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t y seventysixth year no 46 acton ontafclo thursday may 24th 1951 ten home print pages six cents will 0 k grant for mill st paving n milton georgetownmove would put acton in cold another proposal in the form of a motion won advanced on man day night in the effort to consolidate high school facilities in north hn ton this proposal which was not voted upon would put a school in milton tind georgetown and lenvc acton out in the cold it was decided to hold a meeting at stewnrttown hall on tuesday evening may 20th to discuss tiic matter as it was 1j30 when the resolution was introduced and all a creed that it wan too late to entertain such a subject thjollojiiujj wiw the rooijont moved by j bell and seconded by n u pickett that the idea of a tin file central school for this dis trict be abandoned and that action be undertaken immediately to build a new school at georgetown to serve the northern port of the district and at the same time to make improvements to tho milton school so that it may properl aorvo til sou thorn portion of the district the action taken should be aimed at providing accommoda tion for approximately 350 to- boo pupils in the new school and should provide gymnasium facilities at milton there was some discussion vhcn inquiry was made what was pro- jwisod to be done with acton pupils these and other details it was pro posed to discuss at the meeting on may 20th in enqueuing township hull stewnrttown the secretary reported thnt georgetown council had appealed the levy for high school purposes in the district and the mnttcr had been forwarded to the municipal board for their decision it was also reported that negot iations for purchase of nddltlonnl land at milton had failed since the owner did not desire to sell a letter from burllnglon hich school- boardryiffirmed the pos ition they had token inst term they were willing to pny for tuition of nelson township pupils for the spring term of 1050 but refused to pny for the fnll term since no au thorization hnd been granted for the pupils to attend the milton school the secretary was instructed to write the burlington board poln- inr out the amendments to the net since 1mb if no settlement wns made before the end of june the secretary wns to take legal steps to collect the amount owing bob rumley and lono brnldo who hnve been attending school in guelph asked the board to recon sider the question of paying their fees the pnst yenr both students hnd conferred with the board in september and permission hnd not been granted owing to the fnct thnt the subjects required by thv pupils were available in the dist rict tho bonrd felt thnt the fees could not be levied ngnlnst north hnlton nnd the secretary wns in structed to so advise the students accounts amounting to 1014061 were passed for payment after re- ceivlng approval of the finnnce committee resignations of three members of the milton high school stuff were accepted with regret miss e c carson has accepted n position on the pictnn school staff and miss e m lay cock will become u member of bowmnnvillc school staff mr r c calhoun resigned to go to eng land the secretary was instructed to take the necessary steps to fill the vacancies teachers salaries and schedule wen- also adjusted and the mux- continued on page ten decision changed at case appeal john winters of acton who opened the door of his parked enr throwing rod ryder under the whoolc of a gray conoh biifi in acton on september 7 1010 was held fully to blnme for the nccid ent by trip ontario appeal court the accident happened when rod ryder wns riding his bicycle from work on n wet september evening the appeal court- decision upset n finding by n jury under mr justice king the jury found grny conch lines ltd wns 00 per cent negligent the appeal court freed the bus line of nil blnme for the accident mrs betty ryder and her three children madeline aged 8 bryan 5 years nnd roderick jr 3 years old nil of acton were awarded 34000 dnmages the appeal court ruled winters must pny the full amount nnd not merely the 10 per cent as assessed by the jury the appeal court found no ev idence from which nny honest jury acting in a judicial manner could find any cnsunl connection whntsoever between the death of rod ryder and nny act or ommis- sion on the part of the bus driver george beaumont messrs justices laidlnw hogg nnd gibson found that if winter had not opened the door there would have been no accident nnd ruled he was the sole nnd direct cause of the accident after allowing the appeal of grny coach lines and dismissing the action ngainst the bus comp any the court ruled there should be judgment in fnvor of the plain tiff ngainst the defendant john winters for the respective amounts as assessed by the jury together with costs of the action ys mens club entertain ladies at cutten field steak dinner and movies cuten fields golf club wns the scene of the regular meeting of acton ys mens club held on thursday may 10th nt 630 pm president g w mckenzie presid ed the ladies auxiliary