Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 7, 1957, p. 1

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h prftfd to john dof omut voted at the most valuable player in hse intermediate taction of the minor sporti hockey leaf mason by johnny ton of ars centner and the late jack kentne jr the award loot piece at the annual banquet in the legion auditorium on tuesday evening ictlvmotiuiimastiuutmottjuttohft for the most valuable player in the minor sports baseball league is gordie mason right and presenting the trophy is gary son of mrs masters and the late lome masters over iso boys were entertained at their annual banquet mcllvinf tw tcomiy for the championship baseball team is manager hec lambert left whose team the miami marlins came out on top in the minor sports league this summer j bert wood is shown presenting the trophy the legion ladies auxiliary served a turkey dinner to the children before the presentations on tuesday foe jfctt ftss eightythid yr no 19 acton ontario thursday november 7lh 1957 ten pge seven centt namebafbeauchamberpresident discuss christmas decorations the season f first general meet ing of the chamber of commence took place in the yjica last monday evening with it memb r present the dinner waa pr pared and served fy the y lad tea special gueat of the evenm wj bob richardson of the ataft of th caned and otusrto chamber of commerce he waa int odufed by wm davey secretary treasurer f acton chamber mr richardson haa aerved fea public relation r ecutive with the chamber since last july me waa formerly mayor of urafod mr richardson in hia brtrt re mark informed the mem ben 4 em that he had just recently completed a tour of northern ont ario visit ins aome 1ft to it cham bera in thr paal three weeks he noted the tunibe trad w- bong hit by unemployment hut in each community vtsllad it waa inspir ins to note what the local cham ber of commerce were accomv llshing in helping the situation the apeaker ended his remarks by bringing the greetings of the ontario and canadian chamber 10 the local member he assured the acton organ italian that it wji progressively active a any he had vial ted and that its eiecu ivf wen free at at limes in avail themselv es of any assistance or service the ontario or canadians chomh r oeuld offer chairman r trry thanked the guest for his bn t but interesting emarka the busbies meeting then tn gn with several items on the agenda first was the matter of christ mas decora t ions and street 1 igh t ing it was noted by both mr t r ry and mr davey that a cum mi lee had been formed in the aprm to look into this matter and run- tact the merchants- to date rm e port had been made and no action taken mr davey reminded the mem bars that a letter had been written to the noma lighting co asking them to send a repreaentatlve u a bodie speaker at acton rotary club fttlfc sefclia eksuman of use youth ejarvlce committee of the toronto rotary club and vice pre sident of the imperial flu glusr paint co waa guest apeaker at the acton ftotwry riinni r meeting cn tuesday evening mr rite rommrtt1rd thf work of his commtltn and explained hiv vomlioiial guidance whi offrr ed the imivk in toronto the cttv of toronh tiki many large ritiro has tht problc m of juvenile deltnqui nc nutted the srw nkt r and it is our endeavour to establish clubs in order to oocupv the time of ihcw delinquent he continiiid giving as an xumple u tov c- ntre which has been rmithlixhcrl lit a church w ht r tht in s rt paired and painted ton uhirh i r sold at christmas time with the pro ceeds going to further work among thi bova mr itodm spt nt ronitidcrable time explaining the principles of lh paint industry and u brisk question period followed th speaker wax introduced bv rrank pruiim and thanked b krv a h mcki nzie gordon m coop r rota nan from toronto and j dills rounun from the milton t tuh v in gut at for the dinm r me ting pop truck hits pole does 500 damage constable j justason investigat ed an accident involving a kitchen er beverage truck and a telephone pole near tnth garage on mondav according to palm w fmel rr1 waterloo driver of the truck was pulling iwi from the garage and while looking for oncoming traffic drov e into the noli caus ing an estimated smo damage to the truck v police su thp poll remained un damaged offer suggestions on decorative street lighting noma compiled with this request and retail mer chants wr contacted to attend a special meeiing to hear and discus any suggestions made the meet ing proved a failure due to a poor turnout mr terry put the question to the members as to what should be dune about the christmas decorat ions and street lighting after mm h discussion it was decided contact the chairman of the decor ation committee and immediate actum im taken to improve the 1 hrutmas decorations and lighting ntxt mi the agenda was tha appeal from the scouts for a don ation towards the renovationa to thr scout hall it was suggested by hff itraduy that the appeal b rev it wed at the nrat general meet ing jack holmes asked the support ol otr hamber for the junior pipe hand tills band la at