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er- frankpetchheads cause of 7000 hydro mew industry in old factory last march it was announced that the plant of the storey plovc go in vcton was being closed established m 1867 it was one of actons oldest industries and townsfolk felt the loss of this indus try very keenly afor sale sign wiht up on the buildingshortly after and r r arnold started to dispose of the stock and equipment in the months that have followed most of the stock andmuch of the machinery and equipment hasbeen tjeared there have been several negotia tions started for the sale of the fine brick factory building which has three floors and a basement fts acood solid brick building in the central part of towrt and lighted from two sides in the past weeknr o the for sale sign has coine down workmen are making alterations and repairs while the final items of equipment are be ing sold for reasons that ore quite justifiablettnv name of the company purchasing the factory build ing is not being divulged the manufacturer is presently well establishedand has over a hundred persons now employed makinit items which are in growing demand i preparations arcjuriderway for bringinglnhew equipment and getting th pl in operation in acton there is every likelihood- that when in full operation 200 persons will find gainful employment in this new industry in acton sorrybut thats all we can offer at present every town in the province of ontario is searching for industries today we have been aware of the negotiations for some weeks and in the best in terests of acton as a town we think nothing would be gained by more particulars of the transaction at this time citizens can be assured that another industry will soon be active in this building and mr arnolds efforts in this connection will be ap preciated by all the industry is of a type not now operating in acton liberals in county frank- fetch georgetown was- elected president of the r halton- liberal- association when jack kehoe of burlington retired at the annual meeting of the halton liberal association held in miltbt on friday january 28 miss jjulla lajjircjiv a niagara flails lawyer awd exetutive vice- president of the nationals young liberal federation of canada made a scathing attack on the legislation of the frost governments emppasi- zing the highways scandal and- the operation ofthq liquor control board- the new president urged ati earjy convention lo select a candidate for the anticipated election the mattcr was left in the hands of the execu tive and vspecial committee to chiose a date before the end of february other officers elected were gor- 1 don lever burlington first vice- 1 president p walters oakville i second vicepresident k y dick milton secretary victor hall sr- milton treaslirer delegates to an- nual convention mrs percy leslie georgetown main johnsbri oak ville grant campbell moffattj frank pelch lorne bird esqiies j in gr mrst frank mertiven milton alternates mrs m e gowland milton william anderson oakvillc i john kehoe burlington and mrs frank fetch still unknown i r invest cause or ablaze which bjaje ycnrtokv building five new trans fied centra about the mrrietirrie actons hydro workshop- and left an formers 30 meters a test board and the town siren blew- the siren at the estimated 7000 damage is still 21 ijew uncraled walerhcating beardmorff cy plant started up tf unknown this week following an in- tanks were among the major items fire had started in a dust hopper at vesligalion saturday by a repre- damaged by ftre smoke and wales tjhe tannery but this blaze was sentative of tte ontario fire mar- damage to the office office equip- quickly confined and controlled by shallsf office rw 1 men booksand records isestjn1nt btardmore employees- firemen wore calledrshorfiy after ed separately to the building itj although the fire marshalls ro- 5 pm iast thursday afternoon to self it was figured an expenseof at- presentativc made ho statement as fight the smokebillowing blaze in least 2000 willbe necessary to re- to the cause of theworkshop fire it nearzero weather the hydro de- place and repair burned timbers was- estflmishedfky blatq originated partmentsnew utility- truck put wnllboard roofing and othr inter- around the cluster of crated water intoservice only last summer was iur structures building wiringdam hiitrs towod from the burning garaea age rswkroestimated separately a story circulated bya jocal 12 the height of the fire the trucks truck repainting in addition to yearold boy that he sawother boys red finish- scarred and blackened ninor wiring replacements will comingiiut of the workshop with by the heat was the only part of the cost about 290 matches shortly before the alarm vehicle