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4- ht giidm jfrtt press eighty second yearno 19 acton ontario thursday november 15th 1956 eight pages seven cents sua photo mmembrance day was observed in acton on sunday when i event at the cenotaph reflects the two minutes silence when last sssul lrorguo attended a brief pest s sounded flags are lowered and heads are bowed prior to moria sece a l cenosh ancl a service of remembrance the sounding of reveille acton citizens band assisted n the ser- following in knox presbyterian church the above scene of the vice years first accident county endorses nelson resolution protecting residences from industry after considorable discussion halton counts council in regular monthly session indorsed a resolut ion which would protect resident ial areas from adjoining industrv the debate was sparked b a letter from nelson township council which noted the shell oil comp any had made lpplieition foi i change in zoning tiafalgar township it also stated the cm service oil comp on w ishi ft to locate in the tame area nubbin is opposed to this 11 e i being used 1 for this purpose the letter said nelson asked count 1 council to re view these changes in respect to j the establishment as being 1 detri ment to the health of residents and pollution of lake waters defends location trafalgar representative 1 oov e robert marshall stronrlv defend ed the location as being desirable for industry he said ever one knew for some 18 months this in doatry was locating in trafalgir and oil companies were makinr every study and spending consid erable money to eliminate an ob noxious oaors or refuse from the industry our planning board has reviewed these applications er carefully and i am sure tho are not going to allow a nuisance to be created reeve marshall stated deputyret e fred walker nel son in the absence of reeve ad it fens informed council this indust rial development b an oil comp- ay is just across our border there has been tstiblishod and is tanned a laire losidt ntial an 1 on our side of the bordi r we w mt to kaow how much tins will ill n ime our land it is a know p cut that a result 111 o nest door to an industri lost s ihu lie u ik support nelson rutlmgton niicscntilno m nauintd tlnu siiptit ti i is objections h n hk imlustii l it ii the south il 1 01 mi of 1 it il gir township 0 reee will urn c ird tl tk i simtl he was opposed to the iisohit toa is tabled n immi oil refine us tins mi rim the impression this council is oppost vt to indusu v us aatng along the ltkoshoro i think that is far from the intention of the resolution we mav slow up thta development for the time be in butijmsure the whole of the lakeshow area botw oen torihto aad hamilton will surok become industrialized i believe this m ii happen in our tunc and it s a fact that we should not lose sight of fear wrong impression council members agreed thit if a misinterpreted press repot t got out it could give the impression industry was not wanted in this area mam members did not favor the original resolution as sponsor ed by deputv reeves fred atkin son burlington and r c cunning ham milton but supported the revolution after amending words were inserted and others deleted georgetown and oakville rep resentatives agreed residences and people should be protected dep- utyrceve don bath trafalgar painted out that as these areas were not toned it was anv bodys guess who their neighbors would be we must protect our homes and the health of the people m these areas and this type of industry should be iolitcd deputv reeve vfalkerjnjectcd go on record as being opposed to georgetown the guelph line permitting industry to become cs- i south in nelson and the guelph tablishcd adjacent to established i line at campbellville the chair- resident surveys without complete man reeve marshall explained protections to the residences a the crossing on bronte st at tho mpv of this motion is to be sent c p r had been reviewed bv the all council and planning ommittec and as it was wholly within thi town of milton it was nitsulo the juiisdiition of the observe silence i to honor the memory of miss request increases sibil bennett member of parlia ment for halton council sto d and j a riuest observed a one minutes alienee i due to ice friday to bou ds the fust accident in this area dm to ic load conditions was re ported rndav evening on hlghwli 7 1 mile east of alton new iu driven b ernest sp11 ks of toron to ti lulling 11st on the highwai skidded on 1 patt h of lie on ou load i russ d into the ind rolled inn 1010 in its umlf citnstiiblt c in t ol iiuliil damire it hctwuii s600 mil s7i o injui lo- win iipoitt 1 drop county consultant suggestion t will establish county planning group permits 212450 building permita tamed here daring october neared the quar ter million dollar mark as the total took a noticeable upswing from