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ipfe pf i th acton fro prats wednesday march ft 1967 timpraaident mrs r lou- net occupied the chair when 19 members of theacton aux iliary ot the north halton as sociation for the mentally re tarded met at the home of mrs r j newon march 2 two new members were wel comed mrs h oodds reported that because of broadcasting rights the cbc was unable to release the film they had requested for a public viewing mrs k cdhroy volunteered to convene the june bake sale mrs m price rummage sale converter reports that the in flow of clothing is tardy this thus most benefit from the program would accrue if they functioned as a unit rather than being scattered through the different age groupings spirited discussion followed the request that they help with field trips which might include the centennial train a visit to a bakery a train trip a visit to niagara falls vol unteers would be needed on a basis of one for every three children with both a chaper- one and driver to each car volunteers and plans were fin ed up for the first excursion the centennial train it was decided that this aux- yeirrrrisexpectcd thatlhe1tlarywould ask the associa tion if social evenings for otd er retardates in the commun ity could be held at the horn by facilities with derails of chaperonage and transporta tion handled by the auxiliar ies miss e ellis agreed to con vene nn auction sale in june many lively suggestions were forwarded and it was decided to include the bake sale at this event an auctioneer has been secured mrs j buckman mrs h dodds and mrs r mcmurray are delegates to the leadership training conference at oakville on march 3 4 and s a companionable coffee hour followed the adjournment of regular volume will be attain ed a spring cleaning gets un der way the skating sessions have been lively with at least one student mastering and another beginning the art with mem bers help it is felt that they must prepare now to move into a gymnasium setting as soon as the ice goes out vol unteers for this activity from without as well as from within the auxiliary would be appreci ated mrs r mcmurray has agreed to speak to a local ser vice club in an effort to secure the sponsorship of a manual arts program for the boys plansare already under way the meeting during which dis- for a program of household arts run by the auxiliary for the girls they have heard no report from their effort to secure a place for the children in the acton summer playground ac tivities so further representa tions will be made in this area relatively few special consid erations would be needed the main one being the avoidance of undue social and manual skills competition with child ren of greater capabilities cussion centred oh the fact that the auxiliary has become active in the work with the slightly retarded how that less time and money are required to maintain existing services for the severely retarded they are yvell aware that new ser vices are required preschool training centre residential fac ilities physical handicap facil ities but they also feel that concern for the slightly retard ed is within their terms of re ference as an auxiliary extension urged for highway 25 extensions of highway 25 north through the orton- grand valley area to connect with highway 89 was urged in the ontario legislature by john root mpp for welling- tonoufferin this extension would serve to take some of the hea vy traffic off the more south erly roads in particular when tourists are heading north he said it would make it possible for them to avoid some of the congestion that develops in the- toronto peel area and at the same time it would give stimulus to development in the grand valley shel- burnc and- erin areas in a 30 mile stretch be- tweenhlghway luundhih way 6 between primrose and mount forest al northsouth traffic was carried on the mu nicipal road system and there- had been substantial popula tion increases in some town- ships in thearaah jiqled he thought it was not un reasonable to ask for anoth er north south highway to carry these people to and from the southern part of the province and not ask the mu nicipalities to maintain these arteries he said communities in his riding were seeking industries and blamed the federal gov ernments designated area pol icy for discriminating against the wellington dulferin re gion leave museum at kelso county council advise on a 257 recorded vote at last weeks february meeting hal ton county council decid ed to leave the halton mus eum where it is the museum in the middle of the kelso conservation area near mil ton heights has been a storm centre in recent months since the halton region conservat ion authority proposed it should rnpve another auth ority property ndjolnlng kel so only councillors reeve h h hinton of acton deputy reeve charles menefy of mil ton and deputy reeve frank rogers of burlington opposed the museum staying in its pre sent location the daclston to leave it in kelso came as a committee re commendation at last week meeting the council also au thorized the museum board to go ahead with a 30000 car riage house as a 1967 centen nial project during the same meeting councillors agreed to let the conseryatlon use the county council chambers for their meetings instead of the present cramped quarters on main st milton a record- ed