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ht jviiott ttt ft seventyfirt yr no j acton ontahio thursday may 16th iuio eifht homeprint pfe pw cttk l- scene street waterworks extension to be completed j home welcome improveiiiriiu being i made at acton park for summer 8sjij ajcotlaz or council oa friday nurkl clear maltm lift ow- couarll amrm lo pnwkiona of bululff bylaw regarding rvt hazard dost laying matertaj ordered for arl on l ounril me in special e aion on friday evening with all the couhclllors and reevr lirkaes pre ent the first art uf the meeting mu pent in a tuur of inspection un mali street smt street and queen street the purpose was to see the location of waterworks extensions and the gilding on queen street hfl the ruad wes being rut down before derisions were made on prredute attention of oum i was draw n to the erection of a portable building on mill street no permit had been secured and l he buldlng did not meet the building requ rements for struct ures in the ire limits the y law uu read and the provisions noted fhe law had been tola ted in two points rtre chief russell met with tli council instructions were issued to chief llarrop to have the building removed atd t he o ner of t he ian j was to be notified that the regulat ions regarding buildings mutt be halton juniors to conikte for thm trip awards three oung people in llalton county are going to see a little more of i anada and united state this year as a result of decision reached at an executive meeting of halton ohinty junior farmers on may 6th tlnce halton is now allowed only one rep resentative at the 4 11 club congress in chicago this ear this coveted award is lo go to the boy receiving the highest number of points in judg ing and who alw coaches a team rhc two girls with highest points at arhlcvment day on june 1 will be the guests of ijnculn juniors the first week in august on a trip through sew ork state where they will visit points of interest experim ental farm cornell university and new york city prises for other girls in the competition will feature silver flatware again and boys awards will be in cash it is hoped that the usual splendid turnout of oung people will make june 1 this year an eventful day pleasant memories of the llalton complied with junior farmers at home in the council gave approval of the crlpus j brant inn last month were recalled survey of building lots on the east when this report waa presented- mr and of queen street the alterations the he de france which docked in halifax this week brought two more acton setvlcemen bark turn overseas and thry will soon be back in actun rhe are in j l cilpp k a s 1 it j artun and capt johnnie trey uf the auxiliary services capt cray joined ymca war service in june vm2 he is a y m l a un ret ry and prior to becumlng a supervis or was general secretary of the y ma al atton ont mr rays wife has carried on this position unce hla absence his first posting hii with the army at terrace ik ir ear later going to newfound land he went oversea in junr vm nd ported with k v 1 11 w end in jul io1ed to so t in inf 1u aor thirteenth power bill shows largest surplus on retort several improvem nt are being made at tne iark this week pre para t ocy to a big summer of activity in tlitt outofdoors centre in an on the hard ball diamond hat beeo levelled wtlh the base tines widened and pilch er k mound raised some low spots have tteen filled in and the sods re laid several loads of filling material have bten put on the diamond rtir tfttuit diamond nearet the park entranre is also having altent ion and neeessar fill and levelling u being done the i at t i ra k h been w ldened the turns have been made rawlcr and banked and the strelthes made with ample width to make it the finest iraik in tliks tetwii it is plsnned to have a rae meet in june and rare are being rtuuidered again for acton ralr in o it her the grader la tak ing the surplus trai k dirt to fill in and level on sj he wesj side of the lark where the fall fair hoard plan lo haul enough soil to make this sect ion complrte and on park level and add the finishing tourh to eery ev idence of spring in acton iark lhe law n mower was busy clipping the gists ernlay school pupils oi halton guests ol county council industrial holiday in acton plants kor this summer with a view to b ing able to pres en i to emploees of ollter fltm and iwlng hell ut tu business meii gener hll in artin the i lee pies made in tuiry on tuesday from nusl of the industries located iwre to ascertain when holl1 l- in is would be id this etr