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t 4 eightyfirst year rvjo 43 actontr- ontario thursday may 3rd 1956 ten pages seven cents lively night for father and son annual banquet acjton fathers and sons 170 of them had a hvel night last week in the legion auditorium where the y3 mens club held its annual father and son banquet with a guest of honor from canadas ol ympic hockey team don rope kitchener waterloo dutchman star spoke briefly and was given genuine attention from bis audience he stressed the worth to young actomans of sportsman- chip and physical fitness and drew from his experience as a plajer in canada and abroad at the 1956 win ter olympics to illustrate his points following his talk mr rope showed colored slides of the olym pic competition and scenes in it aly aiml prague the pictures were taken by himself v hile touring and competing with the canadian olympic team mr hope was introduced bv ed footitt and thanked b lome mas ters w chairman for last thursda nights program was elmer smith who also thanked the ys mens ladies auxiliarv for preparation of the turkev skipper y m c a board chairman ken knox welcom ed fathers and tons to the annual affair vhich is not confined to y members y secretar bob bra- shaw introduced the head table toast to the sons was made b rev r h armstrong while in re ply randy lidkea proposed a toast to the fathers master of ceremonies charles kirkness led the group in a sing song with ted hansen accompnm mg member of the gra y club de lighted the audience with two mindreading acts bill henr the da befon it win favored vith as the serious swami peter wolfe a warming sun and milder tempt r and fred daw kins his assistant mure while carmen woodburn was tht since davlight saving time plant and john leatherland later started bundav local gardmtrs suspicioiulv appeared from under have been hoping for good weather to carrv through to the evming fvcept for wednesdav thev hnvent been disappointed this veek- today thursdav i is bright ind toreez after lim week ends dis mal davs the foncast for a warm drv weekend this week jctois to hive better than oven chance of lines on most streets natural gas main work to start here next week work on the job qf laying gas mains here will start next week according to fred clark project engineer of the united suburban gas co ltd which holds a fran chise to supply milton acton and georgetown with natural gas mr clark didnt estimate a dnte when the work of laying gas lines down nearlv every street in town will be finished that depends on the number of men employ und the weather he said i the contractors who will lav the miles of lines lire g i russell and co ltd mr itussell of the iomp any said his men would start with one crew in two weeks with two more crews to start w ithin the nex t month some loci personnel will be em ployed to assist m the job of criss hkrvau2 rrrrrv i8rtaiwawrt- tt mm i n h e rr overtime win fotgalt bantams we sin t- staff photo i father and son banquet in the legion auditorium last week was another exciting time for young etonians who were again educated and entertained by a player from canadas olympic hockey reana don rope is shown here surrounded by a circle of young autographseekers the banquet sponsored by the ys mens club was open to all a ton fathers and sons over i 70 atterded the event av3x sekt v local gardeners look georgetown hs addition for warm evenings concerns district board tuesdav w us mav dav and like a table schipperchisholm marriage friday plan plebiscite on hospital aid a bv law was introduced to hold aple on the qu4suopof nas prov true members of the north halton high school district board discuss ed plans for the new eight room iddition to georgetown school at a meeting last thursday evening in georgetown a basement room for lunch room was suggested but was deleted from the plans in order to keep the cosu with the amount provid ed by the department and the municipalities various other sug- sagawea township participating in the building of milton district hos pital at the meeting mondav of council of that township a resolution received from the village of long branch w as endors ed by council to petition the senior governments to take action to re- div ide the fields of taxation accounts were passed for pav- ment amounting to 650 and the road superintendtnts vouchers to tailing 140530 a plan presented bv the cpu was authorized showing a proposed extension to the siding west of guclph junction mr groves from the department of lands and forists outlined a rcv morgan mcfarlane of gcorge- proposed bv law for appointing fire tmn tne ncw chairman of the wardens and rtgulating the setting presbvterv jthenew ec i o fines and to pre the times rv name officers for presbytery ken officers were elected at the regular monthlv meeting of the hilton presbmerv of the united church held inl acton tuesda morning and afternoon ladies of the executive of the halton prcs- buenal met at the same time in the baptist church bout 50 ministers and livmen front all parts of the countv elected a tuit wedding was solemnized on fridzo tvenmg in knov manse when joan chisholm thvt grind daughter of mr and mrs william chudiolm v as united m mu nagi to ptltr sehipper son of mr and i c rt vi gestioru were made which were to mrs j sehipper of glin 1 sketches to be sub- l k r arnsrons offc i mitted for approval of the board s i- j i u i before going to the department tht bride wore blue