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Lands 138 lb sailfish Acton clothier success deep seo fisherman THE TEMPERATURE dropped to below early Saturday morning TOWN WORKMEN are clearing away snow banks this week ROADS IN the country are very slippery Snowfalls have Just dusted over the solid glare of MURRAY purchase of the 1 Dominion was mentioned on tl radio program Neighborly last Sunday MILTON IS planning a wlirt carnival this year too The school leads the way here with carnival week from February 15 to THE ONLY empty store In the business section now Is the former Rendezvous beauty salon Owner Bernlce Drew is now working with Mrs Nielsen at Rainbow Beauty salon A boutique and soon toopen delicatessen filled the other vacancies By Denis Gibbons Ever wish you were somewhere In the South Pacific basking under a tropical sun as you haul in a large fish from the depths of the ocean Acton clothier Paul Nielsen did too until last February when he made the dream a reality during a holiday in Mexico An 138pound nine feet nine inches In length mounted in the office of Paul Mill clothing store as a memento of the two week holiday he and his wife Ella spent with Mr and Mrs Gino Civlero In Mexico last minute struggle Paul hauled in the beautiful silver and blue creature after a struggle that lasted minutes He was uainj a pound test line The fish put up such a battle we had to reverse the nes of the bout to subdue it Paul recalls was also successful In landing one of the graceful creatures on eight foot seven inch beauty while he and Paul were on the fishing boat Cindy in the Pacific Ocean about miles out from Sail also known as basking sharks can be distinguished by their lore dorsal fin which resembles a sail Besides the Ocean they are also found in the Caribbean Credits captain landing a is not on every day occurrence for visitors to Mexico Some ardent anglers spent ye and thousands of dollars trying to accomplish what Paul and did in one da I Paul modestly credits a threat deal of his overnight success as a deep sea fisherman to Tony captain of the indy a man he would recommend to anyone planning a fishing expedition Sailfish are extremely graceful Paul remembers how Ihcy continually leapt riht out of the water and literally flew the air quite close to the boat It was almost as though they were you he soys Must mount expedition regulations allow the captor to keep the fish only if he intends to have It mounted Paul had the fish shipped back to Acton he intends to move It the recreation room of his home landing the fish also Paul a certificate from Peces Although the fish thrill Pout s introduction to scuba diving gave him his biggest thrill diving opens up a whole new world of colors underwater explains It can be a very dangerous sport for those uninformed first experience so mated him that he has since enrolled In course in Other highlights of their visit included vatching a bullfight and stops in Mexico City and Monterey and viewing the skilled skilled high divers in Acapuico The Nielsens Clvleros lo Mexico They returned from Texas to Acton in one stretch A FISHERMAN S DREAM came true for Acton clothier Paul Nielsen when he hauled in this beautiful 138 pound during a fishing expedition off the coast of Mexico last February Paul has the nine foot nine inch mounted the office of his Mill Street clothing store Staff Photo ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY Suggest cut work week boost pay 8 per cent Year No An eight per cent increase In the pay cheque and a two and a half hour cut in pay is what may be In line for Halton County Roads Department The county roads committee supported engineer Jo Corbett s recommendation at a meeting Friday The recommendation will go to the personnel committee and on to county council if the second committee ratifies it The Increase would represent raises from cents to cents an hour depending on the classification and would bring a laborer rate to hour and a shop mechanic the highest on the pay scale to an hour Only hourly paid Mr Corbett told the council the roads department are the county only hourly paid workers Hesaidtocuttoa42and a half hour work week would mean two more full tune men To hold them at hours and offer less than eight per cent raises would be like Inviting an application for union certification The road department Is the only department not enjoying an annual increment There are men in that department At one time the department worked a hour week but this was phased down In In the committee dedded against further phasing of the work week Esqueaing Reeve Tom Hill supported both the raise and the cut in the work week He noted if there was going to be more men hired this was a good time for it with the high unemployment Blake Gillies join Butler Snow Halton East election campaign 3M STATIONERY SiCiMi DELUXE ELECTRIC ADDING MACHINE MARK 12 BY ADLER ELECTRIC ADDER WE HAVE A WIDE SELECTION OF LEDGER SHEETS COLUMNAR SHEETS COLUMNAR BOOKS and PADS RING BINDER SHEETS IN ALL SIZES ACCOUNT BOOKS INVENTORY SHEETS DESK TRAYS BINDING CASES CARD CABINETS FILE FOLDERS IVORY KRAFT REVERSIBLE STYLE PKG OF LETTER SIZE ONLY LEGAL SIZE ONLY 475 ATLAS TYPEWRITER AND ADDING MACHINES TAPES onlyLOOea FOR MOST POPULAR MAKES LABEL MAKERS ONLY 695 TAPE 125 ROLL IN SEVERAL COLORS FOR 1971 DAILY DIARIES JOURNALS CALENDAR PADS CALENDARS CORRUGATED STORAGE FILES LETTER SO IE SIZE LEGAL 71 SIZE CHECK OUR LARGE STOCK SCM CORSAIR CLIPPER SUPER STERLING 120 ELECTfU DROP IN AND SEE OUR LATEST SIMPLES OF yo business stationery BUSINESS CARDS LETTER HEADS ENVELOPES HIS CUSTOMERS probably wouldn recognize him but that s Paul Nielsen scuba diving in the Pacific Ocean Seek grant Push conservation education A delegation from Region Conservation Authority approached Halton County Board of Education for a grant of to assist in paying lor outdoor education at the board meeting Thursday A brief presented by authority chairman Barry Humphreys scolds the board of ucation for asking the service be provided and ailing to provide the funds helped Last spring when the supply of money for transporting students was drying up granted COO and this made it possible for students to visit the maple syrup demonstration at Crawford Lake in a course of three or four ffeeks During the fall of when there was no money charged for visits to conservation areas students attended but when there was a charge during a comparative period in only people from the Halton schools made the trip The brief indicates the teachers are eager to send the children to the conservation areas until they learn there is a cost involved Rap board The brief criticized the board for not providing the funds needed This In our standpoint is wrong We believe that in the matter of conservation education neither