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tl g jwv v i page four the acton free press acton ontario thursday january 12th 1900 ambitious program before council hope lower rate continued from page one that the maria st bridge public hearing may be held farter thts- moath although no official notific ation has tooen received from the municipal board imcms to act for town councillor brown wondered if council had mode any preparations to present a case lor the bridge at the hearing council had not he expressed surprise that this had not been attended to after some review of the bylaw for the bridge members passed a motion naming j d ucas as ac- tous legal representative at the public bearing this toronto lawyer successfully carried actons cose in last years annexaton hearings council received the december police report filed submitted prices on rental of excavating equipment and look up again the talk about installing guard ails for safety at iht millqueen streets curve this was finally handed over to the streets committee for study clerk mcgeachie revealed the 1956 total assessment figure is 3 suburban gas co for a franchise agreement here the fuel board has also ap- 474000 willi some supplemental still to be added to the roll he also gave a percentage breakdown of assessment distribution compared to last year 1955 in brackets resid ential 586 5126 commercial 133 1659 industrial 262 2926 farm js 1691 telephone and telegraph 11 12 proved the bylaw applica pre- sented by the halton natural gas co for a franchise agreement here january 26 the fuel board will hear in toronto another bylaw applic ation for franchise agreements in acton georgetown and milton pre sented by a third company the local anthony gas and oil explorations ltd it was announced to council that an urban board meeting will be held in georgetown january- 17 court of revision sat briefly to write off assessments on several lots totalling 7075 since these had been inadvertently entered on the roll twice a business tax writeoff of 384 was also awarded a former real estate agent here questions winter work councillor footitt urged action to stop what he and several other councillors considered unwarranted payment by the town of relief to a certain case steps are to be taken on this matter councillor brown questioned the approve another bylaw the ontario fuel board notified council that it has approved the terms arid conditions of the bylaw application presented by the united j to this location policy of c vi install- ation work at subdivisions through i the winter he suggested the extra costs involved might not be worth the time saved he also made refer- erence to the assessments on these i new houses and the hiljh taxes councillor cook asked if a school i children crossing sign could be er- ected near glenlea on no 7 high- i way it was suggested one of the i metal policeman sifins in town could be better utilized if moved acton high school news by nell benton the second square dance of tbe high school club was a bounding success last friday night there wais a good crowd in fact better than- was expected at such short notice it is hoped that a number of new records will be on hand for the third dance which is being planned for friday the 20th come out and support your newest stud ent venture it is worthwhile and good fun the boys of the school and mr drijber wish to thank mr r n brown for the use of his pond for physical training periods from what i have heard mr brown has gone to a lot of work to raise the level of the pond so that there is much more ice surface until this recent thaw most of those periods and some of the noon hours have meeting held afiel service of prayer the world week of prayer ser vice was attended by the members of the daughters of knox in a group on monday evening they held their meeting at the manse following the service in the angli- enn church the meeting opened with a hymn and scripture motto the annual treasurers report was read and ad opted mrs a buchanan introduced the speaker mrs h mainprize who had a special message on the new idea of stewardship for the pres- bytcrial this year rev armstrong installed the officers for 1056 the business meeting followed with the new president mrs h a hansen in the chair mrs main- prize requested a member to fill the position of literature secretary on the guelph presbyterial that is vacant miss nellie anderson described how the sunday school gift of money was spent in british guiana mrs w robertsons groups was in charge serving a delicious lunch legion news attends short been opejit there nlny hockeys i mwasg ksssssessssrss pass regular special accounts firsf rt956 council aaeti ng and skating this proved of great help j owing to a change in arrange- ments the annual at home will be held on january 27 instead of on january 20 the invitations which were moiled late last week are printed correctly because there has own so much water on the playing field the phys ical training classes have been held in the school with both boys and girls enjoying square dancing they are practising the new dances which the s d club has purchased recently last thursday night the student council met to make plans for the at home which we hope will be a great success at the first regular session of i council for 1956 the following regular and special services ac counts were passed for payment lafceview water accounts younge const shovel 38750 k timbers re lanterns 500 can brass co mdsc 39060 can johns manville co ltd mdse 28044 106354 lakeview sewer accounts highway garage gas etc 4108 acton motors acct 3323 gordons hdwe wrench 498 toths garage gas oil 690 grants motors oil etc 529 peoples fuel mdse 2658 r barber ltd mdse 28s0 j ridley mdse 12802 acton woodcrafts mdse 3460 m nellis re tractor shovel 138800 jb mackenzie and son 540 younge const shovel no 2 130625 younge const shovel i loader 138475 j j d oaks