suit vvthj oyd who is acueg for the wiite acceor and a corsage of j board expropriation proceed- t 7 m ros asittf m i nfis of additional land adjacent to attended bv miss joan archibald tt of acton who wore a- charcoal grev suit with pink accessories and i corsage of pink and white rosebuds i fred allen of georgetown was best man mr and mrs sehipper left for a short hontvmoon to niagara falls and other points oil their return thev will make then home on chunh st acton halton cd grads taught first aid jim hummel of rtoeiton the school discussed the matter with the board a cost of 150 was approved for an elementarv electric course for the alton school shop the inspectors report on the georgetown school was received and was quite satisfactory the resignation of mr west of the milton staff was accepted miss margaret burke and carl shank have been engaged on the george town staff d s both well on the acton staff and miss marie puz on the milton staff there were re ported one more vacancy on the milton staff and three vacancies on acton s staff we didnt win but scared them this was the expression most of ten heard around the acton y m c a lat vvetktnd after the bm tani basket bill team lost a vtrv rinse game to the smooth pi iv mg gait bantam- the score w is jl 31 at the nd of regulation turn and this scon was a good indit itioir of the tntire gmm the h ilf time score was ac ton l2 gait 1 1 and neither te ini managtd to obtain more than a two point lend throughout the game in the overtime play acton scored the first basket but 1 ilt i aim right back to tie things up and after one minute of ovtrtiim the score was 3331 after ihut minutes of overtime don corbitt gait s high scoring center dropped in a pivot shot to put gait in tin lead this is tht i ist scorinr of the game and g lit took the hon ors ith a scort of 15 13 outstanding inning tht at ton plavers wort stewirt macdon ilel w ith nine points and pettr law stin ind dive homing with eight points each the cton lineup was don price dave fltnnng peter iaw son sti w art miedomld bill shin non brian mccristall pettr gib btms i til ntwton and waim wilson after the game both teams got together for cokes and a swim in the gall pool these two learns w ill meet again on may 25 in ac ton and it should provide an action packed game for all basket bill fans acton s nct game is in guelph on saturdav where thev will meet the guelph ymca house league allstars panel of speakers heard at meeting information useful to the soere- lai v of the halton co operative medical s rv ires was give by a pant 1 of spi akers one evening last wtik whin thev irn t in the milton high sthool mrs cht stt r service kitnip strretarv for tin scotch illikk wl stiesved tht miortince of kt t ping atircast of ill i kini nls in tlu business so as to piovide bet lor st i u i s to tht group unite m it nah outlined tlu st r mis of tht hetl cioss society and tht tb isiktiition to assist in prt- vtnlion of lr itmtnt of illness sam mihailam m tnagt r of the went- worth m dicnl strviecs and miss hortnct mvarts a director and vitt piesidtnt of tin halton co- opt rativt- mtdical strviecs were ilso on tin pintl to answi r qiies- titns tonct ruing tht clnngis ap- piovtd bv minibtrs at the annual i met ting mis htv coultt r stcit tarv ihimiru at ted as chairman expect 250 boys at june cuba ree i ovtr 250 cubs art txpeted it th north 11 iltoii tiitrict cubortt it acton park on the if tt moon of siturdiv luiu 1 tht re will bt two patks frem acton a totil of ibout 56 bovsi two p ick from milton oni from erin one from i hillsbiirgh and three from georgt town acton band willhe in a ante for i piride through cton there will be special events dur ing the di with pennants avtardtd for first second and third class thto bins will be entering in the ittendanct eompt tition knotting relav hopping relav balancing semaphore running racis points will be awarded to each pick bob brayshav named president five counties track association 4hef at which opt n air fires ma be set in the rev gordon adams of acton wis mmed convener of publications presiding over the meeting wis a grass fire on mill st east f robert oliver of clarkson of the high school was quicklv ex- outgoing chairman tmguished bv firemen tuesdav af dinner was served to both groups tcrnoora at noon bv the w a of the church a first aid course for graduates i a letter from vhe secretary of the of the reent halton civil defence consultative committee on high church choirs present concert here in english dutch before 200 schools in the county notified the board that an open meeting would be held in the court house in milton on wcdnesda evening may 9 at 8pm the board were invited to attend and written briefs it was pointed out would be helpful i the board decided they had no is expected to be finished in seven bncf to present ln yicw 0 the fact that thev had never asked for the appointment of a committee and training lourse began in milton and nelson v illagc on thursdaj evening conducted b the st johns mbulance corps the course is similar to that taken at the recent milton night school and make a jovfil noise unto thci lord began tht psalm that a boersma of hilnburgh read to op en the concert presented last ev ening ij the hoirs of the cton and brampton chif an reformed church aboi j 1 people gather ed in the public school auditorium for the evening of music j schenk led the singers who fine blending of tone sincere phrasing and soaring