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ehe jvrtxm sttt ftss seventyeighth year no 18 acton ontario thursday november 6th 1952 ton homo print pfiqos six cents plan for rural fire area approved mr and mrs george iantz recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at the home of mr and mrs ross robert son acton when the family gathered to mark the occasion well- known in acton mr and mrs lantz are jhown here as they ad mire the scroll received from the ontario government and ihe many cards from friends mr and mrs lantz operated the bell telephone exchange in acton for 21 years and have lived here for many years staff photo all municipalities approve plan for two schools and addition a plan which has found approval of all five municipalities and has been endorsed by nil five munic ipal councils was submitted b th- north halton hiph school district board members of the board sub mitted it to the various councils unit week we reported that e- qursinfi and georgetown had ap proved the plan on moml in nifiht the councils of milton and nassagaweva passed resolutons of endoration and on tuesdav night acton council gave unanimous ap pro v al brufl the plan calls for new schools to be built in acton and georgetown at a total cost includ ing mte and equipment of 2sso00 each and a dual purpose clasmoom- omnasium at the milton scho d to cost 45000 the total cost will be 555 000 to the district the prov ince pas 70 per cent of the cot and the five municipalities w il be required to raise- 13 400 division of the ctvts of building and maintenance in the district have been agreed upon as set forth bv the equalized assessment and are estimated at ninetenths of a mill on this assessment the pro gram it is estlmited will cost enth ear acton 2 110 milton jj010 georgetown 3 200 fsqnesinn 4 300 and nassngaweva 1 cm the resulutions parsed bv cnuo- cil w ill be found in the rt port oi coumil proceedings it wis also poined out to council that bv the time debentures are issued on tne i new program the present debent- 1 un s of threetenths of a mill now being paid will be retired having secured board and mn i- icip il approval of the plan the ni t procedure will be to present the plan to he dep irtment of ed- i in aioii and the municipal board foi wiction when this approval h i- been given an architect will be en- giged to prepare the plans nnd specifications and btds will be cill- td for the construction it ls hoped that tenders can be called in jan- u irv so work can be well advanced in 10v1 the acton school must be vacated according to terms of ag leeuunt not later than septeinbe 194 the board plans to make th two new schools with four standard i lassrooms a commercial room science laboratory library class- rioru luditonumgvmnamiim and a shop room in acton and house hold economics room in gi orge- town the milton addition will be diss 100m auditorium on the present tullliing these plans ir f nr mr mrs g lantz mark 50 years wed telegrams cards long distance telephone colln and visiting frlcndfl brought con gra tulnt ions to mr and mrs george lnntx when they hap pily celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary children and grandchildren id in nil flnthcred nt the home of mr nnd mrs ross hobertson on sun day october 2fl for a family din ner nnd celebration the fnmilv presented mr and mm lnnt7 with n lovely trllight lamp ns well as a gold neck ince for mrs lantz and n gold pen for mr lant mr and mrs lanl7 were mar ried in the knox church mans m guelph on october 2r 1902 fol lowing which thev lived in guelph and in rockwood for five vears moving to acton thevnvert on mill st across frofh where mark s store ls now located for thr venrs for 21 vars the lantzs op erated the bell telephone ex change on main st retiring n 1941 there were about 70 tele phones in acton when mr and mrs lant took over the exchange from mr a t brown in 1920 and in 1941 there wore more than 500 reminiscing on the earlv days of telephones in acton mr lantz recalls thnt gordon beardmore placed the first overseas phone call to england it was quite