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From the management and staff of Ninety Eighth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1972 Pages fteen Cents Recognize 50 years service as Oakes and Greer retire Reeve Frank Oakes and Councillor Jack Greer retiring from municipal politics following service that totals over years were honored by colleagues at a social evening at the home of Reeveelect Pat McKenzie after last Tuesday council meeting Mayor Duby and Councillor Bill Coats presented the retiring pair with specially engraved cufflinks In appreciation of the pair long and faithful service to the town It was quite a blow to us all AFTER SERVING Actoo for a total of years Reeve Frank presented with engraved cufflinks at a farewell party at the right and Councillor Jack Greer are retiring from home of Reeveelect Pat last week municipal politics The pair of veteran politicians were Gibbons photo Christmas fire guts home childs cries alert family Council appointments Council accepted committee recommendations and approved reappointment of the following incumbents to boards for at their final meeting last week George Lee Ted Pratt Fred New and Rev Dawson were reappointed to Acton Library Board for Reappointed to parks and recreation committee for three year terms were Diane Spielvogel and Gil Malcolm Vic was reappointed to planning board and Jim Lindsay to committee of adjustment Both for three year terms Retiring Reeve Frank Oakes was appointed to serve as Acton representative on the Halton County Museum Board He replaces Kay Dills Council postponed appointment of a representative on the Credit Valley Conservation Authority until the new year v s Four youths face charges Four area youths have been arrested and charged with theft following the disappearance of a newspaper vending box from Milton and another from Acton some time late Monday evening or Tuesday morning The tour were arrested by Police early Tuesday morning and returned to Acton and Milton for questioning A police spokesman said investigation was continuing but it appeared the total amount of money stolen was less than Wardens dinner overshoots budget Some members of County Council feel Warden Jim went overboard on the expenditures involved in putting on the Wardens Dinner Acton Reeve Dr F pointed out five items on the December accounts that resulted rp from the Warden Dinner Headers Write Council approved accounts totalling at the December meeting of county council The budget for the dinner for 182 guests was SI SOD ire almost completely gutted the top storey of one of the district s oldest homes on Christmas day during a I irmly holiday get together stone homestead of Charlie Keane on the Sixth Line had the top storey gutted by flames It took the Erimosi fire seven hours to bring it under control nab tried the of a baby taking an nap in an upstairs mark birthdays of his grandfather s father rushed up stairs to find the crib in flames Jnd room filled with smoke Ural the child and taking him downstairs Mr son in lav attempted to return upstairs but thi fin hail ad iantt I an 1 smoke any efforts to restrain its flit win summoned at but on arrival could not upstairs of the ho us fin llj conquered the seven hours later at 11 leaving the upstairs in a con but with the root still intact with only charred windows on the outside showing Chief of the tire brigade examined the property thorough on but cause tht blaze has not been the baby is minutes and st aped with only two burns lliret of the Rock wood 1 brigade suffered minor tuts fiRhtm the blaze that rank had to make one of the most serious decisions his life and not run this time Mayor said in reference to the reeve a recent Illness Ihe mayor also paid tribute to Councillor Greer who he said has given him valuable service on municipal affairs many times during his term as mayor Oakes said he regretted not being able to participate in his year selection but added he knows now he did the right thing for his personal benefit I dealt with many fine groups of people and I appreciate the association I ve had with everyone All in all they stack up to a wonderful group of people he said Included in the retiring reeve jj years of municipal service are terms on Acton school board Acton Hydro Commission town council county council and a year as Halton County Warden In 1J7I Councillor Greer also said he Is very happy with the relationship he has had with councillors during his terms of service Two car Boxing Day crash fatal for Hillsburgh woman A Boxing Day morning collision on Wellington County Road Seventh Line north of has claimed the life of a Hillsburgh area woman and left two others In hospital Hinda Tobias R was pronounced dead at the scene after cars driven by Norman Tobias and Frederick of Glengarry Avenue London collided Cruelty to animals Mr Tobias remains in Kitchener Waterloo General Hospital with Internal Injuries His condition Is listed as critical Passenger in the Boulton car Bonnie was treated at Guelph General Hospital for a broken ankle Mr Boulton was treatedjor minor Injuries at the same hospital and released Damage to the front end of the Boulton car was estimated at The Tobias car received an estimated damage to the rear end on the right and left sides The collision occurred at 11 am Con W Bordon of the Guelph detachment is investigating I saw an awful difference In councils today compared to years ago he explained referring to his recently completed term Maybe years from now it will be Just is difficult a ball