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j xt jvttim sftt ft seventy ninth yer no 44 acton ontario thursday may 6th 1954 ton home print pages six centi board completes s teaching staff for next september public school teachers for the cbool year commencing next september are now alt engbffted following the acceptance this week of the application of mrs grace reed of orton the public school board met monday evening in the cbool with a full board attending the meeting was chaired by tom watson the resignation of miss vivian mddougall owing to the ill health of her mother was accepted with regret miss omcdougall will leavi at the end of the school year ftirchase of four loads of topsoil from mansell nell is to be hauled by the town truck was approved principal mckenxie presented a re i qulsltion for the annual kinder i garten primary supplies which was approved the board was pleased to learn that inspector l l skucc had bee 1 appointed a delegate lo the educsl ion conference which is being held at edmonton for three weeks congratulations were expressed it was decided to continue tlu idewalk for grade ont students m the east side of the new choa from the kindergarten primary en trance to the rear entrance approval was given for the an nual o a c trip for grade seven students and the annual grade eight visit to the museum and parliament buildings in toronto the secretary reported receipt of 12 000 partial grant payment and 135 non- resident fees th financial statement of 68212 wa approved and the secretary direct ed to assess the north walton high school district board 28726 ap ril plant operation conduct of local youths gets critical attention from council staff pboto largest brown trout reported to the free press was caught near ospnnge sunday by george bayliss crescent st when the irbut season opened last weekend the fish held here by mr bay liss nephew gary waller measured 162 inches two pounds explorers daughters of knox welcomed into their new roles in church family became christian at buchenwald alfred h wiener a german jew who was converted to christianity in buchenwald concentration camp addressed members of the men s ct a pro churehre in knox presbyteflsn churchm6n day evening knox men s club was host to those from acton baptist church st alban s anglican church and acton united church mr wiener who now lives in elora described vividly his exper iences as a german jem before the war antisemitism grew stronger and stronger in the country under hitlers leadership in 1938 he was taken to buchenwald when ht be came a convert to christian it since he had a sponsor in canada he was released and allowed to emi grate that same year he now works bringing christian doctrine- before jtwish people in canada with the hope of israel messengers clarence coles chairman of thi meeting expnssed the thanks of the group to mr wiener a film holiday in the highlands about cape breton island was shown by ted hansen thanks of the visitors was vo by r f bean gordon oder wa charge of the refreshments tag day canvass for 2500 quota about 45 canvassers are knocking on doors throughout the town this week asking help for the canadian national institute for the blind building campaign actons quota 3500 has not been reached yet v ith many returns still to come in a tag dav for the institute for the blind v as held last saturdav after noon and evening b the dukt ot devonshire chapter of the i o d f cloet to 100 was realized during the miinung and afternoon mr donald black was in charge at n meeting held jast thursdnv evening in the mca cochair men of the campaign in acton gor don oder and gordon beatt ex plained to canvassr th proevdur and handed out kits canxasstr- rcpn t ntrd tru lak sid iltapttt ioih th fntndh circu thi mm vlub and the rotorv clut kn m timeu achii it i- hoped that total nturn b mr r bi ck fp lthlh lownsquonvr th top- pr r p- ifrl ill b himied m at ih bank of x 3 p-wiiiiat- representatives ot senior organ nations of knox presbyterian church of the guelph presbyter lal and the sj nodical society wcl corned explorers daughters of knox and members of the newt formed young women s group in o the church family at a graduation ceremony in the scout hall monday ning the hall decorated with spring bouquets a filled for the lique ever with mrs bett holmes at the piano miss inez mclcllan led a ihont song service the call to worship was given by mis eliza beth jany who was chairladj fir the evening the young explorer armstrong and mrs s sinclai leaders when merit bad musical numbers highlight meeting warded merit badges awarded jud morton received her fir i rtd star and grace clough her second red star blue stars were presented to norma sinclarr fayc moeachern cheri mumj ella jan rhona mceachcrn bern l mon margaret armstrong cat hi me mephedran srmron gi rv i anm watkins jane mephedran ilona kovacs and grac clough a gold star w is presented to carol kovacs the graduation erv ic conduit ed jjx rev r h armstrong con minced with scripture and pnjer graduiting explonrs wire il corned into the junior daughter of knox bj mrs w tolh th r explortr leader mrs s s nclair explain d todav mark a furtht r step into the church week dav prognm for teenager group expanded mrs buchanan