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t- eightyfirst yeafno tv acton qntarict thursday december 1st 1955 sixteen pages six gents foresee 10 minor sports hockey teams competing this winter judging from the quantity of entries there may be 10 teams in minor sports town hockey league j thus winter this was the conclu- sion reached by members of the executive and others interested in minor sports activities at a meeting held after the dinner for the base ball teams tuesday evening in the legion hall there were just six teams last year with fewer boys on each teanw all will have an opportunity to play a greater part rxf each game this year boys who like to play may still be put on one of the teams by contacing george hollinger or herb woods as soon as possible the minor sports league has al ready entered a midget and a txm- tatn team in oh a play the dead- f line for entries was last saturday the midgets are under 16 and the bantams under 14 the schedule has not yet been announced vic masters reported on the om ha convention in toronto on saturday which he and ab irwin attended representing acton the present executive was all re turned to office herb woods is again president george hollinger secretary with ernie marks and mike bennett on the committee after discussion the executive was empowered to get prices and if possible to secure sweaters or all the boys on the hockey teams rate goes up the free press lost a battle this week for months now the pub lishers have been fighting- in creasing production and news print costs to keep the subscrip tion price at ssm per year this week it is neces to an nounce that beginning january 1 1956 the subscription rate will will be increased to 3 in canada and 4 in the ua single cap will be increased to seven cents most of the newspapers in the district made the increase nam time ago but the free press stav ed it off with quantity buying and other economies all subscriptions renewed after january 1 no matter what the due date is will be at s1m per year tyler mayor on hargrove bd john goy again president of chamber of commerce bss3scrxaiaassssik3hnsi introduce new topic for alert auxiliary i john goy was reelected presi- dent of the chamber of commerce i last night wednesday at the year- end meeting of the yearold organ- i ization also returned to office were vicepresidents c bradley and f fterry and secretarytreasurer rrfl bean i nominations prepared by a com mittee composed of m nellis e braida and g a dills submitted i the full slate of 1955 councillors for return to office under the chair manship of e barr further nomina tions were taken from the floor local literature at the international trade fair j industrial promotion he said is a longrange proposition if results do not show upihimediatey it s no cause to cease efforts he des- cribed some of the- contacts and type of interviews experienced at the trade fair where the speaker was the north halton urban boards permanent representative he emphasized the importance of keoping the towns name in the foe and in circulation mrs fred anderson opened her home to the members of the knox alert evening auxiliary for their st meeting i as convener lf the program mrs j jivtjue presided and led the worship service mrs clifton the convener of the new f study book the beach for life in- c oiiit ot reviqion t topic and taking part v vl ixwioivji i wl here were mrs j ingles lin india miss emma cole on africa mrs w watkins on illiteracy and mrs j krapec on indochina j mrs krapec also save a poem there isnt much that i can i the president mrs ingles wok business period remaining on chamber council to complete two year terms are cv challenge trophy comes to halton john w wilson k k 2 rock- wood brought honors u the town ship of nassasaweya from the an- nual royal winter fair this year by winning the brelhoiir challenge trophy for the bet hog carcass it is the lirst time this trophy ikls has 14 appeals in session here court lf revision held last week heard 14 appeals in all including cnarre or she one collective appeal oh the assess- highlights eft the recent conference meat of 14 building lots the court in guelph were given by mrs h registered decisions for seven re- l denny and mrs r h arm- durtioos six confirmations and one strong and mrs anderson the increase john dowding george lee fred new and douglas daintith were awarded reductions of 350 each for the first three appellants and 100 for mr dumtith after it wis established wrong measurements figure their as- had been used sessments the post office assessment was reduced from 4000 to 2650 charles waterhouse claimed an im proper assessment of 2500 on his unfinished house the court reduced this to 2175 wm roberts claimed consideration on an assessment of 2925 for flooding conditions in his basement the court subsequently reduced the figure to 3525 the court decreed an additional 25 assessment