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naming of the maiton dairy princess highlighted hornby ball clubs 20th annual garden party saturday evening at hornby community park carol swackhamer of acton emerged as winner of the contest from left to right are contestants lois murray- laura henderson miss swackhamer the new haltan dairy princess and dolly anne edmunds last years ontario dairy princess staff photo carol swackhamer an estimated 150o people were on hand for the halton dairy princess contest and gala variety show at the horn by ball clubs 20th annual gar den party saturday at hornby community par lowville intermediate ont ario c rural champions in 1966 and rockwoods ontario intermediate b rural champ- ions met head on in a soft- ball game just prior to the variety show of the thru girls entered in the contest carol swackham er daughter of mr and mrs wallace swackhamer of acton was named winner and 1967 dairy princess for halton county the otter girls enter ed were laura henderson 17 i of r r 1 georgetown and lots murray 18 of acton the winner will go to the contest at the canadian national ex hibition in toronto the judges for the contest were j a carroll of bramp ton former assistant deputy minister of agriculture for on tario and also former agricul tural representative for peel county peter hannan cattle farmer from guelph and mrs jim reid of georgetown a former halton dairy princess contestants were judged on their interview their speech and the actual milking miss swackhamer spoke of her an cestry of farming pioneers and her familys richly endow ed farmlands north of acton carol said halton county de pends on dairy sales for one- quarter of the income lois murray pointed out the great number of people who are influenced by the dairy business people are needed to produce feed farm machin ery dairy product processing and sales i am grateful to my predecessors who have paved te way for the dairy business in halton county and i am pleased to be part of the youth- reaping benefits from their hard work she said laura henderson reviewed the pattern a dairy fanner should follow when raising dairy cattle farmers must breed superior sires use good feed and cull out the poor cows before allowing them to breed she revealed each of the girls are active in 4h club work and each girl received a cheque for 135 5 cost of living county employees get raise a five per cent cost of living increase was granted county employees by halton county council during its regular july meeting at halton centennial manor on tuesday the decision to award the increase came on a recorded vote which was supported with id votes to ii during committee discussion warden w coulter emphasiz ed the rising cost of living and the need to retain county sal aries on a competitive basis with neighboring municipali ties he stressed the county personnel officer could not complete a job evaluation stu dy until november and the raise should not be delayed deputy reeve f rogers the chairman of the county per sonnel committee told coun cil the personnel officer had noted increases of six per cent were granted in burlington and eight per cent in oakvillc reeve w hunter of george town urged the council to await completion of the job evaluation he suggested there had been normal six months reviews he opposed the five per cent increase when a few months from now they will want another five per cent reeve h hlnton acton op posed the increase suggesting the rise in cost of living had been kept in mind by depart ment heads when they were hiring new employees the county has to take the time to do the job evaluation first and then rectify any inequities he suggested deputy reeve w hoey nas- sogaweya pointed out that on continued on page 3 for entering the contest and the winner will receive many prizes dolly anne edmunds dairy princess for 196667 commenta ted and told of her experiences as the girls milked the cows miss edmunds spent three weeks in the british isles on an allexpense paid trip along with numerous other prizes george pelletterio president of the halton milk producers association was the master of ceremonies for the contest and turned the show over to vince mountford who handled the variety show gogoeties from the c n e grandstand normas canines comedian jack mclean sing ers hilda veenstra and marie ann rac high wire acrobats miss badicton and sven along with accordion artist nicol brown and the centennial trio tap dancers provided the en tertainment the mondo court five piece orchestra was also on hand winner of the contest was announced following the inter mission the 19667 halton dairy princess marg hunter presented flowers to miss swackhamer and dolly anne fdmunds crowned her as the halton dairv princess for 1967- 68 j tft ninetythird year no 3 authorized as second clan mali by the pom office department ottawa acton ontario wednesday july 19 1967 vol 108no 11 delegations at esquesing council discuss dogs cemeteries subdivision dogs chasing and biting chil dren closing streets cemeter ies and subdivisions were all subjects discussed with delega tions by esquesing council on monday night opening of mondays meet ing might have been entitled canine capers as a seven person delegation from glen williams described how dogs were get ting out of hand in the glen spokesman gordon graham told of his own personal ex perience of having to beat off an errant pooch with a club as he cruised in a snowmobile he also described how a young norton boy was bitten in the eye and damaged a tear duct the eye could run the rest of the boys life a specialist said mr gra ham told him hed rather see a boy lose his sight than suf fer that type of injury mrs norton the boys mother among the delegates told councillors the dog had since been destroyed but there was no way of collecting damages since it happened on a public road and no lav