speaking to tht daughters of knox explain id thit the group would now be divided into n junior teenage daughter of knox and a senior teenace daughter of knox and a new young women s group tht cor mon of graduation ua brief bat impressively sincere mrs diwson the girls work secretarv for the presbvier al spoke bnefh groups like votirs are the future of miss ion a r work she assured the girls mrs d god presbvtenal oung women s secretarv declar td t gathering like this of young people is one of the mot inspiring sight u m sht urged the g rls t use whatever gifts tht v had on txhalf of th sonnr wil s of knox church mrs e hasirri ion era tula ted thi group ind w corned them nto their new roll i church work mr a mann spokt br ef v u irg aux 1 av w ms ind mr f mcctitche n bthalf if in ladic aid cand e ci it reprt entmg new gr up the monthly meeting knox ladies aid wa held at th home of mrs f blow bower ave with mrs f mccutcheon the president in charge mrs john al lison read the scripture lesson and mr blow offered prayer the treasurer reported on th tea and parcel port sale held roc ently w tth a gratifying rt tun the president mnounced a busy summer program with ering events to pi jij jp uvpflg prgwl business section of the program mrs frances thompon of george town was j guest and rendered twi fine vocal solos an old fashioned meeting and the stranger of galilee mrs hazen graham als of georgetown in her occomp antst mr f anderson corrtriboted reading mother s quilts mr moran p laved two loveh musicnl selections on the piano members were inv ted to th hdme of mrs a young for the nixt meeting mrs blow a icted bv the group of the month served refreshmen s and a most cnjovable period o social fellowship was enjoved zone tournament at legion saturday legionnaires from all dart classes will represent acton in further competition following announce ment of winners at the none dart tournament held last saturd afternoon in acton legion hall in dividual trophus w ert aw ardt d winners in hams of four doubles and mnus clow competing were 17 teams from p rt credit oakv lie streetv hi ind georgetown as will is actoi tht ttam of four troph when was won ljt iar b at on w il tf georgetown placing see nd w us the acton legion team of micke holrois frank winter al kirkness and jick drsdale placing third wis another acton team of ttd elliott bill nicolac dud lindsaj nd hcnb cook onkmlle teims captured first and econd in the doubks competi al kirkness of acton was nward td top spit in the singles contest w th another actonian ted elliot second the zone winners compttt in brantford on mjj 15 when acton will be represented in all three sections the second and ihird plac ing groups in the team of four will compete further ind two teams qualified to proceed m the doubks although they did not lake th top honors last saturday al kirkness and ted elliott will represent the legion in ingles and perhaps two others as well acton legion dart team of four had an outstanding year last sea son when the team won the zone championship qualified in the di trict and was eliminated in t final ontario match with ontj o dart making the difference pi avers and specry tors attended the tournament sat urdjy lunch was served bj ihi acton legion to tht vi itors acton doubtful of triumvirate circle spring tea held at parsonage bouquets of snapdngon gave a air of spring at the united church parsonage on siturdav afternoon mav 1 w hen mrs e a currev wa- hostess for the annual spring tea of the friendly circle tht guets were received bv th hostess and the class president mrs j b a damson in the dining room the class teaher miss m z bennett presided at the tea table while mrs j mcgeachie and mr j j stewart acted as co hostesses during the afternoon miss olg locker and mr e bilton favortc the gutsts w ith piano solo mls dorothv simmons accompanied bv miss fern brown ang two delight ful number and mr c prk i and mrs a little a duet the home baking and candv table were well patron zed two former cla member ex pri idem mr r bj d of t r n i ond ms j k gardinr gu ph wtrt p al cuests h itn rn ior drum majorettes concert highlight drills bj the drum majorettt special vocal and instrumental ections were interspersed wi band numbers when acton cit in band presented its concert the roxj theatre on sundav evt mg apr i 25 about 200 were pr sent with m storev acting as m ter of ceremonies for the progra b5rdmasttr a perrott conducted the bind in i vanetv of numbers which included waltzes marche and overtures charlc tindsbor ough was featured with the band n cornet solas duets bv glen street guelph who plav the v braphone and ed win watson with his electric gu tar were favorabl received j were mr wjtsons guitar solos in their red and white cotumes the drum majorettes displayed their drill techniques accompanied bv the band the leigon quartette georee musselle john mchugh hamilton pea and w lliam matlocks ac companied bv ted hansen a o drew apprecntive applause representatives from the coun is of acton milton and george wn thus week agreed to odver tie for a municipal engineer cap of handling all tngineenng work excluding hydro in the ihrte municipalities while the nine nprescntaliv who grthered in gurgetnwn tuos n fiht wlre m iccord on