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i j i r f eightyfirst yearno 2 acton ontario thursday july 14th 1955 eight pages six cents a reminder subscribers advertisers and correspondents are reminded that there will be no issue of the free press oa thursday july 28 when ftlce and plant will lie closed far aumaml holidays l the free press of flee will close frldajr july a and wul remain closed until tuesday august news copy arriving daring that weekwill appear- in the issue of august 4 jwsssuwmffl bss9ssshi several hurt in six accidents at farnv home accidents on farms and in town resulted in hospitalization for sev eral this past week a bale of hay fell on j c kran- endonk of rr 4 acton when he was helping at the farm of george wallace of rr- 4 rockwood ho was badly shaken up in the ac cident which occurred saturday morning and was talccn to guelpn general hospital no bones were broken he is a tannery employee a pig charged young bruce brigden of rr 3 georgetown arid he was- taken to milton private hospital for xrays to determine his injuries not in serious condit ion he returned home later the incident occurred- sunday monday afternoon rolph tripp of church st fell off a ladder and suffered a dislocated righ elbow l duff ield 1 had the misfortune sees area big as hrsrdistrict to have a large splinter of redwood driven into his forearm while working on a high speed saw at the plant of ajax engineers the injury required eight stitches lo close the wound after the splinter had been removed nnd the accident has incapacitated the workman the past week little gail fryer the daughter of mr nnd mrs ken fryer broke her left leg on friday and wis treated in gucph general hospital another youngster with a broken limb is debbie jordan who broke her arm while playing the week before she was taken to the sick childrens hospital don lindsay sprained his thumb playing with the legion minor sports teams last thursday all accidents such as this are covered by insurance local gas group starts sixth well in guelph area e stall photo goiden anniversary of mr and mrs fred coles church st will be marked next sunday saturday there is planned a family gathering to honor the highlyrespected acton couple the cele brants tare shown here in the garden of their home mxkmt assess tv weilknown wellliked pair to observe 50th anniversary on saturday mr anr mr wil-w- fred coles will mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family- gathering at the home of then grandson hartley coles- victoria avenue for nearly all nf the half century mr and mrs coles have been residents of acton in may 1904 mr crtlts came to acton fr m his home in england a yen later his bride miss alice stiknnt came to canada and they wre married in toronto and came to aeton i- make their home with the except ion of the- war years acton his been their home continuously mr coles is a veteran of the south african war and worldwir 1 and for many years has been member nf the lnriio scots regim ent the couple have taken a keen and active interest in the eummun- ity it was under mr coles that the first actnn scouts were organ ized and had their bugle band jn church and community this couple a crowd of between 75 and- 100 have given unsparingly of their people gathered atop a hill outside ir and effort for the betterment guelph wednesday evening to f acton they are members of join in the opening ceremonies for acton baptist church a new natural gas venture by j wo dilbt if actl c anthwiy gas and oil exploration ar0 bctlcr known or havt m acon friends in acton than the coles the local company which has and a ftf jim in n four wells producing pis and a congrat on thpir fo c of c plans tour of parade of progress plans made by local chambci of commerce officials f r a mem bership outing ill take tdiim- lext wednesday ivluii a bus loai will teav here in the early after noon- for toronto according io secretary u f bean the group will tur tlje par ade of progress exhibit at the cnk grounds sponsorei by general mo tors the ultramodern diplay st up contains examples of 20th cen tury scientific and mechanical wiz ardry and makes us debut in can ada this week following dinner in the carl- vening the group of about 4 plans to attend an international league baseball game at maple narrow escape in bad accident fifth e jiio tly in tin- district has starred a sixth well r mile and a half east of guelph on ns 7 highway wnerc it is believ ed natural gas deposits will be found guelphs mayor worton congrat ulated the efforts of tony sey- nuck president of the company in finding gas in the acton area and was optimistic for the future in dustrial and domestic benefits to the guelph district should large pockets of gas be found there the crowd was given a history of the companys successes to date told of the importance of natural gas today and urged to support- the efforts of the acton company other speakers including james ruddick acton secretarytreasurer of the company stan hall mpp for halton and acton reeve r j hargrove spoke briefly the site of the new well which was se up tuesday is on property- wedding anniversary and wish for them many more years of happiness together in acton their family are all expected t- be present at the gatherihg on saturday in their honor ernet coles of brampton miss jessie coles at home six grandchildren and four great grandchildren mr coles is clerk ofihe fourth division court at acton youngest member 65 family all living rather unique was the family re union recently of mr and mrs william