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t thursday december 29 1955 the acton free press acton ontario page thrbb d j armstrong dc c h i r o p r a c t o r 6 john st acton erintwp council setsadjustments erin township council met in regular session at hillsburgh rec ently ah members were present with reeve harold griffin presid ing nthe reeve was authorized to pro claim tuesday- december 27 1955 obituary funeral december 17 for t e hardie pallbearers at the funeral of tihomas edward hardie who was buried in mimosa disciple cemet ery mimosa- dec 17 were nor man matthews wes gray garnet gray bert gibson harvey hunt roy couitei scivuf in quelph was conducted by rev r baulch of 0rr 2 campbell vi lie mimosa presbyterian church mr hardie is survived by his wife the former hazel matthews and children john of aetohr-dav- id of corwhin delxher and russell of guejph mrs harvey hodgins and vera at guelph one son george edward predeceased ihim rockwqoo ovisfmas day- church services well attended concert friday services on sunday were well at tended at st johns church holy communion was observed at 11 am at the presbyterian church christ mas hymns were the order and mr douglas blacks message yas christmas jods gift on the communion table a large family bible lay open at the portion of st lukes gospel second chapter dealt with the birth of christ the book being hanked- by tall candle sticks on each side chare entertainment the annual christmas entertain ment of the united church sunday school was held friday evening wifft a target attendance of parents and friends of the young folks who carried out their parts under the direction of their teachers in good fottm mr robert leslie was chairman for the occasion for the curst part of the program christmas hymns were shown on the screen with miss marian mccanncl at the con sole of the organ and dave ben- ham with his accordion during the program dave benham contrib uted musical numbers which were much enjoyed iby the congregation at the conclusion of the program santa ctous iput in his appearance and was assisted in the distribution of numerous gifts as a result of milder weather during the weekend and followed by q drop in temperature good skating was enjoyed on hoxtops mill dam on hhe monday holiday christmas season passed off quietly in town family gatherings were observed in some homes with the usual festivities in evidence a few of the holiday visitors in town miss enid mcnabb of toronto mr and mrs reg micks and members of family of cbiatham mr and mrs boy smith of ar ris mr and mrs milton greer and family of aldershot with mr and mrs fred day at ancaster on ohristmas day 8wsssi8ska5 aowltdc kction was brief on the bowling front last week most of the leagues confining their efforts to christmas ro deardmore dec 19 cutsole were on their way to make history when they blasted curry tor the first two can tos but curry recovered from the shock in time to uncork a hot last rome roll which included megll- loways 531 single to shut cutsole off from the totals chromes go with rolling room was a duplicate of the previous go with jturkosxa 708 tricount the feature despite a whites 713 340 effort beamhouse only managed to salvage one game from their hassle with- upper leather league standing rolling room 61 curry 61 upper leather 63 beamhouse 20 cutsole 14 ledgers ioa dec 19 his moved farther ahead in the league race when they made it two and totals from hers best scores came in the singles with d manes 213 g oakes2t3 s bow- en 215 c ledger 201 and di daw- kins 200 xisve standing his 54 hpfs44 for appointment phone 550 boxing day a public holiday the treasurer was authorized to make adjustments of receipts and charges between the township and the police village of hillsburgh and the police village of orton also to pay any township accounts that maybe presented on or before december 31 and also the balance of county tax account amounting to 31809 be paid on or before dec ember 20 members of council are to be paid for services as road commis sioners for 1955 as follows reeve 110 deputyreeve 905 and coun cillors 85 each the treasurer was authorized to refund any over charges on tax bills proved to toe in error when said tax bills have bean paid the following accounts were ex amined and payment ordered gen eral accounts 306190 sheep ac counts 10300 relief accounts 11470 road accounts 201252 pol ice village of hillsburgh road ac count 56619 policemen hosts at first party the halton county police assoc iation played host to about 100 guests at the burlington fire hall where the dhiklren and wives of the members were entertained at che first christmas party tobe held by the association officers and their wives and families were present from milton oakyjlle nelson and burlington constable john phillips at bur another new beginning lington secretarytreasurer of the organization was in charge of the arrangements santa claus gave a story and the children received sweets i palermo acton victorious teams in wees hockey matches a m 1956 is on its way another brand new year i way it prove richly rewarding to you and yours in cood health happiness and the fulhllment of your most cherished desires rumley funeral h m e open this weekend 4qsery0u your new imperial ess0 dealer in this district ballentines service station located a mile and a half east of acton on no 7 highway open new years weekend for gas and oil a happy and prosperous new yearx5ne and all no sitting medrotne hat alta tcppo lice warned motorists they will be tagged for parking meter violations even though they sit in the vehicl es rwitih the engines running along side meters which have expired h s holden optometrist eyes examined glasses fitted 7 douglas st guelph palermo and acton emerged vict orious in the most recent junior farmer puck encounter in milton arena the day after christmas saw the acton juniors not too full of turkey to take an 11 7 win from milton palermo edged ahead of norval 97 in the acuin milton encounter penalties arwl scoring both broke out in the third period by the eixi of the second period aeton had soorcd seven goals five of them bji d mackenzie who was als kept busy with on assist for milton pearson m tasker j will mott and mcdowell had scored there ihad been only one penality to tasker for tripping with the thirxi period came re newed enthusiasm both for scoring and for infractions milton player g gillies took two goals and an assist mcdowell a goal and willmott two assists ac ton kept ahcnd with four more counters scored by scott from m sprowl w sonricrvi lie from scott scott and wheeler