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GeorgetownActon Wednesday Sept 14 1983 Expect 12000 to 15000 at 70th fall fair Twelve to people are through the gates at Prospect Park this weekend for the ana Acton Fall Fair Three funpacked days are planned with everything from a dance to a rooster crowing competition and with something for all ages TheArabianHorseShowatlQam Friday kicks off the festivities The midway opens at noon and by 4 pin poultry exhibits will be ready rooster crowing lit ion a repeat of last years success gets underway at CIS The heavy horse pull will be at 45 and at the Acton Citizen Band will be playing In the arena Half an hour later the fair will be officially opened- At the same time the floor exhibits in the arena will be greatly admired Outside the hog carcass display will be Ladies fair board ready also at A family entertainment variety show will follow the opening with the Judging of the Mtss Acton Fair lttJ A special treat has been planned for the anniversary of Hiss Acton contest according to organizer Haggle Hall Many of the former winners will be returning to the stage As for this years show already there are several entrants the next morning the gates are opened once again The midway will add the familiar noises and early birds can take in the Carlsburg Hitch the English Pony Show harness ponies the light bone show and the outdoor exhibits new model tars farm equipment community service groups and displays and commer cial exhibits The hall exhibits and displays are also open at a The catUe show begins at 11 am Beef steers Junior show Junior and senior show manship Hereford Shorthorn Angus and other beef brands will be on hand At noon the tugo war and pioneer games registration will take place but elsewhere in town at the same time Is the annual fair par ade Children are encouraged to decorate their bikes or other toys and be at Smith Middle School at 11 30 The many floats and six bands will leave the school at noon and continue down Mill St for reds of parade lovers to sec The everpopular baby show will get underway at 30 in the arena 1 JO are the Sheep Show Poultry Show Spotinthc Park At the all new bird dance competition will be held on the track Those taking part in the papular polka are asked to come in Ready for 70th fair by Johnston Our monthly meeting was re held at the home of Mrs After such a long lovely sum we finally have to buckle down Tor a busy time of year Great plans are in the making for the annual Acton Fall Fair The Ladies Division of the Fair Board are again entering a float in the Fair parade The theme will centre around the year 1913 therefore a call is made to anyone who has any artifacts from this era pertain ing to homecrafts If you wish to have further information concerning the float please contact Mrs Janet Marshall The Ladies Fair Board also wishes to remind all mothers of our Baby Show on Fair Salur day Applications are available at the Fabric Shoppe on Mill St Also those wishing to enter an article for Judging please have them at the arena no later than Friday September 16 at it Pickup of articles must on Sunday All ladies are reminded of our work day at the arena on Wednesday September 14 to day at pm Please make every effort to attend The October meeting will be at the home of Mrs on October Shelley Stewart is married in Stroud Shelley Stewart and Stephen Alan Gillies are making their home In New Brunswick following their July 31 wedding in Stroud The bride of Oromocto New Brunswick is a secretary for an employment agency She Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hugh Stewart of Stroud for merry of Acton and Is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs J J Stewart Burlington also formerly of Acton The groom of CFB New Brunswick is a weapons technician with the Department of National Defense and is the son of Mr and Mrs J Alan Gillies Mississauga K C Johnston officiated at the double ring ceremony at St James United Church Mrs William was organist and Mrs Leslie Brown was soloist Shelley wore her mothers bridal gown for her special day It was of antique white slipper satin on Grecian lines with a sheet net yoke fitted lace bodice and long pointed sleeves The headdress was a halo of off white miniature rosebuds blossoms and babys breath She carried a clutch bouquet of off white silk roses miniature lilac lilies babys breath and terrace fern Joanne Hughes Mississauga was her friend maid of honor and bridesmaid was Gayle Allan Georgetown a friend and her niece Kim Adshade Missis was Junior bridesmaid Shelley was escorted down the aisle by her father Laidman Mississauga was best man and ushers were Steven Stewart brother of the bride from ton N and brother of the groom Peter Missis sauga The brides uncle Ray dell was