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eh jvttm jtm pttss sovenlyflfns year no 28 acton ontario thursday january 19lb 1950 eight home print b six cnl first payment on sewers approved by the council new warden takes office scul rd suenjt rxuu- iom r ir7lmuss avseue nrv bssliar the yw rw noael fagbmllljn lt yw 724412 matty rtwna on hhntcmy aajsho ef acton council set monday night aclun council mat on monday evening to reguler session with reeve tyler deputyreeve w ale land bajj councillors l hotrhen j oreer j uargrava r thompson t nlcol and w roaxal praaant and llayor a maaon prealded mr k van norman aaked rlarlf ration of a notice received by him to pay a urease faa of to the by law waa reed council agreed to etudy the matter and make a dec won and advise mr van norman mr shook or national he war irtpe go addressed council ask ing the poiluon of council ao that ha asuld at an order for pine far ahe aawara in acton the mayor pointed out the matter uu killed and the construction eompany had copy of the order specifying the pipe to be ussd mr w o mlddlalon sacreury at the public school board praa- anted the requletuen ef the board tar the year h waa eetlmated tltjhiuo would be required thli year this waa approximately tz480 higher than leal year the incraaaa waa made necessary je- caae a new boiler waa required thla year thli installation waa ordered by the boiler inspector mr mld- dleton explained any queitloni atked by council and pointed out the board a dealre to cooperate in every way the mayor submitted a copy of the rulea for conduct oi council meeting paaaed in ims and sug geited that meeting be conducted according to thu plan or a mod iflcatlon of the rules to meet prea ant requirements he felt this would expedite buelneas the clark reported that no llab lllty insurance waa carried on the cemetery property it waa passed to the committee on town property for attention the need for eetabllahlng the pioneers cemetery under the ce metery board waa also to be dis cussed by thla committee council adjourned to go into committees and go over reports which were presented to council upon council resuming the re ports were discussed in committee of the whole and reeve tyler took the chair messrs f dawk ins and h ttlt- chle presented their requisition for the year which included 100 feet or hose without couplings a doten cotton rubber covered gloves- dox- en rubber milts 1 electric torches 3 canisters for masks 4 smoke masks 3 new tires for truck 4 pall rubber boots 1 complete first aid kit accounta were paaaed for pay ment as follows- munldpal world subscript ion tatoo rollers book shop s3 acton free press adv i14s bell telephone co eervlces 14 35 j b mackenxle i son coal lc 153 01 highway garage towing 100 thompson motors supplies hmos thos cutting labor ss00 j b adamaon clerk and bailiffs tees acton public utllltlei comm services elliott bros supplies guelph sand l oravel gravel orrle lamb fence posts heavy loss in farm fire saturday morning one of the roost dlaaatroua farm rirea in years waa the blase whleh on iseturday raarnlng dastroyed the fine barn on the farm of mayor harold cleave in oeorsjetowa it wma on of the largeat and finest hams in the district- cause of the fin is unknown it was first dis covered high la the atraw loft about oam lost in the are waa a team of horses several hssrt of pure brad itoleteln eattle and a pure brad holauin bull the tractor i farm tmplamenta tnrendlng mrfetrtg equipment coolers and all ate equipment of a madam dairy turn were la to the fire about lot bushale of gnu and th nay straw and lead were sjl gjaasftyij mr clesv and kla man war able to gat t six ttaod of the rise holatean hard tram the tkttldtag ths winter gale that was ragtag at the urn threatened sections eg georgetown with spriij of ths blase and the feet that the buua- log had a sisal reef wmnishtawv was a big factor in keeping ths fire from spsssdlgg oew csaarge- town loss is eaumatad at 040 0 which la partially covered by uv many friends throughout the county will regret to learn of this loss to mayor and mrs- cleeve he is wall known having not only asrved in georgetown municipal office but elso aa warden of halton county at the inaugural meeting of halton county oounill held at milton last tuesday wlllum vaneirkle campbellvllle and reeve of naaaagaweya towns i p was unanimously chosen warden for 1060 reeve vanalekle la about to ilea the bible following the oath of office administered by ills honor judge w n robinson kc who conducted the ceremony photo by rosa pearen district high school board first meeting officials and cwwmlhi njmetf townhip statm dtup- provil sf educarion coeje the new board of eleven mrm ber for the north halton high school district met in the inaug ural meeting in ullton iturt thurs day evening g a dills was cho sen chairman and r carbert vlce- chalrman far the yemr committee with the first named to act as chairman were as fol lows finance f w b fltzferald dr j b milne and a beaumont manaffpment n pickett w coon and w blehn transportation go brown john bell and f w b fitzgerald building w coon w schenk and r carbert attendance officers appointed were h warmlngton for muton c mason for acton and m ii mover for georgetown