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jt jwtiw tu 1ft eightyfourth year no 46 acton ontario thursday may 14th 1959 twelve pagesseven cents mutt ptiou rnrr nn- worlnpgruy ni thre wpfflr when armishaw and armishaw demolition contractor from guelph started tearing down the former home economics room pictured above charlie reinhart left and reg armishaw are shown wielding wrecking bars as they remove wall boards acton council tuesday evening approved an amendment to the debenture by law to include an additional 20 000 bringing the total construction cost for the new addition to 1 70 000 acton puc accept 2294 tender price for hydro department truck the following accounts were ap proved tor payment waterworks accounts acton welding s 7 so thompson motors 4 15 canadian brass ltd 100 14 sewerage accounts grant s motors aclon motors people s fuel thompson motors hartock schultz symon hardware j i tjibcoirib illg co acton public utilities commis ston at a special mooting on fri day may 1 agreed to accept the tender price or 2294 00 submitted 1y franklin prouse motors fur a new truck chassis to be used by the hydro department tbie information was revealed during the reading of thcumnutcs at the regular meeting on thurs day may 9 when it was noted that live tenders had been reviewed by the puc at the special meeting during the regular session the convniaaton agreed co apply to council 4or purchase of a piece of property owned by the town in the boys electric vicinity of the present hydro build shortill sheet metal ings on alice st purchase pnecja- to bo 91000 following a request from sewer superintendent a duby the com mission authorized the clerk to have a contract signed with the durbano construction cornpinv or the construction of a newer manhole on wcstcott r ad in the olcnlea subdivision ot a cost of 230 an application accompinied b deposit was received from r n brown churchill road for in stallafion of witcr and siwcr lift crata to he property the applic ation wos accepted and the super intendent was instructed t com msncc work as soon as possible it was agreed to write off out standing- accounts and in turn hove a reliable collceti tn ugciu attempt to obtain this debts an analyst report from th ont arlo water resources commission regarding thi aotan sew m di posal plant pointed ut tint tr chief compliint during sjiupli taken april 1st was th lack of i suspended solid the report in formed the commission tverv hint i m nr t vin ten ehw appeircd io b salisficiorv idi will piv through following report of thi recen waterworks convention in mont real attended by water superm tendent j lambert thi commit sion approved payment to the sup erintendent of expense tor thi convention amounting to 100 11179 76 77 12 00 53 30 42 35 12 b5 464 140 17 10 122 17 hydro accounts petty coin town of acton taxes act in motors r th mpson fuels underwood 1 td ten pro distributors aclon fur prer addrtsogrjph mult w kn 11 ind co ltd postmaster postige grant s mot rs thompson motors j ij mnckinzu and s n hfpc piwer hr pc limp- p it northern el c trie powerlite deici ltd bmn hirdwdn receiver genirtl sundird wirt c iblt j r k irm corp school demolition started wednesday demolition of the old burned out section of the robert little school started on wednesday of this week when armishaw and armishaw demolition contractors from guelph begin tearing down interior walls in the former home economics room reg armishaw stated this week that he expected work to progress rapidly on the demolition and that crews with crane equipment would be moving in shortly to begin de nrolitlon of die roof and exterior walls contnctors for the demolition and erection of the new 12 room addition arc a battaglia company of guclrb and the company pre sently working at the school are a sub conlriclmg firm for demolition purposes tacreasesclboldebentiire issue to wq7ooq w w r w -j- r will coyer architects fees and furnishings acton council tuesday night agreed to issue debentures for 170 000 for the construction of on addition to the robert little jmbltc school council had previously agreed to issue debentures for s150000 the additional 920000 was requested by the board after they had received tenders ajfl costs the construction proji c w bradley chairman of the school board spokesman for a dele gation of five board members in formed council tifat 10 tenders had been reccwedsnd the lowest tender had bf accepted the board chairman pointed out however that the tender accepted was higher that the estimated cost of demolition of the old section of the school and construction of the new addition by nearly 91000 and did not include architects fees and furnishing costs when the board requested an amendment to the by law to allow an increase from 9190 000 to jiotooo for school debentures clerk j mc- ceachic informed council lhat an additional 91 000 would have to be added on to take care of costs of the debenture issue and other fees cot too mnen chairman bradley told council members his board were very de sirous of cutting