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te j f 4t ssffc- vou cant be a star catcher all the time even a guy old enough for summer playground deserves time out to suck his thumb nobody s looking almost staff photo on the brink of their first free swim in the park pool these acton youngsters turned out for the opening day of summer playground staff photo no running inside the fence and out of the pool on the whistle don price goes over the pool rules for youngsters on the first day of summer playgroundi staff photo recreation leaders kathy krul and paul cooper attempted to organizo a hiskotbill game with children who showed up to rogislor for summer playground staff photo ht ninetyfourth yearno 1 acton ontario wednesday july 3 1948 twelve pages ton cants high tenders council has reeve in stitches mrs ken papiuon helps her daughters cathy and debbie celebrate at the public school graduation banquet in the robert little school auditorium last wednesday mom is in the middle if youre having trouble guessing ages more pictures and story inside staff photo concorn at the high prlco of tenders was oxpressed tuosdayby councillors as hoy looked over four bids for the now water pol lution control plant required by the town when council began talldngabout the new addition to the sewage plant estimated cost was 42 5000 and they had approval for 487- 000 to cover extra costslnvolved tenders ranged from a low of 612538 to a high of 775292 almost double the original the englneor had advised strongly against calling tondeis again uayor duby explained council passed a resolution to accept the low bid but the origin- eor will revlow and study all ton- dors to find out if all are accept able and if ho could lowor the coat with further recommenda tions ho is expected to report at a committee mooting july 0 for meeting tuesday night council expecting to bo orto mombor short looked up from ihoir agondas in amazomont whon hoove h ii hlnton arrived at tho mooting tuosday a uttlo late and walking carefully to favor his stitches ho had just boon dis charged from hospital aftor an oporatlon olght days ago ho thanked council for tholr tlowors so unusually beautiful they brought in a lot of nurses he quipped there were so many from acton in guelph general ho was just about to start politicking for tho next municipal oloctlon so ho thought hed hotter got out tho subject of hospital brought council musing on tho point acton through county council contrib utes to milton georgetown oik- mo and burlington hospitals glorious 12th acton hosts orange parade 1500 expected this saturday for the second time in four years the district annual orange parade will be hosted by acton and as many as 1500 lodge mem bers are expected to congregate here this saturday the annual vent held as close as possible to tho 12th of july commemor- atea the battle of the boyno the last time the district orange parade was held here in july 1064 tho panders were drenched by a lengthy downpour and many left for homo rather than stay at the park this year organisers expect even more to arrive for the celebration of the glorious twelfth invitations have boon sent out to lodges in peol wellington waterloo wentworth haldl- mand lincoln welland nor folk york and halton counties the panders in 64 totalled about 750 estimates actually double that figure for this week ends celebration about 20 bands are anticipated especially the biting flute and drum bands that characterise the lodges acton lol 467 ishostingthe event again on the committee planning the days program are the master of acton lql bill carnochan past county uastor norm fryer george holmes harry gordon daniel holmes ksh llacdonald and ralph bar low after registration at the park the parade will begin forming up at 130 nm to march off at 2 pm acton cltlxens band will lead the parade through town as far as the high school and then back again to the park the route will likely be down bower ave and back up ulust the orange parade always has a king billy representing king william of orange as tho county marshal w bra earl brown burlington is expected to play the traditional role after tho parade there will be a program in the park including opening prayor by most wor bro rov william uilugan pcu words of welcome from reevo bert hlnton up rud whiting and upp george korr representing the loyal true blue association sister d g harris supreme grand deputy mistress will speak repre senting tho loyal orange bene volent association rt wor sister lona warnock grand junior dlroctor ontario west will bring greetings tho guost speaker of tho after noon is rt wor brother gordon mccracken jr dgm of ontario west special prises will be donated to the oldest orangeman oldest orangowoman bestappoaring lol lodge bestappearing l oba lodge bestappearing l tba lodge bostappoarlng jol lodge best jol banner rcontltiutri on pane 7 servicemens vote increases whiting plurality to 5223 the service voto talllod on saturday has given halton