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v l eightysecond year no 25 acton ontario thursday december 27th 1956 eight pages- seven cents r 1 p 4- stuff photo with many helpers santa presided at the annual distribution of legion held its annual childrens christmas party seated on santas glows with delight at santas prechristmas visit gifts when the local branch of the knee is georgina angell 5 who i te iam j haggins instantly killed as truck slams boulders john c haggins age 25 of rr 1 acton was killed instantly and three other persons escaped unin jured when the one- ton pickup truck in which they were riding slammed into two boulders and so mersaulted in a ditch on no 20 sideroad a few miles west of ac ton friday night wayne haggins aged 16 who was driving the truck and lloyd zigler 30 of georgetown were un injured edward zigler who was riding in the back of the truck works on roof falls 23 feet hospitalized an acton man john drysdale 185 macdonald blvd suffered shock lacerations and possible chest injuries thursday afternoon of last week whenjie slipped while working on the roof of the tyler garage and fell 23 feet to the floor of the garage he was treated by dr kenney of acton and sent to guelph gen eral hospital for observation st albans annual candlelight carol service held sunday the annual candlelighting and carol service was held last sunday evening in st albans anglican churchy the service began with the candlelightinr ritual taken by the rector the rev evan h jones at the altar the lights were ex tinguished for the commencement of the altar ceremony in the centre of the altar was placed the christ candle and from this candle the light was carried to the 2 other candles represent mg the 12 apostles of the churcj the two acolytes were v bristow and l duby from the altar candles the light was carried to the stan dards attached to the pews in the nave of the church following this the junior and senior choirs sang the processional carol silent night the church was then lighted and the servic proper began with the singing of a hymn this was followed by the bidding prayer read bj- the rector six scripture lessons based on our lords nativity were read soloists were vic bristow and boys choristers andrew knox ed- win spicer brian barbeau and bill henry the junior choir sang a polish carol and how far is it to bethletntnc the junior and senior chain were under the direction qf mrs f 6 o organist and chohrmtetvobb j- jumped out before the truck flip ped over constable george moore of the county opp detachment who in vestigated said the truck missed a curve and struck the rocks flip ping it over the dead man was pinned in the wreckage of the truck for an hour he is survived by his widow joan and children fred one hea ther two and a baby girl two weeks bid candlelight setting j for carol service two services were held at acton united church christmas day and a candlelight service of music j christmas eve j there were mostly children in the cunuregatiun for a special childrens j service al 930 am adults partook of the sacrament of holy commun- fionat the 10 oclock service j in an attractive setting of candh lifiht organist and choirmaster j george elliott directed a program of carols on christmas eve the program was preceded by an organ recital including seasonal music by handel bach and willan the program was divided into sections for the advent the holy night the nativity lullabies for the christ child and traditional carols with soloists the junior choir sen ior choir and congregation taking part during the offertory mr el liott played several selections from haydns musical clocks a collection of tunes composed for a clockwork oiiin opp register 160 convictions from 189 cases actons provincial police detach ment registered 160 convictions of 189 cases prosecuted during the 1 1 months of this year from january to november monthly reports filed with the town indicate a total of 2030 in fines imposed as the members of the three man detachment travel led 14958 miles november saw the heaviest ser ies of fines as they reached 440 during the first six months of the year 336 warnings were issued under the highway traffic act according to magistrates reports filed with the town by that court of fines issued totalling 1396 the town would receive 58353 for the first 11 months o party to aid others employees of the roxy theatre provided christmas joy for 35 local children this year manager bill leslie and his staff received a cheque from the theatre head office for a party for themselves instead they turned the money over to the town office to buy gifts for children roxy employees include mrs kred hunter rhona haggctt rose- alee higgins shirley mason jojy peal mrs henry arbic dave huiiter and clarence pritlove i said to the man who stood at the gate of the year give me a light that i may tread safely into the unknown and he replied go out into the darkness and put your hand intothe hand of god that shall be to you better than light and safer than the known way quotation from address by his majesty king george vi in his chrijtmas broadcast to the empire december 25th 1939 to be accurate members of the commission due to the report de cided to let the bill stand more hydro standards have been installed on