Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 1, 1979, p. 2

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The Free Press Wednesday Colle MacCol may be small but he a scrapper He was suspended from soccer he played excellent soccer in his youth at the age of IS for being too rough At years old hes still a scrapping Scotbut he got the biggest heart in Acton in the days when was custodian for Dills Printing and Publishing and I worked In the George town Independent office wed pass the time yack ing about pigeons he raises homerswhile I typed the odd word and he wafted his duster around my bend You either love Colle or you I do Hes one of the most alive people I know the kind who takes life by the scruff of the neck and it be have Never Colle a had some knocks In recent years Lost his wife and son Put him down pretty bad but not quite Theres a second Mrs MacColl now to share the lovely lakefront cottage that bought In 1936 Colie retired this spring after years of hard work He doean like It a bit says he doesnt know what todowilhhimself although Mrs MacColl says he never sits still five minutes Theres the large garden to lend 250 someodd pigeons to care for a couple of hives of bees and CoIIes always doing something with the house This week its extra in Scot by birth Colin MacColl was born In Scotland on the edge of the Highlands In 1906 He was brought to Guelph at the of eight and has lived in the area ever since After losing his mother at age went to work at Taylor Forbes at the tender age of 13 He was foreman here for years He says he used to leave his house in Acton at 4 15 a and not punch out till at night six and seven days a week When I broke my hip he says they had to put four men on my Job he says with a twinkle In the eyes In his teen years he took up soccer and remarks he often wished he were bigger But an old team mate comments he may not have been too big but he was the roughest player and the dirtiest Colics proud of that He also got into racing pigeons at age 13 and has When he left Taylor Forbes Colle became custo dian for local schools first Robert Little then M Z Bennett and also a spell at School These were the years be loved best talking about the kids th shining eyes He has an old pendulum clock from TaylorFor bes days and still keeps It full of treasures locks of hair the girls used to bring him But Colie got to be and they kicked me ass out He helped Bert with Us apiary business for a bit and then Dave Dills asked him to look after Dills as custodian Dave Dills One of the best fellows around Colie states firmly speaking of his respect for the whole Dills family Spell It right Now that retirement has finally forced Colie to stop and smell the roses hes taking time to travel He and his wife just returned from Scotland where the MacColl clan got together Dont spell MacColl without an a dictates Colle Family ties are strong Colie came from a large family I had nine brothers and sisters maybe he raised three sons BUI is in St Jacobs Colin in Northern Saskatchewan and Ken lived at home until his death There are six grand children Pigeon racing Is still a major interest with birds flying upwards of 5 to miles a race has been a member of the Wellington Waterloo Homing Pigeon Club forever Birds are trucked by the club to outlying clubs the required race distance away from home When released they hopefully fly for home travelling to 60 miles an hour On arrival at tho home loft the breeder removes a special elastic band from the birds leg and drops It into time clock Its a dangerous business for the birds only half of time others drift in over Which its necessary to maintain quite a number of birds but is too damn many says Colie Heneversellsa bird just gives away the excess Cant keep a good man down But pigeon tending and gardening Is not Colies idea of how to spend a day Hes itching to work He says hed like logo back to the foundry Taylor For bes but Mrs chuckles Do you want to be carried out It hard to keep a lively man down and Colle with an a wont stand for this leisure business long fully expect to see him back at some kind of work before long If he ever gets finished his list of things to do around the house English visitors Continued from Pace 1 Mr Davis said he could not quite believe the of the roads He said he thought the maps were schematic drawings I think wed always been fascinated by the of the roads In England a straight road runs about as far as three miles Those arc usually the Roman roads Mr Davis said Mr Davis went on to comment on the closing of the Saw plant He said he had been told in England by a sales man that the best saw one can buy is the product When Informed the plant was moving to Montreal Mr Davis said As far as tools ore concerned I always think It the quality of the people who make it not the tool itself The dust man comets That Hank us ing a and silicone sand to clean up some of the equipment that Is to be used at Holly Industrie on Eastern Ave Holly Industries will be processing at the plant once construction finishes Mr works for General Painting of Guelph A neighbor of the plant The Free Press to determine if the company had started handling sulphur Have you checked the dust bag on your vacuum cleaner lately A full bag reduces suction in creasing vacuuming time and wasting electricity MacColl displays locks of hair kept care fully In his antique clock Garbage pickup Acton residents will be putting their garbage out on Wednesdays starting August 15 The new day will affect all municipal garbage collections out do not in clude municipal com mercial collections Teachers settle Continued from Page 1 The teacher negotiator also said the wage package could be more or less than last years six per cent increase The elementary school teachers signed a two- year agreement which left open the wage question for next year High school teachers and the Halton board are also In negotiations J Kohari DT J Novak DT GEORGETOWN 106 Guelph St beside Post Office DENTURE therapy CLINIC Phone 8774974 or 791 2314 DOMINION HOTEL ACTON presents Sweet Daddy TuesdaySaturday August 7 8 10 ONE SHOW NIGHTLY MATINEE Peter Hurley the son of Anthony and Louise Hur ley Acton recently grad uated from University College- University of Toronto with a BSc in geophysics four years distinction He will return on a scholarship to do his Masters at of In Sept ember INSURANCE RATES Abstainers Insurance Company DALY farnworth McGregor INSURANCE AGENCIES LIMITED Acton Mtdictl horn Walt HOftKttH0f ft forth ten THE BUN COAST Stmnds Winter Sunshine tin good life this winter with great holidays carefully planned for you FLORIDA OHIANOO tam23t BEACH IWIUU mb27I Ml BAHAMAS JAMAICA DRAOONlAY wvnr wn mivj wivy THAN PANAMA ADVENTURE CRUNK Ted Tyler Travel ACtON Continues UP TO OFF FALL and WINTER STOCK ARRIVING DAILY OF ACTION HITS ALL COLOR Grade A Fresh CHICKENS 69 FUN SUN w Date of sale Augusl 1 3 We reserve the right to limit quantities BAKED GOODS CHICKEN IN Canada No 1 Fresh SIDE SPARE RIBS SWEET SOUR RIBS Swift Premium lb Side Bacon 149 79 lb Weston sliced Sandwich Loaf m Weston or Wiener Rolls as 3 2789 Schneiders Varieties Chunk Luncheon Meat Schneiders lb Pkg Red Hots Schneiders 2 lb Frozen FAMILY Beef Patties 399 Fresh the Piece Peameal Back Bacon Centre Cut ib 269 End Cut ib 249 White Swan white or coloured CO Mother Parker Serviettes Ou Tea Bags Welch s grape Delmonte fancy halves or slices Jam or Jelly 113 Peaches Kraft plain fancy Bar BQ Sauce if Fruit Cocktail Nielsens Claim dry normal or oily Herbal Iced Tea Mix I Hit Shampoo 1Df CO 4 Ulra 4 BBQ Lighter 3211 Deodorant Roll Ciest or mint 100 ml ml bonus Paper Towels 115 Toothpaste mi 169 99 99 145 Liquid Bleach aerosol ft Stain Away 1 49 refill Stain Away 109 Personal size bar A Ivory Soap Detergent Ivory Liquid Windsor coarse Pickling Salt D9 FRESH PRODUCE ARRIVES YA T THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICESH I THOMPSON SEEDLESS l I HEAD M Grapes Lettuce Of I

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