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f- eightieth yearno 50 actqn ontario thursday june 9th 1955 ten pages six cents g iounion has certification for smallwood plant the ontario labor relations board last thursday issued a oer- tificate naming the international union of electrical radio and machine workers cioccli as bargaining agents for empioyccsof y si o smallwood co here application for certification by the iuewwas made on may 24 be fore the board the iuew which at 400000 members is the third largest international trade labor wing in the cio was in 1949 de clared by the congress of industrial organizations and- the canadian congress of labor to be the official union for electrical and related workers in the american and can adian congresses official certification of the iuew in the smallwood factory climaxes a labor stuation which through the questionable tactics of the com munistdominated united electrical workers of america which first- tried to sign up the employees drew in the council public and lo cal and district press for several weeks the redled ue plastered pink and yellow pam phlets over the towns streets and porches charging the local mayor the chamber of commerce the free press and others who happened to be handy of being antilabor pro- capitalist or dictatorial whichever happened to suit the propaganda re quirements of the moment while the heat of the ues frothy campaign rose the reception of the smallwood employees for the inde pendent union grew proportionately cooler at this point the cio union the ieuw quietly entered the picture and without publicity or notice carying the endorsement of other union locals here rode over the noisy ue organizers and gained the support of the smallwood employ- monday night the first meeting to prepare for election of- local officers and discuss types of contracts was held in the legion hall leagi town league matches begin first games of the minor sports league were played tuesday when the muckers downed the jets 137 and the hot shots were victorious over the wolf hounds 52 almost everyone on the muckers lineup counted for the team with bob marshall crossing home plate three times playing with the team were w ridley p lawson b marshall bob coxe d lindsay shannon t walerhouse j lind say d woodburn walker and r pasigia j agnew and mepherson each ac counted for two of the jets seven runs up to bat were agnew stew art churchill kevin mepherson fatt emmerson peel and mason wolf hounds and hot shots each saw one run in the first inning and then none in the second before hot shots rallied for four points in the third hounds countered with one in the fourth to lose 52 wolf houndslambert ranney waterhouse marks denny and rews fleming beerman ruddick mcdonald hot shots mccristall hoare johnston williams holmes kirk- ness halliday tripp fryer stall lhmo second decoration day in acton last sunday drew a larger crowd and paracle than the first ven ture a year ago four bands headed representatives of lo u who marched to the ceme tery after astsort cerernony at the cenotaph for a service and decoration of graves 4af membership trophy presented to club the district governors trophy fo clubs topping their 10 per cent membership increase goal was p sented last week to acton rotary club rotary clubs in the toronto district are the first in the world to pass their goal in this drive ted hansen acted on behalf of the district governor in making the pre sentation of the trophy to president art padbury joe jarty spoke to the club on his trip to ottawa which was sponsor ed by rotary clubs friends relatives honor saturday bride miss pat duval a bride of next saturday has been guest of honor at several events held prior to her marriage mrs wilfred duval jr was hostess to a group of friends and relatives at her home on may 25 miscellaneous gifts were open ed by miss uhival before the lunch was served r fellow employees of mason knit gathered on may 30 at the homo ot mrs mel jordan with gifts for the bridetobe miss pauline papillori held a third miscellaneous shower on june 2 friends and relatives from kit chener and milton also attended these events geraniums bouquefs on graves of loved ones decoration day 5od is working in the world i welcome by mayor e tyler rev and we can go forward in hope dr t h stewart declared to a crowd of about 400 gathered at fairview cemetery sunday after noon for the second annual decor ation day service in speaking i the servicemen whose graves were- shortly to be decorated he pointed out bravery is neve wasted he recalled in his service over seas seeing flowers soon grow up among the dcbris and pointed out to his large audience a parallel far faith dr stewart was guest speaker nt the brief ceremony which fol lowed a parade and ceremony at the cenotaph actonians and visitors lined thi streets for the lengthy parade wiih four bands the group halted be fore the cenotaph when flags of the different groups were dipped and the flag on the standard was low ered as charles lahdsborough play ed the last post gordon beatty gave the lesion charge and g h mehugh placed a wreath frank fowke read the names of acton men who had died in combat rev evan jones led in prayer the parade then proceded in the heat to fairview cemetery seated on the grass on benches and in r h armstrong gave the call