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i acton ontario thursday june wln aullurial smofhl ctmt atoll by th port offlm rjoatiymiicothwa v ten paget seven cents uut ftturio r oehjmoiy for luxlon memorial hall was porformed following the reg- service at st albans church sjnday morning pictured above during tho ceremony are left to right frank van wyck r jeters warden tom jones former acionlan who was one of the original wardens during me planning and construction of tho building gilt clifford one of the older members of the congregation sam snow peoples warden who played a major role in the building and the reeior rev h b slokreef if i r iii ja i- worse 40 mile speed limit council seeks official okay council tuesday evening agreed to accept the recommendation of the department of highway to raise the speed limits on the hlgh- n the as they approach acton recommendation is that highway 7 east of acton will have a s hrait or 40 mpji for 1000 feet inside the town limits this is to point approximately at the may- fair restaurant oft the western approach to town the 40 mph speed limit will end at the corner of main tmrzm cuelphjsl on hlemlslfifchssi l n siyirth apeetl limit will drsp thc front m to 45 mph at acton welding driveway and from 49 to 30 m pn at the entrance to fair- view cemetery j s trew and j c hamilton of the department attended the meeting mr trow said tho num ber of motorists on no 7 high way travelling over thc speed lim it makes the prcscnl speed llmll virtually useless mutorists will obey any reasonable speed limit dont hide children councillor barbcuu asked would it be reasonable to have 0 speed limit or 40 mp h over a school crossing when george town has 25 mpli nt it school crossing why would we have 40 rnpjt mr trew replied sliiuoi cros sings arc ulwivs brought up we feel with an adcquaich mark ed crossing in u schoul atva an speed limit is satisraiturs when children tire gnen some iv- sponslbililv and uliqualck in strucled st hciol cmssings are sale theres no point in hiding children irom tiatlti thus will have to lite ullh n the ivsi of their lives mr trcu pointed out ihe de partment was irving to set sceil limits ul realistic levels the ma jorilv of the highuass in the pro- vlnee will ho increased to m mpji uhen the constitution pn- gram is compleied ii ihesi pn- poscil spvtl limits tlo nut work out thev can be chnnged mr trew also staled the ikpart men is udvising iuuntil not tetlnu them what to do the approval of the local conn ell wjll be orwardeil to ihe iv partmenl am wilt he piisinuil to the piminuil coumil ini leg illation to enact the changes causdl also authorized ihe mayor und clerk to sign an agreement with the department ol highways fur construction and maintenance- of portions or main mill and young st designated as connecting links passed accounts amuunting to 54360 suspended committee ofthe whole meetings on ihe fourth monday or july and ihe third monday of august decided to advertise a town planning tloartl increased to 200000 the cov erage fleet boiler and public liability insurance a smnrtt rnrjnt aa cave joe hurst power of at lomey during ihe vaeatiun period of jack mcgcathic credlled consumers deposits of 21 to water accounts engaged parking lot mark ing co to replace markings in four crosswalks at mill and main sts and at mill and elgin sis at 05 cents per fool decided to ask the womens institute and ihe parks board for permission to move the horse watering trough now just south of mill st on main street to a location in ihe park decided to take ihe handles off the lown d fountains humans and leave ihe water running during the summer a hxi rs-r- f sfjai lions roar pic gasorama for funds an thc lions nwr could be hoard monday cvemnu during ihe final meeting ot ihe season when aclun dons club finalized plans for a gasorama ladies night and kmily picnic during the summer season the gasurania bemn siancd al jack mcci 11 mn service sla turn saturday julv 22 writ in conducted to boosi ihe lions clubs comtmiiutv betterment intnd dm ing ihe itav lion mem hers hill talu ovu management ot the service station anil con duel the business including eaq wishes piease jobs attendant chores anil general operation ot ihe gat age tickets will be sold prior to the exent and holders ol thvs tickets will be able to obtain gas nt serice live