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seventheighth year no 10 acton ontattio thursday septmber 1 1th 1952 twelve homo print pages six cent bronte vetoes withdrawal of north stitches were required to close a wound over the right eye of lionel hamilton guelph who was driving this truck that was in collision with an alberta car on saturday the truck was com pletely wrecked when the motor was forced back from under the hood the driver was also struck in the back when a gasoline drum in the truck slid forward with the impact and caved in the cab from behind stau photot occupants were seftlously inured when this 1952 chevrolet car was in almost headon collision with a pickup truck in front of ballentines service station shortly before 12 noon saturday mr and mrs c e leppard calgary alberta came east to buy a new car and drive it back the car had 355 miles on the speedo meter when this accident caused an estimated 800 damage and seriously injured the two occupants they were hospitalized acton fair to be opened by gov official the assistant deputv minister of agriculture or the province of ontario j carroll will olficiulh open acon fall fair being held this ear on kridav and saturdav september lilh and 20th in acton park heetr and puklis oats and petit point stepping horses and angel cake refrigerators and slun thorns bands and acrobats hot dogs and oil painting midwi ridts and t tailors and bot all people these are jut a ft w of tlu things that will be ivm mblt d again thih war at the an nual fair and the ij i dition gives promise of bt ing the best ewr a new feature thus war us a safc driving tractor competition which is being sponsor d b the tractor maintenance club esscntiallv txhibits and pnt s nr the same this war with a few exi opt ions more classes hivt bt en been added m homecrafts and in some classes tin hiding livestotk prize monev has been mei e ised plus several of there will be no jumping horses ihls ear at the fnda evening per formance in acton arena it h is wen ttpoiud ftatuitd ar tlu second armored divisional sigi a is regiment band which w ill marih with 50 men befoie the fair aud ience aciom citizens band ako be in attendance an evening full of entertainment t guarantetd with thi selection of fiw special theatrical acts thi i keppo familv is headlined b two young girls haija and anneli who i first made their debut in 1w7 be fore 8 000 at helsinki finland thev hae toured europe and came to canada in 1951 the girls specialize in acrobatics and contortions unicvcling us one of the acts of johnnv dash who is billed for ac ton fair he ls abo a noelt juggler the worlds genu est trick har monica wizard is also expected to come to acton for the fair billy russell has appeared in over iff moving pictures a roller skating team are the fling deuct who do all the stand ird tricks their own acrobatic danur ruth cole com putes the bill expicted to be pres ented b the fair board here saturdav a alwavs f i lends will jreet t at h other against a bick- mound of handiwoi k and baking djsplavs livestock judging and muiwuv at tactions the guv kal- tldosiope of fair fun and extlte- inent whiih is looktd forward to b m mm each war will center late in the afternoov on the u estoe k parade women s institute w ill again hae their attractive displays nnd tlu free lrs plans to show old photographs of actons carl la- t rosjn tt am and hxal stones of about so ears ago there w ill again be a baby show dairv ialf exhibit foal ex hibit gram dhow a market cattle tomnurcial feature and specials for nuin classes darning will end the fair week end saturday in the town halt a olue covered prize list of 60 pages has been read carefully in acton the whole countv and the nearbv townships of erin and era- moa for weeks now as exhibit ors plan theirm tries george wallace b president of the fair j dennis vicepresident m mad ill second vicepresident and c b swackhamer the secret arytreasurer suggest items for sewage committee a dubv of the water sewage department reported nt a meeting or the public utilities commission nn monday that the hent exchang or hnd not as vet been put into op eration at the sewage plant the digester in full of sludge and it is desirable to have the heat exchong- er operating so tbnt the digester can be emptied before winter sets in mr duby alio reported that the flame trap had not been ehang ed these matters are to be brought to the attention of th sewage committee of council s thev can be adjusted as boon a possible the banks at the sewage plant are eroding and it was felt grass should be planted this fall mivor itachlin is to have the poll annl7ed at the oac and get rec ommendations for the best type of grass t6 plant the commission approved the action of superintendent mason in ordering new meter equipment for installation in the a p green plant which u being rebuilt a water leak at the arena was discussed when brought to the at tention of the commission ap parently the water has been leak ing for a considerable time since it was a town building considerat ion was given in the billing charge the line has been shut off and repiirs are underway by the town employees superintendent d mason submit ted the account for replacing the underground calcic which wa- damaged during construction at the new school the totol account was 554 63 and was to be forwarded to j b mackenzie and son as thev had assumed responsibility for pay ment notice was received of a meeting of the