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minmyssaeond yearrno 26 midnight whistle heralds centennial 1 twli centennial year will enter in k alt across canada to the sound lt of whistles and bells and ac ton will join the rest oe the land in an audible beginning to our 100th birthday beardrhore and companys familiar whistle will sound at midnight as december 31 1966 turns into january 1 1967 its also hoped that some of the church bells here will ring at the same time plans are jtot finalized the fir sirens will not sound unless there is a fire the emergency measures si- ens will not sound either there are dances at the le- illand hall and there wfll be many house par ties as well where the new vear will be welcomed in focus of actons centennial celebrations is split the open ing of the new library pro bably in february will be the first part much favorable com ment has been received on the ambitious project second wih be the gala fair weekend when all the regular activities of the fair will be ex panded to include everyone in centennial celebrations fery few groups have an- inced their special plansfor centennial year the guides were the first a centennial committee has been formed and its members are prepared to coordinate plans made by town and dis trict groups and to give assist ance if it is required the com mittee has held several meet ings with most interest gen erated from the fair board top town concerns rmch join the centennial roster are a new dump site opening of the new hydro building pos sibility of a day nurseryvr z bennett school expansion dev elopment of glenlea park area installation of millmain lights dredging of fairy lake and possibly even a start on a drive for a swimming pool no word from authority on dredging of fairy lake acton council tuesday night weeds which have been recog- leamed that although enlarg- nized as dense in some places ing of the storage capacity of with increased storage ca- fairy lake has been approved pacity in fairy lake there will no official word from the cred- be sufficient water to augment 7 it valley conservation author ity has been received actons representative on the autiwr- ity and chairman of the flood control advisory board deputy- reeve ft r parker was not at the meeting- last weeks issue of the ac ton free press reported a phone call from mjj george kerr announcing government approval of the project which is estimated to cost in the neighborhood of 198000 of this amount the government pays 75 per cent or 148500 with the cvca looking after payment of the balance it is not known at this time whether the town will be asked to share 15 per cent of the bal ance owning and the authority the remaining 10 per cent or whether the remaining 25 per cent will be shared by other municipalities within the wa tershed jima plans call for dredging the lake to remove silt and aquatic try again acton om detachment of ficers are hopeful motorists will be aa ca during the new year festhrtoee aa they only in week end police are hopef this can be reduced by the stream flow in black creek particularly during the low flow period in the summer months council also approved a credit vahcy conservation au thority plan to build a large reservoir and dam at orange- ville which is not expected to increase the present acton levy to the authority the project is expected to cost over a mil lion dollars of winch the gov- ernment pays 75 per cent this project is one of many planned by the authority actons share will be 1349 in 1967 and the following three years annual payments are ex pected to be 1380 all of which are within the present levy headed by councillor drink- waiter members expressed their thanks to mr parker for his work on the fairy lake project it was agreed a letter of appreciation would be sent to him he has been reappointed to the position as actons repre sentative two accidents in acton area two accidents in the acton district this week saw two per sons injured and 775 in pro party damage milton opj report pedestrian kenneth james miller aged 13 of jul 1 georgetown was hospitalized in georgetown dec 19 when he was injured in a collision with a car on the seventh line near sllvercreck the youth one of several awaiting a school bus at the side of the road reportedly ran in front of a passing car driven by bart fred trdeaven of charles st georgetown the car received 25 damage the youth suffer ed severe bruises and abra sions la a twocar accident on highway 7 dec 18 george r brandford of is mountain- view ra georgetown received a whiplash injury hit car and one driven by thomas brian m 2 acton cot- bded causing 7 damage bid farewell to minister members of the congregation of the christian reformed church will bid farewell to their minister the rev w van oijk at a social period fol lowing the sunday afternoon church service the family ex pects to move to orillia some lime next week poke report sole accident only one accident marred an otherwise troublefree christmas for the acton oj detachment this season on friday evening consta ble bruce kressler investigat ed a threecar crash on mill st e when an estimated to tal damage of 775 resulted a westbound car on mill st driven by charles spires main st s was in collision with two parked cars in front of e- t marks grocery store the first vehicle to be struck was driven bv archibald h har- kins of 57 lakeshore rd e port credit this vehicle was driven ahead into a parked car driven by walter e scea 133 crescent avenue acton j december 29 1966 press ten pages ten cents council members observe 1966 business finalized two happy childrfcx express eppreciatioilto santa claui after he handed out gifts at the firefighters christmas party recently julie townsley and johnny pink took time out for their thanks before opening their presents who will be 1967 wer three men candidates for job the chorauers made their first public appearance just about a year ago thecentennial year warden of halton county will be the busiest ever says former war den herbert merry of oakville but no one is sure just who will get the ob reeve william coulter of