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Miss Acton Fall Fair 1B80 Lisa seated Is by her runnersup and last year winner her sister Cathy minutes alter her crowning Standing left to right runnerup Gwyneib 1B79 winner Cathy and second ranner up Kym Latin Lisa and her princesses reigned over the lair and she will represent Acton at the MUs CNE Sweetheart of the Fairs contest next August Photo by MURRAY Town may hire cops to guard dragway The town may hire offduty policemen to guard the this weekend so there tun a nth weekend in a row of racesond parties Monday night Hnlton Hills council Mayor Peter Pomeroy and Councillor George Maltby revealed resit In the area of the long closed Toronto International Dragway on the Fifth Lino north of Highway have been complaining about the property being Invaded on the weekend by as many as ZOO cars and 1 young people said ho has Information that liquor and drug laws are being abused In fact he said there la abuse of Just about everything a person could think of Maltby noted the town has been trying for some time to have the drag strip track removed and he thought four weeks ago the owner of the land had agreed to post guards to keep trespassers off the site and tear up the track The mayor said he too thought the owner of the land which has long been slated for housing was finally dealing in good faith with the municipality said the owner obviously has no real Interest in Hills and be la considering asking council to withdraw all previous agreements for the development of the property and turn it back to agriculture or whatever It was used for before the dragway was built Both the mayor and asked for a to be set up so policemen can be hired to guard the dragway so trespassers can t get on the land They also want the town to go in and tear up the track Clerk administrator Ken Richardson reported the owner is well of the problem and has now given police written authority to go on his land and press trespassing charges He explained the police have been patrolling in the area but can keep duty officers there all the The town is concerned about liability If they tear up the track and a trespasser is hur The owner Is trying toget equipment up to the dragway this week to to tear up the Several councillors wondered why if the police can now go on the site and press charges the town needed a special fund to hire offduty officers said if police wait until after there arc hundreds of youths on the property then could be n big confrontation and riot On the other hand offduty officers posted at the gate could turn people away as they arrive In light of the fact the problem has been going on for four weekends now the police should provide emergency serv and post onduty off the Councillor Marilyn Serjeantson con tended The mayor reported he be speaking to the ef of police about solving the problem without to hire offduty officers but he doesn t want another weekend to arrive without the town being ready take action if the t Pol are on the scene at strikes to prevent trouble and they should be at the Coun elm said It would be pretty hard for police to prevent the crowd at the dragway because their job is to take a crime has been committed Councillor Pat Patterson noted Offduty officers won want to get involved in a crowd situation at the dragway and police patrols are the only answer Councillor Mike Armstrong said Tearing up the track won t do much good either he added since the youths will find some way to get even with the town or property owner Council voted to allow the mayor to spend to hire policemen to rd the dragway It necessary There have been complaints from area residents about the noise dust and wreckless driving at and around the for much of the summer Fences have been knocked down by the trespassers and some public and vate property has been vandalised Special fall fair coverage If a picture is worth a 1 words then today s Free Press contains 100 words about the 67th Acton Fall Fair Plus some stones We dispatched a team of six photographers to the fair and they came back with over 1 200 frames and pages and pages of notes With so much coverage of the fair we had to drop a number of regular features of the paper Profiles Bill Smiley News Digest Photo Gallery and more but they 11 all return next week Inside you 11 find a number of small fair photo features as well as three full pages of pictures Fall Fair coverage can be found on page 5 7 9 Bl B6 B7 B8 BlOandBll Fall Fair photos by JENNIFER BARR KEN BUSTIN ERIC GORD MURRAY HELEN MURRAY and DIANA An Inland Community Newspaper Hundred and Sixtl Year No I ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24 19BO b r Pages Twc b Cents Record crowd for 67th Fall Fair by Jennifer Barr Bigger toys for bigger boys is how Fair president Brian Evans summed up this year Acton Fall Fair and bigger and better it was As of Tuesday count 10 people paid admission to the fair however children under got in free Saturday and fair secretary John says there could have been thousands of them Final attendance figures won be known until weekend pass holders have also been counted Attendance was better than last year Rowe comments up about Weather is a major factor at any fair and fortunately the weatherman smiled on Ac ton well maybenotsmiledbutatleasthedidn tcry Most events were well entered and attended new features drew extensive crowds The Arabian Horse show held Friday upped attendance considerably Most of the entries came from far afield