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ss 4 seventysqventh year no 28 acton ontario thursday january 17th h952 eighthomo prinf pages sixcents four in mayoralty race monday without pomp joseph m wickson reeve of trafalgar town ship for the past year was sworn in as warden for halton coun ty for 1952 at the inaugural meeting of halton county council held at milton tuesday afternoon mr wickson isshown at right as former crown attorney w i dick administers the oath of of fice william deans county clerk is shown at the left mr wick son was selected warden over ken macdonald praren photo county names j wickson warden at 5 2 in reeve of trafalgar for the past year joseph m wickson was elect ed warden for halton county at the inaugural meeting of halton county council held at the county buildings tuesday afternoon mr wickson was elected to the highest office in the county over deputy reeve ken neth macdonald georgetown by a 14 to 10 vote reeve george leslie of enqueuing township was nominated but withdrew mr macdonald told members it was his intention to stand for wardrnship observing that georgetown had not had the honor since 1035 mr wickson declared it had been 12 years since a warden had been chosen from trafalgar township he felt that due to trafalgar be- engineers confer on swimming pool acton swlmmjng pool commit tee conferred last night with messrs mcnaugton and wensnl of the aff of engineer j c kuehn kitchener regarding plans for ac ton swimming pool to havo in readiness when materials are available the arrangements wer considered for plans of the whole project with portions to be built as funds are available this firm of engineers drew plans nnd supervised the pool bull in elmira and also the pool under construction fn waterloo the rcprcsentatlvcs arranged to have further details submitted as soon as mr khiehn recovers from his illness it appeared that there were suf ficient funds on hand for the be- glnners pool and possibly the chlorination and filtration system and this section would not require very much of the scarce mater ials the committee will meet again as soon as the engineers report is received ing the largest municipality ccupl ed with not having the wardenship honor this might be the year how ever he emphasized i will have no ill feeling if one sees fit to vote for the other fellow clerk william deans who pre sided during the opening cerem onies explained the vote for war denship had to be an open one former crown attorney w i dick administered the oath of of fice to the wardenelect intro ducing him to council a third of the council this year consists of new members milton heading the list with reeve s a fay and deputyreeve charles r anderson reeve j norrish is from nossagawcya fred walker the new deputyreeve of nelson wilfred bird deputyreeve of esqueslng and deputyreeve l macarthur representing oak vi lie warden wickson welcomed all members to the council introducing each of the new members in his inaugural address the new warden expressed his apprec iation at being elevated to the greatest honor in halton county he pointed out that the present industrial expansion program tak ing dhape in the southern areas o halton wus assisting materially all municipalities as well as the coun ty as a whole there will be a not iceable reaction all over the coun ty as industry is developed all this will mean more work for the county council as a whole but i believe we will bo able to handle it with your cooperation i am sure we will have a successful year he concluded following a report of the road committee and county engineer roy v smith council approved a resolution to purchase 20 acres of giavel deposit land tor a sum of 20000 the purchase will be made from j cooke mr smith explain ed to council existing gravel dep osits were gradually becoming de pleted and in order to protect the cvunt mi rects to have giavel in their own pi it would be good insurance for the county to make the purchase he further added an estimated kooooo yards of gravel were tn the area with a strong possibility cf there being a much greater quan tity with the estimated yardag and cost of ihe land it would act ually cost the county about two- andahalf cents a yard that b much cheaper than if we had to buy it commercially he aid wih the increased demands for better roads especially with the present expansion program in the south this excellent quality of sand and gravel could be used in making the north roads with a hardtop surface mer a number of appointments were made including to the board of governors for the halton peel home for the aged former warden k y dickr warden wickson reeve r- j hargrave and deputy- reeve kenneth macdonald to the council of halton county com munity centre deputyreeve fred walker ond reeve j norrish roads committee reeve j norruh for 1052345 rceye george let- lie 10523 reeve w g marshui 1052345fl council authorized tenders be called for the printing of u50 cop ies of the minutes bylaws and re ports for 1052 100 copies of the financial statement for 1061 and necessary magistrates blanks for delivery by january 2t 1053 members of the roads commit tee along with the county engineer were delegated to attend the ontar io good roads convention while members of the agriculture com mittee were authorized to attend the ontario agricultural council convention being held next month reeves of all municipalities were oppointed a