to the property of elgin lidkea for a total assessment of 2150 an added fourfoot fruntage was cited in this increase the court confirmed or ordered no chang in the assess nuts sub- muted for appeal by bernard mil ler 4060 james mccwan s3- 5o0i hugh lowe 3900 mabel cook 3150 and wilfred barr 1 3550 christmas party and the deoerrbr meeting will be held together ear lier than usual othe election of officers followed with mrs armstrong fvresidirg don emmerson first winner of bean trophy crests and a new trophy wore presented to the boys of the legion minor sports baseball teams at a brief ceremony in the legion hall on tuesday the boys first enjoyed a supper of beans and ham cookies and ice cream prepared by the men of the executive about 60 hoys and 13 adults were present io the fun l the r f barbeau t jones g mccutcheon and j black elected to complete the 1356 council were j xevvton d timtmngs h elliott and t cooke report on sign plans roy goodwin save an extensive report on plans to erect signs at three entrances to town the signs advertising the town its service organizations and industries are beins spearheaded by the chamber j come ro halton county with the support of the lesion ro- this trophy formerly eontribut- tary club and ys mens club j ed by messrs j sainsbury ltd of considerable discussion was held j england was won in a competition on the type of sign costs involved j for wiltshire sides of bacon hogs and method of meeting erection by joseph brethour for three suc- and maintenance expenses j cessive years becoming his prop- following the reading of the min- j erty at that time mr brethour iites by the secretarytreasurer offered this trophy as a challenge 1 resident gov reported m coxe trophy to be competed for annual- named as chamber representative h- at the roval agricultural winter to the recentlyformed parks com mission the president also reported progress toward proivirit ion of new store hours by law and stive an outline of the appreciation day promotion with kxalbusinessmen nomination again friday to fill deputy reeves chair for 1956 see page nine for nomination report mayor f tiler will again load acton council next year with reeve j hargravc in the same office following two acclamations last week etui with ihe exceptions of lornewteek and john newton all 1955 councillors are contesting for return to office with five new candi- tates two new names are vying for lvo i ik smis oikii with com- iussioiicis r k vol doll and k llufiuigel also contesting for public school trusteeships foul men three of them current members lire seek- ms election this friday evening a second rush beginning at post office acton post office is beginning to fool that fumliar christmas riisii already the mailing dates for pai- ulv c wirn i i i eels to europe atid parcels to en- mayor e tyikr s acclaimed to laui h vvlul llliu f preside over actcri council in 1956 following last fridays nomination meeting in the hall on t fair for wiltshire sides of bacon hogs he has been in pure breds since i 1sh9 and he has raised is many is 75 this sumnhr he hi won awards at lcal fairs as well his form is i praises promotion efforts w cxhk spoke briefly in siipoori of the a v roe recreation club shoppers scheme the scheme re portedly functioning in other cent res provides for merchant dis counts to members of this associa tion as an inducement to shopping locally i at the close of the meeting mr barr praised the chamber for us efforts this year in promoting the town he paid particular tribute to the chambers special edition print ed w ith the free press in may and told of the value it had with other 1 the fifth line of nassigawe south of the speyside side road injsl v va also- uphold were the assessments on 4 building lots and one resi dence and lot included n an appeal on p ropery held by e braida members of the court were ther- on jones john blair r d fleming v alex near and g o brown com- cr missioner is j mcgeachie bean trophy for sportsmanship was pre sented b mr bean himself first winner of the beautiful wiod and silver award is don emmerson on a wood base the trophy has three figures in silver an inscribed silver pout rid crest- for the winners names the winners also receive individual trophies sn opping guide the viforfiitey page seven t tiis paper was already printed when word was received at the o- fivv that the placing of a tvcai marker on the first survey line in ttte district has been pvvfooted to date it will be hi is hot know- inning team the muckers sented with chamvionship crests bv gord mccutcheon lesion secretary similar crests in white and blue were ptvsented to all the boys who took part in the four team league do us davidson showed two dims one of these lasting about 40 min utes showed highlights of last years n h l playoff games be tween cina1es and detroit this- issue of the free press comes out only 24 days before