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eightyfourth year no 45 acton ontario thursday way 7lh 1959 twelve pages seven cents money galore wn etttmted monday evening in the bank of montreal as final returns of the local cancer campaign were tabulated the weeklong drive netted nearly 1000 and cam pfllcjh chairman mrs r johnson hoped to exceed the 1000 mark before closing out the account shown above seated at the table counting the money are w mckay local bank mana aaatiuiiiiiiilfiillhmiiiwhaalaa hi i i 1111 halton election machine in gear contest on june 11 buif photo ger and e alcott of georgetown chairman for the campaign m halton county standing at theirbacks are the executive of the acton legion ladies auxiliary who spearheaded the proect with the assistance of local and district organizations pictured left to right are mrs j bradshaw mrs r angell mrs f stuckey mrs w buchanan and mrs r johnson with three candidates in the field for the june 11 provincial election halton s election machinery under returning officer f w b fitz gerald is getting into high gear the liberals were last to name a candidate on friday night just prior to premier frosts announce ment on mohutfy morning hz enumerator this week the returning officer reported 162 enumerators listing hahon voters tor the election with urban enumeration starting on may 11 for completion by may 14 and cf rural enumeration starting may 13 for completion by may 21 eligible voters must be a british subject 21 years old an ontario resident for one year nnd rtsid cnt ot the halton riding on may 4 1059 when the writ of election was issued mr fitzgerald plans 177 polling stations that will require an equal number qf poll clerks and deputy reluming officers candidates for the election will be nominated at an official nom ination meeting prior to tha laoil 3000 000 more than 300 can- uon but it is not expected there will be more than the three can didatcs stan hall for the con servatives oaen mullin for the liberals aruujhctc henry for the standings in the 08 seat icgisla ture before dissolution were con seivjlives b3 liberals 11 ccf 1 nnd i vicinl one 34210 voted in the inst provincial election mmsiraasakasai itanmtumjdfeiarst jkmewataiiivvvi nassagaweya council okays conditional board dissolution geoijetowns plan oi the brtak the townshpis in other pirts of lng up of the north h lt n high tin count v school district board wns discussed mondav evening b meml irs of nesaagaweva township c unc i ind members conruind wili tin siq gcbtiun subject to conditions a moti m w is approved lint llu township ngret li llu die si n oi the area into thrw boards prowd ing each area to sil up pr v des education for the rural nrens sur rounding the ex sung high school and as prcscntlv served by exis inj bus routes seek garbage site councillor th ms m nnd k birt son wen nan ed n comnu in to seek i garbage dispos il silwfthin the township a mo on w is piepaied ask ng the count omicil to asmtumt w per c nt f the nit cost of piticnl caic in mining homes nnd j bv law wo approved giving thi h il ion count heilth unit mthoritv in septic link- and instillitti iij m it nd vu perm tcndtnl cranl mc m ii in reu cd approval to attend i sell xl for road superintend en is in tironto next week his roid ou tur for s3 614 07 was approved i wen accounts totalling 940 66 il wis ajrtid to buv a new conn r 1 chair for the reeve and cushions toi all ither council chairs 43 468 voters m halton were elig iblc to cast ballots and 34 210 exer ciacd their franchise in the lasi election there were a total of 2 90s 760 eligible voters and the figure now is estimated at more dldates are expected with at least 180 alreidy picked by party riding associations store will be well trained and provide interesting competition for opposing clubs invite five municipalities to seek solution to h s boards dissolution following a lengthy discussion on he proposed split of the north hal too high school district board the north halton urban board wednesday night agreed to invite representatives from esq u is ng and nassagaweya townships as well as col g brown secretary of the nhh3db to attend next urban board to pursue further a tenia tife plan tdr submission to county council regarding boundaries as sets and liabilities ot each indl vidua area deputy reeve j m greer of ac loh enquired if there would still be a nhhsdb if the three towns georgetown milton and acton broke up into three areas he was informed by mayor j armstrong of georgetown it would be mown as separate areas guides hold kie da mr greer then asked what the position would be regarding courtly debentures and was told by the georgetown mayor tint if the dis trict spl ts the possible rule might be that each municipality would be hild responsible for their just share of existing debentures mr armstrong explained that in his opinion