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tt jvrfim jfrtt tt seventy ninth year no 45 acton ontario thursday may 3th 1954 ten home print pages six cents start such a program so evenlualh halton would ha ve thi bt st road in the province burlington ha is til h- tr t treated in the me m inner in our road budgtl for tin mii m ly 20000 deputy rce vi mm wade injected reeve robert mirshi 11 trafjl gir said the cm ml j lolllfl i w concentrate on first das roid i stead of second class i ftil this coi int hi bei i fii lowing i policy of f it e nun inn insteid of pre par ins thi foundit i urge start of program to seek better county roads the establishment of a program to construct a more permanent road surface on county roads was urged by members at the regular meeting of halton county council tuesday afternoon htaded by reeve allen of georgetown who said that his municipalil had begun a program of in expensive road treatment which he fell should be followed by the county road committee he explained a certain road in georgetown was found most difficult to keep repaired and it was costing his town considerable amounts each year last year the surface received a primercoat and was followed by a treatment of a certain type of oil this road has stood up under heavy traffic conditions arid the winter months as well he said adding it only cost about 600 for more than a hnlf mile other members felt it might be advisable for the committee to on the prowl provincial police in the northern half of halton are on the prowl for cars with bad brakes it was reported wednesday that out of five car examined drivers or no mere fined for operating with faulty brakes onslable howard gunn indlcat ed that the checking over the ac ton milton georgetown areas and ihrough fsqueslng and nassaga weya townships will continue this week rotary club peanut day project scores its best success acton rotary clubb third annual peanut day marked its best success in d ite siturdnv when net revenue j of i bo i 575 was tabulated from i pi inui salts ind merchants support i although local rotanans support yunl charitable ind humanitarian causes lirger pirt of the peinut dn doll irs will be use d for crippled ehildrtn s work siturdiv s parade wis a colorful i vent led bv six local voung ladies stepping high ind one voung man immediitelv behind this group was thi acton citizens band who in turn preteded the popular plantiis float with its oversize human pea nuts two nine vear old bovs cirrnen woodburn id jiek hinton w- the best gucsser among acton it es who figured on how maiy peanuts studded thi flout both bos sub mittid 200 000 in their bid for the 10 prize and won when it was an l noimctd the float held some ih9 200 peanuts thi club sold ibout 57 cases or 1368 cans of large peanuts over thi i two week project and also moed 14 cases or 165 packs of the thre tin partv packs rotarv club members in chirge of this venrs peanut dav arrange ments were vic masters and jim ledger for hard top roids deput neve wjde caid cut road grant when asked if the deprtment hid indicated what the grint would be this year ruve wilfrid bird chairman of the ro id comm t tee announced the province would provide grants on an expenditure of 275 000 the county hid r quested 300000 for the 1951 ip propriation deputy reeve e r lejlher ne son said e did not wih to erit loze but hi pointed out j misuiki hid bem midc in repairing tht shoulders on brant st between highwa 5 and the queen flizibeth highwaj lat year a short tim after the repairs hod been made the shoulders wer in as bid con dition is before he chirged he also felt a proper bise should have been constructed before the repiu hud been made seek road change on suggestion of rcevei william anderson oakville council endors ed a resolution seeking to have 1ic depirtment of highways uke ov i ihe countv road between highw i 5 at palermo to bronte as n con tinuation of highwa 25 new members were informed counc had on previous occasions mad similar requests if we keep isk ing for it often enough mavbe h department will concede to our wishes reeve emerson ford said b i recorded vote of 16 to p council approved a gnnt of 300 u the