and hold chances on aluahle prizes which will be drawn throughout the tia cus turners redeenwng their tickets at fuu alue who bring then thildreh ac in for an extra treat as valuable gilts will be men tiww as well as live pop potato chips suckers and balloons lion lime marks was appoint ed chairman to organize ladies night and the lamilv picnic with ladies night being held at lei ored for his hard work in organ itng the club when president ray arbic presented him wilh an inscribed bronze wall plaque special guest mel mccullough received a standing ovation from the members as he was presented with a framed certificate for his gemtositv in allowing the lions cirniv it amusements to be set up in his linn held lion pete pipillon lccenlk re turned irom a business lij the west gate he club a dc oralive ixinnei as 1 gilt fniii thc prince albert club in saska l toon hl also showetl 1 film ot interesting places he visited the lions club trophv donated to thc gait tigurc skating club for their interest and willingness to produce an ice carnival in acton was viewed once again as a photograph showing the trophv being presented to thc winning skater ol the club was passed around the group the skating cluh unlortimatclv was unable to present then slum ikxuise ol mild weather which caused the arena ice to thaw othei guests piesenl to oui with the club during the nuvtmg ineludetl al william charter su iv lodge in julv and the picnic member ul the lluntsville club set tor august i art goulon and at lauder and dining the evening charter past president jim hibbit ol the prcsidenj alec johnson was hon owen sound club -fjirft-i- v- 1 n mm tisx4 list robert little school results pupils al the rohcrt little ilia van fleet jaappi van der public school hailed down ihcl koo lilian venema peter long lane lor the- tina lime to- wtterton geoltrev wilkinson day and for hie ino4 part all ricks wilkinson sjcphen win were jubilant regarding their ter final retail is- listed be lose arc the dtkms from kindergarten jwrtr kindbrarten to grade 1 joanc ancker james anthons bonnie armstrong ctths ahlev darlene becrmati richard bon- newe ellen brown jane cad- djck john dohcrt viki donner mary elliot sharon flatt mjr- aaret ivioell janet gidman wank gordon allan green mi- cnaal hanaan garfield heane alan hughes cathv johnson connie matmgan sievep mar- alsatl maraot malheson corinne wit steven mclntyre glen jnsk james mcnams sus- nlcouk trevolyn patrick paw kevin perkins i lynrte stmlenl catherine synoom abd tath san- grade 1 to grade 2 deborah bagbs svdncc bar- uu dune uuus i buchanan siratton camwn ja net clcndinnmg sandra cnspcn shane croskin jojnnc dohertv jackie dunk pamv dunne chris duiker jolinclle dunn garv edge irene fiedler diannc frank jams franklin james friudl ala gray edward ita lian dcfeorah hewitt catherine llinlon jackie jiolmes glynis johnson wiebe kammlnga ro bert krul harrv lawson rus- aell long joseph marshall maty frances marcoua jjannv megiuoway vena mckay bar bara mcnabtv brenda mcnabb bonnie mckenxle nancy mc- cutcbaon deborah mcgtuoway sharon mellon stephen mel- liar andiiw aluur 8tavan mllnc peter morrison gas nes sett jud nicolak slesen oak lis kobeit orourke susan pat rvk john paim john paicai maria peine barrv rent paul reld judv rod anne rogers pamela routkm ldvard saitz l-l- u p g bnl see- vice garth taslor craig tim hers marvrtnn turner steven van ricet john von der kixv nellv van der kous pauline wasusvh s recommended ken elliott sam schonnop grade 2 to gradc s martlvn anthony karen ash- lev roy baxter david bittorf michel brown roberta brown jerrold buchanan judy cameron bonita cannon susan cole ti mothy coles larry de foreat jankodlew catherine dunn christty elling thomas engel ursula fiedler poreen plait bruce fowler wendy fevers nancy frosts michael gervals ceatteaad alt faae tim low power faddr alarrtis commission a poor power factor on the last monthly bill from ontario hydro to the local commission was course for alarm by commission ers at last thursday evenings meaiingr thc commission is penalized by higher charges when the power factor during the month drops on the last bill ihe power factor was 881 power factor is determined by the rela tionship between power demand and power consumption a letter was lo be sent to on tario hydro requesting their en gineers to consul with