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b the acton free preu wednesday march 13 i96b eden mills churchill news of the district bags brush wolf af terra cotta chbi a bnjsh wolf was in the act of devouring a deer wfien it was bagtd fjy harold deforest at tarra cotta theell known tone narry operator is an avt4 sportsman he hesitated to pln- point the act jjpot when the wolf was shot as he fear inn invas ion of triggerhappy toronto nlmrods troubu with soma of thorn outomowners is they shoot holes in mall boxej andgener- alljr gtve local hunters a bad image placard parade protests transfer fergus for mora than a century a rivalry has existed be tween fergus and elora and it flared up once more this time it was a protest by students at the elora branch of the centre wellington district high school they were obyactlng to the pro posed transfer of nearly 100 grade 13 and business and commerce students to the fergus school altar their demonstration the parents held a meeting on sunday night in the carnegie hall and picked a delegation to attend the regular school board meeting in fergus to tight against the loss of the grade 13 classes the protest started on friday morning with a brief sltdown in the school foyer at noon there was a placardcarrying parade along the elora main street with those taldngpart chanting support this lasted long enough that some students missed the first afternoon class on their return to the school they were address ed briefly by the school principal william ellison and then re turned to their classes the march was staged because there are fears expressed in elora that this could be the first step in the elora school becom ing just a satellite of the much larger high school in fergus after the merger of the two boards two years ago plans were made for a new technical wing at the fergus school and elora residents knew then that some students woud be coming lo fergus but the boards decision to put all grade 13 students a s well in the fergus school came as a surprise and sparked last weeks events another dam site close by milton the 557000 hilton falls dam and reservoir second of three major dams being built by hiiltoa region conser vation area within a fivemile radjus of milton should soon be underway clearing operations at the site began last weak and the authority is awaiting only the final approval from the department of energy and resources management in toronto before caung tenders the construction of the eartboi dam itself lsestlmtted at 481000 with land costs and engineering fees to bring the total over the 550000 mark site of the dam is at the fifth una road allowance north of campbellvllle no 5 slderoad in nassagaweya township the dam will stretch 800 feet long across a natural ushaped rock- lined valley 2000 feet long and 700 feet wide it will trap 1200 acre feet of water in a lake up to 35 feet deep water will be released from the dam through a concrete channel while it will be known as the hilton falls dam it will not spoil halloas last remaining natural waterfall by the samo name the waterfall once the site of several thriving lumber mills lies a mile northwest of the dam site on another branch of the sixteen mite creek the first lumhor mill there was built by edward hilt on in 1835 and if was a busy industry until at laast 1863 plan miller golf tourney georgetown georgetown georgetown golf and country club will bo the scene of the 1968 carling millar golf championship the millar is now part of the canadian pro golf tour worth a total of 100000 ten thousand dollars in prlte money will be at stake which has been won in recent years by such great canadian golfers as george knudson wllf homenulk al johnson and frank wlbbly because it is now part of the canadian tour and also because of the large amount of prize money almost all of the finest golfers in canada will likely compote in the miller this year its expected therell be tv coverage of the event another feature on the day prior to the miller a large proam tourney will see approximately 150 golf pros and the sama number of amateurs trying for 4000 in prite money on the same course georgetowns capital debt is a matter of serious concern for the mayor and council of our neighboring town the present capital debt of 2800000 will rise to almost 6000000 by the end of the year which will moan a debt of 25 per cent of the assessment a danger point according to the ontario municipal board despite one of the lowest mill rates in the county 1067 will show a slight surplus deputyreeve art speight said the mill rate should have been raised some years ago so there would be a contingency fund to look alter essential things which must he done wtnnt c ontauo hvdmos annual award to the cham pion waakly newspapar country correspondent is ethal maud qon of th durham chronicle jamet a blay hydro direc tor of public relations congratulates her on her achievement t the ontario weekly newspaper association convention in niagara fells mrs queen has been a chronicle correspond ent for 58 years during this time she also wrote for the durham review and the