Organizers say the Arabian horse show committee want to come to Acton again next year Miss Acton Fall Fair crowning and the Variety Show were still the largest attraction on Friday night with the Horse Pull coming a close second Horse pull winner a con from Ohio donated his prize money to the Terry Fox cancer fund as did many of the lesser winners Lisa won the Miss Acton title and was crowned by her sister Cathy Saturday saw record crowds enjoying the midway exhibits livestock and boat shows A new addition for the model boat races and display attracted vast numbers of spectators On the far side of the lake ducks lined up to gaxe open beaked at the spectacle One duck contain himself and joined In the fun Unfortunately ho sustained minor injuries when he failed to yield to one of the high powered mini boats Horse events were generally down In entries but good shows were still the order of the weekend The big news was the increase in heavy horse entries on the track Fair organizers were delighted to note many more draft horses According to fair director Bob Marshall there were heavy horses on the track at one time Among the noteworthy numbers were unicorn hitches eight four horsehitches and four six horsehitches Pony hunter show and youngsters gymkhana games attracted crowds of fence sitters and anxious mothers calling out Instructions Children as young as three and four were bouncing around on ponies enjoying themselves immensely The parade seemed to be shorter according to viewer comments First prize winner was a float by the Acton Fall Fair Ladles Board The Acton Free Press float took second and the Red Cross won third There was a huge crowd on hand to see the bands and floats Hall exhibits were generally up but some areas particularly quilts and flowers were less than usual The Canada Packers Heritage quilt collec tion was well displayed and one noncompetitive entry heritage quilt made by the Jennings family of Eden Mills was appreciated The baby show attracted over a hundred entries and many times that amount of friends and relatives Beef cattle show saw many entries from out west and seven herds of Galloways a new class for Acton These charming wooly toys were the bright spot of the back ring All breeders were happy to have found a good place to show says president Evans Sheep entries were more than double the number expected Evans states double the number of pens were borrowed from Erin Fair and there still werent enough Midway run by Happy land was one of the biggest draws for the small fry Sixteen large rides were on hand Instead of the anticipated 11 One of the arcade games a fish pond had to be closed down by police for alleged It was one of the biggest midways In years The beer tent always a profitable event for the fair was quiet thanks to the two policemen hired by the fair board to smooth things out The Old Tyme Fiddlers contest kept spectators happy all Saturday evening with entries in both fiddling and step dancing The family from Canadian fiddling champs gave a welcome display More entertainment The Royal City Am barber shop choral group were well received according to spectators who renounced them very Sunday mini tractor pull was the most sue such event ever seen at the fair judging by the enthusiastic crowd and the noise Those little tractors can sure movel Overwhelming was the president response fights correction contests held between various fire departments at the rear of the park keptspectatorscoolanddamp Howe said but the pulling contests held between Western horse events provided comic relief for equestrian enthusiasts Swine classes were small as is the usual case Only two or three breeders filled the pens and judging was over early The pet show was much more efficient this year with judging being over in little more than an hour which was a relief to young owners trying to control clothed chickens pups and rabbits Goats were a new part of the pet show and managed to behave themselves at most times The rabbit show an innovation last year saw a disappointing entries alter last year marathon However organizers feel the show will be much bigger next year when word gets around to breeders I thought it was great said one newcomer to the Continued on page Another Rockwood drowning was the scene of another tragic drown this weekend when Toronto resident Kemchan Maharaj 32 losthlsllfewhileswlmrolnginthoEra River Main Street bridge Volunteer Fire Department answered the distress call from the victims companion at so Saturday evening According to the one witness and Guelph Maharaj had been swimming in the area cast of Main Street when he just went down in about six feet of water Rockwood Firefighters fished the body out of the water An ambulance and Guelph Provincial Police were in attendance The incident follows hard on the heels or another drowning of a Toronto roan the August death of Derek Liu the Rock wood Conservation Area A coroner a Inquest into that drowning was held last week w The tidies had their turn at directing the heavy horses with wagons Lois or Paisley has her Clydesdales urn Just the way she wants on the track Her son George ills beside her The rig belongs to Hut sell Teeple who has often shown his horses at the Acton fair Photo by ERIC Free Press Classified Ads sell about anything was the theme the second place prize winning Host by The Acton Free Press In Saturday parade It was ft f the first float ever entered by this newspaper and we were pleased as punch by our win Photo by GORD MURRAY