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the acton fnw presa wednesday may 28 1969 churchiu unusual folk sing at community church by mrs fred macanhur mr and mn john near were in shelbtiroe and visited with her mother mr mabel hattle on mother day hit joan waldie tin lubel mcdonald and mrs edith barnes of billinaf8 attended the association of trained practical nunc dinner meeting held at the swiss chalet young street in toronto on tuesday may 2d mr and mrt robert kerr visited her parents mr and mrt john knox at hampton on sunday may is and attended their church anniversary service while there on their way down they iloptxd and visited with her v endpaienls mr and mrs howard malcolm or locuit hill alio mn william knox of whitby the folk sing held in churchill community church on sunday evening was a very rewarding event for many visitors and the congregation mr hyde and the young people of the community sponsored the evening the accepted order of service wta followed accompanied completely with guitar mlu mary lou brown ted brown lloyd mclntyre gord mcdonald and verne denny gave aolo dueti and tnstrumentals and accompanied the intermediate choir for their anthem o for a thousand tongues to sing to the tune of the happy wanderer the vibrant music was interwoven iniothej meditation commencing with the 150th psalm an exhortation to praise cod with all kind of instrument the ladies provided lunch and a social jiotir followed in the baseniefit w- wishto extend our sympathy to mr duncan waldie and family in the suddia sickness and pasting of a beloved partner and mother mrs waldie who passed away in guetpb hospital on monday evening may 26 we tie indeed sorry to report mrs ferry it a patient in guelph general itosbital mr and mn bill thompson acton spent the weekend at their cottage at bracebridge miu dune chrlitenton of ottawa recently spent a few dayi at the home other cousins mr and mn norman turner and children mr and mrt norman turner david and juliann joined their trailer club for the weekend at elora gorge park may rake speed limit georgetown the 30 mile speed limit on the highway in the east end of georgetown may be raised to 40 later this year council approved a highways department survey which has found the 40 mph limit more sensible the stretch of road which bisects the georgetown industrial basin hat been a bonanza for traffic tickets save hilkbwgh centre iiillsburghfiie in the early hours of sunday morning may 18 extensively damaged the interior of the llilltburgh community centre but prompt action by the llilltburgh tire department confined the blaze to the second floor auditorium reflection from the fire routed the oxley family about 5 am on the sunday morning mrt oxley started to turn in the alarm but a short circuit fuxed wires and rang the alarm it wat thought the fire originated in the cloak room the building was closed and panelling coveredwindowi overlooking the arena wat thought to have confined the blaze to the auditorium ironically the latt event in the building wat a fire brigade dance delay tax bilk erin village tax bills will nt delayed ihii year the bills usually in the hands of the ratepayers by june i are being held up due to the wellington county board of education the requisition for the school purposes budget lias not been received from the county board and as a result the mill rate cannot beset the village will likely have to borrow money and nay interest on it average faxes up 62 milton- an increase of 62 in the taxes on an average home in milton it reflected in the 106q budget that milton council finalized monday membert decided not to recalculate all the lax bills following indlcatlont tliat about 7000 nunc would be available from the province to reduce the education levy mayor b best explained the amount raised in excess of the levy would be applied to next years school com if the bill were not changed the budget approved has a residential mill rate of boor compared with last years r5s4 the industrial commercial rate is 9601 compared with last years 5j4 the residential rate for education at the elementary level last year was 2v44 mills and thit year it will be 2728 fot high tchool education the residential rate last year wat 1833 and this year it will be 1892 for til municipal purposes the towns residential rate last year wat 3672 mills and this year it will be down to 1177 a reassessment during the past year increased values on properties and the mill thit year raitet more money than the mill last year the mayor earlier pointed out the increase for education alone would be 7272 if the town had not reduced in own mill rate those living in the uruerviced areas recently annexed to the town will pay taxes at t rate 10 mills lest than the general rate the differential is bated on the absence in those areas of garbage collection sewer service municipal water and street lights t rga coral ivfcdriotts actom sfvrftats will ptatwit their annual dance recital frlary mty 30 at 8 pji at rom halt gtfejpti near zeuersi ema ron leonard tv personality aduhawe children soo mmmmmmuirmwwmkaaammmmwammam loo i imsmmtmi ospmnge land changes hands cylvert hills dies ballinafad cotton cozies had an intarattlftf display at saturdays 4-h- club achmament day held at hlllcrast church nur hornby susan jamleton erica strokov and nancy shortui re pictured with the club inhibit on the prolect cottons may be smart member of hornby south llmehouse nerval baujnafad and ashyove clubs participated in the prooam with displays skits and demonstration of their winters work stall photo sttt jutfess district pag fmerwrtorttl baujnafad girls win 4h honors fair board has euchre by mrt r shortill the ucw met at the home of mrt joyce clarke on tuesday evening mrs edna shortill had the devotion and tlie topic was a film on china mrt eileen mcenery and alma sinclair served a dainty lunch a plant exchange proved interesting a bale of used clothing was packed recently and tent to the distribution centre by the supply committee several relatives and friends from here attended the marriage in guelph recently of sheila sinclair and paul hamilton mr and mrt henry hilts have moved to their new home in georgetown acton fair board held a successful euchre party on friday night of last week in the community centre ballinafad people were sorry to hear of the destruction caused by the fire in hillsburg community centre two