game for some of you fellows I wouldhavelikedtorunagaln but I really t have the health to sec another term through In Jest In Jest the retiring councillor mentioned he thought he could have beaten Councillorelect BUI a local pharmacist I just would have have told him I t bring him anymore prescriptions and I m sure he d have dropped out of the race right away He knows I m the one that keeps him going Councillor Greer Joked On behalf of the present council Councillor Coats had a final small message he has learned from working with the retirees You win a few you lose a few he said but you always remain the greatest of friends Photographs of past councils and special events attended by the pair along with several mementos decorated the home recreation room for the gettogether is charge Better plate market says bureau operator Driller drillee Mayor Duby and dentist Leonard Embrach celebrated their birthdays together last Thursday for the length of an appointment The mayor had some gold inlay work done to celebrate and the staff added their many happy returns of the day to the men on both ends of the drill Themayor went on to spend his day at a COR DC meeting in Toronto and back home through the fog for board Short week With another holiday right on the heels of the last one the Free Press again asks for early copy for advertisements and news next week The office and plant will of course be closed next Monday New Years Day Display ads greetings ads classified ads and news stories and personals should be in at the office by the end of the week If possible Christmas weekend was quiet in town according to Acton police Their accident and oc currence record books don t have a single entry for December Incidents were minor than one reported December and another Tuesday Cruelty charge As a result of a complaint a local person was charged last Wednesday with cruelty to animals Investigating police discovered a dog with sin pups which had died believed due to exposure and malnutrition On Friday Dec 22 a person was charged with causing a disturbance on Mill Minor accident There was one accident and it minor It occurred when one of the two cars involved was backing into a parking spot on Mill Damage to the car driven by Maurice Acton was estimated at a minimum of and to the car driven by Robert Esquesing township Despite fog and slush there were no other accidents reported By Date Pink Passenger car licence plates arc selling better this year than in 1971 indicated Acton licence bureau operator Edwin Watson As December this year the count was compared with last year Snowmobile licences remained steady at Mr Watson was unable to give a reason for this years trend but mentioned the opening of another This year s Ontario licence plates have three letters and three numbers The plates issued from the Acton office will have either DRR DRS DRT or DRU with numbers ranging from one to 999 This years plates are the same color as last year are HO for an eutht cylinder car for a six and for a four A motorcycle licence costs snowmobile and trailer 15 Mr Watson Is urging people to buy their licences early and avoid Ihe last minute lineups He also suggests that applications and insurance be completely filled out and signed The licence bureau and Watsons Music moved earlier this year to its present location at Elgin St Overspent The following accounts were passed 105 for the dinner held at Burlington Golf and Country Club 73 for printing or gifts presented for Dowers and an unspecified ac count for Clerk Garfield Brown assured members of council the county would surplus at the end of the year as it has had in other yean and money could be taken from the surplus to cover over- expenditures on the Wardens Dinner Freeman decides against recount Georgetown To the Editor I would like to take advantage of your columns to explain to the people of Township the position of the recount requested by self in respect to the December election for Council I had originally said that I would not request a recount as we were trying to place new faces on council and as my nearest opponent was anew man I would be willing to let him have a try to see what he could do After considerable pressure from those who nominated me and worked on my behalf I became convinced that in fairness to them I should request a recount On December I applied to my lawyer to have an affidavit drawn up and filed with the Judge After much work was done in searching through the county files lor previous recount affidavits one was prepared and submitted on December Thisonewasagainrejected although It was in line with previous recount affidavits It seems that the Judge does not believe a difference of one vote is any cause for a recount or the fact that almost all other recounts have shown that there were discrepencies in the original count I was informed that to prepare the information and required my legal fees would be In the neighborhood of On this basis I informed my lawyer to forget about the recount as I did not have the time between and midnight on December which was the last day of filing to obtain all the extra information required That plus the fact no one could granted Sorry folks but my final decision Is no recount but thanks for your support LICENSE ISSUER Edwin Watson right processes an application from At Ford sales manager Phil Cloke at the Acton office Malcolm H Freeman Mr Watson says demand for new plates is better than last year but great majority of the plates Issued in have yet to be purchased D Pink Photo