prese badly in need of equipment to con tinue t unci l mint as a unit c uradley made a motion that us chsmbt arrange a meeting be- tweeen the rarrutives of the pipe hand and the acton cituens band and other interested parties to ob- imfi asaiatance for the junior ripe hand klectinn or officers placed george bar beau in the presidents chair being vacated by postmaster v ank terry vicepresidents ara rert wood and mac symon sec relary treasurer li w davey el ected for a aeeond term rour mail were elected to the cham be council eplacing those up for relirrrmnt fleeted were aldo ilraida frank prouse doug wil- xm aiwl walter wood burn t red wright waa again elected auditor for ifttft nome duwuukion srosc relating to donations by the chamber to va i ui worthy ranacs brought to their attention mr davey ex plained that it was not the funct ion of the chamber to donate mon ies except in exceptional case when it was voted on by the mem bers rather the function of the chamber was to support such causes by their influence and tha help of executive and eommltleea to praaanl aswnmunlty sfforta t um proper autho ules where fhe most good may be accomplished sct- sjcvsbbasaasssbsbsjsaassbssasjsjassibssl permit gas line indicate first activity on new local industrial developments gfoiof ftameau who was elected chamber ol commerce president for 1958 at a meet ing held monday evening at the ymca thi ofomm moiozzi mimotlal tioh4y prasented to the winning hockey team in the intermediate section of the minor sports was presented to gord cunningham left manager of the hershey bears who toped the league and won the championship vk masters newty elected president of the minor sports committee presents the trophy thi canadian legion ttofwy for the winning team in the hockey last season was presented by legion president vic patrick left to george bayliss manager of the canadiens the winning team a new committee has been appointed for the minor sports committee and with the coming of winter organization of winter sports will soon be under way present minor sports trophies as 150 children enjoy dinner i activity on local industrial de velopment was indicated at acton council tuesday evrnlng when a building pei m it was approved pro viding fur rem vat ions valued al toooo in the f nmrr wool c mb ing plant a second application was rcriv rd from the united suburban d fur pennlsslon li inttal a tw inch gai trrvirr on arton and mr donald boulevatds to serve thr in llisstnn saw plant to be buill on thr land rttrutly purchased rum j j stewart ltuildina inspector t jones re vtrln thr l anada iarkrra ap mlion n ted the changes in led re pa i s to the cement floor and irutsllatiun of a large coolrr on alluwmg the gss line inatal litin inrmbera of the road com in tier weie to meet with gs c mpny offuialt and their rec oiiunrndsli in was to be accepted by t uik ll nunril decided to delay actual w is on installation of a new water line pending thr outcome of preicnt neiotiations with industry approval or the tjh mo project that would d vrlop the new well and deliver wale- to town mains wnt received from the ontario municipal hoard maor tyler luggrtted slnrc town mi n would be working on the pr ect work should be start rd to facilitate woik la the l areas ihn r kirns ion to the water ystt m te considered with the si wage trealmt nl plant being dlt cussed with 4ndutry at present it vas pointed out thr handling of ihr prnjict locally would ne in fm iloyrmnl fur local residents i tin ill ir t ly auggested he would like tp see somrlhing nime concrcl with thr lkal lndulry before bet inning the actual work council agreed to this noting the ed tape had all been cleared and work cold start on a day s notice thr irgallty of a motion and the advantages of having tha town vote in wards for council rather than by general election waa dis cussed al irngth lly 3 4 vole a rr lotion tn aiilhnnrc preparation of ihr m tarnty hy uw and apply in thr ontario municipal hoard fir ap ol to divide the town into w irds vtaa debated for an hour t ounrillor cook maintained thr motion was out of ordrr and re fcrivd to sections of thr stolules le noted he had inquired for in f rmation from a reprcwnlatlvr of th drpa tmenl of municipal at fwrs and bci n referred to the paa sines he quoted thi miy r m guested there was no thoutlht the voting would be hy m rdi this vear but thr ground ahirh n i n i h u 1 1 e bo i d i r i v4 mm r t nn j nt tr ice i cg- minor sport officials ended one of erreni m and ushered in another season of larkrd noth n hockey and biseball tuesday ev- either the fct ening by feting over im boy plause f r aw t managers and coaches and civic va said t lit officials at a splendid turkey din- ion chaplain ncr in the leuon hall i introduction f tin h id t ible highlight of the evening was the uil walvrd and coaches and man- pesentjtion of trophies to coaches nccrs or both bast hall and hockey of v inning teams and acceptance coaches nnd minr vrrr given j rather than of individual moat valuable plajtr a lunding oation thr nt u exec wards awards live was also introduced i councillor lowe