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jul tha acton free press thursday november 10 1966 r i n university development fund endorsed at c -of- c meeting a rosy picture of acton s ec- ojjornic future and local child ren improved education op portunities was portrayed tor nearly 50 at the chamber of commerce annual industrial dinner thursday evening of last week after hearing a speaker and a panel and asking a vari ety of questions those present unanimously endorsed a mot- tan that acton chamber of commerce endorses the univcr- sity of guelph development campaign there was agreement but not much apparent enthusiasm teann are currently seeking additional funds in guelph and surrounding area the chamber had heard a presentation before but last week had many representatives of loeal industries there to be included in the discussions it is likely that a chairman will now be sought to head up a local campaign the fund off ice in guelph would supply a plan modified for acton and local canvassers would toe named chairman for the dinner meet ing in knox presbyterian church r chamber president rev a mokenzie he welcomed those present as a good cross- section of the community present among the 47 were se ven chamber of commerce ex ecutive members other cham ber members warden hinton and mrs fryer from council mumrv smith vic bristow cyr il bishop and orval chapman from the public school board the three school principals ope bank manager citizen of trie- year fred wright and repres entatives or beardmore and co a p green co micro plastics h c porter co mason knit ting co dills printing and pub lishing mcnair mushroom farm acton jersey dairy rid ley cartage gov cartage caro line nursery and several con tractors there were five wom en present with their husbands speaker was one or two co- chairmen of the university of ouelph development campaign ftonald ritchie of toronto he is also a vicepresident of imp erial oil and a member of the board of governors of the univ ersity others who joined him in an swering questions were will pray of the imperial tobacco co bill hall vicepresident of the guelph labor council and cpordinator of the employees section or the campaign and spencer williams of brakely co ltd toronto consultants in campaigning the discussion was chaired by paul nielsen head of the indus trial committee of the cham ber of commerce the interested audience learn ed education is an essential part of making life worthwhile and higher income and higher standard of living follow higher education previously there havent been enough universities to go around for all the young people who wanted to go guelph is the 16th university in ontario in the recent spurt of growth its proximity to acton will make it much less a burden for acton students to attend university they will live at home saving about 25 a week in ooard in crease in fees parallel the in- crease in all costs projections show 80 per cent of university students in this area will attend guelph and 44j rjer cent of them will likely live at home a university in the locality also benefits industry corpora tions are donating generously to guelph facilities for adult educa tion will be greatly expanded on a parttime basis there guelph trisemester system makes it more possible for stu dents to work their way through by 1980 guelph will be the third largest university in ont ario with 15000 students by 1968 there will be 5300 students well over actons population the ontario government this year is spending 900 mil lions on education government tax- money supports the opera- ling budgets and pays 85 cents on the dollar for capital funds for building thus the remain ing 15 cents on the dollar must come from voluntary giving for the university of guelph this means seven and a half million dollars must come from the public me ritchie said no figures have been set for acton and it would be unwise to do so labor council representative mr hall explained how emp loyees with average and below average hourly wages can help by giving a suggested 40 cents a week or less he urged in dustries to participate to the fullest possible extent one questioner said he felt actons interests traditionally lay in the middle range of tech nical training you could count the university graduates in this room on the fingers of one hand he asserted correct ly concluded mr ritchie it you agree the university of guelph is actons university i would hope you will put your heads together and decied what you can do about it i feel you need the university and i know the university needs you hmffhw8f m full bus load costume winners wi meet for city jaunt high school awards of interest nassagaweya a 7 1 acton wi council briers makes plans stuff photo e g tyler scholarship award was presented by ted tyler jr to merl harris at commencement friday evening at their regular monthly meet ing on monclawnighl nassaga weya township councillors received a letter from chief g m holmes of the acton and area fire department in dicating what precautions shouldo be taken at the town ship dump site to prevent fires it was pointed out the sugges tions of the chief regarding per manent fencing the cutting back of trees and the erection of a gate are being taken care of noted receipt of a model parking bylaw which will be studied by council it was noted the bylaw would be difficult to uphold because of the lack of a township police force but it was suggested one mess con cerning a wrecking yard could be cleared up learned that a suggestion for a second township dump to be located in the southern part of the township was considered very good iby halton county health unit however the health unit will have to consult the ontario water resources commission before final approv al can be obtained received a letter from hal- ton county clerkadministrator garfield brown requesting fhe opinion of individual councillors on plunkett needs study op inions on eight different points of reference are to be sent to the countv for studv bv december 12 learned the ontario water resources commission has granted approval lor proposed sewage treatment facilities for the mohawk motor inn current ly being built on the guelph line just north of the macdon- aidcartier freeway 401 a provision of the approval indi cated wastage could only be re leased during the spring and fall- months referred a letter from h eichenberger to the planning board the letter suggested cer tain lands should be rezoned as commercial on the townships official plan since commercial enterprises are currently locat ing on them approved payment of the township levy of 53651 to the grand river conservation au thority referred a copy of t he pro posed puslinch zoning bylaw to the planning board for study approved road accounts to talling 924978 approved a bylaw setting the inaugural meeting for 1967 for 7 pm on january 4 the first wednesday requested the clerk to look into the possibility of obtaining grants on the basis that the secretarytreasurer of the town ship school