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N S Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST Pages Fifteen Lights dance Sunday Resident of the town and district who were outdoors o observe Stand evening eclipse of the moon were given in extra when the Northern Light Waged a display of shimmering light The partial eclipse of the moon was easily visible on the clear sky which lost it murky look after several days of Intense heat and humidity Warm air and the full moon made he evening pleasant to be outdoors Around 11 he aurora sent of green tinted light Into he atmosphere light danced across the shim sky Almost like some giant kaleidoscope the lights changed In beauty and form while wouldbe eclipse watchers stretched their necks to catch the spectacle The show lasted more than on hour Garage fire Acton Firefighters had their lunch hour Interrupted Monday when they were called to douse a blaze in a garage on the First line of south of Sideroad Child killed hitandrun tragedy Sat CHOSEN TO RIDE in an open convertible In last Wednesday night Playground parade were Mr and Miss Playground of Prospect Park Mike Roach and Cook Staff Photo i Four cars involved in bizarre accident DAVID and Pattl Dawson were chosen Mr and Miss Playground for the M Bennett Park and rode In an open convertible In last Wednesday night parade Staff Photo Four vehicles three of them parked were involved in an accident at the Main St N business section Thursday evening around midnight Total damage Is estimated at Police said a bizarre string of collisions was alleged to have started when a vehicle owned by John McKenna of Georgetown driver unidentified emerged from the Dominion Hotel driveway The driver lost control and struck a vehicle on the east side of Main St crossed the street and collided with two more parked cars on the west Bide before ending up on the front lawn of the C law offices Parked vehicles belonged to Fergus Acton with estimated damage of Michael Rogers of Guclph and William Anderson of Georgetown The McKenna cot s damage was estimated at Charges have been laid Constable in vestlgated Suspect attack by rabid fox A valuable foxhound belonging Tuesday he had seen a fox to Harry Foley Main Street which may have been the same North was attacked by what is one near the Acton Monitoring thought to have been a rabid fox last Tuesday night Mr Foley told the Free Press he heard a noise outside his house about 10 pm He took a flashlight and went outside to discover the dog shaking the fox by the scruff of the neck By the time Mr Foley was able to secure a gun from the house however the fox had made off through some back fields Noticing the dog had been nipped under the throat Mr Foley called veterinarian Frank who administered shots to the dog the next The dog is now penned up by itself and under careful The full limit of quarantine or rabies Is days Mr Foley said Five other valuable dogs which Mr Foley often takes to shows in both Canada and the United States were penned up separately at the time and thus not attacked The dog attacked was tied up outside All of Mr Foley dogs receive an ti rabies shots annually Mr Foley said the fox had stocking In Its lower jaw TRAFFIC IN THE MAIN business indicating it may have tangled section of town was held up memen aSaS Friday afternoon as a giant house notified police last night mover carrying the second of two Rockwood may get water and sewers Mr Clean could swim in Fairy Lake Fairy Lake is one of the cleanest bodies of water In On according to a recent test for bacteria by he Hallo n County Health Unit Acton Board of Parks Management exulted over the very clean tag at their regular August meeting Thursday night It Is clean at the campsites on he far shore too said chairman Marks which speaks welt of he operators who are doing a good Job of keeping premises clean Rumors circulating in own that Acton Lake was polluted were later traced to another Fabry Lake in Newmarket which Is polluted But even Mr Clean could swim in he Acton water since It takes a count of col I if or to make a lake unclean The Fairy Lake figure Is about at the swim area portable classrooms to Acton District High School moved through town The classroom measured almost the entire width of the street Staff Photo Residents of may soon benefit from a provincial ly owned waterworks and separate system If the Ontario Municipal Board approves the two projects for the village at a total cost ofl Eramosa township has proposed construction of the two projects to provide most residents of the village with water services and sewage distribution and treatment plant Residents would pay for the use of the services at a rate based on frontage and the amount consumed Ratepayers who object to the scheme may within days after the first publication of the proposal state their objections in a letter to the clerk of the township A public hearing may be held by the On Municipal Board to consider objections but notice of the meeting will be given only to those persons who have given notice of objection Advertisements In this Issue of the Free Press spell out the proposals In detail The Ontario Water Resources Commission in vestlgated the possibility of installing waterworks and sewage systems in at the request of the township The village has been plagued with polluted wells and Increased building has compounded the problem Costs for an average home on a lot with foot frontage have been figured out at for water and 149 47 for hooking up to the sewage system annually The water charge is based on a 44 cent per gallons of water at 40 12 40 for connections and a service charge for a total of 90 an Sewage charges would be based on an estimated service rate of 1 13 per gallons of sewage cepted from the municipality which Is worked out at for a 66 ft lot for water 15 07 connection charge and a per cent surcharge on a 60 water bill which makes for a total of 149 an nually However a person not connected to the water system would pay slightly more 150 71 for use of sewage facilities Cost of the waterworks proposal by Itself would run the province 739 while the sewage system Is estimated to cost 801 See Inside this week s Issue of the Free Press to a special feature on the village s sewage and water problems written by Lorraine Root An Acton man has been charged with falling to remain at Ihescencof an accident following a hit and run late Saturday tern n in which an eight year old Acton girl was killed Police called off the province- wide alert Wednesday morning for a vehicle described by wit after charges were laid A car owned by the local man was seized by police Sunday and sent to Toronto for tests at the forensic laboratory Laurie Lynn Shaw a resident of Acton for only the last four months