Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), March 1, 1972, p. 16

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The Acton Free Press Wednesday March I ONLY THE SHELL of the Master Feeds mill Stewnrttown remains standing and hosed down by firefighters after a fire early Tuesday morning It is the third mill to be burned on tin site long jfinnl store magnet for farmers in the district The not touched Photo limit on fourth Line stretch speed limit on a half mile strip or the Fourth I ino north of lUKhway bus been set at inllcH per hour by Enqueuing Council A by law was passed Monday nluht to regulate the speed In tho half mile strip which la In a built- up area Acton The stretch of road was first slated tor Uie limit far four tenuis mile but later extended to so It would take In almost entire built up area While the I Una was Ixlnn united Councillor Icii said he had received a call rum Harold a fourth line resident reeve council superintendent and for the manner In which I squeslnH roads tin been tended Hi in winter It nke alls en are commented Councillor Wo accept both bouquets and smiled the reuvc 1 N Willi of Acton was among Ontario Dave Keith Toronto Milk attending a five- Acton Food Science day father dairy products University of Guelph course using Juki at the University of Instructor and I rom lift to right on Us by OnL Dopi of Agriculture and Food Fire destroys mill Tuesday Fire of unknown almost destroyed the Master heeds mill at early Tuesday morning although the modern retail store Immediately adjacent to the mill was barely touched by flames ire Chief Jack of at 10 JO but the lire was under said the only to the store some water in the basement The Georgetown brigade still poured water on the smouldering shell of the mill Tuesday morning control before dawn The sounded about mi Cinninglnuii sal By the firefif rived the bull lint was a muss of flames It be fire 1 In the front of the building which seed cleaning plant will be a big blow to the village said I squcsing I en Cone surveying the gutted building It li one of die few seed cleaning FED UP WITH their mail box being knocked over by snow plows one district farmer on the between and tacked up this sign Photo Best actor actresses named Acton tops drama festival By Henry J Stanley Acton Junior Farmers were the winners of the Halton Junior Farmers Festival held evening Feb in St Pauls United Church Mdton The adjudicator Mrs Vera MacDonald of Georgetown Little told the large audience she had great difficulty In selecting winners The Acton play was under the directorship of Mrs Carol Hyde formerly Carol Swackhamer past president of Junior Farmers The east of the winning play mcluded George Henderson Janice Swackhamer Sharon Rob Rick Britton Robert Foster and Doris Burt Two Palermo plays Mrs EvelynOatesdirectedtwo for the Palermo Junior Farmers A Glorified Brat and An Overpraised Season Carol Oates as the brat in the former play won the Best tress award the Margaret Alice Trophy Her sister Oates as the maid won the best supporting actress award She received a new trophy the Frank Memorial Trophy presented by the Palermo Junior Farmers in memory of Mr the plants round He paid it lit to the work of firefighters who kept flumes from to tho adjoining store wl leh Is only a fool or two away from the older mill Water was pumped from the nearby creek which once supplied power for on the site Hits Is the third mill on the site to be destroyed by Ire the days of the pioneers the prosperity of the village depended to a great extent on the successful operation of the mill First there was a grist mill and sawmill then a flour mill owned by James Young and then by Walter Ijiwson It burnt to the ground 1006 Rebuilt bums It was rebuilt as a grist mill with a planing mill attached This also was destroyed by fire sometime during the first world war and a new four storey building erected by Walter Ijiwson Several additions were made later by Mr and his son Bob When Master Feeds bought the business a few years they constructed a store Immediately adjacent to the mill Police apparently cheeked the to so If everything was locked up around and noticed nothing unusual but a nearby neighbor at the scene morning said he looked out around a m and could see the reflection of the flames which by then enveloped most of the front part of the mill Other villagers were unaware of what happened until they walked down the hill on Tuesday morning and saw a maze of hose two fire trucks firefighters and police presiding over the burnt out shell Best Actor and winner of the J was George Henderson of the Acton Junior Acton play on to the Zone Drama Competition to be held this Friday evening March J at the Erin District High School RYDERS TV TOTAL AUTOMATIC COLOR table model Complete with matching pedestal base Today s most beautiful I table model agonal Model 6286 in Med not just a square box t as n go as eng neer ng Early can and Contemporary styles lable too Your cho Were fed up with winter and were all ready to push into spring with some really great buys drop in soon EARLY BIRD 1970 SAFARI 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