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35vtf t eightyfirst yearno8l acton ontario thursday september 1st 1955 twelve pages six cents xv- if staff photo ieavino on a day long trip which included hamilton and niagara falls members erf the bannock- burn womens institute with some from limehouse are pictured their bus tour tuesday incjuded the rock gardens at hamilton queenston heights the falls at niagara and the theatre in the evening entire team put one scores in one inning muckers are a game ahead in the threeoutoffive minor league ball playoffs with two wins to the hot shots one muckers took a decisive win on tuesday 13 to 4 and if they win again tonight thursday they will take the championship the score was fourall going into the sixth when the muckers scored nine runs in the last half of the sixth the entire team scored ex cept walker who was put out at third lindsay scored twice fryer pitched for the hot shots and coxe for the muckers although the muckers made a strong bid with five runs in the last half of the sixth and the first of the seventh innings hot shots hot triple play made all the difference in the playoff game last thursday hot shots took the match with a close 8 to 7 win from the second spot muckers george oakes pitched the hot shots to their victory with peter lawson pitching for the muckers each team had six hits the hot shots seven st and the muckers five highlight of the game and cause of considerable controversy was the triple play the hot shots pulled off the bases were loaded when the batter struck out the catcher drop ped the ball the batter thought he could run and started out and the boys on bases all started to run too the batter was out and two more were caught off base so no runs scored september time for resolutions activities will be back in fuil swing next month with regular meetings and special events sche duled to be held very shortly the summer doldrums in acton just about over the youngsters are dack to school on september 6 and the regular routine of most of the year will be with us again for most- clubs and groups their work and plans must be publicized to be successful the people of the town and the district want to know what is going on to be reminded of the meeting dates it is this month that new policies in advertising would be adopted by progressive clubs as for reporting of the news the most successful way is to appoint a reporter or press representative for each separate group writeups of meetings in the paper always in crease interest in the next gather in or in that special project cer- august breezes out in cool likable way the last days of august unlike the first days of the preceding month breezed themselves out in scattered showers moderate temp eratures and likeable light winds with summer on the wane those who t sweltered through july and early august and that was just about everybody are anticipating traditional fall weather of balmy breezy days and cool nights more than most years pic- baxter picnic at waterloo baxter laboratories annual nic was held at waterloo park on friday afternoon august 26 when employees and their families again enjoyed a pleasant afternoon and bountiful supper highlights of the program were softball games pony rides for the children a childrens treasure hunt and penny scramble winners of the childrens races under the direction of lome mast ers and george williams were boys open race four and under ricky schroeder stanley patrick girls four and under sharon dowling beth clifton boys five and six newton rfurst brent marshall girls five and six m patrick five from acton hurt in headon crash saturday provincial police in this area re ported four accidents involving local people over the weekend in one mishap five acton residents were treated for injuries two cars driven by ken march- merit acton and norman leduc norval collided headon in the rain at a corner just west of georgetown on saturday causing 500 damage to the marchment car and 800 to the other all the occupants of the acton car mr and mrs ken marchment mr and mrs bernie drew and mrs j calder received cus and bruises one of the three men n the norval car was taken to hos pital with an injured shoulder on no 7 highway two miles east of acton on the same day a car driven by tom perkins acton went into the south ditch and knocked down some fence posts and trees when the steering wheel came off in perkins hands the car was caused about 750 damage friday just north of acton a car driven by jean murray brampton rolled off the road and received 750 damage the same day a car owned by louis botnac was found wrecked a half mile west of speyside dam- boys seven and eight s clif ton c- drysdale girls seven and a was estimated at 800 eight lynn masters donna hev- 1 eran boys nine 10 and 11 gordon hufnagel wayne benson girls nine 10 and 11 sandra davidson girls 12 13 and 14 edith frances- cato girls threelegged race barbara davidson sharlene marshall boys sack race gary walker roger lambert novelty wiener race ken dodds sharlene marshall soda bis cuit race d wiles races for the adults were under the direction of lil bradshaw and are hoare winners of the ladies needle and thread rare were rrtm a nk of montreal plans permit galls for f octructureq class prize on hinton department store site one of the best located business blocks in acton at the northwest corner of mill and willow streets and now occupied by hintons depart ment store will in all probability see a big change plans are being formulated for the bank of montreal to demolish the present building and erect a fine new building on this corner the building permit which has been issued calls for a new 40000 jamboree story the eighth world scout jam boree held for the first time in north america concluded last week at niagaraonthelake in this weeks free press on pagea four and five are pictures and stories taken and written by acton scouts who were at the great gathering st assfts5ssb5uskii rumors of local industry