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Retired five months WD Elmer Smith dies Many of the same j led ELMER SMITH who had happily Smith at Principals Recognition Day In May were together again Day afternoon part of a mournful crowd of tending his funeral Trinity United church In his fifth month of retirement Smith died suddenly Thursday after noon Word spread through town swiftly although dis belief was the first reaction He was 62 years of age and he and Mrs Smith had hoped to do a good deal of Irav now their years of teaching were over The church was filled for the service Flowers banked the front steps Onions and the A spoke per of Mr Smith during the funeral service The church choir led In hymns Pallbearers were Hlng former principal i formcrvlce principal Walter present M school principal Daw kins present M Bennett school Dove tine teacher Hate Interment was Monday morning in halrvlew cemetery Sunday won chosen for thi funeral when more associates and former pupils attend On just such cold November days Smith had many times played the Ijist Post Mr recalled Imprint He spoke of the deep print Mr Smith left on all the community as a father friend advisor He gave an In valuabk demonstration teamwork in education over three decades the loyalties that sustained him were his home family his work as a teacher and principal he principals association the North music tlon which might have ceased to exist without him the foil airs the school par litlpntion In them musk through his own band and Citizens Hand the V Men of which he was n member years the program and the building It lf Mr also recalled his character quiet sincere modest and unassuming At the time of the principals Recognition Day Mr Smith admitted he d Just soon have left quietly Now Mr MeKmzic recalled he has done Just that His Influence will travel down through the years f Onions voiced the hopes and aspirations that must be when ignorant humble people an faced with I Is not meaning less he concluded Smith teaching career began at Alton in he was principal there and at Itoekwood before coming to Acton during the as vice- principal He became principal of the new Itennclt school in IM7 Mr Smith Is survived by his wife Vivian Wall sons and daughters David of St corgi Irian of Acton Norm of Montreal Vivian Mrs Nicholson of rand Valley lube of Ixmdon A day of memories wns the town gift to retiring principals timer Smith and last May Hundreds attended after noon reception dinner and lance In their honor Their harmonious relation and high standards were especially stressed that day School hushed hew students at the M Dennett school knew of Mr Smith s death until their new principal addressed the on the intercom riday morning He spoke feelingly of their for principal and impressed the young people deeply I- or the rest of the day whole school seemed hushed Ihe usual good spirits and NINETY NINTH YEAR NO ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14 Thirty Four Pages Fifteen Cents Actons schools may get crowded The problem of future school accommodation in Acton is a difficult one Assistant Director of Lavender told the Board or Thursday night Lavender said the elementary school population in had not Increased during the past five years en though the population of the town had grown con siderobly He Indicated that lions show a potential of new elementary students from housing developments on the drawing boards lavender explained that elementary schools and the secondary school in Acton would be overcrowded if the housing plans reached fruition The problem Is a difficult one While Robert I School is inadequate in many ways is rated as having a capacity of with S3J children now attending school then At Robert 1 Ittle students attend the school with a eapacity of additional 111 students would the enrolment over above what the secondary elementary schools can handle I avender said portable classrooms will relieve pressure at both schools during the school year hut noted future needs of Set Christmas bus in motion Although council has still not heard from the Chamber of Commerce concerning Christmas bus service cost sharing they passed a to proceed Tuesday even trig will engage Tyler Transport to operate the bus Dec to Dec hstimated coal is a day Council had hoped to hear from the of C on the pro posed 5050 cost sharing but had not They agreed if the Chamber cannot assume their part of he expense council la prepared to carry on without them There will be a charge of ten cents ride this year Routes and times will be advertised in the Free Press Santa Claus is here Saturday Although Santa has store of his sponsor for hod this town on his rest of the afternoon lies November itinerary for coining back lo visit every several years thanks to and from forts of Mike Kinal of Home and all day Satur Hardware he has agreed to day Acton this Saturday Low density in subdivision Meadows developers have decided to revert back to the original zoning on their property for the third phase of the subdivision They will have Hi residences and HI residences all single family homes They had con condominium