vote was also called for and it was approved 249 christmas seal fund 37199 near record donritlonn totalling s3719926 from halton county residents will help fight the battle again- l tuberculosis and other re lated respiratory ailments the annual christmas seal campaign officially ended last week and total receipts were m7l992ft the ecretary-treas- tirei for the local association mrs m e lunau reports the figure represents a slight drop about 396 under the record high figure of 137- 56821 collected in 1965 about 40 per cent of the 30948 pack ages of seals sent out in hal ton county were answered with donations the money raised will help support the monthly chest clin ics held in county hospitals pnpvide for an expanding pro gram against related respira- lory ailments and provide a grant of about 10000 far re search we were really quite pleased with the results mrs lunau concluded singer attacks tory big brother attitude wide range of benefits ideas from leadership seminar bahais present brief on religious education in a brief presented to the hon keiller mackays com- bnitlee on religious education the canadian bahai communi ty announced that 86 per cent of ontario citizens believe that children should receive a knowledge of all the religions of the world the method of presentation which 65 per cent favor is a course in the public- schools acton was one of thc32 cities and towns in ontario survey ed here the results were slightly above the provincial average with 91 per cent fav oring an all religions pro gram of education the bahai community be lieves that the current discus sion of religion in public edu cation has generated an artifi cial controversy between two extremist points of view the bahai brief argues in stead that the interfaith program which it proposes can satisfy the legitimate concern behind both of these points of view unlike several of the other suggestions for a compara tive religions approach to the problem the bahai proposal advances the idea of incorpor ating religious material into the existing courses to which it is related especially into lit erature social studies and art nass plans approval school expansion nassagaweya township council voiced its approval on monday night of the proposed expansion plan for milton dis trict high school in a formal notice of motion the council stated it is prepar- cmskureth with pp here ed to accept its proportionate share of the debentures requir ed for the proposed high school addition councillors indicated if we turn down the outright gift well be doing everybody an injustice if the plan u ap proved by milton nassaga weya and esqueslng councils by march si llw expansion- program would be eligible for hlgher than norma grants referring to milton councils delay in approving the project one township councillor said theyre biting off their nose to spite their face after two years with the oakville provincial police cons robert hildreth has been transferred to the acton detachment he began his ditties here on march i he replaces cons pete campbell who was transfer red to oakville cons hildreth is single and his home is in burlington he was with the canadian guards for three and a half years stationed at soest germany for a year and a half and later at picton he was a gym instructor in the army in oakville he was assign ed to general traffic duties constables in acton have a more varied range of duties for sale in acton glenlea 3 6room 3 bungalows 16000 to 16500 mortgage arranged ss march 15 acton fhont 53214 7mmt he hoped provincial gov ernment departments would move to help in attracting in dustries to these smaller centres noting the strong rural na ture of his constituency he praised the farm policies and agricultural grant system of the ontario government i honestly believe it iz better tew know nothing than tew know what aint so josh bil lings payroll deductions have ac complished one thing it is im possible to spend all one earns mary alkus a leadership seminar held at oakvilleonmarch3r4 and- s was sponsored by the mem bership committee of the on tario association for the men tally retarded for the benefit of region four which includes the associations of north hal ton oakville burlington and hamilton local delegates mrs j buckman mrs h dodds and mrs r mcmurray felt that the stimulating program und er the capable direction of brian holliday and peter gom- ery was a ost effective means of encouraging person al assessment as a team mem ber acquisition of leadership skills and consideration of the need for additional services to the retarded in our own community the retreat type atmosphere combined with the group ap proach to the assigned tasks evoked utmost participation from each delegate the work load was heavy being inter rupted only for meals and a minimum amount of sleep but the constant evaluation of progress and technique pro duced a high performance lev el because local delegates were in different work groups each of which had differing task as signments a wide range of ideas and benefits comes back to the community two of the five basic tasks were a plan ning a program as a part of a meeting and b the planning of a service or facility- to be offered to the community by an association each of the six groups pre sented to the seminar as a whole a complete picture from the choice of topic