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i if eightysecond year no 47 acton ontaio thursday may 30lh 1957 rr r retghf pageiseven cents voluntmrt nmud the parks board are hoping the fleet will move in on operation stump removal this saturday at fairy lake anyone with a boat who wishes to volunteer sswastano is asked to meet at the park at 10 am thla saturday morn inf sun rhoto mm m z bennett retired public tchool principal 11 pictured with wet wolfe lfjy stoft school board chairman at the laid the corner stone for the new m z bennett for r4w school school alertfireman toms in alarm on friday afternoon a fire con fined to a amall shed at tha rear of j starkrnans property on mill st received prompt attention by mem ber of the acton volunteer fire department before any serious ftitmaf could result tbe amoke waa noticed by j 11 irare looal fireman 16 willow st who immediately turned in the al arm to aummon the firemen the fire wea ebtlnguaihed with a hose from the booster tank thr steel beams arr erected at the firr jaelt and the workmen arr putting up the j out board approves beach area sanding plan park improvement stump removal a beach aandlng program and proposed swimming classes were discussed at the packs board meet ing held in the council chamber fast monday night wea wotfe and mansell nellia representing the y mm club nd the ymca board preecnlm plana for aandlng the iwimminit area for approximately is to 21 fret cheque to out from the ahore line and also 430 u co taxi waa accepted for tht operat ion of the cfreahmrrrt rnnceaslon at the park for june july and august under the condition that the permit emild be cancelled at any lime at the discretion of the park hoard it waa revolved that the el rk treasurer be autho lied to inuc a thompson moton for purrhnae of a uur requeated pe mission to rnlnrt mower by the park board the beach area and spread sand in i a augiccation lo build two du order to allow more pleasant aur- oubt for bull leimi nt the po k vn rounding for uie ivlmmrn forwarded tv ihi acton intirmet a miittible retaining will v it lute ball dub with a liirl of sup planned for the p ot eft ion of thr plies necesr to build mittahl bank t the edg of tin wjiur lit h 1u r they ntjmirteti thnt thi the swimming area j twaiird aaaume any or all of the nul it wa agreed bv the park of rrwitcrwil the sunplici timuunl board that the effort of the y ed to 57 and lh w rk in erect n urn club were verv commend- the tniildtrtg m lo be doni liv able and they grewtlv appreciated the club their effort to produce suitable arrangement fo the wimmlny ur ea the board tted thev would give any possible assistance to the club work on thla project waa to start aa soon a wcathi r permitted a letter from the secretary of the ymca requeated pcrmmmn to hold swimming classes for jun- tora at the wading pool from 9 am to 3 pm during a atated p nod for the aummer months it waa felt that in view of the secretary of the y leaving the end of the month thr letter would be filed until further could be gathered the present bathing houae at the park arc lo be demolished aa auun a puastblc due to thalr unsatis factory condition a tender of 30 from reliable the pi ks board agri ed to pi wo towards the hi iters on th condition that thev become thi pnnert of the board and that the be put on skid in order to in moved a mot ion w an passed to repur the fence nl the park alao that work commmcr as anon aa poasible i n painting the wading pool a letter wu received from the scottish country dance club re questing perm a ion for the ue of prospect park for a garden party it was suggested that a represent ation of the club attend a park info motion board meeting to outline more specific ideas the clt rktremsurcr w a author- lied to purchase two new locks w ith extra key to use on the park gates mrs g frer reported the gates halton juniors hold service bertha watson guest speaker helton junior farmers held their eighth annual church aervtce in grace anglican church muton sunday evening with mau bertha watson a member of the acton club aa guest speaker following the services a fireside hour under the direction of the choir was held in th parish hall during which severe choir and group numbers were rendered mam watson who this year was one of five finalist in a provincial apeaklng contest is a public school teacher in erin township she urged her listener to work hard to further glorify god and to serve ou fellow man during her ad dress entitled an hour of decision she spoke of forgetting selfgain nd helping to make better com munity living mass watson quoted the salvation army motto of my hand to man my heart to god as a standard of modern tiding which all should follow during the service the 40voce junior farme- choir led in the hymns and sang two anthems brother james air and what arc these county president