asked gordon dcatty acted as master continued on iagi two legality of the motion be recorded in thr minutes supporting the resolution were mayor tyler heeve hargwsve and ounrillors bsrbraij coy and hi unrllr members agreed the clerk would serk the w itten opin ion of the tepartnwnt of munictp al affsris t ouncilh r toy inquired on the details or the band ta law and it was eaplained thr half mill was provided for hand or bands if noted the junior prvr hand had been making considerable progress trie smith represent ing seval ratepayers on lurlph st asked an answer t his letter of the pre vious merting requesting town sellers on a service road in front uf thrir piope ties 11 was noted the road serving the iropertles was betlds highway 7 a rrpiesrntallvr of the depart- ment of highways suggested tha present service road should be tended to intercept an it road fnm the ikevlrw subdivision no estunsle on tha cost of tha wo k was available mr smith pointed out he required an im mediate answer since the court uf hi vision waa sitting tha neat day and his appeal regarding assess ment would be based on whether the town was going to pr ivide street services to uw properties involved the difficulties of gaining access to the properties in winter weathe- were described members sareed to tounolor cook auggratitl ha plowing and aahdj ing services on the service road until the responsibility for jie maintenance of the road could b determined c incll authorised renewal of the lease for tha pnrperty in tha pik on which the r airowned dull shed is located the iras run fur 10 years at a time the mayor ruled out of order a letter initialled but umlgned that membes of th glenlra and lake- view areaa wtauld appear and ask ed that they be allowed to speak on any subject thst aroa with no particular speaker tha author ol th utter was not prsaant when called by the mayor member ag reed to lit ruing of lh not earn men ting al that rat lhr would he 3003 councillors thec readings were glvon th by law authorising signing of tha fire agreement with the rural lownahipa the agreement called for purchase hy kaqurting nasss- b a wry a and frin of a new f r truck to be locatrd in arton pay- mrnt of 100 a fire call and main tenance of the truck the mayor noted a meeting was scheduled for t iday to establish the specifications of the new truck councillor cook reported for lh welfare committee that mitre pow er be given the welfare officer in work h luld be laid to have v ting distributing relief that the pur- hy wards in 1056 for members of chase of dog tags remain unrhang- the hub council i ed and that the equest of th members debated the quality of milton hetarded children assoc council im the equality of -rpres- lation for a grant be defenvd to rntil m the pnctice in surround the new yrar but support be offer ig crntrts and other advantages ed in county council for a grant and disadvantages of the system i from that group councillor cook suggested of i members were asked fo corn- more immediate importance wou id mrnla on the procedural bylaw be consideration of a two year under consideration several lug- thc oting by gestions were offered and the by- law was referred to the committee prior to of councillor cook qarbeau and rcom- i the vote that his objection to the coy for p cparatlon of mrndation malton plants will remain busy defence minister tells meeting r fsiltira hnn i lnruy aeeetp the gofrj mccutcheon trophy from donor g mccutcheon don was voted the most valuable player in the senior league of the minorsports hockey on tuesday after a turkey dinner and presentations had been made several films were shown to the boy on sports leave one take one thieves busy in acton constable j justason is investi gating theft of a car from prouse motors which occurred thursday october 31 when a vehicle pre- ioul stolen in gui lph was left tn its place before leaving the thief or thieves broke into the garage and stole a small amount of change from a pop duipensing machine according to police reports police report further breakins at littje motors and franks sunoco service on the easterly outskirts of acton according to police both places were broken lntb ometimc sunday night and m tire and battery stolen from frank sunoco station and a oar radio from utile a garage provincial police trom the county detachment are investigating and thrn r may be able to in crease it again general pearkcs also referred to other bills passed and to be paaacd which will aid elderly blind and disabled persons and ctuans s well as labor turning to national defence general piarkck said the russian have done us a good turn lo launching this satellite ecn th united states with all iu reju- es csnnot match russia s resourcta so they must share their secret uith others if we don t work as a team we the linister began bis meage i w on t be able to ktand up agdint to the group by commending the russia he warned and added lotul aupport of the civil servants mee got to lean up against kuv- of canada especially the seninr sia to prevent her from sir kin one to the nc government under out at the assurance