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Ys Menettes mark 25 years service to Acton and YMCA The Acton are in the midst a very special yeartheirsilveranniverwry An of the s Men any wife of a member of this club Is automatically a s Menette in recent a need not a husband in the other club lyMlheorgamiationmeettngof the Y Menettes Club was held at the home of Mary Mrs was elected president dkeaashervicepresident V man Smith was and Ruth Masales was elected treasurer Others at the meeting were Ruth Nell Dons and Dorothy li A the Mens Christmas meeting Malcolm Bowman Interna dent of the Men conducted the Induction and Charter Charter members were Dons Duby Ruth Mary Kay Ruth Helen Helen McGeachic Dorothy Eleanor Edna Masters Janet Rogers Margaret V and Smith Money raised by the Y over the years has been gicn to Acton Men Club or thi or supported by the Over the years the club had many projects both profit and nonprofit They sold memo notes calenders recipe books hockey equipment candy perfume Christmas cards and an array other items Individual members have made napkin rings Christmas stockings soap crafts wall hang en mitts coasters etc fund raising en is As a group aiming to raise funds the Y Menct Us have made clown suits to rent held garage sales bake sales tea rooms arts and crafts book sales bazaars parties and a casino Nonprofit projects over the years consisted of collecting stamps sending birthday cards to the elderly canvassing for local projects producing refreshment for and Terry Fox Runs giving food kits and first aid kits for World Vision and Christmas baskets or gifts for the elderly or needy The women are socially as well as busy raising money or helping the needy They enjoy various sports such as bowling curling etc followed by a pot luck supper They also have gone to various theatres held Christmas parties euchres box socials treasure hunts car rallies fondue parties com roasts sleigh rides family day picnics Halloween parties and played charades and other games In 1963 interest in the club waned and It was decided to only hold meetings in the case of urgent business In after several years of inactivity the daughters and relatives of the original members decided to have a rev meeting Once again the meeting was held at the home of Mary The new executive elected was president Donna Bateman vice president secretary Kate Elliott treasurer Sally Leather land and calling committee Carole Romans and Marianne Lindsay The club has been going strong ev since In the past years the club has experienced a number of firsts many of which continue to this day The first rummage sale was held In November 1959 and the first combined auction rummage sale in 1960 The first bulletin was published September 1971 and they held their first dinner for the MensmeetingsinSeptember 1974 Inl974 theYs Menettes had their first Regal card sale and at the same time adopted a foreign child In 197879 the secret pal was instituted and a past members was held in May The first fall fair booth was in 1979 and in February Men made dinner for the Menettes The first ever s Menneltes club was organized in Vancouver British Columbia in March 1924 The s Men Board of Directors at the Cleveland International Convention voted to endorse the s Menette movement officially and to encourage the Mennettes Clubs In countries Acton cites are celebrating their anniversary this year They held their first reunion In 1B79 front row It ft to right at the lime of the reunion were Sail Margaret Wilson charter member Mary McKeniie charter club president charter member and Helen charter member Donna Ha teman Marjorie charter member Robert son Dorothy charter member and Carol Campbell Back raw standing Pat Carol Bowmans Carol I charter member Anne Perry Bra Dubois and Marie Preutrr J A Metroland Community Newspaper One Hundred and Seventh Yearlssue38 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH 31 1982 16 Pages Thirty Cents Testifying in his own defence Mercuri didnt know arsonist or set Maze the local residents who will be models in next Tuesday nights display In the show as well as accessories From left right are Don fashion show at Jack Tanner Table got together Sunday the McDonald Tom Thompson and Cindy llouir lo tn on some the suede and leather garments they II McOlllowuy See story on page Welsh choir may perform here famed choir which has played for royalty and will be louring Canada the United States this ill may play concert at Knox Presbyterian I The Cor has informed Tom Watson that thc be during Iheir lour and think lhe could perform in Acton on October and read in a newsletter about the upcoming Cor Seren tour and learned they had a few dates open on the calendar and the choir was looking for places to Never really thinking the choir would come here Watson wrote to them anyway He was quite prised to receive an affirmative reply The Cor Serin wrote the tour runs from Oe lo and have been invited by some good friends in to visit Ihere and are awaiting word from the friends that October 14 to and they have been invited by some good friends in to visit there and they were awaiting word from the friends that October 14 17 will be a good time to visit Choir off icialJcff Peace wrote if our plans materialize we shall be accommodated in GuLlph but as Acton appears lo be close to the choir would be able to give a concert for you I would tentatively suggest a concert on Friday ljth October but this date will be confirmed with Guelph Contnuedonpage2 by Helen Murraj Cosimo denied setting fire or having any one else set fire to the Dominion Hotel and he also denied ever having selfconfessed arsonist Cecil As the second degree murder trial of Mercuri and Michael entered Us fourth week on Mon day Mercuri spent all thai day and part of day Tuesday on Ihe stand In his own defence He and are charged de gree murder in connection with a fire which levelled the hotel and claimed the life of Howard Gibbons August 19 A Ihird accused Leonard was acquitted Monday in a directed verdict from Mr Justice SeesIorypageBl took the stand last and told the court he met in August 1979 at a Toronto restaur ant and set a price tag on the burning of the hotel The witness said he presumed was