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thursday july 12th 19s6 the acton free press vcton ontario page vtvi police appjicakorivltba reived by th undersigned for ion of probationary constable in the georgetown the police department applicants are to give full particulars as to education health marital status and police experience if any 1 probationary period will be 6 months starting salary 2700 00 per year duties to begin august 1st 1956 applications to be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked police application and are to be in the office of the undersigned not later than 400 pm july 16th 1956 john d kelly j p clerktreasurer skyway second in length on ly to golden g ate bridge natural gas i com t ac now inquire about conversion burners water heaters appliances it w save rou money caul us collect root hardware phone 16 rockwood highway plans highway routes access to hikhvvavs and highuav construction are of considerable local interest these days and the biggest of all highway projects is of course the burlington skxwav sidewalk superintendents who enjo watching engineering pro jects develop from the ground up are in for a real experience in the months ahead as the 17 000 000 skyway begins taking shape while heivv trucks the mobile rnicmasters of the construction in dustryyplv back and forth across the beach strip hauling concrete for the 75 piers on which the 8000 foot long span will be based bull dozer crews are busy beginning construction of an interchange at the intersection of highway 2 and the queen elizabeth also tenders are being called for the approaches to the skyway along the beach the footings are taking shape and the sight of a mechanical crane hoisting a buck et of concrete high in the air to the top of one of the arched piers gives the observer a feeling of insignif icance by comparison in size and an indication of just how big an engineering project the sky is i f everything about the skyway is big its length making it second only to san fransiscos famous golden gate bridge 75 spans maximum height 210 feet jntrrior brruratutg for expert color scheme suggestions superior workmanship and the latest sunworthy waterfasi wallpapers call bgrtt im decorator rockwood 51 ring 5 providing a clearance under the bridge of 120 feet and the amount of material required in its con struction 20o00 tons of steel and 90 ooo cubic yards of concrete make it an engineering project of con siderable magnitude and lmport- rnce even in an age of scientific marvels at the intersection nf highway 2 ind the queen elizabeth near ind ian point bulldozers and earth moving equipment are upending trees and piling up earth as they bein construction on the inter change that tvill provude the main intersection for getting on and off the skjvvav from burlington ac cording to the department of highways as is customary when a major highway project is underway pav ed service roads will facilitate the movement 0 traffic when- detours are required in the course of the next week or so service roads in the vicinity of the highway 2 queen elizabeth intersection are expected to be completed so traffic can be rerouted while construction on the interchange and approach to the skyway is going on there will be two service roads to re route tr on eit side of the commission with special attention present queen elizabeth with the skyway providing four traffic lanes and pulling the cork out of one of the worst traffic bot tlenecks in the world planners looking ahead to the next 25 years are wondering if the bridge should not have been designed for at least six lanes however the completion of the skyway scheduled for december 31 1957 will at the cutting of a ribbon make the qe what is was originally intended to be a through express highway with the exception of one remaining weak link at the wclland canal from toronto to niagara falls as for what access local residents will have to uhe skyway and the new highway 401 being constructed north of the present queen eliza beth to provide access to the sky way unless the thinking of the de partment of highways changes rad ically the intersection at indian point will be burlingtons main point of access an official of the highways de partment said the policy is firm concerning access to controlled ac cess highways the intention is to prevent such highways from be coming clogged with short run lo cal traffic cutting into lanes of through traffic and pulling off the throughway creating accident haz ards further and this point is th departments policy and a factor in the departments decision to make brant st non access the de partment intends to prevent a rib bon development alongside its through controlled access highwavs and consequently an official of the department said recently it is not likely there will be any change in plans for construction of the new extension of the queen elizabeth which crosses brant st north of freeman burlington ga zette wedding photos the the press is now prepared since tfee installation of