moving stirs citizens there have been persisient rum ors about town for several weeks that baxter laboratories were con sidering removal of their plant here to another town further north the chamber of commerce and citizens interested in acton arc conferring with the head office of the company arid making every effort to show the officers the de sirability and advantages of re maining in acton we understand no definite decision has been reached in the matter citizens generally would regret to see removal of this firm which has been in acton for 15 years many of the personnel own their own homes and their removal would be a distinct loss to the community as well as the loss of an important industry aicneagaih extend victories the lome scots haltons perennial championship band ex tended its postwar winning streak to five today thursday with the announcement this afternoon that the class b championship at the canadian national exhibition is again theirs take second place in olympiad with several notable marks tainly september is the time for new years resolutions as far as clubs are concerned the free press will be most with each groups advertisers and reporters hufnagel and bessie hurst three- legged race yt j benson dolores lambert balloon race johnny gov doris allen mixed relay bea anderson and ken dodds descendants honor aunt from vancouver in the second junior olympiad in guelph last week young acton athletes from the local y made a creditable showing in notching second spot in team points as they competed with track and field con testants from guelph hamilton georgetown etobicoke gait tort cr and q valley the acton contingent amassed 44 points guelph came first with 51 points and port credit gained third position with 41 points y secretary bob- brayshaw reports that two acton boys made notable marks in competition frank coop er boys 100 yard dash winner ran the distance in 112 seconds only two seconds behind the world record of 92 frank mariscak in the junior boys events rose 4 f v 10 in to phvje second in the high jump other wins scored by acton contestants are as follows betty ahonby fourth 75 yard dash jiin- of vancouver who was here to- at- j yard dash juniors tend the worlds convention of tho intermediates frank cooper first churches of christ in toronto last in 100 yard dash first in 220 yard week i dash first in broad jump ed guests were present from boston molody first in shot put fourth in happy to cooperateun every way toronto hamilton rjp grand 440 yards emmerson baxer sec- valley hillsburgh rockwood os- ond in 220 yards second in shot prirtge and everton put bill oost first in high jump second in broad jump senior w arbic second in shot put in the intermediate class the 440yard relay team of cooper molody baxter and oost came in second in the senior sprint medley relay the team of cooper molody building of approximately 47x51 feet it will not occupy the entire present site but will leave a part of the land available for fukpk- expan sion of the premises it will be two storeys and of brick construction preparatory to vacating the prem ises mr hinton is conducting a clearance of his stock there is an interesting history in connection with this block it is one of the old est business sites in acton first local bank on site the editor can recall that here actons first banking was done it was a private bank operated by christie henderson it is under stood the old safe is still in the building the banking section of the store was in a small room ad- joining the millinery section of the general store its furniture was meagre only a safe and a desk the j have announced hon david henderson was the en tire staff banking was not as wide ly used 50 yeats ago as it is today adjoining the store site was a warehouse where the stock of gro- i cerics was kept and the big hogs heads of sugar were rolled in for storage the street in those days was several feet narrower than at present in 1910 the corporation of acton passed a bylaw to raise 1850 to purchase portions of land on mill st between john and main street to allow for the approximate widening of bight to 10 feet the owners of these lands at that time were ann arthurs e w grace henderson co geo j wallace and fred se- cord the debenture ran for 20 years and yearly payments were 14825 each year the bylaw approving the widening was passed with only four opposing votes the whole rateable property in acton was given as 429770 and the debenture indebtedness at that time was 35- 28202 changed owners in years according to the recollections published in actons early days the original building on this site bought from the adams estate was constructed by mr benzie in the 1860s charles and james symon bought the property and business from mr ben the s bros conducted a big business in acton the band composed of acton milton georgetown and bramp ton men amassed 90a points to win over newmarket with 88 points woodstock with 86 points sarnia with 84s points and bur lington with 76 points by virtue of their win the band will be awarded 500 prize money the test piece played was roman forum leader of the lome scots is a h perrott also leader of the acton citizens band acton players are ray agnew ken allen nino braida george elliott a kerr c landsboroiigh c kingsmill r spielvogel george smith tsisssjsk- will revive childrens parade for this years acton fall fair second place tf secretary brayshaw also reports that acton teams are training now for indoor athletic meets in hamilton and toronto this winter baxter and arbic aiso gained i 18t- d- d christie and david after several years absence the childrens parade to the fall fair will be revived this year officials the youngsters will march into the fair grounds to the music of the acton citizens band the fair is to be held on friday and saturday september 16 1 id 17 the prize money being offered in the wide variety of classes is tp be the highest ever and heavy entries are expected some of the districts expert cooks