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tt t eightysecond year no 7 acton ontario thursday august 23rd 1956 ten pages seven cents y athletes win five trophies in highland games at fergus pumpkin seeds sent to 92 in ontario novel attraction at acton faj fair thia year will be the junior pump kin growing contest which will con clude with the naming of a pump kin growing champion for ontario entries have indicated that the title will really be representative too since fair secretary mrs irene swackhamer sent out 92 packages of pumpkin seed to all parts of the province some went east as far as leeds county north to north bay east to kincardine and near sarnin of course there were many local requests for seed as well although- some have said it is a bad year for pumpkins fair officials are hopeful they will take a late spurt to be in time for the fair donor response may reach 700 legion officials in charge of ac tons august 30 blood donor clinic added up canvass results this week and where a high of sso donors had been initially hoped for found the final total will be nearly double that figure response has been so heavy that extra time has been added to the clinicsopen hours next thursday a notice elsewhere in this issue gives details of the new hours monday night canvass captains totalled nearly 625 volunteers who have signed up to donate blood at the first big clinic here since the end of world war ix canvass re sults have yet to be completed for rural areas adjacent to acton when this is done it is expected the grand total will be close to 700 it was pointed out that if there are any who wish to donate blood and were not contacted an appoint ment for the august 30 clinic may be made by calling e i barr at 160 gord mccutcheon at 103 or vic pat rick at 548w freak of the week believe it or not the proof is in the free press w indox a tomato is growing on a potato plant the freak was discovered in the garden of mrs walker on ag nes st a green tomato still liny was spotted amidst the wealth of potato leaves on the plant before a crowd of more than 7000 acton track club entrants carried off five trophies at the fer gus highland dames on saturday intermittent rain failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the spectators and only briefly delayed the pro gram competing against topranking athletes acton young mens results were outstandingly good setting the record for the 100 yard dash in three age groups prank cooper placed second in the juvenile race at lot seconds al though he and the first place win ner gordon dodd of the hamilton track club were timed the same dodd crossed the tape first there were about 10 entrants british empire champion- stan raike of the toronto police force placed first in the shot putt not surprisingly however second in the field of about eight was wavne arbic of acton who putt his shot about 35 feet stan eger- ton of the toronto olympic club was third wavne arbic was beaten by no one not even an olympic star in the 10o yard junior dash he was first with a time of 109 seconds two men from the toronto ol ympic club ron miller and stan egerton took first and second place in the pole vault miller a british empire champion lept 12 feet nine inches- the two had expensive swedish steel poles for the comp etition with a borrowed pole jim denny of acton took third place about 10 competed in the midget 100 vard dash when frank mariscak was awarded third place ahead of him came bob sisler of hamilton 01mpic club and metro kozakof richmond hill track club also entered in events from ac ton were wayne wislon don price and peter gibbons running in the open mile were delmar watson ed molody and ed barr of the ac ton club bruce andrews who is w ith the guelph legion track club placed sixth in this open mile race bob bravshaw who went with his runners to fergus was pressed into sen ice unexpectedly and assisted the officials ys men ham arbic and charlie lcatherland supplied the transpor tation for the voung men considerable justifiable pride is felt in the splendid records set b the voung athletes from town the highland games attract top comp etitors each ear making actons high standing especiall commend able would more than double water supply and storage customs figures here are up 500 per cent customs collection figures for the port of acton have shown a 500 per cent increase over the last 20 years customs collector billy middle- ton says the figures may be taken as a true picture of business condi tions here although 1956 figures have not yet been filed they will show a substantial increase over last years 263253 total he says in 1934 when mr middleton became the customs agent here the total was 56000 the main portion of the total is accounted for by the towns leading industries guelph bowlers certain to win beardmore prize xzxjssvetr sasgaaarmwsr jsmx oacuss jsbsb to erect concrete light standards on elgin st barn nine tons hay is destroyed press for pictures and story on former felled mill st trees see page nine also page three boys day camp tours airfield has field day bovs da camp at the ymca hrs kept three lewis bus w ith a varietv of activities jeff frer heided the huron indians team bill churchill the mohawks and john hoire the apaches last week the toured the trans- canada airlines- airport at malton one afternoon the ere into the hangars and planes a field da was lwld at the hiph school with the mohawks sweep ing the meet results follow 50 ards for boys under nine bob groeneboer dave sproston bernic frueler niw view of mill st seen from i last wednesday august 15 mat- squirrels lookout on one of four f the