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Eugene Braida has never missed voting tomorrow Thursday by Terry drub be This Monday Eugene will go to the polls to cast his ballot In the municipal election keeping in tact his record of never missing an election during his years in Acton Perhaps the oldest resident still living in town Mr considers his right to vote a privilege He has never missed a federal provincial or municipal election Not enough people have that attitude To Dad it is very very Important said son Nino Thursday another milestone for Mr will be achieved when he reaches the age of Sunday four generations of his family gathered at his home to the occasion Many things have changed here since Mr arrived In 1926 in the then Incorporated Village of Acton to work at his trade for Beardmore For him the growth of the town is the most vious change but he added the people arc still friendly At age Mr immigrated from Italy on money he borrowed from his widowed Mother Speaking no English he arrived in hopes of finding employment Being the oldest child he felt responsilbc to help support the family he had left behind He returned three times to Italy once In 1012 to marry his wife whom he had known since school days lie went back again in 1323 for three years but decided Canada offered opportunities and returned permanently in 1925 He would later bring out his two brothers who were also to make Acton their home Finding a good place for his family to live and better opportunities for work are the reasons he gives for choosing Acton After living on Main Street South and Park Avenue he purchased the Cooper farm Acton began its first major development said son Nino when Mr sold acres to the Thomas Brothers for the building of the sub division in 1955 After working for for years he purchased his own business named Acton Ex elusive Footwear He prides himself on the good service he offered to the people until he sold in Raising a family of four In a small community especially during the depression was difficult but the lack of funds and transportation also created great family togetherness Skating on the lake was a pa si me for the children and the whole family looked forward to the Sunday evening band concerts in the park The major social event of the year the fall fair was the big outing where everyone In town par Before the Santa Claus parade bee mi tradition res dents would gather at the four corners the week before Christmas to sing carols while candy wa3 given to the children and Bob Wallace displayed his team of white horses With the building of the arena In 1029 hockey became the main sporting attraction in town On the site of the old A4B the Gregory Theatre provldeda relaxing outing Although Mr children spoke little If any Li when they first Acton Public school as quickly as they learned so did Mom and Dad The Continuation School where St Joseph sis located provided their high school education to grade 12 when they would then go to to finish Being has created a generation gap for Mr Braida but he notes that people of ages still stop to talk to him especially at church where the family can be found In the records of St Joseph for over years His family has always been h number one priority In lift but adds the church has also been very important To what does Mr his long life Hard work being active and having family close In IBM Acton saw its first car a Mode T ford owned by the local veterinarian Cox In spite of this new form of transportation Mr Bra never learned to drive continuing to walk to and from work Still today Mr Braida makis breakfast for himself daughter Elmu and son Nino with whom he lives and five nights a week prepares the evening meal His great grandchildren make regular visits and according to great grandson Jnson Grandpa makes great spaghetti Close to 164 years of service has been given to Acton by the Braida family Besides the years by Mr senior 12 years at Beardmores 18 in the shoe business and years in farming can claim close to of active life here Daughter Elmo has operated Acton Home nlshlngs for years and son Nino will soon see years with Blow Press His other daughter Rene lives with her family next to her father and has been Continued An Inland Community Newspaper Out Hit Ir Year I ACTON ONTARIO NOVEMBERS I960 Canada Battery expands in Nov Canada Battery will add 4 square feel of storage and production space to its Acton factory this month The Commerce Crescent plant Is shut down for a few while alterations are made to the existing plant Canada Battery official Barry Peddle said the shutdown Is only for wo or three days It is meant to facilitate washroom expansion painting and maintenance work which is necessary before the expansion takes place Con Ex a general contracting firm from Owen Sound is stated to start work on the expansion on November Canada Battery had hoped for a 5 square foot expansion but plans had to be revised down to 000 The additional space will be used for both storage and manufacturing Some new jobs will be created in the future by the expansion Canada Battery opened in Acton about five years ago operating in Its present square foot Building Products expects business wif bounce back Building Products was forced by slumping sales to lay off 30 workers last month but the firm expects business will bounce back to normal early in 1981 and they be bringing workers back Building Products enjoyed strong sales early this year and built up inventories plant manager Tom Ostrander said However as the year wore on business fell off and with a large Inventory the lay off became necessary last month He said the firm plan now is to maintain its current level of production with workers until the end of this year Ostrander said Budding Products Is