master of ceremonies at an evening reception and dance at The Spoke Sandy Cove Acres The couple honeymooned in Southern Ontario Guests attended from parts of Ontario New Brunswick New York State and Vancouver B C Telephone calls of congratulations were received from Burlington and Calgary and a telegram came from Saudi Arabia Prior to her marriage Shelly was guest of honor at wo showers beginning if Blind Month in Ontario A nullIn campaign Is planned this year as compared to doortodoor canvassing as hi other years Successful fireworks fund raising drive All the accounting is done and the Acton Firefighters has announced their fund raising drive to pay for the annual Canada Day weekend fireworks show paid off Spokesman John reported local businesses and Carcycle collide a and car on Main a North os Saturday Septem ber at about Oft Kevin March Rockwood was driving the motorcy and Anna Ar- Tyler Aw car Police report both drivers suffered injuria Than was an car and tor the organizations donated apprax imately to fund the show Following are the businesses which generously supported this community project the list is supplied by the firefighters Goy Cartage Centre Hills Collision Superior Gove Bee Zee Foods Commer cial Shearing Thompson Fuels MackenzieChapman Halton Hills Electric Legion Branch 187 Acton MenTublm W I Toronto Wood Treating Spey- side Welding Legion Ladies Auxdiary Rotary Club LiL Ford Hornby Box and Pallet Furniture and Ap pliance Acton Free Press Acton Association J and T Sports Canadian Tire and Vakriote and Johns Auto Service Hoey Weston gave a wool spinning demonstration at the fair at the Academy Saturday Hundred of cars lined the highway and Oiled nearby fields as fab goers Docked to the area St Johns Church sponsored the day Olive and Patricia Lather were on band the fair at The Academy Saturday to sett homemade preserves St Johns sponsored the day Registrations are tomorrow by Barbara Funk Its time to register for Cubs and Brownies again This year registration for Scouts Cubs Beavers Pathfinders Guides and Brownies will be tomorrow night Thursday It will be at the Town Hall between 7 and The cost for registration this year will be as follows for the girls groups the charge will be and for the boys will be charged Marg Townsend at 8369383 will be happy to answer any questions concerning the girls groups and any questions about the boys can be directed to Jan Osborne at The Parent Group Committee for tbe Cubs Scouts and Beavers are looking for volunteers to assist with the behind the scenes work If any parent feels they can help out please give Barbara Ware a call The scouts are also in need of one more leader call Mrs Ware Georgina Kelso of the Era Community Library would like to remind everyone that the library has now return ed bits regular hours Tuesday and Thursday to fl and to Spin and on Saturday to noon The Squirt soccer team did it again They won on August 30 defeating Acton They played again last week in Pro spect Park in Acton Anyone interested In bowling with the Rockwood League can call Fay Ritchie at The Rockwood and District Lions Club will again be sponsoring a canvass on behalf of the Arthritis Society in the village September to 1 Tbe September meeting of the Womens Institute was held at the home of Mrs Harvey The president Mrs opened the meeting with reading A Time to Risk A Rally of Wellington South Centre and North Districts is being October p at Ponsonby Public School A let was read from Mrs Bar ban telling tbe branch of the appointment of as Rural Orgamxalion Specialist There is a quilt exhibition at Stewart Art Centre from September to October 16 Admission is free and tours are tbe Area Convention which being held at CU- John Cree Royal Canadian Legion Goetph October ID and workshop for to being held September 19 A donation to the International Ploughing Match 1984 Ladies program is being sent Arrange ments were made for a food booth that the branch is having at a house sale in Ever ton on September Mrs Lc Roy introduced the guest speaker Mrs June Knethler for the VON Volunteer Visiting Pro gram who showed slides on the work of the V O visiting pro gram and told of the need for visiting volunteers Camper wrecked A Milton woman suffered minor injuries in a one vehicle accident on Highway 25 just south of recently Guelph OPP say Carol Josephine Clark of Main St Milton was northbound on the highway kilometres south of on September when she lost control of her truck She drove to the east shoulder and hit the mall box crossed the road and hit a mail box on the west shoulder shot back across the road and en tered the east ditch coming to rest in the ditch In the meantime however police say the camper on the back of the truck came lose and was smashed to pieces as hit the ground Mrs