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m jjr v- mu3b8kx the acton free press acton ontario thursday september 22 1935 m new municipal to be studied continued from fake one was established in regard to the disputed street line at the mill and willow street property now occup ied by hintons dept store where the bank of montreal proposes to build a new structure the town maintains a new building line must be back from the existing line it was made clear at the meeting that the town has no objections to the bank taking the matter before a judge for decision dredging was reported to be about to start on th school creek next week reeve hargrave reported no im portant decisions made at a meet ing recently in milton dealing with- the worrisome high school sale question a resolution from the north halton urban board was later read which involves the north halton high school district this motion asked that county couitcil appoint a consultative com mittee to study the feasibility of creating three separate high school areas comprising the five municip alities work of the committee would be essentially a factfinding commission the clerk added would hear representatives most councillors agreed that be fore endorsing this resolution the acton representatives on the high school district board should be invited to counpil to express their views on the resolutions aim authorization was given for the town to sign an agreement of opt ion to buy land from irene hunt the town proposes to drill for wat er an account with the queen el izabeth hospital for a resident amounting to 12375 was ordered paid a letter from r v anderson as sociates contained approval for the use of transit pipe in watermain installations at the lakeview sub division the town wa dunned for 13- 46973 by the county representing rate share payment to the roads and general account in 1955 pay ment was authorized a bylaw repealing a former by law was passed to authorize ex penditure of 40000 for the three room addition to acton high school this addition is near com pletion gets cool greeting a letter from the united sub urban gas co got a cool recept ion from council the company advised it wished to submit an application for franchise in acton clerk mcgeachie remarked the op inions of the urban board members were that the three towns should continue dealings with the halton natural gas co the united sub urban gas co is to be informed acton is not interested in dealing with that company now a letter from the department of health approved the 52000 lake- view subdivision sewer installat ions a bylaw to provide 70000 for expenditrues involved in the con struction of a new maria street bridge was read grant will be sought on this amount clerk mcgeachie reported entry was made on land owned by t brankicwicz by pie town this land required for a roadway has been under expropriation stress mr brankiewtcz was said to have be come abusive at the time of entry and on advice of the attorney gen erals office police were called in to effect the entry a grader enter- ed and some work was done try for settlement at a meeting later this week with- legal representatives for mr brankicwicz an attempt was made to agree on compensation for loss damage claim land cost and sev erance allowance an pffer was made but at monday nights meet- ing it was not known if it was fin ally accepted- or rejected at tuesday nights special meet ing mr brankiewtcz appeared briefly to ask if the town had any further information from his tow yers about a settlement he was told there was none mr brankie- i centre proposal town planner wicz explained that he now wanted the town to move a house pres ently occupied by l halliday to another lot at right angles to the towns proposed road e said an acton citizen was in terested in buying his first lot mr brankicwicz wanted the town to move the house and in addition a settlement of 3000 which was the figure agreed upon between the town and mr branklewiczs law yers no action was taken on this new requestihowever councillors discussed several it ems earmarked for the work sheets these dealt mostly with drainage ditching and miscellaneous jobs following this business a motion by brunelle and newton passed that an inventory be mfede of all townowned equipment and pres ented at the next meeting coun cillor brunelte advanced some cri ticism that the equipment was not being looked after as well as it should he also thought that the lack of order in the park shed was a disgrace in the same regard a discussion arose later in which the work hab its of some of the town employees were questioned it was felt by some councillors that the town foreman was not adopting a firm cnougn attitude to work super vision deputyreeve e fqotitt urged that the no parking signs on the south sideof mill st be replaced he also emphasized a need for crosswalk markings at the corner of mill and yilbur streets irresponsible drivers councillor lindsay rapped the driving conduct of a driver for a local taxi firm he asked if there was no curb that could be put on drivevs who seem to have no re gard for the law or for common sense this triggered a volley of comp laints from other councillors the complaints converged on about