a thrill to hear the operators from acton to england putting through the call he remembers too when mrs lantz got n call through n montreal in li minutes much to mr beardmore s surprise mr lantz is a veteran of the first world war and mrs lant is well known for her work with the womens institute and knox church organizations present at the celebration nf thi anniversirv were mr and mrs stanlev cov willow dale mr and mrs h sutchffe bracebridge and shirlev of detroit mr and mrs r iv gordon and nancv toronto mr and mrs stuart lantz carol john and doris guelph and mr and mrs ross robertson acton to hold services for remembrance remembrance day services will be held thu year in the district as muni in honor of the fallen of two great world wars service in ac ton will be held tuesday morning with a parade to the cenotaph fol lowed by a service in knox pres byterian church membera of the acton branch canadian legion will participate in- the parade as will other local organizations a service is planned for itock- wood on sunday november 9 which will begin with a parade at 1030 a m headed by bandmaster ecott amt the rockwood band rev major j w oliver will di livei the message in the rockwood united church following the sei vici nt the cenotaph legionnaires will participle in a service atnasjgaweyauniuusdav with a strvice at the soldiers memorial at 230 pm followed bv a service in nassajaweva fresbv erim chinch member watch both went astray haltonite arrested in 1852 subjet t to department approv al md the amount of funds made av ailable the schools will be of stioh construction thnt addition can be made as the needs of thi lommuruties dictate william bolton instantly killed wviim hi o f ii n 1 k ki u i i i mt kill 1 su i 1 n vl ii l 1 h- uk ip li i i on l fl 1 i i i s i 1 itoil hi i m i h flowerpot douses small fire at y r in in i uisl p ip i li ik fip il in in iiim il tin v m mh i lli 11 r l i m mill i 1 i iiri t wis ihnn t rvil h on of ii in ir in lm i i- in pi i ii 1 l ill in in 1 11 t x i 1 1 iii i tu li in 1 hi m s m an i s i ti i i i t i it i 4 it ii ll u s f i u s i r un ii l- ii li s iih kim 1 s s i tku- ih iini iii in hiisi c in i first products flow through pipe line fint products floucd through thf ptpthno laid thls mimnicr south of milton on vsdnsda of this wmttk the products enurim tht- line on monda of thls work ani reached their destination oi wrd- nfsdav the line itreuhinji 1u5 nnles ic- ross ontario from sirnui ilmost parallels hifihuay 5 cisoln l- pumped inta the uuioils tub be hind the heavier fuel oils s ith no j mulnii of the two types of iii in ny av thev move throukh the pipeline in an almost continuous j fusion 1 1 u i l 1ss 1 j i hi i 11 ii 1 u ii mi in i op i 1 mi 1 1 i s s i iiu i i 111 1 x ii 111 11 1 s i lk th lhs 1111 m l i 1 h us hi 1 t 1 xv i 1 uoiis tlu 1 in h hi 1 ix iii il oiit vx i put xx 11 lull in ih it i- x ii this ipp lr r m f in ul vontiui xx nh i fm h i i i ill il xsis sim ssful i iiuimhitii the small hlaie iius of the fue xx is not knnxn nursery tots wear false faces for halloween party wurd false facs were xxom bx the xotmitsters xxho attended the luiricrx schixil in the y on frliin mornini xx hen thex hell their halloxxeen partx about 0 child ren are enrolled in the class xx hich is under the direction of mis iknib im chikluns recxirds xxere plaxed and candles apples and cookies xx ere tixen to the xounj tots among mrs prices assistants are mrs paul mrs w mcoladderv mrs c sutton mrs j h prie mrs gerxuis and mrs j janv heodhunter wins halloween prize gav and wierd biautiful uil novel were the costumes at thi annual halloween partv in acton arena last fndav eveninr district children after thev had knvlv call ed from doortodooi for the trad itional shellouts trooped to he siena behind a clown band which was acting as a kind of p p per for the partv tht annual miperved hallow- e en fun in tht arena i- sponsored bv the acton ys mens ilub ken allen was in charge of the pro ram mnstptttfcet e monies wne bt11 benson and jock calder hirhlikht of the evenings fun was the grand march led bv the clown