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ihw frftm jstn ft eightyseventh yaar no 32 aaon ontario thursday february 1st 1962 eight pagesseven centi council approves pay increase sets up work force schedule acton council met during a special session wednesday eve ning to discuss methods of ad justing the town work force work big hours and rates of pay as well as determining supervision of the staff during the meeting attended by all members with the exception of reeve jack hargrave the re commendation of the admimstra tlon committee that no supervis ory personnel be maintained on the outside work staff with the exception of town superintend cnt alf duby was accepted it was also resolved to alter the salary schedule for a kirk jtcss s tennant and j lambert by putting them on an hourly rate each of the three employ ccs will alternate weekends doing necessary duties at the sewer and water plants they will be paid on a time and a half basis for saturdays and sundays all town work force employees will be paid for eight statutory holidays throughout the year following a discussion mem ben agreed to allow the work staff an increase amounting to five cents per hour effective jan uary 29 it was also agreed that with the exception of the town superintendent no employee wijj be allowed to take town equip ment home unless on weekend duty prior to the conclusion of the meeting council approved a sal ary increase to town superintend cnt alf duby amouriting to 200 a year hilton elliott returned first meeting of 1962 for the planning board was held in the fundi chambers last thursday evening hilton elliott serving third year of a threeyear term was named chairman for the see ond year vicechairman is km hardman former chairman of the committee of adjustment now members of the board appoinled by council arc aldo braida syd lamb ken hardman and beri hinton councils representatives who were appointed to ihcbodid last year arc frank prouse and ham peal jack meocaehic is secretary treasurer offstreet parking report a three man subeommitlee will report to the next meeting on otfsulcl parking lur the busi ness sections mr braida is chairman with mr hinton who made the proposal ind mr lamb mr braida recalled thai the chamber of commerce sever al years ago had taken a parking survey and wondered if this m formation would still be on fik mr mcgeaehic agreed to try to locale the survey on recommendation of plan nlng consultant p alan deacon two c2 commercial lots on highway 7 at churchill rotd in glunlea will likely hi ruoncd u ci commercial as ihc lirsl step thi secret ir was instruct td to prepare a lurmil mo tion for the next meeting am change in zoning musl come up before a public meeting of lax pavers who ti e in ihc immcdmii area the luts do nut conform mr deacon sud public hearings may now bi heard hv tin loe il first dance in new centre purple and gold streinurs pi cards with thi lion s ik id on mil dimmed lights were tin setting for teenagers whin thev did the tw isi and ulhe r lam su ps during thi lions club s d uiei il the comnuintt cm i re uiditoi ium slturdav evening this wis the first public iwnt to be held in tin new audilonum a voting roup ot uniuisir musicians n mud the luccihcs prowded tin music lot the km agcis who imiikd the euiiie meanwhile out on llu ice mii fan hundreds of sk uus win watlsing 4o the n ouliil musi pipvd thiuughout the in n a m i almouch thi audilonum is not completed officials ot llu lions club wire pliasesd with the large crowd of teenagers in attendance planning board rather than the municipal board council will be requisitioned for j2000 lo finance 1962 plann ing operations the first wednesday of each month was set as the regular meeting night all the members were present for the first meet ing f report copies new members were given cop ies of the fourpagl report pre parcd bv mr deacon other mem bers of the board received these reports last fall it was not di scusscd at the meeting lasl week traditional dish haggis was piped in saturday evening when acton scottish dance club members and guests honored the immortal bard robbie burns pictured above piping in the haggis are left lawrence duby and right bob foyers jr while bob curne guelph carries the haggis accompanied by bill connal guelph who gave the selkirk grace mothers blitz nets 642 rotary hopeful more yet the 60 marching mothers who collected monday night for cnpplid