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bsf ht jwtw mm ft eightyfifth yrno 19 acion ontario thursday november 5th 1959 v- twelve pagesseven cent suit phot popfy day in acton is well organized this year again and pictured are the chairman harry otterbein and legion ladies auxiliary president mrs robert johnson as they fill the boxes in preparation for the canvass this weekend shown with the two are piles of wreaths and boxes of poppies which will be used in the canvass and during the remembrance service november 11 man over 40 p breaks up conservative meet with unemployment queries knox 114th anniversary features speaker dinner the 114th anniversary of knox presbyterian church wm observed jt two wellattended services sun day nnd culminated with the wtde- 1 popular owl supper when about 50 dinneis were served the guest speaker was a friend f the rev andrew mckcnzie s he rev richard h williams of firsi presbyterian church mount clemens michigan his theme at the morning service was and the bush was not con sumed noting that the burning bush is the emblem of the presby terian church he emphasized that man eternal values in life cannot be destroyed by time or stress in the evening the subject wal sin against the future special music mn william moorehead wlf of a toronto minister was guest soloist and sang twice at each ser vice organist ted hansen led th choir in two anthems let no your heart be troubled and mail of galilee mr williams was born in an on li no manse and minslered at northside church reglna first seaiorth presbyterian church and st james presbyterian church detroit before moving to mounl clemens the popular turkey mippt r il- tiicted crowd to the church mon dav evening with about t din ners sent out about 5w m viv- id altogether the delirium miil concluded with the traditional pie ijkes and tarts many women of the church assisted mr mcktnzic chaired n program in the church aferward welcom ing the many who hid iimiined he introduced mrs a m mic pherson president of the lidies aid and expressed the nppntialmn of all the surfeited dineis to her ind all those who helped prepare and serve the meal on the program were june jovci and dunna mullin who sang jam mcphedran violin solo ie- tac- phcdran bagpipe selection tih hansen organ number norm ll- liott three solos mrs biuce wnd elocutionist mrs george itober t- son played a group of soil us h ijis on the pjiino and acttd as accomp anist operation move free press in new home open house in february the acton f liblishid th mi 18 milt slieel where it remained unllxhursdav of inst week i its second move wns to a plant on willow street formerly occupj led by baxter laboratories of can- 1 ula limited i last thursday i i hectic tin mpliyee of the firr board agrees to survey following council action acton planning bonrt tuesday evening cndoisod councils wcom nitnditiiki in nithoi ire the plan ning imultaru to mnki a survo if the immediate arc i idjiceril ti the prtsmt town boundirus d the prt ills u i and c of the plu by mivoj w 11 i liimmj t last meeting ft plar iddil mill stir schorrtrustees ambulance discussed at urban board jiipi under r meei- urbaji t an unemployed exavi from milton bruke up the nnnual meeting of the hallon county progressive conservative associat ion in milton thursday night when he made a plea against 4hc damnable cursed cancer of the working man over 40 bob coates kingsleigh court milton jumped to his feet ut the conclusion nf a speech by toronto parkdale mp arthur maloney q c in which thp guest sieuker had oralsed the accomplishments of the conservative xovorrunent and us restoration of parliament suprem acy 1 would like to think every- 1 thing you said was true yelled mr coatcs but i wanted to ask mr stnrr labor minister for whom mr miilunoy wan substitut ing what he is doing about this terrible cancer of the working man over 40 yours or age he explained he hud been pounding the streets or eight month nnd nlttibugri he hns two skills- bookbinding and tonlmak- ing he cannot gel n job because he is over 40 the conservative government cannot cxpicl lovalty from us and expect us to send good report- back to england he shouted eithei hu government brings in legislation to slop tin- crime or it w ill be kmwn is a government