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r press eignty yearno t3 acton ontario thursday october 6th 1955 twelve pages six cents need onl 45 minutes hear acton and milton gas franchises 4 only 45 minutes were needed toy the ontario fuel board last friday to hear presentation ot two gas franchise agreements one for ac ton and one for milton from the halton- natural gas co the board ruled against hearing these terms and conditions last august when it was found in georgetown that public notice requirements had not been fully carried out at the august hearing a four- hour affair georgetowns bylaw agreement was heard in full vice- chairman t h simpson who chaired the hearings held in acton last week said the board has ap proved the bylaw submitted for georgetown subject to some minor alterations at last weeks meeting held friday in the acton cbuncil cham ber legal representative for the halton natural- gas co d a s brooks tabled the notice formal ities for the acton bylaw also asked for a waiver of the public vote clause acton council he in dicated was leaving this matter to the discretion of the fuel board solicitor john evans for the un ited suburban gas co ltd brief ly questioned a matter of form he wondered why so many of the terms and conditions for the halton natural gas application were in cluded in the agreement form in- stead of the bylaw vicechairman simpson said the the board would reserve the ap plication on the vote question and addend nobody seems interested enough to oppose it referring to the reqeust for the waiver of vote by the applicant turning to the milton agreement form mr brooks continued and tabled the formal notices he said the bylaw was the same as prev iously held but the application wvs new the halton natural gas solicitor read a motion from milton council asking the fuel board to declare a vote of the electors not necessary the motion also stipulated that should the halton natural gas co get the franchise they would agree to buy gas from the anthony gas and oil explorations firm during the miltqn presentati mr evans made a brief observat ion on a clause in the agreetni which deals with assignment shares held by the halton natural gas co he was answered by mr brooks this concluded the short hear ings with the exception of mr t seynuck and mr ruddick for the acton gas company clerk j mc- geachie for acton and the twp solicitors no other speakers were heard milton was not represented during the hearings and mr mc- geachie only verified that acton council was willing to have the board rule on the public vote ques tion three companies vie for service rights to natural gas supply system in acton of m m night school applications down three classes close some open discussion of several hours fol- lowed the totalling of registrations in night school classes jvhcn ihe committee met monday evening due to lack of registration certain classes were cancelled ind others ccjmbined it was decided that ap plications in attend would still be accepted in five classes the total number of registrations ccoived was 112 last year over 140 attended nifiht school there rmist company was at liberty to present be a minimum of 100 to hold a these terms either way i school of the 112 enrolling some before seating himself mr ev- were eliminated since the courses ans announced that the united they wished were not available suburban co i now making ap- both first and second choices were taken into consideration the committee expressed the hope these would enrol again in one of the classes which is being made avail able already full are the classes in millinery aluminum tray etching oil painting ceramics and leather carving cancelled due to insufficient en rolment wtre shop work english and typewriting there should be ai least 12 or 15 in a class the committee decided after lengthy discussion to offer thanksgiving day monday next is thanksgiving day and this office will be closed all that day correspondents and those with other news reports are asked to have their copy sent in as early as possible in order to compen sate for the shorter week the office will be closed from satur day noon until tuesday morning tb association hire worker to visit homes an even fuller program in halton county way foreseen at the first fall meeting of the halton county tuovruois and health association in milton on september 26 there were d rectors from acton r f discussion to oiler again i bean campbelh ill- e c foster the courses in upholstering leather j georgetown k r mdorald mil- plication to acton and georgetown for a franchise agreement mr brooks injected that at the august hearing his competitors had inferred they were interested only in milton it seems they have changed their mindsi he said james ruddick acton- secretary- treasurer for the anthony gas and oil explorations ltd said that th- halton gas co had got the jump on hi company in georgetown and milton but that they intended to make application in those town- and had now a bylaw before ar- toti mr evans rose again this time to urge consideration on the public vote question mr simpson