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jt jitf im sftt ft eightyseventh year no 31 acton omtarjo thursday january 25th 1562 eight pages seven centi doorbelfs will be ringing mon day evening as approximately 60 marching mothers blitz the town to raise money in aid of tippled children under the sponsorship of ihc acton rotary club the campaign is being headed by chairman j ledger and committee members tyilham pendleton fred gordon and ray michcz captains of the canvass are re presentatives from each church and in turn they have pick icir canvassers kcprcseniailves from the church groups this year an mrs fred anderson knox hureh mrs j bowman chris tian reformed mrs e blunn st albans mrs g w mckenzic united mrs d cohen baptist and mrs beatrice chew si joseph s roman catholic church last year during the canvass 750 was raised and this vcar the committee is looking forward to surpassing last years amount stall photo 196ft omttrs for the acton chamber of commerce were installed wednesday evening during a dinner meeting pictured front row left to right arerev d h west second vice- preiident h h hfnton president and rev a h mckenzie first vicepresident back row william mackay treasurer and murray harrison secretary hmmhwwiii 6nr r i wmm hi iiiiwi iiihiw i wmiim m n m w ii w 1 1 1 1 1 i mi i 1 1 n i n m m up v i n r i mr i n official centre opening march approve lions ice carnival acton lions club will sponsor n skating c the new community centre this year on saturday april 7 last year the tlub arranged a carni vol at the arena which had to be cancelled at the last minute be cause the natural iee went out this was the final straw and perhaps one of the main reasons we todav have a eommunily centre with artificial iee prcsi dent ray arbic and general chairman alex johnson attended the parks board meeting wed ncsday to make the request foi ihe arena and explained thai skaters from the gait figure sltaring cliro ana ihrcrr other district clubs would be putting on a two and a half hour pro gram skating club rae west attended ihe bond meeting requesting ihi use ol the arena sundav janu i- 28 from 810 to 10 00 pm to hold a gcncrnl nulling lo org mm in adult skating club the request was granted i a lellcr was dm ltd i the curlfng cluh reminding llum ol i rhe jntcrmcdiait hotkiv garni scheduled lor tucsdiv fehniirv 13 at the communis untie an clcetnc inspection it port was received approving the elec t w comp ar a fee of 120 was approved for the first dance lo be held at the eenlrc by the lions club teen age group the original fund raising earn pugn committee is to be request ed to n range an official opening- program to be held between march 1 and 15 the secretary joe hurst was instructed to arrange painting at the ccnlre property chairman n bralda reported no further damage had occurred at the arena this week building in good shape he also reported the carelak lis wire keeping the building in good sh ipe and installing bench- ls in ihe dressing rooms he pro- smlid t requtsl irom the inter nudiitt hotkiv tlub for ventilai ion of tlu storage room oif the tcim dressing room thi tlub w is grinttd ust of the room on i in as is bisis for this c ir ll w is decided tu mst ill dxrs on tht in is undtr ihe slurs so th it this spate mav be used lor stotai juhnnv go n ported on tht minaetment eommillee s meet ing with centre emptosees and the work sehcdule adoplcd hfrs fryer rcportci operations it was deeided procure pnees on new coffee march of dimes cat bites young master found rabid vet schoolboy receive rabies shots 13 yearold rural boy ken brown and local veterinarian dr frank oakes are reeeiving rabies shots rabid animals have been reported throughout the area and people are advieed to take every precaution kenneth brown son of mr and mrs wilberl brown r r 2 aelon was bitten on ihe leg by his pet which attacked him new year s day the animal w is proved rabid and health author ilies advised a series of shots one per day for 14 days the young boy s pet dog and another pel cat have been done away with as well after being hacked by the rabid cat the head of the rabid animal was