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ipf a i the ac ion free fjiess thursday december 6lh 1956 sun phou mtlnuhl club among the halton 4h cjubs during the past season was the potato club with some of the members holding the trophy presented by the county from the left are philip shepherd who had the best potatoes in the fair kalherine merry president of the premier club lorna woodley who had the second prize potatoes and david hume who had the high aggregate score winning the klrtgsway kiwanis scholarship a winter short course at the oac ambulance service here ends in january council to discuss with urban board contiiutcd from pope one councillor footitt pointed to a similar nttd at the muriu street bridge count 1 1 agreed the road committee would investigate and take appropriate iirtton aaka wac review a review of the present wane structure for town employees was suggested n couneillor cook he nntad then- is a need for such a review following the engagement of a town assessor ut a greater sal ary than some more resknsible town positions mayor tvlei pointed out u re view is one of the first duties of the new fmanee committee each year following a heated discussion on relationship of salaries council agreed copies of the town wage structure were to be prepared and presented to the members for study ut the next meeting the following accounts were up proved for payment gleralea water account h v anderson v ass engineering fees glenleu 3448 10 general aerounla k johnson re gravel 1s27 00 j1v- s-h-jvu- hockey season opens for acton tuesday night at georgetown the acton iiiiiuu y rumkrv ctuh optivs it liti s7 mascmi on tucsdav dtvtmlmt 11 at gooii- town the tram w ith ioali frui k on tner l tin hilni has 1chh practismj in m 1 1 1 on arena for tht yvist urtm w ifks aiut is rvputrd to bo a hard harm fthtmi club the loactu is romposcxt of ar- ton ottrjidown proston nnd el intra gctwuotuwu and preston ate junior c eluhs and acton nart klmira are junior t in the play- offs the junior c teams will play j each other a u ill the junior d club j one referee per anie will bo supplied by the o h a with the exception of the playoffs when t here will be t wo one 1 mesman iter fame will h- appointed by each local team game tune foi all names is r 30 p m the eomplel schedule for ac- ton game i- oivomln1 11 acton al lleore low ii deccmher oecenibet leciihei january jamiai i hinuat town ltntmt januai ton janiuir january january ton januai y february kehruarx town february ton 14 premoi im klmira l acton acton at ivrmon acton at at acton at acton al preston klmira acton looro- i w aiiar coul thompson motor ace highway liar use acel nowman black v stuu maker surveying lutke ave atut school donald inspection uit it pavnik j hidley mdo gioih x mull adv ouelpti morcurx adv thomikson motor aect it v anderson a as- re report w w ystfiu svinon hdwe mdse thomison fuels ltd acton motors aect municipal world ltd hooks 1 mclleachie k tv i i amh selecting arnuo drainage products mds- i f i father land acciuint foi llttti ka iiti iainstriulion li moiiiss payment no l out pio police salarie- it mackenzie a son ltd iihsc 1 047ft in 104 h 724 xi 14651 7 70 2 4ti 70 sit scanning the sstd scene with hautilky coles aect vll j juror metal an 1tfm in the dally paperu re cently revealed that the lnttn- ciuinty senior baseball leajre wan eontemplatlng an all canadian venture next sea son a resolution asking that only canadian players be allowed was tabled with at least half of the membership supporting it reason given was that us col lege players who fnriyi the hurk of lhe import returned to college be fore the playoffs started and left teams woefully weak- for the most important games of the yeur there were no doubt other reasons why tht teams were fed up with imports no one cared to men tion that expenditures often ecllps ed revenue in dealings with lm ported players nor the tffevt on the home hie ws when they leal md the fellows hom the states weiv earn uig big money playing while they played for peanuts and in many cases the imports were inferior to home town players the intercounty has always been a hotbed for united states imports not only the senoir clubs but even intermediate tcains have been mud- ded with it s college player fans iikrk will remembei the stiathioy team that eliminated acton in the intermediate a semifinals a few years back and more recently listowelr champion ship clubs stratluny in case youve forgot ten had u southpaw from the states name of wally llcggs who blanked acton in the second k-anit- o i he best of thiee sel at thai tune acton was indulging in a little im hittnk alsit ami we had i ighlhaiut ei hill leader on the mound hill played tot acton in intermediate because lotelph hail a ball club composed ol old pla lot the home- hi rw s otlui iuelph players on the team that yeai wile hud itiilidsladt lei a 75 imi bettei than aveiage shoi tstop and 141 i believe jack hough was putting in h2s7 irregular atpearances hoine-hrew- 41 18 were spike