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r- k t a ninetythird yearno 2 acton ontario wednesday july 12 1967 authorized a second clan mall by the post office department ottawa twelve pages ten cents lol acton lox will join others throughout this part of the province at the big celebration heing held in gah on satuk 4y prior to leaving tor the manchester dry the local orangemen will parade in ac ton gait is planning for an in vasion of some 12400 cele brants from western ontario for the program that will mark the 277th anniversary of the battle of the boyne the parade is to start at soper faik at 2 pm and pro ceed to dickson park for program of speeches and en tertalnment chief speaker is to be the deputy grand master the acton orangemen marched in loo- don rahon county master fergus quee headed the dele gation which included 97-year- old c k browne oaorgetown and milton lod- hs ware also represented rt worshipful c fl browne not only won the prize for the old est oranfeman on parade he rode at the head of the pro cession next year local lol offl- chus win host the celebration ams ftadfafs ivmsv sasty ljt uttfrwmwi ad today widnasday th postponama m order to allow to hid ob the left on the apparently until they see the all mady mr last saturdays orange walk at london are acton lol worshipful master fergus quee and 97yearold c k browne they boarded the bus early saturday morning along with other local lol members to par- motorcycle truck collide roy mcfadden injured roy mcraddtn tt of poplar st was severely injured when his motorcycle and a hydro pickup truck collided at the mill- elgin st intersection last friday morning his wife on the back seat of the cycle escaped relatively unhurt royal city ambulance attendants prepare to remove the injured cyclist to hospital as corp r mason and north halton opp constable c wright assist staff photo expo cyclists from ohio stop at h bessem homo bill collins and herb brown two cyclists from ohio usa stopped in at the home of mr and mrs herman bessem no 7 highway near silvercreek on their way back from expo sunday the pair both 18 cycled from van wert ohio to the big fair starting out on june is theyve slept in police cells parks back yards and sheds since their departure and sub sequent saturn they are stu dents at the university of ohio the bseaame obligingly offer ed the back of their station wagon for a nights lodging since they were full up in the house and tent trailer their daughter and five children from st johns newfoundland is visiting and there was just no other space available the cyclists eagerly snapped up the station wagon offer had a good nights sleep and start- ed back for home monday mor ning expo terrific show said the pair who had nothing but fond words for the treatment theyve received both ways roy mcfadden 28 of 121 pop lar ave is in satisfactory con dition in guelph general hos pital following a collision be tween his new motorcycle and a hydro truck friday morning at the corner of mill and elgin sts mr mcfadden and his wife iris a passenger were riding east on mill st when the col lision occurred he suffered lacerations to his forehead two fractured arms a fractured knee cap and torn ligaments in his right leg mrs mofadden was treated for cuts and bruises and lacer ations to her right foot and released from hospital follow ing treatment dr craig hutchinson was called to the scene and he at tended mr mcfadden who was in much pain until the royal city ambulance arrived a large crowd collected at the inter section and congested the al ready busy street police said hydro superin tendent doug mason was south bound on elgin st when the accident occurred at approxi mately 1038 am his view was obstructed to the west of the elgin mill intersection the motorcycle was going east on mill it u beueved mr mcfadden absorbed most of the impact and cushioned the shock for his wife ted pope was the first on the scene and he attended the in jured man until police and doc tor arrived corporal ray ma son and north halton 6pj constable carmen wright dir ected traffic and assited in the administrations constable bruce kressler in vestigated damage to both vehicles was estimated to be 500 one onlooker fainted and bumped his head after seeing the results of the accident but was quickly revived staff keeps park clean well groomed supervised free swimming at i he wading pool in the park wil continue saturdays sun days and holidays for the bal ance of the summer parks and arena manager harold towns- ley said this week hours arc irom 130 to 430 pjn it is all part of the recreation and parks program in acton mr townsley said falling at tendance at movies saturday afternoon in the community centre forced their cancellation until fall when there are not so many other activities roller skating crowds are heading up well with large at tendances saturday nights dances have been cut to a mini mum but theres one this fri day to the music of the shayncs a local group both the softball and hard- hall diamonds have been spray ed lor weeds and improvement is already noted mr townsley explained the large amount or rain has help ed the grass to stay in top shape- the park has received many favorable comments from visitors only drawback is the weed- clogged lake which is rapidly getting choked up with aquatic plants again this will be rem- ediiu when dredging is done widening of the track on the north side was done this week bv manselltmellis construction heavy opposition review education report a proposal to unite the entire halton elementary and secon dary school systems under a single board of education was stalled on thursday during a special meeting of halton county council opposed by haltons four largest municipalities oak ville burlington georgetown and esquesing township the halton consultative commit tee on education report was turned over to a special three- man committee of county coun cil for further review the committee will be named later hy warden william coulter the comuluutve committee on education had brought in a report urging a single board of education a onetier system that would handle both ele mentary and secondary school education for the entire coun ty and scrap all existing local boards letters read out at thursdays special meeting showed only the councils and school officials in milton