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ht jvjttxm sttt t seventyeighth yoarno 20 acton ontario thursday november 20lh 1952 ton homoprmt parjossix conts r ask caution of safety week continue local scene of the four hour power failure is shown here with workmen attempting to repair damage caused when power leak ed around the insulators and burned the top off the pole in front of toths service station the power failure was a general con dition caused by a peculiar atmospheric condition it was re- portedthestrangest power failure on record staff photo plan to issue 250000 debentu on m halton county council at its regular session held tuesday after noon fliwe ttte necessary two readings to a bylaw to authorise a deben ture issue of 250000 ns the countys share in building erecting and fur nishing the new halton centennial manor the bonds are to four and a half per cent according to the bylaw some members felt this interest rote may bo rather small but they also felt they should try to peek a buy er at the suggested rate council erldorsed a resolution sponsored by huron county which was seeking to have november 11 established ns a statutory holiday members felt remembrance day was run rather haphazardly a request from the county as scssor to have his office held salary increased was shelved and left in the hands of the assessment com mittee deputy reeve mcathur oakville argued these increases should be reviewed at the begin ning f the year instead of the end norman brown georgetown ap pearing on behalf of the executors of the frank estate sought to have council purchase 200 acies of bush land in nassagaweya township to be included in the reforestation pro gram selling price is quoted at 5500 the offer was left for the reforestation committee to consider and report back to the next council meeting a petition bearing 23 signatures of residents in kilbride was pres ented by deputyreeve fred walk er nelson petition sought to have the county engineer and road suoer- intendent lower ditches extending health unit seer by german doctors four germnn doctors arc ex pected to vlnl t the halton county health unit nt milton this week to obtain flrathnnd information on the operation of nucli n service the german health officers are vlnitlnjf toronto this week and will be accompanied in their visit to halton by dr- r g struthers of the ontario department of health the doctors are dr josef mich ael hamacqer chief of public health section landesbcxirk ba den germany vr alois schmltz chief of the public health de portment of the land of rhclland- pfolz dr johnnn josef bucckcn chief public health officer min istry of social affairs state of nordrhelnlandwestfalen and dr heinz vritz router- social hyfi- ienist at the health office of the land government of schleswlg- holstein straw flies at y sadie hawkins day a freeforall stravvfight was the main feature oft the sadie hawkins dance held in the aetna y last friday november 14 slrnw flew as 30 bales were opened and tossed in confoosin and amonsin dogpatch style about 40 attended many wear ing back- woods type costumes novelty dances were included in the program with the usual re freshments monday dec 1st halton election day monday december 1 is election day this year fov acton milton burlington bronte and esqucsing nelson trafalgar nasagaweya and erin townships georgetowns election day is a week later on december h all over the county those qualified will be voting for candidates to lend their communit ies throughout 1953 on the fitt day of december jiist 11 days away candidates were nominated on various das in these halton centres nelson township nominations are ihrotirh the mltage they clmmvtrthevwrinnvtfmbr u water lies in the ditch and eeps i trafalgar and bronte nominations through into cellars the request were last monday and tomorrow was referred back to the road com m it tee roy f smith gave a compieher- sive repoi t on the good road con vention he attended at quebec a resolution sponsored by the nelson township federation of agriculture addressed to the coun ty conservation committee was i ead and referred back to the committee it dealt with the flow of water in i limestone creek the letter stated it concerned municipalities taking water from their sources thereby j interfering with conservation th case in mind concerns the fact tint water is being drawn from md will he increastnglv so from the 1 mie- stone creek thus decreasing tt- flow to a mere trickle at certain lime of the year nelson members asked if the let tei refeiied to miltons source of suppu htm e ei ree e fi m- foimed them a 5m foot well would not likel have tin bearing mi the charge members endorsed two resolution front ivilh countv to be foiwardel lo goerntii nt officials in i expect to the eontiol of warble fv u o- eating the setting of a tire for i spiavnc pin poses a second tateu they were unftxot able to imcs mat ketuig conditions of i fl price tn tim pound carcasses and this be induced to mv pounds to complv to conditions that piosently exist tn ontat 10 council author ired the leturn of 1 licence fee oi a gasoline pump to n kilbride merchant on the grounds it was under tho jurisdiction of pro vincial regulations engincc smith thouiiht the present county bvlaw was invalid since certain changes in the highway traffic act had been made this year while there were some points raised in its wat ion the engineers felt it was so located to be less a hazard than some pumps which had been installed under the tegulations the pump in qucson has been located on the same spot a number of years accounts authorized to be paid in cluded finance 12763 24 assess ments