hie list is not compute- itut when all firms ttet nle the lui with t i urines w ii 1m puhlivhed again lleardmore and o owing to on llnuouft t mttesslng in this lent op rations i annul be discontinued or i n hiiihi llolidavs for employees me aiianed as txindlllons peithit stotey tlove o plant rloes nf trr rrlls evening july 3th and re oicp i uevday august fith wool tombing t orporatlon plant nade as required mr h h hlnlotf was present re garding the by law prohibiting the sals of fire crackers and fireworks in acton he asked that the clause he rescinded the by law clauses were ull council decided to make nj change in the by law as there had been no general request from the pub lic for a change and the danger nt fireworks was very real mr lllnton agreed to teturn his stork the clerk read a letter from mr anderson regarding the payment of amounts to know lee construction oa and subcontract to gowdie and camp bell the letter was accompanied by an itemised progress report and an account for engineers faasv the clerk was instructed lo secure is tons of calcium chloride from the county of haltrm council then came to the main point of the meeting the completing of the waterworks extensions con tract and cleaning up where tht mains had been laid and tie lalng of the mains on scene street ooun ril agreed unanimously that the mains should be continued on cene street so that residents could have water service the same as other sections of town and the contract completed in this section the clerk w av instructed to nntlf mr knowles that the council wanted the contract complete and alto send a copy of the letter to the engineer the work i to he oimmfni l not later than june 1st and completed as per con rait mr oakes was authorised to have fill made on i lln street and in th old cistern on main street tt was to be filled al 15c per vard for material and delivery council decided to lav a four inch main across main strvet to the prop erty now being erected b frank toth and other building proposed for this set tlon a resolut on was passed fixing the salirv of the ileik a 1 prr vrar the same as the previous vear as a rcnult of a letter w rlttrn to reeve and luumil hv mewrs rat ton and oe nngrlists at ti n count il met with ihem art 1 fire chief m ttosjell in a opetlal mecl- ir on tucsdav at whuh councillors oakc and creighton were present and keeve kirkness presided thi heve ej laipe thil th not tp given to remove the hull ting from t it fuje on hv chi harrop was in at tfrtl with count il intt ut wn and that council n unt rnhnf the hv law lot ill vtiere wa n perm t irtum t hrmc th tun 1 1 n into atto xnt tie tontrulion w us uth that it nimt he placed outside the fir me the hi law iiaum vrc rend inl explained iiul mr lovce pctintel out hat their offotts to rent the lefiu n all mc and town hall had all whltelock commended the executive highly on the success of the darty and announced also a substantia re turn in the treasury th report of the junior farmers annual meeting at the o ac in guelph in april an nounced the prominence of two hal ton juniors in provincial junior par mer circles miss betty ruddeu is one of the two junior institute girls in ontario to be elected to sit on the federated women s institute board and ceo s atkins county president is the new director for halton and went worth on the provincial junior farmer executive the meeting approved a resolution to be sent on to the county council for action to prevent indiscriminate slashing of woodlots in the interests of soil conservation the junior plowing match may 2mb came in for discussion as did the federation field day on june 21st the junior farmer contribution to the field day is an exhibition base ball game the federation is pres enting a trophv to the winning cluh team the executive also made plans to uit the haldlmand youth centre at cauga in the near future the meet ing adjourned till the first monday m june hillsburg and orion will observe daylight saving rrear swaciihamct chairman for towiuthtp for national cloutlnjr dtisr inn lownsfcip council met on ma bth at htllsbum all mi m hers were i resent the reeve presiding itesohtilons passed were lhat ihi polite- vlllabv of htllv hurg and orton be allowed to go on nlttht snv ng time at their own nquet and a hv law was paved ap- rovins the request thai th tounvhip join with tun ilia in hktnvoi inj a un welcom to thtim whv had sitnitt a live srr been refuss ind tjirv felt thv neivl of thtir mrttink in acton and the er etion of i gospel tint was their on alternative after rev icw ing the whole