teacher nor principal nor pupils should be concerned about raising the money to foot the bill The authority estimates it will cost 100 to provide a program for 10 children and asks the board of education to cover the total is prepared to pay Need education Chairman Humphreys Vlce- Chairman Allan Wright and education committee chairman Sweetman all spoke briefly pointing out the need for conservation education and the need for an awareness of the interrelationship of living organisms and the physical atmosphere Chairman Humphreys noted pollution is a key problem in the world today and added a Knowledge of conservation is fundamental In combatting pollution Lily Conservation Education for spoke about the programs and philosophies of the authority and showed slides of Kelso Mountsberg and Crawford Lake conservation education centres Didnt pay Two Acton youths who failed to pay tor their meals In the Royal Cafe were charged with fraud by Acton OPP Mrs Speight paid her subscription Mrs S Speight paid her sub scription to the Free Press and Georgetown deputy reeve Art Speight can prove it He has given to the Free Press this week an old receipt which shows the transaction On November 27 1880 H Moore signed the receipt which Showed 1 paid for two years Subscription There are no more Speights in Acton although at one time C C Speight had a store here The Georgetown Speights are related Among our The receipt of the receipt Is appreciated it goes in the collection of souvenirs here at the Free Press And by the way if you are please don t throw away anything of historic interest Acton history t long but it full of blanks Two new candidates this week joined the race to claim the East seat in the provincial legislature one a New Democratic Party candidate and the other a challenger to the only previously announced Liberal man in the race A provincial election is expected this year David Butler announced last August he would seek the Liberal party nomination in East riding This week a young business executive Bob Blake announced his intention to seek the same nomination First for NDP And William J Gillies of Oak ville a former deputy reeve of and a former NDP candidate in the riding has Joined the race by announcing he will again seek the nomination Sitting member is Progressive Conservative MPP Jim Snow of Hornby Snow was elected to the legislature in and is expected to once again carry his party banner into the election expected some tune later this year Snow has been a popular MPP has had a building code suggestion of his adopted and has been named as government liaison man with the Ontario Housing Corporation Meet Feb GLUles announced he would seek the NDP nomination last week The party nominating convention will be held Feb 23 In the Pine Room of Arena The date of March 2 has been established for the East Liberal party s nominating convention and there are rumors a third candidate possibly a man from North may join Blake and Butler In seeking the party nod Ernest Zechman of who will chair the nominating convention said this week a suitable site Is being studied and indicated it would either be in Milton or Oakville About twothirds of the party voting members come from Oak vtlle Quits executive Butler this week announced he is resigning from the executive board of the Halton Federal and East Liberal Association because I feel it is the right thing to do I don want anyone to be discouraged from running because they think I have an inside track by being on the executive or because they assume the executive will automatically support me First to announce his candidacy Butler also said there could be as many as three contesting the nomination There is a lot of interest among Liberals in the riding and there is a real confidence we can win the next election Butler is basing his campaign on his past leadership and experience and on the policies for which he stands President of Halton In he headed a special committee on housing which submitted a 32- page brief to the Hellyer Task Force on Housing He also led a drive among Halton taxpayers to hold down education spending and seek increased education grants from the Ontario government and spoke out on WILLIAM GILLIES DAVID BUTLER several issues including the government s handling of the new medicare administration OdLPO executive He worked on MP Whiting successful election campaign chiefly in the speech writing and policy advising field and also helped Whiting set up a special riding committee of experts to examine the Estate Tax act He was also on the executive committee of the Liberal Party of Ontario and was communications committee chairman Bob Blake has been active In community affairs In and has worked with retarded children Red Cross United Appeal and the Children Aid Society He helped with the federal election campaigns of Harry Harley and later Whiting After several years with Ford Motor Company he Joined Canada Brick Co in where he is vicepresident of manufacturing Involvement He Is married and lives in Oak ville with his wife and three children He believes in the politics of involvement with the politician acting as a catalyst on public opinion Now more than ever we must take a deep look at problems without resorting to the politics of extremes I believe that in the 70s we can bring about a conciliation of points of view through participatory democracy It is entirely wrong to present the electorate with a cut and dried alternative between what the Conservatives refer to as free enterprise and socalled socialism Our task is to reconcile the multiplicity of interests and wills which exist within a free society and to maintain public Interest in political Issues said Blake Obituar Cafe owner Bill Wong 87 Owner of the Royal Cafe Bill Wong died at home Dec He was years of age Rev A H conducted funeral service at the Rumley Shoe maker funeral home and interment was in Mount Pleasant cemetery Toronto Pallbearers were Corp Ray Muson Mick Holmes arid John Mason Mr Wong was born in China and come to Acton to operate the restaurant about years ago His wife predeceased him but two sons Jong and Kong carry on the business He had eight grand children Mr Wong made many friends during his years in business here Euchre winners Winners at the I- euchre at Crewsons Comers last Saturday are Ladies high MlUie 118 ladies low Jeanne Kidd men Thompson men a low James Lone hands Dave door prize Dave Hargrove CAN REFREEZE Drivers watch out for the re- The Ontario Safety League points out that winter sunshine can melt snow and ice giving cars reasonably good traction on the wet pavement But when the sun seta so also does the tee Some stretches of road particularly bridges and underpasses can become tike skating rinks Slow down at sundownespecially after a daytime thaw