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dtott ninetysecond year no 26 jsl acton ontarjp wednesday january 11 1967 authortnd u second cum jus by th pouowm department ottawa ten pages ten cents free press day earlier f4nt tlw flffct tints the ptot iwnp is uiqm locny on m wen ftttfmr thm ft thmv bony dom 9 of l tlw paper la pri about now inli and wfll be fa the poet offloe and town mm as anon aa possible after if a qk idb rvbbm sbbhmmiiiwooiihhbol at e if fttjkfavttcd sod ootinwa- oirt dftown dejlhtlm wflt bjh tbtamay tf the wailing of a siren satur day noon caused firefighters to scramble and residents to wonder r when it kept blow ing for gvcj3mjmitfo before it was stopped at first it was believed to be the emergency measures org anization siren but it turned out to be the former air raid siren on top of the force el ectric plant which is being us ed for a fire siren dust which had collected on the relay switch turned into a muddy substance by melting snow triggered the switch hydro workmen made re pairs in order to silence the si ren reeve william coulter halton s 67 warden wuuam john coulter reeve of nassagaweya became hal- ton county 102nd warden and at 35 on of the youngest ever elected to the position at the inaugural meeting of hal- ion county council tuesday the election was unanimous as two other nominees reeve w hunter of georgetown and reeve a ledwhh of milton withdrew warden courier is this year beginning his fourth jear as a member of halton county council and his seventh year in nassagaweya council he was elected to the township council in 1961 and served as a councillor for three years moving up 1o the deputy- reeves seat in 1964 for one year he was reeve of nassa gaweya in 1965 and 1966 and was returned for a twoyear term as reeve in last decem bers elections in this three years as a coun- trees go up m a blaze largest crowd ever watch ty councillor he has been ac- trie judiciary and executive tive in severatcommittee post- branches of government back tions he is one of two halton to 1215 representatives to the halton- in centennial year ycu and peel regional detention ceft- j in different ways are ser- tre committee and vice-chair- vanw of the people of canada man of the group during 1966 canada will be as great or fie was chairman of the county small as her servants judge roads committee and a mem- sprague concluded ber of the personnel and man- new members on county or committees as well as a rep council this year are deputy- resentative to the halton mu- reeves f g oakes of acton seum board he manages a george currie of esqueslng family grocery firm in the vo- and arthur speight of george- fagei of campbellville town about 35 spectators were warden elect coulter ex- present for the inaugural pressed his appreciation for meeting including a number of the confidence expressed in former wardens acton mavimtt hinton stepped down from the wardens chair on tuesday afternoon when nassagaweya township reeve william coulter was elected as haltons warden for 1967 past warden hinfoh left is shown ad justing the robes of offlceon the new warden while halton judge alan b sprague who administered the oath of office to the t4 councillor looks on at right hourlong meeting a crowd estimated at over 900 adults and children gather ed in the darkness thursday night of last week illuminated only by a steady fire burning in the town dump to await the annual christmas tree burning ceremony heavy clothing including scarfs toques and lined mitts shuffle appointments hoist assessors wage rev d bngel resigns church to orillia after six and a half years as minister of acton united church tile revpwlgn bagel will become minister of wet- mount united church orillia april 1 mr and mrs bogel and their three children tom judy and miriam expect to move in easter week the end of march at the churchs annual meet ing tuesday january 17 ar rangements will begin to se cure another minister for the congregation here there are three united churches in orillia and mr bngels is a suburban onen christmas is officially over in town at least as far as the hydro workmen are con cerned monday they took down the colorful sputnicks which illuminated the down town business section duriffg the yuletide season rf high school report cards out the end of this week in perhaps its shortest meet ing of 1967 acton council wrapped up a small agenda and adjourned by 830 pm all members attended this first regular meeting of the year with mayor duby in the chair and reeve hinton conducting the committee- of the whole business major piece of business con ducted was the adjustment of the salary of william erskine the municipal assessor on recommendation of the com mittee council granted an in crease of 800 per year in 1967 and a further increase of 250 in 1968 mr erskine has com pleted qualifying courses and is a licensed assessor pleased with mr erskines work coun cil endorsed the salary ad justment with the exception of reeve hinton who voted in opposition to the resolution by resolution council ap proved the payment of a 20 annual membership in the ma yors and reeves association and authorized the attendance by the mayor at the annual convention may 14 to 17 the controversy over muni cipal snow clearing of private ly owned parking lots was ter minated when the owners who had requested the service withdrew their request the resolution authorizing the work and basis of charges was rescinded a letter from the minister of municipal affairs was received thanking council for its sub mission on the peelhalton study the minister assured to the committee of adjust ment for three years replac ing g w mckenzie who is now a member of council councillor bui williams ex pressed councils appreciation when he congratulated the town works department on their efficient snow removal ncilthc views wtll-he-giv- progranhastwee he said en most serious consideration before any decision is made clerk mcgeachie reported the library debentures had baas validated by the ontario municipal board and delivered to the bond company the cheque for the debentures has been received a second de benture issue is ready to be validated by the omb and will then be ready for delivery to the purchaser a reshuffling of two com mittee appointments made at the inaugural meeting of coun- cil sees g w mckenzie moved