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page four the acton free press acton mjario i questions on assessment enliven ratepayers association continue from page one without his records he could not speak on various houses assessor uimb pointed out that at the outsej he had told the chair man that the discussion mustrbt kept on a broad basis and ncskin dividual complaints any cirtfen would be welcome to call at his office and he would gladly go over bis assessment with him mr- rogers pointed out that he could not understand why so many homes built under nha inspect ion could be so inferior he told the audience that he personally in tended to visit every one of thenv and go over each unit inside and outside i assess inoustry yehy mr lamb stated every one of the homes in glenlea has been visited at least three times in making the assessment he said he was also tmllrtini insp- in acton and- during the course of construction he had seen the houses on many occas ions and was intimate with all the details mr lamb was asked when indus- try in acton was last assessed mr lamb said that industry like homes was assessed every year following the serving of refresh ments chairman cook took the chair he pointed out that the con stitution called for meetings to start at 8 pm and conclude at 10 morning an agreement is to be drawn up parents wttl necessarily be required to act as jjuardians to see that the children are put in the cab arrangements of additional am rtfs w tax payments for warren gr residents w to be spread over a longer period similar to glenlea amounts mr janek was willing to make this change mr cook drew attention to the fact that baxter laboratories were moving to alllston during his in quiry no one could tell him why but he had been assured by munic- ipal officials and other interested bodies that all endeavors haclbaen made to persuade the company to remain in acton in the open discussion period in quiry was made regarding street lights in the lower section of glen lea mr cook who is a member of the street and light commit of council pointed out that winter conditions were the reaspn of the delay i what is the town planning board planning mr cook didnt know but assured the group they will find out he hoped to have mr deakin address one of their meet ings later the chairman gave a brief review of the proceedings leading up to natural gas being in stalled in the three towns mr cook told the group that he pm lt-wasthnno3frtte-tt- promised-rnadeqtitrytre- ed out there must be speed in con- rardmg the maria st bridge free eluding the business he pointed p had been checked back out a change had been made in the j- an mnutes membership fee as of januarv 1 to 1900 he had found much of the fee would be 2 instead of 1 if i est the he sta there were any points in the by- hat in i91 the beardmore co financial statements indicate good year members of st johns ang church nnssagaweya sat down in theparish hall to a most enjoyable pot luck supper provided by the ladies of jbc congregation on jan uary 27 preceding the annual vestry meeting the rector rev r p e jeffares conducted the meeting which opened with prayer and a letter read from the bishop who sent his blessing to all mr jef fares thanked all those who held office in any capacity orhad assist ed to make 1955 a successful year mrs florence evely acted as vestry clerk and read the minutes of the last meeting which were adopted the financial statements were given by the warden j h m laws which required explanation they would be discussed if not they would be approved to school by txl cook reported on negotiat- transportation of the beardmore had agreed to erect a bridge over maria st and this would indicate to whom the structure belonged he knew there were bylaws and min utes and blueprints in 191 1 a bylaw had been passed stopping up a street he promised that when the hf ions regarding school children from glenlea a bus operated by the school board was municipal board held their hearing considered too costly mr peycha i ne association would be able to would transport children at 35c per p something before the hearing 1055 trip in his taxi the first trip would i the meeting adjourned at be at 815 and the last at 845 each j pm besskssss take no action hot trip south in boarding up vacant building uavenport which were adopted the election of officers for 1956 were as follows peoples warden j h davenport for his seventh term of office rectors warden george collins for his second term of office lay delegates to the synod bruce small and george collins with ross carbert as substitute delegate mrs amos mathies as superintendent and secretarytreasurer of the sun day school mrs florence evely as envelope