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mmms the acton free- pratt t da 20 19 j wtiwreo reoeitba nelec- sanbv at the mday after- 18t firefighters w id chlldreri aftetnoon making an about 100 vftof john lcraek was chairman tf theiaocnnihtee assisted by x s party in new musit centre xfelthi mens chibs chrixt aw party on december 16 tsic centre was term or the best ever members and their jenjoycd th evenin to- buffet supper was enjoyed and an orchestra played for dancing gifts were brought for the needy bui spfehrogel manes cooties candy doughnuts chocolate milk and coffee were enjoyed santa dans who gave a bright performance was faced with a problem just as he was getting dressed for bis role a hydro consumer called about her electrical service cdufity council briefs lub enjoy fe- erintendent doug mason the phone she laughed when she heard the reason he couldnt come right away and said she could wait her minor- repair was done after santa left the fire ball about an hour later letters editor slfc imam hereto the key that opena the door for ct very happy mew tear and aeony many erf and to all jo touout o management and staff acton pharmacy the quarries 8dje of the story dear sir it would seem that quarry operators are fair game these days for the speech makers and those who write letters to the press in your december 14 issue there was such a letter from wilf fortowsky he told how little was left for the municipality from the taxes paid by the quarries after the- county took about 10 per cent and the school requirements were met he said be had visited es quesing township offices to get some facts then he talked about the damage done lo roads by the heavy trucks that haul the stone from the quar ries and the cost of maintain ing these roads he talked of damage done to homes because of quarry blasting of dried up wells arid dusty roads whether tax money is used to support schools or goes to the county has no bearing on the amount a quarry should pay as an individual taxpayer if there is not enough money left to run a municipality after school costs are paid or the county levy is met then the taxes for the whole community must be increased and quarry operators it would seem ate no different from any other industry they would be i am sure quite willing to pay their share recently the halton region conservation authorities pre sented a brief to the select committee at queens park re garding quarrying operations in the escarpment area in reply to this brief quarry dperators were ante to irrevoc ably state thacthere is n rec ord of a lowering of- the water level caused by quarries in hal- ton county as mr fortowsky suggests they further pointed out that quarries maintained con trol over blasting and keep siesmographic records so that there is no vibration to cause property damage beyond the quarry limits as mr fortowsky has heard exists as for roads it was also pointed out that trucks operat ing out of one quarry alone pay over 9150000 annually in vehicle licenses and gasoline tax from this money and other monies so received the province pays back to the v were right there when you need help tfafftvw laa am abmawam jfosji ctawf vlilvrfjillifi a eel to us gets action fast reliable service reasonable rates a l rimer equipment company plumbing heating contractor 74 cm ft aclon ow 5v0o40 county over 362000 annually for road building and mainten ance within the county a good portion of this money is spent in esquesing which helps them to keep their roads in order the money that is paid for licenses and gasoline tax far exceeds any damage the trucks hauling stone migh cause people in choosing to criti cize overlook the fact that stone quarrying is an essential industry stone is required for road building home and gener al construction for sidewalks arid sewers arid a multiplicity of other purposes stone la a heavy commodity and it therefore must be ob tained as close to where it will be used as possible in order to keep down haulage costs if quarries are unduly and un fairly taxed if there are by laws created to prohibit or un duly hinder their operations there can only be one result increased cost of stone which in turn means increased construction costs because he province and municipalities are large users of stone higher costs of stone would also mean increased tax es maybe mr fortowski after he left ire esquesing town ship office should have gone down to one of the quarries which he talks about and ask ed them their side of the story rud l whiting lower age special day for voting dear sir like many canadians i too am concerned about the ap palling apathy shown by our eligible voters london 13 per cent voted in actual fact it means democracy is dead- it means a small percentage of people are running the affairs of a large percentage of mor ons who simply dont realize just how important this our most democratic right is it is easy to say these people dont deserve any considera tion and let it go at that but those who are elected are set ting the stage for future can adians some decisions are ir revocable and it is my opinion that if democracy is to be res- surrccted our- youth has to be given a say in canadas future and as many of our teenagers are far more informed on cur rent affairs than our older citi zens i think the voting age must be lowered to 18 i also think november 11 should become a day of nation al importance and whenever possible designated as voting day we could remember those who died for democracy by ex ercising our most democratic right and fines should be im posed on those eligible voters who neglect to vote for no val id reason w a johnson rjl 2 rockwood at their final meeting of 1966 halton county councillors discussed at length a 1967 grant to the royal botanical gardens a committee report recommending a grant of 5- j 000 u for 1967 finally passed tember when a motion to change it was defeated it was pointed out the report was only a recl ommchdation and william hunter reeve of georgetown suggested it could just as easily have been 11000 or 10000 the grant for 1966 amounted to f 15000 heard reeves herbert merry of oakville and gordon gallagher of burlington con- gratulate warden h h hinton for his excellent job as war den during 1966 reeve merry reported that warden hinton lets play bridge by bill coats ft vbvmmkpn tire gofporatfqir associate store aooh out where a gas or orl heater or coal srove is used in a room be sure there is adequate ven tilation opening a window for a few inches will help to re move dangerous fumes such as carbon monoxide there still isnt any great rush at the local license issu ers office in acton drivers are advised to shop early and avoid a last minute rush if i were to jut a title on this hand it would be when a bad split is good news this little gem occurred at the georgetown duplicate bridge club when i first looked over the cards my- first thought was how can i hold this one down but lets look at the hands north s 7 4 q 5 d b65 c kq642 west east sj 10 8 5 s k h9 6 hj 