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r elohtyflfth ymrno is hkt rtw mm tt acton ontario thursday september 17th 1959 fourteen pagesseven cents scrubbing days were revived for a tew veterans this week when the cenotaph received a face lifting and six of the legion members pitched in to clean the monument up tom nicol former actonian and legion member here supervised the exercise and provided the special materials that were used for the clean up pictured working on the protect are g hall g higgms d lawler 8 buchanan a ford and t nicol county drops purchase of eight acre parcel by t 334 vote county council decided tuesdiy to drop prospects of purchasing eight acres of the john coulson estate at hornby 4nd retain the other 92 acres accepted at a requested gift two years ego the executors of the estate had offered the county he remaining elght acres ol the parcel tor 25 000 stating they wished to see the en tire 100 acres under one ownership the 92 acres was willed by the late mr coulson aa a reforestation area fid the county had accepted it two years ago at tuesday s meet ng a few coun cillora argued the county should purchase the eight acres and per haps use it as a parks ite some sug gested the county should give up the 03 acres it it wouldn t buy the eight two separate votes one to buy the eight acre parcel and the other to give back the 92 acres were lost by large majorities the executors will be instructed to sell the land to others stuffy by tawrtghts countil approved a building com mitteee request to hire d mccon achle of oakvillc to ascertain the county s rights and privileges un der the town of milton zoning by low council plans to erect the new advnintatration building in victoria park wtiich is zoned as parkland under the town by law arrangements were made to have two by laws on debenture issues redrawn to show six per cent in teres i as the issues could not be sold at five and one half per cent one was for the 372 000 grant to milton district hospital and the other for the 435 000 milton high school debenture award tenders tender for furnace oil for the registry office was awarded to irks board seeks further control regulates parking bans camping acton board of parks manage- mpjtf cam a step closer to regul ating t traffic and use of prospect park by trail ers when they gave a by law for this control two readings tuesday evening at their regular meeting the bylaw in brief requires that park land may not be used for human habitation overnight without the written consent of the board no camping or erection of a tent in the park is allowed park ing is allowed only in prescribed uresis all vehicles over one ton are prohibited from driving on the race track with the exception of municipal truoks or ones engaged by the board for work other than by written permission traffic en taring the park shall proceed in one direction around the race track midway here the board learned that a portion of the midway for the acton fall pair bad moved into the park grounds on monday morning and during the heavy rain on monday evening had cooperated fully with the park caretaker by moving heavy vehicles off the grass area until the ground dried up mr parker informed the mem hers he had a request from the pair board to grade the race track and put it in condition for road races to be held during the fall fair the chairman noted he had in formed the fair card that oiling tht track this year had cost in the neighborhood of 300 and suggest cd that if the track was graded to low it would disturb the treatment and cause a dust prob the by law provides si minimum lem next season penally of is 00 nnd maximum of mr parker pointed out the fair 92000 for any offence as well as boird had been told to grade shal imprisonment at hard labor up tu 1 u nnd in tht event of damagi 21 davs which might cause a dust problem each member present was given next year the fair board would a cupy uf the bylaw to review j be called upon to asmit in rectify and necessary adjustments were ing this made before chairman r r park the chairman reported hi had or read the bv low fir approval f informed the fair board secretary km kkkefrituu4sst ftkhrotls vhjbtcijlm dedicate memorial library 350 scouters attend reunion about 350 scouters or scout presented a painting of the late leaders ns they an better known l rd baden powell ti be hung to tht public representing oniar- the semt library and this vcar io gathered at the blue springs reunion presented a jet seoul camp three and a half mil dealing with nature liidy and es west of acton last weekend for camp eiaft activities t arthur three days of business pleasure i herbert richardson chairman of and training sessions during the tht blue springs camp committee annual gilwell reuwi n for use in the itbrarj leaders from as f em as vernon bertwtmtlc son f the winrir north to nirth baj and f r seerctary for the boy scouts east to otuv i pitchtd lnts md actuation in canada