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Gord McKeown Postmaster dies while on holidays The Acton Free Press Wednesday June27 3 Graduations next week For the second time in less than a week a prom Acton man has died McKeown post master at the Acton post office for the past 19 years died suddenly while vacationing In the s last Wed just one day af the funeral of former mayor Mr was rus to Ross Memorial Hospital Lindsay after taking ill suddenly in He had cele brated his birthday Just one week before his death Mr was named postmaster June JO 19C0 replacing rank Terry who had been tranafered to Owcn Sound He began his post ixperieiKO in 1952 when he Joined the Acton a postal clerk In 1954 he received a pro- to assistant post master and handled the postmasters duties for four months In 1941 he enlisted in the and served four years Mr was born June 13 son of Albert and Jenny Mc Id attended Greenock public school Acton high school and Hamilton Technical school of the Acton Trinity Un ited church On March I he married Shirley Kentner in They raised a family of four Mr was a member of the Acton In vestment Club and a past president and mem be of the local Rotary club He also belonged to the Acton Legion and bang with the Choraliers Left to mourn his loss are his wife Shirley sons Tom Peace River Alberta Peter Acton and Jim Toronto daughter Coles Ottawa five grand children brothers Ralph Georgetown Ir win Toronto and Llod sisters Kathleen McMillan Georgetown and Lillian Watson Creek He was predeceased by one sister Josephine Whltham Funeral service was held June in AUon with Rev Charles Beaton officiating Interment was at Ceme tery Pallbearers were Grant Allan friend Jack cousin in law both of Acton fellow postmasters Gill King and Bob Ham Bolton and J Joe que and rural letter carriers Hundreds of grade students in Acton middle school and St Joseph separate school will be graduating from ele mentary school today Wednesday entering high school in Sept Graduation ceremo nies for the middle school were held last evening in the Legion Awards for top student and top letes were given out lo deserving students St Joseph graduates go through their com mencement tonight with mass in the church foi lowed by the official exercises Awards will also be given out to the top students Both graduations will be covered in next week Free Press Milton man dies in three car crash Feeling of pride for new citizen fly Jennifer After two days of being a citizen Paula feel any different I don feel differ I always felt at and a piece of paper t make that much difference she said Paula a native of became a Canadian citizen on Monday at the Citizen ship court in She lives in Hills and ii an employee of the Georgetown dent Born in Yeovil England Paula and her husband came to Canada in 1MB said when she first tame to Canada she could have voted in the federal tion which took place shortly after she arrived then the laws regarding British sub jeets have changed and was not eligible to vote in the recent Hon The first step to becoming a citizen had Paula at the citizenship office in Hamilton where she filled in a form and included two photos After six weeks Paula was called for an inter view with the Citizenship judge At this time she was quizzed on her general lustoricil Back to Acton knowledge of Canada After the papers were processed in Ottawa Paula was called to the Citizenship court where she and others representing countries were sworn in as Canad ion Individually the residents look the oath Paula was told that often in larger centres the immigrants lake the oath by rows or as a She felt this personal approach was more meaningful and created a fine ceremony for each individual citizen Paula said she wanted to be Canadian because this country felt like her home Having lived here for 11 years Canada is my home My children were born here and I feel a great attachment for the country Paula husband was also due to take the however he was not available on He will be at tending the next citizen ship court hearing Although Paula said she doesn feel any differently she says she has a certain kind of special pride in being a Canadian With Canada Day approaching taking the time to feel pride in Canada is what it all A Milton man died and five other people were injured in a threecar smash up on Highway just south of Acton last Wednesday night Audrey about Milton is semiconscious and in fair condition In Ham ilton General Hospital intensive care unit according to a hospital spokesman Tuesday morning Milton OPP say she was suffering head injuries and in critical condition when trans to Hamilton from Milton District Hospital Her husband 63year old Samuel was pronounced dead at hospital by D according to OPP The were passengers with their daughter Strauss 20 and two- yearold grandson Thomas Jr in the grey Cadillac driven by Thomas D Strauss 29 of Apple wood Cres Milton Mr and Mrs Strauss suffered cuts and bruises while their son Thomas has a broken leg They were admitted to Milton hospital