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ht mftt ft eightyseventh year no 37 acton ontario thursday march 8th 1962 eight pages sevan cento schooled in 11yearold nancy mae norton 1 1 year old daughter of mr and mrs harry norton former actomtes began her first term in a canadian school monday when she started at the m z bennett putbic school she is in grade seven with waller dubois jilt teacher she will be 12 next month she has received the bulk ol her education in iran but started to kindergarten when her familv lived in talara peru in south amenta when her parents mov ed to iran she attended three dif fcrcnt schools established hv the oil company her father works for the british embassy school and the presbyterian mission school her father who is head of transport aviation and marine tor the iranian oil operating company is presently waiting a new posting and meanwhile is enjoying a couple of months holi days he is the son of william nor ton former garage operator in acton and first started work in the oil fields when he left acton fn 1955 and went to south anur lea a son david is prescnlh 11 tending denver university and hopes to graduate in mechanical engineering peru iran starts here mrs norton is the former do rothy mcarthur daughter of mrs william imcarlhur brock avenue both mr and mrs norton have visited in acton when they jin on holidays arid make this thci headquarters while visiling fn ends and relatives the norlons left iran januarv 10 and first travelled hv air to beirut then on to jerusalem where they toured rclurnin to beirut before proceeding to karachi following this ihcv flew to delhi india and after making this their headquarters for a sta went on to jaipur for a sight seeing tour and returned to delhi from hen they flew to calcutta and then on to bangkok thai land from here they visited in hong kong tokyo hawaii and then went to san francisco where they cked up t ear yisiled their son david and toured the united slates belorc coming lu acton while here they are usilini with mr norlons sisicr mis robert loutelt and his father william norton silvenrccfc the family hac now been right around the world in thin travels and arc w tiling anviuuslv for their next posting frttf- a iwrn ef ec students complete plans for high school at home fnday march 16 high school students will don their sundav best girls will wear corsages and be escorted by their male com panions lo the annual at home in the school gymnasium the theme for the evening will be la pansiennc and the gym will be transformed to a french locale paris of ihe decor will include the eiffel tower side walk cafes spring flowers and the arche dc tnompht patrons and patronesses for the hm south north evening will include members ol ihe receiving line who are pnncipil and mrs e a htnsen man beth llliol president ol ihe student council and her cs cort m ivor and mis john go and truslec rev and mrs dwighl hngcl lasl veir oxer soo mended the annu il even and staff mem bcrs tnd the student council are hopeful thtt former graduates and students will attend lo dance to the music or dun singular mil his orchestra awsneopaorwaot www jkt xwit spent 54 years as barber harry mainprize retiring after spending the past 54 years cutting hair harry mainpnze well known acton barber retires saturday evening al si o clock he has barbered in acton the past 42 years for 40 of which lie has operated his uun business born in winghum he moved with his family to buiks 1 ills began his barhcring in bridge married ind mm on i fn ind in 1920 mov aclon for two veus he btrbi cd tor sindy mclc in belorc hi opened up his uwn business first he ope r vied fbubei shor in j he frtme house next to tin bapiist church on mill stint later moving to i in spot win ncwums s lo si store in in jt ed and operated m uishmu pool room vvhuh w is- k itn there likr he moved lo ihi sp when but rtihlin opirttis jewellers store and the le h l maimd for 14 u in until tn huh lo his pi m n l kn a t ion it in corner of john tnd mill siiuts the well known barber regrets retiring in ihe sense he will miss the tnendlv eh its with ihe manv friends he has made he will not be idle however is both lit ind his wife intend lo like in ihe sun or st pctcishure florid i until 1i ind llieii ti ncl to the muskoki tret where lhi spun hi tiii llu suminei hotline fishini ived to swimming and winking ti stall photo getting