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ips fflht jfam tititt seventy ighth yearno 27 acion ontario thursday january 6lh 1953 eight home print psgessix centi 53 council convenes at inaugural county groups contribute to christmas festivities at manor a joyous and happy christmas season was made possible for the residents of hilton countys new home jt or its senior citizens hal iota ceritennial hanor bv the kindly thought of nnany county otfutlutions the 1 0 d e of burlington nro- vlded a rosersmajestlc television jettor the mens day room te i odje or oakvllle gave a general clectric television for the womens day room the vs mens club with the assistance of others from ac ton gave slippers- and a treat wit lovely lunch to every resident the lome scots band rendered ai r11nt p of carols and selections in the manor dining hall with several assisting artists tfce milton firemen and canadian legion presented each resident with a splendid gift box of fruit and candy rev j l blair with his projector portravcd mas story and the c g 1 t girls of milton united church a carol or vice and lunch following mayor g thompson of milton gave an appreciative address at the residents house party on christmas eve when all gathered around 1 e large decorated tree in the main dining room singing of carols w enjoyed bj the residents under the direction or the superintendent and mrs clarke who later escorted the venerable gentleman of thd season santa claus into the room to the delight and applause of all present following which presents were distributed to everyone others who contributed to the festive season were the mr and mrs clufc of st paul s church in milton knox church of milton several of the womens institutes of the county the milton junior institute the wayendanegea chapter of the i o d e in burling ton circle d of trinity united church burlington the wa st pauls church milton the scotch block women s institute the busy bees of rock wood a sub scrlption to the family herald and weekly- star latira scott i subscription to the readers dig est also from the mountain unmi women s institute a digest sub scriptinn the wellington square chapter or the iode in oakvillc gave rifts of jam etc and ward n and mrs joseph wickson of bronte a subscription to chaiclame mag indoor gmes were donated bv the omnquuxtwihhkrjasututf and gifts of fruit and cookies from the georgttnwn institute a fur ther gil subscription to chntei aine and time magazines wen made bv the hombv institute on christmas dnv a turkey din ner with all the trimmings well jjooked bv the manor s chef was en joved bv all residents and staff alike who went the extra mile to make it what one resident describ ed as the best christmas he had had in 70 years th superintendent and matron mr and mrs eric clarke are vcrv grateful for all the goodwill di plaved and wish one and nil the very best for 1953 ruthlandsborough ddawkinswin december gold star winners it the ymca were ruth lands borough a midget and don daw kins an intermediate point leaders in attendance tns week are fae sagiskic with 400 points and brlnn mccristall 130 in the hit and miss tournamnl bob wahlmnn ls leading the bov with 92 points three girls nr tied for first with 10 points tach elaine deforest earlcnc botell nnrt fay andrews midget girls art leading the different classes in the hit and miss tournament with total of 4 880 points midget bov come next with slw points gin lead the bojs in the overall tolil with 11285 points altogether box horse skill winners announc ed this week are favc sagaskie for girls and don wilds for the boss both were awarded 80 marks in the girls tumbling competit ion cherv 1 morton led w ith 90 marks crowds at showing new 1953 pontiac judging by the crowds at lorn garner motors on tuesday ther was keen interest in the first show lng of the new 1953 pontlacs which came out from under cover and went on pub be view that da two of the neww designed model were on display and mans compli mentary remarks were heard con cernlng the new model motion pictures were shown dm lng the opening and coffee ana doughnuts were served the visitors and calendars and souvenirs of the opening were given the visitors i the new models