in the future debenture issues each municipality would as sume their respect ve debentures ciuncillor g mcglllvray of georgetown suggested that the county would assume the deben lure debt and assess each com munity in order mr creer was of the opinion that each municipality would pay the debenture debt and assess the county for the just pir lion of each townships share deputy reeve greer informed thi board that he thought they should lay a plan for the area split and said that in h s opinion georgetown fell down as fiey should have laid a plan without dump ng the issue inlo the lip of county council fxpuln position mayor armslrtng inf rmed the board that it county council there appeared to be certain reflections leftardmg georgetown and he would like to cxpliin the situation we georgetown i are convinced thit the question of operating one area ii not as efficient is operating three scparilc ihey are all capnblc men on thi present board ind doing a fine j b but we fee i v three scpirnte tw a ds there will be a better method of opcntion is lh area has become so lirge ffi the guides most successful cookie day to date was held lest saturday the girls had token orders all over town and in the country as well and followed this by delivering 840 cartons con taining almost 2 000 dozen cookies this total was 10 dozen cartons more than last yar parent helped out with the dc uvcring in the annual project in attractively designed boxes the sweet sandwich cookies with filling showed the guide crest building bylaw passed for esquesing township lacrosse club enters league acton s recently formed lacrosse team have registered to play in the ontario lacrosse association lea gue along with teims from fergus woodbndgc onllia and scarboro although the date of the opening game has not been announced to date lacrosse fans can be assultd that the local club playing undet erection repair and moving of the colors of harry nfmtta gtothlnfcv ajulldings in the township is now cancer campaign raises 1000 in acton area acton and district canvassers for the cincer campaign wire con gratulatcd by ernie alcott if georgetown chairman for tie hi ton county campaign after m n day nights tabulation of the dnvi revealed nearly 1 000 had been collected the locil campaign speirheaded by the acton legion ladies aux iliarv was supported by repre scntatives from bolh local chapters of the 10 de rotary club ys after meeting in stew art town on april 6 esquesing township council was forced to adjourn and meet again on april 10 to complete their business members were all pre sent at each meeting with reeve george currle presiding regulated by by law the 1959 assessment of the six teen mile creek conservation outh 843 60 only amounting dered paid the secretiry wis instructed to forward the first quarterly pay ment to the secretary of the millon fire area amounting to wifb9 road superintendent it towns pnd was appointed to attend the school for road superintendents to be held at the university of toron to on may 11 and 12 the road superintendent wis in hbembrattfiuiai mens club btnnockburn wl dublin wl acton wi scout and guide association and acton lc gion w th a qui u ict il 500 n ac count of the late start in acton cinvassers were more than pleased with the public interest ind mrs r johnson locil campaign minager ihis week expressed her thinks to all canvassers and to the public for their response in donating to such a worthwhile ciuse kavassw2f aesea structed to idvcrlise for tinders for a new mi ntniner council petitioned tht department of high ways for pei mission u sprend the payments on thesnew maintainor over a period of three yc irs one payment in 1919 one in 1060 and one in lml subject lo the approvil of the onlirio mumcipil bo ird being first obtained sf assessment co benton was appointed to attend the convention of the association of assessing officers of ontario to be held at ottawa on may ib 10 and 20 norman bird wis ipptinttd t represent esquesing federition of agriculture on the e qucsing com munily ii ill bird and ralph cun ningham lo ripiesenl the norv il junior firmtts architects conception of new 12room addition to robert little school irfcta iggjai3fcjt3i wklxii5fttfi5av county prepares bylaw to dissolve hs district arrest forger cashed cheque at acton bank in n special three hour mssion thursdas night of list week hilt n counu council igreed unanimously ti the preparation of a b for lli i dissolution of the north hal ton h rh school district board m th tjasis for rurther discussions it was al agreed that the counlv curk would seik resolutions from fit uu pirticipaiing municipal its milton acton georgetown cquising and nassagawtia utl nms then wish in the milter tu cud line of the thun f neil lumsdon all t junw r mccirve n fixed jd dresi iritted b k ichcnei polin n n 3t ind c i irew w pasfug f igcd iin-que- n