a good friend of Ihe Mafia family for whom he work as they only introduced him friends this week denied knowing the family or even having met them See Monday testimony on Bl Yesterday Tuesday in his crossexamination of Mercuri Crown Attorney Paul Stunt pointed out to the defendant his monthly payments on hotel a house to the north of the hotel and his personal home mortgage along daily living expenses totalled more than ho was taking in Mercuri had to keep dipping into he till just to slay afloat Stunt charg Mercuri denied this Stunt pointed out to Mercuri that on August J The Liquor License Board of Ontario suspended one of their wo licenses for two weeks beginning the end of August Monday testified this would only mean a loss of or a week Stunt contended the suspension would close down the entire lounge area and would indeed cost the hotel owner more than that said he be lievcd the license was for only a portion of Ihe lounge and did not include the beverage room At the lime of the suspension Stunt said all you really owned was ihe licenses all the debts mortgages loans and personal debts and the shares of the hotel Mercuri denied knowing about shares Stunt charged Mercuri was dipping into the cash register to stay afloat Mercuri said it true Mercuri was under understanding if he pealed he decision to suspend his license the Mercuri said he thought he had licenses for the three drinking areas but under questioning by Mr Justice Coulter Osborne admitted did not know how many licenses he had Continued on pagc2 trial at Hills Hydro workers have earned a safety award De tails on page Local groups have bid for the town hall Turn to page Hellers are the in dustrlal hockey champs Sec page The skate a Is this Sunday Details on page inside The lowest interest rates are paid on your tax refund Murder suspect remanded in custody Scene of the crime Donald Joseph was murdered last Tuesday night or early Wednesday taterarnilioaieoaOicSiith Frio Township A Georgetown was arretted charged with second degree murder ear last while aspect that can ed In Neighbors have described and hi family not being typical country folk See story page Bradley James Fendley of George town who is charged with first degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Donald Joseph Berriau 30 Acton last week appeared in Provincial Court yesterday Tuesday and his case was remanded was in court for a con of his ball hearing which began Thursday He was remanded in custody to the Wellington Detention Centre and his next court appearance will be April Within the short space of 17 hours from early morning until early evening last Wednesday one man was killed with a shotgun one suspect lay dead from a sell Inflicted shotgun blast and other suspect was charged with first degree murder It all began when and Regional Police responded to a call to a farmhouse on the Sixth Line of Erin Township 13 miles north of the Hills Erin Township boundary at last Wednesday and found a man dead Within 12 hours the OPP had obtained Canada wide arrest warrants for tint degree murder for two Georgetown men Less than four hours later at suspect was in custody while the other man police sought also of Georgetown was on Ihe way to Georgetown Hospital after shooting himself In abdomen After checking several well known haunts of the two suspects routine investigation led Regional Police to Silvercreek Towers Park St Georgetown While Bradley and another occupant of the apartment were being arrested McClean grabbed a sawedoff shotgun and shot hlmseir in the stomach Rushed by ambulance lo Georgetown Hospital he died shortly after admittance The third man who was in the apart who wasn t Identified by police was held in custody but released Friday following questioning The eighth floor apartment was rented by a young woman whom police refused to identify Police say she was unaware of the warrants out for the two suspects No police weapons were fired at any time Police Inspector Kent Laidlaw emphasized nor did the suspects fire at police Six policemen were involved in the arrests and more wen called in afterwards Inspector Carl Manneke of the OPP who headed the team of 10 officers involved in the investigation said police received an anonymous call from another house and found dead in the living room when they arrived Manneke declined lo say which part of the victim body had been blasted at close range me warrants for and McClean were obtained shortly before I p last Wednesday and Manneke noted earlier in the day the OPP had asked Regional Police for assistance In the case and the police were actively attempting find the suspects At that point Manneke said he and a Constable Carpenter returned to and the investigation moved forward He say If Berriau who had moved with his family to the farmhouse late last summer and is a former Georgetown resident had been killed before midnight last Tuesday or bet ween midnight and I a last Wed nesday Manneke said police have no motive for the crime and added he didn t know if drugs were involved the incident There were four other adults In the house at the time of the shooting as well as two children The other people in the house apparently were sleeping at the time and Berriau had been sleeping but was awake when killed Others in the house included s two children his common taw wife and his brother It appears Manneke said Ihe suspects simply walked into the house and the victim had more than a casual with his assailants He said know which suspect pulled the trigger but won I reveal that information The I com if they have suspected murder weapon confirmed there had been a previous incident at Ihe house Involving police but wouldn t elaborate At the time or Die incident reported a Bra ma lea man was slashed across the face with a knife at a New Year s Eve party Police had difficulty investigating the matter when neither the ictlm nor anyone else at the party would even answer police questions let alone identify the attacker Someone at the parly had called police but every one refused to cooperate when police arrived and victim want the matter pursued further said the determined who their suspects were through standard police investigations and interviews with people