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ut jvttim sttt wft seveffftsewnltrarnstwr acton ontario thursday january 2th 1952 eight homo print pages six gsnts 1088 vote in mondays close race nassagaweya twp council have inaugural make appointments the inaugural meeting of nassn- gaweya township council was held on monday january mh after the members made c usual declaration of office they took their seats as the municipal council for 1952 namely reeve j s norrish councillors a r service chits thomson john mflne john robertson a r service was appointed a reprejtentatlve on the milton rural fire area for the township appointments were made u fol low tax collector chas darby treasurer i w mcmillan school attendance officer horace blytht grandvalley conservation author ity chas thomson caretaker of hall mrs blanche elliott care taker o memorial plot cyril el liott membership fees were ordered paid lo the ontario good roods association ontario association of rural municipalities and the assoc- ntlon of assessing officers of on tario accounts were paid amount ing to 2g000 and the road vouch ors for ssuftuo the tax collector was instructed to subscribe for eight copies of the municipal world the reeve and clerk were authorize to submit to the minister of h inn ways the pet ition showing thnt during the period december 31 10s0 to doc- ember 31 1051 there had been spent 2805044 on roads and re quest the statutory grant a bylaw was passed authoriz ing the borrowing of money from the bank of nova scotia cnmp- bellvillc the tender of l copc- lnnd for supplying 6 cords of wood to the hall was accented mayor rachlin inducted 27 peti on turkeys in the years second council meeting mayor b d rachlin was in ducted and gave a short inaugural address thanking citizens for the honor accorded him a petition was presented sinned by approximately 27 rate payers against the turkey farm operated by j w wolfe representatives were present at the meeting from r v anderson engineer and spar tan contracting co regarding the holdback payment now due by the town on the sewerage installations requests for levies and grants were registered by the fire brigade acton public library and the acton school board all members of council were present to consider the mat ters in the now limited four and a half hour session a resolution was approved at the inaugural meeting ruling that all meetings adjourn at midnight a petition signed by 27 ratepay ers in the bower ave vicinity ask ed council to take the necessary action to abate the nuisance of the turkey farm operated by j w wolfe bower ave mayor rachlin suggested the council defer consid eration for the lime being so mem- bens of council could consider the situation r h elliott speaking on the petition pointed out that it had been going on for a number of years councillor taylor suggested it was regrettable the farm had not been investigated sooner before the business had been allowed to ex pand- it was recalled that health authorities hod investigated the premises a number of years ago and found them quite satisfactory mr elliott pointed out thot in the summer bower ave and dis trict residents cannot get the prop- i er use from their property because i of the odor a mercer suggested thnt the od or wa sickening and devaluates the property in that area he ask ed that council consider more than one penjon council promised con sideration of the matter j k falby of spartan contract ing co asked payment of their holdback amounting to 6221 97 which he pointed out was due and payable im november 30 1951 a final holdback payment of approx imately 5900 is due in february council by resolution asked that the clrrk contact r v anderson and arrange an immediate meet ing in the meantime all payments to the spartan contracting c were deferred pending clarification of liabihtv two councillors oppos ed this motion clerk mcgeaehie prevented n mitnniiry of claims held b ritc- pav ers against the urn n which the corporation felt were the rcspon- mbluv of the contractor accounts tot died slightly more than 2 000 a letter wis read from the con tractor accepting some accounts and refusng others on the basis of the engineers and town inspector- approval mr falby suggested the town release the holdback due and arrange a meeting with official- to arbitrate on the claims before th final hold back would be sufficient to cover present and any future claims an immediate meeting was to be arranged to consider th claims for damage and short later als the acton public school submit ted thetr requisition for operation al expenses this year the requis ition totalled 26062 this was ap proximately a w000 increase over last years requisition g w mckenrie asked conned to consider a grant to the acton mayor b d rachlin was ap pointed in a byelection on mon day to the towns chief post a record vote of over 70 per cent cast ballots in the fourway con test mayor rachlin was the only candidate with no previous municipal experience stajj photo mrs obrien has her 96th birthday rock woods grand old lady mrs matilda obrien celebrated her 9filh birthday with open house for her friends and neighbours this week scoies of cards gifts and floweis arrived to make the dav one of the happiest jn her 90 yea is remarkably active and keen of mint mrs obrien the ftirinei ma tilda super cleat ly iccnlls how us a girl she gathered chips as her father samuel sop r helped cli ar the land which was to become the village of rock wood a