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v jfrtt 5s eightyfirst year no 23 acton ontario thursday december 15th 1955 ten pages six cents town area take on festive spirit for christmas mill street abustle these days with christmastime activity is a well decorated avenue for the fes tive season ibis week a giant christmas tree utters at the post office corner to cap the yuleude travelings ifce tree a 35tooter was hauled tn friday from use bush of man- sell nellis who donated the big evergreen to the chamber of com merce chamber members brought the tree in and civic employees anchored it and strung on the lights and was of the christmas tree downtown actons store fronts are piled and hung with eye-catcn- uig decorations seasonal reds greens and wvritcs setting off dis played gift ideas for the christmas shoppers residential streets have their co lor too as many homes this week are aglow at night with lighted trees inside some have added dec orations to ifront porches and law ns in this district a threeinch snow call has stayed around along with decemberlike temperatures to lend added christmas card atmosphere four hamilton men were sched- and speaking of christmas cards uied appear ln magistrates out the local post office is working it i m n wednesday on charges of turkeys cash prizes carted away at ys mens annual bingo it was mrs j creaseys lucky night on friday when she not only took home bingo prizes hut a turkey won in a draw as well she was one of the capacity crowd attending the ys mens bingo in the town hall under the leadership of harry arbic all the members of the club assisted in the annual project charles kirkness was master of ceremonies while others took turns calling out the numbers there were special games for turkeys and share the wealth cards claude cook was in charge of the turkey draw for which tickets had been sold in advance two children in the hall drew the lucky tickets the winners were mrs mary nan- koneczny mrs j creasey mrs j youngblut and ken knox of acton p gkrotz kitchen j kuiken r r 2 rockwood h boyde rr 2 rockwood lando zunatta milton o eidsdale gait and r tims of guelph elect wm wilson deputy reeve four charged in town breakin a quickening tempo as the biggest annual mailing rush moves m with the week before christmas elsewhere in town younger children and older children too are excited and busy over annual christmas parties and concerts and the busiest manabouttown w ill be santa claus less weighty skaters report a tryout on the pond but ice there is not thick enough to be consider ed safe flooding at the arena is underway and if the weather turns colder over he weekend it is ex pected goojd skatirvg ice will be had before the holidays all in all acton has taken an the festive spirit of the season x of past is a bestseller haltons pages of the past a colorful collection of factual stones about this count s youthful days is becoming a bestseller judging by orders and sales since the book was first announced two weeks ago published toy the dills printing and publishing co ltd haltons pages of the past is- w ritten b gwen clarke and mas first read as a scries of features in the acton free press and canadian champion now handsomely bound the pro fusely illustrated collection is av ailable at 5 00 per copy at the ac ton and milton offices of these tw o newspapers since the book has been printed in a limited edition orders ar still being filled but the publishers cannot guarantee how long the supply ill last as a christmas gift halton s pages of the pt bids a place of esteem and pride in any home where it maj be sent as this coun ty grows to become more metropol itan such a record of haltons rur al pioneer das uul hold an inval uable meaning to its owner halton mutual aid fire system reviewed at meeting in acton breaking entering and theft in con nection with last weeks burglary of a local order office acton police taid that john baird win brown nick cote and santo macaluso all of hamilton hare been charged from here fol lowing their arrest by hamilton police after a warrant was sent oat from the local opp office one of the four is reported want ed t hamilton police in connection wall a safecracking in that city the arrests culminated in police work between acton milton and i hamilton after occupants of a car carrying a safe lifted last wednc day morning from the simpsons- j bear order office here sped south witxi aton and milton police in pursuit the car with the unopened safe was ditched south of miton ind the occupants fled into neiroj bush area the arrests were made oxer the weekend folow ing investigation of strong leads acton fire department were hosts at the regular monthly