were ent ertained nt a delightful- steak din ner nnd afterwards nt a movie while the club held the business portion of their meeting mrs c l cook made an excellent fines mistress for 4he fines period mrs c l klrkness thanked the club on behalf of the members of the auxiliary for the lovely even ing mr wm denny past president of the ys mens club was present ed with a past presidents pin by president g w mckenzie plans were made for the monster auction side to be held soon plane shot at in milton area passenger gets shoulder wound on a low level flight over the summer resort area of cedar springs nine miles from milton what provincial police believe to be an overanxious groundhog hun ter took a shot nt u plane in the cockpit of the harvard aircraft fly- infi at about 300 feet the bullet whizzed past the neck of thomas lowe of hamilton legal adviser to reserve squadron 424 and former rcaf navigator police scoured the area unsuc cessfully provincial constable j bradley of milton 4id li- might possibly have been u 22 bullet fir ed by a motorist npt a resident who had got out a of his car to shoot groundhogs and thai at the plane then drove away lowe who instructed the pilot to continue with the flight suffered cuts to his left shoulder when the bullet pierced the plexiglass to his left and sped out to his right pc bradley and other officer continued the search neither man saw anything on the ground to make them suspicious lowe wns in the roar cockpit the cpnstable said he was bending over to look at a navigational mop in the cock pit when the bullet whizzed pnst his neck 1 heard it hit but i didnt think it was a shot lowe said i look ed around and saw blood on my shirt i didnt know whether i had been hit or not at first replace services prior to paving mr wm mcleod wan present at the public utilities commission tuesdny evening he requested the discontinuance of one water service to- his apartment block on mill st he also notified the corp mission that there was only one family liv ing in his house on main st south there are two services to this building but the upper apartment is not being rented one service is nil he will be charged with ns soon ns the wiring is changed over mr fred mccutchcon wns pre sent to request information on the hydro service to his new house on arthur street he also requested thnt pole be moved from in front of hi- property the commissionmj agreed to survey the district tho council requested- -that- tho- commlssion mnkc arrangements for continuing the wnter rrinin on main st north to the new well this in sinuation is left for direction of the waterworks superitendent j lam bert superintendent lambert reported that the hydrant nnd shutoff valve had been installed atthe corner of agnes and main st plans nre be ing formulated for the installation of a water service to the new continued on page five graham guild of rock wood as on of the 200 graduates at the ryerson institute of- tech nology mr guild graduated from the schoolofmechanical and industrial techngogy and goes to a position nrt london ont horticulture theme nassagaweya wi horticulture was the theme for the mny meeting of nnssagnweya wi the roll call was answered by members exchanging plants seeds etc money made from euchre and bridge parties is to be used to buy flatware for the township hall final arrangements were mndc for delcgntcs to the district annual at trafalgar on may 22nd anyone wbo washes to attend the 50 year county celebration nt mil ton should obtain their tickets from the secretary before june 10th mrs f rinehnrt gave the interest ing highlights in her report of the guelph conference mrs a pndbury mrs m mahon mrs l campbell mrs bud frnscr nnd mrs m moffnt were appointed j costs on to make plans for an amateur pro- program tp raise funds toward chnirs for the township hall mrs b page and mrs r ander son were in charge of the program mrs bud fraser gnve a very in- teresting article entitled lets do gnrdening poems were read by mrs m moffnt nnd mrs c morton two contests conducted by mrs r anderson were won by mrs a pndbury nnd mrs v campbell refreshments served by the hostess nnd lunch committee were enjoyed by all drunk driver gets 15 days no car one man whs sentenced to is days in jail oh n charge of drunk driving and another was fined 10 and costs for having liquor in a place other than his residence in milton police court inst week mngistrntc j m langdon sen tenced john parr 53 of rr 2 mono mills to 15 days in jail and suspended his licence for three months his car was impounded for the same time parr was in nn accident on no 7 highwny with a car driven by robert lnvoie of georgetown inst mondny lavoie told police parr wns driving toward him on the wrong side of the rond lavoie fwung over to the other side to let tarr pnss but parr triex to return to his own side of the road lnvoie hit him no one was hurt in the accident but both cars were damaged to the extent of 500 mag is rate langdon also fined tom harris rr 4 acton 10 and charge of having liquor bingo fans claim many fine prizes