and son mdse 34000 shbrtills sheet metal 100 nat sewer pipe ltd pipe 32772 whithams garage gas oil 4565 symon hdwe mdse 2076 rockwoud lime co mdse 3050 regular accounts w d robertson drawing snow tpths garage acct thompson fuel serv j ridley acct rosedale serv centre assoc of assess officers of ont fees symon hdwe acct grants motors acct thompson motors acct j b mackenzie and son acton woodcrafts mdse w coles re court fees j mcdonald gravel acton free press state ments acton free press mdse wilson and cousins co re pairs coof halton acct for 1955 half payable by town cu of halton ro indigent 1955 patients half payable by town f dunn toronto trip ont prov police salaries 875 2120 145 89 875 229 1000 118 13160 7050 175 4150 800 3200 1100 8602 1100 49700 1400 101964 2286 32 on monday after school mr john black was to the school to talk to the year book staff this is our first venture of this type and we are hoping that it will be a success rel r 1595 1 hsxsskssslsjmbkrsis- the interior of the bank of nova scotia has boon repainted with the dominant color a bright terra cotta eight minor sports hockey teams entered i n active town league ease junior ice schedule the oha junior d hockey schedule fpr the league comprising acton georgetown hamilton and elmira was announced this week actons first game is here this fri day night when georgetown is their opponent the schedule with each team playing eight games is as follows january 10 hamilton at george town january 13 georgetown at ac ton january 16 hamilton t elmira january 17 acton at georgetown january 19 hamilton at acton january 23 acton at elmirfi january 24x hamilton at georgetown january 27 georgetown at ac ton january- 30 elmira at george town x hamilton al acton 6 acton at george- coms o on scholarship attending the winter short course at the ontario agricultural college in guelph last week pn a scholar ship was mrs alice wilkinson of main st north acton the winner of an award made by the kiuanis club of the kingsway she was a winner in the halton county 4h honiemnkers homemaking club last year she took the course on home management i mrs wilkinson explained that her course in home management in cluded instruction in working with electrical appliances and their proper care planning a kitchen time energy and money manage ment and work simplification the indies met for class on human relations each morning for an hour about 575 men and women be tween the ages of 16 and 60 attend ed the short course offered were classes in agricultural economics farm business management market ing and cooperation agricultural mechanics including farm shop farm buildings and rural electrific ation tractor and farm machinery livestock soils and land use home economics including foods home management and home crafts with weaving leather metal work and decorative sewing the group was welcomed to the college last monday and given ih- lomiatinn on the courses highlights tuesday included an amateur show and quiz program followed by a movie the leslie bell singers gave a conc on wednesday and a banquet concluded the courses on thursday well comrades another year has started and for some it might be the quiet time or the year but not so at the branch x cribbage and euchre have started again on tuesday and friday bights respectively by the time you read this the new addition should be up and work started in the upstairs of the pres ent building- the installation of the 1956 offic ers and executive will take place at a special meeting on saturday january 21 at an executive meeting held last week max storey was named chair man of the committee for arranger rnonts of the branchs 25th anniv ersary celebration max was assur ed of the entire support of the meeting and i am sure will receive tlie wholehearted support of the entire membership to make this the event most remembered by the branch it i jhjwiut the lui in uf uthfecnaycetebratiotr jin the latter part of march the minor sports are busy with their winter activity of hockey ev ery tuesday and thursday provid- ing the weatherman plays ball with them and returns the cold weather necessary for the ice so you see- comrades what i mean by busy but lot us all re- i solve to help in any way to spread out this work a little more evenly and lets all resolve to attend the monthly meetings regularly if you do the interest will come automat ically the winners at the euchre this week bill chisholm pete turkosz frank winters crib results tiger cats ib stauonho 1t h 17 tjr ladies to supervise beginners s s class st albans guild held their first meeting of the new year with the new president mrs aileen currie in the chair there were 26 mem bers and one new member present minutes ot the last meeting were given by the secretary mrs eileen iaylor followed by the treasurers report given by mrs mary town- send mrs grace nellis- reported on welfare gifts to shutins and halton manor over christmas and on the christmas sunday school parties it was agreed to serve lunch at the annual meeting also to provide a hot lunch for the deanery meeting in january arrangements for a valentine tea and baking sale were madewtlnmrsruth leatherland convening the tea and mrs denny the baking a presentation of a cup and sauc er was made to mrs flo jolley who is shortly leaving town for mont real it was decided that some of the guild ladies would take turns looking after the beginners sunday morning class a tasty lunch was served by the committee in charge shprtill sheet metal plumbing heating gar wood furnaces eavestroug shop 126main st n phone 464 residence phone 340j4 for top rath fuel oils and service call 69 thompson fuel service prompt delivery by meter pump deal at home and save hamilton at el- eight town league hockey teams were formed last week by the legion sponsored minor sports as sociation response to play in the league was outstanding one round is to be played before the