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the acton free press acton ontario thursday august 13th 1mj aftw 100 yori in hahon slim majorities typical in early political history by elizabeth fitzgerald political history was made on august 10 in halton county after ib years of liberal representation in ottawa the county re turned its first woman member sybil bennett qc to link this year of 1953 with 1890 when a similar change of parties took place until then halton e political record was consistently reform but in 1890 the con servatives took office for a term that was to last for 45 years until 193s among the early representatives of the countv according to the county of halton atlas pubishtjd in t votc that in h 1877 were the hon james crooks ton w 50m compared to 19 628 scollard james durand col william chisholm of oakville mr i shade hon mr whetenhall and caleb hopkins the atlas fails to give the political affiliation of these members except for col chisholm who was a liberal conservative and held the position of member for 16 j cars these men represented halton prior to 1a49 when the county was part of the district of gore in that year the division into districts was abolished and halton and went- worth formed a united county in 1853 thej were divided and halton assumed its presentday form from 1b51 until the 1890 s the political himon of the county was predomvnamh reform in 1851 the reform candidate john white of milton was elected over dr hamil ton hi held the stat until 1854 when he w n defeated by col g k chisholm of oakville b a majority of more than 300 in 1857 white and chisholm agam contested the coun tj and white was elected by a inajonrv ttf520 whitcwas r elected in 1861 and 1863 defeating fmla mccallura b 331 and ex sheriff levi ilkon bj a majority of 831 a record in those davs in the 1949 federal contest dr r k ande fmm 1896 to 1935 hilton oted conierxalnt in overv election for hmdtrsnn until his rttinmenl in 1917 at the iro of 78 ind follow in in 162 on the election of a ber of the liishme council for that for dr r k and th htmi p m the rcf nn cin tilirnmnt in l-3- ikim of poil defeated follow ing comparitiv ck quiet d ltm which m ljunti s f 1iw cimmifn col clav of hal m mijmn ontario i t ln l pnn dividid into four v midland homi rr and hallon fi rmed h mi dun on dtdate j the c n ton b a in 9 ra dn isions and ttf pan of hi in 3k6 in he first election fol lowing confederation for the newh consituted ho e of commons john white mas acan opposed b col g accord nc to ih k chisholm and was elected in a hurc crowd of majonn of 137 sheriff mckindsey p ran as conatie in the election of 182 but white defeated him as silverwood beautiful flowers attract comments mr john norton of meaford i spent a few days at his brother t home mr and mrs wm norton on the seventh line attract all eyes as drivers pass their place the flow era in profusion are most beaut ful people on busses have been ove- heard to tell their companions look to the left in a minute and see the flowers mr ben case has returned from an extensive motor trip through the new england states and the eastern provinces mrs a waghorn of texas is visiting her sister mrs r corbett for several weeks mr and mrs e miller have re turned from a week s travelling and visiting with friends in north em ontario spending the week end with mr and mrs ern batkln were mr and mrs w hams of toronto and mrs r wilcocks of brampton congratulations to mr and mrs dick appleyard who were mar ried on saturday august 8 mrs appleyard was margaret coatcs of brampton mr and mrs batkin have rec ently visited friends for a few days in gravenhurst severn river wi irlon and port elgin mr and mrs horace bell bonny and rickj have just returner rom a weeks holiday in the lauentian mountains reunions are held by wares martins ful dr u hirriwn wis di kited bj in crt isod consi r ili i mijontv 12 ind i large wctor pindt held in milton ch impi i nlhusnai the well h 135 bj a curious pi r irsit halton voted reform as long as the con servatn e administration of sir john a mac dona id ruled the dominion but elected a torj candidate when the reform ministry of the hon alexander mackenzie led the coun try in 1874 white was defeated by d b chisholm of hamilton by the slender majority of 23 chisholm was unseated for bribery by an agent however and a new reform candidate william mccraney of oakville was elected tn 1873 by a majority of 135 the conservatives in turn appealed against his election but without success in the 1878 election the conserva tives returned hon william mc dougall cb with a majority of 24 but mccraney won again in 1882 by b0 votes and icorud his cirnage to thc bandstand next lo the town hill heading the process n wore en thusiasts cam inf brooms which thc set on fin and comittid into torches and a bind followed the defeated liberals filled the hall and when henderson attempted to speak his voice was drowned by hooting from the upper windows of the hall those outside decided to stone the windows and to premt a not the major and chief constable went to close the windows with them went the men and boys carry ing the flaming broomsticks wild talk and shaking of fists followed and political disaster was barely avoided the 1911 election