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eightysecond year no 6 acton ontario thursday august 16th 1956 ten pages seven cents report irritates council protest highways refusal to allow stop lights here actons intermediate baseball team is shown in this group photo after the team recently donned new uniforms supplied by local businessmen front left to right sonny townsley red ander son scotty aaccristall harold townsley bill skelding bill skillirig john cunningham- rear don ryder paul lawson lloyd robinson atmlt photo harry lawson bob tyler bob bruce spike scott ross morton ab sent are lorne masters ken adamson and lloyd masales oba playdowns for the intermediate b grouping start next week with acton taking on aailton in the first of a best threeoutoffive series natural gas turned on in milton at friday morning ceremony esquesing boy hurt in tank explosion john brown 14yearold soft of mr and mrs art brown r r 2 acton was released from toronto hospital this week after suffering painful face injuries august 2 at his fathers auto yard on the seventh line the boy was working on a re frigerator unit when an ammonia tank exploded in his face taken to sick childrens hospital in toronto the sight of both eyes was reported in danger however his condition has improved and his sight is not expected to be permanently affect ed 18 teachers for esquesing school staffs completion of an 18teacher staff in the 11 schools administered by esquesing township school area is announced by the board secretary ern batkin there will be seven new teachers in the district in september ten teachers are remaining in their present positions and one w ill switch to another school still with in the area principal douglas cnpeland mrs j t cascadden and miss ora car son will all return to their positions at ss no 7 norjl mrs william croniar will contin ue to teach at s s 3 ashgro e and miss margaret macedwurd at ss 5 waterloo mis rita shortill will also continue at s s no 14 blue mountain and mrs patricia mellon at ss mo 8 dublin misskilda boxes is switching from ss 12 lorne to s s 11 glen williams she wij1 be replaced b natural gas is now available to all citizens and industries of milton the valve turning ceremony held friday evening on the base line road and attended by the town and provincial officials culminated months of negotiation and construc tion by the united suburban gas company ltd to give milton natur al gas service the natural gas which will be used in milton and the rest of north halton comes frorn wells along the gulf coast of texas and louisiana eventually this gas will he replaced with canadian gas from alberta brought east by transcanada pipe lines limited the source of this gas and united suburbans contract for its purchase insures an ade quate supply for many years even under the most severe weather conditions a company spokesman said this basic supply of gas will be augmented by local natural gas ob tained from the wells of the an thony oil and gas exploration company of acton the transmission and distribution system bringing gas to milton cost- ernest west gives impressive address ernest west formerly of acton and now a lawyer in kitchener was the speaker at acton united church sunday morning in the absence of the minister rev gordon adams he gave a very impressive message heard with interest by the con gregation and about 25 scout leaders fiom a course at blue springs scout reserve one of the latter an or dained minister himself particulai- ly congratulated mr west buffalo meet girls day camp y highlights august 5 touched off a week of bustling activity for acton y mca as members of the local track team visited buffalo new york for the buffalo firemens game and the american relay championships although the local boys did not bring home anv trophies from this meet they had the pleasure of see- i mcclure ing the east york track club of mcclure seven injured as truck car smash saturday four people in a pickup truck and three others riding in a car wore injured saturday afternoon when the two vehicles collided at the intersection of the sixth line of esquesing and the limehouse road i no 20 sideroad the 1955 model car driven by kees van lyere of glen williams rolled over two times in the north west ditch police said anct came to rest on its roof the driver suffer ed a fractured left arm and a pas senger 17yearold alice gills of glen williams received severe head injuries and suffered concus sion they were both rushed by ambulance to guelph hospital michael buckley of rr 3 georgetown a passenger in the truck received head lacerations and back and chest injuries he was rushed to hospital by a different ambulance the driver of the truck bruce and passengers donald five and gordon wing- toronto win the american sprint field all of rr 3 georgetown re relay championship ceived minor injuries and were on monday the group stopped at treated at the scene by dr thomp- the niagara police games on the son of georgetown jerry gills six wav home and competed against a passenger in the lyere car was ing about half a million dollars has been designed and constructed us ing uptodate engineering and modern construction methods to as sure adequate and safe service for man of the ohmpic stars from also treated for minor injuries ever use of this fuel it was also canada and the united states police constable george moore stated i acton runners gae a favorable t the damage to the truck strong protest was made by ac tons councillors tuesday night when a department of highways report again turned down a request for stop lights at the towns bus iest corner mill and main streets this is the second time in as many years the application