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s v xa 1 fes acton ontario thursday january 5 196 authortod ai swa claaa hall by he post office department ottawa eight pages ten cents twelfth nt wmwlf christmas trees wbb fo tip tat amok tonight thursday starting t 7j pjitair ittstsinmial cham- bar of commerce twelfth night nwhliig project town wot kitten gathered trees during sped a hon wednesday and plied then in a vacant lot near the town dump mayor les duby win join members of the c of v in lighting the trees and acton firefighters wffl be on hand with a fire manner to exting uish the dvtaig embers everyone will be able to ward off the cold by enjoying a cop of coffee and munch on doughnuts which will be sup plied by the chamber 25th anniversary formrv rs bruce mr and mrs word bruce r r 3 acton celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on friday december 30 at a fam ily gettogether at the home of mr and mrs gordon johnson rr 3- acton mr and mrs brace were married on new year day 1942 1 games were played and mr iand mrs bruce were present ed with gifts from the bruce and saycrs tamillcs also gifts from a few clos friends the bridesmaid and best man mr and mrs frank bow es of camp borden were pre sent lunch was served with wedding cake make appointments for 67 at inaugural council meeting acton council tuesday eve- sentative on the band commu ning launched into the first tee and mayor duby and coun- hvoyeartermof office for cillor drinkwalter councils municipal gove i representative on planning aftertaking the oath of office board members made committee and the acton development board a and con commi for 19 will be informed that dffice manager joe t hurst often took oyer in the clerks absence and was well acquainted with most of the clerks oafss acton council members tuesday night took the oath of charles perry william williams robert drinkwalter and g gfficejor their first twoyear term of of f ice i during the inaug- vv mckenzie and clerkadministrator task aacgeachie rev ural meeting seated front rowleftto right are reeve h h pwight engel from triauy united church was present to offer hinton mayor les duby and deputyreeve f g oakes back an inaugural prayer row left to right are councillors earl masales ted tyler jr 1 stat photo church bells whistle sound midnight centennial medley have you tried writing 1967 yet its pretty difficult for those of us who just got used to writing 1966 the joyous resonant ringing of church bells and the rever beratin salute of beardmore and co whistle heralded cen tennial year in acton at mid night on new years eve canadas 100th birthday be gan here with five minutes of resounding welcome the echo ing peal outdoors matched by horns noisemakers and shout ed greetings at house parties and two dances special meeting choose hornby site f hal jail eightythree acres of land on the base line ninth line cor ner near hornby has been se lected as the ideal site for the proposed maplehurst regional detention centre to serve both halton and peel counties the land is owned by a mr sim- onyi a resolution directing the solicitor to acquire the proper ty was passect at a special meeting of halton county council on thursday pf last week the necessary bylaws will be drawn up and present ed at the inaugural meetings of both halton and peel coun ties for approval reeve william coulter of nassagaweva township vice- chairman of the maplehurst regional detention centre board said the site east of hurnbv in north oakville was one of three in that area con sidered bv the board it was he said the best of the three sites considered because it was on higher ground and better water conditions were avail able the site consists of 83 acres butcurrently there is an op tion to sell on 20 acres it could be either 83 or 63 acres chimney fire in snowstorm at ospringe i acton firefighters cant say they enjoyed the cold blus tery ride in a snowstorm on the back of the fire truck wed nesday of last week put they were happy to learn that first reports regarding the fire were wrong a cau came in alerting fire fighters the ospringe store was xn fire when they arrived at the scene of the former gener al store on the corner of noi 25 and 24 highways no sign of smoke or fire was evident they drove to d g robert sons new store along 24 high way and startled both mr and mrs robertson by asking if their stoic was on fire within minutes it was learn ed a chimney are at the home of mr and mrs george frits- ner next door to the old store wasthe cause of the alarm the fire was doused and chim ney cheeked before firefight ers returned to the hall the old store is now owned by the department of high- ways depending on the option to sell reeve coulter said reeve coulter said the board would make every possible at tempt to negotiate the pur chase of the land and only if that failed would expropria tion proceedings be consider ed now that the site has been chosen che next step will be the engaging of an architect to design the centre although price has not been discussed it is believed the centre would cost better than 11000000 and would accommodate at the beginning at least 150 inmates the site approximately eight miles east of milton was con sidered ideal since it is situ ated reasonably close to the heaviest populated areas it will serve brampton oak ville and burlington the de tention centre first of its kind in ontario will house both minimum security and maxi mum security prisoners the tannery whistles famil iar sound was given full scope by doug draycott of the plant engineering staff three church bells formed a special centennial medley sounding the longest was the bell in the turret at st albans churchwhich thinned into a short solo after five minutes of spirited pealing pulling the bell rope in the darkened church was the rec tor the rev ritchie mcmur- ray accompanied only by his wife waiting fa st j tr e p h s churchfailmidriighlj v j morgan and his housekeeper miss whaleh heard the tan nery wms