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ice storm creates havoc thbughout acton area sstving cookk5 to two of her dancing pupils is mrs jack carpenter during the christmas parry in luxton memorial mall last week pictured on the left is judy dwyer while carol ma sates is shewn on the right the dancing teacher treated 3d children to a party complete with hats balloons and games growing rapidly dancing singing routines climaxed by christmas party climaxing a tear of dancing and singing instruction v acton youngsters were treated to a chmtrrras partr bv their teach er mrs jack carpenter in lux ton memorial hall on wednes day december 23 the school first started m october of 1959 has expanded from eight to 35 pupil ranging i age from four sears to those in their teens mrs carpenter who hails from cagland taught dancing routines in her homeland and since com ing to canada has realized ho i long time ambition to establish a dancing school since moving to acton assisted bv her husband and scleral of the mothers mrs car j penter served the happ young j stcrs in the basement of the hall i as they devoured plate upon plate of sandwiches and cookies and drank chocolate milk i games enjoyed the feast over the children hightailed it for the auditorrurru to join in more games that had been going on since four m the afternoon a meal chairs and other gam- ea highlighted the afternoon and evening of fun for the children when tune and tune again chairs were removed the children run- nmg quickly when the music stopped to secure a chair before they were eliminated from the pne 1 asrs speck accompanied the dancers and singers at the piano taring the festive portion of the party little bonnie bnstou presented mrs carpenter with a potted plant on behalf of the class prizes were handed out b the teacher to the children who won tames and everv child received a party hat and balloon as a special gift demse dnnkw alter joanne dohertv janme cooper carol masales bonnie bnstow teresa ate judv beerman darlene beerman rosemarv lowe linda reiner linda cooper tern dow ding linda damm anne mane quin patricia beerman donna williams zenith arm strong sharon martingetl dor othv graham debbie smith brenda denn diane graham sharon jerome elizabeth both well judv dwver kendra page patricia last nancv rogmald son kathrvn mckenzie carol hibbard kay puncheon jennifer tavlor linda stevenson jcanme sproston sandra denn continued irom page o nesdav strviccmcn uc woikin trum dawn to dusk it a tcvciisli pact in order to rest uc phones to m household attcstccl outsidt mniumin trum jn is not at lev ted have been called in to this section and will be work ma throughout siw icirs alon with local help mr keith pointed out that al though the weather took a turn for the better on vidnda it will still be some time before even thing is restored to normal in this area the bell telephone companv set up mobile units in other sec tions of this district cornpletelv isolated for emergence use oqk service was resumed once again to fergus on vtednesdav beside their hejw chores the bell telephone crew assisted the enn communis telephone com panv in an effort to keep lines open for emergencies trees wires down in town a large limb of a tree at the home of mr and mrs e j hassard church si broke ott and tell across the hvdro wires leading to the house hvdro workers made the neecssarv re pairs huge maple tree broke under the weight of the ice and high wind and fell across the lawn at the home ot dave holmes church st striking the vomer o the roof of mrs fred hunters home small limbs and branches crashed to the ground in town as ice piled high and the w nd u hiit led through the trees telephone and hdro workers were cilled out in full force to cope with the mass of tangle d wire and broken poles in the rural areas before anv repair could be made to the telephone lines hvdro workers had lo sort out the live wires from the tele phone lines farmers in the area were without power to operate their milking machines and other e ecncai devices and pioneer me thods had to be adopted again to cope with some of the chores some roads impassable roads in some of the countrv monuments mampton designs submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good displa in stock wm c a11an prop 61 chmot si w iramptoa saws fbmsm gi 1mtt be gl 1- jpt tom i v is wen rendered mnissimc wrx hiifc trees jj aioss he u kwav mi frii l se sawed up and saitexl awa on the lit th line a taic elm tlee itched ae less the icmdwav held eulv be the telephone vuie was haai deus aiiei trattie hid tumult edrctulllv undeiileath s the wei oi the iec on all trees has sagged the limbs and thev arc touching the ground in man places cleanup ol the mess will be a tough choic lor town and rural workmen must survey damage c s keith manager of the gudph irca of the bell tele phone co reported tuesdav that the storm was generil throughout this area ind that re pair ot the lines wis impossible until a eompkte suncv to iseer tain the extent of the ilamiy was made ht reported that most of the rural toll circuits had been knocked out of order bv the storm and unless the ttmperat urcs began to rise more dam ice was expected in most areas mr keith noted then that fer gus was eomplvtclv isolated as there were about 20 telephone poles knoeked down on o 6 hithwjv he also si iied ihit the orange v ilk shelburne are i had been hit as hard as anv place bv the storm in summing up the dirmgc mr keith laid the dam act is widespread and verv bad rein torccments will have to be called in to assi t with temporary re pairs in all are is ihu hard rdckwood and n were hit hard bv the sleetsiurm everv available hvdro worker was call