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esquesing voters to select reeve council school board incumbent reive george leslie and deputy- reeve leslie and the deputyreeve have serv- reeve george currie propose to make their ed on council for many years together contest for esquesings top post a friendly one staff photo leslie currie run for reeve hill deputy by acclamation esquesing township electors will go to the polls monday december 4 to elect a reeve three councillors and three members of school board reeve george leslie has been challenged by deputy reeve george currie for the townships top post in a surprise move which- saw councillor tom hfh move up the the deputy reeves chair by acclamation four candidates are contesting the three council seats includ ing incumbents cf pat patterson and jim goodlet wr bob lawson and wilfrid leslie two former members of council round out the contestants newcomer jim france indicated he was going to qualify for one of the three school board seats which are vacated this year mean ing therell be a contest with dr ca thompson chester early and a lloyd fisher present members who are running again a packed esquesingtownshipball monday night heard the candi dates give their acceptance speeches while incumbents also reviewed their past year in office ratepayers had the opportunity to ask questions after the candi date had spoken clerk kc lindsay chaired the nomination meeting as well as giving the treasurers report mr lindsay compared the budget of this year well over half a million dollars to the 66000 when he gave his first report z years ago questioned after his report which was available in printed form for ratepayers mr lindsay admitted a 5000 item reserved for building repairs was ticketted for the township office the questioner asked for an explana tion and was told repairs were necessary because sloppy work was done on the building sloppy planning would be bet ter stated the ratepayer who also thought a full report on the building would be very interest ing the architect and contract or were identified for the ques tioner who doubted the material used was poor the questioner said in his opinion the whole building was a poor piece of planning and doubt ed mr lindsays statement that bricks jreresof inferior quality with his type of brick and no protection from the elements he blamed the planning another ratepayer congratu lated council for the fact that no bank loans were shown on the balance sheet s first member of council to give his report was reeve george leslie who indicated early he was running for the post again the reeve reviewed the past year with special emphasis on the legislation passed at county coun cil mr leslie predicted regional government was coming but could see no definite change in the near future why no centennial project in esquesing the reeve said it was decided to hand over the cen tennial grant of one dollar per capita to be given to the halton county museum the reeve also dealt with com plaints about weeds which he said were more numerous because the county weed inspector was ill most of the year a new appoint ment by county council will solve the problem next year ratepayer malcolm freeman asked the reeve what council in tended to do about the stretch of road not yet finished on the seventh line the reeve said construction wouldprobably start next year but doubted whether paving could be done another ratepayer asked about an 80 million loan to be given to outlying communities by metro but the reeve professed no know ledge of the subject were not involved he was sure deputyreeve george currie the next speaker announced he was a candidate for the reeves chair and gave a resume of his experience on county council he told ratepayers halton was the smallest county in acreage but had the largest assessment in the province as well as the second largest population in the prov ince trie county also enclosed the largest town in canada bur lington with a population of 72- 000 oakville and burlington contri bute 80 per cent of the revenue said mrjiurrie were lucky in esquesing we got two county bridges in the last two years the province pays 80 per cent of the cost and oakville and bur lington pay 80 per cent of the 20 per cent left so you can see explained he why we cant tread too bard on representatives from the south some morning the axe will fall and we will have regional government the deputyreeve forecast he told how different departments in the county were already affected as i see it were gradually losing control until we lose it all maybe we wont be gathering in the town ship hall and well be told what to do by appointed representa tives mr currie spoke of the im portance of his work with the childrens aid society a more important job than building roads in halton he also told of the rumpus with the nurses its all over now but i dont know if theyre happy or not he concluded by reviewing road costs in the township councillor tom h1u by now sure of the deputy reev6s post by acclamation spoke next of his concern over roads in the town ship he blamed heavy traffic on the main arteries for the con dition mr hill said 8512 of every dollar went into roads maintenance and it was time we did something concrete on roads he predicted government grants would soon disappear un less the township did something soon mr hill finished by strongly stating he was in favor and pro posed the township have its own ht conunutd on page s tln sttt tt ninetythird year no 22 acton ontario wednesday november 29 1967 authorized is second clams hall by the port office dept ottawa tor