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zht jvtfam jfctt ft swnty ninth yr no 1 acton ontario thursday july 2nd i9j3 eight homo print pagelsix centl lightning hits district barn saved graduating class members of acton public school were enter tained at the annual graduation banquet in the public school audi torium last week members of the home and school association provided the banquet that was followed by an address by george force hamilton members of the graduating class are shown above with principal g w mckenzie back row j fleming a roach g fountain w wagner r holloway yuklum lee j denny principal g w mckenzie second row l ritchie r braids b gervais b stewart h mcfadden g williamson f cooper b wahlman m marks f mason b heatley r clow d brown j musselle m kirkness front row j molody r landsborough m woods c graham c lambert f tjeforest d lambert p barnes r cnpps d lambert m dennis l mann b smith e massey fsdseek more information charge of the meeting of ac ton rotary club for the first time as president v b rumtey tuesday read he appointments to commit tees for the ensuing year these are club service committee chair man r billon attendance t jo es a long classification j blow h baxter club bulletin d dills program b coon t hansen h lelb j day a dills w wood burn membership a long t jones sergeant st arms w masai e vocational service committee chairman j blow school projects t hansen a dill projects h klnread j qoy w coon community service commllue chairman h lelb crippled child rcn t tyler a padbury h left j a p w mas- ilpt ynulh ddlt1 international service committee chairman j ooy international contacts a mason a dills other officers are vicepresident a padbury secrelar e a han sen treasurer w wood burn lorn school lists grade promotions brigades save barn as storm hits transformer burns drains flood firemen town workmen and hy dro employees fought through wednesday night arid early morn ing to restore services and control ore following a torrential down pour of rain accompanied by sharp lightning the bam on the farm of john osksunp half a mile south of no m highway on the first line was struck by lightning shortly after 9 pjn and three brigades from er in acton and rockwood battled to save the bam until the early hour of thursday the comer of the barn was hit first and a bucket brigade hastily formed to a nearby pump was un able to control the flames that smouldered in the hay mow erin brigade responded to the call and acton brigade was called shortly after 10 p m rockwood was also summoned and water was used from the branch of the lower speed river passing through the farm as well as the hand pump relays carried huckets of water from the pump to the rockwood and acton pumpers while the er in pumper was located near the river to supply water from that source the bam was saved from des tructlon with only minor damage to the outside the straw in the mow had to be completely rcmov ed i to prevent a further outbreak town employees worked into the night to make sure storm drains were operating the drams were running full but could still not cope with the heavy downpour that flooded basements and created small rivers in the ditches and along the curbs hydro emplov ees v orked 9 pm until after midnight a transformer was burned out at th beardmore plant when lightning struck the tall chimney scattering bricks and disrupting a bank of transformers at the base affecting the pole transformer feeding the plant many smaller cut outs also had to be replaced the griffin sprowl barn was also hit by lightning during the storm but sufficient help was around to bring the blaze under control without calling the fire brigade telephone lines in some sections were also put out of operation and are being repaired thursday to day teacher johnny can you tell us who defeated the phoenicians johnny im not sure but think it was notre dame takes bee swarm from bower tree a two hour job of catching a swarm of bees on bower ave was successfully completed last satur day by colin mccoll it was be lieved the boos had swarmed to the tree on bower ave from behind the storey glove factory to remove the bees the branches on which they were clustered were cut by mr mcooll and the bees were shaken off into a hive no official number of bees could be re ported but one observer said it was the biggest bunch ive ever seen the only frightening experience for watchers was when the first limb being removed was dropped the bees were piled on the roari asjflr mccall hurriedly searched through them with his bare hand to find if the queen was there no stings were reported the bees were taken to mr mccoll s hives on cameron ave public school promotion lists show 452 pass grades this june acton public school promotion results show that 452 young stud ents will start work in a higher grade when they go back to school next september over bo young tots w ilfbegin school in the kindcrgar ten while about 35 have passed their of the 14 classes in the public school there were 16 failures this june lists of the promotions from kin dergarten to grade sccn follow minuln elmrk sermre from the th