each to be paid 30 par tear purchase of an instructor pro jector for acton school waa author- lied permission was granted the tea chers to attend a conference of secondary schools on tuesday february sth it waa decided to hold regular nassagaweya reeve is 1950 warden of halton wm vantitbu la unanlmoua o 4 1 ckoic 1 inauaw ntious awidtmlt wrned ml appointment j mwu wr- cowity into v trk ccort of apoaal urood f or naw am aaaant hwvf of naaavagaweb tfivnthlp for ih past three year- and form rr councillor for 10 william van sickle of campbellvllle was un anlmoutly chosen warden of hat ion county for i960 at the in- nusural me tine of county coun cil he d at the county bulldtnic last tuesday afternoon the wardenelect was chos n unanimously when kenneth y dick treeve of milton was nomin ated but withdrew his name from th contest mr vantlckle wms nominated by reeves george cur- lie and w h blggar while mr dick waa named by ddputyrwe h d allen and reeve e w smith in withdrawing mr dick remark ed 1 wish to thank my burling ton friends for their nomination of me having only one years ex parlance on county council and many othey members have had more experience i feel that be fore a man allows his name to aland he ahould be one who should have considerably more experience than i conducting the installation cer emony and administering the oath of office judgv w n rohltuon k c declared that halton has bnd some distinguished wardens bv the service you have performed in your community and to the j countj m past years you well de- mrs s 11 lindsay of esquislnj townihip and her daughter mrv llnttir prior wrrr takrn to htm pital in oiiflph following un ac cldent on the blue spring itnr weat of art cm thrir car sktddrd on the icy road and went out of control rolled over and plunged into the water at the blue spring creek vthich crosses the road the wheels of the car skidded on a patch of icr and the vehicle swerved off the road rolled over and thrn plunged into the icy creek as the water started to flood the car mrs price was able to force open the car door and free herself but her mother who is eighty years olo was unable to move with the help of a passer bv will roberts rr 1 campbellvllle ho was first to reach the scene she was able to drag the elderly woman from the auto both women were treated by dr k b waller of rockwood for shock and exposure and mrs undsay was rushed to hospital in guelph the car was later towed from the creek provincial ccnstablc j a mcniven of milton investigated and estimated damage to the auto at between t3s0 and tsoo i nw scmeduu on passenoei trains helpful in some ways many residents v ill be gratified with some chsngrs in the time schedule changes which affrct ac ton the east bound train from london due here at fl 2j is now sv- allablf for patftrngrr to and from acton it li a vt rv convrni nt tlmr from ieondon and the west md also for ihimr hoing to montreal and toronto on the night runs it is now iroixiblr to uurr pullman ac ctimmodntion rlrht through from acton the trains that are moat missed in the schedule nductlon art th earlv morning train to tor onto and the sunday evrnlng train east and it li hoped thew can soon im restored acton loses first came to fergus 31 on tuesday locals are in second puc in rh group with a win a tie and a luwelborioa laj wm all tttrae oamot won rwua goalie waa almost unkoal- able in nat on tuaaday nlehl aside from a ten minute interval in the a cond mi tod v hen thi y stored their only goal arton ints- played poor r latlom to fngui thlitles on tursday night as the young fait travelling thlitles downed acton s 1 in the arena here in a scheduled oh a int r game howeter they did play the p r feci host obliging the visitors with thrlr poorest display of hockey this term they did all but turk goals in for them harold hnbson playing another sparkling game in the nets for the locals had little support in front of him thistles converged on him from every angle through a aleve- llke defense that looked woefully weak the pucks that did pass by him had labels on them about 100 fani who dropped in to witness the game dldnt have much lakeside chapter contrihutes to manv appeals lakeside chapter iode held their regular meeting in the legion hall with mrs orr regent in charge as this wai the final meet tng of the year the years oblgs tlons ert met ionations were made to the ieglon hall the scout hall the endow ment fund the british and fumpean relief fund the national film fund the sea man fund provincial represents tlve s fund the canadian hospitals and nurse s training work in india and the national ivare garden fund a county service la being plan ned to commemorate the soth an ntversary of thr imperial order of daughters of the fmpire mrs buchanan mrs on and mrs cul len were named a committee to arrange a church service in artnn for the same event mrs coon mrs helwlg and mrs ii in ton were named a nominating to cn about the acton club did committee and nominations were havr iu moments but they were received a quilt waa tied at the f bnd far between percy neath close of the business meeting lunch was served by the hostess group in the fergus nets was unbeatable on moat plays just fanning the once when leno mario