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bqrrtysecond yar no 1 6 acton ontario thursday october 25th 1956 0 eight pages seven cents stalt photo watbtmain break on churchill road tuesday night not only caused water cutoffs to homes facing the road but put the street for over 1 00 yards out of use th road was undermined in at least two spots with large cracks breaking the top and sinking the surface one car above became snar ed despite warning lights and barriers put up shortly after the costly trouble was discovered one quits another fired start action on new fire hall as municipal board puc s hydro loses two employees acton pucs hydro department ha twoman staff recently union- by the international brother- of electrical workers is without employees this weekend fobowing the resignation of one and the discharge last week of the at last weeks meeting the pu c took no steps with hydro super intendent d mason to hire new the resignation of j glazier hind lees than a year ago was received thursday night it is ef fective this saturday also thursday night after this rmftgnatlon was received and fol lowing some intense discussion members unanimously agreed to discharge w kelly who has been wtth the hydro department for some time the unanimous agree ment came on a recorded vote tfee motion read we dispense with the services of w kelly as ot friday october 19 1956 mr kelly be paid one weeks pay in lieu of notice reason for dis- j charging mr kelly being we have i teat at least two men in the last manth he being very hard to work i with so they left our employ feat contract farias at the same meeting the ibe w forwarded contract agreements for consideration in this- local which now being without em ployees is nonexistent however puc members learned the union will likely protest the discharge members of councils finance committee met the commissioners during thursday nights session to discuss a group sickness and accid ent insurance benefit plan for town and puc employees the plan was shortly agreed upon and is to go to council for consideration motion of agreement on these talks read we accept the insur ance plan as presented by the mutual life of canada and the in creased benefits of psi for the employees of the puc on the understanding that this is to be a group plan to include the town of acton employees a copy of the motion be sent to council and be it further understood that contrib utions are on a 5050 basis at the outset of the meeting the hepc informed the commission ot measures to improve the method at computing payment for power supplied to some rural areas near acton loan winch track the parks board is to be loaned a hydro winch truck for stump pulling at fairy lake consumer deposits of 15 and 10 were credited to the respective accounts of j d armstrong and w t doney brief reports on routine work progress were heard from the three department superintendents expenses of 25 each were ord ered plaid secretary j mcgeachie and superintendent mason follow ing a recent tour of ontario hyd ra establishments at the st lawr ence seaway construction site the two men reported briefly on some flheir observations during the rip charge local boy 11 over scout hall fires an 11 yearold acton boy is scheduled to appear in juvenile court tomorrow in milton charg ed in connection with three fires which occurred at the scout hall in the space of two weeks the boy a grade seven pupil who takes classes in the scout hall was taken for questioning monday night shortly after the third tire broke out this latest blaze started from a pile of leav es in the hall porch lake the two previous fires it had been deliberately set firemen said local police questioned the boy after one ot the firemen w mc- eachern who lives near the scout hall saw smoke coming from the porch and at the same time notic ed a boy on a bicycle fleeing from the school property beside the hall firemen arrived quickly on the scene and doused the small fire before damage was done the boy is charged with delin quency under the juvenile delin quency act investigators from the ontario fire marshalls office established arson in th second fire after con clusive evidence was discovered in the attic of the building where the fire broke out the attic was also the source of the first fire three days earlier it is reported arson was also the cause of this fire the first call to the scout hall was on midafternoon of thanks giving day the second was thursday of the same week at about 7 pm the third fire call monday night was also at about 7 pm majority of the damage was caused by the first blaze when it was estimated 300 would be required to repair the ceiling planning board asks pentecostal group to add to lot for parking trustees for acton pentecostal church congregation led by their pastor appeared at planning board this week seeking permission to er ect a church on churchill road north of peel st where it is pro posed to buyproperty from r n brown legally represented by c f athcrland the groups proposal ted charge the girls of the club will be was neither rejected nor a helping the bishops gray club town planner p a deacon point- in their project of selling life sav- i ed out that with a lot 110 feet by ers for world service lifesavers project now joint enterprise a short meeting of the novelty gray club was held in the ym ca on monday afternoon helen benton the president loonzwith br sident vin i tle work on friday and saturday ot this week it was decided to ask the junior hiy girls to help with the charter dinner the president asked for girls to help with the dishes after the dinner those who will help are verna churchill helen benton elaine daintith jill cheryl price a candy and cooky sale was held last saturday 297 was rais ed 150 feet tapering to 85 feet at the rear and plans for a church to scat 150 there would not be ample space left after construction to pro vide offstreet