harvester parts depot on the east side of the guelph line road north of the oakville subdivision a motion of nelson representat ives adkins and walker also asked that thdeounty engineer bring in a report of details and estimated cost of installing aprpoximately 500 feet of culvert drainage instead of the present open type ditch on the east side of the guelph line from glen wood ave south toward the cnr tracks this work is requir ed for a large industry represent ing 1000000 in assessment who wjshes to start construction within the next 60 days this industry has already consented to deed 17 feet of their property across the full frontage of 1100 feet at no cost to the- county for further widening of anniversary party com with cake mr and mrs gordon johnston rr 1 acton celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at their home october 10 friends of the couple provided the supper- com- plete with wedding cake music by mrs m clark sing songs contest anda recitation by barry bruce were enjoyed along with other gifts an elect ric tea kettle electric frying pan and electric lamp were presented to the bride and groom of 25 years ago propose nprth halton police force for three towns two townships suggestion put 450 at knox turkey supper special sunday services and the annual turkey supper marked knox presbyterian churchs anniversary the past week other church ser vices were withdrawn sunday evening for the special service at knox taking part in the service with rev andrew mckenzie were rev to urban board by acton mayor anrrr to 20 marrtrovincialf ice force to govern jthe whole northern section of halton county including the towns of george town acton and milton and the townships of esqucsing and naasa- gaweya was suggested at a meet ing of the north halton urban board last night in milton stanley hall mpp for halton is to be requested to attend the next meeting to discuss the matter with the tritown board george town was not represented at last nights meeting in presenting the idea for more county protection tn the board mayor ted tyler of acton recalled that 10 years ago there were three or four pol icemen working on the county deuichmcnt which now has staff of twit explaining the growth in both populauun and crime of the county mayor tyler warned that were just leaving ourselves wide open to unscrupul- otis outsiders who learn of the small force available he suggested setting up a central headquarters for the force either or near milton where the men would be despatched to work in either towns or townships after the seven members present signif ied their consent it was hoped georgetown would cooperate that town now has a municipally- firjerated force while the rest of the north halton police are opp in a discussion on hospitals and county participation in hospital it was reported that georgetown had mentioned at county councils meeting the previous day that they might he in favor of a central hospital to serve the three towns the north but that they defin- i itely objected to the agnew report limehouse hall mishap last week left one side of the building and part of the front in a pile of j a representative or the humane stone rubble the partial collapse occurred during the night it is believed excavations started to society at oakville which present- provide a cellar for a new heating system weakened the structure and caused the wall to buckle in v serves the three towns on an ex gordon adams mrs evan jones work will carry on to restore the building formerly the methodist church it was decided monday p contract will be asked and rev ray costerus soloist was mrs klein of guelph a former member of the choir attendance at the turkey supper monday evening was about 450 lower than had been expected the popular attraction was followed by a program in the auditorium tak ing part were ken cotton of bal- linafad and his musical family rev alex calder of georgetown who sang soloists mrs dotiald bain of hillsburgh and mrs john david son of acton accordionist morris van hemmen and violinist master robert denny of churchill ted hansen was accompanist mrs mel mccullough and john hartholt gave a piano duet r isttsaiesjet walk torn up was first laid in acton arson scout hall fire cause investigation still continues was definitely concluded this sec ond incident was the work of an arsonist arson is known to be the cause of the second of two fires which broke out at actons scout hail within four days and is considered likely the cause of the first fire thursday evening shortly be fore 7 pm smoke was noticed i fire marshalls investigation coming from the hall by cubs on thutsday mghls fire was quickly doused and damage was little more than was caused in the fire chief jack newton said yesterday there has been as yet no i report oh the findings from the their way to a weekly meeting firemen were again called by mrs i van hockelen who called in the alarm for the fire four days carl- 1 first fire public school pupils con tinue to use the hall as a classroom after fire in the old wing of the school two weeks ago evicted five grades from their rooms there has been no connection with the two scout hall fires and the public school blaze school board members and firemen are satisfied the cause of the school fire was lightning to attend the november meeting discuss continuation of the con tract it was reported that local tag days for the society had netted 70 in acton and m in milton georgetown is holding their tag day this week end the mileage account of engineer f pallesen was approved in the amount of 80 it was reported that as nassagawcya township now had a reported 1 1c0 population an ap plication to have a deputyreeve next year was being made natural gas and a pension plan for municipal employees were also discussed with no direct actions being formulated a the guelph line j the century for many years wives are invited all wives are j deputyreeve george currie was plate imbedded in the cement