Clark was treated for injuries and released at General Hospital Police estimate too to the camper and about ISO damage to each mailbox Legion happenings by Jean Bladen We had members present at our September meeting As you probably know Pat McDowell Is our new sports officer as as our bingo con Good work Pat I know youll do a good Job We will pay toward the bus for our sports out of town On the sick list we had Sharon Barker and Greta Hope they are feeling better Our sports and euchre Is in Brampton September 10 and ctstrict crib October We need help for the fall so get tat touch with Ruth Dinners are 3350 for for children under bird costumes Cash prizes will be awarded The swine carcass auction will be held at 4 30 and Molo Cross Club will have an exhibit There is no old fiddlers contest this Spokesperson for the fair Jennifer Alton explained the competition of other fall airs has been attracting participants away from Acton Because of this Mrs Alton said It was decided to give it a rest here for at least this year After being held elsewhere for the past few years the Fair Dance Is returning to the arena this year It begins at The rabbit and show sanctioned by the Dominion Rabbit Breeders Association starts off Sunday at 1 a The midway is turned on at and the English and West horse shows get underway then as does the dairy The model boat races begin at noon also The popular pet show for those and under begins at pzn along with the anti que tractor pull and the truck pull The Challenge of the Acton Stars begins In the arena at Z and at the presen tation of awards to the Ladies section begins Mrs Alton points out response from exhibitors and participants has been very good with entries from as far away as Peterborough and Oahawa For those who don like to wrestle traffic a free bus will be going around town every hour to bring more people to the fair or take weary walkers borne To borrow a popular teenage phrase- Be there or be square Eden Mills woman is teaching Highland dance Those with a Scottish background or those Just wishing they had a Scottish back ground will be able to partake in a tittle bit of homeland fun this fall as he Mary Ellen Conn Highland School of Dance begins classes in Rockwood Mary Ellen an Eden Mills native has a dance studio in Guelph and also teaches highland dancing at the University of Because some of her students arc from and Eden Mills she decided to save them the drive The official date for the first class is not yet set but Grant McRae principal of Rock wood Centennial School has encouraged her to set Up shop in the school She will be teaching those from four years on up every thing from the Highland fling Dance and the Irish Jig to National Dances If the school catches on classes will be held until June Mary Ellens dancing career goes back 14 years to when she was years old She knew she wanted to take dance lessons but it wasn until she saw Highland Dancing on television that she knew what kind she wanted She started taking lessons with Guelph 5 Donna and stayed with her until 1979 She even helped Donna teach for a while After she left Donna s Mary Ellen went and obtained her own teaching papers with Sue Irmfsch in Burlington She is a member the British Association of Teachers of Dancing and the Scottish Dancing Teachers Alliance Competing since she was Mary Ellen has hundreds of medals and trophies on play Shes competed all over Western She opened her own dance studio four years ago in Willow West Mall In the past years Mary Ellen has even danced in front of Darcy and Fidel Castro brother when he was at the University or Guelph She has also been on cable television in Guelph MoryElleftadrninishehas never been to Mary Ellen looks over part of her dis play of medals the has won with her high land dancing She will be of feting dance les sons In Centennial School Scotland but there is a bit of Scottish blood flowing through her veins There are some Douglases and Fergusons on her fathers side and Crichlon on her mothers side of the family For now she says she would be satisfied with visiting Nova Scotia In spite or her many hours of teaching Mary Ellen actually holds down a fulltime job in addition Shea a library technician at Guelph Library where she works mainly in the information and current events depart ment She graduated from Sheridan College in 1980 Planning a gathering and need some entertainment Mary Ellen will manage to squeeze into her busy schedule enough time to perform herself or have her students with her It good experience for the child ren she points out as wall fun for all Actons paying 14 million too much taxes Knechtel Acton citizens ore collectively paying about a million more in taxes than they should be each year Councillor Ross estimates Monday night Halton Hills