postage paid in cash at actw ontario sixteen pages ten cents town commended on centennial province sends bronze plaque completion of actons centen nial projects brought a surprise presentation a bronze plaque from the province of ontario mayor les duby proudly showed the new plaque to council tues day evening and council agreed it should hang in the foyer of the renovated town offices or in the darks office where everyone can see it the plaque reads presented to the town of acton by the pro vince of ontario in recognition of a distinguished contribution by community leaders the centen nial committee and individual dtlaens to the centennial cele brations in 1967 the imagina tion and enthusiasm shown by everyone has made the celebra tion of 100 years of confedera tion in canada a most memor able one and one with a lasting effect en each of us its sign- ad by premier robarts and min ister of tourism and information and chairman of the cabinet centennial commission james anld the mayor received the at tractive plaque in the mall its bronze mounted on wood and ready to hang opp officers quit forte two constables are leaving the opp detachment and a former constable is returning constable f chamberlain has left the opp and returned to his home in woodstock and con- stable r hildreth is finished to morrow thursday constable hildreth is moving to timegaml where hell work in ttm administration office at the new sherman iron mines he starts dec 8 it is expected coostablenlck farion will rejoin the acton de tachment he has been stationed at burlington while recovering from the effects of injuries suf fered in an accident tesxrer bt c ir w parkmght oumsst t opeutopubtk the new municipal parking lot is in operation this week to re lieve the mill st parking prob lem in time tor the christmas shopping rush the lot is en united church property with the entrance an mill st and the exit an elgin st a large sign has been erected and metal guardrails flank the eaarance driveway council a the plan and arrangements were made with nee united church message from- p m office of the prime minister a nations wellbelng is usually gauged by the amount of se curity enjoyed by the citizens one of the major threats to can adas population is the senseless killing and maiming that con tinues to take place on the countrys highways and streets the problem is serious and must be solved however we can not expect any single individual group or government to accomp lish this alone total participation by all is needed from december 1 to 7 the canadian highway safety council is again sponsoring safedriving week in an effort to impress on canadas motorists and pedestrians the fact that they too must do their share it is my hope that every canadian with a sense of responsibility will take it upon himself to support the council in safedriving week and help free canadas highways and streets from the stigma of death violence and crippling injury that has come to character ise them l b pearson two car collision 1600 damage a two car collision at the cor ner of mill and john sts at 1215 am sunday morning sent six people to the doctors office for cuts and bruises police estimated damage to both vehicles a 61 cadillac owned by john kersemans 131 bower ave and a 59 ford op erated by allan green 265 peel street totalled 1600 police said green was pro ceeding west on mill st and turned south into john the ker semans carwaseastboundonuill street green suffered a bruised knee and passengers mr and mrs j wilds were both cut and bruised kersemans sustained head lacerations and twopassen- gers mr and mrs les t re vail had cuts and bruises all the injured were treated and released by dr tbmoore firefighter talks at hospital safety capt wes miller of oakville fire departments fire preven tion staff was guest speaker at a meeting of halton mutual aid fire services held in oakville tues day evening of last week pedestrians hurt at lights a rash of accidents over the weekend kept the acton detach ment of the opp busy sorting out wreckage and investigating causes of smashes first one last friday nov 24 at 650 pm at the corner of main and mill sts involved a vehicle owned and operated by evelyn porty 1 elgin st and twopedes- trian thomas sheguls 59 and his wife jessie 51 of campbell viue police said the vehicle going north on main turned right on mill when the light turned green the driver observed the pedes trians walking south both stop ped then started ahead mr sheguin suffered a sore left shoulder and his wife injur ies to her left knee right legand wrist they were takentogeorgetown hospital for xrays tragic fatality on first line two hurt in crash on 27 an acton woman and her 15- monthold daughter were sent to georgetown hospital friday morning with injuries received in a single car accident on 27 sideroad in esquesing mrs helen osborne of 173 perth st acton was driving toe car when it hit an icy patch and sud off the road entered a ditch and struck a tree she suffered head injuries and lacerations to the lip and had several teeth knocked out her daughter lynda marie 15 months old also recei ved head injuries and forehead lacerations they were both treated at the scene by dr ca thompson then admitted to hospital in georgetown const gary cor- man of milton opp who investigated said the accident happened half a mile east of the seventh line four youths die in cartrain crash a tragic accident claimed the lives of four 17yearold boys when their car a 1938 plymouth coupe ran into the side of a train the collision occurred eight miles west of milton on the first line of nassagaweya north of