rem on display j at the show room on main stree all week christmas presents queens honor list commends officer queen elizabeths commendation for valuable service in tht air has been awarded to fit lt robert e bum of hespeler defense head quarters has announced the awards for the pacific theatre that ap peared in the queen s new year s honors list mrs burn is tht former joau somervfllc of acton fit lt and mrs burn were married in acton last tear they are now lis ing in montreal fit 1 1 bum is one of seven mem bers of tht rcaf and one army sergianl who received the iwards s r ice in ttu pacific theatre nome tom watson chairm of board tiu tom wntsr first of new blue plates issued here salt of 1953 motor vehuli lie enscs is rt ported by mr j k gardiner the lotal issuer as tht most brisk ever first plate for 1b53 to bt issued was n3201 and at wis roy s taxi which was tht iirlv bird this year ind roy goodwin was nt he door when hislnt is op i ms on friday morning january 2 the truck licenses mr gnnl incr savs art however moving more slowly thin thi passing r v thick platts the new blue plates with whit letters are making their appearinci on thi streets about town and ai urn oars will be identified bv tli httir n rcplaeing thi y of form i veirs thi editor of he frit press who his for mnnj vcars secured thi first licinse pi ue of he year wes nol in thi riniiiiim matter of f u t us still not in llu running mavbc wt n ji it mi id pi ind not o fist tree sale doubles in annual project snle of christmas trees and tht profit realized were doubled this year by aeton yi mens club uimpared to last year it is ex pilled thi sale of christinas trei will becnmi an annual projtut of at the chmtmis season th children s aid societv of tht coun v of ha ion received nvoiv generous donations of g fs cl h ing monev and ojier articbs pup erintendent g f thompson n ported in expressing the societv thanks and apirenaion these donations wen used t make the fes ive seas in happr for families not quite so fortunate i as most of us in this prosperous i count mr thompson said aj number of well packed hampers of food were distributed along with the tos and clothing where it was fell thev would be most needed if the good people who made all this possible could witness the joy of the children and hear the i words of appreciation expressed b their parents thev would indeed feel that their contribution was well worthwhile- to all the individuals and org xdartions who helped to make this possible we extend our sincere thanks coupled with best wishes for the year funeral service on new years day on thursdav afternoon jamnrv 1 niw years dav funeral sir vice was held at the victor it riimlev funenl home in aeton for mrs ruth c re 11 tin of thi nos widelv known ritiztns of nassaga weva township who died sudd nh nt hir homt r r 1 camtb ii ville eirlv tuisdav morning shi was tht widow of ndnw j mi s cargill sh was in h r ik veir lnttrmint wis in s dom r m born in nassagiwva township in tht vitinitv of no ft school mr- cirglll wis from pium r stock which t migrated from ire land in 1820 her falh r was th mas bell son of john bt ii ho settled in the town hip in la john bell built i sawmill on his lot tn 1842 and the mill was pass ed on to mrs cargill s father m latir vcars thorn is bell operated thi mill on the rockwood line be tween no 7 ando schools for a long time mrs cargill married the lae james cargill in 1894 he prede ceased her m 1927 she was a member of nassaga weva presbvtenan churcli and could recall when the familv as n whole walked to church each sun dav the fhurch was manv milts awav and churchgoers would nftn wear their old shots un il hcv got close to tht church tht r change into their best footwear to go into the service she would n late mrs cargill never lived else whin but on the rockwood line 4n her vounger davs and on tit eden mills school line where she ind hir husband broughtup their famih she had resided on te same farm for the past 60 vtars pihbcarers were el wood wilson rthur norrwh james simps n frank reinhart o t fletcher md frtd freeman all if nassag ttvvnship rev su heriand of n issagaw ev a presbvti nan church lfficlattd it the s rv ire surviving an thre diuchtt m- t