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ht mnt tft ighlyfiwyefno 31 actonqntariqfjfflubsday j 26 1960 eight pagessevan centl choose anne vale to represent acton in halton public speaking contest twelve year blu annintate a grade seven student at the m z buinct public school was judg cd best of seven finalists in the public sped king contest during the aclon hume and school as socialion meeting on thurs day jdnuirv 21 she will rcprcs tnt acton in the halton counlv finals lomoiruw friday night in the robert little sehool aud ilonuni besides winning the honor ot representing aclort in the hilton county in its anne will hive her nime inscribed on i he b d rue hi in tiophv which this year uill be disphyed in the trophy cibincl at the m z bennett pub- lie sehool panel of judges a pinel ol udgus comprising rev a h mckcnzic don both well and peter dunham chose the vounc pupil after dehber ting i kiillbv period afler the seven contestants had delivered their speeches on educition com pe ling in the i trials during the meeting wcic anne vale dnnc shullis g ly white jill hurst marv gnschuw m-ine- hiilsltuutuliu dull mllll rmr topic for each speaker was ed utatfon in iny phase past pre sent 01 ful tire m z bcnncit school pnncipil w d elmer smith acted is chairman for the public speaking finals and explained lo the nud lence e had bee held in both public schools to3ctcr mine the finalists from whom one winnet would be chosen to reprcmnl aclon tn the finals education is for everyone the wrnnct dunng her live minute speech outlined cduc alum is lor becryone and divtd ed ber subicl into two mam purposes vocational and cujjur ul dune shullis eilcd tv as i medium or education upholding her claim as she relerrcd lo mus bcal sports social studies and scientific pranms being wit nesscd on television programs man ptma anne vale an 1 1yearold m z bennett public school pupil won the right to represent acton in the halton county public speak ng finals during the eliminations on friday competing against six other contestants the young student was chosen by a panel orthreeudges the trophy she is holding was donated by b d rachlin and the happy w nner will have her name inscribed on it before it is returned io the trophy cabinet at the aa z bennett school cav white third sneaker com horn the be gin nine of iinu man pircd the mode ol edueilion in hid souljh i obtain a know on lino wilh ih il of russia and ledge ol education gac a wuid picluie ol a rusm in m ir guseliow ionicsi ml professor tn drab e irb expl uninc numhei lic ilso ti iced hie lis the word education spelled u l ol cduc iti mi hum e ul d is motlotonv md e ippeil hn speech willi 1 two choose history quot ilion i rum ihc greeks euly phases ol education and a difuierd ipprouh to the progress to date were highlighted lo educ m n was uun bv by jill hurst as she explained continued on pirc 61 toifinto girl huh in twocar crash miss joyce bakpr of toronto received lacerations to the scafp and damage totalled 700 to two ears involved in ah accident at monday evening const dave hardy of nopth halton 0 p p investigated he said a northbound car driven by gloria lindsay or r r 2 rock wood was turning into kelly s seruce station when it was in collision with a southbound car driven by charles william mul focd of toronto miss baker waft a passenger in the mulford car install vendor at local po sell alice street property to hydro town to purch land on main street with modern trends leaning to ward vendors the post office de partment has provided a stomps vendor attached o the outside of the local post office it was erected by department workers on monday t rreirfunm may now obtain books of stamps after regular hours and wiihout having la queue up in the post office sp ta o promotion planr to rotary club the affect of trading stamps and premiums on the buying pub- he was explained to the acton- rotary club tuesday evening by loc il rolamn jim ledger in a 17 minute talk during the dinner meeting in explaining ihc present day method ol merchandising ihc speaker icvicwcd old fashioned opei 1 1 tons in the grocery store xehen orders were filled from the i lacker barrel upon request a i uuement in he trade war i inlcd curving hrgtr slock and hillci displ iv areas the members were told saks promotion has played a bie pni m ihc industry in recent ears and as a result more pro gressive chain stores have adopu ideas such as preit- abreast with modem times the speaker noted that on sev till occasions the question has been iskcd who pays for this niomotion he informed his in icicsled indiencc lhat increase in siks ibsorbcd added costs in ad tcrlisine and promotion and lurg er comp inics were able to stay sokcnl under the program the spe iker