addrced the area in question at the park was primarily a road not a race track as it was used as a road tor about eight months of the year and for a race track one day year facelifting in order the beach area at the park is due for a facelifting this fall and during the tuesday evening meet ing board officials decided v remove the sod from the edge of the water to the race track section at the swimming area and dump loads of sand for cities service oil at lsj cents per gallon and for the supply of dom estic stoker coal to the county buildings to hllhneri fuel and ice oakvihe at 19 40 per ion the following accounts including the second progress certificate to dell construction co ltd for work on hallon manor at 31929 20 were approved agriculture and reforestation 1 0fi 17 assessment 212 69 county buildings 775 77 county roads 94 722 69 finance and hos pitaliiatlon 5 740 84 printing education and special communl cations 55998 civil defence 251 89 halton centennial manor capital 32 050 85 copter rides there is a possibility that hell copter rides will be featured at the fair this weekend the man in charge of the venture was in town his week making enquiries and jiave tides iniii nuvel ma chine f r sale saturday possible take off location is being con sidered stage set for actons annual fall fair aberdeen angus show is new feature the stage is being set this week she knows of at least one other woodbrldge elmlra and b i rib rook for aclmi annual showcase the herd thit is coming to boost the already agricul ural society s fair lumber of entile being judged in the fair will be of f leially opened every day this week faces the that one show to tivcr 100 it is at 2 o clock saturday afternoon by very active executive with another the first time the show has been stanley darling blrks falls past set of jobf for additional entries held here with the co operation president of the ontario agricul and exhibits necessitate careful of the aberdeen angus association ural societies planning and preparation herd coming this year the central ontnr o the tittle will arrive saturday angus regional show will be held morning and will be judged on nd secretary treasurer mrs irene saturday afternoon by don ed- tswackhamer already has 97 entries wards of watford herds have en pn hand she also mentioned that tered from milton streelavule the platform will be erected on the grounds and from there master of ceremonies ray everdell and nino braida will keep the crowds posted on contests road races and dlapuiys gasoline price cut continues in acton acton s gasoline war 15 entering its thud week and to date all but three local garages have lowered their prices in the struggle for add ed business started three vccks ago at the eastern entrance to town the chal lenge was soon picked up by other garage operators and has spread throughout town with the excep lion or three garages apparently not supported by the 1 oil companies the lone wans being wiged by acton operators this week one of the garage own ers not entering the fray suggested the only people gaining by the price cut were the consumers and gave no indication of his company cutting prices gasoline prices tn acton range from the stabilized price oct fol lowing the province wide gas war 309 cents per gallon to as low as 349 cenir- hafi rail the space has all been told in oil hall and by friday night when the evening show begins the ladles of the board will have the building most attractive with decorations although the fair board ordered more prize list printed thi year than ever before sources of supply are running low an excellent en try is indicated in all classes by the interest shown the pony show is the headllner friday night saturday night teams from the acton firemen and junior farmers face each other on the backs of the bulky mules for a mad game of baseball actons two bands nre nlways popular attractions the school children s parade to open the satur day afternoon program it at one a menace in spite of all the warnings sent out to parents children are making use of plastic bags for space hel mets by pulling them over their on wednesdaj morning an ac staff pboto new cattle ties have been installed by the fair board members and three of the men are pictured above placing the rails on the anchor posts shown left to right are harold brown walter lmham and jack fryer the board had to build new ties this year and the parks board ordered the old ones moved the fair this year is predicted to be the largest one in the history of the board l li cflrw press electric heaters into night service to raise temperature in r l stone school with temperatures ranging in the rrcd lately ran to the child and by ion youngster in her third year 40s pri g w mckenzie of wis seen plaving on ihe street with robert l ttlc public school has a plastic bag tightly afound her dtcn w the problem of neck covering her enlirc head keeping utile fingers and toes warm forlunateh for