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0mw 3 a i rm w- ywymw v j x i fe aon fw pww wadnasday fabruary 23 1967 s d p appoints election committee racaathr at the oakville borne ofbill gillies provincial new d candidate for halton east initial plans were made for toe expected provin- dalelectfonty appointing ad election committee the candidates official agent j lb tte murray kerttqjk ban a milton r manufacturer die campaign chairman will be ivan armstrong a milton steel- worker and others on the committee include a herbert okk fueuwiaat scott mckay jack flawy john all all from oakville and john hola from georgetown the members of the com mittee believe that with tha new riding having lost of the consefvauve areas of burlington and the rural north they are certain to elect bih to queens park mr hall report ed omtuakv funeral service on monday for teacher mrs frank rogers a high school teacher who learned the respect and admira- tion of many friends as weltas students in acton mrs grace rogers of rjl 6 guelph pass ed away in guelph general hospital on tuesday february 16 she had been in failing health for the past two years mr and mrs frank rogers and their two children mary lou and wayne moved from 27 nelson court to the guelph area a year and a half ago they had been residents of ac ton for eight years while mrs rogers taught here tsachfetf and took great interest in it her sub jects were english and his tory her innovations are recalled by fellow members of the staff and by the many students who have benefitted from her con tinuing enthusiasm and will ingness to proceed beyond the hmits of curriculum she sponsored the first stu dents visit to stratford shake spearian festival to the muse um and art gallery in toronto- she inaugurated the united nations club which saw stu dents sponsored by local groups attend seminars at wa terloo university she began the model parlia ment which met jointly with ge acton took part in the district model parlia ment in brampton in 1964 and georgetown in 1965 the versejspeaking contest which proved very challenging and worthwhile was another of her projects liberals choose oakville teacher th liberals can win this province and together we will win in this riding there are no ifs butt or maybes about it robin skuce the liberal party standard bearer in halton vast told a cheering crowd of more than 300 on wednesday night the 29yearold dublin ire- body will be able to afford to live in a municipality unless the cost of education is financ ed front a broader tax base we am oh tha threshold of an opportunity which we havent experienced for a long time we do have an oppor tunity to win the next elect- ion he said land bora french teacher lin listing his qualifications gained a decisive vkfory on for the post mr maesler indi- the first ballottas3f voting she taught public school h i gh school at model school then continued university of paris another uncle the late john matheson was dean of arts at queens two other brothers were cler gymen and the rev hugh matheson was a lawyer as weu the academic and teaching background was continued in the popular high school teach er who was dedicated to her profession she represented acton on the ontario secondary school teachers federation and on the united nationsfederal sbe enjoyed painting in oils liked to golf and was fond of flowers and gardening grace louise smith was the daughter of the late sarah and john smith born at kincar dine in 1910 after schooling at kincardine she attended stratford teachers college after obtaining her b a degree at the university of toronto she took a postdegree course at the university of waterloo she continued taking courses until very recently she married w frank rog ers in september 1942 in hart house chapel at the university of toronto he was appointed psychologist at guelph re formatory in the neuro-psychi- atric clinic eight years ago surviving as well as her hus band son and daughter are sisters mrs catherine urbs- chott wiarton mrs sarah heinsroth tofield alberta and mrs christina scott kin cardine brothersjfcagus smith began the industrial ac- kincardine and george stnfth public speaking contest in which acton students had ex cellent success ann bennett who was acton winner two years went on to speak at doon and then st thomas in 1964 in 1965 mrs rogers- daughter won in acton and guelph billy dawe also won in acton and guelph randy daly was the first winner also winning in guelph m 1963 her interest in english was inspired especially by an uncle murdock matheson formerly professor of english at the un iversity of saskatchewan he funeral service was monday february 20 in trinity united church conducted by the rev dwight engel members of the iode and of the high school board staff and studetns were among those attending acting as pallbearers were her students who had been members of the united na tions club while she was here jeff gay jerry ockenden chris denny meryl harris axel niesczeri and tom mc- keown interment was in wood lawn cemetery guelph ask lm of swkfmkm cranston griese attended the planning board meeting last thursday to present his plan for a new subdivision following discussion the board agreed to have their consult ants prepare a plan of subdiv ision for the t seynuck pro perty mr seynuck was to be contacted to see if he would be willing to pay part of the cost the plan is to be regis tered a copy of a letter was read with regard to amendment no 2 to the official plan dealing with the van der kooy proper ty also read were two resolu tions of council the first one accepting the proposal and ag reeing to the ministers modifi cation the second requesting