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5wtfvitva in2 j i six council seats 32 per cent of voters out for tuesday election a dense fog which shrouded acton during the morning and turned into a steady rain throughout the rest of the day resulted in only 32 per cent of tllgttle voters going to the polls tuesday to elect six coun cillors from a slate of 10 can- dlttrter excitement ran high in the town office as candidates- waited for results jto come in from polling substations the first results were taken over the phone by returning officer jack mcgcachle at 731 pm and the last as the town clock tolled 8 pm one hour after the polls closed at the free press phones began to jangle shortly after the first results were posted with only an election for six councillors phones were pot quite as busy as other years but two lines were kept open sand results given to over 150 cullers voting begun at 1 10 am and pulls closed at 7 pm as soon m ballot boxes were unloc depynrelurnlhg officers were busy counting ballots as soon as results came in from the first polling subdi vision wurd 2 at 731 pm in terested candidates and spec- tutors ut the town office hcynn to consider the two poll louder positions would be filled by burl musales and robert drinbwultcr whan the second results enmo in at 742 pm from ward i subdivision 2 these two candidates were still jog ging for top position ward 4 results phoned in at 748 pm almost clinched top spot for mnsalos and drinkwaltcr and at 758 pm results from ward 1 subdivision i clinched first place lor masnles ond second spot for drlnkwalicr c wlth ward 3 results coming in hfthctown clock tolled 8 pm pencils were flying as townwrite visitors added up totals final results showed earl mosaics wilh 483 votes ro bert drinkwaltcr 443 g w mckenzle 420 bill wllllums 382 ted tyler jr 356 and charles perry with 304 votes to comprise the 1967 council defeated at the polls were mrs docls fryer who polled 260 votes roherulouliet 242 brendan aherne 193 and eorl waller with 118 votes mayor lea duby acclaimed to office ugain this year was a curious spectator in the town offic as resu bcgan come in l the job of choosing council committee members he kept an eagle eye on the board with visions of a working slate for the next two vears soon alter final tallies had been made clerk administra tor jack imcgoachie town of fice manager joe hurst- and the chatting spectators don ned their coats and headed home voting by wards following is a summary of voting tuesday by wards listing in each division the number of rejected and unmarked ballots total number of voters and results with- the names of candidates elected to office in capitals reject unmarked voters eligible wsrd 11 175 545 31 wsrd 12 87 377 43 wsrd 2 109 320 30 ward 3 1 219 552 25 wsrd 4 2 10o 416 42 total 3 690 2210 32 for council first six elected ward 11 12 2 3 4 total e masaies 123 49 81 161 69 483 r drinkw alter 106 61 73 139 64 443 g w mckenzie 93 49 69 147 62 420 w williams 94 44 67 124 53 382 e tyler jr 100 48 46 115 47 356 cperry 78 35 41 110 40 304 mrs fryer 66 16 43 91 44 260 r louttet 58 27 57 70 30 242 b aheme 45 53 20 55 20 193 ewaller 29 17 21 32 19 118 scanning results dgring election tuesday as clerkadministrator jack mcgeachie tabu lates on a master sheet left to right are charlie perry newly elected to council duby and robert drinkwaltcr office mayor les returned to likely in may choraliers to sing at expo the choruliers will be sing ing at expo an announcement was mode monday that the acton choir is one ot 292 amateur groups chosen so far to perforin at the montreal lair acton branch royal cana- years stint in viet nam over peter hurst back home saturday after a year in the heat and sunshine of viet nam laos and cambodia peter hurst re turned saturday to the freez ing climate of ontario his parents mr and mrs joe hurst and his fiancee miss jeanine praet took an over coat for him when they met him early saturday morning at malton airport he had been serving with the international control com mission in viet nam and left for home from saigon stop ping at manila guam wake island and hawaii he and miss praet will be married at knox presbyterian church on friday december 30 then he will report back to the department of external affairs in ottawa for further posting while peter was posted to viet nam miss praet lived here with the hursts and worked at northern electric brampton of belgian des cent she now has her can adian citizenship papers her parents mr and mrs gust- avus fraet live in new or leans louisiana they met when both were working in toronto at the nat ional erapkwment office oa the weekend there was an early christmas party at the hurst home all the rela tives were there to welcome peter back home and he was she santa claus of the day with many beautiful gifts from the orient