the child two j classes in the stone school the incident and im until the healing system is installed 1 in ihp rhllh and bv tucsdav caretaker doug plastc bag and dispose of it price was bus lc he usc too ouir lo rmliie the dangers emergency electric heaters to although the veere pointed out to b pm toom in an al i her the small tvke headed home tcm lo rase lhc temperatures wird no doubt t tell mother during the night someone had uken her toy workmen have completed the in once again parenu are warned stallation of the gas line and on of the dinger of allowing their tuesday noon the furnace arr ved children to plav with these bags at lhc school it is expected the be installed ready for todo 1t1ursd1v 1 use this action had been discussed at a previous meeting and it agreed to engage herb fryei caretaker for an in order to have this work done member also agreed the area would have to be sloped toward the waters edge and that cribbing would be necessary at the edge of the race track beta off bombshell e pope council representative on the parks board set off a near bombshell hcn he suggested the a urged to d spose of them once booth at the park should be torn the contents have been emptied down as it was quite an eyesore this remark brought a quick i no trom secretary mrs g fry er who is als president of the acton women s institute owners of the booth shi informed the councillor you might have quite a tune moving the booth as it has in accident been there a good mr pope further suggested that if the booth was removed the jrea used as a check room in the change stations could be set up for a books booth p lclm a portion of the west wall w as rctnoi ed informed bv mrs fryer he would meet a lot of opposition continued on pope three marquees to brave thr cool winds and lake an active part 111 th three day affair under the stipe rv on f caiui director vernon pcich fi vn w nrt tor and jack atk nm 1 fr in pr incial headquarter ton nt ct ing as deputj camp chuf the weekend outing consivud of manv training sewi m bus ne lecture and inxiunlt if relixnli n to re- miniaec vf p it sroul ait itns b4ira4ra library h chl ghung fibc reunion hits ycir was thr prrsentatiun and ded ication f the riisseu p lck memorial ltrarv in mcmor otf lieutenant colonel r p locke who devoted mueh time to cuit ing curie in the capacity of pn incial cummuauoacr the library officially opm sews items from balttaafod are mlaaing again tfab week and uteres a god reason fat- tl the correspondent mn meenery was awayoo a holiday trip when a lady drove into tbetr oar and smashed it badly they were held up al iron river mlehtgtt wait ing for parts far i heir car friend were relieved learn they were not hart badly begisl- ar readers of mr meenery newsy eatmmn will be glad to see ita retarn m the free pi am as smd as noadble ho- kup b quick shuffle wht n f c ro ms of the 12 n um aod ti n were nit completed ns expected r sch ol opening tucs dav september h the whoomwird dec ded on d quick shuffle of en r tirades allocking grade seven in the scout hall o her classes vere stagfjered n e pup is ire attending school in rc linings and x hers in the after tht flm roams are compie ed fur occupancv w 1 cr sieping into the bjscmcnl of t ic scout house hampered child rei from using wash room factli t es for a day or two adding the headaches already piled teachers shoulders meanwhile txtn crews of work men have been sent to the build ing site and by all appearances oc cupancy of the five rooms should be made available in the near fu ture heating system for this new ad dition is expected lo arrive todav thursdavi nnd workers will be gin installation immediate ley wir ing is being completed for the five rooms blackboards installed and indous encased to date no interruption has taken place in the school curriculum and none is expected before the new addition can be occupied llllh school troubles too miunwhile principal e a han en 1 iv high schoo has not en countered arv ma ir problems eauitd fr m tht buildmg program irderwiv f r the erection of a 1 eu itidit on compns ng of three classrooms laboratory home eco nmics room and gymnasium au o tornim rcadv for occupancv he first day f school ihe three classrooms were f lied immedratelv still under construe ion are lhc home ecno nd the auditorium heating has not been too extreme a problem to dale although com plclion of ihe hookup has not taken place the principal reported this week the building is reasonably comfortable for the students night watchman during the past two weeks it has been nccessai to engage a night watchman lo guard the entrances to the new addition due to failure of shipment of the new steel doors however on tuesday some of the doors arrived steel doors will be available and placed m position as soon as possible when completed both the robert little and acton high schools will not only be a modern uptidate place for the pupils to study but w ill also be smart in appearance and among