nassagaweya township and reeve austan ledwith of mil ton have definitely declared they will seek the position when county council holds its inaugural meeting of the new year on tuesday january 10 a third possible candidate reeve william hunter of georgetown declared no com ment when contacted by this paper last week however he was named as a likely candi- jale by several councillors the following is the result of the survey reeve ledwith q m i it on said ill let my name stand im willing to run for the posi tion he spoke out in favor of the rotary system of declar ing the warden but indicated even if its a persons turn he should refuse to take the job if he cant handle it reeve gordon gallagher of burlington indicated ive got nothing to say at this time i dont think there should he- public pohticing for thejob and i firmly believe the posi tion hould be rotated around the count v reeve wlllllam coulter not ed im going to stand it is nassagaweyas year ihejast warden from nassagaweya was john a milne in 1959 reeve herbert merry of oak ville warden in 1965 said be had considered running again for the job until two weeks ago when he learned that both reeve coulter of nassagaweya and reeve hunter of eorge- town would e able to devote full time to the job i believe next ears warden will have a full time job the biggest job ot am warden in the history of the countv he said the imt warden reeve h h hinton of acton said in m position i cant make any comment at all he said he definitely would not consider running again it wouldnt be fair he noted reeve george leslie of es- quesing said that ii look after itself deputv reeve charles men- efy of milton said i have no comments at this time im sure i oont know who will be warden deputyreeve william hoey ot nassagaweya indicated i hope it is bill coulter of nas sagaweya- it is our turn george currie deputyreeve of esquesing and a former warden said i wouldnt know who your 67 warden is going to be he added jokingly if i did i wouldnt tell you deputy reeve alan day of oakville said i frankly have not given much thought to it i believe it is a little early yet he said i think it is between mr hunter and mr coulter although i hear mr ledwith might let his name stand deputyreeve day said he was in favor of selecting the war den through a ballot system dr frank oakes deputy- reeve elect for acton said im not in a position to comment just yet deputyreeve frank rogers of burlington said im not in favor of the rotation system i think the person withjthe best qualifications should get the job arthur speight deputyreeve elect of georgetown was un available for comment three newlyelected council members were initiated into routine procedure tuesday eve ning when the 1966 council con ducted its last meeting for the year g w mckenzie charles perry and ted tyler jr were on hand to observe and become acquainted with routine mayor les duby welcomed the new members who will be sworn into office at the inaug ural meeting tuesday january 3 while inviting them to sit around the council table and follow proceedings the mayor reminded the members they would be unable to enter dis cussions but could ask ques tions at any time the dog problem popped up fain when it wa noted one lyeftiaopgtven the dog control officer trouble when he was investigating com plaints from neighbors it was agreed the officer was empow ered to ay charges at any time and would receive council sup port it was learned the ratepayer in question had several dogs running at large and- when queried by the dog control of ficer became quite abusive and let dogs already picked up out of the vehicle used for dog con trol aerkadnrinlatrator jack mc- geachie informed council the department of planning had i ejected one portion of a two- part amendment to the official plan of acton he noted the first part dealing with home occupation which permits certain types of business to be operated from a home had been approved but an applica tion from jake van der kooy to change his property from residential to commercial to conduct an electrical business tram his home had been turn ed down for lack of valid rea sons why the change should be allowed reeve h hinton was of the opinion council should re apply for the minor change and deletethe van der kooy appli cation councillor robert drinkwal- ter remarked apparently we have no choice but to accept the reply but i believe this is the first step as a result of the plunkett report in restricted development of acton yule trees beacon fire date of the towns annual big blaae is set for thursday january 5 alt the christmas trees will be set afire at once to light up the sky in a kind of centennial welcome beacon aa a by the town office in an advertisement trees will be picked up on wednesday the reeve took exception to the reference to the plunkett report as he remarked this has nothing to do with plun kett restrictions when we start to spot zone they are critical councillor c f leatherland was of the opinion the powers that be at toronto were trying to restrict and prohibit future development of this area mayor duby claimed the reeve had put the subject out of context by saying council was trying to spot zone we are simply trying to accommo date a ratepayer after he had made a request for a zoning change he remarked mr hinton noted the area under question is presently residential and no other com mercial business operates in this section he also pointed out the library had been erect ed in the vicinity of the van der kooy property and this should con men thwarted by alert resident prompt action by an alert acton resident friday is cred ited by acton ojpp corporal ray mason with preventing con artists from gyping the person out of a sum of money after receiving a phone call from a person posing as a po lice officer and claiming to be investigating tampered bank accounts the resident phoned corporal mason to report the incident the corporal immed iately called in plainclothes- men from headquarters and kept his men on their normal routine in order not to arouse suspicion the lmiden h been in formed by phone