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a ht jviciow sttt fjrfcs seventyfifth year no 25 acton ontario thursday december 29th 1949 eight home print paget sbt cents acton redmen win by 43 over brampton smeitd wu and oaa dfat la rsa saaaan teuraty arumi rampaging urdmm pmt eo their sacond win nhnt one- defeat in the pre- season junior tnunumrnt at gesrgetown last thursday night b edging llrainp lor kscvulora 4 1 i mu hxrr alors firs defeat against in and a me ph ilrrfmrn hfiwed plenty il hustla in liimnlng i h ilrampt n club and with better marksman- ssblp might havr added additional foals iark of poluh and the ef toil of a iund brampton twine sender enabled the kxceultrs t jiu1 about keep tare with the a ton rlub coulaon in th arton n ti ul three aoft nnn m hind htm but mmr up with aawaa that bor- drrrd n the miraculous when h had mrn tn on him alone in spile of rtnvalerlng from bout with the flu redheasd mm- vaughan pared the itedmeci with two marker krllh ka and llos yell potted singleton zajar and kentner plaed pa- tkrulairs well nn defenr for in tctmen smothering minj dan gerou forass b excels or thr ttrampmnv a rsptavy aggr ulp rluh ere myst i fled tty t he rom- hinatkon of the arton cluh tntlmnt ing lhr ucrrn t prepared for trs lpe of ira me the itedmen kept th m in th lr own end most of the length with rare lntrrude al cotilimin s doorstep the serlrs it- iuitmi tonight w th arton fating oeorgrlow n a schedule has been drafted for thi lx inim junior loop with the first olia fixture here on thur da jamjar sth w nh thistle ow n guet of the redmen cluh in cluded in the jiroup are llrampion oakvllle corgrtnwn aurora anl he two foremen toned team judging h their knark al de f eating junior rlub in th preeaon t ou me 1 he 1 cn is are the no 1 contender for group hon r at present ulo mario u again guiding their deattnx from the bench with dor- tor s rn managing the nucleus of last vear a semi finalists are in arton ller to defend the group title the won hurt aaaann reeve geo currie aeeepts gratitude emjuesing council fanoeslng townihlp council met at ten oclock thursday morning december lsth when the lait meeting fur th yrr was held deputy ilreve oeorge ieall court rlllori ii craig ut id wilfred bird and walter ijnham were present with iter oeorge currle presid ing a irttrr from ur i w mcmillan clitk of nhhxafaweya was read iirlohing a rimtlutlon passed by thilr counrtl no action was taken it u s moved that thr tr aiurer lv the following advertising j m m fox clalmi paid lov no hccp claims mo 00 councillor frc m17 10 c c nrowm sm v acton free vrm j42 m jjoafd of h1mi fommltaionrni fa00 tfun- irl world ltd iu if c mr- clure n00 mra nianrh grieve tnno a w benton 110 04 klrhardftoni hardware ts ho it lief account aa presented by the itrlirf officer are to be paid it wa moved by councillor held and aeconded by councillor thrd that the treasurer nay dale and bennett legal account for 1040 2m 14 the hvdro rectrtr power commlwuon of ontario to tn- installing itreet lights in norval as per invoice jltuu the treasurer was autbortted to pa road account of ftoaobi the drlaw to provide for hold ing municipal klectlnns for the ear 10ao and three members of the school hoard of township school ana no 1 for 10 vi and i0m wan read and passed th nee r nd treasurer were immrn to nv december road ucx mints deputt ttccc lrflie took the chnlr and called on the members of oounrll and officials to bat a few word all members will stand for 10v1 council as in the present vrar it w as moed br councillor iin ham and seconded bv deputv- neeve teslle that the thanks of this council are hereby tendered to reeve oeorge currle for the cour teous and impartial manner in which he has presided over the meetings of this council during the past vcar ab w gt ik midpoint in tka fatmmovtng twantjafc canlury ul u pauta t tak kad ol ih tlnifkanca to rwfloct upon tkm fifty momanloua yaar tkat tiavo jol putod and tn vonta that kavo mad thorn to lat ua roaolv to talta maximum advantaoa of tho uaaons wo hava urad to that tho naat fiwo data da will bo caili in history at an aa of fvaco happi- naaa and protpority fef all tho naltona of tho larth disposal plant land is oflercd lo aclon raardmor and co wll cva j j i land and t to sit l annual iliristiikih iirt prartirt siion by loal bcfon siludulo mild wrather has interfered of lair with practice aesu on of ar ton intermediate and theyre net likely to get in er much needed ice time before the int it arhedule opens prohal aome time net werk the lark of practice will put them at a ritsadantatr with thi other rluha in the group like llr dgeport and fermi w ho have 4ad both extenajxe prank- anl i exhibition games on artlfkial ic farhi tie and then if the oh a decide tn favour of walkerton remaining in croup no 1 it means on even greater disadvantage walkerton haj artificial ice and that