the aeon arenn hns had many crowds nnd soen many types of events but never a bingo of th proportions staged by acton rotary club inst friday night in their effort to raise funds for work with crippled children over 1000 were in attendance nnd the arena wns filled many others bought tickets- but were unnblc to nttend they were eligible to share in the score of door prizes offered there were bus loads of bingo fnns from tor onto nndmiltnti in addition to local enthusiasts discuss mill st paving 100 g for centre a 100 per cent grant for the resurfacing of tho centre 22 feet of mill st from main st to young st wim be approved by the department of highways according to a letter received by council in their regular session friday evening of inst week the grnnt is given been use itis n connecting link of no 7 highway the remaining 11 feel would be the responsibility of the town on which a 50 per cent grant will be made in the annual rond cost allowance the trench excavated by the town will i be fifledat their expense with a specified mix 1 council felt a discussion with of ficials ofthe department would acton citizens band nssisud by ernie bruce comedian of toronto presented a program while ihe crowd was assembling prize winners for the door prizes il- n mrti hnrolt who won an easy electric wash ing machine mri- c barr won t radio with no 1077 mr k mccrm won a childs tricycle miss muriel burns a pressure cooker mrs e wilam a bread box fred dunn chose a force tonstrr jack fai- chmgh toronto a pair of storey gloves mrs allan a pair of storey gloves mrs joan kirk a waffle- iron miss newton a fancy cushion pete thomas milton n bread box w a ronald paris mrs nay lor plastic garden hose mrs ken s pence a teakettle f heller nn electric toaster mrs gordon mc cutcheon n hot plnte and mrs drew mrs rothwell toronto mrs g mckeown nnd mrs creasy were all winners of door prizes the rotary special of a fine gruen wrist watch was won by mrs doris close there were 20 continued ow- page four sunday water cut to repair hydrant in n place other than his residence sundays water shutoff was necessitated for the moving of a and j damaged fire hydrant at the corner of main st and agnes st the re cent opening nnd widening opera tions on that section of agnes- from main to willow st left the hydrant in the middle of the road damaged at the time of sewerage installation the hydrant was not repaired until it was tobe moved shutoffs were not put on town hydrants when the wnterworks system was installed and it was office closed the fret- press ofire trill te closed all day friday and sat urday may 25th and 26th in or der that the staff may enjoy a long weekend free presses art on sale ax usual at all the neui- stands necessary to cut the whale town off w h copeland 46 enumerators to tab county census on june 1st canada will start taking the ninth census exam door to door enumerators wth be calling anttask ing vital information these folks have been undergoing training nnd study these dnys pre paratory tn compiling the forms re quired theirs is nn important job for the community and for the whole dominion we urge every citizen to give the information they nsk nnd to fam iliarize all with those who will be doing the work we give a list of hnlton county enumerators which census chief commissioner a e pndbury has kindly released here nre the folks who will be taking the census nelson township mrs a m lisson mrs l m mcfarland mrs r g hopkins mrs k sullivan mrs a b rend mrs penrl hnrt- ley mrs gerald burke mrs hes ter powell nassagaweya township mrs myrna elsley mr bert lamb mr wallace lasby jr esquesing township mrs joan wnldie mr w j moffat mr fred weaver mrs e curry mr bob cunningham mrs clayton dick trafalgar township mr lcn pope mrs amy merry mr walter eves mrs margaret ross mrs ef- fie donnell mrs c l joubert mr harold lowe mr george smith mr frank clark mr wm ander son town of oakville mrs myrtle smith mrs c g mckenna mr r h brennan mrs d galley mrs n hurst town of burlington mrs dave ross mrs k bunting mrs agnes gates mrs irene weagmouth mrs if repairs were to be mndc hy drants equipped with shutoffs are installed now when repairs are made working on a hand pump to drain the pit of water flowing from the main after the water shutoff workmen were able to make re pairs nnd turn on the water early sunday afternoon i ft annual inter- school competi tion for athletic laurels ran high at the field meet held in aeton last week above dorothy warne acton muriel bristow milton pauline tyers georget own dolly kelman milton and shir ley thompson acton refresh themselves at the booth operated by acton students in the park pole vaulting is elmer dredfje of milton high who was edged into second place in the intermed iate pole vault by jirh buck of georgetown el mer is jumping more than nine feet here town of milton mr jlois pcar- cn mrs bertha brown town of gcorficjown mrs f fetch mr geo alcott mr thomas grcivc mr keith barber town of acton mrs ken mac kenzie mrs e wensley mrs j inglis mr f l wrirht acton ii cen sus field