through all he steps necessary to pro duction an example of a pro gram chosen was an tfonal program to get the idea of workshops ie hope workshop in hornby across to an association with a large new membership an ex ample of a service chosen was the setting up and financing and operation of a day care- centre for physically handicap- ped retardates of all ages in an urban community the acton delegates felt that this seminar presented a real challenge and an incentive to greatly increase activity in the north halton association of which acton is an auxiliary rthe- attitude of thecurrcnt administration is nobody really needs to question us big brother has- decided deputy- leader of the ontario liberals vernon sinner told more than 300 supporters one would think that most government decisions are made in tnc lon don hunt club the tory power image is almost exclu sively in london speaking at the halton east liberal nomination convention in the pine room of oakville arena the mp for downsvicw stressed we have to do more than tell the public whats wrong we have to show that we as liberals are a reasonable alternative singer attacked government policies on housing municipal operations and financial insti tutions touching nn the plunkett neeck slulv lor halton and peel counties he said ro- barts has no real knowledge of municipal problems we need- a new lorm of government we need leadership toward mun icipal change halton mp dr harry har- ley congratulated mr skuce for his victory and commended the excellent turnout candid camera county council considers film 1 smile folks you may be promoting industry on haf- tons candid camera halton county council is considering the production of a 20 minute color film promo ting the county as a good in dustrial- location aflrm has offered to prepare the film for a cost of 9000 using some lo cal talent- the price includes one print of the film but ex tras could be bought for 1400 j t hurst of acton chair man of the halton industrial committee presented the pro posal to councillors at their meeting last week and called the project extremely valu able in light of the heavy competition for new industrial assessment the speaker traced the rise in ontario liberal fortunes from the low period following the 1963 election until now he said foimer liberal leader an drew thompson had worked for the people of ontario and indicated all the people of ontario owe him a debt of gratitude he described new leader ro bert nixon as a man of ideals a liberal with a small i and big views during his nearly threequar ters of an nour address mr northern nassagaweya wrecking yard approved i arthur voted against deputy reeve william hoey was un able to attend the meeting due to illness provided approval is re ceived from the county health unit the wrecking- yard will be established on the south half of lot 24 con 1 approval for the establish ment of a wrecking yard in the north end of nassagaweya township was given by town ship council on monday even ing an application by john mc lean and douglas mclean for the licence was approved by a three to one margin with the proviso that the approval is subject to okay of the halton county health unit the township planning board had recommended the application be turned down principally because of concern for the possible pollution of waterinthearea councillor ross gordon spoke out in favor of grant ing the licence and reeve wil liam coulter and william ma- hon also voted in favor of the motion councillor anne mac- m00m0mtmmmmmmmtm00m0iti0i0tttimmmtitim0t0imtitimtimtmiitm electric motor v repair t rewinding for home farm industry wfe cstity blewor moton orin sotwo sppwmmm hancock electric t l w service m mhes t772a3o aeton georgetown is god crowded out at your house if he is nay leel a tt it m lj oi yti tils tiara art imr tuik lairs is tit say or tit liffet haie rat tttr slit 0k fir jist a liltlt ttact art tiitt lists christ las mil ptict i itavt witk yas pcact i give tits yai mt at tit wtru intk givt i aitt yti let mt ytir start it traiiltf millar let it it strait tt liars haw tit piaci al gal cat pit war lint as as tm kttl takt a law minds aitf real tie 14lfc ckaattr tf jtks viall ae flif yn jit aim is mm sknl fc xmrntmrnt back to the bible broadcast y pure water when planning to move to the summer cottage it is wise to take a quick inspection trip before the season starts if you obtain drinking water from a natural source collect some in a sterilized container and have it tested- for-puriyt- even if it- has proved pure in previous years conditions may have changed sothat it has become contaminated the local health department will advise you as tothe procedure that make the meal from lovell bros modern meat market tender wing steaks or roast choke boneless prime rib roast 89 89 c lb fresh small unk sausage 55 c lb red brand freezer beef sides hinds 61 f 73fb 53f buy easter seals v subscribe to the 1967 lovell bros modern meat market 77 mbit aessss rw 8592m6 dary dbjvesy r ttsuttutanon ptookam km i m mi wood b ssmit mm m ontario and entor smi contri bution haws mad it all pcml to continua and moat important thara ia no othar oripplad childrens organization that haa a comparabta mmina staff or camping program tha natwork of t m and tha numbar of travelling dirties is 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