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passenger train peels fender off waiting car rhvf of acton for the next two yean will be dr frank oakes who ha been deputyreeve for the past two year term staff photo ntw dhhttvmeve of acton is councillor ted tyler jr who was unopposed for the position ho succeeds dr frank oakej staff photo actons first note power sets bulb popping problem bulbs are popping out all over- counsellor bobdrinkwalter told the hydro commission tit the regular meeting last thursday night others at the meeting agreed that there appears to he power surges at night and residents have been breaking budgets buying bulbs to replace those burned out the commission explained tint during the daytime voltage in town runs between 1 18- 120 but at night when consumption is down it climbs to about 125 residents are advised to use nothing less that 130 volt bulbs you can buy cheaper bulbs but youre only asking for trouble said chairman tyler we have first rate power in acton acton no longer has to foot the bill for subdivisions members of the council planning hoard were told bob drihkwaltcr ted tyler jr and hill williams a p p r o ac h c d the hydro continued on page 9 tanners tie fergus in fast game tuesday coach harold towruiav pullad floahtaaaar jim swaanay in tha laat mbtuta of play and acton yannar talvagad a 44 tia in an oha list b 0m lt ht tuaadayi in fanjua ptaot gordia ball tank hit taeond goal of tha gam ttaarttortr tha count with 13 aacond ufi on tha dock tha taams playad 10 minutaa of ovartima but lailad to tcora although tha tannart had four goodehaneaa maying fat axciting hockay ah tha way tha tannart grabbad a 10 uad at tha four minuta mark of tha taeond pariod whan hill mar acorad auistad by dannji snldar and jan riddall gordia bad mada it 20 with tha ptattttil goal of tha night picking ha top right hand eotnar stava townday and kaufat halt halpad fargu cama back with two goal to tat it all up but kavin hall put tha tannart ahaad again aatatatd by marw and riddall pargui bounead back again wma two mow goab to go ahaad 43 tatting tha ttaga for tha law minuta drama whan ball cjangad coach townawy wat nlaaaail with hit dubi pariormanca thafe hnt point bi thra gamat but atm faat thay cm do battar gordie bell malcolm stava towntlav and kavin hah forward ha hopat thayll prove it friday againtt lueanhara acton tarvad tight of tha 17 panartjaa acton jim swaanay goal dannlt snldar kan haarna stava garvari and jim bullough dafanat jan riddall gordia bad phil marzo harry rad phillips gary yalilafar ron like a key opening a sardine can a cnr train peeled the fender and left side of the hood off a vk car thursday morning at the mill st crossing james morgan of guelph stopped his car on one track as the morning passenger train passed ripping off the bumper twisting it at sharp right angles to the car shaken but not injured mr morgan sought temporary repairs fov his car at johns texaco service station and continued on his way to geoxgetown bystanders felt if the car had been another inch closer the imptcl might have jerked the car around and smashed it into the side of the train a travelling salesman from guelph mr morgan was travelling cast on mill st police who investigated reported he intended to cross the tracks against the flashing red signal saw the westbound train approaching and put on his brakes he came to a stop on one set of track and was struck by one of the cars on the train mr morgan felt something projecting from one of the cars must have struck his vehicle in the spectacular accident spectators agreed it was several seconds after he had stopped when the front of his car was 1 peeled away the hood grill front bumper a fender and loft front door received an estimated sfioo damage cnr train engineer edward weeks of toronto slopped the train the incident occurred at 915 am cons tarion investigated arid police say charges against mr morgan are pending despite the- harrowing experience mr morjjan continued on to georgetown to make business calls before returning home to guelph mayoralty ctihufouts ratepvhfh me- i mayor i chamber publi novrnibel the lnlnjjh tlri ill til vhui ill- l ci hup c iljuc iio i me tiirshy if in hi- 1 haifif eled side of james morgans car was struck by the cnr morning passenger train monday the shaken driver a guelph travel- tyskskttiicikilciklkicykjciksklklk littlc audilniiiiii chnmbil pi ul n piilil nielsen imil nil oil n inil tit to everyone a ilu romniirr llieetllip monday in fnlluw lip their intrrcm h nmrndihr further nietlinp ll i1igrv fur lie hie tinnliihtt ft ill position of nmyim ii vhrv tlitlt pliufintih iivl ij