previous months the permit figures include the su8m public school permit and smm4 bank building also in cluded in the monthly totals were a garage repairs to a house re building a booth and demolition of a building firemen elect officers for 57 at a recent meeting of the acton firefighters association chief j newtoi was named again to the first office for 1957 s tennant will again be deputy fire chief next year and captain will be mike coxe first lieutenant is b van fjeet while second lieutenant is w kcllv secretary for the assoc iation next icar will be w quen- nell and treasurei will be o mas- ales insurance paid to school board home and school insurance settlement follow ing the fire at the public school has tnin leceutd by tho school board and tin hoim and school assoc iation both nuiicd thur full t lnms kol i ostiums ind supplu s di s- noith ditili i t roved tin homi and school was p od 704 in tin insurance lomp m til bond n icmd 11 197 4 1 u hu h will it tint i the dthtntilii imii for tin lm school l tht um aniount every municipality will be ad vised to make the appointment of a representative to a county plan ning committee it was decided by a meeting of the county council planning committee and municip al representatives last night wed nesday when the committee is established they will review pri marily the road system in the county considerable discussion emphas ized the fact that each municipal ity in the county refused to give up the authoritv of their own plan ning boards but would be agree able to an advisor group on a county basis providing it djd not cost the taxpavcr any money it had earlier been suggested a county planning consultant and staff be engaged to take care of county planning however repres entatives felt a committee would satisfactonlv review official plans and provide advice regarding fringe or boundarv planning much time was spent on the merits of planning with a general feeling the municipalities in the south had advanced far in control led planning however mayor ted tyler acton felt that with indusn rial planning now in the south the northern areas would become a dormitory for residences we are not prepared to assume the educat ional and other costs of people who vsork elsewhere he said representatives of the northern urban municipalities feared the absence of representatives from esquesing indicated they were not interested in planning reeve a r service however said the meet ing should not criticize esquesing at this time as representatives from lus township were present onl for information reeve servile said there was a time nassagawei a lontributcd heav ily to the upkeep of county roads and most of the money was spent lsewhere i wonder if this might not happen to planning we arc not prepared to support a county planning board at this time he stated dr e g faludi emphasized the importance of cooperation in es tablishing a proper rood system this is the county with the big gest dt vclopment between niagara falls and oshawa in the province of ontario 1 would advise you to consider an overall si stem at this time he said in the absent e of chairman don bath f c atkinson burlington acted as ihairman he reviewe 1 the discussions of the previous meetings and hoped tht gathennr could come to some concrete decis ion mr pi arson ii prtmint of planning and development was present and urged the meeting to iirefullv lonsidi r i stablishment of such a board he said it would be the first in the province and oth- ir nullities would certainly take direction from this group 81g-crrtt- sakwcrsafr gygaw xiz lusfi isa us council emphasizes water quest will not affect natural courses objections that the towns water includes the sixloom addition ton notid his concern fur the lack starching project on the fourth actual total is 227 w t4 but this of water in this aria of town the lane would divert oi otherwise af- is reduced hi 31 194 awarded as in- mud on th farm ot ii n brown feet the flow of a streafti through sui nice loss on the old school file was a help he said but it is not farmlands and a privatt lamp in i hi ma were rejected tuesdai night hv council it was mphasi7 rd that the drilling international watt i supply ltd will cany out would not damage th natiiiil witi i ill s t members supported a room- mondation of the road committeo askinr tho boird of tianport comniissioneis to renew the rade sep ir ations at railway irossings on the fighth line traf ilfiar the seventh line esquesing near a request from il ri imreases for referred to tho fmnce comm for furt or studi inireasc cd from stoa to 930 the recom menditton stressed that local eni- ploiees salaries were far below that paid bv adjoining counties continued on page eight z suntc w nassaga weya acton services rngj recall sacrifices of two wars lesley ann oubykvas ttie proud winner of the b d rachlin trophwigrjtubljgspe