mtercounty lawn bowl i i i ing league saw guelph defeat ac- fallen maples opposite the free ton by a score of 9279 this gives a clear margin to guelph for the beardmore trophy even if they should lose the last game this week to georgetown this is the final week of the series in a i 12 game contest between four clubs acton rockwood georgetown and guelph it has caused a lot of friendship and interest to all con- corned and proved ery successful the acton and rockwood match this week will decide which of those teams is runnerup for second spot guelph s winning skips were pete kefalas art hall and bob samuel skips of the two games won by ac ton were jim fleming and a white highlights of water report actons water works reports presented to council tuesday night contained some noteworthy figures and comparisons on the towns present situation and what the next few years may bring a few of the highlights at the end of world war ii the town increased in population 1960 to 30301 by approximately 50 per cent over the next five years then stayed static for five years population rose nearly 400 in the past year and is likely to reach 4000 bv next summer it is not un reasonable to assume that in the next five years the acton popula tion could reach 6000 in 1955 average daily consumption of water was 161000 gal lons maximum during this period was 2415o0 gallons a population of 4000 requires average daily consumption of 220000 and maximum daily consumption of 330000 gallons recommended fire flow on the distribution system should be capable of supplying 200 gallons per minute and have a storage cap acity of 750000 gallons for emergency use these figures are con sidered adequate for a population of 3500 at present actons total daily flow is 360000 gallons maximum its maximum storage capacity is 2ic5o0 gallons work estimated at about 4500 was recommended in changing certain water lines and addition of crossconnecting mains to improve flow conditions in this distribution system elimination of deadend mains was also recommended with the completion of the glenlea and lakevicw heights subdivisions some time in 1957 the towns water supply will be taxed to its limit and in the event that the town was called upon to supply a sizeable quantity of water to a new industry it would be unable to do so league standing p w l f a pts guelph 10 8 3 101j 942 16 rockw ood 11 7 4 999 926 14 acton 1 6 5 958 948 12 georgetown 11 2 9 838 1038 4 fire itctwuu eight and clerk laat night ravaged a burg mara on the itaawre market garden farm of charles grelg a anile soothea of stewarttown a the no 15 smeroad georgetown caused an upset last week to rockwood by defeating them bx a score of 8782 it was a hard fought game when the score sheet had georgetown ahead by five points 50 vards for boys under 10 neil tins weeks schedule guelph at franklin don harris eddy hubble j acton hockwood at georgetown 75 ards for boys under 11 fred daw kins paul bennett andrew tarrant j 100 yard dash for boys bill j follow through on a five- ear- 1 churchill jeff fryer bill stuckey old agreement between beardmore 0 nar dash for bovs under 12 and co ltd and the puc this fred daw kins bill stuckey peter j summer will mean a new took for wolfe i elgin st from church to agnes i xard run for bovs over 11 sts according to a settlement made b churchlu pat churchill jeff at last w eek s regular utilities ses- p r in thei leld e ents milton wins two over acton nine in the barn mi a crop prayer a caul gardentype trac tor and nine torn of hay which had been la the barn since last naaaaer mr grelg coow not viae any estimate am the dam age the eaaae of the fire b yet as combustion raled sot ftae to th length of time the hay had been in the ham there is no electricity- in the balming and the only person near at the tinae of the outbreak was a hired aaaa the owner wis art pleased with the effort of the george town firemen who h blamed for drivtnc ha awn track aft the nt wit leading lata the fa and taroaf a a field of they did more damage to it the e a i u than to the barn he said boy scout training aids badly cut lad bcv scout raryij peved t value a rockw xd x hen feu- scout- troi torsho cao t trie aa of an isnt er m n no l cut b s foot iv is r btir o- ol mr ird l- glenn robfrs of rockwood ad rus s ster elane were p ay rl n a can w he r the boy rcwx ed a tn ct to his loot sion the new lookwill see new hydro lines for this section of elgin st w hich leads into the beardmore plant concrete lamp posts with underground cable w ill be erected and h dro supply wiring will be changed to feed hou in the area from the rear of the lots r r parker discussed the work for the compan at the meeting it w as agreed that the hydro depart ment will begin its share of the ork as soon s p after discussion a motion was passed that the commission accept the beardmore and co offer re- i gardmg change 61 w iring and lights on elgin st wherebv the compan ill make the complete installation of underground w rng and poles and fixtures and the p v c w ill rrake the recessarv hookup plus chargng of poles to hack ard e mention of service some time was spent dcussmg intermediate playdown baseball over the weekend saw milton and 1 acton tangle twice with milton tak ing as many wins saturday in mil- i ton the host team squeezed past for fred daw- ar 76 victorv while in acton mon- kins won the junior broad jump d mrrit the 1s1tors sewed up the with a leap of nine feet six inch- contest 71 county to start million dollar halton road rebuilding program 425 in chest theres 425 in the merchant appreciation day chest for next saturda afternoon last weekend 20 came