secretary sidesmen for the coming year are donal currie and paul mathies a business discussion followed and members felt 1955 had been a good year but also felt that they would strive to make 1956 even more successful mr jeffares end ed the meeting with the benedic tion lawn bowling club has annual euchre the acton lawn bowling club held its annual euchre in luxton hall on thursday evening january 26 there was a good attendance and everyone enjoyed the evening the prize winners were draws door prize don cook ladys purse mrs l hurd toronto electric clock mrs c brown wallet j roberts the euchre prize winners were ladies mrs n morton mrs m os borne and mrs l moore gentle men g wagner p landry and jean taylor boarding up the floors and win dows of a small building on rock- woods valley road was discussed when the trustees of the police vil lage met for their january meeting at the office of the secretary s s eoyce the building was the office of the former harvey lime comp any now owned by the canada lime and alabastine co and is part of the property leased to the vil lage by that company the unoc cupied building constitutes a fire hazard no action was taken fire insurance on the town hall was discussed and the present cov erage was considered adequate 98000 on the building and 1000 on contents trustees will meet with the township council february 6 to dis- 1 cuss the fire protection contract rdlthlul asmdgrs with the township rockwood fire department will be paid 660 an- mrs morrin arthur street was nually plus 2 per hour for the first hostess t the ladies aid of knox hour and 1 for each added hour church for the first meeting of the plus io cents per mile travel rate new ycar on tuesday january 31 for each call outside rockwood mrs f j mccutcheon presided the village limits providing the village devotional period was taken by mrs trustees make an agreement with the s n brown and mrs r ohara who wouldnt like to fly south where the weather is warm heres one creature who really did it the hard way mrs george chapman was alone in her main st home when she heard a knocking apparently from 1 o former vrtders inside the stove that was burning i merrily keeping the room warm g rw vc mn she opened the door and to her vj cc cu u a lvlen amazement a starling flew indig- i p members night at the ys nantly out of the inferno the bird i mon cub which fell on the even- wasnt burned but it was very much in being observed as ys mens out of breath simply gasping m throughout the world proved mrs chapman said i so successful here it was unani mously decided to make it an an- acton school news thursday february 2nd issff accjuiftal in fatality reserve judgment in acton damages case by nell benton the at home is over for another year it was quite a suc cess from all reports food there was lots and if anyone did not get enough to eat it was his fault not ours there was a very good at tendance we have no klick there a supreme court jury last week acquitted raymond hamilton tor- onto who was charged by the crown with criminal negligence ar ising out of a motor car accident on the queen elizabeth highway last august 20 in which one man ceorge alexander green 55 swan sea was killed and five others were injured lloyd d dingle ap peared for the crown and john d ord acted foy the defendant mr justice smiley reserved judg ment on the nonjury action of miss jessie mcgregor- acton who is claiming unstated damages from and a well behaved group they were many thanks to mr smith the town of acton according to the for his good music and to the girls evidence of the plaintiff she trip- who went to work and planned and sorved the food the snow has not dampened the spirit of the ice at the back of the campus for it was cleaned off on wednesday morning before school skafes have again been donned for a whirl arntind the pond court at ottawa and was not able to be present several civil jury a w settled before being presented to the jury the case of the corporat ion of the township of nelson who is seeking recovery of a deed of land from long et au was set over for settlement the case of amy james who is seeking damages from arnold w fraser arising from a car accidept was settled lloyd and edith ireland vs m viola james robertson and son and w bostock arising out of a motor car accident was also settled five divorce actions were heard and decree nisi was issued there will not be a square dance this friday due to the- fact that there is a dance in one of country villages the bantams out but midgets hang on actons midgets and bantams tus sled with georgetown this week in the first rounds of omha league jjlaydqwns the bantams were eliminated in two losses while the midgets with one loss can still gain a