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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1B75 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Region town lose Len Coxe Ln Coxa Councillor Coxe the highly respected regional councillor representing Ward Esquesing on regional and town councils passed away Monday afternoon Councillor Coxe died of a severe heart attack Monday in the Intensive care unit of Peel Memorial Hospital in Brampton He had been admitted to hospital late last week after suffering a minor stroke which was fallowed by a second over the weekend councillor Coxe had been in volved with rational In since Its inception As deputy- reeve of Esquesing Township prior to the January 1 birth of the region Mr Coxe had served on county councils special wardens committee the organization of a regionwide government system At that time he expressed his belief that to represent any area in Halton would require a fulltime representative and was one of the first local councillors to devote his fulltime to local politics A lifelong resident of Mr operated a farm on the Seventh Line near Ashgrove prior to involvement with politics For a short tune he operated his own and home decorating Entering politics in 1070 he successfully ran for a councillors seat on Esquesing Township council In his first election campaign he easily topped a sixman field Early In he was acclaimed deputyTeeve of the township and followed that later that year by running unopposed for the regional representatives post for Ward He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Georgetown He had served with the Royal Canadian Army during serving with the RCA overseas In Europe As a member of regional council since he has served on the regions works committee where he has consistently stood for an equal voice for the smaller northern municipalities He has also served on the towns works committee Councillor represented Halton Hills on the Region Conwrvation Authority Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock at McClureJones Funeral Home Edith Street Georgetown with In terment at Greenwood Cemetery He is survived by his wife Ruth daughter Janice Mrs Greg John ston and sister Doris Mrs George Smillie Region police ready to take over Acton At the stroke of midnight August Ontario Provincial Police will hand over the protection of the Acton and rural Halton Hills area to Regional Police A total of 12 men under the direction of Staff Sergeant Bernard Word will be patrolling the new area to be designated Division ID Constables Galling Tom Rod Donaldson Dcrrcck Marshall Mike Barry Holland Ed Carlstrom fl Alex Bruce Lindsay William Piper and Allan Dyack will serve the Acton people Pour of these men have been transferred from the Georgetwon detachment of the regional force The men selected for service In the new area are experienced officers explained Stall Sergeant Ward The 12 men have a total of years collective experience in police work behind them For the last years the combined areas of Acton and have been served by the Milton detachment of the in what will now be zones 110 and ill Anyone requesting service by the police for Acton and the rural sectors con do so by using the toll free number It li important that wc be to locate the people as quickly as possible explained the sergeant To expedite orientation we will begin a program in the area next Monday a before the actual service is begun Rural residents should know their lot and concession numbers and be able to provide the dispatcher with any information that will help the officer In locating the individual concerned This is the only problem I can said Sergeant Ward We want to learn the area as quickly as possible and with the help of the citizens wc can Police in crash While stopped on a routine investigation one of the police cruisers of the Regional Police Force was backed into by a second car driven by Mlcheal of Stevens Orescent There was no damage to the cruiser as indicated on this weeks traffic report from District One Georgetown A Street between the cars of John Conrad of Ontario and Boruque of Richmond Hill did damage to the vehicles on Monday Two cars collided on Prince Charles damage resulting in minor damage to the cars of John of 3 Place and Kenneth Donaldson of An unknown vehicle bent the sign on Market Street The sign was straightened by passing officer Halton Regional Police will occupy the Citiion cooperation is important fur- same offices those of the on Willow thered Regional Police Chief Ken Sc arret Street and will provide three cruisers to serve The police service Is as only as good as the the new area people of the area make It Postpone meeting Hills town council Monday night agreed to postpone all council business until after the funeral of the late Councillor Coxe In a resolution passed following a brief In camera session council agreed to postpone its regular meeting until tomorrow evening Thursday August All councillors some of whom were not aware of the death earlier that afternoon until they arrived at the meeting expressed complete surprise and shock at the news Said one councillor Weve become a very close group during our year and a half together His loss Is a tremendous blow to each one of us Nab two thieves Two Georgetown area youths have been charged following Investigation of several thefts Involving goods and gasoline taken from cars parked In the South area Police arrested the pair and recovered the stolen goods last Thursday evening The five reported thefts and the numerous unreported instances have left many Items unclaimed at the District Oneofflce Anyone having goods Stolen from their parked car near Road South can check with us to recover their property explained Tom Nicholson or the criminal investigations branch Loitering crackdown Police have been responding to requests made by downtown merchants regarding the loitering bylaw Thus far eight charges have been laid under the ruling Thieves In the Georgetown area helped themselves to a variety of other peoples property this week according to the oc curence listings provided by Regional Police District One A was reported stolen by the area dealer having a value of Police have a description of the vehicle A battery from the parked car of a Georgetown man was reported stolen shortly before a stolen vehicle report was issued at the same location Both instances occurred In the GO trainStation Hotel