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pagk two the acton free press acton ontario thuksday october iflth i9z a good word we were rather perturbed to note last week that conditions had arisen in municipal affairs that necessitated the request of the public utilities commission that the town assume operation of the new sewage disposal system in the public interest however it is well that such difficulties should be considered in the full knowledge of all the electors of acton and publicly discussed it is a pleasure to learn from the news col umns that the problems can be discussed and that coopemtiye work of the municipality can be car ried on started first to operate the hydro system the acton public utilitiawcommission has had waterworks and sewage problems added to their duties the arrangements for carrying on muni cipal affairs in combining offices has worked very beneficially for the town in every way it has dis tributed the load of municipal work and helped in a growing town we agree that the increase of duties perform ed by the utilities commission justifies a larger number on the commission and we commend the commission in carrying on the increasing duties one very successful head of several municipal bodies irkacton had one word that came high in his ostimatibq the word was cooporation it is a good word to remember and also to bear in mind that to get its greatest benefits it must operatebothways 1 as a result of the higher wages for miner in cs coal fields increased coal prices are expected in central canada says the fin ancial post it reports a bl0 rush of buirinp bj householders anxious to get in under the wire mote in your own eye we agree with the editor of the georgetown herald when he says editorially that we in north halton district have dallied too long in solving our building program and erecting new schools to meet the educational needs of the children of this district we cannot however agree with him when he states esquesing and nassagaweya must share the blame when the fateful day comes and the schools cannot accommodate all the pupils most of the blame should be placed on georgetown for the delay it was two years after the four municipalities had formed the north hal- ton district before georgetown consented or re quested to join the district the georgetown herald at the time the district was formed pro claimed in a headline georgetown stands alone as others ask high school area a re solution from that town council in 1947 reaffirm ed their unalterable opposition unless george town was chosen as the site of the school in june of that year the georgetown herald editorially condemned acton and milton county councillors for selling out their towns for a high school district and central school and said we are glad georgetown representatives are suf ficiently strong in character to stand up for their ideals georgetown stood alone matter of fact only one of the two georgetown representatives nn rntin council stood alone it was georgetown and again georgetown alone which fought a legal case before the muni cipal boardonthe division of school costs with the townships acton and milton raised no ob jection to assuming their share of the addedeosts for the benefit of the townships it is this quarrel between the townships and georgetown that is one of the stumbling blocks to the building pro gram esquesing and nassagaweya councils have both passed resolutions stating they were willing to take part of the building program at this time and start with one school in acton the district school board by a vote of 9 to 3 at the meeting in july agreed to start with the building program and the first step would be a school in acton two cf the opposing votes to that motion were from the georgetown members of the board the reason for the extreme urgency in acton is the fact that the present buildina must be vacated by september 1954 to accommodate public school enrolment estimated enrolment in acton public school was two years ago placed at 444 in 195 the actual figures are 460 this year estimated pupils in 1954 are placed at 529 how muchjthis 1954 estimate will be exceeded or how much sooner is a pressing problem when the district was forned an agreement was made with the council and public school board of acton that the building program would bo undertaken before 1953 and acton public school would have the present high school buildings the building program for ugh schools in north halton can be started at once thero is no need for further delay if it isnt startod the fault is with georgetown alotieattd not with the town ships the records speak for themselves the georgetown editor can verify this from his files but he cannot justify himself or his town by put ting the blame on esquesing and nassagaweya we offer no apology for the continuance of the five year serial story of the north helton dis trict in our columns we make no predictions on what or when the end will be it is well to realize that not all the worlds troubles are in the korea peace talks in canada there are 364 people to the square mile in the united states there are people to etierv square mile in the british isles there are s34 people to even square mile cost of living the annual report of thestanding committee en finance of the canadian senate makes in- teresting reading the figures are astounding canada is a big business with tax burdens ex tremely heavy canadians apparently wore able to enjoy some relaxation however the report says it is