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jr staff photo figure skaters and former nhl players swapped pointers friday night prior to their turn on the ice left to right are dianne buckman murray ezeard colleen de bruyn bob goldham and becky blacktey the girls einfertained the large crowd between the first and second period of the nhl oldtimers game- against acton tanners the oldtimers won 136 kksksss2eis i institute first program emphasizes accident prevention acton mayor represents haltoh on regional development assoc preliminary steps in the forma tion of a regional development association for halton peel york arid ontario counties were taken last week when representatives of the four counties met in downs- view and named a citizens com mittee mayor les duby 6c- acton re ported back to officials of nas- sagaweya miltoa and acton dur- at their regular monthly meet ing on tuesday of last week hal- ton county councillors learned oakville reeve her bert c merry had been named ehairmanof the halton county museum board for 1966 ralph wakely of oakville was named vicechairman approved the budgeting of s500 for expenses to the execu tive meetings of the association of ontario counties wardenh the february rnceting of the nassagawcya womens institute was held at the home of mrs m fraser of moffat on wednesday february 16 in spite of the stormy evening there was a good attendance of members and sev eral visitors tjhe president mrs ifred edwards conducted the meeting which opened with the ode and mary stewart collect the roll call was answered by what to do in an emergenc several items of business were dealt with the president made a request for volunteers to help with the tb survey in this local ity jjthe secretary mrs j henry read a letter from the halton musical festival requesting a con tribution and giving dates a mo tion was passed to send the usual contribution the matter of send ing a representative to the of- ficcrs conference in guelph was discussed some able to of the attend liioup had been the luncheon in georgetown the previous clay to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ashgrove womens institute mrs w freeman gave a full re port of the luncheon and program which followed at which miss ethel chapman was the guest speaker the meeting was then turned over to the program conveners mrs m amos and mrs heist the theme was safety and mrs he i s tope nedvri t hawe 1 1 w ri t tc n paper on safety first mrs amos had as guest speak er mrs- joan law who outlined the hazards at home and abroad carelessness in both places is a basic cause of accidents we tend to become careless every day with things such as heat lamps in buildings unsafe ladders and stairways and electrical equip ment so many accidents might never happen with an ounce of prevention and a sensible amount of care and caution the meeting was closed by sing- banquets church service in newlynamed guide week ing the national anthem and grace alter which lunch was ser ved and an enjoyable social hour was enjoyed by all the march meeting will be a pot luck lunch at mrs a franks home in milton girl guides brownies and ihmughoul cubs arc observing this week as girl guide week normally this- weck each year which begins with the birthday of the founder of the scout movement lord badenpowell is known as boy scout week which includes the guides brownies and cubs unfortunately acton no longer has a scout troop and so the week here is being announced as girl guide week two banquets celebrations were kicked oil tuesday with a father and son banquet in knox presbyterian j church with cubs and lathers at- tending guides brownies and cubs have a decorated winiltaw in the family stotv on mill street de picting badges books knots and other familiar things used the movement youngsters who belong id the active groups woie their uni forms all day juesday tonijiht thursday guides and brownies attend a mother and daughter banquet at the legion hall a special film the wondcrlul world will be shown church services sunday guides brownies and cubs will attend church services at either st josephs catholic church or trinity united church during the service at the unit ed church cubs will have the new canadian flag dedicated service at st josephs begins at 1030 am and at trinity united at ii am saturday the georgetown dist rict cubs will stage a display at the armouries in georgetown but acton cubs will not take part warden is host after election halton county council estab lished a new policy on receptions and reception expenses last week the council adopted a legisla tion committee report setting out three countysponsored receptions per year at a sum not to exceed s150 the committees recommen dation that an incoming warden should assume expenses tor a re ception following the january meeting was also adopted by the council the subject cropped up this year when alter the january meeting of counciihe new ward en h h itinton ol acton hosted councillors and friends at an in formal reception it was suggest ed the county should bear the ex pense but legislation committee decide the january reception a traditional event to honor the newlvnanied warden should be paid from the new wardens own pocket recreation continued from page one recreation directors post on a lull time basis when he gradu ates from college in april mr pearce acknowledged hed had op portunities offered elsewhere but said he was very interested in locating in aeton preliminary discussions about the post reveal ed an interim b