Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 10, 1955, p. 6

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i thursday november 10 1065 the acton free press acton ontario page fivtb mia gaze plumbing heating eavestroughing pressure systems water softeners 251 mason blvd acton phono 25 snterinr srrnratmg for expert color scheme 1 suggestions superior workmanship and the latest sunworthy waterfas wallpapers call gjjril e sitt decorator rockwooo 51 ring 5 coarity council rescinds motion to set up factfinding committee continued from pge one there was no rehectlon any of the high school boards in the- county but after the committee made its report it was up to county council to adapt the report or reject it v council rejected second resol ution sponsored by reeve allen and martin who sought to have a fact finding committee established to review the high school situation within the whole of the county and members be appointed at the next meeting engage guelph architect t allan sage a gucph archi tect was engaged to draft plans and specifications for a new reg istry office ieeve harold adkins chairman of the building commit tee estimated the cost would not exceed 24 s foot for a building about 50 by 80 he said considerat ion was given to a stone building to harmonize with the present county buildings however this decision would be mode later when mea were considered members wed a preliminary sketch plan skating georgetown ajtkna every saturday afternoon and evening adults 50c children x5e for sale kiln dry corn 4800 a ton acton flour mills phone 79w 62 mill st w staffen meats- free delivery phoneo2 mill st acton fresh killed roasting fowl lb 37c sliced jloiog n a -jb2jc- pork riblets ib 12c lean hamburg 4 lb for 100 first grade butt e r lb 59c fresh fish cisco fresh fillet kippers smoked haddock salmon smelts want ad page where old friends meet estimate review prepared by the architect council approved an account amounting to si 720 submitted by shore and mocfatt architects for their work on drafting plans dor the extensions on the halton centennial manor a bylaw to raise an additional 20000 for the county road system was approved reeve robert mar shall chairman explained the de partment would be in the red if the additional amount was not raised he explained the additional amount included preparing roads for hard topping next year the two mill levy was not sufficient to mfet our needs this year he said adding the 50 per cent was paid for by the department of highways rto set up pensions ken clement was awarded the contract to lay a new floor in the jail office and corridor at a cost of 128 n l pickett milton was appointed to the north halton high school area board for 1956 council is also requesting signal lights be installed on the seventh line at the cpr crossing there accounts totalling 8400473 were approved and were ordered paid council approved a recommend ation of the finance committee to establish a pension plan for the employees along with certain wage increases the necessary bylaws were given three readings the plan is to set up a pension scheme with thegovernment an nuities branch and an official is to interview all employees the county will now contribute onehalf of the cost of the present blue cross hospital plan for all partic ipating employees with the ex ception to gaol employees salar ied employees will receive two weeks vacation with pay after one years service three weeks with pay after 10 years hourly em ployees will receive two per cent of their salary or one weeks vac ation or two weeks or four per cent after five years service this policy will extend to all em ployees paid directly or indirectly by the county such as the health unit and halton centvnnial man or increase salaries a policy of salary revision will be reviewed by the finance com mittee each year and recommend- ortions will be made at the nov ember meeting of council several salary increases were made f rogers assessor will now receive 4150 h g sinclair care taker 2750 m maxted treasur er 4200 1200 to be charged to the halton health unit for ser vices rendered w dean clerk 4300 of which 1200 will be charged to halton centennial man or clerk photp by hazel mack living is more wholesome today than 60 years ago the judges decided after they heard debating duos from nassagaweya and eden crest womens institutes debate the popular topic in the eden mills schooj at a meeting representing eden mills were miss mary benanquet and mrs irene storie while nassagaweya was represented by mrs lillian thomas and mrs mac anderson xs the assessor and clerk will not be able to participate in the pension plan council approved the payment to the assessor of 45 per month when he