acquainted with her first canadian school proved no hardship for nancy mae norton daughter of former ac tomtes mr and mrs harry norlon usl back from iran who are visiting here for a couple of months ralher than miss schooling nancy started al the m z bennett school monday pictured above left to right paulelte bland explains the work detail to nancy as teacher walter dubois looks on board recommends council consider three offstreet parking projects a recommendation for an tensive off street parking pro ject was unveiled by planning board members at their meeting wednesday evening the plan now lo be forwarded to council envisions three oil slice t park ing ideations he first location considered was on main sired north and involves the property of john smith 24 main si n the house owned by d h lind say and occupied by w lorcn behind the dominion hotel also to be negotiated would be in ag rccment with the propnelors ol the dominion hotel the second location would in volve the area occupied by ihe homes ommis b chew on main st n and j dennis and the lc gton owned house on willow st n site for the propuscd third lo- c ition wis the propcilv lac me the norlh side of church si hi ivvccn elgin tnd john sis ind the duplex brick house i icing on john st various methods of finineing digester damage collapse of a section ol tin roof and floating lid on the di gester tank al the sewage dispo sal plant ii receiving the al tent ion of engineers and ihe lown work staff invcsiigalions ire being made lo determine the cause of ihei breakdown which has also put ihe he u exchanccis oul of operation preliminary ic potts indicate there may be eon siderablc work and re pans nee essary to put the pluit hack inn operation s may require 600 extra levy as school board studies budget tun ssor n jot hurst i stringer lo mr mil no ho i customers hi h is h ilidavs timing llu acton public school board cd through ihcir regular agendt in jig time tuesday evening and alter this completed a tentative budget tor presentation to coun cil prior to nine pm with chair man tom walson rappin ttt gavel members reports were given promptlv tnd they found themselves willi an houi to le view the budget bcfoie idjouin men i altluiuch linal jpprov il is pending it ippi us the houdwilt leqmn in leldilionil le ol wh thtt ol list veu kit ing expenses tent hive ip- w is liwii hv llu im lllu committee it i i sorioo im i eit dunne the discussion mmi bus rcucwul tstini ttiel iiurs lor projects including a chang oci irom coal heating to eilhct tas 01 oil who pays for roof l board members learned that architect a g barnes had been nolilied of ihe leaking root condi huns it both the robert utile ind m 7 bennett schools and vi is icqucskd to clanly who w is i e sponsible foi the expense in volcd in leihlvine ihe trouble although no wrilicn reply has been received ihurman t wat s m told the members that dur nij i telephone eonvcrsaiion the it inttit hid tuthoried ihe care t ikus lo shovci the snow olf the 20 ve ii b mile d r ml this hi bun dom but prin lptl o w mt kenic told the board that il m most every roum in ihi hon had sprung a leak one class loom has been cvacu tied and un jess the problem is corrected soon another room may have to be emptied desperate for books principal mckcnic speaking on behalf of himself and p il flmn smilh of ihe bennett school lold the thtt both schools were sperale need ol tddilloi rtrv books and tf the would piovidc t htiettel lor books the si hook w ould male it the amount up lo 00 he w is informed consideration would he given accounts it mint 1 1 465 82 were ipproved lor pavmetil il hb- bo trd and acquiring the property were briefly discussed the plan now goes lo council for ihcir consid ci tiion if council views the sug gestions with favor further slu clics by ihe board of the physi cal social and econumic condi lions of the plan would be in vesligalcd no definite action another recommendation ot ihe pi inning board to council to acquire industrial land was re turned to the board the sccrc tary j mcgeaehie reported council feel the idea has men i but council is not prepared lor definite action h h hinlon and k hardm in were appointed board rcpicscit tatives to atlend the regional planning workshop the secretary reported thtt ti nal approval had been received from the municipal board on the amendment lo ihe zoning bylaw on the liquor store property on