christmas and with only shop ping days remaining before that magical time the night be fore christmas- and with yuletimr so near downtown acton is gradually tak ing on a holiday atmosphere as the stores land shops deck n their christmas best and bring out toys goodies and gifts for christmas trade this issue of the free press then is a christmas gift guide youll find by reading the ad vertisement of these local and district businessmen that there is as much and more advantage in selection saving and satisfac tion when you gift shop right around home pages of past as book on sale here next week early next week halton s pages of the past he sparkltivg ln-lor-i- cal series on this county which in the past year appeared in install ments in this newspaper will go on salt ihiblislied in book form by the dills printing and lhiblishing co ltd trie sltios is authored by gwen clarke wellkivown historian j and columnist of this district mrs j clarkes book nearly 200 pages in length and crammed with facts anecdotes sketches and incidents i from the countys pioneer settle- i ments and characters is illustrated thrtiiishoiit many of the pictures are ropnvdiiitioiis of valuable old line drawings or family photo- graphs i copies of this handsomely print ed book fcviind in a dtp blue harxi j cloth cover and goldstamped may be obtained from this office price is 5 per copy mail orders with remittance will be promptly an- swered postage paid from here i the free press urges those wish- out from here last date for mail ing to europe was november 2t hilji the last parcels for england scotland and ireland were to in- in the mail tuesday here are other official deadline dales mail to the united states before december st newf oundlnnd tkcemtber 11 hritih coluhuua do- eember 11 alberta deeraiber 12 saskatchewan and manitoba bee ember 13 the maritimes decemlhi 14 ontario and quebec december 15 cards and tarcels for ptiple right bore m town should be posted by december 17 to absolutely insure their delivery before christina- if ixisted later bhe kst office can only do its best the department warns nomination will lv tuui to receive candidal s for the council post of ivpuly lbeve three citizens c lindsay g itarbcau anil t jones were pivised foj- this office last friday but all withdrew when voters go to the polls next moiuluy not only will 18 naiiiei re quire tiiiiicliise marks biit two questions will also le asked of elec tor entitled to vote on money by laws the iiiestins will if both get affirmative majorities empower council to make a yearly hlllfmlll grunt to ihe citirens hand and con tinue with promised plans to erect a new civic ilntrc oil total estimat ed cost basis of 200000 in all four names were proposed for the mayoralty k n hi own withdrew to run for council j goy and ii i itachlin falud to qualify by ihe saturday evenins deadline thus opening ah acclama tion for mayor tyler for keeve present deputyreeve e fihlitt withdrew his nomination to run for council while g beatty did not iiialifv the office goes to reeve llaigiave the only other nominee canduliitis foi the six councillors the sale of twocent stamps s seats are e fmtitt c lindsay a already indicating its annual yule irwin it ljmctonl s ilruuelle h upswing at the pst office there is n hrown g haihcnii r gtmmtwin nbusy month ahead for acton vo t a ives w cook the first five luimtd ii presently members of council r taylor and j irvine will op- pose ciuniiiissioiieis kverdell and hufnagel for two public utilities scuts i etheridge opposes trust- ees w wolfe t watson and m smith for three public school board seats mayor tvl and crammed with facts afflco st complete plans for appreciation day ahreeiation day a weekly trea sure chest draw with the backing of most downtown businessmen and under the sponsorship of- the chamber of commerce tarts here next saturday dcvombcr 10 elsjwhbre in this isue is an ar- nouneement about uie yearlong scheme complete details are coii- ing a c to o without delav tainisl in this not ice a verylinutd quantity has been printed orders received early will be mailed out before christmas pipes scotch humor on st andrews eve on the eve of st andrews day i dr rbert ruckner address- the i reeve a service was acclaim- r l scottish hum- i u m or e regular meriting was hd i yd to ottice by nassaqaweva tnjtidi uj u xtiesaa dr buckner was in trod atepayers at the monday nomi- j u by fred wright and thanked i nation meeting this is his by bill mattocks the weekly sing seventh year on council song had a scottish flavor this week i and phil caddick wearing his kilts 1 j played the pipes col gerald wright of the csrfto j reformatory was a guest tms mercihants pa rl u- qi mg met to agree on final details for the draws which will he hell every saturday afternoon under the treasure chest setup acton shoppers will have a chance to win cash award- based on per- outage values of