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bftss seventyseventh year no 37 acton ontario thursday marqd 20th 1952 eight home print pagessix cents agon mill rate jumps 50 to 64 ina jnjihy gfciitelg made up for his part in the pantomime the lighthouse keepers daughter is don matthews as the villain the pantomime was part of the program presented at the night school open house in milton high school last week applying the makeup are bill higgins milton and jean patterson rr 1 bronte members of the drama class conducted by miss foster at ihe county night school board preparing report on 2 n schoo mr lackey inspector of secondary schools on monday night dis cussed with north hulton hirh school district board steps to be taken and information to be secured when the board presents to the department their requests for new school buildings in the three towns of acton mil ton and georgetown mr lackey had in cooperation with inspector l l skucc of the public schools secured attendance figures and other in formation relative to the survey for new buildings the board had writ ten the department regarding engagement of an architect and the visit of the inspector was to clarify the position mr lackey suggested figures should be presented showing the sgt jack angell home from korea estimated attendance during the nest eight years and it appeared the requirements of each school could be estimated at 200 pupils each information on the present buildings should also be presented and the amount of the assessment involved to carry the debenture issue the members of the board in each municipality will meet then various councils and put before them the facts and figures which have been gathered and secure the affirmation or rejection of the proposal before going to th de partment with the proposals this must be done before april and the members agreed to have this ar ranged the resignation of mr- heron from the staff of acton school wa accepted with regret and the sec retary instructed to advertise for applications for the position the applications of new teacher are to be sent to the principals and the management committee will mter- iew the applicants in each case members yf this committee art- messrs pickett dills and biehn the secretary explained changes in the grants that would affect the amount received by the board principal lambert requested that ii iother teacher be engaged for georgetown school in view of ne fact that a heavy enrolment was anticipated in september pree attendance at georgetown- is 137 including the special eommercu class and 129 at acton and 100 a milton when the shop and home economics are taught for the three schools there are at pres ent 10 teacher in milton school 7 in georgetown and 6 on the acton staff engaging of a new teacher in georgetown would necessitate use of the present office and lib- rar room as a classroom i a motion b mcr biehn aiui milne thit the board engage an oher teacher for georgetown high school wi lost b 54 and mr biehn request for a recorded vote showed messrs cleave biehn milne and brown voting in favor ot the resolution and messrs coon carbert wood dilu and picket oppomhl account- amounting to 1sc1j v2 were pacetl for payment upon ap proval by the finance committee present at the meeting held n acton school on monday nigh were messrs coon cleave car bert biehn milne wood browr pickett and dills and chairman j bell of georgetown presided communists use the scorched earth policy when they are retreat ing they bum homes crops ev erything sergeant 1st class jack angell said in a recent interview after returning from korea where he was stationed in the artillery of the american army things at the front arent prog ressing at all in fact jack thinks hings are pretty well at a stale mate with both lines just holding positions sg angell son of mr and mrs g l angell church st joined the american army at los angeles california he took hit basic training at fort ord with the artillery and wa in korea feb ruary 13 1051 home now on rotation leave he l- enjoying the canadian sunshine and getting a second look at acton hb last visit here just before h left for korea was a short one he report to camp crowder or march 31 korean art- a very backward people but then soil is quite fer tile and the main crop is rice in the summer if it isnt raining its snowing he claim from seoul south people are rebuilding and farming in korea but from there north there are no civilians no crops nothing sgt angell says seoul is a modern city the vet eran hastened to pom out it i- well constructed with modern buildings and paved streets homes in the country are built witn framework hewn from tree- and then plastered with woiki thy haw straw roof healing t sup plied from an excavation under in earth rioor se angell landed in san fran- lsco on february 25 and arrived home on march 7 to visit his par iiii here mr angell i station agent at the cnr o robbins shows slides speaks to acton junior farmers when the neighbors kids are good iv hard to love em like we should w like em beat when we can aay our children wouldnt act that way- 4 acton junior farmers