ti worship and rev jones read the scripture pastor ray costerus led in prayer mr jones introthced rev t- h stewart mc ma dd who was the guest speaker dr stewart has a varied military career which in cluded service in the first world war when he was wounded at vimy chaplaincy in the second world war and chaplaincy at sun- nybrook hospital he has been the rector of st lukesciiur paler mo for abnrrtt yeltrt following the service geran iums were planted at the graves of servicemen in fairview crmetery and st josephs cemetery the lengthy parade was headed by the acton citizens band with marshal max- storey marching in tuc group were the mayor and members of council clerk j mc- geachie acton fire fighters stan hall mp ami acton cubs dr a j buchanrtn martialle group two with the guelph pipe band playing with the group were member the ladies auxiliary of the canadian legion the duk of devonshire chapter of the io of enough reservoir storage high water mark conscious of the need for more vater in order- to pace the growth of the community town officials have been keeping a keen eye on the quantity of water pumped through the local mains to homes and industry at monday nights council meeting mayor tyler told mem bers that during may seven and a half million gallons of water were used in acton the highest con sumption figure for any month in the towns history k- irk3i sii water skiing answer to heat wave blues various methods of cooling off were used by the many picnickers who took advantage of the shade and water at acton park during the hot spell some were water skiing on the lake others swimming and others sleeping in the shade for the energetic there were ball games bicycling and playing around the large area for the ser ious there was fishing certainly the sport that combined all aspects desire to get cool sud denly energy and seriousness was the water skiing it had many spectators the breezes sonny jocques park on the other side of the lake has also had quite a- few groups al- 1 though the attractive spot begins the season officially this weekend acton park is becoming noted outoftown and many make the trip here to enjoy its beauty de the lakesid iode the acton chapter of womens the in- many cars the crowd heard the t stitutc girl guides and brownies- service which began with words of gifts tributes to daisy folster after 40 years teaching here school board members town of ficials and citizens many of whom had once sat as pupils in her class room showered gifts and- tributes on miss daisy folster last weefc when a surprise party hbnoring her 40 years of teaching here was held in the public school auditorium miss folster who retires this month after beginnng her teaching career here 40 years ago confessed early in the lively party arranged by the board and teachers that shed heard about the surprise but was none the less grateful and de lighted with the gesture in her honor and as the evening progressed the gestures took tangible form as the beloved teacher was presented with gifts tributes and expressions of appreciation forty red roses board chairman w wolfe who praised the magnificent work for 40 years by miss folster handed her a scroll trustee c bradley on behalf of the board and the citizens of acton then offered her a handsome bouquet of 40 red rosest later miss folster received a lazy boy chair and a strand of first pearls from the chairman of the evening t jones who asked the veteran teacher to accept these gifts 1 on behalf of the people of aeton j inspector l skuce fastened- the pearls about miss folsters neck i then spoke of the deep understand 1 ing which she possessed and exer- ciscd in her classroom h more gifts tributes the gifts did not end here from the teachers and ex teachers who had taught with the- guest of honor carhe a floor lamp and chair cush ion mrs a wilkinson presented these gifts following by a poetic tribute to miss folster written and read by miss i anderson iiiss folster said she appreciated the gifts very much but made light of the experience and praise that had been accorded her mr r bornhold and miss r clark also spoke briefly in tribute to miss foster v1t a varied program was enjoyed throughout the evening at the out set the teachers sang an introduct ory song composed for the occasion later followed by two violin solos by sheila paul accompanied by ted hansen v lunch after program a chorus of teachers later sang three selections followed by a bal- loon blowing contest among ex- teachers conducted by mrs j black r mckeown led a sing song and miss anderson read a wedding j account which was a contest on hidden names miss barnard sang two solos ac companied by mrs n turner mrs f ganley sang several escltcions at the same time playing the piano and leading the audience an amusing balloon shaving con test between four former school board members under the direction wasjofe smith ended in a burst of bal- for loons and shaving lather dead skunk has part in accident police reported two accidents in this district both causing cbrvsid- rable property damage but no injuries were reported in cither mishap sunday night cars driven by frapk schofield an ovc student and james anderson rjt 1 camp- bellville were in collision on the speysido sideroad when the first car swung to the left to miss a dead skunk and the second vehicle