j5uv printing and educa tion 2r22a halton centennial manor ss710i2 county roads 4404041 county buildings 00 hospitals 2043 00 agricuture and reforestation 101 4il fnda november 21 is the date for naming contestants for office m milton acton esquesing town ship and erin township ninsagaweya township nominal loib are not until monday novem ber 24 and georgetowns on thurs day november 27 groceries prizes at guild bazaar st he the rung albans guild held nuil fall variety fai parish hall last frtdav and saturday afternoon the tea table was centred with bronze ma ellow muntf tea was pimiinl ii friday evening bv mr ualph pue and mrs t lonos ind situidiv afternoon bv mrs c lealheiland and mrs price coin eiior of fi ulivs tea a a successfully retain bean bridge trophy the acton ys mens club suc cessfully defended the bean bridge trophy against the owen sound ys mens club for a second tsmi in a game played in acton oi friday november 14 this is the second time thesi two clubs have met with actnh being the winner both times tli final score was acton 21250 owen sound 13900 acton has now earned the right to move into the next round wi h guelph on thursday november 27 acton team- j creighton p bean a braida f lawrence c wood c cook h arbic and j greer town is crippled by freak failure replanting needed by 20000 acres referring to 20000 acres o land in the township of nojtsoraweya erin ernmoso and pusllnch in need of reforestation as revealed by the provinclol department of planning and development the purchase of 0000 of these acret wos recommended ot inst weeks meeting in gait of the grand y ley conservation authority this purchase would involve re forestation of these lands which according to the authority hcod amos wilkinson of wallenstein should never have been cleared in the first place it is now our job to locate the 110 assessed owners and try to buy the land nt a reasonable price and put it baclq in trees again hi said much of the property was said to be part of abandoned farms this job will likely be slnrtcd n 1053 his board has a carryover of 300 acres to plant next spring the department of lands nd h forests was not able to complete the job because too few trees wore available although mr wilkinson said 200 ftertis havl been planted it is expected more trees will be available next spring now thot a new policy of charging private landowners for them has been put into force school pupils were oil sent home industries closed down stores shut and monday washing and preparat ion of dinner was impossible when the strangest power failure on record halted electric power in acton and the immediate district for about four hours on monday morning fog coused the current to lenk around the dampened insulators on hydro poles and poles cnught fire at several places in southern ont ario including waterdijwn guelph thorold and niagaroonthelnkc in acwi the top of the hydro pole by toths garngc was comp letely burned off and town work men struggled in the thick fog and drizzling rain to replace the pole since heat had not been high in schools and industries over the weekend these buildings were uncomfortably cold monday morn ing when pupjln-or- employees ar rived public school children wrv operation lollipop from acton to acton gift casket received here the london england evening news contained this recent news item about 13 million boiled sweets 10 tons have left for canada the cargo is the largest of its kind to leave britain fo- canada it has been called oper ation lollipop the sweets which will be on sale in canada in time for child rens christmas parties were made in a ifactory at acton which turns out three million sweets a day in the cargo is an elaborate gift casket of sweets containing a mes sage from the mayor of acton london to his counterpart the mayor of acton ontario its sweet content is an emblem of our bro therhood the item clipped from tho brit ish newspaper wosbrought to the free press office this week early adjournment sets predomination record in a i ecordsetting short prenomination meeting acton council completed the small business agenda and adjourned the regular meeting at 10 10 pm making it the earliest adjournment in years inan effort to conclude sixmonth long negotiations on lot h a small lot at the north end of george st for which no owner is found nnd which is required for a street to service a house originally built on land locked property owned by k m langdon council agreed to the deletion of a specific paragraph in the agreement lot h adjoins the property own- ed by e e barrand is in position to act as n part of george st that might eventually run across t seynucks property the town ask ed mr seynuck to agree not to build on the projected street line ted s 1 dolphin lindsi mrs candler mrs new ton mis c iiv afternoon assited bv c currie ii jollev nemes o mis k foots ted b mlss m hards mrs c ms mts mrs mis 8 it mr seynuck explained he o encumbrances on the pi nd the section was dropi pproval of council k e barr and t seynuck tecnt at the meeting i public school pi iluipil i mokenzie reminded council j each ear it wis becoming moi i vid more difficult for children to i cross the highway he eplaiied i afetv program bettu cii red on it the school and asked eoun- vil s cooperation inmaking acton operty ed on that ober and estimated to the end of the year showed a s20q surplus it is cusunniry for this report to b available for the nomination meet ing and no discussion wis held on the repor the bylaw placing operation and high school pupils owhile af tor as well as the cold darkne see a doctor until frid hampered or halted activity in iiocamc dizzy and sick stores and