coupled with a much shorter ingle schedule of fhe home game tamt going to allow much time to otoe up the opposition on the toafcet hand if walk en on li gwen th bounce there will be a double orhodula thai inrludifvc eight home irntsl tike ahorter srhaftol will affect tk admission price too al- thougo the- hocke club dere to rota in tha ur admlaaion fee a w loll will he neceaaary in order to moet expenaea if walkerton i ttven th o haa bi easing awstom kswljak axklssku flfurea published by th sorlet of british aircraft constructors afsow th 40 1ckraarmttroni vudrur in sarvlc w ith british aur- opaan alrwajs ar carrying mar ptancra over european air rout than any other type or plan and ar gwnlng wtd popu larity ulth ovrnui optrators thay carried 113800 passengers in th third quarter of 1mb and in august alona flew mor than a ualltan mil compluna nearly tjhx scheduled stage flights their rogularity in sarvlc was 9s per font town hacked out when cat sttuck wlte driver in hospital one man was injured and takrn to the general hospital in ouelph j a a result of injuries received fyidax night when his car struck l a guv wire on a hvdro pole and rolled oer in the ditch near rock- wood in hospital it elgin cnspen of rorkwood who sustained lacer ations to the face and a severe shaking up thr car was a comp lete wreck the impact of the car striking the guy wire knocked another wire looae and disrupted power tn rorkwood and acton for almost two and a half hour preholidav events were inter rupted a all the lights were blacked out a dance at the ym ca was interrupted and the streets were toon seated in the pitch black public place that were open for business were as sisted bv candle and lanterns held over from last years power shor tage th power was interrupted at about 11 so pm and was re turned again at about 1pm east of arton for eroction of diipoaol plant it will come as big and welcome news to acton citm tn g ti rall that nrardmore and co hac of frrer to acton sis acr s of land southeast of the plant for the loc at ion of a stwage disposal plant and rompmrnt with this off r of land goes a right of way to the property for laying the sewer line from the pumping station the land will be given to the town without charge along with the right of way to the property this was announced to the council follow log a conference of council members and company officials last w eek w hen problems in connection with iwwigr duposal were discussed there are no commitments by the municipality we understand in connection with this arrangement of the site thr co operation of b nnlmbon and co w ill he appreciated bv all ritirens tbrre w as protest w htch was grow in k over the location west of victoria a enue and obji ction to this situation for the plant the new site will mi an thit the plant is well east of the town it is hoped that some coopcratlc arrangrment can be dc eloped to partialis ol e the disposal prob- irnis of all industries in town in chiding part of thr beardmore and co watrr surplus this howcr is a matter that will have to be discussed further with the town engineer and plant rngtnrers and will have no bearing on the dis posal plant site we understand imrijnmath htmvmr grow i in tl title of the world theres i n pleo of canadian terrttorv on to which the local policeman can go intlde are canadians work in t lor us smoking canadian dgar- rltes tax free at six eenta a park and sometimes pouring taxfree canadian whisk at a dollar or two a bottle this savs a feature wrter 1i the financial post is our diplo matic corps in sin we haen t had much of a corp until recent year nw wevr gitta diplomatic setup that costs us s3 millions a vear and is the largest maintained b am of t he common w ealt h count rles of rr tain iil thunltv aft imri tin ihardmon co pliim- hl to tflo children and some pan nts in tht ahriuol chrlstmt party h id in tht rosy thratre roy inonl as a magician and master of nfimonlis entertained the largo number of children with his u ight of hand and magical feats fit mie ilrald harmonica plaver intnmluod a novt 1 inntru mi nt in this locale and cnurtatn- el in the christmas spirit johnny perkins led the boys and girls in some carol singing and of ctirc thev all received a stocking filled with gifts from sinta st ick trigs knchidcd ls fruit clothing and candv and were handed out b st nick at the close of the uft moon christmas services feature special music at st alb an s church the chnstnnv m hmmi w is mark 1 h sptcii s r ices t st albm s chuiih al thi carol sinin th with varictt of carols tiwd includ ed conic in h ar angels bs tht ion tor choir an indian carol b the stnlor choir and th danish enrol otr rethlcht m s fields b the combined chtirs soloists for this service were miss m foun tain miss yvonne rrunrllr messrs v brtstowi i dubv and f kings- mill an organ solo 0 holv night of memory was plaved bv