earl wilson and tint vicepresident roy tard read the scripture luasons ushers were bill price gordon harris bui wilson bui marshall sandy buchanan george greenlee dave leelje and bui robinson grace church rector rev d a poweu conduc the sen ice the male quart eteonsurting of johnny eve howson ruddell tommy hunter and stuart mc- fadden opened the fireside hour with passing by and you 11 never walk aloe and later sang the lojd prayer barbara cunningham sang two soso song of songs and bird- ton at eventide and th choir rendered look for tha silver uo tag and non nobis domlnum a mixed quartan ralph cunning ham tommy hqnter marilyn lea- lie and dorothy marshall sang i passed by your window and come to the fair jean peterson led a ting song and the girls trio lorna woodley marilyn leslie and dorothy mar shall sang some enchanted even ing and chrsstophar robin a presentation to mr g newell and ruth wilson pianists by choir president barbara cunningham closed the evening new ambulant rate this paper regrets an erroneous report concerning the new ambut anc charges as approved at the last council 4 meeting on tuesday may si the council passed a rcvol- utioiltatake effect immediately that charges for ambulance calls were to be 94 ptr hour with minimum of one hour and all township and nonresident tall were to have an additional charge of gfi the basic cost of purchase and maintenance of the ambulance is to be borne by the ratepayer two church services scheduled for park two open air semcc in the park this summer were planned at the acton ministerial association meeting last tuesday morning with members present from the protestant denominations they de cided to hold an open air service in the park on july 7 and july 31 with the cooperation of the acton citizen band 4 it wa also noted that due to lack of leadership it i will regret that th summer church vacation school will have to be cancelled member prese were revk j held rev a h mckenxi ifcev r h casterus rev e h jones rev g adams and rev r groan aboer nt the cemetery had been paint d by the women a inatltutt it aa agreed to hold a stump rt moval program at the pa k on siturdnv to endt avor to rt mow ith the roornti m of the hdro commission and any intirctd linn ill mumn from thr wiilir y secretary resigns projects to continue llob brafhak kolrctjrj of i hi art on mca n in one id hi rniwt on i his ul k eff ctlvi sjiurd i mr lrt khlw w ho cimr tf acli n fr 1ko kinio n u miim fo ir t jr uf his h d u lotitl of j i x i ii n in work in an into v lew ha rtvealt d he wowld t having v mca work enlifelv out did not indirut thi type of work h wo aid im- r nl r in miss m z bennett lays corner stone a very quiet ceremony last monday afternoon aow the cornef stone at the new m z bennett school laid with miss m 7 ben nett and member of the public school board officiating miss ijennett a public school tea cher in acton for 33 year of which 10 years were spent as principal retired in ltt30 with many pleasant memories it was very fitting to have her prrsent to lay the corner stone for the new public school named after her in appreciation of her untiring efforts in the cause of education in aclon a frw presentday cutns were deposited behind the corner stone for good lock t three contest federal seat in halton riding toift irsiwas utn v4rf is the polls e jbm u elsrl ihetr swst randldau far ik fed eral seat th ballet wjll have a ehalr sf three at the effitlsl snseung mafkday sftanteeai la milton town hall only the three names were pat farlh aleasiul- er best ueorgstown narssry- man progress y conaervstlve kenneth v ukh bos its mllua lawyer liberal and jack i ee ry bos si oakvllle rarpenter no other csndldstes csase forth at the last sal note as is sometime the ease about 15 people attended the nomination which were e haired bv italian rlertorsl officer ale ooir acton ball club opens season this saturday thi acton ntnr will opt n th 1w bill iivm lb lomiiik slwr dy a 30 p m in acton i irl whin thi fiki thi br imp n int t rmidiali bill entrv announce highway 401 public hearing plans show comple cloverl on 25 actop was invaded with tt lev la ion carru ra let at the bunk of mont iiitmi laat prtday at noon ckco television kit ehener sent ju k thillip photogrwphi r and hon hill director luid inter viewer to interview xiie alton ntirn fur thir pnicrnm imluloiit i a dill edib r of tbe y re pre first to ix in tervnwrd reviewed itir history of arlim and o the nunt eatimatr of th impifjitui of halton me wu followed bv wm i iv ey manager f thi hoik of montrcil hi r ivr a bru f outlint on m ii if ai ton indiit a public meeting is planned for june 28 in thcourt house milton for any persons interested or af fected with the location and plana for th proposed highway 4 which passes through north trafalgar township and cuts into eaqueslng township s southwestern comer the province