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Cub conference success at parish hall Leaders who organized and assisted with the annual District Pack conference for eight and nine year old Cubs Saturday at were delighted with he success of this year s program including the attendance Eighty four cubs attended the afternoon program which was taken up making crafts made from scraps wooden spools soup cans cardboard tubes and bottles Fifteen leaders were present with Mrs Evelyn Owen of the 5th Georgetown pack for the day She organized and headed the event George Munn of the Georgetown was the instructor for the Valentine craft made from paper plates Mrs Ann Lysy 5th Georgetown A taught the lads to make tinsel holders from soup cans Mrs Terry Colter Gerogctown taught the Cubs how to make desk sets from pops I sticks Mr and Mrs Don Livingstone Ship wings for DC10 Employees from Acton and area wore among those who helped assemble the first set of wings for the McConnell Douglas DC triJetllner which was shipped from the Malton plant Sunday Manufactured in by Douglas Aircraft the wings are shipped 2 miles to the Douglas Aircraft Co Long Beach California where final assembly of the widebodied DC will take place In addition to Its DC 10 program Douglas continues to be sole source for complete wing sets floors and rear fuselage sections for the DC twin jet as well as under wing fuselage sections for the Douglas DCS passenger Jetliners DENTAL DR LEONARD EMSftACK Dental Surgeon Suite No HA Mill St Pot appointments ARCHITECT DONALD E SKINNED 17 Mill Stmt Aon Hours by Appointment or Fort Cndtt OPTOMETRISTS ARTHUR A JOHNSON OJ Main St Tuesdays nod ACTON St Wednesdays and Saturday Residence Hone DIRECTOR or day Bruce Shoemaker Mar APPRAISING AND INSURANCE WRIGHT 20 Wilbur Stiwt Acton Ontario Phone Appraiser and Over Yean la Acta Ufa OrviUe Road Actoa Bui Ret 51M534S27 MacGILUVRAY CO Chartered 14 Nelson St West Brampton Oat Resident Partners WILSON HUGHES CA of the Georgetown taught construction of wooden puzzles from squares of wood and Norm Carlisle of Glen Williams taught the boys the art of making curling stones from Javex bottles with Bill of the Scotch Block instructing on making spool mice which actually run They were assisted by Eileen Grant of Acton Norm of Homby Ron Frost of Norval Rod Horton of Glen and Dave and Bill of Georgetown The hoys spent minutes at each craft with a break in the middle of the afternoon for soft drinks and potato The Rector of St Pauls parish welcomed the cubs and their leaders to the hall and District Commissioner Norman Herbert also spoke to the Cubs Leaders at the success of the conference predicted even better results next ye Court sets new record Court in Milton Monday set a new record for time The began hearing cases it a m and finished at Cons Roy Wood was there from 30 a till pm There were various Acton cases at different times tops Euchre winners at the LO Saturday ladies high Mane low Yvonne men high Dave Peacock tow Roy Harding lone hands Florence Ten door prize Mary Osborne H line or hi Acton Free Press Wednesday January 1970 James McQueen new Halton Deputy Clerk Circulating and keeping tuck of people names is mainly what James McQueen has been doing since lie became County s Deputy Clerk on Monday 12 Before accepting the position Mr McQueen 26 wis Jn office manager for the Roads Dcpirtment in For one year prior to this he wis Clerk Treasurer in the of Pickering Born and educated in Arthur the new Deputy Clerk is the youngest of six In his family Mr McQueen who is married and the father of a tlircc month old son enjoys golf ind OBITUARIES Andrew Turkosz funeral at St Josephs A native of Poland who came to Canada as a youth Andrew Turkosz of Cresent St passed way St Joseph Chronic Hospital Guelph on Friday Jan 16 He had been ill for several months Mr was born in Poland in 1885 He and Catherine Luty were married n Alberta in and came here from Alberta over years ago He wurked at and Co and Wool Combing retired many years ago He been in failing health before entering hospital He is survived by his wife daughters and sons Mrs Bill Williams Mary Mrs Jack Cooncy John Peter George and Martha all of grandchildren and one greatgrandchild and a brother Joseph Medicine Hat Alberta A sister Julia predeceased him Rev V J Morgan officiated it the funeral mass at St Joseph church on Monday Jan 19 interment was in St Joseph cemetery were all family friends Marzo Louis Julian Molody Julian Zajjc and Hugh O Mrs Mary Moore funeral service ion Funeral service was held Thursday Jan 15 at the Rumley Shoemaker funeral home for Mary Hagar Harvey Moore widow of he late John Moore After a short illness Mrs Moore died in General Hospital Jan Rev A conducted the service and i was in cemetery Pallbearers were Douglas Robertson Hugo 01 sen Henry Kelly Alex Thomas Cunningham and Douglas Reed Mrs Moore was born in 1 daughter of John Harvey and Agnes McClure and attended school in Acton She and John L Moore were married in Acton in 1929 They lived at R Mi ion for 3S years and she came to Acton five years Her husband predeceased her She was a member of Scotch Block Women Institute She is survived by sisters Mrs J Hjsvird Margaret Acton Mrs A A Anne Toronto Mrs William Thompson Alva Milton Mrs J C MtNic Dorothy Detroit and Mrs A Reed Vera Buffalo She was predeceased by sister Mrs C H Banks Jessie Mrs Annie dies suddenly Jan 15 Funeral service was held Saturday January for Annie Mae Mooney 114 Mill St Acton who passed away General Hospital on