bind when the amusing and t lev er costumes w ere judged a black h id hunter with a head on i stick wls awarded the grjhd prize for tastume of the ivenim md found to be sharon gtrvais other winners with first md second judged in each class were is follows kinder irten k m n md ron il t h m t ndt s one md two iind i pik i dimd h uljrive madi th ml mi to nn fm kmi huist gi ules f lu 1x snn 1t1 ii ill u ihlmm h h 1 i iv i m iff i mi while this newspaper has us weekly features fifty and twenty years ago the toronto globe and mail has items from one hundred years ago in the globe files on wednesday november i the selection of a 100 year old item was of local interest it read as follows thursday november 4 in ltgislative assembly arrest of a member mr cartitr as chairman of the toronto election committee moved that john white esq member for halton be taken into the eustodv of the sergenntntarms for abstnt- ing himself from the commitli e more than one hour the motion was carried and the seigcantatarms reported that he had taken the member for halton into custodj and that he was then at the bar of the house mr smith durham said that the member for halton had ex plained to him his exceeding regret on account of bung absent from the committee and that his absence was owing altogether to a rriistakc of his watch the fact was that the hon member intended to be present in time but his watch went astray and he wt nt astrav with it he theiefore moved that the explana- iion be considered satisfactory and that tht hon member be discharg ed motion granted at the 191 1 306 634 horse- ctnsu s canada had elect gordon oder new club president the second meeting of the newlv formed menfl glub of the knox presbyterian church acton waw held on monday evening novem ber 3 at thin meeting the dl citssion centered around i name for the organbatlon and also the election of officers it vvas unanimously decided that the club should be known as the men of knox the executive elet led for 12- r i w ere president gordon od t vile- president charles kirkm sicrttirv jack davidson treisurt i heib pun pianist t n ilin n song leach r ch irh s kirkm si i eapt un jo k calder second capt un stan norton third capt un j3ii miiinurj7 and rlnplmn itt v itolx it aimmrong after the business part of thi met ting the group adjourned to the b isemeiit for games thin thi uniting was hi ought to a close bv a hvmn the queen and the bentd- it tion followed by lunch fire area high school receive council approval m i an ngreement was approved by acton council in their regular tm sion tuendny night setting up n fire area no 2 for the protection of wc- lons nf nnisagnweyn and esquesing the formation of the rural area has urn under uctive consideration for n vear and the agreement pavei the wav to the building of a fire hall proposed bv the acton fire brigade n will as plans of the townships to purchase a fire fighting unit under the agreement betwim the town and the townships tha townships purchasi the t cpiipment pav upkeep and maintenanct in ilt a grant tor stand bv thronjh th tow n to the brig ide of 7h v eat iv all cost in ing p iid on tht building assessment in the stctions of the township r thi tovn urud to lioust t iiii mi nt which will ix bt purchisitl until housing is ri ulv the lot il tit u ult undt r fm chii f f d iw ii mivi bo kills tr77n npittrxiitiihr it wis i mph isit d th it th w holt pi in w is mibj t t to th 4mi il f thi on ii to lhpirtmint f fdural- im and th ont inn muncip it no serious injury in two car crash no sei ious injuries resulted whin a car driven bv lvle camp- hell orangeville was in collision wih a car driven by william stru thi rs acton at 5 20 pm saturdiv tht struthers tar was procieding to acton on no 7 highwav when thi c nnpbell car came on the highwav procet ding t i w a r d georgetown troni the st venth line i ast nf acton police report the collision w ls almost head on da- m igt to thi- campbell car was es limited at approximated shoo wi h thne tti 400 to the struthers cn minoi injurii s and a shaking up win tlu only injuries corustabl how ml