parking it was suggested the pentecostal group attempt to purchase more land from mr brown who was morton and j auo at xhc meeting when the matter of services was raised it was pointed out by the board that council would have to divide oil painting groups two teachers night school classes begin next monday and tuesday evenings in the high school at a committee meeting tuesday it was announc ed by chairman george bowman registrations were up to 120 increased enrolment in the oil painting classes are making it necessary to divide the group into two with two instructors be approached on this i at councils meeting the follow- ing evening the pastor k j reid also appeared council briefly dis- cussed the request and concluded that since this lot was a partial part of a subdivision the 147lot brown subdivision the town could not service it at municipal expense a motion was passed subject to planning board approv al that water and sewer services be made available to the proposed pentecostal church property at the churchs expense v v interview s didero at turnip farm here the operation of a turnip grow ing enterprise was the subject of one of the feature spots on the popular television show country calendar last sunday comment ator johnny moles interviewed s didero at his farm on rr 3 ac- tan his cameras then went to mr dideros turnip twax ing plant at preelton to continue watching the operation acton district viewers watched the program with particular inter- council to call soon for tenders on 250 hall acton recovering from a hectic month of fire damage and fire scar es will soon have ji jew fire hall if action taken by council tuesday night is followed through without delay approval from the ontario muni cipal board for a proposed 26000 fire hall was received and read to members while a building plan exists there are still no blueprints for heating and electrical work the engineer was authorized to pre pare plans for the heating and wir ing and authority was also given to have tenders called as soon as pos sible for the complete construction the brigades long sought new hall to be erected adjacent to the present fire hall quarters will be financed by 15year debentures there are no grants on this work at the outset of this weeks meet ing the police committee recom mended extension of a license for reliable taxi for a third vehicle no motion was passed however the town approved relief pay ments to an acton woman half the cost is borne by the city of kitchen er the other half by the province crancll 8iulng tight councillor r n brown instigated a discussion on water for fire pro tection on churchill road north he suggested council was sitting tight on this issue and not provid ing adequate protection for citizens of the area this was argued some council lors understood it was part of the annexation agreement to provide fire protection on this road none disagreed that the town had a moral obligation to extend adequate fire protection mayor e tyler pointed out that it is contemplated to bring a 10inch main down churchill road from the fourth line water site where drilling is supposed to start this week he added that services will be put up this road in any event but it is sensible to wait until a drilling report is made so the town is assured the 10inch main will be installed as planned by engineering surveys councillor w cook suggested the service line to the new public school property be continued up to churchill road on the road allow ance for continuation of acton boulevard this idea was talked over the matter was left over after a motion resulted from talks about recent fires and fire protection to have fire chief j newton appear at the next meeting to report to council to believe drainage problem engineer f pallesen said he be lieved a large part of drainage dif ficulties at the l viet property mill and wallace streets is caused by water runoff from the roof ot a nearby factory however for the towns part installation of a ditch and eventual replacement of a storm drain would relieve some of continued on page four as roves new sixroom public school the aa z bennett school is i acton boulevard which will be extended around the new school well under way this week with concrete footings completed yester- stretches out at far right the school board is hurrying arrange- day in the background right is the high school and newlypaved ments to have a sixroom addition approved for a 12room school vr5irjs5sssss xc xusmskaimisab wednesday night is a night of fright when they delight come wednesday night and eerie doings inevitable are gnome like ghouls shrieking about with fearsome moin and striking awe in those who see the frightening oddities of their attire none are safe from them with insatiate relish for the sweeten ed bit they make their mark on every door terrorize every homo and lurk with menace until with vampired compulsion theyve been fed the irrevocable due uiey demand its a wicrd night theres no repulsing them its an inevitable night it happens every year its halloween the kids are out y board plans oneday drive at a meeting of the local ym ca board last thursday the highlight was a prolonged discuss ion of the financial statement it came as a surprise to some of the new members that the ymca is in bad financial shape and ways and means of improving this sit uation came up for discussion it was decided to hold an allout drive for donations on november 26 to get the ymca out of the red board members were hopeful of an active response to this appeal from the people of acton ps school fire insurance adjustment is 31991 acton public school board was informed this week that loss ad justment for the firedamaged sec tion of the school has been set by the insurance company at 31991- 43 thr board is rrportcd to be pleased with this adjustment the greater part of which will be used toward reducing the debenture re quired for the propiksed sixroom