damaged the fire alarm was rung when was rung proved ti be spun on this week loss estimates of near- tom jones vho lives across from imagination after the lad was ques- ly sb000 were made on the equip- the work shop noticed smoke tioned by the fire marshalls in- inent and supplies insido the two- belching from the garage and noli- vestigator parked unoccupied choir trio guests aistarts on fire r ar at sunday concert interior of a car owned by fred tolton rr 2 guelph was comp letely gutted last week when fire believed caused by a short circuit broke out as the vehiple was sit ting parked and unoccupied mr tolton parked his car near the farm lane and went into the house when his mother looked out the window an hour and a half lat er the automobile was blazing da mafic w o at abeut- 400 he livesnear eden mills united victorious in league opener saturday was opening day for the church athletic leagues badmin ton schedule and the smair crowd local prizewinners in jingle contest accidents costly as cats skid over ice five accidents two bt them la town were reported by local and j district police over the weekend all the mishaps were directly or indirectly the result of icy foad conditions late thursday afternoon two cars were caused total damages es timated at 400 when a vehicle driven by a h denning wex ford skidded into another car driven by e wood guelphat the corner of young and mill streets sunday two cars collided near the corrus of queen and young streets damage estimated at about 800 resulted drivers of the cars involved were wm vonessen to ronto and jennie sobel guelph saturday evening robert coates milton parked his car on no 25 sttl rhulo i t m rfarhtc h g f l garage blazes inside and outside smoke billows in clouds as this staff photograph catch- tate range was mrs r e arbic attend to some traps in the bush jr en st who came up with the a car driving south from acton j es last thursday s costly fire at its height when thousands of dollars of damage was caused the guest artists with acton citiz bahd at thir concert in the public right answer in a contest sponsor- school auditorium on sunday even- j cd by a canadian food company ing were the st albans mens i chorus and the rhythm rambl- r trio a good crowd thoroughly ap- j prclated the program by local i artists r r- parker was- mastor i of ceremonies st albans- mens chorus sang eurnurnbersr conducted by george mussclle and accompanied by george hall on the piano in the first group- they sang cornfiod melodies and kentucky babe and ir their second appearance softly falls the shades and to conclude ue program god save th queen playing in the rhythm rambler controlled by john mcleod tor- towns twoyearold hydro shop and its contents firemen at left are strapping a scott air pack on one onto failed to stop in time as it 0 their members ashurried efforts are madelo pull out the new utility truck still inside when this mrs arbics grocer e t marks approached the parked coates car x i r- u i u da j ki- j i jj j l it- i j picture was taken cause pf the fire is still unknown this week won an rca mantel radio tor hu and skidded into the vehicle es- r part in the contest known a lip- timated damage was about 500 i t r tons threeaday a jingle con- early sunday morning carl a m i i w i test it runs for 12 weeks with 15 henbergen toronto ran his for- anothcr kcverse dv scllools to soutll take honofs winners per week i eign model car off the road anl m j 1ww1 j y t into f onjtfae- prop ss membership reported over 200 the supper meeting of the un ited church sunday school staff was held tuesday at the home of mrs a long at thq business ses sion b veldhuis presided in the dn hand was given many thrills as i tri wcrc les ruby reno braida abencc of rev e a currey mrs gamps were won and jost on one g rose imowat superintendent was pres and two points tw i a j ua erted wth a bouauet of chrysanth- thc band- opened the program in the opening game the bdys w 0 canada their selections e doubles team of charlie sunter and lncluded t the garden i the following officers were eleci- ralph tripp took a i5lecision ed overtu a waltz a s0cci 55 uperimendcnt mrs b from doug ruddick an bill shan- numb boostin the basscst t distant superintend- nonofthej s the igirls doubles were a reversal of the first gamp and the baptist twosomeofmargsuntef and ritth a medley of irisbojtgs and the thunderer march assistant band master r spielvogel conducted the 1 i bind for show boy march in the landsboiough bowed graciously to ballad a perfect dav jim grer a stronger team of anne deforest plaved a euphonium solo and blair hotchen the final scofc i in this game indicatesthe close play thc concert is one in a series the 1000 ihich marked the entire day the at sunday