that these plants will be bus for aome time to come was given local employees of malum s avro and orenda plants fndoj evening when gen eral george r pcarkes spoke be fore the annual meeting of the hat ton county progressive cun- sc attve association in milton canada s minister of national defence auo told the audience of over 300 that some change- would be made in the canadian militia umu and their main job in the event of another uar would be home defence prima minister diefcnbake- he noted the new government had since its incorporation passed a bill to increase the old age pen sions another so on top of the 6 increase given out b the liberal in their dvtng minutes in o filer wc made promises but we can- notsee the country broke trying to live up o the suggestion made he said however we believe so tnr bttmi tit 1p1ha ftth- crals 8 is a good start he explained that when the new budget is brought in tha pc would nave an opportuutylo con trol the haancca at tha a large part of canada con tribution to thu fight is being placed on his shoulders the gener al explained and said there are poblems of terrible complexity toeing him i feel im not really capable of handling it without the help of many ether people and without god s help ha said warning that the general con census of opinion from nato and thacanadian chiefs nf staff is that canada will be a prime target if there is another world war the general explained aft the milit ary advice i can get it thst if a de terrent ruli and war comet thtrl 11 be a period of intense nucltjr tictmty and tn added the only place russia cm win anuthc world war is on this con- tintnt thry will attack ery r ty on the n rth american enntim nl with their intrrcontincntrf m silrs now bcint de eloped general ivurko rxpuincd us iir thi mti ha as an example th it russia wus away ahi jd of the rtt of thi world in scujuific ad vanccs ttrms of the bomber musilc rub- ia ma launch againkt us five or he busy for some time to come declared mr pearkcs warned though this would mean cutsih other things it will affect thg army and militia units he said soma of them like the unit tn this county which has great tradition behind it these home units wilf be charg ed with the responsibility of pro tecting canadian homes it is here i in canada whee they will be j1v i lcd in tlm of r- in closing general pearkea tm ear from now and c must concentrate on these force he declared explaining canada a combtt de elopihent he md some j235 l0c 000 have bren pent on the d vel opment of the mjprronic fitttr meeting the bomber of five jea the clwiwhlch will bt capablt of hence gong on with this dcieu opment will cost hundreds of millions before our air foici can be equipped with them we have decided to go ahesd with thu development if not those plants would have been closed down fhoittands would have bcrn out of uork and it- would have affected the economy of the whole area he said lf any of youhere are employ ed in avro or orenda you have- oar assurance these plant will be plained russia is going to war unless we show we re ready to de fend and strike back it ts urgent to consider the steps now that we must take to prevent a war trjm coming leslie m clark of georgetown was named new president of tne halton association with john sammons of bronte and mis ei leen hammill of trafalgar aa vice- presidents john pepay of oak lvuib was named secretary and dave green of milton ts the new treasurer ypc representative u mac sprowl of acton delegates named to the annual jneadngweramr nicola of oak villa harold burktaoldtr of tra falgar and president dark alter nates are mr wast of burlington and jim roberts of oakvllle with two mora to be appointed a letter from the ontario water resources commission explained that the offensive odor complained of had been discussed with tha company concerned and tha com mission auff was making recom mendations to cut the odor as much as possible two applications for building permits were granted aubect to approval of the building inspector- 1 one was for a commercial propl erty on main st valued at s30 0o0 and the other for a da building on property owned by ray thom pson fuels at churchill road approval was given to the ex tending of a loading platform at rorce electric products it was ex plained the platform would en croach on town property but la temporary until another platform might be prepared on the other side of the building council approved renewal of tha ontario provincial police contract for 10m on the same basis as pre vfously in force a copy of a letter from the health unit to builders thomas and thomas advised them the in stallation of foundation tile con nected to the sanitary sewer sys tem might not be allowed tn fut ure council advised tha clerk to inform the builders this weeping tile could not be connected to the sewer system since this wag one of the reasons for the excess of water entering the systenu council adjourned atldnlghl the following accounts were as proved f payment administration finance fire police boada 40j4 1a1sj3 xtjtjt

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