as low as possible adding perhaps we have done so too much councillor e pope enquired why within two months the estimate had increased from 150 000 to 9170000 and wag informed by mr bradley that perhaps the board and archi teel were et fault the board chairman explained that the architect had given the board a rough figure for the work but failed to include his fees end other equipment and mr pope ex claimed it was a very rough figure at 920 000 less work for unemployed mr pope also enquired if the company engaged intended to util lie local unemployed in the pro ject he was informed by mayor w r cook that is was understood that when any work was undertak en in town local unemployed would be given an opportunity to work on the project with the skills they have to offer but noted out it was impossible to make it mandatory reeve j h goy asked chairman bradley if the heating system in eluded servicing the old stone school and was informed by the chairman that for more efficiency it was decided to install gas heat ing system in the stone school rat her than pump heat underground from the present site si 54026 school contract warded to battaglia co a construction guelph has been awarded the contract for co of a 12room addition ilgi3lfi3usm 26 child two killed by car at ashgrove wednesday stcicn ltt 21 month old son of i attended the child at the scene of 1227 hr and mrs forest leland lee the accident a few feet north of the 442 wjs instintlv killed in ahgrovc intersection and at the 26 38 qn j just before noon on side of the child s home coroner 100 00 1 vcdnesdaj if thi week al ash dr g sycr was also summoned to w grove on esqueiing- seventh line the scene ein the child n reported to hac b stepped from the sh uilder of the 14 09- 00 road mt hc p1th qf n c1r driven 1 b magistrate k m langdon pro 44 cccding north 36 90 d- c v willw gt urge town i skti4- 3ifttl 11 i governorgeneral r right hinonblt n c iv i cm il i act n am thi ctmrgciow thursdav this afum hh ru general is scheduled vvrialh it thr cenotaph town following a brief address 40 11 itlfrl acton tennis courts 04950 utilized by players i tenn live- iip betn cot gregt nj it tht temis courts th i past li nk get ing m n spot i of earh v l and the 19w txe culivi im unced th weik that the hard court will be in excellen shape for pliv this weekend tn iiw txicuie ha- been firmed and w 11 bi announced in next week w of the free prew mr langdon said the child was on the shoulder of the road and just walked out into the path of his car police reported indepen dent w i tncsses said the driver d dn t have a chance in december 1957 the child was uninjured when thrown from the back seat of his fathers car in htadn collision near slewarttown erin council makes changes in assessrgent thi e wce 30 items of corres pondence dealt w th at the meeting asked if the new gas heating system was included in the eslim ales mr bradley replied thty were following council s coruent to de benture for the additional amount ncctssarv the school board chair man hanked council for their co opemton and mi p port disease ccnataph acton s war memorial was in eluded in a lenglhy discussion fol lowing a request by dennis lawlcr on behalf of the acton legion for issistance in cleaning the cenotaph ind arranging an iron link chain iround the area ns weh as adjust mint of the lighting system mayor look for the binifit of council and mr lawlcr nvlowed discussions held some time ago with rcprtsentallvcs from oil legion united chunh and council regard ing the cenotaph in conclusion mr cook informed the representative he was under the impression the legion and tht bud aagwctasammeawttakmac to the robert little school revised tender price of 154 026 00 the public school board decided at their regular meeting thursday evening the guelph firm s bid for the contract was the lowest of ten tenders submitted for construction of the addition and demolition of the old brick school others includ cd rolnac construction hamilton 165 442 w a stevenson and sons willowdale 1168200 j b mackenzie and son ltd acton 167978 andecn construction brampton 171296 dunker con struction kitchener 204 000 m landoni fergus 167 000 lcn ar iss construction guelph 180 000 architect explains the architect a barnes explain ed to the board that battaglia s re vised figure included a savings of 1 84s on aluminum doors not in eluded in the original estimate construction will start immediate ly on the new school providing ap praval is given by the department lucatlan and the ontario board on a breakdown of the total cost of the project the board took into consideration furnishings in the old school suitable for use in the new ing five rooms can be furnished with desks from the old school and several other- items including the electro vox system can be utilized architects fees of 9242 wen added to thecotof furnishings still required and the board arrived at figure of 169000 broken down for council s approval as follows ten price for construction 154 026 architect s fees ss242 and cost of