half a dozen local youths who report edly figure it smart to speed over the- limits and crack up the odd time during the discussion it was stressed how local police are hamp ered in their attempts to crack down on these irresponsible driv ers through the disinclination of citizens to lay direct complaints apparently the youths take care to know the whereabouts of the police then speed off in another direction an accident which occurred here early saturday morning figured in the discussion asuauncfl adjourned at 1130 pm brief attention was given plan submitted recently to the fire committee for a new fire hall councillors agreed on the need for a new hall also discussed the pos sibility of incorporating enlarged municipal quarters with such a proposed building the matter will be brought up again at subsequent meetings pass regular accounts toths garage gas re fire 3 17 toths garage gas oil 11611 bell telephone serv 4650 acton puc hydro accts 14365 j mccallum brake fluid 120 can law book co stat utes of ont 1955 272 acton woodcrafts 447 beatty bros ltd 111470 c f leatherland acct 2011 sewer accounts a duby overtime 11200 w evans gas 2 05 city battery and electrical engine 8032 macswain motors gas oil 515 thompson motors spark plug 90 younge cons co shovel ladder 203250 highway garage repairs gas 685 peoples fuel pipe 12310 symon hdwe 1 265 j b mackenize and son 10420 m nellis tractor 456800 armco drainage tile 19248 can brass 9315 732415 rjgatermalniikttfiwion younge cons co 1 6x6x6 cast t 3000 there are already over 75 ap plications in for the new soed club at the ymca maurice rector the district governor spoke at the regular rot ary club meeting on tuesday both acton junior institute and acton junior farmers have displays at milton fair this week end i the district young people who attend universities and the oac were back to their studies this week y -ri- bill coon jrescapeu injury when his car went out of control in guelph saturday night striking a telephone pole cveryone was meeting friends at the fair on friday and saturday again acton residents realized just bow attractive their own towns park is some of the newspapers from the canadian weekly newspapers association convention are in the display window of the tree press thiii week yesterday was the first day of autumn a perfect beg for a new eason th first fal leaves rostlad underfoot while the fall to thr hrillunt ne a fire of unknown origin caus ed 300000 damage to the mundell furniture compdny in elora last saturday morning over 75 were unemployed for the second time in two years a waterdown truck driver es caped injury when his milk truck was struck by a train just east of rock wood wednesday morn ing the back of the truck was struck and milk cans scattered robert john ston saw the accident the free press has been ack nowledging quite a few congrat- ulations this week and last after winning the newspaper awards some- have been kind enough to write to us about it the comic section of ah eng lish newspaper some of the arms of british cities and towns were pictured one of them is the coat- ofarms of acton england so an acton resident brought the page along to the free press office it is on display now irt the front win dow of the office jntvteksitt expands vancouver cp tenders for a new arts building new medical science st a additional references costing 6000000 at the university of bri columbia will be called next spring v p r best j prw general information on cubbing has been the outline for both a and b cub packs in their instruct ion perlodi on thursdayjaat and tuesday of this week both packs are accepting the cubbing game very quickly wilth new opening and closing procedures both being in troduced ah outline on the work to be done in cubs was given td the boys along with new campflre songs r commencing the first of next week all cubs will be receiving their neckerchiefs a well as pro ficiency badges which have been earned during the summer months holding onto the lead in the six competitions in b pack was the yellow six now with 17 points closely behind tied for second arc the red and tawny sixes with 14 points each the white has 13 a slight gain on last weeks winners the number of new boys wish ing to get into cubs this year has been greatly underestimated since the opening night nine more new boys have had to be placed on the long waiting list the chance of these boys getting into the move ment this year is very doubtful as both the present packs are filled to capacity murray scoyne cubmaster dont forget to switch back to andardtimeonsundayt mi niatu re weddi ng fbll fashions foraii ages at circle fashion show prome tiny bride ann symon iters mildred bell and jewel- in the first part of the program to lery from don bextons beauty the reallife bride at the conclusion thejfashion show staged by the friendly circle of the united church presented a variety of smart clothes for all sizes and ages the auditor ium of the public school was filled both tuesday and wednesday even ings for the presentations right until the end of the pro gram keen interest in the clothes of the models was sustained by a series of simple yet clever sots and tab leaux mrs fran leyland wearing a red corsage was commentator