children under rotary auspices brought back 164280 a disappointing drop from last yean total of 750 they blitzed the entire town in wellorganized learns and look their money ringing from 10 bills lo pennies dircitlv to the dominion hotel lo be ehukid in b fred jordon rotanans pro ided hot corcc sandwiches and cookies for thi chilled volunteers c impaign this iar rolarv s sieond was under thiihatrmon ship oltfim ledger with commit tic numbers bill pindlcton fred goiilon and rav muhiz not at home to raise the total rotanans an imping that the manv who win not at homi whin their doorbells i ing will bnng their donations however small to ledgers lja ac ion lumber ind supplies or gurdon hardware church teams thi i iptains rt presented v ir jims churehis and selected their own camassirs thiv win mis frtd audi i sun knot pre hvun in church cap mi wit mis grinulle mclinn in mr n mctuhcin mrs flimisiir mrs jdint- vin fleet mis dime vi i son mrs gcutgc batnes mrs nellis mis j ttilsn m j suivui miss buhu i nori miss julu holmes miss manoric pi i shed in hill mrs him law son miss won the ion ink lasb and miss ruth of ihc purple el ontin spulveigel annu il mu ti ul dm mrs i bumn st alb m s hurch indeuiti ind guide mo thers capt mi with min gcoiec hiejetl mia liu lwuh mis dons cooke mis svd newlorft mrs w jcffrev mn pllir vale mrs jack dunn mrs h wilkin son mnt s jerome mrv j lloyd mrs bob robinson mrs r gardner miss m coker and mrs sam snow mrs beatrice chew st jo sephs church uplain with mrs larry nolan mrs andv nulin miss barbara smith mrs ken marchmtnl mrs garnet rose mrs r talbot mrs michael bin nett mrs llio maio mrs jean mareoux and mrs hartley colis mrs j bowman oinstiin ri formed church mpi un with gnaldini bow mm mrs j kam minga mrs j krul mrs j g os willie vin arrajon mrs tom di vnts mis juhn luoven ga mrs john van arrieon mrs chris duiktr mrs beit huisman and mrs k damming i mrs d cohen acion biptist chui-ch- npt in wnh mis h fieulei ms j 1 i ing mis j p ud mis bui mts ii hilwig mis c 1 n dshoioulh miss slink colun ridi iimi mrs m ohm mrs l wauicr mrs g mekciik acinn i n k ed church c ipt un with mis wlklhousi mrs r kc utile i mis a tiudu mis s reed mrs i rocmaldsoii mis m smun ind mis c walker es mac sprowl rev a h mc kcnzic wcs masales r t lee and ron lc no rush yet local issuer of license plates jack hargrove reported this week that s iles were slow but on par with the samcdcnod last mi t wilchar tender 144300 for new acton post office wilchar construction dundas ontano submitted the lowest tender and is the probable eon tractor for the construction ot the new federal post office in acton the company bid for the post office was submitted at 144300 the contract for the post ol ficc included demolition of the former storey glove shop build ing and adjoining home formerly occupied by mr and mrs km ncth knox on bower avinuc be fore the contract is officially let authorization for the expenditure must be given by the treasury department at ottawa during a telephone lonvcrsal ion this week with an official ol the wilchar company the free tons done the 600ton pile of sand in the town yard is almost ex twusted continued sanding of icy streets and roads has made constant inroads on the huge stockpile in the town yard on main st south if the cold weather continues and ice per sists an additional supply might have to be purchased accord ing to reports from the town office halton county and esques- tng township both have ex hausted their winter supplies of sand already and had to ob tain more there were 300 tons of sand left over from last year and 300 more were added lor this years winter sanding but douse flames acton firefighters took lime out from their evening meals sunday and slipped out lo the country home of cecil cnpps rr 2 acton to douse a chimney fire country roads were a glare of in and as a result firemen made the cold slippery ride unaccom panied by curious spectators firemen had the blac under control within- a few minutes of their arm al and damage was limited lo smoke throughout the house press was informed that a tcte- giam had been received from ihc pcpartmcnt of publn works informing them their tender had bein the lowest of eight submit ted and the company w is the probable contractor the official reported that dl moli i ion on the two buildings would begin immediately alfcr fin il word is rciuvcd this is ex putid within four weeks although