daring his travels there he purchased many things and most of them will he arriving later soon as painti and materials however he was able to bring with him silver coffee spoons with or iental handles gifts of jewell ery and ornaments chinese characters add an exotic note to the lovely pieces of jewell ery his brides engagement and wedding rings are both from i he east too only person missing at the family gathering was mrs continued on page 8 dian legion choraliers applied to sing at expo at the begin ning of october and had been awaiting word of a decision the latest list of acceptances from montreal includes the names of 42 groups from all across the country the 24th of may weekend was specified when the choir applied they understood they would be required to appear in perhaps two or three shows a day for two or three consec utive days the information they received indicated they should perform from 30 to 50 minutes when the group discussed applying they expected that if they were accepted they would each pay their own ex penses at about 50 per singer a 1 hey are currently raising money for more music and new trousers to go with their gold jackets learning of the groups ac ceptance monday delighted leader george musselle said i wapt us all to go without ex ception he had not until wednesday morning had any direct word information came first to acton in a press release- to the acton free press when the application was sent in a tape of some of the groups best songs went along too two tapes were made by henry arbic and the best was selected likely the group would trav el to expo by bus and be away four davs alter school rental cost for badminton hotst returned saturday from a years stint in viet nam with th international control commission he is shown with two of his many souvenirs purchased while away one is a solid hardwood handcarved phillipine peasant girl statue made from one piece of wood and the other a lacquerware plate with motherofpearl inlay many of his other souvenirs havent arrived home to date high school board trustees altered a charge of s10 per evening for use of the auditor ium to the badminton club to minimum of 50 cents per person or s250 per hour this action was taken monday night during the regular board meeting hugh patterson chairman of the badminton club and member of the recreation committee was present to re- ciuest consideration for lower rales he told trustees the club was using equipment sup- plicl tgvtfie school and on the best night attendance was 21 plaxers he told the board the si0 nightly charge hadnt been expected by the players and if the board insisted on the si0 fee the club would have to make some arrangements after mr patterson left the meeting the decision for charges was made the mystery of the boiler room has beensplved and re pairs will be made in the near future property chairman keivvin mcphail info r m e d members that heating circula tor valves had been turned off causing a backlash of cold wa ter hitting the hot boiler a letter of appreciation was received from steven coles a grade 13 student who received a proficiencv scholarship ac counts totalling s2442010 were approved for payment during principal e a han sens report it vas learned that christmas exams would be written from december 9 to december 16 he also re ported a very successful get acquainted gathering had been held thursday decem ber i of public and high school staffs which public school in spector w l mcneil attend ed dispatch service six volunteer drivers were on hand throughout election joy tuesday waiting phone calls from ratepayers wishing r drive to the polls with fog blanketing the uvn most of the morning and steady rain tailing the rest ol the day drivers expected a ushing business they were disappointed when only 43 calls were received as only a small portion of voters cast ballots the acton chamber of com merce sponsored the dispatch service in an attempt to spark interest and provide a service phone numbers advertised connected callers with paul nielsens clothing store and roy goodwins sports coiner ssv 90 per cent cost for millmain stop lights a former resident of acton who rose to the rank of deputyminister of highways for ontario this week handed actonlans h giftavroppcd christmas par cel the department will pay 90 per cent of the cost of traffic lights at the-miil- maln intersection actons share will be 10 per cent of the cost the acton free press was informed bv mpp george kerr tuesday that depuiv minister of highway a t c cam mcnob had informed clerkad ministrator jack mcgcachle of the avail able grant following a review by the department expected coats known to date for installation of lights street signs and road markers are around 5000 un known costs at present are for street widening and curbing clerk jack mcgeachfe old the free