are inter ested to note a new special for chocolate cake with the first prize 12 for those who enjoy looking over all the appetizing baking the dis play will be even more attractive this year special display tables with glass covers are being made by some of the directors there will be more table space than ever before for these classes this year fun for everybody is assured a down is coming to town on satur day to wander through the grounds to the tots delight a large midway is contracted to come and the secretarytreasurer mrs irene swackhamer said tues day that another midway wants to come but complete arrangements have not yet been made for the second outfit the friday evening show in the arena will be headlined by acts from nickling bros hamilton er- cellent acts have been promised and contracted for stanley hall mpp will nffiri- miss olga locker feted at shower henderson of milton bought the property and it remained with this family until 1917 owners since that time have been messrs conway mclean mclean a mills mclean a co elliott bros and h h hinton who is selling to the bank of montreal it is interesting to note that the banking business which occupied a very small portion of the building will now occupy the entire site the original building was of on august 24 a pleasant time was spent on the grounds of the everton church wheria number of the descendants of mr david stewart gathered for a social time when a sumptuous tea was served the gathering was in honor of nuvuuy luuim to vnu uun jun- j k- a j i their aunt mrs george stewart iors bruce andrews fourth 100 after contests were enjoyed the f 4 g dash iuniors wx gifts were pulledin on a wagbn i mrs frank schneider and mrs d dunk were joint hostesses at s shower at mrs dunks home for roughcast with the usual wooden miss olga locker recently friends canopy over the front it was re- and relatives drought miscellaneous modelled when mill st was widen- gifts for the bridetobe ed an further renovations were i is of furth interest to note by li t cjz jt kih krij tha actons first chartered bank helped them to open the brideelect w up- was merchants b wnjch absorbed by the bank of montreal a- lovely lunch was served to the over 30 years ago the bank on the guests who were from brantford prnt it h i fw- ky burlington rockwood georgetown the present occupants since this and acton block was built in 1900 nyjwamiibrtoiii11 mmwbw jujuuiii jt sita school bells ringing again more classrooms pupils evince growth here record high enrolments are ex- small classrooms in the old brick pected at actons schools next tues- school have been redecorated day when both public and high painting in the old brick school is schools commence the fall term in- now completed with the redecora- creased teaching staff an addition tion of three rooms there this sum- it the high school and use of extra mer classrooms at the public school and the room at the very back of the the recent approval of a second 0 brick school formerly used as a public school site all follow the grade one classroom is now the trend of growth in acton home economics room where girls public- school principal g w mc- j of grades seven and eight will be in- j kenzie expects the highest enrol- structrdin sewing cooking and ment ever on the first day of school home crafts by mrs lou black a somewhere between 625 and 650 stove is in readiness for the influx he states that this figure may wellif pupils and the refrigerator is to go over the 700 mark by the end of arrive some time this week there the year when families move into are two sewing machines and more the new subdivisions in the glen- are to be obtained kitchen cup- come with their teachers to auditorium later there they learn which classrooms they are to the son grade eight mr smith mr mc- will kenzie the new public health nurse is go to for their next years work vi miss jean rowe of fergus and the new students will come to the office new njusic superintendent is miss for enrolment school will be dis- e goodwin from toronto both of missed in the morning when all ar rangements have been made then j them will be boarding in town at the high school workmen are the boys and girls will comeback in j rushing to have the new three room the afternoon to their new class rooms addition tuesday ready for occupancy for glass is scheduled to be there are seven new teachers on dut n this week blackboards are the staff this vear mrs muriel being- installed and doors fitted simpson miss eha jennings miss the first coat of paint has been put v- lea subdivision about so homes will be occupied in september and oc tober families are expected to be moving into the lake view subdivi sion in october as well an extra classroom is being utiliz ed this year and the present art room could also be converted into a classroom if necessary the number of teachers also reaches a new peak there will be m teaching regular grades two teaching kindergarten the public health nurse and a music super- wfctor on the staff during the summer vacation two boards were built during the last school year there are large tables for cutting out patterns and a din ing room suite for practice in serv ing mejus the home and schools new piano is in the auditorium and has been tuned the tuner himself expressed concern that such a fine piano might be damaged during pt classes there theranedy an ex pertly made padded canvas cover whehrtverthei entire piano when it ia not in use on tuesday pupil will go to their uttt years classrooms and will ri 4 denise coles mrs donalda swilzer miss cay laughhn wayne strat- ton and mrs polych mrs polych was hired during the summer and will teach grade six she was prin cipal of a threeroomed school near fruitland last year following are the teachers and their grades kindergarten primary mrs alger miss laughlin grade one mrs reed miss coles mrs gamble grade two mrs black miss jennings grades two and three mrs simpson grade three mrs turner grades three and four mrs allen grade