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3 eightysecond year no 1 1 acton ontario thursdayeseptember 20th 1956 ten pages seven cents acton fair sparkles before tv a despite bad weather saturday was cbld and wet in acton but the dreary weather failed to prevent oyer 3000 local and district people from jflllng ugh the pates of ac park staff photo angus aquatic act a contest hot sponsored was performed impromptu by this 10monthold angus calf shown by glen jackson rr 3 acton glens calf swam fairy lake undoubtedly the first to do sol during unloading saturday morning the calf bolted from the truck made for the northwest point of the park and plunged into fairy lake without turning or looking back the calf swarm to the north shore where he was rounded up brought back to enter less strenuous and drier competition hospital situation studied as oakville seeks 50000 from county council a request for 50000 grant was made to hal ion county council in regular session tuesday by the oakvilletrafaluar hospital tom chisholm appearing on behalf of the hospital board said the hos pital now contained 172 beds and 42 bassinettes our hospital board are out to raise 265000 all of which is being raised from private sources with the exception of the 50000 which we hope will be a grant from this council mr chisholm said warden stanley allen told council the county hospital sur vey is now completed and dr h agnewwill make the presentation of the report at a special meeting of council called for september 36 it was sukkos ted by deputy- reeve don barn trafalgar that all hospitals in the county be deb- cnturcd by the county instead of at the municipal level he also felt it would be wise to have officials of all hospital associations in haltou present at this special meeting to discuss the matter with the county committee i at the wardens suggestion notr ices are to be posted in all county papers inviting interested persons to attend the meeting next wed nesday 1 dont think this matter should be kept quiet and we should have as many here to hear this report as possible warden j allen observed while our board is interested in the report i am here today to j appeal for the grant we need the money now not a year from to- i day mr chisholm concluded in riving a report on the coun- i ty planning committee meetings deputyreeve bath said it was necessary to consult with provinc ial authorities a general meeting was held and it was felt planning should be continued in the south ern scctioi of the county with the exception of nassagaweya and esquesing further studies and meetings will be held members and officials of planning boards in the county will attend stewarttown tender tenders for the stcwarttown bridge and storage shed have been let and construction will com mence as soon as materials are available further study and application will be made to the board of transport commissioners in res- j pect to grade separations at the eighth line trafalgar seventh line esquesing fishers corner and the campbellville crossings detailed estimates will have to be prepared and the board pays 60 per cent the county 25 per cent and the rairway 15 per cent reeve robert marshall stated he i said the town or milton should make trie application for grade separation at the bronte st cross ing of the cpr as this was solely within the town boundaries council approved of accepting their portion of the costs of con struction of asphalt pavement on the second line a connecting link in acton at an estimated cost of 1766 providing approval of the department of highways is obtained a similar request from georgetown was accepted con struction of the pavement there continued on page- five hope to excavate for church shortly the congregation of the christ ian reformed church which holds services in the ymca after considering locating their church in georgetown have decided to remain in acton the members are mostly new canadians of dutch descent and they look for ward to having even more mem bers in this area th c has a lot on the third line and excavating to make a basement where meetings may be held is hoped to begin shortly jssbsksjk8ikssaa3sis to- enjoy the agricultural societys annual autumn presentation of ex hibits competition and entertain ment this years fall fair officially opened by wellington county ag ricultural r representative w d black came under the camera eye of cbc television crews big at traction for the cbc was the pumpkin contest open to junior farmers across the province and won by a ballinafad girl 16 year old beth mcenery a former president of acton fair john moles directed the camera work and interviewing oh the grounds shots of the fair and the pumpkin queen are to ap- pear oh the cbc program coun try calendar a bustling show elsewhere this years fair was a bustling show the midway was one of the largest in years withwa fare for the youngsters and those not so young ranging from a ferris wheel through an avenue of games booths and rides to the inevitable candy apples and popcorn in the exhibit hall entries were down slightly from last year par ticularly where the poor weather had affected produce sections however quality of handwork domestic science and floral dis plays retained a high level school childrens exhibits the noncomp etitive displays and the night school work attracted wide at tention livestock exhibits and competit ion proved as lively as ever par ticularly in the tendency for ah in creasing number of cattle and horse classes to be dominated by younger or junior farmers the fair got into full stride fri day evening when over 1000 at tended a sparkling variety show in the arena president smith griffin welcomed the crowd be fore the show started and r r parker acted as master of cerem onies announce pumpkin winners during intermission mac sprowl announced the winners of the pumpkin contest 12 in all and named the queen beth mcen ery the acton high school stud- j ent was presented with a trophy by wm davey local bank of montreal manager the presentat ion was repeated saturday before the tv cameras before the variety program which featured clowns tap danc ing acrobats an accordionist juggler and magician acton cit izens band played selections and later during intermission saturday afternoon light rain fell as w d black officially op ened the fair he noted poor wea ther this year was affecting many fairs in the province but pointed out this was still no deterrent to agricultural shows promoting bet ter urbanrural relations and en couraging young people to take greater interest in agriculture prior to mr blacks remarks president smith griffin paid trib- r y c ute to the hard work of directors oflow iii jumm6r exhibitors and all connected with full complement of leaders now for scouts cubs guides brownies scouts and qubs have no more worries about tneirgroups following an appeal for help there are new leaders fon all four organizations the scout hall will see youngsters playing games and taking their specialized the annual show who wfo jsjgjummemonexn tkursdays and fridays the call for help brought out a husband and wife team mr and mrs john boardman mrs board- man is the new brownie leader her