ijtiesllons nmn lit- ikhm mlrk ill i illfilr t lrr decision- to hf niiil vli nielsen il reeled used car dealer during demonstration drive thl it the opportunity of a llfellrtic prospective customer yes i ik sk sk yk k k k k ik ik k hear it knocking lor was unhurt charges are pending staff photo ninetyfourth yoarno 21 acton ontario wednesday november 20 1968 twenty pages ten cents reeve deputy acclaimed three way race for mayor actons reeve and deputy reeve arc acclaimed to office but there will be an election for all other scats on monday december 2 there were 23 nominations from the floor at the annual nomination meeting held monday in the robert little auditorium three were for the trio who have all already been campaigning for the mayors scat reeve herbert ii hinton incumbent leslie duby and present councillor robert prinkwaltcr all qualified to run before the tuesday 0 pm deadline deputyreeve frank oakes was the only person nominated as reeve and received a round of applause from the 70odd in attendance a father and son combination appeared on the slates for a while as if they might oppose each other for the deputyreeves post but edward tyler sr withdrew in favor of hydro commission leaving son edward tyler jr in possession the former councillor was also applauded by the audience as he promised to continue to act in actons best interests v i i viin m i n were nominated for council two withdrew that evening and the eight who qualified are william williams karl masales william coats john clteer garnet mckenzie cyril bishop peter marks and orval chapman there ire si council seats the two who withdrew before the meeting was over were don lindsuv and norman elliott douglas copelaud did not qualify present councillors missing from the next ballot are hob drinkwaltei hoping to move up to mayoi ted tyler jr promoted to deputy reeve and charles perry mr perry is not certain where he will be working nel sear six were nominated lor the four hvdro commission seats jacob van der kooy douglas manning robert macarthur wilfied mcejchern omlle drown and idward tyler sr and all si qualified the last three are p r e c n 1 1 on t h e commission latir in the evening clerk joe hurst mounted the platform agjin to chalk up he names of candidates for t he single aetonnavajgawey a seat on the new hallon board ol education the results had come from brookulle hall where thomas watson murray smith of acton and horace bly t h of nassagaweya had been duly nominated and seconded later all qualified and wilt runcyrit bishop had altered his announced intention of contesting the seat to avoid splitting the acton vote and giving n assagaweya the advantage the only two other previously announced candidates were mr blyth and mr watson the introduction of mr smiths name came as a surprise mayor les duby right will be opposed by reevo h h hinton left and councillor bob drinuwaltor for the offlceof mayor ifor the next two years the contest brought out in the open weeks ago has generated much election interest there will also be elections for council hydro and the new halton county board of education staff photo as nominations were received from the floor they were processed by clerk joe hurst and new deputy clerk grant usher and written on school blackboards by paul nielsen its the danish influence that caused him to spell dnugdogt jack carpenter was speedily named meeting chairman eirst town representatives were called on for reports then those nominated spoke in turn questions were received horn the floor to anv speaker first speaker mayoi i es duby gave the report f councils activities toi the pavt two years hi is published in lull elsewheie he also referred to the citizens band progress report which had been given to him for inclusion the music centre now almost completed has an estimated worth oi bet vcen s2s and 30000 materials cost 1 1000 there will be an official opening in june l with the financial statement was an account ot activities including practices rentals and catering coils are given lessons now on a limited scale the band would like more adult begiuneis there are 7 people involved altogether re i v i iii- rt hinton reported on various aspects oi his work wiih county council referring to the ontario counties association where regional studies have been underway for years the countys regional peelhal ton government study sheridan college of which hes on the board of governors and the opening of the new martin house extension to the manor at milton on roads committee he advocated i m provemen t of northsouth roads in particular and plugged for a connecting link lor acton on personnel legislation