kitchinrr and a ton f rid choq i d w n n h frrs public i uiis c mimivsion w as pa wd at 1 tr b k 1 n m scotia in an n pr 2s t the am nun of 1260 at thi ippn hend d pobci und in h kismi son forcing equipment u t manuuclure the worthies cheque corporal r mason of the locil opp di tuchmcnl th s w ei k w arn cl mrrthants to be careful in ch lng cheque wlhout first reciinr proper tdcnuficat on police noted that the worthless cheque cashed in acton had all appearances of being legal t inn council wis called to dis iiv a jebruir riitluli l from giorii omi jppkinp fr with jrial from thi d strict forced lo jatn hnvc doug bargenl georkctiwn initiated dncussion when he recjl led tl at georgetown had boon rami or less forced to become t umber djid had been rcluitant i 1 ng he lonwcd tht dis i i m 19m bi the cmsul 3tie t i inn tit had n lcd acconim xla li r n lie thrre vhoois was adc- qu i i unl 1 i960 tiis hi mirgelcd a adoqua e proof for a need of n mted th nkinv on the subjeel thi george iwn recic recoiled hat the d sticl hid initially been for ned to bu id central school at spevstde which had gone out the w ndow iotir ago tt c bel ei e we cm gel more effic ent operation of i ur school the reexe suggccted tn urging ap- pnul for georgetown to with draw members of county counc 1 then discussed what areas would be serv ed b the dissolved units what is the basic reason georgetown w ints lumithdraw who would pi out standing deben ures and hi w to divide the liubilitus and sssc grmnu were cut dcputi reeve waltir grai georgetown supported his t two s stand noting he hid gnen careful consider on to thi mattir he rt viewed that gcirgctown had been forced into thi district in 1950 when all tht esqucs ng pupin hid been removed from thi ch hii and grant cut considci ibh rcim sugint emplia ui4 that gcorget wn hid ined ihi di net to iv nd perccuii n and hi couldn t sci tn cr oil iftcit li the ohit niiinlxr of thi d st let thn ugh i s d s uti i esqueaink reeve g currie qu tinned hi w the t w nsh p pupils around ceorjct wn wi uld be as surcd of education t which thi georgilown reeve answered hi i eonfidrnt adrqmti cc ni d ton wiuld lx po drd fr thi townsh p pup 1 j toned for eeoonmv w r fj ma t vsi nit s p n tend i ot seconds v educat in it the depart nen edocaaii re viewed tic di i founding of the distr el hi pointed out the dea had beei t inereasc the var eh of eouses available b join ng cvcal seh v i tigelher for mire economic operation he suggsied i that rh w the department fel mm lo 500 pup is provided an ccoio i micai school present enrt lments in the area were about 450 in george town 900 in milton and tii in acton the representative noted- hi reviewed that the district idta never did work out too aatisf ictonlv here anway if vou had hu it one school i d say do 1 1 break up the district until you grow a bit lnder the grint structure it was noted there was now no disadvsni aje to a single town being a district but this is open to change mr stewart suggested that the district should split up iwhen the time comisi bv vetting up areas h tht town and rural section jn und forming a district one rich district actons reeve goy questioned if it w i liasible to break up the di- tret when thi whole three towns wi in ihi midst of a construction pn gram 1 suggest yofi ii end up ith tie rich d strict and tw i l r nlatves mr giyconcluded esqi esuig reeve cum was luick lo airee pinling out acton w mid get ju pior end mil on next ui cn grliwn the best hejnoted h w becmc of a higher assess i r und geo get wi and 16 it i jund aitoi and mil on department oppas4 mf stew a cmphasuxtl that the d pi ment 4 e w is aivi hjt distr cts not break up bu the tpu might come when trough their growth they should referring back to the ctficicnci of the boards operation deputy reeve a r service naaaagawcva said that georgetown with five r- presentstves on the board abouu be sa isfied with the effictency of thoir representatives act m trustee e s force declared his attendance at the meeting had been a waste of t mc i hive seen i a beautiful example of him mr stewart asking us what we want and switching three times he decried the suggestion made earlier in the meeting and eon curred in by mr stewart that re presentativ es in one town are not interested in education in another town if the district was ideally created why is it not now mr stewart explained his sug gcm on had been that while all have a general interest in education people arc usuallv more intercs cd in the town where they live three secretaries georgetown trustee goodlet sug gested the only difference in cost of pcntion if the area w solved would be three part lime cccrciaric instead of one full time one he reviewed that he felt miji i the board members felt ihev could do a bcttr job if thev untv had their own school to look af er board chairman m m coles no ed there had been