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Acton Ontario Wednesday April 1979 One Hundred end Fourth Year No Twenty Paget Twenty Cent Two dead three injured in collision on Good Friday Two people are dead and three others in hosp ital following a Good day crash near Blaine C eland Main SI and Susan Elizabeth Wright Gilford aria were killed when their vehicles collided on Highway 2 kilo meters north of Highway about 5pm Friday Wright was a passenger in a pick up truck the driver of a car The driver of the truck Richard Bradford and pass engers of the car Gordon Murray R 1 Acton and Chris 18 were rushed General Hospital with head in juries Murray were later traiis- fered lo Hamilton Gen era Hospital and to St Mary Hospital Kitchener re mains unconscious and in critical condition and Murray is conscious in fair condition according to a hospital spokes person is In aer ious condition All are In intensive care According lo the Guelph detachment of the Ontario Provincial Chretien here on Thursday Federal finance minis Jean Chretien Is coming to Hal ton Hills Thursday morning in support of Dr Frank Libera date in the riding of Mr Chretien is speaking at Aclon high school Thursday morning at a and then pro ceeds to Milton where he 11 do the same at the high school there The riding Liberal executive also expect Mr will make an appearance in the riding later this or early in May Commission makes money The Acton Hydro Com mision had a more pro fitable year in 197B than in 1977 according to sec treasurer Audrey Mrs said the made a net profit of last year compared with the year before Police officer Police the ruck was ravelling soulh bound on Highway and the Cleland car north The vehicles met almost head on police say when one vehicle crossed the centre line It was raining at the time police say The in vestigalion is continuing No official version of what happened has been logged In police records and will not until the in arc questioned No charges have been laid as of yet and an in quest is pending Cleland is a former re sident of Acton and at tended schools here Ho Is survived by his parents Dave and Han na Bancroft one sister Lorraine Mrs one brother Barry Bancroft and four nephews Funeral service was at the Peebles Funeral Home on Mon day Interment was at Centre Cemeter McKeniieSmlLh Middle School packed the schools gymnasium for two evening performances of the operetta a Pond The operetta which dealt with fie topic of pollution poods was staged by a different east each evening In the front row I to Is the second night cast of Chris as Rana Sally Putcrson Separate school budget up 101 Gillian Brain and Tracey Dunbar as the frog trio and in the back are Terry of frog squad Darren as ho villain and frog Mike Chris played the starring role In the first cast Story and more pictures inside Photo ROBIN Crowd erased tire marks after minibike deaths When spectators retreated after a fatal mini bike and car accident near The Breezes they walked all over tire marks police later wanted as trial Regional Police Constable Robert Us trzycki told provincial court at Milton Thursday about people from nearby campgrounds took five minutes to disperse With them they took part of the evidence traces of ear slide marks Constable Us the first officer at the scene testified efforts were made to keep spectators away from theoutomobiie path Provincial court Judge John Robinson heard evidence in the first day of the trial of Timothy Wayne Young known as Taylor Young at Ihe time of the accident Young is charged by Hal on Regional Police with dangerous driving under the Criminal Code Mr Young is In custody until trial resumes In June Mr Young pleaded not guilty to the charge On Sunday September James 12 and Andrew Taylor 8 both of Toronto died when the mini bike they were driving came in collision with a car on the Esqueslng First Line south of Highway 7 The youngsters were pronounced dead at the scene by David Van Dcr Bent The slide marks observed by police were also noticed by Robert Mnirs who lives on the First Line and who was one of the first people to arrive on the scene after the mishap Mr said he saw good dug In skid marks on the road The marks were mainly in the centre of the First Line straddling the road After telephoning the doctor Mr Malrs said he tried tokeep other people from the accident scene Defence lawyer Alan Glass learned from Mr that he has lived beside the road for about three years and that in his opinion there Is not enough room for cars on the First Line It s not safe They cars must move to the to pass It narrow The doctor a neighbor of Mr Mairs described the road as a narrow gravel country road a poor road of dry loose gravel The weather the day of the accident Complaints were made to the town concerning the road condition when Mr Mairs was building his home He said as a result the road was widened in front of his house but that was all Mr Glass whispered to another lawyer in the lence I think we may have a good action against the municipality It common Mr Mairs testified for people to drive down the middle of the First Line where they can see A number of police photographs by Constable ham McGrath were introduced as evidence Token about an hour after the accident they show ihe i on of vehicles however pear Police experimented in matching up evidence at the scene Constable said two dents on the left front of the Chrysler seemed to match up with the mini bike The manufacturer name on the bike ire appeared Imprinted on the car fender Halton separate school board trustees approved a 7 million budget a 10 1 per cent increase over 1978 The increase means separate school board taxpayers will be paying an extra in taxes this year with a 10 per cent increase in the mill rate Instruction Including teachers sal accounts for the lion s share of 9 million or per cent Plant operation and maintenance re presents 10 per cent or 1 million debt charges and capital loan interest 1 million or about per cent transportation has by to and business administration has jumped by to 880 Cost per pupil has increased by lo 1 or 7 5 per cent Provincial grants subsidize 80 10 per cent of the board s budget while 19 per cent of the total cost comes from