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Wa ins J rtpalrs and riinforting of the wist which abuts the community centre building It t been confirmed yet iHit to be able to get the contractors In and hove the work ilom between the Acton and the September lions Club he salt await report hi Id the board hopes to report on the wind analysis atudy by the- end of the month It the report recommends inert Imtnedliitc work the board will definitely meet again with ran II to assess the problem he said Until work on the west wall Is completed made It ilmr the board will take no If storm or high winds the barn R 1 Acton Mr Hclghtwns a years work in flames Acton firefighters pigs hay and farm equipment on the farm of away when flames broke out and returned to confined the roaring blaze to the barn There the contents Photo by Pink In coring figures presented lit Inst Wednesday night emergency joint meeting of town council and parks board by Alfred Chun left both s with a somewhat easier bout the safety of tin At ton arena but bath agreed a wind analysis should be done on the entire building than who expressed the opinion a recent parks meeting Dial the building not during periods of winds revealed his study showed that winds would have to be In of milts per hour with Hunts up to to endanger build Inn No study Wind analysis was not Included In the original study on the should develop building done In ItH because It If happen to get serious was assumed It had already wind storm or see one coming stressed against the wind we close the building down for Parks chairman night he sold councillor Chapman said Hip itrs lo Dip west wall will Dili week the hoard will proceed a of cross bracing as quickly an possible with to protect the wind Eighth Year No 10 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER Six candidates in two ridings Pigs farm machinery lost in barn livestock Including sows 100 small pigs and one coif two hay balers one hay loader and assorted farm Implements were destroyed in a Labor Day blaze which levelled the barn on the former Mcdlauhlln farm near Die intersection of the Esqueslne Nassau town line A larLc amount of and feed was lost In the late afternoon ire which whipped by strong winds was burning out of control when Acton firefighters answered the coll about Neither Roland Height who Is a tenant on the form owned by Impcra Farm Management I td Toronto nor his family were at home at time of the fire It Is believed neighbors turned in the Full complement at Health alarm then rushed to the scene to try to keep the fire from spreading Chief praises Acton fire chief Mick Holmes paid tribute to neighbors and passers by who smothered bum inc grass and prevented Die fire from spreading to fences A number of cows which were in a field near the born were also nurses herded away to safety hosed down the roof of Die stone farmhouse on Die property as a precautionary measure as soon as they arrived the house Is located only about 100 yards away An implement 100 feet away from the barn was singed but a brand new tractor inside was pushed to a safe spot by neighbors Second truck Chief Holmes ordered a second truck to the scene to help pump water from a farm pond on Die other side of 25 Firefighters remained the scene down the burning rubble for four hours Ijvestotk destroyed belonged to Mr Height One baler and muihnf the hay was Die Unit rhi County Health Unit now a full complement of nurses to work in North following the hiring of Miss Ruth of Burlington Miss starts in the middle of September bringing the quota of nurses up to six including Die supervisor Mrs ranees Jumlcson of nurse will work out of the Georgetown and Milton offices In a team nursing program instead of relegated to a certain tcrntor as in past years new din dor Dorothy Craig said ream has been tried in Burlington and the director of nurses at the Health Unit advised this newspaper that the experience was educational as well as being a satisfactory way of nursing It enabled nurses to spread their talents around when more than one person is Involved Off the hook Hiring of Miss Coulton takes Die Health Unit off the hook insofar as Acton Deputy Reeve W Pat McKcnile is concerned Ho gave the Health Unit until September 1 to make up the full complement of nurses or he would make an issue of it and Reeve Tom Hill Joined forces in a at the county Board of Health to get better health vices in the north end or following the disclosure In this newspaper Dial there was a lock of adequate care caused pally luck of staff Now the staff is up to lb full complement the Health Unit is embarking on a full program for the North Halton area including prenatal classes in Acton Georgetown and Milton and classes for parents of pre school age children starting in October Miss said Included in the staff serving Norm are Mrs Betty Mercer Mrs Iveday Tuck Mrs Joyce Miss Joanne and Miss Ruth with Mrs Frances Jamicson supervisor People in North Halton who wish to contact Health Unit in tall Die Georgetown office or Milton Ripping up the Bower if neighbor Thompson wlm hirsts file fir minuted an unusually lnre of who were in- the country cause of the barns location billion hill it is reported smoke mild lie seen as fur south as Milt of the blaze Is Bower gouges Work continues on Bower Ave this week as heavy machinery rips up old and out earth to prepare the street for Hardline ind levellim 1 has carried down the street from Mill the post office is expected to be completed today Wednesday Workmen follow the machinery gravel on the road and placing at the side of the strict Work lb expected to be computed In to four weeks dcptndinfonthewedther At that time the street will be wider with new asphalt and sidewalks lonlractor Warren undertook the project for a tender price of Aftir of simulation IVimt Minister I icrrc Tru died tin full nit km for Oct In ridlnh will stc slttini I Ibir Ml runnlnc for his si nil and first ruin tlon itivc an lite It rry Conn an I NDI llolstcin Mrs llolstcin won officially be