Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 20, 1967, p. 10

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i- 1 v aut nttwiw winners mrs mac sprewl mrs frank freeman mrs s sinclair judge mrs mckinney brenda spear centennial queen chosen at friday fair program culmination of the jampacked friday show in the arena was the crowning of lovely brenda spear as centennial queen to the tumultuous applause and cheers of the audience of 1200 last years miss acton fair miss maggie given transferred the guttering crown to the head of the new title holder as miss spear wept a little with excite ment behind her on the platform were the four popular runners- up who had all had keen audience support jackie lee of acton high school who placed second elaine johnson of acton high school who placed third ann gordon of act on tajgh schoolandkathryn wood ward of erin high school the winner who lives at b b 2 acton attends erin high school her mother mrs fred spear and some of her seven sisters were at the show she has tw o young brothers as well miss spear was awarded a multitude of prises donated by acton merchants and each of the 15 entrants received a leather wallet from ray evelan super intendent of beardmore and co there were 10 entrants from erin nigh school and five from acton high school other attrac tive young girls who helped make the contest a success were from acton linda lawson and debra botsclalr and from erin sandy mcdonald sharon ritchie gall robinson billy sanders chris gilby sally ann brown norma leslie and susan black judges were wellknown radio and tv personalities george atkins of the cbc big al from kitchener tv and allan your of cjoy guelph the girls were introduced by bill nelles chairman oftbe com mittee and last years winner and then were interviewed sep arately with the top five return ing to speak briefly on a surprise subjact miss spear wasgiven a bouquet of red roses from the committee the second place beauty the im perial oil trophy and the third place girl the acton jersy dairy trophy friday night attendance atto- getner was estimated at well over 2000 and some of the crowd kept coming and going during the lengthy program all seats on sesto says ok given the committee of adjustment decision to turn down an applica tion tor a variance on a partially built house in the lakeview sub- dlwlclon was precipitated by sesto constructions decision to go ahead altering measurements set down by a foot and a half mr pertnl of sesto says how ever he had received final agp- rowal from the committee at the first hearing the free press story said the construction com pear started talking without an il approval to go ahead the appttesttoa has been re amed to the ontario municipal board for among and mr per- latiseds las aaa would btweak- ii tt omb lilt he had given if be the floor and in the stands were filled and many stood at the back jack marshall fair president welcomed everyone to the 54th annual fair as president for the third year he introduced geo rge musselle a legion member for 35 years and fair associate for many many years as the leader of the choraliers who put acton on the map at expo in his white jacket mr muss elle declared the aims of the fair board had all been achieved and that it was indeed an honor to be chosen to open this fair he introduced life members of the fair board who were present dd walthe ar mclean ab robinson and rl davidson and mentioned another billy hamp shire who waa unable to be there he gave a first hand report of the choirs experiences and splendid reception at expo and the choir repeated their entire program with commentary by allan lander only thing miss ing was the french translation by hector caigle enthusiastic and most apprec iative applause followed each number especially come to the fair herman freulers hymn to canada and the happy wand erer a fashion show of years ago provided unique interest for cen tennial year there were 21 entries in the contest for replicas of womens centennial costumes judged by mrs e mluer caledon mrs alex mckinney of brampton and mrs m mckenna woodbridge first prize went tomrs james robertson of milton whose 80- yearold mother made her rep lica gown of aqua tucked tafnta with matching hat and white fea ther her mother was in the audience in a wheel chair the dress was a replica of the win ners grandmothers wedding dress and was made without a pattern in second place was mrs gor don currle in a lavendar gown and then mrs cottrell in rose taffeta there were fewer entries in the original costume class and winners were mrs mac sprewl mrs frank freeman and mrs s sinclair all in black with shawls and antique accessories vlnce mountfordlntrodbcedtba