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eightyfirst rear no 50 actoni ontario thursday june 21st 1956 twelve pages seven cents pumjc school graduation banquet sponsored by the home and school association was held last week in the school auditorium where 64 senior pupils w te a faiewe dinne the h stuff photo school entrants were addressed by fred rowan of guelph the graduation class presented the school with two paintings of fairy lake by jean johnston me entire group is shown in this staff photo in just five days word has been received from mr and mrs eugene braida who are visiting in italy that they received their copy of the free press five days after it was mailed in acton on the other hand reports we get from sucn places as belfountain hillsburgh moffat are to the effect that the free press reaches them in about five to six days from the time it is mailed in acton distance doesnt mean a thing these days surprise check for 500 given building fund legion ladies auxiliary mem bers surprised the legionnaires when at a dinner given in their honor they presented a cheque for j50o to the building fund this brings their recent donations up to 1000 joyce buchanan the pres ident of the auxiliary handed the unexpected cheque to gordon bcat- ty building committee chnirman the legion hnd arranged the ev ening in appreciation of the work done by the auxiliary friday in the renovated hall men under head chef herb woods served a cold plate meal dancing was enjoyed during the evening each lady wore a rose gift of the legion halton county leads way in social work tb seals halton county stillleadsthe pro- vince in the tb seal campaign provincial department of health trevor pierce seal secretary o the seal campaign for 1956 in halton exceeded any other year and there were returns amounting to 18125 in 1955 the returns were 16196 the average return per contributor in- halton county was- 305 while the provincial average was 9231 the per capita contrib ution in halton county was 359 cents and the provincial average was 208 cents 27 per cent of the people in halton county contribut ed and the provincial average was only 77 per cent this information was presented at the annual meeting last week of the halton county tuberculosis and health association in trafal gar hall the meeting was attended by officers and directors of the as sociation dr s a holling of the the ontario tuberculosis associat ion and mrs collins secretary of the ontario county association as well as interested citizens of the county president of the hfahon country association r f bean of acton reviewed the progress of the hal ton county association during the prst year lie said that it was a matter of rreat pride to him that halton county was a leading coun ty in canada in the effort to de crease and control tuberculosis mr bean stated the association intended to conduct a mass survey in the county later this year to continue the close cooperation with the county medical associat- kftisswrsf s rs graduation for band explorers members of the mission band bvplnrcrs and c fiirls ttri833k3ag continued on page five brownie revel was day of fun for 75 kiddies about 75 brownies from milton georgetown acton and norval en joyed a day of fun and games at the agricultural rounds in milton on saturday when the first annual revel day was held under the spon sorship of the north halton district brownie association the first and second milton packs under mrs j simpson the georgetown pack under wrs h henry the acton pack under mrs b dawm the norval group under mrs b shering spent the morning and afternoon playing games and singing and had a wonderful l op portunity to meet the other brown ies in their district the day started with the fairy fins followed by singing games led by pack leaders lunch a rest period and a sing song the brown ies mixed up in groups of five and went on a nature hunt and at the powwow later discussed their finds on the trip each pack sang an ac tion song and mrs s e wood of milton told a brownie story the day ended with uips and a dismis sal we hope to repeat it everv vear said mrs wood who is nortrthat ton district commissioner district board accepts tenders for work on milton high school tenders for painting three rooms pie main hall and the stage at mil ton high school were opened at the board meeting monday night g farlows tender for 58382 was ac cepted for changing and improv ing the electric lighting in three rooms the tender of george bundy at 42850 was accepted both of these werethelowest bids there are still two vacancies on the staff at acton high school and the positions will again be advertis ed the report of the consultative committee was received and bridfly dealt with permission was granted to hold night classes in all three schools under the same arrange ments which have been in effect previously read architects letter a copy of a letter sent to the con tractor at milton school addition cwl ends season with dinner in hall a delicious salad plate with cake and ice cream was served to mem bers of the catholic womens league in st josephs hall on tues- from the architects insnector was read and discussed an account forj repairs due to faulty workmanship at acton was refused payment correspondence was read regard- 1 ing cost of supplies for public school pupils at classes in acton and mil ton schools a letter from the de partment of education gave ap proval of the amounts as submitted by the secretary of the north hal ton board accounts for the month amount ing to 1909913 were approved for payment messrs parkin and yeates archi tects for the new addition at georgetown school conferred with the board on plans they expected to have plans ready ty the end of the month to call for tenders in july they felt the additional eight rooms would be completed for jan uary occupancy messrs hood kielty anderson creighton coon dills brown goodlet forgrave masterman col es were present at the meeting held in acton school and chairman car- bert presided 440 in cfiest appreciation day draw training of knox church were re minded by mrs a j buchanan that they arc all members of the missionary family tuesday even ing representing the mission groups of the church she- address ed the young people at their grad uation mrs e l clifton opened the service with scripture and prayer mrs bill toth conducted the mis