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1 ninetythird year no 26 acton ontario wednesday december 27 1967 twelve pages ten cents it was starts near milton in 1968 7000000 regional jail in acton not a creature was stirring not even a mouse in acton out happened christmas day rather than christmas eve dur ing the day there was little traf fic every store and business was closed tight and everybody stay ed home content with christ mas eve tailing on a sunday there were more churchservlces than usual many people attended and made visits as well take an unguided tour of actons streets these nights the lights and outdoor displays are gorgeous and you can get a glimpse of indoor trees and dec orations it you make the trip early before all the drapes are drawn and after doing the sub division streets dont miss cameron ave record high temperatures were set last weekendandchrist- mas might have been a couple of months away weatherwise but the weather caught up with the calender christmas day with snow putting a sparkle on every thing in guelph where official records are kept last thursdays high was 58 degrees boxing day sunshine and snow brought out new sleighs tobog gans and skates but mats old stuff compared to the skidoos which started to roar up and down the hlus at the robert little school glenlea and in the countryside they sound like travelling buusaws the hamilton automobile club is distributing folders about safe holiday driving be a good host it stresses but above all keep your friends alive by being first a friend then a host the outdoor floodlighting brightens the new centennial lib rary these long nights against a backdrop of sparkling snow its certainly something to be proud of as centennial year ends construction for maplehurst regional detention which will re place existing jails in halton and peel counties is scheduled to be gin in 1968 reforms institutions minister allan grossman said at a toronto press conference last week the tour year construction plan will be completed in three stages the first phase will be a reformatory followed by a medium security training centre and finally by maplehurst region al detention centre all on the same site the site for the complex is not certain yet originally it was to be built on the ninth line in north oakvllle near hornby the original site was chosen by coun ty officials when they planned to have a regional detention centre since then a training centre and reformatory has been added and the government is taking over both the cost and the construct ion the training centre will pro vide academic and vocational facilities for young offenders be tween the ages of 16 and 25 government plans call for acen- police investigate two minor accidents two minor automobile acci dents one of them due to icy road conditions were investigated by acton opp during the week first one occurred on sunday december 24 at 920 p m on 1uu st e investigation officer constable n farion blamed icy roads for the crash a vehicle driven by george stanley gammon 144tidey ave and mrs paul hurley elizabeth drive were involved with approx imately 150 damage toeachcar police said mr gammon had stopped his car and the hurley vehicle attempted to pass both were westbound on mill the second smash occurred tuesday dec 26 at 310 pnu at the millmain corner involved were cars driven by john jacob krul 40 victoria ave acton and gerben hylke de jong 1485 trenton rd oakvllle the krul vehicle was west bound on mill and the de jong car going north on main when the accident occurred police estim ated damages of 125 to the krul car and 150 to the one driven by de jong constable nick farion invest igated tral administration building cha pel gymnasium and dining hall to be shared by those in the training centre and reformatory at different times the milton area complex val ued at 7 million will be the first of its kind in north america integration of municipal and provincial facilities pared the original estimation of 14 mill ion for the scheme to 7 million the entire provincial program is band serenades night shoppers shoppers serenade was played by the citizens band wednesday evening and the faint sound of bells mingling with the carols was the sound of cash registers up and down the street shoppers found it warm enough outside to stand for awhile and listen to the christmas music the band was stationed on the ymca steps for a while and then moved off to blow afew more carols at other locations they trooped down bower ave for a special version of jingle bells for ailing band member gerald wieck just out of hospital following a back injury said to cost many mill ion dollars and will be completed in the next 10 or 15 years the program also includes regional detention centres at napanee and st cath arines up until october halton and peel counties were planning on building maplehurst as a joint project in october the province announced they would assume 100 per cent of the cost mr grossman told the press conference about 70 per cent of all the people convicted remain in municipal jails and never get to provincial centres under the present system under the pro posed system everyone will be handled by the department of reforms institutions the de partment knows more and is better equipped to rehabilitate inmates than the municipality he said the three combined institu tions near milton will accommo date about 600 prisoners and the detention centre will be used for those awaiting bail or serving sentences of less than 90 days the training centre will ac commodate 200 young male re peat offenders between 16 and 25 who for security reasons are declared not fit to the open atmosphere provided at the ont ario training centres four complaints three accidents report 2 1867111967 in the weekly opp