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ht h ft porter co canada ltd to manufacture product here a new industry rumored for some time will be established in acton m the near future official announcement was made this week by officials of h k porter canada limited that thev had pd 7000 square feet of space from canada packers in the former wool coaibing building t shields general manager in making the announcement eightysixth year no 24 pointed out that his company had finalized agreements for rental of the atea to accommodate the thermold division which will menu facturc clutch bearings for distribution to the canadian market occupancy of the now vacant section is expected by march 1961 when arrival of necessary equipment is expected production will begin as soon as machines are set up it ii expected five cm ployecs will start but officials expect the number will increase r t lee will be product manager of the new division of the hk porter organization and direct supervision will be provided by mr shields the products now planned for manufacture in acton were formerly imported from the united states and distributed through rts in canada the operation in acton when established in h will provide product for suppliers and manufacturers in the automotive industry company officials are looking forward to immediate expansion and anticipate employing local labor iwianiraaiiiiiw it miqtt sttt tt acton ontario thursday december 8th i960 ten pagesseven cents dims in po lobby speed up yule mah first class first postmaster gordon mckcown has adopted an innovation for christmas mailing this year two large drums are installed in the lobby to speed up mailing ser vice residents mailing christ mas cards can now drop them in to either the local or putof town drum and avoid queuing up in front of the wicket these barrels will be cleared every hour and mail processed immediately mr mckcown not ed the sealed drums would be marked and special clerks would be assigned to check them rcgul arly sort brat class another change has been made this year and train mail crews will not be sorting anything but first class mail to speed up outoftown mailing a special section has been set up fn the acton post office where bundles of mail w ii be marked in alpha betical order according to des tlnation and shipped to toronto extra help will be on hand at the post office during the christmas rush but the pet master requests the public to mail cards early prompt delivery nix sunday sport firmly in guelph there ii be no commercialized sport played on sundays in guelph a total of 9665 voters monday opposed sunday sport by an mpcuing margin of i 126 ballots bill hamilton was elected may or replacing david e hastings partner in a law firm with an office here making a bid to be the first woman mayor mrs elvic lowell trailed badly the new mayor represented the riding or welling ton south n the ontario lcgis inlurc for 10 years in succession he was given cabinet rank in the government of premier leslie frost and served as minister of reform institutions and later minister without portfolio he was also vicecha rman of the ontario hydroelectric cummis sion jic7eifc ixaassxapmlms ui broken windows door locks lead polite to six breakins keeping one step ahead of the police smash and grab thieves left a trail of broken glass and smashed locks when they enter ed six butineu olaces and at tempted a seventh thursday cv cnlng first incident reported to nul ke was 2 am when aeton dry cleaners front door window was smashed awakening the prop rietors mr and mrs dorkin mc- brlde shouts from mr mcbride scared off the intruders and he reached the front door in time to sec a lone figure racing down the darkened struct a call was sent in to the police immediately and within three minutes con stable bruce kresslcr was on the scene beginning an investigation restaurant 10 loss at watsons restaurant mrs perry watson come down the stairs from her apartment to start her day s chores at 4 15 a m and was greeted by a kitchen strewn with broken glass from a heavy plate glass door window smashed by the break in artist force of the blow on the glass was so great pieces of glass were found up near the front of the store alter calling police and investigating thoroughly mrs watson estimated the loss ar ound 10 in cash after other business people ar rived at work calls bctjjn to flood the police office as luur more cnthca wen reported steal 44 at baxters drug store entrs was gained b using un instru tnent to jimms the baek door a sum ol muikv estimated it s44 was taken and cash register bmk en a in box eontamine moius was taken from a hack cupboard and mind lalir in the kuk vstrd a cash register v is timmied op- en and the bake lilt counter top broken the proprietor and his wife who live above the store beleve the noise of the breaking bake- lite roused their young son roy at 440 who went to their bed- rwmaborvnd stood siecpy- eyeo he was persuaded to re turn to bed after getting a drnk it is believed the sound made by the youngster startled the in t ruder who dropped the drawer of the cash register strewing silver over the counter and floor when mr