which followed the most keenly contested mr ind mrs wfn bruit srid family attended the ware reunion held at ihc home of mr and mr alb rt wire rockwood recently ind il o the martin rcun on he d in aberfoie hall m s donn i bruce is holidimnf with mr ind mrs w black and j ick c moffat week nd visitors at the home i mr ind mrs charles founti r wen m alice fountain guolpli ind mr bob woodhouse toronto mrs charles bye and family port crdit are visiting at the home of mr and mrs j p ben ham mr howard gilbink was in ohio la t week on a business trip mrs gilbank and wendy visited with mr ind mrs wm grundy long branch while mr gilbank was away mrs ken smith and family of guelph are visiting at the home of mr and mrs wcs lillie and fam ilj last week visitors at the home of mr and mrs john alton were mrs bob fuller and mr ernie tovell grand valley mr dave tovcll and mrs bill mogford tor onto master bobby jackie and stew art hepburn and sharon hepburn milton spent the weekend at the home of their grandparents mr and mrs john alton mr and mrs howard gilbank and wendy visited over the hlas helen hynda of toronto islted acton friends thia week mrs james cameron and loreen virginiatown are visiting friends here mr forman lawrence of mont real visited acton friends last week ac 1 harold smith of rcaf station rookcliffe spent last week end at his home here mrs kay dills visited last week end in toronto with her parents mr and mrs r j brown visiting with mr and mrs frank terry over the week end was mrs charles mccarthy of gait mr and mrs gordon rawn of hamilton visited with mrs mcmil hn frederick st on tuesday rev and mrs e a currey arc enjoying a motor trip in the united states including new yonk city mr and mrs howard edwards and family of sudbury visited at the home of mr george edwards mr ind mrs c lcishmat have relumed ifter holidaying at whit ney mr and mrs w woodburn and fimily left list week on a trip tr the pis coist to visit with friend there mr and mrs andrew lawson o philadelphia hive been visitink ii acton with mr and mrs fred law son mr and mrs ted gibson toronto arc spendi a week at the 1home 6tmr and mrs wni lands borough mr roy hindley his returned from i ten diy visit lo mckeesport pennsylvinn and johnsu n city tennissee rate increase not covering expenses guy parker and tom scott of west central region h ep c hamilton attended the aclon pub lie utilities commission meeting on tuesday evening they discuued with the loial commission the fin ancing of local expenditures the increase in rate at the beginning of the year had not kept pace with the increase in power rates and the local commission were running an overdraft at the bank they sug gestcd that the capital coals should be dobenturized as the system n taking too much money to hope lo pay for capital costs out of current revenue and still give the custom crs good service no definite act ion was taken as the hepc rep rcsenlativcs felt the hepc would not again raise the rates to bring in enough revenue to pay operating costs after having given the con sumers one raise in rales this year mr scott and superintendent mason were lo inspect the dutnb utlon system and find out just whit capital costs would be required this year and report back to oucm mksion engagements an ostimiled po uthor va to for ihc month r ording meli due to bill rdmore ind f july owinj s being out of t electncil storm july 1 a number of other meters had been damaged these were being repaired an inquiry wis received from the hepc is to whether th ri com miss on would conlini inn die the hydri lamp a chinge is being mido from 1 000 hou limps to 1500 hour lamps it ii increisc in cost of 10 per cen they als inquired if the commis dfsirftd to c ha mr and mrs w clifford bradley inounce the cngagemetvt of their daughter margaret louise lo ren ick r slater ion of mr and mrs gerard e slater the marriage take place on monday sep tember 7 at four o clock in si albans anglican church acton good news jenkln1 was always trying borrow money one morning he tackled an acquaintance in the street before the latter had a chance to escape i say old man began jenkins i m in a terrible fix i want some money badly and i haven t the slightest idea where im going to gel it glad to hear it my boy piled the other promptly i was afraid you might have in idea you could borrow it from me far more than half the land tlt of canada is frcstd ind is uiled only t the grwth of wood equal treatment for two old parties limehouse treated the two old parties equally with 44 votes each and 14 for the cc f the w i met at the home of hn klrkpalrlck on thursday with mrs frank chisholm as guest speaker marilyn patterson is visiting her cousin joy thui week those on holidays peter glynn with his aun at ancaster last week mr and mrs sheldon iaur ad children at sauble beach mr and mrs earl scott osrry and trudy at dunnvllle ind mot orlng in south western ontario lat week miss mildred rcamsbottnm li home after six weeks at take him coe with misses pany reamsbot torn and mary mill chump mrs ethel thompson ind h- parents mr and mrs smath of toronto spent the week here it cottage cliff mcdonald motored t al gonquin park and other points noith for his holidays halton s history but not nearly so end