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ht jvrtjrit sttt fjfess seventysixth year no 36 n acton ontario thursday march 15th 1951 eight home print psoas six cents no increase in halton county rate county rate stays same as last years council the county tax rate for ibm ti expected to be the aame inst yar it waa announced by w j hlgglna chairman of the finance com tnltte during the regular aeaalon of halton county council tuaaday he aald ha hefted thla would asaist other municipalities who were striking their rate in the near future a tenth municipality will likely be added to halton county by mldaummer after all avenues of procedure had been completed by council it waa agreed the clerk william deani wu instructed to have a special cenaui taken of realdenta of bronte within certain boundaries to ascertain there are the proper number of persons in the area to con stitute an incorporated village the village mtut have 730 realfc tlenta and the petitioners are to ebenezer socfeties howe easter theme nay all necessary expenses involv ed in taking the census earlier this year a large petition m prr sented to council asking tp hae bronte incorporated council shelved a third rsdlng of a h ian authorising the county to enter into an agreement wllh the imperial oil ao council may inv stigate further all details in volved the oil companv is seeking to have permission gen ti mtall an oil pipe line under county reads it was explained the project is to lay the pln line from samla to toronto for purpose of speeding up dellver of discussion on how to petroleum products it is also said home u ith color cut offs uould be constructed at different points along the line to facilitate delivery to other centnm in the province the road com mittee will investigate further md district president visits acton wi the march meeting of the acton women s institute was held on thursday at the home of mrs w evans bower ave mn dav idson the president presided and con d acted the busi ncii including a motion to donate 10 00 to the halton musical fcstt vnl it was hoped to have several at tend the conference in limchousc the on thurda march 8th to hear a brighten the indies of ebeneser united church met in line church parlour for their march meeting mr a diamond the president hnd charge of the w a meeting after the bin in ess and worship period the ladies enjoyid a ahoit program consisting of rend in as by mm m anderson nnd mrs dun bar and r v mrs goortft robertson after the slnglnu of n j hymn the meeting iih turnid over to thi wms mrs georre thomnn presided for the w ms mectlnb mrs w earlv it nd thi scripture it scon nnd prnr weio of ft rid by mrs flina ensrrbrook and mrs hobt rts the eaitrr thank offi ring wn tnktn and in article titled ensur govt us thi bible was read b mrs moffulj thoroll call uot aiutu4irid with v tontnlning the word rlsin mrs thomni urv nbu presented the interestirtr highlight of the chapter from hi studs book the meeting closed with tinging of n hmn ond repenting thi mfz pah benediction the ladies gathered in small groups around the tables fnr n short isit u bile the lunch eommlttt t served refreshmtnts the nttendnnco leader called thi roll nnd members responded v ith an irish storv or poem the motto of the month hnbits at first are cobwebs instk cable report hack fo council at the next rtad bv mrs h park a read meeting members oi trafalgar m tntitled a pat on thi bock and nelson townships informed w fcvrn h mrs w d nn council similar agtemenfsu ere us hold hints uirr fcivm bv asked of their council mr f limls rt delightful pirt of th nut tint following a resolution frim trafalgar township council m ni brs asked the clerk to draft n b lfcw to govern and reguh e m or w rtcktrtg rards n the nuni reet joe wielcson informed mm brrs his council could do nothinc to govern an establishment if kird of business unless the ci nt approved a b law he sah his council uis interested to hic these types of vards propcrlv d gulscd as one had alrcid ben established in a building nca n the northern portion of the to n ship consldenable deltl ation council approved engaging to ct as temper vorwk j deceas m t the home for the aged j i im tn rnonthlv meitmg of tc remuneration is to be 100 per mi wtil w i i women s association of the united wmk wnile some members elt the lalarr was rsther high ohers maintained his daltr attentm to thf buhding and constructon could sae the county considerable m ount of moner wrtleh could be good insurance he is to iispect asesof the- eofiatruction