board is using of fice space in phe township ad ministration building the sec retarytreasurer is using what used to be the reeves office england has joined countries experimenting with disc park ing paris has used the system for eight years it operates simply when a motorist parks his car he adjusts the dial of a cardboard disc to show the time and places it behind his windshield wtyimmtpifit listen to qtm 1k3tiks fti mrs william denny was host ess to the november meet ing of acton wi mrs lindsay open ed with a poem what is a can adian ode andmarv stewart collect filteen members answered the roll by recalling humorous events of their school days one member went so far in l hose earlier days as to lake part in the hanging of a clog which came to life again minnies and treasurers re ports were given by mrs ander son letters of tlvmks were read from runnvmede hospital for donations given them mrs dodds anil mrs harris were appointed as conveners for the lunch for the trip to the manor nov 14 by bus anyone wishing to go- is to contact mrs fryer or mrs anderson the members were reminded of re membrance dav on sunilav plans were on the wav to hold the annual pennv sale on feb 10 a memorial shelf for the new library was accepted as a good learned the telephone rales on the campbcllvillc exchange would be increased since the number of calls in the area has exceeded the rate group by more than the accepted live per cent idea an old time quill will be displayed by a memher in old- lime costume at the district annual also oldfashioned cook ies 1000 was voted as a cen tennial project toward a fund to help a student at wellington college in guelph mrs lambert gave some help ful hints for home economics mrs davidson gave a historical report mentioning a tree at fonthill 450 years old they hope to have old glory ar ound for centennial year mrs holmes gave a paper small things make big friends to have friends you must be a friend a true friend is like a shelter in a rock mrs anderson autioned artic les for sale which helped the bake sale held the friday be- loiv lunch was served by the com mittee of the month mrs lind say thanked the hostess and lunch helpers following is a list of those who won prizes at bollinafnd halloween party 8 and under ronnie mclean hobo laurie greygoose national marion ja- micson representative judy canfield animal leane clark 9 to 14 kathy given hobo bonnie kirkwood national su san jamieson representative ricky hcmbruff cowboy lisa wood couple mark short ill and earl mclean comic earl mclean adult hobo maggie given national scotsman lh given representative jeanctte hind- ley couple mrs bud snow and mrs floyd shortill mr dick shortill psent his team of oxen to market on tu esday which he felt vciy siv7tv to have to do the november meeting of the ballinafad wi was held at the home of mrs william mclean mrs smith opened the meet ing with the opening ode and mary stewart collect roll call was answered by 12 members and one visitor with what part of farm work should a housewife do many items of business were dealt with plans were made for a euchre on december 6 par ticulars to be announced later mrs ernie mcenery agricul ture convener took over with reports from conveners motto by mrs n sinclair was whe ther a fellow ends up with a goose egg or a nest egg depends on the chick he marries samples of candy and the re cipes were brought following the queen and wi grace there was a social half hour with mrs hilts and mrs kirk- socia evenings start curling year two social evenings on mon day and tuesday allowed curl ers to limber up unused mus cles renew old aquaintances and make new friends teams and positions were drawn for with two fourend games per draw regular curling begins next monday and tuesday harvey laverty heating plumbing and eavestroughinq sales and service repairs to all makes of furnaces custom sheet metal work oil and gas furnace installations conversion burne main street n 8569934 rockwood 24 hour service t- m mil w5f ifts rs t a what does centennial mean to you what are you planning for centennial 1967 thk is the year for canadians everywhere to stop and think about canada to look back on how far this nation has come since it rough and ragged beginnings to think about canada as it is now free prosperous aad with an unlimited future for growth to celebrate magnificent projects are in the works the confederation caravans will bring canada to millions ia rural and tiny outoftheway place the caravans unfold an exciting colourful story of canada avoan early beginnings right up to the jjiaaaul festival canada brings vfrirwtiiin the largest entertainment i cvar from western music to opera musical comedy to drama two companies of 300 servicemen each will travel canada to put on a niagnincent stirrinq militurv tattoo portraying canadas past 300 years of military history these arc just three of hundreds of centennial events planned for you in the coming year but whatare jou doiiir for centennial what is your own personal project other canadians are painting their homes flying the canadian flag planting maple trees hooking centennial rugs reading up on their canadian history what will you do its not important bow large or how small your project may be what it important it that you have stopped and thought enough of your country and what it meant to you to take up a centennial project of your own the federalprovincial even planned will be magnificent and thriv ing but to each of us the truly exciting and most meaningful projects will be the ones we create ourselve what does centennial mean o yowl and what areybu planning for centennial the centenniaj commission ottawa canada wood serving lunch mr romruon held a very suc cessful sale on saturday they have sold their farnharid are moving to toronto congratulations to kalhryn sinclair who received a profic iency scholarship and murray jumieson- who received a cer- lijfjcaje and ring lor neverlate neverabsent at acton high school graduation on friday night the discussion at the fifth meeting of ballinafad 411 girls was centred on the selection and care of handbags follow ing this the blue bonnets worked on their hats the next- two saturdays will be work meetings in order to get more work done about 45 members and a vis itor enjoyed a very jolly lime at the regular afternoon meet ing of acton golden age club tickets were on hand for the ice capadcs performance on no vember 10 a full bus load plan on the outing plans were fin alized for the clarks food din ner on november 17 crnkinolc and euchre were en joyed the prizes goingjo cro- kinole ladies miss annie ak- ins gents mrs ed healv eu chre ladiestmrs jim ral ston gents mrs fred mcctit- cheon many of the ooldcn age mem bers enjoyed the wonderful special service of music in the daplist church on sunday night 1 1 was very uplifting and inspiring jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks concrete brick cinder blocks clay brick sand stone livestock and 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