Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), December 1, 1960, p. 8

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georgetown high school may add a technical school by 196 do you realise 1 700 voters wen missing at the nomination meeting take another look at the dnlc on this paper yes it s de cember i georgetown merchants have started holding weekly lucky draws like acton s chrimmas lighting s going up on the main street this week hvdro workmen arc doing the job demolition continues at i hi chun h- elgin comer where hous es arc comma down to make way for the new bell dial exchange got talking again this week about the pcrcnnal problem how o spell stewarttuwn one t or two docs anybody know for sure when the weather decided to change from pleasant to other wise it did it with a vengeanee fog and rain were followed by snow and blow wdjctcr how many times and in how many ways he grey cup game will be tallied over replay ed and dragged out in discussion by television coaches milton s own municipal polkc force took over there today chief is ray andress sergeant is bob morcau formerly with the 0 p p here and constables len piekelt and keith robertson did you noliee the nomina lion meeting carloon in last veeeks free press turns out i new staff member bill mykes has a talent for these things he has only been with the milton and aeton papers a ftw weeks euro ing here from the stoney creek paper from the latest rotary bul letin the first rotary club in i i eland was organized in hit in dublin whieh also has the dis union of being the first roiarv elub to be organized outside north amcnea there are now three rotary clubs in ireland ith a membership of 216 rolar tans 22 contest 12 tom positions in georgetown vote on monday georgetown s nomination meet ing on thursday saw only one declamation and 22 men were nimed to contest the 12 avail able setts on eouncil school board and hvdro eommission only graham farnelt rcccived an acclamation and he will spend the next two ycrs on the hydro board opposes mayor mavor ern hyde is being op posed bv eric beard for the chief magistrate s office while reeve doug sargent has opposition from walter gray former dcp- utvreec two former eouneil lors and a ncweomtr have an nounccd intentions to contest the scat of deputy reeve they are john elliott and fred harrison incumbent eouneillors and jaek critehlow ror council jim brown bob burke rex cock bill richmond jim emmcrson john hanley ian cass willian f hunter and john barragcr are candidates only mr cass and mr hunter have previous experience for the three public school scats voters will choose from stan finlcv ray salter and don powers incumbents and bob mcneilly and bert ctaven elections will be monday campbellviui love chapter opens meet topic explains friendship map mrs e cairns vas hostess to the women s missionary soc ety on thursday afternoon the prcs dent mrs a t moore owned the meeting by reading a love chuptcr taken from the novcm ber 20 church calendar luxe is very patient love is cry kind line knows no jealousy love makes no parade love gives it self no airs love is never rude love is never selfish love is nev er irritated loc is never resent ful love is never jjael when others go wrong loe alwus gladdened h goodness lou is slow to expose lte is euger to belicc the best loe is eager to do the best love is aluuvs hopeful love is always patient luvi never faileth hmn 26 o lord to thee i cry thou art im roek and trust wis sung mrs w illaee king read the lihth psalm pray er was olfered bv mis r el hut an imitation was received from the wms to attend their 75th anniversary on dceember 15 nominate officers after seveial items ot business wen dihtosmftl -a- nominating committee was appointed to brinu in a si he ol olfieers for 1i mrs green lees mrs e d mihon und mrs r ell ot the piaver partner chosen for this month is to be the indian sellouts and the w iikers the roll i ill w is mswered bv 18 i idles usinj the word lieht i i bible verse brcilhe on me breiilh of giki was un the presideiil lih in inleitsltne r pent ol the picshweiial metlt all the world mis 1 iveluixl had charge e i portrait photograph good personal gift ii vthir laiiulv hav best nie mam families one uat to b me l he in all together ih s chiimmis is b giving and rvoiv ml ri liait pholofcr iplis and marl ng a pie tun galkrs in each home p rirail prmuigtaphs mike vwtmlerlut pergonal home nil for christmas you can start the clan moving bs having vhii i vsn and veieir children s portraits jj iiulmothc r and grandfather man led but he t uiel sisters mil it evhiit miurscll hml to the t imilv thai sou txpest them to c em in kite their photoli iph lef vtiur galkrv ar- range ihe prtrails on a pnuiti- tknt nail latgi enough to aecom mexlate a cotlceltem that s grow ing the bigger the portraits the more impressive the talkrv will look for vnralv have some in bltck ankl white photography others in color frames chosen to highlight the pertonalils of the portrait mibkvt and a varetv of mats and frame sices will add distinc tion to your colteetion for a change try several p e lures in a single rcetangular frame matted with velvet the topic which was taken irom the new study book the theme was into all the world togetfi tr id connacuon with ihc 4tudy there is a map the friend ship map of the world there was a panel discussion with three groups of six each questions were asked to be answered by passages from the bible this proved to be very interesting and helpful come let us s nc of a won derlul love w sung and the mcctme elo ed bv repe ilini ihe lord s praver in unison mrs ci iwloid and miss mephcdran served refreshments commission alarmecat breakage of subdivisions street lights acton hydro commission dur ing a brief meeting prior to nom notions thursday november 24 expressed their concern over street lights being broken in glentca and lakevlcw subdlvis fon in spite or efforts by the hyd ro department to keep a clow eye on children breaking the lights oamotae is com nulng and the commfsston pointed out that all ratepayers