out of it for howard misalcs who won on a f iv e per cent coupon marj mc- fadden received s5 es and bill churchill w on the sen ior jump sailing through the air 12 feet six inches bill churchill also took the sen ior broad jump w ith a top mark of four feet while fred davvkms matched this- feat bv winning the junior high jump with a leap of three feet one inch the bovs have also had crafts who rcllcxc scott in the sixth sessions and seen movies one day-r- i the bovs spent the dav n the oodl evening in acton it was at the farm of wes wolfe milton all the way with five runs batted in in the fjrst three innings i while acton didnt manage a run easter lily blooms i th seventh inning losing pitcher was cunningham saturday s game had acton bats booming strongly right up to the seventh as they rode into the last inning on a 64 lead however mil ton countered with three runs for a hat trick in this ball game winning pitcher was gervais who took o er from kennedy in the rotary gtub queen now in new york city prettv voung jean manes the rotarv clubs queen for a week is in new york city with luggage and clothes she won as prizes in the peanut day contest miss manes is the guest of the club as she tours the lamest city on the continent with her friend dot dawkins as her companion miss manes left sunday they are staying at the barbizon plaza hotel in central new york handv to shops the best res taurants theatres and all the glit ter of the metropolitan centre her tour included a boat trip around manhattan island a trip to the statue of liberty dinner at the copacabana night club a bus tour of the citv and other highlights mrs sid eisen helped the young queen to pick out a dress from ei- sens store as part of hor prizes gord mccutcheon provided a light weight suitcase for the trip bert i hint on gave a hat and white gloves to the girl while mildred bell picked out a full embroidered pet ticoat and a bra from her- store braidas shoe store gave her a pair of shoes to match her outfit ledg ers 1 g a gave her some travelling items and stockings a multimillion dollar longrange 1 road rebuilding program has been launched in halton county it was announced bv r f smith countv engineer yesterday mr smith said in compliance with department of highway rpguations countv rods will grad ually- be paved he said that 10 miles of resurfacing was under way in various parts of the county now it a cost of s1joiki0 eikht miles of roads are being nbuilt at a cost of s60000 a total of 23 000 is being spent this year on the installation of bridges and culv erts and j5000 on light surface paving he added that eventually the entire 145mile halton county road system would be paved we are spending 500 000 on roads this vear and expect to spend more in 1957 he said mr smith pointed out that the county receives a 50 per cent road subsidy from the provincial govern ment it is their idea that all roads be paved he said they want to cut out maintenance costs fifth losing pitcher was robinson poritier mlssionarv who rnlipvph srntt in the sixth is guest minister again in midsummer who was relieved by scott in sts adv ise ar jeti it off spent bloom c efcsur lhes an a nt bloom agir james west a ba scojt fror- tororslo trip to w ho ri the shrt campingy k oe- at the adminste red first adl ard earned the lad te tc scvs rn with the boy to trie jvo guelph aroher mrdm tre carrp aad another stayed vth the other bobbins children mr robbrcs a gaard at the reformatory k at extension of sewer and water later r w i unusua mrs xiepuurn ivm i il on queen m to the fronting p uts or the vool combing subdv is- on recently revived fo- lirrted developmert at a planning board meetnjc members weighed the ec- ooc merts of tapp across te oud to the jis forr cacti of 13 irottr lots or running another an aim- the south side of the tee o f dcvsion was ade b trbors agreed to start w k n pro ect as soon as schedules a 1 ivtt hvars sjxr neraent d mason t wsjasi trie power vq n erits li a punp motor on a projected f stationrat 1akev cw some df- feerce of opinon was recorded on matter asd t was laid over lor iter consideration tho super ntendet also p 1 fourth gervais the winning hurl- r easier lilv r august j er went the stretch for milton t that s w hat mrs james hepburn i the two games are the first in a i of rarso st had in her garden best of sex en series in the oba i last wetkend the bloom was so intermediate b play do was unusuar mrs hepburn lent her pot- j where 1 sr irrrbsr tv as in the w mdow for several invs dr g s bell of rockwood a former missionary in china was the guest minister at acton united church last sundav frank bean has been organist the past two sundav s clerks assistant to be hired here at a joint meeting of council and the public utilities commission tuesdav ev cmng prior to councils special session on the waterworks report it w as oted to advertise for an assistant to the clerk treasurer the meeting was brief but at points briskly argumentive main reason for the addiuonal office per sonnel was cited as heavily increas ed duties in both town and puc de in recent months due i to growth here a notice elsew here in this issue of the paper calls for applications which are to be in by scptmeber 1 georgetown now has five ice officers council moves to option land arid start to drill a search to increase actons us able water flow by at least 350 gal lons per minute began tuesday night at a special session of council when action was taken to option property on the fourth lane where it was pinpointed in a report by r v anderson associates that a large volume of water can be reached by drilling the report was