gtinn invcstiga ed grandchildren children baptized on wedding anniversary guests fiom rockwood att nth d i when rtv john oliver of hock- wood united church bapti7td muhitl john son of mr and mrs wallace cartel rr 1 pushnch mr and mrs rov caller of arkell the child s giandpartnls celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary the same dav october 30 mi carter was baptised on that date and the couples four children weie all baptued on october 30 their four grandsons have also been biptied on the same dav the aereemt nt was tdjus rl si oiincil fill tht n was no compuls ion tor tlu town to n t i huild- ijif af er consult rable discussion c lm f divvkins assured council th it the brig ide had vcr illv tgreid to build a hall on town pi opt rtv with the provision hat the town own the building and the brigade to administer it and no t instruction to begin until siiffic- u nt funds were available to cloi in the building acton council endorsed the build ing program presented by the ac ton represent itivi s of the north halton high school district which tailed for new schools m acton and gorgetown at a cast of 2 000 uh and the iddition or a dual puipom classroom gvmnasuim in milnn at a tost of stsooo it was pointed out bv g a dill spnkesm in for the n pn sent ilivi s w coon and c wood that th piogi mi had hi en i ndorst d bv t1 nther hindis m th five m ininp- ihtv distnit acton s accommodit mn aicording to pi ins outlini d woulx he foi mu pupils and d signed for future expulsion if n i i sir cast to acton foi ht totnl pindiluie of siioooo on the b isis of the new piall7tcl isst vmiiii would be 2 110 or ipproximaul ninetenths of a mill it was fur ther pointed mil tint thuetenth of a mill would be rtmovtd fnnn the prese nt tax rait this year a- the additions it art on and milton will be pud for actual increist o acton is th n sixtenths of i null k compared w it h an t arher piogram that tilled foi approxim ate three mills m iv or he wis vi plan and pismd th r i hlin p ininh i 1 huh il follruvn nit i nit th i f i or of tht an minvnisiv llltm the nd n sob d th he town of acton ag h hs db instituting program to en ct a nin four appeals made for inclusion on actons voters list hydro chairman announces rise m poweihtattto commission li adv four appeals have been n idt to have additional n line in eluded un the ton voters l- t w i h pm u 1 s mik tli ita li hun ppials at the hi of tht to ui lirk j mcgeirhi cost of tleclric pow ei purchased iv vhe nclon commission fiom he mlpc o ontario has raen from sjh cio to r pei kilowatt effi i tivt lanuarv 1 19sj iccoidm to lecent announcements b itole 1 1 ii oannders ehiiman of tl oniaiiet ilvdio flit ie power commission 1hi ittlv i 1 lol ccoiding to mi s hindi iv tlu increase does not applv iqn v n everv mumcipallt in me m even or 2 evele area it wa also pointed out that municit lilies should bear in mind the f it that it costs 1 1 two pel ct nt 1 i hei than iiiu ipaled 13th bills ujl foi low it has bten customafy in the pa si for municipalities to f t n i i n m nber li th vott is jist na be cht at v a nous sit rt s th post t ffic t i h k s fflc to tpia lf ii urn eipal tit e tions held d i in i 1 j9j2 vou must be 21 vw of at hiitish siibjt ct an own r or lm nt in th wift ui husban i if th ow hi i tu it n ml ind tniiit oe as vss tl for 100 r more kttim rs and 1 mi u tillovt d to vole i i m i k sir u t id mdv u viu mot mi- o i of h im m the speiillv prpni l e tandv 200 of them un- dl k tn out to the vuung in istpiend rs during the pmgrim so the voung- t st tould it iw billoons were its h itni1 out bv th y s mm quite a f w idols joined the thildnn in etistunn s mong the snking cotumes were a btrthdiv preserit a snowman a scarwerow md dutch twins as well as the regutir old fashioned ladiet witch- t s and eowbovs farewell dinner for susan shirley cohen prior to trip to homeland the junior clasc of the acton baptust church held a farewell dtnnei at the home of the sunday school teacher mrs g wagner for susan and shirlev cohen on fndav a chicken dinner was serv ed after dinner games were en- o ed drenda