sent to the dominion resctrch laboratory in hull and the report came back positive in an interview mis brown told the free press the pel eat h id tame back home one d iv iflei being awa with a wound in its head but no one h id paid too mulh at ten hon tofril she believes peihaps the t it had been ked in the bush by some r ibid animal di fi ink oakes alton viler in u lan reported several foxes have been round dead with poreti pine quills in their noses and coiil it malton or i ibies reteived from ihe research tab after diagnosing a dislj let f irm tr s tow as h umg ribits the doctor received confirm itlon from hull ind immediately re- qiitskd his family doctor to ob- t tin the ribies scrum in order to start treatment himself dr oakcs deeided to take ihc rabies scrum himself in spite of disinfecting his hands and arms after inspect intj the sick cow the veterinarian advises parents to instruct ihcir children nol to givnear any animals cspcci illy if they are out tobogganing or ski ing in the event the animals aie rabid he also ndvises taking every precaution when pets are running loose as rabid animals have been known lo come near towns he slated th il many of the rabid foxes h ive been found nc ir a farmltuusc or b irn and tht most of them have porcupine quills in thtm under ordinary circum haltofl law assoc rabies 4hcy will attack anything that moves dr a f bull county of halton medical health officer stated wcdnesd iy afternoon that in cases reported this year of dogs biting children no reports of the animals having rabies have been given he advises parents how ever lo keep a close watch on iny pet biting anyone for a per iod of at le ist two weeks if at the und of this time ihe pet ap- pt irs normal there is little chance of it being rabid leatherland heads slant is a fox will not attuck port u pi tit but in a sick state with s smwfla8 iwrisrr i vx xttwii cw acton council allweather suits for workmen approve personalized coveralls neither the sleet or snow of winter nor the heat and rain of summer will keep them from their appointed tasks town workmen wil blossom forth in new all weather protective cloth ing soon as a result of councils purchased seven suits of water proof protective clothing anrj two sets of slitks and souwcsl ers for the lovvn work staff to piotccl them during their neces sary outdoor work the tolal program will tosi jus 95 councillor g barbcau posed the question are the town work men enthused about ihis or will ihty the suits go into the tor ner and slay there the clerk reported the men wen enthused with ihc suifs and explained they would be stored at the town workshop another project to assist the men will be the supplying of co veralls bv a uniform company each man will be issued five sets of coveralls which will be person alized wih the workmans name eecrf week the soiled coveralls will be picked up laundered and relumed the following week the cost of this service will be si 15 ptr man per w the men e agreed to conlnbutc 50c per press he was travelling between j k urn ird the cost trousers urns and a crackdown on discipline and ice control in an eltort to chin mate the horseplay on the ice during public skating is on the way it was deeided to have twp ice supervisors on skates during these skating periods wtio will have the authority and ability to eliminate any problems bclore they get out of hand rom out attacks mm near school motorists might well be ad vised to carry some kind of a weapon to combat rabid animals monday afternoon an aelon motorist travelling on a rural road ntar town beat to death rabid toon bold enough to put up a buttle wishing to remain anommous the aelon resident told the fret i the third and tourth line in enn and whirls art also available for township when suddenh i tuonl lhl summer monlhs at a cosl ot ippeared on the road in front of 200 per his vehicle when ht stopptd his charles kirkness named library board chairman how tht immal to rtath tht side ot the mad the toon made ti itks lor tht vehicle ht thought it tn st the anun il was a porcupine nut he itk he hovel nut mood in i iht nml when iht i ntuiuid toward lum