with the formers parents a david henderson with the election of 1887 a par ticularly confusing period began ln halton s political history at that time the conservative david hen derson of acton lost to john wal die by nine votes the election was set aside for bribers by agents and in the next contest waldle was re placed b mcleod of georgetown henderson received a majority of 148 but in 1888 he was unseated and the election was again declared void for briber b agents waldie was again nominated to oppose henderson taking unrestrict ed reclproctt as his platform this time he defeated henderson who was campaigning for prohibition under the temperance alliance by 37 votes another trial to unseat waldie dragged on for more than a large were finall dismissed in 1b91 henderson again led the halton polls w ith a majority but he was unseated in 1b93 for bribery nd another election was called for tht first time in halton the reform partv had no candidate w the field and henderson was op posed b j d mcgregor the nom inee of thi patrons of industry the byelection resulted in a 440 vote majontv for the conseravtives and hendtrs n was returned to the house if commons for the third time within four rears in the cimpaign of 1896 waldie lost his last attempt at re election and hcndt rson polled a majority of lolent the liberals supported re ciprocity which the conservatives said would be onlv a preliminary to the annexation of canada by the united states henderson s majority in this case was 419 in the 1917 elections dr ander son polled the largest majority in halton s history of 2 072 as a repre sentative of the non political union government dirrmg this campaign it was said at the liberal conserva tive convention halton has been loaded to the muzzle for 50 vears with politics and now that we have a war on our hand it is time to drop politics and join hands with the war winning liberals for the duration of the war wd gregory of oak ville ran as an independent liberal in opposition to the unionists and unfortunately forfeited his deposit when he failed to poll 50 per cent of his opponent s total during his 18 years as halton s member dr anderson polled three record votes the second highest majority in the county s history was his of 1 897 in 1926 and the third highest a plurality of 1 476 in 1921 until 1917 the record majontv had been whites 831 in 1863 following dr anderson s retire ment in 1935 the county sent a liberal representative to the fede ral house for the first time in 45 years hughes cleaver of burling ton in this election cleaver de feated the conservative george cume and a reconstruction ist m m robinson bv a plurality of 1 035 a ccf candidate was nominated but he withdrew before election day owen sound friends were sorry to hear of the sudden passing of mr john field ing at paris last saturday sym pathy is extended to the relatives mr roy hindley has returned from a visit with relatives in the states miss- mary fountain returned home on sunday after a few week with her sister vera and family mr and mrs dick gnli ailiston mr and mrs harry hortop and family and mrs w h hortop it tended the funeral of mr johr fielding held at pans on tuesdav mr and mi rs g a smith o cleve land ire vlsi tins this wek with mr and mrs e w smith bowe r ave mr ind mr s c o burns and m ry ann of toronto isited w iii mr i nd mrs h w h nton over the elk end mr and mrs e h edwards havi returned lo beivt rton after visitir ik with their brother mr geo re e ed war ds esquesing passed bylaws to assess bylaws to assess the townsh p of esquesing school sections and school area were passed by the council of esquesing at a meeting on monday august 4 reeve gcd lesie presided the clerk was instructed to pre pare a bylaw for the issuing of debentures of 64 000 for the con struction of a new school at norval the department of planning and development was to be notified that the road in connection wub the haines survey of glen will lams has been built to the satis faction of council the necessan documents for raines bros were to be requested the following accounts were passed for payment bell telephone 1035 ontario hospital wood stock 4 s s russell and sor 100 a w benton 8b7 halton county interest on 1s52 county levy 35 14 milton final daymen on high school debenture issued in 194s 3 08133 acton final pay ment on high school debenture 1459 06 claims for foxes were paid u and mrs ken clark and fam ly of bnntford have been visited with relatives in acton rcr the week end mrs margaret parry has had a successful operation at toronto general hospital friends hope she will be home soon mrs h spanton of northampton england is visiting for six weeks with her son alan at the home qf mr and mrs fred cleave mr j hammill of toronto bro ther mara of guelph and brother dolesi of regina called on mr and mrs h w hinton on friday mr and mrs irwin dugan and terrance miss henry of kitchener nnd miss belty mansz of gowans town visited with mr and mrs charles mckeown last sunday mr and mrs gordon mckay ind mrs elsie mossop of toronto mr and mrs frank day of rock wood visited at the home of mrs i anm sm th lake ave last week end mr and mrs arbic and family returned home sunday after a tour of broeebridge north bay mat tawa ottawa montreal