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ht jutott sftt ftz seventy ninth year no 1 5 acton ontario thursday october 15th 1953 ten home print pagetsix cent hits tree misses more at eden mills when the car he wns driving hil a tree and mined other tree by inches william harry johnson of uelph reaped unhurt after rid ing a 52 model car owned by his father into ihe ditch the accidu t occurred near ihe intersection of the conn i j road at eden mills and highway no 7 shortly before noon on sunday damage to he car was estimated at over 1 000 the car rose to the top of a hill about 300 feet from the hlghwuy and johnson braked the car to top for lh intersection irovinr ini poller loiiklablo gordon rob inon nnld the enr skidded on some wtt leaves and shot into lh dilcli mi the right thf enr turned mmpiett ly around the rtiir nlrik lug i in f ur mod unto tlu r ul iiiiiii whrn it lurnul ovi 11 should be proud oftotsdschmull two were killed and six injured in the car truck crash pictured above emest sigsworth 43 of acton driver of the truck lost his life in the accident monday and one of the six teen age passengers j at the belfountam sideroad the in the car misscymhta mckee of orangeville dledftvehourstater outfenrr hospital orangeville n hospital the driver of the car declared he could not see a stop ign for a rural mail box the accident occurred on jslo 2d highway tured received treatment at lord w handles routine business routine business and consideration of communications wire the chief concern of halton county council during the shortest session o the year last tuesday afternoon esq nosing township council requested the county to take over about a miu and a half of road which divides chlnguacousy and esqucsing townships it was explained a certain por uon of the road was now a county road but the balance was in ned of repair esqucsing members ft it the road might have better atuntton if it was declared a county road it was agreed the communication should be wed until the first of next ear whin the new council could includi expenditure in the 1954 estimates two communications were re eclved from trafalgar tow nhip council punting out problems in the sevtnth line and a lumber pile stored clow tothe -county- road at ihe cnr cros nj at br in e member wtrc uiftimcd the lop sign- n ttu sventh line nnd hih waj 5 mtirscction were not in a good location ind it wa considered if it would be wisi to crcct a third of lartr pr por ions rtcvr emiron ford trafalgar sa d there wire a ruimtnr of near ac ctdents and in come cases motor is w ere on the h ghwaj before they realized it the county roid rommithc is to inmtigate the mil ter with ii deparlnunta cnkinet r some flll thai some of thi s gii- should b raised lo pro ide bi l r visibility lumber slock piled close t the second line al the bronte railwjj crossing obscuring eastbound trains was the second complaint registered by trafalgar the reee said as this is a count road his council felt something might be done to have the owner the hid way lumber co move the pilt back reeve l macarthur oak vllle pointed out this area was zoned as industrial and wondered what the county could do to pr vent the owner constructing a factory building up to the line fence members felt it was a mat ter for trafal council to deil with possibly having interview with the owner and requesting him not to stock pile the lumber so close lo the road allowance mem bcrs were also rem nded the cross ing in question was pritected w h a signal sntem lo warn motor sl ot an oncoming train mtnibers wre reminded th cynthia mckee of orangeville vas killed in the monday car fiuck collision in which ernest sigsworth of acton also lost hts life the 17 yearold girl was with a party of five other teen agers when the fatal accident oc curred on no 2d highway at the belfountam sideroad dr hai il dm ed iu be n abh hiphir i i render hosp lal n t ti mr r ei micar i ur sful it y opens friday over 60 attend 0er 60 h ard sccre in schmull ell of plans for the n ai id i the open j nt h mt at fr da i ir r ind adu ts inspc m aer a film on telephone cour tesy- was shown actons bell tel ephone company representative miss connie hurl but spoke nurctingof for hands chosen the acton nome and school as locialion hi id its first executive to the members of lakeside chap ter 1 ode al their rerular meet inn in the i egion hall tuesday ev cning the film was shown b gordon ambrose of guelph over 50 attended the meeting presided oir b regent mrs mar mckenzie the film showed the important if tilcphone manners in business offices miss hurlbut made s vi r il suggestions and answered quest ions htllo is said 70 millior times a da she said and doen mein a thing she vtigjesud an swcring thi phone wuh vour num bir ejoccnllj on ruru ims r wilh our nami saying helh