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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 19, 1968, p. 17

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news of the district bandit robs hornby store chased hornby occasionally the rural sectors of halton county fet the reputation of being rather quiet and uneventful there are anenal residents of the hornby are whdprobably dlaafree at thisgctnt mrs robert crawford manageress of crawfords general store hornby looked up from her adding late wednesday after noon to ace a radhalred young mso of medium helghtcock the action of a pump shotgun and demand the days receipts mistaking his aotlons for a joke sbe hesitated ahd was struck oh the wrist with the gunbarreu i one of three eustonwrs in the store 19yearom lucas von kulmittof srtt line was also staring it the bandit assuming the whole thing was a lest when the- gun crashed onto his fore- head tearing a long gash anrfwellfalackened right eye a moment later the tone gunman collected 1200 cash and leapt through the passenger door of his vehicle knocking a bat of tissues to the ground some of the tissues- were later used to stop op von kulmli wound as another store customer 19-year- om diana frederick of hornby raoed him to milton district hospital where he was treated anasrelsaaed evidence indicates the bandit escaped west along base line road station attendant ross harkness was ordered to fill the white late model ford station wagon with gas a sale curtailed by the arrival of motorcyclist wayne picket of trafalgar rd and a car driven by stephen barr of milton who had been tailing the station wagon from hornby the motorist proceeded north on highway 26 toward highway 401 later a vehicle driven by mrs irene burt of rr 1 mof fat was forced off the 401 and stolen just a short time before a gait man john suckling had his vehicle commandeered in the same manner eight miles further west nest victims of cartheft on the highway were two kitchener girls lucyll dhigokecu and ann mills who were forced at gun point to drive west this last crime wis spotted by guy helsdon of rr1 browns ville who flagged down an qpp cruiser and reported it the constable radioed a second car and less than two-and- ahalf hours after the hornby holdup a 21yearold islington man was apprehended in the girls car near woodstock charged with armed robbery car theft abduction and assault and held in custody in the ontario mental hospital at hamilton blame tight money for museum delay milton the ontario governments agricultural museum at kelson conservation area seems a long way off yet in a letter to the ontario steam and antique preservers associ ation this weok ontarios minister of agriculture and food william a stewart blames the tight money situation for the delay tho osapa was planning to cooperate with the department in the building and eqdlpplhg of the new museum which is to be erected on the former a r service farm adjoining kelso it was our hope a start could have been made bv now on the proposed ontario agriculture museum mr stewart said however due to the curtailment of the ontario government expenditures in this period of high interest rates and tight money it was thought prudent to delay for the time being the commence ment of this protect it is our sincere hope that circumstances will permit our pro ceeding as soon as possible the minister said steam association officials had hoped to help equip the museum with rare canadian farm antiques and hold their annual shows there instead of milton fsirgrounds where the past seven reunions have been staged this year the steamera reunion returns to milton on labor day weekend expect elora gorge to attract 80000 elora attendance at elora gorge park which has been declining steadily for the past five years is expected to level off this year the attendance reached a peak of 104000 in 1962 and declined to 85000 last summer a total of 7800 parking units visited the park in 1967 total attendance this year is expected to be between 90000 and 00000 the park opened may 1 and will be operated until october is attendance has been declining as other recreation areas opened officials of the grand river conservation authority which operates the park say that attendance has been too high for the past few years and the 80000 visitors is the proper ievel attendance ten years ago was 27000 surprise party hr prmdptl rtomwiuitms a reunion at glen williams school turned out to be a sur prise going away party for principal ralph mckeown who it going to umebouse school as principal approximately 250 ei-ttu- denta teachers and parents turned up on the hot saturday afternoon june 8 to say good bye to principal mckeown who has served 13 years in the gun williams school in a cooperative effort of teachers and parents the whole program refreshments and gifts were secretly arranged expupll gloria zllio now a teacher herself presented mr mckeown with a fireplace screen and fireplace utensils little krista klassen present ed a bouquet of flowers to mrs mckeown while the kinder garten class half sang half stared their way through a goodbye song son bob mckeown acted as emcee for the afternoon aod introduced the students who per formed refreshments were served si the close of the afternoon xt we cut wisdom teeth the first time we bite off more than we can chew l avis rentacar phone 8775323 special weekend rates free delivery senior show held by trail riders the acton free press wednesday june 19 968 kt pons arc always an mifllop for tho children and this string wot no exception at the rowcxjd cernivnj saturday