Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 27, 1967, p. 5

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haltbri election briefs continued from pagt i j taming officer for halton east riding in the october 17 provin cial election halton eistinoludes land boun ded by oahrilla and burlington town line oo the vest the oak- vllletoroiito township line on the east lake ontario on the sooth and po 22 slderoad esque sing on the north this includes milton georgetown oakviue and most of esuueslng township of the 187 polling stations in the riding uj are in oakviue 17 in milton 25 in georgetown and 10 in esqueslng the 304 enumerators learned there will be some 40000 to 50000 eligible voters for the el ection in this riding for the convenience of these voters who will be unable to get to the polls on october 17 ad vance polls will be set up on oct 12 13 and 14 from 9 am to 6 pm and from 8 to 11 pm oakvrxle counting all of halton east riding will get some use out of the oakviue municipal building october 17 when results are tabulated there for the provincial election at an oakviue meeting it was chosen as the best equipped buil ding because among other things it has a zenith telephone line as well as 10 standard wires town administrator k need- ham suggested the estimated cost of 150 for the evenings comput ing be billed to the returning officer blasts go transit t go transit fell under clticlsm once again when jack lush halt- on west liberal candidate blast ed the inadequate service being rendered to burlington citizens complaints about go have come from residents in lome park and students who ride the go line to curlers ask conmnnrrt from page i mlttee would have to sell ice time somewhere else mraher- ne assured the delegation mr townsley and his staff would try their level best to provide good ice which was all they could do aft the arguments about access to the booth which defied apeace- ful solution last year were again trotted out until finally mr lee said it seemed to him listening to commentsthe committee wants the curling club to get out of the arena but mr cooper said they had a binding contract with the concessionaire and he had acted reasonably in the dispute arena manager discussed technical ice problems with the delegation and said it washis op inion the floor heaved which created a dish effect no one he said had ever proven him wrong he warned curlers they would have to put up with his in experience tills year before they could expect good ice mr townsley replied to dis belief in his theory by a promise to test it with transit measure ments before and after ice is put in back to the canteencurler controversy councillor masales compared it to two women in one house who cant get along fell ow councillor ted tyler felt the matter now lav with the conces sionaire and the curlers its none of our buslnebs he said the delegation agreed to a proposal by member hugh pat terson to negotiate with the can teen operator and then report back to the committee at a spec ial meeting mr lee concluded his case by reminding the board the curling club existed not onlj to provide curling but also to promote com radeship he stressed the need for some facilities to provide food and coffee to members unless we can find them the foundations of the club are in danger he claimed attending the meeting were committee members b aherne e masales t tyler jr h patterson a cooper arena manager harold townsley and new secretary doris townsley school in hamilton and toronto students complained they could get no special student rates mr lush made the statement to cam paign workers at his headquart ers in burlington mr lush also criticized ths government for failing to bring regulatory measurefto halt get rich deals for fringe operators he said the government was not concerned about eroding wastes that constantly demand more tax dollars mr lush called for a more businesslike approach to gover nment stopgap measures will not do he said halton county has been re lega ted to the third phase of a third- class antipollution program robin skuce halton east liber al candidate in the forthcoming election said sunday mr skuce speaking at a meet the candidate gathering at beth el synagogue in oakviue said the conservative govern ment is playing with lives by failing to take effective action on the air and water pollution problems flag bearers george and danny holmes jprecede the pipes and drums of the guelph pipe band as they lead the royal blac knights to servce in actor baptist church recently it was the first black knight parade ever held in acton staff photo assart the ft investigated during the week of september 17 to 23 inclusive personnel of the milton detachment ontario provincial police worked a total of 879 and a half hours and pat rolled 8711 miles on area high ways as a result of patrol 38 charges were preferred 49 tra ffic warnings were issued and 51 vehicles were safety checked there were66 convictions re gistered in magistrates court milton opp report fourpro- perty damage accidents investi gated and two personal injury accidents resulting in two per sons being injured and total property damage of 2300 last week causes of accidents were inattentive driving driver lost control driving on wrong side of road and drove off roadway ere four charges laid as a resulfnjf these accidents moffat colin dunkie funeral held by mrs d henderson the funeral of the late colin dunkie was held from walls fun eral home to crown cemetery puslinch mr dunkie had been in poor health for several years but was around most of the time he was stricken with a heart attack and passed away in guelph general hospital he spent most of his life in the moffat district and went to school at no 3 he was a member of nassagaweya presbyterian church and was regular in at tendance the sympathy of the community is with the brothers and sisters mrs wa fraser and mr and mrs don mcmillan attended the funeral of mrs frasers broth- persona t tsi to join staff cons peter campbell is back after a very enjoyable holiday in ireland mrs j mossop of toronto was the guest last week of hercousin miss elva pearen and called on other relatives in the district mrs david russell isapatient in the guelph general hospital friends and neighbours wish her a speedy recovery miss jill hurst has returned to london to begin her third year in honors physical education at middlesex college in the univer sity of western ontario erinlaw in onllia we extend sympathy to thern in their hour of sorrow we are sorry to report mr jos currie is confined to the hospital his friends hope be may have a speedy recovery mrs m pyatt entertained a- bout thirtyfive ladles at her home on august 30 and present ed miss bonnie mullen with a miscellaneous shower bonnie received many beautiful gifts she was assisted by mrs may britton beth currie and linda storey in opening the gifts mrs pyatt and her granddau ghters mrs d jeffares and mrs m pyatt jr served a lov ely lunch bonnie is to be a september bride the ladies of