lakis precious seconds cpec il ui lint di lance cills she in- id she emphasized the mporlim of saying three and plias ckarh when telling the opn lh number you want these ir often d fficull to d si nju h i si d miss hurlbut and mr ambr win introduced bj mr kir hansen and thanked bj mr h 1 j cquc it wis dec id i d to cnd di i l lo ihe simi annu il meetinr durirk the mmm ss moiling mrs mart tret armstrong read an ar icl oi n ir i me economics thi stnson at the public school thursday october 6 j w wolf presided and there were nlni members pnsent thi natgnatlun of mrs f daw kins was accepted plans win madi for ihe annual kindirkarlcn tea to be held thurb day uodayt with mrs n rkim as cunvt ners hoson for ihe smsitn as follows progr un g can dler r smith lunch mrs el li luitt publicity and m mix rshlp mrs j hurst gradi mothers mrs dnitx ui tin n kutnr mil tings of tin hoiih ind sihihil assuciition in to be lltld at tin public school ilhiid mondiv of i ich muni i r m v bronrhiy euchre ernest sigsworth killed in car co funirnl si rvlc was hi id this afternoon at the victor b rumley funt rnl hom for frmst si tdt worth who dfed in a motor accident monday ivming two wire killed when o truck driven by mr slagworth and a mr with nix tun iig girls nnd hoys collldd on no 24 highway at the ll ifountnin nidi road mr sigsworth in his 44th yur is survived by two daughters marf- lyn and shiiliy his inolhi r urid lirotht r in chicago he was predeceased by ilia wife the formi r ak mclialn of acton 14 years ago he has been an employee of j i macki nzi and son for about len years pallbinrem were mickey holmes jinu n hiinling eur i lumber t t walcrhi u sam maikenxl tin rust diiimr inciting ys m ns club mm nclng and winter arlivitks wm held ocuibcritrihl y at iso ahi boiinleous ilinnrr jircpnrni by till yi men iaflic auxiifnry- btrs heard a talkby dick jchi wfiowiac 7stdiicrftrspres litem gnrnn mckottiitp mr schmull spoke of the ml ship he has cxperiencid in thi y mca both in europe and again when hi came to canada he said he found it ihe same on bolh con t inputs and added oui must txpir lence it to know of the fellowship that ixislb in y work ho spoki if liu opining night at the acton y mentioning the posslbllitlis avail bk for ihe children and adults ii town it n important to givi them a good time he told and at thi some llmi thin should dcepir things to eonsidir in lifi his fimt contact with tin child re n of acton was with thi nur iry nchiol ilass with ihe high mentality thi e chlldnn hive been showing hi diclarcd thiy should nmki good and that tliur jrint ihould b proud of them mr bltiinull w it tti i k 1 by it iph mckcown dyln mc llher kilhd or g in ihi ininhnp an sigsw irth was yi i 17 of mono cifrtie r hertha kenlni r u passeng tin truck dnvn by mr slgi- h wiik not seriously hurt i car was northbound from ui ifuuntaln toward orangeville allan harrlwin ornngiville tha i said a r ma box op- mured his view of a sttp sign as ht approached the highway admitted to iiord duffer in mem- liir hoaauiij tt 18 frnnirevhie lr t funeral service for ernest sigsworth pictured above was hold today thursday at the vic tor b rumley funeral home in acton with interment in fair view cemetery mrs bertha kent ner also pictured was a pas senger in the vehicle driven by mr sigsworth at the time of the fatal accident she was not ser lously inured eight yearold injured noon today for t 11 pit tun u i heid by mens club ii tins thi winning diss i ttiu 12tob spent as de j tin mi n s club tt si albai i 1 thurch held their hi tnonlhlj lorn ln shxl xcutivi iat friday w th j g nd minink s ison is js follows tindiik pr zi s went to th t t j w wolh vice presi i lowing lad rs high mrs a h mlu tl sirn i try mrs v stalkir innis h gl j ci mi n i c r ila on mrs di travel nfi pr zi t w re mr han md mis j ilii i nominated rir c taylor u price mrs h hurst mrs ii uian i g candler g mc mimlmi silverwood rev jsutherland addresses wms rev james sutherland of camp bellville was guest speaker at the wms thankoffenng meeting at the home of mrs h norton hav ing been a delegate at the canad tan council of churches he out lined points of a lecture by dr goodflll there idling of the need for work and the sort of mission ines required in india of the first nisionar and of the origin oi iur soc et es and of our respon ib 1 ly today re a calder sang scr p urc was rod bj mrs benton and m i x lvens gave a courtei rep rl the t lt ladies sered lunch afterwjrds t 0 c n a splendid meeting p recent vlsltori j hp ms bit yakc and m ss he r of torot o wire w h m j e whitelock shows group slides the silver wood women s instil utc met at the home of mrs ern batkin with 18 present and mrs harry marchington second vice president in the chair it was a thanksgiving meeting membes answered the roll call by telling something