skidded on the loose gravel while travelling the opposite way total damage was 275 tuesday night a car driven by george mitchell milton hit guard rails on fhe left and right side of no 25 highway then landed on its good inspector skuce said left side on the road damage was anyone to go through daisys class- at the conclusion df the program estimated at about 700 room a lunch was enjoyed by the group 33429 voters eligible three candidates vie in halton race ways contract scandals during the campaign have found openings to hurl back a few countercharges with toronto daily papers in this circulation are carrying blow by blow accounts of the campaign rounds in any event provincial voters in halton have had opportunities to hear their own- candidates have received circulars and been con fronted with press and radio ad- vertisements on the men repres enting the three parties in this riding complete election results giveii by stations of all halton munic ipalities will be published in this newspaper next week the guelph sea cadets band ac companied the third section of the parade with marshal gordon bea- ty the acton branch of the can adian legion followed the canadian- legion band from port credit provided music for the fourth section marshal was henry shepherd of georgetown and witn him marched members of visiting legions from port credit milton rhd georgetown response again this yearwa5 ukf presive as many brought lhcir own flowers to decorate th graves of lovedjjnes this cemetery was beautiful a family groups wander ed under the tall trees recalling the past scouts were in charge of park ing and handing out programs court denies bail in assault charge bail was denied donald crispin of rockwpod when he appeared in court in guelph wednesday on a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm he was remanded until later in june when the case will proceed he was charged in connection gray visits niagara falls all the famous sights at niagara kails as well as the whirlpool and brocks monument were visited by members of the ymcas royal star gray club last saturday tne 11 boy parents and bob bray- shaw left acton early in the morn ing and had lunch dt the falls a tour of the caves under the- horse shoe falls was one of the high lights after shopping and seeing the gardens the group drove down the gorge to the whirlpool from there they went to view brocks monu ment at qucenston they arrived home late in the afternoon loss of watce ns much as n quarter of the main springs dailyflow through insufficient reservoir space has set council agitating to add to the towns water storage facilities while at the same time pursue plans laid last winter to drill for watvr on property owned by the- beadmore co ltd- it was revealed at monday nights regular- session that after the pres ent reservoir and tank fills up in the evening as much as 25 per cent of the springs daily flow is lost through the night until water is drawn again the next morning the figurcvaries dep ending on the demand and time the reservoir lakc to fill up at the end of the day during the weekend whende- inand is llw the loss ratio increas es council discussed the problem at length agreeing that a reservoir or about 1 000000 gallons capacity was needed the finance committee was delegated to bring in a re port as well arrangements are t be made to drill on land owned by beardmores where it is believed there is a high potential turn down petition clerk j mcgcachic early in the meeting reported that council may in receipt of a nsajority-repres- ented petition pass a bylaw reg ulating the number of service stations and garages in town at jast weeks meeting all garage op erators in town signed a petition which asked no more stations be allowed in acton council briefly debated the re quest reeve j ha r grave said ho was in favor because the petition represented 100 per cent the wish- trf ai l rev r groeneboer new resi dent minister for the large local congregation of dulch new can adians who hope to build a christian reformed church here offer 100000 shares at 1 par initial public offering of 100000 common shares at 1 parity value was made this week by the anthony gas and oil explorations ltd group of acton who have bttn drilling on leased properties in esquesing for the past several months to date the company has four natural gas wells in production with a cubic footage of 600000 available prior to formation of thecompany there were two wells in production and one undeveloped president of the company is tony seynuck acton who has been ex ploring oil and gas potentialities in this district for 25 years drilling is continuing on the same esques- ing township farm where early last month the largest well to date no 4 metering over 332000 cubic feet blew in an officer of the company said this rtveek that as a result of gas drilling successes to date three clay products companies have shown in terest in the district t i r rwvi department approval received f second public school site department of education ap- prova foxjlbep nrchase of property for a new school site has been re ceived by the public school board and the finance committee has finalized the purchase approval was reported at the regular meet ing of the board on tuesday even ing with chairman w wolfe pre siding trustees jones watson bradley and