sion band graduation and summar ized the work of the group mary grischow read the purpose those graduating into the ex plorer were sandra sinclair lloyd clifton ruth clow and dale den ny mrs r h armstrong conducted the explorers graduation and sum marized their work they repeated their purpose and sang a hymn cgit girls said their pur pose ella j any welcomed the graduating explorers marilyn le mon dorothy rice barbara nor ton julie holmes and sue walters the graduated explorers and c git girls linked arms and sang a hymn take my life and lot it be members of the participating or ganization took part in the wor ship service with cheryl- price reading the scripture gcraldinc galder giving the prayer margaret armstrong accompanying the hymn billie hansen and douglas allan taking the offering and margaret mcicenzie dedicating it ruth spiel vogel read a story after singing jesus loves me the group joined in a circle and sang taps lunch was served by represent atives of each group i i fa lak drowning of toronto child an inquest has been ordered next week into the death by drowning saturday night of an eightyearold girl at the breezes a picnic and boating area at the western edge of fairy lake dr j rl chamberlain county cor oner ordered the inquest in milton following investigation of the acci dent which happened during a to ronto baptist church picnic at the recreation park owned by j jocque of acton the young victim drown ed when a pontoon bridge javerturrt ed spilling her andjmrjners into four to slxsfeetofwatei although resuscitation efforts un der the direction of dr d a gar rett were carried out by firemen and police for nearly four hours the girl failed o revive she had been under water about 15 minutes it is believed the bridge spanning a 126foot inlet went over when the large group crossing it rushed to one side ttie young people were thrown into the water nearly all managed to hold onto the pontoon structure which did not break hosts tgiielnft in the intercoimtffi m r jocque told the free eress that the fact the bridge was well made it didjut break and since the railings on either side were open probably prevented a grenter tragedy had the bridge broken he lawn bowlers top league wednesday june 13 acton were p w i pts pts 2 2 0 225 150 4 1 2 2 0 209 157 4 vn 2 0 2 105 200 0 2 0 2 156 225 0 day even ny convener j th 1 a day draw winner from knox college eft evening we tftsl wss j f is has and mrs c maccoll the event marked the close of the current season of activities she went shopping with 31 more than expected when her name was the treasure chest is up to 440 next week call extended for knox pulpit the congregation of knox pres byterian church decided unanim ously to extend a call to rev andrew h mckenzie ba bd to take the pulpit of the church rev k g mcmillan of guelph tie interim moderator chaired a meeting in the church monday ev ening when the decision was made mr mckenzie at present the minister of st andrews church islington graduated in theology toronto he five children the clerk a k mann has not yet learned if mr mckenzie will accept the call must go before presbytery next tuesday mmmrmmammmimtmmm massed pipe brass bands play at tattoo j aszen bnnds will parade i hrouch acton saturday when ac- l ton citizens bund holds rts band t rnuurehing bandsmen 1 will come from milton fergus trafalgar township guelph oak- ville brampton burlington port credit and kitchener their program in the park is to include separate numbers massed brass band and massed pipe band selections fireworks are to conclude the ev ening- planned by the acton bandsmen and their leader band master perfott and parade marsh- all jjr a j buchanan wth- lawn bowling league the wea ther was perfect for bowling disaster almost as great as the rockwood debacle of a week earl ier struck the guelph team in the second scheduled game the trundl- ers here won four out of five gam es of doubles for a total of 113 points to guelphs 92 the only team to lose was skip w chisholm and b woods as lead th other- fo skips winning fu acton were a white w near d drysdale and b veldhuis their respective leads were mrs v ing les mrs o cairns b mowat and iwrs h holmes with this added win acton rat es top of the league with rockwood in second place having defeated georgetown that same evening in rockwood schedule for wednesday acton will play in rockwood guelph travels to georgetown league standing total p w i acton rockwood georgetown guelph car rolls over girl 6 injured on fourth line in the same spot where a man died in a motor vehicle accident two years ago a man and three children narrowly escaped serious injury in an accident saturday ev ening one of the children six- yearold alven harmcr received a fractured left elbow when her fathers car went out of control and rolled over ernest harmer rr 1 puslinch was driving south on the fourth line esquesing about a mile and a half south of no 7 highway as his car went down a steep hill it went out of control and rolled over at the bottom of the hill his daughter was taken to jdr w g c kenney in acton then taken to guelph general hospital where a cast was placed on her arm and she was released two other child ren in the car escaped injury constable howard gunn of the opp estimated damage to the car at a lucky 250 two other accidents one on fri day evening and one on saturday- evening caused a total of 735 damage when cars collided or side- swiped at the corner of mo 7 highway and the ballinafad road friday evening threecar crash occurred when a car driven by robert howard belfountain turn ed left onto the sideroad a car driven by norman mcmurchy of brampton stopped behind him and a third car driven by fred nixon of rr 1 fergus smashed into the rear of the mcmurchy vehicle ov erall damage was about 435 saturday evening a car driven hy aiwyri bennett toronto making a left turn onto the seventh line was in collision with a car driven by melvyn lncky toronto who ws driving south on the sideroad and had stopped at the highway total damage was 300 after the accident and the victims body came to the surface diving efforts in the dark water had been unsuccessful in locating her arti- ficial respiration was started by a 15yearold girl lynda walker- of toronto until the doctor and fire men arrived- the dead girl is dorothy snider daughter of mr and mrs herbert snider of lisgar ave