has been re fused quick exception was taken to the reasons department statisticians quoted for the decision the report contended stop lights were not warranted at this corner for sev eral reasons in the last two years it said six accidents were reported at this corner yet none of them were of the type that could have been prevented by stop lights the report quoted figures on traf fic rates southbound eastbound and westbound and claimed flow of vehicles in all directions had not substantially increased in the past upper school results listed joe jany tops upper school results for acton high school have been announced and indicate that joe jany was the outstanding fifth form student at the school the past year results of papers in which pupils passed arc listed below the failures are not given braida mary botany 57 zool ogy 52 jany joseph s eng comp 78 eng lit 72 algebra 74 geometry 58 trig and statics 75 fr auth 80 fr comp 73 lindsay g june latin authors 58 maecoll colin j chemistry 56 maccoll wm j history 51 al gebra 66 mcmillan donna eng comp 57 pipillon dennis eng lit 50 physics 50 peal joy history 69 rognvaldsora clarence eng comp 66 physics 54 in acton company officials have announced that if the original in stallation schedule is maintained there should be natural gas piped to users b august 25 acton midgets dowrr milton four times account of themselves at the meet a 300 frank cooper placed fourth in done to the car the 100 yard dash and wayne alrbic ran a close fifth wayne made the fourth spot in the 220 yard dash and qx c if i orlorc placed fourth in the hopstep and ju u lcsaucii jump event maurice van hemrnen ran fourth in the 140 yard dash and then uiader the guidance of coach more lefernere the acton midget ball team has defeated the milton midgets four times in an exhibition scries prior to the start of ontario championship pla the first team the locals will the first canadian scout leaders training course to be held at blue springs is underway there the scout reserv e east of acton is used almost exclusively for training courses 1 i i come amazed the spectators and officials by also placing fourth in the mrle and the broad jump maurice has shown w onderful endurance through the season and should do well at the forthcoming canadian olympic trials closer to home a day camp for girls was operated by the ymca jw wnu na wtu v i atld s enjoved a trip to ma iurchwlle other uet n the plav offs will be mil on rt wh th c fmteacher staff l s ll f- at one of tca s north st principal ralph r forward into the second and dl pians or tj o round of the ontario pladown w tn w 0 o acas stewardesses cis from the canadian headquarters the girl also spent a day in the i the boy scouts association at ot- woods onrainj davs movies and taw a a talent show were the feature pf uniformed scouters attended the da w ith top honors in the tal- i church serv ices in acton last sun- cnkshow po ng to miss helen ben- aav morning the course ends this ton wu kend teaching at churchwlle other mc in hl la ton airport where they inspected praires ontario quebec and the members of the fmteacher staff an s u l dt one of tca s north star aircraft martimes among them are seven at the glen ar principal ralph 1v j d and discussed plans for the future en on the staff are eight lead mckoown and mrs edna beaumont who aic- returning and new teach- large response of blood donors response to acton legions blood donor canvass this week has so ex ceeded expectations that legion members in charge arc doubting if the red cross mobile clinic sched ule originally drawn up for acton will handle the stream of donors in one day unofficial estimates this week have set the number of donors from acton alone at over 500 canvass- j ing in the glenlea subdivision and in some rural areas is not yet com plete so final totals will not be known until next week i mnndj night a team of volun teers canvassed sections of town to i finup donors for the august 30 a j clinic with the unexpectedly high about sloop damage was j rt va considered by one legion member that the red cross mai have to double its clinic staff hen- to accommodate the local and distrct donors the clinic is scheduled to be held in the lesion auditorium august 30 3 to t p m and 7 to 9pm published this week are names and telephone numbers of legion members who mat be contacted if an cmzn has been missed m the canvass and wishes to be a donor tht clinic the first held in acton since the end of world war ii is 36 scout leaders attending the joint direction of the from british columbia the hc i auxiliary and the hamilton branch canadian red cross year tests had shown the 30 miles per hour speed limit was with few exccptions being adhered to the report added councillors agreed with none of these points in the report recommendations snubbed recommendations also got an im patient reception the department report called for retention of the present flasher signal and use of a police officer at the corner during peak traffic periods in view fo mill and main corner being a junction of two highways council failed to understand why the department had apparently ap proved recent installation of stop lights in milton and georgetown where provincial highways handle the same movement of traffic as in acton mayor e tyler said the matter was not finished he said he would protest to the district highways engineer over the reports decision early in tuesday nights regular meeting s mclsaac appeared to complain again of the perennial drainage problem in front of his garage he declared the gutter in stalled by the town last year was no good i used to get 50 per cent of the drainage water now i get 100 per cent of it he