office section of the ame u to be held in london wednes- dnv september 24 sccretarv j mcgenchie w us delegated to attend thus meeting a request for installation of a f i it rite w ater heater w as made as the heater and insulation do not conform to the regulations govern ing flat rate heaters passed some time ago thus request had to be re fused superintendent mason reported that arrangements were being made to move the transformer bank at micro plastics thus saturdav extra help is necessary for this job and mr mason was authorized to pro cure the necessary laborers and the rate per hour was set a report of the twodav meet ing at muskoka beach was given the commission by mr mason the work of mr a duby who has carnod on the operation of the watersewage system during the absence of superintendent j lam bert was appreciated by the com mission the commission appreciate the way mr duby has handled the situation while the staff has been shorthanded mayor b d rachlin reported that council had decided at the last meeting to have the citizens vote at the municipal election on whether acton should have a three or five member public utilities commis sion the other members of the commission raised no objection to this change but expressed disap proval of the method adopted and fill that the courtesy should have been gixen to discuss the change before council had adopted the pro cedure in lew of the formt r co operative operation of all municipal bodies chairman macarthur n ported iewng the spring lane along with chairman j j stewart of the streets and walks committee they hid made arrangements to have the trus tut and the brush pulled out i would necessitate hiring an ex tra mm for about one wtek the commusmon agreed to the tentative arrangements whuh had bt on mid the commission upon rt solution pud sj5 00 towards the cost of in stalling the transom vt indows and sernns m the office thls agree nu nt hid been made with the y m c a directors quite some time ago ce oiin ls w e re passed for pa v nunt amounting to 603 31 for hd- ro and bh 64 for the watersewer depirtment commissioners c e wood and mjsor b d rachlin wen present with bob macarthur presiding fine weather for special services baltlnafad annivcrsory sunday was blest by lovely clear fall weather the church was beauli fullv decorated with baskets of gladioli and other cut flowers which provided n lovelv setting for the services rev j b moore of waterdown was guest speaker for the morning service and stressed the thought that the church should be made the centre of the community life each one of ius has o duty to fulfil w hieh no one else can do let us make sure our part ls not left un done he stressed solos bv mrs k williams and the anthem bv the choir addd moth to the service in the evening rev e a cur- rev of acton was in charge and the background for his sermon was the scripture reference to the tower of bnhcl rev currey made it clear that if we take things in our own hands leaving god out our life will come to nought let us take god with ils into whatever profes sion we choose to make our lifes work even if god docs not call us to full time service wc may be suro he expects us to give part time christian work or leadership rev currey raid the choir again sang and two numbers by the milton mnlc quar tette were much enjoyed there were capacity congregations both morning and evening which was most encouraging free press judged among 55 papers v while not among the lop ranking three canadian weeklv newspapers nccnrdfng to judges of the can adian weekly newspopers associat ion competitions the acton free press placed high among the 51 newspapers in the class the pap ers entered bv towns from const to coast nil jind ft circulation of from 1 000 to 2 000 the free press scratched a win ning place in the competition for the best front page nnd the m a james memorial trophy placing fourth three points behind the top ranking drydcn observer the ob server was awarded 30 25 for its front page and the free press 27 25 these two papers were the onlv two in the class to be award ed four marks uut of five for press- work for the best editorial page of the 55 newspapers the gonanoque re porter took the trophy with 10 55 points out of 25 the free press was given 15 50 points i the gananoquc reporter won first place again in the class for the best allround paper with 07 54 marks the judges gave the free press 58 75 judging was broken into several divisions and aclon placed higher in two of these than the trophy winning paper ganan- oque had 3 43 for classified ads and the free press 3 50 gananoque 4 75 for local nnd general news pictures and the free press 5 there were just n few points difference in the other sections begin hearing of appeal on shar of coun costs five northern municipalities bowed out of avsessment equalization on the opening tlav of thi oakwlte and burlington nppei igainst a county cqualuatioi bvlnw passed iirher tin tar tht is thev bowed out provided bronte does not n gister the only opposition tod equaliza tion is necessary because oakville and burlington objected to the share of countv exptns thiy are required to bear at the opt ning of the hearing in ie court house milton wednesday morning judge w n liohlnsnn suggi sted the five northern municipalities wlthdriw since he felt they were not concerned with the appeal as stated b o ikville and 50 of 500 eligible vote on utilities members increase pay 1 for county m members of halton