baxter came down in thi morning to open the store he noticed the cash rcg ster and money lying on the floor entry into cooper s drug store was made bv smashing a rear storm door and back dour window no loss was reported al though cupboards had been ran sucked a safe opened and the cash register riflcet at j b mackenzie and son entry was gained by smashing a rear window but after rifling through the offiee thieves left empty handed second in week thompson moiors 1 united was h 1 lor the second lime in thi ueek when a baek window wis broken allowing the lhiccs to gain entrance and ransack the troni section of the building nothing was reported missing after a careful eheek custom cleaners entered mon das nieht was the site of an at tempted break in jgam fr clu morning when a baek dour was tampered with but entrs was not g lined the second t me burlier thurda mormiil two eotinln honus in the in j were entered when the owners wen aw i ind at one plaee tour radios two ehtldrrnv wal lets and a e unlet wire stolen poliee are sltll condueting an inkilmxe investigation f toth sr denny heads poll at tuesday election as 45 per cent of voters cast ballots acton s municipal elections tuesday saw three present coun etllors returned and three new names added to the list with political newcomer bill denny heading the polls with 20 voles over his nearest rival council lor las duby who polled 718 votes g v barbtau was returned to office for another term when he polled 647 votes and councillor w j mcleod will beg n his 10th term when he received 578 voles jack newton who served one vear on council in 1954 wis el ectcd with 574 votes jnd fnnk toth sr tossing his hit in the ring fur the first time was el cetcd when he received 489 votes three councillors out tmmbijimsmmimiiamiiimmiikxmrm vjt sjmmzatixxurji teachers principal air view points on suggestion to publish salaries teuehers i taction to making their salaries public was noted during the public school board meeting tuesday evening mayor john guy at the nomination meeting had suggested having icaeheis salaries published rob in little school principal g w mckcnril told the butrd leachets pad expressed concern over the mayors statement and wondered what useful purpose this would serve mr mckcnuc recommended the board continue its pasenl policy of hiring carefully and neve hesitating to replace unsueeess ful stalf members he suggest cd they treat the sal incs as eon lidental but make the intuimalion available to those who need or re quest the information trustee c t marks agreed with the present poy saying ihcic was nothing to hide and il anyone wanted the inionnalion they could request it trustees run board trustee c w bradley wonder ed what be irtng this infoimilon would have on council as the trustees were running the bond and nut squandering the moni the board agiced that upon re quest the information could be made available mr mikcnzic thanked the boaid for the teacher board sotlai evening recently and pointed out it was a grand opportunity to mnt better relationship and fun out problems before con cluding his leport he congratulat cd mr marks mr bradley and d manning on being reacclaimed to the board during the nomina lions principal w d smith told the 3k7wstzrmzzxt 3ssh i tli t4 i high school gym window paint greenhouse for science debated property chairman w coon in formed high school boird nnm bcrs monday evening th il a spee ial pi is ic glass tint could he used to euer the gymnasium windows al the school paimfmt was held in abevanee until eost tnd color charts irum the e imp u uc ob tained mr coon said the paint w i- used cxtensnclv n the united slates he had seen complete work on windows it h spit i sthools hotels molt is tntl ir ious other pi lets dimm i u p west this e u he nomled i the finished jlroduet looked lood and prevented jilannl sun it ini btftttrhe in the windows drapes would likeh he instill cd he siut but the p in i jhiit in lecd lor a lifetime would piotoiil lhe ilk it the dl ipes bimrd tut mix r i s i m quipped we werei t ui blight hiuiil windows pin in tin c n in the first phir and iiceivcd a uitk repk irotn mi i mn 1 know we wcixn i two repl leeinenls are likeh on l in hilh sehool ix ird next year lollowine notilkihun bv chair n in j cieiljiton be u is serving ins last leim it is ccc rally un dei stood th i mt loon will take i reeess tmni i lie board lor at il isl i e u kiek mil el in le present ilise irttm he innk cowin insurance compa i nul w denin local jeit l win pi i mill to picscnt a itnpli k mtli le ol insuianee i his kii tile sehool duiiiil t eitliei met lint re- pusent hims it ni in tiller i m pm m i it lluii pit si nlaiion and it w is iljied mond iv even iiltohtvi tin in i n lommitlec in iki i i ill die mm he tort the est intitin t the end ol the fxpcrlmcnl on roof lie il 1 u i 1 i i nee evpen nil tits is iu kl lu said cur il phi k ol v irmlh in k pi iii 1 1 ilritlve rowded ixilir sm ill mitnals and rt pnl s stud d li entt ciasses nearly half would resign firefighters battle income tax ruling about 270 fircfghlers in hallon countv this month began v ig ing anew battle a fight to pro cure some bctttr amngement on income tax