said t i i v v vlva hitrun driver in mps car h v rule all the other courses are on j car registered in the name of tuesdavs halton mp sybil bermett and driv- en by a man wearing a hearing aid jater identified as leroy dale knocked down a 14yearold bi cyclist on highway seven friday night and kept going police said injured was max harris of 42 ontario st georgetown who was an acton hydro employee was thrown tcthc ground as he walked injured at the park monday morn- with his bike along the soft should- ng when he came in contact with a the patients and the homes or of the road he was facing traf- pole bracket made live through a of patients in order that the asoc- fic short circuit from a 4000 volt line i iation may assist where posibfe harris suffered a bruised hip cut i kerwin mcphail suffered burns to the halton association is the firt hands and bumps on the head i both hands and shock when he tuberculosis association in canada relatives said miss bennett was grasped trie electrified bracket to have a social service worker out of town for three weeks work was being done on this pole it is intended that every corner roy a hylkena of oconnor dr to repair a damaged disconnect of the county will be made aware toronto told police he was 50 feet he was token to hospital for through representatives of the as- bohlnd ihe liltrub car wnen it treatment ana odservation but was sociation of the continuing fight struck harris and saw the accident allowed to return home tuesday against tuberculosis embossing elementary childrens i and advanced sewing applications may be sent in until next monday for these courses a further meet ing will then be held to decide if the classes will be held or cancelled the sewing classes can be combined if absolutely necessary to secure teachers it is necessary to hold the- oil painting and millin ery classes oil monday evenings lineman gets burns and shock ton mr- m s ivtiit i c gov- land b micnib oakville mrs m e lunru h c morris w r green and from the womens in stitute mrs g somervillc the county medical officer dria f bull and mrs r r parker at tended the vigorous meeting yis chair ed by r f bean of acton and ev ery indication was given from the meeting of a stepped up program in all area in which the associat ion participates against tuberculos is in halton the association has engaged the services of mrs r- r parker of acton a graduate in social ser vice with experience in the united sates and canada mrs parker will photo by hazel mack looking at an early record book orebehezer united church nassagaweya township are rev george boyle ba bd on the right and w slinn who has the charge of ebenezer eden mills and arkell churches mr slinn turned over to the victoria university archives three record books of early history of ebenezer and thai area rev boyle spoke at the ebenezer united church anniversary orjiftsassssakvsany yy y yyyruy -vi- ry ebenezer has 133rd anniversary old records presented archivist weeklies week i this week is canadas first na- i tiohallvobserved weekly news papers week the free press is i joining hundreds of other weekr- lies across canada in observing this week and has prepared spec- i ial features on page five seven full col umns are devoted to messages and i stories on and about weekljrnews- i papers main feature of the page i is the humorous factfull story of i the canadian weekly today be hind the paper curtain by one f canadas best known editors cyr y yy yyy y 3 car flips over four are unhurt four occupants of a car travelling south on no 25 highway last fri- day evening escaped injury when their venicie flipped over into a ditch after being forced off the road the car owned and driven ty a schupp acton turned out to pass two other vehicles at the same time the second car in line pulled out in front to pass the first car forcing the acton car off the road one of the passengers h schu bert also of acton was thrown out nf the car a trapped under it h be ebenezer united church in nas- i sagaweya township celebrated its i3il anniversary on september 25 1 the hey george boyle ba b ij as i irchivisthistoriari of victoria uni versity toronto preached at both parents j the morninc and evening services 1 brother j v slinn who has the charge of ebenezer church and also eden mills and arkell invited dr boyle to come tii ebenezer when they met in sudbury last june at the hamilton conference mr slinn has turned over to dr boyle three valuable record books belonging to ebenezer church for safe keeping they show the be ginning of methodism in upper nassagaweya when ebenezer was known as the canadian wesleyan methodist new connexionchurch dr boyle expressed the hope that 1 any person having old diaries or papers connected with the early methodist church would send them to him in toronto where they may be studied by those interested in compiling history mr slinn would take charge of any such papers and see that tney reached the archives safely clear near 150 at sale and tea about 150 was cleared for their c l wuik when the womans a was uninjured when the vehicle was sociation of the united church