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One Hundredth Year No ACTON ONTARIO NOVEMBER Th Pages Cent Mike Worthington Chamber president Betty Eastwood has tendered her resignation as president Mrs place is being taken till the end of the yearbyvlcepresidentMlchaelWorthlngton Bert will now assume the duties of the chairmanship of civic and municipal affairs The resignations were considered at the Chamber live meeting Tuesday of Inst week at the home of former president Another meeting will be held soon and a general meeting Is being arranged New cemetery trees considered too small Hallon Hills engineer Peter Morris t think much of the of the trees put In the Acton cemetery by WIrtdland Associates Morris told the Monday rdght works committee meet that it had been agreed the trees would have four inch diameter stalk but many of the ones put In only have half inch He said think the four inch trees would survive as well as the half inch The committee decided to have tree Joe Sheridan Nurseries have a look at the situation and In form the town if four inch trees could survive Combination told the committee all trees had been planted id of which ore evergreens He said it had been agreed a combination of tree varieties should be planted Councillor Ilude thought should look Into the situation and would be able to tell the town if the four Inch stalk trees would be able survive We have an agreement and It should be stood by Hyde added I went up and looked at the trees Some of them arc only knee high to a grasshopper Some of the evergreens are no bigger than the sticks that hold them up committee chairman Coxe said Last Post sounds through fog Sun OUR GLORIOUS DEAD John McHugfi calls out the names of Acton and district servicemen who lost their lives in action Many encircled the cenotaph for the solemn service made the more impressive by blanketing fog Lome Scots honor guard flanked the cenotaph as wreaths were ceremoniously laid Santa arrives S Acton arena roof estimate 100000 Repairs to he Acton arena roof arc estimated at 100000 it was revealed at Hills administration com mlttee on Monday night The committee recom mended the engineering firm of Morrison Herschfield Mlllman and be engaged to finalize the plans ana prepare specification for tender for the Job The firm has already dona much of the engineering work Councillor Duby said he supported the motion per cent and described the roof as a mess He said It was the logical conclusion to renewing the arena He ex plained the supporting pillars and one wall had been re placed and new footings poured on the other side to prepare for the roofing Job The recreation director said he could not emphasize too strongly the urgency or having the tenders ready by mid January He said the delivery of steel Is Indefinite and said a starting date of April Is necessary to get the work done before the Ice has to go back In Mr said had been scl aside In trust for He said the town can wall until the budget it set next year to engage engineers Councillor said if there an advantage to three year terms for council it should be the ability to plan ahead Santa Claus will arrive in Acton this Saturday after noon escorted by throng of Almost set and ready to go is Acton second recent Santa parade It expected to be considerably bigger and belter than last years mini parade According to enthusiastic organizer Mike of Acton Home Hardware a good representation of town groups will be participating Track to park parade will start off after Santa arrival In Toronto The parade will form up it the Mill St rail road tracks about noon start out about l clock They II head down to the arc expected from the Skating Club I who scouts cutis and Agricultural Society Ponies from Happy Acre barm will be there The firelighters will escort Santa on their truck Marchers in the parude will enjoy hot chocolati at the scoul hall thanks to scout and mothers Santa will go to the former Dills Stationery store on Mill W to 1 his admirers vakly Volunteers from tin boy ore going to be decor tin this week Santa is also expected 1 1 be here on open shopping nights and days and after noons till Christmas Mike is doing the but lie thi parade is a project of Hit downtown merchants Hundreds gathered Sundny morning around the cenotaph for a mist Remembrance Day service The fog pervaded the town and added the mournful atmosphere as Com John Mt Hugh called out the names or our glorious The parade for the first time formed up at the new legion hall and took a new route down Church St Appearing from behind the hand through the mist were the color parlies I members firefighters in dress uniform scouts and cubs members of council and organizations Honor guard A Ixirne Scots honor guard slood at cenotaph Many gathered or the outdoor and members of the neighboring Baptist and churches were present time of their services having been ad Justed for Ihe occasion hargc and representatives about organizations solemnly placed wreaths at the base of the cenotaph lllntl sounded The and Itcvcllle as A I raised arid lowered the poppy flag A till lied erowd watched in hushed silence padre the A McKenzle pronounced