names of lho of thc time street lights went out abou r new board plans washroom changes g w mckenzie was named chairman of the board of dircuurs of the mca at thi annual meeting dick bean presided at the meeting held in thi on jum 19 other board numbers for the ensuing oar arc secntan rev ralph price treasurer cliff sut ton committee rhairtmn finance gordon oder program john mol es building mansell nellls num bcrship walter vtoodbuni i ther members jack ridley dick bean lome garner ken allen and jack greer the vicechairman is to bo jppfntf in th fll a special meeting of the new board was called on june 26 n consider washroom facilities at th- y plans and specifications were reviewed and it was d to ad vertise for tenders adequate ash rooms and showers are to be pro vided in the basement of the y the financial statement of th for the past year shoved a surplus on the ears operations of 67 33 receipts including fee donat on- and rentals walled m 537 34 ex penditures including salaries maintenance and equipment total led k450 05 bob redfern the y secretary the past year was unable to be present at the meeting he has left acton and is taking a fummer course given last press kindergarten to grade one arbic daniel atkinson carol it bean gwcn bard jack bellamy craig bennett annt benton lims binnn sandra bradle sharon buttenhana garr chapman david chisholm ka churchill michael close thomas clow ruth cook william cnpps sandra cairns te renct crispin donald dtnnis patricia drnnv dale fabian john fit ids sandra flatt jmict ford douglas foun tain sandra gibbins barbara harjravt sandra harni donald htlur kirm holmes rudd hoi me- robert holmes william hop k ns helen henderson richard httdun ar higgins john hig kins cathtnnt hoi k joanru hubbell edward hurst jill jank robert james lvnda kcnlntr john kirkwood john l d lauib bruce latenbv roger long don aid lindsay margate t masters lynne movse thelma morris barbara mcco arnold mcctta jam mcgitloway john mckeown thomas palmer joan pa pi lion thtresa patrick gail perkins ponm price john redfern sandra reidt allan riddell jan rodv gloria rder roddy sinclair san dra spires jeannttte shulus bruce sterritt donna swackham mcr diane smon barbara trip bert wagner janice wal ler garrv wlp pmlfp wl sallj woodburn janice wolfe paul grade 1 grade i allan brian andrews andrews donna angell dianne arnott bonn it barber gloria beorman david bennett paul benson wavne buttenham gail c geraldi candlermftl colm chisholm jon dye bohdan dunn john eisen carol elliott mary beth emmer jo ann engleby florence evans richard garner betty goy jov graham patricia grahame philip hall allan hargrave dav id heard susan heller ronnie hiusman ria ironsides ricky kuyn gertrude landry freddu lasby lorraine lewandovsk i kazmier marzo donald marks leona masalcs gnr masaks john mceachern garv mc isaac kenneth morton jill orourkt judy papillon dav id parker linda phllnn paul phillips edmund e chcrv 1 prystasz michael qui nnill patricia reid nmcv robinson allan rognvaldson jan it roszill gill rder brian shultis diant sncd btvcrltv smith norman sterritt gt nld suit n philip tiylor patricia weiwl jicku tulds marv ren mnu nded wedge clifford grade s to grade 3 arnott james bar beau brian barber paul binton htlen bin nt it lome blow sheldon branc ie icz tedd candjer carol carms victor churchill barban cooper cirol coxe linda creighton john crlpps bobbv cunningham sandra kins fieaj no paper on july 9 staff vacationing were having holidays the staff of the free frets is uklng a week off after a straight 68 weeks of bringing you the news and informative advertise menu every thursday of printing all kinds of commercial jobs from draw tickets to bottle labels and wedding invitations to auditor reports there will be no issue of the free press next thursday july 9 while both the editorial and print ing staff are vacationing the of flee is open tomorrow friday july 3 and saturday morning bnt is elated from then until monday jul 13 when normal operations will be resumed p flatt manlvnnc gibbons mary kaj gregorv lois hint on jacfe holmes peter johnstone george jennings jim lcib arleen mason gordon masse jonas mattocks michael maude donald mckera e ross mcmullen craig melody john mercer barbara peale james price margaret redfern kenneth rice john roach victor robinson diane rogers michael roughle david ros2eli wayne sargent maureen smith brian smith murray taylor terrv toth raymond walters sue woodbum carwwn- 92nd anniversary marked by church ninetysecond anniversary ser vices were celebrated at limchouse presb terian church on sunda with rev james sutherland ba of campbellville preaching at both services he also baptized the in fant son of rev and mrs alex calder at the morning service the child s name was william murray knox church choir of george tqwnundcx the direction of mrs e gowland provided music anna spitzer sang a solo in the morning- and sam glsby in the evening the male quartette ed gowland wm turner joe young and richard packer contributing a number at each service surprise shower fourteen neighboring lidies sur prised mrs briggs in her new home on mondav afurnoon