situat ion count il teaffirmet then ir- t ructions ti mr hainp regarding enforcing of the blaw council and mr harrop acrwd to outline linnt- lons outside the frv 2oae limits to which the bunding could be movetl a permit was nittvsarj and the firo conunlttcagiee to rive an applicat ion for a permit prompt attention u via agreed moving of the build ing from its present site would be commenced not later than monday lhal in keevi 1 iointel i haitmin foi tht kunhip tn th national cloth nc collection to k- held fi n june 1 to june nr ciun il roommrndftl that iht llington i unlv c ouncil emlorvo tht sihtnic of t alfhotnl accination againut hang s disease as sponsorcnl h the ihpt of agruulture hie ten it r ot i m arnott cim liavtot a av pled forthe tretion f a ttmont hi idge on lant tarafras md trm tountlnrv line at j1 5 pr tuhit var subjet t to approval bv lhehitbwav ptfot hnr whrrltr ttoad nuih rmtt ndent ua aphintisl mitttr for the same tin vow nhip ktvtd and br de committee mide in inspection on vpnl jnd and nndt several rtcom- mendali n for repairs in different part of the townshl the following accounts were paid inm ml 302 90 rllef sj 40 sheep 529 00 ruad 9mul saucrmasse co grader and snow plow s1309 63 council adjourped to- meet on monday june 3rd at 10 oclock stan dard time as a court of revision and other township business atmllonal man secured for wat 1 crworka utpl salary ad 1 juauswnu are made j the regular meeting of acton pub- i he utilities commission was held on monday evening chairman c m hansen presided with reeve c u klrkness and commissioner j it m arthur being present i superintendent wilson reported that the hydrant on main street j north near the cnr tracks had j been repaired j the contractors who were given the job of painting the water tower have begun the job of sanding and painting a tender was received front hesth er and utile ltd for replacing the roof on the reservoir st the spring which was damaged when the filter bed broke away some two months ago it was decided to accept this lender for 131500 for a new roof and alto to have the same firm inst a i two new ventilators on the reservoir at a cost or jtooo for the pair mr roy holmes of seaforth was present to discuss with the commis sion the handling of the work of the waterworks dept mr holmes has had 9 yearv experience on water and hvdro services tn seaforth he is a married man with a daughter in her teens he was engaged at a salary of j1r00 per vear to commence work during june if a house is available a letter notified the commission of an accident prevention meeting to he held in oueiph on monda may 0lh this association is spo h the rlcctrlral pngineers assoclat ion tin commission and the work i men are to attend this meetlngas supt wilson is to he presented with a oritificete for sating the life nf tmplovec itoht dlx last summer whrn he w as knocked from a pole and al most ele trocuted supt wilson wftt to make ar rangements with mrsvr t and campbell to tnttal a 4 main across the highway lo serve the propert with water now owned by frank toth 1 the following account were passed for pament llvdrs department llr i of ont supplies s licit itlephone co scrucs c w mak co supplies llkghwav tarakc trutk re- lairs and ok ijnf antl cahle acci ssorl s supplies noithcrn met trie supplies enlth hcctrit supplv ltd supplies 1eiitrnl wire t cable co supplies r n rlettri irotlucts sup 1 lies mawivmall 1uttrtt supples svmtn llartlwnn supplies angamo co 1 td supplies ja k kearne corp up piles automntu rlectru suppliex j holdcroft a co sup plies i press and transport community centres address subject al plnnl closes produds plant t loses after july jttth and reoften august 6th t nnadlai wimd o nftrr july jflu and i august 6th rorte lletlrl loes after jul jttth and irnglh of hohitaya not et det ded ltavter laboratories plant rinses y i jul jth for two weeks and reopens fi mfn fi lnnflftv on mond ju joih o hlfjli vivuvicttfji mason kn tttng co plant close july afilh reopens august lh ajax engineers dhtes not et av allahle acton machine shops holiday per lod not decided armaco plant rloaea august 2nd- reopens on august 13th micro plastics no period yet decld ed upon superior clove co plsnl close july 3fith reopeiis on august ftth art on free press plant and of fice closes july 36lh re opens wt tuesday august th no issue of free press on august 1st iv 1j3 05 4sm ml 47 11 m k on kioii in si 4 j3 fonnsva and banquci ilc4d for ujcht cluha in diatrict at acton last saturday about s hundreo members of men s clubs from brantford sl cuelph