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The Acton Free Press Wed October 1973 Milton has woman mayor Mrs Anne Mac Arthur be came the first lady mayor to be elected in Milton history Monday when she defeated incumbent Mayor Brian Best by 225 votes in an election packed with excitement and surprises She ended Mayor Brian Best six year term as the town s chief elected official by a 225 vote margin winning to 2 Mrs took an early lead and when only polls from the urban ward re mained to be reported she held onto a lead of about 300 she had managed to build up early in the evening By 11 Best the new mayorelect and conceded the election Minutes later Reeve Bob conceded to bent deputy reeve Marjory after losing by a nar row 10 vote margin for the regional councillor seat for Milton ward two en before the final votes were cast Mrs was chatting about future plans with newsmen She spoke of a need for all members of the new council to pull together and think of the new town of Milton as a unit Mrs appeared at the election headquarters in the high school early in the evening and was busy chat ting smiling and waving ing the evening People voted to retain Mil Ion as the name of the town and that vote was the most dccisUcoflhcclection There were people In favor of Milton while only voted in fator of the second pro posed name Mohawk Deputy Reeve Jim Watson defeated former deputy reeve and for clerk Don McMillan in the race for the regional seat representing rural wards one and three McMillan held his own in Nassagaweya but was over powered Watson in North and to a lesser ex tent in the Burlington area Watson won that contest in Counc Jim Kerr topped the polls In the six way race for the four council seats representing urban ward two lie led the polls with 316 lowed by Art with Gordon Krantz with 781 and Ron Harris with Incumbent Hazel Porter Inst her scots polling 1 votes and challenger Cordon Cartwnghl failed in hit second bid with 1 165 I II came out on top of an Interesting race for school board representing ward two on the Halton County Board of 1awson trailed his opponent Ivan Armstrong in the early part of evening but in the final onolysis he hod 1 votes compared to Arm strong Both are cur rent members of the County Board of Education and were forced to run against one another with the redistribution of seats caused by boundary changes Incumbents Don Gordon and Rick Day scored an easy win over Tony Green In ward one Trafalgar Gordon and Rick Day have both sat on Oakvllle council and will con to serve that portion of north Oakvllle that has been included in Milton Commenting on her vic tory Mrs noted only that it was a very slim mar whichshehadwon Re elected councillors Jim Kerr and Art Melanson noted it was a new situation with a new mayor and new areas to be responsible for Both cated they would have to work hard to make a new tern work Councillors Ron Harris and indicated they would have favored having Mayor Best continuing be cause of his expertise in ur ban government knowledge Harris said he would have to wait and see for sure but ha felt it would be difficult Tor Mrs to be as effective a mayor as Best had been because of his urban government experience There will be many dlf ferent and we have to get along and under stand different problems to we have been used to It will work We will hove to make it work Harris Deputy Reeve Jim Watson elected to serve on both the Milton and regional council had kind words to say for Reeve and Mayorelect MacArthur I think It is great that Anne got on We have worked closely together Our philoso phies are very closely I think she is an honest hard working woman and I support her whole hear tedly Watson noted that he on occasion disagreed with the reeve and said so when he did He said he had been accused of following Mrs s lead and denied that charge He said that when they agreed he sup ported her wholeheartedly and when he disagreed he said so Mrs MacArthur jumped into an early lead and held it With about 15 polls in Milton still to be heart from three in Trafalgar and two in Nassagaweya Mrs Mac Arthur s lead amounted to v Spectators and observers paying close atten tion to the race figured Uie race would be won or lost in Milton Many figured urban support for Mayor Best would be more than enough to pull him through but the lady politician held on in Milton and while her lead dwindled a little she finished with a lead of votes In summary the new town of Milton willhavcMrs Anne as Mayor Mrs Marjory as regional BATTLE OF THE ballots ended in Milton and at midnight Monday when Central Halton got itself a new mayor and name Student supporters George Heather give congratulations to their former high school teacher the mayorelect Photo by Pink councillor for the urban ward and Jim Watson as region councillor for rural wards one and three Powaduik and Brad Clements had been acclaimed as councillors in ward three while Don Gordon and Rick Day won easily in ward one In ward two Jim Kerr Art Melanson Ron Harris and Gord Krantz were returned