striking committee to form the necessary committees for 1952 the following committees were appointed with the flntt nam ed as chairman finance reeve e r lauder reeve h d allen deputyreeve emmerson ford and deputyreeve wilfred bird county roads reeve george leslie reeve allen reeve j nor rish reeve c l s palmer reeve w g marshall county buildings reeve s a fay marshall deputyreeve fred walker deputy reeve k macdon ald and deputyreeve j stewart i assessment palmer leslie dep utyreeve robert shannon mac- i donald reeve r j hargrave agriculture and reforestation norrish ixslte stewart walker i special communications t- reeve a jennings deputy reeve c r anderson shannon bird and deo- utyrveve 1- macarthiir home for the aged hargrove macdonald shannon jennulgs lauder fay printing marshall hargrave walker anderson hospital reeve ii d allen norrish jennings macarthur and ford council adjourned to meet again on january 29 officers installed by rev e currey the womans association of the united church held the first meeting of the year at the home of mrs e cleave on thursday the meeting opened with the singing of the ode and prayer th devot ional period was taken by mrs c l poole roll call was answered by n tea towel and a good supply came in installation of officers was con ducted by rev e a cirrey new dishes and silverware are to be purchased for the church kitchen annual reports were presented at the meeting there were two removals by death 88 pieces of mail were sent to sick and shutin and other sources two hew members were reported 43 calls were made during the year thi meeting closed with prayer mrs cleave assisted by mr lindsay miss e hawthorn ond mrs maddox served lunch and a social time was enjoyed over the tea cups south americans new wms topic mrs r m macdonald was hast- essfor the january meeting of th senior womens missionary society of knox church the president mrs h mainprize presided and the devotional period was- in charge of mrs h allison the new study book meet the south americans was introduced by mrs a j buchanan using a mop a very interesting and in formative talk in the form of a questional re gave many facts as she reviewed the history and geog raphy of this great country mrs blow followed mrs buch anans talk by telling the- story of the spanish and portuguese invas ion and showing their influence on the native indians she then favored with a piano sou members arc greatly inter ested in this new study as miss nellie anderson now home on furlough ls doing work in brit ish guiana sa much business was discussed re garding work for the coming year at the close of the meeting re freshments were served by mir macdonald assisted by her com mittee mrs h allison mr buchanan and mrs blow national ballet company guest artists at presto concert guelph j esquesing council takes office oath at the innugmral meeting of es- qucsing township council held on january uth george leslie reeve wilfred bird dcpulyreevc walter linham george currie and will iam schenk councillors subscribed to the oath of office and were wished success by f w chapman manager of the bank of commerce and g c brown who were both present permission was granted the reeve and treasurer to borrow 70000 to meet the townships current ex penditures toy bylow the following accounts were passed for payment bell telephone co 1100 hepc of ont 2200 denby duplicating and sup 1025 the municipal world 620 i m bennett 4200 assoc of assessing officers of ontario 2000 ontario good roads assoc 3g0 postmaster georgetown 200 george stringer 500 a w benton 500 claims for foxes destroyed in esquyiing were ordered paid as follows h beers georgetown t 500 wm sheppard acton 7500 j buck milton 1500 c s bailoy georgetown 2 1000 ralph blud georgetown 500 harold deforest terra cotta 1000 robt hcaton glen williams 500 ken harris georgetown 2 500 glenn saunders hornby 500 w j crichton georgetown 500 sheldon lawr llniehousc 500 robt lock hurst georgetown 500 fred tost georgetown- 500 h campbell georgetown 1 500 wm sheppard acton 3000 chas deforest terra cotta 500 chas sheppard terra cotta 3000 john presswood georgetown 500 1 23000 election expenses were ordered paid as follows polling subdivision no 1 roy currie 2100 no 2 thomas joyce 2020 no 3 a anderson 1000 no 4 j l cleave 3000 no 5 norman devereaux 1250 no fl j m steele 2020 no 7 harvey norton 1860 no 8 t h price 1900 no 0 albert presswood 2 polling booths 3100 town of milton 1 poll book complete 200 the georgetown herald election supplies 5033 george leslie was appointed a representative to the grand valjey conservation authority the treasurer was instructed to pay the treasurer of halton county 50 per conl of hospital accounts for 1951 32395 re ontario training school accounts for 1961 half pay able by esqueslng of 7162 relief accounts amounting to 0230 as presented by the relief officer were instructed to be paid arthur beaumont and george c brown were appointed members from esquesing to the north hal ton high school district board council decided to petition h- department of highways for the subsidy on the approved expendi ture of 8084290 a surveyor or engineer will be engaged for the township when the signatures of the petitions hav been checked by the township as sessor to exchange with english institutes mrs e l miller president of the silverwood wi was- hostess for the- january meeting nineteen indies were present including three new members