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2 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Dec 31 Youth killed Continued from age 1 road The driver Lasby age suffered minor Injur and was charged under the careless driv ing section of the snow mobile act police said Luke Is survived by his parents Gerda and Maurice brother Charles and sisters Anita Susan and Judy knives thrown Continued from pug 1 little blood The guest then struck his host a few times in the face making his nose bleed and cutting his The men were taken to hospital but police lay any charges be cause the guest refused to sign a complaint Police noted in effect they have no witnesses to the knife throwing incident Police were called by the wife of the man who threw the knives The guest was however charged with drinking under age Police noted such lncl dents uncommon this time of year when people do a little too much drinking while celeb rat Use holidays There was another dent a man smashing up the interior of his home after too much drinking in the same neighborhood earlier last week Coloring contest winners Maria 12 and Judy Eaton took top prizes in their respective categories In the Acton Free Press Christmas Coloring Contest re cently Maria of 331 Peel St came first in the age group with Jackie Judith Roach 39 Willow St S earning second prize Judy R Acton won in the 5 to 8 year old category with Reynolds 1 Acton placing second Prizes of tickets to the Georgetown Cinema will soon be in the mall to the winners Santa himself was the Judge In the con test and noted the fine Job done by all entrants He hopes everyone will participate In next year contest Hemsworthslts talking about discussing tho Royal with Her Majesty Queen Eliza and directing Prince Philip to the bathroom as if it the sort of thing people do every day My jaw is dropping and my mind is tying itself in knots As Executive Director of the Common wealth Study Conference held in Canada Lloyd has worked very closely with the Duke of Edinburgh and has visited Royal residences lunching privately with the Royal family Lloyd and his wife Betty are now retired they hope and living on ten acres in Lloyd would like to have some time to work his vineyard but the paper work from the Con ference is still being published and there the National Labor Board of which he a part time member Lloyd is a fascinating man very low key and convinced noone wants to hear about his life in personnel labor relations with companies or of his experience with the Conference The lived in Montreal for years during the s and 60s while Lloyd was em ployed with CIL Prior to this Lloyd a graduate of Western University had spent six years in the Army His business career sent him all around Canada and the States as labor management la is ion manager for a variety of firms Including de Ha Vila nd Aircraft He served on a wide variety of boards and community committees and is reputed to be one of the best labor management arbitrators this country has ever seen The have children and seven grandchildren In the Duke of Edinburgh spear headed the first Commonwealth Conference in England inviting people from all Commonwealth conn tries employed in areas of company manage and trade unions The Conference was started in an attempt successful to bring people from all over the world together to learn fromcachothcr Apparently the Duke was astounded after the famous six month trip he and the Queen took around the Commonwealth in the early SO at how often the same mistakes were repeated in different countries As a result of his position with Lloyd was invited to attend the Conference along with a group of Canadian delegates Later a Conference alumnus he found himself assisting with more Conferences including the second one in 1962 here in Canada 1968 in Australia and in England Each Conference Is a study tour lasting three weeks Orientation lectures and meetings kick off the Conference followed by smaller study groups travelling to communities to talk to community leaders on labor management pro blems During the Conference two trains left University the headquarters of the Con and travelled across Canada detouring for stops until Vancouver was reached After so many years involvement in the Con Lloyd logical choice as Executive Director in 1980 The Governor General Roland Michener acted as Conference Chairman LloydtclIsanamusuigstoryofMr selction as Chairman At an earlier Conference meeting it was sug that Taylor present at the meeting should chair the event He declined and was told by Prince Philip that he d better come up with someone if he Taylor wanted the Queen to Queens Plate Mr Michener added he would impound the State carriage so the Queen would have ing to ride In unless Taylor found a chairman Taylor found a chairman Michener and Lloyd items worth and Queen appeared at his race Other tales include adventures In India where Lloyd was assigned a bearer for the