retired at the age of 65 85 ber month to the clerk at his retirement a problem well help you give your home added beauty and value by refinishing walls and woodwork youll be surprised at the econo- tnieal w w c meet yottr material needs and at the same time give you first grade work seek volunteers on civil defense continuing efforts this week to organize a provincial civil defense aiuxiliary police group for halton officials arranged a meeting to be addressed by a speaker followed by a question period men residing in the county of halton are eligible to volunteer for service in this auxiliary police force with uniforms and training provided a 10 week course is ar ranged to prepare the participants for volunteer duty in case of notion al emergency or local catastrophe organized under the minister of civil defense for the province of ontario the meeting is planned for the milton legion hall friday november 18 at 8 pm former residents welcomed by wi ttrerladies of limehouse womens institute were very pleased to wel come to their november meeting at the home of mrs s kirkpatrick mrs h smith and mrs f geary these ladies were until recently residents of limehouse mrs smith holding the office of president of the wi for a short time before re moving to mount pleasant mrs geary has for some time been con vener of agriculture and canadian industries attending to this duty even since residing in toronto they were each presented with a short address and a piece of costume jewellery the meeting being the nearest to remembrance day was opened with faith of our fathers and the lords prayer followed by two minutes silence and reading by the presi dent mrs sanford of the supreme sae if ic john s arkwright a flower of which i am proud was the roll call answered by 14 members reports were given by the dif ferent conveners mrs e finley assistant librarian will have the library open on saturday afternoon for the convenience of the children the bazaar committee asked that all articles for touch and take table and juther articles for bazaar be in early the date of bazaar is to be announc- rockwood two deaths sadden friends relatives the sympathy of the community is extended to mr and mrs harry edwards in the passing of their father william john edwards last week in his 89th year he leaves to mourn his joss a jarge famito who are all well known one son ed ward is with the united states army the late mr edwards had been able to be around and up street occasionally v funeral was held last thurs day at the runiley funeral home acton and largely attended by friends and relatives rev john dilts conducted the service and his message was a source of comfort to those present pallbearers were roy young ed gar w harris william pasmore ernest edwards thomas edwards and john jessop interment took place in rockwood cemetery be side his late wife and partner a number of floral wreaths bore silent tribute to the esteem of the deceas- ed dies at fergus last thursday rockwood lost a well known citizen in the ieron of mrs walter mcwilliams at fergus following a lingering illness fune ral took place saturday with service at the rumley funeral home with rev e h jones of st albans church acton in charge inter ment took place in rockwood ceme tery pallbearers were messrs dave d gray peter sim arthur ewers ellwood bolton stewart s royce and frank marsha a number of frorul wreaths bore tribute to mem- ory of deceased tuesday employees of the hydro commission were busy removing transformers at the power station which had been in temporary use during time of changeover recent visitors in town mr and mrs l amos and daughter of ver million alberta with mr and mrs charles birge who were on their way to florida for a trip mr and mrs alex mcfarlane of lucan with former brother mr dave m and mrs mcfar lane congratulations to mr and mrs james milne on the arrival of a daughter mary ann a sister to debaters prove living today is improved the nassagawcyas womens in stitute settled once pnd for all the of it n discussed question that liv ing is more wholesome today than 60 years ago when they accented a challenge from eden crest wo mens institute to debate the mat ter at the hitters october meet ing held in the eden mills school eden mills the judges decided that living was more wholesome after hearing the two sides nassagaweya was represented by mrs mar anderson and mrs lillian thomas and ed en crestiby mrs irene storie and miss mary berlanguet the nassagaweya womens in stitute argued in the affirmative and proved their point effectively all fnur debaters had read up on how to debate and the results were stimulating it was obvious that each debater took her argument seriously so well were the ftcls presented