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t th acton fth prwm wbdwwday aupwt 9 1967 new pnyskm sciences luiimng at university of guelfh dr w c winegard president of the university of guelph signs contract for the universitys new physical sciences building while t a mcewan chairman of the board of governors looks on the new building to house the de partments of physics and chemistry will provide urgently needed teaching and research facilities it will contain 55 laboratories s well as classrooms two large lecture theatres faculty offices and the university book store the building is expected to be completed in about two years time total cost including equipment will be over eight million dollars this brings to seven the major construction projects under way simultaneously on the guelph campus representing a total of over 50 million dollars worth of construction over 65 canadians live in urban areas nearly halt of canadas popu lation live in 19 metropolitan anas and 65 of all canadians live in an urban area according to recent population statistics reported by maurice cutler bus iness news editor for maclean- hunter in ottawa the muahroemibk growth of urban areas says cutler is re pealed in 1966 census figures being issued ty the dominion bureau of statistics fully 47 of canadas population now live within the boundaries of the 19 centres compared with 46 in 1961 during this five-yearper- iod 73 of the metropolitan growth occurred in the suburbs the 19 metro areas continue to grow faster than the rest of canada their total population increased by 15 in the 1961- 1966 period compared to 5 for the rest of the country they ac counted for 71 of the gain in canadas population during this fiveyear period a total of 13 million people or over 65 of all canadians live in urban areas with population of 5000 and over in 1961 11 14 million or 62 lived in centres of this size the number of urban areas has also grown from 306 to 325 irrms to the editor of the acton free press begarding the letter in your issue of august 2 from j shad- bolt mr van norman would not say sewage was harking up in his basement if it was not the case bt order to find out if it is on his own or town property the officials should ascertain the mr john shadbott should just sit down quietly and mind bis own business and let the chamber of commerce demonstrate their usefulness themselves and not use the press to insult and be little anybody till bis toes are first trampled on percy woods i like to express to you my great appreciation for the way your reporter worked out the in terview he bad with me yester day from experience i know how often interviewed people are misunderstood especially when they tell about far away circum stances in this case my words have been rightly understood no sen sational accents have been laid but the facts are clearly and truly written down a salute for this good report ers work sincerely yours jan h de jong trudey de jong longundstr 21 amsterdam netherlands hydro news oovers acton ceremonies the julyaugust issue of ont ario hydro news devotes a couple of pages to full coverage of the official opening of the new hydro building in acton there is a long story some of it the history of the local utility as researched by the free press at the time pictured are commissioners e tyler w mceachern or brown d dawkins mayor duby and hydro chairman george gat- hercole beside the commemora tive plaque the entire outdoor croup the centennial library which opened the same day and two pert young spielvogel girls signing the guest book action at acton was the name of the story which begins speaking alphabetically acton hydro is the first of ontarios s50odd municipal utilities it is also the latest to centralize its operation with a gleaming new office and service centre the 70000 electrical show piece was opened last month a- ung with the towns centennial project an attractive library both buildings were designed by the same architect lsd from fungus lsd comes from a fungus that causes the rye cereal plant to decay its hallucinogenic quality was discovered by accident in 1943 when working on the de rivatives of the rye ergot a swiss chemist da hofmann accidentally sniffed one of the synthetic products he was using jack rdlev cartage concrete hocks conotete muck cinder blocks oav mick sand stone livestock and fertilize farm service and supplies dump trucks for hire fully inwvtei pcv clams ps t acton phone ss30790 rock wood n wzttxfrbj by mrs f taylor mmmkght rhh highlight of trail rhkrs mtktni centennial celebration planned opening of municipal building rockwood eramosa township council met recently in the council chambers with all mem bers present also attending were the road superintendent and the clerk following the adoption of the minutes several items of cor respondence were read and dis cussed there was one land sever ance recommended by council to the minister of municipal af fairs for approval council al so approved the grant of 50 each to acton fall fair eric agri cultural fall fair and fergus- wellington county fall fair the members extended their appreciation to john root mpp and the dept of highways for development road 927 fall st rockwood it was moved that the treasur er be authorlted to pay arm strong bros brampton 80 on the work performed on this road in the amount of 5016 as ap proved by the dept of highways the council authorized the clerk to call for tenders in the obituary shirley watson district farmer district farmer shirley f watson of r r 1 llmehouse died in georgetown and district hospital on july 22 in his 76th year mr watsons wife the former emma burt predeceased him and he is survived by son and daughters burt watson r r 2 acton mrs lois mclean rr 2 acton and mrs irma mcenery r r 1 llmehouse sister mrs myrtle bielby niagara falls brother ray watson grimsby and four grandchildren a brea ther perry watson predeceased him funeral service was held july 25 in the rumley-shoemak- er funeral home conducted by the rev robert