hamilton mount hamilton kitchener p w and kitchener pan pol use and acton assembled on sat urday at acton y m ca for the central ontario district conclave mr dick dean district ovrrnor was in charge ted force extended the welcome to the visitors and reports were heard from various sections in the afternoon session at 10 the ladles auxiliary of the club served a delightful banquet to the group which maintained the cul inary reputation of this group ad mirably there were informal in troductions of guests al the head table and reeve charles klrkness ex tended a welcome to acton on behalf of the municipality felix harrison led in a sing song that was one of the most hearty and enjoyable w have evrr listened to we don t know whether it was the good leadership the splendid accompaniment or the good fellowship that attained such result mrs wm towdy presided ai the piano on behalf of the ymca hoard president wes wolfe extend ed a wilcome to the ci u lis uest ttcakcr was ralph alhrant eneral set relary of hrantford vm ca was introduced by dick lotv his subject was the com munis centre movement in thank ing mr alhrant for his address mr u it parker expressed a regret that all the coplc of acton could not have heard this presentation we wished acton folks as a whole could lave heard it too because it had so much of a constructive nature tn communlt leadership and an urge for caution and careful planning be fore anv building program was en tered a communit centre need not have a building but jo he a centre it must have leaderfhtp and interest for all the communit tw o imporlftjit forums w ere also held in the evening session and the ickirt of the resolutions committee presented acton men s club in mopemt inn with heardmnre and co present ed eath visitor with a souvenir that wis prized it w as a genuine leather not t hook which contained informal ion about acton and its industries a lmt of s men s international offi ers an 1 the name address business and tt if phone numbers of members or all ihe dubs taking part in the conclave the covers were sultablv i rintd for the conclave mr j ingles hostess p0r meeting of knox y w a knox y w a was held wed nee day night at the home of mrs ingles the meeting opened with mrs wilds reading ihe scripture mrs f and erson snd miss ullott gave a reading esch mrs somervilie led in prayer mrs o kara took the topic of the african people the meeting was closed and a social evening was spent with the hostess mrs ingles and her committee serving a lovely lunch monthly meeting kxo w m society heiiustueek pxwen heating at spring corp of village of acton can bras co i td s10q5 jl sfioo 4mvi 21713 39ftln supt w ikon repoted that last mondnv n fire at the spring had burnt off the pole which carried the transformers as far as can be learn ed n short circuit due to the rain had caused the damage the transform ers were not damaged when the pole broke fortunately a new bank of transformers had been partially in stalled and were quickly hooked up conumjea on pace bight knox chunh v s reld their innthl meeti n t t roo of orthotfrtfi i the church on ma 0th 194fi mrs ti comply with f j hiksard vicepresident of the sot iel was in charge mrs blow president who had hoped to he pres- ent to preside at the meeting wa called awa owing to the sudden ill ness of her father committees agree servicerecognilion to council attention support of organization i prom ised tn wulcvtr recoirnit- ion council may decide upon a meeting of a ton council and repres ntativet of various local org anlsatlona was held on tuesday ev ening in the council oismber in iccordsnce with adjournment at the first meeting held on monda april 29th to consider suitable rec ognition for those who served in the armed forces in the last war at this meeting mr aylawnrth brought hack a report of the meeting cnlledbv acton llranrh of the can adian icglon the meeting had chosen cordon cook as chairman and k m avlaworth secretary mr avikwortit read the report of pro- t edlngs and guv e a copy to heeve klrkness a motion had been ascd at the meeting on mav 2nd which in effect eprssed the desire of the servlee- mn to have the matter of recognit ion dealt with b the council heeve kirknt ss drew attention of mr auorth to an error in the m nutes in that the meeting of may jnd ass tailed h acton liinnch of the iegton and not h council and at tht initial meeting members of the lclon had told of the meeting al- r ndv nrranked leeprem ntatives w i o had attended both meetings confirm ed this understanding and mr avls- ihis general under standing