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ht jvttim ttt toftss- ssventy fifth yeai no 42 acton ontario thursday april 7lli wm figm horn print page sla cntt assistant hired for waterworks department baqwt fr 400 m har- pwv hu up uu siub- tlatle u tujfe the regular meeting of at tim public utilities commlulon was held on tuesday evening the commlulon attended the showing cf nim on plumbing it the invlt at ion of th rotary club those present at th meeting were may er a mason reeve fc tyler and cojstmuhloners j t war and j it matt arthur secretary mrgearhlc had pro cured the information rtqunlmi by the commission re a iump marh in th post office does not aup py thee machines they arc rent ed from a firm with a minimum rvnti of 1850 per month it la nrsasary to purchase part of the machine at a roat of 1104 the com mission decided that thr saving in urn did not warrant the purchase price and rental of the machine superintendent wllaon reported that a number of water heater con trola had been inaulled work had toronto cat toon 1st 1 h atuted wooitam knox soco clus the final meeting of the yrar knn so ed club was held wednesday evening of last weel with a good attendance the main feature of the program was the visit of mr te callan cartoonist of thr toronto dally rtar who en trrtalnrd the audience with romk sketches and humoroui atortea irutead of the customary reading of ariipturr the urd chapter of laalah u recited in unlaon by several glrla and boys lynda utvii mrjrt klrkn beverley rml th phy use barnes laurie itltchle john mil 1 1 hilly do mer and brian oervau and rev it ii arrrurtrong led in prayer 1 vocal aoloa by inec mrlellen and william burton and piano aoloa by iorrafne uullln were very much rnjoyed a dellctoua lunrh brought lh artlvlttea of the club to a very auc ceaaful cloae until thr reopening in the autumn water and sewers on agenda couneil meeting knox ladies aid hoio ahiil mggtino at mm c ulihmani kno ijwlles aid met at th home of mn cameron irishman on tueaday afternoon with a largo a attendance of tad in un fred mr been auapended on thla job for lack cutchrm the prrllapbtt v of material transformer are be un d q mriun 1m ing inaulled for the micro plastic scripture lesson and mra a m at the preaent time 43300 watu wc offered prayer an in are being controlled at the pteaent vllatlon has been received from th time with a aavlng of tm per friendly circle of the united month church to join wllh them on lion a letter waa received from day evening may 10th final plana beardmore and co aaklng when were made for the drama tor lit they could expect drllvrry of an additional 13u klllnwatta approxl mately 400 h p the preaent att ion la unable to handle thla extra load except at night aa soon aa the new sub alatlon la installed thla load can be handlrd aatlsfact orily a lrtter hit been aent to tin iirrc of ontario asking when acton can expect the new station to he operating it aa originally scheduled for operation i ant julv aa aoon aa a replv ia received from the hfpc the beardmn and co are to be informed of the result the aalarv of mr k mcphall was dlacuaaed and the salarv in creaaed superintendent wilson rrortrd that the wire had been ordered for the tiring in of the tu o nub itnt lona the price of wire ha tncrras ed alnce the wire wu ordered it waa reported that thr odda n knda shop waa being operated by boa ann shops of gait the aame aa formertv and therefore not sub ject to the new depoatt for acrvic ea but operating on the old ached ule the council turned back thr painting of the water tank to the commlaalon a letter waa to be the school board met in hock aent to the trana canada steeple wood school at iso with all the sacka co requrittng clarification of member preaent except mr ad hath treat possessions to be given ly thr mimosa young ivopir in the arton town hal a splendid program of th ful in log numtxti vurr given read ing hv mra r 1 davidson and mm fred audi ron vocal solos tiv mra tkmen and a violin arlrctlon bv mra it if armatrong mla minnie somrrv lllr rondm i rd n ron teat and thr wlnnrra wrrr mr r a nde rif ind mn a t murray a lovrlv hint h waa srrved lv mr lrtahman and h r commit 4 rom mated of mlu somrrvlllt mra wm mrletnl mrs jaa wild nn mm it i dnvidson and n social tlni na njnvrd over