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eightytnrd year no 23 acton ontario thursday december 5th 1957 twelve pages seven cent htham a cotwctotwei ftut howatd allison pictured bov receiving ballots from deputy returning off tee mr vera ingles wet the first voter to cast his be i tot et the muntelp i elect ton on monday and hit name is the first to appear on the voters list with a 62v vote polling clerks were kept busy until long afier midnight counting ballots ho ho ho santa arrives by helicopter vtnu claux dropped from ihr tfcim for the second year in a row a clow to 1 000 children anl ot mu were on hand to sec bt n ck pilot art hit helicopter down at the perk on wcdnwday afternoon for a prechritma visit here tltm ledger hot to the children ntade all arrangements for the oc ration and as promised had snu arrive at the park afer school wus out aa the great whirlyblrd hovered vr the ground al the purk pul ice boy scout and own work met it alnd to hold the huge trowd back from the rotar propel lor finally as santa opened ms door to lirert the throng children broki ranks and both pilot and saints had to run from the whirling prop to a safe distance ale- greeting the children at the taik banta entered a convertible hear agreement to engage engineer council discusses sewage treatment introduction or a bylaw and agreement to rngagj ii v andc- aon and associates for engine m on the rww industrial sewage pljnl met with a flurry of objections ami questions when submitted to the acton council on tuesday evening councillor 11 lowe asked if the industries in question were agree able to thi promised bylaw res frictions councillor r walla ashm if council was going ahead with the achemi to build th scwad dispos al plant when mithing had seen signed by thi ronnnie involved mr walts ntnted out it wu hi- understanding n lhing woi id b done until thi companm had gvrn agreement to tht by h t r drawn u if tin ag nu i- given 1 am wllhn to than nw whole atliludi toward this r i ih alalcd the count illoi mr iowt isked if thi ompin les war agrccablt to signmii in agreement before then w r any coau invokcd mayor tyur mi gesteil h was sort thev v old councillor w look urgrii lit l the motion be held fo t lulurt mteting in vtru of th d nuu m on the agrcmnt with tlu n nernnk consultant it is further su crated l curk iiimi lh iwitiid ujn inni in th nrtimml ami iituin it at thi iu xl nu otink curk j miot tchi rt iil from thi dtpirlmint of mumcipil affile on th hi till i d in piimnj oniti mot i tin it a r ix tnt nirdin thi miuifct i r inftrnintion it id been d liw rtd i loi ml l counr 1 it vh i it i hiving muni iiimdii illi t im ih thi of i itt tik nth infirm it it t tt th mitln m f i ml imxl t in i u il thi hi ul i thi ih p trtnn nt hit sprm ippiuxim iti l an h hi mil i hilt with him khitj iti t n ioiu st ituli v tin riph n mhutrtl h i n that a- lit d uiltm nl h i 1 i i m of th ct n i hkidur il h i i v and thi woikm win m i rd n ai v imiu n this win nit ihn t gii ukil adui it i itkm id that th imn ilikiki tin mrii of tlui oli nor in stkm kg il adui mr mcti uh i u id th n ulli i rtplvfi mt r uathiilmd vh h turd m h opiiii tn ih u d d not apih ti lo in tit toitti i lii turn c ouiu 11 i low runod ohjiiiion tu mi punk bth npoiti rt i proevdm it t li hat lxn stud- i twt b th i3i urn vniiin n ml low dummied t rccoidixll vti l takt it on uixcptlllk thi rvwnmttndition of thi koluit r au but h urn uoum acupt tn t y wtilurlind u pl lo thv valulilv of the motion uil ovtobtr ltf a new piihilum blaw b in rcmkeil b i kommittix f oi t council umi tip f r d kiwkmi wttit pnnnliit nit luida n- lit tin bli t tun pi km ion thrrt ollu r b ltu runt uund u acton lt tditu n and hit ctu oi water uh w i iavl and itviowntl wtth stiggtt nt ik nth tabltm b other chiiuiuqin a utter inmt k vtuuia n j ml amikiuu- on ih talf of h t nor construction 1 imium tonuatto s for tht t cct tavui in atton r- commtitdtm tit it tht buun of the holdbaik bt pud tht onjlrutlnit company the ictur tkimttd out that all 1 lob had botit completed to tlitir satisfaction with tht txttptioti of the knox avium trtp it o stiggesteil that tlu town t tthhold asrr u to unu ipaaic l ion it a resolved not to accept r v anderson report on this 1im two applications were received 1 tor bulldtnc pcrmtu one was front d bobcrra for ait addition of two partmenu