that commute hie segregation if if eeitain pirt of de population manv of the im const rvntiam at the meeting cheered his ipevch and most clapped when he finished i hlwfmwbfefckm t iktr after the met ting al extend- tun congratulations for hit stand un the touchy subject in reply mr maloney explained the minister of labor was presently conducing a study on the situation i hope under his iofluencc this criticism will not be one t be val- idlv made a yeui from now he said mp sandy best and mla stan hull wire also present at thursday s meeting and brought greetings from their respective governments glen cooper of trafalgar was chosen president with dave o of milton first vicepresident mrs j saville of burlington second vicepresident john deptw of oakvillc secicturv gcorgt keir of binlinjjlon treasurer and john whitt of burlington ypc presid ent all positions were keinly con- ttmcrt jutiii chaniv and mat spiovyl vvei i named auditois national convention delegate to ottawa are pt t sident cooppt ind firt v t president green while peter tullv of hiulmglon mat spiowl of ac ton jnhn snmnions of dikville and mrs k sivi1 of builing- sligiit dkla1 if then is m slight rti i it liver of th fit pit attend the ont- toronto this jack newton returned as acton fire chief the acton fne depaitinent held their annual election of officers during ihtir regular meeting mon day night and returned jack new ton as chuf other officers elected were dep uty chief mick holmes a com pany captain bern van fleet b company captain bill williams c company captain wilf eachei n si notary of the department this vear is philip mrcustall and treitsuier john krapek plans hive been formulated for thi coming year and the firemtn are looking forward to a busy viar fighting fires but training in an ambulance service for thfc town of milton and appointing rer presentatives to the high school boards in each town came und discussion during a one hour ing of the north hallon board wednesday night final business session of the year the members learned that geo rgetown council had appointed their representative to their high school board but milton and ac ton have not done so to dat this action was agreed al an ear lier meeting of the board in order to acquaint proposed members with ihe operation of a school board be fore the end of the year at this hmc the north halton high school board dissolve in favor of indivi dual boards in the three towns t hi nt i during the discussion on the am bulance service it was learned that m iltaa-had- nothing constructive to i offer as a means of a replacfcment for the local service being provided prescntlv by jwo local funeral homes the sefvice presently in operation in milton is to be dis continued shortly following notice bj the two services it w as suggested to mavor s childs of milton to approach the twomen and offer to subsidize one unicef pennies total 12401 best costumes judged at yjlca ambulance and have the town pav for the service calls and collect the fee from the individual user of the service mayor childs acknowledged the suggestion and noted he would report to the committee selected to secure on ambulance set vice for the town of milton ways of deciding between the two present ambul ance operators were left for the de cision of the milton council mr childs reported his council had been approached by two in terested parties who were seeking information on supplying a service to the town the board adjourned on the note of meeting again at their annual banquet at hilltop lodge fore- in iking fui a building peir i this dtmmn lollowed in ixploi- ilion bv mi hi inu r who outlined the purposes r the new addition and told the board he intended to install a plumbing uid heating bus iness with space allotted for a showroom and storage- amend men 1 provided p alan deacon planning con sultant informed the busmessnu n that jn amendment had bun pio- vided to the 7omng bylnw to pro vide the establishment of his busi ness but instructed him the present zoning would not permit the minu ficluring of products in the area mr deacon expl lined the orfnir could live on the premises and still operali a rxijil business but utiest- ed that no manufacturing could be mr ri uner prismted 1 drall plan of the proposed building but