met a the home of wes and bruce storey recently o bobbin guest pca- r for the combined meeting of the girfs and boys showedslt6vojid gave an interesting talk on west ern canada at the junior institute separate meeting roll call was answered with a question about table set ting the roll call for the junior farmers was what disease has been in your hejd the past year lunch was served by the hottr and committee- johnny goy heads acton rotary club johnny goy was elected presi dent of acton notary club at the meptinnun tuesdnjr-nndwilliakr- office in june succeeding theron jones who has served the past year other officers elected were harold baxter vicepresident ted hansen secretary art hay don treasurer and bill coon harold kin read and mickey holmos dir ectors the club also heard from bob itclst of planters peanuts regarding n peanut day in acton again this year and will make a decision or this matter at a later date rev ralph price st albans rector rev ralph e price ba bd has been appointed rector fo st albansanrlican church acton and st johns church rockwood the right rev w e bajmall bishop of the diocese of niagara made the announcement last wek rev price who will assume his duties here on may 1 is the as sistant curate of st georges ang lican church in guclphv a native of hamiltpn he was educated at s tin ton street public school and central collegiate he attended christ church cathedral and sang in the choir as a boy fo four years he was with the armed services and after returning grad uated from trinity college univ ersity of toronto he has served as deaconin charge of the parish of smithville and as assistant nt grace church hamilton prior to his present pos ition in guelph mrs russell host to churchill wa the march meeting of the churchill womens association was held at the home of mrs david russell recently the president mrs f freeman opened the meeting with the mot- to mrs a kerr was in charge of the devotional period which closed by the singing of a hymn sun of my soul the president took charge of the business period it was dec ided to have a bazaar in april the meeting closed by the sing ing of a hymn in the garden af ter which the hostesses served a lovely lunch obituary active in church wms work dies onl sickness prevented mrs margaret catherine dredge who died at her home r r 1 acton on march 10 from attending ser- ice a nassagaweyn presbyterian church she was an active mem ber of nassagawcya wms and a life member of that society she had been ill for two months the daughter of the late robert lamg and isabel cumeron she wa- married on march 5- iffim to nath an dredge who passed away in 1937 surviving to mourn the las if their mother are herbert m dredge r r 1 acton robert n dredge r r 3 milton harvev b dredge kelmgton sask mrs r j early isabel campbehville d ed w dredge a home anoth- daufjhter mr bert ferris el la died three year ago in may three brother also survive mr dredge william lamg guelph ed lamg calgary alberta and john v laing of waterloo and iw lsters mrs mary a laing acton and mrs w g mcbride of milton and north dakota two brothers and one sister died some ars ago the funeral service was held on thursday march 13 in naxsaga- weya presbyterian church con ducted by rev j m sutherland mermen t was made in nassaga wcya cemetery pallbearers were carr early ar nold ferns norman dredge elm- dredge grandsons and colin lucas and george dredge neph ews flower bearer were his grand children anna early mrs bowen shirley dredge douglas dredge helen dredge and bobby lush obituary legionnaires honor fallen comrade members of acton branch of the canadian legion turned out i mass to honor and pay tribute to albert mills one of the veterans of the last world war at the fun eral here yesterday afternoon the legionnaires marched beside the flag draped casket in the drea spring rnin to the graveside mem bers of the ladies auxiliary and rrjany friends also attended lh service which was conducted by rev e a currey of the acton united church of which the de ceased was a member interment was in fnirvie cem etery the pallbearers wco fel low legionnaires john nicol jeo close arthur gamble bus kale a ford and l roche the flower bearers who carried the m ny floral tributes included hugh lamb streetsville zone com mander and members of various branches of the legion in this dis trict about 100 legionnaires at tended the funeral albert mills had resided in ac ton for nearly thirty years he came from england as a lad of 12 years and was employed on the farm of john sprowl for a few years since then he has been employed wjth the mason knitting coand lately with beardmore and co he served with the canadian army in the inst war and has tak en a keen and active inerest in the affairs of acton legion of which he was secretarytreasurer albert had been ill for the pat few weeks and had undergone n critical operation in guelph gener al hospital he was in his forty- first year for over twenty ycirr he has resided at the home of mr and mrs c w mason odd type of blood found by speaker i a disclosure that one of ihe members of acton ys mens club hasa -very- odd blood