forest confederate cub scout banquet forecast busy ball held season hungry groundhogs crows welcome signs of spring by mrs r wright the executive of the eden mills i district community club met monday evening in the hall for their monthly mooting several items of business were attended to and it was decided tp sponsor six bai teams this summer wj are looking forward tpohusy season in the pall parki a good turn out was at the community hall saturday at one odook to register for- the ball tearns this sumntor we are to have four bpys teams one girls team and mens intermed iate so the community and pis trict are looking forward to the summer months mr and mrs ed jennings and mr and mrs omar parker are enloylng a months holiday in florida mr and mrs howard vincent and son donnle gravenhurst pent sunday with mr ynd mrs h wright miss pat wright hamilton was home for the weekend the annual cub and scout ban quet wasteidsaturdaybveningat eden mills presbyterian church under the auspices of he scout mothers auxiliary about eighty sat dowri to a turlcey dituiet head table guests were guest speaker mr allan turner brampton jim cann and son group committee chairman rev r flnley and billy cunningham rev d r sinclair scouter bould district commissioner bon plnson guelph community clab- president bob gtlbertson and son grant akela lorn thomllnson mrs pat wardle and mrs or- mar gibson csnvenedlheyjnner the guests were entertained by the cubs when they put on a pow wow dressed in indian custljmus ami danced indian dances a sing song followed jfftt rcss district pag3 ballinafad see league potential in local hockey teams sunday hillsburg games by mrs r shortill the womans institute held their march meeting on wed nesday last at the home of mrs robert mcenery with 14 mem bers and two visitors the president mrs smith conducted the meeting mrs mclean read the minutes and the correspondence the roll call was answered naming a cablnot minister and his portfolio mrs archie mcenory took charge of the program which consisted of current events motto given by mrs ada klrk- wood education begins at home and the parent is the first teacher miss luena campbell of georgetown had bean invited to give a talk on education which she very ably did her com ments were very thought- provoking following her talk plans wore discussed for the institute euchre party the tweedsmlur history vjrk was discussed the curator asking help to complete the picture section to accompany the liter ature also the district curators request for information for her book was mentioned lunch served by helen brown and viola hilts concluded a pleasant afternoon many balllnafad peope beard with regret of the passing of mrs james gillespie of erin many times we have enjoyed her entertaining readings our sympathy goes out to her family mrs ella mcenerylsspendlng some time with her daughter and family mrs norm sinclair were sorry to hear mrs robt warne is poorly it was pleasant to see mr david russel on the street in acton this weok and to know he has recovered nicely from his attack of flu both of the above folks aro balllnafad people of former days mr and mrs eddlo smith our balllnafad store proprietors continue to serve people plea santly and courtoous from their very up to date and vorsatllo country store how lucky indood we aro to have such a good store close by hockey teams of balllnafad area aro creating plenty of interest as they playeach sunday night at hillsburg if the hackey powers that bo could sao soma of these lads flash that puck up and down the ice they would most certainly iao some league potentials these boys should be glvoi a chancel there are boys for throe teams and they play each ther don brown rlchardshortlllrog french and others help out the boys with coaching and reor- eelng our church basement and idtchen looks very attractive with its qew coat of paint it has been a very worthy project fur nished by ucw funds and willing workers in our church group relatives from torontovlslted the doucots over the wookond mr and mrs tom currle and mrs lafave of port credit visited with mr and mrs robert mcenery on sunday need spring shopping money see hfc pjy for the family s spring clothes things tor your homo new ijwn or garden equipment with a spring shopper s loan from household finance we ii tell you m advance what your sprint bhopper i loan will cost we lay it out in dollars and cents no hidden charges no extras no surprises at household finance j before you sign on the dotted line know what your loan will cost borpow up to tsooo take up to 60 month to repay alk about crtd t ufa iniurlnc on loins jf low qioup rilti household fwa1i oloboatowm 41 main street north telephone 775231 maul ta silvers dearlmaj ilwa sl about out tuning huui everton musical program planned at church by mrs d g robertson plans aroflnallzodforasacrod program at the christian church on sunday evening march 17 an outstanding musical pro gram ha boon arranged with artists from guolph fergus rockwood hlllsburgh mimosa acton osprlngo and noarby churches rev b metz will be chairman for the ovoning and a treat