next chairman of anions lib rary board is charlts kirknt chosen thursd i he suttc becomes thi inaugut il evening of 1 isi ds gut n u kesh in man the rev d 11 wisi w is w turned as i new mimki pointed bv ihi public sdn boafd mi wist wis ji s chainmn of tht b k buvi commune to sirvc with mr- g f inkhn hitks kukii and inv oiht i nu mhc i s av able ftn busing session peter dunh mi is i hoi mm tht finance ami huildiiiv njihetf with vkthhjuinian vi t lcc tht thud ivs lion on i committee was lift v hnt un februarv the decision of william m ic k iv ti retire from the bo ird was let i plod with iigril v thrrc vi ii lum of ofhn his ixpired tin vjtant position will hi til- t i bv i public sthixil boird ap- ptinlimnl mvl nionlh hi w i itvmknl u his valuable stivnt ihi hi 1k in dlsvu alltndin ihi ihw m ti win m in mi dunh kiv mi wist and diln avsisi mt vihu tavlor i tor ihc librarv d hi it fix m nititing nl giabbtd ihe middle rabid toon intint on illnkint hi beat it to dt ith hurud it under tht deep snow and on rturning lo alton noltlkd i viiuinan in who ituxd ik immil wis hkik i bid willun i few hundred irds lit woodside school is ilk hi d oung pupin nluinine homi horn sihi il milli hii btiii i inlnmud wilh iht stmt tabid jntttul mil ihe siors niijlt h iu bun n iilj is i iriiidv the mtn would ontnhuic 7se toward their cost discuss replacing trucks ripliccment of town trucks tupied councils attention htn tht proptriy commitlec re ported the 1951 ford mck up truck required a motor overhaul at 125 to 150 and body repair work at i25ih5 fhc advisability of spending this amount of mo ney on a truck of this age was questioned it was agreed thut- k would-determine-what- buum support on the second moor md ihc roof the clerk was instructed to petition ific dep irlmcnl ot highwis for the subsidy on 16i road expenditures of 10 296 request support 1mm ihc si john am awcitit ton icquislmg j is referred lo ihe bud ullti 1227 hoilis hail bttn put in by numbers ol i lie association al local hmclions list vear dcpulv reeve w dtil ny suil it we mi tin way e it ir i would like lo tve llum sonii htlp mr denny rt ported on iht id minisli ition tonunillii s nml suitable trucks would be avail able on the used ear market it was also deeided lo call for len dcrs on a new truck so all inloi matlon would be ivailablc bclore a decision is reached on ihe rt pair or rcplatcmtnt of the 19m ford tenders were also to be till cd on a ont ton cab and chassis for the works dtpirtment thi platform from one of the prcs cnt trucks will be tnnsferred lo the new cab and chassis to be traded in on this new equipment would be ihc 1946 i hon ford and the 1950 gmc pickup chimneys in poor shape chimneys at the lown hall pared came in for attention when pro- 1 sent ums pcrly chairman ham ptal rt count il itccplid m invitation ported on their condition the lo tour ihc pi ml i in ulnn chimney used tor the gis fur johns minsvilk it port union on nace has no flue liner md is hid tibium i to set the prottss ol ly dtttnonled three dlhtr nnnufaclun of tnnsil pipi chimneys are no longtr in ust j ttndtrs will hi optntd iibru ind are also in poor shapt arv 6 loi ihi witet extension western gcncnl contntlorsl and rtscivoir proitit will remove ihc four thunmvsl membership paid and rcpur tht roof where tic r munbtrship in iht 1iots ihimntvs go through at a cosl ind rtcus assonalmn it i of 32 tith a milalclad insul j tosi of 20 w is ippmvul thi altd chimntv till be inslalltd on i iss ki nion eonnnli m tins vt ir tht gas furnace at a tost of 210 will hi in id in im arthur this thimntv will be installed in i an unit ition i uttnd lb tht interior of tht building and tnnmins goldtp jubiltt nl br l go out through the audilonum liunsw is nttivtd md ihc dttk propeclits ol eight owneis ire under ipptal to iht couniv tudgi the fin tommitlcc mutmi with the fire bniide hid bun postponed to january 10 tht clerk itporltd ihe township iru had htld a meeting and was pre l with aelon reptc was instructed to write extend ing lilt greetings of the town a suggtstiejirfc proclaim this week minor hotkiv wttk wis rcttived while touiuil wis sym pilhtlit to tht t