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j the acton free pra wednesday february 28 1968 plaque in centennial library declares special appreciation drop expropriation on hornby jail site unlike last junes outdoor cer emonies there was no fanfare when a gleaming new plaque was installed in the library jobby as one of the last touches related to the centennial protect the bronze platpie wasdecldod upon as a method of thanking those who showed particular interest in the towns project and were crodlted wkp its success librarians at the time reqogi nlaed jby najr are chldf lib rarian mrs l watson assist ants miss esther taylor miss madge chapman and mrs c wil liams members of the 1907 library board- were chairman george lee fred now ted pratt rev r mcmurray mayor les duby and secretary doug ccpoland honorable mention from the board and staff goest0 charles e klrkriass pastf board phalrman who originally made the proposal that a library be the towns pro ject town council for their sup port and he acton free press for promotion the plaque was prepared in recognition and appreciation of all who have contributed in any way to make them now facili ties possible it fabesthe largiv gay nigral painted by mrs j liray which is still attrtfiljng imih attention from tnose whp are seeing it igr the first tlmoj plans for expropriating the klmlonl property on oakvlues ninth line for a twocounty jail are being dropped by halton county council the site east of hornby was selected early in 1967 for the hew detontlon centre to servo halton and pool but lato last year tlie department of reform institutions announced it wadtak- lng over the complete cost o penal lnatltutidm lii ontario xt the- same lime the dopartment announced plans for a regional detention centre for the halton- peel area- last weok county councillors learned the eiproprlatlon was being abandoned and a solicitor was authorized to negotiate with the owner for damages incurred by the transaction the department has indicated it is entering negotiations for another pelce of property also thought tobe in the hprnby area two trespassers at beardmore co two trespassers on beard- more and co property fled wben tbey were seen by a security guard at 730 pm on friday night they had apparently climbed over a fence near the office the opp report t niw haoysrittajifld ivr th enfcerinlal library names board piefnbcrs andttmf at thtrrfe of the ertfctcm of the fuftwbuiicp irf0 ridd pl thank tocharus klrlmjtv town cooncll and trie we pretv photo break and enter total rises opp note change in pattern traffic statistics complied show seven highway traffic act char ges were preferred six warnings issued and one vehicle safety checked at magistrates court at mil ton seven persons were con- vlcted of traffic and liquor char ges fines paid totalled 212 section 33 of the highway traf fic act provldos that a vohlcle bolngoporatsd on a highway any time between one half hour after sunset and one half hour before sunrise must havo in operation two headlights to the front and at loast ono rod light to the roar the report continues sensible legislations to bo sure howovor wo fool that it is often wise to actlvato your lights before you are logally required to do so how often havo you driven down the road at dusk or dawn and mot vehicle without lights and how often has that vohlcle sud denly appeared for your sako for safetys sake turn your lights on before dark be safe be seen ice capades coasttocoast tour brings peter gibbons back home m the opp weekly report notes that there is often a great varia tion in the type of activities we encounter from week to week there appears to be no pattern that can be traced but occurren ces of the different classifica tions seem to be reported in groups during the first one and a half months of 1068 complaints clas sified as criminal activity were low almost nonenlstent but now during the reporting wook of february 18 to z4 the opp detachment here has como close to matching the yearly total for break and enters three lllogal entries into buslnoss premises were reportod in the town and a fourth occurred on the outskirts investigation into tho crlmos has not yet resultedlntho identity of the culprits but is still con tinuing other nontraffic occurrences numbered sevon and lncludodtwo thefts both still under investiga tion traffic patrols saw two motor vehicle accidents investigated both resulting in chargos and causing 525 damage to the cars involved the remainder of the limehouse first robin welcome chirp by mrs a benton we hope mr roy culp makes a good recovery from an eye operation in hospital in guolph mr and mrs tod brown at tended the funeral pf a cousin mrs chapman at colborno last tuesday mr and mrs r llstor and three sons of new jersey us a spent a few days last weekend with the wayne listers fourth line the first robin soonby your correspondent in 10c8 was chirp ing quite strongly at lot 18 4th line on february 20 peter gibbons jl native of actoh is currently touring coast to coast with the ice capacvas and appeavedwjtb the show last week in kitchener friends and relatives from acton saw ilm perform while the show was in kit chener he was able to stay in guelph with his parents mr and mrs frank gibbons normandy drive he was born in acton in 1943 attended the robert little school and acton high school the family move to guelph about nine years ago mr gibbons began skating 10 years ago two of his friends were skaters and he watched them take some tests he liked what he saw and decided to join the following year he became a member of the guelph college figure skating club under tho tutelage of ross smyth he remained with the club four years during which time he took part in productions such as snow whlto potor pun rhapsody in blue and played tho load in plnocchlo theres quite a differenco in price from his first skates a se condhand pair bought for 8 and the ernes he uses now which costlilm 150 ho turned professional and began toacliing n kltchener-wa- terloo beeton and elmlra he auditioned with ice capades and signed a oneyear option for the past fjve years he has been skating in- england in all phases of the profession from the chorus to principal skate r- he was with gerald palmer pro ductions skating at the wembley arena from october until march faux pas there is nothing like a good big mistake to attract attention or to know whether the paper is being read in last weeks issue thoro wore two glaring faux pas which occur red in the cut lines underneath pictures one under offleors of the junior institute identltlod the girl on the right as linda fostor it should havo been joy hayward turn to last weeks sports page and under a picture of intermed iate hockey action between acton and elora tho tannor with tho puck is ldonilood as blako inglis the stance and looks make it look like blake too only one prob lem blake inglis wasnt in tho unoup that game further research showed ho was dofonseman bill currle wearing a helmet then after two months holidays be skated frpm my to otobor at various summer hsorts in england oberiteduy blackpool fee productions once he skated on the isle of man oo a 30 by 40 foot ice sur face in a theatre back in 10b1 he competed n the western ontario and nia gara peninsula section skating competitions which were hold in guelph the section is tho largest in cauda jlu won tho novice pair title and camo second in the novice danco by fourtenths of a point he joined his prosont com pany at tho boglnnlng of this year when thoy startod holr crosscountry tour in soattlo they work tholr way right across the country performing in tho major cities of canada and tlio northern us tho touronds- on may 12 in honolulu mr gib bons has novor boon to hawaii and is looking forward to that engagement vory much mr gibbons hopos to stay with the touring company for a few years and thon start toachlng ho works in six production num bers with tho chorus lino his paronts aro mr and mrs frank gibbons ho has a slstor delaino who just 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