Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 1, 1967, p. 13

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i atxkv v goingup ceremony for eight acton cubs the acton freeti ress wednesday november 1 1967 r3 s viwv prepared to receive new strength frorri the cubs scoutmaster henry devries and essistant kevin conroy stand easy with petrol lead er during the goingup ceremony at the scout hall for eight cubs last thurs day night below the cubs have been well rgceived and scouters conroy and devries flank baloo mrs bob grant with the tender- feet in front from the left are leslie coles glen lee mark rowe barry allan russell coultrup blayne cleland robert gifobs bar ry payne absent was ter ry sloven troop strength of the scouts is now 27 in four patrols staff photo eight new scouts were accept ed into the 1st acton scout troop in a ceremony attended by par ents of the boys atjthe scount hall last thursdaevenlng mrs bob grant baloo of the cub park presented the new tenderfeet on behalf of akela mrs earl jordan scoutmaster henry devries known as ahp and assistant kevin conroy dub bed bosun received the new ad ditions cubs mark rowe terry slav- en leslie coles russell coult rup barry allan glen lee rob ert gibbs blayne cleland barry payne made the ascent to scout ing baloo read a message from l akela wishing the boys every success in the scouts the cubs wished each of their chums goodbye in turn before stepping over the ceremonial rope which signified the bridge between the two branches of the movement parents of the new scouts were served tea at the conclusion of the ceremony by baloo and mrs cleland president of the scout mothers restore pioneer strengthen ties a pioneer cemetery east of balunafad stands today as a prime example of what can hap pen when a group of dedicated people take it upon themselvesto strengthen their ties with tte past i restoration of providence ce metery a gravestte of 25 plots at the intersection of the baluna fad slderoad and the 9th line of esquesing is the centennial pro ject of a committee headed by chairman norman sinclair sortie of whose ancestors are burled there sinclair is just one of the familiar names which appear on the wellweathered grave mark ers others are mcenery an thony mckay and near actual work on the site started this summer and will be comp leted sometime next year how ever the cemetery is already greatly improved an old stone fence and another of wire have been removed weeds and tall grass which had hidden many of the grave stones from view have been removed and levelling has been done by duudoaers a new fence has jnpeared on cemetery with past the field sides but fencing along the road frontage wont be done until next year so that new grow th in the spring can easily be cut down it seemed that all that was needed was for someone to start things oft committee secretary mrs jessee mcenery stated weve had assistance from the township council and money has come in from points as far away as western canada she said mrs mcenery said the com mittee hopes to have enough mon ey left to create a perpetual fund it all started last june when advertisement traced in local papers invited all parties inter ested in restoring tte cemetery to a meeting from that came an election of officers strength ening of the board of trustees and an appeal to council for aid they steered the committee to the department of health and a representative was sent from there to meet with tbena and ad vise them on how they could go about seeing their project through since then changes in tha hun dred and thirty year old ceme tery have been remarkable and the progress is being watched closely by regular travellers of the bordering roads in memoriam cards in reply to many requests the canadian cancer society has made available in memoriam cards which may be used at the time of a bereavement available at rumleyshoemaker funeral home or phone assolm harold denny i centennial service at st josephs st josephs parish along with catholic parishes all across the country celebrated last sunday in thanksgiving for the past 100 years of canada as a nation father vj morgan followed the last mass on sunday with ex position of the blessed sacra ment parishioners were urged to spend an hour in the church in silent thanksgiving benediction at 3 oclock ended the centennial observanceswhtch were requested by the canadian bishops 3itta stationery 56 mill st acton 8s1 20 jo no accidents during week opp lay eight charges daring the week to october 28 trartc tha town were forced to back seat to the criminal aneral activities encounteredby acton opp the weekly police report says the six man provincial police detachment was called upon to investigate eleven occurrences bringing about six criminal and two honor charges in an four parsons were arrested and lod ged in the county jail at milton one of these a port colborne youth was apprehended in port colborne and returned here on a charge of auto theft other cri minal charges included two of bribery and two of false pre tences while the luxior charges