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Former beauty queens highlight events at Acton fair Herald Staff Writer What has roots doling back years and is si 111 considered fun and ex citing by the little ones of The Acton fall fair naturally Since lis humble beginnings in the annual has continued to grow and Improve An entertaining way to spend a day or a weekend the Sept fair la a crowd for all ages ana back grounds It brings rural and urban people toge ther to appreciate the historic development of rural Ontario The fair board wants to make sure you feel like you re a part the fair and not just a spectator this year To that end the fair board is offering a huge variety of events In which you can get Involved Were trying to get something for everybo dy Acton fair dent Keith told The Herald Things that people from town and the neighboring areas con get Involved with Besides having a good time with the family the fair may also pad your pockets with the green stuff if you re a prize winner In any of the hundreds of classes According to a cation by the Hon of fairs only 12 fairs In Ontario gave out more prize money than the Acton last year Mr said Over in prize monies were given out The fair program begins on Friday Sept 10 with Arabian Horse Show at 10 a GROWING It something wc had four years now and it seems to grow each year Mr Altken said As in previous years the activities are being held at Actons Prospect Park near the Junction of Highways 7 and as largest poultry show In watching the owners as the area with prize- they wave their arms winners from the Royal and flap about to cajole Winter Fair and the a peep out of their Canadian Notional roosters or the caged Exhibition in attend- birds as they strut CELEBRATING ITS ANNIVERSARY Friday at noon the midway starts up and continues through the next two days along the other fair If you hear a lot of squawking and fussing while you re at the fair Its coming from the poultry exhibits The Acton fair boasts the At 15 Friday the roosters take over encouraged by their owners to crow and crow again The Rooster Crowing competition Is event Introduced last year that proved highly successful Us hard to say which is more entertaining around haughtily ant After all who ever heard of a rooster crow in evening Following the rooster crowing competition is the heavy horse pull at a popular event for a number of At in the arena tho Acton ens Band performs for the half hour prior to the official opening of the air A family enter tainment variety show follows and the Judging Miss Acton Fair 1983 It the of the queen of Acton fair competition and former beauty queens have been invlt cd back to the fair So for 12 have confirmed they re coming Friday evening closes with variety acts and the Leahy Family from This is their second year performing at the fair Bright and early Saturday the fair grounds will be a bun with activities Outside exhibits of new model cars farm equipment and exhibits will be up Horses will be biting at the bit and taking part in the English Pony Show Harness Ponies Heavy Horses and Light Horse Show The Carls- berg Hitch will also be back Saturday and Sun day for Its eighth year at the fair As in previous years hall exhibits and dis plays will be up school work domestic science canned and preserved products plants and flower displays and vegetables Junior exhibits homecrafts and a hog carcass dis play At 11 a m Saturday the cattle show lin ing beef steers here- ford shorthorn and other beef breeds will begin At noon a parade will start off from the Kenzic Smith Middle School featuring the Carlsberg Hitch six bands including the Acton Citizens Band 877 5213- FOBERT Real Estate Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 866 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14 1983 Built over 100 years ago Town bids for Stone School By CHRIS A AG A Herald Staff Writer A stone building on Acton School Lane is up for sale and Hills council has offered Board of The town s proposal was made following an in camera session or council a week ago Tuesday No decision to accept the offer was reached by the school board trustees at their meeting lost Thursday but a response Is ex peeled In a couple of weeks Known as the Stone School the building was built by Sydney Smith somewhere between lBMandlB70asafamiiy residence Until St Josephs Separate School moved out last year the build cs in the building Coun Rick Bonnctte said I think 11 a a good investment on the town part SERVICE CLUBS Knechtcl said It was the first high school In Acton and It would be wrong to demol sh it The second reason is the property attached to the had been used as a school since Con lactcd last week by The Herald Acton sold the building could be used for a variety of community functions Six Church St set for demolition By CHRIS AAGAARD Herald Staff Writer After a reprieve lost several months Ihe