presented along with prodrilling analyses by a large water supply firm and stressed the fourth line site about four miles northeast of here as a highly prob able source of additional water sup ply for the town a second sitein- vestigated less than a mile south of acton has a flow of spring water but thus did not figure in the report or in councils discussion as the more likely source this search for more water has been knocked around for four years mayor e tyler said its time we went after it and finished the job x more water seen certain if council carries the reports re commendations to their conclusion its almost certain water supply and storage capacity will be substantial ly increased the report prepared under super- vision of engineer ic hyde recom mended that international water supply ltd be engaged for around 25000 it stated this firm will guarantee a well to produce 350 gal lons per minute 1 at present actons usable supply is about 250 gallons per minute and full storage capacity at the pump- hotise is 212 500 gallons 1 huwivit to carry the program to us completion will require more than sis 000 the reportid esumat- es another 17s000 would be needed to construct wellhouse and equip ment install supply pipe and lay 10000 feet of 12inch gravity line from th site and build a million gallon reservoir ttevlewr salient points to develop the second site the serine source would run into an estimated cost of 167000 the report suggests engineer hyde reviewed the sal ient points of the report before council he reviewed present flow anticipated needs and the potential of the two sites investigated he intimated council should tread lightly and make a thorough in vestigation of both sites however he also noted several economic pos sibilities make the fourth line site more favorable the town which by summer of 1957 may have a population of 4000 should aim for a minimum of 3so additional gallons per minute flow while present flow is adequate to supply current population mr hyde j noted in the report reserve for fire- fighting is not up to par and would be inadequate by next year if the rising population trend continues council althoughformal commit ment was made indicated the ser vices of international water supply should be sought immediately and opened discussion on optioning necessary property earlier it was learned the water supply firm would make a charge of 3 000 for test drilling council was anxious to start as soon as possible and authorized the mayor and clerk to contact th- and owrter of this fourth line property to start a transaction of option for test drill ing hrtolr adt rfs o n1 in- afer t 1 v i thev ti detli b it i c v one fater 5ieptir ha fiivnd hr lilv boomed t and n ma she pjt the pot 1 t n the gnrden tre orginal vtiilk whch bloomed at easter is tv one whch has a beajtful v n te ilv or agan now ff koer s health and stong just t xed up op ithe seasoi and w ho iir t this cool summer seek paving bids tenders to pave actons streets are advertised this week and are to be opened at the first council session in september coancil with ontario manaci- pal roan approval on the work has noted on the tender form that work is to start immediately this would indicate that paving will likely start before september is engineer k hyde of r v nderson associates told ranncil tuesday night that heavy bidding is expeeted on the work here there was hgh praise for the ac tion of the scouts oats tops grower wes mosaics has oats taller than be is he measured bumself by one stalk to discover the grain topped htm by one inch standing five feet eight inches high frequent rains tins season contributed to the out standing crop next week means b will keep exhibition trophy if thev take top place in competi- j pany limited challenge trophy tioh at the canadian national ex- i the unpressive loohungtrophy is n- 1 l t 1 m the free press window hbiuorj agam this vear the lome the 5 with a scxts bahd will have the heavy 20- ent prute at stake this year will inch wide trophy to keep thy afsrrrrtsr competing on muse day have won the wood and silver next thursday august 30 results j allow cash m 1954 will be phoned frjpm the exhibition jprjc 1 1 a wm y m th class 1 as soon as they are available and 1 aill mean the trophy becomes the i w iij be published if there is time spare v some 60 to 80 ien permanent property of the band very shortly afterwards post holes for the public school i small silver plaques encircle the the band with members from ac- board at the new- property next the hase of the trophv two silver ton milton brampton and george- high school 1 figures winged and tarrying town has another permanent tro- i wreaths flank a large silver bowl phy front the ex after three succes- continued on pofre foar i which reads waterloo music com- sive wins on an nqura regarding wiring fo he proposed ne publis school is as to be referred to the con tractor lay vadergronnd cable wnng changes and underground cable installation for the new mar- t5strcet bridge is progressing sup erintendent massri reported 1j0 jjoted there are now 37 stan dards ercted in the last completed section of glerlea- 1 the corrrrission agreed us of its post hole digger tc and town employees to dig ut thei wroobts spit srants off h sl pip of unfed suburban gat co ltd line which am uctnq a network of conduits under the town thitweek crews are moving up aaill st a the diggers rndve ahead welders fall on the pipesectiohs within minutet fuse them and minutes later earth again covers the path of the quickly moving installation crews gas will be turned on in actbrtahortly ryjar mtfl3cuajse7rc ffvfoysrij ifiwit4tt