the acton fnm prats wednesday jurw 4 1969 of the district 4 store for gossip terra cottattoe doe strange thingt to buikhngt usually after they have loyally aerved their occupanu tor many yean the latter betray then and leave them to the mercy of the wrecker sometime and this happen rarely building outlive jt time to become a monument and a landmark of that community pari the tern cotta general store i one of shoe rare buildlngt bufll around the turn of the century by two titters the ttort continual to go ttrong again fat it eventful bwory the ttore ha chanted hand on may i to waller red aserfct of georgetown since being built the itore ha changed hand to rnariy time that people hav stopped counting etweert 19p0 and j969 it wa operated by at kail 10 dilferent people it wai built by barbara and janet smith and wat told lo kite icam in 1921 letlie lam inherit it in 1947 from 52 to j4 the puckering operated it from 4 to j6 the campt j6 to 58 lienl sr occupied it and from s8 to 60 heent jr george riyner bought the stow in i960 and told it to bob footltt in 1966 who told the terra colli ihop to mr atteltlne last fnoflth the terra colli general si o hat been more than jutt a itoie por many yean it wu the community centre the gouip centre if you will where everyone met to exchange newt ttd bill and organize community projcclt some old tinvsrt remember tbr wat a bench in the ilore for people who wanted to rest their feet now 69 year young the ttore it urong ttiuclurauy and wilh a bit of luck could well nuke the century nuik retirement party miltona relifemenl party wat held on may 9 in milton honoring george llomewood after 45 yean of tervjce with the canadian pacific railway the brotherhood of railway signalmen pretented george wilh a union ring and replica of i signal made by fellow ilgnalnun mac campbell of london who alio presented cauda saving bond to george and a belgian glut ornament to winnie a wallet and key cats were pretented by ted tyler of acton on behalf of george t brother and litten about i so friend relative and railroader enjoyed an evening of meeting old friend and reminiscing and dancing guetli attended from london grand bend peterborough hamilton toronto grimsby orangeville guelph komoka gait acton barrie oakville campbellville and olher placet on the londontrenton division those tkence plate dont waste money on insurance its a act torn businesses ara overinsured with overlapping miuranca policial others ara dangerously underinjured because your business involves customers and sup pliers inventory and equipment bad debts liability lanes employees etc ate vou need a business insur ance expert we know how to plan your business coverage so vou have just the insuranea vou need and no mon dennys insurance agency 17 mlli it wee acton 530150 orncc hours- taondevthuiarlrnl em to 6 tun friday urn to b prn af1m hours mm bail bs34243 safeco insurance harau denny 8s3m68 kings fob a day at the carol wharton danc recital wart vvetle hogwi cathy ann blown terete luly nancy frank juanltrr andre don woodward and kirn barber they were pvt of fridays performance staff photo guelphdrivers of motor vehicle in guelph and elsewhere throughout ontario hive been required to display licence plalet on their vehicle tor more than 65 yeir the collection contributed by harry worton mpp wellington south to guelph civic museum includes plates for each year tuning from the war year of 1916 through 1934 the shape and tize seems to indicate that the early plate were actually made to fit the licence number this wis changed tome year ago when the miikert were produced in the tame tire and car manufacturer arranged uniform attachment space early plates were quite plaint bearing only the name of lire province the year and the number of the licence either in numerali or with a couple of letters preceding the number from about 1940 with the exception of two yean 195 152 the crown wu used at some location on the number and it still displayed in 1903 leather plate were issued huge thing measuring 6vi inches wide and five inches high with white metal number and letter in that year there were not many motor vehicles in the province and the few numeral used were eauly read especially at the low rate of speed then permitted or attainable the plalet were stripped onto the axles of the high cart coil of those original marker was 4 with an annual s2 charge for renewal however driven licence were unheard of at that time the leather phlet were issued until 1905 from then to 1910 black rubber platet were in use with white rubber numbers set into them they had to be handmade and coil the government 2 40 more than the car owner paid for them milken were not changed each year because of the limited number of vehicle in 1903 there were only 220 cart in the whole of canada by 1904 hut increased to 535 in 1 905 it wat 565 and by 1910 cauda boasted a total of 91 oi cart it wat alto in that year that motorcycle came into use with a total of 55 in the entire country registration of motor trucks began in 1914 with 384 in canada along with 69093 automobile and 4769 molorcyclei the million mark in aulomobilet wat not readied until 1029 with regrttratian showing 1021 814 along willi 155639 trucks and 8857 motorcycles up to about i9o0 the licence platet for ontario were manufactured at the guelph reformatory where the work provided employment for many prisoner about 700 ton of tteel wot uted each year with each pair of niaikere weighing about one pound in recent years they have been nude at the maximum security