and vv l he prt since of the dislru president mrs milton brow n of hornb who tnv t i mot hi lpful nd njov nble iddross on thf r ponsibilftv for good citi mvhip mtv pirks priiintil i uiz c n wm wiih tnt pri7t o i to ih u t mis brown sitikint of bit st b tlu tit tint binds t wed ihi nin tm w ith t th ti hilf h ur injimi ivtr the li t cups mrs f andi ron th nked the hnaktr ind also th hostess ind j1 tnip i i th month mayor e tyler to receive portrait from oil co this friday word vvos received this wtt k from thi public bi intions dip ut mint of the citus strvici oil co ltd that thi portrait of m imr tid tvhr would b pu ntud to him on rridi march lfi tomoi rovv i sinil ir portnits iri bt mj pn tnlid to thi mivors or rmis of 11 iiil tuuiii ind villiis f ituri n thi compinv s ridio projr im itnn wis chost n for t tu l tin bnvidcists in dtctmbir erin council named wj sponsors trip township officials for jurlor girs officers installed by charter member at th regular meeting of frin township council on march tith a by law appointing fence viewers poundkcept and live stock vahintors was passed the fence viewers are duncnri mcmillan chester burt joel b lentlr george dnvis geo c burt arthlif bownn j rhi mcfnt ry ond bobert a rowan first lint thi pound keepers nre robt a smith hi ctor plnknev morgan grnhnm ltulle jackson kenneth ih id dnvld bnrbnur david silw- nit hugh m biid imorris sinclair nnd wilbirt mcfci tht live stock valuator nre as follows ninth division clarence bivan wtsl divlilon enrl jessop soutlb division d b mckinnon fast division guidon jackson tin usor a mem o tfnintii nun id to nth nd a mettlng of iikki ssors at mount forest on mnrcli 2nth tin bond supt wns authorized to ndvirtise for tenders for the sup plvuig ciushing nnd dtliviring on tlu township ronds in 10 of 12 000 vards of gravil tit treasurer wnn inntiuctid to foiwnrd to the count v treasurtr a thftue for 20 the balance due on thi county uvy for ido tin erin advocntt s under to do the printing for tht ear for 142100 wnsacciptid thi contract includ id 1 tl lopus of votirs lists 300 topus of piocitdinis of council mm tx bills ndvtrtising nomlnn turns two instrtions advertising postink of vottrs lists two insi r i turns ind tin printing of thi com ph li minutes of countll in advo citi dilution of j0o0 u is m ldt to tlu s ilv ition armv t jin e duntin wis it fundi d 1 dm t nn t rror in isscssm nt ft i 110 1 he fillnw ing account were ndtr d piid gintril siiqs ri lif im l simp 11200 bonds jit 4 i hitvt gpldw m butt prtsidid it i tht muting- with ill tht council lors pitstnt tctpt councillor gnf fin ho vwis ill fourteen loilles nttendjd the march mesting of llmchouse w i nt the home of mrs james noble in llmthmise village after opening the meeting in the usual manner roll call was answered by naming a cablntt minister and his portfolio donntinns of 1100 to the halton munknt festival and 12 00 for books jtor the niurllmehouse wafer tank again in use afte mont repairs at 4lio regular session of acton public utllltlm commluion loat tuesday nlcht superintendent lambert reported that the water tank waa baek in aerulce after belna shut down for a month one imall leak waa detected in the new bottom of the tank and the hortnn steel co are to tend a man to make the neeeuary adjustment the inside of the tank waa r sand blasted and hlvtn two ccinto of pnipt the pointers are now work wbrny w re agreed upon 11 was mmac q nlso decided to sponsor the junior a letter from baxter la bora tor- its stated they were enntempjat- girls puijttt clubs trip to toronto during r aster vacation r ports win riven by convi pors of flowtr nnd fruit fund find the hall bonid curri nt vt nts wire pre pnnd antl glvt n by mrs sldnty kirkpntrick the motto shtnt tlu spot where you are was given by mrs nubli mrs s gisby orl venor of public relationihipi read tht rtcommendatlon oxthc hiil medical cooptrativt mhio odujcl nj is the building and i pupping of hospital in north hnltnn which would cope with emergency casts minor cases and convnlesclng mrs s kirkpntrick told the early historv of knox pr sby ttrlan church gtorgctown mrs frank brown read nrtlclti mtittcd pins tics and cultivate chnrm mrs e sanford rtud a clipping nbout rtcri i ion for crippled children squirt dancing in wheel chnirv afti r community singing mrs harold barbtr gave a pap r aht hnd pi i pan d on tlu topic school busi s ni i oss canada mrs wright tendered a vote of thanks to the host ss ufttr which thi national anthem closed tin nititing asummts at tin t i hnui v huh