w idow now for a number of years mrs obrien lives alone in a comfortable little cottage and it was there that she greeted her friends receiving with her were her niece and nephew ivy and thomas cojlinson who live rext door and n neighbor mrs a hilts served since 1935 cleaver to retire burlington ont january 21st 1052 1 hove served halton county us its federal member continuously since 1035 and as 1 have decided that i could not accept another nomination i ad vised the execu tive of the liberal association of the county accordingly at its last business meeting on january 17th lost i do not anticipate that an election will be held during the current year but i felt obliged to advise the executive of the party so that a new candidate might be nominated and in the field i it plenty of time for him to get- well acquainted with the electors before the elections while there is no secret about the matter 1 gove this information to the executive in confidence as 1 believed that the appropriate time for me to make a public announcement would br at the party convention when it is held next fall since the news of my retirement has leoked out and has been published in some newspapers i am how writing to all of the county press at this time 1 would like to in eerely thank the electors of the riding for the confidence extended to me over so long a period on my part i have diligently tried to serve the riding to the best of my ability and during the entire term of my office have served everyone alike without regard to his politic al affiliations hughes cleavr school crowding concern of board duncan moffat was elected chair man of the nassagawcya township school area board at the january meeting on january iff at the home of the secretary mrs beatrice flet cher claude rnnklow was elected vicechairman and mrs fletcher teengaged as secretarytreasurer present weie the 19tl members c rnnklow and duncan moffat the 1952 membeis del moffat stan ley robinson and elmer coxe and also l l skuce the school inspec tor members and mr skuce discuss ed the overcrowding of school- in the area considering the nent 10 cars estimated conditions nos three five and 10 schools were es pecially mentioned the buntin gillies co ltd of hamilton was requested to visit the schools of the area and estimate the- necessary supplies l jhc coming year this was to be submitted at the next meeting the imperial oil co ltd was asked for contracts for oil for nos five four and seven schools bills amounting to 050 50 were passed for payment rev wg luxton ba died suddenly at his home monday evening reclcr of st albans church acton and st johns ro wood mr luxton had been very active in his church work louring his ministry a parish hall was added in both rockwood and acton funeral services were held today photo hy f taylor obituary friendly circle holds inaugural the friendly circle held its first meeting of the new year at the home of mrs james adamsqn on january 6 with viceprcs miss clara grindley presiding the minutes were read by the secretary mrs jack stewort jr plans have been made for a fashion show to be held the latter part of february a letter was re ceived from miss ruth nelson united church missionary from acton in saskatchewan thanking the circle for the christmas gift she received it was suggested that eoch member send a card to mrs harold bellamy who is confined to hospital treasurer for last year miss jean hams gave the report for the 1951 i work the devotional part was taken by last years executive un der the direction of mrs clare pic kett scripture was read by miss jean hams mrs pickett gave a number of readings the program which is to run for the year and be conducted by the groups is called polly anna the girls also conducted a varied pro gram of games and contests for the evening a delicious lunch was enjoyed by all and miss grindley thanked the hostess for the use of her home ltbiiry board equal to or slightly inei cased from lat year the grant j last vear of 2200 hud made the bord eligible for a grant of 8b0 liom the provincial government mr mckcnzie pointed to several niprovcments the grant had allow ed w hich included doubling the pur- t hase of books arid doubling the lent to the ymca which wls nutirei to the town an assim- ii had been hired salaries adjust- m a mil the i ooni iinpro ed a ihedule of gtmts xx us o be pre- parxd councillor tix loi chairman of the frv committee reported that at a meeting of the brigade the iimtets had suggested increasing ft he number from the present it men to 21 since that meeting howcxer she had found the brigade wls not entirely m favor of this nun e mss tax lor reported that it w ou id inquire five new outfits at appoimatel 50 per man she pointed out that if the brigade was incrcied in inerease in the 550 grant would be expected miss taylor also submitted a icquimtion for approximately s 1500 worth uf equpment includ ing 400 feet of hose fog nozzle fue extinguisher noule holder salvage tarpaulin and scot air pak smoke mask the fire committee f continued on p0 fte j bell georgetown chairman north halton board for 1952 john bell of georgetown was elected chairman of the north hal- ton high school board on mondav night at the inaugural meeting ii milton vicechairman is n pick ett of milton the members took their oath of office before f w b filrgerald jp fll a striking committee composed of messrs coon pickett bichn carbert and beaumont brought in a recommendation of committee ap pointments