halton plowmen s association os their contribution to the inter national plowing match bung held at waterloo next october suwilcv hall mla urged council to pr vide the grant as it was the onh waj local plowmen could tike pot in the event he said a loci div is provided at the intcrmtionii match for competitors from coun ties surrounding waterloo and each of the associations ir requir ed to contribute to the prize mon e he said thit seven vears agi when a similar nvitch was held hi local plowmen brought back more monev in prizes than what th countv granted not ineloded considerable discussion arose v er granting monev for ihis purpose reeve r h shannon argutd tin request should hivt bun mid earlier in the veir we have struck our budget and thi imount was not included i am un w art running ton close t th ure now he declared this council rfu d n nci u ed grint t the miltm fi r b xi t whin thei i kd for it ift r tin budgi t was sfuck and 1 doi t e hm h cmntv can iff rd th nh i th v rt fus d j gn t t h operating efficient li townv gloomy 13th bill to stand pat puc told compete for crests no n acton in four y leagues f un i jund arl tudiv mrn although the floor hoekej pi offs are still underwaj at the mca winners have hern de ed in biketbill dndgobill vollevbill w nners in ell spoils w ill b n ml ri ere ts it the cl nig ijil cjse s in the pubht e h 1 mil inith of milton e rishetl in uid tolled over following the accident thn ten npeled f i mth i r u id mllek l hint spline s eie involved in suited in ibout l 111 i e pen ted hydro office reps hear money story seeking some glimmer of relief ii the dirk burden of its financial problem clon j iublic utilities commission list weik sat down with two riirpmntitiis frm the region it hvdn ffic uiriw n told n iffect tin ii the res i i wav in r pimiu up tin veir 13th bill deficit of 5 769 88 and b may- be the lie- i puc s monci tr utile n t as bail is it iimi t r si nt ind c pirk r the on ii ii i i 11 ffite hp pc f r thi ud staff photo falling timber alonq acton s main thoroughfare isn i an every day occurrence however tuesday the second tree to be felled within a week crashed to the ground less than a second after this photo was taken the trees are making way for a wider mill street soccer club scores 52 win in dundas as s ontario league schedule opens w id j m den n k i i bb j no mehel mm 1 1 im up hit r it tl m u bisk bill inp w th f ur eompil t i i v th m h i on tin in m w n h b c 1 ind v ii id d nit rudd tiiifclmt f r dide lull visit to ottawa for janice baker cslr nteel i t1 limes lbru ud lllli i ii s i lrnlil defnit li ii 1v sonitth ng tint n mi s h ik j uipri f mr pirker puked ip ir il n w ih n xpliiia in t h ii 131h b ii is i i tint the to si puc i t wholisil power it m i iu 12 thn club imde i fh ng- starl in the southern or ano soc cir league li t situ d i t ukint two points from dnndi rai e r dundas dundi kikcd off it t 15 p m ind f e minutis latir larrj nlu scored acti n s first goil on a f ne past from ton tin dam acton forced the pace all h w n ind before half time cliff sutton add i two more to the teams ccore child injured in mill st accident four car old jacquflm liughter of mr and m cilrirr church sir it fnctured skull wdnod id n whin she dirtt i between t ponorcd fi jerked crs on mill street ind ht rotar club i mo n ehicle c c dnvir of the car a j dim j i iropriitir f acton tix stopped h cir and immidiel i ok the girl to the off ce of d innled mpt ise s i four di i rt in the ciunlr s capital including spec al ij irringcd tours and mi ituigs mis baker will leie sun di fn seals peanut day most successful in oidburn t saturday prinut di th vful minute before the half ended jock calder in trwng to clear kicked pressed the appi b ut 575 garnered for club fund t the regular weekh rolar clul nnling tuesday joinn gnx ex ition of he clul baptism for 16 at united church christian fnmilj sunday in ac ton united church was marked b the biptiem of 16 children oi mothers dav beautiful plants and b uqitets were placed in the church for the serice music included a duel b nanr timbert and carol fetterh re e a curre was assisted b b veldhuis the clerk of session and orwell