taxes and per cent from other revenue sources such as tuition fees Mayors chair sits in Acton library Hills library board would like lo help Aclon retain some of its identity by retaining the former lown Moyor chair and a plaque from Acton England At the board monthly meeting last Wednesday evening head librarian Betsy Corn well told members the chair and plaque had been In the Aclon library gathering dust since the Inception of regional government She pointed out the Items were not in Ihe way but German Shepherd found on Main St John Conigllo is worried that Ihe good looking small female German Shepherd dog he found wandering on Main St last week will not be claimed before Halton Hills Animal Control Unit destroys It Mr Conigllo said he saw the animal wan on the street and It was nearly hit by traffic He coaxed It into his car and took it home where the family became at Inched lo it Anxious to find the owner he contacted Animal Control Unit which picked the dog up last Wednesday evening and is keeping It In their pound It must be Iroyed if the owner isn found before Friday That would be a shame Mr said It such a well trained gentle animal might be put to better use elsewhere Acton representative Norm Elliott slated he articles were or historical value and should be pre served He also pointed out were lown prop erty If the town is not interested in them we should store them Chairman Dick suggested some may not be aware the items exist Member Doug Mag wood admitted he first felt the chair and plaque should be given to the Halton museum but changed his mind The people in are very identity conscious He explained that he felt a part of the town because he works in it as prln clpal of M Z Bennett school and also would like to see the Items kept in lown rains last Friday and melting snow Inundated some rural roads In the rural area such as this First Line road In rin township Just north of the Aclon Meadows golf club The surface cave in where a culvert conveys a tributary of the Blue Springs Creek under the road United Way here stiff being discussed United Way fund rais in Halton Hills is still being discussed last month by the mayors of all Halton municipalities and now by the District Health Council A working group of the Health Council recom mended extension of the ted Way into Halton Hills but Health Council Chairman Terry made it clear that had not yet been accepted The point came up last at Hills general committee when Acting Ross spotted the recommendation on lie end of the report urged expanded chronic care in the home for the elderly and plans for a 100 bed nursing home in by 1984 doubled the United Way would work hen since ho many people and employed out of lown and pointed the success United Way due largely to payroll deductions replied that recommendation and another to set up a regional placement co ordination service had been accepted as yet recalled a study of for the United Way into 11 IK done a few years ago ran stiff l on He suggestions expansion of the Way all over the region stems from fact northern area makes some use of the facilities the south but docs nol contribute to item Arson suspected Two bodies found in gutted Acton farm by Eric Elttone Criminal charges are pending from results of post mortem examln at ions of two bodies found under the rubble of a firegutted farm house south of Acton Friday morning The examinations were performed yesterday at the Forensic Laboratory In Toronto The remains of a boy about 10 years of age and on elderly woman were sent to Toronto by Halton Region Police Arson is suspected Unofficially police believe the bodies are of Brian Jones and Mary Jones Meanwhile two teams of Halton detectives and Ihe Ontario Fire Mar shall are investigating tire gutted a rural Acton arm boose and other Regional Police peel arson Toe Ontario Fire Police have no comment concerning early Good Friday morning Marshall it Investigating the bUie A neighbor- contents of a handwritten note recoveredlhebodiesoftwopeoplewhlchweresentto fire A Georgetown which was recovered near a Jeep the Forensic Science Laboratory at Toronto wagon at the fire Firefighters on the first truck to arrive said the jeep blocked Ihe driveway The note which blew away was attached to the Jeep The vehicle was shoved aside Police and firefighters searched for the note In addition to the brick twostorey farm house a bam garage were also levelled in the blaze which a neigh bor reported at about 30 in the A frame barn near the house was missed by flames When Acton firefighters arrived the house and barn were afire from base ment to roof The site Is on Lot on west side of Highway nearly three miles from Acton A pink cloud reflec tion In the predawn sky marked fire from near the Kingham Road light I never saw something with so much fire Ablaze in every room and barn was a skeleton Deputy District Chief Alf said watching the flames The heat was so intense the inter or roof lining of an Austin Marina car near the house melted A woman identified by police as Doris Jones about 37 was taken lo George town and District Memorial Hospital She was later transferred to Sanitarium at Firefighters at the scene said a woman with burned legs made it to the highway from the burning house The driveway bends for about 300 yards The farm owner David Jones was informed of the fire by police He was at work In Toronto Several farm animals perished in the one bam The wind was blowing from east to west at 5 a m The sky was overcast Acton firefighters used two pumper trucks A tanker truck from George town was refilled several limes to bring water lo the A unit from the Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Ser vice was called in to help firefghters started knocking in the walls of the house shell and chimney The bricks were so frag that firefighters Philip Mc Crista and John Dunn jus jumped safety en a section of twostorey wall tumbled toward them Once the house was levelled and cooled started to search the rubble A front end loader and larger scoop wen borrowed from the town to help clean up Aboul five years ago fire gutted the farm house on the abutting lot lo the Jones property A man committed suicide with a gun in connection with that blaze