interesting to note that in the year 1951 the canadian people spent on alcoholic beverages 651000000 tobacco in various forms 422000000 ttace track betting 55000000 commercial recreation 158000000 soft drink beverages of all kinds 160000000 1446000000 for cicry dollar paid out in waacs last year us manufacturers paid another 164 in fringe benefits such as paid vacations pen sion plans etc so that wage rates alone no longer measure the cost of hiring labor oh into the night this isnt educational week but education in cur schools these days is very much in the public eye in the daily press we have the controversy over which grade of our school system is to blame for the poor showing of so many students par t of their inabil to handle jlnglish cor- north e ast west s outh no malde about n year ago in this column was an account of a new marine radio a ut i on which had jiut begun operation at the busy south end of the county now a year later hres another report taken from the oakvllle itecordslar its our first duty to guard the radio and telegraph frequencies for durtreaa cmlt but weve never been involved in anything where life was in danger in the year since weve been here aaya william mc kay deputy head of the canadian marconi companys radio station on the seventh line of trafalgar township however the modern station handle score of routine commer cial call every day and about three urgency calls a month where -property- rather than uvea are at atake in good weather the station can contact flhlpii 140 miles distant it patrols by radio from almost the eastern tip of lake ontario to long point on laket erie and as far north as georgian bay and lake huron despite ifs tremendous range though its just one of many deportment of transport stations which make the shipping lanes as safe as a back yard the distress signal is the french word nvaldcz repeated three times on- the radio but the station hasnt heard it yet when nn ur gency call comes through the op erator has to notify the ships own ers or if it is serious determine the nearest boat to the accident nnd send it to the stricken vessel how- ever th ura cnllajisunllyjjust mean a mechanical breakdown nhl referee we read inst week in the guclph paper carl voss nhl refcree- inchlef revealed over the week end that jerry olinski the cele brated wirwnrger from kitchener would join the nhl refereclng staff this season olinski wns pic tured by some as the best referee in the oha last season and by others as an unpredictable show boat but even his detractors had to admit that olinski was an in dustrious official whoso energetic skating kept him on top of the play most of the time if his pro motion will prevent him from fill ing o ha assignments it will b difficult to find an adequate re placement said jerry olinski has relatives in acion the breeze out of their tires for n little while there js nothing to control the dust and our home arc plagued with it at ten oclock in the morning i can have everything shining by noon window sllbj and furniture look nn if id forgotten o get up our children come home looking as if they had been packed in barrels of mud and rolled down a hill the vivid picture of life on the lower middle road drew a comment from the editor that the ford motor company had agreed to investigate another celebrity did you know dr brock chtsh- olm is a haltonlte dr chutholm is directorgeneral of the world health organization which has its headquarters in geneva and last weok he was chosen by the amer ican public health association as one of the alx winners of lasker awards for 152 the awards carry with them 1000 leather bound citations and gold statuettes the presentation is being made next tuesday in the united states the prominent can adian doctor lived formerly in oak vllle just a nobody it was little marys first day nt school the teacher was making out her registration card what is your fathers name she asked daddy replied the child yes i know but what does your mother call him she doesnt coll him anything she likes him obituary rectly it all started it seems when our colleges put up certain tests and found many of the students lacking the ball didnt stay long in the hands of the secondary schools and was promptly tossed in the laps of the public scfiools one public school principal is credited with stating that a college professor is not the man to judge whether english and grammar are properly given in the schools prior to college attendance he backed up his statement with a test of course the whole thing makes newspaper copy and confirms the doubt in the average mans mind and gives force to some young peoples argument that our educational system has something lacle ing in its preparation of our young people for the things they must face in the business and pro fessional world when they complete their school days even our limited education tells us that sentence is too long but we had to get it out in cine breath or suppress it perhaps all the concern over education today ii because it is costing more than it used to we never did get around to reading that hope report on education in ontario that took so long and cost so much to compile some day we are going to refer to the index and see if there isnt some thing that can be done about it in the mean time participation in discussions on who is to blame and why education accounts for so much on the tax bill will have to ust continue th an swers seem very elusive might be well to put before the students i those old lines