thr ten nip- plans for new o i 1 w i company school in bramosa ready maymst teachers ara engapad budoat for 1950 taconaldaracl at saquaafad aelt mr g f suamton presided the following correspondence w aa received appro at of the iv pt of education and of the era moaa townahlp council for the la auance of debenture not exceeding 130 000 for a new achool at no 2 inipector a report on no 10 achool loo all ofced their approval of and on the proposed new library these machines an offer waa to arrangement a resolution of the be made to the waterloo utilities council requesting revision of the th addresaograph is readn for im requisition for 10w letters from mediate delivenr but the billing the teacher at no 4 and from a machine cannot be obtained until formtr teacher at no 10 one on order bv waterloo is deliv plans were made to har con their bid on painting the tank superintendent lambert report ed that the water main break on vlmr struct had been repaired during the past week the com mission had inspected billing machine and an addresaograph in the public utilities office at water applications were opened for the position of assistant to superintend ent lambtrt of the waterworks de partment there were nine applir ations thrv were from messrs gordon allan howard moonev k j loutitt colin mccoll ff som ervllle m j mcmillan harrv bob tractors submit prices for a new school about may 1st thr trnder of mr john sprow i wns acct ptrd for drilling n new well for no 2 at 3 v per foot thr ni w fire escape was xamin rd and the balance due of 12 w us ordt red to be paid approv al w as gi en for tru appajfttmacit frf inumtor dc- ratf tandaea fee dikfmaal plant to ba in may i5ti lecalien el railway ufnu ba ditlad friday oradar new in um en llraari a special meeting of arton tin ill waa iwld monday ewnlng coun clllors j hargravr t nlcol w roetel l hotchen it thompaun j greer deputy iteevr w j mc laod reeve f o tyler were prea ent and mayor a mason presided lr john r irishman waa pre ent to discus with council the building on a lot on acton route vard this lot la ul feet wide and the by law calls for ao feet the minimum of w00 square feet la in ihta lot council decided u take this matter up wllh the municipal board mr j kirk of the international water supply ltd of london on i waa preaent he gave vary de tailed account of the search for wa ter in various muntrlpalltle he slated there wrre two sources of water in gravel or in rock he agreed that it was possible to have two sotinea of walrr im ing pumped into the system at onr time the major mrtlon of wat r obtained for municipalities is above the k for a will not in nxk the ilinum depth of a wrll should le boat 31 fr t for a well of thla t e it should te 20 inches wide and the rasing 10 inrhta in dlann i ir a uiill of his tytr would etast approximately 10 000 with equip ment installil the rost of a w ii in rock la a unit h i0 pn r foot for 8 mrh ur or 10 00 hi ftx i in ti 10 inch hole mr kirk agreed to nulimlt priim for prompt cling for wutrr in a toti on various lvha of wells to aupplv nddltlonnl wttdr for at ton tu purtlini of n rlit of wnv for 11 rood to the hammil phint waa lltld thla mull r it to lx tuk en up ut the next meeting tlt t nuncil iiim iimm ti irimiriinre on the inatallntlon of ntwira nnd txiilding of un lrt utim nl plioit th iteardmore co wiinletl tin town to algn nn ngrri mi nt for ilunium a na mny im couael lo th company by damnging the pie roni falrv ijtkr to thr i plant it wns derided that the i repr arntatlves of thr town nnd he company should visit th munlriial board and make nn ngret ment mr v brlstow was present nnd look another photograph of thr members of council the specifications are rendv for the tenders for the disposal plant the tenders close on mav ivh i they have been advertised in the daily commercial news ond are to be advertised in the free preoa moved by e tvler seconded bv j hargrove and resolved that we authorize our engineer to place an additional insurance policy through messrs tomenson saunders smith and garfat to cover construction operations of spartan construction co ltd for 2040100 for a period of twelve months from this date and that previous resolution re gardlng insurance be amended in that it is not necessary to place this policy through