Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), January 21, 1960, p. 1

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tftwt fcu ft acton ontario thursday january 21 it i960 eight pagessevan cerftt es the rating department of ontario steel products com pany limited win doe ar mlh law yfrfil manager of the mhton drriefcm of ontario steel announced tin ait estimated 100 employ will be affected by tbe closer many acton residents are pre sently employed in that ontario steel products co ltd president e s byers m a letter to employees cxplabts the planfscloslng would be cor an indefinite period he pototed out thatror some time it bad not bccnecononucally sound to continue the operation and there was nothing in the im mediate future that might change that situation mr hemming em that the spring manufacturing section of the milton plant would not be affected by the closing of the plating depart ment the plating ftepl com an georgetown reeve d sargent beats avir- al t a alt a a i jreete douglas sargent of georgetown was chosen warden or halton county for i960 by m low county councillon at the in augural meeting on tuesday at ternoon he defeated trafalgar reeve alex phillips in a close race for the scat by a j 41 3 open bal lpl the new warden is a veteran of dine consecutive years in george town council and for the past five years has been a representative to county level government stanley allen hallon manor supennten dent was the last georgetown warden five years ago and prior to that the wardcnship had not been held by the municipality for 21 years devote best efforts 1 promise to devote my best efforts lo serving you and the county well he said in ihartkmg the 1413 vote reeve phillip- uf fercd his congiatulatiuns to war den surgent and asked members to make the vote unanimous m his favor crown attorney p k mcwilliams administered the ith of office to the wardtn and re tiring warden john a milnc- nassakaweya s reeve niescntcd the gavel 1917 warden present amonc ihe spcelalois it the in auguial wis charles reatihe id uf low wile who held the post of warden in 1917 council membcis this ye ir in warden sirccnl and deputy reeve walter grav of ticurcc town reeve john gov and deputy reeve jack hargrave uf acton past warden john a milne ind deputy reeve archie r service of njssjiwii a rum campbell sinclaii and demity reeve whiid reeve fred near of trafalgar reeve r 1 ryckman and deputy reeve william j bennett of bur 1 1 nylon and reeve herbert merry and deputy reeve frcdts tilley ul oakville councils striking committee composed of the reeves of e ich municipality n lined the follow ing committees tor 1960 agriculture and reforestation chanman sinclair service merry rvckman and near county buildings ehairm in desjardine lillcv bud gray and hartiave finance hospil ihjiiotr assess menl and civil delenee chairman tillcv milne phillips bennett and gov county roads ch urman milne phillips bciinen desjardine and sinclair legtsl uiun by laws and reccrj- service merry ryckman har grave bird and pcllit printing education and special communications chairman goy sinclair bennett and near halton centennial manor board chairman milne sargent goy desjardine and phillips s board of health council ap pointments arc pcllit and gray other members arc w tdafes robert marshall and ray thomp son county board of audit the warden and treasurer miss m max ted plea for aid the crown attorney made a strong pica for some solution to the problems in administration oe justice space at the court house when he noted council was mectt ing that day in the milton town hall instead of the court houwft hecausc ol a large citizenship court he said it was becoming increasingly hard to avoid con diets in meeting and court times and asked haste in the erection o a new administration building a tlm but sum f ruittons i960 wardfen is reeva douglas sargent of georgetown centre who was named to the post at the inaugural meeting of county council tuesday afternoon crown attorney p k mcwilliams left administered the oath of office to the county s new chief magistrate while retiring warden john a milne presented the wardens gavel estimated 40000 square feet parks board discuss grandstand