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a vw wvv fv hmttttt halton leads canada in per capita t b seal sales tuberculosis ageold destroyer of health suffered a measured re- butt in halton county hut j year ccssful in view of the usefulness of the results halton- an example j ik h th i at tho outset oftho mo jb growing nrengtn or me j ybjcerctory of the ontor i i county tb associations prcyentat i lye an educational programs tec ordmaklng christmas seal sales and aadlctl assistance budget an overflow audience at monday nights annual meeting heard spea ker and officers of the robust as- delation tick off the years stand out achievements these included standout achievements 1 a 14 per cent increase in seal sales for a 1954 total of 16186 which breaks down to a 321 cents per capita return the highest in canada completion of a countywide survey conducted by professional pollsters to estimate public know ledge of tbs sources characterist- ica prevention and cure extent increase in the years grant to thf mountain sanitorium to make a total donation of 5000 and a substantial increase in allowance lor educational service greater funds for 1955 to further social service and rehabilitation work mobilize a travelling clinic for the north end of the county begin another mass xray survey step up the diagnostic method of detection and broaden the reach of tb education hanger of complacency while impressed with jhe itftect ofthese achievements in lowering the tb death rate the 130 person in trafalgar township hall were warned by more than one speaker that a danger of ruinplaceiicy lies in reports of success tb is still prevalent dr h t ewprt medical superintendent of the mountain sanatorium remind ed his audience three to five million people still die annually of tb the guest speaker stated arid some 50000- 000 people are suffering from this infectious disease in the world to day turning to history and known statistics dr ewart explained how improvements in social habits and medical science hove reduced the oncefrightening ratio of 400 tb deaths per 100000 to 10 per 100000 in less than two centuries going farther back he traced the toll of tb on human life since the time of hippocrates through the blood letting of the middle ages to the starvationsuffocation remedies of thrornanticage table tb survey despite the contrasts in todays remarkable advances in diagnosis and prognosis this consumptive killer is still the number one in fectious disease the speakcon- cluded ba was introducedby drr w anderson oakville and thank ed at the conclusion of his address by bruce macnab milton a highlight of monday nghts meeting was the tabling of the hal ton survey on tb awareness con ducted for the ontario tb assoc iation w c dalgleish public rel ations director of the halton organ ization reviewed the- category of questions asked indicated how come of the answers might be in terpreted and briefly discussed re sults of the poll when considered in a directive or measuring stick sense although it was evident the public is lacking in some specific areas of knowledge about tb the association and the health unit the survey is still regarded as suc- io tb association stressed tib is a community problem and should not be shrugged off to the govern ments or medical profession he referred to the importance of co operation with the health unit in preventive measures and carrying through treatment backed by the teamwork of all organizations mr olbrien credited the halton association with the biggest christmas sen sale of any area in canada dr l holling of the ontario de partment of health nlso spoke of- v the exemplary reputation of the hrphlilton organization and emphasiz ed the role of volunteer groups in the fight against tb treasurer d himiltonwxight oakville revealed 1954s sale of seals in the county returned 16- 138 an increase of 2075 ove last years sales of 14063 he said sales totals in four yearn have quadrupl ed credit for this the treasurer indicated should be given to mrs m e lunau the act se president reviews year mr hamiltonwright also pres ented- the mountain sanatorium superintendent with a cheque for 2000 additional to 3000 already turned over to this institution later the treasurer retiri this year from the organization and leaving oakvlle was presented with a briefcase by president r f bean president bean of acton review- ed th highlights of th yearv work and noted particularly the patch test program in halton schools results so fa have shown only two per cent positive react ion it was later reported the president reelected for 1955 office disclosed n travelling chest clinic iinmderconsidctationotthr north end of the county as a major pail of 1955s detection efforts one of a throepoint program outlined for the years activities he outlin ed the other two aims of associat ion action for 1955 as a stepup of educational efforts and wider dis bursement of funds on tb patients and with postsah cases secretarys report in her