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bshtyslxth yearno 1 ht tfwn mn rfcs acton ontario thursday june 30th i960 eight pages seven cents human o easson of stratford was hospitalized in guelph with injuries after two freight trains collided at georgetown wednesday afternoon he was pinned tn the engine and was freed by georgetown police a 10car way freight backing into a siding was hit headon by an oncoming 27 car freight head ing east to toronto mr easson fireman of the small freight received his injuries when the cab of the engine was torn off reroute cnr traffic following freight crash j w m at suit hto by the impact cnr traffic was re routed on other lines 800 passengers on two special trains head ng for straford theatre arrived at their destination only minutes late trams are vkpected to be running on schedule later today one of the cars tumbled down a 50 foot bank and landed less than 50 feet away from a house georgetown firemen stood by in the event fire broke out dept okays traffic control system council expects weekend operation lakeview paving begins mon paving in lakcview subdivision will gel underbuy on monday following department uf highways approval or a 50 per cuil subsidy for the work during the colincil meeting tuesday cvenmc i ion tract was awarded to beamish consliuclion tor road sur face treatment in the two mile irca during the past few weckb manholes h ivc been rusid roads gravelled and graded dram ductus prcpired the elizabeth drive entianee widened and ealuum spread to aid compaction on monday beamish are expelled to stail the primer coat when oil will be spread and fine sand spread on top and allowed to harden mayor john goy this week reported the primer eo it would be allowed to harden appiommaleh two weeks be tore the top eoal is laid he stated the lop eout would consist of isplmtt until sion blown in under pressure and the entire job is expelled to be completed by the end of julv sorry due to the late arrival of malts caused by yesterdays train wreck at georgetown several items or correspond ence and other news items had to be omitted from this week s issue the tree press regrets these omissions the items will appear in next week s issue about 80 attended the anntial halton county health unit pienie lor employees and families at lasalle park burlmfcton wed nesday evening of last week mt8jamz t fr trains c headon on the cnr main line just west of the georgetown sta tton yesterday afternoon wed qew critically injuring one join tan if cutting off traffic from toronto to acton traffic was rerouted and two special trains carrying 800 people to the stratford festival received priority when they were rerouted along other lines and arrived at their destination practically on time george angcll agent of the acton station said this morning that irajns will be rerouted along track lines connecting toronto hamilton and burlington through to stratford guelph gait and lyndcn warning local oju officers issued a warning to residents this week to use extra caution when ap proaching the mill and main street intersection they repor ted that if the new traffic con trol system is in operation it will be confusing to outof town motorists and every precaution should be taken to avoid ac- ctdenu police also reported that of fenders perking in the no park ing areas will be charged and asked ev to adhere to signs motorists are also asked to drive carefully with children out of school and the streets so crowded scene of the crash that clearing will be made about noon today the track men said about 1 000 feet of track were turn up by the two trains trapped in cab george easson uf sli mlorov was trapped in the cab of a diescl engine and was later freed by georgetown police the cab ol the diesel was sheared off bv a buckled sand car and pinned the firem in who suffered head and baik iniunes the top ol the eab rolled down a so fool em bankment a tivonto bound freight no 4v72 srmshed head on into i 10 tar tfreight no 1720 whieh was bickinii onto a siding from the main line engineer llovd butt uf the big freight slaved in his cib as it crashed suffering a minor nose eut jumped free firenu n jame s sr e rs and bnkeman bedford moorehead both ol palmcrston were ruling in the toronto bound eab gcoige crave ii of stratford crujnecr of the wiv ircitjil leaped from the eab is he saw the other mm ipproachmg five rnlruad eirs were derulcd h the chain re action tvpe impicl tndonc rolled over l he embankment landing less than 