pas men ts raxcvjlat ed bv the annual remuneration thes receive tor their tirebaiil ing chuiw to date the casual is list shows 270 anrv volunteer hrcmen and nearly hall of them are threaten ing to resign their brigade pus tons unless some fair solution can be arrived at a letter from the department of national revenue income tax division sparked the con troversy that has tircmen boiling and legal aid looking for loop holes the directive noted no firefighters had paid am income tax on thctr practice and fire call pays and warned that lax would be collected this vear for the tax years 1958 and i9s9 and this has the bremen bopping hue in alton the brigade members explain ihes received an avxiage ol ms each star paid all in one lump sum tust before christmas tor thtir volunteer services aelun 1 rc- iilhu rs pas is hascd on a point svsum jhes receive one point per tire and tw tor piaeticc and meetings their j85 annual pas the claim tust about cover the use of their ears and gas to dne to fires the coot ol cloth ing ruined fight nf blazer and the expenses of cleaning clothes dinted at fires subtract from the 85 the amount of addition al tax over and above their reg ular occupations income tax the firefighung monev will make them pas and they say tbesll have nothing left it w ii actualh cost us mon ev to risk life and hmb to pro tect the property of the public declared one unhappy smoke- eater i might as well quit this token pasment of dues not eove r sue h thine meals ruined on the stove wbili thev are out fiehtmc tins wexk ends spent al h nie instead of i lhe cottage while thi trim in is on e ill volunteer hundtnce it tianing nihis k irnin lire toli mqucs uvpieeiition on ens which must stall last nul be hurrtodlx driven to seenc 1 1 fires and free it tend inn ai n vent ion mutual aid nuitinc- and fire prevention meetings one acton i ire man n it wed one weeks effort consisting ol a practice on mondas tvvning a mutual aid mccunp tuedas night committee mcetmp thurs das exening and a pemnl main tenance session salurdaj it the fire hall not counting ans in between fire calls a fircm in re eeived one point with a lolal val ue of approximate is 1 0 the freman noted that in com partson with other protective serviets the it iur rite to ire- nien is 14 1 with the lasudls i he 11 so lire lighting is a ha ii i nts kiupiti n he pointed mt lor in tunes and loss of cm i i vtmnl the ei impcnsit ion s irv sm ii ii ilii in n i tix bureau vv llld 111 k lis in is m l jxr mi ol lhe ir annu il remunera- iiremm iimi i m plained thai thi inci nie tax men wint kduet the ia tor 198 and 19s9 this ur no ont kcpt record- if vis cle mini and repair bills lor lhise sears so thes ii have to pas tax on the whole amount we don t tee wc should be exempt from taxation on this moncs said one brigade spokes man but we should at least be able to deduct actual cash ex ptndituivx from this total fig ure continued on pe fit juld also be kept there a door opens onto the sthools flat roof ind he suggested the greenhuusc ould be built there brc ikae d ingcr would be at a minimum that hilh the seiente le lehei michael btvan is to submit plans for the tin ton lor further considera tion lu secretary rerun ltd a letter hid been received from the de partment 1 1 edutalion sliline only 64 per tent ol mghl school is would be assumed by the departmtnt of education through li mts the board agreed the uilhl sehool organization should be assessed their portion ol the ii si of oneialiun ateounts lot 1 1 line s 10 038 60 were iprived tor payment thi iniutiural inciting will be on tutsd i janu irv 10 1961 board his sthoul would prcsnt the progrtm for the nlxt home and school association meethif christmas events permission was granted to thi un ltd church sunday school and beaidmore comp inv to use the auditorium lor thtir chnstnias parties 1 he atlon hi y club w is also irinled permission to usi he auditorium for i ehaiity danec to assist needy eluldren in acton 1 1 was ilso agreed to al low use of the auditorium lor the music lestiv d next sprint the boaid agiced that tutuie re puns would not be iulhoiiid and no repairman called until th property committee hid bun no tified and given their consent a suggestion to obtain pnees on conversion ol the present he il mil system to gas was icttptcd ind the united gas comp inv ir to tnake a suivcv ii was pointed out however th it eonveismu it the present time wis not eorilim pi ited but could be i jjndi loi the future shop safety inspector w i mtntil wis piesent to outline uitieip ited plans lor the edue uion sysli in in aeton he made stvenl renin mendatiuns to relieve possible dangerous situations in lhe sh p classroom accounts tot dlinft 4 47741 wile appi oved for p ivuie nl bcfort kloiiiiiineni lhe itiiiuid iik t ing was set lor tuesday j inu irv 3 1961 industrial promotion aspects aired at georgetown meeting husband wins wifes cake in group draw the aeton scout and guide mothers association held a very successful euchre and baking sali- pjcjsalurdav december 2 at the seout hall eleven tables ol uithrc were in plav prizes wmt tn mrs r l davidson for ladies i rsl second mrs george i imhv tunsolation mary os