secretarys report mrs lunau said halton had 21 patients in sanatoria during the past year there were five deaths anions consumptives she went on to out line the allotment of money in 1954 for social anj rehabilitation work then turned to statistics on the 1954 seal sale the current campaign was the most successful yet over 12000 letters were sent out and each one averaged a return of 128 is55s a v crage return was 11 r con tributor donated arv average of 291 she said concluding mrs lunau thanked the organization and citizens of- halton for support in making this the banner coun ty in ontario officers named monday night for 1955 arc president r f bean acton vicepresident e c foster rr 3 campbellville treasurer b harrison oakville medical advis ory committee dr a f bull moh dr w l anderson oakville ex ecutive secretary mrs m e lun au oakville directors h c mor ris oakviuc g gowland milton mrs mary s pettit rr 2 bur lington n craig burlington k r 1 stall photo hatton tb association reported the most successful year in its history monday at the annual banquet attended- bypverh 30 here secretary mrs aa e luuau hands a cheque for 2000 completing a 5000 donation to dr h- trewarf superintendent of mountain sanatorium r f bean centre of acton was renamed president womans clothing choicer are found a womans- shortle coat with one glove and nn imitation pearl choker mysteriously turned up near the stlvercreek hill the find was made by frank os- beck rr 4 georgetown and was taken to the district police office in milton proc rejects saunders fund donation power costs enough mothtp leaval hospital shortly v dr archie f bull medical cf flrnr nt henlth for halton county health unit is progressing satis factorily it is expected he will be discharged fromthe hospital with in a short time but it will be nec essary for him to use crutches for a while abandoned car near rock wood harold rudd 19 of gnelph who escaped from the reformatory late saturday night was recaptured by police monday evening he was re captured without difficulty at his guelph home while the jail break charges have not yet been laid by reformatory official- rudd was faced with three charges when he appeared before his worship he is charged with hbusobfbaturig through alleged ent ry to a guelph house chief a e lambert revealed rudd is also charged with theft of two automo biles that were sfblen in guelph during the weekend one vehicle owned by dr how ard neely guelph disappeared from nnpvstreet during the early hours of sunday morning and was found abandoned sunday night about two miles from rock wood provincial police laid a charge against rudd of brooking into a garage at rockwood where entry had been gained sunday by break ing a window rtfdd was serving a term of two years less one day imposed at hamilton a plea for contributions to the r h saunders memorial fund entered through the hejc with the enddfcation of the ontario municipal electric association got a deaf ear from acton public util ities commissioners last week when hie letter was unanimously ordered raise 1060 altogether 1060 has been collect- ed in the- rotary clubs easter- seal jhacdonald georgetown mrs m i campaign club treasurer walter featherston halton wi president j woodburn announced this week b macnab rr 6 milton public donations for crippled childrens relations w r dajgleish oakville work continue to come in childrens aid annual child psychologist attacks prizes dr w e blatz psychologist and describing the education of a director of the institute of chilii study warned against prizes and competition m the class room when he addressed one of the largest crowds ever ti attend the annual meeting of the halt hi children- aid society in st pauls united church milton on thursday even ing of last week children are being biought up on the bais of the more skills learned the more treney they can make but verv little attention is child dr blatz pointed out child ren in nureryschoals between two aud five are interested in learning to solve a problem they themselves have set if it goes on to a point where the child seems unable to accomplish they have tomper tan trums and no problem can be so- vd when angir gets out of control y should prolong this period of ambition but train a child never to go beyond the point where he lore- his temper and that takes 16 to 18 successful drive for waste paper paid to tlu- development of jheir aaiars the speaker declared emotions lives the speaker said dr blatz stressed when a child mr blatz was introduced by dr has a temper tantrum to leave him h v cranfield of the society for i alone since they will never get thecoming year who reminded the j what they want because pf their audience dr blatz was a contro versial fisrr how can we train children to take care of anger the speaker questiohed proceeding to suggest that you always want something and when youre presented with a problem you cant solve you emote when we start to get upset we get more efficient dr blatz em phasized