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wpv wwwwvi lie eetfy h ww aabuiih tn aetaa founded in 1873 and published every thurs day atse miu st b acton ont member of the audit bureau of circulation the cw wa and the ontwioquebec division of the cwna advertising rates on request sub scriptions payable in advance 300 canada 400 in the united states six months 175 single copies 7c authorized as second class mail post office department ottawa pabltalmd by the duu printing and rahltshlnc co lhnltad g a dula editorin chief david r duit production manager james a dills john black associate editors business and editorial office ph 600 acton thursday october 4 1956 to find a way to pay acton taxpayers got a bit of a jolt last week when it was learned the new six- room public school will not cost 120000 as was first estimated but 132000 council takes a pessimistic view of the municipal bond market not without reason and esti mates it will have to indebt the town for about 139000 in order to buy 132000 re quired ne school board and of course by the time interest is paid for 20 years on this debenture the six- room schoolartons second public school building will have cost about as much again the department of education subsi dizes to 41 per cent of 120000 which can be some consolation its cried again and again that the soaring costs of education have to stop somewhere sometime buthow federal aid or increas ed provincial aid to the overtaxed municipal ities is often repeated as a solution but its questionable if education tied tighter in state socialism would be any less costly to the taxpayer then that it is now perhaps the bur den would fall with an easier spread than it does under the municipal system but major assumption by the state of educational costs would invariably mean longterm tax legisla tion that would be just as burdensome in the end but this is getting away from actons cur rent problem a second public school must be built and it is going to cost the ratepayers more money than was first believed if in dustrial assessment here were to increase from its present roughly 30 per cent that would help the homeowners but as veteran civic workers know it takes time effort money and even luck to acquire new indus try with no easy relief from climbing ad ministrative and capital costs of education readily applicable there is merit in the idea of a thorough study of the method education al assessment is apportioned arid raised at the municipal level are there inequalities in the system have other forms of municipal taxation other than the generakrate been bypassed in view of the current and growing over balance of educations share of the general tax dollar would it not be time to review business poll location dnd other minor taxes for adjustment what of the newly- tried tax on land developers we dont pretend to know the answers to these and other questions that come to mind but if some answers were found and applied we do know what necessary munici pal autonomy there is in education will live longer and more effectively than under a fully statesubsidized system autumn thanksgiving in the autumn of 1621 the phgrims of plymouth observed north americas first day of thanksgiving in canadas early history thanksgiving days were usually proclaimed ofvtylof victories in war ndrcrhtil t87vclid thanksgiving day in canada become an an nual expression of gratitude for the harvest for a time after the jfirst world war it was linked with armistice day but since then has been restored as a separate celebration this weekend we once again celebrate thanksgiving october bringing cool misty nights and crisp clear days sees the splen dour of autumn leaves full granaries and other harbingers of cold white months to come it is a fitting time to celebrate in thanks to god for canadas abundant bless ings here in halton county we share the for tune of many canadians in living in a rural area where the painted woods and pungent ait gives an added splendid wonder to nature at thanksgiving tjme perhaps we have cause to be more thankfulfotwe are closer to the earth that provides a living for so many of os but whethervte live here in the country or in closely populated cities we all have much to be thankful for this autumn thanks- giving r the world and the weekly weekly newspapers a a rule keep conv ment on international events down to o mini- mum one reason for this is that readers arc exposed to enough editorial treatment on these subjects in the daily press nitd news magazines too most small town editors have enough to worry about on the home front to be bothered witkrcmote and often obscure events on the other side of the world sometimes however this disinclination to reduce to local perspective theworldwidi news can be carried loo far lothewxclusion of any refrence about developments in the councils laboratories schools and arsonals of overseas lands when the role of the weekly is considered- this could be teimed a serious mistake of omission as a vehicle of information and centre of opinion no other agent unless its the tradi tional back fence comes closer to the man in the street of a small community than his hometown newspaper and ii this rambling county of canada there are far more men in lhe streets of small towns than big cities the course of big events invariably moves to affect or involve that some man on the street who reads the weekly paper so closely the egyptian dictator nasser uses up all ttiefree worlds appeasement war