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wht jutoit 0ftt ft eightyfifth yr no 42 acton ontaftlojjhursday april uth 1960 eight pagessoven cent council adopts dog control system cecil robertson to enforce bylaw acton council al its tuesday evening melting agreed to pre pare an agreement with ccill ro bertson of glen williams to in force the dog control by law mr robertson will be looking after the town of georgetown dog ion trol program as will the lost i thi municipality will hi 20c per lapftn pir ycui based on ihi us scssors censor explaining hi proposal opir atlons mr rohirtson informed councillors he would bi available 24 hours a duy and would be spending two days each wnk in alton the iigi cement will torn menu may 1st mr rohirtsin udvisid imineil lurs he would attempt to nolily owners ol tagged dogs the sum dajrthev arc picket up the dog owner will be required la nuv i 5 00 reclaiming fee plus 00 per day board unclaimed dogs m tv be dcstrovid aftir three days mr robiftson will operitc the eon trot program within the rules iml regulations or ihi humune soele ly it is his intention to construct a niw 12 by so loot cement block dog pound at glen williams r d cowley ol the department mfusuirgh bank was held up and robbed of 4 056 on tuesday afternoon two men were apprehended oy provincial police a little more than an hour after the robbery and the money was recovered inset is mrs e dymek who with her husband operates a grocery store across the street from the bank her suspicion was aroused when the robbers parked their car in a private laneway near the bank and she was able to give police the 1 cense number and a good description of the car tuesdays robbery was the second in the past 15 years at the bank 1 polite capture armed bank robbers recover 4056 from daring holdup two suspects were arrested tu ctidav afternoon link more than on hour after the royal bank ut hillsburgh was robbed of j40v the two men were captured after being hemmed in by two police cruisers between palgrnse and bolton a description of their car had been broadcast over the police radio the money was re covered in the glove comparl jnenl of the car after the sus pects were captured booked al guclph on charges of armed robbcrv an robert dou cet 33 and garfield ridout 21 both or bolton men armed shoitly alter opening the b ink tuesduv bank mimic er hugh oxky and his st ill wire lace to face with an autom hit rifle and a nvolscr as two men demanded money from the c ish drawer in the hank at the time of ihe robbery wire the mauacci mr qxit y nnd miss isabel me d aid miss lolla roszcll and ua yimc swift members ol the stall miss mcdonald who h is been on the hillsburgh still lor iv voan said the two men had been in the bank three- d vs punt to the robbers pelting change for two 10 bills slu noted thit both she uul miss rovill hid made some jokine rcmatk about the ntruneci- at the time but nivir suspccled uns thing it in bchised the nun ssrc e isim tin interior ol ttu hunk at this time no joke when the luo men enured tin hank aeuin on tuesdis hi i tit mantled the moms uk mall members believed lllc were loot ing this soon re tlicd the nun meant business limsc s c t tu ti thiv levelled ihc guns at i hem and said we re not fooling miss mcdonald remarked altei the robbery they were quite cool and did not act rough she then told how the one wilh the revolver lapped her cenlly on ihc shoulder as he uidcrcd her lo got into he vault one of tfic robbers jumped over the counter herded the manager and stuff into the aull and alter warning them nol tu moe closed the door unkown to him llu linn link was on the doot mil the slatl was able to escape tttci pullinc the buiglar alann inm wilhin make escape tin iwo nun slutted ihc ni n t into a huge hue rushed h mi uk b ink thiouth ihc back door and ran op ihc lane lo iheir paiked i ir tossnig i he m tu ind rille inlo the ear itus rued i d wn i side road heading loi bolton dunne i heir it ip on his toad their ear became mircu tn the mud tilts were oieed lo alk to i maths taimhouse tmruil h ji hn h simpson and asked loi issisl mec mi simpson unaw ue ol the rubbers helped haul the ear out ol the mud and the two men rited tssav police cruisers i mm oi inn sille ind poll crvdit dctichminis spotted the wattled men in thei tar ind inumeli itcls hemmed i i nun in ind