illlustrallng by suggesting you will climb a higher wall faster when chased toy a bull than if youre just going to pick a prim rose f psychologist that if a child wants something and cant et it but is willing to try that is anger which assists him in learn ing the skill scouts arid cubs held one of their most successful paper collections to date 6n saturday the boys call ed doortodoor and readied bundl ed of pape at the roadside as trucks combed every street the paper was taken to guelph pointed outlsaturdayafternootiand some hai to be left in the scout hall for fur ther pickup the groups have regular paper drives to swell the treasury inefficiency due to anger if they are assisted to what they want by others they realize the tantrum is the way io achieve their goal and thesepeople grow up to sulk the sulking is a threat that if a person doesnt get vvhut they vat t will be too bad where do you think o many- mink coats come from the speaker joked thrill of success no child eve got anywhere with ut ustuncri enthusiasm the psychologist emphaized suggest ing competition should be elimina ted from the classroom in the form of mirks the thrill of solving pro blems mijst be substituted to substitute the desire to learn for the competitionforced necessity to leirn dr blatz suggested no classroom should have more than 20 children teachers must be selec ted because they have a call to teaching the same as any minister prizes marks and honor rolls have to be abolished which are all de vised of a poor teacher to stimu late and the enthusiasm of the pupils must be used through primary school were more interested in the children making mistakes rather than pass ing exams the people with the filed the letter pointed out unit since public utility bodius are not legal ly constituted to make outright foliations to such a fund the om ea would request for the fund committee through vhe hepc on be h a if of the municipali i don- ation tliat wuuld not exceed two cents per kilowatt the two cents per kilowatt would be added to the cost of power to those municipalities desiring to donate the letter continued the local commission took little time in deciding the cost of- power was high enough even without an additional two cents per kilowatt earlier in last weeks brief ses sion the secretary reported j 379 settlement from an insurance com pany for local commission cost in volved in the replacement of a pole and wires knocked down at the western edge of town when an ac cident occurred there last winter members discussed extension problems in laying a water- linv down in the eastern section of towi a proposal from the association ol municipalelectrical utilities to hire a- profession employee relat ion- consultant at a fee of 25 yearly to members the size of ac ton was quickly turned down whci it was noted an additional fee- would be charged if the consultant e ere called in during hydro superintendent d masons report read by the secret ary it was decided to follow the same procedure used last decem ber for meter reading arrangements while commission employee a duby is supervising on loan to the town a question of hiring another hydro department employee- in view of an impending work in crease due to subdivision activity was deferred the report also noted weather proof wire had been purchased for niw lines tosubdivisions waterworks superintendent j lambert reported sewer flushing underway some trouble had dev- eloped in the blockage of one lateral connector hesaid but was being looked after complaints were reported from n local woman regarding- condition of her lawn as a result of adjac ent lateral installation work members talked over arrange ments for the installation pf two temporary water services on cobble hill prior- to permanent lines being put in h mayor e tylei- reported that an underground telephone line broken by sewer extension shovel work u as not the responsibility of the commissi ti since a goahead tj dis continued on page ten honor hockey team at banquet dance acton junior farmer hockey team was honored at a banquet n fin miock burn school monday night acton junior institute sponsored the special event which was follow ed by a dance president kay stanley and sec retary ida archibald received the kuests and miss stanley presided qnbchalf rol histeajn- materr charlie thompson presented a matching leather wallet and key case to glenn scott the playing coach county president john picket was among the guests archie kerrs orchestra playei for dancing bill somerville president of the acton juniors read the following utter from miss sybil bennett house of commons apr 5 1955 upar lilenn will you please accept for your self and pass on to all members of your team my very warm congrat ulations for the wonderful win you have made at- the same tirrf i send you my best wishes for fut ure success please reniombci nw tontl trr boys on the team many of whom i know very well yours faithfully sybil bennett mp halton scouts cubs have