of each month conduc uniteds took a 1513 victory and j ttd by bandmaster a perrott were grateful to win even by this ent mrs a r cong second assist ant superintendent r mckeown treasurer j mcgeachic musical sad ani j i m 5 imhr in public speaking competition license to land brenda reading j a lockhan narrdwest of margins the mixed doubles followed the same pattern and the united team of paul mcgeachic arid blair hot chen managed to come up with a 1518 win over the baptists john trapp-and-marg-sunterr- this the uniteds a 21 game lead for the days play but the singles were still to come and there was no rot up in the pace set in the doubles john tripp showed some fast play when he defeated bill shannon in the boys singles by a score of- 1513 an brought-thcbaptists- onaheven footing avith the united team anne diiforest was left with the honor of the team to uphold and came through with a decisive win of- 151 over marg sunter to end the days play and rive the- uniteds their 32 win for the first match of the season- spring not here what rroundhof wouldnt have the sense enough to torn around and o back into his hole yester- dayt the temperature wis below era when the mnlmal of tradit ion was scheduled to make his annual trip which magically is supposed to tell us whether spring is hear or not everyone in the district knek j sprint couldnt be just round the comer with weather like this a credit to both- our own intel ligence and to the wizardlike perceptory powers of the ground hog wednesday was sunny all day the animal saw his shadow spring is not just around the corner effect of farming on industry told j e3tthitelock halton- countys 1 agricultural representative was the director f bean pianist m force speaker- at the regular meet- secretary mansell nelhs i inr of thcarton ysmenscl last during the year the sunday j thursday in the y he spoken the school offering amounted to over j effects of agriculture on the indus- with systematic envelope triesrof canada and the industries giving and the acton united e agriculture jack creigh church came- within i fhe highest 12 ton expressed the thanks of the sunday schools in the dominion for group to mr whitelock the duplex system j plans were made for ladies night the missionary and maintenance to be hld soon an interclub meet- givinjjf tripled rinthepastlrlg in gudlph jw- march and the year and the sunday school mem- district conference in kitchener in bership is well over 200 with a april which the entire club is sffqf oyer 2qteachcrs jscheduled to attendwith the district mrs bean accorded a vote thanks to the hostess for the use the sale of license tags being pro- any school captured top honours in the halton county public speaking con john tost east bf here6n highway near the fifth jbine esquesing the car bounced down last week johnny gov who had alan shugg linbrook school into a five foot ditch and toreup applied for a class a license to i 30 feet of fence wire causing a total of about 200 damage- sunday noon a car travelling west along the first sideroad south ofhere just past the esquesing- nassagaweya dividing line went into a skid on the -icy- road ran over a ditch and into a telephone pole which broke under the im- p in take package freight between ac ton and toronto received the blunt information after wajtine sonic- j sponsored by the hallon prin- weeks that his case was dismissed i opals association when the finjl- th- pcv diviion of the ontario werc stage in milton high school municipal board made this disposvl i on p evening of last wek of the case in just two words a ma of 16 entrants repr0k the decision is a keen disappoint- i ed t eight regions delivered pre- ment to a number of acjon indus- i par speeches and impromptu rie who have backed mr goysj spwc tor judges mrs a dobson application and eight witnesses had i m l skuce and casey wood gone to toronto to testify at the i g p with tiearlivg in january m support of i woineni institute trr- fhe application every rnanufactur- or s a ships between acton and is handicapped under the town which smmmxiooo ia- litrophy far himself the prcscnta- t ton was made- at the conclusion oj er who toronto present inadequate truck deliwy prq bv mrs service of present transports on package education and shipments surely a town whch tommittee of the produces an con cit county i no 7 nora beaty no 6 om- jaghi inspector l l skuce praised the efforts of the halton princip als association in organizing the competition for halton students and lauded the efforts of the com- mittee in their arrangenients from the preliminary competitions through to the finals the double trio from george town linda west trafalgar bar ry burnc milton lynn merry and others contributed musical num bers to