report says december 17 to 23 produced a certain amount of activity total duty hours amounted to 208 dur ing which 586 miles were pat rolled general occurrences involved investigation of four complaints two assaults in which several charges were laid one theft of christmas tree light bulbs and finally the report of a stray dog property damage accidents apparently on the increase amounted to three the inclem ent weather possibly being one of the main factors other traffic activities result ed in two charges being laid for speeding and eleven warnings is sued for various infractions of the highway traffic act there were no cases to be heard this week at magistrates court in milton most cases have been scheduled for the init ial part of the new year local sand pit operators re plied to inquiries from anxious holiday drivers on the weekend road conditions werent bad until christmas night when sanders were out see page 7 for a review of centennial year as seen bv the free press camera compressor breaks a special meeting of the parks and recreation committee will be held thursday night to de cide what steps should be taken to correct damages to the arti ficial ice compressor at the com munity centre a valve broke in the marnln sunday scoring the walls and making a major repair neces sary the committee will base their decision on a cost report from the manufacturer its quite possible a new compressor may be necessary meanwhile arena manager harold townsley is hoping the cold weather keeps up until nec essary repairs are made or a new one purchased he expects no change in his program but is not sure whata spell of warm weather would do to ice marsha mckenzie accepted the girls athletic association shield on behalf of grade 1 1 a winners of the best decorated room at acton distict high school principal e a hansen presented the award staff photo i our wish to readers and everyone who which brought winter into this area over the passes over acton is outlined in the fresh snow christmas holiday staff photo worried about collisions sky cops coming to mohawk acton it is hard to imagine having too many aircraft in the skies but the federal department of transport is not taking any chan ces the department is initiat ing an air traffic control service to reduce to reduce the likeli hood of collisions over or around major airports the service which will event ually be spread through out the country will be initiated in an area centred about toronto air port the service is aimed at light or private flying aircraft at present many of the aircraft are flying visual flying rules vfr that is the aircraft can be seen on air traffic control radar but communication is not possible the ultimate purpose of the program is to integrate visual flying rules with instrument fly ing rules ifr aircraft receive directions from the controller on the ground by ifr burlington skyway mohawk raceway acton orangeville aurora markham and fairport beach have been cited as geo graphical fixes each of these sites will have controllers who act as policemen for the skies and advise aircraft if they are about to overtake a second air craft or if they are near another plane the system is being initiated at toronto because of the in creased number of near misses that have occurred recently a near miss is hard to define as some pilots report near misses as anything closer than 1000 feet and others do not- aircraft movements out of toronto airport have increased from 10000 a month in 1965 to 20000 a month this year and there are about 2000 light air craft in the area from st cath arines and brantford to oshawa on january 1 all vfr air craft flying within a 20mile ra dius of toronto airport must contact the toronto airport march 1 this will be extended to a 30mile area special corridors have been allotted flying clubs near the airport at brampton maple and king city they will not have to contact the toronto terminal- last golden age club trip ends happy centennial year last thursday evening at 630 twenty nine golden age club members visited with the mil ton senior citizens club and journeyed to toronto to see the wonderful christmas sights this trip was a centennial project sponsored by the halton junior farmers to entertain the senior citizens and the older people who would never see the bright lights of the city travelling by the queen eliz abeth highway their first stop was at the east gate of the ex hibition grounds at the beau tiful new city hall the front was decorated with allwhite electric stars and the one beautiful tree at the front door decked with the colored lights people were skating on the ice next they drove up yonge street where the lovely lights were across the road like cur tains they returned down 27 highway to the lake-shore- jury probes four deaths 6 speeding drinking didnt see train through oakvllle where again un people can be proud of their christmas bells and decorations at the community centre at the boyne south of milton they were greeted by a number of junior farmers who gave them a royal welcome and served a dainty lunch they entertained with christmas carol singing thanking the junior farmers and wishing them a merry christmas the group returned home to acton the members will never forget the wonderful trips they have been able to have in the centennial year of 1967 services sunday and monday christmas message packs acton churches boy pauw chairman of the christmas program of bethel bible and sunday school received a bible from superintendent john krul at the friday night event eddy is leaving bible school to attend catechism classes staff photo christmas observances at all seven acton churches were well attended as christmas all over the world celebrated the birth of christ some churches held special services on sunday in