tiiat used to be in the public school books some place pne line of which said that if riches were worth the getting they must be bravely sought etc poetess in prose readers of this paper with a bit of artlstic temperament will recognize he name of mary ellen varley who has contributed several times to the poets corner now jhe has sent a bit of powerful prose to an oakville paper she lives down that way and the point she wan to make is hit home by clever and striking way she says things this is the lower middle road says mary ellen varley in her let ter but what has happened 10 the middle of it would put a colony of groundhogs to shame the sides arc no better for they ore worn low and contain washboard ridges that keep sane guys breathing care ful our thoroughfare has never been a pride and joy but since the advent of ford it is a downright disgrace after a complaint was registered several trucks were nabbed for speeding and this took an army norottd i of little use unless there iv pnidrit coittsela at home cicert ek artmt 3xtv jprpfih the onli paper ever published in acton foundrd in 187s and published vrry thursday at sfi milt st k acton ont member of the audit bureau of circula lion the china and the ontarioquebec division of the v n a advertising rates on request subscriptions pay- able in advance 2 50 in canada s3 50 in the united states sx months 150 single copies 6c authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa g a dills editor and publisher business and editorial office tel ephone 1 7 4 member of pioneer limehouse family member of n pioneer limchousi family james nickell died in the hamilton general hospital on fn day october 3- in his 85th year the nickells have been residents of the district since william nickell emigrated from ireland in 1012 he was the third settler in esquesing and first farmed nt dolly varden limehouse which is still owned by the family mr nickell was a son of james nickell and sarah woods and spent all his life at limehouse until two years ago he was a resident of halton centennial manor at mil ton his wife marv wheeler died in 1922 surviving are his twin brother john of eden mills and two sisters mrs minnie graham winnipeg man and mrs edith wetherad toronto members of the family who predeceased him were mrs hugo bell toronto william nick ell sarnia and dr robert nickell georgetown t alex cnlder conducted jh funeral service in limehouse pres byterian church on monday octo ber c which was followed by in terment in limehouse cemetery pallbearers were fred victor and wilfred harding andrew mino harding price and k c lindsay surprise mary ive bought you a beauti ful surprise for your birthday it has just arrived bill im curious to see it mary wait a minute nnd i will put it on nxcroes united church of canada aeton ontafto a fiuendly church bev e a carrey la bd minister parsunafic 29 bower avenue phone 60 mia o m launpau atcm organist and choir leader sunday october 10th 1052 10 00 am sunday school to ed ucate the spirit 1100 am mornink worship sub ject the chrlslan walk too p in eunuiu worship in knox presbyterijn church thought jor rhe week there call be no security m llus world until men and nation- put dad riuhl in the center and at the very heart of life ilyn clabrook anniversary services next sunday 11 a m and 7 pm speaker he rev sinclair of toronto presbyterian church in canada knox taiukcil acton iiev kobert ii armstront ma bd minister the good old days may have seemed better back in 1902 from the imuo of the free vrtun of tfiur4y oetow 18 102 manager j b wallace of the merchant bank left yesterday to assume the management of the new merchants dank at onk lake manitoba a most enjoyable event was consummated on monday even ing when a complimentary banquet wax tendered at the dominion hotel dbring his residence of nearly three years in acton mr wallace proved himself a very use ful citizen a favorlto in sodal and musical circles and especially with those who enjoyed healthful out door sports the banquet was given under the auspices of the masonic brethren and the gentlemen of the golf club and was served in the well known recherche style for which the do minion hotel is celebrated about 35 of the leading men of the town were seated around the festive board during the evening the chalanan mr a j mcklnnon presented mr wallace with a mag nificent fur coat and an alligator tnvclling bug and master harry holmes jr presented in the name of the ladles of the gold club a beautiful bouquet of splendid roses hidden in the hearts of which wefie but that is another story r mr wallace is succeeded here by mr a xji devitt of the berlin branch he is a married man and is connected with some of the best families of berlin and waterloo rockwood show has enjoyed n long line of success but the officers and directors were never more gra filled with the results or their efforts than on last wednesday evening when it was found that the attendance exceeded all prev ious records tuesday was devoted to arranging nnd judging so that 1 11 was in order when the gates were thrown open to the immense crowd on wednesday the efforts of excouncillor har vey this summer have made his property at the corner of park ave and mill st one of the prettiest residential corners in town and what was for years a somewhat un sightly vacant lot whose south side was wearing away with each suc cessive spring freshlct is now a hplistantinl adornment to the town the fine twostorey residence tb beautiful greensward neat fence and