the program during the ev ening ih presenting the judge decis- ion on the contcsu scasey wood jr oakville praised all the con testants and urged them to carry on with this type of activity manufactured goods deserves mor consideration in getting its goods to the market centres i there are a lot of rnanufactur- 1 er in acton who are highly ds- pleased over this second decision of the municipal board which ad versely affects this town wolves have been spotted in of governor g w mckenzie of acton the district wc havent heard f being shot near town lately j women s lnstitutcrand mr- max fatherstone prciidnt brenda reading second place winner received a dictionary from the principals association the contest was open to stud ents from grade six seven and eight eight prelirijiinarv contests were viewed by more than 600 parent from the 78prtjiin- inary contestparticipants two rei- resintatives from each district were chosen to speak in the final aitorium was -i-tie- high well filled for the occasion that bnottght representatives from ail pats f the county i of he home moted by the club was discussed i though in the annual re- r farmers mutual shows decline in losses at annual held here there was a fine attendance and a keen interest shown at an- nual meeting in acton on monday of the halton union farmers23iut- ual fire insurance co the annual report showed a successful year- of operationswith ayeareratturpiur xft 13858211 losses this year were t30m42p which was below the pre- vious year -fi- there were 2618 policies in force with insurance in an amount of 2340704 net insurance in force at the end of the year was 2130632 there was 4 gain in surplus of t440444 over that of the prev- ipus year shown port james fisher of esquesingtown- uttip becomas a director of the company succeeding m t mc- jcabbwho has retired ithis year officerirfor 1955 are cameron a t- v i 7 u u kitchini president ja4esfisher public speaking champions were presented with their awards n milton high school following the viccrpsiderit a t moore- secret- countywide icompetition sponsored by the haltori principals association for students in grades six arytreasurer j anr eighhfrom the left are f r hughejtprihcipal of linbrook public school receiving the ha1- members of thetboard of direct- ton womens institute trophy brenda reading second place winner in the contest holding the die- ore are t gvbrownridge cameroh tionary awarded her an shugg winner of the contest holding his miniature tropfty of the wop kernt rford jk 7nz mens institute cup- mrasrvicejonveneraf the eduoatforr and citizenship committee and mrsmax victor hall and charles teadhead featherstonijresideht of the ftaion womens institute retiring organist bfonored by friends i miss olive lampard concluded six years as organist and choir leader of acton united church last j sunde- morning when hev cur- rey expressed the regret of the choir and congregation acton friends gathered for tea at miss fern browns home sunday afternoon when the organist arid her sister miss grace lampard ofhonrir a nd a binik on albert schweitzer the famed organic and humanitar- fn vtetf presented to mrs lunp- ti ardjvi- brown ard mrs b artl- d ivrt- joint hostesss for the oc casion the united crvfirch choir wtr ithe gueti of mr and mr b l veldhuis for a social time lat thursday evening cohtts wer inducted by jean maclran and durothy simmons j ken allen expressed the choirj appreciation to mis lampard for 1 htr faithful service during the pist a plan of study for the coming j nx years and asked that she myy n i countywide event- i the following contestants spok i in coinpctition friday evening l burlington brenda reading j a rlockhart roderick dodds ie j burlington esquesing penny kbrton gien wiiliamsi bhad nlurray jforval georfietqwr ac- wcrir giirstj trn milt carol biehn george town ella jany ractont nassa- gaweya lois ingljs john ken nedy nelson graded wendy ur quhart dennis brannan oakvile pamela cainc jennifer weather- tore trafalgar graded gal cooper and alan shugg ilin- brooki trafalgar rural joy ms symphony subject of years study year was discussed by the rhem- bers of the aston music study group when they met at the home of the president mrs r arnold on monday evening it was decid ed that the symphony will be- the subject- for future consideration reports were given and various items of business discussed mrs b veldhuis showed slides ofher triptothewertcoibtlast summer and the meeting conclud ed with the serving of refreshr menti return for a visit in the near fut ure miss lampard was presented with ia lovely hymnary after which she made a fitting tepfy a bountiful lynch was served by the social committee she will continue to teach piano to her acton pupils yearly