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i eight home print psgfesslu cents acton ontario thursay january 18th 1951 comm iockwoowom for civil defense in juheolin atptomt in 1v4vsm6 fo damages two sides to the flctubt of the triple t club hay ride and dance held last friday evening are shown above chilly but lively was the ride on the hay racks while hot- chocolate dough nuts and cake later proved conductive to leisurely dancing and chaping in the newly finished lounge in the y signing as they enter the y lower arc betty lawson acton ron riley guelph helen somerville acton- dix simpson fergus- jack graham georgetown and lorraine blakestone torpnto picking up-re- freshments at the tabfe set u in the lounge are jacqueline chev tarolyn oakes and bob cunningham followed by three out-of- town guests p free press jvio award school cont work starts in spring tenders were awarded and work is scheduled to start as soon as the frost is out of the ground and building conditions are suitable on actons new public school building total amount of the tenders awarded including the architects fees is 193013 93 this amount does not include furnishings anti mom but the building heating plumb ing and electric wiring at the meeting on saurday af ternoonjiuthc- school all the poard a ccntralcivil defense commit- ler has iweii set- up in ac ml fol lowing 11 meeting of council and representatives from various or ganizations in the town hatl inst friday evening the first mcetiftg of the committee liself was he hi on monday evening lijthcpntv tt tlitles office at friday evenings tneotlng mayor tyler read to council and about ajjiien uthewti letter from the piovinciat secretary of elvil fense books on defense whleh had been ordered were distributed touitvse presetttt it was mtivttl by clarence rogn- vnldsmiond seconded by pill den- ny that ted tyler be chairman f actons civil defense committee jack meceachle is its secretary with the motion made by jar greer juul secondttluyaififxver all were in favor of a committee of five appointed ns the council for civil defense to act with chalrmnu tyler the members of this com mittee are mrs a orr miss alice- mccallum charles worn tilll denny and johnny goy under this central committee different branches of civil defense will operate aftrr it was moved by jack greernnd seconded by lome wieck that this committee till out a questionnaire which had been received on the facilities of the town the meeting adjourned sections of the questionnaire on specific fire and police facilities were filled out by these separate departments and the remainder of the questions were answeredat- the meeting of the central civil defense -committee- on- monday evening by- the council these questions dealt v th the facilities the town would have in the event of emergency thelmildings in town which could be speedily converted into hospit als or shelters were listed along with other information on supplies organisation into section chiefs and subsection chiefs was- roughly planned the committee hopes u- have a speaker in the near future who would assist in organization in the supreme court jury tie itonr which opened this week in guelph five women and pne man i hockwtmkl were awarded da mages totalling 1231330 for in juries received in a lius accident which occurred on january mh ifmb a heavy groy coach lan es bus failed to jirjfnlinh curve south of itockwood went into n 3 foot ditch crashed through n fence and cndd up in a farmers field while ninsf of the passengers were not severely injured two of the winner suffered broken backs j theluy admitted hnhil- seven car smash blamed on ice rain member were present and mayor k tyler ami reeve j hargrave the architects messrs murton and cvarut of hamilton and inspector l- l sktice there wen four bttbufor the gen eral building contract and messrs j b mackenzie and son of acton wen the successful bidders at- 143700 other bids were received froma battaglia guelph thomas gordon and sonacjon jones and van gils acton the contract for the plumbing heating and ventilating wen to sanitary plumbing and heating of fergus for 29 000 oher bivii for the work were from bilton and perry acton goodrattv bros hamilton kieswvtter plumbing nd b murftn ge kitchener a georgetown g mucker the electric wir contract a s9 390m other bids uvre rvr kjs etevtric guelph b f mur fin george own and schult- flee trie georgetown avhtevts fees or the rk art est mated a stilc bmng n total of the uh- bjchrg t tlmohi whch we wthr the e1vtes iv st albans wa meets at rectory the irnl mevtin of st albars w a for thr election of officer was held at the rectory with the presi dent mrs denny presiding open ing prayer wire read by the rev v g tuton all officers were returned by acclamauon as fol lows rresiovnt mrs w denny r vice president mrs h t jlolmes sec rrtary mrs h jolley