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flrfess eighysecbndtyrna 12 acton ontario thursday september 27th 1956 eight pages seven cents services fire hall at stake move to cut off capital expenditures is scuttled new acton public school at first estimated at 120000 but now figured to cost some 132000 before it is built and furnished is shown here in this architects conception the sixroom school is being designed to have more rooms added rfand when necessary work is expected to start as soon as possible following the contract award this week to j b naackenzie and son ltd council must apply for approval on a new debenture after the board requested another 12000 tuesday night the school is to be finished aug 1 1957 ps school contract to mackenzie board seeks 12000 more for job still need 26 volunteers for minor hockey i attendance was very disappoint- infi at an open meeting held in the f legion hall monday to seek ship for the legionsponsored min or sports appeals had been made for all interested to attend the meeting but the few there were mostly members of the present ex ecutive they estimated that 26 managers coaches and referees must be ob tained before the popular hockey season begins it was decided that found one hour sunday is the last day of sept ember and its also the day to regain that hour lost back in april bajrllfht savin time official ly gets the heaveho ml 2 am sanday morning and standard ttsae l until next spring the clock it should be care- faby pointed oat is turned hack ass hoar mast people do this on satarday night thereby addinr to the length of the evenings enjoyment and at the same time eltmlnatlng the confusion of turning up at chnrch the next an hour ahead of time g spencerlee justice of peace an appointment by the lieuten antgovernor of ontario by an order in council has created g spencerleo as a justice of the peace for halton county mr spencerleo was sworn in on tu esday morning by lloyd dingle qc the crown attorney acton public school i esday night awarded i strurlion contract for the new six- room public school to j b mack- enzie and son ltd of acton and i georgetown on a bid of 115495 j the lowest of six tenders j the award is made subject to the approval of the municipal i board and the department of ed ucation although the debenture bylaw called for 120000 which was to include architects fees and furn ishings it was found this will not be enough in order to build the school at this lowest tender price pay the architect and equip the structure the board will require an additional 12000 or a debent ure of 132000 in order to moot all costs this information was taken to council tuesday night after the board opened tenders delegates were trustees w wolfe t watson andc bradley council received the news in a mood of resignation the school j was necessary it was stated and council could not very well refuse i the board the extra money i mayor tyler wondered if the builders prices were competitive trustee watson said that it was mentioned at the board that higher construction costs making a rise in the last six months of as much board tu- 4 the con change in the free press readers will no doubt sense something different about this wtiks edition of the free press as soon as they pick it up after scanning the pages theyll realize this weeks paper is different the paper this week is a full column two inches wider and an inch longer its nearer to the size most daily paper readers are used to and one that is becoming more widely in use in the weekly field there have also been alterations made in the typography and layout of the pages particularly the editorial page where there is further comment about this weeks changeover the readers eye will sense an easiertoread quality in all pages this has been brought about by increasing the space between each typeset line of reading matter elsewhere there are changes in the head rules at the top of the pages repositioning of the advertising pyramid and new standing heads which will be noticed more and more as weeks no by a changeover of this type is difficult to effect fully in one week so readers will have to bear with a few weeks of adjustment period before all changes coming with the new paper size are incorporated students are willing to pay half cost of250 tape recorder i their best not to disappoint the youngsters despite the discouraging results to their requests for help i gordon james was elected the new president of the minor sports committee other members of the executive are gordon beatty viee- president roy kirkness secretary- treasurer ivan kilby chairman of the executive committee unci com mittee members herb woods george hollinger ab irwin and vic masters anyone who can assist in the hockey program is asked to contact any one of these men efforts by two councillors tues- i day night to curb municipal spending by this years council i ran into hard opposition from oth- er members after it was argued j one motion would shelve the pro- posed new fire hall and the other j would renege the towns agree- ments to