Also hurt was the driver of 1972 Skylark William Bryan Stewart 191 Kingham Acton Mr Stewart was taken cruiser He suffered cuts to the bowel and face Burlington couple escaped injury Lindsay Leslie 1853 Green Meadow was at the wheel of a silver Cadillac while his wife Marion was a passenger according to stiil vcstigating the accident and charges are pending According lo Milton OPP the northbound Stewart ear crossed over into the southbound lane The southbound auto pulled to the right to avoid a collision however sideswipe occurred The Sir car which was also southbound moved towards the northbound lane say for action The Stewart auto caromed off the Leslie car back towards the northbound lane with the result it and the Strauss vehicle were involved in a head on collision police said Ambulances from Milton and Georgetown were called to the scene about a mile and three quarters south of Acton he mishap occurred just prior to 10 p For the first time Acton Firefighters got to use their new Jaws of Life equipment They used the pneumatic jaws to open the Strauss vehicle The jaw s which use about four tons of pressure force open doors The advantage to using he jaws as opposed to power saw is there arc no sparks which may ignite gasoline accord to Aeton Fire Chief Mick Holmes Some of the first people atthescenewereMr and Mrs Harry Powell Aeton Mr Powell helped keep still Kimberly Strauss who was in the back seat of her husband scar according to Mrs Powell Mrs Strauss was holding her son who was screaming because he knew his grandmother was hurt Mrs Powell said Mrs Powell said she and her husband were also at the scene of a seven fatality crash three years ago just north of the spot A few citizens with flares directed many cars off Highway onto after the accident Many spec tators from Acton drove south Many after park their cars walked to the accident Northbound traffic was also halted Acton Firefighters washed off the road after the cars were towed Total damages from the collision were about say police Car damages gas pumps Continued from Page 1 Three separate parades will converge on the downtown mall Saturday morning after circling the town in their trad itionnl zany way Calithumpian parades have been a special part of celebrations here for generations This year version again depends entirely on people just coming out and joining in Organizer Pat Wood will be delighted to wel come everyone and even happier if people are in crazy costumes or playing an instrument to add to the music After the parade there will be ribbons awarded to the kids with the best decorated bikes and doll buggies The basic piraders expect to meet at their three starting off points at a Saturday The processions should move off at Lakeview Centre is the start off place for Pat Wood parade with Fred Wright as marshal The troop will wind their way through Lakeview sub division cut across River St to Willow go along Bower to the tracks Kingham parade starts at Kingham and Highway with Ed Wood leading Dons Browne in a convertible is parade marshal and Linda Pilgrim will play the bagpipes Ed as the pied piper will lead his group through Kingham along Victoria to Agnes up Frederick to Church across the tracks coming out at Eastern A hay wagon will be in the procession marchers at Becker Milk go down Churchill up Longficld and cross the highway Acton Blvd along to Norman out to Division and from Will ace back to the tricks Pop Main is marshal and Terry the leader This group gels Acton band parade will be led by a policeman Flag bearers for the march are Kevin Craig and Todd Oliver All three groups will meet at the tracks and wait there to cross the railroad tracks all together rulg and Garclh irks laki district cam pore held In dampen the spirits of the liters Knurs in lures could Gas pumps at Toth Motors on St werL damaged when a ear them Friday morning Damages est imated at SI Regional Police state the car driven by Peter Turkosz Mill St E rounded a comer hit the right curb then Plan trips Golden Age Club held its regular meeting June with the usual opening exercises Mrs Dennis reported all those going to Scott Farm on July are to meet the Parish Hall at ii a Monday All those going to the picnic are meet the parish hall it 12 IS p m on tomorrow June Mrs It Knechtel of showed slides en titled The Best Things of Life arc Free came lo a stop at the gas pump Police estimate damage to the auto it 100 A two vehicle collision on Queen St at ltd resulted in about Si in properly damage Thursday evening Police estimate there is damage on the driven by Murriy The balance is on the van driven by Kevin Ittle Danndge Georgetown Meats BACKTOACTON DAYS SPECIALS heads Ontario No LETTUCE A Red Brand BARBECUE CHUCK S Deli Store Sliced COOKED HAM Canada Packers Deli Style BACON Maple Leaf Ready to Serve SMOKED PICNIC SHOULDERS Fresh Medium GROUND BEEF 51b lots lb 179 FREEZER ORDERSPECIAL OF THE WEEK Canada Packers lb Average PORK LOINS 69 TRY US FOR YOUR NEXT 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