meet ing of the halton county mutual aid fire services association held in acton town hall on sunday afternoon december 11 represent ation was from fire departments at acton bronte burlington georgetown milton nelson town ship oakville and trafalgar no 2 chief wright from trafalgar presid ed guests present were mayor tyler and deputyreeve footitt of acton and w sullivan repres entative of the fire marshalls office of ontario a welcome to acton was stress ed by mayor tyler he also en quired about the operation of the mutual aid eystem in relation to the municipality and adjoining town ships in the event of a large fire etc deputyreeve footitt spoke briefly of welcome to acton and of mutual aid mr osullivan stressed appreciat ion for the fine attendance and interest of the students represent ing halton county fire depart ments at the firemens instructors school being held weekly at milton the syttem of mutual aid was reviewed and discussed mutual aid of the fire services was first formed in halton county by the chiefs of the departments within the county and later accepted as a step ahead in the fire service it has since its formation been ac cepted by the fire marshalls of fice of ontario and others in can ada and the united states over 30 ontario counties have been or ganized to date under this proced ure some have further advanced through the use of radio in the event of a large fire in acton which could involve a manu facturing plant a commercial bus iness block or a number of resid ential properties the first call for aid would despatch fire equipment and six fire fighters from george town a second call would receive the same response from milton and on a third call a maximum of eight fire trucks would be at the scene of the fire yet no municip ality would toe left unprotected it is hoped that bus is not required however the organization ot equipment knowledge and man power is available no injuries in two headon collisions two collisions m this area rec ently caused upwards of 600 dam age no injuries were suffered in either of the two headon crashes last friday cars collided on a hill west of acton on tno 7 causing ov er 600 total damage drivers of the cars were betty dennis of acton and fred koaody of toronto a headon collision at a curve on the acton sideroad sunday caused a total of 200 damage drivers of the vehicles involved were jack varcoe and mack smith only 26 per cent of voters ballot in second election within a week santa claus visits nursery school in y there was both awe and excite ment in the faces of the tiny bos and girls who attend the nursery school in the y when santa claus made an appearance at their chnst- mas party yesterday mothers were present for the event when the i youngsters displayed some of the another step in fire service eff ic- things they have been learning in lency was completed two yeart ago the school the y ladies auxiliary when fire hoc and appliance operates the nursery class three threads became standardized now mornings a weck with a good at- mstructors training schools are op- tendance erating to create standardization of gifts and candies were fire f ighting methods all the children given to e2sksksss13e- jbssi hfttaomtwwr v 1 william wilson will serve his firt term on acton council os deputy- reeve local voters decided monday- in the towns second elect ion within a week elected by a majority of 65 ballots he defeated ray thompson a former deputy- reeve who was t only other name on mondays small single ballot candidates wilson and thompson were the only two to qualify from five names put forth at the years second nomination night a thort affair december 2 the others were c f leatherkand estlier taylor and lome wieck only 44s voters 26 per cent of a total of 1717 entitled to cast bal lots went to this years second poll of bhe 449 257 marked their ballots in favor of mr wilson while j92 voted for mr thomson the deputy reeve v elect led the voting in every ward wards to sponsor showing of film boxing day the launching of the new alp the empress of scotland by the queen was shown in an entertain ing film shown at tuesdays rotary club meeting during the business session it was decided to sponsor a showing of the film hansel and gretel the day following christmas with all child ren tinder 14 to be admitted free of charge near 200 people at coupon draw between 150 and total crowded around the 1 108 85 2 50 39 3 52 40 4 47 28 200 post people office wilson thompson mondavs voting completes council slate for 1956 the 257 192 the new reeve j hargrave deputyreeve wm wilson council c lindsay e footitt s ibrunelle g barbcau w cook r n brown consultative committee for all hs areas in county