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news of the district woman minister 25 years scotland ont a lovely event of great interest took place on sunday evening november 24 mjhe united church scotland ont when a celebration was obierved honoring the rev lrla currey on her 25th anniversary as an ordained minister of the united church of canada miss currey was a former minister of the orion mimosa and martviue jiastoral charge her brother was actons united minister about a dozen years ago ringading mayor miltonmayor brian best has promised to ring in 1060 on the town bell at the stroke of midnight december 31 signifying the expansion of milton by 1651 acres through annexation the action was announced after councillor g krantz assured the mayor the rope was long enough before coming to canada the mayor had experience us j bell ringer in a church in england where particular skill was developed in the proper ringing technique last year reeve a ledwith rang out candat centennial year and the year prior jim ddls rang in centennial year the ringing of the town bell on new years eve last year attracted a crowd of people who accompanied its ringing at the street level with u chorus of auld lung syne it is expected more will be on hand this year to officially greet the enlarged town 16 storey apartment miltonthree proposals for new housing and apartment complexes for milton as presented for consideration to the planning board last week would provide accommodation for 4000 more citizens one of the proposals is a 16storey apartment tower and another a 1 2store shopping complex the apartment would be linked to the stores with an underground garage comments from the planners included the problem of firefighting in 15 and 1 5 storey buildings in acton developers have been told buildings may not be over 3 storeys high one plan was for housing for 3000 at the corner of 21 and 401 no doubt there are similar problems and decisions ahejd for acton election on cable tv fergus tergus had a first at their election when live television coverage was given on o closed circuit channel of the iocji cable tv the show gave the figures as they were released from the polls the election issues had also been debated by candidates on the closed circuit tv nearly 60 percent voted and two of the vital issues of the night werent decided until late wdliam homans election as mayor was very close the two liquor questions were turned down anil cant be voted on again for three yeurs the liquor vote was a cliffhanger well over i0 per tent voted against cocktail lounges but dining room licenses received sk 1 per cent upprovaland 60 is required trom some comments says the fergus newsrecord it may he expected that there could be another liquor vote here as soon as the threeyear waiting period is up georgetown bridge problems georgetownconditions for both pedestrians and motorists using georgetowns main street bridge should improve within the next couple of weeks according to town engineer gordon i nicy the bailey bridge with a stop light at either end and a separate sidewalk with guard rad will be started almost immediately before winter sets in the bailey bridge will he finished and the present bridge demolished the decision to work right through the winter will he left to the contractor all tiie underground services such as wutermuins srswis gas and hydro hove been relocated and the way is now cleartfoi nhcjiujojj at hand esquesing council briefs the problems of snow removal for the loming winter took up much ol the regular meeting ot lsquesmg council dec 1 moved by hill and seconded by leslie council accepted the tenders of barclays haulage and nellts construction for snow plowing from december 15 to march 11 moved by patterson and seconded by leslie jennings excavating and w g m brown wdl each supply u truck tor sanding during the same period of time the reeve deputy reeve and road superintendent are to act us a committee to interview applicants for the position of additional truck driver with the township a new bylaw to appoint an additional clerk assistant in the township office was read a thud time and carried dog control continues to be a problem in the township council passed a motion for the riyment of 178 to george errington for 12 calls in october and 13 in november spencer wilson received 250 for a heifer killed by the dogs robert lindsay ian curttuchul arnold banks and dave iuikney are to be paid 17 each for foxes destroyed in the township the next regular meeting of council is aet for dec 16 frostld and i r1ngld christmas cards of ih70 were frosted and fringed with heavy silk the foldertype uird so muili in evidence today was not popular during the ioth century when single cards were more frequently seen arthur a johnson od omomitiiit op- tvv wednesday and saturday 34 m1u st i acton 85393m two hours of discussion on drainage end in stalemate tho acton froo pro wednesday december 11 1968 7 i fforlv of i rjinovi council to resolve differences lktwtcn dr11nt17c engineer 1 umoiy jrid stcumd line fnncr v jcsap icuil led in vtulcmilc liter two iuhiik of divctksion it the list council meeting a kpccnl mtttmg h ul ik cii c died to bring together the chief p irticip nits in the projected hill drnnigc works for jsovsihle alignment ol views others ittcndmg ind taking pirt in the discussion were j hill i i lewelling ourles ordon ii h iyiie 1 mcdl idrey nul j v nidenrnfl uccve c micron i jish vnd lit it council had three courses of uctjan id opt the first report send the second report hick tor revision or drop the ill 11 11 10 project completely mr- jessop torn pi lined th it he h id been grossly over issessed and expressed his view th it the drainage act give too much power ol isscsstnent to engineers lie said he already h id sill fit tent drainage in he cxisting shallow ditch deepening it to five feet would lower the water tihlc on ins land and could result in suit against council and the engineering firm he uul tint the project should he tiled throughout with