mill st it was re ported by superintendent mason of the hydro department he also reported the installation of a new transformer on churchill road tree trimming is next on the hydro agenda he suggested at the conclusion of the meeting mayor tyler thanked retiring chairman dr oakes for his splen did efforts on the behalf of the town and puc commission over the last four yetrs or oakes re plied he had enjoyed working with the commission and regret ted the necessity for having to leave it waterworks areounts hell telephone serv 1110 can brass ltd snpp 3195 commission studies variance in water pumped sewage flow a variance between total water output and total sowjgc disposal was brought to the attention of the public utilities commission at its last regularly scheduled meeting of 1956 held thursday evening a report from the ontario do partment of health concerning an inspection of the sewage disposal plant in november noted that 8- 000000 gallons of water per month passed through the disposal plant it immediately raised the question of where the excess water is coming from as the town pumping station is only delivering 4000000 gallons for the same period some of the additional water an esti mated 2000000 gallons comes from two other sources superintendent inmbcrt of the waterworks department blamed the excess on cellar drainage and the extremely wet weather mayo tyler suggested excess water was coming from residents who dis pose of water from private well not purchased from the acton commission the bylaw leading with meter installations on unpurchased drain age water was studied by the com mission and it was noted the town has a i option to either install a meter on drainage water or charge the resident a flat rate of 4 the commission suggested the sewage superintendent study the report and present his views at the next commission meeting the department of health re port also noted a general improve ment in the disposal plant effic iency and the apparent good con dition of the station receipt of a reply from the dev eloper of the iiakeview subdivision was announced by secretary j mcgeachie concerning the instal lation of light standards the let ter stated that because of the weather completion of the job al this time was not practical but that the project would be completed in the spring a complaint from s cannon re garding the high reading of his water meter was presented to the commission for consideration mr cannon a resident of his house for only two months was charged for 105000 gallons of water it was decided by the commis sion that because of the inaccess- ability of the meter estimates and not correct readings had beofrmak- en on that basis mr cannon was charged according to his previou- average and installation of the meter in a more accessible position was suggested also rynd was a complaint fm i v kelly regarding his high water meter reading superintendent lambert reported he had person ally in the company of mr kelly tested the meter and it was found williams supply c i h acton iu hydro serv 11344 american walerwovks as soc annual dues 1250 kmpiro hriss mfg 2560 neptune meters 16291 wallace v tirrnan 2857 39005 sewer arcounts bell telephone serv 1 1 55 acton puc hydro- serv imii grants motors gas ete 946 peoples fuel supp 400 m nellis acct 11200 hydro accounts acton auto body gas f terry postage wm coon rent compres sor he pc power bill jas r kearney kockwood lime co toth motors gas etc grant motors can line materials supp reliance elec transformer pelt cash exp trans bell telephone serv fills v howard supp northern electric can wire and cable over 300 children received gifts from santa al the beardmore christmas party last jolly fellow appeared for the event master of cere monies for the event was bob park children are shown here receiving their gilts staff photo week when the er a group of x-r-v-rliiit- expected plunge in building continues pass quarter million in current year as was indicated in the first six months of 1956 a sharp drop in con- structicm here persisted to the end of the year with this years quarter million dollar figure far behind the million and three quarters of 1055 permits for construction valued 1956 compared with 671000 in the same period of 1955 iist years alltime record for local building was reached when un estimated 17v1m in new building was reported for the 12 montlvper- iod aggest part of this total was 251 14 589 10000 750 1325063 1650 167 4232 1224 4591 34200 1762 45 45 7197 5377 45296 at 279800 were issued during 1955 due to the residential growth with october permits of 128000 for the new school and 80000 for the bank of montreal considerably im- prbvinfi the construction picture for the year only 59500 in new construction was reported for the first half of some permits issued in late 1955 were used for construction of hom es in lakcvicw subdivision which considerably increases the number of new homes actually built in 1950 with that years permits not reflect ing that construction permits issued in june included one for an 18000 kina service sta tion which has not yet been started january permits reached 8500 february 3000 april 13300 may 6500 june 27000 august 11300 september 1000 october 211400 and november 500 no permits were issued in march july or de