penalties mad- an impressive list fi home game for midgits ife sch thur here the group has played three games so far in their i league with milton and george town their first win was a shutout came with milton 30 fred currie scored all three goals george wil liamson in the nets held the milton team scoreless bob coxe took the only penalty bf the game rudd grocery phone 446 acton off he ice from acton were ov erland for interference de blauw for tripping wheeler for cross chocking and roughing overlnnrt for roughing somerville for high sticking overland for interference and wheeler for hooking for mil ton j wilhmott for grabbing the puck c gillies for roughing m tasker fon tripping j willmott for slashing and c mccarai for high sticking while norval began in fine form scoring five goals in the first period a five goal repeal from palermo in the third copped the game for them price iplayed a stel lar game for palermo counting two goals in the first inning an assist in the second and four goals in the third d vivian scored the last goal of the game on a shot from d pcl- letterio tient to the sidelines- with penal ties were r cunningham k hrams and k richardson of nor- l and g richardson three tun es for palermo one of his was a major for fighting three games played in midgets league the acton ff next i unbalanced canada is scored by speaker we are not developing our country to suit the needs of canadians stat ed d w ambridge president of the abitibi power and paper co in a montreal canadian club address the truth is that we are developing it to a great extent as a source of raw materials to supply the needs of the- citizens of the united states there is only one thing wrong with this state of affairs and that is that w4 will never become a wellround ed selfconfident ration if we con tinue to play the role of a raw material supplier ltlctiiot believe that is an acci dent that we have no flag of our owii and that we dont really know what our national anthem is if we are somewhat confused and divided over these outward symbols of nationhood it is because the base on which our nation has so far been built is not broad enough and we are always apprehensive that the whole kaboodle will tip over thercisagreatdanger that our nation will become overdeveloped in some respects and woefully un derdeveloped in others there are many reasons for this danger among others we have the ameri can tariff the lack of hard money in the rest of the free world the high standards of living which pre vail in canada and which prevent our goods from entering into many foreign markets a new hand i at the helm may your course in 1956 be true your pas sage prosperous as a new skip per takes over for another year ft l wright mike coxe plumbing heating eavestroughing pressure systeaas water softeners phon 2- 251 mason blvd acton monuments brampton monument works designs submitted cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop 68 qumfi st w brampton j uiuj air tom nicoi 603w dec 22 combines took over top spot with a 7 point default from ttie floundering carrolls who are des perately casting around for a life line h lawsons return to the ac tive list of dominion hotel spelt disaster for tiger cats lawsons string of 277267257 80i along with n mortons 716 triple account ed for the mckayites two and totals win monte rootes 729 334 was not enough to pull vagabonds up into more than a one and totals win from firemen m holmes 695 stood out for the hose toters league standing combines 63 tiger cats 56 dominion hotel 55 firemen 42 vagalionds 32 carrolls 25 commercial industrial dec 22 owner jack cooke will probably unleash a blast from to ronto when he reads as how goy cartage clobbered his micro plas tics team but good for all games the mudslingers from a- p green wen- not in accord with the christmas spirit or were they and shut out ink smts with nary a point trtamblers found themselves perched alongside of micros when they humbled ridsdales for two and totals l grein 7j1 and harold de forest 710 tricounts were the out- standink scores for the league league standing micro plastics 52 itamblers 52 govs cartage 47 ridsdales 43 a 1 green 41 ink spotsj8 diksa and data wittr the award winners nt was arlie whites 340 sinkle which was too hot for the rest of the loys to handle mid he picked up the car- rolls award as a result jack link home on leave from the navy trundled an k49 tricount to pick up some civilian duds from gnrdme- cutcheon doris townsley with a 273 single and a 690 triple scored for the iedgers iga award and can have the turkey gravy stains re moved from her favorite gown by the taps cleaners by now christmas is over and the new year is around the corner and our wish is that the best that happened to you in 1955 is the worst to befall you in 1956 adios amigos oakville man plans local radio station howard c came former oak- vill- councillor confirmed a report that he is coing ahead with plans for a radio station to serve this area mr caine who is station man- atit at ckfh stilted financing ar rangements for the venture are well under way he said hi will make application for a license to the de- pai tmeiit of transport early in 1956 and hopes to appear before the cbc lioaid of gevornttrs in support of his application in february mr caine disclosed several suit able sites for a transmitter arc available just north of oakville and admitted he had secured an option on a part of the alanmckay farm there handsome model enjoys travels as part of job ottawa cp ever wonder why models model so did a reporter so he asked one i suppose drawled nancy bass its because they want to make the most of what theyve got to sell nancy has been a new york pow ers model for 10 years and although she imhcsitantly confessed to having just turned 31 to a reporters roving eye she looked ft for many more she has brown hair and blue eyes she stands a willowy five feet nine inches in bare feet and weighs 125 pounds the other measurements do 1 have to give them she asked i worry a little about my hips you know the way they sound well 34245 thats what i am nancy who is mrs richard lansing in private life said she got her job with the new york model agency during a vacation in new york city shes been at t ever since shi- started an an hourly rate of 10 now she earns 25 an hour a few new york models she added earn up to 50 but just a few her face has appeared on the covers of maybe six or eight na tional magazines in the- united laabahrtstaa mt tomtomr- vijrtuemenu lately she- has dona much television modelling she said including appearances on jimmy durante show