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i yvfti 3jwju ya i ij- 2 tho acton free praia wodnotday september 6 1967 ospringe news of the district oroetown a crowd of over 8000 jammed delrex market centre monday evening for a oentenlal attraction the canadian armed forces motorcycle display mam for half an hour they were treated to a performance wormy of the cue grandstand as the cyclists performed seemingly imposslue feats with apparent east it was a crowd pleaser from the opening ride through a wall of are to the unala in which the whole troop rode in intricate criss cross formations in a cycle version of the mounttes musical ride m brtveen they guided their machines while riding backwards doing bandstands and with pyramids mounted on single machines the team is making a cross canada tour and was booked into town by the centennial committee the possibility of bringing cable television to georgetown was proposed to georgetown council by clint forster general manager of noram cable construction of rexdale the company is owned tw a former georgetown resident wilt shaw tbe cable will be aerial or buried consistent with the hydro installation in the area mr forster replied to cr bauentine the company also plans to bring in uhf the subject will be discussed further in cora- mltee fergus the waterloo trust and savings company has moved into fer gus and their influence is being felt a new office has been opened dowtown and a later and bigger new bulkung is to go up on one of the main comers downtown the oldgrieves hotel being torn down two adjacent houses are also being torn down to make a parking lot one of them was the home of the late mrs thomas wlude who liked to make puns pve long admired the publicity sent out by this company for years there has been a calendar with typi cal waterloo scenery latest release isagulda to waterloo coun ty well designed written and printed it includes maps and a description of each little village in the county and drawing of not able building in each one congratulations on a good job well done from mostly gossip by hugh templln in fergus newsrecord milton sunday august 27 a brief but heavy rain trot dumped an unoffic ially measured three inches on the town flooded about 25 base ments and the towns pumping stations damaged a pump backed up sewage and resulted in demands for action from milton council one town workman described the downpour as nearly as bad as hurricane hazel within 45 minutes of the start of the storm work men were having difficulty at the pumping stations keeping ahead of the sudden flow the storm started about 430 pm and the town workmen were on the job until 10 pm that night clearing up the problems in the aftermath of storm works superintendent bruce mckerr told council he bad started to check manholes in problem areas since the heavy storm flow always washes debris in among the items retrieved from manholes were bricks base balls hockey sticks and one twobytour six feet long nine milton police and opj officers spent a few uneasy hours on sunday evening september 27 surrounding a local home where a man was reportedly holed up with an arsenal of four guns and threatening to shoot the first one who stepped inside ms house the incident ended without any violence and without a shofbeing fired the suspect was seized outside his home on monday morn ing and taken to the ontario hospital at hamilton for observation he was scheduled to appear before a magistrate on a charge under the mental hospitals act witnesses said the man was known as a good marksman his arsenal reportedly included four guns rang ing from a shotgun to a 303 rifle gall brown 13yearold daughter of mr and mrs norm brown rjl 5 milton piped her way to top honors in her class at the dominion centenlal highland games in halifax recently capturing a large trophy gall competed in the class for girls 14 and under representing the province in the dominionwide competitions on tario pipers won four first place trophies a second and a third ir the competitions erin the liquor control board of ontario have purchased the property the site of the old erin creamery for the erection of a retail store outlet it is understood the new store will be a com bination store an outlet for both beer and spirits the decision of the board to open a store in erin is the conclusion of a great deal of promoting on behalf of the erin chamber of commerce many business establishment owners felt it was necessary to offer better shopping facilities to the public dundas the town of dundas was held up as an example to the world at an international congress in oslo last week dundas the first town in north america to accept the mnrnraau- zatlon plan was praised by tbe world association of world feder alists at their 20th anniversary congress muncuallzation means that the town wishes to support and streng then the united nations and work toward an eventual world gov- ernmane world federalists advocate the strengthening of the united nations into a world authority with the power to make in terpret and enforce world law boss smyth hnni vicepresident of world federalists of canada and an officer of the canadian united nations association described the historic movement by the dundas town council to a congress plenary session attended by 500 delegates his announce ment was greeted by applause from the 200 strong japanese dele gation who represented 250 mundialized towns and cities with flftv million inhabitants lovely weather in england reported by mrs frank leslie acktoschool for almost 1500 