pay and- allowances of a member of the ho o is 10000 of a cabinet- minister 27000 of the prime minister 37- 000 y 1 amg f9 w i vi acton ontario thursday febjjjry 3rdyi955 eight pages six gents last march it was announced that the plant of the storey plove go in acton was being closed established tn 1867 it was one of actons eldest industries and townsfolk felt the loss of this indus try very keenly a for sale sign wht up on the buildingshortly after and r r arnold started to dispose of the stock and equipment in the months that have followed most of the stock andmuch of the machinery and equipment hashed eltared there have been several negotia tions started for the sale of the fine brick factory building which has three floors and a basement its a good solid brick- building in the central part of own and lighted from two sides in the past weekor so the for sale sign has come down workmen are making alterations and repairs while the final items of equipment are be- in sold for reasons that are quite justifiable the name of the company purchasing the factory build ing is not being divulged the manufacturer is f presently well cstahlishedand has over hundred persons now employed making items which are in growing demand 1 preparations areuriderway for bringthgtnhew equipment and getting th pl in operation in acton there is every likelihood- that when in full operation 200 persons will find gainful employment in this new industry in acton sorrybut thats all we can offer at present every town in the province of ontario is searching for industries today we have been aware of the negotiations for some weeks and in the best in terests of acton as a town we think nothing would be gained by more particulars of the transaction at this time citizens can be assured that another industry will soon be active in this building and mr arnolds efforts in this connection will be ap preciated by all the industry is of a type not now operating in acton convention lo select a candidate for i p ncal was the only pa of xhe the anticipated election the matter vphic damaged was left irfthe hands of the execu- this week loss estimates of near- tive and aspecial committee to iy oob were made on the equip- chrose a date before the end of and supplies inside the two- february j other officers elected were gor- i don lever burlington first vice- 1 president p watters oakvillc i second vicepresident k y dick milton secretary victor hall sr1 milton treasurer delegates to an- nual convention mrs percy leslie georgetown main johnson oakii ville grant campbell moffattrf frank petch lorne bird esques- j imyrlvirst rrank tacwiven milton allernates mrs m e gowland milton william anderson oakvillc i john kehoe burlington and mrs- frank petch cause 9f 7000 hydro shop fire still unknown fer inyesti cause of a blaze which blac ycntoloy bniitdingf fiv new trans fiid cntri about thesame time actons hydro workshop- and left ah foriners 30 meters a test board and the town siren blew- tiie siren at the estimated 7000 damage is still 2i dew uncrated walerhcating beardmorie c plant started up p unknowhithis week following an in- tanks were among the major items fire had started inn diist hopper at vesligatiori saturday by a repre- damaged by fire sipoke- and wates tjacji tanhery- but this blaze was scntatlve of tfie ontario fire mar damage to the of fjce office equip- quickly confined and controlled by shallsj office rf 1 ninit booksand records is esthtlnt beardmore employees firemen wore catted shortly after ed separately to the building it- although the fire marshalls re- 5 pjn iqst thursday afternoon to self it was figured an expense of at prcsentativc made ho statement as fight the smokebillowing blaze in least 2000 will be necessary to re- to the cause of theworkshop fire it nearzero iiveathcr the hydro de- place and repair burned timbers was- estflblishedrhy felaze originated partmenfsnew utility- truck put wnllboard roofing and othcsr inter- around the cluster of crated water into service only last summer was ior structures building wiringdam lowed from the burning garage at ago fcruluu separately truck repainting in addition to ininor wiring replacements will cost about 290 i the fire- alarm wasj rung whijn frank petch heads liberals ill county frank- fetch georgetown was elected president of the y halton liberal- association when jack ketroe of burlington retired at the annual meeting of the halton liberal association held in milton oh friday january 28 miss julla lamarcji a niagara iwup lawyer altta executive vice- president of the national young liberal federation of canada made a scathing attack on the legislation of the frost goyernment emphasi zing the highways scandal and the operation ofhq liquor control