passed by cou ncil surprise ceremony for student nurses a surprise for both the girl- concerned and their parents w is the cappini ceranon held at st joseph s hospital last week muihn i many marks and rochelle henderson i f dscussions over the matter by a vote of 11 to 5 county council in regular session tuesday gave approval to the establishment of a consultative cominittee to re view the educational affairs in the whole county tht committee maj make recommendations that are felt necessary and a report from it is fjapected eirlv next vei tae three members to be appointed ay council will oe thost letommcndd by the three hifih school area boards in the cointv i the resoluhon to establish the j consultative committee was sp n- sorcd by reeve- c a martin mil ton and stanley alien of george town it was the second time in a months numbers he d ion 4 with reeve bird in the chair council unanimously endorsed a resolution extending thanks and ap- pieciation to warden r h shannon fr the courteous manner in which he conducted the affairs of the county reeve robert marshall also evpressed councils appreciation to j those members who v ill not be txck next vear grant fay raises after considerable discussion council agreed w ith a request made by sneruf w j robertson that three jail employees be granted i s100 increase in salar he explain ed these men had reached the max imum et down bv the department of reform institutions but the de- acton were among the group of 31 student nurses who received their caps although thev had not ex pected them until the new year the ceremony w as fellow ed by a dinnet and a reception for parents in the evening speaking at the cercmonv in the chskpel was dr j cvreillv a ciick- tn dinner with strawberry short cake was served tj the n arses and their parents and other relatives msitid in the evening tri girls hid formed a glee club and sv hen thev entered to sins their parents realized for the first lime they had their caps dancing and refreshments followed ivirents of both manlvn mirks and rocoellc henderson were am ong thwsc attending al some members felt it w as a mat- er tial should be discussed at the beginning of the year instead of the end of it however the automatic increases are set b order-in- ccurcil on th first of january each j ear votenatural3as for georgetown i parents receive voters in georgetown monday if i i t a gave affirmative majorities to iwolvjitts rtoiti i of s stviskm v a recevedg ut j ltvcmtstelattltrrten vbieeum lo lle newt tor- natural demonstration on wednesday iter- noon the mothers were guests at the hourlong event when the ihildren duplaved some of the things they have been learning in tor- no company in the- las to the nisxr gns in the community name was involved question with jack armstrong acclaimed ma the el insta s alt avschool len as reeve he was opposed bv the teachers are mrs deputyreeve a norton d sargent and miss laughlin received more votes than h cleave to wm the deputjreeveship two ne men were elected to council lefov dale and alfred ecs also reelected were g me- ray vvhoietl che pells ii in le harrv hale and walter grav councillor t lyons was defeat ed fred harris s r d and rav whtmee were also dccited m- whitmee had adv ertised prior ts ie election that ls fiends ttvouid refrari frsvnv voting fo- hn since he had decided not to run since quaiifvi- he eceived eight vte no match needed for ocouters fire scout atxl cub leaders from ac ton milton hiusburgh n erin and georgetown attended the regular seouters meetng wednesdav of last week hed in st jonn s church j gorgctown r n robertssn of henjiltan hoadojuarters showed in teresting coored slide of the world jamboree at niagara-on-the- lake last summer thve attending from acton brought fogs and other equipment to demonstrate fire by friction dej te apprehension from those hingi flsm soon appeared without the aid ofl any of the of- feredlighters or- matches hulsburgh led the group in gaanes and refreshments concluded the evening mrs k alger earlier communications fron oxikv illetrafalgaf and nelson- burlingtn high school birds vlere i read burlington board approved anj program which might improve i the nigh school astern while ie l oakville trafalgar board did not feel it was necessarv thev also wished to know me reasons vv iv such a committee shnid be est h- i lished i to assist ii s board- deputv reeve savin oikv illc felt the countv should go al ng i i with the oakville reqaest wme reeve wilfred bird esquesing ask ed why it should be shoved thrmrn at this tune of year he wished to leave the matter iver f tne now council to deal with reeve allen emphasised the es tablishment of this fact finding immiltee w as nut