Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 13, 1966, p. 10

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biyv r- w- v whw jj11hry 11 flyafi m 1fft multiple sclerosis group to gather halton statistics younsters flocked to ihe legion saturday to register for legion minor hockey waiting their tyrn a grdje oames takes names are sttc photo russell vanfleet gordon toth and steven mc- knight teams ae being lined up waiting ihe start of hockey mayor richard cummings of oakville was elected chairman of the newly organized oakville chapter of the multiple scler oses society ol canada at a meeting held in his home oct 3 servings with mayor cumm- ings will be ernest j bottoms vicechairman mrs flames kr- off secretary burlington j b mockford treasurer dr rd kunica medical advisor brian w king legal advisor of oakville leslie harper the societys ontario field development off icer chaired the meeting and encouraged the chapter to be active in the lives aj ms patient tsand told the group that the secondary effects of their effort would spread into the- country and create an awareness of the need for total community in volvement in this area of dis ability anxious to begin work with out delay mayor cummings called for the formation of a visiting committee and mrs willma chapman ol oakville was elected chairman with sev eral others volunteering to work on this committee whose job in addition to home and hospital visiting will include gathering satisfies on the inci dence of multiple sclerosis in halton county more volun teers are needed not only as committee chairmen but as chapter representatives- in milt- on acton and other areas of the county anyone in the hal ton county area interested in working with the oakville chap ter is invited to write to box 221 oakville halton west conservatives form new riding assotietion a new local political riding formed by the provincial redis tribution that split the present halton riding in two saw its first political party executive named recently about 75 attended a meeting in the estaminet restaurant iri burlington to launch the hal ton west progressive conserva tive association the new rid- begin construction soon on new erindae college nassagaweya j council briefs former mmister speaker at oweya thmkoffering at last weeks meeting of nas sagaweya township council councillors sat out the three and a half hour meeting shivering and wearing over coats for warmth the furnace in the building had quit oper ating earlier in the day and the clerk was unable to contact a repairman before the meeting a representative of the on tario department of transport was to be asked to visit nassa gaweya and view a current problem of concern people who leave old cars and wrecks parkedalongside the road allow ance discussion brought out the tactyhe township could pass a bylaw covering the situ ation but it was very compli cated and hard to enforce members wondered about the possibility of opening a new dump site near the esqucsing- nassagaweya township boun dary and having esquesing township share the cost and use of the new dump a resolution from an ndp and oakville labor council tax ation conference urging the provincial government to take over the costs of education wel fare hospital construction and ambulance services was filed deputy reeve william hoey suggested next years council should alocate sorrh tunds for grants to charitable organizations the council turned down a grant request from the salvation army be cause the group receives a county grant the roads committee was asked fo investigate a request for another street light on the campbellville road at the north end of brookville village accounts totalling 167483 were approved for pavment they included a bill for 1100 covering a survey lor a devel opment road north of high way 401 near campbehville copies of a speech on school grants given recently by j r thomson assistant super intendent of the supervision division ontario department of education were distributed to members deputyfireeve hoey who had heard the speech said it really explained the school grants system and he had obtained copies of the talk for the other councillors council adjourned the reg ular meeting at 1130 pin and went into committee of the whole to deal with two appli cations for land separations discussion on the plunkclt report was held over until all members had a chance to read the booklet crossroads africa reviewed for nurses the annual dinner meeting of the million county chapter registered nurses association of ontario was held last week in burlington with 83 nurses at tending guest speaker at the dinner was dr john sibley con sultant in internal medicine and head of the department of med icine at the joseph brant me morial hospital dr sibleys topic was opera- lioft crossroads africa an in- ternational project in which he fins been involved since i960 at which time he gave voluntary medical service in africa along with 19 other professional people from the hamilton area dr sibley explained that the crossroads africa program was a vehicle to recruit young people such as university students nurses teachers from different races and backgrounds to go to africa in the summer to jive and work with their african counter parts the aim is to enable them to get to know each other as people the speaker illustrated his talk vith a film entitled cross- roadrs ih africa which show ed africans and volunteers working together building schools and hospitals to meet ihe needs in the villages miss ruth milne president of halton chapter introduced miss laura barr executive secretary of rnao who reviewed current association projects and asked for continued unity from mem bership mrs hugo kay district 4 presidents referred to rnaos the womens missionary soc iety of nassagaweya presbyter ian church held its thankoffcr- ing service on thursday octo ber 6 at 2 pm owing to the ill ness of the president mrs mul len the vicepresident mrs vel- ma norris presided about 60 visitors from guelph acton lowville eden mills omagh milton morris- ton campbellville kitchener and ebenezer churches were in terested listeners to the service of worship the hymn jesus shall reign was sung followed by recitation of the lords pray er in unison after words of welcome to the guests by mrs norris the rev d nicholson read acts 16 verses 924 and led in prayer mrs a k griffiths of low ville sang two solos the pray er of consecration and jvher- eer i walk these were truly the gospel set to music and were received with grea warmth by the audience mrs e dredge