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ht jtfjjrtt ttt ft n i eightyseventh year no 4 acton ontario thursday july 20lh 1961 autlmrljwl m rtenna claaa mh iw till vimt offin dvpartntmf oiuw eight page sevan cent s stuff photo hahmf h0t0occers at saturdays hornby smtn parly were beryl mcenery of acton and teddy brown of limehouse part of the crowd of over 3000 who attended the annual out door party the refreshment boths were kept busy throughout the evening whilo a gala stags show and dairy princess contest occupied the stage natuituuauuu juj t- report soothes commissions fears six monthsrofit up toj9 per cent correspondence from the hepc read ol thursday evening s meet ins or the hydro commission revealed lhit profit on ixvcnul in the first six months of llu fiscal yldr waninl percent allaying fenrs of some commis sioncrs after the first quai icily report hud heen recciied show infl only 4 4 per tent profit discussion on the leasons for the decline in profit in the first three months of the vear brought the suggestion from dcpulv reiae jack hargrac that perhaps the commission was ivtislaflltl in that period various other re a sons were atkanltd- lor the de cline but it was agreed the com mtsslotfwatjjid iio intci the maltir further at a later dale wnen more information would be at their dis posal the commission u is also in formed bv letter th it be irdmoie co and a p gilen co wen considering the installation ol capatitators lu improe the pow er factor at their respective plants some comniissiom rs tiunihi it might he muil le isihle lor the acton commission o install the capaeitators this suggestion is endorsed b superintendent d mason who also suggested cap- ceililieale which the commission peak vieitators would lower the load chan man gord beattv asked supt mason to pursue the idea thrs is a shock t me he sa where has this information been he asked the superintendent to have his information in dol lars and cents including how it woijld inlluence billings when the report is received the com imssion will decide as to what action thyv will take the commission decided to purchase 4 000 school book cox trs issued bv the hlpc at n cost of 88 the covers will be distributed to school children notification was received from the electrical utilities safety as soeiation that the acton hdru staff had completed two years without an iniury in the utilitx department thc forwarded a county council briefs keys melted b dashboard car total loss at tucsdsi s julx meeting halton county council piescntcd waiden v a phillips with a new gown ol o 4ice a chain ol olficc is on or ele i and should ainve soon aecepicd with regret the ie- sicii ition ol assist int countx issessoi i1arc t iskci alter ihlee e us with the eoillltx as sissmg depuinicnt he is leax the siun summoned eight hie mil hi aulus to work in the ilii and the mial tuieo s itui assessment depirtmcni ol the lkpaiitiienl ol municipal allans toronto aeknouledcxd uecipt of pc i mission to use the loi mc r bovnc school in 1iafalcar town ship as a luvenik and f inulx coin t toi one elax a week at i lent ll lee ill 20 pel da changed an c irher pi in mil igleed to pi oviele re stile ted p u k eoil11lhhl itlon lot thin t the marx st side ol the nv dax about 7 p in to the eoi net ot the third line nissicawci and no mi sideitmd wluie a car was ablae bill ii million ol eden mills who lives pist two hollies aw l lutlleeel smoke colli inc hoiii the el ishtxi net ami jumped mil ol the e ll the lst inmtl le w is mmiii ablie ami hie nu n e unlit not sivc it it was consuleieel a tot il mg loss ettts frame and h ing bcsulc i similai decided in the olhc aw aid the commission coni iiul ited supcnnl nih nl mison on ll awarel ind ch hi in in be ui asked if i dmnci would be sjul ihle it the end ol the moose se ison churmm gord be ittv picsid ed at ihe shot t meeting with commissioners t t lei g me cutchcon r atbic mil depulx rcexc j hargiave in attend nice the commission pissed ae counts totalling 4n8 18 talk on management tour forrotarians hotcl management w is w isowle topic when he e ive his elassiheation i ilk to acton rotitnans tticsd i he lollowctl his inlorm ition with i loin ol ol the dominion hotel whcic the weekly dinnci meetings ue held he vxas inliocluecd b p sl plesidellt rc meki llle uld thanked be pilsuleiit dave man shun artist halton county council order cd the purchase or a neve flag for the court house at this weeks july meeting the kind a union jack councillors dldn t bother nilng burlington rccxe irv ryckman to design a new dls tlnctlwc canadian fhig for the occasion he rcccnlh won coun ell acclaim when he designed u new chain of office for ihe warden u string of maple leaves with a gold medallion suspended twocar crash at ballinafad injures three three aclon district people were among nino treated for min or iniuries at georgetown hospl lit sunclnv evening atjcr n two- lii lollwon nt theajunth line- town line intersection east of ballinacad robert ellcihy aged 7 or rr 4 aclon was held overnight for observation but the hospital re- leasld the other eight passengers iller ilrcatmem for cuds and bruises his father ilarokl ellerby was mil clnvtr of the one car wined was proceeding west to- wutl the intersection when it collided with the northbound ear driven by george courtney of oningeville mis ohvc cllerby and hei mother mrs bessie musselle of r r i acton were also treated it the hospital three other chll then in the car were unhurt mi courtney and his five pas scngcrs all leeeived minor injur ies dam iyc totalled j700 to ihe two vehicles const