mst it wa suggtsttd anolhir ft ir hie it quest hi mule iilitt si i put tlimalion tould ht issued btloit minor hotkiv wttk community cuiite mounh amounttnu in 4 040 wilt ip proved lor piymmt counullor loth reported flic it his bun dam tcc lo cais il iht ctntrt tenders were opened the polite committee was to lake nesd iv for demolition of tw action md an effort will be buildings and topstnution of ai made lo impiuvc the lighting ion s new lidcral post office the 45 members of the halton county l iw association held ihur annual meeting in the coun t v court house monday tfterntton followed by a buffet dinner at the milton inn c f ltithtrland qc of acton wis namtd presultnt ire the elec lion of officers others jre sec rtlaiy john depcw oc of oak villi in istirir f david thomp son of milton vitepresidenl d a mcconathie oc of oakviltc md diret tors w f sharpc of milton aldo braidi of atton fred mcdonald and donald mil hgan of burlington and fred ikison and doug i uumr of geo rgt town irish theme m 7 bennett schiral pupils are w irbltng some ot ihe songs irom l he 1 1 upturning operetta but no le ids ire thosm ytt or dates set it has in irish therm wed a ij hv rtiyjvaijjwvifcmia financial statistical reports given at st albans meeting annual hnanciil and statisital cd so niuth lor the parish during rtpoits were presented al the j his pastorate well attended annual sestry meet a treat need in parish life is ing of st albans church in lux pitsl ailt ptupl work ton mtmonalhall monday eve ielhtr as a learn the ministry ol chnsl he sid is no one 1 1 artk van wvik was it p m in show hut i itam effort nutd rectors waidni and mrs winn suih is ihe tast tht rector willi un sproston rt appointed link thtst ippointmniis art hi in ult bv hit rim r pcopli s vv udua- john ct st sr wli jsiniieds sun snow md dt ul wjrdni is mi iv dtkfcalts to svnod rtstf j0i x3 consider new name for united church elections reports at annual meeting tg on william dtnnv g id md substitute km in isuitr is huold dm viloh sttret iiv a thll rd man f milt stih n teot jt ittl on iht idvisory b n ill of n his work knowing that ilu support and prayers i all his people mi wesi stitssed the need for iaihh d soppoit ol proiects and nisst in irv iiiivily tarried on out ht pinsh in the diocese and bl rtt bioi his ish lmiumljjjt in lulling lus jrk knows lhnr ii ig cd iht j r bbi lull s skaters do twist iinh mfsk tx 1 in thi tir maybe on saturday nilht itu re s nl xpri ot oi in iipoit will be tibni in whin thetx wi loll boud dial exchange architect wins award for design on sa illhke s iitddenh md ihetiistl ihi iwisi m ond thi ituv h ippvti it ihi liltii md livtlv polkas i r dnivvmil nut bv ihi rhvtlims t thi lot in m t mm whtill t i tin i rvt publ doing in thu il w lltts kaitng are b isrph mi s h mil ix phving ml in ihi designed i iv bani1 bu j iwtivxd i h d i bu id the aixhittx dial ttltfphom ing m atkm 1 award f it its iksiln tk leonard morgan ot t n bell telephone coinpin al arehhim the design ot ihe i ing earned a nieiu av mr morgm tht eoi was amuiil buiumj jlj milled bv lahiust w ncd the 2000 building in canid md tht i n cs fot bell teltphmie wlilll companies and a sin nnl t wii panics tk bell tiliphon c of cindi ihe tout rs i u p est eorpontt buildtr th i pan spends nvoix than 3hl0im 000 a sxar on t mstaut n nexs telephone budding and twin fcs eferijrm of ah sixes the compotuin in whish iht aelon buildma jeis wis inter cd is uheadcd lo stimula4e bu4 n 1 ml nukli ung iphti m plan t lt irtt lu sti in uidid t si s t ill vits of buildings jultts in iht i imptiiiion t tht i imo ptimiknis t ann t in ins mni ot thrtix i s n tin 1 1 one jr ish nl iu ix uv i ol vw him n in 1 j hn rkhirds t id oh pik ms1iv is mil nth import tn t t s n ihi rtiivnj w is i bin hiij s vpprvtpiiaieness is summml ngs uhliti num lit t ul il ti ns sjv n red sil uiiln mht dni titiiitrw will tx- d incing nsk n ill on on 1 sili i ihi windows itu length of uv imim with skitirs gtitinj ibui fxeiijve in linn iwn wjv on ihii ibip sidi 1 tht until iihim is not vit torn l pistils fnishi t bui thi bind will si i up shop l oni ind inwav 1 1 1 ns iluh minibus mil