furnishings 5 732 pull tn belts oaducatt municipal e board meet new teachers during the orientation week the first of june the chairman alonti with numbers of the committee tor securing tea chers agreed to attend a reijuest th it tnct and old dead limbs be removed wis referred lo trustee e marks of tin property committee to investigitc principal e smith of the m z bennett school informed the boird df plans he and mr mckcnzu had made for k nderiarlen enrolment including ad ertislnums in the press and interview of pros pectivi pupils mr smi h viid he anticipated a request from thi minor sports assoc ation to use four baseball diamonds il the m binnetl bcli l pcrmibswn was granted other business the board also approved installation of i catch basin in between the high school and m z bennett school received a letter of thanks from the y s men for use of equip it during their convention heard from the architect that 70 years in lodge attends convention although he hasn t been tn the rubble from the school tobdc jsiittjindwjul loll ollshcd would be trucktd away as tt is lorn down to avoid any injury to students while attending school holiday monday is public holiday in observance of ftnplre day and the office of this newspaper will remain closed correspondents and advertisers are reminded uv week la one day shorter and are requested to lubmit copy as early as pos fible for next thursday s issue regular deadlines will sllll apply to display and classified adver usements united church were going to tiike care of the urea mr lowlcr explnned the cost of the project would nmoiinl to 325 00 for denning the cenotaph and ereetlng the fence me biso pointed out the united church officials og greed to the chnngis but were in no position to assist financially c luncillur pope reminded council the town could he judged by hiq appearance of the cenotaph by grangers passing through town he suggested council give serious thought to assnl ug the legion in the project reeve goy said ho agreed but noted il was a quaslum of finding a cwnmitlee ugmablc lo give the money towns responslmllly fi councillor w mel eod inqiund whose responsibility the cmolaph geachle cuislon it was the lown s a du ll nd the en lire iltuallon explained councillor it peal also legion prcsidt nl inform- to the lc informed hi id come ed his collenkiii not being looked after gion decided to do so councillor mcleod c mncil be thought it under the jurisdiction of the wel far- committee ind if il wp the towns responsibility they sh mid 1 ok after il c uncillor h imvl noted that taxation on the i igion property had been reduced by count il fur a mimbir f yoors he simulated that in vii w f this if lh l wn looked after eh inging tt thi lighting sys tem at the cenoliph uie legnn continued on pane two from australia associated with the melbourne argus a dnoy newspaper tn aust ralia for 30 years and now manag ing director of the associated broadcasting services limited in be of health c k browne was melbourne sydney joseph albert able lo takf his first outing for i kemp is combining business with som- time when he attended the pleasure as he visits cities and 83rd annua convention of the roy towns in canada and the united al black prcceptory in hamilton i states he is presently staying with he and mrs browne left sunday his aunt mrs e a adams and his and returned tuesday cousin rev gordon adams and mr browne who has been 70 family in acton years in the orange lodge business and pleasure jaunt brings tv executive to acton the australian businessman ar rived in aeton tuesday evening jwd following dinner with his relatives in aclon immediately planned for a trip to winghum the next day he wm driven by cdr by his cousin mr adams for his long anticipated sit prii studies canadian tv ily mr kemps vhll to this ion os lie nanv friends al the rjyal i aught hotel during the two day he is most worshipful past grand master of olive branch 877 trustee t watson said he would of the royal black prcceptory go along with this figure provided guelph the present grand master everyone slicks to the 169 000 of the lodge whitney street and total and decides right now- there mrs street went wh the br wn will be no extras this building e to the convention mr street must be put up to the arch tect s was elected first committeeman of specifications we ve got to puli the grand lodge in our belts and pull them in t ght members of the board agreed wih g pftfljetaf these sentiments but trustee e ffsw htffgiaefffl marks had a question i principals g w mckmizic and during hs stay nt is for i has formed hs own company in born in england be australia when his charter 1 re- camc a seafaring man at an early eeived he expects to give tv scr- age and on one of hu trips to aui vice to the utji of victoria and re- tralia decided to stay ash ire and ported this week in acton that his pencncc with a n ilry excellent start a n paper with paper 31 years he joined he argus in australu the same year in 1926 and was associated with the paper for 31 daujthurs who arc both married