the planning boards consider ation to rezoning the whole block after discussing the letter and the council resolution the planning board decided to re ject the rezoning of the east side of main st between riv er st and st albans dr as this would not serve the wish es of the present owners the board was informed that council had no objection to jack mcgeachie remaining as consultant until the new secre tary iain williams has gained adequate knowledge this ag reement is to terminate june 30 a reply was received from project planning associates ltd regarding the boards re quest for further information related to landscaped areas they are to be defined as 40 per cent of the lot area exclu sive of parking and driveways the firm also advised the board the minimum lot area was not cmhc standards the clerk treasurer was in structed to write to the kitch ener office of the cmhc to obtain information farewell party for neighbors there was a gathering of neighbors on eden line for a farewell party to two sets of neighbors whowere moving mr and mrs jack close and mrs aitkin and mr gordon mr and mrs bill mcdonald were hosts earfosborne expressed uhe feeling of the neighbors at los ing them the presentations were made by mrs mabel ha- mer and mrs alma mcdonald both families are moving to guelph after living for many years in the district there were 34 immediate neighbrs at the gathering eden mma wj centennial committee held another suc cessful euchre and penny sale saturday evening prize win ners were mrs h green guelph mrs t ntcholls guelph and mrs william mc lean eden mills men uovd neville eden mills edgar barnstaple and glenn steven son eden mills mondav afternoon mrs w wilson hosted the silver bells club and prize winners were mrs j gilbertson mrs h bar- den and mr mcpherson acton man involved in crash saturday cars driven by margaret is- mond rr 3 milton and lar ry charles allen 38 mowbray place acton collided at no 5 sideroad around 5 pjn satur day north halton police investi gated the accident which caus ed damage of 100 to the is- mond car and 75 to allens robin skuce was elected last wednesday evening as the liberal standard bearer in the provincial riding of halton east aar skuce a 29yearold french teacher at appleby col- lege oakville won the nomination in a three- way race with oakville councillor murray haesler and a surprise candidate oakville druggist jack russell mr skuce and his wife audrey are shown following the nomination ted mcdonald teachervfrom burlington ha iton west n dp ca nd idate a 45yearold teacher at al- derwood collegiate institute in etobicoke ted mcdonald of burlington received the sole nomination for new democra- tic candidacy in halton west provincial riding monday even ing he formerly taught at central high school in bur lington for sevenjgears fhe nomination was made lip the riang ndp treasur er margaret barlow at a meet- ing in burlington centra pub lic school mr mcdonald is married with three children and lives at 5283 spruce avenue bur lington born in saskatche wan he went through teach ers college before joining the rcaf in 1941 he attended queens university following his discharge from the air force and received his bache lor of arts degree in 1949 he held a responsible posi tion with united cooperatives of ontario as well as execu tive positions in credit unions before returning to the teach ing profession his political achievements include presidency of the york south ccf group and he was district captain in york south when donald macdon ald provincial ndp leader was elected accepting the acclamation as party candidate mr mcdon ald said he was particularly happy to- receive the nomina tion at a time when the party is gaining rapidlv in populari ty- he noted the tremendous ex pansion occurring in burling ton particularly the large number of new residential areas springing up near the town halton west new democra tic president peter finnegan reminded the meeting of the partys project 67 ai goal of 67 members in the ontario legislature during rr a membership meeting will be held in april at which time it is hoped 250 members will be signed up in the riding a strong possibility of an early provincial election was pointed out he recalled the redistribu tion of ridings which formed halton west and seemed op timistic of ndp popularity in the area the new riding in cludes burlington nassaga- wcya acton and the northern section of esquesing town ship the guest speaker provin cial leader macdonald noted the ndp group has made a strong bound forward inpop- ularity according to tktgal- lud polls at last count the new dem ocratic party had passed the progressive conservatives he said in a search for reasons for the conservative downfall mr macdonald reviewed their ap parent attempts to develop a new look he referred to a pamphlet entitled the socialist seren ade the leaflet a conservative publication explored many supposed faults of ihe party and answered the charges as well as possible he said the provincial governments problems with shaky finance and trust companies were re viewed as well as the unrest over supermarkets agricultur al prices and the auto pact be tween canada and the usa the ndp leader claimed the province realized certain financial establishments were having problems as far back as 1963 but failed to take any effective acti in a preview onruttontafib of 2067 mr macdonald said the population of the province will be approximately 100 mil lion or onehalf that of the usa at present he observed the need for sound social and community planning now to handle the problems such a large state will create agricultural workers nearly 75 per cent of the total popula