they were busy wfth rlcuwi all afternoomc staff phcao churchill penpals meet english visitors ft or see first time ontario by mrs f mcarthur mist june swackhamer held a class party for clsss a of erin high school on sbndsy at their home at churchill mr and mrs charles blnnlo attended the foster rounlon hold near cheltenham on sunday june 16 mrs cecil best of peter borough is visiting with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs charles blnnlo for a few days mr and mrs j w elliott and family of port arthur are visiting with her psronis mr and mrs w j mcdonald and gordon they are also attending the moose lodge convention at the conrad hilton hotel in chicago tho children aro hol idaying with their grandparents hitchhiker juns oa drivers heaj last wook tho free pross had a front page intorvlow with a couple of friendly squirrels who travelled kangaroostyle in harold townsleys shirt pocket this week another wild life tale friday morning stuart johnson was driving through town when a chipmunk began leaping in nervous agitation around his car with its first leap from the back seat right up unto the drivers head from tho dash board it lumped again and ap parently located itself a hiding plaeo in tho car when mr johnson slopped he couldnt find the tiny hitchhiker anywhere he left the car door open and let the animal creep out and find its own way homo mr and mrs e e storey of orillis visited at tho same homo ori sunday miss jsnice swacshamer visited over the weekend with her coasln sharon lesllo and attended tho ford picnic at crystal beach on saturday mr and mrs lesllo swack hamer and debbie also mr and mrs clarenco denny and joyce visited at colllngwood and thorn- bury on sunday miss ksthy swackhamer spent the day at wasaga beach mr and mrs harry angus joy and gordlo of wyoming michigan mr and mrs mur ray melson and family of guolph mrs louie hilts and family mr and mrs donald cameron and family both families of rockwood visited on fathers day with mr and mrs alfred winter mrs angus snd children aro spendlngaweekwlth her parents before returning homo wo aro pleased to report mr and mrs galas and family whose home was destroyed by fire last year is being robullt they hopo to bo moving in before too long mr and mrs j j julian last weok brought some english friends to visit with mr and mrs norman turner and family mr and mrs arthur phelp are from c lead on village in the nowcastlo upon tyne area mrs phelp has for years been an institute penpal of mrs julian but ttuy had never before met she and her husband are making the julian home their head quarters tor three weoks with side trips to niagara falls ot tawa and other points of interest the phelps also met the jim mccullochs and were surprised to find that at one time the mccullochs had lived in county durham neodless to say they special live lobsters shipped from nova scotia by air guaranteed fresh on sale friday june 21 at 430 pm stand at bill toth shell service boiled 160 each live 150 each business opportunity codtthuh farm equipment of canada limited has an opening for a dealer in the milton area codcshutt is a subsidiary of the white motor corporation along with the oliver corpora tion and minneapolismolina ine cockshutt has one of the finest lines of modern equipment with a liberal term and discount cor farm why not contact us today there is a real future for the right party cockshiitt farm equipment of canada ltd 120 orenda road brampton ont enjoyed a lolly good hat ovor iholr cup of loa mr and mrs phelp have pro mised to rovlslt their acton friends buforo they return to their homo in cleadon village mr and mrs edward duggsn of toronto visited on sundav with mr and mrs bruce lellch and beverley mrs ward hamilton visited her fathorlnlaw mr frank hamilton in scarborough on sat urday rockwood a large crowd of spectators saw the trail riders senior show suteon classes and games were judged by mrs audrey loney elora and bruce lawrence rockwood champions for the dsy west ern al fox guelph reserve jean petltt rockwood bnglish di duncaiv rqckwood reserve babs fillls rockwood winners are as follows in or der- ladles barheck equitation bkbsellis di duncsn jean pettitt nancy beacon western riding di dilncari mary hatch tom srrdlh jean pettitt pole bonding al fox jean pettitt ken tuck faye mllburn english pleasure horse nancy beacon di durtean jackie rowe pat dales tosss speed and action al fox ken tuck jean pettitt tom smhlv trail horse kori tuck di duncan jean pettitt tom smith barrel race al fos jean pettitt mary hatch faye mllburn scurry rtce babs ellis ken tuck dt duncsn western reining jesn pettitt ken tuck al fox tom smith flsg rsce al fox ken tuck lois harris joan pettitt open lumper babs ellis david howe di duncan pick up race al fax ken tuck roger harris relay race di duncan and joan pettitt bob smith and al fox roger harris and bill mllburn ken tuck and lucille tuck h s holden oftomttmtt a coda si east guelth ptwn ta tlim graeme goebelle chartered accountant announces the opening of an offlco for the practice of his profession at 39 main st s georgetown 8776565 replace with new general motors bonded brake shoes inspect wheel cylinders or leaksgo inipocl nil flexible linos nnd stool brake lines for creeks nnd loikiqy inspect drums for wonr clean end repack whool bearings and adust adust brakes 4 wheels hava this job dona and guaranteed 6000 miles far 6 months or special m for 4 price a9v wheels coma in and have vour brakes inspected fvaa of charge milton motor sales ltd 318 main st milton 87s2h5 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