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Acton Free Press Wednesday Apt 15 9 Family role in Eden life by Eric I When 26yearold Mike Marshall attends the Eden Mills trustee meetings he upholding his part in a family way of life goes back nearly a century Mike mother and earlier his father and his grandfather and his great grandfather have each had a hand in shaping life and politics in Eden Mills village and Township Although Mike who is in his first term as a trustee denies that taking part in village decisions has become a Marshall family tradition there is evidence to the contrary The record for instance is pretty much as follows Nearly 100 years ago in 1884 John Marshall Mike great grandfather was elected to Township council Two or so years later he became township reeve From to 1911 John Marshall was on the township board of health For the next years until he was 83 years of Marshall acted as the townships secretary In all Marshall spent years in local public service While John Marshall was secretary he helped his son Norman Scott Marshall Mike grandfather when he and other villagers were trying gel Eden Mills recognized as a police village in the A police village the smallest organization in the municipal world However attaining that stature meant a number of things for Eden Mills For one thing there could be a council That council could set its own mill rate Other things new street lights snow plowing and garbage collection could be taken care of by the village than relying on others Police village status was granted In Norman Scott Marshall was one of the members of the first board of trust In 1934 he was appointed village sec retary a post he would hold off and on until 19G7 when he retired Norman Richard Mar shall Mike s father was elected trustee in 1968 Norman Scott Marshall credits his son Norman Norm Marshall Richard with getting the the acres of which rested In officially attached to Wellington County The younger Marshall died in 1972 Betty Marshall Norman Richard wife and Mike s mother was a trustee for three years star ting in 1975 Mrs Marshall indicated there was no single Issue which attracted her to village politics I wanted It to change but controlled change I dldn want big subdivisions going in I always had that feeling that if you got too many people in here it d be a bedroom com munity said Mrs Marshall The newest Marshall trustee said the trustee board plans to keep It the village as rural as we can What we do plan to do is keep the village as small as possible Up grade whatever has to be up graded but don over do It we don really need sidewalks because it is a small village There are about Eden Mills villagers accord ing to Township Clerk Lloyd Hindley The figure could soon push the mark with the new the south side That subdivision could add as many as new faces Fiftyone years ago when Eden Mills was ing the change of status there were 163 souls living on 500 acres according to Norm Marshall Three hundred acres rested In Wellington the balance in Halton Norm who is acknowledges that there were some village folk in that 1929 summer bu the change They wanted to keep the place the way it was Oh there wasn much reason for it the opposition just some people are always against something The first chore the new trustees tackled getting Wellington and Halton county councils to help pave the main road through the village It took three or four years of pressure mainly on Halton in order to get pavement down on the road from Highway through the village to the head of the Guelph Line Marshall The 1981 trustee board also has some major lives The roads don really need to be widened according to Mike Marshall however the bridges need some attention I hope to at least clear up matters like the bridges we been promised and promised and promised said Mike Us like all other big governments you know little places gel filed at the bottom I guess Mike In his first term as trustee And the Mar shall family record is any indicator there is a career for him In village politics And after Mike Well Debbie Mike wife Is ex peeling their first child in August Ballinafad Four receive membership Churchill Friends mourn by Winifred Smith There were many wor shippers out for the Palm Sunday Service at church when the Junior choir un der the direction of Mr Plnkerton sang a beaut Kid anthem Four new members were received into the membership of the church Those re by confirmation were Gerald Clarke Cameron Paul Valmar and Mrs Ursula Rev Stiles gave a brief but mes sago especially for those who were Just welcomed into the membership The Sacrament of Holy Com was observed Special music and hymns selected for this special Sunday made the Service memorable A beautiful blooming plant was placed in the church by Mr and Mrs Tom Roberts In loving memory of their little son Tommy There will be a Good Friday Service at 11 Special Easter music by the choirs on Easter Sun day First Sunday in May the 103rd anniversary of Church will be observed by Joanne Turner Friends and former neighbors are sorry to hear of the death in lph General Hospital last April of Hugh Mr and Mrs formerly Eunice Graham for many years farmed at Lot Con 4 on the Third Line Erin Township farm had been purchased by his par ents Robert and Bessie Reid In when Hugh was only two Hugh and his brother and four sisters all grew up on the farm Hugh and Eunice raised a family of three Bessie I Mrs Doug Peck Georgetown Clarence Victoria C Mary Mrs Don Living St Catharines They all attended Greenock Public School and Acton High School Hugh and Mrs are still rcmembed warmly in this com as being wonder neighbors always ready to help when needed to assist in com to welcome They retired from the farm to more than years ago and last fall moved to an apartment in Norfolk Manor Norfolk St Guelph The funeral was Monday afternoon from I Baptist Church Sympathy is tended to Mrs and the family AH friends and neigh of the community are invited to a pancake breakfast at Easter Sunday morning at Churchilll Community Church The Easier vice will follow at Pkasc don forget the paper drive next week April and Newspapers and magazines tied in secure bundles may be brought to the usual building at Turner Precast yard on REMEMBER DELIVERY IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CASHWAY BUILDING CENTRE NEAREST YOU