b v 7 the height 6f the fire the trucks the new president urged wi earji n blackened htntors a story circulated bya jocat 12 yearold boy that he saw other boys comingout of the workshop with matches shortly before the alarm was rung proved to be spun on tom jones who lives across fropirimngiiiation after the lad was ques- the work shopr smoke tinned by the- fire marshalls belching from the garage and noli- vestigator i parked unoccupied irstarlvon fire interior of a car owned by fred tolton rr 2g was comp letely gutted last week when fire believed caused by a short circuit broke out as the vehicle was sit ting parked arid unoccupied mr tolton parked his car near the farm lane and went into the house when his mother looked out the window an hour and a half lat er the automobile was blazing raroafl w c at a choir trio guests at sunday concert guest artists with acton citizens bahd at their concert in the public school auditorium on sunday even ing were the st albans mens chorus and the rhythm rambl r trio a good crowd thoroughly ap preciated the program by local artists r r parker was master 400 he livesnear eden mills united victorious in league opener saturday was opening day tor the church athletic leagues badmin ton schedule and the sffiair crowd on hand was given many thrills as games were won and jost on one and two points in the opening game the boys doubles team of charlie sunter and ralph tripp took a 151 1 decision from doug roddick and bill shan- no u th uni local prizewinners i in jingle contest i winne today of a 1955 rca es tate range was mrs r e arbic right answer in a contest sponsor ed by a canadian food company mrs arbics grocer e t marks won an rca mantel radio for his part in the contest known as up tons threeaday a jingle con test it runs for 12 weeks with 15 winners per week accidents costly as cars skid over ice five accidents two ot them in town were reported by local and district police over the weekend all the mishaps were directly or indirectly the result of icy road conditions late thursday afternoon two cans were caused total damages es- ttmated at 400 when a vehicle driven by a h denning wex ford skidded into another car driven by e wood guelph at the corner of young and mill streets sunday two cars collided near the cornel of queen and youn streets damage estimated at about 800 resulted drivers of the cars involved were wm vonessen to ronto and jennie sobel guelph saturday evening robert coates milton parked his car on no 25 j r i sli ie near glenspey farms toi garage blazes inside and outside smoke billows in clouds as this staff photograph catch- attend to some trans in the bush jr v eslast thursdays costly fire at its height when thousands of dollars of damage was caused the towns twoyearold hydro shop and its contents firemen at left are strapping a scott air pack on one of their members ashurried efforts are madeto pull out the new utility truck still inside when this picture was taken cause pf the fire is still unknown this week attend to some traps in the bush j queen st who came up with the j a car driving south from acton ss membership reported over 200 of ceremonies st albans- mens chorus sang fourntrmber co by george musselle and accompanied by george hall on the piano in the first group- they sang cornfield melodies and kentucky babe and j the supper meeting of the un in their second appearance softly ited church sunday school staff falls the shades and to conclude was held tuesday at the home of the program god save tho queen mrs a long at thehusinessses- playing in the rhythm rambloj sl0 b veldhuis presided in the trio were les ruby reno bralda abeiice of rev e a currey mrs nd garnet rose imowat superintendent was pres the band- opened the program i ted wth a bouauet of chrysanth- wth o canada their selections e included tuenvrnns the garden the following officers were elecl- of edet overture a waltz a specij2f t 955 up mrs b altv number boostin the basscs7 first assistant supenntend- a r loag second assis- r mckeown controlled by john mcleod tor- onto failed to stop in time as it approached the parked coates car and skidded into the vehicle es- timated damage was about 500 early sunday morning carl r hensbergen toronto ran his for- i eign model car off the road and into fencin on the- p ly uf john fox eastbt henron no 7 highway near the fifth jbine of esquesing the car bounced down last week johnny goy who had a medley of irishsorrgs and the cm mrs the jirrs doubles were o reversal j thunderer march assistant band aflt superintendent of the first game and the baptist rcait twosomefmbtjrsunier and ruth landsborough bowed graciously to a stronger team of anne deforest and blair hotchen the final score in this game