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thursday april 36th 1956 the acton free press acton ontario m page turks after graduationwhat next a good position of course with a secure future i the canadian banking system offers young men of 1720 years of age with proper qualifications and ambition the opportunity of attaining a high degree of promotion in v6ry short time visit the local man- ager of the bank of nova scotia and obtain further particulars 1 tax notice 1956 municipality of acton first instalment now due attention is drawn to the payment of 1956 taxes which are now payable fin four instalments taxes are payable to the municipal treasurer at the acton public utilities office instalments are due as follows first instalment may 1 second instalment june 15 third instalment atkmisjl 15 fourth instalment october 15 according to the tax collection bylaw a penalty of m of i per cent per month will be added on the amount remaining un paid after the first day of may this penalty applies to each instalment in a similar manner the attention of ratepayers is directed to the penalties and other clauses as printed on the reverse side of every tax kotice and explained in detail on every tax bill make p n a take tour tax notice with yotj when making payment j aacgeaghie collector plan tritown cnib fund campaign at annual meeting of halton board the spring meeting of the hal- ton advisory board of the canadian national institute for the blind was held in the sunday school room of st pauls united church milton last week with represent atives from all municipalities in the county attending after a dinner served by the mr and mrs club of the church chairman g f thomp son welcomed those present thank- ed the members for their cooper ation and expressed his appreciat ion of trie work being done in the county in his report wesley stanley field secretary thanked the mern- bers and officials of the municip alities for their support he outlin ed what had been accomplished sincethe- last meeting he referred to the coming annual campaign for funds and asked the support of all to this worthy cause mr stan ley also mentioned the official op ening of the new premises baker- wood on bayview ave toronto treasurer h r willis gave a re sume of the expenditures since th last meeting plan financial c plans for the annual financial campaign were discussed house to house campaigns will be conducted in georgetown milton and acton the committees in these areas are indebted to the members of the iode and other welfare organ izations for assistance the oak- ville group cooperates with the oakville trafalgar bronte good i neighbor committee and shares in their collections the halton coun- i ty council also makes an annual contribution through the kindness of dr and mrs j a m bell the joint annual haltonpel picnic will gain be held at the appleby college grounds this year committees will be named to work in conjunction with those appointed from peel county blind persons and those with sight look forward each year to this outing to round off a successful even ing miss joyce hicklingand miss jean whitela from cnib head- corilnn strain rr 1 ml torn markers monuments cemetery lettering quotations by appointment phone milton tr 86522 quarters showed some films de picting the work being done for the blind especially the children and also for those with partial sight preventing blindness and giving guidance to those needing such help is as necessary as the work with those who have completely lost their sight the films and ex planations of this phase of amel iorating the conditions of the blind were much appreciated rev j l blair minister of st pauls church said grace g e ell- iiott qc milton extended the thanks of the gathering to all who had contributed towards the suc cessful meeting debenture or not puc uneasy on this question continued from page one es about town requiring higher levels superintendent duby also an swered questions regarding a bro ken water ljneonthe property of t brankiewicz it was believed this line broke following digging nearby by telephone crews the matter is to be looked into the secretary read a small sheaf of correspondence including not ification the hydro school course will continue for some time a re minder of the ome hydro jub ilee may celebration iii kitchener risl u new look opening thursday april 26 a copy of a court deciahw d with fluoridation of water in a specific case seek more satisfaction midway through last weeks meeting twojepresenia of the ratepayers association appeared to find further satisfaction from the commission on its attitude toward meter readers entering houses association president h lowe said he was not satisfied with a reply from the commission sent following a complaint that a glen- lea housewife was frightened when a meter- reader entered her home the reply had pointed out the commission