wis introduced bv ken hulford ind lhanked by rev a h mckenzie present wilh the local rotanans lot ihe nue lint were j bert wood insurincc agent and w peiulliu n ol the h k porter ci mpam commission orders electric appliances for home ec room ie home economies room il r but i iltle public school s x n be equipped wtilh a washer and rver following a special- rocsu if i the aelin hvdro electric mniissn n saturday morninc muirie smith chairman ol the pubh sehn i board was present at hie nice line he informed the niiniiiiin h tmril had acton council tuesday evening delved into the real estate busi ncss during their first regular meeting when they sold a piece ol property on alice street o the acton hydro commission and authorized the purchase of land from a c braida on main st s the land on alice street border ing the piesent hydro building had been considered for future expansion by the fuimer public utilities commission an offer of the puc to purchase the hnd at si 000 was turned down council offered the land atl500 ne gotiations were discontinued un til this year recently the mayor during a hydro meeting informed mem bcrs the property was for sale and requested them to make an offer tuesday nrght council agreed to sell the alice street properl to the hvdro commission lor ilxmju real estate deals continued when the council authorized the mayor and clerk to sign an agree ment to purchase i piece of pro perty from a c braida on main l of 3 s a the braida property 110 feet by 165 feet adjoins the present water lower and pumphousc pro perty on main j south purpose for which the land was pur j chased was nol mdic tied i960 wage scales wage sc for t employees were approved tuesday night the following are ihe rites rctrouchw to january 1 i960 j mcgeaehic clerk admmistral or 4 800 plus us per month c ir allowance plus 5 00 per commit ting up lo five meetings a month j t hurst bookkeeper 13 900 mrs j preston j42o0 per week mrs l i clarke j36 tor ihe hist three months j3s for the next three months and 40 per week for the balance of the year a duby foreman 4 250 j lam bert assistant to foreman j4 000 a kirkness foreman 4 250 s tenn ml assistant lo foreman j3 900 j d ladoueeur assessor 4 500 h perkins assistant to as sessoi 1200 t trycr j i is per hour and olher town employees at the rale ol 1 35 per hour overtime afler 5 pm until 7 am the following morning will this is the account of the first regular meeting of acton coun cil in i960 under ihe newly in troduced system of administra tion commit l met earlier this month on monday evening ihe entire council met as a commit in or the whole for discussion or reports of the commit lees the regular meet lag of council then followed on ihe tuesday evening be paid at the rale of lime and a lull ihe mining rate of town woikmcn is to be jl 15 first three monffis 1 25 next three and 135 iftcr this time combine departments council agreed to combine the sewer and walcr depart men is into one dcpirtincnt ind appointed a duby is foreman to work under ihc supervision of the town ad minis ira tor il was agreed to investigate the possibilities of installing a new pump with a standby gaso line engine for ihe churchill road pumphousc ii was noted that a gasoline engine presently install id in one of the other pump- houses could be uiihred for this it was further agreed to contact the ontario water resources commission regarding financing this project council also considered an ex tension of the water mains under ihe cnr tracks on queen st from hillcrest road to young street applications from two taxi owners tor renewal of licences were referred lo the police com mil lee for further consideration dunng the two hour meeting on tuesday council also received the police nport and he rmmttef th cred valley conservation authority meetings received i request to take out membership in the ontario good roads assoii ilion this was rifirnri in ihi roirls riimmihw ncss to meet with council regard ing wavs and means of the board taking our the acton arena this was referred lo uttt admmistral ion committee heard a resolution from ihe acton hydro commission stating their igrcemcnt lo read the wale meters at a scheduled rate no action was taken during the meet ing rccetvid replies from re solutions supported by acton council regarding assistance to unemployed over ihc igc of 40 and a request to petition the credit v illcv conservation aut horny to eiirb further capital ex penditures for a three year period re td a reply from the ont ino hvdro accepting the dissolu tion of the puc in lavor of a hvdro elect nc commission agreed to take out member sflihimhc ont irio association of rural m unit mail ties al a cost ot 1500 appointed i kilby and a johnson for three