ac ton and nassagaweya town ship were in favor oakville deputyreeve alan day pleaded that municipalitys contention that any reorgani zation of local government would be premature before a decision is handed down on the plunkett needs study into re gional government for halton and peel while oakville was not objecting to larger areas of government he said- the status of a single board of edu cation would present an extra financial strain for both nor thern and southern municipali ties in the county both oakville and burling ton educational authorities lean toward a twotier system of- educational administration the meeting included an ex change- of words between mil ton deputy reeve charles menefy and deputyreeve day over the annexation and amal gamation hassle that has rag ed between oakville and mil ton for the past few years warden coulter cut off the dis cussion with a curt we dont want a discussion on amalga mation proceedings later deputyreeve menefy moved the motion asking coun cil to turn over the report to a special committee and de putyreeve day seconded his motion delaying the deris on the consultative committee report means that any changes pro posed in the report if it is adopted would not be imple mented before july 1 of 1969 if the report had been adopted last week the july 1 deadline its recommendations would have come into effect next july about 15 visitors attended the council meeting thursday they included the five mem bers of the consultative com mittee and several school ad ministration officials from a- round the county firefighters answer nils children playing with an old mosquito bomb which they had filled with gasoline was blam ed for a fire beside the old post office on thursday afternoon it was one of two calls fire fighters answered this- week a car fire on the parking lot at the station hotel saturday was the second the aide door leading to an upstairs apartment occupied by mr and mrs tremblay was badly scorched in the thurs day blaze it was extinguished with a blanket the car fire was out before the fire truck arrived ticipate in the celebrations this saturday the acton lodge will parade through acton streets before heading for a similar celebration in gait next years orange parade will again be in acton staff photo inquest tuesday into drowning at limehouse an inquest into the death of teresa vanzutven fiveyearold oakville girl who drowned at a recreation park near lime- house june 17 will be held tuesday july 18 at the esques ing municipal building the child was found floating unconscious in the water and revived but died six hours la ter these scouts members of the 1st acton troop start a fire as part of the centennial day for acton scouts cubs brownies and guides saturday at the park skip henry devrles and bosun kevin conroy supervised the scouts part of the program staf pho police report 31 warnings issued for traffic offences acton municipal detach ment of the opp during the week july 2 to july 8 1967 worked 200 hours and patrol led 678 miles reports corp r mason there were eight occurren ces investigated one report of assault occur ring out of town was turned over to another police depart ment for investigation one domestic complaint settled no charges one report of proper ty damage person responsible located approximate damage of 1000 settled with no char ges one vandalism charge one malicious damage of 200 both under investigation one break enter and theft over 15000 one attempted break and entry both under investi gation one male was arrested for drinking while on the in terdicted list one male was charged with being drunk in a public place there was one compassion ate message delivered one personal injury acci dent was investigated involv ing a commercial vehicle and a motorcycle the motorcycle operator sustained lacerations and fractures while the pas senger received a laceration still under investigation charg es pending there were five charges laid for violations under the high way traffic act thirtyone warnings were issued for va rious traffic offenses there was no court schedul ed for july 3rd due to the hol iday weekend over 275 canadians drowned in 1965 because they lost their balance and fell into the wa ter your red cross reminds vou to be waterwise beu teiephomi manager lloyd denby writes on page 12 of the early history of the telephone system in acton first subscribers here used bake magneto phone above rvotci1 thcrlal more than 150 children drowned last year because they had no adult supervision when they ventured near the water your red cross re- minds you to be waterwise and supervise your children every time they are in on or near the water kevw jordan jim krapek susan matthews pat kelly emily hodgson and connie taylor arent painted up for the next war dance theyre part of the summer playground at the park and monday was tattoo day more pictures inside over 150 boys and girls are attending the sessions each morning and afternoon staff photo fact or fiction uncover toad in old acton sawmill truth it is often said is stranger than fiction the free press has been pub lishing old pictures to com memorate centennial year and is not adverse to printing anec dotes ot actons early days this week we ran into some thing that rightly belongs to ripley terry waterhouse reading a book named stranger than science by frank edwards came across an article about acion which supposedly took place in october 1693 the scene accor to the story was the brown and hall saw mills somewhere in acton men were sawing a urge log and had just finished taking a slice out of the outside when they came to a dark spot in the wood fearing a piece of steel or foreign material embedded which would dull the saw they stopped it to investigate the dark spot turned out to be a cavity in the log inside the smooth inside of the cavity was a large toad alive and well the use was approximately 200 years old and measure ments indicated the cavity was 60 feet above ground thirty inches of wood encased the toad which had smoothed out the inside apparently attempt ing to get osil- thc phenomenon was sup posed to have taken place in acton ontario in october 1893 a search through free press hies for that period revealed no information although a brown saw mill advertised has anyone heard the story before can they vouch for iu authenticity