said mr mclsaac went on to warp council he had no intention of let ting the unsatisfactory drainage condition damage his property for another six years he mentioned legal action council advised the road com mittee would consult with the en gineer as soon as possible and make every effort to find a solut ion us bond sale unlikely councillor w cook reported from an interview with an investment firm representative that acton has little likelihood of selling its bond issue block on the american mar ket clerk j mcgoachie added in formation to support this and council reviewed the present unat tractive state of the canadian money market for municipal bonds council agreed to hold on to its unsold debentures in the hope of more favorable sale conditions report on the planning boards study of the town s compiled plan draft was given by the clerk some points of concern in council were discussed including a ques tion of ownership of the public school lane legally it was pointed out the lane is owned by the pub- thoroughly review the lie schoot board but is maintained and recommendations of and used by the town as a public port which was produced as the road a delegation is to appear be- first step in the 1956 councils pro- fore school trustees to discuss the j ject to increase water supply and designation of the road for the storage capacity in acton complied plan the special meeting will be held council was asked if a firm decis- next tuesday evening ion had been made on the proposed deputyreeve w wilson asked r n brown 147lot subdivision i about grading plans for the north submitted to the planning board i stretch of the third line on a tot- earlier this year i ally different subject he objected the question raised a flurry of to use of profanity in the council talk on the present tight rein on chamber with further points to be clarified council approved the planning boards recommendation to allow mr coles to carry his proposal through council also approved for the planning board the draft of actons official land use map presented by town planner p a deacon last month notification was made that arbit ration on the towns wellworn brankiewicz case will be heard before a judge september 21 the court will seek to settle a price for land expropriated by the town nuii trench imptoctor council informed by the depart ment of labor that it was compell ed to appoint an excavation in spector named a duby by bylaw for this post under the trench ex cavators act council passed an indigent pat ient account turned down one ap plication for relief in view of legal circumstances hut accepted a second application for relief tentative approval from the ontario municipal board for the proposed 120000 new public school here was recorded the annual unconditional per capita grant for acton from the ontario government was received based on the 1951 census figure of 2880 and revised on the present population of 3367 total amount received was 5275 20 a health unit report stated a duplex house on church st was found through testa to have the sewer outlet connected to the storm sewer cerk mcgeachie said the owners have been notified but there is some question if the town or the owners will be responsible to correct the situation further in vestigation to ascertain responsib ility is to be made council approved a georgetown hospital fund tag day in acton august 24 and 25 this request was made through the local legion ladies auxiliary claims damage by drainage the owner of a mill st house mrs lauretta veit complained through a guelph legal firm of property damage said to be caused by a change in drainage flow off wallace st council questioned the claims but agreed to look into the matter council s longawaited water sur vey from r v anderson associates was received and read it was ag reed to hold a special mciting to findings the rc- from all canada take course nearby of the crs misuses gail wheeler and marj- orie kivurtz miss kourtz com from niagara falls ind miss wheel er is a hen girl w he graduate this mar from toronto teuhcrs college mrs nellie gardirterr missos lois miu kim and thelma brown ue having the staff there mrs nlarv differ has left the staff it ss 6 stew rttcvi n and mrs klwood snow ballinafad will be taking her place mrs lvla pol lock wirl continue on the staff miss june lmdsi of aijjjns- re placing mr stevenson at ss 10 dufferin at s s 13 bannockburn mrs helen rognvaldson is the new tea cher replacing miss ritchie th bovsjjijie been pla ing inter- town games this ear with george town milton campbell ville and port credit the local jteim has been notablv the strbngest team dm nig the season softball finals to start friday mortgage money for residential construction acton s balance of as sessment the need for more indus try here and other related or unre lated subjects council s motion to permit no more subdivision activity was re called and councillor brown ob jected to the terms of this restrict ion nevertheless a motion carried that the former resolution be reit erated to permit no more subdivis ion development here at present would sell lota singly development of another area the wool combing subdivision on queen st w which two jeirs ago was written in an agreement with council for services came up for discussion as a result of a planning board meeting nlonday night council was told of omtiuctie s propositirtn to sell 3 individual front lots off the 44lot area since monev for fullscale development under cmhc is not available the planning board was prepar ed to go along with this it was rt ported if council would pass restrictions on lot szcs and ivpe of homes council noted services are now available for the 13 fronting lots