above hu fewd atora at a propomd cost oi 93000 another was from h illnton for an adrilu the following accounts were i ion to his store at the rear of the p r p new ilank of montresl council agreed to issue permits 1 1 o ltogers and ii h in ion ro viding mr hlntona plana were approved by the building liipetljr churchill ltd water arrt 1si3ui liuildlng 7 m fire and police i 4i 4 itoads h6 so administration finance 183 m welfare 37 7tl police surround acton in manhunt on monday lollti cruisers converged on the aclim arm and road block wtrw l up tltroughout th district fol iu ink a two car crash at tht corner f main wnd ciutlph st monday vi lllllg thi nm cur involved wn a sloh n tilnclt and f llowlng llx crash thi kiuitanu racetl front the scrne on foul along thi rallntad track drlv- i r of the other car was ralph bar er r it it 1 acton the attilcn car owned by dr w j mtltnn lind u toronto dentist contained two halcheta and fnur mom ulta with f 122 1r tit cash and mum tnl 303 shi iu local m ho reported a check with tin owm r of the v hit li fvri il d tin nmti nti o tht t h n hith to ih uiom o 111 iwni i t rpor il m i mm rt jorum dtituik lh march into the rirh h uii i f l hi nuiniiitk thi imilur win hanii nil y tin dtrknesand ink if idf iilfviitk infiiimation tt i r hirtetl mary kaye gibbons wins second in milton mtn kim gilbnn 12 veir old dumhtii of mi md mis n nih il n attoit biought urtlitt honors b at t n lul witk whin shi plinm teen nrt in it iltun count fill ih in iutilit spiakinu it milton mar kni spoki on hon net nikhtiiik id md in an tntpiumpui pt ech i ntith d y rii mtiltipt con llmtnt win kin 10 nmnitis to pn kin tht ir spet h in pliicmk kecond tht acti n kirl retiiid a book prentnttm b the llaltoii ti wchi i m associaliun ill lilhil whit unit gold mi- c sonurvilh on ih h ilf o thi htlton ci unt women instlt- utt- puhtnted tht tup to tin winn iolict dlscloam the 11 irbt r c ir proceeding aotrih on thi meond lin had stopped for tht stop strit t al the junction when thi stol n vt h icli htading in tht umi dirt etion plowed into thi rear of tht iwrb r car send ink it out of control inl rrank tnlh s proinirtv tim stolen vehicle wtnt veering into lite ditch narrowly missing a teu phone jhii police eatmatr the damage to both cars close to flkw ckr and led by the police cruiaer with iu flasher the way was leitred for the motorcade to drive the high school where ftvn more children wvre awaiting hi arrival as santa claus wa ahatrtftej- hunds and imwe ing guesuona the itaff of ledgers i t a store were distributing peanuts balloons pop corn and tandy canoe to over poo children reeve joseph oalces returned lo office voting was heavy jn the era- moaa township elections on mon day reevt joseph l oakea w4s returned to office as was deputy- ret vt krnest bcrham councillor l marsden was also r elected with two new men bera i rorsylhe and w it other ford ko the athool board clif mc- iugull was defeated and w llindley snrf w jackson were new diem hi ri with w oaks being re turned to olfict a larne crowd waited in the chilly lec mber air outside tht it xkwood town hall tu hear the r suits of tht election counting tin vote look considerably longer thun usual because of the plebiscite on thi school qucmion ngarding t entrullration of schools in the township the vote on the isau showed a majority in favou of re pairing thi old achixils six hun dred and two were against the not aliimtion plun and three hun dred and si ventyelght w re for il after ci rk su wart hoycr an- nnunred the rrsiilta iptschrs wrrt mudi by all the candidates it was an txntirtk day with over 80 per ci nl of tht att p tytra voting drdmaplesden receives degree badminton club hosts to guelph acton adult m c a badminton inm plivit h mt to tin tui tph uadnunton club on shnrdn nov i mtx r so at thi in acton an eno tbh evi nlnt v is nhiit plumnk fmndlv niatchi with a soct tl umi at tin cioki of tin uarni thi junloi iladmiitliin t lub placd host to tht cm iph junkirs tht simi i v milk w ilh thi acton ikij packing up a iclu ron mcknight passes swim test cntiusdi hon ni mckniiiht rx eclxed his pn lx gmiw r cirtificnti at thi gtn fplt pihil ron nu in com pit tnk hi- uh had to awim ii ut1 in dit p water l irtlitk with a push from tin suit of tht pool hi nun i- alttiidiitk tht nwimming classes or hatidicuplhtl ltllldntt tht