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r vsp thursday july 26th 1956 the acton free press acton ontario 1 page thrkb wiiuvi thc tirk with tirton georgetown voters to decide proposed 112000 expenditure a proposed 112000 expenditure to renovate georgetown memorial arena will face voters in the de cember municipal elections property owners qualified to vote on money matters will make the decision on an extensive program of alterations to the building which the board of management claims is necessary in order for it to keep operating the board met recently with the town council and explained in de tail what is needed to modernize the building at that time council tl super 500 life protector ends fea of blowouts ends fear of skids es holden optometrist eyes examined i glasses fitted 7 douglas st guelph promised to give the matter serious consideration monday mayor arm strong reported to the council that lie had that afternoon again sur veyed the building with parks board members harold mcclure and dick licata he had explained that it is an in opportune time to consider a large debenture issue and that the arena question is one which he feels should be decided by the people who will foot the bill the board he said has agreed to postpone any major alterations and get by with what is absolutely necessary at present this includes work to make the seating safe from collapse and a new dance floor in the upstairs rose room and the board feels they can meet an esti mated 11300 cost from theyr 1957 one mill grant and anticipated re- big whale nanaimo bc cp exal derman john thompson reported seeing a whale offshore which he estimates was 80 feet long experts however said it was more likejy about 50 feet because the larger whales are seen only far out in the pacific top prictb fob a n u p e 4 t o i misdinthebargain toth motors phono 52 acton franklin prouse motors phone 16 acton people buy the freepress to read and read the free press to buy mike coxe plumbing heating will be closed from july 28 until august 6 for annual vacation the lorne scots p d ft h regt in training during a recent week at niagara summer camp are pictured in these scenes 1 clearing ruins of burnedout building during a company attack are pte john sufflebotham port credit and pte bill wilcox little norway 2 preparing to raise the militia group pennant awarded daily to the regiment with the best tent lines in camp pte ron sin clair acton and pte dave manes cton 3 reading orders are pte norman coulter rr 3 camp- bellville and pte ron isnor milton 4 seeing the new fn rifle demonstrated by ssgt bill daley of the black watch are pte gord luskey port credit and pte harry martin new toronto people buy the free press to read and read the free press to buy pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north oalt telephone 2048 mmg99b9bs air conditioning units to require inspection chronicles of ginger farm wrtttem specialty for the acton free prest by qwendehne p clark continued from page one at a previous meeting to buy an other truck for the hydro depart ment members considered calling tenders for a new truck but final ly decided to sell back to the hydro department the small truck sold for 100 to the waterworks department a few months ago the retrieval your motoring pleasure is our business franklin prouse manager and good business like qn old friend has a way of coming back at franklin prouse motors we like to believe that those we do business with are our friends and will keep com ing back as pontiac buick dealer for the acton georgetown area were anxious to build a business based oh your satisfaction whether youre a new or used car buyer or whether you stop by regularly or occasionally for service or repairs our policy geared to this hope is this to give satisfactory service at fair prices to maintain a high standard of ethics in the sale of new and used cars and to stand behind the products we sell r to constantly try to improve efforts to serve the com munity j it is our constant aim to serve our customers well since we realize this is the only way to ensure the permanence of franklin prouse motors f r a n k l j n pro u s e motors pontiac phone 16 buick acton gmc trucks queen st churchill rd safe happy motoring on your holidays will cost hydro 50 plus expense of a new motor and members de cided tenders will be called for a new truck for the sewage depart ment hydro superintendent d mason reported lightning struck and knocked out three transformers at the substation near baxter labor atories over thc weekend power was restored to thc plant by noon monday after three new 15 kva units were obtained in toronto the superintendent also reported street lights are about to be install ed down the third line and initi ated a discussion on revision of lighting on maria street to and over the bridge waterworks accounts acton puc hydro 11467 bell telephone co 880 canadian brass co 3131 williams supply company 3079 francis hnnkin co ltd- 33710 thompsons fuel service 7726 59903 hydro accounts petty cash s 1031 bell telephone co 4200 