smith were present- a doortodoor survey will pro bably be made in the fall to deter mine future enrolment at the school building on the new land will begin when it- is warranted the board has purchased just over eight acres of land near the new high school principal g wmcken7ie report with an alleged assault against a 65- ed that mrs lou black would vearold guelph woman who is still j consider talcing home economics in hospital next year the board approved the e a local business group councillor c lindsay and depuiy- rceve e footitt opposed contend ing such a bylaw would be res trictive and discriminatory a motion that the petition be filed and no action taken on the request at present wis carried later s mclsaac with a mr ord who said hi wa representing the local garge operators appear ed before jnenibers about the same matter mr ord made a plea fir the merits of station regulation also outlined the section of the municipal act which permits pas sage of such a bylaw the motion defeating the re- i quest was read to mr ord who before he left asked for the names of the mover and seconder o tho resolution town to sand streets other business arising from the minutes took much time in mon day nights meeting a letter is to be sent to owner of property on wallace street seeking position on installation or sidewalks along that street no word was reported from erin township about accept ance or rejection of the fire agree ment with acton reeve hargravc reported early arrangements have been ihadctb lay hot macadam mix on willow appointment with the extra re- muneration he also reported that street inaue some j and drain work will be completed on this street before it is paved a full staff had been engaaged with miss evelyn goodwin the new music teacher the board authorized property- chairman jone to engage d cohen to paint the east side of the new- school caretakers were commended on the splendid work triat had been done on the flower beds and ap proved the cost of flowers and materials the secretary reported that the pension plan for the caretaker mr price had been approved by the department and had been submitted to the government an nuities branch the finance statement of 402 17 was presented approved and auth orized however jt was said 16 be in rea sonably good shape now after reviewing three tenders for oiling and sanding the lo streets members decided to accept ir halton voters 33429 of them if they all turn out go to the polls today to play their part in return ing or rejecting the provincial government which swept all but token opposition aside in the pro gressive conservative landslide in lom again leading the conservative hopes for retention of the halton eat is stanley halt member since 198 who last election entered parliament for his fourth term with a plurality of 520 votes and a majority over dr m deans lib eral candidate of 371 votes william anderson qakville has the liberal hopes riding with him as balloting begins today at 9 an in 10 municipalities and at a total of 85 polling stations all polls close at 8 pjn stanley allen georgetown en ters the riding race today with the cjcf banner in 1951 out of 27000 eligible voters and 17984 voting the ccj candidate langiue polled ii speculation on the election re sults has ranged from a repeat landslide for the conservatives to an upset by the liberals who have been campaigning to splinter ttie cjc vote with the hopes of at least enlarging the opposition the recent government has bees faced with answering the higb- 3talf fkou guest of honor at a surprise parry in her honor was daisy fplster who last tfimrsday evening was showered with gifts and tributes as officials friends teachers and others gathered to show apprecie- tion for her 40 yearsjechingvin acton misfolster received flowers a tamp lazybqy chair cushion the tender of k j bqamish con struction co at 22 cents per gal lon for oil and to do the sanding by town equipment and employees necessary grading and patching to be completed before oiling was al- to discussed minutes of the last urban board meeting were read it was noted the next meeting is in milton june 14 will install getter on advice of the town solicitor council decided to install a curb gutter on main street past proper ty- owned by s mckaac who has i claimed water washing from the road carries gravel away from his service station drive area t brankiewicz appeared before council with another proposition for sale of his property to the town for a road i the p lakevicw subdivision council told mr brankiewicz the subdiv ides would have to be contacted before any answer could be giv en mayor e tyler reported arrange ments are being made to dredge the creek bed on the bower street side a new schedule of county equal- continued on page ten acaea v w mm a xata i opening night for tennis glub refreshments and a business fueling followed the opening night- the tennis club on friday embers enjoyed matches on tbe two courts playing later under the lights junior members were served re freshments first and then senter members during the business meet ing the annual program was an nounced the outline of the inter- county league games was read club fees were posted with special rates for junior members george elliott is president of fee tfennla chib this i i- w jjaajaassasliiiassaasiiamaaaiaimiiiii