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Rock and Broom Bob Mac Arthur Last Saturday was the president a spiel at the curling dub Teams took part from Flora Mount Forest Milton Dundas Orangovllle Erin Guelph Brampton Fergus Dixie and Acton The 16 teams taking part played two end games and points counted in the There were two draws The first draw winners was a team from skipped by Harvey Bill Second winners were George Clarke team of Guelph and third prize was taken by the team of Joe Stein from Erin In the second draw another rink headed by Hugh took the top prize Second and third prizes were In doubt until the last rock A team skipped by Don McDonald of Dixie and an Acton team skipped by Ron battled right down to the wire for second spot but the Dixie rink were winners of second and the Acton rink settled for third President Bob presented the prizes Consolation In the first draw wen to Al of Brampton and BUI of the local club for the second draw Chester Anderson was the drawmaster for the event and the Young bros Austin and Harvey looked after the cleaning and pebbling of the ice surface The ladles of the club served a hot supper to participants Tomorrow Thursday night the ladles are holding a general meeting at After the meeting the regular club curling will take place Be ture that you are there on time The regular mixed curling of Tuesday evening was wiped out and the games not be played Weather plays havoc with Legion schedule This happened on account of the that swept the district Las Vegas night this Saturday Come out and have fun Any member who wants to arrange a curling game with nonmembers Is welcome to do so Only charge for the evening will be per curler for those who curl All other admissions are free And the Sweetheart Spiel slated for Saturday February 13 Better get your name on the list as ail available spots are being taken up fast A tip of the to hose who cleaned the parking lot for Saturday The lot was as clean as it could be on Saturday afternoon Understand that Bill has been doing the plowing It was a good job Bill Here ire the league lUndlnit of Saturday Men WedniUy Al in JO Ron IS Walter Rob Cheater Anderson Mick Stave is 11 loll Mb Blow so Mel Jordan Len love Dill Toth Ted Tyler Ken Marchmenl 13 George Lee 10 Brian Moore Men Andy Mc Cheater IS 19 IS Worry Mel Jordan Brian Moore Ladle Thuraday Tyler Ruth Kae My Dumarah SO Marg Toth 17rt Eleanor Goy IS II Hewitt is Shirley Hunter 10 Patrick IUh School Jane Walton Robert Kathy Cook John New 15 McPhall IS Rae Bonne Mc Ken tie is Sandra Van Our property committee chairman report the problem with the machine has been corrected Indict we have better Ice lor the real of the We hope Acton P cm Wednesday Feb 3 Industrial league Lakeview wraps up first place SCENIC BUSH TRAILS at Style Acres test skills as dozens of the machines congregated at the Erin township farm on a recent weekend Trails are well marked attract drivers from far and wide Photo by Jack Carpenter Discount bounced back from a three goal second period deficit to knock off Nielsen a Clothing and wrap up first place In the Acton Industrial hockey league Sunday night our goal efforts by Chick Milne and Gary Ritchie sparked Heller s to a 104 upset win over Blow Press in the other game The two teams are now tied for with six points apiece grabbed a 32 first period lead and increased It to at the end of the second before the league leaders settled down to business in the third Nelson nails led Harv fired a hot trick John Cunningham and Jim polled two goals apiece and Cliff Nelson netted one for the winners Nelson blast from the point at 14 40 of the final frame proved to be the winning goal Gord Van Gils and Harry Phillips earned honors for collecting three assists each Denis Gibbons earned a pair of brackets and Hllller Cunningham Barden and Holmes earned one assist each Nielsens Jim McDonald scored two goals and Gerry Van Ron Mellon BUI Coon Hay added one apiece Assists went to Von Mellon and Coon with two each and McDonald and Steve with one apiece Hellers led Blow Press one period and at the of two frames Mason Gory Mosaics and Jon Mason rounded out Heller s scoring with single tallies Mason also earned four assists Jeff collected a pair Chick Milne and Gary Masales picked up one McDonald accounted for half the Blow Press total bagging hat trick Bob Waller Hon Schmidt and Paplllon added the others in assist Paplllon and Max earned two each McDonald Mason Ernie Waller Bob Waller and rry McAfee picked up one apiece for the twin bill were John Jordan and Bob Andrews STAN din Or I I 139 TOl J J McDonald Harry pa Vander Cut Jim ardcnL IB SI IS III 10 IB Stormy weather played havoc