students in acton came early tuesday morning these students crowding the doors of the robert little school seem eager to get back in the classroom after more than two months vaca tion all schools report increased attendance but no problems so far in handling it staff photo churchill wedding anniversary party ex contest finalist in news by mrs r f mcarthur mr and mrs clarence denny ray and joyce have just re turned from an enjoyable holiday in the mariumes and at expo they spent some time at the home of chaplain and mrs earle leslie and family of halifax mrs archie lawrence from corner brook nfld and mr and mrs eric lawrence of toronto also margaret and roy hall and daughter kim of guelph visited through tbe week with mrs al fred saunders mr robert edwards of new south wales australia visited for a few day6 with mr and mrs bob kerr white elephant auction ss 8 centennial project rockwood ever been to a white elephant auction then you dont know what youve missed the trustees of the sjs no 8 community centre have planned one as a centennial project the members of rockalong womens institute are supplying a bake sale table tbe entire comm unity are lending a helping band to make the big day september 8th at 830 pm a success follow tbe crowd to tbe sjs no 8 community hall and help make this centennial event a success rockwood trail riders compete in ont ride by mrs frank taylor flesnerton was host this year to the ontario competitive trail ride which proved a real test for both horse and rider several of the rockwood trail riders took part in this ontario competition recently the major factor was good condition on the long steep coun try hills over the 30 mile course which has to be completed in five hours local winners were mrs di duncan who toelfourth place in the english division and first place for the best trail borse mrs bea kuenzig of guelph took third place in the western divis ion and fourth place for tbe trail horse coleen wright and frank parti took first and second in the intermediate division the rockwood trail riders are holding their fall horse show on sunday september 17 at 1230 pm in the rockwood ball park refreshments on the gr ounds sponsored by the eramosa recreation committee bennett herd wins honors at exhibition in a strong showing of short horns at the cne haltoncoun- ty breeders r w gardhouse of milton and s g bennett of balunafad emerged with top honors the gardhouse herd won the premier breeder and premier exhibitor awards with tbe ben nett herd runner up on both oc casions grand champion bull was a gardhouse win with his aber feldy ideal a son of a former champion aberfeldy royalrobia a full sister aberfeldy augusta amelia 3rd also from tbe gard house herd won grand champion female honors there are no recent cases on record where full brother and sister have won both major awards at any ex hibition the bennett herd supplied the reserve grand champion female with scotsdale athy broadbooks a daughter of naemoor escort a former reserve supreme champ ion perth scotland pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait telephone 6217580 parish picnic this sunday this sunday following the 10 am service at st atttans church the annual parish picnic will be held at kelso park it is ex pected that this will be another successful parish family outing families bring their own lunch and drinks will be provided therell be games and races with prlaes a bus will leave tc wh door exactly at 11 am train to toronto ask about convenient departure and return times for information phone the local ch pawingir sal office cjj canadian national amawawaawhiawawawawaiawa mr and mrs norman turner spent last week in montreal as guests of their sister edith mrs wc langstaff and family and several days as expo mr and mrs ian balsiule and five child ren from kemptvllle spent labor day weekend with tbe norm turners mr baisillie and his wife the former barbara turner both lived in this community a few years ago they are to leave this fall for a posting in iran as employees of fad a united nations organization to assist underdeveloped countries mrs elizabeth buck and mrs archie kerr attended with many others the billy graham service in toronto on sunday mr and mrs roy hall and klmberly of guelph were sunday visitors at her brothers home mr and mrs ron saunders and boys mrs d reed and mrs rl davidson were delegates to the senior citizens convention held in mcmaster university at ham ilton on tuesday and wednesday of last week mr and mrs harold robson of hornby and mr and airs geo rge elliott of guelph spent sun day at the parental home with mr and mrs joshua thompson a large gathering was held at balunafad community hall on saturday evening sept 2 to hon or mr and mrs wallace swack- hamer on their 25th wedding an- iversary dancing was enjoyed with the rowan orchestra supply ing the music mr rl david son was master of ceremonies and called wallace and irene to the platform where they were presented with a sliver tea ser vice a pole lamp and an electric clock from friends andneighbors also other gifts from relatives all journeyed to the basement where a bountiful lunch was ser ved to all a wedding anniver sary cake centered the table of the honoredcouple mr and mrs swackhamerlandtheir attendants mr and mrs gordon leslie friends in the community were delighted to learn carol swack- hamer reached the finals of pie ontario dairy princess compet ition at the cne andextendher their warmest congratulations she began her teaching career in acton on tuesday after an excit ing summer