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ffftt Ninety E ghth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY Eighteen fteen Cents Tools stolen man charged A Milton man has been charged with theft following the recovery of tools and cash apparently taken from Oakvllle Automotive Supply store on Main St A quantity tools and 80 in cash were reported stolen As a result of a raid on an apartment in Milton by Acton Milton OPP and Milton police department approximately In tools was recovered and In cash The Milton man was charged with from the Acton store and also the Milton store of the same company He has not yet appeared in court Sole collision Acton police only investigated one collision the past week An unknown vehicle struck a parked car owned by Ronald White In the Dominion parking lot last Thursday Damage to the car was estimated at a minimum of On Wednesday of last week an aluminum canoe was reported stolen from Elizabeth Dr Wrong car Wednesday night a car was reported stolen from the Dominion Hotel parking lot However the next morning a Georgetown man came la the police station to report discovered that morning he had driven the wrong car home His key had fit His own car was still In the hotel lot On Saturday an Acton man was arrested for OPP On Sunday two hub were reported stolen Two other hub caps were also reported stolen in that same area April 30 cording to Acton Lick promise for Wallace St Condition of Wallace St con contractor when the subdivision council Tuesday night roads are paved about the end of after reeve first May Cost of Wallace work Is mentioned the bad state of the about roadway There not even a sign he complained Meanwhile the clerk was asked Mayor Duby added he had had to schedule quick repair more complaints that day of Both committees of council will damage done to cars be taking a tour of all the town Council agreed it was the roads by bus Tuesday May 15 towns responsibility now to see Roads committee chairman the road is in better condition expressed the hope all council wouldmakeanefforttocomc He It will be paved with curbs and will be snowing projects sidewalks by the subdivision mended by his committee At Maplecrest Apt Murder charge laid after body found An Acton man Bourke is has been charged with murder after the body of year old Colleen was discovered by Acton in an apartment at the Apartment 1H Churchill about midnight last night Tuesday A press release blued by Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Branch of the police officers of the Actoa detachment were called the apartment after neighbors reported hearing screams coming from Inside Police said Bourke had been slabbed sevcrat A knife found near the body was taken by police for laboratory elimination Thomai was taken Into custody and charged early this morning by Milton Officers from the Identification branch at Burlington arrived at the apartment building this morning The apartment was sealed off and a guard placed on duty until Investigation there completed Investigation of the Incident will continue under the supervision at inspector her on Single car crash kills Acton woman car crash on Highv early the lite of a A single car crash on Highway near early Friday morning claimed the lite of a 24- yearold Acton woman and sent a 37 yearold Rock wood man Hamilton General Hospital where he remains in serious REFLECTIONS of years goneby showed up in this antique mirror one of many fine pieces of furniture up for auction Saturday at the Willow St home formerly occupied by the MacDonald family A large crowd of antique fanciers attended the sale under ideal weather conditions Auctioneer was Max Storey D Gibbons photo Not Watergate delay agreement An agreement between the town and Acton Agricultural Society For rental of the park and its facilities will go to parks board before being passed by lo n been Regional implications to Georgetown recreation complex concern council On request of Esquesing council Tuesday night Acton council heard all about a Georgetown plan for a threepart recreation package for Georgetown Larry Mogg chairman of Community Facilities Committee set up by Georgetown Recreation com made a flip- chart presentation The same presentation had been made to Esquesing council along with a request that 000 in an unallocated township fund be given toward the new project It was then that Esquesing council asked that Acton council be Informed Mr Mogg said He expected council might get in touch with Acton council Georgetown council he said in reply to Mr Marks query has been asked to make this Mr Mogg said the question of recreation proposal the No one administration been priority In and acquire land discussed but he presumed in It would be unwise not to recreation would be ad consider the people of the area ministered through the new with Imminence of regional North region If government he said contributed and paid Reaction taxes it would be reasonable to This sits heavy on me mused assume It would be turned over to the mayor as we try to promote the region he surmised our own arena as a centennial project It could be that our requirements for recreation will be as strong as Georgetown some day acted wisely in referring the proposal to Acton he said Georgetown is looking on a broader scale now including north Halton Deputy reeve Marks admitted Georgetown plan was very timely for them Acton will be felt the complex would benefit on a smaller scale Acton Wiat It would be for the North possibly a monster area Mr Mogg suggested The location in Georgetown would He foresee Georgetown reflect population density debenture for participation was doubt Councillor Chapman J ngs wondered about ice lime for undcr regional govern Acton and Mr Marks also asked about Acton participation presentation Mr Mogg Councillor suggested surveys had indicated Mr asked if it was the same thing could be used Georgetown people most wanted cond with head injuries taken to Hamilton General Dead is Margaret Peggy Hospital Police said Hilton was Emmeraon McDonald thrown from Ihe car It has not Boulevard Acton been determined who was Douglas Hilton R R Rock driving The crash took place at wood owner of the approximately 3 a m which was a total wreck was Mid car was southbound on the highway about 3 to mile north of when It left road hit the west shoulder an cm a fence and some trees Miss Is survived by her mother Eleanor McDonald