with Saturday morning Legion house league hockey schedule Several youngsters from outlying areas were unable to make It into town leaving practically every team Exhibition games were played Saturday but Legion executives have decided to award each team one point Scoring points gained in Saturday a games will not count Exhibition will tie played In the atom league Saturday March since the best of the league will be away playing in the Georgetown atom tournament TAKING A JUMP at Style Acres isn recommended for novices but experienced drivers negotiate the height with ease Carpenter Photo Snowmobile race A til I SUN BEHIND THEM those riders of the clearly marked at the ranch driving snow line up prior to running the trails making it easy for the snow jockeys to zip it Style Acres Fourth Line Erin township S by J Carpenter Barrie midgets champs at Georgetown tourney Russ Miller accepts Smiths challenge County anglers among Big Fish prize winners midgets downed I Sunday night to capture tho championship of the annual Georgetown midget hockey tournament Barrie ousted the host Georgetown team in the semi finals Upset torching Consolation crown went to Ken Strickland Chinguacousy midgets who upset their arch rivals from Brampton in the final game Acton C A W midgets were to have played Clarkson in the opening round of the tournament because of hazardous highway conditions Rumors false Humors circulating that the Acton team was automatically disqualified from the tourney for their failure to show were false according to manager BUI Knight In fact tournament officials offered Acton an opportunity to continue In the championship round against Thursday night then play their second game Saturday morning However Acton chose not to continue in the tournament last Tuesday night but they were several of their players work unable to travel to Georgetown Saturdoy mornings At the regular meeting Monday night Council Instructed clerk treasurer Delmar French to write the Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities asking for information about the organization Raised no objection to a proposed amendment to the official plan of the town of Acton which will rezone as residential land east of Mill Street and south of CobblehiU Road adjacent to Cemetery Acton annexed the land from In 1368 Authorized Reeve Tom Hill and the clerk to sign a revised fire protection agreement between Acton and the townships of Erin and Under the new agreement the three townships wul pay per cent of the Acton Ore budget for 1971 amounting to will provide the largest portion because It has the highest assessment Received a letter from Canadian Pacific Railways reminding council snow plows plowing out township roads should return and clear away any snow left by the plow at railway crossings Received a request for a grant to cover residents using facilities from the Georgetown District Library Board The board presently has 374 nonresident members and 31 nonresident Junior members who are charged a fee of per year If a grant la received the board will be ante to drop the non resident fee The letter also informed council a grant of cents per capita la available from the provincial government to help cover this Reeve Tom Hill told council be has given residents of the house on Slderoad temporary permission to live In a mobile home The house was gutted by Ore last week Reeve Hill said residents would have to reapply to council for permission after a three month period Instructed the clerk to notify the township solicitor to represent council at the Ontario Municipal Board hearing regarding proposed construction of the township new fire hall The hearing is slated for Monday February at a Approved for payment road accounts in the amount of 80 as presented by roads superintendent C E Bud Snow Decided to have representatives attend a meeting concerning the Halton County Board of Education s proposed closing of School Four members me were 10 meet with residents of the area last Tuesday night Reeve Hill presided for the two and a half hour meeting with ail councillors present KICKED FROM INSIDE An eight yearold lad was asked how his mother expecting was feeling His illuminating answer Pretty good Except yesterday she got kicked In the stomach from the Inside Deputy reeve Russell Miller will carry township colors In o snowmobile race against Georgetown mayor Bill Smith at Polar Bear Track near Stewarttown this weekend The deputy reeve was the unanimous of council to accept Mayor Smith challenge Carry out When Reeve Tom Hill announced the motion appointing Deputyreeve Miller Names of several County anglers were included in the list of prize winners in the