year term lo lor ihcir recommcndadtion received requests from the canadian mental health assoeia lion and the association of re tarded children for donations the letters were referred to re snective committees for further investtgnttoit read a idler from the onl nnu fire marshall s office regard ing fire righting courses scheduled for the fire college at graven hurst heard a resolution from ihc parks board staling their willing t dour of pa mu 9 appointed bert hinton and ham peal for a three year term on ihe planning board these citizens had requested appoint ment to the board authorized ihe clerk to send a letter to he aclon legion mm or sports and a duplicate copy to the acton legion protesting un- luthorized use of the arena on sunday noting any deviation from regular schedule must be author ized upon application to the town- administrator head tabu guests at the annual acton scottish dance clubs burns n ght d nner held at the royal hotel in guelph last saturday night are pictured above shown left to rght tn the front row are mrs r foyers mrs gowan dr r smith mrs r buckner rev p stirling dr r buckner mrs p stirling and mrs w wilson back row left to right bob foyers robert murray mrs murray r connell robert cyme mrs currie bill wilson herb saravanamuttoo helen buckner jack mc gesthie and mrs mcgeachie i jttijt4jattv idvcrlisinc hroihiiics peri unmc tu- matiunalxlexiricwi have hum delivered b ihc mc el reader ch nrmm t members nicti hul bein tur ml rined tti n uler n hoist leaning the ollicc h r pu ik puplium l an clcil h jm i r ith hiol jnd d lhl mr hul inl lhl it p qover eenbe at clubs annual burns night old e epl vmth thanks ine i w rk m ns r i i free clothes drver mm rs j hi n hm omar hdn and a i ret i ivhei irom the acton hvdro the wailin e i ic commission test union to purchase ihcsr m il could stkn photo 1959 honor graduates of grade 13 at the acton high school received the r gradual on diplomas clurng the annual commencement program last friday held in the new school gym nas urn a packed house witnessed the evening s program as scholarsh ps and d plomas were d sltibucd to deserving students p ctured abov are s x ot the seven graduates follow ng tnc ceremony seaed n front on the left s mary jane force and on the rght ma y you q stand ng i tnc back left to r ght are d anne nevston sh hey mason valcnc varcy and marg et mo son the sicreltn treasure instructed ti wrile 1 r rcser l ions lor ihe supennlemovnl and quipicni from a local i three commissioners to the in vea- approved with the nual 0 m eji and omeu eon hdn to assume the cosl mention ie uakher ontario hvdro prior to ihe special mcciine is if the drver and ihc ihe commission eiiued ihe pro- i nurd ihc cost of ihe pcrts on aim st ret i near the present hdrn huildinp offend nalkmal electric week for sal ihe loun n decision ii veml i diseuvsion the was reacihetl regarding ihc pur ni n i j reed lo purchase t ol this land tin i liabcfh room 1 hntct guelph ilor siturda eenine ag iinsi i backdrop of a si ilek scottish lion brilli ml plaid mingled wuh more suhduid din mr drevs as the acton scottish diner club honored the immor tal memory ol robert burns the iidies some with sashes of per lor the acton seotiish dam abldft 1 club it was once again a spon tanebus success from the mom enl when toast masur bill wil son opened proceedings in a broad edinburgh dialect the ev ent went smoothly at the head table sat wrtmg and local dignitaries including res paul stirling minister ga t irtins complementing trim st andrews church toronto pins dresses the men often in and dr bob smith inimitable handv me kill ind sporran dined mc of heather mixture a ra ind danced ind listened as sort h dio program credited with half a i ind naltmil hard vas extoil tl million listeners in l irs ind mnc i escort haggis head lahle introduced piper phil caddie k escorted the haggis home alolt by jat-k- mcdeaehic flanked on cither side by bill connall and borj curne inhigbt land drevs lo ihe heat table where robert murray spoke io traditional fashion thai ioeis and unfathomable address to the haggis the toasl lo the lassies was proposed bv dr bob smith in which he paid bv innumerable quoles from various authors po ets and dramatists tribute lo scots lassies who launched the i hirth a muni boms sup- with the grace said and the continued i paqt four ufei a ii t parents jam new high school auditorium for commencement night we ice mint ill ill uvii e iu h ii ihi n c iddili n he pntsi m hk tilliil lut n w 11 k skiim 1 th cialuiiin 1 ivs n tinj tk ii due i it 1 t il mini il ii eu mi m the tn l cxili n m mcnvcimnl ivivsv n t id is ukknts u iv upv the nie txclllul j u i n d i s h 1 builditi whin it w i inst a hun est hi i i vied n tjs4 able lift ix i