house at Six Church Street in Georgetown appears bound for the wrecker ball Without much hope of selling the building to restore funds used to help pay for the library cultural centre two years ago town council last week agreed to tear Ihc building down The empty lot will eventually be turned Into parking space for the downtown core Council Instructed the clerk department to find ways In which the demolition might be funded Town clerk Ken Richardson told council that would cost about to demolish the house and pave the lot in early dollars COED PROJECT But he suggested the project might be done as a Job creation project under the federal and provincial COED pro gram He noted that demolition of another building on Market Street was carried out by a local service club before the cultural centre was built stress that there are ways In which the building could be torn down with Acknowledging the school about an acre work Actons service From Actons point of clubs have put Into the it very import community hesaldhe d ant that the property like see the building remain in public used by them for meet hands Close lo the libra This would facilitate the Stone School expansion of the library could also be used if Coun Knechtcl explain library ever expands or it could be used to Bonnelte clear up parking and commented bus route problems at Not only Is the build Robert Little School He ing In good shape and a doubted that It would historical Investment In have much value to a itself Ross private entrepreneur said the because of its close pro- property around it is to a nearby also of significant value stream and the flood to the town plain restrictions thM There two reasons would affect new con why the town should buy the building Coun Following the death of Mr widow the homestead was turned into Actons first high school and served dents until the 1977 academic year when Acton new high school located on Churchill Boulevard was opened From to 1982 the building was leased to the Separate School Board as St Joseph School A new St Joseph opened this year As late as 1981 a number of Individuals involved with develop ing Acton leather bas ed history into a tourism theme suggested that the building would make an ideal museum for Finn dratted the resolution to tear down the building commenting that leav the structure stand Ing was poor use of the town s assets The property was identified for parking in the George town Core Area Study two years ago he said adding that between the cultural centre and downtown businesses area parking is already overloaded The property could produce as many as 13 new parking spaces Besides eating fir The Inset actually Gary Mlsslssaugn Impressed Georgetown fair goers Friday night by a display of the ancient Hindu magical art of tying down on bed of two Inch spiral nails A dusk settled the light of the midway glowed and the children gathered under them coupons clutched In their impatient hands Story Herald photo by Moulden makes bid for vacant seat Limehouse resident Dollie Moulden is the first person to commltt herself as a candidate in the Esqueslng on for Hills While she said she 11 talk more about Issues in area later Mrs Moulden said she is particularly concerned about the future of the agriculture industry and questioned whether council has focused enough attention on the needs of local farmers Mrs is no stranger to politics having made an unsucc bid against Coun Russ Miller for s regional seat In the 1880 elections For a number of years Mrs Moulden has served on Hal loll Land Division Commit tee and the and North Social Planning Councils She Is wrapping up a term as a member of the Housing Author and she is a member of the board of direc tors for the regions Children Aid Society Meanwhile Hills council at a special meeting Monday night passed a bylaw making the election call off Tentatively he election will be held on Oct with an Oct 3 closing date for nomina tions MOULDEN However those dates may change depending on whether or not the town can have some special election forms printed up In time Candidates in the last election Jake and Peter Norton declined to commit themselves to a race in Mr Norton and Mr said they wished to talk over any election plans with friends and family before making a decisi Acton boy drowns Enrolment up in schools UP FOR GRABS While he d like to see a museum and tourism office established In the building Dave Whiting noted that there are some problems which would have to be solved first The museum he explained would need a staff and would have to be proper secured to protect artifacts A four car old twin boy died Saturday to moon while attending a birthday party at a neighbor home on Six th Line Crulg Harvey Burt of he was pronounced dead at Georgetown Memor Hospital a short time later Tuesday Coroner Macintosh dec against an inquest Acton drowned In into the death A post an aboveground