nferences the board had been ineffcicnt- he rev ewed hat during hs five vcars on the board the slogan had been eich for ri i and all f ir ceh tw thairmnn ei lamed councils have appointed diligent members o provide the best possible means for education the chairman concluded there i would be a time for dissolution but that time wa premature expreaaes anaaseancat georgetown mayor armstrong i entered the fray reviewing the history of georgetown s n the boird im amazed that member of county council wh at your table tonight is opposing the break up when he opposed its establishment at the beginning lc noted georgetown had always operated with esquesing and continued on page six pcrnuss n w s n ntid ti the credit villcv consi rv tn n author ily to incl gns sh w iig thp lo the c use rvation i reas on thi township ro ds un ler thi supi vision of the liuifehip n dd super intendenl the bv h a- providing f r thi n irmnl cxpi ndilure n ronds f unts nd k pissi d fo bach municipality should look after their own area our purpose is not lo throw a monkey wrench into things but we do feel that three separite boards can operate better continued the georgetown mayor what you hive siid is only re peating what was said at county level but you will hive in spell it out remarked mr greer you have taken steps to breik up the iron and should have show ed county council a breakdown of the whole affair if it was figur cd out to the dollar there wouldnt have been any trouble deputy reeve greer informed mi arm strong will o operate mayor armstrmx sid that georgetown was pri pared to co oper ite with all mun e palilus or groups to get the ituattin ironed out but suggested hit get mtown wis nol thi one to tell how to set the pi in up mr armstrong suggested it up t t f id to thish the situ it ion out iftcr miivor s chllds of m lion enquir ed who would be responsible miy r w ii cirfk nf acton pio- duced a map ind explnnid it was obtained from col brown secre- iry f tne nhhsdb which out lined the vinous rentes for school buses in the irei at this point boird members re viewed the various bus n uti s and discussed areas affected follow ing this mayor cook concluded tint if the five municipalities rfffected were to pursue the situation they would hive i basis for costs might lose councillor f hirnson of gkiirc own suggested that perhaps the townships felt th it if cortetown quit thi am they would lose out in some manner the georgetown m lyor told the boird that for the north pirl of halton in ptrticular ge rgelown has been most cooper itivc ind no one has suffered mr armstrong ilso informed board members tint he was pre pared to take tt on his own and suggest that georgetown was pic- parcd to t ike any portion of esqucs- ng offered in rehtion lo school students ittendlng georgetown schoolsi prepared to share ex pensis and pn p ired to co opi r ite is they georgetown i were the asiesl silisfiihl j mcgmchic acbn town cluk ind si c rotary of thi board sug kisted a mteiinj bi held with the miimeipnl tics two townships georkeli wn acton ind milton c iuld igree i consultative c mmit lei be s t up k investigat and bring tuck a full report f the wh tie situati m nir nling costs issi ts ind inbihties at the oiilsi t if thi meet ng p ist eh i nun w h c ik isumid the f f it e urit i thi hind ipproved ppnnlmnl f 1ivor s chllds of i continued on aye siien georgetown job seekers stopped in 2000 crash georgetown men bcrli burley and erie ellis ended thn lob bunting trip abruptly tues lay mirn ng whin the vehicle thev ere riding in wis involved in i head on crish w th i lite modi i car driven bv jimcs bakt r of kitchinir cau ing o ver 2 001 both vehjcles a iumbc7rtrgh the ntcrsi ition of nd thi fdin mills cut nlf approxim rttllv fivi niles west f acton police from the guelph opp ihlachmrnt investigned the ic cident and n ported t burlev vehicle tailed to signal a turn as rt proceeded off ihe highway onto the gr ivellcd portion of the road whin it was struck by i passenger in thi bur ill wed to i titnln i 1 1 his home r t iol c constjbli bib mukinsey md c irponl gord c ag rep r ted dimage to the baker e ir it over 1700 and over tj0o to the burley vehicle mr burhv leptrlcd thit hi and mr ellisud left their home town n an iffrl to seek employment stfl ptmmu over 2000 damage was cmjsed lo the above vehicles in a headon crash west of acton tuesday morning when a station wagon dr ven by bertram burley of georgetown travelling west crashed headon into a late model car dnv n by james baker of kitchener police reported mr burley failed to t tonal as he attempted loptoceed onto the eden mills road off number 7 highway the burley vehicle was damaged in excess of 1300 and the baker car was over s700 eric ellis a passenger with mr burley received treatment for minor bruises by a rockwood doctor the drivers of both cars were only shaken up in the accident