mrs oakes during the offertory on christmas fv e the choral communion sen ice w as preceded bv an organ recital bv mr f j salt thr anthem o holv night was sung with mi marjorle foun tain as soloist on christmas morning the anthems were sleep my savior sleep and christians awake the solo part helnb taken br mrs h o turner the rector rrv w o lux ton was in charge of all serv ire and expressed thanks to the members of the choir to the organist mrs f o oakes and to the choir leader miss u stewart esquesinjr tup voice opposition old peoples home at th nomination mealing of esquectng township on afonday december 9a ratepayers pawed th following resolution that th ratepayer of the twp of eaquectnx assembled at th an nual nomination meeting co on record as being opposed to the bulldhnc of an old peoples horn in th county of halton at th pre sent time and that our representa tive tn county council be tnstruct- ed to make an effort to have this matter held in abeyance for the time bains this motion was mad by tot g o brown and seconded by u j brown and was carried at th an nual meeting of th ratepayers penguins are birds but thay nv r fly world rheese production increas ed in i94 and for the world as a whole was near the pre war itvel although furopran output was still at onl bout 7 p r rent of tht prewar average krin tup council iwrou jmimmh miiiiitipiil tlioiies 1 fr i h einlx in- tm i tin i unship t jivst k n inuiiu of pt ll i iv 11 r lhmnlll 1 i itilv killod mlthin lltt ttvsnsliii uilws rt hi iiisjhnlitl h tli i mi lilp if rk an imukxl a u iji niihtiiljri he rw ihk of jin m f u if the mum mii ivh phone sisim t ii kill tie i hint nnding nnd hus um t dud uumlw nil n avunsiiiint roll as reis for the rar lmi x niteptesl nnd passed a mlution hint tin itatis n nluntlin o ik cngnkd for snow plowing fur th- win l ir f iw a in r the iontrni t of the prev lous vtnr was mttrotluceil and tasil i he 1r usurer was initruttrst t n turn the i misit ilond of tli ilnvwaid construi lion o on ih gravelling tonlraii of lm low nship irensiimt w a- als jmlhori d o make adjustments o mtlpts nnd ihntgis mumi tht l unship nnd the p v of hills lung n id orion inteiem jv meil s anil tnterost mtiipls ixlmm the itosnship tuid th tr rplnni s s in nnd im nui hoi i i o pn ilt lounhip nununtx that nwi primiiltil n or before dtirtnlmi llsi luo i lie inivtin i wiih nlm nuihoi iil t sell tin muni ipnt i in n dm lcnllv cou i il des kdi d to piinhnse nn oil bnimr luinnir nnd double fun unit lo installed in the tim n snj gunge suhjtht to thr nppio nl of t ih- it pnrtmt nt 1 xenipilon wns grnnted paul intwell on lit n res f t ih k con tv township of frin to be lived ns n i monstrnllon wotxll ii iloxtng in ieceniber 7th was pioclnimed n holldnv ihrougtlo u the township ttie towrtah p felenitlon of ag riculture was given n grnnt of svl for 1m hountv of 11 was paid to ilv nier peavo for shooting a wolf in the tow nshlp act ounts were paid as follows flection and nom smi 5 commissioners wrvtrcs 410oii ceneral acccoiints and sal lbofiom sheep 9b00 relief rhgd to city toronto roto road accounts 24troi reeve oldwln hurt prealdid at this meet ng on december 15 with nil the members present but coun cillor wheeler nomination meei are aeelainalions in two twiisliiirs nom mat ion meetings in hjupies- ing and nasmagaweya townships were will al tendril over the hull tlav roth meetings resulted 111 ac- t latrutlufi for all offices in nsgaweva reeve vansirkle w as t h etid bv a t lamalltm w hen aha ntr withdrtw j f film ton cio k stoken j s norruh utit it m morev til to u coiiiull for itvi in th township tiv ala mitim sthool tto moinmtid prrscnlalioiilrlade utilities chairman at final meeting c m han tan has tavf m commissi for 14 y wtrwerks tramsfr of 3000 th ul t 1 itloo moot w i- r i i and ru ir h m i in i th i i li tion tion lt id bm v iin mng township cirg t w is i lumil us r v of owitup bv iirlimnlnin i w ill nknn tmt upv thi os of i putv rtve bv actlnma cotiru lllors for the coming in hiii fltig nn to im ii crnik wllfreil lllrd ai th in milling htt r hilditns llov this msftmatirr tin commission a lettt r from at hamilton i nt hunsrti pi kided the ii kpc asked jinni to op j- at ion tur for the flick itnl in toronto tas lo m givt n by ii tnislts liilil by attlatoi to the sthiml area no i are j hnghim r ii hunter both or whom have te n re elected and william dolblc w ho is taking the plice tr s 1 webster mr web- sti r rt tired on account of iii health walt r iin- rtimplalnt nt i w us a toinp aithimutlon m r ire for i st albany concert draws large crowd as members participate i i ii v standing room wjs at a prem linn on wiitnt sly vrning in st alhm s irtish iui1 whn tht an nuul christmas conn rl was held th iiiti r sting progtin opt tttl with tirols dir tl bv mr i lnki ittt ions and songs win givin lis ciml ooodwtn sigskit ciroun ctxk pi in yvonne poole 1 