from court of revision to the acton development commis sion and charles perry switch ed from the development com mission to the court of re vision tom de vrios was appoint ed to the planning board for the police department had done an excellent job in hav ing cars moved to facilitate the snow removal clerk mcgeachie reported the contractor for the signal lights at mill and main streets had advised him the steel light standards would be delivered late this week or early next week he was informed the installation of the lights would proceed immediately and they could be installed before the end of the month shelving for the new cen tennial library is scheduled to arrive this week and mayor duby requested assistance from the town staff in its un loading the mayor reported on inspection of the library building by the architect he said nothing of major import ance had been turned up one of the thermopane glass win- were the order for the night as the temperature dipped to ar ound 15 degrees mayor les duby and chamber of com merce member paul n touched off the blaze of hun dreds of trees which had been gathered the previous day by town workmen a sprinkle of gasoline over the already tinder dry trees had been placed by firefighter sam tennant when the mayor and c of c representative tossed in lighted papers the blaze went off with a whoof soon the sky was illuminated by the roaring fire and specta- tors wer b the intense heat some were on the scene be- the annual christmas tree burning was termed a huge success by chamber of com merce members the chamber sponsors the annual event members handing out coffee and doughnuts included ted tyler jr orval chapman tek ford reidt henry deveau and paul nielsen assisting them was mrs ted tyler jr electing him to the position he anticipated a busy year with reorganization of the health unit construction of a new jail and the solving of personnel problems among the topics ja be dealt with hrt expressed a hope he would be able to fulfill a full and re warding year his honor judge alan b sprague addressed the council and administered the oath of office jo the 14 members he traced the responsibilities of the prayers of dedication were given by rev r p e jef- fares of campbellville and tie invocation by rev d nichol son of campbellville major business of the meet ing besidesejecting the war den was establishing the vari ous committees that will be operating during 1967 about the middle of feb ruary the big general fire- proofing plant on highway no 7 near georgetown is expect ed to start operations name tom watson chairman at hs board inaugural meeting a brief inaugural ceremony including the oath of office and spiritual guidance launch ed acton district high school board members into the cen tennial year 1967 monday eve ning the oath of office was ad ministered to each member by am midrtleton and rev d wight engel from trinity united ohurch read fore 7 pm and kiddies enjoyed several passages from the book ik i ti t gregory the great dealing twoyears to replace- william dows is to be replaced because pendleton who resigned of an improper seal between don lindsay was appointed the two sheets of glass climbing over the large pile of trees prior to the lighting cars were parked on both sid es of churchill road south and motors were left running with heaters going full blast in the cold acton firefighters arrived with one of the trucks and stayed until the last tree burn ed then doused the embers st john ambulance brigade members were on ha with an ambulance in case of injur ies a tyler transport van truck arrived loaded with cof fee urns filled with steaming coffee and 30 dozen doughnuts soon after the trees began to blaze young and ol alike were lining up to receive a cup of coffee and a doughnut some had to be turned away when all the supplies were gone early others didnt line up but went home to thaw out birthday today for famed sir john a and children play the with learning and teaching last years chairman tom watson was chosen unani mously to head the board again this year with chester anderson repeating a second term as vicechairman committees will remain the same as last year with finance committee comprising chester anderson and duncan moffat management ray arbic and mr anderson property ker- win mcphail and mr arbic and transportation mr mof fat and mr mcphail other routine business com pleted at the inaugural meet ing included rehiring william middleton as secretarytreas urer reengaging caretakers rudolph spielvogel ken mc- kinnon and norm robinson tor another yearrtehiring at tendance officer cam irish man and reengaging office typists mrs allan lauder and mrs william pendleton during principal e a han sens report it was noted that watsons inaugural remarks to members shortly after he took the oath of office the chairman told members he was pleased to have been chosen as chairman for a sec ond consecutive term he voic ed appreciation of the cooper ation received last year and gairf b pxp the same sup- port again this year i wonder if the word edu- cation js fast becoming the most emphasized- word in the dictionary one of these nights i would like us all to sit down and answer the whys of ed ucation why the cost per classroom why the cost per teacher why the high cost of education as well as many others the chairman continued as he remarked i am beginning to wonder if we arent being short changed along rhe line and as a result we the board are not short changing the public i am wondering whp is dictating the cost of educa tion mr watson said he would explain his feeling an other night when members could take time to discuss the problems property chairman kerwin mcphail noted in the princi pals report that two inspec tors had visited the school during the first week after christmas holidays he said he didnt think it was fair to the teachers to be inspected so early after school began as students hadnt had a chance to- settle down following holi days it doesnt give the tea- continued on page 3 can be made actons centennial library was a busy place monday af ternoon when representatives from the architects office en- severalteachers haiibeenojl contractors and sub- the sick list and the anticipat- contractors wer combing the hydro library get final inspections two public buildings acton with electrical and