Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 4, 1972, p. 16

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A 13 A HALTON TENT at international plowing match at Scbringville drew thousands of visitors With the match in Halton In they got a preview of the county attractions from the displays and colored films The new county flags flutter in the breeze above the colorful tent Carpenter plowmen at IPM Many plowmen competed in the tractor and plowing com petitions at the International Plowing Match held at Scoring west of Stratford from Tuesday to Saturday of last week Keith Leslie of R George town won a tractor class in the Tuesday section of the show and claimed a trophy donated by a bank for only first prize awarded any plowman George Atkins of Bronte radio commentator won second prize in a special fun class for press representatives placing second to a woman entrants showed well in many of the classes junior plowing team of Murray from Burlington and Pickering of winners at the recent Halton County Junior Match came fourth in the Gulf OH Inter County match at Scbringttle Murray also placed seventh In a tractor a I m Hurley Pickering won a place in a tractor class Thursday Horse classes Stan May of Hornby and his brother I loyd May of formerly of Hornby had entries in the horse classes throughout wick On Tuesday Lloyd came second Stan sixth Wed was fifth and sixth Thursday eighth Stan ninth Stan seventh and IJoyd eighth John Wilson of R Norval was in tractor classes Wed seventh Tuesday ninth 11th Friday In the utility and also 11th in the open Bert Robertson of Acton competed in the Canadian Champion class on Friday which was won by Keith Robinson of Bert came 17th He also placed in utility class Wednesday seventh Thursday tarry Picket of Georgetown was eighth Thursday and fifth Friday in utility classes Warden Jim Swan borough was an entrant in the for county wardens but t win Milton Mayor Brian also competed In the mayors class and finished out of the money Furrow Queens urrow Queen or Halton Mary Anderson was an entrant in the Ontario Queen of the Furrow contest Jack Taylor of Burlington a director of the Ontario Ilowmcn a Association washstidasan alsoran in the class for directors Milton resident George spent the week at the match as the official sign painter and also toured the grounds with the Sherwood harms sound car Halton County Council had an information tent at the match where literature on was distributed along with calendars promoting the 1974 plowing inatih in Halton H girls manned the tent and directors of the Plowmen Association looked after the plowmen of the tent Promote county at plow match county will host for tin International plowing mutch In Alton centennial pnd Hie county tent at ills year promoted county Die county nt mm easily by new rind colorful flag advertising the loin lion In Acton year the match will be held tit the rnlu Held farm on the loth side road between Acton and Norval s in did well In the at wet although they wen not tup MUKrum display flic display from county museum I old plows an plow cultivator and car jacks net on Dolomite gravel which vis itors up for souvenirs Several hundred copies of the Acton free Press were supplied and been taken In a few hours Interested visitor to the tent Xh r county papers were also all gone the first day A photo display of the county color films ran continuously Hide A cow hide from mi attracted curious fingers and saws were Included In the Industrial display Some of the county display will ho fully t set up In Acton arena thin or the Passports to vlnltors to see Business men plow Saturday dnti of is and professional men Hilton in itch and from Its open Acton parade marks fire prevention week Fire Prevention Oct to will be celebrated by the Halton County Fire Prevention Bureau with a church parade a children poster contest and a concentrated effort to acquaint the public about the causes and prevention of fires The Bureaus annual church parade will be held Sunday Oct 15 in Acton Firefighters from the five fire departments in County will be parading to Knox Presbyterian Church in Acton for the 11 a service and Acton Citizens Band will lead the parade This church parade is held annually to direct attention to Fire Prevention Week Children contest During the next few weeks the local fire departments will be accepting entries in the Bureau annual children poster contest Students attending Grade In any County elementary or separate school are eligible to enter posters on the theme Fire Prevention the Home and the winners of the contest will be honored by the Bureau at a banquet in November The Bureau is also distributing a new place mat to restaurants and dining establishment across the county The place mat bearing a map of County and a fire prevention message is a new design this year bach fire department which belongs to Fire Pre vention Bureau is planning its own special fire prevention week programs Including school fire drills fire hall open houses film nights and distribution of litera hire Resident of Acton for over 60 years At their regular meeting night Council Endorsed a resolution passed by the University Women Cub of Milton and district dealing with the problem