cnpps presented susan and shirlev with a few bifts on behalf of their class and extended best wushes to them for a pleasant trip to england council of to he n building room high school in or adjoining acton a nln room high schol m georgetown i n du d purpose cla-ssroom-gymnas- mm in milton costing not mor than 2vq00 for each high school and not more than 15 000 for th clissroom gvmnisium forthwith on the condition thit ill of tht mumcip il i tu s t omprising the n h usd shall agret to he liable for surh proportion of he principal md muiist pivahh under the de benture s md of the expense con- in i tt d tht r with ind the cost of m unit n mi t nf the sud high school in the sud district ind all other e xpi nst s of the nllllsdn as th i ii ill d isst mi nt f eich of tht miinu ipihtit s bears tn the equal- ied isst ssmt nt uf tht whole du trict this t mini it further urges tht nee ssi of building t new high st hon in ac tun is non a poibl a- the lease of the present building ii- d fir high i hool pur- post s e xpire s in itit chief f diwkins isk d if conn til would t imidi r dlowing the bngide t use me w ill of the town hill to ut construction eosh of thi priiptk t d fm hall council ex piissid tht feeling th it thls wus i n asotiable ri pit st i ti mpornrv ri p in md uimiiation of the pn si nt fire h ill were dis- i usseei with thi town foreman an i approve d a hufnagel idvlsed council that wnter w xs nut ivulable in hl- main st north barn when the pump at the- tetwn w t ii was opei it- ing under in agreement with mr hufnagel the town agreed to supplv w itt r if this should happen the situ ition ls to be discussed with tht public utilities commis pi mi bv r soluion the public utllit- mmirfon wttf neithftrt r inst il a ix inch water main to rixt r iitn itones- for i rinkler svtem it cost price an anninl ch irge if sh was to lx- mide for this service u ukmi v h td bt n ret iv d from th i onipanv and the mattt r had ben discussed vith othi r munit ip ilttit for th ir policy chiih 1 1 k 1 1 ptt d the usessmt nt of th tiwn is pre s n tod bv the clerk s sin nt i- land s292rfji building- 1714 40 bu ines 27t j ido 1h mn h il m d fr i th in i i th h l f hi irv f to o t i sm 11 i h v os rain douses fire near terra cotta ht iv ram i it sundav effimv ly arrested the raging forest fin whuh has been blaxum for the past two weeks in the terra ctitt i district between erin and george town high winds on saturdav and sunday had whipped up the em bers of the fire after local fm fighters had believed it conquered the situation was reported as looking black before the rains came terra cottu lodtfe and several summer cabins were menaced b the fire before the rain fire fighters over the weekend had been using water tank trucks ind huge bulldozers in an attempt to halt the fire the bulldozer were slashing a trench in the dirt to confine the flames to one area past present and future were represented at the annual ys men s party in acton arena when more than 200 children gathered to enjoy halloween shown here as an indian is bob agnew with ricky ironsides as a television set and david har grave as a mechanized monster stuntsy contests and entertain ment were featured on the program wifh special prizes to those with the best costumes bags of candy were handed to the children on the way out but the supply was exhausted before all could receive one staff photo iii 1 1 if iii ii it ii v s 1 niht iv f if i 1 hi f ii mll k i i ir i v 1 f r i i rrii nt clm w niir in- in n t 11 jl w j k lit ri r un if 4 ml f nkm f r h f xp ns 1m i w aimr iil 1 vi niru irh llnnn fir in pritnlunn 1 474 w mun of esqummi tux aii s v 11 rasin tt cti cl- iiuin chlondf 1480 flmtkiit ci mcrch 44103 halton minufait co tt palri to sanl vn 10 73 acton fret pre merch ago u v andvrson and aaoc rneinirrinu deaiifn isa no ont prov pohct ss4 34 wuuon dairy liar lunch sm 747 89 the mtetink adjourned at 11 h p m a special meeting was held on october 3i to pais a bvlaw for the taking of a vote on the question of increasing the number of membeis of the puc the question will be voted on december i