plumbing centennial library and acton engineers and contractors were hydro building which were re- on hand and mayor les duby centry completed received fin- representing the library board al inspections thjs wee before were present to make sure all final payment to contractors details were correct the birth of canadas first prime minister sir john a macdonald is observed today with a firsttime half holiday for schools a late decision of the ontario department of ed ucation produced the holiday the first and maybe the last of its kind actons school children have this afternoon wednesday free after special classroom sessions on the subject of sir john a the unique halfholiday will its hoped remain in the me mories of the young people as a fitting start of centennial year celebrations high school principal ted hansen had still not received official notice of the halfholi day yesterday although a fel low principal phoned the de partment of education and confirmed the newspaper re ports illness of one of the history teachers miss vlra flak add- ed to the difficulty of special programming he said a titaphaw can from the in spector confirmed the news for the public schools with no auditorium a spec ial assembly at the m z ben- ett school was out of the ques tion but each classroom was having special less princi pal elmer smith said at ha robert little school too classes were considering the significance of the holiday and of course as principal g w mckenzie pointed out more will be done as the year goes on at his school each class is being asked to decide on its special centennial project and to suggest a school project a teachers meeting is being planned for next week to co- relate the plans one class has already chosen the history of the school as a project and another- noting the tannery was here even before confeder ation chose a history of beard- more and co ayatu preserved plaster fig- afeof sir john a macdonald is the latest addition to the trophy cabinet at the robert little public school the figure was presented to the school about four years ago by mrs b d rachlin the former ethel starkman on behalf of her parents mr and mrs jimmy starkman who were both well known to older acton residents robert bonnet te now a grade 11 student at acton dis trict high school painted the figurine when a grade 8 pupil at the robert little school but principal g w mckenzie kept the figurine under wraps until this week it is being dis played in the hallway at the front entrance with signs an nouncing the first half day holiday for pupils today in memory of sir john a mac donald white all esquesing schools and other district schools ob served the halfholiday it was generally felt there had not been tiffietb arrange anything special for this week other than classroom instruction on the statesman education minister bill da vis announced the holiday last week he said the cabinet ap proved the holiday earlier in the week but the announce ment was withheld pending word on the federal govern ments intentions he express ed disappointment that ot tawa has planned nothing out of the ordinary for the 152nd anniversary of the birth of the famous statesman sir john alexander macdon ald that shockhaired gangling architect of canadian nation hood once complained that be cause he had gone to work so young at learning law he had no boyhood however his manhood was one of the most important that canada ever nurtured n it was macdonald who fought so hard for federal un ion of the provinces of british north america it was his vis ion and his drive which pre vailed over the petty men who would have sacrificed strong central authority on the two- edged sword of parochial jea lousy and provincial advan tage he waa brought to canada from scotland as a small boy he became a lawyer in king ston in 1836 a member of the assembly of the province of jcanada in 1844 and by 1857 was joint leader of the liber alconservative party with georges etienne carrier these two with brown of toronto reform party leader and pub lisher of the globe saw the terrible dange o th growing split between english and french speaking canadians andfirst proposed federal un ion however it was primarily macdonald who persuaded the chariot tetown conferees of september 1864 to attend the quebec conference in october and laid the groundwork for confederation his convictkai won out over the doubts and fears of nova scotia and new brunswick and his sowing saw its fruition in march 1867 when the brit ish north america act was passed in london on july 1 canada east and canada west now called que bec and ontario joined the two maritime provinces in the dominion of canada the name decided by the british foreign secretary lord derby so the nation which macdon ald had fought so lone for was born and he was its first prime minister he went on to eerve it fof another quarter century he was also the prime mover of north americas firs tran continental railway the cpr it is fitting that as fab birth day is observed today we re call the prophetic rallying call of macdonalds political meet ings youll never die john aj ed enrolment for grade nine in september was expected to be increased from the present the whys of education as well as costs involved were foremost in acton district high school board chairman tom building from top to bottom to make certain every detail had been finished to satisfac tion alf duck representative from architect donald skin ners office fort credit along on tuesday morning mr duck representing mr skin ners office journeyed back to town for the final insp of the new hydro building on alice st commission chair man ted tyler sc and repres- netatives from general con tractor whitney construction were there as every inch of the building was inspected nothing of major import ance was seen in the final routine inspections actons rit umumrv received ha final inspection monday af when of ficials went through the building from top to bottom checking the work contractors en gineers repre from the ar office end mayor les duby made he inspec tion left to right checking a list of work era electrical engineer fred 6 hunter work sup erintendent dean crow from kerr construc tion alf duck from the architects- office jake vanderkooy electrical contractor and mayor les 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