this sion the acton dileinno pointed out that it na n i cm pow ere d fci give full approv il ti the plin or to agret to tht h rni if in engineer the milton and gcirgeiown ouncillors hid bten tiithorized h he r n speotivi ci mini to end r t he sutkistion to hire tn engine r and to tak whitever decisive ait ion is necesar to put tht pi in n to motion aclon council following dlcus ion of tht enginfenng triumvirate idea in regular session mond ly night was of the majnrnt opinion thai the town has not sufficient work immediately no jusliib- it participation however by t narrow margin aclon councillors voted to suppot advertisement for an engineer as i phase of further investigation m to the plan at the tuesday evening meeting georgetown mayor j armstroig was named chairman of tht nine man committee acton clerk i mcgeachie was named secrttarv the committee is minmd by dr c martin s childs c wil son representing milton mnv i j armstrong a norton s alii i r r vortljwn mi ir e tjlir r hirtnve c 1 indiy rfpte cnting acton it wis poind d out that li m i tht idti b fimll npprvid t ill municipal it is ind t mill hn d thi tar the bilant of cist r i slarj and exptntis would hi borne equal h hj tin thret tinvn in subquxnl ear nch town would i intributi it sart for n ary and t xpent v iccord mg pniportioii of work dont rtur nj the jear no dt finite indication emerged from tht tuesdaj meeting ts to whether milton and georgetown will jo ntl hire the engineer f acton couneir turns defuuti ihumhi down on the proposil reckless acts and mischief rapped by all councillors halton childrens aid society marks fortieth year of service to the county ml chuf ind recklessness by same jouths an id idolescents n town w is givei i thi cntt cal it tenlk in of arte m council m ndiy t vi m ng w hen n ports i f mitd td ling i llll lift ful fishing t iclics dnng thus lovs childish con duct ind llltgll 1 patrnnngt f tht t icll pool ro m were midt public h se viral m m tnr c i uk ill i a irw m f t i ftr red to qtl k stinntblp i rf i mimes hi s r tin tlwll s ui igt r i hbtlinti w hen he isked illnr in ml r i f tho r w is inv bv im gnu rung the owner hip ind use f b h i guns and bows aid ir tows hirt thi i iouncillor m iiiicltd so mi child inn wi re bicom nng i iu darin g with thi s dnngi roi liv thing shooting at fub btfir d 1 1 led mid fortieth anniversary of service to halton county was mnrked at the armuil meeting of the children s i cftrrar tathh aid society in milton tuesdaj ev l oocc6r i bom enmg when over 75 members and guelph 32 guests gathered lo approve yeai end reports and heir an address b e majury field supervisor for tht department of child welfare acton football club di hated guelph s settt bello soccer club 3 2 in an exhibition match m gui iph wdnesday night goal fnr th l ol thompson recalled 1954 marks the 10th innrviprsiiyothe couaty swiety as suhi but kv the 0th annversarvyw service bv such an organizatun to thi jrta mi thomnsm who outlined t brief rejiie of the nature and scope of work in the post veer has bei n upenntendent of children s nd n this countv for 25 vtsar the guest speakr who noted mr thompson wis cons dered in the department as the dean of ontario superintendents declar ed he was compelled to isue i challenge to his audience to m still a socnl conscience through the ch idren of todav after de cnbing n fam inr term thi neceitv of tuth being ho9e imbued with things of the pint mr majurj went on to urge hearers to motivate the r wo to insure the continuance of c ton was ttrrv boltomlev vin dam sette bell gordon scou the ttams scheduled games will be plaved on saturdajs with j home gam everj other saturday first game in acton is may 15 somi exhibition matches w ill oi plajed on wednesdi the sche dtc starts this saturdiv with ac tm it imcd igunst dundas lind say sjid it had come to his alterrt inn thit ome voung fishermen were ranging up the creek which runs through town and wen firing rifles at the fish this w is re poind on fcundaj afttrnoon thin itlention focused on the pirk councillor f footrtt told of numerous reports of vandalism there in tht burning of tables and benches he ilso answered that some bathing houses had been re ported damaged oniric llor j hargnve jdded at this point nn experience of his own when reci ntly in the park ne had been as much as ordered ofr the track by the unknown driver of i ncing ulky the indiscreet driver lift tht track before he did councillor hargrave recalled supporting councillor totitnts comments miyor e tyler said it was annoying that people would report such things as fires at the park after the happened instead peanut day plans made by rotarians plans for peanut dav predom naled w hen acton rotarv club held t regular meeting tuesdav m the dom mon hotel j m ledg er in crgi of he spec a i evert reported trut he peanut d v loat ind ron band w cri tx peeled t me wtre atljted mem btrt for e 1 rg pearut splendid c op rat or fr m me epoted fund ra d pe dav thf p- jm s 7 f the c rad a brigade blazes up road to burlington fort four mmuus after tht firt 1 alarm here wtdnesdaj evening i acton firemen were playing out lington as part of an xercii in this wttks halton h mutual aid pnctice rt i seven othr brigades partic p ited in the practice ling 