parking lot The vehicle was recovered later the same evening In Moore Park Plata along with the thief Charges have been laid A picnic table from the two lawn chairs from the senior citizens building and a lawn chair from a private residence were also reported missing during the Two cases of fraud by forgery arc under investigation by the criminal Investigation bureau of the Force One stolen government cheque and one phony cheque Issued with a stolen drivers licence have turned up In the area One case Involves the purchase of a two- way radio and the second In cosh Two ten speed bicycles were reported stolen one of which was recovered Two charges of theft of gasoline and a battery from a Kennedy Road parked cor have been laid by police in connection with an earlier theft Two break and enters netted thieves nothing in both the factory and residence they hit Damage to the property was slight In each of the cases Mlnlbikes in the fields behind Ontario and Anne Streets have resulted In complaints from area residents under the noise bylaw Police ore dealing with the matter WELL CHARLIE YOU DID IT Five-year- old Charlie Hancock has been acclaimed the fastest Ice cream cater this side of Glen event at the Glen Williams School w atlng contest Proudfoot playground leader proudly honoured Charlie by presenting him with his unique trophy Hot time in the old town The old town will be hopping this weekend Its Pioneer Days time again and the organizers of the affair the Downtown Businessmens Association promise a great time for all Starting tomorrow Thursday Georgetown a Main Street is going to be the centre of activity as music food and en tertainment are all tossed together to provide everyone with something to do The Main Street is going to be closed throughout the three days so that merchants and a few town organizations can set up varied displays ranging from an old fashioned fish fry lo a petting corral The barricades go up Thursday morning and will remain up Friday and Saturday during business hours According to chief organizer of the event Charlie Crimes Pioneer Days this year enough tokeep people downtown for an if not the whole day but he ad that selling Is not the key word behind i event Were not a flen market and dont want it to be one There has to be something of interest In each or the displays on the mall The displays Include- Helps get permit THE TEAM of Bab Crawford Jim Jenkins Gerard Wilcox and John assisted by casualty Garnet Cameron will be representing the town In International Rescue and First Aid i netiuon tmiui juufe- event is former chief lorn Frank Leben although a longtime resident of Esquesing has problems un derstanding people He admits in a thick European accent that he doesnt speak English very good On the other hand Harold Mullen a close neighbour to Mr has an excellent control of the English language A young school teacher In Misslssauga Mr Mullen does however know the language problems that can occur particularly when youre cutting through the red tape involved with getting town permission to build a new home Fortunately far Mr happens to be a very good neighbour Thanks to Mr Mullens Interest and representation Mr Leben last week received tentative ap proval from Hills subsidiary planning board to begin construction of a new home for hla family At present Mr and Mrs and their four children arc living In a small frame structure on Lot Concession Language problems have according to Mr Mullen already cost the one chance lo move Into a new home which Mr a parttime carpenter had built himself Terms of an agreement which Mr had signed allowed another party to buy the house once It was completed That other person then Immediately resold it to another buyer garnering a tremendous profit for the middle man but leaving Mr Leben little else than the realization that he had unwittingly but quite legally lost his home began again to fight to have a new home Because of the complications Involved with their parcel of land In the past they found that town officials were not very willing to see another house built on it They finally with the assistance of Mr Mullen decided to present their predicament to planning board last week Mr Mullen pointed out that the small house Is overcrowded and In poor shape A Hydro inspector had warned that the entire electrical system would have to be replaced Councillor Morrow still objected We shouldnt give them building permit until that old building Is tom down Then they can start building it But that idea met with resistance from his fellow planning board member who finally agreed to ask the towns solicitor to draw up an agreement with the requiring them to tear down the old home as soon as the new house is built Councillors also paid tribute to Mr Mullen for his part in helping the present their problem to planning board The Carpei Barn has arranged a special petting corral for the three days Hawkins Maritime Fish Mart are all et to sit you down to a mouth watering Ash fry featuring many types of seafood all ties Including a lobster dinner The Georgetown Girls Pipe Band will Thursday evening at at the organ will add a throughout the three days Square dancers will show a few lefts when they entertain Thursday night at SO Georgetowns fire department will have its old truck on hand will be on hand Friday night at to entertain oil Your chance to be a television star will come this weekend as the local cable television company will have a dosed circuit system set up North Sports have details of their spin casting contest which will be taking place The Pencil Club will have a display of the members works set up end the Credit Valley Artisans also have a wide assortment of displays arranged Including Herald editorial cartoonist Greg Landry drawing caricatures of passeraby Old time costumes will also make an appearance on Main Street A contest has been arranged for the best costumes for men women and children The Judging will take place Saturday with Mayor Tom Hill and two of the better looking staff members of the two local papers doing the Judging There are prizes for the best dressed man and woman and a prize for the best dressed youngster Your Morning Smile Quote from BUI McVew radio per- who I recovering Toronto General Hospital from Injuries received when his restored WW1 aircraft crashed daring a North Bay air show NotlngtliathehaslostlSpotmdsilacetfco accident McVesn credited his crash diet with the loss