and if the were sold and built on tax revenue would increase ki j bosskszgmi2a first since 1920 actons compiled plan the towns first collection since 1920 of separ ate subdiv isions plans lot measure- ments and boundary lines into one missandvrsonhas left the school i comprehensive blueprint was tabl et ss i milton heights and miss i ed monday night when the plan- anna olsen of bracebridge will ning board met in regular session halton ruril softball finals start fndav omagh has defeated horn- fa s f jur girres to none and tied one uie palermo won both ther se- mfiruls o er tanslev and trafal gar o iagh whii meet palermo in a best two out of three series each i game going nine innings for the halton county championship the gams will be under the lights at the meeting he sad he was pre- perrit sale of the 13 fronting lots lowmile starting at 8 pm on fri- weather pared tn register the new plan of mdviduallv da v august 17 and continuing suodivison if the boaid would i this prop j councillor e fdotitt was told the revised bylaw for a new fire hall is not yet ready for submission to the municipal board he also questioned about lighting on the maria st bridge and requested for a main st resident removal of earth left piled on this property af ter the school creek wu dredged councillor cook queried abqut the whereabouts of work sheets and was told thjy were available brief talkton dump he also initiated a dlwuision on the dump which was taken up by all councillors as the pros and cons of using the sanitary land fill meth od of disposal and land reclamat ion wire talked over this method involves hiring or buying a bull dozer other aspects of the method were considered but councillors agreed to seek further information before the new dumping site is put into use councillor cook also complained of uncut weeds around glenlea a motion was passed that the town cut the weeds on property owned bv bradlcv and houghton ind bill them for the work reportedly the owners had been requested to cut tve wteds before this but no act ion has been taken board reviews compiled plan draft memorial service at ballinafad cemetery a large crowd gathered for the first memorial servee ever held in ballinafad cemetery sundai fine enhanced the occasion i the hill orchestra proiaed mm- this proposition was discussed at tuesday august 21 and again fri- 1 ic for the hvmns the torcti my ship gave an addres and word of approval on the condition of the cemetery at the present time mr neelon gave a splendid ser mon exhortinc people to be true and loval christians in daih life f w shortill thanked all who a ajvv xi length and members indicated thev daj august 2 if necessary w ould go along with the idea ifjhe i the orsa playoffs shepherd we cannot think of had taken part m h them as dead and abide with me teach there next term charge laid after saturday accident a local man was charged with un paired driving following an accident saturday afternoon at queen street and churchill road a vehicle driven by wubert mc- muuen acton was in collision with a car driven by george shaw of guelph mr shaws wife was treat- e for shock members noted however that the plan is still not complete with scattered and numerous boundaries stilt lacking complete measure ments and various other lot sur- ves yet to be made before the plan can be filed for registration it was suggested it may be a ear or more before the loose ends are cleared up and the compiled plan finished r snrur p a b restricting intermediate b section palermo i l also puyed during the taking c p frlitrkril uras at upetl rlouse i the is pe of houses to be built and wul d copetown hornby will of tn offering which was receiv- rice rie5 coiio t0l of thompson motors thompson motors inaugurated their new locatipn at the former garner garage site with an open house films refreshments and a car display were enjoyed by mny bob marshall won the coke cool er in a draw other winners were doug brown of milton pave dills t e watson c i- kirkriess w fate of the 44lot woo com brown cam sinclair melvui walk- lubdivisiohnjn queen st owned er ted hansen r goodwin by e coles of hamilton was dis- tyler bill nicolac andrew frank cussed when mr coles appeared at jack cooney and a- gervais lot sus in the area some time pl sewinner of the eramosa i b floyd shortill and roy aiy was also spent discussing sidewalks league warne descendants of pioneer fam- ifl lecjion fvtclyazinc for this subdivision j i c omagh plays h i in the current uu cx th earl in the meeting a represent- morriston and tanslev plays bad- i ot legionary comment u made on the ative of canadian petrofina ltd enock holder of a lot at the corner of 1 queen st and churchill rd where it is proposed to build a service station reviewed iis compan s plans to date members raised some questions about lot dimens ions and location of buildings which were not fully answered the mat ter is to be revived at a later meet ing champion bean how have your beans been can you beat this one mrs h w hmton reports a scarlet runner pole bean that is r3 and aialfinches long in ber garden on iake ave suitable selections beyond the decoration and memorial sunset and the haven of rest al- heij m many cornmunltiea la i an neelon minister of the united a t comment made on th a- church at ballinafad read the j ervjc u yeml t editorial scripture hebrew it and led in columns of the free fii was prayer ernest root gave a talk on pio neer days around ballinafad and enn township with some history of the cemetery harold griffin printed m fuil suds ewntar are iiiuvlnff l popular and lesion- hunch serve much of the credit tor moting them elsewhere justs aadvhenry wheeler pf erin town- have in acton l