the morn ing and evening others had the traditional christmas eve serv ices as well as others on christ mas morning at st josephs church the tra ditional midnight mass filled the church to overflowing rev father vj morgan the pastor celebrated high mass and deliv ered the sermon the senior choir sang carols before mass there were also two masses on christmas day one at 900 and the other at 1030 am with the junior choir singing at both the church was packed again for the 1030 mass at which father morgan was assisted by the rev mr michael bennett crowds of parishioners took the opportunity to visit the crib at the front of the church alter masses the sudden death of miss irene mulhollan4 left choirs at st jos ephs without an organist tor the gtngfng of the difficult mtffcitgft mass in english and carols by the junior choir both choirs acquitted themselves well under the circumstances miss mulhollands death left a sad note with parishioners for the joyful feast of christ mas she ras organist at st josephs for over 50 years st albans church was packed also for midnight eucharist at 11 pm on sunday night that morning the 1030 am holy eucharist was celebrated tor the first time in his home parish by the rev laurence duby the recentlyordained priest also preached the sermon mr duby is the son of two choir members at the church mayor and mrs les duby family groups attended the eucharist on christmas day the church was beautifully de corated with wreaths and sprigs of cedar prepared by the men of the parish friday evening the altar guild served them coffee and doughnuts after their work on christmas the candles in the advent wreath were removed and replaced by the christ cand- ke a single large white candle on december 15 evangel pent ecostal tabernacle held their annual sunday school christmas program with an overflow crowd the congregation was delighted as the children from the junior pnmarv and beginners depart ments sang christmas carols especially enjoyed were the tiny tots as they came through the door of a large false church made by two primary teachers mrs p binnie and mrs g stewart the film three wise boys was the maini attraction the program ended with treats and remembrances for the junior de partment and down christmas sunday services featured a special sermon the christmas message of the stars christmas eve service was the christmas message in a music- ale special guest soloist was q nevers brockvllle who sang o holy night and down from his glory others taking part were peter binnie mrs g bowen of acton and miss ruth thoman of kitchener the acton evangel tabernac les cas joined in the very impressive candlelight service climaxed with rev and mrs thoman and miss r thoman singing harvest time at the christian reformed church the two regular sunday services were followed by a spe cial service at 10am on christ mas morning sunday morning trumpet sele ctions were played by john duenk and the choir sang on christmas day caspar pauw played the organ this church twice a month has one sunday service in dutch but this was the week for both ser- vies to be in english the minister the rev p brouwer preached a christmas sermon that wasespecially gear ed to the children with the the me gods heavenly gift in human ragb a christmas tree decorated the downstairs auditorium where the annual christmas sunday school concert was held friday evening potosettias other flowers and a lighted christmas tree decor ated acton baptist church for christmas at the christmas sunday morning service the rev s gammon preached a timely sermon in the evening a special fam ily service was arranged with continued on page 3 failure to see the train in adequate road maintenance and possible speeding were listed as causes leading to the fatal acci dent that took the lives of tour 17yearold boys nov 25 the inquest was held wed dec 20 all four died when the car they were driving a 1938 plymouth coupe crashed into a train on the cpr main line on the first line of nassagaweya a pathologists report present ed by dr verne waldorf showed all four boys had been drinking prior to the crash terrene van buskirk of rr 2 camp- bellviue the owner and probable driver of the car had 06 per cent alcohol in his blood stream this is equivalent to four beers or six ounces of liquor alcohol readings ranged from 02 to 05 percent in the other three youths dr waldorf stated van bus kirk had suffered a crushed chest which was incurred when he came into contact with an oval shaped object probably the steering wheel this was the only indication that could be used for identification of the driver the car was registered in van bushrks name ontario provincial police con stable terry davlne stated he had followed the car from mof fat just before 4 am but never came closer than one quarter of a mile to the car constable devine stated he had planned to make a routine check of the car due to the time of night and ccmttnutd on poo 2 on the twelfth day of christmas up in flames go the christmas trees that have been the focus of attention for so few days the annual twelfth night tree burning will give the towns christ mas trees a royal send- off however as family groups circle the biggest bonfire of the year trees will be stacked high in the meadow just north of the town dump on churchill road and a match will be lit to spark the conflagration on sat urday evening january 6 as the flames leap in the frosted air youngsters eyes will sparkle in the light again just as they did under the same tree on christmas eve the chamber of com merce is again planning the bonfire that could sym bolise the towns farewell to centennial rear the town crews will make a special christmas tree pickop on friday jan uary 5 coffee and doughnuts are handed out free around the fire lanaiiiiiwaawmfl