0 feet ii irom t house the murvd were tiken lo guelph general hospnal p issengcrs tor no 29 train inm toronto to guelph will ira el round trip b bus lodav park attendance highest ever altendance at prospeel paik on sunday was the largest lo dite ihis seison the new parking lot was idled to capacity bathers at the swimming area enjoyed privacy from motor ears driving along the raeetraek and arc able to cross the road to the grass area without anv danger lifeguards were on dutv md the st john ambulance brigade stood by lu treat anv minor injur coupons to finance merchants picnic on jul ii it 2 oeloek the pie me you hive heard ihout will be held in acton park tin pi nit will be opened b i eoneerl of the aeton pipe band immediately following will he in exhibition hall fcime bv ac ion mini r le iiie also there will be rices lor hovs ml fin is and tiinv contests i r units bineos pons rides and dnws don i lurcl lo isk i r v ui coupons from the sponsorine metehmis is oo will be ible lo use the st coupons to p i i r hot dogs solt dunks diaw ind hingos oui meiehints here in aeton hue put this dl rt n he e iuse lht think ihis is ilu him to h vt i hil f tun md t be come heller ltquainu 1 come ind eno otitsclf willi vi ur fellow aelonnns om ton htisinc siikn sintcrelv wi h sou lo hive a limh1 tmu don i forget u need not bnni i hme um coupons schools out rural schools close forever as centra system takes over the i inuh u try no more tl tellers no more books be heard echoing through the area on wednesday as schools elosed then doors fur rbe sunt mer hphdavs fur m inv it meant the end of an era as their doors closed lor the i in d lime some of ihe well known eoun trv sell kis h ie elosed their diois never to reopen agun to the eheeifu s und ol ehildans oites the schools ire beinc rcplieed bv modern eetilril si iiools able lo tope with ihe uric isc d demand lor education misty eyed although most ol the chitdien wcie ovuioul al ihe pruspeet l the i me summer hohd v i few of ihe mi d sehool children sloud misiivld staring at the 1 until ir surroundings lor ihe i wt iiml before heading lor home tile old pi ground with the liieli wiie knee i unili ir base hill di un nd ind will with hs inn pump will be missod bv m uiv in pi ice lie outdated nir il se hot is will be one modem eenti il seh x i sen inc a i irjt im with upi dilc etassrotims ind k i plumbing and i irgc plav trt mid it i i speyside sehool in isqucsiii school area num ber i ne i cent n i school is heme eieelcd tie ir spesitk with live clissrim is md pupils irom the i il1 wii mi il schools will il lend ih ie next vc ir lome dublin and dullenn remainnil open for some elasses will be b in nock burn ind blue mount un sthools while the sehuojwad is as yet undeeided what to efo with the stone school on the seventh line and waterloo sehool under eonsttuelton it biookvillc is a modern cielu room structure plus auditorium whieh is expected to uiummixl he pupils irom the following rural schools in n is sagaweva sehool area nuinhei one n s one two ihiee lour five seven iilii i ind nine tucsdav and wednesd iv vvcte spent b pupils u most sthikils is thev look p irt in field d i events or enjoved a pienie al the expirillon ol ihe lone summer hohd i rur il chitdicn i will happik slarl the i ill term tn the commodious surroundings of a new central school charge woman after accident mis dons kenneth ol colct town will face a charge of e ire i ss driving when she 1 leli tscd fn in guelph generil h ispil if she wis involved in a crisli on no 7 higliwiv below sibtrefeek last week her eompimtm bill edic rim the georgcliwn uc i ils i sutler ed mtuties in i resull of the e i itsion which desti ved tw e irs bet uisc ol her iniunes her ease will nt ippe ir m court until juh 2s acton eouneil tuesday evening reetived the green light fnim the depart mt nt of trmsport lor the adoption of a new traffic md parking control ivslcm it the in lerseelion of mam ind mill sis installation ol this new system is hoped to be eompleled bv the weekend under ihe new system ii if t it ippruaelimg ihe intersection hum the north and south on mam street will come lo a slop at mill while t rat he approaching on mill street from tht e ist oi west will have ihe nghtof way no slopping or parking will be mowed a staled distanee lmm e ich eorner al the mam intcrscc ion ind signs will be installed to this c fleet warning signs indicating the illleiseetlon stop will be posted on mam si noith at knox ave md it ihe comer ol chureh st for