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s s baigs ten the acton free press acton ontario thursday jume 23rcf 1955 petition for friday night opening byla snared in legal blocks continued from page one grade a water a more thorough analysis is to be made here permission for the ball club to erect a double heighth of snow fence at the rear ft the ball dia mond to st6p lakebound balls was given also permission to the io dje to hold tag days on pall fair dates this september wtn th rinwf nrcfp if viewed deputyreeve er footitt called attention to stop signs needed at maiia and at wilbur staalsd a deadtree on cluircn st councillor c wieclftalsrt marked on two dead tre on park ave and councillor newton noted a rotten tree on frederick st councillor lindsay mention of a church st drain started a talk on the need to standardize steel catch basin tops over tbe town councillor 6 brunnelle inquired when the oiling would start the contractor for this work is to be contacted and a time pinned down reeve hargrave passed on a re quest from a bower ave resident that trees in front of her house toe trimmed and the sidewalk ttx- edr wms meting at gouhtry home the womans missionary society of the united church met at the home of mrs gordon johnson rr 4 acton on tuesday afternoon june 14 with the president miss mtz bennet p th meet when complaints about the dust at the park again came up an idea from councillor lindsay that the track toe fenced off entirely snffe ladies were sorry to hear of sodded over got some excited dis cussion council decided to loolj over the track seldom used now if ment facilities to take care of re- tarded children a restricting pro posal from the electrical con tractors association amounting to a closed shop aim was not en dorsed bylaws in various stages of pas sage consumed over an hour of councils time service extension byjaws the county equalized assessment bylaw for 1965 was accepted a bylaw authorizing a 13300 wat- ermains extension debenture was passed as was a bylaw to permit borrowing on a 10000 sewer ex tension debenture r v anderson associates were appointed town engineers for- the lakeview sub division bylaw two other bylaws one to auth orise sewer extension construction in an area of the glenlea subdivis ion and another to close part of agnes st and convey the lands to tog opened with a hymn and pray er followed by the worship ser vice taken by mrs h r force in the a of mrs r r arnold scripture refdlngwas by m agar r the mission band picnic was held on the church lawn on june 21 the ladies have an invitation to attend wms in ballinafad on june 30 a solo was sung by miss d simmons mrs l pickering the wife of a former minister is now teaching in an indian school in saskatchewan and would like to hear from the ladies here it was announced the meeting closed with prayer duinck was served by mrs arn olds group and a very enjoyable legion news about 35 travelled by bus to port credit on friday night where they were the guest of the local branch a social evening of darts pool cribbage and euchre was enjoyed during ihe serving of a verv del- employees ask review of pension plan fn effect with comrnission acious lu j h a very talented port credit boy en tertained- with the singing of the popular tunes of the day accom panied by v the o joh mc- bio mattocks lugh and sam time was spent together a vote or thanks was given to mrs johnson for her home and to the lunch committee the removal of mrs f kranz to hospital- but hope to hear she will soon be able to return to her home before taking action coun a an ap for relief also endorsed a motion the highlight of the meeting was from the town of new toronfeueu j ne wth j pet itioning for more ontarlovira hasbeen a very faithful wprfc- er and if as attended many meetings since coming here five years ago- mrs m burns pinned a corsage of ltd were also beardmore co passed a tender from an acton citizen for the future public school land cost debenture was read the clerk was asked to acknowledge the ten der councillor lindsay asked that a letter from council be sent to stan rail mjpjp urging fairy lake be restocked as soon as possible councillor newton advised that a hydrant on cobble hill is dead he also asked when work will be un dertaken to improve the cemetery hill sidewalk i need cement mixer councillor a irwin raised some questions about overtime pay and holidays for a duby town water works employee presently super vising service extensions for coun cil reeve hargrave reported a peel st resident is anxious that a drainage problem be alleviated in front of his home also observed that wallace st at the highway should have some work done on it to eliminate potholes mayor tyler asked that the sew er committee investigate the pur chase of a cement mixer for town use the following regular accounts totalling 99046 were passed o lamb exp convention 3550 nat fire equipment co toth motors battery chgs acton flour mills acton free press printing afmet infc ltd paint s lawrason co chloride w coles court attend j od amas co workmens comp bd assessment bell telephone serv 5285 acto pjuc hydro 40621 680 265 195 3424 1750 s410 aoo 6287 j 28779 sewer aeoaonto nellis