johnson in the bipti mnl ctremonv baptized were boi ta loreen shorttll russell andrew ung alber ine schmull charle nt 1 ironside christine mare brunlu ivathanne anne cook edwin john holmes linda mirjo krkwota robert johr mcca lum christopher garth wa i gun ford hubbell chirles d- uj la- hibbel simui 1 vater hu 0 lsah micswa i jam i- i de the ball against on of h deferce men and s cisson dundas centre forward h id no d ff cultv n h tt i r the rebound nto thi net ton an dam and terr b i tnml- combined to make acton fourh bottomie s past from th ngh wing left lan dim with 10 ippas tion except the goal keepe shorth after ci nn c red dtr- das second and last goil actont firth courle- came jj t bcfire the f na hitle bntomii frim an acute angli w ung ve i long lob the ba scraped the crossbar on the ai down jd enced up beh nd tht po t g ir cl m a 5 2 ictori jock calder despi e lic fact thit hi got k ked in he fir bt t the game was 10 minute id pla id hi uua f ne came gial he slipped the onh pridlu ho of the gime from s case r s foot a ttr g h- 1 uh w a uablt o- di fence wn accused diigenu plaj t botl mln a d f sh a thiich tht ti 1 ci id or g ia bttwein htm plaied a ir c combmati i on the igit w g wh u us dais rd ndx ni i m he half back i re alwn st mid t b whir h m i needtd ledge who organized thi d his peanut dn mittee d garr tended before being ruihed to t nnto sick ch idren hoplal thursday morning dr garretl aid i skull fracture hid been di urm nod but that he was nit iware of further injuries the iccident investigated jj constable r p robbins occurrtd just east of the mill and jonn street corner where several young children had been plajing during the afternoon watching earth mov ing operations by a power shovel milt m her jimtlj b tin if acten and the r f oltiwi thi tcnt held uinuilly so high school stud 1 mls maj obstrt the goernm il it firt hand a brilliant scholar ind idept t sporls janice bjkt r is thi ubjc 1 of a brief biography in th s wick high school news c ilumn an n ovation in the column is the stud 1 ent of the week 1 100 mothers tots at cradle roll tea iear the easier scil campaign has a so proven the mot successful o date with over 800 collected n cton w woodubrn and art padbun reported on the dmt thi club wa informed of i- ce m rales at he s ck ch idren h s p ta when in account for a ci c- vran presented dr harold ltib reported on the rate ncrease art padbun who has been on a motor trip for some time was wtl cimed back to the club bv the preiden v b rumlev plars for speaker er announced three short films shown mens club lst thursda saw mising turnout at thi meet ng of st atban the brotherhoid of anglican churchmen following the business meeting prtided oetr bv tht prisdent cl nton tavlor much ntertt was hown in tht f 1ms aero s arctic ungav i home town paper nd are ju l stening clinton tajlor reported annual convention of thi over 100 tots and their itlended the cradle roll tea in knox prcsbtenan church on wed nesday afternoon may 5 mrs f j hassard president of the w m s and ihe ladies of the congreg jtion entertained the group rev and mrs armstrong welcomed them at the door most pro rev armstrong howed slides to b month the children and they enjojed chapter of games and coloring in the bos ment of the church nder super meanwhile the mothers ji rwnds were served lea upstairs mrs h l bennie sopirintcndent f the cradle roll wis assisted b nd mi laura grej the secrelar musical numbers were given bj he mrs mcknight and mrs m mc a- cullough institute decoration day in acton decoration dai which its plan ning committee hopes will become ar annual evert for the commun v w ii be held m acton this vear on sundu turn 20 a parade and brief service will precede placing of legio flu i fair lew and dublin cemt tines d c on to hold decoration dav fir thi town stemmed from the lik di ch ptir iode arnudi practice of decorating gnv es if service mm and chapter member on remembrance dav a letter wc written to the free press suggest deeroratie ton branch of the co operate several organizations i scnted at an initial plan ing held last fndav even ic patrick w of the decoratif ind mrs a orr for tht parade id the ac soc