for which they were thankfulthere w a th mid mr m m and m la and ti marh qins hjmn and miss i moore gave very good paper on the mian in of thanksgiving mrs w norton gave a full re port of the directors mei ing held m lion two layettes have be r plac d and further knitting for layettes for the children s aid being urdertaken by membc mr l ndsaj was in cha ur cf i metne on agr cu ture ar d canad a irdotrv drd in r d i d j f vh dock o f m hon u x cave an ir eres mc a d r- true j k on t i vater c neralon ar farm prob em he hod d r p t the states a ard o the ot awa fxp f m wo jcars ago tle cj n af fr he miet na d b a 1 to prepare bylaw re council salary a by law fixing the remunira ion or salary of mem ben of es quesing township council was to bi prepared following a meeting of council monday october 5 with all members present reeve george leslie presided minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted and correspond j ence read and dealt with the following accounts were j f david shannon on hu third day al achool aaffered a minor head injury when wltneaaea re port he darted out from between two parked cam into the aide of a ear driven by rird minna to nmlo on john ht at noon on thursday today the family of mr and mm i thomaa shannon arrived in ac ton over the week end from new i brunswick and waa jnat getting aetlled in an apartment above the acton home furnishing htore the seven yearold waa rnahed to dr garrett for medical treat ment by the driver after the noon hour accident just vonlh of mill 8t mr minna waa driving south on john bt sooth of mill st when the accident occurred principal g w mckenxle re ported that the elmer safety pennant would be taken from the flag pole for one accidentfree month police are to remove the pen raurt this afternoon rockwoodarea told of change y p s convention 15 staged in guelph a fourday convention of younf peoples societies of the toronto- kingston synod of the presbyter ua t f oim eral from acton in guelph over hydro electric commtmon hb2s tte thanksgiving weekend nearly georgetown herald 1430 hep tentative dates have now been 350 delegates were present with of ont 2331 bell telephone scheduled for 60 cycle changeover leading presbyterian churchmen co 12i5 town of milton to mil of guelph roekwood etora fer miss ines mcleltan was ehalr- iv p n l h aua eus atld urrountil rural areas udy of the convention committee 17 1953 at l birds 50 geor these munic palltlei form pan of rev r h armstrona of knox own lumber co 156 arthur hydros standardization area l i church acton took one of the dla- bcolt motors lid 5 10 rojil comprising in all an b88 iquare cussion groups members of i aper and supply co 18 ontar mli section in the counties 1 th wfllingtnn hilton and peil he tentaive schidule of change md omfnrt luiszell inlcrment vas in rmrvliw cemetery alton all tight invlvid u th holiday n jured llh bniiiea anfl shock hi slater ian lfl with face cuts miss flhar- ii w bb 18 orangeville with spine and lung injury maurice mc- 1ft mono centre with aca cuts and gtrsld iattullo 18 cil- edon with a compound leg fract- mrs roy black fergus is speaker on oitotxr 8 the senior allx- liury wms of knox presbyterian church held its thankofferlng meeting with gu ats from local and neighboring churches attending the first vice president hri a j nuihinan presided and opened ihi meeting wllh a call to worship in the form f a short address on llio thirui of ihankjglvingv after the devotions taken by mr h ii armstrong and miss b curk the uhern mrs smith and mrs blow received the cot- k il ion which was dedicati d by mrs r m mac don aid mrs cameron leiihman sang tho ik uiuful solo sjm body cures mrs ma npr 7j- ihfti introduced the sural speuki r mrs roy black irf firgua president it guelph presbyterial mrs blacks me mage was from the familiar ehapter on love found in cor i thians chap- ur 13 j i autiful mi usage brini ng forth the duties of a christian to his fellow man under the topic the chr stian life where love is after courtesies by mrs r l dennle and the closing prayer by mrs a g blow all remained for an hour to meet the guests and en- joy fellowship together ontar pal board schol deben ure va lever ho kir 883 a w benton roid iccourt 42876 b ckle sagrave l d v d ock s be paid ihe sum i 19 500 be iig ihe full crntrart pumprr the acojnt t prr folio t ilai u dej u i pored on salr custd br fh robt rt marsha lev e ed b neighkirng coun ceuncil f t it shnjld awa1 a furtht recim mendalion frum uie assessmen committer hei i had an oppor tunitt to study the question council ins rucied the clerk to prepare an amending bv a to es tablish the remunera ion of mem bers of the countv court of re s ion warden george leslie told member t bad been appo nted to receixe the same remunerat oi as counc 1 members bu tru had wen overtook