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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 20, 1968, p. 2

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mtvi of acton for the next two years will be dr frank oakes who has been deputy reeve for tho past two year term staff photo nw dutvktevf of acton is councillor ted tyler jr who was unopposed for the position he succeeds dr frank oakei staff photo actons first rate power sets bufb poppmg problem bulbs are popping out all over counsellor bob dnnkwalter told the hydro commission at the tegular meeting last thursday night others at the meeting agreed that there appears to be power surges at night and residents have been breaking budgets buying bulbs to replace those burned out the commission explained that during the daytime voltage in town runs between 1 ih 120 but at night when consumption is down it climbs to about 125 residents are advised to use nothing less that ho volt bulbs you can buy cheaper bulbs but youre only asking for trouble yid chairman tyler we have first rate power in acton acton no longer has to foot the bill for subdivisions members of the council planning board were told bob drinkwalter led tyler jr and bill williams approached the h d r o continued cm paoe 9 tanners tie fergus in fast game tuesday coadt harold townstay pullad aalhaanar jim s in tha last rfilmiw of play and acton tannars aakaoad a 44 tl in an oha int b gama last ruaht tu inlay m fanjua piwol oordia ball tank hit aaeond goal ol tha gama to daadtock tha count with 13 aaeond uft on tha clock tha taama playad 10 mututaa ol ovahima but lailad to un although tha taiwan had lour good chancaa maying last axelting hodtay all tha way tha tannara grabbad a 10 bad at tha lour minuta mark ol tha aaeond pariod whan phil mario teorad auistad by dannu snidar and jan riddall oordu baal mada it 20 with tha pratttaxt goal ol tha night picking tha top right hand oarnar stawa townday and kawin hau halpad fargua eama back with two goals to tto it all up but kavin hall put tha taiwan ahaad again llllili by mario and riddall parous bounead back again with two mora goab to go ahaad 43 tattfauj tha ttaga for tha latt mbmitt drama whan bail dangad coach townalav waa pbatad with hi dub parformanea i thak tint point in thraa gamaa bulmmfaabthaycandobattwr ax goroie bell malcolm stava towrttlay and kawln ham forwards ha hopa theyll prove it friday againat lucanhara acton tarvad night of the 17 patultws actonjim swaanay goal dannui snidar kan haanu stawa garvais and jim bullough dafanaa jan riddall gordie ball wul mario harry rad phillip gary taillafar ron passenger train peels fender off waiting car 1 ike a key opening a sardine can a cnr train peeled the fender and iclt side of the hood off a 68 car thursday morning at the mill st irossnig james morgan of guelph stopped his car on one track as he morning passenger ivaiil passed lipping off the hamper twisting it at sharp right miglct to the car shaken but not injured mr morgan sought temporary repairs for bis carat joints tevaco service station and continued on ins way to gcorgclowu bystanders iclt if the car had been another inch closer the impact might have jerked the iar- around and smashed it into the side of the train a trivcllmg salesnuu from guelph mr morgan was travelling east on mill si police wink 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 u stop on one set of track and was struck by one of the cars on the train mr moigau 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 slopped when the front of his car was peeled jway the hood grill front bumper o fender and left froittntloor rccclvod an estimated ss00 damage cnr trum engineer i dward weeks ol lorontn slopped the train the incident occurred at 9 is a til cons farion investigated und police say charges against mr morgan are pending despite the harrowing cepe nonce mr morgan continued on to georgetown to make business calls before returning home to guelph mayoralty candidates face public meet the andldatesfor mayor is the title when the lumber of immiorce stages a public meeting thursday novcmher 2h in the robert i ittle auditorium lumber president paul nielsen issued an open invitation to everyone at the nomination meeting monday in follow up their interest by attending the further imcting its designed for the ihrle candidates for the- position of mayor to outline their plilforms and answer questions from tha floor there ire some important decisions to be made mr niekcn stressed used car dealer during demonstration drive this is staff photo opportunity of a lifetime prospective customer yes i k haifpeeisd tide of james morgans car was struck by tho cnr morning passenger train monday the shaken driver a guelph travel er was unhurj charges are pending- ninety fourth year no 21 acton ontario wednesday november 20 1968 twenty pagos ten cents reeve deputy acclaimed three way race for mayor ac ion reeve and deputy reeve are acclaimed lo olficc f but there will be an election for all other scats on monday december 2 there were 21 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 seat reeve herbert h hinton incumbent i eslic duby and ft re lent councillor robert driiilw liter all qualified to run before tlu tuesday 0 p m deadline deputy reeve frank oakes was the only person nominated as reesc and received i round of applause from the 70odd in attendance tatlur and son combination appeared on the slates for a while as if they might oppose each other tor the deputyreeves post but cdward tyler sr withdrew in favor of hydro commission leaving son bdward tyler jr in possession the former councillor was also applauded h the audience as he promised to continue to act in alioii s best interests i li vi m i n were nominated for council two withdrew that evening and the eight who qualified are william vv ilhams bar masales u llliam coats john greer garnet mckenit ynl llishop peter marks and orvil chapman there are sot council seats the two who withdrew betore the meeting was over were don 1 mdsay and ornun llliolt douglas ope land did not quality present councillors missing trom the next ballot are hob drinkwallct hoping to move up to mas or led lyltr jr promoted lo deputy reeve and hatles periv mr perry is not certain where he will be working tei v ear si were nominated lor the lour hydro commission seats jacob an der koov douglas manning robert mae arthur vv i m r e d mel aehern omlle brown and i dward tvler sr and all si qiiihtied the last three art p r c u n 1 1 y on the eomniismon l t1 r is the evening jerk joe llursi mounted the platform again to