i a ti on and both chapters of the agreed to iode proposed decoration day plans ere rtprc m t with definite approval and dis ung miet cussion centred on the program of ng the dav named chairman 1 although plans are not vet finaliz i dav committee ed it is expected a parade will be cretan marshall h w lth at lai two bands includ i til ix dr a j de attending the meeting were 1 1 kion legion ladies auxiliarv firemen wo men s institute the ministerial as actor c t zens band the pa halt at the cenotaph where thursday a wieaen will be laid from the town i st ti n tl nd district ithis will in no sense ln takt the place of remembrance day f ow r g cl i cular the social meeting for acton wi guelph lodge pays fraternal visit ard m p v i k l ik ever- re th ri f servici being planned iinisieml association will t it fairvi iw remcten or mt if rin in a church pecud that al thr grave of ti r m pn v uslv marked 1c pot f geraniums will d thi r a ill bt an oppor r am m n placi fh ral r k a v of f e t thus m hrfrte pe mt out n dv s tx fi r th mt which i hi id inn alii 1 r tt finanrd hi rt re dt f tit ir pus iin tht totil nd icliil cost a very ijugr incremiw but wh ls there so much dif fe rente mai f tvlir demind e i bttw en the bill this t ir and thr veir dr oike lis spokt ut h r mil rituik ni either ith bill hid eve c me as uch a blow to ihi comm ssmn bu u t th s jir mr parker replied ins t xpi ru nci d i very lirge inert n the cost of power 7 per kilowatt higher the spoke sm in wint in to idv le how gions ire billed is a whole ust divided to shire he then i into a summar of causes bejond labor ind materials costs ncreast which wvtv responsible for the light r late to the mm ici- pahttci bianng est m ite on the final eost lot il i f the frequency vlj nili id zulinii program was held i- one of ihe major causes to the iffect of dtarer hjdro mr parker later reviewing the disposition of the commission s cash balance ind operating stale mint cautiuned members against ionfusinl money not in the bank with moncj shown on the balance statement money on paper major tyler remarked here thit t was ralh r difficult for the com mission to pay its bills with money in paper for some time facts and fpecu lations o asseus liabilities obli gations the coming debenture issue operiling costs and capital jutlaj constituted the gist f the conversation hanging over all these corusidera uons was the needling quandary of the commission fard with mount ing obligations in having ar actual deficit and at the same time own ing a theoretical cash balance mr parker urged the commiss ion to reguute its spending care fully and ht predicted the latter part of fchis car may see a definite improvement in financial status hf offered to assist the members oy taking up i balance sheet for stuay ever three months immediate before the two re presentatives left mtmoers ques tioned them on what marine or means to pa ihe 13th bill deficit or 5 760 88 m ght be available when there were no funds available to do it just hat h comm m on could not cleirly made known study oil heatlnc ng to o her business in uit four and a half hour commission heard two m locil bus nccsmen i r for costs and par- islatlation of oil heal g units in the puc s buddings members decided to seek further firmaton on this miter before tikir th actu a de new business block at mill john sts ir al bv a at rrworkt j iamr 1 on the e c ver rd etded rv alio ot d ihjl e bower av home h had con- ipuined ks had been rejeeud er t est as f u per wa i rotrd th in m 1 eek j r n d-r- add t r- m 1 ei bu- re iai mrr rg rrg frrrr i rabtle rruuom peraluriun egarriirg a r dt ck biild g ap rtne featu be large face- m 1 1i of the r a b- d g peanut day parade here last saurdav was featured by tr everpopular peanut studded float and s lauoh na mr peajt me ne aeon c t zens bad ard n the lead this trio of baton twirlers who e tc r qm are adele lanarctie fayeardrews and dorothy dawk ns treet s de to occupy h s ers late th s jind alorg the hvdr s ipe- rtendtt d mason prlrd a dff t r w r ng t the fp rj r j a t a 1aji r tttw f r a gereral d ciif r arot some f itr peul ar es of the ipc s publ c relation act vi- coflfiniuc on pag trn