et t iliii vpk t i increase in awards ihe svfux 1 ml pli ll 111 u u mi hinmn mpi m s tn and iirtensi it each ind tun finis rcveivinj neserliu mui s nidi in mn i ik mpliiiin il ihvni eeiutivues list m ir wnh the ncse uidil irliim 2 ibis war and eivsiited ihe new one seai ipo mr hiiwn t id audiiorum m haein snx bear the eixwil jiihervsl in ihc r belt inj on the ineixise h cneooia little shel io 1 l mini 1 r ihe n m r shixil interest commencement the hlph svhmtl has r i hid is irsi its ind the pnmipal pointed mit rhs b me evonomkn num helped t st itetl pe i h ipv h this turn n ike ihe sho 1 imn eoippuie next m x e will hac our n unit in piiviius san pupik anditorunn win t ransftorted t arid from the pnmipil i im the frui milton ind gcstrgetown lor this night audience ihe pupils mil slatt hid btfs uh ktngforv ir 1 to holding ibeif conunencement in pni mj the nh mr han sen poinlcd out they were second t i ne ind sinss im iv rn r nun i ihe suuuni khk wilh th n h r m u d ik n lt itiihted ihv e1 hntinj il i in i urpid thfti t i httt int hi ihi a i wuh whi h th p iisitiht then h us il aim ind wished thim ihe ueeevs this m welt defers d represents class shirti m isetn aletietinin lor her ilavsmites wis tninxlui iil bs mr hinsen as i uinmoii ioeis h ird i rkinji student wh ixtia eurriviilai activities includ ed txmj president of the vrudtnt hinell n her lle jjstir miss mistin is it prwnt ukinj a leachers eourst at hamilton te ehers college in her iledictor iddress miss mavn retailed that in 14 i she and ber school mates were the tost ride nine pupib m the new hich sehixil there were two en le nine classes when there it i iui now new liberties wxrc foreign in i il siurbing al first she n tlle 1 she paid tribute io ihe te i hers as she reviewed some of ik highlights year bv rear ot ber das at sehool including the excellent example of true friend ship pnen bv the caretaker rudolph spiclvogel valuable expericncp vihletics dances commence mt its and field davs aune in for ne e end wtc assessed as sal uame experience grade h is a climax m our jnes thesc whd have been through it feei that the struggle is well worth the effort we would be ofeqg without j our teachers she said idding extra words of appreciation ior the principal mcepnneipal ind school bus dnsxr ted tler sr the first grade nine students in ihe new high school closed her ilcdietorv address wnh her challenge the decision is sours ti make wm schounhlps mm i ihi cretghlon rcecixtd the lakeside chapter i o d e the first to graduate com the sch larshtp ot 25 for the stud new gymnasium and so were ev jent in grade 12 who in one sear peciallv honored completes the course in grade 12 in comparing the ines ft ihc with the highest standing and graduates lo streams miss mas- continue- to upper school mrv on said imprcsmsrh so we d e smith made the presenlat flow along growing broader in ion outlook understand ing and hor creates proficiency in the uon as each hour passes not commercial option course won without snags or difficullios4sut mrlboraeis scholarship or da- still time pavscs so ihe bmok j mj grahame of grade 12 and lor becomes a mights rushing mer rainc richardson of grade 10 the whose voice is heard and with awards were presented bv don which one must reckon bo in well it depends on each individual the duke of devonshire chap- whetber they remain a minute icr 10je bursary of sioutor a stream or a pow nver shsfstudebi proceeding lo htgbef ed ucation was presented by mrs j w wolfe in marv jane force the scholarship donated bv amos mason td the student mak ing ihe greatest progress was presented by mrs chartcs kirk nes to dtannc new tun the canadian legion scholar ship for general proficiency to the sludcni m grade 12 or i who continues to an institution of higher learning was presented bv legion xicepresidcni mel jordan to marilyn young who is now a student at rverson institute 32 certlflcaics annual awards of the lake side chapter i od e neverlate never absent certificates were prcscnicd on behalf of the chap ter by mrs w e smith and mrs r spiclvogel to patrick church- ttt iticbard come karen damm kav dennis bob duby laurence dubs lesley anne dubv rfljr dunk elitahclh force george hams hsrrv hofstede betty lemon darren maroti wane mason stuart mcdonald joadh mckenxie jane mcphedrnn christopher norfolk roacmacy phourke briati otterbrin garry owen warne ridlev george ro binson trudv scott ruth spfel- ogel james swackhamer rea swackhamer llene varev valene varey barbara ware andy to- tiamv john wjihams murray m coles chairman of the 1959 north halton hjgji school district board awarded the proficfency schotanupt which are based on academic standing in all subjects the first prize is 15 sod the second ho i cfmtfamctl aa thi