council decided to ask the province to do a tax impact study of Hills to determine what will hap pen Section is adopted Section Is the only way for the Town to rid Itself of an antiquated assessment and tax system in favor of a system based more on current market values However since a third of HIUs taxpayers are expected losce their taxes rise it is a touchy political issue Earlier this year council narrowly reject the tax impact study despite the fact it wouldnt be binding on the Town to adopt Section Last month the leader of the pro Section forces in council produced graphs and a brief report showing Acton properly owners are paying about per cent higher taxes than Georgetown owners of similar properties contended with Actons mill rate substantially higher than Georgetowns but Acton equalization factors designed to balance out the mill rate disparity shrink ing to Ihe level of Georgetown Acton was being royally screwed Equalization tors as well as assessments are established by the province A couple of weeks later Treasurer Ray King brought In a report confirming there is a dramatic tax disparity between Acton and Georgetown tax disparities even within wards King informed council the only way to solve these disparities was to adopt a tax reform program through Section 63 These two reports obviously convinced councillors that they should at least take a no risk look at lax impact of Section Now that the tax impact study has been approved the issue will be on the shelf for about eight or nine months Knechtel said the study wont be completed until next April or May Knechtel said his prediction that Acton a paying about million too much in taxes each year was based on his review of the available data but cautioned he might be wrong The tax impact study would tell council just how bad ActonGeorgetown as well as the ward disparity situation real He said he didnt think council wanted such an unfair situation to continue Councillor Dave Whiting said it was up to responsible councillors to have every fact available at their fingertips when they make a final decision on tax and assessment reform He reminded bis colleagues there was no obligation connected with having the study done All councillors knew some tax- pavers arent carrying their fair share be said Councillor Harry Levy said he supporting the tax study Just because Ac tons paying more than Georgetown but be cause there are drastic tax disparities within ward of Halton HIUs Some peo ple are underpaying and others are over paying Tbe study would give councillors Councillor Pam Sheldon asked that some study be done sometime to see what council whose taxes will jump If Section 63 ever adopted Knechtel said there are options open to council grants can be given to assist those whose taxes will rise and these avenues needed to be explored But that aspect of review of the issue could wait after the Mayor Peter praised Knechtels handling of this controversial issue few politicians want to tackle He said Knechtel actions have been fairly responsible He added adoption of Section was Inevitable but didnt say when it would happen or if it would be the Towns choice or a directive from the province should Queens Park ever decide to straighten out the mess it created without putting local counciUors on the spot Miller fund tops 4800 The Miller Fund has Jumped another 00 since last week bringing the total to over 800 according to Rev Gerald However the family is still in need of ac commodation of at least two bedrooms The family was left homeless after fire swept through their WUlow St home last month claiming the life of their husband and father Gene Miller and a 14yearold Wears They are currently staying with relatives in Speyside returns Acton and area residents will have two lotteries to play this fall There already the Acton Minor Hockey Association lottery and tickets are on sale now Heritage Actons lottery returns with some changes in October The first two years the lottery ran tickets were sold on a yearlong basis for SI draws for There was one weekly draw for ttM a monthly trip draw and weekly draw for bonus vouchers from local merchants Instead of one weekly cash prise of there will now be three cash prim week The value of the prises be and There will also be a draw for a trip at the end of each month Also draws now tickets will be sold for a month tor up to three months of draws The lottery may be expanded beyond present three month series players can buy one two or three months worth of tickets The first months series of draws begins October 13 and ends November Local community groups are expected to again sell tickets and so share In the proceeds by receiving co Most of the funds raised through will continue to be used by Heritage Acton for restoration of tbe Iowa ball