has access to its met ers at all reasonable times to mr lowes criticisms chair man cakes said discreet entry has long been a practice of the com missions meter readers and there has never been any intent to cause fright or inconvenience to house holders i j mr lowe insisted that it is nec- essary for a meter reader to con tact the householder first before 1 1 enteringtq read the meter pointing out there was a right of privacy be ing violated when this was not done why sadden complaints chairman oakes replied that for years there have been no comp laints from actons new or older residents over meter reading he wondered why sudden complaints spring up from a group of new families who move into town hydro superintendent mason and secretary mcgeachie both asked if mr lowe realized when a hydro contract is signed the consumer gives permission for commission access to the meter at anyreasora- nhle hour mr lowe said he did not real ice this argument continued with both participants repeating their con tentions in the end the commis sionagreed todiscuss the mattef further later after the associat ion representatives left members talked over their specific legal position but offered to make no changes in meter reading policies waterworks accounts acton ptjc hydro accts 23167 bell telephone scrv 1785 kentner and wygn plast ering 4600 r thompson fuel ltd 3576 harlockschultz ltd mdse 6713 acton free press mdse 1804 r e lee industrial prod mdse 4900 can brass co mdse i340h wallace and tiernnn ltd mdse 8784 whithnms garage gas 10 so roys electric scrv repairs 525 chronicles of ginger farm written specialty for the acton pieefprtn biy v gwendoline p clarke 703 2i oranges apiece night only 69 pm limit one dor per customer ledgers i g a see ad on next page principal ingredient the principal ingredient in the cost of a product is labour labour in mine or forest in trans portation in factory and office in wholesale and retail outlets at every stage of production and distribution from the extraction of the raw material to the ultimate sale of the finished product cost is added in the form of wages it because wages are so allimportant they must be right with relation to the services rendered higher wages are sensibaa only whan accompanied by greater productivity disturb this balance and high- i r pricas are inevitable when prices get too high sales go down when sales go down there are fawer jobs steel company of canada limited montkal 6ananqque hajultom iiantf0i0 totontq n e l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office at 48 mill st e acton hours 1 30600 fvenings by a for appointment telephone 115 hydro arrounts petty cash exp trans m coxo stoker repairs w li bracken ins prem ium bell telephone seiv 1 b mackenzie and son coal toth motors acct addrrsscigrnph m u 1 t i- graph mdse j k johnstone pirts service etc f terry postage whithnms garage has ellis howard ltd mdse mnrdonnld elec screws w knell co ltd mdse northern elec mdse fedoral wire and cable co wire snngamn ltd mclsc roc gen of can meter inspection can line materials mdse 3275 ti iav 15 100 o0 iri 7g0 43080 210xi 85 ml 250 29 20 packard elec mdse hepcof ont march power consumption three weeks ago spring flower ing bulbs were pecking through the ground they are still peek ing no more and no less for spring still terries while the wea therman treats us to frosty nights and occasional snowflurrles daughter was here sunday and she was reminding me that on april 17tast year she was in hospital and i had taken her some fresh stew ed rhubarb straight from the garden according to the date it is now a week later and yet the rhubarb this year is no more than an inch above- the ground nobody minds a late winter or fall or even summer but a late spring that is harder to take everything within us and around us longs for the spring for the rebirth of flowers and trees and shrubs those who are well and active and busy about their days work welcome the spring but to those who are not so well to the conval escents to those who weary of the four walls of a house to all such persons spring is doubly welcome so for those people in particular we most sincerely hope that good healthgiving days are not too far away and when they came make the most of them friends you who are house- weary take time to be outofdoors dust will wait but violets wont get out and enjoy the sunshine it is good for what ever ails you we are certainly hoping for a lit tle warm weather because as soon as he can play outdoors our grand son is coming to visit us all by himself and it will certainly take the great outdoors to use up some of his surplus energy so heres hoping for his sake and ours too in the meantime whatever the weather we have plenty to interest us outside and the interest is likely to be maintained for some time surveyors from the depart ment of highways are nil over thi farm mapping out a