hindley in the fact that all the members of the family of eight are all living and all but one of them was able to be present at the gathering the absentee was ern est who is in vancouver bc th youngest member cf the family is leased from a koens it is on a now 65 years old the reunion was hill familiar to many in this district held at the farm home of mr as the former fox pens farm j eirl hindley at oustic bfijgyyrw isy sr n- members exasperated hepc slashes pug program proposal charles oakes wood narrowly monday when th of rr 4 rock- ocaped death vehicle he was driving became invol ved in an ac cident on the 6th line of eramosa at no 20 sideroad the oakes cl- had just entered the intersection when it was struck on the right side by a truck driven by william mccann rr 4 rockwood the side of the oakes car was rammed in so that the car at its narrowest point was only three feet wide the force of the collis ion shot the front seat onto the road through the drivers door the car was a total loss damages to the truck total 250 mr oakes was rushed to guelph general hospital where he was treated for six fractured right ribs and a cut eye a fractured ncse and multiple lacerations to the face and head dr john scott was the attending physician a jjasserger in the truck and brother of the driver joseph mccann also received em- 1 ergency treatment for a gash- on the forehead received crystal ball has a grand glow shape of things to come for ac ton milton and georgetown was envisioned as big and prosperous tuesday night when ndvmliers of the njdrth halton urban board pondered haltons future growth but at the same time east worried looks at the immediate future of the district high school board georgetowns mayor jack arm strong who described himself as the worlds biggest oplimtt slop- lied in the middle of a discussion on the possible unwieldy size of the high school district board to foretell haltons progress he said he was convinced that in 20 years there wont be a township operating as such in the county industrial prowlh will have so filled out its boundaries considering all the favorable as pects of situation and services the georgetown mayor guessed that halton county would be in an area which would even succeed the ruhr valley as the worlds largest industrial basin defends schol sale earlier in the talks on the future nf the high school district board milton councillor c wilson de fended the proposed sab of milton high school building to the public sehool board there he argued milton would have to build a new high school in a few years any way so it was better to gel i id of the htiildmg when a public scho 1 is neided now it wt1s reported acton had en dorsed the fsuesing resolution wliuh was unfavorable i the ale mayor armstrong remarked there was thought of making tin same kiml of school building switch m gcorgetow n so they had filed the esiucsing resolution rtcalling that georgetown through trconomic reasons hal been forced into the north halton high school ditriet hoard he ask cd how long is the district hoard going to last- no favor in georgetown li maintained that to the avwajjt- georgetown citizen there was not ton much favor for the nhhsdb uhich had iassed new equipment for the milton school bin it a whole lew unit in acton biit just tacked on a wing to the old georgeown school its time the municipalities gave thought to the future and the pos sible unwieldy size of the nhhsdb mayor armstrong declared when it was suggested there le a meeting of council delegates pos sibly two from each municipality in the high school district with hrgh school board representatives member had to concixle that till- passerby spots blaze in truck when mrs ted muyse noticed a file ill the back of a bread truck at 145 tuesday afternoon she dashei into lo ells meat market to turn in the fire alarm the driver of the truck tossed the flaming cardboard into the street and firemen extinguished the blaz- piomptly there rockwood area youth drowns in pond at resort funeral service was held ytster- lay for n rikrkwoocl area youth hubert f adsti- who flrnwntfj sunday afternoon in a pond at beavvr lodge 15 miles north of here the victim son of mr and mrs ii adsett of rr 4 rockwood was swimming with three friends his cousin william adsett 20 robert cray 14 and his sister majory 16 at the time of the accident it is believed the 20 yearold suf fered a cramp and sank before his companions could aid him other bathers at the private resort tried to recover the youth who was not a strong swimmer but wer hamper ed by mini stirred from the bottom of he hathiiii pond firemen from frin and wlice were called to the scene ijut it was nearly two hours lefiire lite hody was recovered artificial respiration was applie for two hour but the victim did not revive an actnii family mr and mrs smi kisen and their two children were sihiidini the afternoon at the lodge when the accident occurred the lodge opened about two years ago is a popular leisure spot with nany families in this an the f unci tl service wi conduct ed in mimosa united rimrrh by rev culley issist d liy hcv kr i t turrev pallbcaters wei liill al- sett ii h ailett ray irani all rmimrun don ild mcliigill ctrd flevvuiling aid klwut may fltvr benrers were ray aexnndt bib bailey don rowan floyd talbot beside hi prents mr- md mrs harry acfsctl viu- dceasd is ni vi ved hy one sister olivei mr- cordtui cx indians to industries day carrip offers 53 boys holiday program field jjnry movies ball names itulian day industrial tours and many other special