jialk up the names ol candidates tor the single elon asagaweva seat on the new llalton board ol education the results had come from hrookville hall where thomas watson murrav smith ol acton and horace d 1 i it ol assagawcva had been duly nominated and seconded later all qualified and will run cyril bishop had altered his announced intention of contesting the seat o avoid splitting the acton vote and giving nassagawcya the advantage ihe only two other previously announced candidates were mr blyth and mr watson the introduction ol mr smiths name came as u surprise mayor us duby right will be opposed by reeve h h hinton left and councillor bob drinkwalter for the office of mayor for the nevt 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 fducation staff photo as nominations were received from the floor tins were processed hv clerk jim hurst and new deputy clerk grin usher and written on school blackboirds by i ml nielsen its the d inish influence thai rinsed him lo spell dougdog jack arpenter was speedilv named meeting chairman i usi town representatives were called on lor reports thin those muninilcd spoke in turn questions were rescued trum the floor lo inv speaker i irst spl kl r mivoi us dubs gave the report t council s activities tor ilk pat two vears it is published in lull elsewhere lie ilso referred to the itiens hand progress report which had been given lo him lor inclusion the music centre now almost completed has an csdmttcd worth ol bet ae en s2 and ml km materials cost si 000 i here will be in oltiual opening in june l uith the tinfiieial si ltement seas in iciouut ut activities iik hiding practices n nlals and c itciiiig girls are given lessons now on i limited se lie the hand would like nunc iduli tugimicis there are i 7 people involved iltogelher k 1 i iii ki hinton reported on vinous jspcets ot his work with couniv council referring to the ontario c ounties association where regional studies have been underway for years the county s regional peel hal ton government study sheridan ollege ot which he s on the hoard of governors and the opening of the new martin house extension to the manor at milton on roads committee he ld vocat cd improvement ol north south loids in particular nid plugged tor a connecting link lor cton on personnel legislation and by ijw committee he worked tor improved relations tor county employees i personnel olhcer was hired on property and jdimmstr ition he participated in the provincecounty agreement for sharing o the county building when the province took over ihe administration ol justice willi a county population ol 170 hk assessment ot x million dollars he found county work rewarding experience and assured his listeners he never neglected acton dr oakfrs also reported on his county work beginning by saying he was disappointed the hall wasn packed is it apathy or is there a lot going on tonight he wondered it eitiens icahed acton has a debenture debt ol one million two cohhumi1 on page 3 esquesing electors to vote for reeve deputyreeve council lsquesing ileitois will be asked lo ihoose j rnvc deputy nisi and three lounnllors at delimits monday dec 2 lor lite first two ejr term in the townships history mondays nomination meeting in stevarttovri township lull saw landidatis qualify lor all positions and feme an cleilion only oni post was settled the seat on ihe new munty sihool board went lo william a lawson liy aiilamation malcolm tretman of r r i georgetown has challenged iniunibent gtorgi urrii lor thi reeve s ihair j im 1- rann ot r k 4 eorgeloun is lontisting the deputyreeves post with the present seat holder tom hill ot clen williams percy r hicks ol 1r r 1 milton james oodlet ol k r georgetown riissell miller ol r r i georgetown wilfrid leslie ol r k 4 georgetown kenneth i marshall ol r r s millon andc i vat patterson of norval are contesting the three council seals mr leslie and mr pattirson arc serving on the present lournd c oumillor bob lawson told the large irowd at the meeting he was not running for any township offiie two names were on the slate tor lsquesing s one representative on the new llalton county board of i ducat ion- william lawson and kerwin mclhail mr mcpliail failed to qualify so the post goes to mr lawson by acclamation clerk k c lindsay was elected to chair mondays nominations and he told the iiearcapanty audience it would be the last time he will chair a nomination meeting and it could very well be the last meeting of this kind in the township of lsquesing reeve george curne called on first lo give his report to the ratepayers predicted that before 70 expires well have regional government lie reviewed the signs which all pointed lo an imminent takeover by the province of the continiwd on pant ci students conduct survey in response to a request from parks hoard md 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 l iter the entire grade xi clau will analyc the results of the survey to determine the extent of existing recreational and educational facilities in acton the pnks 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 the provincial government as part of the survey questionnaires will he sent home with all cluuwil try and high school students to establish what programs in now operating and asking lor suggestions students pirlicipatmg in the survey will in given credit for their work on the history course passenger hurt saturday crash mrs patricia onn 77 bower ave was injured saturday afternoon when ihe 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 bent at the scene and taken to guelph general hospital where she was later released a car driven by mrs nuney jensen ouk st aclon was travelling south on main st s and slowed to allow the car preceding her to make a turn the onn vehicle following hit the rear of the jensen car causing sjk damage the onn ear suffered sjsii damage santa rama draw winners picked sat first winners m acton nvwehanti santa ram draw uw piekad out ol i drum saturday aftwnoon downtown winnara wtra oarald schonnop ol 28 mill st w d zawiltki mia vi samatwc ol 346 pl st lloyd murr ol 86 mill st w and harold dlefxt 108 church st vouchara worth s00 will im drawn lor tha naxt tui wnlta each purchaw in a ttom participating in tha santa rtftw program ahotda euttonwra a chanc a down band eomttoaad ol trank splatvog tad yybr jr jo jottry john mchugh ray agrtaw julian zaac and joa pavll tourad town prior to tha draw to drum up anthuilaani naxt draw will ba saturday afternoon at 3 pm at tha lakaslo chapatars iode baiaar at tha laoion hall 1

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