golfed a puck over his shoulder after repeat ed attempts on the same play even with the thistles short- handed and they were often wftb inaugural meeting 84s70 a hvlsw authorising the bar rowing of money for the sewage sceount up to iimbm from bank of nova seotla was read sa required and paaaed hy council a safttten was paaaed that the mayor or reeve and ths treasurer h strdsorlsad to sign all cheques and vouchers an the above aeeount th division of the commissions on municipal insurane ss outlined a ths subuearjr submitted by the sanpeny was approved by coun- tll the treasurer was authorised by sootlon to sand notices to u49 tax delinquents and unless the amounts awing are paid by january atth to proceed with collection by dis tress a resolution was passed to pet ition the department of highways to request a grant on a road ex- pendlture for i04s for jtj481s- the requests of st johns amb ulance and th salvation army tor grants were refused in view of the fact that a grant was likely to be continued on poo plus meetings of the board on the fourth monday of each month with the serve- the honor bestowed upon next meeting in georgetown high s t counc 1 has a great obj school on january mrd i ligation to the people and you as principal marcellus received ap- rden have one greater i con- 2 prove for repairs to ping ponil uratulate you ami wlah you evir tablea and permission for students sueeasa hi n irtt to attend a matinee showing of hamlet more information wss requested on s program dock at an approximate coat of 460 records and books were approv ed on principal robblns rsquset the board passed a motion that all requisitions for equipment or supplies must be approved by ths ptmctaals before any iwrrhaaes af iu ss so 830 any anaaunt are mad permission was granted princip al lambert of georgetown school to purchase books to th value of tlas during th year cot o o brown submitted that the coats of education on ths tax payer in ksausstng wss ss or m psr cent it cost esquesing is mills on the tax rata for educations nurpnaas he ssld th township wss sssklng the advice of ths de- psrtment in their position it might be necessary for the town ship to withdraw from the district the sertary wss fautructsd to sscure figures on costs attendance etcfor the naxtmeetlng whan the matter could be discussed mr carbert said nassagaweya wss in th same position but coun cil had received no encouragement in the inquiries that had been made i success his honor concludvt seven new members wan in troduced to council the grmteet number in several years officials aald in some instances s complete- turnover in municipalities ac counted for the increase in sew fares the new members introduc ed by wawdaaalaet were deputy- leeve william mcleod acton reave john laemtwatt and bpoy- reaw edgar latohtbotli o nelson tessaehto rseva wuhew a marshall awd deputy baa ke-a- raeth sfacsanald both af george town deoutyraew dsjar laud- er oakvtllsn and deputyreev ken c holdsworth of milton accenting kb gown of ofqos and gavel from dark william deans warden elect vanslckl aald i appreciate ths honor yon gentleman have bestowed upon m i know that i will hav cooper ation from each one of you during the year i thank you all vary much considering the adoption of tha minutes reeve george currls urged that members ahould giva ths new members an opportunity of making a study or th proposed horn for the aged before- fur ther action be taken there is a fcontinusd on poo flue minot hockiy game scheduled fot akena saturday afternoon condition of ice prrmitting el mira bantam and midgets uill pla a double header game here saturday january 31st with the first game called at 1 p m the town league will begin friday ivenlng january 30th all boys from 13 to 18 desirous of playing hockey ahould be at the arena at 6 p m coroiit inquest bans tin details of trairic cas many or the sordid details in connection with the tragic dean t f margaret robertson daughter of mr and mrs george robertson arton uere paraded to the pubic at the coroners inquest hed in brampton last week aa is ususl in such cases the inquest finding were not very helpful in tettltng anythrhg in particular the police are to carry on further imeetlga tlon into the circumstances sur rounding the death of this young student evidence of two salesmen one from fergus and a brewery sales man of toronto wms given at the inquest and was headlined in the dally press it made aertsatlonsl reading and its news value waa of course secured because of lis un usual nature in the smaller com munltles our preaent admlnlstrs- tlon of liquor lawa and sales were as usual part of de caae cum- munlty rvmpath goes with those who hae been sinned against erin council i m t f4v e a nnly three men to five the acton names officials all im couldn t carry the puck paas the puck or shoot the blamed thing ike cose was a ball of fire and relief line of masters jordan i and somervtlle tried hard but loso reprassntstlve baqln th i tnry ro play the entire feme years work psss nacas- by themselves ssry bylswa morions fred kt ntnrr was brought up from the juniors to fill in wlih tht nrwl elected council of thi- couidn jack jr and stewart on tnshlp of frln look their seats right wing but he