follow id win miss isntiel morirt ind mrs f bntkin isaac wafts life hymns knox topic the knnx prrsbytftpinn lndw s aid mil for the fbrunry mertlnd nn tuesday afti rnoon at thi txinn of mrs j jnny main si inn the ins allatfon of a sprinkler system in the factory this will iiocj tiltate the installation of a iepnrntt six inch main to mrvlcc the sprinkler system superintend ent j lambert was instrur d to view the situation and find out the l ins for th sorlnkli r byst m m sis h ntnns enuld h- t vj itnlllng thlr m perfect printing compliment loses force no advertising shortage mrwttadies honor i notable visitors and qiewothy evenisat 1 masonic meeting here mr- u illnm cochnne t char tir member of tht lakeside chap cr rode and now municipal the m meeting of alker rtgent in kitchcm r installed thi lodge a f and a m on mondav officers for 1051 at the march evening had several features of make dally reports to the arrhp ects in charye of ccvnstructlon i ws stated represents ti tea fnm other mimic pal ities who had rec- entlv lmetalled new sewage v5- tems all arreed their municipalit ies would have jeen mon v in pocket if her had encaged the erlce o competent inspe or of woritj a large number of commun a tins mere recelxed kn t cards u to charitable insti utioni tnu church was hcsld at tht hone of mrs hilton elliott on tufsdayr wih the president mrs j wilder- sp n presiding the devxu onal period w as taken bv mrs f cleavt the roll call was well re- spanded to bv the xi ord mercv i tlie ladies are still quit busv quiltmg there is one new mem ber mrs hifgins sxmpoihv is ex ended to the familv o the late mr wm ster n also to the familv of the lae m e j calduell a member for mt ers a siunce was observ id and bidc with me uas sung i her memorv s eal leti s and cards haj bten snt out during the month d g the elster season tie meetmc closed with praver mr euiott assisted br m recommendations as o he aas p matter uas left in the hands o jthr finance eommrtee 1 1 mke unusunl interest to masonic breth rcn of acton and district mem bers of st clair lodge milton vis- i ed the lodge in goodly number and conducted the degree work of the evening r w bro george daw son d d g m of hamilton district a was also a distinguished visitor of the evening ot manv masons can acclaim a half century of masonic mem bership and on mondav night bro james chalmers of acton joined that small group and walker lodge presented him with th jewel distinguishing to masonic brethrt n of fifty years and over the presentation u as made b- uor bro w j bearty with he wish that he will be spared many more ears to attend masonic mee ings and fraternize v 1th his brethren an extnvigarrt advertising eanv pugn is bung cirrud out by the 1irst tndmg co ltd of mon- rnl with price lists stnt out as indlscrimmatily nnd as generously is lettt rs ind blotters at election timi at first wo were pleased to see i utter in our box addressed to the perfect printing co but when three others all duplicate iollowed the first compliment war f anderson prtsidid the devo imnnl period wos taken by mrs d mclcllan and mrs robert o hirn the convenors of thi travi lling bnskits of 100 win ask d to carry on with this proji ct this yior nnd an soon as possible it was also decided that tht four groups of inst vtnr enrry on with a pornibte change of ont ii nvtnor for thi t nsuing ytur a musical number tnk timi to bi holy was nnderid ly fimr indiis mrs w hull mrs ft l davidson mis m hall nnd mrs f anderson nccompnnif d by mrs a smith mrs ii h armstronu contnbuti il in intiristinj tir nf th lif ind fitvoirit hvmns if mr isini 1 watts concludim with tin in mn i whin i survey thi wnndrou ross mint hv tin im up mrs o hai i ndut lid n int r stini ijiiiy i ntst with mis gi jsomirvilli winning lif i v ird tin mi tnih ntludid with iht i ord s primr in unisr n a delightful s ii il timi w is i n jovi il whi n thi irii ip f thi mi nth i mrs v mill rnnvinor mrs i s wilds mrs ohin mrs f andi r ion tnd mrs f mcdowell servid refreshni nts an invitition v is i t ntii d ti mi 1 1 next timi it tin h imi of mrs itobi rt parker somewhat dimmed another let ter was addressed to g a dllla j third to the paper ond a fourth to enterprise news evidently we received two of the letters through default of enterprise news ind perfect printing co we certainly receive a great deal of maileach week that we don t bother to read beyond thi first line but four letters exactly the same proved rather tiresome although the long thin envelopes made the day s moil look especially important