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jvttjtm jfctt ft eightyfirst tear no 49 acton ontario thursday june 14th 1956 eight pages sevan cents hot debate s i county council clamor on assessment bylaw it took an hour and a half of at times boated debate for county council members to give three readings to the annual equalization of county assessment bylaw at the regular session tuesday afternoon reeve robert shannon spoke and argued the longest in an effort to have the assessing program altered he wanted higher assessment on properties held by speculators in a question to the county assessor ford rodgers council learned that land assessed for 28000 had been sold for development for some 70000 we cant assess land on people intentions alone warden allen stated while reeve a r service merchants draws give away 1380 in its first six months 1380 83 has been given away to shoppers in the appreciation day saturday draws figures totalled this week revealed the draws started on december 6 mrs george robertson won 20 and another 5 for knowing the name of the merchant tit the week at the draw saturday the total is up to 420 for next week 323 preschool age children ps board told actons public school board which holds property in the eastern end of town for a projected second public school learned at a regular meeting last week that there are now 333 preachoolage children in town also revealed from a sur vey is that s3 children win start kindergarten primary classes next september the trustees noted 683 pupils are now enrolled at the public school principal g w mckeniie ad vised the board of the home and school association banquet for grade viii pupils this week also reported the senior grade pupils would make their annual trip to to ronto june 28 final exams are being written june 15 to june 22 set bv inspector l- l skuce the propertv committee was ask ed to procure wire for a ball diam ond at the school also to arrange for removal of a partition in the music room and transfer the home economics equipment to that room a portable partition for auditor lum was authorized and the indus trial arts room is to be plastered and whitevv ashed or water painted the board approv ed purchase of a junior encyclopedia set also author ised the purchase of crests instead of diplomat for pupils in recognition of high muuc marks purchase of a new stoker feed worm was sanctioned the board indicated it was glad to complj with a request from the acton agricultural societv that school children parade on the an nual fall fair day r finance statement of 381022 was approved and payment authorized the secretary reported 48 received in nonresident fees also 20 in auditorium rental work donated for clay ball diamond the grass ball diamond just in side the gates at the park is being replaced b a trim sand and clav diamond those who take an active interest in the legion sponsored minor sports are donating their work- to the reccntl formed parks committee and mansell nell is ha donated equipment nassagaweya felt that if a change were considered it should be dene for next year and not be introduc ed on the day the bylaw was pre sented on the recommendation of the assessment committee they spent considerable time on this bv law and it should be onidcied now he said when reeve shannon charged there was a defeatist attitude in council warden allen heatedtv in terrupted that there never had been a defeatist attitude by the council or the chair your remarks are uncalled for and vou had every right to come to the committee meeting with oth er councillors and you didn t show up several members injected hear hear a this point my remarks were directed to the warden but onsattitudc has appeared in council at different times over the years rcevo shan non added ford rodgers told council the assessors in the county are taking advantage of every increase in as sessment under the act it would be unwise to disrupt the assessing svstcm at this time he warned the new bvlaw showed the as sessment in the county had reach ed an all time high with 105 482 387 00 an increase of 14 million last ear the schedule approved by council is as follows acton 3 i94 160 v ill pav on he county lev v 3 991s6 per cent bronte 1966 600 1 86438 per cent burlington n 939 445 h 16292 per cent george town 7 240 905 6 86453 per cent milton 52492 5 02119 per cent oakville 16 4ro074 15 62347 pe- cent esquesinr 5 005 586 4 74540 per cent nnssagavveva 1 941 715 1 84085 per cent nelson 17 246- 705 16 35025 per cent trafalga- 31370 685 29 74009 per cent continued on pope fuej find acton growth surpasses salary for town auditors actons auditors tuesday flight requested a raise in pay local growth they wrote council has so- increased work in keeping touch of the towns financial con duct that the present annual 030 isnt enough they asked for an extra 100 to substantiate their request the auditors quoted some interesting figures on town growth in the paat three years j in 1953 actons gross expendi ture was 178342 last year it was 200925 m 46 per cent total assessment in 1853 was 2424485 in 1055 it was up 23 per cent to 2988944 in 1953 the towns debenture debt was 8664sa7last year it was 966650 up 12 per cent public school expenditure in 1953 was 70066 in 1955 it was up 39 per cent to 97633 june bug