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Tha Acion Free Press Wednesday 1979 with Jennifer An Acton institution is coming to on end as Mrs CK Browne plans to close up her store In July The little tobacconist shop on Main Street North has been a of milk pop cigarettes and candy for more years than anyone can remember Doris Browne has been behind the counter for yean the last seven In sole charge since her husband CK passed on The building at the corner of Main and School Lane housing the shop is being sold so the store has to close Mrs Browne isn happy about it I miss my kids she says The kids are several hundred school students from nearby Robert Little and St Joseph schools who traipse through Mrs Browne doors several times a day for penny candy In these days of cent chocolate bars there it still pass for a wee mile to have a pennyworth of this and two cents worth of that According to her friends when the school children come there s no room in the store for anyone else It must take infinite patience and love to sort out all the orders because there not much profit I never figured the profit Mrs Browne smiles she just loves the kids She any sons and daughters but she has children that don t to me she says Meeting people is the joy of the job the part that makes keeping a store open seven days a week from nine to eight worthwhile Even in supposedly quiet limes in mid morning ding an hour in Mrs Browne s store is like wit an old English music hall People keep popping in and out swapping wise cracks and getting told to get stuffed The truckers and delivery men bring her jokes flatter her pass the lime of day and Mrs Browne grins her snappy repartee She always happy comments a friend but you can hear her down Main Street when she get going warns one t nicker feigning fear Candy pop and jokes The store is a cosy mixture of bits and pieces some left over from previous times Seven toilet rolls sit In solitary splendor near a Canadian flag they re both there If you need them Plastic flowers and little tea figurines brighten up shelves stocked with cigarettes and candy Pop bread and milk form the nucleus of the grocery supplies Is also headquarters neighbourhood collections going on An oil stove is surrounded by kitchen chairs well used for visitors who pop In for chat Mrs social club she calls it Wall plaques remind you of human failings When I noone remembers When I m wrong noone forgets An old picture of former Princess Elizabeth and the Duke shares wall space wilh a citation birthday When she needs relief help Mrs Browne neighbors and friends pop in to mind the store Eyvonne Van and Florence arcspecial assistants and visit frequently to chat and help out Suppliers keep the linoleum warm in the morning- here comes that silly old baker and that Haltonover the Hills guy quips Mrs Browne They twig her and stop to buy a of this or that One driver is short two cents change give it to me later no I II target I wont I she laughs He II be back she comments aside to me They always come back Nowhere to shoot the guff Children have changed over the years Mrs Browne thinks The children of today arc more self confident she hesitates over the word cheeky and decides some of them are just that She has no qualms about sorting out the smart alecks but also has many a story about helping out a wee one or protecting a little girl from teasing boys Youngsters now have much more money to spend and she doesn t know where they get it all she says When she suggests they save some of it she encounters a blank stare and a puuled Why But Doris Browne will miss her tore and Acton too It a tradition going out of Acton remarks a friend Mrs Browne won t be far away She hopes to reside in the senior citizens and will have more time to visit family in Niagara Samia and London She also be able to devote more lime to her activities with the Orange Lodge Chapter She has millions of friends she says but come July she 11 have nowhere to shoot the guff Obituary Elton Cole dies May 28 One of oldest April 19 in Hornby residents Edwin son of Walter William died suddenly at his Cole and Emily Atherton home Cameron Ave He attended school in May He was in bis Hornby where he was year known for his pranks and Mr Cole anavidliorse surprising the teachers racing fan was born United Church was the setting for the June 1914 wed ding of Mr Cole and Kalhenne McEachern They would have cele brated their wedding anniversary next week In April 1918 Mr Cole moved his family from Scotch Block to the Acton area where he began his career In thresHng Dec ember 14 1922 he started farming at Lot Cone Erin where he stayed until May 15 He then retired to Cameron Mr Cole had a sharp eye for a good horse or cattle beast which bene fitted his trade He was an avid hockey fan and was extremely interested in politics always read ing newspapers back to front daily Left to mourn his loss are his wife Katherinc sons Walter 2 Acton and daughters Ruth Mrs Roy Wood Camp- Lena Mrs Doug Mason Lake Ave and Mrs Ross Guelph sister Beatrice Downs Milton and one brollicr Bob Milton He was pro- deceased by his parents one son Jack on April 1979 and one brother Fred He is also survived by 1G grandchildren and 19 grandchildren service was held May at Shoe maker Funeral Home with Rev A Walter bury officiating Inter menl was Churchill Cemetery Pallbearers were neighbors Bruce Angus Eachcrn Johnny Lifch lie Colin and Sonny Townstey THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized Socond Closi Mall Poital Registration New Peel chairman enjoys Acton links frank Bean who learned many lessons in Old Stone School rose 1 the top of Peel Region s political class Ins election as chair man Mr Bean was elected evening service by to replace And Mr Bean has the first chairman Lou other continuous Parsons Mr Parsons is between retiring to the private Decorating the graces of in cemeteries is jn annual event once served more widely Now only a few individuals and the Legion 1011 lake part Joan left help from Mary liable feunday the day Mr Bean was active in elections in the Acton but it was not until twu and i half years ago that he reached office himself as councillor The one name he did mention is George For years Mr Bean took the early vice organ duties at the United Church and Mr Elliott managed the his former home town ree Press subscription The used to live at ZOO Mill St There was Mr and Mrs Richard Dick Bean Frank and Mississauga Ins two sisters and Betty Mr Bean senior Approve rural area office Hills planning board overruled a planning staff recom mendatlon this week and approved a real estate office with a by foot sign for Mrs ine Kelly at her home on Highway half a mile south of Acton The approval will go In he Niagara Commission to whom the application was made Mrs Kelly wants to set up an office in Hie front of her house and a sign to show I lie location of her real estate business in off hours hut the plan staff contended the request dues not conform to the Official Plan The planning report contended development uses should be en to ite in urban and It slated they did not wish to see mire on to the highway Councillor Iti y member of the explained the ion will abide by the municipality s wishes Councillor Ross Kneehlel argued Die siyi should be allowed he could set no problem Councillor George claimed in the ild Official Plan professional people were allowed a on their property and could sec in worked at November for time then opened When the former chair an insurince business man announced his Mr Bean junior followed decision to quit along into the insurance announced their bids for business and for a time the job Mr Bean bad his own operation emerged as a com promise choice As chairman of Peel Region Mr Bean duties included presiding over council and aeting as a main link with Queen Park Though the Bean family left Acton years ago Mr Bean still tries in maintain his friend ships He last visited six months ago Most of the people he grew up with went to school with have also left The Beans arrived here with rank from Iroquios Falls in 1943 Mr Bean attended bile and high school in town The left years later In 1975 circumstances sent a Mississaugi councillor to Queen Park and an opportunity rose for Mr Bean to take part directly in the political process Peel Region was set up five years ago with the political unification of ten local municipalities into three larger units City City of Brampton and the Town i f Coledun Mr Beau 41 and wife Patricio have four children Judl Cindy and Dave 14 FOR ALL YOUR GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING NEEDS til dark Every Day Sunday it and Jim represented legion Sunday Ulceration uj at The men planted flowers the a first World r veteran ilfoFH ire why real estate should be excluded He pointed tit there was j use on the property Councillor td Wood lied there is no sign by law in Hilton Hills This sign will simply id the business when the main office is closed She mil opening a hot SPECIAL 4 Canvas Casuals Blue or Be go Scott Jeffrey peers 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