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Bureaus contest The Acton Free Press Wednesday December Fire poster winners honored Five young faces lit up with happy smiles at Milton Fire Hall on Tuesday evening of last week when the winners in Halton Fire Prevention Bureaus 14th annual fire prevention poster contest received their awards at a banquet in their honor Frank of Oakville and of Georgetown were presented with personal engraved desk pen sets and certificates for emerging as the top boy and girl In the county- wide poster contest Principals M Cybulsky of St James Separate School in Oakville and of Howard Wrigglesworth Public School in Georgetown where the winners are enrolled as grade five students accepted the Insurance trophies which their schools will retain for a year Honorable mentions Others honored during the evening were runnersup Kelly Pollock of Public School John Public School Township and John of Holy Separate School Milton Each received an honorable mention certificate and a sliver dollar A fourth runnerup Karen McDowell of Robert Little Public School In Acton was unable to be present for the awards banquet Her prizes will be presented later The Bureau conducted Its poster drawing contest in the grade five classrooms of Halton schools The theme was Fire Prevention In the Home and over 1000 entries were received Ideal winners were selected by Judges from the participating fire departments then the top posters from each went on to the county Judging where the top boy and girl and- four honorable mentions were named Franks and Janlnea posters will next enter a provincial competition speaker Guest speaker at this years banquet was Martin Hurst Fire Marshal of Ontario In a brief talk he praised the students winning posters as an excellent demonstration of fire prevention ideas and artistic achievement Mr Hurst commended the Bureau for sponsoring such a competition and reviewed how has scored many firsts in and fire prevention that it looked on as a model county by fire officials from near and far While he praised the efforts of Ontarios fire service In the past he warned there is much more work to be done With killed and nearly injured and a property loss In over fires in Ontario last year the task of preventing fires must be improved he said The Fire Marshal suggested all of Ontarios 20000 firefighters should be fully committed to the task of preventing fire on a day to day basis not just the who serve as fire prevention officers Officials speak Others who spoke briefly included James Arnott of the Canadian Association of Fire Ones George Alexander of the Fire Marshals Office Chief Arnold and chief fire prevention officer Cross of Fire Department who had judged the County posters East MPP Jim Snow Mutual Aid co ordinator Chief Douglas Wilson of and Deputy coordinator Chief A E of Milton Acton Fire Chief M Holmes chairman of the Bureau chaired the banquet and program municipal officials in attendance Included Milton Reeve Ron Harris representing County Mayors Brian Best of Milton and Us of Acton Reeves Mrs A MacArthur of Township and George Currie of Esqueslng Township Deputy Reeve Art Speight of Georgetown Councillors Geoff DrewBrook of Oakville and Mrs of Burlington Georgetown firefighter William Hyde was the recipient of a surprise presentation at the end of the program One of the MIX VOTE GEORGE MALTBY for Esquesing Council Fair and Just Government for Everyone Is My Main Concern Licence plates on sale Ontarios licence plates for transferred at the time of passenger cars dual purpose registration a certificate of vehicles and motorcycles go on mechanical fitness is required sale Tuesday December new plates can be issued Registration fees are certificate is heeded to renew unchanged For passenger cars an existing registration with no and dual purpose vehicles having transfer involved Used motor eight cylinders the registration vehicles licensed previously in tee is six cylinders another province also require a tour cylinders motorcycles certificate of mechanical fitness before they can be registered in The plates will be white on blue the reverse of this years colors Deadline date for having new plates will be Saturday Feb when plates will expire There will be no extension in cases where the ownership of a used motor vehicle is being Ontario and new plates issued plates for trucks buses and trailers will expire March 31 PROUD YOUNG WINNERS of Fire Department The Bureau held a banquet in Prevention Bureaus 1970 poster contest were their honor in Miiton last week and their Frank of Oakville and Praise parents teachers and principals were among of Georgetown pictured here with Bureau toe guests Janine McDowell of Acton was a chairman Chief Holmes of Acton Fire runnerup Staff Photo original members of the Bureau when it was formed In 1957 Mr Hyde is retiring from the fire service at the end of this year and was presented with an honorary membership in Halton Fire Prevention Bureau Dedicated Chief Clement of Milton who was chairman when the Bureau was organized made the presentation and called him a very dedicated firefighter Mr Hyde is a former lieutenant captain deputy chief chief of the Georgetown brigade and has also served as president of the Fire Prevention Bureau and Mutual Aid special guest at dinner was Mrs Carol nee of Georgetown Back in 1957 she was honored as the first girl to win the Bureaus poster competition Chief Clement presented her with a bouquet of red roses The first boy winner Richard Perry also from Georgetown was working in Ottawa and unable to attend Milton Fire Department Auxiliary served the 90 guests a delicious roast beef dinner REELECT ART GIBSON TO NASSAGAWEYA COUNCIL DECEMBER 1970 FOR DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP AND PROGRESS For Election Results for Acton Esquesing After 830 pm Monday call The Acton Free Press VOTE LLOYD LANG for REEVE of ERIN TOWNSHIP an School Board 3 on loin at VOTE PETER BOWMAN DEPUTY REEVE FOR ESQUESING TOWNSHIP Interested In Planning and Ratepayers Problems 3 EL6IH ST