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2 the acton free press wednesday december 27 1967 news of the district hilton lfilton council is optimistically eyeing a promised meeting in january between the minister of municipal affairs and mpps jim snow and george kerr for some kind of answer to the towns longstanding annexation application w darcy mckeough the minister wrote to milton council explaining he would hope then to be able to write more fully indicating the departments position and feeling on the matter the minister suggested however he was generally in favor of the conclusion reached by his predecessor in the post council members were uncertain how to interpret the latest communication from the department at least 12 per cent of the teaching staff in milton public schools have been afflicted with the flu bug which forced the closing of the ontario school for the deaf five days early for the holiday recess it is estimated roughly the same percentage of pupils missed school for the same reason holy rosary school estimate approximately is per cent of their students were away during what was termed a moderate epidemic loca i970 of the united steelworkers of america approved a new th e year agreement with the pl robertson manufacturing co which will give over 250 employees wage increases ranging from 46 cents to 65 cents an hour over the next three years other fringe benefits were also ratified bcl three georgetown youths the only ones charged among a group aflo persons who staged a drunken brawl at an erin township cottage on aug 26 were each fined 100 in court at guelph last week they were also ordered each to pay at least 50 towards the estimated 1000 damages to the cottage by magistrate hr hewitt empty beer bottles some broken were strewn about the cottage crockery was broken walls and ceiling were marked glass broken tv and chesterfield were damaged the court was told it was impossible to say how much of the damage had been done by each of the 10 persons at the party but the three accused had admitted some of it fergus the resignation of hon lester b pearson brings back memories of canadian prime ministers i have known the first was sir wil fred laurier i was in ottawa with my father when i first saw him on the street my father pointed him out to me with a certain amount of awe for that was the way bejwas regarded by canadians or at least by canadian liberals he was a gifted orator and i heard him speak once in convocation hall at the university of tor onto on a nonpolitical subject i think he was speaking on the rlel rebellion to the newman club of toronto there were no tickets available to the general public but i often reported events in convocation hall for the varsity of which i was an editor i wandered around to the side door the policeman on duty recog nized me and admitted me i met hon rb bennett but it was in london england not in ottawa i was with grattan oleary who is now senator oleary who knew him well i knew wlm king well myself one night i was to thank him at a dinner in ottawa i had fallen on the ice in fergus two days before and had a broken right wrist i couldnt cut my meat and mr king who sat beside me cut the meat for me from mostly gossip by hugh teraplin in the fergus newsrecord georgetown the georgetown band committee has planted the seeds and are nurturing a new crop of young musicians which hopefully will be come another prizewinning band in a few years thirtytwo youngsters age 10 and over most of whom have no previous mus ical training are being tutored weekly at cedarvale community centre by senior bandsmen with an eye to developing a good source of future senior band players georgetowns prizewinning senior band recently broke up partially because of lack of a talent develop ment program jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks concrete mick cinder blocks clay mick sand stone livestock and fertilizer farm service and supplies dump trucks for hire fully insured cv cuu fs ft f acton phone rs3073q escarpment study affects local area mrs kj macarthur town ship of massagaweya l mc- neice township of toronto and gp branch department of ec onomics and development held a meeting at the halton county offices last week with ce spearin and jo spender mem bers of the niagara escarpment study the study area includes the town of acton large parts of nassagaweya esquesing and caledon townships the final commendations from the study id have farreaching effects on these municipalities on behalf of the escarpment committee of the central ontario regional development council mrs macarthur discussed in some detail the large stone qua rries and sand and gravel op erations in the study area to gether with their effect on the aesthetics of the escarpment it was agreed the committee would recommondtocordc that as a first step a brief be pre pared and submitted to the nia gara escarpment study the study area totals some 450 miles in length resolutions did you make any resolutions last new years and it to old you keep them resolutions an easy to make but much harder to keep one that we all should make is to resolve to reduce the accidents in our homes and on our farms and highways thru 68 this resolution means working at it all year bat it could really pay dividends donl go out with the old year live safely tracey frizzeus first meeting with old st nick at the firefighter christmas party was an interested one sister cathy holds her four- andahalf