wtdaf controlled ac cess highway iv feet wide and construction on this phase i to be gin thi inmmi r starting with highway 15 and procieding rait alnng the new sup er highwuw th final sketch show the following a complete rloerliaf will carry highway over highway 401 about 10 mile aouth rt acton the new highway will go over the n h track belwven highway 35 and the third line nt kaqueaing township the third line of kquelng will te closed where 401 eroasea it about iauo fot ahl of hr have ttnr a i rvire road will run eoit to the fotjrlh line on a parallel with high way 401 at the fourth line fuiiing the base line will be diverted to the north and will cross over highway 401 j ul west f ihr fourth line krom here ih highway ir in a south eastirly dincllon lo about 1000 feet b low the hae line where it crot the fourth line of tra falgar the fourth line wlfl alao be cloaid at ihe junction here the new highway will run parallel to thi flae i ini 2 000 fn i aouth of it until it have halton county highway 401 cro s over the fifth line of tmf tltc md iruk there l to tx iliklnly dlv rtid th nxth hm of trnfalgnr will go ov r hiliiv 401 and another cm k h ri will i dlvnrted 1 a ttrnu n ch intte will six nth 1 n half intcr- oi td at the dedicated to liberalism k y dick tells audience mc- uith bb andirson the turn nnd paul low mjimius dill skillink cnmnll itn anderson john cur ninnhnm spike scott and many othi r ni w f it promises to be n good tpin at a meeting of the board directors ef the ym c a on wed knox ladies attend presbyterial rally the spring rally of guelph presbtenal wms wdi of the prebtrrinn church in camrti wo held in st andrew s church heavier on may 22 with afternoon and evening sessions in the afternoon reports and highlights oftihe evening depart ment conference in calvin church toronto and the sy nodical annual inj nid older residents of ac nd district attended the re- jcipn n 1 il rriday evening at ac lon li g inn hall to met l and enjov n mui i ening with h niton s libernl candldati ken dick a crowd of almom 200 met the can didrttt and listened to hi brief mchmigi mr dick mtid hi was dedicittd to libi rnlism nnd the good gov- i itnmrnt the had given canada he had een little indicate n of the blue mm nnd havoc hi opponent was emphntiring an he went about hvlton ringing door bells on the many fine new home he outlined his ican of experience in er ice to his home town hi count v nnd i countrv and promised that if he j off nesdy ihc board accepted hil r- meeting in westminster church saulf ste msrle were given by mrs f anderson of acton and mrs 1 shepherd of gait professor hsy of kjiox college addressed the evening session on the future of women in the church mr j d cleghorn of guelph presided and mrs roy organized black of fergus led in the service ys mens of worship gnat i on with regret the board dlectcd that until such time as a new general sec retary is appointed as msny y m ca activities as possible would be mointsined by the board of direct ors and the program leaders it was fek the summer swimming pro- ram would be fully and supervised by the dub stanley symington personnel director for the national council of ymca has agreed to meet with the board of directors of the acton y to discuss the appointment of a new secreturv those attending from art on were mrs james inglies mrs e a han sen mlas shirley calvert miss in ez mclcllan mrs h u bcnn e mrs a j buchanan miss robena clark mrs f anderson and mrs h memorize association served doughntiut nnd i ea dubv and hi orchestra prov ided mumc for the dancing with it i davidson acting a floor mannirr 200 damage to cars in rural accident two car driven by lome mc lean of r r 1 acton and genrm ptvkn of h it 2 rock wood receiv ed about 200 total damngr whtn thev stdcirwtped on the brow of a hill on the no 20 sideroad near the fifth line of nnxsagiwiva on sun da afternoon sign charter for new brigade a charter fomintt st john amliul tnn hrigjdi in act n w is signed bv ifl mi in ben it a meet in g in thi town hall last night mor ruglr md muntftr of guilph wtri present to answer luemion and to explain dttail of the trgmizatlon and invited the newly formed acton brigade to i attend d metlng f the guelph b itiadi to study procedure i dr d a gnrrett ha bin ap pninlttl the brigade surgeon and mr hart the superintendent with jack denny at aergent the regular meeting will be held on fridays th ninth in hlachwny 401 rttr cons 1 1 which m ill x ver i it b rl id to tht ni w highway ill cross over hlng the tenth in lahuh will im- clotwt where it ni i ts thi highway highway 401 will j g to the south iit th county road mwrn halton and iv countlia will cross by bndgi nvi r highway 401 from h r th nrw nwid contintu s in a south ast dlrwction through pael county to mot th part of the highway already finished rop eent halton acton hs receives wire