they brought out many points such i the following that we miist be careful today nut to con fuse ease and satisfaction with wholesome living mrs agnes dunbar who con- vcnthl the meeting planned the ev ening the discussions that followed were enjoyed as well and there will undoubtedly be more subjects de- baled before the winter is over obituary ed soon a christmas parcel of good cheer is to be sent to the dmna and charlie at guelph gen honir family in england as usual mrs frank brown gave the mot to make it well and it will sell a sing song followed with mrs c mepedith at the piano and the meet ing closed with god save the queen sandwiohes and tea were served and all enjoyed a social half h w thn gu i ral hospital november 2nd i ugnypuf ferin i ligny farm forum starts new season lig farm forum sta the nursed by daughter during long illness following a long illness during which she had been faithfully nurs ed by her daughter mrs alvin mc donald mrs j r lindsay 04 died on saturday october 22 in george town mrs- lindsay hud been a resident of the district since her marriage to james rutherford lindsay when they settled on the lindsay home stead on no 7 highway which has been in the family name for 100 years formerly jessie elizabeth cowan she was the daughter of dr samuel oran and helen rose and was born in harriston the family later moved to wolfe island near king ston and she was a resident there when she married mr lindsay she lived on the farm after his death in 1935 until 1943 when she moved to georgetown to live with her daugh- everton furnace installed la church of christ the church of chriat disciples arc having a new furnace installed this week mr and mrs t d mccutcheon visited on friday with mr and mrs robert mccutcheon and dlatme kitchener miss joyce fountain guelph spent sunday at her home miss evelyn dolmer guelph spept the weekend at her home- sunday visitors with mr and mrs john alton arid miss jennie tovell were mfhndmrstalbertaltorrandr ian guelph miss helen dawes hamilton and miss frances dawes multon mrs jack morrell and family guelph are visiting with her par ents mr and mrs j p benham while mr morrell is away east on a hunting trip mr and mrs john alton accomp anied mrs robert patten and ken ny guelph and visited last tues day with mrs bev hepburn mil ton mr and mrs robert mccutcheon and dianne kitchener visited on monday with mr and mrs harvey jestin and bobby mrs mac mcleod nancy and marion thornbury are visiting with her sister mr and imrs dun- cah kingsbury and catherine mr and mrs horry hortop and family visited on sunday with the hitters uncle and aunt mr and mrs neil mckinnon hillsburgh a number of the young people attended the convention at guelph on saturday campbellville mrs roy black guest speaker intended for last week the fall thankofferlng meeting of the st davids womens mission ary society was held fh the sunday school room on thursday afternoon the president miss simpson open ed the meeting with the call to wor ship the devotions were taken by mrs parker and mrs sharpe the president welcomed the visitors mrs r early sang saved by grace with mrs crawford as accompanist mrs crawford also rendered a piano solo mrs a t moore read letters received by the librarian miss e j mcphail in appreciation of cards and papers sent from the auxiliary to mrs dixon and mrs gordon in formosa mrs roy black of fergus guest speaker was introduced by mrs moore before beginning her ad dress mrs black thanked the campbcllville auxiliary for their help in the presbyterial the theme for mrs blacks ad dress was this is the day and this is the time referring to psalm 118 verse 24 the opportunities of serv ing our lord today- come only u- day and we must do our lords bidding today and every day mrs greenlecs thanked the speaker the president thanked mrs early and mrs crawford and all who had helped in any way the meeting was closed with the mlaz- pah benediction during the lunch hour greetings were brought by guests from kilbride eden mills ebenezer and nassagaweya the best in lumber 4 building materials you save time effort money when you christinas shop early while gift selections are wide at gordons youll find tors tricycles cutlery glassware tools games dolls sporting goods and aluminum ware fine china tackle flashlights layaway for christmas gordon s household appliances mixmaston electric k clock toestots fan stoin iron vacuum clnntn rioof romsnfs hoer pomslmrs s ha phone 76 acton the next meeting will be held at season on monday november 7th at surviving are seven children the home of mrs a w benton the home of mr and mrs w thorn- cowan ik c nellie i mrs ajvin when each member is to bring gift for exchange gordon strain rr 1 milton