count council at tlu irrigulnr session tuesdav oted to met use thtir ft t ufur inembtrs dt ft a ted a previous motion cal ling for a 3 hoist a surprise motion sponsor d b deputy hi eve w bird and iuec g leslie isqiu sing ami council agreed to inertase thur pa from 7 to t a me ling and committee meetings without comment the new pu schi dule is u troielive to julj 1 however considerable comment was made bv members to an ear lier suggestion nnd motion to raise members pav from 7 a meeting to that of j10 the suggestion of a raise wns first made by reeve e r lauder oakville when he read from the act councils could increase their pay to 10 a meeting he said members now receive 7 and thought coun cil might discuss the matter i voicing his objection to on in crease at this time reeve c l s palmer nelson declared none of us go into this work with the idea of making money i hardly think h fair that there should be on in crease when there ls such a dri for economy among municipal councils we turned down an ap plication for two fox bounties and i dont think it ls a good example foi us to increase our pay now deputyreeve fred walker said hf had a resolution which might bring the discussion to a head sponsored by himself and reeve william marshall georgetown the motion sought to increase members pay from 7 to 10 deputyreeve ford trafalgar thought the jump was too great while warden wickson concurred he added it would cost the county an additional c00 a ear for coun cil meetings it could go consid erably higher when we include committee tees and miletge he mated i feel like reve pdmer we should keep our administration costs down declared deputvreeve shannon burlington with the liitreased costs of welfare hospit- ilizition and the new home it is time we considered this the costb of thus level of government are too mueh and we should curtail them reeve marshall felt increased cost of living should not be forgotten he also pointed out lhat many members sacrificed their business and personal time in the interesk of their municipality and county council i believe thev should be amply reimbursed he said on the first vote warden wick- son declared the motion lost when seven votes were counted both for and against he urged all mem bers to vote and finally the motion was defeated by a d to 7 vote of members council approved of the action taken by ttil road committee in seeking redress in connection with the purchase of property from j as he had already cashed the coun tys cheque in part payment mr cookes cheque had been re turned nnd in july he began oper ations of removing grovel from the property the county considered theirs he informed members a writ was being issued to procure the property and have the county reimbursed for the gravel already taken from the pits grants of 300 to the milton fair and 200 each to the acton and georgetown fairs were made when e ellenton appealed on behalf of the halton agricultural society for the usual grant council denied a request of the st johns ambulance corps for a grant on recommendation of the finance committee reeve lauder told council the committee did not favor the grant as this organization did not have a branch in the coun tv i think we have other worthy organizations in the countv who are more dt serving of assistance st johns perform a worthy cause but tht have no other interests in the county he said a blnw is to be prepared fol lowing a motion bv reeve palmer nnd deputv reive walker to have the guelph lane between the queen elizabeth way and highway j designated a 30 mileanhour speed arei we can put up signs but that will be onlv bluff we should have a law to hick them up mi palmer stated last week a bov was killed there and hundreds of children walk on thus road to glenwood school everv da we should provide them with some protection k y dick former warden was appointed county solicitor on a fee basis council decided game warden dudley hitchcox is to be requested to inspect the beav er dam in nassagaweya township to determine whether the beaver are still there and auo the cause of the low water level deputy- walker informed council the out of 500 eligible voters only so regustered an opinion in the bronte election monday on the es tablishment of a three member commission the commission was approved by the majority of 42 to eight in the village established last year the population of quebec counts for approximately 90 cent of canadas total cookt- to establish a county gravel r h dropped about pit k y dick county solicitor explained that mr cooke had ap proached council asking them to purchase this land council im proved and a partial payment cheque was sent to mr gooke the committee felt they had purchased the property when mr cooke moved loading and other equipment on the property last may when a requeit for agree ment of sale was made by the coun ty mr cooke returned the money three feet he said there might be a possibility the beaver were not there now which might have u bearing on the water level warden wickson thought he animals were still there and the water level was lowered by reason of seasonal lack of rains members ordered a resolution from the city of chatham filed they sought to have legislation continued on pqqm six bronte refuses to sign agreement word was received this morn ing that bronte had filed a letter at the equalisation appeal refus ing to sign the agreement that would allow withdrawal of the five northern municipalities on he