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THE ONTARIO RAIL ASSOCIATION leased a steam locomotive built in 1883 from Toronto lawyer Nell McNish and may soon have it running between Cheltenham and Georgetown on the old Northern Line The engine was retired from service by the in I960 and sent to Milton where Sherwood Hume a member of the association has it knocked down for restoratioa Mr Hume is shown on the cow catcher of the 50 to 60 ton engine No was the oldest operating Canadian Pacific locomotive when retired its last steam engines in Staff Photo Plan steam loco runs oh historic CN track Steam railroad buffs from this area have an attraction on their own doorsteps this summer if plans of the Ontario Rail Association materialize The association previously the Toronto Train Trip Association is restoring two steam locomotives to run on an eight mile strip of existing CN track between Cheltenham and Georgetown The train will include a dozen coaches and shuttle back and forth from Cheltenham Park through the Niagara escarpment area of Terra Cotta to Georgetown following the route once known as the Northern Railroad between Bame and Georgetown Negotiations ore now bclnj proposed railroad which it is tarried out with the CN and the hoped will be bait for thousand Canadian Transport of tourists Commission said association April 10 to discuss he 10 20acro Park and the association owns a locomotive No and the Company of Canada has rebuilt coal tender for the association The road will be called The Credit Valley Railway the name of the original route which used Georgetown as the terminus between the CN main line and the truck which ran from Bame to Hamilton Ten thousand dollars has been raised by the Ontario Rail Association to start the venture rolling but considerably more capital mil be required if service is to begin in June The locomotives arc valued at each Pollution from the coal burning OUR READERS WRITE Education not in school a There is a prayer that says Father forgive us for things we have done that we should not have done and those things we have left undone that we ought to have done It the latter part that haunts me these All the emphasis on higher education has got complete out of hand I think back a few years to when our local High School principals I think of how we the parents and people most concerned sat buck and watched while a man with experience was replaced with one with little more education I wonder why wi didn t complain Ion and loud at time as did our ntichbors in Erin The won thtir because they let it bo well known that experience and loyalty meant to them and their children than two or three years more school This is my public for my part in a terrible Injustice allowed not only here but all over the country because we speak up And of higher education how much can learn walkinc the streets I to school at At 15 when for tht mail he downtown I a spare explains At 1 he home for dinnt r his morning education consists of hour As soon as he can find work ing his leaving school As far as l m concerned if you don i fc your education in the church and in the homeforget It won it in school Mrs Atkinson engines There will be none if engines are In good working order Henry said arc about similar operations in the United States but only one in existence in Canada it the present tune and that is in Winnipeg he said A operation for elec trical railways of course Is beinc constructed in the northern part of Nassngawcya township between Acton and Rock wood But rather than using an original railway line members of the Ontario Historical Electrical Railway Association are constructing a lint in conjunction a museum on their property between the Third and Fourth lines We Specialize In Floor Covering 0ZITE CARPETS ARMSTRONG VINYL C0RL0N VINYL FLOORS Or Your Choice Of FLOOR TILES FROM ARMSTRONG DOMINION AMTICO FLlNTKOTE LAKEVIEW CENTRE Dect rating Supplies From harps to thistles Those who dubbed Philip J McCristall with the nickname were more on the mark than they knew of course is a fine broth of an Irish boy whose father came from County Tyrone in Ireland Bom and brought up in Acton where he now lives with wife family on Nelson Court he and his brothers and sisters never left any doubt in ones mind the family originally came from the Emerald Isle But now it seems there is a fly in the ointment which up to this time had never been apparent And it was Scotty brother Brian editor of the Progress In British Columbia who in true newspaper tradition uncovered the evidence that turned family traditions upside down Hacker publisher of the Cbilllwack Progress relates the incident in his column The Moving Finger True to tradition there was one Irish boy In the valley Friday He was Chilliwack Progress editor Brian Mc Crista whose father came from County Tyrone and succeeded in convincing Brian that heaven could be little if any better than the green of that Famed spot Recently Bruin chanced a genealogical exhibit at a Van home show The exhibitor would trace