toronto she was in a group of 5s young people of dovercourt road baptist church the pastor rev r w wilson was in charge of the outing the second held by this organization at the brecres investigating officer in charge is constable george moore of the mil ton cxpjv detachment the bridge spanning a tongue of fairy lake between the main picnic area nid the ball field of the re creation park was built when the breezes was opened hy mr jocque indicated or hnd there been n mesh four years ago it whs not used for railing many of those in the water could have been injured or trapped under wire the bridge hunted on 22 steel drums in seven sections was tilted a year until cables und anchors set tled and the bridge proved safe for normal use at either end are signs cautioning users not to rock the bridge 4juff photo lifesaving practice was taken by acton scouts and firemen monday night in one of the courses conducted by the st johns ambulance brigade here don cook applies artificial respiration to the victim fire chief jack newton while john bee rm ah looks on under the direction of dave penson a st johns member who ucts in thisrcdse the halgernehson method ofresusclfatlon ew rummage rampant at ys mens annual auction sale in the arena robbie parker wins st andrews award robbie parker son of mr and mrs ft r parker has learned from the head master of st andrews college that he has won one of three scholarships offered for grade 10 entrance there next fall com petition for the awards was keen this year with written and oral ex aminations at the college the popular young acton student will receive 800 each year he at tends st andrews an excellent student active in boy scout activi ties he has just concluded grade nine- f firemen boy scouts practise respiration a step ahead on race three of this issae of the free press there at wi fall ealsmaa f pictures and story escribe this newspapers latest step forward step that will bet ter service to advertiser add in terestsfar rraden and facilitate better presentation mt me of the moat important pvodacts lis news paper makeup today aictares te free crest has added t its expan plant one of the nod- era electronic wanders of mmr generation- photoelectric en grave see stars- and pietaues an age three abaast this ealarajti to the photo densilitnl jyl ovtfeturned pontoon bridge atthe breezes recreation park on fairy lakes western dge is shown wi th photo the scene of an eightyearold toronto girls de byvctrowrting saturday night i he bridgejumed over when about 35 young people on axfi the evensection spar is still overturned after it was lilted slightly and the body cane to the surface for the concluding class in st johns ambulance senior- first aid instructor dave penson of hutton- ville showed a- film on artificial respiration as well as the firemen and scout leaders who took ttoe i i thespring and deep well course the boys of the scout troop watched the informative film and practised artificial respiration af terwards on behalf of the group mickey holmes presented mr penson with a tie clip and cuff links the group took their tests prev iously watef supply holds in heat the seasons first onslaught heat made no alarming demands on the towns water supply strength waterworks superintendent lam bert said this week consumption average these warmer days is run ning about 1750oo gallons per day mr lambert added it has not been necessary to start in the auxiliary welt at warren grove drilled last summer during t the sizzling july heat wave this well will add a bont45 -gallons- per i minute to the present gallonage top ten contestants in the rotary roughly 230 per minute obtainable clubs queen for a week contest i were guests of the members at while to date wafetspp4jris pac- their supper meeting this week ihg demand town officials are in- each girl received a corsage and a tensiiying efforts to find new swuro compact with the rotary crest on es of supply and increase storage j it shoes hats coats suits rummage was rampant at the ys mens sale friday and saturday there was more rummage than ever before this year and customers made the best of it clothing and books were displayed separately at the far end of the arena and shoppers had a heyday the wellknown voices of volun teer auctioneers roy hindley and jack elliott spelled each other over quantites of furniture dishes pro duce and whathaveyou for clus ters of eager bidders away went almost everything from the ice box es to horatio alger books the brooder houses to rhubarb unsold clothing has been crated and will be sent to some worthy organization ptrhtipstdggrtcrlccfratr mansell nellis and lome masters who headed the active committee which planned the sale had a roster of sale clerks on hand to assist the crowd winnrs of the draw were cran ston griese and mrs kely willow st theyreceived lengths of- hose over 500 was raised for the clubs projects which include swim ming lessons training and purchas ing equipment for the ymca the popular sale wilj be repeated next year contestants receive corsages compacts capacity there is room for only 200000 gallons in storage at the re servoir and water tank leaving a small margin for daytime emerg ency entertainment was provided by eric paige who played the piano just ask the children they know six more day of school unable to get stock chamber calls off family fishing day the july 1st family fishing day sponsored at tairy lake last year by the chamber of commerce will not be repeated this year acton chamber officers announc ed this week that the fishing event ort the local like which attracted hundreds of anglers here last july will definitely npt be held thisyrear chief reason behind the cham bers decision to caneal the event cided to cancel the family fishing lies in the unavailability of stock day for t least this summer fish notably bass and pike for the at last years derby the first lake for months chamber officials i sponsored on fairy taste over iso said efforts to persuade department anglers young and old participated of games and fisheries sources to in the event oyer ioo in prizes stock the lake have been futile in j was won and despite sodegreelheat view of this lack of cooperation i between 400 and 500 people crowded theyindicajtedlanpljaso prk fr theda- some enu bass limit has been lifted it was de- 1 from as far away su new york v r3nt v -ai- fwfjil