hasls they should be allowed to withdraw along with the more northern centres of milton acton georgetown esqueslng and naa- sagaweya stbiirlington judge bnbinson pmnu d out he would not approve the withdrawal unless nil 10 municipalities agree unanimously all agreed but bronte and counsel for that municipality could not contact village officials for authorization to withdraw a decision was to be given at the opening of proceedings thursday morning withdrawal of the northern muni- cipalitic milton acton george town esquesing nassagaweya wns approved providing the present percentage and obsolescence values would not f attacked during the hearing olive musselle weds allan ellerby at parents home saturday the home of mr and mrs g h musselle was the scene of a late summer wedding on saturday afternoon september 0 when their daughter olive ann was married to harold allan ellerby son uf mr and mrs j l ellerby rr 4 acton rev it ii armstrong b a bd officiated at the cenmonv h id in a setting of m hive and white gladioli given in marri ue by her fither thi bride wore a floor length gown of whie frosted swiss organdy over fulle with i mntfhing jaekt her tap of mowers held a moo lingth vt il of tulh illusion and she carried a white bible the gift of the groom with pink sweetheart rases and bnuvirdia attending her were miss eleada bntton r r 1 aclon and mus lorraine mulhn acton who won strapless gowns of mauve and green net over taffeta with boleros mittens and headdresses to match they earned small baskets of sweetheart rases bouvardia and maidenhair fern ray everdell of acton was best man the wedding music was played by e a hansen b a and miss ibella mayc ftoszcll sang the lords prayer at the beginning of the ceremony and through the years during the signing of the register hostess at the reception follow ing the ceremony was mrs g h musselle who chase a navy sheer dress over taffeta with navy and white accessories and a gardenia corsage she was assisted by mrs j l ellerby who wore taupe lace over satin with brown accessories and a eorsage of vellow sweetheart roses and bouvardia shortly after the ceremony cousins of the groom telephoned their best wishes to the pair from california a tiered wedding cake topped w ith a tinv bouquet centred the- brides table as guests congratu lated the couple after the cert monv mr and mrs allan fllerby left on a motor trip to ottawa and montreal the ride had chosen for leav ing a beige checked uit with pink and brown accessories her eorsuge was of pink sweet heart roses with gardenia bee didnt sting but spoiled holiday all on account of a bee a car was badly damaged a telephone pole was smashed and the holiday trip of a little family was spoiled on tuesday the accident happen ed on the highway just oaat of ac ton and when wc talked to the family from manitoba the little boy bald the bee- sting me and the little girl said the boc sting me and daddv said the bee flew right into his face and mother just sat and held her head where it had been cut on the shattered wind shield the car a small morris apparent ly travelled along the shoulder of the highway and plowed along the ditch but had sufficient moment um to smash a telephone pole be fore coming to a stop the party was headed for toronto and had just gone half a mile east of acton yesterday afternoon when the bee went to work wkh such disastrous results front end of the car was badly smashed and right windshield was shattered judge w n robinson began taking evidence on wednesday of this week on the appeal of oakville and burlington against the county equalization hearing in milton hearings in he court house are continuing this week company union reach agreement the acton local of the united packinghouse workers of america voted tuesday night to accept an offer by the beardmore company that followed negotiations important points in the offer was a seven cent an hour increase for female employees and u five cent an hour increase for all male em ployees the new agreement is to be dated june 1 formal signing of the agreement is all that remains to be done the original company offer was embodied in the recommendations of the conciliation board prodded over by his honor frank denton in august some minor changes in the wording of the contract were also agreed to os a ell a some changes in the payment on the in surance and benefit pi in under the welfare clause the company agreed last week to the three month retro active pament of the increase and removal of the escape clause from the union security section heeommendatioris of the concil iation board embodied in the orig inal company offer included an ad ditional statutory holiday with pay which make the total pud holidays now seven continuation of the cost of living bonus with the stip ulation added that despite drop in the index the amount of bonus will not be lowered more than five cents below the present 15 cent rate with the continuation of in creases at the rate at one cent for each 1 3 increase in the index thra weeks holidays with pay after 30 years service rather than th previous 25 years service general increase of five cenu an hour en largement of the welfare plan pre sently covering sickruiii accident benefit surgical care and hospital ization for dependents to include 2000 life insurance for males and 1000 life insurance tor female on a 5060 contributory bau best sellers are books most fre- ejuently purchased and not nec essarily the best books written