The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

tjfyt uwft k fun fund dfcndd vote confidence in 65 warden spending on travel enter tainment and convention ex- atenses by the 1965 halton county council was defended on monday afternoon at a spec ial meeting of county council alleged overspending on tra vel entertainment and conven tions by the members of the 1965 council was noted in the county auditors report for that year during the past month however the report was released in march the al- legedoverspending has been subject to considerable criti cism in the press and by oalc- ville council which deplores- the overexpenditure lashing out at charges made by oakville mayor maclean anderson burlingtons deputy- reeve frank rogers stated the man who is making these charges is either running hot for the councillor and allowed them to keep pace with the changing times reeve gordon gallagher of burlington stated the province now recognizes that antiquat ed legislation regarding coun- s promotions is now in use e said legislation should be based on so many dollars to be spent for so many people represented he said a county with 160000 people should naturally spend more than a county with 28000 he also pointed to the fact that in 1967 all limits have been lifted due to the fact that it is cen tennial year reeve herbert merry of oak ville warden of the county in 1965 said some press reports of the alleged over spending were scandalous he said he didnt see why the blame should be pinned on the war den of that year he suggest ed maybe some conventions were overexpended but the accounts were passed by the whole council he asked that council back him up on this point deputyreeve charles mene- fy of milton made the motion backing mr merry it stated we give to reeve merry our absolute and utter vote of con fidence for his work of 1965 it was approved unanimously witnesses plan circuit assembly jehovahs witnesses in acton will attend a threeday semi annual circuit assembly in guelph january 64 it was recently announced by henry loewen presiding minister of the local group a peak attend ance of more than 1000 is ex pected the entire membership of the acton congregation ju je hovahs witnesses is expected to attend moffat for i-jb-yrj- ek c presbyterian church under the christmas programs boys club shower meeting in areas news of halton kathy hmton of the robert little school was named the second place winner in the annual halton county weed control essay competition the awards were announced friday night at the essay competition awards night in milton oakville reeve herbert merrv brookville girl champion is shown presenting prizes to kathy while w d taylor district weed inspector for the uni versity of guelph looks on she received 5 for finishing first in her area and 15 for finishing second in the county competition weed essay winners honored lcmlra kcnney a grade sev en student at broekville public school was named winner of me annual weed control es say competition on friday evening the darkhaired 1 1yearold was declared the winner over m6 other entries in the popular competition sponsored by hafe ton county council and inter ested industries weeds are expensive was the topic of lendra prizewin ning essay she received 5 for winning first prize in her area and 25 for being named court ly champion acton area win ner cathy hinton or robert little school was the runner- up in the county competition and colleen mcgiuivray of st josephs school oakville was jhird in the county competi tion the second prize county winner received 15 and the third prize winner received 10 lendra is a daughter of mr and mrs lendnck kcnney uf rjt 2 cumpbellvillc h maha- too her teacher was awarded a pen and pencil set ovet 2m competitors par ents and iniests attended the weed control awards night at the milton district high school on friday guest speak er for the evening was robert bateman u burlington a di rector ol the ontario federa tion of naturalists a member of the bruce trail committee and a noted lecturei mr bate man gave an illustrated lecture on wild africa w d taylor district weed inspector for the universitv of guelph was in charge ot the judging and commented all the essavs were ol a high standard o g mcdowell inspccloi of public schools for halton no 1 congratulated the winners and thanked halton weed in spector vernon macarthur for again conducting the competi tion halton county council pre sented the prize money to the three winners in each of the nine county areas first prize winners received 5 second prize winners 3 and third prize winners 2 money for the county champions was do nated by niagara brand chem icals of burlington halton co operative supplies and bcardmore co ltd of acton the wianers in the various areas were milton susan ar- toic first john mollhvraith sec ond and mike svilans third nassagaweya lendra kenney jimmy hobson and natalie dudnik acton cathy hinton carol patterson and stephen van fleet esquesing connie carter randy miller and roy m sieben georgetown karen leonard john brickenridge and juhe rundle oakville east jo anne mcgregor terry noble and deborah lesack oakville west colleen mcgh- livray gail plumb and robert dery burlington east holly cutler nancy tregunno and gertie kooistra and burling ton west debbie goble john st martin and khn echlin for representative east during the discussions which lasted for close to an hour members hastened to suggest the figure referred to council expenses in the auditors re port war actually a lump of several totals which included councillors expenses expenses for public receptions and ex penses for industrial promo tion all of which are provided for under effective provincial legislation reeve william coulter of nassagaweya explained that convention expenses actually include the per diem rate which is paid to each official county delegate at a conven tion many other counties pay councillors on an annual bas is so the total for their con vention expenses naturally wouldnt be as high reeve coulter said the current meth od of paying county councillors should be revamped and he also recommended that a limit be placed on the number of conventions that any one coint- ty councillor