cjoverleaf for no 401 half if which will be on our farm i suppose they h what they are- doing blit it is alt a mystery to us one tijjie we look out and wo see from one to three cars and six or seven men half an hour later the ears inay be gone and no sign of activity anywhere qr maybe one rar will be at the road no men in sikht but by rustys insistent barking we know men are somewhere around- here there anywhere we dont know sometimes they arrive before eight am sometimes they dont show up a t ill to keep track of thetn would be one grinri guessing game it is also noccssnry to forget sentiment hkt the surveyors tie busy first nf all tliey bring in a card which says that surveyors will find it necessary to enter your property am that a valuator will arrange to make settlement in re gard to an damages that is fine as far as it goes birt ran a valu ator assess the worth to you real or sentimental of a tree or n group of trees we have evergreens on our prop erty that were set out the first sale meeting plans by knox auxiliary the president mrs vera jnglis 1 was hostess for the april meeting of the knox alcrt auxil iary mrs margaret mccuilough was convener of the program- mrs joyce adams and mrs bennie took the devotions and mrs gladys dav idson sang a solo the last chapter of the study book was taken by mrs clifton assisted by mrs- ineson mrs arm strong mrs mccuilough and mrs bennie a vote of thanks was giv en to mrs clifton for the manner in which she has presented the study book it has been a real plea sure to take part in the presentat ion or to listen to the study book this year memrtbers agreed the president took charge of the business plans were completed for trie talent and baking sale to be held in the vacant store next tothe bank of montreal plans were also completed for the thankocfering meeting to be field next month and other details of business were dis cussed the lunch committee served a delicious lunch of a variety of fruit breads and an enjoyable half hour over the tea cups followed greens he begged them to save the trees he was assured the trees would not be destroyed unless it became necessary with that he had to be satisfied those trees took over 30 years to grow and could not be replaced by a similar growth for another 30 years also during our first year on the farm we planted maples down the lane only a few of them lived 42020 year we cme 1- ran 111111 12un seedlings vc have watched them 12070 4 8 row to sturdy trees 20 to 30 feet high when partner saw the sur- 1355084 veyors workmg aiming the over- we treasured the survivors it may be that one or more of them will topple under the official axe we shiill be compensated in cash maybe but in other ways well as t said before we- have tor stifle sentiment for that way leads to heartache in the meantime partner has his own guessing game and a little more work at the barn a fresh cow and a newborn calf to con tend with and then he comes to the house and we get talking about the contrariness of natures laws many times when we were ship- ping milk to the dairy we hoped for heifer ralves to replace old cows going out so what did we get more hull calves than we wanted of course one season wo had 12 bull calv es and one heifer another year two little heifers and the rest bulls now with the idea of raising vcal ralves we keep only two or three rows so now what d we get heifer calves no less and last year if you remember the first cow to freshen after we sold most of our milking herd present er us with twin calves and heifers at that sometimes it looks as if vo u cant win whatever you plan nitiire ishabli- to throw every thing into reverse which riiiunds n a young couple in toronto hjive a very nice house eat thev are also expecting their first blesscrl event norma hunks it would he unwise to keep a oit when the baby arrives so wtien she was going home for a f days last week she asked ted 1 find a new home for the eat with some friends who had said lv would like her ted of course iltlnved this little chore until tlv weekend friday night he came home from the office to find tab by proudly mothering four kit tens quite an unlookcd for event ee to me mme c folk norrt a little instruction about the facts f life poor norma she was wor ried about- one eat and now she jiis five va meet your bank manager i hes easy to meet and a good man to talk things over with not just because he knows a lot about banking but because he can be counted on to apply that knowledge ajid experience to your particular need to him banking is more than dollars and cents more than figures in a iedjjer to him banking is the opportunity to workv with people through bank services to help with your problems your hopes and plans that is what he has been trained to do that is what he likes to do youll find hes a good man to know the chartered bahjcs serving your coma u hit v u rthz i a c v im r i l