ihaper new h and s inlitis vt as ksxn wlvn z1 pi inti of m 7 bennei school s udents met thursdas night it ihi school to dicuvs ihe forma tion of a home jnd sthooi as- mxtition for that sshool onls asximmnice was formed to ip cstigale funher brigade sponsors teenagers dance drevsitl in then unitorms xi john ambulvnii bniadt ihaper mut ami sp ns nd 1 trmipi it n it fiidiv nnh it the legion audi oiium m order to raie lunitv appn ximilck it voting dam irs tumcef out to cniov the musii of the luccmcs a ttanec band acton united church mayi signed is an honorary tldtr hivt a new and distinctive name trustees ire g w mikinii about 60 pcoplt allcndmg thelm ntlhs b vtldhuis o john mnud meeting of tht congrega i hon k allm and a lone ri lion widntsdav tuning decided lumid is ludilois in dmrii t put 10 ntmis previoerslv sug busman and f w mikmu r to a vote of members oil iht ehunh on three consecutitt sonilivs atiiil md of the first bill n i iur riimis would rt na n at tht md of tht second balkn two ind at the end ot tht third ballot the nrw name t t tht church n uiiis suggested were st ptui- lntted church si sic- thi phin s st andrews st johns st judt s st janus the apomtc t in tnnits first united i un h jnd ihi present name a in i nili 1 church women stewards tu w nun wire clcttcd to tk h ml ot suwards tor ihc t rsi inn mrs d h undas ind mis t wilktr in iht new n n nt tht ihnrch ihen mul n il u isi m woman on ihi ird t stewards reppe t ii n ihi niii initcd church nu r op i other nimexl t y bi s fvs i js in i d ount iv it k mints fad oordim ami jj k t eijh n mr cmghton i tiiiil in isunr thc oin i fk w s 1 in laudcx lome unbui and colin letuh wh se term haw not expired named ildirs some ot them r an ther urm of five vears it jik mcgiichie telford tidt viwan recd robert h i- chns sw as khatner john b on u j inits hlbbiti and a vei nn mtmrxr orwxll johnston this in b xtdhuii e tidkea g bowman c grieve n milcr j r w imc a irwin s hbhnes t mitehtll m ssinon g mt tot il expendituit svsoi67 with i balititi ho7 mr inil 1 iok d w ml lo i in rm opir nt with jim ri c i i hh mind i coktr i dobv and wil hams auditors m ijin iel s ilt md ie bn i w lis dubv prist nti d tin ripotl of iht nuinin nini i imnmiic tht nut i ing ope mil with pr ivcr h th lectin ihi rev d h wis4 mrs sprnsti n n id ihe mmults ol ihi prtvii us mteling happy lo be her tht ruloi pnsintid his upoil in which in tiled h iw h ippv hi md mis wisi oe t be in tt n pivihl ti holt i i his pr llmssir lhitteiil b slujtiexf in snd hit hi w is nmniu in i ii wjiil a prusi vshi bv initgv and iiuliusiavii had uutnplili- npoii he thank pansh olheers without whose hureh could not indivieliml hod w irk the operate mortgage burned thi luminal stakinent mas ptismtuf bv lie isuur harold dimiv the peoples warden in ins it pa 1 1 sumnianid the high 1 this if the pist i ii including iht hijiiiint if ihe pinsh hall m lltlte sin sins piesenlid shots id 260 1 iniili s n ilu i hurt h register t 11 iniludtnit 87 persons itttndoui w is ii 728 and i immunuants sundav school member inn the st t gores show is slight decroise irom htrshin it diximbsr w wuh tss nonrtsjtil m n hers mak ng i total ritidii m nibeish p n 410 t il csi d nt mimbiiviip a v ig i v roia mtmbiish 445 jk w n ii manages is bui jn jnd 21 bapiisms noarroal ear ahead the stewards mil em ni ot revenue and cpendiiun sh- v from tomntaa svd lamb lions kcrmi j lambert d van id nxcipis ntiliri2 vvia club mtmbcewboruns ihc teen fleet k allen o brown c including h 011 17 in loos col town dince was m chirge letghlon anu clarenare- gamble 1 leciion 19388s in envelope during the evening the rev r brook who has re- 1 and 109050 in m and m taivc- hosntauzr since octotel 10 with bdy broken leg burlnqton reev f irving rycjc man has mused tbe last five meetings of hafion county cotiocrt but that was soon remedied county counc hoes broke precedent nd mede history tuesday afterrvoon when they held the regular january meeting m the reeve s room gt the joseph brant aaemoriaj hospdal n weya reeve john milne warden wilfrid bird of tsquesmg and esquesing deeityjnsev g leste are shown talking with reeve ryckrnan