Thursday January IS Her death was sudden Mrs Mooney a resident of Acton well over 50 years lived with daughter Helen and Harry She is also survived by grandson Brian Otterbem sisters Mrs Leo Boyle Orris Mrs Robert Frances Portage La Prairie Mrs Eva Cole Tacoma Washington and brother Jim McFadden Portage La A son Harold and her husband Frank predeceased her Mrs was a retired employee of Mnson Knitting Company She was a member of the Senior Citizens Club and the Thumbs Up Club Mis was born in Manitoba December daughter of the late David and Margaret McFadden She and Mr Mooney were married in Portage La Prairie in Rev Andrew conducted the funeral service at the Rumley Shoemaker funeral home Pallbearers were Art Barrau Sr and Art Ji Toronto cousins William Thompson Ernie Marks C Leishman and C Interment was in cemetery bid I cm While in high school he softbill and recently Ins been minor hockey coach in Guelph His for coming to is tint Mr McQueen feels he rithcr be in a holier tier of government of the opportunities it offers Willi regional government there be more av with the restructuring of jobs The tiers miy have less work to do ho said Mr McQueen graduated from the three Clerks Trcisurers course it Queens University list year He will be attending all County Council meetings as secretary for v nous committees In the weeks to come he to be made which committees he will serve for march may be coming to Haton County will host the 1974 ntcnjlnijl Plowing Match if can be to supply the for llic plowing competition County received request from the Plowmen Tuesdiy afternoon at the council meeting requesting them invite officials of the plowing match to hold it in County Reeve Curric asked members of count I where the 1 acres land needed for such an event would be coming from I had a small match of tins type at my farm J few ycjrs bjck and will never hive them back again fumed the reeve was also at the county in Paris and the farmer land was absolutely ruined Hell probably have to sell it now Mrs S Backwell dies at Oshawa The occurred following j lengthy sickness at the home of her daughter son in law Mr and Mrs Frank Connors Dover Si OsIuwj if Mrs Stephen of 784 Dr Osh The former Agatha Matz the deceiscd wis i Nov 14 in Out She was daughter ot the hie Mr and Mrs Mar in Acton April 19 1941 she had lived in Acti ir years before lo Oshawi in 1945 She was member of St Gertrudes Roman Catholic Church there Mrs is survived by her daughter Mr Frank Connors Janet and a son Ronald both Also surviving are two sisters Mrs Norma Conn and Mr Mary Dunn three brothers Lino and and three grandchildren SAW WOOL FABRIC to Wide CLEARING SPECIAL ACTON FABRIC CENTRE DHO says no plans for now Department of Highways officials report they have no plans for now or in the foreseeable future for any road project in this area but have left the door open for possible utilization of a hydro right of way through Township Indications following recent council meeting left the impression he Department of Highways might be phoning a new superhighway through the north west corner of the township where Ontario Hydro engineers arc planning cut a 740foot swath for a new major hydro line Township Deputy Reeve Gordon Agnew fell the hydro line was a camouflage for a highway and suggested 740 feet was too much land for just a hydro line The proposed route would pass through several valuable farms A Director of Information Services for the DHO said The Department has no plan for of a highway in this area but is the Department policy to try to utilize any owned by Out mo which may lend itself lo a way for proposed highways If it some future date the need should arise fur building highway in the township area where Ontario Hydro proposes to locate our phnncrs would investigate the of such land or inclusion in their of all alternatives before selecting i definite route he concluded Five Halton Five high school principals from attended the largest gathering oT secondary school principals Ontario history at the new Holiday Inn Toronto for three days last week Principals R C Hunter of Milton Ted of Aclon Mike I of Georgetown Neil Turnbull of gar High and Robert of Burlington I were at the Ontario Secondary School He id musters Council conference force isft and challenges of the were the igcnd for the three meet and over were present plus wives Wicked weekend weather Winter weather played havoc with the highways in the area with storms on Saturday and Sunday dumping a combination of snow and freezing rain on the highways Milton OPP report a r ish of minor accidents on while their peak period between 30 m and midnight saw eight mishaps occur A single car accident on Highway 401 east of the CampbellviHc sent three people to Milton District Hospital for Driver of Ihe car was not injured but three passengers in his car wore hurt Vsha suffered a cut right leg Chauhan suffered severe head lacerations while the third passenger Vijay Singh suffered severe head injuries A total of SI 500 damage was done the front end of scar Sunday evening a collision on 401 east of Highway resulted in at least damage and injuries to passengers in one car Eva Brown passenger In a cur driven by Harold Brown of Brantford complained of a sore bick while six yearold Patrick Brown received bump on he Driver of other car Robert Sanderson of was not injured No damage estimate was available for the Brown car GUEST SPEAKER at Acton Chamber of Commerce annual dinner at the Heights 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