cd out to rtpair broken lines as trees and branches continued to tail down breaking the wjtcs calls poured in throughout the rock wood area as lines were broken in acton on mondav evening r hydro superintendent doug mas on and his crew stood bv fullv clothed expecting a call at anv moment as the lights continued to flicker ommouslv during the i sleet storm cars and trucks parked bi ninfhi es i i ui te 1 ll e ii k tv c ind vo inch drivers i t siapil j and windsh k m poumig it ids in ihilnv osp tinge dark lii o pinna a 1 u mi v u ith ol a u 11 te side 1 we e w th iut pe we i i tc lephe e eailv 111 the week ik n th 1 u ee uld ice on ht res e nhn d with hich w nik el el iwi sevel il poles s tewi nc v 1 s o er the ro idw pi ii i i il pe i e will died i st md bv is 1 s1 elv pn e llltl til until h mini work cis iii ived to re men e the lle wires mean while reside ills p e sse el coal eil lamps and e and its lllte se iviee lo pioeidt hgh in erin and dis net power was cut oil on bund v anil iii i re to red unt 1 tu sda t this week s 1 uk 1 ell lllls sutleted duung tin powel break as per s wel e los v hen ic tngel i ion e is 1 lit olf slllle pile es irf georgetown lei t their ckvors elose el on mondav whin pcivvel lines we iv de w n ind heating bee- me a piub n when wcdnesdav snow storm added nine problems o hvdro and tele ph lie workers whiles as the al readv heavilv 1 ideii wires and trees bet m to sai still lower it iknie their j bs ol tepainnu broken wires tnd piles more dif tieiill as well as daiterocis snowplovt crcves ind s inding trucks were c died out in full ioi e to keep hichw ivs open ind passable and police w irn dnveis not lo make uniieeessaiv tups on the roads spevside phone less l spcsstdc lesldents hle been without telephones since mondav moininj ind the ire i t ist of spevside w is fcpolledlv hardest hit although thev had no phones their power was iieer interrupt td thtv are sen etc through the george town exchange some parts ot puslineh sas saaweva erarros i and guclph were without powei for as lont as 40 hours l inv live cables were still down tuesdav just how hcav itv arm crops have suffered cannot vet be de termined mild uiini weather soon could save winter vchcat and forage e rops s i id dr d n huntlev of the onnno ancul tural cetllcge notice to all hydro consumers j please be advised that on and after january ht 1960 all hydro accounts will be payable at the new office location 3 elgin st phone 70 north post office box 310 j mcgeachie clerk town off acton iwmjwnxww the fobovang dancers and slnsers were present for the par hsh0lden eves examined glasses fitted 7 b tk tafbrsrim ledgers iga marilyn young top ten acton high school n high sch tol during the 1958 gr ide nine sti dent toi tui ma was rutin class student m grade 11 v er up wilson running i il school veai in grades 9 13 as fhabcth iec fradc 12 sludenl vv ell as the runners up in the jss and lcsh ann honors was min liu nous grades irv shown above dubv was run nci up with juu swaekhamer ond wemx i intension branch plan to hold open house in new premises the extension branch of the onlsrio depirtment of agncul ture is planning an open house on wcdnesdav januarv 6 i960 at their new premises in milton two programs arc planned fum 3 to 5 pm and from 7 to 9 pm on this occasion the public will have an opportunitv lo view the offices the office lavuut is planned to include hlw features f the distnbution of bulletins a well as administrative facilil the sialf ol the extension branch in hahon countv includ is agricultural representative j a francis assistant agncultur al representative d e jackson in visual displav and facilities fruit and vegetable specialist e f muir and secretarv miss m downs in addili n miss tianccs lampman home eeunomisi m hjlton and peel and w ross milne agricultural engineering ficlttrnan for halton peel and dullerm counties will be work ing from the office part time anm hew soil and crop group plan annual program iling soon pay bills at hydro office be c inning mondav januarv 4 hvdro users in acton will pav ihlir hills at the new office local td at 3 elgin street in the n gils apanmert building i in charge ut the new office will be mrs audn urquhait who has been cnafctd as secretarv i ircasurer also being rclained hv i the commission is newt hurst t who will continue as mctei lead tr i t the pi tone number al the new i ifkaiion will be 70 and anv mail can be directed to box number i 310 it is expected that the new commission will bold their regul ar monthlv meetings at ihc new location as well at a recent execut the hallon soil and c provtment assovi ilion made plans for their annual meeting on januarv 12 this program is one that halton laimers alwavs look forward to the theme ot the afternoon session will be the efficient management ul halton s farms the speaker for the afternoon program will be dr h i pal tervin director of the farm ee onumics branch ontano depart meni uf agriculture toronto in addition dr pjttcison will act as moderator tvr discussion on managcrm program gets under wav al 10 30 am at the lnion hall milton with reports on dt mi nsh ilion rprojects carried on hv the cissoc mastitus control feature of meeting this vears annual me e line he halton hokiein biitik tll feature the fo alti gram the annual meeti be held on thursd i j ni in the palermo hall w i hulstem ladies calinng i ntxjn banquek in selecting mastitus eemtrij is the lonal part xfthcir nueti i directors have selected a hich is uf panel yeus di a prubl acton scottish dance club burns supper dance royal hotel oirtlph saturday january 23 1960 supper 7 9 pm dancing 9 to midnight admission sj00 kt mrson problem and in irom halton will part in this