enthusi ism indicated their jo or pleasurt in sinring the program included combined choir songs ind anthems separatt choir selections a duet and recit ations sine were in english most were in dutch taking part in a short skit were bep venleeuwen ettv stvilp and dick tirrmjermanns of acton accompanist was kees kuipcr of brampton record month in y attendance the month of vpnl was i record mnth for tht acton ysc1 for tiie first time on record the at tendance for tin month went over the 2000 mark the total recorded participition in activities for april vas 2120 jncluded in this record number were 1 300 participition- bv children md 800 bv adults in april 1955 onlv 1 100 tools pirt in activities at the ymc v this increase reflects the trtnd of irurcasid participation m the pru- grini of tht young metis christ- m vssociation which his beta ev id- ent throughout tht v enr weeks thursdiv evening 45 civil de fence men gathered in the milton armories to hear the first lecture bv j rogers assisted by harvey swift of the norman slater ham ilton division of the st johns because of the size of the halton division the men were sfalit into two groups and an equally large thev had no presentation for such a committees sfudy the board was invited to the op en house being held in milton school on fndav accounts approved for the month amounted to 1039951 and the sec retary reported that s33 050 had last night in guelph the five counties track association held their spring meeting and the first i f th gi uup will lak plicc in gueph earlv in jul acton mill be compiling in this meit and mak ing an effort to boost their standing from second placi in the fivt coun ties track association to first cotching school for this group will be hi id in gutlph at the oac on june 30 the group hild t lections list nght bob bravshaw wa named presidt nt don mel aren from kit- chtner seen tarv jim clark fiom oakville treasurer vic wioms of guelph was appointed westtrn kt gion chairman and scottj thomp- ion of etobicoki eastern rt gum h urman while the ymca basketbill teams are still trving to preserve w inter the track club is desperate- lv hoping for summer weather so members ran get tin the track onct more for sotw the track season rs- here a small group madt a trip to montreal last month to competi in the canadnn indoor championships and the distance runners have started to get readv for the road races in hamilton and gait but for the sprinters and jumpers tht season is jut starting queens scout tomorrow ivtning at a sptciat ceremonv in viagara falls wane curnt of tht first acton scout troop will rcc ive from lieuten ant govtrnor brcith mpt his qmvn s scout t ulgt stouts from the intin distr it attt nd this irn prsvsit quttns stout rttognition ceremonv tach vt ir crossing the town with pipe line ranging from thrceqimftcr inch to four inches in diameter mr clark said it is company policy to hire aa- much linal help as possible ipjwork of this nature the pipes om e n the ground will be covered bv 18 inches to two feet of ground sl u pipe varies the lool lines down most streets will be fourinch pipe with two- inch distribution mains lane- from the street into houses will virv from threeunrter inch to om inch lines depending upon the amount of gas that will be us ed in laying the lines pointed out mr clark tht company plans no otistriittion to traffic- wh li nut evt rv strt- will carry a distribution lint mckl roadways will streets with only a few hous es will be served by branch lines i f nun the nt irt st strel plans for thi installation of the luus lnvt ht n approved by the town rnginit r i wis reported gi4ts crowds on anniversary for freemans iam sundav mr and mrs fal- w ird freeman r ii 2 acton cele- li itetl tin ir til imtmd widding an nul rsarv it tht htime of their sore frmk at ctlar liko farm tlit- h ippv t tuiplt who ire both in their uppt r 80s wr surrounded with fri litis tiiimtm i mg hitwttii 90 anil i km1 who t ailed to wish them more hipv vtais togthtr i tin li ili of ml veals ago was low iv in i figured navv silk dress and won a torsig of nt rosi s and pink t ii nations and htr spouse wore i pink t arnation mr md mrs frw mm wire born in kngland whin their two child- it n vsirt born frank of knn town ship and flsit mrs a skeoch of toronto tht v haw three grand sons ld rroman aim and eric sktoch a i tt r from churchill united church paid tributt to their musical abilitv and lovi of flowers music iiid flowt rs were the highlights of thin hobbu s mrs freeman is an itcomplished organist and mr i- r email a violinist and even yet while ntt appearing in public they- do enjov somt music ait home the flowers that were i sight to behold around their honit from earliest spring till frost cut them down in thi fall win a jo and pride to tlu m ind passt rs bv 1 ht tt a table as beautifully tttfoiitttl with lace tablecloth a thiititi anmvt rsarv c ik decorat- id in gold a sii surroun with miuvi milt tall landles and spring flowers a hu wprfhmg number of men and leaders at- j been received in grants on the dailv average attendance of 6 per pupil trustees coles ndcrsbn brown coon dills masterman hall and kielt were present and chairman r carbert presided the session lasted until midnight tended the lectures in nelson the course consists of five lect urer one night of review- and the examination night those taking the course are onlv those who com pleted the civil defence 10- week training period in milton just