800 fett of two and a half inch hose be tween each truck the following times supplied bj acton fire chief s tennant were recorded georgetown received call at 6 56 pm arrived 7 39 43 minutes ac ton received call at 6 58 arrived t 7 40 42 minutes milton received call at 704 arrived at 726 22 mm utes oikville received call at 7 07 arrived at 7 23 16 minutes bronte received call at 709 arriv ed at 720 11 minutes beach re ceived call at 7 11 arrived at 7 25 14 minute nelson received call it 7 10 arrived at 7 15 5 minute burlington rece ved call at 7 10 ar rived jt 7 12 2 minutes of i the th sptaker was introduced b mrs m j brown esquesing and thanked bj k y dick milton presiding at the meeting wis re tiring president mrs w a weav er burlington director for 1954 announced and approved bj the membership are mr o e rabbins mrs j w wjutham acton mrs r e lison mr a e pickard bronte mr h a shemff mrs c mcln tyre burl nglon w deans rev a j calder georgetown mr m e vixon j w higgins milton dr h v cranfield f henry oak vi he mr m j brown equemg j m m ftll i- x m mahon visgaweva mrs v mr im lamdeit nirris nelson w g m robrwon j- trafalgar r marshall s child hostoss to wa i the woman s association of ih tpprovid ut t cnurc m a the home of g rb uncil namd isan cha rman fild oakvn t retarv v deans i pu for th 31 k urfu g fc ad oth r 4u6 09 expt i 646 46 living s2 759 63 dr h v cran r v n rn c report stated r ia erd ng mar h gan donitors amour ted to 30 amourted lo vt stated balanct montn il this i auxiliary hears inspiring message mrs a m isaac man bt ton for it sv u mmlr adds arietv ca t iction hih n meting if th ktux iliarx thi pvgram from th glad tiding and centred im o arouid tht easte- rt v hi m s mr a k mann rtded ad bv m- led thi w i- h p nn t i d m v bt b mr m mccu nigr mi r an ed b ohji ird mr r tui 0t i tlir fr bi igit i in i in a eos rmsit c pens g w h hi u i 1u v tx s the crimm in rpi t d pu wei emptied fir he i- thankoff ng and re de sewi eer hvnn ex un thtmughoui th prvgrm at tie ckwe of the meet ng a soc a t me ww enjoyed dur ng the lunch j period i prognn- r c uded a ot hi c leishm in iceomrpmied in hi ms i vccu nigh i- in wa lie e 1 mt r h att a end d i k dn m- a mtih rfe hmi ved bv the ladie ux 1 ducme- of kiox m s barbara andesor chigc of thf gue book halton junior farmers starjed the r annual at hoie at the brant inn en thursday of last week execut ve members and escos snown here eno ng the ever are lr the left jean patterson secretarv dave pelieterio dorofnv inqram harold tyrell county d ector and past president ida archibald dori matthews pres dent thelma brow- howson rudde second vicepresident ina webb earl wilson press representative w ima sinclair treasurer and john picket first vtcepresi dent a record attendance was reported at he event mr s lambm on tuesday the pre dent mrs h burn d ng dev ti mal per id it t b mr p b nr e and thf roi anwertd bv moher a donj or is be rg wrt t plant rg rampa gi for mano m it ir take p a surdiv sch nl r m f u ut cards art t in t nr a a w a councillor hargrave igam ipoke saturday evening about six i aw a group of 19 to 21 year ofd chitd- rm htting off flrecrckt la front of the pool room under age patrons while deploring this conduct on the part of grown young nun ict ng like 10year olds councillor hargrave was interrupted by councillor footitt who aid he niw agreed with miyor tylers information at a previous meeting that under ige children were fre qumting the pool room councillor l weick supported this contention and urged thit tep be takrn to stop this cond t ion councilors irwin and hargnve cited other references to mischicv ions antics by yo in town and thi discussion turned to the wild driving habits of about half a dozen young men in town thti situation scored by all members preceded a suggestion by mayor tyler that a period be ot to have ill cars m town checked by police as a safely project call for sidewalk tender earner in the meeting council learned that the street light on a pole near the water tank is to be moved to rhe corner of vimy and main sts clerk j mcgeachie advised that two properties in tax arrejrs for seven ind four and a half yean i are due to be put to tjx sale the i mivor wa authorized to issue a warrant to the clerk to hold a tax sale on these properties follow ng considerable dicus on on the condition of sidewalks in general and on mill st n partic ulir member ipproved a resolut ion authoriz ng the clerk to call f r undtrc fo the lajmg of a five 1 fi bv s nrh dewak between j hn ind flgi st or the outh f mill st a rurb s x nches by ifi f the d tan ht ek and t l mbert walk w and m ted i r- th if d bible for everyone gideon society aim the work of the gideon societv i asdescribed to the congregation of presbvterian church at the i member of the local gideon camp was guest speaker bibles are placed bv the gideons in hotels jails school and hospitals mr c u explained each var bihles an preentd to all school children in gradt fm fventuallv in this v imost ev en one w ill have betn given a bible rev r h armstrong introduced mr coles a representative of the gideon society usually addresses the congregation once each year ind i ovwatk fo ir fee bv iche r 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