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dancers on stage friday this year carol whartons dance recital wm held in rota hall guelph with nearly 40 young acton dancers taking af i a huge crowd kttndd laat the acton dancers again performed their share of the program pi lakeside lodfr members and their mother on tuesday evening in the legion hall a charming hlghjfajit of the program wai the mlquel featuring keren drown corinne andrew helen kockx cheti lindsay she biaee anile brace suun milne am main graham thee four and five yea old were presenting their tint modem bu dance other charmers were three and four year old beglnnen tracy currle tammy dunn linda oaao kobln house and tracy align other sceitetlealers just completing their flnt term are jamie oconnor janet howe marie lamarihe trevor djgglns heather mctiachern jennifer rowe cindy cruris and kim bishop modern jazz wai pieaented by high school students including two beginners mameo mas mary jane lambert margot milheion and susan mccllloway othera who appeared in ieveral number including a aerlea depleting different minuet gee countries of the world were susan mills carol matzu valerie mllchll linda deforest sandra wood barbara tuikoaz kathy turkou maria crlefeneder teresa mccllloway catherine priuell trudy toebes kim barber donny woodward nancy frank teres luty juanlla andrews vvelte llogan calhy ann brown aluon brace kobiu marshall lynne mcnaughton joy musselle cliiuline puttier karen barber and cathy chapman care to dance a minuet aeks patlt elalna graham of partner halan koctm at the carol wharton racllel in goelphsieh photo sherri brace and suun milne demonstrate how a minuet should be performed for tha rest ot the acton troupe staff photo cheri lindsay and karen brown are still myitifud by the tape but it wasnt long until they were performing stall photo ht jyttftt jfcu nlnatyrviurth vr no 49 ska peal killed friday h guelph cor accident acton ontario wednesday june 4 to9 hfhltttt rvv ftfttenomi 100 aerei up 270 a car accident in guelph friday night claimed the life of 23yearold james robert peal of 210 arthur st acton i hi new model small car crashed into a traffic divider at norfolk st and macdonnell about 4 20 am and he was pronounced dead on arrival at st josephs hospital a taxi driver reported the accident the car was alnuut completely demolished jim peal son of ada lorraine cot peal and william lion peal attended acton public and high schools and then guelph business college he trained as a data processing operator he was a member of the lome scats militia from iq6i to 1964 rev ii ixiwson conducted the funeral service al the rumleyklmemuker funeral humr on monday june 2 and interment was in rockwoud cemetery pallbearers were cousins doug sunt hamilton grant rusk rockwood and richie rusk guelph and friends doug ahercrombte guelph pete homer and ray taili ol acton he is survived by his parents it sarnui sister joy mrs r a smith r r s guelph and brotlier david w peal sarnia grandmothers mrs george peal of guelph and mrs stephen elliott of acton he had been staying in town with relatives lately while working in guelph esquesing tax hike hits farmer hardest jury likes our jail for the first time in several years there was a note of optimism in the hilton county grand jury report on the county jail the jurists noted they felt maximum consideration is presently being given to the comfort sanitation and convenience of the inmates in view of the limited facilities available it was observed plans exist for the enlargement of the governors office staff room and receiving facilities and the jury suggested the plans should be acteuon as soon as passible the kitchen and food facilities were listed as adequate their recommendations included however establishment of recreation provisions for evening including a later lockup evening refreshment plpedin music and also more frequent showers the governor and his staff were commended for their obvious consideration and concern regarding the welfare of the inmates and upkeep of facilities the jury also reported they were satisfied there were no persons being held in the jail who were not in the course of being tried or heard ratepayers in esquesing township will have u healthy tux hike to contend with this year despite reassessment and a large increase in assessment bsquesing council set the residential tax rate at 5903 mills ut their regular meeting monday night and fixed the commercial and industrial rate at 667s mills there are slight variations within the three fire areas of acton georgetown and milton and a further change for street lighting in norval glen williams and stewarttown a ratepayer with a 5000 assessment on his home will pay from 50 to 60 more in taxes this year which will be partially offset by the provincial residential tax reduction which amounts to 3283 in the acton fire area 32 48 in the milton ore area and 3378 in the georgetown fire area farmers will be hit hardest by the tax hike which esquesing officials blame on the rising cost of education a typical farm of 100 acres with a 13525 assessment faces an increusesof 270 in this years taxes a figure overwhich councillors have no control in the tax breakdown the county has been slated for 556 mills from all farm residential industrial and commercial properties for current township purposes 836 will be levied on farm and residential property and 1113 mills on industrial and commercial land with the new county school board school taxes are lumped into single levies for