mrs ouke mulder mrs john snow ond mrs archie gates the meeting commenced in the usual manner correspondence was rcwl by the secretary ond fur reports given a discussion con cerning exchonge of corrcspend- ence with members irt english womens institutes resulted in a decision in the affirmative the motto never venture never win was given by mrs k c lindsay current events were cov ered by mrs george henderson sr mention being made of a new ly formed home and school cub in the section a paper on historical resenrch entitled laura secord was read by mrs h r corbctt who nlio moved a vote of thanks o the hostess for her hospitality assisting with refreshments after the close of the meeting wore mrs gilbert sinclair and miss lio nel moore letter to the editor saslc reader keeps in touch crooked river sask jan 9th 1952 editor of acton free press acton ontario hello old timer on new years eve we listened to the broadcast from acton and it was really loud and clear with out your paper i would not have known about it and would have mised a good program i enjoy reading your chronicles of ginger farm column i must close now wishing your paper and the old home town every success i remain yours truly w g locker nova scotia has taken delivery of the cape beaver thefirst of five modern trawlers built at selley yorkshire which- will make her fishing lleet the must uptodate in atlantic by next sum- acton members of the guelph presto club enjoyed a program of i ballet lost monday evening m guelph collegiate i tin- canadian national ball- j company under the direction of i ceha franca presented a varied program hich included lea svl- j ph ides with music by chopin i pa- de leux from don quixote and from giselle short and pat terned etude with a canadian choreographer and act ii from coppelin several cars travel to these con cert- in guelph from acton j r macarthur heads commission the inaugural meeting of actun public utilities commission was held tin friday evening january 1 1 present were reeve r j hargrave charles- wutd and bb macarthur lipun motion of har grave and wood j r macarthur was ippomled chairman and c f wood vuvchairmin with sning authorities it wls decided regular meemngs would be held on the second and i fourth tuodavs of the month r h parker as present rep- j resenting beardmore and co he i requested consideration of a peak load for power which occurred on the 28th f the month it hasbteni the practice for a number of year- to read the heardmore meter orvi the 28th of each month this had been at the request of the comn- inv some wars ai the company had been making a chaniu- in thmr svstcm if oer- fcottfitiued on ptiue four convenors provide program for wi the first meeting for 1952 of the acton womens institute was held on january 3rd at the home of mrs george fryer and was presided over by the president mrs r l davidson members responded to ie roll call by naming their favorite col umn of any paper chronicles of ginger farm by gwendoline clarke was a very popular choice in symp thy with a family who lost their home by fire a pair of blankets is to be present the m t- to pf the month better o bupd your life than make a fortune was riven by mrs h park the various convenors were all prepared with interesting stories in their own department home economics convenor mrs fryer gave an- interesting article from the department of health on eat ing in restaurants in the agric ulture department mrs wilderspin read an interesting story about the champion turkey mrs geo lantz who always takes care of the historical stories told f the origin of the hymn rock of ages mrs w penny reported on the new year eve party sponsored by the vs men putting acton on the air from coast to coast mrs f anderson reported on the ten christmas parcels sent to the sick in hospitals sanitorium and old peoples home the white if l ft chouer is shipped to the child ren- hospital at thistletown and from there a letter of thanks wu received mli earl iimbert read hum- orniis lory grannys remedy for the flu a welcome was ex tended to mrs w m hamilton mr- lamberts mother who had recently moved to acton and is a member of the eramosa w i mrs la nix concluded the oru- gram with a timely topic new year thought all joined in sinking the fhore we get toreth- ir mrs h laiby and mrs fry r entertained wilh a few bingo karnes with prizes for the winners the rommlttee served a delicois lunch and a happy time was en joyed by all slate of ten dwindles to four in won election four candidates have qualified for election in the mayoralty con test following the nomination meeting monday evening carl hansen tom nicol ben raehlin and ted tyler are contesting the position vacat ed by the recent resignation of tom salmon because of ill health at tin nomination meeting 10 wete nominated for the position hut of the 10 only four qunllfitd by 9 pm tuesday evening the election will be held on monday for the 1052 mayor voting on monday will be from 9 um until p m and all polling subdivisions are located at the town hall otihrr candidates nommaiod at thi monday meeting wt k mr- acton joins world in week of prayer with the attendance mounting from about 55 in knox church on tuesday january 8 to well over 100 in the united church last friday actons week of prayer was likely the most successful yet hld hero the annual week of prayer is observed all over the christian world early in january and m acton is usually