numbers on the varietyprogrcra a hit of the show was nine-yoir- old bobby dowdall of perth with his powerful singing voice tha three osboni sisters from monk- ton huron county who have bean on don messers show did step dances paul brothers andshlr- iey sang and gave comedy num bers while the williams broth ers had an entertaining acrobat ic act the don gordon trio accom panied the performers before theprogram acton cit izens band played a concert of popular music both hall arena and lair grounds were packed with people as the fair began its gala cent ennial weekend acton 4h calf forage clubs winners at achievement jay by geoff taylor keith aitken president of the acton 4h forage club placed first in the oat class for acton 4h forage clubs in addition to receiving firstplace ribbon for his leaf collection keith was followed closely by carol swackhamer who received- second in both her oat and leaf collection exhibits third place was rae swackharoer with his oat entry and 12th in the leaf collection laura tryssenaar received a first place ribbon for her forage entry consisting of one bale of hay first cutting she also received a third place in the leaf collection in the barley entries bobles lie received first followed by bis two sisters leah 2nd and norma 3rd their leaf collect ions placed 11th 9th and 13th in the acton 4h clubs ach ievement day keith aitken was guelph girl breaks leg elisabeth barrowman 17 of 804 elisabeth st goelph suff ered a broken left leg when the motorcycle she was riding was in collision with a car on main st saturday evening at 645pm miss barrowman was a pass enger on the bike a 58 triumph driven by wuuam edwards 35 waterloo ave guelph when the accident occurred there was no damage to the car a 67 dod ge driven by robert william pr ice of bmsburgh t ms mr north halton urban board continuiijfom pane 1 wm w could hear that stirring bum choir again a glossy piece of driftwood arranged with flowers in bowl received a flret prlte in one of the oluaei la the flower divis ion the winner mrs charles landlborough explained the piece of wood had been recovered alter being hurtled through the dredging pipes its toss with and and atones had given it a fine sheen and polish two guest books at the fair were hgnid by many different people and many other visitors missed atgnlni altogether there ware more outoftown relatives and former actonians here than ever before and they had some food visits one parson who hadnt seen rev john waldte since high school days here was delighted to hear him say she want much changed one act- ontan mistook a visitor for bar mother a charming corner on the community oentre held the mem bers of dubuawomensinstltute holding an oldfashioned quitting bee and they had a lineup shades of expo of people wait ing to buy tickets on a quilt a couple of other interesting fair sidtughta on ullts the quilt won in the golden age club draw has just won first place in its class at the fair and another quilt class winner had been made from blocks done by wl members at the tricbem liquid embroidery demonstration goy transports entry in the fair parade dldnt have a name on it but at least it was there a centennial birthday cake and plaques all of flowers had been ready the night before the parade and although the float had been covered with plastic the heavy dew ruined the stream ers and decorations the task of repair had to be faced satur day morning before the parade and the nam was still missing tours town industry buildings medical almost 50 members of the north halton urban board and their wives enjoyed a bus tour of acton last wednesday evening stopping at the dredging site on fairy lake and touring micro- plastics division of building pro ducts ltd the h k porter plant and the new centennial library and hydro building the tour wound up in the acton citizens band music centre where asocial evening was en- joyed a buffet lunch was served by bandsmen and their wives the social night is an annual event which each town in the board hosts alternately this year urban board chairman bob drinkwalter and councillor charue penry and ted tyler jr arranged the tour plant officials acted as guides at micro plastics and h k por ter plants while library board chairman george lee and fred new showed the group 48 in all the library secretary audrey urquhart guided the tour through the new hydro building centennial saws were present ed to georgetown mayor joe gib bons mayor sid cbllds of milton and acton mayor les duby on behalf of hk porter by comp- er tom shields dr d a garrett physician and surgeon corner of willow river sis entrance river si acton ont phone 854341 when the float was being applaud ed and admired all