rec- entlv at thursday nights lecturer follovtirrgrcgistration mr rogers outlined the course in a brief in troduction and started right in on the first lecture using two charts of the human bodv one a skeleton nicknamed oscar the other his fleshv counterpart who as vet has no nicrmme gold medallist roddv mcdougall 16 v earold son of m- and mrs rai mcdougall qf woodbridge and grandson of mr and mis william cooper mam st cton won the gold medal for trum- ptt sou in the 19 arid under class at th pul coi nt music festival at trim pt on nti ratepayers association favors slow down on subdivision activity here the rke applied by central mortgage and housing corporation to the rate of building in local sub divisions was greeted tith approv al at a meeting monda night of the ratepayers association association chairman h lowe told an audience of j aboat 30 people that some results of letters and work by the executive iufe seen in this slowdown of subdivis ion construction he noted the glenlea subdivider has been lim ited for the present to completion of 10 homes a recent letter to the lakeview subdtvkden sent on to council disclosed cmhc was slttwinc jdown leans to subdivider until actons tax situation could be re viewed- from this point the chairman re peated opinion that residential sub- dividers should be compelled to sxipplv industrial assessment to counterbalance the weight of res- idential taxation there should be help for increased school costs and a share taken bv subdividers in the expenses of services extension he s thi policy is applied in other speaking again mr lowe drew discussion from the floor at m6n places mr lowe declared and it is not unreasonable to expect the same for acton i from other members of the ex ecutive the meeting heard of plans to circulate a regular newsletter also an outline of projected mem bership enlargement to include the whole town eventually to be par titioned in representative divisions from glenlea lakeview warren grove and other areas attention to the recent metro con ference of ratepayers organizations in toronto and suburbs their aims for civic betterment and progress- he said it was hoped to have a speaker here from this organizat ion the chairman also displayed a form of tax expenses statement and expenditures allotment report- edlv published for guelph rate- pa ers he urged a similar sheet is needed for acton before the meeting was opened for general discussion mr lowe dav nights meeting was brief and j sparked bv no debate schedule of street light completion at glenlea tree planting membership on the parks board and closing of the dump were subjects queried and quicklv answered a taxpaver incthc audience ask ed for adv ice on recourses when taxes have been substantially in creased through local improve ment put past the property but without the property owner made fully aware of its effect another i done at council sessions i forts to find answers l ii with gold strtamrs made the tl n ration romplt t two neighbors mis ii mchachern and mrs w butler poured tea and were re lined bvmrs d peers a niece of turonto and mrs f smith daugh t r of a life long frh rd of mea- ford mam manv tards letters uu- phont mtssagts and gilts were re- ci ived during the witkend includ ing a nit ssage from her majesty the qiueii prime minister st laurtnt htnrv fiosking ml george drtw mp miss sbil btnnetu mp pri tint r l frost prov inc of ontario ik i flovinnal st i ri tarv and j knot mit mr husking mp mr moot m v v and rteve ii griffin of rnn township with thtir wnts wtrt imong tht guests that tailed to i xprt ss tht ir congratulations premur frost along with his btst w ishes st nt a ttok pioiit t rs of on tario tht nt ighbnrs rouldnt let this otrasion go bv without exttnd- ing thtir btst wishts in the form of a gift if a lovtlv floor limp olhtr guests vvtre present from toronto islington kv ills mea ford gut iph bramptin erin ac ton and kockwnod near 600 get first polio shots short of 600 public school oung- isttrs lint d up for thi ir first polio inoculations here mondav none had rtitived the vaccinations last ytar dr archie bull of the halton htalth unit supervised the steady flow tif vnungsters assisted bv the school nurse miss jean roue form er acton nurse mrs audrt lvle of milton and three other nurses dr bull expects that before the end of june enough vaccine will be available for a second dose for these newlyinoculated children and a third dose of serum for those in oculated last year tomorrow in brookviue hall other youngsters in the district re ceive the serum except for a short delay while more of the red serum was rushed from milton the operation inocu lation went smoothly and speedily drew attention to a discussion taxpayer complained he had re- about road committee meetings at ceived his tax bill without prev- the last council session he stress- iously setting an assessment notice tcawhatir a a srs oelaltefup fftf balldrndtionswho h ben performing for 50 gracie heios chahmh am audience of 1500 in milton arena tuesday night with songs and okes that have made her a world famous comedienne many from acton and district heard hhe 57- yearold english entertainer shown here in a closeup during one years the appearance was sponsored by the rotary club of milton the bell telephone company has published a list of communities where dial systems will be install ed rockwoods date iff set at sec- ember 1958 bramptons at april 1w guelph as acton- is missing 7c-