addition tn the new sixroom m bennett school now under con struction an amount of 794 will be paid the home and school association for loss of costumes in the school fire it was pointed out this week that plans are to be submitted to the board as soon as possible for the sixroom addition that will make the m z bennett school a yt room structure when these plans arc submitted to the board it is in tended to have the present con tractor j b mackenzie and son ltd submit an estimate price on the additional rooms it was fur ther pointed out the department of education has tentatively approved the six- room addition which the board hopes to see in service by next september meanwhile work speeds ahead on the new school to bring it into use by easter yesterday concrete footings were completed and the structure will soon be noticed ris ing beside the acton high school east end construction staff phot in acton this week is setting a heavy pace of activity at the left is shown two large cement j block buildings going up the nearest a transport garage and the further building a new service station right across the road from this service station another garage is under way above picture shows the power shovel gouging out a foundation for the new christian reform church on property at the rear of the lower photo behind the reform churc pr on churchill roa another church for the pentecostal congregation may soon rise in this growing area set gas rates a schedule of permanent ras rates was introduced and approv ed tuesday at a nearinr for the united suburban- gas co ltd by the ontario fuel board the rates anehaaged- from the temporary schedule in effect since this summer cover the ras marketing areas of acton muton and georgetown aa well aa oafc- vllle bronte dnndn ud awu- ter areas representatives of this town attended the hearing which warn held in trafalgar ball kascks h s bd opens several tejiders tenders for the construction of an eightroom addition to george town high school were opened monday night when the north halton district high school board met in that town however no action was taken after trustees opened the tenders another meeting is to be held to deal with this matter final payment to the contractor for the fourroom addition to ac ton high school was authorized also authorized for payment were regular october accounts tot alling 2238316 a statement from milton showed 5444 in the 1956 high school deb enture account vicechairman e forgrave pre sided in the absence of board chairman r carbert other trus tees at the meeting were w coon j creighton m coles j goodlet f mastcrman d anderson f brown a keilty n pickett g wood board members expressed hope for the full recovery and re turn of trustee g a dills school board hcrstsr to staff inspectors members of the school board were hosts to public school teach ers their wives and husbands care takers and the three inspectors at j the public school auditorium on r tuesday evening a buffet supper of cold meats and salads was enjoy ed at the conclusion of the evening j of kams and square dancing bruce andrews sets new record for gold medal a new record of 926 minutes was set by bruce andrews in the mile and a half cross country championship race at hamilton on saturday the former record of 953 was set by kent young of hamilton delta collegiate there jurere over 50 in the tace the young acton runner added a gold medal to his growing collection of awards john brown finished seventh in the two mile cross country champ ionship race there were 35 run ners these two run with the guelph legion track club two ymca track club mem bers also made a good showing on the rugged terrain at dundurn park john tripp placed 23rd in the midget mile and a half frank mariscak looked as if he would finish very high in the two and a half mile but he fell on a hill just before th finis and lost g start construction on reformed church excavation began tuesday on the 24000 basement structure which will house the congregation of the christian reformed church here the minister rev roelof groeneboer hopes services will be held in the basement of the church by christmas presently the group is meeting in the yjhca heading the work are three tor onto men mr kolkman mr wilde and mr dchoed the covered basement will include a hall to seat 350 three classrooms and wash rooms dimensions are 90 x 48 feet heating and wiring are being included members of the church will build further when funds are av ailable fall color tour brings hundreds to north halton hundreds of cars and 14 carrying sightseers and amateur photographers from many parts of southern ontario converged on halton county sunday to partake of a scenic fall color tour spon sored and arranged by the toron to telegram the tour entered halton county between huttonville and hornby after a visit to tne dale estate ia brampton then wended its way north to stewarttown west to speyside north on highway 39 nearly to acton west again and then south to brookville south to campbellville then to milton and homeward highlight of the tour was- the interdenominational church ser vice conducted in mutonat grace anglicarfchurch by canon john frank of toronto special music for the service was provided by the choir of holy trinity anglican church toronto the church was died for the i service and an overflow crowd packid the vestibule parish hall and spread across the lawn list- 1 ehmg to loudspeakers he placed 11th of the 35 lawn bowling club returns all officers at the annual meeting ot the acton lawn bowling club held recently the1958 officers were le- clected for 1957 they are w h rogers president j wood secret ary treasurer mrs k holmes ladies president mrs m bell secretarytreasurer miss b wood tournament secretary mr rogers tn bis address re ported a very successful arasun and that prospects were very bright for 1957 11 was jdecided to hold ajhichre j and draw some time in january v