took the suspeels i mlo eusttkls i the suspicions ol mrs muriel dsniek who wilh her hush i id ope tales i lrocei- st lie ki w llic stive i tto n tin h ink h id rxxn arouse d ss he n she saw t he e ai pull into ihe laruss is ind lsu mje nun gel out t ikuil ink of the license number she svas iblc to supply police wilh a cuod diseiipltun of the wan led ear mis dvmik reported she saw ihe tsvo men emerge from the e ir larrvinc a box like object w ilk down the lanewiv and disippear behind the building next ihinc she saw was ihe men running up ihe lancwav one of them tumped behind the wheel as the other lovsed a parcel into the back as ihc e tr i iced asvav the i tnew ly connetls thi main street ssith ihc side stieel betuctn ihc ucn i ind hank it w is dosen ihis side street the lobbeis sped in their c ir in ihe ii huirv lo rcieh ihe ear ine of the mens lubhe s sv is pulled imni his shoe in the he v mud pubic guarded ihis ilea in he eseni it michl he nceessais tu lake e islines ol tue maiks iiul loolprinls tuesdas s mbbers sas ihe sec nd mi in is sens lot the hills builh hi tneh miss me ron ltd w is ilso in cmplosec it thu ll mglstritcs couit wcdnes d m i nine al guclph the tw men pie ideel emits to i chirac ol aimed rubbers it the bank youngsters to join junior fire brigade salurd iv moi ning will be i busy lime loi aelon firemen when a taigc uowd of youngsters s expected tu enroll in the jun tor tire brigade hre chief jack newtdn appeal ed on caplain andys tv show tucsdiv and stressed the import inei of children n aware of lire presentiun miasuns and urg ing them to join the brigade on saturday between 10 and 12 a m ehlldun enrolling will be briefed- on fin prevention men sures and tivervono signing will receive a certificate of member ship pi ins ire underway for future protects fot the junior brigade ind chief newton is looking fur ward lo a luge turnout at the i ire hall on saturday welcome news the free press welcomes a new correspondent this week mrs w early of rjl i campbeltvule has been sending tn news items of ihe ebenczcr dlslrjct and we are happy to place her name on ihe list with otnercorrespondcnls although ii is understood thli column mity not appear every week residents of the area can assist mrs early by informing her of meetings visits and other even is il police investigate accident disturbance a rear end collision on wallace ascnue on thursday april 7 re suited in approximately 260 dam tex l i tsvo cars ind charges being 1 ud bs constable b morcau ol the local 0 p p detachment a car driven hv john dunn or acton and one driven bv john fl irdv of guclph were insolved in i hi leeidcnt x list fndas cseninc local polite were e tiled tu a downlown resl ittrinl lo investigate a disturb inee insolsine lour men and three women cunsl ible b ib morcau was the ltiustlg uing uflieer and reported l hi insesligtlion is still underway md charges ire pending bun sale good delivery today tiadiltunil hoi cross buns will tw- eta rttvtamihr in acton this vear according tu reports trum the scout and guide mithtrs assttciatiun this sear the roup has taken orders lor 475 dozen buns and ttmtas the cout group committee t f ut scouls guides cubs ind brownies are busy de livenne the buns to customers ll is nporlcd thai the sale ihis sear vsas slightly below ihat ut last sear issue warning corporal ray mason of the local opp detachment utlt week issued a warning lo alt clttxens regarding the firing of b3 guns within the towns boundaries the corporal pointed out that parents as well as any child found guilty of this ot fence would be charged jointly parents will be charged with contributing to juvenile delin quency it was reported the police are of the opln ion lhal bb guns are as dan gcrous weapons as 21 rifles and anyone found guilty will be charged the corporal hat ed several complaints have been registered at the acton police officeami police are besuuiing to crack down on offenders it was noted of transport wa present to dis cuss with council his supplement ary reporl on the traffic surveys conducted al the mill and main slrcct corner the supplement irv riporl was made ullet a delegation from council had appiared before tin minister mr cowlty in justifving his tack of a recommendation lo install stop and go signals al the intersection pointed out that the li f fit pattern had etiinged