when sh won h tcp position in com petition with five other tinaists the competition is an annual one at acton public school sbamm estsiw s sxsso rrsi judges name lesley ann duby as public speaking champion ton also spok on her vacation carol kmen chose george washing- mn carver as her subject randv lidkei thomas edison judv pap- illon florence nightingale and christine johnson the octopus leslev ann dubv is the w inner of the rachlin trophv for public speaking as acton public school s champion ten competed on tues dai morning judges miss rubi clark and rev rav costerus dec lared miss dub the winner with runncrsup helen f benton carols i eisen randv lidkea christine three deer killed johnson and judv papillon these six will compete aain to- three nlqnts 111 row night when about 20 pupils from 4t i acton georgetown milton and according to ojp p constable gler williams schkil meet m the f moore docr n i school here for the north halton are beginning to run again threiv urban finals two champions wlli of them were run over by cars be declared to proceed in cauntv mrhts n a competition there w ill be four saturday and sunday evening judges tonight one from each deer were hi near browns car town lot on no 7 highiviv a few miles minwiiil widths weio plait d at the foot of two district ceno taphs on siindai as the surifici of soldur- snlois and an men of two world wais was roc illed acton lobionnanes took pul in son ices in cton and latei at nis- sagiwovi soldiers memorial and in nassjgawtia presbv terian church in acton those who piradcd and tnanv citizens gathered around the nnotaph as elmer smith sounded last post and reicille sgt atarms bob angell road tho names of those whose memoi i was cspecialli being honored victor patrick president of acton leg ion gave the legion chu go as the group watched in rever ent silence the following wreaths were placed province of ontario bv mrs neil mcnabb town of ac ton mav or e g tiler ladies aiimliari to the canadian legion mrs v buchan in the ptesidcit onu n s institute past piesidcnt mrs it i dnidson lakosuu chiptti ivfiof mo- t jot qui regt nt inki of ivionshui ihtpr tei ioi1f ms 1 whit ham i- cut iol i 4i m bill lik- imttd pukitulio i woik s li dubi ti stilt workus ik cook toi v nfiht s u ion mik i c i i ii t band hetoi i imbi rt vftt r i hi in ind bt u 1 t on r loitii d i n j mi i f 1 low id m h i lii eh l i tew mikovi i i t the onpiissit ant iuti r rornt tddirss tui hariser i theoxgjin accorpamo i the 1 cion choir ti mikttii mr 1in ind rtv rti cmnn sh red duties dtnn the viruct i the romembranci clii menti ill seri ice in nisagaweia w is i midor the auspices of the reeve ancl council f the township ind the cton ind dtstuct lemon wreiths wire pi iced at the soldurs meni- i tn il ind rthur fadburv road aloud the nanus rev g s i b mlch rronouncod the benedict ion atrrvice in niiisagaweia pros- bv terian church followed when rev r p e jeff ares gave the ad dress ho urged those attending riot onlv to rerhembor those who had given their lives but those who win still in militu hospitals as well also taking part in the sei in wtie mr baulch and ken neth griffiths men clergv refreshments were scried in the township hall a la i ow 11 1 s clunts 1 would lt th rut 1 l louncil iast month louncil also discount- id lios 1 1 ported from some farm irs in this area that the stream would bt affected dui to the deep dnllinr pioject bv which acton hopt s to more than double its pn suit waui suppli rogudmg thi most rtunt objt c lion mi mbt rs considered if the law i ii wished to make an appear ance at council to further discuss his contention he could do so but they added thi re w as no basis for fears the stream would be affected final figure on new school at tho beginning of the melting school board trustees t watson and i m smith appeared to point out the total cost of the m z bennett pub lic school would bo 196 381 this i asi l acccssihlt tin fm lilt i was toltl of coun- uls plans to install a large mam down tin third lint when the kouith lint will is completed in tht mi anlimt councillor w cook nt girl the fin tommlttti look into lln pri st ni availability of watt i hid pri st nt a riport this is to be 1 l colt ownti of tin 41 lot qutm i st mitiriu imon apptaittl to st t k in illusion in his am t i nit nt w ith i turn cost of thi original six rooms is 1 27 fitia and tht txtla six rooms an istimittd to tost about 99 910 airordingli touncil was askid to pi i part a b law fin t ret hon of the sis loom itldillofi at a tost of ip- prtncmiatt li jlhllhkl thi itmamdir 1 foi tin pniatt tampl wioti lountil that his tit concernt d the stream dm rttd this was flhli il thi stipulilion that htrttt lights will in i 1 1 t tt tl at his own lost ihis acitt mt nt amt ndnit nt was rtadi passt i aloni with a ridi r that mi coli pa tin town 1 0 as at h lot is old this mum i