electronic engraving equipment to accept wedding pictures of local or dis trict couples for publication at zto cost the only requirements in that the photograph submitted most not be more than four indi es wide and a glossy print f suitable quality for reproduction no assurance can be given that the plehare will be published in any specified week bat every ef fort will be made to have it pub lished as soon as possible after re ceipt the free press photographers cannot be available for any wedding photography work introduction of ibis policy is just one of the extensions made possible with the addition of ex panded facilities people buy the free press to read and read the free press to buy commission deals with reports and general business at meeting continued from page one employees to repair the hydro line damage circumstances of this necessity were reviewed by the youre a honey of a mother ttiort groat coke tasro puts m at their sparkling bast n oungstcrs ioo so for that cvtra sparkle that ttiat puts them at their sparkling best for calls be sure youre ready with canadas favorite rcfrisher ice voung and old alike when lompam cold coca cola when you ome the coke l hpllllmilull iii it r sj6 i out orangeville bottling works orangeviixe ovt prone 136w given to regulation of weekend duty by hydro employees waterworks superintendent j lambert reported a hydrant mov ed on peel st gravel laid down at the pumping station driveway me ters in all but three completed houses at glenlea and reviewed ex tensions necessary on certain local hydrants sewage system superintendent a duby reported difficulties with the sump pump motor at the lift stat ion also noted trouble with clog ged or broken sewer laterals in warren grove and glenlea toward the close of the meeting discussion was held on the status of an employee working back and forth between the town staff and ptic staff 8ewer accounts toths garage acct- 1151 symon hdwe mdse 15 10 j mccallunvs serv re pairs 550 rosedale serv centre acct 16j8 bell telephone serv 9 50 fisher scientific co ltd mdse 2025 7824 waterworks accounts highway garage acct 350 thompson motors acct 2530 can brass co mdse 9314 thos gordon ltd mdse 4389 bell telephone serv 585 acton auto body repairs 12125 consolidated engines and machinery mdsc 1200 chemical developts mdsc 97 50 gordon hdwe mdsc 355 acton puc hydro may operations 135756 acton puc hydro accts 21589 hydro accounts acton auto body gas bell telephone accts petty cash exp trans rosedale serv centre gas 95 40 60 22 68 oil etc whithams garage acct j b mackenzie and co ltd mdse toth motors acct line and cable accessories mdse thompson motors acct macdonald elec meter can gen elec mdse bell telephone rearrang ing labor elgin and mill sts shortius sheet metal re pairs symon hdwe mdse f e lightning cheque writer sales repairs m coxe acct b everdcll bigwin exp j stewart bigwin exp w d mason bigwin exp h g bardow mdse can wire cable mdse ellis a howard ltd mdse jenson man co mdsc northern elec mdse can line materials mdse h palmer office cleaning f terry re postage meter hejc of ont may pow er consumption j r kearney corp mdse chronicles of ginger farm written specially lot the actbw free prea ty gwendoline p curfce some habit are good some are bad but this habit the weatherman his of ilvv iv s stiging a storm over the week end isn t welcome at all etpeciillv as it comes just around chore and supper time we had six extra for supper in sunday and thev arrived jut hilf an hour ahead of the storm as i watched the thrcitening skv and noticed the thunder ind lightning getting sharper every minute i put the kettle on and made the tea ahead of time better tea on the cool side i thought than no tea at all but nf course as i had prepared for an emergency the power didnt go off that was just a stroke of luck neighbors below us had no power atall and it was off down town including some of the telephones but at least we didn t have it as bad as folks down in the london- stratford area poor dears 14433 4w 198243 walingo auto body and garage phone los r ockwood expert body and paint work free estimates shoplifters booty abandoned by road noticing an electric shaver miss ing after two men had been in his store w j guild of rockwood gave chose friday afternoon the men had left in a car however the provincial police took over and picked up two men on the highwnv between acton and rock- wood the men were inter allowed to proceed a search of the irea revealed a bag off the side of the highway containing the shaver and sivcnl other items including in electric drill bedroom clocks and i set of drills 1otil v llut vva cstim ited it s60 opp sgt m wright of the gin iph dctichment felt the theft vv is tin v irk of in experienced shop hfti r thi occurrence is un dcr invstik tun c in uli in consumption of k ere im is ibuut tvv dillons j pt i son p r i i why juvenile assurance the aluc of insuring your childs life with the sun life of canada is illustrated by the following pro isions of the new sun life junior adjustable