dave hardy of north halton opp reported passing motorists took the in- lured for treatment no news two parks board number and two reporter chatted to gether for an hour tuesday evening before the former de cided the meeting was called off and there wa no new for the latter the only two board members available for the meet ing were george barbeau and ah irwin f hellers new industry employs eight to start lin poc 4- bottle tossed in pool girls foot cut friday marianne treultr required three stitches in her fool as a jesuit of stepping on broken glass in the adon park wading pool last trlday afternoon park superintendent roy arnott blamed the incident on persons who entered ihe park nt night and threw a bottle into the pool he believes that they are the same group who have enter ed the park on other occasions and caused other damage he is presently studying the park rules to see what measures he- will be able to take if the mis creanls are found spot stolen car nab city man acton police recovered a stolen car saturday night and arrested peter savage 37 of toronto relieving constable r w taul haufcr sighted the car in the parking lot of the dominion hotel at 12 4s am saturday the ear a 1952 buick hid been stolen earlier in hamilton the accused was turned over to hamilton city police strcnn wilson who is tempor arily in charge- of the pool while i esley anne duby is on holidays reports that there have been no other accidents so far this year no customer lack the pool opened on time and to date has no lack of custom crs as a rcsiih of cool weather miss wilson tcpurls that the big gesl ciowds are on ihe weekends the age limit is 10 years and they provide plenty of entertain ment and games for themselves no planned piogiams have been arranged as vet regular checks mr arnoll reports thai because of the number ol children using ihe pool during the week he must clean it ai least once a wcck and sometimes twice a week he also cheeks the pool regularly for glass or other for eign objects hut points oui that it is sometimes difficult to see the clear glass on thebottom he has developed a system which slowly but constantly changes the water keeping it at an even temperature marianne treuler was taken bv seoul master bruce williamson lu or w 0 c kenncy when she cut her fool suit imota viewing the laundry facilities at halton centennial manor are mr neorachmfen and mr ah of indonesias central government in dakarta who have been studying public admin istration at ottawa for a year with them are manor superintendent stan allen and coun ty councillors john robertson of nassagaweya and jack hargrave of aclon they spent most of monday touring the county s facilities in milton and asking questions about our form of county government glass i pliuli tl nu h uicud paint wis huiiud oil the c u bun lot h i hunk ol molicn nutal uul the kes kit in ttu ignition could noi etn lu kk u id in the miss ol shaptltss mat ci lal coot t house aciecd lit stciiu displ t sp m it at tun guuntuwii and miliun tilt tins oi lu 1 me i gciuv mc isuns oil mi tlum jkltgatcd llu assessor wai ill n and clerk lo the ontario mu call special meeting county voting power question turning north against south when the li u k flit uk ii dmisuel c vler till eel l mlo the tttink onl the tiame ol the cat im mud when the ml the cas in the lank did not tjtploele t i at he wi halted s nit fought the i lie it tunned out nuipal assoc a lion conention in uu wmdsui in august approved a kciitrcu countv icsolulion calling for a chanc m ihe pixxedurc lor e tec t ing a a spici it tikinik ol ii ihuii suuih 1 he committee idea count tiuimtl will k edkd vhieh was onglnally ourling- sumedme in an lai m lu si i uf him i n s succsiion uas to jive mu hit te i ninth south bitile nicipahlies one extra ole for th it is slutpuil up oei the hit e ith ldditioual 1000 municipal ance ot miinip hiveei it cuuiiu eketuin until the reeve and de- lcel the em lent etnitiocis puiv rece have 10 then one whieh his ixeii tiiieik w igcd untie otc uould be awarded for ik uden imm open utmg 10 se- between noith mil suulh fietois let oling b billot passed 7fi s77 21 in leeounts ieh adthtional ffeeloi tttts sooo municipal would apply onlv issagaweya race track hinted seek liquor vote cutulruiluui ol a race track la nauataweya wu under dlscuuton when the nuuauy township council held pecul meeting on uonday evcnlnt an unknown group i nterestad la bu a race track but no further detail were available council decided to eck permbalon to hold a vote of town- ship ducen on september 23 ae opinion on nv question the queallon will relate lo the sal of liquor under a lounga ll the ante of liquor under a dining lounge llcoue the sal of beer and win only under a llccna i the granting of i men only th granting ot beer and public bourn ucens where woaaaa are admltmd tir ihout ltur monll titik out mhu a ioiki lihil l i ish it lu immkipuluks which now hold tiksiii ilumoin- jul iiki1 loin oiis ihusc with over 3 000 mi nl counl cdimkii nutnilipat ckltors intlutling sinii tin luss nl vkun tmin iuii imfcton oakwlli trafalnar hip aitj jirutili vuii uuuuui- cuiftiluvvti and lqulmnu inialtamaiiiiti on iiil p ist uw wikii the nurthtrn tvprccnta beer and public boum uea or nrvlng tain miltiin aitiin cnnic- toun csquimnt ami n issa i uca hai he lit tin imiiiki nl pout- mth a he ilih 1 vntcs apainm ihe 12 oii- ik ii lv oak iltc tiatalu aiul i3nt linlun while ihe inphi iw iiiith h in qllr uncli ith hvii to mmii anv major iiuimiuns muiiikih halton coumillors hae lexeiitk requested action lo aimml tht municipal act and ic