to bt hi id in tmst for underwriting side ailk ind sttttl lighting costs the l lilt i was miluded at mr coles suggestion fire hief appears fire chief j newton appealed at requist of council to clear up some misunderstanding he stated the fire marshall s office had not in vestigated the laing home fire on also lirn fl dist tisstil jeith cjtut f nt wttm wt rt tin plans for tht nt w fin hall fiiiimir i i iltt sin tit live um ti initial rt poi t rt t iimrnt ntlt d tht mill sin it budge needs a new con- trttt slab intl railing cost hen was i sliniati tl at l replaci mi nt of two hridgi s on church and brock streets at etist of 5000 each was also urged it was pointed out tht re is an ho pi r t ent grant on this work council unanimousli agreed to recommend the work for next yeai s council to extend elgin sidewalk council also agreed with engl the third line last month because no nwr pallesen to extend the side- roqiiest had bien made for him to w renewal on elgin street an do so during tht discussion mr 2 tsi w t xtra 135 feet over tht original 200 new- f continued on page four funeral service in milton today for halton member of parliament sybil bennett qc federa nemoer of parliament represent mg halon county died this ntcv following a lenqthy illness tne tuneral service was held this afternoon n milton with inter ent i georgetown cemetery member of parliament for hal ton county and one of the four wo men legislators in the house of commons sibil bennett queens counsel died mondai evening af- ttr a lingering illness of two vcan lut last week at the annual meet ing of tht h ilton progressive con- si natives in milton sincere trib- i i wis p h lit m s first wo rn m mi mbt r of parliament she t is unable to ittt nd tu n tionualli shi dud jus ttui dus nfttr hi r law partnci i t hoc dalt qc of georgetown thei had bton in partnership since 1936 funeial st ri ice wahtld at st pauls unittd church milton at 2 30 pm this aftt rnoon ilhurs- dn i it was thi re that her father ri v c t benm tt was ministir from 1904 until 1908 clt rgi of tht halton prtsbittri of tht unittd cluirth tonducttd tht iriiti lln more in mcf u lane f cioimoim is i h urman intt mi nt f wood ct mi ten illowetl in f rt t n georgt tow n i ficr trip t jatviskiij pros idol oast of cton an monday anoth the amended resolution endors- the invt rrl for lcsjeva rn ct was hitin highwi ed by council is that this council dnbi vvinnn talk helen ben- piittio comets down spits for league top spot comets defeated spitfires 1811 friday to take civer first place in the floor hockey league at the y mca jim lindsai and wayne ridlei each scored seven goals apiece for the comets stewart mc donald shot home seven goals for the spitfires and peter lawson was credited with five after the sixth feame of the ser the league tanding is as fol l staff ptootc i public speaking finalists in the annual acton public school competmotrus-wewk-are-ahown-m- 25 north ofowcunve6jnwj4pitfiresromofth effrjlto carol eien helen benton i phnthsrs cl i christine johnson and randy lidkea winner of the b d rachlin trophy was lesley ann duby the wellknown lawyer died at hi r home at eldorado near george town her illness has been a caast of rt grot and much concern to her frit nils for many months the ri qiust was made that contributions to tin canadian l societi might bt made in lieu of f loorei s lit r p irents rev and mn clif ford benin tt were mtmbtrs of out of tht earliest famlhts to settl m halton ituinti thi v wt rt dot i ntlants of undid krnptft iovitlm who taint from massichust tt miss rt um tt was born at st ct orgt in br int counlv sh rt ceived hrr earli eduiition in pub- ht and high schools m western ontario whert her fatht r served as methodist minister after graduat ion from the university of toronto she continued her stud us at ot- goodo hall where sht took part in political debates sht w a railed to tht bar in 1930 in 1935 she was named a kinif s counsel the fourth woman so created in the british common wealth viscount bennett present ed her with hu k c gown for her court appearance this was one of her most prized possessions she held a legal position with the agricultural development board at queens park before opening a law partnership in brampton it is believed she was one of the first women in canada to enter private practice she opened her law of fice in georgetown in 1m0 she was legal advisor for georgetown for several years in 1950 she was elected presid ent of the national womens pro gressive conservative association and was a vicepresident of the ontario progressive conservative association organizations she belonged to in clude the haw society of upper canada- the womens law assoc iation of canada the imperial order daughters of the empire pd- jhesoropjjmist rlu sht w a member of the united church she leaves a brother arnold bennett of port colbornc v i