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I AHS students are Optimists Youths and Jay Hitching arc the recipients of the fourth annual Optimist Youth Appreciation Award The two Acton high school students received the award at the Acton clubs regular meeting last Tuesday evening at Acton Restaurant The award Is presented by various Optimist clubs on an annual basis honoring a boy and girl student at the local secondary school for scholastic and community achievements Last years winners were Smith and Ron and Jay both said they were surprised and honored to be bestowed the award and are very grateful to the Optimist The selection of the recipients Is not at random candidates winners must go through a screening process All this is Walter Barlow centre of the Optimist presented Itcnala and done by the and the school with Jay Hitching Youth Citations 1 jsl Tuesday evening the potential recipients totally una his clubs regular meeting their consideration for the award David Hall of the local club explained that the club chairman selects a com which draws up the guidelines for the search The guidelines are approved by the board of directors before the school is contacted Once the school is notified the principal in Actons case Betty Moore conducts her own search and presents several can dldatestotheClub The club he said then goes through a process of elimination and two names are chosen The principal is presented the winning names for her approval a 16yearold grade student is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bruce Brilllngcr Park Ave She teaches swimming at the Acton Indoor Pool and is involved In synchronized swimming Her swimming carries over into her school activities as Renata competes on the school swim team She Is also in the Outreach Peer Counselling group and the school band Her marks she admits arent bad hopes to Jain the Total Immersion course next yeur before heading out to University At old however she is not decided whether to enter the teaching field or become a social worker Her favorite hobby swimming of course Eighteen yearold Jay is a grade student As a 1 Moffott resident he lives on the boundary line of three dif ferent school areas Had he lived across the road or next door he would have found going to secondary school in or Milton Luckily for Acton he lived in the riRht comer Continued on Coroner sets December 1 date for drowning inquest A coroners inquest in I the drowning death of Derek Jones last month will be held on December An Inquest was ordered by coroner Dr Macintosh a few days after the tragic accident but the date wnsn set until last week The inquest will be held at the council chambers of the Halton Hills administra tion building on Trafalgar beginning at Threeyearold Derek drowned on October in a pond on the Campbell property on Highway not far from his home Derek was the son of Mark and Louis Jones A Metroiand Community Newspaper One Hundred and Seventh Year No 19 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18 1981 Pages Twentyfive Cents Canada Batter Blood lead levels drop significantly There has been a significant drop in workers blood lead levels between tests September and October at Canada Battery Company spokesman George Tichbourne said iri an interview this week that tests showed lead blood levels definitely improved in October and over all the levels are down to the August levels After three straight months of high worker lead results in he Ministry of Labor clos ed Canada Battery for a couple of weeks and Oatesfund over 1500 Fund raising for the family of murder victim Col leen Oates zoomed past the mark this week Lynda Ruse who started a fund at the Bank of Nova Scotia for Kevin Amy and Shane reports there is now In he account up from 30 last week Account number will remain open one more week I m really really pleased IcantbelieveitMrs Ruse said In addition two friends or he family raised in a canvas of businesses and the Mr and Mrs Bawl lng League SI A total of has been raised for the family so far ordered a variety in worker health and safety pro cedures in the plant After the plant blood levels steadily dropped until March when they suddenly zoomed up again then continued to improve through to August It was discovered there had been a testing error in March However after lead blood levels soared up again for September there were rumors circulating around town that the province would come in ana close Canada Battery Neither or the ministry are able to explain the blood lead levels Increase for Sept em bcr September was either a flash in the pan or a testing error According to Tichbourne lead blood levels were still in the high range for a few employees he ex plained this was due to sloppy work habits by the individual workers They were retested and their results will be back soon However there was an overall blood lead levels reduction through the plant Throughout the year Canada Battery has been making improvements in health and safety equip ment as well is worker education of lead dangers Since the September results there have been fur ther improvements to the plant ventilation system and re Instruction in hygiene programs Another ex ample of constant upgrading for worker health and safety was installation of two new dust collec tors Monday Continued on page Five generations or Newman gathered Saturday to help Norman and Mabel Newman centre cele brate their wedding anniversary Left to right standing is their son Mr and Mrs Walter Newman their grandson Mr and Norman Newman their great grandson Mr and Mn Rick Newman their great great grand children Karen and Jeffrey Seated are great granddaughter Mrs Kathy Connor and great granddaughter Newman Astonishing 70 years of celebrated marriage are Working side by side for has been the key to the long marriage of Norman and Mabel Newman who celebrated their wedding an niversary on Saturday The Newmans of I Acton moved to the about seven years