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Voters return Duby elect new deputy S votes NinetySixth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER TwentyFour Pages Fifteen Cent How Acton voted Mayor ill ill ill Deputyreeve GW McKenzle Tyler Jr Council Peter Marks BUI Coats Earl Masales Orval Chapman Jack Greer Norman Elliott David Muckle Elizabeth Eastwood BUI Williams JohnShadbolt 101 123 111 ISO 102 101 83 113 169 161 138 183 83 111 101 112 1OT 129 112 109 110 106 356 Hydro Commission WuYMcEachem 927 OrvfOeBnmn 874 BobMacArthur 792 E Tyler Sr 709 Doug Manning Board of Education 106 83 74 m W 75 46 97 75 51 48 108 132 130 172 125 145 181 100 112 140 105 116 Tom Watson Hlnton 743 462 106 111 Hundreds of calls to service The first call to the Free Press election service came the middle of Monday afternoon and the last calls were ringing in at the weary answering service staff made a last dam out the door Calls on two lines came constantly from about 9 till slackening off afterward Many callers reported repeatedly dialling to try to get the number Some people finally walked over instead Calls to the town of flee were olrected to the Free Press so the line would be held for incoming information Three Uvea The results were phoned to the Free Press on business neighbor Ron Betters phone from the town office In Acton township hall and Georgetown curling club No was available at township hall so the reporter dashed over to the curling club First results were given out at 10 minutes to Last werent available till midnight Acton hydro Results changed as the totals from the polling subdivisions were added and readded One candidate In person exclaimed I had 100 more than that last time I called The editors daughter Joined the ranks this year surprising one caller by answering the phone at midnight with a cheery Good morning Simpsons Sears Number of calls received was impossible to estimate Anyway more impressive would be the number of times the Free Press number was dialled many of the times to receive a busy signal Man hurt in accident An Acton district man suffered head lacerations and a broken wrist in a twovehicle collision on Highway Wednesday of lad week Austin R Acton was the Injured driver and his car received damage It was Involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by Clinton Sparks of which WHOOPING IT UP after announcement of final results In Esqueslng townships municipal election Monday are front row councillorelect Len Coxe left and councillorelect Richard Hewitt right Standing to r are reeveelect Tom deputyreeveelect Russell Miller and councillor Wilfrid Leslie who was returned to office Staff Photo MENTAL ARITHMETIC In the town office Monday night for five candidates Bob Dave Norm Elliott Tom Watson and G with Jake Van Kboy watching over their There were few upsets upsets Fuller in Erin Present deputyreeve Lloyd Lang will be in the reeves chair when Erin township council sit for their Inaugural meeting in January as a result of elections in the township Monday Mr Lang defeated reeve Stan Fuller votes to Reeveelect Lang previously served three on council two as deputyreeve and seven years on local school boards Mr Fuller served two years as reeve two as deputyreeve and six on council Elect School board reps Gordon of Erin George Day of Rockwood and Jack Gilchrist of Guelph MAYOR DUBY Another term received damage Milton investigated Another Acton resident Involved In accidents handled by the OPP at Milton this week was Rudolf of Churchill Rd Acton His car received damage In a onecar mishap on Highway near Speyside Friday morning township finished in that order ahead of David Wright and Russell Sears to win the three seats on Wellington Board of Education set aside for Erin Township Erin village Goetoh township and township Mr Gregson polled votes followed by Mr Day with Mr Gilchrist with 1149 Mr Wright with and Mr Sears with Mr Gilchrist has been a board member for the past two years Bert Berry who has represented Erin township and Erin village on the board for the past two yean resigned this year because of til health Deputy council acclaimed Elections for reeve and school board were the only ones necessary in the township Donald Matheson was acclaimed deputyreeve earlier and incumbent Harold Griffin and William McLean along with newcomer Bert Wheeler received acclamations as Go word by word through bylaw Word by word members of Planning board and Acton council plodded through the towns zoning bylaw last Thursday evening G W McKenzle member of both groups chaired the meeting and those present were mayor reeve deputyreeve Tyler councillors Marks Chapman and Greer planning board chairman Sid Salts ana members Meb Blow Vic and Frank Simionl with building inspector Marcs Project Planning Consultant representative Denis Flood Joe Hurst and planning board secretary Usher Problems sired l As any questions arose during the reading of the bylaw they were clarified Some wording baa been causing problems Planning board will prepare an amendment to revise the zoning