four miss ander- flve mrs wilkinson grade six mrs polych grades six and seven mr stratton grade aeven mr david- on and ceiling material has arrived arid is due to be completed on fri day lighting fixtures are on hand ready for installation and floor tile is yet to be laid exterior finish and the installation of lockers will not likely be ready for opening day new furniture for the rooms is on hand ready to be placed as soon as the rooms are ready the ground at the high school shows the result of careful care by r speilvogel- who is busy cleaning following the building disruption an enrolment of over 200 is an s g fiv mrs switxer grade tic b princlpsl hansen in the 10 room school there will be three grade nine classes two grade 10 and one each for grades 11 is and 13 there will be 10 teachers on the staff six men and four women four teachers will be new to the acton school principal hansen has arranged his timetable and the following is the allotment of subjects and the teach- ers e a hansen eng lit 9 ehg 13 guidance 13 cyril buchanan math 9 and 13 1 history 13 soc st 10 bhillip caudick shop oscar dryber boys px science 10 soc st 9 guidance 9 tboyst miss o gruber commercial 9 10 11 12 soc st 9 m pastyf eng comp 9 eng 10 hist il 12 soc st lu carl piellusch science 9 11 12 13 mrs m reed grls pi french 10 11 12 13 guidance 9 girlsv miss a taylorrslajin 10 11 12 maths 18 ii 12 mrs m valeriote girls je french 9 english 11 12 in the shop pupus of geor high school and jtwo grades from actn public school will receive in struction as well as the pupils ia aeuat high school open the fair on saturday after noon hall space is all sold out mrs- swackhamer reports she also has had many enquiries for prize lists from new exhibitors who plan to come to acton fair for the first time this year of particular interest to many will be the list of specials in this issue of the free press on page eight listing the awards in horse cattle hog sheep poultry home department grain roots vegetables fruit plant flower homecraft and miscellaneous specials big screen for acton theatre actons local theatre following the trend in nearby towns and cii- iet to l scnemi and prreynt- 25thanniversary marked by couple a family surprise party was held on august 23 for mr and mrs ro bert ohara 65 victoria ave on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary a very pleasant evening was en joyed and mr and mrs ohara were presented wth two lovely table lamps knox ladies aid hears travel talk mrs j jany main st was hostess io the knox ladies aid on tuesday afternoon the president mrs f j mocutcheon presided mrs e grindell read the scripture lesson choosing the 46th psathn and mrs a- j buchanan led in prayer the important business of the meeting was the decision to have the annual turkey dinner and con cert on the occasion of the anniv ersary a program committee was appointed to arrange- the program namely mrs f blow mrs q somerville and mrs f anderson ano solo mrs r h- armstrong gave a most interesting travel talk on her recent motor trip to brit ish columbia and the peace river district enjoyed with rev arm strong and the family where they visited with relatives friends and former church members with the fowl supper uppermost in their minds the ladies enjoyed a pie contest conducted by mrs f anderson with mrs a high score and mrs grindell mrs blow and mrs somerville tying in second place the meeting closed with the lords prayer and the committee served refreshments an auto graphed getwell message was sent to mrs ohara a faithful member who has been ill mrs a j buchanan expressed the thanks to the hostess and all who had contributed to the pro- gram ation of cinemascope films will this month insfallihe modern wide i screen equipment hoxy theatre manager h said the increasing production of i yolinn nwlaorlc wide screen films and the corres- uu icwiywcui i community fetes mi v 1 v ii a ttiiu auu tiic ivi 1 ponding decrease in the issue of normal sized pictures is compelling theatre managers to install th cinemascopic equipment the present screen at the aolon theatre 116 by 15 will be increas ed in size to 136by 226 all fut ure pictures will be shown on th- wider higher area cinemascope production will be shown on the same widths but a litle lower 13 by 21 6 costly new projection lenses will also be installed to accommodr ate the larger pictures mr deveau said th screen itself will be moved ahead three feet first cinemascope picture here will be shown the week starting september 19 when the robe is scheduled to run dr and mrs buckner mark anniversary dr and mrs robert buckner celebrated their silver wedding on august 23 with a family reunion after two years mrs buckner had the pleasure of introducing helen and janet to elaine cole on her program women in the news channel isnatchener the family also went on to visit the stratford festival and saw performance of julius on friday evening august 28 shirley and bud anderson were honored by the people of churchill church and community they were given an heirloom limed walnut stp table and a large mirror a clip- on lamp and a set of salad knife and spoon and salt and pepper shakers trimmed with silver from the voung peoples prior to the wedding the bride was honored at thre- showers mrs beer of alton held a cup and saucer shower at her home the bride the former shirley thomp son received 35 cups and saucers from her pupils mrs fred spear held a pantry shower and mrs dorothy allen as sisted by mrs anne saunders held a miscellaneous shower at lorn school the couple were also honored at a shower thanks were extended to those friends for their thoughtfulness by the bride and groom workmen are putting on finish- 1 ing work m the high school simi tion to have it ready for next tuaa- y- many local residents are taking in the cne some of the local fanners are exhibiting livestock and we hear they are taking their share of the prises be sure to not ify the free press of any win va difficult to hear of r i r