is in store for all attending by mrs r mcarthur the march meeting of the churchill ucw met at the home of mrs varna stephen on wed nesday afternoon march 6 when 13 members and two visitors attended the president mrs r denny opened the meeting with prayer and called 6a mrs f macarthur who gave the devotions choosing for her topic- lent scripture redding- was glvah mrs f thompson luke ch 1 verses 1 89 a guest mrs a long from trinity church acfonattendsd and was introduced by mrsi deqny she talked on the need for help for teachers of he nor thern country wtwr they havent enough text books and games for children ft was most interesting and the ladreu ulan tohetpwlthlt t as wall it u dcided in the near future to aaopt the care of a child from one of the under dev- i eloped countries a gift was prouinted by mrs williamson to mrs long for her visit and vivid talk on the need for help in ed ucation roll call was answered by explaining an beof each had by consulting with the other mem bers but mostofthemnnswerod by present the president closed the mooting with prayje mrs stephon and mrs tony strokov served a lovely lunch while all enjoyed a friendly cnat and welcomed mrsstephenhomo after hor holiday in the south mrs w swackhamer courtesy convener thanked our hostess for hor courtesy and use of her homo mr and mrs d williamson also mrs a burns attended a gathering at the home of mr and mrs jim bennett alberton when all the family gathered to celebrate three members birth days on sunday march 10 mr and mrs bob kerr attended the durham county jun ior farmers banguet onsaturday evening also mr earl burt haj- ton junior farmers past pres ident accompanied hem as entertainer for the banquet pat was presented with 12 red roses from hor home county junior farmer club members mr and mrs wm debbie visited her sister and hrother- inraw mr andhrs barnek in t6ronto on sat drda al 4rnv world day of prayer servjee held this year in sal- lnafad united crfdrchmis ron saunders of churchill group was chosen key woman f6r the yoar 1969 tlio meeting islo be held in churchill church c6me and join churchill fri- ends al the church monday evening march ib when mrs bob kerr will showherplcturesofthe british isles at 830 oclock and a social tlm uwuxi a silver collection mr george maltby was on a business trip to jamestown new york for four day last week on sunday mr and mrs g maltby also miss helen maltby rockwood and mr ray toth attended the sportsmons show in toronto mrs vorna stephen returned home a woek ago after two months holidaying at san fran cisco santa monica and los angeles california with rela tives and friends mr and mrs wm maynard of brampton were suniuy visitors with mr and mrs charles blnnle sorry to report mrs w thom pson is a patient in guolph gen eral hospital undergoing sur gery everyone wishes a speedy rocovery and that she will soon be home mr and mrs norman turner were in north bay for the week end visiting normans parents mr and mrs h g turner if we had no calendar we could tell by the disappearance of snow on the duslde the caw of the crow and by the hungry ground hog who makes its appearance the past week or so that spring is coming soon mr and mrs ward hamilton visited on saturday in st mary with mr hamiltons sister mr and mrs ron blake and family and on sunday with former neigh bors mr and mrs ian wallace at lucan mr and mrs murray mcmil lan of calstor centre sunday visitors with mr and mrs ar chie kerr the churchill ladles are quilting a quilt this week atiba noma of mrs f freeman limehouse visits conference meeting in news by mfs a btfriton we hope that mr- e km con tinues good progress following a recent operation mr dick sfandish of thorbld and mi ldward standlsh and two children of stoney creek were recent visitors with mr and mrs klrkpatrick mr and mrs j roughiey at tended a growers conference at fernlea near delhi on wednesday of last week the w i mot al the homo of mrs roughloy tuesday of last woek mrsfross alexander of kil bride visited her aunt mrs angus lawson and family re cently pollock and campbell v1 mill il linns nl high grade memoriais memorial engraving 63 water it north gait telephone 2i 75m a b supermarket 9 mill si- acton red brand beef 8530075 calgary oven roast winnipeg ow roast chuck steaks ground chuck 69 c lb town club 2lb bag wieners 85c bacon 65 libbys 11 ox bottles save 14c ketchup 2 35 sunny farm 28oz tins save 32c tomatoes 4 si fresh 1lb print creamery butter 65 christies plain or salted mb pkg save 17c premium crackers 2s69c fresh produce daily can na 1 p e i 104b bag potatoes 39c goldtn l bananas 225 town club no 1 mb pkg oel monte 14os tins save 35c peas carrots 6i1 aylmer 14ox tins save 24c banian pears 4 1 delsey asstd 2pak save 40e bathroom tissue 4 8 1 betty crocker asstd save 40c sx mixes 4 1 aylmer 15ot tins save 14e gherkin pickles 35c prices effective march 13 14 is 16 frozen food farm house 24oz save 14c apple pies 39c carnation asstd save 30c instoit breakfast 49c maxwell house 1lb bag save 20c coffee 75c del monte 30oz tins save 75c pineapple orange or pineapple grapefruit drinks 5 1