uuecn sid bast the town may now issue a building permit fo the stoic president h h hinton inviter board members lo allcnd the ch unber ot commerce special mcclirrg on oft street parking lo be held m knox presbyterian church on march 14 kaffjs4trtivt tiypr eamsrtwiamtom tkowyik jujt lions club to donate chairs tables for centre parks board members wednes day evening chose the type ol lhair and m itching table thev desired tor use in the new audi tunum h the community centre although no spec died numhei w is tinilicd llu chairs ind tables will be i dona lion fiom acton lions club club mcmbeis r iv albic ind alex johnson were present with samples ol chaiis utd tsked lite board to choose lite ivpc they prclcired the dclegalcs staled the lions club was willing to do- n wc the stacking lpe tables and churs and tsked the members to nunc oihcr proiccis neccss uy to cumplclc luinishirits pi trts wen mule tor lite lions club lo cnov the facilities ol ihe auditorium lo hold i icccptmu furskitcis ind oflicials ol ihe gill skating club following the skating c irmv d prior lo le mug ihe meeting the de legates ex tended an invilihon to hoaul members lo attend lite reception arena renovations sceictaiy joe hurst wis in struclcd to invite rcprcsmlalivcs tiom the acton curling club lo the next meeting to discus door still on vtlions at the arena which yvi affect ihcir storage space toi curling stones plans were itinahed to engage an oakvillc firm to shave ihe surl tec sunday tnd all aictta ic livilics have been called oil in order lo have this work com pie led members discussed the puks bund budget and tfler puiiie estimates they reached in iden heal budget to last year and will submit lo council for their con sidcijition a 2685 budget for 1962 operations bo trd members ran into some difficulty in attempting to hnalie a budget tor operational expenses fur the community centre and decided to hold a special meeting in order lo dis cuss fully ihe entire work pro- crtm initcipalcd this year esquesing buys site for township office esquesing connor monday ap proved the purchase ot a 7000 fiveacre paieel of land as the site of i new township admmis ttil ion qutrteis the piupcttv lies on the west side of the scvcnlll line between the check line rind and high wav 7 and is to be purchased fiom owner c gregg a bylaw authoning the purchase was ap piovcd by council there ire yet no plans for a new building but councillors have been discussing the need foi a new office building for the pasl few months protest levy councillois on monday raised a protest agunst the 16 mile creek conservation authority levy of j3 72 for l2 members claim ed il was iwice as high as last years levy trapped in old ice box find sixyearold lad id ptsl thre qiihiilid with in m v utien mr huist lonuv trim b t ird win a hi hi- t wife sllllt blbv gill he slltlid i imifc in wo in toiontei ind suit ol doing relief w rk di holulavs he his upsi tied his bus iiess he begins his husi luiseliv inmiuiil utd intuit move his fuinh hcie i m pi sslbll forecast 23000 increase for high school education lost y h j imillv discovered aiound 8 pm s iitud iv nighl still ind extreme 1 cold in in old ibindoned ice box on the propcriv owned by his parents mi and mis tom httris rr 4 acton the child w is loe ucd b his mother after she he trd a lainl call diiecting young jimmy who w is plaving le irnid the vuifligsicr was mis- hcr muinniv i in in the bush jround the vard disappeared sing and turned in the search she tushed lo the old ice box u jboul the lime his lalhci was prior lo her hearing the child the iln ol the bush and freed repunng the truik mil whine ill 11ii out laintlv searchers had lite vounesu 1 who was cold and c for supper didn t answer the ptsslif by the lee box lime and shnitiiil utd suffering fnim neighbors were alerted in the lime again hut didn t hear a hock cvenl he hid eonc visitme tnd sound they believe now he was mrs hirns had 1 irhit gone to thin his f ither thought he mighl i asleep at these times acton disitkt hih school boird iinmrkis le mud mond v evening l 1 pitssihle hiki m ilu hi t ot uliu 1 n when sum 11 s 11 isurei wilhtm mi ullel n t u 1 1st i i2mxx huh te due i th levim imiiivnii dull ml 111 1 evpitldltille- hi 11 1 el lit ii i mils 1 m w s jm0jx1 111 lit ve ii lpill lltths uld le iv llu jiwoix miik dur ij llu pie hu ij i rti n jiiitmin i s i i 1 iv i nie 111 be 1 or two and