red cooke mnrv hunter ceorgina wi1 r ituth jones ikinald price mirlan iuxton jill madon dl nniu ni wtm keith mattocks ciorgc williamson david poole and five signskn thrie junior classes contributed numbers under the direction of their teachers mm ii t jolley mrs j newton and mrs w o i uxton the senior boys rlass gavt two humoroifs skits and the senior girls presented the plsy helping santa claus sheila paul gave two splendid violin selections a quartrtte was sung bv four boys oeorge odkrs donald iuxton fames iwson and robert jones k try one rnjoyed the exhibition 1 of magic tricks bv mr george ma son and the guitar numbers by i i duby i with the arrival of santa claus i prizes and rifts were delivered to the children the following re- reived awards for best attendance at sunday school during the vear wayne currle george ware 11111 mr hugh svlvla jom th ilmrh t offite loaetl a opv of a lo that office it atxiut the coat of r the bill for a two familv limiv was around 15 and this included wat r service tht fitimitrii rs stated they had lfn saving rledrlcltv as much a possible tt th r was no differ t ncr- in thr cost of the service i this account was to tw investlgat- j ed i a transfi r of 1 000 was mad from th waterworks account la the gem ral account of the corp oration st r tary mifit nrhie gave a re- hrt on a mmil hand billing ma chine whlh w as available mora information w t to te obtained from thi niatiiifit turrrs of this mat hlnc 1m fort a di ismn will te mntti a reptrt bv superintendent itm- n rt was reci ivitl nlmut a ctmsum- tr who had a lin ak on the water s rvlte on his projx rtv and had neglected to repair the same this break w as ordered to he repaired at once and superlnti ndent l-m- bert w ns girn authority to deal with this mattrr the list of arrears w as checked over and instructions issued at to 1hrlr disposal as this was the last meeting of the commission an address was read and a pen and pencil set presented to chairman hansen on behalf of the public utilities com mission mr hansen made a suit able reply and thanked all for their cooperation during his four teen years as public utilities com missioner hydro department hfpc of ont power etc 574 m snap on tools of can ltd supp personal stationery sales supp mar don aid electric supp masco rlectric co ltd it 55 sa 145 m w m supp mariarlwa7rlto ktd j aid lux ton george oakes ruth jones faye and robena sagaskle fred graham and donald cook under a national movement swedish housewives from 20 to flo arv enthusiastic participants in gymnastics santa give slxvekinir to ciiimrvn at chrimnia party ojie of santas many pre christmas visits was scheduled for the beardmore alnd co christmas party held in the roxy theatre last thursday abdve santa saatcd on hn throne- and surrounded by iceburgs is pictured with some of the 380 children thst attended the event and received a stocking from the jojly old fellow fr pescs photo many wrong addresses as letters increase at acton post office postmaster frank terry reports a 25 per cent increase in the quan tity of letters that passed through the acton post office during this vears holiday rush as compared with last year parcels remained about th same and there were no serious accidents or broken parcels to report during the christmas rush the postmast er commented it seems to be growing bigger every yesr when it comes down to wrong addresses letters without stamps poor ad dresses there were lots of them mr terry says h also xpltn- ev press and transport ftct 43 00 104 ukvtjl wafertcorks department mcswaln motors 3 75 scotland yards record for get ting its man has been battered through use of twoway radio cars and motorcycles coming events amrmat of lilia t mv f kicm bkr and hu pliw rmfi mountain boy will b at tht0wa hall union on friday january d that nuul of th poorly addraaa- 1 f a danc danrinf l aiamu- rd itvnu had ben rrtumvd to th tion ve b tender and the error corrected new years euchre and novejty danre friday december so crew- ton comera hall oood priaee so during the rush which lasts for quite some time afonday decem ber id was the busiest for the mem bers of the staff in the arton post j refreshments admission office unfortunately there is no dancing tfnasvtt count of the total number of let ters that went out that day but it is not hard to imagine the quantity when we think of the number of christmas cards that go out each year cuckcmas a man cant convince his lady lovo she really la adored till he buys her something she d need at a price h cant afford dont forget kmd daks and his pine ridge mountain boys will be at the rorkwood rpown hall on tuesday january 3rd dancing b- 1 ladmlaslon sue b plan lo attend the week of pray er services each evening from tuesday january 3rd to friday january th they will be held at 8 pm in the various churches- see hadiurduhhlaea f f tlculaw aaeaki j rjl -at-