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8 the acton free press thursday june 9 1966 personals esquesing township teachers salaries transportation share big part of school budget friends are happy to learn miss ann stalker is recuperat ing following a stay in hospital visitors for decoration day were mr and mrs frank browning of toronto friends are sorry to learn ga rage owner bill toth is in guelph general hospital with blood poisoning in his foot mr h boy burling kalama zoo mich spent the weekend at the home of mr george ed wards mrs george vvarriner mrs adams and mrs g poole ol to ronto were guests on sunday of mrs marguerite taylor paul mcgcachie has suecess- fully completed his second year at waterloo lutheran univers ity miss pat blundcll will arrive home this weekend for a short stay before leaving the follow ing weekend for an extended va cation in britain and europe mr and mrs l o johnston jiave returned from an enjoy able trip on the trans canada highway around lake superior to duluth and down through michigan hydro commissioner wilfred mceachern and hydro superin- tendent doug mason are attend ing the threeday ontario mun icipal electrical utilities con vention at ottawa wednesday thursday and friday lakeside chapter of the io de regent mrs cecil mcllcs attended the national tode convention in montreal may 28 to june i she enjoyed a tour of the site ol expo 67 while she was there miss jo ann force has suc cessfully completed her second year of the general arts course at waterloo lutheran univers ity she will major in history towards her degree and intends to continue her studies after her marriage this month list school teachers for eramosa township staff for september 1966 rockwood public school principal mr grant mcrae ba assistant principal mr ronald millson assistants mrs elizabeth harwood mrs gloria bruce mrs violet kramp mrs susanne meadows miss marie clugston mr robert love miss eloise watson miss frances major eramosa public school principal mr ronald e mari on assistants miss nellie stick- ney mrs irene hindley mr james sparks mrs carole schmidt mrs jean jackson miss marilyn dennis four corners school prin cipal mrs florence hindley assistant mrs lois feltis eden mills school prin cipal mrs marion tubman assistant miss mary evans new members on the staff are mrs marion from hurne- payne miss watson from era mosa township miss major from guelph miss dennis from fergus mr love has been transferred from eramosa pub lic school to rockwood public school remedial- teacher is mr clif ford hincks and music super visor is mrs roberta hov arct amuspaed the school board has decided to secure two portable class rooms for rockwood public school to be used until the new school is readv lor occupancy the eramosa school board has confirmed the following second drug store opens doors today acton returns today to a two- drug store town the latest store opened its doors to the public today thursday and is known as acton pharmacy ltd it is own ed and operated jointlv by ken elsley and bill yundt both graduate pharmacists the new drug store is located in the for mer bell telephone building at the corner of mill and main streets mr elsley who operates his own drug business in milton is no stranger to actonians he was born a1 brookville andl graduated from milton high school in 1954 he graduated in pharmacy fixm the ijniversity of toronto in 1958 and appren ticed with parke and parke in hamilton for one and a halt years mr elsley became better ac quainted with acton area resi dents when he came here to manage coopers drugstore for three years before the business was sold in 1962 the same year he purchased kerrs rexall pharmacy in milton which he still operates he is married with two prcschool boys and lives with his wife and family in milton he will be in the aclon store helping his partner when not n milton bill yundt who was born in strajlord received his high school education in cooksvillc before entering the university oj toronto w here he graduated in pharmao in 9t2 he worked for lour xears in the cooksvillepoi t credit area as a pharmacist before going to milton four months ago to work with mr flsicv while in mil- ion he jkunoikcj parttime at mtlton district hospital he is married and although he and his wile are presently living in cooksvillc thev hope to locate a hune in acton their new store has been com pletely renovated and painted a pastel blue inside cv shelv ing and dispensary counter have been added and patrons will be able to enter the store bv means ol a iront or side entrance the coowners plan lo cniv a com plete line ot drugs and sundries clerk is miss phvllis mackie a car that develops 100 horse power at sea level has only 98 horsepower at an altitude of 5000 leet miss mary barens of leiden holland is visiting for two weeks with relatives here her brother mr henk barens is in hospital in hamilton and she is staying with her sisterinlaw mrs barens and children on church st rliss winnie vlietstra was iome the past week visiting with her parents mr and mrs s vlietstra she has successfully completed her second year at calvin college grand rapids mich she will be working for the siitnmer in wisconsin former residents attending decoiilkm day services i ro m outoftown were mrs james adam son of gait mr and mis gordon mcdougall and daugh ters of toronto mr and mrs wilntey- wat kins of shelburne and mr and mrs j campbell currie and son of gait- altcnding the opening night of the stratford shakespearean festival monday were miss mar ilyn young of acton miss bar row of eden mills and other friends from the university of guelph miss young who has worked in the costume depart ment al the festival is now at the university library while in town to attend the 50th anniversary of the duke of devonshire chapter of the io de on tuesday evening mrs william govvdy madison wis was llie guest of mrs marguer ite talir mrs govvdy was a lormer resident of acton and enjoyed meeting with friends during her visit here mr elmer stewart- of ed monton alta visited with mr and mrs a m macpherson last 4 saturday and renewed acquain tances with other friends here mr stewart was the son of mr and mrs albert stewart and re sided on the farm belonging now to mr and mrs james breen hvvv 25 south of acton he idt ijiis district many years ago a mother and son both receiv ed degrees from mcmaster un iversity mrs a ironside who moved from acton to port cre dit two years ago received her ba decree son jim received his engineering degree