i mel an or puslineh m m s r i n f w indsor and mv l d i w t gulph four hj f c iph tom irt n t hi hmulin and cirl i k r 1 i ib ik ill ihd six gin ichildreii and oni gnat grand chid son chester predect ased hi- ir 1133 no mi itcd chairman for the ensuing viar it the iinugiiril met ling of the public school board hi id on tiiesdiv jamnrv 6 at thi school after th di duration of office h wis invited to the chair conimittiis win ip pointed i- follow s fimnri j h creighton t g jonis properly t g jonts c bradley supply j w wolfe c r hnrd the secretary t treasurer and carc taktrs were re engaged clifford bradley affirmed his declaration of office and was di clared a trustee of the board the necessary resolution author izing any two signatures of tht finance committee chalrmin and secretirv treasurer for nil school board cheques was dulv passed g w mckcnzic reported th it the funds from the sale of christ mas cirds had btcn used as fol 7s 00 music ippreciilion s7i00 film siripj 85 00 sports t 20 00 ilbum for pt reported k p ittt ndinci of 87 and full school mnlmtnt ot 171 the boird ncommmdid thil pnncipil mcktnrio irnnti foi ti ichi r siiptrvision during noon ir ehildnn vhi bnnj lunch the stippk ommittt w is n listed to irrancc to ordi r tht in nl supplv nqiuremtnu mr mckenie displaved t virv m plique w hich had been don aled to the school bv masalis dairv recording winners in fn id div nts inancc statement of 394 4s w j presen id ind pavment authorised the ilub about 250 christmas trees wer sold from dtcember 13 til cbrisl mis fvc with the ya men taking turns in charge of ihe lot on lh corner of mill ind john sis thi trets innu from the f urn f mins ii ncllis thev were soldjo bitvers from tiimntn cuelph and georgitown in irbv vtlhges mid i veil to loeil f irim is who tiiuldn find n k cliristtnns tin on tin ir o tli imsi d ii w ls siturdiv i in lit r 11 whin lnrt kirk hits plan safety talk for 800 children close to 800 school children will be addressed on the importance of safttv when r j cookslev and j e morgan hydro electric power comm issi on represents ti v en con- duct a series of illustrated talks in the acton public school auditorium for pubbc and high school students on the morning of januarv 13 the program will continue in the after noon tn rockwood where arrange ments have been made to talk to studebts of rockwood public school big pantry bill in 1951 canadians spent 3400000000 on food unseen but useful equipment added it wont ik visible to our rt at in any wa but some ntw pieces of mechanicil equipment hove recently been added that will expedite our newspaper service on the lino types new metal feeders havt been put on which automatically feed the metal into the machines in the same i proportion as it is being used the result is much improved operation j of the machine and relieves the j operator of feeding metal during long periods with the ever incnosing use of- more illustrations for advertise mt nls and mort pictures tht casting of these illustrations becomes in in ci using problem these illustro lions in cast fh solid blocks of mtlnl tin sanu height is tin tv pi used thi si illustrations an cut to si m i special in tal cutting saw thi ntw plixe of cquipmtnt ih i circular saw with tin attichtntnt fur muting out pirts that ire not to show in tht printing and for drilling in thi mi tal and jig sawint odd shapts of ri productions th equipment is in line with our poliev of being continuillv improv inj to offr our readers advrtisers ind commt rcial printing custom rs an improved ind modern srvice diet fad how did vour mother in i iw ul altmt w ith hi r reducing diet just fin sht disappiind com pi u lv tht hib tret- which had v of the member prot ils of thi t hrlstmes ti ilr go tow ml the ilnhs piojt t riu iph for bovs and ijrls doui m limine was in i h irge h mil mayor accepts gavel at inaugur counc meet actons 19i3 council was sworn in at the inaugural muting on mon day of this wtek followid by a flood of nbout 2 resolutions necessary nt tin first meeting lb v r armstrong offend a prayer on behalf of the 1953 off it nils and mnyor r oaki s ace pled tht guvi 1 symbolic of the mm orally in n i point program mnvor oakcs m his inaugural uddress