introduced the guest speaker the rev frank lawson who is presently minis ter of the presbyterian church in southampton and who was minister of the nassagaweya and st davids churches from 1936 to 1940 mr lawsons topic was christian missions in 1966 he spoke of our changing world where we must now ask our selves should i give my dollar my daughter or my son to the mission field or should we keep our gospel to ourselves the missionary church has not changed even though the last missionary has recently had to leave china he also t us that the east ern religions have everything that we have except christ in shop will be held on nov 4 for ihe purpose of assisting mem bers in adapting to this new structure nurses elected to the chapter nominating committee were mrs harold nicholson and mrs william mcnairn of burling ton and imiss ann tucker of georgetown new structure and informed the members that a district work- teen dance saturday october 15 at acton community centre featuring the seventh uevel dancing from 9 to 12 pm admission 100 proceed to tricounty minor hockey youve seen the 67 models you know the price is more than you can afford dont fool yourself buy a good used car from lou lous used cars jtockwood 8564235 one country the life of a cow is considered more important than that of a child we as wo men working in the missionary societies must do our utmost to promote christianity in the world today mr lawson was thanked by mrs grant campbell for his in teresting and thought provoking sermon the hymn the morning light is breaking was sung the rev a k griffiths pronounced the benediction and a choral amen closed the service mrs t manes played the or gan and accompanied mrs grif fiths and mrs s robinson and mrs carl cargill welcomed the guests at the church entrance a social hour with tea and lunch took place in the new sunday sebod room where many oldriends renewed their acquaintance with mr lawson excavating for the foundation or the first building at the uni versity of torontos erindale college 2 miles west of the downtown st george campus will begin about the middle of october president claude bis- sellhas announced the all purpose one and two storey splitlevel brick and con crete structure will cost nearly 2 million including furnishings and equipment it will accom modate a projected initial en rolment of 200 students in arts and sciences and a teaching mall of 32 the building will be erected at the northwest corner of pro- petty purchased early in 1965 from the erindale sand and gravel company the site is a short distance east of missis- sauga road justnorth of no 5 highway and west of the credit river erindale college is the second of two suburban colleges launch ed by the university of to ronto the first scarborough college 21 miles to the east of the main campus is now in its second year of full time opera- lion and has about 500 students in general arts and science erindale has been a fully- functioning college for the past two years also although its students have all been taking evening extension courses lead ing to ba degrees in thomas l kennedy secondary school cooksville the fall of l7 will see the first classes for full- time students ing lakes in all of burlington nassagaweya township and acton plus the top 10 lots of esquesing township north of 22 sideroad while the remain ing portionof the former hal- nan riding including imilton georgetown the lower 22 lots of esquesing and oakville will form a new halton ycst rid ing andrew frame or burlington was selected to chair the new ridings pc association rev andrew mekenzie of acton was named first vicepresident mrs leh andrews of campbellville second vicatpresident mrs michael sprung of burlington secretary and john savachuk of burlington treasurer mr frame is a past president of the halton young progres sive conservatives association and active in the burlington area as a member of the public utilities commission wes beatly of acton chaired ihe meeting until the election approval of a new constitu tion was among ihe iteqfnsof- businession the founding con ference agenda members were must make sure windows are clear finding frost on the windows of your car these mornings better make sure you clear it off before you start driving effective- october 1 it is an offence in ontario todrive motor vehicle on the highway unless the windshield windows on either side of the driver and ihe rear window provide a clear view of the roadway and vehi cles approaching from either direction the provision respec ting the rear window does hot apply where the motor vehicle is equipped with a mirror secure ly attached to ihe vehicle in a position to give ihe driver a clear view of the roadway in the rear other than through the rear window rivers found in violation will be liable to fines no less than- 10 nor more than 100 their licenses may also be suspended for a 30dav period 1 urged to seek new members as soon as possible mpp george a kerr or bur lington attended and hinted there might be a provincial election next vear caroline flower garden shop complete line of nursery stock gardening needs sprays insecticides fertilizers now is the time to plant your evergreens and shrubs fertilize and seed your lawns buy and plant now top size quality bulbs low price all varieties fresh cut flowers always available flowers wired anywhere phone 8532980 anytime open 7 days a week 800 am til dark visit us today 2 miles west of acton south side of highway i congratulations to rockwood juvenile and rockwood intermediate softball teams for bringing honors to the village in both winning ontario championships your sportsmanship and teamwork made it a pleasure to be a fan and supporter laura and fred meadows bp service k you just threw the biggest party of the year no one was too hot no one was too cold no one was stifled by cigarette smoke want to know why your modern gas furnace was serving you faithfully balancing ihe heat and humidity forcing a constant supply ol fresh tillered air irxto every room of the house the evenness of automatic gas heating never gave the air a chance to get over heated from too many people or clogged by cigarettes constant circulation never allowed the air to settle into a cold pocket and the filter in your gas beating system removed dust and pollen from your home that makes cleaning up both before and after the party a lot easier plus help ing keep everyone comfortable so go flhead live it up ny way you want ip see your heating contractor depart- entorec 1 i u

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