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Ninety Eighth Year No 12 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1972 Sixteen Pages Cents MYSTERY surrounds a Ware Thursday night investigating the fire since It is believed a fire which destroyed what Firefighters believe to also occurred there in the afternoon Acton be an unoccupied two storey house on Firefighters were at the scene for five hours Sideroad just west of the Sixth Line of controlling the fire North OPP are Photo by Gibbons Hunters find bones study reveals wound FIREFIGHTERS McEachera Ken blazing house as they water flow Hodgson and Grant Withers kept an eye on the from the fire truck Mystery surrounds Nassagaweya fire The skeleton of a woman believed to have been In her early was discovered in a field near the Eighth line north of Georgetown on Saturday Milton OPP have revealed The woman apparently died from a gunshot wound to the head Earlier reports had put the female a age in the IS to year bracket According to investigating officer Bennett toe body was more than Apparently two hunters happened to stumble onto the remains which were lying in a wooded area Milton had the skeleton transported to the Sciences Centre in Toronto for identification ToffthnuulBg woman was either 31 or years of age She had red dish brown hair and was missing a tooth from her front lower set of teeth a Centre pathologist has stated Bennett According to the officer dental Lxaminations very strongly suggest the body is not that of a Kleinbcrg teenager Bauer who has been missing since August Her disappearance wo king on the identity of the Mystery surrounds a fire late Thursday night which completely destroyed an unoccupied house on just west of the Sixth line of Acton t ire Chief Mick Holmes told the Press North Halton OPP are investigating the possibility a fire occurred In the house the same afternoon Inspectors from the fire marshal office in Toronto have visited the scene Was condemned abandoned house which was owned by Mrs Helen Cjehn of Toronto was condemned recently by the Halton County one loud explosionlike noise A Health Unit A sign found nearby f drums of the were also the house testified to this Neigh lound said they believe a group of Hit house at one time belonged young people had occupied the to the Henderson family dating house not long ago in township history The alarm was turned in by a appreciate the Mrs Johnson who lives near the though I fulness of Cal Betty and house Acton Firefighters Dave Mclnlyrc Marion Hunter responded to the call about 10 30 Andrea Sharpies and Fran and were still pouring water on Mcknight who provided coffee the smouldering ruins at 3 a m cookies and sandwiches for them Two fire trucks were used to haul in the wee hours of the morning water from the nearby farm of The story had an unhappy Cal sequel for Chief Holmes who A large amount of fuel In the received a nasty bite on the leg basement of the house burned from neighbor s dog when he rapidly and resulted In at least to investigate the next day man claims No odor from inert matter The Canadian National Railways proposal to haul Metro Toronto garbage in the form of inert matter to Quarries on the Third Line carries with it no ecological detriments whatever CN public relations director John Noel said during a visit to the Free Press office last week Mr Noel suggested that inert matter is a better term than garbage for what is proposed to Gil quarries in what would be part of a rehabilitation program Transformation He said Metro garbage would be transformed into a tidy odorless and publicly acceptable material at two plants in Toronto before it Is shipped by rail There is no burning involved and therefore no air pollution according to the proposal Dust collection odor control and noise reduction equipment will be included at the processing plants to avoid further problems A copy of the CN proposal shows pictures of the baled shredded refuse at a similar plant in Johnson City Tennessee Second proposal Mr Noel also said a Canadian Pacific Railways proposal is also before Metro executive at this time although it has not been made public George Armstrong of Indusmin said the proposal is only in the discussion stage now Reeve Tom Hill of and Acton Mayor Duby both report their councils have had no official representations from Who rules park on Fair day Who has jurisdiction over Prospect Pork and community centre facilities on Fall Fair weekend That the question Acton Plan Acton displays for Passport trippers ALL ABOARD for Passports to Halton trip The Collett family from Acton line up on the back of an old car at the Electric Railway Museum for an autumn ride through the bush Sunday The station was moved to the site from its original Acton will have a warmer welcome next weekend for Passports to Special displays arc being arranged at both the community centre and the two checkpoints for Acton listed In the county wardens promotion scheme Passports to Helton admit bearers to 16 places in the county they should know better The threeweekend project began last Saturday with few participants In the north of the county By Sunday about passports were stamped at the centre by perky volunteers Julie and Cindy McGflloway backed up by Harold and Doris Townsle Facilities for stamping the passports had not been arranged there for location The railway with its delightful old Saturday but callers were few cars is one of the stops Indicated for bearers of At gate watchman Passports to Halton a county promotion P stamped passports but which began last weekend explained to carloads from Photnhvn Arlington and no IrnotODyu Dills was ready yet Some got out to look through the rock gardens most just turned around and headed for another location on their map Enjoy rides At the Railway Museum In there were plenty of hobby railroaders on hand to take the many visitors on rides on their trains For passport holders fares were half price met there taking in this district tourist attraction so near home for the first time At Ijmehouse a conservation authority truck with the familiar Passport to sign stood at entrance to the trail to the lime kilns Here Leo Wevcnnk of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority staff stamped jw si ports for the travellers who in a walk through the woods with sumacs flaming at the sides of the path The old lime kilns ruins of the dam and mill proved At the Beaumont mills at and Glen Williams Strike continues Strike by Engineering plant employees all members of Local United Steel workers reached its eleventh day today Wednesday with no sign of a settlement between the union