was almost instantly killed on Main St North just above the CNR tracks about Saturday as she allegedly walked on the east shoulder of the road Police said she was struck from behind by a vehicle proceeding north The eight yearold child was walking with girl friends Alana 12 301 Main St and Beverly Cox 11 of the same address but Laurie Lynn two friends were on the west shoulder of the road It Is believed Laurie Lynn stopped briefly to pick some berries along the roadside The two girls never saw their friend hit They turned around after the car had gone by to see Laurie Lynn lying on the road Witnesses Witnessing the tragic accident were Steven Marshall and Marilyn Mclntyre who were on way to the Highway Garage to pick up a la winnower Steve ran to call police while Marilyn stayed to flag down approaching cars She stopped Ray of Winchester Ontario who immediately started to apply mouthtomouth resuscitation to revive the little girl He was joined by Dr Walter of Hamilton who was passing through town and stopped at the scene to aid Dr W Van Bent also arrived to assist Efforts to revive the child were futile An ambulance arrived from Milton District Hospital but it was never needed Constable Bruce McArthur of the Acton O said he radioed for help for the ambulance which could arrive the fastest and the despot contacted Milton where there is a hour service Laurie Lynn who Just finished grade three at the Robert Little school was burled at one clock today Wednesday from the Washington Johnston funeral home Queen St Toronto She is the daughter of Mrs Margaret Ann Shaw of 301 Main St N The family moved here from Toronto four months ago Mrs Shaw also has a son Frank The griefstricken mother was taken to the home of a neighbor Mrs Peter Edge who also of Identified the body meanwhile have called off the Investigation to trace the car which hit the girl and then left the scene Constable McArthur assisted In the In vestigatlon by Corporal Mason of the Acton OPP and Corporal of the North Hal ton detachment checked out several vehicles answering the description of the car given by witnesses before lodging charges Tuesday Police praised the assistance they received on the scene of the fatality from passers by singling out Henry Bittorf and John Krapek for directing traffic They also praised the Initiative displayed by Marilyn Mclntyre and Steve Marshall who were on the scene first and alerted passing motorists and police and those who administered aid The tragedy happened only a few yards from the humpbacked railway crossing which has been the scene of several fatal c dents involving trains In the last few years Parks Board gets cheque Grading to reduce the danger from drowning on the northern arm of Fairy Lake is 95 per cent done Parks Board chairman Peter Marks told the board at a meeting Thursday Some areas have been left not completely safe but they can t be done now he said Mr Marks reviewed work on the project following tat ion of a cheque for from the Acton Parks Development Association an organization formed after the death by drowning of nine yearold Debbie this spring The association canvassed residents of subdivision and accepted donations from others to aid in fixing the shore ne which dropped sharply to the water after dredging piled up silt along banks Mr pres dent of the association said they had raised In the canvass but would hold back the other for Plans bungalow to house senior citizens orphans Clearing of brush has begun on acres of land near Acton where a Georgetown man Denis Scallon proposes to donate land for bungalows for sen or zens with families and orphans The Marian Foundation would be the benef and builder The land located adjacent to the Canad an Environmental Systems on the Fifth Line just south of ghway will be known as Marian Park A trout stream flowing through the property will eventually be extended a m le and a half and a grotto and chape in honor of the Virgin Mary will be built nearby the stream Mr a devout Catholic told the Free Press this week Library facilities may also be erected to house a selection of Christian books The idea Is to give orphaned children as much of a family life as possible Mr Scallon ex plained Mr Scallon envisions bungalows housing five or six children with a den mother in charge of each bungalow Our object is to build bungalows for the old and lonely and the young and lonely ITS A TENSE moment for the Limehouse Atoms as they face the strong Moffat club in the first game of the Tri County playoffs Turn Inside for story and more pictures Staff Photo further improvements on the shoreline Acton council allowed Parks Board to which raised the money for the project Cost was S3 TOO Mr Ruppert also said the association would still accept donations to help finish the job Mr Marks pointed out that although the shoreline was im proved the Board had posted signs to discourage swimming Board member Bob Laughlen said there was also a need for a fence in the area to prevent vehicular traffic from driving on the land He suggested the fence should be erected solely to prevent vehicle traffic from using the property not people He envisioned a barricade proximately IB inches high still got to think of planting something there and save what we ve got he noted A few hundred dollars will be needed for that he guessed Mr Marks told the one contractor he contacted wanted to sow seed on the barren land but he suggested if residents brought their rakes and did the work the Board could save hundreds of dollars Parks manager Harold Townsley agreed saying with some harrow and seed the total cost would run probably in the 200 to bracket Mr Laughlen thought perhaps school children would be in in helping w th this and with a tree planting project on the park land Let them plant trees he urged If we plant them they climb them If they plant them they water them be observed Get the children Involved he urged The Board agreed seeding of the park land would have to wait until fall Mr Ruppert was thanked for the aid he and his association supplied to the Board s well as for the cheque Arrest four drug charge Police from Acton Milton and Kitchener arrested four young men in a car at approximately 11 Monday night in Acton and charged them with possession of drugs for the purpose of traf flcklng The four three from Acton and one from Erin are lodged In Halton County Jail Milton Search of the vehicle located On worth of hashish a drug of compressed brownish resin cake One of the four ran but was pursued and caught Police Constable Roy Wood was assisted in making the arrests by Constable Nick of Acton Con stable Gary and Johnston of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from Kitchener four accused are charged under tbe Narcotics Control Act