ridings liberal candidate and mpoloct rud whiting another 120 votes and upped his plurality to 5223 in last tuesdays fodoral election halton returning officer gordon blake on tuesday roleasod tho following figures which although thoy aro not final until next friday are more official than tho preliminary voto totals used in last weeks paper they give whiting 17637 votes to progressive conservative peter mcwiulams 12614 and now democrat murray kernlghans 6606 yot acton pooplo go to guolpli hospitals actons master prints of town services ovor 20 yoars old aro so brittle they aro falling apart now permanent drawings on linen to include all wator and sowor unos roads and tlorm wworsaro to bo prepared beginning in tho fall tho work would likely to done in tho spring at anostlmatud cost of 1500 his voice still weak from his oporatlon and sipping water brought by a solicitous councillor roovo hlnton proved ho was r- turnlng speedily to health by ask ing is this in the budgot paymont would fall in i960 ho was told ho agrood to tho need for tin now drawings goorgo lucalla ownor of tho bovorly property on church st is roselllng tho property and asked council for a null claim dood for tho closing of tho pro posed stroot tho land is zonod for opart- monts and clerkadministrator jack mcgoachlo said tho now own or is planning to go ahead with apartmonts there ho said ho had soon tho plans a draft subdivision agroomonl will lie prepared by engineer ken hyde and the clork other towns agroemonln liavo toon checked dopulyreove oakos pointed out council could almost havo a nights mooting on ovary slnglu aspect of tho now agroomonl its of tho utmost importance stressed mayor duby wo must do this as quickly as posslblo the agroomonl will sot out var ious requirements and councllwlll ho able to arrive at a suggested onecar accident driving north on churchill road monday july 1 jamos bowon 143 wynford place want off tho road lntotho embankment damage in tho one car accident amountod to 350 acton opp investigated capital cost per lot cobbtohlll road residents asked through doputyreovo oakes if somothlng could ho done to quell tlie hordos of inosqulloos breeding in tho swamp in tho comotory council agrood oil on tho groon waters would destroy tho larvae without any harm to plant or bird life another suggestion aerial spraying to kill insects at tho park mot with much less favor even swampy land has its value said mr hlnton eliminating a swamp can do irreparable dam- ago all councillors agreed on the danger to wild ufa oven if the spraying had no harmful offocts on humans a department of highways re port on tho tyler st drainage is oxpuclod soon a survey was lakon yesterday on tho itil parker lot at the cor ner of park and mill a special committee mooting had boon held cnntinutil oh pan i area kernighan mcwiulams whiting ndp pc l erin 360 802 821 acton 304 636 837 esqueslng 620 1125 1409 georgetown 1010 1616 2562 milton 613 882 13b0 oakvlllo 3509 7473 10708 service 10 36 120 totals 6606 12614 17837 revive weston girl after trouble in lake icist tiny ww be w sekmby after being in difficulty in fairy lake sunday afternoon myra lucas 19 of weston col lapsed about half an hour lalor artificial respiration wasapplled by a bystander and later cons stafford she was treated by dr buckner and taken to georgetown and district hospital tba young woman had come to acton park with a group of friends from weston in trouble in the lake she came up struggung for the second time when she was pulled to safety by a companion johntorkoff she walked ashore had changed clothes and appeared recovered wnen she collapsed dr buckner later attributed her condition to hysteria and shock miss lucas was semi conscious although her pulse was strong she appeared to stop breathing artlflcal respiration begun by roy swan of acton who noticed the girls dlftlcuuy and was continued by cons dave stafford he had just driven into the park on a routine cheek when some one came running to the com munity centre to call pouee and a doctor concerned onlookers watched as cons stafford used his training in mouthtomouth re suscitation for the first time he estimated dr buckner contacted through the phone operator ar rived in 15 to 20 minutes dr buckner contacted the st john ambulance brigade who took the young woman to georgetown there her condition was im proving she was conscious and released tuesday damage reported on june 27 police were in formed of vandalism on cobble- hlu road where new houses are under construction as weu as damage water was left turned on constables ftte cajmmtu and bruce mcarlhur stick s red o p p bicycle safety sticker on john stachyrss bicycle during satur days bicycle check at the town hall the safe ty program is being run in cooperation with the lions and 196748 lion chief vic fcvlstow was on hand to help a red o pp sticker signifies a bicycle is safe over 70 bicycles were checked saturday police and lions hope to hold another clinic soon staff photo