tractor c tilcox hauling fill g robinson hauling peoples fuel pipe acton woodcrafts j d oaks ltd symon hdwe gordons hdwe highway garage gas macswain motors oil shorthill sheet metal crowe foundry ltd fram es and lids j b mackenzie and son anthony little motors dean battery cables thompson motors oil bilton and perry ltd 7200 9450 26250 11640 1 1245 102282 1209 655 470 905 400 56440 200 75 50 2jm j 227696 wat in mains extension account can brass co n bi 19768 manning electric mmm yellow rose buds on her and miss m mainprise presented her with a very beautiful hand- bag and hand kerchief mrs currey was very pleased that the ladies had appreciated her work all wished rev and mrs currey every success in the parish where they are going to have charge mrs currey very fitting ly replied mr currey took pict ures of the lovely surroundings brunnelle also added very enjoy able bits to the program president gord beatty in thank ing the port credit branch for their hospitality expressed the hope that the interbranch visits would be more frequent in the future- chnrcfc parade the zone church parade held in milton on sunday afternoon was very successful in spiteof the ter rific heat the parade was in two pacta and was uncer the command of hflitry sheppard parade mar shal the color party zone offic ers stan hall mrp and the can adian legion under the command of bill- mattocks led by the guelph sea cadet band made up the first group the second group consisted of a platoon of lome scots and ladies auxiliary and milton fire- mra lpd by the lome s pip band the parade proceeded to the cenotaph for a short service and the placing of a wreath the rev crawford smith mjc was the guest speaker and during his ad dress brought out the many qualit ies the canadian soldier had be sides being a very excellent fighter the march past saluting base was in front of knox presbyterian church where zone commander hugh lamb took the salute ac companied by milton legion pres ident frank johnson dont forget the saturday night dance live entertainment this week knox group enjoys supper social time at 630 wednesdav evening june 15 the members of knox evening auxiliary assembled at the home of mrs charles davidson main st north the program got off to a good start with a picnic supper served inside h iimne free front mosquitoes and flies with sunset in the west and the cool jbreezes fromhthe north the north door made an ideal spot for the enjoyment of themeal following the supper while still seated around the tables mrs jam es j inglis the president welcomed everyone mrs don cook program conven er jtook charge for the program devotions were taken by miss laura wiles and mrs cameron leishman mrs cook and miss bel la maye roszell both gave stories from the study book face to face with india dealing with crime and law mrs j ingles took charge of the business discussion and mrs george musselle presented the supply al location for september with neces sities tp complete a ba layette donated by the members regrets were expressed for absent members owing to illness in their f amities the president- gave a mes- sage of ins to all and wis all a happy holiday during the two months when the group would not be meeting the lords prayer in unison concluded this part of the program the final session was held in the living room when the committee conducted games an enjoyable time was spent some of the lucky ones carried home prizes for their clever thinking and quick action mrs r h armstrong expressed the thanks of all to the hostess mrs davidson the committee of miss luara wiles bliss bella maye ros zell mrs c leishman and mrs don cook the cenvener for a most de lightful evening they had provided continued fnrin page one to be taken up toy the superintend ent with the company concerned the commission agreed to inves tigate superintendent masons re quest that purchase of a used aerial ladder be made waterworks superintendent j lambert reported a broken lateral i connection on wallace street has i been repaired also that trouble met y water l towq follow the arrows- and the crowd to actons fish derby a july 2nd 8 am to 5 pm fairy lake in acton park over 100 in prizes contests for pike and bass dtal the cobble hail subdivision damage to some cop per line leading to the new unoc cupied houses was discovered these- are tb be renewed sight water meters have been installed at the glenlea subdivis ion he continued the superintend ent also issued a warning against the pttc using the type of water heater which contained an elect rode he contended he had reports it started formation of a gas which caused bucking through the taps hydra aeeamtts bell telephone serv- acton puc hydro j b mackenzie and son cement 1015 22039 625 23679 hydro accounts petty cash exp trans 1747 bell telephone serv 4689 j mccallums serv 3w toth motors 433 h g barlow co 10 wm knell arid co 486 ellis and howard conduit 1119 pitheyjbowes of canada- quarterly min 1800 masco electric co 2334 j b mackenzie and son 275 line and cablet- access 1736 can wire and cable co 19503 whithams garage gas 1504 can general electric 12333 hjlpc of ontario may power consumption 1008259 supreme power supplies transformer 42100 hrpc