irvasurer mri j crvosey dorcas convenor mrs baytiss assistant mrs h f holmes educational sec mrs w g luxton laving message sc mrs h jolley mr luxton served i dainty lunch after which the meptins was acton woman hurt in collision in guelph last monday afternoon mrs evelyn attken of rr 3 acton suffered cuts when a car driven by her husband calvin ait kin collided hwdon with a true- tortrailer oi ontario st guelph en monday afternoon mrs aitkens head struck the front windshield of the car after the crash and she wite treated by or u h leggatt the police r- ported that the attken car was pcr- cctsiing west onottario st when it and an east bound truck attempt ed to pass between two parked vehicles on both sides of the street both drivers applied their brakes when they realized they were hot goinj to make it due to the slippery condition of the roads the collision occurred rumage to the front- of mr ait kens ear was estimated about 250 the heavy truck was only damag ed to the extent of an osjimated 10 uftii the areldenl and the jury j yelnc ascrrtaiiuilthe amount df damag v- that should be nwardctf tin iilaintiffs mrs may fletcher spent four months in hospital following tho accident and still wears n steel bmce she wis iiwardedlvooo her husbjind 3jls2fl3furmilul4ckel expettsesi both mrs ida lark and miss isa bel nightingale were off work for ten weeks as a result nfthilr n- iuries after the ncrldrrtrr mrs clark was awarded flftflv and miss nightincnjc 0 their father was awnrdeiklfctaso for specific damag es mrs margaret wilson was un able to return to- work for seven weeks she was awarded uu and her father 12730 for out of pocket expenses another woman hurt miss edna ewers wore first n east and then n steel brace and was off work for 2t weeks tho sum of 1500 was awarded her for pain and suffering and her father was awarded 421 15 in damages obituary- last member of acton family dies last surviving member of the family of the late w ii storey mrs jennie- dryden passdawnv at flint mich at the home of her son arthur on tuesday january 0 j i mrs dryden had resided in acton j lor many years biit i year or so j ago went to guelph and resided there until recently born in acton jennie storey spent her early years here she was a daughter of the late mr and mrs w h storey her father was the founder of the storey glove co nnd the first reeve of acton after her marriage to dr james robert dryden they resided in flint mich until the death of her husband three sons remain t to revere the memoryof a loving and devoted mother- arthur of flint mich gordon of scarsdale ny and norman of gait ont many friends in this home community and former residents of acton ex tend sympathy in their bereave ment mrs dryden was a member of playground equipment for the j the united church hero and took park was discussed but on account a keen interest in church and com- of the high cost of such mneriav it munity jif fairs during her resl- wa shelved for the time being dence here she was a member of nomination- of officerswaa the duke of devonshire chapter high costs slow playground plans the duke of devonshire chapter 1 ode met for its january meet ing at mrs j symons on tuesday january 16 at b pm letters of thanks were read from the canad ian mothercraft society the salvat ion army the mission for sailor on inland waters the- scouts organ ization acton and the free library board acton for donations sent in december a letter of congratulation was sent to miss esther taylor the frst woman to be elected to the munic ipal council ducted the nominating convenors ire mr schroedor and mrs h mainprise mrs k randall favor ed the members with two beautiful olo mrs gowdv accompanied her mis bennett moved a vote of appreciation and thanks to mrs handel and mrs dowdy the ro isi for the evening were miss p smith mrs- f coles miss walla re anj mrs young damage is infilled at an estimat ed mwr following an accident on no 7 highway just east of acton sluirtly before fl pm sunday by the time the police arrived alto gether six ears hod become involv ed in the tangle on the roadwny arid ditch and another joined these while the provincial police were investigating luckily no one was injured seriously freezing ruin and icy roads were blamed for the succeeding crashes on tho way into acton three i model a ford n truck md then irtltttman were proceed ing into- acton the trurk passed the ford the hillman went icpons but nosed in again meantime the driver of the pnrd hnd stnppedto get bin windshield defroster work ing and the hillmatc unable to see the car until it was right by it crashed into the back of the ford although the larger car was not damaged the front of the hillmnn was smashed in the drivers of these cars rccon- noltered at the scene of the ac cident nnd phoned the police from the nearest farm house the driver of a mercury travel ling