regular schedule begins on tuesdays and thursdays managers were named for each team and their names precede those of the players in this list released by association executives this week ages 7u j fleming gary walker peter wolfe john molody bill cook howard dwyer john hinton john masales gary masales paul phelan m smith john chisholm jerry dick danny arbic john kiel h cook johnny creighton ron heller jim jennings john goy ronald maude larry black david beerman jamie ironsides teddy quinell philip wedge alan robin son jimmy bullough david shan non wm waterhouse raymond toth wayne rozell dave harris m mattocks d earle k andrews d hargrave mat haggett m rodgers clifford wedge ruddy holmes richard gibbons kevin hall quinell and melon gord mason vic roach philip graham allan hall howard bradley gerald wieck ken mclsanc lloyd clifton fred dawkins jim peal wilbert mcalullcn victor cairns bert tripp vic masters bandy lidkca brian sproston bruce timpson peter marks g roszell john leatherland t waterhouse bill davey arnold phee bill shannon brian mccristall ricky currie doug ruddick w mason peter barr february february town february 6x mira february lit elmira at acton february 13 georgetown at el mira x hamilton home gnim car truck collide on icy main street i icy road conditions caused a min- i or accident on mam street last fri- day involving two vehicles to a total of 245 damage a car driven by john mchugh j collided with the rear of a truck driven by h deforest there wre j no injuries as a result of the accid- ent m mccristall danny holmes george harris b otterbein ray pasma bob hinton j mcdonald t masales m callan h braam g walker c daintith geo johnson f graham b kerr bill rognvald- son e marks bob duby ralph tripp jim watcrhouse ron mellon bill laing dave peal keith ran- ney peter newton terry wilson wayne bo wen roger lambert jones hill ross swackhamer k mainprize reg black d dedels p mc geachie s mcphedran t tavlor bill stuckey bill churchill terry barr donnie price gay beerman h andrews g hufnagcl bill henry bill dawkins p churchill jack mckenxie agree price supports aid farmer consumer on monday january 9 the north trafalgar farm forum met to discuss the ways in which agricultural j price supports affect the consumer the taxpayer and the wage earner under the leadership of mr roy- break it was agreed that all are raided by these supports as they i stabilize prices and give to the farmer some basis on which to de cide which he will produce following the discussion a social hour was enjoyed when a game of pony was played and a light lunch served night school engages brampton upholsterer since the upholstery teacher at the night school gave up the class here during the christmas recess roy- hilgartner of brampton has been engaged to take over the group of a dozen men and women the class has been changed to monday nights when lot painting and mil- linery are also taught oakes again public utilities chairman continued from pace one and added that most of the sewer flushing is completed waterworti accounts american water works as sociation fees 1250 8h0o 770 7686 2400 rosedale service centre gas thompson motors mdse f harikiri co mdse j7lambert7 garage lent bell telephone repairing cable wallace a tieraah mdse canadian brass co mdse 3756 4362 4598 harlockschultx sump pump 12925 harvev palmer cleaning 2000 c g e mdse 5780 1 reliance elec mdse 77300 j acton free press mdse 13497 boll telephone rearranging plant 3040 i h g barlow mdse 24 00 masco electric mda tcoti solex company lamps 4080 hepg lamps power con- sumption rr- 1 2372 16 j r kearney mdse 15735 monuments brampton monument works designs submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop 68 queen st w brampton shop phone 1410j res 313 rep tom nicol phone brampton 603w ion 15 legion 16 eden mills 16 these are the first games played in the second series winners of the night tom ben- i nett and norm morton with seven wins d j armstrong dc c h i r o p r a c t o r 6 john st acton for appointment phone 550 e x p e r georgetown downs actons midgets in the midget hockey match here last friday evening georgetown tmtscored acton 8- 1 currie count- id actons only goil in the match he ajlso collected a misconduct pen alty during the gime six other nenaltjes were meted out bv offic ials playing for acum were marsh all coxe wilds benny oakes dodds scott brown stewart oak- iey cu johns andrews md skidsmore dry cleaning suits nearly pressed and ex pertly cleaned weir longei and look better call ws for free pickup and delivery custom cleaners phone 272 main st fi m the clansmann f just west of the roxy theatre restaurant e l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office at 48 mill st e acton hours 130600 evenings by appointment for appointment telephone 115 ij for your dining pleasure i thursday january 1 2 i for your f 1 light lunches i home cooked meals duncan hines ice cream confectionery soft drinks 1628492 l 46547 hyde accemts petty cash exp trans isjft t terry box rent hw a-meu- fees 1000 ojea- fees 4375 jhvgoy cartage 150- thompson motors account- 555 f terry postage 10000 can creosoting re poles 342500 portable grandstand a ktwcost packaged portable unit provides bledcher seats for spectators at games sports dis plays says the financial post a basic fiverow tmrtsetts 50 it js simpry erected at prefabricated welded steel panels and braces it easily combines with similar units to effect 10 land ils row installat ions and to safely accommodate spectator groups ot arty jim skating at acton arena 8o0 to 1000 pjft every wed and sat night adults 2sc admission j children 15c free skating on saturday mornings for children up to 12 years of age from 900 aj to 11 ajm mon tues tkurs fri hockey practice weather conditions permitting i the clansmann invites you to drop in enjoy with a piece of homeaaade pie the friendly atmosphere of this new restaurant kmiiiijiwi ijvji