might as well a follows on jsnusry oth goldwln have ttayed home abed the cousin nurt reeve albert wheeler ivp act forgot stewsrt wss on the wing with them ignoring him scversl times when the red head was in a scoring position the chips they carried were certainly out of place in a game where the team la be hind whether provoked into it or not the big guns of the fergus stuck were curly mason flanked by the bolson brothers eglo and art they figured in all the fergus goals eglo bolron took s paas from brother art and went right in to light the lamp for the only goal of the first period with both sides at three men as the result of four roughing penalties a few momenta previous mason s former owen sound mercury pick ed up a loose puck and skirted johnnie ooy to fire no 3 past rob- bon early in tha second period mason notched his second gosl snd the thistles third from s fsce- off to the left of the acton net st 31 of the ssms period he got the draw and skated unmolested direct ly in front of robson shooting be fore ingle hsd a chance to move acton applied pressure in s game effort to us it up in ths lattar hsm of the sandwich session finally hit ting the target on marios goal at 14j0 ensuing plsys came cloae but neath a nauve of guelph by the way held the fort cloae checking kept acton off continued on pagt four uev reeve harold l griffin geo c wallace and j a swackhamcr councillors rev dr geo altken opened the council for the year with a script ure irsson and prayer tty laws were introduced and given the necesssry readings passed and numbered no 1 for the purnoae of deter mining the remuneration of coun- cll and officials no 3 for the purpose of appoint ing officials for 10so thr aame officials were appointed as isst year no 3 for the purnoae of borrow ing money by way of note or notes from the royal bank of canada hillsburg to provide for expend itures of the township during the year dylaw to provide for expendit ures on the roads and bridges of the township was numbered 4 resolutions were moved and passed as follows authorising the trresurer to chsrge the police village of hills burg wo and the poller village of orton ts as their share of the of ficial expenses for paying the erin fire brigade wo for aervicee rendered at mr davis fire lot 11 con 1 authorising the treaaurer to pay on requisition of the telephone commission from time to time an halton warden for lsq annual report shows varied activities of united church wa the regulsr monthly business meeting of the womans associat ion of the united church was held st the borne of mrs f clesve with s good attendance the newly el ected president mis wudatanln presided lira d lindsay and miss e hawthorne took tha devotions th annus reports showed ths association to be in a vary apian did financial condition donations had bssn made to the frsd victor home th sunday school and family who had lost their home by fir an electric rang had also been purchased during the year th association sent out 10s places of mall and boxes overseas and wad 1st calls two members had moved from town and two removed by death several utiles had at tended the hshoo preabytarul during ths year ths sympathy of the ladles goes out to mrs j raid in tha loss of her mother who was a vary faith ful member of th association amount sufficient to meet the nec essary elpenses for the operation election of officers of the system during the yesr i of st aibanrs wjl warden w vansicklb canadian gold sales to the usa now hav a s3 b0 per ouno ex change advantage that the council join the good roada associstlon and ths ontsrlo assodstlon of rursl munlclpstltlss snd sppolnted delegstes to sttend these conventions the clerk wss instructed to or der ten copies of the munldpsl world for the uss of council and officials that the rate of pay for man and team on township roads bs tee psr hour n that th collector collect all out standing taxes that ar collectible snd return ths balance according to statutes governing th ssms ths trsssursrs bond with ths the township garsg was in sured for km on buildmg and 10o0 on contents with th consol idated fir and casualty company accounts war paid aa follows general aeeount til sheep ae eount tzmh relief aeeount mtj charged to city of toronto road account umu1 council adjourned to meet again en monday february tth ibm at ii oclock am th right of canadas ciiarietad banks to issue banknote was can celled on january tha 1st 194b at annual meeting th w a of st albana church met at the rectory on thursday far thslr annual meeting rev w o luxton opened the meeting and presided for ths election of ths following officers president sin w denny vlceprea mrs a hol ms secretary mrs h jousy treasurer mrs j creassy doreea sacreury tin baylies as sistant mrs h holm uuratur sac mrs c nellea assistant mrs w luxton living asaesag mrs h joiuy ultl helpers seet mrs luxton assistant mrs h canadian surety company for volley and mrs denny helpful i1s6m was re sueeastlons were nude sw- th suggestions war mads tor th coming year and lunch was served by thai coming events csaeans as otker muml this ksadlag are saarsad steama j aa whs a sslalasssa charge euchre legion hall thursday january 98 admission ssc lunch served auspice lamas auxiliary