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ballinafad mflult and sltvbt costumes depicting ontarios water wonderland are debbie papillon sharon barber and dolores jordan costumes were much admired at the annual figure skating club carnival saturday staff photo john root mpp kisses blarney stone special greetings were ex tended to the ontario legislat ure in typical irish style from the township and village of erin by john h root mjt for welhngtohdufferin rccenthy hansard records that on march 17 the area the mornin to all members member extended the top of art sessions begin again a good turnout of 14 at tended the first instruction al meeting for amateur paint ers thursday evening of last week in their new quarters the storage room in the new library mrs laura dittrich who called the group together again was pleased with the number attending and point ed out more may come along any time frank black of guelph spent the evening with the group and was especially help ful to the beginners there are several men in the group they hope they might make some trips together per haps to galleries membership drive for corda section a meeting of the corporate section of the central ontario region development council was held arafro inn malton last wednesday the corporate members el ected members of the board of directors of corda the corp orate members elect five mem bers to the board of directors thi other 16 are elected by the municipalities the terms of reference and the constitution were reviewed there will be a membership drive for the corporate section which includes businesses with in the region halton peel york and ontario counties corda vicechairman mayor les duby f acton chaired the meeting dills printing und publishing co was the first corporate member in the township of erin where we have the most beau tiful scenery in the rolling countryside the water that co- tnesout ofthehillside is pure and unpolluted but as it flows down to the grand and credit rivers things happen to it at the lower altitude we nave pure hresh air in the higher altitude and i in vite all irishmen r all per sons who would be irish to pay a visit to erin there you will find a rich agricultural area friendly people pure wa ter and fresh air iheio6ktheoccasion to ag- ain urge the department of highways to extend highway 25 northerly from highway 24 at ospringe so that it will be easier for people who want to visit that beautiful part of on tario to come into the area from the north south east and west i mclhbb nvnl john mcnabb callumlea guernsey farm georgetown won the mens section of the all canadian judging comp etition and was the highest ov erall point scorer with a score of 385 points he won a very close contest with the top 4h club member david start curries a member of the bonds east 4h club in oxford cou who h a scote points the 1966 winner john mc nabb is a brother of fraser mcnabb guelph who won the the mens section of the con test in 1963 his wife was also a prize winner in the ladies- section scoring 320 points j d cameron of norval had 371 points in the mens sec tion and mrs j h cameron of norval had 345 points in the womens section a sure sign youre getting older is when the kids come home from school talking ab- out their history lessons and you suddenly realize that when you were in school the same items were called current events dry cleaning kills moth eggs and larva and germs that hida in your clothing dont take chances let in clean and store your winter garments custom cleaners main st n 5311 to day servtoa xcap saturday in by 10 am out by s pm free pickup and delivery little burners 4h club make european specialties the ballinafad little burn ers held their fourth meeting on march 25 in baflmafad community centre tfif dis cussion centered around the europeans discovering the new world and the german dutch and belgian settlers janice brown and arlene shortill made dutch chocol ate heather kirkwood made pea soup louise snow doris burt and beryl mcenery made pickled eggs mrs burgan of german nationality came and demonstrated potato pancak es the fifth meeting of ballin afad little burners was held in the hall on april i the dis cussion at this meeting was centered around the eastern europeans janice brown made a pizza pie which was very good a salad was made by all the members all the members were present which was 14 a very nice service was held in ballinafad united church on sunday when the first ballin afad scout group attended in a group with their leaders new outlook despite almost impossible growing conditions at the white sands national monu ment near alamogordo njm a few desert plants do survive these determined specimens constantly struggling to main tain their crowns above the surface of the shifting gypsum dunes keep lengthening their stems some have been found to have stems as long as 40 feet council continued from page two five acre lots freeze land particularly in the area i live in no one would buy a five acre lot south or north of five sideroad because it is in the midst of the quarries she said she said she favored the sale of halfacre lots and pro- posedrestricttonsnon building residences should be achieved in anotlierwayr reeve coulter pointed out that with five acre lots a plan of development could be made oha 100 acre farrnt which would allow for a road allow ance councillor ross gordon said if you allow small houses to be built in scattered areas across the township those who have been in the township for years will be forced to subsi dize them councillor macarthur coun tered quarries have been al lowed in the township which devaluate our property the final motion approving the bylaw was passed with only mrs macarthur opposing it at the suggestion of deputy- reeve william hoey members agreed to refer all land separ ations to planning board for its consideration in his report to council road superintendent grant mcmillan said the sixth line north of halton quarries was flooded but there is little that can be done about it the bridges are functioning but water has risen to the point where it is over the road tenders called on the town ships gravel supply were op- lolman- construction was recommend ed bv the road