follows and free canada summons its men on the streets here and in every community to arms a un rsearch team of doctors and scientists traces and confines the tubercle bacillus the man and his family next door need never worry about tb a cadre of international geophysneists next year proves practical chemical influence on atmospheric pressure areas here and in many lands farmers and their neighbors raise bumper crops year after year because of controlled weather so might the train of international events taking place today influence the living of men women and children in this town to morrow this is national weekly newspapers week great stress is laid the weeklies in terpretation of the lives in the small world that is our community in their fine attune- ment to the needs and thinking of the seve ral hundred citizens served this stress is not without reason and earned but weekly news paper readers no longer live only within horse and buggy distance borders nor do their editors this is national weekly newspapers week it would be an apt time to suggest that the weekly papers and small town read ers views on the world at large are the most important because these people men-on-the- street are the world fire prevention week by proclamation governor general vin cent aaassey has designated october 713 as fire prevention week as an imperative re minder of the increasing need for the control of fire and its hazards in the last 10 years the proclamation states fires in canada have taken a toll of 4586 lives and have seriously injured 16000 persons the financial loss of 623223 fires in the decade has been 800000000 no less shocking is the picture of canadas fire loss position in relation jo other civilized nations the per capita fire loss in canada in 1952 was 586 with our nation heading the list of 13 compared the usa was next with 456 and norway third with 244 other nations graduated down to italy last with a per capita loss of 32 this unenviable record was published by a un cpmmirtee and later figures released in 1954 show the record worsening because most firesand mosideathsare the result of human carelessness public ed ucation is deemed the most effective way of combatting the menace especially in the home where most deaths tragically involve women and children there are lives that might have been spared had the simplest rules of safety been followed bringing a story directly to the public is the army 0fcanadas 25000 firefighters professional and volunteer the men who night and day must stand ready to face the tragedy of fire the banner they bear reads dont give fire a place to start vsiwi w2r the good old days on this thanksgiving day photo by either taylor chronicles of gin farm time standard or otherwise by gwendoline p clarke back tii standard lime and for some unknown reason we round it very hard to adjust ourselves ii chance much harder than last spring when we changed nver to fast time actually we were not at all anxious to take advantage of that extra hours sleep sunday morning instead we were up an hour earlier that is according to the clock but i suppose in a day or tvo we wont know the difference perhaps it was the return of fine summer weather that made us teel energetic we wanted to be up and doing as to that do you ever wake up with the thought here hath been dawning another blue day think wilt thou let it slip useless away time is such a precious thing and yet because there seems so much of it especially when we are young we often fail to ap preciate its true value thus we let it slip useless away we fail to remember that without time noth ing can be accomplished with time all things are possible plus a few items like energy persever ance and patience 1 was going to add good health but that isnt always necessary in many instances rnuci has been accomplished from an invalids bed but health is certainly the governing factor in the type of activity in which we engage it helps us to realize our limitations to know that while one type of work is beyond our strength an other type can quite easily be un dertaken that is the way with partner and i anyway as with countless ohter folk much of the work we used to do is now be yond our strength but that doesnt mean we must be content to sit down and twiddle our thumbs no indeed for that way madness lies come to think of it for the next two months we arc not likely to do much thumb twiddling anyway at the present moment we arc making last minute preparations for niece babs and her two little girls carol and nancy four years and 20 months old respectively ginger farm will be their tempor ary headquarters until housing ar rangements have been completed for them at blind river the trio with daddy in charge are suppos ed to arrive about eight oclock to night what our erstwhile quiet home will be like after that is anyones guess ill tell you next week last week partner and i took this opportunity of the lull before the storm to do a little gadding on two occasions we visited friends on farms in wellington and dufferm county and on wednes day and thursday i was in guelph partly to rook in on the wi convention saturday was the day of our local fair and the weather was perfect the fair must have beaten all records both in attendance and the number of exhibits the mid- way too appeared to be bigger than ever whether it was better we have no means of knowing it being our policy to keep as far away from it as possible as is always the case we met people at the fair we hadnt seen