public schools farm and residential levy is 2684 mills and the industrial and commercial tax is 2982 mills for secondary schools 1826 mills will be levied on farms andaesidentuil property and 2028 on industrial and commercial esquesing fire area no i in need of a new fire truck gets the highest levy of the three fire areas with a mill rate of 354 mills acton fire area no 2 has a levy of 1 8 mills while milton fire area has 1 1 5 mills on the state for new stret lighting residents of glen williams will pay an extra 122 mills norval 1 20 mills and stewarttown 250 mills vvsvwv hmcmmmm9 heavy rucks through limehouse create emergency 91 heavy traffic over an ancient cnr overbridge in limehouse has treated what bsquesings reeve george cumc termed an emergency in our township presenting u soname petition to bsquesing council monday night limehouse residents complained that the load limit or 10 tons over the bridge is being completely ignored and the speed limit of 30 miles an hour through town is not being enforced the truck drivers aie a real danger to residents firtlcularly children who use the ndge and road to and from school said spokesman george morrison traffic through limehouse has been heavy over the past month because of trucks from nearby fro rabies clinic decoration day address was given by tha gordon turner raw harry dawson at falrvlaw cemetery sunday crowd attended afternoon assarting in thai service war tha rev a photo h mckenile tha rev s thoman tha rev and mayor las dubv a lartja the 15th obaervanceistah free entlrabus dinks for wary municipality in haiton were announced thai weak by haiton county council tha dink wiu be head monday to friday of next waak in nine locations through tha eoeeeratlon of tha canada department ol aaricufhir haahh qf animate brandt ah data and cats are waiconte and there it no chars for tha earvica clin lea ara alatad for naeaaaawaya and mifton on monday kilbride and burlinaton tuaaday hornby and georgetown wadnasday palermo and trafalgar thursday end acton on friday time and location ara listed in an advertisement elsewhere in this quarries being rerouted around the bridge construction on the 1 7th tideroad after the limehouse delegation had left mr armstrong of armstrong quarries presented his side of the argument he maintained that the situation was only temporary and when the new bridge is completed his trucks will be going down the 4lh line to the 17th sideroad he pointed out that very few trucks today could legally cross a bridge with a 10ton weight limit and suggested that thekcnr should be required to provide a bridge to meet the need mr armstrong denied that he had any control over the speed of his drivers through the village unfortunately i employ people he said they are employed on an hourly rate maybe theyre hurrying to get to the next coffee shop clerktreasurer k c lindsay says he thought the bridge was built around 1917 and was certainly not intended to carry trucks full of gravel road superintendent bud snow reported that the cement at the base had begun to crack and the piers looked as if they were starting to give way there must be a law that says the cnr has to provide safe bridges submitted counsellor ken marshall why dont get rud whiting working on it no matter what way you look at it that bridge is important to us for school buses and local traffic our township trucks cant legally cross it with the present weight limit added bud snow reeve currie declared the situation a township emergency but maintained that it was not councils responsibility the fcohliitued o pep 1 99 today just a year short ol a century old c k browne celebrate hie 00th birthday today wadnaaday mr browne the towns omeal merchant holds many honors in tha orange lodge staff photo neighbors moot in road two neighbors both backing from their driveways found their cars making contact in the road list triday the drivers were mrs i ileen pratt i2s longfield rd and brian hammond 1 2ri longfield there was no damage to the pratt car but the hammond vehicle had an estimated 90 damage to the left rear door cons kretder investigated the incident about 1 p m on saturday at 12 noon another car backing out of a driveway was in collision with a car passing along tlie street drivers involved were mrs jean mcmullen mill st whose car had 85 damage and virginia llubbell queen st whose car received 70 damage com kressler investigated monday evening another two car accident was investigated by cons stafford cars proceeding east and west along mul st were in collision driven were john turkosz peel st and lllgio bilocco scene st umual pnblmt imk wmfcmhf tlie tables were turned on an area man who phoned acton police friday night to complain ids car had been stolen ha thought he had seen someone driving his car up the street the investigating officer discovered the mans car parked right where he left ii and instead charged the caller with being drunk in s public place he has since been remanded till june 30 saturday evening about ii pm the police had another problem with a novel twist three kitchener hippies who were patting through complained that acton youths were threatening them there had apparently been a suggestion tlie acton youths would cut tha hair of the visitors when the outoftown lads learned they would have to lay a charge and appear in court they decided against it plaque veiled and ribbon taut actons naw music centra awaits the official ceremonies saturday afternoon tour of tha buudlhf and a band concert followed staff photo