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iana and kim mcmulun eyvette and brian hogan all of acton enjoy a ride on the mid way at actons recordbreaking centennial fair the midway a king show production was one of the best in years staff photo om and new eeehime and flag personable brenda spear attractive 15- yearold from rr 2 acton shed tears un ashamedly when judges picked her as miss centennial queen of acton fair at friday nights performance in the community centre nearly 2000 were on hand to see the miss acton fair contest judged by big al of kitch ener tv station allan young of theguelph radio station and george atkins of the cbc farm broadcast the pretty queen is flanked on either side by jackie lee and elaine john son runnersup last years miss acton fair maggie givens centre crowned brenda staff photoi 18871 1967 ninetythird yearno 12 ht jdtim joftt acton ontario wednesday september 20 1967 m 1867 1 1967 authorized as second class mall by the post office jpcprtment pttawa eighteen pages ten cents breakin theft still being investigated milton opp are contlnulngto investigate a breakin and theft at the country home of alf long an highway 25 south of acton thieves escaped with nine hand guns two earners and a quantity of cash for a total haul worth 1430 police said the incident happened on the afternoon of sept 7 when mrs long was out shopping the in truders shot and killed the fam ilys valuable registeredterrier dog with one of the stolen guns and police said they were prob ably scared off before they could ransack the entire house sev eral guns and other valuables were left untouched const j feldcamp of milton 044 is investigating the id entification department of opp headquarters at burlington chec ked the house for fingerprints and reported the thieves must have worn rubber gloves sever al other clues are being followed up widen highway for repairing department of highways work men widened main st at the south side of the stop lights and town employees are busy raising catch basins in preparation for repay ing the section of highway 25 in acton new curbs were laid by the department who took out the bou levard on the south side of the street to widen the highway as tar as the sunoco service station town employees meanwhile bad to repair sidewalks to correspond with new road levels it is expected repairing of the highway in acton will start this week records ospringe motorcyclist flips over car in tuesday rainstorm a second motorcyclist this week was injured in an accident with a car on tuesday evening during a rainstorm about 830 pm keith locke 17 of kr 1 orton struck the side of a car while driving his motorcycle north from town on main st n he was hurtled over the hood of the car suffering a broken wrist broken kneecap and other injur ies dr craig hutchison treated aim at the scene of the accident and later operated on the frac tures at guelpta general hospital the injured youth was taken to hospital by ambulance mrs patricia edith an lou- chilian 19 ascot ave brama- fca was backing out of the drive- blood dink next thurs mrs w finlay reminds blood doners that the next blood doner clinic at the legion hall will be on thursday september 28 donations of blood win be ac cepted from anyone 18 to 65 years of age anyone under 18 must have written permission from their parents or guardian the clinic will be open both afternoon and evenings in the afternoon hours are from 2 to 5 pm evening hours are 630 to 9 pm way of the home of mr and mrs j van der brink 277 main st n whan the motorcycle skidded on the wet slippery pavement and struck the side of the 1965 chev sedan the youths parents who live north of ospringe were summon ed to the scene of the accident he was wearing a protective helmet neighbours protectedhimfrom the downpour with coats mrs lougtunan a bureau of statistics xtir 9ddet sceae ns cmrpnr sunday a hit and run accident was reported to acton ojp when a 1967 fairlane at bp car wash queen sl received 950 damage to the ms door a wit ness got the license number of the car which did the damage and as a result a town resident was charged with failing to re main at the scene of an accident the damaged car was owned by mrs jean geberkin employee who was making calls in town was shaken up and her car received as yet undeterm ined damage both vehicles were towed away the hospital reportedwednes- day morning that mr locke is in satisfactory condition cons r hildreth investigated actons centennial fair will go down in the annals of the agri cultural society as the one which broke all records record crowds estimated at from 11 to 12000 nocked to the three days of events and gate receipts were up to a new high even the weather got into the act bringing warm sunshine and bright bhn skies for the entire pair homecomers from all ov- er the province and further thronged the streets of the town to help celebrate the centennial ii started with a gain friday evening performance in the com munity centre and didnt end un til a sunday concert by almost 200 talented members of the uk rainian youth association slov enian dancers and accordian band early sunday night in between the fair sandwich ed a parade which drew thous ands to town and didnt disappoint them with four bands and 30 floats as well as numerous other entries a large midway out standing exhibits and a centenni al church service sunday after noon were other premier attrac tions mrs wallace swackhamer mo destly admits the fair was the best ever but visitors couldnt find enough superlatives to ladle on the production genial jack marshall in his third term of office as president of the annual shindig couldnt suppress his delight at the out- making political hay election