along the route and by the way it was these flowered plaques contain ing the number 100 that decor ated the front of the platform for the sunday afternoon church ser vice invincible vlnce mount- ford whose calling card says six months ago he couldnt even spell entertainer and now he is one really lsnt a newcomer to the game hes been enter taining people all his life for free but professionally for the past 22 years he started clown ing in public with a quartet later branched out on his own and now is rated one of the top grandstand entertainers in this part of the country vlnce says there were 11 kids in our family and we were brought up on a farm we rented there was no money for enter tainment in those days so we entertained ourselves my father was welsh and loved to sing and we always had lots of fun around home in real life vlnce is a salesman for a meat packing firm this job is fun too ex cept when he backs into a meat slice r and gets a little behind in his orders eardmore and co presented the lady visitors with leather wallets as a memento of the tour visiting councillors were im pressed with the acton indust ries and showed a special inter est in the centennial library and hydro building as well as the handball they commented fav orably on the library layout actons one man band coun cillor charlie perry entertained at the social function replete in old fashioned waistcoat and top hat mrs pat mckentle was pressed into service to tickle the ivories dr robert d buckner physician and surgeon 39 wellington st acton ont afernoons by appointment closed wed sat evening phone 8531240 dental or a j buchanan denial surgeon office 90 church st e office hours 9am to 6 pjn closed wednesday afternoon telephone 8531750 dr cedr1c dty dental surgeon suite no 3 hinton bldg 17a mill st e acton ont tor appointments phone 8531300 f of english speaking women some 70 per cent get their meat where they buy their groceries with french women in montreal lfs about half over 80 per cent get their fruits and vegetables where they do their main groc ery attqpplag- chiropractic donhd j armstrong dc chiropractor x ray 448 woolwich street phone ef guelph 8237721 raw fans durinn saturday afternoon lumping competfrlen gerald w corbett dc i chiropractor i xray i ii a main st m georgetown 877631 by appointment 21a0tf architect j donald e skinner i barch mraic i i7a mill street suite 2 acton telephone 8532740 6 office hours by appointment t or i 20 stavebank rd port credit 2743428 optometrists your family newspaper photo and feature coverage of the north halton area plus declared top showman follower by bill lastly second and mar orie johnston third the winners of the calfclass- es were as follows junior holsteln conformation classes first wayne medland second john brown third car ol somerville senior holsteln conformatlea classes first erica strata second susan murray third mar jorie johnston senior shorthorn heifer claaa keith lasby first followed by keith aitken second and norma leslie third bill lasby topped the steer class followed by bis brother bob who was second and george mcphail third the judge for the acton 44 calf clubs achievement day waa dave pelleterl feed depart ment uco weston womens page sports news and editorials police said the cyclist failed to notice the other vehicle invol ved damage to the motorcycle was estimated at 30 the injured girl was treated by acton st john arnbolaace and taken to goelph hospital it waa the second case for the st joan corps who attended a london youth thrown from ms pony dar ing a race at the park he waa taken to georgetownhospltal saf- terlnga cracked rib arthur a johnson cd optometrist wednesday and saturday 930 am to 5 00 pm phone 8532520 54 mill st e acton funeral director i phone 8534350 night or day bruce e shoemaker mgo auctioneer frank petch auctioneer and bvahiator 10 chapel street e georsjatowa telephone 877244 c h tuffin auctioneer and evaluator phones rockwood 8564246 85m373 eden mills ontamo appi and ims jfsim jrance thorat tomothing in it for voryorwl something important yowf imwipop provides ntortaifunont of court th tugar and pica of llfo but your iwwipaptr itill mora vital purpomi by koping you obreamt of th imwi by providing you with information and idoat and by creating a rnarkot plat whr you can dikovor bost way to tpond your shopping dollon y your iwwipopor moiws a big diftaronc to yowl f l wright 20 wilbur street acton ontario phone 8534720 appraiser and insurance over 30 years in actoa zht jvttim sttt tt md the mutual latm aasumnct company ot camadj robert s hart agent 341 orville road acten bus 4164314440 res 51m5j1527 enquire about 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