groups from toronto journeyed to ballinafad on consecutive saturday nights may 17 and 24 for a tasty banquet served by the church ladies we are glad to know mrt roden wat able to return home from georgetown hospital following surgery mrs ernie mcenery held a miscellaneous shower for donna shortill on wednesday evening 411 clubs achievement day was held on saturday at hillcrest newly opened church ballinafad club attended mrt sheila foster won provincial honour having completed 12 clubs also build dams at cost of major flood one major flood in the grand river watershed can do more damage than the cost of building five new damt and reservoirs the kitchener rotary club was told monday by the chairman of the grand river conservation authority james bauer at the moment lest than 20 per cent of the watershed is under control of existing dams tim section is in the northern part of the watershed and rain falls south of this area it uncontrolled when the river it high and causes floods some people have accused the authority of deliberately causing the flood by releasing water from the reservoirs mr bauer said but the real reason for these floods is because 80 per cent of the watershed it not controlled by dams tlie construction of the five damsestimated to cost s30 million in 1066will give control over so per cent of the watershed these five damt will go a long way in preventing the almost annual flooding in gall and branlford the fivedam program will provide enough storage water so that the rivers flow can be augmented in the summer during the dty months to provide a sufficient flow tlie ave dam have been proposed at everton west montrose ayr guelph and hcspelcr the program lias been stalled for nearly three yean waiting for federal government approval so it could receive 75 per cent in grants374 from the province and 37 u from the cderal government county honours were achieved by three of our girls namely nancy swindlehurit heather buclunan and karen shortill by mrs d g robertson sympathy it extended to mr and mrs wm mann on the sudden patting of tlie formers mother in toronto sympathy is also extended to mrs j hilit in the death of her son cylvert at palgrave when the family lived on the flrsl line on the faim now owned by w faulkner some of the children attended the local school the deceased in his 38th year had a heart condition for several years he is also survived by his wife reta and five children a number of neighbors from this community called at tlie funeral hume mr and mrs a winkler apd family who liave resided on the fust line below the highway moved on saturday to a tarm near lliltibuigh mr and mrt george fendley of lluttonville spent i lie weekend with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs david woodward and family barry bruce and miss carol summers of london visited over the weekehd with the formers parents mr and mrs ward bruce george cooke of guelph was a vititoi in the village on saturday lisa buck daughter of mr and mrs gary buck of guelph spent the weekend with her grandparents mr and mrs lcn buck a presentation and dance was held on friday night at the school in honor of mr and mrt john watson of the coningsby area on their recent marriage real estate it on the move in thit area wm wragg hat sold hit farm on the third line wm thompson has sold his farm on the second line at 17 suleroad and len buck bat sold land on the highway mri m jackson attended tlie solh wedding anniversary of mr and mrs garnet gray held in mverwoob guelph on saturday evening mr and mrs r auld attended anniversary services on sunday at eden mills church larvd ajao visited with relatives mrt ii pankrau was hostess for the monthly meeting of the ladies aid mrt e fisher presided and opened the meeting with hymn minutes of the previous meeting were read by mrs pankrau roll call was answered by ting say or pay plans were made for a lunch booth at tlie wragg sale mrs byron bruce gave thai devotional portion of the urogram mrs george grundy conducted a quiz on mining proverb mrs s fuller and mrs d winter astisted tlie hostess fai serving refredunentt mn d ileibison closed the meeting with a prayer institute lower show in district news report by mrs ii scott eight members from sllverwobd wi attended the district annual of wi at cotton church on wednesday may 21 tlie speaker mlu cynthia blades from tiinidad at present teacher in aclon gave a most interesting talk two public school students mailene llume and stephen mccann winners in tlie public speaking contest were on the program along with mist elaine lamb on the accordion the boston church ladiet provided a bountiful dinner tlie executive and conveners of silveiwoud wi met at mrt gordon smiths on monday evening may 19 lo draw up the program for l9 and 1970 mr and mn alan wliilefield and daughter catharine of london were holiday visitors with mr and mis harry scott may ik rain brought 129 inches to silvcrwood district the green thumbs of silvcrwood won many points at the spring llowei show of georgetown horticulture society on wed may 21 a natural gas air conditioner may cost more initially than a noisy window box air conditioner but in the long run it costs loss than hall a dozen ot thorn and its the most olloctive singleunit singlehouse or singleapartmont or single- factory or singleotlico or singlestore air conditioner you can buy whatever the size of the building you want to cool down one tastefully styled natural gas air conditioner can do it natural gas air conditioning is quiet when did you last hear a lame there are virtually no breakdowns and accompanying repair bills because a natural gas air conditioner has few moving parts the air a natural gas air conditioner circu lates besides being cool is tremendously clean substantially free of indoor humidity natural gas air conditioners last on the average throe times longer than other cooling systems over the years youll save money and natural gas air conditioners ate easy to install ii you have forced warm air heat ing right now youre half way there if you dont want lo be left out in the warm this summer and you want the most sen sible mosl effective air conditioning system you can buy talk to your gas company representative or heating contractor from a private residence to the tallest building he hales to see anyone get boxed in united gas total energy for total comfort avaiiaiui at hinton s 5c to 1 store