complete services to sub- divisions just atarted or about io start i deputyreeve w wilson sup- leader- p by councillor w cook first tabled a motion that council incur no more capital expenditure other than the public jschopl deb enture from this date he asked for a recorded vote immediately it was pointed out by one councillor that this would dump the new fire hall proposal read in bylaw twice and now at the municipal board for approval mayor tyler declared hed- vote against the motion council has no way af knowing what might come up that money would have to be spent on he said excited discussion followed on to what extent the new fire hall was necessary if this motion passes well need a new fire department in the morning the mayor warned the motion was called with the following result aye cook wil son nay hargrave barbeau brunelle brown footitt lindsay would curtail services the next motion also advanced by deputyreeve wilson and councillor cook sought that no services or additions to services be installed in any present or future subdivisions unless at the subdiv ides expense this motion lost as well but before the vote was call ed a spirited discussion ensued deputy- reeve wilson was told agreements had already been made to instal services at the glonlea lakeview colbert braida and reserve union judgement pug states opposition his legal duties began immed iately after his appointment be came valid this week j as 10 per cent could be held ac- bcel schroeder held the position j countable for the difference in the of honor before mr spencerlee but moved from town this sum mer mr spencerlee is also school attendance officer and clerk of the fourth division court the run planning board puts restrictions on subdivision build infi restrictions governing the 40lot colbert tor wool comb- tag subdivision were drawn up monday night by the planning board and subdivision owner coes the restrictions many re quested by the developer are de signed to make the subdivision a strictly residential area building in vet to be started on the queen street lands whieh were first accented services ami a plan approved tu o ya aco at the present it is voposeii the fronting lots on que- n siii ill be sold off for private construction council the following night re viewed the res i unions nd accept ed them the ie to lc incorporat ed in a bylaw refusal from t ru department of planum and development on the plan oisiibdi imoti mitmutted bv k n jjnowii was reeeider the uhvh had previously tur iud dv n 1 in quest for inlaliatuiiior ei v ict s to this h7lot propped de lopment the resignation ot y k bt r due to ill health was accepted- with re gret by the board milton students second architects estimate and of the tender prices further discussi on the xe quest for more money revealed that with money markets in the condition they are the town will likely have to pay out 139000 in order to get 132000 for the board a motion was passed without op position that an amended bylaw be prepared to increase the de benture issue from 120000 to 132000 as per request of the school board due to the fact that the lowest tender was 115495 range of tenders trustee wolf told council was from 115000 to 139500 tenders were submitted by j b mackenzie and son ltd 115- 495 frisian construction co ha milton 139500 a battaklia guelph 1 22300 qjrnstvad and parker hanultonsut836 him- ill construction co salt slilooo koniac conmmclion co mannl- on s1l7115 board hires guards assistant janitor public schil truets in addition tu numn r surcrssful buidrr for passed tot- a tape recorder is to be pur- chased for acton high school principal ted hansen made the request at the meeting of the north halton high school district board at milton on monday event ing there is a possibility a grant may be available if it is not the stu body would be willing to pay half the cost of a 250 machine september accounts mr hansen explained j ailed 1880134 board members examined flaws j correspondence was read from in the library floor at milton and parkin associates concerning the the local trustees were asked tollevels at georgetown school and arrange for its repair i mr- forgrovc agreed to contact the insurance onstudents and buses town engineer in an effort to clear discussed the secretary was u thc atur g r carbert chaired the meet ing members present were w coon j creighton m m coles adjourn hearing on expropriation expropriation hearing for the pro tracted brankiewicz case lefial resort in the dispute between the town and tom brankiewicz which befiitn over two years ago was i started last week in milton before judge robinson i the dispute centering over the course of a roadway past brankie- i wicz property into the lakeview j subdivision saw month after month j of wrangling and inconclusive ne- gotiation n council i now that it has come to court it still isnt over the hearing last week was adjourned to october 15 after time ran out brankiewicz was represented w mclcan while the towi authorized to sign the yearly in- demnity bond in connection with cadet equipment at georgetown