trap startles farmer with success everybody knows the june bugs are bad this year banging their wings stupidly against closed win- dows flopping underfoot and swooping through the night like small bau but onlv a e currie who lives on no 24 highway knows just how plentiful those pests are interested in protecting his fields he rigged up an ingenious trap for the june bugs he put some water in a barrel and hooked a lighted bulb over the top of the large container to his astonishment the morning after his trap had been operating silentlv nil night he discoverc not hundreds m thousands of bugs in the barrel he measured out a few in a pintvand after quick cal culations estimated he had enptur cd 7 000 of the large bugs that first night alone tne second night he guesmd he hacr trapped 500q brown beetles y bv the end ot tht week his full total catch was 20 000 juno bugs miarcd from one small area he explains that mvohe interested in protecting his crops or garden i could easih rig up such a trip mr i curric himself could scanelv be liev e how effectiv e it u as own dump said a health hazard ratepayers demand it be closed it stmtf photo saturdays district cubaree was mostly activated by young malespearly 200 cubs from ac- tort aailton georgetown and erin but the lads didnt steal the whole show as this feminine sextette suggests at front doris allan leader of actons b pack and right hilda hill leader of aailtons b winning aaohawk pack are framed by local parade maotettes left to right shirley aaason pauline site then tureied back to use of a squad or glenlea ratepayers nlrned with a petition and reinforc ed by the company of two health unit inspectors prodded council tuesday night to immediately clear up and close the town dump before rats and flies thero overrun the nearbv residential area spearheading the citizens camp- ijn to close the dump was rate payers association president h iowc who when told the dump wna not closed yet because it was not filled up naked county health unit inspectors to rend a report on conditions ill and near tlio dump the report declared lack of markings and enclosing fences the burning which goes on and the presence of rots ns well as the breeding cojidjlions for files were in need of attention it recom mended the unused part of the dump be covered pnrnfin used to kill the rats burning stopped f ernes and signs put up the representative also stated his department would recommend a new site be obtained m soon as possible in view of the proximity of glenleu houses to the lands now taking refuse coald dump far hi months questions were fired back and forth among councillors the rate payers and the health unit repres entatives it was stated at one point the dump would take refuse for another six months before it ia fill ed why keep dumping isnt the health and welfare of citizeni more important deputyreeve wilson demanded talk gravitated to a possible new marks brenda cripps and faye sagaskie who marched in front of the acton citizens band sit ssisskusjkst puc employees frown on new health and accident group plan worn coin of 1861 mystifies student a oung school pupil found n queer old object the other da and took it to his teacher to find out what it was but mrs wymin little didn t know any more about it than the voungster i hins what is was a dmgv worn ocuigonal metal coin blank on one ide the other idc scuffed and i bent appears to read eden mills c p cong 1861 would it bo an antique token for a ranlwav a iumnt advertising scheme well somebod in eden mills should know and the free press is hoping to hear from that someone via the paper we 11 pass on the salaried emplov ees of the p u c indicated last week the had little desire to change to a health and accident group plan recentlv outlin ed before a meeting of all munic ipal emplov ees and later before council and the commission t present municipal emplov ees arc protected under a combination of blue cross and physicians services the new plan explained at last weeks and other meetings bv mutual life of canada repres entatives also contains loss of tune indemnity this feature was re ported attractive to hourlj rated employees commission members agreed that there was no point of changing to this type of employer employee participating plan unless the maj ority of employees wished to do so faasgarafe account m though the account of j b mackenzie and sons ltd for con struction of the new waterworks garage amounting to 1275 was ordered paid some commissioners considered thev were not too satis fied w ith the original specificat ions work however has been copv- pleted to satisfaction propert chairman j stewart said chairman f oakes reported a refacing job on the front of the hvdro shop is to be done as soon as possible motions were passed to icim- burse d mason 8 ameu con vention expenses credit d a bundv with 1 is for discount charged in error write off the un paid account of wm coleman of 10 443 a motion was also passed ratify ing recent salarv increases to pu c office staff effective lmmediate- 1 and retroactive to the first of the vear continued on page three explanation to mrs little and her curious student the piece is in the free press window over 60 graduates at banquet present paintings to public school the public school auditorium was sot for a