the top ranking in modern school structures fair lantvatlftfl something completely new will attract many at the fair this year this is the chamber of commerce industrial display in the main at the last meeting of the board of directors of the chamber on september 9 it was announced that 12 exhibitors v ere preparing to present attractive booths display ing the products made at their plants in acton the firemen wore also planning to be in the arena w ith a booth moving pictures will be shown during saturday afternoon with one safely picture two provided by the firemen one on creative capital one on leather from benrdmorci and one on conservation and wild lite a free luck draw will tako place there about 5 o clock a drlv- check trailer will also benj arena so anyone may go in it chamber members are planning their display carefully and are full of high expectation of popularity with the crowds acton girl takes wi bur prize an acton girl and a georgetown boy have won this years halton district women institute bursar ies presented to top student to help further their education margaret row morrison bm 2 acton win 50 a first prize an acton high school graduate she is the daughter of mr and mrs o s morrison and 1 attending toronto teacher college cond prize of mo was won by raymond archer of rr 3 george town the son of mr and mrs ver non j archer a milton high school graduate he is attending ontario college of art in toronto no season there 11 bt m ansa dear ata- ien in baltan this year cawriy cewncu agrtcaltarat eamaalttet cancan gentle that sn tarn in a highly eannty sweh as aars it ennsd very danger plaster crashes to floor as congregation leaves th reunion during the saturdaj 1 tore se and ian mcanhur pres nit t the premncial command pi d a msit tt the camp well co res pond ence was received fro 1 semite r in england and ger manv wh lent in regulation for tv reunion these leaders had i rtwrlv taken their training at the blu sp iiur camp and had re i turned l their own countries to i fur her the work in svimung cal weather extri blanket were th order f the rtiy dr manv of the less hard scouters a a stiff cast wind bu acras the terrain on friday even ng cuter5 set up their individual sections ith official gateways and during the entertainment period and other varied entertain ed b the widow of the late cl ment was provtded lorke who was accompanied by on sunday the camp was a bee- hcr on daughterinlaw and sis- hive of industry a tern began to termlaw for the sunday dedtcfall and eampfirea w extin 1 guwhed as scouters packed their the silver acorn award belongings away for the long trek made poathumously on behalf of home carrying many memories of the governor general to col i another successful gettogether locke tor the excellent work he i mrs wilfred cole ol acton was accomplished m scouting mrs once again chm camp cook and locke accepted the award maintained her uu yum yum last years guweu raver course during the ntatly 150 scouiers attended the gilwell reunion at lfcj included on the prografn were exercises review end test one boy scout camp at blue springs est weekend and most of them of fht highlights of the weekend was the dedication of a are pictured above as their tents appear in the badtorouod t memorial library scouters attended from all parts of ontario moving m friday evening me scout leaden immediately set up as far west as windsor north to north bay nd east to ottawa tents and make themsehjea oamfortajak for the three day yl struck by car dies in hospital the congregation attending the with the 9 im service held in on second morning erv ce al the unh of the room in the new addluoa cd church last sunday had barely 1 and the ii is service held 1ft om fc b rtureh riyn when i basement of the old part ol tbt rooms expected by the end of the i about te chureh i came crashing down from the ceil m 10 the pew under the gallery at the north corner of the church only a few people remained in ihe church and these were near the ma n entrance at the street level when the incident occurred au one was injured but the crash a former resident of acton mrs f plaser could be beard through- cbarlea parker tbe former isabel out tha church cnpp b of georgetown died bruce shwriakc chatman of in st joseph hospital guelph the board of steward called an following an accident tuesday t- emergency meejng and it was de enmg when be wa struck by a aded to block off fw entrance to t car in georgetown the church auditorium and post reported the woman step- turn warning peeple of the danger f ot fj after a eittrr examination of 1 j j the church has been made and the f j rchtect ha hd urn v draft run decmon wilt- be made by w v ne congregation ai to what action tour whjch ii ben for the future tllsi in ft jneantnr cfcurch service r pv- tmi sunday will conanue as usual i nsnsnnjbss0nnnasnnjnbnnnbjnjr a sister of mrm xdana i aenjirt of aetna mrs parker five at crewsoas corners for sesaw tana married cart tlmna