swimmink claw vimund to tin guolph pihii list rlda with mv hukititt rettiviitk his first and scvoiid swinintiiik stnr and andrt w knox rectiwd his second star ctrl- ificali tmnnrt ill w rrumilcd bi m bmith and n tiumr dr d maflettdcn tr doukl is mapusdcn son of mi and mis ceil mapusdcn 121 church str i t acton was one of 14 who hid on dt of d icheli of scuiki tonftrnd upon him ini uinirsit of toronto lait witk b tlu chancvllor or mipliwicn graduated in 1050 front tlu ontario vt urinary coll t ki guilph und worked f r thret mini in ttxis befor ri tuimiik lo tin ovc whtrt hi bt t inn a piofefcjtur md head of tl c n m bt r iu at pnst nt dr mailcndcn furthmttk hs suidui at corn i umviiil llhiku utv w4k uu his ih o w h cook to head acton 58 council 62 vote during monday election w h cook w a wilson lrrl4 krr j m okcem mt ciithi acton fire department assists milton as 75000 fire rages in campbellville milton firemen battled a 7s 000 two alarm fin at crawford s lum ber and coal co in campbell vllle fur six hours tuesday night before the fit rce flames wi re brought under control cause of the u3 p m fire is till a mysti i v and fir men and insurance inw si ifalurs an ci ntinuink invocation about 1 kk kpectatixs from as far away as acti n wen attractt d tn tht blan which cast s fiery hiu in to tht skv and omc suikiihi mill i mplovces nd neluhlors in remi v ing mmt of tin building materials from thi blaxtnn building actons fire truck and about six fin mi n wire calltd tu ttaiul by at milton whin both muumi trucks were st nt u tti v illae to pump thousands of gallons of water from a nearby pond onto the buudlnfs thi left acton without a truck and the cewgeti wn brigade tinder the llalton county mutual aid svsttm unt a truck ond men tu stand by at act n noticed hamea tin blait was will under wav in tin saw m tl fcectu n i f the plant w hi n gt i ki cun it nolu i d ih flami s uh hi walked by on th ktmt milti n tin mtn wen notifu d and si nt 12 mm and tin niwir truck ti tin m- m iu tht lime thi arrived m n s if volunteers wire kim vuik jlw riii und lumbt r fiom tin iitdaiiicind binldincs und th skv wan a mau of horns front thi inferno fin nun ronlinid thi ir eflorts ti pi oli clllik thi in artiv lumbt r put cissini plant but the fin kt in idi and part i tht ktructuit broke into flami n us tiu hund watir on it tin kit ond m lion truck w is callid i assist in pumpiitk wati r and to stand bv in cast sparks fnim thi fin uprtari to other parts of tin hutldingx or to tin pih r of lumbt r nt ink t ii d iiuisidi about nine oilock must of the fircmm irt dri nched front the hum x and mutlv ftutn in tin mar ii ro tempt rntun and firt chief a r cltmint calltd out ih rtst of tlu btikadt txctpt a ftw iuu tilted at tin fir hall to assist thi acton battiudu iu cak of a second alaim in town ilea rmmp traable iater in the evt ning one hoar line broke and the pump r lost its prune win n the hose w as aain pi k cod in aetu n fin mm p nt 20 minuli a tryink in vain to gi t the pump w ukink lxfie it was found a conrifctii n on th tuction side of tht pump had n nn ime in a few minute tin sin am if water was ucsin teing pin mil on the blazing hulldihiis hiimm ritumid h nu ut otn cl nk in thi nu rfiink nl it was an h ur ulrt whin all tht liar was imd out to dry and th truck scr vieid ri ad lo g again cu wmr i 1 d c rawfirri kald diimakr tint n uti d lo r oghly 70 dtkiroyed win it mw mill and a steam engine and about six pieces of machinery used in the mill as well part of the prxtct ssing huilriihk was kutted and ftomr mat i rials mnrrd outmdi wiie 1 mil onlv watei damofcr touthed the tif fin n unr w is in tin m 1 at hit timt hi iaid us tin pi int had ch d in hi ui i i ion tlu in w mi n t in d tl last f mi lo known lo ih in tin in ii int was il t n at it 3 10 ruimli nfwrnoon he said tin mill hadii t ikm n w tkmj t two m nthh as if bv fate mr crawford ix plniiu d mm t thi n n uu illv ituvt thin lunch in xrt inmiti the mill during thi du but tuitdjy noru of thi m had or thi fire mikht hut hi n n tin d at i id win it tlu v h ft for houu tin n is i d ubt it was bu mug at th it limi he said to arr on huslnraa mr ciuwfoid kind plans f r n htillditik thi iuiw null win n it vt uk id ujm n i ut kssuri d th it tht builtlits suppls and coal binum ss w ill b t ort it tt on iirt bf tht d image wan civired bv iiikur met he said