husband began this week as an assistant scoutmaster mrs lenore wright agreed last week to take over the guides for the scout and guide mothers as sociation who have been seeking for leaders for both groups of young kirls the guides will be meeting tuesday afternoon at the scout hall and nil interested girls are welcome scouts and cubs held meetings to determine where their much- needed assistance wquld come from now they have a full com plement of leaders and are ready to start into the busiest season yet now scoutmasters are roy kirkness and hartley colest asr sistant scoutmasters are john boardman jim irving and wavne currie murray scoyne is cubmaster ot b cub pack which meets tues days and mrs eileen wensley heads a pack which meets thurs days a third pack is being form ed this year c packs cubmaster is ray costerus last years assist ants miss doris allan ron smith and doug tarrant will be joined by lome youngblut rob ert foyers gordon clow and gor don hardy former scoutmaster dave dills is helping with the reorganization of the scouts and later will form a rover crew of older boys make it asuccess me also stressed the role tspthe fall fair in bringing rural and town residents to a closer understanding before opening ceremonies hun dreds of public school children paraded into the grounds at the lead was the band and a colorful assortment of decorated bikes wagons and costumed youngsters prizes were awarded to don and eddie long judy thompson kathy mckenzie nancy rogn- valdson d hargrave linda james and ronnie groeneboer while in the freckled face contest ricky ironsides and susan cohen led other freckled winners were pat hull milton shirjey cohen bill currie campbelville and frank yule guelph in the pumpkin growing contest runners up to champion grower beth mceriery were donald swackhamer ted freeman elgin awrey jan van arragon david hunter james aitken fred thompson jack moles june ren- nick all the space available was used in the newlyenlarged refreshment booth operated by acton womens institute here meals were served to many and hot coffee and re freshments were sold all afternoon dismiss charges in fatal accident fall an early comer tomorrow is the first day of autumn few need to be remind- eel but today believe it or not is the last day of summer a sum mer characterized by too much rain below normal temperatures and little sunshine it hardly seems out of character then f or snow to be falling today sure enough this morning big sluggish flakes of snow floated down whitening rooftops and the cold groohd this may or may not be some kind of record but few are happy about the dreary way of the weather- it may be presumptuous to think of a warm indian surnmer but its a pleasant thoug this last cold snowy day of summer need managers coaches execs coaches managers executive legion members hope to eliminate that question mark following an open meeting in the legion hall on monday to locate volunteer leader ship for their enthusiastic young sters over 100 boys participate in the legionsponsored minor sports clubs hockey and baseball schedul es these youngsters who wear their team sweaters so proudly are in serious need of leaders with hpekey upcoming the teams will need managers and coaches to accommodate the present partici charges of careless driving were dismissed in magistrates court brampton this week against hugh marshall 19 acton driver of a car which fatally injured anthony furman 52 of oa1t ridges in a labor day accident north of al- j pants let alone take in more lads ton t baseball season was disorgan- it was noted in the court that ized due to lack of leadership there was fog the night of the ac- herb woods as the present chair- cident and that marshall had man and george hollinger the stopped another car lifter the mis- secretary will be stepping down hap the case was heard on wednes day there were no other charges arising out of the accident from office us elections are held monday they are earnestly hoping for a good turnout of interested citizens at the meeting excitement caused here before fugitive caught a 17 year old inmate of the ontario reformatory at guelph who escaped from a work gang last thursday caused a flurry of excitement around actons west end saturday at noon before he was taken into cust ody by cpl r mason of the acton opp the fugitive was tracked and watched by a bevy of citizens as he fled from the cnr tracks through a culvert across the high- children were marching in the fair grounds when she noticed a young man hiding among bushes by the tracks by the time cpl mason arrived the fugitive was in the lakeview swamp all the while observed by a growing crowd of adults and children he came out of the swamp and gave himself up with no resistance the youth gordon johnston way and into lakeview where he was one of five inmates who fled tried to hide in the swampy area j from the reformatory thursday on the north shore of fairy lake afternoon by friday two had mrs e van norman called the been picked up between here and police office here shortly after 1 ijuelplv one in guelph and the pm saturday just as school other in london carnival employee charged by police mrs marion burns of rockwoid received deep face and head lacer ations when she was thrown into the windshield of her husbands car in an auto accident two miles west of acton on no 7 highway friday evening she was rushed to- georgetown by ambulance and treated by dr mcintosh police said the car driven by her husband norman was in collision with a car driven by robert taylor of oshawa who was making a left turn into the cedar springs motel damage to the burns car am ounted to 500 while damage to the other car was estimated at 4o0 taylor an employee of the carn ival group at acton fair has been charged with careless driving fair day draw because of the fair the merch ants appreciation day draw was made at 11 am last saturday the change was lucky for mrs r a turkosz who won 76 with 20 per cent coupon mrs howard masales took the regular 5 award next weeks chest stands at 319 and the draw is back to 3 pm c wurvfsshs- ov35icsssffi kfesssk- afciirbrims rovmc camera at the fail fair captures many moods highlights and odd sidelights of the annual agricultural showcase sponsored by the acton agricultural society for this district here are a few of the graphic stories recorded in the hustle of activity that marks the event at lower left the gjbc tv camera focuses on pumpkin queen beth mcenery while john moles director aaac sprowl and cbc commentator george atkins keep the young winner in a state of excitement upper left eddie long and berja groeneboer exchange grins and peekaboo around a sign pulled by eddie on a wagon urging iode tag sales for park improvement lower centre burnie and kevin rootwhirl happily jaround and around on toy jeeps upper- centre wee lorna murray 5 daughter of ken murray rr 1 acton shows no reticence in holding her fathers arid uncles grand champion and reserve champion jersey female for admirers to see upper right faye sagaskie and marilyn patterson attest that no tour of the midway is complete unless theres a candy apple or two to keep company lower right again the roving camera