supervisor for north ilallon including the town of milton r at the top right are the winners of trophies for the days events eileen oates of georgetown holds the intermediate girls trophy janice baker acton the junior trophy helen heslop milton the senior trophy in the back row terry walker holds the senior boys trophy and the cup presented to milton high for the greatest totalpoints bill mccormack georgetown was the winner of the tom watson trophy for the half mile open earl cairns milton holds the intermediate trophy and george aitken o erin the junior boys trophy staff photos atmlm elect officers at festival annual the annual meeting of the hnl ton music fiirtival was held in milton public school on may lflh officers elected for 19ms2 are as follows honorary presidents mrs j m denyes mrs g c atkins bronte past president mr k giles pal ermo president miss ruth evanv georgetown vice presidents mr clarence ford fortrafalifar mrr roy coulter for nelson mrs l crawford for nassagaweya secre tarytreasurer mrs allan clements r r 2 mi ton assistant secretory mrs ford rogers bronte trophy committee mrs v mcarthur mn r coulter it was decided to hold a corn- petit vc festival again next year adding urban public school solo and duet classes to the program the festival committee approved of scholarships being awarded to the following who were chosen by gsmale the adjudicator this year miss margaret horning burling ton district hs miss faye clem ents milton north hilton iis mr melvin vinter burlington district iis mr arte oostoock burlington district hs myrna evans oakville- tratalgar was awarded a scourshlp because faye clements declined k g41e thanked all who had helped in any way with the festival work during bis three years at clarify the matter and the clerk was instructed to invite mr ric hardson of the department to ex plain the matter since council was considering the resurfacing of main street as well th re tliitiiwrn ra so submitted grades and levels on m11 st these will be turned over to the planning tloard to establish levels on other town streets council discussed the selling of school debentures for the addition to the public school which amounts to 227000 nnd the setting of the in terest rate a motion to change the interest rate from three tvfittrper cent was carried with councillors wood nnd fryer opposing the bylaw to sell the deben tures for the public school was given its third reading which authorizes the council to call for tenders on the 227000 the in terest rate was incrensed because councillors felt a closer par value would be received public school board officials had asked council to defer selling the debentures un til later in the year in the hope that mnrket conditions wouldimprove and three per cent interest would attract close to par value on the de bentures council docs not have to accept any- of the tenders received for purchase of the debentures clerk- mcgeachie reported n verbal application from tom at kinson for a license to operate a tourist camp establishment on cameron st being in zone four there are no building restrictions on this area the matter was turn- fed over to the town planning board a letter from the dominion bureau of statistics pointed out tho importance of the coming census in presenting a true picture of the town the bureau asked citizens coopcratlon in giving full and cor rect answers i councillor greer asked if any progress was being made on filling covedin laterals around town colin mccall had complained of damage to the lawns town fore man kirkness was to make ar rangements to do this work a letter from robert e sly com plained of the insurance adjustors refusal to pay a claim the spring in mr sys car had been damaged while driving in acton when he hit a particularly bad bump mr sly felt there was ncgljgence on tha part of the town ond pointed out that it was not the size of the amount b the principle involved council forwarded u copy of tha letter to the insurunce company assessment commissioner frank crump requested permission to at tend the annual convention of as sessing officers the convention is to be held in sault ste marie and estimated expenses would be 00 council agreed to send the asscuor the public utility commission wan authorized to hire a shovel to dig the trench for waterworks ex tension to the pump house on main st sewer accounts totalling t3m were approved for payment the following accounts were ordered paid g robinson hauling stone 7dm mellor construction hauling tone bulldozer rental 62600 bell telephone co 6 phone 44 80 puc light ond water 31671 cnr wigwag maintenance 40jm provincial treasurer 2m lever and hoakin auditors 40100 armco drainage and metal products culverts 13166 j b mackenzie and son 1 catch basin 1200 acton free press 1073 norwich union fire insur ance society limited 102j4 i77t41 the duke of devonshire chapter of the iode- requested permission to use the town hall for a coolttajf school in the weak of november 19 council directed a letter explaining the preaeat wiring was not haavy continued on pag four