engineers from the public works dcpai tnicnt ot tawa speculate the project will take in the neighborhood of 10 ntonlhs tin wilchar company is confide lit the new post olftie will be ready for occupancy within six months local men employed the company oliiciaj informed ihc free press ih it local men would be emp unit as much as possible the projec t will be classified under the winter works program trofculsrvinuiama3qfl names of companies and the amounts of their bids were wilchir construction dundas 144 300 ramsay construction co ltd 144338 carera boles ind trimble ltd guelph 156 738 dunker construction kit e hone r 56 987 andecn con- slruction ltd brampton 157 000 jtuncs kemp construction hamilton 160700 wcbran con struition lid toronto 166 115 j b mackenzie and son ltd georgetown 172913 honor two world war 1 yets receive 25 year legion pins two world war i elcrans gil berl kingsbury and sam snow were pnsentiil wnh their 25i u membership pins atuulav even ing dunnc the annu il numhus dinner sponsond bv acton lie ion branch 197 unable lo iltuid were linesl l ban ailhui pad bury md dr w g c kmniv who will icceive then puis al a later date veteran f l wnght made lhe presentations during the dinner attended bv 110 villi ins and olhci spend fcucsls mmir john g himself a lclioiiii nrc told the gathering two things ol impoilincc in ac ton wctc i fcoud town and i strong legion guidon mcculchcon leled is m istci of ceremonies fur the hncf aftcrdinnci session which consisted of i lew winds i mm the miur nilruiluellon of lie id t ihli guests ind a tnbuti to lung ium mimbcis mi mc cutcheon luld lcuon members that onlv ihioogh the haid work and dclcimin ilion ol the lung lerm members was the success of the branch assured second vice president jim gunn expressed thanks to the legion ladies auxiliary tor catering lo the lurkcv dinner and for their constant support throughout hit yiar at tin conclusion of the dm ncr members loiiud in sine song led by bob loulilt with ray amevv at i lie pianu an i rudolph spiclvogcl plaving the he id table guests introduced violin vcterins mioed rimin hv p ist president max slorey m- isving with 1 1 lends and eunmn welcomed boer war vitiran frcdl coles a i inn liar liguieallic ion functions luded sind best mp for hal tpn sunkv hail mpp for halton rev dwighl lngel un- continued on page five aeefeajtaa- fis kuit phou world war 1 veterans were honored saturday night during the legion annual banquet when they received their 25year membership pins on hand to receive the pins weretsam snow and gilbert kingsbury unfortunately unable to attend were e e barr dr w g c kenney and art padbury the pre sentation was made by veteran f l wnght one of the first recipients of the pin pictured above left to right are mr snow mr wright jim milne legion president and mr kingsbury new christian education building closer knox church receives 5000 legacy ks 11 llllde hid kn nu knos presbmcnan church conjugation moved one step clo se i m irel the realization of a christian education centre dui inc ihe innual meeting last night wcdiiesda when they appro cd sctunc up a buildine commit lee to piucecd wilh planning and innnemg this uiion resulted fnim a re- eomnund ition fnm minister re ah mckenwc after hi in t micd members the ehunh had te cruel a s000 lega trum the late ol lllc i lie miss agnes ml i m ss mid willed the m il i i ll hunh in memoi biother w j gould whole he uted suppum hid ills cite mtiiliinc niothets i uiu i mini wet nine it mi sj hum rou who ih mk i llu cunjssers at the h ill in hided the eomiuillce and dive man fund for building s mn tune vi plans wci n i i i i ouisti in due tin tnnktuic s mu nine in the luiui in i ai ih it inn a building lundi w i- clahllsh i sednesav e emu 1i mekctiie recommend i d ihc ji 04x lccac be meuidid in the building fund and primed i me ul ion be taken to plan a hiiildnip pi iji im beginning not li e ih 111 mi 1961 the niiniiei s rctunimend it parlicuhrlv in connection with the church budget he suggested mure promotion would be needed in this respect the minister sliled there hid been a definite increase in at tmdanci during thi past year but pointed out the choir anil stfmtal organizations wen in need of replacements due to dc sign ilions congregational officials church offienls for the c ir arc is follows kitk session c j ail ken w j benson r n blown a j but ium in c m coles h d coles m m coles ap eldcl s hhott