with high honors and a gold medal after spending the summer wor king with canadian westing- house he leaves with other alb- lone scholars for two years in england he spends one year in industry- and a year at univers ity likely oxford or cambridge mr and mrs ironside and fa mily lived formerly on main st where charles leatherlands law office is now ricky iron side has successfully completed his lirst year at waterloo luth eran university esqucsing taxpayers have been asked for 192760 as the local tax levy share of the es qucsing- area public school boards 1966 budget the budget totals 450368 this year of which over half 248- 162 will go for teachers salaries second largest item on the ex pense side of the budget is 58- 122 for transportation the esqucsing area public school board governs the opera tions of glen williams public highway projects repairs approved by village trustees quality ba products save you money gasolines motor oils diesel fuel fuel oils stove oils oil burner finance plan 10 years to pay small carrying charges dependable service thompson fue1s ltd phone 8532370 acton after hours 8532174 attention acton pharmacy now open for business today thursday june 9 watch for our official grand opening date soon therell be grand open ing specials for everyone prizes surprises give- a ways etc k 2 main st m in the meantime we invite you to come in and get acquainted bill yundt mgr telephone 8531620 rockwood the board of trustees of the village of rock wood have been busy this spring with sewral projects il was decided lo spray the gravel st reels with approximately 2000 gallons ol nonasphaltic materi al lo control the dust since the winter and kite spring made it rough on rock- wood streets the trustees have been trying to rectify the dam age it will lake 24 tons ol cold mix asphalt to fix the bad hole and this work is now in pro gress the paving of highway no 7 through main st has finally been completed the cost to rockwood hydro for moving poles was si525 with an addi tional si 255 paid by the dc partment of highways of on tario main st north and west from highway mo 7 to gowski si will have drains curbs and gui lds installed this summer this will cost rockwood hydro j690 for moving poles while the county of wellington pays an additional 310 the hydro commission re ports that over 3200 feet of new line has been built during the past 12 months in expectation ol a building increase tn four separate subdivisions astrop ltd consulting engin eers were instructed to proceed with a new culvert for water st to prevent the annual flood ing in the george st valley the engineers estimate is for s2200 of which 1440 will he rockwoods share of the cost at the may meeting mrs i taylor requested tile board lake action on the condition ol the entrance ol fall st on to high way no 7 there is a great deal of traffic at this corner and it was lei i this narrow elevat ed entrance lo the highway should be rectified the board moved to act on this matter twelve families were hooked up on one circuit drawing pow er and light from one transfor mer only one man seemed to realize the lack and alter re porting the need it look six months of tests to see why one man was not satisfied had more complained the trouble could have been racked and fixed in one month now ii families are gelling better pow er without knowing why since another transformer was added splitting the circuit in two litter less litter on our si reels and highways is unsightly litter al so causes accidents how cars swerve to avoid rubbish tires are cut causing blowouts pap er blows against windshields obscuring vision at a critical moment reflections at night from a piece of glass or metal may be confused with the re flection from a traffic marker or mistaken for the eye of an animal uets litter less attention parents of retarded children applications are now being accepted for pupils for the north halton association for the mentally retarded sunshine school hornby for the september term ages 518 all children who will be 5 before december 31 1966 may start september 6 call mrs jeffares principal any school day between 830 and 3 pm at milton 8789572 for appointment nielsens round up specials ladies short top sets ladies tops 298 198 girls 0 shorts to madetomeasure tiptop tailors slacks 1653 suits 7790 mens madras ss shirts mens madras shorts boys madras sl iwrk l9 paul nielsens clothing 3739 mill st e acton 8552280 school norval ps timehousc ps iinevierw is speysidc is ami millon heights is the complete budget sum- mary is as lollows expcndlturcg i administration 1966 prop 11498 iliimriill- salaries 248162 insfiia supplies 22000 ilant operation 41094 1 ransportatioii 58122 luilion tees 7s0 at if nil oil iter 500 auxiliary 1850 iiileiesl 1000 iipital ix irom cur 26700 dchl charja- 38392 tix write oil 300 j450368 revenue local tax levy 192760 irov ciiant opera lion 147138 1iov giant stim fn 14640 irov grant capil al 73318 clergy reserve 12000 surplus irom pre yr 15109 s454965 total cash s4549650o total expense s45036800 difference s 459700 miss frances hurst retires this month after teaching at richmond jlill high school for 20 years miss frances hurst retires the ind of this month she expects to continue living in richmond hill about 100 attended a party lor her at the summit restaur ant at richmond hill wednes day june i including mr and mrsi joe hurst mr and mrs nfwjton hurst and miss jean liarber ol actorr sister mrs lawrence frowe veia ol bob- ciiygcon niece mrs don carroll and mr carroll ol don mills arid sister mrs vvvlie and mr tom wylie rockwood all the principals hut one ior the- past 20 year were there with members of the school board former teachers and friends the present principal mr jworrison had taught prev iously with miss barber of ac ton the students presented miss hurst with u fully automatic movie camera those who were at the party presented an oil painting by one ol her lormer students and a projector her lorm room yave a piece of lug- gaye miss liurl attended public and high school in acton and taught here al one time she is an outjiltou n member of lake side chapter ol the iode she is a graduate- ol the university of toronto her subjects are history and iiftlth kiullv park plu tan watc as much n one jiri line in every 10 ja- educational funds through life insurance cow r ac r iain wiuiams loteiiwhtth dr acton m3ijw7 sun life assurance companyof canada its opportunity time at red white specially selected 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