of ont sale of distribution facilities 258900 packard electric 2454 can universal supplies machine 4995 1106952 breaks break even intermediates win two out of three proof that an equal share of the breaks was forthcoming for acton intermediates was supplied this week in activity in the halton coun ty circuit when the youthful locals won two of their last three games spearheaded by the brilliant two hit pitching of southpaw harry lawson the acton club took a 31 decision from oakville snows under the arc lights last friday in oak ville and last night wednesday they downed waterdown to the tune of 134 at the local ball yard one decision was lost a 102 ver dict to milton red sox in the coun ty town last saturday friday nights win was achieved at the expense of two oakville hur- lers carrick and banks whose of ferings were pounded for seven hits the acton crew scored one in the top half of the third when harold townsley got on and scored and added two more in the fifth to rack up the winning margin lawson hurling from the fork side- of the slab for the locals was a puzzle for the snows and they man aged only two hits from bis slants it was lawson s second pitching as signment this season and strong fielding support gave him plenty of scored in the last half of the sixth snyder startles at acton last night the acton club shelled- fawcett waterdowns ace left hander from the hill in the fourth inning and gave fat fin- namore his successor a rough night of it as well waterdown mean while had to face a hook artist in sam snyder pitching his second game this season and they found sam had lost little of his curvedrop magic snyder had a neat three hitter going until the fifth when the locals ran into a rash of errors and fluke hits and he was replaced by spike scott scott finished the game without allowing the visitors a hit acton took an early lead in the second inning with two runs scored when paul lawson got on base through an error at first followed by bob bruce who took a free trip the next two batters grounded out with mortons sacrifice putting lawson on third and bruce on sec ond townsley walked snyder started the ball rolling when he placed a single over second scoring lawson and pulling bruce up at third bruce scored when bob heat- ley poled a clothes line driver be tween short and third acton added three more in the third with lawson starting it off again by being hit by the pitcher stealing second as bruce rapped a single over third base morton walked to fill the bases mccristall whiffed but townsley rapped a fly ball deep into right scoring all three runners unfortunately har old had to stay at first when he overran the bag the visitors remained scoreless in the fourth while acton added four confidence oakvilles only run was more for a 90 lead bob heatley led off the acton batting order with a nice single over short and stole second on russ brus water veteran catcher tyler struck out but skilling connected for a sharp single into centre scoring heatley lawson lifted a texas leaguer over the hole between first and second scoring skilling and bruce hit over first with lawson scoring on a pas sed ball mccristall made it to first on an error and bruce scored on it strong sunlight played a nig part in waterdowns half of the fifth in which they scored all four of their runs forth doubled perkins singl ed thompson singled and tindall doubled that coupled with an error in left field and an error at short allowed them four runs acton failed to score in their half of the fifth but added four more in the sixth while the visitors re mained scoreless skilling started it off for acton with a single followed by lawson with a free pass mor ton and mccristall also wangled walks and skilling scored on a pas sed ball townsley knocked in two more runs witharsirigleforatotal of five runs batted in on the night finnamore balked to send townsley to second and mccristall on third home with the last run milton combed two acton pitch ers c to start and scott fini for nine hits and were easy victors in saturdays contest the red sox got five runs in the first inning two in the second and three in the fifth acton scored one in the first and another in the top of the fourth pass sentence donald crispin 30 of rockwood was sentenced to two years in kingston penitentiary when he pleaded guilty to a charge of as sault causing bodily harm in court in guelph on wednesday thursfri june 2324 lets do it again satmon june 2527 ick to gods country tceswed stalag june 2829 17 thussfsl june 39juit 1 pinocchio- ss nightly shortills sheet metal plumbing and heating kvstroughing gar wood oil burning furnaces r free estimates- gladly given 126 main st n or phone 340j4 acton in response to the numerous requests from our customers we have installed this week in acton jersey dairy a brand new homogenlzer jhomogenized milk new to acton is now available to our customers if you prefer homogenized milk v just ask our driver or call phone 242 thursj- june 2930 aduh entertainment hey jods lets go to the special last day of school matinee wednesday june 29th at 230 pm come on kids celebrate with us to every boy and gm ttadr4jr 5 i -r- i i f- vistlvyjkyjr mwsss2h5bga27r