arena appoint rr parker chairman tuesday aeton board of parks man agement returned r r parker for another term as chairman and mrs g fryer as secretary during their first meeting of the year on tuesday evening enquiry by mrs fryer re ivan kftby reminded the board they had a lot of important work to do at the park ihts vear and stated we will be jumping the gun a little bit to consider a grandst md the hoard discussed the garding the povsibilily or a ber of people who attended ball grandstand at the park launched j the summer iths and the crowd attending the fall fair in an attempt to clarify the need of a grandstand mrs fryer suggested perhaps a bleacher could be installed with the idea of expanding it when necessary the board did not pursue tfic proposal further a short discussion by the mem hers on the various aspeels of the project g v barbeau council repres entatlve on the board slated he dido i believe a grundstanci was warranted tu the extent of the cost involved tu the puwtt rabies quarantines increase shelter short of spate merry we feel we ire unable to do building tor ihcsc eases he de any mine fur the cuunly ch ur it ucd mm ffirfxr mutn i hk oikj r j cnts of oikville uul truilair villc uuidisliici llumuicsocielv b influd shllur lhl hdd county council tuesday il societv hihexpindcd tuscive the lenukin when he explained the tountv only soc i 1 iv is chilled plight of the assnctition in ch ing uunervlur the ujtmal care while i r u iiosts ire sometimes is much as for animals suspected of bus i nh w 9 wih mr mem ilso reeve or oik a o000 dihcll he slid we w ill mile and a member or the vyhiive to hill the mumeipilil s involved count v counc r lhr soeletv shelter at oikville had membuts aglcccl o siuilv the been used to qu iranlme these ptobkm and iliseuss it ig nn it suspected mini ik hut the need the fcbru irv nut line mi mens for the service his i ir utitcjiiun meanwhile was asked to brine the quarters we leel there is a his recommendations back need lor separile isolation council derailed train ties up traffic on cnr line in case anyone wondered why no trains touted through alctori between the hours of s5 and 10 30 on tuesday evening the mvslery was unfolded by itatyw agent george angcll and operator jim inglis on wednesday morn ing ihe two aeton officials report ed that l wav freight engine operating between toronto and bi impton was derailed at a switch entering the main line at m dum and lied up traffic until tn auxiliary crini was brought from toronto to lift the dicsd back on the tracks commuters from acton 10 tor the members i feci confident i can count on each and every one of you to lighten the big load following the announcement of bird of esqucsmg reeve arthur m desjardine and deputy reeve mrs mary s pcllit of mil ion reeve alex ijhillips arid deputy lion chanman kvckman peltit service bird and merry seven on planning plannmg chairmaji phillips a tctlei from the minor sport comnullce icquesled the hoard to send rcpicseiit ilion to a meet ing in die lire hill thil s une cv cniul to iliseuss ihe possibility of the i xinalion ol in anna committee h wis piuiid m the icllci 111 it icpieseiit hues ol v ti ious oil uiuj lions would be pre sent ivan kilbv was iipptmiled lo repicscnt the puks bond at the next meeting held lor this pur pose and bring bck mloinalion from work in the for ihe boards attention received additional mileage nc ir the loneiusum of ihe nuntare when the train due mlx c l in acton at 612 was rerouled 4- if l through burlington and gall ar enquire n he buattf mch at any gue ajn mie refud to accept the arena gud he commutt l0 je fmm the lown council after re lu u nn icwine the pie lolls minulcs he hoard lound no definite let i tun hid hcen t iken piwiously mi ni bets jmd lluv would lc willmu i discuss the proposal ol lunimn lb uini oct it ihe bi ml ol puks m mage mm i mil wete willuil to itacl willi eiiun til ktrarilin this mi buh in ml unied i ik iwo eiticns the ixnt w is willing 1 t ike uvel the ikni but would icquuc sonic issisl nice horn the t iwn m operiling it an in nut sublimit 1 illume j i trttitniirrf on pyr four gi were transported by taxi or pn ite car f t the firsi train lo arrive in ac on from the cast