norwich union insurance co and that local a tents not be entitled to any commission thereon and that the maor and treasurer be authorized to pa premium of a7 40 carried moved bv w j mclexnt seconded hv f tltr and resolved that the mav or nnd trtasurr b nnd the are hrrebv authorized to issue four wolf cuh luttirl on farm near arton four wrolf f il were taken fion a drii on the farm of john mr farhrni aloul two miles west 0 f acton and wrre kept in a sack un til rxsmtned by overseer hltiheox of hal ton ounty gamr arid fish rry deftailinent if destroyed the men whit raptured thrrn arr rllgiblr for a a0 bounty john mrferhern and david mannen rame upon the dm while out walking on sunday aftrnm thry sealed up all thr exits to the den but onr and then brought out thr four young wolves believed to lie about two weeks old the rnolhi r wolf was a latent both men lelieve therr are more to the utter than the ones whlrh they raptured and intend to try and find thr new den whlrh the she wolf has made they returned in the spot monday whrrr ihey found thr four hut the din had been dug out and remaining whrla rrmuvrd mr mrfju hi in said that all wlntir long thry had toth heard 1 rid m n wolvi s around the barn and lane wltlrh is surrounded by typlral wolf country of rolling hill woods and rdar swamps in fori he sahl he wounded on with 11 li i gun hlaat but il got awav birthday party ki baptist church womins mission circic rotarians havr special film showing on public health special film rntltfrd the im lk7iuiir of ilumbing to luulir hrulth waa thr feature at the weekly dinner of a ton ilotarv lub mi totaduy duetts of the ilub at lb film bowing were thr in iiiimi if a ton iuhll ulllllle- on inlion ouruil and town of fi 1 kilgar bill mi arranged for th hoing of the film through the national ilurntilng association the tyirswhiti i wid0ino in sy josiphs church here st joseph hurrh arton waa tlu mfiif of he wedding on sal unlay morning april imti of jrtan rlill while daughter of mr and mia arlle white of alton an i john j4h ivm 11 of mr anrl mra fitwaid h tyera of off own 1 llev fr v j morgan rrlrhratrd ihr noptlul mau i flviu in marriage by her father the biltle those a while aalln wed ding gown faahlonrd wllh a larr rufflr outlining thr nylon net yokr 1 and a full skirt with inset of larr gathered to a fitted hodlre and fall into into a alight train she wore a nrrklair nf pearls the gift of the groom hrr fingi r tip vrll was held i bv u tip ffem of illy of thr valley and ah 1 arrled a ruaradr of am irifun i l nut y roara and awerl jwo hi r only altrndaiit waa hrr cousin mla fay lark of hamilton who rhim u gitwn of turquoise blue taf f t fnahlontil with nylon yok i lortl rtd by u im rthu c liar of hro ucll fhwira filtfd twllff and full kill shi wore u floral h aililr of tmllaman 1 m f tli women a mission in ilnptlot church h id mn ting whli h wua 1 of a birthday party 1 f mrs ii rb hi twig n v nlng april ifilh th ink n w ith u birth uy auppi r at ft to mi ollsu pr pi r 1 1 y llu lioleax llowli k the aii n r a hit f b v ti mil m mod wua h id in whit h mis si in it y cr ippn preald ent f lb ml wa in hnrgi tin s- tra n port wi 1 glv n bv lb niter t onnor th topic has d n iiikilnnarv work in bolivia wu ri ad by mm chas iandtorough afli r thi dev otlonnl thr group w 1 in in q si rli s of gitmoa nnd ronbats and the enjoyable ivrnlng imi lo a rloae tnson w w coles and m j triff gagement of the following trncher cheques to our solicitor in payment the kilnrics ranged from 1r00 to federation rates 2s00 after discuiuiion it un de cided to hire fvfe somrrmlle at a aalar of 1r00 per vear the list of arrears was checked and instruction issued as to their disposal hydra departaaenl bell telephone co of can service hepc of ont power grand and toy ltd aer lfaaco elec co ltd supp r l wright renewal r h nichols ltd supp line and cable accessor- lea lid supp t williams supply co supp can gen wee co supp express and transport mrs h palmer burro ugh adding machine of can service mrs charlotte e murlson mrs e m cuming mis joce l- cummins miss been d edwards mr wm kobzev and mis margaret henderson reen gagement of mrs w r black music supervisor was also approved the budget for 1050 was recon sidered at the request of council and the board considered that in order