factories as the thick fog cut visibility very low garages were unnble to operate since their pumps are electrically operated water was kept flowing by aux iliary gasoline pumps the power shut off at about 715 am and came on again just after 11 am in time for worried house wives to manage a dinner after all the whole town from individual washing machines waiting for the weekly wash to the largest indust- was temporarily crippled by talks films practices emphasi safet week fog and drizzling roln with poor visibility challenged acton public school sludcnuvan they began their safety week on monday while the young students ore stressing safety nil this week in their classes principal g w mckenzie points out that what is learned must not be forgotten after safety week concludes friday hulen must be systematically fol lowed from now on he said every home in acton was contacted by letter last fridoy with parents specially asked to cooperate for safety teachers will continue to remind their classes of the safety rules even after this week of intensified ittraining l m a on monday mr mckay of the skull fractured by falling rock when n stone plummeted from the top of a well and struck george allan of it it 3 acton he suffered a fractured skull thurs day of list week he was cleaning the 40 foot well at the farm of max storey when the rock struck him on the head while he suffered a painful blow he did not think it necessary he the freak failure after xrays at guelph general hospital he was rushed to toronto for observation his head was shaved nnd doctors were constantly alert to see a heminhorage did not develop he was allowed to re turn home tuesday his neck and shoulders are still sore from tin effects of the blow which might have proven even more serious he lives with his parens mr and mrs robert n allan on b r 3 mr and mrs allan have a sec ond worry this week their grand ontario safety lvaguc showed films at three separate assemblies in the public school auditorium to the juniors the seniors and the high school students he also spoke on safety to the groups members of the provincial police force in acton attended the junior and senior assemblies on wednes day nnd thursday today and spoke to the public school pupils on the importance of following the rules films from the qax on safety have been acquipiu and shown to classes during the week a check war planned on all bi cycles to see they wen- properly and safely equipped a calendar is to be placed in the hall marking the number of days until elmer the safety elephant may fly on the flagpole elmer who is sponsored in acton by the ys mens club for the school may only be raised after there have been 30 days free of accidents in which school children are at rault when elmer goes up the flagpole a small ceremony will be held then the calendar will likely remain in tho public school corridor marking the wms hostess is mrs j symon the womans missionaiy society of the united church met at tho home of mrs j symon on tues- j day with the president miss m i bennett presiding the meet ing opened with prayer by the president worship service was taken bv mrs r r arnold and mrs l agar and the study book along african trails and the theme means of grace the bible bv mrs r r arnold and miss m mainprise temp ranee was taken by miss d simmons lunch mission band iy mrs j symon and a short read ing on life nnd duties of a nurse miss ada sandall by mrs l ag- ar and miss e hit wthorne the meeting closed with a hymn nnd prayer a vole of thanks was given to mrs svmon for her home and to the lunch group mrs arn old- group served lunch of as sorted cookies and a cup of tea which was enjoyed by nil in at tendance hild rohert the son of mr and i number of accidentfiee days mis robert allan ir of hamilton j each class was to be taken by it is in critical condition in the sick i i down to the main streets of childrens hospital in toronto the lm lmv to observe hazards and lad will be three years old in practice tin- rules thai aie fresh in december and maintenance of the ewer dl posal system with the tlc j passed f fines lev nted to 51000 ing accounts pa ment os oil d i ms ed th ho ales mi e m l bubeiu ms win mattock h dolphin mrs c nelle mi s win coon mis wm denny and goie fount in abu comer sale of work ismsled bv rhlhs mackie mrs armstrong mrb n patrick mis c rvl ti i lo mrs fred hunter mrs harris 1 mrs g holmes mr geo har- l graves mrs c cooke mrs frank oakcs mrs win wilson mrs moone mrs clinton tavlor mrs leo roche mrs gull and mrs a gamble mrs v bristow sold fli- i vormg door prios baskets of grocer- ies were won by miss madge i chapman mrs freda lambert mrs n patrick and mrs wm dennv safet onscious stions presented fo onsidera ion wi mere oun- hiram wall maw now tctvc struck oil 1 want you to have some decent clothes maw nuthin doing ive worn decent clothes all my life now im tfoin to drcjui like other wo- the number of eros walks painted on the roids beginning of a safety patrol system formed by senior students nun e and larger school signs urging caution strict en forcement of the town spved limit and some guidance or consideration on pedestrian problems on the cemetery lull council planned to contact the highway engineer in an attempt to have some additional cross walks painted on the highway thai could be patrolled by senior students e marks and g cunningham re quested the use of the areni for the immor sports club th ex- i plained teams were being entered j in the om1ia and the chibi would possibly require the areiu ait more than list year council auth orized the uso of the arena bu reminded the representatives that wednesday and saturday were