of competitions and prizes by mrs dg robertson mrs frank leslie and her sister mrs n gardiner of port credit returned home on monday evening from england after three weeks visit with the letters dau ghter shirley who is a student nurse there they report lovely warm weather while there with roses growing in abundance friends are sorry to learn george taylor son of mr and mrs robert townllne is a pat ient at the orthopedic hospital in toronto where he underwent recent surgery on his back mr and mrs gordon aitken spent a few days with tbe latters sister and brotherinlaw rev and mrs hugh moorebouse and children in forest mr and mrs ross mcewan and peggy attended the funeral of the formers aunt mrs meussa bailey at orangeviue friday catherine goldlng of toronto has been holidaying with her sis ter and brotherinlaw aleck and mrs stewart limehouse couple leave for europe by mrs a benton mr and mrs john glynn en tertained some relatives on aug 27 prior to the departure of lt peter and mrs glynn for europe where be will be stationed with the canadian armed forces for three years limehouso presbyterian chu rch womens association had a busy time with their booth at the steam era at milton last week end mrs monroe and the karns hosted some relatives for the ott family reunion aug 27 mr sam isclander of toronto spent tbe holiday weekend with tbe roughleys mr and mrs s klrkpatrick spent a couple of weeks at elm- wood ronnie mcdonald return ing for a weeks holiday with his grandparents mr and mrs glen scott and family holidayed with the gordon frlckers at englehart mrs b newmark spent a couple of days tn toronto with her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs wm mann and family sincere sympathy is extended to mr nicholas hendricks and family in the sudden passing of mrs hendricks at st josephs hospital guelph wednesday the family reside on the first line on the former baptle farm rev and mrs tj rees of elora visited at the home of mrs t fines around 70 gathered at tbe school on thursday evening to honor mr and mrs gary warren nee judy parkinson on their re cent marriage a number of games of prog ressive euchre were enjoyed with prices for high scores be ing awarded to mrs david stew art mrs wm wragg gordon aitken and peter mitten brian bessey as chairman invited the newlyweds to the platform and robert clarke read the address barry bruce and john stubhington made tbe pres entation of a lowboy china cab inet and a vase of money both gary and judy expressed their sincere thanks and follow ing tbe singing of for they are jolly good fellows the ladles served a bountiful lunch to con clude a pleasant evening recent guests with mr and mrs moore third line includ ed their soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs larry graham toronto mrs j graham owen sound and mr andmrs e knight of toronto mr and mrs walter cralk a p green co confirm merger at a special meeting here to day directors of a p green refractories co of mexico mo confirmed previouslyannounced plans to merge with us gyp sum co chicago according to william s lowe a p presi dent the merger plans were approved by ujs gypsum co directors august 9 shareholders of both com panies will be asked to vote on the proposed merger at a data to be announced later terms call for u s gypsum to exchange one share of a new 180 convertible preferred stock for each share of a p green common and 278 shares of the new preferred for each share of a p greens 5 per cent non- convertible preferred the new preferred would be convertible in tbe ratio of one share for 045 share of u s gypsum common it would je callable after six years at 38 scaled down annually thereafter by 50 cents a share to 36 department of highways ontario notice to suppliers of m furnace oil stove oil light industrial oil bunker c oil stoker coal and anthracite supply contract sa672473 sa672474 district hamilton sealed tenders on forms supplied by the department for the above contract wilr be received by the district engineer department of highways box 279 1182 north shore blvd burlington ontario until 12 0o noon est wednesday september 20 1967 specifications information to bidders tender forms an envelopes may be obtained by calling at or by mail addressed to the district engineer at the above mentioned address the lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted department of highways ontario and brian and frlendfrom guelph qient the weekend at tlmmlns brian robertson of montreal s was home for the long weekend brian bessey and two chums from guelph left on sunday for a weeks visit to expo its back to school but lou knows hit abcs whtn it comes to usd cars you dont need an education to realize his values lous used carsl 8564235 maim st rockwood l hwouajrabsl large selection op evergreens shrubs cut flowers and potted plants open 7 dy a week ajn till dark phone s9329w everything for your garden caroline flower garden shop two miles west of acton south side op mwy carol whartons dancing school classes in tap modern jazz and acrobatic for boys and oirls op all ages special clatms in hm4mm jan per teem registration sept 11 st albant parish hall from 5 la 7 pm for information call 18241329 special notice change of hours in the future our office will be open tor business during the following hours ft mon thru thurs 9 am to 6 pm friday 9 am to 8 pm ctosid all day saturday an q all p1h1k mouoays service after moore by pheninf appointment and can be arrai milton ball harold denny bill denny dennys insurance agency 17 mw st w acta eszolso insurance