to office Ivan Armstrong lost an election for School Board trustee to Bill Both arc incumbents and were forced to a showdown after board seats were red Is tributed Doug Wood was car Her acclaimed as ward one and three trustee on the board Hearing into hornets nest Hornets invaded the Brown Street court house In Milton Friday morning forcing Crown Attorney James Treleavcn to move the third session of the preliminary hearing Involving Thomas to he county ad ministration Idlng with Tonclll being to the separate school board Auger be ng acclaimed as a ate school representative on the public school board Under 100 meet candidates A quiet somewhat restless audience of under 100 at tended the Chamber of Commerce Meet the Can night last Wednesday evening Many chairs set up In the ah school auditorium were still empty as all the local candiates for mayor area and regional council filed up on the stage Master of ceremonies was acclaimed school board member Tom Watson Que lions Each candidate spoke and were asked from floor covering the new council budget Industrial land location of government 12295 in damages A total of 16 collisions in voMng vehicles were investigated by the Milton Detachment of the this past week Four persons were injured In four of these collisions and property damage exceeded Charges were laid against 18 drivers Officers investigated general occurrences this week including four break and enters a fraud three charges of public mischief one prowler complaint two thefts an assault a charge of impersonation and one recovered vehicle building staff planning and paving Answers were necessarily vague as the candidates reiterated mat ters wilt be decided after the new councils arc elected Chamber president Ed Bendicks introduced the program Coffee and cookies were served afterwards Proclamation of the Mayor of the Town of Acton Now know ye that we By and with the advice of our privy council for Canada Have thought fit to designate and do designate The week commencing Sunday the of October and ending on Saturday the 13th of October in the present year as FIRE PREVENTION WEEK A Duby Mayor Cold weather Is coming Be prepared for winter RENT A CASCADE 40 HOT WATER HEATER Dont let that boat escape outdoors We repace all broken glass lTAHIIOITOVIPIPE MkHimi Wehavaallsius in Good Supply Hows the time to Replace those old pipes Vinyl Runner with Studs v 87 Par running foot Keep your Rugs dry and beautiful oar Christmas Plan A small deposit holds any item Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money cheerfully refunded Ward 2 elects Howitt Miller Dick and Russell Miller were elected to local council In Ward In Mondays election for regional govern ment In the North area lopped the poll with followed by Miller with 1 and George Maltby with 1 It was a seesaw battle all the way wllh no clear cut victory emerging till the last few polls Gfcn Williams tipped the scales for Miller edging out Incumbents Dick and George are members of the present Council and will continue in office till regional government takes over In January Russell Miller served Council both as councillor and deputy reeve He was defeated In a bid for the reeves chair last year when he was beaten by present Reeve Tom Hill All three candidates con ducted a vigorous campaign SySISITrJrd WINNING husband and wife team In Ward Esqueslng Russell Si to Jerry Miller and Dick and Carol Howlt congratulate other as knocked on almost every door the final tally showed they were elected Monday night in Ward PhotobyAnnCurne Ripley ousts Armstrong Mike Armstrong Georgetown councillor and son of veteran politician Jack Armstrong was ousted from office in Monday s election for local council in Ward of the North area He came third in the Ward race with votes as opposed to Harry Let y with and Graham Ripley 1 520 votes has been a member of Georgetown Council for Ihe past live years while Ripley made it in his second bid for council He was defeated last year in his first try In Ward Roy Booth topped the poll with votes followed by Hyde with I and John Hole trailed with In Ihis ward the trend was visible right from the start and continued all the way Hole only won one poll Both Booth and Hyde ore members of Georgetown Council while Hole sen on council six years ago charged with capital murder following the death of his wife Colleen Police found Mrs Bourke body in an apartment in the Apartments on Churchill Rood May A prohibition of publication of presented at the preliminary hearing Is in force follow ng a request by counsel for the defence Scleral witnesses testified It day more will be heard when the hearing resumes October EVERYONE WELCOME DANCE the beautiful ROMA SOCIAL CLUB Ave of Highway Milton Saturday Oct Dancing m to a Free Buffet Lunch Door Prizes MUSIC BY THE EACH lor your dancing pleasure or Show mti Sun Thru pro and Sal aid p it in IfcoTOMSONMiaiiuf i Mmm JO LOVE ME LOVE MY WIFE null frl2 lit A wild rip roaring george scott fayedunaway JOHN MILLS silent 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