reformatory at millbrook tricounty girls softball cohllhurd fotti pdj 0j thuit fcuy iv moffrt at llmehouw i ft uiy 30 ijclwoodtlgknwulliit1 sun lune 1 belood at ttockwood tut june 3 glen willlxmi it ponionby thur sunt s llnuhouu al moffat in june 6 hubburg at gun wuiums i ri june 6 kockwood at monition sat june 7 mofilitonat llltlibufg tuet june 10 moffat at potuonby wed june 1 1 monition at hilhburg thur june 12 ponionby at ltnuhoui tttun june 12 mubtwrf at moffat i ri june 1 3 monition at gten wuuimi sal june 14 limchouu at illutburg sun june 13 gkn william at rockwooj tim june 17 rock wood at ponionby wed june i r llilltburg at belwood thun june 19 gun wulumi at llmehouie lti june 20 pontonby at monition i ri june 20 hoikwooj at glen wulumt sal june2lltelwoodatllutibur8 sun june 22 moffat at rockwood wed june 25 limchoute at tulwood thun june 26 monition at limchoute thutt june 26 bclwood at moffat i ri june 27 moffat at glen williams iri june 27 ii un buff at monition sal june 2hponionby al hum ury sun june 29 llmctiuuu al kukood wed july 2 katkuimnj al llcluood thun july 3 monition at muffat iri july 4 ltmchouw al ttlcn wlllumt susan mccillowav mary jvw ltmbwt marw mauuf nd margot mathftton reput with typical german coctumm performed at friday ballinafad nlohtt dance rdul by th carol whaton dwf at gualpht rou hall staff photo iri july 4 llclstuod at mot ml on lulyfc p tuet july h limchoute tl ponwnby sun july 6 ponuinby it kckkuood wed july 9 moffal al hcluood thun july 10 glen wlllumt at moffal i ri july 111 imchuutc al munition til july 1 1 pontonby al ckn wlllumt sal july 12 rockuotkl al llilltburg tuet july 15 lklvood al pontonby wed july 16 glen willunu al ucluood thun july 17 llilltburg at 1 imchoute thun july 17 rotkuood al moffal i ri july ih moffat al monition sat july 19 gkn wllliamt al hultburg sun july 20 monition at hihkwood tuci july 22 llltltburit al pontonby wed july 23 pontonby al iklwooj thun july 24 hclwood at limchoute i it- july 25 glen willurm at manitton sat july 26 moffal at llilltburg sun july 27 llllltbuigal kokuood tuet july 29 monition al pontonby thun july 31 pontonby al moffal thun july 31 rockwood al limchoute wright barns razed by fire vituidjy and sunday some of the fjrmcr have been concerned lately about dog running al large white there are young calvn and sheep in the fields they would like to ask in a friendly way if the owner would keep their dogs lied by mr r siiorliil the large barns belonging lo mr grenvllle wright 9th line were completely destroyed by fiie on triday about ri oclock nineteen cowt and olher cattle at well at pigs were in lite barn and burned mr and mrs llajar have moved up to their motel at waugj beach mr and mrt willard sanderson and boyt have moved to their farm the ihltt place mr and mrs richard shortill and miss i illian shortill attended the wedding on iridjy evening in union church of mist margaret wegg and mr dennit kile many from here went lo belwood for the water sport the smart cookies at mccormicks use natural gas wo ro not going lo say natural gas should take all tho credit for the delicious cookies biscuits and waters baked on mccormicks london ontario promises producing millions of pounds of product annually takos moro successful businoss ingrodionts than wo con probably imagmo bui natural gas does play an important rolo ot mccormick s natural qas provides a botlor working chmato for ovor 1 000 omployoos it s tho enorgy sourco that hoats over 600 000 square foot of plant spaco in tho winter and air conditions part of tho samo aroa in thosummor decauso natural gas is vorsa mo it holps mccormicks bako a bettor biscuit natural gas hoats tho poanul roastor tho chocolato tanks tho cookie and crackor ovons tho shortening and rotating cookio oil tank tho wafer ovon ond tho candy drum tho procoss of cooking biscuits and vvilors requires owact tern pu ituro control and mccormicks find rntural gas just what s nood od lo do tho job n iiuralgashoitsall thogonora puiposo hot wator that flows through tho mccormicks plant too why tell ou all this when your oil if or stout or taclcay or home tit itino needb probably ron t no itly is mi ionso as mtcor 111 lk b si i pl bucjuse natui il gas is united gas total inirov voi to tat coufort tho cleanest most depend ible most modern cneiuv suune no matter what your d mens oris talk to your gas comp tny roprosontativo architect or h itmg ci i untr u tor soon mc ii n vo you ill tht t lets on how t is it is to inst ill and m untain n ituril tjs you don t h ivj to m ko cookies to bo a smart ono there arc mill 15 million new u of tuberculous developing in the world at a whole the incidence of tb is 100 timet greater in the developing countries than in countries tucn av atuda where s5 00 per capita is spent yearly on tuberuilnus control in the developing countries they can afford only about five cents per person attention home owners if you are located on the same tide of the street as a gas tine tvtticn was installed prior to april i i960 and you chane to a natural gas central heating syttem from another fuel between now and september 30 199 you may qualify fat 50 allowance a completely iitmludduragltm gas and if you install a new automatic gat water heater at the same time as you convert to your natural gas central heating system as stated above in lleuol the foregoing offer yeii may receive aa allowance ol y3u plus a 2 years free rental on the gas water heater of 100 allowance see yourheating contractor department ttore or call united gat limited hinton s 5c to 1 store