sciiven of st johns united church george town interment was in falrvlew cemetery acton pallbearers were johnsprowl griffin sprawl wilfred harding jesse mcenery clayton sinclair and melvin mccullough flower bearers were mac and calvin sprowl don brown ad mcenery and ted brown construction of the township gar age as soon as the final approval of the plans is received from the dept of highways it was carried that council authorize the reeve and clerk to execute an agreement between the township of eramosa and the ontario water resources com mission on behalf of the village of rockwood duncan mcphedran was chosen chairman of a committee after considerable time was spent on discussion of centennial celebrations forthe official open ing of the municipal building the remaining members woro appointed to help in the plans accounts in the amount of 6099972 were passed for pay ment and the council will meet tuesday sept 5 at 730 pm or at the call of the reeve i board postpones demolition of old school at rockwood due to delays in demolishing the old portion of rockwood pub lic schoo the eramosa school board has decided to take no act ion on demolition until 1968 the required renovations and repairs will be made ready for kinder garten in september trustee wadde 11 was authoriz ed to have a dead elm tree cut down on the rockwood school property the board decided to request a rebate of taxes on property purchased from burton hill dr a t dale county moh was granted use of the school auditorium for use in a health program purchase of a stove and re frigerator for rockwood centen nial school was authorized the board held its first meet ing in the board room at rock wood centennial school the meeting was chaired by murray srneltzer also present were trustees dr r j hilton ross mcdougau and douglas butten- am principals grant mcrae and ronald marlon dr hilton tenderod his resig nation as trustee since he has moved to guelph resignation ef fective july 31 the chairman and members of the board ex pressed their regret at dr hilt ons removal from the village and thanked him for bis work on the board since his election in dec ember 1959 mr srneltzer ex pressed the boards appreciation of dr hiltons efforts as chair man of the personnel committee the board will appoint a re placement to the unexpired por tion of dr hiltons term and this appointment will be made at the next meeting on august 8 rockwood mr mr a norman barnta of tottenham war judgta for tht trail rld aponiortd by tat rockwood trail rider re cently tb riders war hosts to others from many part of ontario to an ovsrntght camp a 15 mils trail rids a steak toar- baoue campfirs and a moonlight rids on tbs trail rids the horses wars put through a saris s of obstacles along tht rout awards wars mads around the campfire to the winners among the thirty horses and ponlsi who took part ribbons ware given to both junior and senior divis ions a beautiful moon made possible a leisurely rlda for the equestrians at midnight centennial dance in school the centennial celebrat ions in eramosa township have been a success even if the weather did not al ways cooperate the junior farmers are doing their part and have planned a centennial dance for august 11 at the era mosa school there will be dancing both inside and out with prizes for the best centen nial costume and the best of the centennial beards this is an event for the entire family with adults charged 75f and children free come and help the junior famers celebrate the cen tennial tub next day started with an arly cook out brsakfist and than a rousing gam of broom polo got underway tbs men took to th field with two four man uams and later the girls showed th man how th game should be played a noonday shower forced the group into tents and trailers to sat lunch but whan it cleared all wr ready for the gymkhana games at 1 pm a flag race around the pond a hat exchange race apple race boot race and ring spearing were all greatly enjoyed there were junior and senior divisions in each of these games the high light of the day was a one mile relay race with teams of three riders competing the champion ribbon was won by henry bullock of burlington for senior high point winner of the weekend jean pettltt of guelph took second place junior honors went to marlene welsh of palmerston with lynn duncan of rockwood winning the reserve the friendly congenial week end will long be remembered by all with pleasure over 90 attend summer bible school at everton rockwood walking jesus way was the theme of the everton bible school that drew an aver age daily attendance of over 90 from the entire community mrs donna bate man was the director and the school was div ided into seven classes among those teaching and helping were mrs legge nancy own fire department for esquesing township councillor tom hill warned esquesing council last week they would have to be prepared to pay to set up their own fire department in the present es quesing fire area no 1 he went on to tell council of a trip to fire departments at noble- ton and schomberg and their operations he stated the firemen are paid five dollars a call and a dollar a meeting and practice the committee will continue studying other rural lire depart ments while cr tom hill urged costs in all the fire areas of the town ships be the same cr pat pat terson argued that education costs all over the townships should also be the same peo ple should pay the same in nor- val llmehouse glen williams etc he challenged clerk kc lindsay pointed out that this legislation was set by the province hortap elizabeth jackson nor ma wheeler evelyn dolmar sandra peart lorraine mcdoug- all linda garner judy ellis muriel kingsbury linda garner trlnsa llndblad and mr legge hilda mckensle was pianist for the group and in charge of refreshments the group collected over 37 and made 31 vietnam school and hygiene kits the school kits have crayons pencils pads sharpener and eraser while the hygiene kits hold a 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