bylaw including all the changes The meeting lasted from JO to Acton voters per cent of them decided to preserve the status quo at Mondays municipal election Starting with Mayor who was returned to office for his eighth term with a 318 vote margin over challenger Bob voters made only slight changes by electing Garnet Pat McKenzle deputyreeve arid returned all the present council with the addition of one new member Norman Elliott Garnet McKenzle in his first bid for the deputy reeves chair unseated Ted Tyler Jr by a vote margin Retains seat Tom Watson retained the seat on the Halton County Board of Education shared with by defeating challenger Bert Hlnton by over 500 votes Acton Hydro Commissioners were all returned to office chairman Wllf McEachern once again leading the polls as well as collecting the most votes of any candidate running for office The council race which many observers thought would see sweeping changes saw few as Councillor Peter Marks once again headed the polls with votes closely pursued by fellow sophomore Bill Coats two votes back Veteran Earl Masales came next with followed closely by Chapmen and Jack Greer with and respectively Making his first bid for political office Norm Elliott took the final council seat with 616 votes 24 less than Councillor Greer Four defeated Defeated In their bid for a seat on council were challengers Dave Muckle who trailed Mr Elliott by votes Mrs Betty Eastwood with former councillor BUI Williams with 429 and finally John with 356 Many of the candidates for office were disappointed In the small turnout of voters 469 per cent as opposed to the per cent who voted at the last municipal election two years ago Some saw this as due to the lack of any major issue in the election others felt it reflected the apathy of the electorate but all agreed there was a need for concern Mondays weather was perfect for an outing cold but with the sun shining and only a few Inches of snow on the ground Despite the fine weather figures showed only cast ballots out of a possible 2635 eligible votes Polls closed at pjn but it was well after pm before the first returns for mayor started to come In at town election headquarters They gave Incumbent Les a lead which he held and enlarged The race for the deputyreeves chair followed a similar pattern with challenger Garnet McKenzle showing an early lead preserving and adding to it as the evening wore on Watson back The seat on the Board of Education shared between Acton and Nassagaweya was decided next and once again the pattern followed that of the race for mayor and deputyreeve Incumbent Tom Watson took an early lead and lengthened It until he owned a substantial vote margin in town Figures arriving from Nassaoaweya gave Mr Watson a further margin over challenger Mr Returns for Acton council often reflected the area In which the candidates reside a result the lead changed hands as returns arrived but early returns once garnet Mckenzie New deputy again determined the results of the race Councillor Greer showed strong In his own Ward One with votes Marks and Coats made a strong showing In Glenlea and Lakeview subdivisions as did defeated candidates Final returns for the Hydro Commission arrived from polling subdivision at 1230 am with only returning officer Joe Hurst his assistant Grant Usher the mayor and members of the press still waiting They followed the pattern set earlier giving Hydro chairman Wilf McEachem a substantial margin followed by Commissioners Brown Tyler and challenger Doug Manning who missed out on the final seat by votes Congregate Candidates congregated In election headquarters the town offices and offered one another congratulations or felicitations whatever the case may be Most were interested in the results from Esqueslng and and there was also a strong Interest in results of the Georgetown election which saw incumbent reeve BUI Hunter toppled from office Returning officer Joe Hurst reports there were spoiled and unused ballots for mayor 30 for deputyreeve 28 for council for hydro commission and 30 for the board of education Assisting the returning officer as well as Grant Usher were Clark and Nan Hurst with Charles deputized to carry returns from the scout hall where there was no phone Bands car missing Thursday night while band played at the Hotel their 62 was stolen from the hotel par king lot The Incident was reported to at am and the car not yet been recovered Underage voters favor principal Again this year the Robert Little grade eight students cast their ballots in mock town elections They voted Mayor Duby back and put in their own principal as They also returned the hydro commission the legalage voters did But they produced a real upset for council placing Sirs Elizabeth Eastwood at the head of the potts Two Eastwood boya attend the school Next order for council they placed BUI Coata Orval ST NICHOLAS and his little helper Black of Main Street last Peter Marks Earl Met made a special Birthday Saturday evening Turn to Roekwood pages Masales and Dave tto Mi taformaUon Photo by Lorraine