mrs w coles made a suggestion which was later turned into a motion seconded b mrs collier and approv ed by all attending that the council take over entirely and everyone the devotional prod was taken by back their decision wholejieartedly mrs ceo lantx and mrs cord nor led in p raer the secretary tnd treasurers reports were read and ap proved mrs buchanan read the scripture and mrs h mainprise gave very instructive and interesting rlca this action ltwas felt wouldsvve lot of confusion and discussion the meeting adjourned after sever al others had spoken briefly and as surance had been given that council in their work would have the assist reading from the study book on af- a nee of all organizations to carry out their program af recognition annual vbu or fifty ft v royi and girl have haikqtari tour of county bulldlnga and hav addresses uepohj given lllfflt hffaool arm in county ivta for fjwaa offered to lupiu on uil rift five tk and girts entrance isss xi il u frtm v hoots throughoul the county were guests of the llalton t uunty toum 1 1 tn regular session at milton last lursday ilefoie the business of the day got untlerws ihe children were welcom ed h ttw warden heeve c ii hill- jner of oakvillr snd also by members of lite ounrt who were introduced it the children one by one at noon the ttudenu were enter- talned at a splendid luncheon at iii i oul a hurch sunday school rooms for which members of the mountain inlor w omens institute were retv possible a short program followed at which mr 1 l skure p s i was the guest speaker the topic of hu address was sucre snd he took iai h of the seven lellers in the word butees to illustrate charartertsuea mirusry towsrds su cesmf ul living it was a most inspiring address and was listened to intently by students and adults alike mrs mary pet lit in her usual apt ar d humorous way moved a vote of thanks to the guaet speaker reeve chas klrkneas ac ton expressed the appreciation of tlu council and their guests to hi uvav les of the mountain union w i for the sumptuous and appetising meal which i hey had served and to which mr klrkness noted everyone pres ent had done full justice he also thanked young joe nova for th de lightful selections he had given tham on his planoaccordian mr klrk ness told joe he thought he had a grand future ahead of him at 2 p m council resumed and ommltlee reports were coasideted in committee of the whole with reeve klrkness in the chair while this business was in progress the boys anal girls were on a tour of inspection of the county buildings with mr smith and miss masted in charge they visited the gaol yards the registry ofrice office of the provincial polio and the work of each department waa explained to them as they went along ijiter in the afternoon with th studenls again assembled in th ourt room ills honor judge lun- rci addressed the youngsters explain ing to them the various forms which il e administration of justice takoa a it concerns th civil law of las county crown attorney wi dick ahw tnktresaed the students and he i plained to them the law as it applle to ihe criminal court he enlighten ed them as to the why and where fore of fingerprinting snd the way in which criminals wee apprehended and trid it was quit obvious th children followed the talks given by both ofrtrlals with the closest inter est business dealt with by the council was as follows special communications copies of resolutions were read from th town- hip of trafalgar the township of ni uon and the town of oakville all of which requested the eetabhshmant of a new high school area reeve craig said burlington had not yet sent in their request but he was con fident that they would be doing so members nf the commute appointed to look after the northern end of th ounry hatt no report ready but an nounced a meeting was being held ihr the near future however a letter from the milton board of trade pro tested suggestion of a school being built at hpeyslde and request ed th county council to consider placing the school in the town of milton in mead the letter was filed a counts recommended for pay ment by the finance committee and hy council were afolkws continued on page five coming event tmtmlm jl si n cim cm ttkr gvests hsdffeli nrji ar chsreed cut sr wtls s sslemusx tur k ssy sseai of of euchre wednesday may 29th leg ion hall h30 pm admission 25c lunch good door prise ft lupin scout mothers r st albant choir will present tholr 3act comedy aunt tilly go to town in the town hall rocjrwood monday may 20th at tuo pjn d s t auspice presbtyerian aid rockwood