which was adopted by the board finance dr milne dr martin and a beaumont management mvssrs a pickttt w biunn g a dills pnipery messrs geo brown w coon n pickett transportation me george ckve c woods qco brown new bulding dr martin geo cleave g a dills dr milne and r carbert the board held a lengthy dis cussion on the building of new schools a motion was passed that an architect be consulted regard- ig the renovation of the george town high school the purpose of the motion was to determine if th department of education would ap prove of rebuilding and to secure a comparison of costs between ren ovation and new building the matter was placed in the hands of the new building committee and the board by motion selected j d kyles architect of hamilton to contact for this information it was also urged by the chair man that members contact their municipal councils to ascertain their stand on the building program i for schools m acton and george- i town and gymnasium in milton and to acquaint councils with the i plans and secure their cooperation i accounts amounting to 4100s20s i were passed for payment and the borrowing bylaw for up to 00000 i was passed to meet expenses until i the grants and levies were received the budget for the year was considered but left over until the 1 next meeting for further details i the figures submitted indicated that the levies on the municipal es would be about 47000 us compared with 24 000 last year i this levy increase came about largely through changes m grants the principals of acton and georgetown schools submitted i their budgets for the year and the acton budget amounted to 1760 and george own 1005 these were referred to the finance com- mittee for submission at the next meeting it was decided not to carry co- in u ranee on any of the school properties and change any present i polices to straight insurance i a letter from the ontario sec ondary schools teachers federa- inn wis brought to the attention of the board it set forth the sal ary schedule requested by the i federation it was referred to the management committee to be con- sidered when the matter of salaries was inder discussion 1 trustees present at this meeting i were messrs coon pickett wood- dills carbert bel blehn benu- morvt cleave brown and martin acton minister dies suddenly this community was indeed shocked to learn of the sudden passing of rev w g luxton rec tor of st albans church at the tectory here early tuesday morn ing mr luxton had been active as usual and had attended a meet ing in rockwood on monday even ing he passed in his sleep earl tuesday morning william gruer luxton was n s of mrs margaret luxton and the late arthur g h luxton and was born at mount forest on novem ber 17 1899 he attended mount forest public and high schools and received his ba degree from the university of toronto and grad uated m theology from trinity college toronto he was ordained in 1923 rev mr luxton served his church in parishes at holland man itoba fergus and aldershot and lame to st albans in acton and st johns in rockwood just four years ago during his incumbency here he has endeared himself not only in jhe hearts ot his congreg ation but with every citizen of the communities where he has served su quietly so faithfully and so ef ficiently memorials of his zeal and work for his church and his people are the fine parish hall in rockwood and the beautiful parish hall in acton which is nearing completion in their building he was the leader of the flock working with them giving encouragement on tuesday night the vestry meeting of st albans was scheduled and here was to be revealed the story of the uluntary work of the eongregatr ion m their erection in their w alls ls built not only usefulness and beauty but also the labor of love of a pastor and his people it is a regret that he did not see the fulfilment of the task he had un- dei taken in 1935 mr luxton married miss elsie r holbrook in fergus and surviving with her to mourn the los of a loving husbind and fath- ir are helen donald and marion the community shares with them the loss they have sustained alsi remaining are his mother mrs matriret luxton mount forest rid one broth r the rt rev george n luxton bishop of huron london ont m three r- mrs langford rirfnnson of ham van mrs alex bain of on iph and miss margaret luxton of mount forest til funeral was held todav with mt re in st albans anglican church at eleven oclock with archdeacon thompson m eh irg this was followed with service in st paul anglican church mount forest at three oclock pallbear ers were mr alex ban nf guelph and mr martin luxton of london and church wardens of st albans actm messrs h jollev and thus loms and nf st johns rockwood dr k b waller and mr lorhe lnfoot temporary interment wi in mount forest b d rachlin is mayor in close election wlon wdh a teeoid vote on monday to decide v hn will in mavornf aelnn for 1952 u 13 rachlin ai inn metchant won a close lace and win elected to tin- tlinf post in acton the contest nartowid down between ted tyler who was nciym last eiranda former reeve and i ouncillor und when the cutis wie lalnilalt i mi hachlms pjinalitv was seven if nei- mr ty leis xnti impromptu talks i mi c hansen a councillor for j some nis and who served 14 nw v 0 c diifii th hlr ulm rom kjfl irjk rrocjrclltl i mission ran third and mr thus mieol im n former councillor knox y p s held their opening nuctmg fit the new vear on tues- dax january 15 m the school room the mi eting