in years some of whom had come quite a distance i imagine it was the people more than the exhib its that the oldtimers came to see it is just a case of wheels within wheels without exhibits there could be no fair without people there could be no exhibits this sundays church calendar put the two together and they at tract an outside attendance that come to sim both well we had a hard decision li make over lhe weekend whether or not to send robbie our little welsh corgi to a new home two dogs and two petiple get along fine but when you add to the family two adults two grandsons and one cocker spaniel things get a little complicated rusty is sup posed to stay out of the house be cause he is too big and boisterous and upsets the smaller dogs dave however loves rusty so he man ages to let him into the house ev ery chance he gets thai is when bedlam begins with carol and nancy here i could foresee more problems ahead it so happened i knew a family where there are schoolage children who were most anxious to adopt robbie yesterday i took him over to see what his reaction would be to new surroundings i neednt have worried he and the children look to each other as if they had been brought up togeth er so i left him on probation i thought if we intended to part with him now was the time be fore carol and nancy arrived this morning i phoned to in quire if robbie had really settled down happily after i had gone he is still perfectly contented actu ally it is a shame for robbie not to have a permanent home with children he is so fond of them but if other dogs are around there is trouble as he is vyry jealous to part with him wasnt easy he is such a lovable little dog but i think as time goes on we shall ev entually feel it was the best thiny to do especially as robbie is definitely not a one mans dog but of the type lo be happy with anyone who is kind and makes a fuss of him rusty is quile different vy woisd hate to send rusty to a new- home i think it would break his heart unless he was with someone already known to him and whom he recognized as a friend of the family saskx r united church of canada aeten ontario rev gordon adams ma bd minister parsonage 29 bower avenue phone 80 mr george elliott organist and choir leader 76 bower ave acton phone 8 presbyterian church in canada knox church actott rev andrew h mckenzic ba bd brief comment the brawling loudness which appears to have taken over the international and na tional scene seems to follow the saying the wheel that squeals the loudest gets the most grease njassers bullying has got the suez and elvis presleys halfmillion dollar income cannot be overtookedmelfort sask jour- rial intelligent participation by parents in the educational affairs of their boys and girls can do much to ensure a good future for the younger generation school alone cannot be expected to teach our boys and girls the oldfashioned virtues of loyalty decency re sponsibility and workwillirigness chilli- wack bc progress sunday october 7th 1956 900 amctmorning prayer 1000 ajn junior church and church school 1115 am morning worship thursday 8 pm choir practice i the angucan church of canada si albaa church acton ont rev evan h jones ba uth sunday qctobeit 7th 1956 945 am church school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship baptist church acton rev ray h costerus pastor parsonage 115 bower ave phone 206w sunday october 7th 1956 trinity xix i 900 am holy communion 945 am church school and senior bible class 1100 am beginners class 1100 am choral communion 700 tm evensong sunday october 7th 156 1000 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship wednesday 8 pm prayer meet ing acton pentecostal assembly meeting in lol hall crewsons corners i pnor rev k j reid 81 cook st telephone 649w sunday october 7h 1956 1000 ajn sunday school 1100 ajn morning worship 730 pjn evangelistic service wednesday 8 pmcottage prayer meeting and bible study census bureau figures differ with assessor georgetown conflicting with figures received from the domin ion census bureau georgetowns population is 6252 according to assessment commissioner joseph gibbons council was informed by the bureau- that the official count in the census taken this summer is 5881 mr gibbons who takes a yearly survey for his assessing records has come up with the 6252 figure i guess thc liberal government didnt count the tories when they were taking the census quips mr gibbons the census bureau asked if there i was any discrepancy in figures that they be advised and a letter has- been sent indicating that the figures should be revised to 6252 the 1951 dominion census total led 3452 and the local census fig ure means an increase of exactly 2800 in a fljye year period aocur ate figures are particularly import- tant to municipalities as many government grants are based on the population back in 1936 taken from in itaut of the trvr lrrtm thursday rttr 4 itutt a liy mi whirl ihf wralhii nrvr was ilm ititlit ituinit rnptmml tin- inter whfhil a imtli miml tit artmi luat thursuito mil ton acholaia ran iwl off iii mol imttoih ami kuy 4huiinan of ac ton bclmol hud the lilulicl indivhl- ijtll sivut v llasl wrik fut- clikf it m m outlaid irm1mt itla fcisltnaujii ah rhuf of un- arlon klrt iimicm1i af- lt i 17 yiueiumtthtftljarhivtfft unt mrvltfa ifaalfvi ulfco oiiij- ciicni mr john macarlhin ti rf- linitiuh lua poit as assistant rhif acton was wll rtprswlfl mus ically ut mvaduwvalv on tm1ay lvciiini whr choirinilr llit mason of thv united