reached here at 10 10 instead or it scheduled time ol 6 44 mr inglis reported no one was hint in the mishap but several pisscngcrs arrived home late for ihcir evemne meal ncl monday january 25 is bums nithi hospital cimpaigns are being uhed in brampton and tletown m rowing of up to 1 000000 to meet the expenses of the year it was agreed lo approve the salary in creases for employees as recom mended in ihe finance committee repoit at ihe last meeting delegates lo meeting memberships of 10 each were renewed in the association of assessing officers and the murf icipal clerks and fimncc officers association the agricultural conv mi t tec was delegated to the ann ual convention ol the ontario agricultural council in february with irxpenscs pud by the county also approved wn the annual va membership fee in ihe council payment of the 7s0 subsidy for halton farm ponds lo the dor parlmcnt ol agriculture was dp- proved it was noted the money was provided for in the 195ft budget mesem section crew feet from death las 4000volt power line falls lutf photo rover scouts monday night made plans for future activities the crew is pictured above prior to starting their meeting shown in the front tow left to right are laurence d peter centre of the group is bob htnton and shown crew leader ron smith rickey newton and brian otterbein pictured irftk in back row left to right are mike homer ken gaidner curne and dave peal the first billy mdddleton rover crew was formed last week a p green co install bases for missiles g v b trheau manager of the a p green compinv in acton announced today thursday that a brinch ol the company has re ceived the contract lo provide all rdraitoncs md installation scr vice lor he new saturn project at cape canaveral florida this will be the largest refract orv 1 lunching facility construct ed lo d lie the original e 1st ihlt 1 lunching njallormi lor the redstoncmh sties at cine can ivcral were provided and installed by the sum company hu6skailsuwai iur cnr scctionmen were un he in stopping thctr jiggci nim n in fndiv jum seconds in an ice laden 4j0o0 volt ii iiy lecder line burned out ir islieii to the ground mow tlwn i number ot telegraph s pnwei wis accidentally re d lhnuch the scared tele ph lutes e lusmc damage in the lion ind as far away as rock hi no books the hbnrv remained closed frid iv the building w is tpiuhcd into d irkiicss bv mother power i uliirc the ptlitnt enu weirs workmen lex tied iniuhle on john st and bower w is restored lo home aiea at about 8 is p m damage continues to pile up following crippjkgjceiorrm ind in up htii 11 1 thi see in m men on the car stopped lor an oncoming lir ir inspiiiiint some tele ph wotkirs ibev might have n dirqeth underneath the high sum wias which burned right rails ph ik iv dtstrtved ilimimm id and sunt pile styi rabid cow dipmed in mnv lie a heler cow owned bv murv f y-pp-t- bros r r i acton died ol i ih kh us on tuesday janii irv 12 lol thiislnis mil j vv lowmc the iimhnt ol i i ibid h is bun v d in ii f mi ton in li ovvttslup keep toll circuit open ci tre keilh nun ijcr ol the tin sim vine sum its wen ol commikhion and i pouii t i die a p green firebrick j c imp inv w es mil for appnyi i mttilv in hour traffic wa tied tip ii i in mill street crossing until w rkn- iloired the mass i tinkled win oft the roadway i iihls in the c n jt mat ion win knocked out station agent get anpphwwtttpenmir jw inhv hid to resort to the phone lor nlivtne tnevsapc to iwlsidr point whut ihe telctvpe machim i w i un ihli lo operate snrkiti2 thnhighout the afti n ton the telegraph incmneu and wirtm ail n hvdro workers had the line etijttpet ilitid mimic restored lo ihe at both otttnn mil inisvtng mgnib hack siun in ipii it ion b ocmag thurst rulin- on he nad car vvrc lorthir but i rquhiri foreman pan sin mi rvnuld and algree thev ih ink their hjckv stars or bi i thai bnct stop wairmg tor the ippruaehing tutjtcr repoit ammjls brampton the remainder ol ihe herd his kunk in the ham ci etmber ueeording lo intm the health hr inch i tiittes the 11 disl been quarantimd month ptnod dr w 1 micihe pion olliet invishj the he ids ol ihe in oitebei lor tw lioved power j i re aily repui iph ph me c i t tlm wil in- hiin tli