towards toronto was unable to see far ducmathc drizzle braked suddenly on the tee and plowed ijose down into the ditch the car was not damaged shortly lifter this a dodge driven by john bosllac of welland tried to slow down when it approached the other three cars but skidded slid into the back of the little hillman shooting it on estimated 75 feet diagonally acrossthe rond where it rammed the side of the previous ly unhurt mercury in the ditch the front of the dodge was smash- u another englishtype car pro ceeding towards acton was unable to see in tho rain and hit the back vf the podge as it stopped no serious damage was done to this fifth car the next car involved wns driv en by james guest of guelph when he saw the cars apparently helterskelter on the rood he sweryed to avoid them and turned right over in the ditch with his four wheels in the air this- car carried seven passengers two girls two boys and three adults mirac ulously all seven were pulled out of the car unhurt the provincial police hnd orrived and were sorting out the tangle when another car joined the group driven by an airforcemnn seventh car passed the others and then hit the hillman broad side the drivers involved in the pro gressive smashup were james guest 42 mill st guelph john franklin salem jomes butcher of n guelph stanislaus bolton elorn john bosilac wellond and wilfred carpenter- weston for the first time in the annals of municipal affairs of halloo county a father swore in his son as warden of the county wil- liam i dick kc and former crpwn attorney for 44 years ad ministered the oath of office to his son kenneth a veteran of- the second world war who was chosen warden over howard litchfield reeve of oakvillo for 1951 the photograph shows mr dick sr while he administered the oath to his son ross pea ren spectator photo former crown attorney installs s as warden a popular young ikiirister- and hceve til milton kenneth y dick was on tursdachnkeirwindetv jit hiilloir cmihly overnccve litchfield of oakville at hie inaugural meeting of haltou county coun cil mr dick was elect id to uu jiighest municipal office in the county after heeve william g marshall georgetown withdrew from the con test lleovo marshall in asking his name to be withdrawn informed members it was sixteen years since georgetown had the honor of war- v ill this cnimh i d nol think iw deuship after one georgetown of this council full justi declared thanking members for mentioning new years theme of w i meeting arm crushed in baler acton man has tourniquet applied r jueuh hostitat iode tho fumral wms htul inst frlfjny ftenwon with service nt the e f mclntyro funeral home guelph i iist thursday afternoon jnn the service was- conducted by rev joseph henderson of nnssaknweyn mcmillan of st andrews presby- w rushed to st josephs hospital tenan church guelph interment guelph suffcrinc from a badly was in woodlnwn cemetery in rushed left arm mr henderson guelph was balinu hay with his father mr the pallbearers were messrs j j henderson and several others niekhn guelph chas e s-l- w his arm became cnucht in the t acton rotarians told of importance of trucking industry at last meeting wovkl toronto george drvden kriimosi township barne dryden framosa township r r arnold yltf i m p rta n ce of the trucking indistr in canada was shown to many acton business men when mr js goodman general mana ger of the automotive association loke at the weekly luncheon of acton rotary club on tuesday evening mr goodman is also a director of several other associa tions connected with rriotor trael and well versed on the subject altar society holds supper thursday the altar society of st jiwphs church culminated the years act ivities with a turkey supper las thursday evening in the church hall bey father morgan acted as by mr goodman proved the im portance of the service rendered by the trucking industry mayor tyler introduced the speaker and thanks of the club were extended by johnny goy mr stan hall m pp for halton was also a gueit at this meeting u well of particular interest was the as memben of the y men club slory mr goodman told of the part and local mmbtn of the associ- this association has a member ship of 130 and 581000 trucks are r gistered hls a group of many operators some with only a single ruck and others wijh a fleet o j vehicles iht- railway strike was called cvhxis essential to canadians were kept moving and the national life was not paralysed as had been pre dicted before the strike was cajled the trucking industry is a vital part of our transportation- system chairnian of tne g paymg its way and contributing j xui speaker mrs wm well u highways m hcente fees r gou described most vivltilv her and taxes the statistics presented j rccl trip m europ and visit to i rome during holy year- she was thanked on behalf of the members by father morgan and mrs