fmmedl- ately he sounded the bell to join the industrialecumenical quar tet st josephs bell is a familiar ound in its district as it rings the angelus three times each day as well as sounding dur ing services however it rang a record number of consecu tive peals for centennial as father morgan ceased closed the church doors and started home he heard the last few distant notes from the an glican church only bells with a distinct tune were at the presbyterian church where a special organ stop for chimes s o u n d e d through the loudspeaker sys tem organist ted hansen plaved the lamiliar notes of a carillon peal for a steady fne minutes while his wife sister and brother inlaw mr and mrs claiejjce coles kept him compan in the big church sanctuary the men who were ringing in the new vear seemed to enov their labors as requested by the centennial committee after all said one of them philosophically it only hap pens onceeversrlouyearst the usual new years eve dance at the legion hall was sold out as it always is while at the other end of town an other full house enjoyed the dance in the music centre with house parties or family groups- w a t c h i n g television there was a crescendo of lights and noise at the stroke of mid night initial organization of the compiling of a huge list of former actonians is beginning it is expected both iode chapters and the wi will co operate and there will perhaps be an appeal for assistance sconrfocus of he centennial celebration here will be fair weekend only setback to the centen nial occurred just before christmas when a group of young boys kicked in alfthe outdoor floodlights at the cen tennial library they were caught at it while jnew years eve cer tainly wouldn be called quiet i th literal sense it was quiet figuratively as far as police reports for town and district go ducted routine business necesr sary at the first meeting of the year customary procedure follow- ing an election is for the mayor to review the names of success ful candidates and prepare a list of appointments to com mittees andboards and submit it to council for approval tues day night the recommendation was accepted without change appointments are made for 1967 only although the pres- ent council sits for a two year term it is possible commit tees arid board representatives may change for 1968 number 1 committee this year will comprise of the fol lowing administration reeve hjh- hinton finance and education deputyreeve f g oakes as sessment and development councillor g w mckenzie and welfare and property council lor charles perry mr hinton assumes the role of chairman of this committee number 2 committee will be roads councillor robert drinkwalter water and sewer composed of mayor duby reeve hinton and councillors perry williams and tyler acton centennial project committee comprises all mem bers of no 1 committee alpng with library board members and dave dills gfc other routine flrflhtess- in cluded giving the mayor and clerk signing power approving a borrowing bylaw authoriz ing payment of certain ac counts which allow discounts appointing jack mcgeachie as clerk administrator and setting council meeting dates for the second and fourth tuesdays of each month councillor ted tyler wonder ed if council shouldnt consid er training someone to the du ties of the clerk t6 take his place in the event of sickness he pointed out- that council was guided by the valuable knowledge of the clerk and if he became ill it would pose a problem to council he was 120 students go to expo costs upped due to thepoor response across canada original plans for students to attend expo have been altered and the cost per student has been in creased from 34 to 55 apiece in spite of the change 120 acton district high school stu dents still intend to make the visit while some have cart- celled their plans original plans called for stu dents campingpin tents with 10 per tent instead everyone will camp in trailers with six students in each along with a supervising teacher expected- dates for the acton students to attend have been established for june 14 to june 21 councillor tyler queries councillor earl masales fire f j mmmsmmsmd imtm and po towi i0oiwg jolwut i williams and lights and sanita tion councillor ted tyler jr mr drinkwalter will be chair man of this- committee appointed to the court of re vision are mayor les duby as chairman g w mckenzie w williams r drinkwalter and e masales deputyreeve f g oakes was appointed as the mayors substitute on hydro and mr mckenzie as thi or s substitute on the library board this years budget commit tee comprises dr oakes as chairman mr hinlnn mr attending his first meeting tuesday night as a newlyelec ted council member ted tyler jr served notice of motion he would be debating councils action in allowing town equip ment and workmen to clear snow from private business places during the last meeting for 196 a from dave owners would be responsible for clearing the lots of snow and piling it up after each snowfall when town equip ment and men were available the piles of snow would be trucked awav at the above rat es councillor tyler said he did not agree with municipal gqtiest hpd bwn madr equipment- m d wjjiiam macleod and vate work tjie town should manes to have town last issue on thursday change after 92 years next week the acton free press will be published on wednesday rather than thur sday the acton paper has been published on thursdays since its inception 92 years ago but changing buying patterns have made the change advis able now shoppers may check the ads well before shopping on thursday afternoons or evenings as more and more are doing or on friday sat urdays are losing out in pop- ularlty with shoppers as more people travel on week ends the paper will be printed about three oclock with de livery to the stores in town and to the post office as soon aspossible afterwards they outoftown deliveries to district stores will be made early thursday morning advanced printing necessi tates earlier