wnlks and the neat retaining wall were never spent to better nd vantage marrmed mlmodarby at the method parsonage rockwood on wed nesday 8th october by rev w ii garnham b d w g minot limehouse to miss maggie dar by of rockwood back in 1932 from the imuc ef uuft wee ipr f thuraday oetober 13 192 this is fire prevention week the first snowstorm of the du- trict this fall came yesterday oc tober 12 but the bright sun soot removed all traces of whiter with n record attendance erin fair held lost thursday and fri day was one of the most success ful over hold there the old man of the big clodfc tower tells us that fifty years ago- 1r82 the village council met on tuesday evening and for once there were no accounts ro pass and no important business to transact another item taken from the col umns of fifty years ago h that the village council have ordered a splendid bell for the new town hall tower from the celebrated troy bell foundry troy n y the annual convention of the halton teachers institute was held in the georgetown public school last week miss norrls of london derry ireland was the sptakrat the banquet the newlyformed parkview athletic club held a track meet on monday in the park thus club was formed for the purpose of en couraging an interest in athletics- among the young men of the town died barber at the home lot 23 ttuelph rd nassagaweya town whip on monday october 10th 19t2 john hiram barber in his sflth year campbell at the family resi dence sault ste mane ontario on monday october 1 1932 r g campbell in his 77th year professional directory and travellers guide medical dr w g c kenney physician and surgeon oltice in symon block mill st acton of rice phone 7s residence church st phone 150 dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow and river sts entrance river street acton ontario phone 238 dr a i araastrong physician and surgeon office 105 mill st east x phone 574 dental dr a j buchanan dental surgeon office lcishman block mill st off let huu 9 i tu 0 uml xray telephone mo dr h leib dental surgeon office corner mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am to 6 p m telephone 19 acton real estate and ins lira nci sunday october i9th 1952 anniversary sunday 10 00 am church school 11 00 i m divine worship 1215 pm bible class 7 00 pm evening worship j rev john c robson m a of st aiulrtwh church huntsville will preach at both services we welcome vulture from the other congrrgiuunn in acton i to the evening service they that uait upon the lord ahull rencu their strength i a warm welcome awaits you st albans church langllcmnl rev ralph e price b a bd rector tnimv xix sunday october 19th 1952 iilif reni duy and vourh smiitay t 10 m milv ciifnmuniiin in 00 tin church school 1100 i m beginner claxs 1100 tin holy eucharist 7 01 p m service in knox pi f- b tenuis church children and their parent- and younji people ure especially weh timed to the service- this sunday baptist church acton dwtght l patterson iitor parsonage 115 bower ave phone- 20flr wright real estate and insurance f l wright n b wright 20 wilbur st 19 macdonnell st acton ont ouelph onl phone 95 phone 4915w valuators rraltorm duuron member appraisal institute of canada members guclph and dirstict real estate board members guelph and district lnsurace agents association wm r bracken keaf eaute general insurance phone 2fl actor i miscellaneous amlhrjjis is worth utmost twice h milch ah uolil thunda october 11 tt 00 p m choir practice and prayer meeting fnda october 17 8 00 pm yiitiiik peoples at the home of mi nut mi g wikiui sunday october 19th l2 10 00 am suiula school with c1uvm-s- for all ukv come ami bnnn the chiutieri don t jus send them 11 00 a in murium worship with u cordial welcome to all 7 00 p rw we vi ill imiu with knox for their anniveisui y service tuesday october 21 8 00 p m the annual musion circle x hank of fering kervice the victor b ruaaley funeral home funeral home heated ambulance phone 30 night or day serving the community for 45 ycara 3livi aa lampard atcm r m t oikunist and chun i nutei united church teacher of piano studio united church tlutsdv studio 4 park ave guelph telephone 20fi legal c f leatherland barrlstrr a solicitor notary publla office 22 phone res 151 acton lever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jenkins and hardy 1305 metropolitan bldfl 44 victoria st toronto elg 0131 a j crandell chartered accountant main street georgetown telephone fl54 chiropractor d j armstrong doctor of chiropractic 15 frederick st n af phone 550 veterinary b d young bvsc c l young dvm veterinary surf eon office brookville ontui 10 phone milton 185r21 f g oakes vs bv sc veterinary surgeon office and residence knox ave acton phone 130 travellers guide gray coach lines coaches leave acton east bound iiu a m 8 50 a in 11 13 i in 2 08 pm 508 p m 033 pm b 32 p m bd 58 p m wm bound 10 27 u in 12 52 p m 2 57 p m s 27 p m 7 27 p m 9 yj p m 1 r32 p in 112 a m sun to kitchener only a daily except sunday and holi day 6 b saturday sunday aod holi days canadian national railways standard time east bound daily 5 40 am daily except sun days 9 54 am 710 p m sunday only b16 p m daily except sun day flyer at georgetown 002 am ii1 fher at georgetown 1011 p in wr ujiiiv except sunday an 1 mon day 2 24 am sunday and monday onlv 1208 a m daily except sun day 8 48 am 744 pm daily ex cept sat and sun 548 p m sat urday only 130 p m sundj only 6 43 m flagitopt sundiv only flyer a guelph 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