8 4 3 2 mc2 dqj10 7 4 cha 10 7 63 c 9 5 south sa9632 ha k 10 7 da 93 cj i dont recall who the deal er wasnbut south opened the bidding the rest was as fol lows south west north east is pass 2c pass 2h pass 2s pass 3s pass 4s all pass west lead the king of dia monds and dummy was spread i was faced with- two diamond losers a club loser and at least one spade loser it looked like down one for sure but bridge games are never won by being pessimis tic if i duck the lead perhaps the oponents will err west finally lead a low club which was taken by the jack in or der to test trump the ace was lead when east contributed the king a bad split in trump was revealed a heart to the queen provided an entry for club ruff now the ace and ten of hearts were lead when west discarded a dia mond on the heart 10 declarer ruffed the trick in dummy this ruff provided an entry for another club ruff the heart king was lead and rather than let dummy over ruff west dis carded a club now a trump was lead to the queen and a final club ruff gave declarer his tenth trick the ace and small diamond went to wests last two trump the- bad trump split was counterect by a good club split this allowed declarer to get three club ruffs if the dia mond ace is cashed earlier de clarer will get one less ruff in clubs naturally west should have cashed the club ace after winning the diamond king two trump tricks would have come to the defense regardless of what south did last weeks winners at the acton bridge club were first george solty and bill coats second cam sinclair and jack coats third kay campbell and mary manning had been nominated as a fel low of the royal common wealth society of london received a report front warden h h hinton for the months of july august sep- and october during that period the warden a trend ed more than 90 functions on behalf of the county learned the countys special homemakers and nur ses services committee recom mended enlargement of its terms of reference to include a feasibility study on establish ing a county welfare unit received a report from the grand jury on the condi tion of the county jail the jury stated recreation and li brary facilities should be im proved and the prisoners should be more fully occupied with either work or recreation the jury also criticized inade quate lighting agreed to contact all mun icipalities in the county and ask for a list of the conven tions attended by their repre sentatives in 1966 and request the county clerkadministrator to prepare a list of all conven tions scheduled for 1967 learned the museum board christmas party was a success members of the mu seum board each donated 5 to cover the cost of the annual party learned a delegation from the newlyformed halton coun ty residential care authority of the association for the men tally retarded attended a meet ing of the finance welfare and assessment committee r kanerva represented the north halton association for the mentally retarded and it was reported the new committee intended to look into the es tablishment of a residential care building the cost of buildings and maintenance would be subsidized by the a bountiful turkey dinner with all the trimmings was very much enjoyed by 80 mem bers of acton golden age club thursday dec is the cook ing had been done by several of the members and tables set by them and beautifully decor ated in the christmas theme the tt ladiesuuxiliary kind ly and very efficiently served the dinner allowing all the members to sit down at once and thoroughly enjov the won derful banquet mr davidson called the of ficers to the head table and proposed the oast to the queen mrs reed later intro duced theofficejjilater mr hargrave in a few words thanked the auxiliary a sing song followed the meal using the new christmas song sheets mrs bradshaw at the piano mrs carpenter and her girls entertained with dancing and singing marianne coles taking the solo part i glenn banks music teacher from the public schools played for a group of his studentsfwho sang several carols and joe petric played a number of christmas carols on his accord ion mrs mckenzte from george town showed slides taken on a trip to the holy land last christmas province up to 80 per cent ot the cost and the committee asked the county to assist in making up the balance it was stated the committee would advise the county as soon as plans were developed but that it would be at least i96befpre any definite work is undertak- en approved the appoint ment of dr l m stuart assis tant medical officer of health as acting medical officer of health for a three month per iod and granted a 200 per month increase on his present salarv the next meeting of the club will be january 5 1967 and then the annual meeting will be held on january 191967 the officers and members of agac wish the editor and staff of the acton free press and all their readers a happy- and prosperous new year for 1966 mb following are the 1966 prize winners in competitions held by the jrockwood and district fish and game protective as sociation rainbow trout john gil berts acton 5 lbs 8 ozs al fred aug guelph 4 lbs 1 oz roy lovell rockwood 1 ii ozs junior special rainbow ran dy downes guelph 7 lbs 8 ozs speckled trout herb laun ders rockwood 4 lbs 1 oz jim milne rockwood 1 lb 1 oz max milne rockwood 14acas junior special speckled gail nichol rockwood i h 14 ozs ibrenda ingle rock wood- is ozs ladies special speckled j simusongudph 1114 ozs change times of services intended fox last week on both christinas and new years sunday sendees will be changed to 945 ajn at lime- house presbyterian church sundayschool will not be held either day but the children will be expected to attend church with their parents the annual sunday school christmas concert wifi be held on thursday evening mrs w mitchell spent srlew days with her cousin mrs e brethour in toronto last week we wish the editor and all the staff and readers of the acton free press the seasons greetings show movies in arena this summer movies will be shown in ac ton arena this summer the new program is being arrang ed by recreation director how- ard pearce good movies will be rented at reasonable cost a projec tion booth will be buih later and a projector will be rented if the program is very success ful a projector could be pur chased 4 i happy new year our wiahaa for you on this now yoar aro thnpui may oaeh day brlag you an metro noasuro of happtaom many thanks for your loyalty caroline nurseries garden centre and flower shop pearl and jack rol happv years pa dee 2t 29 ma 91 save 28c we reserve the right to limit qventme save tte party tyme cocktail mixes save mc dejean small shrimps save 14c jacks cheese twists 99c 59c 45c save mc hostess reg 9c pkg potato chips ew 59c im save 4 0c a canned ham save 21c save 14c chase ft sanborn coffee old south frozen orange juke si 79ej 1 idill pickles k save 10c 3 soft drinks iga oven fresh fatnuy lemon meringue pie 5 5d kraft cheese whiz 121 produce of usji can no 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