symon hardware 4s gordons hardware 70 whithams garage 4 mi thompson motors 1130 moloney electric co ltd 2r4 00 ellis v- howard ltd 2566 acton puc wav 3 6k the acton free press 122 76 canadian general electric 72 50 the hepc of ontario 7956 s 837 81 sewer accounts thompson fuel service symon hardware toths garage bell telephone co acton farm supplv acton pic llvrlro ellis howard ltd harlock v schtiltz this has been the most insecti vorous summer i ever remember look where you will the nir is full of bugs of some kind things that hop fly or crawl some that do all three and i should know some kind of little black fly has nearly driven me crazy and i am the only one it bites the flics arc so small they can get through the screen netting they have tiny wings they also hop and they are almost black you wouldnt think anything so small could be as vicious the aftermath of their bites has given me restless nights for the last fortnight ext cerit the last two nights and thcri only because i have been buying and spraying insecticide with reck less extravarartce i thought if i got bitten up nueh more infection might get into the blood stream and then dear knows what might happen some folk tell me these insects are grass fleas could be as there is a hayfield right next to the house but we have never been bothered with them before however bites or no bites i have been very busy moving house until now with eleven rooms to play aroxind in i seem to have managed to spread myself and my belongings all over thc house and if there is anything that clut ters up a place like old papers books clippings and so forth i have yet to meet it so after a consultation with part ner it was decided i should take over a room upstairs it used to be bobs bedroom first it had to be cleaned and a new place found for boyhoods remaining treasures and with partners help a double bed to take down and remove to the box room and cupboards and shelves to set up in its place and then began the grand job of collecting my belongings and cart ing them upstairs in the midtdl of this things began to happen out side one man enme in to cut a field of hay at thc back of the farm another man was busy in the front field then came the haybaler and af ter him a big rig from thc depart ment of highways i never saw anything with such huge rubber wheels all four of them it was a soiltesting outfit sent in to take samples of the soil for construction purposes the men used a 12inch jjore went down about eight feet and took a sample of the soil and then filled the hole up again i i think they made four holes while this was going on i was busy with my job taking twentyfive vol umes of an encyclopaedia upstairs two volumes at a time was all i could rarry with comfort loiter i jot into trouble for doing the job myself if 1 had known it wcis go me to pour with rain so soon i would have waited for help s the storm very effectually put an end to all outside activity for the rest of the day however the job is done now and i mi settled down more or less in my new quarters but i have run up against another pro blem itntil i got used to it i wont be able to write for looking out of the window i didnt realize what a grand view i would have from up stairs the window faces north west overlooks our driveway lots of trees and green fields no 25 highway and in thc distance the mountain and of course the set ting sun what more could anyone want but i was enreful to place my typewriter desk well away from the will clow where neither birds nor scenery will distract my atten tion when i rcaly settle down to work of course this new setup has its disadvantages too the stairs for instance sometimes no sooner have i not upstairs than the door bell or the telephone rings and the phone rings five times before i can iet to it daughter says put n extension plnxuv good idea but it hat costs money andt dont frank carney 4k sons plumbing heating hardware electric phone 135 rockwooo think we have enough calls coming in to warrant the exjicnsr oul-go- ing calls i can arrange to make when 1 am downstairs partner savs it looks as if we have come to the parting of the ways he living d iwnstairs and i oh the second floor but we do have our meals at the same table and in the cvcninj we share he television together it isnt even as bad as when wo had a lot of entitle then i did used to think we led separate lives with partner at the barn most of the time and i at the house but cornc to think of it there is nothing extraordinary about that a professional or businessmans work 13 usually away from home isnt it on a farm it just seerhs queer because a farmers wife is used to having her menfolk within earshot most of the time yesterday we had a quiet day until about four oclock then things began to pop first a very welcome caller then our itfrorrto family and finally bob and joy and they all wanted eggs to take home with them with eggs sell- tng at 73c they arc glad to get them at wholesale price as dee says they get better and bigger ejjgi but at a lower price ade whilc you wait hintonv5c1 store a1