for the show friendly circle presi dent mrs stella adamson also with a corsage welcomed everyone the clothes were all from the shop of one of the friendly circles mem- travelled 7000 miles on vacation rev r h armstrong was guest spoakor at the joint meeting of the acton junior farmers and acton junior institute at the home of kathleen stanley on september 14 he showed slides of his recent trip to western canada when he travel led 7000 miles only repenting 150 on the same roads light here in ontar io he visited neenawa in manitoba where he had a charge for three years at their separate meeting the junior farmers heard a talk on the soil and land use tour taken by jearl wilson the second vicepresident of tho ac j j ssavsstsksssai hope pint of baxter solution may save life in kathmandu a 500 cc unit of baxter labora tories special chemical solution used in blood transfusions was flown last week to india in a rush mission it was hoped the solution would help to save the life of an indian woman whose son helped in the conquest of mount everest in 1953 the solution which prevents the clotting of blood was taken by car to malton airport last thursday and flown on a transcanada air lines plane to london there it was transferred to an airindia craft headed for bombay it reached nagpur monday night and from there was flown to kathmandu arrangement for the shipping of the single unit of the dextrose and sodium citrate solution were made after the famous indian newspaper- lriairrnasendasaksena of the hindu stan times ipnrnprh4imrthr was seriously ill he had reported the conquest of mount everest for the london daily mail and played a major role in assisting col john hunt and his party to prepare to scale everest he notified the daily mail his mothers life might be saved by the use of- the solution and the dailyjj mails correspondent in the press gallery in ottawa mr dempson made the arrangements here mr saksenas mother is in hospi tal at kathmandu near nagpur a city if 300000 in central india on friday at the request of the canadian red cross baxters pro vided an additional 12 units with ad ministration sets of the solution which are also being sent to the hospital in nagpur for the same case the solution is contained in sill- conecoated bottles used for col lection storage and transfusion pf whole blood one unit contains suf ficient anticoagulant solution for one patient to prevent the coagulation of blood and act as a preservative the solution is a formula recom mended at the biochemistry depart ment of mcgill university baxters manager here bill ben son and everyone in the plant was extremely interested in the shipping of these units in the hopes of sav ing a life many- thousands of miles 1 away jc man trafficdepart ment drove the first unit to mal ton and then after hearing from the red cross don schroeder the chief chemist followed this up with the second shipment busy bees arrange fair display bazaar the september meeting of the busy bees womens institute was held at the home of mrs roy counsellors assisted with the make up a ramp was specially built for the models extending from the plat form out into the auditorium the littlest tots played at kinder garten on the stage and walked shy ly out onto the ramp to display their dresses coats and suits tak ing part were ralph nellis zenith armstrong ann gordon brehda mckcown beverley brunclle and heather mcgeachie seven older children modelled public school clothes janet rogn valdson barbara- symon gweri tyear they are bean kathy mrk dn shilling eon ledger heather and janice ley land a coke bar made the setting for the teenagers jean lidka betty- bean carol hirglna kathcrlnc garrett elaine deforest tony baker and marilyn rognvaldson full skirts with crinolines and jumpers were popular with them in oldfashioned costumes marg mcpherson and jenn denny looked aghast as todays ladles modelled the latest in coats and dresses with suit able jewellery although the length of the skirts and low necklines astonished oldtimers they iple-is- ed the audience which applauded freely models in the adult group were mrs edna hufnagel mrs joy bell mrs garner mrs marg wal lace mrs dorothy rognvaldson mrs elsie kinread mrs jean john son mrs joyce buchanan mrs irene douglas mrs helen little acton high school news mam by nell benton we have finally moved last fri day the grade nine classes were di vided into three and assigned new rooms as was grade 13 everything is settling down to normal this week the boys athletic so ciety elected their officers for this president bill new music teacher for acton rockwood miss joan kucharski ajrtc actons new piano teacher has ex cellent qualifications she takes ov er after miss joan pickering and like her is teaching at the home of mr and mrs huton elliott miss kucharski passed her teach ers examinations wlthjhe highest standing in the province winning the vida coatsworth prize the gro ves dictionary of music and music ians this year she passed her grade 10 in vocal work with tile highest standing of the conserva tory andwai granted a bursary to continue her studies she also teaches singing when miss pickering knew she nugh and treasurer wayne currle clnss representatives will be chosen later held