that bank ac counts had been tampered with and in order to trap per sons responsible it would be necessary to cash a cheque it had been arranged with the con man to send a taxi for the residents it is believed the con man was accompanied by others and it is presumetf they realiz ed something had gone wrong and left town in a hurry cor poral mason praised the resi dent for notifying police and issued a warning to others to do the same these con men are an un scrupulous bunch and prey es pecially on the elderly the only way they can be caught is by persons being preyed upon to notify police immed iately and if possible obtain a license number the corpor al emphasized a georgetown woman was bilked out of 1450 by what was termed there the old bank inspector game the fraud was worked the week before christmas be protected he remarked whats to say the man will remain in town and then the area is still zoned commercial he also claimed the van der kooy home could be torn down and any type of commercial building erected councillor drinkwalter in formed council planning board had taken a good look at the area in question after being requested to rezone and found several commercial business places within a block or the van der kooy property he also pointed out that during a public hearing on the applica tion three residents in the area had attended the meeting and supported the application the mayor reminded mem bers the department of plan ning is simply requesting valid reasons why the property should be rezoned the reeve instated- council should delete the van der kooy problem from its application to the department of planning in order to proceed with the continued on page 8 boy receives broken two toboggan under car one youngster arnold gor don had the bone in one arm broken through and suffered cuts -and- bruises and his chum keith croskin suffered bruises and cuts when they rode un derneath a car tuesday morn ing while tobogganing driver of the vehicle mrs joe jocque told corporal rav mason of fie acton opp she was driving east on mill st w and had just passed lakevlew greenhouse when she noticed the two youngsters coming down a hill on the south side and heading for the road sh applied the brakes and after the car stopped she got out and found the two under the vehicle she ran back to lakeview greenhouse and got george mussellc when they arrived back at the car the croskin boy had crawled out and was in the back seat the gordon boy was still under the car both were rushed to the medical centre and were treat ed by dr van der bent and sent to guelph general hospi tal the gordon boy is expect- hjospital for the croskin to re ed to remain in a few days but voungster was allowed tum home keith 9 is the son of mrs june croskin cameron street and arnold 8 is the son of mr and mrs harold gordon mill st w no lineups new plates motorists can keep in style for centennial year by shop ping now and procuring their 1967 license plates the new markers are blue with white letters and in place of a dot between numbers there is a crown numerdls 16671967 and the word confederation clearly mark the centennial year local issuer jack margrave advised this week that motor ists avoid the rush before the deadline febtosry28and shop now he hasnt been too busy at present but this can change and lineups appear first hydro meeting held in new building acton hydro commission members met for the last time- in the elgin street office and for the first time in the new building on ahce street all in the same night thursday of last week the meeting started as usual at the old office and after min utes and correspondence were read and dealt with everyone adjourned for a tour of inspec tion of the new building busi ness was completed there and the secretary treasurer mrs audrey urquhart was instruct ed to write morris vangils owner of the former office a letter notifying him they would vacate their premise january 31 she waa also instructed to have office equipment ready for moving tajthe new location by wednesday december 28 prices were to be obtained for drapes for office windows ac counts totalling 3406507 were approved for payment the secretary was instructed to make the second progress payment amounting to 27184- 70 to whitney construction for construction on the new build ing georgetown criticizes halton nurse committee theyve been listening to second hand information deputyreeve frank rogers of burlington charged when he and other members of halton county council last week an swered criticism levelled by georgetown council a motion was passed by georgetown council condemn ing the wardens special com mittee tor its handling of deal ings with halton s nurses the motion was read at countv council on tuesdav of last week depu iv reeve james young of georgetown agreed with it and said the wardens special committee was more or less nothing more than a clique to get the nurses back to work warden hinton refuted dep- utv reeve youngs statements bv charging ou show a com plete lack of understanding of the situation he said a ref erence to him assuming the chairmanship over someone else was entirely incorrect and noted that a motion in council had long since done away with the wardens special commit tee he said statements by georgetown council were bas ed on anything but the facts deputy reeve charles men- efy of milton said he objected to mr youngs use ot the word clique that was ra ther an untouching to sav he noted he said he was in full agreement wiui the intent of the motion trom georgetown council bm never was a clique or anything like that there was no question of gang ing up on anvone warden hinton said i think- a recommendation of this type from the municipality is rn verv poor taste indeed gross interference with the business of county council a number of residents have already taken down their christmas trees and tossed them outside takino part in the impressive carol and candlelighting service at st albans church before christmas war left to right choir mem- bar rosalind hall server jbn frtaa frank buschemer and choir hinton mambejr avmfty is v