to maintain reasonable fm- 180 1 800 1880 r w43 05 waterworks department ah vina 10343 thompson motor eflm acton machine shops 17 05 8007 m 7jm stability no reduction of the requisition could be made the question of resurfacing rockwood school roof uat consid ered and laid over for examination of the roof the inspector suggested a scheme whereby thesecretary would trans fer approximately thirty library 5 books from one school to another 1 monthly thus avoiding the purchase of many new books the board approved the arrangement accounts amounting to 4208 00 were ordered to be paid and the board adjourned to may 17th 113 23 i 20 31 t28 rj i 1350 moat musical terras are derived 810 from th italian language of balance of the purchase price of lands from h dyck and the peter ii smith estate the said cheque re h dyck to be returned if pur chase is not closed on may i 1050 carried the tenders for the position of inspector of the sewer installation were opened those applying were h f holmes m a tyler e j hassard w r norton a e crip pa council discussed the matter of having a supervlsqcon the job the cnr requested a joint meeting of council to pick the loc ation for the flasher signals a meeting was to be arranged on pri- dav morning at 10 oclock all pos sible members of council are to at tend thismeeting an invitation was extended the council to attend a meeting of the notary club on tueaday evening mr bert hinton was preaent to request that the fence at the back of their property racing the park be replaced the park committee recommended that this fence be renewed anb the coat be borne continued on pao tight thank offering meeting of knox evening auxiliary the regular monthly m ting of knox r venlng auxiliary was hi id on april 12th at the home of miss emma coles the presidrnt mrs f anderson opened the mcrting and thr devotiona wrre taken by mrs s matthews the study book toward a new dawn in japan was given by mrs g somrrville mrs george mus selle read a very interesting li tti r from a ladv of the church who via its hospitals in toronto plans w ere discussed for the spring thnnk offrring meeting at the close of the meeting a drllghtful socnl timr was spent on sundiv evening april 23rd the fvning auxiliary of knox church hi id their thank offi ring meeting this was in the form of a fireside hour and wns hi id fol lowing thr evening service mr frrd anderson presided at the mettingkand opened with the call to worship the devotions were taken by miss babe boszell mrs ted hansen mrs s matthews and mrs s sinclair miss sheila paul rendered a a i ection on the violin and a vocal solo was given by crawford doug- las mr ted hansen was accomp- antit for these numbers a reading was given by miss margureltc bos zell the guest speaker was mr don ald clark who brought an interest ing account of his experience in the north country mr clark worked among indian boys at an anglican church mission in the james bav area his story of the lives of these people proved both educat ional and interesting greetings were brought from the anglican church by mrs lux ton from the united church by mrs d tavlor and from the baptist by mrs chas lartdsborough mrs a mclsaac spoke a word of thanks to all who had taken part in the-pro- gram apleasant social hour was enjoy- edatthbcloiecrthe meeunj mr krn h hull mii t i tmlna if the lml wll i li i duval ami kmim ih fapllloo ml j ri 1jiol f fiorgrtiiwii i i1 ami n i ar is ani i i i u ar 1 av m ul mi- inn m mm mao i al 11 i n aft r b iirinimv u wdhnu i it akfal u k rvd to lb i h ir b bll ol ption held in lb rtio h n l h h m t t th i rtli n tt nlh ii r in tl r riilv id wtarini navy bin with malt h i ink u 1 1 isiii i a and a rorangr of pink t the groom a rnolhi r wir nfptx rry rn pe wllh navy ar t i w rn a and roraug of tallyman i im mi afh nthd thi voildm r u cii tph kilibinir mill n dixli i tt ron to t ru town lira in pt on mjlbn and hamilton for a widding trip to nlngur i falla thr brldi donned a iwlgr ault w ith navy ncrorira and corsage f pink en mat lona upon their rr turn th y will reside in arton duite iiven semi kitelien niu being huilt at 1 n si outs got a real surprise and a ral lift on monday evening mlu n mayor and mra amm mason i aim lo their nitup and mra matori pi i tinti d thrni with tt sets mill