the report of tht ontario lual h dept on the water supply wan tabled thi re arc 2 parts pi r million gaun of chlorine oing used nnd the dept of heilmi rec ommended the continued u of chlorine the samples taken were nil al water the secretary was instructed to make inquiries from varlou ag ints on the cost of insuring the hydro truck a jetter from the ifepc urg ed a check of all facilities avall- iblr for s rvicing customers so thnt factories would not be held up in production for 1 ick of pow- i r supplies sicreory 1 mrcmchie wat in struct d to procure prices on fire t xtlng ushi rs for the various biilldinks opirittd by the com mis ion mr if pilmer was pres n ti discus with the corntnissioi the- i h in m idi for thnwing hii v if r j 0 ls wint r aft romc dis i l wa1 tu ridi d to jfvc g 3 r n thf 4 thiw i i is mi d to h t qu tim on id of the shut ofr the on jrrt d h obituary thi pte k robertson wounded in korea word was received from ot taw a on march 6th that private keith robertson r r 1 camp bellville has been wounded in korea on february 24 his imur ies wi re defined a shoulder u ounds and amounts designated to ha d fe- ent organizations on recotninendatior of reev mrs hams mrs frve- rt mrs poole served i lunch o assorted sand iches and cookie and a social ume a5 nent a ir wtjliair mashalt chairman of he rinse o ne busness met- g aetver committee conirf ap- w o proied nm the un o- e for hfj hom anj unch ootimmre em m0f foarr roirrr ttee acton y leaders praised for service at last board of directors meeting i m leadenv of vounc peoples activ itiea a he y i ere praised by the board of directors at their reg- ular meeting an monday for then- j important service to the acton bots and giris those leaders m eluded kee alien and charlie kinjhtull mentors of cjub sateen oaiset uccarreh and itma thor peon goh handicraft leaderv sc dor clov bot handicrafts lead er fred hill and ron colemax model aircraf cluby vades ad also the executive of the trp e t for ther pfeverace gem program attendance was vported below average doe to the fl j prevaent dirjrg the la month and that preparations for the demonstration at the arena jt ma wee now underway jn eam- es i a weu attended metnl of the lad as aualiarr oo honda v a date was set for their first set ice esrure which may feai e usassal and interesting anct on date was se for the annual teetng of the ymca and ow cal csmwiisn yalca centen al cv ebrauons will be ptsen ed or the same proarant aa out- rtandig main speaker has been approached to highlight hj im nortani double feattire erent me ting held in the letgion rooms on tuesdav ev ening march 13th she ekproksed her pleasure at be ing able to a tend and mentioned she had followed the work of the chapter closelv through the vears i mrs george musselle thanked i mrs cochrane for her visit and presentcd her with a beauiful bouquet of spring flowers mrs george somen lllc express ed the chapters sincere thanks to m orr pist regen for her leadership as regent the past two mars and presented her with 3 beautiful bouquet of flowers mrs 0t said she appreciated verv much he support of the executive and members during her terms of of ice the new regent mrs j h cre ghton ook the chair and the rls nes meet ng was conducted the minutes of the februar ief ng and tht annual meeting w ere cad and adopted corres pondence w as read bv mrs c brodle and the treasurers repo1 uas gven bv miss jean hams ojrtandmg accounts were ordered paid a leter was received from mr u h clavton thanking the mero bers for the gjt he was sen q aud ng the chapter books at v notion was passed authonri the ne reent d treuurert arthur s uafi anv ebeques or diieumrnl sjt lew member ere nel comed into the chaper x the provincial convention i to r h wai home for two weak he hai inort and be held in hamuton in apnl and nnuto nt the ust meeting were pjan are to be made for an nm hc bul treairri re w rt aa fiven by ur jack lam william srerritr dies on march 4 after an illness of about two years william james sterritt passed away m gueipfcoerrj bo saturday mnrnlnr the hospital on marchjth although fwd j mr stcrnt trained as a station thirtunth powi r bi 1 for lit ir wls pnsented o the commumon this report shows surplus of m2s083 is actons shin of th prnfiu of the hep c this u a gam of ipproximately ildocorapartd utitha year ago it was reported to the commis sion that superintendent mason was in hospital the necemry forms are to be filled in and for warded mr k mcphail is car rvlng on during mr mason ab sence arrangements