type housing before Councillors Tuesday ex pressed their pleasure that there would be no density problem there Maps of the new plan show a slight Jog in the extension of Acton Blvd north with Mc Donald continuing cast to Churchill ltd Recommendation of the town engineer will be sought on approval for five model homes Tor the phase to be erected soon south of Dlv Norton RIMA degree Beverley Norton UNA graduated from College of Applied Arts on Oct She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Iornc Norton St Beverley is presently working In surgery at K W hospital Kitchener Santa is going to distribute sandy cones just a little touch of the sweetness of Mr Klnalsoidhewoutdllkt make Santa s to Acton in November an annual event but much will depend on the success of this years Santa will start out from re If it successful next the arena and parade along year he intends to offer a and Mill Sis to for the best float and Churchill Road then he II create more Christmas at turn around and visit the losphcrc in town afternoon Mr Kinnl sold he thought Acton should be participating in the annual welcome to Soma he has gone ahead lo arrange Ihe visit to his store Hydro to still hold decorating contest Acton Hydro Commission will continue to sponsor its Christmas house decorating contest commissioners agreed Thursday night The contest with prices of and had already been announced and mem decided not to change their minds despite talk of power shortages a letter of criticism appearing In the Press and an Ontario Hydro decision to curtail Its own decorative lighting Commissioner Bob MacArthur pointed out Ontario Hydro Chairman George Cathercole had said there was no shortage of power In Ontario The amount of power used to light Christmas In Acton t keep th- lights In a Toronto high rise on for two seconds observed commissioner Ted Tyler Other member agreed the amount of power used at Christmas tor Christmas outdoor lighting Is negligible However they decided to change the Judging date to later than last year on or after Monday Dec so lights would not necessarily bum too long They also checked the wording and decided It should stress Christmas decorating contest rather than Christmas lighting Good effects can be obtained with other things than lights they observed The local commission had also received a letter from Ontario Muncipal Association drawing their attention to Ontario Hydros decision to curtail decorative lighting on their own buildings and suggesting the commission review its policy on decorative lighting keeping in mind the need for setting a good public example Ontario is cutting down but they re still going to have lights Mr MacArthur observed The town sure looks a lot more cheerful with lights at Christmas Ioltutkm They re Increasing sales commented Mayor meaning more gas and more pollution A flight south consumes lions a minute One flight lo would take care of this town for a couple of weeks After wavering toward cancellation of the contest because of possible criticism members agreed to carry on with it Boosting Mr MacArthur s inclination to proceed Mr Tyler reiterated The amount of power mean a thing The contest t telling people to decorate more added the major as he came over lo their point of view They decorate anyway An out of town Judge will be Not guilty jury decides in manslaughter trial A youth defence counsel Ed Shane described as the victim of a very tragic ac cident which could happen to any young person was found not guilty of manslaughter charges In Friday Gregory Dale had been taken into custody in the fatal shooting when Christopher James of Rockwood who died last September The Jury took nearly five hours to render Its verdict Judge Lloyd told the jury a verdict was a very narrow escape for you after which he said that he knew Damery would not get into similar trouble In the future According to the Centre of Science firearm expert testimony the shotgun with which young Ayles had been killed had a defective automatic mechanism Dedication The Remembrance Day program at the high school was dedicated to the memory of Mr Smith Carats fid hoc I facilities in town will require close examination In lavender indicated the at the elementary If it materializes will have implications for Acton District High School His report to the board Thursday dealt only with elementary enrolment hut he suggested a future report would deal with the implications at Acton District High School and other high schools in Ihe county Car wrecked in collision In a collision at the sixth line and No highway Frida afternoon a car driven Dan McTavlsh was totally wrecked and a truck driver by Joseph Auncoln Weston had estimated MOO damage Dan had cuts and bruises but was not admitted to hospital he damage to the McTav ish car was estimated at 2 Chairman argues with separatists HALTON CHAIRMAN ALLAN reasons with his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs David Masson about the advantages of remaining in the new Halton region but they are not convinced David is a trustee in Eden Mills one of three who arranged separation of the village from Halton into