directors grant is being elevated from 51200 to 2000 the administration committee was directed to meet with mr pearce to discuss the job and sal ary badminton instruction exchairman hugh patterson re ported an instructor had been hired for the badminton club on j march 3 and 10 asked about the j response the club has received i to date mr patterson said 14 were out for sessions at the high school gym one week but bad weather had cut attendance during discussion of the bud get the proposed roller skating i program was reviewed with em phasis on the success it had en joyed in other centres the ex perience of ojjier communities was that the choice of music for skating drew the patrons which in turn drew the comment from one member that the acoustics in the community centre make i he finest recording sound like mcnamaras band presiding at the meeting was chairman len lovell with mem bers c perrv j gov o coultrup h peal mrs h otterbein c lcatheiland e lynch secretary art cooper and director h pearce in attendance ing a meeting of the north hal ton urban board in milton last week after viewing films on re gional development mayor duby was named to the four county committee as one of the representatives of halton county wi g reaume of oak ville was named vicechairman of the committee and bill coulter of nassagaweyn was alo named luf douncjl briefs s i si h hinton is ttte countys repre sentative to the association agreed to engage robert rae on a retainer basis of 1000 for the year to review the county personnel policies concerning sal aried and hourly rated employ ees approved the sending of a haiton county representative to the conference for the select coriirnittee for the regional con trol of air pollution in south- westtyn ontario it was also ag reed to send governor e g ry- der of halton county jail to the four day seminar being conduct ed from may 2427 by he de partment of reform institutions granted permission to coun ty engineer roy smith and his staff to attend the construction safety act seminar in london learned from the emergency measures organization that j c clarke zone 2 planning officer and w b mcgregor halton county emo coordinator are available to give councils in the county an outline of emo acti vities and responsibilities at the provincial and municipal levels to the executive it was emphasized regional de velopment included an interest in more than manufacturing it included such things as resour ces cultural development recre ation and other areas involved in achieving economic prosperity the four county region includ ing halton is the last in the pro vince to be organized mayor duby pointed out metropolitan toronto was not presently includ ed in plans for the region but may participate after organiza tion has been achieved the area is referred to provincially as the metropolitan region the metro designation seemse to be a draw back mayor duby observed suggestipg it might be more apt ly designated central or some other term v the committee at its inaugural meeting agreed to invite munici pal membership on the basis of eight cents per capita which would- produce a potential bud get of s5032dthis amount would include a provincial grant of up to s15000 available annually a minimum budget of 30000 an- rtually is required he pointed out named to the tour county ex ecutive were mrs g beackstead ontario county temporary chair man w g reaume halton county vice chairman david fcwington ontario county sec- rotary e morris j york countv l duby halton county w large peel county and n lyons ontario county to the member ship and finance committee ap pointed to hie publicity and pub lic relations committee were mrs lois hancey york county bill coulter halton county mrs mc- callion peel county and d jack son ontario county the group will meet again on march 5 building in spring order your windows now save 25 at twins woodworking ltd limehouse 8779332 i holstein officers more danger rov it barker woodbridge t i i i i iji hverv time vou ose vour tem- wus ceded president ut he hoi- i- a per at the wheel or anger another slcinfriesiaii association ol can- ada at the board of directors meeting held february 17 n tor- thef acton free press thursday february sr 1966 beits expansion reflected in town in its 1965 annual report issued tuesday the bell telephone company ofcanada shows a net growth of 264996 telephones the greatest annltai increase in its history this brings the total number of telephone it has in service to 4578000 this expansion was reflected in acton where a total of 77 tele phones were added to service l g denby bell canada manager for the region said that 1996 telephones were in service here as of december 31 1965 actons public speaking fin are slated for march 18 robt r hamilton optometrist 8773971 1 1 1 mill st acton monday afternoon and evening from 4 pm public school- children arc busy raising- money for the red cross the past two weeks some rooms held sales or draws one room presented a playin order to raise money we need mew listings if you are thinking of disposing tof your house or farm why not contact us now contact garry george mcfadden 297 peel st 8531886 acton ont representing john l kingshott broker rock wood ont 8564361 notice to all acton organizations a special meeting has been planned by acton centennial program committee mo februar 28 at 8 pm at the robert little school for the purpose of discussing progress made by acton organizations toward arrangements for the 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