Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 27, 1966, p. 2

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ltjiviahlpw wwvswfl l 9 r a v owr 3 the acton free press thursdayoctober 27 1966 stop lights approved for millmain corner continued from page one word from the oepariment of transport has been received that the department would not support part of the cost of in stallation mr drinkwalter con cluded 3000 is a drop in the bucket if it saves someone from being killed recye hjnton reg- istered the only dissenting vote for the lights local baker earl to bow of earls bakery was present to object 16 the manner in wilich his garbage has been pickod up and suggested council should consider changing garbage pick up days from monday and thursday to tuesday and friday to accommodate merchants council promised to investigate his objections with the town workmen councillor drinkwalter re viewed a special meeting of himself and phe clerk with the road jcommit tec of county coun- cinhst february at which time acton had requested considera tion by the county for a con necting link road from no 22 sideroad south of acton which joins with the third line of es quesing running to churchill road s he also said at that time it was noted if this wasnt possible consideration be sought for a connecting link from no 25 sideroad south of acton to ioin with the vxtension of mill street running to the mainmill street intersection he said no reply had been re ceived to date reeve hlnton stated council should make formal application for these requests as it was the opinion of the county road committee this had never been done clerk mcgeachie remind ed him he had written a letter requesting the meeting anil as the meeting was held mr mc geachie felt this was a formal request the rcew was of the opinion it wasnt surely a letter to the county road chairman is formal re marked mr drinkwalter as he noted he and the clerk had been entertained as a delega tion the mayor was of the opinion if- the letter was not considered formal application the acton delegates had been led down the garden path mr hlhton who is also- the county warden claimed the county road committee would not consider no 22 sideroad as i connecting link mr drink walter said he hated to think he spent an afternoon in mil ton discussing the proposal on ly to learn it wasnt official by resolution council agreed to petition the county council for a reply regarding the re quest for both areas requested as connecting links reeve hin- ton voted in the negative during no 1 committee re port it was repeated assessor tfihiam erskipehad requested an pofnupent as assessment commissioner council agreed topostponeany decisionun t i such lime as plans for renova tions to town office facilities to include the present fibrarv room at the y were completed members learned that before an advance poll for municipal elections can be held a bylaw must be approved 60 days prior to election date an advance poll had been suggested for the coming elections library progress r as m e n t amounting to 1633930 was ap proved for payment as the sec ond instalment to kerr con struction ltd contractors a debenture bylaw amounting to 78492 for construction and equipping of the new centen nial library received the third and final reading council members present in cluded mayor lcs duby reeve h h hinton and councillors doris frver c f leatherlancl f g oakes earl masalvs rob- ert drinkwalter and william williams the meeting conclud ed at 1i2it pm cost of living has finally hit ienrgetowh library the adult librayv cards formerly 10 cents wiff now cost 25 cents the first increase since 1898 with the new garbage pack er twiceaweek garbage collec tion continues into the winter this year several lots have been sold in the newlv opened area of lakcview heights and building of new homes is expected to be gin soon miss bca hilts who has been writing theinteivsting his torical series of articles on bal- linafad observed her 85th birth day last week she is probably our senior contributor com gratulations miss hilts winter activities are well- under way at the arena the ice is in full bloom and the demand for ice time is heavy might fie a good idea to clip out the new bus schedule on page b4 232 donate blood continued from page one grace townsley mrs joan mc- knight mrs sylvia foley and mrs marjorie jordan for the flrl time during an acton clinic plastic bags were used in place of former glass red cross workers find fhe new sysleirtmuch casterand better to transport than bottles following are the donors w h halliday bill buchanan dorothy jordan carl jordan ray webster henry jansen hugh crourke cornells snoek harvey kirkwood ian mcgug- an doreen lee oscar feenstra elma timbers charles sunter barry stapleton john zions iharry otterbein ann reimer john foley fleanor freuler thomas wilson casper pauw george currie doris barber joyce masales fred new edward hcffornan elda fryer wilmer fryer harry ihofstede bruce lambert isobel cripps ronald lewis art brown alexander commanda albert vlietstra rink vlietstra john aherne inneke snoek les lie filotas richard lee john dunn greta feensna j c tim bers c scfiuts marie zions william diamond william with ers margaret guest ray thomp son doug mccausland alice pauw garnet w mckenie ronald papillon joe hofstede elsie halladuv albert marshall gordons cooper h arold manes john robson margret sullivan norma moffat murray jamie- son paul turner elizabeth osees brian jvivmullon evelyn marshall flora wissenr katie heptner jean youngblut bill semenec dan harkley verna murchison wayne barb e r stephen johnston doug garrett bryon walker edward molody nick farion buukjc van der kooy thomas manes murray harrison dotigla- allan sandra chiasson e