Boulevard Acton two Bisters Mrs Alfred Roach of Acton and Joanne Mrs Robert Hodgson of Guelph and four brothers Donald of Fergus Wayne and John both of Acton and Ronald of She was predeceased by her father Robert Rev Frank Byrne conducted a private funeral service from the Shoemaker Funeral Home Saturday lpm Interment was in Cemetery Pallbearers were brothers Donald Wayne John and Ronald and brothers in law Alf Roach and Robert Hodgson Miss was born in Acton in 1948 She aliened public school here and was later cm ployed at the Building Products plant She resided with her council Councillor Chapman objected the fact narks board consulted Clerk Grant Usher pointed out agreement should have been renewed in but had been missed Mutual agreement It been a mutual agreement as long as there s been a fall fair added deputy reeve Councillor Barry Inscoc said as a parks board member he was not aware of the agreement deputyclerk Hugh Patterson a former member recalled it being discussed at fall fair time Mr Chapman agreed there is no problem with the agreement- Its not a Watergate Incident The Georgetown plan is for only minutes away from these too three part recreation facilities He wondered If Acton package swimming pool arena could become a fourth part of and meeting hall They might not their threepart package In the necessarily be located in the same area He guessed Acton same complex would now have to wait until approached by Mr solicited Acton Money for support Countered reeve McKetuie funds as he outlined details of the got money for P Acton arena Art Gibson argues for secession councillor Art Gibson presented the prospect of ceding the entire village Eden Mills to Eramosa Monday night in the Eramosa council cham Presently Eden Mills is divided between the two town ships Gibson argued that the best interests of Eden Mills would be served if it were located entirely within The village he said Guelph oriented with a strong feeling of community spirit It is not good to have the community split between two Garry Wong graduates Garry Roy Wong has graduated from Institute in Industrial Engineering Technology He is presently employed by Kendall of Canada Ltd in research and development aspect of industrial engineering townships Gibson quoted the results of a poll carried on In Eden Mills He reported that only three the 24 people interviewed were not In favor of the community coming under the complete Jurisdiction of the council Gibson stated the people of Eden Mills might enjoy an education advantage if they became part of Wellington county Presently students are bussed to either Acton or Burlington Mr Gibson said that while there would be no effect on the average students the above average and below average would have an advantage In attending schools If for no other reason than the shorter bus trip Fire area The area surrounding Eden Mills within would be better off in case of a fire than it is now Residents are located within the Acton fire area rather than in the closer Rockwood section The village of Eden Mills is within the fire area Roads within this portion of Continued on Two a pool arena and hall Costs were estimated at 400 for a pool 500 for an arena and for a hall Most indicated and there has always been willingness to pay in taxes and operation However he thought mother fund raising activities for the parks board should have thc Boulevard proposal opportunity to make He outlines sources of money mediations grants a loan cash or material donations lottery telethon mayor walk dances etc Georgetown has already allocated he said Marijuana seizure Following a marijuana seizure Music festival is here today Schools from North area arc taking part in the annual North Music Festival at M Bennett school today Wednesday Five competitions In town yesterday Tuesday are scheduled for this morning afternoon at m Acton OPP and seven more for Ih a charged a Moffat man with Students from grades I possession of marijuana through arc taking part Open invitation Principals day Everyone is welcome to the Principals Recognition tions May committee members stress this week Apparently some people have been Inquiring If it necessary to be a former pupil to attend Anyone with any connection at all with W and Elmer Smith may Join the crowd thc say Class repre sentatives were named and it was their intention to contact all former pupils in that year with letters As for others the advertise ment in last week and today Free Press Is an invitation to attend Three local Ions dinner at the curling club is to be catered and ticket deadline for this is May 16 The afternoon reception is free tickets may be bought for the dance at the arena door Because of the wide Interest three different and roomy loca tions have been chosen for the day events Many replies are coming In already and tickets will be mailed out soon Hard summer for weeds CURIOSITY GOT the best of two Speyside area youngsters Christopher Sankey and Chris who look time out from fishing at the park on the weekend to investigate the pumping device which has been installed at the west end of the park Pumping is part of the search for a water supply which a study revealed is located in shale underneath the lake The pump runs continuously for 1000 minutes then levels in the gauge holes are checked to determine the recovery rate Pumping started last week and will continue until today Wednesday town superintendent Duby told the Free Press Gibbons photo Dandelions might be In for a hard summer Council Tuesday night considered beefing up town legislation so more can be done to control the town most rampant weeds Last year complaints had been received about weeds in open land especially by allergy suf ferera Ragweed was the culprit there but Mayor Inquired Can we exclude dandelions Under new regulations a municipality with a weed In spector may by law designate as a noxious weed any plant not named in the schedule of noxious weeds in the regulations The public works committee had filed this information but on reading the committee minutes Tuesday night deputy reeve Marks said he thought council should look at the problem again Let draft a bylaw and then we can act on it he suggested Councillor Coats explained most of the open lands where the offending weeds grew have now been covered by new houses and not so many complaints are expected this summer Lets close the Mr Marks thought goes hack to committee