high school rudolph spieivogel was certified as a permanent employee he has wa by f s weather been caretaker at acton school for over two years judgement by the labor relat ions board on an application by the international brotherhood of electrical workers to unionize two employees of acton hydro de partment was reserved last week plt c members were told at the regular session secretary j mcgeachie said he attended the hearing hed wed nesday in toronto iu no decis ion was made by the board meanwhile commissioners here registered open opposition to the attempt on the part of two em ployees to become unionized it was admitted however that there was little the commission could do to prevent their employees mem bership in this union and it was considered likely the labor relat ions board would approve the ap plication mayor e tyler questioned the p ltcs motives in sending back to council a motion calling for en forcement of a sewer lateral by law the motion was prompted by a case on church st where it was found a double house had only one lateral to the sewer main he asked why council wasnt no tified of the breach of the sewer bylaw in another case which in curred a few years ago particulars of i h is ease were rev icwod out of ihe discussion members agreed that in this case reported ly one f several the inspector was not at foutt but the commiss ion at the tune was to blame mayor tyler continued that he wanted for council names and dates of all breaches of the bylaw which the commission knows about it was noted there is no formal record of these cases he appointment of j h price as assistant to the clerk treasurer was ratified by motion the hepc informed the com mission that the town is wed 1133 32 surplus on the adjusted ctsi of hydro for municipal ser vices in 1955 at the same time the conrinued on page three- ton- in it in fjurcn jils be bv ieiuisitn 4lerk and sint f hat work nteessita mr bv g ton testiftny during the hearing as far as it went was heard from elmore lakeview contractor sur veyor j j kisway town clerk j mcgeachie and f l wright and w mcleod local realtors n ratepayers association to cancel ij regular public meetings in town was rssitr bishop bagnall confirms 25 wins car j m mcnabb 41 queen street actoh won a 1956 ford fairline tudor at a garden parly in bronte the car was given by st dominics church c anderson j goodie e for marcel sllie of bronte the sell- firwe n pickett j hall g hood or of the winning ticket is 100 a keilty and g c brown richer too a meeting of the acton ratepay ers association called monday- night in the town hall after sum mer recess heard a motion to do away with regular general meet ings unless specific business items cause calling one the motion to be read again at next months meeting when elect ion f officers is slated was in the form of an amendment to the con- stitution monthly ftusiness would in future it was pointed out be conducted by elected committees in the chair for the meeting was w cook substituting for presid ent h lowe monday nights meeting was a very brief affair adjourned about 10 minutes after it convened due to lack of attendance there were seven persons m the audience members of knox church choir with husbands and wives enjoved games and r wiener roast in the basement of the church af- hoir practice last thursday ter the new school at tuesday nights special meeting lurtd three local prr sons fitv ehi 1 tijtus colin micou v a hn d as a- sistan jiitm fijiv mt the re- iauon f rgf mann after 29 ytit s mr v v tlure wtie several app calu- mr w mce chen and j liruce w re hired as hi eusitii guards at siliiiie of ml over 20 candidates were present ed to the rt rev w e bagnalu l d for thf layins on of hands sunday evemns at st albans church the iord bishop at tho diocese gavt the sermon during the confirmation service n d lalm spok to he confirmees at the rc- jciptiwi in the parish hall th sc who were confini d arc ctcoi c ware john i fatherland iihn hniton terence taylor iccitic harris william ilcrirv el- aiiie hradley marjoric lank laul- nc iacnby lcslcy anne dnby hetty allonhy arlccll lclsc-ruj- ry queekosc nlaric klatt i hradicy susan vviimiii shirlcv uatt rina litett m mrs k t icr jr mr and mrs tlwixr barbeau mr walter tok mr manltri le1 and m 1hn hae the h w 1 confirmed firt coaimunion next trwii in is e t ir sunday adon athletes win interschool meet acton high school athjetes car ried off 168 points to beat milton erin and georisetoun in that order at the north halton interschool field day staged in georitetown of erin lied with sandra bradley of georgetown with 14 apiece champion boys were bantam i ron leval of girgcton with six junior ron hayward of acton yesterday neatt with 109 points wlth 17 intermediate glenn wil- cune mmton followed by erin son of milton with 16 senior witn mb and georgetown trailed i wayiiv arbic of acton with 22 the pack with atotal of 86 points j actons ruth landsborough with ab well as taking top honors for j points received the hirhest the day the acton school had four of the eight champions among its i