committee council accepted the commit tees recommendation rev mr johnson spoke tell ing a story caught in a trap and also taking for his sermon be a good driver f had three charged in accidents during the period of march 19 to 25 personnel of the milton detachment ontario provin cial police worked a total of 8324 hours and patrolled a to tal of 7283 miles on area high ways as a result of patrol 34 traffic charges were laid and 75 warnings issued fortythree convictions were registered and 203 vehicles were given safety checks over thl period seven pro perty damage accidents and three injury accidents were in vestigated resulting in four persons being injured and ap- proximately 53000 damage contributing factors in the ma jority of accidents were ad verse road conditions follow ing too close animal crossing highway and failing to give right of way three persons were charged with driving of fences as a result of the acci dents there were 28 general occur rences reported consisting of three requests for assistance a disturbance malicious dam age and a prowler complaint a 15yearold girl was treated at the georgetown hospital af ter being bitten by a neighbors dog four 50 pound plastic bags containing a solid sub stance used for ballast on air craft wore found on a local faibi five investigations un der the liquor control act re sulted in a number of teenage ers being charged with various liquor violations one local resident was arrested as a re sult of a theft in the campbell- ford area and escorted to campbellforj for trial a young man has been charged with dangerous driving and driving while under suspension when his car failed to negotiate a curve- and another driver vith- impaired l was stopped- a good moral for both child ren and adults he was assist ed by cub jimmy coles who read the first scripture les son and scout larry white read the second lesson the junior choir sang little soldiers of jesus anniversary services will be held in ballinafad united church on sunday may 7 rev gebrge saunders of totten ham united church will be the guest speaker mr ernest rogers is a pat ient in georgetown and dis trict hospital wishes for a speedy recovery are extended to him dr and mrs reid are busy getting settled in their new home bandsmen all iden tified now some members of the pres ent band got together after last weeks free press was out and discussed the dubious names in last weeks old pho tograph in the centennial ser ies the date has been firmlv set at july 12 1924 the player we thought was perhaps bert mason iturns out to be harry 6shea the man identified just as mr worthington is now harry rigby the one we thought was anson thurston is john allen this makes the identification- complete which we will keep in the free press files the band we learn met all the trains that day and accom panied arriving lodges down- town for a big lol celebrat ion churchill licw plans paper drive churchill church friends and neighbors wish to congra tulate mr and mrs bill smith nee karen hamilton on their recent marriage churchill united church wo mens annual paper drive this year is on tuesday april ii anyone having any paper rags iron or anything to dis pose of please leave at mr and mrs wallace swackham- ers home on monday mr and mrs charles bin- riie visited on saturday with miss maisie sharp in bramp ton at eastertune mr and mrs ward hamilton visited with his father mr frank hamil ton in scarborough also at the home of mr and mrs frank menichol in toronto visitors on the weekend at the home of mr and mrs ward hamilton were mr and mrs ted grainger of port credit and mr and mrs mike hamilton and mark of georgetown newlyweds mr and mrs mrs bill smith nee karen hamilton arrived home on saturday april 1 after a mot or trip through the eastern u s they toured new york state the catskill mountains pennsylvania ohio and mich igan the acton free press wednesday apri 5 1967 f tarzwell calf is top price at dahy caff sate oakvilk daughter of thornlea texal su preme also 400 from alvin barger chickasa oklahoma for another daughter j other good prices included 375 lo hugh beaty milton by keimyrfarm shanty bay on tario and 335 paid by george and l h leaver campbell- ville to the ontario reforma tory guelph y twentysix of the calves of fered tor sale at the ninth an nual dairy calf sale at oak- ville brought 300 or more the top price of 800 was paid by floyd watts and sons majton tpharold tarzwell of georgetown for a daughter of romandale maple toro and donlaron citation lisa second highest price was paid by clair dolson norval to d r mcintosh for a daugh ter of thornlea texal supreme and maridbn christine royal j neelands hornby receiv ed s400 from c- m bottema indianapolis indiana for a note found under the wind shield wiper i have just smashed into your car the people watching think i am writing down my name and ad dress but they are wrong fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st georges sq guelph ont telephone 8242071 storm centre listen to mother prodding father to put them up and youll know why they call them storm windows april is cancer month d o n a t e fight cancer with a check up and a cheque d o n a t e canvassers will call at every home donations may alto bo mad t the bank of montreal or dennys insurance agency campaign chairman mrs ray arblc 8530744 was charged i driving when h on highway 401 shades of past spring runoff and drainage system have created a minia ture return of hendersons pond a small lake is appar ent behind homes on bower ave from the cnr tracks to the old hydro shed there was a pond there years ago park motors has them isuzu bellet drop in now no 7 hwy east of w georgetown 8779439 round wing tbone sirloin steak 89 c lb pork chops rindless bacon by the piece only 1864 iipeamealbacon 89 color tv at its best for a free demonstration cau first line tv saies and service 8531057 tall tins carnation milk 349 wagstaffes assorted 24oz jar jams 39 first quality nylons 3 99 shine fresi yrirave6nwjuis omtt bag ont no 1 otatoes 89 florida good size oranges 543 libbs 48oz stokely fancy cream 15ox tomato ice 31 corn 61 royale 3ply toilet tissue 689 jello instant 5vstoi pudding 239 fresh ground nabob coffee 75 lb a ai3dvs oadiw irrn