existed to keep dogs tied mr graham told council the glen was growing and was far enough out of the bush now to get rid of the dog menace i think something should be done about dots running in the village he reiterated what do you suggest ask ed the reeve a bylaw to keep them tied ur if we pass it bylaw all the dogs in the township will have to be tied asked the clerk wed also have to pass a by law to define the boundaries of the glen said clerk k c lindsay im not saying people are keeping vicious dogs answer ed mr graham but we cant have them running like they arc ill recommend dogs be tied up in the glen then glen is a growing community said councillor pat patterson its in the same situation as any other town dont forget this will affect the glen norval stewarttown and limehouse too reminded reeve leslie unless the complaints are just from the glen said coun cillor tom hill weve got complaints from them all answered the reeve sure the school board com plained about it too said councillor goodlet another member of the dele gation stan norton suggested a bylaw could work if the glens boundaries were set up on the same system as the new mall delivery setup council lor hill thought this was a good suggestion others ag reed further discussion and coun cil told the delegation the clerk would draw up a bylaw to prevent dogs from running loose in the glen to be present ed at the next meeting wmm ami befere wakecut not sleepout for peppy playground congers alf and ross thompson rep resenting the stewarttown ce metery being restored had to wait until council went into committee of the whole with dept of highway engineers on roads study before presenting their case spokesman alf told council volunteer help all with rela tives in the cemetery had put in 154 hours of work theyd plowed taken up roots map ped out plots and put head stones on their proper graves they were ready now for a bulldozer to put a roadway in and level it off so it could be seeded in tfie fall the reeve told the delegation deputy reeve g currie miss ing from the meeting had not yet made- his report but a mo tion by tom hill and seconded by pat patterson passed grant ing stewarttown cemetery the same grant as others 20q last delegate was mr ollen with plans for a subdivision off highway 25 near speyside he has plans for nine lots of 215 to 3 acres but could not get a green light from the ontario municipal board until he sup plied elevation figures he ask ed council if they had anv ob jections otherwise he wouldnt go to the expense mr ollen had an official of the halton count v health unit with him who testified the builder must supply proof of water and drainge for each lot before a building permit would be issued council advised mr ollen to go ahead but would not give guarantees on their action asked mr olleri said he im agined houses in the new sub- my mommy always kisses me goodnight before i go to bed said the curly haired moppet with her big sleepy eyes whos going to kiss me tonight park playground leaders looked at one another then at the cute child shrugged and one finally volunteered ill do it she said but you gotta go to sleep and moat of them did be fore big wet drops of rain descended in a sudden torrent around 4 am making sizzling noises in the lone cheerful fire there was a suddenjrush for the comfortable conrtha of the community centre sleep ing bags dragging ground sheets trailing and bare feet squishing in the dewy grais it was an part of the first sleepout under the stars for 32 kids from the summer play ground last wednesday night every ingredient was there to make the night comfortable but sleep the lack of shuteye was ac cepted philosophically by play ground supervisor joanne j landsborough and her staff but parks manager harold townsley a sleepin chaper- one wasnt too optimistic ab out future assignments of this nature kinda hard to keep the old orbs open he assayed to this reporter on the longest thurs day- of the year proximity of the park wash room to the camp was consiov ered convenient before 32 lit tle heads droused but somel one was kept busy into the wee sma hoiirs making con ducted tours to the cement block relief station some leaders ven lured that all the trips werent necessary an ob servation which drew sly smiles to the corners of some sensitive mouths i just got to sleep around 3j0 said sleepy parksman townsley when the rains came that was it arrival at the arena was con dawn they never went back to sleep fortunately the coolish wea- jther which dropped in discour aged the presence of bugs and mosquitos and there werent no var mints either division wouldbe in the 30000 class council adjourned at 1055 pm after an exchange be tween councillors hill and pat terson on servicing unused roads in the township reeve g leslie presided with councillors 1 goodrct t hill and c f patterson in at- tendance this is the peak holiday season many are away and there are visitors to town please phone the free press to share your interesting item of news with our readers trapped toad story verified a dubioussounding story in last weeks free preis about a live toad imbedded in the trunk ot a tree has been verified mrs fred lemon phoned to say she heard the story from hcr mother mrs darwin cripps it was darwin cripps fath er alex cripps who was cutting the log when the healthy toad wedged in a small cavity in the middle of the log was discover ed the tree was about 200 years old and rneasurements showed the hole about 60 feel above the ground thirty inch es of wood surrounded the trapped toad the toad was discovered in october 1893 the mill later burned down then alex cripps bought another saw mill at crewsons corners and it was moved to acton wheels in motion inaugurate road needs study for esquesing s 145 mile network esquesing council set wheels in motion for an improved road system in the township at their regular meeting