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Deposits throughout Gas riches may await the gambler by Murray The odds are steeper Hum winning Super but tin re a slim chance ihit Albertans could be pointing to North and calling us oil barons or blue eyed sheiks It probably slipped a lot of people minds however there natural gas and oil deposits just north west of Acton south of Aeton and around Hornby Some of the deposits of fossil fuels are still out there under a dozen or so wells haven been completely drained There could be even more gas and oil deposits in which were never discovered Unfortunately for a now deceased Acton entrepreneur Anthony and his in vestorsor partners some of whom were local people the dream of oil and gas riches never really materialized Over three decades of exploration and develop resulted in a little oil and much more nat gas being found A lot of the discovered gas was sold but it never really justified all the of forts and cash sunk into the dream On balance the results were a lot of broken dreams a goodly people with ever advancing technology and the price of fossil fuels poised in this try the day may again dawn when liquid gold fever will sweep North like it did in the It might not be that far off in the future when existing wells will be uncapped and drained and more wells arc sunk although indi cations now arc the wells will likely continue to sit there dotting the fields of un touched The history of gas and oil In North an easy one to trace Most of the principles in volved have died Those still living too interested in discussing the topic Checks through back issues of the Acton Free Press Union Gas files and interviews with pro officials and a University of Guelph geo logist did reveal some of the story The tale begins in 1928 when Seynuck a immigrant who came to Acton In 1919 began exploring for oil in By 1929 he d announced he was selling his con and light lunch business to devote his time to exploring for gas and oil He found gas for the first time in January following six months of drilling He found natural gas for the first time at a depth of feet two miles west of Acton Seynuck kept exploring throughout the and with limited success first as Suburban Gas and Oil and Seynuck Valley Oil Com pany By the mid when his luck to change he was back talking about exploring for oil and gas as a hobby but that last long and soon he d formed a new company Thefirsl came in July when he found natural gas near Crewson Corners and in October even more gas was discovered six miles south of Acton near Speyside Oil was later found in the same area It was an exciting time for people of the area Crowds wire out at both at night watching the blue flame from the wells Seynuck had brought the equipment up from McDonald farm east of Highway near Spcy side to Crewson Corners and spent ling on the site north west of Acton That find come in at 100 feet down and speculation was rife that there was enough gas to supply all of Ontario At that time only large centres had gas mains and natural gas wasn t yet in in North Later tests proved the find t as big as but some gas was recovered and sold Then came the big find in October Seynuck struck gas in rock at 1 feet and there were indications there was also oil in the area Meier tests allowed cubic feet of natural gas in that well and Scynuck said he thought the rest of the form deposits contained the largest pro potential in Ontario A couple of Acton lans Johnson were in charge of the site and reported the time it had the best pressure they had seen in years of drilling in the area of next year well number three in the area came in with a flow of 100 cubic feet That was enough encouragement for Seynuck to form Anthony and Oil Explorations at other times it was tailed just Anthony Gas Explorations Some of the officers of the firm including secretary treasurer James were from Acton and shares went on sale in April There were a good number of local in vestors That May when talk started about bringing natural gas service to Acton Georgetown and Milton Anthony Gas and Oil was among the firm interested in obtaining the franchise for North Halton had four wells and was telling council the Ontario Fuel Board that lie d need An to to serve the properly in the years ahead The fourth well was tested and deemed the big gest containing 332 Off cubic feet of gis That well was sunk on the Moore Sisters farm five miles south of Acton and that was found at feet Continued on Tony right is find near Crew the left here with Earl the Corners The blur gas flame Our own Ed Id NOul Midgets are ready lo meet the Swedes They are front row left to right Bill Hodgson manager Marty Derek Hodgson Randy Smith Rob Venncule- Tim Centre row left to right Cope Smith coach Tim vans Mark Duval Scott Timbers Dave Anderson Tim Baker Rick Greenly Denis Kir ton Jamie Assistant coach Back row lento right Ricky Smith GordMcArthur Gary Lumbers Del Mohammed The Swedish team from Morn visits Acton thh Sun day See story Hinton withdraws offer Hills council didn have a chance Monday to decide if it was going o accept long time Acton resident H Bert gift Mr who offered to give his home to the town as a gift but wanted a municipal tax free tenancy in the house and Prospect Park renamed Park withdrew his proposal before council could discuss it Mondiy morning Mr contacted Hills clerk administrator