ihe as- mmncnt and population heav southern tno a bilr siiarc in otinjj ve power on vole the norths power u is htought out at this week s meetinv when the five northern municipalities banded together to vote down a committee recommendation which would hae amended ihe municipal act and thrown most of the voting power to the his ohicctcd strenuously that tilt iriuc veould give ihe south a he imc i bal inec nl votes than i he noiih now holds tind voted down the iicniumindalicin mil ion dcpuis reeve john charlton ikeil lot a special meeting of the xeltole eouiltv council to go over ihe facts and find an an svecr no ccvuniervroaoeal burlington reeve f i ryck in in suggested it was easy to condemn his legislation and by- ins committees report but i haven theard any concrete coun ter proposals th r rein i end of the county contributes the money and the rest of the municipalities have the sav in how it is to be pent he went on now we expect the north of the county to come up with some real concrete ideal s councillors hope to have an i studying the municipal act next answer bv the end of august so september if possible changes their brief can be submitted to in the voting power could then a special provincial committee i be instituted in january 1961 ac ions- newest industry scheduled to jjto into opera tion september i will com unci finish paper pfustlc leather straw reconstituted leather and other products frank h ler president of frank hclleu co limited announced this week starting with an estimated eight employees it is an ticipated employment could eventually be provided for up to 25 the new industry will be located in a section of the plant or dills printing si publishing co 6n willow st approximately 8000 square feet of plant and storage space will be occupied machines tor the operation will be installed in august and will be adequate for a dally processing capacity of 8000 to 10000 square feel of material daily the finished products of frank heller tit co will be sold to manufacturers of handbags shoes brief cases wal lets luggage and allied trades mr heller noted his desire to specialize in certain imported skins from india japan australia new zealand and brazil making the announcement of the new firm the presi dent praised the cooperation of mayor john goy and town olficiuls in assisting him i fa vmvx f itix later famous mazo de la roche hero a year father ran main st hotel those who have lived in acton for many years are this week recalling what they can of mazo de la rochc canada s most suc cessful writer who died wedncs day of last week at her home in toronto n hotel here where the bcll-tcle- phonc exchange is now ll later burned he his wife and daugh ter mao and a cousin lived in the house where mr and mrs henry devcuu arc now on main st n its thought the family only lived here about a ycir and that the daughter went to private school they had a pony and cart an unusual luxury for aclon neighbors on main st n were her owned jmeof the baby sheuse mr and mrs james symon and their children and several year ago when miss dc la roche wort an award the tne mrs symon wrote tojjer recallin time h in aclon miss de la roche re plied wondering what had b push in his carriage that wh mac symon of symons hard ware miss dc lu roche as a young girl was interested in writing and sold one of her stories while she lived here the free pres proudly reported ihe sale sour note only sour note to the story at ihe famous writers residence here in her own autobiography she didnt mention acton once roof fire cause unknown firemen save smith home prompt action by firemen sav ed a main st n building when fire broke out at the scmi-dc- tuched home of mr und mrs from telephone to stove tank taced with a fire caused by searing lightning and the phone out of order mr and mrs a j mckiac of r r 4 acton hastily put the fire out them selves one night last week the incident which might have prov en much more serious happened about one o clock friday morn ing when they were asleep here s what happened lightning hit the hoese it blew the phone off the wall lumped to the oil stove and set fire to the carburetor this set the linoleum around the stove on fire the lightning followed the oil- line outside to the oil tank it jumped from there lo a lilac bush tearing a hole in the bush and blasted lhc earth underneath gas was stored in the basement but luckily did not explode al though ihe smell filled the cellar and they couldnt even go down for awhile jack smilh thursday afternoon the upstairs received extensive water and smoke damage while the north purl of the house un occupied at the time also re ceived some water damage the cause of the fire is unknown mrs smith was sewing when mr shuts working on a new chimney ran in lo say he noticed smoke coming from the roof he called firemen who arrived quick iv and began lo douse ihe roof they had to chop into the attic to prevent ihe fire from spread ing they stayed for an hour before the flames were consid ered under cnolrol grossed fingers acton ojpjf corporal ray mason and hi emuumw ara sitting quietly with frem finger th town ha almost aeeunv latcd a three year record of fatality tree treu aad no ea i doing much but hoping u will continue endleealy ladlea tlon are thai such might be in caae bcaue the local de tachment haint had a report able traffic accident amea may la three full moalha accident are down una year too with lat years tt comparsd to thai year nbw that why the local detacb tl croatdng it mm i summk vacation bibli school at baulnafat vfcwyj- ajiir fifokia lrm jaf3tag-