but full los would not bt roaluid hi xplaut id soiiii of tht build i tic mutivaf had bet n danuikd in m vtng them outsidi but tlu low thin would be little rnipliviik wednesday mov ed thi matt rials w hith had im t n h ft utkidt ovirnikht back into wluti remained uf tht buildmti the mill wus oriktnally built as a brick plant and was closed down before the turn of the century it w as made into a sawmill around 1000 there are now 15 emplviee erect community tree string extra lights a touch of christmas was added tu the municipal election on man day w hen low n workmen erected the c immunity trcv al the post office the tree almost 25 feet in heigh was donated by mansell ntllis and erect d and decorated by 1 w n cm- lli yec the chamber of commerce arc sponsoring added street decoatlve ibjhunj on the arms of the now light standards on mill street when completed mill strem will be quite impressive not only to town residents but to outsiders i travelling through acton stressed i george uarbciu chairman of the c of c proclaim champion for table tennis don price was ucclaimi d table tennis champion at the y m c a in saturdav november 30 w bt n he dtfeated g hams in the finals in the a mlfinals d price de feated r daw kins 31 b and 21 10 and c mams defeated h mccns uu 2111 and zft24 in the finals d price cond 21 w nd 21 17 itir g hamt police issue warning to all car owners corporal h mason this week u- sued a warning to car owners agumst ov ernight parking on the st cets local opp stress cnfoiccrmnl of a bylaw prohibiting overnight parking on all stretts bvlwcin the hours of 3 a m and 7am regular routine checks will be made starting immediately stated the local officer santa clalik is siin waving from hit helicopter as he arrived in acton on wednesday afternoon to greettho hundreds of children in acton anta landed at the park and then followed by an admiring group of children drove to the high school were all the boys and girls were given a chance to greet him ledgers iga distributed candies and novelties staff huo santa claus meets the children at the high school on wednesday pictured helping st nick is dave manes of the local ig a who was host forthe occasion hundreds of children and parents were on hand at the dark to see santa hover over the- ground in his helicopter before hip pilot set the whlrlyblrcl down on the ground acton voter uondy named wlur cook uaror for 1m whn final ctfetton rvturnl wr raceiv- ii at j 10 a m on tuesday morn- in school board and public uu1- hlra officials wrra raturnad and two prmrnt rounclllorf warr r- irclad with g o rachlln 1 t hurst r rootltt and w j ucurod batn addrd w wilson its pp u to itrrv and j greer was aded as irputy iwva u cook wss elected mayor with vols acamst t q tyler s ml mr look steps into the posit- ion aftar two yars expsrtmca aa a councillor lradlng thr delegstlon 1g county council in iflfrl will be reeve w 3 wilson w ho has had two yrars rxpcrirncr on council sir wilson was voted lo otflc with 131 votrs jack grr well known in ac- ton sports circles and a former counclllo- racalvad 00 votes to be elected deputy reeve sitting on council for 10m will u j ii ooy s 1 rachll n o v narbeau j t llurat e rootltt and w j mdxod returned to office for two year terms on the school board were t t watson m c 8mllh ana j w wolf representing the aclon ratepay- era on the public utilities commis sion for two year tsrms will be dr r o oakea and it everdell the following la a eummery ol the candidates totel votta received lit each wmrrl fob mafok ward ceek tyler 1 30 307 3 m m a is4 131 4 1 10 iu an ml ros mrrvt ward wllaaa llarfrave 1 404 101 3 13 1 1 334 70 4 11 co m 3s0 ob derimrbkrve hard oraee raardbbsjl 1 mm 143 3 104 to 3 143 10s 4 117 107 s30 606 ros roust il olrat hu elected ward oey bar ml 1 3o 143 3 151 log 3 30 100 4 1113 10 74 il ward lurbaaa herat 1 313 nn 2 m 130 1 171 iu 4 143 im 730 701 ward rootltt mrleod 1 30 303 2 107 tt 3 i3s 130 4 111 lot m4 m7 ward watu era 1 ia iu 3 7 50 3 143 140 4 m u mm 47 ward lw brack 1 180 11 3 53 31 3 139 111 4 vi m 4j5 371 ward 1 3 rersur 100 31 340 rob htiirtol boabp i first three elecud far a iwe year ureal ward wataea baaltk ward i 1 3 4 ward 1 3 3 -304- 163 240 181 iu 413 143 077 760 welf heatl 311 iso 114 31 iu m j57 43 770 340 i needhaaa 170 w w ua ti 3jb coiltlrllawi 0 pojt two ft rw v j tii