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f 1 land at sewage plant the acton free press wednesday july 26 1967 3 caravan visitor tweaks the moustache of jlfelke mannequin a city slicker crouching on a goldrush river bank panning for his fortune his finger stirs the silt and gold flecks in the pan his head nodding mud and miners tools are strewn around him with the stream babbling gently behind the confederation caravan is in guelph for six days starting july 27 in georgetown august 3 to 5 and in milton august 18 and 19 coroners jury recommends strong laws be set for public use of swim areas a coroners jury investigat ing the death of fiveyearold teresa vonzutven of 2346 re becca street oakvihe tuesday night of last week recommend ed local and provincial govern ments form strong laws gov erning the public use of swim ming areas they decided that even though parents are mainly re sponsible for children at such areas the operators of the grounds should also bear some of the responsibility by setting certain safety standards the girl drowned on june 17 in the waterfalls playground in limehouse in a pond that was not supervised by a life guard the jury alao recommended that several suggestions of the red cross be adopted brian patterson supervise- of the water safety service visited the area three times to compile a report he suggested qualified staff be hired to patrol the area and safety equipment includ ing a resuscitator be purchas ed he concluded that the few precautions taken at water falls were most inadequate joe prucyk owner of the property testified he told groups as they came in the gate where the shallow end suitable for children was located he added that he us ually patrolled the pond area himself when the girl drowned though he had gone into town to get some change for the refreshment booth as it was raining hard and very few peo ple were in the water mr prucyk explained that no permit is required to open and run an area such as his james powell sanitary in spector for halton county health unit said there were no regulations that would al low the county to close that playground area for lack oy safety precautions teresa was found floating face down in a deep part of the pond by two young boys one of the boys jim hachev at first thought the body was a doll floating in the water marv vanzutven the girls mother said she last saw her to fine driven exceeding limits in construction areas daughter playing in the shal low end of the pond when the other children returned to the picnic area mrs vanzutven went to the pond to look for her daughter she was close to tears as she explained that before she got to the shallow end she saw a crowd gathering at the other end of the pond and learned it was teresa who had drown ed mrs vanzutven said her daughter had been allowed to play in water even though she could not swim she suggested that teresa had slipped into the deep wat er when she sat on the bank and tried to paddle her feet in the water two nurses on the scene ap plied artificial respiration and cardiac massage in the arnbu- lance on the wav to george town hospital dr al thompson the at tending physician at the hos pital said that even though there was no sign of life when the girl arrived they worked on her for an hour and a half ind finally started her heart beating and had her blood prcvure back near normal at this point dr thompson de cided to hayt the girl sent 10 oakvillc i felt she would be better handled in a larger centre he said by the time the ambulance reached oakville however her condition had become worse she still registered some heart beat but her blood pressure had fallen in the hospital there dr f b roberts said several doc tors tried all the available re vival methods but at 815 about an hour after arrival there the girl was pronounced dead dr waldorf the pathologist who performed the autopsy said that any attempt at re vival would have been unsuc cessful and death was inevit able had the girl been reviv ed he said there would have been permanent irreversible brain damage crown attorney peter mcwil- liams commended the medical team for the heroic efforts in trying to save the girl he also said that the county medi- caj officer of health should be able to close areas without adequate safety standards it is abundantly clear there va an appalling lack of pro vision of water safetv he said the iurv took about half an hour to reach its decision the honorable george e gommc minister of highways has announced that under re cent amendments to the high way traffic act reduced speed limits through construction ar eas may now be placed in ef fect when traffic conditions warrant the policy is the result of a cooperative effort by the de- si los this time of cur un bv j dangerous one lor our i arm silos j least dangerous to the larmcr ii sou hac idled our iilo with grass silage 01 other lorags take extra care when you refill it depending on ai ious factors there ma be ni tric gases formed these are a yellowish brown and taue choking and coughing and mn be fatal so before refilling blow out the old air and pos sible gases above the silage partment of highways the de partment of transport and the ontario provincial police in the interest of safetv on ontarios highways in future the minister noted motorists exceeding posted speed limits in construction ar eas will be subject to speeding regulation penalties as outlined in the highway traffic act speed restriction signs will be placed bv the department of highvsaw and enforcement will be carried out bv the ontario provincial police fines of up to s20o and licence suspension of up to sin months mav be im posed for violations of the new regulations in memoriam cards in reply to many requests the canadian cancer society has made available in memoriam cards which may be used at the time of a bereavement available at rumleyshoemalcer funeral home or phone 8530150 harold denny fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st georges sq guelph ont telephone mw71 closed for vacation the rendezvous beauty salon will be closed from tuesday august 1 until thursday august 24 for annual vacation notice owing to the holiday monday aug 7 there will be no garbage collection on that day instead regular monday garbage collection will take place the following day which is tuesday august 8 regular garbage collection will continue thursday august 10 j mcgeachie clarkadministrator continued from page i judge each case on its merit mr van norman has been troubled by sewage backing up in his basement for the past four or five years but the trouble cannot be pinpointed the committee felt the cheap est and quickest way to recti fy the problem would be for the town to step in mr van norman said he could get no private contrac tors to do the work unfinished business from 1934 commented councillor g mckenzie about attempts by the town to settle the ym- ca ownership so the town can legally make alterations to the jrresent offices councillor charlie perry told council of the crowded town oftice and suggested emergen cy- measures must be introduc cd to alleviate them it was proposed a special act of legislature be submitted which would make it legal for the y board a charitable body to rent space to the town the town would receive ownership of the y building and an agree ment with the board would be legally possible cost of pass ing the act would be 500 the old arguments about the miitabilitv of the y for the town office were rehashed proposed terms of agreement witfftbe y if the act was pas sed would allow the town to rent to the y board for 1 a ear and in turn the y would sublet to th town for 10 rears at 17 a month a motion authorizing a spec ial act be drawn up was pass ed what council did f continued from page 1 estate cannot go under this amount councillor drink waiter thought the manor was dictat ing what type of funeral a res ident could have but the reeve said if a more expensive fun eral was desired the family of the deceased could pay the ba lance agreed to contact the y m ca board to set up a spec ial meeting so space in the y building formerly occupied by the library could be rented to the town to relieve congestion in town offices agreed to postpone the aj- ax rezoning case after receiv ing a letter from solicitor bruce pavne who had been in touch with ajax sojieitors they wished to approach the case on a different angle and wished additional time to pre pare a case from the new tack reeve hinton was assured this would cost the town no further fees mr hinton said he was not willing to subsidize any further ajax applications turned a resolution back lo committee asking sod be laid on the street rightofway known as burbank st in lake- view subdivision your items for the per sonals column are most wel come a small slit between the sidewalk and the nouse was all that was needed for these sunflowers to grow at the home of mr and mrs al lauder tidey ave the crack ws fist large enough for a seed to slip in and the slender stalks grew once they cleared it thickening and reaching a height of almost six feet mr louder thinks the seeds dropped in the crack from a bird feeder above staff photo a chorus of sweet adeline no these two fledglings are just hungry a nice fat earthworm would do a real beak closing job dave wilmots camera caught the pair as they waited for their supper how much is missing from the profile of protection on your boat you dont have to go over board to get complete insurance protection for your boat at safeco with a safeco policy a good skipper gets everything he needs to- keep things shipshape insurance- wise in one package well insure you for boat motor equipment liability and medical expenses on land at sea 12 months a year you have full protection renewed automatically too as long as premiums are paid when due see us today safeco dennys insurance agency 17 mill st e acton 8534150 residences insurance bill 8532645 harold 8532565 milt 8532243 where youre treated like a personnot a number office closed 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