clturih took his chorialith and olhi hxal folk lown lo kim a concert in his oi ihjiiu thi pniji am inrlud v oral iunhi- hy tin choir srl-t- lons by a britus uarulw by messrs spmivoiil kmltrbruok simpmin anil zihsoii vith norman vinsons miihapriom arousing a unat deal of interest rornet solos by charles landshm otih vocal solos by kuth cihsoii and lurv lr moriow and readings by mr charles kirkmss th i o 1 k award for the pupil makink the huhtl slandtiiit- in lh- entrance examuwitutwi- his year was awarded to mina cyijs a vtctrola was purchased by the or der for wm- at the school iimchoiim school fair was the siiiic of an outstanding exhibit last wednesday the champion st hool tan shield was won by s no h ksquesmg and the t kalori i trophies were awarded us fol lows first stiver trophy marguinr iw kenlncr second book clai ence derinv third book um is harding nassagaweya rural srhtmil fair was held at hnnikviue last tues- ila the shield was won by ss no 7 nassagaweya before long mary pickforc will become mrs buddy kojjers ac cording lo rumors floating around hollywood americas sweetheart has often been in the company of the populai st recn idol teachers of the llaltifii inspect- orate are holding their o tnv nlion tomorrow with sessions at the hoy a i ontai h i museum mis m bennett is set i eto v of the in g ui iation back in 1906 takrn frum the lur off the free irm thurmlay october 4 imc a half dozen tipple from the gaifkn of mr ltolxrt aignvw ure hibfvd in the free freaa win dow winch- aurpam unythlnu wp have sen tills ewiniii they are of lie popular iu4vvarltly much in lenand thl season wealthy koi some time charlie suey the pi lipi lelor of the chinese laundry ri willow st hiiir hieii the butt of great deal of uiifiuyjtnce how- evei the onslaught lust thursday was more than good nature could endure half a sicorc or inure of hoya and youny men threw black gi apes and ink over a large quan tity of laundried godi he won fin- inhmg charlie complained to the constable and the boys paid the ilamajjes rather than gci into court cliaitie is a gol itlen and a british subject the work of roiihtmcting gut ter on mill and church slsia going along spasmodically they will ltkelybe finished hy christ- ma certainly not 1y thanksgw- ing mi kdwaid holmes of the or egon short line k at salt lake utdi is spending a wek at the home of his lalrn i mi joseph holmes bowei ave mi llollnes who has resided- the mormon inetopotir foi three wars says the centths are gaining the upjhr hand in salt lke both in popul ation 1111 the government of mun icipal affairs the mormons are leaving the city in lai g numbers too many of them are sjttiing in the canadian northwest the officers and directors of nassagaweya agricultural society saw the culmination of their wojrk last friday at campbellville the weather was propitious for the 52nd annual exhibition there was a large number- of entries in the horse classes and they were wide ly acknowledged to be among the best in the province some of th winners were best 20 lbs butter in crock mrs d lrvr ing handmade shut mrs d irv ing mexican embroidery mrs- w i imot kensington embroidery mrs irving bulgarian embroid- cry mrs wilrnot piano or table scai f mrs wilmot pen and ink sketch frank hubbard oil paint mi lr g fi carbcrt map of halton vcrnta taylor willie el liott vtnn professional directory and travellers guide meiucaj optical dr w g c- kenney physician and surgeon office in symon block 43a mill st e acton office phone it residence 115 church si e phone 150 dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow and river sts entrance river street acton ontario phone 238 dr robert d buckner physician and surgeon 39 welliniiton st acton ont phone 679 office hours 68 pm dental dr a j buchanan dental surgeon offcc loishman block mill st office hours 9 a m to 6 p m xray telephone 148 dr h ieib dental surgeon office corner mill and frederick streets office hours 9 am to 6 p m telephone 19 acton real estate and insurance f i wright 20 wilbur st aclon ontario phone 95 appraiser real estate and insurance e l buchner ro optometrist 48 mill st e phone 115 office hours wednesdays 1 30 600 p m evenings by appointment legal c f leatherland qc barrister a solicitor notary fomvt office hours 1000 am 1200 ajn i 00 pm- 500 pjn saturdays by appointment only office 22 phone res 151 acton- lever hoskin chartered accountants 11 main st n brampton phones 2478 44 victoria st toronto em 49131 miscellaneous heated ambulance rumley funeral home phone 699 night or day bruce e shoemaker mgr olive m lampard atcm rmt teacher of piano acton studio st albans parish hall 14 park ave guelph phone 396 i travellers guide gray coach lines coaches leave acton wm r bracken insurance agency i 8 mill street phone 26 res 555r- general insurance standard time eastboand 633 am daily except sun and hoi 6j8 am 113 ajn 2li p m 50h pm 633 pjn us pm 1008 pm sun and hoi westbewd 10 27 am 1252 pm 257 num 327 pm 727 p mj 913 fljn 1132 pm 112 am fri sal sun and hoi j bert wood general and life in phone 585 77 mill st veterinary f g oakes bv sc veterinarian office and pesidenc24 knox ave acton phone 130 b d young bv so c l young dvm veterinary snrgeoms office braakville ontario phoncmilton tr jfeft7 canadian national railways standard tune eastboand daily 6 40 am daily except sun days 1000 am 713 pm sunday only 801 pm daily except sub day flyer at georgetown 901 637 pm daily flyer at george- town 1011 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