warden leslie introduced and welcomed c r pearen as deputy reee of milton to members of council for the balance of the term he replace b c mckerr ho recentlt resigned from that off ce counc 1 adjourned tc mee agan on november 10 m t pst of to and m and mr h m m c l m af d w i th 900 st albans guild s conv gejr s mr and m- ralph turner and pau m ard mr s kirkpatr ck ka leen ard dorothv ted at thorold over the hoida llco1 and mr bourne visited r the otawa district for a fe dat a week ago mr and mrs fred br ggs anj i ch idret spent thanksg viag in i toronto ms a c patterson and joy f h march ngton k c l ndsaj and mrs o u o a wesor a tew days recent three are injured in two accidents about sj50 damage resulted on saturday night about 7 30 pm on j the campbell vllle s de road wher a pick up truck dren by joseph the treasurer j femer ctmpbellvine and a 1132 public hall board ictei sada d by- i congratulatons to mr and mrs b rn r m tchell campbellville sdeswip- a grant of sso for ed mrs femer suffered bruue a cu tural society and s used m conoecuon anth r joseph curne and harry wood rnade in the grounds ph i ghl and hea commls on ijisi ek in fbruary 1955 th rd week of june 1955 esti nirt imbr of customers dom s r 7 401 commcrc a 860 roekwood hydrr electric syj m iti two aeeki of jure 1m5 im c 220 c mmercal 40 cuelt h rural operat rg area rockood dis r bu ng satoni as week of jure first week of iu 1955 domestic 721 commerc a 44 elora hydro- electric commis on second week of july 155 1 ne bt ween chinguacous domestic 422 commercial 73 and esques ng townships elm ra rural operatirg area grants to be paid acion ag elora distr but ng station no r cul ural soc ety 125 esques ng la two weeks of july and th rd agrcu tural society 125 halton week of august 1050 domestic 50 agricultural society 50 commercial 55 a grant oftjoo is to be paid to fergus public unlrties commls glen williams sion last two weeks of august to be used r first week of september ims don with rep to tty h of 404 80 was alo postd a ms f r foxes destroyed r u k were james mcbr d 1 6 johi riidd 2 3 l j c w 1 pe it on the eoun ounc 1 js ake as a county road is 5 to 10 concession 11 equs ng ownship known as the in und acton young people were in charge of the country fair held o knox presbyterian church guelph saturday evening emest welt i brought gjeetirgs from the bapt u y ung peoples othera attending from acton a ere bill ma npr lie doug dav d i son doug bennie jack dav dson i ken mann and jim greer the convent on lasted fom fri day fveningun monday noot the acton group avelled back and foth to eanor j based on t rstquarter home building currentlv i upswing m canada figures the october meet ng of s ban guld wms held rj i- hall wedneda oc eber 7 wtn hoere married at elmira on i w mr c coi k secretary ead the m nute of the precedirg mee ng and the reasurer mrs j ewno gae he f rancial epor pan were disc us cd for he the cbc forjic nrj bazaar ger al to rid o lons emplovs abou m ton ener mr c cook tea co co a i 19 ado- guelph rural operattaf area guelph distributing station and sural sratinnl month of sepsenv be ber lf5 domestic 1322 commerc upplementary by law granted il 72 larry urown ramily ur and rv dnven bv george mc permission to the reeve and treai it is anticipaed that for the e- harold barber and mr and ir imw b en1 of th ut to borrow 0oo to me thetimated i10m domestic customers mrs harold brown were guest buggy in hch thev current espendtture of the town i in these mumc palrlies some 480o0 he edding ndin mcdonald wis ship appliances will have to be changed 1 au n the guelph line the road superintendent was to over these will include an estim abou one mil rorth of campbell dexise for tenders for sno sled 10s00 washing machines 7000 and opera e 19 ille the patierts were treated r po rg equ pmect for 1953 1054 refngerairs and some 4j00 record luture- vener m r rw emplovs abou m ton private bosp tal damage terder are to be in by november ricibtj m si co nes 1250 persons private owners op to the car was estimated at 300 1 00 persons cident collector for the township were chosen players in addition it is expected that 8000 clocks and 2600 fans will ed for new 60 cyel models obituary carpenter by trade j routledge dies a carpenter by trade john ire land routledge of campbcilvluo died at hespcler on october 13 af ter six months illness mr boot- led je had lived at cubpoellvid snee 1kh aial p in lou- don he was born in 1mb rev j sutherland conducted th funar1 jn ryfrgj pallbearers were lome mitchell roy cairns lawenee sharpc uoyd crawford jack wneelihaa and hardy purdy immtest waa campbellville surviving are a daugbr mra joseph oozicr burks fall onl a son major v w routledge camp petawawa two brotbera or 1 a- rouuedge ridsjetowp c h rout- ledge pleasant lake mich 4 camp- beuville