press complete installation of lights is expected some time in february 1967 the following letter was sent to mr mcgeachie bv mr mcnabb thli fr in reply to your letter of nov 24 1966 concerning the installation or traffic signals at the intersection of mill st and main st of the town of acton the policy for determining our con tribution to traffic signals on connecting links has been under review by this department as a result of this review n revised set of traffic warrants has been adopted on now2i1966 the department of transport was advised that under our new policy the traffic signals at the alain and mill st intersection in the town of acton would be eligible for con necting link subsidy i am pleased therefore to advise that it is in order for your municipality o submit a connecting link construe- tlon agreement in the normal manner for this signal installation yours truly a t c mcnab deputyminister return george leslie reeve in light esquesing vote monday less than 25 per cent or ihe eligible electors turned out at the polls in esquesing town- ship-on-mondny-nnd-scleeted-t- locve and three councillors for the 1967 term george currie was acclaimed deputyreeve and william lnwsoii and rus sell miller were acclaimed to school board posts at the nom ination meeting last week incumbent reeve george les lie was reelected for a fourth term in oil ice by the slim margin of 57 voles over the chailcngerdcpulyreevc wil frid leslie second ycur councillor tho mas hill ol glen williams led rev van dijk leaving acton for orillia after about three years in acton the rev wicbe van dijk leaves the christian reformed church here to become pastor of the christian reformed church at orillia he his wife and two sons at home andy and adrian expect to move to orillia early in the hew year he begins his new pastorale i he first of january although his new church is about the same sie as actons i is the only church of its de nomination in a very large ter ritory the local church will likely have a temporary appointment until arrangements are made for a new pastor here andy and adrian have been attending the toronto district christian high school mr van dijk succeeded the rev jelle nutma here lie polls for council with 763 wiles clifton pat patterson also a second year councillor mrsni with 743votesr nnd newcomer james goodlet was elected to council for thfc liist lime with 539 votes e george bales making his first bid lor a council pom was un successful as he polled 294 votes rel inning officer k c lind say estimated the percentage liirnoiit at about 2421 per cent or 1041 of 4229 eligible voters the 12 polls closed at h pm and less than 10 min utes later some returns were available at the township ad ministration building by 830 pm all the polls had reported about two dozen ratepayers and candidates turned up nl ihe ailntlnlsrratloitbulldlng to hear ihe results most of the victorious candidates gave out cigars as soon an the final poll was heard from deputyreeve wll- i rlil leslie congratulated reeve leslie on his victory the in cumbent polled 549 voles com pared lo 402 for the challenger councillor patterson led in 10 ol llu- 12 polls in the battle for a council seat however thomas irhts strength in two glen williams subdivisions boosted him into ihe overall leael in ihe council race 292194 brookvill addition ai approval for the financing of a 29219470 addition to brookvillc public school was given by nassagaweya town ship council at their meeting monday the proposal would add nine classrooms including library home economics and shop plus staff rooms nurses room new heating plant and a new septic system to the pres ent school brookville present ly has 12 rooms plus an audit orium in use as a classroom and two portable classrooms members of the township school board reported seven bids had been received and they had accepted the low bid of a baltaglia construction guclph at 279995 on the con dition the architect could elim inate some extras to effect a saving it 10000 on the price wilh architects fees ond furn ishings the total cost would come to 29219470 the board earlier applied to council for a 283000 school continued on page 3 extra extra read all about it the extra section in to days free press tells about the installation and operation of the new press in the acton plant todays first offset issue jampacked with news also has election ads and christmas gift suggestions galore from lo cal stores santa claus was a popular fellow with the youngsters last saturday when he perched on a chair in the former post office building and heard the kiddies requests he made the long trek from the north pole especially to help out during the santa fair sponsored by the united church women left to right with santa are suzanne ian and jrry paul child ren of mr and mrs robert paul of town i i- kwjijas 1 a