items this program tit regular favorites and novl surprises has attracted 53 enthusiastic lads to register for the hoys day calnp operating at the y thii week and next y secretary bob brayshaw and- mis rraysiliaw are in charge of tin- spirited lads both mornings and afternoons during the two week period and have a busy schedule planned monday morning saw registration at the y followed by n program of inuvies softball games atithe poli tic school in the afternoon follow ed as well as games there was special instruetioii in artificial re- piration the schaeffer method nn tuesday morning wednesday morning then- were softball games and in the aftei- noon the boys piled into cars fur n tour through the ford plant in trafalgar township after movies and games this morning the boys were looking- forward to a ymc a special this afternoon a regular field day was feat ured tuesday afternoon with th day campers entered in familiar event top sportsmeriof thf pto- gram were softball toss 10 and 11 years brtan mrcristalt 50 yard dash eigfit and nine fred dawkins 10 and 11 pat churchilj and brian meci istall dash no age limit bill churchjjil j archery shoot fo distance jihn lloare vjth 144 feet broad jump pat tliiuehill with five feet 11 inches threelegged race fred dawkins and mike churchill wheelbarrow race philip wedge and- bert tripp terry churchill jmdciifffirdwed4 milb race donald price band wrestling bill churchill indian tribes and emlums form n loise theme fur the camp with the boys divided into four tribes the apache iroquois hurnns and blackfeet they will w making headdresses for their indian day the boys range in age from eight to 13 oirls day camp is be ing held after the boys in aug ust tambfetsk-i- wse n sunday is busy for provincials in this district actons altitude temporary puzzler we thought we had given most of the pertinent facts about acton in the little pocket booklet which was rieently issued by the free press a lady called at the office the other day for a couple of copies for visit- oi s slu- noted that the elevation of arton was not included and unfor tunately we could not give this in formation at the moment we hay- since sicured the in formation from another folder put out by acton the altitude is 1 150 feet above sea level these folders concerning acton are available on inquiry iitthe office of the municipal clerk next urn we reprint the small booklets well see that this item is included its surprising the number of en quiries that are received concerning 50 from acton at plant picnic ahout 50 from acton jiujiod about 150 from weston at the annual a p green plants piemr last satur day afternoon in erin park upse of ui day w w th engineer would be out of the realm of the ing department from weston took urban board to arrange the horse shoe pitching trophy from board sec s mcgcachie actrrnr inst told members that there had been ro official notice to councils about the sale resolution made by the district board- the only informat ion had come from the press he said review whole folate after further discussion mayor armstrong reaffirmed that there was more at stake here than the switch of a school building h called for a wellattended meeting to review the whole future of the high school district the suggestion was made that it might be better to reform into three separate high school districts each centred in one of the three towns with port ions of jhe townships directed to each discussion ultimately came to an hen thel no concrete recommendat ion for action was made future as well as dev- exasperation over the hepcs appraisal of the local public util ities commissions financial position was displayed last week by mem bers who were given notice that estimates made up here for cost of their rehabilitation arnj extension program had been slashed and the debenture proposal cut by more than half ithe local commission which had proposed a program of w that included line and transformer re- habilitation and extensions to hew subdivisions and annexed areas at cost of over 50000 was informed vy the hamilton office of the he fc that this was too much ijuc members were more vex ed however when the letter poind ed out only 23100 would need to be debenturised it inferred there was another 35000 available to the acton cxmunissuui within its own coffers cbainnan f oakes observed td like to knowwbere it iv secretary j motteachi wondered uncomplimentary remarks about i members passed a resolution ac- the hepcs unrealistic know- cepting the new street lighting ledge of acton hydros finances cost schedule stirred more discontent from mem- j summeritime weather has had here about the directive from a uncomfortable effect on ventil- hamilton ation and working conditions ir the well let- have them up here i pvc office the secretary indio- and show us where that 25000 is ate and asked the commission to mayor tyler said secretary mcgeachie said there were supposed to be representatives from h at this meeting he was asked to contact the office again and arrange for a meeting to have the whole matter review ed another letter from the hejc- on a different matter got a differ- ent reception wtith little com ment members agmjjl to go along with the recommended rate in- creates in cost of street lighting to the iown in recent years the town has bad to mak up a deficit on street ligrrung coautof from 500 weilrrttaphonej mone u to700 the- new schedule would eliminate the deficit and provide for an estimated surplus of 10 per cent impact of the collision threw him against