morv day night meeting with three represen tatives iron the department of highways council set up a co ordinating committee to work with a consulting engineer on a five phase program of road needs an engineer will be engaged to assist in a detailed study of the townships road system to estimate the revenue available to meet needs to develop a method to direct anticipated re venues to areas of greatest policemen assaulted after highway chase four men are charged with assaulting police and the driv er of a vehicle has three addi tional charges to face follow ing a chase with police at high speeds through town and no 7 highway to the eden mills corner over the weekend constable bruce mcarthur sustained a fractured left cheek bone when hit with a whiskey bottle as he attempt ed to arrest one of the sus pects as well as requiring stit ches to close facial gashes constable bob hildreth also required stitches for facial cuts and both he and constable mcarthur are sporting shiners as the result of a struggle the two acton constables suspected an impaired driver as a car came down queen st near the brewers retail store they followed the vehicle in the cruiser through town down bower ave and out no 7 signalling the driver to stop the car picked up speed the chase ended up about 100 vards down the eden mills road constable hildreth got out of the passenger side of the cruiser and he was hit by a fist constable mcarthur said he got out of the cruiser and was assaulted by a passenger in the car and hit by a bottle in the ensuing struggle con stable mcarthur said he had the man pinned but a third party joined the melee and struck him with his fist as a result hoth got loose three of the men were fin ally arrested one of them with help from two acton men who were passing by the fourth was arrested tuesdav bv guelph police the first three arrested ap peared in milton court mon- dav and were rcmandcduntil september 11 all four men from bramp ton anl guelph were charged with assaulting police and the driver has additional charges of impaired and dangerous driving and having liquor in his car need and to prepare a lormal report summarizing the find ings of these studies the work will be divided into five major phases 1 traffic counting 2 preparing an inventory of the township road system and estimating construction needs 3 estimating probable main tenance machinery replace ment anu mousing costs and ad ministrative costs and review ing the organization of the township road department 4 estimating future reven ues 5 preparing a report on the foregoing reeve george leslie explain ed for the benefit of depart ment of highways representa tives the problem esquesing was having with roads he blamed heavy traffic which ex ceeded that ot neighboring townships at ratio of about three to one for difficulty in keeping roads in good condi tion present maintenance meth ods cannot keep pace with in creasing traffic and burgeon ing population reeve leslie was chosen as chairman of the coordinating committee which includes all members of council b ncw- inglon and r d martcll of the department if highways and road superintendent bud snow clerk k c lindsay will act as a nonvoting secretary and if hes unable to attended as sistant clerk del french will act for him the committees first act was to submit a proposal to a firm of consulting engineers cost of the work is estimat ed to nin from 10000 to 13- 000 f r esquesings 145 miles of road county councillor urges county not introduce assessment commissioner plan while a county committee is studying the possible introduc tion of a county assessment commissioner system deputy reeve frank rogers urged county council tuesday not to rush into it mr rogers noted the de partment of municipal af fairs was pressing for the es tablishment of the county sys tem but mr spooncr minister of the department wasnt do ing anything about the plun ked report we might better sit on it until the higher eche lons of government move he cautioned under the county assess ment commissioner system all assessing would be under one senior county officer in committee discussions it yvas suggested suboffices would be thieves take change at retained in local municipalities with the county purchasing necessary equipment now in use in the towns and town ships the county committee also asked the assessor to compile detailed information on the proposal and advise local mun- icipalitiics he and a represen tative of the department of municipal affairs would be av ailable to discuss it with them the committee is planning visits to peel and waterloo counties to observe the assess ment commissioner system in operation there i xmmmff of toronto made his official visit to actori rotary club at their tuesday night dinner one of 52 dubs hell visit during his term of office acton club treasurer dave cleland secretary ron lewi the districtgoverriqrjmnsiate past president bill pendleton and president ralph davies were among those honoring the new governor staff photo thieves took advantage of an unlocked door at acton jer sey dairy to rifle the cash reg ister and escape with about s3i in change friday night they also left two half- drunk bottles of milk as evid ence they were around- for owner don timmings who discovered the breakin as he opened for business saturday morning acton police are investigating the theft mr timmings said the door was left ajar to remove paint ft r r r to check it decision on dredge bid thursday bids tor dredging fabry late were opened laat but the tenders to the department off and resources engineering staff for tfcaar rat onunendatlofu beta ion is made it la expected ful bidder wu be thursday bright at a ansasfcag of the credit valley authority five bids were i gtng all the way of s42mm to a lew of 1 which fa a4jasv ovar fast ated eon credit vauey authority l t said the to xyi quattflcattona king a