skating nights a complete statement of the town finances to the end of gvt- actons share october amount tin- foll- appived f hillentrne mot bell telephone serv acton free press j flintuoto co corp of acton hvdro aect dept of health ifisiiim halton mmuf co repaiis watson durv nr lunch thoirvnns fat m serv toths garage cis l garner m gis fus c n k thompson motors a- oil cedarvah- tree experts ltd removing tree hilton perry ltd repairs st material mieswun mts greae etc w j kentner use of saw manning elec phonograph needle c e hickey v sons dia- phrams f dawkms mileage acton puc town oper 12341 42 h fiaal 92f2 m2 u t r 4 00 4 v i0 04 1 st 2 25 30 1h mltiii 107 10 3 50 h2 825 400 3 711 300 00 privilege to be ys man club told it is a privilege to be a ys man and have the opportunity of serving others emry knill dist rict governor and past president of the rrantford ys mens club told acton club members at their meeting on thursday novemb t 13 in the y m c a hi told of a japanese he met m i chicaco who became a christ and wi- ivstracied in his own eommunit he emphasized ho muh meant to this man to tie ys man attending an alternation convention he hrtened the overseas dele rn to nuvionarifs what htler w iv l we combat comnuinisin i ulg these fellows over flow them our wav of f he osked mr knill a sales engineer at- nded the international com ent ion at cleveland recently a film on wool combing op t- alions called know your suit i w is shown by t jones who gave a short review of the starting oi the wool combing industry in ac ton the film showed the entire process of the making of a suit beginning with the shearing of the sheep a report of the sale of tickets for the turkey draw was given by j greer and plans were made for a bingo and the sale of christmas j m wickson reeve of tra falgar and warden of halton county announced his retire ment from active participation in municipal affairs at the nomina tion meeting in trafalgar hall on monday evening their minds safety is tin- theme thioughout the whole school from the kinder garten where the children have a papier mache model of elmer the safety elephant to the upper grade where safety is the general topic of posters and art work this week elmer the safety elephant like other elephants never forgets that is why he was created as the sym bol to pi event childien from for getting their safety rules he first began ins task in 11m7 in his first year in toronto he reduced school childrens accidents an arnazinc 44 per cent the next year he cut fatalities 10 per cent elmers six main rules for safety are 1 unik both ways before you cross the street 2 keep but from between parked cars 3 hide your bike satcly and obv all signs and signals 4 play your games m a safe placo away from the street fi walk dont run when you leave the curb 0 where there are no sidewalks walk on the left side of the road way facing traffic most accidents have been traced to the breaking of one or more of hese six basic rules the acton ys mens club is spon soring elmers stay in acton ideal ly always at the top of the flag pole expenses include the pur chase of the large green elmer pen nant north halton building program major item seek dept approval than he- svxcer accoxmts vine lowering sewer lateral onmain st n cm gen elec magnetic switch l garner front end load er rental 1337 52 si 57 700 trees guests at the meeting were j gov and ii kinread of acton rot- ar club my wife says if i dont give up if shes going to walk out on me thats tough yeah ive gotten kinda fond of 25003 the old girl too in cm chir th- i s to implement the building on in north halton high 1 district were the major it the no ember mcotmi hlil orgittami on monday evinmg m m bell gave an outline of tcima held mi fridiv with he hon ir dimlop minister of edu at ion and other department fficials 7- further information was requir ed fr department records and this a as to be romp led for presentation at a meeting on fridiv november 2 when the officials concerned wn go over the detail messrs rll martin- and dills were appointed a committer to get these details ready and go to toronto on fndav another com mittee wis appointed to go over the correspondence- of abouc 30 archi tects study their work and bring in recommendations to the board the following motion was passed to maku the records clear on the proposal which had received in dorsation of the councils of all five murttoipalltios wooddivfcthat the board give approval to a build ing program comprising new nine room schools in actun and george town and an addition of a dual purpose classroom gymnasium in mtltonv in accordance with the me morandum of october 17 105x this program which will cost ap proximately 5v000 has been ap- t by all five municipalities in he dtrict thi motion will re- cuvl all previous mutton relating to new school accommodation carried unanimously a letter was read from thcln- sprtor of public school for hal ton giving the average ittendanre n the various schools the pat year no 1 area of escpicsng had the large attendance and conse quently had the right to make an appointment to the board for 1053 a letter from erin high school district gave approval and afre- ment to assume costs of puplli at- tendink in thr dilrct from that township accounts for november paud bv the board amounted to 121m- 40 reports from the principals were brief and mr lambert drew at tention to the abaenteeyim which was a growing problifm in th high schools and seemingly on the increase since the entrance exam inations had been eliminated and pupils were promoted on afe rath er than academic standing all the members of the board were present at this meeting