klrtvwti the g at nied for a lutmort sidiwulk in town a progressive program of rt id itnproviiiiejit with some plans for hard topping park nilprovi tin nts mi mi mnlnunnnu and an i f furl to imruisi thi assess iik nt by getting more piople hi pay th taxis jmismiiiv iiv neotiragmg more building and tinncxatiun of mon land r gnv ihl n mt in ik r f merrof knox hold regular meeting the rtguiar monthly muting of thi mtn of jviox was h id n monday evening in tht presbyt r nn church afti r a hymn the doxology in i tht queen rev armstrong led n prayer and nsponslve scripture rt v armstrong spoke nboul tht man from which tht club got its nunc john knox hollowing the business p irt of th mi link tiktn by tht tlub iinsidml gordon odi r st in nor ton took tht program which con visit d of i talk bv jim chilmi rs ind movits shown bv dr a bmh ui in win took tht movies round inns parts of onlari u1 t iimil ixpiisstd tin in or th pit ph who 11x1 this w ii s tffii i is bv id i minium and urtid tin tiffin nl to io opernti ailh i uli othi i mutt iv n irrinini h in- fhrwitr w441 in- hi dtaftdllir l j f 1 1 tx i lumivind fiirlm it thyl w mil pumtr buitdinrj ami an i witk c i iiitlsv a irw s fir ind ritlri f t oikts 1 wmk it thtinpson w mt i tl fndiutrlnl r tyl- r i it h oik s j sttwirl tht fir t nnmt d m i uh n mm t i is lu ad ils hairmnn aulhori7allun w es grintid lh i ii rk to hnvi eommiltti t uds printed himilar to forim r yi irs solicitor ltithirlind ished that n committei ik dislgiitid to deal wilh iht spartan law suit igalnst the town mut bond notified toundi th it th lirms of thin mi mbt rs were ill lid nppointmi nls win r quirt d hi nn uimd wi h iht hoird to veslighle pwtttlrtpmimii the do- uth lunch and th hi ni dirtn tuned in tht thaptiin ii trong highest amount of acton taxes ever paid amount to 14858865 the highest amount of tow i aces ever shb588 65 was col lected at tht acton town office during 1952 added to this were arrears with penalties from other ears amounting to 2 855 77 the number of births register d dunng the past vear was 34 jum le lower than he 1951 figure of the number of deaths registered as distinctk higher during 19s2 compared to the vear previous li the veir just tnded 52 dejlhs were recorded in 1951 vi marriage dropped in populanu with 25 marriage licences issued at the town office compirvd to 31 the vear before the number of dog tag issued was 2ta total revenue was 765 a total of 69 licenses and per mils was isatfed to transient trad ers taxi operators tobacco dealer pin ball machine owners etc rev cnue realized was 1 132 50 thos b douglas dies suddenly thonm b douglas of hornbj will known farmer of esquesing township passed iwav suddenk last wtek at bus home on tine t ighth line he was a son of tre 1 ite mr ind mrs thus dougl and hid spmt his entire life on the farm homestead where he was born his wife predeceased hirr 12 years ago and mr douglas lived alone on the farm surviving are two brothers r f douglas of hornby and b d tug las of toronto and two sister mrs thos douglas nelliei of brandon man and mrs g a vav emma of hornby mr douglas attended hornbv united churclaand thi funeral service on wednesday from the home of his sister mrs g a may was conducted by rev ains worth assis ed by mr g ierk interment was in evergreen cem etery milton iittti mr fatherland xijl im d h no nc ion had hi i n take n r a nl h ith r pirtv nd while the ui w is for u 171 211 in id huk by th town i pivmtnl f 10000 had lie n mid jth lit 2 173 20 n lined to evtr tin st of rrt t mi whil wis houiht to ik futlt ins ihtinu ii rk mefi it hn nportid th hunt 400 it r is hd in n nn 1 t io b l 200 1 m lings f un firt ind third monday th mi ling a r ippn v d bv r i nnil inn i ing mt iiik to 1 o hi r th tn ii udnight i uh ll lor i wirtlf w lt ippnl l id it ins nt it iv t ih aeton c ltis ra nd thi wi f ill town i emloytt rt t n bf the road k ion nit i ml inv ri ommrndil inns un s nh i 1 jt thi n t xt council mi link irrording to i resolution ippn rved by council all mi mh r s f founi 1 ind cm plnvt es i ir tn i hi pild 1 0 rents pt r milt for out 1 i f town t ipeiuh i id sirs lor mi al s whil or i own i is mess e tvlt r w is appointeil t i h pi mi ling 1 hi ti l t ui iril