Wellington County Halton chairmans son leads Eden Mills into Wellington One of unusual wrinkles which have cropped up for regional chairman Altan in arranging the transformation from county to region has all been in the family While Allan was busy arranging the Iran son David a resident Mills has been one the trustees arranging for transfer of pari of village into Wellington County Nothing personal involved being a separatist David soys with relish Its Just that Mills wants to be one unit in one county or region not a hamlet as It has been in the past Port of Mills lies in ramosn township Wellington and part in township county When village trustees got wind of the new regional gov set up for the started proceedings to spirit that part of the village now in into Residents were palled as to their wishes and the majority decided they would prefir tn gravitate towards Wellington because of closer ties hven officials agreed the move would be in the best interests of the residents who now can all send their children to one school jurisdiction instead of some going lo schools and others attending those in Wellington as in the past Although the Massons are pulling in different directions on political boundaries Jre sup porting chairman Allan in his new post with obvious pride Mr and Mrs and ehildrcn at ended I hi swearing in ceremony for father Allan at Queen lark and were also there for Ihe regional inaugural at The moved ft n Mills a few years ago so their children could enjoy the advantages of a rurul urban selling David grew up with as a boy in He still works in with Ihe hord company He admits taking a ribbing because of his rural leanings but says they can keep Ihe bigger place He likes Mills Wife lallie a former resident of Northern Ontario has the same liking for smaller places Start design for well vandals A new town well will be drilled Ihe tip of Prospect park Council Tuesday authorized It V Anderson Associates engineers to start the designs on the pumphouse controls power requirements and con water mains as soon as possible so the work may be completed next summer Crowley Groundwater Services had been engaged by the town to determine the future location of a new well and after tracing an under ground stream and huge waterfall Ihey indicated the park would be the best location Plans hod been to erect a tcmporiry utility building at the site however deputy reeve Peter Marks felt some sort of underground con should be gated by the engineer He recalled that Mr Crowley had said this could be done with just the switch panel above ground Mr Marks thought it would be a shame have utility shack at the end of the beautiful writ Councillor harl doubted it would be possible underground because of the proximity to the lake The engineers advice will be sought blamed Land sale proceeds Vandals arc blamed for a fire Sunday on the fourth line of 1ogs and an old hvdro reel hail been placed the door of a small cottage and set alight A passer by reported the blaze which was extinguished before any dam age was done to the building Neighbors did not know the name of the owner of the building hire chief Mick Hoi says there will not be an investigation IT WOULD TAKE a pant rabbit to be enticed by these carrots weighing four and threequarters four and three and a half pounds Robert Reinink a grade 13 student at Erin holds the gigantic vegetables dug on the family farm at Rock- wood Mr andMrs Fred Reimnk have had carrots for years but never this Robert suspects they go to the cows rather than the kitchen An agreement between town and and Paul Nielsen for sale of in dustrial land on Main was approved Tuesday night by council Closing date for the agreement was Nov but both parties had agreed to extension The present plan of subdivision for the Industrial park is in the Land Titles department awaiting ap proval The registry of Is apparently bogged down and no estimate can be given of how long approval will After the administration committee of council had dis cussed the problem at length with town solicitor Fred Three it was decided to Issue St will be changed a new bylaw to to Commerce Crescent The lions of the agreement bet name change had been maA ween the two parties so ihe proved by the development money would be received by commission at Mr Nielsens the town during 1373 suggestion and will be placed vAnfifi Council learned the name on the plan of subdivision I CO I AnRRt Acton man found a juv bending car aerials in the IGA parking lot one day this week and took him to the police station It was learned then that three Juveniles had been Involved in malkious damage gas caps and breaking aerials etc They were taken to their parents the missing articles were located by the boys and restitution was made Bikeathon The late beloved Elmer Smith had done all the preparation for the which recently had to be delayed because of bad weather The Acton Men a Club intend to flnallxe this World Outlook Project in memory of Elmer who was a dedicated worker on behalf of The bikeathon will be held in Acton Park on Sunday November IB from All are to be as previously announced in the schools