cember i local officials reported difficulty in obtaining cmhc loans as part ly responsible for the slowdown in construction activity irrrkshk i r i acxzzx j si 446643 fog heavy road icy two vehicles collide minor damage j was sustained when during reportedly heavy fop and an icy road on sunday cars driven by andrew thcriault and newt m kiwler were in collision on churchill road north total damage was estimated at 50 police reported thcriault failed to sec the approaching fowler car through the fog and the collision resulted i christmas cantata presented at knox j a christmas cantata memories of the manger was presented at knox presbyterian church sunday j evening undjtctthc direction of i choir master and organist ted hansen i soloists were mrs john david son soprano george musscllc tenor and norman elliott bass j a film strip showing christmas scenes was shown rev andrew mckenzie spoke on 1thc names of jesus at the sunday morning service carols were sung by the large congregation best ever sales and returns so far indicate the ys mens sale of christmas trees this year was the best ever hundreds of trees were sold from the lot behind the ymca dump day actons crop of christmas trees will be trucked to the dump on january 2 the day after new years town foreman a kirkness said this week with gartaue pickups scheduled for monday and tuesday a holi- i day the tree pickups can be facil- itated on wednesday if citizens cooperate the foreman suggested gifts for 300 at legion party santa cluas presented gifts to over 300 children at the annual legion christmas party the i christmas tree was a focal point in the legion auditorium last sat day afternoon each youngster received an angc and candy cane as well as a gift acton citizens band played for carols led by john mchugh he also sang several solos mrs bob angell read out the names as the youngsters came up to santa 320 children rejceive gifts over 320 children of employees met santa claus at the annual christmas party held by beard- mores on friday afternoon with adults there were about 375 in the public school auditorium for the event a three act vaudeville show was- staged for the youngsters amuse ment including a dog and- a mon key act jugglers george and bam- bi jean and magicians billy and kay arjiotl r r parker as master of cerem onies read out the names as the children filed forward for their gifts there were well filled christ mas stockings for those eight and under baseballs and bats for boys nine and 10 umbrellas for girls nine and 10 knives and flashlights for boys ii and 12 fountain pens- for girls 11 and 12 initialed wallets for boys 13 and 14 and strings of pearls for the girls 13 and 14 instantly kiued iothe wreckage of his oneton pickup truck was john haggins 25 of rr 1 acton when the truck reportedly missed a curve and hit two boulders somersaulting the vehicle photo by pick holborn toronto star the accident occurred on friday night on no 20 sideroad in nassa- gaweya township the driver of the truck wayne haggins 16 and two other pasiettgers were not injured j christmas gifts won at draw with rain falling most unscason- ably christmas gifts from mer- j crtarils woretglven but at lhe reg- ular merchants draw on saturday j afternoon a large crowd gathered j beside the post office to hear the names of the lucky winners and christmas music over the public address system the big cash award went to mrs stan matthews of rr acton on a 20 per cent ticket doris duby took the regular- s5 award special gifts went to mrs frod lambert fred stuckey mrs k a turkosz mrs d mason and mrs robert tily in every case the first named for the prize was pre sent to receive it v mc edwin watson announced that the chainway store had now joined the group of participating merchants estimate damage to two cars at 300 damage totalling 300 was est- mated following a collision friday between cars driven by ronald clow and thys oost on main st north drivers reported lo bollcc the clow car was proceeding east and stopped to pick up a passenger the oost car following collided with the rear of the clow car pol ire described the roads ab v bcink icy no injuries were sus tained that ice in arena keeps coming going it keeps coming and going a kirkness commented on the mak ing of ice in acton arena ice was forming a reasonable base in the arena on wednesday of this week but with higher temp eratures tired icted there appeared little hupe that the ice could be immediately available we need a couple of good cold days the town foreman suggested to form the base and get skating underway a flooding applied early wednesday morning was still not completely frozen in late afternoon meantime some locaskatera are tempting the pond for their out door skating baptist and presbyterian young peoples societies joined in singing carols at the homes of sick and shutins sunday- five masses on christmas at st josephs five masses were celebrated at st josephs church on christmas morning the most ever tha church was also filled for midnight mass on christmas eve father morgan and father mac- dougall from the jesuit novitiate in guelph celebrated the masses the church was beautefuiiy deco rated for the christmas season with the traditional creche in a setting of evergreens flowers and colored lights pmit-