with a shower of useful household gifts they took lunch with them ind en joyed a social hour before the guest of honor took snapshots of the group to send to her relatives in scotland miss ohe mirstnl ind mrs t a kens of toronto with mi- ivins and mrs newtn rev james sutherland and mr and mrs w greenlees minium ind lous of cimpbellvilli w th the a w benton s mrs wimngton of sharb t lik ind mr d wirnrgton if ohiw i with the w norton s mr and mr ted morn w and elaine of toronto w th mrs lin and the h norton s miss betty ske and miss h ltn mill of toronti with mr anl mrs v t mill mr and mrs v f shelb urnc eileen and dianne in giusls i the mills cunnincham wadding t thnmton u ehu vm sa on housing subdivision a ripnrt on securing more housing in acton was given at the spt ttlng of acton council on monday by thc chairman of the industrial ittrt f tvltr ht rt ported thai a repnsi nlntive of the fitm ol dnvfifi and davits toronto had been in town and viewed several coo sibh locations for a housing subdivision to include from 18 to 68 houtlav the representative was expected o return by tht end of the week to se- cure more details the houses under consideration would be solid brick five romtt bungalows with full basement furnace and hardwood floors th osmaf ed pricts would bt 8 990 9250 with down payments of 1 950 and 280 resprctlvt iv the representative was to bring four different plans when he mxt visited acton the firm is presently opening a new subdivision in mllum and plans to build 100 houses there with construction starting almost immediately the meeting called by council proecfs7vleeting reporteitivw4r mrs a ross was hostess for dublin women s institute recently with mrs c thompson in charge of the met ting donations were miicle to ihe district treasurer for home and country and 100 wai snt t tht fedt ration of agrlcult pi mr w fn of tht following is the list of prumot ions at lom school each grade i listed in the order of the pup is landing h denolts honors to grade ft gall dobbic ii ror nld davidson gordon holmes bob vlletstra to grade 7 barbara davidson h charles saul h to grade ft emllv saul h ann watklns h jane mcphedran mer vin broughton john vlletstra to grade beverley holmes donald swackhamer leslie mc phedran to grade 4 lynda vlckery h sandra davidson h to grade 3 linda swackhamer h wayne bowen h valerie crofts to grade 3 lloyd mclntyrc h peter taylor h maureen larcnby david butler rug rommitltf gnve a cheque of 10 00 to tht tr usurer this was dt nated by tht salada ttn co for ctmpelitun held nt the district an nun ir burlington the rug will bt stnt to tht area convention in ilph in st pit mber mans wtre discussed for the a w w convention in august mrs ross read a paper giving timtly hints mrs g ft somtrvillt gavt a report f the district annual mrs a near re porttd on the bus trip to buffalo roll call was answtrtd with a highlight of the coronation mrs c thomson reported a vtry sue cessful sale nt the booth nt mr moore s auction sale wolfe peter wright joseph recommended mcdonald jim stuckey bill continued on puqt eight five escape as car burns to cinders whin thc car in which they were riding careened into a ditch and burst into flames four acton youth were luckily able to scramble from tht burning vehicle unharmed blythe dow ling fugene villemaire fred allen ronald mason and earl mccoy wtre driving in a 1w1 model car when it rolled over nnd caught fire on no 24 highway near sing hampton saturday provincial constable ted jordan of stayner said the car burned a cinder and that had the doors jammed all would have been trap ped the driver blythe dowling said his lights went out and lho car smashed into a culvert 54 busloads attend picnic of twua gifts presented at picnicmeeting the fncndly circle held its an nual picnic meeting in the sundiv school room of the church on wed ntsdav june 17 the evenine be gin with a delicious supper o sandwiches salads meits cikcs etc a meeting was conducted b the vice president mr dt r dub mrs bunnv stew irt n if the report f the prevnus meet nk tt was decided to havt spier it tu ring put on the pliqut fur l li tin of miss bennett wh h l hng n thc halhviv if the it eh 1 business and corn i n in t vire con idered gifts wt irt mted to m ss jean ki b o i 1 i nx ctnn nd h m s j harr s on the occsion of hi r f i joining nine buses from guelph two busloads of acton wool comb ing employees and fimilies travel led in a convoy saturday to crystal beach for the first picnic of tile hamilton joint board of the tex tile workers union of amtrica about 70 attended from acton with some travelling by car as well bringing union members from the dustr et which includes gait preston hespeler london and st catharines h buses iltogether converged for thi event others arrived by car and train it is ex peeled the picnic will become an annual event in chirge of irrangements in ac ton were union president j j smith and recording secretary mrs j wjlds between five and six thousand enjoyed the day s program which included sports events a draw and a picnic lunch tea coffee and ice cream wen provided althi ugh none of the big draw prizes were