wc marchment president of the soc- j iety mrs e heffeman gave a i iading my new year prayer at i the close of the evening member drew numbers and exchanged rifts machine he was suffering from loss of blimd upon admittance into the hipital and a tourniqilet was rtp- pliei immediately mr henderson has been resting comfortably since the accident hospital authorities report that his irm has been saved the januar meeing if the ac ton womens institute was held at the home of mrs f ilnnter the president mrs r u w davldsoji presided and gave a new years message to open the meet inif the- roll call was rtmswered by naming a citizen i admire and why the home economics tips wort this jkven by mrs earl lambert on the value of a blackboard inyour- kitchen the historical research on the origin of the name canada was gjven by mrs george lant and mrs i holloway read a nvv years greeting and a f favorite was read by mrs h park the value of a smile the motto be not simply good be good for something- wns given by mrs fred anderson and a story on new years resolutions was rend by mrs wilderspln during he business neriud ij was decided lo make an applique quilt with mrs wilderspin and 1 mrs lambert tht committee to miike the necessary plans the serretary gave the nport of the nine christmas parcels sent to actonians in hospital sanitorium and brampton home at thi- holiday seain members offered thel- homes for social evenings during ihr month a contest was enjoy ed at the conclusion of the meet ing with mrs wilderapin receiving the award the singing of work for thi- night is ciimlng brought the nnttirlg to a close and rip enjoyv able social time over the tea ci was had bv all flame black smoke streak across sky to bring thoughts of bombs attacks some forty radios enjoyed the its perhaps well that not many acton lks witnessed the flame ilreafcing across the skylinefollow ed by a pillar of dense black smoke lost friday evening isx out of the duwnown ftection to those whc oid seeit there werj visions cf bombs and strange weapon the flaming midair phenomena was caused when hydro work- closed with prayer by the rector the trucking industry played when tion bounteous supper of turkey and all men were anchoring a lighting ser- the trimmlntfl i vice pole and two wires of a ser- vice came in contact burned ihr insulalion- off the wire in a flash nnd dropped the lines to the ground whn they were extinguished hy dro men working oon severed the wires and avoided any danger to pedestrians or motorists the service being done was on willow street from trie houre on the west side to a power line dir ectly opftosite there was no li terruptlon of service in any part of tovn ldgtve the nffiee of wanlenship lie his name for t ha t office f mr dicjt was nominated by reeve h d allen burlington and kdgar ellentun nnssagaweya jjlr marshall by depttty reeve ken macdonald georgetown and geo cifrrie esqucslng howard litch field by reeve george thorpe nel son and deputy reeve charles pal mer nelson the recorded vole was 14 to 11 in favour of mr dick as the 1051 warden clerk william dean was in charge of the meeting until the new warden was duly sworn iff never before in the history of the county has a father sworn in a son to wardenshlp but on tues- doy former crown attorney w i dick kc administered the oath of office to his son kenneth follow ing the etedlftn almost at a loss for words mr dick sr spoke briefly you have today reached the highest munici pal office in the county of halton j congratulate you for attaining this high position and members of the 1051 council i now present lo you your new warden he said reeve litchfield congratulated the new warden and promised hla fullest cooperqtion throughout the year in his inaugural address warden dick said he hoped council would labour together nnd accomplish mahy things during the year he mentioned two accomplishments council would have to make in- eluding the completion rf the new equalized ossessment pnogram he further suggested that if it were necessary he would approve they coimty hiring help to aid puinicl- palities to complete their surveys so the figures could bensed for the equalized assessment which would be considered in june outlining progress mndemn the construction of the new home for the aged hefelt a fairly large committee should be chosen to con sider nil phas of work involved he estimated the home would be completed in eleven months and felt a settlement should be made with peel county in connection with the present jointly owned home between peel and hoi ton counties following a lengthy sessjon of the striking committee a brief business session concluded the meeting several appointment were made including reeve edgar ell en ton naasagaweya and deputy reeve c palmer to the board of management of the halton com munity centre warden dick and continued on poo fire i