ihe southern approach fhsher in stop signs will be pi iccil on mam street on each side ol mill lor ippruaefung trnf he norlh ind south the main flasher unit at the intersection will show i d on mam ind amber for the mill street approaehes ckik admimsh itor j mc ge ichie inloimed eouneil the materi u had been punfi ised and everything wis readv lor instal- i ition he dso noted that pave ment marking would be done at a latet dale gord mckeown new postmaster served as assistant six years omicid word his been receiv ed from the distnet postal de pari men i tn loronio of the ap pointment of gordon mckeown to the posilion of postmaster in aeton he has been acting in the eap iuiv ol assistant for the past si years mr mckeown will take over his new duties elleetive julv 19 when ihe ptesent postmaster iruikteirv it ives lo lake a new position at owen sound post olflte the new postnusler hegan his post il ixpereiiec in 1952 when he omed ihe aelon slaff as posl d eleik in 1954 he received i pi itnotioi to assist int post in i lei and handled the post ill islets duties for four monlhs when mr terry wis on lempor aiv duly it aurora bducaled here mi mekcuwn was born on ihe f imilv homestead four miles- west of acton lind received his etlut it ion it grcenotk public school ind aelon hlch school in 1941 he enlislod in the rc cs and served overseas for bt r lillllim four years until ht was invalided home for hospit il treatment after his diseharge from the army he manned the former shirley kentner of aeton and the two have raised three ehiid ren al their home on churchill road north tommy 11 brenda ii ind jimmy eight the new postmaster is a mem ber ol the united chureh and in active member of the rotary elub having served the past four years as chairman ol the crip pled children s fund served 13 i yeara mr terry lakes over his new duties as postmaster in owen sound julv 19 after serving in the same eapieity here for the pist 13 ind i hill veals he eame lo aelon 27 years go he played hoekey on the intermediate champion hoekey team in ftmmcumd was ji stellar player on the- baseball team mr terry and his wife expect lo move in the near future to their new residence in owen sound the couple have a mar ned daughter no announcement has been made to dale regarding an assist ant postmaster for aeton but it is expeelcd that tenders for the position will be sent out in the near future g mckeown change to north halton plan central school for retarded two punt steps fnnvnrd 1 19s5 and vrn originally bised on woe tiken al a special meeting ihe requirements to serve milton ol ihe mitlon and dislnel assoc ind immediate territory as ihe lahon lor retarded children on ears passed we added children tuesdiv evenmj according to as hom at ton and lalclv from nor sociiiun president g g addison val wc have been more and more of milton conscious in other words ihil are serving a much itrgcr ar th icinherihp toesd iv iere ikd th in milton and district in i v- iilllrillv lln uiu sue n north hillun lor i ncw a lrum schiol lor ill notlh haltois a headed by mrs esmc tuded ind second motion agre ba h inlereslcd in ed lo chinee ihe n me of h wrk jnd loined with ltthl poop to the norlh halton a irdcd children i a teq lest f r a change in the jthirtcr will be sent to the ont in i assoei ih n immcdi itclv t itilk cxplun the signihe molions eonlin vear i960 two members of our executive arc lmm georgetown second vice president andrew millar and mrs ball convener ol institutions committee bet3asw15wiiisji3i the ultimate god of ihe work this area has often been div ed mr addison wc should re- cussed and the policy has grad icw tht hision of the associa uallv developed that one strong ion brief h the milton and djs- school to serve north halton net associalion was founded in be much more dcsirahlc thin two or three smaller schools there arc retarded in every area and they must be served serve all areas this motion means that every resident of north halton the irea lmm highway 5 lo the nor thern boundary excepting bur lington can justifiably feel that this effort is their concern and it is not localized to one town township or area in the county concluded mr addison we feel that this action is going to do ihe most good fur our retard ed citicn and after all thai ts the m tin purpose of our associations existence shut friday tht fret frcw will bt clomd friday for ih hrtl long holiday weekend of the tummcr ciapm rnmiifi term ends schools close for vacation announce promotion list