the centre picm of the wind- i future as well as present yjupjj elopment considerations as far a i subdivisions are concerned alsi ii i j came into the urban boards rang i of talks it was noted that while i acton and milton arc requiring frorttages of 60 feet for residences in new areas georgetown wa- calling for 50 foot width lots set backs and total square footage were also discussed increase and frees milton representatives reported an increase by 100 on building permits while actor members re vealed a freeze on subdrvisions had been placvd until the land use map is prepared a problem which could be com mon to all three municipalities servicing an industry ouuide th limits of the town got some at tention acton and georgetown re presentatives were especially con cerned with the way such a situat ion could act as a liability at the outset of the meeting held n georgetown members rat ified the appointment of frank pallsen as engineer for milton and purchase a combination aluminum door this request is to be followed up the secretary also reported that additional office help had been hired miss beth ritchie was now- employed in the office at 22 per week the need for more personnel in the pucs hydro department was discussed at length recent over time work in brder to complete acton now a resident of toronto meter reading and additional work he will begin august 1 in connection with stew subdivis ions were cited as chief reasons another man should lie added to this department it was agreed to ad vertise for a young man for the hydro de- cokttaed on pmg kukt it was later noted there will need to be a breakdown of some 1300 in engineering equipment in acton so credit can be allowed georgetown which now employs its own engineer this is to be tak en up further fcoiiriavwd oa p0 kiom year s vinnerv irie were given ti jack ayles and art ford of the winning team last year other special events of the day- included a treasure hunt for all th children bingo pony ride race and swimming novel contests in cluded eating watermelon a pow der puff relay and a now game entered into by the ladies with spirit and enthusiasm heaving sponges dipped in flour at their husbands heads john corby the advertising man ager emceedy the picnic with as- sistance from ian standing and george barbeaa tables were set in the hall- as everyone enjoyed the refreshments provided two of th m from the police this week reported severil accidents over the weekend m this district sunday was a buy day for dis trict piovineial police a ear dri ven by uinaltl atkins had a blow- j out and sideswipe the vehleli- driven by david moore of george town causing ihmi damage anoth i blowout caused rtonalit muson- j ncuve to lose control of his car irid it went into a field owned hv t flrirrncc anderson on the town i line near terra colta dimage wi- etimated at l dr a mclntoh of ci orgtowi treated doreen austin of oakville for numerous- ruts on the right leg after an accident on th fourth line esquesing miss austin a passenger in the car of iaz rego which skidded in the loosi gravel and hit a tree causing 20n damagfto the car damage was estimated at 400 when gabriel pascal hit one of the many potholes in the seventh l in near ashgvovo broke a tierod enl i in hie steering ran off the road and i j i those who would eniny thei mimlicd a rerrcc oxned by flank u i w en bottles have been thrown in the junior swimming pool and also in a minanaccillent occurred jahii luwawuwng wcuon-at-faify-kaker- acton every lay from residents and visitiirs j- v dabuse of park creates danger some thoughtless and irrespons ible persons have been making the facilities at acton park dangerous to m rrok cars driven by elio poloni of mil- i this week sulphur was thrown in ton heights and david griffin ef i the swimming pool when thesa erindale collided at the intersection acts are committed the pool has to at milton heights total damage be drained and cleaned out before was estimated at 150 lit ca be used again it is filled with in glen williams donald perk ins of acton ran into and broke a hydro pole causing 200 damage on tuesday morning an accident occurred at the peel and halton county line norval when a car driven by roy laidlaw of norval stopped to pick up a passenger david thomson of stratford ran into the rear of laidlaws car and caused 150 damage new desks and chairs for tre water from the municipal supply with present high summer con sumption of water these actions may put the use of the pool out of service for indefinite periods the broken bottles in fairy laka are something which are a very grave hazard to all who use the park police are checking into these abuses they would like the help of all decent citizens in stopping this vandalism for you own sake and that of your children every citi- urs ft i i zen is asked to assist in this clean- library classroom at r high up of abuses its your park your acton plant garnet rose and john j school and furniture for the new j facilities there are no charges for graham contributed musical sel- classrooms still under construction its use if you want to keep them cctions i have been arranged i the abuses must be stopped r sascszssussssgsaiti porutajk ctkpk foot at acton park has bean filled to near overflowing duriitg th h weather days since school closed up to 75 children have been using the pool every day during open hours in the background is f hunter who supervises and maintains the pool last week it was officially turned ovtjr to the town by the corrmittee in charo of buiklir the pool