victory here friday night monday in acton the bantams lost the first of a goalstocount two game series with georgetown by a score of 51 don lindsay was the acton goal getter in georgetown the next night the hosts drubbed acton 102 monday night in georgetown acton midgets lost 51 the final game in this goalstocount series will be played here friday ped over a rise in the sidewalk in front of the home of fred mccut cheon on november 24 1953 she said she received a severe fracture of the left arm above the elbow re quiring surgery evidence disclosed a tarviamixture had been used to fill the a hetwtfn the rb h i circle members hold tjtime sleigh ride members of the baptist womens mission circle and their husbands enjoyed an oldfashioned sleigh ride on the farm of walter fryer and sons last friday night the snow wasnt deep but the horses with bells for the occasion pulled their load through the fields where the snow had settled more deeply following the ride the group warmed up in the fryers home with a lunch of hot home made vegetable soup the singing of old- time songs was enjoyed by all mrs c landsborough expressed the thanks of all to the fryers for pro viding such an enjoyable evening sidewalk and- some of this material had run over on the sidewalk dr william kenney told the court the plaintiff had lost about 60 per cent use of her arm as the result of the fracture the case of john blake davidson against thomas millward both of bronte was set over until the next meeting of the assize davidson a former member of the bronte coun cil is charging mr millward the reeve with wrongful eviction from councilmee th defensewas ready to proceed with the trial but mr millward and his solicitor and rew brewin were not present his lordship was informed mr brewut was appearing before the high jntrruir errnratmg for expert color scheme suggestions superior workmanship and the latest sunworthy waterfas wallpapers j call byrtl e sittt decorator rockwood 51 ring 5 mathematical rate toronto cp based on the number or vehicles metropolitan torontos accident rate has dropped since 1945 in that year there were 10 pedestrian accidents per 1000 vehicles compared to 45 per 1000 in 1 making plans then plan with a dealer who iinows how to select materials and use them to give you tho most satisfaction call us wo keep costs down and give you the very best yj i r so the bird who was so overanxious i for a change of temperature that he i dropped down the chimney stayed some time on her porch perfectly recovered later it flew briskly back but into the snow its wander lust for warmer climates completely satisfied ladies aid honors mini event the observance is part of worldwide ymca week there were 16 visitors at the meeting in the y last thursday ev ening jack creighton introduced them to the members of the club and the club to them cliff sutton expressed the thanks of the ruests bill wall from the ontario hydro spoke on the present and future ex pansion of the company and showed slides of the st lawrence seaway project a question period follow- the secretary read many thank you notes from the recipients of christmas gift boxes the hymn o god our help in ages past was sung and mrs h iwainprize closed the business meeting with a prayer an interesting program was en joy edwithmrsr lnnedy-giving- reading the activities of a ladies aid a sing song led by mrs f anderson with mrs moran at the piano was enjoyed a read ing entitled what little girls are made of was given by mrs r h armstrong a skit was presented by mrs f anderson with ten ladies taking the part of the ten faithful members four of these ladies were present ed with gifs in recognition of their many years of faithful service mrs mccutcheon who has been the esteemed president for many years was presented a travelling bag by i mrs george lantz mrs peter murray mrs w mcarthur and mrs james wilds who have been i at the eastern ontario junior the capable kitchen committee fori farmer conference held at kempt- just as many years were presented i ville dast week mac sprowl of w a cup and saucer each by mrs j acton was a guest speaker he j allison mrs c grindell and spoke to the gathering of 300 jun- mrs r l davidson iors on nuffield j happy social period vas enjoy- fnday evening he showed someof bver hts slides and spoke at the leeds osses mrs f c i tt hh zr sen mrs davidson and mrs f an w athens united church nearj m s matthews express urockville ed the appreciation of all to the travelling with mr sprowl to hostesb and committee the conference were other guests t r township council the group decided this amount is demanded by the firemen s s royce will attend the meet ing of the association of municipal electrical utilities convention