tyne was made by g van dorser the speak er at the regular meeting held in the ymca on thursday march 13 mr van dorser a field rep resentative for baxter laboratories of canada spoke on blood trans fusion and intravenous feeding it was during a demonstration of blood transfusion that he said he found the odd blood type- new dishes donated by the y mens ladies auxiliary were used for th- first time and it was agreed to send a letter of thanks mr van dorser was the first man in canada to set up a blood bank that operated practically and effic iently at the royal victoria hos pital in montreal he took a post graduate course nt mcgiu univ ersity in bacteriology after gradu ating from an eastern university he has been employed with bax ters in acton since the end of 1947 and his home is in toronto sgt jack angfcu recently re turned frpm korea where he has been serving with the american army for the past year sgt an gell is visiting his parents in ac ton mr and mrs george angell while on rotation leave continue study of rural fire area representatives appointed earlier to investigate the formation of an acton rural fire area met in the town hall wednesdny evening and decided to report back to their coun- cil and ratepayers for opinions and luthoritv to consider the plan it preventatives present were erin h griffen nassagaweya j milne c thomson ksquesing w linham w bird acton e taylor l weick kire chief uawkms and g alexan- iir ot the file marshalls office pro- uied information ind plans that might be utilized in an acton aiea it ais pointed out thit a 10 per cent grant u mild be paid as soon as applied for on the cost of truck and tqiupment thai ought be purchased by the aiei a 2 per cent grant would follow on the maintenance ni cost the next veir it was understood that if in area was formed the group would make an agreement with the town chair man w linham pointed out that erin was on a different assessment basis and sihee distribution of cost for the area would probably be on the assessment of the area served some form of equalization would be necessary to put erin township on an equal basis mr g rtf f en representing erin township thought a meeting at les lie school might be arranged to rate payers could understand the plan pnd express their opinion spotlight fathers at annual evening fathers were in charge of the program and the speakers topic was the model father at the regular meeting of the acton home and school association held in the acton y on monday march 17 the president h h hinton was tn the chair t jones a member of the school board gave an uptodate report on progress at the new public school addition and r r parker outlined the organization of the home and school association mr parker introduced the guest speaker stan ley hod gens of victoria school kitchener whose topic was the model father a skit a day in a classroom was put on by some of the fathers roll call was taken for parcn attendance and it was announced that miss dorothy capper the kindergarten teacher had won the dr garrett trophy h baxter led the audience n a singsong assisted by ted hansen at the piano after which refresh ments were served this meeting was the first annjtal fathers night to be held by ihe home and school association deficitdebturesschools big items in 52 budge actons mill late for lw2 taxes 11 01 mills to raise jjlm275 7 for the towns operation total assevmnenl on which the mill inte is based is 23filt72 each ratepaver will be required to pay 04 on every 1000 of assessmml this is appt omiueiy a so per cent increase over last years mill rate of 43 tin- ears iite incliidev 11 mills for a deficit incurred lam year large hems on the taxiale aie education nt 31jlf3lul deficit at 2533721 debt mure payments of principal and interest nt 40t 9408 the mill rate was established at a regular meeting of council on tuesdav evening of this week with all councillors present and mayor rachlin presiding e b hmigins auditor reported an interview with c nunn of the depai imrnl of municipal affairs and t kennedy of the municipal board to see if it would be possible to spread the deficit over two years this was not felt advisable several items were cut from tlusi v toaster radio iron are presented to mrs waldie a waldie friends neighbors and relative gathered in dublin school recently to spend a social evening with mrs d waldie and alex mrs lelnnd read an address and they were presented with an electn iron an electric toaster a table radio and a card table both mrs waldie and alex made very fitting replies thanking each and every one several speeches were given wishing them many years in their new home mrs waldie and alex moved to acton on saturday hav ing bought the home of mr and mrs ian macdbnald mr and mrs macdonald arc moving to guelph mrs waldie is visiting for a month with her son and familv rev john waldie in london i miss lottie moore v tilted with her sister mrs waldie and attend ed the presentation in dublin school i original estimate in an austerity move to cut to the bone council lors taylor irwin and wicck sup ported a move to give firemen their lull requisition for hose of 