wilh ihc completion of highwiv 401 i i recommendations reviewed by council summmy ol he pom is covered in the recommend ilion of ihe supplemciiliuv upon ol r d cowley of ihc dcpui liiunl luinspoil ate 1 no stop ind ci silii lis il the mill and main street e i ne i 2 mill slteel c ist mil west i through slice i m mi slue i nut lb ind toiith slop streets 4 lust ill iiiiin ol mushing stop signs on mini si n ji ill ind i no pal king on ihe notth side or mill stree eel lo the cnr e tossing hlh 6 no p irking on ihe south side of mill sireel e ist ft urn m street loi i distance ol 1 10 teil 7 no p irking eilher side ol m un streel soulh foi i disi i ol 60 feel irom ihc corner 8 no p u king eithct side ol m un slcecl nor lh i h i dist i ol 70 feci from ihc coiner wamm avians gyroplane wrecked pilot hurt in taxi test avian industries experimental gyiopl ine crashed after an un scheduled jump takeoff at the wclhngtun waterloo airport on friday the aiiuail was designed and built by avian industries lid geot getown the company was loi mid lasl yiar by employees and engineers laid off from ihc a v roe canada ltd arrow pi u liet the pilot emil 7ubcr 74 del rex btvd georgetown a tians canada air lines pilot is in kit lhencr watirlihi hospital recov crlng lrom a 1 rue lured left ankle his condition was described as fcood the twoseater craft which tn t sjsxjssi k board reviews bylaw change may allow private garages the questiyn ol buildihc gat igcs sehich do nol conform to side lot restrictions was ag un opcrud al ihe planning bo ird miilng wednesday nighl the problem ss is raised bv mayor cos ssho reported he ind coun eillurs hid reeeiscd many inimir ics ibout a change in the bylaw lo allow garages to bcjtiuih the i mil decision was to eon duct a survey and lo request each person eon temp la line he crcc lion of i garage lo submit a plot pi in ol then lot indicating the existing buildings when a suf he lent number of ipplications ire recused an atlcmpl will hi made lo base any necessary ehan ges made to allow building to begin individual approach p h di icun the pi inning eon sultan pointed out that each lut will have lo be rooked after indi siduills to deleinuhc what h us es ielo illy have room lor a fcauge din cunphell mam sticct soulh appeared before ihc boird requesting permission to sell three residential lots on his pro perly the application is being held unlit information is received fiom the dcparlmcnl ol high ways regarding possible widen ing ol highway 25 a i this point the boird subscribed to mem bcrship in the community plan nine association at an annual membership fee of 2500 tsvo recommend ilions were to be iorwirded to council is i re sult of the ipphe ition lor i build ing permit bv the bill telephone company for ihe erection ul a dial exch inge building public meeting the first recommendation svas conttnutd on page seven combines ihe principle ol i hell copier and an autogyio was un dergolng taxiing tcsls whim il unexpectedly beiame airborne it reached a height ol 90 to looieel before returning lo the runway thi ainraft was nul inlcnded to fly on these laxi lesls company officials watehmg the tests from the runway were sur prised when the machine exccul id the vertical takeoff more thin 100000 has been in vested in ihe prototype aireratt according to an avian spokesman ttw gyroplane was beyond repair hbtvlvir he said ihi portion housing the engine was not dam aged as extensively an thi rest of thi aircraft and thi engine ap piared unseal hid no defects malfunction company and dipartmint or transport investigation has re veiled no structural or mcchani cal delects or malfunction whuh might have caused the aciidcnl department ol trmsport inves itgilors complimented the com pany on the design and excellence ol workmanship in ihc prototype machine total damage 2000 in rearend crash total damage wat 2000 1 000 to each car al a rear end collision on highway 7 usl east of acton thursday evening or last week according to constable ron slratton or north hal tun opp james elllston of glen willi ims ran out ol gis md icijiis 19s7 cadillie parked partway oil the westbound traffic lane another car drisen by alec wilson ot 113 queen st acton collided wilh ihe rtar ol the cadillai and the driver told pohee he didn t real lie the ear was stopped highway 2s and th it he anllcipat id