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The Acton fl 1972 Bill Adsett tops polls Two new councillors capture Eramosa seats Former deputy Jim Milne and first lady chal lenger for council scat Betty Lou Clark ran solidly behind the townships top vote catcher incumbent BUI to Capture seats on township council Monday Incumbent Ken Pair and challengers John Hewitt and George Majors were defeated In the two way raae for deputyreeve the present deputy Duncan scored a 610375 victory over challenger Don Gordon while George Day took a 140 vote margin over Jack Gilchrist to take the one Board of Education scat shared by and townships councillor Bill showed tht out In all potato rack up who voted at Eden House cost votes while his nearest or Hetty Lou In the Milne came In six way race for three council second with votes with scuts Mrs run votes In and Eden strongly In Mills where she outdistanced competitors with mures are correct we re in Mills mandate Betty Lou Clark who smashed the male dominated township council for the first time in history trailed incumbent Ken hair and John Hewitt until the scut on council with votes It was her first attempt to gain John Hewitt trailed Mrs Clark by J4 votes and he was followed by Councillor Ken Fair who was eight votes behind Hewitt George Major a first time challenger trailed the field with rhe future looked bleak for George Day when results from BILL RIGHT and Jim Milne ran race while Jim came on strong as the last township were tabulated in flections to Eramosa Council ballots were counted Theyll be joined In the Jack Gilchrist a Coles Photo Score Board Eramosa Township Communion new family DEPUTYREEVE McPhedran Duncan 82 Gordon Donald 85 69 110 41 91 5 610 COUNCIL to be elected Adset Bill Milne Jim Clark Betty Lou Hewitt John Fair Ken Major George 169 122 135 71 24 79 35 28 31 67 102 6 7 30 8 10 25 1 3 51 8 45 4 382 BOARD OF EDUCATION Day George Gilchrist Jack 137 14 Yes No 79 8 12 14 782 Beer and wine Liquor 567 350 George recovered and went put a to victory winner showed strong support in and area Eden Mills At Eden Mills Harold David and Rodney Belt shared a close race knocking Harry out of the race for the three trustee scats led the polls By Mrs A Benton Mth Masson services w 11 be and Bell got Schcike held at Presbyterian w Church on Dec 10 commencing Veteran Duncan McPhedran at a JO a m challenger Don Gordon except one at Eden Mills Mr and Mrs VanAlpen and up family of Park Motors have og fl for tnvcd into newly built He also took a margin at home on the line Housc All should know laws attorney tells meeting 1 votes closely followed by Jim Milne with 102 rest were well back Contentious results sionuu to that tlit contentious water and proposals in had a bearing on the vote in Mills which is down river from the proposed water pollution control plant Despite the Inclement weather most of the candidates and a few supporters waited patiently the municipal offices on High- wuy for results to arrive First returns from polls four five six were in early after polls but counting at and I den Mills was slower and it was almost 12 m before the close council race was decided Candidates who earlier were allocated to the alsorans when the and Mills ballots arrived Parties or bed flu crowd at the township offices broke up quickly when the totals were counted some going to victory parties and others just home to bed Although fmil figures were not tabulated when the Free Press went to bed Returning officer estimated about per cent of the eligible voters in the township exercised their franchise The bad weather settled over the township during the day obviously cut the number of voters down and also reduced numbers of interested people at the election headquarters CLARK was elected to Township Monday the first woman to ever crack the male dominated bastion Mrs Clark lives at 5 Say Yes to beer liquor but only liquor legal Electors In township gave a majority of votes to the Yes column for both the sale of beer and wine and liquor under dining room licences However only the sale of liquor has the required per cent majority to make it legal Voters endorsed the sale of liquor in the township by voles to 350 which is per cent of the total figure sale of beer and wine received less enthusiastic boost however with approving and opposed or 7 percent 3 percent less than the required Figures show the majonty of those opposed to the liquor and beer questions came from the northern end of the township Those in the and Eden Mills areas endorsed both questions by larger majorities liquor vote came as a result of a petition from electors in the township requesting a plebiscite It was mandatory for council to put the question on the ballot heads Rockwood poll Monday s election scene in was a battle between Hie tried and true newcomers who had special altitudes on what they would like to sec for the villa future All four candidates had the opportunity to present their platforms on the previous Wednesdays Candidates Night and had conveyed their thinking that growth should be slow and kept within present boundaries Water and sewer installations and regional government were the main issues AH four men re in agreement that regional would not benefit the village Regarding the water and sewer issue Ihey also felt that further investigation as to lower costs was a must the first ballot tabulations the count seemed inevitable In the final tally it showed him with votes over the lone defeated candidate The last count showed newcomer Gary with the total votes former trustee Bob Italic with 232 Bert Smith incumbent with 203 and Ralph Kelly went out with a 185 a close election Trial Monday Die trial of Gordon Charged with arson is in court in Milton next Monday He is charged In connection with fires in town In September Choose rem CsmrJa laQMl rental cot of can TILDEN ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS N GEORGETOWN Polling PlacesNo Eden Mills No 23 No No school house No township offices No 60ustic Rockwood TRUSTF to be elected Bateman Gary Bob Leslie Bert Smith Ralph Kelly Eden Mills EDEN MILLS to be elected Tomlinson Harold Masson David Bell Rodney Schcike Harry Esprit dc corps reigns high In Eden Mills and last Saturdays evening round up of the Village and District Community Club showed a financial report which could make many a larger finance committee wonder how done With plans for restoring and updating their present community hall the enthusiastic members met at for a re run of year round village ac tivities when leaders of the various groups reported Brownies Guides ball game organizers recreation senior citizens refreshment and entertainment organizers every committee was represented and outsiders present had the opportunity to see the inner core operation of small village affairs Should know laws Before the business period president Travis Clifford introduced to the members and guests present the speaker of the evening and Arthur Edward Martin a well known Toronto attorney who moved into the area approximately five ago gate an interesting connotation on the importance of the twelve- man jur board and why every person should be better acquainted with Canadian laws Mr Moloney also pointed out the necessity of retaining lawyers for for one s own protection and said that knowledge of the law should be an important part of young people education today After Mr Maloneys talk President Clifford suggested a coffee break and mingling period completed the members moved back to their scats to participate in the business portion of the evening agenda As each leader reported their successes one dismal note was sounded when Anna Maria Bell briefly outlined the fate of the now defunct nursery school which although operating in previous years had had to be scrapped due to lack of required numbers and special rulings on nursery school operations Mrs Bell said that For those parents who cannot take ad vantage of such a facility we are sorry that it Is not possible to continue its operation as it has been such a wonderful training period for the children in other years Accordingly nursery schools must be operated with specially trained teachers with a required number of children participating and adequate toys and facilities available according to departmental requirements Executive During the meeting secretary Jean gave her report and treasurer Joan I presented the 1972 financial report Remaining on the village executive to complete the two year terms of office are president Travis Clifford secretary Jean treasurer Joan first vice Bob lave second vice newly elected David Masson and acting in an honorary capacity past president Rodney Belt the meeting was another social coffee period during which members had an opportunity to consider the plans for the community hail restoration and improvements group also discussed the possibility of I IP grants and other methods of accruing monies required for the proposed changes It finally happened the stamps cost more than some of the 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