engineers of canada packers ih an effort to arrive at a solution to the problem the commission also paid accounts totalling 15506 88 decided lo test stencilling of rental water heuters for easy identification suggested superintended d mason and town foreman alf ouby collaborate on thc inslulla- tfon of outside lights at thc change stations in prospect park agreed to hook up the pow er line jn prospect park for thc community night las snlurday heard mayor guy rcpor on ihe requirement for hydro pow- ei at ihe new community centre ordered copies of thc new revised ppwer act for each com- missloncy steiledaloilorf rom-the-om- tarlo safety league heard ihe supcrintcndcnl tc- nort the cost of rebuilding hydro lines on bower avenue had been accomplished tor j225 less than the estimated cost a decided lo close thc business otfice on monday jufy 3 for thc dominion day holiday holiday residents might be well ad vised to stock up the shelves friday for the long weekend stores will stay open until 9 pan friday but cloae for do minion day saturday and re main closed during thdr reg ular weekly holiday monday most industries will observe ihe holiday on monday but the staff at the free press will en joy their holiday tomorrow friday civil servants and bank employees will work moo- day and hold their holiday sat urday the town working force will be able to relax on monday when they take the day off garbage collection will be on tuesday next week furniture factory to locate here irel15jlocal workmen wfttiinyear now furniture factory will be established in aclon next month and will employ local labor lo be trained as required the company walttlgh and associates limited will manufacture a completely new line of high quality up- fiolsiered living room furniture waloigh associates ltd have leased space in the eastern sec tion of the canada packers building and all arrangements are expected to be concluded this week principals in the newlyformed company are w j flclscheuer of oshawa j pampo of etobicoko and w c hcssler of gait well experienced mr plclschaucr is reported lo be one of ihe most capable men in thc upholstered furniture busi ness today and acts as an indus trial engineer consultant to a number of firms until recently he wax general manager of troisier pgmllurc of jononto and formerly with sklar furni ture of oshawa both recognized as top quality manufacturer his background in ihe furniture busi ness goes hack lo his father who was secretarytreasurer or bates bros mr pampa brings into ihe com pany lifelong experience with mmmmmmmmmlmmmt ok frostee freeze variance waits 14 days far permit pot luck supper highlights meet knux evening auxiliary meet ing wednesday was held tn the lorm ot a nutluck supper in the church basement with the pres ident mn j l dividmjn in charge during the business scvsion it was agreed to dunule 50 to the rc3bvtcrtnl tundand16 to t supplj altercation miss emma cole and mrs lli musters were named captains fur the penny con test tell or vacations roll call proved to be an inter esting aspect of the meeting when each member told of plans for their acalmn this summer games and contests in charge of miss cote mn f anderson and mrs robert adams concluded the enjoyable evening the above committee assisted in mrs kathleen dodds and mrs robert turner assisted in making dinner preparations burn mortgage present gifts prior to st albans pitnic 1 the rev h d st ok reef und his wife were taken by surprise sun day following church service when they were presented with gifts prior to leaving for a new charge ul hamilton at the conclusion of thc morn ing service plans were to burn the mortgage on luxlon memori al hall after 10 years in debt this ceremony was witnessed by a large congregation who had nn scmbled in the hall thcmurtguge burning was conducted by fynnk van wyck rectors warden sam snow peoples warden tom jones former warden and aetoninn who worked with the original committee and one of thc oldest members of the con gregation gus clifford alter the rector rev h b during a committee of ad justment hearing thursday dv enirtg june 22 when 12 ratepay ers were present thc committee approved a fivefoot variance on the corner property fdrmerly owned by darwin cnpps bound ed by queen street east acton boulevard and no 7 highway under option to william san tor thc new owner