Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 24, 1967, p. 11

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3m acton brownies present library books the brownies of die 3rd ac ton puck made a presentation of books to the town library on wednesday may 17 they earned money for this theh- centennial project ear lier n the year with a travel ling oookte tin which was very successful and eight books were purchased some of the books are on guiding and the founders lives also religion and child rens stories the brownies hope all the children who visit the library wttl enjoy their gift i news of the district i georgetown students taking the driver training course being introd uced at the georgetown dis trict high school in the fall will get their instruction from a former georgetown police officer ted scott 41 shelley st one of the first officers to join the georgetown police department when it was form ed in 1956 was hired by the high school board as driver training instructor his duties to start in september mr scott who retired from police work last year will take an ontario department of trans port course in preparation for the job as actons teacherin structor did i with the recent tragic acid- ent in mind council passed a motion to have the engineer investigate the cost of a foot bridge near the credit river near the railway trestle cr roy ballentine pointed out that youngsters go into that area as it is one of the nearest points in which iflrearms such as bb guns etc can be fired the cnr and the conservation au thority will be consulted on the possibility cr fred harrison claimed the town did not own the land and was outside the town limits one of the hurt barns inside georgetown hmlts was razed last week when wimpey con struction men erased the large moore bam on main st n fromhecenet4ieworkmerl stripped most of the structure and then burned the rest the barn was on the property that will become moore park a housing development with some 300 homes fergus m i plans are well underway for the official opening of the 5- 000000 plant of fergus cables limited the big day is fri day june 9 by invitation only and the public will be shown through the following day on friday afternoon about 300 guests from government and business will participate cab inet ministers and members of parliament from both ottawa and toronto will be here the heads of general motors and ford in canada and other busi ness leaders will take part along with representatives of the major automotive manufac turers in the united states erin on saturday may 13 15 mem bers of the high school cadet corps were transported by army truck to meaford here they attended and participated in the ii th artillery regiment rifle shoot the boys putt their 105 millimetre howitzers to good use then they watch ed from the observation post as a troop of army tanks dem onstrated several manoeuvres with their 30 calibre machine guns holiday weekend attendance at halton countys museum in kelso conservation area at mil ton heights showed an indica tion of the crowds that are ex pected during the summer al though the museum is open all year round attendance fig ures soar on fine weekends hundreds of tulips were in bloom at the landscaped front of the renovated barn at the foot of the escarpment as chil ly picnickers found their way into the heated building extended exhibits will soon include those in the upstairs of the barn expected to be open to the public soon ike county centennial pro ject a new building to house old vehicles will be begun soon tenders will be jet this week the large building will be constructed near the regu lar bam other buildings in the ex panding complex are the new craft house the original farm forge and the alexander farm xmmttfissqsok caadndaof school children from halton and from outside the county have booked tours within the next few weeks the middle of june sees a peak for those visits the groups come working in by bus taking tours with maj newman and his assistant mrs erla brit- tain acting as guides milton the honorable william dav is minister of education and the honorable ray connell minister of public works were among close to 500 people who witnessed ahe ontario school for the deaf milton become the second school of its kind to be opened in ontario in the past 97 years on friday the ceremony officially concluded the public works departments sixyear construction job and turned the school over to the department of education the first school of this kind in ontario was built in belle ville in 1864 but in the past decade the need for a second school was evident and the site at milton was selected lack of experience on the part of a beginner driver was found to be the cause of a fa tal accident which took the life of stanley skurka of 413 mark- ham st toronto on highway 401 near milton last october 31 the safety of corvalrs the car thai skurka had been rid ing in was challenged frequent ly throughout the fivehour in quest held in mihon the hon m b dymond min ister of health officially open ed the 1300000 addition to milton district hospital under sunny skies just seven and a half years after he had officially opened the original hospital the acton free press wednesday may- 1 24 1967 rj presbytery speakers debate union position no one should be forced to embrace beliefs against his conscience he should be free to follow the dictates of his conscience insisted gerald vandezande secretary of the christian labor association of canada at a meeting of the presbytery of brampton of the presbyterian church in cana da on may 16 he was voicing his organiza tions opposition to the churchs general assembly ap proving the principal of union security in collective bargain ing whereby payment of union due is compulsory for all em ployees covered bv the collec tive agreement irrespective of union membership in reply rev arthur gow- land secretary of the presby terian board of evangelism and social action insisted that the churchs position did not require that anyone be forced to join a labor union but that the church agreed with the rand formula that no man be forced to join but if a man benefit tram a contract let him bear the cost he maintained presbytery was advised of the success of its new extension effort in bramalea after 135 visitors representing most of the congregations of the pres bytery had conducted a mass survey and discovered 235 pres- bvteran families serviceswere commenced in dorset drive public school with rev ralph kennedy in charge attendance of both adults and children has