the benediction Knox The band up some marches from Its repertoire and the parade moved off to Knox church for the service there The color party placed their flags front of the church read lessons The legion sang most impressively One World and My Shepherd Is the Lord Most High John had a solo part The Priority of Peace was Mr sermon subject He pointed out he has given the Day ad dress times during his 1H in town Acton I members also look part In the Remcm bra nee services at and Roekwood Its hunting season Man shot twice A man was shot twice once In the arm and once in Ihe by a s bullets while he was sear for lost cattle in a hush In the northern rural area of Milton Friday Bruce Plnder of Woodland ltd hospital but repor recovering from Incident Police from Milton detachment are still investigating Officers said the bullets- believed lo have been from a rifle In a hush area of Second J inn fust sonlh of Anyone with in formation n the shooting is asked to contact police Meanwhile police are cracking down on careless hunters and tresspassers The season for small game has been open about to days and the Milton detach ment has already received eight complaints about careless shooting trespassing and damage No advisory group at job interviews Town in good financial shape but cemeteries over budget No OMB ruling on mobile homes The Ontario Municipal Board at a hearing Tuesday morning refused to rule on mobile homes In Waterfalls Playground saying any modification show them as a permitted use would really be an amendment to the Official Plan David Jamlcson of the board hearing advised N Plant solicitor for Joseph owner of 157 acres between the Sixth and Seventh Line he should moke an op plication for an amendment The board said the land was already designated rural and could be used for any recreational purposes set out in the bylaw for that purpose Mr Jamlcson said that Included parks playgrounds tennis courts athletic fields picnic areas tourist cam ping day camps and necessary structures for these purposes A lengthy legal hassle developed when Mr Plant asked for an adjournment and the other lawyers A Helson and Ray Steele ap pearing for Hills and Noel Bates andR M Martin for the Region of opposed the adjournment The rejected the adjournment pointing out the Niagara Escarpment Commission would to be consulted anyway Treasurer Harry Hen derson assured members of Hills finance com mlttee that the town s finances looked to be in good shape up until the end of September It appears well and I don t feel we 11 go over the budget Henderson told the com but noting cemetery expenses may nave been underestimated and they could exceed the estimates Henderson said revenues cemetery in Acton had not been received and this affected the overspent at and at Greenwood Cemetery Georgetown Councillor Harry asked why on a budget the cemeteries were over budget Henderson said the two outstanding reasons were expenses came higher than anticipated A t r and cemetery ad Grant usher pointed out there was a service crew now working on both cemeteries not two full time staffs and bath cemeteries required a of work to put them in shape Is it costing more for work men lhan staff then asked Councillor Muss Miller The treasurer said it was difficult to tell because there could have been a lol of work in both cemeteries but he felt costs would go up relatively little from now until the end of the year Chairman Pat said the cemeteries broke even when they lust had two men there He had been at that day and noted there were five men there with machines which would be considerably more costly than the previous two man Sidewalk policy Hills works committee chairman Coxe suggested Monday night the committee sit down some time in the future and work sidewalk policy He said he received a request for a sidewalk In Acton and expects the committee will have to deal with many more requests from throughout Hills in the ensuing months said a policy must be made concern who pays for the sidewalks where they t really needed in the but Is requested by a majority of residents Coxe admitted he favors the local improvement method staff Should the rates again wondered Councillor Ernie Sykos Maybe should look at them again However Mr Usher felt the new rates would be adequate when were applied Review by taw Later in the meeting the committee reviewed the new cemetery by law which had been passed in August but had to go to Queen Park for comments The Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations sent the by law back with changes which the committee endorsed They also inserted a new clause ensuring graves were sold in sequence In designated rows until each row is complete The rotation has caused cemetery ad ministrator Usher some problems He told ittcc the mojority agreed with but the odd one wants pick and choose their plats Ii was noted the wording must be precise because it was being opposed by Bert of Acton Continued on Page Two Find tots at lake Two small children wan dered away from their Place home Saturday noon and were found at the edge of Fairy Lake The pair aged two and a half apparently crawled under a fence and strolled