proposed to er ect a frosty freeze ice cream ftand thc portion of thc prop erty facing no 7 highway is toned commercial the rest facing queen st is zoned resi dential original application to thc planning board asked thut a 40 foot renryard setback be wuived but thursduy evening mr san- tor amended this and requested u fivefoot variance to thc zqning bylaw in making his request the ap plicant said the department or highways stated his proposed building would nave to be 95 feet from the centre of thc highway and told the hearing this would mean he was five feet jhort of the required space on the property zoned com mercial following approval of the var iance the applicant must wait 14 days before applying for a building permit in the event any appeals are made not a dive mr santor staled that as soon as funds were available he would erect a fence at the real i- poinleduut he owned a simi tar husiness in milton the mil ton business is erected one block from a school and ihere were no objections there he stressed the applicant told the hear ing he would not be operating a dive or catering to car jock evs und assured the people he depended on business from near by residents unci would operate a good clean business some of thc objections raised during thc hearing included i acton boulevard services a residential district and is used by a number of children 2 ad jaccnt properties would be re duced in value if the building were allowed 3 alarm was expressed regarding the resi dential half of the property on queen st for parking vehicles if thc building was erected at the rear of thc commercial lot tine 4 the property might be used for dancing or other means of entertainment which would prove disturbing to thc residents of the area clerk adminstrator jack mc geachic suggested thc residents raising an objection had a slight misunderstanding and pointed out the town owned acton boule vard ond no entrance or exit on thin portion would be allowed he also mated that as long as mr santor complied with thc bylaw he could erect thc build ing us the property in question was zoned commercial one ratepayer asked tf thc rear of thc property zoned in the residential area would be allowed to grow up in weeds and was told by the applicant that thc lown bylaws prevented this 10000 building mr santor explained his busi ness was to sell food and it was his intention and interest to keep the place clean and not allow any garbage to collect in stress ing his point the applicant said look al the property now with a monstrosity of a building on it it onlv has a septimcntal va lue i plan to erect a 10000 building there thcyprupukcd building and- rttitrphverrtrchentdunng th hearing included jim graham mrs jess galloway mr and mrs meb blow john turkosz joseph gorjup robert warnc mr and mrs darwin cnpps ond one daughter aldu bra id a and r h elliott chairman of thc planning board on the commit tee of adiustment were jack dohertv g w jmckcnzie and ken hurdman clerk was jack mcgeachie jan ttmtft rdk iter of sono of my fa wi hott durino community nfaht program t aeton park saturtuy vanlng pictured bov wft to right am mr kuba tv alar susan douglaa mr ft btttknae and mr rubaa a urga crowd anjoyao tna aniarialfmiaama teachers presented the couple with a tooled copper picture of thc lost supper and thc altar guild gave mrs stokrccf the gift of an evening bag both mr and mrs stokrccf expressed their deep gratitude and sincere thanks to thc people for their kindness following the presentations thc congregation and sunday school departed bv motor car for stan- icy park erin for their annual picnic stokrecf fiad praised thc con giegation for their excellent work in reducing thc mortgage and mr snow had added his compliments mr clifford was choscn to burn the mortgage al ihe conclusion of this special service a beautiful mahogany desk was presented to mr stokrccf on behalf of thc congregation and mrs stokrccf received an electric iron sunday school pupils hi thu is the second announce- globe bedding and troisier furniture mr hewlcr is secrerttry-lrea- surer and will not be active with thc company for thc time being because of ills present association with another manufacturing con cern in gait employ is soon thc company will start produc- tlon of models with two skilled workmen who will lie coming fo acton all others will