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8 4 ttvcnlysovcnlhjeflirjjq2z acton ontario thursday january 10 1952 eight horns print pages six cent arbitration passed on lane closing neaping completion part of actons complex sewerage system is shown here this is only one of the corners in the main control station at the disposal plant site on the third line the engineer has promised completion of the system as soon as possible trying to trace the pipe lines and their function is an involved job staft photo adverse weather delays completion of system ttc strike hits buslacking acton rhc ttc strike hirxcton too nl- thoughthc free press doesnt have hie headlines to say so not one of the rcgulnr 14 buses a day or more if there are sections has weightily rumbled down mill and main st since the strike began early last friday morning sinec wiles bus depot on mill st was not open when the first bus passed through only the unknown few who waited in the cold for the fi3 am bus know just when they realized iherc was a strike that had halted nil bus travel by the time the fl5fl hits east and the 1017 bus west didnt arrive ap parently travellers in acton had heard of the action swiftly voted on the night before in mnssey hall toronto for no one arrived in hopes of a ride miss lnurn wiles phoned guelph to make sure there would bo no buses thnt morning the last of ficial bus through town was the 112 am bus wending its final way west there are daily commuters in acton who travel to work by bus each day these have likely found rides or have taken to hitchhiking as have the harderhit toronto- nians ask higher court on theft charge the acton sewerage dis syst i flit ner ce com wrdmgto l mccorriston a representative of r v anderson consulting engineer in a recent interview 1 have discussed the completion of the treatment plant with all contractors due to adverse weather miow and icy condition of roads the contractors have been unabu- to approach the digester area with trucks and equipment to complete piping inside the tank instead they have concentrated on tin- main unit completing equip ment installation and contract extension of the plumbing water system and ileal exchanger si realizing the plant cannot ope rate until the digester is function ing we will immediately put forces to work there this necessitate plowing the road and keeping the area accessible there is about 10 days work to be done inside the tank contractors will make every effort to complete the work as moii as pos5ible in reviewing the work the engi neer pointed out that it was almost complete the chlorinator lias been set up and the pumps and wiring completed and tested in the mam tanks the plates are being installed ond in the digester which is located on the hill at the third line site the piping on the inside is yet to be finished piping from the main plant to the digester is also com plete exmayor tyler announced at the citizens meeting following nomina tions last month that the engineer in a letter had promised comple tion of the plant by januar 15th 1052 commenting on this mr mc corriston said at the time the date was set we were assiued it could be met the lower plant lias been in con dition to operate or week- mr mccorriston pointed out but it cannot operate until the piping in the digester ls at the plant site a steel fence hus been erected around the open tank and the main control bu tiding which changes the appearance of the site considerably fire levels home of thos mcalpine neighbors attempts failed to save the small house of thomas mcalpine it limehousc when it caught fire last thursday at about noon mr mcalpine the only occupant of the house escaped un injured and managed to snv only a few clothes the frame asphalt covered building was levelled and the at- tempts of the bucket brigade could not combat the leaping blaze which gained a good start in the e tenor of the building cause of the fire is thought to have been from a chimney spark no other buildings were threaten ed by the flames mr mcalpine is making his home wih the a w bentons for the present set hearing date for equalization i lawyers representing hal ton- municipalities have been notified of a hearing before judge robinson roth wm taylor and lou meron fmnlv dlsposp of county cqua i were charrdwuhjinjijauo thc r wprc advise their councils of the dates conflicting adjourn til jan 30 enforcement of thc garage clos ing bylaw was delayed when in police court in acon yesterday the information against frank toth was dated for december lid and the evidence in prosecution dealt with violations on december 4th and 5th robert mccoulc of toronto prosecuting counsel re quested an adjournment which i granted 10 january 30 at 1 oclock leroy dale appeared on behiilf if mr toth two other cases were heard bv magistrate langdon in court here taylor and lou 11 meron big deer killed by car saturday a 170 pound doc was killed on no 25 hihway just south of the spoysidc corner when it jumped in front of a cor driven by o e robbins principal of acton high school last saturday about 445 pm apparently the deer jumped out of the thickly wooded stction nt speyside und into thc paih of the car giving no opportunity to stop the deer was knocked down and killed by the impact damage to the front of thc 1050 pontine sedan was esimaed at between 10 ond 40 provincial constable j brodley turned the venison over to the inmates of the county jail expect 455 attend ps in september dr oakes- was duly elected chairman of the acton public school board for the third term of office by his fellow trustees at thc inaugural meeting tuesday on being invited to take the chair he voiced his appreciation and com mended the board members on the excellent work that hntx been ac complished thanking them for their splendid cooperation principal mckenzic reported that thc student body had not return ed to normal on account of mumps and chicken pox which made it difficult for the teachers he ad vised that miss anderson was ab sent mumps he informed the board that a student body of 455 was anticipated for september opening wnich would require three additional one part and the teachers one male teacher primary teacher and one for time