five sideroad at 405 am saturday morning the car was split in two and had to be removed by a dump truck the car crashed into a loaded condola car used to tran sport gravel and coal and was dragged for 62 feet up the track the train had been shunting back and forth on the crossing dead are lome miller jacob us ronald boers terrance van busldrk all of campbellviue area and john newell of 68 mar garet ave kitchener formerly of acton separate funerals were held lome miller was the son of harold and pearl miller and the brother of judy donna brenda and linda funeral service was held monday at mckersle funer al home in milton and interment was at st georges church cem etery in lowvllle terry van busldrk lived with bis parents mr and mrs james van busldrk at rr 2 camp- bellvllle he is also survived by three sisters funeral ser vice was monday and interment was in st davids presbyterian church cemetery in campbell viue neweus funeral was held in kitchener he is the son of leonard new ell of milton and mrs lena neweu of kitchener requiem high mass was held tuesday in st marys roman catholic bystanders iook at the mutilated vehicle a 1938 plymouth coupe four boys avere kill ed and the car demolished when it ran into the side of a train near campbellviue early saturday morning photo by esther taylor church and interment was in woodland cemetery kitchener he is also survived by three brothers and one sister ronald boers was the son of arie and anna boers and the brother of marinus riesof mil ton dirk and margaret at home funeral service was held mon day at mckersie funeral home and the burial was at st davids presbyterian church cemetery campbellviue the car belonged to van bus- kirk but it is not known who was driving at the time of the trag edy three of the occupants died instantly and the fourth died en route to milton district hospital milton opp described the accident as the worst in years it was north hiltons first mul tiple fatality in several years ah bird assistant commis sioner of the opp in a state ment monda estimated the speed of the vehicle as about 60 miles per hour milton opp constable terry devlne said be had seen the car at moffat and followed it intend ing to stop it for a routine check const devlne denied chasing the car if it had been a chase i would have hit the train too he said the cruiser was a short distance behind the car when the accident happened john smith a canadian pacif ic railway flag man was on duty at the scene and had a lantern to warn oncoming vehicles he said he leaped aside when van bus- kirks car approached the railroad crossing is marked but has no flashing sig nals or warning light town labor force applies for certification in union new pamono iot beside the united church was opened recently and the town fathers hope it will relieve some of the congestion on mill st offstreet parking has also been pro posed for another area off main st staff photo a hearing wiu be held at the office of the labor relations board toronto this thursday morning on certification of the town labor force as members of the union of public employees all are eligible under union terms except the office staff superintendent and those above the rank of superintendent council tuesday night approv ed the creation of a position of foreman or assistant superin tendent and that these be exclud ed from the bargaining unit council also authorized william uarpe as solicitor in the matter the mayor clerk and other interested councillors will at tend the hearing and wiu not op pose it unless advised by their solicitor two more demonstrations of tractors for sanitary land flu at the dump will be given thisweek bringing demonstrations to sev en mayor duby pointed out this equipment has been needed from the beginning sanitation chairman tyler re ported incineration method has not been abandoned but the two methods will complement each other certain garbage must be buried prices range from 17000 for a new tractor on down rental is also being con sidered one tractor wiu be left with the town force for use next mon day mr tyler bemoaned the fact be is running out of com panies to demonstrate praising the newlyopened parking lot beside the united church reeve hlnton suggested consideration might be started on a similar lot behind the pres byterian church other counduors urged wait ing oil they see how the first municipal lot works out ifs been quite vacant so far mr hlnton felt a lot behind the presbyterian church would service the church overflow from the community centre and main st n shoppers the town win apply for a loan of 324677 to the central mort gage and housing corporation to finance an addition to the water control plant council decided not to oppose an application from sesto con struction for variances in set backs at a house at the corner of tidey ave in lakeview the builder had proceeded without a permit and bis application was refused by the committee of ad justment no other objections were expressed and the builder was having difficulty setting up k ri hv r before winter a townowned barn wiu be ad vertised for sale and removl micro plastics are vacating the barn renovating the town hall bel fry was authorized tf an esti mated cost of 200 itll be quite serviceable housing now for the siren council also authorized purchase of a new pump for lakeview sewer pump ing station recommended by the engineer to compleinent the ex isting pump kjtattons were received from three companies cost is 872 pins tax authorised payment of 409 omb lees in regard to approv al of the new sewer plant exten sion its too bad we have to continued on pag j j