400 fret but the nriajoriy moved a rut to 00 teet of hose in the fire brigade imatcs a 30o0 item for gravel in rotd expenditures came in for some di- cismon but the road commute lelt they could not recommend a low- i imcunt but if necessary were prepared to accept the lower nm- ount and cut down on rord v ork the majority supported retaining the 5000 amount in the budget with mayor rachlin and council lor- fryer and rognvaldson oppo- d snow removal was cut from 4he previous estimate of 500 to 400 and council decided rather than ex- eo this budget the snow wmild pile up on the street at the end of the eai the mayor said it was his opinion that the main steei had been n disgrace this wintm tempers flared as the library i ant came in for considerable dii- cusion again reeve ha grave recommended a grant of lno which with the provincial grant on last years town grant would sjv the board 2200 it was pour 1 out that the minimum grant b law was about 1500 ma or rachlin said it doesnt serve everyone in town councillor taylor neither does the high school or public school mayor rachlin you dont seem to make any effort to cut down councillor taylor 1 didnt make any rash promises when i gpt into office mayor rachlin weve got to stop these things somewhere theres public opinion too councillor rognvaldson i didnt com here to argue i came here to set a mill rate x motion tabled to grant the library board 2200 was supported by wieck stewart and taylor a motion to grant ihe library board 1550 was supported by rognvaldson hargrave rachlin and fryer the mayor suggested the best thing we can do is try to carry on as economically as possibloand end up with a good big surplus installments of taxes are due may i june 15 august 15 and october 15 the first installment wu moved ahead to allow time to issue the tax bills c f lealherland advtsed council that a solicitor had been engaged for the supreme court law suit with spartan contracting co the town and spartan solicitors had wondered if a settlement could be reached mr leatherland and the sewer committee were empowered to try to effect a settlement with mrs b hall and miss n hall for damage to their property during installation of sewers mr leather- land was also asked to present the town case and arrive at a settle ment with spartan on reasonable grounds the installation of a lateral tci the rigby cross property was re ported improper and wni to be in vestigated when the clerk contacted he engineer for details a letter was received at the teg ular meeting from k j beamish the paving contractor that they would patch the holes with a hot mix in may and repair thu man rles for which they were respons ible- if the roughness of the road i- not gone with summer heat and traffr they would give the rough spots a sand seal with emulsified asphalt in august council ex pressed appreciation of thts ar rangement an indigent patient account total ling 532 was paid since the patient had been accepted xme years ago the county pays a portion of thin cost council was notified that tho or ganization formerly acton machine shops and blow foundry was now known as blow press ltd retain ing the same management a letter from the acton planning board recommended that council prepare a brief for presentation to the miyors and reeves associat ion on the weakness of the registry act that allows registration of deeds the grant was left until the end contrary to town planning byli aod council found a reduction in actn was taken the grant would not reduce th- a dills w coon and c wood mill rate and the grant was left aqkrd th council call a speciu ats2 200 meeting to analyze figure and al- in a discussion on arena exprrd- low a presentation of detalbi on th uures it was pointed out that the proposal by the north halton high benrm are rotting and th- supports school district board to erett irw schools in acton georgetown ard a new gymnasium in milton a meeting was arranged for mondn evening councillor taylor was appointed lepresentative to a meeting of thn actn home and school association mivor rachlin said why cant regarding gifts for the public we just use an outside rink and lock addition the arena up for a year or two fcofimnjird on pagr four are n bad condition councillor tivlor suggested that the wurt mldnt be postponed the al lowance of 1800 in the hudet krely touches the nrceisary work councillor taylor pointed nut trophy wlnnetts proudly display their trophies at the annual hallon sdf8ir and bacon- show held in milton last friday and saturday v b bradley was awarded a silver entree dish for entering the grand champion hog carcass gordon graham won the strathcona orchards trophy for small seeds weeds and forage plant naming- earl wilson holds ihe halton cream and butler co irophy for judging hog carcasses and potatoes m t mcnabb won the silver entree dish for his grand cham pion t of red clover floyd bridgen was awarded the royal bank of canada burlington silver tray for his oats barley and winter wheat exhibited in the junior farmer section and calvin aitken holds the bank of toronto burlington trophy for ihe largest number of entries staff photo