ware both havlng liquor in a place other than a residence fortunately torpoucebecause of the heavy general occurrence work load tha town was accident tree daring the same time period tte report continues although 24 traffic warnings were issued charges persuant to the traffic act were almost nonexistent b is most gratifying to see this improvement in our local driv ers other traffic statistics com piled during the 232 man hours mv there were m general occur rences during the past week muton opj report they in cluded two break and enter in vestigations one theft under in vestigation three persons ar rested for metro toronto police dapt re armed robbery one parson charged with driving- wldte disqualified two persons charged under tte liquor cont rol act one indecent exposure under investigation and one per son shot while bunting resulting in ana person balng charged with carektss hunting other occur rences ware of a minor nature thar ware four property dam age accidents inweatifsted and two personal injury accidents naeunng in three persons balng injured and property damage to talling 3010 there were two charges laid as a reams of these accidents there were ttcon- vlettons registered in magis trates court ed tnqufect 24 safety checks perforttad less than 19ef the cars checked were issued safety sticks rs magistrates court in milton on october 23 saw actons heav iest docket in some months pre sented a total of 38 cases were called before the bench of these 18 were remanded toalater date one was dismissed and 19 con victions were registered fines levied by magistrate langdon totalled 355 and 58 costs every motor vehicle on our highways is equipped with a mul titude of lights serving a multi tude of purposes the opp point out they indicate our intention to turn they make following motorists aware of our slowing or stopping and they il luminate the road for us at night as well as making us more vis ible to following and approaching cars this being the case why is it so many people choose to ignore the state of repair their lights are in is it laziness is it lack of concern weu what ever the reason is all adds up to big trouble for the motorist with the loss of each light on your car you steadily become hard to see and have a more difficult time seeing take a moment each time you are preparing to drive your car check your lights b could save you time and money as well as spare you injury sustained in an accident causedby tanlty lighting there are many ways toldent- ify the loss of a tight while driv ing for instance on many auto mobiles the tail lights and dash lights are connected to the same fuse if your dash lights go out chances are your rear lights are gone as weu care about your car care about your driving habits care about your life and your safety en the road will look after itself former minister guest speaker for united centennial service by mrs f taylor the rockwood united church held its centennial service in october with a former minister rev j ewer stewart as the guest speaker mr stewart was pastor of the charge some 40 years ago and gave a most in spiring message to the many who attended his keen memory re called many amusing and in teresting incidents from the past in rockwood and he reminded the residents how very fortunate they were to reside in such a beautiful spot mr stewart stressedthe forti tude of our forefathers and re minded that as soon as their first homes were built in their new country a church was erected for worship our fathers of confederation were godly men stated the speaker and while reading the bible psalm 728- he shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from tw river unto the ends of the earth they decided to name their new land the dominion of canada this was a torch for us to carry to put the will of god more into our daily life and decisions said mr stewart the guest soloist for the even ing was campbell mcarthur the full choir was of present and former choir members and the members of the junior choir the music was in charge of the organist and choir leader mrs f allsop a most appropriate poem on rockwood and its pioneers was compsed and read by mrs john little rev gardner was chair man for the service and rev sinclair of the rockwood pres byterian church pronounced the benediction at the close of the service a social time with refreshments was enjoyed in the christian ed ucation room robert r hamilton optometrist 116 mounts inview road s georgetown 8773971 office calculator is still oa trial in an hourlong meeting last thursday hydro commissioners debated whether to purchase a new office calculator now on trial the machine costs 144 5 and it was agreed to ask the sales man about tradein allowances chairman tyler mayor les duby will mceachern and or- ville brown attended the short meeting superintendent doug mason was away hunting com missioner dawklns came late after being at the arena helping diagnose the motor failure there that make the meal from love 1 1 bros modern meat market maple leaf lib 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