coupons issued when purchases are made in hie stores of ivirticipating merehants to win a lucky coupon holder must be present when the draw is made couons are not destroyed but rvonain for each sucesiv draw thus increasing in value each week as the treasure chest grows a dividend award will lie made in esquesing criticize county roads acclaim council except for shifts n three posit ion esquesing counci was re turned irtic after a et -rrn- rton rtxetitgmnday h ma r chrsc rrkvls walter lirhim to the reeves chair fo- 5r whe icur- b rvc wifrco ed assirli c oonvil or ea grge currio vteri town- officeholder ant a rc r t- e ei m i n rs s d i utyrwve fe c ive s clsir ari sjrler ws r v or- claimeii to retan ss or- c enc ecivi n horr a nteribr o fe ujwnvip u- r fuvri ws noninateri so couiwl bt wttrive cily orei norrwiec o ths sla- mr brd h- withdrew us nam i as a reeve canddjte to tax ttoe cotiticii positivn r j cunningham vernor jicolv- td clarence onieswere accaimid to the public school area board af er artriur ruddell the only other nominee stood down seeve and andit keport cuerkc k lindsay f low ing his ankmctment xs chairman for tne ereoan revitrwed the 154 audit c port- a slight deficit for the year s doputyreevo work done o vrirtirg oywuatu was reeve bird repxvtevl rrwuntv on i twistswss at county council through r tear he touched extensively i on work done on the tihanctal jraaitt and agriculture nd reforej tation cornnuttees of which he was a m he noted particularly tike rood policy adopted of layug pennanent hardtop in scattered county road sections to cut down on onaintenance of the cheaper vel or skiniop road ctnerincs 1inftam roviewtm on the issesisne i education nd siyeeii cniniimeatirs convntes r cluttty cxtxil he stve i uie de feat of the consultative ovivnut ee motion- and- mentioned that the county hopes to conpete 1 ro risry ff by 5 policy for subdivldrr- ts sjvkrr also stresei th om sij plarjiiri bvii to rvsjire h no more tan mce tercels if 1 si be svi ff ilon lorure prochct n ove he teecatoi v- thefc ay eive 1 stiivi v- ider s vnpeei tv pay t muncirnity 3v for every o ie- velhed thi nvvtey s sot i- for school purjxss before taking his reeve lirthom told ratepayers garhered hii at stewarttovlr oieratins of thc borvi itourxilor gefge carrie sai1 te esvuesng deficit of about ci could be viewed is the cost of re- placirg township bridge destroyed last year by hurricane haiel how seat deputy the nearly 50 in the l rsr- j- the vear ever he awiared the t plvf- itionu the rrtuncipality is sound he brief y reviewed uvanshiji road costs and ernphasued the purcriase i of a truck will- soon pay for itself in rentals saved ceantjr baad sltaatlwi -wane- as tor county roads in the tori- j ship councillor cume declatedj the tiluauon is now worse than j it used to be h added it wis be- cocninx more difficult to get iau- factory attention here councillor c sinclair referred to reads ard bridge work sidewalk renewals in xorvil plans for ai- cioita sardir eqtupmer rid the fmali lton of te acton fro ar ea speaking of the credit vallev ljonscrvatioit corrmsior he said it haj not bew a cro sucvss s far councillor s wilson spoke rruvy anut il taxes and s-e- urns he sii o 1 il oi t provded dump area a liiiehousc w is proving satisfactory t uigai citiens to help in vhe aptrehei s- ion of roadsite iirriii5 school nr3chaiman r j c ninghom kawejccrrprehcnsve re- rnt aptir quoting figures o- -i- eratioii cots he replied t a question that it was d iff cuit to get gvvxl teavhers fvr nongrac 1 schols iri the area new school procress the chairman told of the build ing progress as the new milton heights schv follow irg the recent fire he also answered questions on the clay hill school which v- non- et disuse and po r condlsor before the meettrm iiihimed reeve blfd alu iew qtlf tions on various township matters these mclydedacouncils acceptance of a propcfsitain ropivrchase 12 a res for park useiri the south end coflperation from citizen to prose cute roadside dumping offenders the form of agreement with sua- dtviders regarding the s300pevlot dedication the system of fire areaj ausm and response on these lat j two- subjects clerk lindsay also poke i mayor tyler was also pro for p u hut withdrew as mayor he automatically retains a sent on 1 the conuiiissiiiii others nlsd for council who withdrew or did not qualify were h marshall g hollinger r thompson h ilallentine wue w little claims assault robbery tues oil tuesday evening the county detachment of the provincial pol- ice at milton riceived a complaint trom willuim drtm of acton who stit d that he had been assaulted and robbed of 6 00 by two youths i the two youths who were td- j tn lifted by dron were arrested in aeton cnargid with robbery jtro kenneth ellis and fred curric to the person naming the imrchaiit both of acton curric is also of the week who will display a charged with drinking while