a half hours town to shop leaving her child id jimmy huns was re n with her husband mr har ns a sciap dealer had picked up the ice box and two old washing machines that nlteinoon but since he was having trouble wutt his truck didn t like time to jtqihk olt the door as is his usual practice have ventured lo the home of his grandparents mr and mrs a j mclsnc rr 4 mis hams stilt m town shop ping was waiting for her hus- bind lo pick her up when he didn l arrive she left for home wilh her mother and fatherin 1 iw when she arrived home she v zuhi ttj ji iamsi iw1bwrtlffll ille i is 111 lies v ihi itixt two wnks li vi is ed t hue 1 tulillid hu in i seined tor ipprovil it thi b mi mutiny guldtutc inspector dunnj tin pm lpi 1 meinbiis l tnu i ihu l i bivk iisrn 1 p 1 i v 1 ij 1 apn i s us n u ttt pttscn tnr t hr 1 1i1 1 in utul 11 nice tint thi secret in middlilon told thi uiimj bond in had agreed lo siitlc lor town ml rnu i the iwnid ilu inmiil s ijrv ol 1 froo offer ihu vnu il inipinics had sub t hv llu hoiid during a prev milled qu 1 11 ris lot equiprmni ions meeiinl the scietarv had llu s 1 s h i hill t dlti iskcel the bo trd to re consider 1 thill h i kelt settled th ihe s il irv schedule before link pi 1 lpil in i iss st im prineipil inc jnv tinal conclusion m hi be 111 win authonid verbal bouquet 1 in t witt 1 mpuiv repie mi middle ion im st tied he 1 1 is 11 j 11 lin he equip mnil 1 pie pare a nh iicm un it 1 m i t p it i 1 piopeitv ti n is millcnicd b ihe lintnei h 11 1 r w su iikhamei h 1 1111 in 111 order to lit ih seek six teachers h 1 ml know ei itlv wh ti his dul i 11 mm i m louthiil brut us wm chuiman fotce hand iv in 1 he inp to tnrunto durin id the si ret trv a verbtl bou he it 1l nik 11 when pnncipil quit lor his pcrtormance of dut i hinm si n ia- middlcton ks in the ptst ami ihinked him 1 i usi dm it enj1 i ml for imp me ihe proposed sil h 11 1 in 1 1 miwi 1 lc nhii in schedule i ii i n i 1 1 liustiis sw 1 k s ippi vi i ji tlii mn tin h 1 ik r 111 1 oun muttit th w is 1 s irting pi r m 11 1 hi tmi hi i w ulel tppi 1 s hi in e whiih ties m tuih ihi u 11 1 iv v tt p in la- sjlirv s hiilule ip it 1 tins six uuhcrs will n 1 1 hu n i is m nlh s mci m 1 id 1 reltrv jikw ilirual hi p i i 1 im in ivhntv i xx1 intikers v x si ric 1 v 1 i 1 1 h n i nmsi s 1 i m iinteninn so0 1 1 iin irtmun jt k r i hints mi dime liii n i ii n tnp 1 tumpi wir ipproved for pvvmem 4 ywri sun bright board approves gym drapes after twoyea r discussion tools of tni trade are handed over to joe hurst succes sor to harry rviainpr ze barber n acton for the past 42 years shortly after papers were signed tuesday for the purchase of the barbenng business mr and mrs main prize intend 10 enjoy the warmth of the ftwtda sunshine during the winter and the excitement ot muskoka m the summer time mr hurst begins work in his new business tuesday he has been in acton the past three year relieving mr mainpnze wh le he holidayed hlfch sheoi students ikl n lv hi iiobcm ol sunligh a litter direslid lo him and sin ptrt in mn is urn 1 iiiumi 11 1 le in ivm ti viiits lst ir id hv ihi phvsn tl idu 11 ion 111 linger havi squin on hi b w 1 sfi thi whirls in m tn her mrs jess callowas the iount t bright un lht poun 1 in ind imltd he windows 111 lenicr requesied lonsidirjiion ol throut ihe esm windows m i infer iuiu down ihi glare at dnpes as ihe sun was t deter div ivintn the h h s h x i ihu imi hu agrved it was nil rent to icttain gsm prognms biwrd iipproved instil 1 ion the t ml solution to the problom ind also prevented the showing lrtrss lor thi re eillu tin 1 it son ursus stucknt but vi n of films w indow v quite sat s id with thi first s t li was inrmd that instead 0 this jvtion iiinihidi t i i lakin showing a ilm to five classes m vxar hassle between uaihirs a nl mondav inning propcrn chair one time it was necessarv to boant members in an attempt to man wallace swackhamcr read continued cm pag four shrove tuesday meant a large stack of pancakes smothered m butter and drowned in maple syrup to four hungry lassies when they attended limehouse presbyterian church pen- cake supper tuesday pictured above left to right are joy patterson mary lou brown betty anne brown and eleanor karn as they poise their forks ready to devour trie pancakes stand ing at the rear with a fresh supply of maple syrup ere left mrs ted brown and right mi a c patterson about 90 people attended