and company in sight Local president Doug said yesterday I Tuesday there have been no further meetings since the strike began and thai no definite date has been set for a future one Union membership rejected a per cent wage increase offer made by the company The union will hold a regular meeting early next week Night school classes Six night school classes began this week and typing arc Mondays sewing Tuesdays bridge pottery ana upholstery on Wednesdays All classes are in the high school except for upholstery which la In the Y MCA Various other classes were offered but these six had fiaent registration to warrant engaging the teachers Munch for research Halloween coming and so is Hallowe en candy Young people will be calling doortodoor in the next two weeks to sell bags of candy for the annual treats Money raised goes to the Hamilton chapter of the Kidney Foundation to be used for much preparation had made or visitors with signs and some of the machines in operation Owners were disappointed in the attendance but many more are expected next weekend Visitors here were very happy with their insight into the industry museum found attendance away up with ad mission charged waived for passport bearers At the county building In Milton passports are stamped in the main council chamber liuides show the people around the court rooms and explain the county operation bluecovered passports are being promoted by Halton warden Jim Swan bo rough in an effort to make the county better known own residents Passports are available at the county building in Milton at some of the locations designated for passport stamping here at the Free Press office and in the on Thirteen Kids not that bad Judge Ord believes Parks and Recreation Committee members tossed around at meeting Thursday night Committee member Barry started the discussion explaining he was disappointed to see cars parked on the grassy portion of land north of the community centre on Fall Fair day after the committee had previously refused rcpre of the Sportsmen Slow Committee permission to allow the same Arena manager Harold Towns ley said he also was disap pointed and added he had told hair board officials they could use the urea only if every other available parking space had been used wasn t near the parking area used that there could have been he suggested rownaley also reported Fab- board officials told him a by law gives them all rights to the park for the two days of the year the fair is an Could we really have refused them then asked committee member Diane pie Wo gel Councillor Peter Marks felt quite sure they could and suggested that if a previous board had endorsed such a policy the present one take a look at amending it right away I would be amazed if they could overrule the wisdom of the parks manager Marks claimed Good crowd for Hibbs An excellent crowd of over attended the Harry Hlbtw Fall Frolic sponsored by the Acton Lions Club in the community centre Saturday night Attendance was less than at the clubs Spring Frolic but club members were still very happy and termed the event a I sincerely believe kids are no worse today than they were 20 years ago They re more honest Provincial Judge John told a dinner meeting of the Acton Chamber of Commerce at the Dominion Hotel last Wednesday night A former Nassagaweya resident who also practiced law in for 12 years before his judicial appointment Judge now presides in the criminal court in Peel County He previously served several years as a juvenile court Judge Judge Ord used the famous saying The more things change the more they remain the same to reinforce his statement that todays kids really that bad If children get love and concern from their parents they have a very good chance of making the grade he said Kfch change All kids are attractive at some point In their lives but somewhere along the line something happens to tbem and they change at about age 11 he said Is it possible to say a kid has any responsibility at this age he asked At that age 1 believe have to look at the home In trouble cases Speaking on his term as a juvenile court judge Judge described the trouble youths get into as youthful delinquency After that age you assume they realize the consequences and you to draw the line he said Judge Ord admitted he often wonders if it wouldn t be better to give a boy a nine month reform school sentence for his first fight rather than see him come up before him for larger offences later Big hit However he added that to give a boy a year when he IS or is quite a hit In the stomach one that I don t enjoy I ve always operated on the basis of There but for the grace of God go I Judge Ord said Youths who he considers to finally be a real nuisance are sent to the House of Concord a Salvation Armyoperated home north of Toronto Judge explained Of the number of youths sent to the House of Concord the judge estimated 50 per cent come out better persons onethird run and the rest don t derive benefit But there are only two choices sometimes or the House of Concord he said Judge Ord said he has great belief in the work ethic as a means of preventing delinquency There s almost no Money is really not a significant it motivation he suggested Church hope He said he has great hopes In the Church as a rescuer also The Church could be a significant factor At least kids have made some commitment as soon as they walk into a church he said On the subject of drugs the judge expressed the opinion marijuana users and heroin users can be talked about in the same breath This is an affluent permissive society one where youths are increasingly frustrated They re going to experiment he explained Need group He suggested the Chamber become concerned about problems of youths in Acton There got to be a group In each who says our prime concern is our youth he said Judge Ord said he thinks police prefer to have drug users at one specific place like a drop- in centre where they can keep an eye on the situation even if there a little immorality going on We must look at what happens to kids after they leave the arena and athletics at the ages of and 1 If they can be good enough to make the grade in athletics dandy but what about the per cent who don he asked hate to see the wastage of our most precious commodity the judge concluded Suffer with them a little they come out of it Judge Ord was Introduced by Goodwin who presented him DISCUSSING today youth problems at last Alan Eastwood Acton High principal Dave a gift from White Oaks Wednesday night Chamber of Commerce Kate guest speaker Judge John Ord and ceramics dinner are 1 to r Chamber 1st vicepresident business man Paul Nielsen