ago from Strectsville There they had a fruit farm since the start of their marriage They worked all day together helping and sharing the workload No one can remember them arguing or disagreeing in all these years were married November 14 In Gait They had two sons John who died few years ago and Walter who lives at RR 4 Acton They have nine great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren the youngest being six monthsold The entire family lives within other in the area About 110 guests came from as far away as Parry Sound Kitchener and Toronto to help the couple mark the special day at an open house the home of their son Walter Burlington MPP Julian Reed presented the Newmans with a plaque from Ontario Premier Bill Davis Another special guest was Mrs Newmans sister Mrs Ruby Truernan of Even though the family lived In un til recently the Newmans had many tics to this area They purchased land almost 40 years ago in the area and gradually their grand son and his son moved to the area Onebyonathe family came until they all settled in the area The family of Main St Is homeless after fire razed their recently renovated home early Thursday morning officials estimate there was about 45000 damage to the house Firefighters worked for over two hours In the cold to the fire Family homeless after fire A family of six is homeless after fire ravaged their home early Thursday morning A house guest Ruby Rose alerted Tryphenl Cherwoniak and four of her five children to the blaze and everyone Including the family pets escaped the flames uninjured Brian Cherwoniak and the couples eldest daughter were at the Cher Rest home on Main St North at the time of the fire Shortly after midnight Thursday the fire broke out in the downstairs portion of their 43 Main St South home Everyone was upstairs when the fire started Four of the children are now staying with friends while Mr and Mrs Cherwoniak and their oldest child are staying at their rest home The family lost all their possessions in the fire Deputy fire chief Bob Hyde blames an im properly Installed woodburning appliance for the blaze which caused an estimated In damages and slightly firefighter There were detectors in the house Hyde said They were very fortunate someone was awake or we could have had a fatality fire Hyde explained the recently installed fireplace had been shoved In a cut away portion of a wall between two rooms The fire box actually was in two rooms When fire broke out it quickly extend up the Interior walls igniting both downstairs rooms and upstairs rooms The family hod left a fire burning in the fire place when they went to bed which Is common practice with todays high energy prices This is perfectly safe the deputy chief said if the Fireplace is properly installed Firefighters had difficulty fighting the blaze as flames kept erupting in various parts of the house One firefighter explained it had been be lieved one of the children was still in the house and firefighters felt their way through the house in the dense smoke to find the child Men were in one of the bedrooms as flumes broke out there Firefighters were called 2 a and re mained on the scene until 3u a m Hyde said A portion of Main S was blocked off to traffic from Church St to Brock St during the fire It was reopened about a n The Health Unit stepped in to aid the I family and with the help of the Acton Commun ity Servicer Centre were able acquire a bale of clothing donated by the Trinity United Chur- Wintario draw show tickets on sale at 23 retail outlets Tickets for the upcoming draw at Acton High School went on sale at numerous Acton retail outlets Doors open for the show at the AHS gym at p m and from 7 to with a lively variety show featuring the Robert Little School Choirs MPP Jul Ian Reed and former resident and Peel Chairman Frank Bean on the banjo and piano respectively and the Acton Citizens Band An early bird draw is also planned Final show preparations will take place between 8 and end then the one hour live show will delight the audience Acton residents in the audience will push the buttons to start the win ticket number balls tumbling Television viewers will learn about Acton through a brief slide and commentary presentation broadcast on Global Television Following the program Wintario officials will host reception at Acton Curling Club for the crew and invited Tickets for the show are each and include a Wintario ticket the door for that nights draw Proceeds from the evening will go towards Leather town Association projecis like the walking history tour displays Sales are brisk there are just tickets for sale They may be purchased at Acton AB Food land Eds In N Out Jug City Hills Fur Taxi stand Family Cleaners downtown and in the Beckers Plaza Stedmans Bank of Com mcrce Bank of Nova Scotia Bank of Montreal Toronto Dominion Bank Cummunlly Credit Union Acton Free Press North American Piggy back Profile Beauty Salon Village Variety Acton Travel Hide House Corrie s Glcnlea Drugs and Blue Springs Shop inside Ha tons MP says unemployment will be 10 per cent Details on page Mondays annual meeting was pretty lively Turn to page Lome wants to talk to Jim Snow about handicapped parking Halton region la working to restore our confidence and faith Seepages Baptist pastor is pioneer in Acton and in church by Helen Murray Pioneering is not a new challenge for Jean Stairs The new Acton Baptist Church pastor is not only the first woman minister in the history of the town and at perhaps the youngest but she Is also one of only six women ministers in the history of the Baptist Church in Ontario and Quebec Pastor Stairs has now marked two church services in her new and first full time posting But she is not totally unfamiliar to the con regal In fact she guest preached in the Ac ton church in May and was asked to come back and lead the congregation Born and raised in Ottawa it wasnt until Pastor Stairs was on an eight month training Continued on page