for ml bennett school list promotion results for robert little school the following is a list of pupils hen oakkv john pateai susan i the robert little public svhool patrick john pause barrv rud who have been promoted to a paul reid judith rtnlv anm higher grade rogers samuel sehimmp m kl t cr i stephen atkinson svdmv bar ens ellubeth bothwell diane leld heather buehinm stratton cannon mars churchill janet clendinning sandra cns pin shane croakin sshia cs sanck joanne doherts chns dui ker johnette dunn patneta dunne garv edge kenmlh el liott irene ficdfcr dale fisher janls franklin james frtwell stntm gordon nicholas gould a o ed hagju ca erine hinton edwin hotmev gfenis johnson john jordvni iebe kamlnga robert km harrv lawson russell long mary frances marcoux douglas masters donald masters nann mccutcheon darnel mcgilknvas deborah mcgillowav vena mt kav bonnie mckehzte barbara mcnabb brenda mcnabb sha ron mefloo stephen mellor steven milne peter morrison gay nessett judy ntcolak step- s garth tj bum lhompn craiji ttmtxrs mir ann turner sit v e n an ftet i plulllh n vstivvkz grade i to grade 2 karen ashlcv minhn anthonv ros bixter judv besrmin jerrv buehanan david but rt btmita cinnem susan colt jacqueline covlc juds canxrvm ttmoths coles lirrv dcloast catherine dunn ct ftjlng fruta fieiller vaends frvvr treen flatt marianne fniekr fredcr l can wfctl3et c shanm gordon john hopkins lynda hams david hodjaon neil ironside bonnie jtwies lairs knight richard liver- more helen lingham mars jane lambert shawna mccos susan mcgilkiwas robert manning susan marchment carol masale carole mccutcheon bonnie mc dowell tilcen mcrs carol pat i terson paul paulsen david pink gordon proust norma quee cimtiiuwd oh pn0t rovr successful at high school students ittendine a ion hil1i school ihtv ir receive i ihtir nrmrt etrds thrmiph the mill ihis week principal e k hinven ed the mh ntr- ntutkntv xuceevful in biin piw nn ted tt a higher rade nei star from grade ix to grade promoted andrews morlcv an pel i dianne alum shann blow she idon brankicw k j ted cildcr geraldtne camp bell ronald clarke heather cwa 4n cow mnnt4- cn pps ron rt den ns chn duffle id dorol hv dunk rt g elliott man beth freeman carol gardner janice gov john griffiths david haggett mai hamilton v irginia has annette heard susan heller ronald ironside ricks james audrcs kuhn gertrude rrarr- endonk john lachancc hw ladouccur roger langcvin shirlev lasb lorraine macdougall bonnie madill manhn manes pat masalcs comtmtea am pap thrrt tw lotttwtnc is the pntmotion saitz robin salt kaths slinger i si lu m the m z bennett pub- land rebecca sianles deborah sslul pupils timms gars turkosy theresa pavxltl iti i higher grade kindergarten to grade i am clavs keith armstrong sandra blunn jav bouskill da vid br ud i paul buekwald how ird coullnip gregorv dow ling john dunk rdncs gibbons rosalind hill jtmmie holmes leki ivtine holmev brenda lrwi l jine lamh i b larson orran t-awr- garv mavter tar ol mccutcheon robert mcmil i m c nhcnne papilkm kalher bills v in week ftenslev leslcv vthitc grade 1 to grade 2 bohbs batienttm chnsimc brum lie sheila brvce tommv cochrane bills cotquhoun ka ths cook jevstc ann davidson janice drew deniso dnnkwatcr lvunc dunn doughs edwards mclviltc edwards michael field h hatch lam holmes mane holmes rk hard jeflrev barrv arhrnnr law n nee oumn wavnc shone deborah smith debbra streets chnsiophcr walhs henrv viv nz gertraude zundel pm clavs scan aherne bob- b colquhoun wends couture irene de nes claire dunham colin gordon david hunter sharon jerome michael john ston andrew miller alan mills kevin norman robert ohourkc dcmse reynolds david roches ter pamela rowdcn teddy j dotrn jurdan uavid rnxmn- kennedv bruce ladouccur john last nancy lee marv jane un- dsav sharon martingell donna mccabe bobbs mccallum hea ther mccutcheon joanne mc kellar donna louise milnes chcrvl mvlcs mark nielsen an nie pamuki bob pardons pearl philips allan reiner tcrrv rev nolds tommv revnolds lmda robarls brendi scutt cuthn thompson tnna van de polder conrinvcd on pag five dubun school door was locked with finality by teacher mrs g ttognvatdson those attending the school will be moved to the speyside centra school now tion oft no 25 highway a number of the pupils were sorry to see the l for the final lime while others are anxious to try the new school pictured ere barry breen mrs rognvaldson unda ktrkwood and susan perry on ihe on wednesdy4- under construe dose hs door peri so ngnsv dafofianou