was opened by the piesident assisted in the devotional by jack davidson and june wat- kins ruth smith and metty sin- clait faxoured with a vocal duet in the garden and rev r ii armstrong gave the topu what this mintmer expects of this vps loiraine ros7et clarence coles and jack davidson were three vic tims selected for impromptu speak ing their ordeal was lessened somewhat bylhc help of a picture on which to expound roll call was answeied by a new years reso lution because elma bruce the secretary is removing to port dal- housie clarence coles was nppoml- id her successor there were 20 present and 12 signified their intention to accept the invitation for a sleigh i ide in gait several members volunteer ed to assist in the renovation of the church wash rooms the meeting closed with rev armstrong pronouncing benedic tion training course in winter scouting is held at blue springs representatives from scout dis tricts throughout ontario gathered at blue springs scout reserve near acton last friday evening to begin a weekend winter training course representing this scout district xveie david dills first ac ton troop scoutmaster and doug davidson assistant scout master with pounds of equipment on toboggans the scout leaders dis trict commissioners and fulltime scolders set up camp cooked and slept outside ako ran foui th mr rachlin while al- xxivs keenly in t crest etl in actons flairs has never held public of fice here previoiislj the sectyid election in acton w- eanie neeessaty this eir when thomas salmon who wls elected in the december election was forced by ill health to resign before assuming office the first meeting or the 1012 council was held with reexe hargrave presiding and on tuesday mavor rachlin assumed the navel and took his seat in pre siding over the council there wls keen interest in the election throughout at the nom ination meeting ten candidates were proposed for the position four of them decided to contest the seat out of a total vote possible of 1475 there were 1079 haltotl counted and 9 spoiled ballots there were 72 per cent of the voters out on monday which sets a new high in interest ifi municipal affairs n acton the new mayor of acton has been a resident of acton for over twenty years he came here from tor- i onto and conducts a very succcss- i ful ladies and mens clothing storo and also o jewelry business may or rachlin is a member of actons ys mens club and has taken a keen and active interest in local sports and oil town affairs he succeeds mayor tyler who wa also a keen citizen of acton and gave untiringly of his time in the interests and service of acton the following ls the result of the vote by wards rachlin tyler hansen mlcal 121 141 07 ii en oo m 80 os 59 107 7 m 4 no no no no ass 376 350 judge robinson amends 1951 equ bylaw county equalization of assessment was finally settled friday tftf last week by county judge w n robinson his honor amended th equalization bylaw after a three hour hearing in milton the bearing xx as to approve andsrttlc the share each municipality in the county shtiuld contribute to the county expenditures all municipalities had agreed before the hearing on the percen tages and the assessment to be used as a basis georgetown refused to sign the necessary paper because it contained reference to the levy of the north halton high school district board solicitor willis representing georgetown asked to have includ ed in the agreement something to the effect that this settlement would not affect any future pro ceedings other representatives in cluded in the north halton high school area would not agree to this a municipal hoaid hearing de tuber established the figures to gain something but they wont let us use them to gain some thing at one point mr willis conclud ed if they put in what i want i i think its fair in giving his decision judge rnhmsnn hunted out that all the basis for municipalities had agreed on the nearly canadas 1750 000 people visited national parks in hmd the levy of operlon costs in the hivih school levy which stands for a fix i- ear term unless any ne inunicipalitx tan show a 10 pt r ci nt ncrcase in assessnu nt h two const eutixe years solicitor g elliott for milton and nlstgawci objected stronglv t the inclusion of the words without prejudice to any other proceedings because the otluj municipalities planned to upsu t th i in txxti xears if thi mint before the judge could not i be usrd it would add another vear i to xx hat solicitor willis ternjeti a very favourable to georgetown agreement mr willis said georgetown gain d very mater lallv by the board settlement judge robin son aiked arent jou satisfied with it then mr willis replied we don t want these figures to be used next ear mr kuiott mi mined up saying theyre using the settlement percentage find the main dispute cmed to be bctxveen georgetown and the other municipalities in the north halton high school area the municipal hoard has made a ruling and we have nothing to do with that tile judge commented his honor equal irrkthe county bxlaw s follows and each munici pality xx as to absorb solicitors feem incurud in the proccf dlnk thin hoards ruling far present settle- aurumrnt rir 1m1 levy cotihty txfc tui kquallircl kquillxrd oakvllle hid301 17 701 burlington h30r9d1 15 ml milton 2 4007h 43211 gttirkrtown 3bs0 s77 7030 acton 2 520580 4544 riront- do0 586 1703 trafalkur 11j3sbi6 20 077 ntlson u107h 1g41b kmiursmi 512a 350 9 247 nairikn a 2003501 3 720 tutul 55470510 100 i