a family name back to its probably source and then could produce a family crest for a modest fee Brian challenged him to tackle the monicker and was promptly told it meant son of Cnstall Then to his horror he learned that a few centuries ago the family fled from Scotland to avoid religious persecution and settled in County Tyrone The result is that the most and enthusiastic young Irishman in Valley now has a family crest with a Latin motto and two Scottish thistles on SINCERE THANKS The Festival Committee wishes to express sincere appreciation to the following Acton and District Businessmen for their donations and services in aid of the Spring Festival and Bazaar Acton Pharmacy Acton Motors Acton Bowling Lanes Benson Shoe Store Wat ion Music Store Acton I A Restaurant A Supermarket Centre Blue Spring Flower Shop Ken Auto Service A Restaurant Clothing Jewellers Mann Electr lady Ha Salon Bank of Montreal Acton Home Furnish Rich Serv Centre ken Restaurant Mrs Ford Sales First T Toronto Domln on Bank Acton Del lessen Coles Slaw Continued from Page townships team which included Reeve Lloyd Lang Bert Wheeler Don Matheson and Walter McFee just shaded us by a rock that cast a wee shadow on the outer rim of the outside circle This is known in curling parlance as a biter Then we were cast against the Mulmur township squad all of whom admitted in a twang that immediately identified them that the nearest they had ever come to curling before was when they drove their wives to the beauty parlor But being good sports they were willing to throw a few rocks with you experienced fellas from Well there was a hitch in that arrangement too After three ends we were trailing them They looked like they were getting better while we had to struggle to stay in contention However frightened by the prospect of being beaten by novices we recovered and with some astounding luck that saw our rocks ease their stones out of the house we grabbed a three point lead and hung on to win There were the usual handshakes all around We wiped our brows with the other Then a few of the refreshment that make bonspicls so popular and a snappy game of euchre while I wondered around swapping experiences with the Grand Valley Star and Vidette editor and publisher Bud Landsborough who incidentally is a relative to the Acton Lands Obituary Violet Shultis funeral March 31 The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 5 borough family we were pitted against the Grey County road crew in the day final contests We completely baffled them for the first three ends with the best curling we had come up with all day but their experience paid off and we ended up losing by several points Meanwhile the Erin township team after shading us in the first game had done real well They were in contention for the top position when I had to grab my broom and zoom home to work so 1 never did find out how they made out Perhaps it was because I spied another of those bright lights In the sky on the way home It ran parallel with almost all the way down the Seventh line from to Not another UFO I said to myself mentally aware at the same time that there was no one else to corroborate my sighting cither in or anywhere along the road I mentioned it casually to the fellows in the back shop the next day 1 never did convince them about that light Norman McLean lengthy illness Norman McLean passed away at his home at Erin on March 10 after quite a lengthy Illness He was born on the tenth line of Erin where he resided until moving to the eighth tine some 26 years ago bo he spent his entire mew the same neighborhood He No 1 school where he later served as trustee at different tunes He spent his entire life farming which he very much enjoyed as he took great pride In all kinds of animals He was the son of Archibald McLean whose wife was Sarah He is survived by his wife the former Mary McEachern and one sister Mrs Bass The funeral service was held the following Monday from the WeddeU Funeral Home in Erin The service was conducted by the Rev D The pallbearers were his neighbors Kenneth Kirkwood McLean A D McEnery Lloyd Marshall Gordon Kirkwood and Garnet Sinclair Entombment was at Coningsby Mortuary with burial later In Erin cemetery A critic is a guy who at his best when you re at your worst Funeral service was held Friday March 31 for Violet Alice of Rockwood who died in General Hospital Wed March She had been ill tor the past six weeks Pastor s Thoman conducted the service at the Shoemaker funeral home and interment was in cemetery Pallbearers were Bruce and Roy Acton grandsons Stephen and Paul James Rock wood and Bradley Wilson Mrs was a member of the Star of Hope lodge and a lodge service was held Thursday evening March 30 Mrs Shultis was also a member of the Women Institute She was bom in Brighton in and came to Canada In 1910 She and Albert Shultis were married at Rock wood in They lived for the past years at Rock wood As well as her she Is survived by sons and daughters Char el 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