be employ- id locally and trained as re quired it is expected that by the end of thc year n minimum of 12 to is production workers will be employed frames designed by the company will be produced to their specifications hy hmisburgh general wood products mr ricischauer has a son and daughter 12 and u years of age and mr pampa 2 daughter 13 and both families rnan to build homes ind settle in acton within rhc coming year alterations to tlie area to be occupied including a showroom are being carried out by chris duiker construction and will be completed within a week second announcement ment released wftfin two weeks by actons industrial commission concerning new industry for the town of anton lost weeks issue of the acton tree press carried an announcement with regards to keates orgnn company lim ited the industrial commission has reported an amn7lngly grati fying nponsc to thefr recent appeal in thc acton free press for accommodations a great number of colls being received offering room and board and houses ami apartments for rent atttf vaalas vickii newton grade eightstudent at the spaytlda gantral school was swarded the free pratt proficiency trophy during their graduation banquet held in tha ymc a friday evening tho young student is pictured with her principal colin lellcn the presentation wet made by dave dills of dills printing and publishing company limited jt- x announce m l bennett school promotions pupils at the m z bennem public school have completed final examinations and thc tea ching staff have prepared thc promotion list which is pub lished below kindergarten lo grade i treth armstrong karen art- kinsun lynda bunnon wayne bannon waller blunn anita braida brenda browne brad ley cnpps giv daly diana de vncs debbie dnnkwavtrr sus an drvsdale patti dunn carolvn duval rirssell dwyer jean el liott susan gardner dumenic gitlo joanne hatch darlene holmes judy holmes wendy howard kenny hurren joy jinks wendv kowall david i atng bnnnlr lanrli patsy laienby david lee ron nie loutett rosemary lowe ann mane lutv pat lynch sha- nb1 macdonald patti ann marohmani unni martinscn fiacbern david norman ricky tmbbic popillon dorothy ter michael pope douaje porter john rochester stephen sam arlene shortill susan so- mervllle timmy stanley john vanderwetuch jane withers grade j i qaude 1 sean ahem stephen atfcioaon sandra blunn jay bouakill david braida mary churcmll wendy couture howard couv truplmne de vrieu craanry dowmns ctein dtobaai icarea fetterly jan galloway rodney glbbins colin gordon rosalind hall jimmie holmes vlcki- lynne hornies david hunter brendan irwin sharon jerome michael johnston jane lamb john landers ib larsen gary masters carol mcculchaon pu- dra page debn bert macmillan kevin norman derek oakley catherine poph- ion kathy pevoha catherine prystasz lawrence quinn david rochester robin salt wayne shone kathy slingerland rebec ca stanley debbie streets gary turkou terry vale billy van wyck christopher wallis shel ley wensley henry wlssenz grade t to grade s bobby bahentine christine hninh kby jesale- ann davidson qenise drlnkwal- ter lynne dunne corinne fet teriy michael field bobby hatch larry holmes marie holmes richard jeffrey barry mcconnell rodger mc- johnston dolores jordan bruce ladoucoijr john last nancy lee susan marchment sharon martlngell donna mccabe bob alocalhim heather mccutehaon donna mllnes mark neuaen bob faraotu pearl phulip at- lan reiner brenda scutt car sc33u virtue reap wheeler gaffta jl rc rfjlj churchill barry cooper lenora dowling john emmerson billy field marianne haefner char- lene higgins beverley howard jackir irwin valerie calng sber- 2i lott roy mainprise billy mc- urdy jimmie mckeown kea rny stevenson alan thompson patrick vale hurbert van brock- haven grade 4 to grade s robert andrews richard bar rett david barum archibald blnnie brian blnnie jennifer bishop ann blunn paul braida beverley brunelle laurie ctils- holm sandra coker dugtld dick heather ann dumarati judy dwyer joan gibbons unda oor- dfftl nancy gordon rmterhjfc nett oloa hnatiw bert ifuisfnsuv mark hunt mark kowall sbel- la jeffrey carolyn jerome jan ice jordan lynda lalng william laing patricia last cheryl lee michael marchment pate martlngell rodney mrfaaws beverley mckrafhttsajb norman lorene aul jajejea peycha anna maria qtiam tutv neth robertson bonnie inoatut