a further change upon the com pletion ol 401 further west sur veys had been made last august ht lore 401 was opened and again n february hi suggested a sur hv ictuii in june would he in ordctsvhn use ol 401 became m te svide spread mandatory delay he sud council have to von i e tie thil sign ils arc i nuisance son 1 1 lines uul hi il improving it m ind in ty del iy un traffic tosls money ik mr cosvky also r ported ihc inleisieiion ilmost mimiiii illv wuiinlid a traffic signal bill lhal he wis not pre- pmtl to design ii sign il for ihe e unci until i more definite traf lit piiicm hid been est ibhshid mi cowlcv pointed uul lhal tho slriels ire fur musing infill not lor siormg irttlie m support of his suggestion lor i no parking bin on mill streel hum main lo the cmr ciussnig hi rciom mended oil sireel parking he es- t ihllshed move highway reeve gieer suggested lh per hips ihc dtpniliiunt would like lo take the hicjiw iv out or town and poinled out tlul ihe depart menl seemed rriosl conccrnid wilh ile iring mill sheet so people could drive through own c isicr lo e tu guclph to shop mr gowlev is lo return to a ltimn itkc me el ng to discuss the 1 1 pott more fully ihe diyliglu siving tune by i ss sv is given the neeiss ir v litre readings under its provision day hglil saving time will be in ef feet in aelon from sunday april 24 al 1211 im imni sunday oct oner 3q lit 2 00 i in m ivt i g iv rcporled t council thit ihc in sum nee idiustur had advised him ihe own is nol cov end lorsnow ind ice on any of us buildings the report was ordered filed 1939 surplus the tudilors report w is review cd a surplus ol 2986 17 on the operation fur 1059 was noted no recommendations were included in the report the report was accepted and ihc clerk was uutkv oried to h ivi 200 copies printed lor distribution the usu il procl im it ion of th imber of commerce week april 24ih lo 30lh was approved the policy un ihc removal of limbs broken from i rein during 1 isl winiers ice storm was dis cussed the directive agreed upon w is lhal limbs cut lo reasonable sie ind plated at ihe road itidc would he picked up un nun garb igc pickup days encourages project don bex ion ind mr hodgins of ihe depirlmenl of transport saf ely council addressed ihe mem be is on ihc lormaliun of a local samyeouncil mf hodglns out lined the progi un of a safety dime 1 1 ind re que sled the support r eouneil jor a ctliiins group which would allempt lo earry on i sdcly program in ihe fields iraffic water fin homi ind industrial hi pointed out lhal ihe m un tmphisis svinrld be placid basically in the education- il held suggesting the safety council should be a community wide project mayor guv assured llu rcpre scntativcs counlil would encour age support of the project- pjiqtd a niw rao was dedicated by rev ah mckenzie for the ukeside chapter i o d e toes day evening and the old flag retired pictured above left to right during the ceremony are mrs j jocque standard bearer mr mckenzie and mrs r spielvogel regent the dedication took place in the legion auditorium during the regular meeting c ofcto sponsor community dinner the aelon chamber of com mini innuil community dinner will be laed in the robert little school auditorium on wcdncsdas april 27 directors learned daring a meeting monday at the home of e g tsler sr during the darner meeting the dilc ciiwm of the year itl be honored with an nscribed plaque the cmc committee of the chamber will choose the per son tor thta honor special sneaker tor the occav ton will be w h evans president i of canadian manufacturer assoc t lation mr evans was born ut ac ton and- spent bis early childhood here tickets for the dmncr will go on sale next week and anvone interested is welcome to attend further announcements will be- reported in the free press next week ip w p l nlflttfry cuss wwduf for the season was held tn the f6rnt of an easter party wednesday afternoon the excited group of children are shown above m the middle of the program front row left to nght ere anne toth david lee laurie moore steven robbing bonnie bnstow cndy barr david holmes malcolm e md fiddta4aggmr row kenny 1 ddhtrty trenth armitrong susan marry sumn sandra van heel margie friznil hnther haggmi and shmtryyg jocque back row elaine lamb kevin perkins laurie mjsten jtmmw owens chris tennant trev patrick end jlmtnle krjpttv r