utlls eslihh in spite i li in i i m i l ibhshed to nil i till bill on tuesd is lcllltl riupli fits puk up iincrgenn the prc linemen hue hi i numbet hh cui iph u i speed op n pur mtk i hull u iiphom nskried to t it mpl to th n tutu oni c ith nines 1 i seven winners will compete winners tn the public speak ink iqnpilttions hivchen mleeiid i both public sthtls ind this ompeii lunithl nprevnt ait it on iietnsi i t kjuipu e le m tl hh biv hi s i ihui tit i i trr tn ttf pnw r vtint ti i ph i nimiss n in i i mini his hvtn nit it i inn it r dtvs tanile o vtrr tin iikhi tlu i wii s hit tun s hiv i pmk it i t m h i us tlkv ill txil 1 hill t sh the tluj t r im ttf whih ttirv irr wvkinc m 1 ul i on tuidn tht bii ompms lr ikuik rip ins to broken lines done ihe cnr nghlof way and hplrtnunl ol highway work nun have had their share of hi tdtehes attempting to keep htghw iys eleir of ice and snow is ihrv ptowid ind spread load ildr imd til smd along the main ailenes many overtime hours aiion hydfo workers have workrdnianv overtime hour re- painng broken services lo botmas 1 1 miming trees and replacing hmkrn poles superintendent doug m ison md workers duron i n ell rilph hndftsnn and don andtrson woikrd intm the mid ll of hit ntkhl thntughout the tl iv with iut eating in an attempt it li it up debris ind restore pown in manv trias eikhlcd wiici loic whole iti itnnaw htitnes and irfk k ave ihi ait hui ol pl rkeiihjjols l lvpe it the m 7 bin staft photo mo ivfnt in tfct lives of nine acton girls came aaorvtjay afterrton when they were received into the browniegroup seven of the youngsters are pictured above with their leaders shown titting in front on the left is linda lmgham and on the right pat nicouk kneeling on the left is carol kelly and on the right sylvte hanousck left to right in the third row are sharon white joanne wasowicz and bre nda mckeown pictured atthe back led to right are mrs o k linham twny owl district commissioner mrs g adams and brown owl mrs e g dunn missing when picture was ta ken were heather ann dumerch and mary heikamp po duel people cheekntg tbe rime bv the ci nk above the port office have tol i wierd vanetv of answers ihis week manv of thctn htghlv tmprihabk the oc and cam irishman an duefluuj for control hverv lime the clock ts reset lec i lorms again and tbe tune goes haywire mil hoi i vale rokrl li bii tin i injat i l li m n iii jill lxlr i ihn hurst lie sht 1 winners an m in dnsehow piwi hirrts ownm shalns and cav whtli pupils fntm liades spy vm and etpht were eniefid 1 litnm jtin it dticrminc the veinnets na hcen pomp on all wetk the distnil ftnik will h hell in the rimert little school on fndav january 29 i the severrwill givt thttr pre pared speeches lomghl at tbe home and school mcctirte to select one as the town s entry the jl pd off n thi e t lepotud i chain reaction s mlln n tlti i 1 1 mil l itplx iii iims in mi i t hlaih mhrn i hit i pi ie i iliat poks snap- smashed i tllen trees on the npt ti nsienl bnike hvdro iirct ana thtrw part of the area into dark ness tret s which once beautified iht lown have been reduced to skeletons js brunches nagging untler ihe wnghl at tfic lea trveketl olf and crashed to the pio ml il t ih tl hi rnvinv wit jfrd til plhtnis 1 ris hh thi co iph ii i in lis sti ihorik i arthur r- reus i o min nn il ttltplx ns several lanpl md inpplmp ihe phone nen m re oismaved i nhiitt mlv si mil and ml then iild up the new kill this id i 100 more thameitcohl iur inp the lirsi he si inn an cmcrpcniv mtenvwa hv it phone wor iillimpt to is ulepbom and hydro has been set up al hillshitrkh md imes iveamc entanguuv anothcr of greater power n being tcfegrapb linesmen hove been ttfivn workmen have shared la the ailditional work as they etcflrcti hmkrn trees and branch es lnm ihe streets plowed and sanded the roads and repaired a broken watermain in driving sntrw and lect besides iheir reg ular chores tucsdav and wednesday stinshine was a welcome ight to evervonc involved s m repairing the damage as the thick ice eo- p in an casing branches and wires began j to melt splattering ice chunk sounded like machine gun fire as they struck houses can or the ground md tel

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