kindergarten primary part time supply chairman oakes appointed following committees finance trustees crcighton and jones pro perty trustees watson- heard and lane closing referred to judge f ar actons 1052 council took the oath of office at their inaugural meeting on monday evening of this week and referred the bylaw to close the lane bock of bower ave syndicate houses to the county judge for arbitration solicitor for the bower ave ratepayers a dale said it was up to council to decide on respective merits of each case ymi have nine people whose lots are on ths lane and those people hae not bene fit from it you now propose to close the lnnd to the benefit nf one in dividual to the detriment of nine t mr dale was referring to the ion ils f wiln lnr treasurer proposal of j w wolfe to pur chase the bower ave entrance to the lane which passes his house this would enable him to moke n- tenations mr wolfe proposed to provide a turning area at the end of the lone with entrance only from alice st 1 k babe allan has been added to the town staff and he was to be issued 50 in petty cash for the 1 operation of the arena i council formed a striking com mittee and established the follow ing committees finance b j hargrave e tay- mr wolfe declared that insofar q hognvoldson as the lane is very infrequently j streets lights and garbage j j used summer or winter i cirnoi see where the rights privileges or conveniences of any citizen are being interfered wih in this pro posal according to the low if the lone is put up for sale each neighboring property owner is en- stewart b thompson l wtck a fryer fire public buildings park ar ena e taylor a irwin l wieck police sewers and industrial mayor r j hargrove c rogn- valdson r thompson a bylaw was passed- authorizing jones supply trustee wolfe and titled to purchase half of thc lone j an agreement for the maintenance gordqn wilson 23 church st acton elected trial by a higher court when he was charged in milton wedncsda with breaking and entering the micro plastic plant on december 10 the breakin was reported to the local detachment of the prov incial police on december 17 when it va found an electric drill val ued at and an assortment of tools valued at 110 had bcei stol en police report the breakin wis mode through the rear door of be plant wilson charged with the breakm was formerly employed at the plastic factory constable wilev investigated ball was set at 300 cash or 500 in property in a place other than ther resid ence both were assessed fines ol s10 and costs of a like amount and ib pints and a full case f hen- were confiscated report 22 baskets sent at christmas lakeside chapter io d e offic ers were nominated at the last regular meeting of the groun held nn tuesday january bth in ihe legion hall second vicereent mrs h hinton presided mrs f terry mrs s norton and mr j jncqiie form the nominating com mittee outstanding bills were directed paid and educational grants wer authorised gordon oder will edit the chapters books thanks were expressed fop christmas welfare 22 baskets were reported sent a vote of thanks for christmas card work was made to mrs a leishman and for wel fare work to mrs e marks voting was held on new mem bers after games lunch was served mntter so it con be finalized on that date the hearing is set for friday january nt 11 am the municipalities have all agreed ti the settlement arranged at a county council meeting but george town refused to sign the attq2- ment that thc other nine munic ipalities signed choirmon the property committee reported that the obsolete heating svstem in the high school was causing dif ficulty and would require immed iate overhaul as leaking valves were allowing steam loss the n h h sd board was to be advised that immediote repairs would have to be mode mr george mann was reengag ed as caretaker at the same salary provision was mode for odditcmal help when required secretory middleton reported re ceipt of f0 nonresident fees a finance statement was pres ented of 1223 57 and povment outhorired the secret ray was dir ected to nssess the n h h s d board 348 30 plant operation ex pense by motion the regular meetings of the board will be held on the firt tuesday of coch month at 7 3d p m j t the school january 15 at 7 30 p m at the school was the date time and place of the emergent meeting to strike the 1952 estimate councillor taylor asked if half the lane would be of any use o mr wolfe and he said he was prepared to adjust his plans to that six solicitor leatherland pointed out that the arbitrator would only de cide the sufficiency of thc lane provided taylor would the town pay legal cost if the judge gave a nut ritive answer leatherland yes taylor what would the ap proximate cost be leatherland about 50 taylor could the parties not satisfied take higher action and to who leatherland i dont know whe ther they can appeal the arbitrat ors decision but you can usually take anything to the supreni rnur if the arbitrator decides negatively that will be the ord of it on the overage canadians spent 5 00 per person on going to the movies in 1047 ond 7 00 in 1048 century old residence moved to make room for garage lot there ore about 12000 post officer urban and rural in canada w bird elected deputy reeve councillors named at election wilfred bird wts elected deputy- reeve of kmiuesing in elections held m the township on mond iv when hi defeated craig reid mr bird succeeds george leslie who plumbers are i moved up to the position of reeve still working on a trip over tin complexity of tb will serve acton the satis 1 plant and illustrated in om pictures shows thi nections necessary for factory operation of th system superintendent jack lambert claims it is one of the best type ot systems possible if anything goc wrong in one part that section can be cut off and the flow rerouted he commented it appears rtow as if the comple tion might be made by the end of january halton his experience in munic ipal affairs makes him a valued member of the 1952 council while william schenck of glen williams ls a new member ef equesing council his muntcpal experience is broad he has been a member of the north halton high school district board for several years and