tit it iv t it rk mrg ichii r portd m in ii u i vi 1 h nffieil s logethi r w th m n i nd gi ige tri ffn 11 hd juui aith th muniqipil h ir d r grus ng thi is- in u de i nn hi s fur high si h 1 bu id mi tin n id hit t1 mtid tmt t r i i nt f iw ith pi in hi r h i der il of in t itnl of aj hid t d 1 ii in il j 1 1 us rt t liinut 1 000 th fin in i t mmitt gild to hndl n v nk on this subjut fir orutf diwkins r through tin n linurs the fir tfrieimt hos drv r count i m n lt 1m is idjournid t tht fin hill mi th r h nn th mi wed the dryir a h tt r wi to hri1 j n building of r bt sent to the f rm txpnssing th i mlu w strr- t twns ippnmtiin for th s wel p nttd totalling 5 a 75 come aridltun th depirtmnti th meil pilice report fr council also dir tied a letter nil dr fchowid 28 warnings n svmpithv to thi fimllv of th lit df lh highway tr f f ic art no tid lauder who orgamzirf the hat ur ll ton mutual fin aid svstt m mil an trangement dud quite suddenly a krkn and w centner a lot er from the act m plan i conlln making at th arerj and whi re ovnrtime hours wire nirisar pavment would be mad for thesi hours a petty cash ar i count of m was mode out tn a kirkniss for the opi ration of the nd pnv it owni rs a mietin w ev t hi rrngid with the prnv irmil l lie bv thi p in commit t imnspv wer granted th nide th bauinafad friends join as couple celebrate a pleasant ivening was spent mr and mrs cam mcfnerv s when about 40 fnmds and neighbors gathirtd to celebrate thi ir 35th wedding anniversnrv december 27 progressive eurhrt wis plaved m and mrs archie lawr being i hifh scorers rfnshmenls a en strved r f bean pointed out to council that smci his residence would b usi d fir bminess it was only fair it shiuld be so assessed the 1w a as turned over to the asscsamen commissioner tile following accounts wwr ap proved for pavment watsons dairy bar lunch for fin mtn ft council 15 00 whihams garag gas oil 103 je gpsim lime alabait hed stone rfnshmenls a en strved aft jnc cnished stone tthuh vtvtral picl in wtrt tjki i thmpons farm s rv ind mr and mr mcfnerv wer banard stamp stncil presented with a bt autiful nm i d dog igi comforter twr beautiful china vases i cirder repairs labor and i bikif of mum all ang b a id ids f r th v are jollv good fillt t s c f sis officers mj j ind in wlshmg them riirn of ont fe s i r mpp annivt rsartes rti pub c l i lab- iv f holds euchrt v tfn il ti wonm in titu e hld r ing t n rand ltd ser ucct sf il eurhrc tnd danc n v cj1 it i boons i tht hill on tuesday n cht of 1 l o 1 v f n salads k when ot nb s f nichi thirv n muter- gas i i n plivid high scores w s rvics h id bi mrs jun brvdm first d f f a h n 1 m ss or- vis kci bav hn 172 17 to 905 s1w 190 10 tl n and nd inaugural session ofactons 1953 councifgot under way on aaonbay nigtiotlitis week when the newly appointed officials were sworn in and dealt with the year s first businet shown arovrnd the table from the left are clerk j mcgeachie councillors l wieck j greer c lindsay reeve stewart mayor oakes deputyreeve thompson councillors w nacleod e tyler and a irwin door pri zc a l a n b gord n f a harding s po din ice no ra bae iji an ss fc co and jimmv staddc m a i a b com pn ssor ken colin i n s orch tst n 1a hich ev f- inkhr press ervone enj d b n urs repaint y 27 hours straight pause for tea hamburgs don clavton and y secreiarv bob redfem working 27 hours straight from 8am last fidav morning until 11 oclock last satur dav morning repainted the y stair case downstairs hall games room floor and kitchen floor a smart combination of cream and dir grev with pauses for hamburgers and tea the pair worked straight through so the regular y schedul would be interrupted as little as possible i a resol itiem jfa approved hat the building ci njmittee in subrit ng estimates for the vear consider the purchase of new council chain reeve sew art was authorized to act on an v committee tn place j thr mavor when delegated j tax arrears of 4 429 for ltt he highest in six years wtere its cussed action was arranged tor coliecion of the various accounis councillors svieck greer imd sav mcleod tvler and trwin reeve stewart and deputy reeve thompson were present at the in augural meeting with mayor f g oakes presiding