indicatestmt close play which marked the entire day the uniteds took a 1513 victory and were grateful to win even by this narrdwest of margins the mixed doubles followed the same pattern and the united team of paul mcgeachic arid blair hot chen managed to come up with a 1518 win over the baptists john trtppandmargsunter thisgave the uniteds a 21 isame lead for the days play but the singles were still to come and there was no ret up in the pace set in the doubles john tripp showed some fast play when he defeated bill shannon in the boys singles by a score of 1513 an broughtlhebaptistsonaneven footing with the united team anne dijfoiest was left with the honor of the learn to uphold and came through with a decisive win of 151 over warg sunter to end the days play and give the- uniteds- their 32 win for the first match of the season r spielvogel conducted the band for show boy march in the ballad a perfect day jim grer played a euphonium solo the concert is one in a series the last sunday of each month conduc ted by bandmaster a perrott treasurer j mcgeachic another reverse by scho to south take honors i in public speaking competition into a five foot ditch and toreup applied for a class a license to 30 feet of fence wire causing a i take package freight between ac- total of about 200 damage sunday noon a car travelling west along the first sideroad south othire just pat the esquesing- nassagaweya dividing line went into a skid on the -icy- road ran over a ditch and into a telephone pole which broke under the im pact effafdfcf farmings on industry told j f whitelock halton- countys agricultural representative was the- irectortfrbean pnist m force speaker at the regular meet- secretary mansell nellis 1 ink of thcatnon ys menrclublast during the year the sunday j thursday in the y he spoken tke spring not here what rroundhor wouldnt have the arnse enough to turn around and go back into his bole yester day the temperature was below sera when the animal of tradit ion was scheduled to make his annual trip which macicalq u supposed to tell ns whether sprinc ner or not everyone in the district knew sprinf eonldnt be just around the corner with weather like this a credit to botaonr own intel ligence and to the wiiarduke pereoptory powers of the ground- hog wednesday was sunny all day the animal saw his shadow spring is not jost around the corner school offering amounted to over effects of agriculture on the indus i 1000 with systematic envelope triesnofcanadar and the industries giving and the acton united effect on agriculture jack creigh church came- within phe highest 12 ton expressed the thanks of the sunday schools in the dominion for group to mr whitelock the duplex system plans were made for ladies night the missionary and maintenance to be hold soon an interclub meet- gi vtns- tripled duraiifilrer- in guelph jn- march and the year and the sunday school mem- district conference in kitchener in bership is well over 200 with a april which the entire club is i njf gq teachers scheduled to atlenrt with the district j wri bean accorded a vote of governor g w mckenzie of acton the thanks to the hostess for the use the sale of license tags being-pro- any ton and toronto received the blunt information after wajting some weeks that his case was dismissed th- pcv division of the ontario alan shugg linbrook school and brenda reading j a lockhart school captured top honour in the halton county public speaking con tent sponsored by the halton prin cipals aociation when the finjl were staged in milton high school municipal board made thjs disposal i on frdav evening of last wek of the case in just two words a tota of 16 entraflls re the decision is a keen disappoint- j c tne eight regions delivered pre- ment to a number ot aqjon indus- i part speeches and impromptu ries who have backed mr goys spth for judges mrs a dobson application and eight witnesses had j l skuce and casey wood gone jo toronto to testify at- the i sh preserited with ttcartffu in january m support of halton womciv institute tro- the application every rnanufactur- 6 school nd aminiature er who ships between actop and hlmse tne presc toronto is handicapped under the 1 ua wa ion onthclcontest scasey- wood present inadequate truck delivery ram b mrs of present transports on package- f uwr education and shipments surelya town which p a iftoq zenship tqmmittee of the j j j t- womens instltutthand mr manufactured goods deserves more fiatherslonc president consideration in getting its goods r it to the market centres there are a lot of rnanufactur- i crin acton who are highly ds- pleased over this second decision of the municipal board which ad- vitsoly affects this town con- citi- county brenda reading second place winner