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i f wrrtr t ry iijwiuhn mohawk raceways next meet begins pit monday it was open house sun day at jthevttew holy rosary church in milton joyce carpenters dance pupils are practising for a show in brampton special services in all the churches this weekend check the church notices florists are expecting the usual rush xn easter lilies and they are prepared i everyone hopes for pleas- y am weather this weekend for parading easter bonnets extra hours of public skat ing have been arranged for the easter holidays see the ad y program assistant car chadboume who has been ill since before christmas has re signed spring housecleaning is a pleasure for firefighters this week theyre shining up the new fire truck some people may take off the storm windows this week endif they can reach them through the snow only one good thing about blizzard on the first day of spring it was a good sub ject for joking conversation an ontario boy scout jamboree will be held in 1968 at kelso conservation area plans are being made already the fair board has decid ed to sponsor a centennial ball the middle of june better start planning your costumes the flower for this month is the jonquil and the march birthstone is the bloodstone next month its the sweetpea and diamond a wellington county es say contest is reported in mrs f taylors rockwood corres pondence this week its a big year for essays in georgetown many teen agers gave blood at the recent clinic its hoped many young people will donate blood here too in the easter holidays an addition to georgetown hospital predicted for 1971 in a study made last year may come up sooner if the current trend in bed requirements is kept up the redwing blackbirds which returned to the awamp at the edge of fairy lake over a week ago have been silent this week maybe went back south again v with spring comes exams and following exams come the graduations remember the free press wants to hear about these and we publish gradua tion pictures despite persistent snow young boys were playing mar bles on the weekend and a few girls discovered they can skip not too badly in snow- boots and heavy coats i the world of outdoors with art hawes halton county roads de partment workmen improved campbellville sideroad consid erably list weekv many of the pot notes which developed dur ing the winter were filled in the legion chbraliers have a date to sing at col john maccrae legion hall in guelph march 31 when about 30 new members are to be in itiated there during a social night it may be psychological but ever since it was announc ed that highway 25 between acton and milton would be re- paved this year the road seems to get bumpier with every trip t as a result of articles and pictures about limehouse in the free press lately we have accumulated quite a few old pictures of the village if theres room well run a page full of them one of these weeks those who live farm or are employed in quarrying op erations on the niagara es carpment are wondering just whats in store for them with the government proposal on preserving the site for recrea tion all along its length sunday opening was be gun as a trial at guelph library and was so successful its to be continued attendance in creased steadily each week actons library is now open six days a week quadrupling the previous open hours but is still shut on sundays in gordon sinclairs auto biography will the real gor don sinclair please stand up he recalls that when he work ed for a bank he memorized the names of all the branches beginning with acton this book is one of the new volumes at the library atunamo the actort free press wednesday march 22 1 3 atony winners at institute penny sale friday tjfjr jo maim mmchnumf release a stone for the acton district high school girls curling team which participated in the cwossa b playoffs after coming out of this district lead susan allan stands behind jo marie while sally dick second and betty cook vice sweep staff photo umehouse second yp meeting death wedding at gananoque in news mr and mrs walter noble kevin and mark of hamilton visited mr and mrs jas noble on march 12 we wish for a speedy recov ery for lloyd moenery who is laid up with a chipped bone in his foot we extend sympathy to mrs sandy mcdonald and gail and the brothers and sisters of sandy in his sudden passing on wednesday evening communion services were topscorea at maple rock shooting range were as fol lows jim coulson 21 cord clow 21 and 18 art hawes 21 john shadbolt 20 and brian hammond 18 interest in trap shooting seems quite strong this year many new members havei6t- ed arid anyone interested in shooting is invited to attend and take part in the competi tion squads have been form ed with opening left on all squads for beginners in order to more evenly spread the new comers among the squads to avoid having a group of begin ners competing against a group of experienced trap shooters the canadian wildlife fed eration submitted a brief on firearms legislation to the minister of justice on january 10 they discussed the brief in detail with mr cardin on jan uary 26 apart from some compli mentary remarks about the thorough manner in which the brief dealt with the whole subject and about the obvious care taken to safeguard the interests of target shooters and gun collectors in addition to those of the hunting frater nity one of mr cardins most significant remarks was that the brief was very timely it would be reasonable to inter pret the ministers comment as confirming that the sec- lions of the criminal code dealing with firearms are fn fact among the revisions which may be presented to the house of commons during the present session the canadian wildlife fed eration has been in the fore front of resistance to overly- restrictive firearms legislation ever since the assassination of president kennedy in novem ber of 1963 that tragic event stirred some violent antifire arms feelings and proposals for legislation in the united states continued next week