hofstede arthur cooper hugh patterson ruth rippon frit dehaan sydney brooks alan mcnahb marjory lillie catherine meri- dith edna dobbie verity mc intosh dora coles r j mcgreg or john turkosz mae hoare lome opberthien axel niesc- icri robert watson jake kuik- en roy goodwin norman price george bayliss percy woods herbert woods william cas- sidy nino braida earl brears florio tournour robert drink walter stanley norton barbara nor ton helen marold keith an drews e hofstede dolf van arragon grant- allan donald oakleyt elmer rosaellr zyg- mont luty patricia moyse george lee howard stewart hugh wilkinson peter binnie martha kelly john kamminga villiamthqjmpsoh ralph vliet stra d a rogers c j graham albert winters diana angell victor elliott bill rogers wil- lard halladay rick duiker wes ley storey wayne wilson john vlietstra clarence coles robert bar ejay gerry ockenden albert vlietstra john davidson birnie benton david garrett edith binnie jean leitch edward wilson harry boyd frank van- wyck ray mason alice duby david hunter keith livermore betty mclntyre george s gam- inon don ryder fred spear douglas ford david johnson herbert hinton edward curtis eric jamieson olga wilson richard gough elizabeth ander son marion pope margaret hoare kay alger laurie johnson robi poulsen marion storey doug mason emerson baxter fred kenlner fleanor gov bob masonry contractors at work at the site of the nev hydro building on alice street have been favored with good weather to date if minister aysjdntario museum set for kelso the archie service farm near milton has been selected as the site for a province of ontario agricultural museum minister of agriculture william a stew art has admitted the news was vaguely an nounced two weeks ago al though no general press release was made by the dept of agri culture the announcement has been in the oiling for more than a year and details ol the land purchase and selection of a site were known generally here ful some time the province is acquiring 80 acres of the 145 acre arm through the halton region con servation authority tor a muse um to perpetuate the tools im- plemcnts and pioneer methods of approximately s40000 from the hrca negotiations between the con servation authority departt- ment of agriculture and steam and antique- preservers have been going on for over a year the association which sponsors its annual reunion in milton fair grounds on labor day weekend has 200 members all over ontario and northern un ited states and they own hun dreds of steam engines gas trac tors vintage automobiles shin- yle mills sawmills and other antique and agricultural imple ments k the permanent home of the steamera sponsors would pro vide a large building where ex hibits could he stored and ex- vlietstra aileen livermore den nis allan mccready marie pro- per jutinr proper james steven son william gils donald mc lntyre dorsoh frizzell henry harmsma mark laferrier pio civiero leslie duby betty cook sandi sinclair clarence rogn- valdson allan gordon patrick blake george dunn geraldine bowman henrv kroes william dobbie david hargrave william gil lespie joseph bray dwight un- yel nettie brown dorothy thompson mike stedul allan ellerby william coker helen gait herbert collett lynne roy linda ensing jake pasma nielsine larsen dorothy sim mons alan randall ethel har ris robert hart newton hurst margaret orourke walter lamb helen jocque dirkje van dyke george hargrave laura dennis eleanor thompson merl harris kevin hall ol ontarios agricultural past it will also serve as a location tor the ontario steam and antique preservers association to build a permanent home for many of their pioneer agricultural imple ments to be known as the ontario agricultural museum the- pro ject is- expected to get under way some time in i9c7 the next session of the legislature is expected to approve the plan i am confident it will receive enthusiastic support i ruin both farm and urban people ol the province mr stewart said the service farm was recent- lv purchased bv halton region conservation authority as an extension to nearhv kelso con- servation area the province will be buying 80 acres at a cost hibiled on a yearround basis to the general public members feel the milton fair grounds would still be needed lor their annual threeclay reunion maiitty hc- cause of its grandstand wnicn seats a large crowd a building at the service farm would give members a place to hold their monthly meetings and a place to store heavy equip ment which is costly to trans port to the annual show from members homes s c a i t e re d throughout the province discussions have also been held with department of high way- otlieials on the possibility of making an entrance to the museum property irom higli- v iv 401 whieh passes the pro- perts northern bmindarx no decision- ffas been made to date h s ktolden optometrist 36 cork st east guelph phone ta 27130 clearance sale discount on all items lumber q plywood hardware points etc sale starts- 1 friday october 28 i bargains in all departments many items to choose from i kinslow sales 1 mm west f acton no 7 highway m notice is hereby given that the founding meeting of the halton east liberal association federal and provincial ridings will be held at 8 pm november 4 1966 hornby towers golf club 7th line esquesing township for the purpose of adopting a constitution election of officers report by dr harry harley mp all interested persons are invited to attend lous no owl but he gives a hoot about his customers b wise walk in now and ydull drive away n a good used car lous used cars rockwood 8564235 when colleeliiif for uni cef whs first introduced li few years 11120 it brought quite a clianye to halloween iincl many wondered if it would spoil the traditions f the funfilled nifiht