annual Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Big Fish Contest Georgetown won I ICO for catching the largest fish In the Deputyreeve Miller Walleye Pickerel class Mr Storm aftermath as rep in the race was carried the deputy reeve remarked humorously Somebody might be carried and 1 be mc In case Deputy machine should break down councillors suggested councillor Wilfrid Leslie an experienced driver should be appointed backup man Races ore being held Saturday and Sunday by Georgetown Schools mail normal Burlington deputy heads Fire Prevention Bureau Jim District Deputy Chief of Burlington Fire Department was named chairman of Fire Prevention Bureau for at the group annual meeting held in Milton Fire Hall Vicechairman is lieutenant Glenn Stringer of Milton Fire Department No changes were made In the secretary and treasurer posts when the Bureau held its inaugural meeting Inspector Peter Campbell of OakvUle Fire Department was returned to his sixth term as secretary and Firefighter William Cunningham of Georgetown was returned as treasurer Committee chairmen are Chief Douglas Wilson of OakvUle literatures Chief A E Clement Milton public relations Firefighter George Honey of Burlington and Chief J C Cunningham of Georgetown inspection programs Firefighter Jim Milton poster contest and Capt Harold Coulson Milton Christmas safety program Auditors are Werner hauled In a 14 pound ounce pickerel from the River at Wasaga Beach Wllf Collins Blvd Georgetown walked off with fourth prize money of In the Rainbow trout division for landing a pound 13 ounce rainbow In the River Bruce Brown of Milton won for catching speckled trout weighing six pounds one ounce Bruce caught the fish at Lost Lake In Neville township Larry of earned 15 cash award for catching a Bert Fowler and in Georgian Lloyd of Acton Fire g K Department Presents gavel Election of the new officers was conducted by Chief Wilson He presented District Chief with the gavel in the absence of retiring chairman Chief M Holmes of Acton A discussion of apartment fires and safety rounded out the evening Firefighters representing the five Halton brigades exchange ideas on a variety of fire prevention topics at their monthly meetings and plan county wide safety programs that are carried out either by the Bureau or by individual fire departments Stories of storm stayed Ac- tonlans were common lost week and it took quite a few days for things to return to normal Tuesday blinding snowstorm dumped dozens of problems on the town and area School bus operators managed to get all rural students home last Tuesday through cautious driving on the country roads However high school classes were cancelled Wednesday Rural students and teachers who lived outoftown were unable to get to school through the drifts Change exam dates The exam schedule was all advanced one day with the last of the papers being written this Monday Instead of Friday Regular high school classes resumed Tuesday Robert Little and M Bennett school maintained their regular schedule Mined some mail On Tuesday and Friday rural mailmen found they t complete all their routes because of the road conditions The fact that so many Ac tonlans drive out of town to work added to the problem The Ford plant In Oakvllle let a shift out early due to the storm Tuesday Stormstayed Some stayed out of towr all night rather than try to navigate with blizzardswept roads Several accidents were reported in the district An Acton man on his way north was stormstayed two days in Barrie flights were delayed for business men School board member Tom Watson couldn t driving was terrible Can hibernate Cars were banked Into driveways for days Some haven t been mobile since Town workmen cleared banks along main streets and on Tuesday of this week the town was out In action Snow plows and worked many hours In town and townships Some rural residents found snowmobiles the only way to get to work lost week CAMP FIRE RULES To prevent forest fires build a camp fire only on rock or mineral soil where It Is protected against the wind and where It get home from a board meeting cannot be spread In grass or in OakvUle County councillors fallen leaves Keep It small made It back Tuesday for the Make sure It is out drowned out evening council meeting but the before you break camp TOYOTA EST LOW PRICED CAR AVAILABLE ACTON GEORGETOWN DEALER Park Toyota HOLIDAY DRY CLEANING SPECIALS Tops In Cleaning low In Price TROUSERS SWEATERS DRESSES- Mai a Bunnell SHIRTS 245 Price In riftct Feb to Feb Htm HOLIDAY CLEANERS MILL ST ACTON ACTON MILK STORE 18 MAIN ST S ACTON NOW OPEN TO SERVE YOU AM Toll To Sal A To P Sundays INTRODUCTORY 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