away Neighbors soon began to search for them A woman who spotted them near the lake kept an eye on them and the police who d joined the search arrived soon All hut one rccommen resulting from a joint meeting or the administration committee and the Acton recreation advisory com were adopted by dills council last week On a six to five vote council refused to allow members of the advisory committee to attend during Interviews for the hiring of a program co ordinator for Wards one and Councillor Sykes said hiring Is a function of the personnel and finance committee and council and not of any advisory group Anyone is hired on a basis of qualifications he added Councillor Roy Booth said the advisory committee in Ward 1 would be working with the program and for this reason the strati on made the Personalities could mean a great deal he commented Insisted it Is council responsibilities to hire Councillor Ric Morrow admitted the hiring would be done by the vote of council but contended the citizens In the advisory groups should be involved It would be an excellent step forward In public relations Council endorsed the hiring of the program for wards one two and agreed the Acton location Councillor Russell Miller questioned the location pointing out It was a long way from Norvol to Acton Councillor Coxe suggested either some ward two members be appointed or another advisory committee up Mayor Tom Hills sold they should first get the feellngi of the people In word two who arc doing a good Job now in recreation Councillor Dick said ward two has a good work able system going now and staled let not muddy It up Another committee recommendation was ap roved when council okayed he attendance of a representative from both Acton and Georgetown ad vlaory committees at the recreation portion of the administration committee Councillor will be the liaison member for Continued on Pa on Two PRACTISING BREATHING Saturdayabove and underwater are Daphne Hawthorne and Barbara Hogenbirk They were among the first to use the Laons centennial pool nstable s CRUISERS OF fellow police officers sped to the Jeffrey Ave home of Cons and Mrs Paul Brown left Sunday afternoon The Acton OPP constable had been shot and his wife has been A police funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at St Christopher Anglican Church Burlington for Acton OPP Cons Paul Brown who was shot here Sunday afternoon Fellow police officers wilt be attending In uniform On Sunday afternoon at Cons Brown ran from his house 172 Jeffrey Ave fell on the lawn of next door neighbors Mr and Mrs Charles Perry and died almost at He asked neighbors who rushed to his assistance to call police Charged His wife Brown 28 was charged with murder She was remanded in custody Sunday at the Barton SI Jail in Hamilton and makes her first court appearance this morning Wednesday investigation Is still con charged with murder She appears in court in Dave Milton Cons Brown been W the Acton detachment since August mo sergeant d the Burlington detachment and Detective Inspector Bell of the Criminal Invest Branch in Toronto Paul Henry Brown was born October 1948 and had been a member of the O P since November Four years here He joined the detachment In August 1970 Mr and Mrs Brown and the and a half year old daughter I lied In subdivision Neighbors heard shots and ran to Cons Brown aid They called police He had apparently been shot with his own service revolver Port mortem Investigation continued at the scene till long after dark Coroner A Mcintosh Georgetown pronounced him dead at the scene A post mortem was ordered and conducted by Sousa of Peel Memorial hospital at Georgetown Memorial Hospital later the same day The report indicates Cons Brown died of gunshot wounds at his residence Their daughter is in the care of relatives Cons Brown Doberman Pinscher dog Is being kept by the dog control officer at Limehousc Shocked Shocked neighbors stood well back from the tragic scene as police cruisers came and went during the several hours after the incident Cons and Mrs Brown had attended the annual policemen s ball sponsored by Acton and Milton detach ments at the Kama Social club in Milton the night before Funeral arrangements are by worth and Brown funeral home New St Burlington The funeral will be Thursday at 1 at St Christopher Anglican church there followed by burial In White Chapel memorial gardens Running for office OPP CONS Paul Brown who was killed Sunday had been with the Acton detachment since August of 1970 His funeral is Thursday in Burlington Donald Matheson is the new reeve In Township and Burt Wheeler is the deputy reeve Both have been claimed for the positions There are eight people vy for a position on council for the December elections Three will be elected The eight are John R Nor man Dan Connor Jack Marshall Fred Cox Thomas Eleanor and William McLean Running for Wellington County Board of Education are Virginia Kennedy and There Is only one opening available Candidates had until five clock last night Tuesday to register and have until five tonight Wednesday to withdraw from Ihe running Present reeve Lloyd Lang had announced he would not run again