but it seems to only add to the childrens pleasure to include others in their thinking in the surrounding countryside and neighboring towns u n icef boxesyjre also distributed won der if there is any locality near by which does not now collect lor unicef halloween is next monday night and perhaps parents who arc templed to recall and recite their wilder exploits might be cautioned not tq set that kind of an example halloween has been celebrated locally on quite a sane level recently course thats quite dump site continued rom page orfe rale of 2400 per year if the new one is approved it will be til ihc rale of 1000 per year persons using trie ambulance service in town will be assessed existing rates his is deducted from the annual vmx payrtieiit of the halunce the government pays the town a 50 percent sub sidy which reduces the general cost to the town for ambulance service tenders for installation or a walermairi from churchill rd n to young street were perused prior to council meeting by a committee of council and the lender from kleenway construc tion at a priceof 24355 accept- ed other lenders included ones from dundas construction at 26615 armstrong bros co ltd at 2949765 and decker contractors at s26i2975 the kleenway const ruction tender is subject to approval from the ontario municipal board and the consultant engin- 1 ir board anu me consultant engiu- desirible gtss a special meeting of coun vcil will be held november to s n weather continues in their favor for another couple of weeks it is expected the building will be closed in to allow interior work but department of highways of ficials said some time ago an exit could be made from the highway at the town line over pass just a few hundred yards from the service farm the halton county museum located in the former duff alex ander barn and adjacent build ings in the kelso conservation area originally touched off dis cussions on the massive project about four years ago at that time the museum board applied to the government for designa tion as ontarios agricultural museum and although it was never approved the idea to in corporate the steamera group was launched lengthy negotia tions have been joing on ever since at conference last weekend warden bert hinton attendeda laborman agement conference at paradise gardens guelph the confer ence was sponsored by the fed eral government in cooperation with the provincial department of labor m hinton savs he rtrf the sessions most oxr formative dear with a construction bylaw for installation of the water- mains the same firm was engaged to instal sewer and water services on nelson courl and elizabeth drive in areas under develop ment this company had clone sewer and water installations in other parts of the subdivision in the past mcculloughs show slides of europe the alert evening- auxiliary of knox presbyterian church held their thanksgiving meet ing in the ellen anderson room the devotional period was con- djicled by the committee com posed of mrs mckenie miss laura wiles mrs clarence coles and mrs g young- mrs mckenzie favored with a solo and tt reading beyond nature to god and a poem by edna jacques thankful for what was given by mrs young the roll call in keeping with the theme was something to be thank litl for v the president mrs- earl mar shall presided over the busin ess session when plans were finalized for the rummage and bake sale mr and mrs mel mccullough showed pictures of their recent trip to europe the countries visited were holland ireland scotland england and the is land of guernsey they gave a commentary on each and ex plained the purpose of their trip many places visited were in the rural areas buy and mall tarly boo motorists are being warned to watch tor kiddies halloween night as they dart across the streets council members learned the annual remembrance day ser vice in acton would be held on sunday november 6 and were asked to attend payment of 5300 to the north halton urbaa board was authorized generals accounts totallinu s701862 were also authorized for payment viiii9i mi cards wltclim dot wtillt our colltctim u coin pltt corn in ind look ow th tntire arrsyt christmas fcake kj orders taken now place youk order before nov 1 fffti and save i j 7 earls bakery 32 mill st e telephone 8531290 acton t your local trust company 6 interest paid on guaranteed investment certificates amounts b 100 to 100000 t e r m 1 to 5 years offices open monthurs 9 00430 fridays til 630 enquiries minted halton peel trust a savings company and right now is a good lime to beat the holiday crowd in selecting your personal christmas cards new from sheaffer give the slim new stylist chrome cap ballpoint with safeguard clip 198 newly designed a wonderful new gift ides slim new shape is crisply handsome precisely balanced supersmooth stainless steel tip patented safeguard clip operates retracting mechanism ballpoint 131 set with matching pencil 393 also many other styles of sheaffer pens to choose from j pans for students 9tc to 1 95 i better qualities 295 to 1775 i ball pens from 9bc to 795 typewriters for sale or rent personalized stationery ideal for christmas gifting or vmir own use a large assort- j mvnt to chouse from see them loclav name labels your name and address 300 for 175 for new residents you obtain maximum interest advantage by transferring your savings account on or immediately after oct 31 4 savimos oj accounts 4 boxed stationery 89c to 200 par box 53 mill street georgetown john a edgar manager 8779581 north halton advisory board john t armstrong chairman reford gardhouse maurice c beatty michael ledwith john goy dr b d young local director w j beatty gibson hasti notes per pfcg 69c stminstv fji jmoieabjfcrs

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