ut iff til i li of rhlnaware foi ihi k khihfii whlrli la now be log finlmheil the dishes were h livrnd and mia mason assured the trx p that when thr kitchen waa natty ihe would help unpat k and plate thrrn in the ruptmarda the sioula wllh many willing hrlpra arr flnlahlng llr walls and buihllng thr fupttoarda in be kit then neat week the seoul mothers will make a lanvssa of homes and b i aln as plates to olrlt funds to pun hssr thr material in comj irte thr kllirten and thr itasrmenl work bop wlilrh have iwrn bulll in ttie paper collet lion on satur lav thi scoots gathered 4 tona of pm i whl h waa sold to false funds f r th ir hall house looted aim in turmoil al sjmyhide win n ihr family w re away for tht t venlng tblev a ranaai ked the i ttagi si sjm yside of mrs f l smith and stole urtlrlra of vslur anil turnid the interior of the houar lido a aharnblis it wi uld hsr that a trui k waa um it to re move ihr loot a idar dl ewelry 20 in ah hlna linen bedding a hear litr aid and a shot gun were among tht nrllrlia iloli ii but nothing t iiiiv valor waa ovirlookrd and rv irvlhlng waa in turmoil the im vlitlnl colin are in v ent igaling thr burglary sewer construction on acton streets for this week ti ii t i l i f r ft nov sli i 11 r it iv it n j i t when una la d nr tin o mn will n v lo mtin si ind w ik north fron ii f n ii in ka an ih r nine r iikk k st f w ill he w r rktng main to virtorla officers named at annual meeting greenock institute i the annual meeting of the grren nek ilranch of thr women s tnstl- t tute was hrld at the home of mrs charles mckruwn with fifteen members and one visitor presen tne meeting was in charge of thr pnttldrnt mra a mckeown who lire gave the scripture reading noli call was answered with a sug- i gemion for next years program and tht paving of fees i spit ndid reports w ere received from thr secretary treasurer and the convenors of standing commit trrs recalling thr activities of the i hrinrh during the past year j thr mntto what we do not und rmund we have no right to judge w oi ably taken by mm t llimsl v most of thr mrmbi n contritutrd ntrii for a baking contest which win judgi d bv mrs g riild gra hnm nnd mr c mckeown win ner in this contest were butter tn rta el v a praren mrs el wood johnston date loaf mr hemsley mm h rrid following the program the elec tion of officers for 1050 was held and are as follows president mrs t hemsley 1st vice president mrs a mckeown 2nd vice presi dent mi elva pearen secretary mrs elliott patterson assistant secretary mr j l allan treas mrs ralph mckeown pianist mrs b johnston district director mrs h be id home economies and health mrs w hill and mrs f johnston citizenship and educa tion mrs t mecutcheon and mrs h reid agriculture and canadian industries mrs turner and mrs j c mckeown community activities and public relations mrs j l- 1 allan and mrs a mckeown rb- toricol research and current events mrs robert allen and mrs chester allan auditors mrs j e pearen and mrs c allan flower fruit and card committee mrs gordon leslie mrs w hall and mrs a thompson lunchcom mittee mrs a altken and mrs f johnston press reporter mist elva pearen th third mm hint ir working nn wll w st from agnes to mill si it la point 1 out that agnes st is blocked from main st to john si various qmtrsis on program at eton ymca interest la kern in the rurrrnt hit ond miss gymn competition at thr v functioning in boys and glrla classes the competition will wind up some time next month with crests to be awarded to thr high acorrrs for team athletics ond games the unique frature of thla competition is that it offers an al most equal opportunity for the less gifted performer to be among thr high scorers leading point scorers to date are as follows midgets boys emmrr son baxter 11 joe jsny and iton shepuard 14 girls helen luxtoi 13 h ryl morton and lorraine tyh r 12 junior boys john cun ningham and grant withers 8 ross morton fl girls diane dawkins maureen kin read peggy oakes kathlron mccristall 8 points each in the basketball house league the reds drubbed the golds 34 10 and thr dlacks edged out blues 43- 31 in the opener the reds regain ed their stride after a poor showing the week previous and ran rampant over the golds with bob bruce and fred eurlnger racking up 14 poln apiece john