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lypippii mm- v v lets play bridge by bill coats fffl aabh cwsiimnlal schools by the university womens club of w riiwriniai acnoon dv me university womens club of ubfery is leafed through by library board milton and district which has acton members members george lee doug copaland and the book includes biographies of 20 well- fred new the clear spirit was given milton known canadian women and is a centennial project tw tttm wiboc dpinr was given milton lid aden libraries and milton and acton high w a gibson retires after 26 years wellknown district auction eer w a gibson of guelph this week announced his re tirement he has been conduc ting auctions in this district for the past 26 years he is also with sun life insurance com pany before moving to guelph in 1946 he formed near orton in erin township mr and mrs gibson will celebrate his retirement with a trip around the world in the sprinje last saturday evening a sur prise family party was held on the occasion of their 40th wed ding anniversary and their two sons and daughter their wives and husband presented the gibsons with luggage for their expected tour slaters and brothers present ed them with an oil painting teacher at john ross tolleg iate in guelph attending were sons robert p a we rump and i suppose cfhat you were in a slam contract and had a choice of two plays in order to take 42 tricks the first play offered a 30 per cent chance of success and the se cond play offered a so per cent chance of success which one would you choose i know that the answer would seem obvious but it could be wrong the correct answer depends on what the plays are lets take a look at this hand which occurred in a rub- ber bridge match the dealer is north and north south are vulnerable north sa j5 a 4 2 d 7 3 c a q j 9 4 south west east s 9 6 so 10842 h o 9 7 hj 10 6 doj10962 d8 5 c 7 3 c 10 6 5 s k 7 3 h4c 8 5 3 dha k 4 c k 8 2 the bidding north east south west 1c pass 3nt pass 6 nt all pass i was sitting north and my partner was my favorite part ner my wife i opened one club for two reasons we or the spade finesse might work a 50 per cent chance declarer correctly led a small heartland played low from dummy why try a 30 per cent chance first the an swer is rather simple if the spade finesse fails then h is too late to test the heart split but if the hearts dont split you can still try the spade finesse often the order of plays is more important than the chance of success next time you make a plan at contract bridge keep this in mind if you have two plays in mind decide which one to try first on the basis that if it fails you can still try the second one last weeks winners at the acton bridge club were tied for first jack coats and george solty with pat jeffar- es and cam sinclair third kay campbell and bill coats a squadron leader in the rcaf stationed at trenton with his wife both from belleville who have three children who didnt attend daughter mildred a parttime nurse and her hus band imr and mrs john griv- and tv tyesatthesame time the happy party was held at the home of the son rca and his family in guelph he is a our readers write big quarry money slows to trickle dear sir since i began calling on homes in esquesing i have 1 heard a number of complaints which residcnts claim are caus ed y the quarries they list as follows cracked plaster foundations and windows dry wells or low water levels rough roads with plenty of dust in the summer from truck traffic flying gravel and stone from speeding trucks arid spaed limits that are too high along the fifth sideroad hearing so many of the rate payers complain about the quarries i wondered how many tax dollars we were get ting from quarries along with all this trouble so i went to v the esquesing township office to find out the people at the office informed me that there are only two stone quarries in operation in the township the other pits are of little conse quence since they are either out of operation or truck out only a load now and again the dufferin quarry paid 9977747 in tax and the acton quarry paid 1404923 a total of 2472670 approximately 10 per cent of the total is claim ed by jhe county and a por tion goes for school tax this appears to be quite a tidy sum but when the cost of road maintenance is taken into con sideration this seemingly big flow of money slows to a trick le very fast three years ago the first line which is a dead end road was graded and hardtopped or primesurfaced from the fifth sideroad to the dufferin driveway the township and dufferin split the cost next the county took over the dead end road and paved it to the dufferin driveway at the cost of 12000 for eighttenths of a mile of road pretty special treatment for a road that leads to nowhere and the ratepayers living beyond the dufferin driveway still travel on a grav el road plus there is the up keep of the fifth sideroad which is also paved aceordnag to tha phinkett re port the cost of maintaining a mue of road is about 2700 v pet mile at the nomination meeting ft was stated that the cost of maintaining a mile of road in esquesing is about 1000 some residents com plain that the roads along which they reside receive very little attention so it seems probable that the townshipv would save considerably by providing less service for these roads i would suggest that it any money is saved on some toads a great deal mare than the stated 1000 per mile is spent an the roads used toy the heavy trucks hauling from tha quarries a few days of heavy truck trawi will cause more road damage than weeks of normal car traffic residents com plain of trucks using a road until it becomes rough and then switching to another one again creating the same condi tions trucks hauling from the dufferin quarry often continue i across highway25tand dow the fifth to the seventh linc to avoid weigh scales causing needless damage to gravel roads never intended for such heavy traffic i have been un able to determine how many short cuts are used by the trucks and how many miles of road are beingjisednpr doi know what added maintenance costs are even at the low esti mate of 1000 per mile the cost quickly mounts a suggestion of a gentleman at the county office i think offers a partial solution to the problem if the esquesing council passed a bylaw estab lishing load limits for side roads trucks would be forced to use the highway or roads designed for heavy traffic if there is ever to be any peaceful coexistence between the quarries and the residents