a reflection on of the boards i ow operating these hgn schoo bmids are doing a good job axl t ts to issit t iem we feel the program ciuld be in- proved he said son complained of bissts pukmg om their cars on mill st up pupls frm thi northern station on friday night one of t e tu of neson and transporting them to kev viv inners in the ys me- tu burhngton when a scnool is o kej bingo left her prize fowl in art cloc in milton in mav cases t lev unlocked parked car off mam s ao not arrive back home until jfier whi operating with their local planning boards official is officious while reeve martin and deputv reeve d bath felt a committee should be set up to consider an of ficial pln reeve adkin favored j ehminatu n of the word official zt pp uhich appears to be offckhis and ncrease with che countv s approv- away authontv trxm me m divumal municipalitj he did not ob saturday afternkn fjr the first treasure chest draw in connection with acton merchants appreciation day a jcarlong promotion for lo- council taking office next month oal aiioppers which could win will be as follows mayor e tyler lucky coupon holders hundreds of dollars the first winner who must be present m order to receive the coupons cash value was w xv sr iar s i i braams main st who with a 10 per cent coujioii won 7 thte lucky coupon holder also got an addition al s upon ben able to identify the imerchant of the week the hol land shop first name pulled from the cou pon drum vva- that of mrs marian storey rr 4 acton who was not present- mr storev w ill receive a 1 shopping voucher coupons collected every week before uk- draw at 3 p m saturday are put back into the drum ir tne shopper callsd does not arvswer this allows evr holder a chance to w in the treasure chest increasing n value every v iek is worth 128 tins salurda thus a shoppers coupon of 51 pc rent value could nt over 60 for some luck win- bronte 621 47 burlington 5814 35 it georgetown 26515 hilton 51 68049 oakville 6973 86 frrc fvkn warden shannon renewed his re- j txctlsnged quest that planning be done on a countj basis there are rows upon rows of shoe box houses going up in file countv and i think the tune has come to plan in a more sens ible manner he said adding that he felt some councils were not co- ject to planning om a county basis similar to the manner which the assessing department is successful- 1 operating however council agreed that a committee be established early next t i i v tar to review planning and hos- i p on un level members raised each year to assust with the capital expenditure for hospitals it would be a more satisfactory wij to have new hospitals constructed in the countj the usual grant of 500 w ill go to both the north halton high scnool at milton and oakville trafalgar school for tneir teaching agricult ural courses it is not contrary to the act from lh countv were approved each town receiv ing the following acton 1346 97 warn shoppers lok their cars by iode members annual business a special pro- kram and a delicious lunch made a full veniitc for members of the lakcsidi chapter iode when thev met in the legion hall on tutsda evening with mrs s norton the regent pusidinit the business included the passing f annual grants a former number miss clara grindlej showed slides of her re- ct nt trip to mexico gifts were ex- i handed and refreshments conclud ed the meeting acton police warned chrstmas tune hoppers this week to lo k their ias whei parked in the downtown area especially if the cars contain parces left while the occioints shep from store to store saturdaj night two persons re- six o clock in the evening favoring the motion he sa d hen the drrvcr and passenger re- tirned to th already gone car the tukev had ros segsworth freeman was appointed to the burlingtonnels m hirh school board for 1956 james e marshall to the oakvule-trafal- gar high school for 1956 and to the ftedpar aiio 1956 were g a dills acton ana c anderson esquesing review jtoad bequests accounts totalling 40 154 20 were approved and ord paid the road committee will review two requests one from nelson umnsjup which is seeking to have the intersection of new st and the guelph lone made a fourway stop street and also have a warning light installed tsle committee will also consider the advisabihtv f having warning lights instaled at the cpr crossng on the seventh l ne at hornbv it is expected a report will be tabled earlv in he new vear as there are now couit council reprevtilves on the- heafth i board council decided the four rremtoers w ill be appointed each v tar one coanjv vesidv nt w iti be appinted for atxbjear trfm o e for a oneyear term ad two coun- i tj council members tn- v i was felt this would