duration of his stay a quick flight to Greenland to pick up the Duke en route Many Jaunts and meetings with His Royal Highness all over Canada and scheduling the Duke s time In this country If there s a spare 15 minutes the Prince will putsomrthinginit says Lloyd At one point a meeting between the Duke and Lloyd was necessary to make Conference plans Come to Windsor for lunch invited Dukes assistant And Lloyd found himself on his way to England to have lunch at Windsor on a quiet family day The Queen Princes Andrew and Edward and the Duke were present while Lloyd and his companion made conversation over lamb chops Lloyd is obviously very fond of the Duke and speaks ofhlmwithadmirationand respect He very quick he only has to be told some thing once he very anxious to put you at your ease Lloyd won be involved in the Common wealth Conference due to lake place in In India or Australia He retired now and glad of it I m relieved but he also says I vc never regretted it fun Lloyd needs a book written about him he has a wealth of stories about his vast travels and ex But I liked the story about him pop ping over to Windsor for lunch best didn you THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized as Second Class Mall Postal Reg ration Number II I Mil Ca abrat anvil war jy youll in J many MOTORS SAIANC All Christmas Decorations and Christmas Wrap PRICE LIMITED QUANTITIES Lookin back at 80 January Hotel fire arrest Vacform closing The start of a new year brought bad news for three men as Halton Regional Police arrested the trio of suspects In fatal Dominion Hotel blare of the previous August Cobimo Mereuri Michael McCristall and Leonard were taken into custody and charged with second de gree murder In the death of hotel resident Howard Gibbons after fl four month police and Ontario Fire Marshal s office investigation determined the century old Main St fixture was deliberately set on The three stayed In Jail a little over a week before being re leased on ball Amidst unconfirmed reports that a local firm Frank Heller and Co would be consolidating Its three plant operation in the factory two government officials Business Development Officer BUI Lookin back at 80 Hinton offers A proposal by veteran Acton politician Bert HInton to give his house beside Prospect Park to the town for recreational use in ex change for renaming the park Park and erecting a memorial plaque to his late wife Mary well received by residents When details of the agreement Hinton with the town colling for him to receive a life tax free tenancy in house were revealed even more urged council turn down offer However before Hills council got a chance to decide if it would accept offer he withdrew his proposal Council received about ob jections to the idea in the form of letters sent to the town and negative response ballots clipped from this paper When it came time to troop to the polls in mid February Acton voters Joined the rest of Halton In sending Progressive Conservative Otto back to Ottawa for another term In the area other two ridings incumbent was re elected for Wellington while Liberal Jim Sc breeder ousted incumbent Tory Albert Fish in Guclph which Includes Rock wood The town put up warning signs near the bridge at Fairy Lake not far from the rink after two Incidents in which Marshall and Bob Planck of the Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism office announced the closed plant would have a new occupant by the end of 1980 They several firms were considering moving into the huge manufacturing facility At the same time a three year old Acton industry Vacform re vealed it had merged several months earlier with a Brampton com February house children slipped through the soft ice and wcro plunged into the icy waters and rescued by friends A high school band from Edmonton visited with members of the Acton High School band in late February for a week and thrilled a large audience at a Joint concert at the school Bell Canada bought Community Telephone an American firm the Erin and Hills- burgh areas prompting hopes among subscribers that service would prove and costs The historic old Eden Mills saw mill was destroyed by fire for the second time In 12 years and owner Ted Barden said It would not be rebuilt and the two firms would be Joining forces In a plant In Bramp ton general manager Roy Topelko said Vacform would bo moved by late April or May Children from Acton schools looking forward to competing In the spring at the North Halton Music Festival were disappointed to learn the festival would be shelved for and scrapped Judge granted Halton Regional Police officer Joe Prasad an absolute discharge after he pleaded guilty to charge of assault stem mlng from the slapping of an Acton man in the fall The court decided Prasad s action caused by a racial slur A long time women organization the Acton Women s Institute decided to disband Christmas Decorations DECEMBER 31 JANUARY ONLY