us told it did not conform to the oning restrictions when the situation was explained mr keimer consented to ndrnft plans foi a ptoposcd addition ind present them to ihe clerk for his approval befoie- applying for a iiuilding pcnint staff party the object was to gel iuuunli d when the leacluis of the m 7 tltnneu school enlerlamcd the uachirs of tin kobt 1 1 little school last thursdav aflci all the young pupils had left the kiiiileigirtin room was dec- onited with a halloween theme and the lunch was seasonal too siudwiches pumpkin pie and eof- they all pitched in and took an rftive part in the move to the new prtmises much careful planning went into the program a machine moving company was contaced and only alter measurements wore taken and much discussion was the op- inincute machines were moved cautiously and without a hitch desks typewriters nnd evi ry last pitct of paper were transported mm the building on mill street to the new location at the former baxter plant papers on time the readers of the free press n ce ived ihei r copy of the paper 1 in lime lusi week and this week attain in spite of the tnove the paper was published according to schnlule nut possible wilh- m bcinji pul m lpany employees contractors who new bakery toopen in business section a new bakery opens nhoitly in 4u shop foi merh oerati d as uvenctlc bokcrt lou wegner of georgetown is in cliaige he is associated with ins brother in th bakery business and explains he just staited six months ago hii brother has been a baker for u past 12 years the business will be called tin lions bakerv and there 1 a branch in georgetown as well the move was nut much over i not only by co hut many local burned the midnight oil old wiring wos turn out new installed vails torn out replaced in another location with new and miuh carpentry work and elect rical work comploled although alt the work is not completed in lis entiiety it has bien quite ijosstbk for the cm- phiyees of the dills printing and publishing co to begin their op- tntions from the first of this week all play part painters plustertrs and oilier nnpoitant workmen must not bo furgottin in this important move in the history of the paper ill puyed an important pait making the big shuffle possible on monday morning every em ployee fully versed in his or her jib went back to regular work in the new spot and production began immcdiattly the paper ihis week was not printed from the new building but continued on putjo seven 1 uiey ek pie lv ith f type are made up i- th 1 plant onjarllow st and tian ted to llu mill st building 1 pmud on ihe press thi result r fiis ear collec- 1 oris f- ink ff on hilluwt n wajinl itifvinj mrs bill w 1 on p its t 12401 h bwn iunkid 10 d 1 t tnr tihotc art still nun t 1x1- bi hindid ii full urn w ill lu g vi 1 nixt wek thi number of ywngsuis collet trntt for children all over the world inert ased from 70 last year to iis th s vnn one lad recalling that just a small percentage of her hal- lowi en callers asked for pennies speculated what a great deal of ginid could have been done if each child had onl asked for one pennv tvee depots were set up to hand out boxes the one at st alban s ihunh was manned by mrs wmni- tud kur ind ms w wibxm at ihe thriitian reformed church 1 mn t mtgtachie and susan wilson at the y were mrs d tai- 11 inu mrs k bockner lmuri thi children brought thtir biotc- back to the y the job of ouil ng the hundreds of pennies wm ij billy middleton charln u 1 x ihiul bil wlson and mr uid mi- bd sdiu l lieck rik f gu i ficy mrtod thit david sprist m had rolled d the most 3v followed by pat blun- idill i mr w u t s grade four elas at i the robert liti e school all entered he m iinarv project v hole hiartodlv and everv orx of thim clleetid for unicef thcv simd k2 29 put ai her home foil ed tlmi mi bl v fcwburr kn- di ta n i ss landed m 3m 4 notames jmlgcd tin v cmtl full of ll 1 fc r 1 1 tin of cswiume snd mks du nj jdng mr prtit piiloii iirt m s j htathrringtnn j 1 t nf s ijg thf bo del- 1 11 best outfits to be awardtd ijsh ptiitfi dimjted b thi lien s lntitui a japmw eirl h 1 nijdour stabbed bv tin k i nc 11 ed ljrkta c wi- ptl 0 the tmi i iv bv i rl bes 01v w chrmtphr c vie- two fire calls last thursday acton firemen idle from fin fighting for some