pay cost of re placement through municipal taxes it had been noted at a previous meeting that cost of the lights amounted to 900 each the properly committee was instructed lo investigate the pos ospringe stbllity of installing a spotlight on the properly of g w benton tu light up the hydro qfficc and create additional light on the itrect receive deeds deeds were rccc ved for the alice street property purchased from the town and also tor num ber two substation purchased from the ontario hydro the uudllors report uplo the end of september indicated an eight per cent profit on the sale or power tu consumers an animated safety dlspluy is available to the hydro comm s- sion and members expressed their inteiest in obtulning these tor display at the three schools in own superintendent doug mason reported that luke avenue line rebuild ng had been completed and told the commission that ad ditionol power lines were to be installed at the bcardmorc plant safely award a safely award presented to the hydro department recently for a ncrfecl safely record for last year was received und will be framed and placed in the hyd ro office for the present time nnd later moved to the al ce st workshop aeeuunts totalling 1 176 85 were approved for payment aufaujviiwssttaiaij4iiejji interest in election keen byron bruce named trustee interest locally in municipal elections- was keener on mon day as two local men s names appeared on the ballots byron bruce was running fur school trustee and stan fuller for town ship council byron was cleeted as trustee and stan made a very creditable showing but was de fcated cungratulat uns to both men there s another year torn mg i wi euchre thirteen tables of euchre were plaved friday evening at the bi monthly game sponsored by the women s institute prices were won bv mrs e archibald mrs k stubbington and f baptie mr and mrs ted beekford or highway 7 brampton vis ted with mr and mrs h r howard last week mrs k klooster has been eon fined to bed with varicose veins guest speaker mrs h j simpson toronto who was guest speiker sund iy morning lor women s day ahr- everton church of christ dis ciples was a guest al the home of mr and mrs d g robertson mr and mrs c l he mlcr of guelph also visited at ihe same home on sunday mrs w e robertson of thorn bury is visilim with her brother ind sister in law mr and mrs david stewart mr md mrs h r howard spent sund iy at newmarket with mr and mrs r a craig and lam iy mr ind mrs carl banas ind d uightcr of toionto spent a day recently with mr and mrs ver non stewart and family birthday party gary ferguson was host lo his school ehums on saturday after noon at a birthday party all en joved an hours skating al erin later all gathered at his home where his mother served a bountiful supper poets corner life 1960 in this age of household aids to help us through the da and with all the monthly pay ments on these gadgets we must pav i often think wed be belter ofi as our mothers used to be whan them wasnt too much buying on a credit card vou see for tho we d t have so much of all the luxuries we have to day we always knew thit u least we had money left till our next p i dav edith sharpe there are 98 daily ncwspipcrs published in cinada hiving a total daily circulation of about 38so00o first snow victim dump truck tbpples a laige dump truck driven by peter norwood rr 6 milton was one of the firsl casualties of wednesd iv s light snow as it skid ded and rojled over twice on the sixth line nassagawcva opp constable waller iotdon reported the truck was loaded at hulton crushed stone ind pro ceeding south down the hill north if no 5 sulero id it skidded on the shppeiy roitl surface slid sidevi ivs and rolled over twice ending up sprawled across the midway the dnver was unin jured forrockwood another nomination date will have to be set in rockwood to complete the slate of candidates lor village tiustees at the last nominations only two names were submitted for the three vaean tics chules obnen and frank schneider were nominated tu fill the uffae last years board consisted of cliff meadows frank kelso and mr schneider how ever mr meadows and mr kct to decided against running fur the office leaving two vacancies and only one nomination permission will be sought from toronto to reopen the nomina tons to complete the list clilf meadows joined the village trus tees last yeir on the resignation of oscai diiber five baptized at knox sunday baptized at knox church on sunday were paul david bovven son of mr and mrs stanley g bowen r r i acton robert john fccnstra son of mr and mrs james fcenslra r r 4 rockwood michael john ripp m son of mr and mrs michael j rlppon rr 4 aeton craig gor don somcrvillc son of mr artel mis j fvre somcrvillc rr 2 acton and duncan andrew wal die sm of mr md mrs wilficd a waldie rr 2 aeton the season of idvi last sund iy nt bccan halton instttuti representatives attended a twoday rug making course in milton last week sponsored bv the extension branch of the department of agriculture above mrs clark armstrong and mrs george robertson of the dubl n w i are shown taking instruction from course leader mis isabel leslie chris duiker carpentry contractor all typas custom homes alttkations remooe1ung house repairs kitchen reptannino recreation rooms free esttmatct guanoteed work your weu known saw sharpener 7 main street s acton ratepayers of esquesing i am pleased to serve you once again as deputy reeve wilfrid bird i wish to extend the compliments of the season to one and all always be at your best at home at a party or just visiting always keep ycu clothes al their sparkling best with our modern f n sning serv ces custom cleaners same day service except saturday la by ii un out by 3 pan cash and carry main st n phone 273 ray michez respectfully solicits your support tor a seat on municipal council tuesday december 6 160 r com on in and explore our wua world of wonderful gifts for practically avtry onal boxed writing papar pan ond pancil sets desk sots many othar bright ideas 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