scott tehlnd the plate i ltrne mastei s al thud owen mas m9tialesat the keystone and nixm mu i ton uiul lhide landsay at tirst out is 00 in the garden were d jonlni hob i kooiitl and the lite hod hyder and 7 til jkle keutllei majx-xu- i ol old in o aiu college tin could tiiul no 1 1 im i hud tleplored georgetowns action but it wuant many yeais befoif local clults hud to do the same thing in ordtfi to keep up with- the rest of the teams georgetown imported such players as art hurst hill chllss ken nash doouey evans and bill ivrtwistle i win thru first group championship while in xiv same league with acton the tanners meanwhil hern woods in goal itch maio hen ha llss purge hlddall and frank nftibniis on defense lip f i imt were ilin maro lmo maro johnny joy uude uindsay norm molt on bus morton hob anderson karl waller sonny townsley arid hal oid mooncy jack kentiui also came out 4tf retirement to play a few gumck on defense that year well anyway georgetown won the group title by defeating acton in a two game goalstocouitt series the first game in georgetown end ed in u tie the mcond game in ac ton was very close with both teams heliai equal with about five minutes left to play then an acton playei got a minor penalty tor what seem ed to be a very minor offense and while he was off georgetown scored to win the game they were hang ing from the rafters that nlhl and ii must have been the most disap puiued crowd in acton hockey hia tal it w arm ion until othei teams w ut chliiy georgetowns hucceara started importing and the nil nation forced nonie i earn elttll el out ot the picture now it looks as if the pendul um llilhl iwlli the olliei way the emphasis is tin good home tiiihh iitiv uiul teams are gradually retui mug lo the use of im all local kll ulk c iiaii to icili- ilutt tilt- lllipol li uli lill lllflr llilllllt- limn ll hrir woi tli uiul thul it took 11 11 i ill- amount of in in v in pa llim ii w lillvr ililn im ulllll iii nil mai ll i liav ilk nil til tanih in hie playoffs kiii vlolv hal to kl iii lo sllal ill 11 r lo ii imi 1 11 ol lllci ot iii 1 lis uollll llv iii iii ivh ii 1 ii not lal it iiii in 1 ll 111 1 ii clvltlnll i hi i ii ii ii- lll 14 as penny sale euchre postponed by group 411 11 m ui- act in ul kluuru 11 ceiirkitouti at ar id- klmira at acton 22 acton at preston 2s koi cctovvil at ac s acton at preston 1 preston at acton a acton al georke- s iorictovn at ac everton mn iiv w y basketball teams drop two to kitchener y uideet and bintam baskettnll trams from the acton yj1ta trnvplld to kitchener last satur day for- a doubu- header against the kitchener y m c a the acton mi1icts trailing b only two points at half tmic fin wly succunithd to th- harddrtv mil plav of the kitchener nudficts a scon of ril to s htih scorer lor lie locali w hn ti ipp u ith mven rkmls kimk martscak net s1 six ly lurshl hniei honc frur o aivi sriir men lid sot1 u isitui nk defensive vlav lv kithete held the remamde o the iidtels cvreles4s other vbeiv nj the cin were dave flcnun bill vhurchil bil vcmiillen don lvlt- duc kllddick and b it mccristall y in he bantur tame kitchener ajtsin provl tv hot to handle as thev romped to 2l5 victory don price wnsed the net for 11 hunt for the ixas while peter 1awscn wunpletivl the sconnn with four markers comprising the remainder of the bantam team were fred dawkins brian mc- cnstoll wouganr lorerc dave fleminfc uppie pasma terrv cairns victor cairns pat church ill mike mattocks at half time kitchener was ahead 136 johnston wins erin election for reeve ratepayers of krin village elect ed frank johnston reeve for 197 in an election hold monday mi johnston with a pluralit of 59 defeated d s ieitch 2ft4 votes to ja servui un the 1957 council will be e 1 heath james robertson p 1 sinclair fred steen mcfaddenbarbour wedding in manse a prett wedding was solemn ir ed at the presbyterian manse tv the kev andrew mckeiirie on i november im whtr fileeh bar- bui of kenikvorth became the bride of oim y mcfadden of acton n t double rn eereniin mr and funeral in toronto visitors make news mrs john alton attended the funeral of a cousin mr lowell hunt in toronto on kridny mi and mrs harvey lestin and bobby visited on sunday with mr and mrs harold wright and fani ily loilph and on bert and were and and rdii harrison and brian ixhllld hi- i 1 and tile executive hml such haltl oi kuii fell ok s lil llawkiu llav masoi and lack ly si mlilloli a ttw lta mas mi ami lld llaukllis kept 111- illnnioiil ilk- oue in ll ma lot league halt park and i lack kovslon talked has i all all i kiijnliirl in i liotk- all willi i i jckttlnc back to iii umul thread of otn iljscussion how i vv tli ink this import sit uation is belllk looked at iii anothel ilkht ll started 111 these parts likht afjlei tin- last war when foi a fw i and invitations years sports interest was intense in i tin- kioup leaders the scout and ijuliie mathers asirl in li lill hull nuulai in clii t in the scout hall with hie u1mwb4it mrs hnggctt trr chartje after much discussion it