approve teen dance for community centre police report six vehicle accidents motor vehicle accidents played a major part in activi ties at the acton detachment during the week march 12 to march 18 1967 a total or six accidents during a total of 238 working hours resulted in one personal injury and 945 property damage a total of 717 miles were patrolled ii traffic charges laid and 22 warnings issued three minor occurrences were reported and required police attention one business premise was found to be in secure magistrates court at milton ontario march 13 consisted of ii traffic charges ten con- a request from the studn council at acton district high school to rent the upstairs auv ditorium of the community centre for a teen dance precipe tated a lively discussion on dances as a form of recreation at thursdays meeting of the recreation committee chairman john goy touched off- the sometimes amusing roundthetable talk by answer ing committee member bren dan ahernes statement that the kids need some relaxa tion he posed a facetious do you think modern musics relaxing councillor earl masales one of two council representatives on the committee said dances were discontinued at the high school now so we should en courage it by giving the stu dents the facilities at a decent rate victions were registered with a total of 159 in fines being paid one charge was with drawn bicycle safety was the topic of a lecture and film at the public schools approximately 500 children were reminded of their responsibilities as bicycle riders mr motorist school child ren will soon be on easter va cation please drive with extra care during this holiday peri od thechairman was cautjpus why were they stopped at the high school we could get into trouble over this councillor masales thought the high school ban was due to financial difficulties high pric ed bands wouldnt let ends meet mr aherne was of a differ ent opinion he attributed the stoppage to other reasons recreation director howard pearce stated the teenagers need some recreation- besides standing on the street one of the reasons the high school dances were closed said mr aherne was parents wont act as bouncers neither will po lice he intimated there was a need for thorn director pearce proposed hiring offduty police officers and charging a 25 ren tal fee he felt the cost of lighting would be minimal as most dances used little illum ination if the high school says no dances we should tread light ly said mr gov but give them a shot at it and throw them the responsibility make clear the 25 covers rent damage is on top the committee accepted the suggestion approval was giv en for the teen dance on april 7 with a view to further hops if everything ran well mevkes with exhiitien a 32 exhibition win over listowel here sunday after noon was good practice for the acton novice all stars prior to participating in the brampton novice tournament russ van fleet scored the first acton goal from tim mc- inryre and kevin marcoux tbn mclntrrc bagged the second from jeff townsley and ken withers notched num- tourney win smtday ber three from jeff townsley and bcrnie taylor iik team suffered a misfor tune here in a practice friday when billv mcgillowav suffer ed a broken thumb but coach barrv inscoe hopes hell be on deck saturday morning at 9 am when the team meets caledonia in the brampton tournament mtmmmmmmtmmmm0mmmtmmmmmmmmtmmmmm becfrk motor hancock bio end fred hancock 7 arietta t t7mm electric we tmalmmimiimmimamtimmmammtmmmtimmmiitmtim holiday banking hours due to the good friday dominion holiday march 24 acton banks will be open thursday march 23 normal hours during the day including 430 pm until 6 pm to accommodate customers closed all day friday march 24 i i bank of nova scotia bank of montreal conducted by rev f n young on sunday assisted by rev balston there was a good at tendance the newly organized young peoples group held their sec ond meeting in limehouse presbyterian church on sun day evening we hope that they may grow in numbers and interest congratulations to newly- weds ronald hackney and bonnie keyes who were mar ried iij st johns church gan anoque on saturday his parents mr and mrs al fred hackney and family from here were guests at the wed ding and the reception follow ing in the legion hall on march 11 the limehouse colonial maidens 4h club met dt the home of mrs ted brown vwth nine members present notes were taken on canada becomes a nation the com ing of german dutch and bel gian settlers pea soup kartof- fel pfankuchen potato pan cakes pickled eggs and dutch cnocolate were made and sam pled by the club girls fourteen tables of euchre played in ballinafad community hall on tuiwday night high scorers were lad- lea first mrs mellow sec- ond mrs price mens first chester swlndlehurst second lrs satn snow playing a nuns card low mrs wilson in the lucky draw mrs ray swlndlehurst won a lovely plant donated by mr and mrs keith webb ballinafad womens instit ute 4ield a very successful euchre and penny sale in bal linafad commuplty hall on friday night when 19 tables of euchre were played winners were high ladies first lois burt second miss krantz low yvonne motden mens first r l davidson second frank smith lucky tup mrs snider ballinafad mens travelling prize john polo ladies mrs krantz those winning prizes on the penny sale table included lamp j gamble tumblers norman sinclair vase with tulips mrs bert price hills- burgh pillow cases mrs j a van fleet acton bath towel j gamble cup and saucer mrs a cutting hlllsburgh avon powder arlene shortill bread knife eva chlsholm milton salad bowl and ser vers bert price hlllsburgh pitcher bill corley stewart- town putty gun mrs albert preece toronto pillow eases mrs ellen de forest 40th qtmivrsary st patricks day it was 40 years ago on st patricks day that the late g a dills took over the free press from h p moore the paper has been in the family since with the milton paper added during the war mrs g a dills cut a 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