day friday everyone is practicing industrious ly for our school field day which takes place this friday our inter- school ineet will be held next wed nesday in milton anyone wishing to be present is welcome the captains for this years acton field day are boys bob coon ted footilt joe jany and gary daw- kins girls laurie ritchie eliza beth jany frances oakes and ruth lnndsborough rugby teams the rugby teams for this year are made up of nine boys each they are team 1 w currie it sinclair i- thorarinson g dawklns b coon b skilling t footitt b oost and j jany team 2 w wag ner b kerr c maccoll b ingles ox would bo lea her pupils here- mrs joyce schroeder mrs edna h vandenheuver f cooper d nellis miss ena jennings mrs watson g dawkins and b benton edith jennings mrs truus veld- i we hope that this year acton high huis and mjs pauline symon tues- school will be able to regain the cup day evening mrs joy bell showed after iosingit to preston last year her own wedding dress while mrs dorothy allen wore hers on wed- i sleep afloat nesday vancouver icp about 260 while a whiterobed choir of of the football fans for the grey youngsters sang a wedding in min- i cup final here in november will iaturc took place merle harris as t sleep aboard the canadian nat- the minister led in the groom ste- i jonal liner prince george in th and in rockwood she arranged through her teacher miss madeline bone to have miss kucharski fol low here miss pickering became mrs russell oke during the sum mer and she wail present at a icception held in rockwood to meet the new teacher mlna pickering started teaching here in 1052 and had a class of over 70 in acton and rockwood engagements phen wolfe and best man paul wolfe minus the usual nervous ness in tiny blue and pink en sembles the two bridesmaids diane and laurie ironside confidently preceded the little bride anne symon who entered on her fathers aim ralph nellis kay dennis harbor the accommodation already been reserved has mr and mrs jamei stokes r r 2 campbellvllle ontario an nounce the engagement of their daughter edna mud to mervyn ethel word son of mr and sj harry macleod r r 1 acton onl marriage to take placi- quietly on saturday october i in st john x anglican church nasagaweya v 700 pm b mr and mrs george c baker of wcstmount announce the engage ment of their daughter anne joy to john r mainprize of montreal son of mr and mrs harry mainpriz of acton ontario the wedding has been arranged to take place on sat urday october 8th in westmount park emmanuel united church wcstmount lindsay the meeting opened with j sang o perfect love before the the mary stewart collect mrs groom placed the ring on the bride oscar locker was in the chair due j finger -jl- to the president mrs s coxe in sharp contrast thecharleston being ill j girls briefly exhibited some of the the roll call was answered by dothes of the gay 20s i articles for the fall fairs mrs she pau playe two violin so- little gave an mterestng paper on djr fln intermission j agriculture mrs p mclean gavel the thought for the day its better j to be a good hdmemaker than good housekeeper the program was arranged by mrs locker with several good d jit w the convention in winners of draws were box of j i groceries mrs norma marchment j i box of groceries mrs grindcll reading to attend guelph and to be responsible for arranging the displays in the fall fairs further plans were made for the- bazaar which is the institutes main project mrs bell spoke briefly thanking everyone who helped with the show mrs mary mckenzie and mrs marie bilton accompanied on the piano with different numbers in charge of each group on the pro gram j denny trained the choir candy was sold with mrs edna stewart in charge dryer sale reg 28950 on sale at 18950 low terms harold mcclure ltd georgetown for all appliam i phone tr 72522 and best tv service first fall meeting for knox cgit thefirst meeting of the canadian girls in training of knox church was held on september 19 in the sunday school room the girls re- peated their purpose and sang the njrnuv inv the business part of the meet ing the following were elected for the year president ann watkjns secretary ruth spielvogel vice- president alvena hill reporter betty lemon pianist margaret armstrong treasurer rhona mt eachern the group filled out a question naire mrs doug davidson intro duced the new assistant leader mrs roy kirkness after the of ficers were installed the meeting closed with taps robt r hamilton fred a hoffman optometrists formerly e p read ft phone guelph j924 58 st gaprgvs squan this is us at the acton fall fairj left to rinht stan bowen jack holme terry bortoloth ja cowl nelson duckatt x vou can find us at acton guelph toronto anb aurora business area from aurora to guelph actons lakeview subdivision is progressing rapidly occupancy expected by midfall inquire now your neighbor did rments 1 i built under nha specifications down payments starting at 1056 monthly payments as low as 56 5 interest six plans to choose from with three and four bedrooms some with attachatfesilrace i many extras are included act today i jf exclusive selling agents realistate brokers actcfn toronto aurora isstmiweq p v fflligsli v i t17 v j v u- x zjxiiitliailbttvliit