candidates shaking hands at the fair were george kerr and jack lush of hattoa west and jim snow pc from halton east and some of those children in george kerrs car in the parade tossing out cand les belonged to parents of a dlfbrent persuasion altogether prize lists next week prire winners in live stock produce domestic riding and school work classes at the tall fair will be listed in condensed form in next weeks free press with an unusual number of events this past weekend producing many pictures and news stories it was decided to hold the lengthy prias lists until next week standing success of the centen nial celebration which actonians and visitors crammed into three days friday nights arena perform ance was highlighted by the crowing of 15yearold brenda spear of r r 2 acton as miss centennial queen margaret giv en 1966 miss acton fair an other attractive erin hlgb school student placed the crown on the winner who was chosen from 15 contestants acton citizens band their feud with the fair board patched tap played a concert prior to the variety concert official opening of the fair was done by actons citizen of the year george musselle who fittingly was followed by the expo program of the chorallers pre sident jack marshall welcomed the huge crowd which numbered over 2000 another highlight oi the friday night performance was a parade of authentic oldfashioned cost umes as weu as replicas the colorful long dresses gave a new dimension to the program and the ladies in them fairly glittered fair goers viewed the excell ent commercial displays school childrens work domestic scien ce displays hobby show while variety show mc vince mount- ford a perennial favorite inton ed back behind the barn outstanding exhibits in the arena included the high school centennial project a demonstra tion of spinning by theresa mar- zo and janet rognvaldson in cen tennial costume and an antique display for the sports minded the esso hockey shot game drew plenty of attention and unofficial ly the free press was toldgord mason took the town champion ship or the hottest shot clocked at 56 mph saturday dawned bright and clear and an outstanding parade beaded by a military section and followed by 30 floats and a var iety of entries marched from the cnr marshalling yards to the park crowds were lined five continued on page 3 alls fait esquesing council was well represented by reeve george le slie councillors pat patterson andtomhw laura seconds cow in the parade came from mel mccutl- oughs arm and thats a long walk on pavement even to alert on array fair board directors were back at the fair grounds sunday and monday and what a job of cleaning up faced them then the inside of the community cen tre had to be prepared for the church service hastily every thing was back to normal by tuesday duke of devonshire chapter lode members some of them in their charming centennial cos tumes had their annual tag days on the weekend one woman who grew too weary to stay with her family during the sunday afternoon eth nic program went out to their car and fell asleep she woke up suddenly to find herself surroun ded by orangemen starting off the next event their parade next time we have a centen nial fair it can be better arrang ed so many people had suggest ions mch as having the ethnic singe rt and dancing groups at the friday night show others wan dered wtqr there couldnt he an lntertalth at lirtce each year and continued on pagt 10 addition in milton urged but south eyes new manor keith locks 17 of orton is in guelph general hospital with fractures following this accident on main st n last night tuesday rain poured down until the ambulance arrived at the scene staff pholo should halton county build a new borne for the countys aged citizens in the more populous southern municipalities or put an addition on the existing facil ities in milton this question posed briefly at a meeting of the halton council on friday sparked alengthy cus- cussico that once again saw the north and south forces pitted against one another itprotnlses to be a debate that will continue for several months as councill ors voiced some strong senti ments on the subject friday be fore warden william coulter cal led a half to the topic burlington and oakylue repre sentatives reluctantly agreed to await the results of a feasibility study but promised an allout war if the county did not live up to its earlier promises to do its next building in one of the south- 6 m towns pettu house the original hal ton centennial manor and the re cent addition martin house are within 40 beds of being filled to capacity and the manors board of management is considering an addition to cue or both to bring the buildings up th their limit of services during the most recent construction services wbt x- nandad to serve an addtuooal 150 beds and a certain faction of county councillors feels the least expensive expansion would be more beds on the existing fa cilities but some months ago counc illors spoke of building a third manor in oaktllle or burlington where 80 per cent of hattons population uvea a feasibility study is underway and the re sults should be available next month the council will put money in the 1968 budget to pur chase a site a hmd of 15000 ken already been started another nroblem acconttno to board chairman ha hlntoaof acton is the ttaaa lnvorvtd in a balking dae to on length of quired to build andtheukreaatag demand for bed care it is antta obvious new accommodation will he reiadred befere it la avall- aha varaedeoeaeu matoa- mt the fastest would be an adduloa to theexlat- lnf minor it is ridiculous to go buhoang a new manor in the i them part of the county wheawe have halt a bating wtthltssanr- ccmttnumt on page 3