the first tull week of the month on tuesday rev w g lux- ton of the anglican church spoke onthi militant church in the knox church on wednesday rev r h armstrong of knox church on the militant church in the baptist church and on thurs day evening d b shuter m rim pastor of the baptist church prke on the unity of the church m the anglican church the district secretary for the foreign bible society rev v ii moore showed a film the front iersmen at the lam service o the series held friday in the unud church this film was taken in color by a united church minister in saskatchewan ond showed mis sionary work from winnipeg to the west coast all ministers had part in the final service and the collect ion went to the foreign bible society a duet the holy city was sung by mrs b veldhuls and miss dorothy simmons on tuesday and wednesday the collection was for the canadian council of churches while thurs days offering was for the local ministerial association the pattern of services followed that of the different churches and special intercessions were made each night each choir accomp anied by the regular organists sand in its home church honor 25 years of bob macarthur twentyfive years of faithful service with the acton free press and the canadian champion were remembered with r j bob mac- arthur us honored guest at a staff dinner at hawthorne lodge mil ton on saturday evening the group of if included husbands and wives of staff members on both papers and the turkey dinner and homelike surroundings at haw cutrheon e bilton john grier william nenson and theron jom all the candidates spoke briefly and the majority decided to reset ve decision until the tuehy evening deadline letter to editor subscriber queries swim pool funds january 13th mm dear editor every spring the people in c- ton ask about the swimming pool we too gave our donation and cant help but wonder it it ivas jusi money put down the drain i took my children to the park several times last summer the limes they could play in the wat er the dressing rooms were in such a filthy condition i forbad them to use them instead i dress ed the children in some quiet corner of the park if we the public cant look after such tmple dressing rooms im sure we dont deserve any better ones im sure a lot n acton citens vould be glad to see some of the swimming pool money peit on swings and teetertotters a iu h simple amusements for the child ren the cost would be small comp ared to what the pool would cost id the labor entailed would b mil- im sure the children would appreciate such things this coming summer instead of an elaborate pool in the dim distant future if it were necessary to begin a new fund i feel confident that the rotary iode ys men legion etc would fall behind it and see that the children were not let down perhaps this seems an odd letter to receive while we are still hav ing snow storms but if the plans are started now maybe th park thus spring and summer and fall will contain more than empty jpoce and condemned water yours truly acton mother new modern look for kitchen in t the ymca kitchen is having i li face lifted and its face inv thorne lodge wcrr really enjoyed i eludes walls ceiling floor and by the group bob macarthur started the print ing trade 25 years ago and has been associated with g a dills pub lisher through the whole quarter century he is now foreman of the plant but doubles in most every branch of the printing and publish ing business and does considerable reporting from- the publisher 25 new silver dollars were presented to him and til mrs macarthur a bouquet of mums the taff which is asso ciated with him in the printing business presented him with a utility drill set with all attach ments it accompanied a unique address which had pictures of a member of the staff on the inside cover better next time what suggestions for the next royal tour the financial post asked a group of experienced cli- eru unanimously they urged less formalism a severe whittling down of state occasions let our royl visitors see much more of the reil canada and canadians dont sub ject them to such a rigorous sche dule is the theme of most replies as one respondent a woman re porter on the royal train put it lets treat our royal visitors like human beings with consideration for their feeling and wishes equipment under the sponsorship of the ac ton ys mens club and the direc tion of a committee headed by harry arbic the old kitchen in the basement of the y has been en- targedby 30 inches all along one side and is being converted into a modern model kitchen albert van gils began sawing for the new kitchen 2 weeks ago mas on iw has been placed on the walls and ceiling and this will be cover ed by grey arborite and congowall counters will have the same grey arbonte covering cupboard run the extent of both long walls the present stove will be built into the cupboard and counter space and room has been left for a refrigerator h i expected that linoleum will ih laid on the floor and the ceiling painted the door has been mad wider and instead of opening on to the corridor will slide agairmt the end vall this will facilitate carrying tras and a tray carriage ma be one of the equipment additions a rtw double sink has already been installed a smau square hole in the wll has been left through into the lounge the wiring and plumbuig are completed and the carpentrv a ex pected to be completed in ibjut a week