remaining in his home town of a married mm with iwo daugh ters mr kemp is travelling alone years he was instrumental in for mini the coun r broadcasting sys tern for his newspaper first curiosity thin desire in trigued mr kemp lo mark a vis t wmgham ontario on his agenda canada to meet shouldnt we approach counc 1 w d elmer smith of the acton ne of the pioneers in small tov first before the architect contacts pu school this week noted that radio and television w t truik irgr i is expected that a schedule mav of the counc 1 of the township of be available at this time also burgh i ilosav ihe exchange hotel huls- i mondav may 4 all of council were present and reeve george wallace presid i counc 1 ageed to join the ont ir municipal association and the w directed paid manv ace unt were reviewed ind paid incud ng wettsre sc ount fin calls snow plowing and vhcr road expenses fox bounty was paid to d peavo m teeter g lorwret and h o connor g ante lcn w as pa d for a sheep and amb ki led chester bur g c burt and lese vcener wire appointed fence tew er the repo of ie auditor or sbk was accrp cd and the auditors the commerciat assessment of mrs e hjbbs of 100 vs struck l- 1sgs i ussnuiju lssesmm was reduced s1j00 as a u r rr e brockdorts assess ont wa icdaced- 1 100 as a rcsttll reeve wallacr acted f eour of rev iston t it appeal m goorxe jtnsor hr i f n h cirri and tac as i sessmen corimed the contractor ths is just a letter of in ent we he nothing but a moral b ligation to fulfill it replied trus tee wolfe the board absented to the motion b finance chairman wolfe that council be approached wirh the revised figure of 168 000 original request was for 150 000 the chair man said he antic paled nourouble ehis with counc 1 we have proved our need and 1 am sure thev will understand qorstta pamlcstiea at this juncture secretary w middleton enquired if the board itendrd to ask member of t e press to refrain from publshng unsuccessful tenders customs r fo- all tender price and the name i f the f rtn to published arwcred archi ect this is pub c business ie pub- has right to krow hdi other member 1 see no reason why the press houldi l publish the figures said chairman c badle inspcc or r bonhold comment l it s unusual in thj coui i ie5 for tie prss lo quo e 1 was taken melbourne mr kemp noted that when he left australia by plane mav 3 the weathi r was just as a continuation of mmmcr with very little rain he slated his impressions of canada were quite favorable since he is linking summer weather here also although this is the first time mr kemp has seen mr adams and family it u like old home week press and hae lhcm turned ch amies magazine regarding the to visit mrs adams sr his aunt n as soon as possible pioneer in radio circles upon read during hi businclrip here the mr smith pointed out that inter ling of the canadian butinessmans austrdllan businessman expects to ews w th the pareiu and pupil accomplish menu mr kemp ar vull some very large tv and radio are cheduled f r tnfc last week in ranged for a personal interv ew and operate m and when he leaves on ma and m order to qualify for tour of the radio and television i may 20 for the us he will vuut nterview parents must com i station owned by doc cruik new york washington tennessee plcte forms and have their children shank as he u familiarly known lo and many other large centres bc- gistered immediately many i fore returning to his homeland kndergarten registrations have thank of the radio town been slow in arr ving at their of curiosity was first aroused f ces and advise parents to complete when mr kump i son inlaw show the forms which appear in the i ed him an article in popular ma 1 i for mmor sports baiebiu wa w ll attended on monday evening at the park as 76 boy 9ve lwr consent to puy m ihe league this surnmer shown above some of the boys crowd around john oeasey and jack pink two of the team managers taking a list of the boys names and ages f the registration tnor sporfs c drew up the for the i miss june lmdsay wtw has bee- atttidirtf hamilton ti colfegc has been engaged tn loach at the w i dick mrs ruth lakmg rf is teaching teaching is jtcnoo m well no tn- bard with the lions hare nf bus irss completed berd pnn i cipa g w mcxenue s monthly re- xr i included the mforoatioo bat lsnsportatmn was being pro- i vided or oanopaedic paucnj e pupils uaabtt to iralk school and 3 cques fo pt equipnent suca as bats and hauls tor the robert lit he school mr uckmuuc explained the dj faculties encountered vben shiui- pupds to sliow decooliuod of the old fancfc sdwol be amad the new system was worguur wcu he also rcmtnta our tw route to be taken timpfiv gordon adamst on the rft chatl wmt cousin he saw tuesday for the first time s j a kemp the managing director of agaodaltd broadcasting sennoes ufnited metooume australia wrm rhem are mr adams mother mn e a adams and mrs gordon adams they spam wednesday in wingham where mr kemp requested that officials ot the school 1 was parhtutarly i m the tv siahonthe smallest independent station an canada