could attend warden h h hinton reeve of acton defended councillors going to tions he suggested conven tions were a form of education leadership of mr thomas ken nedy and rev d nicholson ba btrthe boys are show ing a great interest in these meetings the cgit under the lead ership of mrs don mcmillan are planning their annual christmas service to be held in the church on dec 18 in the evening their 1967 project is to take the library books that are in sunday school room and repair them and then canvass the congregation for more books to get a good library started we wish them suc cess with this project the annual luncheon meet ing of the wms and ladies aid was held on thursday dec 1 at the home of mr earl kennedy a christmas pro gram followed the luncheon about 30 relatives and friends gathered at the home of mrs ron cannon on wed nesday night to honor mrs david dennison nee betty lou freeman she was pre sented with a lot of beautiful and useful gifts the bride was seated in a county beautifully decorated rocking conven- chair and was taken complete- charge of contests and games alovelv lunch was served bv the hostess mr and mrs den nison were recently married congratulations plans were made for the congregational and sundav school supper the sundav school will suppiv the pro gram the supper will be held in nassagaweva church on dec 16 the ladies aid has iust completed 30 vears of work for the church and on looking over the past records thev have raised a lot of monev and did a ereat deal of work over the vears there are a few charter members still ac tive in the oronnizatlon the shutin folks are to be remembered at christmas time a pa in mrs pvatt and mrs ed dredne were in chnree of the christmas nroorram and mrs v mort- w hostess shop in the acton area where values and selections are best ly by surprise mrs ruth stokes was in mock elections tuesday at both public schools pupils at both the robert little and m z bennett public schools went to the polls tues day to cast ballots in a mock election to name candidates of thoir choice for council results or grade six seven and eight elections at the rob ot t little school had principal g w mckcnne heading the polls with 116 votes othoi i culls were earl mas ales 110 mrs doris fryer 103 e tvler jr 100 earl waller 90 chailes pern with f votes unsikicssful candidates at the school election were jtob- ei t dunkwalter and william williams with 76 votes apiece robert louitet 65 and bren dan aherne with 48 votes at the m z bennett school 77 grade seven and eight pup ils cast ballots and placed earl masales in top spot with 63 votes robert drinkwalter 59 e tvler jr 57 brendan ah erne 51 wilhani williams 48 and robert lourtet with 38 votes to fill six council seats unsuccessful candidates at the m z bennett school were earl waller with 35 votes mrs dons frver 32 and g w mckenzie and charles perry uith 26 votes apiece ross gordon solicits your vote for a 6th term on nassagaweya council on monday 12 1966 do it yourself doesnt work in insurance either why run the risk of do it yourself insurance our expert help makes it easier safer and less expensive can us today be safer save money 1msurance see your safeco expert dennys insurance agency 17 mill st w- acton 530150 residences bill 8532645 harold 8532565 wellington county may be college site appointment is expected shortly of a board of govern ors whose duty will be to sel ect a possible site for the pro posed college of applied arts and technology that is propos ed for guelph area the area college is to serve huron perth waterloo and wellington counties since the other counties border on wel lington it is considered likely that this section might prove to be more central board of directors for hal- tonpeel was announced last week a site for this area has vet to be chosen nmranm any way you figure it the finest welcome i to acton is welcome x wagon j a vwt from our hostess will mtka you 1 ttl at homo with hor bttm of flfts ind imuran to quattens bout uw city its mtvtew m6 fachiuts jut call iwdcoi agon phone 8534045 wslcomm mwooanmat vn thl coupon to lt oa know youre ha nam addran town l pimm have mm wal- corm waion tlrnlml can on mo 4 i i would to aubatrk to iti acton traa ptmo hi alraady mfemtmo to no aoton fin hm piu out coupon and mafl to circulation dapt tba aston 8stkbirtuy fajv otoi affantaaiwow mr george grunth entered toronto western hospital on friday where he will undergo surgery later this week friends here were shucked to learn of the sudden pacing of dr k b waller of rock- wood last week a number at tended the funeral on satui day mr and mr william mann of toronto spent the weekend at their farm on the 2nd line mrs m jackaoo quiet lv cele brated her 85th birthday last week several neighbors and friends called to offer congrat ulations mrs jackson enjoys good health and is able to look after her large garden and nu rncrous flower beds which are a credit to her she enjovs company and is an avid euchre christmas greetings jh thti jcicuj jeajth say a warm i player poris fines who has been a leader of 4h home- making clubs on numerous oc casions and her niece linda fenjpuson who was awarded her provincial honors in 4h clubs attended the banquet in guelph last week for leaders and members of 4h chios when numerous awards were martr mr and mrs byron bruce visited recently with mr and mrs wuliatnterden hills- burgh pick yours up now while official discount prices apply at your neighbourhood chartered bank branch open and build a family expo67 tour account besurefaouly sees expo67apni 28 to oct 27 at montreal the chartered banks serving you and your community merry christmas to your special friends with 52 issues of the acton free press what better way to rimemsbt your riends ouumo this season of 4mvino than with this extra sfbcial greeting that lasts all year through this year do your shopping quickly conveniently and economically with gift subscriptions to your favorite community newspaper i your friends will enjoy a full year of reading pleasure 52 gifts ln one bocauso of your tnoughffulfioss i a gift card will be sent in your name subscription prices 400 in canada 700 in othor courrtriss o paid in advance for oft year t 1 1 y w a- lt