markers monuments cemetery lettering m quotations by appointment phone milton tr 86522 l may fair restaurant acton cast on no 7 highway open daily from 800 am to 300 am breakfasts lunches dinners special lunches daily steaks and chops i a specialty good food at reasonable jprices- we deliver son base line there were 16 pre- mcdonald t and hugh of george- sent after the broadcast the dis- jt j mrs ii c tjobbiei ot jcussion and business was taken lak view james of millburn nj icare of and a social timever the jbrlrarid of carhton place and lunch period ended the evening ijohn of hamilton a daughter died mrs flmtoft and miss elda flin- ln m she had if grandchild- jtoft spent sunday at little britain vn f great grandchildren i with mrs brown a mv alex calder conducted the i mr and mrs r reed were in to- f service at the mcdonald re- j ronto recently attending the wed- sidmce m october 25 and she was ding of mrs reeds sister miss iimriid in limehouse cemetery phyhs herensberger lallbirers wen- george hender- the community extends deepest george burt john devereaux sympathy to mrs r dredge whose vray bescy calvin miller and har- mother mrs crawshaw passed ljjj cleave away very suddenly on sunday oc- f t ir j j newfoundland has 2 41 persons mr and mrs j j kennedy and k masses pearl and marie kennedy p m t milton were sunday guests at the i p per mile the national av- home f their daughter and son-in- ls cai than fourpersms law mr and mrs edgar howden i and family to celebrate w3yne- people buy the free pres to read limehouse iness wedding birthday best wishes wayne and read the free press to buy shortage of school teackers topic of first fprum meetings the first broadcast of national farm radio forum for the 195556 i season was heard on monday even ing october 31 the topic under discussion was the shortage of school teachers and what might be i done by different groups to relieve this condition some of the halton group re porting suggested that parents should encourage arid try to in fluence members of the family to be school teachers the majbrity provide attractive working and living surroundings practically all groups suggested financial aid in the form of schol arships to suitable students might be offered by local organizations grid the provincial government the federal government mignt standardize education for all pro vinces movies meet test vancouver cpj j j fitzgib- of the forums mentioned ay s and i bo canadian president offamoua means of making life more pleasip jit s j 1 view here there s no doubt that television has hit the movie indus try but we are meeting the chal- all groups felt close co-operatio- jenge between parents school boards ant for teachers thus encouraging them to continue teaching manicipal badiesand the jtoacheri i would be a great help parents should teach discipline and respect at home the school board should i nova scotu thetitatfiyeirqvince i a mineral production are ontario al berta quebec british columbia and visitors tn tevs mr and mrs clifford mcdonald were guests nt the lewismean wedding in the church of the atonement new toronto on satur day we are sorry that mrs joseph anthony is in hospital in toronto but hope for her speedy recovery following an operation for a mas toid condition on saturday ml s klpiltrlck has been in bed under the doctors care for the past week his son james ot silver- creek is in guelph general hos- italtwf hoprfor thespccdyrre covery of both visitors mrs it b storey of toronto with mr ami mrs mills beth mcknery ballinafad with kay norton janet robertson bannockbiirn with dorothy kirkpatrick mr and mrs arthur lane of to- ronto with his mother mr and mrs wilfred greenlees carnpbellville with the a w ben ton s film of trip around world shown teachers sixtyfive member o t halton county branch of the ontario pub lic school men teachers federat ion held a dinner meeting at the estaminet ln burlington on wed nesday november t after dinner j braidwood oak- ville showed a one and a half hour colored film of his sailing trip arou h nrm nh rr ed the story of his 1 month jour- ney with 30 other crew members on the brigantlne yankee out of gloucester mass they travelled 41000 miles and crossed three oc eans stopped at many seldom- visited islands stopped at 130 ports most of them outoftheway off the regular tourist route president a a balfqur oakville was in charge of the meeting and during the business r hppkinf bronte and m mayes burlington were appointed delegates to the provincial assembly to be held in toronto during the chrixmas vac- ation macheson s steven burlington and a a balfour were chosen a representatives to diit- rict 12 council l- v- s fe g

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