received a dictionary from th principals association the contest was open to stud ents from grades six seven and cighand- the eight prelirijiinary contests were viewed by more than 600 parents from the 78 prjun no 7i nora beaty no 6 om- agh inspector l l skuce pfaised the efforts of the halton princip als association in organizing the competition for halton students and lauded the efforts of the com mittee in their arrangements from the preliminary competitions through to the finals the double trio from george town linda west trafalgar bar ry burne wilton lynn merry and others contributed musical num bers to the program during the ev ening in presenting the judge decis- jr oakvillc praised all jhc con testants and urged them to carry on with thus type of activity max- the tvig jcn a was well filled for the occasion that brwttgtrt representatives from all partsof the county retiring org a nisi honored by friends farmers mutual shows decline in losses at annual held here there was a fine attendance and a keen interest shown at the an- nual meeting in acton on jfonday of the halton union parmersmut- m nn ual fire insurance co the annuttl reportshowed a successful year of operationswit off 913582u losses this year were s0j9tjp which was below the pre- vious yr j there were 2618 policies in force withinsuranee in an amount- of 2340704- net insurance in force at the end of the year was tl30632 there was a sin in surplus of 44jb44 over that of the prev ious year shown in the annual re port james fisher of esqueing town sliip becomaf a director of the company succeeding m t mo j 1 hasretired this srearpi officers for ifl55 are cameron kitching president jarnesfisher vicvpresiderit x t moore- secret arvtresurer members ot thetboard of direct ors are t g brownridge cameron kitching daniel grai leslie kerns 3 p ford j i peaxen victor hall and charles bteadhead of he home moted by the club was discussed being shot though l wolvjiavjnpottedlinnarvcontestpartiipants twhrepj m xam c district we havent heard of resfntatives from each district i f or and- choir town lately i we chosen to speak in the final leader- of acton united church last countvwide event sundsjy rnornmfc when rev cur- r rey expressed the regret of the the following contestants spok- 1 ch and congregation i in competition friday evening j t burlington brenda reading- u a i acton friends gathered for tea at lockhart roderick dodds e fern browns home sunday buruogton easing renny afternn when the organist and norton glen williams- pqhald s miss grace lampard murrav xorvalv georgetown ac- rwereguestsof honnr tnn milton carol biehn george- a bookon albert schweitzer town elirjanyfactoni nassa- 5 f or gaweyat ingljs john ken nedy nelspn graded wepdy ur quhart dennis brahnan oakvile pamela caine jennifer weather- stone trafalgar graded cal cooper and alan shugg- lin brook trafalgar rural joy may r mft photo public speaking champions were presented with their awards in milton high school following tke countywide competition sponsored by thehaltoh prirtcipals association rtodentsingradessix seven- and eighhfrom the left aref- hughferprincipal of tinbrook public school receiving he hefl- ton womens institute trdphy brenda reading second place winfier in tfre contest holding the djc- tionary awarded her aao shugg winner of teccntestj holding his miniature trophy onhe wep nd the rneetin cooclud mens institute cup- mrs service convener of the education- and citizenship cctmmittee and mrsrmax with the serving of refresh featherstonresideht cf trte symphony subject of years study a plan i of study for the coming yeat was discussed by the mem bers of the aston music study group when they met at the home of the president mrs r arnold on monday evening it was decid ed that the symphony will be the subject- for future consideration reports were given and various items of business discussed mrs b veldhuis showed slides f hervtriptothe w eo li ments iatrs iere presented to mtss lamp ard sjus browri and mrs- r arn old wffo joint hostesses for the oc casion the united ctsorch choir were the gueti of mj and mrt b veldhuis for a social time lait thursday evening contests were conducted by jean maclean and dorothy simmons ken allen expressed the choirs appreciation to miss lampard for her faithful service during the pist fix yeirs and asked that she may return for a visit in the near fut ure miss lampard was presented with ia lovely hynnary aftef whichshe made a fittinttepry- a bountiful lynch was served by the social committee she will continue to teach piano to her acton pupils yearly pay and allowances of me o theho of c is 10000 of a cabinet minister 27000 of the prime hflnister 37 n 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