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The Acto frw Press Wednesday Year end review Obituary Jack Creighton was Beardmore president A former president of and Co John Hugh died sudden ly of heart attack at his home in on December He was years of age Jack Creighton was with Beardmore for years starting In 1923 as an and rising through the ranks to retire as dent in He became secretary treasurer in 1951 vice president In and president In As well as wife Peg he is survived by daughter Mary Lou Mrs IjiurcnccG Duby and son ARMSFUL OF honors are held by Betty and Frank Oakes at the Citizen of the Year dinner in the Music Centre Oakes was the man of the hour the retired vet was active on council school board P C and in his church It was a highlight of 1977 Continued from Page 9 chosen this year Citizen the Year The traditional evening is staged annually by the Chamber of Commerce with a feast speeches presentations and dancing on the program For the second time In less than a week Ontario Hydro failed in a bid to get a zoning by law and Plan amendment to allow hydro corridors through town Acton should control their own destiny and perhaps local government here declares the brief on regional government pre pared by the for Action committee which is being presented today The new enforced marriage of Acton and Georgetown In the new system of regional government was poor politi judgement and proved to be disruptive and detrimental to the future of Acton the presentation states citing widening disparity between Acton and Georgetown loss of identity and increased costs under regional govern June The joint use of the building in Acton by the town and Acton Community Ser vices Centre ran into a bit of difficulty Monday night at Hills finance- administration committee The problem hinged on commodation for fire chief Mick Holmes and the department who in the words of councillor Peter Marks want the same front of the building Everything but the red carpet Is being roiled out for this weekend Back to Acton Canada Day celebration Main St intersection with Mill St may be the target of reconstruction work on the northsouth road next Mon day according to town engineer Bob Austin July The wind was high and he sky had a black rain cloud in It the entire weekend but the weatherman held out this weekend for the Back to Acton Days Acton high school has six Ontario scholars at the end of this semester two of whom completed their grade 12 semester two of whom completed their grade 12 and 13 in one school year The town will not pay half the cost of buying the Hot cherts Bakery property In Acton for off street parking Hills council decided Monday night Residents of the Golden Gate apartment building on Ransom St fled into the night in their nightclothes on Wednesday evening after smoke tilled their apartment halls Charges of repeated bias by a hearing officer In favor of Ontario Hydro and sharp denials marked the re opening of expropriation hearings into a major corridor project In the Legion hall Monday Pugilism was the order of the day in Thursdays Lacrosse gome between the Rams and the Bengals as scuffles broke out In both the second and third periods resulting In minutes worth of penalties Jack Hamilton manager of Georgetown Standard Products plant used a driver to make rare hole in one on the par yard hold at ton Meadows last week July A consultant hired by the Business Improvement Area told his employers ho did not need the job if they were going lo continue to bicker over moving some parking spaces An Immobilizing fear of society kept Arthur Mcunicr in jail for years of his life Prisons were his only home and convicts his only friends until March when he was released for the final time He has made his home in Acton Ontario Hydro Is con sidering a power corridor from Bruce to that would be longer than the one often proposed by the Interested Citizens Group an inquiry learned last week Hills works com has recommended council pass a by law to repeal the existing traffic by law In Acton to bring in a two hour parking limit between a m and in downtown Acton July 20 A Poplar Avenue man Van Is listed in fair condition at Toronto Western Hospital a hospital spokesman said following a spectacular fire and headon collision between a pick up truck and a car on Main St S near Cobblehiil Rd Sunday evening Trustee Bert Hinton plan to cut off all trustees pay went down the drain Thur without even a single verbal shot being fired His motion that board members serve without pay t even debated since none of the other trustees at the Board of Education meeting would second his motion Trustees receive year Power was off In the district for about half an how- Friday afternoon when lightning damaged a volt supply circuit Guelph area The town of Acton and countryside from here up to lacked power Rock wood power did not fail July A golf course may be built on the lio acre Baron farm at Highway 7 and the I- if Line Mrs K Maxwell agent for A M H Hamilton told Kills planning board Tuesday night only 40 of the 116 acres is workable as a form with the remainder being bush and swamp She explained Mr Hamilton to build an IB hole golf course a practice range a club house and a separate residence for employees She said Mr Hamdton had the conditional offer on the land which ex pi res shortly Bud is man at he Motor Vehicle Licence Office Mr Kentncr took over the duties of issuing tickets and licence plates week at his home at Victoria Ave George Van who was rushed to Toronto Western Has pita 1 following last week fiery head on collision on Main St is reported to be at home and recuperating according to the investigating officer Con stable Rod told the Free Press at press time that Mr Van was banged up in the crash has lot of bruises and a cast on his right arm Names arc still being added to the Actonians for Action petition sheets which ire now located only at Jocque variety store s shoe store and Mrs K Browne variety store Year end review continued next week YOU ARE INVITED TO A PREVIEW MEETING DALE CARNE6IE COURSE Th of trstntd 259KlA Howtowtettf Ming Beth Men and Women Invited No Coat or Obligation DATE WED JAN TIME 8 02 PLACE GEORGETOWN LIONS DEN MILL ST K CROWS I CALL 8772201 SPONSORED BY THE HERALD John Creighton and sister Mrs Charles Wood and