back mortem was held Mon yard pool His body was day discovered at the Thcsonof Gordon and torn of the pool p Although he was 1m mediately pulled out and artificial rcsplra performed efforts to revive him failed and Burt the child was the twin brother of Cheryl Together the two children had been attending a birthday party with 13 others ranging in age from four to 12 years old The children had got ten out of the pool for supper and It wasn t until that Craig was discovered in the pool Guclph Ontario Provincial Police said Police said he appar fell unnoticed into the pool and drowned in a metre of water A funeral was held Tuesday afternoon for the child at Jones and Son Funeral Home In Georgetown Elementary schools across the region reported positive increases from enrollment projections while secondary schools reported Calculated Sept 7 the first day of school the figures were presented to Halton board of education trustees Thursday night There were more students in elementary schools than expected with the greatest variance from the projected enrollment being in the north The north includes Milton and Halton Hills In the secondary schools there were leu students than anticipated Again the greatest change from the projected figures was in the north There was a drop of secondary school pupils in the north As or Sept elementary and IS secondary school students were enrolled Tbe grand total of 44 students includes 130 trainable mentally handicapped pupils Limehouse due for new bridge The steel bridge with the wooden deck which spans Canadian Nation Railway tracks in is due for a major overhaul CN plans to begin work on the Regional Road bridge Oct 17 replacing the existing wooden decking and making adjustments to the steel supports and road approaches The work is expected to close Regional Road to through traffic until Nov and the Fourth and Firth Lines will be used as detour routes Residences were given more details of the project at a special public meeting held school last Thursday Two days earlier Coun Pam Sheldon told town council she was concerned about using the Fifth Line as a detour A pedestrian bridge will keep the sides of the road open to local residents Russ Miller said and the work will be of consider able benefit to the community allowing school buses to use it as well as other heavier trucks Times running out Car kept rolling In carrying buyers and bidder to mi too police auction Saturday morning at 10 a when most others were Just barely rolling of bed The annual sale of unclaimed properly raised about money which goes to the Halloa police commission There were bike and M other Items sold ringing from hub caps Jowellry chain saw a TV car radio and tape decks to boot Herald photo by Anl Time running out to register for Harold Toy lor a oneday seminar on time managment a session to bo held the John Elliott Theatre An expert in putting time into more product use Mr Taylor will be at the town library cultural centre between 8 a and 4 m Sept For par tic in the session also receive Mr Taylor book Making Time Work For and a hot lunch catered by Catering of Georgetown GDHS commencement The Georgetown District High School commencement committee Is gearing up for the annual event Friday Oct at p Of special imparlance to the committee at moment ore the students who have received scholarships bursaries These students should Inform tho committee by Sept so this Information can be printed In the program booklet co Mrs Armstrong In the GDHS office Amateur night Again thisycar the Recreation Department Is coord Inn ling an amateur night to be held Thursday Oct 13 Elliott Theatre As part of tho second anniversary celebratl on of the Cultural Centre the evening will provide an opportunity for residents of all ages to bring their talents to Ihe stage Pick up an application form any of the Town Offices and return to the Recreation Department Office in Georgetown by Sept 19 Road stress study Town council has agreed to spend 100 to find out how much stress Hills roads can handle before they need a new coat of asphalt A number of roads in Acton and Georgetown will undergo testing by Barker Terp Gibson Ltd Town Engineer Bob Austin explained council last week that a weight is dropped on sections of and the road deflection Is measured by computers Testing will help decide what sort of work la Heeded to extend rondllfo while keeping costs down Bring your bunnies Bring your bunnies is Diane Evans message to those attending the Acton Fall Fair starting Friday Sept There are entries for the rabbit and guinea pig show to be held Sunday at 1 doubling the size of last year a show two people have 11 entries between them says organizer Diana Evans A special category this year Is for a mother rabbit and her babies Features Acton Pall Fair excitement Page At Family Merely Milts enjoys cooperative spirit Page Entertainment Sports Section D Real estate and