won by aclonians prizes for sporty and special events wire tiken by some wool comb ing intrant tht picn c was t day long out ing with tht buses uaving actor shortlv after 8 am ind some not returning home till iftt r m dnlght a proposed lift of amend to the zoning bylaw submitted by the planning board membewof the board present were m holsner crump and chairman w mat tocks mr mattocks in outlining the proposed amendments pointed out that restrictions had been put into the by law that can quite safely be released to the advantage of tlu town the original by law needs ami ndment following more in tensive study by the planning board he said the suggested changes were dls cussed for two nnd a half hours and final action was to be left un til the result of the annexation proceedings were known before ipproving or rejecting tht imcnd mints a municipal board hearing is netessnry to amend the by law chiirmnn of the park committee lome wleck reported m a meet ing with the swimming pil com mittee it was felt the junior poo would be ready for use shortly and would be turned over to the town the provision of iptrvison wis discussed but no definite act- ion was taken an application from roy good win for a license to operate a thira taxi was granted with five sup porting votes an earlier motion that council reject thc application of r goodwin for a third taxi on his own statement to council that four cabs were enough to service acton at the present tme was lost with two supporting votes council approved use of the western section of the park for nn acton soccer team t lay out their field a resolution that the by law covering the insurance n all lie enscd taxis in town ls to be re viewed on july 6 was pused councillor wieck urw that groups wanting to hold picnics in the park should arrnngt ahead of time to avo d confusion when per mission is granted for iu uae by some other group permission was refused for a hamilton man to use the park for auto polo a iame in volvlng cars and a 200 pound ball g up icted jack roughle- visited relative a miss day mr and mrs david and bob king on sundav mrs ftc brown and stutl are taking a course in a vanced handicrafts at mcmastei university this week mr and mrs a camerm en week end visitors with the f t r browns their two sons spent ht previous week with their cou r- there miss kav norton is spending th week with mr and mrs ted mor and elaine in toronto mr and mrs donald dalziel and familv of st catharines with the glvnn s on sundav ann stating for a holiday image c nlests wh ch fi ill prestnt mrs sh rl think d the yoin f tt evening f st marys couple wed in kn church quiet wedding was solemnized in knox church acton on satur dav june 27 by rev r h arm string when barbara marie wood of st marys was married to lvl patterson also of st marv s natural colored linen suit with matching accessories and an orchid corsage were worn bv the bnd her onh attendant was mrs j ingle cton ro patterson toronto the bro th r of the groom was grot msman fter a receput n at the rova h gulp -ihe- couple- wt f r a trip to the rhousand islands am id showers of confetti and good wishes on their return thev will live in st marv lorn school ends year with picnic lorn h mt chirtf f the fndavevnin ind rh 1 gown of larn worn by june bride in acton united chur h on sat urday june 20 rev e a currey united in mitnmony alma jean harris the daughter of mr and mrs ivan harris bowtr ave ac ton ind william ktrwm mcphail inn t f mr and mrs george a mcprml rr 3 acton baskets of wh ti nnd pink peonies had been plued n the church for the after n n ceremony with white bows ind ringi blossoms marking the p v of the guests g un in marriage by rer fathtr ht bndt w re in ink length iown of white lace aid it her 1 n veil of tulle was he d by n ci r niton h iddress sh- irr ed a b i t f red roses pit matron of h n mrs jonn ihich i ball kir fl t inkle nth f gj iph tngth drt of t ken l nda sv llovd uton a fls ackhim r mclntyre lylt itchmjj hraddn ttns she cirred broi gr msman of gt irgelow melvin j rdu f1 t git iph mlw o lampird wedding and the it 1 and 9 lesl o mcphedran wavnt b lch irk 10 ardt7bevvriryholm jane mcphedran biys 10 ind ron broughton don sw ack hamer girls 12 gail dobbie cath pnver i guefits btr i allan s ere harold lord s uie day ere received h ol room of the the mothers of the jtroom each wearing erine mcphedran bos 12 charlie matching accessor saul ronald davidson bovs over sages of pink roses 12 gordon holmes me broughton girls three legged race holmes and ga 1 dobbie i three legged race charlie saul rin brought n sack nee charlie saul merv n broughton cramble barbara davidson sun h by jnd blue and mrs mcphai tr p north the bndt wear green su t cream mj green dobbi ladies kick the simpson lat black access n af vellow ro guests attended shot rom onllia totte ga 1 toronto freelton ding dundas rtwood dobbie and inis graf ruth catkins walking mar tavlr spot race mrs simpson georgehwn and gut lpi hoe mrs sajl eton plate race biti bui arid here is mi report card said men bill jthnnv to hi dad and added trfu mrs mphanil and here is an old on i of vours 1 found in the att c