deadlines parti cularly in the classified ad department new deadline for classifieds is 10 ajn on wednesday morning rather than at noon display advertising and news stories will also be re quired earlier on thursday or friday of the previous week if possible the staff- would be very pleased if club correspond ents would note the change and not delay news items al th regular corres- wlll probably be available ab- out 4430 pan pondents from rural centres are sendlngln thejr columns earlier late news can always be phoned in and a drinkwalter mr masalesand tiu mayor who is an exofficio member of all committees councillors tyler and ma sales were appointed to both the parks board and recrea tion committee deputyreeve oakes will be councils repre- equipment truck awav snow from the iga and medical centre parking area after it- had been piled up excessively it had been agreed to charge at the rate of 6 per hour for a front end loader and 4 per hour for use of a town truck for this purpose it had been noted bv last vears council the property not compete with private con- tractors if the town clears the snow for the amount of mon ey rstahlishrri either the town mr and mrs f turner celebrate anniversary p tutnm celebrated their 50th wedding an niversary quietly at their home friday they received many flowers gifts and cards from neighbors and friends mr and mrs fred turner 277 arthur street celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary quietu at their home friday december 30 but their popu larity with neighbors and friends was evident from the large number of flowers gifts and cards mr turner was born in sutton colfield staffordshire england in 1883 and met his wifetobe the farmer flor ence jones during leave from world war i at he home of a brother the couple were married during the ii day leae and then mr turner re turned to action mrs turner who was born in birmingham england left for canada in 1918 while her husband was still in francex and on november 11 1918 she was in new york citv when the bells were chiming for the armistice the following day she arrived in acton her husband arrived in can ada from the armv on may 24 1918 prior to joining up he had lived in canada since 1903 and worked at beardmore and co ltd he returned there to work after being discharged from the arm including ser vice time he was employed at beardmores for 57 years un til he retired in 1960 the couple have three child ren fred jr who is mar ried and lives in montreal with his wife and one child william bill an op p of ficer stationed at burlington who is married and has three children and a daughter bet ty mrs stan trowhill who lives in brampton a pre anniversary present from their son fred was a delightful i surprise when thev enjoyed a two week vacat- ion in bermuda in october both enjoy watching tv during the summer months mr turner is an avid garde ner and mrs turners favor ite hobby is knitting since coming to acton they have noticed many changes in the town and can recall the old wooden sidewalks which have been replaced by cement both claim the chang es are for the better and they have enjoyed seeing the town progress among the many gifts was a golden tea seryice presented bv mayor les duby and clerk- administrator jack mcgeachie from the town last omtury gowns were worn by members of the duke of devonshire chapter i o d e tuesday evening during the first meeting in the centennial year miss ruby clark is shown wearing a bonnet estimated over 65 years old grey taffeta skirt and mauve shawl she wore a gold watch and chain estimated over 100 years old which was worn by the late miss cameron sister of a former presbyterian minister here rey donald boyd cameron mrs r m mcdonald wore clothes all owned and previously worn by herself the 65yearold cloak brought back many fond memories for her when she got it out to wear she also donned a floor length evening gown and scarf with matching evening bag and slippers staff is underpaid or we are overstaffed he exclaimed he also believed it was ille gal for the town to do private contracting as all town trucks only carry a municipal license he was of the opinion private contractors wouldnt do this work for the prices set by the town heequested no 2 commit tee review the problem and the subject be reviewed at the next council meeting reeve h h hinton- said he had receiv ed several strenuous object ions to the towns action by private contractors councillor robert drinkwal ter was of the opinion council should review the procedural bvlaw and suggested it was time to enforce certain parts of the bylaw early in the year it was agreed the procedural bvlaw should be reviewed and possibly redrafted reeve hinton during enquir ies by members remarked i havebeelt atnember of council for a number of years and i believe this year we have the best possible potential for a good council the mayors only reply was my only comment at this time is they have lots of room to prove it councillor g w mckenzie enquired about procedure re- garding either no 1 or no 2 committee btinging in a rec ommendation after careful study and wondered if it was not assumed the recommenda tion was the best possible sol ution and therefore should be supported without argument he was told by mayor les duby it was every member a prerogative to query any rec ommendation- but it was hop ed the committee in question had arrived at the best pos sible solution councillor wiqiam williams reminded the mayor he had missed an important point in his inaugural address by for getting the police office renov- stions he stated the police of fice quarters had become too cramped and the area was no longer adequate for proper op eration he was told fftis was still in mind tpbe reviewed this year mr williams also reminded council to consider a donation to the salvation army follow ing a recent visit from capt ain king members packed up their briefcases prior to the usual ii pm curfew but were re minded early adjoqmment was not always possible ml