banquet inst night when the 60odd members of thernduat- ini clisa were guests of the home and school association a delicious cold meal of ham scalloped pota toes salads cake and ice cream ginger nle and coffee was served by members of the sponsoring group mrs bill wilson and mrs charles kirkness were conveners peter lavvson was chairman for the annual event and led the diners in thp toast to the queen grace was said by rev gordon adams miss evelyn goodwin the music tinchor led the sing sonft with dismiss charges against driver two traffic act charges care less driving and impaired driving were dismissed by magistrate k langdon tuesday when henry pro- teau hamilton charged in con nection with a recent downtown accident appeared in court here proteau was driver of a car which knocked down fouryearold john seelen at the millmain cor ner on may 6 the young son of mr and mrs joe seelen suffered con cussion and was hospitalized for some time ptotcau was defended by counsel from brentford l t pennell testimony for the crown was given bv investigating officer john hodg- ins cpl r mason and by a witness to the scene of the accident in another case r gilks george town was convicted on a careless driving charge and fined 50 plus costs as well as his driving permit suspended for two months miss cathy laughlin at the piano susan wilson introduced trie guest speaker fred rowan of guelph a former high school teacher at al ton he is now in the insurance business and active in the guelph minor sports andrew williams thanked him for his interesting ad dress containing sound advice for the graduates life in the future and presented him with a set of cuff links fountain pens were given by mrs whitham of the duke of dev onshire chapter i o d e to the stud ents who made the most progress they are susan wilson and peter lawson katharine kirkness on behalf of the graduates presented a set of pictures to the school for the school board william mattocks ac cepted the gift jean johnston painted the two scenes one of fairy lake from the far side of trie lake and the other of a clump of fclrches judy halladay thanked the home and school members of the graduating class arc jean anderson pat ban shir ley barratt michael bennett hilda braam carole bradley dorothy brown joan courtney brenda cripps edith francescato jeffrey fryer kathenne garrett dennis gibbons carol goodwin irene gor don fred grutinm judy halladay bill heelev cured hlgglns robert hinton john hoare danny holmes gordon hufnagel teresa huismnn mary hunter floicncc johanson kntherine kenny knthciinc kirk ness hetrr lawson keith main- prize keith mattocks bob mar shall terrv mnsales faye twceach- ern stuart mcdonald evyonne mcglndery barry mclsaac bonnie mcmuilen eddie mcmullcn jeffrey morris gertrude oost beverley price ruth puncheon harold reid denise ridley douglas ruddick merle russell robina sagaskie judy sargtnt rosemary skllling dove smith ruth spielvogel eddie sterritt margaret suntcr bruce timpson john tripp greta van hockelen barbara ware ann wat- kins andrew williams susan wil son wayne wilson heather with ers and arthur woods crushed by log dies in hospital a kitchener man died in hospital tuesday night following an accident at spcyside he was crushed when a log fell on top of him during drawing operations at the farm of john moore just east of no 25 highway on the speyside sideroad arthur hill of kitchener was working with harold towngend r r 2 tavistock removing logs from the moore bush when the ac cident occurred shortly after 7 pm commltmclu or k thetown dr w kcnney of acton was sum- m moned and the critically injured man was taken to guelph general hospital by ambulance at the hospital the logger was fpund to have a fractured pelvis and ruptured spleen he died about 9 p m it is not yet known if a coroners inquest will be held over the death the old dump with the land fill method of disposal and land re clamation discussed finally a mot ion was put and passed that im mediate action be taken to elimin ate tho rats at the dump and coun cil also give immediate attention toward securing a new site mr lowe later asked council to look into repairing the guard rail on the church st bridge and to investigate th placement of some light standards m glenlea this lntti r request was noted by mayor tyler to be in the jurisdiction of the p u c the closed session earlier minutes were read of a special meeting closed to the pub lic on the durable brankiewicz cns at this meeting the content ious road entrywoy into lakevlew was reviewed again also discussed was a purchase proposal with the occupants of a house situated now so that a straight road entrance is prevented council talked outright purchase of this house with the residents and representatives of robert hudson construction a motion was passed that the road be cut into the subdivision at a right angle from the highway and that the house be requested purchased by the robert hudson construction co for 9000 the price asked by the owners no commitment was made by company representatives at this meeting nor dtd any answer reach council at tuesday nights meeting about the subdividers decision this left the whole case still up in the air later on this same matter dep utyreeve wilson charged that c was getting kicked around on the brankiewicz