two conditions are essential first the quarries must pay a higher tax to provide for better road maintenance second no more blasting they will have to develop new means of get ting rock for their crushers if homes and the escarpment must continue to sustain blast damage then no amount of taxation will suffice wuf fortowsky with the hamilton police force and sings with the police chor us they too have three child- ren who did not attend there are eight grandchildren alto gether present were five brothers of mrs gibsons mr arid mrs earl jessop who moved re cently to guelph from above ospringe mr and mrs harvey jessop hamilton mr and mrs ed jessop goderich mr and mrs frank jessop water loo and jwr v and mrs leslie jessop who came from cleve land ohio especially for ine celebration and a sister of mr gibsons mr and mrs wallace nodwell guelph and a cousin miss irene gibson of toronto mr gibsons brother was un able to attend mr and mrs harry gibson of inglewood and asister mrs thomas coxe of fergus is in hospital rumor something that trav els fast with not a leg to stand had a weak doubleton dia mond souths three no trump bid shows 1618 points arid adding my 16 points and a five card suit i raised the three no trump directly to six west led the diamond queen and declarer made her plan there are m tricks on top and two chances for the 12th the hearts might split three- three a 30 per cent chance first card the first christmas card known was printed and hand colored in england 123 years ago in 143 henry cole who was behind in his correspond ence commissioned an artist friend j c horsley to make him a greeting card it was a single page rect angle in three panels the out er two sectionsshowed acts of charity feeding the hungry and doming the naked the large centre panel pictured a jolly family toasting each oth er with wine this convivial scene so upset the temperance faction of engjajidthatthe christm santa has gifts for mission circle members ot the baptist mis sion circle enjoyed records of christmas carols as they gath ered for their christmas party last monday evening the president jessie coles opened the meeting with a christmas thought followed by the singing of carols during the business session a letter was read from the rudds in india thanking the circle for their recent food parcel em- phashdng the need for prayer in their work plans wars made for plants to be sent to the shutins and another food parcel to be sent to rev and mrs j wolfue in india imarg baillie read the christ mas story frpm luke 11 miss colesread a beautiful article based on how the gifts given to the christ child by the three kings were used in his life when needed edna ralston led in the play ing of games and then santa cftuis came- to distribute gifts to all a delicious lunch was served by a committee of eua de vries edna gordon elsie quee and hazel cripps marg landsborough was courtesy convener ttwreis the acton free press thursday december 15 1966 mi i i 1 bell lines wavuai waioa latwsstlnad afta ntta thirty wars etpalaks la fskwtaf food m i buiattaaf oonawarat ttnv lor awft mfbnna- tloa abost card idea didnt catch on for almost 25 years only 1000 of the cole cards were printed of which just 12 originals are still in existence by l g denby your telephone manager canadas annual safedriving week is over for an other year by stressing defensive driving techniques dur ing this week the canadian highway safety council hoped to make motorists aware of every known safe driving pro cedure so that they will better remember and practise them for the other 51 weeks of the year we at bell canada at least all of us who drive our own cars on business or the familiar green vehicles well know the importance of driving defensively all of us who do any driving as part of our work at bell canada must take and pass a pretty rugged company course even though we have provincial driving permits and in recent years this course has stressed defensive driving really defensive driving is little more than common sense it means learning how to recognize potentially dangerous situations learning how to avoid them then putting this knowledge to use since 42 percent of the people surveyed in connection with the canadian drivers test television program some time back failed the test it seems that few people know where danger lurks with winter setting in with irs snowstorms sleet ice and subzero temperatures defensive driving becomes more important than ever driver improvement courses have been held in many parts of the country this year and more are planned for the months to come driving condi tions have changed drastically since many of us received our first permits and a fresh look at our driving habits could make jnotoring safer and more enjoyable on our crowded streets and highways and it could make for a happier holiday season when so many people will be travelling to join families and friends for christmas and new years celebrations did you happen to see the item in newspapers not tod long ago about the man in california who has collect ed 20000 telephone booksfront all over the world actu ally what appears to be just an unusual hobby is really a tool of this mans profession hes a tracer of lost persona and bis library of- telephone directories often helps mm to track down missing persons for his clients you can use your te book to track down things too tbings like area codes emergency numbers instructions for making all kinds of phone calls and in the yellow pages lists of dealers products or services that you may be looking for on christmas day 35 years ago telephone lines car ried the first radio broadcast of a complete opera hansel and gretel it was transmitted coasttocoast from the metropolitan opera house in new york best wishes for a very merry christmas fodowea by a happy new year from all of us at the ball ozite indooroutdoor carpet vi h s holden ottomttmst m cork st east guelph phone ta 27190 9 widths 6 colors in stock reg 795 sale 695 sq yd use anywhere easy to install uyaway plan available ju home furnishings 127 woolwich stgueiph phone 8222420 buy a10canihcflt f0b75o your investment grows by onethird in six years on maturity purchasers of these certificates wio receive sloootbrevery 750 invested this rep resents a return of 485 a year compounded every six months or a simple rate of 555 v cashable at any time the full rate it obtained aft maturity but your certificate can be cashed at any time after the first six 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