church parade on sunday acton scouts and cubs held a church parade to knox presbyterian church with their lead ers david dills murray scoyne and gordon ringler about 45 boys sat together in the church tor the ser vice cubmaster scoyne read the scrip ture lesson and rev armstrong directed his remarks on loyalty par ticularly to the boys other acton unions pledge support to iuew movements while organizers of the commun ist dominated united electrical workers continue efforts here to recruit enough workers at the s g smallwood firm to become bar gaining agents representatives fn the rival cio union are in town this week quietly grouping strength to succeed where the uk ha so far failed the international union of elect rical itaili and machine workers tcio cxmi are reported this week to he contacting officers of other union locals affiliated with the cio in acton industries the field representatives for the iukw are a knipfol and ii a ilndaway mr knipfel told the free press today the support if halton mp ufrges commuter trains the cpmmons representative from halton miss sybil bennett wednes day urged that the cnr provido commuter service here equal t6 that given montreal commuters miss bennett said that fastgrow ing residential areas west of toron to have only five cnr- local trains thn can be used for commuting the area around montreal mean while had 22 such trains although its population was little more than halfthai of the districts along lake ontario west of toronto miss bennett- asked that fast pas senger trains not now used for com muting be required to stop for nmrniog and evening commuters tin time had come wham popula tion krilwlh iirouhd such centres as toronto warranted the cntls con sidering increasing its intrurlan service icspite a cam port last night of one rural mun icipality s disagreement with ac ton councils decision to bar the redled ue the use of the town- hall wires and letters of support and commendation continue to reach ihc mayor and council re garding their standon- page 9 of ttfis issue is a digest if laudat ory opinion sent from private citizens and organizations in ontario and quebec top ybowit feted at banquet acton ymca ladies bowling league concluded their winter pro gram with a turkey dinner lasst thursday at the dominion hotel y secretary bob brayshawwond mrs ilrayshaw were special guests and mr bray show made the presentat ion of the trophy to the winning team captain mae wilds express ed appreciation 7n behalf 6t hie other members of the team mae dedels marg dedels betty arm strong marion paul and owen price the highest score was won by mary ewing with 350 the most improvement was shown by marlon other cio unions here lias been pledged to the iuew to defeat ef forts of the ue to organize- the smallwood employees public performance no further evidence of the strat egy or tactic of the iuew has been x t is known the paul she beg with 33 and ended organizing methods of the cci with 211 affiliates diffir with the type ol after the program the ladies tctics employed by the independ- adjoumid for a final game at the ent ue i tiuwling alley y independence for the ue was i assured when the cio expelled this trade union from its lists in 1940 after considering proof of communist infiltration in the ues leadership ranks in the present constitution of the cio ascribed to by the cct members are for- ibidden o hold any office in the united electrical workers meanwhile public performances continue to bring attention from reel subscript this years prizes in fishing contest this year there is ah addition al award for the winner of the regular free press rishing con test symon hardware will award a reel to the district per son who reports the largest fish taught this weekend the first weekend of the trout fishing season also awaiting the winner a print of the picture of himself and a years subscription to the lee press those with hefty trout over 10 inches long are asked to call the free press office- on mgnday postpone your meal and keep the fish on ice the free press wants a picture to prove the story acton standards at iode annual the standards of both acton chapters- of the i ode were car ried at the opening ceremonies of the annual meeting of the provinc- ial chapter of the iode miis marguerite ryder carried thf r daily newspapers to the activiues u i j i z iiu u r i i i dard of the lakeside chapter and of the ue here over the weekend j k mrs l agar the standard of the three daily papers reported the ue it ui t t j j u j duke of devonshire chapter osficers had petitioned the hon tx i mrs b mowat was the official charles daley ontario minister of u t rv w delegate of the duke of devonshire labor to intervene on their behalf j chapter mrs j wnitham and mrs under the unfair practices section i v i j d j jany also attended during the of the labor relations act i i i lthreedayconvenlinn to approach council mrs ron langford was the offic- saturday the ue staged a short j ial delegate of the lakeside