assurance the child receives the advantage of low cost insurance for the remainder of his life you art protected against expenses of childs death before agi 1 bv a death benefit in keeping with the amount of protection usually required at vounger ages at jl each 1000 of childs assurance auto- j matiralk becomes s5000 ordinary life endowment or limited payment life plans may be selected if preferred without medical examination or increase in premium nail this coupon tod4t george i hollinger so mill streft e p1iove 354 acton ont i pltssr- ttmj mm untbout obligation dtutts of lb tumor aaptslsu aitmrmce for my iw gt -name- address sun lifffiivi canada cernwitv r i ill co 0per atos 23 25 well among those who came 1881 yesterday were our two boys our grandsons i iean dave is getting 1 25 to be more of a little boy all the 650 time and as mischievious and the baby well i suppose i aim slightly 125 14 partial but i thought tie was just 12 25 about perfect well developed and 95 taking notice of everything around 167 40 htm partner wanted to know if there was anything wrong with htm because he was so good but we as- 154 47 sured him that when he was at the barn edward let us know he had 2 23 a good healthy pair of lungs any- j90 way dave is very proud of him and 1225 talks every now and then about 5035 my brudder he likes to help 47 jo mummy do things for him runs 58 50 after nappies and powder helps put 73 co the carnage on the veranda and 34 71 raises an alarm if the baby cries 7228 better still daughter is a differ ed 18 ent person even from wtiat she was 153 68 18 months ago last week she not 842 34 only looked after her own two boys 8200 but took charge of a neighbors lit- 25 oo tie twoyeareld girl as well and 100 00 put down a whole crate of berries between baby chores i2 wei1 il doesnt look n 207 will be much haying done around here for a few days with a heavy rain yesterday and humidity a hundred per cent this morning it can hardly be called good haying weather and there are such a lot pf bales out through the country it doesnt make much difference to us as partner has sold his standing hay to a neighbor but he hasn t come in to cut it yet because of the weather i suppose it will be the first time since we started farming that we haven t had to worrv nbout hiving and what a relief it is king to be of course there is something vcrv ippenlinx about mw mown hav ou really feel you ire farm ing whin th pungent smll of clover fills the ur right now wo ore content to borrow tho lromntic odors from our neighbors fields hiving is i dang rous ind worn sonu time wln the mower is out in the f i id vim just feel sou hive to b ronstintiv on the alert in tist i doc i c it or i ihild should mi within r lrh of those mur- di rows knivis whin win ire v tiling von miniri to t ilxi virv hilig in v ur stril tin uork the risks ind th sv th r bu is the irs go bv tin- 1 mgr r si ms more immimnt thi work li inli r ind th vv ithci innri tlimivtr igin von 1 h it is lun th m r folk hi gild if i son or sons i ible ind willing tf c irrv on as i look t ic k i think soinitimts t used to bi in king for trouble be- ciusc 1 w is oftt n ilinost pttrifiid with fejr ihn i used to drivi the horsi s on th hivfork i us -il- vvivs ixpicttng thi rop would snip in two i mi in v be lit the lo id jdovvn on p irtner or bob is thov i worked in thi- mow then when we j stjrtid tiking hav off in bill- there j a is nlwavs tile chnnci trnt part- nir not boms too steidv on his legs might tike a he ider from the top of the loid farmitis certain- lv a h lirdorm occupation at nnv unit with nther the ncv or the j old vv iv if operiting mechaniza tion i ises the work but i would sav it dt finiti iv ininasis the danger and vi t hovv nice it ts to nwct voung folk vv itk initiative ind vi- i s on one couple who were hire vistirctiv fortv ivh i would siv rot tired of citv lift bought i piece of land noith of toronto itaout five vt irs ijii put up a srmll toim and a six roomed bungalow both of which then biilt thornselves then thev went into the chirken busi ness now thev hive things fixed up in uch i va that the poultry i operite on thi- cifcttria svstcm arid i both the mm md his wife hold of- i fice jobs in the citv and commute back and forth they raise broilers i capons fnd laving hens whether i thev make money or not i don t 1 know but at leist thev are pjv lrig i j their wav and have an interesting sideline to fall back on if ttieir citv jobs should peter out at least they have solved the problem of what to do w ith their spare time during trns period of automation thats all for now ive got strawberries to put down as for cherries judging by our own there vv ill h be enough totfted the robifb bur r have quite a bit of fruit left over from last year so i didn t intend to do as much as usual any vv ay w in the first quarter of 1v56 the value- of foreign goods sold in canada exceeded the value of can adian exports by 225 million com pared with a trade deficit of 24 million in the tame period of 1865 axsnefcer t