costs etpt iltcd fnrly if council id opted the first report deepening the exiting ditch on lm hnd hu would move to the t durt of lie vi sum lor relief mr iimshy sud hit he hid followed generally accepted piact ice in nuking the assessments he sciid thsrtr weie in my factors involved such as evciancta damage allowance and grants winch might not he cleirjy understood hut which corrected any possible unfairness discussion on the estimate of tiling the complete drainage system met wit h general disapproval following almost two hours of ruitlcts discussion council voted unanimously to give firnt and second reading to 1 bylaw adopting the ftrt report i his was done later in the meeting in other business road superintendent hob hamilton reported demolition of beaver dank at bridges 011 a branch at the 1 utrell crcik on the 7th lne to prevent flooding or road washout ihese animals are optumsts and they rebuild in spile of repe itcd destruction of their homes council authorized u grant ol 2 to the guclph branch of hit salvation army t ouncil gave third reading to a bylaw authorizing issuance of debentures in the amount of 10000 for the purpose of extending electric service in knckwood iitese debentures will pay interest ol v6 per cent annually redemption will be over a ten year period a letter was read from the hatton fire prevention bureau held its annual fire poster awards night in milton fire hall last wook to honor daniol warren and lia doom of georgetown this years first prize winners jim coulson of milton chairman of the bureau 1 shown congratulating the winners on tho armful of awards they received staff photo eden mills wedding birthdays visits awards night in weeks news by mrs u wright the i den mills womens institute held their december meeting in the form ol a christmas party wednesday evening in the tastefully decorated home ol mrs herb gilbcrtson mrs r roy opened the meeting with a hnstmas reading followed with the institute ode and mary stewart collect the business was brief and the mcctingvas turned over to mrs gladys marshall in charge of the program who c died on three guests individually mrs anna maria bell who n spanish mrs ann vos from holland and mrs helga shelkc german who give us an insight on how hnstmas was colphrated in their countries mrs anna maria bell jljygd 7ec67ds in spanish ot christmas cjrou and mrs vos and mrs shelkc sung carols in their native t ongue after describing the customs which was very educational mrs irene turner read a letter from a former member who is touring the world with her huihand which described conditions in other countries several carols were sung by all mrs roy talkd on mrs r wright and mrs j gilhertson presented her with a gift on hehalt of the numbers the occasion was her recent 4mb wedding annivcrsjry taken by surprise mrs wright thanked the ladies lor their remembrance the party then sat down to a salad plate christmas cake and cookies h e f o r c s a n t a arrived to distribute the exch inge gills under the tree mrs drysdale thanked tlu hostess and committee for a veiy enjoyable evening a wedding of interest took pi ice in 1 den mills prcsbytenan church tnday evening whin janet webb was united in marriage to ralph mcdonald rev d r sinclair officiated the church was beiutilully decorated with red and white mums and candlelight 1 he brides six attendants were dressed alike in red vclvel which blended with l he bouquets ol red and white mums making a beautiful christmas theme mr and mrs turner sr of milton were sunday guests ol mr and mrs j turner and family in tdcn mills a miscellaneous shower was given in honor of linda miller 01 ioronto at the turner home siturday evening a hnde of the ne ir future ohostess was mrs boh motkric about 2 guests wcie present nostalgic memories of the grand trunk railway later absorbed by the canadian na tional railway system are awakened by this photo taken at the rockwood station around the turn of the century application has been made to close the rockwood station and tear it down and if the cnr proposal succeeds it will end a colorful era in rockwood his tory the first station master in rockwood j u mckcnzio taught thomas a edison tho famous inventor tho art of telegraphy when he was stationed on the g t r near port huron ontario water resources hoard hating that the rockwood water a rid sewage project bad encountered a dlipoial problem which had been overcame councillor milne referred to a guclph mercury story about a similar project at drayton where installation costs in excess of s200 per dwelling over 40 years were predicted payment of accounts was authorized roads s41h0 5h general u1k2 is 20 obituary j alex mcqueen dies in regna a resident isf kockwiuid undl acton in liis youlli alexander m c 0 11 e o n ul k c r 1 11 u saskjtclicwni died november mr mcqueen was horn ul kockwood in ihh tun of john and marlhi mcqueen lie moved to acton willi hit parent ul tin early age and attended acton puhlic kchool he lived in ciuelph before going to the canadian well at the age or ih he cnlutcd in the i irtt canadian mounted klflet in november 914 going overseas in april i i s was wounded in action shortly before the armistice and relumed home early in ill he lived in saskatchewan teaching school until iw going into the civil service in im i he it survived by hit wife marllu a ion james or winnipeg u daughter alice or calgary a brother jamei of idmonton sisters mrs jean mchae and mitt christina mcqueen of lacombe alberta and mrs w u faunore margaret of rockwood he was predeceased by a sister mrs j 11 mackenzie glka or georgetown remember to replenish your christmas tree water regularly throughout the christmas season you may need to add more than a pint a day xmas discount centre giant toy sale crawling baby baby- boo secret sam 1395 895 ios 895 395 many other bargain items you ve tried the rest now try the best open every day 10 w to 9 pm til christmas at corner op hwy j4 and main st s straight ahd of 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