were made to mee the representative of the school agent his occupation for most of his life was farming born in 1688 in arthur township mr sterritt was married in brampton in 1019 in 1039 he movetl tor r 1 acton where he has lived since then funeral service for the lae vr stcrntt was held on march 6 with the rev e a currey in charge pallbearers were four neighbors messrs cecil nelles orwell john ston john mceachem and alex ross and two nephews robert topham and john sterriu inter head and i ment was made in brampton ce- the army metery i authorities stated that he wai in i mr sterritt leaves his wife the mrs r mcfcaftnur he hos tokyo former mildred macllwain and the next ord his parents mr three children robert clifford and mrs john robertson hsd xasland william five brothers albert a letter from a lady in tokyo malcolm robert tavld and rjch- tating she was the wife of a cnief ord and one sister mrs w top hostess to wms the study book under the leadership of mrs bert mowat as listed bv mrs d selwood and mrs g a dills was especially interest ing at the regular meeting of th wms of the united church held the home of mrs robert mac last tuesday the president miss m z bennett was in charge of the meeting owing to the absence of the sec- ham have to be moved as it crosses the site of the addition to tho puhle school it was brought to the attention of the commisilon certain contlim- ers w supplying lights an j wa ter to trailers parked beside their buildings as this h contrary tc both hydro and water regulations this practice will hav to be dis continued a ruling of the he pc wjm re ceived dealing with two family residences anv house which has two facilities for preparing meals must be charged at the two f-nn- lv rote mr f somervllle tendered ms resignation as s member of the waterworks department applications were received frtr he position of helper on the wa terworks dept it was decided o hold these over and advertise tvmrtwl rm put fttel canadian official had visited him in hospital and that he wu not too seriously wounded telling them not to worry she added be would write as soon mm possible private robertson joined the 2nd battalion of the princess patricias light infantry in toronto in aug ust training at wain w right alber ta and then fort lewis he had maybe hockey should just be igstor what followed will per hsp his las leave in october when he j played for the enjoyment of the slant the sympathy acton readers not for whining but would have for the lost cause ce hockey fan turns detective to trace halton countys harris trophy to acton members desiring to ot for w warttsuj spent christmas day his mst idently about fourteen or fifteen birthday there years ago there was a halton headquarters asked that the gim rb votions re taken b p j attended public i county hockey league which play ood parcels to britain be increas ed and t was decided to adopt two c- hee elderl- couples to whom pace would be sen during -ea- the meetnf was- bcuifh o a o and an extremely tj g k the bugg nsvile lpl sac r- was presetcd bv a rrcup of tfben games wee enoved and a v v bfe jnch was served mrs e a currey during the meeting plans w ere made for a thankof ferine meeting school in nasaagsweya ad then milton high school for three years he was in the etnplot of the think that the award was last seen in acton probably hid behind a slouch hat gad son glasses welt just about that time aetan to be held in apnl mr selooct inteniatlofial viwl sljj bury he haa one slater lira the book conenar contacted mem b regarding the wus lltera jre read during the month 4 pleaiani social period followed itn refreahrnenta sered by the hosieca sin ucarthur aaaitted br jllrt mmil un dil and mrs c-tl- ed each season for tha harris tro phy the aouire of this inform ation waa a burlington man who waa winning quit a faw hocky would uke to see the county league trophic and apparently thu on revived and in tracking dovn its happened to gh misl previous organization dlaeovmd giving th inquiring gentlama that the famed trophy for which the benefit of th doubt it la the teams played is mining wo quit likely w have tit trophy the korean war la brought mich one he asked cojild tlt hhnwm w pan orrhlg query vouu any more vivid with thla news that a i it was on who has any idea where fh halton saldier has been bounded i all thla so far la innocent hani trophy as pleas contact in the fighting enough on the par of the invest the free presa office one clare pembleton guelph and a brother paul attending stilton high school