chap- motor tour of acton with a string ter of placarded cars which came ino j there were 49 standards alto- town from the direction of guelph j k at the opening ceremonies in the cards on the autos advertised j tne rval connaught hotel ham- apparently the occupants opinion- j uton wednesday of last week ov- o certain actori people and instit- j er 1000 attended utions j mrs l skuce of miltor was re- no uriusual incidents iir unusual f elected provincial councillor interest were reported during the progress of the motorcade through i town wednesday a notice was received in the office of the clerk that ue l epresentalives will approach coun cil from a different direction next monday night through the forma procedure of delegation elsewhere the public continues to be reminded of the ues pres ence by the rink and yellow pamphlets which every few days distribute opinioh about labor con ditions in actori from a guelph office viewpoint excitement mounting as voting for queen for a week begins best in vn tors we have it within our hands to continued on ge ten car somersaults onto creek bed a car which slid from its parking space in eden mills last thursday into the creek had to be haulei back up to the road the car set out by itself while its driver mrs john funk of eden mills was shopping it careened down a hill smashed through a guard fence and plunged 20 feet to the rocky bottom of the creek it turned a complete somersault land- swers havafren i r th nr the garage at which john punk is head mechanic hauled up the vehicle damaged to ah extent of acton is acquiring its annual taste fo peanuts and acton high school students are wondering just fvvhat theyd like most to see in new york as the novel rotary iqiien for a week contest gets un- dorway this week batftjt bpxe- arc begmningto be fed thise bright pink ballots which bear the n3me- ot lucky high school girli for the first time the rotary club peanut day committee is hold ing a contest in conjunction witn the annual fundraising project any high school girl is cligibe for the double trip to new york to votes are given with each tin of peanuts sold and 6ne with each package 1 was a doortodoor canvass on wednesday evening as rotarians plugged their salty wares these rotarians are among the few who realize the value of the clubs work as help with local crippled children is kept confidential knowledge of this past work increases their en thusiasm in this current drive several questions have been ask edaboutthisnovel c who is eligible any acton high school girl in any grade who goes with- her on the fabul- ous trip to new york he may take anyone of her qhoosing pro vided she has her parents per mission every girl at the chon has a eharee of entering the finals on saturday april 30 all the votes will be counted and the names f the topi 10 will be immediately an- unceil rt stre windows through out the town these girs will hav their pictures take monday for next weeks freo press then on the eenng of peanut day all 10 runnersup will gathcr in the roxy theatre where the final tabulations will be made right up to the last minute i the name of the grand winner will be announced and she will be crowned- the rotary queen- for a week l for her and her companion the trip to new york the most famous city on the continent follows the prize will include transportation hotel accommodation tickets and even spending money detailed plans are being made this week in toronto with the assistance of art padbury those precious votes may be de- posited in ballot boxes at coopers drug store the tja the bowling alley carrolls or the roxy theatre jim ledger stressed this week small crowd hears last band concert a disappointingly small yet ap preciative audience applauded the last concert of the season given by acton citizens band concerts have been held regularly sunday evenings in the public school audit orium mayore tylerbsrnasterofeere motties expressed the hope of those present that the concerts would continue next year r guest artists were again fsatured on the program frajik bean sang several solos accompanied by george elliott and joe seelen played the accordion vic carter of peorgetown and fred lcce of bramptr gave cornet and euphon ium d-uet- bandmaer p rrott conducted a varjed program of barl elections wh asistit bindmaster rudolph spielvngel takrng the bajn for one number 1300 children are to receive vaccine the third inoculation- of polio vaccine for children in grades 1 and 2 will be postponed at least seven months as was suggested by the provincial department of health the halton county health unit announced officially this week the children in grade 3 will re ceive their first injection of vac cine during the second week of may and will receive the- second injection four weeks later possibly the week of june 13 about 1300 children will be elig ible for this vaccine thetime andplaee f euttkf- will be announced lajter i i everybodys eating peanuts feeding wlu be late this year twki hv