case he called for a motion that ex propriation be completed adding that the subdivider was continually putting off the issue making no satisfaction ask recorded vale this raised an animated discuss ion extracts from a letter ent by the subdivider were read to point out robert hudsons legal position made them responsible for exprop riation costs dealing with brankie- ccontlnued oil page four gxngaxv isiato4isximswbmm no comment on report consultative committee urges hs district remain statafi fttoto last consttucnon stage for actons new marianstreet bridge attracted considerable spectator attention last week when huge concrete slabs 39 of thenxweighing eight tons each were swung into piece on the top of poured supports in this photo the last of the slabs are let down by e crane cement packing and an overcoat of macadam will finish the bridge expecfed tb be- in use this month halton county council without discussion adopted the report of the consultative committee on high school education in the county of halton at the regular monthly meeting tuesday afternoon the eightpage report concluded after full consideration of the other alternatives the committee concluded that a division of the north halton distinct was inevit able eventually but premature at the present they therefore recom mend that the district be left as it is at present but that the problem of division be reviewed within a period not exceeding two years the decision was based on the following considerations a the extent and direction of growth in the north is hard to predict at this tune and its effect on future educ ational needs equally hard to fore see b an equitable divison of tne territory which might comprise tacts new dutrict would at pres ent be difficult to make and might prove unsati in a very short time tc as it is claimed that there will be no need lor further capital expenditures before 1m0 the need for dividin the district ia not imixmdiateih lit ujc meantime a major capital expenaiturebzcotnes necessary a new consultative com mittee should consider the advisa- bilitv of continuing the district idl according to the evidence sub mitted to the committee the north halton district board has worked well together in the past and will no doubt continue to do so for the present in the meantime the committee feels that it is their duty to point out that the adjustments of claims should not prove a serious obstacle to division and that such adjust ment can be affected without un due difficulty either at present or at a later date reviewing the histronics of the establishment of high school areas in the county it was found also that north halton received f9 per cent grant oakvtlletrafalgar 65 per cent and burlington 80 per cent on the basis of the present grant scheme if division was made the tte wo 3f per cent of the approval capital ex penditures and of transportation coats if any an alternative divur ion was suggested georgetown and part of esquesing acton and part of esquesing and nassagaweya milton and part of esquesisag and nassagaweya no serious attempt was made at the present timo to on the other hand it was felt outline boundaries and secure act ual assessments for the suggested districts arguments advanced in favor of division of the district a origin ally the north halton district was formed chiefly to enable theestab- uhment of one central school and such a school was not and will not be established b the increase in both total population and in school enrolment actual and potential since the formation of the area o the difficulty of securing ag reement among five municipalities municipality may by exeeaateeor unrestricted growth make recurring demands on the others without compensating benefits by the committee that the follow ing objections of esquesing and nassagaweya to division of the district should not be overlooked a it would be difficult to ad just debenture indebtedness of the five participating municipalities on fair and equitable basis if the pre sent setup were discontinued b there would lie a loss in grants from the department if the pupils in home economics from the acton school had to be sent to another high school district for their class es and similarly if the pupil in when capital expenditures are ins shop work from georgetown had to volved d a smaller and more ef- go to school its another district for ficient board with seven or eight their classes c the township would have a minority representat ion on three different high school boards and would be mora or leal practically impotent on any of them d p accommodatkav together with tie proposed attdutaftts to georgetown will conttnne to be is instead of 14 from only or at moat three municipalities e if local residents have more direct control oyer their school the re sulting greater interest and pride may insure unproved efficiency in instruction f such a separation would eliminate certain rivalries whereby each school- is at present anxious to receive identical treat ment with others under the prea- ent board f the fear that on44that the statu quojbe malotalnad adequate until there larater population e la view of these considerations atopiaalsif and weyastwiialy ni for the next free years be reviewed uiili in tbe onae very draatle changes earlier revision ite tbssr