un- card each week der the age of 21 y- jasii s js in nassagqweya acclaim council criticize county roads xassngarweya council returns heating system that had been in- n that in the niuir future nuincil unchanged to office ne year as cl stalled he told of his work at would tike tunj- to amend and im- cctors aloiwed acclamations in all county council and his personal en- prove the preent building bylaw offices at their nomination rivettins joymorrt in the trip to banff alta so tlvit orderly building in the in brookville hall muday reeve as a member of the gkd rmds a county would be carried out archie service completes his se- or he furnished- in some de- school trusties stir r junson enth year as a township official anci tail the financing cf the cmnty ird bert walton and horace blyth told in 1956 wll preidcd uvr c inc 1 dwelt specifically with matters of nf the growth and imjuoverikit in ontposed of j chisholm j s county rkid wrf townejnrrsicfaols and utlineff var- nornsri j a mjlne and c service township road work ihis construction and renovations school xird trustees fr the re v charles tlnirrpsn d a eitw th the school board reporta verll ifcing stir rubin road work and maintenance u o- chairman rnnklow ofi tin board bert waldcn and horace blvth iart of the township and jarros dealt with the finarciil matters- only courcil nvnnee t sail milne told of the work on roads r total oxpomrituro for the ysir was dovvr ui a frank pnriink the west section and a bridge which s4s583 nnd mr unnklow gave d the icclanvaton reeve service was hwd been oompleted at a evt of uuls of grants levies and diilurse mi onunitd to couiki hut re- 286955 ments comments m the rust of ed- mci vflihss proposal m favor of the stan norrish rfcpojrcl on work ucationramc frn jjp audience nnd to reevcship where his was the only in the south corner anfa new ciil- caution was ctpresrd desirous name entered vert at a cost of 1039 44 he aisr athoich mondays nxnlrvation pointed out that the beaver dam n most critical comment of- the rate- period wai held on schedule m te the township was of no bemfit to payers for the evening came on the afternoon a motion was aorepted the tonnship he felt the benefit county road program in spite of that the ipen period of the meeting was in nelson andtrafalgar and reeve services explanations it was be adjeurned u evening this aft- these ttrwnships or the county coin- stated the county roads were in the ion was taken out of respect to ihe cil should be contributing to the worst shape of any county the late churles darby towrshep us damage which was occasioned to township raids were in much better collector whose funeral was con- the township roads by flooding condition ducted jlvnday afternoon to is growlaf it wm expressed that the program keen interest in reparta loryd chisholm reported on rond wfas too patchy and scattered there at tr adjourned meeting undt work in the east section a bad were too nun short stretches of the chainrpaiship of clerk l w curve has been corrected and the road with no rood finished the es a complete report of the an- c5illh 50 ratepayers too a keen rnbuntain road unproved at a cost of question wai asked the reeve what nual roanrv h awards nuiai in the reports of the year j 1040 86 railway crosin0 have j had happened to the reaolution stuesing reeve n 1956 w oe waiter lmham councuor this year who was accla eeve wlfred birds position inside this issue this- lcpagr edition of the free press contains a variety af features and items of interest to all readers on page foar featnre and photo on news and vies from halton s foarday deer seaaan on paye six the a rep wrlt- plctnres on paces six and foar- teen on paces ten and eleven pic ture and story an the hie vaca tion which faces ratepayers here monday aver a evie centre elsewhere a from town and district here there some tunely tips far he combur chriatasaa reev service in his openin re also oeert improved he woukj like passed v year ago regard in the marks pud tribute to the late to see a new grader purchased next i county road superintendent charle dart- he expressed ap- j ear ratepayers pomted to the fact precistion to the ratepayers in andrew frark a nominee for that the county road igrader was placing him m office again ttiis year council assured the audience he parkedrin one instance nearly and the- cooperation he had been would not be a candidate for office three hours on the side of the reed i accorded during his years of nun- anj thereby cause an election he when its work of maintenance was icipal aervice pointed out the demand for lots in badly needed reeve servic the reeve pointed with justifiable the township was growing he was promised that he would forward all pride to the improvements at the pleased that nassaaaweya had a these complaints on the county towhsbap hall and the fine new planning board he hoped howev- roads to the proper officials tr