and bylaw committee he winked for improved relations for county employees a personnel officer was hired on property and administration he participated in the provincecounty agreement for sharing of the county building when the province took over the administration of justice with a county population of 170000 assessment of 100 million dollars he found county work rewarding experience and assured his listeners he never neglected acton dr oakes also reported on his county work beginning by saying he was disappointed the hall wasnt packed u it apathy or is there a lot going on tonight he wondered if citicns realized acton has a debenture debt of one million two fcohrtaiud on pag 3 esquesing electors to vote for reeve deputyreeve council hutuimii electors will be asked lo choose j reeve deputy reeve jnj three councillors at elections monjjy dec 2 for the first two year term in the townships history mondays nomination meeting in sicwarttown township hajl saw candidates qualify for all positions and force an election only one post was settled the teat on the new county school board went to william a uiwson by acclamation malcolm freeman of r r 1 georgetown lias challenged ntcumbent george currte tor the reeves chair jim france of rr 4 georgetown is contesting the deputyreeves post with the present sea holder tom mill of glen williams percy r 1 licks of rr 3 milton james goodie of rr 3 georgetown russell miller of rr 1 georgetown wilfrid leslie of r r 4 georgetown fenneth i marshall of r r 5 milton and c f pal patterson of norval are contesting the three council seats mr leslie and mr patterson are serving on the present council councillor bob lawson told the large crowd at the meeting he was not running for any township office two names were on the slate for fsquesings one representalive on the new halton county board of liducation- william lawson and kerwin mclhail mr mcphail failed to qualify so the post goes to mr lawson by acclamation clerk k c lindsay waj elected to chair mondays- nominations and he told the nearcapacity audience it would be the last lime he will chair a nomination meeting and il could very well be the last meeting of this kind in the township of esquesing reeve george currie called on first to give his report to the ratepayers predicted that before 1970 expires well have regional government lie reviewed the signs which all pointed to an imminent takeover by the province of the cohtinuvd on pap c7j sfudenfs conduct survey in response to a request from parks hoard and recreation committee six boys from the grade xi history class at acton district high school are conducting a survey of recreation and educational programs and facilities in town later the entire grade xi class will analyc the results of the survey in determine the extent of existing recreational and educational facilities in acton the parks and recreation committee will use the students findings to coordinate recreation and educational programs to avoid duplication and initiate new programs especially those which are subject to grants from hie provincial government as part of the survey questionnaires will he sent home wilh all elementary and high school students to establish what programs are now operating and asking for suggestions students participating in hie survey will he given credit for their work on the history course passenger hurt saturday crash mrs patricia conn 77 bower ave was injured saturday afternoon when the car driven by her husband william conn was involved in an accident she suffered a sprained right ankle and severe whiplash was treated by dr david van der lent al 1 lie scene and taken to guelph general hospital where she was later released a car driven by mrs nancy jensen cook st acton was travelling south on main st s and slowed to allow the car preceding her to make a lurn the conn vehicle following hit the lear of the jensen car causing i2m damage the conn car suffered s4mi damage santa rama draw winners picked sat first wlnnara ia aetoa merchants santa rama draw wara plclrad out ol a drum saturday altarnoon downtown winnurt wara oarald sehonnop ol 28 mill st w d zawiltki mrs vara samanae ol 045 paal st lloyd murr of 86 mill st w and harold daforau 108 church st vouchara worth 90 wui ba drawn for tha nax ftva waaka each pur chaw in a ttora participation in tha santa rama program affords euttomar a ehanea a down band eomaotad of frank splahooal tad tylar jr joa voatry john mehugh ray agnaw julian zajae and joa pavli tourad town prior to tha draw to drum up anthualaam naxt draw will ba saturday aftamoon at 3 nm at tha lakaakla chapawa iode baiaar at tha lagion hall