ranks the champion girls were l bantam karen mcmurray of mll- ton with is points junior ruth ifandsborough of acton with 26 intermediate blair hutchen of ac- ton with 24 senior linda jodwell score of the day the girls relay race for which a trophy is presented each year was won by a team of carole bradley donna mcmillan blair hotchen and ruth landsborough dhjh ruh l from acton following is- a complete list of continued on pqqe eight cch event with tho first second and third piaco winners a- acton e erin g georgetown mnli ton girls event bantam softball throw karen mcmurray m lois cain g bcv- erlfy marshall a 50 yard dash karen mcmurray m jackie da we m lois cain g running broad jump karen mcmurray m lois cain g jackie da we m junior 50 yard dash ruth landsborough a carole bradley a rose anderson m 75 yard ruth landsbornukh a car- beyer joy house subdivisions the colbert agreement it was noted was- rnnde over two years ago the second subdivision to be accepted although no work has started yet councillor cwk called for resc ission if agivvn writs werv indefin ite ho was assured the agreements were definite commitments the mayor added ill have no part of going back n our agreements councillor barbeau asserted til agree t stop spending but not to hack out of agreements old ancunnrnt rears councillor cok continued it was i bad policy in the beginning ftr the town assume thtse ser vices dtbts here the old argument reared oft heard in council of the pros md cins in councils of recent years taking the initiative to dev elop the town by paying for sub dividing services to promote resid ential growth with the view to in t icing industrial expansion councillor cook again repeated his concern ovr the astronomic al debenture drri that is growing here other voices suggested ac tons debt was not is acute as ob servers ir sometimes led to be lie vt the discussion gradually trailed off and the vote was called on tbi- mot it in winch was defeat 1 at the outlet if the meeting iuneillor cook bjected thit some items discussed at the pre vious regular meeting were not included in the minutes this prompted the consideration that all items requiring following fhriikh shoulii put in motion form iitr mitins were pissed pur suant to councillor cooks object ions that all purchases of nxater- idiuisition through the for on receipt iting the en gineers atttndtnce be requested in written form that the engineer be asked to investigate the situation in glenlei regarding culvert in stallations aneaunent rise for 31 assessor o lumb requested council advertise that assessment notices for 1957 taxation will in clude addition of 15 per cent due to inclusion of dislocation obsol escence this year this notice will be appended to the assessment form council dtvcidra engmeer f pallesen reported the sidewalk and bridge walk near the school cretk nearly complet ed he was commended by coun cillor barbeau for prompt attent ion to this work the engineer later reported it seemed best to build up the road side near some queen street west properties to alleviate a drainage problem there clerk j mcgeachie reported an option signed with mr and mrs r warne for land to start the towns search for more water also signed was a purchase order with international water supply ltd which outlined the terms of agree ment under which test drilling will be carried out fear creek drying tip reeve j hirgravc commented he hitt he ud from the reeve of township that some iwners in the area feared reek to the drilling site lid up courw-ilcon- v in the words of one hih ulous in hetl on some prob- nw dump site one iglr action wts the tfiit certain storekecp- ii fining out pile of 1 n for pickup hi lt liit be n if fending merchant t notifotl that a fritihn of lartnns 1 lr ken df n trid tinuii fu ayv fbnirj charges vary in couri here a r f rhiirgos under he i trmiuil ckit- hiehwiiy traffic j art ijiiut fontnj act and incontc tix at itf iint with imimagu j tratt- s iniii hrn- tuwlay miirning a chare- nf kvpink a ctirrtmon iiiiirik liius- airairut the pro- pntors of a ial taxi firm was rrad and the case adjourned for tw wkm adjournd jim- die was a charge iftiiii5t a local under the in- rfmii tax act an a illauift youth kijiifmri prprt i nrirtiv i muli t lrl tfi mllltmt l rl m ist kr i i- f if was re manded in custody for sentence fol iiwmk ctinvictiun on a charge of criminal neelifferice v bum photo conviction cm a charge of drunk high school spouts champions infast weeksfield day here intermediate boys at the north halton fietdmeer yesterday in enness brought a mo fine to another are shown front left to right roth landsborough junior girls georgetown acton carried off top honors tocal champions lanov acton citizen five convictions were wayne arbic senior boys blair hotchen intermediate girls rear boroigh hotchen hayward and arbic were also champions t lb registered on speeding charges ron hayward junior boys donna mcmillan senior girls bob coxe f cur school meet on page three are resuits tne icacal field day j bringing total fines to us and costa 1 wjwgttftawibbt r jd i-