time rispondtd to two calls last thursday oetobti 29 one at 6 31 pm and the- oltui at 1105 pm the first call came from the home of george hargrave wallace ave where a fire had started in a clothes closet and hod gained moth hcadwiv before fuemen arrived it caused damage in the neighbor hood of 600 fin chief j newton repomid the biggest part of the dainagi- wis caused by smoke at 1105 the same evening file- men were summoned to the home of jack mctlur 136 bower ave where a space heater flooded with oil and residents became alnimid remembranceservice follows annual legion poppy day sale 1 gathir will think of a father who wnt away such 1 long turn ago to of the kvi ryorn iviai- 1 pop and villus llu tnj will ind mbt r 11 it is 1 remnn with b vmd heails and t pnppv 1 l iid icd poppy whiih their biam in two m null- of ml- h indt rs fk ids whue sf manv ek t icv will pav ti h ill i in men illtd miu h fighting uis iltmr hmoofl cm mans who wu kil 1 m 1 plan cilled flanders during in thi t the war of 1m ih evtrv spring the tnlditrs fighting in tht innih- ruin win rimemri r in im rtced the flower s bloomirig on hrhiimfurinttn the battligkund as more of their ir c rtiridis a xh v 1rn were killed the itolclieis noticed the poppies blmimed omi their gravis thnk if th wen- milv 1 their di w the 1 ng w in 1 husbands went 1 w snd n n re urn d when the war was and the parents will think of thi bjs who soldiers returned to their homes were so young when tiny ml they romemtw red their friends home for thi last lime ind some 11 ho were buried in flanders each time they thought of the gnves they thought of the poppus which i grow on the gravis th- holdiern who returned from thi war decid er thiy should win u p ppy each year to show they lemembered their friends as there wert not 1 nough real poppus to gu around veterans who r- turned from the wai unable ti wirk nt other jubs began to make tloth poppies today everyone wiars a ppv to remind them of ihe flowers which grew over the diid soldiers graves heading he poppy campaign in acton this year is harry otter bein assist ng the chairman this year are meanbers of the local branch of ih- canidian legion and th legion ladies auxiliary spec lit ad vou id lagging will take platt on friday november 6 when store ffite and factory ptrsunnol will have un opportun ity ot pniiinng poppus house holders will have an opportunity on friday tvening and saturday november 7 whin the town wilt be bliud the pupy chairman also invites any cititn wis he ath 1 n t d th rx du it thi it h t ihs gh th l-g- s ntiid in 1 ut thit vtu go l i wol k iv fs uogh- wli 1 kjve tiihl dtrivi- d a- will 1 f- t w cht up he- o i hauowtbi costumes worn by acton children collecting for unlccf were udged at the ymca following the blitz and the lexky winners re p ctured above shown n th font row left to right are john acgeachle repreientng suminii conference lmda cooper a jap anese girl christopher coyle dresied as a devl and salty wilson consumed n a dress fasn roned from fall leave in the back are mrs r buckner and mrs w wilsonui charge of the protect eivt- la pled all ovtr ht drew ic a ludgcd the best or sinal jon mteic ir w thr miw r fi ru bs hpjj entitted sum 1 c riftrcnce jnd on tiu lather s a- m aied c 1 hiv strr 1 ins cha irr pipe cl alesmri of m 1 nlfii jc itl 11 through ihe vindn a- on of mr we man rjtinn there s of ippl for all id the had h of wool e and coop bcatty and locai talent participated m a play n tne le o a tc ui last weekend and some of the mam characters are pictured above r costyme seaed m front row left 10 ght ae paulme wasowrcz joanne wasowki and janne coo second rov fiona gdman lr5dhngham garry price steven garrett and mark wolfe tni d row nancy quenneh vglere coes bobbie nesbrtt rke everdell jae waici and bnao les e bc row man characteri re mrs doreen cooper as mabe phl caddwt as casper ard helen benton at the prrma donna d a n f n is h vice 1 r u 1 n hn x p by run 1 1 1 a i 1 nut tiber if act n m n t a ai cial- ik n iai- m ci n it 1 i t tn 1 v- fpf llanrl w ti ait the 1 ik t r 1 h m rv ire h 1 jl ll f l c n irr h 111 lm ml n of jnt r a hjmm i nn a 2 30 p m a ft ll tx- held t th certn h at h will h kal leg- nm i rr fcina nr a loth r re- rrjirnrr sen re ill be con- fl in rwkw m n sunday at r