in february mr royce superintend ent of hydro in eramosu attended his first ameu convention in j a 1916 and has not missed one year the following accounts were pass ed for payment village expenses 417 hydro 195565 of this am ount 137117 is power cost and the balance for meter conversion and administration expenses it is in teresting to note that the peak load of december is 3466 kilowatt hours lower than that of november 416 kilowatt hours at a cost of 164667 eastern conference hears mac sprowl he was introduced by jack mc- geachie and thanked by bob bray- shaw two weeks until minor playoffs six games played by acton minor hockey league teams last thursday and tuesday bights brings the schedule to two veeks away from completion before playoffs lastthufsdaynightmellnns tied with cboks on goals by shannon and mason flemings defeated the waterhousc crew 50 on goals by bill cook molody and three by rice blacks edged out mccristalls 21 goalgetters were churchill mckenzie and currie for the losers marks and masters drew twoall on goals by wilson and mainprize and waterhousc and mccristall tuesday night mellons beat flemings 32 with gord mason fir- ingall three of the winners goals and john rice and jack hinton notching for the losers masters swamped blacks 61 the lone goal for blacks by churchill and the masters goals by marks with five and by moyes marks beat mc cristalls 30 on markers by main- prize mellon and swackhamer urcr of the juniors and miss j handicraft discussion myrtle stewart president of the m ividluaiuii hilliard the secretarj-reas- r tnniifc fn nliss of the ontario junior farmers a highlight of the trip was a visit to the village of iroquois which is currently undergoing complete re moval to wake wtjyforthe st lawrence seaway one cjuarter of the buildings have already been moved mr sprowl noted of partic ular interest was a church ready to be hauled away for ggit groups girft church of the cgit of knox divided into two g following their regular opening and worship service monday one group under the direction of mrs roy kirkness did shell work while the other with mrs douglas davidson had a discussion then the groups exchanged anne watkins presided for the meeting which opened with x u and purpose jane mcphed- pj ran read the scripture katherine added injury new glasgow ns t thieves broke intos g lochs store and stole 350 tv stock the nextv morning i i mcphedran topic up the offering snow falling from the roof damaged the building to the extent of 300 dr- harold leib spoke to the notarises at their meeting tuesday on the tpic of health and betty lemon dedicated it at the close of the meeting the girls enjoyed popping corn and drinking the hot chocolate prepared by norma sinclair sharon gervais and ella janv for top rated fuel oils and service call 69 thompson fuel service prompt delivery by meter pump dmi at hom and nvt ttorbott strain rr 1 milton m markers monuments cemetery lettering quotations by appointment phon milton tr 86522 snow cost mounts pontiac que cp pontiac county council has trouble finding someone to clear snow at 100 a mile council has asked the quebec government for an increase to 150 in its grnnts for snow removal robf r hamilton iea a hoffman optometrists formerly e p head phone guelph 1924 58 st georges square 5c1 store 4bufe r dont be surprised if one of these days you sec a coal truck go by loaded with shining stuff that certainly doesnt loo like coal one big coal company now sprays its anthracite witn aluminum paint not only makes it cleaner to handle it bums better too we note too that aluminum is involved in another fuel opera tion this time in capturing heat frorn the sun an aircraft com- pany operates a solar furnace that focuses the suns rays by means of a 120inch aluminum reflector to create temperatures up to 8500 f it is used to test 1 materialsundcr extreme heat aluminum company op canada ltd alcan nthony gas oil explorations limited special offering to the public 60000 c par value 100 minimum pyrchaser20fshares price 100 per share for a limited time only at the office of the company ontario 191 mill st acton lets all go to the movies tonite i fridaysaturday february 34 parson spoke or his fists did send your child to the saturday matinee show starts 100 pm paraoa uik fart ma apvt who brought fkith to a mob urr t w a churchto wlldtibim technicolor n onemascopi rtarrina vanhefun joanne woodward phi carey they burned his church hrburned their britches for your added entertainment diggers of the deep when magoo flew c s mondaytuesday february 67 interrupted melody in bunc color nd clnemascopt glenn ford eleanor parker roger moohceoi keuaww mbtancftm extra sweet memories wild wolfie wednesdaythursday feb 89 51 i v i