quebec augusta lewislon portland bos ton along the mohawk trail to albanv ind through buffalo and fort erie mr and mrs george guderian kenmore ny spent the week end with their cousins mr and mrs g lantx mr and mrs stuart land and children guelph mrs h e sutcliffe bill sutcliffe miss joyce hutchison bracebndge miss shirley sutcliffe detroit and mrs charlie gamble rockwood visit ed the same home during the week end mcbride limehouse 3 road accounts of 2350 39 also passed evening wedding in guelph church an evening wedding ceremony took place in st andrew s pres bytcnan church guelph recently when joan bertha coulson da ugh ter of mrs anna coulson of eden mills exchanged vows with john clarence chamberlain son of mr and mrs joseph chamberlain of eden mills rev k g mcmillan officiated at the ceremony the bride was gowned in po vder blue nvlon marquisette fashioned on ballerina lines she wore a matching headdress and shoes and carr ed a bouquet of red roses the bndesma d miss ruth brink cw wore pink and white nylon over taffeta with white accessoe the groom was attended by vin cent kru of anss the mother of the bnde chose navy blue sheer with matching ac cessone ardcorjsage of red roses thc groom s mother waj att red i representative for j8 years until his blue laffeu with matching acces retirement this year his highest i arid corsage of pink roses majority was polled in the 1940 follow lrg the ceremony the election 1 604 the fourth highest bridal party returned to eden m lis following those of dr anderson where mrs anna coulson held a last mondav the evele was again i recept or at her home for jie im completed with the retirement of me a c relatives of the bride and the hydro hot water heater the aeton comwiwstonfetl wei wara compelled to continue hindhnp these lines to maintain service to ie customers notice was received of i mcetim of plumbers lo be held in k tchm siptcmbcr 10 ind 11 to duscu s ic plumbing code a price of 850 wis submitted by jones aid vin gils for in tall nj t at the sewor plint iround i ber of opentmt valves th s price was submitted on plans up plied by r v anderson secretiry j mcgcichic reported on efforts to collect accounts of people who hive moved from the municipality accounts were ou standing against w masscy g wilson and h kemp these ac counts are to be turned over o the municipality where they are now residing for collection notice was received from nep tune meters of a nine per cent re duction in the price of small mct ers notice wis received from 1 the council to inslal street lights on acton blvd for adequate lighting this matter is to be looked after an account of art vine submit ted to the commission was discuss ed the account for work done at the mrs b chew residence was refused and the account for v at baxter and micro plastics was ordered credited to mr vines ac count for material owing to the commission superintendent lambert report ed that mr muckart of george town had repaired the valve in the digester tank on tuesday also that the service leak of a house church st owned by mrs b rachlin hid been repaired other leaks on the owners property were eing looked after the heat exchanger was back in openlion again after being down 14 days for parts that had to come trom the usa superintendent mason reported that mr morgan of guelph district hepc and himself had been checking the primary line loads about town some feeder lines were out of balance and steps would be taken at once to correct the situation arrangements were made for the council and commission to view the work being done at the sewage plant on friday evening at 7 pm q all members of the commission were present with chairman bob macarthur presiding hydro account h palmer office cleaning 17 00 h e pc of ont power consumption 10 400 09 bell telephone serv 18 85 petty cash exp and trans 14 03 l garner motors acct 620 acton free press ace l 392 ellis howard ltd ec onomy links 525 ad dresso graph m u 1 1 1 graph plates h1epc of ont water heater units 425 00 whithams garage gas 12 63 b mackenzie son 123 30 symon hardware 1161 moloney elec co trans formers and oil 30 60 jas r kearney corp 130 85 federal wire cable co 334 14 sangamo co ltd trans formers j h goy cartage trucking pace settctif 0 appear regularly where quality and service count t ledgers iga special values and ramlndara for thursday friday and saturday ida brand specials sold on a moneyback guarantee 11 650 49 waterworks accwmnbi bell telephone serv 129 imperial oil oil 16152 acton put hydro bilton and perry can brass co ltd national sewer pipe crane ltd srmon hardware pacifc flush tark co 185 97 5 14 41141 3424 15631 68 10 525 htghes cleavek the liberal member halton has i groom again changed parties and returned i i a conservative member h w ill anyone predict what the next d 45 or even 18 vears will hold ftsvt is falling mv hair ts falling out admitted the timid man to the druggist can he wedding trip to sudbury you recommend something to keep br de wore a summer yellow it m w th orch d shortie coat and certainly replied the obliging e accessories druggist here s a cardboard box cascara tablets 5 gr locs re 39c otc castor oil 4 oz rag 40c 29c evelyn howard cold cream 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