held lifted from him mr schuberts j- sale and tea in the sunday school wife and young daughter were the j room on saturday afternoon a good other passengers police estimated damage to the car at about 800 opening day draws at holland shop when actons first import store he holland shop opened on salur- day there were many customers in- 1 aprons aluminum trays knitting terested in examining the stock of and other small items mrs simp- dutch and canadian goods e huis mrs thetfprd and mrs rolston crowd admired and bought the items offered for sale and enjoyed refreshments ivlrs veldhuis mrs pickett mrs ingles mrs denny and mrs -shoe- maker were in charge of the tea tables at the baking table were mrs jennings mrs cleave mrs johnston mrs fan and mrs harris the miscellaneous table featured majn is the proprietor of the store and the clerk is his daughter miss agnes huisman names were entered for two draws on the first day winner of the large tapestry was mrs pearl varey while six yearold andrew bauman won a damask table cloth were in charge there mrs poole and mrs switzer directed the candy- sale the touch and take items added a touch of mystery and the table un der mrs ballentine and miss ben nett was well patronized mrs burns was in charge of the event acton high athletes take three championships at area field meet hi0h school fttmmons at the interschool field meet held at milton wednesday afternoon of last week front row left to right l- nodwefl bantam erin ruth landsboroogh junior acton betty anderson intermediate milton i darou senior georgetown back row jim kerr bantam milton n lockhurst junior georgetown frank cooper intermediate acton and d phoenix erin who tied with bill skilling of acton for the senior champion jriip betty anderson holdsthe cup which milton won for obtaining the most points 3 although the mhtop high crowd won the interschool field day held in milton last wednesday after noon acton came out with some winners too ruth landsborougli who won the junior girls champ ionship at the acton field day took the junior championship again at the interschool meet also frank cooper walked off with the inter mediate boys championship and bill skilling tied with phoenix of erin for senior champ these were the champions girls bantam l nodwell ie junior r landsborough a intermediate betty anderson m senior l bar row g boys bantam jim kerrmr junior lockhurst g intermediate coopera senior tie between phoe- nixve and skilling a the complete list of winners follows after the name is an init ial a is acton e is erin g is georgetown and m is milton senior boys fcpole vault skilling a prestidge m mossop g intermediate boys pole vault richardson g denny a beary g junior boys pole vault thomson m r hayward m coxc ja continued on page four council reads franchise by-law- for united suburban gas co ltd acton council monday night voted for two readings to a bylaw giving the united suburban gas co ltd a foot in the gas franchise door here with two other companies after members heard lengthy testimonials of the hamilton companys worth from its own representatives now there are three companies who will make their bid for fuel board approval to gas rights in acton the other two are the local anthony das and oil explorations ltd and the halton natural gas co the latter company is the only one thus far to get its bylaw before the fuel board at a meeting two weeks ago a letter from the united- suburban co a subsidiary of the union gas co of canada got a cool recept ion at that iimv members who expressed partiality to continued dealings with the halton natural gas co which is reportedly looked on with favor in milton and georgetown asked the clerk to reply that acton was not inter ested in hearing from the united suburban gas co assured supply source the united suburban qas co came anyway four menj strong their solicitor j evans submitted the agreement form and delivered an extensive approbation of his company he told of the long hist ory financial responsibility wide area of service and highest public relations enjoved by his company in municipalities where it is estab- livhed he was also emphatic that it had a reliable source of gas supply mr evans revealed that the un ited suburban gis co is prepared to buy natural gas supplies from the local anthony gas and oil explorations ltd to a question from mayor tyler tie lawyer replied it uas likely ims could be served economically to the area if- a franchisr was ap proved for all three towns cer tainly he suggested the company would have to get the franchise for at least two of the towns in order to provide service withdraw hours petition t p pinckard who introduced himself as general manager of the company also extolled his firm in a lengthy speech he suggested the reason united suburb had not petitioned for a franchise before in acton was that there was not definite assurance- a gas supply could be made available this supply is now practically assured he concluded with the consumers gas company at the outset of the meeting j goy and r f bean comprised the first delegation to be heard in mon days