w k giahiin t a huisen s k joc nii clerk a m macphcison h irn main pile a k lipn eleik k w minn a thtenn mnlri in d mel ell in j i muorc ham mun i willi im near r s ohuj r r pnker j r patterson h 1 riiehic eorle smith m c smith rtll tleik r m sprowl d d waldu j b wtkins board of managers j d blick m a blow j l davidson i i duheillucn g diwkins al but luid c l kirkncss n k lueimoie m mcculloulh r willaee win ne ir vic piliiek hcib puce a pateai 11 jobb oifc im st ind ihoiim istci 1 i a hinsen elllllch selloul slipil i mtciuleiits hub juhb indclar 1 uk e cities tic isiirer mis j r i pnursun issisiant tic isuru and umlope sceiclin j a r b i insun biiileel lieasuiers mlsvj i inc m km in md mrs j i jot que mdiiois w k gi ih un and w j buimn eliiu h oil us mi and mis willrcd mc i i iihun ripmis ol the hi his ore mi hi his wu piescniiil iii pi lilt cd toim and iltu i biief lemcw l epled h the nieetllll during the icport ul the kuk session some hillililhls of thi e irs utmlits wue listed al i ihe end of ll i hi re weu i numbcis on ihc roll elissilul is lollows 486 icluc mcnib is uul 106 miclic ind ol this numlkr 66 aa nonresiduil anif- 10 ire icsidclitl during 11 h ntmts will re tinned mom the i ii six in issn aiiei ut cemilie iles si h di itli ind oik b stssiiin resolution dele tnint 41 n iims w u i id ed 2 b pi of pit bible i hi iss i ehi i and leiluu hi hie a pulpil i ill a set i in iss tlower ases and a ltiblc mnker to use main portion lllll tppil to lllle lh i led it p widdiiils ind 14 tunu ils iliue iii toi mll 21 pu sons wue hipiied ol whom seven wui adults in jlllh si new ill is vc oid lined to the eldership on llu i isi sun i v in decunh i th session ueuicd oil de ll c hed a number ul lilts a pul lltilllpt tfi uk ill r 11 the live of ihe mini pution ot ihe church s ii t ll il i i siiuees and use the lilli ia onk in ihc event of in otullcrw crowd 1 amsm w is ileeliel etljir m in t ii ihe iii dine md mae spi eel i te 1 is scuclary to ro uii i hie imnuies c utiles knkiiess expnsscd llu m itiunle l the hoard ul iiinilirs t mr md mis wll- ii i m tuhtrn lor ihur io-op- u ill n md ixecllemi woik as uini bans i i the chut h h ii hixim ol llu meet in cwiuiic niod lunch i mi 10 i i he i nilllee e ulslm w ts aeelpt d es ill coinpnse ntnagrr eitie nan n prese n t in one worn audjii i m s ik i tin 1 idle 1 hi club i he hmf cruup an i nh r lnim tin chuieh a t wnh the minister avm jl 1 ihe ii e repiiscnt ili be nt ide l a eon cii id nuetinc following i lu e i eake in the ne u luluie recomnmbdatkms recommendattons bv the min- ter which were approved dur ij he meeting included np contnbution g e n mhor 83 adults skate sunday evening sk il 11 enthusiasm is si keen in a ion iliiv mjr in idull sk iiur toup hjs ken liinnil in i s indi nen n 81 i k io he lee formal hi i i ihc giuetp e ulic 1 horn eniwdcd sktiing ulurdas evcnml and sundiv al cm n when ma 400 have al ellded the sund i ecnin skn nj is ii be responsible f r i lee llluc i i lh pjlki president i i in the lltlkl intel head west tah- tht twist was a common danc saturday evening when teenagers attended the first dance to be held at the community centre auditor urn the dance was sponsored by acton lions club and a large crowd attended two local dancers were caught by the cameraman as they danced mi front of the orchestra pictured are joyce rennick and andrew smith the orchestra from toronto is a group of young university students i mrs hi r oitubun snod i in ire isure i ind mre k imp mephtil membership uiiim t lniretmng the contribution m inbership cauls wijl hp- j t ll building fund jor ewart be is soon as rites ire e cle hvhed meanwhile skaier- ar ktrmmg a pastoral vmia ion paving a regular idmission ninrniitcc plans are undcrwiv to book ici i during hts rexirt to ihe con lime each sund iv dining ih grccition mr mckcnic said he month of february and if thi was disturbed al the signift m ilenahzis membership card cant decrease in stewardship will be distributed staft pluto matching mothets who canvassed the town monday evening for th march of dimes cam paign were treated to hot coffee and sandwiches by the acton rotary club after their returns had been made four of the ladies are pictured above n ihe d rung room at the dominion hotel where the rotanans set up their headquarter for ihe bl tz left to right are mrs c rognvaldson chairman james ledger mrs g w mckenzie secretary fred gordoom1 m symon and aarss reed