cunningham starred for the losers with 8 points tn the second game the blacks trailed by 8 points at half time but came back strong in the dying minutes of the game to finally oust the blue squid by a nine point margin philip mc cristall was the hero of the garnet amassing a total of 20 points fyr the winners while don davidson star red with 0 points forthe losers a successful program was held by the junior teen agers last satur day and attended by sfl persons planning has already begun for an other party which b hoped to b very soon swimming trips to guelph for local y members are over for another year during the 4 months period of operation the ys mens club with the assistance of local citizens provided approximately 40 earloadi of grateful youngster totalling well over sao for pleasur able water fun and instruction at the guelph v pool salary schedule adopted by llalton school district obrsdle change in dismribu- tlon of tevy hop en central ukoaj frill incerriputa i a salary schedule for members of the teaching itaff of north hallon high school oistrlrt was adopted at thr ftosrd meeting on monday nlghl and the salaries of principal martyllua waa set hi 00 priori pal kohbirk and larnhrrt st 3000 for ihe year the schedule adopted waa that which had been approved by men i iters of the teacher i of th three sthoola thr servlcra of mlu rudolf of thr at ton st hool were terminated by the itnatd and arrangements mode for a tearher to finish the tetn approval of purthaae of addil on ul garden land at thr milton m hool for jv from mlu norrie was givn f mowing a irtlrr from inane t ir oavlra outlining thr department a rulea a motion lo rraclnd the motion passed al a prrvioua meeting hanging ihe percentage of rtlatu button of aihmi roata was loat mil ton r oumll dlaagreed with ih i hangi and ihe hoard waa informed that alton frit that if equalisation of mats waa dralrrd thr munlri palitlea should romplrtr their rr vised aaaraamrnla and baa the i oata on ihr revised figures th sri rrtary waa inatro trd to secure a clarification from thr department of whelher ihe board or the mun ripmlltlb were empowered to dr v latr from ihr present ahanng of iil bil o th nlied mm mrnt a repit fr jo li er i r hillm r n hn vikit i the ommerlral mn it a1 11 and inirtnwn h mrlvnl ii waa ilecltlft tha th it m1 h 11 give aomi p ibllrl 1 t tl um ff red in thr ihrr u h u ant a 1 mmltte waa 1 amid t urrai k thi information acr our la paa 1 ft r payment ir biding urif fir he in nth rr urtd it 12 272 the irir ipala informed the hoard if acho i vent a to whith ri en im r wrrr invited otxn nigl t it mllbn 1 n april mth the fiorg town high school formal in steuarttown hall on may 11th the tranaptirtation committee was ihe only rommlltee of three whlrh filitl a report n findings ir ron nertlnn with operation nf a cmlral nrhool the building and mains gr ment committer a agreed to have their reports rmty tor the may meeting when the finance com- mittre could then prepare thei re port milton member informed the iward that milton would not par tic pate in a central school and tse town was definitely opposed tn any movr to rloae thr high scnonl in milton thr board adjourned at 1 1 30 coming events aamiraeais nt mmlafa comtmttm o mwi gvrala mtuut this hrailiaf at char4 taaii pf liaa wiik ssmiiaaaaa rhara u nr aaawaasbte nl sac fuchrr legion hall friday april 2mh auspices legion auxiliary a st alban s w a sale of work home baking and tea saturday may 37th parish hall a tea and baking sale saturday may 13th st josephs church hall auspices sodality of st josephs church threeact comedy mrs tem ple s telegram bslllnafad hall i april mth 130pm admission 50c children under twelve free a 1 st albans guild are holding their annual spring tea and sale of work saturday april 39 parish hau 3 pm a duke of devonshire chapter i o d e regular meeting tuesday i may 2nd at the home of mrs r r parker it r pm a 1 the mission band of knox 1 church golden anniversary tea j will be held in the school room saturday may 19 a young married women of st josephs church are holding a euchre friday april 2th at 815 pm sharp admission 95c lunch served puke of rjevotuuiire chapter xo djc annual daffodil tea saturday may 6 3990 p-m- y1lca mean baking candy aftatnoen tea- lamp and cake draws a409