know well the of this week s j vote was 664 for bird and 43ji for 1 needs of the township in munic- number of con- j bv4 ipal affairs he is proprietor of elected to council were george thl credit valley bottling work- curne the former reeve who at glen williams headed the poll with 653 votes unham u a fanner w william schenck a new member dlslnct souxh ajcum ha j had several years council exper ience the vote accorded him is indication of his favor the completion system ihows the construction that a maze of pin- by acclamation this year the two contestants for the honor were i both members of last years coun cil ami both polled a good vote the of council with 5s5 votes and wal ter linham a councillor of last year with m3 r n brown a fourth candidate polled 380 votes councillor curric has given many yean of service to esques- ing he has filled all the council positions and has been warden of with the electors distribution of the council mem bers is pretty well spread over the township an old landmark was removed from mam street in acton tn monday to make room for devel opment of tht business section the house that adjoined the lurne garner motors property was jacked up ond rolled away up the high way to 0 new site on the first hue of esq ucs inc mr garner will now be able to expand his property for thc stor age of cars and trucks ond the new land acquired by him will give him one of the finest and most commodious sales and sere ice stations in town the old house that was moved dates back about 100 years ac cording to actons early dua the house was erected between 1u52 and 185 one of the enrl occupants was emmanuel chap man who also had a blacksmith shop on the property james wal- du succeeded him the blacksmith shop was on the corner of the lot next to the sone dwelling still on mam st in the rear of the shop there was a wagon shop where william grant built and repaired wagons and jim watdie ironed them off mr waldie moved to milton and conducted a blacksmith shop tnere when mr waldie left for mil ton mr grant occupied the house and took over the blacksmith shop later mr grant built a shop at the corner of mill and frederick stree where mr william main prize now resides there has been no part of the blacksmith shop on the property for years but the location of the house on the lot can easily be un derstood when it is realized that the lot had other buildings at one time other residents of the century wieck if a bylaw was passed here tonight to close the alley could the ratepayers object leatherland yes and they would hove grounds because if ob jections are raised thc sufficiency must be determined by arbirat- ora taylor if the judge decides the remaining alley is insufficient does council pay costs leatherland yes irwin even if the judpc docs approve tho sufficiency we sih dont have to sell it clerk mcgeachie gave a sum mary of road expenditures for 1031 the total on which the ontario government pays a subsidy of 50 per cent was 3728248 this in cluded maintenance of roads cul verts ind repairs the repair re vealed that in 1951 21750 was paid for trucks to remove snow j greer was appointed to thc while this section has been res- plo board to fill the vacancy idemnl property for many years it cau b the mienl of j is rather interesting to note that crcighton deputyreeve j stew- at one time it was a business site art was appcd as councils and now many years later once representative a bylaw was approved allowing old house which has been moved were moses smith and robett dron mr and mrs george trycr were the last ownerv of the house ond sold the property to mr cor ner they hove moved into the stone dwelling on the adjoining lot many years more becomes business property the land served the transportation business in the horse and buggy days and today m again being ut ilized m the travel trade of the motor age the necessary borrowing of money from the bank of montreal until the taxes are received- acting mayor hargrave and the treasurer were authorized to pay the acton public school requisit- on county connecting links in ths town the town maintains curbs culverts and bridges for which they are paid 50 per cent by the county and the county pays 100 per cent of t the maintenance of the rood oswald schwandt appeared be fore council regarding thc pay ment of a transient traders lic ense he asked a little time before ptymg the 100 fee because be had only been in the country four months solicitor leatherland pointed olt that as long as mr schwandt was selling only his services he was only liable for he business tax and not the trans ient traders license council established the first and third tuesday of each month aj rtie regular meeting night a sec ond resolution was passed that all roiincil meetings in 1952 adjourn at midnight mondays meeting djourned at 11 minutes after 12 acton ys mens club wxs given o rebate of 1 1 fos the rent ol the f continued on puoe fiv wm5 installs officers for 1952 the womans missionary society of the united church met ip the sunday school room on tuedav with the president mjsa u z bennett presiding worship ser vice was conducted by mrs thom son and mrs j lambert the study book frjm lak- to northern lakes was given by mrs c l poole and miss b-i- nett paying of fees and annual re ports were presented which were all very gratifying thc installation of officers ws conducted by rev e a currey who gave a talk to hie members on tho work of the society and ihe responsibility of each officer in carrying on the work for the mas- ter and the work which each can do to spread the gospel in 1mds that are not so fortunate as we are in this country the meeting closed and a lunch of cookies and cup of tea wu en- joyed overall view of the disposal plant includes al but the digester which is a circular tank on a nearby hill work is nearly completed and the engineer predicts about 10 days work on piping in the digester tank before the entire 425000 system goes into action the fence around the control building and tanks was just recently erected bad road conditions prevented any access to the digester tank with the necessary equipment for completion by the predicted january 5 engineering officials said sum mwhe