fivehour session on behalf of the chamber of commerce they requested the pet ition held by council for a classif ied new hours bylaw be with drawn all the signers except one had enrinrnd a document re september building dips but octobers figures seen high september saw an unusual dip unusual for 19s5s spiralling residential growth in total con struction figures during the past month only 16000 in building was recorded by inspector o lamb this is in contrast to augusts 40000 figure however october will see con struction soar again when the lakeview subdividers are slated to take out another block of house permits septembers total brings the 1955 building value to a grand total or 1413150 by the end of the year an alltime high will be recorded for actons growth ber erin twp native dies in accident many friends hern lvnrnrd with sorrow that mrs ernest dawson had been fatally injured in a mot or car accident on monday niuht mrs dawson was the former mss audrey mcarthur a daughter if mr and mrs fred mcarthur of erin towruship details of the accident have not been secured here yet mr- daw son vb alone in the car at the time going from her home ne u oil springs to attend to her duties telephone operator ides her liusband family and she is survived by on- leroy of erin township the funeral is being held today with burial in the cemetery in the community mrs dawson resided on a farm between in wood and oil springs ont charter buses to billy graham the billy graham crusade was a magnificent sight for about 75 from acton who journeyed to the coli seum in toronto by chartered bus wnd seven private cars on tuesday evening another bus has been ar ranged fop next sunday as enthus iasm for the services continues in toronto and throughout the whole district in the coliseum were over 1000 people from buffalo alone and there were many from out of the city the singing of hymns and special music was a feature of the service mr beverley shea was soloist among the members of the huge choir was mrs somervillc sister of mrs hassard of acton the visitors were much impressed with billy graham himself scv ra 1 1 ave been down to otner services music is effective in mental hospitals local group is told a doctor wanting to note a men tal patients progress will often watch the patient in a uancing ir rhythmic- movement class mrs ro bert- buckner fold the members of the music study group at their meeting last week she worked ir a mental hospital and found that muiic rhythmic and interpretive actions all helped the patients there mrs buckner amusingly des cribed the rhythm band that she formed among the patients and how they progressed to even playing bach different kinds of music at tracted different patients she dis covered the emotions of some would be completely and suddenly- released when one- particular tune was heard the members continued the sub ject informally after mrs buckner concluded as she passed around articles and pictures the business pari of the program was followed by the study of the evening when schiiberts unfinish ed symphony was the topic cgit girls enjpy wiener roast game the cgit of knox church met at ella tfanys home for a wiener roast they played a game singing syllables during the busin ess part of the meeting mrs dav idson told that miss rpwe would be at the next meeting the meet ing closed with taps questing this petition be thrown out mr goy turned the document over to council who indicated they would comply with the request wont da the job the chamber president explained a survey was going to be conducted among the merchants to provide a more stable- basis on which to present a new store hours bylaw heras if co be re- ceptive to a blanket petition one presented on a straight retail maj ority basisi instead of a classific ation petition which apparently will not do the job desired mayor tyler offered that if the chamber brought back a just survey of opinion council would consider it accordingly v peycha and c peycha request ed a transfer of taxi license and tobacco license the license ha ben held by john palmer of re liable- taxi this was granted oon- ditional on necessary insurance policies being presented at 1 the clerks office question nhttb authority w j coon with c cook ap peared as actons representatives on the north halton high school district board at invitation of council regarding a motion that county council set up a consultat ive committee to present facts and figures on attendance cosa etc mr coon said he would regret council taking any action which- might tend to break up the nhh 6 db reeve hargrave pointed out the function of such a committee would not be to make recommendations about retaining or disbanding the board only to present figures which might be useful it would only be a factfinding investigat ion he said it was mentioned the motion came from the north halton ur ban board a question was raised if the nhub had the authority to make such v request to the councils of acton georgetown and milton for a consultative commit- tee it was noted nassagaweya and esquesihg also members of the continued on page six j