nassagaweya presbyterian church met last week at the home of mrs grant campbell mrs s trousdale of rockwood was the guest speaker stewart franklin wolf bsc will join the technical staff of bearmore and co limited early in october mr wolf a graduate of univ ersity of w indsor has been w ork- ing for the past eighteen months in the leather section of the he- search and development labor atories of canada packers lim ited and has also completed a course in baic leather techno logy in milwaukee he has been specializing in a new method of unhairing cattte hides through enzmatic techniques and has cultured pure strains of bacteria for the isolation of enzmes in ma of this ear he presented his master of science thesis tg the american socieh of micro biologists in new ork oh mrs wolf carolvn is a trained nurse and has been work ing parttime in queenswa gen eral hospital a keen sportsman mr wolf has been working with scout groups and his activities include axcher curling and tennis mr and mrs wolf and their nine month old daughter kelly will be moung temporanh to milton but hope toshd accom modations in acton shorth corn mature it will soon be corn silofllling time every year we read of farm people getting caught in for age harvesters and silo blowers why primarily because they were in a hurry or didnt have the machines operatingproperly or were just plain careless so dont you run the risk of an am putation get the equipment in good shape and operate it safely mr and mrs j mlddleton with scott and susan have return ed to prince edward island after visiting her parentsmrandmrs e w lidkea and brothers randy and david mr and mrs john punus of wawa ont and their daughter mrs demytrow and her twins mickey and beverly visited re cently with mr and mrs don reed tidey ave mr and mrscw taylor have recently returned from a two week vacation in montreal and quebec city this included a week at expo mr and mrs allen mochrie cooksviue visited at mr and mrs e lamberts and attended anniversary services at trinity united church on sunday mrs mary mcauley attended the funeral of her sisterinlaw in lucknow on saturday her two sons from toronto accom panied her mr and mrs j lowrie and family are moving from acton to burnt river ontario this week mrs lowrie has been the very active guide commissioner and ended her stay in acton with a plea for more leaders for guide and brownie groups recent guests at the home of mr and mrs rh elliott bow er ave were mr and mrs roy ernngton ottawa mr and mrs j d wilson dunedln florida mr and mrs wm buchanan and mrs dwight haven comber ont reeve h h hinton attended the homes for the aged convent ion in ottawa last week accom panied by mrs hinton and daugh ter kathy they went to expo afterward before returning home and despite the transportation strike had no difficulty getting to the grounds where they found the smaller crowd made touring the buildings no problem redevelopment in the mooso- nee area was toured this weekby representatives of regional de velopment groups including the chairman of the central ontario regional development council mayor les dub the tour from last sundav evening to today wednesday was arranged by cordas parent body the ont ario regional development coun cil chairman of 10 area councils executive directors and repres entatives of all bodies concerned travelled together by special train stopping only at north bay- to pick up more representatives the group sleep in the train and meet there in an extra car about 50 made the trip alto gether there were 48 general occurr ences reported during the week including one assault and three other criminal code offences be ing investigated theft of a three- quarterhp electric motor sto len from a farm in nassagaweya twp valued at 85 one stolen motor vehicle recovered for metro toronto police dept and one prenuse found insecure at night there were three liquor in vestigations resulting in seven persons being charged under the liquor control act all other occurrences were of a minor na ture election signs are sprouting this week robert r hamilton optometrist i 16 aaountainview road s georgetown 8773971 acton garden lawn equipment case sales service 8 5 3 c 8 8 9 14168446602 new and used parts fan bells tires batteries motor oil welding painting test ride a case tractors implements certified mechanic i repairs to all makes no obligation hillside farm acton rr 4 etquasing side road 25 west of highway 25 macdonald nixon in acton next week actoruans will have an oppor tunity to meet two of the prov inces political leaders when the pa brief visits to town next week donald c macdonald ontario ndp leader will be the first to arrive in acton his itinerary calls for atwent minute stop at the glenlea shopping plaza on monday october 2 from 3 30 to 350 in the afternoon the very next day tuesday oct 3 ontario liberal leader bob nixon will arrive in cton for arf hours sta hell be re ceiving at the liberal commit tee rooms on main st from 10 15 to 11 15 in the morning pony rides at hitor farm 6th lino of nassagaweya just below 20 skbroad rates 1 hour va hour 15 mm 125 75c 50c saturdays and 9 m 1 ev sundays until 12 noon pm the acton free press wednesday september 27 1967 poets corner the sale v they were not things they sold today but little fragments of my heart held high aloft in cruel display within the busy auction mart a dollar here two dollars there the highest bidder gets the prize how could he know just how unfair to reckon value as to size i might have labelled them each one this now for pleasure that for tears and that for dreams my heart has spun round hallowed times of happy years well now tis done the hearth is cold the rooms no longer smile at me i sit and count my traitors gold and sigh for days that cannot be enough of brooding and regret the unknown future fair may be new treasures waif undreamed of yet and memories still are part of me isabel anderson amplications for f winter wheat insurance extended to october 22 if you are seeding winter wheat you cannot afford to be without the lowcost comprehensive protection offered by the crop insurance commission of ontario contact us for complete details and application forms wccuaig insurance limited 208 main st e milton ont phone 8782s94 ft head hiadquaktersl just arrived dutch fall planting special potted rose bushes 75c each while thay mm see our selection of evergreens shrubs rockery bulbs a specialty open 7 days a week 8am until dark phone orders accepted 8 5 32980 caroline flower garden shop two miles west of acton south side of hwy ihcete thank trail rides a phone to the centennial beauty queen all participants prize donors judges and ifio made the 1967 acton queen contest a acton rangers all girls between 1418 first meeting tuesday october 3 at 8 p at 156 churchill road s girl guide training not essential acton j liberal associat committee room 46 jr opening hours tuesday to thursday mr friday r saturday j if we can help f you x phonj onjt v of

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