was finally voted that hie twice post polled penny sale and cutlire he held in laiuiury not to conflict with the man activities before christinas a christinas paity was planned be ncnt to the drown- lllls neck of the woods we call llllenihel whll icoikc town imported a hockey team from t ion lo start thniks off acloii us tli ciom ill- tli me unit was ltd lull t u as it tee ircuuhl i i ei vei h lli- mi and mrs john miss jennie tovell mondo u ith mr and patten and family tie alton visited mrs h lph sunday visitors with mr mrs ted jestin and family- mr and mrs lloyd hunter family cainsv ille and mr m is go iuelph mr and mrs thomas cutting and mrs norton and tommy vis ited in woodstock on sunday mr and mrs t d mccuteheon visited one day last week with the formers sister mrs duncan mr- ivnicall krin b w l o l knjoy oar iuneh counter open for ynr ionvenlenee make it a date for saturday night go bowling i bowl for plenur bowl for hmmi acton bowling lanes phon 697 10 main st i mr- aid i ud c nillcha aftel coupic s ac 0011 10 m-i- i m and m- uiielph st tllef i 1 reside at r attended uld at the norm cuti iviin tlu- 12 guclpti wanted maple logs will pay top price for top quality hard maple lops or trees phone murray crawford ltd campbell vtue tt s9b57 h westtnghouse electrical appliances famous for quality styling pl economy nd always d your local westinghouse dealer has refrigerators ranges dishwashers washers cothes dryers laundromats television sets radios hifi s etc at prices that wiu amaze you home maintenance supply 77 mill strmt east an open letter to all house owners the acton ratepayers association has officers duly nominated and elected during thegeneral an nual meeting on novembernd for the year of 1957 the elected officers are as follows president a a ives vicepresident c bishop secretary p d camp the above officers are listed in the phone directory and are available any time to give information advice help and will assemble in the council chambers on the third tuesday in every month commencing january 22 1957 to receive suggestions and problems from all members it is the intention of the officers of this association to foster goodwill by cooperating with various organizations with- in the town of acton- assist the council in its activities beneficial 1 the h ow ni ail de- nominations all house owners are invited to join as members of the acton ratepayers association aid assist in the advancement of the town of acton by enjoying increased status and goodwill signed arthur a ives president cyril bishop vicepresident peter -d- camp secretary eramosa nominations friday in rockwood nomiiiulini for kramoau liiwn- ahip wen luild fridny at rockwood town hall stowarl hoyoe tiwn- alilp cltrk wia luiii iiuui ol the miotulj noiiiinuuil were heevf jo ouka luv gruv k 1 oox lep- ulv revt icrucuit iwnliani k 1 i ox coimvll krunklui armatronu it m storey lloyd muiwltmi chiirlea mn11i1i1 kniiuls miivir k 1 cox w ii hliulluy siliool ti iiauea niiiiiuit mcthoiti 111 a lialu john syiiuott a kliii liury klfiuil ly utcluiiiutioii wurr lh kotkwotxl villnuu- inialea cllf ford mittdowa liolua milne anil krnuk kelso convert rockwood telephones sunday more ii11111 lftlxi lelfihoiuw 111 iiilui 10 wr ttinvvrlnl from miui- uul to itial i111t sunday al iiiilli aiul ileal by hkku iik ihaneovur loiik only 2h fitu- ml- iiiii wad 111- riiliiiliiullnu ol i wo yruiv lahoi liivolvllii tlu- ex ixiuliluit l averul million ilol lara thanks to the voters of esquesing township who supported me in the municipal election jwishin0 everyone the seasons oreetinos spencer wilson iiaiton youth for christ sl john united church hall georgetown at 745 harp ukv a w n kss iiustor of 1 iktlii loapil ialtit ntirlii it powtilul unik priaihtr kvaniikijvihk muli- jiuirhl ixn j1ikks oinl uild lllitilllm this sat nhillt itkc 6lh wlll ill- a nicillt voii wlll hkmkmitkh evfftybody weicome l l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon old- 11 48 mill st e acton hour- i 30 f 00 rvitinjs by appoinlmenl rok appoiniment telephone 115 jti t t t t t t 1 1 1 1 1 t w if w- i 1 christmas shop tir v y 1 v it y y y y y y y y y y for all the family at root hardware if gifts galore for all age groups from baby sue to grandfather i real down to earth values t 1 1 on a selection of merchandise that cant j t 1 be beat i christmas wonderland of gift ideas bring the children they will love our toy land 1 i i i i i see our line of home appliances dominion washers clare jewell gas ranges the time is near the gifts are here i use our lay away plan christmas qsts less at our store cm rockwood u liter 69551 km 1 kmkkmkfchfchiiiikiiixiii4aiiaklii big mercury for 1957 now on display at toth motors also see the lincoln premier for a safe buy used car see your hip dealer ll i 1955 meteor niagara v 38000 miles one only 1953 meteor custom line one owner al condition 1953 monarch 53000 miles one only jl9jjfj3riuknjcailandxhasis r 1951 ford jton pickup 31000 miles toth motors phone 52 and 387 frank and bill toth acton