Ken Richardson and told him he was his offer It would appear unlikely that council would have approved Mr s proposal since the town received about objections to the offer from residents of Acton and area including over ballots rejecting the proposal clipped from the February 13 Issue of Acton Free Press Contacted by this news paper Monday night Mr refused to com on the issue Richardson told council he received a call from Mr who said he wished to withdraw his offer Mr told the clerk administrator if council brought an niter native proposal lo him he would consider it Following several in camera meetings council announced two weeks ago that Mr had of to make a gift to Ihc municipality of his home on Park Avenue beside Prospect Park Among the conditions attached to the offer was a municipal tax free life tenancy in the house for Mr Hinion placement of a memorial plaque to Mr late wife Mary at the house the renaming of Prospect Park to Hinton Park Both Mr and the town asked for public comment to help guide council deliberations at Monday night s meeting Councillor Mike Arm strong said he t Continued on page 2 Saves chums life in near drowning Ten yearold Robert Jennings right points to where he fell through the as bis friend Kevin Fabian looks on Jennings plunged through the Ice on Fairy Lake last week and would have drowned but I- ablan pulled him from the free log waters Diana A nineyear old grade four student at Robert Little school saved the life of his best friend last Wednesday a harrowing plunge into the icy of Fairy Lake Kevin pulled his friend Robert Jennings 10 also from Robert Little School out of the water after he broke through the frozen lake behind Ihc Community Centre The boya were a shortcut across the lake to Mill Street on their way home from school when Robert attempted to pat some swans The ice around the edge of the hole where the ducks geese and swans were swim gave way plunging Robert up to his chest in the water Robert said he kept his elbows on the ice to prop himself up while Kevin began to tug fie added when the two boys got him out of the water Ihey walked back to the school to call home I wasn scared said Robert though his mother Mrs Gloria Jen he was unusually for lie rest of the evening When I got to the school she said Robert pints were soaked and his both of them were in shock I think Mrs Jennings said hereon yew up in Aclon and swim in Lake In the summer but Ibis is the first time any thing disastrous has happened Now I probably won catch any fish in the summer either Robert lamented with all the bad luck I having The area where Robert fell through remains unfrozen round for Fairy Like duck and geese lo swim but there is no fence or danger signs warning of thin ice Robert said oilier children were nearby when he fell in and people are often sledding skating in the The maximum depth of the lake is estimated lo be around 10 lo feet and the moment il Is a chilling degrees Otto eludes crimson tide There wis some cause for imong Hilton Conservatives Monday mghl as Otto Jellnck returned for i second time lo serve as this rid Member of But despite the win joy is not rampant as Pro Conservative supporters itched is numbers were depleted the country In Hilton Mr did not have the missive j2 per cent of the vote be in of 1979 His challenger Bill Porras i old finished the only j voles behind Mr Jelinek ilmost 10 in making in election v is Black who Ins share of the total vote from May to in Hie unofficial tally Mr Perns finished the with 19 votes compared lo the 1G won by former Hilton MP Ilr in he election Mr tan no longer be swine ridme is the voters in this are did not follow ihc trend lor Pierre For Mr Black the de- w is tinged with opt He s Ins in in volint per to If shows the message of I the is starling to get I Karen led the fringe candidates to 168 voles from 141 in May Robert Ritchie Independent also had a modest incrciscfrom voles in May to on Pair save car driver ISvo men saved driver from his flamine ear on Mill Street I early Thursday morning I- red and pulled on unidentified man from behind the wheel of a red four door Chev accord ing to I ire Chief Mick Holmes Damage to the engine and hood of the machine amounts to an estimated according lo fire department sources The fire alarm was am 1 he driver departed from the scene Leninist dropped only 1 from the he lost election Mr now lo mcj f times Otto Jelinek 24752 Bill Perras 19385 Doug Black 8460 Otto Jellnck will be returning to Ottawa In a familiar role Opposition MP but six months of political career has been spent in Opposition inside Perrin Realty won I be In Ihe net anymore but he a headed back to Ottawa as MP for Wellington fcrlnSimcoe Jim Schroder will be taking Albert Fish s spot in Purlin Parks in the and Kinghum subdivisions is a subject of concern for Acton councillors Ross Knechtel and Terry Turn to pages and for more details Region Is considering spending to clean up the Dom Hotel site on Main Street See page A big blaze Saturday night gutted the historic old Mills saw mill for the second time in years There s a picture of the fire and a story on page Otto Jelinek won Acton again but it was much closer Monday night than last May There a report on election night in Acton and results of the Aclon and Fsquesing palls on Profiles Editorials 1 Our readers write On the Rock wood Digest 10 Sports Classifieds Br