bornt mm s first j krapek second mrs h dcforest consul ation james jcvscmar the chnstmas cakes which were made bv mrs wilf mc each- em and decorated by mrs clif lord stores of ospnnge were woo bv ros mantetl r r 1 aeton mrs r c orourke guelph st ind wilt red mceachem river st an aitition was held on a small chnstnias iree which went to mrs earl jordan lunch was enjoyed b the verv good crowd paving olf the scout hall is the groups current goal in family its all in the lamby ex claimed berate drew wben he accepted the m in the mereli- ants draw on satantay at the poal ofhcc his wtfea name was drawn thb week aad his motbenfrtaws mr wea a regional mectml of men ind one wuman keenly concerned with indusln il promotion pro grams was called by omiluis of the trade and industry branch of the ont ino uvernmeni for this area last friday when about 40 gathered from aeton milton georgetown and esqutsing town ship roast beef dinner at the delrcx restaurant georgetown firecededjm lnloanalivc vcn- ng two panel d scussiurts were featured in the first george barbcau of aeton ross pcarcn of milton and jack cooksley of the trafalgar industnal commis sion diseuvsed typical problems of an industrial commission in the second were norm braida of atlon bob burke and a clare of georgetown s junior jaycecs on a industrial commission prob lem metropolitan toionlo ndustri al eommissiuner william wilson outlined the eity s policies and methods of operation department aids aspctls of immigiants on can adian business were dealt with by r g hill ol ht dtpirlmtnl of immigrat on while jack del aniv of the trade and industries brinth of tht dtpirtmtnl of planning and development out lined his departments proiam and willingness to assist intlust rial eoinmissions utilising scmets of tht ndust rial dtvelopment bank was urged in a film shown by w stuart of north hallon opp report cd a fairly quiet week with only a few minor accidents that organization present from atl in wetc w il tcr woudhurn j beit wood ted tyler sr bill mekay juk me geaehit john goy george b u beau norman braida and david dills from milton ross peaien norm peacet mis m iry pellil and earl black and from f squts ing township w ifnd bird deft iltd nt tht polls were touncillors h i owe a field ind f pope when thev polled hi 194 ind 176 respectively thrtt political newcomers r m tht rtuivinl 160 votes c bishop polling us voles ind j c ill in polling 91 volts went down i i dift it is did f mi don ill with 7s votes u mule his i ii st hi i f or mnnu ip il govern uiiiil list yen ind wis defeated is well rt tinning of nt r j mcgc ichie ttpoitid i iilju poll on the wet urns div with 4s18 ptr tent l the electors listing ballots the p us closed al 7 30 pm ind lirst upoits from the five xilltnl d visions were received iiutind 8 pm inttrtsttd citizens troweled tin own offite eagerly wining until find nsults were i ibulattd in by acclamation othtr uiiinitipil p sit ions will be lit id by john ii gov mayor by ittlamitiun j ii irgravc line by ueliiimlion mil ii h huiti n deputy reeve by acclam il on llvdi i commiss n ind public chool liuslets vveie returned to llui by ml mi it ion with g beillv mil l g tyler sr re lumed lo the hvdio commission ind c w bi ulley f t murks ind d m inning returned to the ill ol blllld as near 200 call free press phones jangled tor hours tuesday evening as nearly 200 phoned to ask elect ion results one eager citizen called at 645 threequarters of an hour before the polls even closed the last call came at 1ij3 when the staff closed up shop tick marks indlcat ing incoming calls totalled 185 but the remarks at lhe other end or the line startled the staff every now and then into forgetting to lick so our guess is nearly 200 voting by wards rollowinjj k vulmt oil ttusch mtcjljlha noted llllrt had btu 29 during thi day v tin utiirmnk oflkcr j puikd or uiiinaiktd ballots tin uihovwng lath division lmu na ir uf votin i isiiiil i voti pirllnlai lumuil out at minim irv or tin volinj lv w irds listing ilkd nul untnirktd billots tot il nnnit iti httihll v ti1 iaul poll w iil i i wild 12 wird 2 ward 3 ward 4 total good 212 141 144 2m iw 957 tlu follov i mdld uls in wild w denny l duby g barbeau w mcieon i newton r toth sr h uwi c pox a fitld r milhtz c bishop j calltm e matdonald rlilli uninaik v urs mil is ol lilt ull 1 isi s 1 1 12 218 711 jld 71 111 711 1s7 41 x s2 141 11 61 9 12 is 41 49 34 16 h wards aiil tht 1 lhlib l plr ccnl s2i 52 12 364 112 48 4 116 h6 399 41 2140 45 83 1 s hid by the ild 1 4 total fl 11 141 738 ls 127 718 i7s 104 107 647 t46 vb 149 101 574 116 101 489 9s 44 311 s4 25 176 it 44 21 194 61 10 160 23 8 115 12 7 93 l 9 75 juigkxaca war vftbtans confined to sunnybrook hospital will spend many leisure hours watching tele vision thanks to the generosity of the acton legion ladies auxiliary veterans unable to wanc to the lounge room will be able to maka use of the wheal chair the ladies donated at the same time lest week the ladies made a frlpfo toronto to make the presentations pictured above left to nght ere the representative making the trip mrs d rogers mn c maplesden mrs k turkosz mrs r agnew mrs elsie roach and mrs r angell president