optimistic that with the turn of the year we can get back to our normal level of operations He refused to speculate how long It would take to build up sales sufficiently to hire and rehire workers How quickly production resumes at its old levels depends on sales said he derstands a good number of the workers who were laid of last month have found other jobs Sales so far In the last quarter of the year have been a little better than expected and the slide has been halted he said He emphasised the firm long range plans are to remain in business in Acton Its your choice November 10 Acton and district election stories on pages 5 6 7 8 9 and B 6 ltlMUlim Former Hal ton MP Hughes Cleaver has died More on page Prime Minister sent Alice Pllklngton a plaque on her retirement from the post office and she stickled pink See page Area potter Larry Davidson will be holding an open house this weekend Turn to page B4 Acton High School holds its annual graduation this High school history teacher Harold Swallow w at a retirement dinner last week Story a picture on page Service Sunday at cenotaph Remembrance Day will be observed this Sunday in Acton with a parade service at the cenotaph and a service at Trinity United Church This week Is poppy week in Acton and Friday night to members of the Legion will blitz the town door to door selling popples Money raised goes into a benevolent fund to help veterans Last year about was raised in Sunday the parade will form up at the Post Office at a Participants will include Legion and Legion Ladies Auxiliary members Acton Volunteer Firefighters Scouts Cubs Guides and Brownies as well as representatives of many community organizations The parade will be led by Acton Citizens Band The parade will march to the cenotaph where die last post will be played the flag raised and lowered names of the brave men who lost their lives in combat read and over 30 wreaths The sen ice at the cenotaph will be followed by a service at Trinity United Church There will be a dinner at the Leg on in he afternoon On there will be another short ceremony at the cenotaph Bob Angell will lower the flag at Ham and raise it after two minutes silence has been observed Extra police needed here to disperse Halloween crowd Winner of the en cot tame contest gathered around school Irene the bunny Murphy are eft to right Craig Iviion Gillett witch Glenn Zuett bugs bunny Knight woman and Khan a bear Back row David Deforest mono tab climber Irene Murphy robot Extra police had to be called in to Acton to break up a large crowd of youths downtown en night Regional Police Inspector Matt Me Pherson said other than the crowd of to youths milling about on Mill and Main Streets en was pretty quiet With en on a Friday evening police took extra precautions to make sure the situation In town remained calm He noted five of fleers and cruisers were posted for Acton usually there are just two officers and cars patrolling each shift In Acton and area McPherson added he as well as a Staff Sergeant and Sergeants were In town Friday night and two extra men and cruisers were called in from to help break up the crowd downtown He said the crowd which was milling about wasn t really causing any problems though there were lots of eggs thrown at store windows The crowd dispersed quite rapidly rep orted Pranksters seemed to start celebrating Hal en a couple of weeks early this year there were numerous reports eggs and windows being smashed the past two weeks and they let up Friday night either A few windows were broken and lots of eggs and other things like tomatoes were thrown at cars homes and stores and windows were soaped However McPherson said there wcrcn many reports of other types of vandalism Police received no reports people bothering children out rick or treating or of poisoned candy or apples with razor blades in them being given out McPherson said he t see any big problem in Acton and just three arrests were made youths for drinking offenses The police were assisted by 10 members of the Halton Amateur Radio Club who also patrolled streets in Acton and Georgetown Halloween egg attack last straw for merchant en was the last straw for one Acton merchant He selling to escape vandalism After several years of problems with vandalism Bert and Martha owners of the Restaurant have decided to sell their business following Friday night plastering of their building of with eggs by youths The Restaurant was just one of several businesses pelted with eggs tomatoes and pum pkins by a large crowd of youths downtown Halloween night and in fact almost nightly last month There arc conflicting reports regarding the problem downtown Halton Regional Police In specter Matt said the crowd numbered while other observers have said here were as many 150 The beefed up police contingent for Acton and area an en night had to call in extra officers from south Hal Ion to help disperse the crowd Some people reported eggs were thrown at officers Mrs said the hoodlums have taken over downtown and they are getting out called the repeated egg attacks terrorism Youths many In their early have been prevented from entering the restaurant and for some time have been retaliating with egg attacks and breaking windows Plexiglass was even In stalled but is now so badly scratched looks filthy Mrs said the building was a couple of years ago to remove egg stains and now needs It again The don t care for the Idea or spending another GOO for sandblasting Last year they hod to close down for two after en and this year were closed Friday night She said police doing their Job They have done nothing despite the fact she and her husband have discussed the problem with police numerous times The vandals have also damaged the roof of Henry business climbing up to throw eggs the