of domestic solid waste disposal Passed a law authorizing the use of the new composite ballot at this years municipal election treasurer French reported council has been granted extended approval of its agricultural holding law until April 1973 Mr French also reported that and Gravel bad withdrawn their application to the OMB for approval of a quarry site in one day before last Thursday scheduled hearing He Mid the same company s application for a site township will be heard by the at a later date Deputyreeve Russell Miller referred a complaint from Casey Bos a resident of the Line near Acton concerning the amount of dust on the road recently Roads superintendent Bud Snow said the road was in such bad shape it had to be graded which unfortunately resulted in temporary excess dust Reeve Tom Hill presided for the three hour meeting with all councillors present A founding member of the Duke of Devonshire Chapter of and life member of the Women Missionary Society Mrs Dills died early Tuesday morning September in General Hospital She had been a resident of Acton for over Mrs Dills was the wife of the late George Dills who published the Acton Free Press and the Canadian Champion Mil ton prior to his death in 1966 Since that tune she has been vice- president of Dills Printing and Publishing Co Ltd publishers of the papers Well known in weekly newspaper circles at the national and provincial level Mrs Dills regular 1 attended annual con across Canada She continued her interest in this area as well as locally She was a year member of the IODE and a member of the and Trinity United Church Attended Mrs Dills attended Acton Fair Born Milton Born lama Victoria Mac pherson November i 1633 in Milton she was the elder daughter of William and Alice Macpherson The family lived in Kilbride Gait Chicago Albuquerque New Mexico and bellowing the death of William Mrs Macpherson and the two girls moved to Acton W J Onions conducted the funeral service from the Shoemaker Funeral Home Acton on Thursday September with interment in Foirview Cemetery Pallbearers were friends and relatives Bill Main prize Bob H Elliott Leavens grandson Rod Prosser and cousin Small Mrs Dills is survived by her sister Mrs Mary Lyon of Pa and by three children Mrs C R l trances of St Thomas David of Acton and James of Milton There are also grandchildren ARTHUR A JOHNSON OPTOMETRIST 54 Mill St E Acton 853 Wednesday Saturday Ml Hon xllMalnSt WELCOME SERVICE If you are new in town or know someone who is PHONE rHREE VISITORS to the Halton county tent by Beardmore The match will be in north Mr and Mrs son of in Acton centennial year Stratford at the international plowing match Carpenter admire the large cow hide lent for the display lh farm of Mrs unmix ir Mi will hunt th ill Juhn Nerval of In i or tin in itch In Ixity w Hun I fun lis or rehunh equipment I clubs inns women will be intrants Wilson said entry fee and the tors if ill also be J fr of charge Fears collision STOP SLOWDOWN That s what Acton High across the width of the entrance to the lot to School viceprincipal Ian Downle is asking encourage hot rodders to slow down students who drive cars to school and citizens Principal Dave Kntz just wants to make sure who may be using the school parking lots at all potential users of thelotknowoboutit night An asphalt hump has been Gibbons Elizabeth Drive to get sidewalk town engineer has called for three bids on the installation of a sidewalk on Elizabeth Drive public works committee chairman Councillor Earl Macules said last week preparations for the work are handled as quickly as possible Masdles said his committee ran into unexpected problems they found the sidewalk must relate to the future road there The chairman was responding to a query by Councillor Peter Marks following a request from Paul Colbourne a resident of the area Council has promised to do what they can to control snowmobiles coming down the hill on St Helena Road near this winter Mr who is the only resident on the township road said Monday night he fears a serious collision could occur if some is not taken I m concerned only about the hill not in general but some of them come down that wide open he said He claimed there is only room for one car on the road as it is Reeve Tom Hill suggested they could ask that snowmobiles be banned on that particular piece of road or that signs could be at least erected Councillor said he hoped signs could be put up but admitted he questioned the legality of it Council final lj decided to contact their roads superintendent and the Department of Transportation and Communication for further advice COME TO THE ERIN FALL FAIR October 67 8 9 FRIDAY Oct a m Championship HattMn Stow Placing and Judging Hall m Tmh Dane muiic by Tht Alabama SATURDAY Oct 7th 1pm Wettern Horu Www Race Pony Show Dairy CM Mount Fomt Band Crowning of Milt Erin Fair I Concert and Dane featuring Joe THt Lend SUNDAY Oct 8th TramCanada Hall Drivers MONDAY Oct Day Heavy ana Light Baal Catlk Sheep and Swine Inter Club H Sand Hill Ppe Band Erin Majorat and INSTALLATIONS CELANESE and BIGELOW As Advertised in the October Chatelaine strong Creators of the INDOOR WORLD CENTRE Main St N Acton

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