luiiiunatc I until but no one is the nomination Whitinc defeated If candidate mi I former attorney Peter Mi Williams in 1 margin of voles NOP Murray rnlchan by In it will be all new fans as liberal Norm movis In to over from Mori son who was ih within his own ranks NDP Dixon Balky and PC Bill Kemphne are in the race Ready to roll labcrul Hud Whiting said both hi and the p mnthlncry were to roll into another tlon liberal workers in the Milton area and the rest of the have been prepared for the hist wicks IX Terry O Connor his been for several months has made some public appearances and has done a great deal of door to door work His campaign will be headed by Bob Jones of Party workers have described Jones as an articulate worker and an excellent organizer Newcomer candidate Carolyn appeared on the political front just last week after the announcement of Stephen decision to resign as candidate Aleock said his reasons were personal Mrs Holsteln Is a resident of 1rin and a school teacher in Brampton Asked If Die party would try lotaplun the women vole by woman candidate party president Bill I khardt said there was no such planned Mrs agreed to run aid wi wire delighted riding includes Milton Acton Isquising Georgetown I rln an I I rln Township Includes Burlington NLssagawiya Dundus and West liunl hi rough Cars stolen An Acton man faces four charges of then over and one charge of theft under value following Investigation by three polite detachments Charges were laid by Acton Milton and police detachments Involved In the Investigation were two stolen cars and Die theft of gasoline from a car On Monday a cor stolen from Milton was recovered in the parking lot at the apartments on Churchill S Following a chase another cor stolen from was located on Ave It has been spotted and reported in Acton by the Acton damage Only car accident of the week in town involved a car driven by Raymond Milton and a parked car owned by Lennox Mitchell Poplar Ave the parked car had estimated damage In the Main N collision Monday Sept at p m The car damage was set by investigating police at Disappointing attendance at Sportsmen s Show show ever held and successful bicycle rodeo were highlights of day Acton Sportsmen Show which organizers hope will break even after disappointing attendance at events We were better organized have ever been said chairman Morris Stole but were was a definite lack of support from the people opening dance to the polkas and rousing rhythms of Nick s German band was a disaster organizers said Only 150 showed up to the evening in the attractively decorated arena Recoup losses Losses from the first dance were recouped Saturday night when Actons always popular played tor or dancers who appeared despite the attraction of a Canada Russia gome and other nearby events ran a Millionaires Night as an added attraction Sundays gun show attracted about patrons from all over the province and the Antique Arms Collectors Association tabbed it the biggest and best ever The Acton shows are believed to be the largest in Canada Saturday field activities started off with a small parade led Acton Citizens Band and featuring decorated bicycles minor ball and soccer players decorated wagons soap boxes a few pets the Bramalea Lions minibikers the town fire truck and commercial entries from Country Mart farm equipment The parade route went down Mill St from the CN station to the pork where the prize for the best decorated bicycle went to Kathleen Chairman presented Kathleen the trophy Bicycle This was followed by the bicycle rodeo supervised by Corporal Watson of Burlington and Constable Bruce McArthur of the Acton detach merit There were 42 entries for the two speed bicycles on a course which contestants found was laid out to challenge the best nders Winners were Jamie Ellerby with a score of and Sue Bennett took the girls prize with a Ron Kuiken Matt and I Pickles were runnersup wiDi a score of while Teresa and Ann shared thetirls second place finish with a mark of The P would like to build up this part of the show said chairman Staley They are enthusiastic about starting the program in the schools and building up to a finale at next year show Simultaneously the bike rodeo horseshoe pitchers were playing a series on pitches laid out on the baseball diamond proved be was the champion ringer in Die singles and he teamed with another former westerner Jack Drysdale to capture the doubles as well Pull contest The Lions Club and Die Rams lacrosse club challenged Acton Club in the tugof war contest but the Rotarians proved they have more pull than anyone else in town with relatively easy wins over the challengers Someone remarked that all the money was with the since they had three bank managers on their team Gary Dawkins anchored Die champs who refused to give more than a couple of inches The two day fishing derby had several entries with Tom teenstra of R Acton landing a pike and the trophy Michael Dawson of Acton was a close second with a 21 pike he caught in the northern arm of Fairy Saturday cool overcast weather was followed by sunnier stuff Sunday and it also kicked off the federal election campaign in Acton Halton Liberal M P Rud Whiting and Progressive Conservative candidate Terry O Connor were both out making election hay whde Die sun shone Mr Whiting also took a competitive fling at tossing the boomerang Six entrants There were six official entrants in the boomerang contest before it was decided the only woman entry Joyce Carpenter would a free trip across the pond which turned out to be in a row boat across Fairy Lake Other entrants were Denis Gibbons of the Free Press Ralph Continued on Pag Two JAMIE ELLERBY 34 and Sue Bennett 28 won the bicycle Watson of the Burlington OPP laid out the course assisted by atSaturday sportsmen show Constable McArthur of Acton OPP detachment and accepted new CCM bicycles for their efforts Sportsmen s show chairman M Staley left and Don Mc- of the rodeo could make it an annual event Corporal Donald assisted in the prize giving H Coles photo