month old sister up for santa while proud papa dorson acts as backup staff photo yearend summary halton s agriculture in review the following is a yearend report on agriculture in halton county during 1967 prepaxedfor this newspaper by henry jstan ley agricultural representative our centennial year certain ly cannot be classed as a normal year for agriculture rainfall was considerably above normal in june resulting in delayed haying and slow ger mination and growth of the spring grains and corn the hay yield was considerably above average but quality was poor because of the rain as a result cows are turning up their noses at their forage this winter and not pro ducing as much milk from it with poorer drainage on our heavy clay seals oats barley and corn yields were slightly be low normal however 6irte5 weeks in september permitting farmers to catch up with the harvesting and summer backlog of work then rains came again and grain com harvesting con tinued until just recently 1967 was a year of great chan ges in dairying with the alloca tion of quotas and the improved standards in quality require ments almost 100 dairymen in halton have sold their farms or quit producing milk aver age milk production continues to improve each year halton has built up a repu tation for quality cattle many awards have been won at fairs not only in milton but through out canada and the unitedstates a highlight was the sale of the holstein bull calf by claude pick et for a world record price of 150000 1967 was a year of decline in h p increasing numbers of meetings on farm management and other specific topics the successful farmer of the future must be as uptodate as the accountant lawyer or tax collector in fact he should be more so tories seek federal man halton progressive conserv ative association is busy looking for a candidate to represent the conservatives in the next feder al election douglas latimer president of the halton conservative group expects the nomination convent ion to be held in the early spring dr harry harley is currently representing halton and is likely to represent the liberals in the next race in the last election he beat former oakvllle mayor al lan masson and new decocrat murray kernighan there have been half a dozen interested in the position but none have committed themselves yet mr latimer said quality ba products save you money gasolines motor oils i diesel fuel fuel oils stove oils m toumtuta oil burner finance plan 10 years to pay small carrying charges dependable service thompson fuels ltd phone 8532370 acton after hours b532i74 fair game despite the fact that a toy poodle is now miladys pampered pet it was once an english hunting dog that animal carefully trained sniffed along the ground at night and located strange quarries which put up no fight moving in with a shovel its master bagged them truff les pollock and campbell minulii illicit ol high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait telephone 6217580 for each new day we wish you a new bounty as you begin the year in happy celebration may we render our thanks for your good will stationery lighter soils in the north and west of halton yields were con siderably above average with grain corn yielding up to 130 bushels per acre on some farms corn silage had a high percent age of wellmatured kernels which will add considerable en ergy for the dairy and beef cattle beautiful sunny weather pre vailed during the first three improvement for beef our 4hers and junior farm ers had a record year winning the provincial 4h interclub field crop competition the queens guineas competition and the judging competition at the royal agricultural winter fair agriculture is changing rapid ly in halton to meet these changes farmers are attending 9 mill st acton 8530075 tew avav afiiy tie continue buildm our good relationship htm a happy wu v u j j b mackenzie son ltd famous 6167 finally rests near ch00 ch00 stop plan to attend the pre new year eve party in the choo choo stop and the dance in the elizabeth room this great cnr northern engine lliut ptayed5uch an important role in the development of canada has come to rest only 50 paces from the choo choo stop from march 1940 to september 1967 it has covered much of canada the choo choo welcomes this great pioneer to guelph where it can be seen daily or flood lit by night drive by soon see 6167 and then visit the ccs and enjoy unusual and interesting old time railway artifacts in the hotel that features nightly entertainment saturday afternoons too choo choo stop at fischers royal hotel downtown em licensed under the liquor licence act presswood compass readytoserve skinless shankless bone in whole or half hams centre cuts 791 69 c lb maple leaf mb plcg wieners 55 lb hills bros 6oz jar save 30c instant coffee 99 del monte 48oz tins save 40c fruit drinks 4 1 maple leaf or presswood side bacon 69 ib nco tulip 12oz tins save 16c luncheon meat 39c gold standard fancy 7aox tint save 16c red sockeye salmon 49- ky australian 28oz tins save 35c peaches 3 1 aylmer 24oz jivs save ioc asstd jams 39 salada 3 pkg deal save 68c rise n shine orange crystals 79c fresh produce daily chiquita bananas 2 ib 25c canada no 1 pei 10lb bag potatoes 43c frozen food sunshine 2lb bag french fries 39 notice store will be closed tuesday january 2 1968 aylmer 15oz jars save sc swet wafer pickles 29c lynn valley 14ox tins save 21 c cut green beans 81 clarks loo tins save mc tomato or vegetable soups 91