automatically members of the club delegated to attend the conscrvat- the ys menettes will likely be ion authority convention in urn- chartered about christmas time i don town work crews this week completed the breaking up and re moval of sidewalk on the north side of mill st from willow to frederick sts prior to pouring i new wider walk in this section a section of this sidewalk was the first concrete walk in acton i the same day as this second fire it was laid shortly after the turn of thursday a representative from j a the ontario fire marshalls office at was in town investigating circum the mill frederick sts corner stances of the first fire me return- i was visible telling of the date of ed the following day and from cv- j ler j the fire was found to have brig- mated in the same place as last mondays blaze in the storage space between the ceiling and roof safety address heard at first home and school assoc meeting the work and the contractor idence found thursday night it itjusiji frsaaeisbpsrussra r twui stair collapses during funeral three injured when an outside frame stairway collapsed following a funeral ser vice at the rumley funeral home sunday afternoon three ladies were injured and hospitalized mrs a t moore of campbell- viue wastreated in milton private hospital tor a broken ankle mrs qhris britton and mrs cal mcln- tyre were under i observation in guelph general hospital for bruis es and possible internal injuries they were released from hospital tuesday and are convalescing at home the accident occurred following the funeral for the late mrs i mcmillan which was attended by over 400 about 29 ladies had been seated upstairs in the y funeral bonne and to avoid the congestion at the foot of the centre stairway kasme descended the outside stairway on one side of the build- ing some of the group were on the stairway when the bottom steps gave wajr terations last week when the south wall and part of the front wall collapsed the accident occurred late at night and no one was near the building at the time an cavation had been made under the t building for a cellar where a hew heating system was to be installed most of the work was volunteer labor donated by residents to im prove the muchused building ex- new bank of mqntteal kuhdmg is shown in this architects cupied by hintons department store preliminary construction work cavations had started early in the drawing the handsome structure of stone brick and aluminum started this week and it is e t building will be completed wfeek on monday and therouapse will rise on the millwillow streets comer property formerly bcf by january a feature of thvnewsnk will be a night deposit box occurred about j wmd a vividly documented address on traffic safety by a kitchener pol- ice officer held the attention of nearly 100 parents and teachers at monday nights home and school association meeting the- first this season president lome masters intro duced sergeant heinnch of the safety division of the kitchener department who impressed his audiencebv factual experience and traffic records with the need for constant care and common sense on the highways earlier in the meeting a commit tee including e smith a duby and mrs i clifton was named to look into the possibilities of erect ing a cairn to house the old school bell on the present public school property the association commended the school board for its quick action to continue uninterrupted classes following the recent public school fire which destroyed five class rooms the board was also praised for its establishment of school crossing guards in the interests of pupil safety rebuilding of lunehouse com- principal g w mckenzie brief munity hall following its partial ly reviewed the aims of teachers collapse last week will be started in applying todays school curric- immediately it was decided at a j ulum and outlined what is expect- community meeting monday night e of pupils and of parents to the hall formerly the old meth- bring these aims to realization odist church was undergoing al- the picture and prize for best artist radio writer i tells of boys work artist and writer e c reed was guest speaker at the rotary club meeting tuesday mr- reed did a series of sketches of mayors and senior citizens which included may or ted tyler and mr mainpfize sr he has also written and produced radio dramas and directed advertis ing campaigns his wife is mrs reed of the high school staff here mr reed spoke to rotariajis job boys work in which he is particu larly interested he started the boys k club in 1921 with just one delinquent boy the group has grown to thousands rotarians decided to again send a student to ottawa several mem- i bers will attend the district confer ence in toronto limehouse hall will be rebuilt am wednesday attendance was won by aujens room mrs first two called again saturday the first two persons whose names were called were present to claim their prizes in the appreciation day draw mrs lome weick won 13 and mrs ada i dean of rr 3 won 5 the pot is now up to 270 for next week k v dick milton lawyer was friday night named by haltpn liberals for the candidacy in the federal election next year mr dick has a varied experience in municipal and county affairs three accidents on mill street three local accidents ported by police here this week none of them serious but all oc curring on mill st monday afternoon wm j mcln- iyre rr acton was moving west oyer the mill street railway cro ing when hu car was nicked by a shununjreight train little darn- g was caused the vehicle and the driver was unhurt early tuesday evening a csb driven by ross robertson acton and a taxi cab driven by vic pey- cha collided near- the station ho tel minor da was caused taw robertson car wednesday shortly after s a car driven by john r dick chener and a truck driven by gor don ho jul s actottr wer in collision at the corner of wo- low st the dick vehicle was caused about 300 damage and tb truck was caused minor -r-