not ntefei i w ith the continuitv i f m mber ov er the v ears i it a is reported the present mem bers had iuea sttig on tht irls it mption six or i ear ago town officials wives attend social evening cher 60 attended the annual municipal social night at hilltop lodge in erin last frida wening this var council members pub lie utilities commission planning board and enplovees the press aid thtir wives were represented at tins enjovable social evening mavor tyler aptl remarked that inllv it ught to be termed lad ies night- to bear out his inter pretation he presented each lad pre tut with a lov i ly bouquet of ehosnthemuns a delightful turkey dinner was enjoved and there wtt brit f ui- fonnal j5markiji sevtral o trc group the appreciation of the ladits as expressed bv mrs w acton wi holds christmas meet acton women s institute held tneir december meeting at the home of mrs fred anderson brock ave the president mrs george frvcr welcomed the visitors and misrobers a short business period included the motion to donate to the christmas seal fund appointing mr gtorge frvcr as the repres entative to the parks commission fid the usual plans to remember the folk at halton manor and other actoiuans in hospital for long per iods with gifts the annual party at halton manor is to be arranged fur bv tht secretary and prcsident mrs s homes as program con vener arranged a delightful christ mas program w ith mrs george hargrave reading a christmas story mrs holmes conducted a game the night before christmas mrs w ballentine gave a reading whit makes christmas and mrs s holmts gave the origin of the carol silent night w ith mrs e mcknight adding the musical accompaniment j o oakes following the dinner wis enjojed w lih musit bv mrs ottourkc george foun tain and john bek a delightful ocnl eemng was enjtivti b the grup burlington juves juniors opposition actons junior d hockev team is to plav its first game t silnal afternoon in milton opposition w- to be a juvenlt tsm from hur- nton the ti m h not sit rent its schedue frvm ue o h a v a rs igffttyiwm wai- iss a special feature was the inter- esung talk b mrs ken knox on christmas customs and festivities dating back many years mrs e s i ivied mcknight let in carol singing mrs e smith- a valued member who was removing to long branch gave a reading following this she uas presented with a membership pin by mrs f anderson and a per sonal gift by mrs mcaulay from ire rrembers of the w i m apprcc- mtion of her interest and service rendered during her few jears in acton in replving mr- smith re gretted severing the many friend ships rre hut mpes tt return to see them often an exchange of christmas gifts gave tre meeting n rial c touci tht committte servisd lutich and a soeul tune was enjrjtd by all urban board hears cost rate talk on natural gas by sov music study group concludes season i a turkey dinner preceded the meeting of the music stadv membtrs of th north halton lrlan bsard tht tntown group m t for the vars ronrladnr sts- sion and heard detailed txpln- tions on the possbilitics and future of natural gas jn he area the pi ttn was held in milton and at t ndfd h dt legates from milton act n and georgetown rnmpanv w ah unted suburban co as a uholh owned subsidiary his firm had estimated the re qmrements of the three munidpau- tn s out tht next fivt years and ac cording to present agrctirunts they would have to srve the three towns bv july 1 1956 they would propose an e chtinrh lme from the last gnup foe thsyear the gro met mcnday at tre home of mrs j janx a schedule of proposed rates presnt transmission line to multon smlar to those in force in oakv die and then a sixinch line to george- bronte and trafalgar was submit- tmn and acton at an estimated ted by mr dutton representing the cost of 500 000 installation of aer- lnited suburban gas co who not- vice lines it was estimated would ed they werelowerthan t b f tw ab m each municl njgtgjmcbagwjialle w sejgn tqrjrnjfiaatqliad jfcslweejvflsaj9rcedrrrislajclurejnglervi rgcjrds car s ard games ing used in toronto or br pht3r williams bonned to the groond scores of cars and hundreds of spectators vvere ahracted by the were l program mf dutton reviewed the history salary rtwy glow tn the night sky the above staff picture was taken rninutes after the upper super structure crumbled into the centre of the fire firemen saved nearby ljuildtngs and a herd of cattle of the town engineer wnich concluded with an exchange of the- fuel co and the different frank pallesen was increased to of gifts and presentations to mrs companies under the united fuel 5400 and the board adjourned to f blow and mxs e bilton investment co which is a holding meet january 17 1856 1 i