tion at confederation will ac count for only onetenth of one per cent 100 years from now a huge metropolitan area ex tending from the quebec bord er along all of southern on tario to windsor sarnia arid niagara falls was visualized with several main streets the size of highway 401 mr macdonald recommend ed more authority be given lo cal government and felt v- gional government is as inevi table as night following day the property tax was blast ed as being regressive unfair and anachronistic to rectify this it was suggested the pro vince assume a regularly in creased share of education justice and welfare costs and that cities receive block grants from higher governments bas ed on a formula taking into account problems of rapid growth and poverty a party system at the local government level was given as one way of achieving a higher degree of planning we must insist that senior levels of government pay grea ter attention to community planning he said the need for furtherance of a public housing program was recognized and the present home ownership made easy program was denounced as be ing of little use to anyonewith an income of under 6000 an- nallv delegates turned out to choose a candidate in the new prov incial riding oakville councillor murray haesler who eagerly sought the nomination finished sec ond in the balloting and a sur- 6 rise candidate david jack ussell was third a dozen vote skuce pla cards plus two cheer leaders helped lend a convention type atmosphere to the occasion 1 hope my work in the min istry and the fields of educat ion and social welfare have provided me with an apprent iceship in life the handsome brownhaired candidate said as he asked for the support of the delegates he believed tbob nixon ontario liberal leader is pre cisely the right man to be pre mier of ontario and promis ed if you see fit to elect me as your candidate i will be a fulltime member of the legis lature speaking softly into a delin quent microphone mr skuce attacked the robarts club and labelled h rat and comp lacent their hallmark he said is consistent failure their record he added is one of unending mediocrity i have sensed a surge of frustration among the voters the whole riding is crying out for change theres been a lot of talk about wilderness to night j think well get out this spring of this wilderness we have occupied too long he said in his opening remarks mur ray haesler asked the delegat es to listen to the speakers with an open mind he describ ed the rising cost of education as a threat to the existence of municipalities he said no- transportation responsible for the modern city should al so be largely publicowned mr macdonald suggested he pointed out one mile of the gardiner expressway cost more than the total bill for the go transport system in closing the provincial leader said increasingly our cities will mirror our civiliza tion in 100 years much of this province will be one vast city touching and shaping the lives of millions of people a high er quality of life equality of condition and opportunity these must be the fundamen tal assumptions on which we direct the future growth of our cities they must be the central pillars of a new ethic of community cated7 new democratic party in this riding has a very strong candidate and the prob able v c candidate james snow is a very formidable one these men dont have to make a special effort to make them selves known theyre doing it all the time and we must have a candidate who can match that ability in order to serve you must be elected and in order to be elected you must be known well in closing he said we came to this meeting in three groups let us leave as one the surprise candidate of the evening was oakville drug gist david jack russell i didnt intend to seek the nom ination when i came to this meeting but some people got to me and gave me enough courage to give it a try he said the liberal party he said has always been dear to my heart and i would be proud to serve it and this constituency in the legislature well known liberal worker rud whiting nominated mr skuce and said he has the ability tha vigor toe person ality and the determination to win norm fame of milton seconded the nomination john ford of oakville nomhv ated mr haesler and ken mar shall of milton seconded tat nomination mr marshall dee- cribod mr haesler as a prac tising politician and a practkat man he said humor and gim micks are wonderful things but warned you mutt pick tha best possible man for the job casey wood of oakville nom inated mr russell and j a bottrell seconded the motion maurlca mandcraon of georgetown president of ma halton cast liberals was ma ter of ceremonies clem wee man president of the toronto and district liberal associa- tion conducted the election the local organization just re cently became affiliated wflb the toronto and district amock iation liberal organizer bob blake told the gathering regardless of the outcome of this ekcllgg the liberal organization will work behind its candidate in thisriding and he will be elec ted expo war last week the rotarians saw two films one on expo and one on world war ii gary dawkins who showed them to the rotarians also snowed them monday of last week at the legion weary of searching for truth and not y finding it finj t rafaybeyoure not loownf n tim right place have you considered the words of jesus christ who said 1 am the way the truth and the life if youre really lookmfor truth can you afford to ignore this statement it is found in st john 146 we recom mend that you look it up in your own bible njey aibla mf itatlon and mud dally by tuntnot back 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