two grandchildren He is predeceased by his parents John and Mflry Hughes Creighton and brothers Sherwood E ton Stewart A Creighton and J Carder Creighton all of Toronto funeral service was Dec at the Mclntyre and Wilkie funeral home conducted by the Rev Doug of Trinity United church Guelph and the Rev Grace Anglican church his son Inlaw Interment was in cemetery Pallbearer were four nephews C Richard Wood Toronto Donald Creighton Toronto Ian D Anderson Toronto and Gary Meredith and two from Beardmore Claude Cook and Lome blut Acton Jack Creighton was bom in Drayton in He moved from Toronto to Acton in November when Bear more transferred their office headquarters He and Margaret Hamilton were married a year later In Toronto Shortly after Mr Creighton was first elected and served on town council five years He was on the cemetery board at the same time He served on the public school board four years and at one time was chairman of the board He was appointed to the North Helton Area School board and served for five years He was on the County School Consultative Committee on Education three years More recently he was a member of tho Credit Valley Conservation Authority for three years He was treasurer of Trinity United church Acton for two years He was a member of Walker Lodge he was a charter member of the Acton Ys Mens club and held various offices as well as that of president He was an avid golfer at Country Club until Acton Meadows opened when he played here His main hobbles were woodworking and gardening When their home Hill Hall was bought in August 1057 he took great pleasure in the challenge of repairing and re storing the old and did most of the work himself After retirement in and heart problems setting In he couldn keep the home up as he would have wished so they sold it In 1973 and moved to a bungalow In Guelph Jack was a quiet fair minded and morally up right man with a good sense of humor His sudden passing leaves a great gap and deep sorrow In his closeknit family Curling Club news Santas Olympics produce winners Karen Hope you all had a good Christmas will have the best of New Year Now that holiday making is over for most of us all teams and their rinki will be back to work in earnest since then ore only two games left in this season s first draw During the break from curling there were a couple of opportunities to keep self In practise wis the Acadian Ridley and his club spiel lasted a week and teams played on alternate evenings The final wind up was Saturday Dec ember with each team playing one and a nice pol luck dinner and dance the event On the bide of tht people who lost their first game I red Del link Keir Bob and McKcnzii first Richard the last day for I he was representing Acton in the Seniors sped in Georgetown A job well done You looked good out there in command The rink ii place was none other thin bred Donna Kevin Lumbers and Yvonne Rosen have lost that first game was it played now Third place In this event went to Peter Vidlcrs rink of Kris Bruce Hay St Orange Sandra Henderson seems to he on a lot of winning this yeir On the It side of the event teams that won their first the team that took first and was the for spiel wis Brian Robertsons rink of Jojce and Mac Sprowl Yes Brian triumphs again and with only three work folks Second place went to John rink of Lee Goslin KenCnppsjiidDrothj Few What was it like being women on the Dorothy Third place was taken by Sherry s team of Richard Colin and Cathy There stems to bo a lot of Crlpps on winning rinks this year also People not winning on the lee had opportunity to win at something else The Christmas tree made and donated by Wendy Porter was won by Colin Baker The ceramic basin and set made and donated by Kris Bruce was won by Bonnie Porter of Three chances for Chnslmos cheer were offered and Marg look two of them Arc you Irish The third was wen by The whole week was a great sueeess thanks to the overall organization of Brian Robert son Wail a minute t he overill winner olio The second event held during the season was Boxing spiel fills annual event fords families an opportunity to play to gether during holidays and also an opportunity to work off some of that excess Christmas turkey Bill Tolh from Tolh a Shell station sponsored the day The day finished with a nice roast beet dinner a hit of card playing for those interested came away with something if not a prize then it was a little something donated by Bill Don forget Bill Here all wafting for our key chains and calendars For the first draw these skips had winning rinks Dave McCutcheon good work Dave for your first try at skipping He took IS Colin Baker and family With ISU pts Fred and his good team with IB pts and Brian Robertson still hanging In there as a winner Brian with Thc second draw had as winners the rinks of Hon Louttet with points Howard Campbell with points Chester Anderson with 18 i points and Bruce McArthur with 17 points By the way Bruce how many times did Gordie or JoAnne have to decide your shot for you There were also two prizes awarded to the rinks of Dave Robertson and Kae Hansen for making courageous forts The overall winner for the day was Ron Lou lie family team of three but got a prize anyway for being a family cheerleader Next week we 11 have a Final look at how all the teams stand during these last two weeks of regular curling for this draw Keep Curling Winners of Junior Figure skating club competitions colled Santa Olympics were Beginners Krlstina Ingleson Chris Berry and Jackie Lloyd Stroking Richard Chin Paula Mitchell and Johnson elementary badge Brad Kevin Chris tense and Lesley Basic Karen McK night John Gardener and Perry Novice level one Philip Tina Krzyzik and Dance level one Christenscn Helen Lumpkin and Ann Gardener Novice level two Steven Bee Baker and Liz Hudson Jump Sara Homer HALTON HILLS ELKS LODGE MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD GEORGETOWN EARLVBIRDOAMES730 yti5j J 11 Only f Cold Colour VISINE Drops These Great CLEAROUT SPECIALS title W UP TO 50 OFF glenlea drug mart St I Acton SAYELLE YARNS Reg 25 BABY YARNS Reg 25 YARN SALE oz WHITE BUFFALO YARN Reg 359 Only JUTE 5lb 299 251 9 PLY Compare at MACRAME CORD ONLY PURSE HANDLES from 35 PRICES GOOD TILL JANUARY 18 1978 LIMITED COLOURS QUANTITIES THE OLD GLEN MILL MAIN SI GUN