been consist ently high a church school has been established and a choir formed the reception of charter members and official erection ofthe congregation is planned for october a similar mass survey of the erindale area to assist the con gregation there was scheduled tor september third acton buownil pack presented books to the new centennial library last wednesday afternoon library board secretarytreasurer doug copeland accepted the gifts on behalf of the board after brown owl mrs sid newton had shepherd ed her group over to the library here the group sits after the presentation with brown owl in the middle and the secretary behind staff photo our readers write on conservation dear editor it can be said that the act of progress is making money or is supported by the raising of funds no business can progress un less it makes money no or ganization can progress unless it raises funds to susitain it no selfsupporting church can pro gress unless its members as true stewards give voluntarily to support it we say that we must pro gress in order that humanity shall benefit it seems to this scribe that such a statement must be qualified and we therefore must ask the ques tion benefits whom a certain town decides to expand by building more homes who benefits firstly rts the persons who have sold the property then the builder and the men who install the services and quite often the 03 c s vffn 3 hfe snsnumu james earl of elgin and kincardine umjifym tf tsirfulonu qlmm f mmf m ww m wnyn mu fwtnmfni j 6np t mimf mmm fmm til jf tvb tamjmmt mm utmm njtu mtmex mmi mmm ant av jm mtmtjlm mm m mum mm mm aw m my mmm um ommtm immmimm m fmm u m if- us dgtg f ummtk m illf mum 9 csfmsmm m j mut j4w rfov9ta mrs pircy woods main st kindly lent this appointment to the second batallion of the halton militia which was issued to her fathers father in 1848 it confers the rank of ensign on robert ireland and is signed by the earl of elgin and kincardine the governor general of british north america and lt- col d macdonell adjutant for the militia peoplj who move into them de pending on the quality of their neighbors now what about the rest of humanity in that town the people who move in for the most part work elsewhere they send their kids to school on weekdays and to sunday school on sundays but some of the parents never go near the church does the church bene fit not by a good sight does the school benefit no the school board has new head aches that of building expan sion andtheheed for more teachers the church has to find more volunteer teachers in order to train the nonsup porters kids in the true values of life industry in the town continues to support the town as before therefore the only wav that expansion apd the neeh for new facilities can be paid for is by increasing the taxes to the home owner the men who have sold the land dont care for they have moved out of town the builder does nt care he lives in another town now let us suppose that much of this land which has been sold was described as useless it was only swamp and a poor grade of forest tangle thus there was no bene fit in keeping it as no one could make monev from it and therefore it would be far bet ter to turn it into something useful this they sav is pro- gress and a town mustnt stand still the council of that town should have known that swamps and wooded swamps are of great value to an area and that all swamps should be protected why because one gallon of swamp moss sphag num moss is said to hold back eight gallons of water and water is so essential to hold our water table to keep our streams from dwindling and wells from going dry swamps support many forms of wildlife ontarios largest swamp lu ther swamp was partially drained to provide what poli ticians boasted would be the finest farm lands in the pro vince who benefitted no one rivers whose sources drained the swamp flooded excessively each spring and were greatly reduced in flow in the dry months drained land was car boniferous and useless the swamp had to be increased in the quickest way known to its original penmiters king township in york county has reduced its for ests and swamps to a point where thev have been in scr- jousdiicullv- with dry wells and streams a town in ontario lost its water supply by lumberjng off t woods above it we in lakevicw have looked out at the back of our gardens and watched thousands of trees crash to the ground trees continued on page b8 h halton region conservation authority reports the swim ming pool at the kelso area whl be open from 1 to 8 pjn this saturday and sunday wea ther permitting swimming facilities through out thu area have been getting off to a late start due to the in clement weather ontario premier john rob erts will be guest speakrr at a halton pjc chicken barbe cue picnic to lowvule park on june 4 made by the halton west pro gressive conservative associa tion tickets to the sunday event are available from any needs get your supplies now for picnics or camping sportsman ice chests thermos jugs paper plates portable barbecues paper cups barbecue lighter and tools hinton s 5c to 100 store imiw going to expo h many schools throughout halton county are using sunline tours service for their outoftown activities georgetown transportation company will help you plan a charter trip anywhere in canada or the united states in one of their air ride air conditioned coaches complete with a public address system and hi-fi- music for cen tennial year trips to expo are a specialty plan your expo trip now pay one fee we look after everything passports accommodation transportation special attention far clubs and organizations for complete information call 8772251 georgetown georgetown trqusportation ltd nows the time to renovate your verandah floor rec room cottage with sisal jabo allpurpose floor covering drop in and see our samples for the dressmakeri yard goods in all the latest patterns tasty cookies by voortmajms and hollandia and other homemade varieties all at huisman holland shop mill st acton 8530950 a spriaic ice cream sale may 24 25 26 and 27 only old fashioned ice cream half gallons choice of flavours this annual sale is your chance to buy royal famous top quality old fashioned ice cream at a 20c saving shop carlv for the best fla vour selection freezer pak mix or match flavours 4 half gallons 395 pints orange lemon ume pineapple raspberry champagne 21 low in calories ice milk 3 pint contain aim vy choice of flavours its right at all dnltrj diilitii it tti let cr siu 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