chosen he would endeavor to be the best cjy moa toarnorc representative at ottawa thnt was w iccitlltrib within his ability and expenenc he was optimistic of the reception he had been given by halton elect ors he also rpoke of the loss to acton of one of its industries and pointed to the record of the liberal gov ernment in bringing new industries to canada under a liberal govern ment there was more opportunity to share in her industrial develop ment he was introduced to the group by art hill of oakvilje the first psrt of the evening was spent in playing euchre with priz es being awarded to fred kcntnrr mrs jack kentner ron davie mrs r l davidson mrs oscar locker and mrs shirley braids the ladies of the acton liberal principal ted hansen of the ac ton high school reports thst the teaching positions for the high school have been filled for the coming term five of thhi years teschers will remain and an additional six new teachers have been added to the staff the following is a list of the teachers for the cormng season ted hansen principal donald both- well phillip caddie k mr alex orr and mrs f c reed all pre sent teacher here new teacher engaged are t miss jean barber from gore bay ed- wad e an from guelph mrs j callow ay from huttonville mrs g roges from stella ont and thomas campbell presently living at montreal school officials present at ceremony it mew school r gtatf photo aden school board officfali were on hand fast taonday afternoon at tha new m 2 bennett school when a qutot ceremony took uoe in the laying of the corner one shown from left to nqht are murray smith thcimat watson we wolfe mut m z bennett charles heard cliff bradley qolin maccoll william mlddlefon r planning board review bylaw a continuing study of the zoning bylaw waa the order of the even ing for acton planning board at their regular meeting tuesday alan p deacon planning consul tant was present and with board members reviewed the toning by laws pertaining to the residential areas two delegations scheduled to be present failed to appear leaving the evening open for a peusal of the tuning bylaws eight offenders pay 99 in fines corporal r mason of the acton provincial police repored 00 and costs was sssessed against eight of fender in magistrate s court this week a careless driving charge brought a fine of s0 and cost and a mutoit charged with falling to yield the right of way was fined 10 and costs three motorists charged ith speeding paid a total of 37 and costs and two cases were dismissed three other offender were as sessed a total of 12 and costs for minor infraction 600 damage caused by two car collision t4ic reported a ear proceeding west on queen st ailed to make the right turn andcoulded with an oncornjng vehicle proceeding oast at he corner of queen and yonge st on sunday afternoon the westbound car was driven by ivan melanson of melton and the eastbound car was driven by marjorie lendi of 310- longsdalc road toronto corporal r uaaon reported damage tp both oara to b approx imately 800 and that charge nave been laid against ivan utlanson in magistrate court on tuesday mr meunson was convicted on a charge of careless driving and fined iso and coats acton girl age 7 iniured in collision oorlene johnson aged 7 daugh ter of mr and mr d johnson of acton rectivrd two fracture of th skull a broken collarbone snd loci ration lo the right temple when ihe was a passenger in a car that was in collision with a truck at the corner of churchill road and no 7 highway last fridsy morning a car driven by thomas rock of 116 churchill road waa proceeding north on churchill road at the time of the accident and was m collision with a truck driver by thomas norman laamllton of port union proceeding west on no 7 highway the truck driver told police he applied hi air brakes and veered to the right to avoid a more ser ious accident corporal mason of vh acton o pp d4ahmerri investigated and reported approximately 900 dam age to th rock car and no appar ent damage to tha truck owned by wright transport dr d a garrett was the at tending physician and had the johnson girl removed to ouelph general hospital for xray and further medical attention corporal mason la conducting further investigation acton couple feted on 35th anniversary mr and mr tony seynuck were feted with a surprise dinner at their home sunday may 35 in honor of their 30th wedding anniv ersary a set of rogers silverware and a dinner set of dishes was present ed from relatives guest were present from cob ourg toronto georgetown hamil ton rockwood guelph kitchener and acton st albarvs a hold meeting th mftln of th olrla aui- uiary at st albtn church wm op- enad whh th hymn tu it th storln ctjiww and in ox pw z colct wa rd ana dum wf takm s tha- bualnaaa aaaalaa wai follow ed by mwuwork th mum waa slasad with th hymn eternal pathr followed by th lord pmyr t j fc